US12185246B2
Provided are a wake up signal sending method and apparatus, a wake up signal receiving method and apparatus, a base station, a terminal and a storage medium. The number of groups corresponding to a WUS and position information about the WUS are configured. Then, a first sequence corresponding to the WUS is sent in a resource position corresponding to the position information. This implements the configuration and sending of a group wake up signal, and avoids unnecessary PDCCH detection processes of a terminal, thereby reducing the power consumption of the terminal effectively.
US12185242B2
A user equipment and a control method therefor, and a computer readable storage medium. The method comprises: after configured secondary cells are activated, receiving downlink control information that is transmitted by means of a specific cell; based on the received downlink control information, determining, in the activated secondary cells, the secondary cell that needs to monitor a PDCCH; and over the secondary cell that needs to monitor the PDCCH, monitoring the PDCCH. By applying the scheme, the power consumption of the user equipment can be further reduced.
US12185237B2
Aspects related to application based routing of data packets is described. In an example, a method for enabling application based routing of data packets includes retrieving, by a client device, a prioritized list of client application parameters to process data packets from at least one client application. The prioritized list is generated based on application support capabilities of the client device. The method includes transmitting client parameters to a network server to create at least one multi-path proxy (MPP) instance. Each MPP instance of the at least one MPP instance is configured to aggregate and route data packets to a pre-defined core network link. The method further includes receiving identification information pertaining to the at least one MPP instance from the network server. Based on the identification information, the prioritized list is assigned to the at least one MPP instance to process data packets from at least one client application.
US12185236B2
A network function receives, from a radio access network (RAN), a message indicating a wireless device identifier of a wireless device, one or more requested network slices requested by the wireless device, isolation of the one or more requested network slices from one or more other network slices, and access and mobility management function (AMF) discovery. The network function sends, to a unified data management (UDM), a subscriber data request message indicating the wireless device identifier and the one or more requested network slices. The network function receives, from the UDM, a subscriber data response message indicating one or more allowed network slices that the wireless device is allowed to access. The network function determines, based on the network slice isolation information, an address of an AMF that serves the one or more allowed network slices and does not serve the one or more other network slices.
US12185234B2
The disclosure is addressing the 3GPP and GSMA requirements for compatibility restrictions between certain network slices. It proposes solutions for management, control and enforcement of the constraints for simultaneous usage of certain network slices in the UE (3) and in the network. This allows for different level of isolation between the network slices leading to improved security and integrity in the data exchange.
US12185226B2
Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described. The described techniques relate to an early indication, from a base station to a user equipment (UE), that may allow the UE to determine from the first symbol of a synchronization signal block (SSB) if the system information associated with the SSB is intended for the UE. Thus, when the UE receives the indication that the system information is dedicated to the UE, the UE may determine to receive and decode the remaining synchronization signal block, a master information block, a set of control resources, a downlink control channel, and a downlink shared channel to receive the system information. In some cases, the UE may determine that the system information is generic and end decoding during reception of the SSB to conserve computational resources by avoiding unnecessary decoding.
US12185225B2
In some examples, a first wireless device transmits, within a first band designated for vehicle-related communications, service information for a service, the service information comprising information of a channel in a second band for communication of data of the service, the second band being outside of the first band.
US12185224B2
The technology relates to a wireless communication apparatus and a wireless communication method for enabling a wireless terminal station to easily select an appropriate connection destination from among a plurality of wireless base stations. A first wireless communication apparatus includes a communication section configured to transmit to a wireless terminal station a broadcast signal including network connection information regarding a wireless communication system having a plurality of base stations communicating with each other, the first wireless communication apparatus functioning as one of the plurality of wireless base stations. A second wireless communication apparatus includes a communication section configured to receive a broadcast signal including network connection information regarding a wireless communication system, from a plurality of wireless base stations constituting the wireless communication system and communicating with one another, the second wireless communication apparatus functioning as a wireless terminal station. The technology may be applied to wireless communication systems in accordance with the IEEE 802.11 standard, for example.
US12185221B2
A wireless communication system includes a plurality of base stations to which one or more terminal stations are connectable, and a base station control device controlling each of the plurality of base stations. The base station control device includes an information collection unit collecting connection information regarding the terminal stations connected to the base stations from each of the base stations, a list generation unit generating a white list indicating the terminal stations allowed to be connected to the base stations for each of the base stations based on the connection information, and a transmission unit configured to transmit the white list to each of the base stations. Each of the base stations includes a reception unit receiving the white list, and a setting unit performing setting so as to allow or inhibit connection of each of the terminal stations to the base station based on the received white list.
US12185214B2
The technologies described herein are generally directed to using portable situational awareness equipment with communication resources deployed to facilitate communications at a remote incident area, in a fifth generation (5G) network or other next generation networks. For example, a method described herein can include identifying a remote incident area associated with an incident. The method can further include, based on the incident, estimating a deployment location for portable network equipment within the remote incident area, resulting in an estimated deployment location. Further, the method can include, based on the estimated deployment location and estimated signal propagation at locations within the remote incident area, selecting a placement location for communication equipment to facilitate communication with the portable network equipment.
US12185176B2
In a wireless communication network implementing network slicing (NS), an Initial Access and Mobility Management Function (AMF) for a user equipment (UE) in one NS is able to re-allocate a UE to a Target AMF in a different NS, despite not being able to directly communicate with the Target AMF due to NS security restrictions. In a first embodiment, the Initial AMF transfers the UE context—including its security context—to a Default AMF. The Default AMF has the capability to communicate with network functions in different NSes. The Default AMF transfers the UE context to the Target AMF. In a second embodiment, a security key Kamf′ is horizontally derived in a manner that avoids NS security conflicts. The derived key is transferred to the UE and Target AMF, which establish a security context. In a third embodiment, the Initial AMF allocates a Token, and transfers it, along with the UE security context (directly or via RAN) to the Default AMF. The Default AMF then transfers the security context to the Target AMF.
US12185175B2
Systems, methods, apparatuses, and computer program products for a service-centric mobility-based traffic steering.
US12185165B2
The present disclosure relates to communication methods and network devices. In one example method, a first network device receives a first message sent by a second network device, where the first message is used to notify whether the first network device configures a default data radio bearer (DRB), and the first network device and the second network device are network devices that provide a multi-connectivity service for a same terminal device. The first network device determines, based on the first message, whether to configure the default DRB.
US12185163B2
Various embodiments herein provide techniques for integrated access and backhaul (IAB) nodes. For example, embodiments include techniques associated with: rate-proportional routing for network coding; utilizing multiple routes in IAB networks; user equipment (UE) and parent selection for efficient topology in IAB networks; establishing efficient IAB topologies; and/or adaptive coded-forwarding for network coding. Other embodiments may be described and claimed.
US12185159B2
An apparatus and method for transmitting data of vehicle communication (V2X) services and a communication system. The apparatus includes: a first generating unit configured in a media access control (MAC) layer of the terminal equipment and configured to generate at least one protocol data unit (PDU) in a mode identical to a transmission mode to which a service data unit (SDU) contained in a PDU corresponds; and a first transmitting unit configured in the MAC layer and configured to transmit the PDU to a physical layer of the terminal equipment, and notify the transmission mode to which the PDU corresponds to the physical layer. This disclosure facilitates the physical layer to transmit data in a corresponding transmission mode. The terminal equipment may determine the transmission mode or set the transmission mode according to the indication information, and layers of the terminal equipment perform corresponding processing.
US12185154B2
A multiplex transmission method and apparatus in a multi-link wireless LAN are disclosed. An operating method of a first device comprises the steps of: setting a first link linked with a second device and a first service; setting a second link linked with the second device and a second service; and performing communication with the second device by using the first link and/or the second link. Therefore, the performance of a communication system can be improved.
US12185153B2
Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communication are described. A network node may determine a first time location associated with a peak in data traffic for multiple devices in communication with a communications network including the network node. The network node may determine a second time location for the peak in the data traffic for a subset of the devices based on a threshold for an overall peak in data traffic for the multiple devices. The network node may transmit a signal that indicates the second time location for the peak in the data traffic for the subset of devices. The network node may communicate the data with the subset of devices based on the signal indicating the second time location.
US12185141B2
This disclosure relates to method and system for generating spatial data maps corresponding to a centralized wireless network. The method includes receiving in real-time, network data from each of a plurality of data sources through one or more user space applications; computing in convenient time frame, derived information based on the network data and geographical location of data source; iteratively evaluating the derived information for each of plurality of data points in network data span with missing information through kriging interpolation technique to obtain continuous derived information; for each of data point with missing information in previous iterations, comparing the derived information of current iteration step with the derived information at previous iteration steps to obtain trust score; and generating spatial data map based on geographical location of each of the plurality of data sources and at least one of the continuous derived information and the trust score.
US12185139B2
Apparatus and methods are provided for port selection codebook configuration. A user equipment (UE) may decode a channel state information (CSI) report configuration (CSI-ReportConfig) from a base station. The CSI-ReportConfig configuring a port selection codebook comprising a port selection matrix W1, a combinational coefficient matrix W2, and a frequency basis selection matrix Wf. Based on the CSI-ReportConfig, the determines, for the port selection matrix W1, up to L CSI reference signal (CSI-RS) ports out of P CSI-RS ports configured for measuring and reporting CSI. For the frequency basis selection matrix Wf, the UE determines up to Mv frequency basis out of N frequency basis. For the combinational coefficient matrix W2, the UE determines up to L*Mv entries per layer. The UE reports one or more of the port selection matrix W1, the combinational coefficient matrix W2, and the frequency basis selection matrix Wf to the base station.
US12185135B2
Physical network function device access control is performed by detecting a communication failure between a Physical Network Function (PNF) device and a network maintenance server through a network, enabling a passive wireless receiver in response to detecting the communication failure, receiving an access request signal with the passive wireless receiver representing a request for access to the PNF device, and enabling, in response to validating the request for access, a wireless transceiver to establish communication with the PNF device.
US12185131B2
A market parameter optimization system identifies optimized parameters for software associated with a telecommunication network market and causes the software to be configured based on the optimized parameters. The market parameter optimization system receives an indication of a telecommunication network market and one or more attributes of the telecommunication network market. The market parameter optimization system identifies one or more optimized parameters for software associated with the telecommunication network market based on the attributes of the telecommunication network market. The market parameter optimization system causes at least a portion of the software associated with the telecommunication network market to be configured based on the one or more attributes.
US12185128B2
The present disclosure provides a method and device in a node for wireless communications. A node first receives a first signaling in a first time-frequency resource set, and the first signaling and a first reference signal resource are QCL; then receives a MAC-layer control unit, the MAC-layer control unit is used to indicate a second reference signal resource; and receives a second signaling in a second time-frequency resource set, and receives a second signal in a third time-frequency resource set; the first reference signal resource is associated with a first PCI, and the second reference signal resource is associated with a second PCI; the second signaling is used to indicate the third time-frequency resource set; the second signaling and the second reference signal resource are QCL. The application improves the method and device for updating TCI state under M-TRP to optimize the system performance.
US12185117B2
An unlicensed band information transmission method includes: receiving indication information; and obtaining an actual ending position of a transmission according to the indication information, wherein the actual ending position is located at an end position of a reference time domain symbol, or the actual end position is located inside the reference time domain symbol.
US12185107B2
A method and device for a second User Equipment (UE). In one embodiment, the second UE establishes a unicast link with a first UE. Furthermore, the second UE is not allowed to initiate a direct link identifier update procedure or a direct link modification procedure if at least the second UE is performing any direct link re-keying procedure triggered by the first UE for the unicast link.
US12185097B2
This application provides a method of controlling a location acquisition, a user terminal and a device, which relates to the field of communication technologies, so as to increase the flexibility of location services, and to save the overheads of a terminal and a network. The method includes: determining whether a predetermined condition is satisfied; in the case that the predetermined condition is satisfied, sending control information configured to control a relevant behavior of acquiring a location of the user terminal.
US12185092B2
In one embodiment, a method comprises: registering, by a root network device in a low power and lossy network, a constrained network device that is reachable within the low power and lossy network; obtaining, by the root network device, executable code associated with execution of a network service operation by the constrained network device; receiving a data packet from a source device and destined for the constrained network device; and causing execution on the data packet, by the root network device, of the network service operation on behalf of the constrained network device in response to reception of the data packet.
US12185091B2
A communications system switching method and a terminal device establish, by the terminal device, a connection to a first communications system, run a first application, obtain a QoS value of a second communications system, determine based on a preset policy and a QoS requirement of the first application, whether the QoS value of the second communications system meets the QOS requirement of the first application. When the QoS value of the second communications system meets the QOS requirement of the first application, the terminal device disconnects from the first communications system and establishes a connection to the second communications system.
US12185084B2
An apparatus including circuitry configured to: receive a spatial audio signal, the spatial audio signal including at least one audio signal and spatial metadata associated with the at least one audio signal; obtain a room effect control indication; and determine, based on the room effect control indication, whether a room effect is to be applied to the at least one audio signal, wherein the circuitry is configured, when the room effect is to be applied to the spatial audio signal, to: generate a first part binaural audio signal based on the at least one audio signal and spatial metadata; generate a second part binaural audio signal based on the at least one audio signal, at least the second part binaural audio signal is generated with at least in part the room effect so as to have a different response than a response of the first part binaural audio signal; and combine the first part binaural audio signal and the second part binaural audio signal to generate a combined binaural audio signal.
US12185077B2
Audio content coded for a reference speaker configuration is downmixed to downmix audio content coded for a specific speaker configuration. One or more gain adjustments are performed on individual portions of the downmix audio content coded for the specific speaker configuration. Loudness measurements are then performed on the individual portions of the downmix audio content. An audio signal that comprises the audio content coded for the reference speaker configuration and downmix loudness metadata is generated. The downmix loudness metadata is created based at least in part on the loudness measurements on the individual portions of the downmix audio content.
US12185075B1
A miniature loudspeaker includes an outer shell, a magnetic circuit assembly including an inner-ring magnetic circuit unit and an outer-ring magnetic circuit unit with an annular gap formed therebetween, a voice coil and a diaphragm. The outer shell is provided with a positioning column which defines a hollow channel, and a hollow tuning hole is defined in the bottom of the outer shell corresponding to the hollow channel. Multiple circumferential tuning holes are defined at the bottom of the outer shell and communicated with the annular gap to form a tuning channel. The voice coil includes a winding located in the annular gap and between the middle magnets of the inner-ring magnetic circuit unit and the outer-ring magnetic circuit unit. The hollow channel directly faces the diaphragm and forms another tuning channel together with the diaphragm.
US12185069B2
Systems and methods for audio signal generation may be provided. A method may include obtaining first audio data collected by a bone conduction sensor; and obtaining second audio data collected by an air conduction sensor, the first audio data and the second audio data representing a speech of a user, with differing frequency component. The method may also include generating, based on the first audio data and the second audio data, third audio data, wherein frequency components of the third audio data higher than a frequency point increase with respect to frequency components of the first audio data higher than the first frequency point.
US12185067B2
Aspects of the subject technology relate to electronic devices having speakers. An electronic device may include speaker control circuitry for a speaker. The speaker control circuitry may include multiple parallel prediction blocks that share a single look-ahead delay, and that feed, in parallel, a single controller. The single controller can generate a joint modification to an audio signal based on the parallel outputs of the prediction blocks. The joint modification can then be applied to the audio signal to generate a speaker-protection audio signal that can be output by the speaker. The speaker control circuitry may also include a system modeler that models the speaker system of the electronic device based on feedback measured physical characteristics. In this way, a reduced control safety margin can be achieved by more accurate model predictors, which can allow the controller to safely drive the speaker system to its full capability.
US12185064B2
An electrically or partially electrically driven vehicle has a system (1) for active sound design. Active sound design sounds emitted by one or more loudspeakers (5) are modified depending on the driver type and/or depending on the current driving style. The system (1) has at least one sensor for recording measurement parameters (2) that permit a classification of a current driving style and/or a driver type of a driver of the vehicle. The device (1) has a classification device (3) that is configured to determine the current driving style and/or driver type of the driver of the vehicle based on the measurement parameters (2) recorded by the at least one sensor. The system (1) has a sound control system for controlling and modifying the sounds emitted by the loudspeakers (5) based on the current driving style and/or driver type classified by the classification device (3).
US12185063B2
A wireless charger for a hearing assistance device can include a microphone and a wireless charging circuit. The microphone is configured to receive a wireless communication, including data, in an audio frequency range from a speaker built into a hearing assistance device. The hearing assistance device is configured to amplify sound into a user's ear. The wireless charging circuit of the wireless charger is configured to act as a wireless data transmitter to transmit wireless data in an ultrasonic frequency range, via a charging coil, to the hearing assistance device.
US12185057B2
A speaker structure and an electronic device are provided, belonging to the technical field of communications devices. The speaker structure includes a speaker housing and a sounding portion. The speaker housing is provided with an inner cavity. The inner cavity has a closed end and an open end. The sounding portion is disposed in the inner cavity. A sounding surface of the sounding portion faces the open end. At least part of the speaker housing is an electro-deformation structural part. The speaker housing switches between a first shape, a second shape, and a third shape in a case that the speaker housing is powered on. A sounding direction of the speaker structure is a first direction in a case that the speaker housing is in the first shape. The sounding direction of the speaker structure is a second direction in a case that the speaker housing is in the second shape. The sounding direction of the speaker structure is a third direction in a case that the speaker housing is in the third shape. The first direction, the second direction, and the third direction are different directions.
US12185054B2
A loudspeaker device includes a speaker component, a first microphone element, and a second microphone element. The speaker component includes an earphone core and a core housing. The first microphone element is disposed on a first branch circuit board of a circuit board. The second microphone element is disposed on a second branch circuit board of the circuit board. The circuit board is configured to electrically connect to an audio signal wire, a first auxiliary signal wire, and a second auxiliary signal wire of an external control circuit. The audio signal wire, the first auxiliary signal wire, and the second auxiliary signal wire are electrically and respectively connected to the earphone core, the first microphone element, and the second microphone element through the circuit board. A board surface of the second branch circuit board is tilt with respect to a board surface of the first branch circuit board.
US12185048B2
An earphone charger includes an earphone seat fixedly disposed with two charging resilient pieces for respectively abutting against positive and negative conductive strips of a BLUETOOTH earphone, and with an anti-disengagement component preventing the earphone from disengaging from the charging resilient pieces during charging. The charging resilient pieces extend obliquely thereby a distance therebetween gradually decreases along an insertion direction of the earphone. The charger can charge BLUETOOTH earphones of various generations and a working process is that: the earphone is moved to the earphone seat, the charging resilient pieces are deformed laterally under the pressing of the earphone, and then the positive and negative conductive strips abut against the two charging resilient pieces, and moreover, the earphone is tightly attached to the charging resilient pieces through the anti-disengagement component to achieve continuous charging. After the charging, the earphone is removed and the charging resilient pieces can rapidly rebound.
US12185047B2
The present disclosure provides a wearable component. The wearable component includes a first carrier and a first electronic component at least partially embedded within the first carrier. The first carrier and the first electronic component define a space configured for audio transmission. An ear tip and a method of manufacturing a wearable component are also provided.
US12185046B1
An ear supported audio device may comprise a cylindrical device housing configured hang from a top helix of a user's ear, the device housing including an inner wall, an outer wall, and a side wall extending between the inner wall and the outer wall. A speaker is attached to an interior side of the outer wall of the device housing, and a cutout forming an ear receiving slot is provided within the inner wall and bottom portion of the side wall. In one embodiment, a speaker pad may be provided on a side of the speaker facing the user's ear to block frequency for user comfort and ear health.
US12185042B2
A dual-axis swivel speaker mount assembly includes a base section for attachment to a supporting object, a central section, a speaker section for direct/indirect attachment to a speaker, a first pivot assembly pivotably connecting the base section and the central section, a second pivot assembly pivotably connecting the central section to the speaker section, and two to four securing assemblies for selectively securing the pivot assemblies against rotation.
US12185041B2
A sound radiation apparatus includes a speaker, a first cover having an opening area provided to be superposed above at least a sound radiation port of the speaker and made up of multiple opening portions at a location superposed above the speaker, a second cover superposed on a front side of the first cover while surrounding the opening area of the first cover, and a saran net covering the first cover and a front side of the second cover and bonded to the second cover, wherein the second cover and the saran net are bonded together at an area on the second member excluding a portion surrounding the opening area of the first cover with a first adhesive and an area on the second cover surrounding the opening area of the first cover with a second adhesive having a higher bonding strength than that of the first adhesive.
US12185037B2
An optical interconnection assembly for a Spine-and-Leaf network is disclosed. The optical interconnection assembly has Spine multi-fiber optical connectors and Leaf multi-fiber optical connectors. The Spine optical connectors of the interconnection assembly are optically connected to multi-fiber connectors of Spine switches via Spine patch cords. The leaf multi-fiber connectors are optically connected to Leaf multi-fiber connectors of Leaf switches via Leaf patch cords. An array of simplex fiber optic cables in said interconnection assembly serve to optically connect every Spine multi-fiber connector to every Leaf multi-fiber connector so that every Spine switch is optically connected to every Leaf switch. The optical interconnection assembly facilitates network Spine-and-Leaf interconnections and the ability to scale-out the network by installing additional assemblies, Leaf switches, and Spine switches.
US12185035B2
Provided are techniques, devices and systems that enable updating of a reportable parameter table database when a reconfigured optical communication path is formed by switching performed by a branching unit in an undersea optical communication transmission system. A processor may obtain system attributes of each respective segment of a number of segments of the reconfigured optical communication path from a first end point to a second endpoint. The system attributes of each respective segment of the number of segments may be evaluated from the first end point to the second endpoint of the reconfigured optical communication path. A reportable parameter table may be generated based on the evaluated system attributes that includes a listing of operational and structural parameters of system from the first endpoint to the second endpoint of the reconfigured optical communication path.
US12185029B2
An image transmission method performed by instructions in an image transmission device including a processor and a memory storing the instructions executable by the processor includes, receiving a video, recognizing an object from the received video, generating metadata of the recognized object, calculating a score of the recognized object using the generated metadata; selecting the recognized object as a main object when the score exceeds a reference value, transmitting the metadata on the selected main object, and transmitting one of an image frame including the main object in the video and a best shot cropped from the image frame.
US12185021B2
A method performed by an electronic device for generating a slow motion video includes obtaining plural image frames captured at a frame rate from a camera of the electronic device, detecting motion information in a first image frame from among the plural image frames, and performing an interpolation operation using one or more image frames from among the plural image frames. The one or more image frames are image frames obtained during a predetermined time after the first image frame in which the motion information is detected. A second image frame obtained before the first image frame in which the motion information is detected is discarded from the electronic device. A third image frame obtained after the predetermined time from the first image frame in which the motion information is detected is discarded from the electronic device.
US12185016B2
An imaging apparatus comprises an image pickup unit, a cutout image generation unit for cutting out a specified area in a pickup image taken by the image pickup unit to generate a cutout image enlarged at a specified magnification, an image display unit for displaying one or both of the pickup image taken by the image pickup unit and the cutout image generated by the cutout image generation unit, a display image control unit for controlling a method of displaying an image the image display unit displays, a manual focus operation unit for the user to control through manual operation the focus position of the image pickup unit, and a manual zoom operation unit for the user to control the zoom magnification of the image pickup unit.
US12185015B2
An image processing device includes a rotation processor and an image processor. The rotation processor receives an input image and generates a temporary image according to the input image. The image processor is coupled to the rotation processor and outputs a processed image according to the temporary image, wherein the image processor has a predetermined image processing width, a width of the input image is larger than the predetermined image processing width, and a width of the temporary image is less than the predetermined image processing width.
US12185009B2
Provided is an image sensor including: a pixel section configured to include a plurality of pixels arranged therein; and an AD conversion unit configured to perform analog-to-digital (AD) conversion on a pixel signal on the basis of a result of comparison between a first voltage of a signal, which is obtained by adding, via capacitances, the pixel signal of the pixel and a reference signal that linearly changes in a direction opposite to the pixel signal, with a second voltage serving as a reference.
US12185001B1
A method and a system for optimizing sampling of short-wave infrared detector relate to the technical field of image processing. The method includes: enabling the multiple integrating readout function of the short-wave infrared detector; performing n integrating imaging on a target region by using a multiple integrating readout camera, subtracting a first frame image from all images to obtain n images within one integrating period; determining the correction coefficient sequence based on the integrating capacitor, the sampling capacitor, and the sampling sequence; carrying out multiplication correction respectively on the n images in sequence according to a one-to-one correspondence mode of the sampling sequence of the n images and the correction coefficient sequence order of the n images to obtain n corrected images; and performing line fitting on the corrected n images to obtain the algorithm output values for each pixel of the processed images.
US12184994B2
The present invention relates to an image sensing device, including: an image sensing array, a conversion unit, and a processing circuit. The image sensing array is used to generate sensing signals of different periods. The conversion unit is used to convert the sensing signals from analog to digital. The processing circuit is used to generate a frame during an image capturing operation. The image sensing array includes a plurality of sensing sub-pixels, and the sensing sub-pixels have a sensing circuit and a storage circuit. The sensing circuit generates the sensing signals and sequentially stores the sensing signal in the storage circuit. The storage circuit sequentially outputs the sensing signals to the conversion unit.
US12184982B2
An apparatus for autonomous form factor control of a foldable mobile device includes a processor that determines a current form factor of the foldable mobile device and senses a forward motion or a backward motion of a subject within a field of view of a camera of the device. In response to forward motion of a user, the processor raises a pointing elevation angle of the camera to maintaining the user within the field of view by autonomously controlling the hinge angle between the first device housing and the second device housing of the foldable mobile device and in response to backward motion the processor lowers the pointing elevation angle by autonomously using shape memory actuators to control the hinge angle in the direction determined based on the form factor.
US12184980B2
A Tele folded camera operative to compensate for an undesired rotational motion of a handheld electronic device that includes such a camera, wherein the compensation depends on the undesired rotational motion and on a point of view of the Tele folded camera.
US12184977B2
An image stabilization apparatus comprises a motion vector detector that detects a motion vector from images repeatedly output from an image sensor; a first calculator that calculates a first image stabilization coefficient based on the motion vector; a second calculator that calculates a second image stabilization coefficient based on acceleration of shake of an image capturing apparatus; a determination unit that selects either of the first or the second image stabilization coefficient based on information about accuracy of detection of the motion vector; and a translational shake calculator that calculates an amount of translational shake using the first or the second image stabilization coefficient selected by the determination unit. In a case where the information indicates that the accuracy is low, the determination unit selects the second image stabilization coefficient, and select the first image stabilization coefficient otherwise.
US12184973B2
Methods for transmitting asynchronous event data via synchronous communications interfaces (and associated imaging systems) are disclosed herein. In one embodiment, an imager comprises an array of event vision pixels, a synchronous communications transmitter configured to transmit frames of data to a synchronous communications receiver, and a timer configured to indicate when a threshold amount of time has elapsed. The pixels can generate event data based on activity within an external scene. The imager can be configured to insert available event data into a payload of the current frame during a first time period before the frame timer indicates that the threshold amount of time has elapsed, pad the payload with dummy data during a second time period after the frame timer indicates that the threshold amount of time has elapsed, and transmit (using the synchronous communications transmitter) the current frame of data to the synchronous communications receiver.
US12184964B2
One embodiment provides a method, the method including: capturing, utilizing at least one image capture device coupled to an information handling device, video image data of a user; identifying, utilizing a gesture detection system and within the video image data, a location of hands of the user in relation to a gesture zone; and performing, utilizing the gesture detection system and based upon the location of the hands of the user in relation to the gesture zone, an action, wherein the producing the framed video stream comprises performing an action based upon the location of the hands of the user in relation to the gesture zone. Other aspects are claimed and described.
US12184959B2
An imaging device according to the present disclosure includes a housing, a lens unit, a heater, an imaging unit, a temperature sensor, and a heater control unit. The lens unit is attached to the housing. The heater is provided in the lens unit. The imaging unit, the temperature sensor, and the heater control unit are housed in the housing. The imaging unit outputs an optical image formed by a light flux transmitted through the lens unit as an image signal. The heater control unit controls the heater in accordance with a temperature detection value by the temperature sensor.
US12184956B2
An imaging device includes a pixel array including a 4×4 grouping of pixel circuits. The 4×4 grouping of pixel circuits includes four rows and four columns of the pixel array. A plurality of bitlines includes a first bitline, a second bitline, a third bitline, and a fourth bitline. Each one of the first, second, third, and fourth bitlines is coupled to a respective four pixel circuits in the 4×4 grouping of pixel circuits. Each one of the first, second, third, and fourth bitlines is coupled to all four of the rows and to all four of the columns of the 4×4 grouping of pixel circuits.
US12184946B2
The technology relates to sequential or tailored delivery of advertising content across a plurality of media conduits. The invention achieves sequential story telling for advertising campaigns in place of single-series advertising, by delivering over a period of several sessions on a variety of devices. An advertiser can air a campaign on a consumer individual's cell phone device, continue the second portion of the campaign via a desktop browser session, and conclude with the third portion of the campaign on the individual's OTT device. The technology provides advanced controls over targeting and scheduling with high precision.
US12184944B1
Systems and methods for addressing a corrupted segment in a media asset. The media guidance application determines that a segment of a media asset is corrupted. The media guidance application determines whether a retrieval period to retrieve an uncorrupted copy of the segment exceeds a threshold period. If the retrieval period does not exceed the threshold period, the media guidance application retrieves and generates for display the uncorrupted copy of the segment. If the retrieval period exceeds the threshold period, the media guidance application determines whether an importance level of the corrupted segment exceeds a threshold level. If the importance level exceeds the threshold level, the media guidance application generates for display a summary for the corrupted segment. If the importance level does not exceed the threshold level, the media guidance application generates for display the subsequent segment and the summary for the corrupted segment in an overlay.
US12184943B2
Systems and methods for providing multimedia content from one process or component to another process or component over an unsecured connection are provided. One embodiment includes obtaining the cryptographic information, extracting the at least partially encrypted video data from the container file to create an elementary bitstream, enciphering the cryptographic information, inserting the cryptographic information in the elementary bitstream, providing the elementary bitstream to a video decoder, extracting the cryptographic information from the elementary bitstream at the video decoder, deciphering the cryptographic information, decrypting the elementary bitstream with the cryptographic information and decoding the elementary bitstream for rendering on a display device using the video decoder.
US12184941B2
Embodiments of the present disclosure provide a live streaming interface display method, a device, an electronic device, and a storage medium. The live streaming interface display method is applied to a terminal device and the terminal device accesses a live streaming room. The method includes: determining at least one piece of popular comment content in the live streaming room in a current counting period; and distinguishingly displaying, on a live streaming interface of the live streaming room, the popular comment content and real-time comment content in the live streaming room.
US12184940B2
This application provides a bullet-screen comment display method. The method includes: obtaining a bullet-screen comment list corresponding to a media resource based on a playback request of the media resource; determining a target bullet-screen comment quantity of the media resource in each unit of time based on a release time of a target bullet-screen comment in the bullet-screen comment list; calculating a wave peak moment of the target bullet-screen comment based on the target bullet-screen comment quantity in each unit of time; processing the target bullet-screen comment in the bullet-screen comment list based on the wave peak moment; and in response to determining that the media resource is played, returning a processed bullet-screen comment list to display a bullet-screen comment in the processed bullet-screen comment list in a playback process of the media resource.
US12184939B2
A mobile software application implementing “live events,” via which a host of the event may sequentially offer one, two, three, four or more items to a plurality of guests in the event (e.g., via auction, via direct purchase, or via a giveaway). The host's device may obtain and transmit a real-time video stream, which is in turn provided to each guest's device in conjunction with real-time information about the item(s) being offered. Particular techniques further assist the host in sequencing two or more items to be offered in the same live event, thereby avoiding delays and cumbersome user interface interactions that might otherwise be involved in initiating the offering of a next item upon concluding an offering of a previous item.
US12184937B2
Apparatuses and methods related to a voice recognition system, a voice recognition server and a control method of a display apparatus, are provided. More particularly, apparatuses and methods relate to a voice recognition system which performs a voice recognition function by using at least one of a current usage status with respect to the display apparatus and a function that is currently performed by the display apparatus. A voice recognition system includes: a voice receiver which receives a voice command; and a controller which determines at least one from among a current usage status with respect to a display apparatus and a function currently performed by the display apparatus, determines an operation corresponding to the received voice command by using at least one from among the determined current usage status and the function currently performed by the display apparatus, and performs the determined operation.
US12184935B2
Aspects of the present disclose involve a method, a device, and a system comprising a processor and a machine-readable storage medium storing at a set of instructions for identification and authentication of user profiles associated with a digital television system and displaying information related thereto. In example embodiments, the method includes identifying a user profile registered with a content presentation device based on received identification data that includes biometric data. The method further includes receiving, from a server, identifiers of a set of recently watched channels associated with the user profile and causing presentation of a recent channels interface that includes selectable elements corresponding to the set of recently watched channels.
