US12225963B2
The present invention relates to a system integrated or retrofitted to a shoe for preventing a wearer of the shoe from becoming stuck in mud, sand, water, or any other soft terrain while walking. The system includes a pair of tubes positioned on opposing sides of the shoe/boot and a rigid attachment overlapping a portion of the sole of the shoe. A valve having a lengthwise opening can be placed between the rigid attachment and the sole such that each tube of the pair of tubes is attached to opposing ends of the valve using a pair of elbow tubes. Each elbow tube passes through a hole in the rigid attachment to connect to the valve. The valve creates a vacuum when the shoe to which the system is attached is stepped onto the terrain and when the shoe is lifted, the vacuum is released.
US12225954B2
An acoustic face mask reduces the distortion and muffling of speech sounds by a face mask wall. The distortion and muffling of speech sounds by a face mask wall may be reduced by reducing the acoustic coupling of the vocal tract and/or nasal cavity to the face mask chamber, which causes a reduction in the intelligibility of the speech. The acoustic coupling of the vocal tract and/or nasal cavity to the face mask chamber may be reduced, for example, by reducing the reflected sound energy caused by the face mask wall. For example, one or more sound absorbing members or acoustically transparent members reduce the reflected sound energy caused by the face mask wall.
US12225951B2
Upper body garments (10) (e.g., jackets, vests or the like) are provided having front (12) and back panels enclosing a torso region of a wearer. The back panel includes a cushion back panel (14) having an upper end attached to the front panel (12) at shoulder regions of the garment (10) and extending from the upper end thereof to a lower end positioned at or below a waist region of the wearer. A pull cord (50, 52) has one end operably connected to the lower end of the cushion back panel (14) and an opposite free end positioned near one of the shoulder regions of the garment (10) such that a pull force exerted on the latter when the cushion back panel (14) is in an unattached configuration causes the cushion back panel (14) to roll onto itself from the lower end thereof toward the upper end thereof and thereby form a cushion roll (60) at a neck region of the wearer.
US12225947B2
A charger for charging an aerosol-generating device is provided, the charger including: a housing defining a cavity to receive the device to be charged, the cavity having an opening; at least one electrical contact disposed in the cavity; and a cover slidable relative to the opening between open and closed positions, an inner surface of the cover facing the cavity when the cover is in the closed position, at least a portion of the inner surface of the cover defines a profiled engagement member having a leading edge and a trailing edge, and the profiled engagement member slopes into, or towards, the cavity when the respective moveable element is in the closed position, the slope increasing in a direction from the leading to the trailing edge. An aerosol-generating system including the charger and the device, and a method of using the system are also provided.
US12225943B2
An atomizer, comprising: a housing, an e-liquid storage cavity being provided in the housing; an atomization assembly, provided in the housing and provided with an air exchange channel, the air exchange channel being communicated with the outside and the e-liquid storage cavity, and the e-liquid storage cavity being used for storing e-liquid supplied to the atomization assembly; and an e-liquid separation piece, having air permeability and used for blocking the air exchange channel to absorb the e-liquid from the e-liquid storage cavity. External air can enter the e-liquid storage cavity by means of the air exchange channel and the e-liquid separation piece.
US12225939B2
An aerosol-generating device is provided, including a heater assembly including at least one heating element; an aerosol-forming substrate proximate to the assembly and including a liquid mixture including nicotine and a first aerosol-former having a boiling temperature higher than nicotine; a power supply to supply power to the assembly to generate an aerosol from the substrate; a mouthpiece to draw aerosol out of the device; and control circuitry to control the supply of power to the assembly, supply a first power to the element or to supply a power sufficient to maintain the element at a first temperature or first temperature range, between user puffs, and supply a second power to the element being higher than the first power or to raise a temperature of the element above the first temperature or the first temperature range, during user puffs, to provide preferential evaporation of nicotine over the first aerosol former.
US12225936B2
A disposable capsule, containing herbal product such as cannabis, can be used with a vaporizer for vaporizing the volatile constituents. The limited battery capacity of portable vaporizers necessitates efficient energy use in order to generate vapor from the herbal product. This is achieved through various features of the invention. Aided by airtightness of the vaporizer capsule connection, the airflow through the capsule can be guided in a controlled fashion. In fact, the capsule (1) is for use in a vapor producing device, the capsule (1) being filled with a herbal product (30) and comprising a shell (202), an upstream part (40) and a downstream part (41), wherein an inlet orifice (401) is in the upstream part (40) and/or in the shell (202) and an outlet orifice (411) is in the downstream part (41), the inlet orifice (401) and the outlet orifice (411) comprising a multitude of perforations (10), and wherein a flow-through-area A2, being a combined surface area of the perforations (10) of the outlet orifice (411), is larger than a flow-through-area A1, being a combined surface area of the perforations (10) of the inlet orifice (401).
US12225934B2
An atomizer includes a liquid storage pipe having a liquid storage chamber, a connecting member, an adjusting member rotatably received in the connecting member, a pressing cover, and an air intake cover provided with a clamping claw capable of driving the adjustment member to rotate. A bottom wall of the connecting member is provided with a first liquid inlet hole communicating with the liquid storage chamber. The adjusting member is provided with a third liquid inlet hole corresponding to the first liquid inlet hole. The pressing cover is provided with at least one clamping groove. When the air intake cover is rotated, the clamping claw drives the adjusting member to rotate along the clamping groove, to cause the third liquid inlet hole to communicate with the first liquid inlet hole or to cause the adjusting member to close the first liquid inlet hole.
US12225932B2
A cartridge for an aerosol generating device includes a slab of aerosol generating substrate having two major surfaces, two edge surfaces, and front and rear end surfaces. Each major surface has an area which is between 100 mm2 and 2000 mm2, and the thickness of the slab is between 0.5 mm and 3.0 mm. A wrapper is wrapped around the slab, and the wrapper extends from the front end face of the slab in order to form a mouthpiece.
US12225931B2
An electronic smoking device (10) includes a power supply portion (12) comprising a power supply (18) as well as an atomizer/liquid reservoir portion (14) comprising a refillable liquid reservoir (34) adapted for storing a liquid, and an atomizer (26) operable when connected to the power supply (18) to atomize liquid stored in the liquid reservoir (34). The atomizer/liquid reservoir portion (14) comprises a liquid filling channel (40) and an air outlet channel (42) at least partially separate from the liquid filling channel (40). The liquid filling channel (40) communicates with the liquid reservoir (34) and is configured to let pass liquid received from outside the electronic smoking device (10) into the liquid reservoir (34). The air outlet channel (42) communicates with the liquid reservoir (34) and is configured to let pass air out of the liquid reservoir (34).
US12225922B2
A structural strengthening agent for food products, which agent moderates both cold stimuli and persistence of sweetness and oiliness in the mouth during eating of food products such as cold desserts is provided. The structural strengthening agent for food products includes a water-insoluble long-chain cellulose having a diameter of 3.5 μm or less and an aspect ratio of 2.0 or more, and a water-insoluble short-chain cellulose having a diameter of 5.0 μm or more and having an aspect ratio of 32.5 or less. The water-insoluble long-chain cellulose and the water-insoluble short-chain cellulose are contained in a mass ratio of 40:60 to 4:96.
US12225915B2
In one embodiment, the present disclosure includes a device for manufacturing a frozen edible product, including a cylindrical tank and a dasher disposed within the cylindrical tank and configured to rotate in a direction of rotation on an axis of rotation. A non-circular cylindrical core extends within the core along the axis of rotation. The dasher includes a generally cylindrical frame concentric with the tank and having a plurality of gaps, deflectors extending radially inward relative to the axis of rotation and circumferentially in the direction of rotation from the gaps, and blades extending radially outward from the dasher.
US12225909B2
An apparatus for automatically preparing baked waffle cone sheets, for use in preparing a waffle cone to be filled with a frozen confectionery product, from waffle cone batter, the apparatus comprising a baking station, the baking station comprising a plurality of baking plate locations onto which the waffle cone batter is to be deposited, each baking plate location comprising an essentially planar baking surface comprising a characteristic waffle region comprising a first array of parallel linear grooves, so as to produce a characteristic waffle pattern in the baked waffle sheet from the resulting parallel linear protrusions in the baked waffle sheet; wherein each baking plate location also comprises a graphical region, the graphical region being located within the characteristic waffle region and comprising grooves corresponding to a graphical image, and also comprising at least one linear groove, each linear groove being contiguous with, dimensionally similar to and collinear with a groove in the characteristic waffle region, and wherein the spacing density of grooves in the graphical region is less than that in the surrounding characteristic waffle region.
US12225907B2
An object of the present invention is to provide an agricultural and horticultural composition excellent in the effect of controlling plant disease or accelerating plant growth and a method for controlling plant disease or accelerating plant growth. The agricultural and horticultural composition of the present invention contains t-butyl (6-{[(Z)-(1-methyl-1H-5-tetrazolyl)(phenyl)methylene]aminooxymethyl}-2-pyridyl)carbamate and a phosphite salt. A method for controlling plant disease or accelerating plant growth of the present invention comprises simultaneously or successively applying t-butyl (6-{[(Z)-(1-methyl-1H-5-tetrazolyl)(phenyl)methylene]aminooxymethyl}-2-pyridyl)carbamate and a phosphite salt such as potassium phosphite, ammonium phosphite, calcium phosphite, aluminum phosphite, or sodium phosphite to a plant, soil, or hydroponic plowland.
US12225906B1
The sustenance of life is driven by recognition of and access to energy sources. This process has remained unchanged over billions of years, guiding cellular nutrition through molecular recognition, akin to the food pyramid. At the atomic or nanoscale, chemotaxis enables organisms to identify ingestible matter and is driven by their need for fuel, rather than from the sustenance itself. Chemotaxis, one of nature's most potent yet invisible organic forces, operates independently of molecular charge dynamics to locate and identify microscopic sustenance. Infectious organisms, such as pathogenic microbes and parasites, depend on chemotactic pathways to locate nutrition across all scales. This invention leverages this phenomenon by “baiting” these pathways with nutritive matter that encapsulates biocidal agents that are harmless to humans but lethal to infectious organisms once ingested. These nutritive biocidal agents could be employed as topical, oral, injectable, or aerosolized formulations, as well as hydrogel or slow-release implants.
US12225904B2
The present invention provides a method for controlling a plant disease which comprises applying a compound represented by formula (I) [wherein Z represents a C1-C6 chain hydrocarbon group and the like, R1 and R2 are identical to or different from each other and represent a hydrogen atom or a fluorine atom, and R3, R4, R5, R6 and R7 are identical to or different from each other and represent a C1-C6 chain hydrocarbon group and the like] to a plant or a soil, which has excellent control efficacies against plant diseases.
US12225902B2
The present invention is a herbicide composition containing the following components (A), (B) and (C), wherein a mass ratio between the content of component (B) and the content of component (C), (C)/(B), is 0.010 or more and 0.18 or less: component (A): a compound selected from glufosinate and a salt thereof; component (B): a compound represented by the following general formula (B-I): R1O(R2O)nSO3−M+ (B-I) wherein R1 is a hydrocarbon group with 8 or more and 24 or less carbons, R2 is an alkanediyl group with 2 or more and 4 or less carbons, n is an average number of added moles and 0 or more and 30 or less, and M+ is a counter ion; and component (C): an aromatic sulfonate salt having an aliphatic hydrocarbon group.
US12225893B2
A fishing reel comprises: a spool designed to wind a fishing line by operation with an operating part; a first side plate having the operating part, the first side plate axially supporting the spool; a second side plate disposed opposite to the first side plate when viewed along an axis of the spool, the second side plate axially supporting the spool; an opposite side cover or a cover on an opposite side from the operating part, the opposite side cover covering the second side plate on a side opposed to the operating part; a control substrate disposed between the second side plate and the opposite side cover; and an electrical component electrically connected to the control substrate, the electrical component being disposed between the control substrate and the opposite side cover.
US12225889B2
Non-human animals and offspring thereof comprising at least one modified chromosomal sequence in a gene encoding a CD163 protein are provided. Animal cells that contain such modified chromosomal sequences are also provided. The animals and cells have increased resistance to pathogens, including porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome virus (PRRSV). The animals and offspring have chromosomal modifications of a CD163 gene. The invention further relates to methods of breeding to create pathogen-resistant animals and populations of animals made using such methods.
US12225880B1
A comprehensive animal footbath flushing system is provided that includes a source of water under pressure, that may be selectively introduced either to a flushing outlet in the footbath, or to a venturi pipe adjacent to a drain for the footbath, or to both at the same time. Water or a water-chemical mixture may be introduced into the footbath basin to flush out any accumulated organic materials. Alternately or at the same time, a separate flow of water may be introduced into the drain line which causes a Venturi at the drain, and facilitates rapid removal of water and other materials from the footbath. The drain opening may be provided in the floor of the basin or in one of the side walls. In some embodiments the basin floor is sloped, and the drain is located at a lower end of the floor.
US12225877B1
A pet toilet, including a main body, a separation body, an inner liner, and a screen assembly. The main body has a first accommodating space facing upwards and defines a discharge port and a first inlet. The separation body is rotatably and detachably arranged on the main body. The separation body is rotatable in the first accommodating space. The separation body has a second accommodating space and defines a second inlet that is in communication with the second inlet. A shape of the inner liner is the same as a shape of the separation body, and the inner liner is detachably arranged on the separation body. A lower part of the screen assembly is arranged in the second accommodating space, dividing the second accommodating space into a first litter bin and a second litter bin. An upper part of the screen assembly is detachably arranged on the separation body.
US12225874B2
The disclosure relates to the plants, plants parts, and plant cells of tomato variety designated ‘X22-31’, and to methods for producing a tomato plant by crossing the disclosed tomato variety with itself or another tomato plant and to plants derived from ‘X22-31’. The disclosure further relates to single locus conversions of ‘X22-31’, tomato fruit of ‘X22-31’, and methods of using ‘X22-31’ as a rootstock or scion and composite plants produced therefrom. The disclosure further relates to allotetraploid plants produced from ‘X22-31’.
US12225868B1
A novel maize variety designated 1PLDK65 and seed, plants and plant parts thereof are provided. Methods for producing a maize plant comprise crossing maize variety 1PLDK65 with another maize plant are provided. Methods for producing a maize plant containing in its genetic material one or more traits introgressed into 1PLDK65 through backcross conversion and/or transformation, and to the maize seed, plant and plant part produced thereby are provided. Hybrid maize seed, plants or plant parts are produced by crossing the variety 1PLDK65 or a locus conversion of 1PLDK65 with another maize variety.
US12225867B1
A novel maize variety designated 1PAAC85 and seed, plants and plant parts thereof are provided. Methods for producing a maize plant comprise crossing maize variety 1PAAC85 with another maize plant are provided. Methods for producing a maize plant containing in its genetic material one or more traits introgressed into 1PAAC85 through backcross conversion and/or transformation, and to the maize seed, plant and plant part produced thereby are provided. Hybrid maize seed, plants or plant parts are produced by crossing the variety 1PAAC85 or a locus conversion of 1PAAC85 with another maize variety.
US12225860B2
A light source module includes at least one substrate, at least one main light source and at least one auxiliary light source. The at least one main light source and the at least one auxiliary light source are disposed on the at least one substrate. The main light source comprises a first main light emitter configured to emit a first main light having a first number of peak wavelengths and a second main light emitter configured to emit a second main light having a second number of peak wavelengths. In addition, the auxiliary light source is configured to emit a third auxiliary light having a third number of peak wavelengths. The first number of peak wavelengths can be different from the second number of peak wavelengths. A peak wavelength of the second main light can be longer than all of the peak wavelengths of the first main light.
US12225858B2
A method and arrangement are for managing a tree handling system for a forest machine. The method includes obtaining sensor data that represent a current loading on the tree handling system and determining a key indicator that describes a measured value that is representative of the risk of partial damage based on the current loading. A current partial damage value can be compared with a normative partial damage value for a normative operating state to determine a change that would cause the current partial damage value to return to or approach a level corresponding to the normative partial damage value. The change can be executed by an actuator, which is coupled to a control unit, that limits hydraulic flow to at least one execution means to limit the loading of the tree handling system to a pre-determined maximum loading value.
US12225856B2
In one embodiment, a wrapping material for wrapping around an agricultural product to form a bale, including a continuous web of material including a plurality of wrapping units, each wrapping unit having a first surface and an opposing second surface, and extending lengthwise from a leading end to a tail end, the tail end of each wrapping unit terminating at the leading end of an adjacent wrapping unit. Each wrapping unit includes a nontacky portion extending lengthwise from the leading end of the wrapping unit, and having a length greater than a circumference of the bale, and a tacky portion extending lengthwise from the nontacky portion to the tail end of the wrapping unit, and having a length greater than the circumference of the bale.
US12225854B2
A leaf rake includes a handle having an elongated body with a first end, a medial portion, and a second end, and a head assembly including a base portion and a handle coupling, the handle coupled to the head assembly by the handle coupling. The head assembly includes a first and a second set of tines unitary with the base portion, wherein each tine of the first and second set of tines includes an elongated body having a first end, an offset portion, and a distal second end, wherein the offset portion of the first set of tines is disposed on a first side of the base portion and wherein the offset portion of the second set of tines is disposed on the first side of the base portion. A shrub rake including a coupling, a base portion and a number of tines is selectively coupled to the head assembly.
US12225852B2
The present invention provides a fruit's protection system designed to be mounted onto a standard collection bin for safely placing harvested fruits inside the collection bin without harming same.
US12225842B2
An apparatus for mowing grass. The apparatus has a plurality of cutting devices for mowing the grass. The apparatus has a plurality of carrying arms which are arranged offset with respect to one another with regard to the transverse axis of the apparatus, and are supported such that they can be pivoted up and down in each case individually, and carry in each case one of the plurality of cutting devices. The apparatus has a plurality of supporting elements which support in each case one of the plurality of carrying arms on an underlying surface, and are arranged in front of the respective cutting device with regard to a forward moving direction of the apparatus. The apparatus can have the advantage that the leading supporting elements do not push any cuttings in front of them, and a risk of the apparatus being jacked up is decreased.
US12225839B2
Technologies for guiding an agricultural vehicle through crop rows using a camera and signal processing to locate the crop row or centers of the crop row. The signal processing uses a filter to filter data from images captured by the camera and locates the row or the centers based on the filtered data. The filter is generated based on a signal processing transform and an initial image of the crop row captured by the camera. The filter is applied to subsequent images of the crop row captured by the camera. In some embodiments, the camera includes one lens. For example, monocular computer vision is used in some embodiments. Also, in some embodiments, a central processing unit generates the filter based on the transform and the initial image of the crop row and applies the generated filter to the subsequent images of the row.
US12232435B2
An integrated circuit includes a substrate with an active area, a first insulating layer, a second insulating layer, and a phase-change material. The integrated circuit further includes a heating element in an L-shape, with a long side in direct physical contact with the phase-change material and a short side in direct physical contact with a via. The heating element is surrounded by first, second, and third insulating spacers, with the first insulating spacer having a planar first sidewall in contact with the long side of the heating element, a convex second sidewall, and a planar bottom face in contact with the short side of the heating element. The second and third insulating spacers are in direct contact with the first insulating spacer and the long side of the heating element.
US12232434B2
Various embodiments of the present disclosure are directed towards a method for forming an integrated chip. The method includes forming a bottom electrode over a substrate. A data storage structure is formed on the bottom electrode. The data storage structure comprises a first dopant with a first atomic percent and a second dopant with a second atomic percent. The first atomic percent is different from the second atomic percent. A top electrode is formed on the data storage structure.
US12232425B2
A magnetoresistive random access memory (MRAM) device includes a first array region and a second array region on a substrate, a first magnetic tunneling junction (MTJ) on the first array region, a first top electrode on the first MTJ, a second MTJ on the second array region, and a second top electrode on the second MTJ. Preferably, the first top electrode and the second top electrode include different nitrogen to titanium (N/Ti) ratios.
US12232413B2
Provided herein are a fused polycyclic compound, and an electronic device having at least one organic layer comprising the fused polycyclic compound as an electroactive compound.
US12232410B2
An organometallic compound having a novel structure represented by Formula 1 and an organic light-emitting device including the same. In Formula 1, the substituents are the same as described in the Detailed Description.
US12232407B2
A display device includes a display area, a test pad, a plurality of first test transistors, and at least one outline. The display area includes pixels coupled to data lines and scan lines. The test pad receives a test signal. The first test transistors are coupled between the data lines of the display area and the test pad. The at least one outline is coupled between one of the first test transistors and the test pad. The at least one outline is located in a non-display area outside the display area.
US12232403B2
A display apparatus includes a substrate including a first area, a second area, and a bending area between the first area and the second area, the substrate being bendable around a bending axis, an inorganic insulating layer on the substrate and defining an opening portion corresponding to the bending area, a lower organic material layer filling the opening portion, and a conductive layer extending from the first area to the second area, through the bending area, and on the lower organic material layer. The conductive layer includes a connection wire including a first corner portion curved at one side of a first axis of the connection wire which is crossing to the bending axis and a second corner portion curved at another side of the first axis, and a plurality of dummy patterns corresponding to the first corner portion and the second corner portion.
US12232402B2
The present disclosure relates to an organic light-emitting diode display device that comprises a first substrate on which first, second and third subpixels each including an emission area and a non-emission area are defined; first, second and third light-emitting diodes disposed in the first, second and third subpixels on the first substrate, respectively; a second substrate over the first, second and third light-emitting diodes; and a scattering pattern corresponding to the first subpixel and disposed over the first light-emitting diode or under the first substrate, wherein the first subpixel has an area reflectance higher than the second and third subpixels.
US12232398B2
A display device includes a base layer, a light emitting element layer disposed on the base layer, and an encapsulation layer disposed on the light emitting element layer, wherein the encapsulation layer includes an organic film containing a photochromic material that changes color upon stress, and accordingly, the display device may keep satisfactory colors even when highly stretched.
US12232393B2
A display apparatus includes a light-emitting unit including light-emitting elements, and a color unit disposed on the light-emitting unit and including a first color area, a second color area, and a third color area that overlap the light-emitting elements and emit light beams of different colors. The color unit includes a light-transmission layer including a first opening corresponding to the first color area and a second opening corresponding to the second color area, a first color conversion layer disposed within the first opening of the light-transmission layer, a second color conversion layer disposed within the second opening of the light-transmission layer, and a spacer disposed on the light-transmission layer and between two adjacent color areas among the first color area, the second color area, and the third color area, the spacer including a light shielding material.
US12232386B2
A transparent display device is disclosed, which may improve transmittance in a non-display area and at the same reduce resistance of power lines. The transparent display device includes a substrate provided with a display area, in which a plurality of subpixels are disposed, and a non-display area adjacent to the display area. The device includes a plurality of power lines provided in the non-display area over the substrate and extended in parallel in a first direction. The display area includes first non-transmissive areas provided with the plurality of subpixels and a first transmissive area provided between the first non-transmissive areas, the non-display area includes second non-transmissive areas provided with the plurality of power lines and a second transmissive area provided between the second non-transmissive areas.
US12232385B2
A display substrate and a display panel are disclosed. The display substrate includes a base substrate, and the base substrate includes a display region and a peripheral region on at least one side of the display region. The display region includes pixel units arranged in an array, first gate scanning signal lines, and second gate scanning signal lines; the peripheral region includes a first scanning driving circuit connected to the first gate scanning signal lines through first connection wires, a first scanning driving circuit connected to the second gate scanning signal lines through second connection wires, a first voltage signal line configured to provide a first voltage, and a second voltage signal line configured to provide a second voltage, and the second scanning driving circuit is on a side of the first scanning driving circuit close to the display region. The following is a clean version of the amended Abstract with the above-indicated changes/markings incorporated.
US12232378B2
A display panel and a display apparatus are provided; the display panel is divided into a display region and a non-display region at least partially surrounding the display region; a fan-out region is provided in the non-display region; the display panel includes a substrate and a first power trace provided on the substrate; a first portion of the first power trace is provided in the fan-out region and configured to transmit a first power signal; and the first portion includes: a sheet-shaped trace proximal to an edge of the display panel, and a plurality of stripe-shaped traces spaced apart from one another and extending from the sheet-shaped trace toward the display region. According to the present disclosure, the first power trace in the fan-out region is configured to include the plurality of strip-shaped traces.
US12232377B2
A display device including a substrate, a first upper power line, a conductive member, a protective insulating layer, an upper connection member, and a sub-pixel structure. The upper connection member is disposed in a first pad area and a first peripheral area on a planarization layer, and electrically connects the first upper power line and the conductive member through a first contact hole, which is formed in the protective insulating layer and the planarization layer located on the conductive member, and a second contact hole, which is formed in the protective insulating layer and the planarization layer located on the first upper power line.
US12232374B2
Embodiments of this disclosure provide a display substrate and a display device. The display substrate includes: sub-pixels located on a base substrate; a first conductive layer located on one side of the base substrate, and including signal lines sequentially disposed in a first direction and extending towards a second direction, and signal line bulges and anode adaptor parts located on the same side of the signal line and disposed alternately; and anodes located between the first conductive layer and a pixel defining layer. Each anode includes an effective part exposed by a corresponding sub-pixel opening, the effective parts of at least part of the sub-pixels have overlapping regions with the signal line bulges and the anode adaptor parts in the second direction, and the second direction is perpendicular to the first direction.
US12232364B2
An embodiment provides a pixel including: a first bank pattern on a substrate; a first electrode and a second electrode on the first bank pattern and extending in a first direction; an insulating layer on the first electrode and the second electrode; a plurality of light emitting elements on the insulating layer between the first electrode and the second electrode; a first contact electrode electrically connecting the first electrode and the light emitting elements; and a second contact electrode electrically connecting the second electrode and the light emitting elements. The first electrode and the second electrode may be spaced from each other in a second direction different from the first direction on the first bank pattern.
US12232359B2
Provided are a display panel and a display device. The display panel includes a substrate, a light-emitting element located on a side of the substrate, and a deformation module located between the substrate and the light-emitting element and including at least one deformation element. In a direction perpendicular to a plane where the substrate is located, the at least one deformation element in the deformation module overlaps the light-emitting element. Provided are a display panel and a display device to change a light-emitting angle of a light-emitting element, so that users can obtain a better view angle and the display effect can be improved.
US12232352B2
A display device includes: a substrate; a display element on the substrate; a thin-film encapsulation layer on the display element, the thin-film encapsulation layer including at least one inorganic layer and at least one organic layer; and a lower layer below the thin-film encapsulation layer, the lower layer including a first surface parallel to an upper surface of the substrate and a second surface extending in a direction crossing the upper surface of the substrate. The at least one inorganic layer is has a first thickness on the first surface of the lower layer and a second thickness on the second surface of the lower layer, the first thickness is greater than or equal to the second thickness, and a ratio of the second thickness to the first thickness is about 0.51 or more.
US12232351B2
A display device includes a flexible substrate including a first region including a display region, a second region including a curved region, and a third region including a terminal region; an electro-optical element located in the display region; and a resin layer continuously extending from the first region to the third region.
US12232348B2
Embodiments of the disclosed subject matter provide an emissive layer, a first electrode layer, a plurality of nanoparticles and a material disposed between the first electrode layer and the plurality of nanoparticles. In some embodiments, the device may include a second electrode layer and a substrate, where the second electrode layer is disposed on the substrate, and the emissive layer is disposed on the second electrode layer. In some embodiments, a second electrode layer may be disposed on the substrate, the emissive layer may be disposed on the second electrode layer, the first electrode layer may be disposed on the emissive layer, a first dielectric layer of the material may be disposed on the first electrode layer, the plurality of nanoparticles may be disposed on the first dielectric layer, and a second dielectric layer may be disposed on the plurality of nanoparticles and the first dielectric layer.
US12232343B2
An organic light emitting device, a preparation method therefor, and a display apparatus are provided. The organic light emitting device includes an anode, a cathode, and a light emitting layer and an electron transport layer arranged between the anode and the cathode. The electron transport layer is arranged between the light emitting layer and the cathode. The electron transport layer includes a first host material and a second host material. A mixing ratio of the first host material to the second host material of one side of the electron transport layer close to the light emitting layer is different from a mixing ratio of the first host material to the second host material of one side of the electron transport layer away from the light emitting layer.
US12232342B2
An organic semiconductor device with low driving voltage is provided. The organic semiconductor device includes a layer containing an organic compound between a pair of electrodes. The layer containing an organic compound includes a hole-transport region. The hole-transport region includes a first layer and a second layer. The first layer is positioned between the anode and the second layer. When a potential gradient of a surface potential of an evaporated film is set as GSP (mV/nm), a value obtained by subtracting GSP of an organic compound in the second layer from GSP of an organic compound in the first layer is less than or equal to 20 (mV/nm).
US12232339B2
A nanomaterial includes a ZnO nanocrystal and a surface ligand bonded to the ZnO nanocrystal. The surface ligand has a structure of R1, R2, and R3 are independently selected from at least one of an alkyl group, an alkoxy group, a hydroxyalkoxy group, a hydroxyl group, or a hydrogen atom. R4 is selected from a hydrocarbon group having a carbon number of 5 to 60. A carbon number of the alkyl group ranges from 1 to 5. A carbon number of the alkoxy group ranges from 1 to 5. A carbon number of the hydroxyalkoxy group ranges from 1 to 5.
US12232335B2
Disclosed is a resistive random access memory (RRAM). The RRAM includes a bottom electrode made of tungsten and a switching layer made of hafnium oxide disposed above the bottom electrode, wherein the switching layer includes a switchable filament. The RRAM further includes a resistive layer disposed above the switching layer and a bit line disposed above the resistive layer, wherein the resistive layer extends laterally to connect two or more memory cells along the bit line.
US12232330B2
A method for manufacturing a semiconductor structure includes the following: providing a substrate; forming an MTJ structure and a first mask structure in sequence on the substrate; performing a patterning process on the first mask structure to form a first pattern extending in a first direction; transferring the first pattern to the MTJ structure; forming a second mask structure on the MTJ structure; performing a patterning process on the second mask structure to form a second pattern extending in a second direction, the first direction intersecting the second direction and being not perpendicular to the second direction; and performing a patterning process on the MTJ structure by utilizing the second pattern to form a cellular MTJ array, the first pattern and the second pattern together forming a cellular pattern.
US12232323B2
A three-dimensional (3D) semiconductor memory device includes a source structure disposed on a horizontal semiconductor layer and including a first source conductive pattern and a second source conductive pattern which are sequentially stacked on the horizontal semiconductor layer, an electrode structure including a plurality of electrodes vertically stacked on the source structure, and a vertical semiconductor pattern penetrating the electrode structure and the source structure, wherein a portion of a sidewall of the vertical semiconductor pattern is in contact with the source structure. The first source conductive pattern includes a discontinuous interface at a level between a top surface of the horizontal semiconductor layer and a bottom surface of the second source conductive pattern.
US12232317B2
A memory array comprises strings of memory cells. The memory array comprises laterally-spaced memory blocks individually comprising a vertical stack comprising alternating insulative tiers and conductive tiers above a conductor tier. Channel-material-string constructions of memory cells extend through the insulative tiers and the conductive tiers. The channel material of the channel-material-string constructions is directly electrically coupled to conductor material of the conductor tier. Substructure material is in the conductor tier and spans laterally-across and laterally-between bottoms of multiple of the channel-material-string constructions. The substructure material is of different composition from an upper portion of the conductor material. The substructure material comprises laterally-opposing sides that taper laterally-inward moving deeper into the conductor tier. Other embodiments, including method, are disclosed.
US12232311B2
Some embodiments include apparatuses and methods of forming the apparatuses. One of the apparatuses includes a memory cell, first, second, and third data lines, and first and second access lines. Each of the first, second, and third data lines includes a length extending in a first direction. Each of the first and second access lines includes a length extending in a second direction. The memory cell includes a first transistor including a charge storage structure, and a first channel region electrically separated from the charge storage structure, and a second transistor including a second channel region electrically coupled to the charge storage structure. The first data line is electrically coupled to the first channel region. The second data line is electrically coupled to the first channel region. The third data line is electrically coupled to the second channel region, the second channel region being between the charge storage structure and the third data line. The first access line is located on a first level of the apparatus and separated from the first channel by a first dielectric. The second access line is located on a second level of the apparatus and separated from the second channel by a second dielectric. The charge storage structure is located on a level of the apparatus between the first and second levels.
US12232309B2
A capacitor includes cup-shaped lower electrodes disposed on a substrate, a capacitor dielectric layer conformally covering inner surfaces and outer surfaces of the cup-shaped lower electrodes, and a support layer disposed between outer surfaces of the cup-shaped lower electrodes to connect the cup-shaped lower electrodes. The capacitor further includes an annealed oxide layer, which is interposed between the inner surfaces of the cup-shaped lower electrodes and the capacitor dielectric layer, and is also interposed between a portion of the outer surfaces of the cup-shaped lower electrodes and the capacitor dielectric layer. A method for forming the capacitor is also provided.
