US12156990B2
A system and method is provided for detecting fluid low-volume and occlusion in a device using force sensing resistor (FSR) sensor. One or more force sensing resistors are positioned in communication with a fluid channel at one or more of a pump intake and pump outlet to detect pressure in the fluid channel. The pressure is detected through communication with the force sensing resistor and indicates an irregular system condition including but not limited to, fluid low-volume level and occlusion. Also provided are a fluid flow sensor (e.g., FSR or MEMS sensor) disposed relative to an embedded fluid channel in the base of a wearable medicine delivery pump.
US12156988B2
Infusion devices, systems, and related operating methods are provided. A method of detecting an anomalous condition with respect to a fluid path involves providing energy to an actuation arrangement to produce actuation, wherein the actuation arrangement is coupled to a plunger configured to deliver fluid via the fluid path, monitoring an orientation of the actuation arrangement using a sensing arrangement, and detecting an anomalous condition based on the orientation of the actuation arrangement.
US12156987B2
A pump for delivering a fluid includes a pump housing that defines at least one reservoir having a circumferentially open first end, a circumferentially closed second end and a chamber to receive the fluid. The pump includes a plunger assembly having at least one plunger arm and a cannula fluidly coupled to the plunger arm to dispense the fluid from the pump. The plunger arm is receivable within the first end of the reservoir, and the at least one plunger arm defining an internal conduit to receive the fluid from the at least one fluid reservoir. The internal conduit is fluidly coupled to the cannula. The plunger assembly is movable in a first direction relative to the pump housing to advance the plunger arm within the fluid reservoir to dispense the fluid from the fluid reservoir out of the pump via the cannula.
US12156980B2
The present disclosure, in its various aspects, is directed generally to medical devices, and more specifically to catheter accessory devices and related systems and methods. In an embodiment, an instrument accessory device may include a body with an instrument lumen through which an instrument may extend through. An expandable member may be disposed about the distal end of the body. An elongate delivery member may be attached to the body and in communication with the expandable member at a distal end of the delivery member. The delivery member may be configured to slide the instrument lumen of the body and the expandable member along the length of the instrument when extended therethrough. Other embodiments are addressed within.
US12156979B2
Various embodiments of the present disclosure can include a deflectable catheter shaft. The deflectable catheter shaft can include a tubular elongated body including a wall, an inner surface of which circumferentially surrounds and defines a central lumen extending a length of the tubular elongated body, the tubular elongated body extending along a longitudinal axis and comprising a body distal end and a body proximal end. The deflectable catheter shaft can include a pullwire, wherein the pullwire includes a pullwire proximal end and a pullwire distal end, and wherein the pullwire extends along the tubular elongated body. The deflectable catheter shaft can include an anchor feature coupled to the pullwire distal end, wherein the anchor feature is embedded in the wall of the body distal end.
US12156970B2
The breathing assistance apparatus of the present invention includes a manifold that is provided with or retrofittable to gases supply and humidifying devices. The manifold allows gases from an oxygen concentrator to be combined with the flow through a gases supply and humidifying device, most usually air. The combined output of oxygen and other breathing gases (air) is then humidified. The breathing assistance apparatus and manifold of the present invention provides a safe method to add oxygen to the input air stream of a gases supply and humidifying device and reduces the amount of accumulation of oxygen within the gases supply device, reducing fire risk should sparking occur within the device.
US12156966B2
Methods and systems for delivering formulations to users using modular device having atomizer and wick assembly are disclosed. A formulation delivery system that includes a mouthpiece with a first attaching structure at one end and a removable cartridge with a second attaching structure that connects to the mouthpiece. The removable cartridge houses an atomizer at its first end and features a wick assembly with a removable cap and a wick made from an absorbent material. The wick, which transports fluid to the atomizer, is connected at one end to the removable cap and at the other end abuts the atomizer. The system also includes a channel within the removable cartridge; this channel extends to the cartridge's first end and houses the wick, while the removable cap is located outside the channel. Additionally, the system incorporates electronics that maintain a removable electrical connection with the cartridge.
US12156955B2
The present invention relates to a self-assembling polypeptide, such as a silk polypeptide including a spider silk polypeptide, for use as tissue adhesive. The present invention also relates to the use of a self-assembling polypeptide such as a silk polypeptide as tissue adhesive. Further, the invention is directed to the use of a self-assembling polypeptide such as a silk polypeptide to glue one or more cosmetic compounds on skin, mucosa, and/or hair. Furthermore, the invention is directed to a self-assembling polypeptide such as a silk polypeptide for use in gluing one or more pharmaceutical compounds on tissue, skin, mucosa, and/or hair.
US12156953B2
An apparatus includes at least one storage tank configured to store a disinfectant/sanitization solution, at least one pump connected to the at least one storage tank to distribute the disinfectant/sanitization solution via a piping system, at least one valve in communication with the piping system to open and close to control flow of the disinfectant/sanitization solution, at least one device to control the flow of the disinfectant/sanitization solution for a particular period of time to at least one misting nozzle, and the at least one misting nozzle in communication with the piping system and the at least one valve to mist a particular area with the disinfectant/sanitization solution.
US12156947B2
A melt processed viral nanoparticle construct for delivery of virus or virus-like particles to a site of interest includes a degradable polymer matrix and a plurality of virus or virus-like particles encapsulated within the degradable polymer matrix. The nanoparticle construct upon administration to the site of interest providing a sustained release of the virus or virus-like particles and/or nanoparticles upon degradation of the polymer matrix.
US12156927B2
Pharmaceutical, odontological, cosmetic and dermatological compositions comprising addition salts of trichloroacetic acid, one or more hydroxyacids and optionally glutamic acid or glutamic acid bioisosteres and phytic acid are useful for the peeling of the gingival collar, skin peeling, for resurfacing, treating skin hyper pigmentation, control sebum production, acne, pore size reduction and reducing the appearance of scars without causing undesirable side effects and contrast in coloration of the treated skin, for stimulation of the fibroblasts, transdermal biorevitalization, stimulation of the production of new collagen, for aesthetic improvement, for skin lightening, skin beautifying, skin firming and skin rejuvenation.
US12156921B2
Theranostic agents incorporating a chelating moiety that can chelate a radioactive metal isotope and a PSMA-targeting moiety are disclosed herein. The theranostic agents, which can be used to treat and/or detect cancers associated with increased PSMA expression, have the formula: and include complexes, anions or salts thereof. R1 includes a chelating moiety; a is 0 or 1; n is an integer from 12 to 21; and R2 includes a prostate specific membrane antigen (PSMA)-targeting moiety. Optionally, the chelating moiety is chelated to a metal atom, where the metal atom is a positron or single photon emitting metal isotope, or an alpha, beta, or Auger emitting metal isotope.
US12156915B2
New compositions are provided containing artemisinin dimers with high activity as anti-protozoal agents, including anti-malarial and anti-leishmanial properties, and methods for the treatment of protozoal infections, including malaria or leishmaniasis.
US12156909B2
The invention relates to vaccine compositions comprising peptides encoded by an open reading frame (ORF) encoded by at least part of the genome of a ssRNA virus in the opposite sense to positive sense RNA capable of translation, and the use of such compositions for the treatment and prevention of viral infection.
US12156905B2
The present invention relates to peptides, proteins, nucleic acids and cells for use in immunotherapeutic methods. In particular, the present invention relates to the immunotherapy of cancer. The present invention furthermore relates to tumor-associated T-cell peptide epitopes, alone or in combination with other tumor-associated peptides that can for example serve as active pharmaceutical ingredients of vaccine compositions that stimulate anti-tumor immune responses, or to stimulate T cells ex vivo and transfer into patients. Peptides bound to molecules of the major histocompatibility complex (MHC), or peptides as such, can also be targets of antibodies, soluble T-cell receptors, and other binding molecules.
US12156897B2
Disclosed are methods and compositions for the treatment of autism spectrum disorder, related disorders and symptoms of such disorders, comprising co-administration of an oxytocin peptide and magnesium ions. Co-administration of an oxytocin peptide and magnesium ions results in a synergistic or enhanced effect on reducing social and communication deficits in a patient suffering from an autism spectrum disorder.
US12156896B2
Nutrient compositions comprising botanical extracts and methods of their use for treating, inter alia, autism or apraxia and/or ameliorating one or more symptoms thereof are disclosed. The use of such compositions for enhancing cognitive function and/or one or more aspects thereof, or for treating stroke or seizures and/or ameliorating one or more symptoms thereof are also disclosed.
US12156882B2
The present invention pertains to the field of nutrition and medicine, and relates to a drug combination for anti-aging and its use. Specifically, the present invention relates to a drug combination comprising: 0.5 to 30 parts by weight of NR or its pharmaceutically acceptable salt, 0.5 to 30 parts by weight of NMN, and 0.01 to 35 parts by weight of mineral. The drug combination of the present invention has good anti-oxidative or anti-aging effects, and has excellent stability.
US12156870B2
The present disclosure provides scaffolds and antibody-drug conjugates (ADCs) comprising a stimulator of interferon genes (STING). The present disclosure also provides uses of the ADCs in treatment, e.g., treatment of cancer.
US12156864B2
The present invention relates to cyclobenzaprine analogs and amitriptyline analogs, including deuterated forms useful for treatment or prevention of symptoms associated with post-traumatic stress disorder.
US12156861B2
A pharmaceutical composition contains chlorogenic acid and coumaroyl quinic acid. The combined use of chlorogenic acid and coumaroyl quinic acid at a certain ratio can generate a synergistic enhancing effect to effectively inhibit the growth of human kidney cancer cell strain A479, rat kidney cell strain RuCa, and rat transplanted tumor RuCa, providing a novel choice for clinical treatment of kidney cancer and having good market application prospects.
US12156857B2
An object of the present invention is to provide a novel composition for promoting ketone body production. The present invention provides a composition for use in promoting ketone body production, comprising one or more amino acid(s) selected from the group consisting of citrulline, leucine, cysteine, taurine, glutamine, and aspartic acid. The composition according to the present invention may further comprise either or both of a medium-chain fatty acid and a medium-chain fatty acid ester.
US12156856B2
Pharmaceutical compositions of (E)-2,4,6-trimethoxy styryl-3-[(carboxymethyl)amino]-4-methoxybenzylsulphone and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof are described as well as methods of their use, and a dose regimen of (E)-2,4,6-trimethoxystyryl-3-[(carboxymethyl)amino]-4-methoxybenzylsulphone, sodium salt to reduce the incidence of urothelial toxicity.
US12156855B2
The present invention provides a ready to use stable aqueous dosage form of norepinephrine comprising an aqueous solution of norepinephrine or its pharmaceutically acceptable salt, one or more sulfite antioxidants and an ion chelator. The present invention also provides an infusion container filled with an aqueous solution of norepinephrine or its pharmaceutically acceptable salt, wherein the said solution is stable for a prolonged period of time and can be terminally sterilized by autoclaving.
US12156850B2
A particulate plug for removing a preservative from a solution, suspension, or emulsion comprising a drug is presented. The plug comprises microparticles of a homopolymer comprising a hydrophilic repeating unit or of a copolymer comprising at least one hydrophilic repeating unit and at least one hydrophobic repeating unit. The microparticles are irregular-shaped rigid aggregates and are sized and packed to yield a hydraulic permeability greater than 0.01 Da. The homopolymers have absorbed portions of a preservative to be removed and/or a drug for delivery in solution, as can the copolymer.
US12156848B2
Various apparatus and methods for providing emergency washing including means for discouraging tampering of the various valves.
US12156845B2
An exoskeleton system includes a body interface and connects to a power supply. The body interface and the power supply include a quick lock connection mechanism arranged to adjust to the height and width of a user. The body interface includes a connection frame that defines at least two anchoring slots at different heights for connecting to corresponding anchors extending from the power supply. The power supply includes a removable locking element for securing the anchors to the anchoring slots at a selected height position. The power supply may have transmission arms driven by a drive system, and an assistive system for connection to a user. The transmission arms may be slidably connected to the drive system and have a locking part to secure the power supply in a plurality of predetermined width positions.
US12156843B2
A volute shell-type massage structure and a volute shell-type massager are disclosed. The volute shell-type massage structure includes a wand-type massage body; a volute shell massage body having a volute shell nose and a volute shell body; the volute shell nose is connected to the volute shell body to form a wrapping angle sector S, the volute shell nose in a wrapping angle sector S1 is continuously connected with the volute shell body, and the volute shell nose in a wrapping angle sector S2 is separated from the volute shell body; and the volute shell nose is connected to the wand-type massage body to form a connecting angle b1. When the volute shell body receives acting force from an outer surface of a hole-shaped part to be massaged, the volute shell nose can exert retraction force on the volute shell body, such that strong uninterrupted massage stimulation effects are achieved.
US12156841B2
An exoskeleton robot for hand and wrist kinetic rehabilitation provides passive, active-assisted, and active resistance rehabilitation for fingers and wrist joints independently. It relieves pain during exercises and stimulates the mechanoreceptors for all hand and wrist joints. The device provides levels of differentiation for finger rehabilitation through independent motion control mechanisms for all ten phalanges of the fingers and the wrist with a full range of motion, which helps in focusing the work on each joint selectively. It is portable, operates using an electric power source only, easy to wear, fits different hand sizes, and most of its parts made of lightweight plastic.
US12156838B2
The present invention provides an assembly having a collapsible wheelchair and an anti-rollback assembly to brake rotational movement of the wheelchair when a user is unseated, while simultaneously maintaining the ability of the wheelchair to collapse into a storage configuration. The anti-rollback assembly may include a brake bar pivotable between a lock state and an unlock state, a biasing member engaging the brake bar to exert a biasing force to move the brake bar into the lock state, and an actuator configured to engage a seat surface of the wheelchair to move the brake bar into the unlock state when the individual occupies the seat surface.
US12156835B1
A chamber has an elongated rectangular flexible panel with a first longitudinal side and a second longitudinal side, a first lateral panel having a substantially triangular shape and rounded corners, and a second lateral panel having a triangular rectangular shape and rounded corners. The first lateral panel is sealingly engaged to the first longitudinal side of the elongated rectangular flexible panel. The second lateral panel sealingly engaged to the second longitudinal side of the elongated rectangular flexible panel. The elongated rectangular flexible panel, first lateral panel, and second lateral panel form the chamber having a substantially triangular prism shape.
US12156831B2
A therapeutic device such as an eye mask or compress for delivery of moist heat therapy to a body part such as an eye of a human or animal subject. Example devices are configured to be worn with one or more eye coverage portions positioned over the subject's eye(s). The eye coverage portions have a front side configured for placement against the treated body part, and a back side opposite the front side. The eye coverage portions include recesses or retracted sections configured to be positioned over the wearer's cornea area. The shell of the eye coverage portions may further incorporate antimicrobial properties.
US12156823B2
A branch vessel stent including a stent body and a first developing member, where the first developing member includes a first developing portion and a second developing portion. A length of the first developing portion and a length of the second developing portion in an axial direction of the stent body are both not less than 0.5 mm. A distance between the intersections of the first developing portion and the second developing portion on a plane perpendicular to the axial direction of the stent body gradually increases from a position where the distance is the minimum distance to an end that is away from a first end of the first developing portion or the second developing portion. The minimum distance between the intersections of the first developing portion and the second developing portion on a plane perpendicular to the axial direction of the stent body is less than 2 mm.
US12156822B2
An acetabular liner having a closed first end, an open second end, and a liner wall having a distal peripheral edge. The acetabular liner wall can include an interior surface, an exterior surface configured to be received within an acetabular shell, a first cutout through the liner wall, a second cutout parallel to the first cutout and through the liner wall, and a third cutout in the interior surface partially through the liner wall, the third cutout extending between the first and second cutouts, and at least one movable tab extending from the peripheral edge inwardly towards an axial center of the liner and having sidewalls defined by one of the sets of cutouts, the tab comprising at least one projection on an exterior surface of the tab configured to removably secure to a portion of an acetabular shell.
US12156815B2
An apparatus and modeling method of the present invention includes the successive steps of generating cartographic data representative of points belonging to a glenoid surface; distinguishing from among the cartographic data a first group of cartographic data corresponding to a first part of the glenoid surface, the first surface part being situated farthest down in the vertical direction in relation to the scapula; calculating from the first group of cartographic data a first ellipsoid portion that coincides substantially with the first surface part; and obtaining a theoretical glenoid surface from the first ellipsoid portion. By virtue of the theoretical glenoid surface obtained by this method, it is possible to assist the surgeon in optimizing the position of implantation of a glenoid component and to produce a glenoid component “made to measure” for the scapula that is to be fitted with a prosthesis.
US12156805B2
An apparatus for delivering an implant to an eye using hydraulic fluid flow or pressure. An implant may be stored, advanced, and delivered to an eye using hydraulic fluid stored in a sterile container through a hollow advancement plunger. The plunger may rigidly advance the implant to a sealed position in a first phase, and then the implant may be advanced into the eye via hydraulic pressure or fluid flow in a second phase.
US12156799B2
The present invention relates to treating or preventing stenosis at an anastomosis site. In one embodiment, the present invention is a stent is curved along the longitudinal axis for placement in and adjacent to the graft orifice. In a further embodiment, the stent is drug coated to allow delivery of antivasculoproliferative drugs directly to the vicinity of the graft orifice. In a further embodiment, the stent is expandable by use of an external wire. In another embodiment, the present invention is a kit comprising the specially configured stent together with a sleeve comprising a biocompatible matrix material and a pharmaceutical agent, wherein the sleeve is applied to the external surface of the vessel or graft, resulting in extravascular delivery of a pharmaceutical agent. Methods for treating or preventing stenosis at an anastomosis site by applying the extravascular sleeve and the intravascular stent are also provided.
US12156793B2
Absorbent articles comprising pleats and methods for forming pleated absorbent articles are disclosed. In one embodiment, an absorbent article extending in a longitudinal direction and a lateral direction may comprise a bodyside liner, an outer cover, an absorbent core disposed between the bodyside liner and the outer cover, and a pleat extending in the longitudinal direction and having a lower pleat portion and an upper pleat portion, the pleat having a pleat height, wherein the lower pleat portion has a greater stiffness than the upper pleat portion.
US12156792B2
An example fluid collection assembly includes a fluid impermeable barrier having a proximal surface and a distal surface opposite the proximal surface. The proximal surface defines an opening. The fluid collection assembly also includes at least one inflation device. The inflation device includes a bladder. The bladder may be adjacent to the distal surface of the fluid impermeable barrier or between a conduit disposed in the chamber and the distal surface. The bladder is configured to switch between a first state and at least a second state. A volume of the bladder is greater when the bladder is the second state than when the bladder is in the first state. Switching the bladder between the first and second states changes a curvature of the at least a portion of the fluid collection assembly.
US12156787B2
A dressing for managing an incision and surrounding tissue where edema and swelling may be present post-operation. The dressing may maximize coverage of area in articulating joints, such as a knee or elbow, while allowing for substantial range of motion. In some embodiments, the dressing may comprise an adhesive border configured to be adhered to skin around an articulating joint, a skin-interfacing fabric for minimizing skin irritation, a foam body for manifolding negative pressure and absorbing exudate and other body fluids, and a thin polymer film cap for sealing the assembly so negative pressure can be maintained throughout the dressing.
US12156786B2
A medical drape for use with a reduced pressure system for providing reduced pressure to a tissue site is described. In some embodiments, the drape may include a flexible film, and an adhesive layer coupled to the flexible film. The adhesive layer may include a first adhesive disposed on a first portion of the flexible film in a first pattern. The first adhesive can be configured to secure the flexible film proximate to the tissue site. The adhesive layer generally includes a second adhesive disposed on a second portion of the flexible film in a second pattern. The second adhesive can be configured to seal the flexible film proximate to the tissue site. The first pattern and the second pattern are preferably registered so that the first portion and the second portion are offset to cover substantially different portions of the flexible film.
US12156785B2
An apparatus for determining surface topography of a patient's teeth comprises a probe sized to be at least partially inserted into an intraoral cavity of the patient, a light source to output light; and a light focusing assembly. The light focusing assembly comprises a first lens, a second lens and a focus changing assembly comprising one or more additional lenses that shares an optical axis with the first lens and the second lens and being configured to focus the light to a plurality of external focal planes to illuminate the patient's teeth, wherein the focus changing assembly has a movement gain factor, and wherein as a result of the movement gain factor a change in separation between lenses of the focus changing assembly by a first distance results in a change in a focus setting by a second distance that is 2-10 times greater than the first distance. The apparatus further comprises a detector configured to measure one or more characteristics of incident light returning from the illuminated patient's teeth and a processor coupled to the detector and configured to generate data representative of a topography of the patient's teeth based on the one or more measured characteristics of the incident light returning from the illuminated patient's teeth.
US12156782B1
Exemplary embodiments of an orientable dental device are discussed within the dental device includes a ball element that is positionable within a cup within a socket that is fixedly attached to a patient. The ball element includes a post that is orientable over a desired range (laterally and transversely and combination thereof) that allows for the incorporation of an artificial tooth (or teeth) to present a natural appearance.
US12156775B2
A tool for forming a dental restoration includes a mold body configured to provide a customized fit with at least one tooth of a patient. In some examples, the mold body defines an aperture configured to align with a portion of a surface of a tooth. The aperture is sufficiently large to allow placement and flow of restorative material over the desired portion of the surface of the tooth to be restored. The mold body is configured to combine with the at least one tooth of the patient to define a mold cavity encompassing at least a portion of desired tooth structure of the tooth to be restored.
US12156774B1
A dry mouth hydrating device includes a generally U-shaped tray having a base and two parallel arms extending from the base; a cavity defined within the tray providing a reservoir for the placement of a liquid; a first aperture defined in the base of the tray, in communication with the cavity; and tubing provided between the first aperture and the cavity for allowing the liquid to flow out of the cavity at a desired rate. The tray is adapted to surround the upper teeth of the wearer and to be retained within the oral cavity along the dental arch between the lips and gums. Once positioned on the upper teeth of the wearer, liquid can drip from the cavity over the tongue of a user wearing the device for treating or preventing xerostomia. A second, resealable aperture may be defined in communication with the cavity to allow the cavity to be refilled.
US12156767B2
An ultrasound diagnostic apparatus wirelessly connected to a displayer includes: an image data generator that generates ultrasound image data based on a reception signal received from an ultrasound probe that transmits and receives ultrasound waves to and from a subject; and a hardware processor that wirelessly transmits the generated ultrasound image data to the displayer to display the ultrasound image data on the displayer, acquires refresh rate information of the ultrasound image data displayed on the displayer from the displayer, determines whether or not the refresh rate information is equal to or less than a first threshold value, and causes a notifier to notify of notification information indicating that display of the ultrasound image data on the displayer is poor due to deterioration of the wireless communication state when the refresh rate information is equal to or less than the first threshold value.
US12156766B2
A transducer array for ultrasound applications includes a plurality of transducer elements that are provided with self-aligned connections to a flexible cable. The array is easy to manufacture and suited for wearable, wireless, and other small ultrasound devices. A simple and efficient method of producing a robust transducer array involves at least partially separating the transducer elements after their connection to their respective conductors.
US12156764B2
An ultrasound transducer may include: a plurality of capacitive ultrasound transducer elements; and a base having a largest dimension sized and shaped to be disposed with an external ear canal, wherein the plurality of capacitive ultrasound transducers is mounted on the base. Each capacitive ultrasound transducer element and the ultrasound transducer are specifically constructed to achieve select desired performance characteristics. The ultrasound transducer may have an angular beam spread through a gaseous medium of greater than 15 degrees and an attenuation loss through the gaseous medium of greater than 10 dB measured at a distance 12.5 mm to 25 mm along a primary transmission axis of the ultrasound transducer. The ultrasound transducer may be particularly useful for characterizing fluid behind an ear drum to diagnose otitis media.
US12156756B2
The present invention relates to matching a field of view for mobile 3D imaging, for example mobile C-arm 3D imaging In order to provide image data that is improved for comparing purposes, for example when using a mobile X-ray imaging system, first location information of a first reconstruction volume based on a first sequence of X-ray images of a region of interest of a subject acquired along a first trajectory in a first position of an X-ray imaging device is received. Further, a planned second trajectory for acquiring a second sequence of X-ray images in a second position of the X-ray imaging device is received and a resulting second reconstruction volume for the second sequence of X-ray images is calculated. Then, second location information for the second reconstruction volume is determined. Further, a degree of comparability for the first reconstruction volume and the second reconstruction volume is determined based on the first location information and the second location information. An adapted second trajectory is calculated that results in an increased degree of comparability of the first reconstruction volume and the second reconstruction volume. The adapted second trajectory is provided for acquiring the second sequence of X-ray images in the second position of the X-ray imaging device.
US12156750B2
A system and method of deploying a portable monitoring device. The method comprises inferring a rate of motion associated with the portable monitoring device; initiating, at a display screen of the portable monitoring device when the rate of motion is above a predetermined threshold, an image capture request; determining, responsive to the image capture request, a violation; and reporting the violation to a remote server communicatively coupled to the portable monitoring device.
US12156739B2
Methods and systems are provided for evaluating injection sites on a body of a patient. The methods/systems may instruct a patient to place one or more capacitance sensors in contact with a potential injection site on the body of the patient. The methods/systems may also comprise using a processing circuit to receive data indicative of a capacitance of body tissue at the potential injection site, as measured by the one or more capacitance sensors. The methods/systems may also comprise generating, using the processing circuit, an indication of a level of pain that would be expected to be experienced by the patient from a potential injection at the potential injection site based on the received capacitance.
US12156733B2
A tissue profile wellness monitor measures a physiological parameter, generates a tissue profile, defines limits and indicates when the tissue profile exceeds the defined limits. The physiological parameter is responsive to multiple wavelengths of optical radiation after attenuation by constituents of pulsatile blood flowing within a tissue site. The tissue profile is responsive to the physiological parameter. The limits are defined for at least a portion of the tissue profile.
US12156726B2
A method of analyzing a multidimensional image tensor containing a plurality of images comprises: performing imaging scans of a subject imaging data; generating the multidimensional image tensor from the imaging data; determining a spatial basis tensor containing basis images based on the multidimensional image tensor; determining a temporal basis tensor containing basis functions for a temporal dimension based on the multidimensional image tensor; determining a core tensor that relates the spatial basis tensor to the temporal basis tensor; pre-multiplying the core tensor and the temporal basis tensor to produce a modified temporal basis tensor; storing the spatial basis tensor and the modified temporal basis tensor; and generating an image by multiplying at least (i) at least a portion of the spatial basis tensor and (ii) at least a portion of the modified temporal basis tensor.
US12156725B2
Systems and methods relating to a smart elastic fabric tape are disclosed. For example, a method may include interrogating a sensing mesh using an electrical impedance tomography (EIT) device, wherein the sensing mesh is affixed onto skin nearby a musculoskeletal (MSK) region of interest, wherein the sensing mesh comprises a nanocomposite thin film disposed on elastic fabric tape, and wherein the sensing mesh forms a geometrical pattern on the skin; generating, in real-time, EIT conductivity maps from interrogating the sensing mesh; and generating, in real time, strain distribution and strain directionality data of the MSK region of interest based on the EIT conductivity maps.
US12156719B2
An apparatus for estimating a core body temperature of an object is provided. According to one embodiment, the apparatus includes a plurality of sensors configured to obtain data from an object and a processor configured to obtain a surface temperature, a heat flux, a skin blood flow rate, and a blood flow velocity by using the data obtained from the plurality of sensors, obtain a skin thermal conductivity based on the skin blood flow rate, and estimate a core body temperature of the object based on the surface temperature, the heat flux, the skin thermal conductivity, and the blood flow velocity of the object.
US12156717B2
The present disclosure provides computer-implemented methods, systems, and devices for improved skin temperature monitoring. Accurate estimates of skin and ambient temperature are generated based on determinations and comparisons of skin and internal device temperature sensor measurements contained on or within example devices. The estimates of skin and ambient temperature measurements facilitate monitoring skin and core temperature changes, detecting physiological events of a wearer of example devices, and determining when skin temperature changes are environmentally or physiologically induced.
US12156715B2
Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) can be diagnosed by affixing a plurality of light sources and a plurality of light detectors against the subject's body near a joint, and sequentially transmitting light from each of the plurality of light sources into the subject's body. Signals are acquired from each of the plurality of light detectors. The rise time of the acquired signals that occurs in response to an inflation of a pressure cuff is determined, and an indication of whether the joint is affected by SLE is made based on the determined rise time. In some embodiments, a plateau time of the acquired signals is also acquired, and the indication of whether the joint is affected by SLE is made based on the determined rise time and the determined plateau time.
US12156713B2
The exemplified system and method facilitate an objective, non-invasive measurement of myelin quality and integrity in living brains based on isolation of myelin-specific magnetic relaxation constants in k-space. The system uses magnetic resonance (MR) signals to select signatures specific to, or associated with, myelin and its structure and to then encode the selected signatures into an image or model to which the quantitative myelin health information can be co-registered with 2D, 3D visualization, and tractography of the myelin-signal isolated MR information. The system also sets a model for digital hierarchical learning of biomedical signals in MR, and beyond, based on experimental data in which it executes the herein described signal isolation operations.
US12156711B2
A system includes an input control, an instrument, a memory storing instructions, and one or more processors coupled to the memory. A first axis of a first coordinate frame is defined along a length of the input control and is associated with an orientation of the input control. A second axis of a second coordinate frame is defined along a length of the instrument and is associated with an orientation of the instrument. When executing the instructions, the one or more processors perform steps including, while in a following state, receiving a first command corresponding to a rotation of the input control about the first axis, in response to the first command, generating a second command to rotate the instrument around the second axis without rotating the instrument around any axis orthogonal to the second axis, and controlling movement of the instrument according to the second command.
US12156699B2
The invention relates to a therapy planning device for planning a therapy to be applied to tissue of a subject (2). A tissue parameter distribution, which has been generated based on a magnetic resonance fingerprint scan of the tissue, and a therapy goal distribution, which defines a distribution of at least one parameter being indicative of a desired effect of the therapy, are provided. A machine learning module (13), which has been trained to output at least one therapy application parameter defining the application of the therapy based on an input tissue parameter distribution and an input therapy goal distribution, is used for planning the therapy by determining the at least one therapy application parameter based on the provided tissue parameter distribution and the provided therapy goal distribution. This allows for a consideration of the actual quantitative tissue parameter distribution of the patient, thereby improving planning quality.
US12156695B2
A model eye is disposed on a reference light path of reference light in a reference optical system so as to reflect or scatter the reference light at a model retina in order to form an interference optical system used to obtain interference light from the reference light of the reference optical system and signal light illuminated onto an examined eye in a signal optical system.
US12156693B2
A device for dividing a fibrous structure comprising an expandable member positioned near the distal end of a catheter and in fluid communication with the lumen of the catheter so that the expandable member can be biased between an inflated state and a deflated state to tension the fibrous structure, and electrosurgical elements situated on or proximate to an outer surface of the expandable member and configured to deliver electrical and thermal energy to the tensioned fibrous structure in a manner that results in division of the tensioned fibrous structure. A method for dividing a fibrous structure comprising positioning proximate the fibrous structure an expandable member having electrosurgical elements, expanding the expandable member outwards to tension the fibrous structure across the electrosurgical elements, and activating the electrosurgical elements to deliver energy to the tensioned fibrous structure to divide the tensioned fibrous structure.
US12156692B2
Methods and devices described herein facilitate improved treatment of body organs.
US12156686B2
A medical balloon device includes an outer member extending along an axis. An inflatable member has a proximal end extending from a first end of the outer member and a distal end. An inner member is positioned within the outer member and the inflatable member such that a first end of the inner member is coupled to the distal end of the inflatable member. A support member is movably disposed within the inner member and includes a first end configured to removably engage the first end of the inner member. Translation of the support member along the axis causes the inflatable member to move between a first position in which the inflatable member has a first length and a first profile and a second position in which the inflatable member has a second reduced length and a second reduced profile. Methods of use are disclosed.