US12184931B2
An artificial intelligence information processing device that generates information about a scene according to artificial intelligence is provided. The artificial intelligence information processing device includes a gaze degree estimation unit configured to estimate a degree of gaze of a user who is watching content according to artificial intelligence on the basis of sensor information, an acquisition unit configured to acquire a video of a scene at which the user gazes in the content and information about the content on the basis of an estimation result of the gaze degree estimation unit, and a scene information estimation unit configured to estimate information about the scene at which the user gazes according to artificial intelligence on the basis of the video of the scene at which the user gazes and the information about the content.
US12184921B2
A content projection method and device related to the field of screen projection technologies are provided. The method includes: The third electronic device plays second content; an NFC chip of the third electronic device touches or approaches an NFC chip of the first electronic device; the third electronic device receives connection status information sent by the first electronic device; and the third electronic device projects the second content to the second electronic device based on the connection status information.
US12184912B2
A system is provided for allowing temporary access to subscriber content through a network appliance. The system includes a server application residing on a platform server, an appliance application residing on the network appliance, and a mobile application residing on a mobile device. The server application determines the location of each of the network appliance and the mobile device. If they are within a set distance of one another, the server application allows for the temporary access to, and display of a subscriber's content on the network appliance. The server appliance can transmit a code to the network appliance, which the user then inputs into the mobile device.
US12184900B2
A method for decoding an image by a decoding device, according to the present document, comprises the steps of: acquiring image information; and generating a reconstructed picture on the basis of the image information.
US12184898B2
A method implemented by a PCC decoder and comprising: receiving, by the PCC decoder, a point cloud bitstream comprising timing_info_present_flag, wherein the timing_info_present_flag specifies whether num_units_in_tick, time_scale, and poc_proportional_to_timing_flag are or are not present in a syntax structure; and decoding, by the PCC decoder using the timing_info_present_flag, the point cloud bitstream to obtain a decoded point cloud bitstream. A method implemented by a PCC decoder and comprising: receiving, by the PCC decoder, a point cloud bitstream comprising num_units_in_tick, wherein num_units_in_tick is a number of time units of a clock operating at a frequency time_scale hertz (Hz) that corresponds to one increment of a clock tick counter; and decoding, by the PCC decoder using the num_units_in_tick, the point cloud bitstream to obtain a decoded point cloud bitstream.
US12184889B2
In a video encoding and decoding process, a video decoding method and a video decoding apparatus are provided to for determining whether a motion vector of an adjacent block at a location corresponding to one motion vector resolution among a plurality of motion vector resolutions is available, when the motion vector of the adjacent block is available, obtaining the motion vector of the adjacent block as a motion vector predictor of a current block, when the motion vector of the adjacent block is unavailable, obtaining a default motion vector by using a motion vector of one of two other adjacent blocks of the current block as a motion vector predictor of the current block, and performing prediction on the current block based on the motion vector predictor of the current block.
US12184884B2
An encoder is an encoder that encodes a block in a picture using a prediction image of the block, and includes circuitry and memory. Using the memory, the circuitry: calculates a first average pixel value which is an average pixel value of first reference samples out of the first reference samples and second reference samples, The first reference samples are referable and located outside the block and adjacent to a first side of the block. The second reference samples are referable and located outside the block and adjacent to a second side of the block. When generating the prediction image, the circuitry applies the same prediction pixel value to inner samples among current samples to be processed that are included in the block. The inner samples constitute a quadrilateral region including at least two current samples in each of a horizontal direction and a vertical direction.
US12184882B2
According to the present invention, there is provided A method of encoding a three-dimensional (3D) image, the method comprising: determining a prediction mode for a current block as an inter prediction mode; determining whether a reference block corresponding to the current block in a reference picture has motion information; when the reference block has the motion information, deriving motion information on the current block for each sub prediction block in the current block; and deriving a prediction sample for the current block based on the motion information on the current block.
US12184877B2
A video coding mechanism is disclosed. The mechanism includes encoding a bitstream comprising one or more layers of coded pictures. A video parameter set (VPS) is also encoded into the bitstream. The VPS includes an each layer is an output layer set (OLS) flag (each_layer_is_an_ols_flag) when all layers specified by the VPS are independently coded without inter-layer prediction. The each_layer_is_an_ols_flag specifies whether each OLS contains only one layer. The bitstream is stored for communication toward a decoder.
US12184869B2
Encoding an extended-reality (XR) video frame may include obtaining an XR video frame comprising a background image and a virtual object; obtaining, from an image renderer, a first region of the background image over which the virtual object is overlaid; dividing the XR video frame into a virtual region and a real region, wherein the virtual region comprises the first region of the background image and the virtual object and the real region comprises a second region of the background image; determining, for the virtual region, a corresponding first quantization parameter based on an initial quantization parameter associated with virtual regions; determining, for the real region, a corresponding second quantization parameter based on an initial quantization parameter associated with real regions; and encoding the virtual region based on the corresponding first quantization parameter and the real region based on the corresponding second quantization parameter.
US12184863B2
Methods and apparatuses are provided for estimating motion vectors of a dense motion field based on subsampled sparse motion field. The sparse motion field includes two or more motion vectors with their respective start positions. For each of the motion vectors, a transformation is derived which transforms the motion vector from its start point into a target point. The transformed motion vectors then contribute to the estimated motion vector on the target position. The contribution of each motion vector is weighted. Such motion estimation may be readily used for video encoding and decoding.
US12184861B2
An encoding device includes: an association processing unit that associates first encoded data which is encoded data of an original image with second encoded data which is encoded data of a decoded image which is a result of decoding of the encoded data of the original image; and an encoding unit that encodes, based on the result of associating the first encoded data with the second encoded data, a target image which is an image to be encoded.
US12184851B2
An encoder according to one aspect of the present disclosure encodes a block of an image, and includes a processor and memory connected to the processor. Using the memory, the processor partitions a block into a plurality of sub blocks and encodes a sub block included in the plurality of sub blocks in an encoding process including at least a transform process or a prediction process. The block is partitioned using a multiple partition including at least three odd-numbered child nodes and each of a width and a height of each of the plurality of sub blocks is a power of two.
US12184849B2
A device and method for performing fast grid-based refining segmentation (FGRS) for video-based point cloud compression (V-PCC) is proposed. The method may include dividing a space of a three-dimensional (3D) point cloud into multiple grids to derive multiple voxels, searching for filled voxels including one or more points, searching for surrounding voxels which are filled voxels within a certain radius from each of the filled voxels, and searching for edge voxels which are present at a segment edge among all the filled voxels. The method may also include calculating smooth scores for surrounding voxels of each edge voxel and calculating a smooth score sum which is a smooth score for the edge voxel on the basis of the smooth scores of the surrounding voxels of the edge voxel, and updating a projection plane index (PPI) for each individual point in the edge voxel using the calculated smooth score sum.
US12184845B2
A method includes determining, for a conversion between a video block of a video and a bitstream of the video, a size of prediction block corresponding to the video block according to a rule. The method also includes performing the conversion based on the determining. The rule specifies that a first size of the prediction block is determined responsive to whether a prediction refinement using optical flow technique is used for coding the video block. The video block has a second size and is coded using an affine merge mode or an affine advanced motion vector prediction mode.
US12184843B2
Disclosed are techniques for compressing data of an image using multiple processing cores. The techniques include obtaining, using a first (second, etc.) processing core, a first (second, etc.) plurality of reconstructed blocks approximating source pixels of a first (second, etc.) portion of an image and filtering, using the first processing core, the first plurality of reconstructed blocks. The filtering includes enabling application of one or more filters to a first plurality of regions that include pixels of the first plurality of reconstructed blocks but not pixels of the second plurality of reconstructed blocks. The filtering further includes disabling application of the one or more filters to a second plurality of regions that include pixels of the first plurality of reconstructed blocks and pixels of the second plurality of reconstructed blocks.
US12184842B2
A coding apparatus configured to select an intra prediction mode for a current block, encode the selected intra prediction mode using truncated binary coding every time the selected intra prediction mode is a remaining mode, and encode the selected intra prediction mode using N bits when the selected intra prediction mode is included in a first portion from remaining modes and using N+1 bits when the selected intra prediction mode is included in a second portion of the remaining modes.
US12184841B2
Several systems and methods for intra-prediction estimation of video pictures are disclosed. In an embodiment, the method includes accessing four ‘N×N’ pixel blocks comprising luma-related pixels. The four ‘N×N’ pixel blocks collectively configure a ‘2N×2N’ pixel block. A first pre-determined number of candidate luma intra-prediction modes is accessed for each of the four ‘N×N’ pixel blocks. A presence of one or more luma intra-prediction modes that are common among the candidate luma intra-prediction modes of at least two of the four ‘N×N’ pixel blocks is identified. The method further includes performing, based on the identification, one of (1) selecting a principal luma intra-prediction mode for the ‘2N×2N’ pixel block and (2) limiting a partitioning size to a ‘N×N’ pixel block size for a portion of the video picture corresponding to the ‘2N×2N’ pixel block.
US12184835B2
An image encoding/decoding method and apparatus are provided. An image decoding method according to the present disclosure may comprise constructing an affine merge candidate list for a current block, based on an inter prediction mode of the current block being an affine merge mode, selecting one affine merge candidate from the affine merge candidate list, deriving motion information of the current block based on motion information of the selected affine merge candidate, generating a prediction block of the current block based on the motion information of the current block, and reconstructing the current block based on the prediction block of the current block. The constructing the affine merge candidate list may comprise deriving a constructed affine merge candidate, and the deriving the constructed affine merge candidate may comprise deriving a weight index for bi-prediction of the constructed affine merge candidate.
US12184820B2
An image reading apparatus includes a scanner unit configured to read a document, a document feed unit provided above the scanner unit and configured to feed the document and read the fed document, a first substrate configured to control an operation of the scanner unit, and a second substrate configured to control an operation of the document feed unit, wherein the first substrate and the second substrate are provided in a substrate placement section of the document feed unit.
US12184819B2
An imaging apparatus includes imaging units that image a subject, a title generation executing unit that generates title images each including a display title for classifying a plurality of captured images acquired by the imaging unit and inserts the title image into the captured images, a storage unit that stores the captured images and the title images, a display unit that displays the captured images and the title images stored in the storage unit in the form of a list, and an image search executing unit that searches for a desired captured image from the plurality of captured images and the title images displayed on the display unit in the form of the list. The title generation executing unit hierarchically generates the title images in accordance with a priority set in each type of display title for classifying the captured images.
US12184817B1
Data analysis, filter, and presentation techniques are described for an example call management system. An example method for a data management system includes receiving, from a user device, an account identifier of a first person, receiving, from the user device, a first message related to a topic of conversation to be discussed during a telephone call with the first person, determining, based on the account identifier and within a pre-determined time period, a presence of a set of data that describes conversation(s) from prior telephone call(s)/chat(s) with the first person, and sending, to a computer, at least some data from the set of data and a second message that indicates that the telephone call is mapped to a second person, where the computer is configured to display on a screen the second message and a presentation option that presents the at least some data via the computer.
US12184814B1
Techniques are described for generating metric(s) that predict survey score(s) for a service session. Model(s) may be trained, through supervised or unsupervised machine learning, using training data such as communications from previous service sessions between service representative(s) and individual(s), and survey scores provided by the serviced individual to rate the session on one or more criteria (e.g., survey questions). The model(s) may be trained to output, based on an input session record, metric(s) that each correspond to a survey score that would have been provided by the individual had they completed the survey. The model may be a concatenated model that combines a language model output from a language classifier recurrent neural network, and an acoustic model output from an acoustic feature layer convolutional neural network. Individuals can be clustered according to the metric(s) and/or other factors, and the cluster(s) can be employed for routing incoming service requests.
US12184813B2
In an example embodiment, a solution is provided that provides multiple call control service instances for each media server instance. When one of the call control service instances needs to be updated, the media server is instructed to direct newly received voice calls to another of the call control instances. The call control service instance to be updated remains operating normally until all voice calls handled by that call control service instance have ended naturally, but any new calls received during that time are directed to one of the other call control service instances. Only once all the voice calls handled by the call control service instance to be updated have ended is that call control service instance actually updated, without having had to disconnect a live call.
US12184812B2
A contact center server receives an utterance from a customer device as part of a conversation. The contact center server identifies utterance parameters of the utterance, generates a first response to the utterance based on the utterance parameters, and outputs the utterance parameters and the first response to an agent device. The contact center server receives agent-identified-information corresponding to the utterance or agent-modified-information corresponding to the utterance parameters from the agent device. Subsequently, the contact center server generates a second response to the utterance based on the agent-identified-information or the agent-modified-information and outputs the second response to the agent device.
US12184811B1
Aspects of the present disclosure are directed to providing in-person audio access for remote users. A remote access audio system can detect in-person audio through an array of microphones installed at a site. The remote access audio system can process the in-person audio using speech recognition techniques to determine that an in-person conversation is occurring. The remote access audio system can apply a model to the in-person conversation to determine whether the conversation is relevant to a remote user and transmit an option for the remote user to remotely join or be added to the conversation.
US12184808B2
A community safety system (CSS) including a notification management entity (NME) comprising servers, the NME communicatively coupled to multiple user devices and one or more administrator devices (collectively, registered user devices). The CSS includes a plurality of registered users, wherein each registered user is associated with an organization, and a user category of a set of user categories. The NME may maintain a list of the registered users and associated information. The registered users may have user devices including a CSS application operating thereon. In some embodiments the CSS enables inter-organizational communication, allowing for members of a first organization to provide alerts that the NME can pass to a second organization when the registered user is physically located within a security zone associated with a second organization but not a member of the second organization.
US12184807B2
An embodiment of the disclosure relates to a foldable electronic device including a plurality of cameras, providing a preview image of a camera in response to folding or unfolding of the device and an operating method thereof. A foldable electronic device according to an embodiment of the disclosure may include: a plurality of cameras, at least one display, at least one processor operatively connected with the plurality of the cameras and the at least one display, and at least one memory operatively connected with the at least one processor, and the at least one memory may store instructions which, when executed, cause the at least one processor to: while a first preview image corresponding to a first camera among the plurality of the cameras is displayed on the at least one display, select at least one other camera, based on an analysis result of at least one object included in the first preview image, in response to detecting folding or unfolding of the electronic device, display a second preview image corresponding to the selected at least one other camera, and obtain a captured image based on the displayed second preview image.
US12184805B2
An electronic device according to an embodiment of the disclosure includes a housing that includes a first plate, a second plate facing away from the first plate, and a side member surrounding a space between the first plate and the second plate and including a first conductive region and a second conductive region electrically separated from the first conductive region, a wireless communication circuitry that is disposed within the space, transmits/receives a first signal in a first frequency band ranging from 1.4 GHz to 6 GHz by using the first conductive region, and transmits/receives a second signal in a second frequency band ranging from 0.6 GHz to 1.4 GHz by using the second conductive region, and a GNSS receiver circuitry that is disposed within the space, receives a third signal in a third frequency band ranging from 1559 MHz to 1610 MHz by using the first conductive region, and receives a fourth signal in a fourth frequency band ranging from 1164 MHz to 1189 MHz by using the second conductive region. Moreover, various embodiment found through the present disclosure are possible.
US12184798B2
There are provided systems and methods for a dynamic value appended to cookie data for fraud detection and step-up authentication. A service provider, such as an electronic transaction processor for digital transactions, may utilize computer cookies for authentication and/or login for a user account. In order to further secure cookies from being compromised and used by malicious parties for fraudulent account access, the service provider may add or append a dynamic value that changes at each subsequent login to the computer cookie. The dynamic value may be used so that if a computer cookie is misappropriated, only one device may use the cookie once without the cookie updating and invalidating the cookie with another device or application on the device. Thereafter, when a login is requested, the dynamic value is matched to an expected value by the service provider when determining whether to authenticate the device.
US12184787B2
In an embodiment, an HSM may provide a cryptographic signature service. The HSM may maintain key/token pairs for various users/entities and for a first entity for which signature may be desired. The HSM may ensure that the requirements for the entity's signature are met, and then may apply the entity's signature. In an embodiment, the HSM may augment the private token for the first entity with the public keys of users/entities which are to approve the entity's signature. As the approvals are received, the HSM may record the approvals and may apply the signature once the approvals are received.
US12184786B2
Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, a user equipment (UE) may relay sidelink data between a first remote UE and a second remote UE. The UE may facilitate end-to-end physical layer security for the sidelink data relayed between the first remote UE and the second remote UE based at least in part on a first link key associated with a first link between the first remote UE and the UE and a second link key associated with a second link between the UE and the second remote UE. Numerous other aspects are described.
US12184785B2
The present invention proposes a storage virtualization architecture, comprising a plurality of hybrid nodes to form a hybrid node network; a plurality of devices coupled to at least one hybrid node of the plurality of hybrid nodes, wherein each of the plurality of devices is installed with a file manager; and a public blockchain network coupled to the plurality of hybrid nodes.
US12184779B1
A network is described. The network is a peer-to-peer network of nodes. The nodes maintain a distributed ledger. The distributed ledger includes a list of transactions. The list of transactions includes various transactions for maintaining a decentralized root store between the nodes. The decentralized root store includes a list of certificate authorities which are trusted by the nodes in the network. The root certificates may be retrieved from the distributed ledger, validated, and then used to access the certificate authorities.
US12184771B2
An encryption key generating method and apparatus based on homomorphic encryption, and a ciphertext operation method and apparatus using the generated encrypt key are disclosed. The method of generating an encryption key for performing encryption based on homomorphic encryption includes receiving data, generating a first encryption key and a second encryption key used for encrypting the data based on a secret key, and transmitting the first and second encryption keys.
US12184769B2
Quantum network devices, systems, and methods are provided to enable long-distance transmission of quantum bits (qubits) for applications such as Quantum Key Distribution (QKD), entanglement distribution, and other quantum communication applications. Such systems and methods provide for separately storing first, second, third, and fourth photons, wherein the first and second photons and the third and fourth photons are respective first and second entangled photon pairs, triggering a synchronized retrieval of the stored first, second, third, and fourth photons such that the first photon is propagated to a first node, the second and third photons are propagated to a second node, and the fourth photon is propagated to a third node, and creating a new entangled pair comprising the first and fourth photons at the first and third nodes to transmit quantum information.
US12184768B1
Systems, apparatuses, methods, and computer program products are disclosed for facilitating on-demand delivery of unknown qubits. An example method includes determining a first quantum basis pattern. The example method further includes encoding, by encoding circuitry, a set of bits utilizing the first quantum basis pattern to generate a set of qubits and transmitting, by quantum communications circuitry, the set of qubits over a quantum line, for example, a polarization maintaining optical fiber, to a remote device, wherein the set of qubits is configured for measurement by an independently determined, second quantum basis pattern, resulting in a second set of bits different than the first set of bits.
US12184765B2
Establish a secure connection from a device to a server by, at the device: sending a shared secret request (SSRq) and an obfuscated secret value of the device to the server, wherein the SSRq is encrypted by a symmetric rolling key known to the device and to a trusted authority but not known to the server and the SSRq incorporates a symmetric key for decrypting the device's obfuscated secret value; receiving a shared secret response (SSRs) and an obfuscated secret value of the server, wherein the device's symmetric rolling key encrypts the SSRs and the SSRs incorporates a symmetric server obfuscation key for decrypting the server's obfuscated secret value; calculating a shared secret by hashing a concatenation of the device's secret value and the server's secret value; generating a symmetric session key based on the shared secret; and establishing the secure connection using the symmetric session key.
US12184763B2
A method including receiving, by a receiving device from a transmitting device, a sharing link to be utilized by the receiving device to obtain access to encrypted content that is stored in a storage device, the sharing link including static portion information to enable the receiving device to reach the storage device and dynamic portion information including an identifier that uniquely identifies the receiving device; transmitting, by the receiving device to the storage device based at least in part on utilizing the static portion information, a request to access the encrypted content; and receiving, by the receiving device from the storage device, access to the encrypted content based at least in part on transmitting the request is disclosed. Various other aspects are contemplated.
US12184761B2
Validating proof of possession (POP) of a private key by a device. A computer system generates a provisioning package for a device catalog. The provisioning package including a POP challenge. After generating the provisioning package, the computer system receives a device activation request for a device. The device activation request includes a public key, a device identifier, and a signature. The computer system validates POP of a private key corresponding to the public key, including using the public key, the device identifier, and the POP challenge to cryptographically verify the signature. The computer system establishes a trust relationship with the device, including registering the public key and the device identifier into the device catalog.
US12184759B2
A computer-implemented method for controlling one or more devices of a first network. The first network comprises a set of bridging nodes and a set of devices controllable by one or more of the set of bridging nodes. Each bridging node is also a node of a blockchain network, and each device has a respective device identifier. The method is performed by a first one of the bridging nodes and comprises generating a first blockchain transaction. The first blockchain transaction comprises a first input comprising a signature linked to a first public key of the first node, and a first output comprising command data. The command data comprises a respective identifier of a first one of the devices controlled by a second one of the bridging nodes, and a command message for controlling the first device.
US12184753B2
The present disclosure generally relates to securing access to resource and access rights using cryptography and the blockchain. Certain embodiments of the present disclosure generally relate to systems and methods that enhance the security of resource access using hierarchical deterministic (HD) cryptography and the blockchain. Certain embodiments of the present disclosure relate to systems and methods that securely and anonymously represent the identity of a user and the user's access code data on a distributed ledger represented across the blockchain.
US12184751B2
A quadrature clock generator that takes advantage of the inherently low delay of a shunt-series inductively peaked clock buffer to generate quadrature clocks with the high jitter performance using just one additional stage in Q path compared to I path. The generator includes a delay cell that uses shunt-series peaking and uses a resistive DAC in series with the shunt inductor to provide a large delay range with good jitter characteristics. The resistive DAC can be placed near a real or a virtual ground to minimize capacitive loading on the signal path. This delay cell can provide greater than 2× delay tuning range and is suitable for clocks at high frequencies. This delay cell can also be used as a ring oscillator with large frequency tuning range. A low voltage differential signaling termination switch control that uses feed forward mechanism to control termination impedance of device in a receiver.
US12184748B2
A method for transmitting data from a first sub-system to a second sub-system includes the steps of providing a dataset by the first sub-system, the dataset having a data structure identifier and a data value; sending the dataset to the second sub-system; receiving the dataset by the second sub-system; checking whether complete assignment information regarding the data structure assigned to the data structure identifier is present in the second sub-system; recovering any missing assignment information from a communication broker in the event that the second sub-system does not contain complete assignment information; and determining the data structure on the basis of the data structure identifier and the assignment information. A corresponding system, a corresponding first sub-system, a corresponding second sub-system and a communication broker are also proposed.
US12184733B2
Provided is a method for communication, which includes steps of: receiving a first information from a first node via a first connection with the first node; and transmitting a first information to at least one other node. A connection initiator of the first connection is the first node. The first information includes an address of the first node within a target network domain, the target network domain is a network domain in which the at least one other node is located, and the at least one other node is a node other than a second node in a network partition to be joined by the first node. The address of the first node within the target network domain is used by the first node to establish a connection with the at least one other node.
US12184726B2
A blockchain-based data processing method includes: starting to select a second consensus node set corresponding to a second consensus period when a height of a block generated in a first consensus period meets a consensus node set switching condition, and determining a height of a block generated when selecting the second consensus node set, as a first block height; generating a first block by adding set information corresponding to the second consensus node set to a block corresponding to the first block height, and broadcasting the first block in a blockchain network; acquiring a private key segment generation notification generated and transmitted by a consensus node in the second consensus node set, the private key segment generation notification carrying a notification signature; and determining a consensus permission of the consensus node in the second consensus node set for the second consensus period according to the notification signature.
US12184723B1
Nodal work assignments efficiently distribute server work items, such as storing redundant copies of electronic data. A cloud computing network establishes a policy that governs how and where the redundant copies are stored cloud computing nodes (such as by region, zone, and cluster targets). The cloud computing network repeatedly or continuously re-evaluates the work assignments based on replication assignment skews and/or leadership penalties. The nodal work assignments thus minimize hardware and software operations, network traffic, and electrical energy consumption.
US12184721B2
Embodiments of the present disclosure provide a method, system and device for content delivery network (CDN) scheduling, and a storage medium. The method includes: acquiring CDN data in real time from a CDN node device to generate a CDN index system; acquiring metropolitan area network, MAN, data in real time from a MAN to generate a MAN index system; generating a CDN node load intelligent image based on the CDN index system, and generating an intra-region scheduling algorithm through artificial intelligence, AI, training and algorithm optimization; generating a CDN region load intelligent image based on the CDN index system and the MAN index system, and generating an inter-region scheduling algorithm through the AI training and the algorithm optimization; and determining a CDN scheduling policy according to the intra-region scheduling algorithm and the inter-region scheduling algorithm, and executing the CDN scheduling policy.
US12184718B2
Avoiding redundant data transfers using delta coding techniques when reliably and opportunistically communicating data to multiple user systems. According to embodiments, user systems track received block sequences for locally stored content blocks. An intermediate server intercepts content requests between user systems and target hosts, and deterministically chucks and fingerprints content data received in response to those requests. A fingerprint of a received content block is communicated to the requesting user system, and the user system determines based on the fingerprint whether the corresponding content block matches a content block that is already locally stored. If so, the user system returns a set of fingerprints representing a sequence of next content blocks that were previously stored after the matching content block. The intermediate server can then send only those content data blocks that are not already locally stored at the user system according to the returned set of fingerprints.
US12184717B2
An edge device for distributed processing of unprocessed edge data from any number of edge data collection devices using an analytics framework includes a storage device for storing the unprocessed edge data; and a processor. The processor obtains the unprocessed edge data from an edge data collection device of the edge data collection devices; identifying a processing modality for the unprocessed edge data; processing the unprocessed edge data based on the processing modality using, at least in part, a virtualized desktop infrastructure connection between the edge device and a backend device operably connected to the analytics framework to obtain a processed edge data result; and providing a computer implemented service using the processed edge data result.
US12184709B2
Methods and systems provide for an active server proxy presentation for sign language interpreters within a video communication session. In one embodiment, a method presents a user interface for each of a number of client devices connected to a communication session, with each UI including one or more video feeds associated with participants of the communication session. The method receives an indication that a first participant is designating a second participant as a sign language interpreter who will perform voicing for the first participant. The method then determines that the second participant is performing voicing for the first participant, then presents, within the UIs of at least a subset of the client devices, a video feed associated with the first participant in a highlighted fashion concurrently to the second participant performing the voicing for the first participant.
US12184703B2
A method is provided to operate a CN node to determine UP security activation. A UP session establishment request is obtained for a wireless device. An indication is obtained that the UP session establishment request is associated with an emergency session and/or that null ciphering and/or null integrity protection are applied to a CP associated with a CP session for the wireless device. It is determined that a UP should be configured for the UP session without activating integrity and/or confidentiality protection for the UP based on the indication. A UP security policy is provided to a RAN node associated with the wireless device, wherein the UP security policy indicates to configure the UP for the UP session without activating integrity and/or confidentiality protection based on determining that a UP should be configured for the UP session without activating integrity and/or confidentiality protection.
US12184701B2
Methods and devices provide service-specific information besides LI data extracted from communications of LI targets, which receive services via the network and interact with a core function of the network. LI data includes at least one of IRI and CC. This approach is particularly useful if LI at application/service level is unavailable.
US12184696B2
The technology discloses a computer-implemented policy manager device for a cloud-based security system that manages cloud-based unified functions of packet-level and protocol-level access control and traffic inspection, threat detection and activity contextualization on inspectable and non-inspectable traffic. Packet-level access control inspects packet headers for malformation, protocol-level access control performs deep packet inspection for malicious signatures, threat detection determines whether traffic in an HTTP/S stream as directed to a threat destination, and activity contextualization recognizes whether an activity in an HTTP/S stream accessing a cloud-based application is a compromising activity. Policy manager for a superset of fields specifying security policies across the cloud-based unified functions includes common fields shared by the unified functions, specification receiver handles policy specifications in a common format for values of the common fields, and policy manager is configured to validate, save and distribute policy specifications applicable to respective functions among the cloud-based unified functions.
US12184692B2
Herein are graph machine learning explainability (MLX) techniques for invalid traffic detection. In an embodiment, a computer generates a graph that contains: a) domain vertices that represent network domains that received requests and b) address vertices that respectively represent network addresses from which the requests originated. Based on the graph, domain embeddings are generated that respectively encode the domain vertices. Based on the domain embeddings, multidomain embeddings are generated that respectively encode the network addresses. The multidomain embeddings are organized into multiple clusters of multidomain embeddings. A particular cluster is detected as suspicious. In an embodiment, an unsupervised trained graph model generates the multidomain embeddings. Based on the clusters of multidomain embeddings, feature importances are unsupervised trained. Based on the feature importances, an explanation is automatically generated for why an object is or is not suspicious. The explained object may be a cluster or other batch of network addresses or a single network address.
US12184687B1
A system and method for security control mapping. A method includes defining security control capability nodes corresponding to security control capabilities of security controls, wherein each security control capability node represents a corresponding security control capability, wherein each security control is a cybersecurity tool; defining cyber threat pattern nodes corresponding to cyber threat patterns of cyber threats, wherein each cyber threat pattern node represents a corresponding cyber threat pattern; establishing edges, wherein the edges include a first set of edges defined between the security control capability nodes and the cyber threat pattern nodes, wherein the edges collectively represent a predetermined effectiveness of each security control capability of for addressing at least one respective cyber threat pattern; creating a mapping including the control capability nodes connected at least via the edges to the cyber threat pattern nodes; and performing at least one remediation action based on the mapping.
US12184680B2
Data taps are provided in a production network to mirror traffic flow through the network. Feeds from the data taps are provided to a monitoring fabric comprising a network of service nodes. A service node receives mirrored traffic and identifies packets in the mirrored traffic for further processing, for example to be forwarded to one or more monitoring/security tools. The packets are identified based on the contents of the packets. For example, packets at the beginning of a TCP session and at the end of the TCP session can be identified based on the TCP flags in the packets. The service node can cause these packets to be sent to one or more monitoring/security tools.
US12184679B2
Aspects of the disclosure describe methods and systems for detecting malicious entities using weak passwords for unauthorized access. In one exemplary aspect, a method may comprise intercepting, using a WAF, a password input during a login attempt to a web application by an entity. In response to determining that the password is in a database of weak passwords, the method may comprise generating for display, using the WAF, a web page prompting for a password reset for the web application, storing, in a database, an IP address of the entity and information about the login attempt, retrieving information about a first plurality of login attempts made by the entity in the web application for different user profiles. In response to determining that at least a first threshold number of login attempts have been performed by the entity, the method may comprise storing the IP address in a black list.
US12184676B2
An identity trust score system is described. In one aspect, a computer-implemented method includes accessing, at a server, identity metadata from a remote Identity and Access Management (IAM) system, the identity metadata indicating identity events associated with one or more users of a user group of the IAM system, computing an identity trust score for the one or more users of the user group based on the identity metadata, and configuring the remote IAM system based on the identity trust score.
US12184662B2
An identity profile of a user is tracked using previous message communications of the user. A message identified as potentially from the user is received. The identity profile of the user is identified and obtained. Information is extracted from a header of the received message. A security risk assessment of the received message is determined at least in part by comparing the extracted information with one or more corresponding entries of the identity profile of the user. A security action is performed based on the determined security risk assessment.
US12184657B1
A system and method for recommending applications for employee onboarding. An employee's department and designation are identified and based on that a unique recommendation algorithm suggests most relevant applications for use. Additionally, the onboarding solution provides a levelling framework in which the applications are added automatically for user access, further the access to specific resources in the organization such as groups, licenses, roles etc. is provided. Furthermore, the resource management for employees is done such as access to shared folders, projects, dashboards, workspaces etc. is provided.
US12184653B2
The invention provides an entrusted-authorization system and an entrusted-authorization method. The entrusted-authorization system comprises an accounting system, a switch module and an entrusted-authorization module, wherein the entrusted-authorization module stores entrusted-authorization parameters determined by the accounting system, the switch module is connected with the accounting system and the entrusted-authorization module for transmitting transaction request messages from the client terminal to the entrusted-authorization module for processing in case that the accounting system is unavailable, wherein the entrusted-authorization module verifies the transaction request messages according to the entrusted-authorization parameters; otherwise, the messages are sent to the accounting system for processing. The transaction request messages comprise financial account information, financial institution information, transaction-initiation institution information and transaction amount. With the entrusted-authorization system and entrusted-authorization method of the invention, a normal processing of transaction request can be ensured when the accounting system is unavailable.
US12184651B2
Embodiments of the present disclosure relate to verifying a third-party resource by automatically validating multi-factor message codes associated with the third-party resource to enable access to functionality associated with the third-party resource via a multi-app communication system. An example embodiment includes a multi-app communication system including at least one processor and at least one memory. The embodiment multi-app communication system is configured to receive a sign-in request from a multi-app communication system application executed on a client device, and cause transmission of a multi-factor confirmation message to a verified third-party multi-factor authentication resource. The embodiment multi-app communication system is further configured query the verified third-party multi-factor authentication resource to identify the multi-factor confirmation message, and enable access to the third-party resource.
