US12161049B2
Disclosed is a digital chip-based digital driving method for a piezoelectric ceramic transformer, comprising the following steps: in a case where there is a variation in temperature and/or humidity, acquiring an output voltage of the piezoelectric ceramic transformer after rectification via a high voltage sampling circuit; sending the acquired output voltage signal to a single chip microprocessor DDS generator, comparing the acquired output voltage with a preset voltage by the single chip microprocessor DDS generator, and adjusting the frequency of the driving signal in a case where a difference between the acquired output voltage and the preset voltage exists; and adjusting a boost ratio of the piezoelectric ceramic transformer by the frequency of the driving signal, so as to output the preset voltage by the piezoelectric ceramic transformer.
US12161034B2
The present disclosure provides a display apparatus, a display panel of which includes a panel chip; a second bonding region of a main circuit board is provided with second display terminals coupled with first display terminals and second touch control terminals coupled with first touch control terminals; each of segment touch control lines includes a first segment coupled between one second touch control terminal and one main connector in a first region, and a second segment coupled between a touch control chip and one main connector in a second region; a third region and a fourth region of a jumper connection circuit board are bonded with the first region and the second region respectively; the segment touch control lines are in one-to-one correspondence with jumper connection lines, each jumper connection line is coupled between one jumper connector in the third region and one jumper connector in the fourth region.
US12161031B2
A display device includes a thin film transistor layer including a first interlayer insulation film, a first wiring layer, a second interlayer insulation film, a second wiring layer, a third interlayer insulation film, a third wiring layer, a first planarization film, a fourth wiring layer, and a second planarization film; and a first damming wall in a frame area separated from the first and second planarization film in a display area by a first slit. There is provided a fourth interlayer insulation film between the third and fourth wiring layer. The fourth interlayer insulation film covers an edge of either one or both of a first frame line and a second frame line as the third wiring layer in a region where the first frame line is located opposite the second frame line in a plan view, the edge facing the display area and being exposed in the first slit.
US12161030B2
An embodiment provides a light emitting display device, including a display panel including a display area, wherein the display area of the display panel includes: a transparent display area; an intermediate display area that is disposed at one side or both sides of the transparent display area along a first direction and includes a pixel circuit part for a transparent display area; and a normal display area, and wherein the transparent display area includes: a first anode; and a transmission transistor that transmits an emission current outputted from the pixel circuit part for the transparent display area to the first anode.
US12161026B2
A touchscreen display device includes: a display; a flexible printed circuit; touch sensing electrodes connected to the flexible printed circuit; and a multi-functional ambient light sensor package mounted on the flexible printed circuit. The multi-functional ambient light sensor package includes: an ambient light sensor; transmitter and receiver circuitry connected to the touch sensing electrodes via the flexible printed circuit; and a controller configured to obtain capacitance information from the touch sensing electrodes and ambient light information from the ambient light sensor via a single chip. The multi-functional ambient light sensor package may be packaged as a wafer-level chip-scale package (WLCSP).
US12161012B2
A display apparatus includes: a substrate having a display area and a peripheral area outside the display area; a first conductive layer on the substrate in the peripheral area and including a first hole; a second conductive layer on the first conductive layer and overlapping the first conductive layer, the second conductive layer including a second hole; a planarization layer extending from the display area to the peripheral area and including at least two organic insulating layers between the first conductive layer and the second conductive layer; and a display element on the planarization layer in the display area, wherein a part of a portion of the second conductive layer except for the second hole is in contact with a part of a portion of the first conductive layer except for the first hole.
US12161009B2
Embodiments of the disclosed subject matter provide a device including one or more organic layers that include an emissive layer, a first electrode layer disposed over the one or more organic layers, a plurality of nanostructures formed as part of the first electrode layer, a substrate, a second electrode layer, where the second electrode layer is disposed on the substrate, the one or more organic layers are disposed on the second electrode layer, and the first electrode layer including the plurality of nanostructures is disposed on the one or more organic layers and within the predetermined threshold distance of the emissive layer.
US12161005B2
A light emitting device including a first electrode and a second electrode each having a surface opposite the other, a light emitting layer disposed between the first electrode and the second electrode, and an electronic auxiliary layer disposed between the light emitting layer and the second electrode, wherein the electron auxiliary layer includes metal oxide nanoparticles and an orthosilicate compound.
US12160997B2
According to one embodiment, a magnetic memory device includes a memory cell including a magnetoresistance effect element, a switching element, and a resistance element connected in series. The resistance element has an asymmetric current-voltage characteristic, and when data is read from the memory cell, a first voltage in a reverse direction is applied to the resistance element, and a resistance value of the resistance element at a time when the first voltage is applied is greater than a resistance value of the resistance element at a time when a second voltage in a forward direction having an absolute value identical to an absolute value of the first voltage is applied.
US12160983B2
An electronic device and a support plate are disclosed. The electronic device includes a first housing, a display disposed within the first housing, a printed circuit board disposed within the first housing, a heat dissipation plate disposed to face the printed circuit board, at least one heat pipe disposed between the heat dissipation plate and the printed circuit board, the support plate disposed between the printed circuit board and the heat dissipation plate. The support plate includes a first portion disposed so as to contact with at least a part of the at least one heat pipe, and a second portion extending from the first portion in a second direction perpendicular to a first direction in which the at least one heat pipe is disposed, the second portion coupled to at least a part of the heat dissipation plate.
US12160980B2
The application provides a power supply device comprising two input ports disposed at a front end of the power supply device; at least one fan disposed behind the two input ports and two isolated power supplies connected respectively to the corresponding one of the two input ports and disposed behind the two input ports and the at least one fan. Each of the isolated power supplies comprises a main power circuit having at least one module, and each module comprises a PCB and a magnetic element and/or switching devices. The at least one module includes an isolated circuit module comprises a transformer having windings formed by laying copper in the PCB and the magnetic core fixed on the PCB. And at least one fan is configured for heat dissipation of the at least one module.
US12160979B2
According to one embodiment, an apparatus is provided that includes a first block and a second block, one or more springs provided between the first block and the second block, and a thermally conductive wrap extending from the first block to the second block, wherein the thermally conductive wrap is configured to conduct heat away from the first block. An assembly including a chassis, a receptacle, and the apparatus is also provided, as well as a method for operating the apparatus.
US12160977B2
A liquid cooled plate and an electronic computing device are provided. The liquid cooled plate includes multiple channels communicated in sequence, and adjacent channels are communicated via a communicating portion. Multiple partitions divide each of the channels to multiple flow passages, and a part of each of the partitions extends into the communicating portion, and lengths of the multiple partitions extending into the communicating portion gradually increases or decreases according to a preset rule. With this arrangement, the coolant can be collected and redistributed before entering the next channel, which is more conducive to the uniform distribution of the coolant, thereby improving the overall heat exchange capacity of the liquid cooled plate, and thus can better meet the actual usage requirements.
US12160976B2
This disclosure describes systems and methods for metal foam cooling of vehicle electronic. An example apparatus may include an electronic control unit (ECU) comprising an electronic component included within a housing. The example apparatus may also include a metal foam configured to dissipate heat produced by the electronic component and also configured to facilitate electromagnetic interference (EMI) shielding for the electronic component. The example apparatus may also include an interface between the ECU and the metal foam, wherein the interface provides a connection between the ECU and metal foam to facilitate heat dissipation from the electronic component to a location outside of the housing.
US12160975B1
Rail assemblies on either side of a shelf each include a rail reciprocated to a slide adjustable from a rail-locking position to a post-locking position. The slide is configured to restrain the rail from reciprocating longitudinally relative to the slide, when the slide occupies a rail-locking position and the rail occupies a stowage position relative to the slide. The slide is configured to enable the rail to reciprocate longitudinally relative to the slide and to releasably secure a rack post, when the slide occupies the post-locking position.
US12160970B2
A cable harness for use in a backplane is provided. The cable harness includes a primary hybrid signal and power backplane connector having a primary housing. The primary housing includes a primary signal pair element and a primary power connector. The cable harness also includes a secondary hybrid signal and power backplane connector having a secondary housing. The secondary housing includes a secondary signal pair element and a secondary power connector. The primary hybrid signal and power backplane connector is connected with the secondary hybrid signal and power backplane connector with a signal cable. Each of the primary and secondary hybrid signal and power backplane connectors is electrically connected with a power supply unit each via a power cable.
US12160967B2
Provided is a display device. The display device includes: a support base, a support frame connected to the support base, a glass panel connected to the first support surface, and a display disposed within a cavity formed by the support frame, the support base, and the glass panel. The display is connected to the support frame. The support frame includes: a plurality of support bars, and a movable connection member disposed between each two support bars of the plurality of support bars and configured to connect the two support bars, wherein each of the support bar and the movable connection member is provided with a first support surface, and the movable connection member is configured to move between the two support bars to adjust a size of the support frame.
US12160946B2
A camera device according to one embodiment of the present invention includes a printed circuit board, a heat radiation layer disposed on a first surface of the printed circuit board, and an image sensor disposed on the heat radiation layer, a plurality of through-holes passing through the printed circuit board from the first surface to a second surface which is a surface opposite to the first surface are formed in the printed circuit board, and the plurality of through-holes are in contact with the heat radiation layer.
US12160944B2
Disclosed is a heating element for use with an apparatus for heating smokable material to volatilize at least one component of the smokable material. The heating element is formed from heating material that is heatable by penetration with a varying magnetic field. First and second portions of the heating element have different respective thermal masses. Also disclosed is an apparatus for heating smokable material to volatilise at least one component of the smokable material, the apparatus including such a heating element. Further disclosed is an article for use with an apparatus for heating smokable material to volatilize at least one component of the smokable material, wherein the article includes such a heating element.
US12160943B1
A vehicle lamp system and method with adjustable lights that are configurable and configured to display a variety of colors and blinking patterns. Moreover, the lamp comprises a mobile user interface that commands the lights wirelessly, receives light status from the physical lights, and displays and animates the lights in real time.
US12160937B2
Discussed is a surface type heating element which generates heat using electricity and a method of manufacturing the surface type heating element. The surface type heating element includes a NiCr alloy and has an adhesive strength of 3 N or more with respect to a substrate or an insulating layer and an electrical resistivity of 10−4 to 10−2 Ωcm, and thus it can be used even at a high operating temperature of 400° C. or more, suppresses the elution of the material itself, and has high fracture toughness, a low coefficient of thermal expansion, and heat resistance, resulting in improvement of the reliability and lifetime of the product.
US12160935B2
Disclosed herein are inventions for heating without combustion plant material or volatile compounds or oils in a disposable consumable such as a cartridge. The consumable upon insertion into a heating chamber or receivor is held in place and is restricted from rotation about its axis. The insertion may form indents or shaped portions of the consumable. It may have a case with a cartridge interface to receive the consumable into the heating system, a key guide, at least one heater element, an on/off switch, a battery, a temperature sensor; a controller in signal communication with the at least one heater element, battery, temperature sensor and the on/off switch.
US12160930B2
Embodiments herein relate to a method performed by a radio network node for handling transmission of data from a wireless device in a wireless communication network. The radio network node determines a delay value for a transmission of data from the wireless device based on a transmission type of data from the wireless device or a capability of the wireless device. The capability is related to a processing time for processing received data from the radio network node, or for processing data for transmission to the radio network node. The radio network node further transmits an indication, to the wireless device, which indication indicates the determined delay value.
US12160895B2
A user equipment (UE) executes a radio access method. The UE being an extended device type UE obtains, from a base station, connection indication information of a certain device type represented by device type related information of the extended device type UE, determines an initial access scheme based on the connection indication information, and performs an initial access procedure with the base station according to the initial access scheme.
US12160890B2
Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, a first network node may identify interference associated with a first direction on a resource. The first network node may transmit, to a second network node in a time window associated with the resource, an indication that the resource is restricted with regard to communications, by the second network node, in a second direction on the resource, wherein the second direction is opposite the first direction. The first network node may communicate based at least in part on the indication. Numerous other aspects are described.
US12160889B2
The disclosure provides an unlicensed band information transmission method, a terminal and a network device. The method includes: listening to a first transmission channel, where the first transmission channel adopts a first fixed frame period; and sending uplink information on the first transmission channel while detecting that the channel is idle.
US12160885B2
Prioritizing resource allocation for relay nodes that have higher bandwidth capabilities, such as 5G EN-DC, versus other relay nodes that do not have such capabilities. The bandwidth capability can be based on a channel bandwidth allocation for different relay nodes, with the assumption that 5G or higher relay nodes will be able to utilize higher bandwidth channels.
US12160879B2
Apparatuses, systems, and methods may determine a transport block size using a number of resource elements for sidelink data. The number of resource elements for the sidelink data is calculated based at least on a reference second stage Sidelink Control Information (SCI) overhead. The reference second stage SCI overhead is calculated using the reference coding rate, the reference beta offset, the reference PSFCH symbol number, the alpha value, and the second stage SCI payload size.
US12160871B2
Disclosed is a method for monitoring a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) in order to enable communication over a plurality of cells in a mobile communication system, including acquiring a cell index for a cell, wherein the cell index is user equipment (UE)-specific and is informed based on radio resource control (RRC) signaling, monitoring a first PDCCH on a common search space that is for system information and is defined on a single cell for the plurality of cells, monitoring a second PDCCH on a dedicated search space defined for the cell, wherein the cell is one among the plurality of cells, and the dedicated search space is defined for each of the plurality of cells, respectively, and receiving a physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH) on the cell based on the second PDCCH, wherein the cell index is associated with one downlink frequency configured by the RRC signaling.
US12160870B2
Provided are a method for determining an unavailable resource, a terminal device, and a network device. The method includes: determining, by a terminal device, a first resource corresponding to a first-type Synchronization Signal Block (SSB); and determining, by the terminal device, an unavailable resource for Remaining System Information (RMSI) based on the first resource and a second resource corresponding to the RMSI. The first-type SSB is an SSB transmitted on a non-Synchronization Signal (SS) raster. Based on the first resource corresponding to the first-type SSB and the second resource corresponding to the RMSI, the unavailable resource for the RMSI can be determined. This not only ensures that the RMSI resource mapping can be performed correctly, but also makes system scheduling more flexible. For example, a network device does not have to intentionally avoid collisions between the SSB and a PDCCH and a PDSCH of the RMSI in limited time-frequency resources.
US12160868B2
The present disclosure provides an electronic device and a method for wireless communication, and a computer-readable storage medium. The electronic device comprises a processing circuit which is configured to acquire control information from a base station, and determine, on the basis of the control information, a plurality of initial positions of uplink configured grant time-domain resources of an unlicensed band which can be accessed by user equipment.
US12160865B2
The apparatus receives a PUCCH resource configuration associated with a PUCCH resource. The PUCCH resource configuration indicates at least one of a PUCCH resource repetition configuration or a PUCCH resource inter-slot frequency hopping configuration for the PUCCH resource that is independent of PUCCH formats. In addition, the apparatus transmits a PUCCH in the PUCCH resource based on the at least one of the PUCCH resource repetition configuration or the PUCCH resource inter-slot frequency hopping configuration configured in the PUCCH resource configuration. The received PUCCH resource configuration may override a PUCCH format configuration. The apparatus may receive a DCI indicating the PUCCH resource and/or a MAC-CE associated with the PUCCH resource configuration, and may transmit the PUCCH based on the received DCI/MAC-CE.
US12160863B2
Methods, systems, and devices for a wireless communication are described. A base station may control multiple parameters for sidelink communication configurations to be used by a user equipment (UE) for sidelink communications. The base station may determine the multiple parameters for sidelink communication configurations and configure multiple UEs for sidelink communication based on the determination. The multiple parameters may include a modulation and coding scheme, a redundancy version, a demodulation reference signal pattern or port, a transmit power control, a sidelink hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ) indicator, a cast type, a HARQ process number, a receiver UE identifier, or any combination thereof. The indication may be included in downlink control information.
US12160862B2
A generation-Node B (gNB) configured for unlicensed spectrum operation above 52.6 GHz in a fifth-generation new-radio (NR) system (5GS) may encode a parameter (e.g., ssb-PositionsInBurst) for transmission to a UE (e.g., in the SIB1 or UE specific RRC signalling). The parameter may indicate candidate positions of synchronization signal blocks (SSBs) within a discovery reference signal (DRS) measurement timing configuration (DMTC) transmission window within slots of a system frame (SFN). During the DMTC window, the gNB may perform a LBT procedure on an unlicensed carrier of the unlicensed spectrum to determine if the unlicensed carrier is available. When the LBT is successful (i.e., the unlicensed carrier is available), the gNB may encode a discovery reference signal (DRS) for transmission on the unlicensed carrier. The DRS may include one or more of the SSBs transmitted during the candidate positions that fall within the DRS. The gNB may perform rate matching around the SSBs for a scheduled PDSCH based on the indicated parameter and transmit the rate-matched PDSCH.
US12160859B2
A method includes determining whether a first access point of a plurality of access points and a second access point of the plurality of access points should communicate simultaneously over a shared channel in a first network and in response to determining that one of the plurality of access points won contention of a transmission opportunity for the shared channel, dividing the transmission opportunity into a plurality of time slots. The method also includes scheduling transmissions of the first and second access points into the plurality of time slots according to the determination whether the first and second access points should communicate simultaneously over the shared channel and communicating, to the second access point and over a wired network or a second network different from the first network, an indication of whether the second access point should communicate during a first time slot of the plurality of time slots.
US12160856B2
Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, a first node may transmit, to a second node on a beamformed link from the first node to the second node, a first signal, wherein the first node and the second node are associated with common timing; determine whether a second signal, based at least in part on the first signal, is received on a beamformed link from the second node to the first node; and transmit a third signal based at least in part on receiving the second signal or perform a sidelink beam failure recovery procedure based at least in part on determining that the second signal is not received. Numerous other aspects are provided.
US12160855B2
A band sharing communication system in which there are an N-ary system and an N+1-ary system in descending order of priority of communication, the systems share frequency bands and allocation of a requested band of a terminal station of each system is performed, includes: occupied band setting means for setting an N-ary occupied band and an N+1-ary occupied band adjacent to the N-ary occupied band; band allocation means for allocating a vacant band of the N-ary occupied band with respect to a requested band of an N-ary terminal station and allocating a vacant band of the N+1-ary occupied band with respect to a requested band of an N+1-ary terminal station; and band transferring means for, when there is no vacant band in the N-ary occupied band with respect to the requested band of the N-ary terminal station, if a vacant band equivalent to the requested band is present in the N+1-ary occupied band such that the vacant band is adjacent to the N-ary occupied band, transferring the vacant band from the N+1-ary occupied band to the N-ary occupied band and allocating the vacant band to the N-ary terminal station, and if communication is being performed in a band in the N+1-ary occupied band which is adjacent to the N-ary occupied band and equivalent to the requested band, transferring a vacant band created by making a suspension request to the N+1-ary terminal station performing the communication from the N+1-ary occupied band to the N-ary occupied band and allocating the vacant band to the N-ary terminal station.
US12160849B2
Beam determination may be used in wireless communications, for example, in a beam failure recovery procedure. One or more parameters may be communicated and/or used to indicate an association between resources and a corresponding control resource set (CORESET) pool index of multiple CORESET pool indices. For each of the multiple CORESET pool indices, a reference signal associated with the CORESET pool index may be determined. Wireless communications may be performed by selecting a reference signal for each of the multiple CORESET pool indices, and resources associated with a corresponding CORESET pool index may be communicated based on the selected reference.
US12160846B2
Aspects presented herein may enable a base station to page a target UE in an idle mode via a relay UE. In one aspect, a first UE receives, from a base station, a paging relay request message including paging information for at least a second UE, each paging information including a UE identity for the second UE and a paging type. The first UE transmits a paging message from the first UE to the second UE over sidelink. In another aspect, a base station generates a paging relay request message including paging information for at least a second UE, the paging information indicating a UE ID for the second UE and a paging type. The base station transmits, to a first UE, the paging relay request message, the paging relay request message indicating a request for the first UE to relay paging information to the second UE over sidelink.
US12160836B2
Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described. A user equipment (UE) may identify a dual connectivity configuration for a plurality of communication links, where at least one communication link of the plurality of communication links includes a sidelink. The UE may transmit a report based on an event associated with the sidelink. In some cases, the UE may determine the event associated with the sidelink based on identifying an activation of the at least one additional sidelink carrier, establishing a relay communication link between the UE and a relay network node, measuring a set of path loss values, determining a minimum path loss value of the measured set of path loss values, determining a backoff value for one or more sidelink carriers, or any combination thereof.
US12160827B2
A Wi-Fi chip is configured to operate in a power saving Wi-Fi mode in which the Wi-Fi chip repeatedly checks, at a first time interval, periodic DTIM beacons transmitted at a second time interval by a wireless access point of a Wi-Fi network, wherein the first time interval is longer than the second time interval. Upon receiving a standby message, the Wi-Fi chip, during a predefined time duration, operates in a standby mode in which the Wi-Fi chip checks at a third time interval periodic DTIM beacons transmitted by the wireless access point, wherein the third time interval is shorter than the first time interval.
US12160821B2
Embodiments of the present disclosure provide methods and apparatuses for obtaining timing information and performing a time offset adjustment for target wake time (TWT) operations in a wireless network. The apparatuses include a first communication device comprising a transceiver and a processor operably coupled to the transceiver. The transceiver is configured to transmit, during a target wake time (TWT) setup phase, a TWT element including a request for information on a traffic delay of a second communication device and receive the information on the traffic delay. The processor is configured to determine a time offset to adjust a start time of a next TWT interval based on the information on the traffic delay.
US12160819B2
Various embodiments herein disclose coordinating frequencies for an access point (AP). A corresponding method comprises evaluating a performance profile for the AP, the performance profile comprising a first part related to a first network generated by a first radio of the AP and a second part related to a second network generated by a second radio of the AP. The method also comprises selecting first channels on which the AP generates the first network based on the performance profile and spectral regrowth profiles for transmission power levels of the first radio. The method additionally comprises selecting second channels on which the AP generates the second network based at least in part on the performance profile and the spectral regrowth profiles. Furthermore, the method comprises enabling communications between a first set of devices on the first channels and enabling communications between a second set of devices on the second channels.
US12160812B2
Methods and apparatus are provided for a UE to determine a cell global identity (CGI) of a target cell.
US12160811B2
In general, this disclosure describes techniques for a containerized router operating within a cloud native orchestration framework. In an example, a virtualized cell site router comprises a computing device configured with a containerized router, the computing device comprising: a containerized virtual router configured to execute on the processing circuitry and configured to implement a data plane for the containerized router; a containerized routing protocol process configured to execute on the processing circuitry and configured to implement a control plane for the containerized router; and a pod comprising a containerized distributed unit, wherein the containerized routing protocol process is configured to advertise routing information comprising reachability information for the containerized distributed unit.
US12160806B2
Systems and methods provide solutions for provisioning vehicle-to-everything (V2X) policy and parameters to a user equipment (UE). A UE may generate a registration request to register with a wireless network. The registration request may include a first indication of a V2X policy provisioning request. The UE processes a message from a policy control function (PCF) including either a current V2X policy and corresponding parameters or a second indication that the PCF does not support V2X provisioning.
US12160803B2
The present disclosure relates to a method of configuring an integrated resource pool for use in an advanced wireless communication system such as 5G (the Fifth Generation) system. The method comprises configuring a first logical resource pool dedicated for V2X sidelink communication, or open loop communication, in sharing driving related application data including but not being limited to status data, sensor data, and intention data. Further, the method comprises configuring a second logical resource pool dedicated for V2X sidelink communication, or closed-loop communication, in sharing time-sensitive coordination data and/or exchanging time-sensitive coordination data in short distance grouping such as synchronised coordination driving and long distance grouping such as platooning. The method further comprises configuring one primary set of resources and one or more secondary sets of resources from the second logical resource pool for secured intra-platoon communications.
US12160802B1
Medical emergency detection, decision-making, and support are triggered based on location of the user, and protective health documents and other information supporting the user's desired health outcomes are notified and delivered for health care use. When the user's entry into a patient care facility is detected via geofencing or another method such as beacons, and an emergency state is auto detected and/or user declared, alert notifications are triggered. The user's emergency contact information, medical history and other relevant information may be shared with emergency care personnel. Also, the user's emergency contacts and others in the user's care circle may be notified and provided instant online access to the user's protective health documents and other content provided by the user. The access to content to entities and individuals can be based on permission rights the user has predetermined.
US12160797B2
A base station (10) according to an embodiment includes a data processing unit (101) and a wireless signal processing unit (103). The data processing unit (101) generates a MAC frame. The MAC frame includes input data and an identification bit (CB). The identification bit (CB) indicates that data is extended broadcast data. The wireless signal processing unit (103) converts the MAC frame into a wireless signal to distribute the wireless signal.
US12160792B2
Systems, methods, devices, computer readable media, and other various embodiments are described for location management processes in wearable electronic devices. One embodiment involves pairing a client device with a wearable device, capturing a first client location fix at a first time using the first application and location circuitry of the client device. The client device then receives content from the wearable device, where the content is associated with a content capture time and location state data. The client device then updates a location based on the available data to reconcile the different sets of location data. In some embodiments, additional sensor data, such as data from an accelerometer, is used is used to determine which location data is more accurate for certain content.
US12160790B1
A system, method, and non-transitory computer readable medium that utilizes a distance transformation vector constructed of a probability distribution function (PDF) and a distribution parameter ξ in the estimation process for precise and effective PDF estimation. The system includes a mobile wireless agent, a base station and a computing device interconnected over a wireless communication network. The wireless meter transmits sensory information to the computing device, where the sensory information is processed to estimate characteristics of the wireless communication signal based on the Rayleigh estimator. For the estimation, a distance transformation vector of the PDF and a distribution parameter are constructed. The estimated parameters along with a motion actuation plan are sent to the base station, which uses the estimated parameters in transmitting the motion actuation plan to the mobile wireless agent.
US12160781B2
A method may include sending, by a base station to a wireless device, a radio resource control (RRC) message indicating a handover to a cell. The RRC message can indicate a first timing advance of a first beam of the cell and a second timing advance of a second beam of the cell. The first timing advance and the second timing advance can be provided for beam selection by the wireless device for transmission, via a selected beam of the first beam or the second beam, transport blocks using one of the first timing advance or the second timing advance corresponding to the selected beam.
US12160774B2
Wireless transmission of data packets between controllers is executed over a plurality of integrated hybrid wireless communication channels, with proportional allocation of communication links for guaranteed and best-effort communication links. Data packets may be communicated across a plurality of wireless communication channels to ensure delivery of on-demand performance.
US12160771B2
The present disclosure relates to performing mobile network configurations or changes. A first device is presented for performing the mobile network configuration or change, and a second device is presented for generating feedback for supporting the mobile network configuration or change. The first device is configured to send a support request to the second device, wherein the support request specifies a reusable or specific feedback type and a target information. The second device is configured to send reusable or specific feedback about the target information in response to the support request. The first device is then configured to determine a configuration or change of the mobile network based on the reusable or specific feedback. The reusable feedback includes a value or set of values of the target information and at least one coordination parameter indicating how the reusable feedback is to be used by multiple second devices.
US12160769B2
The present disclosure relates to time-aware Quality-of-Service (QoS), in particular techniques for providing time-aware QoS in communication systems such as 5G NR (New Radio). In particular the disclosure relates to a device for translating between a first communication network, in particular a deterministic communication network, and a second communication network, in particular a mobile communication network, in particular a 5G communication network, wherein the device comprises: an application function that is configured to translate between Quality-of-Service (QoS) parameters of the first communication network and QoS parameters of the second communication network; a QoS profile comprising the QoS parameters of the first communication network translated by the application function and, optionally, additional QoS parameters originating from the second communication network; and a signaling procedure configured to exchange the translated QoS parameters within the second communication network.
US12160760B2
Methods performed by core network nodes and base stations for sharing error information are disclosed. A method performed by a core network node comprises initiating transmission of an ERROR INDICATION message to a base station connected to the core network node, wherein the ERROR INDICATION message comprises identification information of a wireless device that is the source of an incoming message in which an error has been detected. A method performed by a base station comprises initiating transmission of an ERROR INDICATION message to a core network node connected to the base station, wherein the ERROR INDICATION message comprises identification information of a wireless device that is the source of an incoming message in which an error has been detected. Also disclosed are core network nodes and base stations configured to perform the methods.
US12160756B2
Systems, methods, and devices perform unified demodulation operations for wireless communications devices. Methods may include receiving, at a buffer of a wireless communications device, a data packet, and performing, using a processing device, one or more synchronization operations based on one or more operational modes of a wireless communications protocol. Methods may additionally include identifying, using the processing device, a type of the data packet, configuring, using the processing device, a receive chain of the wireless communications device to perform a type of demodulation operation based on the identified type of the data packet.
US12160751B1
System, method, and apparatus for providing dynamic, prioritized spectrum management and utilization
Systems, methods, and apparatuses for providing dynamic, prioritized spectrum utilization management. The system includes at least one monitoring sensor, at least one data analysis engine, at least one application, a semantic engine, a programmable rules and policy editor, a tip and cue server, and/or a control panel. The tip and cue server is operable utilize the environmental awareness from the data processed by the at least one data analysis engine in combination with additional information to create actionable data.
US12160748B2
A data transmission method and a communications apparatus are provided. One data transmission example method includes that a core network user plane device receives a first data packet sent by an access network device, where the first data packet includes uplink data of a terminal device and identification information of the terminal device. The core network user plane device obtains context information of the terminal device based on the identification information of the terminal device. The core network user plane device processes the uplink data based on the context information of the terminal device.
US12160746B2
Systems and methods are described for authenticating devices. The systems and methods may include detecting, by a sensor on a wearable device, at least one cloud anchor that includes an identifier associated with a network and configured for a physical environment. In response to detecting that a location associated with the at least one cloud anchor is within a threshold distance of the wearable device and detecting that the wearable device has access to the at least one cloud anchor, triggering extraction of the identifier from the at least one cloud anchor. The systems and methods may also include joining the wearable device to the network based on a received authentication corresponding to the extracted identifier.
US12160739B2
A method for authentication, a user terminal and an authentication server for executing the same are disclosed. An authentication server according to an embodiment disclosed includes a number receiver that receives a number of a user terminal from a callee who has received a call originated from the user terminal, a device authenticator that determines whether to generate an authentication key based on the number of the user terminal received from the callee and a caller number received from the user terminal, and generates the authentication key when it is determined to generate the authentication key, and an authentication key transmitter that transmits the authentication key to the user terminal.
US12160738B2
A method of authenticating User Equipment (UE) to a wireless telecommunications network, wherein the UE is subscribed to a first wireless telecommunications network, and authenticating being performed so as to subscribe the UE to a second wireless telecommunications network, and wherein there is an absence of a roaming capability between the first wireless telecommunications network and the second wireless telecommunications network for the UE, the method including generating, at the first wireless telecommunications network, a network key for authenticating the UE at the second wireless telecommunications network; loading the generated network key to the second wireless telecommunications network; subsequently communicating the generated network key to the UE from the first wireless telecommunications network; and authenticating the UE at the second wireless telecommunications network by communicating the network key from the UE to the second wireless telecommunications network, thereby to permit the UE to subscribe to the second wireless telecommunications network.
US12160724B2
Disclosed are a voice coil and a sounding device using the voice coil. The coil body includes at least two sub coils fixed together in sequence. Each sub coil is provided with an incoming wire end and an outgoing wire end, and forms only one current path from the incoming wire end to the outgoing wire end and flowing in the same direction. The incoming wire ends of the at least two sub coils are welded together to form an incoming area on the coil body. The outgoing wire ends of the at least two sub coils are welded together to form an outgoing area on the coil body. The voice coil and the sounding device can select a wire with a lighter weight and a greater resistance, thereby decreasing a weight of a vibration system of the sounding device and improving a mid-frequency performance of the sounding device.
US12160720B2
Disclosed is a coaxial speaker, including a magnetic circuit system, and two sounding units respectively arranged on the upper and lower sides of the magnetic circuit system. The magnetic circuit system includes a bottom plate, a first magnetic unit including a first magnet and a first yoke, and a second magnetic unit including a second magnet, a second yoke, and a third magnet. The second yoke includes an annular plate sandwiched between the second and third magnets, and an extension wall extending to a first through hole of the bottom plate. The third magnet covers a second through hole of the annular plate. The coaxial speaker is simple and compact in structure, reduces the cost, and can also be used as a receiver with a reverse phase silencer.