US12232306B2
An electromagnetic wave shielding film has permeability to volatile components, shielding characteristics, and resistance to folding. The electromagnetic wave shielding film includes an adhesive layer; a metal layer made of a metal and placed on the adhesive layer; and an insulating layer placed on the metal layer. Multiple openings are formed in the metal layer; the openings include openings (A) including island-shaped metal layer fragments, each opening (A) having island-shaped metal layer fragments formed therein, and the openings (A) including island-shaped metal layer fragments include openings (A1) including one or more island-shaped metal layer fragments. Each opening (A1) defines an opening (A) including island-shaped metal layer fragments in which a total area of the island-shaped metal layer fragments accounts for 40 to 80% of an area inside a contour of the opening (A).
US12232300B2
A power semiconductor device includes: a plurality of power modules including control terminals; a heat sink, on which the plurality of power modules are mounted; and a control substrate, to which the control terminals are fixed. The plurality of power modules each include a first protruding portion close to the control terminals, and a second protruding portion far from the control terminals. The heat sink has, at a position corresponding to the first protruding portion, a first recessed portion formed to have an inner diameter larger than an outer diameter of the first protruding portion, and engaged with the first protruding portion. At a position corresponding to the second protruding portion, the heat sink has a second recessed portion formed to have the shape of an elongated hole whose minor diameter is larger than an outer diameter of the second protruding portion, and engaged with the second protruding portion.
US12232296B2
Provided are a liquid cooling system of a charging gun and a charging gun. The liquid cooling system includes a head cooling assembly, a tail cooling assembly, a liquid input pipe and a liquid output pipe. The head cooling assembly includes a cooling pipe assembly. The cooling pipe assembly is connected to a charging terminal of the charging gun. The tail cooling assembly includes a connection box and a first conductive member. One end of the first conductive member is disposed in the connection box. A cable connected to the charging terminal is connected to the first conductive member in the connection box. Another end of the first conductive member is connected to an external power supply. The liquid input pipe extends through the connection box and communicates with the inlet of the cooling pipe assembly. The liquid output pipe communicates with the outlet of the cooling pipe assembly.
US12232293B2
A network switch device includes cooling fans to remove heat generated by its electronic circuitry during operation. Multiple cooling zones are provided in a network switch device to enable reduced cooling fan power consumption. The switch device includes a baffle positioned between a first zone and a second zone and across a circuit board. A first cooling fan provides a first airflow through the first zone and across a first portion of the circuit board positioned within the first zone. A second cooling fan provides a second airflow through a second zone of the housing and across a second portion of the circuit board positioned within the second zone. The baffle directs the first airflow away from the second zone and directs the second airflow away from the first zone. Fan speeds of fans in a cooling zone may be adjusted based on temperature sensors positioned in that zone.
US12232292B2
A smart pole assembly for a telecommunication network, a cabinet for enclosing computing equipment, and a method for installing computing equipment in a cabinet are disclosed. The smart pole assembly includes a cabinet and a case movably coupled to the cabinet and configured for receiving computing equipment. The case is movable between a first position and a second position. The first position is a service position in which the case is at least in part external to the cabinet, and the second position is a working position in which the case is within the cabinet in a rotated orientation relative to the first position. A method for installing computing equipment in a cabinet includes inserting computing equipment into the case that is in the first position and moving the case to the second position such that the case and computing equipment are in the rotated orientation within the cabinet.
US12232285B2
A bracket assembly for installation of equipment is disclosed. The bracket assembly includes a female bracket with a receptacle and a recess in a wall of the receptacle; and a male bracket with a locking mechanism and a housing adapted to fit in the receptacle. The housing has walls defining a cavity. The locking mechanism has a latching member, a sliding member, and a shaft. The latching member is pivotable between an unlocked position and a locked position. When in the locked position, a first end of protrudes from the housing and rests in the recess. The sliding member moves along a vertical axis between two positions. When in a lower position, the sliding member presses a second end of the latching member to cause the first end to pivot into the unlocked position. The shaft extends along the vertical axis and is configured to manipulate the sliding member.
US12232284B2
A display device includes a display panel including a front surface that displays an image, and a rear surface, wherein the display panel is foldable with respect to a folding axis extending in a first direction; and a metal plate disposed on the rear surface of the display panel, wherein the metal plate includes a first body and a second body that are arranged in a second direction intersecting the first direction; a patterned portion disposed between the first body and the second body to overlap the folding axis in a thickness direction of the display device; and at least one protrusion protruding parallel to the folding axis from an edge of at least one of the first body, the second body, and the patterned portion.
US12232277B2
A display device according to one or more embodiments comprises a flexible display panel, a connection film at least partially overlapping the display panel, and electrically connected to the display panel, source boards at least partially overlapping the connection film, and electrically connected to the connection film, and a flexible printed circuit portion electrically connecting the source boards, and wound or folded on the source boards.
US12232272B2
A bending apparatus includes a fixing structure, a first driving mechanism, a first pressing head connected to the first driving mechanism, a second driving mechanism and a second pressing head connected to the second driving mechanism. The first driving mechanism is configured to drive the first pressing head to move onto a first surface of a first portion, and to drive the first pressing head to push the first portion to rotate to a first side of a body portion, so that the first portion is parallel or substantially parallel to the body portion. The second driving mechanism is configured to drive the second pressing head to move onto a second surface of a second portion, and is further configured to drive the second pressing head to pull the second portion to rotate to the first side of the body portion while the first pressing head pushes the first portion.
US12232263B2
An electronic device includes a first component carrier having a first stack with at least one first electrically conductive layer structure and/or at least one first electrically insulating layer structure, a second component carrier having a second stack with at least one second electrically conductive layer structure and/or at least one second electrically insulating layer structure, and an intermediate structure including at least three staggered electrically conductive and coupled vertical interconnect elements in an at least partially dielectric sheet and being directly connected between the first component carrier and the second component carrier for electrically coupling the first component carrier with the second component carrier.
US12232259B2
An electronic device according to an embodiment may include: a Printed Circuit Board (PCB) including a first face and a second face; a semiconductor chip mounted on the second face; a conductive pad disposed on the second face; a solder resist layer disposed on the second face and including an aperture; an arc-shaped opening having an inner diameter and an outer diameter, disposed along an outer periphery of the conductive pad and in the aperture; and at least one external terminal disposed on the semiconductor chip and bonded to the conductive pad. The conductive pad may include: a first region having a smaller diameter than the outer diameter; and at least one second region extending from the first region in a first outer circumferential direction, and located at least in part between both ends of the opening. In addition, various embodiments recognized through the specification may also be possible.
US12232257B2
A wiring substrate includes an insulating layer, a conductor layer formed on the insulating layer and including a conductor pad having a rectangular planar shape, and a solder resist layer formed on the insulating layer such that the solder resist layer is covering the conductor layer formed on the insulating layer. The solder resist layer has an opening formed such that the opening is exposing 50% or more of an area of a surface of the conductor pad on the opposite side with respect to the insulating layer and exposing a side surface and the surface of the conductor pad at side portions of a peripheral edge of the conductor pad and that the solder resist layer is covering the side surface and the surface of the conductor pad at one or more of corner portions of the peripheral edge of the conductor pad.
US12232253B2
[Object] Provided is a printed circuit board ensuring a degree of freedom in circuit design and unlikely to cause a circuit connection failure. [Solving Means] A middle interlayer circuit 11, an upper surface side interlayer circuit 12, and a lower surface side interlayer circuit 13 are formed from a connection surface-less integral conductor. In addition, a connection surface 33 between the upper surface side interlayer circuit 12 and an upper surface side surface layer circuit 14 and a connection surface 34 between the lower surface side interlayer circuit 13 and a lower surface side surface layer circuit 15 lack a connection surface in a plate thickness direction, and thus a satisfactory connection state is achieved. Accordingly, a first circuit 10 is unlikely to cause a connection failure. In addition, the upper surface side interlayer circuit 12 and the lower surface side interlayer circuit 13 can be disposed at misaligned positions in the plane direction of the printed circuit board, and thus the degree of freedom in circuit design increases. Plane circuits 24 and 16 not connected to the first circuit can be disposed with insulating layers 31 and 32 sandwiched below the upper surface side interlayer circuit 12 or above the lower surface side interlayer circuit 13.
US12232249B2
An information handling system may include a processor and a flag assembly comprising a flag and an actuator mechanically coupled to the flag and communicatively coupled to the processor, and configured to receive control signals from the processor to mechanically translate the flag between an activated position in which the flag is visually perceptible to a user external to the information handling system and a deactivated position in which the flag is visually imperceptible to the user.
US12232239B2
A heating device includes a first capacitor, a first switch, a second switch, a second capacitor, a third capacitor, a coil and a controller. The first and second switch are coupled in series at a first node, and are coupled with the first capacitor in parallel. The second capacitor is coupled to the first switch. The third capacitor is coupled to the second switch, and is coupled to the second capacitor at a second node. The coil is coupled between the first and the second node. The controller outputs a first and a second control signal to the first switch and the second switch, respectively. After the heating device received a voltage and a starting command, the controller outputs the first and the second control signal to turn on or off the first and the second switch respectively. The duty cycle of the first signal is lower than 50%.
US12232238B2
A method for determining locations of luminaires of a lighting system during a commissioning process uses sound beacons and measured travel time to determine distance. The method enables estimating the distance between the luminaires, and based thereon, the locations of the luminaires, entirely automatically by pinging the other devices, without requiring a commissioning engineer or technician initiating the distance measurement process at each luminaire individually, between luminaires and their location.
US12232233B2
A load control system may be configured using a graphical user interface (GUI) software. The GUI software may be implemented to collect control devices and add the control devices to the load control system for configuration. Programming data may be automatically determined for the added control devices based on the type of control device, the location of the control device, and/or the load type controlled by the control device. The programming data may include control settings for a scene, a schedule, or an automated control feature. The programming data may be displayed for being viewed and/or adjusted by a user. The programming data may be transmitted to the control devices and/or a system controller for being implemented in performing load control.
US12232226B2
An extensible mast according to the present disclosure includes a first fiber layer made of a fiber-reinforced plastic, a second fiber layer that is arranged in contact with the first fiber layer and made of a fiber-reinforced plastic having a thermal expansion coefficient in a longitudinal direction larger than a thermal expansion coefficient in the longitudinal direction of the fiber-reinforced plastic applied to the first fiber layer, and an electric heating wire arranged on the second fiber layer. The number of times of overlapping of the electric heating wire in different layers when the first fiber layer, the second fiber layer, and the electric heating wire are wound and retracted in a roll shape is minimized. Thus, the elastic restoring force of the extensible mast can be maintained while an increase in weight and volume is suppressed.
US12232219B2
Aspects of this disclosure relate to assigning scrambling identifiers to user equipments. A first scrambling identifier can be assigned to each user equipment of a group, such that the first scrambling identifier is the same for each of the user equipments of the group. A second scrambling identifier can be assigned to each of the user equipments of the group, such that the second scrambling identifier is different for each of the user equipments of the group. A selected scrambling identifier can be used to generate a reference signal sequence.
US12232210B2
A user device (UE) for managing radio bearers communicates, with a first base station over a first radio bearer associated with a dedicated control channel and configured to carry at least application-layer measurement reporting information, the radio bearer associated with a logical channel identity (2502); receives, from a radio access network (RAN) including the first base station and a second base station, a message related to (i) the first radio bearer or (ii) a second radio bearer having the logical channel identity and terminated at the second base station (2504); and release or reconfigure the first radio bearer in response to the message (2506).
US12232208B2
Embodiments of this application provides a communication method for releasing a sidelink radio bearer (SLRB), this method can be implemented by a terminal device, the method including: the terminal device obtains an indication, the indication indicates that no Quality of Service (QoS) flow with data that is mapped to a first SLRB; and the terminal device releases the first SLRB.
US12232206B2
Apparatus and method for communication are provided. One or more link identifiers used by a first terminal device are obtained. Information on communication of another terminal device with the first terminal device based on the obtained one or more link identifiers is obtained. Based on the obtained information, it is determined, that the first terminal device is active for communication and transmission to the first terminal device performed based on the determination.
US12232177B2
This application provides a random access method and a communication apparatus. The method includes: receiving, by a terminal device, a response message from a network device; determining, by the terminal device, a message format of the response message, where the message format includes a first format or a second format; and parsing, by the terminal device, the response message based on the determined message format, where the response message in the first format includes a contention resolution identity and a control plane message; and the response message in the second format includes a contention resolution identity and includes no control plane message. A two-step random access method provided in this application includes two message formats of a random access response.
US12232176B2
Techniques are provided for implementing backhaul communications for an integrated access and backhaul node (IAB) operating in a wireless network. For example, an IAB node determines a first random access channel (RACH) configuration for a child node in the wireless network that is served by the IAB node. The IAB transmits a RACH configuration request message including the first RACH configuration to a parent IAB node, and receives, from the parent IAB node, a second RACH configuration complete message that includes a second RACH configuration that is based on the first RACH configuration for the child node. The IAB then performs backhaul communication with the parent IAB node using the second RACH configuration.
US12232173B2
Provided is a downlink control information transmitting and receiving method which can maximize the use of limited radio resources by effectively forming an uplink signaling message to be transmitted from a base station to a terminal and transmitting the formed uplink signaling message with a minimum amount of radio resources occupied. The method for transmitting downlink data generation indication information for a base station to inform a terminal of packet data transmission in a packet-based cellular system, includes the steps of: a) generating the downlink data generation indication information; b) recording radio resource allocation information in downlink scheduling information for transmitting the downlink data generation indication information, and allocating information for the downlink data generation indication information to downlink-shared radio resources; and c) transmitting the downlink scheduling information and the information for the downlink data generation indication information according to a transmission cycle.
US12232168B2
A method of operating the first apparatus 100 in a wireless communication system is proposed. The method may include: performing resource selection for at least one period, wherein each of the at least one period includes at least one transmission resource; increasing a value related to a consecutive unused transmission opportunity by 1, based on that transmission is not performed on all transmission resources within a first period included in the at least one period; and triggering resource reselection based on that the value related to a consecutive unused transmission opportunity reaches a threshold value related to a consecutive unused transmission opportunity.
US12232167B2
Certain aspects of the present disclosure provide techniques for supporting multiple types of random access occasions. A method that may be performed by a user equipment (UE) includes receiving, from a base station (BS), an indication of at least two types of random access occasions (ROs) including a first RO type and a second RO type for communicating in a first coverage area of the BS as part of a random access process for the UE to establish a connection with the BS in the first coverage area. The method further includes transmitting, to the BS, a preamble on an RO of one of the first RO type or the second RO type, wherein a preamble format of the preamble is based on whether the RO is of the first RO type or the second RO type.
US12232166B2
Certain aspects of the present disclosure provide techniques for narrowband random access channel (RACH) occasions. A method that may be performed by a user equipment (UE) includes receiving, from a network entity, a configuration indicating one or more frequency resources for a RACH procedure, wherein the one or more frequency resources are arranged within a set of frequency resources allocated for RACH transmissions. The method further includes performing the RACH procedure based at least in part on the configuration.
US12232163B2
An operation method of a first device may comprise: receiving, from a second device, first configuration information signaled for CLI-related procedures; receiving, from the second device, second configuration information signaled for operating a multiplexing operation of the first device; in response to recognizing, with respect to a first resource, a collision between first DL-UL configuration information indicated by the first configuration information and second DL-UL configuration information indicated by the second configuration information, comparing priorities of the first DL-UL configuration information and the second DL-UL configuration information; and determining a DL-UL configuration applied to the first resource based on the compared priorities.
US12232154B2
A wireless LAN system where an interfering communication device is present around a base station device and a terminal device includes an interference control signal transmitter that transmits an interference control signal that causes the interfering communication device to wait for transmission, and an interference control signal management device that collects wireless environment information, sets wireless LAN communication between the base station device and the terminal device, which are protection targets, as protected communication, and causes the interference control signal transmitter to transmit an interference control signal that causes the interfering communication device to wait for transmission, and the interference control signal management device instructs the interference control signal transmitter to start transmitting the interference control signal when detecting a start of the protected communication and instructs the interference control signal transmitter to stop transmitting the interference control signal when detecting a stop of the protected communication.
US12232149B2
A wireless device may receive at least one control message. The at least one control message may comprise at least one pathloss reference parameter that may indicate a downlink carrier.
US12232140B2
Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described. A user equipment (UE) may receive, via a first carrier associated with a first radio access technology, at least a first uplink grant from a base station. The UE may implement one or more backoff schemes. For example, the UE may transmit, using resources indicated by at least the first uplink grant, an uplink message based on a temperature of one or more components of the UE satisfying a threshold, the uplink message including a transport block (TB) indicating data, a buffer status report (BSR) associated with the data, one or more padding bytes different from the data, or any combination thereof. The UE may monitor for at least a second uplink grant from the base station during a first time period based on transmitting the uplink message.
US12232136B2
A terminal includes a receiving section configured to receive downlink control information that schedules or triggers a specific signal, and a control section configured to use different quasi-co-location (QCL) parameters for the specific signal between a case where the specific signal is started within a first period for decoding the downlink control information and a case where the specific signal is started within a second period after the first period.
US12232135B2
A method and apparatus are disclosed from the perspective of a network in a wireless communication system. In one embodiment, the method includes the network configuring a User Equipment (UE) with cross-carrier scheduling, wherein the network transmits Physical Downlink Control Channel (PDCCH) on a first cell scheduling a second cell. The method further includes the network configuring the UE with PDCCH repetition on two search spaces of the first cell. In addition, the method includes the network being allowed to configure the UE with PDCCH repetition on two search spaces of the second cell only if two search spaces of the first cell, having same search space identities as the two search spaces of the second cell, have been configured with PDCCH repetition.
US12232134B2
The present disclosure provides a method performed by user equipment, comprising: receiving configuration information of scheduling without grant for uplink or downlink; performing a transmission of the scheduling without grant based on the configuration information of scheduling without grant, wherein the configuration information of scheduling without grant comprises first information and/or second information, wherein the first information is used for indicating related information of multiple different transport block sizes and the second information is used for indicating related information of multiple different starting time domain positions.
US12232116B2
Provided are a terminal device and a retransmission control method that make it possible to minimize increases in overhead in an uplink control channel (PUCCH), even if channel selection is used as the method to transmit response signals during carrier-aggregation communication using a plurality of downlink unit bands. On the basis of the generation status of uplink data and error-detection results obtained by a CRC unit, a control unit in the provided terminal uses response signal transmission rules to control the transmission of response signals or uplink control signals that indicate the generation of uplink data. If an uplink control signal and a response signal are generated simultaneously within the same transmission time unit, the control unit changes the resources allocated to the response signal and/or the phase point of the response signal in accordance with the number and position of ACKs within the error-detection result pattern.
US12232115B2
An integrated circuit includes receiving circuitry and transmitting circuitry. The receiving circuitry, in operation, controls reception of a downlink control information on one or more consecutive control channel elements (CCEs) in a search space, and controls reception of downlink data on a downlink resource that is indicated by the downlink control information, the search space being comprised of a plurality of CCEs that includes the one or more consecutive CCEs, and the plurality of CCEs starting on a CCE that is determined from both a number of the one or more consecutive CCEs, and a total number of CCEs configured in a subframe. The transmitting circuitry, in operation, controls transmission of uplink control information on an uplink resource, which is associated with a CCE index of a first CCE of the one or more consecutive CCEs.
US12232110B2
This application provides an information transmission method, a terminal device, and a network device. In technical solutions of this application, a target time interval in which a physical downlink control channel is not monitored or DCI is not sent is determined based on a value relationship between a quantity of TBs scheduled by the DCI and a first value, and a solution of sending and monitoring a physical downlink control channel in a scenario in which one piece of DCI schedules a plurality of TBs is specified, so that the physical downlink control channel can be effectively sent and monitored.
US12232107B2
A method and network node for configuring a WD, to perform uplink transmissions using an uplink configured grant, UL-CG, or a dynamic grant is provided. The network node signals by radio resource control, RRC, signaling to the WD, a time domain resource assignment, TDRA, table for the uplink transmissions. The network node signals further signals to the WD, an indication of a particular repetition factor to be used by the WD to determine when to perform the uplink transmissions.
US12232101B2
Code block group (CBG) transmission indications for communications configured with multiple transmission time interval (TTI) grants is disclosed. Where multiple TTIs are configured for CBG transmission, the base station may select to signal CBG transmission indications and/or transport block (TB)-level new data indicator (NDI) for each of the configured TTIs along with an index of the TTIs that CBG transmission indicators are sent for. The base station may select to add one or more CBG transmission indications based on the predetermined payload size of the transmission indication signal of the physical downlink control channel (PDCCH).
US12232099B2
Disclosed are a method and device for a terminal to perform a beam management operation in a wireless communication system supporting sidelink according to various embodiments. Disclosed are a method and a device for same, the method comprising the steps of: acquiring, from a second terminal, a measurement value indicating the quality of a beam pair in which a sidelink signal is transmitted and received; and determining whether to perform a beam management operation for the beam pair on the basis of one or more thresholds and the measurement value, wherein each of the one or more thresholds may be set on the basis of at least one among mobility information about the first terminal, the relative speed of the first terminal with respect to the second terminal, the congestion level of a channel, and service characteristics related to the sidelink signal.
US12232098B2
Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communication are described. In some systems, a first device may calculate hybrid beamforming parameters for a second device. The first device may calculate the hybrid beamforming parameters based on an estimation of channel information associated with at least a portion of a communication link at the second device via a machine learning model. Inputs to the machine learning model may include measured model parameters based on measurements performed by one or more other devices. The first device may transmit a message to the second device to indicate the hybrid beamforming parameters, which may include an input for a beam refinement process. The second device may perform the beam refinement process based on the hybrid beamforming parameters to identify one or more beams. The first and second devices may communicate using the one or more beams based on the beam refinement process.
US12232091B2
An apparatus, method and computer program is provided comprising: determining a plurality of candidate data transmission slots, wherein each candidate data transmission slot has an index and said plurality of candidate data transmission slots are arranged in an order; setting an index of a current candidate data transmission slot of the plurality to be an incremental increase of an index of a preceding candidate data transmission slot of the plurality in the event that a timing gap between a start of said current candidate data transmission slot and a start of a subsequent candidate data transmission slot of the plurality is greater than a threshold; and setting the index of the current candidate data transmission slot to be equal to the index of the preceding candidate data transmission slot of the plurality in the event that the timing gap is not greater than said threshold.
US12232089B2
Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, a user equipment (UE) may receive an indication of a plurality of sets of contiguous time domain resources corresponding to a plurality of segments of a multi-slot transmission occasion. The UE may identify an interruption of a multi-slot communication associated with an impacted segment of the plurality of segments. The UE may transmit at least one communication on the multi-slot transmission occasion based on at least one of: prioritization on the impacted segment, a bandwidth part switch associated with the interruption, one or more segments, of the plurality of segments, that occur after the impacted segment, or a remainder of the impacted segment. Numerous other aspects are provided.
US12232087B2
The present disclosure provides sidelink-based transmission methods and apparatuses. A method includes: configuring a demodulation reference signal shared by control information and target data, where the target data indicates to-be-transmitted data associated with the control information; mapping the control information, the target data, and the demodulation reference signal onto a current time unit by using time-division multiplexing; and transmitting the control information, the target data, and the demodulation reference signal to a receiver through the time unit.
US12232086B2
Systems, methods, and instrumentalities are described herein that may be used to determine a destination for sidelink transmission based on the priority of the transmission and/or other parameters associated with the transmission. In examples, a destination may be selected if one or more logical channels associated with the destination have a bucket size parameter exceeding a certain threshold and the one or more logical channels have a highest priority. Various other techniques are also described herein that relate to the configuration and/or report of QoS information, selection of sidelink resources, use of a minimum communication range, etc.
US12232077B2
According to certain embodiments, a system comprises one or more processors and one or more computer-readable non-transitory storage media comprising instructions that, when executed by the one or more processors, cause one or more components of the system to perform operations comprising: receiving location data associated with a plurality of remote users accessing one or more existing remote access gateways that are located at one or more network locations; building a heatmap of user locations based at least in part on the received location data; and identifying, from the heatmap of user locations, at least one new network location in which to generate at least one new remote access gateway, or at least one existing network location in which to remove at least one of the existing remote access gateways.
US12232075B2
Systems and methods for automated and dynamic location tracking are provided. The system receives first location sensor data from a first location sensor indicative of first location information of at least one item associated with a radio frequency identification tag and detects a location change of the at least one item based on the received first location sensor data. The system determines whether the location change of the at least one item is greater than a predetermined threshold and generates and transmits a navigation path to a second location sensor indicative of an area associated with the first location information when the location change of the at least one item is greater than a predetermined threshold. The system receives second location sensor data from the second location sensor along the navigation path indicative of second location information of the at least one item within the area associated with the first location information.
US12232073B2
A method is disclosed for searching and locating a target device emitting a wireless signal. The signal strength of the wireless signal is detectable and measurable. The method comprises defining a distribution of the signal strength within the search area, on the basis of an initial condition, then iteratively performing steps of interrogating the distribution to determine a plurality of inquiry locations, determining signal strength at those inquiry locations, and updating the distribution on the basis of the determined signal strengths. Iteration continues until a convergence condition is reached, whereby inquiry locations become proximate within a threshold.
US12232069B2
A policy control function network element selection method, an apparatus, a system, and a storage medium, where a first access and mobility management function network element is configured to: receive a registration request message of the terminal device; obtain, based on an identifier of the terminal device in the registration request message, an identifier of a policy control function network element currently serving the terminal device and a network identifier of the policy control function network element; and when a network identifier of the first access and mobility management function network element is consistent with the network identifier of the policy control function network element, determine that the policy control function network element is a target policy control function network element.
US12232066B2
A configuration to allow a base station to be synchronized with an application server to enable the base station to align uplink transmissions of a UE with downlink reception periods of the UE. The base station communicates with a UE using periodic uplink traffic bursts and periodic downlink traffic bursts. The base station selects a time offset to at least one of uplink traffic or downlink traffic to increase an overlap between the uplink traffic bursts and the downlink traffic bursts. The base station sends the time offset to an AF.
US12232056B2
Disclosed are a power control method, a first communication node and a second communication node. The power control method includes: configuring, by a first communication node, an association between a power control parameter and reference signal information; and configuring or indicating, by the first communication node, a reference signal of a transmission for a second communication node, so that the second communication node determines a power control parameter of the transmission according to the reference signal of the transmission and the association.
US12232039B2
Embodiments of the present application disclose a signal transmission method, a network device, and a terminal device. The method includes: sending, by a network device, when a terminal device is configured with multiple Bandwidth Parts (BWPs), configuration information of each BWP's corresponding power saving signal of the multiple BWPs to the terminal device. The method, network device, and terminal device of the embodiments of the present application are beneficial to achieve a better power saving gain.
US12232038B2
The present subject matter describes performing radio resource management (RRM) measurements by a WTRU in a 3GPP networks. The method comprise defining at-least one of: a) a channel condition threshold, b) a WTRU mobility threshold, and c) a measurement-reliability threshold. A first sub-set of reference-signal samples are measured out of a set of reference-signal samples based on sensing at least one of current channel conditions and mobility-conditions. A reliability-parameter associated with the first sub-set of measured samples is checked. Finally, network-measurement operation is concluded in case of the reliability-parameter being in accordance with the pre-defined reliability-thresholds.
US12232020B2
A method, apparatus, and system are provided for slice and/or subscriber identification module (SIM) device locking/unlocking. In one embodiment, a method implemented in a user equipment, UE, having one or more subscriber identification module, SIM, is provided. The method includes activating one or more subscriber identification module, SIM for a UE. The method includes, as a result of activating, initiating a request to register the UE with a network, and receiving allowed Network Slice Selection Assistance Information, NSSAI. The method includes associating received one or more single-NSSAI, S-NSSAI, indicated by the allowed NSSAI to one of the one or more SIM in the UE according to a policy. The method includes using one of the one or more S-NSSAI associated to one of the activated SIM to establish a Packet Data Unit, PDU, session.
US12232005B2
A method for deploying and sharing aerial cells in a massive machine type communication (mMTC) network includes forecasting data traffic across a plurality of mMTC network operators for each of a plurality of geographical areas. The method includes generating a forecasted plan based on the forecasted data traffic, and a hovering time of each of a plurality of aerial cells. The method includes deploying and sharing at least one aerial cell from the plurality of aerial cells between the plurality of mMTC network operators to provide coverage to at least one mMTC node in at least one geographical area of the plurality of geographical areas, based on the forecasted plan.
US12232003B2
A method performed by an E2 node is provided. The method includes receiving, from a Radio Access Network (RAN) Intelligent Controller (RIC), an RIC subscription request message through an E2 interface. The RIC subscription request message may include information indicating a network interface type.
US12232002B2
A communication device provided with a chip set and one or more processors. The one or more processors acquire, from a preferred application with which a provided service is to be received via a communication network, a requirement for receiving the provided service, refer to a policy file to select a slice satisfying the requirement from among slices provided in the communication network, generate a first communication connection request associated with an application corresponding to the selected slice, the first communication request being independent from the preferred application with which the provided service is to be received via the communication network, and notify the chip set of the first communication connection request. Upon acquiring the first communication connection request, the chip set sends, to the communication network, a second communication connection request for performing communication associated with the application with which the provided service is to be received.
US12231999B2
Aspects of the present disclosure provide techniques for utilizing road side unit (RSU) that may be stationary units or mobile user equipments (UEs) (e.g., part of a vehicle) for managing scheduling requests from one or more UEs for side-link cellular vehicle-to-everything (CV2X) communication between UEs. To this end, an RSU may determine characteristics associated with the scheduling requests (e.g., traffic type, latency requirements, etc.) to allocate resources in the resource pool to the one or more UEs that comply with the half-duplex constraints.
US12231984B1
This disclosure provides a method for ping pong roaming control performed by an access point (AP), a method for ping pong roaming control performed by a controller, an AP, a controller, a non-transitory computer readable storage medium and a computer program product for processing/identifying ping pong roaming. The method for ping pong roaming control, performed by an AP includes: determining association switching behaviors of a station (STA) based on association and/or disassociation behaviors of the STA; identifying one or more connection instability events of the STA based on the association switching behaviors of the STA; and reporting at least one of the one or more connection instability events of the STA to a controller for the controller to identify a ping pong roaming event of the STA between multiple APs.
US12231979B2
The present disclosure relates to a radio base station serving a user equipment in a first radio cell of a mobile communication system. The radio base station comprises processing circuitry which determines that a neighbor radio base station does not provide a beamformed reference signal to the user equipment. The neighbor radio base station controls the transmission in its neighbor radio cell of an omni-directional reference signal and the beamformed reference signal. A transmitter transmits a reference signal request to the neighbor radio base station. The reference signal request requests the neighbor radio base station to provide the beamformed reference signal to the user equipment. A receiver receives from the neighbor radio base station a reference signal request response, including information on the transmission of the requested beamformed reference signal. The transmitter transmits a notification to the user equipment, comprising information on the requested beamformed reference signal.
US12231974B2
A method and apparatus for receiving a broadcast configuration indicating when a change in a RAN function termination occurs is provided, for example, by a timer value. The broadcast configuration may be received from a satellite, blimp or other moving transmitter. A dedicated configuration may also be received from the serving cell. The dedicated configuration may include a preamble, a transient configuration and an indication of a layer 2 behavior. If a WTRU detects a change in RAN function termination, the WTRU may suspend any uplink data transmissions, apply the transient configuration and transmit the preamble to a target cell. The WTRU may synchronize with the target cell and apply the layer 2 behavior.
US12231969B2
The present disclosure provides a secondary cell group (SCG) maintenance method, a terminal device and a network node. The SCG maintenance method includes: receiving conditional SCG change information transmitted by a network node; evaluating, according to the conditional SCG change information, whether one or more target cells of an SCG meet a condition corresponding to triggering target cell change, to obtain an evaluation result; according to the evaluation result, triggering a SCG target cell changing procedure.
US12231966B2
A target RAN node (3) receives, from a core network (5), a message requesting a handover of a radio terminal (1) from a bearer-based network to a bearer-less network. This handover request message includes flow information related to at least one session to be established in the bearer-less network in order to transfer at least one packet flow of the radio terminal (1). The target RAN node (3) transmits, to the core network (5), a handover acknowledge response message containing a transparent container that includes a radio resource configuration information derived from the flow information and is to be forwarded to a source RAN node associated (2) through the core network (5). It is thus, for example, possible to appropriately configuring an AS layer of a target RAT in an inter-RAT handover.