US12184647B2
Systems and methods are provided for creating and running an instance of a dynamic access control system (DACS). Trust providers may be defined in a trust broker of the DACS such that trust information associated with the trust providers can be used to create a custom data structure. Resources and resource groups may be defined in the DACS. Policies may be configured or coded in the DACS to map the custom data structure to recourses or resources groups. Additionally, policies may be configured or coded in the DACS to route the data structure and request to network segments or shared with other parties.
US12184645B2
Trust relationships to share client assets among client accounts in a software as a service platform
The method receives a first request to establish a trusted relationship with a second client account of the SaaS platform. The trusted relationship enables sharing, with the second client account, of a client asset associated with the first client account. The method determines whether the first request satisfies one or more conditions related to the trusted relationship. The method stores an indication of the trusted relationship between the first client account and the second client account in a data store. The method receives a second request to perform a communication operation based on the client asset associated with the first client account. The method performs the communication operation on behalf of the second client account using the client asset associated with the first client account and based on the indication of the trusted relationship between the first client account and the second client account.
US12184643B2
A central entity can be in communication with a terminal and a plurality of authentication entities. The central entity can receive a token from the terminal and the central entity can decide to transmit the token to a subset of the plurality of authentication entities. The authentication entities which receive the token, can verify or authenticate the token and transmit an authentication message to the central entity. Based on the authentication messages, the central entity can transmit a message to the terminal indicating which authentication entities authenticated or verified the user and/or a request associated with the user.
US12184641B1
An exemplary method comprises generating receiving an authentication request from a graphical user interface on a first computing device; generating a first encrypted media element; displaying the encrypted media element on the GUI; receiving a second encrypted media element from a second computing device; upon determining that the first and second encrypted media elements have a positive match, querying an identification value associated with the second computing device; receiving the identification value associated with the second computing device; upon the identification value matching a data record within a database, determining an account associated with the data record within the database; and authenticating the first computing device by granting the first computing device access to the account associated with the second computing device.
US12184634B2
A method for validating an access request with respect to an application is provided. The method includes: receiving an access request from a user with respect to an application; retrieving, from a memory, group identification information that relates to at least one group to which the user belongs; retrieving, from the memory, scope information that indicates qualifications and/or characteristics of a relationship between the user and the at least one group; and generating a token that notifies the application of the group identification information and the scope information, and is usable by the application for validating the access request. The method may be implemented in an Active Directory Federation Services (AD FS) environment.
US12184630B1
A method and system of managing third-party access to insurance information is disclosed. An insurer maintains an insurance information repository that can be accessed only by authenticated third-party partners. The authentication system generates a code for the insured member. The insured member can share the code to their selected third-party service provider. The selected provider will submit the code to the authentication system when requesting access to validated information about the insured member. The code, if valid, will authenticate the service provider and enable access to the requested information.
US12184613B2
A method in a VPN environment, including determining, by a VPN infrastructure device, first and second VPN protocols that are available for providing VPN services to a user device, the first VPN protocol being different from the second VPN protocol; transmitting, by the VPN infrastructure device to the user device, a list indicating first VPN servers that utilize the first VPN protocol and second VPN servers that utilize the second VPN protocol; and establishing, by the user device at substantially the same time, a first parallel VPN connection with a first VPN server from among the first plurality of VPN servers, the first VPN connection configured to utilize the first VPN protocol, and a second parallel VPN connection with a second VPN server from among the second plurality of VPN servers, the second VPN connection configured to utilize the second VPN protocol is disclosed. Various other aspects are contemplated.
US12184612B2
A method including configuring a VPN server to receive, from a user device during an established VPN connection between the VPN server and the user device, a data request for the VPN server to retrieve data of interest from a host device; configuring the VPN server to utilize, during the established VPN connection, a first exit IP address to transmit a query to the host device for retrieving the data of interest; configuring the VPN server to determine, based on transmitting the query, that the first exit IP address is blocked by the host device; and configuring the VPN server to transmit, during the established VPN connection and based on determining that the first exit IP address is blocked, the data request to a secondary server to enable retransmission of the query to the host device by utilizing a second exit IP address is disclosed. Various other aspects are contemplated.
US12184609B2
The invention relates to method and system for enhancing computer network security. The method includes receiving a plurality of requests from client devices to avail a plurality of responses from services running on servers; determining a URL pattern for each of the plurality of requests based on URL associated with that request; determining a request data signature for each of the plurality of requests or a response data signature for each of the plurality of responses based on a set of request parameters associated with that request or based on a set of response parameters associated with that response, respectively, using a first machine learning model; and determining an authenticity of each of the plurality of requests based on the URL pattern and the data signature associated with that request, or an authenticity of each of the plurality of responses based on the data signature associated with that response.
US12184600B2
Among other things, we describe techniques for encoding data that is included in electronic communications. In one aspect, a first electronic communication system sends, to an entity, a first email message that includes a Message-ID field including data that identifies an action to be carried out by a second electronic communication system. The first electronic communication system receives, from the entity, a second email message that includes an In-Reply-To field containing the data that identifies the action to be carried out by the second electronic communication system. The first electronic communication extracts the data from the In-Reply-To field in a message header of the first electronic communication. The second electronic communication system may be the same as the first electronic communication system, or may be an electronic communication system other than the first electronic communication system.
US12184594B2
Methods, systems, and storage media for generating polls in an end-to-end encrypted messaging platform are disclosed. Exemplary implementations may: initiate, by an initiator, a poll comprising a poll name, an ending time, and response choices; generate a message to a group of users regarding the poll; for each user of the group of users, generate a key pair comprising a chain key and a signature key; receive, from a user of the group of users, a selection comprising at least one of the response choices; and cause display of the selection through the poll.
US12184591B1
Disclosed are systems and methods for conducting an open conversation user interface and more particularly, to a channel-agnostic user interface experience which can utilize automated background intelligence to simplify the exchange between a software system or member service representative (MSR) and a member, and avoids the need for web-based free form inputs.
US12184587B2
Embodiments of the present disclosure relate to methods, devices, apparatuses and computer readable storage media for signal source identification and determination. According to embodiments of the present disclosure, in response to detecting a signal, a device identifies at least one unit sequence from the signal. A bandwidth of each unit sequence is a common divisor of overlapping system bandwidths among a plurality of devices. The at least one unit sequence uniquely identifies a further device transmitting the signal. The device determines, based on the at least one unit sequence, the further device from the plurality of devices. As such, a device suffering interference due to atmospheric ducting can find out an interference source and perform an action to avoid the interference.
US12184579B2
Embodiments of this application disclose a method and an apparatus for transmitting a DMRS, and relate to the field of communications technologies. The method and the apparatus are applicable to an NR system. The method for transmitting a DMRS may include: determining a time-frequency resource used to carry a DMRS; and then sending the DMRS by using the time-frequency resource.
US12184571B2
Apparatuses, methods, and systems are disclosed for sensing reference signal configuration. One method includes receiving a first configuration from a second device. The method includes receiving a second configuration from the second device. The method includes, in response to receiving the second configuration: multiplexing the set of sensing reference signal patterns with other physical channels and signals; in response to being scheduled, transmitting the multiplexed set of sensing reference signal patterns; in response to being scheduled, receiving the multiplexed set of sensing reference signal patterns. The method includes receiving a third configuration from the second device. The third configuration indicates to perform measurements on received sensing reference signals and feedback a measurement report.
US12184557B2
Some embodiments provide a method of reducing network congestion in a virtual network. The method, at a first CFE of the virtual network, receives multiple encapsulated data packets of a data stream. The encapsulated data packets having been encapsulated by a second CFE, operating on a server of the virtual network. The second CFE identifies a load percentage of the server, sets explicit congestion notification (ECN) bits on a percentage of the data packets based on the load percentage of the server, and encapsulates each data packet. The first CFE determines whether to forward a new connection to the second CFE based at least on the percentage of data packets from the first CFE with the ECN bits set.
US12184548B2
A method for distributing an optimal path to a router using a route reflector, that includes obtaining, by the route reflector, a path location bitmask associated with the optimal path, obtaining a router location bitmask associated with the router, performing a bitwise AND operation on the path location bitmask and the router location bitmask to obtain a result bitmask, identifying a nonzero bit in the result bitmask, and in response to identifying the nonzero bit, sending the optimal path to the router.
US12184547B2
Techniques for using global virtual network instance (VNI) labels in a multi-domain network to route network data with a multi-tenant network overlay are described herein. A routing device provisioned in a network domain of the multi-domain network may register with a service discovery system of the network domain for use of network configuration data to establish routes through the multi-domain network with network nodes. Each network domain of the multi-domain network may include an application programming interface (API) server for processing API requests to make changes to configurations of a network domain. A border gateway protocol (BGP) large community may be utilized to encode global VNI labels, network addresses, local next hop nodes, and/or additional network information and sent to routing devices provisioned in separate network domains. A service chain may be signaled by global VNI labels to route network traffic through various services prior to reaching a destination endpoint.
US12184545B2
This application provides a packet processing method and a network device. A third network device is multi-homed to a first network device and a second network device, the first network device is configured with a first physical MAC address and a virtual MAC address, the second network device is configured with a second physical MAC address and the virtual MAC address, and the virtual MAC address is used to forward a user data packet to a network side. The method includes: a first network device receives a protocol packet from a third network device, where the protocol packet includes the second physical MAC address; and the first network device forwards the protocol packet to the second network device based on the second physical MAC address. Thus, the protocol packet can be normally forwarded without special configuration on a server, so that a cumbersome configuration process is avoided.
US12184529B2
Described herein are methods and systems for network performance testing. A computing device may receive a network performance request. The computing device may perform a network performance test, and determine comparable devices of one or more devices associated with the network performance request. The computing device may determine a network performance parameter for the comparable devices, and determine that one or more devices associated with the network performance request are impacting the network performance test.
US12184527B2
According to implementations of the subject matter described herein, there is provided a solution of providing a health index of a service. In this solution, a plurality of incident information sets associated with a plurality of services are obtained. The plurality of services are provisioned in a computing environment. An incident information set indicates at least one incident reported during operation of a service. Respective health indices are determined for the plurality of services based on respective ones of the plurality of incident information sets and a health classification policy. The respective health indices indicate respective health statuses of the plurality of services and being determined from a same health index range. Through unified use of incident information, the determined health indices can indicate universal and consistent health statuses for different services.
US12184520B2
An example embodiment may involve obtaining a packet filter definition that specifies characteristics of packets; compiling the packet filter definition to instructions of low-level code; generating a hash template based on a subset of the instructions, wherein the hash template includes pairs of byte offsets and byte counts that define locations within the packets at which the characteristics are disposed; based on application of the hash template to a plurality of stored packets, creating hash table entries in a hash table, wherein the hash table entries are respectively associated with subsets of the stored packets, wherein the subsets of the stored packets have respectively unique patterns of values within their bytes at the locations defined by the pairs of byte offsets and byte counts; updating the hash table entries to refer to metadata relating to their respective subset of the stored packets; and storing the hash table and the metadata.
US12184517B2
Methods and apparatus are disclosed for monitoring a network connection (13) at a first sampling rate to generate monitoring data for the network connection for determining a performance issue in the network. The method involves identifying a communication occurring via the network connection (13), wherein performance metrics are available for the communication; and responsive to a trigger in respect of the communication, adapting the sampling rate to a second sampling rate greater than the first sampling rate so as to determine whether a performance degradation in the communication is attributable to the network connection (13). The adapting of the sampling rate to a second sampling rate is triggered by comparison of one or more of the available performance metrics for the communication with an adjustable threshold.
US12184511B2
This application discloses a network service processing method, a network service processing system, and a gateway device, to alleviate a problem that the gateway device cannot meet increasing additional function requirements. The gateway device identifies a type of a first intranet device, where the first intranet device belongs to an intranet connected to the gateway device. The gateway device obtains a first software package based on the type of the first intranet device, where the first software package is used to implement a first additional function. The gateway device sends a first indication message and the first software package to the first intranet device, where the first indication message is used to indicate the first intranet device to install the first software package and execute the first additional function.
US12184499B2
A system and method implemented by tool is disclosed. The tool receives input of a network-on-chip (NoC) and the NoC's desired connectivity and efficiently guides the designer through interactive NoC topology editing sessions to ensure the obtained network is both complete and correct during topology creation or modification.
US12184498B2
Networked device management is based on an ontology graph which includes device nodes, physical facility nodes, and edges. The ontology graph may go beyond network topology by also documenting: relationships between devices and facilities, facility attributes such as facility-specific security scores, and device characteristics such as whether a device is recognized, whether it is authorized, and its mission criticality. Medical devices, physical condition sensors, and other internet of things devices, including those embedded in vehicles, those located on a vehicle, those used for industrial control, or those which are intermittently air-gapped, are managed. Devices may be discovered by extraction of identifications and characteristics from telemetry data in a staged architecture. Security postures may be assessed, and security recommendations based on device context may be provided.
US12184482B2
Provided are system, method, and device for managing network device provisioning. According to embodiments, the system includes: a memory storage storing computer-executable instructions; and at least one processor communicatively coupled to the memory storage, wherein the at least one processor may be configured to execute the instructions to: collect information from one or more information resources; process the collected information; and based on the processed information, perform an action associated with provisioning of one or more network devices.
US12184480B1
Systems and methods for improving the efficiency and accuracy of network operation validation anomaly detection in conglomerate-application-based ecosystems are disclosed. The disclosed anomaly evaluation platform can provide a first network operation to a first software application for generation of a second network operation, as in a flow-based processing system. The platform can generate a communication map that characterizes the architecture and/or performance of the system. In response to providing the communication map and the network operations to a validation model, the anomaly evaluation platform can determine a validation status and execute a corrective action to cure detected anomalies preventing validation of the network operation. As such, the anomaly evaluation platform enables dynamic monitoring, evaluation, and mitigation of detected anomalies in real-time and in a performance-dependent manner.
US12184478B2
Disclosed are a radio resource configuration method and apparatus, a user equipment and a network element. The radio resource configuration method includes that: a user equipment (UE) receives a message of a radio resource configuration from a first signaling radio bearer (SRB) of a first radio access technology (RAT), where the message carries information of a first configuration, and the first configuration is a configuration of a radio resource of the first RAT; and when the UE fails to configure the radio resource of the first RAT according to the information of the first configuration, the UE sends a response message of the radio resource configuration to indicate that the radio resource configuration of the first RAT fails.
US12184475B2
The present disclosure is directed toward systems and methods for identifying contributing factors associated with a metric anomaly. One or more embodiments described herein identify contributing factors based on statistical analysis and machine learning. Additionally, one or more embodiments identify sub-factors associated with each contributing factor. In one or more embodiments, the systems and methods provide an interactive display that enables a user to select a particular anomaly for further analysis. The interactive display also provides additional interfaces through which the user can view informational displays that illustrate the factors that caused the particular anomaly and how those factors correlate with each other.
US12184469B2
An electronic device includes a feedback oscillator configured to output a first oscillation signal and a second oscillation signal, the second oscillation signal having a defined phase difference from the first oscillation signal, the feedback oscillator including a phase shifter configured to receive the first oscillation signal and output the second oscillation signal, an up-conversion mixer configured to output a first loopback signal obtained by mixing the first oscillation signal with a reference tone signal, and output a second loopback signal obtained by mixing the second oscillation signal with the reference tone signal, and a receiver configured to generate a first reference IQ signal from the first loopback signal, generate a second reference IQ signal from the second loopback signal, and compare an actual phase difference between the first reference IQ signal and the second reference IQ signal with the defined phase difference.
US12184464B2
Some demonstrative embodiments include apparatuses, devices, systems and methods of communicating a PPDU including a training field. For example, an Enhanced Directional Multi-Gigabit (DMG) (EDMG) wireless communication station may be configured to determine one or more Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing (OFDM) Training (TRN) sequences in a frequency domain based on a count of one or more 2.16 Gigahertz (GHz) channels in a channel bandwidth for transmission of an EDMG PPDU including a TRN field; generate one or more OFDM TRN waveforms in a time domain based on the one or more OFDM TRN sequences, respectively, and based on an OFDM TRN mapping matrix, which is based on a count of the one or more transmit chains; and transmit an OFDM mode transmission of the EDMG PPDU over the channel bandwidth, the OFDM mode transmission comprising transmission of the TRN field based on the one or more OFDM TRN waveforms.
US12184463B2
An apparatus is provided. The apparatus performs operations including selecting a high efficiency long training field (HE LTF) sequence for a frame, selecting an HE LTF transmission mode from one of a 4× HE LTF mode, a 2× HE LTF mode, and a 1× HE LTF mode, transmitting only a set of allocated subcarriers of the HE LTF sequence for the frame, and transmitting a set of additional fields of the frame using the set of allocated subcarriers and a set of unallocated subcarriers. The set of additional fields includes a legacy short training field (L-STF), a legacy long training field (L-LTF), a legacy signaling field (L-SIG), a high efficiency signaling A field (HE-SIG-A), and a high efficiency short training field (HE-STF). Transmitting of the HE LTF sequence for the frame uses only one or more of the set of allocated subcarriers, and none of the unallocated subcarriers.
US12184461B2
Provided are wireless communication devices and methods. A wireless communication device can comprise: circuitry operative to map at least a first type of reference signals (RSs) onto orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) symbol(s) other than the OFDM symbols onto which shortened transmission time intervals (TTIs) are mapped in a subframe, each of the shortened TTIs comprising 1-7 OFDM symbols; and a transmitter operative to transmit a physical channel in one of the shortened TTIs and transmit at least the first type of RSs.
US12184458B2
An improved carrier frequency offset synchronization method for the VDE-TER system includes matching and filtering the data at a receiver of the system, extracting a training sequence from an information data segment after matching and filtering; performing a carrier frequency offset estimation based on the training sequence to obtain a frequency offset estimated value; based on the frequency offset estimated value, performing a frequency offset compensation on the information data segment to obtain a first-level compensation data segment; performing a phase tracking on the first-level compensation data segment to obtain a cumulative phase compensation value, thereby obtaining a second-level compensation data segment; and demodulating the second-level compensation data segment to obtain the received information after synchronization. The method is based on a double Barker code training sequence, which reduces the bit error rate and optimizes the synchronization performance of the system under the condition of low-frequency offset.
US12184448B2
In an embodiment a method for operating a processing system includes programming, by a microprocessor during a CAN FD Light data transmission phase, a control register of a Serial Peripheral Interface (SPI) communication interface of the processing system in order to activate a master mode; generating, by the microprocessor during the CAN FD Light data transmission phase, a transmission CAN FD Light frame; storing, by the microprocessor during the CAN FD Light data transmission phase, the transmission CAN FD Light frame to a memory; and activating, by the microprocessor during the CAN FD Light data transmission phase a first DMA channel so that the first DMA channel sequentially transfers the transmission CAN FD Light frame from the memory to a transmission shift register in the SPI communication interface.
US12184447B2
A data transmission device and a data transmission system that can share data generated based on data received from each terminal, and update the shared data in the operation of the system are provided. The data transmission device sends and receives a packet to and from the terminal connected thereto via a communication network and the packet includes a first slot in which individual output data to be output from the terminal is stored and a second slot in which input data to be input to the terminal is stored. The data transmission device includes a sending part that sends the packet to the terminal, a receiving part that receives the packet sent to the terminal, and a controller that generates the input data based on output data including the individual output data stored in the first slot and stores the input data in the second slot.
US12184443B2
An integrated security system integrates broadband and mobile access and control with conventional security systems and premise devices to provide a tri-mode security network having remote connectivity and access. The integrated security system delivers remote premise monitoring and control functionality to conventional monitored premise protection and complements existing premise protection equipment. The integrated security system integrates into the premise network and couples wirelessly with the conventional security panel, enabling broadband access to premise security systems. Automation devices can be added, enabling users to remotely see live video or pictures and control home devices via a personal web portal or other client device. Camera management enables automatic configuration and management of cameras in the premise network. The camera management extends to remote control and monitoring from outside the firewall of the premise network to include routing of images or video from a streaming source device to a requesting client device.
US12184428B2
Disclosed are embodiments supporting multi-PDSCH transmission with multiple PUCCH resources by signaling the PDSCH-to-HARQ_feedback timing indicator, K1; identifying the PDSCH set associated with a PUCCH; constructing a Type 1 HARQ-ACK codebook; and constructing a Type 2 HARQ-ACK codebook.
US12184418B2
Disclosed are example embodiments of systems and methods for hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ). An example method includes performing a first HARQ compression to reduce a number of HARQ bits, the HARQ compression comprising one of a unified HARQ compression and a block-wise HARQ compression. Optionally, the example method further includes performing a second HARQ compression to further reduce the number of HARQ bits to a compressed number of HARQ bits. One of the first HARQ compression and the second HARQ compression include the unified HARQ compression and another of the first HARQ compression and the second HARQ compression comprising the block-wise HARQ compression. The example method also includes saving the compressed HARQ data to a DDR storage.
US12184409B1
Techniques are provided for jammer detection. A methodology implementing the techniques according to an embodiment includes steering a beam in a specified direction to generate a power measurement, the specified direction selected from a plurality of directions, such that the method comprises scanning through the plurality of directions. The method also includes adaptively steering a null in the specified direction and measuring a gain of the received signal in the null direction. The method further includes calculating a difference between the power measurement and the measured gain and generating a difference-based detection that the received signal is associated with a jammer at the specified direction. The difference-based detection is based on a comparison of the power difference to a power difference threshold value. The power difference threshold value is based on a desired probability of false alarm and probability of detection, and/or desired angular resolution.
US12184397B2
Methods, apparatus, systems and articles of manufacture are disclosed selectively generating and storing hashed reference signatures. An example method disclosed herein determining whether watermark coverage of a first media segment satisfies a dropout constraint, the first media segment corresponding to a first monitoring time interval of a media source feed and, when the watermark coverage of the first media segment does not satisfy the dropout constraint hashing first media signatures associated with the first media segment to generate corresponding first hashed signatures and generating first reference data for the first media segment, the first reference data including the first hashed signatures and the first media signatures. The example method further includes, when the watermark coverage of the first media segment satisfies the dropout constraint, generating second reference data for the first media segment, the second reference data including the first media signatures.
US12184396B2
The present technology describes a widely-spaced antenna radar array for Space Domain Awareness capable of object detection, characterization, imaging and, if unfriendly, threat mitigation. It features (1) very high angular resolution due to the very wide spacing of the sensors, enabling the detection of baseball size objects in GSO, (2) operation at high frequencies enabling characterization of smaller objects because of the ability to mitigate tropospheric effects, (3) operation at varied frequencies enabling threat mitigation and imaging, (4) immediate orbit determination in a single pass without the need for long-arc tracking due to the wide spacing and high precision angle of arrival (AOA) and (5) mitigation of grating lobes caused by the sparse antenna configuration, enabling the sensors to be placed at great distances.
US12184386B2
An apparatus includes an antenna array having a plurality of antennas. The antenna array is configured to receive a multi-carrier signal from a multi-antenna transmitter over a radio channel. The multi-carrier signal has at least two subcarriers, and each subcarrier is mapped at the transmitter to a respective subcarrier-beamformer. The respective subcarrier-beamformers has non-identical null and beam cone directions. A processor is configured to identify a communication direction for a radio signal communication between the apparatus and the transmitter. The communication direction is identified based on one or more specular path components of the radio channel which are related to a null or to a maximum of a subcarrier-beamformer.
US12184380B2
A method, a system, and an electronic apparatus for detecting failure of beamed signals can be applied in a user equipment. The method acquires a signal quality and determines whether such signal quality reaches a threshold value. If the signal quality is determined to be reaching the threshold value, determining whether the signal quality is continuously equal to or above the threshold value. If the signal quality parameter reaches the failure threshold value, determining that the beam occurred a wave beam failure.
US12184379B2
A beam selection method and a communication apparatus are provided, which relate to the field of communication technologies. The method includes: A terminal receives a downlink reference signal from a third beam of a network device on a first beam and a second beam; then, the terminal performs RSRP measurement and MPE measurement on the first beam and the second beam separately to obtain first RSRP, second RSRP, first back-off power, and second back-off power; and when a difference between the first RSRP and the first back-off power is greater than a difference between the second RSRP and the first back-off power, the terminal sends uplink data by using the first beam. In this technical solution, the terminal may select an uplink working beam with reference to the measured back-off power of the first beam and the measured back-off power of the second beam.
US12184373B2
A method for transmitting a channel state information CSI report, a terminal, and a network device are provided. The method for transmitting a CSI report is applied to a terminal side and includes: dividing non-zero quantized coefficients in a compressed coefficient matrix and a bitmap indicating the quantized coefficients into a plurality of information groups; discarding, based on priority information preset for information groups, at least one of the following information in the CSI report: the quantized coefficients and the bitmap; and transmitting the CSI report with the information discarded.
US12184359B2
The invention provides a mechanism for reducing residual frequency differences in distributed MIMO using a slave trigger, and increasing synchronization precision between APs. The communication device, which constitutes a wireless network by cooperating with another communication device, has a transmission unit for transmitting a frame for synchronization to the other communication device to cooperate with the other communication device. The transmission unit includes: a setting unit that sets a value exceeding 4 as a repetition number for an EHT Long Training Field (EHT-LTF) in a preset position of an EHT Signal Field (EHT-SIG-A) of a frame for synchronization; and a generation unit that generates a frame for synchronization, the frame including EHT-LTFs whose quantity is the set repetition number. The transmission unit transmits the generated frame to the other communication device.
US12184349B1
A system may include a processor. The processor may perform operations including receiving multiple light patterns from multiple wireless devices. The operations may also include determining a location for each of the multiple wireless devices based at least in part on the multiple light patterns. Moreover, the operations may include pairing a first wireless device of the multiple wireless devices to the processor based at least in part on the location for each of the multiple wireless devices.
US12184346B2
A method, a computer-readable medium, and an apparatus are provided. The apparatus communicates with a second apparatus, including transmitting or receiving a first transmission. The apparatus receives information about the second UE from a sensor at the first UE and/or from a BSM. The apparatus determines whether the first apparatus and the second apparatus are in a LOS condition based on a correlation of the information with one or more of a channel estimation, PMI feedback, or RI feedback. The apparatus may adapt a transmission parameter for a second transmission based on a predicted location of the first apparatus or the second apparatus. The transmission parameter may include at least one of a modulation, a code rate, a DMRS density, a precoder, a CSI-RS transmission periodicity or a feedback rate.
US12184344B2
Embodiments of the present disclosure provide methods and apparatuses for base station antenna calibration. A method is implemented in a base station for a cellular communications system. The method includes configuring a user equipment, UE, for a plurality of channel state information, CSI, reports associated to respective CSI reporting bands, the respective CSI reporting bands being either: (a) different subsets of sub-bands within a downlink bandwidth of the base station or (b) different downlink bandwidth parts served by the base station; receiving the CSI reports from the UE; estimating phase and delay errors for a plurality of transmit antenna branches of the base station; compensating for the estimated phase and delay errors for the transmit antenna branches based on the CSI reports received from the UE; and transmitting a downlink signal while compensating for the estimated phase and delay errors for the transmit antenna branches of the base station.
US12184343B2
A wireless radio repeater includes an antenna configured to receive a message associated with an electric power delivery system. The wireless radio repeater also includes circuitry configured to receive electrical measurement data, identify a condition of the electric power delivery system based on the electrical measurement data, and cause the antenna to re-transmit the message received via the antenna in response to identifying the condition based on the electrical measurement data.
US12184335B2
A coupling system in an integrated circuit to block DC components from an amplifier without large costly external coupling capacitors. An input receives an input signal which has a DC component. A first impedance element receives the input signal and blocks the DC component while a second impedance element connects between the output of the first impedance matching element and a ground node. The second impedance element and the first impedance element form a voltage divider network. The first and second impedance element are integrated elements. The amplifier receives the input signal after the DC component is blocked. The first impedance element and the second impedance element may comprise a resistor in series with a capacitor. In a differential pair configuration, an impedance matching element interconnects between a first path and a second path to impedance match the amplifier to a data source.
US12184333B2
A 2×2 optical multi-input-multi-output (MIMO) demultiplexer is disclosed. A first optical phase shifter applies a first relative phase shift between a first pair of optical transmission paths that are received from MIMO inputs, and a first 2×2 optical coupler combines the first pair of optical transmission paths and outputs a second pair of optical transmission paths. A second optical phase shifter applies a second relative phase shift between the second pair of optical transmission paths, and a second 2×2 optical coupler combines the second pair of optical transmission paths and outputs a third pair of optical transmission paths. A third optical phase shifter applies a third relative phase shift between the third pair of optical transmission paths, and a third 2×2 optical coupler combines the third pair of optical transmission paths and outputs a fourth pair of optical transmission paths, which are output by a pair of MIMO outputs.
US12184330B2
This application provides a signal transmission method and apparatus. The method includes: obtaining, by a transmitter side, a first signal with N points; performing signal separation on the first signal with N points, to obtain two groups of signals (for example, a second signal with N points and a third signal with N points); determining four signals with N/2 points based on the two groups of signals obtained through separation, and combining the four signals with N/2 points, to obtain a to-be-sent signal with 3N/2 points; and sending the signal with 3N/2 points to a receiver side, to enable the receiver to restore the first signal with N points from the received signal with 3N/2 points.
US12184328B2
A reception device includes: an image sensor that captures an image, and a reception unit configured to sample a plurality of pixels included in each of N (N being an integer greater than or equal to two) regions included in an imaging surface of the image sensor to receive, in parallel, N mutually different optical signals transmitted from a plurality of light sources.
US12184320B2
Automated radio frequency safety and compliance for 5G network systems. In an embodiment, a database comprises, for each of a plurality of sites, data representing relative locations of transmitter(s), including at least one 5G antenna, that emit radio frequency (RF) radiation at the site. For at least one of the sites, a power density caused by the transmitter(s) is calculated for one or more areas of the site. In addition, a maximum permissible exposure (MPE) map of the site is generated. The MPE map may comprise a graphical representation of each transmitter, and graphically distinguish any area of the site for which the calculated power density exceeds at least one limit.
US12184319B2
In an example, a receiver protection circuit includes a directional coupler configured to be coupled to a receive signal path of a communications device between an isolation device and an amplifier of the receive signal path. The receiver protection circuit further includes a power detector coupled to the directional coupler and configured to measure a power level of a transmit leakage signal in the receive signal path. The receiver protection circuit further includes a comparator configured to compare the measured power level of the transmit leakage signal in the receive signal path to a threshold value and output an alarm signal indicating that the measured power level of the transmit leakage signal exceeds the threshold value.
US12184314B2
A method for calibrating a radio frequency (RF) transmitter to compensate for a frequency-dependent in-phase quadrature (FDIQ) mismatch is disclosed. The method may include determining in-phase quadrature (IQ) amplitude and phase mismatches of the RF transmitter for a lower side band (LSB) and an upper side band (USB), determining a FDIQ mismatch based on linear fitting the IQ amplitude and phase mismatches for the LSB and the USB, modifying the FDIQ mismatch based on flipping a FDIQ phase mismatch in the LSB and flipping a FDIQ phase mismatch in the USB to generate a modified FDIQ mismatch, determining Fourier coefficients based on applying an inverse fast Fourier transform to the modified FDIQ mismatch, and determining FIR coefficients for a finite impulse response (FIR) filter of the RF transmitter based on windowing the Fourier coefficients.
US12184306B2
Example implementations include a method, apparatus and computer-readable medium of wireless communications, comprising receiving an input data sequence of a set of bits, wherein the input data sequence includes at least a portion of a set of CRC interleaved information bits, and wherein a number of the set of bits is at least 32. The implementations further include encoding the input data sequence by a polar encoder to define an intermediate polar encoded data sequence, the polar encoder having a combinational circuit including a plurality of stages that operate in a same clock cycle. Additionally, the implementations further include encoding the intermediate polar encoded data sequence for each of the plurality of stages according to a polar encoder factor graph to obtain a final polar encoded data sequence. Additionally, the implementations further include transmitting a polar encoded codeword on a control channel based on the final polar encoded data sequence.
US12184304B2
Provided are systems, methods, and computer program products for protecting AV communications including a sender component and a receiver component from components of an AV system communicating via a shared memory buffer, the sender component configured to send one or more serialized communications to the receiver component, by controlling at least one processor to access a data block storing message data; obtain a first instruction for serializing a communication; obtain a second instruction for computing a CRC checksum; and interleave the CRC checksum with serialized message data to generate a communication within a communication channel, by computing a serialized communication of the message data in the data block based on the first instruction, while concurrently computing the CRC checksum for the message data based on the second instruction.