US12156676B2
A device, including an insertion tool including an insertion guide that is flexible in a direction lying in at least a plane lying on a longitudinal axis thereof, the insertion guide having a slit and/or a gap extending in the longitudinal direction, the plane extending through the slit and/or gap, wherein the guide configured to maintain a pre-curved electrode assembly in a substantially straight configuration while preventing the electrode assembly from twisting in response to stresses induced by bias forces which urge the assembly to return to its pre-curved configuration, when the insertion guide is flexed in the plane.
US12156670B2
Catheter-delivered endovascular medical devices are described. The devices may include a pull wire attached to a deployable dual basket system. The deployable dual basket system may include a proximal basket and a distal basket that are connected by basket connector tether memory metal strips that rotate/twist relative to the longitudinal axes of the basket and form flex points of the system. The proximal basket and the distal basket may be comprised of a plurality of cells and the proximal basket may taper at its proximal end and the distal basket may be tapered at its distal end. Methods of using and making the devices are also described.
US12156668B2
A medical device may include an elongated body, a balloon positioned at a distal portion of the elongated body, and one or more pressure-wave emitters positioned along a central longitudinal axis of the elongated body within the balloon. The one or more pressure-wave emitters may be configured to propagate pressure waves radially outward through the fluid to fragment a calcified lesion at the target treatment site. The at least one of the one or more pressure-wave emitters may comprise an electronic emitter including a first electrode and a second electrode. The first electrode and the second electrode may be arranged to define a spark gap between the first electrode and the second electrode, and the second electrode may comprise a portion of a hypotube.
US12156664B2
Resection guides include a body a plurality of alignment pin through-holes and a plurality of guide through-holes so that the pattern of guide through-holes is operable for receiving a drill for use in resecting the at least a portion of the anatomical structure of the patient. Sweeping reamers include a body having a plurality of alignment pin through-holes and an elongated opening, and a reamer extendable through the elongated opening of the body. Decoupled resection guides include a first body having a plurality of alignment pin through-holes and a second body having a plurality of fixation pin through-holes and at least one guide aperture operable for guiding a cutting tool for use in resecting a portion of the second anatomical structure of the patient. Methods employing the same are disclosed and operable in, for example, total ankle replacement.
US12156658B2
A surgical instrument includes a first member defining an axis and having a scraping surface configured to scrape tissue. A second member includes a cutting surface that is rotatable relative to the first member. The second member has a maximum length defined by opposite end surfaces of the second member. The end surfaces are each disposed within the first member. A third member includes an outer surface defining at least a portion of a passageway configured for disposal of the scraped tissue. The third member is fixed with the first member. The cutting surface is rotatable relative to the third member to transfer the scraped tissue along the axis. Systems and methods are disclosed.
US12156651B2
A surgical stapling device (10) includes a drive assembly (70) and a tool assembly (16). The tool assembly (16) has a pair of jaws (29,31) supporting a cartridge assembly (32) and an anvil (30). The drive assembly (70) has a clamping member (74) that is movable through the tool assembly (16) to eject staples from the cartridge assembly (32) into the anvil (30) and to dissect tissue. The clamp member (74) includes an extension (84) that engages one of the jaws (29,31) to urge the distal end of the engaged jaw (29) in relation to the other jaw (31) to urge the tool assembly (16) towards an insertion position to minimize the diameter of the tool assembly (16) at a distal end of the tool assembly (16).
US12156650B2
The present invention is directed to a length adaptive surgical suture comprising a monofilament or a braid of a plurality of filaments, the suture having an original length when implanted and a second length that is different from the original length within a first twenty-four (24) hour period of time after implantation to accommodate tissue swelling. The present invention is also directed to configurations and combinations that enable length adaptive results.
US12156630B2
Dust separation devices are disclosed to enable separating and collecting dust particles. The devices include a vacuum port and a cyclone chamber that are connected by a tube between the vacuum port and an upper end of the cyclone chamber. On the cyclone chamber there is an input port for connecting to a hose for ingesting the dust particles. The devices also include a dust receptacle having a top upper surface and a port cover on a port formed in the upper surface for emptying the receptacle of collected dust particles and a lower portion of the dust receptacle that is integrally formed into the upper surface of the dust receptacle.
US12156625B2
The invention refers to an electronic device (10; 10a; 10b) comprising two or more battery packs (18a, 18b), an electric motor (16) which is operated by electric energy from at least one of the battery packs (18a; 18b) at a time, and an electronic control unit (20) for controlling operation of the electric motor (16). It is suggested that the electronic control unit (20) is adapted for switching operation of the electric motor (16) cyclically and consecutively from at least one battery pack (18a; 18b) to at least one other battery pack (18b; 18a). Switching form one operation cycle to the next operation cycle may be effected depending on the current temperature (T) of the at least one battery pack (18a, 18b), on an electric current (1) drawn from the at least one battery pack (18a, 18b) during the current operation cycle, or on a duration (t) of continuous operation of the at least one battery pack (18a, 18b) during the current operation cycle.
US12156621B2
A method for cleaning the mop of a cleaning robot includes: obtaining mop usage information after the cleaning robot carries the mop to clean the floor, and selecting a target mop cleaning mode to clean the mop according to the mop usage information.
US12156614B2
A cooking device includes: a container having a top opening and a receiving space in which food put into the container through the opening is received; a lid which is detachably coupled to the container so as to open and close the opening, and has a first vent channel communicating with the receiving space; an enclosure which is provided to at least partially enclose the container and the lid, and has a second vent channel communicating with the first vent channel; a vacuum pump connected to the second vent channel; and a foreign matter trapping unit which is provided between the first and second vent channels to prevent foreign matter, introduced into the first vent channel in the process of venting gas in the receiving space by the vacuum pump, from being introduced into the second vent channel.
US12156611B2
A beverage maker and a method for operating a beverage maker are provided, wherein the. beverage maker includes a discharge channel having a sensor configured to detect a cleaning agent in water and a control unit configured to receive measured values from the sensor and to take the received measured values as a basis for regulating a water intake from the water source. The method includes regulating water intake from the water source based upon the measured values from the sensor in the dis-charge channel to ensure that only an amount of water necessary for re-moving remaining cleaning agent from the beverage maker is utilized for flushing.
US12156600B1
A foldable wig stand includes: a head part configured to support a wig while being inserted into the inside of the wig; and a leg part supporting the head part and including a first leg frame and a second leg frame. Both side ends of the head part are hinged to both upper sides of the first leg frame and are rotatable in a first direction. The first leg frame and the second leg frame are hinged to each other at upper and lower central intersection portions, and are configured to be rotatable in a second direction different from the first direction.
US12156593B2
Various embodiments of a television mount concealer assembly and a method of operating the television mount concealer assembly are described. In one example, the television mount concealer assembly can include a television mount and an adjustable concealer assembly for placement behind a wall-mounted television. The adjustable concealer assembly comprising a front panel, a rear panel, a first flexible sidewall, and a second flexible sidewall. The rear panel can be configured to be placed adjacent to a wall in which a television is mounted, and the front panel can be adjusted between a first position and a second position in order to expand and contract the adjustable concealer assembly.
US12156583B1
A hinge having dual axes includes two hinge members each having a hinge leaf and one or more knuckles, a pivot pin received in a longitudinally extending bore in each knuckle, each pivot pin also received in one of two apertures in one or more connector plates that interconnect the hinge members, and one or more springs biasing the hinge members toward a closed position, so that the knuckles are rotatably disposed adjacent to each other, each hinge member independently rotatable about one of two pivot axes, and only a single seam is presented between the two knuckles as the hinge members move between open and closed configurations. In one embodiment a connector incorporating the connecting plates covers and hides the springs from view.
US12156574B2
In this molded surface fastener, plural engaging elements having a stem portion and an engaging head portion formed integrally on the stem portion are standing on the base portion, at least one pawl portion having a pawl width dimension narrower than a width dimension at a boundary between the stem portion and the engaging head portion is protruded on an outer peripheral edge part of the engaging head portion, and a back surface of pawl of the pawl portion is formed at different angles with respect to a back surface of head portion of the engaging head portion. Such a molded surface fastener of the present invention has a substantial engaging force with respect to a female surface fastener and can make a texture of its surface comfortable.
US12156573B2
A fastening system for an object (e.g., a wearable such as footwear) is disclosed that includes a buckle assembly and a strap for adjusting tension. The buckle assembly includes a base and a slider engaged with the base. The strap includes an array of teeth to engage with a pawl formed on the base. The fastening system is configurable between an engaged condition and a released condition based on the positioning of the slider relative to the base.
US12156572B1
A strap may have a strip of material. A flexible magnet and other layers may be embedded between outer layers of the strip. The outer layers may be formed from leather or other natural materials, fabric, polymer, or other materials. The strap may have a snap mechanism that removably couples the strap to the item. The strip may have left and right portions that are coupled together using sliders and the snap mechanism. The sliders may be fixedly attached to respective end portions of left and right portions of the strip. A first of the sliders may have a slot that allows the first slider to slide along the right strip portion and a second of the sliders may have a slot that allows the second slider to slide along the left strip portion so that the length of the strap may be adjusted.
US12156561B2
A helmet for protecting a head of a wearer, such as a hockey, lacrosse, football or other sports player. The helmet includes an outer shell and an inner padding disposed between the outer shell and the wearer's head when the helmet is worn. The inner padding includes a plurality of shock absorbers and an interconnector interconnecting the shock absorbers, each shock absorber being deformable in response to a rotational impact on the helmet such that an outer part of the shock absorber moves relative to an inner part of the shock absorber in a direction tangential to an angular movement of the outer shell due to the rotational impact.
US12156542B2
The invention relates to a personal ultrasonic atomizer device (10), which includes a cartridge (12) having a reservoir (26) for holding a liquid to be atomized, which is interchangeable prior to complete discharging of the reservoir (26) and includes an anti-tamper and anti-counterfeiting safeguard, a sonication chamber (14), placed in fluid communication with the reservoir (26), and for cavitating a liquid placed in contact with a piezoelectric oscillation piece (112); such that vape (V) and/or mist is generated without combustion and/or heating of the liquid, where the personal ultrasonic atomizer device (10) includes a liquid retention material (76) for allowing use of the personal ultrasonic atomizer device (10) in any orientation, and where the personal ultrasonic atomizer device (10) is controllable by an external electronic device.
US12156540B2
An aerosol generating system comprises an aerosol generating substrate, an inductor for generating a primary electromagnetic field, a primary susceptor configured to be inductively heated by the primary electromagnetic field and to solely heat the aerosol generating substrate, and a secondary susceptor configured to solely generate a secondary electromagnetic field. The secondary electromagnetic field is generated under the influence of the primary electromagnetic field and acts in opposition to the primary electromagnetic field.
US12156538B2
An aerosol provision device is configured to receive a plurality of aerosolizable materials. The aerosol provision device is configured to recognize an identity and a position of the aerosolizable materials received in the device and transmit data indicating the identity and the position of the aerosolizable materials received in the device to a communication system.
US12156535B2
An aerosol generating article includes a substantially cylindrical cup containing a plant-based aerosol generating material and at least one inductively heatable susceptor element (26). The cup includes an open end and a bottom wall. The cup has a self-supporting moulded form and includes a flange at the open end and a closure attached to the flange. The closure and/or bottom wall is porous or includes one or more openings.
US12156529B2
A liquid condiment includes a seasoning liquid, a solid ingredient including one or more dried vegetables that are immersed and swollen in the seasoning liquid, and one or more selected from the group consisting of vinegar, a fruit juice, a flavoring oil, a flavor, and a spice extract. The liquid condiment includes 0 to 30% by mass of the swollen vegetables having a size of 0.5 mm or more and less than 3 mm, 0 to 60% by mass of the swollen vegetables having a size of 3 mm or more and less than 8 mm, and 0 to 30% by mass of the swollen vegetables having a size of 8 mm or more and less than 20 mm. The total amount of the swollen vegetables having a size of 0.5 mm or more and less than 20 mm is 5 to 60% by mass.
US12156514B2
The present disclosure relates to a computer-controlled system for non-invasively identifying the location of the air cell of an egg and determining a preferred extraction point relative to the position of the air cell of the egg, the system having an egg manipulator to hold and orient one or more eggs in a defined position; a candling unit with one or more light sources and one or more detectors; a system configured to run an algorithm for determining the location of the air cell and the preferred extraction point; and a system for positioning the egg relative to an extractor or an egg opener or vice versa from their initial position to the preferred extraction point.
US12156510B2
The disclosed technology includes a collar that can output a first corrective action having a first correction magnitude, detect feedback information, and determine a second correction magnitude based at least in part on the feedback information. The collar can output a second corrective action responsive to determining that the collar is within a predetermined distance from an adverse device. The collar can receive map data and automatically determine a first geographical area in which it is permissible for a collar to be located and/or a second geographical area in which it is impermissible for the collar to be located, the collar being related to the system.
US12156509B2
A no choke, control harness may include a main harness strap comprising a first end, a second end opposite the first end, and a midpoint. The main harness strap may define a lateral orientation and may be configured for draping across the withers of a quadruped. The harness may also include a first and second leg loops extending respective ends of the main harness strap in respective first and second lateral direction. The leg loops may be configured for positioning around respective forelegs of the quadruped. Each leg loop may be formed from a strap having a first end and a second end opposite the first end sharing a top surface and a bottom surface wherein the top surface of the first end is connected to the bottom surface of the second end. The harness may also include a leash attachment.
US12156506B2
An assembly includes an inflatable harness having a first loop of webbing, a second loop of webbing, and a panel connecting the first loop of webbing to the second loop of webbing. The assembly includes an inflatable tether extending from the first loop of webbing, the inflatable tether in fluid communication with the inflatable harness. The assembly includes a latch plate fixed to the inflatable tether, the latch plate defining a fluid passage in fluid communication with the inflatable tether to provide inflation medium to the inflatable harness.
US12156501B2
A lettuce cultivar, designated ADEMPACK, is disclosed. The invention relates to the seeds, plants, and plant parts of lettuce cultivar ADEMPACK and to methods for producing a lettuce plant by crossing the cultivar ADEMPACK with itself or another lettuce cultivar. The invention further relates to methods for producing a lettuce plant containing in its genetic material one or more transgenes and to the transgenic lettuce plants and plant parts produced by those methods. This invention also relates to lettuce cultivars or breeding cultivars and plant parts derived from lettuce cultivar ADEMPACK, to methods for producing other lettuce cultivars, lines or plant parts derived from lettuce cultivar ADEMPACK and to the lettuce plants, varieties, and their parts derived from the use of those methods. The invention further relates to hybrid lettuce seeds, plants, and plant parts produced by crossing cultivar ADEMPACK with another lettuce cultivar.
US12156499B2
A device and method that support and animate a plant disposed in an inner plant pot having an underside including a pivoting magnet plate atop a waterproof interface relative to an outer plant pot lower housing. A follower magnet is mounted using a cam follower positioned below the waterproof interface for magnetic attraction with the pivoting magnet plate above. An electronic processor control module instantiates movement of the inner plant pot relative to the outer plant pot assembly via a single motor actuator, and a plurality of sensors in communication with the electronic processor control module collect data by the plurality of sensors upon the user touching the plant, among other inputs for interactive features, responses, gameplay, and the like.
US12156498B2
A light source includes a controller configured to turn on or off a plurality of light sources depending on a light period. The controller can be configured to turn on the light sources during each of a plurality of light periods such that the light sources emit a light having a spectrum with a plurality of peaks toward the plant. At least one light period can include a first period and a second period and the first period preceding or following the second period. The controller can adjust the spectrum of the light between the first period and the second period and/or during different light periods.
US12156494B2
A system and method for an autonomous lawn mower comprising a mower body having at least one motor arranged to drive a cutting blade and to propel the mower body on an operating surface via a wheel arrangement, wherein the mower body includes a navigation system arranged to assist a controller to control the operation of the mower body within a predefined operating area, wherein the mower body further includes a signal detecting module arranged to detect a signal representative of a navigational marker.
US12156490B2
A distributor device for solids-containing liquids includes a distribution chamber with an inlet opening which leads to a chamber interior space of the distribution chamber, wherein the distribution chamber has a first end wall with several connection ports and a first side wall arranged laterally to the end wall. The distributor device also includes a connecting part connecting the rotor and the blade drive shaft, which connecting part is detachably connected to the rotor and/or to the blade drive shaft, wherein a movement of the rotor is guided by the connecting part relative to the first perforated blade disk. The distribution chamber has at least one closable opening which is located in the first side wall, wherein the opening is designed at least so large that the rotor is removable from the distribution chamber through the opening.
US12161054B2
An oxide superconductor of an embodiment includes an oxide superconducting layer including a first superconducting region containing barium, copper, and a first rare earth element, having a continuous perovskite structure, and extending in a first direction, a second superconducting region containing barium, copper, and a second rare earth element, having a continuous perovskite structure, and extending in the first direction, and a non-superconducting region disposed between the first and the second superconducting region, containing praseodymium, barium, copper, and a third rare earth element, a ratio of the number of atoms of the praseodymium to a sum of the number of atoms of the third rare earth element and the number of atoms of the praseodymium which is 20% or more, having a continuous perovskite structure continuous with the perovskite structure of the first superconducting region and the perovskite structure of the second superconducting region, and extending in the first direction.
US12161051B2
Disclosed are a spin-orbit torque (SOT)-based magnetic tunnel junction and a method of fabricating the same. More particularly, the SOT-based magnetic tunnel junction includes a spin-orbit torque (SOT)-based magnetic tunnel junction, including: a spin-orbit active layer formed on the substrate; a free layer formed on the spin-orbit active layer; a tunnel barrier layer formed on the free layer; and a pinned layer formed on the tunnel barrier layer, wherein the spin-orbit active layer includes a W—X alloy (where W is tungsten and X includes at least one of group IV semiconductors and group III-V semiconductors).
US12161050B2
The high-density MRAM device of the present invention has a second interlayer dielectric (ILD) layer covering the capping layer in the MRAM cell array area and the logic area. The thickness of the second ILD layer in the MRAM cell array area is greater than that in the logic area. The composition of the second ILD layer in the logic area is different from the composition of the second ILD layer in the MRAM cell array area.
US12161048B2
A piezo actuator for carrying out an actuating movement is disclosed, with a piezo bending transducer made of a carrier layer which is at least partially covered on one or two sides with a piezo lamella, with a movable end and with a housing, with a reference stop connected to the housing for determining a reference position for the actuating movement, with a first bearing region which comprises regions of the piezo actuator and the housing and which allows for twists ϕ1 of the piezo bending transducer, with a second bearing region having a surface on the side of the bending transducer and a surface on the side of the housing, and an intermediate layer between the surfaces, which connects them and which can be liquefied, and with a pressure element for generating a bias torque on the piezo bending transducer around the first bearing region against the reference stop.
US12161047B2
The present invention includes a novel series of host materials for OLEDs based on substituted fused 1,2,4-triazines, represented by Formula I. The invention also includes an organic light-emitting device comprising an anode, a cathode, and an organic layer, disposed between the anode and the cathode, comprising a compound of Formula I. The compounds of the invention may improve the device EQE and lifetime.
US12161039B2
An in-cell optical fingerprint display device has a substrate, a plurality of pixel units disposed on the substrate and arranged in a matrix, and a transparent cover disposed on the plurality of pixel units. At least one pixel unit includes: a display pixel unit at least has a red sub-pixel unit, a green sub-pixel unit, and a blue sub-pixel unit disposed on the substrate; and a fingerprint pixel unit having an optical fingerprint sensor disposed on the substrate, and a specific-color color resin arranged above the optical fingerprint sensor, wherein the specific-color color resin is a blue color resin or a green color resin.
US12161035B2
Disclosed are an array substrate and a display panel, including: a base substrate; and a wiring layer, an anode layer, and a light-emitting layer which are stacked on the base substrate sequentially, wherein the wiring layer includes a signal wiring, a first wiring and a second wiring, a projection of the first wiring on the base substrate is separated from a projection of the second wiring on the base substrate, the first and second wirings are respectively disposed on two sides of the anode layer below the anode layer, the signal wiring is between the first and second wirings, the projections of the first and second wirings on the base substrate respectively overlap projections of two sides of the anode layer on the base substrate, and a length of the second wiring is less than that of the signal wiring in an extension direction of the signal wiring.
US12161025B2
A display apparatus can include a substrate comprising a plurality of subpixels, a display area, and a non-display area; a first insulating layer disposed on the substrate; a plurality of first electrodes disposed on the first insulating layer and disposed at the plurality of subpixels, respectively; a bank disposed between the plurality of subpixels; a hole configured to divide the first insulating layer into an inner first insulating layer portion and an outer first insulating layer portion in the non-display area at a periphery of the display area, the inner first insulating layer portion being closer to the display area than the outer first insulating layer portion; a first layer disposed under the hole between the inner first insulating layer portion and the outer first insulating layer portion; and an organic layer and a second electrode disposed on the plurality of first electrodes.
US12161021B2
A display device includes: a plurality of pixel-region mask spacers disposed in a pixel region where a plurality of pixels are disposed; a plurality of frame-region mask spacers disposed in a frame region outside the pixel region so as to surround the pixel region; and a common layer disposed on the plurality of pixel-region mask spacers, the common layer being common to the plurality of pixels, wherein the common layer comprises an end that has undulations in a plan view.
US12161018B2
Provide is a light emitting device including a reflective layer including a phase modulation surface, a planarization layer disposed on the reflective layer, a first electrode disposed on the planarization layer, an organic emission layer disposed on the first electrode and configured to emit visible light that includes light of a first wavelength and light of a second wavelength that is shorter than the first wavelength, and a second electrode disposed on the organic emission layer, wherein the reflective layer and the second electrode form a micro cavity configured to resonate the light of the first wavelength, and wherein the planarization layer includes a light absorber configured to absorb the light of the second wavelength.
US12161014B2
An elliptically polarizing plate and an organic light-emitting device. The elliptically polarizing plate has superior visibility based on excellent reflection characteristics and color characteristics on the side as well as the front, and an organic light-emitting device including the same.
US12161013B2
The present disclosure provides an article including a layer having a nanostructured first surface including nanofeatures and an opposing second surface, and an organic layer including a major surface attached to a portion of the nanofeatures. The nanostructured first surface includes protruding features that are formed of a single composition and/or recessed features. The nanofeatures and the major surface of the second layer together define at least one void. The present disclosure also provides a method of making the article including contacting nanofeatures of a layer having a nanostructured surface with a major surface of an organic layer and reacting at least one material to secure the two layers together. In addition, the present disclosure provides an optical information display and an OLED device including the article. The nanostructured surface of the article is protected from damage and contamination by the organic layer.
US12161010B2
An electroluminescent display device includes: a substrate, a first electrode on the substrate, a connection pattern on the substrate, the connection pattern including a same material as the first electrode, a bank covering edges of the first electrode and the connection pattern, a light-emitting layer on the first electrode, a second electrode on the light-emitting layer, the bank, and the connection pattern, and an auxiliary pattern between the connection pattern and the second electrode, the auxiliary pattern including one or more of: a metal oxide, conductive nanoparticles, and a work function-modifying polymer.
US12161001B2
This light detecting element has a reduced dark current and improved external quantum efficiency. The light detecting element includes a positive electrode, a negative electrode, and an active layer that is provided between said positive electrode and said negative electrode, and that contains a p-type semiconductor material and an n-type semiconductor material. The thickness of the active layer is at least 800 nm. The value obtained by subtracting the absolute value of the LUMO of the n-type semiconductor material from the work function of the surface in contact with the negative electrode side surface of the active layer is 0.0 to 0.5 eV. The absolute value of the LUMO of the n-type semiconductor material is 2.0 to 10.0 eV.
US12160996B2
Thin-film Ferroelectric field-effect transistor (FeFET) may be organized as 3-dimensional NOR memory string arrays. Each 3-dimensional NOR memory string array includes a row of active stack each including a predetermined number of active strips each provided one on top of another and each being spaced apart from another by an isolation layer. Each active strip may include a shared source layer and a shared drain layer shared by the FeFETs provided along the active strip. Data storage in the active strip is provided by ferroelectric elements that can individually electrically set into one of two polarization states. FeFETs on separate active strips may be configured for read, programming or erase operations in parallel.
US12160994B2
A memory device according to an embodiment includes a semiconductor layer, a gate electrode layer, and a first dielectric layer provided between the semiconductor layer and the gate electrode layer. The first dielectric layer contains aluminum (Al), a first element, nitrogen (N), and silicon (Si). The first element is at least one element selected from the group consisting of scandium (Sc), yttrium (Y), lanthanoid (Ln), boron (B), gallium (Ga), and indium (In).
US12160991B2
A semiconductor device comprises a stack structure including interlayer insulating layers and gate layers alternately stacked on a lower structure; and a memory vertical structure, separation structures, and support vertical structures penetrating the stack structure, wherein the gate layers include a lower gate layer, an upper gate layer, and intermediate gate layers, wherein the separation structures include a first separation structure, wherein the support vertical structures include a first inner support vertical structure penetrating the lower gate layer, the intermediate gate layers, and the upper gate layer, and adjacent to the first separation structure, wherein a portion of the first inner support vertical structure is directly connected to the first separation structure on the same level as the upper gate layer, and wherein a portion of the first inner support vertical structure is spaced apart from the first separation structure on the same level as the lower gate layer.
US12160968B2
A remote releasing module includes a bracket, a toggle button, and a moving member. The bracket includes a first end portion and a second end portion away from each other. The toggle button is pivotally connected to the first end portion of the bracket and includes a first driving portion. The moving member is movably disposed on the bracket and extends from a position close to the first end portion to the second end portion. The moving member includes a second driving portion disposed on the first driving portion so as to drive the toggle button to move. A circuit board device including a circuit board body, a connector slot, and the remote releasing module is also provided. The connector slot is disposed on the circuit board body.
US12160962B2
An electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes a device body provided with an accommodation space and an opening communicated with the accommodation space, a function module having a first state and a second state, and an ejecting mechanism including a connecting rod, a slider detachably connected to the function module, a driving member, and a guide rail that is disposed on the slider. The driving member is disposed in the accommodation space, a first end of the connecting rod is hinged to the device body, a second end of the connecting rod slides along the guide rail, and the slider is configured to switch between a first position and a second position.
US12160958B2
A mounting device includes a mounting section configured to pick up a component from a supply section that holds the component and execute a mounting process of the component on a mounting target, and a control section configured to acquire an inspection result obtained by executing an inspection process on the components placed on the mounting target and to notify an operator of the inspection result indicating that the component is defective at a timing before mounting an inspection resulted mounting component that is turned out to be mountable after the inspection result is determined.
US12160955B2
A circuit board according to an embodiment includes an insulating layer including an upper surface and a lower surface, and having a via hole passing through the upper surface and the lower surface in a thickness direction from the upper surface to the lower surface, wherein the via hole includes: a first via part adjacent to the upper surface and having a constant inclination angle along the thickness direction; a second via part adjacent to the lower surface and having a constant inclination angle along the vertical direction; and a third via part disposed between the first via part and the second via part and having an inclination angle different from an inclination angle of the first via part and an inclination angle of the second via part.
US12160954B2
A wiring board includes a wiring layer, an insulating layer, a plurality of opening portions, and a connection terminal. The insulating layer is laminated on the wiring layer and covers a wiring pattern. Each of the plurality of opening portions penetrates through the insulating layer to the wiring pattern. The connection terminal is formed on the respective opening portions and comes into contact with the upper surface of the wiring pattern. The wiring layer includes a first wiring pattern, and a second wiring pattern that is formed of a plurality of laminated metal layers and that is thicker than the first wiring pattern. An upper surface of a metal layer serving as an uppermost layer of the second wiring pattern is a contact surface with the connection terminal and has a same width as an upper surface of a metal layer serving as a layer other than the uppermost layer.
US12160949B2
A wiring board, comprising: wiring patterns that are buried in the wiring board, in which a region positioned between wiring patterns disposed in an in-plane direction of the same plane has an elastic modulus at 140° C. equal to or less than 0.1 MPa, and a dielectric loss tangent is equal to or less than 0.006.
US12160947B2
A module includes: a substrate having a first surface; a first component mounted on the first surface; a first sealing resin disposed to cover the first surface and the first component; a shield film covering at least a side surface of the first sealing resin; a first ground terminal mounted on the first surface; and a protruding portion formed to extend laterally at any position of the first ground terminal in a direction parallel to the first surface. The protruding portion is electrically connected to a portion of the shield film that covers the side surface of the first sealing resin.
US12160945B2
An information handling system includes a PCB, a CPU, a power distribution hat, and a heat sink. The PCB includes a first power contact on a first surface of the PCB and a first ground contact on a second surface of the PCB. The CPU includes a substrate and is affixed and electrically coupled to the first surface of the PCB by a first surface of the substrate. A second surface of the substrate includes a second power contact and a second ground contact. The power distribution hat couples the first power contact with the second power contact. The heat sink couples the first ground contact with the second ground contact.
US12160939B2
The present disclosure presents an LED lighting system; and a dimmer, a lighting apparatus, and a dimming control method thereof, wherein the dimmer is configured to adjust an LED lamp. Some features are that power supplying to the LED lamp is through the dimmer, and the dimmer includes an instruction transformation module and a signal combining module. The instruction transformation module is configured to receive a dimming instruction and output a dimming signal based on the received dimming instruction. The signal combining module is coupled to the instruction transformation module and electrically connected to an output terminal of the dimmer, and is configured to based on the dimming signal adjust a power signal generated by the dimmer, in order to output a modulated power signal combining the dimming instruction, wherein an AC component in the waveform of the modulated power signal describes the dimming instruction.
US12160934B2
A heater control device includes a camera sensor configured to capture an image of an outside of a vehicle through an image capturing transparent region of a window glass, and a camera heater configured to heat the image capturing transparent region. The heater control device is configured to: apply, to a correlation which is set in advance between an outside temperature, a vehicle speed, and energization electric power, and a temperature of the image capturing transparent region corresponding to the outside temperature, the vehicle speed, and the energization electric power, the outside temperature at a current time, the vehicle speed at the current time, and a target temperature equal to or higher than a dew-point temperature, to thereby determine defogging electric power so that the temperature of the image capturing transparent region is prevented from falling below the dew-point temperature.
US12160927B2
This Application sets forth techniques for provisioning and activating an electronic subscriber identity module (eSIM) as a primary SIM for a mobile wireless device that includes a limited functionality physical SIM (pSIM) associated with a particular mobile network operator (MNO) and installed in the mobile wireless device at a time of manufacture. An eSIM associated with the particular MNO is reserved during a sales order process and later activated during device activation after receipt by a user using a secure over-the-air (OTA) cellular connection enabled by the limited functionality pSIM, when a non-cellular connection or other Internet accessible connection is available. Dual SIM device configuration processes can be suppressed during activation of the eSIM. After successful attachment of the mobile wireless device to a cellular wireless network of the particular MNO using credentials of the eSIM, the limited functionality pSIM is disabled.
US12160923B2
Described is a method and device for detecting a DTX state at a UCI receiver in a wireless communication system. The method comprises receiving a linear block encoded signal on an uplink at said UCI receiver and processing the received signal after resource element (RE) demapping to generate a soft bit sequence {right arrow over (s)}. The method includes selecting a plurality of bits in said generated soft bit sequence {right arrow over (s)} as comparison bits and comparing said selected comparison bits to corresponding bits in a reconstructed soft bit sequence {right arrow over (r)}. The reconstructed soft bit sequence {right arrow over (r)} is generated from a plurality of bits selected as reconstruction bits in said generated soft bit sequence {right arrow over (s)}. A comparison or correlation metric is determined between the comparison bits and the corresponding bits in the reconstructed soft bit sequence {right arrow over (r)}, and a determination is made of the occurrence of a DTX state by evaluating the determined comparison or correlation metric.
US12160921B2
Systems, apparatuses, and methods are described for wireless communications. A base station may indicate one or more resources for beam failure recovery. The one or more resources may comprise one or more resources for downlink transmission and one or more resources for uplink transmission. A beam failure recovery may be based on the one or more resources for downlink transmission. A wireless device may send, based on the one or more resources for uplink transmission, uplink information for beam failure recovery.