US12160706B2
Hearing device and method of power estimation and/or pulse detection in a hearing device is disclosed. The method comprises obtaining a pulse input signal; determining if the pulse input signal satisfies a first rising criterion; in accordance with the input signal satisfying the first rising criterion, increasing a threshold; determining if the pulse input signal satisfies a first down count criterion; in accordance with the pulse input signal satisfying the first down count criterion, initializing a down counter; determining if the down counter satisfies a second down count criterion; in accordance with the down counter satisfying the second down count criterion, decreasing the down counter; determining if the down counter satisfies a pulse detection criterion; and in accordance with the down counter satisfying the pulse detection criterion, outputting a pulse output signal indicative of detection of a pulse.
US12160700B2
A method and system for a headset with major and minor adjustments, where the headset comprises a headband, a headband endcap at each end of the headband, a headband slide coupled to each headband endcap, and ear cups operatively coupled to the headband slides. A major adjustment of the headset may include actuating a headband slide in a vertical direction. The ear cups may be operatively coupled to the headband slides utilizing ball detents that may hold the position of the ear cups with respect to the headband slides. The ball detents may comprise a portion of a ball on the headband slide and holes in the ear cup or may comprise a portion of a ball in the ear cup and holes in the headband slide. Each headband slide may be coupled to a headband endcap via a headband pivot.
US12160697B2
A detachable headband for a headphone system can incorporate a headband identification circuit that stores or encodes a headband identification parameter value. When the headband becomes attached to an ear cup, the headband can transmit the headband identification parameter value to the ear cup.
US12160693B2
A system for cabling infrastructure that includes at least one port, at least one shutter, at least one sensor and a gateway is provided. The port is configured to be selectively coupled to a connector. Each shutter is configured to have an open state that allows access to an associated port and a closed state that covers the port. Each sensor is configured to sense the open state and the closed state of an associated shutter and generate shutter state signals that include information relating to a current sensed state of the associated shutter and an identification of a port that is associated with the associated shutter. The gateway is in wireless communication with each sensor to receive the shutter state signals. The gateway is configured to communicate the shutter state signals that indicate a change in a state of an associated shutter to a remote location.
US12160684B2
Aspect ratios used to display video streams within a graphical user interface (GUI) of a video conference are dynamically adjusted based on events detected during the video conference. According to one approach, during a video conference between a first device and a second device, a first video stream from the first device and a second video stream from the second device are both displayed within the GUI using an initial aspect ratio. Based on the first video stream, an event corresponding to a change in a number of people participating in the video conference from the first device is determined. Based on the event, an adjusted aspect ratio to use for displaying the first video stream within the GUI is determined. The first video stream is displayed within the GUI using the adjusted aspect ratio while the second video stream remains displayed within the GUI using the initial aspect ratio.
US12160681B2
A video receiver apparatus, for receiving video from a video transmitter apparatus, comprises: a memory portion for memorizing receiver apparatus information of the video receiver apparatus; and a transmitter/receiver portion for receiving a request for obtaining the receiver apparatus information transmitted from the video transmitter apparatus, and also for transmitting the receiver apparatus information memorized in the memory portion responding to the obtaining request, and wherein, further within the memory portion is memorized history information, changing depending on alternation of the receiver apparatus information, and wherein the receiver portion is able to receive the history information, which the video transmitter apparatus holds therein, as well as, the obtaining request from the video transmitter, and when the received history information from the video transmitter apparatus and the history information, which the video transmitter apparatus holds therein, are inconsistent with each other, then the receiver apparatus information memorized in the memory portion is transmitted to the video transmitter apparatus.
US12160680B2
Disclosed is a video image display method, applied to a multimedia device. The video image display method includes acquiring a target image in a preset area; in response that the target image has a left eye object and a right eye object, determining spatial positional data of the left eye object and the right eye object respectively relative to the multimedia device according to the target image; determining a deflection coefficient of a to-be-displayed video image according to the spatial positional data of the left eye object and the right eye object respectively relative to the multimedia device; deflecting the to-be-displayed video image according to the deflection coefficient to obtain a target video image after deflecting. Disclosed also are a video image display apparatus, a multimedia device and a storage medium.
US12160678B2
An imaging element comprises a first communication interface that is incorporated in the imaging element and outputs first image data based on image data obtained by imaging a subject to an external processor, a memory that is incorporated in the imaging element and stores the image data, and a second communication interface that is incorporated in the imaging element and outputs second image data based on the image data stored in the memory to the external processor, in which an output method of the first communication interface and an output method of the second communication interface are different.
US12160674B2
An image sensor includes first and second column lines, and a read circuit configured to receive pixel signals through the first and second column lines. The first column line and the second column line each include a main wire, a first wire between one end of the main wire and the first interlayer connection region, and a second wire connected with an opposite end of the main wire. A first distance between the first and second column lines is longer than a second distance between a connection point of the first column line and the first interlayer connection region and a connection point of the second column line and the first interlayer connection region. A length of the first wire of the first column line is greater than a length of the first wire of the second column line.
US12160665B1
Aspects of present disclosure relate to slide imaging. An exemplary apparatus for real time image generation includes at least an optical system, a slide port configured to hold a slide, an actuator mechanism mechanically connected to a mobile element, a user interface comprising an input interface and an output interface, at least processor configured to: receive at least a region of interest; capture, using the at least an optical system, a first image of the slide at a first position within the at least a region of interest; identify a focus pattern as a function of the first image and the first position; extrapolate a focus distance for a second position as a function of the focus pattern; and capture, using the at least an optical system, a second image of the slide at a second position and at the focus distance.
US12160664B2
A focus detecting apparatus includes a first determining unit configured to determine an image stabilizing area based on object information, and a second determining unit configured to determine a focus detecting area based on the object information, and to determine a calculation area for focus detection based on the focus detecting area. The second determining unit determines the calculation area based on a relationship between the image stabilizing area and the focus detecting area.
US12160661B2
At least some embodiment of the present invention are directed to mean for operating an illumination assembly associated with a group of imaging devices. An example method includes causing each of a plurality of imaging devices to capture image data during a group acquisition operation, each of the plurality of imaging devices has (i) a respective delay until a start of an exposure duration, (ii) the respective exposure duration, and (iii) a total operation duration. The method also includes causing an illumination assembly to transition from a first state to a second state based on a shortest delay of the imaging devices and further causing the illumination assembly to transition from the second state to a third state based on a longest total operation duration of the imaging devices.
US12160658B2
An image capturing apparatus that includes one or more image sensors configured to capture a plurality of images and store the captured images in a memory. The apparatus also includes a circuitry that detects an input trigger and continues to capture new images in response to the trigger. The numbers of new images captured are equal in magnitude to half the magnitude of the capacity of the memory. The first new image captured after detecting the trigger is tagged as a reference image. In response to the number of new images captured, the sensors are deactivated and the reference image is displayed immediately on a display panel. On detecting an input operation, the apparatus displays a target image from the plurality of images captured in a quick and efficient manner.
US12160655B2
An indication of a physical access action performed by a person in proximity of a camera determines a manner in which the physical access action is performed. An operational profile of the camera is set to control capture at the proximity of the camera based on the manner in which the physical access action is performed. This includes selecting the operational profile from a first operational profile and a second operational profile that is different from the first operational profile.
US12160644B2
A video interaction method includes: displaying an interactive video playing page playing a target interactive video; playing a first target object in the target interactive video in the interactive video playing page, and displaying a first interaction component in a first region associated with the first target object; determining, in response to a first operation on the first interaction component, a first sub-variable value of a first sub-variable corresponding to the first interaction component; and playing a target media segment of the target interactive video in the interactive video playing page according to the first sub-variable value.
US12160634B2
Systems and methods for automated visual trigger profiling and detection within virtual environments are provided. A visual trigger profile may be stored in memory that includes a set of visual trigger characteristics associated with a type of visual sensitivity. Buffered frames of an audiovisual stream that have not yet been displayed may be monitored to identify when a buffered frame includes a threshold level of the visual trigger characteristics associated with the visual sensitivity. A frame modification that decreases the level of the detected visual trigger characteristics associated with the visual sensitivity may be identified and applied to the identified frames. The modified frames may thereafter be presented during the audiovisual stream in place of the original (unmodified) identified frames.
US12160630B2
Example methods, apparatus and articles of manufacture (i.e., physical storage media) to perform media source detection based on frequency band selection and processing are disclosed. Example meters disclosed herein are to compare a first audio signal from a monitored media device with a second audio signal from a first one of a plurality of media sources in communication with the monitored media device to determine a sequence of match results, the first audio signal associated with media presented by the media device. Disclosed example meters are also to compute a standard deviation of time delays associated with respective ones of the match results. Disclosed example meters are further to determine whether the first one of the media sources is a source of the media presented by the monitored media device based on the standard deviation.
US12160625B2
A device, system, and method perform an automatic change over for transport streams. The method is performed at an output server. The method includes selecting a first transport stream. The method includes generating a first portion of an output based on the first transport stream. The method includes selecting a second transport stream. The method includes determining a frametime to synchronize first packets of the first transport stream to second packets of the second transport stream. The frametime is based on a start time of a content item included in the first transport stream and the second transport stream and a completed progression of the content item using the first transport stream. The method includes determining a location in the second transport stream based on the frametime. The method includes generating a second portion of the output based on the second transport stream starting at the location.
US12160622B2
A video processing method and apparatus, a device, a storage medium, and a computer program product are provided. The video processing method includes displaying a combined photographing page in response to a preset combined photographing operation on a target video, the combined photographing page being provided with an album entry; displaying an album page in response to a trigger operation on the album entry; acquiring a user material based on the album page; and generating a combined photographing result video based on the user material and the target video.
US12160616B2
An image decoding method performed by a decoding apparatus according to the present disclosure comprises the steps of: decoding, on the basis of a bitstream, an affine flag that indicates whether affine prediction is applicable to a current block and a sub-block TMVP flag that indicates whether a temporal motion vector predictor based on a sub-block of the current block is usable; determining whether to decode a predetermined merge mode flag that indicates whether to apply a predetermined merge mode to the current block, on the basis of the decoded affine flag and the decoded sub-block TMVP flag; deriving prediction samples of the current block on the basis of the determining of whether to decode the predetermined merge mode flag; and generating reconstructed samples of the current block based on the prediction samples of the current block.
US12160615B2
Aspects of the disclosure provide a method and an apparatus including processing circuitry for video decoding. The processing circuitry decodes coding information for a current block. The coding information indicates that the current block is coded in a string copy mode and the coding information includes a first syntax element indicating a string length of a current string in the current block. A coded value of the first syntax element indicates a number N3 of sample groups. Each sample group has L samples, N3 and L being positive numbers. The string length and a number M1 of samples in the current block are divisible by L. The processing circuitry determines a string vector (SV) and the string length of the current string in the current block based on the coding information. The processing circuitry reconstructs the current string based on the SV and the string length of the current string.
US12160610B2
Systems and methods are provided for encoding a frame of 3D media content. The systems and methods may be configured to access a first frame of 3D media content and generate a data structure for the first frame based on color attributes information of the first frame, wherein each element of the data structure encodes a single color. The systems and methods may be configured to train a machine learning model based on the first frame of 3D media content, wherein the machine learning model is trained to receive as input a coordinate of a voxel of the first frame, and to output an identifier of a particular element in the generated data structure. The systems and methods may be configured to generate encoded data for the first frame based at least in part on weights of the trained machine learning model and the generated data structure.
US12160588B2
This application discloses an inter prediction method and apparatus. The method includes: determining a plurality of first picture blocks in a to-be-processed picture block based on a preset picture split width, a preset picture split height, and a width and a height of the to-be-processed picture block; separately performing bi-directional optical flow prediction on the plurality of first picture blocks to obtain a predictor of each first picture block; and obtaining a predictor of the to-be-processed picture block with a combination of the predictors of the plurality of first picture blocks. The apparatus includes a determining module, a prediction module, and a combination module. In this application, complexity of implementing inter prediction can be reduced, and processing efficiency can be improved.
US12160572B2
A temporal sequence of pictures is generated in a method for encoding of a first video stream. To do so, a synchronization signal can be used, which can be derived from a second video stream independently of the first video stream. Alternatively, the encoding of a second video stream independent of the first video stream can be based on the same principle as for the encoding of the first video stream.
US12160569B2
A method and apparatus of prediction for video coding are disclosed. According to one method, a luma Intra prediction mode is determined for a corresponding luma block collocated with the current chroma block, where a predefined mode is assigned to the luma Intra prediction mode when the corresponding luma block collocated with the current chroma block satisfies one or more conditions. A chroma Intra prediction mode is determined for the current chroma block according to the luma Intra prediction mode. The current chroma block is then encoded or decoded according to the chroma Intra prediction mode. According to another method, a predefined mode is assigned to Intra prediction mode for the current block when the current block satisfies one or more conditions. The current block is then encoded or decoded according to the Intra prediction mode.
US12160567B2
A method of video decoding performed in a video decoder includes receiving a coded video bitstream including a current block that is divided into a plurality of sub-blocks. Sub-block based affine motion compensation is performed on the current block to generate a sub-block prediction for each pixel in each sub-block of the current block. One or more spatial gradients are determined for each sub-block prediction. For each sub-block prediction, prediction refinement with optical flow process is performed using the respective determined one or more spatial gradients and at least one constraint included in the coded video bitstream. For each sub-block prediction, an output of the respective prediction refinement is added to the respective sub-block prediction to generate a final prediction for each pixel in each sub-block of the current block.
US12160566B2
A prediction mode determining method and apparatus are described. A prediction mode status of a child node of a target node is determined based on an area and a split manner of the target node, where the prediction mode status includes intra prediction mode only and inter prediction mode only. Further, a prediction mode of the child node is determined based on the prediction mode status of the child node. In this way, a same prediction mode is used for all child nodes obtained by splitting the target node. This facilitates pipeline processing of hardware, increases a subsequent processing speed, and improves video coding efficiency.
US12160560B2
An image decoding method according to the present invention may include: a step for deriving merge candidates from neighboring blocks adjacent to a current block; a step for generating a first merge candidate list including the merge candidates; a step for decoding information for specifying any one of the merge candidates included in the first merge candidate list; and a step for deriving motion information about the current block from the merge candidate allocated with an index determined by the information. Here, when the number of the merge candidates included in the first merge candidate list is smaller than a predetermined value, merge candidates included in a second merge candidate list may be added to the first merge candidate list.
US12160542B2
A text communication is received from a telephone number of a sender. The text communication is directed to a recipient. A determination is made as to whether to challenge the sender. Responsive to determining to challenge the sender, a challenge is transmitted to the sender. A determination is made as to whether to route the text communication to the recipient based on whether a successful response to the challenge is received from the sender.
US12160533B2
A system, method, and computer-readable medium to determine electronically stored data relating to blockchain based on the information etched on internal surfaces of transparent gemstones are disclosed herein. In one embodiment, the system includes a tangible token comprising a transparent gemstone, where the transparent gemstone is internally etched with information pertaining to a blockchain, and the information is encapsulated within a perimeter of the transparent gemstone such that the information does not extend beyond the perimeter; and a computing device configured to execute instructions that cause the computing device to read the information, access, via a network and using the information, electronically stored data associated with the information on the blockchain, and present, on a user interface, the electronically stored data accessed on the blockchain.
US12160527B2
Systems and methods for using ring usage certificate extensions are described. Some implementations described limit the ability of signers using a ‘ring signature’ from using public key certificates to create the ring signatures without the permission of the creators of those respective public key certificates. An implementation may describe receiving a request to validate, receiving a plurality of digital certificates associated with the request to validate, determining the request to validate requires validation of a ring signature using the plurality of digital certificates, determining one or more of the plurality of digital certificates comprises a ring usage certificate extension, analyzing the ring usage certificate extension to retrieve a value associated with the ring usage certificate extension, and failing validation of the request based on determining the request to validate requires validation of the ring signature and based on the value associated with the ring usage certificate extension.
US12160515B2
Disclosed are various embodiments for authenticating a user using non-fungible tokens (NFTs). A trusted token issuer verifies a user's identity according to identifying credentials (e.g., government issued identification, passport, driver's license, etc.) presented by the user and creates a non-fungible token in response to verifying the credentials. The non-fungible token is associated with a user identifier and can be used by an access provider to authenticate a user requesting access to restricted content provided by the access provider. For example, when a client device associated with the user requests access from an access provider to an access-restricted website or other type of access-restricted area (e.g., building, concert venue, network, etc.), the access provider (e.g., website server, building computing device, venue system, etc.) uses the properties of the non-fungible token to verify one's identity and permit access upon verification.
US12160509B2
Systems and methods include a random number pool where one or more sets of key data elements of the random number pool are transmitted and added or replaced with another set of key data elements.
US12160499B2
An apparatus for controlling a sensor over a network includes a transceiver and a processor. The transceiver is configured to communicate over a network. The processor is configured to receive or generate control data for controlling a sensor connected to the network, to generate a packet including (i) the control data and (ii) a trigger timestamp indicative of a future time at which the control data is to be provided to the sensor, and to transmit the packet using the transceiver over the network.
US12160498B1
Processors, systems and methods are described that synchronize clocks of devices on a second network that uses a second network protocol to a source clock on a first network that uses a first network protocol. Processors, systems and methods are described to cause a first time synchronization message corresponding to a first network communication protocol to be converted to a second time synchronization message corresponding to a second network communication protocol to enable synchronization.
US12160486B2
A system and corresponding method gather information about browsing and purchasing behavior of web users to avoid tracking information associated with individual web browser instances. The system enables collection of historical and statistical information by legitimate interested parties to be severed from information about the behavior of a browser instance, and so too from information about the user of the browser instance. The system is configured to perform at least one of: (i) masking a web browser cookie to prevent use of the cookie to access browsing information related to a user and (ii) replace stories about sequences of browser behaviors with statistics about abstracted “story types.” A story type is a sequence of behavior types common to all web browser instances which have performed that sequence. An example embodiment uses masking and aggregation techniques, frequently, and includes a variety of industry standard security measures specially adapted to these purposes.
US12160477B2
A smart circuit breaker may provide a smart-circuit-breaker power monitoring signal that includes information about power consumption of devices connected to the smart circuit breaker. The smart-circuit-breaker power monitoring signal may be used in conjunction with power monitoring signals from the electrical mains of the building for providing information about the operation of devices in the building. For example, the power monitoring signals may be used to (i) determine the main of the house that provides power to the smart circuit breaker, (ii) identify devices receiving power from the smart circuit breaker, (iii) improve the accuracy of identifying device state changes, and (iv) train mathematical models for identifying devices and device state changes.
US12160459B2
One example method includes receiving, at a client, a plurality of real time performance measures associated with a currently-active video conference executing in a video conference application, determining, at the client, based on one or more of the plurality of real time performance measures or a user input, the presence of a fault associated with the currently-active video conference, determining, at the client, a plurality of potential causes of the fault based at least in part on the plurality of real time performance measures, providing, at the client, a notification of the presence of the fault to the user; and generating, at the client, a suggested action to alleviate the fault in real time, the suggested action based at least in part on the plurality of potential causes of the fault.
US12160456B2
A multicasting download-to-mobile-device service that broadcasts and distributes digital media over cellular networks is described. The most preferred embodiments of the present invention comprise a network that distributes a plurality of media titles (e.g., movies, tv shows, concerts, etc.) via multicast streams where the media titles are stored in local storage on a mobile electronic device (e.g., cellular telephones and tablets) and, by way of a mobile device app, allows users to play the stored media titles locally from their devices using current on demand playback methodologies. In addition, at least some preferred embodiments of the present invention comprise a data carousel that curates and delivers discrete media titles to selected cell towers and/or hubs, thereby providing for relevant media titles to be multicast to discrete regions and not the entire network. Finally, the data carousel may be configured to synchronize relevant titles for discrete users of the service.
US12160446B2
Techniques and systems for determining a malicious derivative entity within a network are provided herein. A method for determining a malicious derivative entity may include receiving, by a network-based authentication system, a plurality of network transactions. A first attribute of a network transaction within the plurality of network transactions may be identified. The method may also include identifying a plurality of entities for the first attribute. The network-based authentication system may generate a first visual representation of a relationship between the first attribute and the plurality of derivative entities. Each of the derivative entities and the first attribute may be represented as nodes within the first visual representation. A first score for each of the nodes may be determined based on a degree of centrality of the nodes within the first visual representation. One network transaction may be blocked based on at least one node exceeding a first threshold.
US12160439B2
A device that is configured to receive user activity information that includes information about user interactions with a network device for a plurality of users. The device is further configured to input the user activity information into a first machine learning model that is configured to receive user activity information and to output a set of bad actor candidates based on the user activity information. The device is further configured to filter the user activity information based on the set of bad actor candidates. The device is further configured to input the filtered user activity information into a second machine learning model that is configured to receive the filtered user activity information and to output system exposure information that identifies network security threats. The device is further configured to identify network security actions based on the network security threats and to execute the network security actions.
US12160437B2
Apparatuses, systems, and techniques for classifying one or more candidate uniform resource locators (URLs) as having a domain generation algorithm (DGA) domain using a machine learning (ML) detection system. An integrated circuit is coupled to physical memory of a host device via a host interface. The integrated circuit hosts a hardware-accelerated security service to protect one or more computer programs executed by the host device. The security service extracts a set of features from data stored in the physical memory, the data being domain characters in one or more candidate URLs. The security service classifies, using the ML detection system, the one or more candidate URLs as having a DGA domain or a non-DGA domain using the set of features. The security service outputs an indication of a DGA malware responsive to the one or more candidate URLs being classified as having the DGA domain.
US12160431B2
The present disclosure provides a method and an apparatus for monitoring an abnormal host, and a data processing device. The method includes: host information of a deployed host is obtained from a controller, where the host information includes address information of the deployed host; routing information of a to-be-detected host is obtained, where the routing information includes the address information of the to-be-detected host; it is determined whether the address information of the deployed host includes the address information of the to-be-detected host; and it is determined that the to-be-detected host is an abnormal host when the address information of the deployed host does not include the address information of the to-be-detected host.
US12160427B2
An access control list is identified that, for a specified data item, defines, for each of a set of access levels, one or more entities that are collectively to authorize access to the data item according to a respective access level. The access control list is translated into a sequence of instructions implementing a smart contract. The smart contract is to transmit requests to entities for authorization to allow a specified requesting entity to access the specified data item. Based on responses to the transmitted requests, the smart contract is to generate a first token that enables access to the specified data item according to a first level of access or a second token that enables access to the specified data item according to a second level of access. The sequence of instructions is transmitted to one or more nodes of a distributed ledger network.
US12160424B2
Methods and apparatuses for authentication and/or provisioning of wireless network devices, and in particular, methods and apparatuses for authentication and/or provisioning of wireless network devices that are communicating with and may be monitored and/or controlled by a remote (e.g., cloud) server.
US12160422B2
Systems, computer program products, and methods are described herein for implementing device manipulation for counteracting facial recognition authentication security malfeasance. The present invention is configured to receive a request from a user via a client device to access an authentication subsystem to execute a facial recognition authentication for access to an application; initiate the facial recognition authentication on the client device in response to receiving the request; receive, from the client device, one or more external inputs in response to one or more authentication prompts; determine, using a machine learning subsystem, that at least one of the one or more external inputs is associated with a first preconfigured duress code; trigger, using a breach detection subsystem, a first set of security protocols; and execute, using the breach detection subsystem, a first set of predefined actions associated with the first set of security protocols.
US12160417B2
Methods and systems provide layered validation of workspaces providing isolated computing environments on an Information Handling System (IHS). A remote workspace orchestrator generates a workspace definition for deployment and operation of a workspace on the IHS using software containers that are specified in the workspace definition. The workspace definition is transmitted to the IHS and used to assemble software on the IHS for operation of the software containers specified in the workspace definition. The software containers assembled on the IHS are validated based on endorsement certificates identified in the workspace definition, wherein the endorsement certificates are provided by creators of the respective containers. The software containers may include upper-layer containers that each depend on one or more lower-layer containers. The containers in each layer may be separately validated, thus allowing containers from different creators to be separately validated for use by a workspace.
US12160412B2
Processing data resulting from an execution of a plurality of different applications to identify at least one notification that is to be provided to a user of a client device, identifying criteria associated with the user, the criteria including a role of the user within an organization and a preference of the user, determining a characteristic associated with the at least one notification based on the identifying of the criteria, and providing the at least one notification having the characteristic to the client device. Other embodiments are disclosed.
US12160406B2
A cybersecurity system for use in a process plant provides whitelisting of device specific and common practice HART read commands in process controllers and safety controllers to perform communications in a process plant that are very secure, but that still enable the implementation of advanced functionality provided in HART devices. A whitelist implementation application applies one or more whitelists in a security gateway device to determine if messages, such as HART messages, should be allowed or processed. A whitelist learning application automatically creates and configures whitelists, and a whitelist configuration application discovers Device Specific and Common Practice HART commands by issuing device description requests to specific devices, parsing the response, and communicating the whitelist configuration information with the parsed command types to the relevant process controllers and safety controllers for use in the whitelists. A user interface enables users to interact with and guide the configuration process.
US12160405B2
An exemplary embodiment of implementing a communications service in a Public Cloud system comprises the steps of: (i) registering, by a Maintenance Management application of the communications service, to receive notifications for maintenance events scheduled for virtual machines and/or servers of the Public Cloud system being used to implement the communications service; (ii) receiving, by the Maintenance Management application, a maintenance notification indicating a first virtual machine is to undergo a maintenance event; (iii) determining, by the Maintenance Management application, public IP addresses being hosted by a first Packet Front End application executing on the first virtual machine; and (iv) notifying session control applications of the communications service to drain the determined public IP addresses being hosted by the first Packet Front End application.
US12160402B2
Procedures, methods, architectures, apparatuses, systems, devices, and computer program products directed to messaging through blockchain networks are provided. Among such methods is a method that may be implemented in a device comprising circuitry, including a transmitter, a receiver and a processor, and may include any of receiving a request to send a message including a message and information indicating a source of the message, a destination of the message and a distributed ledger system; determining a first node associated with a distributed ledger system based, at least in part, the information indicating the distributed ledger system and the information indicating the destination; generating a transaction for the message; and sending the transaction to a second node of the distributed ledger system.
US12160401B2
A device implementing a system for sharing groups of files within a messaging application includes a processor configured to provide, within the messaging application, a user interface element for sending at least one file to a participant in an active message thread of the messaging application, the at least one file having been determined to be relevant to the participant. The processor is further configured to, responsive to receiving a selection of the user interface element: transmit, to a server, a request to store the at least one file in association with a shared storage area, and to transmit, via the messaging application, a message to the participant in the active message thread, the message comprising information for accessing the at least one file associated with the shared storage area.
US12160396B2
In a base station, a DCI generation unit selects one pattern (mode) for use when data is allocated from among a plurality of patterns (modes) of a resource area where data (PDSCH) is allocated, and a transmission unit provides notification about setting information regarding the plurality of patterns (modes) by signaling of a higher layer and provides notification about the one pattern (mode) selected from the plurality of patterns by a downlink control signal (DCI).
US12160390B2
There is disclosed a user equipment for a Radio Access Network. The user equipment is adapted for communicating utilizing a first transmission timing structure having a first number of symbols, and for communicating utilizing a second transmission timing structure comprising a second number of symbols. The user equipment further is adapted for receiving first signaling based on the first transmission timing structure and for transmitting acknowledgement signaling pertaining to the first signaling based on the second transmission timing structure, wherein the user equipment is adapted to start transmitting the acknowledgement signaling at a starting symbol of the second transmission timing structure, the starting symbol being determined based on a configuration of the user equipment.
US12160385B2
A spreading sequence is determined (S301) based on a candidate of a control channel of a control resource set, the candidate comprising a sequence of control information. The sequence of control information and the determined spreading sequence are multiplied (S303), thereby obtaining a spread series of control information.
US12160374B2
A method by a wireless (110) device includes receiving, from a network node (160), one or more bandwidth pieces. The data scheduled in one of the one or more bandwidth pieces includes at least one complete transport block and control information corresponding to the at least one complete transport block. The method further includes transmitting the data based on the scheduling or control information.
US12160373B2
A first forwarding VM may execute in a first availability zone and have a first IP address. Similarly, a second forwarding VM may execute in a second availability zone and have a second IP address. The first and second IP addresses may be recorded with a cloud DNS web service of a cloud provider such that both receive requests from applications directed to a particular DNS name acting as a single endpoint. A service cluster may include a master VM node and a standby VM node. An IPtable in each forwarding VM may forward a request having a port value to a cluster port value associated with the master VM node. Upon a failure of the master VM node, the current standby VM node may be promoted to execute in master mode and the IPtables may be updated to now forward requests having the port value to a cluster port value associated with the newly promoted master VM node (which was previously the standby VM node).
US12160371B2
Disclosed are systems, methods and computer-readable media for controlling and managing the identification and provisioning of resources within an on-demand center as well as the transfer of workload to the provisioned resources. One aspect involves creating a virtual private cluster within the on-demand center for the particular workload from a local environment. A method of managing resources between a local compute environment and an on-demand environment includes detecting an event associated with a local compute environment and based on the detected event, identifying information about the local environment, establishing communication with an on-demand compute environment and transmitting the information about the local environment to the on-demand compute environment, provisioning resources within the on-demand compute environment to substantially duplicate the local environment and transferring workload from the local-environment to the on-demand compute environment. The event can be a threshold or a triggering event within or outside of the local environment.
US12160369B2
A compute device can access local or remote accelerator devices for use in processing a received packet. The received packet can be processed by any combination of local accelerator devices and remote accelerator devices. In some cases, the received packet can be encapsulated in an encapsulating packet and sent to a remote accelerator device for processing. The encapsulating packet can indicate a priority level for processing the received packet and its associated processing task. The priority level can override a priority level that would otherwise be assigned to the received packet and its associated processing task. The remote accelerator device can specify a fullness of an input queue to the compute device. Other information can be conveyed by packets transmitted between and among compute devices and remote accelerator devices to assist in determining an accelerator to use or other uses.
US12160363B2
This disclosure pertains to identifying and configuring an in-band controller operating on a host in a software defined network (SDN), the host configured to use a parallel redundancy protocol (PRP). In one embodiment, a system may include a network in communication with the host, the network comprising a plurality of switches interconnected with a plurality of physical links. The in-band controller is in communication with the network and includes a PRP identification subsystem to generate a packet configured such that the network forwards the packet back to the in-band controller, to analyze the packet and determine that the packet conforms to PRP, and to identify a first communication host in communication with the network and configured to operate using PRP. A traffic routing subsystem of the in-band controller may create a plurality of PRP communication flows between the in-band controller and the first communication host.
US12160360B2
Systems, computer program products, and methods are described herein for packet cluster routing using quantum optimization within a distributed network. An example system receives data packets from a source to be transmitted to a target via a cluster of nodes in the distributed network. The example system retrieves information associated with each node in the cluster of nodes. The example system uses a quantum optimization engine to determine an optimal data path from an ingress node to an egress node in the cluster of nodes based on at least the information associated with each node. Upon determining the optimal data path, the example system routes the data packets from the source, via the optimal data path, to the target.
US12160359B2
Provided is a server delay control device deployed in a kernel of an OS of a server. The OS includes: the kernel; a ring buffer managed by the kernel, in a memory space in which the server deploys the OS; and a poll list in which packet arrival information indicative of the presence of a packet in the ring buffer is to be registered. The server delay control device spawns a thread configured to monitor a packet arrival according to a polling model. The thread includes: a packet arrival monitoring part configured to monitor whether the packet arrival information has been registered in the poll list, and a packet dequeuer configured to, when the packet arrival information has been registered in the poll list, dequeue the packet from the ring buffer on the basis of the packet arrival information.
US12160357B2
Methods, apparatuses and computer program products for implementing dynamic retry of a resource service in a network system are provided. An example method may include: transmitting a first service request to the resource service, determining a first service availability indicator, calculating a first service availability estimate associated with the resource service based on the first service availability indicator, and determining whether to transmit a second service request based on the first service availability estimate. The example method may be repeated by an example apparatus continuously for each transmitted service request.
US12160352B2
In an embodiment, a method is performed by a middleware computing platform and includes maintaining an active user pool comprising a plurality of servicing users. The method also includes exposing a service request interface to a plurality of user-to-user service platforms. The plurality of user-to-user platforms provide independent computing environments that separately execute user-to-user service workflows for requesting users. The method further includes receiving, via the service request interface, a plurality of service requests each from one of the plurality of user-to-user service platforms. In addition, the method includes automatically assigning one or more of the plurality of service requests to a target servicing user of the plurality of servicing users based at least in part on information associated with the service request and availability of the target servicing user. The method also includes exposing a service provider interface to the target servicing user. Furthermore, the method includes displaying, on the service provider interface, one or more service events respectively corresponding to the one or more assigned service requests.
US12160351B2
In some aspects, the techniques described herein relate to a method including: defining a user experience based on one or more software services provided by a platform; defining a service level indicator based on service metrics data; tracking an execution of the user experience, wherein the tracking includes recording of metadata that is output by each software service, wherein the metadata is defined as a parameter of the service level indicator; calculating a value of the services level indicator; and determining whether the value of the service level indicator is lower than a threshold value of a service level objective associated with the service level indicator.
