US12233944B2
A vehicle roof, in particular for a passenger car, the vehicle roof having a roof skin which forms a visible outer surface of the vehicle roof, and a sensor unit having at least two environment sensors for detecting a vehicle environment, the sensor unit being disposed below the roof skin and attached to a carrier and may have a support for the at least two environment sensors, the support being connected to a thermal management system. An electrical insulation element is disposed between each of the environment sensors and the support, the electrical insulation elements thermally coupling the respective environment sensors and the support.
US12233940B2
A support frame assembly configured to strengthen an upper frame portion of a frame of a vehicle, comprising a first frame member having a first end and a second end, and a second frame member having a first end and a second end, wherein both the first ends of the first and second frame members are configured to couple to a front half of the frame and the second ends of the first and second frame members are configured to couple to the front half of the frame to strengthen the upper frame portion, at least one of the first and second ends of each of the first and second frame members including at least one mechanically coupled joint configured for coupling each of the first and second frame members to the front half of the frame.
US12233924B2
A deterioration diagnosis apparatus includes: a measurement condition storage unit in which first measurement conditions under which measurement is performed for diagnosing a state of a device installed on a train are stored; a measurement condition determination unit determining whether or not the first measurement conditions meet second measurement conditions in operation data that has been acquired from the train and includes a measurement result indicating the state of the device, the second measurement conditions being conditions under which the measurement result has been obtained; a difference condition extraction unit extracting a difference between the first measurement conditions and the second measurement conditions when it is determined that there is inconsistency between the first measurement conditions and the second measurement conditions; a control command generation unit generating a control command for eliminating the difference; and a control command transmission unit transmitting the control command to the train.
US12233914B2
Provided are an automatic driving-based riding method, apparatus and device, and a storage medium. The automatic driving-based riding method includes: selecting a target pick-up point for a target passenger from candidate pick-up points according to vehicle auxiliary information of the candidate pick-up points, where the vehicle auxiliary information of the candidate pick-up points includes coordinate information and lane information of the candidate pick-up points; and controlling an automatic driving vehicle to drive to the target pick-up point according to the vehicle auxiliary information of the target pick-up point.
US12233912B2
A location of a first object can be determined in an image. A line can be drawn on the first image based on the location of the first object. A deep neural network can be trained to determine a relative location between the first object in the image and a second object in the image based on the line. The deep neural network can be optimized by determining a fitness score that divides a number of deep neural network parameters by a performance score. The deep neural network can be output.
US12233910B2
Devices, systems, and methods are provided for indoor localization. A self-driving vehicle may detect a first fiducial marker located at a first location within a building, wherein the first fiducial marker comprises first fiducial marker information associated with the first location. The self-driving vehicle may retrieve the first fiducial marker information from the first fiducial marker. The self-driving vehicle may generate localization information of the self-driving vehicle based on the first fiducial marker information. The self-driving vehicle may utilize the localization information to transition to a second location within the building, wherein the second location comprises a second fiducial marker.
US12233909B2
A vehicle parking assist apparatus acquires and registers first information on a parking lot from a camera image when a vehicle stops by the parking lot. The vehicle parking assist apparatus acquires and registers second information on the parking lot from the camera image when completing parking the vehicle in the parking lot by a parking assist control. The vehicle parking assist apparatus acquires the information on the parking lot as current parking lot information from the camera image when the vehicle stops by the parking lot after registering the first and second parking lot information and executes the parking assist control with realizing a relationship in position between the vehicle and the parking lot by comparing the current parking lot information with the registered parking lot information.
US12233900B2
Embodiments include methods performed by a processor of an Edge computing device for generating local dynamic map (LDM) data. The processor may receive new or updated (“first”) LDM data for a service area of the Edge computing device. The processor may integrate the first LDM data into an LDM data model. The processor may determine second LDM data of the LDM data model that is relevant to a vehicle or mobile device. The processor may provide the determined second LDM data to the vehicle or mobile device.
US12233898B2
A method and system for assisting a vehicle when traveling within an area experiencing a meteorological event capable of potentially flooding a roadway is disclosed. The assistance may include determining a water level over top of the roadway, determining a plurality of surface water related operating parameters for the vehicle, and comparing the water level to the surface water related operating parameters to generate a flooded roadway assessment. The flooded roadway assessment may be used for determining the roadway to be in one of a passable state and an impassable state for the vehicle. Based thereon, a flooded roadway command may be generated for correspondingly controlling one or more systems onboard the vehicle.
US12233890B2
Provided is a system or the like which can achieve improvement in remote operation efficiency of a work machine by improving an efficiency of calibration processing. A determination result of whether a remote operation factor corresponds to an actual machine operation factor is recognized by a first support processing element 121. “The remote operation factor” is a factor defining an operation setting of a remote operation mechanism 211 included in a remote operation apparatus 20. “The actual machine operation factor” is a factor defining an operation setting of an actual machine operation mechanism 411 included in a work machine 40. Processing of making the actual machine operation factor correspond to the remote operation factor is executed by a second support processing element 122 on a requirement that the determination result is negative.
US12233889B2
A system for implementing automated vehicle assistance functions may include at least one vehicle having functional units, with which the vehicle assistance functions are executable, and at least one cloud system, which is connectable to the vehicle via a communication link. To enable automated generation and variation of the vehicle-specific automation sequences, which are formed from a sequence of vehicle assistance functions, the cloud system may be configured to receive predefined rule specifications assigned to the vehicle assistance functions, check whether the rule specifications meet predefined original equipment manufacturer regulations and/or customer requirements and/or regional legal requirements, store the rule specifications that meet the predefined original equipment manufacturer regulations and/or customer requirements and/or regional legal requirements, assign a certain rule set of stored rule specifications to data specific for the vehicle, and store this certain rule set for the vehicle in a manner that is downloadable via the communication link.
US12233872B2
A vehicle system includes: a controller configured to communicate with a map server; and a vehicle position acquiring device configured to acquire own vehicle position information. The controller includes: a vehicle position determining unit configured to determine a lane in which an own vehicle is traveling based on the own vehicle position information; a recommended lane determining unit configured to determine a recommended lane; and a storage unit configured to store preference of an occupant including preference for a timing of a lane change of the occupant. The recommended lane determining unit is configured to set a priority of each lane based on map information, determine the lane having a highest priority as the recommended lane, and adjust a switching point of the recommended lane according to the preference stored in the storage unit.
US12233867B2
Disclosed is a driver assistance system, which performs lane following assist control to keep a vehicle in the center of a lane by generating a required steering torque by a lane following assist system, including a controller configured to determine whether a driving situation is a situation in which steering intervention of a driver is required when the lane following assist control is performed, and adjust at least one of an attenuation amount of a required steering torque and a threshold value of a driver override determination for determining a driver override when the driving situation is the situation in which the steering intervention of the driver is required.
US12233857B2
A computer includes a processor and a memory, the memory storing instructions executable by the processor to receive sensor data indicating an obstacle, formulate a control barrier function for a vehicle based on the sensor data, determine a control input based on the control barrier function, and actuate a component of the vehicle according to the control input. The control barrier function is defined with respect to a reference point that is spaced from a centroid of the vehicle.
US12233851B2
A method for controlling the distribution of power to a traction motor in a plug-in electric vehicle having a plurality of on-board sources of electric power. Power is distributed at a normal power control relationship in response to an operator control input during operation in a normal mode. Power is depleted at a first rate during operation of the vehicle in the normal mode. Power is distributed at a derate power control relationship in response to the operator control input during operation in a derate mode. Power is depleted at a second rate that is less than the first rate during operation in the derate mode to conserve the power of the one or more on-board sources. Operation in the derate mode can be initiated in response to information from sensors identifying a vehicle condition indicating a battery charge limitation.
US12233837B2
A system (e.g., a vehicle control system) includes a brake control unit that is configured to be operably deployed onboard a vehicle. The brake control unit has one or more sensor inputs and one or more control outputs. One of the sensor units is configured to receive a speed signal from a speed sensor of the vehicle; the speed signal is indicative of a vehicle speed detected by the speed sensor. One of the control outputs is configured for connection to a brake system of the vehicle. The brake control unit is configured to generate a vehicle control signal to initiate a vehicle brake operation responsive to the speed indicated by the speed signal going above a designated first speed threshold and the speed signal meeting one or more first designated criteria in addition to the first speed threshold.
US12233833B2
A braking assist control device for a vehicle including a detector and a braking assist control device is provided. The braking assist control device includes an acquisition unit configured to acquire information on an ambient environment of an own vehicle from the detector, and a control unit configured to cause the braking assist device to perform intersection entry prevention assist in a case where it is determined, using the acquired information on the ambient environment, that the own vehicle is approaching an intersection and an own lane in which the own vehicle is traveling is a non-priority lane with respect to an intersecting lane.
US12233829B2
A detection device for detecting a braking force applied by a brake caliper on a hub holder is configured to be mounted at a fastening interface between the brake caliper and the hub holder and has a low-friction body, a caliper-hub-holder connection element, a sensor element, and an electrical interface. The low-friction body puts into contact the brake caliper and the hub holder at the fixing interface. The caliper-hub-holder connection element, configured to be mechanically connected to the brake caliper and the hub holder, is susceptible of deformation. The low-friction body decouples tightening forces from the braking forces to minimize the effect of the tightening forces on the detection device. The sensor element detects strains and generates electrical signals indicative of detected strains and representative of the braking force. The electrical interface is connected to the sensor element for conducting and making available the generated electrical signals. A method and a system for determining a braking torque are also provided.
US12233825B2
A method for hazard detection and fire prevention during mobile refueling operation includes: accessing a geospatial position of a mobile refueling platform; detecting the geospatial position within a geospatial region as a first condition in a set of conditions, the geospatial region permitted for refueling operation; accessing a distance between the mobile refueling platform and a surface of an object proximal the mobile refueling platform; detecting the distance exceeding a distance threshold as a second condition in the set of conditions; accessing a concentration of a gas proximal the mobile refueling platform; detecting the concentration falling below a concentration threshold as a third condition in the first set of conditions; and in response to the set of conditions corresponding to a set of target conditions for mobile refueling operation, transmitting a control signal to open a fuel valve of the mobile refueling platform.
US12233816B2
A vehicle locking boot includes a horizontal support arm and a first vertical support arm extending from the horizontal support arm. The first vertical support arm includes a front engagement protrusion. A receiving sleeve extends from the horizontal support arm at a base of the first vertical support arm. A horizontal extension portion is coupled to the horizontal support arm. A second vertical support arm extends from the horizontal extension portion. The second vertical support arm includes a rear engagement protrusion extending therefrom. The front engagement protrusion faces the rear engagement protrusion. A keypad is disposed on the first engagement portion to lock and unlock the horizontal extension portion. A lug nut blocking plate is coupled to the first vertical support arm. A global positioning system (GPS) housing is positioned at an upper portion of the first vertical support arm.
US12233815B1
A retractable securement assembly, including a frame, a shaft rotatably connected to the frame, the shaft including a first end and a second end, a spring assembly connected to the first end, the spring assembly operatively arranged to bias the shaft in a first circumferential direction, a line connected to the shaft and arranged to form a coil around the shaft in a fully retracted state, and an electronics assembly, including a plate non-rotatably connected to the second end, and a circuit operatively arranged proximate the plate to retrieve information about the shaft or the line and send the information to a remote location.
US12233795B2
A vehicle includes control pilot circuitry connected with a charge port and including a control pilot line, a resistor, and a switch that selectively connects the resistor between the control pilot line and a ground of electric vehicle supply equipment plugged into the charge port. The vehicle also includes a controller that toggles the switch between open and closed states after receiving an off-board request defining a number of toggles for the switch.
US12233792B2
An in-vehicle device that provides a predetermined function to a passenger of a vehicle, the in-vehicle device comprises an operation element that is a hardware interface; and a controller comprising at least one processor configured to perform output a signal for supplying power to an accessory power supply system of the vehicle, in a case where operation is performed on the operation element.
US12233785B2
A method for mounting a camera for a vehicle providing a first housing part of an electronic housing for the camera, in which a first groove is formed on an outer side of the first housing part, providing a housing outer part separate from the first housing part, which comprises a plug channel and an inner side, wherein a second groove is formed on the inner side, introducing an adhesive part into the first groove and/or into the second groove, assembling and retaining the first housing part to the housing outer part by an adhesive connection, wherein thereto the adhesive part in the first groove adheres to the first housing part and the adhesive part on the second groove adheres to the housing outer part.
US12233777B2
To provide a vehicular lamp system capable of reducing a replacement frequency of a vehicular lamp. A vehicular lamp system includes a vehicular lamp having a plurality of elements capable of emitting light to a corresponding irradiation region and a detection unit that detects presence or absence of an abnormality in the plurality of elements, and a notification unit that notifies abnormality information concerning occurrence of the abnormality when the abnormality was detected in the element, in which the notification unit notifies the abnormality information with contents, which are different between a case where the abnormality is detected in the target element capable of emitting light to a predetermined region among the plurality of elements and a case where the abnormality is detected in the non-target element different from the target element among the plurality of elements.
US12233776B2
The disclosure provides a vehicle approach notification device and a picking truck. A vehicle approach notification device includes a first illumination portion provided on a cab capable of elevation, a second illumination portion provided on a vehicle body incapable of elevation, and a control unit that (1) turns on or blinks the first illumination portion and turns off the second illumination portion when a travel state of the vehicle body is backward travel and an elevation position is lower than a predetermined threshold value; (2) turns off the first illumination portion and turns on or blinks the second illumination portion when the travel state is backward travel or travel stop and the elevation position is equal to or higher than the threshold value; and (3) turns off the first illumination portion and the second illumination portion when the travel state is forward travel.
US12233770B2
A vehicle chock device includes a first body portion and a stepped-box body integrally formed with the first body portion. The stepped-box body has a lower portion and an upper portion. The stepped-box body transitions from a first generally planar, generally horizontal surface on the lower portion to an intermediate sloped surface to a generally planar, generally vertical surface on the upper portion. The lower portion has a second generally planar, generally horizontal surface configured to engage a supporting surface of a carrier vehicle on which an automobile is disposed. An opposite side of the upper portion that is opposite the generally planar, generally vertical surface defines a tire-contacting surface that is positioned to engage a vehicle tire of the automobile while the second generally planar, generally horizontal surface engages the supporting surface of the carrier vehicle.
US12233758B2
Provided is a vehicle seat that can absorb energy with a link while maintaining engagement of gears in a lifting device. One embodiment of the present disclosure is the vehicle seat including a seat cushion, a cushion frame supporting the seat cushion, and the lifting device configured to raise and lower at least a portion of the seat cushion. The lifting device includes a pinion gear held by the cushion frame, a sector gear engaged with the pinion gear, and the link to which the sector gear is fixed and which is rotatably coupled to the cushion frame. The link is made of a material with a lower yield stress than a material forming the sector gear.
US12233757B2
A system for locking a slide rail for a vehicle seat with continuous adjustment, comprises a fixed rail, and two blocking members urged towards each other by an elastic member to ensure their bracing on the rail, as well as to an unlocking mechanism comprising an unlocking member ensuring the release of the sliding of the slide rail by a separation of the two blocking members.
US12233754B2
Disclosed are a vehicle and a control method thereof. The vehicle includes a vehicle seal, a sensing device including a camera provided to obtain image data toward an outer lateral direction of a driver seat of the vehicle, a seat motor provided to implement a movement including at least one of folding, reclining, sliding and rotating of the vehicle seat, and a controller including a processor and a memory provided to process the image data, wherein the controller identifies height information of a driver based on processing of the image data, and identifies a getting-on position based on the height information of the driver and existing height information stored in the memory and controls the seat motor to shift the vehicle seat to the identified getting-on position.
US12233747B2
A power system, responsive to a detected change in an onboard charger or a generator, switches a converter from a first conversion setting, in which a first low voltage value of a medium-voltage bus port is converted to a first high voltage value of a high-voltage bus port, to a second conversion setting, in which a second low voltage value of the medium-voltage bus port is converted to the first high voltage value of the high-voltage bus port.
US12233746B2
The invention relates to a method for predicting an engine-start performance of an electrical energy storage system, in particular a motor vehicle starter battery. The method comprises the following method steps: generating engine-start data which are characteristic of the electrical energy storage system; evaluating the generated engine-start data; and outputting a result of the evaluation, which result relates to a prediction with respect to the engine-start performance of the electrical energy storage system. According to the invention, provision is made in particular for a vehicle make, a vehicle model and/or a vehicle variant of a vehicle to be started by the electrical energy storage system to be taken into account in order to evaluate the generated engine-start data.
US12233742B2
Electric vehicle supply equipment includes at least first and second connectors, and a controller. The controller, responsive to detecting the first and second connectors are engaged with first and second vehicles respectively, synchronizes electric power from the first and second vehicles and supplies the electric power to an entity other than the first and second vehicles.
US12233740B2
An approach is provided for dynamically controlling power distribution amongst a plurality of charging station ports based on one or more objectives. A method includes obtaining input data, wherein the input data includes at least one of: user data associated with one or more current charging station users, or non-user data that is not associated with the current charging station users. The method includes processing the input data through one or more machine learning engines, wherein the one or more machine learning engines are trained to determine a particular power distribution, among the plurality of charging station ports, that achieves one or more objectives. The method includes configuring the plurality of charging station ports according to the particular power distribution. The particular power distribution specifies a maximum charging rate or a percentage of a power budget for each of the plurality of charging station ports.
US12233739B2
A system for charging electric vehicles is disclosed, comprising: vehicle chargers coupled to an electric power grid; and a controller in communication with the chargers and vehicles and configured to execute software to cause the controller to: determine characteristics of each vehicle, the characteristics including a charge capacity of a battery system of each vehicle and a mission schedule; determine characteristics of each charger, the characteristics including a type of each charger and a charging capacity; process the characteristics of each vehicle and each charger to identify charging opportunities for each vehicle over the course of a time period; and perform a peak power optimization analysis to generate a vehicle charging profile configured to activate a minimum number of chargers simultaneously and to minimize downtimes of the plurality of chargers to thereby distribute the power demand from the electric power grid and result in an initial peak power demand.
US12233736B2
With a charging control apparatus, first, a chargeable amount is acquired. Then, the charging control apparatus calculates a minimum SOC that is the lowest SOC needed by the vehicle for the following travel. Then, the charging control apparatus sets a target SOC that restricts deterioration of the battery and is greater than or equal to the minimum SOC. Alternatively, the charging control apparatus sets a target charging amount that restricts deterioration of the battery and is less than or equal to the chargeable amount.
US12233735B2
Customizable electric vehicle supply equipment (EVSE) systems may be utilized for charging electrified vehicles. Exemplary EVSE systems may include a charging cord assembly having a cable that includes an outer sheath and a lighting module housed within the outer sheath. The lighting module may be controlled to emit lighting effects for providing visual indications of various electrified vehicle charging statuses. Settings associated with the lighting effects may be customized within a human machine interface (HMI) of the EVSE system.
US12233734B2
An autonomous moving device wireless charging system, including an autonomous moving device and a wireless charging station, the wireless charging station includes a wireless charging transmitting end; the autonomous moving device includes: a wireless charging receiving end, the wireless charging transmitting end wirelessly transmits a charging signal to the wireless charging receiving end to transmit electric energy; a charging battery, electrically connected to the wireless charging receiving end, to receive the electric energy transmitted from the wireless charging receiving end; a wireless charging locating module, the wireless charging locating module determines whether the autonomous moving device is at a charging location; a driving module; and a control module, connected to the wireless charging locating module and driving module, when the wireless charging locating module determines that the autonomous moving device is at the charging location, controlling the driving module, to make the autonomous moving device dock at the charging location.
US12233730B2
A portable modular external AC charger and an AC charging system for a high-voltage battery of an electric or hybrid motor vehicle, may allow charging performance and range of functions to be adapted as desired.
US12233728B2
A conveyor arrangement for airborne battery replacement between an aerial supply vehicle having a store of replacement batteries suitable to power electric aerial vehicles and an electric aerial vehicle powered by a set of replaceable batteries is disclosed. The conveyor arrangement is configured to convey batteries between the aerial supply vehicle and the electric aerial vehicle during flight to replace a replaceable battery from the set of the electric aerial vehicle by a replacement battery from the store of the aerial supply vehicle.
US12233724B2
This disclosure relates to a projection for a vehicle frame rail and a corresponding method. In some aspects, the techniques described herein relate to a vehicle, including: a frame rail; and a projection extending laterally outward from a laterally outer surface of the frame rail, wherein the projection is a part of a running board assembly.
US12233716B2
A vehicle power system includes an inverter electrically connected between a traction battery and electric machine, a three phase coupled inductor electrically connected between the traction battery and inverter, and one or more controllers that operate the inverter while a common mode voltage at a neutral point of the electric machine is constant.
US12233714B2
An information processing apparatus that controls scenery display according to a current position of a mobile body is provided. The information processing apparatus includes a detection unit that detects a region where a predetermined object outside the mobile body appears within a window of the mobile body, a display unit that displays a transmissive region and a non-transmissive region within the window, and a control unit that controls the display unit based on the detected region. The detection unit detects an appearance place where the object appears in the window, based on a current position of the mobile body, a moving speed and a traveling direction of the mobile body, and position information associated with the object. Thereafter, a transmissive region is displayed in the region where the object appears, or a non-transmissive region that masks a region where the object is absent is displayed in the window.
US12233705B2
A hybrid all-terrain vehicle includes an engine and a motor, the engine being configured to drive the motor or output power, the motor being configured to generate electric energy or output power; the motor defining a motor cooling channel; a motor radiator including a motor radiator liquid inlet and a motor radiator liquid outlet, the motor radiator liquid inlet, the motor cooling channel, and the motor radiator liquid outlet being communicated to form a motor cooling system; and a water pump connected in the motor cooling system, a height of the water pump from the ground being less than or equal to heights of two ends of the motor cooling channel from the ground; and/or the height of the water pump from the ground being less than or equal to heights of the motor radiator liquid inlet and the motor radiator liquid outlet from the ground.
US12233702B2
A structural assembly for a battery structure of a vehicle includes a lower wall and a pair of cross members. The lower wall is configured to support a cell stack. The pair of cross members are spaced apart from each other in a longitudinal direction of the vehicle. Each cross member provides lateral support for a respective side of the cell stack and is configured to extend substantially an entire width of a battery enclosure. Each cross member of the pair of cross members includes an outer wall, an inner wall spaced apart from the outer wall, and connecting members. The outer wall, the inner wall, and connecting members cooperate with each other to define an internal cavity. The inner walls of the pair of cross members are secured to the lower wall and slidable relative to the outer walls of the pair of cross members.
US12233701B2
A structural assembly for an electric vehicle includes a vehicle frame and a battery structure. The vehicle frame is distinct from a vehicle body and includes a front section, a rear section and a mid-section disposed between the front and rear sections. The mid-section includes opposed longitudinal rails. The battery structure is configured to house power storage units and is disposed between the opposed longitudinal rails. The battery structure includes a battery housing secured to the opposed longitudinal rails of the mid-section. The mid-section and the battery housing are combined into a unitized structure that is removably secured to the front and rear sections of the vehicle frame.
US12233700B2
A structural assembly for an electric vehicle includes a battery structure, a pair of mounting structures, lower fasteners and upper fasteners. The battery structure is configured to house power storage units. Each mounting structure is secured to a respective side of the battery structure. Each lower fastener extends through a lower portion of a respective mounting structure and a bottom portion of a respective rocker of the vehicle body. Each upper fastener extends through an upper portion of the respective rocker and a top portion of the respective mounting structure. The upper fasteners secure the battery pack and the vehicle body at an upper attachment point and the lower fasteners secure the battery pack and the vehicle body at a lower attachment point. The lower attachment point is vertically offset from the upper attachment point.
US12233699B2
A vehicle-body structure increases comfort inside a vehicle cabin and improves vehicle-body stiffness. A battery housing portion in which a battery is housed and a battery non-housing portion in which the battery is not housed are provided alongside in a vehicle front-rear direction below the vehicle cabin. A second frame portion disposed at the battery non-housing portion is larger than a first frame portion disposed at the battery housing portion in a vehicle width direction.
US12233698B2
A structural assembly for a vehicle includes a vehicle frame distinct from a vehicle body. The vehicle frame includes opposed longitudinal rails. Each rail includes a single, monolithic body having a central internal brace and a pair of opposed ends. One end of the opposed ends is fixed to a first side of the central internal brace and the other end of the opposed ends is fixed to a second side of the central internal brace that is opposite the first side.
US12233691B2
A vehicle has a windshield, a cladding element having a front surface, which faces the windshield, a rear surface, which faces away from the windshield, and a top surface, which is arranged between the front surface and the rear surface and is angled toward the front surface and rear surface. An airflow element has a wall element, a grille element and an air inlet. At least the front surface and the top surface of the cladding element have a recess in which the wall element and the grille element are arranged. The grille element is designed to direct air from the airflow element to the windshield.
US12233681B2
A vehicle suspension link may include a bushing, a knuckle, a link arm operably coupled to the knuckle via the bushing at a ring formed at one end of the link arm, and a coupling assembly comprising a first bushing ferrule on a first axial end of the bushing and a second bushing ferrule on a second axial end of the bushing. Each of the first and second bushing ferrules may include a serrated face disposed to face away from the bushing, the serrated face comprising serrations for embedding into adjacent components.
US12233679B2
A semi-rigid axle for a vehicle may include a torsion profile, which extends in a Y direction and is open downward in a Z direction; and two longitudinal control arms, which are connected to the semi-rigid axle and are each connected to the torsion profile by a gusset plate arrangement. Each gusset plate arrangement has a first gusset plate welded to one of the two longitudinal control arms and a second gusset plate arranged at least partially above the first gusset plate. First and second connecting sections of the first and second gusset plates are connected to one another and each of the first and second gusset plates is welded to an inside of the torsion profile on both sides in an X direction.
US12233675B2
A tire assembly according to the disclosure may include a wheel having a first outer circumferential surface and a second outer circumferential surface, and a tire mounted on the wheel and having a first portion that mates with the first outer circumferential surface of the wheel, and a second portion that is spaced away from the second outer circumferential surface of the wheel to form a cavity. Furthermore, the first portion may be a solid portion that extends from the first outer circumferential surface of the wheel to an outer circumferential surface of the tire.
US12233659B2
A secure document including a first layer having a metal holographic structure forming an arrangement of pixels each including a plurality of sub-pixels of distinct colors and a second layer positioned facing the first layer, the second layer being opaque to at least the visible wavelength spectrum. The first layer includes perforations formed by a first laser beam, the first perforations locally revealing through the holographic structure a number of dark areas in the sub-pixels caused by underlying regions of the second opaque layer such as to form a personalized image starting from the arrangement of pixels combined with the dark areas.
US12233649B2
A printing liquid container includes first and second members having a supply port and a valve, respectively. The members rotate with respect to each other between first and second states. The valve closes and opens the supply port in the first and second states, respectively. The first and second members have first and second fitting portions, respectively. The fitting portions fit to a fitted portion of a tank in the first state. The second fitting portion allows rotation of the second member with respect to the fitted portion when the first fitting portion are fitted to the fitting portion. The first member does not rotate together with the second member due to fitting between the fitted portion and the first fitting portion. The second member cannot be removed from the fitted portion due to fitting of the second fitting portion to the fitted portion in the second state.
US12233644B2
A method is described in which a difference in height is determined between a current position and a calibration position of a printhead of a printer. An alignment value for the printhead is then determined based on the difference.
US12233638B2
An illustrative dye sublimation apparatus may include a texture sheet with a pattern to be applied to a substrate. More specifically, the texture sheet is pressed into the substrate during the dye sublimation process in order to apply the pattern from the texture sheet while the substrate is heated and simultaneously being infused with an image from a printed sheet. The pressure applied to the texture sheet can vary, for example based on the temperature. Compared to the conventional systems in which substrates are pre-textured, the embodiments disclosed herein describe a process for simultaneous image-infusion and texture-application, which results in a substrate that is both infused and textured.
US12233635B2
An apparatus includes a first layer including unidirectional first fibers oriented in a first direction and embedded within the first layer, where the first layer has a thickness of less than 25 μm and a second layer bound to the first layer, the second layer including unidirectional second fibers oriented in a second direction and embedded within the second layer, where the first layer has a thickness of less than 25 μm and where the first direction is nonparallel to the second direction.
US12233629B2
The present disclosure provides a flexible multilayer film. The flexible multilayer film includes at least three layers. One of the layers is a seal layer and one of the layers is a barrier layer. The seal layer is an ionomer. The backing layer is in direct contact with the seal layer. The backing layer is an ethylene/α-olefin multi-block copolymer.
US12233625B2
Methods of manufacturing electrochromic windows are described. An electrochromic device is fabricated to substantially cover a glass sheet, for example float glass, and a cutting pattern is defined based on one or more low-defectivity areas in the device from which one or more electrochromic panes are cut. Laser scribes and/or bus bars may be added prior to cutting the panes or after. Edge deletion can also be performed prior to or after cutting the electrochromic panes from the glass sheet. Insulated glass units (IGUs) are fabricated from the electrochromic panes and optionally one or more of the panes of the IGU are strengthened.
US12233616B2
An automatic splicing apparatus and methods thereof are provided herein for splicing together two ends of a sheet of tire material on a tire building drum. The apparatus comprises a frame, a splicer foot assembly, and a splicer roller assembly. The frame is configured to support the apparatus relative to the drum. The splicer foot assembly and the splicer roller assembly are independently longitudinally translatable relative to the frame. The splicer foot assembly includes a splicer foot having forward lower preparation rollers and rearward lower splicer rollers, and upper preparation rollers configured to operate in coordination with the forward lower preparation rollers to pull the two ends of the sheet of tire material together over the splicer foot. The splicer roller assembly includes upper splicer rollers configured to act in coordination with the rearward lower splicer rollers to splice the two ends together.
US12233609B2
A bundling apparatus for fabricating a preform charge consisting of plural preforms includes a guide module, a tacking module, a bundle-advancement module, and a cutting module, and optionally one or more of a bending module, a scoring module, and inspection module, a consolidation module, and a placement module.
US12233599B2
The present disclosure provides a build platform for use in an additive manufacturing device that is builds up an object from layers of a light-hardenable resin, wherein the build platform comprises a build surface for building up the object thereon, and wherein the build surface comprises a ceramic material. The disclosure also provides a method of making a build surface comprises a ceramic surface. Further, the disclosure provides additive manufacturing devices that include build platforms comprising ceramic material. The disclosure also describes articles made using the methods and devices described.
US12233589B2
The invention is an integrally blow-moulded bag-in-container obtainable by blow-moulding an injection moulded multi-layer preform. The bag-in-container includes an inner layer forming the bag and an outer layer forming the container, and a single opening, the mouth, fluidly connecting the volume defined by the bag to the atmosphere. The container further includes at least one interface vent fluidly connecting the interface between inner and outer layers to the atmosphere, wherein the bag is anchored to the outer layer at at least one point remote from the single opening and interface vent. The invention also relates to a process and a mould for the production of the blow-moulded bag-in-container.
US12233585B2
A method comprises in sequence the steps of: dispensing a continuous polymeric extrudate in a molten state; separating from the continuous extrudate a dose substantially having the shape of a parallelepiped, the dose having a separation surface at which the dose has been separated from the continuous extrudate, the dose further having a face adjacent to the separation surface; conveying the dose towards a mould comprising a first mould part and a second mould part; shaping the dose in the mould by moving the first mould part and the second mould part one towards the other in a moulding direction arranged transversally to said face, thereby obtaining a dispensing part of a container. The dispensing part comprises: an edge zone suitable for being joined to a container body; a neck surrounding a passage through which a product contained in the container can be dispensed; a membrane which closes the passage, the passage being intended to be opened after the shaping step, so that said product can flow out.
US12233584B2
An injection molding machine management system includes an injection molding machine, a take-out robot, an inspection device, a memory, and a processor. The processor is configured to receive physical information of the injection molding machine and a mold, and an inspection result of a molded product. The received physical information includes an identification information of the mold and the injection molding machine, a shot number of injection molding with respect to the mold, an injection filling time with respect to the mold, an injection pressure, a mold clamping force, and a set temperature of each part of the injection molding machine. The received physical information and the inspection result are displayed on a display. Necessity of maintenance is notified to an operator based on a predetermined maintenance period of time, the received physical information, and/or the inspection result.