US12160918B2
According to an example aspect of an embodiment, there is provided that an online server determines mobile device to be monitored based on at least partially an Internet Protocol, IP, address of the mobile device. The online server functionality executes an IP-based two-way communications protocol with the mobile device by transmitting one or more request messages. The online server functionality determines one or more lost responses from the mobile device to the one or more request messages and causes generating a request to another entity for triggering the another entity by one or more recovery methods for the mobile device.
US12160916B2
Wireless communications for asymmetric services are described. Asymmetric services (e.g., for downlink or uplink) may be associated with each other. Resources may be configured based on an association of asymmetric services.
US12160910B2
A method of pairing a client device to a host device, the method comprising: obtaining, at the host device, a reference approval code; receiving, at the host device, a pairing request from the client device; when the pairing requests includes an embedded approval code, comparing the embedded approval code to the reference approval code; when the embedded approval code matches the reference approval code, bypassing an approval request and approving a pairing of the client device to the host device; and responsive to approving the pairing, pairing the client device to the host device based on the pairing request.
US12160901B2
Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. A user equipment (UE) may transmit a random access message including a preamble and a payload. A base station may detect the preamble of the random access message. The base station, and may fail or succeed to decode the payload of the random access message. The base station may transmit, based at least in part on detecting the preamble and the different decoding outcome for the payload, a random access response. The random access response may include an uplink group grant and an indication for a type of the uplink group grant for a plurality of UEs whose preamble transmission share the same time and frequency occasion. UEs may monitor the type and the contents of the uplink group grant and transmit data subsequently on a set of shared time frequency resources. Numerous other aspects are provided.
US12160886B2
A channel access method includes: determining a relationship between a PRACH resource and a PUSCH resource that are corresponding to channel access request information; and determining, based on the relationship, channel access priority information corresponding to the PRACH resource and channel access priority information corresponding to the PUSCH resource.
US12160881B2
A user equipment (UE) employing different radio access technologies (RATs) concurrently provides the UE the opportunity to connect with different RAT-based base stations and concurrently transmit data thereto. A power-sharing control mechanism provides for sharing and allocating transmit power to multiple active RATs at the UE based on a priority designation of the data type associated with transmissions scheduled for each of the multiple active RATs. The power-sharing control mechanism provides efficient transmit power sharing between multiple transmit active RATs such that allocation of power to one RAT does not adversely affect the performance or coverage of the remaining RATs.
US12160877B2
A user equipment (UE) includes a receiver configured to receive, during operation based on a first mode, a configuration message from a base station. The configuration message indicates sidelink resources associated with a sidelink data channel. The UE further includes a transmitter configured to transmit, based on detecting that one or more conditions associated with the configuration message are satisfied, and during operation based on a second mode, a sidelink message to a second UE via the sidelink data channel during an occasion associated with the sidelink resources.
US12160861B2
Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, a receiving device may receive, via a multi-layer communication link, an indication of one or more parameters for grouping code blocks (CBs) of a transport block (TB) into CB groups (CBGs). The receiving device may receive the TB having multiple CBs mapped to resources of the TB in a frequency first per layer (FFPL) mapping configuration, wherein the CBGs include a CB received on a first layer and a CB received on a second layer of the multi-layer communication link. The receiving device may transmit hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ)-acknowledgment (ACK) feedback for the CBGs based at least in part on the grouping of the CBs. Numerous other aspects are described.
US12160854B2
Disclosed is a base station of a wireless communication system. Each base station for wireless communication comprises: a communication module; and a processor. The processor can receive signaling about a bandwidth part (BWP) from the base station, determine, on the basis of the signaling, an activated BWP among one or more BWPs set in an unlicensed band, and monitor a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) in the activated BWP.
US12160853B2
Provided are a method and apparatus for determining a time domain resource and a terminal device. The method includes: determining, by a terminal device, a first time slot set in a first period; and selecting, by the terminal device, a part of time slots from the first time slot set based on a first bitmap, the part of time slots forming the time domain resource of a resource pool.
US12160852B2
The disclosure includes embodiments for modifying a vehicle-to-everything (V2X) radio of an ego vehicle that is a connected vehicle. In some embodiments, a method includes analyzing, by a machine learning module executed by a processor, a local dynamic map generated by the ego vehicle to determine schedule data describing a schedule for the ego vehicle to transmit a millimeter wave (mmWave) message to a remote vehicle. The method includes transmitting a V2X message including the schedule data for receipt by the remote vehicle so that the remote vehicle has access to the schedule. The method includes modifying an operation of the V2X radio of the ego vehicle based on the schedule so that the V2X radio transmits the mmWave message to the remote vehicle in compliance with the schedule. The method includes transmitting the mmWave message to the remote vehicle in compliance with the schedule.
US12160850B2
Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, a user equipment (UE) may receive configuration information indicating physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) repetition for a first control resource set (CORESET) having a first transmission configuration indicator (TCI) state and a second CORESET having a second TCI state. The UE may monitor, based at least in part on the PDCCH repetition, PDCCH for a first set of CORESETs and a second set of CORESETs that at least partially overlap with each other in time, wherein PDCCH monitoring for the first set of CORESETs is based at least in part on a first spatial quasi-colocation (QCL) property and PDCCH monitoring for the second set of CORESETs is based at least in part on a second spatial QCL property different than the first spatial QCL property. Numerous other aspects are described.
US12160847B2
A paging method includes: determining a paging position of the first terminal and the second terminal based on a paging terminal identifier, where the paging terminal identifier is determined based on the first terminal and/or the second terminal; and sending a paging message at the paging position, where the paging message carries a terminal identifier of the first terminal and/or a terminal identifier of the second terminal.
US12160838B2
According to an aspect of the present disclosure, a method for transmitting a sidelink signal by a user equipment in a wireless communication system comprises: mapping a first complex-valued modulation symbol, which is associated with a sidelink control signal, to a control resource included in a sidelink resource, mapping at least one second complex-valued modulation symbol, which is associated with a sidelink data signal, to a data resource included in the sidelink source, and mapping a pre-configured value to a plurality of subcarriers included in the sidelink resource; generating the sidelink signal by modulating the at least one first complex-valued modulation symbol, the at least one second complex-valued modulation symbol, and the pre-configured value via orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM), wherein the sidelink signal comprises the sidelink control signal and the sidelink data signal; and transmitting the sidelink signal, wherein the plurality of subcarriers comprise a subcarrier having an intermediate frequency index in the sidelink resource, and power allocated to each of the plurality of subcarriers is one of values included within a preset range.
US12160832B2
There is provided an apparatus, said apparatus comprising means for determining which of at least two lower layer radio units co-located at a first location, each lower layer radio unit associated with a higher layer radio unit, has a best path to the associated higher layer radio unit and causing the transmit power of the determined one of the at least two lower layer radio units received at a user equipment to be higher relative to the transmit power of any of the other of the at least two lower layer radio units received at the user equipment.
US12160831B2
A reference signal determination method includes: receiving, by UE, first configuration information. The first configuration information is used for determining configuration information of a Sounding Reference Signal (SRS) resource set, the configuration information of the SRS resource set includes first indication information for indicating an index of a first reference signal source, and the first reference signal resource is used for estimating a pathloss of a first SRS resource of the SRS resource set.
US12160828B2
Disclosed are a discontinuous reception (DRX) processing method, a terminal device, a chip, a computer readable storage medium, a computer program product, and a computer program. The method comprises: the terminal device performs data reception on a first downlink (DL) bandwidth part (BWP), wherein the first DL BWP is a BWP for which a monitoring occasion of a wakeup signal (WUS) is configured; if the terminal device switches from the first DL BWP to a second DL BWP for data reception within a monitoring time period of the WUS configured on the first DL BWP and before a DRX ON duration timer starts, the terminal device starts the DRX ON duration timer at a start time of the DRX ON duration timer to enter a DRX activation period, wherein the second DL BWP is a BWP for which a monitoring occasion of the WUS is not configured.
US12160825B2
A cross-network wake-up method and a related device are disclosed. In the method, an Internet of things (IoT) platform sends a wake-up instruction to an agent device that maintains a heartbeat connection to the IoT platform, and then sends, through the agent device, a wake-up message to a to-be-woken-up IoT device deployed on a same private network as the agent device. This resolves a technical problem that after a public-private network address mapping becomes invalid, a message from the IoT platform cannot reach a IoT device through a network address translation (NAT) device, and the IoT device cannot receive messages from the IoT platform.
US12160824B2
Systems and methods for managing use of power of a wireless communication device configured to communicate over a plurality of radio links. A criterion is detected, and one of the plurality of radio links is selected as a selected radio link based on detecting the criterion. Operation of the selected radio link is switched from a first operating mode to a second operating mode, and operation of one or more remaining radio links of the plurality of radio links is disabled. In response to switching operation of the selected radio link to the second operating mode, the selected radio link oscillates between an awake state and an asleep state. Radio traffic information for the plurality of radio links is received, via the selected radio link, during the awake state.
US12160813B2
The present application relates to devices and components including apparatus, systems, and methods to determine a procedure period for a cell global identifier (CGI) reading procedure.
US12160810B2
The present disclosure relates to a pre-5th-Generation (5G) or 5G communication system to be provided for supporting higher data rates Beyond 4th-Generation (4G) communication system such as Long Term Evolution (LTE). The embodiments of the present application provide a method and a device for routing a data packet, and a method and a device for controlling a data packet transmission. The data packet routing method includes: receiving a first message transmitted by a first node; and determining a transmission path of the data packet according to the first message. The method provided in the present application achieves that a node in a relay network can determine a condition for transmitting the data packet by using other transmission paths, thereby effectively using multiple transmission paths to implement the data packet transmission.
US12160799B2
A wireless device may receive, based on an RNTI associated with a multicast and broadcast services (MBS) session, a group common downlink control information (DCI) scheduling a transport block (TB) of the MBS session. Based on the RNTI being associated with the MBS session, the wireless device may determine a scrambling identity for a TB of the MBS session. The wireless device may receive the TB scrambled with a scrambling sequence initialized based on a value of the scrambling identity and a value of the RNTI.
US12160794B2
A system for processing information requests associated with mobile devices comprises an evaluation module configured to determine at least one performance measure for each of a plurality of information documents using at least data in one or both of a requests database and events database. The at least one performance measure includes at least one of an impression-based performance measure, a click/call-based performance measure, and an off-line site-visit-based performance measure. The system further comprises an information server configured to select a first information document for transmitting to a first mobile device to fulfill a first request. The information server includes a volume control unit configured to derive an off-line site visit projection in response to the first document being selected based at least in part on an off-line site-visit-based performance measure and having been impressed on the first mobile device, and to adjust a budget associated with the first document using the off-line site visit projection.
US12160793B2
Provided are a network service construction system and a network service construction method which are capable of flexibly constructing network services that satisfy various needs. A purchase management module receives service requirement data indicating a service requirement. An E2EO module and an inventory management module identify, based on the service requirement data, a configuration of a functional unit group that achieves a network service. Based on the identified configuration and template data in which the configuration is acceptable as a parameter, a CMaaS module, a service manager module, and a slice manager module identify a construction procedure of the functional unit group. The CMaaS module, the service manager module, the slice manager module, and a container management module construct the functional unit group by executing the identified construction procedure.
US12160791B1
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.
US12160787B2
Disclosed are methods, systems, apparatus, and computer programs for self-learning geofences is disclosed. In one aspect, a method involves gathering a plurality of data points associated with one or more Citizens Broadband Radio Service (CBRS) deployers; determining respective identifiers of the one or more CBRS deployers associated with the plurality of data points; clustering, based on the respective identifiers of the one or more CBRS deployers, the plurality of data points into one or more clusters, where each cluster is associated with one of the one or more CBRS deployers, and where each cluster is associated with a geofence of a network of the one or more CBRS deployers; identifying an opportunity for uploading the one or more clusters to a central server; and uploading the one or more clusters to the central server during the identified opportunity.
US12160786B2
A wireless terminal of a cellular telecommunication system comprises receiver circuitry and processor circuitry. The receiver circuitry is configured to receive cell mobility information for each of plural cells served by respective plural mobile base station relays. The processor circuitry is configured to perform a cell selection/reselection procedure using the cell mobility information.
US12160785B2
Systems and methods for supporting multiple uncrewed aerial vehicle (UAV) Service Suppliers (multi-USS) are described. The methods may be performed by a wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU) including a UAV application enabling (UAE) client located in the UAV with the method performed with the UAV in-flight. Steps may include: sending a registration request to a UAE server, the registration request including an indication of multi-USS capability; receiving a registration response message that includes an indication that the UAE server supports multi-USS capability; receiving a multi-USS configuration request that includes multi-USS configuration parameters related to conditions under which the UAE client may initiate a USS change and a list of allowed USSs; sending a multi-USS configuration response; and performing a multi-USS change and sending a multi-USS change notification based on the multi-USS configuration parameters.
US12160782B2
Provided are a cell reselection method, device, a storage medium, and a user terminal, the method includes: if the number of consecutive failures of the LBT in the previous cell exceeds a preset threshold, residing in the current serving cell; when the current serving cell requires to perform cell reselection, reducing at least one reselection parameter value of the previous cell, and determining the set of target cells according to the reselection parameter value of each cell; sorting the target cells in the set; selecting the top sorted target cell sequentially to perform cell reselection.
US12160772B2
Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, a first node of a wireless network may transmit, by a first distributed unit (DU) of the first node to a central unit (CU), a second DU of another node in the wireless network, a user equipment in the wireless network, or a child node of the first node, an indication of a suggested resource pattern for the DU. The first node may transmit or receive a communication in the wireless network based at least in part on a resource pattern that is received in connection with transmitting the indication. Numerous other aspects are described.
US12160770B2
An invention relates to methods for transmitting a buffer status report (BSR) in a mobile communication system, more particularly to the definition of rules for triggering, generating and transmitting BSRs. The invention also relates to a data transmission method utilizing new rules to decide data of which radio bearers is transmitted within a given transmission time interval. Moreover, the invention relates to scheduling method for radio resources that is taking into account additional scheduling-relevant information from the buffer status reporting and/or data transmission method. To avoid unnecessary grants from the network and to suggest an advanced handling of data transmissions the invention suggests a buffer status reporting and data transmission schemes that take into account the scheduling mode of data of radio bearers pending for transmission to decide whether to report on it in a buffer status report, respectively, whether to multiplex the data to a transport block for transmission.
US12160768B2
Described embodiments provide systems and methods for adapting/negotiating media information. A first device may determine a channel quality of a wireless channel in an unlicensed spectrum between the first device and a first tethered device. The first device may determine a first bit rate supportable on the wireless channel according to the channel quality. The first device may send, to the second device, an offer message with an offered bit rate comprising a lower of the first bit rate or a second bit rate supportable by a connection between the first device and the second device at least partially across a licensed spectrum. The first device may receive, from the second device, a reply message with a reply bit rate that is less than or equal to the offered bit rate, to apply to wireless communication across at least the first tethered device, the first device and the second device.
US12160764B2
Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communication are described. A user equipment (UE) may receive control signaling indicating a measurement configuration for minimization of drive test measurement and reporting supporting broadcast receptions within a single-frequency network. The UE may determine, based at least in part on the measurement configuration, a set of measurements for the single-frequency network. The UE may transmit a minimization of drive test report indicating the set of measurements.
US12160763B2
Systems, methods and apparatus are disclosed for automatic signal detection in an RF environment. An apparatus comprises at least one receiver and at least one processor coupled with at least one memory. The apparatus is at the edge of a communication network. The apparatus sweeps and learns the RF environment in a predetermined period based on statistical learning techniques, thereby creating learning data. The apparatus forms a knowledge map based on the learning data, scrubs a real-time spectral sweep against the knowledge map, and creates impressions on the RF environment based on a machine learning algorithm. The apparatus is operable to detect at least one signal in the RF environment.
US12160759B2
A base station may identify a configuration of one or more time gap periods associated with FD beam pair quality measurement. The base station may transmit, to the UE, and the UE may receive, from the base station, an indication of the configuration of the one or more time gap periods associated with FD beam pair quality measurement. The UE may perform, during the one or more time gap periods, one or more measurements of a quality of one or more FD beam pairs. Each of the one or more FD beam pairs may include an uplink beam and a downlink beam. The UE may identify at least one failed FD beam pair in the one or more FD beam pairs based on the one or more measurements of the quality of the one or more FD beam pairs and an SI measurement.
US12160754B2
A system for wireless data communication comprises first and second wireless networks. The first wireless network comprises nodes that receive and transmit wireless signals that exhibit a first frequency, wherein nodes of the first wireless network include first, second, and third repeater nodes. The second wireless network comprises nodes that receive and transmit wireless signals that exhibit a second frequency that is lower than the first frequency. The second wireless network is configured to serve as an overlay out-of-band control plane for the first wireless network. The third repeater node uses a digital IIR filter to recover and relay a data signal encoded by first and second wireless signals that are received by the third repeater node from the first and second repeater nodes. The first wireless network can be a current generation network (e.g., 5G) while the second wireless network can be a previous generation network (e.g., 4G).
US12160743B2
A method for providing call intelligence to a signaling firewall in a communications network includes collecting, by a network security service component, call session data from incoming and outgoing calls involving a mobile device and providing, by the network security service component, the call session data to a signaling firewall via an application programming interface (API). The method further includes receiving, by the signaling firewall, an update location request message associated with the mobile device, extracting signaling message information that includes current location data and timestamp data from the received update location request message, and utilizing the current location data and the timestamp data to identify a correlated portion of the call session data. The method further includes providing the signaling message information and the correlated portion of the call session data to a security analytics engine platform for a location validation assessment and allowing or rejecting, by the signaling firewall, the update location request message based on location validation assessment data received from the security analytics engine platform.
US12160741B2
A secure executable container executed by an endpoint device determines physical attributes associated with the endpoint device reaching destination endpoint devices within a secure data network, and determines destination endpoint attributes for each of the destination endpoint devices. The secure executable container selects one or more of the destination endpoint devices for establishment of a corresponding secure peer-to-peer connection based on the physical attributes relative to the destination endpoint attributes of the one or more destination endpoint devices, each secure peer-to-peer connection bypassing a core network device in the secure data network. The secure executable container selects remaining destination endpoint devices for respective secure hybrid peer-to-peer connections via the core network device, based on the physical attributes relative to the respective destination endpoint attributes of the remaining ones of the destination endpoint devices.
US12160728B2
This disclosure provides a handover method, a communications apparatus, and a terminal device. The handover method includes determining a first target cell based on first conditional handover (CHO) configuration information, where the first target cell is a cell to which the terminal device is to be handed over, and in a process of attempting to access the first target cell, when receiving second CHO configuration information, determining, based on the second CHO configuration information, whether to continue to be handed over to the first target cell.
US12160719B2
A coaxial speaker includes a first sounding unit, a second sounding unit coaxial with and surrounded by the first sounding unit, and a magnetic circuit system including a bottom plate, a first magnetic unit and a second magnetic unit spaced apart from the first magnetic unit for forming a first magnetic gap for the first sounding unit. The second magnetic unit includes a second magnet in an annular shape, a second yoke in an annular shape attached to the second magnet, and a third magnet in an annular shape attached to the second yoke. The bottom plate is provided with a bending wall locating inside the second magnetic unit, the bending wall is spaced apart from the second magnetic unit for forming a second magnetic gap for the second sounding unit. The coaxial speaker can reduce a product height and a magnetic circuit system cost.
US12160718B2
A moving-coil speaker includes a frame, magnetic circuit system setting section, and magnetic circuit system. The frame has a first surface. The magnetic circuit system setting section is formed on the first surface and includes a first region and a second region surrounding the first region. The magnetic circuit system is disposed at the magnetic circuit system setting section and includes at least one voice coil which spaced from the first surface of the frame and having a first end and a second end opposite to the first end. The first end defines a virtual plane extending along a radial direction of the voice coil. The virtual plane and the first surface of the first region define a first distance. The virtual plane and the first surface of the second region define a second distance. The second distance is greater than the first distance, and the second distance and the first distance are parallel.
US12160717B2
Disclosed are a vibration sound device for an electronic product and the electronic product. The vibration sound device comprises a first housing, a magnetic assembly, a coil assembly and a second housing. The first housing includes a cavity and is opened at one side thereof. An interaction force is generated between the magnetic assembly in the first housing and the coil assembly on the second housing to drive the vibration sound device to vibrate so as to generate a sound. According to the present disclosure, the magnetic assembly and the coil assembly are configured in a sandwiched structure, so that the overall height of the vibration sound device is reduced, and thus space utilization of the electronic device is improved.
US12160710B2
A hearing aid device adapted for use within the ear canal and of partially exposed in the canal types. This aid allows an air gap to substantially surround the hearing aid shell and air passages which communicate with the inner ear minimizing occlusion sensations and providing the user with an enhanced natural hearing experience. An aspect of this device is the provision of air passages in the mounting insert which securely positions the hearing aid shell in the wearer's canal. These passages are designed to stay open after insertion of the aid in the ear canal. In use, unamplified sound from the outside passes around the hearing aid shell, through the air passages in the mounting insert blending with the amplified sound emanating from the receiver. The area of air passages in the mounting insert can be tailored by the technician adapting to the bearing loss characteristics of the user.
US12160708B2
A hearing device directly or indirectly connected to a server through a network, the hearing device being provided with: an input unit that acquires sound data from the outside; a communication unit that transmits the sound data to the server, and receives a parameter set generated on the basis of the analysis result obtained by analyzing the sound data in the server; a storage unit that stores the parameter set; and an adjustment unit that, on the basis of the parameter set, adjusts gains of a plurality of prescribed frequencies.
US12160704B2
The present disclosure discloses a vibration transducer including a circuit board, a vibration detection assembly and a signal detection assembly arranged on two opposite sides of the circuit board; the vibration detection assembly includes a first vibration detection unit, a second vibration detection unit, and a third vibration detection unit; the signal detection assembly includes a first MEMS microphone, a second MEMS microphone, and a third MEMS microphone. A first membrane of the first vibration detection unit, a second membrane of the second vibration detection unit, and the third membrane of the third vibration detection unit vibrate along three orthogonal directions. The vibration transducer has higher sensitivity and bigger bandwidth.
US12160702B2
A sound pickup device damping structure and a sound pickup apparatus, the sound pickup device damping structure includes: a housing, including a side wall and a peripheral wall connected with the side wall; a circuit board, fixedly connected with the peripheral wall, wherein the circuit board and the side wall and the peripheral wall enclose to form an accommodating chamber; at least one sound pickup component, located in the accommodating chamber and electrically connected with the circuit board; and a first damping layer, disposed between the side wall and the sound pickup component; wherein a second sound pickup hole in the side wall, a hole channel in the first damping layer and a first sound pickup hole disposed in the sound pickup component are communicated with each other.
US12160699B2
A method including establishing, at a first wireless audio device, a first communication channel with a second wireless audio device, receiving, at the first wireless audio device, audio data corresponding to a user utterance, determining that the audio data includes a wake word, transmitting at least a portion of the audio data from the first wireless audio device to a mobile device via a second communication channel, receiving an indication to establish a third communication channel with a second wireless audio device, and establishing the third communication channel with the second wireless audio device.
US12160696B2
The present disclosure discloses an acoustic output apparatus. The acoustic output apparatus may include at least one acoustic driver. The at least one acoustic driver may generate sound that is output through at least two sound guiding holes. Further, the acoustic output apparatus may include a supporting structure. The supporting structure may be configured to support the at least one acoustic driver. A baffle may be disposed between the at least two sound guiding holes. The baffle may increase an acoustic distance from at least one sound guiding hole of the at least two sound guiding holes to a user's ear.
US12160694B2
A sensing system is provided. The system comprises a microprocessor (or computing device) with a memory, means of transmitting information wirelessly, an antenna, a power supply, and a sensor configured to measure at least one environmental parameter.
US12160690B2
Undesirably high energy-consumption in illuminating devices can be caused at least in part by wasted (attenuated) light. Optically efficient illumination systems that may be used to project light, including images, use light redirection. Phase modulating devices may be applied to create desired light fields. Some embodiments provide dual or multiple modulation display or projection systems in which some or all of the modulators not only attenuate amplitude, but also amplify amplitude, or change the phase, frequency and polarization of the light provided by the light source.
US12160687B2
Provided is a vehicle control system including: a plurality of communication devices each of which is provided between an in-vehicle sensor and a corresponding one of a plurality of control units, and has a control information communication function of transmitting control information from the control unit to the in-vehicle sensor; and a communication control device configured to control the plurality of communication devices. The communication control device sets, in response to an operation state of a vehicle, one of a state in which the control information communication function of one of the plurality of communication devices is enabled and the control information communication function of all of communication devices other than the one of the plurality of communication devices out of the plurality of communication devices is disabled, or a state in which the control information communication function of all of the communication devices is disabled.
US12160686B2
Event-related data based on an image that has been captured is generated. Coverage information relating to imaging range is compared to the event-related data. The cameras that can capture an image of the event, based on a comparing result, are listed so that an operator can select one of the listed cameras.
US12160685B2
A system and method are disclosed for generating a teleconference space for two or more initial communication devices using a computer coupled with a database and including a processor and memory. The computer generates a teleconference space and transmits requests to join the teleconference space to the two or more initial communication devices. The computer stores in memory identification information, and audiovisual data associated with one or more users, for each of the two or more initial communication devices. The computer transmits audiovisual teleconference data to each of the two or more initial communication devices. The computer transmits a request to join the teleconference space to a third communication device, stores identification information and audiovisual data from the third communication device, and transmits audiovisual teleconference data that includes audiovisual data from the third communication device to each of the three or more communication devices.
US12160682B2
Disclosed are a method for playing a CEUS movie file, an ultrasound movie file, and ultrasound apparatus. The method comprises: receiving a playing instruction for the movie file which is a dynamic data of generated by ultrasound echoes returned from a target tissue to which ultrasound waves are transmitted by a probe of an ultrasound apparatus; determining an imaging frame rate of the ultrasound images; determining a playback frame rate of the movie file according to the imaging frame rate negatively correlated with the playback frame rate; and playing the movie file with the playback frame rate. By using the playback frame rate which is negatively correlated with the imaging frame rate to play movie files, the movie files with low frame rate can be played more smoothly and the movie files with high frame rate can be played in line with the look and feel of the human eye.
US12160676B2
A photoelectric conversion device includes a photodiode configured to perform avalanche multiplication, a recharging circuit configured to perform a recharging operation to bring the photodiode after the avalanche multiplication into a state in which the avalanche multiplication can be performed again based on a first control signal including pulses that periodically repeat transitions from a first level to a second level, and a counter configured to count the number of occurrences of the avalanche multiplication by being enabled based on a second control signal. Before the counter is enabled based on the second control signal, the first control signal transitions from the first level to the second level and transitions from the second level to the first level.
US12160670B2
Disclosed are systems, apparatuses, processes, and computer-readable media to capture images with subjects at different depths of fields. A method of processing image data includes capturing an image associated with a first exposure; capturing a plurality of images associated with at least a second exposure, the second exposure being less than the first exposure; generating a combined image from the plurality of images associated with at least the second exposure; and generating a high dynamic range (HDR) image from the image associated with the first exposure and the combined image.
US12160668B2
An image capturing system includes an image capturing unit including an image capturing surface on which pixel blocks each including a plurality of pixels are two-dimensionally arranged, exposure parameters being separately settable for the pixel blocks, a determination unit configured to determine a first exposure parameter and a second exposure parameter so that a difference between the first exposure parameter and the second exposure parameter is greater than or equal to a predetermined value, an exposure control unit configured to set the first exposure parameter determined by the determination unit and the second exposure parameter determined by the determination unit alternately as the exposure parameters for the pixel blocks and configured to control image capturing by the image capturing unit, and a display unit configured to display an image captured by the image capturing unit.
US12160666B2
An electronic device includes a camera module including an optical image stabilization device, a memory, and a processor, and the optical image stabilization device includes a first direction driver, a first driver circuit that controls the first direction driver, a second direction driver, and a second driver circuit that controls the second direction driver, and the first direction driver monitors a movement amount of the second direction driver from a control signal transmitted from the processor, determines a first correction amount corresponding to the movement amount, and controls the first direction driver based on the first correction amount. Additional various embodiments identified through the specification are possible.
US12160663B2
An image processing device acquires a plurality of images of an object to be measured by an imaging device, the plurality of images being taken while varying a focal position, and corrects blurring in the acquired plurality of images based on a point spread function for each focal position of an image forming optical system in the imaging device. The image processing device also calculates, for the plurality of images after correction of the blurring, an evaluation value for a focusing degree for each pixel, and generates three-dimensional shape data of the object to be measured based on the calculated evaluation value for the focusing degree for each pixel.
US12160659B2
The present invention relates to a mobile terminal and a method for controlling same, and more particularly, provides a mobile terminal and a method for controlling same, the mobile terminal comprising: a body including a first body and a second body; a first camera and a second camera included in the body; displays coupled to the body and outputting images; and a control unit. The control unit outputs video previews to the display of the first body and outputs, to the display of the second body, a camera application for controlling the video previews that are being output, wherein the video previews include a first video preview captured by the first camera and a second video preview captured by the second camera.
US12160657B2
An electronics-enabled eyewear device provides a primary command channel and a secondary command channel for receiving user input during untethered wear, one of the command channels providing for tap input detected by motion sensor(s) incorporated in a body of the eyewear device. A predefined tap sequence or pattern can be applied to frame of the device to trigger as device function. In one example, a double tap of the device's frame causes charge level display indicating a battery charge level.
US12160649B2
An electronic device includes a processor; a first camera module comprising a camera including a first lens assembly having a first field of view (FOV) and a second camera module comprising a camera spaced apart a first camera module and including a second lens assembly having a second FOV narrower than the first FOV; wherein the first camera module includes an image sensor and a filter including a glass plate spaced apart the image sensor and disposed on the image sensor, and a layer disposed on the glass plate and configured to absorb a portion of infrared light among the light transmitted through the first lens assembly, wherein the processor is configured to obtain depth information about on the subject located within the second FOV based on data about the light passing through the filter, which is obtained through the image sensor.
US12160646B2
A video camera comprises a housing (102) configured of a top housing portion (104), a mid-housing portion (106) and a bottom housing portion (108). The top housing portion is configured as a circular and rounded exterior contoured wall (110) having an exterior recessed feature (112) formed along an edge (114). The mid-housing portion (106) is formed of an IR window ring (116) having an alignment tab (118) extending therefrom, the alignment tab being aligned and recessed within the exterior recessed feature (112) of the rounded exterior contoured wall (110) of the top housing portion (104), and the bottom housing portion (108) providing a camera dome (120) seated within and protruding from the IR window ring (116).
US12160639B2
The disclosure provided live streaming interface display method, device, apparatus, storage medium and program product. The method comprises displaying a live streaming interface, wherein the live streaming interface comprises an identification area, the identification area comprises at least one scene identification, and each scene identification is used for indicating a live streaming scene; in response to a first input on a first scene identification of the at least one scene identification, displaying at least one first data source identification corresponding to the first scene identification in the identification area, wherein the first scene identification is used for indicating a first live streaming scene, and each first data source identification is used for indicating one data source in the first live streaming scene.
US12160633B2
A technique is described for converting a variety of video streams from transmission sources into a single designated video stream on a client device. As an example, a converter device may receive video streams from multiple transmission sources and select the video stream to convert and output on a client device based on the signal quality. In some examples, the converter device may switch between transmission sources. The converter device may measure the time offset between the video streams of the transmission sources and buffer one of the video streams to align the timing of the video streams, so the user does not detect a timing delay while viewing the video content.
US12160632B2
Disclosed herein are system, apparatus, article of manufacture, method and/or computer program product embodiments, and/or combinations and sub-combinations thereof, for preserving channel lock while performing dynamic ad insertion (DAI) in a multi-device setup. An example embodiment operates by identifying a secondary device that loses a channel lock on a channel based on a primary device performing DAI on the channel. The embodiment determines that that the primary device is configured to perform a DAI to replace a portion of multimedia content in the channel with a replacement portion of multimedia content. The embodiment modifies an automated content recognition (ACR) behavior for the secondary device based on the determining, thereby preventing the secondary device from losing channel lock on the channel. The embodiment then modifies a DAI behavior for the secondary device in response to the modifying the ACR behavior for the secondary device.