US12184295B2
Analogue-to-digital converter, ADC, circuitry including: successive-approximation circuitry configured in a subconversion operation to draw a charge from a first voltage reference, REF1; compensation circuitry including a compensation capacitor and configured, in a precharge operation, to connect the compensation capacitor so that the compensation capacitor stores a compensation charge, and, in the subconversion operation, to connect the compensation capacitor to the first voltage reference so that a charge is injected into the first voltage reference, REF1; and control circuitry, wherein: the successive-approximation circuitry and the compensation circuitry are configured such that one or more parameters defining at least one of said charges are controllable; and the control circuitry is configured to adjust at least one said parameter to adjust an extent to which the charge injected into the first voltage reference, REF1, by the compensation circuitry compensates for the charge drawn from the first voltage reference, REF1, by the successive-approximation circuitry.
US12184286B1
The present disclosure describes a circuit that may include a first amplifier portion configured to receive a first input signal corresponding to a first clock signal and a second input signal corresponding to a second clock signal. The circuit may include a first amplifier of the first amplifier portion. The first amplifier may be configured to receive a first amplifier input signal and a second amplifier input signal. The circuit may include a second amplifier portion configured to receive a first output signal from the first amplifier portion. In a first mode, the first amplifier input signal may be based upon the second input signal and the second amplifier input signal may be based upon the first input signal. In a second mode, the first amplifier input signal may be based upon the first input signal and the second amplifier input signal may be based upon the second input signal.
US12184282B2
A semiconductor device has: a first chip having a substrate and a first wiring layer; and a second wiring layer formed on a second surface of the substrate. The second wiring layer has a first power supply line, and a second power supply line. The first chip has a first ground line, a third power supply line, a fourth power supply line, vias formed in the substrate and connecting the first power supply line and the third power supply line, a first area in which the first ground line and the fourth power supply line are arranged, and a first circuit connected between the first ground line and the third power supply line. A switch is connected between the first power supply line and the second power supply line. In a plan view, the third power supply line, the vias, and the first circuit are arranged in the first area.
US12184281B2
This application relates to control of semiconductor devices, in particular MOS devices, so as to reduce RTS/flicker noise. A circuit (100) includes a first MOS device (103, 104) and a bias controller (107). The circuit is operable in at least a first circuit state (PRO) in which the first MOS device is active to contribute to a first signal (Sout) and a second circuit state (PRST) in which the first MOS device does not contribute to the first signal. The bias controller is operable to control voltages at one or more terminals of the first MOS device to apply a pre-bias (VPB1, VPB2) during an instance of the second circuit state. The pre-bias is applied to set an occupancy state of charge carriers traps within the first MOS device, to limit noise during subsequent operation in the first circuit state. In embodiments, the bias controller is configured so that at least one parameter of the pre-bias is selectively variable in use based on one or more operating conditions.
US12184280B2
Apparatuses and methods for identifying memory devices of a semiconductor device sharing an external resistance are disclosed. A memory device of a semiconductor device may be set in an identification mode and provide an identification request to other memory devices that are coupled to a common communication channel. The memory devices that are coupled to the common communication channel may share an external resistance, for example, for calibration of respective programmable termination components of the memory devices. The memory devices that receive the identification request set a respective identification flag which can be read to determine which memory devices share an external resistance with the memory device having the set identification mode.
US12184279B2
An example apparatus includes: a first level shifting circuit including a supply output; a first deserializer stage including a supply input, a first input, a first output, and a second output, the supply input coupled to the supply output; a second level shifting circuit including a second input and a third output, the second input coupled to the first output; and a second deserializer stage including a third input, a fourth output and a fifth output, the third input coupled to the third output.
US12184261B2
Acoustic filters, resonators and methods are disclosed. An acoustic filter device includes a substrate having a surface and a single-crystal piezoelectric plate having front and back surfaces, the back surface attached to the surface of the substrate except for a portion of the piezoelectric plate forming a diaphragm that spans a cavity in the substrate. An interdigital transducer is formed on the front surface of the piezoelectric plate with interleaved fingers of the IDT disposed on the diaphragm. At least a portion of a perimeter of the cavity is curved and at least one end zone of the perimeter of the cavity is round.
US12184257B2
A signal filter includes a notch filter and a wideband filter. The notch filter is configured to perform a band-rejection filtering operation according to a band-rejection filtering property. The wideband filter is coupled to the notch filter, and is configured to perform a wideband filtering operation according to a wideband filtering property. The band-rejection filtering property includes a first cutoff frequency, a frequency bandwidth, a relatively high quality factor and a relatively low coupling coefficient. The wideband filtering property includes a second cutoff frequency, a relatively low quality factor and a relatively high coupling coefficient. The first and the second cutoff frequencies have a frequency difference therebetween. A ratio of the frequency difference to the frequency bandwidth is within a preset ratio range being from 2.5% to 20%.
US12184250B2
A feedback network has a feedback output terminal. A digital to analog converter has an analog output terminal. An amplifier includes an input differential pair having an inverting input terminal, a non-inverting input terminal, a first output current terminal and a second output current terminal. The inverting input terminal is coupled to the feedback output terminal, and the non-inverting input terminal is coupled to the analog output terminal. The amplifier includes a feedback differential pair having a third output current terminal, a fourth output current terminal, a first input terminal and a second input terminal. The third output current terminal is coupled to the first output current terminal, and the fourth output current terminal is coupled to the second output current terminal. The amplifier includes an amplifier output terminal coupled to the first input terminal and the second input terminal.
US12184249B2
A differential feedback circuit with an active noise cancelation technique using a dual input differential pair. In the differential feedback circuit, a feedback voltage and a reference voltage connect to a primary input pair. Sensed noise at the inputs is put to a secondary input pair of the differential amplifier, which is inverted with respect to the primary input pair. In other words, the reference voltage, which may be subject to noise, connects directly to one terminal of the secondary input pair and through a low-pass filter to another terminal of the secondary input pair so that the noise, which may be coupled to the differential feedback circuit, cancels at the output of the differential feedback circuit.
US12184241B2
Systems and methods for suppressing and mitigating harmonic distortion in a circuit are disclosed. In one example, a disclosed circuit includes a radio frequency (RF) oscillator and a power amplifier. The RF oscillator is configured to generate an RF signal. The power amplifier is configured to generate an amplified RF signal based on the RF signal. The power amplifier includes a transformer including a primary winding and a secondary winding, and a feedback capacitor electrically coupled to the primary winding and the secondary winding.
US12184238B2
An amplifier circuit includes a main amplifier and an auxiliary circuit that improves a slew rate of the main amplifier. The main amplifier is composed of a one-stage CMOS amplifier, amplifies a voltage difference between two input signals, and outputs, from output terminals, an output signal corresponding to the voltage difference of the input signals. The auxiliary circuit controls an auxiliary bias current flowing through the output terminals according to the voltage difference of the input signals, and interrupts the auxiliary bias current at a predetermined timing before completion of settling. Such a scheme enables improvement of a slew rate by the auxiliary circuit and high-speed operation as well as reduction of error due to mismatch between the main amplifier and the auxiliary circuit, thereby yielding high-accuracy output signal output therefrom.
US12184237B2
A device includes a package body including a central flange and an amplifier module mounted to the central flange of the surface-mount device. The amplifier module includes a module substrate mounted to the central flange. The module substrate includes a first die mount window, a first circuitry on a first surface of the module substrate, a second circuitry on the first surface of the module substrate, and a first amplifier die mounted on the central flange. The first amplifier die is at least partially disposed within the first die mount window and the first amplifier die is electrically connected to the first circuitry and the second circuitry. The first circuitry is electrically connected to a first lead of the package body and the second circuitry is electrically connected to a second lead of the package body.
US12184234B2
A semiconductor device includes a crystal oscillator circuit, a first noise application circuit, and a second noise application circuit. The first noise application circuit is connected to the crystal oscillator circuit and is configured to drive a crystal resonator by selectively applying initial noises of opposite phases to a first external terminal and a second external terminal. The second noise application circuit applies a second noise to the first external terminal by amplifying a signal at the first external terminal and returning the amplified signal to the first external terminal, thereby driving an oscillation amplifier and a crystal resonator of the crystal oscillator circuit and shortening a start-up time of the crystal oscillator circuit.
US12184214B2
A motor control device includes a timer circuit, a control mode setting unit, a PWM control unit, an angle calculation unit, and an angle synchronization control unit. The PWM control unit switches the operation mode of the angle synchronization control unit according to the control mode set by the control mode setting unit, and executes the PWM control when the operation mode of the angle synchronization control unit is the PWM mode. The angle synchronization control unit executes the angle synchronization control when the operation mode is the angle synchronization mode.
US12184212B2
A motor main body of a switched reluctance motor includes a rotor-having a plurality of rotor salient poles, a stator having a plurality of stator salient poles, a drive winding of each phase wound around stator salient poles of the plurality of stator salient poles, of the phase, and a permanent magnet disposed in a stator yoke. A drive circuit outputs a drive current to the drive winding of each phase to rotate the rotor. A pulse current output circuit outputs a pulse current to be superimposed on the drive current during an application time shorter than an application time of the drive current to the drive winding of each phase.
US12184205B2
A system for estimating a rotor resistance of an induction motor includes: an equivalent torque curve generation unit to generate an equivalent torque curve based on output torques of the induction motor; a minimum current operation point determination unit to determine a minimum current operation point of the equivalent torque curve; an equivalent current phase variable control unit to variably control a rotor resistance of the induction motor when a stator current command of the minimum current operation point is applied to the induction motor; an output torque detection unit to detect the output torque of the induction motor when the rotor resistance is variably controlled; and a rotor resistance determination unit to determine a maximum torque among the detected output torques and determine an actual rotor resistance of the induction motor based on the rotor resistance when the maximum torque is generated.
US12184203B2
There is provided an electric-power conversion apparatus in which a dead time can be set, while in an electric-power converter in which an AC current flows in a series circuit of switching devices, there is considered the effect of an error between a current value obtained for setting a dead time and an actual current value at a time of setting the dead time. An electric-power conversion apparatus, for a series circuit of each set, obtains a value of a current flowing in the series circuit is obtained; for an obtained current value, corrects a current error caused by a phase shift between a value of an actual current at a time when the dead time is set and the obtained current value; and set the dead time based on the corrected current value.
US12184199B2
Asynchronous bridge rectifier comprises a monolithic die comprising plurality of planar switching elements, each having a control terminal and two controlled terminals. The bridge rectifier further comprises a plurality of controller integrated circuits mechanically attached to the monolithic die, wherein the controller integrated circuits are configured to sense voltage across the controlled terminals of the planar switching elements and to generate a drive signal at the control terminal of the planar switching elements to control opening and closing of the planar switching elements so as to be capable of rectifying an alternating current input signal to form a rectified direct current output signal.
US12184197B2
An adapter and a control method are provided. The adapter includes a transformer, at least one first transistor, a control unit, and a first microwave unit. The at least one first transistor is connected to a primary side of the transformer, and is configured to perform a chopping modulation on a voltage input to the transformer. The control unit is configured to output a first control signal. The first microwave unit includes a first transmitting terminal and a first receiving terminal. The first transmitting terminal is configured to convert the first control signal into a first microwave signal and transmit it to the first receiving terminal of the first microwave unit. The first receiving terminal is configured to convert the first microwave signal into the first control signal to control the at least one first transistor to be turned on or off.
US12184182B2
Controller and method for a power converter. For example, the controller includes: a first terminal configured to receive a first voltage; a second terminal connected to a capacitor and biased to a second voltage; a voltage detector configured to receive the second voltage from the second terminal and generate a detection signal based at least in part on the second voltage; a charging controller configured to receive the detection signal and generate a first control signal based at least in part on the detection signal; and a charging current generator configured to receive the first voltage from the first terminal and receive the first control signal from the charging controller; wherein the voltage detector is further configured to: detect that the second voltage has decreased to a first predetermined threshold; and generate the detection signal indicating that the second voltage has decreased to the first predetermined threshold.
US12184171B2
A charge pump comprises two bridge arms coupled in parallel, two capacitors, and a control circuit. Each bridge arm has two pairs of switches coupled in series, each pair of switches having two switches coupled in series through a common node. Each capacitor is connected between the two common nodes of the corresponding bridge arm. The control circuit provides a mode signal by comparing an output voltage of the charge pump with two threshold voltages via a hysteretic comparison, and provides two control signals with opposite logic states based on the mode signal to control each pair of the switches to work complementarily, wherein the logic states of the control signals flip in response to transiting from a first status to a second status of the mode signal, and maintain in response to transiting from the second status to the first status of the mode signal.
US12184165B2
A power factor correction circuit includes an inductor configured to receive an input voltage and supply an output voltage; a power switch connected to the inductor and configured to control an input current flowing through the inductor; and a switch controller configured to receive a feedback voltage including information on the output voltage and an auxiliary voltage including information on a voltage of the inductor and control an on/off operation of the power switch. The switch controller is further configured to operate in a first mode when the feedback voltage is less than a reference voltage, and operate in a second mode when the feedback voltage is greater than the reference voltage.
US12184153B2
According to the present invention, there is provided a superconducting induction rotating machine 1 that has a stator for which a plurality of superconducting armature coils are placed along the circumferential direction, and a rotor provided rotatably around a central axis line in a state opposing the stator with a predetermined gap interposed, wherein the rotor is configured of a complex consisting of a cylindrical electrically conductive material layer disposed on a side opposing the stator, and a magnetic material layer disposed on an opposite side to the side opposing the stator of the electrically conductive material layer, and wherein the superconducting induction rotating machine 1 rotationally drives the rotor by generating a rotational torque in the rotor with a rotating magnetic field created by the armature coils while the superconducting armature coils disposed on the stator being cooled to a superconducting state.
US12184146B1
An integrated motor is provided, including a cover assembly and a housing assembly. The housing assembly is detachably connected to the cover assembly. The cover assembly includes a housing sub-assembly, a motor sub-assembly, and a connecting sub-assembly, the motor sub-assembly is disposed in the housing sub-assembly, and the connecting sub-assembly is matched with the housing assembly. The housing sub-assembly includes a top cover and a tubular housing, the tubular housing is connected to the top cover. The housing assembly includes a bottom cover and an electronic speed controller sub-assembly, the bottom cover is matched with the tubular housing, and the electronic speed controller sub-assembly is disposed in the bottom cover. The top cover, the tubular hosing, and the bottom cover are enclosed to form an accommodating space for accommodating the motor sub-assembly and the electronic speed controller sub-assembly.
US12184143B2
A linear actuator comprising a mass movably mounted in a linear displacement path, the mass having a magnetic segment, a drive force generator configured to selectively impart acceleration to the mass in the orientation of the linear displacement path, and a reactive force path generating a return force when the mass is displaced from a rest position. The return force being in the orientation of the linear displacement path and towards the rest position, the amplitude of the return force varying as a function of the position of the mass in the linear displacement path in accordance with a force response curve, the reactive force path including a permanent magnet force element disposed transversally adjacent to the linear displacement path and magnetically coupled with the magnetic segment.
US12184142B2
The present disclosure relates to a 3-phase connector integrated stator and an electric compressor including the same. The 3-phase connector integrated stator includes: a stator including a plurality of teeth formed to extend from a cylindrical core, insulators coupled to the core and the teeth so as to surround outer sides of the core and the teeth, and coils wound on outer sides of the insulators at the respective teeth; a motor cover coupled to an upper insulator in a central axis direction of the stator and having a connector coupling part protruding upwardly from an upper plate; and a 3-phase connector inserted into and coupled to the connector coupling part of the motor cover and having connection pins connected to 3-phase coils of the stator. Therefore, the 3-phase connector may be easily assembled to the stator, and the connector pins may be easily assembled to the 3-phase connector.
US12184136B2
In a rotating electric machine, an axis direction width of a rotor core arranged at an end of a load side of the rotating shaft is set to be γ, an axis direction width of a rotor core arranged at an opposite side end of the load side is set to be ε, a distance from a support part at the load side to the rotor core at the load side is set to be α, and a distance from a support part at the opposite side of the load side to a rotor core at the opposite side of the load side is set to be β. In a case of α>β, γ≥ε is satisfied, and in a case of α<β, γ≤ε is satisfied. Thereby, the vibration of the rotor can be suppressed effectively.
US12184134B2
In an embodiment a method includes cutting a material coil by a predetermined length, forming a vertex and inclined portions on the material coil, loading the vertex and the inclined portion so as to be interposed between an upper mold and a lower mold, forming the vertex into a front/rear bent portion so that the inclined portions are positioned on different lines based on the vertex by combining the upper and lower molds, loading ends of the inclined portions so as to be interposed between clamping pins and rotating a clamping part so that the inclined portions are rounded in front and rear directions.
US12184127B2
An expansion valve for at least one of an air conditioning system, a battery cooler, and an oil cooler of a motor vehicle is disclosed. The expansion valve includes a housing, a sensor, a stepping motor or a brushless DC (BLDC) motor, a valve seat, and a valve body interacting with the valve seat. The stepping motor or the BLDC motor includes a rotor and a stator surrounding the rotor. The rotor includes a shaft and a permanent magnet body that is connected to the shaft in a rotationally fixed manner. The sensor is structured and arranged to detect at least one of an axial position and an angle of rotation of the permanent magnet body.
US12184124B2
A method of manufacturing an electric motor assembly includes inserting the pump motor stator into a vacuum chamber. The pump motor stator comprises a housing having a cavity formed therein and a pump motor stator located within the cavity. The pump motor stator contains an integral cooling tube located radially inward of the stator. The method also includes applying a vacuum to the pump motor stator in the vacuum chamber and flowing a potting material into a gap between the stator and the cooling tube and the stator, the gap extending a first distance longitudinally between the stator and the cooling tube. Pressure is applied to the potting material to push the potting material further into the gap.
US12184116B2
A control circuit (10) is configured and intended for use in an electric vehicle (50). The control circuit (10) comprises a first circuit portion (12), a first power supply line (16), a first controllable switch (19), a second circuit portion (20), a second power supply line (26), a second controllable switch (30) and a switch control unit (36). The first circuit portion (12) comprises at least one electrolytic capacitor (14). The first power supply line (16) is configured to supply the first circuit portion (12) with electrical power. The first controllable switch (19) is arranged in the first power supply line (18), wherein the first switch (19) interrupts the first power supply line (16) in an open state in order to prevent the at least one electrolytic capacitor (14) from being supplied with power. The second power supply line (26) is configured to supply the second circuit portion (20) with electrical power. The second controllable switch (30) is arranged in the second power supply line (26), wherein the second switch (30) in an open state interrupts the second power supply line (26). The switch control unit (36) is configured and intended to control the switching states of the first switch (19) and the second switch (30), wherein the first switch (19) and the second switch (30) are closed in a first control state, and wherein in a second control state the first switch (19) is open and the second switch (30) is closed, wherein the switch control unit (36) is further configured and intended to determine the control state on the basis of functional requirements of the electric vehicle (50).
US12184105B2
A system and method for charging battery packs is provided. The system may include a charging pad comprising a power supply, a charging pad surface, and a microcontroller unit. The power supply may provide charging power. The charging pad surface may include a first charging region and a second charging region. The microcontroller unit may control delivery of charging power to the first charging region and the second charging region such that a device placed in contact with the first charging region is given a higher charging priority than a device placed in contact with the second charging region.
US12184103B2
The electronics comprises a load circuit, a power supply circuit having a rechargeable electrical energy storer, and a protection circuit. An input of the power supply circuit is adapted to be electrically connected with an external energy supply. Both the power supply circuit and the protection circuit have at least two operating modes. Additionally, the protection circuit is adapted in the first operating mode to monitor the cell voltage applied on the circuit input to determine whether its voltage level has exceeded a predetermined maximum value and, in given cases, automatically to deactivate the operating mode.
US12184101B2
Multi-cell battery management devices, systems, and methods are disclosed herein. A multi-cell battery management device comprises a battery pack including a power output terminal and a plurality of battery cells each having a positive and a negative terminal and connected in series fashion. Each of the plurality of battery cells includes: i) a cell control processor to monitor cell voltage, cell current, cell temperature, and cell fuse status; ii) a programmable shunt controlled by the cell control processor that varies the internal resistance of each of the cells; and iii) a data communications circuit connected to the cell control processor and to the positive and negative terminals of each cell, the communications circuit enabling data communication over the battery cell positive and negative output terminals, and wherein the cell control processor responds to commands received via the data communications circuit to vary the operating state of the programmable shunt.
US12184100B1
A hybrid power system, comprising at least two power storage components, each power storage component comprising a power source having a corresponding source profile and a source charger electrically connected to the power source, and a power path controller operatively connected to the at least two power storage components, comprises a processing circuit configured to receive an input signal and selectively switch between the source profiles correspond to the power sources of the at least two power storage components based on the received input signal, thereby configuring at least one power storage component of the at least two power storage components to provide stored power to an external load.
US12184094B2
A wireless power receiver of receiving power from a wireless power transmitter, including a receiving part configured to receive a wireless power from the wireless power transmitter; and a main controller configured to generate a signal including an FOD status packet, wherein the main controller transmits a signal including the FOD status packet to the wireless power transmitter; wherein the main controller receives a first power from the wireless power transmitter when a NAK response indicating that a foreign object is present in a charging area of the wireless power transmitter is received from the wireless power transmitter, or receives a second power from the wireless power transmitter when an ACK response indicating that the foreign object is not present in the charging area of the wireless power transmitter is received from the wireless power transmitter, in response to the FOD status packet; wherein the main controller transmits a reception power packet including information on reception power intensity to the wireless power transmitter; and wherein the main controller receives a signal including information on a result of determining whether the foreign object is present in the charging area from the wireless power transmitter using information measured or calculated by the wireless power transmitter in response to the reception power packet, while receiving the second power.
US12184086B2
An inductive connection system includes a baseplate that provides an attachment interface on a support surface. The baseplate is configured to engage with at least one accessory via the attachment interface to secure the accessory to the support surface. The attachment interface provides a plurality of different mounting positions for the at least one accessory. At least one puck is selectively coupled to the attachment interface to provide a desired one of the plurality of different mounting positions. One of the at least one puck and the at least one accessory includes an inductive transmitter and the other of the at least one puck and the at least one accessory includes an inductive receiver such that the at least one puck in the baseplate and the at least one accessory electrically connect to each other through a wireless electrical power link between the inductive transmitter and the inductive receiver when the at least one accessory is mounted in the desired one of the plurality of different mounting positions.
US12184085B2
A system for wireless power transfer (WPT) is described. The WPT system may be used for charging of electric vehicles or other mobile platforms. The WPT system includes a gap waveguide base including a conductive waveguiding structure and a bandgap structure along at least the lateral sides of the waveguiding structure. The WPT system also includes a charging plate separate from the gap waveguide base. The charging plate includes a conductive plate having a receiving structure for receiving the electromagnetic field from the gap waveguide base through an air gap. The disclosed WPT system enables propagation of an electromagnetic field through the air gap, including electromagnetic fields in the very high frequency (VHF) band.
US12184079B2
A wireless power supply system supplies power to an electrical device by wireless power supply. The electrical device is equipped with a power receiving unit including a power receiving coil. The wireless power supply system includes a flat surface, a power transmitting unit, and a standing portion. The electrical device is placed on the flat surface. The power transmitting unit includes a power transmitting coil disposed below the flat surface. The power transmitting unit supplies power to the power receiving unit by the wireless power supply. The standing portion defines, on the flat surface, a boundary between the outside and the inside of a placement area for the electrical device for supplying power from the power transmitting unit to the power receiving unit by the wireless power supply. The standing portion protrudes from the flat surface.
US12184077B2
A system and a method for connecting electrical load(s) to a first power source and a second power source including a switching device and a controller. The switching device includes a first semiconductor device pair and a second semiconductor device pair. The controller configured to receive a first set of electronic signals corresponding to a condition of the first power source and the second power source, isolate the first power source or the second power source from the one or more loads by transmitting a first set of control signals to the switching device, receive a second set of electronic signals corresponding to the condition of the first power source and the second power source, and connect the first power source or the second power source to the one or more loads by transmitting a second set of control signals to the switching device.
US12184057B2
The failure detection device detects failure in switches that are selectively switched between conduction and non-conduction in a current path, and includes: two or more temperature sensors in which a resistance value between terminals changes in accordance with temperature changes, the two or more temperatures sensors being provided near two or more of the switches connected to each other in parallel, and the two or more temperatures sensors being electrically connected in series to each other; a detection unit that detects the combined resistance value of the two or more temperature sensors; and a determination unit that determines, based on a combined resistance value, that one or more of the two or more switches has failed.
US12184045B2
An apparatus for providing an electrical connection to at least one electrical component comprising a first busbar, a second busbar, wherein during the electrical operation the first busbar and the second busbar have a different potential with respect to one another and are arranged parallel to one another, a first insulation element and a second insulation element. The first insulation element and the second insulation element overlap in part in an axial direction but are arranged spaced from one another in the radial direction at least in part between the first busbar and the second busbar. In addition, at least the first busbar has a contacting means for providing an electrical contact to an electrical component, wherein the second insulation element is arranged in the region of the contacting means.
US12184040B2
A vertical cavity surface emitting laser (VCSEL) array, comprising: a first sub-array includes a plurality of VCSEL units arranged along a first axis, and wherein the first sub-array includes: a first VCSEL unit includes a first upper contact and a first bottom contact; and a second VCSEL unit includes a second upper contact and a second bottom contact; a first contact electrically connected to the first upper contact and the second bottom contact; and a second contact electrically connected to the second upper contact and the first bottom contact, wherein the first VCSEL unit is operated when a first voltage is applied to the first contact and a second voltage smaller than the first voltage is applied to the second contact, and wherein the second VCSEL unit is operated when the second voltage is applied to the first contact and the first voltage is applied to the second contact.
US12184035B2
A light-emitting device includes a first base member; a laser unit provided on the first base member; a capacitive element that is provided on the first base member and supplies a driving electric current to the laser unit; a wiring board that is constituted by a second base member having lower thermal conductivity than the first base member and on which the first base member is mounted; and a driving unit that is mounted on the wiring board and drives the laser unit.
US12184032B2
A laser apparatus includes: a laser oscillator that includes a mirror and emits a laser beam; and an external resonator that includes a nonlinear optical crystal that functions as a phase conjugate mirror. The phase conjugate mirror reflects the laser beam and produces a phase conjugate wave that reaches the mirror of the laser oscillator, and the mirror of the laser oscillator and the phase conjugate mirror cause laser oscillation such that a wavelength and a phase of the laser beam oscillated by the laser oscillation are automatically fixed.
US12184028B2
An erbium fiber laser produces a beam of ultrashort laser pulses having a center wavelength greater than 780 nanometers, an average power greater than 0.5 watt, and a pulse duration less than 200 femtoseconds. The fiber laser includes an erbium fiber amplifier that is energized by a pump beam having a pump wavelength longer than 1520 nanometers. The pump wavelength is selected to provide uniform gain over the broad spectral bandwidth of a seed beam and minimal gain at shorter wavelengths in the fiber amplifier, thereby overcoming gain narrowing and gain shifting. The pump beam has sufficient power to achieve pump saturation in the fiber amplifier.
US12184025B2
A connector assembly that includes a receptacle with inner and outer shells which have a front end for mating with a mating connector and a back end configured to connect to a printed circuit board. Receptacle primary and secondary ground connections are located on one of the shells. A plug with an outer shell that supports a pin contact to mate with the socket contact. The outer shell of the plug has a front end for mating with the front end of the receptacle and a back end that is configured to connect to a coaxial cable. Plug primary and secondary ground connections are located on the outer shell. When the receptacle and plug are mated, the primary ground connections form a primary grounding path through the assembly and the secondary ground connections form a secondary grounding path through the assembly, thereby electrically connecting the plug with the board.
US12184022B2
The invention relates to a connection head piece for contacting an insulated down conductor in the external lightning protection, comprising a sleeve having an axially extending first inner diameter section adjusted to the outer diameter or cross-section of the insulated down conductor for receiving one end of the insulated down conductor, and having a second inner diameter section extending axially adjacent thereto and adjusted to the outer diameter or cross-section of a stripped, exposed conductor end of the insulated down conductor, and means for fastening the stripped, exposed conductor end in the second inner diameter section. According to the invention, a static friction-generating means is formed in the first inner diameter section of the sleeve and flexibly projects into the interior of the sleeve such that a nonpositive connection is established between an outer sheath of the insulated down conductor and the sleeve upon insertion of the down conductor.
US12184020B2
A first alternative of the application first defines a one-piece metal blank that will make it possible to produce a connector sub-assembly ready to be directly crimped to an insulated and shielded cable, prepared beforehand. A second alternative of the application first defines a pre-assembled connector sub-assembly that incorporates front and rear crimping portions with different electrical and/or mechanical characteristics, and which is ready to be directly crimped to an insulated and shielded cable, prepared beforehand. Either of the two alternatives makes it possible to minimize assembly steps and associated risks such as those due to the processes of fitting together a great many components according to the prior art.
US12184018B2
A type-c and USB two-in-one interface wireless radio frequency receiver, including a USB interface, a USB portion, a Type-c portion, an upper cover, a lower cover, a handle, and a connecting magnet. The USB portion is connected to the Type-c portion and placed on the lower cover. The USB interface and the type-c interface are fixed in the same storage device, but they are only physically fixed together, and the internal data is stored separately and is not mixed. When exporting data, the corresponding USB or type-c interface will be used, so that no matter which interface is used, this two-in-one receiver will meet the needs. A handle with a rotary design is further provided to protect the Type-c portion from damage. The upper side of the handle is fixed to a fixing rope via the fixing hole, so as to tie the device and facilitate to carry it around.
US12184013B2
A vehicle plug for transmitting power and signals between a vehicle and a trailer includes a power conductor and one or more video signal conductors. The power conductor is configured to provide power to one or more electrical components of the trailer, the one or more electrical components of the trailer includes one or more video cameras. The one or more video signal conductors are configured to receive video signals from the one or more video cameras of the trailer.
US12184012B2
A modular electrical connector with separately shielded signal conductor pairs. The connector may be assembled from modules, each containing a pair of signal conductors with surrounding partially or fully conductive material. Modules of different sizes may be assembled into wafers, which are then assembled into a connector. Wafers may include lossy material. In some embodiments, shielding members of two mating connectors may each have compliant members along their distal portions, such that, the shielding members engage at points of contact at multiple locations, some of which are adjacent the mating edge of each of the mating shielding members.
US12184002B2
To provide a connector that is compact and reliable and can easily be produced, in addition to achieving narrow spacing between protruding parts having a plurality of terminals mounted thereto. Such a connector is therefore provided that includes half body parts, each of which includes a connector main body and a plurality of terminals mounted to the connector main body, and a main body end part formed on each end of the connector main body with the connector main bodies of the half body parts opposite each other. The connector main body is an integrated member and includes a protruding part that extends in the longitudinal direction thereof and holds the terminals, along with an embedded part connected to each end in the longitudinal direction of the protruding part. The main body end part includes a cover part that covers at least part of the embedded part of the connector main body. The cover part is a member integrated with the embedded part.
US12183996B2
An electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes a first conductive patch, a second conductive patch, a third conductive patch, and a wireless communication circuit. The first conductive patch includes a first edge facing the second conductive patch, a second edge perpendicularly meeting the first edge at a first corner, a third edge parallel to the first edge, and a fourth edge that is parallel to the second edge and perpendicularly meets the third edge at a second corner. The second conductive patch and the third conductive patch each have a shape identical to that of the first conductive patch. The wireless communication circuit feed power to a first point of the first edge, a second point of a fifth edge of the second conductive patch, and a third point of a sixth edge of the third conductive patch.
US12183988B2
In an embodiment, an apparatus includes a first digital beamformer (DBF) associated with a first subset of antennas of a phased array antenna, the first DBF including a transmit section associated with transmission of a first signal at a first frequency in a transmit mode and a receive section associated with receiving of a second signal at a second frequency in a receive mode, the second frequency being different from the first frequency. The apparatus includes a second DBF associated with a second subset of antennas of the phased array antenna. The first and second DBFs are configured to receive a local oscillator signal having the first frequency from a common local oscillator in the transmit mode and receive the local oscillator signal having the second frequency from the common local oscillator in the receive mode.
US12183983B2
A method of optimizing driving of an antenna for communication of an artificial satellite, by controlling a rotation angle of the antenna, according to an embodiment of the disclosure, includes: receiving a basic profile indicating a change in a rotation angle of the antenna such that a center line of the antenna points to a ground station in response to movement of the artificial satellite; determining a processing section with reference to points at which a rotation velocity of the antenna, for the basic profile, is zero; and generating an optimization profile that determines the change in the rotation angle of the antenna by configuring the rotation velocity of the antenna, for the processing section, with a preset optimized rotation velocity.
US12183979B2
The present invention relates to a radio frequency antenna (10) including an antenna array (12) operating at one wavelength and comprising: a powered dipole (14A) connected at an access point (15) to a radio frequency transmitter generating or receiving a wave at the wavelength, at least one coupled dipole (14C1, 14C2, 14C3) connected at an access point to a respective load (Z1, Z2, Z3), the powered dipole (14A) and each coupled dipole (14C1, 14C2, 14C3) including two strands extending from the access point (15), the access points (15) being arranged so as to form a polygon, the first strand of a dipole (14) extending along the second strand of a neighboring dipole (14) at a distance less than one tenth of the wavelength.