US12160345B2
A replacement management apparatus includes a detection section which detects a first communication speed and first setting information of a physical port used for connection for each of a communication apparatus to be replaced and a communication apparatus to be connected, and detects a second communication speed of a physical port used for connection for a replacing communication apparatus, and a generation section which generates second setting information of the physical port used for connection for each of the replacing communication apparatus and the communication apparatus to be connected based on the detected first communication speed, the detected second communication speed, and the detected first setting information.
US12160342B2
Various implementations disclosed herein provide a mechanism for determining that a configuration status of a compliant device is too far out-of-date, and subsequently bridging the configuration status of the compliant device to the up-to-date configuration data and instructions in response. In various implementations, determination of the configuration status of the compliant device is possible using a single request from the compliant device, which in turn reduces the amount of network traffic and utilization of network resources needed to update the compliant device with the up-to-date configuration data and instructions.
US12160341B1
An embodiment for coordinating edge computing in a mobile network by an MEC orchestrator. The embodiment may monitor deployment metrics and controlling deployment parameters related to a deployment of software applications on edge nodes of the mobile network The embodiment may receive an optimization report from a network orchestrator of the mobile network. The embodiment may, based on the optimization report, determine a current optimization efficiency of the mobile network. The embodiment may, if the optimization efficiency fulfils an inefficiency criterion, determine deployment suggestions having assigned one or more of the deployment parameters and being indicative of an expected response of one or more of the deployment metrics to a suggested variation of the assigned deployment parameters. The embodiment may transmit the deployment suggestions to the network orchestrator. The embodiment may, in response to receiving from the network orchestrator an indication of a selected deployment suggestion, apply the suggested variation.
US12160340B2
The technology disclosed herein enables adding new host systems to existing clusters. An example method comprises receiving, by a processor, identification data associated with an existing cluster; generating a cluster entity data structure of the existing cluster using the identification data; generating a discovery image using the cluster configuration data structure, wherein the discover image comprises an executable code structured according to a file system; and causing a new host system to boot using the discovery image.
US12160339B2
A method for generating configuration information for a new field device includes obtaining driver information that allows communication with the new field device and comprises new parameter information that identifies a parameter in the context of the new field device, obtaining a list of one or more semantic identifiers, determine existing field device parameters with which the semantic identifier is already associated in the industrial plant, obtain existing parameter information, evaluate to which extent existing parameter information matches new parameter information with respect to a parameter of the new field device, and based on this evaluated extent, associate the semantic identifier with the parameter of the new field device as part of the sought configuration information for the new field device.
US12160330B2
The present invention provides a multi-rate bidirectional transmission system. A sending device and a receiving device transmit data in a bidirectional way through a cable. The multi-rate bidirectional transmission system communicates with a reverse configuration packet by sending a forward configuration packet at a preset rate in a time-division manner, selects a serial rate jointly supported by the sending device and the receiving device, and selects a training sequence length. Then, the sending device and the receiving device perform equalization training at the selected serial rate with the selected training sequence length, thus avoiding searching the serial rate and presetting the training sequence length in the worst case, thus simplifying the design and improving the link training speed.
US12160329B2
Embodiments of a method and an apparatus for wireless communications are disclosed. In an embodiment, a method for wireless communications involves generating a packet for transmission to a user, where generating the packet includes: encoding user signaling parameters and setting a station-identification (STA-ID) of the user to a value, where the signaling parameters include a number of space time streams (nSTS) spatial streams, establishing a dummy user without changing the user signaling parameters, setting a STA-ID of the dummy user to a value that is different from the STA-ID value of the user, indicating the nSTS spatial streams that are allocated to the dummy user and that are to include Long Training Field (LTF) symbols, and transmitting the packet to the user with the LTF symbols.
US12160325B2
The electronic architecture carries out the management of the functions of a vehicle, the functions being implemented via a set of sensors and actuators, the architecture comprising at least: a central computer; a real-time communication network; a set of interface modules, each module: aggregating signals from at least one of the sensors and sending the signals to the central computer via the communication network; and/or distributing control signals to at least one of the actuators; the central computer driving the actuators according to the signals from the sensors, the control signals for the actuators being sent to the interface modules via the communication network.
US12160322B2
Systems and methods for establishing a primary multicast for media content and a supplemental multicast for dropped segments of the media content are provided. A primary multicast is used to transmit segments of media content to a plurality of devices. One or more of the devices can then act as a source of a supplemental multicast, to provide segments of the media content to other devices in the event those devices fail to properly receive a segment via the primary multicast.
US12160319B2
Methods, systems and apparatus are provided for hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ) processes. A base station may transmit first uplink (UL)-downlink (DL) configuration information indicating a first UL-DL configuration, and may transmit second UL-DL configuration information indicating a second UL-DL configuration. The base station may transmit a physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH) transmission in a DL direction of one or more first symbols in a first subframe. The DL direction of the one or more first symbols may be based on the first UL-DL configuration and the second UL-DL configuration. The base station may receive first acknowledgement (ACK)/negative ACK (NACK) information in a UL direction of one or more second symbols in the first subframe. The first ACK/NACK information may be based on the PDSCH transmission. The UL direction of the one or more second symbols may be based on the first UL-DL configuration and the second UL-DL configuration.
US12160310B2
Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described. A UE may communicate with a set of transceiver nodes (e.g., transmission reception points (TRPs)) in a first transceiver node operation mode (e.g., a multi-TRP mode). A first transceiver node of the set of transceiver nodes may receive, from a second of the set of transceiver nodes, an indication to switch between rate matching states. The first transceiver node may switch from a first rate matching state to a second rate matching state and may transmit a downlink shared channel based on a resource configuration associated with the second rate matching state. The UE may receive the shared channel based on an antenna port configuration determined by the UE based on the first transceiver node operation and rate matching information. The rate matching information may be provided by the first transceiver node.
US12160307B2
A system can include an optical transmitter having transmitter components and an optical receiver having receiver components and photodetectors. The optical transmitter is configured to receive optical wavelengths of radiation from a multiple wavelength generate, such as a laser, and generate transmitted wavelengths including data wavelengths and excess wavelengths. Each photodetector is configured to receive at least one transmitted wavelength. The photodetectors can include a common photodetector operatively coupled to at least two receiver components and configured to obtain a set of unmodulated carrier frequencies (e.g., a pair of unmodulated carrier frequencies) from the at least two receiver components, and determine clock information therefrom. The clock information can be determined by obtaining a heterodyne frequency from the set of unmodulated carrier frequencies. The heterodyne frequency can be used to synchronize the optical transmitter and the optical receiver.
US12160304B2
A method and apparatus for measurement in non-terrestrial network is provided. The method includes receiving a measurement object configuration comprising a first SMTC and a third SMTC list, setting up a first SS/PBCH block timing configuration for said measurement object based on the first SMTC, setting up additional SS/PBCH block timing configurations based on the first SMTC and the third SMTC list for the cells indicated in said pci-List parameter and deriving a measurement result based on the SS/PBCH block.
US12160303B2
A method may include identifying a network slice to service an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) and assigning the identified network slice to the UAV. The method may also include receiving, from a user equipment (UE) device, a message intended for the UAV, transmitting the message to the UAV and receiving, from the UE device, information identifying an error rate associated with the message. The method may further include determining whether the error rate is greater than a threshold error rate and in response to determining that the error rate is greater than the threshold error rate, at least one of modifying a modulation and coding scheme (MCS) associated with transmitting the message to the UAV, or retransmitting the message to the UAV at least one time.
US12160297B2
A terminal of the present disclosure includes a transmitting section that transmits channel state information including a first part and a second part, the first part including determination information for determining a size of the second part, and a control section that supposes the size of the second part or the determination information to be a certain value to determine a physical uplink control channel resource to be used in transmission of the channel state information, based on the certain value. This structure enables a base station to appropriately perform reception processing of UCI (for example, UCI including first and second parts of CSI).
US12160294B2
Certain aspects of the present disclosure provide techniques for handling coordinated beamforming in wireless communications systems. An example method performed by a first access point (AP) generally includes outputting, for transmission to a second AP, at least one of a first indication that the first AP supports spatial reuse of transmission resources or a second indication that the first AP supports asymmetric coordinated beamforming (CBF); and outputting, for transmission, signaling to one or more stations (STAs) supported by the first AP without intent to form nulls directed toward other STAs supported by the second AP.
US12160293B2
An operation method of a terminal for initial access in a communication system may comprise: receiving a plurality of SSBs having different indexes through a plurality of antennas included in a base station; calculating a channel capacity using the plurality of SSBs; feeding back, to the base station, index(es) of one or more SSBs for having a maximum channel capacity among the plurality of SSBs; and performing communication with the base station through a combination of two or more antennas that have transmitted the one or more SSBs for having the maximum channel capacity among the plurality of antennas.
US12160289B2
A frequency conversion beam squint correction method of an active phase array antenna system including a plurality (m) of beamforming units configured of an antenna, a first amplifier, a phase shifter, a variable attenuator, and a second amplifier, the method includes the steps of: adjusting a delay time of an applied RF signal by arranging m/2 true time delays (TTDs) for every two adjacent beamforming units; and converting the frequency of the RF signal by mixing the RF signal transferred to each of the m/2 true time delays and a local oscillation signal using a mixer.
US12160286B2
Various systems and methods disclosed herein describe improvements for beam management that leverage virtualization across a vertical polarization (V-Pol) and horizontal polarization (H-Pol). One or more of a user equipment (UE) and a base station may include an antenna array comprising both V-Pol and H-Pol antenna elements. A UE may message a base station to configure uplink (UL) multiple input multiple output (MIMO) operations across one or more of the V-Pol and the H-Pol. The message may include a number of MIMO layers to be concurrently used for communicating data to the base station, where each MIMO layer is transmitted using one of a V-Pol and an H-Pol; a number of sounding reference signals (SRS) to be transmitted by the UE, each SRS to be transmitted using one of the V-Pol and the H-Pol; and a supported maximum number of antenna ports per each SRS.
US12160285B2
A method, controller and network node for using intelligent surfaces in a wireless communication system are disclosed. According to one aspect, method in a network node configured to communicate with a wireless device (WD), via a reconfigurable reflective surface, the reconfigurable reflective surface being controllable by a controller and being applied to a structure to controllably reflect signals exchanged between the network node and the WD. The method includes determining a configuration of the reconfigurable reflective surface associated with the WD, the determined configuration being associated with a particular reflection coefficient, transmitting to the controller of the reconfigurable reflective surface, an indication of the determined configuration, and receiving signals from the WD at least partially via reflection at the reconfigurable reflective surface.
US12160284B2
A method performed by a distributed base station system of a wireless communication network. The distributed base station system comprises a base band unit (BBU) and a remote radio unit (RRU) connected to each other over a fronthaul link. The method comprises receiving uplink signals at N antennas of the RRU from a number of user equipment (UEs) connected to the RRU. The BBU determines first beamforming weights based on a first reference signal that is has received from the UEs and sends the first beamforming weights to the RRU. The RRU then determines intermediate signals from the first beamforming weights and the uplink signals and sends the intermediate signals to the BBU. The BBU then determines second beamforming weights from a second reference signal it has received from the RRU. Then, the BBU determines an output signal based on the intermediate signal and the second beamforming weights.
US12160283B2
An access point (AP) includes a receiver, which, in operation, receives a Joint Transmission (JT) Trigger frame from another AP that indicates MAC protocol data units (MPDUs) to be jointly transmitted to a communication apparatus; and a local memory that stores one or more MPDUs previously transmitted to the communication apparatus.
US12160274B2
An optical reception apparatus includes: an optical coherent reception unit that receives a frequency-modulated optical signal whose optical intensity is approximately constant and generates an I-axis component of a reception signal and a Q-axis component of the reception signal based on the optical signal; a conversion unit that generates a digital signal of the I-axis component of the reception signal and a digital signal of the Q-axis component of the reception signal; a differential detection unit that generates a differential detection signal by controlling a delay amount of the digital signal of the I-axis component and a delay amount of the digital signal of the Q-axis component so that a distance between symbols on an IQ plane is increased and by performing differential detection on the digital signal of the I-axis component whose delay amount is controlled and on the digital signal of the Q-axis component whose delay amount is controlled; and an inter-symbol-distance measuring unit that measures a distance between the symbols based on a phase change amount of the differential detection signal and feeds the distance between the symbols back to the differential detection unit.
US12160273B2
An optical system includes a first optical source, a second optical source, a first optical modulator, and a second optical modulator. The first optical modulator includes a first input and a first output. The second optical modulator includes a second input, a third input, a second output, and a third output. During a first mode, the first optical source emits a first optical signal to the first input and the second input, the first optical modulator produces a first modulated optical signal at the first output, and the second optical modulator produces a second modulated optical signal at the second output. During a second mode, the second optical source emits a second optical signal to the third input and the second optical modulator produces a third modulated optical signal at the third output.
US12160261B2
Aspects of the present disclosure describe distributed fiber optic sensor systems, methods, and structures that advantageously enable/provide for the proper placement/assignment of sensors in the DFOS network to provide for high reliability, fault tolerant operation that survives multiple fiber failures.
US12160249B2
A number of unit cells of a digital-to-analog converter (DAC) may be simultaneously activated to generate an analog signal. However, while each unit cell may be generally the same, there may be variations such as non-linearity or noise in the analog output depending on which unit cells are activated for a given digital signal value. For example, as additional unit cells are activated for increased values of the analog signal, the fill order in which the unit cells are activated may affect the linearity/noise of the DAC. The decision units may be programmable to select which branches of the fractal DAC to activate, changing the fill order based on a fill-selection signal. The fill order may be set by a fill controller via the fill-selection signal to account for manufacturing variations, gradients in the supply voltage, output line routing, and/or environmental factors such as temperature.
US12160245B2
An AD converter includes a plurality of analog input terminals, a reference signal generation circuit that generates an analog reference signal, a sample-and-hold unit that includes a plurality of sample-and-hold circuits sampling the analog reference signal or one of analog input signals from the analog input terminals, a control unit that controls the sample-and-hold unit, and a conversion unit that converts an output signal from the sample-and-hold unit into a digital signal. The control unit controls the sample-and-hold unit to perform the output operation for analog input signal and the sampling operation for the analog reference signal.
US12160228B2
A semiconductor module including a first switching device coupled to a first line, a terminal, at which a first voltage corresponding to a first current flowing through the first switching device is generated, coupled to the first switching device, a second switching device coupled to the first line for allowing a second current corresponding to the first current to flow therethrough, a voltage generation circuit configured to apply, to a second line, a second voltage lower than a power supply voltage, a resistor, across which a third voltage corresponding to the second current is generated, coupled between the second switching device and the terminal, a reference voltage circuit coupled to the terminal for generating a fourth voltage, and a comparator circuit coupled between the first and second lines, for determining whether the first switching device is in an overcurrent state based on a comparison between the third and fourth voltages.
US12160227B2
For example, a semiconductor device includes a split-gate power transistor configured to have a plurality of channel regions controlled individually according to a plurality of gate control signals, a gate control circuit configured to generate the plurality of gate control signals, and an overcurrent protection circuit configured to turn off at least one of the plurality of channel regions when the output current passing through the power transistor exceeds a threshold voltage.
US12160217B2
A high frequency filter includes: a multilayer substrate including a first substrate for which lands are provided, a second substrate for which lands are provided, and a third substrate for which lands are provided, the third substrate being sandwiched between the first substrate and the second substrate; a columnar conductor electrically connected to the lands in the multilayer substrate; and columnar conductors provided to surround the columnar conductor, electrically connected to a ground plane of the first substrate, and electrically connected to a ground plane of the second substrate. The spacing between the lands of the first substrate and the lands of the third substrate and the spacing between the lands of the second substrate and the lands of the third substrate are electrical lengths of 90 degrees or less at the cutoff frequency.
US12160214B2
A method for loudness equalization is provided that includes receiving input loudness data at an audio processing system. Converting gain data of the input loudness data to a linear scale at the audio processing system. Determining a reciprocal of a gain-linear loudness value as a function of the converted gain data using the audio processing system. Determining a compression ratio using the audio processing system. Performing temporal smoothing and look ahead processing using the audio processing system. Outputting gain data as a function of the temporal smoothing and look ahead processing using the audio processing system.
US12160210B2
A driving amplifier with low output impedance is disclosed. In one aspect, a driving amplifier stage that does not need an inter-stage impedance matching network between the driving amplifier stage and an output amplifier stage in a transmission chain may be achieved by providing stacking transconductance devices within the driving amplifier stage and reusing a supply current to provide an intermediate signal with high current but moderated voltage swing to drive the output amplifier stage. In specifically contemplated aspects, the stacked transconductance devices may be complementary metal oxide semiconductor (CMOS) field effect transistors (FETs).
US12160205B2
An amplifier circuit comprises a variable degeneration circuit connected to emitter terminals of transistors, and a variable negative capacitance circuit connected to differential output signal terminals. The variable degeneration circuit includes a variable capacitor and a resistor. The variable negative capacitance circuit, which is a variable current source, includes a transistor, a capacitor, and a variable current source. The variable negative capacitance circuit includes transistors, a capacitor, and variable current sources.
US12160204B2
A receiver circuit has a first stage circuit having a first stage input and a first stage output, the first stage output setting a first stage common mode voltage; a second stage circuit having a second stage input connected to the first stage output, and a second stage output setting a second stage common mode voltage; and a buffer circuit having a trip point voltage, connected to the second stage output. The first stage circuit can include circuit elements configured to establish the first stage common mode voltage so that the second stage common mode voltage matches the trip point voltage. The second stage circuit can include a self-biased amplifier.
US12160202B2
An amplifying device includes a radio frequency (RF) signal input terminal to which an RF signal is input, a buffer circuit, a linearizer including a transistor, a power amplifier, and a control circuit. The control circuit outputs a first gate voltage when a level of the RF signal input is a first level, the first gate voltage causing the transistor to perform a class B operation. The control circuit outputs a second gate voltage when the level of the RF signal is a second level higher than the first level, the second gate voltage causing the transistor to perform a class AB operation. Output impedance of the buffer circuit that is seen from an input side of the linearizer is set such that a reflection loss of the RF signal input from the buffer circuit to the linearizer is a predetermined level or less.
US12160201B2
A Doherty amplifier includes: amplifiers including a main amplifier and an auxiliary amplifier; output circuits for increase in back-off amount including a first output circuit disposed between the main amplifier and an output combination unit provided by the amplifiers, and having a first electric length, and a second output circuit disposed between the auxiliary amplifier and the output combination unit, and having a second electric length; and a frequency characteristic compensation circuit for band broadening disposed electrically in parallel to the first output circuit, for compensating for the frequency characteristics of the impedances in the output circuits.
US12160194B2
When regeneration operation is being performed, electric power on a main-machine side is supplied to an auxiliary-machine side, a voltage on the auxiliary-machine side is controlled to become a first voltage value predetermined on the basis of operating voltage specifications of an auxiliary apparatus, a generator on the auxiliary-machine side is deactivated to stop supply of electric power to the auxiliary-machine side, and electric power on the auxiliary-machine side is supplied to a power storage apparatus. When the regeneration operation is ended, the supply of the electric power from the main-machine side to the auxiliary-machine side is stopped, the generator on the auxiliary-machine side is activated, the generator on the auxiliary-machine side is controlled such that a voltage on the auxiliary-machine side becomes the first voltage value, electric power of the power storage apparatus is supplied to the auxiliary-machine side, and the voltage on the auxiliary-machine side is controlled to become a second voltage value higher than the first voltage value. This enables reduction of fluctuations of a voltage supplied to auxiliary machines at a time of switching of regeneration operation by travel motors.
US12160193B2
Included are a drive control signal generation unit configured to generate a drive control signal for a motor in accordance with a target rotation speed of the motor and a rotation speed of the motor calculated in response to a rotation position detection signal of the motor; a rotation speed signal generation unit configured to generate a rotation speed signal having a frequency corresponding to the rotation speed of the motor, in response to the rotation position detection signal of the motor; an abnormality determination processing unit configured to determine whether a condition value for abnormality determination of the motor has reached a predetermined threshold value, for each predetermined abnormality determination period, and generate an abnormality determination signal distinguishable from the rotation speed signal when the abnormality determination processing unit determines that the condition value has reached the predetermined threshold value; and a signal output unit configured to output the rotation speed signal generated by the rotation speed signal generation unit when the abnormality determination signal is not generated, and output the abnormality determination signal instead of the rotation speed signal when the abnormality determination signal is generated.
US12160192B2
The present invention can provide a control device for a motor which supplies oil, the control device including a speed measurement unit which applies a maximum current to a motor to measure a first speed of the motor which corresponds to the maximum current, a temperature detection unit which detects a temperature of oil based on the first speed, a target current generation unit which generates a target current based on the detected temperature of the oil, the first speed, and a target speed, and a current control unit which controls a current to maintain the generated target current.
US12160191B2
A motor control device includes: a first duty ratio computation unit to compute a first duty ratio to be used for control of a motor body portion on the basis of a target rotational position of a rotor and a rotational position of the rotor; a second duty ratio computation unit to compute a second duty ratio corresponding to an upper limit of the absolute value of the first duty ratio on the basis of a linear function including a variable corresponding to the number of rotations of the rotor; and a control signal output unit to output a control signal corresponding to the first duty ratio when the absolute value of the first duty ratio is smaller than the absolute value of the second duty ratio, and to output a control signal corresponding to the second duty ratio when it is not.
US12160188B2
A method for producing thrust via the asynchronous transmission of current through two generally parallel wires.
US12160187B2
Embodiments of the disclosure relate to a novel concept complex generator enabling high-efficient power generation by applying a polar solution to a MXene layer-coated hydrophilic fiber membrane-based complex generator, and a manufacturing method thereof. Specifically, a MXene layer-coated hydrophilic fiber membrane-based electrical energy generation device uniformly applies MXene particles to fiber strand surfaces of hydrophilic fiber membranes through a dipping process to form a MXene layer.
US12160179B2
The AC/DC converter according to one embodiment of the present invention comprises: a power unit comprising a plurality of power input lines; a main bridge circuit into which input power is input via the power unit; a relay connected in parallel to both ends of any one of the power input lines; and a control unit for controlling the opening/closing of the relay on the basis of the type of input power.
US12160166B2
A driver apparatus for driving a load with a differential drive signal is described. For a level of input signal within a first range, a first switching driver modulates the voltage at a first output node with a first modulation index by switchably connecting at least one flying capacitor to the first output node, whilst a second switching driver modulates the voltage at a second output node with a second modulation index by controlling switching between DC voltages that are maintained throughout a switching cycle of the driver apparatus. The first and second switching drivers are controlled so, for at least a first part of the first input range, a change in input signal level results in a change of the first controlled modulation index that has a different magnitude to any change in the second controlled modulation index, a constant modulation frequency of the differential drive signal is maintained.
US12160155B2
A stator for an axial flux machine includes a central axis corresponding to the rotational axis of the axial flux machine; and ports for supplying and draining a cooling fluid; and an outer structure comprising an outer cooling channel to let the cooling fluid flow tangentially about the central axis; and the inner structure comprising an inner cooling channel to let the cooling fluid flow tangentially about the central axis; and the intermediate structure comprising symmetrically arranged stator members. A stator member has a ferromagnetic core, and a coil includes turns wound around the ferromagnetic core. The stator further has guiding walls configured to guide the cooling fluid between the outer and the inner cooling channels.
US12160150B2
To provide a rotary electrical machine having a novel configuration adapted to provide axial downsizing of the rotary electrical machine when connecting an electrical connection conductor to a welded side terminal section of a coil end of a segment coil. The rotary electrical machine includes: a stator core 21 including slots radially extended in a radial fashion; a plurality of segment coils 34 radially stacked and accommodated in the slot 37; and a neutral point bus-bar 33 laid on a side of a welded coil end of the segment coil 34 and including a connection wiring section and a connection section for interconnecting the different segment coils. In a state where the segment coils 34 are mounted, at least a part of the connection wiring section is laid in a radial space RS radially defined by the segment coils 34. The connection wiring section can be laid in the radial space RS radially defined by the segment coils 34 so that axial elongation of a configuration space for the electrical connection conductor 33 is prevented. Thus, the axial downsizing of the rotary electrical machine can be achieved.
US12160145B2
A drive unit for an electrically driven vehicle with an inverter module, an electric machine a stator which is controllable by the inverter module. The rotor of the electric machine rotationally drivingly communicates with at least one shaft of the drive unit, the shaft being rotatably supported in a respective associated housing by a bearing arrangement. The housing and the inverter module are grounded. Further, the drive unit has a grounded, low-impedance electrical connection between the shaft and the inverter module so that, when a potential difference occurs between the shaft and the inverter module, a short circuit is produced. Low-impedance potential equalizer is provided between the shaft and the associated housing. It is provided that the shaft is formed as a rotor shaft or as a transmission shaft, the bearing arrangement has two bearings spaced apart axially from one another, and the potential equalizer is formed axially between the two bearings.
US12160144B2
An electronic device includes: a wiring board; an electric connection wiring connected to a power supply; motor connection wirings arranged on a peripheral side of the wiring board and connected to the electric motor; and semiconductor modules having semiconductor elements and a resin mold. The semiconductor modules are arranged at a position on the electric connection wiring or on the peripheral side of the electric connection wiring and on a center side of the motor connection wiring. At least a part of electrodes of the plurality of semiconductor modules is mounted on the electric connection wiring.
US12160141B2
A method for controlling a planar drive system includes determining values of magnetic stator fields for different energizing currents and spatial regions in a two-dimensional array of magnetic field sensors, generating at least one magnetic stator field by applying energizing currents to stator conductors to electrically control a rotor, determining measured values of a total magnetic field via the magnetic field sensors for a plurality of the spatial regions to determine a position of the rotor, compensating contributions of the magnetic stator fields to the measured values of the total magnetic field determined by the magnetic field sensors, generating measured values of the magnetic field determined by the respective magnetic field sensors for the respective space regions, and determining a position of the rotor based on the generated measured values of the magnetic fields. The planar drive system includes at least a controller, a stator module, and a rotor.
US12160123B2
A power receiving apparatus 101 transmits information representing three or more received powers used in calculating a parameter used in a detection processing by a transmitting apparatus 102. At that time, a relationship P1
US12160120B2
A wireless power transmission method including receiving, from a wireless power receiver, a first foreign object status packet and a second foreign object status packet; and transmitting, to the wireless power receiver, a foreign object detection indicator indicating whether a foreign object is present in a charging area of a wireless power transmitter, wherein the first foreign object status packet includes a first reference value and mode information, wherein the second foreign object status packet includes a second reference value and mode information, wherein the mode information of the first foreign object status packet indicates whether the first reference value is a reference quality factor or a reference peak frequency of the wireless power receiver, and wherein the mode information of the second foreign object status packet indicates whether the second reference value is the reference quality factor or the reference peak frequency of the wireless power receiver.
US12160108B2
The present disclosure provides systems and methods for flexible renewable energy power generation. The present disclosure also provides systems and methods for firming power generation from multiple renewable energy sources.
US12160100B2
The present invention discloses a method and apparatus for photovoltaic DC direct-fed power generation based on controllable power supply. According to the present invention, the photovoltaic cells are directly connected to the DC microgrid, and the DC bus voltage is flexibly regulated by the controllable power supply in the DC microgrid to enable the photovoltaic cells to operate at the maximum power, thus eliminating the need for a DC interface converter when the photovoltaic cells are connected to the DC bus and reducing the cost and size of the distributed PV power generation system.
US12160098B2
This disclosure describes a hybrid circuit breaker for an industrial automation system including a mechanical switch and solid-state switching circuit. The hybrid circuit breaker may receive control signals to open and close a current path based on moving a spanner of the mechanical switch. In some cases, moving the spanner of the mechanical switch may generate electrical arcs when the hybrid circuit breaker is conducting electrical current. In such cases, the hybrid circuit breaker may remove the electrical arcs based on operations of the solid-state switching circuit. The solid-state switching circuit may draw arc currents of the electrical arcs by providing a second current path between the spanner and a fixed conductor of the mechanical switch. Moreover, the solid-state switching circuit may open the second current path and absorb electrical power of the electrical arc by one or more solid-state switches, a parallel voltage suppressor, or both.
US12160097B2
A circuit interrupting device includes an input conductor for electrically connecting to an external power supply, a load conductor for electrically connecting to a downstream load, a face conductor for electrically connecting to an external load, and a brush conductor in electrical communication with the input conductor and movable between a closed position and an open position. The brush conductor includes a second portion offset from a first portion such that a first terminal and a second terminal are positioned on separate planes. When the brush conductor is in the closed position, the first terminal contacts the load terminal and the second terminal contacts the face terminal to provide electrical communication between the input conductor, the load conductor, and the face conductor. When the brush conductor is in the open position, the first terminal is spaced apart from the load terminal and the second terminal is spaced apart from the face terminal.
US12160096B2
With the fasting growth of renewable energy resources and DC supplied loads, DC electrical systems have been increasingly received attentions all over the world. DC breaker systems play a key role in protection systems for disconnecting sources and loads, and they are also used mainly for removing faulted sections from the system accurately and reliably. Solid state DC breakers benefit from fast response time and compactness features; however, due to the lack of zero current realization and high-power losses, the reliability and efficiency of these devices is low. The system proposes a solid-state DC breaker for medium voltage DC (MVDC) systems. The presented structure have two main parts: 1) a main conduction branch including stacked MV Silicon-Carbide (SiC) devices to improve the efficiency and provide a fast response time, 2) a breaker branch including a wireless capacitive coupling to avoid metal-to-metal contact and increase the overall reliability, and also a modular current pulse power supply to realize zero-current switching.
US12160094B2
A method for producing a panel with integrated conductor tracks and electronic components. The panel includes a panel body, wherein the panel body is in particular a sandwich structure, and a membrane. The membrane is connected to the panel body and has integrated conductor tracks and electronic components. At the beginning of the method, an operation for attaching the conductor tracks and the electronic components to the membrane is provided. The subsequent step includes an operation for connecting the membrane, fitted with the conductor tracks and the electronic components, to the panel body.
US12160093B2
The invention relates to a device for the feed-through and strain relief of strands through a wall opening having a frame arranged around and/or at least partially in the wall opening, having at least one strain relief grommet which encloses the strand and is accommodated at least positively in the frame, wherein the frame comprises at least two detachably connected frame parts, between which the strain relief grommet is directly or indirectly pressed in the connected state of the frame parts. The invention is characterized in that the strain relief grommet has at least two sections which, in the compressed state with the strand inserted, are spaced apart from one another or, at most, are connected via at least one elastic region, so that the force flow between the at least one first section and the at least one other section extends via the strand.
US12160092B2
A line guide device comprising an envelope for supply lines and an articulated support chain. One chain link has an inside projection in a first longitudinal portion and an inside cross-bridge with an extended stop face and a recess adjoining the cross-bridge in a second longitudinal portion. In the extended position, the projection of one chain link engages in the recess of the following chain link and on the cross-bridge thereof. A support chain, in which each chain link has, in its second longitudinal portion, an outside cross-connection which in the arcuate position interacts with an outside arc stop face of the first longitudinal portion and has an inside cross-connection which in the extended position interacts with an inside extended stop face of the first longitudinal portion.
US12160081B2
A YAG ceramic bonded body in which a YAG ceramic and a YAG ceramic or optical glass are bonded, wherein the YAG ceramic bonded body comprises glass as a bonding layer, and has a rate of change of transmittance that is within 7%. An object of this invention is to provide a bonded body in which a YAG ceramic and a YAG ceramic are bonded, or a bonded body in which a YAG ceramic and optical glass are bonded, and which is capable of suppressing the reflection of light at the bonded interface, as well as the production method thereof.
US12160075B2
A flat cable assembly for a rotary connector device includes a first lead block, a first flat cable, and a second flat cable. The first lead block includes a first lead block body and a first conductor that includes a first exposure surface exposed from the first lead block body and is attached to the first lead block body. The first flat cable includes a first cable end portion connected to the first exposure surface so as to extend from the first exposure surface in a first direction. The second flat cable includes a second cable end portion connected to the first exposure surface so as to extend from the first exposure surface in a second direction, which is different from the first direction.
US12160071B2
An electrical connector that includes a plurality of inner terminals that are arrayed in a first direction and extend in a second direction, an insulating member that has a terminal holding part that holds the inner terminals, and an outer terminal that surrounds the inner terminals when viewed in a third direction. The terminal holding part includes an insulating extending part that extends in the first direction. The outer terminal includes an outer extending part that extends in the first direction while being spaced apart from the insulating extending part along at least part thereof. An opening that extends in the first direction is formed between the insulating extending part and the outer extending part. The states of inner mounting parts of the inner terminals can be checked through the opening.
