US12082508B2
Disclosed is a memory device including a lower electrode, a seed layer, a synthetic antiferromagnetic layer, a magnetic tunnel junction, and an upper electrode laminated on a substrate, wherein the magnetic tunnel junction includes a pinned layer, a tunnel barrier layer, and free layers, wherein the free layers include a first free layer, a spacer layer, a coupling layer, a buffer layer, and a second free layer laminated in sequential order.
US12082504B2
A composite substrate of the present disclosure is a composite substrate in which a piezoelectric substrate and a sapphire substrate are directly bonded, and a bonding surface of the sapphire substrate has a step bunch structure. A piezoelectric device of the present disclosure includes the composite substrate. A method for manufacturing a composite substrate includes the steps of: preparing a piezoelectric substrate and a sapphire substrate including a surface having a predetermined off-angle to a specific crystal plane, heat treating the sapphire substrate in an oxidizing atmosphere to form a step bunch on the surface of the sapphire substrate, and bonding the piezoelectric substrate and the surface of the sapphire substrate directly.
US12082501B2
Embodiments of the present invention disclose an organic compound, a preparation method thereof, and a display panel. The organic compound is represented by the following general formula: wherein a structure of the organic compound includes at least one of Ar1, Ar2, Ar3, or Ar4, any one of Ar1, Ar2, Ar3 and Ar4 includes any one or a combination of hydrogen, an isotope of hydrogen, an aromatic group, an arylamine group, a heteroarylamine group, and a fused ring group. In the embodiments of the present invention, by adding other electron-donating groups on the basis of a structure of phenazine acridine, organic compounds with high mobility are obtained.
US12082499B2
An organic compound has a structure as shown in Formula (I). The compound has a phosphorus-oxygen five-membered ring combined with a five-membered ring as an electron acceptor unit. The compound has a high luminous efficiency and a lower material cost than phosphorescent metal complexes. The compound can be built into a stack structure of organic optoelectronic device, such as OLED. The resultant organic optoelectronic device includes an anode, a cathode, and at least one organic thin film located between the anode and the cathode, the organic thin film contains the compound as shown in Formula (I).
US12082494B2
The present disclosure relates to an OLED that includes a first electrode; a second electrode facing the first electrode; and a first emitting material layer including a first host, a second host and a first blue dopant and positioned between the first and second electrodes, wherein the first host is an anthracene derivative, and the second host is a deuterated anthracene derivative.
US12082481B2
A flexible display device and an electronic device are provided. The flexible display device includes: a flexible display panel; a plurality of functional members on a side of the flexible display panel, including a first functional member, a second functional member, and a third functional member; a back film on the other side of the flexible display panel; a supporting member on a side of the back film away from the flexible display panel; and a plurality of adhesive layers, including a first adhesive layer, a second adhesive layer, a third adhesive layer, a fourth adhesive, and a fifth adhesive layer. The third functional member includes a touch module including a touch substrate, a sensor layer, and an adhesive material layer between the sensor layer and the touch substrate, the modulus of the adhesive material layer is not less than the modulus of each of five adhesive layers.
US12082453B2
A display device may include a substrate including a display area, a thin film transistor disposed on the substrate, a via layer disposed on the thin film transistor, where a via hole is defined through the via layer to expose a part of the thin film transistor, a lower electrode disposed on the via layer, a pixel defining layer disposed on the via layer, where a step structure is defined in the pixel defining layer to overlap the via hole, and a transmission preventing pattern disposed on the pixel defining layer and overlapping the via hole.
US12082452B2
A display apparatus includes a display area including pixels; a non-display area adjacent to the display area; a first planarization layer located in the display area and the non-display area; a second planarization layer on the first planarization layer; an organic insulating layer on the second planarization layer; a first dam on the first planarization layer, including the second planarization layer and the organic insulating layer, and surrounding the display area; a second dam disposed outside the first dam, including the second planarization layer and the organic insulating layer, and surrounding the first dam; and a monitoring bank disposed between the display area and the first dam and including the second planarization layer and the organic insulating layer. A thickness of the second planarization layer included in the monitoring bank is less than a thickness of the second planarization layer included in the first dam.
US12082451B2
A display device includes a base substrate including a display area and a non-display area around the display area are defined, a first interlayer insulating layer disposed on the base substrate, a second interlayer insulating layer disposed on the first interlayer insulating layer, a first semiconductor layer disposed on the second interlayer insulating layer and including an oxide, and a first gate insulating layer disposed on the first semiconductor layer, wherein the material of the first interlayer insulating layer and the material of the second interlayer insulating layer are different from each other. Methods of manufacturing a display device are also disclosed.
US12082449B2
A separation wall is provided in a frame shape along a circumferential edge of a through-hole in a non-display region, in which the through-hole is formed, defined in an island shape inside a display region. The separation wall includes a wall base portion provided in a frame shape by a part of a second interlayer insulating film and a resin layer provided in an eave shape on the wall base portion to extend to a through-hole side and a display region side. Opening portions opening upward are provided on peripheries of the wall base portion on the through-hole side and the display region side in the second interlayer insulating film.
US12082446B2
A display apparatus having improved reliability and preventing or reducing damage to an organic light-emitting diode (OLED), and a method of manufacturing the display apparatus by arranging a protective layer on an opposite electrode during a photo-patterning process, are provided. The display apparatus includes: a substrate; a pixel electrode on the substrate; a pixel defining layer on the pixel electrode, the pixel defining layer having a first opening that exposes a center of the pixel electrode; an auxiliary electrode on the pixel defining layer; an intermediate layer on the pixel electrode; an opposite electrode facing the pixel electrode with the intermediate layer therebetween; a first protective layer on the opposite electrode; and a contact electrode on the first protective layer, the contact electrode electrically contacting the auxiliary electrode and the opposite electrode.
US12082445B2
Provided is a method for manufacturing a display panel. First, the method includes sequentially preparing an anode layer and a first pixel define layer on a side of a substrate layer, then coating an organic light-induced material on a first surface, distal from the anode layer, of the first pixel define layer, and forming a polymer film layer by reacting the first pixel define layer with the organic light-induced material under a predetermined condition, and then preparing an organic functional layer and a cathode layer on a surface, distal from the first pixel define layer, of the organic light-induced material. The organic light-induced material at least contains a hydroxyl group and an unsaturated carbon-carbon double bond.
US12082436B2
The present disclosure provides a display substrate, including: a base substrate, which includes a display region and a driving region arranged on at least one side of the display region; a first electrode layer disposed in the display region; a signal output part disposed in the driving region, the first electrode layer is electrically coupled to the signal output part, the first electrode layer comprises a plurality of electrode regions each having a same area; and a plurality of auxiliary electrodes, which are in one-to-one correspondence with the plurality of electrode regions and configured to be coupled in parallel with the first electrode layer, a resistance of each auxiliary electrode is inversely correlated with a minimum distance from the electrode region corresponding to said each auxiliary electrode to the signal output part. The present disclosure further provides a display panel and a manufacturing method thereof and a display device.
US12082432B2
The present disclosure provides a quantum dot light-emitting device, a preparing method and a display device. The quantum dot light-emitting device includes an anode, a hole transport layer, a quantum dot light-emitting layer, an electron transport layer and a cathode laminated one on another. The quantum dot light-emitting layer includes heterodimer quantum dots, the heterodimer quantum dots include first quantum dots carrying a positive charge and second quantum dots carrying a negative charge, and each first quantum dot and each second quantum dot have a same energy gap and different positions of conduction band and valence band.
US12082431B2
A display device includes a pixel; and a first color conversion region, a second color conversion region, and a third color conversion region respectively overlapping a first color pixel, a second color pixel, and a third color pixel and spaced from each other. The third color conversion region is aligned with a region between the first color conversion region and the second color conversion region in a first direction, and the first color conversion region and the second color conversion region are aligned with each other in a second direction crossing the first direction. Part of the first color conversion region is disposed in a second pixel area that is adjacent to the first pixel area in the second direction, and part of the second color conversion region is positioned in a third pixel area that is adjacent to the first pixel area in the second direction.
US12082429B2
A novel light-emitting device is provided. Alternatively, a light-emitting device with high emission efficiency is provided. Alternatively, a light-emitting device having a long lifetime is provided. Alternatively, a light-emitting device having low driving voltage is provided. A light-emitting device including an EL layer including a first layer, a second layer, a third layer, a light-emitting layer, and a fourth layer in this order from the anode side is provided. The first layer includes a first organic compound and a second organic compound. The fourth layer includes a seventh organic compound. The first organic compound exhibits an electron-accepting property with respect to the second organic compound. The HOMO level of the second organic compound is from −5.7 eV to −5.4 eV. The HOMO level of the seventh organic compound is −6.0 eV or higher.
US12082424B2
Methods, systems, and devices for access line formation for a memory array are described. The techniques described herein may be used to fabricate access lines for one or more decks of a memory array. In some examples, one or more access lines of a deck may be formed using an independent processing step. For example, different fabrication processes may be used to form a plurality of access lines in a deck and to form the pillars (e.g., the memory cells) that are coupled with the access lines. In some examples, an offset between the access lines and the pillars may exist due to the components being fabricated in different processing steps.
US12082421B2
A semiconductor device includes a bottom electrode, a top electrode, a sidewall spacer, and a data storage element. The sidewall spacer is disposed aside the top electrode. The data storage element is located between the bottom electrode and the top electrode, and includes a ferroelectric material. The data storage element has a peripheral region which is disposed beneath the sidewall spacer and which has at least 60% of ferroelectric phase. A method for manufacturing the semiconductor device and a method for transforming a non-ferroelectric phase of a ferroelectric material to a ferroelectric phase are also disclosed.
US12082420B2
A semiconductor device according to an embodiment of the present disclosure includes a substrate, a gate structure disposed over the substrate, a dielectric structure disposed to contact a sidewall surface of the gate structure over the substrate, and a channel layer disposed on a sidewall surface of the dielectric structure over the substrate. The gate structure includes a gate electrode layer and an interlayer insulation structure which are alternately stacked. The interlayer insulation structure includes a metal-organic framework layer.
US12082418B2
According to one embodiment, a semiconductor memory device includes: a stacked structure including a plurality of first layers stacked with a second layer therebetween above a substrate having a memory region in which a plurality of memory cells are arranged and an outer edge portion surrounding the memory region, the stacked structure having a stepped portion at which ends of the first layers form a stepped shape at an end of the stacked structure in a first direction within the memory region, wherein at least some of the first layers among the plurality of first layers extend, along a second direction perpendicular to the first direction, from above the outer edge portion at a first end side of the substrate through above the memory region over the substrate to above the outer edge portion at a second end side of the substrate.
US12082416B2
Some embodiments include an integrated assembly having a stack of alternating insulative levels and conductive levels. A pillar of channel material extends through the stack. The conductive levels have terminal regions adjacent the pillar. Charge-storage-material-segments are adjacent the conductive levels of the stack, and are between the channel material and the terminal regions. Tunneling material is between the charge-storage-material-segments and the channel material. Charge-blocking-material is between the charge-storage-material-segments and the terminal regions. Ribbons of dielectric material extend vertically across the insulative levels and are laterally inset relative to the terminal regions. The ribbons have first regions adjacent the conductive levels and have second regions between the first regions, with the second regions being laterally inset relative to the first regions. Some embodiments include methods of forming integrated assemblies.
US12082415B2
A semiconductor device includes a substrate, a lower stack structure on the substrate and including lower gate electrodes stacked apart from each other, an upper stack structure on the lower stack structure and including upper gate electrodes stacked apart from each other, a lower channel structure penetrating through the lower stack structure and including a lower channel layer, and a lower channel insulating layer on the lower channel layer the lower channel insulating layer surrounding a lower slit, and an upper channel structure penetrating through the upper stack structure and including an upper channel layer and an upper channel insulating layer on the upper channel layer, the upper channel insulating layer surrounding an upper slit. A width of the lower slit is greater than a width of the upper slit, and a thickness of the lower channel insulating layer is greater than a thickness of the upper channel insulating layer.
US12082412B2
A three-dimensional semiconductor memory device includes a substrate including a cell array region and a connection region, an electrode structure including electrodes vertically stacked on the substrate, the electrodes including pad portions on the connection region, respectively, and the pad portions of the electrodes being stacked in a staircase structure, first vertical structures penetrating the electrode structure on the cell array region, and second vertical structures penetrating the electrode structure on the connection region, each of the second vertical structures including first parts spaced apart from each other in a first direction, and at least one second part connecting the first parts to each other, the at least one second part penetrating sidewalls of the pad portions, respectively.
US12082410B2
Disclosed are semiconductor memory devices and methods of fabricating the same. The semiconductor memory device comprises a first semiconductor pattern that is on a substrate and that includes a first end and a second end that face each other, a first conductive line that is adjacent to a lateral surface of the first semiconductor pattern between the first and second ends and that is perpendicular to a top surface of the substrate, a second conductive line that is in contact with the first end of the first semiconductor pattern, is spaced part from the first conductive line, and is parallel to the top surface of the substrate, and a data storage pattern in contact with the second end of the first semiconductor pattern. The first conductive line has a protrusion that protrudes adjacent to the lateral surface of the first semiconductor pattern.
US12082399B2
In certain aspects, a memory device includes an array of memory cells, a plurality of word lines, and a plurality of slit structures. Each memory cell includes a vertical transistor, and a storage unit coupled to the vertical transistor. The array of memory cells is arranged in rows in a first direction and columns in a second direction. Two adjacent rows of the memory cells are staggered with one another, and two adjacent columns of the memory cells are staggered with one another in a plan view. Each word line extends in the second direction. Each slit structure extends in the second direction and separating two adjacent word lines of the plurality of word lines in the first direction.
US12082398B2
A method of forming a capacitor structure includes following operations. A first electrode is formed. A hafnium-zirconium oxide (HZO) layer is formed over the first electrode under a first temperature. An interface dielectric layer is formed over the HZO layer under a second temperature greater than the first temperature. A second electrode is formed over the interface dielectric layer. The HZO layer and the interface dielectric layer are annealed.
US12082397B2
The embodiments of the present application belong to the technical field of semiconductor manufacturing, and relate to a semiconductor structure manufacturing method and a semiconductor structure. The semiconductor structure manufacturing method includes: the substrate is provided with a plurality of active area structures and a plurality of first hole structures arranged at intervals, first bonding pad structures are formed in the first hole structures, and the first bonding pad structures are electrically connected to the active area structures; and second bonding pad structures are formed on the first bonding pad structures, and the second bonding pad structures are connected to the first bonding pad structures, and connected to a capacitor structure.
US12082392B2
A semiconductor structure includes a conductive structure. A method for preparing the conductive structure includes: forming a semiconductor conductive layer; forming a nitrile or isonitrile transition layer on the semiconductor conductive layer; and forming a metal conductive layer on the nitrile or isonitrile transition layer.
US12082379B2
An arrangement of ducted exhaust equipment enclosures includes a row of electronic equipment enclosures and a vertical wall rising from, and extending along, the tops of the electronic equipment enclosures. Each enclosure includes a frame structure formed from a plurality of support posts and cross members, and a plurality of panels, including a top panel, at least partially enclosing the frame structure and defining a single compartment for mounting an electronic component. The top panel and upper portions of the frame structure form a top of the electronic equipment enclosure, the electronic equipment enclosure top having a rectangular opening therein and also an outer perimeter. The rectangular opening has a front bound, a rear bound, and two side bounds, and has a side-to-side width that is at least 75% of a side-to-side width of the electronic equipment enclosure top perimeter. The vertical wall is formed by a row of air duct panels, each extending upward from a respective electronic equipment enclosure top and forming part of an air duct. The side-to-side width of a lower section of each air duct panel is substantially the same as the side-to-side width of the rectangular opening in the respective electronic equipment enclosure top, an the lower section of each air duct panel is disposed immediately adjacent, and aligned with, the rear bound of the opening in the respective electronic equipment enclosure top such that an interior of the air duct is in direct and unobstructed fluid communication with an interior of the single compartment.
US12082360B2
A controller for an e-machine of a turbomachine including a support structure, a printed circuit board, and a fastener arrangement that retains the printed circuit board on the support structure, the fastener arrangement including a resilient member that resiliently biases the printed circuit board towards the support structure.
US12082356B2
The present disclosure relates to a rollable display device comprising: a roller; a display part on which the roller rolls and which comprises a display panel and a module cover adjoining and facing the display panel; a supporter fixed to an end portion of the display part; a link assembly comprising an upper link rotatably mounted on the supporter and a lower link connected to the upper link through a joint; and a motor assembly for rotating the lower link; wherein the module cover comprises a first skin and a second skin facing the first skin and having a buckling stress greater than that of the first skin, and the module cover is joined to the display panel so that the second skin thereof faces the display panel.
US12082354B2
Various embodiments of an electronic package and implantable medical device are disclosed. The electronic package includes a nonconductive substrate having a first major surface, a second major surface, and an opening disposed through the substrate between the first major surface and the second major surface. The package also includes a conductive layer hermetically sealed to the first major surface of the substrate and over the opening; a conductor block disposed in the opening and extending beyond the second major surface of the substrate, where the conductor block is electrically connected to the conductive layer; and an electronic device disposed adjacent to the first major surface of the substrate and electrically connected to the conductive layer. The package also includes a nonconductive cover disposed over the electronic device and the nonconductive substrate and hermetically sealed to the substrate, where the electronic device is disposed within a cavity of the cover.
US12082353B2
The present application provides a splicing display device, which comprises a box body, a bracket, a plurality of display panels, a plurality of panel fixing members, and a plurality of bracket fixing members. The bracket is detachably disposed on the box body. The plurality of display panels are detachably disposed on the bracket. The plurality of panel fixing members fix the display panel and the bracket. The plurality of bracket fixing members fix the bracket and the box body.
US12082343B2
A display device includes a display panel in a wraparound form. The display panel includes two wraparound edges opposite to each other and surrounding a surrounding axis, two non-wraparound edges opposite to each other, a display surface, and a back surface opposite to the display surface, wherein the two wraparound edges and the two non-wraparound edges surround the display surface and the back surface. A first flexible circuit board is electrically connected to the display panel and contacts the back surface of the display panel.
US12082340B2
According to one embodiment, a semiconductor device includes receiving terminals on a surface of a substrate to receive first signals and transmitting terminals on the surface of the substrate to transmit second signals. The transmitting terminals are symmetrically positioned on the surface of the substrate with respect to the receiving terminals at a substantially 90 degree rotation about a rotation center position. The ordering of the transmitting terminals along the surface of the substrate from the rotation center position matches the ordering of the receiving terminals along the surface of the substrate from the rotation center position.
US12082339B2
An image pickup apparatus includes an image sensor, a first circuit board on which the image sensor is mounted, a second circuit board facing the first circuit board, a flexible board that electrically connects the first circuit board and the second circuit board, and a fan. The image sensor moves within a movable range of the image sensor in a direction different from an optical axis direction. The flexible board includes a bent portion that is located closest to a side of the flexible board connected to the first circuit board. The flexible board is bent in an area overlapping the movable range of the image sensor in the optical axis direction. As viewed from the optical axis direction, an inner surface of the bent portion is disposed to be outside a range of a blowing direction of an airflow discharged from a vent of the fan.
US12082338B2
A printed wiring board includes a resin insulating layer, pads formed on the resin insulating layer, an uppermost resin insulating layer formed on the resin insulating layer such that the uppermost resin insulating layer is covering the pads and has openings exposing the pads, respectively, via conductors formed in the uppermost resin insulating layer such that the via conductors are formed on the pads exposed from the openings in the uppermost resin insulating layer, respectively, and metal posts formed on the via conductors such that each of the metal posts has a portion on a surface of the uppermost resin insulating layer around the via conductors and a side surface having a flared bottom extending toward the uppermost resin insulating layer.
US12082335B2
Superconducting flex circuit boards having metal structures for improved interfacing characteristics
A flex circuit board can be used in transmitting signals in a quantum computing system. The flex circuit board can include at least one dielectric layer and at least one superconducting layer disposed on a surface of the at least one dielectric layer. The at least one superconducting layer can include a superconducting material. The superconducting material can be superconducting at a temperature less than about 3 kelvin. The flex circuit board can have at least one metal structure electroplated onto the at least one superconducting layer.
US12082330B2
An electronic device capable of discharging static electricity is disclosed. The electronic device includes a housing, an antenna arrangement region, and an electrostatic discharge guide. The antenna arrangement region is disposed inside the housing. The electrostatic discharge guide includes a first conductive region, a second conductive region, a non-conductive region, and a discharging unit. The first conductive region is disposed on an inner surface of the housing, and the antenna arrangement region is disposed in the first conductive region. The second conductive region is disposed on the inner surface of the housing. The discharging unit is located in the first conductive region and has a tip, the tip extends toward the second conductive region to cause a spacing between the tip and the second conductive region to be less than or equal to a width of the non-conductive region.
US12082303B2
The disclosure relates to a communication method and system for converging a 5th-Generation (5G) communication system for supporting higher data rates beyond a 4th-Generation (4G) system with a technology for Internet of Things (IoT). The disclosure may be applied to intelligent services based on the 5G communication technology and the IoT-related technology, such as smart home, smart building, smart city, smart car, connected car, health care, digital education, smart retail, security and safety services. The disclosure provides a method and apparatus which enable a device change when two devices supporting device change methods having different versions attempt a device change.
US12082299B2
Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, a user equipment (UE) may transmit, via a subscription of the UE to a network node, a UE assistance information (UAI) that indicates a reduction to one uplink multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) layer for the subscription. The UE may transmit, via the subscription to the network node, an uplink transmission using one uplink MIMO layer on one transmit (Tx) chain of the UE based at least in part on the UAI and a timer associated with the UAI. Numerous other aspects are described.
US12082296B2
A network management system (NMS) is configured to control roaming in a wireless network using a variable mobility threshold. For a first wireless device associated with a current location, the NMS obtains at least one performance metric of a first wireless signal received by the first wireless device at the current location from a first AP of a plurality of APs, compares the at least one parameter of the first wireless signal to at least one performance metric of a second wireless signal received by at least one other wireless device at the current location from a second AP of the plurality of APs, and triggers a roaming operation of the first wireless device from the first AP to the second AP if the comparison satisfies a mobility threshold that varies based on the at least one performance metric of the first wireless signal.
US12082278B2
Systems and methods for remotely controlling a surgical instrument of console-based surgical systems
A surgical system and a method of operating a surgical system are disclosed herein. The surgical system includes a foot-operable control device and a dongle. The foot-operable control device includes a first communication device and a radio frequency (RF) reader and communicates with a surgical console to remotely control a surgical device. The dongle includes a second communication device and an RF device and physically couples to a connection port of the surgical console to be powered through the connection port. The RF reader is configured to receive pairing information from the RF device in response to the RF device being within a threshold proximity of the RF reader. The first and second communication devices are configured to wirelessly connect based on the pairing information to thereby enable the foot-operable control device to wirelessly communicate with the surgical console to remotely control the surgical device.
US12082277B2
A method and apparatus for allocation of lower identifier (ID) and upper identifier (ID) for sidelink transmission in a wireless communication system is provided. A first wireless device (e.g., receiving user equipment (UE)) receives, via upper layer signaling from a second wireless device (e.g., transmitting UE), a lower ID associated with an upper ID and monitors sidelink control information (SCI) based on the lower ID and the upper ID. The first wireless device receives, from the second wireless device, a data unit scheduled by the SCI.
US12082274B2
For establishing network connections via a trusted gateway function, a method includes relaying a first set of messages of a first type between a remote unit and a mobile communication network via a non-3GPP access network, sending a connection setup request to the remote unit via the non-3GPP access network, and relaying subsequent messages of the first type between the remote unit and the mobile communication network via the non-3GPP access, where the first set of messages are encapsulated with a first encapsulation protocol and where the first set of messages initiate a registration procedure to the mobile communication network, where the connection request setup contains information for activating a second encapsulation protocol, where the subsequent messages are encapsulated with the second encapsulation protocol, and where the subsequent messages complete the registration procedure.
US12082268B2
A resource processing method and a resource processing device are provided. The method includes: configuring at least one downlink resource in addition to a cell-specific resource configuration; and/or configuring at least one uplink resource.
US12082266B2
A random access method in a wireless communication system and an apparatus therefor are provided. A method for performing two-step random access in user equipment (UE) includes transmitting a first message to a base station (BS), the first message including a medium access control (MAC) packet data unit (PDU) that includes a common control channel (CCCH) service data unit (SDU) or a cell radio network temporary identifier (C-RNTI), and a random access preamble, monitoring a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) for a second message from the BS within a configured time window, the second message corresponding to the first message, and determining whether the two-step random access is successful based on a result of the monitoring.
US12082264B2
A method of a user equipment (UE) for control resource set (CORESET) configuration in a wireless communication system is provided. The method comprises receiving, from a base station (BS), system information, determining whether the system information includes a random access channel (RACH) CORESET configuration, determining a CORSET to use for transmitting data based on whether the RACH CORESET configuration is included in the system information, and receiving, from the BS, the data based on the determined CORESET over an RACH.
US12082261B2
A wireless communication method includes transmitting, by a first communication node, a first type of random access preamble, monitoring, by the first communication node, a link recovery confirmation information, performing, by the first communication node, after meeting a first type of condition, and the first type of condition includes detecting the link recovery confirmation information, an operation including performing a transmission on an outbound channel to a second communication node using a spatial filter determined by the first type of random access preamble.
US12082260B2
In accordance with some embodiments, a method may include selecting, by a user equipment, at least one random access occasion associated with at least one contention based random access resource and at least one random access occasion associated with at least one contention free random access resource. The method may further include detecting, by the user equipment, a predetermined number of listen before talk failures associated with one or more of the at least one random access occasion associated with at least one contention free random access resource. The method may further include transmitting, by the user equipment, in response to detecting a predetermined number of listen before talk failures, according to the selected at least one random access occasion associated with at least one contention based random access resource.
US12082256B2
A user terminal includes a receiving section that receives a signal in initial access or random access, and a control section that determines, based on reception of the signal, a specific signal quasi-co-located with a downlink control channel in a specific control resource set associated with a random access search space. According to an aspect of the present disclosure, monitoring of the downlink control channel can be appropriately controlled.
US12082255B2
Disclosed is a method of managing random access of a User Equipment, UE, in a telecommunication network, comprising the steps of: the UE receiving, from a Base Station, BS, information regarding a response delay interval; the UE transmitting a preamble to a BS; the UE entering a power-saving mode for the duration of the response delay interval, before monitoring for a response from the BS to the preamble.
US12082245B2
A method of wireless communication includes selecting, based on a field in a message received by a wireless device, an access procedure mode for accessing a wireless network upon occurrence of a condition and performing, by the wireless device upon occurrence of the condition, the access procedure according to the access procedure mode for accessing the wireless network. In some embodiments, the disclosed techniques may be used to improve the performance of a wireless network by reducing number of listen-before-talk attempts that devices have to make before successfully accessing the wireless network.
US12082238B2
The present disclosure relates to a communication technique for converging IoT technology with a 5G communication system for supporting a higher data transmission rate beyond a 4G system, and a system therefor. The present disclosure may be applied to an intelligent service (for example, a smart home, a smart building, a smart city, a smart car or connected car, health care, digital education, retail business, a security and safety-related service, etc.) on the basis of 5G communication technology and IoT-related technology. According to one embodiment of the present disclosure, a method of a terminal of a communication system comprises: receiving, from a base station, first downlink control information (DCI) including first priority information; receiving, from the base station, second DCI including second priority information; checking whether a first uplink transmission resource, associated with the first DCI, and a second uplink transmission resource, associated with second DCI, overlap on a time axis; and if the first uplink transmission resource and the second uplink transmission resource overlap on the time axis, carrying out uplink transmission for the higher priority information on the basis of the first priority information and the second priority information.
US12082226B2
A wireless device receives power control parameters of a physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH) of a bandwidth part of a cell. The power control parameters indicate first power values and second power values, and each power value of the first power values and the second power values is associated with a respective index. A downlink control information (DCI) indicating a transmission via the PUSCH is received. Based on the DCI, one of the first power values and the second power values is determined as determined power values for transmission of a transport block. The transport block is transmitted, via the PUSCH, with a transmission power based on a power value with a lowest index among indexes associated with the determined power values.
US12082224B2
The present invention relates to a method of transmitting buffer status report (BSR) by a node in a wireless communication system. In particular, the method includes the steps of: transmitting, to a parent node, a first BSR with starting a timer before receiving data from a child node; triggering a second BSR based on receiving the data from the child node; and based on the data not being transmitted to the parent node until expiration of the timer, transmitting, to the parent node, a scheduling request (SR) for transmission of the second BSR, wherein, based on the data being transmitted to the parent node before the expiration of the timer, the timer is stopped and the second BSR is canceled.
US12082218B2
Techniques disclosed herein efficiently address prioritization by a UE regarding its reception behavior with respect to a configured downlink transmission that is overlapped by a dynamic assignment and/or the dynamic downlink transmission scheduled via the dynamic assignment. In at least one embodiment having applicability to operation of the UE in a communication network based on the 5G NR specifications, the techniques disclosed herein provide for predictable behavior by the UE as to when the UE prioritizes a configured Physical Downlink Shared Channel (PDSCH) versus another PDSCH. Correspondingly, a radio network node may exploit the predictable behavior of the UE to override a configured PDSCH in favor of a dynamic PDSCH, by transmitting the Physical Downlink Control Channel (PDCCH) that schedules the dynamic PDSCH so that a timing relationship between the PDCCH and the configured PDSCH is satisfied.
US12082217B2
Methods and apparatus are described for a User Equipment (UE) with reduced processing capabilities (e.g., Machine Type Communication (MTC) UE) to transmit and receive signaling are provided. The Downlink Control Information (DCI) formats scheduling a transmission of a Physical Uplink Shared CHannel (PUSCH) or a reception of a Physical Downlink Shared CHannel (PDSCH) are designed and have a smaller size than respective DCI formats for conventional UEs. DCI formats scheduling PUSCHs to or PDSCHs for a group of MTC UEs are also designed and can have a same size as DCI formats scheduling PUSCH or PDSCH for an individual MTC UE.
US12082211B2
A wireless communication method, a terminal device and a network device, the method includes: a terminal device determines, according to first information, whether to retransmit deprioritized data on a configured grant resource and/or determines a target resource location for retransmitting the deprioritized data, where the first information includes at least one of the following: a running state of a configured grant timer; a configured grant resource location after the configured grant timer is started; whether the deprioritized data is scheduled during a first time period after the configured grant timer is started; whether the deprioritized data is transmitted during a second time period after the configured grant timer is started; whether the deprioritized data is cleared during a third time period after the configured grant timer is started.
US12082208B2
Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described. In some examples, a base station may transmit, to a secondary user equipment (UE), a first grant to conditionally transmit one or more data messages over a first set of resources upon completion of a detection procedure. The detection procedure may include monitoring a second set of resources for over-the-air (OTA) signals transmitted by a primary UE pursuant to a second grant, where the first set of resources at least partially overlaps the second set of resources. The UE may monitor for the OTA signals from the primary UE, determine that one or more conditions for transmission of the one or more data messages have been satisfied, and transmit the one or more data messages over the first set of resources.
US12082207B2
Different sidelink resource configurations and allocation schemes may be controlled by an interface, such as the Uu interface. The radio resource control configurations may include dynamic assignment of broadcast sidelink transmission, unicast sidelink transmission, or group sidelink transmission. There may be radio resource control configured static resource allocation for broadcast sidelink transmission, unicast sidelink transmission, or group sidelink transmission.
US12082205B2
Disclosed are a feedback resource allocation method, a terminal device, a network device, a chip, a computer readable storage medium, a computer program product, and a computer program. The method includes: receiving feedback resource configuration information sent by a network side, wherein the feedback resource configuration information is used for allocating feedback resources, and the allocation of the feedback resources is limited by feedback multiplexing granularity or feedback timing granularity, wherein the feedback multiplexing granularity represents a time-domain range of a multiplexing window for feedback information. The time-domain range is: a time slot, a half time slot, and N symbols, and N is an integer greater than or equal to 1; the feedback timing granularity is one of the following: the time slot, the half time slot, and N symbols, and N is the integer greater than or equal to 1.
US12082202B1
Provided is a method and apparatus for transmitting or receiving a signal in a wireless communication system. In accordance with an embodiment of the disclosure, the method may involve determining a maximum data rate a terminal is able to support, comparing the maximum data rate with an actual data rate determined from scheduling information, and transmitting a signal according to the scheduling information based on a result of the comparing.
US12082199B2
Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described. A base station may transmit semi-persistent scheduling (SPS) messages to a set of user equipments (UEs) using respective resources corresponding to each UE. The base station may receive, from each of a subset of UEs from the set of UEs, a negative acknowledgement (NACK) message associated with the SPS messages. The base station may transmit a group downlink control message including information associated with a downlink resource configuration for retransmission of the respective SPS messages to the subset of UEs. The base station may retransmit SPS messages to each of the subset of UEs using the downlink resource configuration.