US12183974B2
A slot antenna includes: power-supply points; and a slot, wherein in the slot antenna, the power-supply points are arranged while interposing the slot therebetween in a shorter direction of the slot, the slot being an opening that is provided in a metal sheet constituting an outer panel of a vehicle, and a width along the shorter direction of the slot is larger in each of both end parts of the slot than in an intermediate part of the slot in a longitudinal direction of the slot.
US12183969B2
The present disclosure relates to a communication technique for converging, with IoT technology, a 5G communication system for supporting a higher data transfer rate beyond the 4G system, and a system therefor. The present disclosure may be applied to intelligent services (for example, smart homes, smart buildings, smart cities, smart cars or connected cars, healthcare, digital education, retail businesses, security- and safety-related services, etc.) on the basis of 5G communication technology and IoT-related technology. Disclosed is a cover device for protecting an antenna device which is mounted in an electronic device to radiate a beam in an ultrahigh-frequency band, the cover device comprising: a cover frame including an open window region corresponding to a radiation region of the antenna device; and a thickness compensation structure disposed in the window region on the cover frame and having a different thickness according to the frequency band of the beam radiated from the antenna device.
US12183964B2
A mobile device with high radiation efficiency includes a ground element, a first radiation element, a second radiation element, a third radiation element, a fourth radiation element, and a dielectric substrate. The first radiation element has a feeding point. The second radiation element is coupled to the first radiation element. The first radiation element is coupled through the third radiation element to the ground element. The fourth radiation element is coupled between the first radiation element and the third radiation element. The first radiation element, the second radiation element, the third radiation element, and the fourth radiation element are disposed on the dielectric substrate. An antenna structure is formed by the first radiation element, the second radiation element, the third radiation element, and the fourth radiation element.
US12183959B2
A steam concentration energy converter has an array or series of Membrane Electrode Assembly (MEA) cells electrically connected in series. The array of MEA cells is configured as a separator between a high water vapor partial pressure region and a low water vapor partial pressure region. A housing may be utilized to separate the high water vapor partial pressure region from the low water vapor partial pressure region. The array of MEA cells are electrically coupled to a load/controller through an electrical conduit. Each MEA cell has electrodes separated from each other by an ion conductive membrane, which is preferably a proton conductive membrane. The electrodes are electrically coupled to electrical conduit.
US12183955B2
A sealing structure for a battery includes a plate shaped member having a through hole, a polymer molding, and an electrode. The polymer molding has a tube portion provided along an entire edge of the through hole and a base portion provided on the tube portion. The electrode has a column portion disposed on an inner periphery of the tube portion and a plate portion provided on the column portion. A back surface of the plate shaped member contacts a front surface of the base portion. A front surface of the plate portion contacts a back surface of the base portion. The back surface of the plate shaped member has an annular first projection provided around the through hole and projecting toward the base portion. The front surface of the plate portion has an annular second projection provided around the through hole and projecting toward the base portion.
US12183945B2
A secondary battery includes a constraint and an electrode assembly disposed within the constraint. The electrode assembly includes a population of unit cells including an electrode current collector layer, an electrode layer, a separator layer, a counter-electrode layer, and a counter-electrode current collector layer in stacked succession in a longitudinal direction. The electrode layer includes an electrode active material, and the counter-electrode layer includes a counter-electrode active material. One of the electrode active material and the counter-electrode material is a cathodically active material and the other of the electrode active material and the counter-electrode material is an anodically active material. A subset of the unit cell population includes at least one extended spacer member located between the electrode current collector layer and the counter-electrode current collector layer, the at least one spacer member extending a distance SD in an x-axis direction beyond an x-axis edge of the constraint.
US12183941B2
A battery, a power consumption device, and a method and device for producing a battery are disclosed. The battery includes: a first battery cell and a second battery cell adjacent to each other, the first battery cell including a pressure relief mechanism disposed on a first wall of the first battery cell; a fire-fighting pipeline configured to discharge a fire-fighting medium toward the first wall when the pressure relief mechanism is actuated; and a blocking component protruding from the first wall along a direction perpendicular to the first wall, and the blocking component being configured to block the fire-fighting medium discharged from the fire-fighting pipeline from flowing from the first battery cell to the second battery cell to improve the safety performance of the battery.
US12183936B2
Discussed is a battery pack including: a battery module assembly including a plurality of battery modules including a plurality of battery cells; a pack tray on which the battery module assembly is accommodated; and a tray bar arranged on at least one side edge of the pack tray.
US12183927B2
An electrode material includes an electrode active material, a first solid electrolyte material, and a coating material. The first solid electrolyte material includes Li, M, and X and does not include sulfur, where M includes at least one selected from the group consisting of metal elements other than Li and metalloid elements, and X is at least one selected from the group consisting of Cl, Br, and I. The coating material is located on the surface of the electrode active material.
US12183923B2
A carbon-based anode material having a surface formed with slightly oxidized pores, includes by weight: 10-30 parts of clay minerals, 5-8 parts of chitosan, 0.1-1 part of a cationic polymer, 0.1-1 part of tris-1-(2-methylaziridinyl) phosphine oxide, 3-8 parts of a conductive agent, 3-8 parts of absolute ethyl alcohol, 1-3 parts of potassium oxalate, and 10-15 parts of a binder. According to the invention, the cationic polymer and the tris-1-(2-methylaziridinyl) phosphine oxide are added on the basis of the chitosan and the clay minerals, the cationic polymer contains polynuclear olation complex ions with a high positive electrovalence, thus being able to closely adhering to the surface of clay to form a three-dimensional net structure, so multiple slightly oxidized pores are formed in the surface of the obtained carbon-based material in a carbonization process, and the finally obtained carbon-based anode material has good charge-discharge performance and cycle performance.
US12183918B2
Systems and methods for silicon dominant lithium-ion cells with controlled lithiation of silicon may include a cathode, an electrolyte, and an anode. The anode may include silicon lithiated at a level after discharge that is configured to be above a minimum threshold level, where the minimum threshold lithiation is 3% silicon lithiation. The lithiation level of the silicon after charging the battery may range between 30% and 95% silicon lithiation, between 30% and 75% silicon lithiation, between 30% and 65% silicon lithiation, or between 30% and 50% silicon lithiation. The lithiation level of the silicon after discharging the battery may range between 3% and 50% silicon lithiation, between 3% and 30% silicon lithiation, or between 3% and 10% silicon lithiation. The minimum threshold level may be a lithiation level below which a cycle life of the battery degrades. The electrolyte may include a liquid, solid, or gel.
US12183917B2
Provided are a secondary battery, a battery module, a battery pack and an electrical apparatus. The secondary battery includes a positive electrode plate and a non-aqueous electrolyte solution. A positive electrode active material includes an inner core and a shell cladding the inner core. The inner core includes Li1+xMn1−yAyP1−zRzO4. The shell includes a first cladding layer cladding the inner core and a second cladding layer cladding the first cladding layer. The first cladding layer includes pyrophosphate MP2O7 and phosphate XPO4. The second cladding layer includes carbon. The non-aqueous electrolyte solution includes a first additive. The first additive includes one or more compounds in a group consisting of a compound shown in Formula 1, a compound shown in Formula 2 and a compound shown in Formula 3. The rate performance, cycling performance and high temperature stability of a lithium manganese phosphate secondary battery are increased.
US12183905B2
A system and method for a safe and reliable high voltage battery module is disclosed. A weight and cost efficient structure to connect a plurality of cell-brick assemblies in series and/or parallel and protect against a thermal runaway event, resulting in improved manufacturability and reliability.
US12183904B2
A vehicle battery assembly having a battery stack that includes a plurality of modules. The plurality of modules fastened by vertical and horizontal bolts. The battery stack includes cooling plates that is configured to be flexible and non-rigid placed between the modules. The cooling plates have improved isolation of structural stresses from the battery assembly.
US12183893B2
A secondary battery includes a rectangular exterior body having an opening and containing a first electrode assembly and a second electrode assembly, a sealing plate sealing the opening, and a positive-electrode current collector. The sealing plate has an electrolytic solution introduction hole. The first electrode assembly includes a first insulating sheet on an outermost surface thereof adjacent to the second electrode assembly. The second electrode assembly includes a second insulating sheet on an outermost surface thereof adjacent to the first electrode assembly. A first tape is attached to both an outermost surface of a first positive-electrode tab group and the first insulating sheet. A second tape is attached to both an outermost surface of a second positive-electrode tab group and the second insulating sheet. At least one of the first tape and the second tape is located to face the electrolytic solution introduction hole.
US12183887B2
An electrolyte solution containing at least one compound (1) selected from a compound represented by the following formula (1-1) and a compound represented by the following formula (1-2), the formula (1-1) being: wherein R111 to R113 are each individually a C1-C4 linear alkyl group, the formula (1-2) being: wherein R121 to R123 are each individually a C1-C4 linear alkyl group.
US12183884B2
An electrolyte including a dinitrile compound, a trinitrile compound, and propyl propionate. Based on the total weight of the electrolyte, the weight percentage of the dinitrile compound is X, the weight percentage of the trinitrile compound is Y, and the weight percentage of the propyl propionate is Z, wherein, about 2 wt %<(X+Y)≤about 11 wt %, about 0.1≤(X/Y)≤about 4, about 30 wt %≤Z≤about 50 wt %, about 2 wt %
US12183883B2
In order to overcome the problem of low ionic conductivity in the existing polymer solid electrolyte, the disclosure provides a solid electrolyte, comprising a polymer, a lithium salt and an additive, the additive is selected from an aprotic organic solvent with a carbon number lower than 10 and a relative dielectric constant higher than 3.6; the mass content of the lithium salt is 30%˜90%, and the mass content of the additive is 0.01%˜2%, based on the total mass of the solid electrolyte being 100%. Further provided is a polymer lithium ion battery comprising the solid electrolyte. According to the solid electrolyte of the disclosure, a trace amount of small molecule aprotic organic solvent with high dielectric constant is introduced as an additive, which can inhibit crystallization of the solid electrolyte, promote transmission of lithium ions in the electrolyte, and improve the ionic conductivity of the solid electrolyte at room temperature.
US12183882B2
The present disclosure relates to a solid electrolyte membrane including a polymer electrolyte material and a porous polymer sheet which form a composite with each other in such a manner that the pores of the porous polymer sheet filled with the polymer electrolyte material, and a method for manufacturing the same. Since the porous polymer material and the solid electrolyte material form a composite with each other, it is possible to obtain a solid electrolyte membrane having excellent strength and a small thickness of 50 μm or less, and thus to improve the energy density of a battery.
US12183878B2
Provided is a method of manufacturing a sulfide-based inorganic solid electrolyte material including Li, P, and S as constituent elements, the method including: a preparation step of preparing a raw material inorganic composition (A) including at least lithium sulfide, phosphorus sulfide, and a crystal nucleating agent; and a vitrification step of mechanically processing the raw material inorganic composition (A) to vitrify the raw material inorganic composition (A).
US12183872B2
A battery system includes a battery frame, a battery module, and a polymeric seat. The battery frame includes a horizontal bottom plate and a plurality of members that extend in a vertical direction from the bottom plate. The battery module includes at least one battery cell enclosed inside body of the battery module. The battery module also includes an attachment surface fixedly attached to the body and one or more supports that extend downward from to the body. The attachment surface is fixedly attached to one or more of plurality of members to generate a force on the one or more supports in a direction of the bottom plate. The polymeric seat is fixedly attached to either the one or more supports or the battery frame and removably contacts the other of the one or more supports or the battery frame. The polymeric seat is compressed in response to the force.
US12183855B2
A display device includes a substrate, a first electrode and a second electrode which are spaced apart from each other in a second direction, light-emitting elements spaced apart from each other in the first direction, a first contact electrode electrically contacting the light-emitting elements, and a second contact electrode electrically contacting the light-emitting elements. The first contact electrode electrically contacts the first electrode through a first contact portion disposed on the first electrode, the second contact electrode electrically contacts the second electrode through a second contact portion disposed on the second electrode, the first contact portion is disposed on an end portion in the first direction of the first contact electrode, and the second contact portion is disposed on an end portion in the first direction of the second contact electrode.
US12183846B2
The present disclosure relates to a device and method for removing metal gallium, and a laser lift-off system. The device includes a device body, and the device body includes a process chamber (10), wherein fluid used for removing metal gallium left on the surfaces of multiple Micro Light Emitting Diode (Micro-LED) chips after laser lift-off is contained in the process chamber (10); and a temperature of the fluid is greater than or equal to a melting point of metal gallium.
US12183841B2
A solar cell, a manufacturing method thereof, and a photovoltaic module. The solar cell includes: a semiconductor substrate including first and second surfaces opposite to each other; emitter and first passivation layer formed over the first surface; tunneling layer formed over the second surface; first doped conductive layer and retardation layer formed on the tunneling layer and corresponding to metallization region, the first doped conductive layer is located between the tunneling layer and the retardation layer; second doped conductive layer formed over the tunneling layer and covering the tunneling layer in non-metallization region and the retardation layer, the retardation layer is configured to retard migration of doped element in the second doped conductive layer to the first doped conductive layer; second passivation layer formed over the second doped conductive layer; and second electrode forming contact with the second doped conductive layer and first electrode forming contact with the emitter.
US12183826B2
A semiconductor structure, and a method of making the same includes a fin extending upward from a substrate, an epitaxially grown bottom source/drain region in direct contact with the substrate and a bottom portion of the fin. A bottom surface and sidewalls of a metal silicide layer are in direct contact with the epitaxially grown bottom source/drain region. A bottom spacer is located above and in direct contact with the metal silicide layer and a portion of the epitaxially grown bottom source/drain region not covered by the metal silicide layer, the bottom spacer surrounding the fin.
US12183816B2
A semiconductor device includes a barrier region and a channel region, source and drain electrodes, and a gate structure that is configured to control a conductive connection between the source and drain electrodes, wherein the barrier region comprises a first barrier layer and a second barrier layer, wherein in a central portion of the device the second barrier layer is the only layer that is disposed over the channel region, wherein in outer lateral portions of the device the first barrier layer is disposed over the channel region, wherein the first and second barrier layers are each III-V semiconductor alloys, and wherein a molar fraction of a second type III element in the central portion is higher than a molar fraction of the second type III element in the first barrier layer.
US12183813B2
A cell structure and a semiconductor device using the same. The cell structure comprises a semiconductor substrate; a plurality of slot units are provided at the top end of the semiconductor substrate; a corresponding carrier barrier region is provided at the bottom of each slot unit; a conductive material is provided in each slot; source body regions are provided between the adjacent slot units; one or more source regions are closely attached on the surface of each source body region, and the source regions and the source body regions are in contact with a first metal layer at the top of the semiconductor substrate; a first semiconductor region and a second metal layer in contact with the first semiconductor region are provided at the bottom of the semiconductor substrate.
US12183800B2
Semiconductor devices include a first active pattern including a first lower pattern extending in a first direction and a first sheet pattern spaced apart from the first lower pattern; and a first gate electrode on the first lower pattern, the first gate electrode extending in a second direction and surrounding the first sheet pattern, wherein the first lower pattern includes a first sidewall and a second sidewall opposite to each other, each of the first sidewall of the first lower pattern and the second sidewall of the first lower pattern extends in the first direction, the first gate electrode overlaps the first sidewall of the first lower pattern in the second direction by a first depth, the first gate electrode overlaps the second sidewall of the first lower pattern in the second direction by a second depth, and the first depth is different from the second depth.
US12183798B2
A method of forming a gate stack structure includes forming a dipole metal layer on a high-κ gate dielectric layer on a semiconductor structure formed on a substrate, annealing the dipole metal layer, and removing the dipole metal layer. The dipole metal layer comprises dopants in the high-κ gate dielectric layer.
US12183795B2
The present invention provides a device having a trench gate structure and a method of making the same. The device comprises a substrate, a drift region, a well region, a trench gate, a heavily-doped region, and an electrode positioned on the heavily-doped region. The structure of the device is simple to provide good VDMOS and IGBT breakdown voltages, and meanwhile take on-state resistance and reliability of oxide into account.
US12183787B2
A semiconductor process system etches gate metals on semiconductor wafers. The semiconductor process system includes a machine learning based analysis model. The analysis model dynamically selects process conditions for an atomic layer etching process. The process system then uses the selected process conditions data for the next etching process.
US12183775B2
A method includes forming a shallow trench isolation (STI) region in a semiconductor substrate thereby defining an active region and a passive region in the semiconductor substrate and spaced apart from each other by the STI region, forming a first sacrificial gate structure over the active region and a second sacrificial gate structure over the passive region, forming first source/drain regions in the active region and second source/drain regions in the passive region, after forming the first and second source/drain regions, replacing the first sacrificial gate structure with a metal gate structure and the second sacrificial gate structure with a metal resistor structure, the metal resistor structure corresponding to a dummy gate, forming a first gate contact over the metal gate structure, and a pair of resistor contacts over the metal resistor structure, and electrically coupling a set of metal lines with the metal resistor structure by the pair of resistor contacts.
US12183772B2
Alight emitting device includes: a light emitting element; a first substrate having an upper surface comprising an element placement region on which the light emitting element is disposed; a light-transmissive member with a sheet-like shape that covers the light emitting element, wherein an outer edge of a lower surface of the light-transmissive member contacts an outer side of the upper surface of the element placement region of the first substrate; and a first protrusion portion disposed along an outer edge of an upper surface of the light-transmissive member and extending across an upper surface of the first substrate and the upper surface of the light-transmissive member, wherein the first protrusion portion comprises a top portion located higher than an upper surface of the light emitting element.
US12183769B2
A display device and a method of manufacturing the same are provided. A display device includes: a substrate including a plurality of pixels; a first electrode and a second electrode spaced apart from each other on the substrate; a light emitting element located between the first electrode and the second electrode; and a conductive pattern on the light emitting element. The light emitting element includes a first semiconductor layer, a second semiconductor layer, and an active layer between the first semiconductor layer and the second semiconductor layer, and the conductive pattern overlaps the active layer and does not overlap the first semiconductor layer or the second semiconductor layer.
US12183752B2
An array substrate is disclosed. The array substrate includes a semiconductor layer integrated with a PIN photoelectric diode and an active area. The PIN photoelectric diode includes a P-type semiconductor area, an N-type semiconductor area, and an I-type semiconductor area defined between the P-type semiconductor area and the N-type semiconductor area. A gate electric current is introduced at a location corresponding to the I-type semiconductor area, so as to enhance light sensitivity.
US12183751B2
Implementations described herein reduce electron-hole pair generation due to silicon dangling bonds in pixel sensors. In some implementations, the silicon dangling bonds in a pixel sensor may be passivated by silicon-fluorine (Si—F) bonding in various portions of the pixel sensor such as a transfer gate contact via or a shallow trench isolation region, among other examples. The silicon-fluorine bonds are formed by fluorine implantation and/or another type of semiconductor processing operation. In some implementations, the silicon-fluorine bonds are formed as part of a cleaning operation using fluorine (F) such that the fluorine may bond with the silicon of the pixel sensor. Additionally, or alternatively, the silicon-fluorine bonds are formed as part of a doping operation in which boron (B) and/or another p-type doping element is used with fluorine such that the fluorine may bond with the silicon of the pixel sensor.
US12183744B2
A display substrate, a display device, a method of forming a display substrate, and a method of forming a display device are provided. The display substrate includes: a first insulation structure, including a display area and a frame area, where the frame area is arranged around the display area, and at least one first groove is arranged in the first insulation structure of the display area; a first wiring layer arranged on the first insulating structure and covering a side surface and a bottom surface of the first groove; a second insulation structure arranged on the first wiring layer, where at least one first through-hole is formed in the second insulation structure of the frame area; a first conductive structure covering a part of an upper surface of the second insulating structure and at least a sidewall and a bottom surface of the first via-hole.
US12183739B2
Integrated circuitry comprising a ribbon or wire (RoW) transistor stack within which the transistors have different threshold voltages (Vt). In some examples, a gate electrode of the transistor stack may include only one workfunction metal. A metal oxide may be deposited around one or more channels of the transistor stack as a solid-state source of a metal oxide species that will diffuse toward the channel region(s). As diffused, the metal oxide may remain (e.g., as a silicate, or hafnate) in close proximity to the channel region, thereby altering the dipole properties of the gate insulator material. Different channels of a transistor stack may be exposed to differing amounts or types of the metal oxide species to provide a range of Vt within the stack. After diffusion, the metal oxide may be stripped as sacrificial, or retained.
US12183738B2
A semiconductor device and a method of manufacturing the same are provided. The semiconductor device includes a cross-coupled gate circuit in a three-dimensional (3D) stack including a plurality of transistors, a first gate line of a first transistor among the plurality of transistors connected to a fourth gate line of a fourth transistor among the plurality of transistors, a second gate line of a second transistor among the plurality of transistors connected to a third gate line of a third transistor among the plurality of transistors, a first conductor connecting the first gate line and the fourth gate line, a second conductor connecting the second gate line and the third gate line. The first gate line and the second gate line are arranged above the third gate line and the fourth gate line, respectively.
US12183734B2
A semiconductor device includes a first active pattern extending lengthwise along a first direction and a second active pattern extending lengthwise along the first direction and spaced apart from the first active pattern in the first direction. The device also includes a field insulating film between the first active pattern and the second active pattern. An upper surface of the field insulating film is lower than or coplanar with upper surfaces of the first and second active patterns. The device further includes an element isolation structure in an isolation trench in the first active pattern and the field insulating film. An upper surface of the element isolation structure is higher than the upper surfaces of the first and second active patterns.
US12183729B2
Provided is a method for inserting a pre-designed filler cell, as a replacement to a standard filler cell, including identifying at least one gap among a plurality of functional cells. In some embodiments, a pre-designed filler cell is inserted within the at least one gap. By way of example, the pre-designed filler cell includes a layout design having a pattern associated with a particular failure mode. In various embodiments, a layer is patterned on a semiconductor substrate such that the pattern of the layout design is transferred to the layer on the semiconductor substrate. Thereafter, the patterned layer is inspected using an electron beam (e-beam) inspection process.
US12183728B2
A method includes bonding a first and a second device die to a third device die, forming a plurality of gap-filling layers extending between the first and the second device dies, and performing a first etching process to etch a first dielectric layer in the plurality of gap-filling layers to form an opening. A first etch stop layer in the plurality of gap-filling layers is used to stop the first etching process. The opening is then extended through the first etch stop layer. A second etching process is performed to extend the opening through a second dielectric layer underlying the first etch stop layer. The second etching process stops on a second etch stop layer in the plurality of gap-filling layers. The method further includes extending the opening through the second etch stop layer, and filling the opening with a conductive material to form a through-via.
US12183723B2
A semiconductor package including at least one functional die; at least one dummy die free of active circuit, wherein the dummy die comprises at least one metal-insulator-metal (MIM) capacitor; and a redistribution layer (RDL) structure interconnecting the MIM capacitor to the at least one functional die.
US12183722B2
Disclosed embodiments include molded interconnect bridges that are in a molded frame, where the molded frame includes passive devices that couple to a metal buildup layer that includes at least one power rail and one ground rail. The molded interconnects bridge is embedded in an integrated-circuit package substrate between a die side and a land side, and closer to the die side.
US12183721B2
An electronic device includes a substrate, a spacer, a first element and a second element. The spacer is disposed on the substrate and has a first portion, a second portion, a first opening, a second opening and a third opening arranged in a first direction. In a cross-section view, the second opening is located between the first opening and the third opening, the first portion is located between the first opening and the second opening, and the second portion is located between the second opening and the third opening. A width of the first portion is less than a width of the second portion in the first direction, and an area of the second opening is different from an area of the first opening. The first element is overlapped with the first opening. The second element is overlapped with the third opening.
US12183720B2
Solid-state lighting devices including light-emitting diodes (LEDs), and more particularly LED packages are disclosed. Arrangements for LED packages are disclosed that provide improved reliability and improved emission characteristics in a variety of applications, including outdoor LED displays as well as general illumination. LED packages are disclosed with linear arrangements of LED chips and corresponding lenses to provide improved visibility and color mixing at higher viewing angles. LED packages are disclosed that include different types of lenses that are arranged within the same LED package depending on desired emission characteristics. Body structures for LED packages are disclosed that include arrangements for improved adhesion with encapsulant materials and optional potting materials to provide improved moisture barriers.
US12183718B2
A semiconductor package includes a package substrate, a plurality of semiconductor devices stacked on the package substrate, a plurality of underfill fillets disposed between the plurality of semiconductor devices and between the package substrate and the plurality of semiconductor devices, and a molding resin at least partially surrounding the plurality of semiconductor devices and the plurality of underfill fillets. The plurality of underfill fillets include a plurality of protrusions that protrude from spaces between each of the plurality of semiconductor devices or between the package substrate and each of the plurality of semiconductor devices. At least two neighboring underfill fillet protrusions of the plurality of protrusions form one continuous structure without an interface therebetween.
US12183710B2
Various embodiments include a method for producing a least one conductive track comprising: forming a surface with a thermoplastic; and depositing conductive track material on the surface by thermal spraying.
US12183702B2
A flip chip device and methods for fabrication are provided. An interconnect layer for a device include a plurality of solder bumps arranged within the interconnect layer. A first subset of the plurality of solder bumps has a first cross-sectional area, where the first subset is arranged along a first position at a first edge of the interconnect layer. A second subset of the plurality of solder bumps has a second cross-sectional area, where the second subset is arranged at a second position of the interconnect layer. A third subset of the plurality of solder bumps is arranged between the first position and the second position, where the third subset has a plurality of cross-sectional areas.
US12183696B2
A method of manufacturing a semiconductor device includes forming a wiring metal layer structure; forming a dielectric layer structure arranged directly on the wiring metal layer structure; and forming a bonding pad metal layer structure arranged, at least partially, directly on the dielectric layer structure, wherein a layer thickness of the dielectric layer structure ranges from 1% to 30% of a layer thickness of the wiring metal layer structure, wherein the wiring metal layer structure and the bonding pad metal structure are electrically connected through openings in the dielectric layer structure.
US12183681B2
A package structure including a first semiconductor die, a second semiconductor die, a molding compound, a bridge structure, through insulator vias, an insulating encapsulant, conductive bumps, a redistribution layer and seed layers is provided. The molding compound encapsulates the first and second semiconductor die. The bridge structure is disposed on the molding compound and electrically connects the first semiconductor die with the second semiconductor die. The insulating encapsulant encapsulates the bridge structure and the through insulator vias. The conductive bumps are electrically connecting the first and second semiconductor dies to the bridge structure and the through insulator vias. The redistribution layer is disposed on the insulating encapsulant and over the bridge structure. The seed layers are respectively disposed in between the through insulator vias and the redistribution layer.
US12183677B2
A three-dimensional (3D) semiconductor device includes a stack structure including first and second stacks stacked on a substrate. Each of the first and second stacks includes a first electrode and a second electrode on the first electrode. A sidewall of the second electrode of the first stack is horizontally spaced apart from a sidewall of the second electrode of the second stack by a first distance. A sidewall of the first electrode is horizontally spaced apart from the sidewall of the second electrode by a second distance in each of the first and second stacks. The second distance is smaller than a half of the first distance.
US12183674B2
A chip structure is provided. The chip structure includes a substrate. The chip structure includes an interconnect structure over the substrate. The chip structure includes a conductive pad over the interconnect structure. The chip structure includes a passivation layer covering the interconnect structure and exposing the conductive pad. The chip structure includes a first etch stop layer over the passivation layer. The chip structure includes a first buffer layer over the first etch stop layer. The first etch stop layer and the first buffer layer are made of different materials. The chip structure includes a second etch stop layer over the first buffer layer. The second etch stop layer and the first buffer layer are made of different materials. The chip structure includes a device element over the second etch stop layer.
US12183668B2
Thin-film transistors and MIM capacitors in exclusion zones are described. In an example, an integrated circuit structure includes a semiconductor substrate having a zone with metal oxide semiconductor (MOS) transistors therein, and having a zone that excludes MOS transistors. A back-end-of-line (BEOL) structure is above the semiconductor substrate. A thin-film transistor (TFT) and/or a metal-insulator-metal (MIM) capacitor is in the BEOL structure. The TFT and/or MIM capacitor is vertically over the zone that excludes MOS transistors.
US12183665B2
Disclosed is a semiconductor package comprising a package substrate, an interposer substrate on the package substrate and including a first redistribution substrate, a second redistribution substrate on a bottom surface of the first redistribution substrate, and an interposer molding layer between the first redistribution substrate and the second redistribution substrate, a connection substrate on the interposer substrate and having a connection hole that penetrates the connection substrate, a first semiconductor chip on the interposer substrate and in the connection hole, a second semiconductor chip on the interposer substrate, in the connection hole and horizontally spaced apart from the first semiconductor chip, and a connection semiconductor chip in the interposer molding layer and on the bottom surface of the first redistribution substrate.
US12183656B2
A method of manufacturing a semiconductor device includes adhering together a heat dissipating body and a plurality of heat generating bodies via a thermally conductive sheet, by applying pressure to the heat dissipating body and the plurality of heat generating bodies in a thickness direction of the thermally conductive sheet with the thermally conductive sheet disposed therebetween, the thermally conductive sheet having a compression modulus of 1.40 MPa or less under a compressive stress of 0.10 MPa at 150° C.
US12183653B2
An adhesive film includes a porous metal layer having a plurality of pores therein, a first adhesive layer on one side of the porous metal layer, an adhesive substance at least partially filling the pores of the porous metal layer, and a plurality of first thermal conductive members distributed in the first adhesive layer.
US12183648B2
In a semiconductor device, when a first surface of a first member is viewed in plan, a plurality of circuit blocks are disposed in an inner region of the first surface. The second member is joined to the first surface of the first member in surface contact with the first surface. The second member includes one or more circuit blocks. A conductive protrusion protrudes from the second member on an opposite side to the first member. One of the circuit blocks in the second member constitutes a first amplifier circuit including a plurality of first transistors that are connected in parallel to each other. At least one of the circuit blocks in the first member overlaps at least one circuit block in the second member in a plan view.
US12183641B2
A method for evaluating electrical characteristics of a semiconductor substrate, the method including the steps of: forming a p-n junction on a surface of the semiconductor substrate; mounting the semiconductor substrate on a wafer chuck provided with an equipment for performing light irradiation on the surface of the semiconductor substrate and an equipment for measuring the quantity of the light for the irradiation; performing light irradiation on the surface of the semiconductor substrate for a predetermined time; and measuring an amount of carriers generated after the light irradiation of the p-n junction at least after turning off the light irradiation. This provides a method for evaluating a semiconductor substrate that allows the same evaluation in a wafer state as when an actual solid-state image sensor has been formed without producing a device by using process equipment when evaluating characteristics corresponding to residual image characteristics of a wafer.
US12183640B2
A cladding sidewall layer footing is removed prior to formation of a hybrid fin structure. Removal of the cladding sidewall layer footing prevents a metal gate footing from forming under the hybrid fin structure when the cladding sidewall layer is removed to enable the metal gate to be formed around the nanostructure channels of a nanostructure transistor. Cladding sidewall layers can be formed in an asymmetric manner to include different lengths and/or angles, among other examples. The asymmetric cladding sidewall layers enable asymmetric metal gate structures to be formed for p-type and n-type nanostructure transistors while preventing metal gate footings from forming under hybrid fin structures for p-type and n-type nanostructure transistors. This may reduce a likelihood of short channel effects and leakage within the nanostructure transistors yield of nanostructure transistors formed on a semiconductor substrate.
US12183638B2
A method includes forming a gate dielectric on a semiconductor region, depositing a work-function layer over the gate dielectric, depositing a silicon layer over the work-function layer, and depositing a glue layer over the silicon layer. The work-function layer, the silicon layer, and the glue layer are in-situ deposited. The method further includes depositing a filling-metal over the glue layer; and performing a planarization process, wherein remaining portions of the glue layer, the silicon layer, and the work-function layer form portions of a gate electrode.
US12183634B2
A method of forming a semiconductor device having a vertical metal line interconnect (via) fully aligned to a first direction of a first interconnect layer and a second direction of a second interconnect layer in a selective recess region by forming a plurality of metal lines in a first dielectric layer; and recessing in a recess region first portions of the plurality of metal lines such that top surfaces of the first portions of the plurality of metal lines are below a top surface of the first dielectric layer; wherein a non-recess region includes second portions of the plurality of metal lines that are outside the recess region.
US12183624B2
A process for producing a receiver substrate for a semiconductor-on-insulator structure for radiofrequency application comprises the following steps:—providing a semiconductor substrate comprising a base substrate made of monocrystalline material and a charge-trapping layer made of polycrystalline silicon arranged on the base substrate;—oxidizing the charge-trapping layer to form an oxide layer arranged on the charge-trapping layer. The oxidation of the charge-trapping layer is performed at least partly at a temperature lower than or equal to 875° C., in the following manner:—starting the oxidization at a first temperature (T1) between 750° C. and 1000° C.;—decreasing the temperature down to a second temperature (T2), lower than the first temperature (T1), between 750° C. and 875° C.;—continuing the oxidization at the second temperature (T2).