US12160070B1
An apparatus is provided for forcing a service technician to follow a proper servicing sequence that reduces the potential for an electric shock. Embodiments of the latch mechanism maintain a cable connection unless a tray connector is first disconnected. Embodiments enforce the disconnect sequence using a trigger that is actuated by the disconnecting of the tray connector, a latch-lock in the cable connector that is biased to block a cable connector disconnect mechanism, and a mechanical link between the trigger and the latch-lock. The actuation of the trigger is transmitted by the mechanical link to the latch-lock, which moves in response, unlocking the cable connector and allowing it to be disconnected.
US12160067B2
A terminal position assurance member for use with an electrical connector. The terminal position assurance member includes a rigid frame member and one or more compressible seals. The rigid frame member extends from a conduct receiving surface of the terminal position assurance member to a connector mating surface of the terminal position assurance member. The one or more compressible seals cooperate with the rigid frame member to provide sealing between the rigid frame member, a housing of the electrical connector and conductors inserted into the terminal position assurance member. Any insertion force applied to the conductor receiving surface of the rigid frame member will be translated through the rigid frame member to one or more terminals of the electrical connector, allowing the one or more seals to remain compressible to provide the sealing characteristics required.
US12160065B2
Disclosed is a connector housing module which comprises a housing body having a housing body end region, which surrounds an opening in said housing body, and having a sealing ring, a lateral face of said housing body end region being in detent engagement with a lateral face of the sealing ring. A connector housing is also disclosed. The connector housing comprises a connector housing module and a hood, wherein an end face of the hood surrounding an opening in said hood, when the hood and the housing body are in a closed state, in part directly contacts an end face of the housing body end region and in part presses a curved edge of a bulge of the sealing ring so that the bulge is completely interlockingly engaged with a recess of the housing body, thereby improving the electromagnetic shielding capacity and the water tightness of the entire connector housing.
US12160054B2
A radiofrequency collinear microstrip patch antenna includes an electrically insulating substrate longer along an axis than its width substantially perpendicular to the axis with two face portions, and an element of electrical conductor on each face portion, each including portions of narrower and wider width, a narrower width portion of one element on one face portion of the substrate substantially corresponding along the axis with a wider width portion of another element on another face portion of the substrate. One element wider width portion includes a zone of conductor across the wider width portion and a tapered region along the axis overlapping along the axis of the substrate with a narrower width portion of another element and forming an approximately concave end to the portion so the wider width portion is longer along the axis towards a side of the substrate than towards the axis, and the antenna can be driven from one end.
US12160052B2
A dual band radio frequency signal acquisition and source location system, provided with a steerable phased array antenna operable in a first and a second radio frequency band. A digital signal processor electrically connected to the steerable phased array antenna is configured to control steering of an antenna beam of the steerable phased array antenna and apply frequency time division multiplexing to radio frequency signaling in the first and the second radio frequency bands. In particular, the first frequency band may be 2.4 GHz Bluetooth/Bluetooth Low Energy, and the second frequency band may be 900 MHz passive UHF RFID.
US12160049B2
A method for hybrid RF beamforming comprising: providing an antenna structure which comprises: a driven element, parasitic elements configured to couple/decouple a linearly polarized radiation pattern and arranged around the driven elements, a feed system comprising four ports that are 90 degrees out of phase with each other and are connected to the driven element, RF switches electrically connected to the parasitic elements and the four ports, and a controller operatively connected to the RF switches; selectively attenuating an output of each of the four ports with the controller according to a stored configuration, which is stored in a memory, by changing the four ports' respective phase or attenuation; and selectively changing a loading of each parasitic element by activating each parasitic element's corresponding RF switch with the controller according to the stored configuration so as to produce a desired null/beamforming of a main RF beam.
US12160048B2
A first antenna and a second antenna provided on a front surface of the resin plate. A first cable connects the first antenna and a communication board. The first cable is mounted on a first mounting bracket. A second cable connects the second antenna and a communication board. The second cable is mounted on a second mounting bracket. The first mounting bracket is provided on at least one of the front surface of the resin plate and the first ground plate of the first antenna. The second mounting bracket is provided on at least one of the front surface of the resin plate and the second ground plate of the second antenna.
US12160039B2
An antenna element and an antenna array including the antenna element for generating or receiving a radio frequency (RF) signal are provided. The antenna element includes a dielectric layer including a first surface and a second surface opposite the first surface; a first dipole antenna comprising a first antenna segment and a second antenna segment, the first dipole antenna formed in the second surface; a second dipole antenna comprising a first antenna segment and a second antenna segment, the second dipole antenna formed in the second surface; a coupling segment capacitively coupled to each of the second antenna segment of the first dipole antenna and the second antenna segment of the second dipole antenna; and a shorting pin capacitively coupled to the coupling segment and extending from the first surface to the second surface.
US12160035B2
Methods for manufacturing implantable electronic devices include forming an antenna of the implantable electronic device by delivering an antenna trace within a dielectric antenna body. The antenna trace includes a first trace portion disposed in a first transverse layer and defining a first trace path and a second trace portion disposed in a second transverse layer longitudinally offset from the first transverse layer and defining a second trace path. If projected to be coplanar, the first trace path defines a trace boundary and the second trace path is within the trace boundary.
US12160034B2
Antenna structures as well as antenna assemblies that incorporate the aforementioned antenna structures. In one embodiment, the antenna structure includes a substrate having a first major face, a second major face, and a side face. The first major face may include a first laterally extending conductive structure extending along a first edge of the first major face of the substrate and a pronged conductive structure having a first prong extending from a portion of the laterally extending conductive structure towards a first corner of the substrate and a second prong extending from a portion of the laterally extending conductive structure towards a second corner of the substrate. The second major face includes a second laterally extending conductive structure with a conductive structure placing the conductive structures on the first major face in electrical communication with the conductive structures on the second major face.
US12160029B2
An electronic device includes a display module, and a side housing surrounding a side surface of the display module and formed of a conductive material. A protection member covers a part of the side housing and the display module. The protection member includes a first portion facing the display module and a second portion facing the side housing. A first conductive member is disposed in at least a part of the first portion of the protection member and is formed of a conductive material. A second conductive member is disposed in at least a part of the second portion of the protection member, is connected to the first conductive member, and is formed of a conductive material. A separation space is disposed between the second conductive member and the side housing, and an antenna is electrically connected to the side housing such that the side housing functions as an antenna.
US12160027B2
A metallized dielectric waveguide filter includes first and second input/output ports and a dielectric block that has metallized top and bottom surfaces and metallized sidewalls. The dielectric block further includes a plurality of metallized openings that extend into the interior of the dielectric block, and these metallized openings divide the dielectric block into a plurality of resonator cavities. A first of the metallized openings extends at an oblique angle with respect to a first of the metallized outer sidewalls.
US12160023B2
Provided are a battery cell having a plurality of electrodes and a battery module using the same. In order to configure the battery module only by connections of the electrodes without including a separate bus bar and improve the degree of freedom of the connections, the battery cell having cathode terminals and anode terminals protruding to the outside includes: a plurality of electrode terminals selected from the cathode terminals or the anode terminals and formed on both sides of the battery cell opposing each other. The battery cell having the plurality of electrodes and the battery module formed in various forms according to a layout of a vehicle using the same may be configured.
US12160018B2
A structurally supportive battery busbar configured to enable distribution of electrical energy amongst a plurality of battery cells and to provide structural rigidity to the plurality of battery cells, the structurally supportive busbar including one or more bands configured to band the plurality of battery cells together under a tensile force to form a battery module, and one or more structural reinforcement beams configured to traverse at least partially along a length or width of the battery module, the at least one of the bands or one or more structural reinforcement beams include an electrically conductive portion configured to couple the plurality of battery cells together for electrical distribution throughout the battery module.
US12160016B2
A secondary battery includes a negative electrode; a positive electrode including a plurality of positive electrode plates spaced apart from each other in a width direction, wherein a positive electrode plate of the plurality of positive electrode plates has a planar shape, and a channel between the plurality of positive electrode plates; an electrolyte material disposed in the channel between the plurality of positive electrode plates; a separation membrane between the negative electrode and the positive electrode; and a first metal layer disposed on a surface of the separation membrane facing the positive electrode.
US12160014B2
An energy storage system of the present disclosure includes: a first battery module in which a plurality of battery cells are disposed; a second battery module in which a plurality of battery cells are disposed, and which is disposed to face the first battery module; a module screw which extends in a front-rear direction in which the first battery module and the second battery module are disposed, and fastens the first battery module and the second battery module; an upper fixing bracket which is disposed in an upper side of the first battery module and the second battery module, and fixes the first battery module and the second battery module; and a lower fixing bracket which is disposed in a lower side of the first battery module and the second battery module, and fixes the first battery module and the second battery module.
US12160012B2
A battery pack includes: a plurality of battery modules; a pack housing in which the plurality of battery modules are accommodated; and an energy consumption unit accommodated inside the pack housing, connected to at least one of the plurality of battery modules, and configured to convert electrical energy stored in the battery module into thermal energy as a temperature inside the pack housing increases and dissipate the thermal energy through at least one of the pack housing and a heat sink.
US12160008B1
The present disclosure provides a lower plastic part, an end cover assembly, an energy storage device, and electrical equipment. The lower plastic part has a first surface and a second surface opposite to the first surface. The lower plastic part defines a groove, a stream guidance hole, and a concave portion. The groove and the concave portion are located at opposite ends of the lower plastic part in its length direction. The stream guidance hole penetrates through a bottom wall of the groove. A hole diameter of the stream guidance hole is progressively smaller. The lower plastic part further comprises a plurality of first ejector pin parts, a plurality of second ejector pin parts, and a plurality of third ejector pin parts which are symmetrical with respect to a center line of the lower plastic part in a width direction.
US12159996B2
A lithium secondary battery includes a positive electrode including a positive electrode active material, a negative electrode, and an electrolyte located therebetween. The positive electrode active material includes a lithium cobalt-based active material and a lithium nickel cobalt-based active material, wherein the lithium cobalt-based active material is larger in size and amount than the lithium nickel cobalt-based active material, and the lithium nickel cobalt-based active material is a one-body positive electrode active material.
US12159992B2
Systems and methods are provided for managing operation of silicon-dominant electrode cells. Polarization in a silicon-dominant cell during charge/discharge cycles may be assessed, with the polarization being assessed, at least in part, based on one or both of charge rate and discharge rate. One or more adjustments may be determined based on the assessing of polarization, and the one or more adjustments may be applied to operation of the silicon-dominant cell. The one or more adjustments configured to compensate for at least some of the effects of polarization in the silicon-dominant cell.
US12159983B2
A battery pouch is described. The battery pouch including an outer layer and an inner layer disposed on the outer layer. The inner layer including at least one sensor.
US12159982B2
The power supply device includes: battery block in which a plurality of secondary battery cells is connected in series and/or in parallel to each other; circuit board on which a protection circuit that protects secondary battery cells constituting battery block is mounted; and exterior case that houses battery block and circuit board. Exterior case has facing part that directly faces circuit board thicker than at least a portion of a non-facing part that is another part. Accordingly, forming the part directly facing circuit board in exterior case so as to be relatively thick makes it possible to improve heat resistance and reduce influence on the outside when circuit board reaches a high temperature.
US12159979B2
There is provided a test device for a secondary battery, the test device including: a test jig including a nail portion configured to pierce the secondary battery and a heater configured to raise a temperature of the nail portion by being supplied with electric power; and a moving mechanism configured to move the nail portion toward the secondary battery.
US12159978B2
A mobile, in particular portable, energy supply system having battery modules which can be connected in series in a controllable manner in order to provide different voltages at a power supply connection of the energy supply system, and a control unit for controlling the battery modules, wherein each battery module has an input connection and an output connection, a battery unit for providing a module voltage and switching elements, in particular power electronic ones. The switching elements are designed to selectively switch the module voltage for the provision of energy to the input and output connection, wherein a heat-transferring coupling between the switching elements and the battery unit is provided to transfer operationally generated heat loss of the switching elements specifically from these to the battery unit. A battery module for an energy supply system and a method for operating such an energy supply system are also related.
US12159977B2
A method, and associated batteries and battery charging units, that involve inducing electric and/or magnetic fields (field-induced current) across an electrode of a electrochemical cell, such as an anode of a battery. The field and current across the electrode may be referred to herein as a transverse current as this current is typically transverse to the ionic charge current that may be applied when charging a battery. The field and current may be induced from connecting AC energy, e.g., AC current, across the electrode or at a discrete point or points of the electrode. The induced field and current may suppress dendrite growth, experienced in conventional batteries without AC energy, among other advantages.
US12159975B2
A protruding portion of a current collecting foil is provided at one end in a width direction over an entire length in a longitudinal direction. A first end of a positive electrode plate, which is located on a side on which the protruding portion is provided, is located outward of a second end in the width direction, the second end being an end of a positive electrode active material layer in the width direction located adjacent to the protruding portion. An insulating tape is interposed between a positive electrode plate and the negative electrode plate. Regarding a size and a position of the insulating tape, the insulating tape is provided in a region including the second end and the first end in the width direction, and the insulating tape is provided in a region including longitudinal ends of the positive electrode plate in the longitudinal direction.
US12159972B2
The present invention relates to the technical field of lithium metal batteries, and relates to a lithium metal battery electrolyte containing an aromatic compound as a diluent. The electrolyte contains a lithium salt, a solvent for dissolving the lithium salt, and a diluent; the diluent is an aromatic compound, and the diluent is used for inhibiting lithium dendrites generated due to uneven deposition of a lithium metal anode in the lithium metal battery during a cycle process, and is used for inhibiting the lithium metal anode in the lithium metal battery from reacting with the electrolyte.
US12159970B2
An electrolytic solution includes a compound containing a —CN functional group and a compound containing a silicon functional group. M is C or Si. R11, R12, and R13 are each independently selected from a substituted or non-substituted C1-C12 alkylene group, a substituted or non-substituted C2-C12 alkenylene group, an O—R group, an R0—S—R group or an R0—O—R group, R0 and R are each independently selected from a substituted or non-substituted C1-C6 alkylene group. n is 0 or 1. R14 is H, fluorine, a cyano group, a substituted or non-substituted C1-C12 alkyl group, a substituted or non-substituted C2-C12 alkenyl group, an O—R1 group, an R0—S—R1 group, or an R0—O—R1 group. R0 is a substituted or non-substituted C1-C6 alkylene group, and R1 is a substituted or non-substituted C1-C6 alkyl group.
US12159965B2
An integrated optically functional multilayer structure includes a flexible, substrate film arranged with a circuit design including at least a number of electrical conductors preferably additively printed on the substrate film; a light source provided upon a first side of the substrate film to internally illuminate at least portion of the structure for external perception; an optically transmissive plastic layer produced upon the first side of the substrate film, said plastic layer at least laterally surrounding, the light source, the substrate film at least having a similar or lower refractive index therewith; and a reflector design comprising at least one material layer, said reflector design being configured to reflect, the light emitted by the light source and incident upon the reflector design.
US12159964B2
A light-emitting device includes a backplane, light-emitting diodes (LEDs) located over a front side of the backplane, and microlenses respectively disposed over the LEDs. Each microlens includes a back surface having a first surface area and configured to receive light emitted from a corresponding LED, an opposing front surface having a second surface area and configured to emit the received light, and at least one sidewall extending from the front surface to the back surface. The second surface area is greater than the first surface area.
US12159963B2
A display apparatus includes: a substrate; and a plurality of light emitting diode (LED) elements disposed on the substrate in a matrix form, wherein the plurality of LED elements includes: a first LED element including a first light emitting layer, a second LED element including a second light emitting layer, and a third LED element including a third light emitting layer, wherein the first LED element, the second LED element, and the third LED element are disposed in a column direction of the plurality of LED elements, and constitute one pixel together, and wherein the first light emitting layer, the second light emitting layer, and the third light emitting layer respectively comprises a first weak light-emitting area, a second weak light-emitting area, and a third weak light-emitting area that are aligned in a line in the column direction.
US12159961B2
It is described herein a light emitting diode (10) which may comprise a metal core printed circuit board (100), a mounting platform, and a thermal interface membrane located between the metal core printed circuit board and the mounting platform. The metal core printed circuit board may comprise at least one resistor (110), at least one lighting element (120), and at least one wire (130). The at least one resistor may be connected to the metal core printed circuit board by a first solder which is free of tin. The at least one wire may be connected to the metal core printed circuit board by a second solder which is free of tin. The at least one lighting element may be connected to the metal core printed circuit board by a third solder which is free of tin.
US12159959B2
A method for manufacturing a light-emitting element includes: providing a semiconductor stacked body including a first semiconductor layer, an active layer, and a second semiconductor layer, formed in this order on a substrate; exposing a surface of the first semiconductor layer by removing the substrate; and forming a protective film on the surface of the first semiconductor layer by performing steps including: forming a first layer on the surface of the first semiconductor layer by chemical vapor deposition while introducing a source gas to a film formation chamber at a first flow rate, and forming a second layer on the first layer by chemical vapor deposition while introducing a source gas to the film formation chamber at a second flow rate, the second flow rate being less than the first flow rate.
US12159955B2
Disclosed herein are approaches to fabricating solar cells, solar cell strings and solar modules using roll-to-roll foil-based metallization approaches. Methods disclosed herein can comprise the steps of providing at least one solar cell wafer on a first roll unit and conveying a metal foil to the first roll unit. The metal foil can be coupled to the solar cell wafer on the first roll unit to produce a unified pairing of the metal foil and the solar cell wafer. We disclose solar energy collection devices and manufacturing methods thereof enabling reduction of manufacturing costs due to simplification of the manufacturing process by a high throughput foil metallization process.
US12159953B2
The present invention provides an infrared photodetection device for detecting infrared radiation with a wavelength of 700 nm or larger comprising: a carrier transfer member comprised of a non-metallic material with a band gap; an absorber on one side of the carrier transfer member, and in electrical contact with the carrier transfer member, the absorber being a metallic material in which electron-hole pairs are excited upon absorption of infrared radiation; and a semiconductor on the other side of the carrier transfer member, and in electrical contact with the carrier transfer member; and wherein the carrier transfer member contains trap states such that majority carriers excited in the absorber due to infrared radiation are conducted via the trap states through the carrier transfer member to be collected b the semiconductor.
US12159952B2
A photovoltaic cell is provided, including: a substrate; a tunneling layer, a field passivation layer and a first passivation film that are sequentially disposed on a rear surface of the substrate; and a first electrode. The first electrode penetrates the first passivation film and is in contact with the field passivation layer. A doping concentration of the first doping element in the tunneling layer is less than a doping concentration of the first doping element in the field passivation layer, and the doping concentration of the first doping element in the tunneling layer is greater than a doping concentration of the first doping element in the substrate. The field passivation layer includes a first doped region and a second doped region, and a doping curve slope of the first doped region is greater than a doping curve slope of the second doped region.
US12159950B2
A radiation detector includes a halide semiconductor sandwiched between a cathode and an anode and a buffer layer between the halide semiconductor and the anode. The anode comprises a composition selected from: (a) an electrically conducting inorganic-oxide composition, (b) an electrically conducting organic composition, and (c) an organic-inorganic hybrid composition. The buffer layer comprises a composition selected from: (a) a composition distinct from the composition of the anode and including at least one other electrically conducting inorganic-oxide composition, electrically conducting organic composition, or organic-inorganic hybrid composition; (b) a semi-insulating layer selected from: (i) a polymer-based composition; (ii) a perovskite-based composition; (iii) an oxide-semiconductor composition; (iv) a polycrystalline halide semiconductor; (v) a carbide, nitride, phosphide, or sulfide semiconductor; and (vi) a group II-VI or III-V semiconductor; and (c) a component metal of the halide-semiconductor.
US12159941B2
A semiconductor device with a small variation in transistor characteristics is provided. An oxide semiconductor film, a source electrode and a drain electrode over the oxide semiconductor film, an interlayer insulating film placed to cover the oxide semiconductor film, the source electrode, and the drain electrode, and a gate electrode over the oxide semiconductor film are included; an opening is formed overlapping with a region between the source electrode and the drain electrode in the interlayer insulating film; the gate electrode is placed in the opening in the interlayer insulating film; and the source electrode and the drain electrode include a conductive film having compressive stress.
US12159934B2
A semiconductor device includes a semiconductor substrate, a first source region and a first drain region each formed from an upper surface of the semiconductor substrate, a first gate electrode formed on the semiconductor substrate between the first source region and the first drain region via a first gate dielectric film, a first trench formed in the upper surface of the semiconductor substrate between the first gate dielectric film and the first drain region in a gate length direction, a second trench formed in the upper surface of the semiconductor substrate between the gate dielectric film and the first drain region in the gate length direction, the second trench being shallower than the first trench, and a first dielectric film embedded in the first trench and the second trench. The first trench and the second trench are in contact with each other in a gate width direction.
US12159932B2
According to one embodiment, a semiconductor device includes first, second, and third electrodes, first, second, and third semiconductor layers, and a first insulating member. The first semiconductor layer includes first, second, third, fourth, and fifth partial regions. The third partial region is between the first and second partial regions. The fourth partial region is between the first and third partial regions. The fifth partial region is between the third and second partial regions. The first electrode includes a first electrode portion. The second semiconductor layer includes first and second semiconductor portions. The third semiconductor layer includes first and second semiconductor regions. The second semiconductor region is electrically connected to the first semiconductor region and the first electrode portion. The first insulating member includes a first insulating portion. The first insulating portion is provided between the third partial region and the third electrode.
US12159926B2
The present disclosure relates to semiconductor structures and, more particularly, to a lateral bipolar transistor and methods of manufacture. A structure includes: an intrinsic base comprising semiconductor material in a channel region of a semiconductor substrate; an extrinsic base vertically above the intrinsic base; a raised collector region on the semiconductor substrate and laterally connected to the intrinsic base; and a raised emitter region on the semiconductor substate and laterally connected to the intrinsic base.
US12159921B2
A semiconductor device includes: first and second fin structures, disposed on a substrate, that respectively extend in parallel to an axis; a first gate feature that traverses the first fin structure to overlay a central portion of the first fin structure; a second gate feature that traverses the second fin structure to overlay a central portion of the second fin structure; a first spacer comprising: a first portion comprising two layers that respectively extend from sidewalls of the first gate feature toward opposite directions of the axis; and a second portion comprising two layers that respectively extend from sidewalls of the first portion of the first spacer toward the opposite directions of the axis; and a second spacer comprising two layers that respectively extend from sidewalls of the second gate feature toward the opposite directions of the axis.
US12159919B2
The present disclosure includes methods for replacement gate formation in memory, and apparatuses and systems including memory formed accordingly. An embodiment includes forming a first oxide material in an opening through alternating layers of a second oxide material and a nitride material. An array of openings can be formed through the first oxide material formed in the opening. The layers of the nitride material can be removed. A metal material can be formed in voids resulting from the removal of the layers of the nitride material.
US12159917B2
A method of manufacturing a capacitor structure is provided, including the following steps. A substrate is provided. A first doped silicon material layer is formed on the substrate. A surface flattening process is performed on the first doped silicon material layer through a plasma treatment. An insulating material layer is formed on the first doped silicon material layer after the surface flattening process is performed. A second doped silicon material layer is formed on the insulating material layer. The first doped silicon material layer is patterned into a first electrode. The insulating material layer is patterned into an insulating layer. The second doped silicon material layer is patterned into a second electrode. The method of manufacturing the capacitor structure may be used to produce a capacitor with better reliability and may improve capacitance density.
US12159915B2
A contact structure and a manufacturing method are provided. The contact structure includes a recessed structure, a conductive feature, a first functional layer, a second functional layer and an interfacial layer. The conductive feature is filled in a recess of the recessed structure. The first functional layer extends between the conductive feature and the recessed structure. The second functional layer extends between the first functional layer and the conductive feature. The interfacial extends along an interface between the first and second functional layers, and includes a first element from the first functional layer and a second element from the second functional layer.
US12159913B2
Gate-all-around (GAA) device and the manufacturing method thereof are disclosed herein. An exemplary integrated circuit (IC) device comprises a first nanostructure and a second nanostructure formed on a substrate, wherein each of the first nanostructure and the second nanostructure includes a plurality of semiconductor layers and each of the first nanostructure and the second nanostructure includes a channel region and a source/drain (S/D) region; a first gate structure wrapping the plurality of semiconductor layers of the first nanostructure and a second gate structure wrapping the plurality of semiconductor layers of the second nanostructure; and a S/D contact that contacts at least one of the plurality of semiconductor layers of the first nanostructure and at least one of the plurality of semiconductor layers of the second nanostructure.
US12159908B2
A semiconductor device and a fabrication method thereof are provided. The semiconductor device includes a first nitride semiconductor layer, a second nitride semiconductor layer, a gate structure, and a field plate. The second nitride semiconductor layer is formed on a first surface of the first nitride semiconductor layer. The gate structure is disposed on the second nitride semiconductor layer. The field plate includes a first portion and a second portion connected to the first portion. The first portion has a first surface substantially in parallel to the first surface of the first nitride semiconductor layer, and a second surface adjacent to the first surface of the first portion. The first surface of the first portion of the field plate and the second surface of the first portion of the field plate define a first angle of about 90°.
US12159904B2
The present disclosure describes structure with a substrate, a first well region, a second well region, and a third well region. The first well region is in the substrate. The second well region is in the first well region and includes a first source/drain (S/D) region. The third well region is in the substrate and adjacent to the first well region. The third well region includes a second S/D region, where a spacing between the first and second S/D regions is less than about 3 μm.
US12159893B2
An image sensor includes: a sensor substrate including a first pixel and a second pixel; and a color separating lens array for condensing light of first wavelength onto the first pixel by changing a phase of light of the first wavelength included in incident light, wherein the sensor substrate further includes: an active pixel area for outputting an active pixel signal for image generation; a first dummy pixel area arranged outside the active pixel area and outputting a dummy pixel signal to correct image data generated from the active pixel signal; and a second dummy pixel area arranged outside the active pixel area and the first dummy pixel area and not outputting any pixel signal.
US12159878B2
The present disclosure relates to an array substrate and a display device. The array substrate may include: a first substrate, and a plurality of pixel groups and a plurality of columns of data lines formed on the first substrate; wherein the plurality of pixel groups are arranged in an array along a row direction and a column direction, and each pixel group includes two sub-pixels arranged in the row direction; at least one sub-pixel of one of any two adjacent pixel groups in the row direction corresponds to the same color as one sub-pixel of the other pixel group; and any two adjacent sub-pixels in the row direction correspond to different colors; and each column of data line and each column of pixel groups are alternately arranged in the row direction.
US12159871B2
The present invention provides a nitride-based multi-channel switching device having a plurality of transistors. The multi-channel switching device comprises a substrate, a plurality gate structures, a plurality of source electrodes and a plurality of drain electrodes. The gate structures, source electrodes and drain electrodes are grouped to form the plurality of transistors and arranged such that each gate structure disposed between a source electrode and drain electrode. Each group of the gate structures are electrically interconnected and connected to at least one gate pad corresponding to each of the transistor. Each group of the drain electrode are electrically interconnected and connected to at least one drain pad corresponding to each of the transistor. All groups of the source electrodes are electrically interconnected and connected to at least one common source pad.
US12159862B2
Interconnect structures, packaged semiconductor devices, and methods of packaging semiconductor devices are disclosed. In some embodiments, an interconnect structure includes a polymer material and a post passivation interconnect (PPI) pad disposed over the polymer material. A PPI line is disposed within an opening in the polymer material, the PPI line being coupled to the PPI pad.
US12159861B2
A light emitting device including a first LED stack, a second LED stack disposed on the first LED stack, a third LED stack disposed on the second LED stack, and a common electrode electrically connected to a first conductivity type semiconductor layer of each of the first, second, and third LED stacks, in which the common electrode includes a step in at least one of the first, second and third LED stacks.
US12159851B2
A package structure includes at least one semiconductor die, a plurality of hollow cylinders, an insulating encapsulant, a redistribution layer and through holes. The plurality of hollow cylinders is surrounding the at least one semiconductor die. The insulating encapsulant has a top surface and a bottom surface opposite to the top surface, wherein the insulating encapsulant encapsulates the at least one semiconductor die and the plurality of hollow cylinders. The redistribution layer is disposed on the top surface of the insulant encapsulant and over the at least one semiconductor die. The through holes are penetrating through the plurality of hollow cylinders.
US12159850B2
A semiconductor packaging method, a semiconductor assembly and an electronic device are disclosed herein. The semiconductor packaging method comprises providing at least one semiconductor device, a carrier board, and a clamping board. The at least one semiconductor device has a passive surface with first alignment solder parts formed thereon, and the carrier board has a plurality of corresponding second alignment solder parts formed thereon. The method further comprises forming alignment solder joints by aligning and soldering the first alignment solder parts to respective ones of the second alignment solder parts; and injecting a molding compound through one or more openings in one or both of the carrier board and the clamping board to form a molded package body encapsulating the at least one semiconductor device between the carrier board and the clamping board attached to the active surface of the at least one semiconductor device.
US12159849B2
A semiconductor device is provided. The semiconductor device includes a first wafer having an array transistor formed therein, and a second wafer having a capacitor structure formed therein. The semiconductor device also includes a bonding interface formed between the first wafer and second wafer that includes a plurality of bonding structures. The bonding structures are configured to couple the array transistor to the capacitor structure to form a memory cell.
US12159843B2
A semiconductor device according to an embodiment includes a lower layer wiring and a dummy wiring arranged in a first hierarchy, a contact arranged in a second hierarchy above the first hierarchy and connected to the lower layer wiring, and first and second plate-like portions arranged in the second hierarchy, extending in a stacking direction of each layer belonging to the second hierarchy and in a first direction intersecting with the stacking direction, and sandwiching the contact in a second direction intersecting with the stacking direction and the first direction at a position away from the contact, and the dummy wiring has at least three edges arranged at respective positions overlapping with one of the first and second plate-like portions in the stacking direction, and an orientation in which at least one of the three edges intersects with the first or second plate-like portion differs as viewed from the stacking direction from orientations in which the other edges intersect with the first or second plate-like portion.
US12159838B2
A semiconductor device and method of manufacture are provided which utilize an air gap to help isolate conductive structures within a dielectric layer. A first etch stop layer is deposited over the conductive structures, and the first etch stop layer is patterned to expose corner portions of the conductive structures. A portion of the dielectric layer is removed to form an opening. A second etch stop layer is deposited to line the opening, wherein the second etch stop layer forms a stepped structure over the corner portions of the conductive structures. Dielectric material is then deposited into the opening such that an air gap is formed to isolate the conductive structures.
US12159837B2
A semiconductor structure with an improved metal structure is described. The semiconductor structure can include a substrate having an upper surface, an interconnect layer over the upper surface, and an additional structure deposited over the interconnect layer. The interconnect layer can include a patterned seed layer over the substrate, at least two metal lines over the seed layer, and a dielectric material between adjacent metal lines. A barrier layer can be deposited over the at least two metal lines. Methods of making the semiconductor structures are also described.
US12159832B2
An integrated circuit (IC) device includes a fin-type active region extending in a first lateral direction on a device region of a substrate. A gate line extends in a second lateral direction on the fin-type active region. The second lateral direction intersects with the first lateral direction. A source/drain region is adjacent to one side of the gate line on the fin-type active region. A gate contact is on the gate line and connected to the gate line. A source/drain contact is on the source/drain region and includes a first segment facing the gate contact and a second segment integrally connected to the first segment. The second segment extends from the first segment in the second lateral direction. In the first lateral direction, a first distance from the first segment to the gate line is greater than a second distance from the second segment to the gate line.
US12159828B2
Provided are a semiconductor structure and a method for manufacturing a semiconductor structure. The semiconductor structure includes: a through silicon via and a shielding structure disposed at an outer side of the through silicon via, in which the shielding structure includes at least two non-closed annular shielding layers surrounding the through silicon via and at least one conductive plug configured to connect two adjacent ones of the non-closed annular shielding layers; the at least two non-closed annular shielding layers and the at least one conductive plug are alternately distributed along an extending direction of the through silicon via and sequentially connected to form a conductive path, and current flow directions in two adjacent ones of the non-closed annular shielding layers in the conductive path are opposite.
US12159821B2
An electronic package is provided, and the manufacturing method of which is to form a plurality of conductive pillars and dispose an electronic element on a first circuit structure, then cover the plurality of conductive pillars and the electronic element with a cladding layer, and then form a second circuit structure on the cladding layer, so that the plurality of conductive pillars are electrically connected to the first circuit structure and the second circuit structure, and the electronic element is electrically connected to the first circuit structure, where a fan-out redistribution layer is configured in the first circuit structure and the second circuit structure, and at least one ground layer is configured in the second circuit structure. Further, the ground layer includes a plurality of sheet bodies arranged in an array, so that at least one slot is disposed between every two adjacent sheet bodies.