US12233583B2
Methods of making molded polystyrene articles are described. The methods include introducing steam into a mold simultaneous to filling the mold with foam particles, and cooling the mold without the use of cooling water. The method can be performed faster and with a lower temperature differential than conventional molding processes, permitting faster turn-around to the production of subsequent molded articles. The molded articles produced by the method can have thicker side walls, improved foam particle fusion, and improved compression properties as compared to conventional EPS molding processes.
US12233580B2
A device for manufacturing a window member includes a chamber, a pressure adjustment pump connected to the chamber and configured to adjust an internal pressure of the chamber, a support configured to support a base substrate, the base substrate having a plurality of trenches of which a lengthwise direction is a first direction and an auxiliary film that surrounds at least a portion of the base substrate, a dispenser configured to provide a soft material to one side of the base substrate, a pressurizer disposed within the chamber and configured to apply pressure to the base substrate as the pressurizer moves, a curing machine configured to generate a protective layer by curing the soft material, and a cutting machine configured to cut at least a portion of the protective layer.
US12233572B2
Methods of reducing dry crack formation in ceramic matrix composite green bodies are provided. Some of the methods expose the green body to a gaseous atmosphere at a relatively high humidity for a first period, and then slowly lower the humidity over a second period, where the gaseous atmosphere is at room temperature for both periods. Other methods start the gaseous atmosphere at room temperature and then raise the temperature to a higher temperature while the humidity is relatively high, and hold that temperature even as the humidity is lowered in the second period.
US12233566B2
A personal care appliance with a flexible circuit board having a first end portion, a second end portion and a flexible bridge between the first end portion and the second end portion. A first rigid circuit board is mounted to the first end portion of the flexible circuit board. A second rigid circuit board is mounted to the second end portion of the flexible circuit board and folded over the first rigid circuit board. At least one electronic component that emits electromagnetic waves is mounted to the first rigid circuit board. A flexible antenna is in electrical communication with first rigid circuit board. The flexible antenna has a top surface with a copper track facing away from the first rigid circuit board in a folded position.
US12233560B2
An automated gas supply system includes a gas cylinder transfer unit configured to transfer a cradle in which one or more gas cylinders storing a gas therein are stored; a gas cylinder inspection unit configured to check properties of the gas stored in the gas cylinder transferred from the gas cylinder transfer unit and check whether the gas leaks from the gas cylinder; a storage queue configured to receive the gas cylinder from the gas cylinder inspection unit by a mobile robot and configured to classify and store the transferred gas cylinders according to the properties of the gas stored in the gas cylinder; and a gas cabinet configured to receive the gas cylinder from the storage queue by the mobile robot and fasten a gas pipe, which is connected to a semiconductor manufacturing process line, to a gas spray nozzle, which is disposed at one side of the received gas cylinder, to supply the gas stored in the gas cylinder to the semiconductor manufacturing process line, wherein the gas cabinet includes a residual gas detector configured to detect a residual amount of the gas stored in the gas cylinder fastened to the gas pipe, and when the residual amount of the gas detected by the residual gas detector is less than or equal to a set residual amount of gas, the mobile robot recovers the gas cylinder from inside the gas cabinet and transfers a gas cylinder stored in the storage queue to the gas cabinet.
US12233555B2
A task performing method for a cleaning robot, according to the disclosure, comprises the operations of: photographing an object in proximity to the cleaning robot includes obtaining recognition information of the object included in the photographed image, by applying the photographed image to a trained artificial intelligence model, obtaining, from among a plurality of sensors, additional information of the object by using a result obtained by detecting the object by at least one sensor selected, based on the recognition information of the object, and performing a task of the cleaning robot based on the additional information of the object. The trained artificial intelligence model, for example, a deep learning neural network model, in which a plurality of network nodes having weights are located in different layers so as to exchange data according to a convolution relationship, can be used, but is not limited to the aforementioned example.
US12233549B2
An action control device controls movement of a plurality of control subjects. In particular, the present technology relates to a cooperative control of robots. The cooperative control comprises determining an action plan for each of a plurality of robots for respective movements. Given the action plan, the present case enables movements of the respective robots cooperatively from a state of rank formation in starting positions and cause the respective robots to form a rank in target position. In particular, the action plan comprises a set of operations where a plurality of robots extracted by deconstruction of parts of intermediate positions of robots are moved simultaneously to the locations to which the robots are to be added during construction of a subsequent intermediate positions of robots. The set of operations with simultaneous movements enables an increase in the speed of transformation of ranks formed by the plurality of robots.
US12233547B2
A control system for a surgical robotic system, the surgical robotic system comprising a remote surgeon console having a surgeon input device, and a surgical robot arm comprising a series of joints extending from a base to a terminal end for attaching to a surgical instrument, the surgical robot arm operable in a full power mode in which the joints of the surgical robot arm are powered by a first power source and a reduced power mode in which the joints of the surgical robot arm are powered by a second power source, the control system configured to: whilst the surgical robot arm is operating in the full power mode, control the surgical robot arm in a surgical mode by converting movements of the surgeon input device to control signals for moving joints of the surgical robot arm; detect a power failure of the first power source; in response to detecting the power failure, enable the reduced power mode, and transition control of the surgical robot arm from the surgical mode to a standby mode; whilst in the reduced power mode, receive a command from a user input located on or adjacent to the surgical robot arm or on the surgeon console; and in response to receiving the command, transition control of the surgical robot arm from the standby mode to a calibration mode.
US12233545B2
Modular, propelled cable-driven robotic platform systems and methods of operation are disclosed. The system includes a robotic platform suspended by a system of overhead cables, motorized cable reels and pulleys. The robotic platform is configured to be equipped with tool modules for performing respective tasks. Additionally, the tool modules each have a multirotor propulsion system. A master control computer coordinates operation of the motorized cable and propulsion systems as a function of sensor data captured by navigation sensors on-board the platform so as to maneuver the robotic platform inside an industrial plant. The system is configured to maneuver around pipings and avoid obstacles in the plant in order to maximize the effective workspace that the robotic platform can reach to perform operations including inspection or repair.
US12233541B2
Autonomous modular robots and methods of use are disclosed herein. An example system includes a first assembly includes a first controller having a first processor that causes a first assembly support to translate along a first axis and align with a container placed on the first assembly support which is connected to a third assembly. The third assembly is configured to release a lid when the container has been engaged with the lid. The lid and container form a second assembly that includes a second processor and a second sensor assembly located in the lid. A transfer assembly can transfer an object into and out of the container. The first processor can determine a position and orientation of a delivery platform, planned movement and position of the second assembly, and planned operations of the transfer assembly in order to deliver a package to the delivery platform.
US12233535B2
A system for performing an input on a robotic manipulator, wherein the system includes: a robotic manipulator having a plurality of links connected to one another by articulations and having actuators; a sensor unit configured to record an input variable, applied by a user by manually guiding the robotic manipulator, on the robotic manipulator, wherein the input variable is a kinematic variable or a force and/or a moment, and wherein the sensor unit is configured to transmit the input variable; and a computing unit connected to the robotic manipulator and to the sensor unit, the computing unit configured to transform the input variable received from the sensor unit via a predefined input variable mapping, wherein the input variable mapping defines a mathematical mapping of the input variable onto a coordinate of a graphical user interface or onto a setting of a virtual control element.
US12233524B2
A handheld work apparatus includes a motor, a transmission shaft, a tool, a guide tube, a housing, and a first anti-vibration element. The motor via the transmission shaft drives the tool. The transmission shaft is received in the guide tube. The motor is disposed in the housing. The tool is disposed on a front longitudinal end of the guide tube. The housing is disposed on the rear longitudinal end of the guide tube. The housing at least partially encompasses the guide tube, wherein the guide tube projects from the housing. The first anti-vibration element is disposed such that it acts in a vibration-decoupling manner between the housing and the guide tube. The first anti-vibration element is disposed on that side of the motor facing the tool. The handheld work apparatus includes a second anti-vibration element connecting the motor to the housing in an at least indirectly vibration-decoupled manner.
US12233515B2
A power tool includes a housing (10), a power device (20), a bearing set (30), a torque post (40) and a torque sensor (50). The housing (10) includes a main body (11) and a handle (12) perpendicularly connected to one side of the main body (11). The power device (20) is disposed in the main body (11) and includes a power body (21) and a bushing (22) adapted to sheathe the power body (21). The bearing set (30) is arranged between the bushing (22) and the housing (10). The power body (21) may rotate relative to the housing (10). The torque post (40) is disposed in the handle (12) and abuts against the bushing (22). The torque post (40) is arranged perpendicularly to the power body (21). The torque sensor (50) is disposed on the torque post (40).
US12233509B2
A method of fabricating a diamond compact includes functionalizing surfaces of diamond nanoparticles with fluorine; combining the functionalized diamond nanoparticles with a non-group-VIII metal to form a particle mixture; and subjecting the particle mixture to high pressure and high temperature (HPHT) conditions to form inter-granular bonds between the diamond nanoparticles. A cutting element for an earth-boring tool includes a plurality of grains of diamond material; a plurality of diamond nanoparticles bonded to the plurality of grains of diamond material; and a non-group-VIII metal fluoride disposed within interstitial spaces between the grains of diamond material and the plurality of diamond nanoparticles. The cutting element is substantially free of a metal-solvent catalyst.
US12233505B2
A polishing pad includes a sensor assembly surrounded by a lower portion of the polishing pad, and an upper portion including a pad portion disposed on the assembly and at least a portion of a polishing layer disposed on the lower portion. The sensor assembly includes a lower body having a first pair of electrodes formed thereon, a polymer body having a second pair of electrodes formed thereon and aligned with the first pair of electrodes, and a pair of gaps between the first pair of electrodes and the second pair of electrodes.
US12233503B2
A blocking device includes a support member configured for providing a rigid support to the semi-finished optical element, the support member including a support element made of a shape-memory material having a rigid state below a predetermined temperature and a plastic state above the predetermined temperature, and assuming in the absence of external forces a predetermined memory shape when heated above the predetermined temperature, the support member having a contact face onto which the first face of the optical element is to be applied, the contact face of the support member being a surface of the support element, the shape-memory material being configured for having adherence properties with respect to the first face of the optical element, the adherence properties being sufficient for attaching the first face of the optical element to the contact face of the support element.
US12233501B2
There is provided a substrate support device. The substrate support device includes a substrate support part on which a wafer is deposited, the substrate support part including a first mesh electrode and a second mesh electrode disposed under the first mesh electrode; a chucking circuit configured to apply a DC voltage to the first mesh electrode; and an edge control circuit configured to control timings of operations related to the first mesh electrode and the second mesh electrode and control RF (Radio Frequency). The second mesh electrode is divided into a plurality of second sub-mesh electrode to remove an induced electromotive force generated due to a closed loop.
US12233499B2
A milling machine includes a spindle which is arranged to receive a tool holder and in use to cause rotation of the tool holder within the spindle. A portion of the spindle housing surrounding the tool holder is provided with at least one pair of opposing damping units.
US12233494B1
A tool for attaching a first workpiece and a second workpiece to one another and to a support structure includes a housing and a plunger. The housing includes a main body, a neck portion, and a shoulder portion. The shoulder portion is disposed between the main body and the neck portion and has an outer diameter that is greater than an outer diameter of the main body. A bore extends from a first end within the main body to a distal end of the neck portion. The plunger is disposed within the bore and extends from the distal end of the neck portion. The plunger is biased in a first direction away from the shoulder portion and includes a gripper operable to extend away from an outer surface of the plunger in an expanded state to engage an inner surface of the first workpiece.
US12233491B2
A welding method includes providing a first connector having a first end, providing a second connector having a second end for being welded to the first end, overlapping the first end and the second end, applying a contactless heating to a central section of the first end and melting an end section of the first end facing the second connector, and cooling the first end and the second end to form a weld connecting the first connector and the second connector. The first connector and the second connector extend in opposite directions from the weld.
US12233488B2
A welding system includes one or more sensors configured to detect data relating to one or more arc parameters for the welding system during a weld performed by the welding system. The welding system also includes control circuitry configured to receive the data corresponding to the one or more arc parameters from the one or more sensors, time synchronize the data corresponding to the one or more arc parameters with data relating to one or more welding parameters over a time period for the weld, present the data corresponding to the one or more arc parameters graphically over the time period via a user-viewable screen during the weld, and present the data corresponding to the one or more welding parameters graphically over the time period via the user-viewable screen during the weld.
US12233474B2
A method of laser processing a transparent workpiece includes directing a pulsed laser beam into the transparent workpiece. The pulsed laser beam includes pulse bursts having 2 sub-pulses per pulse burst or more, each pulse burst of the pulsed laser beam has a burst duration Tbd of 380 ns or greater; and the pulsed laser beam forms a pulsed laser beam focal line in the transparent workpiece, the pulsed laser beam focal line inducing absorption in the transparent workpiece, the induced absorption producing a defect in the transparent workpiece. The pulsed laser beam focal line includes a wavelength λ, a spot size wo, and a Rayleigh range ZR that is greater than F D π w o 2 λ , where FD is a dimensionless divergence factor comprising a value of 10 or greater.
US12233460B2
Provided is a copper paste for forming a wick of a heat pipe, the copper paste containing copper particles, thermally decomposable resin particles, a dispersion medium for dispersing the copper particles and the thermally decomposable resin particles, and a thermally decomposable resin that is soluble in the dispersion medium.
US12233458B2
A powder removal assembly for removing powder from a part produced by additive manufacturing, including a process chamber including an outlet, a powder removal device coupled to the process chamber and configured to remove particles from the process chamber, a particle sensor coupled to the outlet, the particle sensor being configured to monitor an amount of particles passing through the outlet as a function of time, and a control system communicatively coupled to the particle sensor and the powder removal device. The control system is configured to automatically activate and deactivate the powder removal device in response to a change in a rate of the amount of particles passing through the outlet as a function of time, passing a threshold value.
US12233445B2
A press forming method forms a press forming part including: a top portion having a convex and concave outer edge part where a convex outer edge part protruding outward in an in-plane direction and a concave outer edge part recessed inward in the in-plane direction are continuous to each other via a connecting outer edge part; and a flange portion continuously formed on the convex and concave outer edge part, and includes: forming a preformed part including a flange portion formed in the convex outer edge part and including a torsional shape portion having a torsional shape toward the concave outer edge part so as to be formed in the connecting outer edge part continuous from the flange portion; and forming the preformed part into a target shape by forming the torsional shape portion into the flange portion and forming the flange portion in the concave outer edge part.
US12233444B2
A press forming tool is configured to form a press forming part including: a top portion having a convex and concave outer edge part; and a flange portion. The press forming tool includes: an upper die and a lower die; and a lower pad and an upper pad, which sandwich a blank in cooperation with the upper die and the lower die, in which, during an initial stage of forming, the flange portion is formed on the convex outer edge part, and a torsional shape portion having a torsional shape toward the concave outer edge part is formed continuously from the flange portion, and during a late stage of forming, the torsional shape portion is formed into the flange portion, and the flange portion is formed in the concave outer edge part so as to achieve formation of a target shape.
US12233440B2
The present invention addresses to a laser blasting pipe for heating a scale removal treatment to be descended by electric cable, and a recirculation system with the objective of heating the scale removal solution, inside the production string during the time the reaction is taking place, in order to guarantee its efficiency. The laser blast pipe is a device similar to a metallic cylinder that can travel through the interior of a production string, being descended by gravity itself, and ascended by the action of the cable, being able to recirculate and heat the fluid. This heating would have the function of compensating the heat loss of the removal solution due to the heat exchange of the riser with the seabed, and maintaining the temperature of the reaction inside the production line in an optimal range of yield, thus aiming at increasing the reaction efficiency and the reduction of the time required for the removal of scale in the production string of the well.
US12233436B2
An actuator according to various embodiments of the present invention comprises: a stator including a bracket, a yoke located on the bracket, and a coil for encompassing the circumference of the yoke; a permanent magnet encompassing the circumference of the coil; a vibrator including a weight encompassing the circumference of the permanent magnet, and a plate for supporting the permanent magnet and the weight; an elastic member located between the bracket and the vibrator so as to support the vibrator; and a magnetic fluid which is located between the vibrator and the stator, and which provides damping stability when the vibrator vibrates, wherein the weight of the magnetic fluid can be between 0.24% to 0.71% on the basis of the weight of the vibrator. Other various embodiments are possible.
US12233432B2
According to one embodiment of the invention, a coating apparatus includes a first pipe, a first pump, a first nozzle, a second nozzle, and a holder. The first pipe includes a first inflow port, a first outflow port, and a second outflow port. The first pump is configured to supply liquid toward the first inflow port. The first nozzle includes a first nozzle inflow port and a first nozzle discharge port. The first nozzle inflow port is connected to the first outflow port. The first nozzle discharge port is configured to discharge the liquid passing through the first pipe. The second nozzle includes a second nozzle inflow port and a second discharge port. The second nozzle inflow port is connected to the second outflow port. The second nozzle discharge port is configured to discharge the liquid passing through the first pipe. The holder holds the first nozzle and the second nozzle. The holder is configured to form a first state and a second state. In the first state, a height of the first nozzle discharge port and a height of the second nozzle discharge port are not less than a height of the first pipe. In the second state, the height of the first nozzle discharge port and the height of the second nozzle discharge port are lower than the height of the first pipe.
US12233422B2
Provided is a PCR tube including: an outer tube configured to provide a first space having a blocked lower portion; and an inner tube inserted to the first space. Here, the inner tube includes: an inner tube body configured to provide a second space; and a spiral structure protruding from a side surface of the inner tube body to the outside of the inner tube body, and a micro-channel is defined by the outer tube, the inner tube body, and the spiral structure in a state in which the inner tube is inserted into the first space.
US12233419B2
Provided are devices and methods for detecting the presence, absence, and/or characteristics of bacteria. A microfluidic device for characterizing bacteria is provided. The device contains one or more bacteria trapping channels, and one or more pneumatic channels in contact with the bacteria trapping channels, wherein the one or more pneumatic channels are configured to reduce the height of the one or more bacteria trapping channels to thereby trap bacteria in the one or more bacteria trapping channels if said bacteria are present in a liquid biological sample that is introduced into the microfluidic device. Also provided is a method for identifying bacteria that may be used with the microfluidic device.
US12233414B1
A non-healthcare setting kit for diagnosing a biological sample from a user is disclosed. The kit includes a mobile application that may run on a mobile device, a collection container for the biological sample, a cartridge that docks with the collection container and a reader that docks with the cartridge and that optically reads the biological sample.
US12233410B2
Microfluidic channel backplane and method of manufacturing the same, and microfluidic detection chip
A microfluidic channel backplane includes a base, and a plurality of microfluidic channels, a sample-adding channel and an enrichment channel that are disposed above the base. Each microfluidic channel of the plurality of microfluidic channels includes a first end and a second end. The sample-adding channel is communicated with first ends of the plurality of microfluidic channels. The enrichment channel includes a first enrichment sub-channel and a second enrichment sub-channel. The first enrichment sub-channel is communicated with second ends of the plurality of microfluidic channels, and one end of the second enrichment sub-channel is communicated with the first enrichment sub-channel.
US12233409B2
The present disclosure provides a micro-fluidic chip, a method for fabricating the same, and a micro-fluidic device. The micro-fluidic chip includes: an upper substrate and a lower substrate assembled to form a cell with a gap between the upper substrate and the lower substrate, the gap being configured to accommodate a droplet; a driving electrode on an upper substrate side or a lower substrate side, the driving electrode being configured to control the droplet to move in a powered-on state, wherein the micro-fluidic chip further includes a laser source on the upper substrate side or the lower substrate side and configured to provide illumination for detection of the droplet.
US12233407B2
Sub-millimeter scale three-dimensional (3D) structures are disclosed with customizable chemical properties and/or functionality. The 3D structures are referred to as drop-carrier particles. The drop-carrier particles allow the selective association of one solution (i.e., a dispersed phased) with an interior portion of each of the drop-carrier particles, while a second non-miscible solution (i.e., a continuous phase) associates with an exterior portion of each of the drop-carrier particles due to the specific chemical and/or physical properties of the interior and exterior regions of the drop-carrier particles. The combined drop-carrier particle with the dispersed phase contained therein is referred to as a particle-drop. The selective association results in compartmentalization of the dispersed phase solution into sub-microliter-sized volumes contained in the drop-carrier particles. The compartmentalized volumes can be used for single-molecule assays as well as single-cell, and other single-entity assays.
US12233405B2
A system and a method for catalytically cracking hydrocarbons. The system includes a fluidized bed riser reactor, and a separation zone configured to separate the effluent from the riser reactor to produce a product stream and a spent catalyst. A stripping zone is fluidly coupled to the outlet of the separation zone such that the spent catalyst is stripped to remove the hydrocarbons adsorbed thereon. The stripping zone encompasses at least a portion of the riser reactor such that stripping internals in the stripping zone are used to provide reaction heat to the riser reactor.
US12233403B1
The present disclosure discloses a photocatalyst for hydrogen production from water. The photocatalyst comprises triphenylphosphine ruthenium (RuP) complex. The RuP complex is a co-catalyst with graphitic carbon nitride. The present disclosure also discloses a method of synthesizing a photocatalyst for hydrogen production from water. The method comprises forming a suspension of graphitic carbon nitride; adding triphenylphosphine ruthenium complex (RuP) to the suspension; and drying the suspension to form dried graphitic carbon nitride integrated with RuP.
US12233396B2
A molecular sieve complex contains an oxide of aluminum, an oxide of an alkaline earth metal and a rare earth-modified molecular sieve. The rare earth-modified molecular sieve is a molecular sieve doped by a rare earth element. The percentage of the pore volume occupied by pores of 3 nm or less to the total pore volume in the molecular sieve complex is greater than or equal to 63.5%. The content of the rare earth element and the contents of the oxide of aluminum, the oxide of the alkaline earth metal and the molecular sieve satisfy a certain relationship. The composite material contains a molecular sieve complex and an auxiliary agent loaded on the molecular sieve complex, and the composite material may be applied to flue gas adsorption and desulfurization.
US12233394B2
A method for granulating a slurry in a fluidized bed granulator having a main longitudinal direction from a seed end where granulation is initiated, to a product discharge end where granules are discharged from the fluidized bed granulator, including at least one fluidized bed compartment, an injection section and a granulation section, separated by a bottom plate including one or more injection nozzles, wherein a feed slurry is provided to the injection section, wherein a first fraction of the feed slurry provided to the injection section is injected into the granulation section through the one or more injection nozzles and a second fraction of the feed slurry, being the remainder of the feed slurry, is passed through the injection section without being injected into the granulation section. A fluidized bed granulator for the granulation of slurries for fertilizer products such as UAS according to the method of the invention.
US12233391B2
Methods, compositions, and systems for distributing nucleic acids into array regions are provided. The methods, compositions, and systems utilize nucleic acid condensing agents to increase efficiency of distribution of the nucleic acids into the array regions. Various methods for facilitating distribution of the nucleic acids to the array regions are provided.
US12233383B2
Disclosed is a method of preparing a filtration membrane. The method includes providing a copolymer solution by dissolving a statistical copolymer in a mixture of a co-solvent and a first organic solvent, coating the copolymer solution onto a porous support layer to form a polymeric layer thereon, coagulating the polymeric layer on top of the support layer to form a thin film composite membrane, and immersing the thin film composite membrane into a water bath to obtain a filtration membrane. Also disclosed are a filtration membrane prepared by the method, and a process of filtering a liquid using the filtration membrane thus prepared.
US12233382B2
A preparation method of an antifouling and hydrophilic polyethersulfone ultrafiltration membrane includes through the 60Co-γ radiation grafting chemical modification method, evenly distributing an ionic liquid on a surface of a polyethersulfone material, wherein the ionic liquid containing unsaturated bonds is connected with the polyethersulfone material through chemical bonds, and then obtaining an asymmetric porous membrane by the immersion-precipitation phase transformation method, and finally performing Soxhlet extraction on the porous membrane, so as to migrate the grafted ionic liquid from an interior of the porous membrane to a surface of the porous membrane to be enriched, so that the adsorption and antibacterial properties of the porous membrane are improved. A mass ratio of the ionic liquid to the polyethersulfone material is in a range of (2-11):100. The ultrafiltration membrane is an asymmetric porous membrane, and has excellent antifouling properties, good pure water flux and a good BSA retention rate.
US12233380B2
An environmental control system employs an electrolysis cell utilizing an anion conducting membrane. A power supply is coupled across the anode and cathode of the electrolysis cell to drive reactions to reduce oxygen and/or carbon dioxide in an output gas flow. A cathode enclosure may be coupled with the electrolysis cell and provide an input gas flow and receive the output gas flow. A first electrolysis cell may be utilized to reduce the carbon dioxide concentration in an output flow that is directed to a second electrolysis cell, that reduces the concentration of oxygen. The oxygen and/or carbon dioxide may be vented from the system and used for an auxiliary purpose. An electrolyte solution may be configured in a loop from a reservoir to the anode, to provide a flow of electrolyte solution to the anode. Moisture from the cathode may be collected and provided to the anode.
US12233377B2
A hydrogen gas supply apparatus includes a compressor configured to compress hydrogen gas and supply the compressed hydrogen gas toward a pressure accumulator which accumulates the hydrogen gas, a first adsorption column disposed between the discharge port of the compressor and the pressure accumulator and configured to include the first adsorbent for adsorbing impurities in the hydrogen gas discharged from the compressor, a first valve disposed between the discharge port of the compressor and the gas inlet port of the first adsorption column, a second valve disposed between the gas outlet port of the first adsorption column and the pressure accumulator, a return pipe configured to branch from between the first valve and the gas inlet port of the adsorption column and connect to the suction side of the compressor, and a second adsorption column disposed in the middle of the return pipe.
US12233369B2
An air filter element for an air filter for an internal combustion engine is provided with a filter medium surrounding annularly a longitudinal axis of the air filter element. A first end disk is provided at a first end face of the air filter element, wherein the filter medium is embedded in the first end disk at the first end face. A clean air seal is configured to seal a raw side of the air filter against a clean side of the air filter. The clean air seal and the first end disk are embodied together as one piece. The clean air seal protrudes continuously radially past the filter medium. A filter housing for the air filter element is provided with a filter pot and a cover and has a clean air outlet and a raw air inlet arranged at a side wall of the filter pot.
US12233364B2
A filtration system comprises a filter head assembly comprising an outlet slot, valve element, and latch element. The valve element is in fluid communication with the outlet slot and includes an open position and a closed position. In the open position fluid flow travels through the outlet slot. In the closed position fluid flow is prevented through the outlet slot. The latch element is configured to lock the valve element in the closed position. The filtration further comprises a filter cartridge structured to engage the filter head assembly. The filter cartridge comprises a first and second filter end. The filter cartridge comprises filter media and a keyed element disposed on the first filter end. The keyed element is structured for engagement of the latch element, wherein the engagement unlocks the valve element causing the valve element to be in the open position.
US12233362B2
An energy saving and emission reduction system for chemical separation and purification process is disclosed. The chemical separation and purification process includes a synthesis section and/or a distillation section and/or a recovery section. The energy saving and emission reduction system includes an energy comprehensive utilization maximizing energy saving module. The energy comprehensive utilization maximizing energy saving module comprehensively evaluates the chemical separation and purification process, and acquires a lowest energy consumption value according to initial and final material flow parameters. Then energy integration optimization and energy saving technical modification are performed on the synthesis section and/or distillation section and/or recovery section according to the lowest energy consumption value. The disclosure involves a comprehensive and extensive energy saving and emission reduction system for chemical separation and purification process, and has achieved good environmental benefits.
US12233349B2
A ride system includes a track and an overhung ride assembly. The overhung ride assembly includes a transport platform coupled to the track, a ride vehicle, and a heave system extending between the transport platform and the ride vehicle. The heave system is configured to heave the ride vehicle relative to the transport platform. The heave system includes an extendible tube defining a variable volume configured to store a gaseous fluid. The extendible tube is configured to extend in response to a lowering of the ride vehicle away from the transport platform by the heave system such that the gaseous fluid within the variable volume of the extendible tube provides a fluid force that biases the extendible tube toward a contracted configuration to assist the heave system with a lifting of the ride vehicle toward the transport platform.
US12233348B2
A puzzle box. The puzzle box includes an assemblable puzzle having at least one puzzle piece, and at least one movable element movable between an initial position and a subsequent position. A configuration of the puzzle pieces of the assemblable puzzle provides an inducement for a movement of the movable element into the subsequent position.
US12233337B2
A virtual aiming control method is provided. In the method, a recoil offset for an aim point of a virtual item is obtained when a shooting operation is performed by the virtual item. A scatter offset for the aim point of the virtual item is determined based on the obtained recoil offset for the aim point of the virtual item. An aim point offset for the aim point of the virtual item is determined based on the obtained recoil offset for the aim point of the virtual item and the determined scatter offset for the aim point of the virtual item. The aim point of the virtual item is shifted based on the aim point offset.
US12233331B2
Certain aspects are directed to a portable and compact card holding and playing system comprising a card caddy with a detachable rotating mechanism, a flexible retaining device with at least one weighted element, a plurality of retaining discs, and a game plate using a number of flexible retaining mechanisms. The game plate is single and/or trifold with the trifold plate comprising a ferrous core with top and bottom laminate materials connected via hinges. The retaining disc is stackable, which can be placed on a number of cards or on each other. The card tray is preferably detachable from a rotatable base with a center divider that includes a magnetic component used to securely attach the card tray to the magnets embedded in the flexible retaining device and the base, thus allowing the kit to operate via magnetic and gravitational forces and be used in the presence of wind, turbulence or on uneven playing surfaces.
US12233324B2
A novel outdoor workout station includes a platform, an exercise structure, and a canopy assembly. The exercise structure is disposed on and fixed to the platform, and the canopy assembly is disposed over both the exercise structure and the platform. The arrangement of support beams of the platform corresponds to a footprint of the exercise structure. In a particular embodiment, the platform includes adjustable legs that facilitate the leveling of the platform. In another particular embodiment, the canopy assembly is mounted directly to the platform.
US12233320B2
Embodiments of a strap assembly system for a golf bag are described herein. The strap assembly system can be converted between a single-strap configuration or a double-strap configuration. The strap assembly system comprises a first strap, a second strap, and a back puck. The back puck comprises first and second attachment openings for securing the first strap. The back puck further comprises first and second side openings that define a linear pathway and are configured to receive the second strap. The second strap can move freely along the linear pathway.
US12233309B2
Aspects of the present disclosure include an exercise mat including a first layer that includes a plurality of interstices. The exercise mat includes a second layer that includes a plurality of protrusions that extend from the top surface of the second layer, contain a display element, and correspond to the plurality of interstices. The top surface of the second layer is connected to the bottom surface of the first layer. The exercise mat includes a third layer including a cavity defined at least in part by a plurality of side surfaces, and an electronic component within the cavity. The top surface of the third layer is connected to the bottom surface of the second layer, and the electronic component is communicatively coupled to the display element.
US12233305B2
The application relates to a dumbbell which is convenient for adjusting a load. By arranging telescopic sleeves which can be telescopically adjusted in a handle of the dumbbell, a number of counterweights nested on the telescopic sleeves is controlled, thus achieving an easy adjustment of the load. By arranging a rotatable knob, the telescopic sleeves inside the handle are driven to act through a gear transmission. Meanwhile, due to a position limitation of a division bar of the dumbbell, the counterweights nested on the telescopic sleeves are prevented from sliding left and right, thus ensuring a firm coupling.
US12233304B2
Disclosed is a weightlifting disc (1) which comprises a disc part (10) of elastomeric material, wherein the disc part (10) comprises an outer edge (11) and an inner edge (12), wherein the inner edge (12) is arranged close to a center (13) of the disc part (10) and the outer edge (11) of the disc part (10) is distal from the center (13) of the disc part (10). The weightlifting disc (1) further comprises at least one reinforcing device (20), arranged into the disc part (10) circumferentially around the center (13), between the outer edge (11) and the inner edge (12) of the disc part (10), wherein the reinforcing device (20) is arranged at a distance (a) from the inner edge (12) of the disc part (10) such as elastomeric material is arranged between the inner edge (12) of the disc part (10) and the reinforcing device (20).