US12231956B2
Various techniques and approaches described herein may be applied to control congestion at a session management (SM) function (SMF) based on at least one back-off timer maintained at a user equipment (UE). In an aspect of the disclosure, a method, a computer-readable medium, and an apparatus are provided. The apparatus may be a UE. The UE may be configured to establish a protocol data unit (PDU) session with a SMF. The UE may be configured to determine whether a back-off timer associated with the PDU session is terminated. The UE may refrain from sending, to the SMF, data over a control plane associated with the PDU session when the back-off timer is unterminated. The UE may send, to the SMF, the data over the control plane associated with the PDU session when the back-off timer is terminated.
US12231955B2
A network device, of a fifth generation (5G) radio access network, may establish a connection or a session with a user equipment connected to a Wi-Fi network. The network device may determine an indicator indicating whether a 5G network preference is in effect based on a subscription of the user equipment and may provide the indicator to the user equipment. The network device may maintain the connection or the session with the user equipment when the indicator indicates that the Wi-Fi network is not preferred for Wi-Fi offload and may receive traffic from the user equipment when the indicator indicates that the Wi-Fi network is not preferred for Wi-Fi offload.
US12231953B2
The efficiency of wireless communication is improved. A communication system includes a first information processing apparatus and a second information processing apparatus. The first information processing apparatus controls to determine an information amount to be used for a receipt acknowledgment response to packets to be transmitted to a second information processing apparatus on the basis of information relating to the packets and notifies the second information processing apparatus of that determined information amount. The second information processing apparatus controls to return the receipt acknowledgment response to the packets transmitted from the first information processing apparatus to the first information processing apparatus on the basis of the information amount notified from the first information processing apparatus.
US12231948B2
Systems, devices, and techniques described herein relate to intelligently allocating network resources to Quality of Service (QoS)-sensitive data traffic. An example method includes identifying a request to deliver QoS-sensitive services to a User Equipment (UE) over at least one delivery network. The at least one delivery network may include at least one reserved resource and at least one pooled resource. The QoS-sensitive services are determined to be delivered over the at least one pooled resource. In addition, delivery of the QoS-sensitive services is caused over the at least one pooled resource.
US12231946B2
A communications method and apparatus, where the method includes: sending, by a session management network element, first indication information when the session management network element determines, based on first information, to establish a first low-latency service flow for a session, wherein the first indication information is used to indicate to set the session to an always-on session. According to solutions of this application, when determining to establish the low-latency service flow, the session management network element flexibly indicates to a terminal apparatus to set the session to the always-on session. This avoids a resource waste caused by setting the session to the always-on session all the time, and avoids a transmission latency caused when the session is not set to the always-on session in time, such that resource utilization and transmission efficiency are improved.
US12231945B2
A mechanism is disclosed operating a transport network function (TNF) as part of a fifth generation wireless (5G) virtualized control plane. The mechanism includes receiving a request to compute a traffic engineering (TE) path in a 5G transport network for a packet data unit (PDU) session, the request received from a 5G virtualized control plane function via a service based interface (SBI) bus. Network topology information for the 5G transport network is obtained via a northbound interface (Nn). A TE path across the 5G transport network is computed for the PDU session based on the network topology information. A TE path identifier for the TE path computed for the PDU session is returned via the SBI bus.
US12231938B2
Apparatuses, methods, and systems are disclosed for configuring an AI based framework. One method includes receiving, an indication indicating an artificial intelligence based framework. The method includes receiving configuration information corresponding to the artificial intelligence based framework. The configuration information comprises at least one parameter of the artificial intelligence based framework. The method includes communicating an artificial intelligence report corresponding to the artificial intelligence based framework based on the configuration information. The artificial intelligence report includes: a set of values corresponding to the configuration information; an indication of a subset of a set of channel resources; or a combination thereof. The artificial intelligence report corresponds to a usage value that describes an artificial intelligence based application.
US12231937B2
Apparatuses, methods, and systems are disclosed for configuring an AI based framework. One method includes receiving a first indication indicating an AI based framework. The method includes receiving configuration information corresponding to CSI report settings. The configuration information includes CSI RSs to be received at a UE; and the CSI RSs are transmitted over a frequency index, a spatial index, and/or a temporal index, and decomposed into two groups based on the frequency index, the spatial index, and/or the temporal index. The method includes generating first CSI based on a first group of the two groups of CSI RSs. The method includes transmitting a CSI report including the first CSI. The method includes communicating an AI based report corresponding to second CSI corresponding to a second group of the two groups of CSI RSs. The first AI based report for CSI includes a correlation between the first and second CSI.
US12231936B2
A radiofrequency frontend device includes a transceiver configured to transmit and receive electromagnetic radiation in a Millimeter wave (mmWave) radio frequency (RF) spectrum. One or more application programming interface (API) interface devices are configured to receive API calls from a remote source. A processor is coupled to the one or more API interface devices and the transceiver. The radiofrequency frontend device also includes a memory comprising programmed instructions stored in the memory. The processor is configured to execute the programmed instructions stored in the memory to receive one or more API calls from the one or more API interface devices for monitoring or controlling the transceiver and execute one or more monitor or control functions for the transceiver based on the received API calls from the remote source. A method of making a radiofrequency frontend device is also disclosed.
US12231930B2
According to some embodiments, a method of operating a network node is provided. A first information element IE is provided including an indication of an added synchronization signal block/physical cell identity SSB/PCI. The indication of the added SSB/PCI indicates an SSB and associated PCI that are associated with a radio link. A second IE is provided including the indication of the added SSB/PCI. The second IE relates to at least one of channel state information CSI, radio link monitoring, uplink power control, and/or uplink spatial relations. A control message including the first IE and the second IE is transmitted to a user equipment UE, to enable the UE to perform a radio link monitoring function on the radio link.
US12231927B2
Method for variable arbitrary resampling that allows a base station test system to correct for sampling frequency errors relative to the base station. An output time calculation module obtains the required output sample times depending on the resampling rate, which can be tuned as needed. An input sample counter module counts the last input sample loaded into a polyphase interpolator, which can calculate any of M interpolated samples between two consecutive input samples. The polyphase interpolator uses the integer part of the required output sample times to decide what interpolated samples to calculate. A sequencer module compares the calculated output times against the input sample count to control all the blocks of the variable arbitrary resampler and determine if the output of the polyphase interpolator is a valid sample. Valid samples are transferred to other subsystems, such as a digital-to-analog data converter or another signal processing module.
US12231920B2
An example network system includes In one example, a network system includes a service orchestrator for managing a mobile network. The service orchestrator is configured to: receive, from a centralized network controller (CNC) for a time sensitive networking (TSN) application, TSN configuration data for a TSN flow between two end station devices for the TSN application; generate, based on the TSN configuration data, an intent to create a network slice in the mobile network to transport packets for the TSN flow; provision the network with the network slice based on the intent, wherein the network slice is associated with slice identification data; and output the slice identification data to cause a user equipment (UE) device attached to the mobile network to map packets for the TSN flow, received from one of the two end station devices, to the network slice.
US12231914B2
Methods and apparatuses for time-domain beam-sweeping are disclosed. In one embodiment, a method implemented in a wireless device (WD) includes receiving a CSI report configuration, the CSI-RS resource configuration and the CSI report configuration mapping each of a plurality of time-domain beam sweeping CSI-RS transmissions in the configured one CSI-RS resource to a corresponding CSI report; receiving at least one of the plurality of time-domain beam sweeping CSI-RS transmissions in the configured one CSI-RS resource; and transmitting at least one CSI report according to the mapping. In another embodiment, a method in a network node includes determining a CSI-RS resource configuration for one CSI-RS resource; determining a CSI report configuration; and transmitting the plurality of time-domain beam sweeping CSI-RS transmissions in the configured one CSI-RS resource according to the mapping.
US12231908B2
Apparatus and methods for providing enhanced coverage in a quasi-licensed wireless system using a reduced-cost base station apparatus. In one embodiment, the base station is configured to utilize quasi-licensed 3.55-3.70 GHz CBRS (Citizens Broadband Radio Service) GAA and PAL spectrum, and employs a power amplifier sharing arrangement in its transmitter chain(s), along with multi-sector antenna elements. A scheduling algorithm operative on the base station generates sector-specific weights which are used to allocate the shared power amplifier(s) between the different sectors. Advantageously, design and production costs of the base station are reduced through sharing of comparatively expensive amplifier and transmitter chain components, thereby allowing for commoditization of the base station for mass distribution.
US12231903B2
System, method, and apparatus for providing dynamic, prioritized spectrum management and utilization
Systems, methods, and apparatuses for providing dynamic, prioritized spectrum utilization management. The system includes at least one monitoring sensor, at least one data analysis engine, at least one application, a semantic engine, a programmable rules and policy editor, a tip and cue server, nd/or a control panel. The tip and cue server is operable utilize the environmental awareness from the data processed by the at least one data analysis engine in combination with additional information to create actionable data.
US12231900B2
Embodiments of this application provide example communication methods and apparatuses. One example communication method is applied to a communications device, where a subscriber identification module (SIM) card is installed in the communications device, and where the example communication method includes determining, by the communications device, that the SIM card is removed. The communications device can then send alarm information to a network device, where the alarm information indicates that the SIM card in the communications device is removed, and where security protection is performed on the alarm information based on security context stored in the communications device. The communications device can then delete the security context.
US12231890B2
Systems, methods, devices and software for operating particle sampling devices in a user-restrictive manner include a tag and a particle sampling device. The device includes a tag reader and a processor in communication with the tag reader. The processor: receives device configuration data and reads operational and/or user data from the tag having that data encoded thereon. Based on the data read from the tag, the processor may either grant or deny access to a user for performing device operations. Alternatively, for a headless particle sampling device configured for minimal user interaction during operation, the device is removably attached to a supporting structure proximate the tag positioned in or on the supporting structure. In the headless configuration, the processor reads device configuration parameters including network communication information from the tag following device power up. Embodiments of the disclosure facilitate various efficiency improvements for manufacturing operations reliant on particle sampling devices.
US12231887B2
The disclosed embodiments relate to authenticating devices to a cellular network. In one embodiment, a method is disclosed comprising reading a mobile identifier from a storage area of a memory device, the mobile identifier comprising a value associated with a subscriber of a cellular network; signing the mobile identifier using a private key to generate a digital signature, the private key generated using a physically unclonable function (PUF); transmitting the digital signature and a public key to a cellular network, the public key associated with the private key; and receiving, from the cellular network, a confirmation of access to the cellular network, the confirmation generated based on the public key and the digital signature.
US12231877B2
According to an example aspect of the present invention, there is provided a method comprising, transmitting to a second wireless node timing information for security key adoption and information indicative of a third wireless node, transmitting to the third wireless node a message to estimate a channel between the second wireless node and the third wireless node, the message to estimate the channel comprising information indicative of the second wireless node and channel measurement resource information associated with the second wireless node, obtaining a security key generated on the basis of channel estimation information based on estimation of the channel by the third wireless node, and applying the security key for encrypted data transmission between the first wireless node and the second wireless node.
US12231861B2
Provided is a signal processing device including a control unit configured to control each of a plurality of actuators configured to drive a display unit on the basis of an acoustic signal, in which the plurality of the actuators is provided for respective regions of the display unit, and the control unit executes low band component reduction processing of reducing a low band component of an acoustic signal of the region for driving the actuator on the basis of luminance of an image to be displayed in the region of the display unit.
US12231859B2
Methods and apparatus for identifying a music service based on a user command. A content type is identified from a received user command and a music service is selected that supports the content type. A selected music service can then transmit audio content associated with the content type for playback.
US12231856B2
A method for manufacturing a hearing instrument includes placing a component support structure at least partially in a bath of a resin liquid, wherein one or more operative components of the hearing instrument are attached to or contained within the component support structure prior to the component support structure being at least partially placed in the bath of the resin liquid. While the component support structure is at least partially in the bath, volumetric 3-dimensional (3D) printing is performed to form a shell of the hearing instrument attached to the component support structure.
US12231849B2
The present disclosure provides hearing assistance devices and methods of generating a resonance within hearing assistance devices that use moving coil drivers, e.g., electro-dynamic coil drivers. As small moving coil drivers are typically inefficient within the voice band of frequencies, e.g., above 1 kHz, the hearing assistance devices described herein utilize the resonance of a mass within the hearing assistance device and a compliance of air within the housing of the hearing assistance device or within portions of the acoustic driver housing to aid in amplification of select frequencies within the voice band of human speech, e.g., between 2.5 kHz and 6 kHz. By using the assistance of the resonance created, the moving coil driver utilized does not need to operate as efficiently within the range of resonance frequencies.
US12231847B2
An optical microphone assembly including a micro-electromechanical system (MEMS) component, a semiconductor chip, and an outer housing including at least part of a non-MEMS supporting structure and defining an aperture. The MEMS component includes an interferometric arrangement which includes a membrane and at least one optical element spaced from the membrane. The semiconductor chip includes at least one photo detector and a light source. The MEMS component is mounted on the non-MEMS supporting structure and sealed to the outer housing such that the MEMS component closes the aperture. The semiconductor chip is mounted separately from the MEMS component on the non-MEMS supporting structure in a spaced relationship with the MEMS component such that the MEMS component is displaced relative to the semiconductor chip in a direction perpendicular to a reflecting surface of the membrane. The light source is arranged to provide light to the interferometric arrangement such that a first portion of the light propagates along a first optical path via the interferometric arrangement, and a second portion of the light propagates along a second, different optical path via the interferometric arrangement such that at least one of the first and second portions is reflected by the reflecting surface of the membrane, thereby giving rise to an optical path difference between the first and second optical paths which depends on a distance between the membrane and the optical element. The at least one photo detector is arranged to detect at least part of an interference pattern generated by the first and second portions of light dependent on the optical path difference.
US12231845B2
A system performs processing of transmitting, to a second-space side that is a second indoor space separated from a first space, a first picked-up image signal obtained by imaging the first space, and a first audio signal obtained by collecting sound in the first space, and processing of receiving, from the second-space side, a second picked-up image signal obtained by imaging a second space, and a second audio signal obtained by collecting sound in the second space, causing a first projector to output, to a first screen, a projection image, and causing a first speaker to output audio. The system further performs first image analysis processing of detecting a person in the first space based on the first picked-up image signal, and first directivity control processing of controlling a directivity of a first microphone so as to be directed to a position of the person in the first space.
US12231836B2
An electronic device can include a housing including a sidewall having an interior surface defining a first aperture and an internal volume. The device can also include a microphone port disposed in the internal volume. The microphone port can include a structure having a cylindrical sidewall and a shelf extending radially inward from the cylindrical sidewall. The microphone port can also include a mesh fixed to the shelf.
US12231832B2
Advanced hologram techniques pre-calculate holograms to be displayed on an LCoS switch panel of a wavelength selective switch (WSS) module. The holograms are generated offline and are then stored on the WSS module for later retrieval. Each of the holograms is associated with a defined parameter, such as an attenuation level, and each of the holograms is configured to create a reconfigurable phase grating profile or pattern of the pixels of the LCoS switch panel. Each phase pattern selectively directs desired diffraction orders of optical channels from the LCoS switch panel for output to selected ports and selectively directs undesired diffraction orders away from the ports and at a desired attenuation level. During operation, the WSS module can retrieve the stored holograms. Interpolation can determine intermediate holograms between parameter values, and a ramp function can be added to the pattern to account for steering adjustments.
US12231831B2
A home security camera system captures a picture of a visitor and detects information about the visitor's smartphone, thereby providing a two-part digital ID of the visitor. The two-part ID is particularly useful to law enforcement when the picture portion of the ID happens to be blurry or obstructed. In some examples, a packet scanner sniffs probe requests transmitted by the visitor's phone. The packet scanner can be an integral part of the camera or sold separately. To comply with privacy regulations and bypass obfuscation efforts, the system analyzes various characteristics (e.g., data content and arrangement) of the phone's probe requests, rather than having to discover the true MAC address. The system can notify a resident when a particular friend, mail carrier, or porch pirate returns. The system can share collected digital IDs with other community members to provide neighbors with advanced warnings when certain visitors are in the area.
US12231828B2
A system is provided for generating video content with hue-preservation in virtual production. The system comprises a memory for storing instructions and a processor configured to execute the instructions. Based on the executed instructions, the processor is further configured to control a saturation of scene linear data based on mapping of a first color gamut corresponding to a first encoding format of raw data to a second color gamut corresponding to a defined color space. The processor is further configured to determine a standard dynamic range (SDR) video content in the defined color space based on the scene linear data. Based on a scaling factor that is applied to three primary color values that describe the first color gamut, hue of the SDR video content is preserved.
US12231825B1
A projection video display apparatus includes a video input unit, a light source, a display element, a projection optical system, and a variable light adjusting function which changes the amount of light incident on the display element. Display modes using the variable light adjusting function are prepared, and one display mode of the display modes can be selected from a menu screen. Further, the display modes of the display video using the variable light adjusting function includes: a first display mode where the input video is displayed while changing a light adjusting amount in accordance with light adjusting control information, which is input from external equipment and is capable of controlling the variable light adjusting function in unit of frame of a projected video; and a second display mode where the input video is displayed while changing a light adjusting amount in accordance with the input video.
US12231822B2
With respect to an electronic device and an operating method for the electronic device, according to various embodiments, the electronic device comprises: a rotatable vision sensor configured to detect an external object in a space in which the electronic device is arranged; a rotatable projector configured to output a picture in the space in which the electronic device is arranged; a memory storing spatial information about the space in which the electronic device is arranged; and a processor, wherein the processor can be configured to: control the vision sensor so that the vision sensor tracks the external object while rotating, determine the position of the picture to be output by the projector based on the spatial information and external object information generated based on the tracking of the external object, and control the projector to output the picture at the determined position.
US12231811B1
Provided herein are methods and systems for a video conference widget for scaled integration. The video conference widget may include a self-contained software module that defines a plurality of video conferencing functions associated with the functionality provided by a video conference provider. The video conference widget may receive a command for a first video conference function from a software interface of a software application that is separate from the video conference widget. In response to the command, the video conference widget may output a signal to a video conference provider to perform the video conference function.
US12231810B1
A content sharing system for sharing digital content within a conference space, where specific zones within the space are associated with different stations, includes at least one large common emissive surface arranged for viewing by users within the space, at least a first sensor device located within the space for identifying locations of portable computing devices used by conferees within the space, and a processor linked to the emissive surface and the sensor device. The processor is programmed to determine the location of a portable computing device within the space, recognize that the portable computing device is within one of the specific zones associated a station within the space, and, for each portable computing device that is at a station within the conference space, establish a wireless communication link with the portable computing device and enable the portable computing device to share content on the common emissive surface.
US12231809B2
The present disclosure is directed toward systems and methods for optimizing video conferences. For instance, systems and methods described herein optimize both the transmission and display of one or more video conference data streams. Systems and methods described herein optimize the transmission and display of one or more video conference data streams by identifying a context associated with the one or more video conference data streams and optimizing the one or more video conference data streams based on the identified context.
US12231806B2
Systems, devices, media, and methods are presented for generating graphical representations within frames of a video stream in real time. The systems and methods receive a frame depicting a portion of a face, identify user input, identify positions on the portion of the face corresponding to the user input. The systems and methods generate a graphical representation of the user input linked to positions on the portion of the face and render the graphical representation within frames of the video stream in real time.
US12231799B2
A compensating timer system and method utilizable with video data featuring sections of different playback or recording speeds. The compensating timer system can be utilized with a user interface associated with and displayable thereon. The user interface can include a video display region configured or configurable to display video data, and an animated time indicator. The animated time indicator can be dependent on a modified playing speed of the video data that changes between different first and second speed rates. The first speed rate can be changed to the second speed rate upon receipt of an input associated with an affordance, by modifying at least one frame in the video data. This allows for continuous recording and/or displaying of video at different speed rates without altering operations or settings. The animated time indicator can be an animated affordance, an animated progress bar, an elapsed timer and/or a time remaining clock.
US12231794B2
An image sensor includes a pixel array and a readout circuit. The pixel array includes a first unit pixel region including first, second and third sub-pixel regions having a first color filter, sequentially disposed along a first row line, and sharing a first floating diffusion region, and a second unit pixel region including a first, second and third sub-pixel regions having a second color filter, sequentially disposed along a second row line, and sharing a second floating diffusion region. The readout circuit includes a first analog-digital converter receiving a first pixel signal from the first unit pixel region through a first pixel signal output line and converting the first pixel signal into digital data, and a second analog-digital converter receiving a second pixel signal from the second unit pixel region through a second pixel signal output line and converting the second pixel signal into digital data, wherein at least one of the first unit pixel region and the second unit pixel region further includes a phase detection pixel region.
US12231793B2
An image capturing device may include a ramp generator circuit that may be used in performance of analog-to-digital conversion of image signals from pixels of an image sensor. The ramp generator circuit may generate a voltage having one or more rising and/or falling portions, using a reference voltage and an integration current. The ramp generator circuit may include a first sample-and-hold switch and/or a second sample-and-hold switch. The ramp generator circuit may selectively turn off the first and/or the second sample-and-hold switches to hold the reference voltage and/or a bias voltage that is used for generating the integration current during analog-to-digital conversion of the image signals. As a result, reference voltage, bias voltage, and/or integration current may be held and substantially stabilized during the analog-to-digital conversion.
US12231789B1
Technologies and techniques for dynamic fixed pattern correction for an image sensor. A current image and a previous image received in the image sensor is stored and a bias and gain is computed for the current image, wherein the computing includes processing the current image together with a current local average value, the previous image, and a previous local average value. A gain correction value and a bias correction value is generated based on the computing, and the gain correction value and bias correction value are combined with the current image to generate a corrected image. A Bayer image is generated, based on the generated corrected image.
US12231784B2
The disclosure extends to methods, systems, and computer program products for producing an image in light deficient environments and associated structures, methods and features. The features of the systems and methods described herein may include providing improved resolution and color reproduction.
US12231774B2
Disclosed are methods and apparatuses for image data encoding/decoding. A method for decoding a 360-degree image includes the steps of: receiving a bitstream obtained by encoding a 360-degree image; generating a prediction image by making reference to syntax information obtained from the received bitstream; adding the generated prediction image to a residual image obtained by dequantizing and inverse-transforming the bitstream, so as to obtain a decoded image; and reconstructing the decoded image into a 360-degree image according to a projection format. Therefore, the performance of image data compression can be improved.
US12231771B2
A camera module includes a housing, a carrier movable in a first direction and disposed in the housing, a first body movably disposed inside the carrier, an image sensor disposed on the first body and having an imaging surface facing in the first direction, and supporting balls disposed between the carrier and the first body. The first body moves perpendicular to the first direction in a state supported by the supporting balls with respect to the carrier.
US12231765B2
Provided is an imaging support apparatus including: a first information acquiring unit configured to acquire first information indicating a first timing at which a satellite image of a target area is captured; a prediction result acquiring unit configured to acquire a prediction result of a time-series prediction of an imaging environment in the target area; a calculating unit configured to calculate on a time-series basis, based on the prediction result, a degree of similarity of an imaging environment between the first timing and each timing other than the first timing; a determining unit configured to determine a second timing on which a satellite image of the target area is to be captured based on the degree of similarity; and a second information output unit configured to output second information indicating the second timing.
US12231764B2
An image capturing method has: providing an image capturing area on a display screen of a user device; providing an indication area in the image capturing area; marking a license plate after identifying the license plate based on at least one license plate feature in the image capturing area; determining whether the marked license plate is located in the indication area and presented in a predetermined ratio; and capturing an image including the license plate in the image capturing area after the marked license plate is located in the indication area and presented in a predetermined ratio.
US12231762B2
An information processor according to the present technology includes a presentation processing section configured to perform a process to present a list of objects recognized in an object recognition process of a captured image to a user, and a tracking processing section configured to set a tracking range of a subject corresponding to an object selected by the user from the list presented by the presentation processing section and perform a tracking process of the subject on the basis of the set tracking range.
US12231755B2
One embodiment comprises: a housing; a bobbin arranged in the housing; a lens barrel coupled to the bobbin; a coil arranged in the bobbin; a magnet which is arranged in the housing so as to face the coil and which moves the bobbin in the optical axis direction by means of interaction with the coil; a liquid lens arranged on the lens barrel; and a pressurizing unit which is arranged between the upper surface of the bobbin and the liquid lens and which pressurizes the liquid lens by means of the movement of the bobbin.
US12231753B1
A camera includes a lens group, an image sensor, an actuator to move the image sensor relative to the lens group, and a flexure that suspends the image sensor from a stationary structure of the camera and that allows motion of the image sensor enabled by the actuator. The flexure includes a dynamic platform to which the image sensor is connected such that the image sensor moves with the dynamic platform, a static platform connected to a static portion of the camera, a plurality of flexure arms that mechanically connect the dynamic platform to the static platform, and one or more elastic spacers positioned between at least two flexure arms of the plurality of flexure arms.
US12231752B2
Systems, apparatuses, and methods are described for using one or more components of a device, such as a camera, to generate complementary heat for the device, such as a camera lens of the device. In one aspect this can be accomplished by activating the one or more components and/or by causing the one or more components to operate in a particular manner expected to generate heat. The generated heat may be instead of or in addition to heat generated by one or more dedicated heaters. The selected components may produce heat as an incidental effect for performing other functions of the device.
US12231751B1
A modular omni-directional sensor array (MOSA) enclosure is provided for visual surveillance. The MOSA enclosure is disposable on an elevated position and includes a lower equipment module and an upper optical module. The equipment module contains electrical power and control electronics and is disposed on the elevated position from underneath. The optical module contains a plurality of cameras viewing radially outward. The optical module is disposed onto the equipment module from above.
US12231748B2
An information processing device (100) includes a scene extraction unit (1333) and a generation unit (134). The scene extraction unit (1333) extracts a plurality of highlight scenes from content information related to movie content based on each of a plurality of generation rules for generating a highlight movie. The generation unit (134) connects the plurality of highlight scenes to generate a highlight movie.
US12231738B2
Systems and methods for providing a first user with recommendations of media assets for inclusion in a playlist for a second user based on the second user's viewing activity. These systems and methods receive, from the second user, an expression of disinterest in a media asset included in the playlist for the second user, update a user profile associated with the second user based on the expression of disinterest, and determine a recommendation for another media asset based on the updated user profile associated with the second user. The systems and methods provide the recommendation to the first user. By recommending media assets that the second user is least likely to object to, these systems and methods reduce the frequency of disruptive requests for media assets from the second user.
US12231737B2
Systems and methods for sorting favorite content sources are provided. A list of favorite content sources arranged in a first order is stored. The favorite content sources in the list are accessed according to the order of the favorite content sources in the list. At a given time, a user request to change a currently accessed content source to one of the favorite content sources in the list is received. In response to receiving the user request, an attribute of content presented on the currently accessed content source at the given time is identified. The favorite content sources in the list are rearranged into a second order based on the identified attribute. The favorite content sources in the list are accessed according to the second order in response to receiving the user request.
US12231724B2
A system and method for a videostream is operating correctly. The system decompresses a compressed videostream which includes a compressed graphical timestamp, thereby resulting in a decompressed videostream with a decompressed graphical timestamp, the compressed timestamp and the decompressed graphical timestamp associated with an insert time. The system then renders the decompressed videostream, resulting in a rendered videostream with a rendered graphical timestamp. The system then extracts the rendered graphical timestamp from the rendered videostream at an extract time and determines whether a difference between the insert time of the rendered graphical timestamp and the extract time exceeds a predetermined threshold.
US12231723B2
The disclosed computer-implemented methods and systems can splice targeted content such as advertisements into a live stream of a real-time event. For example, the methods and systems discussed herein determine targeted content items for splicing into a live stream by generating a computing model of targeted content recommendations. In one or more examples, the computing model generates targeted content recommendations that are specific to a length of a targeted content break, the viewer of the live stream, and the player where the live stream is being viewed. The systems and methods discussed herein further determine the placement and duration of targeted content breaks based on signals and markers that are inserted into the live stream. Various other methods, systems, and computer-readable media are also disclosed.
US12231718B2
Systems and methods relating to full motion video (FMV) routing in one-way transfer (OWT) systems are described herein. The present technology modifies or adds packetized elementary streams (PESs) of video streams, that are sent from the low-trust side of the OWT system, with a global unique identifier (GUID) that is used as an identifier to determine a particular destination on the high-trust side of the OWT system. The enriched video stream is then transmitted through an OWT system that provide high reliability for the enriched video stream. When the enriched video stream is received on the high-trust side, the GUID from the PES is extracted and used to identify destination addresses for destination devices in the high-trust computing environment. The video stream is then delivered to the destination devices having the corresponding destination addresses.
US12231703B2
Systems and methods for optimizing a content change process are provided. In example embodiments, a digital receiver causes playback of a first piece of content. The digital receiver receives a selection of a new piece of content for playback during the playback of the first piece of content. In response to the receiving of the selection, the digital receiver maintains a bitrate used for playback of the first piece of content to initiate playback of the new piece of content.
US12231696B2
The present disclosure provides a loop filtering method which includes determining a clip index parameter of a loop filter, and encoding the clip index parameter by using a non-exponential Golomb encoding method.
US12231691B2
A mechanism for processing video data is disclosed. Information in a Decoding Capability Information (DCI) network abstraction layer (NAL) unit is determined. A rule specifies a value of a DCI number of profile, tier, and level (PTL) minus one (dci_num_ptls_minus1) in a Versatile Video Coding (VVC) Common Media Application Format (CMAF) track shall be zero.
US12231687B2
In one implementation, KLT transform matrices are derived during the encoding or decoding process. In particular, the KLT transform matrices can be derived for either the primary transforming stage or the secondary transforming stage, or both. Because the KLT transform matrices can be derived at both the encoder and decoder sides, the KLT transform matrices do not need to be signaled in the bitstream. To derive the KLT transform matrix for a current block to be encoded or decoded, a template for the current block is defined, and is used to search in reconstructed regions multiple blocks with templates similar to the current template. Those multiple blocks are used to train the KLT transform matrix.
US12231686B2
Video content frequently seen in gaming content and having a higher probability of being coded in transform skip mode is coded separately from remaining portions of a video coding block before being combined with regular coded portions. This enables more efficient coding of video by reducing the switching between regular coding modes and transform skip modes. The regular coded portion and the transform skip coded portion are combined in an encoder. At a corresponding decoder, inverse operations occur, such that the transform skipped residual portions are decoded and the regularly coded portions are decoded before the portions are combined for a resultant decoded video block.
US12231683B2
A method for signalling an intra chroma prediction mode and a method for implementing the signalled intra chroma prediction mode, the intra chroma prediction mode taking an intropolation of previously predicted luma samples from neighboring blocks of video data to attain an intra chroma prediction of a current chroma prediction unit.
US12231682B2
A method of video decoding includes decoding prediction information of a current block indicating a subset of combinations of processed reconstructed samples of a first component and corresponding offset values of a filter process to be applied to a second color component, and determining an offset value of the filter process to apply to reconstructed samples of the second color component based on a combination of processed reconstructed samples of the first component. The determined offset value is based on whether the combination of the processed reconstructed samples of the first color component corresponds to or is different from the combinations of the processed reconstructed samples.
US12231681B2
Methods and apparatuses for performing chroma from luma (CfL) intra prediction, including: receiving a current block from a coded video bitstream; obtaining, from the coded video bitstream, a syntax element indicating which of two or more downsampling filters is used for predicting the current block in a CfL intra prediction mode; in response to the syntax element indicating that a first downsampling filter is used for the current block: determining a plurality of filter coefficients according to the first downsampling filter; and downsampling the current block based on the determined plurality of coefficients using a first number of sampling positions; in response to the syntax element indicating that a second downsampling filter is used for the current block: determining the plurality of filter coefficients according to the second downsampling filter; downsampling the current block based on the determined plurality of coefficients using a second number of sampling positions, wherein the second number of sampling positions are different from the first number of sampling positions; and reconstructing the current block after downsampling the current block.
US12231678B2
According to the present invention, an image encoding apparatus comprises: a motion prediction unit which derives motion information on a current block in the form of the motion information including L0 motion information and L1 motion information; a motion compensation unit which performs a motion compensation for the current block on the basis of at least one of the L0 motion information and L1 motion information so as to generate a prediction block corresponding to the current block; and a restoration block generating unit which generates a restoration block corresponding to the current block based on the prediction block. According to the present invention, image encoding efficiency can be improved.
US12231675B2
An image decoding method according to the present document includes obtaining motion prediction information for a current block from a bitstream, generating an affine MVP candidate list for the current block, deriving CPMVPs for CPs of the current block based on the affine MVP candidate list, deriving CPMVDs for the CPs of the current block based on the motion prediction information, deriving CPMVs for the CPs of the current block based on the CPMVPs and the CPMVDs, and deriving prediction samples for the current block based on the CPMVs.