US12159820B2
The present disclosure is directed to a flat no-lead semiconductor package with a surfaced mounted structure. An end portion of the surface mounted structure includes a recessed member so that the surface mounted structure is coupled to leads of the flat no-lead semiconductor package through, among others, the sidewalls of the recessed members.
US12159818B2
A packaged semiconductor device is provided, including a first semiconductor die on which a first electrical component is integrated that includes a first terminal at a first surface of the first die and a second terminal at a second surface of the first die, a second semiconductor die similar to the first die, with a first surface of the second die facing the first surface of the first die. A first conductive element on the second surface of the first side electrically connected to the second terminal of the first electrical component, a second conductive element is on the second surface of the second die electrically connected to the second terminal of the second electrical component, and a third conductive element between the first surfaces of the first and the second die. The first terminals of the first and second electrical components are electrically connected through the third conductive element.
US12159817B2
A semiconductor device comprises a lead, a board, and an electrically conductive layer on the board. The lead comprises a longitudinal axis and is soldered to the electrically conductive layer. The semiconductor device further comprises a first solder dam edge and a second solder dam edge, each positioned on the lead not more than 10 mils apart from each other along the longitudinal axis.
US12159812B2
A method of forming a semiconductor device includes following steps. A first organic layer is formed to cover a first conductive layer. A first opening is formed in the first organic layer to expose a first surface of the first conductive layer. A first silicon layer is formed on a sidewall of the first opening and the first surface of the first conductive layer. A first dielectric layer is formed on the sidewall of the first opening and the first surface of the first conductive layer over the first silicon layer. By using a first mask, portions of the first silicon layer and the first dielectric layer on the first surface are simultaneously removed to expose the first surface, wherein after removing the portions of the first silicon layer and the first dielectric layer, the first dielectric layer covers a top surface of the first silicon layer.
US12159805B2
The present invention therefore relates to a method for separating at least one solid body layer (2) from a donor substrate (1). According to the invention, the method preferably comprises at least the steps of: providing the donor substrate (1), wherein the donor substrate (1) has crystal lattice planes (6) which are inclined in relation to a planar main surface (8), wherein the main surface (8) delimits the donor substrate (1) in the longitudinal direction of the donor substrate (1) on one side, wherein a crystal lattice plane normal is inclined in relation to a main surface normal in a first direction, providing at least one laser, introducing laser radiation of the laser into the interior of the donor substrate (1) via the main surface (8) for changing the material properties of the donor substrate (1) in the region of at least one laser focus, wherein the laser focus is formed by laser beams of the laser which are emitted by the laser, wherein the change in the material property by changing the point of entry of the laser radiation into the donor substrate (1) forms a linear shape (103), wherein the changes in the material property are generated on at least one generating plane (4), wherein the crystal lattice planes (6) of the donor substrate (1) are oriented in an inclined manner in relation to the generating plane (4), wherein the linear design (103) is inclined in relation to a sectional line (10) which is produced at the interface between the generating plane (4) and the crystal lattice plane (6), wherein, owing to the changed material property, the donor substrate (1) tears in the form of subcritical cracks, separating the solid body layer (2) by introducing an external force into the donor substrate (1) for connecting the subcritical crack or so much material on the generating plane (4) being changed by means of the laser radiation that the solid body layer (2) becomes detached from the donor substrate (1) with connection of the subcritical crack.
US12159799B2
A container (1) for transporting a semiconductor wafer includes: a container body (10) having one end provided with an opening (11) and the other end provided with a mounter (12) that faces the opening (11) and on which stacked wafers are housed; and a cover (20) that closes the opening (11). The container body (10) includes: body side walls (14) having an arc shape, disposed upright on the mounter (12), sectioning a housing (13) that houses the wafers; and auxiliary walls (14a) that are disposed upright and folded toward a back surface on both edges of the body side walls (14).
US12159798B2
Provided is a transfer detection method for use in a substrate processing apparatus including a transfer arm, which has a plurality of substrate holders and is configured to transfer a plurality of substrates to a plurality of stages between a first chamber and a second chamber adjacent to the first chamber by using the plurality of substrate holders, and an optical sensor provided in a vicinity of an opening via which the first and second chambers are in communication with each other, the method including: projecting a light beam having a horizontal optical axis parallel to the opening to a position through which the substrates held by the plurality of substrate holders pass; and determining at least one of a state of the substrates on the substrate holders and a state of the transfer arm, in response to a detection result of the light beam projected from the optical sensor.
US12159790B2
The present application discloses a method for fabricating a semiconductor device. The method includes: providing a photomask comprising an opaque layer on a mask substrate and surrounding a translucent layer on the mask substrate; providing a device stack comprising a first dielectric layer on a substrate, a first etch stop layer on the first dielectric layer, and a second dielectric layer on the first etch stop layer; forming a pre-process mask layer on the device stack; patterning the pre-process mask layer using the photomask to form a patterned mask layer comprising a mask region corresponding to the opaque layer, a trench region corresponding to the translucent layer, and a via hole corresponding to the mask opening of via feature. The method also includes performing a damascene etching process to form a via opening in the first dielectric layer and a trench opening in the second dielectric layer.
US12159788B2
Methods and systems for depositing rare earth metal carbide containing layers on a surface of a substrate and structures and devices formed using the methods are disclosed. An exemplary method includes using a cyclical deposition process such as an atomic layer deposition process for depositing a rare earth metal carbide containing layer onto a surface of the substrate.
US12159787B2
In a pattern formation method, a photoresist layer is formed over a substrate by combining a first precursor and a second precursor in a vapor state to form a photoresist material. The first precursor is an organometallic having a formula MaRbXc, where M is one or more selected from the group consisting of Sn, Bi, Sb, In, and Te, R is an alkyl group that is substituted by different EDG and/or EWG, X is a halide or sulfonate group, and 1≤a≤2, b≥1, c≥1, and b+c≤4. The second precursor is water, an amine, a borane, and/or a phosphine. The photoresist material is deposited over the substrate, and selectively exposed to actinic radiation to form a latent pattern, and the latent pattern is developed by applying a developer to the selectively exposed photoresist layer to form a pattern.
US12159784B2
A substrate processing apparatus according to the invention executes a substrate processing using a supercritical processing fluid. In a processing container, a first introduction port is formed in such a manner as to face space over a substrate in the processing space and a second introduction port is formed in such a manner as to face space under a support tray in the processing space. A first discharge port is formed in such a manner as to face space over the support tray and a second discharge port is formed in such a manner as to face the space under the support tray. The supercritical processing fluid having a higher temperature is supplied into the processing space through the first introduction port, and the supercritical processing fluid having a lower temperature is supplied into the processing space through the second introduction port.
US12159779B2
Methods and apparatus are disclosed for producing a filament assembly with a flat frame. A frame holder is mounted to a lathe and a filament applicator is to the tool holder of the lathe. The applicator is movable along the lathe axis while the frame is rotated so that filament is wound around flat frame in a series of parallel passes. A spool of filament is rotatably supported on the applicator. The filament is guided through a filament path, and a tension control device applies tension to the filament.
US12159775B2
There is provided a method of decoding a first data set obtained from a time of flight (ToF) mass analyser operating according to an encoded frequency pulsing (EFP) scheme. The method comprises generating a mock data set based on a model set of ions taking account of the EFP pattern and the flight time distribution of the ions. The model set of ions is then iteratively updated using the first data set to determine a second, decoded data set.
US12159773B2
Systems for analyzing a biological sample include a separation unit configured to separate a component from the biological sample, an ionization unit configured to generate a plurality of ions from the component, an adjustable mass-selective filtering element, a detector configured to detect ions that pass through the mass-selective filtering element, and a controller connected to the mass-selective filtering element and to the detector, where the controller is configured so that during operation of the system, the controller adjusts the mass-selective filtering element and activates the detector to measure at least three different ion signals corresponding to the plurality of ions, and determines a mass axis shift of the system based on the at least three different ion signals.
US12159768B2
The present invention provides a plasma generating system that includes: a plurality of plasma reactors. Each plurality of plasma reactors includes: a waveguide for transmitting a microwave energy therethrough; a plasma chamber coupled to the waveguide and configured to generate a plasma therein using the microwave energy; a gas inlet for introducing a gas into the plasma chamber; an exhaust gas pipe for carrying an exhaust gas from the plasma chamber, wherein the plasma converts the gas into the exhaust gas; and a pressure control device installed in the exhaust gas pipe and configured to control a pressure of the exhaust gas in the exhaust gas pipe. The plasma generating system also includes a manifold coupled to the exhaust gas pipes of the plurality of plasma reactors and configured to receive the exhaust gas from the exhaust gas pipes.
US12159765B2
A plasma source is provided that is configured to form a section of a wall of a vacuum component. The plasma source comprises a body including a dielectric member, a first surface exposed to an exterior region of the vacuum component, and a second surface exposed to an interior region of the vacuum component. The plasma source also comprises at least one electrode disposed in a receiving channel of the body with at least a portion of the dielectric member located adjacent to the at least one electrode in the receiving channel. The plasma source further comprise at least one discharge region adjacent to the receiving channel within the body. The at least one discharge region is exposed to the interior region of the vacuum component via an opening on the second surface of the body.
US12159757B2
According to one embodiment, provided is a method of manufacturing a composite electrode including a substrate having a belt shape and an insulating fiber film disposed on the substrate. The method includes applying a primer solution onto the substrate, and ejecting an electrified material liquid in a direction parallel to principal surfaces of the substrate intersecting with side surfaces of the substrate to deposit the electrified material liquid onto the substrate to form the insulating fiber film on the principal surfaces of the substrate.
US12159752B2
An optical element driving mechanism is provided, including a movable portion, a fixed portion, and a driving assembly. The movable portion is connected to an optical element. The fixed portion includes a bottom. The movable portion is movable relative to the fixed portion. The driving assembly drives the movable portion to move relative to the fixed portion. The driving assembly drives the optical element to move relative to the fixed portion.
US12159747B2
Embodiments of this application provide a magnetic element and an electronic device. The magnetic element is used in an electronic device. The magnetic element includes a composite magnetic core and a winding. The composite magnetic core includes an external magnetic shell and an internal magnet. The internal magnet is formed by a wound strip material. The external magnetic shell partially or entirely covers a periphery of the internal magnet. The external magnetic shell is fixedly connected to the internal magnet. The winding is on an outer surface of the external magnetic shell. The external magnetic shell is configured to protect the internal magnet from pulling force in a winding process of the winding. The external magnetic shell is configured to increase common-mode impedance of the magnetic element and improve a filtering effect of the magnetic element.
US12159742B2
This application relates to an active current compensation device which actively compensates for a noise occurring in a common mode in each of two or more high-current paths. In one aspect, the active current compensation device includes a sensing unit configured to generate an output signal corresponding to a common-mode noise current on each of the two or more high-current paths, and an amplification unit configured to amplify the output signal to generate an amplified current. The device may also include a compensation unit configured to generate a compensation current on the basis of the amplified current and allow the compensation current to flow to each of the two or more high-current paths, and a malfunction detection unit configured to detect a malfunction of the amplification unit. The malfunction detection unit and at least a portion of the amplification unit may be embedded in one integrated circuit (IC) chip.
US12159741B2
According to one or more embodiments of the present invention, a coil element includes a base body, an internal conductor provided within the base body, a first external electrode electrically connected to one of ends of the internal conductor, and a second external electrode electrically connected to the other end of the internal conductor. The base body contains a plurality of metal magnetic particles, a resin portion between the metal magnetic particles and a void. The base body includes a first region and a second region surrounding the first region, and a second area void ratio of the second region is higher than a first area void ratio of the first region. The internal conductor is provided in the first region of the base body.
US12159725B2
A light-water reactor nuclear fuel rod loading apparatus, which comprises a spacer grid holder and a loading power device installed with a traction module configured to reciprocally move toward the spacer grid holder. The loading apparatus further comprises a hollow cladding tube sample and a pulling bar comprising one end part and an opposite end part. The one end part passing in use through a cell of a spacer grid held by the spacer grid holder and configured to couple to the hollow cladding tube sample. The opposite end part is coupled to the traction module. The loading apparatus further comprises: a measuring device installed on the pulling bar and configured to measure loading force of the traction module loading the pulling bar; a holder cap; and a holder comprising an end part configured to in use pass through the cladding tube sample and couple to the holder cap.
US12159722B2
A relevance system ranks a set of medical studies based on a relevance of each medical study in the set of medical studies to a patient profile. The relevance system includes a relevance model. The relevance model determines a relevance of each medical study to the patient profile based on a semantic relationship score, a concept relationship score, and a term-occurrence score. The semantic relationship score is a measure of a similarity in semantic meaning of a medical study and a patient profile. The concept relationship score is a measure of the closeness of medical concepts in a medical study to medical concepts in a patient profile. The term-occurrence score is a measure of occurrences of terms in a medical study that also appear in a patient profile and the statistical significances of the terms.
US12159721B1
A modeling computing device for predicting relative patient hazards based on predicted patient pharmaceutical adherence is provided. The modeling computing device includes a processor configured to receive a set of adherence data associated with adherence to a pharmaceutical prescription by a patient. The processor is also configured to determine a set of predictive adherence scores and determine a variability score associated with the set of predictive adherence scores. The processor is further configured to integrate the set of predictive adherence scores and the variability score into a feature value. The processor is also configured to identify a hazard regression model and to apply the feature value to the hazard regression model to generate an integrated patient hazard model. The processor is also configured to process the integrated patient hazard model to determine a risk level associated with the patient, and transmit an alert based on the risk level.
US12159711B2
A method includes receiving a selection of an examination template including a hierarchical examination workflow and baseline configuration parameters corresponding to the examination template, wherein the examination template is associated with an anatomical area; automatically configuring an imaging system with the baseline configuration parameters from the examination template; capturing image data of a patient using the imaging system according to the hierarchical examination workflow; storing the image data on a storage system, such that the image data is associated with the anatomical area; displaying an anatomical model of a plurality of anatomical areas of the patient; and displaying thumbnails of the image data on respective areas of the anatomical model corresponding to anatomical areas of the patient where the image data was captured by the imaging system.
US12159708B2
A machine learning system and method utilizing artificial intelligence that improves the provisioning of healthcare and reduces the total cost of healthcare and lost productivity. The approach creates a quantifiable assessment of quality and a ranking number measuring a provider's quality of healthcare services. The machine learning system makes a determination of quality based on a clinical evaluation database, an employee related time and attendance database, and a costing database. The system analyzes how quickly a provider returns an employee to work at or near pre-absence productivity and at what cost. The system creates a ranking number that provides employees with a comparison of providers. Employees may then be incentivized to seek high value providers.
US12159706B2
The present application provides an image-driven brain atlas construction method and apparatus, a device and a storage medium, and involves in the field of medical imaging technologies. The method includes: acquiring a node feature matrix, where the node feature matrix includes time sequences of multiple nodes of a brain; performing hypergraph data structure transformation on the node feature matrix to acquire a first hypergraph incidence matrix; inputting the first hypergraph incidence matrix and the node feature matrix into a trained hypergraph transition matrix generator for processing to output and acquire a first hypergraph transition matrix, where the first hypergraph transition matrix characterizes a constructed multi-modal brain atlas. The technical solution provided by the present application can construct the multi-modal brain atlas, and this multi-modal brain connection structure can express more feature information. When it is applied to the brain disease diagnosis process, the accuracy of disease diagnosis can be improved.
US12159700B2
A method for coordinating the manufacturing of an expanded cell therapy product for a patient may include receiving a cell order request to expand the cell therapy product for the patient; generating a patient-specific identifier or cell order identifier associated with the cell order request; and initiating a process to expand the cell therapy product from at least some of a solid tumor obtained from the patient. If acceptance parameters for the expansion cell therapy product do not meet certain acceptance criteria at a second time point subsequent to a first time point in the expansion process, it is determined whether re-performing the expansion of the cell therapy product using the cell expansion technique is possible from the first time point based on the acceptance parameters at the second time point. If such re-performing the expansion is possible, patient treatment events that use the expanded cell therapy product are rescheduled.
US12159686B2
Disclosed in some examples are methods, systems, memory devices, and machine-readable mediums which store a single compressed value per line with a marker value in a front of the compressed version of the memory line. In some examples, the only value stored in the memory line is the value normally stored therein. This removes the complexity of the prediction tables and the inclusion of invalid values as well as preventing the penalty when those prediction tables are wrong. Furthermore, by inclusion of the marker in the beginning of the memory line, the system can quickly determine the compression status of the memory line without having to read the entire line. That is, it can quickly stop reading the rest of the memory line once the compressed data is read out which saves the memory device from having to read the entire line.
US12159681B2
A test system includes a test device configured to output a command address and a test dock for performing a test mode and to receive a comparison signal, and a memory device configured to enter the test mode, based on the command address, to set an initial value by the command address, to perform a calculation operation on the initial value according to a logic level combination of the command address to generate a row address and a command address during a pre-charge operation, and to compress and compare internal data output based on the row address and the column address to output the internal data as the comparison signal to the test device.
US12159680B2
A data writing method includes: receiving a first writing command, and selecting a target bank and a target column address according to the first writing command, data corresponding to the first writing command being first test data; writing the first test data into the target column address of the bank selected according to the first writing command, and latching the first test data on an address bus during the writing at least until a second writing command is executed; receiving the second writing command, and reselecting the target bank and the target column address according to the second writing command; and writing the first test data latched on the address bus into a reselected target column address of a reselected target bank.
US12159673B2
A memory cell for an analog content-addressable memory is provided. The memory cell includes an N-type transistor, a P-type transistor, and a current control circuit. The gate of the N-type transistor is configured to receive a first input signal. The gate of the P-type transistor is configured to receive a second input signal. The current control circuit is coupled to at least one of the N-type transistor and the P-type transistor. The current control circuit is configured to generate at least one passing current. When the input voltages of the first input signal and the second input signal are within a matching range, the N-type transistor and the P-type transistor are turned on, and the passing current is substantially a fixed current value. The matching range is related to the threshold voltages of the N-type transistor and the P-type transistor, and the fixed current value.
US12159671B2
An in-dynamic memory search device and an operation method thereof are provided. The in-dynamic memory search device includes at least one word line, at least two bit lines, at least one match line, at least one unit cell, at least two search lines, at least one pre-charge unit and at least one sense unit. The unit cell includes two storage elements and two search transistors. Each of the storage elements includes a write transistor and a read transistor. The write transistor is connected to the word line and one of the bit lines. The read transistor is connected to the write transistor and the match line. The search transistors are respectively connected to the read transistors. The search lines are respectively connected to the search transistors. The pre-charge unit is connected to the match line. The sense unit is connected to the match line.
US12159666B2
A memory device includes a cell region including a plurality of word lines, a plurality of bit lines, and a plurality of memory cells connected to the plurality of word lines and the plurality of bit lines disposed therein, where each of the plurality of memory cells includes a switch element and a memory element connected to each other in series between a corresponding word line and a corresponding bit line, and a peripheral circuit region including a control logic configured to, when a read command for a selected memory cell among the memory cells is received from an external controller, input a pre-voltage to the selected memory cell before reading data of the selected memory cell. The control logic is configured to determine a level of the pre-voltage with reference to an elapsed time after programming of the selected memory cell.
US12159652B2
Various illustrative aspects are directed to a data storage device, comprising one or more disks; an actuator mechanism configured to position one or more heads proximate to a corresponding disk surface of the one or more disks; and one or more processing devices. The selected head comprises a write element and an assistive energy emitter. The one or more processing devices are configured to apply an assistive energy current to the assistive energy emitter while refraining from applying a write current to the write element.
US12159651B1
Presenting a pre-recorded video presentation to an audience includes creating a plurality of pre-recorded alternative video portions that correspond to portions of the pre-recorded video presentation, each of the alternative video portions having a different level of granularity of subject level detail than any other alternative video portion, at least some of the portions including transition points to facilitate transitioning between alternative video portions of different granularity and measuring audience feedback while presenting the pre-recorded video presentation. In response to the audience feedback indicating at least one of: discomfort, confusion or questioning of content of a current portion of the pre-recorded video presentation by members of the audience, availability of at least one of the pre-recorded alternative video portions to replace the current portion of the pre-recorded video presentation is determined. The current portion of the pre-recorded video presentation may be stopped at a transition point.
US12159648B1
Write apparatus for a disk drive includes a write head, write current circuitry connected to the write head for generating a steady-state write current, overshoot current circuitry connected to the write head for generating write current overshoot pulses, and a T-coil termination network between (a) the write current circuitry and the overshoot current circuitry, and (b) a first node connected to a first input of a transmission line together with the write head. The T-coil termination network may include a first inductor connected to the first node, a second inductor coupled with the first inductor at a second node, and a first termination resistor between the first inductor and a common voltage. An output of the overshoot current circuitry may be connected to the first node, and an output of the write current circuitry may be connected to the second node.
US12159645B2
Introduced here are approaches to training and then employing computer-implemented models designed to upsample discrete audio signals to higher sampling rates. Assume, for example, that a media production platform obtains a first discrete signal at a relatively low sampling rate. The relatively low sampling frequency may make the first discrete audio signal unsuitable for inclusion in media compilations, so the media production platform may attempt to improve its quality through upsampling. To accomplish this, the media production platform can apply a transform to the first discrete signal to produce a first magnitude spectrogram. Then, the media production platform can apply a computer-implemented model to the first magnitude spectrogram to produce a second magnitude spectrogram. Thereafter, the media production platform can apply an inverse transform to the second magnitude spectrogram to create a second discrete signal that has a higher sampling rate than the first discrete audio signal.
US12159644B2
Some implementations involve receiving a content stream that includes audio data, receiving at least one type of level adjustment indication relating to playback of the audio data and controlling a level of the input audio data, based on the at least one type of level adjustment indication, to produce level-adjusted audio data. Some examples involve determining, based at least in part on the type(s) of level adjustment indication, a multiband limiter configuration, applying the multiband limiter to the level-adjusted audio data, to produce multiband limited audio data and providing the multiband limited audio data to one or more audio reproduction transducers of an audio environment.
US12159638B2
A downscaled version of an audio decoding procedure may more effectively and/or at improved compliance maintenance be achieved if the synthesis window used for downscaled audio decoding is a downsampled version of a reference synthesis window involved in the non-downscaled audio decoding procedure by downsampling by the downsampling factor by which the downsampled sampling rate and the original sampling rate deviate, and downsampled using a segmental interpolation in segments of ¼ of the frame length.
US12159631B2
Aspects of the disclosure relate to using machine learning to simulate an interactive voice response system. A computing platform may receive user interaction information corresponding to interactions between a user and enterprise computing devices. Based on the user interaction information, the computing platform may identify predicted intents for the user, and may generate hotkey information based on the predicted intents. The computing platform may send the hotkey information and commands directing the mobile device to output the hotkey information. The computing platform may receive hotkey input information from the mobile device. Based on the hotkey input information, the computing platform may generate a hotkey response message. The computing platform may send, to the mobile device, the hotkey response message and commands directing the mobile device to convert the hotkey response message to an audio output and to output the audio output.
US12159630B2
An electronic apparatus is provided. The electronic apparatus includes a memory, a microphone and a processor configured to compare a volume of a voice input through the microphone and a standard voice volume stored in the memory, corresponding to a space in which the electronic apparatus is located, and identify whether to perform a voice recognition on the voice based on the comparison.
US12159624B2
A method of forming augmented corpus related to articulation disorder includes acquiring target speech feature data from a target corpus; acquiring training speech feature data from training corpora; training a conversion model to make it capable of converting training speech feature data into a respective output that is similar to the target speech feature data; receiving an augmenting source corpus and acquiring augmenting source speech feature data therefrom; converting, by the conversion model thus trained, the augmenting source speech feature data into converted speech feature data; and synthesizing the augmented corpus based on the converted speech feature data.
US12159622B2
Text independent speaker recognition models can be utilized by an automated assistant to verify a particular user spoke a spoken utterance and/or to identify the user who spoke a spoken utterance. Implementations can include automatically updating a speaker embedding for a particular user based on previous utterances by the particular user. Additionally or alternatively, implementations can include verifying a particular user spoke a spoken utterance using output generated by both a text independent speaker recognition model as well as a text dependent speaker recognition model. Furthermore, implementations can additionally or alternatively include prefetching content for several users associated with a spoken utterance prior to determining which user spoke the spoken utterance.
US12159618B2
An example method of automated selection of audio asset synthesizing pipelines includes: receiving an audio stream comprising human speech; determining one or more features of the audio stream; selecting, based on the one or more features of the audio stream, an audio asset synthesizing pipeline; training, using the audio stream, one or more audio asset synthesizing models implementing respective stages of the selected audio asset synthesizing pipeline; and responsive to determining that a quality metric of the audio asset synthesizing pipeline satisfies a predetermined quality condition, synthesizing one or more audio assets by the selected audio asset synthesizing pipeline.
US12159615B2
An apparatus for controlling virtual engine sound, which includes a sensor unit configured to detect a position of a pedestrian in front of a vehicle, a speaker unit configured to output a virtual engine sound in all directions of the vehicle or output a sound guidance message only to the position of the pedestrian, and a control unit configured to cause the speaker unit to operate in either a virtual engine sound system (VESS) mode or a pedestrian communication mode in which the sound guidance message is transmitted only to the pedestrian's position, by changing a sound focal point output through the speaker unit.
US12159614B2
An active noise reduction system includes a canceling sound output device configured to output a canceling sound for canceling a noise, a noise signal generator configured to generate noise signals based on the noise, and a controller configured to control the canceling sound output device based on the noise signals, wherein the controller is configured to acquire buffer data in which the noise signals are stored in a time series, generate a plurality of divided data by dividing the buffer data, calculate a correlation value of the buffer data based on the plurality of divided data, detect presence/absence of disturbance mixed in the buffer data based on the correlation value, and switch control over the canceling sound output device according to the presence/absence of the disturbance mixed in the buffer data.
US12159593B2
A display device including a display panel includes a sub-pixel connected to a data line and a reference line, and a data driver including a panel driving circuit and a panel sensing circuit, wherein during a first sensing operation of a ADC of the panel sensing circuit, the panel sensing circuit supplies a first reference voltage to the display panel through the reference line and converts a voltage that is sensed through the reference line in into a digital signal using the analog-to-digital converter, and during a second sensing operation of an element included in the sub-pixel, the panel sensing control circuit supplies a second reference voltage to the display panel through the reference line and the panel driving circuit supplies the data voltage to the display panel through the data lineoffset correction.
US12159591B2
A display apparatus includes a mode controller configured to generate a first control signal and a second control signal by using a gate-off voltage and a gate-on voltage; a gate driving circuit configured to generate an emission signal; a first pixel circuit including a driving transistor, a first transistor receiving the first control signal, a second transistor receiving the second control signal, a third transistor receiving the emission signal, a first light emitting element connected to the first transistor, and a second light emitting element connected to the second transistor; a first lens disposed on the first light emitting element; and a second lens disposed on the second light emitting element.
US12159586B2
A display device comprises: a display panel including a light emitting element, a driving transistor providing a driving current to the light emitting element using a high potential driving voltage and switching transistors controlling the driving transistor; a gate driving circuit supplying scan signals to the display panel; a data driving circuit generating a data voltage or a bias voltage using a feedback high potential driving voltage transmitted through a high potential driving voltage feedback line; and a timing controller controlling the gate driving circuit and the data driving circuit so that the data voltage is supplied to the display panel in a first period at a low speed mode which the display panel is driven at predetermined driving frequency less than a frequency of a high speed mode and the bias voltage is supplied to the display panel in a second period at a low speed mode.
US12159584B2
A display device includes a first pixel region including a plurality of first pixels and a plurality of first gate control lines coupled to the first pixels, and a second pixel region spaced apart from the first pixel region. The second pixel region includes a plurality of second pixels and a plurality of second gate control lines coupled to the second pixels. The display device further includes a first non-pixel region disposed between the first pixel region and the second pixel region, and a first coupling line disposed in the first non-pixel region. The first coupling line commonly couples at least two first gate control lines and at least two second gate control lines.
US12159582B2
The present application discloses a display device, such as an organic EL display device, which is of a current-driven type and is capable of displaying a satisfactory image free from perceivable flickering across all areas of the image even when pause drive is performed. Each pixel circuit is provided with a bias supply circuit 151, which includes a bias retention capacitor Cbs and a bias control transistor T8 connected in series with each other. In a pause drive mode, emission control lines and bias control lines are driven during both drive and pause periods. The bias control transistor is controlled through the bias control line such that in the drive period, a voltage of a data signal line Dj is written to a data retention capacitor Cst and simultaneously to the bias retention capacitor Cbs, whereas in the pause period, the voltage written in the bias retention capacitor Cbs is applied to a source terminal of a drive transistor during an on-bias application period within a non-emission period.
US12159580B2
A display device includes: a base layer; a plurality of scan lines configured to sequentially receive scan signals, the plurality of scan lines being on the base layer; a plurality of pixels on the base layer and connected to each of the plurality of scan lines; a plurality of sensing control lines configured to simultaneously receive sensing control signals, the sensing control lines being on the base layer; and a plurality of sensors on the base layer and connected to respective ones of the sensing control lines, wherein the scan line and the sensing control line are on the same layer.
US12159578B2
In a display device including scanning lines, light emission control lines, data lines, pixel circuits, and a drive circuit that drives the scanning lines, the light emission control lines, and the data lines, the pixel circuit includes a light-emitting element and a drive transistor that controls the amount of current flowing through the light-emitting element. The drive circuit has a monitoring mode, and during a frame period in the monitoring mode, the drive circuit sets non-light-emission periods, which are sequentially delayed and have the same length, for rows of the pixel circuits, selects a row to be measured from among the rows of the pixel circuits as a monitoring row, sets a monitoring period that partially overlaps a non-light-emission period of the monitoring row, and measures characteristics of light-emitting elements or drive transistors in pixel circuits in the monitoring row during the monitoring period.
US12159573B2
Provided is a display system with high display quality and high resolution. The display system includes a first layer and a display portion. The display portion is positioned in a region overlapping with the first layer. The first layer includes a semiconductor substrate containing silicon as a material, and a plurality of first transistors and a plurality of second transistors whose channel formation regions contain silicon are formed over the semiconductor substrate. The first layer includes a first circuit and a second circuit; the first circuit includes a driver circuit for driving the display portion; and the second circuit includes a memory device, a GPU, and an EL correction circuit. The display portion includes a pixel, and the pixel includes a light-emitting device containing organic EL and is electrically connected to the driver circuit. The memory device has a function of retaining image data; the GPU has a function of decoding the image data read from the memory device; and the EL correction circuit has a function of correcting light emitted from the light-emitting device.
US12159570B2
A light-emitting device is disclosed. The light-emitting device includes a light-emitting element, a driving circuit, and a compensation unit. The driving circuit is coupled to the light-emitting element, and is configured to receive a first data signal, drive the light-emitting element, and output a sensing signal. The compensation unit is coupled to the driving circuit, and is configured to receive the sensing signal and compensate the first data signal. The compensation unit includes a first comparator circuit and a second comparator circuit. The first comparator circuit includes a first addition terminal, a first subtraction terminal, and a first output terminal. The second comparator circuit includes a second addition terminal and a second subtraction terminal. The first subtraction terminal receives the sensing signal. The first output terminal is coupled to the second addition terminal.
US12159569B2
An LED panel includes a plurality of LED pixel units being arranged. Each of the plurality of LED pixel units includes: a normal element including a red LED element, a green LED element, and a blue LED element; and a low-luminance element configured to provide an output having luminance lower than the lowest luminance of the normal element.
US12159564B2
The present application provides a pixel circuit and a display panel. The pixel circuit includes a light-emitting element, a driving circuit, a grayscale adjustment circuit, and a control circuit. The driving circuit can provide a corresponding power supply voltage for the light-emitting element, and the control circuit can control at least one of at least two grayscale adjustment branches to be in a conductive state.
US12159557B2
A display substrate according to an embodiment relates to a display substrate comprising a display panel installation area and a bezel area. The display substrate comprises one surface and the other surface opposite to the one surface, and the display substrate comprises: a first area which is defined as a folding area; and a second area which is defined as an unfolding area, wherein a groove is formed on the one surface or the other surface of the display substrate and formed in the display panel installation area of the first area, and a hole is formed through the one surface and the other surface of the display substrate and formed in the bezel area of the first area.