US12233294B2
A harness adjustment device for adjusting a length of webbing includes a toothed rotational member including a spool structured to receive the webbing and an end portion including teeth disposed at an end of the spool, the toothed rotational member being structured to rotate to draw in or let out the webbing, and an engagement mechanism having an engagement portion. The engagement portion is structured to move between a first position in which the engagement portion abuts against the toothed rotational member between at least two of the teeth and prevents rotation of the toothed rotational member, and a second position in which the engagement portion is separated from the toothed rotational member and allows rotation of the toothed rotational member.
US12233290B2
A face mask has a first woven filter layer comprising a first yarn and a second woven filter layer comprising a second yarn. The second yarn is disposed at a non-right and non-parallel angle relative to the first yarn. The second woven filter layer is stitched to the first woven filter layer. A third woven filter layer with a third yarn can be added with the third yarn at a non-right and non-parallel angle relative to both the first yarn and second yarn.
US12233288B1
Some embodiments provide a method including applying high-intensity focused ultrasound energy to a skin treatment area with simultaneous movement of the transducer body across the skin treatment area to form a pattern of treatment lines in tissue at a first depth below the surface of the skin. For example, the pattern of treatment lines may be formed by the movement of the transducer body during one or more treatment cycles. A preferred pattern of treatment lines includes treatment lines that intersect. Furthermore, the method may further include applying the high-intensity focused ultrasound energy to the skin treatment area with simultaneous movement of the transducer body across the skin treatment area to form a second pattern of treatment lines in tissue at a second depth below the surface of the skin and a third pattern of treatment lines in tissue at a third depth below the surface of the skin.
US12233277B2
An apparatus and method configured to control a brain stimulation device. The apparatus and method include a brain stimulation apparatus including, an input unit configured to receive at least one biological metric measurement value of a user, a neural network unit configured to determine a treatment pulse frequency equal to a weighted sum of the at least one biological metric measurement value of the user, wherein the weighted sum includes a plurality of weighting factors corresponding to each of the at least one biological metric measurement values, and wherein the plurality of weighting factors are determined based on optimized outcome results from previous administered treatments using treatment pulse frequencies determined by previous weighting factors, and a control unit configured to control a motor to operate at the treatment pulse frequency determined.
US12233267B2
An implantable medical device is configured determine a numerical value of a variable that is monitored by the implantable medical device and convert the numerical value to a data sequence of modulated electrical stimulation rate intervals. The implantable medical device delivers electrical stimulation pulses according to the data sequence of modulated stimulation rate intervals to cause a modulated rate of activation of excitable tissue of a patient corresponding to the modulated stimulation rate intervals. The modulated rate of activation is detectable by a rate monitor for demodulation to the numerical value of the monitored variable data value. In some examples, the implantable medical device is a pacemaker delivering cardiac pacing pulses according to modulated pacing rate intervals to cause a modulated heart rate of the patient detectable by a heart rate monitor for demodulation to the numerical value of the monitored variable.
US12233266B2
An implantable medical device includes a plurality of electrodes to detect electrical activity, a motion detector to detect mechanical activity, and a controller to determine at least one electromechanical interval based on at least one of electrical activity and mechanical activity. The activity detected may be in response to delivering a pacing pulse according to an atrioventricular (AV) pacing interval using the second electrode. The electromechanical interval may be used to adjust the AV pacing interval. The electromechanical interval may be used to determine whether cardiac therapy is acceptable or whether atrial or ventricular remodeling is successful.
US12233263B2
The present disclosure is directed to a system and method modulating targeted neural and non-neural tissue of a nervous system for the treatment of head-and-face pain. Electrical stimulation is delivered transcutaneously to the treatment site that modulates the targeted neural- and non-neural tissue of the nervous structure, inhibiting nervous signaling and the perception of pain.
US12233250B2
The invention relates to a device (10; 10a) for inductive energy transfer into a human body (1), having a transmitter unit (11) with a housing (12), in which at least one transmitter coil (14) is arranged, wherein the housing (12) comprises a contact surface (23), which is configured in order to be brought into surface contact with the body (1), and a receiver unit (20) that can be positioned in the body (1) with a receiver coil (21), wherein a heat-insulating element (26) and a heat-conducting element (30; 30a) are arranged between the transmitter coil (14) and the body.
US12233243B2
Device for dispensing a pulverulent product having a reservoir unit (100) connected on the one hand, to an air expulsion system (200) and on the other hand to a dispensing head (300) provided with a dispensing orifice (310). The reservoir unit (100) has a reservoir (110) having substantially the form of a hollow cylinder, with a distal opening (111), a proximal opening (112), and a metering passage (113) connecting the distal and proximal openings (111, 112), a one-way valve (115) being positioned between the metering passage (113) and the distal opening (111), the proximal opening (112) of the reservoir (110) forming a filling cone which tapers towards the metering passage (113) to facilitate filling of the metering passage (113) with a dose of powder.
US12233235B2
A patch-sized fluid delivery device may include a reusable portion and a disposable portion. The disposable portion may include components that come into contact with the fluid, while the reusable portion may include only components that do not come into contact with the fluid. Redundant systems, such as redundant controllers, power sources, motor actuators, and alarms, may be provided. Alternatively or additionally, certain components can be multi-functional, such a microphones and loudspeakers that may be used for both acoustic volume sensing and for other functions and a coil that may be used as both an inductive coupler for a battery recharger and an antenna for a wireless transceiver. Various types of network interfaces may be provided in order to allow for remote control and monitoring of the device.
US12233229B2
The present invention relates to a perforated plate microstructure module, and more particularly, to a perforated plate microstructure module which can be used to deliver a drug into the skin.
US12233227B2
Systems and methods can involve wedge dissectors attached to strips in turn attached to medical balloons, for forming serrations within vascular wall tissue for angioplasty as well as drug delivery.
US12233225B2
A catheter system may include a catheter adapter, a catheter extending distally from the distal end of the catheter adapter, and a needle hub coupled to the catheter adapter. The needle hub may be transparent, and a needle may be secured within the needle hub. The catheter system may also include a flow control plug coupled to the proximal end of the needle hub. In some embodiments, a flashback pathway may be disposed between an outer surface of the flow control plug and an inner surface of the needle hub. In some embodiments, the catheter system may include an inner barrel and an outer barrel, and the inner barrel and the needle hub may be configured to move proximally within the outer barrel to retract the needle. The flashback pathway may be disposed between an outer surface of the needle hub and an inner surface of the inner barrel.
US12233219B2
Methods of making sleeved and packaged hydrophilic urinary catheters (10).
US12233218B2
A catheter drainage member (112) configured to be attached to a catheter tube (116), the drainage member comprising: body (115) having an inner surface (114); a well (120) defined by the inner surface of the body, the well configured to receive the catheter tube and an adhesive (122); and wherein the well is configured to selectively distribute the adhesive between the inner surface and the tube.
US12233216B2
A Multisensory Simulation System comprises systems including: an Omni-Directional Treadmill (ODT), a Gravity Modification System (GMS), a Motion and gesture Tracking System (MTS), a Data Analytics System (DAS), a Visual Stimulation System (VSS), an Auditory Stimulation System (AUSS), an Operator Interface System (OIS), a User Harness System (UHS), a Tactile Stimulation System (TSS), an Atmospheric Simulation System (ATSS), a Neurological Stimulation System (NSS), an Olfactory Stimulation System (OSS), a Gustatory System Stimulation System (GSS), a User Monitoring System (UMS), a Controller, a Game Engine System (GES), database, a Communication Unit (CU), a User Safety System (USS), and a communication bus.
US12233213B1
A method for treating esophageal cancer in situ with heated air that can be inhaled through a face mask, at an elevated temperature less than sauna air temperatures and at a constant positive air pressure. The inhaled heated air will heat the very thin tracheoesophageal party wall sheath membrane between the esophagus and the respiratory trachea in the throat. The tracheoesophageal party wall sheath membrane therefore can heat the esophageal cancer tumor adjacent to the heated trachea and tracheoesophageal party wall sheath membrane. The heated air will be inspired/inhaled through the mouth and into the trachea/windpipe. Then the trachea and trachea tube under heated constant positive pressure will then transfer heat through and to the esophagus wall, and esophagus and tumor. The heat from the heater air inspiration through the trachea migrates/transmits/disperses across the membrane separating the trachea/windpipe from the esophagus and hits the esophagus with heat.
US12233212B2
Some embodiments provide for an inspiratory limb for a breathing circuit that includes a first segment that comprises a first heater wire circuit and a second segment that comprises a second heater wire circuit. The inspiratory limb can include an intermediate connector that includes a connection circuit that electrically couples the first heater wire circuit to the second heater wire circuit. The inspiratory limb can be configured to operate in two modes wherein, in a first mode, electrical power passes through the first electrical connection to provide power to the first heater wire circuit without providing power to the second heater wire circuit, and in a second mode, electrical power pass through the first electrical connection to provide power to both the first heater wire circuit and the second heater wire circuit.
US12233210B2
A method for controlling a ventilator to provide variable volume (VV) with average volume assured pressure support (AVAPS), including: producing a VV target volume using a VV distribution function; producing a volume error Verror that is the difference between the VV target volume and a measured volume of the previous breath; scaling the volume error Verror; producing a VV target difference as the difference between VV target volume and the VV target volume of the previous breath; producing a modified volume error by adding the VV target difference to the scaled volume error Verror; producing a delta pressure support ΔPS based upon the modified volume error and a dynamic compliance; and producing a current pressure support value based upon the delta pressure support ΔPS and the pressure support value of the previous breath.
US12233206B2
A breath-powered, dry powder inhaler, a cartridge, and a pulmonary drug delivery system are provided. The dry powder inhaler can be provided with or without a unit dose cartridge for using with the inhaler. The inhaler and/or cartridge can be provided with a drug delivery formulation comprising, for example, a diketopiperazine and an active ingredient, including, peptides and proteins such as insulin, oxyntomodulin and glucagon-like peptide.
US12233197B2
Embodiments of negative pressure wound therapy apparatuses and methods for using such apparatuses are disclosed. In some embodiments, a negative pressure wound therapy apparatus includes a controller configured to determine a level of exudate in a canister (or a dressing) based at least in part on one or more characteristics of pressure signals generated by a negative pressure source and monitored by a pressure sensor. One such characteristic of the pressure signals can be amplitude, which may increase as a level of exudate in the canister (or dressing) increases. The canister (or dressing) can include a filter configured to become occluded in order to prevent overflow of the canister (or dressing). The controller can be additionally configured to detect and indicate a canister (or dressing) pre-full condition before the filter becomes occluded. More efficient and reliable operation of the negative pressure wound therapy apparatus can thereby be attained.
US12233196B2
A negative pressure wound therapy system can include a housing and a source of negative pressure enclosed by the housing configured to aspirate fluid from a wound covered by a wound dressing. The system can have one or more visual indicators visible at the exterior surface of the housing, configured to indicate status of the system to a user. The system can also have electronic circuitry enclosed by the housing, the electronic circuitry configured to automatically, or in response to a request from the user, transition the system between at least a first operational state and a second operational state, wherein in the second operational state the one or more visual indicators are configured to not emit any light or to emit light at one or more wavelengths that are not visible to naked human eye.
US12233192B2
A cell washing apparatus is provided to wash a cell-containing fluid. The apparatus is arranged to exchange one or more exchangeable entities from a cell-containing first fluid, and comprises, a first fluid conduit and a second fluid conduit, the second fluid conduit separated from the first fluid conduit by a semi-permeable membrane disposed therebetween; the first fluid conduit having a first fluid inlet and a first fluid outlet, the first fluid conduit arranged to transport the first fluid in a first direction between the first fluid inlet and the first fluid outlet; the second fluid conduit being arranged to house a second fluid; wherein the semi-permeable membrane comprises a plurality of pores arranged to permit transport of said one or more exchangeable entities from the first fluid to the second fluid; wherein the one or more exchangeable entities comprise free haemoglobin and/or blood plasma; and wherein the first fluid is whole blood isolated from a human body, or packed red blood cells. The cell washing apparatus of the present invention aims to solve the problem of harmful species that accumulate in a cell-containing fluid (such as, for example, transfusion blood) during storage and other applications, in which it is desired to transfer red blood cells to a clean suspending liquid.
US12233182B2
A novel bio-adhesive suitable for in vivo and/or underwater medical use is disclosed. The bio-adhesive includes base polymers conjugated to hydrophobic moieties for imparting water-resistance and/or to phenolic moieties for enhancing adhesion to biological tissues. The bio-adhesive exhibits low toxicity and is highly compatible with biological tissues.
US12233178B2
A system and a method include a wand assembly including a sanitizing head having an ultraviolet (UV) lamp configured to emit UV light to sanitize a surface of a component. The wand assembly further includes a first monitored member. The system also includes a second monitored member. A verification control unit is in communication with the first monitored member and the second monitored member. The verification control unit is configured to detect a speed of the wand assembly based on a comparison of the first monitored member in relation to the second monitored member.
US12233175B2
Systems, apparatus, and methods are described for a disinfecting system formed of a plurality of modular units, wherein each modular unit is (1) coupleable to at least one other modular unit from the plurality of modular units and (2) includes an energy source from a plurality of energy sources. The plurality of energy sources can be configured to provide energy having an intensity capable of disinfecting a surface of the object located in a disinfecting area.
US12233174B2
A light source for emitting emitted light to reduce microbial load, said light source, comprising: (a) at least one first light source for emitting first light having a peak wavelength less than 400 nm; and (b) at least one second light source for emitting a second light; wherein said emitted light comprises a combination of said first light and said second light, wherein said emitted light has a spectral power distribution (SPD), wherein said SPD has a first power in said SPD between 350 nm and 800 nm, and a second power in said SPD between 350 nm and 420, wherein said second power is at least 40% of said first power, and wherein said emitted light has a CRI of at least 80.
US12233170B2
Described herein is an absorbent article including (a) an absorbent core, a first nonwoven material, a second nonwoven material, and a bond area; and (b) a polymeric filler composition disposed within the bond area. The polymeric filler composition has less than 5% of a tackifier. The polymeric filler composition is chosen from a propylene butene copolymer, a polypropylene homopolymer, a propylene ethylene copolymer, and mixtures thereof. The polymeric filler composition has a Tensile Strength at Yield of from about 0.5 MPa to about 10 MPa.
US12233160B2
Provided herein are dried compositions and methods for preparing such compositions for use in delivery of a nucleic acid to a subject. The dried composition may comprise a lipid carrier, wherein the lipid carrier is a nanoemulsion comprising a hydrophobic core, optionally one or more inorganic nanoparticles and one or more lipids, one or more nucleic acid, and at least one cryoprotectant. Methods of using these dried compositions for treatment are also provided.
US12233157B1
The invention provides methods and polymer compositions for treating ocular disorders, where the methods and compositions comprise polymer that can form a hydrogel in the eye of a subject. The hydrogel is formed by reaction of (i) a nucleo-functional polymer that is a biocompatible polymer, such as a thiolated hyaluronic acid polymer, containing a plurality of thio-functional groups —R1—SH wherein R1 is hydrolyzable and (ii) an electro-functional polymer that is a biocompatible polymer, such as a poly(ethylene glycol) polymer, containing at least one thiol-reactive group.
US12233152B2
The subject invention provides materials and methods for improving facial skin, hair and scalp health using cosmetic yeast-based masks. In a specific embodiment, the subject invention provides a yeast-based mask for application to the face, which can improve the health and appearance of thereof. In another specific embodiment, the subject invention provides a yeast-based mask for application to the hair and scalp, which can aid in preventing hair loss, as well as improve the health and appearance of the hair and scalp. Methods of using the yeast-based masks are also provided.
US12233147B2
The object of the present disclosure is a method for treating keratinous material, in particular human hair, involving applying the following to the keratinous material a first composition (A) comprising, relative to the total weight of the composition (A) (A1) less than 10% by weight of water and (A2) one or more organic C1-C6 alkoxy silanes and/or their condensation products, and a second composition (B) comprising (B1) water and (B2) one or more terpenes.
US12233145B2
Novel compounds able to absorb UV radiation and comprise antimicrobial properties as well. The compounds are novel and undisclosed scytonemin analogs, able to absorb up to 90% of UV-A radiation and can cover a broader UV to blue light absorption range from 293 nm to 500 nm. When mixtures of more than one compound are used, their synergetic absorption properties can cover an even broader spectrum within 293 nm to 500 nm. The compounds present faint coloration, and some are even colorless, therefor the present compounds can be easily incorporated in formulations to be used in cosmetic products, sunscreens or lenses for sunglasses.
US12233141B2
A bleaching and coloring composition for keratin fibers, including one or more alkalizing agents, one or more bleaching compounds, HC Blue 18 and/or a salt thereof, and tetrabromophenol blue and/or a salt thereof. A method for bleaching and coloring of keratin fibers, including mixing the bleaching and coloring composition with a second aqueous composition including hydrogen peroxide as one or more oxidizing agents and having a pH in the range of 1 to 6 to yield a ready-to-use composition having a pH in the range of 7 to 12, applying the ready-to-use composition onto the keratin fibers and leaving it for a time period of 1 to 60 min, and optionally heating the keratin fibers to a temperature in the range of 30° C. to 60° C., and rinsing-off the keratin fibers and optionally drying the keratin fibers.
US12233139B2
An oral care composition containing a gel phase, an abrasive, and a fluoride source. The gel network phase contains a fatty amphiphile and phase separation is not visually perceptible in the oral care composition.
US12233134B2
Provided is a pharmaceutical composition for preventing or treating neuronal diseases comprising, as an active ingredient, an exon 2-deleted AIMP2 variant (AIMP2-DX2) gene or a vector comprising the gene, and a method for treating neuronal diseases in animals other than humans, comprising administering the same to a subject in need of treatment. The pharmaceutical composition comprising, as an active ingredient, a AIMP2-DX2 gene or a vector comprising the gene has the effects of apoptosis inhibition, dyskinesia amelioration and oxidative stress inhibition and thus can be widely used for preventing and treating neuronal diseases such as Parkinson's disease and amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.
US12233124B2
Metapneumovirus (MPV) F proteins stabilized in a prefusion conformation, nucleic acid molecules and vectors encoding these proteins, and methods of their use and production are disclosed. In several embodiments, the MPV F proteins and/or nucleic acid molecules can be used to generate an immune response to MPV in a subject. In additional embodiments, the therapeutically effective amount of the MPV F ectodomain trimers and/or nucleic acid molecules can be administered to a subject in a method of treating or preventing MPV infection.
US12233122B2
In alternative embodiments, provided are methods for treating, ameliorating, decreasing the chances of having any adverse effects from, decreasing the severity of adverse effects from a coronavirus infection, comprising administering to a subject or an individual in need thereof: (a) an anti-viral drug combination capable of killing a causative agent of the infection, or completely or partially inhibiting the ability of the causative agent of the infection to replicate or become infectious or cause pathology in the subject or the individual in need thereof, wherein the anti-viral drug combination comprises: (i) 1R,2S,5S)—N-[(1S)-1-cyano-2-[(3S)-2-oxopyrrolidin-3-yl]ethyl]-3-[(2S)-3,3-dimethyl-2-(2,2,2-trifluoroacetamido)butanoyl]-6,6-dimethyl-3-azabicyclo[3.1.0]hexane-2-carboxamide, and (ii) ritonavir; and, (b) an inactivated or attenuated agent of the infection, or a live, viable or infectious causative agent of the infection, or a live causative agent of the infection that is a completely or partially attenuated version of the causative agent, wherein at least one dosage of the anti-viral drug combination is administered to the subject or the individual in need thereof 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13 or 14 or more days before, or on the day of, and/or is administered 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13 or 14 or more days after, a first dose of the inactivated or attenuated agent of the infection.
US12233120B2
The present invention provides isolated proteins isolatable from a Pasteurella spp. such as P. multocida. Also provided by the present invention are compositions that include one or more of the proteins, and methods for making and methods for using the proteins.
US12233111B2
Provided herein are compounds having the structure of Formula Ia, wherein the compounds comprise a therapeutic agent having the sequence of SEQ ID NO: 35, and the compounds have an anion:cation molar ratio of from about 1:1 to about 1:7, and methods of using thereof for the treatment of metabolic diseases or disorders, including type 1 diabetes, type 2 diabetes, obesity, overweight, and nonalcoholic steatohepatitis, and for reducing weight in a subject in need thereof.
US12233107B2
The present application relates to novel methods for preventing, slowing the progression of, or treating nonalcoholic fatty liver (NAFL), nonalcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH), and/or liver fibrosis, and/or reducing the risks of liver cancer in subjects, such as HIV-infected subjects, using a GHRH molecule, e.g., trans-3-hexenoyl-GHRH(1-44)-NH2, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof. The subjects may have particular pathological features such as liver fibrosis, a hepatic fat fraction (HFF) of at least about 10%, serum alanine aminotransferase (ALT) levels of at least about 30 U/L, and/or a NAFLD Activity Score (NAS) of at least 4 or 5.
US12233098B2
A preparation method of Antrodia cinnamomea water-insoluble dietary fiber. After ethanol and water extraction, Antrodia cinnamomea wastes are dried and superfine-comminuted to obtain Antrodia cinnamomea waste powder. The waste powder treated with NaOH solution containing NaBH4 is extracted it twice to obtain two extracts. The two extracts are combined and an appropriate amount of glacial acetic acid are added for neutralization. The extracts are centrifugalized and precipitate is collected. After washing the precipitate with ultrapure water, the precipitate is dissolved with LiCl-DMSO. The precipitate that is insoluble in the LiCl-DMSO solution is dialyzed and freeze-dried to obtain the water-insoluble dietary fiber component ACA-IDK of Antrodia cinnamomea. The LiCl-DMSO solution is subjected to ethanol/DMSO fractional precipitation, and then the precipitate is collected and dialyzed. The water-insoluble dietary fiber component ACA-DK of Antrodia cinnamomea is obtained after freeze-drying.
US12233094B2
The present disclosure is directed to systems, methods, and compositions for functional interaction of fibroblasts with one or more types of immune cells such that the interaction results in modification to the fibroblasts, the one or more types of immune cells, or both. In some embodiments, one or more certain agents are also utilized during the interaction or in lieu of one of the types of cells. In specific embodiments, cells to be used in cellular transplantation therapy are modified to have reduced immunogenicity.
US12233093B2
The present invention provides a clinically applicable method of stem cell transplantation that facilitates engraftment and reconstitutes immunocompetence of the recipient without requiring radiotherapy or chemotherapy, and without development of GVHD or graft rejection. Aspects of the present invention are based on the discovery that the depletion of the endogenous stem cell niche facilitates efficient engraftment of stem cells into that niche. In particular, the present invention combines the use of selective ablation of endogenous stem cells with a combination of antibodies specific for CD117, and agents that modulate immunoregulatory signaling pathways, e.g. agonists of immune costimulatory molecules, in combination with the administration to the recipient of exogenous stem cells, resulting in efficient, long-term engraftment, even in immunocompetent recipients.
US12233090B2
A CD20-OR-CD19 chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) protein construct is provided. Also provided are nucleic acids encoding the CD20-OR-CD19 CAR; and methods of use, e.g. in the treatment of B cell malignancies. The CD20-OR-CD19 CAR of the invention is a bispecific CAR that can trigger T-cell activation upon detection of either CD19 or CD20 (or both). It is a single molecule that confers two-input recognition capability upon human T cells engineered to stably express this CAR.
US12233088B2
Methods for treating Wilson Disease with bis-choline tetrathiomolybdate therapy are provided. The methods may include administering 15 mg or between 30 and 90 mg of bis-choline tetrathiomolybdate once daily to a patient exhibiting NCCcorrected, alanine aminotransferase (ALT), hemoglobin, platelets, or neutrophils levels meeting specified criteria. The methods may include modifying treatment by decreasing or increasing the daily dose of bis-choline tetrathiomolybdate or discontinuing treatment for a period of time.
US12233087B2
This disclosure relates to palladium hyaluronic acid particles such as dibenzylideneacetone palladium hyaluronic acid particles. In certain embodiments, this disclosure relates to methods of managing cancer or angiogenic conditions using particles disclosed herein and pharmaceutical compositions comprising the same. In certain embodiments, an objective of this disclosure is hyaluronic acid targeting of CD44, a tumor stem cell marker. In certain embodiments, this disclosure relates to treatment with hyaluronic acid palladium particles disclosed herein for depleting CD44 cells.
US12233085B2
An application of hyaluronic acid in preparing medicines for preventing or treating ferroptosis-related diseases is provided, and an application of hyaluronic acid or salts of hyaluronic acid or derivatives of hyaluronic acid in preparing medicines for inhibiting ferroptosis is also provided. According to the present application, the anti-ferroptosis function of hyaluronic acid is disclosed. The hyaluronic acid is the first natural extracellular matrix material with anti-ferroptosis function found at present. The hyaluronic acid is one of the components of natural extracellular matrix and exists in large quantities in human body and is also a widely used material in clinic.
US12233082B2
HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) has been available for nearly a decade. Patients can take a pill comprising of multiple antiviral agents that, if exposed to HIV, will prevent a permanent viral infection with an extremely high success rate. However, the use of PrEP antivirals has been linked to higher rates of STIs including HSV-1, HSV-2, Infectious Mononucleosis, chlamydia, gonorrhea, trichomanias, and syphilis. In particular, Herpes Simplex Viruses 1 and 2 can cause symptoms including oral or genital sores, while mono, caused by the Epstein-Barr Virus, can cause prolonged sickness. This disclosure utilizes two or more antiviral agents as a multi-use therapy for both suppressing a chronic herpesvirus infection while preventing an HIV infection. With this therapy, the odds of both acquiring HIV or spreading a herpesvirus are greatly reduced during human contact.
US12233081B2
This invention provides, among other things, compounds useful for treating spirochete diseases such as Lyme disease, as well as pharmaceutical formulations and/or environmental baits containing such compounds.
US12233075B2
In some embodiments, methods of delivering a therapeutically effective amount of an expanded number of tumor infiltrating lymphocytes obtained from tumor remnants to a patient in need thereof, for the treatment of a cancer, are disclosed.
US12233071B2
The present invention pertains to a medicament for preventing or treating cough, including, as an active ingredient, a compound having P2X4 receptor antagonistic action, a tautomer, stereoisomer, or pharmaceutically acceptable salt of the compound, or a hydrate or solvate thereof.
US12233070B2
Disclosed are compositions and methods for treating benzodiazepine misuse and/or use disorder. A method of treating benzodiazepine misuse and/or use disorder includes administering to a subject in need thereof of an effective amount of a compound provides both partial modulator and antagonist effects at GABAA receptors.
US12233063B2
Provided herein are compositions and methods for treating eye disorders. In particular, provided herein are neuroprotective compositions and methods for treating vision loss and related disorders.
US12233061B2
The invention provides means of diagnosing and treating microvascular angina (MVA). Diagnostic applications of intra-coronary guidewires are provided. Treatment of MVA patients with zibotentan is disclosed. The MVA patient can be identified and selected for treatment via the diagnostic applications provided.
US12233059B2
This invention relates to the use of (4-benzylpiperazin-1-yl)-[2-(3-methylbutylamino)pyridin-3-yl]methanone (NSI-189) or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof in the treatment of a psychiatric condition in which depressive symptoms are prominent, including major depressive disorder (MDD), bipolar disorder, post-traumatic stress disorder, substance use disorder, and depression-related aspects of schizophrenia (e.g. negative symptoms) in select patients who exhibit impaired learning and/or memory. The invention also relates to the use of NSI-189 or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof in the treatment of a psychiatric condition in which depressive symptoms are prominent, including major depressive disorder (MDD), in select patients who exhibit impaired learning and/or memory or certain EEG characteristics.
US12233056B2
Lysyl oxidase (LOX) inhibitors, lysyl oxidase-like (LOXL) inhibitors, or pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof and methods for the treatment of myeloid malignancies, comprising administering a therapeutically effective amount of those inhibitors alone or optionally in combination with a second therapeutic agent.
US12233055B2
The present disclosure provides for topical emulsion comprising about 0.5% to about 10% Montelukast or pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof; and about 0.4% to about 4% carbomer; wherein particles comprising the Montelukast in the emulsion have D90 of less than about 50 μm, wherein the Montelukast or pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof is homogeneously dispersed in the emulsion, and wherein the emulsion has a pH of about 3.0 to about 6.5. The present disclosure also provides a topical gel comprising (a) about 0.5% to about 10% Montelukast or pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof; (b) about 0.2% to about 8% cellulose polymer; and (c) about 80% to about 95% amphiphilic compound; wherein the gel comprises less than 4% water.
US12233052B2
Described herein are tetrahydro-pyrido[3,4-b]indol-1-yl compounds with estrogen receptor modulation activity or function having the Formula I structure: and stereoisomers, tautomers, or pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, and with the substituents and structural features described herein. Also described are pharmaceutical compositions and medicaments that include the Formula I compounds, as well as methods of using such estrogen receptor modulators, alone and in combination with other therapeutic agents, for treating diseases or conditions that are mediated or dependent upon estrogen receptors.
US12233050B2
A treatment of various eye conditions relating to eye enlargement is disclosed. The conditions can be treated with by inhibiting an upstream protein within the biological pathway or by increasing the expression of a downstream receptor within the same pathway. Inhibition of the upstream protein, sterol regulatory element binding protein (SREBP), has been achieved using small molecule inhibitors or nucleic acid in viral vector and increased expression of the downstream protein, bone morphogenetic protein (BMP), has been achieved by nucleic acid in viral vector. Also disclosed are the small molecule, nucleic acid and the viral vector as well as methods of treating ocular diseases.
US12233046B2
The invention relates to psychoactive medicines including 2C-B, methylone, MBDB, their respective metabolites, isomers, enantiomers, polymorphs, and analogues (2C-series and cathinones); their preparation, formulations, intermediates, routes of administration, dosing and schedule for medical uses for psychiatric and neurological conditions and disorders.
US12233044B2
The present invention provides a composition based on cannabidiol (CBD) and chitosan for use in reducing blood cholesterol, blood LDL and blood triglycerides levels.
US12233040B2
The present invention relates to a combustible and edible composition comprising medium-chain triacylglycerols and silica, wherein the composition is in one embodiment a solid shaped body. The invention further relates to the use of a composition or of a solid shaped body as an item of equipment for outdoor activities, camping, sports activities, and/or in a diet.
US12233036B2
Methods and compositions for controlling parasitic nematodes and treating or preventing a parasitic nematode infection are described herein. The methods include the use of compositions containing an autophagy inhibitor and/or a DCAR-1 inhibitor as anthelmintic agents.
US12233026B2
Drug delivery devices, sealing members for containers housed within such drug delivery devices, and related methods of assembly are disclosed. The drug delivery device may include a housing, a container disposed in the housing and having an interior volume, a drug disposed in the interior volume, and a septum. The container may have an opening formed in an end surface and which communicates with the interior volume. The septum may include a proximal end inserted through the opening into the interior volume of the container. Additionally, the septum may include a distal end having a flange disposed outwardly of the proximal end and contacting the end surface of the container. At least an end portion of the flange may be made of a material that is permeable to a gaseous sterilizing agent.
US12233025B2
A plastic container has superior storage stability for pharmaceutical ingredients exhibiting a high affinity to plastic and can be mass-produced at low cost. The container has a bag body formed into a bag shape by a sheet member with a storage part on the inside thereof, and a tubular port member attached to the bag body, wherein one end of the tubular port member communicates with the storage part and an opening part of the other end is exposed outside of the bag body. The sheet member is formed from two or more layers including a base resin layer and an innermost layer formed from an amorphous polymer, as a main component, formed by polymerizing at least one type of olefin monomer, having a cyclic hydrocarbon skeleton, and the port member is formed from a resin having a crystalline polyolefin having no cyclic hydrocarbon skeleton, as a main component.
US12233019B2
This disclosure relates to methods, devices and systems for real-time recognition of restoration of spontaneous circulation (ROSC) in cardio-pulmonary resuscitation (CPR) process. Recognition mechanisms in both time domain and frequency domain are provided for the ROSC recognition, where the time-domain recognition logic may detect the ROSC by recognizing envelope features of sampled signals in the time domain, and the frequency-domain recognition logic may detect the ROSC by recognizing spectral peaks at different frequency points continuously or significant variations of amplitude of spectral peaks in the frequency spectrum.
US12233017B2
A handheld device for applying mechanical vibration to a body portion of an individual to treat a condition of the individual, includes: a housing; a member having an exterior surface for contacting the individual, the member configured to oscillate to apply the mechanical vibration to the body portion; and a motor in the housing, the motor configured to cause the member to oscillate at an oscillation frequency for inducing tear production or a sinus effect; wherein the handheld device has an operational sound level that is 40 dB or less.