US12160624B2
Methods, apparatus, systems and articles of manufacture to reduce signature matching uncertainty in media monitoring systems are disclosed. Disclosed example apparatus are to compare first groups of monitored signatures representative of monitored media with second groups of reference signatures representative of respective reference media to determine a first sequence of match results for an observation period, the first and second groups to have a first size corresponding to a first number of signatures. Disclosed example apparatus are also to compare, in response to a discontinuity in the first sequence of signature match results, third groups of monitored signatures from the sequence of monitored signatures with fourth groups of reference signatures from the respective sequences of reference signatures to determine a second sequence of signature match results for the observation period, the third groups and the fourth groups to have a second size greater than the first size.
US12160621B2
An anchor asset is selected among a plurality of assets based on a caching gain calculation for the anchor asset. A variety of assets are selected from the plurality of assets based on a relationship with the anchor asset, the variety of assets including any combination of: audio, video, text, image, etc. The anchor asset and the variety of assets are cached on one or more geographically diverse servers among a plurality of servers for delivery to client devices.
US12160620B2
Embodiments of the present disclosure provide an information interaction method, an apparatus and a device. The method includes: displaying, by a second device, a first page corresponding to a first account, where the first page includes a first control; in response to a first operation on the first control, sending, by the second device, first prompt information to a first device corresponding to the first account, and updating the first control to a second control, where the first prompt information is used to prompt a user corresponding to the first account to update a creation; in response to a second operation on the second control, pre-transferring, by the second device, a first object to the first account, where the first object is transferred to the first account after the creation corresponding to the first account is updated. The reliability of live streaming interaction is improved.
US12160605B2
This disclosure relates to video coding and more particularly to techniques for intra prediction coding. In one example, a method of decoding video data, the method comprising: parsing a first syntax element having a value indicating an intra sub partitions (ISP) intra prediction is used for coding a current video block; parsing a second syntax element indicating whether a most probable mode (MPM) or a non-most probable mode (MPM) is an intra prediction mode used for generating a prediction for the current video block according to the ISP intra prediction; based on whether the second syntax element indicates the MPM or the non-MPM is an intra prediction mode used for generating a prediction, conditionally parsing one of: a third syntax element indicating the MPM, or a fourth syntax element indicating the non-MPM; and generating a prediction for the current video block based on the first syntax element.
US12160603B2
The present disclosure relates to video encoding and decoding, and in particular to determining motion information for a current block using a history-based motion vector predictor, HMVP, list. The HMVP list is constructed, with said list being an ordered list of N HMVP candidates Hk, k=0, . . . , N−1, which are associated with motion information of N preceding blocks of the frame and precede the current block. Each HMVP candidate has motion information including elements of one or more motion vectors, MVs, one or more reference picture indices corresponding to the MVs, and one or more bi-prediction weight indices. One or more HMVP candidates from the HMVP list are added into a motion information candidate list for the current block; and the motion information is derived based on the motion information candidate list.
US12160601B2
According to aspects of the invention there is provided a method of encoding an input video into a plurality of encoded streams, wherein the encoded streams may be combined to reconstruct the input video. There may be provided an encoding method comprising: receiving an input video; downsampling the input video to create a downsampled video; instructing an encoding of the downsampled video using a base encoder to create a base encoded stream; instructing a decoding of the base encoded stream using a base decoder to generate a reconstructed video; comparing the reconstructed video to the downsampled video to create a first set of residuals; and, encoding the first set of residuals to create a first level encoded stream, including: applying a transform to the first set of residuals to create a first set of coefficients; applying a quantization operation to the first set of coefficients to create a first set of quantized coefficients; and applying an encoding operation to the first set of quantized coefficients, wherein applying the quantization operation comprises: adapting the quantization based on the first set of coefficients to be quantized, including varying a step-width used for different ones of the first set of coefficients, wherein a first set of parameters derived from the adapting is signalled to a decoder to enable dequantization of the first set of quantized coefficients.
US12160598B2
This disclosure relates to video coding and more particularly to techniques for signaling a picture type in coded video. According to an aspect of an invention, 4 bits NAL unit type information in a NAL unit header is decoded; and a NAL unit type indicating that a content of a NAL unit is trailing picture is determined.
US12160593B2
A method for decoding a video from a video bitstream is provided and at least includes: accessing a binary string representing a partition of the video, the partition comprising a plurality of coding tree units (CTUs) forming one or more CTU rows; for each CTU of the plurality of CTUs in the partition, determining whether the CTU is the first CTU in a slice or a tile; in response to determining that the CTU is the first CTU in a slice or a tile, initializing context variables for context-adaptive binary arithmetic coding (CABAC) according to a first context variable initialization process; in response to determining that the CTU is not the first CTU in a slice or a tile, determining whether parallel decoding is enabled and the CTU is the first CTU in a CTU row of a tile.
US12160590B2
Provided is a video decoding method including: obtaining a first motion vector indicating a first reference block of a current block in a first reference picture and a second motion vector indicating a second reference block of the current block in a second reference picture; obtaining a parameter related to pixel group unit motion compensation of the current block, based on at least one of information of the parameter related to the pixel group unit motion compensation and a parameter related to an image including the current picture; generating a prediction block by performing, with respect to the current block, block unit motion compensation based on the first motion vector and the second motion vector and performing the pixel group unit motion compensation based on the parameter related to the pixel group unit motion compensation; and reconstructing the current block. Here, a pixel group may include at least one pixel.
US12160589B2
An intra prediction method according to the present invention comprises the following steps: performing a directional prediction using at least one of a neighboring pixel of a current block and a left upper corner pixel positioned at a left upper corner of the current block so as to obtain a first prediction value for the current block; obtaining a second prediction value for the current block using the reference sample positioned in the current block; and weighted summing the first prediction value and the second prediction value using a weighting matrix so as to obtain a final prediction value for the current block. According to the present invention, image encoding/decoding efficiency may be improved.
US12160584B2
A video encoding apparatus includes a content activity analyzer circuit and a video encoder circuit. The content activity analyzer circuit applies a content activity analysis process to consecutive frames, to generate content activity analysis results. The consecutive frames are derived from input frames of the video encoding apparatus. The content activity analysis process includes: deriving a first content activity analysis result according to a first frame and a second frame in the consecutive frames, wherein the first content activity analysis result includes a processed frame distinct from the second frame; and deriving a second content activity analysis result according to a third frame included in the consecutive frames and the processed frame. The video encoder circuit performs a video encoding process to generate a bitstream output of the video encoding apparatus, wherein information derived from the content activity analysis results is referenced by the video encoding process.
US12160583B2
An image decoding method performed by a decoding apparatus includes the operations: deriving a correspondence block corresponding to the current block of the current picture, the correspondence block being located in a co-located picture; deriving a movement vector of the correspondence block; scaling the movement vector of the correspondence block based on a first temporal distance and second temporal distance, the first temporal distance being the difference between the POC values of the co-located picture and POC values of the reference picture of the correspondence block, and the second temporal distance being the difference between the POC values of the co-located picture and POC values of the current picture containing the current block; deriving the movement vector updated based on the scaled movement vector and location of the current block; and deriving a movement vector of the current block based on the updated movement vector.
US12160568B2
Video codec for supporting temporal inter-prediction, configured to perform padding of an area of a referenced portion of a reference picture which extends beyond a border of the reference picture, which referenced portion is referenced by an inter predicted block of a current picture by selecting one of a plurality of intra-prediction modes, and padding the area using the selected intra-prediction mode.
US12160562B2
According to an aspect of the disclosure, a method of video decoding performed in a video decoder is provided. In the method, coded information of a current block in a current picture of a video is received from a coded video bitstream. The coded information indicates that the current block is an intra block copy (IBC) block. An intra prediction mode is derived for a subblock of the current block based on a reference subblock in a reference block. The reference subblock corresponds to the subblock of the current block, and the reference block is referenced by a block vector of the IBC block. The intra prediction mode for the subblock of the current block is further stored. A neighboring block of the current block is determined as an IBC block. A most probable mode (MPM) list is constructed for the neighboring block using the stored intra prediction mode.
US12160559B2
A calibration system includes: a reference device including an array of markers at predetermined positions; a camera; and a computing device configured to: store reference data defining the predetermined positions of the markers in a capture volume frame of reference; obtain a calibration image of the reference device captured by the camera; detect image positions of the markers in the calibration image, the image positions defined according to camera frame of reference; based on the image positions of the markers and the reference data, generate calibration data mapping coordinates in the camera frame of reference to coordinates in the capture volume frame of reference.
US12160555B2
Methods, devices and data stream are provided for signaling and decoding information representative of restrictions of navigation in a volumetric video. The data stream comprises metadata associated to video data representative of the volumetric video. The metadata comprise data representative of a viewing bounding box, data representative of a curvilinear path in the 3D space of said volumetric video; and data representative of at least one viewing direction range associated with a point on the curvilinear path.
US12160546B2
The present disclosure generally relates to managing phone calls. In some embodiments, an electronic device with a touch screen displays a phone call user interface which includes informational items associated with phone calls. In some embodiments, when the electronic device receives a request to initiate another phone call, the electronic device displays a contacts user interface including a plurality of contact user interface objects associated with respective contacts.
US12160545B2
The present disclosure generally relates to managing phone calls. In some embodiments, an electronic device with a touch screen displays a phone call user interface which includes informational items associated with phone calls. In some embodiments, when the electronic device is executing multiple phone calls and receives user input corresponding to an informational item, the electronic device suspends a first phone call and activates a second phone call.
US12160543B2
Embodiments of the present invention provide systems and methods for automatically controlling an electronic illumination device to indicate information pertaining to workstations or agents of a customer contact center. Some embodiments are useful in the context of employee management because the illumination devices are used to indicate information about tasks that employees are engaged in, the performance of the employees, and the status of the employees. A computer system coupled to the illumination device executes control software configured to send control signals over a communication interface, such as USB or Bluetooth. The data sent to the electronic illumination device can cause the illumination device to turn off or on, change color, blink, strobe, etc., for producing desired lighting effects representative of a status or event associated with an employee or workstation.
US12160520B2
Systems, methods, and storage media for selective graph-based disclosure of a computer data structure are disclosed. Exemplary implementations may: generate a plurality of nodes from the computer data structure; generate at least one first subcomponent indicating at least one identifier for each of the plurality of nodes; generate at least one fourth subcomponent for each property possessed by each of the plurality of nodes; cryptographically sign the plurality of subcomponents with a cryptographic private key held by at least one user; assign a common identifier for the computer data structure to each of the plurality of subcomponents; and disclose at least one of the subcomponents by presenting the subcomponent along with a cryptographic signature of the subcomponent by the at least one user.
US12160517B2
The present disclosure provides an efficient system for cancelable biometric template protection which is not available in the conventional systems. Initially, the system receives a biometric template from a user. The biometric template is one of, a face image, a fingerprint, an iris image and a palmprint. Further, a vector embedding is computed based on the biometric template using a pretrained neural network. After computing the vector embedding, a key based permutation is computed based on the vector embedding and a permutation key. The permutation key is generated based on an Identification number (ID) associated with the user using a random number based key generation technique. Finally, a protected biometric template is generated by computing a permuted embedding corresponding to the biometric template based on the key based permutation using a plurality of fully connected layers pretrained using a weight based center triplet loss function.
US12160510B2
Embodiments for deleting encryption keys in a data storage system by storing a current encryption key in a key table, the current key encrypting at least some data in one or more data containers of a filesystem of the data storage system. A key table maintains a starting container ID and an ending container ID for each container encrypted by the current encryption key, and a deleted container count counting a number of containers of the one or more data containers deleted from the file system. The process determines if the number of containers in the deleted container count equals a number of containers having data encrypted by the encryption key as determined by the starting container ID and ending container ID, and if so, marks the key for deletion in a garbage collection operation, which then deletes the key from the key table.
US12160503B2
A system and method for the analysis of log data is presented. The system uses SuperMinHash based locality sensitive hash signatures to describe the similarity between log lines. Signatures are created for incoming log lines and stored in signature indexes. Later similarity queries use those indexes to improve the query performance. The SuperMinHash algorithm uses a two staged approach to determine signature values, one stage uses a first random number to calculate the index of the signature value that is to update. The two staged approach improves the accuracy of the produced similarity estimation data for small sized signatures. The two staged approach may further be used to produce random numbers that are related, e.g. each created random number may be larger than its predecessors. This relation is used to optimize the algorithm by determining and terminating when further created random numbers have no influence on the created signature.
US12160502B2
A method for generating hashes associated with web domains and reacting to transmissions from those web domains is disclosed. When artifacts from a first web domain and artifacts from a second web domain have been transmitted over a network, a system generates, via a hashing or fingerprinting function that uses registry information, a first hash for the first web domain and a second hash for the second web domain and identifies a correlation between the first web domain and the second web domain based on shared subsets of the first hash and second hash. Upon receiving a notification that artifacts from the first web domain had been determined to negatively impact the functioning of a secondary computing system, based on the identified correlation between the first web domain and the second web domain, the system automatically quarantines artifacts from the second web domain from interacting with the secondary computing system.
US12160494B2
Techniques are provided for non-integer interpolation for signal sampling. A system implementing the techniques according to an embodiment includes a memory configured to store frequency values associated with an input signal sampled at a first clock rate. The system also includes a clock phase detector configured to detect phase alignment between a first clock signal associated with the first clock rate and a second clock signal associated with a second clock rate. The system further includes a read circuit configured to adjust an interpolation time interval in response to the detected phase alignment and to read the frequency values from the memory at the adjusted interpolation time interval. The system further includes a phase accumulator configured to accumulated phase as a sum of the frequency values read from the memory. The system further includes a waveform generator configured to generate an output waveform sample based on the accumulated phase.
US12160493B2
Wireless communication methods are described for a user plane integrity protection failure detection and handling, determination and management of integrity protection enabled data rate that exceeds or is close to exceeding a user equipment's capability or threshold, and management of integrity protection or encryption mechanisms in a dual-connectivity system that includes a master network node and a secondary network node.
US12160492B2
Examples described herein relate to a network interface comprising physical medium dependent (PMD) circuitry, the PMD circuitry to during link training of at least one lane consistent with IEEE 802.3, exit to TIME_OUT state during TRAIN_LOCAL state based on consideration of expiration of a wait timer, loss of local_tf_lock state, and loss of remote_tf_lock state. In some examples, during link training for at least one lane consistent with IEEE 802.3, the PMD circuitry is to exit to TIME_OUT state during TRAIN_REMOTE state based on consideration of expiration of a wait timer, loss of local_tf_lock state, and loss of remote_tf_lock state. In some examples, link training consistent with IEEE 802.3 comprises performance of the PMD control function in Section 162.8.11 of IEEE 802.3ck.
US12160485B2
The present disclosure relates to systems and methods for removing electronic activities from systems of record based on filtering policies. The method includes accessing record objects of one or more systems of record. The method includes identifying a plurality of electronic activities stored in a record object of one of the systems of record. The method includes parsing the plurality of electronic activities. The method includes determining that one of the electronic activities is associated with an electronic account corresponding to a data source provider. The method includes selecting one or more filtering policies associated with the electronic account. The method includes applying the selected one or more filtering policies to the plurality of electronic activities to identify a subset of electronic activities. The method includes initiating a process to cause removal of at least one electronic activity of the subset of electronic activities from the system of record.
US12160482B2
An aspect of the disclosed invention provides a network apparatus for a network function, the network apparatus comprising: at least one processor; and at least one memory comprising code that, when executed by the at least one processor, causes the network apparatus to: in response to a request from a service consumer, determine a first network service function for providing services to the service consumer; determine an identity of a second network service function, wherein the second network service function is an alternative or backup network service function to provide the service to the service consumer; and provide the service consumer with the identity of the second network service function.
US12160481B2
A method includes selecting, by one or more servers, a digital component to be presented in an application executed at a client device; obtaining, by the one or more servers, attributes of the digital component, including at least one or more of a destination network location to which the digital component redirects users in response to interaction with the digital component and a reporting network location to which the interaction with the digital component is reported; after selecting the digital component and obtaining the attributes of the digital component, selecting, by the one or more servers and based on the obtained attributes, a config file that specifies a set of operations to be performed by the client device that presents the digital component; and transmitting, to the client device, a payload that includes information specifying the digital component to be presented in the application and the config file that, upon execution by the client device, causes the client device to perform the set of operations specified by the config file.
US12160480B2
A method is provided for managing a group of equipment, as well as an associated server and system. The method may be implemented by a main referring server, and includes defining a subgroup of equipment from the group of equipment, the subgroup of equipment comprising at least two pieces of equipment from group of equipment, having the same value for at least one common configuration parameter. The method also includes determining a piece of equipment delegated to implement at least one portion of a maintenance operation on at least one piece of equipment of the sub-group of equipment, where the delegated piece of equipment is another piece of equipment from the sub-group of equipment.
US12160479B2
Systems and methods directed to computing a maturity measurement for a computer system. Examples can include generating and outputting to an I/O device, a user interface including a plurality of user input fields for receiving the likelihood and/or impact of a plurality of pre-defined potential events related to a plurality of pre-defined potential vulnerabilities related to a computer system. Examples can also include receiving, via the user interface, a risk profile including the likelihood and/or impact for each event of a selected group of events of the plurality of pre-defined potential events. Examples can also include computing a maturity measurement for the computer system using the risk profile and a database. The database can include information for a set of practices and relationships between practices the set of practices and events of the plurality of pre-defined potential events.
US12160474B2
In some examples, a first computing device of a plurality of computing devices may be a member of a first partition group. For example, the first partition group may correspond to a first partition of multiple partitions of a metadata database. The first partition group may include at least one other computing device. Furthermore, each of the plurality of computing devices may maintain at least one partition of the metadata database so that the metadata database is partitioned into multiple partitions distributed across the computing devices. The first computing device may determine a first time threshold for a heartbeat communication to be sent to the other computing device(s) in the first partition group, and may select a random time before the first time threshold. The first computing device may send, based on the selected random time, the heartbeat communication to the other computing device(s) in the first partition group.
US12160472B2
The present disclosure generally relates to synchronizing copies of a data object.
US12160470B2
Systems, computer program products, and methods are described herein for implementing dynamic multi-factor soft lock on user identifiers. The present invention is configured to receive, from a first user input device, a network registration request from a user to obtain authorization to execute resource transfers within a distributed network using a first user identifier; query, using an information retrieval engine, metadata associated with the user within the distributed network for traceable instances of digital activities of the user; determine one or more user identifiers based on at least the metadata associated with the user; execute, using an authentication subsystem, a soft lock on the one or more user identifiers; approve authorization for the user to execute the resource transfers within the distributed network using the first user identifier; and transmit control signals configured to cause the first user device to display the authorization.
US12160463B2
Systems, methods, and computer-readable media for coordinating processing of data by multiple networked computing resources include monitoring data associated with a plurality of networked computing resources, and coordinating the routing of data processing segments to the networked computing resources.
US12160461B2
An apparatus and method provide customer service for users of online applications. A first set of instructions are executable on the processor that are configured to test a device connected to a network to produce one or more test results. A second set of instructions are executable on the processor that are configured to store the one or more test results in a database. A third set of instructions are executable on the processor that are configured to retrieve the test results for display on a customer service screen during customer service.
US12160460B2
Disclosed is a method for improving performance of a streaming media session between a plurality of communicating entities. Observation reports are collected from a plurality of monitoring entities. Each observation report comprises information pertaining to events observed and recorded at a corresponding monitoring entity. A size of at least one window to be used for analyzing the observation reports is determined. The observation reports are analyzed using the at least one window of the determined size, to determine a correlation between the events across the observation reports. A problem encountered during the streaming media session is identified, based upon the correlation between the events. A notification is sent to at least one of the monitoring entities, based upon the problem. The notification is sent during the streaming media session.
US12160458B2
Systems and methods for delivering content to user equipment are described. The content may be delivered using Internet Protocol (IP) delivery, Quadrature Amplitude Modulation (QAM) delivery, or another delivery format. For example, the system may receive content including a plurality of segments. The system may use manifest data to identify each of the plurality of segments. The system may also use the manifest data to generate index data for the plurality of segments, and the index data may be delivered to user devices with the plurality of segments. In some aspects, the system may use location information (e.g., timestamps, such as program clock references) for one or more data packet of the one of the plurality of segments to generate location information for other data packets.
US12160448B2
A method that includes a policy function transmitting to a depository function a request for information; and the policy function receiving a response to the request, wherein the response comprises: a usageMonDataLimit instance comprising a limit identifier; and a usageMonData instance corresponding to the usageMonDataLimit instance, wherein the usageMonData instance also comprises the limit identifier.
US12160440B2
A surveillance system connectable to a network, comprising a communication module and a management module; said system being configured to, during an initialization phase: a. intercept a first message being sent to a first device; b. intercept a second message said second message being a response from the first device to the first message; c. calculate a time interval between the interception of the first message and the second message; d. repeat the steps a. to c. to determine further time intervals; e. determine a distribution of said time intervals; f. store the distribution and during a surveillance phase, intercept a third message said message being sent to the first device; intercept a fourth message said fourth message being a response to the third message; calculate a new time interval between the interception of the third and fourth messages; and verify that the new time interval is within the distribution.
US12160432B2
A log analysis apparatus extracts a parameter from an access log under analysis, acquires a similarity by comparing the parameter with the parameter included in the profile stored in a profile storage unit, and determines an access in the access log under analysis as an attack when the similarity is lower than a threshold. The log analysis apparatus takes a tally of the number of different requesting user terminals, for each parameter, among the access logs under analysis including a parameter not found in the profile, or having a similarity lower than the threshold, and determines, when there is any parameter for which the number of such different user terminals is equal to or higher than a threshold, to re-learn the parameter.
US12160430B1
Embodiments are described herein for systems and methods for continuously monitoring an electronic device to determine if tampering is possibly occurring with respect to the electronic device. For example, in certain embodiments, a hardware monitoring device may be configured to be communicatively coupled to the electronic device, and to transmit a command signal indicative of a network connectivity alarm to the electronic device in response to detecting that the hardware monitoring device has lost connection with a communication network. In addition, in certain embodiments, the hardware monitoring device may also be configured to indirectly couple the electronic device to a power source, and to transmit a command signal indicative of a tampering alarm in response to detecting that the hardware monitoring device has lost connection with the power source.
US12160428B2
In certain embodiments, systems and methods are provided for authenticating a user of a computing device. In some embodiments, a request to authorize a transaction associated with a user may be received, and a current location of the user may be determined. A determination of whether a threshold proximity exists (between the current location of the user and at least one location of at least one known associate) may be performed. The authorization request may be approved based on the determination of the threshold proximity. As an example, the known associate of the user may be determined from among a plurality of associates based on a geographical relationship between the location of the known associate and the current location of the user. The authorization request may be approved in response to a determination that the threshold proximity exists between the user's current location and the known associate's location.
US12160419B2
The exemplary embodiments described herein overcome problems encountered by conventional systems by providing an authenticated messaging environment in which a user can securely message with a programmatic intelligent agent. The user may be authenticated at the prompting of the programmatic intelligent agent, such as the beginning of a messaging session or when the user submits a request that requires access to sensitive or confidential information or requires access to a secure account. The prompt may take the form of a message sent from the programmatic intelligent agent. The message may contain a link for launching code, such as an application, that facilitates authentication of the user's identity. The user may activate the link to launch the code and then perform the steps requested by the code to perform the authentication.
US12160400B2
The application provides a method for information display and a method for information sending. After a first user triggers an information display instruction for a first emoticon, a terminal device can display information about at least one second user to the user. The second user is a user who quickly replies to a target message with the first emoticon, and a number of at least one second user is no more than a first preset number. In this way, the terminal device displays information about a first preset number of second users to the first user at most. It can be seen that no matter how many users quickly replies to the target message with the first emoticon, the terminal device will only display information about a first preset number of second users at most.
US12160399B2
The present disclosure generally relates to implementing an operational safety mode that manages the output of notifications at an electronic device when a user of the device is operating a vehicle.
US12160398B2
Techniques for generating pre-defined outbound messages in response to a first inbound message or a first outbound message in a configured interval of time, including prioritization over configured autoreply messages. Source or destination messages conforming to business rules are sent to accompany outbound messages in particular orders and under particular circumstances.
US12160397B2
Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communication are described. A user equipment (UE) may monitor for one or more downlink transmissions from a base station based at least in part on a grant identifying resources for the one or more downlink transmissions. The UE may determine feedback information for each of the one or more downlink transmissions based at least in part on the monitoring. The UE may identify, based at least in part on the monitoring, one or more duplexing parameters to be requested to the base station for subsequent communications between the UE and the base station, the one or more duplexing parameters pertaining to operation of the UE in at least one of a full duplex communications mode or a half duplex communications mode. The UE may transmit a feedback message indicating the feedback information and the one or more duplexing parameters to the base station.
US12160393B2
Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, a user equipment (UE) may receive cross-link interference (CLI) configuration information that indicates a plurality of sub-bands for a CLI measurement resource. The UE may transmit a CLI report indicating at least one CLI metric associated with at least one sub-band of the plurality of sub-bands. Numerous other aspects are described.
US12160389B2
Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described. A frame, scheduling instance, scheduling period etc. may include a set of downlink subframes and a set of uplink subframes. At least one control message transmitted in a downlink subframe may schedule a set of data messages in the downlink subframes of the frame. The downlink subframe may also include data messages scheduled by a control message of a previous frame. Further, feedback timings for data messages of the frame may be determined based on the corresponding control messages (e.g., from the current frame and the previous frame). Feedback responses corresponding to the data messages may be transmitted in a bundled manner in the set of uplink subframes. Using this cross-frame scheduling technique, the resources of a frame may be efficiently utilized.
US12160387B2
Embodiments of the present disclosure relate to methods, devices, and computer readable medium for uplink signal transmitting and receiving. A method comprises: receiving a first downlink signal from a first transmission/reception point (TRP); receiving a second downlink signal from a second TRP; and transmitting an uplink control signal to at least one of the first and second TRPs, the uplink control signal comprising first control information associated with the first downlink signal and second control information associated with the second downlink signal, and the first control information and the second control information being included in the uplink control signal in an order determined by an identification related to reference signals associated with the first downlink signal and the second downlink signal. Embodiments of the present disclosure may avoid ambiguity in uplink control information bit ordering in uplink control signal transmission and reception.
US12160386B2
Methods for receiving and transmitting downlink transmissions with increased reliability are provided. A method includes receiving configuration information defining first and second search space sets. The first search space set includes a first one or more search spaces each including a plurality of physical downlink control (PDCCH) candidates. The second search space set includes a second one or more search spaces each including a plurality of PDCCH candidates. The configuration information indicates that the first and second one or more search spaces are linked. The method further includes receiving downlink control information (DCI) by detecting, based on the received configuration information, a first transmission using PDCCH candidates of the first one or more search spaces, detecting a second transmission using PDCCH candidates of the second one or more search spaces, and decoding at least one of the first transmission or the second transmission.
US12160383B2
Various schemes pertaining to extremely-high-throughput short training field (EHT-STF) transmission for distributed-tone resource units (dRUs) in 6 GHz low-power indoor (LPI) systems are described. A communication entity distributes subcarriers of a RU over an entire physical-layer protocol data unit (PPDU) bandwidth or a frequency subblock of a bandwidth to generate a dRU associated with an EHT-STF of an uplink (UL) trigger-based (TB) PPDU. The communication entity then transmits the dRU associated with the EHT-STF in the entire PPDU bandwidth or a tone range of a regular RU (rRU) corresponding to the frequency subblock.
US12160382B2
A method performed by a user equipment, UE includes obtaining a Sounding Reference Signal, SRS, configuration from a network node and determining an SRS waveform and transmitting the SRS waveform. The SRS waveform is adapted for positioning based on the SRS configuration to have a full bandwidth within a bandwidth applicable for the SRS waveform.
US12160375B2
A radio station (2) transmits configuration information (501) to a radio terminal (1). The configuration information (501) indicates, on a cell-by-cell basis, at least one specific cell on which the radio terminal (1) is allowed to perform at least one of data transmission and data reception on a radio bearer used for uplink transmission or downlink transmission or both via a common Packet Data Convergence Protocol (PDCP) layer (402). As a result, in a radio architecture that provides tight interworking of two different Radio Access Technologies (RATs), it is for example possible to allow an eNB to indicate, to a radio terminal (UE), a specific cell on which the UE should perform uplink transmission.
US12160358B2
Techniques for determining network reliability using message success rates include a first node in a mesh network computing a transmitted message success rate associated with a connection from the first node to a second node, wherein the second node is a neighbor node to the first node; computing, based on a first accumulated transmitted message success rate and the transmitted message success rate, a second accumulated transmitted message success rate for a route from the first node to a target destination using the second node, wherein the first accumulated transmitted message success rate is received from the second node and is associated with intermediary connections between the second node and the target destination; selecting, based on the second accumulated transmitted message success rate, the second node from a plurality of neighbor nodes; and transmitting a message to the target destination via the second node.
US12160348B1
In one embodiment, a device identifies a plurality of online applications accessible via a network for which a prediction model was trained to predict their application experiences. The device makes a determination as to whether a particular online application is behaviorally similar to any of the plurality of online applications. The device obtains, based on the determination, application experience metrics for the particular online application, when the particular online application is not behaviorally similar to any of the plurality of online applications. The device trains, using the application experience metrics for the particular online application, the prediction model to predict an application experience of the particular online application in addition to those of the plurality of online applications, when the particular online application is not behaviorally similar to any of the plurality of online applications.
US12160343B2
In one embodiment, a method includes determining first configuration information for configuring a first user plane device of a first network slice associated with a control plane device, generating a first configuration identifier based on the first configuration information, sending the first configuration identifier and the first configuration information, releasing an association with the first user plane device, receiving a first request to establish the association from the first user plane device comprising a first local configuration identifier, and determining whether the first user plane device is configured using second configuration information by comparing the first local configuration identifier and a second configuration identifier generated based on the second configuration information, where the second configuration information is latest configuration information for the first user plane device.
US12160327B2
Embodiments of this disclosure provide a method for supporting port association, a gateway selection method, and a communications device. The method for supporting port association, applied to a first communications device, includes: performing a first operation, where the first operation includes at least one of the following: determining a port corresponding to a port related information container; determining a port corresponding to a port related information container; and transmitting signaling related to the tunnel, where the signaling related to the tunnel includes a port related information container; or transmitting a port related information container to the tunnel.
US12160324B2
Methods and systems for collecting and analyzing data for managing and maintaining buildings are provided. An example method commences with collecting a plurality of data points from a plurality of equipment pieces associated with at least one building. The plurality of data points are associated with an operation of the plurality of equipment pieces. The method continues with analyzing the plurality of data points based on predetermined criteria. The analysis includes determining whether one or more rules of a plurality of rules are met by the plurality of equipment pieces. The method further includes determining, based on the analysis, that one or more equipment pieces of the plurality of equipment pieces do not meet the one or more rules. The method then continues with generating an alert associated with the one or more equipment pieces based on the determination that the one or more rules are not met.
US12160320B2
Systems, methods, and storage media for detecting a security intrusion of a network device are disclosed. Exemplary implementations may include a method involving, in the network device including a processor, monitor a light signal associated with a security enabled port of the network device; and in response to detecting a change in the light signal, initiate a security alert.
US12160316B2
A gateway device for coordinating between a wireless base station of a first network and a wireless access controller of second network includes a first network interface capable of being connected to the wireless base station and a second network interface capable of being connected to the wireless access controller, where a scheduler is configured to schedule transmission of a plurality of packets based on transmission criterion associated with one or more packets from the plurality of packets.