US12231673B2
A method of decoding motion information includes: identifying a type of omission motion information not included in a bitstream from among a plurality of pieces of motion information used to decode a current block that is inter predicted; obtaining the omission motion information by using a predetermined method; and decoding the current block based on the plurality of pieces of motion information including the obtained omission motion information.
US12231668B2
A method of entropy coding in a video encoder is provided that includes assigning a first bin to a first single-probability bin encoder based on a probability state of the first bin, wherein the first single-probability bin encoder performs binary arithmetic coding based on a first fixed probability state, assigning a second bin to a second single-probability bin encoder based on a probability state of the second bin, wherein the second single-probability bin encoder performs binary arithmetic coding based on a second fixed probability state different from the first fixed probability state, and coding the first bin in the first single-probability bin encoder and the second bin in the second single-probability bin encoder in parallel, wherein the first single-probability bin encoder uses a first rLPS table for the first fixed probability state and the second single-probability bin encoder uses a second rLPS table for the second fixed probability state.
US12231662B2
An encoder includes circuitry and memory coupled to the circuitry. In operation, the circuitry: encodes pictures in an encoding order according to temporal scalability that specifies temporal layers; adds, to a bitstream, information indicating whether CPB removal timings of lower pictures in one or more first temporal layers lower than or equal to a lower temporal layer lower than a higher temporal layer among the temporal layers in a first case in which the one or more first temporal layers are to be decoded are identical to CPB removal timings of the lower pictures in a second case in which second temporal layers lower than or equal to the higher temporal layer are to be decoded; and sets, in the information, a value indicating that the CPB removal timings in the first case are identical to the CPB removal timings in the second case.
US12231658B2
The present disclosure relates to an image processing device and method that allow reduction in coding efficiency to be suppressed. A pixel value of a chroma component is predicted by linear prediction from a pixel value of a reference image of a luma component whose pixel location is changed by using a filter, and a prediction image of the chroma component is generated. A chroma component of encoded data in which an image is encoded is decoded by using the generated prediction image. The filter is selected on a basis of information regarding a pixel location of the chroma component and information regarding a color format. The present disclosure is applicable, for example, to an image processing device, an image encoding device, an image decoding device, or the like.
US12231646B2
An image processing apparatus including a memory storing instructions, and a processor configured to operate based on the instructions to reconstruct a current block from encoded data of the current block, obtain a quantization error map including sample values calculated based on a quantization parameter included in the encoded data, obtain a first modified block by applying the current block and the quantization error map to a neural network, obtain a first differential block between the current block and the first modified block, obtain a second differential block by changing sample values of the first differential block based on a parameter dependent on a feature of the current block, and obtain a second modified block by combining the current block and the second differential block.
US12231643B2
Different implementations are described, particularly implementations for video encoding and decoding based on linear weighted intra prediction, also called matrix based intra prediction, are presented. Accordingly, for a block being encoded or decoded in linear weighted intra prediction, obtaining intra predicted samples from at least two matrix-vector products between at least two selected weight matrices of reduced size and a set of neighboring reference samples. Advantageously, such arrangement allows to reduce the amount of memory for storing data and to reduce the complexity of the intra prediction samples computation.
US12231642B2
A method and apparatus for encoding bit code utilizing context dependency simplification to reduce dependent scans. The method includes retrieving at least one 2 dimensional array of transform coefficient, transforming the at least one 2 dimensional array of transform coefficient to a 1 dimensional coefficient scanning using a diagonal scan in a fixed direction, utilizing the at least one 1 dimensional array of transform coefficients for context selection based on fewer than 11 neighbors, potentially selected based on scan direction, slice type, coding unit type and binarization, and performing arithmetic coding to generate coded bit utilizing context selection and binarization.
US12231637B2
An image encoding/decoding method and apparatus are provided. An image decoding method may comprise obtaining, from a bitstream, a feature set extracted from an input image using an artificial neural network-based feature extraction method, first information on importance of each of a plurality of channels included in the feature set and second information on a quantization method of the feature set, decoding the feature set, the first information and the second information, and dequantizing the decoded feature set based on the decoded first information and the decoded second information. The second information may comprise the number of quantization bits of each of the plurality of channels, and the number of quantization bits may be determined based on the importance of each of the plurality of channels.
US12231636B2
A method of encoding an input signal is provided, the method comprising: quantizing a set of data based on temporal information associated with said set of data.
US12231632B2
Video coding and decoding methods, apparatuses, and storage medium are provided. The encoding method includes training a model for determining a parameter set to be used for encoding; obtaining a video content; determining the parameter set for encoding the video content using the trained model; encoding the video content according to the parameter set; transmitting the encoded video content to a decoding device; and transmitting the parameter set to the decoding device. The decoding method includes receiving an encoded video content from an encoding device; determining whether a parameter set is received from the encoding device; based on determining that the parameter set is received, decoding the encoded video content according to the parameter set; and transmitting the decoded video content to a display device.
US12231621B2
Processing circuitry decodes, from a bitstream carrying a video including a current picture, a signal indicative of a subblock based intra block copy (IBC) merge mode for predicting a current block in the current picture. The processing circuitry determines a predictor offset (also referred to as offset BV) associated with the current block. The predictor offset indicates a predictor block in the current picture corresponding to the current block, the predictor block includes a plurality of predictor subblocks respectively corresponding to a plurality of subblocks in the current block. The processing circuitry determines a first block vector of a first subblock according to a first predictor block vector associated with a first predictor subblock. The processing circuitry reconstructs the first subblock in the current block according to the first block vector that points to a reference block for the first subblock in the current picture.
US12231616B2
Implementations are described herein for performing depth estimation in the agricultural domain, including generating synthetic training data. In various implementations, one or more three-dimensional synthetic plants may be generated in in a three-dimensional space, wherein the one or more three-dimensional synthetic plants include homogenous and densely-distributed synthetic plant parts. The plurality of three-dimensional synthetic plants may be projected onto two-dimensional planes from first and second perspectives in the three-dimensional space to form a pair of synthetic stereoscopic images. The first and second synthetic stereoscopic images of the pair may be annotated to create a mapping between the individual synthetic plant parts across the first synthetic stereoscopic images. A feature matching machine learning model may be trained based on the mapping.
US12231610B2
A method for decoding a 360-degree image includes: receiving a bitstream obtained by encoding a 360-degree image; generating a prediction image by making reference to syntax information obtained from the received bitstream; combining the generated prediction image with a residual image obtained by dequantizing and inverse-transforming the bitstream, so as to obtain a decoded image; and reconstructing the decoded image into a 360-degree image according to a projection format. Here, generating the prediction image includes: checking, from the syntax information, prediction mode accuracy for a current block to be decoded; determining whether the checked prediction mode accuracy corresponds to most probable mode (MPM) information obtained from the syntax information; and when the checked prediction mode accuracy does not correspond to the MPM information, reconfiguring the MPM information according to the prediction mode accuracy for the current block.
US12231608B2
A gain in multi-view coding is achieved as follows: the residual signal involved with coding a dependent view of the multi-view signal is predicted from a reference residual signal of the current picture of the reference view using block-granular disparity-compensated prediction, i.e. using disparity compensated prediction with a disparity defined at, and varying with, block granularity so that each block of the current picture of the dependent view has its own disparity displacement such as its own disparity vector, associated therewith. In other words, a remaining similarity between the residual signal involved with predictively coding the reference view is used in order to predict the residual signal involved with predictively coding the dependent view.
US12231603B2
A method of audio processing includes calculating an estimated echo residual power based on a long-term amount of echo cancellation as indicated by an estimated power gain profile, where the estimated power gain profile is based on a reference signal and an echo residual signal. Echo suppression of the echo residual may then be performed based on the estimated echo residual power.
US12231600B1
A method of operating a captioned telephone comprising the steps of dialing a telephone number to a relay gateway, connecting to the gateway over a communication network, performing a test to assess communication network quality, based on the test results, setting up the captioned telephone to operate in at least one of a first mode and a second mode wherein each of the first and second modes is one of (i) a PSTN mode in which data is communicated between the captioned telephone and the relay gateway via analog transmission and (ii) an IP mode in which data is communicated between the captioned telephone and the relay gateway via the Internet.
US12231590B2
Methods and processes for faster and more efficient creation of NFTs while further enhancing the use and transferability of digital assets along with, or in conjunction with, tangible goods and other physical real world assets; methods for securing personal keys that allow for improved security of the physical key while simultaneously providing for transferability of the underlying digital assets; and methods for creation and activation of digital wallets, digital assets, and/or digital asset backed gift cards and the like.
US12231586B2
Systems, methods, and software of performing a UE challenge. In one embodiment, User Equipment (UE) initiates a UE challenge procedure to a home network before engaging in a primary authentication procedure by generating a UE challenge by encrypting a random nonce with a home network public key, and transmitting a first message containing the UE challenge toward the home network. The UE receives a second message containing a challenge response to the UE challenge, processes the challenge response to determine whether the home network decrypted the random nonce in response to the UE challenge, and verifies an identity of the home network when the home network decrypted the random nonce in response to the UE challenge.
US12231585B2
In one embodiment, a secure challenge-response method includes requesting respective token challenges from devices, receiving the respective token challenges from the devices, providing the respective token challenges to a signing server, receiving from the signing server a signature of the respective token challenges signed with a private key of the signing server, and providing to a given device of the devices a request to perform an operation, the request including the signature and the respective token challenges.
US12231580B1
Presented herein are techniques for establishing data provenance by generating one-time signatures. In examples, systems may include one or more hardware processors that receive, via an application programming interface (API), a request for a one-time signature and data associated with the request, provide a seed identifier and the data associated with the request to an HSM in a set of HSMs, and receive a response message from the HSM, the response message including a one-time signature. In examples, the response message and the one-time signature are provided to the device that transmitted the request for the one-time signature and the data associated with the request.
US12231579B2
Devices, systems, and methods enabling parties with little trust or no trust in each other to enter into and enforce value transfer agreements conditioned on input from or participation of a third party, over arbitrary distances, without special technical knowledge of the underlying transfer mechanism(s), optionally affording participation of third-party mediators, substitution of transferors and transferees, term substitution, revision, or reformation, etc. Such value transfers can occur reliably without involving costly third-party intermediaries who traditionally may otherwise be required, and without traditional exposure to counterparty risk.
US12231569B2
A system of enhancing biometric analysis matching utilizes an image sensor, such as a digital camera, to capture an image of a face of a person. The system may perform image enhancement, such as edge and contrast enhancement, prior to performing face matching. The enhancement may be localized to a given image region based on determined region illumination. The system may perform image processing and analysis comprising face detection, alignment, feature extraction, and recognition. A biometric recognition confidence indicator may be generated using the results of the image enhancement and analysis. At least partly in response to the biometric recognition confidence indicator falling below a threshold enhancing recognition confidence using an image of visual indicia captured using the image sensor.
US12231562B2
Aspects of the present disclosure involve a method, a system and a computer readable memory to optimize performance of cryptographic operations by avoiding computations of inverse values during decryption of encrypted messages.
US12231559B2
Disclosed is a neural network enabled interface server and blockchain interface establishing a blockchain network implementing event detection, tracking and management for rule based compliance, with significant implications for anomaly detection, resolution and safety and compliance reporting.
US12231552B1
A system which includes a photon source configured to generate a spin-1 particle; an N-dimensional quantum random number generator (ND-QRNG); a processor; and a memory. The ND-QRNG includes a detector and an optical unit including: a preparation stage configured to enable certification via value indefiniteness; and a measurement stage configured to generate numbers and outcomes attained by measuring a state of a particle utilized to prepare an N-dimensional quantum system. The memory, includes instructions stored thereon, which, when executed by the processor cause the system to: generate a spin-1 particle; receive the spin-1 particle by the optical unit; generate by the optical unit a set of outcomes based on the state of the spin-1 particle; detect the set of outcomes; and output a sequence of N-ary numbers based on the detected set of outcomes.
US12231546B2
Provided is a method for method for encrypting log file data in a multitenant database. The method comprises receiving a request to secure data of a tenant in a multitenant database. The method further comprises obtaining a symmetric encryption key that is specific to the tenant. The method further comprises encrypting data of the tenant using the symmetric encryption key. The data that is encrypted is stored in the multitenant database. The method further comprises encrypting a set of log file entries using the symmetric encryption key. The set of log file entries are associated with data of the tenant.
US12231545B2
A key broker monitors network traffic metadata and determines which decryption keys are required at one or more packet brokers in order to decrypt relevant traffic required by various network monitoring devices. The key broker retrieves the required keys from a secure keystore distributes them, as needed, to the network packet brokers, and dynamically updates the decryption keys stored in the network packet brokers in response to changes in network traffic.
US12231542B2
Systems and methods for generating min-increment counting bloom filters to determine count and frequency of device identifiers and attributes in a networking environment are disclosed. The system can maintain a set of data records including device identifiers and attributes associated with device in a network. The system can generate a vector comprising coordinates corresponding to counter registers. The system can identify hash functions to update a counting bloom filter. The system can hash the data records to extract index values pointing to a set of counter registers. The system can increment the positions in the min-increment counting bloom filter corresponding to the minimum values of the counter registers. The system can obtain an aggregated public key comprising a public key. The system can encrypt the counter registers using the aggregated shared key to generate an encrypted vector. The system can transmit the encrypted vector to a networked worker computing device.
US12231541B2
A method including encrypting, by a user device based at least in part on utilizing a symmetric key, a folder stored on the user device; encrypting, by the user device based at least in part on utilizing an assigned public key associated with the user device, the symmetric key to determine a single-encrypted symmetric key; encrypting, by the user device based at least in part on utilizing a trusted key specific to the user device, the single-encrypted symmetric key to determine a double-encrypted symmetric key; and storing, by user device, the double-encrypted symmetric key in an associated memory. Various other aspects and techniques are contemplated.
US12231539B2
A method and an apparatus are provided. The method may include: receiving a query request and signature information of the query request sent from a first node in a blockchain other than a current blockchain, where there is a proxy node of the first node in the current blockchain, and the query request includes a query content and a storage number of a public key of the first node in the current blockchain; acquiring the public key of the first node from the current blockchain based on the storage number of the public key of the first node in the current blockchain; acquiring query data indicated by the query content from the current blockchain, in response to the signature information of the query request passing verification by the public key of the first node; and feeding back a query result to the first node based on the query data.
US12231522B2
Methods and systems for providing a network protocol for view replication over an unreliable network are described herein. A sender and a receiver may apply a branching time model to the history of views to replicate the views consistently. The sender may send a first data packet to receiver. The first data packet may comprise a first sequence number identifying the first data packet, a source version number, and a first set of one or more changes to be applied to a first state identified by the source version number. Based on a determination that an acknowledgment message indicating receipt of the first data packet is not received, the sender may send a second data packet to the client device. The content of the second data packet may be determined based on the first data packet.
US12231511B2
Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media, for processing event log data. An example event log processing method includes receiving an event log comprising a plurality of event records describing events that have occurred on each of one or more computer systems over a period of time; converting the event log into a graph, comprising: normalizing the plurality of event records, including anonymizing a unique identifier value in each event record and replacing a variable value in each event record with a predetermined value; representing each normalized event record as one or more nodes in the graph; and generating a plurality of event clusters, wherein each event cluster includes an aggregated group of nodes and is generated based on common attributes of and hierarchical relationships between the normalized event records represented by the nodes in the aggregated group.
US12231510B2
The present disclosure relates to systems and methods for updating email addresses based on email generation patterns. The method includes accessing a plurality of electronic activities used to update a plurality of member node profiles. The method includes determining that the plurality of member node profiles is linked to a group node profile of a group entity. The methods includes identifying, for each of the plurality of member node profiles, a first field-value pair of the member node profile corresponding to an email address. The method includes determining, for each member node profile, a correlation between the email address, a second field-value pair corresponding to a first name and a third field-value pair corresponding to a last name. The method includes determining, based on the determined correlation, an electronic account identifier pattern. The method includes storing an association between the group node and the electronic account identifier pattern.
US12231504B1
Disclosed herein are an exemplary system and method for recurring VPN connections. The exemplary system and method are used for detecting the situations in which a user device is not able to establish VPN, detecting the situations in which the user device with active VPN connections is/are not able to reach resources on a network. The exemplary system and method also provide user device protected data transmission without data leakage during attempts at recurring VPN connections. The exemplary system and method include retry flow strategies, along with in-application enabled user decisions, and user-specific dataset flows.
US12231494B2
In one example, a processor may receive a first request to process a first task, the first request including a first estimated central processing unit utilization for the first task and a first estimated memory utilization for the first task and receive central processing unit capacities and memory capacities of a plurality of sub-data routers including at least a first sub-data router. The processor may further determine that the first sub-data router has a lowest central processing unit capacity from among the plurality of sub-data routers that is sufficient to accommodate the first estimated central processing unit utilization for the first task and determine that the first sub-data router has a memory capacity that is sufficient to accommodate the first estimated memory utilization for the first task. The processor may then assign the first task to the first sub-data router.
US12231489B2
Determining interest in promotional content to be displayed at a mobile communication device is described. The promotional content, including a first portion that is visible and a second portion that is hidden in a first state, may be received. The first and second portions are each selectable only when visible. A promotional display that includes the promotional content in the first state is generated. Upon receipt of a first input from the user in relation to the first portion, the promotional content may be transitioned from the first state to a second state such the first portion becomes hidden and the second portion becomes visible. Upon failing to receive a second input from the user in relation to the second portion, the promotional content may be transitioned from the second state to the first state. Upon receipt of the second input, an interest in the promotional content may be indicated.
US12231480B1
Methods and systems for provisioning content streaming service are provided. An example method includes dividing a network associated with a multi-dwelling unit (MDU) having multiple zones within the MDU into multiple network segments respectively corresponding to the multiple zones, dividing a content resource provided by the MDU into multiple segments respectively corresponding to the multiple network segments. Each segment of the content resource includes content items specific to the corresponding network segment based on a predetermined network policy. The method further includes receiving a request from a user equipment (UE) for access to a content item of the content resource, determining that the UE is associated with one of the network segments and that the requested content item is included in the segment of content resource specific to the network segment, and granting the access to the content item to the UE.
US12231478B2
Systems and methods are provided for managing related conferences. A first conference is initiated between a first computing device and a first group of one or more computing devices. Input to join a second conference is received at the first computing device and the second conference is initiated between the first computing device and a second group of computing devices. The first conference is associated with the second conference and the second group of one or more computing devices comprises the first group of one or more computing devices and at least one additional computing device.
US12231469B2
A system and a method are disclosed for providing recommendations for sets of security operations for improving security of documents created or executed within an online document system. A supplier entity may select sets of security operations to be performed for a request provided to a signing entity. The online document system computes an aggregate measure of security for the selected sets of security operations and compares it to a threshold measure of security. If the aggregate measure is less than the threshold measure, the online document system uses a machine-learned model to identify additional sets of security operations that when added, results in an updated aggregate measure of security greater than the threshold. The additional sets of security operations are presented to the supplier entity for inclusion within a security operation workflow in combination with the selected sets of security operations.
US12231466B2
Provided is a system for orchestration of a mainframe computing environment. The system may include a mainframe. The system may include components such as a computer processor, a controller, a computing layer, a storage layer, and a network layer. The computer processor may run on the mainframe. The computer processor may utilize an application programming interface (API) to stitch the mainframe with the computing layer, the storage layer, and the network layer. An infrastructure as code (IaC) format may stitch together the components of the system. The computer processor may use the controller to utilize the IaC format to orchestrate the mainframe computing environment. The computer processor may optimize the utilization of the mainframe computing environment.
US12231465B2
A Web site comprise detection method and system are disclosed. The method includes obtaining a resource identifier associated with a remote computer, and then receiving source code associated with the resource identifier. The method also includes parsing the source code, analyzing the source code to determine an indicator of compromise is present in the source code, determining that the indicator of compromise is associated with malware meta-data, and storing the resource identifier associated with the source code associated with the malware meta-data in a database.
US12231462B2
A system includes a memory associated with a first virtual environment that stores digital assets associated with a user. The memory is coupled to a processor that is configured to receive a user credential associated with the user and authorize the user to access the first virtual environment. The processor receives a request from the user to enter a second virtual environment accessible through the first virtual environment and generates a virtual pass for a first avatar of the user to enter the second virtual environment. The processor receives a request to perform in the second environment a data interaction associated with a digital asset and provides the first avatar access from the second environment to the digital asset. The processor receives an indication that the data interaction is completed and updates the digital asset in the memory to reflect the data interaction.
US12231457B1
A server system sends, via a linearly ordered communication orbit, to computational machines at a first subset of nodes in a computer network, a set of local environment verification tests and a set of mappings that map results of the local environment verification tests into a set of risk scores. Requests sent by the server system cause the computational machines at the plurality of nodes to: locally evaluate the set of local environment verification tests to produce test results, and locally map the test results using the set of mappings into a set of risk scores. Queries sent by the server cause the computational machines at the plurality of nodes to return to the server system at least a portion of the test results and risk scores. The server, identifies, based on the received test results and risk scores, computational machines and/or control categories having risk scores satisfying predefined criteria.
US12231455B2
A network vulnerability scanning system scans a target device for vulnerabilities to obtain initial network connection data for the target device via a first network interface of the target device, the initial network connection data identifying an initial network connection between the target device and a first hidden network system. The network vulnerability scanning system installs a network scanning application on the target device subsequent to scanning the target device for vulnerabilities to obtain the initial network connection data. The network vulnerability system scans the first hidden network system for vulnerabilities via the network scanning application. Subsequent to scanning the first hidden network system for vulnerabilities, the network vulnerability scanning system obtains additional network connection data for the target device via the first network interface of the target device, the additional network connection data identifying an additional network connection between the target device and a second hidden network system.
US12231450B2
A method for managing an attack surface is provided. The method comprises obtaining network traffic logs for the domain, correlating the logs to threats, mapping a flow of network traffic between malicious indicators and host identifiers, determining an exposed set of host identifiers, determining host attributes and indicator attributes of hosts identified in the exposed set, providing the exposed set and the attributes as input to a prioritization model, receiving prioritization scores as output from the prioritization model, and generating a prioritized attack surface data structure based on the scores. An interface is configured to modify a display based on the prioritized attack surface data structure.
US12231447B2
Disclosed herein are system, method, and computer program product embodiments for creating cyber situational understanding in an operational environment. An embodiment operates by normalizing streaming cyber information for a plurality of cyberspace entities and generating cyber-graphs based on relationships between two or more of the plurality of cyberspace entities. A cyber-threat inquiry of the cyber-graphs returns potential cyber-threats that are subsequently visualized as an overlay on a corresponding operational environment.
US12231446B2
A network security computing system includes a steganographic communications analysis engine monitoring incoming and outgoing messages on a secure computing network. The steganographic communications analysis engine identifies a pattern of file transfers between a first computing device on the secure computing network and an internal or external message recipient. When a pattern is identified, the steganographic communications analysis engine quarantines an associated computing device from the secure network. The steganographic communications analysis engine analyzes files transferred between the computing device and the recipient for indications of steganographic information and causes display, based on an identified indication of steganography, an indication that the computing device had been compromised by command and control malware.
US12231428B2
Described herein is an identity network for validating the digital identity of a user. The identity network may receive, from a relying party, an identity validation request to validate a digital identity of the user. The identity network may provide, to the relying party, a link associated with an identity provider application based on the identity validation request. The identity network may receive, from an identity provider associated with the identity provider application, a confirmation that the user has successfully accessed the identity provider application via the link. After receiving the confirmation, the identity network may receive from the identity provider, an attribute validation request to validate identity attributes of the user, where the attribute validation request includes a plurality of identity attributes of the user. The identity network may validate the digital identity of the user based on the plurality of identity attributes.
US12231425B2
A user makes a request from a requesting device for access to a secure operation associated with a network-based service. A first biometric authentication is processed for the request and at least one second scope-based authentication is processed for the request based on an analysis of a physical environment for the requesting device. A determination is made based on at least the first biometric authentication and the scope-based authentication whether the secure operation can be: processed on behalf of the user by the network-based service, not processed at all, or processed only if requested from a specific medium/channel associated with a specific device, which may or may not be the requesting device.
US12231421B2
The disclosed technology relates to a process of evaluating any number of different identity providers (IDPs) and their respective set of credentials that are used to authenticate corresponding users to assist with the onboarding of the different IDPs in connection with Wi-Fi identity federations. In particular, the process allows a person's electronic identity and attributes (stored across one or more IDPs) to be determined once using a standard. Once trust has been established for the user, that trust can then be utilized across a number of different systems (e.g., Single-sign on). The same trust determination can be used without the need for the authenticity of the user identity to be re-evaluated with each new access request.
US12231419B2
Methods and systems for unique session number sharing to ensure traceability are discussed herein. According to an implementation, a user sends a request to login a browser from a user equipment to a server device. The server device validates a user credential associated with the browser by comparing the user credential with pre-stored user registration information. Once the user credential is validated, the server device generates a session with a unique session number (USN) with respect to the request. The server device generates a plurality of logs with respect to the activities occurred during the session and associates the USN with each of the multiple logs. The USN is further included in an access token that authorizes the user to access the websites hosted by the browser.
US12231407B2
The disclosure provides an approach for logical switch level load balancing of Layer 2 virtual private network (L2VPN) traffic. A method of securing communications with a peer gateway generally includes establishing, at a virtual tunnel interface of a local gateway, a plurality of security tunnels with the peer gateway. Each of the plurality of security tunnels is associated with a different set of one or more layer 2 segments and with one or more security associations (SAs) with the peer gateway. The method generally includes receiving a packet, at the local gateway, via a first L2 segment. The method generally includes selecting one of the plurality of security tunnels and an SA associated with the selected security tunnel based on the L2 segment via which the packet was received. The method generally includes encrypting and encapsulating the packet based on the selected security tunnel and SA.
US12231405B2
A virtual private network (VPN) gateway selects a VPN connection, from multiple VPN connections established between a network VPN gateway and a remote VPN gateway, based on performance factors such as throughput. A system may measure throughput in megabytes per second (Mbps). More specifically, a VPN gateway (e.g., a remote VPN gateway or a network VPN gateway) can configure a routing preference that selects a VPN connection that is more performant based on a cryptographic algorithm that is used for the VPN connection. The VPN gateway can update the routing preference to select an alternative VPN connection when the performance of the VPN connection suffers.
US12231404B1
A distributed cloud computing system is disclosed that includes a controller configured to deploy a transit gateway and a first gateway in a security virtual private cloud (VPC) in a cloud computing network, wherein the first gateway is configured to connect to a first firewall instance deployed within the security VPC, and logic. The logic, upon execution by one or more processors, causes performance of operations including receiving network traffic at the transit gateway from an originating VPC deployed within the cloud computing network, routing the network traffic from the transit gateway to the first gateway, providing the network traffic to the first firewall instance for inspection, and routing the network traffic to a destination VPC deployed within the cloud computing network. In embodiments, the first gateway is connected to a plurality of firewall instances, where each instance of the plurality of firewall instances is an active firewall instance.
US12231400B2
A pseudo-active/active firewall configuration handles firewall switchover events with minimized session disconnection. A passive firewall is set to an active state, and an active firewall is switched to a pseudo-active state wherein it continues to process ingress and egress traffic according to traffic handling protocols for its active state. During updating of a corresponding Network Address Translation (NAT) table to route traffic to the now-active firewall, the pseudo-active firewall enters a forwarding state wherein it forwards ingress network sessions to the now-active firewall and processes the ingress network sessions according to its active state. The now-active firewall receives the ingress network sessions and records session states prior to discarding them. After updating the NAT table, when traffic is routed to the now-active firewall, the recorded session states are used to maintain active sessions.
US12231396B2
Methods and systems for providing multiple techniques to a customer premises equipment to acquire network connectivity. A method for acquiring an Internet Protocol (IP) lease includes sending, by a network device at a customer premises to a service provider system, a request for a preferred acquisition posture, where the network device is provisioned with multiple acquisition postures including the preferred acquisition posture, receiving, by the network device from the service provider system, a selected acquisition posture, attempting, by the network device, to acquire the IP lease using the selected acquisition posture, and operating, by the network device, using the acquired IP lease.
US12231391B1
The provided is a method for constructing a geospatial grid region name interoperability protocol system. The method constructs the geospatial grid region name interoperability protocol system from four layers: a subdivision layer, a management layer, an association layer, and an application layer, specifically including a grid subdivision sub-protocol, a grid coding sub-protocol, a geospatial grid region name organization sub-protocol, a geospatial grid region name mapping sub-protocol, a geospatial grid region naming authorization sub-protocol, a geospatial grid region name-based code conversion sub-protocol, a geospatial grid region name interoperability sub-protocol, a geospatial grid region name registration sub-protocol, a geospatial grid region name resolution sub-protocol, etc., thereby achieving registration and resolution of a geospatial grid region name and mutual association and spatial interoperability of ubiquitous location information based on the geospatial grid region name.
US12231387B2
A reminder method includes: displaying a group session interface of the group session, the group session being a group session in which a group member is allowed to use a group tool, the group tool being a program function that supports use by at least two group members together; displaying a group tool message on the group session interface, the group tool message including an entry link of the group tool; displaying, in response to that the group tool message is a message with a group attribute, a reminder control corresponding to the group tool in the group session interface, the reminder control being used as a reminder of an item in the group tool. The present disclosure provides a human-computer interaction solution for effectively transmitting the group tool message to the group member.
US12231382B2
A data processing method and apparatus based on instant messaging, a device, and a computer-readable storage medium. The method includes: obtaining a message transmitting request including message data transmitted by a first communication component, the first communication component being embedded in a first client of a first application platform and obtained by encapsulating an instant messaging function of a second application platform, in response to a trigger operation on a session creation control in a service interface of the first client, the first client invoking the first communication component and displaying a session interface created by the first communication component, obtaining the message data in the session interface, generating the message transmitting request including the message data, and transmitting the message transmitting request to the server by using the first communication component; and transmitting the message data to the receiver user account according to the message transmitting request.
US12231378B2
A first version of a chatbot using natural language processing conducts conversations with a plurality of users. The chatbot provides responses by triggering a plurality of skills including a fallback skill that is triggered when no other skill corresponds to the intent of the user. A second version of the chatbot is deployed while the first version of the chatbot is concurrently engaged in a set of conversation sessions. The second version of the chatbot is configured to trigger other skills besides the fallback skill for at least a portion of the conversations in which the first version of the chatbot triggered the fallback skill. New conversation sessions are mapped to the second version of the chatbot while the set of conversation sessions the first version of the chatbot is engaged in are still mapped to the first version of the chatbot.
US12231377B1
Techniques for updating a chatbot definition are described. In some examples, this updating includes receiving an edit to intent characteristics for a stage of a plurality of stages in a chatbot flow, identifying a stage to modify based on at least the received edit, identifying, for the stage, a default update rule based on the chatbot definition, and updating the stage in the chatbot definition by inferring a next step according to one or more rules for the stage including the identified default update rule.
US12231375B2
The present invention is concerned with different novel concepts for reducing latency in data transmission. These concepts may be exploited by a transceiver configured to perform wireless data communication with a third party device by aggregating time division duplex carriers having different temporal distribution of uplink times and downlink times. These concepts may further be exploited by an apparatus configured to perform data transmission or reception via allocations of transmission resources of aggregated carriers in units of transmission time intervals into which the aggregated carriers are subdivided, wherein the aggregated carriers are temporally subdivided into the transmission time intervals in a temporal grid, respectively, wherein the aggregated carriers' grids are temporally mutually offset.
US12231373B2
A method of conveying an allocation of radio resources on a radio channel for communicating data between a base station and a terminal device in a wireless telecommunications system, wherein the radio channel spans a channel frequency bandwidth divided into frequency resource units which may be selectively allocated for communicating data between the base station and the terminal device, and wherein the method comprises, at the base station, selecting a combination of resource units for communicating the data between the base station and the terminal device from among a predefined set of allowable combinations of resource units, wherein the allowable combinations of resource units include non-contiguous combinations of resource units and wherein the number of allowable combinations of resource units is smaller than the total number of combinations of resource units, and conveying, to the terminal device, an indication of the selected combination of resource units.
US12231368B2
Embodiments of the present application provide an HARQ feedback method, a terminal, a base station and a storage medium. The method includes: adding, in an HARQ-ACK codebook which is determined according to a time offset K1 set and is transmitted in a time unit, A bits HARQ-ACK feedback corresponding to SPS PDSCHs to obtain an HARQ-ACK codebook to be transmitted; and transmitting the HARQ-ACK codebook. In the embodiments of the present application, in case that the SPS PDSCH is deferred, or is determined to feed back HARQ-ACK in a time unit based on a K1 value that does not belong to the K1 set, the HARQ-ACK of the SPS PDSCH needs to be added in the HARQ-ACK codebook determined based on the K1 set and corresponding to the time unit, so that correct HARQ-ACK transmission is ensured, and the HARQ-ACK of the SPS PDSCH is prevented from being discarded.