US12233011B2
A radiology holding device (1) for a radiology apparatus (50) such as an X-ray apparatus (51), a magnetic resonance tomography apparatus (52), a computerized tomography apparatus (53) or a radiotherapy apparatus (54), comprising an attachment device (2) and pivotally accommodated thereon, a supporting arm (3) having at least one axle component (4) pivotally accommodated on the attachment device and a supporting component (5). Furthermore, a locking device (6) is provided for locking the supporting arm (3) in at least one locking position (7). An actuating mechanism (8) serves to actuate the locking device. A holding device (9) attached to the supporting arm (3) provides a patient with a holding means. The actuating mechanism (8) comprises a transfer component (11) passing through a hollow section (10) of the axle component (4).
US12233005B2
In certain embodiments, a system for aligning an eye with a patient interface of a laser device includes a camera, a display screen, and a computer. The camera records images of the eye through the patient interface of the laser device. A liquid is disposed between and is in contact with the patient interface and the outer surface of the eye. The images include an outline of the liquid. The display screen displays the images of the eye. The computer aligns the eye with the patient interface by: identifying the outline of the liquid in an image received from the camera; determining a misalignment of the eye according to the outline; and instructing the display screen to display a description of the misalignment.
US12232995B1
Embodiments of the inventive concepts disclosed herein are directed to an angular digital device for joint deformity or imbalance. A device formed from a dense soft material shaped to fit a digit with straight segments and angled transitions at the interphalangeal joint levels such that rotational force(s) are created at the joint line(s). Additionally, an ‘open transition’ design with a dorsal strap element is described, and a design with an additional moldable, semi-rigid component added. A retention strap is described to prevent the splint from migrating off during sleep.
US12232990B2
Stents that are adapted to be balloon-expanded and include a plurality of rings of repeating cells, wherein adjacent rings are connected by s-shaped or omega-shaped crosslink connectors or a combination of both connectors. The configurations, materials, and/or dimensions of these devices, including the unit cells and/or crosslink connectors allow the stents to be expanded to a greater extent (e.g., up to or greater than 12 mm of diameter), and optionally with reduced foreshortening and without increasing the strain on the materials forming the crosslink connectors and unit cells. The biphasic arrangement of trapezoidal unit cells, as well as the configuration and arrangement of the s-shaped connectors, may allow these stents to expand while maintaining their radial compression strength and longitudinal compression strength with minimal recoil and stent foreshortening.
US12232986B2
A liner system for applying to a limb or a limb stump, with an inner liner comprising an inner side facing the limb or limb stump and an outer side facing away from the limb or limb stump, and an outer liner that comprises an inner side facing the inner liner and an outer side facing away from the inner liner. The outer liner is designed to be applied over the inner liner, with a sealing element which is designed to be separate from the inner liner and the outer liner, for arranging between the outer side of the inner liner and the inner side of the outer liner.
US12232981B2
A novel hydraulic implant delivery system for introducing a hydrogel implant into a cartilage repair site is disclosed.
US12232971B1
A method of providing a guidance device for guiding a bone removal instrument for the removal of bone from a cervical vertebra and providing a vertebral body replacement device for placement into a void in a cervical spine between two endplates of a single vertebra during the course of an anterior spinal surgical procedure upon the cervical spine wherein the vertebral body replacement device has been given a PLR product code from the Food and Drug Administration (FDA).
US12232970B2
A surface-reconfiguration implant, a method of using the surface-reconfiguration implant, and a method of implantation of the surface-reconfiguration implant that creates an articular surface between an upper portion of a humeral head and a greater tuberosity, and an undersurface of an acromion in shoulders with massive rotator cuff tears is provided. The surface-reconfiguration implant can include a body portion including at least an undersurface and an articular surface, where the undersurface is configured to interface with portions of a proximal humerus to facilitate attachment of the body portion thereto, and portions of the articular surface extend to and/and preferably beyond a normal anatomical shape of portions a humeral head and a greater tuberosity both superiorly and medially when the body portion is attached to the proximal humerus.
US12232969B2
Various embodiments disclosed herein relate to stemmed and stemless humeral anchors for use in shoulder arthroplasty procedures. For example, the humeral anchor can include a first end, a second end, and an interior surface extending between the first end and the second end. The interior surface can be disposed about a recess disposed between the first end and the second end. The recess can be configured to secure a coupling of a shoulder articular body directly to the interior surface.
US12232961B2
An implantable device includes an adjustable spacer and at least one anchor. The adjustable spacer is configured to be positioned between native heart valve leaflets to reduce regurgitation therebetween. The adjustable spacer can comprise a first side and a second side opposite the first side. Each side can be adjustable between a first width and a second width. Each side can be independently moved between the first width and the second width. The adjustable spacer can be made from a sponge material.
US12232953B2
The present invention relates to an auxiliary artificial valve for implantation in blood vessel of a mammal patient. The artificial valve is provided with at least a first moving part and a second moving part configured to move between an closed position and an opened position, and a casing comprising at least one hinge, wherein the at least first moving part and second moving part are configured to be movably attached to the casing by means of said at least one hinge.
US12232951B2
An optical device comprising an optical hydrogel with select regions that have been irradiated with laser light having a pulse energy from 0.01 nJ to 50 nJ and a wavelength from 600 nm to 900 nm. The irradiated regions are characterized by a positive change in refractive index of from 0.01 to 0.06, and exhibit little or no scattering loss. The optical hydrogel is prepared with a hydrophilic monomer.
US12232947B2
An IVC filter retrieval device useful for removing an IVC filter from a blood vessel, and useful for removing a tilted IVC filter causing the hook to be embedded in the side (wall) of a blood vessel from the blood vessel, and methods for using the same are described. The IVC retrieval device can be used to retrieve other foreign bodies such as, but not limited to, catheters and wires that may become detached from their devices and released into the blood vessels.
US12232938B2
Absorbent articles containing dark-tinted nonwoven webs are provided. The dark-tinted nonwoven web may include a first plurality of filaments having a diameter between a between about 8 μm and about 50 μm, wherein the first plurality of filaments includes a pigment. The dark-tinted nonwoven web may include a second plurality of filaments having a diameter between about 0.3 μm and about 5 μm. The first plurality of filaments and/or the second plurality of filaments may include crimped filaments. The dark-tinted nonwoven web may have a CIE L* value of between about 0 and about 25, as measured from a first side or a second side of the nonwoven web.
US12232923B2
A method of the invention comprises obtaining training dental CT scans, identifying individual teeth and jaw bone in each of these CT scans, and training a deep neural network with training input data obtained from these CT scans and training target data. A further method of the invention comprises obtaining a patient dental CT scan, identifying individual teeth and jaw bone in this CT scan and using the trained deep learning network to determine a desired final position from input data obtained from this CT scan. The (training) input data represents all teeth and the entire alveolar process and identifies the individual teeth and the jaw bone. The determined desired final positions are used to determine a sequence of desired intermediate positions per tooth and the intermediate and final positions and attachment types are used to create three-dimensional representations of teeth and/or aligners.
US12232921B2
A root canal therapy device with a mechanical vibration mode and a rotation drive mode includes a head, a handle, a first flexible drive shaft and a second flexible drive shaft. The head includes an outer main part, a mandrel part for mounting a root canal file, a first drive input shaft part and a second drive input shaft part. The mandrel part is mounted in the outer main part. A first drive motor and a second drive motor are disposed on the handle. The invention has the following beneficial effects: the root canal file can rotate and vibrate during root canal preparation, so that the wall of a root canal is efficiently cut by the file; and the file can also vibrate, so that cutting resistance and cutting temperature are effectively reduced, a smear layer is avoided, and the quality and efficiency of root canal preparation are improved.
US12232920B2
There is disclosed a standardized system for the preparation of an area of a tooth for fitting a dental veneer, and the subsequent installation of the dental veneer onto the tooth, in the prepared area. The system uses a grinding oscillating tip, which is specific for a prefabricated or stock veneer, the prefabricated or stock veneer corresponding to the shape of grinding tip (the tip has the shape of the prefabricated or stock veneer).
US12232916B2
The invention discloses an integrated device for washing and brushing teeth, in particular to the technical field of oral care. The main body of the integrated device for washing and brushing teeth comprises a toothbrush head, a shell, a water pump assembly and an acoustic motor communicated with the water pump assembly; The toothbrush head is installed at one end of the shell, a water outlet pipeline is arranged in the toothbrush head, and at least two water outlet holes communicated with the water outlet pipeline are arranged on the bristle surface of the toothbrush head; The inside of the shell is provided with a cavity, and the water pump assembly and the acoustic motor are both installed in the cavity.
US12232913B2
A denture including a denture base where artificial teeth are fixed, the denture base includes a reference denture base member to which the artificial teeth are fixed and an adjusting member formed of a cured body of a curable denture base material, the adjusting member being joined to the reference denture base member, the adjusting member includes an anterior adjusting member that is joined to a mucosal surface of a base anterior region to form an anterior region together with the base anterior region, and a posterior adjusting member that is joined to a mucosal surface of a base posterior region to form a posterior region together with the base posterior region, and at least parts of base edge side distal end regions in the anterior region and the posterior region are formed of the anterior adjusting member and the posterior adjusting member, respectively.
US12232910B2
Disclosed herein are ultrasound probes, ultrasound systems, and ultrasound methods with pressure measurement capabilities for detecting and determining if bodily tissue is over-compressed during ultrasound imaging procedure. For example, an ultrasound probe can include a probe body, an articulating probe head attached to the probe body, and a pressure-sensing device housed in an articulating area between the articulating probe head and the probe body. In another example, a method of the ultrasound probe includes placing the articulating probe head of the ultrasound probe on a skin surface of a patient and moving the articulating probe head of the ultrasound probe over the patient while ultrasound signals are emitted into the patient from the articulating probe head for ultrasound imaging. The method also includes monitoring for any measured pressure values induced on the patient by the articulating probe head of the ultrasound probe in excess of a threshold pressure value.
US12232909B2
Portable ultrasound systems and methods, the portable ultrasound system can include a handheld computer, a case holding the handheld computer, a probe head coupled to the case, and a communicating means for communicating between the probe head and the handheld computer. The handheld computer can include a display. The case can include an anterior opening framing the display of the handheld computer. The case can include a rechargeable battery integrated into the case opposite the anterior opening. The probe head can include an array of ultrasonic transducers powered by the battery.
US12232907B2
Disclosed is an intraluminal ultrasound imaging system, comprising a processor circuit in communication with an intraluminal ultrasound imaging catheter, and configured to receive an intraluminal ultrasound image from the imaging catheter within a body lumen of a patient, the body lumen comprising a plurality of segments. The processor is configured to identify a segment of the plurality of segments where the imaging catheter was located when the image was obtained, and output to a display a stylized figure of the body lumen including the plurality of segments, and an indicator identifying the segment in the stylized figure where the imaging catheter was located when the image was obtained.
US12232905B2
An acoustic sensor is configured to provide accurate and robust measurement of bodily sounds under a variety of conditions, such as in noisy environments or in situations in which stress, strain, or movement may be imparted onto a sensor with respect to a patient. Embodiments of the sensor provide a conformable electrical shielding, as well as improved acoustic and mechanical coupling between the sensor and the measurement site.
US12232904B2
Provided is a C-arm X-ray apparatus, which includes a C-arm translation assembly, a support column, a base, a counterweight, and an adjustment device, wherein one end of the support column is connected to the base, and the other end of the support column is slidably connected to the C-arm translation assembly; the counterweight is slidably connected to the base; and the adjustment device is connected to the counterweight, and configured to drive the counterweight to move by a preset distance in a direction opposite to a first direction in the case that the C-arm translation assembly moves in the first direction, such that a gravity center of the C-arm X-ray apparatus remains at a preset position.
US12232900B2
An automated process for data annotation of medical images includes obtaining image data from an imaging sensor, partitioning the image data, identifying an object of interest in the partitioned image data, generating an initial contour with one or more control points with respect to the object of interest, identifying a manual adjustment of one of the control points, automatically adjust a position of at least one other control point within a predetermined range of the manually adjusted control point to a new position, the new position of the at least one other control point and manually adjusted control point defining a new contour, and generating an updated image with the new contour and corresponding control points.
US12232883B2
The method of modulating epileptogenicity in a brain of an epileptic patient includes: providing a virtual brain; providing a model of an epileptogenic and of a propagation zones and loading the models in the virtual brain to create a virtual epileptic brain; acquiring data of the brain of the epileptic patient; identifying, in the data, a location of at least one possible epileptogenic zone; fitting the virtual epileptic brain against the data acquired from the epileptic patient and parametrizing the at least one possible epileptogenic zone in the virtual epileptic brain as an epileptogenic zone; and simulating, within the virtual epileptic brain, the effect of a network modulation mimicking a clinical intervention of the brain of the patient.
US12232878B1
The present disclosure generally relates to displaying atrial fibrillation data. A computer system concurrently displays a first representation of atrial fibrillation data for a first period of time and a first representation of non-heart data the first period of time.
US12232877B2
A method for diagnosing arrhythmia focus in the heart of a patient comprising: affixing electrodes to a patient; providing a wearable monitor and connecting the electrodes to a wearable monitor; monitoring the patient by the wearable monitor for a monitoring period to produce a wearable ECG waveform; disconnecting the wearable monitor from the electrodes while leaving the electrodes affixed to the patient or marking the positions of these electrodes; providing a waveform analyzer running on a computer; importing the wearable ECG waveform into the waveform analyzer; defining a composite arrhythmia waveform from the wearable ECG waveform; providing an EP lab ECG and connecting the electrode stickers to the EP lab ECG or connecting new stickers to the marked positions; pacing the heart of the patient using a pacing catheter; and comparing the paced ECG waveform provided by the EP lab ECG with the composite arrhythmia waveform to diagnose the arrhythmia focus.
US12232873B2
The present invention provides a system for measuring instantaneous inflow rate of liquid, comprising: a receptacle, comprising an opening at a top side, a nozzle at a bottom and/or multiple holes on the side section of said receptacle configured to receive the inflow of liquid from said top opening, and simultaneously release said liquid through said nozzles; a sensing device, configured to sense the level of liquid within the receptacle and produce signals indicative of the level of liquid in the receptacle; and a processor, configured to receive said signals, calculate the level of liquid in the receptacle according to said signals; and analyze said calculations, to obtain the instantaneous inflow rate of liquid.
US12232871B2
The present application discloses a multi-spectral fundus imaging system and method using dynamic visual stimulation, where the imaging system includes: a multi-spectral light source capable of emitting multiple different wavelengths; a mid-pass mirror being a reflecting mirror with a central hole penetrating the reflecting mirror; an imaging focusing lens group; an image acquisition device; and a controller configured to control the multi-spectral light source and the image acquisition device to work synchronously; a pattern sent by the optical stimulation device is transmitted to the fundus through the image focusing lens group and the central hole of the mid-pass mirror in sequence; an imaging light reflected from the fundus passes through the central hole of the mid-pass mirror and the imaging focusing lens group in sequence; the image acquisition device acquires the image to complete a multi-spectral fundus image acquisition.
US12232861B2
A system for localizing a region of interest (ROI) within a patient's body is disclosed. An embodiment of the system may comprise a pad that can be placed in association with the patient's body; one or more markers which are placed within a patient's body in association with the ROI, each marker being associated with one or more antennas and a unique collective ID; a locator comprising one or more antennas for transmitting/receiving a microwave (MW) signal into/from the patient's body in order to identify the one or more markers and a processing unit that is configured to control the operation of the system and for determining the distance from the locator to each one of the one or more markers.
US12232860B2
A method for fast high-resolution multi-parametric quantitative magnetic resonance imaging comprises: designing a fast high-resolution multiple overlapping-echo imaging pulse sequence; determining sampling parameters of the pulse sequence; constructing a deep neural network for reconstructing high-resolution multi-parametric quantitative magnetic resonance images; generating training samples of the deep neural network; using the training samples to train the deep neural network to obtain trained deep neural networks; scanning a real imaging object using the pulse sequence under the sampling parameters to obtain k-space data of the real imaging object; pre-processing the k-space data of the real imaging object to obtain image domain data of the real imaging object; and inputting the image domain data of the real imaging object into the trained deep neural networks for the reconstructing to obtain the high-resolution multi-parametric quantitative magnetic resonance images of the real imaging object.
US12232858B2
An apparatus and method for improved S/N measurements useful for electron paramagnetic resonance imaging in situ and in vivo, using high-isolation transmit/receive surface coils and temporally spaced pulses of RF energy (e.g., in some embodiments, a RF pi pulse) having an amplitude sufficient to rotate the magnetization by 180 degrees followed after varied delays, by a second RF pulse having an amplitude half that of the initial pulse to rotate the magnetization by, e.g., 90 degrees (a pi/2 pulse), to the plane orthogonal to the static field where it evolves for a short time. Then a third RF pi pulse sufficient to rotate the magnetization by, e.g., 180 degrees, forms an echo (in some embodiments, the second and third pulses are from the same signal as the first pulse but are phase shifted by 0, 90, 180, or 270 degrees to reduce signal artifact), to image human body.
US12232854B2
The present invention relates to a 1- or 3-lead oral ECG device, shaped and implemented like a household digital thermometer. The 3-lead device comprises three contact electrodes: two contact electrodes on a body of the device, configured for contact with the left and right hands; and one contact electrode on a metallic tip of the device—which may comprise a thermometer—configured for contact with the mouth. The 1-lead device comprises any two of these three contact electrodes and a temperature sensor disposed in the metallic tip. A novel transformation of the three leads from the 3-lead device enables the ECG signals to be processed like a standard ECG that comprises a contact electrode in contact with the leg instead of the mouth. An oral ECG device of the invention may comprise other sensors, such as a pulse-oximetry sensor, respiratory rate sensor, skin temperature sensor, body impedance sensor, galvanic skin response sensor, and/or blood-flow sensor.
US12232840B2
A surgical instrument includes an input device supported by a housing and coupled to a shaft. The input device comprises a drive shaft comprising a first bore, a capstan comprising a second bore, and a set screw coupling the capstan to the drive shaft. The set screw extends through at least a portion of the first bore of the drive shaft and the second bore of the capstan. The first bore of the drive shaft and the set screw are in threaded engagement with each other.
US12232838B2
A method of performing a neurovascular procedure includes the steps of providing an access catheter having an access catheter hub; coupling the access catheter hub to a hub adapter, movably carried by a support table; driving the access catheter in response to movement of the hub adapter along the table until the access catheter is positioned to achieve supra-aortic vessel access; removing the access catheter and access catheter hub from the hub adapter; and coupling a procedure catheter hub having a procedure catheter to the hub adapter.
US12232835B2
A medical robotic system and method of operating such comprises taking intraoperative external image data of a patient anatomy, and using that image data to generate a modeling adjustment for a control system of the medical robotic system (e.g., updating anatomic model and/or refining instrument registration), and/or adjust a procedure control aspect (e.g., regulating substance or therapy delivery, improving targeting, and/or tracking performance).
US12232834B2
Integrated table motion includes a computer-assisted device. The computer-assisted device includes articulating means; means for receiving, via a means for communicatively coupling the computer-assisted device with a table means, a table movement request from a table command means, the table means being separate from the computer-assisted device; means for determining whether the table movement request should be allowed; and means for allowing the table means to perform the table movement request based on determining that the table movement request should be allowed.
US12232830B2
Mitigating a user interface display function of a modular energy system includes receiving formatted video data at a video data converter circuit, providing differential video signaling data to the display from the video data converter circuit, providing a copy of the differential video signaling data to a processor, and determining that the differential video signaling data is changing over time. Mitigating erroneous outputs from an isolated interface includes receiving a state of a first switch of a first footswitch coupled to a first comparator and a reference voltage coupled to the first comparator, receiving the state of the first switch coupled to the first duplicate comparator and the reference voltage coupled to the first duplicate comparator, comparing the output of the first comparator with the output of the first duplicate comparator, and determining activation or deactivation of a surgical instrument coupled to the controller based on the comparison.
US12232826B2
A magnetizer system for use with a medical device including ferrous elements. The magnetizer can include a magnetizer body defining a cavity, the magnetizer body having a body opening in communication with the cavity, the magnetizer body including one or more magnets configured to generate a magnetic field configured to imprint a magnetic signature on ferrous elements within the cavity. The magnetizer can include one or more mechanisms configured to detect the presence of the medical device.
US12232820B2
A navigated surgery system includes at least one processor that is operative to obtain a 2D medical image slice of anatomical structure of a patient. The operations further obtain a 3D graphical model of anatomical structure. The operations determine a pose of a virtual cross-sectional plane extending through the 3D graphical model of the anatomical structure that corresponds to the anatomical structure of the 2D medical image slice. The operations control the XR headset to display the 2D medical image slice of the anatomical structure of the patient, display the 3D graphical model of the anatomical structure, and display a graphical object oriented with the pose relative to the 3D graphical model of the anatomical structure.
US12232816B2
A method of designing an orthopedic implant comprising: (a) iteratively evaluating possible shapes of a dynamic orthopedic implant using actual anatomical shape considerations and kinematic shape considerations; and, (b) selecting a dynamic orthopedic implant shape from one of the possible shapes, where the dynamic orthopedic implant shape selected satisfies predetermined kinematic and anatomical constraints.
US12232811B2
A system and method for interactively measuring ocular refractive errors, addition and power of reading glasses without the need of an optical component that would change optical vergence of a target. The system can measure the distance from a user's eyes to either or both border of interval of clear vision, for one orientation or two perpendicular orientations. The measurements together with the user's age can be used to estimate sphero-cylindrical refraction, addition and power of reading glasses. The system can use different sizes, directions and colors of targets which can change with said distance or user interaction.
US12232810B2
An OCT system for measuring a retina as part of an eye health monitoring and diagnosis system. The OCT system includes an OCT interferometer, where the interferometer comprises a light source or measurement beam and a scanner for moving the beam on the retina of a patient's eye, and a processor configured to execute instructions to cause the scanner to move the measurement beam on the retina in a scan pattern. The scan pattern is a continuous pattern that includes a plurality of lobes. The measurement beam may be caused to move on the retina by the motion of a mirror that intercepts and redirects the measurement beam. The mirror position may be altered by the application of a drive signal to one or more actuators that respond to the drive signal by rotating the mirror about an axis or axes.
US12232807B2
A catheter includes proximal and distal sections, a shaft coupled between the proximal and distal sections, and optical fibers extending through the shaft and to the distal section of the catheter. The distal section includes a support structure that includes a proximal end, a distal end, reflective elements, and a cap disposed over a portion of the distal end of the support structure. The proximal end includes alignment receptacles. Each of the optical fibers is inserted into corresponding ones of the alignment receptacles and the alignment receptacles are shaped to maintain the optical fibers straight in the support structure. The distal end includes orifices facing different directions. Each of the optical fibers is optically aligned with corresponding ones of the lenses, reflective elements, and orifices such that the optical fibers in the support structure are straight. The cap includes optical ports aligned with the orifices.
US12232790B2
An orthopedic instrument, comprising a pair of pivotally-connected arms, extending beyond a pivot axis of a first pivot; a pair of feet mounted to ends of the pair of pivotally-connected arms; and a quadrilateral linkage configured to maintain parallelism between the pair of feet over a range of angles and to selectively alter a distance between the pair of feet.
US12232782B2
A multi-stage minimally invasive surgical procedure and associated instruments are disclosed. First, the surgical site is prepared. After preparation, the bone screws or anchors are attached to the bone. Subsequent to insertion of the screws, a rod or connecting member is positioned within the yoke portion of the bone screw. Caps are then placed in a pre-lock position within the yokes. The bone screws may be compressed together or distracted along the rod or connecting member, thereby setting the final spacing of the bones or bone segments. Finally the caps are moved to a final lock position to fix the screws to the rod or connecting member to maintain the bones in position relative to each other.
US12232778B2
Various embodiments of bone ties, bone tie inserters, and methods for treating the spine are provided. The methods can include wrapping the bone tie around transverse processes of adjacent vertebrae to correct coronal plane deformity. The methods can include wrapping the bone tie around the spinous process of one vertebra and around the transverse process of a second adjacent vertebra to achieve rotational correction. The methods can include wrapping the bone tie around the lamina of adjacent vertebrae to achieve sagittal correction. The methods can include applying tension to the bone tie to set the sagittal correction. The methods can include passing the bone tie through a lumen in a vertebral body or a pedicle of the inferior vertebra and the lamina or articular process of the superior vertebra.
US12232773B2
Adjustable rail apparatuses and external bone and/or tissue fixation system including an adjustable rail apparatus is disclosed. The rail apparatuses comprise first and second external fixation beam elements with alignment grooves, and a joint coupling the first and second beam elements and configured to selectively adjust the relative angular and rotational arrangement of the first and second beam elements. The joint also comprises a first and second beam end housings rotationally fixed to the first and second external fixation beam elements, respectively. The joint also comprises first and second clamp members axially and rotationally fixed to the first and beam end housings, respectively. The joint also comprises first and second rotation end housings coupled with the first and second clamp members, respectively, the first and second rotation end housings being selectively rotatably adjusted with respect to the first and second clamp members, respectively, within fixed ranges of rotation.
US12232767B2
In examples, a method of operating a surgical device comprises disengaging an obturator from a funnel portion of a cannula; removing a shaft portion of the obturator from a cannula lumen of the cannula; disengaging a seal cartridge from the funnel portion of the cannula; and removing the seal cartridge from the funnel portion after removing the shaft portion of the obturator from the cannula lumen.
US12232760B2
An intravascular device can comprise a carrier and an expansion apparatus. The device can be used for intravascular treatment of atherosclerotic plaque. The carrier can be reversibly expandable and collapsible within a vessel and can have ribbon strips extending between opposite ends in a longitudinal direction of the carrier. The ribbon strips can each be formed with a plurality of elongated protrusions thereon. The expansion apparatus can be used to actuate the ribbon strips each with the plurality elongated protrusions to pierce a luminal surface of the plaque with lines or patterns of microperforations which act as serrations for forming cleavage lines or planes in the plaque.
US12232757B2
In one embodiment, a bone and tissue resection device can include a stationary assembly having a housing, an elongated sleeve extending distally from the housing, and a cutting region disposed distal to the sleeve. The device can further include a drive assembly having a blade shaft extending through the elongated sleeve, the blade shaft having a distal tip with a cutting surface configured to extend into the cutting region when the drive assembly advances distally relative to the stationary assembly. The drive assembly can further include an oscillator coupled to the blade shaft and configured to engage with a source of continuous rotational motion to convert the continuous rotational motion into oscillating motion of the drive shaft. Further, the drive assembly can be configured to slidably couple to the stationary assembly to permit selective translation of the drive assembly relative to the stationary assembly.
US12232750B2
A method of removing vascular blockage includes providing a catheter system, comprising an outer catheter, a bypass catheter, and a guidewire. In the catheter system, the bypass catheter is slidably disposed within the outer catheter. The method includes positioning a distal end of the catheter system at a proximal end of an occlusion located within a vessel and moving the bypass catheter through the occlusion so that a medicated treatment solution may be delivered through the bypass catheter to an area of the brain or other tissue served by the vessel blocked by the occlusion. Both during and after the delivery of medicated treatment solution to the blocked part of the vessel with the bypass catheter, the physician may engage the occlusion with the perforated segment of the outer catheter so that a thrombolytic agent can be delivered at the occlusion to disintegrate it and then removing at least a portion of the occlusion from the vessel.
US12232744B2
A system is provided comprising a robotic instrument for use with a tool. In some versions, the robotic instrument comprises a hand-held portion to be held by a user and a tool support movably coupled to the hand-held portion to support the tool. A plurality of actuators operatively interconnect the tool support and the hand-held portion to move the tool support in three degrees of freedom relative to the hand-held portion. An optional constraint assembly may operatively interconnect the tool support and the hand-held portion to constrain movement of the tool support relative to the hand-held portion in three degrees of freedom. A guidance array assists users in positioning the tool and/or portions of the instrument.
US12232740B2
The present disclosure pertains to medical devices. More particularly, the present disclosure pertains to tissue clip devices and related systems and methods. In an embodiment, a tissue clip may include a grasper including jaws at a first end, and a spring portion at a second end, and a longitudinal axis extending along a length of the grasper from the first end to the second end, wherein the spring portion is configured to bias the jaws toward each other. A wedge may be slidably disposed between the jaws such that an apex of the wedge is oriented toward the spring portion. A filament may be coupled to the wedge at a first end of the filament and may extend through a channel of the spring portion of the grasper to a second end of the filament.
US12232729B2
A surgical instrument includes an end effector having a first jaw, a second jaw movable relative to the first jaw to grasp tissue therebetween, an anvil, a staple cartridge comprising staples deployable into the tissue, wherein the staples are deformable by the anvil, and a sensor configured to provide a sensor signal according to a physiological parameter of the tissue. The surgical instrument further includes a control circuit coupled to the sensor, wherein the control circuit is configured to receive the sensor signal, and assess proximity of the sensor to cancerous tissue based on the sensor signal.
US12232724B2
A loading unit for use with a surgical stapling instrument is disclosed. The loading unit comprises a shaft and an end effector extending from the shaft. The end effector comprises a first jaw that comprising an anvil, and a second jaw. At least one of the first jaw and the second jaw is movable relative to the other to grasp tissue. The second jaw comprises an elongated channel comprising retaining features, and a staple cartridge insertable into the elongated channel for assembly therewith. The staple cartridge comprises a cartridge pan, and a sled translatable relative to the cartridge pan from a first position toward a second position. The retaining features are configured to resist a movement by the sled beyond the first position up to a predetermined force.
US12232719B2
An implantable device for aiding in generating connective tissue between a pair of anatomical structures in a mammalian body is provided. The device includes an elongate, flexible tether which can be secured between the anatomical structures and which carries a scaffold which is generally porous so as to be capable of promoting tissue ingrowth and collagen deposition along its length. The scaffold extends along the tether for a sufficient distance so that it is securable in at least close proximity to an anatomical structure at either end. The pores in the scaffold extend through the scaffold and each has a diameter in the range of about 10 μm to about 200 μm. The length of the tether is selected to be a desirable maximum distance between the anatomical structures along a desired path when secured therebetween.
US12232716B2
A device having one or more adjustable loops or coils associated with an implant body for use in soft tissue reconstructions is provided. One exemplary embodiment of a device includes a body and a suture filament, with the filament being used to form a self-locking sliding knot disposed on a top side of the body and a plurality of adjustable coils that are substantially disposed on the body's bottom side. Terminal ends of the filament located above the body's top side can be passed through an opening of a Lark's Head knot from opposite sides, thus forming a self-locking sliding knot, and then the terminal ends can be tensioned to adjust a circumference of the coils. Changing a coil's circumference changes a location of a ligament graft disposed on the coil. Other configurations of devices and systems, as well as methods for performing ACL repairs, are also provided.
US12232705B2
An imaging system is provided comprising an imaging probe and at least one delivery device. The imaging probe comprises an elongate shaft, a rotatable optical core and an optical assembly. The elongate shaft comprises a proximal end, a distal portion, and a lumen extending between the proximal end and the distal portion. The rotatable optical core is positioned within the lumen of the elongate shaft and comprises a proximal end and a distal end. The rotatable optical core is configured to optically and mechanically connect with an interface unit. The optical assembly is positioned in the elongate shaft distal portion and proximate the rotatable optical core distal end. The optical assembly is configured to direct light to tissue and collect reflected light from the tissue. The imaging probe is constructed and arranged to collect image data from a patient site. The at least one delivery device is constructed and arranged to slidingly engage the imaging probe. Methods of introducing the imaging probe and the at least one delivery catheter into a patient are also provided.
US12232699B2
There is provided herein an integrated manifold for the tip of a multiple viewing elements endoscope which combines the functionalities of the front holder, side holder/cage and fluid channeling components into a single part. The manifold includes square slots that are equipped with tracks. Square shaped lens assemblies having protrusions are used in the endoscope tip, such that the protrusions allow the optical assemblies to slide into the tracks of the square slots. This ensures gapless placement of viewing elements with no deviation in their position and field of view.
US12232698B2
An applicator for positioning a sleeve accessory on a medical speculum, and a method for using the applicator, is provided. The applicator has a flat, oblong shape with a distal end and a proximal end, the proximal end being broader than the distal end. The distal end of the applicator includes a first prong and a second prong. At least a portion of the distal end of the applicator is configured to slide into a lumen of a sleeve accessory to facilitate positioning of the sleeve accessory on a medical speculum.