US12160302B2
Method, apparatuses, and computer program product for providing an efficient receiver beam selection scheme during positioning which utilizes the uplink (UL). One method may include creating a group of user equipment with one or more user equipment according to user equipment characteristics. The method may also include assigning a group identification for the group of user equipments. The method may further include assigning an anchor user equipment for the group of user equipments.
US12160299B2
Performance improvement for UE with limited CSI-RS capability via reciprocity based sector selection
According to one aspect, a network node configured to communicate with a wireless device is provided. The network node includes processing circuitry configured to: transmit a plurality of beamformed reference signals, each of the plurality of beamformed reference signals being associated with a respective sector of a cell; receive at least one uplink signal from the wireless device; select one of the plurality of beamformed reference signals for the wireless device to monitor based at least in part on the received at least one uplink signal; and transmit an indication configured to cause the wireless device to monitor the selected one of the plurality of beamformed reference signals.
US12160296B2
Aspects herein relate to wireless devices, circuits, and methods for triggering earlier Channel State Information (CSI) feedback, comprising: transmitting, by a wireless device to a wireless station, an indication to provide earlier CSI feedback (e.g., wherein the indication comprises an indication that the wireless device has a reduced capability to receive messages); receiving from the wireless station, in response to the indication, a modified message (e.g., a Downlink Control Information or modified Medium Access Control Random Access Response), wherein the modified message triggers an earlier CSI feedback from the wireless device; transmitting to the wireless station, in response to receiving the modified message, the earlier CSI feedback using a message related to a RACH procedure (e.g., a Msg3); and completing a connection to the wireless station, e.g., in response to a repeated number of initial access messages broadcast from the wireless station and based on the transmitted CSI feedback.
US12160277B2
A test system for testing a device under test is described. The test system includes a testing circuit and the device under test. The testing circuit is configured to establish a wireless connection with the device under test based on a wireless communication standard having a low energy protocol. The wireless connection includes a plurality of channels, wherein the plurality of channels is configured to transmit data packages between the testing circuit and the device under test. The testing circuit and the device under test are configured to communicate with each other via the plurality of channels by a channel hopping technique. A radio frequency (RF) level of a signal transmitted by the testing circuit in at least one test channel to be tested, which belongs to the plurality of channels, is lower than an RF level of a signal transmitted by the testing circuit in at least one other channel of the plurality of channels. Further, a test method of testing a device under test is described.
US12160267B2
Dynamic radio frequency (RF) beam pattern adaptation in a wireless communications system (WCS) is provided. The WCS typically includes a number of wireless devices, such as remote units and/or base stations, for enabling indoor wireless communications to user devices. The wireless devices are typically mounted on a fixed structure. Notably, a wireless device may be preconfigured to support RF beamforming based on an RF beam pattern that corresponds to a configured orientation. However, the wireless device can be installed with a different orientation from the configured orientation, thus requiring the RF beam pattern to be adapted accordingly. In this regard, a wireless device is configured to dynamically determine an actual orientation of the wireless device and automatically adapt the RF beam pattern based on the determined actual orientation. As a result, it is possible to reduce installation and calibration time associated with deployment of the wireless device in the WCS.
US12160265B2
An example method is performed by a terrestrial control system communicatively coupled to a constellation of satellites. According to the method, instructions are transmitted to a first satellite of the constellation to transmit a plurality of first groups of optical subcarriers to a plurality of second satellites of the constellation via free-space optical communication. The first groups of optical subcarriers carry first data and each of the first groups of optical subcarriers is associated, respectively, with a different communications module of the second satellites. Further, instructions are transmitted to the second satellites to transmit a plurality of second optical subcarriers to the first satellite via free-space optical communication. The second groups of optical subcarriers carry second data and each of the second groups of optical subcarriers is associated, respectively, with a different communications module of the second satellites.
US12160262B1
A PON system includes both a PON via which optical services are delivered and a wireless network overlaying the PON. The wireless network may be a self-organizing wireless mesh network, and may generally operate as a logical signaling pathway via which information regarding optical states/statuses of PON components and/or related information is delivered from the field to back-end servers of the PON system. Accordingly, the system may include multiple in-common nodes (e.g., OLTs, LMTUs, etc.) which are included in both the PON and the wireless network. Based on optical information received via the wireless network, the servers can localize the physical location of a PON fault to a particular geographical region of multiple regions serviced by the PON (in some cases narrowing the fault's physical location to a particular span, FDH, or optical terminal), and may dispatch a technician directly to the localized physical location to address the fault.
US12160254B2
A parameter changing device according to the present disclosure includes: a multiplier multiplying a test signal by a back-off rate; a first distortion compensation simulation unit performing distortion compensation processing on a signal acquired by the multiplication, by using a stored parameter; a scaling unit scaling an output signal of the first distortion compensation simulation unit; a second distortion compensation simulation unit performing distortion compensation processing on the test signal, by using a parameter different from the first distortion compensation simulation unit; a differential unit calculating an error between a value of a signal acquired by the scaling and a value of an output signal of the second distortion compensation simulation unit; an approximation error minimization unit calculating a parameter of the second distortion compensation simulation unit minimizing the error; and an output unit outputting a parameter of the second distortion compensation simulation unit to a distortion compensation unit.
US12160253B2
The present disclosure provides a data processing system and method. The method may include obtaining preliminary data. The method may also include generating first encoded data by compressing the preliminary data in a first encoding procedure. The method may further include determining whether a compression ratio of the first encoded data is below a compression threshold. The method may still further include generating second encoded data by compressing the preliminary data in a second encoding procedure in response to determining that the compression ratio of the first encoded data is below the compression threshold, wherein the first encoding procedure and the second encoding procedure are lossless compressions.
US12160250B2
Provided are a decoding system including a receiving device and a transmitting device. The receiving device comprises a demapper configured to convert received data into a log likelihood ratio (LLR) signal and output the LLR signal, a deparser configured to rearrange the LLR signal by deparsing the LLR signal into orthogonal frequency division multiplex (OFDM) symbols, a codeword loader configured to output the rearranged LLR signal in units of codewords, a decoder controller configured to control a maximum iteration number and the number of decoders to be enabled according to a state of the received data and a low-density parity check (LDPC) decoder configured to repeatedly decode the LLR signal in units of codewords, according to the controlled number of decoders, as many times as the controlled maximum iteration number, wherein the received data comprises real data and a packet extension corresponding to a pre-FEC (forward error correction) padding factor.
US12160247B2
In an A/D converter circuit, time required for a first pulse signal to have passed through all first delay units of a first pulse delay circuit is defined as first turnaround time, and time required for a second pulse signal to have passed through all second delay units of a second pulse delay circuit is defined as second turnaround time. Average time required for the first pulse signal to pass through any of the first delay units is defined as first passage time, and average time required for the second pulse signal to pass through any of the second delay units is defined as second passage time. A difference between the first and second passage times enables a difference between the first and second turnaround times to be smaller as compared with a reference difference therebetween for a case where the first and second passage times are identical to each other.
US12160243B2
Embodiments disclosed herein include a method of calibrating a tool for converting photonic signals to electrical signals. In an embodiment, the method comprises connecting a calibration module to a calibrated current source, finding a transfer function for a plurality of modes with the calibration module, and storing the transfer functions in a lookup table.
US12160242B1
A low-power, chip-scale atomic beam clock is provided that maintains high precision for at least one week at any practical temperature. In some variations, the invention provides a chip-scale atomic beam clock comprising: a micro-optical bench; an atom collimator configured to generate a collimated atomic beam via differential pumping through microchannels; a VCSEL configured to emit laser photons horizontally in the plane of the micro-optical bench; an in-plane lithographically defined diffraction grating configured to split the laser photons into a first photon beam and a second photon beam; in-plane lithographically defined mirrors configured to retroflect the photon beams; in-plane photodetectors configured to detect the photon beams after being retroflected, wherein the first photon beam and the second photon beam interrogate the collimated atomic beam in-plane with the micro-optical bench. The chip-scale atomic beam clocks is capable of maintaining precise positioning, navigation, and timing in case of GPS denial or failure.
US12160238B2
Systems, apparatuses, and methods for implementing a low-power single-phase logic gate latch for clock-gating are disclosed. A latch circuit includes shared clocked transistors without including clock inverters. The shared clocked transistors include a P-type clocked transistor and an N-type clocked transistor, with the clock input coupled to the gate of the P-type clocked transistor and to the gate of the N-type clocked transistor. The P-type clocked transistor is coupled between first and second transistor stacks of the latch. The N-type clocked transistor is coupled to a source gate of a first stack N-type transistor gated by a data input and to a source gate of a second stack N-type transistor gated by the inverted data input. The latch has a lower clock pin capacitance than a traditional logic gate latch while also avoiding having clock inverters which reduces dynamic power consumption.
US12160237B2
An integrated circuit includes an output pad, and I/O driver that drives data to the output pad, and a predriver that controls the I/O driver. The integrated circuit includes maximum voltage generator that receives a first supply voltage and a second supply voltage and outputs to the predriver a maximum voltage corresponding to the higher of the first supply voltage and the second supply voltage.
US12160234B2
A method of operating a capacitive sensing device that includes exactly two electrically conductive antenna electrodes, which are placeable in two layers at a vehicle steering wheel rim, and a current measurement circuit for determining complex electric currents in the antenna electrodes. The method includes at least the following steps for constituting a measurement cycle: operating each one of the exactly two antenna electrodes in loading mode and determine the complex impedance of the respective antenna electrode; and generating a classification signal that is indicative of a present scenario, based on a fulfillment of at least one predetermined condition concerning at least one characteristic quantity of the first complex impedance as well as of the second complex impedance.
US12160233B2
A quantum circuit, a quantum chip, and a quantum computer. The quantum circuit includes qubits, adjacent qubits being coupled, and each of the qubits including: a first capacitor, a first end of the first capacitor being grounded; a second capacitor, a first end of the second capacitor and the first end of the first capacitor being commonly grounded; and a first device, including a first squid and a third capacitor that are connected in parallel, wherein parallel-connected first ends of the first squid and the third capacitor are connected to a second end of the first capacitor, and parallel-connected second ends of the first squid and the third capacitor are connected to a second end of the second capacitor. According to the present disclosure, parameters of at least one of a plurality of capacitors in a qubit circuit can be adjusted, so that the design of the capacitor is more flexible and less spatially limited, which facilitates design and layout of other circuit structures.
US12160231B2
An input receiver circuit for a signal line may receive inputs from other signal lines to mitigate crosstalk noise present on the signal line. In some examples, the input receiver circuit may include a transistor with a programmable width. In some examples, the input receiver circuit may include a bias current generator with a programmable current. The width and/or current may be programmed based on an amount of crosstalk noise introduced by the other signal line. In some examples, the input receiver circuit may include a resistance and/or a capacitance. In some examples the resistor and/or capacitor may be programmable. The resistance and/or capacitance may be programmed based on a duration of the crosstalk noise on the signal line.
US12160219B2
In examples, a device comprises a semiconductor die, a thin-film layer, and an air cavity positioned between the semiconductor die and the thin-film layer. The air cavity comprises a resonator positioned on the semiconductor die. A rib couples to a surface of the thin-film layer opposite the air cavity.
US12160213B1
This disclosure is directed to a nasal breathing monitoring system with an ultrasonic transducer (e.g., a microphone) to be placed on or near the outside of the user's nose and record an audio signal of the sound of the user's breathing. The recorded breathing audio signal may be digitized and analyzed, e.g., based on its spectral characteristics, in order to determine one or more breathing characteristics of the user's breathing. The system may then adjust some system parameter based on the determined one or more breathing characteristics, e.g., a signal gain, a filter, feedback to the user, etc. The system may also use the one or more breathing characteristics to: recognize a particular user, present a breathing exercise to a user, tailor particular user feedback, or compare the user's breathing characteristics to historical breathing data for the user and/or historical breathing data from other users obtained via an anonymized database.
US12160209B2
A power amplifier circuit includes a first amplifier circuit configured to amplify a first signal of a first frequency band and output a first amplified signal having a first power, a second amplifier circuit configured to amplify a second signal of the first frequency band or a second frequency band different from the first frequency band and output a second amplified signal having a second power different from the first power, and a first variable adjustment circuit disposed between the second amplifier circuit and a first circuit subsequent to the second amplifier circuit, the first variable adjustment circuit being configured to be capable of adjusting a first impedance of the first circuit seen from the second amplifier circuit.
US12160208B2
Described are circuits and techniques to increase the efficiency of radio-frequency (rf) amplifiers including rf power amplifiers (PAs) through “supply modulation” (also referred to as “drain modulation” or “collector modulation”), in which supply voltages provided to rf amplifiers is adjusted dynamically (“modulated”) over time depending upon the rf signal being synthesized. For the largest efficiency improvements, a supply voltage can be adjusted among discrete voltage levels or continuously on a short time scale. The supply voltages (or voltage levels) provided to an rf amplifier may also be adapted to accommodate longer-term changes in desired rf envelope such as associated with adapting transmitter output strength to minimize errors in data transfer, for rf “traffic” variations.
US12160199B2
An electromechanical conversion device includes a resonant electrical circuit comprising an inductance and a capacitor, the capacitor including at least a first electrode and a second electrode; and a mechanical oscillator including at least one microbeam formed in a membrane, the first and second electrodes being located side by side and the first electrode of the capacitor being located on a face of the microbeam so that the electrical capacitance of the capacitor varies when the mechanical oscillator oscillates; device wherein the inductance includes an electric track of very low thickness made on the membrane and made of a superconductive material chosen so as to obtain an electric track with a high kinetic inductance.
US12160198B2
A device for managing a surplus of power of a photovoltaic generator that supplies power to electrical appliances connected to the photovoltaic generator, the surplus of power being the difference between the maximum potential electrical power that the photovoltaic generator could produce at a given time taking into account its illumination, and the electrical power actually consumed at that time by the electrical appliances. The device includes a photoelectric control sensor to measure solar light intensity received by the photovoltaic panels and to deduce the maximum potential electrical power; a means for determining the surplus of available power between the value of the maximum potential electrical power and the value of the electrical power actually consumed by the electrical appliances; and a means for managing the surplus of available power, the means being configured to redirect and distribute the surplus of available power between the electrical appliances.
US12160197B1
The present invention relates to 1 kW-100 kW wind-resistant photovoltaic modules and structures that can be utilized as part of an infrastructure energy generation system or for a stand-alone photovoltaic installation. The wind-resistant photovoltaic modules are comprised of hollow structural enclosures formed by solar panels, walls, rigid panels or perforated panels configured to reduce wind loads on solar panels, enable heat dissipation produced by solar panels and to protect electrical circuits and switchgear for the solar panels. The photovoltaic modules are also configured to enable rainwater management.
US12160195B2
A drive motor (10) for a vacuum cleaner or a machine tool, wherein the drive motor (10) includes a stator (20) with a stator coil arrangement (26), and a rotor (30) wherein a sensor arrangement (60) is arranged in a stationary manner with respect to the stator in order to detect a respective angle of rotation position of the rotor (30) with respect to the stator, said sensor arrangement comprising at least two sensors (67A, 67b, 67C). It is provided that the at least two sensors are configured to detect two waves of a magnetic rotating field (FB) of the rotor (30) wherein the sensors generate the switching signals in a manner dependent on a wave of the magnetic rotating field (FB) exceeding or undershooting a switching threshold (SH, SL) of the sensor (67A, 67b, 67C).
US12160189B2
An electric motor control method is an control method which is capable of selecting a first mode or a second mode as a control mode for controlling an operation of the electric motor according to an operating state of the electric motor. The method, when the second mode is selected as the control mode, stops a part of processing in the first mode, and continuously executes other processing including integral calculation except for the part of processing in the first mode. Also, the method, when the control mode is switched from the second mode to the first mode, starts the part of processing by using at least one control value obtained by continuing the other processing.
US12160183B2
An example electrostatic machine includes a rotor plate and an adjacent stator plate, where the rotor plate or the stator plate includes a coupled bearing. The other one of the rotor plate or the adjacent stator plate includes a race radially aligned with the coupled bearing. The coupled bearing has a width with a first contact point on the first one of the rotor plate or stator plate and a second contact point on the race on the other one of the rotor plate or stator plate, where the coupled bearing is sized to maintain a minimum separation distance between the rotor plate and the stator plate.
US12160182B2
A power conversion device includes a first converter configured to convert at least first battery power output by a first battery into first output power of a first voltage waveform based on an output waveform profile that has been input or set and output the first output power and a first generator configured to generate and output second output power based on the first battery power. Third output power of an alternating current (AC) control waveform generated by adding the first output power to the second output power is supplied to a load.
US12160180B2
A power converting apparatus includes: an inverter configured to convert input DC power into AC power by a switching operation; an output voltage detector configured to detect an output voltage of the inverter; and a controller configured to control the inverter. The controller is configured to perform proportional resonant control based on the output voltage, and output a switching control signal to the inverter based on the proportional resonant control. Accordingly, it is possible to remove harmonics generated due to connection of a nonlinear load.
US12160178B2
A novel phase-shift based modulation strategy is disclosed that enables a DC-DC converter to operate with zero voltage-switching (ZVS) across wide voltage and power range. The converter operates at a fixed fundamental frequency, with the output current controlled based on an amount of phase shift of the fundamental component at the output of an inverter portion of the converter. To achieve soft switching a rectifier portion of the converter is controlled to phase shift the fundamental component of the rectifier voltage observed at a rectifier reference terminal. More specifically, by requiring a phase shift of the voltage at the rectifier terminal relative to the output voltage of the inverter, the inverter current is such that ZVS is achieved. A converter and method are provided to implement DC-DC conversion with soft switching.
US12160175B2
A voltage converter is provided. The voltage converter comprises a switching circuit that includes a first pair of switches and a second pair of switches. The voltage converter comprises a transformer having a magnetizing inductance and a leakage inductance that are a function of a windings ratio of the transformer. The voltage converter comprises a capacitor coupled to the transformer and the switching circuit. The voltage converter comprises a switch control circuit configured to generate a frequency for controlling the first pair of switches and the second pair of switches. The frequency is set of a value to control the pairs of switches so that a peak capacitor voltage of the capacitor is a factor of an output voltage of the voltage converter and the windings ratio of the transformer.
US12160172B2
An output feedback control circuit includes, as a means for generating an error signal ERR between a feedback voltage FB commensurate with an output voltage and a reference voltage REF (means for substituting for a single error amplifier 140), a first signal processor (for example, an amplifier 140a) that forms a first path, and a second signal processor (for example, an amplifier 140b) that forms a second path. The amplifier 140a is more accurate than the amplifier 140b, and the amplifier 140b is faster than the amplifier 140a. To the output terminal of the amplifier 140a, preferably, a capacitor Cc other than a parasitic element is connected. To the output terminal of the amplifier 140b, preferably, no capacitor other than a parasitic element is connected, and a resistor Rc is connected. Preferably, the amplifier 140a has a transconductance gm1, and the amplifier 140b has a transconductance gm2 (≠gm1).
US12160170B2
In some examples, an apparatus includes: a ramp generation circuit having a ramp control input and a ramp output, the ramp control input coupled to a power factor correction (PFC) output terminal; a comparator having a comparator output and first and second comparator inputs, the first comparator input coupled to the ramp output, the second comparator input coupled to a PFC switch current sensing terminal; and a pulse width modulation (PWM) generation circuit having a PWM control input and a PWM output, the PWM control input coupled to the comparator output, and the PWM output coupled to a PFC switch control terminal.
US12160156B2
A system includes a permanent magnet generator (PMG) with a generator shaft defining a longitudinal axis. A brake system includes a brake shaft with a first end operatively connected to the generator shaft for selectively rotating with the generator shaft or braking to slow the generator shaft. A shear shaft is operatively connected to a second end of the brake shaft axially opposite the first end along the longitudinal axis. The brake system includes a wedge with a first position radially withdrawn from the brake shaft, and a second position radially pressed against the brake shaft for applying braking forces to the brake shaft and to the generator shaft.
US12160154B2
In a rotating electric machine system, a rotating shaft retaining permanent magnets includes an oil guiding member. An annular gap is formed between the rotating shaft and the oil guiding member. Lubricating oil that has flowed through a second oil supply passage formed in a rotating electric machine housing is supplied to an annular gap. The annular gap communicates with a rotor internal oil passage.
US12160146B2
A common mode line-to-ground filter is disclosed which includes but is not limited to a resistor, capacitor and a ground. The common mode line to ground filter is connected on a high side of a step-up transformer. A low side of the step-up transformer is connected to a variable frequency drive that provides a semi-sinusoidal voltage waveform. The common mode line to ground filter generates a filtered sinusoidal waveform from the output of the step-up transformer. The filtered sinusoidal voltage waveform is supplied via an electrical cable to an electrically submersible pump deployed downhole.
US12160136B2
Methods and systems for providing intelligent power distribution. A distribution point unit is connected to a plurality of user units in a telecommunications system. A loss of power to the distribution point unit is detected. It is determined that at least one user unit has backup power. Based on a determination that at least one user unit has backup power, a power mode for the distribution point unit is selected. The power mode is implemented on the distribution point unit.
US12160126B2
An in-vehicle battery system comprises: a battery; a relay for establishing or cutting off an electrical connection between the battery and an inverter; a plurality of switches respectively provided in a current path for switching the relay; and a battery control apparatus that supervises a status of the battery. The plurality of switches include a first switch provided in the battery control apparatus and a second switch provided in a vehicle control apparatus which controls traveling of the vehicle; the first switch and the second switch are serially connected to each other in the current path; the battery control apparatus controls a status of switching the first switch; and the vehicle control apparatus controls a status of switching the second switch.
US12160124B2
A variety of applications can include wireless power and voltage regulation for wireless power transfer systems. A receiver can receive power wirelessly from a transmitter to provide an output voltage. The receiver can regulate the output voltage with respect to a window defining an upper threshold and a lower threshold and can generate a first signal in response to the output voltage exceeding the upper threshold voltage and a second signal in response to the output voltage reducing below the lower threshold voltage. The receiver can change its input impedance and control reception of the power in response to the first and second signals. A transmitter can sense current in the power transistors or the coil of the transmitter in response to the change of input impedance of the receiver. The sensed current can be used to modify the current to the output of the transmitter to adjust the transmitted power.
US12160118B2
A disclosed wireless power transmitting apparatus comprises: a plate; a transmitting coil that transmits wireless power to a cooking device disposed on the plate; a driving circuit that applies a current to the transmitting coil; a communication module that communicates with the cooking device; and a control unit that controls the driving circuit such that the wireless power is periodically transmitted on the basis of a transmission period of the wireless power determined by discharge characteristics of the cooking device when the cooking device enters a standby mode.
US12160116B2
A wireless power receiver comprises: a power pickup circuit for receiving wireless power from a wireless power transmitter on the basis of a magnetic coupling with the wireless power transmitter, and converting an alternating current signal generated by the wireless power into a direct current signal; and a communication/control circuit for communicating with the wireless power transmitter and controlling the wireless power that is received, wherein the communication/control circuit transmits, to the wireless power transmitter, an end power transfer packet for detecting a foreign object in a primary power transfer step of receiving the wireless power so as to enable the wireless power transmitter to detect the foreign object, receives a ping signal from the wireless power transmitter which has estimated that no foreign object is present, and transmits a data packet, in response to the ping signal, for entering a secondary power transfer step.
US12160112B2
A wireless transmission module for transmitting energy or signals includes a first magnetically conductive element, a first coil assembly and a first adhesive element. The first coil assembly and the first magnetically conductive element are arranged along a main axis. The first adhesive element is configured to be adhered to the first coil assembly and the first magnetic conductive element. The first adhesive element is disposed between the first coil assembly and the first magnetically conductive element.
US12160110B2
A resonant transformer connected between a ground terminal and elevated terminal draws current from the earth's electric field through a primary winding of the transformer. An impulse generator applies a high voltage impulse to the primary winding of the resonant transformer to cause current to flow from the ground terminal through the primary winding. The flow of current through the primary winding of the resonant transformer induces a current in the secondary winding, which may be converted and filtered to a usable form, e.g. 60 Hz AC or DC.
US12160109B2
An externally-controllable electrical power generating system for providing auxiliary or backup power to a load bus or device. The system may be used indoors, and generally includes a power source comprising a first DC output, an electrical storage unit comprising a DC input coupled to the first DC output of the power source, the electrical storage unit further comprising a second DC output. An inverter coupled to the second DC output receives power, the inverter having a first AC output that can be synchronized with an AC load bus or AC grid. The system includes a contactor connected between the first AC output and an AC load bus, and is controllable with an external controller operated by a utility or a managing entity, such that the external controller can enable the controller to connect or disconnect the contactor.
US12160102B1
An energy storage system for use with renewable electrical sources. Illustratively, the system includes a pumped glycerol battery (PGB) which is a mechanical system designed to store renewable electricity in a manner that can be readily dispensed back into the national electrical power grid or smaller grid systems on demand. The energy is illustratively stored in three additive forms of potential energy—(1) gravitational, (2) high-pressure gas derived by phase-change, and (3) vacuum draw. The primary working fluid medium (that which propels a turbine-generator to create electricity) is illustratively a dense liquid material that will be physically elevated at its energy storage site. The secondary working medium (that which assists the primary medium by adding more stored energy) is a gas, such as carbon dioxide.
US12160101B1
A system for optimizing a network of power plants includes at least one memory storing a network model of a network of power plants and at least one processor. The network model includes a first power plant model of a first power plant including equipment models of power plant equipment of the first power plant, a second power plant model of a second power plant including equipment models of power plant equipment of the second power plant, and a plant relationship between the first power plant and the second power plant. The at least one processor is configured to receive a first input including an augmentation and replacement schedule for the second power plant, receive a second input modifying an attribute of a first equipment model of the first power plant model, and modify the schedule for the second power plant based on the second input and the plant relationship.
US12160095B2
Various embodiments disclosed herein provide techniques for detecting electrical arcing in an electrical system. The techniques include a network device receiving first voltage or current readings associated with a first power cycle, receiving second voltage or current readings associated with a second power cycle, determining that an electrical arcing condition is present by comparing the first voltage or current readings with the second voltage or current readings, and performing a remedial operation in response to determining that the electrical arcing condition is present.
US12160091B2
A stringing block system is disclosed. The stringing block system includes a plurality of plates forming a housing coupled to a base, at least one sheave coupled to the housing, and a side gate. In some embodiments, the base is an adjustable base configured to rotate the stringing block system forward or backward such that one or more sheaves will form an angle with the respect to a ground surface. A desired angle can easily be achieved to create proper alignment with a successive structure. The adjustable base is structured such that rotating the stringing block system does not require disengaging the entire system from a structure. In some embodiments, the stringing block system includes an extendable guide arm coupled to the housing, which provides a greater area for a helicopter pilot to work with when lowering a wire onto the stringing block system.
US12160089B1
A spark plug includes a center electrode includes a base member, a tip and a melted portion. In a projection view formed by projecting the spark plug perpendicularly to an axial line direction, when an angle that is formed by a discharge surface of the tip and a straight line passing through a first boundary between the tip and the melted portion and a second boundary between the melted portion and the base member, the first boundary and the second boundary being located at two ends of an external shape line of the melted portion, expressed by θ, a distance between the first boundary and the discharge surface in the axial line direction expressed by A, and a distance between the first boundary and the second boundary in a direction perpendicular to the axial line expressed by B, 0
US12160082B1
In an example, the present invention provides an airplane or aerospace vehicle system configured with a high intensity pulse laser generation system.
US12160076B2
The invention relates to a plug contact element (100) for establishing an electrically conductive connection, the plug contact element having a crimp portion for establishing an electrically conductive connection to a cable, and at least one plug contact pin (90) for establishing a releasable electrically conductive connection to a contact box (70), the plug contact element (100) being formed in one piece, and the plug contact pin (90) having a tongue (91), at least part of which is internal and which is enclosed at least partially by the contact blade outer region (92) such that at least part of the plug contact pin (90) has a sandwich fold construction comprising at least two layers of material. The invention further relates to an arcuate semi-finished product (100′) for producing the plug contact element (100) according to the invention, and to the method for producing the plug contact element.
US12160066B2
A connector module, including: a housing, a connector, which is arranged in the housing, at least in part, and which has a longitudinal axis in a connecting direction to a mating connector, wherein an axial outer face of the connector with respect to the longitudinal axis is radially spaced from an opposing axial inner face of the housing, at least in part, and a sealing element, in which the sealing element is arranged in the radial clearance formed between the axial outer face of the connector and the opposing axial inner face of the housing and forms a sealing face with the axial outer face of the connector and the opposing axial inner face of the housing in each case. A related connector and method are also described.
US12160063B2
A connector including: a connector main body; a terminal attached to the connector main body; and a reinforcement fitting attached to the connector main body; wherein the connector main body is able to mate with a counterpart connector that is the counterpart connector main body of a counterpart connector and includes an islet, the reinforcement fitting includes an upper surface part, an end surface part connected to the upper surface via a rear curved part, and a side surface part connected to the end surface part via a side curved part, and the rear curved part covers the corner between the upper surface and end surface of the connector main body and the side curved part covers the corner of the end surface and the side surface of the connector main body.
US12160062B2
A terminal that is to be coupled to a mate terminal. The terminal includes a tubular portion and a spring tab. The mate terminal is to be inserted in the tubular portion and the spring tab is within the tubular portion, and includes a spring-side wall, connection wall, a first side wall that is continuous from the connection wall and the spring-side wall, a second side wall that is continuous from the spring-side wall, and an opening limiter portion. The spring tab presses the mate terminal, which is inserted in the tubular portion, from the spring-side wall toward the connection wall. The tubular portion includes a connection portion that connects the spring tab and connection wall. The tubular portion includes the opening limiter portion that contacts the connection portion from an opposite direction from a pressing direction, in which the spring tab presses the mate terminal, toward the connection wall.
US12160060B2
A system for attaching a terminal pin to a circuit trace on an electronic substrate. The system includes a sonotrode and a stage for holding the electronic substrate. The sonotrode is configured to direct ultrasound energy to a base region of the terminal pin placed on the circuit trace to weld the base region to the circuit trace. The system further includes a three-dimensional positioner coupled to the sonotrode. The three-dimensional positioner is configured to drive the sonotrode to lift the terminal pin from a rack and to place the terminal pin on the electronic substrate.
US12160053B2
Systems and methods for operating a radio system include configuring a first antenna of a plurality of antennas in a wireless device to operate in a configured mode of a plurality of modes, wherein the plurality of modes include a first mode of operating as a quarter wave for operation in a 2.4 GHz band, a second mode of operating as a half wave for operation in a 5 GHz band, and a third mode of operating simultaneous as a half wave and a quarter wave for operation in both the 2.4 GHz band and the 5 GHz band; and operating a first radio of a plurality of radios connected to the first antenna in the configured mode of the first antenna.
US12160046B1
An antenna system includes a plurality of antenna elements arranged in an array having a plurality of array elements. Each antenna element has a radiator extending from a radiator feed end to a radiator terminal end, where a first straight-line distance from the radiator feed end to the radiator terminal end is less than λ/4, λ being a longest wavelength of a bandwidth of the antenna element. Each antenna element also includes a counterpoise extending from a counterpoise feed end to a counterpoise terminal end, where a second straight-line distance from the counterpoise feed end to the counterpoise terminal end is less than λ/4. The counterpoise feed end is spaced apart from the radiator feed end. The radiator and the counterpoise diverge at an acute angle from an area encompassing the radiator feed end and the counterpoise feed end.
US12160044B2
A wireless communications system includes a first transceiver with a first phased array antenna panel having horizontal-polarization receive antennas and vertical-polarization transmit antennas, where the horizontal-polarization receive antennas form a first receive beam based on receive phase and receive amplitude information provided by a first master chip, the vertical-polarization transmit antennas form a first transmit beam based on transmit phase and transmit amplitude information provided by the first master chip. The wireless communications system may include a second transceiver having vertical-polarization receive antennas and horizontal-polarization transmit antennas in a second phased array antenna panel, where the vertical-polarization receive antennas form a second receive beam based on receive phase and receive amplitude information provided by a second master chip, the horizontal-polarization transmit antennas form a second transmit beam based on transmit phase and transmit amplitude information provided by the second master chip.