US12231362B2
The present disclosure relates to a communication method and system for converging a 5th-Generation (5G) communication system for supporting higher data rates beyond a 4th-Generation (4G) system with a technology for Internet of Things (IoT). The present disclosure may be applied to intelligent services based on the 5G communication technology and the IoT-related technology, such as smart home, smart building, smart city, smart car, connected car, health care, digital education, smart retail, security and safety services. A signal transmission/reception method and apparatus for a high-speed mobile user equipment (UE) in a wireless communication system are provided.
US12231360B2
Disclosed are a signal transmission method and a device, the signal transmission method on a terminal side includes: sending, via a sidelink between a first terminal and a second terminal, a first sidelink positioning reference signal (SPRS) to the second terminal, and receiving a second SPRS sent by the second terminal; performing, on the basis of the second SPRS, a positioning measurement so as to obtain a first positioning measurement value; reporting the first positioning measurement value to a network side; and receiving a second positioning measurement value forwarded by the network side, wherein the second positioning measurement value is obtained by the second terminal performing a positioning measurement on the basis of the first SPRS.
US12231357B2
A plurality of DUs have at least a radio resource scheduling function among functions of a base station and each correspond to one or more slices. The plurality of CUs are each connected between a different DU among of the plurality of DUs and a core network, and each has, among the functions of the base station, a upper layer function than a function that the DU has. A radio unit (RU) has at least a radio wave transmission/reception function among the functions of the base station, and is deployed at an antenna site. The RU is connected with a plurality of DUs, and a plurality of slices provided through the plurality of DU are provided in the same cell formed by the RU 30.
US12231350B2
Systems, computer program products, and methods are described herein for triggering adaptive resource channel requisition within a distributed network. The present invention is configured to electronically receive, from a user input device, a resource allocation request from a user; retrieve, from the resource allocation request, information associated with the user; trigger an adaptive resource channel requisition (ARCR) engine on the request based on at least the information associated with the user; retrieve, from the resource allocation request one or more preset value associated with resource allocation request; retrieve, using the ARCR engine, one or more predetermined requisitions corresponding to the resource allocation request from a requisition repository associated with the user; implement the one or more predetermined requisitions on the one or more preset values to generate one or more requisitioned values; and authorize the resource allocation request for the one or more requisitioned values.
US12231348B2
There is provided a communication control apparatus comprising a processor. The processor receives, from a first mobile communication apparatus, a request for permission of data transmission to a second mobile communication apparatus, the second mobile communication apparatus including a buffer memory to store received data. The processor determines whether to permit the data transmission based on a free capacity of the buffer memory and a reserved capacity indicated by a reservation setting of the buffer memory. The processor updates, when the data transmission is determined to be permitted, the reservation setting such that a capacity for received data corresponding to the data transmission is added to the reserved capacity. The processor transmits, when the data transmission is determined to be permitted, a response indicating that the data transmission is permitted to the first mobile communication apparatus.
US12231346B2
An example method may include identifying a first transmit identifier (TID) associated with a first node of a wireless network as ready to transmit and adding the first TID to a ready to transmit queue at a first point in time. The method may also include identifying a second TID associated with a second node of the wireless network as ready to transmit, and adding the second TID to the ready to transmit queue at a second point in time later than the first point in time. The method may additionally include selecting the second TID from the ready to transmit queue before selecting the first TID based on a projected increased overall throughput of packets within the wireless network when communicating with the second node before communicating with the first node.
US12231342B1
A network device includes ingress queues for storing data units while the data units are being processed by ingress packet processors, and a plurality of egress buffer memories for storing data units received from the ingress queues while the data units are being processed by the egress packet processors. First circuitry controls respective rates at which data units are transferred from ingress queues to egress buffer memories. Second circuitry monitors the egress buffer memories for congestion and sends, to the first circuitry, flow control messages related to congestion resulting of egress buffer memories. The first circuitry progressively increases over time a rate at which data from each ingress queue are transferred to an egress buffer memory in response to receiving a flow control message that indicates that congestion corresponding to the egress buffer memory has ended.
US12231338B2
This application relates to a distributed software-defined network (“DSDN”) for dynamically configuring and managing a wireless communication network. A plurality of DSDN nodes are connected to each other via a plurality of communication paths. Each communication path directly connects two DSDN nodes. Each DSDN node can provide DSDN configurations across diverse and disparate networks by normalizing its data plane network traffic through translation and packet encapsulation. Furthermore, the DSDN node can provide an architecture tolerant of network interruptions and network system fluctuations. For example, in the case of any one of the DSDN node's network interruptions from other DSDN nodes, the DSDN can provide network reconfiguration using network configuration rules stored in a control plane of each DSDN node. Therefore, various embodiments can increase network reliability by the multiple nodes within a software-defined network independently managing its control plane in response to changed network conditions.
US12231337B2
Optimized routing in localized dense networks is provided. A packet is received at a first network device in a network. An optimal route for the packet to a neighbor network device in the network is determined using a Source Routing Table (SRT), wherein the SRT includes an optimized routing table and a standard routing table, and wherein the optimized routing table comprises a list of neighbor network devices that the first network device can route to directly and wherein the standard routing table comprises a ZigBee source routing table. The packet is routed using the optimal route.
US12231336B2
Described are aspects of a sharded monitoring system that collects metrics data from a plurality of targets within a monitored system. The monitoring system includes multiple monitoring-server instances each collecting metrics data from a respective subset of the targets, as well as a federation server that collects aggregated metrics data from the other monitoring-server instances. Mappings between monitoring targets and monitoring-server instances collecting their metrics data may be stored in a temporal routing map, e.g., on the federation server, which may build the map based on time-series routing metrics received from the other monitoring-server instances. The routing map may be used to direct queries for metrics data from a client to the appropriate monitoring-server instance.
US12231333B2
Methods and apparatus are provided for routing Flex Ethernet (FlexE) data in a network. In an example aspect, a method comprises receiving data on a first FlexE physical layer (PHY) group, determining, from first FlexE overhead on the first FlexE PHY group, that data in one or more time slots on the first FlexE PHY group is associated with a predetermined path in the network, determining a second FlexE PHY group for the data in the one or more time slots based on at least a portion of the predetermined path in the network, and sending the data on the second FlexE PHY group.
US12231330B2
A system may include a transmitter node and a receiver node. Each node may include a communications interface including at least one antenna element and a controller operatively coupled to the communications interface, the controller including one or more processors, wherein the controller of the receiver node has information of own node velocity and own node orientation. The receiver node may be in motion and the transmitter node may be stationary. Each node may be time synchronized to apply Doppler corrections associated with said node's own motions relative to a common reference frame. The common reference frame may be known to the transmitter node and the receiver node prior to the transmitter node transmitting signals to the receiver node and prior to the receiver node receiving the signals from the transmitter node.
US12231323B2
A network automation system platform is described herein for carrying out a method for automated multi-node performance validation testing on a communications network. The method includes acquiring a test configuration for executing a multi-node performance validation test, wherein the test configuration identifies: a multi-node network performance test, carried out by an application layer, that specifies a technology-independent test script that is generic to particular technologies for providing performance validation-related services, and a node group upon which the multi-node network performance test is to be performed. The method further includes executing the multi-node network performance validation test by the application layer issuing requests to a core layer comprising a set of technology-specific services that issue, in accordance with the application layer requests, technology-specific commands to external services during performance validation of nodes within the node group.
US12231320B2
Systems, devices and techniques for an adaptive application-specific probing scheme are disclosed. An example network device includes memory configured to store a network address and probe protocol usable for probing a first network device associated with a source of an application, and one or more processors configured to determine a network address and probe protocol usable for probing the first network device, wherein the first network device comprises a server that is responsive to the probing, the server executing the application for the data flow, or a closest network device, to the server, that is responsive to the probing. The one or more processors are also configured to send to a second network device at a location serviced by the application, a message specifying the network address and probe protocol usable for probing the first network device.
US12231316B2
A network performance parameter sending method includes: obtaining, by a first network node, a segment identifier of a second network node in a segment list of a packet, where the second network node is a next-hop segment node of the first network node on a forwarding path of the packet; and adding, by the first network node, a network performance parameter of the first network node to the segment list, and then sending the packet to the second network node. In a process of forwarding the packet by using the segment list in the packet, the first network node uses the segment list to carry the network performance parameter of the network node.
US12231309B2
A method performed by a first network node includes generating a data volume report based on one or more characteristics associated with data communicated between the first network node and a user equipment. The one or more characteristics identify that the data volume report is to be generated on at least one of a per Data Radio Bearer basis and a per Quality of Service basis. The data volume report is transmitted to a second network node. The data volume report further includes an indication of a radio access technology type associated with the data volume report.
US12231300B2
A heterogeneous graph learning system generates and analyzes network implementations. The heterogeneous graph learning system includes obtaining information describing multiple network implementations including heterogeneous nodes. The heterogeneous graph learning system also includes generating a one-hop graph connecting a particular node of the heterogeneous nodes with a set of related nodes. The one-hop graph connects the particular node with the set of related nodes via corresponding edges. The heterogeneous graph learning system further includes transforming the one-hop graph into a weighted graph based on a Dynamic Meta Path Transformation (DMPT). In the DMPT, each of the corresponding edges connecting the particular node to a corresponding related node among the set of related nodes is associated with a corresponding weight.
US12231296B2
A control device may be configured to delay an attachment procedure while attachment messages are being transmitted over the network. The control device may be configured to initiate an attachment procedure with a router device on a network at the end a back-off period of time. The attachment procedure may include transmitting attachment messages (e.g., parent request messages) that enable the control device to transmit and receive messages over the network through the router device. During the back-off period of time, the control device may determine an attachment message is received from another control device on the network. And, if an attachment message (e.g., a parent request messages and/or a link request message) is received from another control device, the control device may increase the back-off period of time (e.g., delaying when the control device initiates its attachment procedure).
US12231294B2
In accordance with an embodiment, described herein is a system and method for use of dynamic templates with a network traffic flow information protocol, such as, for example, an Internet Protocol Flow Information Export (IPFIX) protocol. An exporter, that operates an exporting process, generates a capability message that indicates the network traffic flow fields that can be implemented and exported from the exporter (e.g., in an IPFIX data format), and communicates the capability message to a collector that operates a collecting process. The collector examines the network traffic flow fields identified by the capability message, and generates a dynamic template request message indicating (in the manner of a virtual template) a combination of fields for which network traffic flow information is to be provided. The exporter thereafter communicates, to the collector, data messages comprising the network traffic flow fields as indicated by the dynamic template.
US12231292B2
There is provided a method for assessing network performance. The method includes acquiring network measurements indicative of any changes in a network following a change to a configuration of the network and data indicative of one or more factors capable of causing the changes in the network. The one or more factors are independent of the change to the configuration of the network. The method includes analysing the acquired network measurements and data to identify a contribution of the one or more factors to a key performance indicator (KPI) and a contribution of the change to the configuration of the network to the KPI. The KPI is predicted by a machine learning model and is a measure of the network performance following the change to the configuration of the network.
US12231289B2
A method of performing beam failure recovery (BFR) procedure in primary cell and secondary cells with reduced UE complexity is proposed. A UE is configured to operate in one or multiple frequency bands under carrier aggregation or dual connectivity. The UE performs beam failure recovery (BFR) procedure on one serving cell for one frequency band across FR1 and FR2. The serving cell is an active serving cell including both primary cell (PCell) and secondary cells (SCells). Specifically, for SCell BFR procedure, a sharing factor K is introduced when multiple SCells are configured to perform BFR procedure. In one embodiment, the SCell BFR evaluation period equals to a predefined PCell BFR evaluation period times the sharing factor K.
US12231288B2
A method implemented by a first controller in a network comprising a cluster of controllers including the first controller and a second controller, the method comprises transmitting, to a network element (NE), a first BGP message comprising a first controllers network layer reachability information (NLRI), the first controllers NLRI carrying a position of the first controller relative to other controllers in the cluster of controllers, receiving, from the NE, a second BGP message comprising a second controllers NLRI, the second controllers NLRI carrying a position of the second controller relative to the other controllers in the cluster of controllers, and determining the primary controller from the cluster of controllers based on the position of the first controller and the position of the second controller, with the primary controller being responsible for controlling the network.
US12231281B2
A method for indicating a frame structure, a method for updating a frame structure, and related devices are provided. The method for indicating a frame structure, performed by a first device, includes: determining a first frame structure based on user data to be transmitted; and when the first frame structure is different from a second frame structure corresponding to a second device, sending indication information, where the indication information is used to indicate the first frame structure.
US12231278B2
A spectrally efficient low complex Orthogonal Time Frequency Space (OTFS) modulation-based transceiver system and method is provided. The system and method are developed for uplink and downlink wireless communication for resource-constrained IoT and M2M devices. The transceiver system includes at least one transmitter configured to transmit bit stream using adaptive Orthogonal Time Frequency Space (OTFS) frame with selectively embedded pilot depending on mobility condition for improving spectral efficiency and at least one receiver configured to dispose onto IoT devices for receiving the transmitted bit stream. The receiver updates the transmitter about mobility condition of said at least one receiver through a control channel.
US12231275B2
One embodiment according to the present specification relates to a technique for transmitting information related to a packet extension field in a wireless LAN (WLAN) system. An NGV PPDU can include at least one midamble and a packet extension field set on the basis of the at least one midamble. For example, a duration related to the packet extension field can be set on the basis of the number of the at least one midamble. A preamble of the NGV PPDU can include information related to a packet extension field.
US12231266B2
A wireless communication method includes receiving, by a first wireless device during a training phase, reference tones using a first number of resource elements from a transmitter of a second wireless device, wherein the first wireless device comprises multiple receiving antennas, estimating, by the first wireless device, from the receiving the reference tones, a second order statistics of wireless channels between the multiple receiving antennas and the transmitter of the second wireless device, and performing channel estimation, during an operational phase subsequent to the training phase, using the second order statistics and reference tones received on a second number of resource elements, wherein the second number is less than the first number.
US12231264B2
Systems, methods and computer-readable storage media are provided for provisioning network inter-connections and extensions to computing infrastructure. In one embodiment, a system can receive a request from a client to establish a network connection between a private network and a remote network, the request including a selection of a virtual network residing at the private network; establish a transit connection between the virtual network and an exchange port established in association with the private network; establish a first network connection between the exchange port and an intermediary cross connect network; establish a second network connection between the intermediary cross connect network and the remote network; and extend a virtual local area network (VLAN) connected to the virtual network of the client at the private network to the remote network via the network connection, the network connection comprising the first network connection and the second network connection.
US12231259B2
A message ID decoding method is provided for a system comprising multiple components interlinked by a Controller Area Network bus (CAN-bus) through which messages are sent. The method includes acquiring a CAN-bus message data stream including multiple CAN-bus messages, each including a CAN ID indicating a component from which the corresponding CAN-bus message originated; storing the CAN-bus messages in a first datastore; acquiring an electricity consumption signal indicative of the consumption of the component; storing the electricity consumption signal in a second datastore; generating multiple time-stamp bins each corresponding to an interval in time; selecting the CAN ID and a portion of the electricity consumption signal being from the interval in time corresponding to the time-stamp bin; and determining a regression coefficient, R, indicating a level of relatedness between the selected CAN ID and portion, thereby correlating the CAN ID of the selected CAN-bus message with the component.
US12231258B2
The present disclosure relates to a system and method for controlling home appliances that operates home appliances using a user terminal and controls the operation of the home appliances arranged in a space in consideration of the amount of power consumed in the space. In the present disclosure, when a first home appliance is operated, the first home appliance is operated only when the total power consumption of the first home appliance and other home appliances that are already operating is less than or equal to a reference value.
US12231257B2
Systems, methods and apparatus are described for propagating a primary alert from a premises monitoring system or device by a home entertainment device. A premises monitoring system or device, such as a security system, smoke detector, fire detector, carbon monoxide detector, baby monitor, smart speaker, etc., emit a primary alert when a predetermined event or condition occurs associated with a monitored premises. An indication of the primary alert is received by one or more home entertainment devices, and at least one of the home entertainment devices causes a secondary alert to occur, for example, an audio notification and/or a visual notification from the at least one home entertainment device.
US12231255B2
A building system of a building including one or more memory devices having instructions thereon, that, when executed by one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to retrieve projection rules for generating a building graph projection. The instructions cause the one or more processors to retrieve a plurality of entities representing elements of the building and a plurality of relationships between the plurality of entities representing relationships between the plurality of entities, construct the building graph projection including a plurality of nodes and a plurality of edges based on the plurality of entities, the plurality of relationships, and the projection rules, and perform one or more operations based on the building graph projection.
US12231254B2
A server is disclosed. The disclosed server includes a communication device for performing communication with a home appliance and a terminal device, a memory for storing state information of the home appliance and operation pattern information obtained by analyzing an operation pattern of the home appliance, and a processor for, when a query for the home appliance is received from the terminal device, generating response information in response to the received query, and controlling the communication device to transmit the generated response information to the terminal device, wherein the processor extracts a keyword included in the received query, checks at least one state item corresponding to the extracted keyword, and generates response information by using information corresponding to at least one state item in the state information and the operation pattern information.
US12231251B1
Example methods and systems for providing notifications of unread messages is provided. A client device detects an input action proximate to a folder created by a recipient user account. The folder includes one or more online chats. The one or more online chats includes at least one unread message. The client device provides a notification relating to the at least one unread message in the one or more online chats in the folder. The notification includes at least one online chat identity that correspond to at least one online chat of the one or more online chats including the at least one unread message. The client device receives a selection of a first online chat identity that corresponds to a first online chat within the folder. Based on the selection of the first online chat identity, the client device provides access to corresponding unread messages in the first online chat.
US12231244B2
Techniques are described to construct a semi-static hybrid automatic repeat request acknowledgement (HARQ-ACK) codebook. An example wireless communication method includes determining, by a communication device that is configured to communicate with a first cell and a second cell, a position of a first time slot associated with the first cell that overlaps with a second time slot associated with the second cell, where the second time slot is configured for a transmission of a hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ) acknowledgement (ACK) information; determining, for the HARQ-ACK information, a plurality of time slots associated with the first cell and the second cell based on the position of the first time slot and a set of values associated with the first cell; and transmitting, by the communication device, the HARQ-ACK information for the plurality of time slots in the second time slot to the second cell.
US12231239B2
A first communication device generates a first packet and transmits the first packet via a first wireless local area network (WLAN) communication channel having a first radio frequency (RF) bandwidth. The first communication device generates a second packet and, after transmitting the first packet, transmits the second packet via the first WLAN communication channel. The first communication device receives a transmission from one or more second communication devices that overlaps in time with transmission of the second packet. The transmission from the one or more second communication devices is received via a second WLAN communication channel having a second RF bandwidth.
US12231233B2
Techniques for forward error correction are disclosed. These techniques include receiving a forward error correction codeword transmitted over a communication network, the codeword including a parity portion and a payload portion. The techniques further include determining, based on the parity portion, to disable forward error correction for the codeword. The techniques further include disabling forward error correction for the codeword.
US12231232B2
Techniques are provided to provide modified bit sequences generated by the Physical Coding Sublayer (PCS) functional block in a way that considers the subsequent bit-mux operation of the Physical Media Attachment (PMA) sublayer functional block, in order to create symbol sequences for transmission over the physical channels with properties that optimize the performance of the Forward Error Correction (FEC) decoder with error bursts.
US12231230B2
The described technology is generally directed towards scheduling, by a distributed unit, the injection of custom traffic (signals/data) into a radio unit communications path. The distributed unit coordinates with the radio unit to schedule and synchronize such custom traffic in unscheduled (physical resource block), such as interleaved with to live-air and non-live-air traffic. The radio unit can request the unscheduled physical resource blocks for custom traffic to be inserted by the radio unit. Alternatively, the distributed unit can inject the custom traffic in otherwise unscheduled physical resource blocks for sending to the radio unit. The custom traffic is configured to perform some action by the radio unit, such as to perform antenna calibration, to perform test and measurement operations to obtain performance data, and the like. Performance data can be used, for example, to modify operating parameters of the radio unit to improve performance of the radio unit.
US12231229B1
Disclosed embodiments include systems, methods, and media for receiving and transmitting digital data over a plurality of channels. Disclosed embodiments may include receiving data from a plurality of sources through one or more networks. Disclosed embodiments may also include assigning a geographic area to the data from the plurality of sources, the geographic area corresponding to one or more locations associated with the data. Additionally, disclosed embodiments may include determining health effects for a predetermined location based on the data and its associated geographic locations. Further, disclosed embodiments may include generating, by querying a predetermined response database, instructions that address the determined health affects for the predetermined location, the instructions including an action and an associated device. And, disclosed embodiments may include transmitting, to the associated device, the action associated with the instructions.
US12231222B2
User equipment may configure a transmitter or receiver to conform to regulations or standards of a geographical region to communicate with non-terrestrial networks (e.g., satellite networks). In one embodiment, the user equipment may receive an indication of a regulation or standard to which to conform to from a terrestrial communication node, and apply an emission mask to the transmitter based on the regulation or standard. The user equipment may additionally or alternatively configure the receiver to be compliant with a noise level tolerance of a received signal specified by the regulation or standard. In some embodiments, the user equipment may implement a frequency offset between the received signal and an interfering signal associated with the noise level tolerance that is scaled based at least on a channel bandwidth associated with the desired signal. Moreover, the user equipment may scale the noise level tolerance based on the frequency offset.
US12231221B1
Methods, systems, and apparatuses are provided for Uplink (UL) synchronization handling for satellite switching in a wireless communication system. As such, a User Equipment (UE) can handle UL synchronization for satellite switching, thereby avoiding reducing transmission efficiency. The UE can also handle resources and/or configurations properly during satellite switching. A method for a UE comprises receiving, from an upper layer, an indication of an uplink synchronization loss, and in response to receiving the indication of the uplink synchronization loss: not performing uplink transmission on a serving cell, and determining whether to flush one or more Hybrid Automatic Repeat Request (HARQ) buffers based on whether the uplink synchronization loss is due to a satellite switch.
US12231218B2
An interference suppression method and an interference suppression apparatus for air-to-ground (ATG) communications are provided. The method includes: determining first information, wherein the first information is used for one or more of the following: adjusting a maximum transmit power level of an ATG terminal; adjusting an output power value of the ATG terminal; adjusting an antenna gain of the ATG terminal; adjusting an antenna direction of the ATG terminal; determining a type of a terminal that is allowed to access an ATG base station.
US12231216B2
An in-home relay device according to various embodiments may comprise: a housing; an antenna provided in the housing; an antenna alignment unit including a motor and/or circuitry for changing the position of the antenna so as to change the radiation direction of the antenna; a processor operatively connected to the antenna and the antenna alignment unit; and a communication unit including communication circuitry electrically connected to the processor and configured to wirelessly connect to external electronic devices, wherein the processor may be configured to: control the antenna alignment unit based on the quality of signals transmitted or received through the antenna to secure a line of sight (LOS) between the antenna and a repeater.
US12231215B2
Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, a digital repeater may receive, from a control node, a configuration that indicates a digital processing operation, wherein the digital processing operation comprises a digital processing option selected from a plurality of digital processing options. The digital repeater may receive a first signal. The digital repeater may perform the digital processing operation on the first signal to generate a second signal, wherein the second signal comprises a re-generated version of the first signal. The digital repeater may transmit the second signal. Numerous other aspects are provided.
US12231213B2
Provided is a control device comprising an information obtaining portion configured to obtain a type of a cell of which a wireless relay device is within range, the wireless relay device being within range of the cell of a radio base station and for relaying communication between the radio base station or a communication terminal, or to obtain a communication allowance of communication between the radio base station and the wireless relay device; and a determination portion configured to determine, based on the type of the cell and the communication allowance obtained by the information obtaining portion, a number of connectable terminals indicating a number of communication terminals that are connectable with the wireless relay device, or a number of available resources indicating a number of wireless resources that are available to use for communication between the wireless relay device and the communication terminal.
US12231212B2
Embodiments of this application provide an information transmission method and a device. The method includes: receiving a response message to a beam failure recovery request from a network device; determining, based on a first beam indicated in the beam failure recovery request, target beam information; and transmitting, within a first predetermined time period, first information by using the target beam information; where a start point of the predetermined time period is: a time at which UE receives the response message, or a time after a first duration following reception of the response message by the UE, and the first duration is associated with a target subcarrier spacing.
US12231210B2
A weak signal detection device for detecting a weak signal appearing intermittently with a level that is less than or equal to internal noise of a radio frequency (RF) receiving part may comprise: a cross-correlation spectrum processing part configured to generate a cross-correlation spectrum using a correlation between RF receiving channels; and a waveform combiner configured to generate an output spectrum having a spectrum persistent function by assigning weight values to a current waveform and a previous waveform of the cross-correlation spectrum.
US12231209B2
Some embodiments of this disclosure include systems, apparatuses, methods, and computer-readable media for use in a wireless network for configuring and implementing secondary cell beam failure recovery procedures. For example, some embodiments are directed to a user equipment (UE) that includes radio front end circuitry and processor circuitry coupled to the radio front end circuitry. The processor circuitry can be configured to detect that a first beam associated with a secondary cell (SCell) is misaligned. The first beam is associated with a first reference signal (RS). The processor circuitry can further be configured to configure a beam failure recovery (BFR) procedure for the SCell and perform the BFR procedure to replace the first beam with a second beam, wherein the second beam is associated with the SCell.
US12231195B2
A precoding process is performed on a first baseband signal and a second baseband signal to generate a first precoding signal and a second precoding signal. A pilot signal is inserted into the first precoding signal and phase change is performed on the second precoding signal. A pilot signal is inserted into the phase changed second precoding signal, and phase change is further performed on the phase-changed second precoding signal with the pilot signal inserted.
US12231194B2
An operation method of a CP operating in an ultra-dense cooperative transmission network may include: obtaining a large-scale propagation gain (LPG) matrix representing channel gains between M access points (APs) and K user terminals, M being a natural number greater than or equal to 1, and K being a natural number greater than or equal to 1; obtaining information on a required power consumption; and transmitting, to at least part of the M APs, a control message indicating the at least part of the M APs to perform a control operation for reducing power consumption of the ultra-dense cooperative transmission network based on the required power consumption and the LPG matrix.
US12231192B2
According to various embodiments, a method of operating a network may include transmitting to a first user equipment (UE) connected to the network, at least one transmission signal for downlink traffic corresponding to the first UE based on a first direction, transmitting a plurality of synchronization signal blocks (SSBs) configured by the network, based on a plurality of directions corresponding respectively to the plurality of SSBs, and identifying a degree of overlap between each of the plurality of directions corresponding respectively to the plurality of SSBs and the first direction.
US12231186B2
A method includes a gateway node that obtains a data transmission parameter between a first-level node and each node in a first node set, where the first-level node is located on a first-level power distribution device in a power distribution grid, and the first node set includes a node located on a power distribution device at another level in the power distribution grid other than the first-level power distribution device; determines a second-level node directly coupled to the first-level node from the first node set based on the data transmission parameter between the first-level node and each node in the first node set; and generates a physical network topology of the power distribution grid.
US12231182B2
Methods, systems, and storage media are described for radio link monitoring (RLM) for new radio (NR). Other embodiments may be described and/or claimed.
US12231173B2
The symbol determination device generates the plurality of estimated reception symbol sequences on the basis of the estimated transfer function of the transmission line represented by the tap gain value applied to each tap of the nonlinear filter including the plurality of taps and the plurality of candidate symbol sequences, determines the transmission symbol by the maximum likelihood sequence estimation on the basis of the determination target reception symbol sequence obtained from the reception signal sequence and each of the plurality of estimated reception symbol sequences, identifies the estimated transmission symbol corresponding to the determination target reception symbol sequence, calculates the new tap gain values on the basis of the determination target reception symbol sequence and the identified estimated transmission symbol sequence, updates the estimated transfer function by applying the calculated tap gain values to the taps of the transmission line estimation unit, and selects the tap to be used on the basis of the magnitude of the calculated new tap gain value and the predetermined tap gain threshold value.
US12231165B2
Provided is a device, which is a transmission device that can improve performance, that includes: a light source; and a transmitter that generates a modulated signal based on an input signal and transmits the modulated signal from the light source as visible light by changing a luminance of the light source in accordance with the modulated signal. The transmitter includes, in the modulated signal, a plurality of items of information related to service set identifiers (SSIDs) of a plurality of mutually different access points in a wireless local area network (LAN), and transmits the modulated signal from the light source.
US12231163B2
Systems and methods for optical fiber characterization using a nonlinear measurement of shaped Amplified Spontaneous Emission (ASE) transmitted over the optical fiber are provided. A method includes receiving an ASE signal on an optical fiber, wherein the ASE signal is transmitted from an ASE source connected to the optical fiber and the ASE signal includes a spectral shape at an input of the optical fiber; measuring a broadened spectral shape of the received ASE signal where the broadened spectral shape is different from the spectral shape at the input and broadened due to propagation of the ASE signal over the optical fiber; and determining one or more parameters of the optical fiber based on the broadened spectral shape of the received ASE signal.
US12231159B2
A radio-frequency module includes a mounting substrate including a ground electrode layer formed by a planar wiring pattern; multiple ground terminals, which are multiple external connection terminals that are arranged on a first main surface of the mounting substrate and that are set to ground potential; and a first radio-frequency component (for example, a reception filter and/or a low noise amplifier) mounted on the first main surface. The multiple ground terminals are arranged at an outer periphery side of the first main surface with respect to the first radio-frequency component and are connected to the ground electrode layer. In a plan view of the mounting substrate, at least part of the first radio-frequency component is overlapped with the ground electrode layer.
US12231158B2
According to various embodiments of the present invention, an electronic device may comprise: a housing comprising a first surface, a second surface, and a side surface surrounding the space between the first surface and the second surface; and a display provided in the space and exposed via the first surface. At least one of the first surface, the second surface, and the side surface may comprise: a metal alloy including at least one pore in the surface; a metal member occupying at least a portion of the inner space of the at least one pore; and an oxidation film which contacts the metal member and at least a portion of the metal alloy.
US12231155B2
A method includes adjusting a peaking frequency of a receiver signal path of a first integrated circuit die of the isolator product and a gain of the receiver signal path based on a predetermined peaking frequency, a predetermined gain, a first level of a diagnostic signal during a first interval, and a second level of the diagnostic signal during a second interval. The first interval and the second interval can be non-overlapping intervals.
US12231144B2
An analog-to-digital converter (ADC) and an operation method thereof are provided. The ADC includes: a comparator which compares a signal input through a first input terminal and a signal input through a second input terminal, and outputs an output value according to the comparison result. A successive approximation register receives the output value of the comparator, sets digital signal values from a most significant bit to a least significant bit, and outputs the digital signal values. A digital-to-analog converter receives the digital signal values, and converts it into an analog signal based on a reference voltage Vref, and outputs it to the second input terminal. A noise component is added to the input signal and to the analog signal Vdac′.
US12231134B2
A circuit and corresponding method control cycle time of an output clock used to clock at least one other circuit. The circuit comprises an agile ring oscillator (ARO) and ARO controller. The ARO includes at least one instance of a first ring oscillator (RO) and second RO that generate high and low phases, respectively, of cycles of the output clock. The ARO controller controls durations of the high and low phases, independently, via first and second control words output to the ARO, respectively. In a present cycle of the output clock, the ARO controller effects a change to the high or low phase, or a combination thereof, in a next cycle of the output clock by updating the first or second control word, or a combination thereof, based on an indication of expected usage of the at least one other circuit in the next cycle. The change improves a performance-to-power ratio of the at least one other circuit.
US12231133B2
A time-to-digital converter (TDC) circuit includes self-referenced delay cell circuits each including: a first inverter coupled with a second inverter, the first inverter receiving a positive time signal representative of an incoming up signal; a third inverter coupled with a fourth inverter, the third inverter receiving a negative time signal representative of an incoming down signal; a first bank of capacitors coupled to a first node between the first/second inverters; and a second bank of capacitors coupled to a second node between the third/fourth inverters. Control logic generates first control signals, each with an up value, to selectively control the first bank of capacitors. Control logic generates second control signals, each with a down value, to selectively control the second bank of capacitors. The up values vary relative to the down values across the first control signals and the second control signals.