US12082195B2
A radio terminal can perform carrier aggregation using a first cell of a first radio station and a second cell of a second radio station. The first radio station performs, with the radio terminal, radio resource control for the first cell and the second cell in order to perform the carrier aggregation. Further, the first radio station transmits, to the second radio station, update information regarding an update to a configuration related to the radio resource control for the second cell. It is thus, for example, possible to prevent or reduce data transmission/reception failures which would otherwise occur while a configuration of radio parameters or the like is being changed by a radio terminal in carrier aggregation of a plurality of cells served by different radio stations.
US12082192B2
A method and apparatus for selecting a resource for transmission may be performed by a WTRU. The method may comprise determining a priority of a data packet and determining a CBR of a resource pool. The WTRU may set a backoff counter to an initial backoff value, in accordance with at least one of the priority of the packet or the CBR. A CCA may be performed in a plurality of resource slots to determine whether the resource slots are available. The backoff counter may be decreased by the number of available resources in each slot. When the backoff counter reaches a threshold value, which may be set at 0, the resource for transmission may be randomly selected. The WTRU may then transmit data to another WTRU on the randomly selected resource.
US12082190B2
Provided are a method and apparatus for transmitting information, a base station and a terminal. The method includes: determining transmission configuration information of a transmission region based on a preset size of a data block after channel detection on an unlicensed spectrum succeeds, the transmission region bearing downlink data transmission; generating a scheduling instruction according to the transmission configuration information, and transmitting it to a target terminal; and performing the downlink data transmission according to the transmission configuration information based on the preset size of the data block. The method for transmitting the information provided by the present disclosure may effectively transmit information with an unlicensed spectrum resource, and improve the reliability of information transmission of the unlicensed spectrum.
US12082183B2
A method performed by an access node includes the reception of dynamic resource requirements from a core network (CN) to perform adaptive scheduling of uplink transmissions linked to downlink data exchanges between the access node and a user device. The method involves configuring uplink and downlink schedule adaptively to accommodate variations in network conditions and user device requirements. The method facilitates an agile response from the core network which corresponds to closed-loop control events while considering real-time feedback from multiple user devices simultaneously.
US12082180B2
Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, a user equipment may receive a cancellation indication, to drop one or more scheduled uplink communications associated with a first one or more scheduled uplink resources, in a group-common downlink control information message of a downlink control channel communication; identify, based at least in part on the cancellation indication, a second one or more scheduled uplink resources for a particular uplink communication; and transmit the particular uplink communication using the second one or more scheduled uplink resources. Numerous other aspects are provided.
US12082179B2
Wireless communications systems and methods related to information associated with a reconfigurable intelligent surface (RIS) in a wireless communication network are provided. For example, a method of wireless communication performed by a wireless communications device may include transmitting, to a reconfigurable intelligent surface (RIS), a request for information associated with the RIS and receiving, from the RIS, the information. Other features are also claimed and described.
US12082177B2
Methods and apparatus for providing quasi-licensed intra-cell spectrum reassignment. In one embodiment, the quasi-licensed spectrum utilizes 3.5 GHz CBRS (Citizens Broadband Radio Service) spectrum, and a “seamless” reassignment of wireless spectrum without disruption or loss of continuity to existing data sessions of the CBSD is provided via a pool of temporary RF carriers which act as substitutes for the currently allocated (granted) carriers. The served user devices (e.g., UEs) are instructed by the CBSD to migrate to a new “final” carrier via the substitutes, either directly or via one or more intermediary hops. In one variant, existing 3GPP signaling mechanisms between the UE and CBSD/eNodeB obviates any changes to extant UEs. Communications between the CBSD and its cognizant SAS/DP include new information objects which direct the CBSD to implement the handover functionality. In a further variant, inter-CBSD sector and frequency handovers are provided for using CBRS-plane and 3GPP signaling.
US12082170B2
Methods and apparatus for supporting prioritized transmission opportunity (TXOP) sharing in wireless communications systems, e.g., various 802.11 wireless communications systems, are described. A wireless station may be allocated a transmission opportunity. A shared transmission type of trigger frame is implemented, which allows the wireless station, acting as a host station, to make available transmission resources, which have been acquired by the wireless station, to one or more guest stations. A trigger based (TB) frame, corresponding to the transmitted shared transmission type trigger frame, is used by the host station and one or more guest stations to transmit data to an access point. An access point transmits priority information, e.g., in management frames, to control the use of shared resources in TB frames corresponding to shared transmission type trigger frames. The priority information identifies which particular stations are authorized to be a guest station corresponding to a particular transmission opportunity.
US12082164B2
Provided are a symbol attribute determination method, a node and a storage medium. The symbol attribute determination method includes determining the attribute of a symbol by using a first mode. The attribute includes the attribute of being unavailable or the attribute of being available. The first mode is a default mode or a configured mode.
US12082149B2
A user equipment includes a control unit that sets an operation mode of the user equipment to an idle mode; a transmission unit that transmits data by using a preconfigured radio resource for transmitting data in the idle mode; and a reception unit that receives transmission acknowledgement information for the data by monitoring at least one search space from a paging search space or an additional search space that is to be monitored in the idle mode.
US12082147B2
A method for performing line-of-sight (LoS)/non-line-of-sight (NLoS) filtering includes collecting, from at least one user equipment (UE) operating within a coverage area of a base station, a plurality of measurement reports from the at least one UE, wherein each measurement report of the plurality of measurement reports comprises a measured value of a signal parameter and location information of the at least one UE. The method further includes training a LoS/NLoS classification model on the plurality of measurement reports, obtaining a new measurement report from a UE operating at a first location within the coverage area of the base station and passing the new measurement report from the UE to the trained LoS/NLoS classification model to obtain a LoS/NLoS classification of the first location.
US12082141B2
According to a first aspect, there is provided a method for delay alignment in a multi-point communication system. The method comprises determining of a respective reference value of round trip time for n+1 signalling paths in the multi-point communication system, where n>0. The determination is performed using n reference values of round trip time skews between a respective signalling path and a single reference signalling path of the n+1 signalling paths, and a reference value of a sum of round trip times over all of the n+1 signalling paths as exclusive input values. The respective reference values of round trip times are limited within a predetermined allowed interval for round trip times. The method further comprises performing of a separate, preferably globally stable, control of data signalling in each single one of the n+1 signalling paths based on the respective reference values of round trip times.
US12082134B2
Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, a base station may transmit at least a first synchronization signal block (SSB) over a first sub-band in a first spatial direction and a second SSB over a second sub-band in a second spatial direction, wherein the at least the first SSB and the second SSB are transmitted at a same time and wherein the at least the first SSB and the second SSB comprise a set of SSBs, the at least first sub-band and the second sub-band comprise a first set of sub-bands, and the at least first spatial direction and the second spatial direction comprise a first set of spatial directions. Numerous other aspects are described.
US12082129B2
Maintaining time alignment with multiple carriers is contemplated. A group of uplink carriers (UL CC sets) that operate with a single Timing Advance (TA) may be determined, and a TA value may be applied to a specific UL CC set. A wireless transmit/receive unit's (WTRU) capability of using multiple TAs may define a group index of a few bits for each UL CC set. A TA Command received in a Random Access Response message may be used to apply the TA value to each UL carrier of the UL CC set. The WTRU may determine which UL CC set the TA value applies to based on which DL carrier the command was transmitted from. The WTRU may determine which UL CC set the TA value applies to based on the Group Index being explicitly provided in the command. The WTRU may release multi-CC configurations upon Time Alignment Timer (TAT) expiry.
US12082126B2
Embodiments of the present disclosure provide a power control method, a terminal, and a network side device thereof. The power control method may be applied to a terminal, and include obtaining a power control parameter, and controlling retransmission power of a data section in a message of a random access procedure based on the power control parameter.
US12082124B2
Managing use of dynamic power sharing for dual carrier operation is provided. A power head room report is received (902) from the master cell group. An allowed tolerance is identified (904) from the received power head room report, which includes a maximum expected possible deviation between a power level at which the user equipment requests that a communication be set and an actual power level at which the corresponding communication is transmitted. A lower bound of a maximum configured power of the secondary cell group is determined (906), which enables the user equipment to meet emission requirements during the dual carrier operation, as well as the total power constraints, while accounting for the allowed tolerance identified. The lower bound of the maximum configured power for the carrier of the secondary cell group is set (908) at the determined level.
US12082123B2
The described technology is generally directed towards reallocating power to devices in a group, such as a rack of servers in a datacenter, when no power headroom remains available. Respective devices, which are classified into respective classes corresponding to respective priority device class levels, have power distributed thereto. Upon determining that available power headroom for power capacity distribution among the group of devices has reached an available power capacity distribution lower limit (e.g., zero), reallocation is performed by increasing power capacity allocated to a first device of a higher priority level class, and decreasing power capacity allocated to a second device of a lower priority level class. For more classes, such as high, medium and low, the power can be decreased among the lower priority level classes by a defined ratio, e.g., two-to-one between the medium and low priority classes.
US12082122B2
Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, a user equipment (UE) may receive a configuration associated with artificial noise assisted physical layer security for at least one of an uplink channel or a sidelink channel. The UE may receive an indication of a power allocation parameter associated with a power allocation between a data signal and an artificial noise signal. The UE may transmit, via the uplink channel or the sidelink channel, at least one of the data signal or the artificial noise signal with the power allocation between the data signal and the artificial noise signal based at least in part on the power allocation parameter. Numerous other aspects are described.
US12082115B2
In NR-U, when LBT failures occur existing MAC procedures may take inappropriate actions resulting in unintended consequences. Methods, apparatuses, and systems associated with existing MAC procedures that help maintain proper operation and performance of MAC procedures when operating in unlicensed spectrum.
US12082112B2
A method for use in a wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU) is disclosed. The method comprises: generating, by a Station Management Entity (SME), a request primitive enabling a wake-up radio (WUR) scanning process for WUR discovery frames transmitted by one or more access points (APs), the request primitive comprising a plurality of first parameters; conducting the WUR scanning process using WUR based on the plurality of the first parameters; generating, at a MAC layer, at least one confirm primitive based on a result of the WUR scanning process and at least a part of the plurality of first parameters; and communicating, from the MAC layer to the SME, the at least one confirm primitive.
US12082108B2
A power-saving state switching method, a terminal and a base station are provided. The power-saving state switching method includes configuring, by the base station, a first power consumption mode of the terminal at a first time point, and transmitting configuration information of the first power consumption mode to the terminal. Two or more power consumption modes are supported by the terminal.
US12082105B2
An information processing apparatus includes a processor configured to: cause a memory to store information related to a first access point when connecting to a device that is to execute a process via the first access point and causing the device to execute the process; and execute a switching process for switching an access point serving as a connection destination to the first access point if a currently-connected access point is different from the first access point when requesting the device to execute the process.
US12082100B2
This application provides a network selection method, a network device, and a terminal device. The network selection method mainly includes: A first network device sends a first message to a terminal device. The first message includes a message that indicates the terminal device to measure a cell of a first-type network, the first-type network is a high-priority network selectable for the terminal device, and a network provided by the first network device does not belong to the first-type network.
US12082097B2
This document describes methods and systems for common search space configuration and system information acquisition. As part of the methods and systems, a base station (120) wirelessly communicating with a user equipment (110) that is in an engaged mode determines (402) to configure a common search space through which the user equipment (110) can receive a system information block that is other than a system information block type 1 or a master information block. The base station (120) transmits a first message (404) that includes a set of common search space configuration parameters for the user equipment (110) to receive the other system information block. The base station (120) transmits (406), in accordance with the set of common search space configuration parameters, a second message that includes the other system information block.
US12082083B2
A user equipment includes a reception unit that receives control information and data through inter-terminal direct communication; and a control unit that determines, based on the control information or the data, whether the inter-terminal direct communication is unicast, groupcast, or broadcast.
US12082082B2
Described herein is a high confidence ground truth information service executing on a network of edge computing devices. A variety of participating devices obtain high confidence ground truth information relating to objects in a local environment. This information is communicated to the ground truth information service, where it may be verified and aggregated with similar information before being communicated as part of an acquired ground truth dataset to one or more subscribing devices. The subscribing devices use the ground truth information, as included in the ground truth dataset, to both validate and improve their supervised learning systems.
US12082081B2
Method and system for determining a status of an application previously installed on a mobile device of a user are disclosed. For example, the method includes determining that an application has been installed on a mobile device of a user, determining whether the sensor data is received from the application at least once during a predetermined time interval, determining that the application does not work properly on the mobile device of the user in response to the sensor data being not received at least once during the predetermined time interval, and transmitting a notification to the mobile device indicating that the application does not work properly.
US12082078B2
A method, by a control node, for MBMS bearer handling comprises activating and announcing a first MBMS bearer for supporting floor control in a group call to client nodes of the group call. The method additionally includes activating and announcing at least one second MBMS bearer for supporting media transmission in the group call. The floor control and the media transmission are supported on separate MBMS bearers for the group call. A method, by a client node for MBMS bearer handling comprises obtaining a broadcast service announcement of a first MBMS bearer for supporting floor control in a group call from a control node of the group call. The method additionally includes obtaining a broadcast service announcement of at least one second MBMS bearer for supporting media transmission in the group call from the control node. The floor control and the media transmission are supported on separate MBMS bearers for the group call.
US12082068B2
Embodiments include methods for conditional mobility in a radio access network (RAN), performed by a user equipment (UE). Such methods include receiving, from one or more RAN nodes (e.g., source RAN node and/or target RAN node), one or more mobility-related messages that include: a first indication of a mobility operation; a second indication of a triggering condition for the mobility operation; a second measurement configuration related to the triggering condition; and a third measurement configuration related to one or more target cells. Such methods also include, based on the second measurement configuration, detecting fulfillment of the triggering condition with respect to a particular one of the target cells and executing the mobility operation towards the particular target cell, and subsequently performing and reporting third measurements in the particular target cell based on the third measurement configuration. Embodiments also include complementary methods performed by source RAN nodes and target RAN nodes.
US12082063B2
A reference signal measurement method includes determining, by a terminal device, that the terminal device meets a first condition for performing measurement, and measuring, by the terminal device, a reference signal based on measurement information that is in the at least one piece of measurement information and that is corresponding to the first condition, where each piece of measurement information in the at least one piece of measurement information indicates a to-be-measured reference signal and corresponds to one or more conditions.
US12082062B2
A handover method and a terminal are provided. The method includes: upon receiving indication information from a source cell during a first conditional handover, performing, by a terminal, at least one of the following operations: ignoring the indication information; continuing execution of the first conditional handover; stopping the first conditional handover; and performing, according to the indication information, an operation indicated by the indication information.
US12082048B2
Apparatuses, methods, and systems are disclosed for measuring access network performance (“ANP”) parameters for a multi-access data connection. One apparatus includes a transceiver that communicate with at least one function in a mobile communication network and a processor coupled to the transceiver. The processor is configured to cause the apparatus to: receive, from a network function, a policy request message indicating a remote unit requesting a multi-access data supports access network performance measurements; derive at least one traffic steering rule that contains an ANP parameter; determine measurement assistance information for the remote unit in response to the at least one traffic steering rule that contains an ANP parameter; and return the at least one traffic steering rule that contains an ANP parameter and the measurement assistance information in response to the policy request message.
US12082045B2
A method of OFDMA subcarrier allocation for stations in a wireless network includes determining a total downlink buffered traffic load for downlink traffic from a gateway device to the stations, and receiving a total uplink buffered traffic load for uplink traffic from the stations to the gateway device. The method further includes determining a first ratio of total downlink buffered traffic load for each station in relation to total downlink buffered traffic load for all stations, determining a second ratio of total uplink buffered traffic load for each station in relation to total uplink buffered traffic load for all stations, performing OFDMA subcarrier allocation for the downlink traffic by assigning available channel bandwidth proportional to the first ratio for each station, and performing OFDMA subcarrier allocation for the uplink traffic by assigning available channel bandwidth proportional to the second ratio for each station.
US12082033B2
Identifying a worst interfering sector includes obtaining co-channel signal measurements within an area of interest, narrowing the signal measurements to a specific frequency band associated with at least one serving sector, determining, one or more ratios of a sum of interfering signal measurements to a sum of serving signal measurements, and identifying the worst interfering sector for the specific frequency band based on a highest ratio from among the one or more ratios.
US12082031B2
A user equipment (UE) may perform configured to perform layer 1 (L1) measurements and layer 3 (L3) measurements. The UE receives a first configuration for layer 1 (L1) measurements of a resource set comprising a plurality of reference signals (RS) and a second configuration for layer 3 (L3) measurements, the first configuration including periodic measurement occasions and a reporting periodicity for transmitting measurement reports comprising the L1 measurements, determines the L3 measurements collide with at least one of the plurality of RSs for the L1 measurements, wherein the colliding causes a determination of the L1 measurements to be muted for the at least one RS during at least one of the measurement occasions and alters at least a first measurement report so that the L1 measurements that collide with the L3 measurements are not reported in at least one reporting periodicity.
US12082021B2
Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described. A user equipment (UE) may support channel state information (CSI) operations, such as CSI reporting. A UE may identify a change in CSI pertaining to communications with a base station or any other change in communications with a base station. The UE may transmit, to the base station and based on the change in CSI, a CSI scheduling request, which may include an indication to activate or grant resources for a CSI report transmission from the UE to the base station. The UE may receive, from the base station, a CSI report trigger based on the CSI scheduling request, and transmit, in response to receipt of the CSI report trigger, a CSI report over a physical layer uplink channel (e.g., a physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH)).
US12082011B2
Embodiments include methods for radio link monitoring (RLM) by a user equipment (UE) in a combined terrestrial and satellite wireless communication network. Such methods include, during a discontinuity in a connection between a UE and a terrestrial network node (TNN), performing RLM of the connection based on a second configuration. Such methods also include, before and/or after the discontinuity, performing RLM of the connection based on a first configuration. The connection includes a first link between the UE and a satellite and a second link between the satellite and the TNN. The discontinuity includes a link switch in at least one of the first link and the second link. The RLM before, during, and after the discontinuity can include various first, second, and third operations, respectively. Embodiments also include complementary methods performed by a TNN, as well as UEs and TNNs configured to perform operations corresponding to such methods.
US12082003B2
One embodiment is directed to an open radio access network to provide wireless coverage for a plurality of cells at a site and that comprises a virtualized headend comprising one or more base-station nodes and a plurality of unified remote units deployed at the site. Each of the unified remote units is able to support multiple functional splits, multiple wireless interface protocols, multiple generations of radio access technology, and multiple frequency bands. The unified remote units and functional split used to serve each cell can be changed (for example, on-the-fly as a part of an automatic or manual adaptation process that is a function of one or more monitored performance attributes of the open radio access network such as network bandwidth, network latency, processing load, or processing performance). The unified remote units can be implemented in a modular manner with a backplane to which different radio modules can be coupled.
US12082000B2
A method for determining quasi co-located (QCL) information, a method for configuring the QCL information, and related devices are provided. The method for determining the QCL information includes: receiving first indication information transmitted by a network device, wherein the first indication information is used to indicate a first QCL relationship between a first positioning reference signal and a target object; and according to the first QCL relationship, determining a QCL reference signal of the first positioning reference signal, or determining a QCL reference signal of the target object.
US12081994B2
A communication device includes an acquisition unit configured to acquire first information for communication in which a first frequency band has been used, the first frequency band being an unlicensed band in which a plurality of communication schemes can be mixed, from a second frequency band different from the first frequency band, and a communication control unit configured to control communication in a predetermined communication scheme in which the first frequency band has been used, on the basis of the first information.
US12081985B2
Implementations of the present disclosure relate to intrusion detection information. A method comprises detecting, by an access point (AP), at least one device in a wireless communication network to be an illegal device. The method also comprises obtaining, by the AP, intrusion detection information related to the at least one device, the intrusion detection information comprising at least one identifier of the at least one device.
US12081983B2
A system for controlling access to equipment. The system establishes that a user of a mobile device has authorization to access an equipment and generates an encrypted digital key. The system sends the encrypted digital key to the mobile device. The system also sends an encrypted corresponding digital key to a controlling unit of the equipment. When a distance between the mobile device and the controlling unit is within a threshold, and the encrypted digital key transmitted by the mobile device is authenticated by the encrypted corresponding key on the controlling unit, the controlling unit unlocks the equipment so that the user of the mobile device takes control of the equipment in accordance with terms and conditions as set forth in a contract for operating the equipment between the user and an owner of the system.
US12081982B2
Techniques and apparatus for optimizing an initial access stratum security mode command procedure are described. One example technique includes sending a first service request to establish a connection with a network. A second service request is sent to the network, upon determining that one or more criteria is satisfied. Another example technique includes sending a first service request to establish a connection with a network and sending a second service request after sending the first service request. The first service request is associated with a first security parameter and the second service request is associated with a second security parameter. A security mode command procedure is participated in with a base station, based on the first security parameter and the second security parameter.
US12081979B2
Authentication of an Internet-of-Things (IoT) device comprises receiving, by a proxy application executing on a mobile device during a registration process, a device identifier associated with the IoT device. The proxy application transmits the device identifier to a router of the wireless network. The proxy application receives the device identifier from the router in response to the router receiving an authorization request with no network password from the IoT device for access to the wireless network, where the router forwards the device identifier to the proxy application. The proxy application prompts the user of the mobile device to enter the password, and transmits the entered network password to the router, such that the router validates the password and grants the IoT device access to the wireless network, the IoT device transmits the IoT device identifier to the router for subsequent network connection without a need for the mobile device.
US12081967B2
Disclosed herein is a method, an Access Point (AP) device for creating a closed Wireless Fidelity (Wi-Fi) hotspot network, and a method, a station device for connecting to the closed Wi-Fi hotspot network. The AP device receives a first input for creating the closed Wi-Fi hotspot network, transmits an encryption key to the station device, which is present within a predefined region, over an in-band communication medium or an out-of-band communication medium, and creates the closed Wi-Fi hotspot network by communicating management frames in cipher text with the station device. The station device receives the encryption key and the management frames from the AP device; and transmits a connection request to the AP device for connecting to the closed Wi-Fi hotspot network. The communication of the management frames in the cipher text provides improved security against attacks associated with Wi-Fi hotspot networks.
US12081966B2
A gateway mobile location center (GMLC) may include processor(s) and memory storing instructions. The instructions, when executed by the processor(s), may cause the GMLC to perform operations that include receiving, from a location services (LCS) client, a request for a capability of a positioning service level for a wireless device. The operations may also include receiving, from a network function, a second message indicating at least one of: a positioning capability of the wireless device; and a positioning capability of at least one base station. The operations may further include determining the capability of the positioning service level for the wireless device, based on the second message. The operations may additionally include sending, by the GMLC to the LCS client, a response that includes the capability of the positioning service level. The capability of the positioning service level may include a parameter indicating an absolute or a relative positioning.
US12081959B2
The present disclosure relates to a display device in which a volume balance is automatically adjusted and a surround sound system. The display device includes an audio output interface, a wireless communication interface connected to at least one external speaker, and a controller configured to the audio output interface and the external speaker to output a sound, wherein the controller controls a volume of the external speaker according to a level of a sound output from the audio output interface.
US12081954B2
A virtual surround sound production circuit includes: a subtraction unit configured to perform subtraction operation on first and second signals to output a third signal; a first addition unit configured to perform addition operation on the first and second signals to output a center channel signal; a surround sound adjustment unit configured to adjust the third signal or another third signal that has undergone frequency compensation to output a fourth signal; a center compensation unit configured to adjust the center channel signal to output a fifth signal; a second addition unit configured to perform addition operation on the first, fourth and fifth signals to output a first output signal; a phase inverter unit configured to perform phase inversion on the fourth signal to generate a phase-inverted signal; and a third addition unit configured to perform addition operation on the second, fifth and phase-inverted signals to output a second output signal.
US12081953B2
Systems and methods for authenticating a passive speaker include (i) activating, by a playback device configured to drive the passive speaker, a passive speaker identification circuit of the passive speaker by providing an identification signal to an input terminal of the passive speaker, wherein the passive speaker is a particular type of passive speaker having particular acoustic characteristics; (ii) while the passive speaker identification circuit is active, measuring, by the playback device, an electrical current of the identification signal; (iii) determining, based on the measured electrical current of the identification signal, an impedance modulation of the passive speaker; (iv) determining, by the playback device, the particular type of the passive speaker based on the impedance modulation of the passive speaker; and (v) applying, by the playback device, a calibration to the playback device based on the determined particular type of the passive speaker.
US12081951B2
The present application discloses a sound-output device, including a signal processing circuit, configured to generate a bone-conducted control signal and an air-conducted control signal based on an initial sound signal; a vibration speaker, configured to generate a bone-conducted sound wave based on the bone-conducted control signal; and an air-conduction speaker, configured to generate an air-conducted sound wave based on the air-conducted control signal, wherein a signal component of at least partial frequency band in the air-conducted control signal has an amplitude and a phase canceling at least partial leakage of sound generated by the vibration speaker, such that at least partial component in the air-conducted sound wave cancels the at least partial leakage of sound.
US12081944B1
Audio device apparatuses for hearing impaired users comprise a wearable housing connected, wired or wirelessly, to earphones or a headset. The audio device receives incoming sound, processes the incoming sound to form processed sound, and delivers the processed sound to the earphones or headset of the user.
US12081943B2
Apparatus (20) for hearing assistance includes a spectacle frame (22), including a front piece (30) and temples (32), with one or more microphones (23) mounted at respective first locations on the front piece and configured to output electrical signals in response to first acoustic waves (64) that are incident on the microphones. A speaker (28) is mounted at a second location on one of the temples outputs second acoustic waves (66). Processing circuitry (26) generates a drive signal for the speaker by processing the electrical signals output by the microphones so as to cause the speaker to reproduce selected sounds occurring in the first acoustic waves with a delay that is equal within 20% to a transit time of the first acoustic waves from the first location to the second location, thereby engendering constructive interference between the first and second acoustic waves.
US12081940B2
An acoustic receiver includes a first receiver subassembly having bottom housing plate with at least a portion of a motor fastened thereto, and a second receiver subassembly having a closed-ended housing wall with at least one open end that is fastened to the bottom housing plate. A method of making and assembling the components is also described.
US12081928B2
Various implementations include portable loudspeakers. Certain implementations include a portable loudspeaker that mitigates ingress of moisture, particulates, and other contaminates. In particular implementations, the portable loudspeaker includes a housing with an enclosure having a co-molded construction for ingress resistance.
US12081925B2
Embodiments of the present application provide an optical line terminal line card and a method compatible with a PON function. The optical line terminal line card includes an optical module, a MAC module, a toggle switch, a switch controller, a series resistor and a pull-down resistor. The optical module is connected to the MAC module to form a first connection line, the series resistor is provided on a side of the first connection line close to the optical module and on the first connection line, the pull-down resistor is connected to the first connection line by means of a second connection line, the toggle switch is provided on the second connection line and is located between the first connection line and the pull-down resistor, and the switch controller is connected to the optical module and the toggle switch, respectively.
US12081922B1
Optical routing device for ultra-flexible and ultra-reliable laser beam based wireless communication
An optical routing device that includes a mounting component which includes a rechargeable battery and a processor that communicates over-the-air with a master communication device or one or more service communication devices via RF supervisory links. The processor receives an instruction via the RF supervisory links to control a movement of the mounting component along with the optical routing component such that an angle or a direction of deflection of laser beams from an optical routing component of optical routing device is changed. The one or more laser beams are deflected from the optical routing component over-the-air for free-space optical communication among the master communication device and the one or more service communication devices via at least the optical routing device independent of optical fibers.
US12081921B2
Port occupancy can be detected by positioning signal responders on shutters disposed at the ports. The signal responders are detectable when the shutters are undeflected (i.e., the respective ports are available). The signal responders are not detectable when the shutters are deflected (i.e., the respective ports are occupied). The signal responders may include RFID tags. Each shutter having a corresponding signal responder may span more than one port.
US12081915B2
An audio-video communication system comprises a wireless exterior module located proximate an entrance, a computerized controller running a software application, and a remote peripheral device. The wireless exterior module includes a proximity sensor for detecting a person at the entrance, a video camera for recording an image of the person at the entrance, a microphone for recording the person at the entrance, a speaker for playing audio to the person at the entrance, a transmitter for communicating sounds and images of the person at the entrance, and a receiver for receiving communications at the wireless exterior module. The computerized controller is disposed in wireless electronic communication with the wireless exterior module via the transmitter and the receiver of the wireless exterior module. The remote peripheral device is configured to electronically communicate with the computerized controller for viewing an image from the video camera communicated from the wireless exterior module.
US12081913B2
Camera platform techniques are described. In an implementation, a plurality of digital images and data describing times, at which, the plurality of digital images are captured is received by a computing device. Objects of clothing are recognized from the digital images by the computing device using object recognition as part of machine learning. A user schedule is also received by the computing device that describes user appointments and times, at which, the appointments are scheduled. A user profile is generated by the computing device by training a model using machine learning based on the recognized objects of clothing, times at which corresponding digital images are captured, and the user schedule. From the user profile, a recommendation is generated by processing a subsequent user schedule using the model as part of machine learning by the computing device.
US12081910B2
An information device having a camera and a display is connected to a camera image sharing service providing device by communication means to upload a captured image of the camera and its feature amount and download a captured image of another information device and its feature amount. In addition, the information device is connected to an auto-framing service providing device to download a plurality of framing patterns for combining a plurality of captured images. Framing means of the information device calculates the feature amount of the captured image of the camera, selects one framing pattern from the plurality of downloaded framing patterns based on the calculated feature amount and the downloaded feature amount of the captured image of another information device, and combines the captured images of the camera and another information device. The captured images that have been combined are displayed on the display.
US12081906B2
A system and method for providing video conferencing are described herein. Original video streams from one or more cameras are sampled to form downscaled versions of the video stream. The downscaled version is analyzed to find regions of interest and generate metadata describing aspects of the regions of interest, including a region that includes a preferred speaker and the best view of each participant present together in the video conference. Cropping instructions are generated from the metadata, and portions of the original video stream are removed to form a set of presentation views for each participant, including the preferred speaker. The set of presentation views is stitched together to form a composite display for each participant viewing the stream remotely.
US12081884B2
A time-of-flight device comprises a pixel array including an array of pixel circuits, wherein a column of the array includes: a first pixel circuit including a first photodiode, a first capacitor and a second capacitor coupled to the first photodiode, and a second pixel circuit including a second photodiode, a third capacitor and a fourth capacitor coupled to the second photodiode, a first signal line coupled to the first capacitor, a second signal line coupled to the second capacitor, a third signal line coupled to the third capacitor, a fourth signal line coupled to the fourth capacitor, a first switch circuitry, a second switch circuitry, a first comparator coupled to the first signal line and the third signal line through the first switch circuitry, and a second comparator coupled to the second signal line and the fourth signal line through the second switch circuitry.
US12081873B2
The present invention provides an image processing apparatus (10) including a detection unit (12) that detects a plurality of predetermined points of a body of each of a plurality of persons from an image in an image circle of a fisheye image, a gravity direction determination unit (13) that determines a gravity direction in a position of each of the plurality of persons from the plurality of predetermined points, a reference point decision unit (14) that decides a reference point, based on the gravity direction in the position of each of the plurality of persons, a complementary circular image generation unit (16) that generates a complementary circular image that is a circular image acquired by adding a complementary image to the image in the image circle of the fisheye image, and that has, as a center, the reference point different from a center of the image in the image circle, and an expansion unit (17) that panoramically expands the complementary circular image, based on the reference point, and generates a panoramic image.
US12081871B2
In an optical unit with a shake correction function, a first circuit board, which is pulled out from a camera module, and a second circuit board, on which a first drive coil and a second drive coil are mounted, are electrically connected by a first connection portion and a second connection portion, which are electrically connected while overlapping each other. Moreover, in the optical unit with a shake correction function, a drawer portion of the first circuit board is pulled out toward an outer peripheral side of the optical unit with a shake correction function.
US12081869B2
A video may be captured by an image capture device in motion. A stabilized view of the video may be generated by providing a punchout of the video. The punchout of the video may compensate for rotation of the image capture device during capture of the video. Different field of view punchouts, such as wide field of view punchout and linear field of view punchout, may be used to stabilize the video. Different field of view punchouts may provide different stabilization margins to stabilize the video. The video may be stabilized by switching between different field of view punchouts based on the amount of stabilization margin needed to stabilize the video.
US12081867B2
A system includes a transmission unit configured to generate an electromagnetic wave, a first reception unit configured to detect the electromagnetic wave, and a processing unit configured to determine whether an output of the electromagnetic wave from the transmission unit is more than or equal to a threshold based on first image information obtained by capturing an image of the transmission unit in a state where the transmission unit is irradiating the electromagnetic wave.