US12159554B1
The present disclosure provides a scene simulation device. The scene simulation device including a shell having a scene space, and floating flocs, a transport pipeline, and a fan which are arranged in the shell. The shell includes a middle frame, and a top shell and a base which are respectively connected to an upper end and a lower end of the middle frame. A bottom opening of the transport pipeline is communicated to the scene space and is located at a bottom of the scene space. A position of a top opening of the transport pipeline is equal to or greater than ⅔ of a height of the middle frame. A distance between the top opening of the transport pipeline and a dispersing component is equal to or less than ⅓ of a distance between the dispersing component and a bottom surface of the scene space.
US12159553B2
A cube of Chinese characters is provided, which includes a 3D dictionary. Initials are vertically arranged and finals are horizontally arranged on a front of the 3D dictionary. A character cell is provided at an intersection of each initial and each final. A character rod is provided in each character cell. A phonetic combination corresponding the initial and final is provided on a front of the character rod, forming a list of onomatopoeic or homophonous characters. A number of sound cells are provided on the front of the 3D dictionary, a sound rod is provided in each sound cell. A holding groove is provided on the front of the 3D dictionary, a printer is placed in the holding groove. The movable-type monosyllabic Chinese characters are used to form the 3D dictionary by changing an existing linear arrangement in an alphabetical order to vertical initial and horizontal final arrangement.
US12159551B2
A medicament delivery device design evaluation apparatus is presented having a plurality of electronic demonstration units, wherein each electronic demonstration unit comprises a set of electronics, the set of electronics comprising a data receiver and at least one of an indication unit and a data transmitter, wherein the plurality of electronic demonstration units are configured to provide an indication when at least one of the plurality of electronic demonstration units receives a control signal.
US12159548B2
The present disclosure relates to a vision assistive device for use by blind or low vision users. The device includes an imaging unit for viewing objects positioned beneath the device. The device further includes a forwardly facing screen for displaying an enlarged view of the imaged object to the user. The imaging unit is configured to take multiple views of the object, each with a different area of focus. This can be accomplished by digitally changing the imaging sensor's area of focus or by pivoting the sensor via a focus motor. In either event, the resulting images are combined into a single, integrated, focused, and composite image. Combining images with differing areas of focus helps eliminate any blurry regions in the composite image. The device further includes a rearwardly positioned fin that facilitates positioning the device in multiple different orientations. In a first orientation, the device is vertically positioned upon a desktop. In a second orientation, the device is reclined and placed in the user's lap with the fin positioned between the user's legs.
US12159538B2
An aircraft with a unit to transmit information on ability/inability of pilots to fly the aircraft. Guidance avionics include guidance architecture and a flight controller to fly the aircraft. The guidance architecture has two dissimilar guidance chains and a selection unit connected thereto, to the flight controller and to the unit for measuring physical ability/inability, a first guidance chain to compute a main path for the aircraft towards a destination airport based on a current state of the aircraft by following a flight plan and to compute main guidance instructions for following the main path, a second guidance chain to compute an emergency path for the aircraft towards a diversion airport based on an initial portion of the common path with the main path and to compute emergency guidance instructions for following the emergency path. The selection unit receives the main and emergency guidance instructions and transmits either one to the flight controller.
US12159529B2
A communication methods, including: receiving first information by a first control panel of a plurality of control panels; determining one or more target control panels from the plurality of control panels (S101), where the plurality of control panels are disposed in different rooms, or at least partially at different locations in a same room; for each of the one or more target control panels, detecting whether a room where the target control panel is located is occupied (S102); in response to determining that there is an occupant, sending the first information to the target control panel by the first control panel (S103), and outputting the first information from the target control panel (S104); and in response to determining that there is no occupant, generating first prompt information by the first control panel (S105).
US12159527B2
A method includes accessing a first dataset including aerial imagery data and infrared data, accessing a second dataset including property boundary data, and identifying property boundaries associated with a geographic area. A plurality of models is applied to the datasets to identify and compute information of interest. Based on the first dataset and constrained by the property boundaries, a building detection model can be applied to identify a building, and a vegetation detection model can be applied to identify one or more areas of vegetation. An estimated distance can be determined between each of the areas of vegetation and the building as separation data, which can be compared to a defensible space guideline to determine a defensible space adherence score. A wildfire risk map can be generated, including the defensible space adherence score associated with the geographic area.
US12159526B2
In some implementations, techniques are described for detecting abnormal installations in a property monitored by a monitoring (e.g., security) system. For instance, an aberration engine may be used to detect an abnormal sensor or system installation within a property based on comparing detected installation data against local installation patterns of local providers within a certain proximity to the property. In some examples, the attributes (e.g., installation time, components used, number of tests performed, etc.) of a monitoring system installation, including installation of components of the monitoring system, may be compared to average installation times of other nearby installations to detect abnormalities in the installation.
US12159521B2
RFID devices are provided for improving the performance of electronic surveillance article systems. The RFID devices may be modified in any of a number of ways to decrease their peak sensitivity and increase their bandwidth, thereby stabilizing their read range. The performance of an RFID device will depend on the nature of the article to which it is associated, such that the nature of the article to which the RFID device is to be associated may be factored into the design of the RFID device to equalize the performance at an operating frequency of RFID devices associated with different articles. By reducing the peak sensitivity and increasing the bandwidth of RFID devices in an electronic article surveillance system, the size of a transition zone between two read zones of the system may be reduced.
US12159513B2
A system for peer-to-peer wagering on outcomes of a live sporting event. Users can select from a set of available wagers and set their own odds and terms, other users can then accept those odds and terms. The system may hold all involved user's money or credit in an escrow account until the actual outcome of the subject of the wager has been determined. Then the system handles the settlement of the wager, either directly or by communicating with a third party.
US12159512B1
An electronic roulette wagering method, apparatus, and computer readable storage which displays a set of twelve bonus symbols. Each of the twelve bonus symbols is associated only with a row of three adjacent numbers. If on each spin of the roulette wheel, the ball lands on one of the associated three numbers, then the wager wins and a payout is made. Typically, a payout on a second (and thereafter) consecutive winning spin is higher than a payout for the first winning spin.
US12159508B2
In one embodiment, an intermediary gaming trusted electronic device for use with an untrusted PED may operate to securely communicate with a gaming apparatus and securely communicate with the associated untrusted PED. The intermediary gaming trusted device is able to support interaction between the gaming apparatus and the associated untrusted PED. In another embodiment, a system to authorize a mobile electronic device to play games of chance may include a gaming system manager and a docking station. The docking station can be configured to: detect whether the mobile electronic device is connected to the docking station; and determine whether the mobile electronic device, or its user, is authorized to play a game of chance on the mobile electronic device.
US12159507B2
An integrated game play system includes a game play platform, an amusement park, and a controller. The game play platform provides access to multiple games and the amusement park includes an attraction including one or more attraction features. Moreover, the controller detects presence of a guest on the game play platform and/or at the attraction, identifies the guest, and determines guest data based on the identification of the guest. In response to determining the guest data, the controller determines a modification to an organization of the multiple games on a display interface of the game play platform and/or a modification to the one or more attraction features (e.g., an animation, a lighting effect, and/or a sound effect), based on the guest data. The controller also sends a control signal indicative of the modification to the game play platform and/or the modification of the one or more attraction features.
US12159506B2
In one implementation, an electronic gaming system can include one or more physical gaming pieces that are used to determine gaming outcomes; a scanner to identify the one or more physical gaming pieces; a plurality of player computing equipment to provide gaming interfaces with electronic gaming action for a corresponding player based, at least in part, on the identified one or more physical gaming pieces, and a gaming computer system connected to (i) the scanner, (ii) the plurality of player computing equipment, (iii) player accounts, and (iv) third-party providers of proposition player (TPPP) accounts. The gaming computer system can identify a TPPP that is assigned to cover gaming action on the game and players who are playing the game; determine gaming outcomes for each of the players; and reconcile player accounts and the TPPP account based on the determined gaming outcomes for each of the players.
US12159505B2
A user interface assembly for a gaming device includes a first-side transceiver subassembly on a first side of a barrier, including a first-side antenna and a first-side transmitter circuit electronically coupled to the first-side antenna for transmitting an electromagnetic power signal through the barrier via the first-side antenna. The user interface assembly also includes a second-side transceiver subassembly on a second side of the barrier opposite the first-side transceiver subassembly, including a second-side antenna disposed opposite the first-side antenna relative to the barrier, and a second-side receiver circuit electronically coupled to the second-side antenna for receiving, via the second-side antenna, the electromagnetic power signal transmitted through the barrier. The second-side transceiver subassembly also includes a second-side user interface circuit including a first user interface element for outputting an indication to a user of the gaming device in response to the second-side receiver circuit receiving the electromagnetic power signal.
US12159502B2
An access control apparatus includes a sensor and an authentication circuit coupled to the sensor. The sensor detects eye movement of a user. The authentication circuit stores predetermined access code data corresponding to the user. The authentication circuit compares the detected eye movement of the user to the predetermined access code data. Based on the comparison indicating that the detected eye movement matches the predetermined access code data, the authentication circuit permits access beyond an access control point.
US12159496B2
Release mechanism for an electronic locking system, wherein the release mechanism is configured such that an input member and an output member are locked against relative rotation and can rotate together within a locking ring opening when a locking member is located in an input member recess and in an output member recess, and such that the output member is released to rotate relative to the input member when the locking member is located in the output member recess and in a locking ring recess. A freewheel mechanism and assemblies for an electronic locking system are also provided.
US12159482B2
Systems and methods for diversity auditing are described. The systems and methods include identifying a plurality of images; detecting a face in each of the plurality of images using a face detection network; classifying the face in each of the plurality of images based on a sensitive attribute using an image classification network; generating a distribution of the sensitive attribute in the plurality of images based on the classification; and computing a diversity score for the plurality of images based on the distribution.
US12159480B2
The present disclosure provides a method for radio frequency fingerprint database creation, a method for radio frequency fingerprint database application, a device, a centralized processing device and a base station. During creating a radio frequency fingerprint database, neighbor cell information statistics is performed on each of a plurality of neighbor cells of the cell in each of the plurality of divided grids, and an effective radio frequency fingerprint database corresponding to the cell is generated according to a result of the dividing and a result of the neighbor cell information statistics.
US12159475B2
A simplified handwriting recognition approach includes a first network comprising convolutional neural network comprising one or more convolutional layers and one or more max-pooling layers. The first network receives an input image of handwriting and outputs an embedding based thereon. A second network comprises a network of cascaded convolutional layers including one or more subnetworks configured to receive an embedding of a handwriting image and output one or more character predictions. The subnetworks are configured to downsample and flatten the embedding to a feature map and then a vector before passing the vector to a dense neural network for character prediction. Certain subnetworks are configured to concatenate an input embedding with an upsampled version of the feature map.
US12159473B2
Provided are a device for analyzing a large-area sample based on an image, a device for analyzing a sample based on an image by using a difference in medium characteristic, and a method for measuring and analyzing a sample by using the same. The device for analyzing a large-area sample includes a first sensor array including sensors disposed while being spaced apart from each other in a first direction, a second sensor array including sensors disposed while being spaced apart from each other in the first direction, and spaced apart from the first sensor array in a second direction, and a control unit that obtains image data for a cell included in the sample by using sensing data of the sensor on the sample, in which the sample is interposed between the first sensor array and the second sensor array.
US12159472B2
A method, apparatus, system, and computer program product provide the ability to extract level information and reference grid information from point cloud data. Point cloud data is obtained and organized into a three-dimensional structure of voxels. Potential boundary points are filtered from the boundary cells. Level information is extracted from a Z-axis histogram of the voxels positioned along the Z-axis of the three-dimensional voxel structure and further refined. Reference grid information is extracted from an X-axis histogram of the voxels positioned along the X-axis of the three-dimensional voxel structure and a Y-axis histogram of the voxels positioned along the Y-axis of the three-dimensional voxel structure and further refined.
US12159471B2
A vehicular driver monitoring system includes an interior-viewing camera viewing at least a head region of a driver of a vehicle, and a plurality of exterior-viewing cameras disposed at and viewing exterior of the vehicle. Based at least in part on processing at an electronic control unit (ECU) of image data captured by the interior-viewing camera, the vehicular driver monitoring system monitors the driver of the vehicle. Based at least in part on processing at the ECU of image data captured by at least one exterior-viewing camera of the plurality of exterior-viewing cameras, the vehicular driver monitoring system estimates a current driving workload of the driver of the vehicle. Based at least in part on monitoring of the driver and the estimated current driving workload, the system classifies the driver as being at least one selected from the group consisting of (i) overloaded, (ii) attentive, (iii) distracted and (iv) drowsy.
US12159469B2
A vehicle recognition device includes: an acquisition unit configured to acquire a value of a parameter relating to a degree of dirtiness of an in-vehicle LIDAR device detecting objects using light or a radiowave close to light; and a judgment unit configured to judge a state of the in-vehicle LIDAR device to be an abnormal state in a case in which the value of the parameter continuously exceeds a threshold during a first period, and the amount of change of the value of the parameter in a second period including a part or whole of the first period is within a reference range.
US12159466B2
A method for context based lane prediction, the method may include obtaining sensed information regarding an environment of the vehicle; providing the sensed information to a second trained machine learning process; and locating one or more lane boundaries by the second trained machine learning process. The second trained machine learning process is generated by: performing a self-supervised training process, using a first dataset, of a first machine learning process to provide a first trained machine learning process; wherein the first trained machine learning process comprises a first encoder portion and a first decoder portion; replacing the first decoder portion by a second decoder portion to provide a second machine learning process; and performing an additional training process, using a second dataset that is associated with lane boundary metadata, of the second machine learning process to provide a second trained machine learning process.
US12159458B1
Disclosed herein is a system and method directed to object tracking and metric generation using a plurality of cameras. The system includes the plurality of cameras disposed around a playing surface in a mirrored configuration, where the plurality of cameras are time-synchronized. The system further includes logic that, when executed by a processor, causes performance of operations including: obtaining a sequence of images from a plurality of cameras, determining a subsection of a first image of the sequence of images having a highest probability of including the object, detecting the object within the subsection of the first image through object recognition processing, triangulating a location of the object within the playing space using the first image and the second image, and determining a subsection of a third image of the sequence of images having a highest probability of including the object based on the triangulated location of the object.
US12159455B2
An imaging apparatus includes: an imaging unit that has a pixel region in which a plurality of pixels is arranged and reads and outputs a pixel signal from the pixels included in the pixel region; a unit-of-readout controller that controls a unit of readout set as a part of the pixel region; a first unit-of-readout setting unit that sets a first unit of readout that is used for reading out the pixel signal from the pixel region for a recognition process that has learned training data for each of the units of readout; a second unit-of-readout setting unit that sets a second unit of readout that is used for reading out the pixel signal from the pixel region so as to output the pixel signal to a subsequent stage; and a mediation unit that performs mediation between the first unit of readout and the second unit of readout.
US12159443B2
Embodiments described herein include aspects related to previewing and capturing stroke outlines from a real-world image or a video feed. In one embodiment, a stroke outline preview image is generated by performing an edge detection process on an input image. The stroke outline preview image provides a preview indicating an example of a stroke outline image to be provided for the input image if the input image is selected. A detailed stroke outline image for the input image is generated using a detailed stroke outline process, and an alternative stroke outline image is obtained for the input image using an alternative outline process. Thereafter, the alternative stroke outline image is modified by including in the alternative stroke outline image a portion of stroke outlines from the detailed stroke outline image.
US12159438B2
The present disclosure includes a method, apparatus, and non-transitory computer-readable medium for adaptive neural image compression by meta-learning. The method may include generating a substitute input image and a substitute target quality control parameter using an original input image and a target quality control parameter, wherein the substitute input image is a modified version of the original input image and the substitute target quality control parameter is a modified version of the target quality control parameter. The method may further include encoding the substitute input image, based on the substitute input image and the substitute target quality control parameter, using an encoding neural network, to generate a compressed representation of the substitute input image.
US12159436B2
Provided in the embodiments of the present application are a transform method, inverse transform method, encoder, decoder and storage medium. The method comprises: determining a two-dimensional Morton code of an encoding point in a preset space of an encoding point cloud, wherein the two-dimensional Morton code is a Morton code corresponding to two-dimensional coordinates of the encoding point obtained by removing one of three-dimensional coordinates of the encoding point; performing right shift of the two-dimensional Morton code by K binary digits to determine point sets respectively corresponding to three-dimensional coordinate components; determining, from the point sets, point quantities of maximum included encoding points respectively corresponding to the three-dimensional coordinate components; determining, based on the point quantities, a transform order corresponding to the preset space; performing RAHT based on the transform order; and signaling the transform order and an attribute encoding result obtained after RAHT into a bitstream.
US12159431B2
A method for determining calibration parameters for an imaging device by way of a computer, based on at least one image having at least one person including selecting, by way of the computer, a plurality of pairs of points in the at least one image, each pair of points comprising a head point and a foot point associated with the person, and determining calibration parameters by way of the computer, using a two-dimensional estimator able to determine one of the estimated image coordinates of a head point based on the image coordinates of the foot point of a person and on the calibration parameters, determining the calibration parameters comprising minimizing an error between said estimated image coordinates of the head point and said image coordinates of the corresponding head point.
US12159412B2
Methods and systems are disclosed for performing operations for segmenting an object. The operations include receiving an image that includes a depiction of a first object; receiving a first segmentation dataset; applying a first machine learning technique to the first segmentation dataset and the image to estimate a first segmentation of the first object depicted in the image; generating a second segmentation dataset that includes the estimated first segmentation and a correction to the estimated first segmentation of the first object; applying the first machine learning technique to the second segmentation dataset and the image to estimate a second segmentation of the first object depicted in the image; and applying an augmented reality experience to the image based on the estimated second segmentation of the first object.
US12159407B1
An optimization and enhancement method for medical health physical examination big data includes following steps: all closed edges and all feature corner points in an anteroposterior spinal X-ray image are obtained, an internal difference coefficient of each closed edge relative to each other closed edge is obtained based on a positional distribution difference coefficient of each feature corner point within each closed edge relative to each feature corner point within each other closed edge, and the vertebral body edge probability of each closed edge is obtained by combing a rectangularity degree of each closed edge; the vertebral body edge confidence probability is obtained based on the rectangularity degree and the number of the feature corner points within each closed edge to select a reference vertebral body edge; all spinal vertebral bodies are obtained by a feature matching algorithm and grayscale enhancement is performed on all spinal vertebral bodies.
US12159403B2
The present disclosure relates to a non-transitory computer-readable medium storing computer-executable instructions that, when executed, cause a processor to perform operations, including generating an imaging data set having both scan data and digitized biopsy data from a patient with small cell lung cancer (SCLC). Scan derived features are extracted from the scan data and biopsy derived features are extracted from the digitized biopsy data. A radiomic-pathomic risk score (RPRS) is calculated from one or more of the scan derived features and one or more of the biopsy derived features. The RPRS is indicative of a prognosis of the patient.
US12159397B2
The present application is directed to a method and system for determining at least one physical and/or chemical characteristic of a keratinous surface of a user, the method comprising the steps of: —receiving data corresponding to at least one image of the keratinous surface, —processing the image by applying at least one machine learning model to said image, —returning at least one numerical value corresponding to a grade of the characteristic of the keratinous surface to be determined.
US12159396B2
A method for automatically reconstituting the architecture, along a reinforcing axis, of the reinforcement of a composite material, includes acquiring images of the reinforcement of the composite material, each image being acquired along a section plane perpendicular to the reinforcing axis; for each image acquired, detecting, using a neural network, barycentre and/or the circumference of each section of the reinforcing thread; for at least one acquired reference image, assigning a tag corresponding to a reinforcing thread, to each detected barycentre or circumference; for each other acquired image, assigning, to each detected barycentre and/or each detected circumference, the tag of the corresponding barycentre in the acquired reference image; reconstituting the architecture of each reinforcing thread from each detected barycentre and/or circumference having the tag of the reinforcing thread and the position on the reinforcing axis associated with the acquired image on which the barycentre and/or the circumference has been detected.
US12159394B2
A system and method automatically orient geological core samples. The system comprises a camera, a core analyzer module, and a core sample rotation apparatus. The camera is configured to capture a reference image of a cross-section of a reference core sample from a well and to capture a sample image of a cross-section of the to-be-oriented core sample from the well. The core analyzer module comprises code executable in a hardware processor to process the sample image to substantially match the reference image, and to determine an orientation angle of the match. The core sample rotation apparatus is configured to orient the to-be-oriented core sample by the orientation angle. A method comprises steps performed during operation of the system.
US12159391B2
A system, method, and computer-readable storage medium, of which the method includes receiving an image of a tool including a consumable object from a remote device via a network at a processor, decoding the image to identify the consumable object, using the processor, and determining a degradation characteristic, a consumption, or both for the consumable object by providing the decoded image to a neural network. The degradation characteristic represents a mode of degradation and the consumption represents an amount of degradation.
US12159386B2
A characteristic included in data is determined with relatively high precision. An inspection system according to one aspect of the present invention acquires a plurality of learning data sets respectively including a combination of image data and correct answer data, and sets a difficulty level of determination for each of the learning data sets in accordance with a degree to which a result which is obtained by determining the acceptability of a product in the image data of each of the learning data sets by a first discriminator conforms to a correct answer indicated by the correct answer data. Besides, the inspection system constructs a second discriminator that determines the acceptability of the product by executing stepwise machine learning in which the learning data sets are utilized in ascending order of the set difficulty level.
US12159383B2
Various aspects of the subject technology relate to systems, methods, and machine-readable media for outputting filtered visual media content items. Various aspects may include receiving an input frame of a visual media content item. Aspects may also include training a machine learning algorithm based on a dataset of bracketed images. Aspects may include configuring a neural network based on image filtering of the input frame and via a shader component of a graphics processing unit. Aspects may include determining portions of the input frame that are associated with an extent of darkness. Aspects may include performing an image enhancement operation to the portions of the input frame. Aspects may include providing instructions to display an output frame changed by the image enhancement operation.
US12159381B2
A method for the reliable and error-robust analysis of visually captured vehicle surroundings is provided. A deviation of a camera orientation caused by a force impacting an exterior mirror carrying the camera can be compensated fully automatically. As a result, the method can be used during active travels in the field and creates more safety, in particular for autonomous driving.
US12159380B2
The present disclosure relates to systems, methods, and non-transitory computer readable media that implement an inpainting framework having computer-implemented machine learning models to generate high-resolution inpainting results. For instance, in one or more embodiments, the disclosed systems generate an inpainted digital image utilizing a deep inpainting neural network from a digital image having a replacement region. The disclosed systems further generate, utilizing a visual guide algorithm, at least one deep visual guide from the inpainted digital image. Using a patch match model and the at least one deep visual guide, the disclosed systems generate a plurality of modified digital images from the digital image by replacing the region of pixels of the digital image with replacement pixels. Additionally, the disclosed systems select, utilizing an inpainting curation model, a modified digital image from the plurality of modified digital images to provide to a client device.
US12159367B2
Systems and methods for large-scale geospatial mosaic generation with image processing in a cloud computing environment. The approaches described herein specifically leverage scalable cloud computing features to facilitate highly parallel, granular image processing. Front-end image processing techniques allow for generation of a user interface that may provide automated material selection with human operator refinement. The user interface may be a web-based design that provides browse version images at lower resolutions to improve performance of the user interface and generating mosaic recipe. In turn, the mosaic recipe may be provided to back-end image processing that coordinates strip-level jobs and tile-level jobs and highly parallel fashion scalable cloud computing nodes. In turn, very large-scale mosaic images may be generated from geospatial images in computationally and cost-effective manner.
US12159366B2
Systems and methods are provided for receiving at least one image and a reference image, and performing a plurality of downscaling operations having separable convolutions on the received at least one image. A plurality of residual blocks may be formed, with each residual block containing two separable convolutions of the kernel and two instance normalizations. A plurality of upscaling operations may be performed on the plurality of residual blocks, and a stylized image may be displayed based on at least the performed plurality of upscaling operations and the reference image.
US12159365B2
Combined use of a recommended viewpoint and a free viewpoint is achieved without display of a position of the recommended viewpoint using a frame or the like. A detection unit detects a viewpoint position change instruction. An output unit outputs a part of an image to a display unit. In this case, an output range (an image range corresponding to a current viewpoint) is changed according to a viewpoint position change unit instruction after output of a recommended range such that the output range transits in a direction toward the recommended range on the basis of a predetermined condition. For example, the predetermined condition is deviation of the output range from the recommended range. Moreover, for example, a transition speed is controlled such that return to the recommended range is achieved faster as a positional difference between the output range and the recommended range becomes larger.
US12159363B2
A method for interacting with a user to create a three-dimensional (3D) model is provided. The method may include causing a capture device to start a first scan on a reference surface; instructing the user to make a first movement during the first scan; generating a 3D data representation of the reference surface based on data acquired in the first scan; displaying the 3D data representation on the GUI; causing the capture device to start a second scan on the reference surface; instruct the user to make a second movement during the second scan; generating a location tracking data representation of the reference surface based on data acquired in the second scan; displaying the location tracking data representation on the GUI; and causing the capture device to generate a 3D model of the reference surface based on the 3D data representation and the location tracking data representation.
US12159353B2
While many augmented reality systems provide “see-through” transparent or translucent displays upon which to project virtual objects, many virtual reality systems instead employ opaque, enclosed screens. Indeed, eliminating the user's perception of the real-world may be integral to some successful virtual reality experiences. Thus, head mounted displays designed exclusively for virtual reality experiences may not be easily repurposed to capture significant portions of the augmented reality market. Various of the disclosed embodiments facilitate the repurposing of a virtual reality device for augmented reality use. Particularly, by anticipating user head motion, embodiments may facilitate scene renderings better aligned with user expectations than naïve renderings generated within the enclosed field of view. In some embodiments, the system may use procedural mapping methods to generate a virtual model of the environment. The system may then use this model to supplement the anticipatory rendering.
US12159352B2
The present disclosure generally relates to a method of moving a user through an extended reality environment. Through comparing movement of a head mounted display to a user's established reference position, one or more sensors can determine movement of the user in the extended reality environment. The movement of the user in the extended reality environment corresponds to the anticipated movement of the user's vestibular system as determined by the movement and angle of the head mounted device.
US12159347B2
A method and system for generating two or three dimensional computer graphics images using multisample antialiasing (MSAA) is provided, which enables memory bandwidth to be conserved. For each of one or more pixels it is determined whether all of a plurality of sample areas of that pixel are located within a particular primitive. For those pixels where it is determined that all the sample areas of that pixel are located within that primitive, a value is stored in a multisample memory for a smaller number of the sample areas of that pixel than the total number of the sample areas of that pixel and data is stored indicating that all the sample areas of that pixel are located within that primitive.
US12159346B2
Disclosed are methods and systems for generating 3D avatars. The method comprises inputting a 2D image comprising an object of interest comprising a face; calculating a set of 2D parameters of the object of interest; inputting the set of 2D parameters into a trained neural network; the neural network outputting an estimated set of 3D avatar parameters, said parameters representing deviations with respect to 3D parameters of a benchmark 3D head model; and applying the set of 3D avatar parameters to the benchmark 3D head model to obtain the 3D avatar. The system comprises a processing component configured for receiving a 2D image comprising an object of interest comprising a face, calculating a set of 2D parameters of the object of interest; and a trained neural network configured for receiving the set of 2D parameters, outputting an estimated set of 3D avatar parameters, said parameters representing deviations with respect to 3D parameters of a benchmark 3D head model; and wherein the processing component is further configured for applying the set of 3D avatar parameters to the benchmark 3D head model to obtain the 3D avatar. Also described is a method for training a neural network to generate 3D objects based on a 2D image. The method comprises creating a benchmark 3D object representing a physical object and comprising a plurality of 3D object parameters, said 3D parameters representing the benchmark 3D object's topology; randomizing the plurality of 3D parameters within predetermined parameter ranges to generate a plurality of synthetic 3D objects representative of the physical object; for each synthetic 3D object, creating a 2D object image; for each 2D object image, calculating a set of 2D object parameters; storing the respective 2D object parameters and the plurality of 3D object parameters for each synthetic 3D object; training a neural network based on the stored 2D object parameters and 3D object parameters pairs.
US12159337B2
A digital human display assembly can include a rectangular display panel enclosed within a frame, the rectangular display panel capable of visually rendering a digital human during an interactive dialogue between the digital human and a user. The digital human display assembly also can include a glass covering enclosed within the frame and extending over a front side of the rectangular display panel. A base can support the frame in an upright position. A light emitting diode (LED) arrangement can be positioned on one or more outer portions of the frame.
US12159332B2
A method may include receiving a group of images taken by a camera over time in an environment, in which the camera may be oriented within the environment to capture images of an object in a substantially same direction as a launch direction of the object, and the group of images including a first image and a second image. The method may further include: identifying a first position of the object in the first image; identifying a second position of the object in the second image; generating a flight vector based on the first position of the object and the second position of the object; and determining one or more flight parameters using the flight vector. Additionally, the method may include: generating a simulated trajectory of the object based on the flight parameters; and providing the simulated trajectory of the object for presentation in a graphical user interface.
US12159329B2
A system for color gamut normalization for pathology slides, the system including at least computing device, wherein the computing device is configured to receive a whole slide image, generate a plurality of segments associated with the whole slide image as a function of one or more biological tissue type variabilities, apply a segment-specific transformation to each segment of the plurality of segments, create a user interface data structure, wherein the user interface data structure includes the plurality of segments and display the plurality of segments through a graphical user interface as a function of the user interface data structure.
US12159326B2
A process for converting an arbitrary input digital pathology image into an output digital pathology image that shares statistical information with a reference image. The input digital pathology image is separated into two or more image sections. Each image section is encoded, using a first convolutional neural network, into one or more feature maps. The one or more feature maps of each image section are modified based on statistical information derived from a reference image. The modified feature map(s) of each image section is/are then decoded to construct a respective image section for an output image. The constructed image sections for an output image then form the output image.
US12159325B2
Systems and methods that operate to, responsive to a request received from a user to obtain a ticket voucher with funds from an account external to a gaming establishment and responsive to a completion of a transfer of an amount of funds from a financial account and independent of identifying the user to any gaming establishment patron management system, such that an identity of the user remains anonymous to the gaming establishment, cause, based on the amount of funds, a modification of an account associated with a gaming establishment ticket voucher system and a creation, by the gaming establishment ticket voucher system, of the ticket voucher associated with the amount of funds.
US12159313B1
A method for generating computational predictions associated with a real-world entity is disclosed. The method comprises analyzing knowledge from a plurality of data sources; determining investment objectives associated with the real-world entity; applying, a plurality of ensembles of machine learning models to each of the plurality of data sources to conduct a combinatorial analysis of the plurality of data sources; generating, by colonies of Artificial Intelligence (AI) colonizers, intermediary outputs; analyzing the intermediary outputs in a weighted combination to generate weighted outputs; and assembling, by a supervisory algorithm, the weighted outputs based on the investment objectives to generate a computational prediction associated with the real-world entity.
US12159312B2
The present embodiments relate to charting multiple markets. In some embodiments, charting multiple markets may include receiving market data for a plurality of tradeable objects. The plurality of tradeable objects may include an anchor object and at least one non-anchor object. The market data may include anchor object price data for the anchor object and non-anchor price data for the at least one non-anchor object. The non-anchor object price data may be converted based on the anchor object price data such that converted non-anchor object price data has a price scale of the anchor object price data. The anchor object price data and the non-anchor object price data may be displayed along a normalized price axis.
US12159305B2
The disclosed embodiments relate to a content-recommendation method and apparatus, an electronic device, and a system. The method comprises: searching, by a recommendation system according to a determined tag, a content database for content matching the tag; and recommending, by the recommendation system, the matching content to a user corresponding to the tag. Content in the content database is determined according to first-type content acquired by an internal-operation system by means of matching and second-type content acquired by an external-operation system by means of matching.
US12159297B2
Systems and methods are provided for presenting an advertisement to a first participant of a plurality of participants of a conversation based on interests of other participants of the conversation. The conversation is monitored and a profile of the first participant is accessed. An interest category of a first interest term included in the profile is identified. A second interest term is identified from a portion of the conversation provided by a second participant of the plurality of participants. In response to determining that the second interest term is different from the first interest term and that the second interest term is in the identified interest category, an advertisement matching the second interest term is identified and generated for presentation on user equipment of the first participant.
US12159295B2
A discount service method carried out by a discount service device. The method includes: obtaining discount rate information based on changes in variable values of respective discount elements of an object being sold; on the basis of the discount rate information, identifying, for a plurality of sales records of the object being sold, a consumer distribution corresponding to changes in the discount rates of the respective discount elements of the object being sold; and determining a final discount rate for a predetermined consumer of the object being sold, by applying weights to the respective discount elements, calculated on the basis of the identified consumer distribution. When the consumer distribution changes, the weights of the respective discount elements change, and thus the final discount rate is determined differently, even when the variable values of the respective discount elements for the predetermined consumer are the same.