US12160042B2
A method of manufacturing an antenna lens is disclosed. In one example the method includes forming a shell of a first material, the shell defining an interior cavity and having an internal and external shape corresponding to a shape of an antenna lens. The method further includes at least partially filling the cavity of the shell with a second material different from the first material and having a second dielectric constant higher than a first dielectric constant of the first material. The method includes settling the second material inside the cavity and sealing the shell to form the antenna lens with the second material inside the shell.
US12160031B2
The present disclosure relates to base station antennas and base stations. One example base station antenna comprises an antenna array, a reflecting plate with a hole, a microstrip circuit comprising a first conductor strip, and a stripline cavity structure comprising a second conductor strip. The microstrip circuit and the stripline cavity structure are respectively located at opposite sides of the reflecting plate. The first conductor strip and the second conductor strip are connected through the hole.
US12160017B2
The present application relates to a secondary battery, a battery module and an apparatus. The secondary battery includes an electrode assembly and a casing. The electrode assembly includes a main body portion and a tab portion, the tab portion extending out from the main body portion along an end of the main body portion and including an outer peripheral surface. The casing includes an accommodating hole for accommodating the electrode assembly. The casing includes a limiting protrusion. The outer peripheral surface extends around an axis of the accommodating hole. The limiting protrusion protrudes toward the tab portion and presses against the outer peripheral surface of the tab portion. The limiting protrusion is adapted to limit a position of the tab portion. The secondary battery provided by the present application can reduce the possibility of fatigue fracture of the adapting piece.
US12160013B2
A robot includes a limit device and an energy storehouse, the limiting device may lock or loosen a battery opened in the energy storehouse, the limiting device includes a first connecting member, a transmission rod, and a second connecting member. The first connecting member includes a first main body portion and two first connecting elements arranged at intervals. The two first connecting elements are respectively connected to the first main body. The transmission rod includes a first end and a second end arranged at intervals. The first end penetrates through one of the two first connecting elements. The second end penetrates through the other one of the two first connecting element. The second connecting member includes two indexing buckles arranged at intervals, each of the indexing buckles includes a first limiting groove and a second limiting groove.
US12160007B2
The present application relates to a battery cell, a battery, a power consumption apparatus, and a manufacturing method and device of a battery cell. The battery cell includes: a shell comprising a wall part; an electrode assembly disposed within the shell; and an insulating member disposed between the electrode assembly and the wall part to isolate the wall part from the electrode assembly in an insulating manner. The insulating member is configured to elastically support the electrode assembly to buffer vibration of the electrode assembly within the shell.
US12160002B2
An aqueous binder composition for a secondary battery electrode is provided, comprising a copolymer and a dispersion medium, wherein the copolymer comprises a structural unit (a) derived from a carboxylic acid group-containing monomer, a structural unit (b) derived from an amide group-containing monomer and a structural unit (c) derived from a nitrile group-containing monomer, with an improved binding capability. In addition, battery cells comprising the cathode prepared using the binder composition disclosed herein exhibits exceptional electrochemical performance.
US12160001B2
The present invention relates to a binder for an anode for a secondary battery, an anode including the binder, and a secondary battery including the anode. More particularly, the present invention relates to a binder for an anode for a secondary battery that has excellent heat resistance and mechanical properties and an improved binding force because a copolymer is used for the binder, and an anode for a secondary battery. In addition, expansion and shrinkage of the anode may be efficiently suppressed, such that charge and discharge life characteristics and performance of the secondary battery may be improved.
US12159988B2
Systems and methods are provided for a high efficiency cold plate system. A high efficiency cold plate system may include an interior surface. A heat source may be configured adjacent to a lower portion of the interior surface. The interior surface may enclose an interior region. The interior surface may also include members extending across the interior surface. The members may be separated by an orifice. The members and interior surface may defined an inlet region and an outlet region. The inlet and outlet regions may be fluidly joined by an orifice separating the members extending across the interior surface. The members may be angled relative to a lower portion of the interior surface. Angling the members may allow the system to constrain and direct fluid flowing through the system to achieve efficient cooling.
US12159986B2
A vehicle includes an energy storage system, a battery cooling system, and a thermal event management system. The energy storage system includes a battery arranged within a battery housing. The battery cooling system includes a first conduit positioned internal to the battery housing and adjacent the battery. The first conduit is configured to facilitate circulating a first fluid through the battery housing to thermally regulate the battery. The thermal event management system includes a second conduit with a fluid diverter positioned therealong. The second conduit is positioned adjacent to at least one of the battery or the battery housing. The second conduit is configured to receive a second fluid. The fluid diverter is configured to facilitate selectively providing fluid communication between the second conduit and the battery housing so that the second fluid flows out of the second conduit and at least one of into or around the battery housing.
US12159984B1
Battery-monitoring wireless temperature sensors (WTSs) are positioned so that they can obtain temperature data related to batteries that are being stored in a storage area. Reference WTSs are positioned throughout the storage area to provide representative ambient temperature data. The battery-monitoring WTSs and the reference WTSs wirelessly transmit temperature measurements to a temperature processing system. The temperature processing system processes the battery-monitoring temperature measurements based on the reference temperature measurements and previous battery-monitoring temperature measurements. In some embodiments, the temperature processing system compares a battery-monitoring temperature measurement received from a particular battery-monitoring WTS to (i) at least one reference temperature measurement, and (ii) any previous battery-monitoring temperature measurements from that same WTS. If the battery-monitoring temperature measurement exceeds (i) or (ii) by a predefined threshold amount, then some type of preventive action is initiated.
US12159971B2
A method of synthesizing a solid-state electrolyte where P2S5, Na2S and LiCl are dissolved in one of more solvents; where upon reacting of the mixture, NaCl precipitates out and is removed from the solution; the solvent is removed; and the sulfide solid-state electrolyte is dried, then crystalized to be used in a solid-state battery. A solid-state battery comprising the produced sulfide solid-state electrolyte is also described.
US12159962B2
The described technology includes a side emitting light emitting diode (LED) package with a bevel light emitting surface, and LED displays including the disclosed LED packages. The LED package can include a substrate, an LED chip, a light converter, and a cap. The LED chip can be positioned over the substrate, and the light converter can comprise a transparent material also positioned over the substrate and surrounding the LED chip. The cap can be positioned over the light converter to inhibit emission of light perpendicular to the surface of the substrate. The outer side surfaces of the light converter can be inclined, so that the light converter is wider at the base than at the top. The incline angle can be selected to collimate emitted light. LED displays including the disclosed LED packages can include multiple LED packages affixed to a printed circuit board (PCB) along with other components.
US12159960B2
A light-emitting diode (LED) includes a light-transmissive substrate having a first surface, an epitaxial structure disposed on the first surface, an insulation structure, and first and second electrodes. The epitaxial structure has an upper surface opposite to the first surface, and a side wall interconnecting the upper surface and the first surface. The insulation structure includes a first insulation layer covering the side wall and the upper surface, and a second insulation layer covering a portion of the first surface that is exposed from the epitaxial structure and the first insulation layer. The first insulation layer is formed with first and second holes through which the first and second electrodes are electrically connected to the epitaxial structure. The second insulation layer is formed with an opening. The insulation structure is made of at least one material selected from silicon oxide, silicon nitride, magnesium fluoride, Al2O3, TiO2 and Ti2O5.
US12159949B2
A method for forming a hole transport layer on a surface of a substrate includes providing M target materials comprising inorganic hole transport materials and forming the hole transport layer on the surface of the substrate using magnetron sputtering. The hold transport layer at least comprises N consecutive sub-layers. M and N are integers and 2≤N≤M. One of the M target materials is a doped target material further comprising a doping material.
US12159944B2
A semiconductor device includes a transistor and a diode formed at a common semiconductor substrate. The diode region includes: a fifth semiconductor layer of a second conductivity type; a second semiconductor layer of the second conductivity type provided on the fifth semiconductor layer; a third semiconductor layer of a first conductivity type provided closer to a first main surface of the semiconductor substrate; a sixth semiconductor layer of the first conductivity type provided on the third semiconductor layer; and a lifetime control layer formed of a crystal defect layer reaching a deeper position than an intermediate position of the second semiconductor layer between an end of the third semiconductor layer in a thickness direction as viewed from the first main surface and an end of the fifth semiconductor layer in a thickness direction as viewed from a second main surface.
US12159938B2
A semiconductor device includes; a first fin vertically protruding from a substrate and extending in a first horizontal direction, a second fin vertically protruding from the substrate, an isolation layer contacting side surfaces of the first fin and the second fin, a first lower barrier layer on the first fin, a second lower barrier layer on the second fin, source/drain regions spaced apart in the first horizontal direction on the first lower barrier layer, channel layers disposed between the source/drain regions and vertically spaced apart on the first barrier layer, a gate structure intersecting the first lower barrier layer, surrounding each of the channel layers, and extending in a second horizontal direction, an upper barrier layer on the second lower barrier layer, and first semiconductor layers and second semiconductor layers stacked on the upper barrier layer.
US12159937B2
A semiconductor device with favorable electrical characteristics is provided. The semiconductor device includes a first insulator, a first oxide over the first insulator, a second insulator provided between the first insulator and the first oxide, a second oxide in contact with the first insulator and in contact with a side surface of the first oxide, and a third insulator over the first insulator, the second oxide, and the first oxide. The third insulator includes a region in contact with a top surface of the first oxide. The second insulator and the third insulator include a material which is less likely to pass oxygen than the second oxide.
US12159933B2
A semiconductor device is described. The semiconductor device includes: a semiconductor substrate having a first main surface; a plurality of gate trenches extending from the first main surface into the semiconductor substrate; a semiconductor mesa between adjacent gate trenches; a first interlayer dielectric on the first main surface; a plurality of first metal contacts extending through the first interlayer dielectric and contacting gate electrodes disposed in the gate trenches; a plurality of second metal contacts extending through the first interlayer dielectric and contacting the semiconductor mesas; and an air gap or a dielectric material having a lower dielectric constant than the first interlayer dielectric between adjacent first and second metal contacts. Methods of producing the semiconductor device are also described.
US12159928B2
A semiconductor device including: a semiconductor substrate; a temperature sensing unit provided on a front surface of the semiconductor substrate; an anode pad and a cathode pad electrically connected with the temperature sensing unit; a front surface electrode being set to a predetermined reference potential; and a bidirectional diode unit electrically connected in a serial bidirectional way between the cathode pad and the front surface electrode is provided. The bidirectional diode unit may be arranged between the anode pad and the cathode pad on the front surface.
US12159927B2
A semiconductor device includes a semiconductor layer having a first plane and a second plane; an emitter electrode on a side of the first plane; at least one collector electrode on a side of the second plane; a first gate electrode on the side of the first plane; at least one second gate electrode on the side of the second plane; a drift region of a first conductivity-type in the semiconductor layer; a collector region of a second conductivity-type in the semiconductor layer; and a first conductivity-type region of the first conductivity-type provided between a part of the collector region and the second plane, wherein the semiconductor device has a first effective gate distance and a second effective gate distance different from the first effective gate distance.
US12159923B2
Provided on a substrate 1 are an N+ layer connecting to a source line SL, a first Si pillar as a P+ layer standing in an upright position along the vertical direction, and a second Si pillar as a P layer. An N+ layer connecting to a bit line BL is provided on the second Si pillar. A first gate insulating layer is provided so as to surround the first Si pillar, and a second gate insulating layer is provided so as to surround the second Si pillar. A first gate conductor layer connecting to a plate line PL is provided so as to surround the first insulating layer, and a second gate conductor layer connecting to a word line WL is provided so as to surround the second insulating layer. A voltage applied to each of the source line SL, the plate line PL, the word line WL, and the bit line BL is controlled to perform a data write operation for retaining holes, which have been generated through an impact ionization phenomenon or using a gate induced drain leakage current, in a channel region, and a data erase operation for removing the holes from the channel region.
US12159898B2
A thin-film resistor and a method for fabricating a thin-film resistor are provided. The thin-film resistor comprises a first terminal, a second terminal, and a resistor body providing a resistive current path between the first terminal and the second terminal, and the method comprises depositing a first layer of conductive material onto at least one of the supporting structure and the resistor body, applying a first lithographic mask to the first layer, and etching the first layer to form the first terminal; and depositing a second layer of conductive material onto at least one of the supporting structure and the resistor body, applying a second lithographic mask to the second layer, and etching the second layer to form the second terminal, wherein the first lithographic mask is different to the second lithographic mask, and a lateral separation of the first terminal and the second terminal is less than an in-plane minimum feature size of the first and second lithographic masks
US12159890B2
An image sensor is provided. The An image sensor includes: a first substrate including a first side and a second side opposite to each other, and an active region; a plurality of pixel regions, each including a photoelectric conversion layer on the first side of the first substrate; a pixel isolation pattern which separates the plurality of pixel regions from each other and extends along a direction perpendicular to the first side of the first substrate; and a first transistor, a second transistor and a third transistor corresponding to a first pixel region of the plurality of pixel regions. The first transistor, the second transistor and the third transistor share a common source/drain region inside the active region.
US12159888B2
There is provided a light-receiving element that includes a semiconductor substrate, a light-shielding film provided on a first surface of the semiconductor substrate and having a lattice form in which openings are arrayed in a matrix form, a plurality of first semiconductor regions arrayed in a matrix form on a second surface opposite to the first surface of the semiconductor substrate, a plurality of second semiconductor regions provided in an adjacent region which is the second surface of the semiconductor substrate and interposes each of the first semiconductor regions in a column direction, and a wiring layer provided on the second surface of the semiconductor substrate and electrically connected to the first semiconductor regions. The first semiconductor region is located in a corresponding region with the light-shielding film and the first surface of the semiconductor substrate interposed therebetween.
US12159887B2
In some embodiments, an integrated circuit includes multiple charge storage regions configured to receive charge carriers from a photodetection region in response to a single excitation of a sample. In some embodiments, an integrated circuit includes first and second charge transfer paths configured to electrically couple a photodetection region to first and second charge storage regions, with the second charge transfer path bypassing the first charge storage region. In some embodiments, an integrated circuit includes a photodetection region configured to induce an intrinsic electric field having a vector component in at least three substantially perpendicular directions. In some embodiments, an integrated circuit includes multiple transfer gates configured to control charge carrier transfer out of a photodetection region in different directions. In some embodiments, an integrated circuit includes a photodetection region and multiple transfer gates configured to control charge carrier transfer from the photodetection region to one or more drain regions.
US12159886B2
In some embodiments, the present disclosure relates to an image sensor, including a semiconductor substrate, a plurality of photodiodes disposed within the semiconductor substrate, and a deep trench isolation structure separating the plurality of photodiodes from one another and defining a plurality of pixel regions corresponding to the plurality of photodiodes. The plurality of pixel regions includes a first pixel region sensitive to a first region of a light spectrum, a second pixel region sensitive to a second region of the light spectrum, and a third pixel region sensitive to a third region of the light spectrum. The first pixel region is smaller than the second pixel region or the third pixel region.
US12159859B2
A thermal pad of a semiconductor chip, a semiconductor chip including the thermal pad, and a method of manufacturing the semiconductor chip, the thermal pad including a thermal core in a trench at a lower surface of a semiconductor substrate, the thermal core being configured to receive heat generated from a through silicon via (TSV) vertically extending through the semiconductor substrate; a thermal head connected to the thermal core and protruding from the lower surface of the semiconductor substrate, the thermal head being configured to dissipate the heat in the thermal core; a first insulation layer between an inner surface of the trench and the thermal core; and a second insulation layer between the first insulation layer and the thermal core.
US12159853B2
A package structure including IPD and method of forming the same are provided. The package structure includes a die, an encapsulant laterally encapsulating the die, a first RDL structure disposed on the encapsulant and the die, an IPD disposed on the first RDL structure and an underfill layer. The IPD includes a substrate, a first connector on a first side of the substrate and electrically connected to the first RDL structure, a guard structure on a second side of the substrate opposite to the first side and laterally surrounding a connector region, and a second connector disposed within the connector region and electrically connected to a conductive via embedded in the substrate. The underfill layer is disposed to at least fill a space between the first side of the IPD and the first RDL structure. The underfill layer is separated from the connector region by the guard structure.
US12159852B2
A semiconductor device structure includes a silicon layer disposed over a first semiconductor die, and a first mask layer disposed over the silicon layer. The semiconductor device structure also includes a second semiconductor die disposed over the first mask layer, and a through silicon via penetrating through the silicon layer and the first mask layer. A bottom surface of the through silicon via is greater than a top surface of the through silicon via, and the top surface of the through silicon via is greater than a cross-section of the through silicon via between and parallel to the top surface and the bottom surface of the through silicon via.
US12159848B2
The disclosed subject matter relates generally to methods of forming a semiconductor device, such as a moisture sensor. More particularly, the present disclosure relates to a method of forming a sensor device and a bond pad in the same dielectric region. The present disclosure also relates to the semiconductor devices formed by the method disclosed herein.
US12159834B2
Disclosed is a semiconductor device comprising a mixed height cell on a substrate, and a first power line and a second power line that run across the mixed height cell. First to third line tracks are defined between the first power line and the second power line. A fourth line track is defined adjacent to the second power line. The second power line is between the third line track and the fourth line track. The mixed height cell includes a plurality of lower lines aligned with the first to fourth line tracks. A cell height of the mixed height cell is about 1.25 times to about 1.5 times a distance between a first point of the first power line and a corresponding second point of the second power line.
US12159831B2
A circuit device includes: a first substrate having a first barrier layer; a second substrate having a second barrier layer; a first conductive portion arranged over the first barrier layer; a second conductive portion arranged over the second barrier layer; a first expanding pad arranged on the first conductive portion and including a first contact area greater than that of the first conductive portion; and a second expanding pad bonded to the first expanding pad, arranged on the second conductive portion and including a second expanded contact area greater than that of the second conductive portion. The first barrier layer and the second barrier layer include aluminum fluoride.
US12159825B2
An electronic substrate may be formed having at least one metal-to-dielectric adhesion promotion material layer therein. The electronic substrate may comprise a conductive metal trace, a dielectric material layer on the conductive metal trace, and the adhesion promotion material layer between the conductive metal trace and the dielectric material layer, wherein the adhesion promotion material layer comprises an organic adhesion material and a metal constituent dispersed within the organic adhesion material, wherein a metal within the metal constituent has a standard reduction potential greater than a standard reduction potential of the conductive metal trace.
US12159824B2
A novel 3D package configuration is provided by stacking a folded flexible circuit board structure on a package substrate and electrically connected therewith based on the foldable characteristics of the flexible circuit board, and the high temperature resistance of the flexible circuit board which is suitable for insulating layer process, metal layer process, photolithography process, etching and development process, to make conventional semiconductor dies of various functions be bonded on one die and/or two side of a flexible circuit board and electrically connected therewith in advance.
US12159819B2
A semiconductor device includes a first die pad, a second die pad, a first semiconductor element, a second semiconductor element, an insulating element, first terminals, second terminals, and a sealing resin. The sealing resin has a top surface, a bottom surface, and a first side surface connected to the top surface and the bottom surface. The first side surface includes a first region connected to the top surface, a second region connected to the bottom surface, and a third region connected to the first region and the second region, the plurality of first terminals being exposed to the third region. A surface roughness of each of the top surface, the bottom surface, the first region, and the second region is larger than a surface roughness of the third region.
US12159816B2
The semiconductor device includes first and second semiconductor elements. Each element has an obverse surface and a reverse surface, with a first electrode arranged on the reverse surface, and with a second electrode arranged on the obverse surface. The semiconductor device further includes: a first lead having an obverse surface and a reverse surface; an insulating layer covering the first lead, the first semiconductor element and the second semiconductor element; a first electrode connected to the second electrode of the first semiconductor element; and a second electrode connected to the first lead. The first semiconductor element and the first lead are bonded to each other with the reverse surface of the first semiconductor element facing the lead obverse surface. The second semiconductor element and the first lead are bonded to each other with the reverse surface of the second semiconductor element facing the lead reverse surface.
US12159813B2
An integrated circuit (IC) package comprising a-substrate having a first side and an opposing a second side, and a bridge die within the substrate. The bridge die comprises a plurality of vias extending from a first side to a second side of the bridge die. The bridge die comprises a first plurality of pads on the first side of the bridge die and a second plurality of pads on the second side. The plurality of vias interconnect ones of the first plurality of pads to ones of the second plurality of pads. The bridge die comprises an adhesive film over a layer of silicon oxide on the second side of the bridge die.
US12159800B2
Discussed is a device for self-assembling semiconductor light-emitting diodes, in which the device includes an assembly chamber having a space for accommodating a fluid; a magnetic field forming part having at least one magnet for applying a magnetic force to the semiconductor light-emitting diodes dispersed in the fluid and a moving part for changing positions of the at least one magnet so that the semiconductor light-emitting diodes move in the fluid; a substrate chuck having a substrate support part configured to support a substrate, and a vertical moving part for lowering the substrate so that one surface of the substrate is in contact with the fluid in a state in which the substrate is supported by the substrate support part; and a controller for controlling a movement of the magnetic field forming part and the substrate chuck, wherein the controller controls a depth at which the substrate is submerged in the fluid based on a degree of warping of the substrate.
US12159785B2
In one example, a process chamber comprises a lid assembly, a first gas supply, second gas supply, a chamber body, and a substrate support. The lid assembly comprises a gas box, a gas conduit passing through the gas box, a blocker plate, and a showerhead. The gas box comprises a gas distribution plenum, and a distribution plate comprising a plurality of holes aligned with the gas distribution plenum. The blocker plate is coupled to the gas box forming a first plenum. The showerhead is coupled to the blocker plate forming a second plenum. The first gas supply is coupled to the gas distribution plenum, and the second gas supply system is coupled to the gas conduit. The chamber body is coupled to the showerhead, and the substrate support assembly is disposed within an interior volume of the chamber body, and is configured to support a substrate during processing.
US12159774B2
An apparatus for detecting a substance comprising a direct analysis in real time apparatus; a neutral excluder; a mass spectrometer; and a vessel in. The apparatus may also comprise a separator, a gas, an alcohol, a filter, and a pump. The apparatus may also comprise electrodes in communication with the direct analysis in real time apparatus and the neutral excluder. A method for detecting a substance comprising contacting the substance with a direct analysis in real time apparatus ion stream; forming an ion and a neutral particle; flowing the ion and the neutral particle into a neutral excluder; contacting the ion and the neutral particle with a gas; and flowing the ion into a mass spectrometer.
US12159772B2
A coating system that reduces parasitic currents that may cause crazing in coatings on a substrate. In one example, the system includes a pair of low impedance shunt paths to ground for parasitic AC currents generated from the plasma in the chamber. The low impedance shunts may be provided through a balanced triaxial connection between a power supply of each chamber and the magnetrons of each chamber. In another example, potential differences between adjacent chambers are minimized through synchronized power supply signals between chambers.
US12159769B2
A device serves for generating physical plasma by means of dielectric barrier discharges with respect to a surface of an object. The device comprises a common high voltage terminal, and a plurality of electrode bodies that are capacitively coupled to the common high voltage terminal, that comprise an exposed electrode surface and a distal end each, and that are, in a main extension direction, elongated in parallel to one another towards their distal ends. The device further comprises spacers made of dielectric a d arranged at the distal ends of the electrode bodies, the spacers projecting beyond the exposed electrode surfaces of the electrode bodies by 1.0 mm to 5.0 mm in the main extension direction. The device may be part of a hair loss therapy apparatus.
US12159767B2
Systems and methods for plasma processing are disclosed. An exemplary system may include a plasma processing chamber comprising a source to produce a plasma in the processing chamber and at least two bias electrodes arranged within the plasma processing chamber to control plasma sheaths proximate to the bias electrodes. A chuck is disposed to support a substrate, and a source generator is coupled to the plasma electrode. At least one bias supply is coupled to the at least two bias electrodes, and a controller is included to control the at least one bias supply to control the plasma sheaths proximate to the bias electrodes.
US12159755B2
A multilayer capacitor includes an element body haying a pair of end surfaces, and a pair of side surfaces and a pair of main surfaces; and a pair of external electrodes. The element body includes an inner layer portion in which a plurality of internal electrodes and a plurality of dielectric layers are alternately stacked in a second direction where the pair of main surfaces face each other, and a pair of outer layer portions disposed outside the inner layer portion in the second direction. On at least one of the pair of end surfaces, the internal electrode of the inner layer portion protrudes outward in the first direction from the outer layer portion by a predetermined protrusion amount. A ratio of the protrusion amount to a dimension of one outer layer portion in the second direction ranges from 96,000 ppm to 176,000 ppm.
US12159746B2
A method and an apparatus for almost scrap-less manufacturing of magnetic cores for electrical power transformers or reactors. The method cutting a cut-out from the middle of a long side of a rectangular yoke plate made of electrical steel such that a symmetric gap is formed in the yoke plate, forming building elements grain oriented electrical steel either from the cut-out or from a rectangular limb plate, repositioning the building elements such that at least some of the building elements get a new orientation and/or position in relation to the yoke plate or the limb plate, and building a magnetic core by assembling at least yoke plates and repositioned building elements such that the repositioned building elements fit into the symmetric gaps. Magnetic cores for electrical power transformers or reactors are also provided, where the core losses and noise levels are reduced compared to prior art technology.
US12159737B2
An inductor is provided so that reduction in DC superposition characteristics can be suppressed even when a filling rate of a magnetic powder is increased. The inductor includes a coil including a winding portion and a pair of extended portions extended from the winding portion, and a body having the coil embedded therein and containing a magnetic powder containing a first magnetic powder and a second magnetic powder, in which an average particle diameter of the first magnetic powder is larger than an average particle diameter of the second magnetic powder. In a cross section of the body including a winding axis of the winding portion and extending in a long side direction of the body, Voronoi partition is performed with a center of gravity of each magnetic powder as a generating point. When a standard deviation of an area of a Voronoi partition region with a magnetic powder having a particle diameter of equal to or more than 6 μm as a generating point is calculated, the standard deviation is equal to or less than 300.
US12159735B2
The present embodiment comprises an outer tube; and at least one charging line disposed inside the outer tube, in which an outer flow path through which cooling fluid passes is formed between the outer tube and the at least one charging line, the charging line comprises at least one charging conductor; and an insulating body surrounding the outer circumference of the at least one charging conductor, and in which an inner flow path through which cooling fluid passes is formed in the insulating body.
US12159734B2
A wiring member includes a sheet, a first wire-like transmission member fixed to the sheet, and a second wire-like transmission member having lower rigidity than the first wire-like transmission member and fixed to the sheet. An intersection part of the first wire-like transmission member and the second wire-like transmission member is provided on the sheet, and the first wire-like transmission member is located closer to a side of the sheet than the second wire-like transmission member in the intersection part.
US12159732B2
A bushing for gas-insulated switchgear has an electrical conductor, which has a longitudinal axis and which is embedded in an insulating material, and a coated electrode that is arranged coaxially spaced apart from the conductor and that is formed from a plurality of segments.
US12159724B2
A PWR includes a secondary circuit that is normally fluidly isolated from the primary circuit. The secondary circuit includes secondary fluid in a steam generator. In response to detection of a core melt, the secondary circuit is placed in fluidic communication with the primary circuit, so that secondary fluid from the steam generator can flow into the primary circuit and then into the reactor vessel.
US12159723B2
Embodiments of the invention relate to a system and method for population-based medication risk stratification and for generating a personalized medication risk score. The system and method may pertain to a software that relates pharmacological characteristics of medications and patient's drug regimen data into algorithms that (1) enable identification of high-risk patients for adverse drug events within a population distribution, and (2) allow computation of a personalized medication risk score which provides personalized, evidence-based information for safer drug use to mitigate medication risks.
US12159720B2
A computer implemented method for prescribing optimized medical interventions includes retrieving a patient's updated electronic medical record (EMR) and mapping the diagnosis of the patient to a medical treatment database to select a plurality of likely medical intervention choices based on a score exceeding a defined threshold score. The method includes determining a rank order of the selected plurality of medical intervention choices by comparing simulation outcomes for each choice executed by the medical predictive algorithm, on respective choices among each of the selected likely medical interventions. The method also includes receiving by the patient's physician or patient's electronic medical record database, a rank order of recommended medical intervention choices including possible options and associated metrics based on an accepted level of simulated outcome.
US12159717B2
A technology for obtaining a respiratory rate from a photoplethysmogram (PPG) signal. In one example, an artificial neural network model can be trained to predict a respiratory rate using a training dataset containing PPG data. The artificial neural network model can include a first series of convolutional layers to remove artifacts from a PPG signal, a fast Fourier transform (FFT) layer to convert the PPG signal to PPG frequency representations, and a dense layer to decode the PPG frequency representations to respiratory rate predictions. After training the artificial neural network model, PPG data generated by a pulse oximeter monitor can be obtained, and the PPG data can be input to the artificial neural network model. The artificial neural network model outputs a respiratory rate prediction, wherein the respiratory rate prediction represents the respiratory rate obtained from the PPG signal.
US12159713B2
A surgical imaging system for presenting one or more operational parameters to a user in an augmented reality display disposed in a user's field of vision. The one or more operational parameters may be derived from or include signals from one or more sensors of a smart surgical instrument. The augmented reality display may comprise a transparent or semitransparent display positioned between the user and the surgical field such that the user may look through the augmented reality display to view the surgical field. In this regard, a user may observe the one or more operational parameters without diverting attention from the surgical field.
US12159702B2
Systems and methods may be provided that may enable an individual to retrieve one or more prescription products (e.g., product refills) from a self-service retrieval location such as a counter, drive-thru, drop box, or kiosk. A unique-machine readable code may be associated with a particular one or more prescription products (e.g., associated with a medical prescription of a patient). The unique machine-readable code may be provided to a computing device of the individual, along with an anticipated time of preparedness of the one or more products for retrieval at the retrieval location. Identification of the unique machine-readable code may result in dispensing of the one or more prescription products associated at the retrieval location.
US12159701B2
An apparatus for determining a composition of a plasma exchange treatment wherein the apparatus comprises a processor and a memory communicatively connected to the processor. The processor is configured to receive a user input from a remote sensor, wherein the user input comprises a monitoring biomarker. The monitoring biomarker is a biomarker that monitors the effects of a therapeutic agent. The processor receives, from a remote sensor, an identifier wherein the identifier links a user to a medical record. The processor generates a first condition descriptor as a function of the user input. The first condition descriptor is related to a change in a monitoring biomarker. The processor determines a plasma exchange treatment as a function of the change in the monitoring biomarker. The plasma exchange treatment comprises a series of treatments given over time. The processor outputs a composition of the plasma exchange treatment as a function of the determination, wherein the output includes updating the user's identifier.
US12159697B2
Devices, systems, and techniques for automatic network configuration based on biometric authentication are described herein. In one example, one or more processors may obtain first biometric data derived from one or more sensor signals generated by one or more sensors of a first device coupled to a user. The one or more processors may obtain second biometric data derived from one or more sensor signals generated by one or more sensors of a second device. The one or more processors may compare the first biometric data and the second biometric data, determine that the second device is coupled to the user based on the comparison, and establish a communication link with the second device based on the determination that the second device is coupled to the user.
US12159691B2
The present invention provides a method for analysis and determination of the heavy metal occurrence key mineral phases in industrial solid waste, by performing N concentration gradients dissociation determination of the heavy metal solid waste to be tested under the same dissociation conditions, to give the dissociation degrees of the heavy metal elements to be tested at N different concentration gradients; the dissociated solid residues after dissociation being quantitatively analyzed for the mineral phase, to give the relative content of each mineral phase in the M mineral phases of the heavy metal solid waste to be tested; then calculating to give the occurrence distribution proportion of the heavy metal elements in the mineral phase, which are accumulated from high to low; the occurrence key mineral phase whose cumulative occurrence proportion exceeds the preset cumulative threshold value is determined to be the key mineral phase of the heavy metal elements.
US12159690B2
Presenting ancestral origin information, comprising: receiving a request to display ancestry data of an individual; obtaining ancestry composition information of the individual, the ancestry composition information including information pertaining to a proportion of the individual's genotype data that is deemed to correspond to a specific ancestry; and presenting the ancestry composition information to be displayed.