US12183608B2
A substrate container with enhanced flow field therein includes a box, at least one offset inflation mechanism and at least one gas diffusion mechanism. The offset inflation mechanism is disposed outside internal receiving space of the box. The offset inflation mechanism has a gaseous chamber extending in the same direction as a bottom panel. The gas diffusion mechanism includes a base, a partition wall and at least one diffusion member. The base masks an outlet of the gaseous chamber to form an auxiliary gaseous chamber. The partition wall extends perpendicularly to the bottom panel to form a vertical first gas channel in communication with the auxiliary gaseous chamber. The diffusion member and the partition wall together define a second gas channel. The partition wall has at least one gap whereby the first gas channel and the second gas channel are in communication with each other.
US12183604B2
Methods for making thin-films on semiconductor substrates, which may be patterned using EUV, include: depositing the organometallic polymer-like material onto the surface of the semiconductor substrate, exposing the surface to EUV to form a pattern, and developing the pattern for later transfer to underlying layers. The depositing operations may be performed by chemical vapor deposition (CVD), atomic layer deposition (ALD), and ALD with a CVD component, such as a discontinuous, ALD-like process in which metal precursors and counter-reactants are separated in either time or space.
US12183601B2
A structural body (2, 2A to 2E) according to the present disclosure includes a base (10, 10D, 10E), a first electrode layer (111), a second electrode layer (112), a first via conductor (131), a second via conductor (132), and a connection conductor (133). The base (10, 10D, 10E) is composed of a ceramic. The first electrode layer (111) and the second electrode layer (112) are located inside the base (10, 10D, 10E). The first via conductor (131) and the second via conductor (132) are located inside the base (10, 10D, 10E) and connect the first electrode layer (111) and the second electrode layer (112). The connection conductor is located inside the base (10, 10D, 10E), and connects the first via conductor and the second via conductor.
US12183593B2
A manufacturing method for manufacturing a package structure is provided. The manufacturing method includes: (a) providing a carrier having a top surface and a lateral side surface, wherein the top surface includes a main portion and a flat portion connecting the lateral side surface, and a first included angle between the main portion and the flat portion is less than a second included angle between the main portion and the lateral side surface; (b) forming an under layer on the carrier to at least partially expose the flat portion; and (c) forming a dielectric layer on the under layer and covering the exposed flat portion.
US12183588B2
A wet etching method is provided in the present disclosure. The method includes providing a substrate, where a layer to-be-etched is on a surface of the substrate; and performing etching treatments on the layer to-be-etched till a thickness of the layer to-be-etched reaches a target thickness. Each etching treatment includes performing a first etching process, where the substrate is at a first rotation speed; after the first etching process, performing a second etching process, where a rotation speed of the substrate is reduced from the first rotation speed to a second rotation speed, and a liquid film of a chemical solution on the surface of the substrate is increased to a first thickness; and after the second etching process, performing a third etching process, where the substrate is at a third rotation speed, and the third rotation speed is lower than or equal to the first rotation speed.
US12183586B2
An embodiment of the application provides a method for forming a semiconductor structure. The semiconductor structure includes a first region and a second region. The method includes the following steps: providing a base, an insulating layer, and a mask layer that are stacked in sequence, where the first region has at least one trench penetrating the mask layer and the insulating layer, and the mask layer has an upper surface in the second region higher than that in the first region; forming a first protection layer, where an upper surface and a sidewall of the mask layer in the first region are covered with the first protection layer; after the first protection layer is formed, removing the mask layer in the second region; subsequent to removal of the mask layer in the second region, removing the first protection layer; and removing the mask layer in the first region.
US12183571B2
In some embodiments, the present disclosure relates to an integrated chip fabrication device. The device includes a stealth laser apparatus arranged over a chuck configured to hold a substrate. An infrared camera is arranged over the chuck and configured to detect an alignment mark below the substrate. The alignment mark is used to align the stealth laser apparatus over the chuck. Control circuitry is configured to operate the stealth laser apparatus to form a stealth damage region at a location within the substrate that is determined based upon the alignment mark. The stealth damage region separates an inner region of the substrate from an outer region of the substrate.
US12183563B2
An electric power source in which an electron collector and an electron emitter, having a higher work function than the electron collector, are connected peripherally by a wire and placed very close together. An electric potential difference develops between the electron collector and the electron emitter as electrons spontaneously flow through the wire from the electron collector to the electron emitter due to the difference in work functions. With the electron collector and electron emitter positioned extremely close together, the small electric potential difference creates a strong electric field. The strong electric field allows field emission of electrons from the electron emitter. The emitted electrons then cross the small gap to the electron collector, completing the electric circuit, allowing a continuous electric current to flow, making this device an electric power source.
US12183562B2
A night vision system along with an image intensifier tube and method for shuttering the continued draw of electrons from an electron multiplier are provided. The night vision system includes the electron multiplier, or possibly two electron multipliers, each comprising a silicon membrane. A shutter voltage is applied between a first surface and a substantially parallel, opposed second surface of the silicon membrane to discontinue draw of electrons through the electron multiplier and for substantially discontinuing display of an image from the image intensifier tube under certain bright light conditions. Utilizing a global shutter control on the electron multiplier, and the significantly lower voltage for such control mitigates power consumption within the image intensifier, as well as electromagnetic interference and delay response time. A relatively low voltage negative bias shutter voltage on only the electron multiplier selectively provides global shutter to the image intensifier device.
US12183559B2
An adapter for a deposition chamber includes an adapter body extending longitudinally about a central axis between an upper side and lower side opposite the upper side. The adapter body has a central opening about the central axis. The adapter body has a radially outer portion having a connection surface on the lower side and a radially inner portion having a coolant channel and a stepped surface on the lower side. At least a portion of the coolant channel is spaced radially inwardly from a radially inner end of the connection surface. At least the portion of the coolant channel is disposed longitudinally below the connection surface between the connection surface and the stepped surface.
US12183552B2
A substrate processing apparatus includes a chamber which has a processing room in which a substrate is processed, a cover which is provided in the processing room and is provided between the substrate and the chamber, and a heater which is provided only on the cover among the chamber and the cover and heats the cover.
US12183548B2
Embodiments disclosed herein include a processing tool. In an embodiment, the processing tool comprises a power supply, an impedance matching network coupled to the power supply, a cathode, wherein the power supply is configured to supply power through the impedance matching network to the cathode, and a processing module, wherein the processing module is communicatively coupled to the power supply and the impedance matching network.
US12183536B2
Various methods and systems are provided for a cathode of an X-ray imaging system. A method for fabricating the cathode comprises machining a plurality of focusing features on a focusing element and welding the focusing element to a base assembly.
US12183535B2
A dielectric coated plasmonic photoemitter is provided. An aspect of the present photonic apparatus includes a conductive photoemitter including a dielectric material coating or layered on a metallic core. The dielectric material being configured to enhance a local optical field strength and current density of the photoemitter as compared to a bare photoemitter without the dielectric layer. The dielectric layered photoemitter being tunable to transmit photoemissions from corners thereof with different photonic characteristics depending on a laser wavelength pulse received.
US12183529B2
An electromagnetic relay includes a fixed terminal, a movable contact piece, a first contact, a second contact, a movable mechanism, and a magnet unit. The first contact is disposed on one of the fixed terminal or the movable contact piece. The second contact is disposed on another of the fixed terminal or the movable contact piece. The magnet unit generates a magnetic field to apply a Lorentz force to an arc generated between the first contact and the second contact. The magnet unit applies the Lorentz force in a first direction to the arc when a current flowing through the arc is directed from the second contact toward the first contact. In a state in which the first contact is in contact with the second contact, a center position of the first contact and a center position of the second contact are shifted from each other in the first direction.
US12183519B2
A method for producing an electrolytic capacitor, the electrolytic capacitor including a capacitor element including an anode body and a cathode body each having a foil shape. The anode body includes a dielectric layer on a surface of the anode body. The method includes a step of forming a capacitor element precursor by winding or stacking a separator, the anode body, and the cathode body with the separator interposed between the anode body and the cathode body, a step of impregnating the capacitor element precursor with a treatment liquid containing an acid component, a solvent, and a conductive polymer component, a step of impregnating the capacitor element precursor with a liquid component after the step of impregnating the capacitor element precursor with the treatment liquid, and a step of forming the capacitor element by eluting the acid component into the liquid component.
US12183508B2
An assembly of supported superconducting coils may include support structure including a flexible mounting band attached to a surface of a coil and which extends axially beyond the radially outer surface of the coil. The flexible mounting band may be attached to a support structure at multiple locations. The coil may be attached to one or more other coils by the flexible mounting band.
US12183502B2
An inductor component includes an element assembly formed of an insulator material and an inner electrode arranged in the element assembly. The insulator material contains a base material formed of an amorphous material containing B, Si, O, and K and a crystalline filler and includes a filler-poor glass portion in a region along the inner electrode. The content of the crystalline filler in the filler-poor glass portion is lower than the content of the crystalline filler in the element assembly excluding the filler-poor glass portion.
US12183495B2
A method for producing a powder of a magnetoplumbite-type hexagonal ferrite which is an aggregate of particles of a compound represented by Formula (1), the method including: a step A of adjusting a pH of an aqueous solution containing a Fe salt, an Al salt, and at least one metal element salt selected from the group consisting of a Sr salt, a Ba salt, a Ca salt, and a Pb salt to exceed 8.0, thereby obtaining a reaction product; a step B of drying the reaction product obtained in the step A, thereby obtaining a dried product; and a step C of firing the dried product obtained in Step B, thereby obtaining a fired product, and application. In Formula (1), A represents at least one metal element selected from the group consisting of Sr, Ba, Ca, and Pb, and x satisfies 1.5≤x≤8.0. AFe(12-x)AlxO19 Formula (1)
US12183491B2
A stacked varistor having a small variation in electrostatic capacitance is obtained. The stacked varistor includes first internal electrode projection extending from third internal electrode toward first end surface between first side surface and first varistor region, and second internal electrode projection extending from third internal electrode toward second end surface between first side surface and second varistor region. First internal electrode projection extends closer to first end surface than a line connecting point closest to first end surface of first varistor region and point closest to first end surface of third external electrode is. Second internal electrode projection extends closer to second end surface than a line connecting point closest to second end surface of second varistor region and point closest to second end surface of third external electrode is.
US12183489B2
A process manufactures a PTC heating element (10) that includes at least one PTC component (20) and, on at least one side (50, 52) of the at least one PTC component (20), at least one carrier (14, 16) permanently connected to the PTC component (20). The process includes arranging solder material (46, 48) between the one side of the at least one PTC component (20), which side is to be permanently connected to the at least one carrier (14, 16), and the at least one carrier to be connected on this side of the at least one PTC component (20). The solder material (46, 48) is melted by induction soldering to connect the at least one PTC component (20) to the at least one carrier (14, 16).
US12183483B2
A cable unit is provided comprising: a jacket comprising at least one cable housing and at least one support housing; the or each cable housing having a tubular structure, extending in a longitudinal direction, each support housing in the plurality of support housings having a tubular structure, extending in the longitudinal direction, wherein the at least one support housing being disposed on one side of the at least one cable housing; and at least one support element retained within each support housing of the plurality of support housings, wherein the at least one support element retained within each support housing of the plurality of support housings comprises at least one portion that has an arcuate cross section in the width direction.
US12183481B2
A bus bar, which includes a metal bar made of an electrically conductive metal material; a bandage member configured to surround the metal bar except for both ends of the metal bar; and an insulating tube configured to surround the metal bar and the bandage member together, wherein the bandage member is made of a metal wire having a surface coated with a coating material having insulation and fire resistance.
US12183478B2
In this treatment method of a coated wire, a coated wire, which is a metal wire coated with a resin, is subjected to low-temperature heating in a non-combustion atmosphere in coexistence with an alkali to embrittle the coating resin, the embrittled coating resin is crushed, and the coating resin and the metal wire are separated.
US12183475B2
An apparatus is for the automated production of a daughter radionuclide from a parent radionuclide using a generator comprising a solid medium onto which the parent nuclide is fixed and whereby the daughter nuclide is formed by radioactive decay of the parent nuclide. The apparatus includes a fluid circuit including a chromatography column having a head port and a tail port, at least one connection port for connecting the generator to the fluid circuit, at least one inlet port for connecting fluid sources to the fluid circuit and at least one valve controlled by an electronic control unit for selectively connecting the chromatography column, the connection port and the at least one inlet port in various configurations. The various configurations include a first elution configuration for circulating an A1′ solution exiting the generator and containing the daughter radionuclide, through the chromatography column from the head port to the tail port for loading the chromatography column with the daughter radionuclide; a first washing configuration for circulating an A2 washing solution from a solution inlet through the chromatography column from the head port to the tail port; and a second washing configuration for circulating an A2′ washing solution from a solution inlet through the chromatography column from the tail port to the head port.
US12183473B2
A method of removing an irradiated capsule from inside of a burnable absorber rodlet. The capsule can contain produced Co-60. The method includes inducing an electromagnetic flux into the capsule to magnetically lock the capsule with a capsule removal module. While locked, the capsule can be relatively moved along a longitudinal axis of the rodlet to remove the capsule from the rodlet.
US12183472B2
Systems enhance stand pipe alignment and security with braces docking to the stand pipes. A link connects pairs of braces so the braces and stand pipes docked thereby cannot move relative to each other when fully secured. Partially securing braces allows adjustment of the braces and distance between the same and thus stand pipe position. Fully securing the braces makes the entire system rigid without need for a tie bar. Braces and links can be installed and secured to the stand pipes and among each other at an axial position from above the stand pipes, so that overhead, simple tooling may be used. A crimp nut or other resilient connector may be used to secure the systems from that single dimension with simple tooling. Any number of braces, joining to any number of other braces, may be used in the system, and several systems may be used at various levels.
US12183466B1
A method and system addresses the circumstance where a lack of confidence in the impairment rating has arrested the impairment rating process and additional data collection is no longer possible. One or more incomplete data sets are compared to and corrected with a high accuracy database containing reviewed historical impairment data. An analysis of the data outputs a temporary impairment rating and a recovery score index, which yields a corrected and substantially accurate impairment rating report which can be used within the managed impairment repair process as the worker's compensation claim moves toward claim closure.
US12183458B2
A method of treatment of a type 2 diabetic patient includes selecting a type 2 diabetic patient having a predetermined comorbidity for treatment, initiating a continuous glucose monitor regimen for the selected type 2 diabetic patient, wherein after six months of initiation of the continuous glucose monitor regimen, a rate of hospitalization for a predetermined diagnostic category of the selected patient having the predetermined comorbidity is reduced by at least 12% relative to an average rate of hospitalization for the predetermined diagnostic category of selected patients having the predetermined comorbidity without the continuous glucose monitor regimen.
US12183456B2
Embodiments herein describe tracking the use of medical devices to update their remaining life. In addition to tracking the remaining life of the overall device, the embodiments herein can track the remaining life of each component which may be greater than the life of the medical device. Unlike typical modular devices which are replaced after they break or exceed their expected life, one-time use (or limited use) medical devices may be limited to use by a specific patient before they are discarded. The embodiments herein can use communication between healthcare providers and a tracker database to track the usage of a medical device and update the remaining life of its components to identify components that can be recycled after the medical device is no longer being used.
US12183432B2
A circuit includes a series of a first latch circuit, selection circuit, second latch circuit, and pre-decoder. A control circuit, based on a clock signal, outputs control signals to the selection circuit and first and second latch circuits, and, to the pre-decoder, a pulse signal including a first pulse during a first portion of a clock period in response to a read enable signal having a first logical state, and a second pulse during a second portion of the clock period in response to a write enable signal having the first logical state. Based on the control signals, the selection circuit and first and second latch circuits output read and write addresses to the pre-decoder during the respective first and second clock period portions, and the pre-decoder outputs a partially decoded address in response to each of the read address and first pulse, and the write address and second pulse.
US12183425B2
A memory includes S storage blocks, N global bitlines, and a signal amplification circuit. Each of the S storage blocks is connected to the N global bitlines, the N global bitlines are connected to the signal amplification circuit, the signal amplification circuit is configured to amplify electrical signals on the N global bitlines, and each storage block includes N columns of storage units, N local bitlines, and N bitline switches. In each storage block, storage units in an ith column are connected to an ith local bitline, the ith local bitline is connected to an ith global bitline by using an ith bitline switch in the N bitline switches. A memory array is fine-grained, so that ith local bitlines in the S storage blocks can share one global bitline.
US12183419B2
Methods, systems, and devices for programmable column access are described. A device may transfer voltages from memory cells of a row in a memory array to respective digit lines for the memory cells. The voltages may be indicative of logic values stored at the memory cells. The device may communicate respective control signals to a set of multiplexers coupled with the digit lines, where each multiplexer is coupled with a respective subset of the digit lines. Each multiplexer may couple a digit line of the respective subset of digit lines with a respective sense component for that multiplexer based on the respective control signal for that multiplexer.
US12183417B2
A memory device in an integrated circuit is provided, including an input/output (I/O) circuit, a first memory segment and a second memory segment that separated from the first memory segment in a first direction, a first pair of data lines on a first side of the integrated circuit, extending in the first direction and configured to couple the first memory segment to the I/O circuit, and a second pair of data lines separated from the first pair of data lines in a second direction, different from the first direction, on a second side, opposite to the first side, of the integrated circuit, and configured to couple the second memory segment to the I/O circuit. A first width of the first pair of data lines is different from a second width of the second pair of data lines.
US12183413B2
A method includes, in response to detecting a power on event, selecting a block from a set of blocks, causing a first scan to be performed using a set of read level offsets to select, from a set of bins in accordance with a scan order, a first bin assigned with a first read level offset resulting in a first bit error metric value, in response to determining that the first bin is not an initial bin of the scan order, causing, using a second read level offset assigned to a second bin, a second scan to be performed to obtain a second bit error metric value, wherein the second bin immediately precedes the first bin in the scan order, and selecting, based on first bit error metric value and the second bit error metric value, an optimal bin from the set of bins.
US12183408B2
Operating a memory unit using a low-power DC source. The low-power DC source provides lesser power than that required to operate the memory unit. In an embodiment, charge from the low-power source is stored on a charge storage device in a first time interval. The memory unit is operated using the charge storage device as a second power source in a second time interval. A portion of one of the first time interval and the second time interval does not overlap with the other one of the first time interval and the second time interval.
US12183399B2
The present application discloses a memory device, a programming method and a memory system. The memory device comprises: a memory cell array comprising a plurality of word lines and a plurality of bit lines; each of the word lines comprising at least two word line segments; each of the word line segment in the word line having different signal transmission distances from a word line driver; different word line segments in the word line corresponding to different bit lines respectively; the word line driver configured to apply a word line voltage to the word line; a bit line driver configured to apply different bias voltages to different bit lines corresponding to the different word line segments respectively during application of a programming pulse.
US12183379B2
A method to control a memory cell in a memory device, where the memory cell includes a switch, a memory element, and a negative resistance device coupled in series, the method includes: determine whether the memory cell is in a read operation or not; during the read operation in the memory cell, apply a read voltage greater than a predetermined threshold voltage of the negative resistance device for making the negative resistance device entering into a negative resistance state. A memory device that includes a memory cell array is also provided.
US12183373B2
According to an embodiment, a magnetic disk device includes: a magnetic disk; an arm; a support member provided at a distal end of the arm; a magnetic head provided on the support member and configured to access the magnetic disk; a first actuator configured to rotate the arm; a second actuator configured to drive the support member; and one or more processors configured to implement a controller configured to perform seek control of the magnetic head. The controller includes: a feedback controller configured to control a first command value for driving the first actuator so as to reduce an error between a position of the magnetic head and a target position; and an iterative learning controller configured to receive an input value based on the error and output a second command value for driving the second actuator by iterative learning.
US12183370B2
A video generation method includes: when a video theme configured by a user and a video production instruction are obtained, obtaining, according to the video production instruction, a user image and multiple video templates matching the video theme; embedding the user image into reserved positions of at least some of the video templates so that the user image is combined with situational materials of the video templates to generate at least one video; obtaining a video to be published from the at least one video, and publishing the video to be published to a preset video playback platform. Thus, during the process of video production, at least one video can be generated at a time as long as the user image is embedded into multiple video templates, without repeatedly photographing by a user.
US12183369B2
Systems and methods are described to identify jump points indicative of potential time points from which to resume consumption of the media asset in response to receiving a request to skip a portion of a media asset being consumed. The jump points include a first jump point identified based on a content viewing profile and a second jump point identified based on a scene information associated with the media asset. A preview image is displayed at each of the identified jump points. Systems and methods are also described to pause the skipping operation at the identified jump points and provide a preview at the respective jump points. Systems and method are further described to identify jump points based on analysis of the portion of the media asset being skipped.
US12183359B2
A wind noise reduction system including a beamformer, a comparator, and a voice mixer is provided. The beamformer may be an MVDR beamformer, and generates a beamformed signal based on a first microphone signal and a second microphone signal. The comparator generates a comparison signal based on the beamformed signal and a wind microphone signal. The comparison signal may be further based on a beamformed energy level of the beamformed signal and a wind energy level of the wind microphone signal. The voice mixer generates an output voice signal based on the beamformed signal, the wind microphone signal, and the comparison signal. The wind noise reduction system may further include a wind microphone corresponding to the wind microphone signal. The wind microphone may be arranged on a portion of a wearable audio device configured to be seated in a concha of a wearer.
US12183343B2
Embodiments include methods, devices, systems, and non-transitory process-readable storage media for voice-activated message filtering rule generation. Some embodiments may include receiving a spoken command from a communication device, parsing the spoken command to identify an element of the spoken command, generating a message rule based on the identified element of the spoken command, determining whether the generated message rule has been met, and sending a message to the communication device in response to determining that the message rule has been met.
US12183340B2
Systems and methods of intent identification for customized dialogue support in virtual environments are provided. Dialogue intent models stored in memory may each specify one or more intents each associated with a dialogue filter. Input data may be received from a user device of a user. Such input data may be captured during an interactive session of an interactive title that provides a virtual environment to the user device. The input data may be analyzed based on the intent models in response to a detected dialogue trigger and may be determined to correspond to one of the stored intents. The dialogue filter associated with the determined intent may be applied to a plurality of available dialogue outputs associated with the detected dialogue filter. A customized dialogue output may be generated in accordance with a filtered subset of the available dialogue outputs.
US12183327B2
An artificial intelligence system training method comprises the operations of: receiving an input; determining an operation sequence according to the input; determining whether or not there is a learned training database with respect to the determined operation sequence; when there is no learned training database with respect to the determined operation sequence, executing an operation according to the determined operation sequence; providing execution completion feedback with respect to the execution of the operation; determining whether or not the determined operation sequence is an input related to user training; when the determined operation sequence is determined to be the input related to the user training, tracking a user input and electronic device execution information; and updating domain and state information according to the tracked user input and electronic device execution information.
US12183322B2
A method includes receiving a sequence of acoustic frames characterizing one or more utterances as input to a multilingual automated speech recognition (ASR) model. The method also includes generating a higher order feature representation for a corresponding acoustic frame. The method also includes generating a hidden representation based on a sequence of non-blank symbols output by a final softmax layer. The method also includes generating a probability distribution over possible speech recognition hypotheses based on the hidden representation generated by the prediction network at each of the plurality of output steps and the higher order feature representation generated by the encoder at each of the plurality of output steps. The method also includes predicting an end of utterance (EOU) token at an end of each utterance. The method also includes classifying each acoustic frame as either speech, initial silence, intermediate silence, or final silence.
US12183309B2
The invention includes a method including the steps of obtaining a plurality of images, each of the images in the plurality having at least one corresponding region, generating a merged image, the merged image also having the corresponding region. The step of generating includes selecting an image source from the plurality of images to source image data for the corresponding region in the merged image by comparing attributes of the corresponding regions of the plurality of images to identify the image source having preferred attributes.
US12183298B2
Disclosed are a display panel, a display apparatus, a driving method thereof. The display panel includes: a first base substrate; scanning lines; data lines; sub-pixels, in regions divided by the scanning lines and the data lines, at least two sub-pixels adjacent in a first direction and a second direction constitute a pixel island, the sub-pixels constitute pixel islands, each pixel island includes n sub-pixel rows in the second direction; scanning signal input lines, in one-to-one correspondence to the scanning lines; control signal lines; fixed potential lines; and control circuits, located between the adjacent sub-pixels. One pixel island is connected to at least n control circuits, one control circuit corresponds to one row of sub-pixels in the pixel island. The control circuits are configured to: transfer, under control of control signal lines, signals provided by the scanning signal input lines or the fixed potential lines to the scanning lines.
US12183290B2
An electronic device includes a substrate, a first transistor, a second transistor and a conductor. The first transistor is disposed on the substrate and comprises an oxide semiconductor layer. The second transistor is disposed on the substrate and comprises a silicon semiconductor layer. The conductor is electrically connected to the oxide semiconductor layer and the silicon semiconductor layer.
US12183282B2
A pixel driving circuit, a method for driving a display panel, and a display device are provided. The display panel includes pixel columns, each of the pixel columns includes pixel components. The pixel driving circuit includes pixel driving modules, a data line, first gating units, and second gating units. Each of the pixel driving modules is coupled to pixel components of adjacent two pixel columns of the pixel columns, any pixel component in each of the pixel columns is written in a driving voltage via a corresponding driving switch. A terminal of each of the first gating units and a terminal of each of the second gating units are respectively coupled to the data line, another terminal of each of the first gating units is coupled to a corresponding adjacent pixel component, another terminal of each of the second gating units is coupled to another corresponding adjacent pixel component.
US12183275B2
A display substrate and a display panel are provided. The display substrate includes: sub-pixels, a data line, a scan signal line, a first light-emitting control signal line, and a second light-emitting control signal line, each sub-pixel includes a pixel circuit that includes a first light-emitting control sub-circuit, a second light-emitting control sub-circuit, and a data writing sub-circuit, the first light-emitting control sub-circuit is connected to the first light-emitting control signal line; the second light-emitting control sub-circuit is connected to the second light-emitting control signal line; the data writing sub-circuit is connected to the scan signal line; the first light-emitting control signal line, the scan signal line, and the second light-emitting control signal line extend along a first direction and are arranged along a second direction, and the scan signal line is between the first light-emitting control signal line and the second light-emitting control signal line in the second direction.
US12183274B2
The present disclosure provides display substrate and display device, and belongs to the field of display technology. The display substrate of the disclosure has mounting region, first display region adjacent to mounting region, and second display region surrounding first display region and/or mounting region. The display substrate comprises: substrate; driving circuit layer on substrate and comprising pixel driving circuits in first display region and second display region, and arrangement density of pixel driving circuits in second display region is less than that of pixel driving circuits in second display region; and light emitting devices in mounting region, first display region, and second display region, first electrode of each light emitting device being electrically coupled to a corresponding pixel driving circuit, and pixel driving circuit electrically coupled to first electrode of light emitting device in the mounting region being located in first display region.
US12183266B1
The present disclosure provides a gate driving circuit and a display panel. by the control of one of the fourth node, the output end of the second output module, and the first node of the shift register of the next stage, the voltage regulating module may utilize a low voltage signal to stabilize or reduce the gate voltage of the second transistor, so that the second transistor is stable or preferably in the cut-off state to reduce the leakage current. In this way, voltage level of the second gate driving signal can be maintained at a high voltage level or a pulse amplitude.
US12183265B2
A display device includes a plurality of light-emitting elements, and a control circuit configured to control drive of the light-emitting elements. The control circuit divides one frame period into a plurality of subframe periods having different lengths and controls light emission and non-emission of the light-emitting elements for each of the subframe periods.
US12183264B2
A display apparatus is disclosed. The display apparatus includes a display panel including first pixels and second pixels, and a display panel driver which drives the display panel. In a first mode, the display panel driver drives both the first pixels and the second pixels. In a second mode, the display panel driver drives the second pixels in a first part for one frame, and drives the first pixels in a second part for the one frame.
US12183256B2
A gate driving unit includes a first input node control circuit and a charge pump circuit; the first input node control circuit controls to connect or disconnect the input terminal and the first input node under the control of a clock signal provided by the clock signal terminal; the charge pump circuit controls to convert a voltage signal of the first input node into a voltage signal of the first node under the control of an input clock signal provided by the input clock signal terminal when the voltage signal of the first input node is a first voltage signal.
US12183253B2
A display apparatus includes: a display panel; a driving controller, which receives input image data including a plurality of normal image frames and a plurality of black image frames, receives a flag indicating a type of each of frames included in the input image data, generates intermediate image data by adjusting a grayscale of the input image data based on the input image data and the flag, and generates a data signal based on the intermediate image data where the type includes a normal image frame and a black image frame; and a data driver, which generates a data voltage based on the data signal and outputs the data voltage to the display panel.
US12183251B2
A display driver integrated circuit and a display driving method are provided. The display driver integrated circuit is suitable for driving a display panel of an electronic device. The display driver integrated circuit includes an image processing circuit, a timing controller, and a data driving circuit. The image processing circuit is configured to generate an output image based on time information, a background image, and an original time indication image. The timing controller is coupled to the image processing circuit, and configured to receive the output image. The data driving circuit is coupled to the timing controller, and configured to receive the output image and generate data voltages according to the output image. The data driving circuit drives the display panel according to the data voltages regarding to the output image.
US12183250B2
Display control method and electronic device are provided. The display control method is applied to the electronic device including a first processor, a second processor, and a display controller. The method includes: determining first information based on first data and sending the first information to the display controller when the first processor obtains the first data; dividing by the display controller a display area of the display device into a first display area and a second display area in response to the first information; receiving the first data sent by the first processor and controlling the first data to be displayed in the first display area by the display controller; and obtaining second data sent by the second processor and controlling the second data to be displayed in the second display area by the display controller.
US12183248B2
The present application provides a splicing display, a driving method, and a splicing display device. The splicing display includes first sub-display panels and second sub-display panels. A size and a number of the first sub-display panels are respectively same as a size and a number of the second sub-display panels in horizontal or vertical directions. The first sub-display panel and the second sub-display panel are misaligned by N rows/columns of sub-pixels in the horizontal or vertical directions. Misaligning N rows/columns of the sub-pixels can increase an accuracy of the splicing display, and splicing positions can be prevented from problems of misalignment and blurring.
US12183246B2
The embodiments of the present application provide a display panel driving method and apparatus, an electronic device, and a storage medium. The display panel driving method includes: obtaining a set of driving voltages for driving the display panel, where the set of driving voltages includes driving voltages having different magnitudes; determining a target gray scale corresponding to a target pixel unit of a picture to be displayed; determining one target driving voltage corresponding to the target pixel unit from the set of driving voltages according to the target gray scale; determining at least one target sub-frame for driving the target pixel unit from the plurality of sub-frames according to the target gray scale; and driving the target pixel unit with the target driving voltage for a time period corresponding to the target sub-frame, so that the target pixel unit reaches brightness corresponding to the target gray scale.
US12183245B2
Embodiments of the disclosure relate to an optical compensating system and method. Specifically, there may be provided an optical compensating method, comprising generating a first photographed image for a first area of a display panel including an overlapping area, generating a second photographed image for a second area of the display panel including the overlapping area, extracting a camera gamma value for the second area, calculating a reference grayscale value in the overlapping area, using the camera gamma value for the second area, generating a corrected luminance value of the overlapping area by applying weights on the basis of the position to the reference grayscale value, generating compensation data from the corrected luminance value, and transmitting the compensation data to a display device.
US12183240B2
A display panel includes a first pixel group including sub-pixels coupled to a first scan line and located in first through N-th sub-pixel columns, where N is an even number greater than or equal to 2, a second pixel group including sub-pixels coupled to the first scan line and located in (N+1)-th through 2N-th sub-pixel columns, a third pixel group including sub-pixels coupled to a second scan line adjacent to the first scan line and located in the first through N-th sub-pixel columns, and a fourth pixel group including sub-pixels coupled to the second scan line and located in the (N+1)-th through 2N-th sub-pixel columns. The first pixel group and the second pixel group are driven during a first scan on time in which the first scan line is driven. Consecutive N−1 sub-pixels among the sub-pixels of the third pixel group and one sub-pixel among the sub-pixels of the fourth pixel group are driven during a first portion of a second scan on time in which the second scan line is driven, and consecutive N−1 sub-pixels among the sub-pixels of the fourth pixel group and one sub-pixel among the sub-pixels of the third pixel group are driven during a second portion of the second scan on time.
US12183232B2
Embodiments relate to a display device comprising a display panel on which a pixel is disposed; a gate driving circuit including a stage circuit that outputs a gate signal to the pixel according to voltages of Q node and QB node; a monitoring transistor connected to at least one of the Q node and QB node of the stage circuit; a power control unit that generates a compensation value according to a monitoring voltage output from the monitoring transistor and provides a driving voltage compensated according to the compensation value to the gate driving circuit; and a timing controller that detects an abnormal state of the monitoring transistor and controls an output of the compensation value.