US12081866B2
An image sensor including a semiconductor substrate, a plurality of color filters, a plurality of first lenses and a second lens is provided. The semiconductor substrate includes a plurality of sensing pixels arranged in array, and each of the plurality of sensing pixels respectively includes a plurality of image sensing units and a plurality of phase detection units. The color filters at least cover the plurality of image sensing units. The first lenses are disposed on the plurality of color filters. Each of the plurality of first lenses respectively covers one of the plurality of image sensing units. The second lens is disposed on the plurality of color filters and the second lens covers the plurality of phase detection units.
US12081865B2
A video recording system and method for seamlessly appending one or more new, discontinuously recorded video segments to a selected previously recorded existing video file, to create a merged video file. The system provides a “continue video” control associated with each previously recorded video file, which a user can activate from an interface display where information identifying the previously recorded video file is displayed, such as its filename and/or a representative thumbnail image. The system allows a user to separately view and label the merged video stream and each segment.
US12081864B2
A remote CCTV module for a wireless monitoring system includes a communications interface configured to transmit data to a server over a wireless telecommunications network; a sensor interface configured to receive sensor data from a sensor; a CCTV camera; and a controller. The controller controls the communications interface to transmit the sensor data over the wireless telecommunications network at a first frequency; processes the sensor data to detect an event in an environment proximate to the module, and in response to detecting the event, controls the communications interface to transmit the sensor data over the wireless telecommunications network at a second frequency, wherein the second frequency is higher than the first frequency.
US12081862B2
The present disclosure generally relates to user interfaces for displaying representations of media (an image, video).
US12081861B2
An electronic device is provided and includes a display, a camera configured to acquire an image using light introduced through the display, and at least one processor configured to be electrically connected to the display and the camera, wherein the at least one processor is configured to acquire the image through the camera, acquire a first adjustment value corresponding to the display and for correcting the image, acquire a second adjustment value corresponding to the camera and for correcting the image, and correct the image based on the first adjustment value and the second adjustment value.
US12081860B2
An image pickup apparatus includes a first image sensor configured to perform imaging, and a control unit configured to perform precapture imaging, when acquiring a first imaging instruction, to cause the first image sensor to repeatedly perform imaging, and causes the first image sensor to perform main imaging when acquiring a second imaging instruction during the precapture imaging, and a first detecting unit configured to detect a change in a main object to be focused, and to output information about the change in the main object. The control unit changes control in the precapture imaging using the information about the change in the main object.
US12081856B2
The present disclosure provides a camera module for use in a portable electronic device. The camera module comprises a shiftable lens barrel comprising an objective assembly holding coaxially one or more lens elements defining an optical axis. The camera module has a retractable cover window. The lens barrel has an operative state and a collapsed state and the cover window has a corresponding extended and retracted position. The camera further comprises an actuator including a driving motor; a pop-out assembly actuatable by the actuator. The pop-out assembly includes a driving cam configured to be driven rotationally by the actuator, a carrier configured to receive the lens barrel and an image sensor configured to image a field of view of the objective assembly when the lens barrel is in the operative state.
US12081849B2
The present application relates to a photosensitive assembly, including a circuit board, a photosensitive chip and a metal wire. A first surface of the circuit board has a protrusion structure and a chip attachment area, and the protrusion structure is distributed in the chip attachment area. The photosensitive chip is attached to the first surface by an adhesive, and the adhesive is at least disposed between the top surface of the protrusion structure and the bottom surface of the photosensitive chip. The metal wire electrically connects the photosensitive chip and the circuit board in a wire bonding manner. The present application further provides a corresponding manufacturing method for a camera module and a photosensitive assembly. The present application can avoid or suppress the deformation of the photosensitive chip at a smaller cost of space size. The photosensitive assembly and the camera module of the present application can improve the structural strength of the circuit board. The photosensitive assembly and the camera module of the present application can improve the heat dissipation efficiency of the photosensitive chip.
US12081844B2
Systems and methods are provided herein for automatically generating universal metadata for non-linear content when the non-linear content is determined to be viral. To this end, the systems and methods determine a first rate at which first users are consuming non-linear content from a first source. In response to determining that the first rate exceeds the threshold, the systems and methods determine a second source that from which second users are consuming the non-linear content, and a second rate at which the second users are consuming the non-linear content from the second source. In response to determining that the second rate exceeds the threshold, the systems and methods generate universal metadata for the non-linear content by automatically populating metadata fields of by scraping metadata fitting predefined criteria corresponding to the metadata fields from the first source and from the second source, and store the populated metadata fields to a database.
US12081841B2
A method for delivering media content to one or more clients over a distributed system is disclosed. The method may include generating a plurality of network-coded symbols from a plurality of original symbols representing a first media asset. The method may further include generating an original plurality of coded variants of the first media asset. The method may further include distributing a first coded variant of the original plurality of coded variants to a first cache on a first server device for storage in the first cache. The method may further include distributing a second coded variant of the original plurality of coded variants to a second cache on a second server device for storage in the second cache.
US12081840B2
Systems and methods are provided for generating a content item banner for display based on a session type and a content item type. A user profile is accessed at a computing device, and a session type associated with consumption of at least a content item of a plurality of content items is determined based on the user profile. A content item type associated with the plurality of content items is determined, and a content item banner for a subsequent content item of the plurality of content items is identified based on the session type and the content item type. The content item banner is generated for display.
US12081837B2
Systems, methods and/or computer program products issuing and transferring presentation rights between users during digital events using NFTs and incentivizing audiences to remain active attendees of digital event as new presenters take over the presentation. Value exchanged for obtaining NFTs representing presentation rights can correlate to a speaker score which is calculated using audience metrics collected by the platform. Presenters with higher presenter scores and larger or more active audiences can result in higher valuations, increasing the value of the NFT being purchased. Exchanges of value and NFTs are executed using non-custodial wallets and/or smart contracts. The value exchanged for the NFT can be split between original presenters' wallets and wallets of the audience members in pre-determined ratios. Funds provided to audience members' wallets during digital events can be locked or restricted for pre-set minimum amounts of time, incentivizing audience members to remain attentive to the next presenter.
US12081836B2
While a first media content item from a shared playback session is being presented on a set of presentation devices, each of the set of presentation devices corresponding to a respective user of a plurality of users in the shared playback session, a master device receives a request to modify playback of the shared playback session from an observer device of a set of observer devices that corresponds to a presentation device for a first user, wherein the set of observer devices is different from the set of presentation devices. In response to the request to modify playback of the shared playback session, the master device sends a command for an action selected based on the request to each of the set of presentation devices.
US12081832B2
Disclosed example audience measurement apparatus determine a first audience metric based on set-top box return path tuning data obtained from set-top boxes located in a first geographic area; determine a second audience metric from a portion of audience measurement data corresponding to a second geographic area, the portion of the audience measurement data associated with monitored sites in the second geographic area having second set-top box characteristics that correspond with first set-top box characteristics of the set-top boxes located in the first geographic area; determine ratios of (i) respective first audience metrics determined for respective demographic stratifications to (ii) corresponding second audience metrics determined for the respective demographic stratifications; and combine the ratios after multiplication with third audience metrics determined, for the respective demographic stratifications, from the audience measurement data to determine an audience exposure metric that estimates exposure to media in the first geographic area.
US12081831B2
Techniques are described for using the Advanced Television Systems Committee (ATSC) 3.0 television protocol and more specifically various types of ATSC 3.0 signaling to deliver private content for signage to kiosks and other public displays.
US12081822B2
Methods, systems, and computer readable media may be operable to facilitate switching the video and audio output to a different service when a current service is not presentable. When outputting content from a first service, a multimedia device may identify and switch to an output of content from a second service when the content from the first service becomes unpresentable. The multimedia device may continue to monitor the quality or presentability of the content from the first service, and the multimedia device may switch from an output of content form the second service to an output of content from the first service when the determination is made that the content from the first service is presentable.
US12081817B2
Methods and apparatus for delivering content to a user so as to optimize and enhance the “experience” of the content. In one embodiment, an optimization and monitoring entity (OME) is used which determines, evaluates, and provides notification and/or recommendation of alternative content delivery platforms which are available to a user. The OME receives requests for content forwarded from a content server containing information identifying requesting devices and/or subscriber accounts. The OME examines the capabilities of the registered devices, and identifies/recommends alternative devices based on e.g., video/audio quality, picture size, bandwidth availability, and/or any other additional capabilities of the client devices. A notification is then sent to the client devices indicating which of the user's devices may receive the content alternatively, or in addition to, the requesting device. The notifications may be interactive, allowing the user to select one or more of the devices for delivery.
US12081810B2
A content display apparatus includes: a state identifying part that identifies a state of a viewer who is to view content; an image data selecting part that selects a plurality of pieces of image data from a plurality of image data candidates on the basis of the state of the viewer identified by the state identifying part; a content generating part that generates state improvement content for improving the state of the viewer by determining an order in which to display the plurality of pieces of image data; and a display control part that causes a display part viewed by the viewer U to display the state improvement content.
US12081807B2
A method of decoding includes partitioning a rectangular transform tree node (TTN) using either a vertical binary tree split or a horizontal binary tree split to generate square child TTNs when a maximum transform unit (TU) size for the TTN is smaller than either dimension of the TTN. The method further includes partitioning the child TTNs using a quadtree split to generate transform units (TUs) when the first child TTN dimension and the second child TTN dimension are larger than the maximum TU size, determining that the child TTNs are TUs when the first child TTN dimension and the second child TTN dimension are less than or equal to the maximum TU size, applying the TUs to transform coefficients to generate residuals, and generating a reconstructed block based on the residuals.
US12081800B2
A method and apparatus for adaptively processing video samples in a video signal frame, the video samples being arranged in a Largest Coding Unit. The method comprises extracting a plurality of video samples from the Largest Coding Unit, calculating a correction offset for a first video sample of the extracted plurality of video samples upon the basis of a first value of the first video sample and a second value of a second video sample of the extracted plurality of video samples, and weighting the first video sample with the correction offset.
US12081794B2
Systems and methods herein describe a video compression system. The described systems and methods accesses a sequence of image frames from a first computing device, the sequence of image frames comprising a first image frame and a second image frame, detects a first set of keypoints for the first image frame, transmits the first image frame and the first set of keypoints to a second computing device, detects a second set of keypoints for the second image frame, transmits the second set of keypoints to the second computing device, causes an animated image to be displayed on the second computing device.
US12081793B2
An encoder includes circuitry and memory connected to the circuitry. In operation, the circuitry: derives an average value of motion vector values of two prediction candidates in a prediction candidate list for a merge mode, and registers the average value derived as new motion vector information of a new prediction candidate into the prediction candidate list; and derives new correction processing information regarding correction processing of a prediction image, and registers the new correction processing information derived into the prediction candidate list in association with the new motion vector information.
US12081790B2
The present disclosure relates to a method and apparatus for improving the encoding efficiency by adaptively changing the resolution of the motion vector in the inter prediction encoding and inter prediction decoding of a video. The apparatus includes: a predicted motion vector calculator for calculating a predicted motion vector of a current block to be encoded using motion vectors of one or more surrounding blocks; and a skip mode encoder for encoding a result of performing a prediction of the current block and information indicating that the current block is a skip block when the predicted motion vector satisfies a skip condition, wherein at least one motion vector among the motion vectors of the surrounding blocks and the motion vector of the current block has a resolution different from resolutions of the other motion vectors.
US12081789B2
Methods and systems for improving coding efficiency of video.
US12081787B2
A method for decoding encoded blocks of pixels from an encoded video bit stream is provided that includes decoding a block vector corresponding to an encoded block of pixels from the encoded bit stream, verifying that the block vector indicates a block of reconstructed pixels in a search area including reconstructed pixels of a largest coding unit (LCU) including the encoded block of pixels and N left neighboring reconstructed LCUs of the LCU, and decoding the encoded block of pixels, wherein the block of reconstructed pixels is used as a predictor for the encoded block of pixels.
US12081783B2
A video coding mechanism is disclosed. The mechanism includes receiving a bitstream comprising an output layer set (OLS) and a video parameter set (VPS). The OLS includes one or more layers of coded pictures and the VPS includes an OLS mode identification code (ols_mode_idc) specifying that for each OLS, all layers in the each OLS are output layers. The output layers are determined based on the ols_mode_idc in the VPS. A coded picture from the output layers is decoded to produce a decoded picture. The decoded picture is forwarded for display as part of a decoded video sequence.
US12081778B2
Several embodiments of scalable image processing systems and methods are disclosed herein whereby color management processing of source image data to be displayed on a target display is changed according to varying levels of metadata.
US12081773B2
A method of decoding a plurality of coding units from a bitstream to produce an image frame, the coding units being the result of decompositions of coding tree units, the plurality of coding units forming one or more contiguous portions of the bitstream. The method comprises determining a subdivision level for each portion of the bitstream, each subdivision level being applicable to the coding units of the respective contiguous portion of the bitstream; decoding a quantisation parameter delta for each of a number of areas, each area based on decomposition of coding tree units into coding units of each contiguous portion of the bitstream and the corresponding determined subdivision level; determining a quantisation parameter for each area according to the decoded delta quantisation parameter for the area and the quantisation parameter of an earlier coding unit of the image frame; decoding using the determined quantisation parameter of each area.
US12081771B2
A method, computer program, and computer system is provided for decoding video data. The method may include receiving video data coded with an affine inter prediction, the video data including chroma subblocks and luma subblocks; aligning an affine luma subblock with corresponding one or more affine chroma subblocks, wherein the aligning is based on a position of the affine luma subblock and a color format of the affine luma subblock; and decoding the video data based on the aligned affine luma subblock and the one or more affine chroma subblocks.
US12081758B2
Devices, systems, and methods for lossless coding for visual media coding are described. An exemplary method for video processing includes determining, based on a current video block of a video satisfying a dimension constraint, that coding modes are enabled for representing the current video block in a bitstream representation, where the dimension constraint states that a same set of allowed dimensions for the current video block is disabled for the coding modes, and where, for an encoding operation, the coding modes represent the current video block in the bitstream representation without using a transform operation, or where, for a decoding operation, the coding modes are used to obtain the current video block without using an inverse transform operation; and performing a conversion between the current video block and the bitstream representation of the video based on one of the coding modes.
US12081753B2
Disclosed is a method for obtaining information on sub-units partitioned from a picture. The method comprises: decoding, from a bitstream, CTU size information indicating the size of coding tree units (CTUs) within the picture; decoding, from the bitstream, sub-picture partition information expressing sub-pictures within the picture in units of the CTU sizes; decoding, from the bitstream, partition information related to partition of the picture into one or more tiles; and decoding, from the bitstream, partition information related to partition of the picture into one or more slices.
US12081742B2
This disclosure various schemes for intra mode coding and decoding of video. For example, a method for preforming intra prediction for a current block of a coded video stream is disclosed. The method may include receiving the coded video stream comprising a set index and a position index for intra prediction of the current block; determining an intra prediction mode corresponding to at least one neighboring block of the current block in the video stream as a reference mode; determining a manner of division of P predefined intra prediction modes into M intra prediction mode sets based on the reference mode, each intra prediction mode set comprising Ni position-indexed intra prediction modes, P and M being an integer larger than 1, Ni being a number of prediction modes in ith intra prediction mode set, and i being an integer representing intra prediction mode set index among the M intra prediction mode sets; identifying a target intra prediction mode among the P predefined intra prediction modes based on the received set index and the position index and the manner of division; and decoding the current block of the coded video stream based at least on the target intra prediction mode identified based on the set index and the position index of the current block.
US12081738B2
Disclosed is an inter prediction method which includes deriving control points (CPs) for the current block, wherein the CPs include a first CP and a second CP, deriving a first motion vector predictor (MVP) for the first CP and a second MVP for the second CP based on neighboring blocks of the current block, decoding a first motion vector difference (MVD) for the first CP, decoding a difference of two MVDs (DMVD) for the second CP, deriving a first motion vector (MV) for the first CP based on the first MVP and the first MVD, deriving a second MV for the second CP based on the second MVP and the DMVD for the second CP, and generating a predicted block for the current block based on the first MV and the second MV.
US12081716B2
An information processing apparatus includes a processor configured to acquires failure information being information regarding processing failure occurring in a medium processing system that has performed processing on a recording medium based on a processing request, and specify an alternative processing system being another medium processing system that is to perform the processing request, based on the acquired failure information.
US12081708B2
The present invention provides an in-line printing system including a printing apparatus and an inspection apparatus for inspecting a product outputted by the printing apparatus. In addition, the printing apparatus sequentially assigns page information to each page of the product outputted by the printing module, assigns additional information indicating an additional page inserted by the printing module, and sequentially notifies the inspection apparatus of the page information and the additional information. The inspection apparatus receives the notified page information and additional information, compares the page information and the additional information, and performs inspection by comparing a printed material according to the inspection job excluding the additional page from the product based on a comparison result and pre-registered correct images corresponding to respective pages of the printed material.
US12081704B2
An image forming device includes: a scanner mechanism; an inkjet-type print mechanism; a display mechanism; and a control unit configured to control the scanner mechanism, the print mechanism, and the display mechanism. The control unit includes a pattern storage unit configured to store a temperature, a humidity, and an adjustment pattern group including a plurality of adjustment patterns, in association with each other, an acquisition unit configured to acquire a measured temperature and a measured humidity from a temperature and humidity sensor, and a data generation unit configured to read an adjustment pattern group corresponding to the measured temperature and the measured humidity acquired by the acquisition unit from the pattern storage unit, and generate print data including the read adjustment pattern group and first group identification information which is information for identifying the adjustment pattern group.
US12081699B2
A system for transitioning a telephony or in-person servicing to an artificial intelligence (AI) chat session. The system may receive a phone call from a user device associated with a user, and transmit a voice request for personally identifiable information associated with the user. The system may also receive and authenticate the requested personally identifiable information and, in response, generate an authentication token. The system may further receive a servicing intent from the user device, and generate a corresponding servicing intent token. Also, the system may generate an API call to an AI chatbot model, transmit the authentication token and the servicing intent token to the AI chatbot model, and map the servicing intent token to a stored servicing intent. Finally, the system may transmit a message to the user device via the AI chat session.
US12081695B2
A method and system are disclosed for connecting a device to subscriptions and cellular billing plans of separate users and for managing the concurrent use of the device by the separate users. A computer-implemented method comprises enrolling a device in a cellular subscription and billing plan of a user. The enrollment includes providing an identifier for the device to a cellular subscription, effectively adding the device to the cellular subscription and billing plan selected by the user. The method and system allows the user to use capabilities of the device as governed by the cellular subscription and an associated billing plan as selected by that user, while the device is also available for use by another user via another cellular billing plan, as selected by that user.
US12081689B2
Embodiments are disclosed for shielding of an optical element of an imaging device in a mobile device. In an embodiment, an imaging device includes: an optical element; a metallic shielding enclosure, wherein the optical element is partially located within the metallic shielding enclosure; an electrically conductive coating layer applied on a surface of the optical element that is outside the metallic shielding enclosure, wherein the electrically conductive coating layer is electrically connected to the metallic shielding enclosure.
US12081688B2
A touchscreen display method is implemented by an electronic device having a foldable touchscreen that includes a first screen, a bendable area, and a second screen. The first screen is foldable with the second screen using the bendable area. The touchscreen display method includes receiving a first operation of the user, where the first operation is a folding operation or an unfolding operation performed by the user on the foldable touchscreen. The touchscreen display method further includes obtaining status data collected by a sensor, where the status data includes an included angle between the first screen and the second screen at each moment. The touchscreen display method further includes controlling, based on the included angle between the first screen and the second screen, a display location, on the foldable touchscreen, of a message in a notification bar.
US12081687B2
A foldable case for foldable mobile electronic devices. The foldable case generally comprises a first shell and a second shell hingedly connected to a third shell. The foldable case is reconfigurable between a closed configuration, an open configuration, and intermediate configurations therebetween. The first, second and third shells comprise cooperative engagement features which allow the first and second shells to hinge or pivot relative to the third shell. The cooperative engagement features also constrain the first and second shells to the third shell and limit the first and second shells to pivotal movements in the open and closed configurations but allow lateral movements in the intermediate configurations.
US12081686B2
Embodiments provide a hinge mechanism and a foldable mobile terminal. A swing arm component and a synchronization component are disposed on both sides of a main shaft component of the hinge mechanism, so that when a swing arm rotates around the main shaft component, a synchronization arm on a same side as the swing arm rotates accordingly to drive a synchronization arm and a swing arm on the other side to rotate, and further, housings on both sides of the foldable mobile terminal including the main shaft component can move synchronously, and force of a flexible screen is relatively even. In addition, because swing arms on both sides of the main shaft component rotate around different axes, through such a design, accommodation space that can accommodate the flexible screen can be formed during rotation of the swing arms, so that damage to the flexible screen is reduced.
US12081680B2
Systems, apparatuses and methods may provide for infrastructure node technology that conducts a mutual authentication with a vehicle and verifies, if the mutual authentication is successful, location information received from the vehicle. The infrastructure node technology may also send a token to the vehicle if the location information is verified, wherein the token includes an attestation that the vehicle was present in a location associated with the location information at a specified moment in time. Additionally, vehicle technology may conduct a mutual authentication with an infrastructure node and send, if the mutual authentication is successful, location information to the infrastructure node. The vehicle technology may also receive a token from the infrastructure node.
US12081679B2
A computer-implemented method is for providing a digital certificate to a device. In an embodiment, the method is based on receiving, from the device, authentication data via a secure communication channel. Furthermore, the method is based on receiving, from the device, or determining, by the server, a first certificate identifier. In particular, the first certificate identifier is a hash value. Further aspects of the method are verifying the authentication data and receiving, from the device, a first public key created by the device. In an embodiment, the method is furthermore based on sending a first certificate signing request related to a first domain name based on the first public key to a certificate authority. Herein, the first domain name comprises the certificate identifier, and a domain related to the first domain name is controlled by the server. In particular, the first domain name is a wildcard domain.
US12081677B2
Described are a system, method, and computer program product for secure real-time n-party computation. The method includes receiving a first computation input and a first portion of a one-time key from a first computer device, and receiving a second computation input and a second portion of the one-time key from a second computer device. The method also includes generating the one-time key based on the first and second portion of the one-time key, and executing a computation based on the first and second computation input. The method further includes generating an encrypted output by encrypting the computation with the one-time key, and communicating the encrypted output to the first computer device. The method further includes receiving a proof of publication from the first computer device and, in response to receiving the proof of publication, communicating the one-time key to the first computer device.
US12081675B2
A permission terminal generates access information for content using a content public key of the content and a user public key of a browser of the content, and registers the access information in a blockchain. The access information includes an aggregate public key generated by aggregating the content public key and the user public key, a message for the content, and a content signature obtained by signing the message with a content private key corresponding to the content public key. A browsing terminal acquires access information of requested content from a blockchain and verifies, with the aggregate public key, an aggregate signature where a user signature in which a message of the access information is signed with a user private key and the content signature of the access information are aggregated, and transmits a content request including the user signature or the aggregate signature if the verification succeeds.
US12081668B2
An authentication method, a content delivery network CDN, and a content server are provided. The method includes: receiving, by a CDN, a content access request that is sent by a client and that carries a first authentication credential and a second authentication credential, where the first authentication credential is generated by a content server based on a first key allocated by the CDN, and the second authentication credential is generated by the content server based on a second key allocated by a cloud server; performing, by the CDN, authentication on the first authentication credential by using the first key; and performing, by the cloud server, authentication on the second authentication credential by using the second key. In this manner, the CDN and the cloud storage server separately allocate different keys to the content server.
US12081663B2
One example method includes continuously performing key related operations. Each data set in a storage system is encrypted with a different key. New keys are repeatedly introduced and new data is encrypted only with the newest or latest key. Data being rekeyed is re-encrypted with the latest key. By repeatedly introducing new keys and rekeying data sets associated with older keys, the overall key age of the system can be kept low and the data is less susceptible to being compromised.
US12081659B2
Existing systems enable secure storage of encryption keys in the form of digital wallets, however, since the keys are preconfigured, they can be prone to malicious attacks. The embodiments herein provide a method and system for randomizing distribution of cryptographic keys across multiple secure key storage devices. The system generates random storage identities (RSIDs) for secure key storage devices by selecting a random storage device from a device portfolio, assigns the RSIDs randomly to create crypto addresses based on random access and partition the devices by deriving crypto addresses. Further, the system generates a user hash function and maps the user hash function to find an associated RSID hash function. The system identifies a device ID, a partition ID and a business date from a device mapper associated with the RSIDs to regenerate new RSIDs and recommends the regenerated new RSIDs randomly to each of the plurality of devices.
US12081658B2
This application discloses a key generation method and apparatus, a device, and a medium. The method includes transmitting a key negotiation request to a consensus node in a blockchain network, to request a key verification parameter; negotiating a collaboration key pair with a second device to obtain a first private key component and a shared public key in the collaboration key pair; signing the key verification parameter by using the first private key component, to obtain a first signature component; generating transaction data according to the first signature component and the key verification parameter; transmitting the transaction data to the second device. The consensus node performs a consensus on the negotiation result data, and after the negotiation result data passes the consensus, submits the negotiation result data to a blockchain of the blockchain network.
US12081651B2
Methods and systems for implementing one-time pad (OTP) encryption in industrial wireless instruments advantageously make use of data storage devices now available that can store a large number of encryption keys or pads in a small enough package to fit within an industrial wireless instrument. In some embodiments, the wireless instruments use solid-state memory devices that can easily hold a sufficient number of pads to last the expected lifetime of the wireless instruments. The solid-state memory devices are installed only during manufacturing of the wireless instruments where tamper-resistant manufacturing and assembly techniques may be used to ensure security for the pads. Likewise, the solid-state memory devices of the wireless instruments are also replaced or replenished only at an authorized manufacturer should additional pads be needed.
US12081650B2
A server may perform server side authentication of a user device. The user device may generate a first authentication string by performing a hash function on a username, a password, and a first salt. The first authentication string may be registered with the server for subsequent login attempts. At login, the user device generates the first authentication string and transmits the first authentication string to the server. When the authentication strings match, the user device is authenticated. The user device may also update the first authentication string. The server may provide the first salt and a second salt to the user device. The user device may generate a first authentication string and a second authentication string from the first salt and the second salt, respectively. When the first authentication strings match, the server may update the user device's authentication string by replacing it with the second authentication string.
US12081644B2
Aspects of the current subject matter are directed to performing privacy-preserving analytics over sensitive data without sharing plaintext data. According to an aspect, a system includes at least one data processor and at least one memory storing instructions which, when executed by the at least one data processor, result in operations including: receiving, from each of a plurality of clients, a utility score and a partial noise value; performing, based on the received utility scores and the partial noise values, a secure multi-party computation of a privacy-preserving statistic, the performing of the secure multi-party computation of the privacy-preserving statistic further comprising determining a noisy utility score for each data value in a domain of output values and selecting a highest noise utility score from the determined noisy utilities scores; and providing, based on the selected highest utility score, an output value for the privacy-preserving statistic.
US12081643B2
A method includes, at a first node: transmitting a first synchronization signal at a first time according to a first clock of the first node; back-coupling the first synchronization signal to generate a first self-receive signal; calculating a time-of-arrival of the first self-receive signal according to the first clock; and calculating a time-of-arrival of the second synchronization signal according to the first clock. The method also includes, at the second node: transmitting the second synchronization signal at a second time according to a second clock of the second node; back-coupling the second synchronization signal to generate a second self-receive signal; calculating a time-of-arrival of the second self-receive signal according to the second clock; and calculating a time-of-arrival of the first synchronization signal according to the second clock. The method S100 further includes calculating a time bias and a propagation delay between the pair of nodes based on the time-of-arrivals.
US12081642B2
A data equalization system includes a data clock input configured to receive a clock signal. There is an input node operative to receive a data signal of transmission symbols that change state synchronously with the clock signal. There is a first tap coupled to the input node. A second tap is configured to receive a variation of the data signal. At least one of a weight of the first tap or a weight of the second tap is modulated by a dynamic control parameter that repeats synchronously with each transmission symbol.
US12081640B2
An apparatus for connecting a field device to a communication system includes a field device interface for connecting the apparatus to the field device, a communication interface for connecting the apparatus to the communication system, a protocol conversion unit, and a switching unit. The switching unit is configured to recognize a protocol used by the field device and to establish a connection between the field device and the communication interface via the protocol conversion unit depending on the recognized protocol. Further, a method of connecting a field device to a communication system includes recognizing a protocol used by the connected field device, performing a protocol conversion depending on the recognized protocol, and establishing a connection between the connected field device and the communication system.
US12081633B2
The disclosure relates generally to providing content from a source to a user device. In one implementation, a source such as a server receives a request for a master manifest file. The server may identify one or more other manifest files and at least one data block associated with the content. The other manifest files can include manifest files referenced by the master manifest file, or can include manifest files associated with related content. The requested master manifest, the one or more other manifest files, and the at least one data block can be pushed to the user device.
US12081627B2
Disclosed are a profiling method and apparatus based on a personal region of interest. The profiling method includes determining a region of interest (ROI) indicative of an interest region of a user based on the profile of a person, and generating relationship information indicative of a relationship between a specific person and the user based on a degree of intimacy between persons and the ROI. The AI device and the AI system of the present disclosure may be associated with an artificial intelligence module, a drone (or unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV)), a robot, an augmented reality (AR) device, a virtual reality (VR) device, a device related to 5G service, etc.
US12081626B2
A method for a seamless transfer of a secure multimedia conference session from one endpoint device to another without a need to rekey the session is provided. In this method, a first endpoint device connects a participant to a multimedia conference session to which at least one other participant is connected and based on detecting one or more second endpoint devices within a predetermined location proximity of the first endpoint device, determines whether to transfer the multimedia conference session to a target endpoint device. Based on determining that the session is to be transferred, the first endpoint device establishes a secure pairing connection directly with the target endpoint device and provides, via the secure pairing connection, information about the multimedia conference session based on which the multimedia conference session is transferred to the target endpoint device without rekeying the multimedia conference session.
US12081623B2
Systems, apparatuses, and methods are described for the management of network access. Implementations may utilize a data service, such as a virtual private network (VPN). A VPN may be configured to detect the situations in which a user may be attempting to circumvent a local network restriction. If a local network Wi-Fi gateway restricts Internet access, but a user device circumvents that gateway to reach another network, such as the VPN, via a different local connection (e.g., via a neighbor's Wi-Fi gateway, or a cellular data connection), then notifications may be sent to a controlling device, such as a parental device, which in turn can be used to deny access. A local gateway and/or a network connection management application comprising a VPN module on the user device may also cooperate in the detection of this circumvention.
US12081621B2
The present disclosure relates to an IoT communication system supporting connection between devices. The present disclosure provides an IoT device comprising a connect unit connecting with a sensor module, a processor performing data communication with the sensor module through the connect unit, a device memory storing data read from the sensor module through the data communication, and a communication module wirelessly transmitting the data stored in the device memory. The present disclosure connects an existing sensor module without a communication function with an IoT device equipped with a communication function and supports a standardized protocol between them, thereby enabling the IoT device to relay the sensor module's data and constructing a cost-effective IoT communication system.
US12081620B2
A system and method in a building or vehicle for an actuator operation in response to a sensor according to a control logic, the system comprising a router or a gateway communicating with a device associated with the sensor and a device associated with the actuator over in-building or in-vehicle networks, and an external Internet-connected control server associated with the control logic implementing a PID closed linear control loop and communicating with the router over external network for controlling the in-building or in-vehicle phenomenon. The sensor may be a microphone or a camera, and the system may include voice or image processing as part of the control logic. A redundancy is used by using multiple sensors or actuators, or by using multiple data paths over the building or vehicle internal or external communication. The networks may be wired or wireless, and may be BAN, PAN, LAN, WAN, or home networks.
US12081612B2
A system designed for increasing network communication speed for users, while lowering network congestion for content owners and ISPs. The system employs network elements including an acceleration server, clients, agents, and peers, where communication requests generated by applications are intercepted by the client on the same machine. The IP address of the server in the communication request is transmitted to the acceleration server, which provides a list of agents to use for this IP address. The communication request is sent to the agents. One or more of the agents respond with a list of peers that have previously seen some or all of the content which is the response to this request (after checking whether this data is still valid). The client then downloads the data from these peers in parts and in parallel, thereby speeding up the Web transfer, releasing congestion from the Web by fetching the information from multiple sources, and relieving traffic from Web servers by offloading the data transfers from them to nearby peers.
US12081610B2
A method and apparatus for media decoding by a decoder include decoding a first indication indicative of a first conformance point of a coded video sequence. A second indication indicative of a second conformance point of the coded video sequence is decoded. It is determined whether the coded video sequence is decodable by the decoder based on at least one of the first indication and the second indication. The coded video sequence is selectively decoded based on determining whether the decoded video sequence is decodable by the decoder.