US12159688B2
Systems and method are provided for a memory circuit. In embodiments, the circuit includes a plurality of memory cells corresponding to a word of data and a global write word line. A plurality of local write lines are connected to a subset of the plurality of memory cells of the word of data. Selection logic is configured to activate a particular subset of memory cells for writing via a particular local write line based on a signal on the global write word line and a selection signal associated with the particular subset of memory cells.
US12159684B2
A first conductor extends along first and second axes. A first memory pillar is provided in the first conductor and includes a first semiconductor and a charge accumulation layer. A second conductor extends along the second axis and is in contact with the first memory pillar. A third conductor extends along the first and second axes and is arranged with a distance from the first conductor along the second axis. A second memory pillar is provided in the third conductor and includes a second semiconductor and a charge accumulation layer. The fourth conductor extends along the second axis and is in contact with the second memory pillar. The fifth conductor extends along the second axis and is coupled to the first and second memory pillars.
US12159683B2
A computing device is described. The computing device includes first and second arrays of compute units and first and second arrays of routers. The first array of compute units is arranged on a first substrate and includes a first plurality of compute-in-memory (CIM) modules. The first array of routers is configured to route information horizontally among the first array of compute units. The second array of compute units is arranged on a second substrate and includes a second plurality of CIM modules. The second substrate is disposed vertically from the first substrate. The second array of routers is configured to route the information horizontally among the second array of compute units on the second substrate. The first array of routers and the second array of routers send the information vertically between the first substrate and the second substrate.
US12159679B2
In each of n twin cells of n first sense amplifier, a current path is formed between a power supply line and one memory cell having a small or large cell current in a data readout state of two memory cells. A second sense amplifier generates erase verify information indicating whether all stored data in the memory cells of the n twin cells are in an erase state at the same level, based on a verify current flowing through a power supply line as a sum of currents of the n first sense amplifiers.
US12159678B2
A semiconductor memory device includes word lines, first and second select gate lines, first and second semiconductor columns, first and second bit lines, and first and second transistors. The word lines are arranged in a first direction. The first and second select gate lines extend in a second direction and overlap with the word lines viewed from the first direction. The first and second select gate lines are arranged in the second direction. The first semiconductor column is opposed to the word lines and the first select gate line. The second semiconductor column is opposed to the word lines and the second select gate line. The first and second bit lines extend in a third direction and overlap with the first and second semiconductor columns viewed from the first direction. The first and second transistors are electrically connected to the first and second select gate lines.
US12159675B2
According to an exemplary embodiment of the inventive concept, there is provided a nonvolatile memory device comprising: a memory cell region including a first metal pad, a peripheral circuit region including a second metal pad and vertically connected to the memory cell region by the first metal pad and the second metal pad, a memory cell array, in the memory cell region, comprising a plurality of memory cells, a plurality of word lines and a bit line connected to the memory cells, wherein each memory cell is connected to one of the word lines, a voltage generator, in the peripheral circuit region, supplying a plurality of supply voltages to the memory cell array, a control logic circuit, in the peripheral circuit region, programming a selected one of the memory cells connected to a selected one of the word lines into a first program state by controlling the voltage generator, and a verify circuit, in the peripheral circuit region, controlling a verify operation on the memory cell array by controlling the voltage generator, wherein the verify circuit controls a word line voltage applied to at least one unselected word line not to be programmed among the plurality of word lines in the verify operation and a bit line voltage applied to the bit line connected differently from a voltage level of a voltage applied in a read operation of the nonvolatile memory device.
US12159670B2
A non-volatile storage circuit (10) of an embodiment includes a volatile storage unit (11) that stores information, a non-volatile storage unit (20) into which the information in the volatile storage unit is written by a store operation, and from which the information is read out to the volatile storage unit (11) by a restore operation via a restore path different from a store path in the store operation, a driver unit (12, 15) that receives a power supply and performs the store operation, and a switch unit (13, 14, 16, 17) that shuts off the power supply to the driver unit (12, 15) during the restore operation.
US12159669B2
A semiconductor memory cell including a capacitorless transistor having a floating body configured to store data as charge therein when power is applied to the cell, and a non-volatile memory comprising a bipolar resistive change element, and methods of operating.
US12159664B2
Various implementations described herein refer to a method for providing memory with one or more banks. The method may include coupling read-write column multiplexer circuitry to the memory via bitlines including coupling a write column multiplexer to the bitlines for write operations and coupling a read column multiplexer to the bitlines for read operations. The method may include performing concurrent read operations and write operations in the one or more banks of the memory with the write column multiplexer and the read column multiplexer via the bitlines.
US12159663B2
A static random-access memory (SRAM) cell includes a first inverter and a second inverter being cross-coupled; a first access transistor that accesses an output of the first inverter under control of a word line; a second access transistor that accesses an output of the second inverter under control of the word line; a first passage transistor that passes a common-mode voltage, controlled by the output of the first inverter; a second passage transistor that passes an input signal, controlled by the output of the second inverter; and a capacitor switchably coupled to receive the common-mode voltage and the input signal through the first passage transistor and the second passage transistor respectively.
US12159661B2
A pipe register control signal generation circuit includes a sense amplifier configured to drive a global input/output line according to a result of sensing a voltage difference between a pair of local input/output lines according to a sense amplifier enable signal. The pipe register control signal generation circuit also includes a duplicate sense amplifier configured to simulate the sense amplifier and configured to generate a pipe register control signal according to a result of sensing a difference between a first voltage and a second voltage according to the sense amplifier enable signal.
US12159657B2
Provided are a magnetic recording medium including a non-magnetic support, and a magnetic layer including a ferromagnetic powder. The ferromagnetic powder is an ε-iron oxide powder, and an intensity ratio (Int1/Int2) of diffraction intensities obtained by an X-ray diffraction analysis of the magnetic layer using an In-Plane method after the magnetic layer is pressed at a pressure of 70 atm is 1.0 or more and 6.5 or less, a magnetic tape cartridge and a magnetic recording and reproducing device each including the magnetic recording medium.
US12159653B1
Various illustrative aspects are directed to a data storage device, comprising one or more disks; an actuator mechanism configured to position a selected head among one or more heads proximate to a corresponding disk surface among the one or more disks, wherein the selected head comprises a magnetic write element and a laser generating component; and one or more processing devices. The one or more processing devices are configured to measure a magnetic saturation responsiveness of the corresponding disk surface to heat-assisted write operations using a range of values of write laser current applied to the laser generating component. The one or more processing devices are further configured to calibrate a nominal write laser current of the selected head for the corresponding disk surface based on the measured magnetic saturation responsiveness of the corresponding disk surface.
US12159636B2
An apparatus for generating a representation of a bandwidth-extended signal on the basis of an input signal representation includes a phase vocoder configured to obtain values of a spectral domain representation of a first patch of the bandwidth-extended signal on the basis of the input signal representation. The apparatus also includes a value copier configured to copy a set of values of the spectral domain representation of the first patch, which values are provided by the phase vocoder, to obtain a set of values of a spectral domain representation of a second patch, wherein the second patch is associated with higher frequencies than the first patch. The apparatus is configured to obtain the representation of the bandwidth-extended signal using the values of the spectral domain representation of the first patch and the values of the spectral domain representation of the second patch.
US12159632B2
A system and method are disclosed for generating a teleconference space for two or more communication devices using a computer coupled with a database and comprising a processor and memory. The computer generates a teleconference space and transmits requests to join the teleconference space to the two or more communication devices. The computer stores in memory identification information, and audiovisual data associated with one or more users, for each of the two or more communication devices. The computer stores audio transcription data, transmitted to the computer by each of the two or more communication devices and associated with one or more communication device users, in the computer memory. The computer merges the audio transcription data from each of the two or more communication devices into a master audio transcript, and transmits the master audio transcript to each of the two or more communication devices.
US12159629B2
According to one embodiment, an information processing apparatus includes a processor. The processor generates a template, regarding a recording data sheet including a plurality of items, for one or more of the items that can be specified, with reference to an input order of input target items selected from the items. The processor performs a speech recognition on an utterance of a user and generate a speech recognition result. The processor determines an input target range relating to one more items specified by the utterance of the user among the items based on the template and the speech recognition result.
US12159628B1
Techniques for facilitating natural language interactions with visual interactive content are described. During a build time, a system analyzes various websites and applications relating to a particular user goal to understand website and application navigation and information relating to the user goal. The learned information is used to store configuration data. During runtime, when a user request performance of an action, the system engages in a dialog with the user to complete the user's goal. The system uses the stored configuration data to determine actions to be performed at a website or application to complete the user's goal, and determines system responses to present to the user to facilitate completion of the goal. Such system responses may request information from the user, may inform the user of information displayed at the website or application, etc.
US12159620B2
An unsupervised text to speech system utilizing a lexicon to map input text to the phoneme sequence, which is expanded to the frame-level forced alignment with a speaker-dependent duration model. An alignment mapping module that converts the forced alignment to the unsupervised alignment (UA). Afterword, a Conditional Disentangled Sequential Variational Auto-encoder (C-DSVAE), serving as the self-supervised TTS AM, takes the predicted UA and a target speaker embedding to generate the mel spectrogram, which is ultimately converted to waveform with a neural vocoder.
US12159616B2
An electronic horn device may include a horn module, one or more amplifiers, and a controller operably connected to the horn module via the one or more amplifiers. The horn module may be mounted onboard a vehicle. The horn module includes plural compression drivers and a horn body. The horn body includes a bell segment and plural branch segments fluidly connected to the bell segment. The compression drivers are respectively mounted to respective ends of the branch segments of the horn body. The one or more amplifiers are operably connected to the compression drivers of the horn module. The controller is configured to control the compression drivers to generate a horn sound that is emitted from the bell segment of the horn body in response to receipt of a first control signal.
US12159602B2
A liquid crystal display device includes: an active matrix substrate including a first electrode and a second electrode configured to generate a transverse electrical field; a counter substrate including a plurality of third electrodes disposed at predetermined intervals and having a stripe pattern; a liquid crystal layer located between the active matrix substrate and the counter substrate; and a control circuit. The liquid crystal display device can display an image in a first viewing angle mode and a second viewing angle mode having a viewing angle narrower than the first viewing angle mode by the control circuit switching an amplitude and a waveform of a voltage applied to the third electrodes. The control circuit applies a common voltage having a different value to the first electrode or the second electrode in each of the first viewing angle mode and the second viewing angle mode.
US12159598B2
An e-paper display apparatus includes an e-paper display panel including multiple source lines, multiple gate selection lines, and multiple pixel circuits and a driver circuit coupled to the e-paper display panel and configured to output a driving signal to the gate selection line. The gate selection lines and the source lines are disposed along a first direction. The source lines corresponding to the gate selection line simultaneously receive respective data signals when the gate selection line is turned on. The driving signal includes a first period and a second period. The gate selection line is turned on during the first period, and the gate selection line is turned off during the second period. A time length of the first period is greater than a time length of the second period.
US12159590B2
A voltage supply circuit, a voltage supply method, a voltage supply module and a display device are provided. The voltage supply circuit includes a first node control circuit, a first control node control circuit, a second node control circuit and a driving voltage output circuit. The first node control circuit controls a potential of the first node; the first control node control circuit controls the potential of the first control node; the second node control circuit controls a potential of the second node; the driving voltage output circuit is electrically connected to the second node, the driving voltage output terminal and the initial voltage terminal respectively, and is configured to control the driving voltage output terminal to output a driving voltage according to the initial voltage provided by the initial voltage terminal under the control of the potential of the second node.
US12159588B2
A pixel circuit including a drive transistor connected between a first power supply line and a second power supply line; a first compensation transistor having a first electrode electrically connected to a gate of the drive transistor, and a gate electrically connected to a scan line; a second compensation transistor having a first electrode electrically connected to a second electrode of the first compensation transistor, a second electrode electrically connected to a first electrode or a second electrode of the drive transistor, and a gate electrically connected to a first control line, and a third compensation transistor having a first electrode electrically connected to the second electrode of the first compensation transistor and the first electrode of the second compensation transistor, a gate electrically connected to a second control line, and a second electrode electrically connected to a first potential line.
US12159581B2
A circuit device includes a scan line drive circuit that drives a plurality of scan lines of an electro-optical element. A field for constituting one image includes a plurality of subfields. The scan line drive circuit selects once a scan line group to be selected among the plurality of scan lines, in a subfield included in the plurality of subfields. The scan line group includes a scan line connected to a pixel circuit to which an i-th bit is written in a subfield, and a scan line connected to a pixel circuit to which a j-th bit is written in a subfield.
US12159571B2
A display apparatus includes a substrate including a display area including a plurality of pixels disposed along a first direction and a second direction intersecting with the first direction, a gate driving circuit disposed at each of a plurality of horizontal lines of the display area, the gate driving circuit including a plurality of stage circuit units for supplying a scan signal to the plurality of pixels, a plurality of gate control lines connected to the plurality of stage circuit units disposed at the display area, a plurality of dummy lines disposed respectively adjacent to the plurality of gate control lines, and a plurality of carry signal lines connected between the plurality of stage circuit units disposed at the display area, each of the plurality of carry signal lines may comprise a plurality of line patterns disposed at different layers.
US12159565B2
An electroluminescent display apparatus can include a display panel including a first active region configured to display first image data and a second active region configured to display second image data. The apparatus can further include a first memory configured to store a first main compensation value and a first boundary compensation value, corresponding to first pixels in the first active region, and a second memory configured to store a second main compensation value and a second boundary compensation value, corresponding to second pixels in the second active region. The apparatus can further include a first timing controller configured to correct the first image data based on the first main compensation value and the first and second boundary compensation values, and a second timing controller configured to correct the second image data based on the second main compensation value, the second boundary compensation value, and the first boundary compensation value.
US12159547B2
A ground-based system for autonomous runway excursion prevention and monitoring stores runway datasets for each runway (or each directional orientation of a runway), each dataset including 1) lengths of the runway's stable/unstable touchdown regions (STR/UTR), the STR defined by a runway aiming point and by touchdown zone markings on either side (and the UTR comprising the remainder of the runway) and 2) an ideal glide slope associated with a stable approach path to the runway by a particular aircraft and a touchdown within the STR, the ideal glide slope and STR defining a stable approach channel (SAC). The system constructs a trajectory based on position reports from each approaching aircraft and, if the aircraft sufficiently deviates from the SAC and the remaining runway length after predicted touchdown is consistent with a likely runway overrun (RO), generates course corrections for the flight crew to resolve the unstable approach path.
US12159540B2
A method for validating, with a first computing device onboard an aircraft, a flight plan having a set of first flight parameters comprising respective first values, loaded onto the first computing device of an aircraft includes receiving from a second source, by the first computing device, data comprising a set of second flight parameters having respective second values corresponding to the set of first flight parameters. The method includes comparing the first values of the set of first flight parameters to the second values of the corresponding set of second flight parameters by the first computing device, determining, whether an implausible condition exists. When an implausible condition is determined, the method includes automatically displaying a first notification on a display device in the aircraft, requesting a modification to the set of first flight parameters, and receiving a modification to the loaded flight plan based on the notification.
US12159539B2
An unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) return method and apparatus and a UAV. The method includes: performing real-time fusion to generate velocity information of the UAV; determining, through integrating the velocity information, displacement information of a current location of the UAV relative to a takeoff location; determining a return starting point location of the UAV according to the displacement information; obtaining a return instruction, and determining a return mode; and controlling, according to the return mode, the UAV to return from the return starting point location to the takeoff location. In the foregoing manner, the present invention resolves the technical problem of poor accuracy that a current UAV returns by relying on GPS location information, and improves the returning accuracy of the UAV.
US12159534B2
A processing system including at least one processor may identify a network zone with excess capacity, the network zone comprising a plurality of network components of a telecommunication network, transmit an invitation to a set of entities to utilize the network zone to obtain at least one network service at a geographic location of the network zone, configure at least one network component of the plurality of network components in accordance with an anticipated network demand from the set of entities, and provide the at least one network service to at least one entity of the set of entities via the network zone when the at least one entity is present at the geographic location of the network zone.
US12159525B2
User-configurable weather warning apparatuses, and methods for providing and configuring user-configurable weather warning apparatuses are presented. For example, according to one aspect, an apparatus comprising a processor and memory may be provided. The processor may be configured to, responsive to a user preference to trigger an alert system only in the event of a particular type of warning.
US12159522B2
The present disclosure generally relates to user interfaces for facilitating operations. In some examples, computer systems provide indications that educate and/or guide users for performing an operation. In some examples, computer systems perform a first operation based on a first type of user input corresponding to a first hardware input device and perform a second operation based on a second type of user input corresponding to the first hardware input devices. In some examples, computer systems adjust audio output of an emergency siren based on detecting a particular type of event. In some examples, computer systems display different types and/or sizes of notifications based on an operating mode of a respective computer system. In some examples, computer systems forgo performing one or more operations when a respective computer system operates in a low power mode.
US12159516B1
A computing chip may comprise a memory that stores a machine-learning model. an optical absorption spectroscopy component, and one or more processors operably coupled to the memory and the optical absorption spectroscopy component. The one or more processors may cause the optical absorption spectroscopy component to emit radiation to N pre-determined directions within an internal space of a computing device. The one or more processors may cause the optical absorption spectroscopy component to sample an absorption of reflections of the emitted radiation for each of the N pre-determined directions. The one or more processors may determine that one or more hardware components of the computing device are in particular abnormal conditions by processing the N sampled absorptions with the machine-learning model. The one or more processors may send a notification indicating that the one or more hardware components are in the particular abnormal conditions.
US12159509B2
A management system for a table game includes a function in which the type and the number of bet game tokens are determined independently in bet areas including at least a player bet area and a banker bet area based on an image analysis result by an image analyzer and it is determined whether the total amount of money or the total number of game tokens every sitting number or in each of the read areas based on the image analysis result by the image analyzer is matched with the total amount of money or the total number of game tokens every sitting number or in each of the read areas based on the read result by a chip reader.
US12159501B2
Systems and techniques for leveraging a virtual distributed trustless database using access-enabling codes. The computations use private codes. Each computation includes the information from all previous computations so that a chain of computations is maintained and controlled. A central system insures that dual computations do not occur.
US12159495B2
A vehicle collects various data in a first period before time of an occurrence of a predetermined event and various data in a second period after the time of the occurrence and creates a data set for uploading to an external server. The predetermined event includes first and second events to be uploaded indicating events to be uploaded. In the creation of the data set, it is determined whether an overlapping period exist in which a part of the first period overlaps with the second period between the events to be uploaded. If it is determined that the overlapping period exists, priority is compared. If the priority of the first event to be uploaded is lower than that of the second event to be uploaded, various data in the overlapping period is excluded from the data set of the former.
US12159487B2
An apparatus is describe for detecting a shape of an object to be recognized from to-be-analyzed data; generating one or more components and respective contribution ratios of the components through a component analysis, based on the shape of the object to be recognized; determining an ordinal number indicating each dimension of the components based on a cumulative contribution ratio attained from the respective contribution ratios; selecting, among the group of action classification models, a specific action classification model in which learning was performed with the same component group as a specific component group including the components with the ordinal number indicating the dimension; and inputting the specific component group into the specific action classification model, thereby outputting recognition results indicating actions of the object to be recognized.
US12159481B2
Embodiments relate to systems, methods and computer readable media for gaming monitoring. In particular, embodiments process images to determine presence of a gaming object on a gaming table in the images. Embodiments estimate postures of one or more players in the images and based on the estimated postures determine a target player associated with the gaming object among the one or more players.
US12159478B2
A system can comprise a processor that can facilitate performance of operations, comprising accessing a document comprising a plurality of text bounding boxes, wherein each respective text bounding box of the plurality of text bounding boxes comprises respective text, for each respective text bounding box, determining respective text bounding box coordinates and respective text bounding box input embeddings, based on the respective text bounding box coordinates, determining respective text bounding box positional encodings for each respective text bounding box, based on a transformer-based deep learning model applied to the respective text bounding box input embeddings, respective text bounding box coordinates, respective text bounding box positional encodings, and bias information representative of a modification to an attention weight of the transformer-based deep learning model, determining respective output embeddings for each respective text bounding box, and based on the respective output embeddings, generating respective bounding box labels for each respective bounding box.
US12159477B1
A tiered processing scheme for processing image data is provided. A method can include obtaining image data indicative of one or more court judgment(s) with a number of features. The method can include obtaining judgment information from the image data by applying a number of image processing techniques in accordance with a processing hierarchy tailored to the image data. The image data can be classified by a machine-learning model and the processing hierarchy can be determined based on the classification. The processing hierarchy balances the computing resources used by a respective technique with the accuracy afforded by the technique when applied to image data with a respective classification. A computing system can utilize the processing hierarchy to leverage different image processing techniques in a tiered processing scheme tailored to image data.
US12159476B2
A classification system is provided that separates unclassified pages into unclassified, separated documents and classifies the separated documents. The classification system applies a page-level recognition model to the unclassified pages to recognize the logical boundaries between documents and, based on the logical boundaries, separates the pages into unclassified, separated documents. The classification system further applies a document-level recognition model to classify the separated documents.
US12159468B2
A vehicle occupant gaze detection system includes a non-transitory computer readable medium configured to store instructions thereon; and a processor connected to the non-transitory computer readable medium. The processor is configured to execute the instructions for receiving gaze data from a vehicle. The gaze data includes a viewing direction of an occupant of the vehicle, vehicle information, and time stamp information. The processor is configured to execute the instructions for generating a gridmap including an array of lattice points, and each lattice point of the array of lattice points corresponds to a location. The processor is configured to execute the instructions for generating a histogram including information related to viewing of at least one location by the occupant. The processor is configured to execute the instructions for determining an effectiveness of an object based on the histogram; and transmitting a recommendation based on the effectiveness of the object.
US12159464B2
A lighting system for a vehicle is described, which includes a first hybridized device, a second hybridized device and a controller. The first hybridized device includes a first array of light emitting devices that illuminate a roadway on which the vehicle is located when operating. The second hybridized device includes a second array of light emitting devices that illuminate the roadway on which the vehicle is located when operating. The controller is electrically coupled to the first and second hybridized devices. When operating, the controller causes the first hybridized device to selectively project a first patterned light on to an object on the roadway, causes the first hybridized device to selectively project a second patterned light on to the object on the roadway, and causes a first camera to capture an image of the first patterned light projected on the object and the second patterned light projected on the object.
US12159463B2
A target vehicle recognition apparatus detects a stopped vehicle ahead of the host vehicle, detects a reference boundary line position where at least one of two boundary lines forming a travel lane of the host vehicle intersects a reference axis extending from a lower end of the stopped vehicle in an image horizontal direction on a captured image, recognizes the stopped vehicle as a target vehicle of steering control when the reference boundary line position between a vehicle left end position of the stopped vehicle and a vehicle right end position of the stopped vehicle is present, and does not recognize the stopped vehicle as a target vehicle of steering control when the reference boundary line position between the vehicle left end position of the stopped vehicle and the vehicle right end position of the stopped vehicle is not present.
US12159450B2
The invention provides a model training method and system that uses pretrained features of a teacher neural network trained on a billion-size dataset to train a student neural network. The model training method leverages the teacher neural network to design a more stable loss function that works well with more sophisticated learning rate schedules to reduce training time and make the augmentation designing process more natural.
US12159442B2
Systems, computer-implemented methods, and non-transitory machine-readable storage media are provided for detecting recapture attacks of images. One method comprises extracting one or more features from an image captured by a device; applying the one or more features as input to a trained machine learning model, wherein the trained machine learning model outputs a first score based on the extracted features; obtaining metadata of the image; performing a statistical analysis of the metadata of the image; generating a second score based on the statistical analysis of the metadata of the image; and generating a probability that the image is a recapture of an original image based on the first score and the second score.
US12159441B2
A surgical microscope includes an image capture unit having an image sensor, a detection beam path, an image evaluation unit, a connection region for attaching a protective glass module with an objective protective glass. The image sensor has a detection region which has a used detection region for capturing the object region, and a partial detection region, which is not assigned to the used detection region. The image capture unit is configured such that, when the protective glass module with the objective protective glass is arranged at the connection region, a detail of the protective glass module with the objective protective glass is capturable by the partial detection region of the image sensor. The image evaluation unit is configured to generate a signal when an objective protective glass is detectable by the evaluation of the image data of the partial detection region of the image sensor.
US12159440B2
An electronic apparatus includes: an image sensor including normal pixels and phase detection pixels; and a processor for detecting a noise region in a flare region included in a normal image generated based on a plurality of pixel values sensed through the normal pixels and the phase detection pixels, and generating an output image including final pixel values obtained by correcting the pixel values, using peripheral pixel values of each of pixel values included in the noise region.
US12159430B2
An automatic precision calculation method of a pose of a rotational linear array scanning image includes: obtaining a collection parameter of the rotational linear array scanning image and a camera intrinsic parameter; based on the above parameters, projecting the rotational linear array scanning image to its tangent plane by orthographic projection transformation to generate an equivalent frame image having the approximately same intrinsic and extrinsic parameters as the rotational linear array scanning image and calculate a coordinate of each pixel of the equivalent frame image projected onto the rotational linear array scanning image based on an inverse projection transformation calculation method; by using structure-from-motion method, automatically calculating a pose parameter of the equivalent frame image and a corresponding waypoint three-dimensional coordinate; with the pose parameter of the equivalent frame image as an initial value, obtaining an accurate imaging parameter of the rotational linear array scanning image.
US12159427B2
An object position determining system comprising: at least one light source, configured to emit light; at least one optical sensor, configured to sense optical data generated based on reflected light of the light; and a processing circuit, configured to compute distance information between the optical sensor and an object which generates the reflected light. The processing circuit further determines a position of the object according to the distance information.
US12159426B2
A method for retrieving heights of densely-covered forest canopies near power transmission lines includes: acquiring ICESat-2 LiDAR data, JL-1 image data, auxiliary data and three-dimensional information data about the power transmission lines within a target area; carrying out image preprocessing on a JL-1 image to generate a first image; screening the ICESat-2 LiDAR data according to a screening rule to obtain high-quality laser tree height data; by employing the first image, the high-quality laser tree height data and the auxiliary data, training a neural network model for retrieving a forest tree height according to an optical image and the auxiliary data; by employing the neural network model, generating a height distribution map of densely-covered trees in the target area; and calculating a height difference between a tree and a power transmission line nearest the tree to generate a hidden danger troubleshooting theme map.
US12159425B2
A three-dimensional measurement system projects patterned light onto a target object, images the target object from different viewpoints to obtain a first image and a second image, obtains first depth information using the first image with a spatially encoded pattern technique, defines a search range for a corresponding point based on parallax between the first image and the second image predicted from the first depth information, and obtains second depth information by performing stereo matching for the defined search range using the first image and the second image. The second depth information has a higher spatial resolution than the first depth information. The patterned light has a combined pattern combining a spatially encoded pattern including a plurality of unit elements arranged regularly and a random pattern including a plurality of random pieces arranged randomly. Each of the plurality of unit elements is an area corresponding to a depth value.
US12159423B2
A method may include receiving a first image of a scene captured by a first camera at a first time step and plurality of other images of the scene captured by a plurality of other cameras at a plurality of time steps, determining a geometric relationship between the first camera at the first time step and each of the other cameras at the plurality of time steps, determining a cost volume for the first image captured by the first camera at the first time step based on the first image, the plurality of other images, and the geometric relationship between the first camera at the first time step and each of the other cameras at the plurality of time steps, and determining a depth map for the first image based on the cost volume, the depth map comprises a depth value of each pixel of the first image.
US12159414B2
A heat trace region extraction device includes: a difference actual object image generation unit 130 that generates a difference actual object image which is an image of a difference between an actual object image which is an image of an actual object obtained by photographing a certain range with an actual object camera for photographing the actual object and a background actual object image which is an actual object image of a background of the certain range; a difference thermal image generation unit 16 that generates a difference thermal image which is an image of a difference between a thermal image which is an image of heat emitted by the actual object obtained by photographing the certain range with a thermal camera for photographing the heat emitted by the actual object and a background thermal image which is a thermal image of the background; and a heat trace region extraction unit 17 that extracts a heat trace region by removing a region of the actual object from the thermal image based on the difference actual object image and the difference thermal image.
US12159398B2
A method for enriching a historical learning base. Training of a first neural network to transform first photos of first dental scenes into first hyper-realistic images to simulate the effect of a dental event on the first dental scenes. Submission, to the trained first neural network, of a source photo representing a source dental scene in a dental context, so as to obtain a final image representing, hyper-realistically, the source dental scene after simulation of the dental event. Creation of a descriptor of the final image, or “final descriptor.” Creation of a historical record consisting of the final image and the final descriptor, and addition of the historical record in the historical learning base.
US12159395B2
A method including generating a plurality of synthetic images of a material, where each synthetic image from among the plurality of synthetic images is associated with a feasibility value greater than a threshold synthetic feasibility value. The method includes determining, for each synthetic image from among the plurality of synthetic images, one or more material properties of the material and one or more process parameters of the material based on the synthetic image and generating a plurality of data points and a pareto surface based on the one or more material properties and the one or more process parameters. The method includes selecting a target data point based on the plurality of data points and a distance between a set of data points from among the plurality of data points and the pareto surface.
US12159392B2
Embodiments of the present disclosure include a die system and a method of comparing alignment vectors. The die system includes a plurality of dies arranged in a desired pattern. An alignment vector, such as a die vector, can be determined from edge features of the die. The alignment vectors can be compared to other dies or die patterns in the same system. A method of comparing dies and die patterns includes comparing die vectors and/or pattern vectors. The comparison between alignment vectors allows for fixing the die patterns for the next round of processing. The methods provided allow accurate comparisons between as-deposited edge features, such that accurate stitching of dies can be achieved.
US12159390B2
A computing system may include an access engine and a defect detection engine. The access engine may be configured to access a slice contour of a given layer of a 3-dimensional (3D) object designed for manufacture through an additive manufacturing process and obtain hatch tracking for the slice contour, the hatch tracking representative of an energy path to melt metal powder for constructing the given layer through the additive manufacturing process. The defect detection engine may be configured to construct, from the slice contour, an as-built image for the given layer by rendering the hatch tracking in the slice contour; construct, from the slice contour, an idealized image for the given layer; and identify defects in the given layer via image analysis between the as-built image and the idealized image.
US12159388B2
An auto qualification device for a test target device includes a camera that generates device image data by capturing a device image of the test target device, a detector that marks a label at a target object within the device image of the test target device by using a detection learning model trained based on a detection training set of device image training data and label image training data corresponding to the device image training data, a region determiner that determines a qualification region within the device image of the test target device based on a position of the label, and a qualification determiner that determines whether the target object within the qualification region is defective by using a qualification learning model trained based on a qualification training set of qualification region image training data and a training qualification result for the qualification region image training data.
US12159382B2
An information processing apparatus includes: a chatbot module which receives an image sent from a terminal apparatus to a chat system, and a message indicating that the image is to be edited; a message determination module which extracts a key value from the message; a database which registers a plurality of different key values, and a plurality of different parameter sets corresponding to each of the key values; and an image editing module which reads, from the database, a plurality of different parameter sets corresponding to the key value extracted from the message, and edits the image in accordance with each of the plurality of different parameter sets, thereby generating a plurality of different edited images. The chatbot module sends the plurality of different edited images to the chat system, and determines the edited image selected on the chat system by the terminal apparatus.
US12159368B2
An electronic device for automated image-based auditing of equipment cabinets may include a memory storing an imaging computer program; and a computer processor. The imaging computer program, when executed by the computer processor, may cause the computer processor to perform the following: receive a plurality images from an image capture device on a carriage, wherein the image capture device is configured to traverse an equipment cabinet and capture the plurality of images of equipment in the equipment cabinet; generate a single image by stitching the plurality of images together; receive data from a sensor on the carriage, wherein the sensor is configured to capture data from the equipment in the equipment cabinet; associate the data with a location in the equipment cabinet; compare the single image and the data to an expected image and expected data; and output a result of the comparison.