US12232696B2
Various apparatuses to attach a first medical device to a second medical device are described that allow the physician to grasp only a single device while the other device remains securely attached to the one being grasped. The apparatuses, once they are attached to the first medical device, are designed to be easily and quickly attached and detached to a second medical device, normally only requiring the use of one hand. Furthermore, the apparatuses oftentimes include a base that can easily couple and decouple from the portion that is attached to the second medical device so that if the need arises to separately use the second medical device, it can be decoupled from the first medical device without completely removing the apparatus from the second medical device.
US12232694B2
A method of operating an imaging system includes reducing common-mode current induced on a cable connected between an imaging system and an endoscope by utilizing a common-mode choke between the cable and a circuit within the endoscope, the common-mode choke being mounted within a body of the endoscope.
US12232692B2
A distal tip of an endoscopic device and a cylindrical cap is disclosed. The distal tip comprises a pattern of alternating grooves and lands on its outer surface. The cylindrical cap is configured to fit tightly over the lands, thereby changing the grooves into closed channels through which liquid or gas can flow.
US12232690B2
An endoscope system includes an image obtaining unit that obtains an image obtained by image capturing of a photographic subject, a recognition unit that performs a recognition process of recognizing the photographic subject by using the image, an identification unit that identifies an operation performed on the photographic subject, a setting unit that enables or disables the recognition unit in accordance with the result of identification by the identification unit, and a notification unit that gives a notification of whether the recognition unit is enabled or disabled.
US12232674B2
A scrub body, a scrub anchoring system, and a method for securing and releasing a tube coupler into and from a scrub body are provided. The scrub body can comprise two portions, or regions, within a single, unibody sponge-like material or as two similar or dissimilar layers within the sponge-like material. The scrub body includes an anchoring pocket extending into the scrub body between the portions, regions or layers, to accommodate a tube coupler releasably secured inside the anchoring pocket. The scrub body with anchoring pocket can be discarded when worn out while the more expensive tube coupler can be readily removed from the anchoring pocket and re-inserted into a new scrub body to provide the same low-flow liquid releasing tube into a new scrub body.
US12232672B2
A cleaning implement for spot cleaning a surface includes a cleaning block having a plurality of sides and edges, and is preferably a cube. One or more elongated cleaning strips each have an outside surface, an inside surface, a first end, and an opposing second end. A fastening mechanism is adapted for fixing the first end to the second end, around the cleaning block. Each cleaning strip includes, on at least the outside surface thereof but preferably also on the inside surface thereof, a wear indicator positioned for each side of the cleaning block over which the cleaning strip is attached. Spot cleaning the surface using a side with one of the wear indicators causes the wear indicator to change visually. As such, with each cleaning strip fastened around the cleaning block, the cleaning block may be grasped and used to spot clean the surface.
US12232670B2
A controlling method and apparatus of a cleaning robot, a cleaning method and apparatus, a system, and a storage medium are provided. The method includes: controlling the cleaning robot to mop a preset cleaning region through a mopping member; obtaining a first dirtiness degree corresponding to the preset cleaning region; determining that the preset cleaning region includes a target region according to the first dirtiness degree, the target region being a region that needs to be repeatedly mopped; and controlling the cleaning robot to mop at least part of the target region through the mopping member after mopping of the preset cleaning region has been completed and after maintenance of the mopping member. Whether the at least part of the preset cleaning region needs to be mopped repeatedly is determined according to the dirtiness degree of the preset cleaning region, and if yes, the at least part of the preset cleaning region is mopped repeatedly after the mopping member is maintained, thereby improving the cleaning effect of the preset cleaning region.
US12232668B2
A hand washing assembly for scrubbing a user's hands includes a shell that is foraminous thereby facilitating a fluid to pass through the shell. The shell is elongated such that the shell has an egg shape thereby facilitating the shell to fit into a palm of a user's hand. A plurality of bristles is each coupled to and extends outwardly from the shell thereby facilitating the plurality of bristles to scrub the user's hand. A sponge is insertable into the shell and the sponge is comprised of a fluid absorbent material thereby facilitating the sponge to absorb a liquid soap. The sponge releases the liquid soap outwardly through the shell to enhance cleaning the user's hands.
US12232666B2
An adjustable holder configured to support a fluid dispensing container. The adjustable holder may include a clamp portion and a locking assembly. The clamp portion may include a first part and a second part, with the second part being movable relative to the first part. The first and second parts may include first and second locking channels. The locking assembly may include a connection member that is located within the first and second locking channels and a locking member. The locking member may be alterable between a locked state and an unlocked state, such that the first part of the clamp is movable relative to the second part of the clamp portion when the locking member is in the unlocked state. The first part may be movable relative to the second part between an open state and a closed state.
US12232662B2
A waterproof chair for use when bathing is provided. The chair may include an on-board system for raising and lowering the chair between sitting and raised positions. The chair may be used by elderly persons to assist them in sitting and standing in a shower, for example. The chair may include a rechargeable battery for powering a linear actuator for moving the chair between sitting and raised positions. The chair may also be adapted to allow a seat on the chair to swivel relative to a base of the chair. The chair may include an automatic lock to restrict relative movement of the seat and the base when the seat is being raised, and then automatically unlock to again allow for swivel motion when the seat has been moved back into its sitting position. Hydraulic and pneumatic embodiments are also disclosed.
US12232659B2
A reconfigurable water distribution system for a walk-in tub bathing installation including two or more types of discharge ports for discharging water. The system includes a single motorized pump having an input connected to a suction port of the bathing installation, and an output port delivering pressurized water. A pipe system selectively connects the pump to the two or more types of discharge ports to selectively direct the pressurized water to the different ones of the types of discharge ports. The system selectively enables the bathing installation to perform a plurality of different functions using a single pump.
US12232657B2
A toilet paper stand and cleansing solution dispenser (100) includes a base (110); a cleansing solution reservoir (120); a toilet paper stand shaft (102); a toilet paper holder (140); a cleansing solution dispensing pump (150); a dispenser (104); a plurality of motion sensors (204); and a plurality of batteries. The toilet paper stand shaft (102) includes a lower shaft end (102a); and an upper shaft end (102b). The cleansing solution reservoir (120) is connected to the base (110). The toilet paper stand shaft (102) is extended upward from the base (110). The lower shaft end (102a) and the upper shaft end (102b) are connected. The lower shaft end (102a) is connected to the base (110). The toilet paper holder (140) is connected to the toilet paper stand shaft (102) to hold a roll of toilet paper (142). The toilet paper holder (140) is laterally extended from the toilet paper stand shaft (102). The dispenser (104) dispenses a cleansing solution through the cleansing solution dispensing pump (150). The cleansing solution dispensing pump (150) is located at the base (110) near the cleansing solution reservoir (120). The motion sensors (204) are located on the upper shaft end (102b) and connected with the dispenser (104) to provide a touchless dispense of the cleansing solution. The batteries are configured to power the cleansing solution dispensing pump (150) to provide pressure on the cleansing solution in the cleansing solution delivery tube (160) to dispense the cleaning solution stored in the cleansing solution reservoir (120) from the dispenser (104).
US12232654B2
A blender includes a container body in which food is accommodated, a main body provided underneath the container body and supporting the container body, a container lid detachably mounted on an upper surface of the container body and opening and closing the top of the container body, and a blade assembly provided on a lower end portion of the container body and chopping the food inside the container body into small pieces. The blade assembly includes a main blade on which a plurality of main blade portions is formed, and an auxiliary blade of which an auxiliary blade portion is positioned between each of the plurality of main blade portions.
US12232649B1
The present application pertains to an electric arc grill that integrates a range of components for enhanced functionality. Central to this grill is the electric heating device, which includes an electric heating component and a circuit board integrated with electric components. The electric heating component includes an electric output head and an electric connection rod that is securely attached to and electrically connected with the head, ensuring a stable connection to the circuit board. The grill is equipped with a lifting device that is affixed to and grounded by the grill carrier, facilitating the electrical connection with the fire gathering plate. This plate is positioned above the electric output head, creating a gap that is instrumental in generating the electric arc necessary for heating. The grill enables the fire gathering plate to be heated via electric arc, thereby providing a versatile cooking surface capable of frying, grilling, and baking.
US12232646B2
A pot cover and a cookware are disclosed. The pot cover may include: a cover body (100); a handle (200) arranged on the cover body (100), where the handle (200) may include: a connecting part (210) configured to connect the cover body (100); and a holding part (220) configured to facilitate holding, where an end of the holding part (220) is provided with a groove (300) for insertion. The cookware may include: a pot body; and the pot cover, where the groove (300) can insert at any position of an opening edge of the pot body.
US12232635B2
A baby bouncer with assistance having a base, a seat to receive a baby, a joint connecting the seat with the base and configured to support the seat above the base, and an actuator connected between the base and the seat. The joint permits reciprocating motion of the seat relative to the base. The actuator can impart a driving force on the seat.
US12232631B2
A concealable storage compartment assembly for use within a chair or console comprises a storage compartment assembly having a storage compartment mounted therein, a cover mounted upon the storage compartment assembly and movable between closed and open positions, a panel assembly movably mounted within a component of the chair, or within the console, so as to be movable between closed and open positions, and a linkage assembly operatively connecting the panel assembly to the cover such that when the panel assembly is moved between the closed and open positions, the cover is likewise moved between closed and open positions so as to cover and conceal the storage compartment or uncover and expose the storage compartment.
US12232624B2
The disclosure generally relates to a mattress thermal management system, for example a mattress cooling and/or heating system and in particular incorporating an airflow spacer and/or a suction- and/or discharge-based cooling and/or heating system. Deck-mounted fans beneath a mattress operate in various embodiments to induce a uniform suction flow, a uniform discharge flow, and/or a combined suction/discharge (circulating) flow that enhances the cooling and/or heating rate of the mattress. The mattress thermal management system can be incorporated into a conventional mattress/bed system or into an adjustable bed system. Further, the mattress thermal management system including an airflow spacer can be incorporated into a cover for a conventional mattress foundation or adjustable bed foundation. In another aspect, the disclosure relates to a remote control that controls an adjustable bed and is configured with a children's safety lock feature.
US12232595B2
A hairstyling apparatus is described which includes a barrel that acts as a hairstyling surface and a central longitudinal axis. The barrel has a first proximal end and a second distal end. A heating element is in thermal communication with the barrel. A rotating member located at the proximal end of the barrel and configured to rotate around the central axis of the barrel, the rotating member including at least one tab extending along a longitudinal length of the hairstyling surface over at least a portion of a longitudinally extending portion of the hairstyling surface. Further, at least one hairstyling element received in said at least one tab.
US12232592B1
A mirror includes a base portion configured to support the mirror, a mirror head assembly, and a support portion connected to the base portion and configured to support the mirror head assembly. The mirror head assembly includes a first mirror plate, a second mirror plate, a first light-transmissive region adjacent to the first mirror plate, a second light-transmissive region adjacent to the second mirror plate, and a light source disposed in an interior of the mirror head assembly and configured to emit light to the first light-transmissive region and the second light-transmissive region. The base portion may include one or more audio speakers and/or storage compartments and/or charging pads configured for wirelessly charging an electronic device.
US12232589B2
A manufacturing apparatus includes a mixing machine having a receiving housing with a first receiving location configured to receive a first deformable capsule and a second receiving location configured to receive a second deformable capsule, the first and second capsules intended to be fluidly linked to each other and containing respectively a first formulation and a second formulation. The mixing machine has at least an electrically motorized actuation system configured to transmit a pressure force to the first and second capsules to move the content of the first capsule in the second capsule, and vice versa, and an electrical heater element configured to heat at least one of the first and second capsules when the first and second capsules are received in the mixing machine, in which, in a preparation phase prior to bringing the two formulations into contact, the actuation system and the heater element are electrically supplied alternately.
US12232581B2
A jewel and/or jewellery article includes a frame, a flap able to move with respect to the frame, configured to admit a first configuration wherein the flap at least partially covers the frame and at least one ornamental element that it includes, and a second configuration wherein the flap at least partially uncovers the frame and the ornamental element, a drive mechanism configured to cause to slide on the frame, in a first sliding direction, the at least one flap between a first position in the first configuration of the article and a second position in the second configuration of the article, and an actuation mechanism configured to act on the drive mechanism when the actuation mechanism is urged in a second actuation direction different from the first sliding direction.
US12232573B2
Systems, devices, and methods including a tapered shaft having a first end and a second end, wherein the first end is distal from the second end, where a diameter of the first end is smaller than a diameter of the second end; a fixed footwear holder secured to the first end of the tapered shaft; a fixed charm mount secured to the second end of the tapered shaft; a floating washer disposed about the tapered shaft, where an aperture of the floating washer has an inner diameter that is greater than the diameter of the first end and less than the diameter of the second end; and where the fixed charm mount is configured to securely fasten a charm; and where a length of the tapered shaft is greater than a maximum distance between the floating washer and the fixed footwear holder.
US12232570B2
An article of footwear can include provisions for improving the operation and use of various systems associated with the article. A control device included in the article can be configured to allow manual control of a system by a user. A lockout feature that can disable manual control may be included. During periods of competitive activity, the manual controls may be disabled to allow a user wearing the article to engage in different activities without inadvertent activation of a system. In some cases, the control device and lockout feature can be used in conjunction with a motorized tensioning system.
US12232567B2
A shoe has an upper with a foot receiving shoe opening. A heel counter is located at a rear portion of the upper and includes a rigid heel cup. The heel cup has a lower portion, a midportion, and an upper portion having a curvature extending from a top edge of the heel cup and that is curved downward towards the shoe opening. On a vertical cross-section, the heel cup has a S wave shape. A compressible layer is located along an inner wall of the heel cup and is configured to curve around a portion of a user's ankle above the user's heel once donned. The compressible layer may be compressed during donning of the shoe and may at least partially expand to secure the foot within the shoe once donned.
US12232558B2
The disclosed embodiments illustrate methods and systems for training users in sports using mixed reality. The method includes retrieving data from athletes wearing helmets, wearable glasses, and/or motion-capture suits in real time. The helmets and the wearable glasses are integrated with mixed-reality technology. Further, physical performance data of the athletes is captured using a variety of time-synchronized measurement techniques. Thereafter, the athletes are trained using the captured data and audio, visual and haptic feedback.
US12232557B2
A helmet comprises a shell defining a shell ventilation aperture and an inner liner securable within the shell. The inner liner defines an inner liner ventilation aperture and a recessed track. A ventilation control includes a slider plate and a boss disposed on the slider plate. The boss is configured to be frictionally retained within the recessed track while providing for the slider plate to be reversibly displaced along the recessed track from a first position in which the slider plate blocks a flow of air through the inner liner ventilation aperture to a second position in which the slider plate permits the flow of air through the inner liner ventilation aperture. The slider plate is configured to be reversibly displaced between the first and second position by a force applied upon a lower surface of the slider plate from within the helmet.
US12232554B2
A helmet includes an outer shell, an inner shell molded within the outer shell, the inner shell supporting a cap with straps and having a barrier wall, and at least one suspension clip coupled to the cap and releasably attached to the barrier wall, the barrier wall separating a distal end of the at least one suspension clip into two components, the two components having a first connecting member and a second connecting member.
US12232552B2
An applicator includes a first arm and a second arm. Each of the first and second arms includes a medial section extending distally from the proximal end, and a grasping section extending distally from the medial section. The grasping section includes an arcuate portion orientated transverse to the medial section. The arcuate portion has a concave curvature and a convex curvature opposite the concave curvature. A portion of the interior surface of the first arm includes a male portion defined by a protrusion having a first arcuate contour corresponding to at least part of the concave curvature and the convex curvature of the arcuate portion. A portion of the interior surface of the second arm includes a female portion defined by at least one depression having a second arcuate contour corresponding to at least part of the concave curvature and the convex curvature of the arcuate portion.
US12232545B2
The sleep sack can include a back panel, a front panel, and a flap. The sleep sack is used by placing the front panel over the back panel. The front panel extends from the shoulder to under the arm of the infant or toddler. The sleep sack is used by placing the flap over the front panel once placed. The flap extends from the shoulder to under the arm of the infant or toddler. The flap can be releasably attached to an outer surface of the sleep sack to adjust the compression of the torso of the infant or toddler.
US12232537B2
An aerosol generating device and a controlling method thereof are provided. An aerosol generating device includes: a battery configured to supply power for generating an aerosol from an aerosol generating material; a converter configured to convert a supply voltage from the battery into a constant voltage of a predetermined level; a heater configured to heat the aerosol generating material using the supply voltage; a detection circuit configured to detect a change in resistance of the heater by applying the constant voltage output from the converter and performing a current sensing on the heater with a resistance value; and a controller configured to control the heater for generating the aerosol by switching between a monitoring mode for performing the detection of the change in the resistance of the heater using the constant voltage and a heating mode for heating the heater using the supply voltage.
US12232536B2
A porous liquid conducting member with a smooth liquid conduction is provided, the liquid conducting member is of a porous material and provided with a hollow cavity therein, and includes an inner side and an outer side. The inner side or the outer side is configured to be in contact with a liquid, and is provided with an air exchange recess to form a thin-wall on the liquid conducting member. A wall thickness of the thin-wall is smaller than a wall thickness between the inner side and the outer side, enabling air to be conducted through the thin-wall. The air exchange recess is outside a heating area of the liquid conducting member, so that air can enter the liquid storage chamber through the air exchange recess during an atomizing process, to avoid porous channels in the heating area from being occupied by the air entering the liquid storage chamber.
US12232531B2
An electronic cigarette includes an atomizer having a coil-less heating element having a heating section, two leads electrically connected to the heating section, and a liquid guiding structure. The liquid guiding structure includes two pads, a first pad and a second pad sandwiching at least a portion of the heating section. A gasket is positioned between a liquid supply and the first pad conducts liquid from the liquid supply to the first pad.
US12232527B2
The embodiments of this application provide an electronic cigarette. The electronic cigarette includes an outer housing, an atomizing sheath having two separating walls and a liquid storage cavity, and a nozzle assembly having a nozzle and a sealing piece. The liquid storage cavity is formed between the two separating walls. Two aerosol output passageways are respectively disposed at two sides of the liquid storage cavity. The separating wall separates the aerosol output passageway and the liquid storage cavity. A sealing sleeve part of the nozzle is fixed to the main body and extends into the liquid storage cavity. A sleeve wall of the sealing piece is located and squeezed between the sealing sleeve part and the separating wall for sealing the liquid storage cavity. In addition, a nozzle used in the electronic cigarette is also provided.
US12232523B2
The present disclosure describes a flavor element configured for providing flavor to a user of an electronic vaporizer, along with nicotine reduction methods. The flavor element includes a flavor material configured to provide the flavor and is configured to attach to the electronic vaporizer. When attached to the electronic vaporizer and during inhalation by the user using the electronic vaporizer, the flavor element is configured to provide the flavor to the user in parallel with an inhalable aerosol provided by the electronic vaporizer. The inhalable aerosol is provided by the electronic vaporizer by at least partially vaporizing a vaporizable substance via a vapor element. The flavor provided via the flavor material is separate from the vaporizable substance.
US12232520B2
A smoking device has an inner cylinder receivable within an outer cylinder, the inner cylinder having a combustion chamber, an air chamber, a mouthpiece, and one or more air chamber slots and combustion chamber slots; the outer cylinder having a bore hole for receiving the inner cylinder, a smoke channel, and one or more bore slots. In some examples, the inner cylinder and outer cylinder have one or more magnets for securing the inner cylinder to the outer cylinder and for aligning the air and combustion chamber slots with the bore slots. A user may rotate the inner cylinder in relation to the outer cylinder, thereby changing which air and combustion slots are aligned with the bore slots and the smoke channel. As a result of the various alignments, a user is able to vary the temperature, taste, fuel-to-air ratio, and other factors.
US12232515B2
The present disclosure relates to compositions, solutions, and methods for extending the shelf life of food compositions. For example, the disclosure is directed to food compositions or solutions comprising silk fibroin. In some instances, the compositions may be coated with a silk fibroin layer. The disclosure is also directed to methods of preparing food compositions. The methods include spray-coating, dip-coating, or mixing the food compositions with fragments of silk fibroin.
US12232514B2
This application generally relates to incorporating edible oil into beverage products. One example can involve adding an edible oil to a container of a beverage appliance. The beverage appliance can then be actuated. When actuated, the beverage appliance can incorporate the edible oil into a beverage or a topping associated with a beverage product.
US12232512B2
Disclosed are compositions and methods for improving the amino acid content of animal feed byproducts from a dry grind ethanol production facility by reducing the amount of residual reducing sugars that can participate in, e.g., the Maillard reaction. The compositions and methods provided herein for improving the amino acid content of animal feed include enzymes capable of oxidizing the residual sugars.
US12232501B2
An automated pan shaker has a central longitudinal axis and a central lateral axis. The automated pan shaker includes a shaker assembly that is configured to induce a plurality of modes of movement in the baker pan. The pan shaker assembly includes a carriage assembly, a clamping assembly supported by the carriage assembly and an actuation assembly. The carriage assembly resides below the conveyor belt of the automated pan shaker. The actuation assembly further includes an actuator post connected to the carriage assembly, a first actuator assembly that includes a first actuator linkage connected to the actuator post, and a second actuator assembly that includes a second actuator linkage connected to the actuator post.
US12232499B2
A greasing system comprising a lubricant; pressurized air; a spray nozzle assembly in communication with the lubricant and the pressurized air having a spray nozzle manifold that further includes a valve bar assembly having a lubricant reservoir in communication with the lubricant; a plurality of proportional solenoid valves in communication with the lubricant reservoir; a plurality of lubricant passages in communication with the proportional solenoid valves; a plurality air passages in communication with the source of pressurized air; and a plurality of valves positioned in-line between the pressurized air and each air passage; and a nozzle bar assembly detachably connected to the valve bar assembly that further includes lubricant passages in communication with the lubricant passages in the valve bar assembly; air passages in communication with the air passages in the valve bar assembly; chambers in communication with corresponding lubricant passages in the nozzle bar assembly and corresponding air passages in the nozzle bar assembly, wherein lubricant is deposited in each chamber through the lubricant passage; and a spray nozzle in communication with each chamber, wherein the pressurized air is used to propel droplets of lubricant from the nozzle.
US12232498B2
Disclosed herein are material composition formulated for mitigating activity of a virus on a surface of an article. Methods of preparing such a material composition are also disclosed.
US12232489B2
A method for weed control, including: (a) providing an electrode coupled to a power source via a power provision arrangement; and (b) delivering an electrostatic shock on or near a weed plant via the electrode. A device for performing electrostatic weeding, including: (a) an electrode; (b) a handle, coupled to the electrode; and (c) a power provision arrangement operationally coupled to a power source, the power provision arrangement being in electrical communication with the electrode; wherein the electrode is adapted to provide an electrostatic shock to a weed plant so as to damage or destroy the weed plant.
US12232486B2
The breeding case for bivalves includes a submersible body having at least one housing receiving and protecting at least one bivalve and a framework. The framework is formed by two branches which extend respectively along two mutually perpendicular axes, the branches defining a determined number of housings. Each housing is equipped with a bottom and a protective wall which extends from the bottom to an upper edge at the upper portion of the submersible body. The case also includes at least one movement slide and locking mechanism for a locked position with the movement slide. The invention also concerns a bivalve breeding column having a determined number of breeding cases fitted one on top of the other. The method for bivalve breeding in connection with the bivalve breeding column is also part of the invention.
US12232485B2
The present disclosure discloses a protective collar for a pet, including: a basically fan-shaped sheet material body, wherein the sheet material body includes a front part, a rear part, a first side end, and a second side end; the front part extends from the first side end to the second side end, and the rear part extends from the first side end to the second side end; a radius of the front part is greater than a radius of the rear part; and a closing mechanism, wherein the closing mechanism attaches the first side end to the second side end, so that the sheet material body is enclosed to form a basically conical protective collar; the front part is semi-transparent or transparent.
US12232483B2
An animal toilet includes a body portion, and a partition portion. The body portion has a bottom face part and a side face part, and is in a box shape. The partition portion is in a plate shape, and divides the inside of the body portion vertically. The partition portion has a through hole that allows urine to pass therethrough. The thickness of the partition portion in a surrounding part around the through hole is smaller than the thickness of the partition portion in a remaining part that is the part other than the surrounding part. The surrounding part around the through hole inclines downward toward the through hole.
US12232478B2
According to the invention, there is provided seed and plants of the hybrid corn variety designated CH010363. The invention thus relates to the plants, seeds and tissue cultures of the variety CH010363, and to methods for producing a corn plant produced by crossing a corn plant of variety CH010363 with itself or with another corn plant, such as a plant of another variety. The invention further relates to genetic complements of plants of variety CH010363.
US12232477B2
According to the invention, there is provided seed and plants of the hybrid corn variety designated CH010412. The invention thus relates to the plants, seeds and tissue cultures of the variety CH010412, and to methods for producing a corn plant produced by crossing a corn plant of variety CH010412 with itself or with another corn plant, such as a plant of another variety. The invention further relates to genetic complements of plants of variety CH010412.
US12232470B1
A novel maize variety designated 1PMWQ41 and seed, plants and plant parts thereof are provided. Methods for producing a maize plant comprise crossing maize variety 1PMWQ41 with another maize plant are provided. Methods for producing a maize plant containing in its genetic material one or more traits introgressed into 1PMWQ41 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 1PMWQ41 or a locus conversion of 1PMWQ41 with another maize variety.
US12232465B1
A novel sorghum variety designated 2PZJD13A and seed, plants and plant parts thereof are provided. Methods for producing a plant comprise crossing sorghum variety 2PZJD13A with another plant. Sorghum seed, plants and plant parts produced by crossing sorghum variety 2PZJD13A with another plant are described. Methods for producing a plant containing in its genetic material one or more traits introgressed into 2PZJD13A include one or both of backcross conversion and transformation. Hybrid sorghum seed, plants or plant parts produced by crossing the sorghum variety 2PZJD13A or a locus conversion of 2PZJD13A with another sorghum variety are disclosed.
US12232460B2
Disclosed is a method and a system for stimulating and communicating with floral objects. The system includes a base unit for communicating with the floral objects to read and stimulating physical and biological properties, and an electronic circuitry configured to be placed in reach of the floral objects. The electronic circuitry is capacitively coupled to the base unit and the floral objects. The base unit is able to create and communicate stimulated patterns to stimulate growth, biological properties of the floral object. The base unit generates stimulated pattern on receiving information and data from the electronic circuitry.
US12232453B2
A loading apparatus for a round baler for loading a roll of binding material on the round baler is disclosed comprising a binding material support displaceable about a first end between a storage position and a transfer position, in which when in the storage position a first end of the binding material support is raised relative to a second end of the binding material support and when in the transfer position the first end of the binding material support is lowered relative to the second end of the binding material support.
US12239031B2
A memory cell includes a dielectric structure, a storage element structure, and a top electrode. The storage element structure is disposed in the dielectric structure, and the storage element structure includes a first portion and a second portion. The first portion includes a first side and a second side opposite to the first side, where a width of the first side is less than a width of the second side. The second portion is connected to the second side of the first portion, where a width of the second portion is greater than the width of the first side. The top electrode is disposed on the storage element structure, where the second portion is disposed between the first portion and the top electrode.
US12239015B2
Disclosed herein are organic photosensitive optoelectronic devices comprising acceptor and/or donor sensitizers to increase absorption and photoresponse of the photoactive layers of the devices. In particular, devices herein include at least one acceptor layer and at least one donor layer, wherein the acceptor layer may comprise a mixture of an acceptor material and at least one sensitizer, and the donor layer may comprise a mixture of a donor material and at least one sensitizer. Methods of fabricating the organic photosensitive optoelectronic devices are also disclosed.
US12239013B2
Provided is an OLED structure includes an organic layer having a primary phosphorescent emitter and a first host; where one of the following conditions is true: (1) the organic layer further includes a secondary emitter; or (2) the OLED further includes a second organic layer where the second organic layer includes a secondary emitter. The primary phosphorescent emitter has a peak emission wavelength λmax that is ≥600 nm and ≤750 nm; the secondary emitter has a peak emission wavelength λmax that is ≥750 nm; the primary phosphorescent emitter is capable of transferring energy to the secondary emitter; the first host has a lowest excited state triplet energy T1 that is at least 0.1 eV higher than that of the primary phosphorescent emitter; the primary phosphorescent emitter has the formula Pt(L1)m; L1 can represent one or more ligands that are the same or different; each L1 is independently monodentate or multidentate; and m represents a maximum possible number of ligands L1 that can coordinate to Pt.
US12239006B2
An organic device may include a substrate, first electrodes disposed on the substrate, organic layers respectively disposed on the first electrodes, and a second electrode disposed on the organic layers. When the organic device is viewed in a direction normal to the substrate, the organic device may include a first display area that includes the second electrode at a first occupancy, and a second display area that includes the second electrode at a second occupancy lower than the first occupancy. The second display area may include the second electrode, and transmission areas each surrounded by the second electrode in plan view. The transmission areas may include a first transmission area, and a second transmission area adjacent to the first transmission area via the second electrode. The first transmission area may have a first shape, and the second transmission area may have a second shape different from the first shape.
US12238995B2
A display panel including: a substrate having a through hole, a conductive part disposed on an inner surface of the through hole and a resin part in the through hole and adjacent to the conductive part; a circuit layer disposed at a first side of the substrate; and a pad disposed at a second side of the substrate and electrically connected to the circuit layer by the conductive part, wherein a width of the through hole is larger near the first side or the second side of the substrate than at a center of the through hole.
US12238989B2
A transparent display device may minimize coupling occurring between signal lines and apply a repair structure to a scan line. The transparent display device comprises a substrate provided with a transmissive area and a non-transmissive area disposed between the transmissive areas, a reference line extended from the non-transmissive area in a first direction, a first data line disposed at a first side of the reference line, a second data line disposed at a second side of the reference line, a first power line provided between the reference line and the first data line, and a second power line provided between the reference line and the second data line.
US12238986B2
This disclosure provides a display device, a display panel, and a fabrication method thereof. The display panel includes a driving backplane, a first electrode layer, a pixel definition layer, a light-emitting functional layer, and a second electrode layer. The first electrode layer is arranged on a side surface of the driving backplane and includes a first electrode and a transferring ring. The pixel definition layer covers the first electrode layer and the driving backplane. The light-emitting functional layer is arranged on a surface of the first electrode layer facing away from the driving backplane, and the light-emitting functional layer is in a range of a transferring area of the driving backplane. The second electrode layer covers the pixel definition layer and the light-emitting functional layer. A boundary of the second electrode layer is inside a boundary of the pixel definition layer and is connected with the transferring ring.
US12238984B2
A display device includes a first light emitting element in a first display area, a first pixel circuit in a first non-display area spaced from the first display area and connected to the first light emitting element, an insulating layer covering the first pixel circuit, a metal wiring on the insulating layer, connected to the first pixel circuit, and extending from the first non-display area to a second non-display area between the first display area and the first non-display area, and a transparent wiring on the insulating layer, connecting the first light emitting element and the metal wiring, and extending from the first display area to a surface of the metal wiring, where a trench is defined in a surface of the insulating layer in the second non-display area, and the metal wiring is in the trench in the second non-display area.
US12238983B2
A display substrate and a manufacturing method and a display device are provided. The display substrate includes: a first electrode pattern, a connecting electrode pattern, a second electrode, a light-emitting functional layer and a first dummy electrode pattern. The first electrode pattern is includes a plurality of first electrodes spaced apart from each other. The second electrode is connected with the connecting electrode pattern, the second electrode and the first electrode pattern are spaced apart from each other. The first dummy electrode pattern includes a plurality of first dummy electrodes; the connecting electrode pattern surrounds the first electrode pattern, the first dummy electrode pattern is located between the connecting electrode pattern and the first electrode pattern, and at least two of the plurality of first dummy electrodes are each of a block shape and are spaced apart from each other.
US12238981B2
A method of fabricating a display panel including a display region having a first pixel region where pixels are disposed, and a sensing region having a second pixel region where pixel groups are disposed and a light transmitting part disposed between the pixel groups, is discussed. The method can include forming a light shield layer at least in the sensing region, wherein the light shield layer includes an opening hole corresponding to the light transmitting part and exposes the light transmitting part to a laser beam through the opening hole. The method can further include forming a metal layer spaced apart from the light blocking layer in the first pixel region of the display region and the sensing region, and irradiating the laser beam to at least the sensing region to remove the metal layer from the light transmitting part.