US12081609B2
A method and apparatus for transmitting a real-time media stream in a communications network. The method comprises separating an essential part of the media stream from a non-essential part of the media stream in said real-time media stream and transmitting the essential part of the media stream on a first bearer and the non-essential part of the media stream on a second bearer. Priority of the first bearer is higher than priority of the second bearer. The method also comprises performing adaptation of the essential part of the media stream in response to a change of traffic conditions on the second bearer.
US12081589B2
Provided herein are methods and systems for improved domain name system (DNS) security. A computing device of a DNS, such as a recursive DNS server, may cache previously processed (e.g., resolved) DNS requests. The DNS cache may be a target for cache poisoning and other cache manipulation attacks. The methods and systems described herein may employ artificial intelligence, machine learning, and/or pattern recognition techniques to provide improved security for the DNS cache.
US12081586B2
Novel tools and techniques are provided for implementing web-based monitoring and detection of fraudulent or unauthorized use of voice calling service. In various embodiments, a computing system might receive, from a user device associated with an originating party, a request to initiate a call session with a destination party, the request comprising user information associated with the originating party and a destination number associated with the destination party; might query a database with session data (including user information) to access permission data and configuration data; and might configure fraud logic using received configuration data from the database. The computing system might analyze the session data and permission data using the configured fraud logic to determine whether the originating party is permitted to establish the requested call session with the destination party; if so, might initiate one or more first actions; and, if not, might initiate one or more second actions.
US12081585B2
A processing application stored on a processing server receives a request to join an application server from a client device. The processing application identifies a targeted application server from a set of application servers, a private internet protocol (IP) address for the targeted application server, and a port number associated with the targeted application server. The processing application generates a token based at least in part on the private IP address for the targeted application server. The processing application maps the private IP address to a virtual IP (VIP) address. The processing application transmits the VIP address, the private IP address, the port number, and the token to the client device.
US12081582B2
Example embodiments of systems and methods for data transmission system between transmitting and receiving devices are provided. In an embodiment, each of the transmitting and receiving devices can contain a master key. The transmitting device can generate a diversified key using the master key, protect a counter value and encrypt data prior to transmitting to the receiving device, which can generate the diversified key based on the master key and can decrypt the data and validate the protected counter value using the diversified key. In an embodiment, the transmitting device can signal an attack or potential attack through the counter value. The attack signaling can further include information relating to the attack or potential attack.
US12081568B2
An extraction apparatus includes processing circuitry configured to receive an input of information about a plurality of web pages including a hypertext markup language (HTML) element that is known to reach a malicious web page through browser operation and an HTML element that is known to reach a benign web page through browser operation, classify the plurality of web pages whose input is received into clusters, extract an HTML element that reaches the malicious web page and an HTML element that reaches the benign web page from a web page of each cluster that is classified to extract a first character string included in HTML elements that are extracted, and extract, as a keyword, a second character string that characterizes the HTML element that reaches the malicious web page from the first character string.
US12081565B2
A method may include receiving, via a secure deployment management (SDM) system, configuration data associated with an industrial device, identifying, via the SDM system, a presence of a secure deployment management (SDM) node associated with the industrial device, and establishing, via the SDM system, a secure communication channel between the SDM system and the SDM node using one or more security protocols. The method may also involve sending, via the SDM system, the configuration data to the industrial device via the secure communication channel. The industrial device may receive the configuration data without performing one or more security operations on the configuration data.
US12081560B2
Embodiments of this application provide a method and apparatus for preventing advertisement-related fraud, an electronic device, and a storage medium. The method may include obtaining behavior source information of a current advertisement response behavior, the behavior source information being information used for indicating a generation source of the current advertisement response behavior. The method can further include determining whether the behavior source information of the current advertisement response behavior is fraudulent behavior source information based on a similarity between the behavior source information of the current advertisement response behavior and known fraudulent behavior source information, and determining that the current advertisement response behavior is an advertisement-related fraudulent behavior when that the behavior source information of the current advertisement response behavior is the fraudulent behavior source information.
US12081555B2
A system including: one or more processors; a memory storing instructions that, when executed by the one or more processors are configured to cause the system to receive user profile data for a plurality of users and user activity data associated with each user. The system may generate user access data based on the user profile data and user activity data. The system may generate a plurality of clusters including one or more users. The system may identify an access control permission that is common to a predetermined number of users within a cluster. The system may identify a user within the cluster that lacks the access control permission. The system may calculate a similarity measurement between the user access data of the user and the predetermined number of users. The system may automatically grant the access control permission in response to the similarity measurement exceeding a predetermined threshold.
US12081546B2
A method of accessing data at a device, wherein the data is stored remotely from the device or in removable storage. The method may the following steps: (i) sending a request from the device to access the data, the request including an identification code of a secure element or a memory card associated with the device, (ii) verifying, based at least partly on the identification code, whether access to the data is to be allowed or denied, and (iii) allowing or denying the device access to the data accordingly.
US12081539B1
A method of increasing security of access to online accounts, comprising resetting access credentials of one or more accounts of one or more online services of one or more users, by transmitting an access credentials reset request, intercepting one or more credentials reset messages transmitted via one or more correspondence channels associated with the one or more users, the one or more credentials reset messages comprise a credentials reset network address, and accessing the credentials reset network address to replace existing access credentials for the one or more accounts with increased security credentials. Wherein one or more automated access agents adapted to automatically login the one or more users into the one or more online services uses the increased security credentials to login to the one or more accounts.
US12081536B2
This disclosure relates to systems and methods for managing the operation of unmanned vehicles within policy managed locations and/or areas. In some embodiments, an unmanned vehicle may issue an operator signed request to enter a policy managed area and/or use a certain sensor system within a policy managed area to an unmanned vehicle management system. The unmanned vehicle management system may verify the operator's identity and associated rights with a trusted authority, identify a policy associated with the policy managed area, and enforce the identified policy in connection with generating a response to the request. In this manner, the use of unmanned vehicles and/or associated systems may be managed in accordance with certain policies and/or rules associated with a particular operating location and/or area.
US12081534B2
Aspects described herein include a method of automated grouping of client devices for a user-defined network (UDN). The method includes receiving, from a client device an authentication request to join an access provider network. The authentication request includes a unique identifier of the client device for a federation-based network. The method further includes transmitting the unique identifier to a UDN cloud, transmitting the authentication request to an identity provider, and receiving, responsive to the identity provider authenticating the authentication request, a list of one or more UDNs from the UDN cloud that are associated with the unique identifier. The method further includes joining the client device with one or more other client devices present on the access provider network listing a same UDN.
US12081532B1
Systems and methods for uses and/or improvements to blockchain and blockchain technology, particularly to provide a scalable solution to the aforementioned security and privacy concerns. As one example, systems and methods are described herein for a double-layer restriction subnet architecture that overcomes the technical limitations of conventional blockchains, whether public or permissioned, and subnets thereof. The double-layer restriction subnet architecture comprises a series of permissioned subnets, which provides both the security/privacy benefits of permissioned blockchains but also the scalability of subnet efficiency.
US12081522B2
Introduced here are threat detection platforms designed to discover possible instances of email account compromise in order to identify threats to an enterprise. In particular, a threat detection platform can examine the digital activities performed with the email accounts associated with employees of the enterprise to determine whether any email accounts are exhibiting abnormal behavior. Examples of digital activities include the reception of an incoming email, transmission of an outgoing email, creation of a mail filter, and occurrence of a sign-in event (also referred to as a “login event”). Thus, the threat detection platform can monitor the digital activities performed with a given email account to determine the likelihood that the given email account has been compromised.
US12081521B2
A computing apparatus, including: a hardware platform including a processor circuit and a memory; and instructions encoded within the memory to instruct the processor circuit to: extract human readable text from a plurality of known websites, the known websites having known classifiers; apply a MinHash algorithm to respective human readable text of the known websites; generate a plurality of different locality sensitive hashing (LSH) indexes for the respective websites; extract human readable text from a test website; apply the MinHash algorithm to the human readable text of the test website to provide a MinHash of the test website; query the plurality of different LSH indexes with the MinHash of the test website; and according to a result of the query, assign a category the test website, wherein the category matches a known category of at least one of the plurality of known website found to have a containment with the test website above a threshold.
US12081518B1
A method is provided for performing selective inspection of network traffic associated with a plurality of network-connected smart devices using a Man-In-The-Middle (MITM) gateway. The MITM gateway operate in a first mode or a second mode for each of the network-connected smart devices. The first mode configures the MITM gateway to perform inspection of network traffic associated with the respective network-connected smart device, and the second mode configures the MITM gateway to not perform any inspection of network traffic associated with the respective network-connected smart device. The MITM gateway is changed to operate in the second mode for a respective network-connected smart device when it is detected that the MITM gateway operating in the first mode is adversely affecting the operation of the respective network-connected smart device.
US12081517B2
Implementations include providing security services to workloads deployed across various types of network environments, such as public networks, private networks, hybrid networks, customer premise network environments, and the like, by redirecting traffic intended for the service device through a security environment of the first network. After application of the security features to the incoming traffic, the “clean” traffic may be transmitted to the service device instantiated on the separate network via a tunnel. Redirection of incoming traffic to the security-providing first network may include correlating a network address of the service device to a reserved network address of a block of reserved addresses and updating a Domain Name Server (DNS) or other address resolving system with the reserved address. The return transmission tunnel may be established between the security environment and the network address of the service device.
US12081513B2
Systems and methods for implementing an RPA (robotic process automation) cloud suite comprising a plurality of RPA related services are provided. Each of the plurality of RPA related services of the RPA cloud suite is associated with one of a plurality of nodes of a hierarchical model. A routing address for each respective RPA related service of the plurality of RPA related services is defined according to a standardized format for the RPA cloud suite based on the node associated with the respective RPA related service.
US12081512B2
The present application describes a system and method for passively collecting DNS traffic data as that data is passed between a recursive DNS resolver and an authoritative DNS server. The information contained in the collected DNS traffic data is used to generate a virtual authoritative DNS server, or a zone associated with the authoritative DNS server, when it is determined that the authoritative DNS server has been compromised.
US12081509B2
A communication method applied to a customer-premises equipment (CPE), where the CPE works in a bridging mode, and the method includes that the CPE sends a first dialing request to a mobile communications network. The CPE accesses the mobile communications network after receiving a first dialing response. The CPE bridges a first public Internet Protocol (IP) address in the first dialing response to a router connected to the CPE. The CPE sends a second dialing request to the mobile communications network after accessing the mobile communications network. The CPE receives a second dialing response, obtains a second public IP address from the second dialing response, and establishes a logical link to the mobile communications network to communicate with the mobile communications network without relying on the router connected to the CPE.
US12081503B2
An electronic device will identify an electronic message received by a messaging client that is associated with a first recipient, and it will analyze the electronic message to determine whether the electronic message is a simulated malicious message. Upon determining that electronic message is a simulated malicious message, the device will identify an actuatable element in the electronic message. The actuatable element will include a service address. The device will modify the electronic message by appending a user identifier of the first recipient to the service address of the actuatable element. Then, when the actuatable element is actuated, the system may determine whether the first recipient actuated the actuatable element or an alternate recipient did so based on whether the user identifier of the first recipient is still appended (or is the only user identifier appended) to the actuatable element.
US12081502B2
Among other things, embodiments of the present disclosure improve the functionality of electronic messaging and imaging software and systems by generating and displaying media overlays with avatars of different users. For example, media overlays can be generated by the system and displayed in conjunction with media content (e.g., images and/or video) generated by an image-capturing device (e.g., a digital camera).
US12081500B2
Embodiments described herein enable a user to share content with another user. In embodiments, a portion of the multimedia content presented by an output device (e.g., a streaming media player, a set-top box, etc.) may be selected for sharing (e.g., with one or more user(s)). Information associated with the multimedia content may be further determined (e.g., metadata, a service or source device providing the content, a time, an identification, etc.). Upon receiving a selection to share the multimedia content, a user-interactive identifier (e.g., a hyperlink) and at least one of the information and the portion of the multimedia content may be transmitted to enable the user(s) to access the content. In this manner, access to multimedia content may be easily and quickly shared with another user with relatively low user effort.
US12081497B2
This application relates to a communication method and a communications device. The communication method includes: determining, a first signal to be sent on a first uplink carrier; determining a second signal to be sent on a second uplink carrier, where the first uplink carrier corresponds to a first radio access technology, and the second uplink carrier corresponds to a second radio access technology; and when a first transmission timing corresponding to the first signal is different from a second transmission timing corresponding to the second signal, and if the first signal and the second signal overlap in time domain, sending, a third signal, where the third signal is the second signal, or is the second signal or a part of the first signal, where the part of the first signal is carried on a symbol that does not overlap with a symbol corresponding the second signal.
US12081483B2
An information sending method, a user terminal and a computer-readable storage medium. The information sending method comprises: when an instruction for sending target information is detected, determining whether information in the target information has a conflict, wherein the target information comprises N physical channels and M physical signals, and M+N≥2; when the information in the target information has a conflict, acquiring the priority corresponding to the information in the target information; and according to the priority of the information in the target information, processing the target information and then sending same, wherein processing the target information comprises: adjusting the transmitted power of the information with low priority in the target information; or, discarding some or all of the pieces of information with low priority. The solution can realize the simultaneous sending of two or more uplink physical channels or signals on a single carrier.
US12081481B2
Provided are a signaling sending method and device and a signaling receiving method and device. The signaling sending method includes: configuring N sets according to reference-signal-related information satisfying a predetermined channel characteristic requirement, where N is an integer greater than or equal to 1, and an element in the N sets is the reference-signal-related information; generating a first type of signaling, where the first type of signaling carries the N sets; and sending the first type of signaling to a second communication node, where the first type of signaling is used for notifying the second communication node to perform beam indication according to the N sets.
US12081469B2
This disclosure provides methods, devices and systems for wireless communication, and particularly, methods, devices and systems for generating or receiving a wireless packet that includes a first preamble based on a first generation of a wireless communication protocol and a second preamble based on a second generation of the wireless communication protocol. The wireless packet may include the first preamble in a first subchannel of a wireless channel and the second preamble in a second subchannel of the wireless channel. Thus, the wireless packet may concurrently include communication to or from different types of wireless stations that support the different generations of a wireless communication protocol.
US12081467B2
The base station may transmit to the UE, a first part and a second part of a PDSCH. The UE may decode the second part of the PDSCH. The first part of the PDSCH may be associated with a higher MCS than the second part of the PDSCH. The UE may estimate at least one of an ICI or a CPE associated with the PDSCH based on the decoding of the second part of the PDSCH. The UE may decode the first part of the PDSCH based on the decoding of the second part of the PDSCH. Decoding the first part of the PDSCH based on the decoding of the second part of the PDSCH may include correcting for the at least one of the ICI or the CPE associated with the PDSCH.
US12081463B2
Embodiments of this application provide a wireless network communication method and a terminal device. The method includes: receiving, by a terminal device, information indicating a transmission direction type of a first time unit of a first component carrier and information indicating a transmission direction type of a corresponding second time unit of at least one second component carrier; and when the transmission direction type of the first time unit of the first component carrier of the terminal device is a flexible or variable transmission direction, determining, based on target information, sending and receiving manners of the terminal device in the corresponding second time unit of the at least one second component carrier.
US12081460B2
Out-of-order packet processing in a wireless communications system (WCS) is provided. A reordering queue is established for each data session to temporally hold an incoming data packet(s) until an out-of-order data packet(s) is received or discarded. A reordering timer is initiated to define a lifespan of the earliest detected missed data packet in the data session. If the earliest detected missed data packet is received before the reordering timer expires, the received data packet will be forwarded to a core network together with any subsequent in-order data packet(s) in the reordering queue. Otherwise, the missed data packet is discarded, the subsequent in-order data packet(s) in the reordering queue is forwarded to the core network, and the reordering timer may be redefined for a next missed data packet in the data session. Hence, it is possible to process out-of-order data packets for multiple data sessions with reduced processing complexity and latency.
US12081458B2
One embodiment of the present invention provides a switch. The switch includes a storage device, one or more line cards, and a control card. A respective line card includes one or more ports and forwarding hardware. The control card determines routing and forwarding tables for the switch, and comprises processing circuitry and a management module. The management module manage a tunnel or virtual network at the switch. During operation, the control card determine an event associated with layer-2 operations of the switch. The control card refrains from notifying the management module regarding the event and notifies a first line card in the one or more line cards regarding the event. The first line card then updates a layer-3 forwarding entry in the corresponding forwarding hardware based on the notification.
US12081439B2
The present disclosure relates to a 5th generation (5G) or pre-5G communication system for supporting a higher data transmission rate after a 4th generation (4G) communication system such as long-term evolution (LTE). An operating method of a device for a user plane function (UPF) in a core network of a wireless communication system may include receiving rule information for processing a packet from a device for a session management function (SMF), processing a packet including user traffic received from a first device based on the rule, and transmitting the processed packet to a second device. Herein, first device or the second device may be a different device which performs a function related to a user plane.
US12081434B1
A data plane integrated circuit that includes interfacing units (IFUs), Datapath units (DPUs); and a network on chip (NoC). The DPUs are arranged in local sets of DPUs that are proximate to each other, each local set is configured to (a) store an instance of packet header processing control data structures and (b) independently perform local packet header processing and transmission scheduling.
US12081429B2
A method of automatic setup by a first device of a session complying with a dynamic routing protocol with a second device. The setup method includes, subsequent to detection by the first device of existence of a connectivity with the second device, the first device being associated with a first autonomous system number and not knowing any autonomous system number associated with the second device: an exchange with the second device including announcement to the second device of the first autonomous system number, and discovery of a second autonomous system number with which the second device is associated; or allocation to the second device of a third autonomous system number and announcement to the second device of the third autonomous system number which has been allocated to it; and setup with the second device of a session according to the routing protocol by using the autonomous system numbers exchanged.
US12081416B2
Disclosed are systems, methods, and non-transitory computer-readable media for message routing optimization. The message routing optimization system receives requests to transmit messages to recipient devices. The message routing optimization system determines whether to allocate the messages to an optimal routing provider or a secondary routing provider. The message routing optimization ranks the set of routing providers based on a conversion rate index and determines the optimal routing and secondary routing providers based on the ranking. The message routing optimization system allocates messages to the selected routing providers to be delivered to their intended recipients.
US12081400B2
Various embodiments provide systems and methods for automating an SD-WAN setup process.
US12081397B2
In some implementations, a scheduling system may receive a scheduling tag to define a custom schedule that includes one or more downtime windows for a cloud resource over a scheduling period. The scheduling system may determine a regular continuous schedule for the cloud resource that recurs over multiple scheduling periods based on the one or more downtime windows defined in the scheduling tag. The scheduling system may determine at a current scan time, whether a target state for the cloud resource is a running state or a suspended state based on the one or more uptime windows and the one or more downtime windows included in the regular continuous schedule. The scheduling system may align a current state of the cloud resource with the target state.
US12081393B2
Techniques are described for implementing a virtual smart network interface card to facilitate data transmission in an edge device providing cloud-computing operations. An edge device can implement a private virtual network that includes a private virtual network data plane. The edge device can execute a virtual machine to be connected to the private virtual network. To establish the connection, the edge device can generate a virtual network interface that includes a first endpoint and a second endpoint and is hosted within the private virtual network data plane. The edge device can associate the first endpoint with the virtual machine and associate the second endpoint with an orchestration module of the private virtual network data plane. The virtual machine can then send a data packet to the orchestration module via the virtual network interface.
US12081387B1
A method of distributing alerts based on received internet of things device information includes: receiving, by the alert routing system, first information from a first internet of things device relating to a first condition monitored by the first internet of things device, determining, by the alert routing system, that the first information corresponds to a first alert condition, generating, by the alert routing system, a listing of alert conditions, where the listing of alert conditions includes the first alert condition, receiving, by the alert routing system, second information from a second internet of things device relating to a second condition monitored by the second internet of things device, determining, by the alert routing system, that the second information corresponds to a second alert condition; and adding, by the alert routing system, the second alert condition to the listing of alert conditions.
US12081386B2
Network service management apparatus and network service management method for identifying a failure
A failure information acquirer of a network service management apparatus acquires, from a network system, a VNF recovery permission request and makes an inquiry to a virtualized infrastructure manager about a state of corresponding hardware to determine a cause of a failure. A recovery process controller grants, when the failure is caused by software, the network system recovery permission, and requests, when the failure is caused by hardware, the virtualized infrastructure manager to cause state information on a virtual machine to indicate an error and then grants the recovery permission.
US12081384B2
A SOAM virtualization system for a network having at least first and second maintenance entities coupled to each other comprises a network controller coupled to at least one of the first and second maintenance entities through a tunnel for virtualizing a SOAM network function on the at least one of the first and second maintenance entities to which the network controller is coupled. The network controller may be coupled to the first and second maintenance entities through first and second tunnels, respectively. The first maintenance entity may an originator device, and the second maintenance entity may be a destination device, with the network controller virtualizing the SOAM network function on both devices. The network controller may send a packet containing a tunnel header and a SOAM frame via the first tunnel to the originator device, which then sends the packet containing the SOAM frame to the destination device.
US12081383B2
A wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU) or access point (AP) may transmit a protocol data unit (PDU) of a first 802.11 protocol and a preamble and data of a second 802.11 protocol. The preamble and data of the second 802.11 protocol may be transmitted on resources of the PDU of the first 802.11 protocol with shaping sequences for concurrent transmission.
US12081379B2
Provided is a precoding method for generating, from a plurality of baseband signals, a plurality of precoded signals to be transmitted over the same frequency bandwidth at the same time, including the steps of selecting a matrix F[i] from among N matrices, which define precoding performed on the plurality of baseband signals, while switching between the N matrices, i being an integer from 0 to N−1, and N being an integer at least two, generating a first precoded signal z1 and a second precoded signal z2, generating a first encoded block and a second encoded block using a predetermined error correction block encoding method, generating a baseband signal with M symbols from the first encoded block and a baseband signal with M symbols the second encoded block, and precoding a combination of the generated baseband signals to generate a precoded signal having M slots.
US12081376B2
A system and method for DC balanced transition encoding. In some embodiments, the method includes: generating a set of candidate encoding keys for a set of raw data words; selecting a first encoding key, of the set of candidate encoding keys, based on a first disparity contribution; and encoding the raw data words with the first encoding key, the first disparity contribution being a difference between the number of ones and the number of zeros in the result of encoding the set of raw data words with the first encoding key.
US12081370B2
According to an embodiment of the disclosure, a method of operating a user equipment (UE) for estimating a channel based on a physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH) transmitted repetitively may include receiving, from a base station (BS), repetitive transmission configuration information for repetitively transmitting a PUSCH; receiving, from the BS, frequency hopping configuration information including configuration information for a hopping interval between a plurality of frequency resources for transmitting the PUSCH; and repetitively transmitting the PUSCH to the BS while performing frequency hopping at the hopping interval based on the repetitive transmission configuration information and the frequency hopping configuration information.
US12081367B2
Compute nodes can execute virtual routers to implement a forwarding plane for one or more virtual networks having virtual network destinations hosted by the compute nodes. In one example, a method includes generating, by a software-defined networking (SDN) controller that manages a plurality of compute nodes, based on a unique identifier of a virtual network, a route target value for the virtual network, wherein the virtual network comprises virtual network endpoints executing on the compute nodes; and outputting, by the SDN controller and to a routing protocol peer device, a virtual private network (VPN) route that includes the route target value for the virtual network and a virtual network prefix associated with the virtual network, the VPN route for routing to the plurality of compute nodes executing the virtual network endpoints of the virtual network.
US12081358B2
A load control system may include control devices for controlling electrical loads. The control devices may include load control devices, such as a lighting device for controlling an amount of power provided to a lighting load, and input devices, such as a remote control device configured to transmit digital messages comprising lighting control instructions for controlling the lighting load via the lighting device. The remote control device may communicate with the lighting device via an intermediary device, such as a hub device. The remote control device may detect a user interface event, such as a button press or a rotation of the remote control device. The remote control device or the hub device may determine whether to transmit digital messages to as unicast messages or multicast messages based on the type of user interface event detected.
US12081355B1
Certain aspects of the disclosure are directed to communication bridging in a telecommunication system. According to a specific example, a data-communications service provider uses a data-communication server and a uniform resource locator (URL) generation circuit to form a communication bridge between a different disparate chat rooms. The URL generation circuit generates a URL associated with the communication bridge. Using the generated URL an assimilation and processing circuitry, chat messages may be received and conveys by using the server and respective communication protocols associated with the chat rooms, between participants of the chat rooms.
US12081354B2
A microphone of a primary client device is used to capture audio for a remote conference participant. During the conference, audio is sampled from the microphone of the primary client device and from microphones of one or more secondary client devices at the same location as the primary client device. Based on a score calculated for the audio sampled from the secondary client device being higher than a score calculated for audio sampled from the primary client device, the microphone of the secondary client device is selected for audio capture for the remote conference participant. The audio is output through conferencing software to which the primary client device is connected via a user interface tile for the conference without displaying a new user interface tile.
US12081348B2
The present invention relates to a wireless communication system and, more particularly, to a method comprising the steps of: receiving a PDCCH for multi-slot scheduling; determining a PDSCH candidate for each slot on the basis of information in the PDCCH; and transmitting a semi-static HARQ-ACK codebook on the basis of the determined PDSCH candidate of each slot, and to an apparatus therefor.
US12081341B2
Proposed is an operating method for a first device (100) in a wireless communication system. The method may comprise the steps of: transmitting a physical sidelink control channel (PSCCH) to a second device (200); transmitting, to the second device (200), a physical sidelink shared channel (PSSCH) on the basis of the PSCCH; determining a physical sidelink feedback channel (PSFCH) resource related to the PSSCH on the basis of an index of a slot related to the PSSCH and an index of a subchannel; and declaring sidelink (SL) radio link failure (RLF) for a connection between the first device (100) and the second device (200), on the basis that a discontinuous transmission (DTX) counter reaches a maximum DTX-related threshold.
US12081337B2
Some techniques and apparatuses described herein provide reporting of multiple feedbacks for a same transport block (TB) or a same code block group (CBG) of a signal, such as a physical downlink shared channel. Thus, in case of a failure to decode a signal via a first set of antennas, a user equipment (UE) can perform a second decoding attempt via a second set of antennas (before or after transmitting first feedback). The UE may report a result of the first decoding attempt in a first feedback, and may report a result of the second decoding attempt in a second feedback. Some techniques and apparatuses described herein also provide soft feedback (e.g., information other than a binary acknowledgment (ACK) or negative ACK (NACK)) for a transmission, such as information indicating whether a second attempt to decode the transmission is likely to be successful.
US12081333B2
Aspects of the disclosure relate to wireless communication devices configured to encode information blocks to produce code blocks and interleave the code blocks utilizing an interleaver including a plurality of rows and a plurality of columns, where the number of columns of the interleaver varies between the rows. In some examples, the interleaver includes a right isosceles triangle-shaped matrix of rows and columns. In other examples, the interleaver includes a trapezoid-shaped matrix of rows and columns.
US12081327B2
Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described. In some cases, randomized shifts of a base sequence may be used for transmitting uplink control information. For example, a user equipment (UE) may identify a base sequence of an uplink control message. The UE may also receive signaling that indicates a UE-specific initial shift that may be applied to the base sequence. In some examples, the signaling that indicates the randomized shift may be explicit, implicit, or a combination thereof. After determining one or more shifted sequences based on the UE-specific initial shift, a payload of the uplink control message, and the base sequence, the UE may select a shifted sequence to be transmitted, where the selection is based on a payload of the uplink control message. For example, different shifted sequences may be selected for respective transmissions of scheduling requests, 1-bit acknowledgments (ACKs), 2-bit ACKs, and the like.
US12081316B2
Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described that support techniques for intra-satellite handover. The described techniques provide for handovers such that a user equipment (UE) may transition from communications with a satellite via a first frequency (or set of frequencies) to communications with the same satellite via a second frequency (or set of frequencies). A UE may determine relevant timing and/or configuration for the second frequency (or set of frequencies) prior to transitioning from communications via the first frequency (or set of frequencies). Thus, the UE may efficiently begin communications at a second frequency (or set of frequencies) that are different than the first frequency (or set of frequencies)—for example, without performing a random access procedure.
US12081310B2
Space-based systems, methods, and apparatus transmit data between terrestrial nodes using route creation and data transmission protocols that establish radio routes that transmit data over long distances between large numbers of terrestrial nodes via one or more satellites and/or other types of non-terrestrial aerial nodes. One approach uses satellites in stochastic orbits, in which some of the satellites receive and transmit signals simultaneously in different frequency bands to more readily create optimum radio routes for data transmissions between terrestrial nodes. Other approaches use route creation and data transmission protocols that increase the number of terrestrial nodes supported by the system. Still another approach uses a multi-level system in which drones and/or balloons service local areas while longer distance data transmissions are supported by one or more layers of satellites in cohorts in uncontrolled orbits at different altitudes.
US12081308B2
This disclosure provides systems, methods, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media, for enabling user equipment (UE) mobility within an area. In one aspect, a base station (BS) may configure a set of cells for serving a UE, as well as a set of relay UEs to relay communications for the UE, for example via sidelink communications. The BS may transmit control signaling to the UE indicating the configured set of cells and the set of relay UEs. The UE may establish communications links via sidelink connections with one or more of the relay UEs, and determine an activated subset of cells for data and control transfer. In some implementations, the UE may be configured to autonomously activate or deactivate relay UEs based on the mobility of the UE, and report the activation or deactivation to the BS.
US12081306B2
Methods, apparatus, and systems for a beam failure recovery on one or more secondary cells are described. In one example aspect, a wireless communication method includes receiving, by a first device, parameters configured to carry out beam failure detection and beam failure recovery for secondary cells associated with the first device, determining, by the first device, whether a beam failure event has occurred on at least one of the secondary cells based on at least one of the parameters, performing, upon a determination that the beam failure event has occurred, a beam failure recovery procedure for the secondary cell with the beam failure event, and terminating the beam failure recovery procedure upon an occurrence of a termination event.
US12081299B2
Disclosed are a channel state information reporting method and device, relating to the field of wireless communications and used for solving the problem of no corresponding CSI reporting method being provided at present regarding a Rel-16 codebook structure. The method of the present application includes a terminal determining, according to codebook parameter information, codebook indication information corresponding to a data transmission layer; and the terminal sending channel state information (CSI) including the codebook indication information to a network side device, and the codebook indication information includes a part or all of the following: beam information for determining a precoding matrix orthogonal combination beam, base vector information for determining a precoding matrix compression base vector, and nonzero coefficient indication information for determining a precoding matrix compression coefficient.
US12081290B2
Some embodiments of this disclosure include systems, apparatuses, methods, and computer-readable media for use in a wireless network to support multi-transmission/reception point (TRP) transmission. Some embodiments are directed to a network node. The network node includes processor circuitry and radio front end circuitry. The processor circuitry can be configured to generate a radio resource control (RRC) signal that includes a multitransmission/reception point (TRP) cluster size. The processor circuitry can be further configured to transmit, using the radio front end circuitry, the RRC signal to a user equipment (UE).
US12081287B2
Systems and methods for processing, transmitting and displaying data received from an analyte sensor, such as a glucose sensor, are disclosed. In an embodiment, a method for transmitting data between a first communication device associated with an analyte sensor and a second communication device configured to provide user access to sensor-related information comprises: activating a transceiver of a first communication device associated with an analyte sensor at a first time; and establishing a two-way communication channel with the second communication device; wherein the activating comprises waking the transceiver from a low power sleep mode using a forced wakeup from the second communication device.
US12081278B2
A circuit configured to transmit frequency multiplexed signals from a superconducting domain to a higher temperature domain. The circuit comprising a multiplexed signal output and a plurality of superconducting oscillator circuits each configured to output a different carrier frequency, each superconducting oscillator circuit comprising an oscillator output connected to the multiplexed signal output. Each superconducting oscillator circuit comprising a converter stage configured to convert an input of a superconducting logic signal to a Single Flux Quantum (SFQ) bit value, a splitter stage electrically connected to an output of the converter stage, the splitter stage configured to change between a first current state and a second current state based at least in part on the SFQ bit value, and an oscillator stage magnetically coupled to an output of the splitter stage and electrically coupled to the oscillator output. The oscillator stage comprising a direct current superconducting quantum interference device (DC SQUID).
US12081275B2
This application provides a signal processing method and apparatus, and a coherent receiver. The signal processing method includes: obtaining P real-number signals; performing at least number theoretic transform NTT processing on the P real-number signals to obtain P transform-domain first real-number signals; performing at least clock recovery on the P transform-domain first real-number signals to obtain P transform-domain second real-number signals; performing at least polarization compensation and inverse number theoretic transform INTT processing on the P transform-domain second real-number signals to obtain m time-domain complex-number signals X and m time-domain complex-number signals Y; and performing phase recovery and decoding on the m time-domain complex-number signals X and the m time-domain complex-number signals Y to obtain bit signals.