US12183230B2
A display substrate, a detection method, and a display device. The display substrate includes: a substrate, including a display region and a peripheral region surrounding the display region; multiple subpixels, multiple data lines, arranged in the display region; a first control signal line, a second control signal line, a crack detection line, and at least one data detection line, arranged in the peripheral region, and the crack detection line is provided around the display region; multiple display screen detection units, arranged in the peripheral region, configured to transmit, according to a control signal provided by the first control signal line, a detection signal provided by the at least one data detection line to at least one of the multiple data lines; multiple crack detection units, arranged in the peripheral region.
US12183228B2
An apparatus for inspecting a display device including a touch sensor may include: a power source generator configured to generate a pixel voltage of the display device; and a variable impedance circuit electrically connected to an output terminal of the power source generator, wherein the variable impedance circuit may include: a variable resistance circuit electrically connected to the power source generator and an output terminal of the variable impedance circuit, and including resistors connected in parallel with each other; and a variable capacitor circuit electrically connected to the power source generator and a ground voltage source.
US12183225B2
A display apparatus includes a base substrate including a display region in which an image is displayed and a peripheral region that is a non-display region adjacent to the display region, a plurality of pixels disposed on the base substrate in the display region, each of the pixels including a thin film transistor that includes an oxide semiconductor pattern, a data driver disposed in the peripheral region and configured to provide a data voltage to the pixels, and a plurality of test patterns disposed on the base substrate in the peripheral region, each of the test patterns including a test thin film transistor that includes a test oxide semiconductor pattern.
US12183222B2
The present invention relates to a novel identification label that can be customized. The labels are designed to be either integrated or removably attached on exterior surface of consumer product containers allowing users to avoid potential confusion with respect to ownership, use or control of their containers. The label has an opaque scratch-off blank surface that can be removed to create a personalized identification mark. The label may have an UV-ink coating or can have a label layer for creating identification mark when the scratch-off blank surface is scratched. The labels are designed to be affixed on any personal item to prevent items from accidentally being misidentified.
US12183221B2
The present invention relates to a label made of a synthetic resin film in a roll-type, and disclosed is a label 20 coated with a pressure sensitive adhesive, wherein an adhesive portion 21 of a certain width coated with the pressure sensitive adhesive is formed at the intervals of one label which is to be attached to a PET bottle, and wherein the adhesive portion 21 consists of a front end adhesive portion 21a which is attached to the PET bottle and a rear end adhesive portion 21b which is attached to overlap on the front end adhesive portion 21a, and cutting is made at a cutting line 22 between the front end adhesive portion and the rear end adhesive portion 21b. As the synthetic resin film, a general non-shrinkable film as well as a heat-shrinkable film may be used.
US12183220B2
The invention provides an innovative electronic driver courtesy system designed to improve road communication. The system includes a driver courtesy housing with an emissive display, power source, control module, and communication module, all attached to a vehicle for external visibility. It also involves an electronic device for user operation, featuring a screen with a graphical interface, microphone, processor, memory, and communication module for data transmission with the driver courtesy housing. Key features include voice commands or user interface engagement for sending textual messages, displayed on the vehicle's emissive display. This system enables drivers to convey specific messages to other road users, enhancing communication clarity and road safety. The invention overcomes limitations of traditional driver communication methods and modern distractions. It integrates smartphone technology with vehicle display systems to offer a safer communication method on roads.
US12183217B2
The disclosure provides a language learning method including task feedback and image check. The task feedback includes playing, by a sound module according to a learning instruction, the vocal content of a word, and taking, by a user, an object image corresponding to the word through a camera module of a terminal device. The image check includes receiving, by a processor module, the object image; identifying the object image according to a preestablished identification model; acquiring an identification result and comparing the identification result with the word; judging whether the object image taken by the user is correct; and feeding back, by a display module or the sound module, a judgment result.
US12183216B1
The present disclosure relates to the technical field of landslide hazard model tests, and in particular to a landslide model test method and device for realizing multi-variable synchronous monitoring. In the test device, a soil slope simulation unit is configured to pile up a soil slope and simulate different inclinations of the slope. A rainfall simulation unit is configured to simulate rainfall of different intensities and induce a landslide. A runoff-seepage separation unit is configured to realize separation of runoff from seepage of the slope under the effect of rainfall. A monitoring module is configured to monitor runoff and seepage flow rates of the slope, changes in water content and pore water pressure within the slope, and a morphological change of the slope under the effect of rainfall, to obtain a mechanism of rainfall-induced landslide deformation and damage based on changes in the flow rate.
US12183182B2
A method for scanning for presence inside a vehicle, using a scanning device including at least one internal and one external ultra-wideband transceiver module for locating portable “hands-free” access equipment carried by a user. The device has an Ultra High Frequency communicator for communicating with the equipment. The method includes: a) detecting locking of the vehicle; b) for a predetermined duration: i) scanning for presence inside the vehicle with the internal module; ii) simultaneously transmitting a request to the equipment for detecting a U-turn by the user; iii) if a U-turn signal is received, stopping scanning and determining the position of the user with the two modules; iv) if presence is detected inside the vehicle, stopping scanning and transmitting a warning; c) when the duration has elapsed, if no U-turn signal is received and if no presence is detected, the position of the user is determined with the two modules.
US12183180B2
An information processing device includes a processor configured to: acquire connection information representing a state of a connection region including a connection portion that connects a vehicle and a power supply target such that power is able to be supplied; determine whether the connection information includes information indicating an abnormality in the connection portion; and output information that issues a notification that the connection portion is abnormal when the processor determines that the connection information includes the information indicating an abnormality in the connection portion.
US12183178B2
A vitals monitoring handcuff apparatus comprising a housing structure that is adapted to be coupled with a set of handcuffs and to contain a plurality of modules and units; a first module that is located within the housing structure and adapted to measure a wearer's heartrate via a sensor; a second module that is located within the housing structure and is adapted to measure the wearer's respiration rate via a sensor; a controller unit that is located within the housing structure, is configured to relay instructional programs to the modules and units which causes the modules and units to operate, and the controller unit receives data from the modules and inputs that data into associated algorithms that produce corresponding output signals; a communication unit that is located within the housing structure and receives the output signals from the controller unit and is adapted to relay the output signals to a user; and a rechargeable power unit located within the housing structure that is accessed by a port on an exterior of the housing structure, provides power to the vitals monitoring handcuff apparatus's other modules and units, and having a receiver which connects with an exterior power source via the port.
US12183175B2
Systems and methods for verifying a detachment of a security tag from an article. The methods comprise: using a voltage induced in an internal circuit of the security tag by a magnetic field generated by a detaching unit to power a controller of the security tag; receiving, by the security tag, a first signal sent from the detaching unit; selectively supplying power to an electro-mechanical lock mechanism of the security tag for a certain amount of time to cause a pin to be released from a lock, in response to the first signal; and communicating, from the security tag, a second signal indicating whether or not the pin was released. The voltage is no longer induced in the internal circuit by the detaching unit when the second signal indicates that the pin was released.
US12183170B2
Techniques to reconfigure self-checkout kiosks based on computer vision or interaction metrics. One or more graphical images are received. The one or more graphical images at least partially depict a physical area associated with a self-checkout kiosk during a transaction involving one or more items and a form of payment. The one or more graphical images include a first item. The self-checkout kiosk is configured to output one or more communications via one or more graphical user interface (GUI) screens associated with a workflow. An item type or a payment type is predicted for the transaction and using one or more classifiers. The predicted item type or payment type is provided as input to the workflow without requiring an intervention. The transaction is executed.
US12183158B2
A gaming system and method that provides one or more players with one or more pre-resumption opportunities prior to resuming the play of the skill-based game. The gaming system enables one or more players to affirmatively acknowledge, following a game play interruption, that they are ready to resume play of the skill-based game. Such an opportunity to indicate a readiness to resume the play of the skill-based game provides that the play of the skill-based game resumes when the player is ready and minimizes the affect of any game play interruption on the player's outcome of the skill-based game.
US12183156B2
A method for promoting play on electronic gaming devices and for promoting engagement with casino personnel comprising in which a code is displayed on a sign. When the code is received in a text from an identified player, drawing entries are associated with the player as a function of play on the gaming devices. At least one drawing entry is also associated with the player when he or she actuates a service button on a gaming device. Drawing prizes, if any, are revealed in response to another text from the player.
US12183136B2
Merchandise security systems and methods are provided. In one example, a merchandise security system includes a plurality of locks configured to protect one or more items from theft, each of the plurality of locks configured to wirelessly communicate with one or more mobile computing devices. Each of the plurality of locks is configured to establish communication with one or more of the mobile computing devices using a first communication protocol. Each of the plurality of locks is configured to subsequently communicate with one or more of the mobile computing devices using a second communication protocol, different than the first communication protocol, for identifying one or more of the plurality of locks to be unlocked. The one or more of the plurality of locks identified by the one or more mobile computing devices is configured to be unlocked in response to subsequently communicating with the one or more of the plurality of locks using the first communication protocol.
US12183133B2
A method of determining operational performance parameters of a device (e.g., of a vehicle) with device mounted sensors and computer-implemented models. Further, a system, such as a virtual sensor applied to a device, such as a vehicle, for determining operational performance parameters of the device is provided. The system includes device mounted sensors and at least one processing unit configured to execute the computer-implemented method to generate an output parameter set. Measured data may be combined, and calculated parameters may be provided to a Kalman-filter to enable virtual sensing of unobservable parameters.
US12183122B2
An information processing device according to the present invention includes: a storage means that stores reference attribute information representing an attribute of a person corresponding to a target place; an extraction means that extracts person attribute information representing an attribute of a person in a captured image obtained by capturing an image of the target place; and a detection means that detects a predetermined person in the captured image based on the reference attribute information and the person attribute information.
US12183120B2
This document describes techniques and systems for authentication management through IMU and radar. The techniques and systems use inertial sensor data from an inertial measurement unit (IMU) and/or radar data to manage authentication for a computing device. By so doing, the techniques conserve power, improve accuracy, or reduce latency relative to many common techniques and systems for computing-device authentication.
US12183118B2
Facial recognition adversarial patch adjustment is performed by applying a patch to a digital image including image data representing a face to obtain a patched image, applying a face detector to the patched image to obtain a detection value representing a likelihood that the patched image includes image data representing facial features, applying a feature extractor to the patched image to obtain a feature vector, applying a similarity determiner to the feature vector and a target feature vector to obtain a similarity value representing a likelihood that the patched image includes image data representing a target face, calculating a loss based on the detection value and the similarity value, and adjusting the patch based on the loss.
US12183113B2
Various aspects of the present disclosure relate generally to ultrasonic fingerprint sensor. In some aspects, a device may include a flexible display. The device may include an ultrasonic fingerprint sensor that is configured to transmit and receive an ultrasonic signal in an acoustic path through the flexible display. The device may include an acoustics configuration layer that is situated between the display and the ultrasonic fingerprint sensor. The acoustics configuration layer may be configured to optimize a signal strength of the ultrasonic signal based at least in part on a configuration of one or more layers of the flexible display. Numerous other aspects are provided
US12183112B2
A light source (11) of a disguising mask detecting device (1) emits light at a person who is a subject. A camera (12) acquires images in multiple different wavelength ranges of reflected light of the light emitted at the person. A face detector (172) detects a face region of the person from the images acquired by the camera (12). A determiner (173) determines that the person is wearing a disguising mask when luminances of the face region in the images satisfy specific relations different from relations exhibited by skin.
US12183111B2
The present disclosure relates to a method of performing real-time object detection using an object real-time detection model and a performance optimization method of object real-time detection model. According to an embodiment, the method of performing real-time object detection using an object real-time detection model includes: obtaining an identification image of a preset size by pre-processing an input image; obtaining object central point data and object size data by processing the identification image using the object real-time detection model; and obtaining an object detection result by determining an object region in the input image according to the object central point data and the object size data.
US12183100B2
Various methods, apparatuses/systems, and media for data processing are disclosed. A processor receives a digital document; applies an optical character recognition (OCR) algorithm on said received digital document by utilizing an OCR tool; identifies defective data extracted by the OCR tool resulted from relatively inferior image quality of the received digital document; implements an auto rectification algorithm on the identified defective data; automatically generates, in response to implementing the auto rectification algorithm, corresponding auto-rectified data for each identified defective data; records the defective data and corresponding auto-rectified data at a field level; receives user input data on said recorded auto-rectified data; determines whether the auto-rectified data is correct or not; and populates, based on determining that the auto-rectified data is correct, a machine learning model with said received user input data to be utilized for subsequently received digital document.
US12183095B2
Incidents may be monitored using a camera in response to an activation of a trigger device. Trigger data may be received over a communication network in response to activation of a trigger device disposed within a first area of a vehicle. A camera disposed within a second area of the vehicle may be controlled over the communication network in response to receiving the trigger data, the controlling causing the camera to capture sensor information of a passenger of the vehicle. Passenger information of the passenger of the vehicle may be obtained in response to receiving the trigger data. An alert notification may be generated. The alert notification may comprise at least a portion of the sensor information of the passenger, and the alert notification may be capable of initiating one or more incident actions associated with the passenger.
US12183093B2
A driver monitoring system (1) which includes at least one vision device (10). The at least one vision device (10) is positioned in or at an outer housing (7) and pointing to an outside of the outer housing (7). The outer housing (7) is defined by a housing cover (8) and a housing base (9). A housing (20) of the vision device (10) has a first spherical outer contour (21) and a second spherical outer contour (22). The first spherical outer contour (21) and the second spherical outer contour (22) provide in cooperation with the housing base (9) and in cooperation with a mounting element (40) a form and force fitting mount of the vision device (10) in the housing outer (7).
US12183090B2
According to one aspect, intersection scenario description may be implemented by receiving a video stream of a surrounding environment of an ego-vehicle, extracting tracklets and appearance features associated with dynamic objects from the surrounding environment, extracting motion features associated with dynamic objects from the surrounding environment based on the corresponding tracklets, passing the appearance features through an appearance neural network to generate an appearance model, passing the motion features through a motion neural network to generate a motion model, passing the appearance model and the motion model through a fusion network to generate a fusion output, passing the fusion output through a classifier to generate a classifier output, and passing the classifier output through a loss function to generate a multi-label classification output associated with the ego-vehicle, dynamic objects, and corresponding motion paths.
US12183087B2
A method for keypoint matching performed by a semantically aware keypoint matching model includes generating a semanticly segmented image from an image captured by a sensor of an agent, the semanticly segmented image associating a respective semantic label with each pixel of a group of pixels associated with the image. The method also includes generating a set of augmented keypoint descriptors by augmenting, for each keypoint of the set of keypoints associated with the image, a keypoint descriptor with semantic information associated with one or more pixels, of the semantically segmented image, corresponding to the keypoint. The method further includes controlling an action of the agent in accordance with identifying a target image having one or more first augmented keypoint descriptors that match one or more second augmented keypoint descriptors of the set of augmented keypoint descriptors.
US12183084B2
A system and method for identification and authentication of vehicles using imaging to develop a vehicle signature based off of both license plate recognition and identification of distinct features of the vehicle. The system may cross-reference the vehicle signature against databases of known vehicle signatures to authenticate the vehicle and to determine whether or not the vehicle is on a whitelist.
US12183083B2
To efficiency search for an object associated with a sensed event, an information processing apparatus includes a sensor that analyzes a captured video and senses whether a predetermined event has occurred, a determining unit that determines a type of an object to be used as query information based on a type of the event in response to sensing of the event occurrence, and a generator that detects the object of the determined type from the video and generates the query information based on the detected object.
US12183078B2
The present invention provides an object recognition system for recognising objects within an environment, including: tags, each tag being associated with a respective object, each tag including: a tag memory to store an object model being a computational model indicative of a relationship between the respective object and a shape encoding layer; a sensing system including: a sensing device to sense the environment; a sensing system memory to store a sensing device model being a computational model indicative of a relationship between sensor data captured using the sensing device and the shape encoding layer; sensing system processing devices to: receive object models from a transceiver; retrieve the sensing device model from the sensing system memory; acquire sensor data indicative of the environment from the sensing device; and analyse the sensor data using the sensing device model and the object models to thereby recognise the objects within the environment.
US12183077B2
Devices, systems, and methods for system gateway analysis are described herein. In some examples, one or more embodiments include a mobile device comprising a memory and a processor to execute instructions stored in the memory to scan a building system gateway of a control system, generate gateway data about the building system gateway from the scan, transmit the gateway data to a remote computing device, receive, from the remote computing device, supplemented gateway information for the building system gateway, and generate, based on the supplemented gateway information, a system gateway analysis.
US12183076B2
Provided is a method for extracting a video segment, including: acquiring a boundary value of content of a video, wherein the boundary value includes an upper boundary, a lower boundary, a left boundary, and a right boundary; acquiring a plurality of first segments by performing key frame segmentation on the video; detecting an upper boundary of subtitles in each of the plurality of first segments; detecting a face position in each of the plurality of first segments; selecting, from the plurality of first segments, a second segment in which the face position satisfies a preset condition; and acquiring a third segment without subtitles by cropping the second segment based on an upper boundary of subtitles in the second segment.
US12183073B2
Systems and methods of the present disclosure include receiving an aerial image that includes a view of property (e.g., real property, personal property, or other types of property), automatically identifying the property included in the aerial image, automatically determining one or more characteristics of the property based at least in part on the aerial image, and automatically adjusting an insurance policy term for an insurance policy relating to the property based at least in part on the one or more characteristics of the property. Certain embodiments include automatically determining the one or more characteristics of the property also based at least in part on data received from one or more smart home devices associated with the property, one or more public records relating to the property, a supplemental image accessed from a camera located in or around the property, and so forth.
US12183072B2
A photograph of a component after construction is acquired. A first program implemented on a communication terminal device displays a construction photograph solicitation icon soliciting a construction photograph on a display panel, when there is a component without the construction photograph in a first database stored in a memory of a second server. When accepting a selection of the construction photograph solicitation icon, the first program launches an imaging program and acquires photograph data. Alternatively, the first program acquires photograph data selected from a folder. The first program sends the acquired photograph data to the second server through a first server. A third program of the second server registers the sent photograph data in a second database. An operator selects one photograph from photographs shown by a plurality pieces of photograph data registered in the second database, and registers the photograph data of the selected photograph in the first database.
US12183066B2
A computerized system and method of training a deep neural network (DNN) is provided. The DNN is trained in a first training cycle using a first training set including first training samples. Each first training sample includes at least one first training image synthetically generated based on design data. Upon receiving a user feedback with respect to the DNN trained using the first training set, a second training cycle is adjusted based on the user feedback by obtaining a second training set including augmented training samples. The DNN is re-trained using the second training set. The augmented training samples are obtained by augmenting at least part of the first training samples using defect-related synthetic data. The trained DNN is usable for examination of a semiconductor specimen.
US12183061B2
A method may include applying a first machine learning model trained to perform an open-set detection by at least identifying, based at least on image data indicative of one or more objects present in at least one environment in which one or more vehicles operate, at least one new class of objects. A dataset including a plurality of classes of objects may be updated to include the at least one new class of objects. In some cases, the dataset may be further updated to include a label associated with the at least one new class of objects. A second machine learning model may be trained, or in some cases updated, based at least on the updated dataset including the at least one new class of objects. Related systems and computer program products are also provided.
US12183057B2
An individual identification apparatus includes a setting means for setting an imaging condition for imaging a matching area of an object by a camera, an acquisition means for acquiring a matching image that is an image obtained by imaging the matching area of the object by the camera, a matching means for performing matching between the matching image and a registration image registered in advance, and a control means. The control means repeats processing of acquiring the matching image by the acquisition means and matching between the matching image and the registration image by the matching means, while changing the imaging condition set by the setting means, and determines an imaging condition in which a matching degree between the matching image and the registration image becomes a preset threshold or larger. The matching means identifies an individual based on the matching image captured under the determined imaging condition.
US12183052B2
A vehicular trailer assist system includes a camera disposed at a vehicle and viewing at least a portion of a trailer hitched to the vehicle. The system, during a first turning maneuver of a calibration maneuver of the vehicle and trailer, stores a subset of the frames of image data captured by the camera. Each stored frame of the stored subset of the frames captures the trailer at a respective different trailer angle relative to a longitudinal axis of the vehicle. The system determines image data edges for each stored frame of image data. The system, after performing the first turning maneuver of the calibration maneuver and during a second turning maneuver of the calibration maneuver, and based at least in part on the determined image data edges for the stored frames of image data, determines a jack-knife angle of the trailer relative to the longitudinal axis of the vehicle.
US12183047B2
A method for generating an unobstructed bowl view of a vehicle that includes obtaining a plurality of images from a plurality of cameras disposed on the vehicle and determining a plurality of depth fields. The method further includes detecting a plurality of distorted objects in the plurality of images with a first machine-learned model that assigns a class distribution to the detected distorted object and estimating a distance of each distorted object from its associated camera using the plurality of depth fields. The method further includes assigning an object weight to each distorted object in the plurality of distorted objects and removing at least one distorted objects from the plurality of images. The method further includes replacing each of the at least one removed distorted objects with a representative background generated by a second machine-learned model and stitching and projecting the plurality of images to form the unobstructed bowl view.
US12183045B2
Ways to simplify connectivity data for patches are described herein. The patches are generated considering the high-resolution mesh information. The connectivity data is simplified at the patch level, while the geometry image is still preserved. For the connectivity simplification, only triangles inside the patch are simplified. If the border is still preserved, the reconstruction in 3D will not suffer from artifacts. The high-resolution geometry image can be used to reverse the simplification and improve the connectivity at the decoder side. Three embodiments of patch mesh simplification are described: quadric error edge collapse, border distance edge collapse, and border triangles only.
US12183041B2
An embodiment vehicle includes a multi-camera including a first, second, and third cameras and a controller configured to receive a first image captured by the first camera in a first direction, a second image captured by the second camera in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction, and a third image captured by the third camera in a third direction perpendicular to the first and second directions, to detect calibration markers from each of the first, second, and third images, to calibrate a first movement value in an optical axis direction of each of the first, second, and third cameras, to calibrate a second movement value in the second direction of the first camera, to calibrate a third movement value in the third direction of the first camera, and to calibrate a capture area of the first camera.
US12183038B2
Calibration of parameters of an endoscopic or laparoscopic camera is conducted while the camera is in use capturing images of a surgical procedure at a surgical site. The surgical procedure is performed using a surgical instrument marked with a fiducial pattern. A processor receives image data from images captured by the camera and uses machine vision to detect points of the pattern, and carries out an optimization to determine the 3D pose of the surgical instrument relative to the camera and the camera parameters.
US12183019B2
A human model such as a 3D human mesh may be generated for a person in a medical environment based on one or more images of the person. The images may be captured using a sensing device that may be attached to an existing medical device such as a medical scanner in the medical environment. Such an arrangement may ensure that unblocked views of the person (e.g., body keypoints of the person) may be obtained and used to generate the human model. The position of the medical device in the medical environment may be determined and used to facilitate the human model construction such that the pose and body shape of the person in the medical environment may be accurately represented by the human model.
US12183015B2
In an embodiment, a method includes: obtaining depth data indicative of a time-resolved measurement of a 3-D position of a moveable target in a field-of-view of a depth sensor; and processing the depth data using an interacting multi-model (IMM) tracking algorithm, the IMM tracking algorithm providing, for each one of multiple iterations, tracking data comprising a respective estimate of the 3-D position of the moveable target, wherein the IMM tracking algorithm comprises a first model providing a first output, a second model providing a second output, and a fusion module fusing the first output and the second output to provide the tracking data, wherein the first model models a movement state of the moveable target, and wherein the second model models a rest state of the moveable target.
US12183014B2
A system includes a first sensor configured to generate images of at least a first portion of a space. A processor of the system is configured to determine a position of a possible object in the space based on generated images.
US12183012B2
Disclosed are a high-precision semi-automatic image data labeling method, an electronic apparatus and a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium. The high-precision semi-automatic image data labeling method may include: displaying a to-be-labeled image, the to-be-labeled image comprising a selected area and an unselected area; acquiring a coordinate point of the unselected area and a first range value; executing a grabcut algorithm based on the coordinate point of the unselected area and the first range value acquired, and obtaining a binarized image divided by the grabcut algorithm; executing an edge tracking algorithm on the binarized image to acquire current edge coordinates; updating a local coordinate set based on the current edge coordinates acquired; updating the selected area of the to-be-labeled image based on the local coordinate set acquired.
US12183003B2
The present disclosure provides an operation method of a PET (positron emission tomography) quantitative localization system, which includes steps as follows. The PET image and the MRI (magnetic resonance imaging) of the patient are acquired; the nonlinear deformation is performed on the MRI and the T1 template to generate deformation information parameters; the AAL (automated anatomical labeling) atlas is deformed to an individual brain space of the patient, so as to generate an individual brain space AAL atlas, where the AAL atlas and the T1 template are in a same space; lateralization indexes of the ROIs of the individual brain space AAL atlas corresponding to the PET image normalized through the gray-scale intensity are calculated; the lateralization indexes are inputted into one or more machine learning models to analyze the result of determining a target.
US12183002B2
Disclosed are a hearing state prediction apparatus and method based on a diffusion tensor image, including: obtaining a diffusion tensor image to be processed, wherein the diffusion tensor image comprises a diffusion-weighted image; generating a diffusion index image based on the diffusion-weighted image; determining a white matter microstructural feature corresponding to the diffusion tensor image, and determining a hearing state corresponding to the diffusion tensor image according to a mapping relationship between the white matter microstructural feature and the hearing state. The apparatus may generate the diffusion index image through the diffusion-weighted image included in the diffusion tensor image, and then the white matter microstructural feature is determined based on the diffusion index image, so that the white matter microstructural feature can be identified more accurately, and the accuracy of a hearing state evaluation result is improved. Meanwhile, the relation between hearing disorder and brain microstructure change is disclosed.
US12182983B2
Utilize machine learning in selecting high quality averaged SEM images from raw images automatically
A method for evaluating images of a printed pattern. The method includes obtaining a first averaged image of the printed pattern, where the first averaged image is generated by averaging raw images of the printed pattern. The method also includes identifying one or more features of the first averaged image. The method further includes evaluating the first averaged image, using an image quality classification model and based at least on the one or more features. The evaluating includes determining, by the image quality classification model, whether the first averaged image satisfies a metric.
US12182973B2
A camera includes an image sensor having a first recording channel of a first sensitivity for recording first image data including first pixels and a second recording channel of a second sensitivity lower than the first sensitivity for recording second image data including second pixels. The first pixels and second pixels are associated with one another by capturing a same object area. A control and evaluation unit processing the image data is configured to suppress noise effects in the second image data using a noise suppression filter that assigns a new value to a respective considered second pixel based on second pixels in a neighborhood of the considered second pixel. The noise suppression filter takes the second pixels in the neighborhood into account with a weighting that depends on how similar first pixels associated with the second pixels are to the associated first pixel of the respective considered second pixel.
US12182972B2
An electronic device incorporates, and method and computer program product provide improved auto white balance (AWB) performance. The electronic device receives first image content from a first image capturing device of an electronic device. The electronic device receives second image content from a second image capturing device. The second image capturing device has a second field of view (FOV) that differs from a first FOV of the first image capturing device. The controller identifying, during an image capturing process for a target image within the first FOV, whether a condition exists that causes a distortion in a white balance of the first image content. In response to identifying that the condition exists, the controller captures the second image content within the second FOV, determining an AWB value for the second image content, and automatically adjusting the first image content using the AWB value for the second image content.
US12182969B2
An exemplary system, method, and computer-accessible medium for detection of functional disorder(s) or aging progression of patient(s) can be provided which can include, for example, receiving magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) information of the portion(s), generating gadolinium (“Gd”) enhanced map(s) based on the MRI information using a machine learning procedure(s), and detecting the functional disorder(s) or aging progression of the patient(s) based on the Gd enhanced map(s). The Gd enhanced map(s) can be a full dosage Gd enhanced map which can be a full dosage Gd enhanced cerebral blood volume map(s). The machine learning procedure can be a convolutional neural network. The MRI information can include (i) a low-dosage Gd MRI scan(s), and/or (ii) a Gd-free MRI scan(s). Functional disorder(s) or age progression can include a neurodegenerative disease, a neuropsychiatric disease, a neurodevelopment disorder or aging.
US12182961B2
Systems and methods are disclosed for adjusting plane positions in multi-dimensional models. Disclosed is moving a plane associated with an architectural element based on a scale and a translation positional error, wherein the scaled is determined based on the architectural element, and the translation position error is based on a position of the architectural element, and reconstructing the multi-dimensional building model based on the moved plane.
US12182960B1
A method for tracking progress of the construction of objects, such as walls of a building, based on 3D digital representation. Building Information Modeling (BIM) may provide a digital representation of the physical and functional characteristics of a place, such as a building comprising walls and other objects. A method includes capturing one or more images comprising pixels at the site with a camera, providing an image location and direction for each image, and for each image location and direction, rendering the building information model into a virtual projection comprising virtual pixels.
US12182955B2
Systems and methods for image processing are described. Embodiments of the present disclosure receive a first image depicting a scene and a second image that includes a style; segment the first image to obtain a first segment and a second segment, wherein the first segment has a shape of an object in the scene; apply a style transfer network to the first segment and the second image to obtain a first image part, wherein the first image part has the shape of the object and the style from the second image; combine the first image part with a second image part corresponding to the second segment to obtain a combined image; and apply a lenticular effect to the combined image to obtain an output image.
US12182954B2
Embodiments are disclosed for synchronously editing locally repeating vector geometry. In particular, in one or more embodiments, the disclosed systems and methods comprise receiving a selection of a first plurality of segments of a vector-based object to be edited, generating a stencil mask of the first plurality of segments, the stencil mask representing segment placement and primitive types for each of the first plurality of segments, identifying a second plurality of segments of the vector-based object using the stencil mask and a stencil predicate, determining a transform between the first plurality of segments and the second plurality of segments, receiving an edit to the first plurality of segments, and applying the edit to the second plurality of segments using the transform.
US12182937B2
Disclosed are systems and method for automatic building material ordering based on determined measurements from a multi-dimensional building model. The multi-dimensional model may be based on a plurality of received images, such as ground-based images of a building. The multi-dimensional model may be scaled, or a scale extracted based on data of the model. The multi-dimensional model may comprise architectural elements, and the scale used to determine measurements of such architectural elements. With the scaled measurements of the architectural elements in the model, product information related to multi-dimensional model may be processed, such as confirming availability of the sizes and quantities associated with the architectural elements. Ordering manufacturer products may based on the processed information.
US12182929B2
A system according to at least one embodiment of the present disclosure includes a processor; and a memory storing instructions thereon that, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to: identify, based on first imaging data associated with an object, a boundary region corresponding to a shape of the object; identify at least one voxel included in second imaging data associated with the object, where the at least one voxel is located outside the boundary region; and generate a multidimensional image volume corresponding to the object using the second imaging data, where generating the multidimensional image volume is with respect to one or more criteria associated with voxels located outside the boundary region.
US12182928B2
A system and a method for generating a combined 3D model (95) of a sample comprising a sample imaging system (1) configured to generate a first 3D model (25) of the sample, a slice imaging system (2) configured to generate a second 3D model (615) of the sample, and a combiner engine (90) configured to generate a combined 3D model (95) based on the first 3D model and the second 3D model of the sample.
US12182920B2
The present invention relates to a method for generating a mouth shape by using a deep learning network, and comprises the steps of: receiving a face image as an input; generating a mouth shape of the face image into a preset mouth shape by using a first mouth shape generation preprocessing deep learning model; receiving speech information as an input; generating the preset mouth shape into a mouth shape synchronizing with the speech information by using a second mouth shape generation preprocessing deep learning model; and transforming the mouth shape synchronizing with the speech information into high definition by using a high definition transform postprocessing deep learning model.
US12182914B2
Disclosed is an image display format conversion method, comprising: a frame recognition step of performing a frame recognition process on a comic page image to obtain a plurality of comic frame images and frame position information; a frame sequence determination step of determining a frame viewing sequence according to a selected regional layout rule; and a frame reassembly step of reassembling and converting, based on the frame viewing sequence, the plurality of comic frame images into a digital media in an animation-like format or a scrolling-comic format.
US12182910B2
Systems, methods and non-transitory computer readable media for propagating changes from one visual content to other visual contents are provided. A plurality of visual contents may be accessed. A first visual content and a modified version of the first visual content may be accessed. The first visual content and the modified version of the first visual content may be analyzed to determine a manipulation for the plurality of visual contents. The determined manipulation may be used to generate a manipulated visual content for each visual content of the plurality of visual contents. The generated manipulated visual contents may be provided.
US12182904B2
The present technology relates to an information processing device, an information processing method, and a program causing a user to be able to appropriately select a fashion item. An information processing device includes a display control unit configured to control display of try-on images including images in which fashion items are superimposed on a user trying on try-on items corresponding to the fashion items. The information processing device is provided in, for example, a moving object such as a cart. The present technology can be applied to, for example, a system that performs electronic commerce of a fashion system.