US12231124B2
Embodiments of the present invention relate to an architecture that uses hierarchical statistically multiplexed counters to extend counter life by orders of magnitude. Each level includes statistically multiplexed counters. The statistically multiplexed counters includes P base counters and S subcounters, wherein the S subcounters are dynamically concatenated with the P base counters. When a row overflow in a level occurs, counters in a next level above are used to extend counter life. The hierarchical statistically multiplexed counters can be used with an overflow FIFO to further extend counter life.
US12231120B1
A disclosed method for improving latency or power consumption may include (i) receiving, at a power-state processing circuit, a power-state signal indicating whether a processing unit is entering a low-power-state, (ii) transmitting, in response to the power-state signal indicating that the processing unit is entering the low-power-state, a control signal from the power-state processing circuit to a latching circuit, and (iii) storing, by the latching circuit and in response to the control signal, a state of an input/output pad that is coupled to the processing unit. Various other apparatuses, systems, and methods are also disclosed.
US12231116B1
A digital Power on Reset (POR) circuit includes N counters; N comparators each connected to an output of a corresponding counter of the N counters to compare with a corresponding specific value, N is an integer greater than or equal to 1; and a comparison block connected to an output of each of the N comparators and configured to output a reset signal based on the output of each of the N comparators. The digital POR circuit utilizes a complete digital design, enabling efficient integration with a processing circuit. The digital POR circuit can utilize the same libraries, cells, etc. as other digital components in the processing circuit, and can be tested with other digital components in the processing circuit.
US12231114B2
Implementing a series gate resistor in a switching circuit results in several performance improvements. Few examples are better insertion loss, lower breakdown voltage requirements and a lower frequency corner. These benefits come at the expense of a slower switching time. Methods and devices offering solutions to this problem are described. Using a concept of bypassing the series gate resistor during transition time, a fast switching time can be achieved while the above-mentioned performance improvements are maintained.
US12231113B2
Acoustic resonator devices, filter devices, and methods of fabrication are disclosed. An acoustic resonator includes a substrate having a surface and a single-crystal piezoelectric plate having front and back surfaces. The back surface is 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 (IDT) is formed on the front surface of the single-crystal piezoelectric plate such that interleaved fingers of the IDT are disposed on the diaphragm. The IDT is configured to excite a primary acoustic mode in the diaphragm in response to a radio frequency signal applied to the IDT. The interleaved fingers extend at an oblique angle to an Z crystalline axis of the piezoelectric plate.
US12231103B2
An electronic circuit includes a band-pass filter, and at least one first circuit. The band-pass filter includes a plurality of filter resonators. Two adjacent filter resonators included in the filter resonators are mutually couplable. The first circuit includes a first qubit and a first readout resonator. The first readout resonator is couplable with the first qubit and one of the filter resonators. A passband of the band-pass filter includes a first passband and a second passband. A magnitude of a first ripple of the first passband is not more than 1/10 of a magnitude of a second ripple of the second passband.
US12231099B2
Composite cascode power amplifiers for envelope tracking applications are provided herein. In certain embodiments, an envelope tracking system includes a composite cascode power amplifier that amplifies a radio frequency (RF) signal and that receives power from a power amplifier supply voltage, and an envelope tracker that generates the power amplifier supply voltage based on an envelope of the RF signal. The composite cascode power amplifier includes an enhancement mode (E-MODE) field-effect transistor (FET) for amplifying the RF signal and a depletion mode (D-MODE) FET in cascode with the E-MODE FET.
US12231091B1
The present disclosure is directed to low noise amplifiers built as a monolithic millimeter or microwave integrated circuit (MMIC) that includes an amplification stage with two or more field effect transistors (FETS) connected in a parallel configuration. An amplifier may include two, three, or more amplification stages. Amplifiers consistent with the present disclosure may operate at frequencies in the range of 3 gigahertz (GHz) to 9 GHz. Each transistor or amplification stage may include their own series feedback element. A second amplification stage may include two parallel transistors, with one having a series feedback element and a feedback shunt spanning the second stage. A third stage may include a single transistor. Each of the transistors connected in a parallel configuration may be tuned to a different corner frequency in order to improve metrics of noise figure, gain, input return loss, and output return loss not possible with conventional amplifier designs.
US12231090B2
Described herein is a reconfigurable asymmetrical load-modulated balanced amplifier. The reconfigurable asymmetrical load-modulated balanced amplifier can include a radio frequency (RF) input port, an RF output port, a peaking amplifier circuit operably coupled between the RF input and RF output ports, where the peaking amplifier circuit is a balanced amplifier that comprises a pair of asymmetrical power amplifiers, and a carrier amplifier circuit operably coupled to the RF input port.
US12231087B2
A transistor stack can include a combination of floating and body tied devices. Improved performance of the RF amplifier can be obtained by using a single body tied device as the input transistor of the stack, or as the output transistor of the stack, while other transistors of the stack are floating transistors. Transient response of the RF amplifier can be improved by using all body tied devices in the stack.
US12231085B2
A water producing system for a photovoltaic panel may include a moisture collection layer, a liquid transfer mat, and a moisture collection substrate. The moisture collection layer may collect moisture from condensation and direct moisture away from the photovoltaic panel. The liquid transfer mat may include a plurality of tubes through which a chilled heat transfer liquid passes. The moisture collection substrate may include a thermally conductive material. The chilled heat transfer liquid within the liquid transfer mat may absorb heat from the photovoltaic panel and from ambient air through the moisture collection substrate, thereby reducing a temperature of the photovoltaic panel and condensing water on the moisture collection substrate to produce water.
US12231084B2
The present disclosure provides a system for generating electricity. The system comprises at least two photovoltaic modules each having at least one photovoltaic element. Each photovoltaic module has ends and each end has an electrical coupling portion that is electrically coupled to the at least one photovoltaic cell. Each photovoltaic module is configured to be positioned in use near a perimeter of a panel that is at least partially transmissive for visible light. The system further comprises an electrical connector configured to electrically couple to the electrical coupling portions of adjacent photovoltaic modules.
US12231077B2
Disclosed is a rotation apparatus of a pole system for photovoltaic power generation, the rotation apparatus comprising: a first tubular body connected to a solar panel array; a second tubular body coupled to a lower portion of the first tubular body and fixed on the upper end of a pole; a gear unit for transferring rotating force to the first tubular body; a driving motor for providing the gear unit with the rotating force; and a contact part of at least 3-points of contact, which is installed on coupling portions of the first tubular body and the second tubular body and maintains a contact state during the relative rotation of the first and second tubular bodies to transfer the power or a signal.
US12231074B2
The present disclosure provides a control method and control apparatus for a voltage source-type wind turbine. The control method comprises: performing a proportional-integral-derivative operation on a deviation between a DC bus voltage measurement value and DC bus voltage reference value of a wind turbine to obtain an active power deviation; determining a virtual angular frequency deviation on the basis of the active power deviation; determining a virtual internal potential phase on the basis of the virtual angular frequency deviation; obtaining a d-axis virtual impedance output and an q-axis virtual impedance output by means of inputting a grid-connected current in a dq coordinate system to a virtual impedance module; on the basis of the virtual angular frequency deviation, a reactive power setting value and reactive power measurement value of the wind turbine, a rated voltage amplitude of a grid, the d-axis virtual impedance output and the q-axis virtual impedance output, determining a d-axis component and q-axis component of a modulation voltage; and controlling an injection voltage of a grid-connected point of the wind turbine according to the virtual internal potential phase and the d-axis component and q-axis component of the modulation voltage.
US12231073B2
A propulsion channel for aircraft at least one first dual-fed polyphase asynchronous rotating electric machine configured to be mechanically coupled to a turbine engine. The propulsion channel further includes at least one second polyphase rotating electric machine electrically coupled to the first asynchronous rotating electric machine, and a control and storage module configured to control the first polyphase asynchronous rotating electric machine. The module is connected to the first dual-feed polyphase asynchronous rotating electric machine as well as to the at least second polyphase rotating electric machine. The at least second polyphase rotating electric machine includes a polyphase synchronous rotating electric machine with permanent magnet.
US12231070B2
A method performed by a controller of an electric motor, including generating control parameters, the step of generating control parameters selected from: inputting a given reference torque (Tref) and a speed command to a torque generation lookup table (LUT) such that the step of generating the control parameters includes the torque generation lookup table at the given reference torque and the speed command; or utilizing an analytical model that includes one or more analytical equations or one or more functions; inputting the control parameters to a DC-link current ripple, torque ripple, and radial force ripple minimization lookup table; inputting position to the DC-link current ripple, torque ripple, and radial force ripple minimization lookup table; generating a reference current profile from the DC-link current ripple, torque ripple, and radial force ripple minimization lookup table; and inputting the reference current profile to the electric motor. Additional methods are disclosed.
US12231068B2
A control device controls a multi-phase rotating machine having two multi-phase winding sets of two systems and outputting a torque to a common output shaft. The control device includes: two electric power converters individually connected to two power supplies and supplying an AC electric power to the multi-phase winding sets; and a control unit. The power supplies includes a charge side power supply and a discharge side power supply. The control unit energizes a charge side system and a discharge side system with reciprocal currents, and executes a charge operation from the discharge side power supply to the charge side power supply via the multi-phase rotating machine.
US12231058B2
A power conversion apparatus and a control method for a power conversion apparatus to reduce an amplitude of an output voltage of a converter when a grid is recovered from a fault, to ensure device safety. The power conversion apparatus includes a controller and a converter, and the controller is connected to the converter. The controller is configured to: after the output voltage of the converter is less than a first threshold, when the output voltage of the converter rises to be greater than a second threshold, reduce an active current output by the converter to a first current value, and reduce a reactive current output by the converter to a second current value, where the second threshold is greater than the first threshold.
US12231057B2
A power conversion apparatus includes a filter capacitor to be charged with electric power fed from a main power source, and a power converter to convert electric power fed via the filter capacitor and feed the converted electric power to a load. The power conversion apparatus further includes a power-source contactor to electrically connect the filter capacitor and the power converter to the main power source or electrically disconnect the filter capacitor and the power converter from the main power source, and a discharging circuit connected in parallel to the filter capacitor. The power conversion apparatus also includes a discharge control circuit to close a discharging contactor included in the discharging circuit after opening of the power-source contactor, and thereby cause the filter capacitor to be discharged.
US12231038B2
A power conversion device includes: a transformer in which power supply to a primary winding by an inverter circuit is performed; a rectifier circuit to rectify alternating voltage generated in a secondary winding of the transformer with rectifier elements; a smoothing reactor to smooth the rectified voltage; a first main circuit line which connects the smoothing reactor and an output end; a second main circuit line which connects the rectifier circuit and the output end; and a smoothing capacitor connected between the first main circuit line and the second main circuit line. An upper surface of the first main circuit line on which the smoothing capacitor is mounted and an upper surface of the second main circuit line on which the smoothing capacitor is mounted are provided on an identical plane. The rectifier element is connected to the upper surface of the second main circuit line.
US12231033B2
A gate drive circuit of a wide band gap power device (IGBT) includes a buffer, a di/dt sensing network, a turn-on circuit portion and turn-off circuit portion. The buffer, responsive to turn-on, supplies a first current via the first current path to the gate of the IGBT, and responsive to turn-off ceases the supply of the first current. The di/dt sensing network receives a feedback control signal representative of a voltage measurement across a parasitic inductance that exists between a Kelvin emitter and a power emitter of the IGBT. The turn-on circuit portion, responsive to turn-on and a parasitic inductance of zero volts, supplies a second current via a second current path to the gate of the IGBT. The turn-off circuit portion, responsive to turn-off and a parasitic inductance of zero volts, discharges a gate capacitance of the IGBT through both the first current path and a third current path.
US12231029B2
A soft switching sub-circuit forming part of or for use with a circuit. The soft switching sub-circuit comprises a bridge switching circuit. The soft switching sub-circuit is configured and operable to provide a varying current output that tracks output current from the bridge switching circuit to create a substantially zero current through at least one switch component of the bridge switching circuit to enable soft switching.
US12231026B2
A stator for a rotating electrical machine is disclosed, the stator comprising a stack of stator laminations (20) forming a stator core (48; 60; 74; 80; 82). A lamination (20) comprises a plurality of cooling fins (28) arranged in at least one group of at least two fins. The cooling fins in a group are connected by a peripheral connecting member (30). The laminations are arranged in packs of at least one lamination. A group of fins (28) in one pack of laminations lies circumferentially between two adjacent groups of fins in an adjacent pack of laminations. A cooling fin (28) in one pack of laminations is interposed between two cooling fins in a group of cooling fins in another non-adjacent pack of laminations. This can allow a good thermal performance to be achieved while at the same time providing good mechanical strength and being cost effective to manufacture.
US12231020B2
The present invention relates to a superconducting electric machine (1) comprising an inductor (3) having: —superconducting pellets (7) circumferentially distributed about an axis (X) of the electric machine (1), —an armature (2) comprising coils (5), each coil (5) having a circumferential radially inner edge (10) and a circumferential radially outer edge (9), and—at least one flow barrier (12, 12′) extending circumferentially with respect to the axis (X), each flow barrier (12) extending between the superconducting pellets (7) and the armature (2) so as to at least partially cover at least one of the radially outer edge (9) and the radially inner edge (10) of all or part of the coils (5) of the armature (2).
US12231012B2
A stator (10) for an axial flux electrical machine (100), an axial flux machine (100) that includes the stator (10), and a method (500) of manufacturing a stator (10) are provided. The conductive coils (12) which form the stator (10) provide a structure which includes spaces (131a, 131b, 131c, 132a, 132b) for flux guides (30), which improves ease of stator manufacture. It also allows for a high number of slots per pole per phase, which provides a more sinusoidal back-EMF. The stator (10) comprises a plurality of circumferentially distributed conductive coils (12), each of the plurality of conductive coils configured to be connected to a phase of a multi-phase power supply and comprising at least one pair of active sections (121a, 121b), wherein each active section (121a, 121b) extends in a generally radial direction substantially perpendicular to an axis of rotation of the electrical machine (100), wherein the generally radially extending active sections (121a, 121b) of each pair are pitched apart in a circumferential direction, and wherein circumferentially adjacent conductive coils (12) circumferentially overlap to define a space of a first type (131a, 131b, 131c) for receiving a flux guide (30), each space of the first type (131a, 131b, 131c) being a circumferential space between two adjacent active sections of two different coils.
US12231009B2
To prevent varnish from adhering to an adhesion prohibited area while satisfying required performance for varnish. A method for manufacturing a stator of a rotating electric machine in which a coil is wound around a stator core, the method includes: a first varnish process of forming a first varnish portion by dropping varnish at a coil disposed on an outermost circumference or an innermost circumference of a coil end portion where the coil protrudes from the stator core and positioned close to the stator core; and a second varnish process of forming a second varnish portion to provide a non-existence region where varnish is not applied between the first varnish portion and the second varnish portion by dropping varnish at a position farther from the stator core than a position in the first varnish process.
US12231006B2
A drive control device for electric vehicle includes a motor part, and a converter part that controls driving of the motor part. The motor part includes a motor frame made of metal and accommodating a stator and a rotor. The motor part has an outer circumferential face. The converter part is disposed around the motor frame. The converter part includes a semiconductor module including a semiconductor element. The semiconductor module is directly or thermally in contact with the outer circumferential face of the motor frame.
US12231002B2
A motor cooling structure, including: branch flow-channels, shell flow-channels, end cover flow-channels, a liquid inlet and a liquid outlet. A plurality of the branch flow-channels are circumferentially arranged on a stator of a motor around an axis of the motor. The shell flow-channels includes a liquid inlet flow-channel, a plurality of shell long flow-channels and a liquid outlet flow-channel, which are circumferentially arranged on a reducer shell around the axis of the motor. The end cover flow-channels includes a plurality of the end-cover long flow-channels are circumferentially arranged on a motor end cover around the axis of the motor. The shell flow-channels, the plurality of branch flow-channels and the end cover flow-channels form a continuous total flow-channel. The liquid inlet and liquid outlet both disposed on the reducer shell are in communication with the liquid inlet flow-channel and liquid outlet flow-channel, respectively.
US12231001B2
First-fourth slots may be provided in an inner circumferential surface of a stator core. A coil may include first-third segments conductor. Each of the conductors may include a U-shape. The first segment conductor may be inserted in the first slot and the second slot in a state where a coupling portion of the first segment conductor is located at a position facing a first end surface. The second segment conductor may be inserted in the second slot and the third slot in a state where a coupling portion of the second segment conductor may be located at a position facing a second end surface. The third segment conductor may be inserted in the third slot and the fourth slot in a state where a coupling portion of the third segment conductor may be located at a position facing the first end surface.
US12231000B2
A stator for an electric machine includes a core and a multi-phase winding arrangement positioned on the core. Each phase of the winding arrangement includes a plurality of parallel paths defining a plurality of poles for the electric machine. Each parallel path includes a plurality of coils positioned on the core, each coil defined by coil legs and end turns. The coil legs include left legs and right legs extending through the slots of the core. The left legs and right legs of each coil are connected by first end turns at one end of the core and second end turns at an opposite end of the core. Each pole of the electric machine is associated with a pole slot set comprised of multiple slots on the stator core. For each pole slot set, legs for each parallel path extend through one of the slots of said pole slot set.
US12230999B2
An approach for providing an auxiliary arrangement for a LED tube lamp that adapts a DC voltage for a monitoring circuit of the LED tube lamp. In particular, a modulation circuit of the auxiliary arrangement modulates a DC supply voltage, for the LED tube lamp, to simulate one or more characteristics of an alternating mains supply voltage for which the LED tube lamp is adapted. Preferably the at least one electrical characteristic comprises one or more electrical characteristics configured to designed to be detected by a monitoring circuit of the LED tube lamp operating in a safety detection mode, to allow the monitoring circuit to start a safety detection using the DC supply voltage.
US12230998B2
The application relates to a high power uninterruptible power supply connected to a stationary electric system. The high power uninterruptible power supply includes an electric cabinet includes a battery string with a controllable current path therethrough including at least one battery module. A first output electrically connected to a first end of the battery string and which is connectable to a first load of the stationary electric system. A second output electrically connected to the battery string so as to facilitate supplying a load with the voltage of at least one battery module. A string controller configured for controlling the current path through the battery string and thereby the voltage level of at least one of the first and second uninterruptible power supply output.
US12230982B2
An apparatus includes a battery pack with N battery bricks, each with a DC output voltage. The output of each brick is connected in series providing a bus voltage. Each brick includes battery power modules (“BPMs”) connected in parallel and each connected to a battery cell. Each BPM charges/discharges the connected battery cell. Each brick has a battery brick controller that provides a control signal to each brick's BPMs. A control signal of a BPM is derived from a BPM error signal that includes a battery cell current of the battery cell of BPM subtracted from a summation of an average current signal, a local droop current and a balancing current. The balancing current is based on a current SOC of the battery cell connected to the BPM and a desired SOC for the battery cell connected to the BPM. A BMS derives the balancing current for the BPMs.
US12230980B1
A wireless power system can include a wireless power transmitter and a wireless power receiver. The transmitter can include a transmit coil, an inverter, and inverter control circuitry that can operate one or more switching devices of the inverter to communicate information to the receiver by controlling a delay between receipt of the burst request pulse and initiating operation of the inverter and/or controlling a polarity of a first pulse of the inverter. The receiver can include a receive coil magnetically coupled to the transmit coil, a rectifier, and rectifier control circuitry that initiates a burst request pulse to initiate operation of a transmitter. The rectifier control circuitry can operate one or more switching devices of the rectifier to communicate information to the transmitter by at least one of short circuiting an LC tank including the receive coil or controlling a polarity of the burst request pulse.
US12230979B2
A method of controlling a power transmitter, the method including entering a negation phase with a power receiver including receiving a foreign object detection status packet from the power receiver, detecting whether a foreign object is present based on the foreign object detection status packet, and transmitting a NACK response to the power receiver indicating the power transmitter has detected the foreign object is present or transmitting an ACK response to the power receiver indicating the power transmitter has detected the foreign object is not present; and entering a power transfer phase including transmitting a first power to the power receiver in response to the transmitted NACK response and again detecting whether the foreign object is present while transmitting the first power, and transmitting a second power greater than the first power in response to the transmitted ACK response.
US12230973B2
A wireless power transmitter includes a charging coil, an electronics housing, and a top side. The charging coil housing houses a charging coil and includes a top surface, wherein the charging coil wirelessly transmits power to a receiver placed on the top surface of the charging coil housing. The electronics housing houses one or more electronics and a fan. The top side is located adjacent to the electronics housing, wherein a top surface of the top side faces a bottom surface of the receiver. An intake cooling path is defined by a region between the bottom surface of the receiver and the top surface of the top side and an exhaust cooling path is located on a side of the charging coil housing opposite the intake cooling path and defined by a region between the receiver and the top surface of the top side.
US12230972B2
A method for transferring, by a wireless power transmitter, wireless power, the method including performing digital ping in a ping phase; receiving a configuration packet of a wireless power receiver in a configuration phase after the ping phase; performing a negotiation of a power transfer contract in a negotiation phase after the configuration phase; and transferring the wireless power to the power receiver based on the power transfer contract in a power transfer phase after the negotiation phase, wherein the configuration packet includes a negotiation field, wherein the negotiation field related to whether the negotiation phase is supported is composed of 1 bit, wherein the configuration packet includes a out-of-band field, wherein the out-of-band field is composed of 1 bit, and wherein, based on the out-of-band field having a value of 1, the out-of-band field indicates that the wireless power receiver supports out-of-band communication, and based on the out-of-band field having a value of 0, the out-of-band field indicates that the wireless power receiver does not support the out-of-band communication.
US12230968B2
A power system may comprise a power system controller and a power storage. The power system controller may comprise a first pair of power terminals, a second pair of power terminals, at least one switch, and a central controller coupled to the at least one switch. The power storage may comprise storage power terminals connected to the first pair of power terminals. The second pair of power terminals may be coupled to a power source. The power system controller may be configured to control the switch to connect and disconnect the second pair of power terminals. The power system controller may be configured to receive power from the power storage during a process of connecting and disconnecting the second pair of power terminals.
US12230967B2
A method for energy management in a mobile medical unit, including: using a microgrid assessment tool to capture both granular load profiles and power quality data for a mobile medical unit powered by a microgrid; modeling a plurality of scenarios, using the data captured by the microgrid assessment tool to determine hybrid power system optimization; and supplying power to the mobile medical unit from one or more of a plurality of energy sources in the hybrid microgrid based on the optimization results. The plurality of energy sources includes at least one renewable energy source and at least one non-renewable energy source. A mobile medical system that includes a mobile medical unit and a hybrid microgrid configured to provide power to the mobile medical unit. The hybrid microgrid includes a measurement, verification, and control module, at least one renewable energy source, at least one energy storage device, and a generator.
US12230962B2
The embodiments of the present disclosure provide methods and systems for power-supply management in a smart urban based on Internet of things (IoT), performed by an urban power-supply management platform. The method includes obtaining a first power-generation data by a sensor network platform; wherein the first power-generation data is determined by summarizing second power-generation data, and the second power-generation data is residential self-power-generation data; determining a power-supply prediction based on first power-generation data and environmental data; and sending the power-supply prediction to the power-supply company.
US12230961B2
A power control device for controlling an electrical load. The system includes decision logic to implement a local response responsive to events currently occurring in a power grid. The power control device includes a user interface allowing programming the response to the grid imbalance to adapt that response to the particular application in which the load operates.
US12230945B2
The invention relates to an energy chain for receiving and guiding cables, having pivotal chain links which adjoin one another in the longitudinal direction and each of which has cross members and comprises two side pieces lying opposite each other in a direction (q) transverse to the longitudinal direction (I), wherein the energy chain (5) includes a plurality of sections, each of which is designed in the form of two strand (7, 8) that are connected together by a deflecting region (6) extending about a deflecting arc. The energy chain can be moved about the deflecting arc, and each deflecting region (6) of the plurality of sections is guided on the inner face and the outer face thereof through guide elements (10) extending in an arc-shaped manner about the respective axis of the deflecting arc.
US12230943B2
A stripping device for rapid midpoint stripping of an outer cladding layer of a cable includes a handle, a cutter disposed on the handle, a pressing assembly, and a scraper assembly. The pressing assembly includes a first bracket and a pressing part. The first bracket is disposed on the handle. The pressing part is slidably arranged on the first bracket and opposite to the cutter. The scraper assembly includes a second bracket disposed on the handle and a scraper disposed on the second bracket. The stripping device has advantages of simple operation, high stripping efficiency, and good safety.
US12230940B2
A laser module comprises a plurality of laser submodules with a respective plurality of lasers. Each laser submodule has a driver IC. Each driver IC controls several lasers. The driver ICs of the laser module can use the received signals of photodetectors to homogenize and readjust the real emission amplitude of the laser pulses for all lasers of the laser module and regulate the emission point in time of the respective real laser pulses to a synchronization signal. The driver IC can detect a failure of a laser by the photodetector belonging to it and output an error signal. The lasers directly coupled with the photodetectors in a compact design.
US12230927B2
A cable gland includes a hub body having a first end configured for attachment to a structure and a second end opposite the first end. The hub body defines an internal passage. A gland nut is configured for attachment to the second end of the hub body to secure a cable in the cable gland. The gland nut defines an internal passage such that the internal passage of the gland nut communicates with the internal passage of the hub body when the gland nut is attached to the hub body. A torque sensor module is mounted to one of the hub body and the gland nut and configured for measuring and indicating a component of an applied torque as a result of attaching the gland nut to the hub body when securing the cable in the cable gland.
US12230925B2
A high-speed connector includes an insulating housing, and at least one terminal assembly disposed in the insulating housing. The at least one terminal assembly includes a base body, a plurality of terminals fastened to the base body, and a metal block. A surface of the base body is recessed inward to form a fastening groove. The plurality of the terminals include a plurality of grounding terminals and differential signal terminals. Each of the plurality of the grounding terminals and the differential signal terminals has a fastening portion. The fastening portions of at least several of the plurality of the grounding terminals and the differential signal terminals are exposed to the fastening groove. The metal block is fastened in the fastening groove. The fastening portions of the grounding terminals which are exposed to the fastening groove are electrically connected with the metal block to form a grounding structure.
US12230922B2
An electrical header for use in an electrical connector assembly includes a body adapted to mount to an object and having an opening formed therethrough for receiving an electrical terminal. The body further defines a plug on a first side thereof and adapted to engage with a mating electrical connector of the assembly. The plug includes a pair of first opposing sidewalls extending from the body and defining a locking feature adapted to engage with a corresponding locking feature of the mating connector, and a pair of second opposing sidewalls extending from the body and defining a keying feature. The first and second pairs of opposing sidewalls are adapted to mate with a first mating connector oriented in a first direction, and mate with a second mating connector oriented in a second direction distinct from the first direction.
US12230921B2
A 4.3/10 coaxial connector configured to receive a mating 4.3/10 connector includes: an inner contact; a dielectric spacer; and an outer contact, the dielectric spacer separating the inner contact and the outer contact. The outer contact includes an outer wall and a plurality of spring fingers, the spring fingers configured to deflect radially inwardly when the mating 4.3/10 connector is mated. The connector further comprises blocking structure that prevents mating of a Mini-Din connector.
US12230918B2
A rotatable puller for a plug, which comprises the handle body and the first rotary connection part and second rotary connection part. The first rotary connection part is mounted on the upper end of the male or female plug in a rotary manner, and the second rotary connection part is mounted on the lower end of the male or female plug in a rotary manner, thus the handle body is assembled with the male or female plug, and is capable of rotation in relation to the male or female plug. To pull out the male or female plug, turn the handle body to the rear side of the male or female plug, and the user can hold the handle body by hand, and apply a force to pull the rotatable puller, so as to pull out the male or female plug easily and quickly.
US12230916B2
A circuit board (62) is arranged in a receptacle (61). A housing (11, 12) having an accommodation space (21) is fit into the receptacle (61). A protecting member (14) is arranged movably to an initial position and a connection position in the housing (11, 12). A terminal fitting (13) includes a contact point portion (25) facing the accommodation space (21). The protecting member (14) includes a body portion (41) to be located on an opening side of the accommodation space (21) at the initial position and retracted from the opening side of the accommodation space (21) at the connection position, and a hooked portion (42) connected to an end part of the body (41). The receptacle (61) includes a hooking portion (64) on an inner surface for moving the protecting member (14) from the connection position to the initial position by hooking the hooked portion (42).
US12230913B2
To allow an electronic control unit to be replaced with good work efficiency and prevent foreign matter from entering a casing during maintenance work, the connector connection structure includes an internal connector positioned inside a casing, an external connector positioned outside the casing and an electronic control unit electrically connected between the external connector and the electronic control unit wherein the electronic control unit includes a main part that opposes an opening formed in the casing when the internal connector is connected thereto, and a first conductive connection portion and a second conductive connection portion provided on either end of the main part and configured to be connected to the internal connector and the external connector respectively, and a first seal member is provided on an outer periphery of the main part, the first seal member closing the opening when the external connector is not connected to the electronic control unit and the internal connector is connected to the electronic control unit.
US12230912B2
A liquid-tight fitting includes a connector, a seal, and a fastener member. The connector has a first and a second end, a shoulder located between the first and second ends, and a segment that extends from the shoulder to the first end. The segment has an outer surface. The seal has an inner surface in contact with the outer surface of the segment, an outer edge, and first and second seal ends joining the inner surface and the outer edge. The seal surrounds a portion of the segment such that the first seal end abuts against the shoulder. The fastener member is moveably secured to the first end of the connector, and has an end that engages the second seal end to cause the seal to compress between the shoulder and the fastener member. The seal member is adapted to deform toward the segment when compressed.
US12230907B2
A contact is accommodated in a contact accommodating portion of a second insulator, an end portion of an electric wire is accommodated in an opened electric-wire-end-portion accommodating portion of a projection of a first insulator, the projection is accommodated in a projection accommodating portion of a contact with a flexible conductor being sandwiched therebetween and such that the opened electric-wire-end-portion accommodating portion is opposed to an electric-wire connection piece of the contact, the electric wire extends from the electric-wire-end-portion accommodating portion and makes contact with an electric-wire contact portion of the electric-wire connection piece of the contact, and a part of the flexible conductor is sandwiched between an outer surface of the projection and a conductor contact piece of the contact and makes contact with the conductor contact piece of the contact, whereby the electric wire is electrically connected to the flexible conductor via the contact.
US12230900B1
The present invention provides an antenna assembly which includes a capacitively coupled array of two or more inverted-L antennas. According to a preferred embodiment, the antenna assembly preferably may include: a receive resonator, a transmit resonator and a coupled bar which capacitively feeds the resonators. The receive resonator is preferably formed as an inverted-L antenna and the transmit resonator is preferably formed as an inverted-L antenna.
US12230897B2
A circuit board assembly includes a connection circuit board, a near field communication antenna and solders. The connection circuit board includes circuit board pads. The near field communication antenna is attached to the connection circuit board, and the near field communication antenna includes: an antenna coil, antenna pads electrically connected to the antenna coil, and through holes penetrating the antenna pads and disposed opposite to the circuit board pads. The solders are connected to the circuit board pads through the through holes.
US12230868B2
The invention relates to a device (10) for inductive energy transmission into a human body (1) with a transmitter unit (23) having a transmission coil (25), wherein the transmission coil (25) has a coil winding (26). According to the invention, the carrier element (32) is a surface area-forming flexible structure that can be made to conform to a body contour, and the coil winding (26) of the transmission coil (25) is fixed to the carrier element (32).
US12230862B2
Provided is an antenna where low transmission loss and visibility are simultaneously achieved. The antenna includes: a transparent film substrate; an antenna element that is provided on one surface among two surfaces of the transparent film substrate; and a ground part that is provided on the other surface among the two surfaces of the transparent film substrate. The antenna element and the ground part are formed of a mesh pattern formed of a fine silver wire, and a line width of the fine wire is 1.0 μm or more and less than 5.0 μm. A thickness of the transparent film substrate is 30 μm or more and 300 μm or less.
US12230860B2
The present disclosure provides an antenna and a temperature control system of the antenna. The antenna includes a feed unit layer, a phase shifter layer, an amplifying circuit layer disposed between the feed unit layer and the phase shifter layer, and a temperature control unit layer disposed on a side of the amplifying circuit layer. The amplifying circuit is configured to amplify a microwave signal fed from the feed unit layer and transmit the microwave signal to the phase shifter layer; the phase shifter layer is configured to shift a phase of the microwave signal by a preset phase shift amount; and the temperature control unit layer is configured to adjust a temperature of the amplifying circuit layer to adjust an operating temperature of the antenna.
US12230858B2
A balun including first and second conductive tracks located vertically in line and at a distance from each other and having a same pattern.