US12081263B2
Methods, apparatus and non-transitory machine-readable mediums are provided for wireless communication in communication networks enabled for wireless light communication. In one embodiment, a method is performed in a node of a communication network. The method enables data communication to be established between a first wireless device and the communication network upon a wireless Light Communication (LC) link between the first wireless device and an LC-enabled Access Point (AP) of the communication network becoming unavailable. The method comprises: identifying a second wireless device for relaying data between the first wireless device and the communication network via a first communication link between the first wireless device and the second wireless device and a second communication link between the second wireless device and an AP of the communication network associated with the second wireless device.
US12081261B2
Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, a first wireless communication device may transmit, to a second wireless communication device, a time and/or frequency synchronization message using a first radio frequency (RF) technology, wherein the time and/or frequency synchronization message is used to obtain synchronization information for a second RF technology. The first wireless communication device may transmit, to the second wireless communication device, a first set of ranging measurement signals associated with the second RF technology. The first wireless communication device may receive, from the second wireless communication device, a second set of ranging measurement signals associated with the second RF technology. Numerous other aspects are described.
US12081259B2
The present invention discloses a method and an apparatus of determining frequency hopping for a channel, and a computer storage medium. The method includes: determining, by a terminal, a first bandwidth corresponding to a bandwidth part, where the first bandwidth corresponding to the bandwidth part is less than a second bandwidth corresponding to a system bandwidth; determining, by the terminal based on the first bandwidth corresponding to the bandwidth part, a frequency hopping step corresponding to an uplink channel; and determining, by the terminal based on the frequency hopping step corresponding to the uplink channel, a frequency domain position used for transmitting the uplink channel.
US12081250B2
A technology is described for a repeater architecture having a combined direct digital channelizer (DDC). The DDC can be coupled to a signal combiner and a breakout signal divider to enable bidirectional signals to be communicated to the DDC. A first direction receive amplification and filtering path can be coupled between a first antenna port and the signal combiner. A second direction receive amplification and filtering path can be coupled between a second antenna port and the signal combiner. A first direction transmit amplification and filtering path can be coupled between the breakout signal divider and the first antenna port. A second direction transmit amplification and filtering path can be coupled between the breakout signal divider and the second antenna port.
US12081249B2
An onboard relay apparatus, connected to a plurality of onboard devices and relays communication to the onboard devices, is provided on a roof and includes a branch line connector connected to an onboard load; a main line connector connected to a power supply apparatus supplies power and a second onboard relay apparatus, which are included in the plurality of onboard loads, provided in an area other than the roof via a power line and a communication line provided on a pillar of the vehicle; and a control unit configured to control power supplied from the power supply apparatus via a power line provided on the pillar and distributed to the onboard load via one of a plurality of power lines provided on the roof and controls relaying communication to the onboard load and the second onboard relay apparatus.
US12081246B2
An electronic device may include a first PCB including a non-conductive region and a conductive region operating as a ground, a first wireless communication circuit disposed on the first PCB, and a 5th generation (5G) antenna module disposed adjacent to the first PCB. The 5G antenna module may include at least one second PCB including an antenna array and a conductive layer operating as a ground of the antenna array and a second wireless communication circuit electrically connected to the antenna array. The second PCB may include a first portion and a second portion having a predetermined angle with the first portion. The first portion may be disposed adjacent to the non-conductive region and at least part of the second portion may be disposed adjacent to the conductive region. The first wireless communication circuit may be electrically connected to a first point of the conductive layer included in the first portion and transmitting or receiving a first RF signal in a first frequency band by using the conductive region and at least part of the conductive layer. The second wireless communication circuit may transmit or receive a second RF signal in a second frequency band by using the antenna array. Besides, various embodiments as understood from the specification are also possible.
US12081243B2
Multiple low noise amplifiers (LNAs) with combined outputs are disclosed. In an exemplary design, an apparatus includes a front-end module and an integrated circuit (IC). The front-end module includes a plurality of LNAs having outputs that are combined. The IC includes receive circuits coupled to the plurality of LNAs via a single interconnection. In an exemplary design, each of the plurality of LNAs may be enabled or disabled via a respective control signal for that LNA. The front-end module may also include receive filters coupled to the plurality of LNAs and a switchplexer coupled to the receive filters. The front-end module may further include at least one power amplifier, and the IC may further include transmit circuits coupled to the at least one power amplifier.
US12081241B2
According to one embodiment, a code table generation device includes a table generation unit, a merge unit and a tree generation unit. The table generation unit generates a frequency table including symbols and frequencies of occurrence respectively associated with the symbols, based on a frequency of occurrence for each symbol of input symbols. The merge unit acquires top K symbols in descending order of the frequencies of occurrence and remaining symbols from the symbols, divides the remaining symbols into one or more symbol sets, and determines a frequency of occurrence associated with a root node of each of subtrees correspond to the respective symbol sets. The tree generation unit generates a Huffman tree using the K symbols and the root node of each of the subtrees.
US12081240B2
A method and apparatus for transmitting a streaming media with Forward Error Correction (FEC). Upon receiving the streaming media, the technique includes: encoding, segmenting and packeting frames comprised therein to generate a packetized elementary stream of media packets with variable sizes; for each L sequential media packets, calculating a “random loss” (RL) FEC parity and generating a respective RL FEC packet associated therewith; calculating “burst loss” (BL) FEC parities in accordance with a predefined FEC scheme and generating respective BL FEC structures bearing FEC headers and usable for generating BL FEC packets; calculating size-related parameters of a group of sequential media packets, the group being selected in accordance with the FEC scheme; and, transmitting the packetized elementary stream with interleaved FEC packets. The BL FEC packets are transmitted merely when the calculated size-related parameters meet a size-related burst loss (SRB) criterion defined by the FEC scheme.
US12081239B2
Disclosed in some examples are methods, systems, devices, and machine-readable mediums which provide for an enhanced decoding system that utilizes a variable sequence decoding to demultiplex data streams at a receiver. For example, the receiver may utilize an erasures decoding when the number of unknown bits, such as dissimilar transmitted bits (e.g., ‘1 0’ or ‘0 1’), is below a threshold (which may be the Hamming distance D−1). Otherwise, if the number of dissimilar transmitted bits is above the threshold, a list decoding is utilized. If the list decoding does not produce a single result, but instead produces multiple possible results, selection logic may be employed. The selection logic may utilize an errors and erasures decoding of the possible results, a media decoding of the possible results, and/or the like.
US12081236B2
A transmitter is provided. The transmitter includes: a Low Density Parity Check (LDPC) encoder configured to encode outer-encoded bits to generate an LDPC codeword including LDPC information bits and parity bits; a puncturer configured to puncture some of the parity bits included in the LDPC codeword; and a mapper configured to map the LDPC codeword except the punctured parity bits to symbols for transmission to a receiver, wherein the puncturer calculates a number of parity bits to be punctured among the parity bits included in the LDPC codeword based on a number of the outer-encoded bits, a number of the LDPC information bits, and a minimum number of parity bits to be punctured among the parity bits included in the LDPC codeword.
US12081234B2
An apparatus is described. The apparatus includes a memory chip. The memory chip has an error correction code (ECC) encoder logic circuit and an ECC decoder logic circuit. The ECC decoder logic circuit is to place an additional one or more errors that result from incorrect error correction applied to a read code word into a same block of multiple blocks of the read code word's raw data bit portion where original errors in the read code word existed before the read code word was decoded by the ECC decoder logic circuit.
US12081225B2
In a described example, an apparatus includes a package substrate having a device side surface and a board side surface opposite the device side surface, a physics cell mounted on the device side surface having a first end and a second end, a first opening extending through the package substrate and lined with a conductor, aligned with the first end, a second opening extending through the package substrate and lined with the conductor, aligned with the second end, a millimeter wave transmitter module on the board side, having a millimeter wave transfer structure including a transmission line coupled to an antenna aligned with the first opening, and a millimeter wave receiver module mounted on the board side surface of the package substrate and having a millimeter wave transfer structure including a transmission line coupled to an antenna for receiving millimeter wave signals, aligned with the second opening.
US12081223B2
A sensor network, which includes a sensor controller serially coupled to a plurality of sensor modules, is configured to program the sensor modules so as to transfer measurement data to the sensor controller and to synchronize the sensor modules to picosecond accuracy via on-chip or on-module custom circuits and a physical layer protocol. The sensor network has applications for use in PET, LiDAR or FLIM applications. Synchronization, within picosecond accuracy, is achieved through use of a picosecond time digitization circuit. Specifically, the picosecond time digitization circuit is used to measure on-chip delays with high accuracy and precision. The delay measurements are directly comparable between separate chips even with voltage and temperature variations between chips.
US12081221B2
A circuit includes a transistor input pair, a differential input having a comparator input, and a level shifter. The transistor input pair is adapted to be coupled between a voltage supply and a comparator output. The transistor input pair includes a first transistor having a gate and a drain. The drain of the first transistor is coupled to the comparator output. The level shifter is coupled between the transistor input pair and the differential input. The level shifter includes a second transistor having a gate and a source. The gate of the second transistor is coupled to the comparator input. The source of the second transistor is coupled to the gate of the first transistor.
US12081205B2
Stabiliser circuits and methods are disclosed, for stabilizing a voltage at a gate driver terminal of a gate-driver for a driven transistor to a one of a high voltage and a low voltage, the stabilizer circuit comprising: a first transistor and a second transistor having respective first and second main terminals and connected in series between the gate voltage terminal and a first reference voltage terminal; and a low-pass filter connected between a control terminal of the first transistor and the gate driver terminal; wherein the first transistor is configured to have a threshold voltage which is less that a threshold voltage of the driven transistor; and the second transistor has a control terminal which is configured to be connected to a voltage which is an oppositive of the voltage at the gate driver terminal.
US12081195B2
Provided is a joined body including a piezoelectric substrate and a polycrystalline spinel substrate provided on one main surface of the piezoelectric substrate, wherein the polycrystalline spinel substrate has a porosity of 0.005% or more and 0.6% or less.
US12081178B2
An amplifier includes an input circuit configured to receive an analog input signal and a feedback signal, and output an analog error signal based on the analog input signal and the feedback signal. An ADC is configured to convert the analog error signal into a digital signal in a phase domain. A digital control circuit is configured to generate a digital control signal based on the digital signal in the phase domain. An output circuit is configured to generate an amplified output signal based on the digital control signal, and a feedback circuit is configured generate the feedback signal based on the amplified output signal.
US12081174B2
A first transistor chip (3) includes a first drain pad (5). A second transistor chip (4) includes a second drain pad (6). A transmission line (9) and a first capacitor (C1) are formed on a resin substrate (1). A first bonding wire (7) connects the first drain pad (5) and one end of the transmission line (9). A second bonding wire (10) connects the second drain pad (6) and one end of the first capacitor (C1). An output terminal (OUT) is connected to the other end of the transmission line (9) and the other end of the first capacitor (C1). A capacitance value of the first capacitor (C1) is selected so as to cause resonance with inductance of the second bonding wire (10).
US12081171B2
A novel semiconductor device is provided. The semiconductor device includes a mixer circuit and a bias circuit. The mixer circuit includes a voltage-to-current conversion portion, a current switch portion, and a current-to-voltage conversion portion. The bias circuit includes a bias supply portion and a first transistor. The voltage-to-current conversion portion includes a second transistor and a third transistor. The bias supply portion has a function of outputting a bias voltage to be supplied to a gate of the second transistor and a gate of the third transistor. One of a source and a drain of the first transistor is electrically connected to the gate of the second transistor and the gate of the third transistor. The first transistor is turned off when the bias voltage is supplied, and the first transistor is turned on when the supply of the bias voltage is stopped.
US12081168B2
Testing to detect intermittent electrical pathways is described. Applied currents may be reversed to fully test all components of a workpiece. Various testing methodologies may be employed. These methodologies may include Time Domain Reflectometry (TDR), mechanical agitation, dark current/voltage testing, (dark IV), i.e., electrical testing of a workpiece using applied electricity, and thermographic imaging, e.g., infra-red thermal imaging. The sensed voltage during agitation may be compared to a benchmark voltage to determine whether or not an intermittent failure exists.
US12081163B2
The present disclosure describes a solar power system including rails, solar modules, and a plurality of adjustable clips to secure the solar modules to the rails. The clips include at least a base member, an elastomeric support member, a bracket member, and an alignment member configured to secure the various members of the clip together. The adjustable clips are configured to slide within a slot defined through a portion of a surface of a rail and including a recessed edge thereby allowing the rail system to accommodate solar modules of varying dimensions.
US12081162B2
A method and associated system provide grid-forming mode (GFM) control of an inverter-based renewable energy source having an asynchronous machine connected to a power grid. The method includes deriving a power error signal (PER) between a real power output (PB) from the renewable energy source and a power reference (PREF) representing a desired power output of the renewable energy source. With an inertial power regulator, a phase shift angle (δIT) is generated from the power error signal (PER) to provide virtual synchronous machine (VSM) control functionality to the GFM control of the renewable energy source. A power angle compensation (Δδ) is applied to the phase shift angle (δIT) from the inertial power regulator to dampen power oscillations and load fluctuations during transient power events.
US12081157B2
In a two-phase modulation type three-phase inverter control method having a pause section in which a pulse signal obtained by comparing a modulated wave signal for driving a motor and a carrier signal is not output, a pulse signal generation unit switches a first carrier signal to a second carrier signal when an electric angle of the motor is within the pause section for each of three phases.
US12081156B2
The invention relates to a method (400) for regulating an electric machine (190) comprising a harmonic regulator (100), wherein the harmonic regulator comprises an input transformer (110), a regulator (120), and an output transformer (130). The method has the steps of: ascertaining (410) a feedback variable (Idq); transforming (420) the feedback variable (Idq); ascertaining (430) a regulating deviation; ascertaining (440) an equalization variable (UHrmc*); back-transforming (450) the equalization variable (UHrmc*); and energizing (480) at least one winding of the electric machine (190) on the basis of the actuating variable (UdqHrmc*).
US12081154B2
A variable speed drive comprises a voltage filter and voltage polarity protection unit including 1) a voltage filter circuit configured for low-pass filtering a voltage of an associated DC voltage source, and 2) a voltage polarity protection circuit configured to prevent incorrect polarity parring between the variable speed drive and the associated DC voltage source; a DC power supply unit being operatively connected to the voltage filter and voltage polarity protection unit via at least a positive polarity connection; an inverter unit being operatively connected to the DC power supply unit, a controllable load dump inserted in series with the positive polarity connection between the voltage filter and voltage polarity protection unit and the DC power supply unit, and a control unit configured to control at least the DC power supply unit, the inverter unit and the controllable load dump.
US12081132B2
A power supply device with a high efficiency includes a switch circuit, a transformer, a first capacitor, an output stage circuit, and a PWM (Pulse Width Modulation) IC (Integrated Circuit). The switch circuit generates a switching voltage according to an input voltage, a first PWM voltage, and a second PWM voltage. The transformer includes a main coil, a first secondary coil, and a second secondary coil. A leakage inductor and a magnetizing inductor are built into the transformer. The main coil receives the switching voltage through the leakage inductor. The output stage circuit is coupled to the first secondary coil and the second secondary coil, and is configured to generate an output voltage and an output current. The PWM IC selectively adjusts the switching frequency and duty cycle of the first PWM voltage according to the output current.
US12081131B2
A DC-DC power converter employs a full bridge series resonant converter topology with a resonant tank and two transformers, one before and one after the resonant tank, to obtain a high voltage (e.g., approximately 300V, approximately 1500V or greater) output from a relatively low voltage (e.g., approximately 9V-16V) input, for instance an input from one or more battery cells. DC-DC power converter is operable to output high voltage (e.g., around 300V, 1500V or higher) short duration pulses (e.g., tens of nanoseconds or less). A burst mode control technique provides as good regulation characteristics at light loads. Instead of turning OFF the active switches during an OFF period, the switches are operated at a different frequency (e.g., higher frequency) during the OFF period than a frequency at which the switches are turned ON during the ON period. Auxiliary loads can also be supplied.
US12081126B2
Circuits and methods for adding a Current Mode signal into a Voltage Mode controller for fixed-frequency DC-to-DC power converters. A current-controlled voltage source (CCVS) generates a voltage proportional to the power converter output current, which voltage is combined with a comparison signal generated by comparing a target output voltage to the actual output voltage. The modified comparison signal generates a pulse-width modulation control signal that regulates the power converter output as a function of output voltage and some portion of output current. With the addition of an inductor current signal into the controller Voltage Mode feedback loop, the double pole predominant in constant conduction mode (CCM) mode can be smoothed over to improve stability, while discontinuous conduction mode (DCM) loop response is largely unchanged with or without the added Current Mode signal. Embodiments enable simplified compensation while covering a wider operating range.
US12081123B2
An LED power supply, comprising: a power factor correction circuit configured to receive an input signal and provide a DC bus voltage across a DC bus; a converter configured to receive the DC bus voltage and to output a DC output voltage for powering at least one LED, wherein the converter comprises a high-side transistor, wherein the high-side transistor is OFF when the LED power supply is in standby; a voltage sensor being configured to output a voltage sensor output; and a controller configured to receive the voltage sensor output and to output a control signal according to the voltage sensor output, wherein the voltage sensor is positioned in series with the output of the high-side transistor, such that, when the high-side transistor is ON, the voltage sensor output is proportional to the DC bus voltage, and when the transistor is OFF, the voltage sensor is disconnected from the DC bus.
US12081122B2
In an embodiment, a switching converter includes: a switching stage configured to receive a direct current input voltage, receive a driving signal for driving the switching stage, and provide a direct current output voltage according to the input voltage and the driving signal; a driving stage configured to provide the driving signal to the switching stage; a current sensing circuit configure to sense an output current provided by the switching stage; and a voltage generation circuit configured to generate at least one supply voltage for powering the driving stage, and adjust the at least one supply voltage according to the output current.
US12081120B1
A negative charge pump (NCP) with high reliability is shown. A first capacitor is coupled between the power terminal and the ground terminal while in the first state and disconnected from the power terminal and the ground terminal while in the second state. A second capacitor is coupled between the ground terminal and the output terminal of the NCP, wherein while in the second state, the second capacitor is further coupled in parallel with the first capacitor. The first capacitor is coupled to the power terminal and the ground terminal while in the first state through a first switch and the second switch, respectively. When switching from the second state to the first state, the first switch is closed before the second switch.
US12081105B2
An energy facility that generates energy using ballistic optimized hydro-electricity. The facility sends a plurality of specialized balls from a lower storage reservoir to an upper storage reservoir. The balls fall through a drop-down system and into a power generation system with a generator and a turbine. Ballistic impacts of the balls on the turbine generate electricity before the balls are returned to the lower storage reservoir.
US12081102B2
In a rotary electric machine housing, a first bearing and a second bearing are provided for supporting a rotating shaft. The rotary electric machine housing includes a sub-housing. A collection flow path is formed in the sub-housing, and communicates with a plurality of air bleed passages formed in a gas turbine engine, collectively.
US12081096B2
An electric machine with a stator, a rotor, and a fluid cooling device. The rotor is supported by a rotor shaft and a first bearing arranged at a bearing shield. The fluid cooling device has a cooling tube secured to a carrier element in fluidic communication with a fluid input and output and extends inside a recess of the rotor shaft while forming an annular space. A sealing element is provided between the rotor shaft and the carrier element, which prevents fluid passage into a spatial region of the electric machine outside of the sealing region. A second bearing is axially spaced apart from the first bearing is between the rotor shaft and a second bearing shield for supporting the rotor. The rotor core extends in a space between the first bearing and second bearing, and the recess extends inside the rotor shaft axially to the second bearing.
US12081085B2
The rotor for an electrical machine with a non-through shaft intended to drive a transmission line comprises two half-shafts enclosing a cylindrical magnetic mass. The magnetic mass comprises at least two adjacent identical cells, the cells being configured to prevent the propagation of metadamping in the rotor over a range of excitation frequencies of the transmission line, the rotation frequency range of the transmission line being hypercritical.
US12081082B2
A method for producing a laminated core is provided in which a plurality of lamination sheets is partially or completely separated from a strip made of a soft magnetic alloy by laser sublimation cutting, the lamination sheets each having a main surface and a thickness d. The main surface of a first of the lamination sheets is stacked on the main surface of a second of the lamination sheets in a direction of stacking and the main surfaces of the first and the second lamination sheets are substance-to-substance joined at a plurality of points by laser welding, a plurality of filler-free joints being formed between the between the first and the second lamination sheets and being entirely surrounded by the main surfaces of the first and the second lamination sheets.
US12081077B2
In a rotating electric machine, a field element includes: a circular annular magnet portion that includes magnetic poles of which polarities alternate in a circumferential direction; and a cylindrical magnet holding portion where the magnet portion is fixed on an inner circumferential surface of the magnet portion. An armature is arranged to oppose the magnet portion on an inner side in a radial direction of the magnet portion. The magnet portion includes circular-arc-shaped magnets arranged in an array in the circumferential direction. In each magnet, both end surfaces in the circumferential direction are along the radial direction and in contact with a magnet adjacent in the circumferential direction. The magnet holding portion is reduced in size such that, in a state where the magnets are arrayed in the circumferential direction, an outer circumference of the magnets is reduced from an outer side toward an inner side in the radial direction.
US12081072B2
An EC motor contains a rotor, a stator, a shaft, a bearing system and an intermediate element connecting the stator to the shaft. The rotor includes a rotor case and one or more permanent magnets, and it is supported, by the bearing system, so as to be rotatable about the shaft. The stator is at least partially arranged, by the intermediate element, in a radially outer circumference of the bearing system. Ideally, a fan contains such an EC motor and a fan wheel connected to the rotor case of the rotor of the EC motor. Moreover, a household appliance contains an EC motor or a fan including the EC motor.
US12081071B2
An electric motor, in particular for an oil pump, comprising a rotor and a stator, wherein the stator has through-openings, which are continuous in the axial direction, for screw elements, and comprising a functional support, which is arranged on an end face with respect to the axial direction of the stator and which has a contoured contact section for the stator and screw receiving areas for the screw elements. The screw receiving areas protrude out of the contoured contact section for the stator in the axial direction, and the screw receiving areas are received in the through-openings.
US12081068B2
A laminated core includes a plurality of electrical steel sheets that are stacked on one another. All sets of the electrical steel sheets adjacent to each other in a stacking direction are fixed to each other in the laminated core. Some sets of electrical steel sheets among all sets of the electrical steel sheets are fastened but not adhered to each other, and the remaining sets of electrical steel sheets are adhered but not fastened to each other.
US12081064B2
A system and method for power pooling, the system including a shared power line, a plurality of backup power supplies connected to the shared power line through respective transformers and one or more controllers configured to, for each respective backup power supply, after passage of a different respective predetermined amount of time, determine whether a transformer connected to the backup power supply is energized. In response to the transformer being energized, the controllers synchronize the backup power supply with the transformer and then set a switch positioned between the backup power supply and the transformer to a fully closed state. In response to the transformer not being energized, the controllers transition the switch from a fully open state to the fully closed state according to an inrush current limiting scheme.
US12081063B2
A device that runs on solar and battery power determines a current cycle energy budget by looking at a previous cycle or cycles energy accumulation and previous cycle or cycles unexpected expenses. The energy budget will then be the energy accumulation minus the unexpected expenses, normalized for cycle length. Based on the energy budget, an operating mode is chosen. The operating mode determines how often certain actions are taken. The device then runs for a cycle length based of the operating mode.
US12081058B2
A method and apparatus for charging a battery that estimates an aging mode of the battery that reflects an aging factor and an aging degree of the battery based on a battery characteristic corresponding to a charging level of the battery, updates a battery model based on the aging mode, and charges the battery using the updated battery model.
US12081052B2
Systems and methods for vehicle communication are provided, for example to provide various connectivity and functionality according to hardware availability, power constraints, and environmental conditions, among other examples.
US12081051B1
A portable power apparatus includes a housing, a battery, a first charging port, a second charging port, a first power supply port, a second power supply port, and a communication module. The first charging port includes at least five pins and is configured to receive a first input voltage. The second charging port is configured to receive a second input voltage that is less than the first input voltage. The first power supply port is configured to deliver a first output voltage. The second power supply port is configured to deliver a second output voltage that is greater than the first output voltage. The communication module is configured to communicate with a source of electrical energy and includes a transmitter configured to communicate that the battery is configured to receive the first input voltage.
US12081049B2
A battery management circuit that is provided for each of sets of battery cells connected in series in an energy storage device including the sets of the battery cells and at least one capacitor, and that includes: a positive connection terminal to be connected to a positive electrode of a corresponding one of the sets of the battery cells; a negative connection terminal to be connected to a negative electrode of the corresponding one of the sets of the battery cells; a capacitor connection terminal to be connected to a terminal of the at least one capacitor; and a control circuit that controls a connection operation of connecting the positive connection terminal or the negative connection terminal to the capacitor connection terminal, and causes the battery management circuit to perform the connection operation in synchronization with the connection operation of another battery management circuit among battery management circuits.
US12081044B2
According to embodiments, a wireless power transmitter may include: a communication module comprising communication circuitry; a power transmission circuit configured to transmit wireless power; and a processor. The processor may be configured to: establish a communication connection with a wireless power receiver using the communication module, control the communication module to transmit information about a first period to the wireless power receiver via the communication connection, control the power transmission circuit to transmit first power of a first frequency and a first magnitude to an outside, control the communication module to receive information about a second frequency of second power received at the wireless power receiver from the wireless power receiver via the communication connection, control the communication module to release the communication connection, based on the first frequency being different from the second frequency, and control the power transmission circuit to transmit third power of a magnitude different from the first magnitude of the first power to the outside during the first period, based on the first frequency corresponding to or substantially identical to the second frequency.
US12081029B2
A power generation control system comprises: a setting unit configured to set a control mode corresponding to a use condition of a user who uses a first power supply apparatus and a second power supply apparatus; a calculation unit configured to calculate a total load obtained by adding output power of the first power supply apparatus and output power of the second power supply apparatus; a determination unit configured to determine a load level of the total load based on a comparison between the total load and a load threshold; and a control unit configured to select a power supply apparatus corresponding to the load level among the first power supply apparatus and the second power supply apparatus based on the control mode, and cause the power supply apparatus to supply power.
US12081026B2
A management apparatus (50) configured to manage one storage battery apparatus or a plurality of storage battery apparatuses (301 to 30c) includes: a manager (51) configured to manage a dischargeable amount of electrical power having an environmental added value stored in the storage battery apparatuses (301 to 30c); a determiner (54) configured to determine which of the dischargeable electrical power in the storage battery apparatuses (301 to 30c), the electrical power having the environmental added value or electrical power not having the environmental added value, is to be discharged for each electrical-power consuming facility (201 to 20b); and a transmitter (52) configured to transmit, to the storage battery apparatuses (301 to 30c), a message giving an instruction to discharge the determined electrical power to the electrical-power consuming facility (201 to 20b).
US12081019B2
An abnormality determining section disconnects both a positive wire and a negative wire between a load module and a second ground circuit, connects one of a positive wire or a negative wire between a main power source apparatus and the second ground circuit, and determines whether there is an abnormality in a second main power source circuit based on an amount of power supplied to the second ground circuit in a state where one of the positive wire or the negative wire of the second main power source circuit is connected to a reference potential by the second ground circuit.
US12081016B2
A method for controlling an efuse circuit is provided. The method includes the following steps. A sample signal of a switch is provided. An error signal is generated according to the sample signal and a reference signal. The error signal is compared with a threshold. A voltage across a control node of the switch and an output node of the switch is clamped to a preset voltage value when the error signal is greater than the threshold.
US12081012B2
A DC voltage switching device for coupling a DC voltage load via a positive and a negative conductor to a DC voltage source, wherein the positive and negative conductors are routed through the DC voltage switching device. The DC voltage switching device comprises a first switching element for coupling and decoupling the DC voltage load, which is a semiconductor-based, electronically controllable switching element integrated in the positive or negative conductor; a fuse integrated in the respective other conductor; a sensor, at least for detecting the current flow of the conductor in which the first switching element is integrated: and an evaluation device connected to the sensor and the first switching element, which is set up to compare the detected current flow with respect to a threshold value and to trigger the first switching element in order to disconnect the DC voltage load when the threshold value is passed.
US12081003B1
A push-in electrical connector for connecting one or more electrical cables at a knockout of an electrical junction box or panel. The electrical connector includes a substantially tubular connector body with a sidewall, a flange, an inner body portion extending from the flange to an inner end, and an outer body portion extending from the flange to an outer end. The inner body portion includes two flexible gripper jaws and an inner seat. The outer body portion includes two compressible arms and an outer seat. The electrical connector body may include a dividing wall for maintaining separation between electrical cables. The gripper jaws and compressible arms enable secure attachment of one or more cables to an electrical panel or box.
US12081000B2
A cable holder for the long-term storage and the rapid transport of high-voltage cables, is storable for long periods with little outlay. The cable holder includes a rotatable cable reel which has a winding cylinder and side limits which are connected for conjoint rotation with the winding cylinder and protrude over the circumference of the winding cylinder. A holding frame is provided for rotatably mounting the cable reel. A high-voltage cable is wound onto the cable reel. The winding cylinder has a diameter of over 1300 mm.
US12080999B2
Disclosed are a railway vehicle and a storage battery circuit breaker box thereof. The storage battery circuit breaker box comprises a circuit breaker box body, where mounting bases are arranged on side walls of the circuit breaker box body; a mounting positioning plate and a waterproof protection plate are fixedly mounted on a surface of one side of the circuit breaker box body; the mounting positioning plate is of a rectangular annular structure with an opening provided in the bottom thereof; the waterproof protection plate is located at the inner side of the mounting positioning plate; the waterproof protection plate is of a door-shaped structure; and perspective windows and a switch mounting hole are provided at the circuit breaker box body. The circuit breaker box can be mounted inside a vehicle body, maintenance by maintenance personnel outside the vehicle is facilitated, and the sealing requirements can also be met.
US12080997B2
A spark plug includes an insulator having an axial hole, a center electrode disposed in the axial hole and having a forward end portion projecting to a forward end of the axial hole, a tubular metallic shell which holds the insulator on its inner circumference and has a screw portion formed on its outer circumferential surface, and a ground electrode whose first end portion is inserted into a through hole provided in the metallic shell and is welded to the through hole and whose second end portion forms a discharge gap between the second end portion and the forward end portion. The screw portion has a first screw portion located on a rear end of the through hole and a second screw portion located on a forward end of the through hole, and the second screw portion has a pitch diameter larger than that of the first screw portion.
US12080994B1
A high-side driver method for a laser of a Lidar, including: transforming a first input signal into a second input signal between a first voltage value and a second voltage value, by a level translation module; stepping down a first voltage signal according to a first voltage difference to obtain a second voltage signal, by a low-dropout linear regulator; generating a first control signal, by the first pre-driver module; generating a pulse current for driving the laser, by the first power switching transistor.
US12080987B2
A method for generating a spatially transformed optical output from a laser system, the method comprising: disposing a laser gain medium within a laser cavity structure; arranging an interferometric device to complete the laser cavity structure, wherein the interferometric device receives an input beam from laser oscillation in the laser cavity structure, splits the input beam into two sub-beams, and recombines the two sub-beams to provide an optical feedback beam to sustain laser oscillation; configuring the optical components that comprise the interferometric device to provide relative misalignment of the two sub-beams that are produced internally to the interferometric device; using at least a first output port of the interferometric device to provide an output beam of the laser system that due to the misalignment is a spatial transformation of the internal mode structure of the laser; and using at least a second output port of the interferometric device to provide the optical feedback beam to the laser cavity structure that sustains laser oscillation with a spatial structure that substantially preserves the internal mode structure of the laser. An apparatus which implements such a method is also provided.
US12080986B2
A spatially and spectrally distributed long-laser system. Spatially separated phase-conjugate mirrors (PCMs) define a long-laser resonator cavity. The PCMs define, respectively, a power transmitting unit (master), and a power receiving unit (slave), as well as providing a secure two-way communications link between the units. The long-laser is mode-locked, minimizing third-party interception and detection. A wavefront-reversal device, using a MEMS spatial phase modulator, integrated with a retroreflector array, provides a true phase-conjugate (time-reversed) replica of the beam at each end of the system, providing auto-alignment, diffraction-limited performance, compensation for static and dynamic phase and polarization distortions, minimizing the FOV and scattering. The retroreflecting array initiates the oscillation mode. The SPM adaptive optical system bootstraps the retro-array by forming a simultaneous closed-loop system. The PCM emulates a deformable mirror with an integrated cat's eye retro-array, on a pixel-by-pixel basis, equivalent to a true wave-front reversal device at each end of the system.