US12238961B2
Optoelectronic devices that include a composite film in a multilayered encapsulation stack are provided. Also provided are methods of forming the light reflection-modifying structures, as well as other polymeric device layers, using inkjet printing. The composite films include a first, lower refractive index domain and a second, higher refractive index domain.
US12238958B2
An organic electroluminescence module, an encapsulating method, and a display device are provided. The organic electroluminescence module includes a substrate, an organic electroluminescent device disposed on the substrate, a first encapsulation layer disposed on a side of the organic electroluminescent device away from the substrate, and a second encapsulation layer disposed on a side of the first encapsulation layer away from the substrate. The first encapsulation layer is capable of preventing a gas generated by the second encapsulation layer from entering the organic electroluminescent device.
US12238938B1
Structures for a random number generator that include magnetic-tunnel-junction layer stacks and methods of forming such structures. The structure comprises a write line, first and source lines, a first transistor connected by the first source line to a first end of the write line, and a second transistor connected by the second source line to a second end of the write line. The structure further comprises a plurality of magnetic-tunneling-junction layer stacks disposed on the write line between the first and second ends of the write line.
US12238935B1
A process integration and patterning flow used to pattern a memory array area for an embedded memory without perturbing a fabricating process for logic circuitries. The fabrication process uses a pocket mask (e.g., a hard mask) to decouple the etching process of a memory array area and non-memory area. Such decoupling allows for a simpler fabrication process with little to no impact on the current fabrication process. The fabrication process may use multiple pocket masks to decouple the etching process of the memory array area and the non-memory area. This fabrication process (using multiple pocket masks) allows to avoid exposure of memory material into a second pocket etch chamber. The process of etching memory material is decoupled from the process of etching an encapsulation material. Examples of embedded memory include dynamic random-access memory and ferroelectric random-access memory.
US12238933B2
A semiconductor structure includes a base layer, a metal-containing gate, a high-k layer and a spacer. The metal-containing gate is disposed over the base layer. The high-k layer is disposed between the base layer and the metal-containing gate. The high-k layer has a protruding portion that protrudes out from a bottom of the metal-containing gate. The spacer is disposed on the sidewall of the metal-containing gate and covers the protruding portion of the high-k layer.
US12238929B2
A memory device includes a first conductor and a charge storage film extending along a first direction; a first semiconductor of a first conductive type; a second and third semiconductor each of a second conductive type; and a stack comprising a second conductor, a first insulator, and a third conductor sequentially stacked along the first direction and each extending along a second direction. The first conductor, the charge storage film, the first semiconductor, and the stack are arranged in this order along a third direction. The second semiconductor is in contact with the first semiconductor and the second conductor, between the second conductor or the first insulator and the charge storage film.
US12238920B2
A semiconductor device includes bit line structures disposed on a substrate, each bit line structure comprising a bit line and an insulating spacer structure, buried contacts which fill lower portions of spaces between bit line structures in the substrate, and landing pads which fill upper portions of the spaces, extend from upper surfaces of the buried contacts to upper surfaces of the bit line structures, and are spaced apart from each other by insulating structures. A first insulating structure is disposed between a first landing pad and a first bit line structure. The first insulating structure includes a sidewall extending along a sidewall of the first landing pad toward the substrate. In a direction extending toward the substrate, the sidewall of the first insulating structure gets closer to a first sidewall of the first bit line structure.
US12238917B2
The present application provides a memory device having laterally extending capacitors of different lengths and levels. The memory device includes a semiconductor substrate; a first insulating layer disposed over the semiconductor substrate; a first bottom electrode disposed over the first insulating layer; a first dielectric layer disposed over the first bottom electrode; a first recess extending through the first dielectric layer; a first capacitor dielectric conformal to the first recess and in contact with the first bottom electrode; and a first top electrode disposed within the first recess and surrounded by the first capacitor dielectric, wherein the first capacitor dielectric and the first top electrode extend laterally over the first bottom electrode and the semiconductor substrate.
US12238915B2
A method for manufacturing a semiconductor structure and a semiconductor structure are provided. The method includes: providing a base; forming a lower dielectric layer; forming a first lower conductive pillar located in an array area, a second lower conductive pillar located in a peripheral area and a third lower conductive pillar located in a core area; forming an upper dielectric layer that exposes top surfaces of the first lower conductive pillar, the second lower conductive pillar and the third lower conductive pillar; and forming a first upper conductive pillar, a second upper conductive pillar and a third upper conductive pillar that are located within the upper dielectric layer; in which the third upper conductive pillar and the third lower conductive pillar constitute a third conductive pillar, and a top surface area of the third lower conductive pillar is larger than a top surface area of the third upper conductive pillar.
US12238910B2
The present application provides a display device comprising: a display panel including a display region and a non-display region, wherein the non-display region includes first and second fan-out regions and a bending region; an optical functional film layer formed in the display region and the first fan-out region; an adhesive layer formed on the optical functional film layer; and a protective layer located in the bending region and with a gap with the optical functional film layer, and an end of the adhesive layer extends beyond the optical functional film layer and is connected to the protective layer, and the adhesive layer covers the optical functional film layer, the gap, and part of the protective layer.
US12238903B2
A water-cooled heat dissipation module assembly capable of cooling a power module of a vehicle driving inverter system using a battery or fuel cell. The water-cooled heat dissipation module assembly includes a housing unit provided in the form of a housing having an opening portion at least partially opened at one side thereof. The housing unit and at least a part of a rim region of the cooling unit are made of a plastic material, and the housing unit and the cooling unit are joined to each other by plastic welding using a laser.
US12238902B2
A refrigeration system for a data center includes an indoor module, a main outdoor heat-dissipation module and an auxiliary outdoor heat-dissipation module, inlets of the first compressor and the second compressor are respectively connected to an outlet of the indoor module, outlets of the first compressor and the second compressor are respectively connected to a gaseous refrigerant inlet of the first condenser, liquid refrigerant outlets of the first condenser and the second condenser are respectively connected to an inlet of the indoor module, in which a refrigeration cycle passage for the data center is formed by the indoor module, the first condenser and the first compressor when the main outdoor heat-dissipation module is in a normal condition, and the refrigeration cycle passage for the data center is formed by the indoor module, the second condenser and the second compressor when the main outdoor heat-dissipation module fails.
US12238900B2
Multiple systems for providing liquid and air cooling for IT components is disclosed. The modular system for cooling Information Technology (IT) includes a first module with at least one dry cooler that supplies liquid cooling to at least one liquid heat exchange device, and a second module with at least one liquid heat exchange device that provides liquid cooling to a facility with one or more IT units. The modular system may also provide cooling liquid to an air to liquid heat exchange device of the facility.
US12238897B2
A heat dissipation structure, for a heat-generating electric component, includes: a heat dissipator disposed along a surface of the electric component; and a porous material held between the electric component and the heat dissipator. The porous material of the heat dissipation structure is impregnated with heat-transfer fluid. The heat-transfer fluid may include liquid metal.
US12238893B2
A flow guiding device in an immersion-cooled chassis of a server comprises at least one deflector located above a chip on a mainboard in the chassis, each deflector comprises a first end for mounting to the mainboard above the chip and a second end inclined away from the mainboard. The first end is immersed in coolant, the second end is higher than the first end; the deflector further comprises a hollow part including multiple through holes for interrupting upward movement vapor bubbles generated by the hot chip, which reduces probability of the vapor bubbles escaping from the coolant liquid and the chassis. A liquid-cooled chassis having the flow guiding device is also disclosed.
US12238892B2
A two-phase immersion cooling system for an integrated circuit assembly may be formed utilizing boiling enhancement structures formed on or directly attached to heat dissipation devices within the integrated circuit assembly, formed on or directly attached to integrated circuit devices within the integrated circuit assembly, and/or conformally formed over support devices and at least a portion of an electronic board within the integrated circuit assembly. In still a further embodiment, the two-phase immersion cooling system may include a low boiling point liquid including at least two liquids that are substantially immiscible with one another.
US12238891B2
An information handling system includes a processor, a memory device, and a PMU to provide power to the processor and memory device. The information handling system further includes a magnetically suspended fan comprising a fan including a plurality of fan blades, a first set of permanent magnets operatively coupled to the plurality of fan blades, a second set of permanent magnets operatively coupled to an interior side of a top chassis cover of the information handling system, a third set of permanent magnets operatively coupled to an interior side of a bottom chassis cover of the information handling system. The second set of permanent magnets and third set of permanent magnets repel the first set of permanent magnets to suspend the plurality of fan blades between the top chassis cover and bottom chassis cover.
US12238888B2
Network rack systems for physically supporting modules of a network element and cable management structures for maintaining network cables in an organized manner are provided. An auxiliary side cabinet, according to one implementation, includes a frame configured for physical attachment to a side portion of a main rack structure, where the main rack structure is configured to support a plurality of modules of a Network Element (NE). The auxiliary side cabinet further includes a front plane connected to a front portion of the frame. Also, the auxiliary side cabinet includes one or more connector panels supported on the front plane. Each of the one or more connector panels is configured to support a plurality of connectors. The plurality of connectors are configured for communication with associated connectors of the modules of the NE via cables. Also, the plurality of connectors are configured as high pin count connectors.
US12238874B2
The electric device has a first seal part, including, between a first case and a second case, a groove portion prepared at one side and a projection portion prepared at another side, where those portions are joined by sealing material; a second seal part, including, between the opening part of the first case and a peripheral part of the connector, a groove portion prepared at one side and a projection portion prepared at another side, where those portions are joined by the sealing material; and a third seal part, including, among the first case, the second case, and the peripheral part of the connector, a groove portion prepared at one side and a projection portion prepared at another side, as a combination, or a projection portion prepared at one side and a groove portion prepared at another side, as a combination, where those portions are joined by the sealing material.
US12238863B2
An electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes a substrate structure, a control unit, a first circuit structure, and an electronic unit. The substrate structure has a conductive via pattern and a dummy via pattern. The control unit is electrically connected to the conductive via pattern. The first circuit structure is electrically connected to the conductive via pattern. The electronic unit is electrically connected to the control unit through the first circuit structure. The dummy via pattern is electrically insulated from the first circuit structure.
US12238850B2
A neutron capture therapy system and a target material for a particle beam generation apparatus, the heat dissipation performance of a target material might be improved. A neutron capture therapy system includes a neutron generation apparatus and a beam shaping body, the neutron generation apparatus includes an accelerator and a target material, and a charged particle beam generated by means of acceleration of the accelerator acts with the target material to generate a neutron beam. The target material includes an active layer, an anti-foaming layer, a heat dissipation layer and a heat conduction layer, the active layer acts with a charged particle beam to generate a neutron beam; the anti-foaming layer suppresses foaming caused by the charged particle beam; the heat dissipation layer directly and rapidly conducts to the heat conduction layer, heat deposited on the active layer, and discharges by means of a cooling medium.
US12238849B2
A radical generation device includes: a cylindrical tube; an antenna; an outer conductor part; and a connection part which has a double cylindrical tube structure including an inner cylindrical body and an outer cylindrical body, end portions of the inner cylindrical body and the outer cylindrical body on the same side are divided in a circumferential direction notches extending in an axial direction to form divided pieces, and tapered portions swelling outward toward a tip end are formed on an outer side of the divided pieces or tapered portions swelling inward toward a tip end are formed on an inner side of the divided pieces.
US12238846B2
An induction device includes an induction unit including a sensor unit, which is arranged above the induction unit in a mounted position and includes a plurality of presence sensor elements arranged in a distributed manner and configured to detect a sensor parameter in the form of a presence parameter of an object. A control unit is provided to analyze the sensor parameter.
US12238843B2
A lighting apparatus includes an external controller, a first LED module, a second LED module, a rectifier, a power switch, a manual switch, a light housing and an allocation module. The external controller converts an external signal of an external wall switch to a light intensity signal. The external controller is coupled to the external wall switch. The wall switch is a continuous switch for a user to select a continuous value from a range. The first LED module and the second LED module emit lights of different color temperatures. The rectifier for converts an AC power to a DC power. The power switch is coupled to the rectifier for generating a driving current corresponding to the light intensity signal. The manual switch selects a color temperature setting.
US12238838B2
A modular system includes an LED driver and an LED light engine. The driver includes a switched mode power converter and a first control unit to control a switch of the converter, thereby controlling the supply current to an LED assembly of the light engine. The assembly includes LEDs and one or more switches arranged in series or in parallel with one or more of the LEDs. The light engine also includes a second control unit controlling the one or more switches of the LED assembly so as to control current through the LEDs. The first control unit controls amplitude of the supply current. The second control unit controls duty cycle of the LED current through the LEDs. The first and second control units are configured to synchronize a switching operation of the switched mode power converter with a switching operation of the switches of the light engine.
US12238831B2
A lighting apparatus includes a light source plate, LED modules and a driver module. The light source plate includes a substrate layer, a wiring layer and a protection layer. The substrate layer is made of metal material. LED modules are disposed on a top side of the light source plate. The driver module is disposed on the top side of the light source plate. The LED modules and the driver module are electrically connected via the wiring layer. The driver module includes an AC-DC converter, a regulator, a controller, a current source and an oscillation wave removal circuit. The controller controls the current source to generate driving currents to the LED modules. The oscillation wave removal circuit is coupled to the AC-DC converter for suppressing a sudden abnormal peak voltage from the AC-DC converter.
US12238822B2
Methods, apparatus, and processor-readable storage media for automated subscription management for remote infrastructure are provided herein. An example computer-implemented method includes obtaining subscription data related to at least one subscription for hardware infrastructure provided by a service provider, wherein the subscription data is obtained by the hardware infrastructure at a remote location; obtaining usage data and deployment data for the hardware infrastructure that is associated with the at least one subscription; processing the subscription data, the usage data and the deployment data using an artificial intelligence-based framework to identify a time period for initiating performance of one or more actions to automatically adjust the at least one subscription, wherein the artificial intelligence-based framework identifies the time period based on historical subscription data related to one or more other subscriptions; and causing the performance of the one or more actions to be initiated within the identified time period.
US12238821B2
A SIM card selection method includes: receiving a first input of a user to a target application; and controlling, in response to the first input, the target application to perform a first operation based on a first SIM card. The first SIM card is a SIM card associated with a first display region, and the first display region is a display region in which an icon of the target application is located.
US12238819B2
The technology makes wireless roaming decisions for a computing device. The device is configured to determine whether to consider roaming and to generate a roam reason. The device determines a quality score for at least one access point within a wireless communication range of the device based at least in part on the roam reason. A target access point with a highest quality score is selected. The device may then determine to roam to the target access point, if the target access point is not the current access point to which the device is connected.
US12238817B2
A communication apparatus performs a first communication processing to a communication partner apparatus using a first communication unit, establishes a wireless connection based on an infrastructure mode between the communication apparatus and an external access point, wherein the wireless connection is established with a second communication unit different from the first communication unit, and establishes a direct wireless connection between the communication apparatus and the communication partner apparatus which is the same as the communication partner apparatus of the first communication unit, wherein the direct wireless connection is established without the external access point. The wireless connection and the direct wireless connection are concurrently performed, and the external access point is searched in a state that the direct wireless connection is maintained, in a case where the wireless connection disconnected, wherein the external access point is external to the communication apparatus and is external to the communication partner apparatus.
US12238813B2
The disclosure relates to a network management entity (ME) in a communications network (CN), the network management entity (ME) being configured to; receive (S10) a request message (REQm), transmitted by a network serving entity (SE), indicating deletion of a bearer connection for a user equipment (UE, 600), transmit (S40) a release message (RELm) towards a network entity (NE), receive (S50) a complete message (COMPm +IDU) transmitted by the network entity (NE), confirming that the user equipment (UE, 600) is released, and comprising information regarding data usage (IDU), and transmit (S60) a response message (RESPm +IDU) towards the network serving entity (SE), acknowledging deletion of the bearer connection of the user equipment (UE, 600), in response to receiving the complete message (COMPm +IDU). The disclosure also relates to methods performed in a network management entity (ME).
US12238812B2
A method and apparatus for support of service continuity for handover between stand-alone non-public network (SNPN) and public land mobile network (PLMN) is provided. A session management function (SMF) of a first network transmits, to a user plane function (UPF) of the first network, a duplication request for the UPF of the first network to duplicate downlink (DL) data and send the duplicated DL data to both a next generation radio access network (NG-RAN) of the first network and a non-3GPP interworking function (N3IWF) of the first network. The SMF of the first network further transmits, to the N3IWF of the first network, a data buffering request for the N3IWF of the first network to buffer the duplicated DL data.
US12238802B2
A UE communicating in DC with an MN and an SN detects a master cell group (MCG) failure associated with the MN. In response to detecting the MCG failure, the UE performs an MCG recovery procedure by transmitting an MCG failure information message to the SN, receiving an MCG failure recovery message from the SN, and transmitting an MCG failure recovery complete message to the MN.
US12238794B2
An information processing method, apparatus, device and a computer readable storage medium are provided. The method includes: determining, for a sidelink interface, whether to enable a bearer-splitting transmission mode for a radio bearer; obtaining an association relationship between a PDCP entity corresponding to the radio bearer and RLC entities corresponding to the radio bearer in a case of determining to enable the bearer-splitting transmission mode for the radio bearer.
US12238792B2
An information handling system of a management and orchestration module (MANO) may comprise a processor configured to determine user equipment device (UE) connectivity requirements for multiple UEs managed by the MANO, including a first UE transceiving via a first secure wireless link and a Wireless Local Area Network (WLAN) antenna with a non-cellular Access Point (AP), determine enterprise profile requirements for the UEs and detected network conditions of radio access networks (RANs) and cores of an enterprise mobile network, generate an optimal wireless link distribution across UEs that prioritizes access for the first UE to links with RANs, and determine a wireless link configuration adjustment for the first UE instructing termination of the first secure wireless link and establishment of a second secure wireless link with a RAN, according to the optimal wireless link distribution. A network interface device may transmit the wireless link configuration adjustment to the first UE.
US12238788B2
The present disclosure relates to a method and apparatus for establishing radio bearer. The method includes: receiving radio bearer configuration information of a second user equipment sent by the second user equipment; applying the radio bearer configuration information of the second user equipment; establishing a first radio bearer for sending data to the second user equipment based on the radio bearer configuration information of the second user equipment; and sending first data to the second user equipment through the first radio bearer, wherein the first data includes at least one of a data packet sent by a first user equipment to the second user equipment or a status report generated by the first user equipment in response to a data packet sent by the second user equipment.
US12238783B2
Embodiments disclosed herein include methods and apparatuses that enable the UE to transmit message 3 in an NTN network. A gNB can include, a time duration indicating the time at which the UE should transmit message 3. The network can ensure that the UE has adequate time to apply the timing advance, assemble and transmit message 3. The UE can compute time of UL grant application based on a timing advance. The time of application of the UL grant can be determined by the UE and by the gNB according to a specified rule.
US12238780B2
Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, a user equipment (UE) may transmit a first random access channel (RACH) message to a base station, and monitor for a second RACH message from the base station in a set of resource candidates that are based at least in part on the transmitted first RACH message absent downlink control information. The set of resource candidates may be outside of a physical downlink control channel. Numerous other aspects are provided.
US12238777B2
Disclosed in the present application is a method for a terminal performing a random access procedure in a wireless communication system. Specifically, the method for performing a random access procedure comprises the steps of: transmitting, to a base station, a plurality of random access signals corresponding to a plurality of different beams in a transmission interval corresponding to the corresponding random access signal; receiving a random access response signal corresponding to one random access signal of the plurality of random access signals; and transmitting and receiving a signal to and/or from the base station, using a beam corresponding to the one random access signal, wherein the plurality of random access signals comprise identifier information of the terminal.
US12238774B2
To avoid blocking node AC queues in the degraded MU EDCA mode due to regular OFDMA transmission of data from another AC queue in resource units provided by an AP, the present invention proposes to use a dedicated HEMUEDCATimer for each AC queue, in order for them to be able to exit the degraded MU EDCA mode independently of the other AC queues. In this respect, upon successfully transmitting data stored in two or more traffic queues, in each of one or more accessed resource units provided by the AP within one or more transmission opportunities, the node sets each traffic queue transmitting in the accessed resource unit in the degraded MU EDCA mode for a predetermined degrading duration counted down by a respective timer associated with the transmitting traffic queue. Next, upon expiry of any timer, the node switches back the associated traffic queue to the conventional EDCA mode.
US12238772B2
Embodiments of a user equipment (UE) configurable for unlicensed band operation in a 5G NR system (5GS), when operating in semi-static channel access mode, for a UE-initiated channel-occupancy time (COT), is configured to transmit an uplink (UL) transmission burst, as an initiating device, starting at a beginning of fixed frame period (FFP) and ending at a symbol before an idle period of the FFP after a successful clear-channel assessment (CCA).
US12238770B2
A transmission device may perform listen-before-talk (LBT) with regard to an unlicensed band. The transmission device may determine M LBT sub-bands which are in an idle state, on the basis of the performing of the LBT for the unlicensed band. The transmission device may perform N repetitive transmissions of a transport block (TB) over the M LBT sub-bands. The N repetitive transmissions of the TB may include performing M repetitive transmissions over the M LBT sub-bands, respectively.
US12238767B2
User equipments (UEs) may be configured to perform channel occupancy information multi-access reporting. In some aspects, a user equipment may receive a sidelink configuration message identifying the first UE and one or more other UEs as members of a multicast group and a resource to be used for sidelink communications amongst the multicast group, and receive channel occupancy information (COI) from at least one of the one or more UEs within the multicast group, the COI indicating an occupied condition of the resource determined by the at least one of the one or more UEs during a sensing operation performed with respect to the resource. Further, the UE may select a period of time to transmit a sidelink communication based at least in part on the COI.
US12238764B2
A wireless device receives, from a base station, configuration parameters indicating a plurality of bandwidth parts of a cell. Power measurements that indicate a listen before talk (LBT) failure on each of the plurality of bandwidth parts are performed. a radio link failure of the cell is declared in response to the power measurements indicating the LBT failure on each of the plurality of bandwidth parts.
US12238761B2
In a wireless local area network (WLAN) system, a transmitting multi-link device (MLD) may defer the transmission of a PPDU on a first link, even if a back-off counter of a non-primary link reaches zero, as long as a back-off counter of a primary link does not reach zero. When the transmission of the PPDU is deferred, the back-off counter may be kept at zero.
US12238760B2
Methods for pre-emption of transmission resources in sidelink communications in a cellular network. A reservation message for resources which collide with previously-reserved resources serves as a pre-emption indicator.
US12238758B2
A user equipment may be configured to implement a procedure for aligning transmissions for intra-band carrier aggregation in sidelink communications. In some aspects, a user equipment may send one or more first transmissions to a second UE via a first sidelink component carrier, a first transmission of the one or more first transmissions including first user data. Further, the user equipment may send one or more second transmissions to a third UE via a second sidelink component carrier, the one or more first transmissions aligned with the one or more second transmissions and a second transmission of the one or more second transmissions including second user data and a repetition of a portion of the second user data.
US12238751B2
Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, a user equipment (UE) may receive an indication of capability information that indicates interference cancellation (IC) capability information associated with at least one UE. The UE may receive sidelink control information (SCI) that indicates sidelink resource reservation information in a resource selection window. The UE may transmit an indication of one or more reserved resources for a sidelink communication, the one or more reserved resources being based at least in part on the IC capability information and the sidelink resource reservation information. Numerous other aspects are described.
US12238741B2
The present invention relates to a method of reducing blind decoding attempts by a User Equipment (UE) in a telecommunication network. The method comprises configuring a Search Space (SS) configuration to the UE. A Base Station (BS) signals one of a subset of Aggregation Levels (ALs) to be monitored based on channel quality of the UE and an associated time period, and a value of multiplication factor (k) and an associated time period. The UE iteratively monitors a Physical Downlink Control Channel (PDCCH) on the ALs signalled by the BS till the UE stops receiving a new configuration. The UE performs one of adopting an original configuration, requesting the BS for a new configuration, utilizing a default configuration or utilizing an original configuration.
US12238732B2
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. Embodiments of the present application provide a method, a UE, a base station, a device, and a computer-readable storage medium for contention-based uplink data transmission. A method for contention-based uplink data transmission comprises: receiving high layer configuration information for a contention-based physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH) transmission; monitoring first downlink control information (DCI) scrambled with a first radio network temporary identity (RNTI) in a first physical downlink control channel search space based on the high layer configuration information, and determining a contention-based PUSCH resource based on the detected first DCI; and transmitting data on the contention-based PUSCH resource. The present application improves the data transmission efficiency and reduces the UE's power consumption.
US12238726B2
Aspects for enhanced logical channel prioritization mapping procedures and restrictions are disclosed. In one aspect, a method of wireless communication includes transmitting, by a network entity, a logical channel prioritization (LCP) restriction configuration for a logical channel indicating a set of Sounding Reference Signal (SRS) configurations associated with the logical channel; determining, by the network entity, data of the logical channel of a particular UE is to be scheduled; transmitting, by the network entity, an uplink grant indicating an uplink grant instance for the particular UE, wherein the uplink grant instance indicates an SRS configuration of the set of SRS configurations; and receiving, by the network entity, a transmission corresponding to the uplink grant instance and including the data of the logical channel. Additional aspects are described.
US12238723B2
A method for operating a transmission node performing link adaptation in a mobile communication network may include the steps of: receiving, from a resource allocation node, resource allocation information for a resource for transmission of data; determining link adaptation information and transmitting the determined link adaptation information to a reception node; and on the basis of the determined link adaptation information, transmitting the data to the reception node. Therefore, link adaptation accurately reflecting a radio channel state between a base station and terminals can be performed, thereby enabling efficient use of a radio resource.
US12238721B2
Embodiments of this disclosure provide a data transmission method and a terminal device. The data transmission method includes receiving first uplink resource allocation information sent by a network side device. The first uplink resource allocation information is used to indicate a first uplink resource. The data transmission method further includes sending a first medium access control protocol data unit (MAC PDU) over the first uplink resource. The first MAC PDU is a PDU obtained through packet assembly on target data based on the first uplink resource. The target data includes at least data content of a second MAC PDU. The second MAC PDU is a previously generated MAC.
US12238717B2
Embodiments are presented herein of apparatuses, systems, and methods for configuring a cellular sidelink control channel with frequency hopping and multi-beam diversity. A cellular base station may select a cellular sidelink control channel configuration that includes one or more of frequency hopping or multi-beam diversity. The cellular base station may provide cellular sidelink control channel configuration information to a wireless device. The cellular sidelink control channel configuration information may indicate the selected cellular sidelink control channel configuration that includes one or more of frequency hopping or multi-beam diversity.
US12238716B2
Techniques for physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH) and physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH) processing for multiple transmission and reception point (multi-TRP) are disclosed. In some embodiments, determining PDSCH hybrid automatic repeat request-acknowledgement (HARQ-ACK) processing timing may include determining that a user equipment (UE) is configured for single downlink control information (single-DCI) multi-TRP PDSCH operation, determining a first PDSCH and a second PDSCH within a slot, wherein the first PDSCH and the second PDSCH are used in the single-DCI multi-TRP PDSCH operation, and determining a minimum HARQ-ACK processing timing for the first PDSCH and the second PDSCH using one or more symbols of the first PDSCH or one or more symbols of both the first PDSCH and the second PDSCH.
US12238715B2
Various embodiments of the present disclosure provide a method for using indication information of time domain resource allocation. The method comprises receiving from a network node indication information of time domain resource allocation for a first type of message. The method further comprises determining a location of time domain resource for a first type of message based at least in part on the indication information and/or configuration information.
US12238713B2
Disclosed are a method and apparatus for transmitting or receiving a downlink channel from multiple transmission/reception points in a wireless communication system. A method for receiving a downlink channel by a terminal in a wireless communication system, according to one embodiment of the present disclosure, comprises the steps of: receiving configuration information associated with repetitive transmission of a downlink channel; repetitively receiving a downlink control channel including the same downlink control information (DCI) from one or more transmission/reception points (TRPs), wherein the DCI indicates at least one from among the number of code division multiplexing (CDM) groups and the number of repetitions for a downlink data channel; and receiving, on the basis of the DCI not including transmission configuration indicator (TCI) information, a downlink data channel from a single TRP (STRP) or multiple TRP (MTRP) from among the one or more TRPs on the basis of one or more from among the configuration information, the number of CDM groups, and the number of repetitions for the downlink data channel.
US12238711B2
Systems and methods are disclosed herein for supporting enhanced dynamic codebook Hybrid Automatic Repeat Request (HARQ) feedback. In one embodiment, a method performed by a wireless communication device comprises receiving, from a base station, downlink control information (DCI) in accordance with a fallback DCI format. The DCI comprises downlink scheduling information that indicates downlink resources allocated for a downlink data channel transmission to the wireless communication device. The fallback DCI format does not include an explicit indication of an identifier of a downlink data channel group of the downlink data channel transmission. The method further comprises attempting to receive and decode the transmission and determining a downlink data channel group for the transmission based on the DCI. The method further comprises generating a dynamic codebook HARQ feedback for the downlink data channel group comprising HARQ feedback for the transmission and transmitting the dynamic codebook HARQ feedback to the base station.
US12238710B2
User equipment indication of code block mapping type preference for physical downlink shared channel
In a wireless communication system, dynamic changes of a code block (CB) to resource element (RE) mapping type may improve decoding performance in some scenarios. A user equipment may provide an indication of a preferred CB mapping type. A base station may transmit a physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH) based on a first dynamic CB mapping type in one or more slots. A UE may receive the PDSCH and determine a second CB mapping type that is preferred by the UE based on a metric. The UE may transmit an indicator of the second CB mapping type, for example, as a one-bit or two-bit indicator, which may be coupled with a channel state information (CSI) report or signaled in uplink control information (UCI) independently from a CSI report. The base station may consider the indicator when selecting a new dynamic CB mapping type for the UE.
US12238705B2
The present disclosure provides a method and device in user equipment and base station for radio communications. A first node receives a first signaling and a second signaling; transmits a first radio signal on the first channel. The first signaling and the second signaling respectively comprise first configuration information and second configuration information, and the first configuration information and the second configuration information are respectively for a first channel and a second channel; the first radio signal comprises a first sub-signal and a second sub-signal; a first bit block and a second bit block are respectively used to generate the first sub-signal and the second sub-signal. When control information is carried on an uplink physical-layer data channel, the above method can respectively control transmission reliability of the control information and the uplink physical-layer data channel more flexibly, thus improving transmission efficiency.
US12238694B2
A user apparatus includes a reception unit configured to receive information specifying a BWP (Bandwidth part) from a base station apparatus, a control unit configured to configure the BWP by determining a parameter to be applied from a predetermined cell-common parameter and a predetermined user-apparatus-specific parameter that are included in the information specifying the BWP, and a communication unit configured to communicate with the base station apparatus by using the configured BWP, wherein the predetermined parameters are information items indicating a lowest usable subcarrier of the BWP.
US12238669B2
Technology for an Information Centric Networking gateway (ICN-GW) operable to modify an ICN message received from a user equipment (UE) in a Fifth Generation (5G) cellular network is disclosed. The ICN-GW can decode the ICN message received from the UE via a Next Generation NodeB (gNB) and an ICN point of attachment (ICN-PoA). The ICN-GW can modify the ICN message to produce a modified ICN message. The ICN-GW can encode the modified ICN message to route the modified ICN message to a data network.
US12238651B2
Various aspects pertaining to apparatuses, methods, and computer-readable medium are described herein. Some aspects pertain to wireless communication between various apparatuses, such as an access point (AP) and a station (STA). The AP may have a radio, and the STA may have a first radio and a second radio. The radios may have various power states. Some aspects pertain to negotiation of various communication parameters. Some aspects pertain to communication of a packet and execution of various related operations. Some aspects pertain to certain uplink (UL) and/or downlink (DL) communications. Some aspects pertain to termination or teardown of the negotiated parameters. The written description and appended drawings provide detailed descriptions regarding these and many other aspects.