US12230857B2
A radar device for limiting radio-frequency power leakage is provided. The radar device includes a first component, and a second component. The first component has a first surface and a first waveguide that defines a first cavity. The second component has a second surface and a second waveguide that defines a second cavity. A first groove is provided that acts as a choke, and the first groove is defined in the first surface. The first component and the second component are assembled so that an air gap is maintained between the first waveguide and the second waveguide. The first waveguide and the second waveguide are configured to facilitate transmission of radio-frequency power. The first groove is configured to reduce leakage of radio-frequency power through the air gap. Additional chokes may also be included.
US12230841B2
According to an embodiment, a battery includes an exterior container, a lid member, a plurality of electrode groups, a first lead, a second lead, and an electrode terminal. The lid member closes an opening of an inner cavity of the exterior container, and the plurality of electrode groups are stored in the inner cavity. A first current collecting tab protruding toward the lid member in a first electrode is joined with the first lead, and a second current collecting tab protruding toward the lid member in the second electrode different from the first electrode is joined with the second lead separate from the first lead. The first and second leads are together connected to the electrode terminal exposed on an outer surface of the lid member.
US12230837B2
The present invention relates to a separator for a lithium secondary battery, and a lithium secondary battery including the same. The separator includes a porous substrate, and a coating layer on at least one surface of the porous substrate, wherein the coating layer includes a binder including a (meth)acrylic copolymer including a first structural unit derived from (meth)acrylamide, and a second structural unit including at least one of a structural unit derived from (meth)acrylic acid or (meth)acrylate, and a structural unit derived from (meth)acrylamidosulfonic acid or a salt thereof; first inorganic particles; and second inorganic particles, wherein the first inorganic particles have an average particle diameter of 400 to 600 nm, the average particle diameter of the second inorganic particles is smaller than the average particle diameter of the first inorganic particles.
US12230833B2
There is provided a method for producing a separator for an electricity storage device that includes a step of contacting a porous body formed from a silane-modified polyolefin-containing molded sheet with a base solution or acid solution, and a separator for an electricity storage device comprising a microporous film with a melted film rupture temperature of 180° C. to 220° C. as measured by thermomechanical analysis (TMA).
US12230830B2
An aerosol generating device including: a housing having a mouth end and an opposing end, the opposing end having a vent hole; a battery within the housing, the battery having a vent point in an outer surface of the battery, the vent point arranged such that fluid is released preferentially from the vent point during degassing of the battery; and a fluid directing arrangement within the housing. The fluid directing arrangement is configured to define a fluid flow path from the vent point of the battery to the vent hole of the housing.
US12230829B2
A mounting clip for a battery housing is provided. The mounting clip includes a support structure including a recess extending partially into the support structure, wherein the recess is configured to receive a printed circuit board and the recess is configured to enable the printed circuit board to move within the recess to dampen loading.
US12230817B2
A secondary battery with an exterior body having a novel scaling structure, and a structure of a sealing portion that relaxes a stress of deformation are provided. The secondary battery includes a positive electrode, a negative electrode, an electrolyte solution, and an exterior body enclosing at least part of the positive electrode, at least part of the negative electrode, and the electrolyte solution. The exterior body includes a first region having a shape with a curve, a shape with a wavy line, a shape with an arc, or a shape with a plurality of inflection points, and a second region having the same shape as the first region. The first region is in contact with the second region. Alternatively, the first region has a shape without a straight line. The secondary battery may be flexible, and the exterior body in a region having flexibility may include the first region.
US12230808B2
A free-standing electrically conductive porous structure suitable to be used as a cathode of a battery, including an electrically conductive porous substrate with sulfur diffused into the electrically conductive porous substrate to create a substantially uniform layer of sulfur on a surface of the electrically conductive porous substrate. The free-standing electrically conductive porous structure has a high performance when used in a rechargeable battery. A method of manufacturing the electrically conductive porous structure is also provided.
US12230806B2
The positive electrode active material layer is placed on a surface of the positive electrode substrate. The positive electrode active material layer includes a first layer and a second layer. The first layer is interposed between the positive electrode substrate and the second layer. The positive electrode active material layer includes a positive electrode active material, carbon black, and fibrous carbon. A mass fraction of the carbon black in the first layer is higher than a mass fraction of the carbon black in the second layer. A mass fraction of the fibrous carbon in the second layer is higher than a mass fraction of the fibrous carbon in the first layer.
US12230800B2
This application discloses a secondary battery including a positive electrode plate and a negative electrode plate, wherein the positive electrode plate comprises a positive electrode current collector and a positive electrode film disposed on a surface of the positive electrode current collector and comprising a positive active material, the negative electrode plate comprises a negative electrode current collector and a negative electrode film disposed on a surface of the negative electrode current collector and comprising a negative active material. The positive active material comprises one or more of layered lithium transition metal oxides and modified compounds thereof, and a resistance R of the negative electrode plate satisfies: 6.0 mΩ≤R≤12.0 mΩ; or the positive active material comprises one or more of lithium-containing phosphates with olivine structure and modified compounds thereof, and a resistance R of the negative electrode plate satisfies: 3.0 mΩ≤R≤7.0 mΩ.
US12230797B2
A cathode active material includes a lithium manganese (Mn) iron (Fe) phosphate, wherein a mol ratio of Mn:Fe is from about 3:7 to about 9:1, the lithium manganese iron phosphate is an olivine structure, and the Mn and Fe in the olivine are present in an partially ordered or partially disordered sublattice.
US12230785B2
Provided is a method for fabricating a magnesium-containing electrode by a plating method. In the fabrication process disclosure, a plating solution used in the plating method includes a solvent containing an ether. The solvent includes a first magnesium salt having a disilazide structure represented by a formula (R3Si)2N and a second magnesium salt that does not have a disilazide structure. In the formula, R represents a hydrocarbon group having 1 or more and 10 or less carbon atoms.
US12230782B2
The present invention relates to a lithium secondary battery manufactured by forming a negative electrode free battery and then forming a lithium metal on the negative electrode current collector by charging. In the lithium secondary battery, since lithium metal is formed on the negative electrode current collector in the state of being blocked with the atmosphere, the generation of the conventional surface oxide layer (native layer) formed on the negative electrode does not occur inherently, thereby preventing the reduction of the efficiency and lifetime characteristics of the battery.
US12230775B2
Described herein are battery packs and electric vehicles using these packs. In some examples, a battery pack comprises two portions/covers and a set of battery modules positioned within the enclosed cavity formed by these portions. A battery pack may comprise a set of pressure-relief valves positioned in and protruding through a wall of at least one portion. Each valve can be coaxial with a corresponding gap provided between two adjacent modules. The valve is configured to provide a fluid path (to the exterior of the battery pack) when the pressure inside the pack exceeds a set threshold. In some examples, the battery pack comprises an inlet tube fluidically coupled to the inlet port of each module and an outlet tube fluidically coupled to the outlet port of each module. A set of specially configured orifices or controllable valves is positioned on the fluid path through each module.
US12230772B2
A shareable battery pack for a portable ultrasonic apparatus, a trolley, a power supply system, and a portable ultrasonic system. The trolley can be connected to the portable ultrasonic apparatus and/or the shareable battery pack to supply power so as to extend operation time. Alternatively, the trolley is used to support the portable ultrasonic apparatus and/or the shareable battery pack without supplying power to extend operation time. In an embodiment, the shareable battery pack can be removed from the trolley, and then be fixedly connected to the portable ultrasonic apparatus to form an integral unit and serve as an external battery for the portable ultrasonic apparatus. Such design enables the portable ultrasonic apparatus to have extended operation time without relying on the trolley and requires only one shareable battery pack in special situations, thereby enhancing convenience of use.
US12230763B2
The application provides a secondary battery and a device including the same. The secondary battery includes a negative electrode plate that includes a negative electrode film, where the negative electrode film includes a negative electrode active material; electrolyte that includes an electrolyte salt, an organic solvent and an additive, where the negative electrode active material includes a silicon-based material; the organic solvent includes dimethyl carbonate (DMC); and the additive includes one or more of compound shown in Formula 1 as discloses in the application, where, R1 is selected from one of C2˜C4 alkylene or halogenated alkylene, C2˜C4 alkenylene or halogenated alkenylene, C6˜C18 arylene and derivatives thereof. Under the premise of having a high energy density, the secondary battery and the device including the same according to the application can also have good high-temperature cycle performance and high-temperature storage performance.
US12230759B2
An electrolyte for a lithium secondary battery according to exemplary embodiments of the present inventing includes an organic solvent, a lithium salt, a first additive represented by a predetermined chemical formula, and a second additive represented by a predetermined chemical formula. A protective film is formed by the additives to suppress an expansion of a lithium secondary battery and improve storage property at high temperature.
US12230745B2
A display device and a manufacturing method thereof are disclosed. The display device may include a pixel circuit layer including a plurality of transistors, a first partition wall and a second partition wall on the pixel circuit layer, and each protruding in a thickness direction, a first electrode and a second electrode formed on the same layer, and on the first partition wall and the second partition wall, respectively; a light emitting element between the first electrode and the second electrode; and a first organic pattern directly on the light emitting element.
US12230744B2
A light-emitting device includes a substrate including a top surface, a first side surface and a second side surface, wherein the first side surface and the second side surface of the substrate are respectively connected to two opposite sides of the top surface of the substrate; a semiconductor stack formed on the top surface of the substrate, the semiconductor stack including a first semiconductor layer, a second semiconductor layer, and an active layer formed between the first semiconductor layer and the second semiconductor layer; a first electrode pad formed adjacent to a first edge of the light-emitting device; and a second electrode pad formed adjacent to a second edge of the light-emitting device, wherein in a top view of the light-emitting device, the first edge and the second edge are formed on different sides or opposite sides of the light-emitting device, the first semiconductor layer adjacent to the first edge includes a first sidewall directly connected to the first side surface of the substrate, and the first semiconductor layer adjacent to the second edge includes a second sidewall separated from the second side surface of the substrate by a distance.
US12230739B2
A display device includes pixel areas; and a pixel disposed in each of the pixel areas. The pixel includes a first electrode and a second electrode disposed on a substrate and disposed on a same layer, a light emitting element disposed on the first electrode and the second electrode, a third electrode electrically connecting the first electrode to a first end of the light emitting element, a fourth electrode electrically connecting the second electrode to a second end of the light emitting element, and an electrode pattern and the electrode pattern and one of the third electrode and the fourth electrode being disposed on a same layer.
US12230735B2
Provided is a display device comprising a substrate; a plurality of transistors disposed on the substrate; a first pixel electrode, a second pixel electrode, and a third pixel electrode respectively connected to the transistors; a first emission layer disposed to overlap the first pixel electrode, a second emission layer disposed to overlap the second pixel electrode, and a third emission layer disposed to overlap the third pixel electrode; and a common electrode disposed on the first emission layer, the second emission layer, and the third emission layer, wherein the first pixel electrode includes a first layer, and a second layer disposed on the first layer and including a Ga-doped ITO.
US12230733B2
A micro-LED chip includes multiple micro-LEDs. At least one micro-LED of the multiple micro-LEDs includes: a first type conductive layer; a second type conductive layer stacked on the first type conductive layer; and a light emitting layer formed between the first type conductive layer and the second type conductive layer. The light emitting layer is continuously formed on the whole micro-LED chip, and the multiple micro-LEDs sharing the light emitting layer. An isolation structure is formed between adjacent micro-LEDs, at least a portion of the isolation structure being formed in the light emitting layer. A bottom surface of the isolation structure is aligned with a bottom of the light emitting layer, and a top surface of the isolation structure is aligned with a top surface of the light emitting layer.
US12230730B2
A solar panel cutting unit according to an embodiment can separate layers of a solar panel from each other at once. The solar panel cutting unit separates thin layers of a solar panel from each other and includes a frame, a panel transporting mechanism that is provided at the frame and lowers the solar panel in a vertical direction such that adhesion lines of the thin layers are arranged downward, a pair of guide roller units that is positioned below the panel transporting mechanism and guides and lowers the solar panel, and a wire cutting mechanism that includes a pair of support rollers and cutting wires which connect the support rollers to each other and extend in the same direction as the adhesion lines such that the wire cutting mechanism separates the thin layers of the solar panel from each other.
US12230727B2
A method of fabricating a solar cell is disclosed. The method can include forming a dielectric region on a surface of a solar cell structure and forming a metal layer on the dielectric layer. The method can also include configuring a laser beam with a particular shape and directing the laser beam with the particular shape on the metal layer, where the particular shape allows a contact to be formed between the metal layer and the solar cell structure.
US12230718B2
A circuit capable of high-speed operation and a pixel are integrally formed over the same substrate. A first metal oxide film, a first metal film, and an island-shaped first resist mask are formed over a first insulating layer. An island-shaped first metal layer and an island-shaped first oxide semiconductor layer are formed and a part of a top surface of the first insulating layer is exposed; then, the first resist mask is removed. A second metal oxide film, a second metal film, and an island-shaped second resist mask are formed over the first metal layer and the first insulating layer. An island-shaped second metal layer and an island-shaped second oxide semiconductor layer are formed; then, the second resist mask is removed. The first metal layer and the second metal layer are removed.
US12230711B2
Provided are an electronic device and a method of manufacturing the same. The electronic device includes a ferroelectric crystallization layer between a substrate and a gate electrode and a crystallization prevention layer between the substrate and the ferroelectric crystallization layer. The ferroelectric crystallization layer is at least partially crystallized and includes a dielectric material having ferroelectricity or anti-ferroelectricity. Also, the crystallization prevention layer prevents crystallization in the ferroelectric crystallization layer from being spread toward the substrate.
US12230708B2
A semiconductor device is provided that includes a substrate, a channel with the channel positioned on the top of the substrate, and a drift with the drift positioned on the top of the channel. The semiconductor device further includes a first poly positioned in the channel and the drift, and a second poly positioned on the top of the first poly and positioned in the drift. The first poly and the second poly are isolated by a gate oxide and a RESURF oxide, respectively, from the channel and from the drift.
US12230702B2
A HEMT comprising a channel layer of a first III-Nitride semiconductor material, grown on a N-polar surface of a back barrier layer of a second III-Nitride semiconductor material; the second III-Nitride semiconductor material having a larger band gap than the first III-Nitride semiconductor material, such that a positively charged polarization interface and two-dimensional electron gas is obtained in the channel layer; a passivation, capping layer, of said first III-Nitride semiconductor material, formed on top of and in contact with a first portion of a N-polar surface of said channel layer; a gate trench traversing the passivation, capping layer, and ending at said N-polar surface of said channel layer; and a gate conductor filling said gate trench.
US12230691B2
A method for forming a nanosheet device. The method may include providing a heterostructure device stack above a semiconductor substrate. The method may include patterning the heterostructure device stack to define a dummy gate region, and before forming a source drain recess adjacent the dummy gate region, selectively removing a first set of sacrificial layers of the heterostructure device stack within the dummy gate region.
US12230689B2
In an embodiment, a method for fabricating a semiconductor wafer includes: epitaxially growing a III-V semiconductor on a first surface of a foreign wafer having a thickness tw, the first surface being capable of supporting the epitaxial growth of at least one III-V semiconductor layer, the wafer having a second surface opposing the first surface; removing portions of the III-V semiconductor to produce a plurality of mesas including the III-V semiconductor arranged on the first surface of the wafer; applying an insulation layer to regions of the wafer arranged between the mesas; and progressively removing portions of the second surface of the wafer, exposing the insulation layer in regions adjacent the mesas and producing a worked second surface.
US12230687B2
Disclosed herein are lateral gate material arrangements for quantum dot devices, as well as related computing devices and methods. For example, in some embodiments, a quantum dot device may include: a quantum well stack; and a gate above the quantum well stack, wherein the gate includes a gate electrode, the gate electrode includes a first material proximate to side faces of the gate and a second material proximate to a center of the gate, and the first material has a different material composition than the second material.
US12230686B2
A power device includes a gate, and a segmented source adjacent to the gate, wherein the segmented source includes segments having a first threshold voltage and includes segments having a second threshold voltage different from the first threshold voltage.
US12230681B2
A semiconductor device includes first nanostructures vertically separated from one another, a first gate structure wrapping around each of the first nanostructures, and second nanostructures vertically separated from one another. The semiconductor device also includes a second gate structure wrapping around the second nanostructures, a first drain/source structure coupled to a first end of the first nanostructures, a second drain/source structure coupled to both of a second end of the first nanostructures and a first end of the second nanostructures, and a third drain/source structure coupled to a second end of the second nanostructures. The first drain/source structure has a first doping type, the second and third drain/source structures have a second doping type, and the first doping type is opposite to the second doping type.
US12230680B2
A transistor includes a channel layer, a gate stack, and source/drain regions. The channel layer includes a graphene layer and hexagonal boron nitride (hBN) flakes dispersed in the graphene layer. Orientations of the hBN flakes are substantially aligned. The gate stack is over the channel layer. The source/drain regions are aside the gate stack.
US12230672B2
A super junction MOSFET device, including: a substrate having a first conductive type; a buffer layer having the first conductive type and disposed on the substrate; a super junction structure disposed on the buffer layer and including multiple first conductive type pillars and multiple second conductive type pillars alternately arranged in a transverse direction, several second conductive type pillars being partially and/or wholly displaced to provide two or more different transverse dimensions for the first conductive type pillars; a body region having the second conductive type and disposed on a top of the second conductive type pillar; a source structure located within the body region and including a source region having the first conductive type and an ohmic contact region having the second conductive type which contacts with the source region; and a gate structure in contact with the first conductive type pillar and the source structure.
US12230657B2
Provided is an image sensor including a sensor substrate including a plurality of first pixels configured to sense first wavelength light in an infrared ray band and a plurality of second pixels configured to sense second wavelength light in a visible light band, and a color separating lens array disposed on the sensor substrate and configured to change a phase of the first wavelength light incident on the color separating lens array such that the first wavelength light is condensed to the plurality of first pixels, wherein the color separating lens array includes a plurality of light condensing regions configured to condense the first wavelength light respectively on the plurality of first pixels, and wherein an area of each of the plurality of light condensing regions is larger than an area of each of the plurality of first pixels.
US12230649B2
An Artificial Intelligence (AI) multi-frame imaging System on Chip (SoC) incorporates in-pixel embedded analog image processing by performing analog image computation within a multi-frame image pixel. In embodiments, each in-pixel processing element includes a photodetector, photodetector control circuitry with at least three analog sub-frame storage elements, analog circuitry configured to process both neighbor-in-space and neighbor-in-time functions for analog data, and a set of north-east-west-south (NEWS) registers, each register interconnected between a unique pair of neighboring in-pixel processing elements to transfer analog data between the pair of neighboring in-pixel processing elements. In embodiments, the in-pixel embedded analog image processing device takes advantage of high parallelism because each pixel has its own processor, and takes advantage of locality of data because all data is located within a pixel or within a neighboring pixel.
US12230648B2
The present disclosure provides a display substrate, a manufacturing method thereof and a display apparatus, and relates to the field of display technology. The manufacturing method of a display substrate includes providing a base substrate, and forming pixels on the base substrate, wherein the forming pixels includes: forming a first auxiliary electrode on the base substrate; forming a first interlayer insulating layer on a side of the first auxiliary electrode away from the base substrate; sequentially forming a second conductive film and a first photoresist layer, exposing the first photoresist layer with a mask plate having regions of different light transmittances by controlling exposure time based on requirements on an operating frequency band of the pixels, to form a source electrode and a drain electrode of the thin film transistor and a second auxiliary electrode, forming a second interlayer insulating layer; and forming a pixel electrode.
US12230641B2
A display panel, a manufacturing method thereof and a display device. The display panel includes a first region and a second region. The second region includes a driving circuitry layer and a first light-emitting unit located on a base substrate, the first region includes a plurality of second light-emitting units located on the base substrate, the second light-emitting unit is electrically coupled to the driving circuitry layer through a transparent conductive layer, the transparent conductive layer includes at least two conductive sub-layers laminated one on another and insulated from each other, each conductive sub-layer includes at least one transparent conductive line, and each transparent conductive line is coupled to a corresponding second light-emitting unit.
US12230638B2
A pixel portion and a driver circuit driving the pixel portion are formed over the same substrate. At least a part of the driver circuit is formed using an inverted staggered thin film transistor in which an oxide semiconductor layer is used and a channel protective layer is provided over the oxide semiconductor layer serving as a channel formation region which is overlapped with the gate electrode. The driver circuit as well as the pixel portion is provided over the same substrate to reduce manufacturing costs.
US12230636B2
Apparatus and circuits with dual threshold voltage transistors and methods of fabricating the same are disclosed. In one example, a semiconductor structure is disclosed. The semiconductor structure includes: a substrate; a first layer comprising a first III-V semiconductor material formed over the substrate; a first transistor formed over the first layer, and a second transistor formed over the first layer. The first transistor comprises a first gate structure comprising a first material, a first source region and a first drain region. The second transistor comprises a second gate structure comprising a second material, a second source region and a second drain region. The first material is different from the second material.
US12230632B2
An integrated circuit (IC) structure includes a first transistor and a second transistor. The first transistor includes a first active region and a first gate disposed on the first active region, in which the first gate has a first effective gate length along a first direction parallel to a lengthwise direction of the first active region. The second transistor includes a second active region and a second gate disposed on the second active region, and includes a plurality of gate structures arranged along the first direction and separated from each other, in which the second gate has a second effective gate length along the first direction, the second effective gate length is n times the first effective gate length, and n is a positive integer greater than 1.
US12230627B2
A semiconductor device including a first line configured to receive a power supply voltage, a second line configured to be coupled to a load of the semiconductor device, first and second metal-oxide-semiconductor (MOS) transistors coupled in series between the first line and the second line, each of the first and second MOS transistors having a drain electrode and a gate electrode, the drain electrode of the first MOS transistor being coupled to the drain electrode of the second MOS transistor, a third line coupled to the gate electrode of the first MOS transistor, and a fourth line coupled to the gate electrode of the second MOS transistor, the third and fourth lines being electrically separated from each other.
US12230624B2
An integrated circuit structure includes: an integrated circuit structure includes: a first plurality of cell rows extending in a first direction, and a second plurality of cell rows extending in the first direction. Each of the first plurality of cell rows has a first row height and comprises a plurality of first cells disposed therein. Each of the second plurality of cell rows has a second row height different from the first row height and comprises a plurality of second cells disposed therein. The plurality of first cells comprises a first plurality of active regions each of which continuously extends across the plurality of first cells in the first direction. The plurality of second cells comprises a second plurality of active regions each of which continuously extends across the plurality of second cells in the first direction. At least one active region of the first and second pluralities of active regions has a width varying along the first direction.
US12230620B2
The present disclosure relates to a device used in conjunction with night vision equipment. The device including an LED light source optically coupled and/or radiationally connected to a phosphor material including a green-emitting phosphor and a red-emitting phosphor of formula I: AxMFy:Mn4+ I wherein A is Li, Na, K, Rb, Cs, or a combination thereof, M is Si, Ge, Sn, Ti, Zr, Al, Ga, In, Sc, Hf, Y, La, Nb, Ta, Bi, Gd, or a combination thereof, x is an absolute value of a charge of the MFy ion; and y is 5, 6 or 7. The device limits emission of wavelengths longer than 650 nm to less than 1.75% of total emission. A device including an LED light source optically coupled and/or radiationally connected to a red-emitting phosphor including Na2SiF6:Mn4+ is also provided.
US12230619B2
The present disclosure is directed to embodiments of optical sensor packages. For example, at least one embodiment of an optical sensor package includes a light-emitting die, a light-receiving die, and an interconnect substrate within a first resin. A first transparent portion is positioned on the light-emitting die and the interconnect substrate, and a second transparent portion is positioned on the light-receiving die and the interconnect substrate. A second resin is on the first resin, the interconnect substrate, and the first and second transparent portions, respectively. The second resin partially covers respective surfaces of the first and second transparent portions, respectively, such that the respective surfaces are exposed from the second resin.
US12230616B2
Solid state transducers with state detection, and associated systems and methods are disclosed. A solid state transducer system may include a support substrate that carries a solid state emitter and a state device. The solid state emitter and the state device may be stacked along a common axis. Further, the state device may be positioned to detect a state of the solid state emitter and/or an electrical path of which the solid state emitter forms a part. The solid state emitter may include a first semiconductor component, a second semiconductor component, and an active region between the first and second semiconductor components. The state device may include a state-sensing component having a composition different than that of the active region and the first and second semiconductor components. In some embodiments, the state-sensing component may include an electrostatic discharge protection device, a thermal sensor, a photosensor, or a combination thereof.
US12230611B2
A light-emitting device includes a number (N) of light-emitting units, a number (a) of first metal pads and a number (b) of second metal pads. Each of the light-emitting units includes a number (n) of light-emitting chips each having two distinct terminals, where N and n are integers and N>1, n>≥3. The numbers (a) and (b) are integers and a>1, b>1, and the terminals of each of the light-emitting chips are electrically connected to a unique combination of one of the number (a) of first metal pads and a number (b) of second metal pads, respectively. The numbers (N), (n), (a) and (b) satisfy the equation: a*b=n*N.
US12230606B2
Implementations of semiconductor packages may include: a first substrate having a first dielectric layer coupled between a first metal layer and a second metal layer; a second substrate having a second dielectric layer coupled between a third metal layer and a fourth metal layer. A first die may be coupled with a first electrical spacer coupled in a space between and coupled with the first substrate and the second substrate and a second die may be coupled with a second electrical spacer coupled in a space between and coupled with the first substrate and the second substrate.
US12230603B2
A method of fabricating a semiconductor chip includes the following steps. A bonding material layer is formed on a first wafer substrate and is patterned to form a first bonding layer having a strength adjustment pattern. A semiconductor component layer and a first interconnect structure layer are formed on a second wafer substrate. The first interconnect structure layer is located. A second bonding layer is formed on the first interconnect structure layer. The second wafer substrate is bonded to the first wafer substrate by contacting the second bonding layer with the first bonding layer. A bonding interface of the second bonding layer and the first bonding layer is smaller than an area of the second bonding layer. A second interconnect structure layer is formed on the semiconductor component layer. A conductor terminal is formed on the second interconnect structure layer.
US12230602B2
A method for manufacturing electronic chips includes depositing, on a side of an upper face of a semiconductor substrate, in and on which a plurality of integrated circuits has been formed, a protective resin. The method includes forming, in the protective resin, at least one cavity per integrated circuit, in contact with an upper face of the integrated circuit. Metal connection pillars are formed by filling the cavities with metal. The integrated circuits are separated into individual chips by cutting the protective resin along cut lines extending between the metal connection pillars.
US12230601B2
A method includes disposing a first direct bonded metal (DBM) substrate substantially parallel to a second DBM substrate a distance apart to enclose a space. The method further includes disposing at least a semiconductor die in the space, and bonding the semiconductor die to the first DBM substrate using a first adhesive layer without an intervening spacer block between the semiconductor die and the first DBM substrate, and bonding the semiconductor die to the second DBM substrate using a second adhesive without an intervening spacer block between the semiconductor die and the second DBM substrate.
US12230596B2
Electronic assemblies may be fabricated with interconnects of different types present in multiple locations and comprising fused copper nanoparticles. Each interconnect or a portion thereof comprises a bulk copper matrix formed from fusion of copper nanoparticles or a reaction product formed from copper nanoparticles. The interconnects may comprise a copper-based wire bonding assembly, a copper-based flip chip connection, a copper-based hermetic seal assembly, a copper-based connector between an IC substrate and a package substrate, a copper-based component interconnect, a copper-based interconnect comprising via copper for establishing electrical communication between opposite faces of a package substrate, a copper-based interconnect defining a heat channel formed from via copper, and any combination thereof.
US12230586B2
A printed circuit board includes an insulating body having one surface and the other surface opposing each other, first and second wiring layers disposed on the one surface and the other surface of the insulating body, respectively, a seed layer disposed on the one surface of the insulating body and covering at least a portion of the first wiring layer, and a shielding layer covering a side surface of the insulating body and connected to the first and second wiring layers.
US12230583B2
Described are semiconductor interposer, and microelectronic device assemblies incorporating such semiconductor interposers. The described interposers include multiple redistribution structures on each side of the core; each of which may include multiple individual redistribution layers. The interposers may optionally include circuit elements, such as passive and/or active circuit. The circuit elements may be formed at least partially within the semiconductor core.
US12230579B2
A flexible circuitry layer may comprise a conductive mesh including a circuitry trace; and an interfacing component, comprising: a flexible substrate; a terminal electrically connected to the circuitry trace; and a connector configured to be detachably connected to an external device.
US12230577B2
An integrated circuit structure includes a plurality of interconnect lines and a plurality of dummy lines that are co-planar with the plurality of interconnect lines, where a ratio of line length to end-to-end spacing of the dummy lines varies inversely with a density of the interconnect lines within each of a plurality of regions. The regions are of approximately equal area within a rectangular grid array.
US12230570B2
A method of manufacturing an integrated circuit having buried power rails includes forming a first dielectric layer on an upper surface of a first semiconductor substrate, forming a series of power rail trenches in an upper surface of the first dielectric layer, forming the buried power rails in the series of power rail trenches, forming a second dielectric layer on the upper surface of the first dielectric layer and upper surfaces of the buried power rails, forming a third dielectric layer on a donor wafer, bonding the third dielectric layer to the second dielectric layer, and forming a series of semiconductor devices, vias, and metal interconnects on or in the donor wafer. The buried power rails are encapsulated by the first dielectric layer and the second dielectric layer, and the buried power rails are below the plurality of semiconductor devices.
US12230567B2
A semiconductor structure includes a first dielectric layer, a first conductive feature, a second conductive feature, a first etch stop layer, and a conductive via. The first conductive feature and the second conductive feature are embedded in the first dielectric layer. The first etch stop layer is disposed over the dielectric layer. The conductive via is surrounded by the first etch stop layer and electrically connected to the first conductive feature, in which the conductive via is in contact with a top surface of the first etch stop layer.
US12230560B2
A semiconductor package structure includes a frontside redistribution layer, a first semiconductor die, a first capacitor, a conductive terminal, and a backside redistribution layer. The first semiconductor die is disposed over the frontside redistribution layer. The first capacitor is disposed over the frontside redistribution layer and electrically coupled to the first semiconductor die. The conductive terminal is disposed below the frontside redistribution layer and electrically coupled to the frontside redistribution layer. The backside redistribution layer is disposed over the first semiconductor die.
US12230557B2
A semiconductor package includes a base substrate having a plurality of upper pads and a plurality of first and second lower pads, a semiconductor chip disposed on the base substrate and electrically connected to the plurality of upper pads, a solder resist layer having a plurality of openings exposing a region of each of the plurality of first and second lower pads, the exposed regions of the plurality of first and second lower pads having the same size, a plurality of first external connection conductors respectively disposed on the exposed regions of the plurality of first lower pads and having a first height and a first volume, and a plurality of second external connection conductors respectively disposed on the exposed regions of the plurality of second lower pads and having a second height, greater than the first height, and a second volume, greater than the first volume.
US12230553B2
Disclosed are a semiconductor structure and a manufacturing method thereof. The semiconductor structure includes: a base, including a substrate and a dielectric layer, where the substrate includes a front surface and a back surface that are opposite to each other; the dielectric layer is formed on the front surface; the base is provided with a via hole; the via hole penetrates the substrate from the back surface of the substrate and extends to the dielectric layer; an insulating layer, located on an inner wall surface of the via hole; and a conductive structure, where the conductive structure includes a first conductive layer and a second conductive layer connected to each other; the first conductive layer is close to a bottom of the via hole, and the second conductive layer is close to a top of the via hole.
US12230552B2
Disclosed is a stack via structure in which a plurality of vias are stacked over each other. At least one via is a via that has a recess formed from a top surface thereof. Another via above the via is formed such that a bottom portion of the another via is in the recess of the via. In this way, no capture pad is needed between the via and the another via. Also, contact area between the via and the another via is enhanced.
US12230549B2
Three-dimensional integrated circuit (3DIC) structures and methods of forming the same are provided. A 3DIC structure includes a semiconductor package, a first package substrate, a molded underfill layer and a thermal interface material. The semiconductor package is disposed over and electrically connected to the first package substrate through a plurality of first bumps. The semiconductor package includes at least one semiconductor die and an encapsulation layer aside the semiconductor die. The molded underfill layer surrounds the plurality of first bumps and a sidewall of the semiconductor package, and has a substantially planar top surface. The CTE of the molded underfill layer is different from the CTE of the encapsulation layer of the semiconductor package. The thermal interface material is disposed over the semiconductor package.
US12230548B2
A semiconductor device includes a semiconductor substrate, an electrode and a wire disposed on the semiconductor substrate, and a protective film covering the semiconductor substrate. The protective film includes a main protective film covering at least portion of the electrode and at least portion of the wire, and a dummy protective film independently disposed at each of corners of the semiconductor substrate. The main protective film has a chamfer at each of the corners of the semiconductor substrate in plan view. The dummy protective film is disposed outside the chamfer to be spaced from the main protective film.