US12080985B1
Provided herein are systems and methods of manufacture and operation for a compact laser to achieve high-intensity output pulses. These compact laser resonators and methods rely upon separate and distinct functions of the laser resonator to be operated in balance such that the functions, while deleterious when separate are supportive of laser generation and growth when combined within a small volume laser resonator as described herein. The combined elements of the described laser resonator include a delicate balance that allows the laser to operate between plane-parallel operation and unstable operation. This operation mode further allows distinct methods of construction and operation that allow the compact laser to be reliably assembled and tested during assembly. Therefore, despite requiring a delicate balance of disparate elements, the described laser resonator results in a compact robust laser.
US12080970B2
A card connector that is removably fixable to a main body of a carrier system. For example, an outer flange of the card connector may be removably fixed (e.g., with fasteners, such as bolts) to the main body of the carrier system. A protrusion of the card connector may include a connector configured to electrically couple to the plugin card. The protrusion may extend into an interior of the main body when the card connector is removably fixed to the main body, such that the plugin card is disposed entirely within the main body. The card connector provides for a user to easily remove the card connector from the main body (e.g. by unfastening bolts and sliding the card connector out of the main body) and removably fix a new card connector to the main body. The new card connector may include different internal electronics or external porting than the original card connector.
US12080968B2
A joint connector 10 is provided with connecting members 21 each including a plurality of terminals 12 and a conductive member, and a plurality of housings. The plurality of housings are stacked along a stacking direction. At least one housing constituting the plurality of housings includes a placing portion, on which the connecting member 21 is placed, and a lid portion for at least partially covering the connecting member 21 placed on the placing portion to hold the connecting member 21 in the housing. A first housing 71 and a second housing 171 are stacked on each other. A first lid portion relating to the first housing 71 and a second lid portion relating to the second housing 171 are provided with a stacked state holding portion.
US12080963B1
An electrical connector assembly and its manufacturing method are described, wherein the electrical connector assembly includes a bridging conductive component. The multiple conductive terminals achieve electrical connection through the bridging conductive component without the use of jumper wires, meeting the requirements for signal transmission in the electrical connector assembly. The manufacturing method of the electrical connector assembly involves the step of combining multiple electrical connector components with the bridging conductive component. Thus, during the assembly of the electrical connector assembly, customization of the electrical connection relationship of conductive terminals can be achieved by adjusting multiple electrical connector components and the bridging conductive component. This customization ensures compliance with the requirements for signal transmission in the electrical connector assembly, meeting the specific needs and developments of electronic devices.
US12080962B2
An antenna apparatus includes a ground substrate, a feeding point provided on the ground substrate, a first conductor device of which one end is electrically connected to the feeding point and which has a plate shape being parallel to the ground substrate, a second conductor device which is arranged between the first conductor device and the ground substrate, of which one end is electrically connected to the ground substrate, and which has a plate shape being parallel to the ground substrate and a connecting portion which electrically connects another end of the first conductor device and another end of the second conductor device to each other. A width of the first conductor device is wider than a width of the second conductor device. Lengths of the first conductor device and the second conductor device are ½ of a wavelength of a radio wave for operating the antenna apparatus.
US12080956B2
A mobile device with high radiation efficiency includes a ground element, a first radiation element, a second radiation element, a third radiation element, a fourth radiation element, a dielectric substrate, a speaker body, and a cable. The first radiation element and the fourth radiation element are coupled to the ground element. The second radiation element and the third radiation element are coupled to a feeding point. An antenna structure is formed by the first radiation element, the second radiation element, the third radiation element, and the fourth radiation element. The speaker body has a first vertical projection on the dielectric substrate, and the first vertical projection at least partially overlaps the third radiation element. The cable is coupled to the speaker body. The cable has a second vertical projection on the dielectric substrate, and the second vertical projection does not overlap the antenna structure at all.
US12080946B2
An electromagnetic antenna includes a channel configured to serve as a waveguide for electromagnetic radiation, a first and second feed disposed next to each other inside the channel at a first end thereof, the first and second feed being configured to radiate electromagnetic waves into the channel, an aperture lens disposed inside the channel near a second end thereof opposite to the first end, the aperture lens being configured to output collimated beams, a first focal lens disposed inside the channel adjacent to an outlet of the first feed, the first focal lens being configured to squint a beam radiated from the first feed toward a center of the aperture lens, and a second focal lens disposed inside the channel adjacent to an outlet of the second feed, the second focal lens being configured to squint a beam radiated from the second feed toward the center of the aperture lens.
US12080945B2
Systems and methods for mitigating interference from a satellite gateway antenna are disclosed herein. In an embodiment, a method for mitigating interference from a satellite gateway antenna includes locating a satellite gateway antenna that shares a frequency band with a 5G service, determining that the satellite gateway antenna causes radiation that interferes with a base station operating using the 5G service, and mounting at least one panel to reduce the radiation in a direction of the base station operating using the 5G service.
US12080942B2
A method of producing a decorative radome includes providing a substrate having a first surface and a second surface; applying, to at least a portion of the second surface of the substrate, a decorative layer including a layer of a metal or an alloy having a metal and a metalloid; and overmolding at least the decorative layer with a radio-transmissive polymer to provide an overmolded layer as well as a decorative radome having a first layer with a radio-transmissive polymer, the first layer having a front surface; a second layer having a radio-transmissive polymer, the second layer having a rear surface; and a decorative layer, between at least a portion of the first and second layer.
US12080938B2
An antenna apparatus includes a first side metal frame having a first slot and a first feed point, and a bottom metal frame having a second slot and a second feed point. A first ground point is arranged between the bottom metal frame and a second side metal frame of the electronic device. The apparatus also includes a plurality of tuning switches including a first tuning switch connected to the first side metal frame, and a second tuning switch and a third tuning switch connected to the bottom metal frame. The second tuning switch is connected to a first side of the second slot, the third tuning switch is connected to a second side of the second slot, and the first side is closer to the first side metal frame than the second side. A feeder selectively connects to the first feed point or the second feed point.
US12080933B2
A signal transmission device including a signal wiring, a wide wiring that is formed continuously with one and the other of the signal wirings and has a wiring width larger than a wiring width of at least the one or the other of the signal wirings, a power wiring to which a signal/power separation filter is connected via a branch wiring branching from the wide wiring, and an open stub wiring that is connected to the branch wiring and has an open tip.
US12080917B2
An electrode assembly, including a first electrode plate, a second electrode plate, and a separator. The electrode assembly is formed by winding the first electrode plate, the separator, and the second electrode plate. A first tab formed by a plurality of first tab units and a second tab formed by a plurality of second tab units are disposed on the first electrode plate, and a third tab formed by a plurality of third tab units is disposed on the second electrode plate. The electrode assembly is provided with a multi-tab structure to achieve purposes of enhancing a current-carrying capacity of the battery and reducing a temperature rise.
US12080914B2
A connection module includes an FPC and a plurality of bus bars. The plurality of bus bars constitute a first bus bar row disposed along one long side of the FPC, and a second bus bar row disposed along the other long side of the FPC. The FPC includes tolerance absorbing portions each including a slit and a pair of deflection portions disposed with the slit interposed therebetween, and is divided into a plurality of wiring portion by the tolerance absorbing portions. The pair of deflection portions constituting the first tolerance absorbing portion can be deflected in a direction in which the two wiring portions that are adjacent to each other with the first tolerance absorbing portion interposed therebetween move toward and away from each other. The same description also applies to the second tolerance absorbing portion.
US12080912B2
A battery case for a secondary battery according to an embodiment of the present invention can include a cup part having an accommodation space configured to accommodate an electrode assembly in which electrodes and separators are stacked; a sealing part extending to the outside of the cup part; a gas discharge part attached to a hole which is formed to be punched in at least one of the cup part or the sealing part from the outside and through which a gas passes; and a coating part applied to an inner circumferential surface of the hole and having electrolyte resistance, wherein the gas discharge part includes: a gas discharge layer through which the gas passes; and an outer functional layer formed on an outer surface of the gas discharge layer and having a hydrophobic property.
US12080911B2
A non-sealed apparatus for batteries with a containment structure for gasses that includes a battery enclosure with an upper portion and a lower portion. The apparatus further includes a plurality of batteries disposed in a lower portion of the battery enclosure. The apparatus has at least one battery containment structure disposed in an upper portion of the battery enclosure, which is configured to move downward thereby sealing the plurality of batteries upon a condition. Further, a transfer channel assembly is provided within the battery enclosure and configured to transfer and/or contain gases emitted by the plurality of batteries upon the condition. The apparatus also has at least one fan configured to circulate the air in and out of the battery enclosure through the first perforated opening and the second perforated opening.
US12080908B2
The present application relates to the field of an energy storage device, and more particularly, to a top cover assembly of a secondary battery, the secondary battery and an apparatus using a battery. The top cover assembly includes: a top cover sheet provided with an explosion-proof hole; an explosion-proof sheet, a position of the explosion-proof sheet corresponding to the explosion hole; and a fixing member, at least part of the fixing member being located between the top cover sheet and the explosion-proof sheet and connecting the top cover sheet and the explosion-proof sheet; where one of the explosion-proof hole and the fixing member is provided with a protrusion and the other is provided with a first groove, and the protrusion and the first groove are fixed.
US12080903B2
A battery pack includes a battery pack housing having a lid joined to an open end via a fluid-impermeable seal. The battery pack further includes a battery module disposed within the battery housing and comprising a plurality of electrochemical cells. In addition, the battery pack includes a pressure compensation device positioned within the battery pack housing, the pressure compensation device having a first bladder fluidly coupled to a second bladder by a primary fitting. The battery pack housing is filled with a dielectric fluid. And further, the pressure compensation device has a second fluid.
US12080900B2
A power storage device includes a power storage module and a pair of conductive plates configured to sandwich the power storage module. The power storage module has an electrode laminate and a sealing body configured to seal the electrode laminate. The electrode laminate includes a plurality of laminated bipolar electrodes and a pair of terminal electrodes. The pair of terminal electrodes is disposed at laminate ends of the electrode laminate and each includes an electrode plate. The sealing body has a pair of resin portions provided at the edge portions of the terminal electrodes. At least one conductive plate of the pair of conductive plates is disposed to oppose the terminal electrode in the laminating direction of the electrode laminate and to overlap a corresponding resin portion of the pair of resin portions when seen in the laminating direction.
US12080898B2
A cell assembly group is provided, comprising: a plurality of cell assemblies, each cell assembly including an electrochemical cell and an outer wrap surrounding the cell; a foam sheet positioned adjacent one side of one cell assembly; a plurality of heat plates, each heat plate being positioned between two cell assemblies; and at least one spacer positioned between one heat plate and one cell assembly. Each outer wrap of each cell assembly of the plurality of cell assemblies includes a body having an inner surface that engages a rearward wall of the electrochemical cell of the cell assembly, a first portion having a flame barrier that engages a forward wall of the electrochemical cell of the cell assembly, and a second portion that engages an outer surface of the first portion.
US12080883B2
A Li-ion battery cell, among other materials, components, and techniques, is provided that includes ion-permeable anode and cathode electrodes, an electrolyte ionically coupling the anode and the cathode, a separator electrically separating the anode and the cathode, and a sacrificial, high-capacity Li composition for providing Li to at least one of the electrodes.
US12080878B2
An anode layer for all-solid secondary batteries, an all-solid secondary battery, and a method of manufacturing an all-solid secondary battery, the anode layer including an anode current collector; and a first anode active material layer on the anode current collector, wherein the first anode active material layer includes a metal-carbon composite including a metal, carbon, and a polyol.
US12080876B2
A composite sulfide electrode and a manufacturing method therefor are disclosed. A method for manufacturing a composite sulfide electrode comprises the steps of: preparing a mixed solution of polyacrylonitrile (PAN) and a metallic oxide; stirring the prepared mixed solution; electrospinning the stirred mixed solution to prepare a wire-type precursor bearing a metallic oxide in PAN; drying the prepared wire-type precursor; mixing the dried wire-type precursor and a sulfur powder; and injecting a gas to the mixture of the wire-type precursor and the sulfur powder to sulfurize the wire-type precursor.
US12080867B2
The present invention provides an air battery using oxygen in air as a cathode active material, the air battery comprising: a cylindrical anode made of a metal; a cathode constituted by a co-continuous body having a three dimensional network structure formed by an integrated plurality of nanostructures having branches; and a separator that is arranged between the cathode and the anode and absorbs an electrolytic solution, wherein: the cathode is arranged inside the anode via the separator; and the anode has an open hole that reaches the separator and constitutes a housing of the air battery.
US12080862B2
Disclosed is a method for separating a first member (1) and a second member (2) joined to each other comprising the steps of placing a clamp ring (14) on the surface of the first member, plunging a rotating probe (17) having a screw thread on a peripheral surface thereof into the surface of the first member through a through hole (10) of the clamp ring until a tip end of the probe reaches beyond an interface between the first member and the second member, the screw thread being directed so as to lift material of the bonded part away from the second member as a lifted part. The two members can be rejoined to each other by collapsing the lifted part into a bonded part once again by using a rotating probe and a clamp ring.
US12080861B2
Examples are disclosed of methods to recycle coated positive-electrode material of a lithium-ion battery. One example provides a method including relithiating the coated positive-electrode material in a solution comprising lithium ions, and after relithiating, separating the coated positive-electrode material from the solution. In some examples, coated positive-electrode materials may be reinstated using lower process temperatures than uncoated positive-electrode material.
US12080851B1
The present invention discloses ionically conducting electrolytes that include a liquefied gas solvent displaying low global warming potential (GWP) and low flammability while also generating favorable solid-electrolyte interphases in an electrochemical device to maintain high performance and cycle life. Ionically conducting electrolytes include a multi-component solvent mixture with a low-GWP solvent and non-low GWP solvent. The overall GWP of the multi-component solvent mixture is at least 50% less than the GWP of the non-low GWP solvent alone.
US12080840B2
The power storage device includes a power storage module and a conductive plate. The power storage module includes an electrode laminate including current collectors stacked on each other in a first direction. At least one of the positive electrode terminal electrode, the negative electrode terminal electrode, and the bipolar electrode includes an active material layer including grooves arranged in a second direction orthogonal to the first direction, and the grooves extend in a third direction crossing the second direction. The conductive plate includes an outer surface including depressions depressed in the first direction and extending in the second direction, the current collector arranged at the stack end of the electrode laminate includes an exposed face in contact with the outer surface, the exposed surface includes protrusions overlapping the active material layer in the first direction, and the protrusions protrude in the first direction and extend in the third direction.
US12080839B2
The invention relates to a method for producing an electrode stack from anodes (4) and cathodes (6) for a lithium-ion battery, in particular of an electrically driven motor vehicle, in which the cathodes (6) are provided in a first magazine (8) and are transported without grippers only in a first direction (R1) from the first magazine (8) into a chamber (12), in which the anodes (4) are provided in a second magazine (10) and are transported without grippers only in a second direction (R2) from the second magazine (10) into a chamber (12), wherein the cathodes (6) and anodes (4) are stacked alternately in the chamber (12), and in which the alternately stacked cathodes (6) and anodes (4) are aligned with one another, and pressed against one another, in the chamber (12). The invention also relates to an apparatus (16) for producing such an electrode stack (2).
US12080838B2
An automatic replacement device of a secondary battery material including reel support parts to support a supply reel; a material support part spaced apart from the reel support part; clamping parts, each including a clamping roller to come into contact with the material when replacing the supply reel, a vacuum suction part to suction the material by vacuum, a clamping frame to rotatably support the clamping roller and the vacuum suction part, and a cutter to cut the material when coming into contact with the material; first drive parts to move the clamping roller toward/away from the material; and second drive parts to move the cutter toward/away from the material, wherein the automatic replacement device cuts the material as the material is suctioned to the vacuum suction part after being adhered to a material wound around a replacement supply reel when the supply reel is replaced.
US12080836B2
An electronic device and a manufacturing method thereof are provided. The pattern circuit of each surface mount structure of the electronic device is disposed on the substrate; at least two through holes are respectively corresponding to at least two signal lines of the pattern circuit; and the two ends of at least one optoelectronic element are respectively electrically connected to at least two signal lines of the pattern circuit. Each connection pad group of the driving circuit board is corresponding to each surface mount structure, and at least two connection pads are respectively corresponding to the at least two through holes of the surface mount structure. At least two conductive members of each conductive member unit are disposed in the at least two through holes of the surface mount structure, respectively, and extending to the first surface and the second surface of the substrate. The conductive member disposed in each through hole electrically connects the signal lines of each surface mounting structure to the connection pads of each connection pad group of the driving circuit board.
US12080835B2
A light emitting device includes: a substrate; a package having an upward-facing surface and an inward-facing surface that define a recess; a light emitting element mounted on the upward-facing surface of the package; a first cover member including: a light transmitting layer that contacts at least a portion of a lateral surface of the light emitting element, the light transmitting layer having an upper surface that is inclined from the lateral surface of the light emitting element towards the upward-facing surface of the package, and a reflecting material-containing layer located below the light-transmitting layer; and a second cover member that contacts the inward-facing surface of the package and is separated from the light emitting element.
US12080833B1
A lighting system for mounting on a mounting surface includes one or more mounting devices for mounting one or more illumination devices and wiring harnesses. A substantially flat platform includes a front side, a rear side, and three or more peripheral edges. The platform has a plurality of apertures therethrough for mounting the illumination devices thereto with mechanical fasteners. Two or more standoffs are each formed preferably at the peripheral edges of the platform, forming a gap between the mounting surface and the rear side of each illumination device to direct heat upwardly away from the illumination devices. As such, the illumination devices are mounted to the platform with mechanical fasteners, the wiring harnesses are used to connect each illumination device to at least one other illumination device and/or the power source, and the platform is mounted to the mounting surface with mechanical fasteners at each standoff.
US12080830B2
A pixel includes electrode pairs successively disposed in a first direction, and each including a first sub-electrode and a second sub-electrode successively disposed in the first direction; light emitting elements each electrically connected between the first sub-electrode and the second sub-electrode of any one the electrode pairs; a first connection electrode electrically connected between the first sub-electrode of a first electrode pair and a first power supply; and a second connection electrode electrically connected between the second sub-electrode of a last electrode pair and a second power supply. The second sub-electrode of a remaining electrode pair other than the last electrode pair is spaced apart from the first sub-electrode of a subsequent electrode pair with at least one first sub-electrode or at least one second sub-electrode disposed therebetween, and is electrically connected to the first sub-electrode of the subsequent electrode pair.
US12080820B2
Device structures, apparatuses, and methods are disclosed for photovoltaic cells that may be a single-junction or multijunction solar cells, with at least a first layer comprising a group-IV semiconductor in which part of the cell comprises a second layer comprising a III-V semiconductor or group-IV semiconductor having a different composition than the group-IV semiconductor of the first layer, such that a heterostructure is formed between the first and second layers.
US12080817B2
A photovoltaic laminate is disclosed. Embodiments include placing a first encapsulant on a substantially transparent layer that includes a front side of a photovoltaic laminate. Embodiments also include placing a first solar cell on the first encapsulant. Embodiments include placing a metal foil on the first solar cell, where the metal foil uniformly contacts a back side of the first solar cell. Embodiments include forming a metal bond that couples the metal foil to the first solar cell. In some embodiments, forming the metal bond includes forming a metal contact region using a laser source, wherein the formed metal contact region electrically couples the metal foil to the first solar cell. Embodiments can also include placing a backing material on the metal foil. Embodiments can further include forming a back layer on the backing material layer and curing the substantially transparent layer, first encapsulant, first solar cell, metal foil, backing material and back layer to form a photovoltaic laminate.
US12080816B2
The photovoltaic module includes multiple cell sheets arranged in an array including multiple rows and multiple columns, where each of the multiple rows of cell sheets is arranged at intervals along a first direction, each of the multiple columns of cell sheets is arranged at intervals along a second direction, and each of the multiple cell sheets has a first surface and a second surface. The photovoltaic module further includes a first flexible cover layer located on a side of the first surface of each of the multiple cell sheets, and a second flexible cover layer located on a side of the second surface of each of the multiple cell sheets. The photovoltaic module is configured to be folded along a gap between two adjacent rows of cell sheets or along a gap between two adjacent columns of cell sheets with the folding angle of 0 degree to 180 degrees.
US12080812B2
A photoelectric detection substrate and a manufacturing method thereof, and a photoelectric detection device are provided. The photoelectric detection substrate includes: a base substrate and a semiconductor layer arranged on the base substrate, wherein the semiconductor layer is configured to convert an optical signal into an electrical signal.
US12080805B2
Provided is a semiconductor chip including a nanowire field effect transistor (FET) and having a layout configuration effective for making manufacturing the chip easy. A semiconductor chip includes a first block including a standard cell having a nanowire PET and a second block including a nanowire FET. In the first and second blocks, nanowires extending in an X direction have an arrangement pitch in a Y direction of an integer multiple of a pitch P1. Pads have an arrangement pitch in the X direction of an integer multiple of a pitch P2.
US12080794B2
A high voltage semiconductor device includes a semiconductor substrate, an isolation structure, a gate oxide layer, and a gate structure. The semiconductor substrate includes a channel region, and at least a part of the isolation structure is disposed in the semiconductor substrate and surrounds the channel region. The gate oxide layer is disposed on the semiconductor substrate, and the gate oxide layer includes a first portion and a second portion. The second portion is disposed at two opposite sides of the first portion in a horizontal direction, and a thickness of the first portion is greater than a thickness of the second portion. The gate structure is disposed on the gate oxide layer and the isolation structure.
US12080788B2
According to one embodiment, a semiconductor device includes first to third electrodes, a semiconductor member, a first insulating member, and a nitride member. The third electrode includes a first electrode portion. The first electrode portion is between the first and second electrodes. The semiconductor member includes first and second semiconductor regions. The first semiconductor region includes first to fifth partial regions. The second semiconductor region includes first and second semiconductor portions. The first semiconductor portion is electrically connected with the first electrode. The second semiconductor portion is electrically connected with the second electrode. The first insulating member includes a first insulating region. The first insulating region is between the third partial region and the first electrode portion. The nitride member includes a first nitride region. The first nitride region is between the third partial region and the first insulating region, and includes first nitride portions and second nitride portions.
US12080779B2
The present disclosure describes a method for forming a hard mask on a transistor's gate structure that minimizes gate spacer loss and gate height loss during the formation of self-aligned contact openings. The method includes forming spacers on sidewalls of spaced apart gate structures and disposing a dielectric layer between the gate structures. The method also includes etching top surfaces of the gate structures and top surfaces of the spacers with respect to a top surface of the dielectric layer. Additionally, the method includes depositing a hard mask layer having a metal containing dielectric layer over the etched top surfaces of the gate structures and the spacers and etching the dielectric layer with an etching chemistry to form contact openings between the spacers, where the hard mask layer has a lower etch rate than the spacers when exposed to the etching chemistry.
US12080776B2
A device includes a substrate and a fin isolation structure between a first gate structure and a second gate structure. The first gate structure wraps around a first vertical stack of nanostructure channels overlying a first fin. The second gate structure wraps around a second vertical stack of nanostructure channels overlying a second fin. The fin isolation structure extends from an upper surface of the first gate structure to an upper surface of the substrate. A trench isolation structure is between the first fin and the fin isolation structure, and has different etch selectivity than the fin isolation structure.
US12080772B2
A non-volatile memory device may include a substrate, a first floating gate, a second floating gate, a third floating gate and a fourth floating gate. The substrate may include an active region. The first to fourth floating gates may be formed on the substrate. The first to fourth floating gates may be radially arranged to be partially overlapped with the active region. The first floating gate and the third floating gate may face each other in a first direction. The first floating gate and the third floating gate may have asymmetrically planar shapes. The first floating gate and the second floating gate may face each other in a second direction substantially perpendicular to the first direction. The first floating gate and the second floating gate may have asymmetrically planar shapes. The third floating gate and the fourth floating gate may face each other in the second direction. The third floating gate and the fourth floating gate may have asymmetrically planar shapes. The fourth floating gate and the second floating gate may face each other in the first direction. The fourth floating gate and the second floating gate may have asymmetrically planar shapes.
US12080769B2
A semiconductor device structure is provided. The semiconductor device structure includes a source/drain region formed in a semiconductor substrate, a source/drain contact structure formed over the source/drain region, and a gate electrode layer formed adjacent to the source/drain contact structure. The semiconductor device structure also includes a first spacer and a second spacer laterally and successively arranged from the sidewall of the gate electrode layer to the sidewall of the source/drain contact structure. The semiconductor device structure further includes a silicide region formed in the source/drain region. The top width of the silicide region is greater than the bottom width of the source/drain contact structure and less than the top width of the source/drain region.
US12080768B2
A transistor includes a gate electrode, a gate dielectric layer covering the gate electrode, an active layer covering the gate dielectric layer and including a first metal oxide material, and source/drain electrodes disposed on the active layer and made of a second metal oxide material with an electron concentration of at least about 1018 cm−3. A semiconductor structure and a manufacturing method are also provided.
US12080758B2
The present disclosure provides a manufacturing method of a semiconductor structure and a semiconductor structure. The manufacturing method of a semiconductor structure includes: providing a substrate, the substrate includes active regions and isolation regions, each of the isolation regions includes a first trench and an isolation layer formed in the first trench; removing part of the isolation layer to form first grooves; forming a first mask layer, the first mask layer covers upper surfaces of the active regions and fills the first grooves; planarizing the first mask layer, such that an upper surface of a portion of the first mask layer located above the active regions is flush with an upper surface of a portion of the first mask layer located above the isolation regions; removing part of the first mask layer, part of the isolation layer, and part of the substrate, to form second trenches and third trenches.
US12080755B2
In a described example, a method of forming a capacitor includes forming a doped polysilicon layer over a semiconductor substrate. The method also includes forming a dielectric layer on the doped polysilicon layer. The method also includes forming an undoped polysilicon layer on the dielectric layer.
US12080752B2
The present disclosure provides a method for forming a semiconductor structure, including forming a bottom terminal, forming a first middle terminal over the bottom terminal, forming a top terminal over the first middle terminal, forming a first passivation layer over the top terminal, forming a first recess penetrating the first passivation layer and the bottom terminal by using a photomask, forming a dummy layer over the first passivation layer, forming an opening in the dummy layer and over the first recess, forming a conductive material in the first recess and the opening, and removing the dummy layer subsequent to forming the conductive material.
US12080750B2
A light emitting diode (LED) precursor is provided. The LED precursor comprises a substrate (10), an LED structure (30) comprising a plurality of Group III-nitride layers, and a passivation layer (40). The LED structure comprises a p-type semiconductor layer (36), an n-type semiconductor layer (32), and an active layer (34) between the p-type and n-type semiconductor layers. Each of the plurality of Group III-nitride layers comprises a crystalline Group III-nitride. The LED structure has a sidewall (37) which extends in a plane orthogonal to a (0001) crystal plane of the Group III-nitride layers. The passivation layer is provided on the sidewall of the LED structure such that the passivation layer covers the active layer. The passivation layer comprises a crystalline Group III-nitride with a bandgap higher than a bandgap of the active layer. The LED structure is shaped such that the sidewall of the LED structure is aligned with a non-polar crystal plane of each the Group III-nitride layers of the LED structure.
US12080749B2
A pixel may include a substrate, a dummy insulating pattern on the substrate, a first electrode on the substrate and including a (1-1)th electrode and a (1-2)th electrode that are spaced from each other and aligned with each other along a first direction, a second electrode spaced from the first electrode in a second direction different from the first direction, and including a (2-1)th electrode and a (2-2)th electrode that are spaced from each other and aligned with each other along the first direction, a plurality of light emitting elements electrically connected to the first electrode and the second electrode and emitting light, and a first insulating layer on each of the light emitting elements. Here, the dummy insulating pattern may be connected to one end of at least one of the (1-1)th electrode and the (1-2)th electrode that are aligned with each other along the first direction.
US12080745B2
A solid-state imaging device is provided that comprises a first substrate that includes a first multi-layered wiring layer stacked on a first semiconductor substrate, a second substrate that includes a second multi-layered wiring layer and an insulating layer stacked on a second semiconductor substrate, and a third substrate that includes a third multi-layered wiring layer stacked on a third semiconductor substrate. A first coupling structure electrically couples the first and second substrates to each other. A second coupling structure exists on bonding surfaces of the second and third substrates, and includes an electrode junction structure in which electrodes formed on respective bonding surfaces are in direct contact with each other. A first via penetrates the second semiconductor substrate and electrically couples a first electrode to a wiring in the second multi-layered wiring layer. A second via electrically couples the second electrode to another wiring in the third multi-layered wiring layer.
US12080740B2
An image sensor includes an active pixel photodiode, a black pixel photodiode, a metal grid structure, and a light shield. Each of the active pixel photodiode and the black pixel photodiode are disposed in a semiconductor material having a first side and a second side opposite the first side. The first side of the semiconductor material is disposed between the light shield and the black pixel photodiode. The metal grid structure includes a first multi-layer metal stack including a first metal and a second metal different from the first metal. The light shield includes a second multi-layer stack including the first metal and the second metal. A first thickness of the first multi-layer metal stack is less than a second thickness of the second multi-layer metal stack.
US12080739B2
Implementations of a semiconductor device may include a photodiode included in a second epitaxial layer of a semiconductor substrate; light shield coupled over the photodiode; and a first epitaxial layer located in one or more openings in the light shield. The first epitaxial layer and the second epitaxial layer may form a single crystal.
US12080735B2
A solid-state imaging element (1) includes a pixel circuit (20) in which a first transistor (26) that amplifies a pixel signal is arranged, the pixel signal being generated by a photoelectric converter performing photoelectric conversion on light that has entered a pixel. The pixel circuit (20) includes a second transistor (27) into which a reference signal is input from a reference signal generator, and a third transistor (28) that outputs bias current to the first transistor (26) and the second transistor (27).
US12080732B2
An imaging device including a semiconductor substrate; a photoelectric converter that converts incident light into a signal charge, the photoelectric converter being stacked on the semiconductor substrate; a node to which the signal charge is input; a transistor having a source and a drain, one of the source and the drain being connected to the node; and a capacitive element connected between the transistor and a voltage source or a ground. The transistor is configured to switch between a first mode and a second mode, a sensitivity in the first mode being different from a sensitivity in the second mode, and in a cross-sectional view, the capacitive element is located between the semiconductor substrate and the photoelectric converter.
US12080731B2
The disclosure provides a light detection substrate, a manufacturing method thereof and a light detection apparatus. The light detection substrate includes a plurality of light detection units, each of the light detection units includes a first electrode, a second electrode and a photoelectric conversion layer, a spacer region exists between orthographic projections of the first electrode and the second electrode on a substrate, the photoelectric conversion layer is provided with at least one opening, and an orthographic projection of the at least one opening on the substrate is located in the spacer region.
US12080726B2
A glossy display panel, a manufacturing method thereof and a display device are provided. The glossy display panel includes a display area and a non-display area; wherein the non-display area includes a binding area, and the glossy display panel includes a first conductive pattern located on a base substrate and located in the binding area; a first insulating layer covering the first conductive pattern, wherein the first insulating layer is provided with a first via hole, and an orthographic projection of the first via hole onto the base substrate is located within an orthographic projection of the first conductive pattern onto the base substrate; a glossy reflection layer, wherein an orthographic projection of the glossy reflection layer onto the base substrate does not overlap with an orthographic projection of the binding area onto the base substrate; and a chip on film.
US12080720B2
An object of an embodiment of the present invention is to manufacture a semiconductor device with high display quality and high reliability, which includes a pixel portion and a driver circuit portion capable of high-speed operation over one substrate, using transistors having favorable electric characteristics and high reliability as switching elements. Two kinds of transistors, in each of which an oxide semiconductor layer including a crystalline region on one surface side is used as an active layer, are formed in a driver circuit portion and a pixel portion. Electric characteristics of the transistors can be selected by choosing the position of the gate electrode layer which determines the position of the channel. Thus, a semiconductor device including a driver circuit portion capable of high-speed operation and a pixel portion over one substrate can be manufactured.
US12080716B2
On a semiconductor substrate having an SOI region and a bulk silicon region formed on its upper surface, epitaxial layers are formed in source and drain regions of a MOSFET formed in the SOI region, and no epitaxial layer is formed in source and drain regions of a MOSFET formed in the bulk silicon region. By covering the end portions of the epitaxial layers with silicon nitride films, even when diffusion layers are formed by implanting ions from above the epitaxial layers, it is possible to prevent the impurity ions from being implanted down to a lower surface of a silicon layer.