US12159294B2
Method, system, device, and non-transitory computer-readable medium for predicting trip data. In one aspect, a computer-implemented method includes: obtaining a first set of trip data associated with a first set of vehicular trips operated by a vehicle operator during a first time period, the first set of trip data including a first set of telematics data and a first set of travel conditions; obtaining a second set of travel conditions associated with a second set of vehicular trips associated with a second time period separate from the first time period; and determining a second set of telematics data associated with a target vehicular trip based at least in part upon the first set of telematics data, the first set of travel conditions, and the second set of travel conditions.
US12159288B2
Methods and apparatus are provided herein. For example, a method for maintaining a power conversion system can include transmitting, to a computing apparatus in operable communication with the power conversion system, an alert message indicating non-working microinverters and which of the non-working microinverters are under warranty and eligible for replacement; receiving, from the computing apparatus, a request for replacement for the non-working microinverters; and transmitting, to the computing apparatus, an acknowledgment message indicating that the request has been successfully received and replacements for the non-working microinverters are being shipped.
US12159286B2
Systems and methods are for executing an electronic transaction by a parallel transaction system. One method includes receiving, by a parallel transaction system, an electronic transaction request of a payment vehicle. The parallel transaction system may determine a type of the payment vehicle. The type of the payment vehicle is at least one of an open loop type, a closed loop type, or a parallel type. The parallel transaction system may execute an open-loop transaction, a closed-loop transaction, and/or a parallel transaction, based on the determined type of the payment vehicle. The parallel transaction system may complete the electronic transaction request.
US12159283B2
Disclosed are methods and systems for quantifying degrees of association between blockchain addresses in a weighted-linked database. The method may include: obtaining a node data set comprising one or more nodes and edges; associating a first node of the node data set with a first weight factor; identifying a first edge of the node data set, wherein the first edge comprises data indicating a source node address corresponding to the first node, a target node address corresponding to a second node of the one or more nodes in the node data set, and a first edge weight; determining a source value for the second node based on the first weight factor and the first edge weight; generating, a risk value for the second node based on the source value; and presenting, on a GUI, graphical depictions of the first node, the second node, and the first edge.
US12159277B2
A system for leveraging local/user-side resources (i.e., memory) to store Non-Fungible Tokens (NFTs) and conduct NFT-related computational processes required for generating/minting or exchanging an NFT. The local/user device is equipped with super Non-Volatile Random Access Memory (NVRAM), which operates in accordance with a resource-sharing protocol, such as Network Block Device (NBD) protocol or the like. The resource-sharing protocol is registered with the user's NFT digital wallet, which is in communication with the distributed trust computing networks and, thus links the local/user-side resources (i.e., NVRAM) with the distributed trust computing network for resource sharing capabilities.
US12159269B2
Disclosed herein are system, method, and computer program product embodiments for authenticating a mobile user via an authentication method determined based on a token level associated with the action being completed. An authentication token is created corresponding to the token level and the authentication token is sent to the mobile device. This authentication token may be used to authenticate subsequent actions and engage various services to complete the actions using application programming interfaces. The authentication token stored on the mobile device obviates the need for a user to authenticate multiple times to complete actions requiring a similar token level. The system may authenticate the identity of the mobile user using various authentication methods.
US12159260B2
A warehouse coordination system receives warehouse data that represents a current warehouse state, and performance data that represents historical performance of warehouse workers. The warehouse coordination system generates and stores enhanced warehouse data, and provides the data for a plan creation user interface for a warehouse process. The warehouse coordination system receives, through the plan creation user interface, user input that indicates workers to be applied to tasks to be performed over a shift for the warehouse process, and a simulation command to perform a simulation of the tasks. In response to receiving the simulation command, the warehouse coordination system performs a simulation of tasks according to the user inputs, and stores a simulated warehouse process plan that specifies the tasks. The warehouse coordination system receives real-time data that indicates tasks being performed over the shift, and provides the data for a performance monitoring interface for the warehouse process.
US12159250B2
Various methods, apparatuses/systems, and media for understanding the recovery of business services due to loss of availability that occur in information technology infrastructure are provided. The system and method automatically predict or detect the probability of an availability incident, determine associated risk and impact using a machine learning model to enhance the determination of severity of an incident based upon technology component attributes data, incident history data or other metadata. The machine learning model also alerts and determines capacity requirements/availability of alternate infrastructure impacted to begin orchestrating recovery and the overall recovery time and potential data loss.
US12159246B2
Disclosed are methods and systems for providing and receiving information for risk management in the field, and more particularly, methods and systems for accessing permit, plan, risk assessments and equipment information, auto-populating documents, and for transmitting data and receiving notifications based upon permit availability and location. The disclosed systems and methods for risk management provide tools to engage field operators in the process of risk management and encourage field operators to complete the risk management tasks in an appropriate manner.
US12159244B2
Disclosed are systems, apparatus, methods and computer-readable media for updating information stored in a database system over a network. In some implementations, first contact data is retrieved from a first virtual portion of a database system, where the first contact data provides first contact information associated with at least one entity. In some instances, the first contact data is compared with second contact data, where the second contact data provides second contact information associated with the at least one entity. In some instances, at least some of the second contact information is retrieved from a social networking system. In various implementations, at least one difference between the first contact data and the second contact data is identified, where the at least one difference is capable of being presented in a user interface displayed at a computer system. In some instances, a selection identifying contact data to store is received.
US12159239B2
Systems, computer program products, and methods are described herein for automated regression testing. The present invention is configured to generate, using a regression testing engine, a second state instance map for a second version of an application; generate, using the regression testing engine, a first state instance map for a first version of the application; initiate a differential detection engine on the first state instance map and the second state instance map; determine, using the differential detection engine, one or more differential features in the second version of the application; initiate a machine learning model on the one or more differential features in the second version of the application; and classify, using the machine learning model, the one or more differential features into one or more classes.
US12159232B2
A processor-implemented neural network operating method, the operating method comprising obtaining a neural network pre-trained in a source domain and a first style feature of the source domain, extracting a second style feature of a target domain from received input data of the target domain, using the neural network, performing domain adaptation of the input data, by performing style matching of the input data based on the first style feature of the source domain and the second style feature of the target domain, and processing the style-matched input data, using the neural network.
US12159229B2
In a method of generating a neural network used to detect a feature of medical significance from a body image data input, test data images (110) are divided into patches (120). Each patch is labelled as either corresponding to the feature (124) or not corresponding to the feature (122). One trained fully connected layer (136) in a pretrained general purpose convolutional neural network (130) is replaced with a new fully connected layer. The pretrained convolutional neural network (130) is retrained with the set of labelled patches (126) to generate a feature-specific convolutional neural network that includes at least one feature-specific fully connected layer (152) that maps the body image data to the feature of medical significance when the feature of medical significance is present in the body image data input.
US12159224B2
Computer-implemented techniques for entity disambiguation using graph neural networks (GNNs) are provided. According to an embodiment, computer implemented method can comprise receiving, by a system operatively coupled to a processor, an unstructured text snippet comprising an unknown term. The method further comprises employing, by the system, a heterogeneous GNN trained on a knowledge graph associated with a domain of the unstructured text snippet to facilitate identifying one or more similar terms included within the knowledge graph for the unknown term.
US12159222B2
There is provided a neural network learning apparatus capable of adjusting an amount of reduction in a model size. A group parameter generating part grouping model parameters of a neural network model into arbitrarily defined groups and generating group parameters indicating features of the groups, a regularization term calculating part calculating a regularization term on an assumption that distribution of the group parameters is according to distribution defined by hyper parameters which are parameters defining distribution features, and a model updating part calculating a loss function from correct labels in teacher data, output probability distribution obtained by inputting feature values corresponding to the correct labels in the teacher data to the neural network model, and a regularization term, and updating the neural network model in a manner that a value of the loss function is decreased are included.
US12159217B1
Methods for simplifying a dependency graph in a neural network accelerator are provided. Computations and data movements for the neural network accelerator may be described with a flow graph, where graph nodes represent computation or data movement operations and graph edges represent dependencies between operations. A flow graph may contain redundant edges that can be removed while retaining the reachability of each of the nodes in the graph. To identify redundant edges, a compiler may generate vector clocks to track the relationships of operations performed by various execution engines prior to execution of a program reaching a given node or operation. Redundant edges may be identified and removed based on the relative values of the vector clocks to reduce the complexity of the graph.
US12159215B2
A modulated segmentation system can use a modulator network to emphasize spatial prior data of an object to track the object across multiple images. The modulated segmentation system can use a segmentation network that receives spatial prior data as intermediate data that improves segmentation accuracy. The segmentation network can further receive visual guide information from a visual guide network to increase tracking accuracy via segmentation.
US12159213B2
Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media, for processing image data. One of the method includes receiving an input image from a source domain, the input image showing an object to be manipulated by a robot in a robotic process; processing the input image to generate an intermediate representation of the input image, comprising: generating a gradient orientation representation and a gradient magnitude representation of the input image; and generating the intermediate representation of the input image from the gradient orientation representation and the gradient magnitude representation; processing the intermediate representation of the input image using a neural network trained to make predictions about objects in images to generate a network output that represents a prediction about physical characteristics of the object in the input image.
US12159212B1
A digital processing engine is configured to receive input data from a memory. The input data comprises first input channels. The digital processing engine is further configured to convolve, with a convolution model, the input data. The convolution model comprises a first filter layer configured to generate first intermediate data having first output channels. A number of the first output channels is less than a number of the first input channels. The convolution model further comprises a second filter layer comprising shared spatial filters and is configured to generate second intermediate data by convolving each of the first output channels with a respective one of the shared spatial filters. Each of the shared spatial filters comprises first weights. The digital processing engine is further configured to generate output data from the second intermediate data and store the output data in the memory.
US12159210B2
Methods, apparatus, and computer-readable media for determining and utilizing corrections to robot actions. Some implementations are directed to updating a local features model of a robot in response to determining a human correction of an action performed by the robot. The local features model is used to determine, based on an embedding generated over a corresponding neural network model, one or more features that are most similar to the generated embedding. Updating the local features model in response to a human correction can include updating a feature embedding, of the local features model, that corresponds to the human correction. Adjustment(s) to the features model can immediately improve robot performance without necessitating retraining of the corresponding neural network model.
US12159207B2
A computing system includes a processor; and one or more non-transitory, computer-readable storage media storing: a trained machine learning model; and machine-readable instructions that, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the computing system to: process agronomic input feature vectors to generate one or more predicted corn growth efficiency values; and provide the corn growth efficiency values as output. A computing system includes a processor; and one or more non-transitory, computer-readable storage media storing machine-readable instructions that, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the computing system to: process labeled agronomic data with a machine learning model to generate one or more predicted corn growth efficiency values; and modify a parameter of the machine learning model. A computer-implemented method includes processing labeled agronomic data with a machine learning model to generate corn growth efficiency values; and modifying a parameter of the machine learning model.
US12159204B2
Implementations are directed to processing a content object model through a ML model to provide a set of base content feature representations, processing a style object model through the ML model to provide a set of base style feature representations, executing iterations including: generating, by the ML model, a set of stylized feature representations for an initial stylized object model, the initial stylized object model having one or more adjusted parameters relative to a previous iteration, determining a total loss based on the set of stylized feature representations, the set of base content feature representations, and the sets of base style feature representations, and determining that the total loss is non-optimized, and in response, initiating a next iteration, executing an iteration including determining that the total loss is optimized, and in response providing the initial stylized object model as output of the iterative process.
US12159203B1
A portable unit is created on a first computer to be executed on one or more remote computers. The portable unit includes an execution file having one or more tasks. Additionally, data relationships between applications are identified. Users can create adapters that enable application automation processes to allow customers to define compliance boundaries and to allow for automation of upgraded applications. The applications can be updated by collecting automation information and employing an artificial intelligence engine to generate updated automation criteria. Automation can be generated based on return on investment. A dashboard is automatically generated to permit viewing of indicators regarding automation tasks.
US12159201B2
A method of constructing a procedural threshold in quotient algebra partition-based fault tolerance quantum computation, which is based on the framework of quotient algebra partition (QAP) applied in the fault tolerance quantum computation (FTQC), wherein an n-qubit fault tolerant encode of a k-qubit quantum gate M, is feasible to a threshold, wherein the method comprises: preparing a quantum code, with a stabilizer; creating an n-qubit encoding, in the quantum code, and obtaining an n-qubit fault tolerant encode of M; factorizing each encoded component, of this n-qubit fault tolerant encode; and producing a detection-correction operator by placing n-k ancilla qubits with the original system of n qubits, wherein the detection-correction operator comprises a conditional detection operator and a conditional correction operator to remove r-qubit spinor error. In terms of this invention, a fault-tolerant computation is conducted by the following criteria given a threshold 0<δth<1: a qubit keeps unchanged if it has the fidelity >δth and needs an error-correction if it has the fidelity <δth. Based on this concept, a fault tolerant method is constructed to be feasible to practical experiments composed of noisy systems, leading to scalable fault tolerance quantum computation.
US12159200B2
Systems and methods for generating photonic graph states for quantum computing include coupling a quantum emitter to a cavity, generating a first dirty photon having a first temporal profile, using the first dirty photon to form a first photonic qubit, generating a second dirty photon having a second temporal profile, using the second dirty photon to form a second photonic qubit, using the quantum emitter coupled to the cavity to entangle the first photonic qubit with the second photonic qubit to form a pair of entangled photonic qubits, and using the pair of entangled photonic qubits for quantum computation.
US12159199B2
Techniques for managing and compressing quantum output data (QOD) associated with quantum computing are presented. In response to receiving QOD from a quantum computer, a compressor component can compress QOD at first compression level to generate first compressed QOD, and can compress QOD at second compression level to generate second compressed QOD, the second compressed QOD can be less compressed than the first compressed QOD. Compressor management component (CMC) can determine whether first QOD includes sufficient data to enable it to be suitably processed by quantum logic. If so, CMC can allow first compressed QOD to continue to be sent to quantum logic and can discard second compressed QOD. If not sufficient, CMC can determine that second compressed QOD is to be processed by quantum logic. If CMC determines second compressed QOD does not include sufficient data, CMC can determine that the QOD is to be processed by quantum logic.
US12159196B2
Methods, systems and apparatus for implementing a quantum gate on a quantum system comprising a second qubit coupled to a first qubit and a third qubit. In one aspect, a method includes evolving a state of the quantum system for a predetermined time, wherein during evolving: the ground and first excited state of the second qubit are separated by a first energy gap ω; the first and second excited state of the second qubit are separated by a second energy gap equal to a first multiple of ω minus qubit anharmoniticity η; the ground and first excited state of the first qubit and third qubit are separated by a third energy gap equal to ω−η; and the first and second excited state of the first qubit and third qubit are separated by a fourth energy gap equal to the first multiple of the ω minus a second multiple of η.
US12159193B2
The disclosed technology is directed to systems and methods for deterministic reset of superconducting qubit and cavity modes with a microwave photon counter. The system comprises a multiplicity of qubit-microwave photon counter pairs coupled by a qubit-qubit coupling. Each of the qubit-microwave photon counter pairs comprise a qubit circuit, a microwave photon counter circuit, and a resonant cavity coupling the qubit circuit and the microwave photon counter circuit.
US12159192B2
A robotic system is disclosed that include an articulated arm and a first perception system for inspecting an object, as well as a plurality of additional perception systems, each of which is arranged to be directed toward a common area in which an object may be positioned by the robotic arm such that a plurality of views within the common area may be obtained by the plurality of additional perception systems.
US12159185B2
An imaging device includes a housing having an optically transmissive window, a first imaging assembly, and a second imaging assembly. A second imaging sensor of the second imaging assembly is positioned within a bottom portion of the housing height and a front portion of the housing depth. The second imaging sensor may be positioned in either a landscape orientation or a portrait orientation. A downstream region is defined between a downstream side of a first field of view of the first imaging sensor and a downstream side of a second field of view of the second imaging sensor to allow the imaging device to determine whether an indicia associated with a product captured within the downstream region was previously captured in the first field of view, thereby facilitating detection of scan avoidance or ticket switching.
US12159174B2
A method includes receiving a message query from an entity identifier participating in a social network. The message query specifies one or more entities, one or more requirements, and one or more constraints. A set of message query parameters is generated based on the message query. A set of queries for a semantic graph of the social network is generated based on the set of message query parameters. The set of queries is applied to the semantic graph to obtain a set of query results. A message context of the entity identifier is determined based on the set of query results and the set of message query parameters. A set of messages from a message repository is determined based on the message context. The set of messages can be presented on a client computer associated with the entity identifier.
US12159173B2
Methods for providing simultaneous access to a hardware data stream to multiple applications are disclosed. The first application to access a hardware device is responsible for providing and publishing an application programming interface (API) that provides access to the hardware device's data stream, which other applications can then call to gain access to the data stream. In some examples, the first application may be a server process or daemon dedicated to managing the hardware device data stream and publishing the API. In some further examples, the first application may instead may carry out user functionality unrelated to managing the hardware device.
US12159166B2
Methods and systems disclosed herein relate generally to evaluating resource loads to determine when to transform queues and to specific techniques for transforming at least part of queues so as to correspond to alternative resources.
US12159162B2
A computing device can obtain usage data associated with the device. The usage data indicate how the computing device operates or how the device is used. The device can analyze the usage data to recognize usage patterns. The usage patterns can correspond to recurring actions or tasks initiated by the user using the device, such as actions or tasks initiated due to the user's habits and/or routines. Based on the usage patterns, the device can determine a task that has a sufficient likelihood of being performed using the device within a specified or determined time (e.g., 5 minutes from now, one year from now, etc.). The device can provide information (e.g., recommendations) associated with the task, and likely relevant to the user. The user can use the provided information to perform the task, thereby increasing the ease of access or efficiency associated with performing the task.
US12159147B2
A program startup method, an electronic system, and a non-transitory storage medium are disclosed in the embodiments of the present disclosure. The method includes detecting a startup requirement for a program, startup codes of the program being at least partially stored in an external memory, and a part of the startup codes stored in the external memory comprising a plurality of code segments; and performing an operation of loading one of the code segments of the external memory to a RAM and running the one of the code segments multiple times. The one of the code segments loaded each time is different with each other. A size of each code segment is less than or equal to a size of an area of the RAM capable of executing each code segment.
US12159146B2
A method and architecture for using dynamically loaded plugins is described herein. The dynamically loaded plugin architecture comprises a parent context and a plugin repository. The parent context may define one or more reusable software components. The plugin repository may store one or more plugins. When a plugin is loaded, a child context may be created dynamically. The child context is associated with the plugin and inherits the one or more reusable software components from the parent context.
US12159143B2
A system and method of processing instructions may comprise an application processing domain (APD) and a metadata processing domain (MTD). The APD may comprise an application processor executing instructions and providing related information to the MTD. The MTD may comprise a tag processing unit (TPU) having a cache of policy-based rules enforced by the MTD. The TPU may determine, based on policies being enforced and metadata tags and operands associated with the instructions, that the instructions are allowed to execute (i.e., are valid). The TPU may write, if the instructions are valid, the metadata tags to a queue. The queue may (i) receive operation output information from the application processing domain, (ii) receive, from the TPU, the metadata tags, (iii) output, responsive to receiving the metadata tags, resulting information indicative of the operation output information and the metadata tags; and (iv) permit the resulting information to be written to memory.
US12159141B2
A data processing apparatus includes control flow prediction circuitry that generates a control flow prediction in respect of a group of one or more instructions. Storage circuitry used by the control flow prediction circuitry stores data in association with groups of instructions used to generate the control flow prediction for each of the groups of instructions. Control flow prediction update circuitry inserts new data into the storage circuitry in association with a new group of one or more instructions in dependence on one or more conditions being met when a miss occurs for the group of one or more instructions in the storage circuitry.
US12159139B2
A method includes processing event data to detect a status of a network function. The event data is processed based on two or more conditions defined by a correlation policy. The correlation policy includes a non-deterministic finite automata tree (NFAT) structure correlation policy having a policy type and a logic-gate. The method additionally includes determining the policy type of the NFAT structure correlation policy. The method also includes determining whether a first value of the two or more conditions is indicative of whether a first condition is satisfied. The method further includes determining whether a second value of the two or more conditions is indicative of whether the second condition is satisfied. The method additionally includes determining whether the NFAT structure correlation policy is satisfied based on the first value, the second value, the logic-gate and the policy type.
US12159135B2
In an example embodiment, machine learning techniques are utilized to create virtual tables that connect to actual tables in a user's own system. The virtual table predicts how the user's data can be used to populate fields in newer versions of software that the user already runs, even when those fields are not present in the version that the user already runs. These tables may then be used in a specialized tool, which displays in one area of the display a screen of the version of the software that the user is currently running (“the existing version”) and displays in another area of the display a screen of the version of the software that the user is comparing to the existing version. Both display areas display the same screen, as rendered by their respective different versions of the software, using the same underlying base data.
US12159129B2
A method for downloading an application includes, after learning that an application is downloaded by a second user equipment, sending, by a first user equipment that has an association relationship with the second user equipment, a downloading request for the application downloaded by the second user equipment to an application server, where the downloading request carries capability information of the first user equipment, and receiving, by the first user equipment, an application to be downloaded, where the application matches the capability information of the first user equipment and is sent by the application server.
US12159095B2
A method of designing an interconnect structure of a semiconductor apparatus is provided. The interconnect structure includes interconnection layers sequentially stacked on a semiconductor substrate, and each of the interconnection includes dummy metal patterns and main metal patterns. The method includes: determining a layout of the main metal patterns included in each of the plurality of interconnection layers; determining a number of interconnection layers in the plurality of interconnection layers; and determining a layout of the dummy metal patterns included in each of the plurality of interconnection layers based on the determined layout of the main metal patterns and the determined number of interconnection layers.
US12159093B1
Any primitive cells or blocks can be represented physically by a Barycenter compact model (or Barycenter model), and any black box model can also be physically represented by a Barycenter compact model physically. A boundary condition between blocks is formulated by the Barycenter compact model. Boundary condition problems between blocks can be limited within two levels only if using the Barycenter compact model.
US12159084B2
Methods and systems for performing automatic speed-based audio control. One method includes receiving, with an electronic control unit included in a vehicle, a speed of the vehicle and receiving, with the electronic control unit, an audio signal. The method also includes accessing, with the electronic control unit, a plurality of equalization curves based on the speed of the vehicle, each of the plurality of equalization curves associated with the speed of the vehicle and each of the plurality of equalization curves defining a gain adjustment for one of a plurality of frequencies, and, for each curve of the plurality of equalization curves, applying the gain adjustment defined by the curve to one of the plurality of frequencies of the audio signal.
US12159081B2
An exemplary hearing device is configured to concurrently maintain a first link with a source and a second link with a second hearing device. The hearing device scans, while not receiving data via the first link, the second link for a preamble of a binaural data packet for a first time period. Based on whether the preamble is detected, the hearing device selectively: receives the binaural data packet and ignores the first link while receiving the binaural data packet if the preamble of the binaural data packet is detected during the first time period; and scans the first link for a preamble of a data packet for a second time period if the preamble of the binaural data packet is not detected during the first time period.
US12159066B2
A printing device includes a controller configured to perform: (a) storing identification information and transmission address information in association with each other; (b) acquiring, in response to receiving a print job together with the identification information from an external device, the transmission address information stored in association with the identification information in the (a) storing on the basis of the received identification information; and (c) transmitting the transmission address information acquired in the (b) acquiring to a data processing server so that payment process information is transmitted to a transmission address corresponding to the transmission address information, the payment process information being information to pay a fee charged for performing printing based on the received print job.
US12159053B1
A memory authentication system initiates various memory operations on a memory chip and then assesses the performance of the memory chip in performing such operations in an attempt to identify a signature in the chip's performance that can be used to identify the chip's source. As an example, a partial erase operation may be performed on programmed memory cells in order to drain some charge from the cells but allowing some charge to remain in the cells. Due to process variations during manufacturing, charge should drain from the cells at different rates such that some of the cells may flip to an erase state while other cells remain in a program state. The pattern of bit flips defines a unique signature that may be used to identify the chip's manufacturing source (e.g., the foundry at which the chip was manufactured).
US12159050B1
Conversion to a virtual target may be performed for a source of a data store migration. A request that selects one of multiple data store conversion targets as a virtual target of data store migration from a source of the data store migration may be received. One or more conversion scripts for the data store migration may be generated based on an analysis of a possible conversion between the source of the data store migration and the virtual target of the data store migration using metadata obtained from the source of the data store migration that describes the source of the data store migration and a model corresponding to the virtual target of the data store migration. The conversion scripts may be stored for later execution.
US12159049B2
A memory system includes a first semiconductor memory device, a second semiconductor memory device, and a controller for controlling operations thereof. Each of the first and second semiconductor memory devices includes a normal area and a preliminary area. The controller is configured to determine a data migration operation on target data stored in the first semiconductor memory device and in response thereto control the first semiconductor memory device to read the target data, generate migration data including a plurality of group migration complete data indicating that the data migration operation has been partially completed based on the target data, and control the second semiconductor memory device to program the migration data in the preliminary area of the second semiconductor memory device.
US12159046B2
A data storage method and apparatus includes receiving a data write request, where the data write request carries to-be-written data, and the to-be-written data includes at least one data block; calculating a fingerprint of each data block, where the fingerprint uniquely identifies the data block; determining whether the fingerprint of each data block exists in a fingerprint list, where the fingerprint list includes a fingerprint corresponding to a data block stored in a high-speed storage medium and a fingerprint corresponding to a data block stored in a low-speed storage medium; and performing a deduplication operation on the to-be-written data.
US12159041B2
Methods, systems, and devices for techniques for failure management in memory systems are described. A memory system may include one or more non-volatile memory devices. A set of physical blocks of memory cells of the one or more non-volatile memory devices may be grouped into virtual blocks, where each physical block of a virtual may block may be within a different plane of the one or more non-volatile memory devices. The memory system may detect a failure within a physical block of a virtual block and may transfer data from the physical block to one or more other physical blocks within the same virtual block in response to detecting the failure.
US12159033B2
This disclosure provides systems, methods, and devices for memory systems that support metadata. In a first aspect, a method of handling data and metadata at a memory device includes receiving data from the host via the at least one data connection into the first plurality of registers; receiving metadata from the host via the at least one non-data connection into the second plurality of registers; storing the data in the first portion of the memory array; and storing the metadata in the second portion of the memory array. Other aspects and features are also claimed and described.
US12159024B1
Systems and methods for database interactivity and user interfaces pertaining to creating, customizing, and synchronizing custom selection lists are disclosed. The present invention may include a software program. A user may use the software program to input the names of a plurality of selectable items for storage in a database. When the user is creating a selection list, the user may select the saved selectable items and arrange and format them in a preview interface. In other aspects of the present invention, multiple custom selection lists are stored onto the database and a user may edit a first custom selection list which synchronizes with and thereby makes the same edit on a second custom selection list.
US12159022B2
Techniques are described that facilitate remotely interfacing with a vehicle touchscreen. According to an embodiment, a method is provided comprising determining touch controls included in a GUI configured for displaying on a touchscreen of the vehicle, wherein the touch controls provide for controlling functions of the vehicle based on first interaction with the touch controls as displayed on the touchscreen. The method further comprises generating a representation of the GUI for display via an auxiliary display of the auxiliary device, the representation comprising one or more graphical controls corresponding to one or more touch controls of the touch controls, and enabling remote control of one or more functions of the functions of the vehicle by the auxiliary device based on second interaction with the one or more graphical controls as displayed via the auxiliary display.
US12159015B2
The case is directed to portable or client devices that are adapted to instantiate a client application that is communicably coupled to one or more remote host services. The client application is also adapted to cause a display of a graphical user interface having various regions. A first interface region of the graphical user interface may be associated with a first microfunction installed on the device and a second region may be associated with a second microfunction installed on the device. The various microfunctions may enable the client application to interface with one or more remote host services and may be shared across different client applications. In some cases, multiple microfunctions are used to define a custom, user-defined integrated application.
US12159004B2
A touch panel includes first touch-electrodes and second touch-electrodes, and a bezel region includes first wires and second wires. Each of the first wires is electrically connected a respective one of the first touch-electrodes in a one-to-one correspondence through a respective first connection end, and each of the second wires is electrically connected a respective one of the second touch-electrodes in a one-to-one correspondence through a respective second connection end. First connection ends of at least two adjacent first sub-touch-electrodes located at a central position of the touch region in the second direction are located at a same side of the touch region in the first direction, and/or second connection ends of at least two adjacent second sub-touch-electrodes located at a central position of the touch region in the first direction are located at a same side of the touch region in the second direction.
US12159000B2
An electronic device includes a substrate, a lighting unit, first and second units. The lighting unit includes a plurality of lighting pixels, and has a first region. The first unit receives a first signal, includes a plurality of first pixels, and has a second region overlapped the first region. The second unit receives a second signal different from the first signal, includes a plurality of second pixels, and has a third region overlapped with the second region. A density of a part of the plurality of the first pixels in the second region is less than a density of a part of the plurality of the second pixels in the third region, and a density of a part of the plurality of lighting pixels in the first region is less than the density of the part of the plurality of second pixels in the third region.
US12158999B2
A display device includes: a display unit including a plurality of light emission areas; a plurality of touch electrodes disposed between the plurality of light emission areas to sense a touch; and a plurality of code patterns formed between the plurality of light emission areas in a predetermined planar code shape, wherein code patterns, which indicate preset direction designated position codes, are repeatedly disposed in an outermost area in at least one direction of a touch sensor area in which the plurality of touch electrodes are arranged.
US12158990B2
Provided is an information output apparatus including a casing including an expression surface and an expression hole formed in the expression surface, a protrusion provided to reciprocate such that at least a part thereof protrudes out of the expression hole and information is expressed on the expression surface, and a driving module located inside the casing and connected to the protrusion to move the protrusion.
US12158976B2
A copy of a blockchain is stored. The stored copy of the blockchain is copied from a blockchain in a distributed blockchain ledger. An event associated with the blockchain in the distributed ledger is identified. In response identifying the event associated with the blockchain in the distributed ledger, a compromise of the blockchain in the distributed ledger is identified, such as, identifying one or more blocks of the blockchain that have been compromised. In a second embodiment, a request to add a new block to a blockchain is identified. In response identifying the request to add the new block to the blockchain, a consensus vote to add the new block to the blockchain is monitored. A determination is made to determine if the consensus vote is below a threshold. In response to the consensus vote being below the threshold, an audit of the blockchain is completed.
US12158970B2
A method for directing queries to encrypted database files includes acquiring a mapping that links a first encrypted file with a different encrypted file. The first encrypted file is generated based on a first encryption key. The method includes generating, by one or more processors based on the mapping, an updated mapping to link a second encrypted file with the different encrypted file. The second encrypted file is generated based on a second encryption key. The method includes directing, using the mapping, a first query to the first encrypted file when the first query arrives before generating the updated mapping; and. The method includes directing, using the updated mapping, a second query to the second encrypted file when a second query arrives after generating the updated mapping.
US12158964B2
The present disclosure describes an architecture and design of Unauthorized-Blocking-Role (UAB). UAB is a mechanism which prevents higher privileged users of cloud-hosted software from performing unauthorized activities on protected objects, such as management objects. UAB works by periodically monitoring the permissions of customer users on key management objects in an object hierarchy in management software. If a customer user is detected to have privileges higher than the user should have on those objects, UAB applies restrictive role-based access controls (RBACs) on the user. Similarly, UAB also monitors protected principals and protected roles to ensure that their privileges are not modified by a customer user.
US12158955B1
An apparatus for modification of operating environments, includes at least a processor and a memory communicatively connected to the at least a processor, the memory containing instructions configuring the processor to generate update data for one or more operating environments, append a digital signature associated with an update data source to the update data, identify at least one operating environment for receipt of the update data, wherein identification includes determining a compliance of one or more operating environments and identifying the at least one operating environment as a function of the compliance, authenticate the at least one operating environment, wherein authentication includes receiving an update log associated with the at least one operating environment and comparing the update log to a central log and transmit the update data to the at least one operating environment as a function of the authentication to modify the at least one operating environment.
US12158949B2
A graph association system includes processing circuitry configured to construct a plurality of dependency graphs in which input logs are associated with each other, assign a tag to each of the dependency graphs constructed, and associate the dependency graphs with each other based on tags assigned.
US12158942B2
An apparatus stores a security token in a memory associated with the apparatus. The security token is a software security artifact used to uniquely identify the apparatus. The apparatus receives a query message to provide the security token. The apparatus transmits the security token to be verified. In response to the security token being verified, the apparatus participates in a secured communication channel with a user device. The apparatus receives a second security token that is used for a subsequent authentication of the apparatus. The apparatus stores the second security token in the memory.