US12238647B2
Disclosed are an energy conservation transmission method, base station, and terminal device; the base station can configure an energy conservation signal for the terminal device; the energy conservation signal carries energy conservation information; the energy conservation information can indicate a first configuration of at least one discontinuous reception (DRX) cycle of the terminal device, the at least one DRX cycle comprising at least one first cycle and/or at least one second cycle; the first cycle and the second cycle are long cycles and/or short cycles, and the first cycle is different from the second cycle; the first configuration of the DRX cycle includes at least one of the maximum number N of DRX cycles, the maximum number K of the first cycle, and the number Y of the first cycle, all of N, K, and Y being integers greater than or equal to 1; thus the energy conservation signal can indicate to the terminal device for any combination of DRX cycles of different lengths, solving the problem in the prior art of how to configure the number of DRX cycles indicated by the energy conservation signal.
US12238645B2
Exemplary apparatus can be provided that can comprise a plurality of antennas; a plurality of conversion systems, each capable of accepting and/or producing one or more digital signals; a circuit (e.g., radio circuit) configured to couple the antennas to the conversion systems; and computer arrangement configurable to selectively control operation of the conversion systems according to one or more predetermined criteria. In some embodiments, the conversion systems can be configured to utilize different sampling rates and/or quantization resolutions and/or to accept and/or produce different numbers of digital signals. Exemplary conversion systems can be enabled/disabled such that one or more can operate simultaneously based on, e.g., subframe timing of received signal, predetermined schedule, power or energy of s, availability of reference signals, channel coherence time, and apparatus energy consumption. Further, exemplary methods and computer-readable media can be provided embodying one or more procedures the apparatus is configured to perform.
US12238643B2
In some examples, a wireless device includes a communication interface to communicate with a wireless network, and at least one processor configured to, receive, from an access point (AP), information including a network address policy of the wireless network. The at least one processor is configured to further, in response to the information including the network address policy, use an address of the wireless device according to the network address policy.
US12238642B2
According to one configuration, a gateway establishes a wireless communication link with a first communication device. The first communication device has access to a remote network via a path including the wireless communication link and a communication link though the gateway. The communication management hardware receives a notification indicating attributes of a wireless interface of the first communication device. The gateway or other suitable entity monitors for presence of wireless communications from the wireless interface advertising availability of a wireless service provided by the first communication device. In response to detecting the availability of or actual use of the wireless service as advertised by a wireless communication transmitted from the first communication device, the gateway controls a bandwidth provided to the first communication device to access the first communication device.
US12238641B2
A method and apparatus for accessing a NR cell in a mobile communication system are provided. Method for accessing a NR cell includes receiving in a first cell, by a terminal from a base station, a System Information Block1 (SIB1), determining, by the terminal, if the first cell is barred and performing by the terminal, if the cell is not barred, random access procedure based at least in part on a second pusch-TimeDomainAllocationList and a second ra-ContentionResolutionTimer.
US12238640B2
Disclosed is a method for channel switching in a wireless mesh network. The method comprises: any slave node in a wireless mesh network receiving a channel switching command broadcast by a master node to perform channel switching; the slave node determining whether the channel switching is successful; and if successful, searching for the master node or a mesh network containing the master node for networking; otherwise, exiting the current invalid mesh network, and scanning for a mesh network after the channel switching, and joining the detected mesh network. According to the present application, after channel switching is performed, a mesh network for a slave node is automatically configured, thereby making up for the defect of an existing mesh network protocol not supporting switching between different frequency bands, and realizing automatic re-establishment of a mesh connection after the channel switching is successful.
US12238638B2
Embodiments of this application provide a method for controlling use of a network slice, an apparatus, and a system. The method includes: A first network element receives a first message used to request access of a terminal device to a target network slice. The target network slice covers a plurality of regions including a first region, and the first region is a region in which the terminal device is currently located. Further, the first network element determines, based on a first condition, whether to allow the terminal device to access the target network slice. The first condition includes: whether a service usage of the target network slice in the first region exceeds a first service limit.
US12238636B2
A device described herein may receive an indication that the device is not authorized to access a first type of core network (e.g., a Fifth Generation (“5G”) Core (“5GC”)), and may detect that a first core network, of the first type of core network, is available for communication. The device may detect that a second core network, of a second type of core network (e.g., an Evolved Packet Core (“EPC”)), is available for communication. Based on the indication that the device is not authorized to access the first type of core network, the device may request establishment of a communication session with the second core network (e.g., in lieu of requesting access the first core network).
US12238629B2
A content delivery system for delivering an audio and/or video content to a mobile terminal is deployed on top of a mobile network and includes plural edge cache servers arranged using a star or hierarchical topology. The edge cache servers are connected to respective aggregation nodes of the mobile network such that a configurable breakout function of the nodes enables routing thereto packets addressed to an anycast addressing associated with the servers. When receiving a request, from the mobile terminal, for obtaining a manifest file of the audio and/or video content, an edge cache controller of the content delivery system creates a session identifier including a unicast addressing part pointing to the controller, and redirects the mobile terminal to the anycast addressing of the servers. The servers then obtain the session identifier from the mobile terminal and use the unicast addressing contained therein to receive context information from the controller.
US12238628B2
Establishing a data plane session for a user equipment with a network using an access network requires the existence of a data path in or through a forwarding entity of the network. The forwarding entity is part of the access network or is an IP edge network node, wherein the data path within the forwarding entity corresponds to a programmed data path in or through a forwarding entity defined by means of data path configuration information being used to identify the user equipment and/or the data plane session using the data path, wherein in order to establish the session, the method includes establishing the data path within the forwarding entity as an at least partly programmed and/or pre-provisioned data path, including the data path configuration information, wherein establishing the session for the user equipment involves the session and/or the user equipment to be assigned to the existing pre-provisioned data path.
US12238626B2
A method executed by a User Equipment (UE) for emergency call handling during a de-registration or detach procedure is provided. The UE initiates a Mobility Management (MM) de-registration procedure or an MM detach procedure with a mobile communication network. The UE initiates an emergency service before the MM de-registration procedure or the MM detach procedure has been completed. In response to the initiation of the emergency call, the UE aborts the MM de-registration procedure or the MM detach procedure and performs local de-registration or local detach. After the local de-registration or the local detach, the UE initiates a registration procedure or an attach procedure.
US12238622B2
A system and apparatus are disclosed herein for vehicle to everything (V2X) wireless communication. A V2X wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU) may receive a vehicle to everything (V2X) message including configuration information and a road side unit (RSU) address. The WTRU may then transmit a message to the RSU according to the configuration information including multimedia broadcast multicast services (MBMS) data. The configuration information may include a MBMS service descriptor. One or more of the V2X messages may include priority information, WTRU type information, or both.
US12238620B2
The present invention provides a method for transmitting a plurality of pieces of CAM information in a V2X system. More specifically, the method, which is to be performed by a vehicle, includes: a step for transmitting a first message, including first information indicating whether a plurality of pieces of CAM information can be combined, to a base station through a first interface; a step for receiving, from the base station, a second message requesting that the plurality of pieces of CAM information be combined and transmitted; a step for receiving the plurality of pieces of CAM information from nearby vehicles through a second interface; and a step for transmitting a third message including the plurality of pieces of CAM information to the base station through the first interface.
US12238619B2
A data sending method includes an adaptation layer that obtains first data and attribute information corresponding to the first data from a network layer, where the attribute information includes destination address information, the adaptation layer generates a first access layer address based on the destination address information, the adaptation layer transfers the first data and the first access layer address to an access layer, and the access layer sends the first data through a sidelink based on the first access layer address.
US12238616B2
An asset tracking system includes a tracking device associated with a mobile asset and a centralized device management platform. The tracking device is configured via a set of device configurations. The centralized device management platform includes one or more processors in communication with the tracking device and computer-readable memory encoded with instructions that, when executed, cause the system to receive location data corresponding to a location of the tracking device; evaluate the location data to identify a zone corresponding to a physical region that includes the location of the tracking device; compare an identified zone with a set of location-based rules to identify a rule associated with the identified zone; update the set of device configurations with a device configuration that is associated with an identified rule; and sync an updated set of device configurations to the tracking device to reconfigure the tracking device based on the identified rule.
US12238608B2
A definition of a boundary corresponding to a geographic area in which an autonomous off-road vehicle (AOV) operates is accessed. The boundary definition includes a classification of each of a plurality of portions of the boundary as being of one or more boundary types, each boundary type associated with one or more vehicle behavior limitations. The AOV navigates to a target portion of the boundary corresponding to the geographic area. The target portion of the boundary is classified as being one or more target boundary types. In response to being within a threshold distance of the target portion of the boundary, the AOV modifies a behavior of the AOV based on the one or more vehicle behavior limitations associated with the one or more target boundary types.
US12238601B2
A user device comprises a communication unit configured to perform communication to which dual connectivity is applied, wherein a master cell group and a secondary cell group are configured in the dual connectivity, a control unit configured to detect occurrence of a failure in the master cell group, and a transmission unit configured to transmit information related to the occurrence of the failure in the master cell group to a master node of the master cell group, wherein the control unit changes a primary cell to another cell by performing handover to a different RAT (Radio Access Technology).
US12238587B2
Systems, apparatuses, and methods are described for wireless communications. Third party charging may be performed to provide services for a wireless device. One or more policies may be determined for the wireless device based on charging information.
US12238585B2
The disclosure relates to early detection and indication of a Quality-of-Service (QoS) non-fulfillment in one or more radio links serving an application. A client device monitors for a QoS non-fulfillment in the one or more radio links based on a QoS monitoring configuration associated with the application. The QoS monitoring configuration may be received from a network node and/or derived based on a predefined rule. Upon detection of a QoS non-fulfillment of one or more QoS requirements obtained from the QoS monitoring configuration, the client device provides a QoS non-fulfillment indication to the application. The QoS non-fulfillment indication gives the application an early warning about QoS non-fulfillment on the one or more radio links. Thereby, allowing the application to take precautionary actions to counteract possible negative consequences of the QoS non-fulfillment. Furthermore, the disclosure also relates to corresponding methods and a computer program.
US12238581B2
A method and transition device for enabling communication of data between a remote radio unit and a central baseband unit in a wireless network. When detecting a first interface configuration used by the remote radio unit and a second interface configuration used by the baseband unit, the transition device configures interface functions, based on the first and second interface configurations. The interface functions are selected from a set of predefined interface functions associated with different interface configurations. The transition device then establishes a data flow between the remote radio unit and the central baseband unit over the transition device, and performs conversion between the first interface configuration and the second interface configuration for data communicated in the data flow, using the selected interface functions.
US12238575B2
An example according to the present specification relates to a technique for configuring a preamble in a wireless LAN (WLAN) system. A transmitting STA may generate and transmit an EHT PPDU. The EHT PPDU may comprise an L-SIG field, an RL-SIG field, a first control field, and a second control field. A result of “modulo 3 operation” for a length field value of the L-SIG field may be set to “0.” The RL-SIG field may be configured to be the same as the L-SIG field. The first control field may comprise 3-bit information on the version of a PPDU, 6-bit information on a BSS color, and 7-bit information on TXOP.
US12238565B2
A plurality of access point (AP) devices configured to provide a wireless network at a site within a geographic region and a management system (NMS) configured to manage the plurality of APs are described. An AP device sends, to the NMS, a message including version information of hardware compliance data currently stored at the AP device. The NMS determines, based on the version information, whether the first version of the hardware compliance data stored at the AP device is in compliance with applicable regulations of the geographic region. When the first version is not in compliance, the AP device receives, from the NMS, a second version of the hardware compliance data that is in compliance with the applicable regulations of the geographic region. The AP device enables operation of one or more hardware components of the AP device in accordance with the second version of the hardware compliance data.
US12238561B2
A reporting and processing method, device, apparatus and medium for User Equipment information are provided. The method includes: recording UE information, by a UE, the UE information comprises one or a combination of the following information: secondary node information, secondary cell information, beam information, cell-level measurement result information, beam-level measurement result information, historical information of the UE in an inactive state; reporting the UE information by the UE.
US12238554B2
The present disclosure provides a PDCCH detection method, a PDCCH transmission method, a UE and a base station. The PDCCH detection method includes: receiving a relevant parameter of a PDCCH monitoring window; determining the PDCCH monitoring window in accordance with the parameter; and detecting and receiving a PDCCH within the PDCCH monitoring window.
US12238549B2
Methods and systems are disclosed for implementing a cellular network readiness check between a mobile originator and a mobile terminator for connecting calls and messages. A network communicates push notifications to a device and receives indications of a readiness of that device to participate in a testing scenario. Additionally, within the testing scenario, push notifications are used to communicate expectations of a test communication session to a mobile terminating device and to determine if test outcomes matched expectations.
US12238547B2
A victim RAN node subject to cross-link interference (“CLI”) from a neighboring aggressor RAN node requests a CLI measurement procedure with the aggressor. The CLI measurement request may include indication of time-unit and frequency resources, and uplink and downlink beam combinations, corresponding to the victim and aggressor, respectively, to be used during the measuring procedure. Upon acknowledgement by the aggressor to participate in measuring CLI according to resource information indicated in the request, the victim may mute ongoing receiving or transmitting of signals using the time, frequency, and beam-combination resources indicated in the request and measure CLI received from the aggressor during the time, at the frequencies, and via the beam-combinations indicated in the request. The victim RAN may compile a CLI measurement report and transmit the report to the aggressor. The request, acknowledgement, and report may be transmitted via backhaul links.
US12238536B2
A method and an electronic device for configuring radio units in a hierarchical network are provided. The method includes: obtaining information of a first coverage radio unit, a second coverage radio unit, and a first capacity radio unit belonging to the first coverage radio unit, wherein the information comprising a coverage of the second coverage radio unit and a coverage of the first capacity radio unit; configuring a bandwidth of the first capacity radio unit such that the bandwidth of the first capacity radio unit is not overlapped with the bandwidth of the first coverage radio unit; and reducing a power of the first capacity radio unit in response to the coverage of the first capacity radio unit being overlapped with the coverage of the second coverage radio unit and the bandwidth of the first capacity radio unit being overlapped with the bandwidth of the second coverage radio unit.
US12238535B2
Methods and systems are described for optimizing a predictive model for mobile network communications based on historical context information. In one aspect, historical context information is collected including at least one of communication environment, communication parameter estimates, mobile device statistics, mobile device transmit settings, base station receiver settings, past network statistics and settings, and adjacent network node information statistics and settings, the historical context information including data from communications of at least one mobile device. A predictive model for network communications is determined based on the historical context information. A communication context for a first mobile device different than the at least one mobile device is determined. The first device is scheduled and/or network parameters are set based on the determined predictive model and communication context.
US12238529B2
An electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes a communication processor, at least one Radio Frequency Integrated Circuit (RFIC) connected thereto, and an antenna connected through the at least one RFIC and configured to transmit and receive a signal corresponding to at least one communication network. The communication processor is configured to control the electronic device to receive a signal corresponding to a first communication network from a first base station corresponding to the first communication network supporting a first frequency band through the antenna, identify information related to a second communication network supporting a second frequency band including at least a portion of the first frequency band, identify a time interval allocated for transmission of data corresponding to the second communication network on the basis of the information related to the second communication network, and operate in a sleep state in the identified time interval.
US12238523B2
Various embodiments of the present technology generally relate to systems and methods for efficiently cleaning up resources within a network by bundling binding session audit requests. A binding support function (BSF) may determine support for bundled audit requests and unbundled audit requests at one or more policy control functions (PCFs) associated with potentially stale session binding records at the BSF. Based on audit support function at the PCF, the BSF may determine whether to bundle audit requests together, issue unbundled audit requests, or not issue any audit requests. PCF support for bundled or unbundled auditing may be provided via a network repository function (NRF), via headers in binding creation or update requests, or both.
US12238520B2
A system provides for locking or unlocking a lock at a door of an intelligent door lock system at a dwelling by a designated dwelling user. An intelligent door lock system includes a remotely operable lock at a dwelling accessible by a user and a server in communication with the intelligent door lock system. A user mobile device is in communication with the server. The user mobile device includes an App that provides for locking and/or unlocking of the lock of the intelligent door lock system. The user communicates with the server using the user's mobile device, and the server is configured to process the user crossings one or more geo-locations relative to the dwelling and create a data set that is stored in a database.
US12238515B2
A method of a local bundle assistant (LBA) negotiating a certificate with a secondary platform bundle manager (SPBM) in a wireless communication system including: transmitting a request message requesting information of certificates supported by a secondary secure platform (SSP) to a secondary platform bundle loader (SPBL) of the SSP; receiving the information of certificates supported by the SSP including information of certificate issuers corresponding to a family identifier from the SPBL; transmitting the information of certificates supported by the SSP to the SPBM; and receiving a certificate of the SPBM for key agreement, information of public key identifiers of certificate issuers to be used by the SSP, and information of the family identifier from the SPBM.
US12238511B2
A communication method includes receiving, by a terminal device comprising a processor, indication information from a master node. The indication information is used to indicate that a key used for signaling transmission performed between the terminal device and a first secondary node by using a second signaling radio bearer (SRB) is a first key. The first key is used for signaling transmission performed between the terminal device and the master node by using a first SRB. The first secondary node and the master node share one central unit. The communication method also includes determining, by the terminal device, based on the indication information, that the first key is used for signaling transmission performed between the terminal device and the first secondary node by using the second SRB.
US12238510B2
Disclosed herein are system, method, and computer program product embodiments for visualizing sound coverage in a venue. An embodiment operates by receiving audio content from an audio source, determining audio signal properties of the audio content, where the audio signal properties comprise one or more spectral, temporal, spatial components (e.g., energy, spectrum or directivity), receiving an audio system configuration of loudspeakers or sound beams of a venue, visualizing the audio signal based on a mapping of an intersection of a unique volumetric beam of colored light, representing the spectral, temporal, spatial components, with a portion of the venue and displaying the visualized audio signal as a virtual representation of sound coverage of the portion of the venue.
US12238505B2
An audio system is proposed, dynamically playing optimized audio signals based on user position. A sensor circuits dynamically senses a target space to generate field context information. First speaker and second speaker are arranged for audio playback. A host device recognizes a user from the field context information, determines the user position corresponding to the target space, and adaptively assigns the user position as a target listening spot. A sensor circuit contains a camera capturing an ambient image out of the target space. A recognizer circuit analyzes the ambient image to obtain from the target space, the location, size and acoustic attribute information of an ambient object, allowing the control circuit to accordingly perform an object-based compensation operation on the target listening spot to generate optimized first channel audio signal and second channel audio signal.
US12238503B2
An audio device calibration system includes an acoustic sensor, one or more processors, and a memory storing instructions that, when executed by the one or more processors, configure the processors to obtain a response curve of a device under test, identify an error curve, and calibrate the audio device based on a compensation curve that corresponds to the error curve to perform automatic quality control and calibration for audio devices.
US12238502B2
Methods and systems for controlling the receipt and transmission of audio transmissions are provided. In one embodiment, a method is provided that includes selecting a first audio channel and transmitting a first audio transmission using the first audio channel. A second audio transmission may then be received that contains an acknowledgment of the first audio transmission. In certain instances, the second audio transmission may be received on the first audio channel. If a second audio transmission is received on the first audio channel, it may be determined that the first audio transmission was successfully received by another computing device.
US12238498B2
The present disclosure relates to a magnetic circuit assembly of a bone conduction speaker. The magnetic circuit assembly may generate a first magnetic field. The magnetic circuit assembly may include a first magnetic element, and the first magnetic element may generate a second magnetic field. The magnetic circuit may further include a first magnetic guide element and at least one second magnetic element. The at least one second magnetic element may be configured to surround the first magnetic element and a magnetic gap may be configured between the second magnetic element and the first magnetic element. A magnetic field strength of the first magnetic field within the magnetic gap may exceed a magnetic field strength of the second magnetic field within the magnetic gap.
US12238497B2
Gesture-responsive modification of a generated sound field is described.
US12238495B2
Electronic eyewear device providing simplified audio source separation, also referred to as voice/sound unmixing, using alignment between respective device trajectories. Multiple users of electronic eyewear devices in an environment may simultaneously generate audio signals (e.g., voices/sounds) that are difficult to distinguish from one another. The electronic eyewear device tracks the location of moving remote electronic eyewear devices of other users, or an object of the other users, such as the remote user's face, to provide audio source separation using location of the sound sources. The simplified voice unmixing uses a microphone array of the electronic eyewear device and the known location of the remote user's electronic eyewear device with respect to the user's electronic eyewear device to facilitate audio source separation.
US12238494B1
In one embodiment, an eyewear frame for a user includes at least a front portion with two side portions; two speakers, one in each side portion; a connection region at one side portion, with an electrical connector having two conductive pads to connect to corresponding conductive contacts of a counterpart connector; a rechargeable battery; a microphone in the frame; and wireless communication circuitry in the frame. The connection region can be provided at an inside surface of one of the side portions. The eyewear frame can also include a touch-sensitive input surface on the eyewear frame configured to provide an input to the frame to perform a function. Another embodiment includes a headset with an electrical connector having a conductive pad to connect to a corresponding conductive contact of a counterpart connector. The headset can also include an area for attachment via magnetic force.
US12238493B2
A computing device is configured to (i) receive an indication of an operational limit of a given playback device, where the given playback device is included in a group of at least two playback devices that are configured for synchronous playback of audio content, (ii) receive a first audio signal for playback by the group of at least two playback devices, (iii) based on the operational limit of the given playback device, apply a filter to the first audio signal to generate a second audio signal, and (iv) transmit the second audio signal to at least the given playback device for synchronous playback by the group of at least two playback devices.
US12238492B2
Methods, apparatus, systems and articles of manufacture are disclosed for audio equalization based on variant selection. An example apparatus to equalize audio includes at least one memory, machine readable instructions, and processor circuity to at least one of instantiate or execute the machine readable instructions to train a neural network model to apply a first audio equalization profile to first audio associated with a first variant of media, and apply a second audio equalization profile to second audio associated with a second variant of media. The processor circuitry is to at least one of instantiate or execute the machine readable instructions to at least one of dispatch or execute the neural network model.
US12238491B2
A receiver control method and device, and an electronic device are provided. The electronic device includes at least one receiver, wherein the at least one receiver is electrically connected to a baseband circuit, and a feedback circuit is arranged between at least one receiver and the baseband circuit. The receiver control method includes: detecting the at least one receiver; and in a case of detecting that a first receiver of the at least one receiver is blocked, adjusting an electrical signal gain of the feedback circuit corresponding to the first receiver to reduce an electrical signal input to the first receiver.
US12238487B2
Embodiments of the present disclosure provide an earphone debugging method and device, and a storage medium. The earphone debugging method comprises the following steps: obtaining configuration parameters to be updated of a slave earphone and configuration parameters to be updated of a master earphone by the master earphone; sending, by the master earphone, the configuration parameters to be updated of the slave earphone to the slave earphone, which allows the slave earphone to be operated according to the configuration parameters to be updated of the slave earphone; and the master earphone being operated according to the configuration parameters to be updated of the master earphone. According to the embodiments of the present disclosure, the earphone debugging efficiency is improved.
US12238485B2
A charging contact assembly for a hearing device system. The assembly has a first charging contact which is accessible on an outer side for contacting with a first mating contact of a mating contact assembly, and a second charging contact which is accessible on the outer side for contacting with a second mating contact of the mating contact assembly. Furthermore, the charging contact assembly has a control contact which is galvanically isolated on the outer side from the first and the second charging contacts, and a charging controller which is configured to detect a proper contacting of the first and second charging contacts with the corresponding mating contact based on contact with the control contact.
US12238483B2
A speaker comprises a housing, a transducer residing inside the housing, and at least one sound guiding hole located on the housing. The transducer generates vibrations. The vibrations produce a sound wave inside the housing and cause a leaked sound wave spreading outside the housing from a portion of the housing. The at least one sound guiding hole guides the sound wave inside the housing through the at least one sound guiding hole to an outside of the housing. The guided sound wave interferes with the leaked sound wave in a target region. The interference at a specific frequency relates to a distance between the at least one sound guiding hole and the portion of the housing.
US12238482B2
The disclosure relates to a hearing device, e.g., a hearing aid, wherein open-cell foam is compressed between a receiver and a second section, e.g., receiver chamber, of the hearing device, a method for providing such hearing device, and a method for identifying a desired property of such open-cell foam of such hearing device. The hearing device comprises a first section comprising the open-cell foam being compressed, such that the open-cell foam has at least a strain value of a first point of an elastic modulus-strain curve of the open-cell foam and at most the strain value of a third point of the elastic modulus-strain curve, and such that the receiver is connected to the second section via the first section.
US12238478B2
Various embodiments of the present disclosure are directed towards a microelectromechanical systems (MEMS) device in which a slit at a movable mass of the MEMS device has a top notch slit profile. The MEMS device may, for example, be a speaker, an actuator, or the like. The slit extends through the movable mass, from top to bottom, and has a width that is uniform, or substantially uniform, from the bottom of the movable mass to proximate the top of movable mass. Further, in accordance with the top notch slit profile, top corner portions of the MEMS substrate in the slit are notched, such that a width of the slit bulges at the top of the movable mass. The top notch slit profile may, for example, increase the process window for removing an adhesive from the slit while forming the MEMS device.
US12238473B2
Adaptive occlusion cancellation is performed in an ear-wearable device using an adaptive filter. An adaptive gain of the adaptive filter is used to determine a leakage path estimate between an external source and an eardrum of the user through the ear-wearable device. The leakage path estimate is used to update an adaptive hear-through filter of the ear-wearable device. The updated adaptive hear-through filter is used for hear-through processing in the ear-wearable device.
US12238471B2
Aspects describe a dual-planar retaining piece for stabilizing and securing earpiece in a wearer's ear. The retaining piece is either fixed or removable from the earpiece. The retaining piece includes a first cantilevered portion shaped to flexibly fit under the antitragus of a wearer's ear when the earpiece is worn, a second cantilevered portion shaped to flexibly fit under the antihelix of the wearer's ear when the earpiece is worn, and at least one attachment feature that couples the retaining piece to a body of the earpiece, wherein the body is shaped to fit in the lower concha of the wearer's ear when the earpiece is worn. In aspects, the first and second cantilevered portions are integrally formed.
US12238469B2
This disclosure includes several different features suitable for use in circumaural and supra-aural headphones designs. Designs that include earpad assemblies that improve acoustic isolation are discussed. User convenience features that include automatically detecting the orientation of the headphones on a user's head are also discussed. Various power-saving features, design features, sensor configurations and user comfort features are also discussed.
US12238468B2
The invention relates generally to a wireless microphone system and methods. The system may include one or more antennas, such as a monopole and dipole antennas, arranged within a housing. The housing may include a circuit boarding having a ground plane. The circuit board may be connected to a microphone configured to protrude from an opening of the housing. Further, a windshield including a bayonet-type connector may removably mount with a mount on the housing. Advantageously, the system may be configured to provide noise dampening and facilitate linking with other devices more efficiently and effectively.
US12238452B2
Disclosed is an electronic device including a display module and a processor. The processor is configured to obtain a first video frame and a bypass control value for the first video frame and determine whether to perform frame rate conversion (FRC) processing using the first video frame based on the bypass control value. Based on a determination that the bypass control value is set to a first value indicating bypass of the FRC processing, the processor is configured to display the first video frame. Based on a determination that the bypass control value is set to a second value indicating the FRC processing, the processor is configured to generate an interpolation frame using the first video frame and a second video frame after the first video frame, and display the first video frame, the interpolation frame, and the second video frame.
US12238449B2
An infrared imaging apparatus having thin-film spatial filters in a stacked array to filter and collate light generated internally by the infrared imaging apparatus such that the light generated impacts a detection area of the imaging apparatus at or near a critical angle. The index of refraction of the detection area being subject to change when irradiated with infrared light such that the amount of light generated internally and reflected to a light detector attached to the imaging apparatus varies with the intensity of the irradiating infrared light.
US12238430B2
Systems and methods described below provide for rapid imaging of an object and reconstruction of a 3D image of the object. The imaging system is configured to obtain numerous images of an object from many angles around the object. The imaging system includes a camera rig which supports several cameras, with the viewing angle of each camera directed to the object. The camera rig is rotatable about the object, or vice-versa, in order to obtain images around the entirety of the object. The location of each camera is used by an imaging processing system to match adjacent images to be stitched together, avoiding the need to compare edges of a number of images to match an image to an adjacent image.
US12238428B2
A method to design miniature wide-angle and ultra-wide-angle lenses by using on-purpose distortion to have shorter focal length than usual for a given image sensor size and a desired image projection. This results in optical systems having miniaturization ratio, defined as the ratio between the total track length and the image footprint diameter, smaller than 0.8. The resulting image from these systems having on-purpose distortion can then be processed with a processor to remove the on-purpose distortion and to output an image with the targeted distortion profile.
US12238422B2
The present invention relates to methods for visual display of images of real shelvings with products for analysis of shelving contents. There are provided methods for constructing a shelving front panorama. A method comprises: capturing color image frames of the shelving, displaying the shelving and its contents; reconstructing a shelving 3D model based of depth data and capturing device position data for each frame; determining a projection plane corresponding to the shelving front edge; stitching the color image frames of the shelving by projective transformation of each color image frame of the shelving onto the projection plane. The resulting shelving front panorama displays the shelving and its contents. The disclosure eliminates the need for observing frontal orientation of each shelving image frame when capturing images of the shelving; the capturing can be made along an arbitrary path.
US12238407B2
An information processing apparatus includes a communication unit configured to communicate with a camera configured to capture a third image which is one image in which left and right images are arranged, and a control unit configured to display the third image on a display unit and set a position of an enlarged range to which enlargement processing is to be applied by the camera in the third image displayed on the display unit, and the control unit converts the set position of the enlarged range based on a display format in which the third image is displayed on the display unit, and outputs an instruction to the camera.
US12238406B2
An object display method includes: obtaining a second image in a case that a first image is displayed, where the first image is an image acquired by a first camera, the second image is an image acquired by a second camera, each of the first image and the second image includes a plurality of objects, the plurality of objects are images of a plurality of first physical objects, and resolution of the second image is greater than that of the first image; displaying, in the first image according to the second image, at least one identifier for indicating M target object(s) in the plurality of objects in the first image, where M is a positive integer; receiving a first input for a first object in the M target object(s) in the first image; and magnifying display of a first object in the second image in response to the first input.
US12238403B2
A method includes obtaining a photographed image from a photographing device carried by a movable object, determining a target object in the photographed image to track the target object, determining location estimation information of the target object based on shooting information of the photographing device, and in response to a disappearance of the target object in the photographed image, controlling the photographing device to search for the target object around a location associated with the location estimation information.
US12238400B1
A device may include a tip tilt camera module and a dynamic flexible printed circuit structure. The camera module as a whole may tilt around one or more axes. Within the camera module, the camera module may include one or more lenses and an image sensor, whereby the relative position between the lenses and image sensor may be adjustable. The printed circuit structure may provide an electrical connection between the camera module and one or more other components of the device outside the camera module. The printed circuit structure may include one or more flexible portions, at least one portion of which may be placed in torsion during rotation of the camera module.
US12238394B2
Systems, methods, and instrumentalities are disclosed that relate to the processing of a media container file associated with 3D video data. The media container file may indicate that certain video-based point cloud compression (V-PCC) component tracks may be played together as a playout group. These V-PCG component tracks may represent respective encoded versions of one or more V-PCC components, and a video decoding device may play the tracks together in response to determining that the tracks belong to the same playout track group. The video decoding device may also determine from the media container file that certain PCC component tracks include tile groups that correspond to different objects in a point cloud or different parts of a same object in the point cloud. The video decoding device may decode these tile groups independently from each other so that a subset of the objects or parts of the point cloud may be accessed without also accessing the rest of the objects or parts.
US12238391B1
A method may include determining an absence of an authorized attendee and/or a presence of an unauthorized attendee at a first client device engaged in a web conference session with a second client device. Data from the first client device may also be analyzed to determine a presence of unauthorized content. Remedial actions may be performed in response to determining the absence of an authorized attendee, the presence of an unauthorized attendee, and/or the presence of the unauthorized content. The remedial actions may include terminating, at the first client device, the capture and/or uploading of audio and/or video data. The remedial actions may also include terminating, at the second client device, the downloading and/or display of data from the first client device. The remedial actions may further include terminating, at a web conference server, the sending of data from the first client device to the second client device.