US12080715B2
A semiconductor structure that includes a first semiconductor fin and a second semiconductor fin disposed over a substrate and adjacent to each other, a metal gate stack disposed over the substrate, and source/drain features disposed in each of the first semiconductor fin and the second semiconductor fin to engage with the metal gate stack. The metal gate stack includes a first region disposed over the first semiconductor fin, a second region disposed over the second semiconductor fin, and a third region connecting the first region to the second region in a continuous profile, where the first region is defined by a first gate length and the second region is defined by a second gate length less than the first gate length.
US12080708B2
A number of diode limiter semiconductor structures are described. The diode limiters can include a hybrid arrangement of diodes with different intrinsic regions, all formed over the same semiconductor substrate. In one example, a diode limiter includes a first diode having a first doped region formed to a first depth into an intrinsic layer of a semiconductor structure, a second diode having a second doped region formed to a second depth into the intrinsic layer of the semiconductor structure, and at least one passive component. The first diode includes a first effective intrinsic region of a first thickness, the second diode includes a second effective intrinsic region of a second thickness. The first thickness is greater than the second thickness. The passive component is over the intrinsic layer and electrically coupled as part of the diode limiter.
US12080703B2
A semiconductor cell block includes a series of layers arranged in a stack. The layers include one or more first layers each having a first height and one or more second layers each having a second height. The second height is larger than the first height, and the second height is a non-integer multiple of the first height. The semiconductor cell block also includes a first semiconductor logic cell having a first cell height in one of the series of layers, and a second semiconductor logic cell having a second cell height in one of the series of layers. The second cell height is larger than the first cell height, and the second cell height is a non-integer value multiple of the first cell height.
US12080690B2
The disclosed technology provides micro-assembled micro-LED displays and lighting elements using arrays of micro-LEDs that are too small (e.g., micro-LEDs with a width or diameter of 10 μm to 50 μm), numerous, or fragile to assemble by conventional means. The disclosed technology provides for micro-LED displays and lighting elements assembled using micro-transfer printing technology. The micro-LEDs can be prepared on a native substrate and printed to a display substrate (e.g., plastic, metal, glass, or other materials), thereby obviating the manufacture of the micro-LEDs on the display substrate. In certain embodiments, the display substrate is transparent and/or flexible.
US12080680B2
A semiconductor device according to an embodiment includes a semiconductor layer, a metal layer, and a bonding layer provided between the semiconductor layer and the metal layer, the bonding layer including a plurality of silver particles, and the bonding layer including a region containing gold existing between the plurality of silver particles.
US12080674B2
A power module includes: a first substrate having metal plates formed on one surface thereof; a second substrate spaced apart from the first substrate and having metal plates formed on one surface thereof facing the metal plates of the first substrate; a plurality of power elements disposed between the first substrate and the second substrate; a first electrode formed on the first substrate of each of the plurality of power elements; and a second electrode formed on the second surface of each of the plurality of power elements, where the plurality of power elements comprise a first power element in which the first electrode is bonded to the metal plates of the second substrate; and a second power element in which the first electrode is bonded to the metal plates of the first substrate.
US12080657B2
The present disclosure is directed to a package, such as a wafer level chip scale package (WLCSP) or a package containing a semiconductor die, with a die embedded within a substrate that is surrounded by an elastomer. The package includes nonconductive layers on surfaces of the substrate and the elastomer as well as conductive layers and conductive vias that extend through these layers to form electrical connections in the package. The package includes surfaces of the conductive material, which may be referred to as contacts. These surfaces of the conductive material are exposed on both sides of the package and allow the package to be mounted within an electronic device and have other electronic components coupled to the package, or allow the package to be included in a stacked configuration of semiconductor dice or packages.
US12080650B1
Contact structures and methods of forming the same are provided. A contact structure according to the present disclosure includes an etch stop layer (ESL), a first pillar feature and a second pillar feature disposed on the ESL, a metal feature disposed between the first pillar feature and the second pillar feature, the metal feature including a first sidewall, a bottom surface, a second sidewall, and a top surface, a dielectric liner extending continuously from a top surface of the first pillar feature, along the first sidewall, the bottom surface and the second sidewall of the metal feature, and onto a top surface of the second pillar feature, and a gap between the first pillar feature and a portion of the dielectric liner that extends along the first sidewall of the metal feature.
US12080646B2
A method having a semiconductor substrate received and a first dielectric layer is formed over the semiconductor substrate. A trench is formed in the first dielectric layer. The trench is filled to form a conductive layer in the first dielectric layer. The conductive layer is segmented to form a first conductive feature and a second conductive feature separated from each other by a recess. The recess is filled with a second dielectric layer, such that one or both of the conductive features are end-capped by a portion of the first dielectric layer and a portion of the second dielectric layer.
US12080639B2
Contact over active gate structure with metal oxide layers are described are described. In an example, an integrated circuit structure includes a plurality of gate structures above substrate, each of the gate structures including a gate insulating layer thereon. A plurality of conductive trench contact structures is alternating with the plurality of gate structures. A portion of one of the plurality of trench contact structures has a metal oxide layer thereon. An interlayer dielectric material is over the plurality of gate structures and over the plurality of conductive trench contact structures. An opening is in the interlayer dielectric material and in a gate insulating layer of a corresponding one of the plurality of gate structures. A conductive via is in the opening, the conductive via in direct contact with the corresponding one of the plurality of gate structures, and the conductive via on the metal oxide layer.
US12080638B2
A semiconductor device includes a dielectric interposer, a first redistribution layer, a second redistribution layer and conductive structures. The conductive structures are through the dielectric interposer, wherein the conductive structures are electrically connected to the first redistribution layer and the second redistribution layer. Each of the conductive structures has a tapered profile. A width of each of the conductive structures proximal to the first redistribution layer is narrower than a width of each of the conductive structure proximal to the second redistribution layer.
US12080625B2
A semiconductor device includes a semiconductor package, including a package body that includes an encapsulant portion and an isolation structure, a semiconductor die embedded within the package body, and a plurality of leads that protrude out from the encapsulant body, wherein the encapsulant portion and the isolation structure are each electrically insulating structures, wherein the isolation structure has a greater thermal conductivity than the encapsulant portion, and wherein the isolation structure is thermally coupled to the semiconductor die, and a releasable layer affixed to the semiconductor package, wherein a first outer face of the package body includes a first surface of the isolation structure, wherein the releasable layer at least partially covers the first surface of the isolation structure, and wherein the releasable layer is releasable from the semiconductor package.
US12080624B2
Systems, apparatuses, and methods are described for clamping a heat generating device such as a thyristor in place. The use of spring washers in various configurations is described. A spring washing washer may be used to apply force to a pad which in turn applies the force to a plate above a heat generating device. The plate above the heat generating device may apply downward pressure, which may force the heat generating device against a lower surface. Related systems, apparatuses, and methods are also described.
US12080614B2
A semiconductor package includes a substrate having a top surface and a bottom surface; a semiconductor die mounted on the top surface of the substrate; and a two-part lid mounted on a perimeter of the top surface of the substrate and housing the semiconductor die. The lid comprises an annular lid base and a cover plate removably installed on the annular lid base. The semiconductor package can be uncovered by removing the cover plate and a forced cooling module can be installed in place of the cover plate.
US12080613B2
An electronic component module is provided that includes a substrate, an electronic component, a heat dissipating member, and a sealing resin. The electronic component is mounted on the substrate. The heat dissipating member includes a flat plate and columnar bodies. The sealing resin covers a side of a first main surface of the substrate and the electronic component. Moreover, the heat dissipating member, except for a top surface of the flat plate, is covered with the sealing resin. The columnar bodies are disposed at an outer peripheral of the flat plate, and have a shape protruding from a bottom surface of the flat plate. The columnar bodies include a root connected to the flat plate, and a tip connected to the substrate. In a plan view of the electronic component module, the tip is not outside the root.
US12080609B2
Provided is a method of detecting photoresist scums and photoresist residues. A carrier is provided. The carrier has a photoresist layer with opening patterns therein. A plasma etching process is performed to the opening patterns of the photoresist layer. Charges are injected to the opening patterns of the photoresist layer. Whether a photoresist scum or residue is present in at least one of the opening patterns is detected.
US12080605B2
Backside contact structures include etch selective materials to facilitate backside contact formation. An integrated circuit structure includes a frontside contact region, a device region below the frontside contact region, and a backside contact region below the device region. The device region includes a transistor. The backside contact region includes a first dielectric material under a source or drain region of the transistor, a second dielectric material laterally adjacent to the first dielectric material and under a gate structure of the transistor. A non-conductive spacer is between the first and second dielectric materials. The first and second dielectric materials are selectively etchable with respect to one another and the spacer. The backside contact region may include an interconnect feature that, for instance, passes through the first dielectric material and contacts a bottom side of the source/drain region, and/or passes through the second dielectric material and contacts the gate structure.
US12080604B2
A method includes providing a substrate, a dummy fin, and a stack of semiconductor channel layers; forming an interfacial layer wrapping around each of the semiconductor channel layers; depositing a high-k dielectric layer, wherein a first portion of the high-k dielectric layer over the interfacial layer is spaced away from a second portion of the high-k dielectric layer on sidewalls of the dummy fin by a first distance; depositing a first dielectric layer over the dummy fin and over the semiconductor channel layers, wherein a merge-critical-dimension of the first dielectric layer is greater than the first distance thereby causing the first dielectric layer to be deposited in a space between the dummy fin and a topmost layer of the stack of semiconductor channel layers, thereby providing air gaps between adjacent layers of the stack of semiconductor channel layers and between the dummy fin and the stack of semiconductor channel layers.
US12080603B2
A method of the present disclosure includes forming a fin-shaped structure including a plurality of semiconductor layers, a first hard mask layer, a second hard mask layer, and a third hard mask layer, forming a patterned masking layer having a mask portion and a window portion, wherein the third hard mask layer is exposed through the window portion, performing a first etch process to expose the second hard mask layer through the window portion, performing a second etch process to etch the exposed second hard mask layer and to leave behind second hard mask layer residues, performing a third etch process to remove the second hard mask layer residues, etching the plurality of semiconductor layers in the fin-shaped structure through the window portion to divide the fin-shaped structure into a first segment and a second segment, and forming an isolation feature around the first segment and the second segment.
US12080602B2
A semiconductor device structure is provided. The semiconductor device structure includes a substrate and a first fin structure and a second fin structure over the substrate. A top surface of the first fin structure and a top surface of the second fin structure are at different height levels. The semiconductor device structure also includes a first semiconductor element on the first fin structure and a second semiconductor element on the second fin structure. The first semiconductor element is wider than the second semiconductor element, and the first semiconductor element is closer to the substrate than the second semiconductor element.
US12080600B2
A semiconductor device has a semiconductor die. A first insulating layer is disposed over the semiconductor die. A first via is formed in the first insulating layer over a contact pad of the semiconductor die. A first conductive layer is disposed over the first insulating layer and in the first via. A second insulating layer is disposed over a portion of the first insulating layer and first conductive layer. An island of the second insulating layer is formed over the first conductive layer and within the first via. The first conductive layer adjacent to the island is devoid of the second insulating layer. A second conductive layer is disposed over the first conductive layer, second insulating layer, and island. The second conductive layer has a corrugated structure. A width of the island is greater than a width of the first via.
US12080597B2
Semiconductor devices and methods of manufacturing the semiconductor devices are described herein. A method includes forming a first etch stop layer from a portion of a gate mask, the gate mask extending between spacers adjacent a gate electrode, the gate electrode overlying a semiconductor fin. The method further includes forming a second etch stop layer adjacent the first etch stop layer, forming an opening through the second etch stop layer, and exposing the first etch stop layer by performing a first etching process. The method further includes extending the opening through the first etch stop layer and exposing the gate electrode by performing a second etching process. Once the gate electrode has been exposed, the method further includes forming a gate contact in the opening.
US12080588B2
A semiconductor device includes a buried metal line disposed in a semiconductor substrate, a first dielectric material on a first sidewall of the buried metal line and a second dielectric material on a second sidewall of the buried metal line, a first multiple fins disposed proximate the first sidewall of the buried metal line, a second multiple fins disposed proximate the second sidewall of the buried metal line, a first metal gate structure over the first multiple fins and over the buried metal line, wherein the first metal gate structure extends through the first dielectric material to contact the buried metal line, and a second metal gate structure over the second multiple fins and over the buried metal line.
US12080586B2
A substrate transfer robot for transferring a substrate in a vacuum chamber, includes: a transfer arm platform having coupling holes, each compartmentalized into a lower and an upper space, wherein a link connecting member with blades is engaged at a front area of the transfer arm platform and a support shaft of a lower support is inserted into the lower space of one of the coupling holes; and a first and a second transfer arm part each including an end effector for supporting the substrate, multiple transfer link arms and subordinate link arms, and a common link arm that are connected to each other or to the transfer arm platform, wherein, for each transfer arm part, drive shafts, interlocked with transfer driving motors or speed reducers installed on one of the transfer link arms, and output shafts interlocked with the drive shafts are installed on the transfer link arms.
US12080585B2
A wet alignment method for a micro-semiconductor chip and a display transfer structure are provided. The wet alignment method for a micro-semiconductor chip includes: supplying a liquid to a transfer substrate including a plurality of grooves; supplying the micro-semiconductor chip onto the transfer substrate; scanning the transfer substrate by using an absorber capable of absorbing the liquid. According to the wet alignment method, the micro-semiconductor chip may be transferred onto a large area.
US12080581B2
Disclosed is a physical unclonable function generator circuit and method. In one embodiment, a physical unclonable function (PUF) generator comprising: a plurality of PUF cells, wherein each of the plurality of PUF cells comprises a first MOS transistor and a second MOS transistor, wherein terminal S of the first MOS transistor is connected to terminal D of the second MOS transistor at a dynamic node, terminal D of the first MOS transistor is coupled to a first bus and terminal G of the first NMOS transistor is coupled to a second bus, and terminals S and G of the second NMOS transistor are coupled to ground; a plurality of dynamic flip-flop (DFF) circuits wherein each of the plurality of DFF circuits is coupled to each of the plurality of PUF cells respectively; a population count circuit coupled to the plurality of DFF circuits; and an evaluation logic circuit having an input coupled to the population count circuit and an output coupled to the plurality of DFF circuits.
US12080578B2
A front opening unified pod includes a container body, a removable front door, and an air curtain apparatus. The container body has bottom and top walls, two side walls, a rear wall connected to the bottom, top, and side walls to define a receiving space, and an opening opposite to the rear wall. The front door closes the opening. The air curtain apparatus includes an air outflow module and an air inflow pipeline connected to the air outflow module. The air outflow module is disposed on one of the top and side walls, is adjacent to the opening, and is located within the receiving space so as to form a laminar air curtain adjacent to the opening for shielding the receiving space.
US12080571B2
Embodiments disclosed herein include a substrate processing module and a method of moving a workpiece. The substrate processing module includes a shutter stack and two process stations. The shutter stack is disposed between the process stations. The method of moving a workpiece includes moving a supporting portion from a first location to a shutter stack in a first direction, retrieving the workpiece from the shutter stack, and moving the supporting portion to a second location. The transfer chamber assembly and method allows for moving workpieces to and from the shutter stack to the two process stations. A central transfer robot of the substrate processing module is configured to grip both substrates and shutter discs, allowing for one robot when typically two robots would be required.
US12080556B2
A semiconductor device includes a semiconductor fin. The semiconductor device includes a metal gate disposed over the semiconductor fin. The semiconductor device includes a gate dielectric layer disposed between the semiconductor fin and the metal gate. The semiconductor device includes first spacers sandwiching the metal gate. The first spacers have a first top surface and the gate dielectric layer has a second top surface, and the first top surface and a first portion of the second top surface are coplanar with each other. The semiconductor device includes second spacers further sandwiching the first spacers. The second spacers have a third top surface above the first top surface and the second top surface. The semiconductor device includes a gate electrode disposed over the metal gate.
US12080549B2
A semiconductor structure includes a nanofog oxide adhered to an inert 2D or 3D surface or a weakly reactive metal surface, the nanofog oxide consisting essentially of 0.5-2 nm Al2O3 nanoparticles. The nanofog can also consists of sub 1 nm particles. Oxide layers can be formed on the nanofog, for example a bilayer stack of Al2O3—HfO2. Additional examples are from the group consisting of ZrO2, HfZrO2, silicon or other doped HfO2 or ZrO2, ZrTiO2, HfTiO2, La2O3, Y2O3, Ga2O3, GdGaOx, and alloys thereof, including the ferroelectric phases of HfZrO2, silicon or other doped HfO2 or ZrO2. The structure provides the basis for various devices, including MIM capacitors, FET transistors and MOSCAP capacitors.
US12080547B2
Methods to form low-k dielectric materials for use as intermetal dielectrics in multilevel interconnect systems, along with their chemical and physical properties, are provided. The deposition techniques described include PECVD, PEALD, and ALD processes where the precursors such as TEOS and MDEOS may provide the requisite O-atoms and O2 gas may not be used as one of the reactants. The deposition techniques described further include PECVD, PEALD, and ALD processes where O2 gas may be used and, along with the O2 gas, precursors containing embedded Si—O—Si bonds, such as (CH3O)3—Si—O—Si—(CH3O)3) and (CH3)3—Si—O—Si—(CH3)3 may be used.
US12080530B2
An example device comprises a reference model module, an adaptation law module, and an adaptive control module. The reference model module is configured to receive a setpoint input and a reference model input, and to generate a reference model output. The adaptation law module is configured to receive the reference model output from the reference model module, to perform a signum projection tensor operation based at least in part on the reference model output, and to generate a signum projection adaptation law output. The adaptive control module is configured to receive the adaptation law output from the adaptation law module, to receive the setpoint input, and to receive a sensor system output from a sensor system, and to generate an adaptive control signal.
US12080510B2
A method of monitoring compliance with filter specification during the implantation of ions into a substrate reading a signature of the filter and comparing the read signature with filter signatures stored in a database to identify properties of the filter including at least one of a maximum allowable temperature of the filter and a maximum allowable accumulated ion dose of the filter. The temperature and/or the accumulated ion dose of the filter is measured while ions are implanted into the substrate by an ion beam passing through the filter. The implantation is terminated when the measured temperature or accumulated ion dose of the filter reaches or exceeds the maximum allowable threshold.
US12080505B1
The present disclosure can relate to a thermionic emission device. The thermionic emission device can include a substrate layer, an insulating layer deposited onto an uppermost surface of the substrate layer, and an electron emitting layer deposited onto an uppermost surface of the insulating layer. The electron emitting layer, the insulating layer, and the substrate layer each can include a first etching and a second etching oriented according to a photoresist pattern applied to an uppermost surface of the electron emitting layer. The first etching and the second etching can converge to form a cavity in the substrate layer beneath a beam suspended above the cavity. The beam can comprise an unetched region of the electron emitting layer and the insulating layer oriented between the first etching and the second etching.
US12080503B2
The subsea fuse assembly includes an enclosure filled with a dielectric fluid and provided with an equalization opening, which is sealed with a flexible element. A first electric conductor extends into the enclosure through a first lead-through positioned in a wall of the enclosure. A second electric conductor is attached to an inner surface of a wall of the enclosure. A fuse is connected between the first electric conductor and the second electric conductor within the enclosure. A third electric conductor extends outside the enclosure and is attached to an outer surface of a wall of the enclosure. An electrically conductive path is thus provided between the second electric conductor and the third electric conductor through the electrically conductive enclosure.
US12080499B2
A contactor includes a housing and first and second fixed contacts coupling to the housing having mating ends received in the cavity of the housing and terminating ends outside of the housing. A movable contact is movable within the cavity between a mated position and an unmated position that engages the mating end of the second fixed contact in the mated position and is separated from the second fixed contact in the unmated position. A flexible busbar is coupled to the first mating end and coupled to the movable contact. The flexible busbar electrically connects the first fixed contact and the movable contact in both the mated position and the unmated position. A coil assembly in the cavity operates to move the movable contact between the unmated position and the mating position.
US12080490B2
An electrode foil for an electrolytic capacitor includes a metal foil having a porous part, and a dielectric layer covering a surface of a metal framework constituting the porous part. The dielectric layer includes a first layer containing an oxide of a second metal different from a first metal contained in the metal framework. The first layer has a thickness T1. The first layer contains at least one kind of additive element selected from the group consisting of carbon, phosphorus, boron, and nitrogen. The first layer includes a first region from an outer surface of the first layer to a center of the first layer in a thickness direction, and a second region from the center to an inner surface of the first layer. A content of the at least one kind of additive element in the first region is greater than a content of the at least one kind of additive element in the second region.
US12080479B2
A chip capacitor includes a substrate, a plurality of capacitor wires on the substrate, and a mold layer disposed on the substrate to cover the capacitor wires. Each of the capacitor wires includes a core electrode line having a wire shape, an outer electrode line covering at least a portion of the core electrode line, and a dielectric line interposed between the core electrode line and the outer electrode line.
US12080478B2
A gradient Nd—Fe—B magnet includes an Nd—Fe—B magnet block extending along a magnetization direction and having a plurality of surfaces perpendicular to the magnetization direction. A first film, is disposed on one of the surfaces. A second film is disposed on another one of the surfaces, opposite of the one of the surfaces. The first film and the second film are diffused into the Nd—Fe—B magnet block dividing the Nd—Fe—B magnet block into an edge region, a transition region, and a central region along a plane perpendicular to the magnetization direction wherein the edge region has a coercivity that remains constant in a direction perpendicular to the magnetization direction, and the coercivity, along said magnetization direction, gradually decreases from the one of the surfaces and the another one of the surfaces towards a point located therebetween. A method of making the gradient Nd—Fe—B magnet is disclosed herein.
US12080472B2
A method to form an inductor, the method comprising: forming a metal structure by removing unwanted portions of the metal plate to form a first electrode, a second electrode, and a bare conductor wire between the first electrode and the second electrode, wherein a first thickness of the first electrode is greater than a thickness of the bare conductor wire, and a second thickness of the second electrode is greater than said thickness of the bare conductor wire; and forming a magnetic body to encapsulate the bare conductor wire, and a least one portion of the first electrode and a least one portion of the second electrode.
US12080462B2
A coil component comprising a core having a winding core part, and a coil wound around the winding core part and including a plurality of wires. The coil includes a twisted wire portion in which the plurality of wires is twisted together. The twisted wire portion includes a bank region including a first layer wound multiple turns continuously around the winding core part and a second layer wound on the first layer continuously from the first layer. The bank region is sparsely wound with the number of turns of the second layer reduced by two or more as compared to the number of turns of the first layer.
US12080460B2
A micro-isolator is described. The micro-isolator may include a first isolator element, a second isolator element, and a first dielectric material separating the first isolator element from the second isolator element. A second dielectric material may completely or partly encapsulate the second isolator element, or may be present at outer corners of the second isolator element. The second dielectric material may have a larger bandgap than the first dielectric material, and its configuration may reduce electrostatic charge injection into the first dielectric material. The micro-isolator may be formed using microfabrication techniques.
US12080455B2
An Sm—Fe—N-based magnetic material according to the present disclosure includes a main phase having a predetermined crystal structure. The main phase has a composition represented by (Sm(1-x-y-z)LaxCeyR1z)2(Fe(1-p-q-s)CopNiqMs)17Nh (where, R1 is predetermined rare earth elements and the like, M is predetermined elements and the like, and 0.04≤x+y≤0.50, 0≤z≤0.10, 0≤p+q≤0.10, 0≤s≤0.10, and 2.9≤h≤3.1 are satisfied). A crystal volume of the main phase is 0.833 nm3 to 0.840 nm3. A manufacturing method of the Sm—Fe—N-based magnetic material according to the present disclosure includes nitriding a magnetic material precursor including a crystal phase having a composition represented by (Sm(1-x-y-z)LaxCeyR1z)2(Fe(1-p-q-s)CopNiqMs)17.
US12080450B2
It is aimed to provide a wiring harness excellent in the waterproof performance of a part covered with a water blocking member also under a high temperature environment, a low temperature environment and a cold heat environment. In a wiring harness (10) in which an exposed conductor part (7) of an insulated wire (1, 2, 3) is covered with a water blocking member (8), the water blocking member (8) is a cured product of a composition containing a urethane (meth)acrylate and has two or more glass transition points.
US12080441B2
A reactor block to extract hydrogen from water includes a plurality of reactor plates bonded to one another and a plurality of channels formed on at least one side of each reactor plate. Each channel is coupled to a first opening and a second opening disposed on opposite first and second edges of the reactor plate, and a radioactive coating is applied to each channel. The first opening is configured to receive gasified water and the second opening is configured to eject hydrogen generated by radiolysis of at least a portion of the gasified water as the gasified water is passed through the channel coupled to the second opening.
US12080437B2
A method comprises inserting the fuel rod (4) through the spacer grids (14) aligned along an assembling axis (A) with passing the fuel rod (4) through a lubrication chamber (30) aligned with the spacer grids (14) such that the lubrication chamber (30) is passed through by the fuel rod (4) before the insertion of the fuel rod (4) through one of the spacer grids (14), and circulating a lubrication fluid containing a gas and a lubricant in gaseous phase and/or mist form in the lubrication chamber (30). The lubrication fluid is injected in the lubrication chamber (30) at a temperature strictly higher than ambient temperature, such that lubricant deposits or condensates in liquid phase with forming a lubricant film on an external surface of the fuel rod (4) that is being inserted through said one of the spacer grids (14).
US12080429B2
Method and apparatus for providing guidance to medical professionals. In some embodiments, at least one natural language understanding engine is used to analyze at least one narrative provided by a radiologist in connection with a study of one or more medical images. One or more decision rules are applied to one or more facts extracted by the at least one natural language understanding engine from the at least one narrative, and a result of applying the one or more decision rules to the one or more facts extracted from the at least one narrative is used to provide guidance to the radiologist.
US12080425B1
Techniques are disclosed for assigning a user to a particular user navigation program among a plurality of user navigation programs. The techniques include receiving user data associated with a user record of a user. The techniques further include inputting the user data into a segmentation model of a user navigation system to classify a user within a segment, whereby the segmentation model outputs a score that is determined to be in accordance with a classification threshold. The user navigation system further detects an occurrence of a trigger based in part on the user classification within the segment, and then prioritizes the user among other users based on the detected occurrence of the trigger. The user navigation system then assigns the user to a particular user navigation program based at least in part on the determined priority of the user.
US12080422B1
One embodiment provides a method, including: receiving, at a passive sensor of a wearable identification device associated with a patient within a healthcare enterprise from a receiver of a patient status system and corresponding to a predetermined location within the healthcare enterprise, a request signal when the wearable identification device is detected at the predetermined location; deriving power for the passive sensor from the request signal and not from power circuitry within the wearable device; generating, at the passive sensor using the derived power, a transmission from the request signal, wherein the transmission includes identifying information associated with the wristband; and transmitting, from the passive sensor, the transmission to the receiver, wherein the transmission is utilized to update a status of the patient within the patient status system based upon detection of the passive sensor at the predetermined location. Other aspects are described and claimed.
US12080419B2
Methods, systems, and devices for wireless patient monitoring and medical sensing are described. The methods, systems, and devices may include functionality for receiving a medical dataset associated with a patient, the medical dataset including a plurality of physiological measurements taken from the patient and a plurality of parameters associated with the plurality of physiological measurements. The methods, systems, and devices may also identify one or more groups of parameters from the plurality of parameters within the medical dataset, determine at least a medical device type from which at least a portion of the plurality of physiological measurements were measured, the determining based at least in part on the one or more identified groups of parameters; and display at least a subset of the plurality of physiological measurements from the medical dataset.
US12080410B2
A system for administering a status check to a medical device. The system includes a medical device unit comprising a control system, a writing device, and one or more components, the control system configured to transmit to the one or more components a request for status data regarding a status of the one or more components, receive status data from the one or more components, and write, using the writing device, the status data to a transmitting device, the transmitting device configured to store and transmit the status data.
US12080404B2
Integrated systems for collecting, storing, and distribution of images acquired of subjects in a research or clinical environment are provided. The system includes an image and data repository including a plurality of images originating from one or more image-generating devices, data associated with the images, and data associated with imaged subjects; and a workflow management module in direct communication with the image and data repository and with the one or more image-generating devices and/or storage devices that store the images of the imaged subjects, the workflow management module being configured to transport the images directly from the one or more image-generating devices and/or storage devices to the image and data repository and to manage the collation and distribution of images, data associated with the raw images and the data associated with the imaged subjects in the image and data repository. The workflow management module includes a data integration module, a data management module, a pre-processing engine and a data utilization module.
US12080403B2
The present invention relates to a meal service management system and an operating method therefor, the system being capable of providing information on food ingested by a user to whom a meal service is to be provided and customized information related thereto, and managing food leftover in a meal service. According to an embodiment of the present invention, a scanner device is used such that a user to whom a meal service is to be provided and a food tray before and after meals are identified, and thus a meal service amount and a leftovers food amount are acquired, and leftovers food information of each user and useful information associated therewith are provided on the basis of the same, and thus users can easily determine their eating habits, nutritional status and the like and the users can be induced to attempt reducing leftovers food by themselves.
US12080399B1
A health analysis system and method configured to base sensor measurements on detection of ingestion of a medication by a patient. The health analysis system receives an indicator collected by a first sensor associated to the patient. The indicator identifies a first adherence event at a first indicator time indicating at least a first medication was ingested by the patient. In response to detection of the indicator, first physiological data of the patient is received which was collected by a second sensor. A first wellness indicator is predicted based on the first physiological data of the patient.
US12080398B2
Systems and methods for generating dashboards for healthcare providers are provided. In one embodiment, a method comprises receiving, from a user of a client device, a selection of a patient, determining an order of a plurality of display modules, each display module displaying information relating to the patient, generating a dashboard including the plurality of display modules displayed in the order, and transmitting the dashboard to the client device for display to the user. In this way, members may be identified for intervention in a timely manner, and the most relevant information for a healthcare provider may be prioritized for display to a healthcare provider.
US12080396B2
A system and method of visually displaying healthcare protocols to a user receives from the user, via an electronic communications network, search term(s) associated with a health-related condition. A corpus of document(s) stored in an electronic format is identified with a computer and, based on the search term(s), at least one of the document(s) is analyzed with the computer for a treatment protocol associated with the health-related condition. First content for presentation to the user is determined with the computer, the first content including at least a portion of the treatment protocol associated with the health-related condition. A risk value indicative of risk(s) associated with the first content is determined. In response to a determination that the risk value exceeds the risk threshold, second content for presentation is determined by reformatting the first content. A message is sent causing the second content to be visually displayed to the user.
US12080393B2
A wearable device can present virtual content to the wearer for many applications in a healthcare setting. The wearer may be a patient or a healthcare provider (HCP). Such applications can include, but are not limited to, access, display, and modification of patient medical records and sharing patient medical records among authorized HCPs.
US12080385B2
Methods, systems, and computer programs for compressing nucleic acid sequence data. A method can include obtaining nucleic acid sequence data representing: (i) a read sequence, and (ii) a plurality of quality scores, determining whether the read sequence includes at least one “N” base, based on a determination that the read sequence includes at least one “N” base, generating, by one or more computers, a first encoding data set by using a first encoding process to encode each set of four quality scores of the read sequence into a single byte of memory, and using a second encoding process to encode the first encoded data set, thereby compressing the data to be compressed.
US12080383B2
The present disclosure relates to processes for determining the number of nucleic acid repeats in a DNA fragment comprising a nucleic acid repeat region. One example method may include receiving DNA size and abundance data generated by resolving DNA amplification products. A set of low-pass data may be generated by applying a low-pass filter to the DNA size and abundance data and a set of band-pass data may be generated by applying a band-pass filter to the DNA size and abundance data. A peak of the DNA size and abundance data representative of a number of nucleic acid repeats in the DNA may be identified based on peaks identified from the low-pass data and the band-pass data.
US12080379B2
A semiconductor device according to an embodiment includes a plurality of sampler circuits configured to receive a plurality of offset clock signals or a plurality of divided clock signals and to sample a data signal in response to each of a plurality of divided clock signals. A calibration circuit applies a first offset clock signal to a first sampler circuit, applies a second offset clock signal having an opposite phase to the first offset clock signal to a second sampler circuit, and generates a first offset adjustment signal for adjusting an offset of the first sampler circuit based on an output of the first sampler circuit that is output in response to the first offset clock signal.
US12080377B2
A semiconductor device with a novel structure is provided. The semiconductor device includes a plurality of arithmetic blocks each including an arithmetic circuit portion and a memory circuit portion. The arithmetic circuit portion and the memory circuit portion are electrically connected to each other. The arithmetic circuit portion and the memory circuit portion have an overlap region. The arithmetic circuit portion includes, for example, a Si transistor, and the memory circuit portion includes, for example, an OS transistor. The arithmetic circuit portion has a function of performing product-sum operation. The memory circuit portion has a function of retaining weight data. A first driver circuit has a function of writing the weight data to the memory circuit portion. The weight data is written to all the memory circuit portions included in the same column with the use of the first driver circuit.