US12159364B2
Systems, methods, and/or computer readable media for generating representations of searchable experiences in a virtual environment are disclosed. The virtual environment comprising a sector having one or more virtual structures is generated. A position of an avatar in the virtual environment is detected, and based on the detection, a sector data layer comprising data items related to a predetermined dataset is generated. The data items are associated with the sector, and an attribute of the sector is configured and displayed to the user. A second position of the avatar in the virtual environment is detected, and based on the detection, a subset of data using the set of items in the sector data layer is generated. An attribute of the virtual structure within the sector is configured and displayed to the user.
US12159361B2
A system comprising a computer-readable storage medium storing at least one program and a computer-implemented method for simulating the fit of a particular garment on a user using a fit simulation garment. The fit simulation garment is wearable by a user and comprises a plurality of actuators configured to simulate tightness of regions of the particular garment. The method includes receiving a garment fit model defining the fit of the particular garment on the user. The method further includes parsing the garment fit model to generate control data for controlling the fit simulation garment, and transmitting the control data to the fit simulation garment to cause the plurality of actuators to collectively simulate the fit of the particular garment on the user.
US12159357B2
An AR-based method and system for monitoring safety of a carbon dioxide incubator are provided. The method includes obtaining temperature data, carbon dioxide concentration data and door and window opening and closing data through sensors; collecting image information of the carbon dioxide incubator and establishing a virtual space coordinate system; constructing a real space coordinate system according to a position of a camera, and acquiring a matrix of the carbon dioxide incubator in the real space coordinate system; transforming the matrix corresponding to the carbon dioxide incubator image in the real coordinate system into a matrix in the virtual coordinate system according to a transformation relation matrix, so as to construct position and pose data of a virtual incubator; and determining a risk grade according to the position and pose data of the virtual incubator and collected sensor data, and visualizing and displaying risk in an augmented-reality manner.
US12159356B2
An augmented reality interaction system applied to a physical scene and comprising a server and a plurality of mobile devices is provided. The server stores a point cloud map corresponding to the physical scene, and one of the mobile devices uploads a physical image, role state variation data and local variation data to the server. The server compares the physical image with the point cloud map to generate orientation data of the mobile device in real time, and adjusts role data corresponding to a user according to the role state variation data and the local variation data. The server pushes the orientation data of the mobile device and the role data to the other mobile devices such that augmented reality images displayed by the other mobile devices are adjusted in real time according to the orientation data of the mobile device and the role data.
US12159354B2
Described are various embodiments of a light field display and vibrating light field shaping layer therefor, adjusted pixel rendering method therefor, and vision testing and/or correction system and method using same.
US12159351B2
Various implementations disclosed herein include devices, systems, and methods that present a view of a device user's face portion, that would otherwise be blocked by an electronic device positioned in front of the face, on an outward-facing display of the user's device. The view of the user's face portion may be configured to enable observers to see the user's eyes and facial expressions as if they were seeing through a clear device at the user's actual eyes and facial expressions. Various techniques are used to provide views of the user's face that are realistic, that show the user's current facial appearance, and/or that present the face portion with 3D spatial accuracy, e.g., each eye appearing to be in its actual 3D position.
US12159350B2
A tessellation method uses vertex tessellation factors. For a quad patch, the method involves comparing the vertex tessellation factors for each vertex of the quad patch to a threshold value and if none exceed the threshold, the quad is sub-divided into two or four triangles. If at least one of the four vertex tessellation factors exceeds the threshold, a recursive or iterative method is used which considers each vertex of the quad patch and determines how to further tessellate the patch dependent upon the value of the vertex tessellation factor of the selected vertex or dependent upon values of the vertex tessellation factors of the selected vertex and a neighbor vertex. A similar method is described for a triangle patch.
US12159349B2
A method including: receiving colour images, depth images, and viewpoint information; dividing 3D space occupied by real-world environment into 3D grid(s) of voxels (204); creating 3D data structure(s) comprising nodes, each node representing corresponding voxel; dividing colour image and depth image into colour tiles and depth tiles, respectively; mapping colour tile to voxel(s) whose colour information is captured in colour tile, based on depth information captured in corresponding depth tile and viewpoint from which colour image and depth image are captured; and storing, in node representing voxel(s), reference information indicative of unique identification of colour tile that captures colour information of voxel(s) and corresponding depth tile that captures depth information, along with viewpoint information indicative of viewpoint from which colour image and depth image are captured.
US12159345B2
Modeling a product, including taking a first picture of a product at a first position and at a first distance with a camera, taking a second picture of a product at the first distance and a second position with the camera, combining the pictures based on overlapping portions of the respective pictures, and generating an interactable model of the combined pictures.
US12159344B2
One embodiment of a computer-implemented method for processing ray tracing operations in parallel includes receiving a plurality of rays and a corresponding set of importance sampling instructions for each ray included in the plurality of rays for processing, wherein each ray represents a path from a light source to at least one point within a three-dimensional (3D) environment, and each corresponding set of importance sampling instruction is based at least in part on one or more material properties associated with at least one surface of at least one object included in the 3D environment; assigning each ray included in the plurality of rays to a different processing core included in a plurality of processing cores; and for each ray included in the plurality of rays, causing the processing core assigned to the ray to execute the corresponding set of importance sampling instructions on the ray to generate a direction for a secondary ray that is produced when the ray intersects a surface of an object within the 3D environment.
US12159341B2
A technique for performing ray tracing operations is provided. The technique includes traversing through a bounding volume hierarchy to an instance node; performing an instance node transform using common circuitry; traversing to a leaf node of the bounding volume hierarchy; and performing an intersection test for the leaf node using the common circuitry.
US12159319B2
The present disclosure is directed to providing search results based on user interaction with content. A server receives identification of a plurality of clicks of encoded uniform resource locator (URL) links and identifies, for each of the plurality of clicks, data about a user who clicked an encoded URL link and traffic data associated with a device from which the user clicked the encoded URL link. The server may store a record comprising data about the user and traffic data associated with each click. The server may determine, based on the records, a relevancy score for each content identified from decoding the encoded URL links. The server may communicate, responsive to receiving a request to search content based on a keyword, a set of search results based on the keyword and the relevancy score.
US12159315B1
Systems and methods are described for managing fleet services. Managing fleet services includes calculating a payment range, outputting a first presentation including the payment range and information identifying the at least one vehicle, receiving a selection of the at least one vehicle by the entity, generating an insurance policy for the at least one vehicle based on the payment range, and enabling at least one telematics unit of the at least one vehicle based on generating the insurance policy.
US12159314B2
A computerized reimbursement system including at least one reimbursement-enabled mobile communicator having computerized memory functionality, computerized communications functionality and wireless payment functionality and at least one reimbursement-enabled computer server having computerized memory functionality and computerized communications functionality, at least one of the at least one reimbursement-enabled mobile communicator and the at least one reimbursement-enabled computer server storing reimbursement policy parameters which are selectable by a reimbursing party using the system, the reimbursement policy parameters including at least payee location and transaction amount, at least one of the at least one mobile communicator and the at least one computer server being operative to automatically complete payment transactions which are compliant with the reimbursement policy parameters and to automatically reject payment transactions which are not compliant with the reimbursement policy parameters.
US12159311B1
Various examples are directed to systems and methods for identifying targeted transactions from a transaction data stream. A transaction monitoring application executes on at least one processor. The transaction monitoring application may access first targeted transaction data from a targeted transaction persistent storage. The transaction monitoring application may build a first targeted transaction data structure at an application memory. The transaction monitoring application may access a first transaction record from a transaction record data stream and compare the first targeted transaction data structure and the first transaction record. The transaction monitoring application may, based on the comparing, determine that the first transaction is a targeted transaction, and initiate sending of a first transaction report message to a first user.
US12159309B1
A system for providing coaching includes a system that creates a custom coach to assist a user in achieving one or more goals, such as, e.g., a financial goal. The coach is generated based on one or more traits of the user to increase the likelihood that the user will relate and respond to communications from the coach in a manner that enables the user to achieve his/her goal. The traits used by the system to create the coach can include traits inputted directly by a user. The system also adapts the coaching provided by the coach in response to trends noted by the coaching system as the system is used by the user as well as others.
US12159308B2
A computer-implemented is disclosed. The method includes: receiving, via a client device, a product search query; identifying a first product attribute based on query terms associated with the product search query; obtaining at least one search result matching the product search query; obtaining a set of product images associated with the at least one search result; for each of the product images, determining a respective level of confidence based on an estimation as to whether the product image is associated with the first product attribute; ranking the product images based on the levels of confidence; selecting at least a subset of the product images based on the ranking; and providing, via the client device, an indication of the at least one search result and the associated subset of product images.
US12159293B2
Systems and methods for providing user offers based on efficient iterative recommendation structures
Systems and methods are described for providing user offers based on efficient iterative recommendation structures. In various aspects, a server invokes a bi-directional look-up interface via a lookup request, where the bi-directional look-up interface is exposed via an electronic recommendation structure. The lookup request causes the bi-directional look-up interface to return a bi-directional recommendation value. The bi-directional recommendation value indicates a likelihood of a first user selecting a first offer or a second offer. The bi-directional recommendation value is transmitted via a computer network to a client device associated with the first user upon a determination that the likelihood meets or exceeds a recommendation threshold. The client device is operative to display at least one of the first offer or the second offer.
US12159292B2
One embodiment provides a method, including: obtaining, using the set of one or more processors, a plurality of user selections provided via a graphical user interface (GUI); establishing, using the set of one or more processors, an association between the plurality of user selections and display data for a time series of a plurality of inventory items; obtaining, using the set of one or more processors, a time series of forecasting data via an application programming interface (API) call to a remote system; associating, using the set of one or more processors, the time series of forecasting data with the time series of the plurality of inventory items; and thereafter generating or updating, using the set of one or more processors, the display data for the time series of the plurality of inventory item on one or more web pages of an entity associated with the GUI based on the forecasting data and the plurality of user selections. Other embodiments are described and claimed.
US12159291B2
User interactions are tracked within a Graphical User Interface (GUI) configured for user consent/authorization, specifically user interactions that indicate that the user has abandoned the consent/authorization process. As a result of such tracking/recordation, abandonment metrics are determined, such as volume of abandonments over a given time period, rate of abandonment, time to abandonment and the like. In specific embodiments of the invention, the abandonment metrics are used to intelligently determine, in some instances on a per-user basis, whether a need exists to reconfigure the GUI and, if a need exists, what sensory alterations to the GUI should be implemented.
US12159289B2
Aspects described herein relate to methods, systems, and apparatuses that track the availability of items from multiple vendors based on website browsing records from multiple users, and provide alerts to users when an out-of-stock item becomes available.
US12159281B2
Various embodiments of the present disclosure provide techniques for facilitating a credential-less exchange over a network using a plurality of identifier mappings, member interfaces, and security code tuples that are tailored to an ephemeral key. The techniques may include receiving a secured interaction request and issuing or enabling a previously issued universally unique ephemeral key (UUEK) in response to the secured interaction request. The techniques may include validating a user, instrument, or UUEK and, in response, storing a secured event for the user, instrument, or UUEK and providing a secured interaction response indicative of the secured event. The techniques may include subsequently receiving an exchange request for executing a value-based exchange using the UUEK and facilitating the exchange request based at least in part on the secured event.
US12159280B1
A method may include receiving at a receiving system an electronic request to transfer assets, included in an account of a user at a delivering system, to the receiving system; generating an electronic transaction record, the electronic transaction record identifying the user, the assets, and transfer information related to the assets; adding the electronic transaction record to a shared ledger data structure; in response to the adding: transmitting an indication to the delivering system that the electronic transaction record was added; and transmitting a notification to computing nodes associated with the shared ledger data structure that the shared ledger data structure was updated; after transmitting the indication, receiving confirmation from a third-party system that the assets were successfully transferred; and in response to the confirmation, updating an account database at the receiving system indicating a transfer of the assets.
US12159278B1
A method includes receiving an asset freeze service request having an authentication token by a service computing system from a user computing system. The method further includes retrieving a recorded user identifier and a recorded asset identifier by the service computing system from an asset control system that facilitates access of the virtual asset within a virtual environment. The method further includes comparing the user identifier with the recorded user identifier or the asset identifier with the recorded asset identifier by the service computing system. The method further includes the service computing system generating a key associated with the virtual asset and sending the key and the asset freeze service request to the asset control system. The method further includes service computing system generating an asset freeze protocol defining access to the virtual asset. The asset freeze protocol includes receiving a level one first trigger by the service computing system.
US12159271B2
A zero emissions, autonomous vehicle system includes a zero emissions, autonomous vehicle configured to navigate one or more roadways independently of a human driver and including an electrical power source electrically coupled to a motor of the vehicle; a passenger compartment within an interior volume of the vehicle and configured to support human passengers; and a vending system mounted at least partially in the interior volume and electrically coupled to the electrical power source. The vending system includes an accessible enclosure that includes at least one temperature-controlled compartment configured to store vending products; and a control system including a user interface and configured to operate the accessible enclosure to provide human access to the temperature-controlled compartment based on human interactions with the user interface.
US12159267B2
An example operation includes one or more of receiving, by a server, characteristics related to a transport within a time period, wherein the characteristics are related to a condition of the transport, an operation behavior of the transport and an upkeep of the transport, providing, by the server, one or more actions to perform by the transport to increase a level of the characteristics, and responsive to the level of the characteristics being increased, determining, by the server, a next use of the transport after the time period.
US12159261B2
A system and method provide dosage information from past trials of potential subjects to clinics performing drug research so the clinics can determine if the potential subjects qualify (i.e., have waited sufficient time) to qualify for second trial. The system provides a clearinghouse that does not divulge the prior trials proprietary information to the requestor. Likewise, the system does not divulge to prior trial holders who is requesting subject information for subsequent trials. Biographical information including biometric identification can be used to identify subjects in the database. A further method allows a subject to confirm the data in the database.
US12159255B2
Various implementations for an automatic system and processes for monitoring the use of personal protective equipment in a work space are provided. The system includes barcodes attached to the personal protective equipment. The operation of the system involves capturing images of the work space and detecting human form objects and barcode objects in the images. The system and processes further involve calculating the probability that a user is wearing all personal protective equipment in accordance with safety rules applicable to the work space. In some implementations, the system and processes may be used to track personal protective equipment and other objects in a work space. Accordingly, the system and processes may be used to prevent or limit the occurrence of accidents, incidents and/or injuries in hazardous work environments.
US12159254B2
Provided is a system for feedback-improved automatic solving of production facility related tasks, including: an input interface being adapted to receive production facility related data; a semantic data enhancement module being adapted to generate semantically enhanced data based on the production facility related data; a semantic-based reasoning module being adapted to automatically provide an explainable artificial intelligence model, using the semantically enhanced data, wherein the artificial intelligence model relates to a predetermined production facility related task; a user interaction interface being adapted to output explanation data regarding the explainable artificial intelligence model to a user; and a feedback module adapted to receive feedback from the user in response to the outputted explanation data and adapted to adjust the semantic-based reasoning module and/or the user interaction interface based on the received feedback.
US12159253B2
An outage risk detection alert is generated for one or more organizations of a plurality of organizations. Computer service incidents are monitored for the plurality of organizations to identify computer services having current computer service incidents. A count of organizations of the plurality of organizations that utilize a particular computer service and that have a current computer service incident related to the particular computer service within a plurality of time windows are aggregated to generate an aggregate count for the particular computer service for each time window of the plurality of time windows. An outage risk detection alert for the particular computer service is generated responsive to the aggregated count for a time window of the plurality of time windows surpassing a threshold level.
US12159249B2
A workflow presentation receives electronic object from multiple sources, such as electronic messaging systems and document management systems. The system develops a hypergraph representation of the objects in which the objects appear, individually or in clusters, as edges along various rails of the hypergraph. Each rail represents a workstream to provide a visual representation of the electronic objects that are associated with one or more workstreams of a project.
US12159247B2
In accordance with embodiments, there are provided mechanisms and methods for managing business deals. The mechanisms and methods for managing business deals may enable embodiments to provide a dynamic and interactive user-interface including any combination of contacts, accounts, opportunities, allowing users to create tasks, events, leads (e.g., from Data.com), reports, dashboards, instant messenger, external deal spaces, email service (e.g., Outlook), a cloud-based productivity suite for businesses that allows work on any device (e.g., Google apps), mobile access, private messaging, lead management, mass email templates, social media monitoring (e.g., from Radian6), role-based sharing and security, and/or additional storage, for example. In an embodiment, the number of contacts may be unlimited.
US12159242B1
Method and system for transforming telematics data for agnostic use. For example, a computer-implemented method includes: receiving, from a first telematics system of a first type, telematics data in a first form, the telematics data being associated with a vehicle; and transforming, via a prediction model, the telematics data into a first prediction in a second form, the second form being: different from the first form, and the form which data collected, processed, stored, or transmitted by a second telematics system of a second type would be, the second type being different from the first type.
US12159230B2
An example system and method facilitate enabling precise answers to technical support questions pertaining to a given computing environment, e.g., a cloud-based enterprise computing environment. The example method includes using an overtrained recurrent neural network employing Long Short-Term Memory (LSTM) cells to selectively answer specific questions by providing precise answers to technical support questions. A second neural network that is not overtrained can provide more generalized answers when a confidence measurement of an answer of the first neural network falls below a predetermined threshold. Furthermore, expert staff, e.g., developers and/or engineers that may be able to more precisely answer a specific question may be shown the answer. Subsequent expert answers or modifications to existing answers may be used to further refine the neural networks, e.g., via periodic supervised learning.
US12159226B2
A boundary learning optimization tool for training neural networks with accurate models of parameterized flexure using a minimal number of numerically generated performance solutions generated from different design instantiations of those topologies. Performance boundaries are output by the neural network in optimization steps, with geometric parameters varied from smallest allowable feature sizes to largest geometrically compatible feature sizes for given constituent materials. The plotted performance boundaries define the design spaces of flexure systems toward allowing designers to visually identify which geometric versions of their synthesized topologies best achieve desired combinations of performance capabilities.
US12159225B2
This disclosure generally provides solutions for improving the performance of a custom-built, packet-switched, TPU accelerator-side communication network. Specifically a set of solutions to improve the flow-control behavior by tuning the packet buffer queues in the on-chip router in the distributed training supercomputer network are described.
US12159219B2
Systems, apparatuses, and methods related to a neuron using posits are described. An example apparatus may include a memory array including a plurality of memory cells configured to store data. The data can include a plurality of bit strings. The example apparatus may include a neuron component coupled to the memory array. The neuron component can include neuron circuitry configured to perform neuromorphic operations on at least one of the plurality of bit strings.
US12159214B1
Some embodiments provide a method for executing a neural network. The method writes a first input to a first set of physical memory banks in a unified memory shared by an input processing circuit and a neural network inference circuit that executes the neural network. While the neural network inference circuit is executing the network a first time to generate a first output for the first input, the method writes a second input to a second set of physical memory banks in the unified memory. The neural network inference circuit executes a same set of instructions to read the first input from the first set of memory banks in order to execute the network the first time and to read the second input from the second set of memory banks in order to execute the network a second time to generate a second output for the second input.
US12159211B2
An automated system for resolving program merges uses neural transformers with attention. In one aspect, a neural encoder transformer model is trained from developer-resolved merge conflicts to learn to predict a resolution strategy that aids a developer in constructing a merged program. In a second aspect, a neural decoder transformer model is trained on the syntax and semantics of different source code programming languages to predict a merge resolution consisting of interleaved lines of source code from programs A, B, or O, where programs A and B contain changes to code base O.
US12159198B2
A method of computing a solution to a computational problem using a quantum system comprising a plurality of qubits includes encoding the computational problem into a single-body problem Hamiltonian comprising a plurality of adjustable parameters, and encoding comprises determining a problem-encoding configuration for the plurality of adjustable parameters. The method includes evolving an initial Hamiltonian at an initial time into a final Hamiltonian at a final time via an intermediate Hamiltonian at an intermediate time, the intermediate Hamiltonian a linear combination of the initial Hamiltonian, the final Hamiltonian and a first short-range Hamiltonian, the final Hamiltonian a sum of the problem Hamiltonian and a second short-range Hamiltonian, the plurality of adjustable parameters of the problem Hamiltonian in the problem-encoding configuration, the second short-range Hamiltonian a d-body Hamiltonian; measuring a portion of the plurality of qubits to obtain a read-out; and determining a solution to the computational problem from the read-out.
US12159194B2
The disclosure describes various aspects of a software-defined quantum computer. For example, a method is described for generating an intermediate representation of source code for a software-defined quantum computer. The method includes performing a lexical analysis on a high-level intermediate representation of a quantum programming language; performing semantic analysis on an output of the lexical analysis; and generating a mid-level intermediate representation of the quantum programming language based on an output of the semantic analysis.
US12159189B2
Scanners with wakeup systems are disclosed herein. An example scanner assembly includes a wakeup system having an infrared (IR) transmitter configured to project IR illumination through a window of the scanner and an IR receiver. The IR receiver has a second field-of-view (FOV) directed through the window that overlaps a first FOV of an imaging assembly of the scanner by at least 50% at the window and has a second central axis that is non-perpendicular to the window such that the second central axis is tilted downward from horizontal with the scanner assembly positioned in a vertical first configuration where the window is in a generally upright orientation. A controller of the scanner is configured to activate an illumination system when the IR receiver detects IR illumination reflected from an object in the second FOV of the IR receiver.
US12159188B1
Devices for improving user-interface (UI) controls in an imaging device are disclosed herein. In some embodiments, such imaging devices include a housing having an internal cavity and a window where a flange portion extending around some portion of the window includes touch-enabled UI controls positioned on an exterior surface. On a correspondingly opposite (interior) surface of the flange portion there exists a printed circuit board (PCB) with touch-sensors that correspond to the UI controls. To increase the efficacy of the touch-controls, a spring element is positioned behind the PCB to bias the PCB towards the rear surface of the interior surface of the flange portion and reduce and/or eliminate an air gap between said surface and the sensor(s) and/or the PCB.
US12159165B2
The invention relates to an electronic system, comprising components and/or units of various kind, hence the electronic system can be called a heterogeneous system and special interfaces therein between. The invented electronic system can be applied in the electric system digital control domain and in particular it is targeting (but not limited to) control of power train of pure electric or hybrid vehicle electric motors that require hard real time and safe control.
US12159156B2
A virtual machine placement system for placing a plurality of virtual machines on a first physical server and a second physical server in order to efficiently operate a physical server in which the plurality of virtual machines are installed is provided. The physical server includes the first physical server and the second physical server. The virtual machine placement system includes a workload calculation module; a prediction module; a temperature prediction module; a schedule module; and a migration module. The schedule module calculates a placement schedule considering a predicted temperature of the physical server.
US12159145B2
Context driven user interfaces for storage systems including receiving, from a user account, a request to access a system interface for a system; identifying at least one critical system characteristic that describes a current aspect of the system; reconfiguring the system interface based on the at least one critical system characteristic; and presenting the reconfigured system interface to a user of the user account.
US12159144B2
A USB device capable of accurately distinguishing an operating system of a mobile device. The USB device comprises: an initialization setting module (301), a receiving and determining module (302), a saving and determining module (303), a first setting module (304), an organizing and determining module (305), a second setting module (306), a system type determination module (307), a first organizing module (308), a second organizing module (309) and a sending module (310). The USB device can accurately distinguish whether an operating system of a mobile device is an iOS operating system or a non-iOS operating system. Depending on different operating system types that are distinguished, different configuration descriptors and preset interface descriptors are returned to the mobile device, such that a device type of the USB device itself is reported to the mobile device.
US12159140B2
An electronic device receives a single instruction to apply a neural network operation to a set of M-bit elements stored in one or more input vector registers to initiate a sequence of computational operations related to a neural network. In response to the single instruction, the electronic device implements the neural network operation on the set of M-bit elements to generate a set of P-bit elements by obtaining the set of M-bit elements from the one or more input vector registers, quantizing each of the set of M-bit elements from M bits to P bits, and packing the set of P-bit elements into an output vector register. P is smaller than M. In some embodiments, the neural network operation is a quantization operation including at least a multiplication with a quantization factor and an addition with a zero point.
US12159138B2
A hardware accelerator comprises a direct memory access (DMA) system and an array of processing elements (PEs). Each PE comprises two data inputs and two data outputs and can perform a selectable logical or arithmetic operation. The array comprises configurable interconnects for selectively connecting outputs of the PEs to inputs of the PEs. A first data buffer comprises two or more first-edge cyclic registers, for connecting the DMA system to selected data inputs at a first edge of the PE array. A second data buffer comprises two or more second-edge linear or cyclic shift registers, for connecting selected data outputs of a second edge of the PE array to the DMA system.
US12159136B2
A version control system implemented in software and executed by one or more processors that provides for change set integration for diverse types of objects. The system may be configured to handle a wide range of objects of different types committed to the version system by storing and/or versioning the objects, change sets, and complex relationships between objects and object dependencies. Unified support for development operations may be provided as assets under version control may optionally be deployed, rolled back, compared to a corresponding live environment, and tested thus providing for sophisticated development and operational cycles. The system provides automatic and/or semi-automatic object integration such as may be useful for continuous development and integration and feature based development.
US12159133B2
An information handling system includes a memory and a processor. The memory stores a current basic input/output system (BIOS) firmware image. During a regular boot mode of the information handling, the processor creates a first set of tables associated with the current BIOS firmware image, stores the first tables to the memory, and receives a BIOS firmware update image. During a BIOS update boot mode of the information handling system, the processor creates a second plurality of tables associated with the BIOS firmware update image, and compares the first and second tables. In response to a difference being determined between the first and second tables, the processor aborts the BIOS update boot mode and generate an error log.
US12159128B2
Computing systems, for example, multi-tenant systems deploy software artifacts in data centers created in a cloud platform using a cloud platform infrastructure language that is cloud platform independent. The system receives a declarative specification for creating a datacenter on a cloud platform. The system generates an aggregate pipeline comprising a hierarchy of pipelines. The system generates an aggregate deployment version map associating data center entities of the data center with versions of software artifacts targeted for deployment on the datacenter entities. The system collects a set of software artifacts according to the aggregate deployment version map. The system executes the aggregate pipeline in conjunction with the aggregate deployment version map to create the datacenter in accordance with the cloud platform independent declarative specification.
US12159121B2
An electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes an input unit configured to receive a voice or text, an output unit, and a processor. The processor is configured to determine context information, translate the received voice or text based on the context information, convert the translated voice or text, and output the converted voice or text using the output unit.
US12159109B2
Embodiments of the present invention provide systems, methods, and computer storage media for pre-training entity extraction models to facilitate domain adaptation in resource-constrained domains. In an example embodiment, a first machine learning model is used to encode sentences of a source domain corpus and a target domain corpus into sentence embeddings. The sentence embeddings of the target domain corpus are combined into a target corpus embedding. Training sentences from the source domain corpus within a threshold of similarity to the target corpus embedding are selected. A second machine learning model is trained on the training sentences selected from the source domain corpus.
US12159108B2
A method, computer system, and a computer program product for optimizing social collaboration is provided. The present invention may include identifying content within a social collaboration history with a high level of engagement. The present invention may include generating one or more groups of unique topic keywords based on the identified content. The present invention may include receiving a potential post from a user. The present invention may include identifying an overlap between the potential post and at least one of the one or more groups of unique topic keywords. The present invention may include providing one or more recommendations to the user.
US12159100B2
Techniques for obtaining electronic signatures via word processing applications are described. One approach utilizes a code module, also referred to as a “markup module,” that executes within a word processing application and that facilitates the preparation of a document for electronic signature. A user can operate the word processing application together with the markup module in order to add signature tag markers to the document and to provide recipient information about intended signers, such as names and email addresses. Once the document has been prepared, the code module transmits the document (including the added signature tag markers) and the recipient information to a digital transaction service. The digital transaction service then manages the signing of the document, such as by notifying the recipient, receiving the recipient's signature and securely storing the signature in association with the document.
US12159086B2
A device can perform device arbitration, even when the device is unable to communicate with a remote system over a wide area network (e.g., the Internet). Upon detecting a wakeword in an utterance, the device can wait a period of time for data to arrive at the device, which, if received, indicates to the device that another speech interface device in the environment detected an utterance. If the device receives data prior to the period of time lapsing, the device can determine the earliest-occurring wakeword based on multiple wakeword occurrence times, and may designate whichever device that detected the wakeword first as the designated device to perform an action with respect to the user speech. To account for differences in sound capture latency between speech interface devices, a pre-calculated time offset value can be applied to wakeword occurrence time(s) during device arbitration.
US12159083B2
A multimedia system is provided. The multimedia system includes a plurality of transmission devices and a receiving-end device. Multiple transmission devices respectively has a microphone. The receiving-end device is coupled to the transmission devices. When the microphone of one of the transmission devices is enabled, the receiving-end device outputs at least one control signal to at least another one of the transmission devices to disable the microphone of the at least another one of the transmission devices.
US12159082B2
The present invention is an electronic apparatus including a processor module including an operation mode in which a predetermined control program is executed by receiving supply of an operation clock, and a stop mode that is stopped without receiving supply of the operation clock, a user interface unit that detects a touch operation by a user and outputs an operation signal sequence corresponding to the detected touch operation, and a command detection unit that detects a command corresponding to the touch operation on the basis of the output operation signal sequence. The command detection unit performs, in a case of having detected the command in a case where the processor module is in the stop mode, control so that the processor module shifts from the stop mode to the operation mode.
US12159080B2
An electronic device may include control circuitry that allows a user to listen to audio playing from an external speaker in the environment from the user's personal speaker device such as a pair of headphones, earbuds, or a personal loudspeaker. In response to receiving user input, the control circuitry may gather audio input from the environment with a microphone. The control circuitry may process the detected audio input to identify what audio track is currently playing from the external speaker and to determine which part of the audio track is currently playing. The control circuitry may then start playing the identified audio track from the user's personal speaker device in sync with the audio track playing from the external speaker. The electronic device may search music streaming platforms, public radio station information, and other public music content sources to anticipate and buffer upcoming songs.
US12159075B1
Printing operations may use a hot folder. The hot folder includes printing instructions that are applied to print jobs within the hot folder. A file for the print job is stored in the hot folder. More than one file can be retained. Modifications to the file are made while it is within the hot folder, if allowed. Once processing of the file for printing operations is complete, the file is removed from the hot folder.
US12159072B2
An information processing apparatus capable of providing address information of a line desired by a user. The information processing apparatus causes the user to select a line corresponding to the address information to be set in the near field wireless communication information, and sets the address information of the selected line in the near field wireless communication information, so as to transmit the near field wireless communication information, in which the address information of the line desired by the user is set, by near field wireless communication.
US12159064B2
A printing device includes a mount portion, a printer, a display, and a controller. In the mount portion, a consumable is capable of being mounted. The printer is configured to print an image on a printing medium by using the consumable mounted on the mount portion. The controller performs a first display process to display on the display first type-identification information identifying a first consumable. The controller performs, in a case that a prescribed agreement for a subscription is established, a second display process to display on the display second type-identification information identifying a second consumable supported under the prescribed agreement.
US12159055B1
As one aspect of the present disclosure, an electronic device is disclosed. The device may include a controller configured to be connected with a host processor and a memory, wherein the controller may be further configured to collect access information indicative of access of the host processor to the memory, and calculate tiering information indicative of accessibility of the host processor to each of a plurality of data units stored in the memory based on the access information.
US12159052B2
A method of performing replication recovery operation in a disaggregated distributed storage system (DDSS) includes identifying an affected storage node included in the storage pool based on an occurrence of one or more predetermined conditions; selecting at least one replacement storage node from among one or more storage nodes included in the storage pool to recover replication data stored in the affected storage node; selecting at least one controller for performing a replication recovery operation from among one or more controllers included in the controller pool; and assigning one or more replication recovery jobs to the at least one controller; and receiving, by the replication recovery device, a notification from the at least one controller based on the one or more replication recovery jobs being completed.