US12230545B2
A semiconductor device includes a plurality of channel layers vertically separated from one another. The semiconductor device also includes an active gate structure comprising a lower portion and an upper portion. The lower portion wraps around each of the plurality of channel layers. The semiconductor device further includes a gate spacer extending along a sidewall of the upper portion of the active gate structure. The gate spacer has a bottom surface. Moreover, a dummy gate dielectric layer is disposed between the gate spacer and a topmost channel layer of plurality of channel layers. The dummy gate dielectric layer is in contact with a top surface of the topmost channel layer, the bottom surface of the gate spacer, and the sidewall of the gate structure.
US12230519B2
An apparatus for a direct transfer of a semiconductor device die from a wafer tape to a substrate. A first frame holds the wafer tape and a second frame secures the substrate. The second frame holds the substrate such that a transfer surface is disposed facing the semiconductor device die on a first side of the wafer tape. A needle is disposed adjacent a second side of the wafer tape opposite the first side. A length of the needle extends in a direction toward the wafer tape. A first needle actuator is used to adjust an angle of the needle to align the die, wafer tape, and transfer surface at which point the needle presses on the second side of the wafer tape to press a semiconductor device die of the one or more semiconductor device die into contact with the transfer surface of the substrate.
US12230515B2
A substrate processing method includes: performing a both-surface cleaning processing in which a first cleaning body, which ejects the fluid to the one surface or is brought into contact with the one surface, and subsequently moves both the first cleaning body and a second cleaning body, which is in contact with the remaining surface of the upper surface and the lower surface of the substrate and rotated around a first vertical axis, horizontally in synchronization with each other toward an outer peripheral portion of the substrate, and performing a side end cleaning processing in which a third cleaning body is rotated around a second vertical axis and brought into contact with the side end of the substrate to clean the side end of the substrate while simultaneously performing the both-surface cleaning processing.
US12230513B2
A method includes placing a plurality of package components over a carrier, encapsulating the plurality of package components in an encapsulant, forming a light-sensitive dielectric layer over the plurality of package components and the encapsulant, exposing the light-sensitive dielectric layer using a lithography mask, and developing the light-sensitive dielectric layer to form a plurality of openings. Conductive features of the plurality of package components are exposed through the plurality of openings. The method further includes forming redistribution lines extending into the openings. One of the redistribution lines has a length greater than about 26 mm. The redistribution lines, the plurality of package components, the encapsulant in combination form a reconstructed wafer.
US12230510B2
A substrate treating apparatus is disclosed. The substrate treating apparatus includes a treating container having a treatment space to treat a substrate, a standby port positioned at one side of the treating container to allow a nozzle, which discharges a treatment liquid, to stand by, and a liquid supplying unit moving between the treating container and the standby port and having the nozzle. The standby port includes a nozzle receiving member including a nozzle receiving unit having a receiving space formed inside the nozzle receiving unit to receive the nozzle and a cleaning liquid and a discharge part having a discharge port provided at one side of the nozzle cleaning unit to discharge the cleaning liquid to the nozzle. The discharge port is provided to overlap at least a portion of the nozzle when viewed from above.
US12230507B2
In a method of manufacturing a semiconductor device, an underlying structure is formed over a substrate. A film is formed over the underlying structure. Surface topography of the film is measured and the surface topography is stored as topography data. A local etching is performed by using directional etching and scanning the substrate so that an entire surface of the film is subjected to the directional etching. A plasma beam intensity of the directional etching is adjusted according to the topography data.
US12230505B2
An apparatus which selectively etches a first region with respect to a second region made of a material different from that of the first region. The apparatus is controlled to perform a first step for generating, in a processing container housing a workpiece to be treated, a plasma of a treatment gas from a gas supply including a fluorocarbon gas, an oxygen-containing gas, and an inert gas, and forming a deposit including fluorocarbon on the object to be treated, and a second step for etching the first region with radicals of the fluorocarbon included in the deposit. The apparatus is also controlled to perform the first step and the second step repeatedly.
US12230502B2
Implementations of a semiconductor package may include a semiconductor die including a first side and a second side where the first side of the semiconductor die includes one or more electrical contacts; a layer of metal coupled to the second side of the semiconductor; and a stress balance structure coupled to one of the layer of metal or around the one or more electrical contacts.
US12230499B2
A method of post-treating a silicon nitride (SiN)-based dielectric film formed on a surface of a substrate includes positioning a substrate having a silicon nitride (SiN)-based dielectric film formed thereon in a processing chamber, and exposing the silicon nitride (SiN)-based dielectric film to helium-containing high-energy low-dose plasma in the processing chamber. Energy of helium ions in the helium-containing high-energy low-dose plasma is between 1 eV and 3.01 eV, and flux density of the helium ions in the helium-containing high-energy low-dose plasma is between 5×1015 ions/cm2·sec and 1.37×1016 ions/cm2·sec.
US12230488B2
An isotopic ratio outlier analysis (IROA) standard sample of metabolite compounds is disclosed. Each of whose compounds has a molecular weight of 2000 AMU or less, and is present as first and second isotopomers that are equally present at two predetermined isotopomeric balances, and contain 2 to 10% of a first isotope, and 90 to 98% of a second isotope, respectively. An internal standard is also disclosed that contains the same metabolite compounds as the IROA standard sample, but contains only compounds containing the heavier of the two isotopes. Methods of making and using the above and related materials are also disclosed.
US12230483B2
A stage includes a base and an electrostatic chuck provided on the base and including N electrodes in the electrostatic chuck, where N is an integer greater than or equal to two. The stage a power supply configured to apply voltages of different N-phases to the respective N electrodes. Each of the voltages has a positive level and a negative level that periodically alternate. A center line of an electrode gap provided between adjacent electrodes is represented by x=x=r·cos(θ+2π(n−1)/N) and y=r·sin(θ+2π(n−1)/N).
US12230480B2
The present application provides a detaching and installing device for a gas distribution plate of an etching machine, and the etching machine, and relates to the field of semiconductor manufacturing technologies, aiming at addressing the problems that it is quite difficult to detach and install the gas distribution plate of the etching machine and that the gas distribution plate is highly likely to be polluted. The detaching and installing device for the gas distribution plate of the etching machine includes a gripping member, a connecting member and a fixing member, the fixing member is detachably connected to the gas distribution plate of the etching machine, and the gripping member and the fixing member are connected through the connecting member; the gripping member is provided thereon with a gripping portion for grip by a user hand.
US12230477B2
A nanosecond pulser system is disclosed. In some embodiments, the nanosecond pulser system may include a nanosecond pulser having a nanosecond pulser input; a plurality of switches coupled with the nanosecond pulser input; one or more transformers coupled with the plurality of switches; and an output coupled with the one or more transformers and providing a high voltage waveform with a amplitude greater than 2 kV and a frequency greater than 1 kHz based on the nanosecond pulser input. The nanosecond pulser system may also include a control module coupled with the nanosecond pulser input; and an control system coupled with the nanosecond pulser at a point between the transformer and the output, the control system providing waveform data regarding an high voltage waveform produced at the point between the transformer and the output.
US12230470B2
A detector may be provided with a sensing element or an array of sensing elements, each of the sensing elements may have a corresponding gain element. A substrate may be provided having a sensing element and a gain element integrated together. The gain element may include a section in which, along a direction perpendicular to an incidence direction of an electron beam, a region of first conductivity is provided adjacent to a region of second conductivity, and a region of third conductivity may be provided adjacent to the region of second conductivity. The sensing element may include a section in which, along the incidence direction, a region of fourth conductivity is provided adjacent to an intrinsic region of the substrate, and the region of second conductivity may be provided adjacent to the intrinsic region.
US12230468B2
An x-ray tube, comprising: a field emitter including an emission surface; an anode; and a focus electrode disposed between the field emitter and the anode; wherein: the focus electrode includes: a first surface that is substantially perpendicular to the field emitter emission surface and nearest to the field emitter; a second surface that is axially nearest to the anode, wherein the field emitter and the anode form an axis; and a third surface that extends between the first surface and the second surface; and a first location on the focus electrode between the first surface and the third surface is further from the anode than a second location on the focus electrode between the third surface and the second surface.
US12230467B2
A breaker is provided which is used for controlling only one current path. The breaker includes a contact assembly, a movable contact and a housing accommodating the contact assembly and the actuating member. The contact assembly includes: a first stationary contact having a first stationary contact portion; a second stationary contact having a second stationary contact portion; and a movable contact having a first movable contact portion and a second movable contact portion which are respectively located at both ends of the movable contact. The actuating member is connected to the movable contact to actuate the movable contact in a first direction to move between an open position and a closed position. A breaker assembly and a contact having the breaker are also provided.
US12230449B2
A multilayer electronic component includes a body including a dielectric layer and a first internal electrode and a second internal electrode having first to sixth surfaces, a first external electrode including a first connection portion on the third surface, a first band portion on a portion of the first surface, and a third band portion on a portion of the second surface, a second external electrode including a second connection portion on the fourth surface, a second band portion on a portion of the first surface, and a fourth band portion on a portion of the second surface, an insulating layer disposed on the first and second connection portions and covering the second surface and the third and fourth band portions, a first plating layer disposed on the first band portion, and a second plating layer disposed on the second band portion. The insulating layer includes an oxide containing Ba.
US12230447B2
An apparatus includes a case having an elliptical cross-section capable of receiving a plurality of capacitive elements. One or more of the capacitive elements provide at least one capacitor having a first capacitor terminal and a second capacitor terminal. The apparatus also includes a cover assembly that includes a deformable cover mountable to the case, and, a common cover terminal having a contact extending from the cover. The cover assembly also includes at least three capacitor cover terminals, each of the at least three capacitor cover terminals having at least one contact extending from the deformable cover. The deformable cover is configured to displace at least one of the at least three capacitor cover terminals upon an operative failure of at least one of the plurality of the capacitive elements. The cover assembly also includes at least four insulation structures. One of the four insulation structures is associated with one of the at least three capacitor cover terminals. The apparatus also includes a first conductor capable of electrically connecting the first capacitor terminal of a capacitor provided by one of the plurality of capacitive elements to one of the at least three capacitor cover terminals and a second conductor capable of electrically connecting the second capacitor terminal of the capacitor provided by one of the plurality of capacitive elements to the common cover terminal.
US12230446B2
A dielectric material includes a base material containing barium zirconate titanate as a main component, containing zirconium in an amount of 4 at % or more and 30 at % or less with respect to titanium and zirconium, and having an atomic concentration ratio of barium to titanium and zirconium of 1 or more and 1.1 or less, and a subcomponent containing 2 at % or more and 4 at % or less of europium with respect to titanium of the barium zirconate titanate.
US12230444B2
Provided are a dielectric, a device including the same, and a method of preparing the dielectric. The dielectric material includes a NaNbO3 ternary material including a perovskite phase with a Sm element substituted into a Na site such that the NaNbO3 ternary material has a permittivity of 600 or more at 1 kHz, and a temperature coefficient of capacitance (TCC) of about −15% to about 15% in a range of about −55° C. to about +200° C.
US12230442B2
A surface mountable ultracapacitor device is disclosed. The device comprises: a package including sidewalls extending in a direction generally perpendicular to a base to define an upper end wherein an interior cavity is defined between an inner surface of the base and the sidewalls; first and second conductive members disposed on the inner surface of the base; first and second external terminations on the outer surface of the base and electrically connected to the first and second conductive members, respectively; an ultracapacitor positioned within the interior cavity and including a housing and an electrode assembly and electrolyte within the housing, the ultracapacitor including first and second leads electrically connected to the first and second conductive members, respectively; a resin provided within the interior cavity and encapsulating at least a portion of the ultracapacitor; and one or more vents extending through the resin and at least to a surface of the resin. The present invention also discloses a printed circuit board including the aforementioned surface mountable ultracapacitor device as well as a communications device including the aforementioned surface mountable ultracapacitor device.
US12230440B2
An actuator assembly including a first actuator having a first magnetically actuated plunger and a first latching plate, where the first plunger is operable to be magnetically latched to the first latching plate. The actuator assembly further includes a second actuator coupled to and axially aligned with the first actuator. The second actuator includes a second magnetically actuated plunger, a second latching plate, a sleeve positioned within and extending from the second plunger and being rigidly secured to the first plunger, and a tolerance spring wrapped around the sleeve. The second plunger is operable to be magnetically latched to the second latching plate, where latching of the second plunger causes the tolerance spring to compress and provide additional latching force of the first plunger to the first latching plate.
US12230438B2
A method of producing a compound for bonded magnets, the method including: heat-curing a thermosetting resin and a curing agent having a ratio of the number of reactive groups of the curing agent to the number of reactive groups of the thermosetting resin of at least 2 but not higher than 11 to obtain an additive for bonded magnets; and kneading the additive for bonded magnets, magnetic powder, and a thermoplastic resin to obtain a compound for bonded magnets in which a filling ratio of the magnetic powder is at least 91.5% by mass.
US12230437B2
In an embodiment, the present disclosure pertains to a method of making a composite. In some embodiments, the method includes applying an external magnetic field to a mixture composed of a plurality of magnetic materials in a container, in which the external magnetic field produces a homogenous and uniform magnetic flux in the container. In some embodiments, the method further includes solidifying the mixture to result in the growth of solvent crystals in the mixture, and subliming a solvent phase of the mixture in the container to thereby form a composite having uniformly aligned magnetic materials. In an additional embodiment, the present disclosure pertains to a composite having uniformly aligned magnetic materials. In some embodiments, a majority of the magnetic materials in the composite are aligned in the same direction.
US12230419B1
An ultraconductor includes: a base substrate; a carbon nanotube layer on the base substrate, the carbon nanotube layer including a plurality of carbon nanotubes; and an insulating layer on the carbon nanotube layer, wherein the plurality of carbon nanotubes are substantially all aligned along a longitudinal axis of the base substrate. A method of manufacturing the ultraconductor includes: preparing a base substrate; depositing a plurality of carbon nanotubes on the base substrate to form a carbon nanotube layer; depositing an insulating layer on the carbon nanotube layer, wherein the plurality of carbon nanotubes are substantially all aligned along a longitudinal axis of the base substrate.
US12230417B2
A solid ion conductor including a garnet-type oxide represented by LiAM1BLaCM2DZrEM3FM4GOHXI (Formula 1), a solid electrolyte including the solid ion conductor, an electrochemical device including the ion conductor, and a method of preparing the ion conductor are disclosed. In Formula 1, M1 is a monovalent cation, a divalent cation, a trivalent cation, or a combination thereof, M2 is a monovalent cation, a divalent cation, a trivalent cation, or a combination thereof, M3 is a divalent cation, a trivalent cation, a tetravalent cation, a pentavalent cation, a hexavalent cation, or a combination thereof, M4 is Ir, Ru, Mn, Sn, or a combination thereof, X is a monovalent anion, a divalent anion, a trivalent anion, or a combination thereof, and 6≤A≤8, 0≤B<2, 2.8≤C≤3, 0≤D≤0.2, 0
US12230411B2
Nuclear reactors produce large amounts of spent fuel during operation. In addition to recyclable materials such as uranium and plutonium, spent fuel also contains significant amounts of fission products and highly radioactive transuranic (TRU) elements. Homogenization of nuclides in traditional post-processing technology hinders efficient fuel recycling. In order to improve the efficiency of spent fuel recycling, and to reduce the inevitable “highly radioactive waste” produced in existing spent fuel recycling processes, a novel method for pre-separating nuclides in spent fuel is disclosed. Specifically, we have developed a physical method, wherein an artificially created large temperature gradient drives the migration of fission gas bubbles in spent metallic nuclear reactor fuel. The fission gas bubbles preferentially carry fission products and transuranic elements to achieve effective pre-separation of these elements from spent fuel, lowering cost and improving efficiency of spent fuel recycling.
US12230409B2
A nuclear reactor comprising a vessel and a micro-channel heat exchanger is disclosed. The vessel houses coolant defining a maximum level within the vessel, and the micro-channel heat exchanger is partially submerged below the maximum level. The micro-channel heat exchanger comprises a core, a plurality of primary channels, and a plurality of secondary channels. The core comprises a top face, a bottom face disposed opposite the top face, a first side face extending between the top face and the bottom face, and a second side face disposed opposite the first side face. The plurality of primary channels extends through the core from a primary inlet of the first side face to a primary outlet of the second side face. The plurality of secondary channels extends through the core among the plurality of primary channels from a secondary inlet of the top face to a secondary outlet of the top face.
US12230407B2
A method, computer program product, and computing system for: monitoring a meeting between a patient and a medical entity during a medical encounter; gathering information during the medical encounter, thus generating gathered encounter information, wherein the gathered encounter information includes video-based content of the patient; generating video-based content information via artificial intelligence, wherein the video-based content information is based at least in part upon the video-based content and/or the gathered encounter information and is configured to provide guidance to the medical entity concerning the video-based content; and providing the video-based content information to the medical entity.
US12230405B1
Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media, for responding to a query. In some implementations, a computer obtains a query. The computer determines a meaning for each term in the query. The computer determines user data for the user that submitted the query. The computer identifies one or more ontologies based on the meanings for at least some of the terms. The computer identifies a knowledge graph based on the identified ontologies and the user data. The computer generates a response to the query by traversing a path of the identified knowledge graph to identify items in the knowledge graph based on the determined meaning for each of the terms. The computer generates path data that represents the path taken by the computer through the identified knowledge graph. The computer provides the generated response and the path data to the client device.
US12230402B2
A monitoring system may include a memory having computer-readable instructions stored thereon and a processor operatively coupled to the memory. The processor may read and execute the computer-readable instructions to perform or control performance of operations. The operations may include receive, prior to a collision involving a vehicle, sensor data representative of a feature of an internal environment and determine the collision has occurred. The operations may include automatically instruct, based on the collision, a sensor to generate another sensor data representative of another feature of the internal environment. The operations may include receive the another sensor data from the sensor and compare the sensor data and the another sensor data to accident data corresponding to previous accidents. The accident data may include a diagnosed injury and an accident severity of each of the previous accidents. The operations may include determine a severity of the collision based on the comparison.
US12230401B1
The present disclosure provides an intelligent decision reasoning method for type-based diagnosis and treatment of a cardiovascular disease, a device, and a product, and relates to the medical field. The present disclosure adopts a risk factor mining model of a cardiovascular disease and a drug attribute association mining model of the cardiovascular disease to extract relevant information from cardiovascular data, achieving precise prediction of a fine-grained cardiovascular disease type and effectively promoting precision medicine. Based on a clinical diagnostic dataset and a clinical symptom diagnosis knowledge system of the cardiovascular disease, a type-based auxiliary diagnosis model of the cardiovascular disease is constructed, and intelligent decision reasoning is performed to obtain an association rule. This achieves efficient integration of type-based decision support of the cardiovascular disease and a medical convalescence knowledge base of the cardiovascular disease, and enhances quality of a cardiovascular medical convalescence association rule set.
US12230400B2
Decision support technology is provided for use with patients who may be prone to a cardiovascular condition such as acute coronary syndromes. A mechanism is provided to determine a patient's risk for experiencing a cardiovascular ischemic event at a future time interval based on temporal patterns determined using physiological parameters of the patient such as serum or blood uric acid and/or C-reactive protein (CRP). A forecast or score may be determined indicating whether or not temporal patterns merit intervention to prevent occurrence or reoccurrence of ischemic events, or for determining adherence to or efficacy of treatment or preventive interventions. Based on the forecast or score, appropriate response action such as automatically issuing an alert or notification to a caregiver associated with the patient, may be determined, recommended, or implemented.
US12230396B2
An alarm notification system can enable a clinician to respond to an alarm notification received via a computing device, which may have more advanced functionality than a pager. The clinician's device can include a notification client which can respond to alarm notifications. The notification client can also provide one or more user interfaces that enable the clinician to view information about an alarm, such as information about a patient's status, physiological parameter values, trend data, audio/video of the patient, combinations of the same, or the like. Further, the notification client can provide functionality for a clinician to respond to an alarm, annotate an alarm, and/or indicate that the clinician can or cannot respond to the alarm, among other features. In addition, the clinician device can also (or instead) include an admit module that provides for automatic association of a patient to a device or location.
US12230394B2
A system and method for generating and implementing a barcode is provided, wherein the system includes a data generation device configured to receive data and generate barcode data response to the received data, a barcode generation device, configured to receive the barcode data and generate a barcode responsive to the received barcode data, a display device, configured to display the barcode and a barcode receiving device, configured to receive the barcode and operate in response to the barcode.
US12230391B2
A physiological test credit method determines if test credits are available to the monitor and checks if a Wi-Fi connection is available. If test credits are less than a test credit threshold, the monitor connects to a test credit server, processes server commands so as to download test credits and disconnects from the server. In various embodiments, the monitor is challenged to break a server code, the server is challenged to break a monitor code. The server validates monitor serial codes, and saves monitor configuration parameters.
US12230390B2
Augmented reality-based training and troubleshooting is described for medical devices. An electronic mobile device can be equipped with an AR application that, when executed, causes the electronic mobile device to provide augmented reality-based training on how to set up, or perform maintenance on, one or more components of a medical device. The AR application, when executed, can also cause the electronic mobile device to provide augmented reality-based troubleshooting for one or more components of a medical device.
US12230387B2
A computer apparatus and computer-implemented process for generating a batch record (BR) from a master batch record (MBR) during manufacture of a batch of pharmaceutical product. In the control software, a graphical analysis interface is provided for processing graphs of spectroscopic or chromatographic analysis. A group of fields in the MBR is assigned to the analysis. The operator wears an augmented reality headset and uses this to capture an image of a graph from an instrument display. The graph image is then processed to extract the graph and its metadata, and then further processed to find peaks and assign attribute labels to the peaks, and thus populate the analysis fields. Overlay images are then transmitted to AR headset to present to the operator the populated analysis fields. The operator then accepts or rejects the populated analysis fields by issuing user interface commands.
US12230385B2
Techniques, described herein, enable enhanced de-identification solutions for digital imaging and communications in medicine (DICOM) systems and records. DICOM header tags may be de-identified (e.g., anonymized) using one or more hashing algorithms and salt values. Solutions for evaluating and resolving collisions between de-identified. DICOM records may be de-identified in large batches or in smaller batches on a per-request basis. Additional features of the techniques are described herein.
US12230384B2
A medical tool is described for supporting an individual suffering from a mental condition or disorder characterized by auditory psychosis symptoms. The tool can assist in training the individual to distinguish between an acute auditory psychosis episode and ambient sounds. The tool can monitor for a non-audio input by a patient, where the input represents an indication that the patient is hearing sounds potentially symptomatic of psychosis. A microphone can monitor ambient sounds, which are tested against a threshold to determine and whether an auditory psychosis episode may be occurring.
US12230378B2
A method for coordinating the manufacturing of an expanded cell therapy product for a patient may include receiving a cell order request to expand the cell therapy product for the patient; generating a patient-specific identifier or cell order identifier associated with the cell order request; and initiating a process to expand the cell therapy product from at least some of a solid tumor obtained from the patient. If acceptance parameters for the expansion cell therapy product do not meet certain acceptance criteria at a second time point subsequent to a first time point in the expansion process, it is determined whether re-performing the expansion of the cell therapy product using the cell expansion technique is possible from the first time point based on the acceptance parameters at the second time point. If such re-performing the expansion is possible, patient treatment events that use the expanded cell therapy product are rescheduled.
US12230373B1
In general, the systems, components, methods, and techniques provide an automated medical communications system including an automated medical communications board controller device and a medical communications board device providing a medical board communications interface customized for the location of the medical communications board device at the medical facility.
US12230372B2
Methods, apparatus, systems, computing devices, computing entities, and/or the like for using machine-learning concepts (e.g., machine learning models) to determine predicted taxonomy-based classification scores for claims and dynamically update data fields based on the same.
US12230368B2
Aspects relate to a portable device that may be used to identify a critical intensity and an anaerobic work capacity of an individual. The device may utilize muscle oxygen sensor data, speed data, or power data. The device may utilize data from multiple exercise sessions, or may utilize data from a single exercise session. The device may additionally estimate a critical intensity from a previous race time input from a user.
US12230367B2
Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for generating data defining molecules. In one aspect, there is provided a method comprising: receiving, from a user, data defining a chemical computation graph, wherein: the chemical computation graph comprises a set of chemical computation nodes and a set of edges; each chemical computation node is configured to perform operations comprising: receiving a set of input molecules; and processing the set of input molecules, in accordance with a sequence of one or more transformation operations associated with the chemical computation node, to generate a set of output molecules; and each edge connects a respective first chemical computation node to a respective second chemical computation node; and generating a set of candidate molecules using the chemical computation graph.
US12230356B2
A memory device including a plurality of nonvolatile memory chips each including a status output pin and a buffer chip configured to receive a plurality of internal state signals, which indicate states of the plurality of nonvolatile memory chips, from the status output pins and output an external state signal having a set period on the basis of the internal state signals indicating a particular state, wherein in a first section of the external state signal having the set period, a duty cycle of the external state signal determines depending on an identification (ID) of the nonvolatile memory chip which outputs the internal state signal indicating the particular state among the plurality of nonvolatile memory chips.
US12230355B2
The memory banks of a memory device are arranged and operated in groups and the groups are further arranged and operated as clusters of these groups. Successive accesses to banks that are within different bank group clusters may be issued at a first time interval. Successive accesses to banks that are within different bank groups within the same cluster can be issued no faster than a second time interval. And, successive accesses to banks that are within the same bank group may be issued no faster than a third time interval. The memory banks of a memory device may have multiple rows open at the same time. The rows that can be open at the same time is determined by the rows that are already open. These memory banks are also arranged and operated in groups that have three different minimum time intervals.
US12230343B2
A memory device including: a memory cell array including a plurality of memory cells forming a plurality of strings in a vertical direction with a substrate; and a control logic configured to detect a not-open string (N/O string) from the plurality of strings in response to a write command and convert pieces of target data to be programmed on a plurality of target memory cells in the N/O string so that the pieces of target data have a value that limits a number of times a program voltage is applied to the plurality of target memory cells.
US12230341B2
A method of operating a semiconductor device includes performing a pre-sensing operation on selected memory cells; and performing a main sensing operation on the selected memory cells. The performing of the main sensing operation includes selectively precharging first sensing nodes of a plurality of page buffers respectively corresponding to the selected memory cells, based on a result of the pre-sensing operation.
US12230340B2
The present disclosure provides a shift register unit, a gate driving circuit and a display device. The shift register unit provided by the present disclosure includes: an input sub-circuit, an output sub-circuit, at least one pull-down control sub-circuit, at least one pull-down sub-circuit, at least one first noise reduction sub-circuit, and a reverse bias sub-circuit; the reverse bias sub-circuit is configured to control transistors in at least part of sub-circuits connected to a pull-up node to be in a reverse bias state through a power voltage signal in response to a potential of the pull-up node, or control the transistors in at least part of the sub-circuits connected to the pull-up node to be in the reverse bias state through a cascade signal in response to a potential of a cascade signal terminal.
US12230338B2
A memory device and a method of operating a memory device are disclosed. In one aspect, the memory device includes a plurality of non-volatile memory cells, each of the plurality of non-volatile memory cells is operatively coupled to a word line, a gate control line, and a bit line. Each of the plurality of non-volatile memory cells comprises a first transistor, a second transistor, a first diode-connected transistor, and a capacitor. The first transistor, second transistor, first diode-connected transistor are coupled in series, with the capacitor having a first terminal connected to a common node between the first diode-connected transistor and the second transistor.
US12230324B2
A masking circuit of a content addressable memory (CAM) includes a masking control circuit and a level control circuit. The masking control circuit generates a masking signal according to a word line (WL) signal and a write enablement (WE) signal. When both the WL and WE signals are at a first level, the masking signal is a first masking signal; when they are at different levels respectively, the masking signal is a second masking signal. The level control circuit generates a level control signal according to the masking signal for determining whether to pull a voltage level of a match line of the CAM to a predetermined level. When the masking signal is the first masking signal, the level control circuit pulls the voltage level to the predetermined level; and when the masking signal is the second masking signal, the level control circuit does not interfere in the voltage level.
US12230320B2
In some aspects of the present disclosure, a memory device is disclosed. In some aspects, the memory device includes a first voltage regulator to receive a word line voltage provided to a memory array; a resistor network coupled to the first voltage regulator to provide an inhibit voltage to the memory array, wherein the resistor network comprises a plurality of resistors and wherein each of the resistors are coupled in series to an adjacent one of the plurality of resistors; and a switch network comprising a plurality of switches, wherein each of the switches are coupled to a corresponding one of the plurality of resistors and to the memory array via a second voltage regulator.
US12230318B2
A memory device includes a first word line and a second word line. A first portion of the first word line is formed in a first metal layer, a second portion of the first word line is formed in a second metal layer above the first metal layer, and a third portion of the first word line is formed in a third metal layer below the second metal layer. A first portion of the second word line is formed in the first metal layer. A second portion of the second word line is formed in the second metal layer. The first portion, the second portion, and the third portion of the first word line have sizes that are different from each other, and the first portion and the second portion of the second word line have sizes that are different from each other.
US12230315B2
Methods, systems, and devices for a model for predicting memory system performance are described. A memory system may generate a set of read commands and perform a first set of read operations at a memory device according to the generated read commands. The memory system may generate information indicating a performance of the memory device based on the first set of read operations and may update one or more coefficients of a model that correlates the information with a change in a read window. In some cases, the memory system may model the change in a read window based on the information and update one or more parameters associated with read operations based on the modelled change in the read window. The memory system may perform a second set of read operations at the memory device using the one or more updated parameters.
US12230313B2
A memory device includes: a first memory cell mat that includes first multi-layer level sub word lines positioned over a substrate; a second memory cell mat that is laterally spaced apart from the first memory cell mat and includes second multi-layer level sub word lines; a first sub word line driver circuit that is positioned underneath the first memory cell mat; and a second sub word line driver circuit that is positioned underneath the second memory cell mat, wherein the first sub word line driver circuit is positioned underneath ends of the first multi-layer level sub word lines, and the second sub word line driver circuit is positioned underneath ends of the second multi-layer level sub word lines.
US12230310B2
An operation method of a memory may include entering a self-refresh mode, increasing a level of a back-bias voltage in response to entering the self-refresh mode, performing self-refresh operations in a first cycle, confirming that the back-bias voltage reaches a level of a first threshold voltage, and performing the self-refresh operations in a second cycle longer than the first cycle in response to the confirmation.
US12230301B2
A method of manufacturing a piezoelectric microactuator assembly can include forming a top electrode layer onto a top face of a PZT element and placing a mask at different locations on the top electrode layer. A conductive epoxy can be added in the space between the at least two portions of the mask, and a constraint layer can be applied to the conductive epoxy smaller than the top electrode layer formed on the PZT element. The mask ca be removed, leaving the constraint layer on the conductive epoxy, creating an exposed shelf of the top electrode uncovered by the constraint layer. A bottom electrode layer can be formed onto a bottom face of the PZT element opposite the top electrode layer and the PZT element can be polarized to form an active piezoelectric layer.
US12230299B2
A baseplate for a disk drive suspension is provided. The baseplate includes a receiving space at a distal end configured to mate with a spring of a load beam. The receiving space partially extends a length of the baseplate. The baseplate also includes a swage hub at a proximal end and an indented surface surrounding the swage hub. The proximal end is opposite the distal end. The indented surface is at least partially defined by a baseplate support section.
US12230298B2
The present disclosure is generally related to a magnetic recording device comprising a magnetic recording head. The magnetic recording head comprises a main pole (MP), a shield, and a spintronic device disposed between the MP and the shield. The spintronic device comprises a MP notch disposed on the MP, a first spin torque layer (STL), a second STL, a spin kill layer disposed between the first and second STLs, and a shield notch. The spin kill layer prevents spin torque from being transferred between the first STL and the second STL. In a forward stack where electrons flow from the MP to the shield, the MP notch comprises FeCr and the shield notch comprises CoFe. In a reverse stack where electrons flow from the shield to the MP, the MP notch comprises CoFe and the shield notch comprises FeCr.
US12230295B2
The present application provides a video processing method and apparatus. The video processing method includes: obtaining a video to be processed; decoding the video to obtain a set of target video frames, wherein the set of target video frames comprise a target recognition image; determining video position information indicating positions of the set of target video frames in the video, image position information indicating positions of the target recognition image in the set of target video frames, and a target link corresponding to the target recognition image; and storing the video position information, the image position information, the target link, and a corresponding relationship among them, and binding the same to the video. The video processing method provided in the present application facilitates a user in quickly jumping to a target link, simplifies complicated processes, and improves user experience.