US12080370B2
According to one embodiment, a device includes a memory cell array that includes a plurality of memory cells connected to a plurality of pieces of gate wiring, and a test control circuit that includes a plurality of control units connected to the plurality of pieces of gate wiring. The control units each includes a transistor that includes a gate connected to a first node, one end connected to the corresponding gate wiring and another end connected to a second node, and a load unit connected between the first node and the second node. When the gate wiring is being discharged, the transistor is turned on. The gate wiring is connected to the second node via the transistor in an on state. After the gate wiring is discharged, the load unit discharges the first node.
US12080364B2
A shift register includes a first scan unit including a first input circuit and a first output circuit, and a second scan unit including a second input circuit, a second output circuit, and a potential boost circuit. The first input circuit is configured to transmit an input signal to a first pull-up node. The first output circuit is configured to, under a control of a voltage of the first pull-up node, output a shift signal and a first scan signal. The second input circuit is configured to transmit the input signal to a second pull-up node. The second output circuit is configured to output a second scan signal under a control of a voltage of the second pull-up node. The potential boost circuit is configured to boost the voltage of the second pull-up node in cooperation with the second output circuit.
US12080363B2
An operation method of a multi-bits read only memory includes a step of applying a gate voltage to a conductive gate, a first voltage to a first electrode, and a second voltage to a second electrode. The multi-bits read only memory includes a substrate and a transistor structure with the conductive gate mounted between the first electrode and the second electrode. A multiplicity of M nanowire channels is mounted between the first electrode and the second electrode, and M is a positive integer greater than one. The operation method breaks multiple states of the multi-bits read only memory. The multiple states are programmable and include an ith state, and 1≤ i≤ M. The aforementioned states allow storage of multiple bits on the read only memory, instead of just storing a single bit on the read only memory.
US12080361B2
A second conductor, third conductor, and fourth conductor sandwiches a first layer together with a first semiconductor. The fourth conductor is positioned farther from the first conductor than the third conductor, which is positioned farther from first conductor than the second conductor. A first circuit is configured to apply a first potential to the first and second conductors, apply a second potential lower than the first potential to the third conductor in parallel with the application of the first potential, and apply a third potential higher than the second potential and lower than the first potential to the fourth conductor in parallel with the application of the first potential.
US12080359B2
Systems, methods and apparatus to determine a programming mode of a set of memory cells that store an indicator of the programming mode. In response to a command to read the memory cells in a memory device, a first read voltage is applied to the memory cells to identify a first subset of the memory cells that become conductive under the first read voltage. The determination of the first subset is configured as an operation common to different programming modes. Based on whether the first subset of the memory cell includes one or more predefined memory cells, the memory device determines a programming mode of memory cells. Once the programming mode is identified from the common operation, the memory device can further execute the command to determine a data item stored, via the programming mode, in the memory cells.
US12080358B2
A nonvolatile memory device including a memory cell array, a first voltage generator configured to generate a word line operating voltage for each word line of the memory cell array, a second voltage generator configured to generate a bit line operating voltage of the memory cell array, and a temperature unit configured to determine, from a temperature range table, a temperature range for a temperature code according to a real-time temperature of the memory cell array, and to adjust a power supply voltage of the first or second voltage generator based on a selection signal mapped to the determined temperature range.
US12080356B2
Methods of forming integrated circuit structures for a capacitive sense NAND memory include forming a first semiconductor overlying a dielectric, forming a second semiconductor to be in contact with a first end of the first semiconductor, forming a third semiconductor to be in contact with a second end of the first semiconductor opposite the first end of the first semiconductor, forming a vertical channel material structure overlying the first semiconductor and having a channel material capacitively coupled to the first semiconductor, and forming a plurality of series-connected field-effect transistors adjacent the vertical channel material structure.
US12080348B2
A semiconductor device includes a substrate including a first memory cell, a second memory cell adjacent to the first memory cell in a first direction, and a comparator circuit adjacent to the first and second memory cells in a second direction intersecting the first direction; a true bit line and a complementary bit line electrically connected to the first and second memory cells and extending in the first direction from a first wiring layer on the substrate; a first power supply wiring on the first wiring layer, extending in the first direction between the true bit line and the complementary bit line and electrically connected to the first and second memory cells; first and second word lines extending in the second direction from a second wiring layer on the substrate different from the first wiring layer; first word line pads on the first wiring layer and electrically connecting the first memory cell to the first word line; second word line pads on the first wiring layer and electrically connecting the second memory cell to the second word line; and a first ground pad on the first wiring layer, electrically connected to the first and second memory cells, and in a same position as one of the first word line pads and one of the second word line pads in the second direction.
US12080336B2
Apparatuses, systems, and methods for compensated sense amplifier with cross-coupled n-type transistors. A sense amplifier has a pair of p-type transistors coupled between a system voltage and respective first and second gut nodes. When a command signal is active, the p-type transistors are coupled in a diode fashion from the system voltage to the respective gut nodes. The amplifier also has a pair of n-type transistors which are cross coupled, where a first n-type transistor has a node coupled to the first gut node and a gate coupled to the second gut node and the second n-type transistor has a node coupled to the second gut node and a gate coupled to the first gut node. Each of the n-type transistors may have a separate current flowing through them and respective one of a pair of feedback transistors to a ground voltage.
US12080327B2
An embodiment method includes rectifying a back electromotive force of a spindle motor in a hard disk drive and energizing a voice coil motor in the hard disk drive using the rectified back electromotive force of the spindle motor via a voice coil motor power stage to retract a head of the hard disk drive to a park position. The head is retracted by moving the head towards the park position during a first retract phase and retaining the head in the park position during a second retract phase by applying a bias voltage to the voice coil motor power stage during a bias interval of the second retract phase. The method also includes producing a saturation signal indicative of onset of saturation in the voice coil motor power stage and controlling the bias voltage during the second retract phase.
US12080323B2
Methods, systems, computer readable media, and apparatuses for providing enhanced content are presented. Data including a first program, a first caption stream associated with the first program, and a second caption stream associated with the first program may be received. The second caption stream may be extracted from the data, and a second program may be encoded with the second caption stream. The first program may be transmitted with the first caption stream including first captions and may include first content configured to be played back at a first speed. In response to receiving an instruction to change play back speed, the second program may be transmitted with the second caption stream. The second program may include the first content configured to be played back at a second speed different from the first speed, and the second caption stream may include second captions different from the first captions.
US12080320B2
An electronic system is described that is responsive to non-verbal commands. The system may include a display component for presenting visual content to a user and an audio system, such as an in-ear or over-the-ear speaker system. The speaker system may be equipped with a bone conduction sensor or in-ear microphone that generates data associated with vibrations of a facial region of the user. The system may use the data to detect non-verbal command in the form of grunts, hums, coughs, tongue clicks, and the like. The system may perform various predetermined operations based on the detected vibrations.
US12080318B2
A system determines an event location of an event within an indoor environment based on an event sound generated by the event. The system employs time-reversal techniques based on a received event sound to identify the event location as being in the vicinity of one of a plurality of locator devices at locator locations in the environment. The system includes a base array located within the environment that receives an indication that an event has been detected. Upon receiving the event sound, the system generates a time-reversed event sound for each transceiver and transmits via each transceiver the time-reversed event sound for that transceiver. When a locator device receives a time-reversed event sound, the locator device determines whether the event is in the vicinity of that locator location of the locator device and, if so, outputs an indication that the event occurred at that locator location.
US12080317B2
An apparatus and method of pre-conditioning audio for machine perception. Machine perception differs from human perception, and different processing parameters are used for machine perception applications (e.g., speech to text processing) as compared to those used for human perception applications (e.g., voice communications). These different parameters may result in pre-conditioned audio that is worsened for human perception yet improved for machine perception.
US12080315B2
This application discloses an audio signal processing method, a model training method, and related apparatus. The audio signal processing method includes inputting a first audio input signal into a machine learning model to obtain a first howling point, and obtaining a first gain value according to the first howling point, the first howling point corresponding to an effective audio signal in the first audio input signal, and the first gain value indicating a suppression parameter of the first howling point; processing the first audio input signal according to the first gain value to obtain a second audio input signal; detecting a second howling point, and obtaining a second gain value according to the second howling point, the second howling point corresponding to a frequency band of an ineffective audio signal in the second audio input signal; and processing the second audio input signal to obtain an audio output signal.
US12080313B2
The present disclosure relates to an audio signal processing method implemented by an audio system which includes at least an internal sensor, wherein the audio signal processing method includes: measuring, by the internal sensor, a voice signal emitted by the user which propagates via bone-conduction to the internal sensor, thereby producing a bone-conducted audio signal; processing the bone-conducted audio signal by a machine learning model, wherein the machine learning model is previously trained to produce a predicted air-conducted audio signal which corresponds to a prediction of an audio signal that would be produced by measuring the same voice signal propagating via air-conduction to a microphone, by increasing a spectral bandwidth of the bone-conducted audio signal and/or by reshaping a spectrum of the bone-conducted audio signal; and producing an internal signal for the internal sensor based on the predicted air-conducted audio signal.
US12080306B2
An encoder for providing an audio stream on the basis of a transform-domain representation of an input audio signal includes a quantization error calculator configured to determine a multi-band quantization error over a plurality of frequency bands of the input audio signal for which separate band gain information is available. The encoder also includes an audio stream provider for providing the audio stream such that the audio stream includes information describing an audio content of the frequency bands and information describing the multi-band quantization error. A decoder for providing a decoded representation of an audio signal on the basis of an encoded audio stream representing spectral components of frequency bands of the audio signal includes a noise filler for introducing noise into spectral components of a plurality of frequency bands to which separate frequency band gain information is associated on the basis of a common multi-band noise intensity value.
US12080300B2
An audio decoder for providing a decoded audio information includes a arithmetic decoder for providing a plurality of decoded spectral values on the basis of an arithmetically-encoded representation of the spectral values and a frequency-domain-to-time-domain converter for providing a time-domain audio representation using the decoded spectral values. The arithmetic decoder is configured to select a mapping rule describing a mapping of a code value onto a symbol code in dependence on a context state. The arithmetic decoder is configured to determine or modify the current context state in dependence on a plurality of previously-decoded spectral values. The arithmetic decoder is configured to detect a group of a plurality of previously-decoded spectral values, which fulfill, individually or taken together, a predetermined condition regarding their magnitudes, and to determine the current context state in dependence on a result of the detection. An audio encoder uses similar principles.
US12080299B2
Methods and systems for team cooperation with real-time recording of one or more moment-associating elements. For example, a method includes: delivering, in response to an instruction, an invitation to each member of one or more members associated with a workspace; granting, in response to acceptance of the invitation by one or more subscribers of the one or more members, subscription permission to the one or more subscribers; receiving the one or more moment-associating elements; transforming the one or more moment-associating elements into one or more pieces of moment-associating information; and transmitting at least one piece of the one or more pieces of moment-associating information to the one or more subscribers.
US12080298B2
Systems and methods for processing speech transcription in a speech processing system are disclosed. Transcriptions of utterances is received and identifications to the transcriptions are assigned. In response to receiving an indication of an erroneous transcribed utterance in at least one of the transcriptions, an audio receiver is automatically activated for receiving a second utterance. In response to receiving the second utterance, an audio file of the second utterance and a corresponding identification of the erroneous transcribed utterance are transmitted to a speech recognition system for a second transcription, and the erroneous transcribed utterance is replaced with the second transcription.
US12080296B2
Apparatuses, methods, and program products are disclosed for performing a transcription action. One apparatus includes at least one processor and a memory that stores code executable by the at least one processor. The code is executable by the processor to monitor, by use of the at least one processor, a quality of audio information. The code is executable by the processor to determine whether the quality of the audio information is below a predetermined threshold. The code is executable by the processor to, in response to determining that the quality of the audio information is below the predetermined threshold, perform a transcription action corresponding to the audio information.
US12080280B2
Systems and methods are described for determining whether to activate a voice activated device based on a speaking cadence of the user. When the user speaks with a first cadence the system may determine that the user does not intend to activate the device and may accordingly not to trigger a voice activated device. When the user speaks with a second cadence the system may determine that the user does wish to trigger the device and may accordingly trigger the voice activated device.
US12080277B1
Systems, methods and non-transitory computer readable media for attributing generated audio contents to training examples are provided. A first audio content generated using a generative model may be received. The generative model may be a result of training a machine learning model using training examples. Each training example may be associated with a respective audio content. Properties of the first audio content may be determined. For each training example of the training examples, the respective audio content may be analyzed to determine properties of the respective audio content. The properties of the first audio content and the properties of the audio contents associated with the training examples may be used to attribute the first audio content to a subgroup of the training examples. A respective data-record associated with a source associated with the training examples of the subgroup may be updated based on the attribution.
US12080268B1
A system is provided for determining customized notification output based on user preferences and event information. A user may request a system to provide a notification when a future event occurs. The system may determine a custom notification/output template for the notification, where a portion of the template is determined based on a user preference. When the event occurs, the system may generate a notification using the template, where portions of the notification are determined using event information and user preferences.
US12080263B2
Methods and systems for actively and adaptively deconstructively interfering with noise and vibration generated by medical devices. A method includes receiving, via user input, information associated with a configuration of the medical device or a physical environment proximate to the medical device. The method includes determining a signature signal for the medical device based at least on the information and sensor data from a sensor of the medical device configured to sense a characteristic of the physical environment proximate to the medical device, the signature signal representing physical attributes of the physical environment; and determining an inverted signal based on the signature signal. The method includes generating a physical representation of the inverted signal by one or more electrical or electromechanical components of the medical device, the physical representation of the inverted signal deconstructively interfering with the physical attributes of the environment represented by the signature signal.
US12080257B1
The present disclosure provides improved methods for generating, by a computing device, graphical elements on a display. The computing device, comprising at least part of one or more graphical elements, identifies an obstructed portion of a display that is blocked by the object. The computing device identifies an unobstructed portion of the display that is not blocked by an object and arranges one or more graphical elements from the obstructed portion to the unobstructed portion of the display.
US12080254B2
The resolution of a low-resolution image is made high and a stereoscopic image is displayed. Resolution is made high by super-resolution processing. In this case, the super-resolution processing is performed after edge enhancement processing is performed. Accordingly, a stereoscopic image with high resolution and high quality can be displayed. Alternatively, after image analysis processing is performed, edge enhancement processing and super-resolution processing are concurrently performed. Accordingly, processing time can be shortened.
US12080248B2
A display apparatus includes a display panel, a data driving circuit and a gate driving circuit. The display panel displays an image and includes a plurality of pixels. The data driving circuit applies a data voltage to a data line of the display panel. The gate driving circuit applies a gate output signal to a gate line of the display panel. The gate driving circuit is disposed between opening portions in a display area of the display panel. The gate driving circuit includes a normal stage column extending in a pixel column direction of the display panel and including a plurality of normal stages and a dummy stage column disposed adjacent to an end portion of the normal stage column in a pixel row direction and including a plurality of dummy stages.
US12080245B2
A display device includes a display unit including gate lines and pixels electrically coupled to the gate lines; a timing controller configured to generate an on-clock signal, an off-clock signal, an enable signal, and a common signal; a clock generator configured to generate a plurality of clock signals having different phases based on the on-clock signal and the off-clock signal, when the enable signal has a first voltage level, wherein the clock generator is to insert a common pulse into each of the plurality of clock signals based on the common signal, when the enable signal has a second voltage level different from the first voltage level; and a gate driver configured to generate gate signals based on the plurality of clock signals, and to sequentially provide the gate signals to the gate lines.
US12080243B2
A display device includes: in a display region, a first scanning control line, a light emission control line, a data signal line, a pixel circuit provided at an intersection of the first scanning control line and the data signal line, and a light-emitting element provided for each of the pixel circuits; and in a non-display region, a first scanning control circuit and a light emission control circuit, wherein each of the pixel circuits includes a drive transistor, a write transistor, and a capacitor, the drive transistor including a first control terminal and a second control terminal positioned above and below a semiconductor layer, the light emission control circuit outputs, to the light emission control line, a light emission control signal that switches between a select state in which the drive transistor is turned on and a non-select state in which the drive transistor is turned off.
US12080241B2
A display substrate and a display device are provided. The display substrate includes a base substrate and sub-pixels on the base substrate, a sub-pixel includes an organic light emitting element and a pixel circuit, the organic light emitting element includes a first electrode, a light emitting layer and a second electrode which is electrically connected to the pixel circuit. The sub-pixels include first color sub-pixels, second color sub-pixels and third color sub-pixels, current efficiency of a first color sub-pixel is different from that of a second color sub-pixel. The display substrate includes a source-drain metal layer which includes a first power signal line, the display substrate includes a second power signal line and reset power signal lines, the reset power signal lines include a first reset power signal line and a second reset power signal line which are electrically connected to the pixel circuit.
US12080238B2
A display device includes: active stages each include a scan output circuit outputting a scan clock signal to a first output terminal and a carry output circuit outputting a carry clock signal to a second output terminal, when a voltage of a first node is at a logic high level. The scan output circuit and carry output circuit output a scan signal of a turn-off level to the first output terminal when a voltage of a second node or a carry signal is at a logic high level. An interval between pulses of the carry clock signal generated during one frame period is the same, and at least two of intervals between pulses of the scan clock signal generated during the one frame period are different from each other.
US12080225B2
A display device includes a sub-pixel connected to a scan write line, a first data line, and a second data line. The sub-pixel includes a light emitting element, a first pixel driving unit configured to generate a control current according to a first data voltage of the first data line, a second pixel driving unit configured to generate a driving current applied to the light emitting element according to a second data voltage of the second data line, and a third pixel driving unit configured to apply the driving current to the light emitting element according to the control current of the first pixel driving unit. The first pixel driving unit includes a first transistor to generate the control current according to the first data voltage, a second transistor configured to apply the first data voltage of the first data line to a first electrode of the first transistor.
US12080217B2
The present application provides a display device driving control circuit assembly and a display device. In the present application, a frequency of the first timing control clock of the first timing controller and a frequency of the second timing control clock of the second timing controller are different, as a result, a radiation intensity generated by the first timing controller and the second timing controller during operation is greatly reduced, thereby greatly reducing an intensity of electromagnetic compatibility.
US12080214B2
This application discloses a display panel including pixel circuits and light-emitting elements, wherein a first pixel circuit includes a first reset module that is connected to a first light-emitting element and provides a first reset signal to the first light-emitting element under a condition that the first reset module is turned on; a second pixel circuit includes a second reset module that is connected to a second light-emitting element and provides a second reset signal to the second light-emitting element under a condition that the second reset module is turned on; a data writing period of the pixel circuits includes a data writing phase and one or more holding phases; at least one holding phase includes a first reset sub-phase in which the first and second reset modules are turned on, voltages of the first and second reset signals are Vref21 and Vref22 respectively, and Vref21≠Vref22.
US12080209B2
A display apparatus includes a substrate having a first area, a second area, and a bending area between the first area and the second area, a display element in the first area, a mesh layer overlapping the bending area, and defining opening portions including a first opening portion and a second opening portion, which have different respective sizes, and a bending protective layer on the mesh layer.
US12080205B2
A method of compensating for stains caused by deterioration of a display device, the display device including an illuminance sensor and a display panel including pixels and an optical fingerprint sensor, the method including determining, while in a test mode of the display device and via the illuminance sensor, whether an illuminance is a reference value or less, emitting, while in the test mode of the display device, first color light from the display panel when the illuminance is the reference value or less, and acquiring, while in the test mode of the display device, afterimage compensation data relating to amounts of deterioration of the pixels by receiving the first color light through an optical fingerprint sensor.
US12080181B2
An oral care method using an electric toothbrush includes receiving brushing data from an electric toothbrush, by an application; and analyzing the brushing data by the application to display a brushing score indicating how much the brushing is performed.
US12080180B2
Disclosed are an anti-collision system and method for an aircraft and an aircraft including the anti-collision system. The anti-collision system includes: a sensor data processing unit configured to process data received from a plurality of sensors to detect objects around the aircraft, and output a result about detected objects; a safeguarding box building unit configured to generate, based on an aircraft geometry database, a three-dimensional safeguarding box for the aircraft; and a risk assessment unit configured to calculate relative distances between detected objects and the aircraft, and determine whether there is a collision risk between the aircraft and an object, among the detected objects, located in the safeguarding box or to be entering into the safeguarding box, wherein the system is configured to output an alarm or a warning when there is the collision risk.
US12080176B2
In an aspect of the present disclosure is a system for in-flight re-routing of an electric aircraft including a battery pack configured to provide electrical power to the electric aircraft; a sensor configured to detect at least a temperature metric of the battery pack and generate a temperature datum based on the at least a temperature metric; a controller communicatively connected to the sensor, the controller configured to: receive the temperature datum from the sensor; and re-route the electric aircraft based on the temperature datum.
US12080172B2
Techniques associated with generating and maintaining sparse geographic and map data. In some cases, the system may maintain a factor graph comprising a plurality of nodes. In some cases, the nodes may comprise pose data and sensor data associated with an autonomous vehicle at the geographic position represented by the node. The nodes may be linked based on shared trajectories and shared sensor data.
US12080161B2
A method for vehicle prediction, planning, and control is described. The method includes separately encoding traffic state information at an intersection into corresponding traffic state latent spaces. The method also includes aggregating the corresponding traffic state latent spaces to form a generalized traffic geometry latent space. The method further includes interpreting the generalized traffic geometry latent space to form a traffic flow map including current and future vehicle trajectories. The method also includes decoding the generalized traffic geometry latent space to predict a vehicle behavior according to the traffic flow map based on the current and future vehicle trajectories.
US12080159B2
Disclosed herein are systems and methods for classifying traffic indicators to detect intersection crossings by a vehicle. A computing device can receive a sequence of frames captured by a capture device mounted to the vehicle, and generate an intersection status data structure for each frame in the sequence of frames using a full-frame classification model. The computing device can also classify a set of features detected in each frame using an object detection model, and detect an intersection crossing event based on the intersection status data structure of each frame and the classification of each of the set of features detected in each frame. The systems and methods described herein improve upon existing traffic light classification models by using a full-frame intersection classification model in connection with traditional object tracking techniques, thereby reducing false-positive crossing-event detection and improving the accuracy of classification in a variety of environmental conditions.
US12080153B2
Provided is a vibration presentation system that improves the convenience of a user in sensing vibrations at various body sites, or of a plurality of users in sensing vibrations. A vibration presentation system for presenting vibration signals for perception by tactile sense for media content, the vibration presentation system including: a vibrating body configured to generate vibrations corresponding to the vibration signals of a plurality of channels respectively; and a presentation target batch selection user interface including a plurality of (M, where M is an integer of 2 or more) combinations each of which contains one selection button and designation of a predefined body site for a channel included in the plurality of channels, wherein the vibrating body generates vibrations corresponding to the vibration signals for a body site for a channel included in a combination corresponding to a selection button selected from among M selection buttons.
US12080151B2
The present invention relates to a maritime distress signal transmission device which transmits a distress signal to an arbitrary rescue station to rescue a person in distress by transmitting a distress signal of the person in distress at sea wearing a life jacket and precise location information based on the Global Positioning System (GPS) to the rescue station as audible sound, and the maritime distress signal transmission device includes a holder-cradle which is coupled to the life jacket of the person in distress by a clip and a main body which is coupled to the holder-cradle and transmits the rescue signal to an arbitrary receiver using a preset frequency band.
US12080147B2
A data collection device and method for determining an alternative event condition is presented. The method includes receiving a first data communication including a first data value from a first sensor and determining a first event condition based on the first data value being beyond a predetermined threshold. The method further includes receiving additional data communications including additional data values from one or more second sensors, aggregating the first data value and the additional data values, and determining that the determination of the first event condition is incorrect based on the aggregated data values and a known relationship between the first sensor and the one or more second sensors. The method additionally includes determining a second event condition based on the first data value and the additional data values being beyond the predetermined threshold. An action may then be performed in response to the determination of the second event condition.
US12080144B2
A system and method for communicating operation failure of a remote pipeline pneumatic device. A flow detector is used in combination with the pipeline pneumatic device. A controller in combination with the flow detector and a long range communication transmitter communicates an alarm upon detecting a predetermined flow, such as outside an expected amount. The controller can initiate a flow timer upon the actuation of the pneumatic device, and transmit an alarm upon the flow timer exceeding a predetermined value representing the expected amount.
US12080143B2
An electronic device and method are disclosed. The electronic device includes a location detection circuit, a first wireless communication circuit configured to support short-range communication, a second wireless communication circuit, and at least one processor. The processor implements the method, including: receiving an advertising packet from an external device using the first wireless communication circuit, the advertising packet including identification information for the external device, acquiring a location of the electronic device using the location detection circuit, transmitting a first signal including the identification information of the external device and the acquired location to a server, using the second wireless communication circuit, receiving a second signal responsive to the first signal from the server via the second wireless communication circuit, the second signal including an alarm command for the external device, and transmitting the alarm command to the external device using the first wireless communication circuit.
US12080140B1
Systems and methods for event-detection confirmation are disclosed. For example, a sensing device may generate sensor data, such as from radar, and the sensor data may be utilized to determine if a predefined event as occurred. Event-confirmation operations may then be performed, such as by utilizing acoustic-event detection techniques and/or natural language understanding techniques. When occurrence of an event is confirmed, such as to a certain confidence level, one or more actions may be taken, such as sending a notification to another device and/or establishing a communication channel with another device, such as a device associated with emergency services, family members, friends, and/or neighbors.
US12080139B2
An apparatus for monitoring a living target has a lock, a tamper-evidencing mechanism, and a mechanism for monitoring a GPS location of the apparatus. The apparatus has a mechanism for determining the apparatus is within at least one of a first threshold distance from a second apparatus or a first threshold distance from a pre-set GPS location, and a mechanism for warning the living target. The apparatus has a mechanism for determining the apparatus is in a banned location. The apparatus has a mechanism for emitting a debilitating sound and a mechanism for visually marking the living target. The apparatus has a communication mechanism for communicating a GPS location of the living target to at least the second apparatus and a third apparatus responsive to the determining the apparatus is in the banned location.
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A sanitizable audio device for use in neonatal care and method of use are provided herein. The audio device comprises a smooth shell defining an outer surface and an inner surface. The outer surface forms a curved continuous smooth surface. The inner surface supports electronic elements. The shell defines one or more switch apertures, housing one or more actuatable electrical switches, in communication with the electronic elements. The method of use comprises generating on audio output including selecting content that is age appropriate for a particular infant, altering a sound emission of a recording of a care-giver of the particular infant, and programming a music player to emit the audio output below an age dependent volume, for an age dependent number of intervals per day and per week, for an age dependent duration.
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A controlled access entrance gate, comprising a frame or structure (11) that defines an entry area (I1), an exit area (I2) and a transit area (P) of a user (U), a actuation unit (13), which allows the passage of one or more subjects (U), an electronic control unit (14) and a plurality of sensors or cameras (15, 16). The sensors or cameras (15, 16), which can also be used as an independent kit and can be associated with any type of passage or area to be controlled, are suitable for detecting the data relating to the distance (DT) between each sensor (15, 16) and each subject (U) present in the entry area (I1) or in the exit area (I2) or in the passage area (P) and the speed, trajectory and tracking parameters of the subject (U). An electronic control unit (14) receives and processes data through interpolation processes and machine-learning and/or deep-learning algorithms, so as to autonomously learn the characteristics of the passage and predict the forms and probabilistic directions of each subject (U) inside the volume corresponding to the entry (I1) and exit (I2) areas and to the transit area (P) of the passage.
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An instant lottery ticket vending machine including a machine housing, a ticket pack holder positioned in the machine housing and including a plurality of ticket pack drawers that are each configured to hold a pack of instant lottery tickets, a ticket receptacle supported by the machine housing, and a ticket burster positioned in the machine housing, wherein the ticket burster movable into a plurality of different ticket receipt positions respectively associated with and in alignment with a different one of the ticket pack drawers, wherein in each ticket receipt position, the ticket burster is configured to receive from the ticket pack drawer associated with that ticket receipt position an instant lottery ticket attached to a next instant lottery ticket, and wherein the ticket burster is configured to separate the instant lottery ticket from the next instant lottery ticket and dispense the instant lottery ticket into the ticket receptacle.
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An information processing apparatus includes a processor configured to execute a process including executing, according to an instruction of a bettor who places a bet on a competition, a bettor's bet for a first competition on the basis of a betting target designated by a tipster for the first competition. If the bettor's bet for the first competition is a win, the executing includes executing a bettor's bet for a second competition that takes place after the first competition, on the basis of a betting target designated by the tipster for the second competition.
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A sportsbook odds optimization and parlay correlation analysis platform may be provided. The platform may be configured to assess the correlation value for proposition bet parlays. The platform may be employed by a sportsbooks or other betting event hosting establishment. The platform may be configured to establish parameters for processing at least one parlay offered to the establishment. The parameters may include, for example, but not be limited to, a correlation value and a payout type. Next, at least one parlay may be received for processing. A correlation value and a payout value associated with the at least one parlay may be calculated. The platform may be configured to determine whether to accept or decline the at least one parlay offering based on the parameters defined by the establishment. The at least one parlay may then be accepted or declined in accordance to the determination.
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An electronic gaming machine includes a processor configured to control a display device to display a matrix of game positions, initiate a plurality of games, and control the display device to display each game of the plurality of games in an associated game position of the matrix of game positions. The processor is also configured to determine an outcome of each game, where each outcome is a qualifying outcome or a non-qualifying outcome, as well as to evaluate the matrix of game positions to determine whether a qualifying pattern is formed in the matrix by at least two qualifying outcomes. In response to the qualifying pattern being formed, the processor is also configured to provide an award to a player of the electronic gaming machine. Each outcome may be individually evaluated to provide one or more additional awards to the player as well.
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A system that analyzes an image of a gaming area, identifies an object depicted in the image and generates a virtual mask that conforms to a shape of the object. The system further maps the virtual mask to locations in a virtual scene that correspond to pixels in the image that correspond to the outer shape of the object. The system renders content in the virtual scene relative to a boundary of the mask based on the relevance of the physical object to the game state. The system instructs a projector to project the rendered image in relation to the physical object according to the content rendered relative to the mask.
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A process includes receiving a first message that is generated in response to a first client computing device associating with a first activation device. The first message includes a first client computing device identifier associated with a first user of the first client computing device and a first activation device identifier for the first activation device and identifying, based on an association configuration and the first activation device identifier, a first virtual device that is associated with the first activation device. The process may further include identifying, based on the first virtual device and the association configuration, a first application associated with the first virtual device, and running the first application associated with the first virtual device in response to the first message.
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This disclosure describes techniques for authenticating a user. For instance, a system may initially generate and then store authentication data for later authenticating the user. The authentication data may include biometrics data (e.g., facial recognition data), credentials data (e.g., a username, password, etc.), and/or environmental data (e.g., object(s) located within an environment). Later, the system may receive image data generated by a user device of the user. In some examples, the system may then analyze the image data using one or more facial recognition techniques in order to identify the user. The system may then use the authentication data, such as the environmental data, to determine that the image data further represents the object(s). Based on determining that the image data further represents the object(s), the system may then verify the user for access to a resource.
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Person's conditions are classified according to his/her eye data. Person's conditions are classified according to his/her eye data using an imaging device, a feature extraction unit, and a classifier. The imaging device has a function of generating a group of images by continuous image capturing, and the group of images preferably includes an image of an eye area. The eye includes a black area and a white area. The method includes the steps in which the feature extraction unit extracts the eye area from the group of images, extracts a blinking amplitude, detects an image for determining start of eye blinking, stores an image for determining end of eye blinking as first data, and stores an image after a predetermined time elapsed from the first data as second data. The step in which the feature extraction unit extracts the white area from the first data and the second data is included. The classifier can use the white area as learning data.
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A method for employing facial information in unsupervised person re-identification is presented. The method includes extracting, by a body feature extractor, body features from a first data stream, extracting, by a head feature extractor, head features from a second data stream, outputting a body descriptor vector from the body feature extractor, outputting a head descriptor vector from the head feature extractor, and concatenating the body descriptor vector and the head descriptor vector to enable a model to generate a descriptor vector.
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A method for training a multi-task recognition model includes: obtaining a number of sample images, wherein some of the sample images are to provide feature-independent facial attributes, some of the sample images are to provide feature-coupled facial attributes, and some of the sample images are to provide facial attributes of face poses; training an initial feature-sharing model based on a first set of sample images to obtain a first feature-sharing model; training the first feature-sharing model based on the first set of sample images and a second set of sample images to obtain a second feature-sharing model with a loss value less than a preset second threshold; obtaining an initial multi-task recognition model by adding a feature decoupling model to the second feature-sharing model; and training the initial multi-task recognition model based on the sample images to obtain a trained multi-task recognition model.