US12182898B2
This disclosure relates to advanced signal processing technology including signal encoding. One combination includes an apparatus comprising: memory for storing image data, the image data comprising a plurality of color separations or channels, in which the image data comprises at least a first type of machine-readable symbology comprising a 1D barcode represented therein and a second type of machine-readable symbology comprising a first signal represented therein, in which the second type of machine-readable symbology comprises a different type of machine-readable symbology relative to the first type of machine-readable symbology, the 1D barcode comprising a first plural-bit code and the first signal comprising a second plural-bit code; a barcode reader configured to analyze the image data to decode the 1D barcode to obtain the first plural-bit code; a signal decoder configured to analyze one or more color separations or channels of the plurality of color separations or channels to decode the first signal to obtain the second plural-bit code; one or more processors configured to determine whether the second plural-bit code and the first plural-bit code conflict; and to identify a conflict based on a conflict determination. Of course, other features and combinations are described as well.
US12182890B2
A computing system, includes: a non-transitory memory; processors coupled to the non-transitory memory and configured to execute instructions to perform operations including: detecting a vehicle at a first location, executing instructions local to the first location by one or more edge processors to determine vehicle specific parameters that identify the vehicle; determining the vehicle is associated with a user account stored in a computerized vehicle management system; in response to the determining that the vehicle is associated with the user account, and transmitting instruction to a first display at the first location to present a user-tailored menu generated by using the edge processors to access a machine learning computer model based on data obtaining from the user account.
US12182884B2
An automated system/method for identifying and enabling viewer selection/purchase of products or services associated with digital content presented on a display device. Products within the digital content are identified and existing product placement data is ascertained. For products that do not include such data, other methodologies, with the assistance of third-party servers, are employed to assess identity and purchase availability. Viewer input designate products to assess or products can be automatically assessed. Viewers initiate purchase of identified products via the display device or other electronic devices controlled by viewers, such as via viewers' smart phones. Various processes for identifying products include use of AI processing, access to data on third-party servers, crowd sourcing and other methodologies. Various techniques for selecting products for purchases are employed including employing 3D codes (e.g., QR codes) alongside presented products to enable other portable electronic devices to facilitate purchase. Other features are described.
US12182876B2
Systems and methods are provided for processing an insurance claim using a target captured image. A motion-based event associated with a vehicle is detected. One or more images of the motion-based event are captured automatically using a vehicle sensor. The one or more images are stored in a data stored associated with the vehicle. A request for an insurance claim from a user is received. A user interface is presented that enables the user to select the one or more images stored in the data store for associating the images with the insurance claim. A selection is received of at least one target image of the one or more images. Processing of the insurance claim is facilitated along with the selected at least one target image for processing.
US12182875B1
A system includes a monitoring device coupled to a vehicle. The monitoring device includes a processor. The monitoring device also includes an output interface coupled to the processor that communicates information to a driver of the vehicle. The monitoring device further includes a communication interface coupled to the processor. The processor receives, via the communication interface, sensor information relating to operating the vehicle. The processor also receives, via the communication interface, a risk factor relating to operating the vehicle based at least in part on the sensor information. The processor further outputs, via the output interface, an adjustment to an insurance premium of the driver, an adjustment to an insurance deductible of the driver, or a payment amount of the driver, based at least in part on the risk factor.
US12182874B2
A system for population health management to enable policy holders to defer long term care for the near term includes an external data gatherer, a model builder and an intervention determiner. The external data gatherer gathers data about a plurality of policy holders from at least two of medical records, direct observation, third party data sources, and questionnaires about lifestyles, family and caregivers. The model builder builds a model from at least one of scientifically based research and the gathered data and determines which of the policy holders are likely to claim for long term care in the near term. The intervention determiner determines, for a particular policy holder, at least one scientifically based intervention to improve a probability that the particular policy holder remain at home for another year.
US12182873B2
Systems and methods are provided for automating property assessment using probable roof loss confidence scores. More particularly, the systems and methods may generate a base-line probable roof loss confidence score based upon buildings, roof, weather, hail, and climate data. The systems and methods may predict a specific event and a set of characteristics of the specific event. The systems and methods may predict a level of roof damage and a cost of roof damage based upon the predicted level of roof damage. The systems and methods may adjust a risk-related factor, and may further adjust policy parameters based upon the risk-related factor. A probable roof loss confidence score may be generated, as well as property insurance claims data or property insurance loss mitigation data based upon probable roof loss confidence score data.
US12182863B2
A method may include storing information in a supply mesh. The supply mesh may include two or more value links. The method may include determining that a first value link of the two or more value links fulfills a value link condition of a second value link. The method may include providing a transaction proposal to the first value link. The transaction proposal may include an amount of private currency. The method may include receiving, from the first value link, a transaction acceptance to the transaction proposal. The method may include transferring the amount of private currency from the second value link to the first value link. The method may include confirming completion of a transaction between the first value link and the second value link. The transaction may be based on the transaction proposal. Other methods and systems are also disclosed.
US12182855B2
Aspects of the present disclosure relate to a multi-dimensional commerce platform that may be utilized for the communication of data. Aspects of the multi-dimensional commerce platform may include various functional components to facilitate a system to receive inventory data at a first server associated with the multi-dimensional commerce platform, provide a second server associated with a third-party (e.g., a third party seller/distributor) access to the inventory data, alter or modify the inventory data based on attributes of the second server, and cause display of a presentation of the modified inventory data at a client device.
US12182841B2
A method for processing disputes in a multi-tenant architecture system includes receiving, at a first service provider, a dispute request from a second service provider that manages entity identities of a plurality of customers. The dispute request indicates a disputed transaction between a customer of the plurality of customers and another entity. The method includes accessing an identity manager to determine a customer representation, the identity manager previously onboarded the plurality of customers as a plurality of customer representations. The identity manager is hosted by the first service provider that manages customer representations corresponding to entity identities of the customers. The dispute request is propagated with the customer representation to a dispute management engine that determines an outcome for the dispute, the determination based on characteristics of the disputed transaction and on characteristics of the customer. The method also includes propagating the determination to the second service provider.
US12182839B1
A system includes a server having a database stored thereon, an operator device, and a coordinating device communicatively coupled with the server and with the operator device, wherein the coordinating device comprises a processor and a memory, and wherein the memory is configured to store instructions thereon that, when executed by the processor, cause the coordinating device to perform various steps. The steps include receiving account data, from the server, corresponding with an account of a plurality of accounts saved to the database, receiving preference data, from the operator device, corresponding with preferences of an operator of the operator device and relating to the account data. The steps also include generating an avatar reflecting the account data in accordance with the preference data, and displaying the avatar on a display.
US12182822B2
Systems and methods for converting unstructured text messages into usable order details. Component parts corresponding to structure and quote data indicative of a transaction are parsed from unstructured text messages. The parsing includes matching character strings in the messages with a hierarchy of expressions and identifying the component parts based on the matching and a transaction deal status. The unstructured text messages are displayed in a first window of a graphical user interface (GUI) in real-time including automatically highlighting the identified component parts of the messages and displaying a selectable web link configured to launch a web interface. The identified component parts are displayed in a second window of the GUI in a normalized format in real-time. An editable order ticket comprising the component parts is created upon selection of the selectable web link in the first window and displayed in a newly launched web interface.
US12182813B2
The present disclosure presents systems and related methods for customer defined limited use authorization. One such method comprises implementing a customer defined generation control associated with a parent transaction account; receiving a request to generate the electronic payment token from at least one of an issuer web app or an issuer native app; verifying that the generation control condition has been satisfied; generating via a tokenization engine, the electronic payment token in response to the request to generate the electronic payment token, wherein generating the electronic payment token further comprises storing an expanded set of token controls comprising customer defined authorization control as token data; and transmitting, via the tokenization engine, the electronic payment token to the customer mobile device responsive to the generation control condition being verified as being satisfied.
US12182803B2
An automatic teller machine includes a controller and a cash dispenser unit. The controller is in electronic communication with dispense authorization parties. The controller is configured to generate a requested transaction in response to a manual entry of a requested cash value, and send a withdrawal request to a given dispense authorization party. The withdrawal request includes a unique nonce. The controller is configured to receive a withdrawal authorization from the given dispense authorization party. The withdrawal authorization includes a secure dispense token and a dispense nonce. The cash dispenser unit is configured to generate the unique nonce in response to the requested transaction, verify that the secure dispense token and the dispense nonce are valid, and dispense a currency matching the requested cash value in response to the secure dispense token and the dispense nonce being valid.
US12182802B1
Methods, systems, and computer program products for implementing currency conversion and foreign exchange processes for an exchange payment platform system. An offer look-up request for an offer associated with a booking event is received. The offer look-up request including a first currency, a second currency, and a transaction context information. A foreign exchange rate request including the offer look-up request is provided to a foreign exchange server. A converted offer associated with a proposed foreign exchange rate is received from the foreign exchange server. A payment webpage including the converted offer is provided to the merchant. The converted offer is presented in a standard format based on formatting rules associated with the merchant.
US12182799B2
The present application provides a payment processing system and method, wherein the system comprises: a merchant terminal reading a user code of a user terminal to generate a transaction order and sending the order to an acquirer; the acquirer generating a payment request according to the order, sending the request to the clearing institution, and the clearing institution forwarding the request to an account institution according to the user code; the account institution making user funds deduction according to the request and returning payment processing result notification information to the clearing institution, and the clearing institution forwarding the information to the acquirer and an e-wallet backend system at the same time; the e-wallet backend system sending the information to the user terminal and the user terminal displaying a payment result, and the acquirer receiving the information forwarded by the clearing institution and the merchant terminal displaying the payment result.
US12182786B2
Methods, apparatuses, and computer program products are disclosed for effectuating payment for consumable content. An example method includes receiving a request for payment associated with a content source device and identifying a first user device associated with a first user accessing consumable content of the content source device. The method further includes transmitting an actionable payment notification to the first user device. In an instance in which the computing device receives responsive authorization from the first user device, the method includes transmitting a first real-time payment to the content source device. In an instance in which the computing device fails to receive responsive authorization from the first user device, the method includes causing access of the consumable content to the first user device to halt.
US12182781B1
Illustrated herein are systems and methods of transferring physical currency into electronic credit that becomes electronically available. One method includes remotely and quickly depositing non-negotiable instruments, such as cash, by communicating information, such as an image of the currency, about the instrument to a depositor. An exemplary system includes computing devices and a capture module with a retrieval engine, a transmission engine, an inspection engine, and a conferral engine. The capture module receives information about a non-negotiable instrument, and an inspection engine analyzes the information to confirm if the unit of currency is authentic.
US12182778B1
A system to allocate resources via information technology infrastructure is described. A server includes processors to provide to a plurality of devices, an electronic benefits account transaction application programming interface (“API”) configured to receive transaction requests from a plurality of heterogeneous electronic funding sources. The server can receive a request to initiate a single transaction to fund an electronics benefit account. The server can transmit data in an alert format indicating a denial of the single request responsive to a comparison of a value to one or more threshold limits.
US12182773B2
A recycling kiosk for recycling and financial remuneration for submission of a mobile telephone is disclosed herein. The recycling kiosk includes an inspection area with at least one camera and a plurality of electrical connectors in order to perform a visual analysis and an electrical analysis of the mobile telephone for determination of a value of the mobile telephone. The recycling kiosk also includes a processor, a display and a user interface.
US12182770B2
Event workflow management in computing systems are disclosed herein. In one example, a process includes receiving a data package defining an event containing data representing a category corresponding to a type of activity of the event and having a workflow property. The process can then include creating or modifying a backend workflow of the event corresponding to the workflow property of the category and monitoring for the one or more status conditions of the event included in the backend workflow. When the monitoring indicates that the one or more status conditions of the event are satisfied, the one or more actions in the sequence of the backend workflow are executed in relation to the event.
US12182768B2
A method for participating in a virtually-attended meeting including: determining that a user is virtually attending a meeting; monitoring the virtually-attended meeting for a triggering event; detecting an occurrence of the triggering event; determining whether to send a high-level notification to the user; capturing a portion of the virtually-attended meeting; and sending the high-level notification. Also disclosed is a method where the high-level notification is sent to a second user along with a message from the first user about how to respond to the notification. Also disclosed is a corresponding system.
US12182752B2
Systems and methods for autonomous lineside delivery to an assembly-line using a self-driving vehicle are disclosed, comprising receiving a part-supply schedule having a part identifier identifying a part to be supplied, an assembly-line location to be supplied with the part, and a delivery time for supplying the part to the assembly-line location. A mission is generated based on the schedule, and sent to a self-driving vehicle. The self-driving vehicle executes the mission such that the part is supplied to the assembly-line location in accordance with the part-supply schedule.
US12182751B2
Agriculture is impacted due to various parameters that results into heavy losses to the crops. Existing methods rely on manual inventories from fields and statistical results are prone to errors thus classification of crops may not be accurate. Present disclosure provides systems and methods for detection and prediction of disguised and potential non-performing assets (NPAs) in agriculture. Disguised NPAs detection involves, obtaining satellite data from sources and natural calamity, detecting of crop for past years, crop growth, estimating yields, market prices for individual years, AC zones, etc. wherein a generate performance score is generated for each field for classifying crop as disguised NPA. Predicting potential NPAs includes obtaining current season satellite data, data received from the fields via sensors, determining crop protocol being followed, forecast weather, estimating cumulative growth, feedback received from fields, projected yield, estimating crop losses, and then performance score is generated for predicting crops as potential NPA.
US12182742B1
This disclosure provides a method for the standardized production, financing and delivery of housing using distributed ledger technology and a decentralized artificially intelligent cyber-physical system (CPS or invention) for compiling data and executing human and deep learning sequences for the purposes of standardizing the planning and execution of real estate development, regulatory compliance, financing, supply chain procurement, industrial manufacturing processes, logistical processes as well as project management tasks, and other various construction, manufacturing and delivery tasks and procedures to standardize development, production, and delivery of standardizes building modules and standardized building components in a standardized smart factory that are used to assemble structures.
US12182739B2
Communications over short-range connections are used to facilitate whether access to resources is to be granted. For example, upon device discovery of one of an electronic user device and an electronic client device by the other device over a Bluetooth Low Energy connection, an access-enabling code associated with a user device or account can be evaluated for validity and applicability with respect to one or more particular resource specifications. User identity can be verified by comparing the user against previously obtained biometric information.
US12182736B2
An OD matrix estimation device includes: an extraction unit that, on the basis of intra-bank OD matrixes that show traffic flow information in respective elevator banks in plural elevator banks and transfer floor information about a transfer floor where transfers among the elevator banks is possible, extracts transfer-related intra-bank OD matrixes having a common transfer floor from among the intra-bank OD matrixes; a matching unit that, from among the transfer-related intra-bank OD matrixes extracted by the extraction unit, combines first transfer intra-bank OD matrixes each including OD data in which the transfer floor is defined as an arrival floor with second transfer intra-bank OD matrixes each including OD data in which the transfer floor is defined as a departure floor to create transfer-related OD data; and an estimation unit that estimates OD data for users who transfer and move among the banks.
US12182731B2
A possible region of encoding results of anomalous samples is limited. An encoder storage unit 14 stores an encoder for projecting an input feature value into a latent space in which the latent space is a closed manifold, a normal distribution obtained by learning normal data and an anomalous distribution obtained by learning anomalous data are held on the manifold, and a decoder for reconstructing the output of the encoder. An encoding unit 15 obtains a reconstruction result output by the decoder when a feature value of target data is input to the encoder. An anomaly score calculation unit 16 calculates an anomaly score of the target data based on distances between the reconstruction result and the normal distribution and distances between the reconstruction result and the anomalous distribution.
US12182727B2
Method estimating property fields based on full waveform inversion (FWI) of synthetic wave-fronts converging to a focal zone within the media volume. The wave-fronts are generated from multipoint focused macro sources (FMSs) directing the propagating energy to the focal zone. Two focusing macro-source configurations are disclosed: (1) a convergent FMS characterized by primary pseudo elliptical wave-fronts and (2) a set of beam FMSs of pseudo-planar wave-front that illuminates the focal point from different directions. The FMSs are synthetized from the data set recorded by superposing (adding) the recorded data after the corresponding time-shifts and amplitude weighs. The sensitivity of the FMS data is spatially localized in this invention, being maximal around the focal and negligible at locations far from the focal zone. The localized FWI method disclosed involves an important reduction in computational cost compared to the global solution of the FWI problem in the complete volume under exploration.
US12182717B2
Artificial intelligence is an increasingly important sector of the computer industry. One of the most important applications for artificial intelligence is object recognition and classification from digital images. Convolutional neural networks have proven to be a very effective tool for object recognition and classification from digital images. However, convolutional neural networks are extremely computationally intensive thus requiring high-performance processors, significant computation time, and significant energy consumption. To reduce the computation time and energy consumption a “cone of dependency” and “cone of influence” processing techniques are disclosed. These two techniques arrange the computations required in a manner that minimizes memory accesses such that computations may be performed in local cache memory. These techniques significantly reduce the time to perform the computations and the energy consumed by the hardware implementing a convolutional neural network.
US12182703B2
Methods, apparatus, systems and articles of manufacture are disclosed to analyze characteristics of text of interest using a computing system. An example apparatus includes a text detector to provide text data from a first image, the first image including a first text region of interest and a second text region not of interest, a color-coding generator to generate a plurality of color-coded text-map images, the plurality of color-coded text-map images including color-coded segments with different colors, the color-coded segments corresponding to different text characteristics, and a convolutional neural network (CNN) to determine a first location in the first image as more likely to be the first text region of interest than a second location in the first image corresponding to the second text region that is not of interest based on performing a CNN analysis on the first image and the plurality of color-coded text-map images.
US12182690B2
A stochastic synapse for use in a neural network, comprising: first and second magnetic tunnel junction (MTJ) devices, each MTJ device having a fixed layer port and a free layer port; a first and second control circuit, each connected respectively to the free layer port of the first and second MTJ devices, wherein the fixed layer ports of the first and second MTJ devices are connected to each other; wherein the first and second control circuits are configured to perform a gated XNOR operation between synapse and activation values; and wherein an output of the gated XNOR is represented by the output current through both of the first and second MTJ devices.
US12182689B2
A deep neural network accelerator includes a unit array including a first sub-array including a first operational unit and a second sub-array including a second operational unit. The first and second operational units have different sizes from each other, the sizes of the first and second operational units are in proportion to each cumulative importance value accumulated in each operational unit of the unit array while performing a deep neural network operation, and the each cumulative importance value is obtained by accumulating an importance for each weight mapped to the each operational unit of the unit array.
US12182680B1
A system and method are disclosed to generate, modify, and deploy machine learning models. Embodiments include a database comprising historical sales data and a server comprising a processor and memory. Embodiments receive historical sales data comprising aggregated sales data for one or more items sold in one or more stores over one or more past time periods. Embodiments train a first machine learning model to learn model parameters and generate sales predictions by identifying one or more causal factors that influence the sale of one or more items. Embodiments train a second machine learning model, based on the first machine learning model, to generate second predictions. Embodiments evaluate the predictions of the first and second machine learning models as compared to the historical sales data, and deploy the machine learning model that generated the predictions that are closer to the historical sales data to generate one or more subsequent predictions.
US12182677B1
An apparatus for conditioning raw data based on temporal interpolations to generate optimal extrapolations of an entity, comprising a processor and a memory containing instructions configuring the processor to receive raw data associated with a temporal element from an entity condition the raw data, wherein conditioning the raw data includes clustering the raw data into primary clusters, wherein clustering the raw data includes dividing each primary cluster into a plurality of secondary clusters each contains a corresponding temporal interpolation, and ranking the plurality of secondary clusters as a function of the corresponding temporal interpolations, determine an extrapolation for each secondary clusters of the ranked plurality of secondary clusters based on the conditioned raw data, and generate a progression model as a function of the extrapolations.
US12182674B2
The subject disclosure provides systems and methods for providing locally trained models for detecting individual sounds using electronic devices. Local detection of individual sounds with a detection model at an electronic device can be provided by obtaining training samples for the detection model with the electronic device, and generating additional negative and positive training samples based on the obtained training samples. A two-stage detection process may be provided, in which a trigger model at a device compares an audio input to a reference sound to trigger a detection model at the device. The detection of individual sounds with a detection model at an electronic device can also leverage audio capture capabilities of multiple devices in an acoustic scene to capture multiple concurrent training samples.
US12182667B2
A system and method including calculating a plurality of risk scores associated with a pool of quantum computers, and selectively distributing, based on the plurality of risk scores, each of the plurality of blocks to a single quantum computer of the pool of quantum computers to cause the single quantum computer to generate a block output by processing the block.
US12182655B2
A process management system includes a management unit that manages section data that defines sections in a real space and process data that indicates an expected location, from among the sections, in which a management target is to be positioned at the time of completing a work process, a first wireless device that is attached to the management target and stores first identification information, at least one reading apparatus that is capable of reading identification information from a wireless device, and a determination unit that checks a location of the management target estimated based on a result of reading of the first identification information from the first wireless device against the expected location by variable granularity depending on type information associated with the management target to determine a status of the work process regarding the management target.
US12182653B2
The present disclosure provides a RFID terminal and a method of using the same. The RFID terminal includes: a directional antenna module configured to directionally receive a signal transmitted by an electronic tag on an item in a region to be read; a camera configured to collect an image of the region to be read; and a control unit configured to screen information of a target item according to the image of the region to be read captured by the camera.
US12182643B2
In an image forming apparatus, a correction processing unit prints a test pattern using a recording head, determines ink ejection malfunction positions on the basis of a scanned image of the test pattern, sets one of first and second correction modes for each of the ink ejection malfunction positions in accordance with a density of the ink ejection malfunction position on the basis of the scanned image, and performs the correction process for the ink ejection malfunction position in the set first or second correction mode. In the first correction mode, the correction process is performed for both a nozzle corresponding to the ink ejection malfunction position and an adjacent nozzle of the nozzle. In the second correction mode, the correction process is not performed for the nozzle corresponding to the ink ejection malfunction position but is performed for the adjacent nozzle.
US12182640B2
A computer network device (such as an access point, a switch or a router) that has multiple user interfaces is described. During operation, the computer network device may execute program instructions for the user interfaces and a shared messaging module, where a given user interface includes an agent corresponding to an application. When a message associated with the application is received via a user interface in the user interfaces, the corresponding agent in the user interface may extract a command or operation from the message. Then, the shared messaging module may translate the command or operation into a common format of the application. Moreover, the shared messaging module may provide (or route) the translated command or operation addressed to the application via a single communication path associated with the application and the agents for the application in the user interfaces.
US12182637B2
The disclosure provides methods, apparatus and computer-readable media for subscribing to, and receiving event notification messages from a CAPIF core function. In one method performed by a subscribing network entity, the subscribing network entity sends an event subscription request message to the CAPIF core function. The event subscription request message comprises an indication of an event filter to be utilized by the CAPIF core function for filtering event notifications to be sent to the subscribing network entity. The event filter comprises an identity of one or more network entities associated with events to be notified to the subscribing network entity.
US12182636B2
A concurrency-restricting lock may divide a set of threads waiting to acquire the lock into an active circulating set (ACS) that contends for the lock, and a passive set (PS) that awaits an opportunity to contend for the lock. The lock, which may include multiple constituent lock types, lists, or queues, may be unfair over the short term, but improve throughput of the underlying multithreaded application. Culling and long-term fairness policies may be applied to the lock to move excess threads from the ACS to the PS or promote threads from the PS to the ACS. These policies may constraint the size or distribution of threads in the ACS (which may be NUMA-aware). A waiting policy may avoid aggressive promotion from the PS to the ACS, and a short-term fairness policy may move a thread from the tail of a list or queue to its head.
US12182630B2
Some embodiments of the invention provide a method for processing requests for performing operations on resources in a software defined datacenter (SDDC). The resources are software-defined (SD) resources in some embodiments. The method initially receives a request to perform an operation with respect to a first resource in the SDDC. The method identifies a policy that matches (i.e., is applicable to) the received request for the first resource by comparing a set of attributes of the request with sets of attributes of a set of policies that place constraints on operations specified for resources. In some embodiments, several sets of attributes for several policies can be expressed for resources at different hierarchal resource levels of the SDDC. The method rejects the received request when the identified policy specifies that the requested operation violates a constraint on operations specified for the first resource.
US12182623B1
A computing system may detect that a service, which receives a plurality of task requests associated with clients or profiles, is under duress based on performance information associated with the service. The computing system, responsive to detecting that the service is under duress, may successively, until the service is detected to not be under duress, select a profile based on a respective volume of requests associated with the profile, apply a task request limit to the profile, and detect whether the service is still under duress.
US12182622B2
Representative apparatus, method, and system embodiments are disclosed for a self-scheduling processor which also provides additional functionality. Representative embodiments include a self-scheduling processor, comprising: a processor core adapted to execute a received instruction; and a core control circuit adapted to automatically schedule an instruction for execution by the processor core in response to a received work descriptor data packet. In another embodiment, the core control circuit is also adapted to schedule a fiber create instruction for execution by the processor core, to reserve a predetermined amount of memory space in a thread control memory to store return arguments, and to generate one or more work descriptor data packets to another processor or hybrid threading fabric circuit for execution of a corresponding plurality of execution threads. Event processing, data path management, system calls, memory requests, and other new instructions are also disclosed.
US12182621B2
A system and method for using sparsity to accelerate deep learning networks. The method includes: communicating a bit vector to a scheduler identifying which values in an input tensor are non-zero; for each lane of the input tensor, determining which values are to be communicated for multiply-accumulate (MAC) operations, the determination including directing performance of one of: communicating the current value in the lane; communicating the next value in the same lane where such value is non-zero; communicating a value from a step ahead in time where such value is non-zero; and communicating a value from a neighboring lane where such value is non-zero; and outputting the values of the MAC operations.
US12182613B1
A system for generating a single design data file may include a processor and a memory. The processor may obtain design data including a plurality of design units. The processor may determine a first order of the plurality of design units. The processor may translate each of the plurality of design units into a corresponding file fragment by executing multiple threads of a first process. The processor may aggregate each of the plurality of file fragments into the single design data file in the first order by executing a second process in parallel to the first process.
US12182612B2
The excitation of processing paths in a microelectronic circuit is organized by providing one or more pieces of input information to a decision-making software, and executing the decision-making software to decide, whether one or more of said processing paths of the microelectronic circuit are to be excited with test signals. Deciding that said processing paths are to be excited with said test signals results in proceeding to excite said one or more of said processing paths with said test signals and monitoring whether timing events occur on such one or more excited processing paths. A timing event is a change in a digital value at an input of a respective register circuit on an excited processing path, which change took place later than an allowable time limit defined by a triggering signal to said respective register circuit.
US12182607B1
A method and a system to perform the method are disclosed, the method includes receiving, by a virtualization server communicatively coupled with a client device, a request to provide a virtual machine (VM) to a client device, accessing a profile associated with the client device, instantiating a VM on the virtualization server, wherein the VM is a linked clone VM of a base VM, wherein the linked clone VM has (1) a read-only access to a shared range of a persistent memory associated with the base VM, wherein the shared range of the persistent memory is determined in view of the profile associated with the client device and stores at least one application installed on the virtualization server, (2) a write access to a private range of the persistent memory, wherein the private range is associated with the VM, and providing the VM to the client device.
US12182593B2
A system and method for generating a persistent addressable computing resource, the method comprising steps of generating data to render a first user interface on a display. Providing an address for the computing resource, wherein the computing resource includes the data to render the first user interface. Providing data for a second user interface, wherein the first and second users interfaces are different and the first and second user interfaces are configured to communicate with each other within a communication session and across a network and further wherein the second user interface includes functionality to provide digital content within the first user interface. Change the digital content provided within the first user interface, wherein the digital content remains available within the computing resource via the address after the communication session between the first and second user interfaces has ceased.
US12182592B2
A method and apparatus for modifying a user interface. The method comprises receiving user interface data at a client from a first server, receiving modification computer program code at said client, and executing said modification computer program code at said client to modify said user interface data to generate modified user interface data. The modification computer program code can be received from said first server or from a further server.
US12182590B1
A lock may be acquired on a virtual memory of a target process, where the virtual memory of the target process may include import dependency data of a marker library. An injection driver may be executed within the context of the target process when the marker library is loaded by the target process, where executing the injection driver within the context of the target process may enable the injection driver to modify virtual memory tables within the target process. The import dependency data of the marker library may be modified by the injection driver to include an injection library as a dependency of the marker library. After the modified import dependency data is used to load the injection library into the target process, the modified import dependency data may be reverted to an original state.
US12182584B2
A system-on-a-chip sharing a graphics processing unit supporting multi-master is provided. A system on chip (SoC) comprises a plurality of central processing units (CPUs) for executing at least one operating system, a graphics processing unit (GPU) that is connected to each of the plurality of CPUs via a bus interface and communicates with each of the plurality of CPUs, and at least one state monitoring device that is selectively connected to at least one CPU among the plurality of CPUs and transmits execution state information of at least one operating system executed in the connected CPU to the GPU. The GPU is shared by at least one operating system and controls a sharing operation by the at least one operating system based on the execution state information of the at least one operating system.
US12182580B2
A method, apparatus and storage medium for starting up peripheral component interconnect express (PCIE) device are provided. According to the method, a basic input/output system (BIOS) attempts to verify firmware of a PCIE device to determine whether the firmware of the PCIE device is tampered with. Moreover, the BIOS may only start up a PCIE device with firmware that succeeds in the verification. Therefore, a computer device is prevented from starting up a PCIE device with firmware that is tampered with, thereby reducing the security risk caused by the PCIE device to the computer device.
US12182579B2
A system includes one or more data processors configured to run a basic input/output system (BIOS) service and a bootloader configuration manager for tuning kernel parameters. The system further includes a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium containing instructions which, when executed on the one or more data processors, cause the one or more data processors to perform operations. The operations include receiving administrative inputs and checking the administrative inputs against a checklist to determine whether any errors are introduced by the administrative inputs. The operations further include writing the administrative inputs to a temporal configuration file in response to no errors being introduced by the administrative inputs. The operations further include exporting the temporal configuration file to a designated output path. The exported temporal configuration file includes kernel parameter settings for configuring a bootloader of a computing device.
US12182577B2
A processor. In some embodiments, the processor includes: a first tile, the first tile being configured: to feed a first nibble from a third queue, through a first shuffler, to a first multiplier, and to multiply, in the first multiplier, the first nibble from the third queue by a first nibble of a third weight; to feed a second nibble from the third queue, through the first shuffler, to a second multiplier, and to multiply, in the second multiplier, the second nibble from the third queue by a second nibble of the third weight; and to feed a first nibble from a fourth queue, through the first shuffler, to a third multiplier, and to multiply, in the third multiplier, the first nibble from the fourth queue by a first nibble of a fourth weight.
US12182576B2
A processor core includes a storage device which stores a composite very large instruction word (VLIW) instruction, an instruction unit which obtains the composite VLIW instruction from the storage device and decodes the composite VLIW instruction to determine an operation to perform, and a composite VLIW instruction execution unit which executes the composite VLIW instruction to perform the operation.
US12182571B2
Embodiments detailed herein relate to matrix operations. In particular, the loading of a matrix (tile) from memory. For example, support for a loading instruction is described in the form of decode circuitry to decode an instruction having fields for an opcode, a destination matrix operand identifier, and source memory information, and execution circuitry to execute the decoded instruction to load groups of strided data elements from memory into configured rows of the identified destination matrix operand to memory.
US12182569B2
A graphics processing unit and methods for comping and executing instructions with opportunistic inter-path reconvergence are provided. An single instruction multiple thread (SIMT) stack of graphics processing unit may store data entries, each data entry comprising an operand mask. The operand mask may include bits corresponding to threads of a warp. The graphics processing unit core may access an instruction for an entry on the SIMT stack. Each of the threads may execute the instruction using either a first set of operands or a second set of operands depending on the corresponding bits of the operand mask.
US12182558B2
An Application Rendering Platform (“ARP”) is described. The platform facilitates application rendering, which is the ability of a single application to manifest multiple application behavior sets. The ARP may include Application Rendering Server and a client component, for example a Client Rendering Software. The Client Rendering Software is an Application designed such that its overall behavior, including its user interface components and its functionality, can be controlled dynamically by the Application Rendering Server component. A user (“owner”) can access the ARP configure a unique Behavior Set to be manifested for their Registrants (“end users”) alone. Such a Behavior Set includes, but is not limited to, such qualities as the application badge, the user interface, color scheme, the feature menu contents, the functionality set, the graphical imaging and layout and the feature naming and language used.
US12182557B2
In one aspect, a computerized method useful for automating computer application tasks using application guides, markups and computer vision includes the step of automating a human-implemented computer task. This includes determining a human workflow via a set of images. This also includes automatically deriving the workflow based on the set of images and a set of human user inputs. The method includes the step of, based on the automated human-implemented computer task, automatically implementing a decisions on behalf of a human user. The method includes the step of, implementing the automated human-implemented computer task using an in-application guide or a computer-vision step to determine a task the human user has performed and then performing the same task as the human user.