US12238386B2
A comprehensive approach for segmenting encrypted streams of media content into individual sessions is provided herein. Particularly, a network node identifies a connection to a known content delivery related domain and receives the data packets comprising the encrypted streams over the connection. The data packets comprise a pattern of one or more features indicating a media content start event for the media content being provided to a subscriber via the connection. The subsequent network activity is then monitored in a pre-determined time frame and an associated pattern analyzed. A media content start event may then be detected based on the analysis of the pattern.
US12238385B2
A vocabulary level of a user in a language to be learned is identified. During playback of a media asset on a first device, subtitles in the language are extracted for at least a portion of the media asset. The extracted subtitles may contain a single word, or a plurality of words in the language in question. Based on the vocabulary level, a subset of words from the extracted subtitles are predicted to be new to the user. The predicted new words are then generated for display on a second device associated with the user, along with an explanation of each word of the subset of words.
US12238382B2
Systems and methods are provided herein for receiving a request from a user to access a video that is scheduled for transmission, simultaneously to a plurality of users, beginning from a scheduled start time. The request is received after the scheduled start time the transmission is performed by a linear service to which the user subscribes. In response to receiving the request, the systems and methods may generate for display the video to the user, and may receive, during display of the video, a command from the user to start playback of the video over from the beginning. In response to receiving the command, the systems and methods may identify a non-linear service to which the user subscribes that offers a non-linear copy of the video, and may play back the non-linear copy of the video from the beginning.
US12238378B2
Disclosed is a display device for more easily providing information on a character in a current scene to a user upon receiving a character search request. The display device includes a display configured to display an image, a wireless communication interface configured to receive character information of characters relating to the image, and a controller configured to control the display to display thumbnails of the characters based on the character information, wherein the controller controls the display to display an indicator on a thumbnail of a matching character most similar to a face image of a character in a current scene among the thumbnails of the characters.
US12238374B2
Methods, apparatus, systems and articles of manufacture are disclosed for a window-metric rule for return path data (RPD). In some examples, a media monitor is to determine a first count of a number of devices in a first household that reported RPD for a first day, and compare the first count to a current window-metric, the current window-metric associated with a window of time for the first household, the window of time associated with a content provider and having N number of days. In some examples, the media monitor is also to exclude the RPD from the first household for the first day when the first count does not satisfy the current window-metric, and generate a media exposure report using the RPD from the first household for the first day when the first count satisfies the current window-metric, independent of if the first household has heartbeat data available.
US12238373B2
Systems and methods are operable to control operation of a portable media device based on machine readable information of a graphical artifact shown on a display concurrently with presentation of a video portion of a media content event. A portable media device, using a portable media device provisioned with an image capture device, captures at least one image that includes the display that is presenting the graphical artifact and the video portion of the media content event, identifies the graphical artifact in the captured at least one image, determines the machine readable data based on the identified graphical artifact, and operates the portable media device to perform at least one operation based on the determined machine readable data.
US12238371B2
Systems and methods for identifying which video segment is being displayed on a screen of a television system. The video segment is identified by deriving data from the television signals, the derived data being indicative of the video segment being displayed on file screen. This feature can be used to extract a viewer's reaction (such as changing the channel) to a specific video segment (such as an advertisement) and reporting the extracted information as metrics. The systems and methods may further provide contextually targeted content to the television system. The contextual targeting is based on not only identification of the video segment being displayed, but also a determination concerning the playing time or offset time of the particular portion of the video segment being currently displayed.
US12238370B2
An example device for transporting media data includes: a memory configured to store media data; and one or more processors implemented in circuitry and configured to: determine that a manifest file for a media presentation includes data representing a delta time value for a resynchronization element of a segment of the media presentation; determine a multiple of the delta time value; determine a number of chunks of the segment that are currently available for retrieval using the multiple of the delta time value; send a request to a server device for the chunks of the segment that are currently available, wherein the request omits chunks of the segment that are not currently available; and store data of chunks received in response to the request in the memory.
US12238368B2
A method of controlling consumer electronics control (CEC) communication between a sink device and a plurality of source devices connected through high-definition multimedia interface (HDMI) cables may include; generating cable connection information by monitoring whether the HDMI cables are respectively connected to a HDMI port among a plurality of HDMI ports of the sink device, generating CEC error information by monitoring whether a voltage of an internal CEC node is fixed, wherein CEC lines included in connected HDMI cables are commonly connected to the internal CEC node and the connected HDMI cables indicate present connection to the plurality of HDMI ports, and executing a user guide to diagnose a stuck state of the CEC lines of the connected HDMI cables in response to the cable connection information and the CEC error information.
US12238367B2
Systems and methods are provided for obscuring a presence of a media object in a video after a user fulfills an interaction requirement with a related media object. The system detects, an interaction with a media object and determines characteristics of the interaction. The system correlates characteristic of the interaction with an exclusion window and stores a record that links the exclusion window, user, and attribute of the media object. The system detects that a second media object will be displayed during playback of a video and determines an attribute of the second media object. The system retrieves the record by matching the attribute of the first media object from the record to the attribute of the second media object. In response to determining the exclusion window applies to the second media object, the system obscures the second media object while playing back the video.
US12238362B2
Media content data of an object is received. Whether a first parameter indicated by a first description of the object in an acoustic scene and a second parameter indicated by a second description of the object in a visual scene are inconsistent is determined. Based on the first parameter indicated by the first description of the object in the acoustic scene and the second parameter indicated by the second description of the object in the visual scene being inconsistent, one of the first description of the object in the acoustic scene and the second description of the object in the visual scene is modified based on another one of the first description and the second description that is not modified, wherein the modified one of the first description and the second description is consistent with the other one of the first description and the second description that is not modified.
US12238359B2
An apparatus comprises at least one processing device that includes a processor coupled to a memory. The at least one processing device is configured to receive from each of a plurality of user devices one or more corresponding messages relating to a live event, to process the received messages to determine relevance of the respective received messages to a current state of the live event, to select a subset of the received messages based at least in part on their respective determined relevance, and to control presentation of the selected subset of the received messages on at least one display at the live event. The processing, selecting, and controlling are implemented at least in part utilizing one or more algorithms, illustratively comprising at least a wall population algorithm configured to drive a video wall in a venue of the live event to support a live text-based conversation between performers and fans.
US12238343B2
An electronic apparatus performs a method of decoding video data, including: reconstructing, from a video bitstream, a picture frame that includes a luma component, a first and a second chroma components, and applying a trained neural network based in-loop filter to the reconstructed picture frame by: converting a first resolution of the samples of the at least one of the first and the second chroma components to a second resolution of the samples of the luma component when the first resolution is different from the second resolution; concatenating samples of at least one of the first and the second chroma components with the luma component; processing the concatenated samples using a convolutional neural network; and reconverting the samples of the at least one of the first and the second chroma components processed by the convolutional neural network from the second resolution back to the first resolution.
US12238341B2
A point cloud encoding and decoding method, an encoder, and a decoder are provided. The encoder determines a processing order of point cloud data during point cloud encoding. The encoder determines a coordinate-axis-order index corresponding to the processing order. The encoder encodes the coordinate-axis-order index and signals encoded bits into a bitstream. The encoder processes the point cloud data according to the processing order, to obtain point cloud data to-be-encoded. The encoder encodes the point cloud data to-be-encoded and signals encoded bits into the bitstream. The decoder parses a bitstream to obtain a coordinate-axis-order index, determines a processing order of point cloud data during point cloud decoding according to the coordinate-axis-order index, parses the bitstream to obtain recovered data of the point cloud data, and determines a position of coordinate data of the point cloud data in a storage unit of the recovered data according to the processing order.
US12238335B2
Disclosed are systems and techniques for efficient real-time codec encoding of video files. In one embodiment, the techniques include obtaining a first plurality of motion vectors of a first resolution, generating a second plurality of motion vectors of a second resolution, and calculating a first cost of the motion vector using a first cost function of a first size. The techniques include selecting a subset of motion vectors of the second plurality of motion vectors, calculating a second cost using a second cost function of a second size, and generating a plurality of combined motion vectors based on the subset of motion vectors. The techniques include calculating a third cost using the second cost function of the second size, selecting a final motion vector, and generating, based on the selected final motion vector, a block of predicted pixels that approximates a block of source pixels of an image frame.
US12238334B2
Measures are provided to encode a signal. An input frame (102) is received and down-sampled to obtain a down-sampled frame (103). The down-sampled frame (103) is passed to an encoding module (104) which encodes the down-sampled frame (103) to generate an encoded frame (105). A decoded frame is obtained from a decoding module (106) which generates the decoded frame by decoding the encoded frame (105). A set of residual data (113) is generated by taking a difference between the decoded frame and the down-sampled frame (103) and is encoded to generate a set of encoded residual data. The encoding comprises transforming the set of residual data into a transformed set of residual data. The set of encoded residual data is output to a decoder to enable the decoder to reconstruct the input frame. Measures are also provided to decode a signal.
US12238331B2
A method for controlling bit-width for bi-directional optical flow (BDOF) for video coding includes encoding a first reference picture and a second reference picture, the second reference picture being different than the first reference picture, wherein the first reference picture is displayed before a current picture and the second reference picture is displayed after the current picture. A motion refinement of a coding unit (CU) is calculated by minimizing a difference between a first prediction L0 and a second prediction L1. First gradient values for the first prediction L0 and second gradient values for the second prediction L1 are calculated. A final bi-prediction of the CU is calculated. Also disclosed are an associated apparatus and an associated non-transitory computer readable storage medium.
US12238310B2
Computer processor hardware: parses a data stream into first portions of encoded data and second portions of encoded data; implements a first decoder to decode the first portions of encoded data into a first rendition of a signal; implements a second decoder to decode the second portions of encoded data into reconstruction data, the reconstruction data specifying how to modify the first rendition of the signal; and applies the reconstruction data to the first rendition of the signal to produce a second rendition of the signal.
US12238308B2
More suitable image encoding technique and image decoding technique are provided. An image encoding method for encoding an image includes: a predicted image generation step of generating a predicted image of a synthesis prediction by performing synthesis processing of synthesizing a predicted image of an inter prediction and a predicted image of an intra prediction to an encoding-target block; and an encoding step of encoding a difference between the predicted image generated in the predicted image generation step and a pixel value of an image of the encoding-target block, the synthesizing processing includes weighting processing performed to the predicted image of the inter prediction and the predicted image of the intra prediction, and a weighting parameter of the weighting processing is determined in accordance with a type of the intra prediction.
US12238306B2
Devices, systems and methods for sub-block based prediction are described. In a representative aspect, a method for video encoding includes partitioning, based on a first rule, a luma component of a block of video data into a first set of sub-blocks. The method also includes partitioning, based on a second rule, a first chroma component of the block of video data into a second set of sub-blocks. The first and the second set of sub-blocks include different numbers of sub-blocks. The method also includes performing a subsequent motion prediction based on the first and the second set of sub-blocks.
US12238305B2
A method for video processing is provided to include: performing a conversion between a current video block of a video and a coded representation of current video block, wherein the conversion uses a coding mode in which the current video block is constructed based on a first domain and a second domain and/or chroma residue is scaled in a luma-dependent manner, and wherein information used for the coding mode is signaled in a parameter set that is different from a sequence parameter set (SPS), a video parameter set (VPS), a picture parameter set (PPS), or an adaptation parameter set (APS) used for carrying adaptive loop filtering (ALF) parameters.
US12238301B2
Chroma intra prediction methods and devices are provided. The method comprises parsing bitstream data corresponding to a current chroma block, and determining that a prediction mode corresponding to the current chroma block is DM; before determining a set of chroma prediction modes based on at least one modified candidate mode, acquiring a linear mode corresponding to the current chroma block; determining an intra prediction mode of the current chroma block from the set of chroma prediction modes, wherein the set of chroma prediction modes comprises at least one of the DM, LM, LM_T or LM_L, wherein when a luma prediction mode corresponding to the DM is one of a DC mode, Planar mode, VER mode or HOR mode, the set of modes comprises an angular mode with an index number 66; and determining a reconstructed value of the current chroma block according to the intra prediction mode.
US12238296B2
An image encoding device (1) includes a motion compensation predictor (109) configured to generate a prediction image corresponding to a target image by performing motion compensation prediction using a plurality of reference images, and an evaluator (111) configured to evaluate prediction accuracy of the prediction image for each image portion including one or more pixels by calculating a degree of similarity between the plurality of reference images for each image portion.
US12238288B2
Provided are a video decoding method and device. This specification provides a video decoding method comprising the steps of: acquiring a parameter indicating whether a multiple transform set is applicable to a block to be decoded, as well as information about the width of the block to be decoded and the height of the block to be decoded; determining the transform type of the block to be decoded on the basis of at least one of the parameter indicating whether a multiple transform set is applicable, or the information about the width and height of the block to be decoded, and setting a zero-out region of the block to be decoded; and inverse-transforming the block to be decoded on the basis of the zero-out region of the block to be decoded and the result of determining the transform type.
US12238285B2
An image encoding/decoding method is disclosed. An image decoding method of the present invention may comprise identifying a region by partitioning an image, and determining a prediction mode of the region on the basis of at least one of a size of the region, a partition shape, and a coding parameter of the region. The determined prediction mode of the region may be determined as a prediction mode of all coding blocks included in the region.
US12238280B2
This application discloses a video encoding method, a video playback method, a related device, and a medium. The video encoding method may include: obtaining a target prediction unit in a target image block and a mode information set; performing abnormal distortion point detection on the target prediction unit in at least one candidate prediction mode in the mode information set, to obtain a detection result corresponding to the at least one candidate prediction mode; calibrating a mode cost of the at least one candidate prediction mode in the mode information set according to the detection result corresponding to the at least one candidate prediction mode, to obtain a calibrated mode information set; selecting a target prediction mode from the plurality of candidate prediction modes according to the mode costs of the candidate prediction modes in the calibrated mode information set; and performing prediction on the target prediction unit by using the target prediction mode, to obtain encoded data of the target image block.
US12238268B2
A goggle system is provided. The goggle system includes a computing device, a goggle device configured to be worn by a user and including a detector configured to simultaneously acquire image data of a subject in a first image mode and a second image mode, at least one eye assembly configured to display at least one of an image in the first image mode, an image in the second image mode, and a hybrid image including pixels of image data from the first image mode and pixels of image data from the second image mode, and a communications module configured to transmit acquired image data from the goggle device to the computing device.
US12238260B2
A device is operable to output, regarding a subject, a pair of captured images pertaining to binocular stereopsis. The device obtains, regarding a plurality of capturing systems arranged to be a predetermined distance apart, a group of captured images in which the subject is captured, wherein the device obtains, regarding at least one capturing system among the plurality of capturing systems, a plurality of captured images pertaining to luminous fluxes that have each passed a different pupil region, determines, regarding the pair of captured images, a baseline length to be set, and selects, from among the group of obtained captured images, the pair of captured images based on the determined baseline length to be set and output the pair of captured images.
US12238253B2
An image processing device includes a controller, a device information generator that generates device information including identification information of the image processing device, and a job executor that executes a job at a predetermined setting based on setting information for job execution sent from a terminal device, wherein the controller displays the generated device information on the terminal device and, based on the setting information for job execution sent from the terminal device that read the displayed device information, controls the job executor to output the job at the predetermined setting.
US12238251B2
A display device includes one or more processors, one or more memories that store setting information of an executed job as setting history information under control of the one or more processors, and a display. The one or more processors display in the display a first display region for displaying a list of setting history information stored in the one or more memories, a second display region for displaying the setting information based on the setting history information selected by a user from the list display, and a reception button for receiving an instruction to display a setting screen of a job in which the setting information based on the setting history information selected by the user is employed.
US12238250B2
An image forming apparatus includes a controller configured to, when a first user is logging in to the image forming apparatus, display a plurality of first icons to be arranged in a particular form of a plurality of rows and a plurality of columns within a particular area on a standby screen. The plurality of first icons include an icon associated with the image scanning processing, an icon associated with the copy processing, and one or more icons not associated with image processing. The controller is further configured to, in said displaying the plurality of first icons, display, as the plurality of first icons, one or more icons associated with the first user, and one or more icons not associated with a second user, without displaying any icons associated with the second user, and display information other than the plurality of first icons outside the particular area.
US12238238B2
A method for detecting airbag deployment includes operating a plurality of sensors of the mobile device disposed in a vehicle during a drive to obtain a plurality of measurement signals, determining a change in at least one measurement signal of the plurality of measurement signals and that the change exceeds a first threshold. In response to determining that the change exceeds the first threshold, obtaining a pressure measurement signal from a pressure sensor of the plurality of sensors, determining a derivative of the pressure measurement signal, and determining that the derivative of the pressure measurement signal exceeds a second threshold. In response to determining that the derivative of the pressure measurement signal exceeds the second threshold, detecting a deployment of a vehicle airbag based on the change in the at least one measurement signal exceeding the first threshold and the derivative of the pressure measurement signal exceeding the second threshold.
US12238237B2
A method includes, at a computer system with a display, a housing, and an attachment mechanism, detecting attachment of an accessory to the computer system, where the accessory, while attached, has a predetermined orientation relative to the attachment mechanism, and in response to detecting the attachment of the accessory to the computer system in accordance with a determination that the accessory is a first accessory with first physical dimensions, displaying, on the display, a first visual indication that the accessory has been attached to the computer system, wherein the first visual indication indicates at least one property of the first physical dimensions, and in accordance with a determination that the accessory is a second accessory with second physical dimensions that are different from the first physical dimensions, displaying, on the display a second visual indication that the accessory has been attached to the computer system, wherein the second visual indication indicates at least one property of the second physical dimensions and the second visual indication is different from the first visual indication.
US12238235B2
A mobile computing device system includes a first host application on a mobile computing device and a sub-application on the mobile computing device that is configured to selectively execute in response to execution of the first host application by the mobile computing device. A first user interface is displayed by the first host application on the mobile computing device by the first host application. The sub-application is configured to execute a method including determining a location of the mobile computing device, and if the mobile computing device is determined to be at a location within a predetermined geographic area, then generating an alert message including digital content associated with the first geographic area, and displaying the alert message on the first user interface. If the mobile computing device is not determined to be at a location within the predetermined first geographic area, then not displaying the alert message on the first user interface.
US12238230B2
A blockchain consensus method includes: on the basis of transaction data and a verifiable delay function, a node generating a target block, or synchronously acquiring a target block from other nodes; determining, from among multiple sub-blockchains, a target sub-blockchain based on information of a target block, and adding the target block to the target sub-blockchain; then, acquiring respective corresponding effective block sequences from the multiple sub-blockchains; performing global sorting on effective blocks on the basis of logic clocks respectively corresponding to acquired effective blocks, and acquiring a global blockchain. A global blockchain is acquired by using a means of multi-chain consensus, thereby improving the expandability and transaction throughput of a blockchain system in a large-scale open network environment. Acquiring a global blockchain by performing global sorting on effective blocks on the basis of logic clocks corresponding to the effective blocks can better improve the security of a multi-chain system.
US12238225B2
Systems and methods are disclosed for detecting nonlegitimate communications in a hybrid cloud system. An example method comprises receiving a request from a service on a public cloud platform, calculating a unique signature for the service, and verifying the calculated unique signature against a local signature table on the public cloud platform. If the calculated unique signature is verified, then the calculated unique signature is sent to a security signature service on a private cloud platform. If the calculated unique signature is also verified against a global signature table on the private cloud platform, then a response to the request is received from the security signature service.
US12238223B2
A device, and method of signing a video segment comprising one or more groups of pictures, GOPs, wherein each GOP comprises a header and one or more frames, are disclosed. For each of the one or more GOPs a GOP hash is produced and the GOP hash is digitally signed by means of a digital signature to produce a signed GOP hash. For each GOP except a last GOP of the one or more GOPs the respective signed GOP hash is saved in the header of a subsequent GOP. An additional GOP is added to the video segment after the last GOP of the one or more GOPs, wherein the additional GOP comprising a header and one or more frames. The signed GOP hash of the last GOP of the one or more GOPs is saved in the header of the additional GOP.
US12238207B2
A secure processor for a post-quantum cryptography (PQC) algorithm CRYSTALS-KYBER, includes a communication unit, a management unit, a processing unit, and a storage unit. The communication unit is configured to receive and transmit data for the secure processor; the management unit is configured to control the processing unit according to the data; the processing unit is configured to process the data to form encrypted data, decrypted data and key data; and the storage unit is configured to store all data. The secure processor can efficiently and rapidly realize key generation, encryption and decryption of a KYBER algorithm under KYBER1024, KYBER768 and KYBER512 security levels, makes data encryption more complicated, and ensures security of the data.
US12238206B2
Systems and methods described herein relate to techniques in which multiple parties each generate and exchange quantities that are based on a shared secret (e.g., powers of the shared secret) without exposing the shared secret. According to a protocol, two or more parties may exchange sets of elliptic curve points generated over polynomials that can be used, by each of the two or more parties, to determine a power of a shared secret. The protocol may be utilised as part of determining parameters for a smart contract that is broadcast to a blockchain network (e.g., Bitcoin). Based on the protocol, an additional party (e.g., a third party different from the two or more parties) may perform a computational task such as execution of the smart contract.
US12238205B1
Systems and methods for automatically disseminating a private key are presented. A first message requesting a key proxy instance is received from a first user device. The first message comprises a first symmetric key. A key proxy server is directed to allocate a key proxy instance for communication with the first user device based on a device public key that corresponds to the first user device. A unique URL corresponding to the key proxy instance is received from the key proxy server. A second message comprising the unique URL is sent to the first user device. The second message is encrypted using the first symmetric key and signed using a server private key. A third message comprising the URL of the key proxy instance is received from the first user device and forwarded to a second user device.
US12238196B2
A linearity test system for a chip, a linearity signal providing device, and a linearity test method for the chip are provided. The linearity test method for the chip includes steps as follows: providing a reference clock signal and a receiver input signal to a chip under test, wherein the reference clock signal and the receiver input signal have a phase difference in time domain; and determining a linearity of a phase interpolator of the chip under test based on a plurality of phase signals of the chip under test corresponding to the reference clock signal and the receiver input signal.
US12238193B2
The techniques described herein relate to methods, apparatus, and computer readable media configured to determine a current data transmission sequence number for a next packet in a communication session with a remote computing device. An interruption in the communication session is detected. Checkpointed data for the communication session is determined that is indicative of a previous sequence number used for a previous packet sent to the remote computing device. A resolution procedure is performed to determine the current data transmission sequence number for the next packet in the communication session, including determining an estimated next sequence number for transmitting data in the communication session based on the checkpointed data, transmitting a first packet to the remote computing device, receiving a second packet from the remote computing device that has an associated sequence number, and determining the current sequence number for the next packet in the communication session.
US12238190B2
A server may be provided to obtain a load balancing artificial intelligence (AI) model for a plurality of base stations in a communication system. The server may obtain teacher models based on traffic data sets collected from the base stations, respectively; perform a policy rehearsal process including obtaining student models based on knowledge distillation from the teacher models, obtaining an ensemble student model by ensembling the student models, and obtaining a policy model by interacting with the ensemble student mode; provide the policy model to each of the base stations for a policy evaluation of the policy model; and based on a training continue signal being received from at least one of the base stations as a result of the policy evaluation, update the ensemble student model and the policy model by performing the policy rehearsal process on the student models.
US12238168B1
The present invention is a data protocol providing notarization of a data between two or more nodes on a content-addressable peer-to-peer storage network. A node generates a new data block, which is witnessed by peer nodes to increase the integrity of the data. Each peer node responds to the node's signature request with an encoded digital signature of the data using a private key. The node appends the signature from each witness node to the data block and then generates a cryptographic hash of the entire data block, which is used as the identity of the block.
US12238165B2
Techniques are described for providing managed computer networks, such as for managed virtual computer networks overlaid on one or more other underlying computer networks. In some situations, the techniques include facilitating replication of a primary computing node that is actively participating in a managed computer network, such as by maintaining one or more other computing nodes in the managed computer network as replicas, and using such replica computing nodes in various manners. For example, a particular managed virtual computer network may span multiple broadcast domains of an underlying computer network, and a particular primary computing node and a corresponding remote replica computing node of the managed virtual computer network may be implemented in distinct broadcast domains of the underlying computer network, with the replica computing node being used to transparently replace the primary computing node in the virtual computer network if the primary computing node becomes unavailable.
US12238140B2
Methods, systems, and apparatus are disclosed for an Artificial Intelligence based cyber security system. An Artificial Intelligence based cyber analyst can make use of a data structure containing multiple tags to assist in creating a consistent, expanding modeling of an ongoing cyber incident. The Artificial Intelligence based cyber analyst can make use of a cyber incident graph database when rendering that incident to an end user. The Artificial Intelligence based cyber analyst can also be used as a mechanism to evaluate the quality of the alerts coming from 3rd parties' security tools both when the system being protected by the cyber security appliance is not actually under attack by a cyber threat as well as during an attack by a cyber threat.
US12238139B2
Systems, computer program products, and methods are described herein for secure channel selection for multi-factor authentication using non-fungible electronic resources. An example system may receive, from a user input device, a request from a user to access resources. The example system may then determine and subsequently validate a first authentication channel to be used to verify user identity. The example system may check if the user possesses an NFT for the first authentication channel, retrieves relevant authentication channel descriptors, and compares the authentication channel information with the authentication channel descriptors to determine a match. If the channel is deemed valid, the example system may initialize verification of the user identity via the first authentication channel.
US12238136B2
In various embodiments, systems, methods, and techniques are disclosed for generating a collection of clusters of related data from a seed. Seeds may be generated based on seed generation strategies or rules. Clusters may be generated by, for example, retrieving a seed, adding the seed to a first cluster, retrieving a clustering strategy or rules, and adding related data and/or data entities to the cluster based on the clustering strategy. Various cluster scores may be generated based on attributes of data in a given cluster. Further, cluster metascores may be generated based on various cluster scores associated with a cluster. Clusters may be ranked based on cluster metascores. Various embodiments may enable an analyst to discover various insights related to data clusters, and may be applicable to various tasks including, for example, tax fraud detection, beaconing malware detection, malware user-agent detection, and/or activity trend detection, among various others.
US12238132B2
A system determines, in a graph which represents a system of components: vulnerability nodes representing known vulnerabilities to the system, including exposed and non-exposed vulnerability nodes associated with an exploitation likelihood; and dependency nodes representing components in the system, including direct and indirect dependency nodes associated with an exposure factor indicating an amount of degradation based on exploitation of an associated vulnerability. The system calculates, across all non-exposed vulnerability nodes and all direct dependency nodes, a score which indicates an attack volume based on at least: a respective second likelihood associated with a non-exposed vulnerability node; an exposure factor associated with a dependency node which represents a component directly degraded based on exploitation of a vulnerability; and a loss of utility of the component. The score is calculated for one or more configurations of the system, and the system selects an optimal configuration based on the calculated score.
US12238122B2
One or more computing devices, systems, and/or methods for machine learning model generation and/or anomalous event detection are provided. In an example, one or more datasets having first fields are identified. Significance scores associated with the first fields are determined. Second fields are selected from the first fields based upon the significance scores. Field combinations are generated based upon the second fields. Based upon the field combinations, a plurality of machine learning models is generated. The plurality of machine learning models include a first machine learning model associated with a first field combination of the field combinations, and a second machine learning model associated with a second field combination of the field combinations. The plurality of machine learning models is deployed in a data monitoring pipeline. Using the plurality of machine learning models, an anomalous event is detected based upon data passing through the real-time data monitoring pipeline.
US12238118B2
A method of scheduling and validating a multiple-participant process, the method including: submitting, by a submitting node associated with a participant in the multiple-participant process, a proposed transaction by sending a cryptographically-protected message to one or more recipient nodes, wherein the cryptographically-protected message includes at least an unencrypted submessage readable by an external node and a cryptographically-protected submessage to preserve privacy from at least the external node; determining, by the external node, an order of the proposed transaction relative to other transactions; by way of at least some of the recipient nodes, validating the cryptographically-protected message; receiving a confirmation of validity of the cryptographically-protected message from at least some of the recipient nodes; finalizing the proposed transaction, as a confirmed transaction, based on receiving one or more confirmations from at least some of the recipient nodes that satisfy a confirmation condition; and writing the confirmed transaction to a distributed ledger according to the order determined by the external node.
US12238108B2
A system for flexible account creation and approval includes a computing server and a communication platform server that operates independently of the computing server. The computing server is configured to receive an account creation request initiated through interfaces of the communication platform server or the computing server. The computing server facilitates approval of the requests, which can include sending request approvers the request for review at interfaces of the communication platform server or the computing server. By enabling account creation and approval through various servers that can access the same information to provide consistent experiences, the system offers users more flexibility in choosing one of the available servers.
US12238100B1
A controlled-environment facility resident communication and/or media device master control employs a controlled-environment facility vendor datacenter, a centralized investigative data aggregation and analysis system, or the like, to provide a controlled-environment facility management portal to a controlled-environment facility administrator, presenting an option to disable controlled-environment facility resident communication and/or media devices operating in a controlled-environment facility. The controlled-environment facility vendor datacenter, or the like, disables access to controlled-environment facility resident communication and/or media devices operating in the controlled-environment facility, in response to selection of the option to disable devices operating in the facility, sends a message to devices operating in the facility to disable all application programs on a respective device, and disable access to devices operating in the controlled-environment facility.
US12238098B1
A system for cross-domain identity management (SCIM) proxy service is described. A first SCIM endpoint receives, from a first SCIM client, a first message that includes a SCIM resource. The first SCIM endpoint is associated with a customer of the SCIM proxy service. The SCIM proxy service is configured as a first SCIM service provider for the first SCIM client. The first message is validated. The first SCIM proxy service determines that a third-party application is in scope for the SCIM resource, where the SCIM proxy service is configured as a second SCIM client for the third-party application. The SCIM proxy service transforms the SCIM resource to create a transformed SCIM resource that is applicable for the third-party application. The SCIM proxy service transmits a second message to a second SCIM endpoint of the third-party application, the second message including the transformed SCIM resource.
US12238097B2
An electronic control unit (ECU), or node, is configured to use a single key for all virtual ECUs (V-ECUs) having a message to transmit. The ECU also may include a security peripheral that includes the stored shared key. The security peripheral may further include a policy enabling it to detect if a request from the V-ECU is valid, in which case it generates a MAC. The security peripheral is also used to store information in a MAC Generate Allow List (MGAL), which may define the policy about when the V-ECU can transmit. The ECU may include a crypto-engine, which stores shared keys from other nodes used to verify MACs transmitted by other nodes.
US12238093B2
Methods and devices are provided for granting temporary remote access via biometric data. A method may include establishing, by a content computing device, a communication session between the content computing device and a remote computing device. The method may further include receiving, by the content computing device from a biometric sensor, a signal confirming biometric authentication thereby establishing an authentication session between the content computing device and the biometric sensor. The method may further include granting, by the content computing device, the temporary remote access for the remote computing device to the data stored in a data storage of the content computing device during said communication session and while the authentication session remains valid. The content computing device is configured to be proximate to the biometric sensor.
US12238091B1
An authentication method includes registering in an authentication service associated with an application, a ID of a wearable device, disposing the wearable device proximate to a smart device that does not have the application, to provide the ID and an identifier for the application, wherein the smart device stores a document, receiving in the authentication service from the smart device, a communication including the ID, the identifier, and the document, wherein the smart device receives the application in response to the identifier, determining in the authentication service, whether an authentication service is approved in response to the ID, digitally signing in the authentication service, the document to form a digitally signed document, in response to the document and to determining that the authentication service is approved, outputting with the authentication service, the digitally signed document to the smart device.
US12238086B2
A method includes storing user information including tying information and a password, wherein the tying information includes a communication address and a device identifier that ties the communication address to a communication device. The method also includes receiving the communication address and password encrypted using a digital certificate associated with the communication device with the digital certificate including the tying information. The method further includes determining that the tying information of the digital certificate matches the stored tying information and determining the encrypted password matches the stored password. The method further includes authenticating the user information for the communication device.
US12238082B2
Examples relate to configuring dynamic user roles that can be managed and distributed by a cloud-based user role service. In this way, dynamic user roles may be distributed in a more scalable manner than has been previously possible. Upon associating or connecting to an access point (AP), for example, a user device can be authenticated and assigned a user role. The AP can request the user role configuration from the cloud-based user role service. The cloud-based user role service can additionally distribute the same user role configuration/details to all neighboring APs. In this way, a user device can move, roam, or otherwise associate to another AP that post-distribution, already has the (dynamic) user role configuration, which can simply be applied to the user device.