US12158939B1
A device, having executed a single sign-on operation, may maintain a private device key in volatile memory. A client application may request an authentication artifact as part of obtaining authentication credentials for the device. Responsive to the request, an artifact may be signed with the private device key to generate the requested authentication artifact. The single sign-on operation may be authenticated using an authentication device and a wrap key generated and applied by a secure cryptographic processor using an identifier based on an attestation certificate obtained from the authentication device after successful authentication. The wrap key may be used to decrypt the private device key stored on a persistent device storage.
US12158935B2
A facial authentication apparatus comprises: a camera arranged at a position capable of facing an authentication object person and captures a face image of the authentication object person; a display arranged below the camera and displays the face image captured by the camera; a card reader arranged below the display and on a front side as seen from the authentication object person, and reads a card presented by the authentication object person; and a wall member(s) arranged so as to extend to at least a front end portion of the card reader from an upper end portion of the display.
US12158932B2
According to an embodiment of the disclosure, there is provided a biometrics-based user authentication method including: obtaining a user's biometric image, obtaining a shallow biometric feature from the user's biometric image by using a first neutral network of a learning network model, obtaining a deep biometric feature from the user's biometric image by using a second neutral network of the learning network model, determining a similarity between the shallow and deep biometric features and a valid user's biometric features stored in advance, and determining whether the user matches the valid user, based on the determined similarity.
US12158923B2
A system and a method are disclosed for forming an output feature map (OFM). Activation values in an input feature map (IFM) are selected and transformed on-the-fly into the Winograd domain. Elements in a Winograd filter is selected that respectively correspond to the transformed activation values. A transformed activation value is multiplied by a corresponding element of the Winograd filter to form a corresponding product value in the Winograd domain. Activation values are repeatedly selected, transformed and multiplied by a corresponding element in the Winograd filter to form corresponding product values in the Winograd domain until all activation values in the IFM have been transformed and multiplied by the corresponding element. The product values are summed in the Winograd domain to form elements of a feature map in the Winograd domain. The elements of the feature map in the Winograd domain are inverse-Winograd transformed on-the-fly to form the OFM.
US12158920B2
A method converts a request received from a client application to a query by a serverless function operating on a virtual machine instance provisioned responsive to the request. The query is transmitted to an application database corresponding to the client application. A result is received from the application database. The result is converted into a response and the response is transmitted to the client application in response to the request. Display of the client application is updated based on response with the result.
US12158910B2
A system for implementing object state distributions obtains a first object state distribution associated with a first image set. The first object state distribution includes a first plurality of object state vectors generated based upon (i) a first set of object type classifications associated with the first image set and (ii) a first set of image information based on the first image set. The system obtains a second object state distribution associated with a second image set. The second object state distribution comprises a second plurality of object state vectors generated based upon (i) a second set of object type classifications associated with the second image set and (ii) a second set of image information based on the second image set. The system determines a distance measure between the first object state distribution and the second object state distribution and assigns a label based upon the distance measure.
US12158907B1
According to an aspect, a method includes, in response to a search query for web content, obtaining, by a search engine, search results relevant to the search query, where the search results include a set of responsive documents, and generating a plurality of themes from content included in the set of responsive documents, where each of the plurality of themes includes a respective phrase that describes a respective theme. The method includes providing thematic data to a browser application on a client device, where the thematic data includes the plurality of themes and thematic search results, which may be a portion of the search results arranged by the plurality of themes. The thematic data is configured to cause the browser application to display the plurality of themes in a search results page.
US12158903B2
Various embodiments relate generally to data science and data analysis, computer software and systems, and control systems to provide a platform to implement automated responses to data representing electronic messages, among other things, and, more specifically, to a computing and data platform that implements logic to facilitate implementation of an automated predictive response computing system being configured to implement, for example, an automated predictive response engine configured to access internal (e.g., in-conversation) data and external (e.g., extra-conversation) data to predictively generate automated responses, such as assisting an agent or an agent computing device, among other things. In an example, a method may include forming identified features, determining a first predicted response, computing a second predicted response as a function of an identified feature, and presenting data as user inputs in a user interface portion to include a first predicted response and a second predicted response as a predicted response.
US12158898B2
An example method includes receiving a data load request requesting loading and partitioning of an unknown quantity of user data for storage at a data storage system. The user data including a partitioning key; a total data size of the user data; a plurality of rows, each row of the plurality of rows associated with a value defined by the partitioning key; and one or more columns. The method also includes identifying one or more storage constraints for the data storage system. The method further includes, after receiving the user data, determining a plurality of partitioning quantiles defining respective ranges of values of the partitioning key based on the user data and the one or more storage constraints for the data storage system; and range partitioning each row of the user data into files based on the value associated with the row defined by the partitioning key, and the respective ranges of the values of the partitioning key defined by the plurality of partitioning quantiles.
US12158889B2
Embodiments are disclosed herein for remote retrieval of information from endpoints and comprise receiving a master query at an endpoint in a network environment and executing a set of one or more subqueries defined in the master query. Embodiments also comprise an execution of a first subquery that includes executing a function to produce a first output, applying one or more conditions to the first output to determine a second output, and determining a result of the master query based, at least in part, on the second output. In specific embodiments, the master query is received from another node over a network connection. In more specific embodiments, the function is executed on the endpoint to collect real-time information based on one or more parameters. In further embodiments, the function is one of a plug-in or a script.
US12158885B2
Aspects of the disclosure relate to transliteration of machine interpretable languages. A computing platform may receive a request to perform a data migration from a first database configured in a first format to a second database configured in a second format. The computing platform may receive, from the client application and at an abstraction layer, a query. Based on identifying that the query is formatted for execution at the second database, the computing platform may route the query to the second database for execution. Based on identifying that the query is not formatted for execution at the second database, the computing platform may: 1) translate the query from the first format to the second format by using pre-verified query keys to convert the query from the first format into the second format, and 2) route the translated query to the second database for execution.
US12158880B1
Implementations of this disclosure provide an anomaly detection system and methods of performing anomaly detection on a time-series dataset. The anomaly detection may include utilization of a forecasting machine learning algorithm to obtain a prediction of points of the dataset and comparing the predicted value of a point in the dataset with the actual value to determine an error value associated with that point. Additionally, the anomaly detection may include determination of a sensitivity threshold that impacts whether points within the dataset associated with certain error values are flagged as anomalies. The forecasting machine learning algorithm may implement a seasonality component determination process that accounts for seasonality or patterns in the dataset. A search query statement may be automatically generated through importing the sensitivity threshold into a predetermined search query statement that implements that forecasting machine learning algorithm.
US12158871B2
A system and method for analyzing coverage, bias and model explanations in large dimensional modeling data includes discretizing three or more variables of a dataset to generate a discretized phase space represented as a grid of a plurality of cells, the dataset comprising a plurality of records, each record of the plurality of records having a value and a unique identifier (ID). A grid transformation is applied to each record in the dataset to assign each record to a cell of the plurality of cells of the grid according to the grid transformation. A grid index is generated to reference each cell using a discretized feature vector. A grid storage for storing the records assigned to each cell of the grid is then created. The grid storage using the ID of each record as a reference to each record and the discretized feature vector as a key to each cell.
US12158870B1
When a coordinator of a sharded DBMS receives from a client a query that has an XML operator that references a column in a sharded table and returns an XML image having an XML image type, then the coordinator issues a remote query that uses a new operator to ensure that the shard returns a TBX BLOB having a TBX type. In response to receiving the remote query with the new operator, each shard extracts a binary large object (BLOB) out of the XML image at the shard and returns the TBX BLOB data to the coordinator. In addition, the sharded DBMS provides a make-XML operator that the coordinator uses to work with the TBX BLOB received from each shard and recreate an XML type image, which is the result that the client expects.
US12158869B2
A method of obtaining and imputing missing data and a measurement system having the same are disclosed. The method includes obtaining measurement values of measurement variables, among z variables corresponding to z components of a measurement object, wherein z is a natural number greater than 1, and the z variables of the measurement object include measurement variables and missing variables which are not measured, and the measurement variables are of an amount less than z; generating missing data having the measurement variables with the measurement values and the missing variables with missing values in the z components, wherein each of the missing values is predetermined value indicating that a missing variable has not been measured; generating k pieces of final imputation data having k final imputation values, by using the missing data, wherein k is a natural number greater than 1, each of the k final imputation values are in the z components, and using the missing data includes performing multiple imputations on the missing data; and generating average data having average component values in the z components, wherein each of the average component values in a component is an average value of the k final imputation values of the k pieces of final imputation data in the component, and selecting, in each of the z components, a next measurement variable, wherein a difference value between a final imputation values and an average component value, of the next measurement variable, is larger than a difference value of the missing variables.
US12158867B2
Some embodiments include a system and method of providing a historian that receives operational state data from a device of an industrial process of a network, where the operational state data is stored as time-series data, and processing at least one data query from at least one user coupled to the network. Based at least in part on the at least one data query and at least one dynamic cycle, at least some of the time-series data is retrieved, where the dynamic cycle is based on at least one tag associated with the time-series data. Further, based at least in part on at least some of the time-series data, at least one graphical representation of one or more tags is displayed, where each tag of the one or more tags represents an attribute of at least one process associated with the at least one device.
US12158855B2
A method comprises a Dynamic Equality of Service (DEoS) arbiter of a switch computing port DEoS metrics based on dynamic input activity of source nodes into input ports of the switch. Based on the port DEoS metrics, the arbiter selects an input port of the switch to make a through-connection to an output port of the switch. The port DEoS metrics can be based on node DEoS metrics including DEoS counters, and/or quantization ranges of DEoS counters, associated with the source nodes. A switching apparatus comprises a switch, a plurality of nodes coupled to the switch, and a DEoS arbiter. The switching apparatus can further comprise a first and second DEoS counter. The DEoS arbiter can perform operations of the method to arbitrate among input ports of the switch to make a through-connection.
US12158854B2
Embodiments of the present disclosure provide a method for starting a computing device, a computing device, and a program product. The method includes: acquiring type information on a plurality of host bus adapter (HBA) cards of the computing device; determining a first group of HBA cards in the plurality of HBA cards based on the type information; and starting an operating system of the computing device by preventing scanning of disks connected to the first group of HBA cards. In this way, the number of storage apparatuses that need to be scanned before starting the operating system is reduced, and the starting of the operating system of the computing device is accelerated.
US12158838B1
Methods and systems are described for web object maintenance in a software application testing environment using reinforcement learning. A server detects failure of a test script caused by a web object of the software application. The server identifies the web object that caused the failure using code elements extracted from a webpage, including: determining, for each code element, actions to be performed against the code element, executing a deep neural network model to generate a reward value by applying each action to properties of the code element, selecting the code element having a maximum reward value, and classifying the code element upon comparing properties of the selected code element to properties of web objects in a repository. The server updates a web object in the repository to comprise the selected code element and the properties. The server resumes execution of the test script using the updated web object.
US12158834B2
A generation unit that generates a new abstraction log based on the distribution of log values corresponding to a variable in an abstraction log is included. The abstraction log includes at least one or more variables. The variable includes at least one or more log values. The new abstraction log is obtained by replacing the variable in the abstraction log with the log value.
US12158822B2
A primary site includes a volume #1 that stores data, and copies first backup data that is backup data of data corresponding to the volume #1 to a secondary site. In the failover process of handing over the execution of a transaction process from the primary site to the secondary site, a cloud management node restores the volume #1 to a storage system as a volume #2 based on the first backup data copied to the secondary site. The cloud management node manages the first backup data, as second backup data, that is backup data of data corresponding to the volume #2.
US12158819B2
Providing high availability for backup and restore applications in public clouds is described. A system creates a first virtual machine and a second virtual machine for at least one zone of a public cloud. The system creates a disk in the public cloud, and enables a selection to attach the disk as a shared disk to the first virtual machine and/or the second virtual machine; The system creates object storage that stores backup data for the first virtual machine and/or the second virtual machine. The system deploys the first virtual machine as an active node that executes a backup and restore application and the second virtual machine as a passive node that executes the backup and restore application when the active node fails to execute the backup and restore application.
US12158810B2
An operating method of a storage device is provided. The operating method includes: receiving a host read command from a host device; identifying whether a read path corresponding to the host read command corresponds to a first direct memory access (DMA) read path; and directly outputting, by a host DMA manager, read data stored in an output buffer of an error correction circuit to the host device based on the read path corresponding to the first DMA read path.
US12158798B2
An example error handling method includes detecting an error in an image forming apparatus, transmitting error information regarding the detected error to an external apparatus, identifying an error category based on the error information, providing a solution corresponding to the error information to the image forming apparatus based on the identified error category, transmitting result information obtained by applying the provided solution to the external apparatus, and updating the provided solution based on the result information.
US12158795B2
A device includes a hardware block to perform a hardware process and internal logic coupled between a processing device, which executes instructions, and the hardware block. The internal logic can one of measure execution time or count clock cycles of at least a portion of the hardware process. The internal logic can further, in response to the measured execution time or the counted clock cycles satisfying a predetermined condition, provide data associated with the one of the execution time measurement or the clock cycles count to the processing device, the data being statistically indicative of a latency of data packets sent by the hardware process over a total time the hardware process executes.
US12158788B2
An automatic power on apparatus, system, method, and circuit automatically control the on/off state of a first electronic device or a second electronic device. When the second electronic device is positioned on, in, or proximate to the mounting area of the first electronic device, the automatic power on circuit establishes a coupling signal between a first portion of the automatic power on circuit and a second portion of the automatic power on circuit, activates the automatic power on circuit based on the coupling signal, and automatically controls an on/off state of the first electronic device or the second electronic device based on the activation of the automatic power on circuit.
US12158786B2
A cooling apparatus includes a casing, pumping unit, and heat exchange unit. The pumping unit includes a body and housing. The body includes a wishbone-shaped indentation and lollipop shaped indentation separate from the wishbone-shaped indentation. The housing includes a wishbone-shaped flow path and lollipop-shaped flow path separate from the wishbone-shaped flow path. The body is coupled to the housing such that the wishbone-shaped indentation and the wishbone-shaped flow path define a first flow path and the lollipop-shaped indentation and the lollipop-shaped flow path define a second flow path. The pumping unit is coupled to the heat exchange chamber such that the first flow path and the second flow path is in fluid communication with the heat exchange chamber via a first end opening and second end opening, and third opening, respectively.
US12158781B2
A foldable touch screen display device with a flexible display made up of segments that can be folded from a compact state to an expanded state which also includes a peripheral enclosure mechanism. The peripheral enclosure mechanism can be automatically repositioned to rotate out of a channel as the device is being folded in such a way that it can close the gap at the sides of the device between two flexible display segments when the device is fully configured to a folded state. The device may further include sensors to indicate the state of configuration and mechanisms for alignment, locking, and further structural support. In one embodiment, a module attached to, situated within, or otherwise associated with at least one segment of the flexible display or rigid display may contain all or substantially all processing and memory, along with a communications system, which may be used in any state.
US12158771B2
A clock gating method and circuit for avoiding out-of-spec clock operations. The circuit comprises a clock gating section that gates a clock signal according to an enabling signal generated by an enabling signal controller, the enabling signal controller generating the enabling signal according to a set signal and a reset signal. The circuit further comprises a set signal generator that generates the set signal, a reset signal generator that generates the reset signal, and a feedback section that uses the enabling signal to generate the feedback signal for the reset signal generator. The reset signal generator generates the reset signal by using the feedback signal. The enabling signal controller further generates an acknowledgement signal having a high signal during a blocking period when the clock signal is blocked and utilizes the acknowledgement signal as an announcement to a higher circuit that the clock signal is blocked.
US12158770B1
A circuit includes, in part, first and second sequential elements and a clock gating circuit. The first sequential element has an enable terminal receiving a first enabling signal, a clock terminal receiving a first clock signal, a data input terminal and a data output terminal. The second sequential element has a clock terminal, and a data input terminal coupled to the data output terminal of the first sequential element. The clock gating circuit is coupled to the first and second sequential elements and includes, in part, a third sequential element configured to store data in response to the first enabling signal and a second enabling signal. The clock gating circuit is further configured to supply a second clock signal to the clock terminal of the second sequential element in response to an assertion of the second enabling signal and the data stored in the third sequential element.
US12158767B2
An electrical assembly may include an electrical component including a terminal and/or circuit electrically connectable to a controller. The circuit may include a temperature sensor disposed proximate the terminal. The circuit may be configured to initiate a status change of said controller if a temperature of the terminal reaches a predetermined threshold. A method of operating an electrical assembly may include providing power from a power source to an electrical component and/or one or more loads, passively monitoring a current of the electrical component, and/or activating the status change of said controller if the current exceeds a current threshold.
US12158763B2
Systems and methods for use of autonomous mobile machine for blind spot coverage may include a security controller that determines a security coverage area based on data from a facility map indicating physical and functional representations of a facility and objects within the facility. The security controller may also determine a surveillance area based on the security coverage area. The security controller may also transmit, to an autonomous mobile machine, instructions for the autonomous mobile machine to deploy to the surveillance area and perform a surveillance task at the surveillance area.
US12158759B2
A docking method for docking a cleaning robot between a plurality of solar panels includes a docking area setting step, an approaching cleaning area step, a docking platform adjustment step, a cleaning robot first control step, and a leaving cleaning area step. The present invention uses a cleaning robot to complete cleaning on the solar panels or a solar panel array, a docking robot to transfer the cleaning robot between the solar panels or multiple solar panel arrays, and a data processing system to realize dispatching and controlling of the cleaning robot and the docking robot, so that a number of cleaning robots and docking robots can be dispatched properly according to a number of the solar panels needing to be cleaned, and a cleaning operation on all solar panels and panel arrays can be completed in a photovoltaic power station in a shortest time.
US12158754B2
A vehicle control system may include a vehicle having a propulsion unit and a steering unit, a forward-facing camera carried by the vehicle, a processor, and a non-transitory computer-readable medium comprising operator position identification instructions. The operator position identification instructions direct the processor to identify relative positioning of a remote operator on the ground proximate the vehicle based upon signals from the forward-facing camera; and control the propulsion unit and the steering unit of the vehicle to follow the operator based upon the relative on the ground proximate the vehicle.
US12158752B2
A method and apparatus are provided for sensor fault prediction. A time-sequence of output values is received from a sensor. A plurality of features are extracted from the received values. A model is applied to the features to obtain a health score for the sensor. The trend of the health score over time is calculated to detect degrading performance of the sensor, and a time at which the sensor will become faulty is predicted.
US12158742B2
A data collection system for an industrial machine, the data collection system comprising circuitry configured to: collect collection data relating to the industrial machine based on a predetermined collection setting; identify the predetermined collection setting based on identification information associated with the collection data; and execute parse processing relating to the collection data based on the identified predetermined collection setting.
US12158740B2
An information processing device includes a data structure and a processing portion. The data structure is configured to share design information among a time chart, a flowchart, and a sequence program. The processing portion is configured to process the time chart, the flowchart, and the sequence program such that the time chart, the flowchart, and the sequence program link together, depending on the data structure.
US12158739B2
An electric power management system is a system that performs an exchange of electric power with an electric power system of an electric power company that is a counterparty of the exchange of the electric power, and includes a plurality of the vehicles, each including a battery, and a server that manages an exchange of the electric power between the battery of each of the vehicles and the electric power system. The server manages the exchange of the electric power for each vehicle group in which the vehicles are bundled, and configures the vehicle groups in advance such that distributions of the electric power supply and demand characteristics of the batteries of the vehicles included in the vehicle groups are the same or similar.
US12158720B2
An electrical apparatus is provided with an opening portion in a side wall of an exterior member. The electrical apparatus includes a recessed portion formed on the side wall in a portion above the opening portion. The recessed portion has a lateral width in a width direction orthogonal to both a vertical direction and a depth direction, which is equal to or larger than a lateral width of the opening portion in the width direction.
US12158719B2
A sheet laminator includes a fuser pressure member, a conveyor, and a guide. The fuser pressure member thermally fixes a two-ply sheet and a sheet medium inserted between two sheets of the two-ply sheet. The conveyor conveys the two-ply sheet toward the fuser pressure member in a sheet conveyance direction. The guide guides the two-ply sheet in a sheet conveyance passage between the conveyor and the fuser pressure member. At least one of the fuser pressure member or the conveyor is operable to guide the two-ply sheet outside the sheet conveyance passage in response to an occurrence of an abnormal stop of the sheet laminator.
US12158715B2
A fixing device includes a fixing member, a resistance heating element, and a power supply control portion. The fixing member fixes a toner image transferred onto a sheet. The resistance heating element is used for heating the fixing member, and an electrical resistance thereof increases as a temperature increases. The power supply control portion gradually increases, when a heating timing of the fixing member arrives, input power to be input to the resistance heating element toward a predetermined upper limit value.
US12158713B2
A heater for an image heating device includes a substrate having first and second surfaces, a heat generating element electrically connected to a first electrode group, both formed on the first surface, a temperature detection element electrically connected to a second electrode group, both formed on the second surface. A plurality of first feed terminals provided in the image heating device in contact with the first electrode group. A plurality of second feed terminals provided in the image heating device in contact with the second electrode group. The first and second electrode groups are disposed on the same side of a midpoint of the substrate in a longitudinal direction. The second electrode group is disposed closer to the midpoint than the first electrode group in the longitudinal direction. The first and second electrode groups are disposed with a gap between the first and second electrode groups in the longitudinal direction.
US12158709B2
An image forming apparatus includes at least one processor that is configured to generate second image data corresponding to each of a plurality of light emitting elements based on first image data, the second image data indicating whether to cause each of the plurality of light emitting elements to emit light, and based on correction information, change the first image data indicating that the light emitting elements are to emit light to the second image data indicating that the light emitting elements are not to emit light. A circuit unit is configured to supply a current to each of the plurality of light emitting elements based on the second image data.
US12158706B2
A lithographic apparatus including a substrate stage for supporting a structure in a compartment, the compartment having a compartment surface facing a top surface of the substrate in at least one operational configuration; and a soft coating on the compartment surface for capturing particles. A heat shield or component thereof for a lithographic apparatus, the heat shield or component thereof including a soft coating on at least one surface for capturing particles and a lithographic apparatus including such a heat shield.
US12158704B2
A method including: generating a first force to attract a substrate holder to a support surface, the holder including a body having opposing first and second body surfaces, first burls at the first body surface, wherein each first burl has a distal end to support a substrate, and second burls at the second body surface to support the substrate holder on the support surface through contact with distal ends of the second burls; generating a second force to attract the substrate to the substrate holder; and controlling the first force and/or second force in a release step to deform the body between the second burls such as to create a gap between the distal ends of a first subset of the plurality of first burls and the substrate and such that the substrate is supported on distal ends of a second subset of the plurality of first burls.
US12158703B2
An optical measuring system is used to reproduce a target wavefront of an imaging optical production system when an object is illuminated with illumination light. The optical measuring system comprises an object holder displaceable by actuator means and at least one optical component displaceable by actuator means. Within the scope of the target wavefront reproduction, a starting actuator position set (X0), in which each actuator is assigned a starting actuator position, is initially specified. An expected design wavefront (WD) which approximates the target wavefront and which the optical measuring system produces as a set wavefront is determined. A coarse measurement of a starting wavefront (W0) which the optical measuring system produces as actual wavefront after actually setting the starting actuator position set (X0) is carried out. Then, the object holder is adjusted by actuator means until a coarse target wavefront (W1) is obtained for a coarse actuator position set (X1) in the case of a minimum wavefront deviation between the actual wavefront and the design wavefront (WD). Said coarse target wavefront is then subjected to a fine measurement and the at least one optical component is displaced until a fine target wavefront (W2) is obtained for a fine actuator position set (X2) in the case of a minimum deviation between the actual wavefront setting-in in that case and the design wavefront (WD). This reproduction method allows wavefront deviations of the optical measuring system generated by way of targeted misalignment to provide a good approximation of corresponding deviations of the optical production system.
US12158698B2
Systems for shaping a film by: depositing a formable material on a field of a substrate; and positioning a template relative to the field. The template has a mesa with a shaping surface and mesa sidewalls surround the shaping surface. The shaping may further comprise contacting the formable material with the shaping surface. The formable material may spread when the shaping surface is in contact with the formable material. The shaping may comprise exposing the formable material to a curing dose of actinic radiation after the formable material has spread to the edge of the field. A spatial distribution of the curing dose may be such that an interior dose applied at an interior of the field may be greater than a sidewall dose that is incident on the mesa sidewalls.
US12158686B2
One aspect of the present disclosure is a method for selective surface functionalization using a single-photon source. The method for selective functionalization using a single-photon source includes: (a) adding a single-photon source to a solution containing a photosensitizer and a monomer; and (b) emitting a single photon from the single-photon source. One aspect of the present disclosure is a selectively functionalized single-photon source prepared by the method.
US12158678B2
The present application discloses a display device, and the display device includes a first substrate and an output adjustable circuit. In the first substrate, a first signal transmitting line extends from a bonding area towards a direction away from the bonding area; a second signal transmitting line is located on a side of a display area close to the bonding area; the output adjustable circuit is respectively connected with the first signal transmitting line and the second signal transmitting line to output a first voltage signal to the first signal transmitting line and output a second voltage signal to the second signal transmitting line according to an initial voltage signal.
US12158666B2
The application discloses a liquid crystal display panel, including: a color filter substrate defined with a plurality of light path openings, a driving substrate arranged opposite to the color filter substrate, a liquid crystal layer located between the color filter substrate and the driving substrate, and a plurality of photosensitive sensor units, wherein a plurality of retaining wall structures are provided in the liquid crystal layer, the retaining wall structures are hollow, a top and a bottom of each of the retaining wall structures are both open, a top opening of each of the retaining wall structures is aligned with at least one of the light path openings, and a bottom opening of each of the retaining wall structures is aligned with one of the photosensitive sensor units. The present application can improve signal-to-noise ratios of fingerprint signals through the retaining wall structures.
US12158659B2
A planar light source includes a substrate, a reflective member having a plurality of openings and at least one slit, and a light source disposed in each of the openings. The plurality of openings are arranged in m rows along a first direction and in n columns along a second direction that intersects the first direction. The at least one slit includes at least one first slit arranged in a first region and intersecting a first virtual straight line at a prescribed position in the first region. The first virtual straight line is parallel to the first direction. The first region is located between one or more openings in a kth row (k is an integer equal to or greater than 1 and less than or equal to m−1) and one or more openings in a (k+1)th row and extends in the first direction.
US12158658B2
Provided is a display device allowing perception of any design in a non-display state while allowing perception of display images in a display state without hindrance by the design. The display device includes, in the following order from a viewer side: a front plate; and a display panel. The front plate includes: a transflective component; a design layer having a first design and being disposed on or in front of a viewer side of the transflective component; and an inverted design layer disposed on or behind a side opposite to the viewer side of the transflective component. The transflective component transmits light incident on its display panel side and partially reflects light incident on its viewer side. The inverted design layer has a second design overlaid with the first design in a plan view and being an inversion of the first design in terms of brightness or hue.
US12158655B2
Disclosed is an optical film including an optical laminate having two or more laminated light reflection layers of different center wavelengths of reflection and a polarizing element layer. Reflection layers are selected from at least one light reflection layer of both RPRL and LPRL, each having a center wavelength of selective reflection at or within 400 nm and 900 nm, RPRL having a fixed cholesteric liquid crystal phase with a right-handed spiral structure having right-handed circularly polarized light reflectivity, and LPRL having a fixed cholesteric liquid crystal phase with a left-handed spiral structure having left-handed circularly polarized light reflectivity. Layers RPRL and LPRL have center wavelengths of selective reflection shifted from that of a light reflection layer adjacent to each other by an interval of 40 nm or more and 500 nm or less, and the maximum reflectance of optical laminate is 50% or less.
US12158644B2
An electronic device, including a display module, a viewing angle switchable panel, a switching element, and a driving element, is provided. The display module has multiple first units and multiple second units. The first units have a first color, and the second units have a second color. The first color and the second color are different. The switching element is used to switch the viewing angle switchable panel between a first viewing angle mode and a second viewing angle mode. The driving element is used to provide a first data voltage to at least one of the first units of the display module in the first viewing angle mode, and provide a second data voltage to the at least one of the first units in the second viewing angle mode. The first data voltage and the second data voltage are different.
US12158640B2
A display panel and a display device are disclosed. The display panel includes a display liquid crystal cell, a first polarizer, a switchable liquid crystal cell, and a second polarizer. A first substrate and a second substrate of the switchable liquid crystal cell are formed of transparent flexible substrates which are substituted for glass substrates, and a first phase compensation film group including at least a first C-type compensation film group is provided, which is used to compensate the phase difference caused by the phase retardation when the polarized light passes through the transparent flexible substrates, thereby reducing the thickness and weight of the display panel.
US12158635B2
A photographing optical lens assembly includes five lens elements with refractive power, in order from an object side to an image side. The first lens element with refractive power has a convex object-side surface. The second lens element with positive refractive power has an object-side surface and an image-side surface both being aspheric. The third lens element has positive refractive power. The fourth lens element with refractive power has a concave object-side surface. The fifth lens element with refractive power has an object-side surface and a concave image-side surface with at least one inflection point, both the object-side surface and the image-side surface being aspheric.
US12158625B2
Embodiments described herein may be related to apparatuses, processes, and techniques related to a bidirectional optical grating coupler that may be used for testing. A photonic apparatus includes a first layer with electro-optical circuitry that is optically coupled with a bidirectional optical grating coupler. A second layer is physically coupled with a first side of the first layer and includes a first light path to optically coupled with the bidirectional optical grating coupler. A third layer is physically coupled with a second side of the first layer opposite the first side of the first layer, and includes a second light path that optically couples with the bidirectional grating coupler. Operational testing of the electro-optical circuitry is based in part on light received or transmitted through the second light path. Other embodiments may be described and/or claimed.
US12158623B2
Various embodiments disclosed herein are directed to an optical fiber connector. The optical fiber connector comprises at least one ferrule, at least one ferrule spring, a connector housing for holding at least one ferrule and at least one ferrule spring such that at least one ferrule spring is loaded to urge the at least one ferrule forward. The connector housing comprises an upper wall portion, the upper wall portion comprising a recess running lengthwise. The optical fiber connector further comprises a remote release comprising a front portion slidably received in the recess, and the remote release is configured to be pulled backward in relation to the connector housing whereby the front portion slides in the recess for releasing the optical fiber connector from a mating adapter.
US12158621B2
An interstitial recessed cantilever latch mechanism for fiber optic and electrical connectors is disclosed. This mechanism enables the design of more spatially efficient multi-position connectors while retaining the reliability and tactile feedback of traditional connector latch mechanisms. The mechanism also allows the receptacle interface to be substantially simplified, and reduces the number of unique components required by means of a hermaphroditically assembled backshell half.
US12158616B2
A composite connector includes modular data connectors, electrical power connectors, a fluid exchange connector, an alignment feature, and a housing. The modular data connectors include electrical data connectors and optical data connectors and are configured to carry data. The electrical power connectors are configured to carry electrical power, and the fluid exchange connector is configured to carry cooling fluid. The composite connector includes an alignment feature to align the composite connector with a complementary connector. The housing of the composite connector is configured to contain the modular data connectors, the electrical power connectors, the fluid exchange connector, and the alignment feature in a confined physical space.
US12158613B2
A fiber optic connector may include a body, at least one input coupling configured to receive at least one fiber optic input cable, at least one output coupling configured to receive at least one fiber optic output cable, and at least one shuttle. The shuttle may be movable within the body between a connected position and a disconnected position, wherein the at least one fiber optic input cable and the at least one fiber optic output cable are optically connected when the at least one shuttle is in the connected position, and wherein the at least one fiber optic input cable and the at least one fiber optic output cable are not optically connected when the at least one shuttle is in the disconnected position.
US12158593B2
A vehicular three-dimensional head-up display includes a display device functioning as a light source; and a combiner for simultaneously reflecting light from the light source toward a driver's seat and transmitting light from the outside of a vehicle, and may include an optical configuration in which an image created by the light from the light source is displayed as a virtual image of a three-dimensional perspective laid to correspond to the ground in front of the vehicle.
US12158590B2
A head-mounted device may include optical assemblies for presenting images to a user. The optical assemblies may each have a display for generating an image and a lens that presents the image to a corresponding eye box for viewing by a user. The optical assemblies may have lens barrels. Each lens barrel may have a first end to which a display is mounted and may have an opposing second end. A mount may be used to attach the lens to the second end of the lens barrel. The mount may have at least one flexure. The flexure may have a U-shaped cross-sectional shape. The mount may have a ring-shaped flexure that extends around a peripheral edge of the lens, may have flexure segments, or may have a set of three discrete flexures located at different positions along the edge of the lens.
