US12240435B2
A brake control unit (50) is provided to drive a brake actuator. The brake control unit comprises a primary control branch (510) with a primary inverter (512) and a primary EMI-filter (517) and a secondary control branch (520) with a secondary inverter (522) and a secondary EMI-filter (527). The primary control branch is configured to provide drive signals (D10) to the brake actuator in a normal operational mode. The secondary control branch (510) is configured to provide drive signals to the brake actuator in the at least a second operational mode. During the first, normal operational mode, both the primary EMI-filter and the secondary EMI-filter are coupled with their input to the power source. Therewith an improved reduction of conducted electromagnetic interference is achieved.
US12240434B2
A brake system may include: two hydraulic brake circuits, each having at least one wheel brake; a first pressure supply device for pressure build-up and release in at least one brake circuit via forward and return travel of a piston; a second pressure supply device with a continuous delivery, electromotively-driven piston pump, gear pump, or eccentric piston pump; at least one valve assembly with valves for adjusting pressure for each wheel brake and/or for connecting/disconnecting the wheel brakes and at least one of the pressure supply devices; at least one electronic control unit; a connection line connecting the two brake circuits; and at least one outlet valve for pressure release. The wheel brakes are paired with dedicated switch valves. Each brake circuit has a hydraulic main line to connect the switch valves to the first and second pressure supply devices, which provide different maximum pressures and/or delivery volumes.
US12240421B1
A linear jack includes a coarse nut threadedly coupled to a first rotating screw and a first sleeve mounted to the coarse nut (the first rotating screw, the first sleeve, and the coarse nut collectively a high-speed assembly), and a second sleeve threadedly coupled to a second rotating screw (the second sleeve and the second rotating screw collectively a low-speed assembly). The coarse nut is configured to operate in a first mode where the coarse nut is held from rotating with the first rotating screw to convert rotational motion of the first rotating screw into translating motion of the coarse nut and the first sleeve. The coarse nut is configured to operate in a second mode where the coarse nut rotates with the first rotating screw so that only the low-speed assembly operates to extend the second sleeve.
US12240420B2
A wiper device having a wiper arm (20a; 20b; 20c), having at least one wiper blade (18a, 18a′, 18a″) which is coupled to the wiper arm (20a; 20b; 20c), which includes at least one wiper lip (22a, 22a′, 22a″) for wiping a surface (16a; 16b; 16c) of a protective element (14a; 14b; 14c) of a sensor device (12a), in particular of a Lidar device, and having a wiper arm guide unit (24a) which is provided for moving the wiper arm (20a; 20b; 20c) in an at least substantially translatory manner along a guide path (50a). It is proposed that the wiper device has a rotary joint (26a) by means of which the wiper blade (18a, 18a′, 18a″) is pivotably mounted on the wiper arm (20a; 20b; 20c).
US12240415B2
A console element for a vehicle, with a top assembly, a bottom assembly and an adjustment assembly, wherein the top assembly is adjustable along an adjustment axis with respect to the bottom assembly via the adjustment assembly, and the adjustment assembly has a first adjustment element, which is coupled at one end to the top assembly, and a second adjustment element, which is coupled at one end to the bottom assembly, wherein the first adjustment element is coupled pivotably to the second adjustment element at a common coupling point. The first adjustment element and the second adjustment element project in each case with a further, free end beyond the coupling point.
US12240409B2
A vehicle occupant restraint device includes: a seatbelt configured to restrain an occupant on a vehicle seat, the occupant sitting in the vehicle seat; and an upper-body restraint air-bag configured to perform expanding spread between a shoulder belt of the seatbelt and a chest region of the occupant and to restrain at least the chest region of the occupant, by receiving supply of gas from an inflator, at a time of frontal collision of a vehicle.
US12240408B2
A collision protection system for a vehicle, the collision protection system including a seat having a seat bottom attached to a floor of the vehicle. The collision protection system also includes a foot rest disposed adjacent to, attached to, or integrally formed with the floor of the vehicle. The collision protection system also includes an airbag that deploys from, adjacent to, or around the foot rest. The airbag deploys over a portion of legs of a user occupying the seat to protect the legs of the user during a collision.
US12240402B2
Provided is a roof-mounted airbag configured to reduce the risk of injury to a passenger by minimizing movement of a cushion when the passenger is placed on the cushion. The roof-mounted airbag includes a cushion, formed in a cylindrical shape and configured to be deployed downwards between passengers facing each other while left and right upper ends thereof are fixed to a roof part, and an inflator configured to provide gas to an inside of the cushion.
US12240400B2
The present invention is provided with an inflator arranged on the occupant side of the side frame positioned on the side portion inside the seatback that generates expansion gas and an airbag that is expanded by the expansion gas and protects an occupant seated on the vehicle seat. The airbag includes a main chamber that deploys toward the front of the seatback, and a pre-chamber that houses the inflator inside and is connected to the occupant side of the main chamber. In addition, an internal tether having a front end part connected to the front portion of the pre-chamber and a rear end part connected to the rear portion of the pre-chamber are provided inside the pre-chamber.
US12240396B2
A vehicle audio output device and light system accommodating sounding the vehicle audible output device and illuminating one or more vehicle exterior lights when a user-operated button is pressed. The electrical circuit includes a battery electrically connected to a horn and light computer. The computer includes a processor and an input/output interface. The system circuit further includes a user-operated button electrically connected to the battery, to a vehicle horn, and to an input port of the system computer. The system computer is electrically connected to a light relay module via an output port, and the light relay module is connected to a vehicle exterior light. The system computer processor can be programmed to illuminate or flash the exterior light as desired. The system may further include a vehicle audio output device and light system switch and may also include a vehicle main computer electrically connected to the light relay module.
US12240393B2
An unauthorized connection detecting device to detect an unauthorized device connection at a connection part at which an electronic control unit mounted on a vehicle and an input and output unit are connected to each other is provided. The unauthorized connection detecting device includes a pair of connectors having one connector mounted on the electronic control unit and another connector mounted on the input and output unit, the pair of connectors being to be attached to each other, a protrusion or a conductor pattern formed on the another connector, a switch unit arranged on the one connector and to detect the protrusion or a conductor connection detecting unit arranged on the one connector and to be electrically connected to the conductor pattern, and an unauthorized connection identification unit to detect an unauthorized connection based on a state detected by the switch unit or the conductor connection detecting unit.
US12240391B2
A grommet includes: an engagement body; a first cylindrical body; a second cylindrical body; a first partition wall; a second partition wall; a holding part fixed together with a wiring material; and a pair of projection parts projected from an inner wall of the first partition wall. The first cylindrical body and the first partition wall are deformed in a pulling direction of the wiring material in a loaded state. An end part of the projection part is disposed, to be opposed to an inner peripheral surface on an inner side in the radial direction with respect to a groove bottom of an engagement groove of the engagement body, and acts pressing force on an inner peripheral surface of the engagement body from an end part due to displacement caused by deformation from an inner peripheral part side of the first partition wall in the loaded state.
US12240389B2
A wiring member includes: a linear transmission member that includes an electric wire; a connector housing; an outer armor member; and a cover member that is provided between the connector housing and the outer armor member in a lengthwise direction of the electric wire, and attached to an outer circumferential portion of the linear transmission member. The cover member and the linear transmission member are relatively movable in the lengthwise direction of the electric wire, and the connector housing and the outer armor member restrict a movement of the cover member in the lengthwise direction of the electric wire. The cover member is an elastic member, and includes an elastic cylindrical portion that is compression-deformable in a lengthwise direction of the cover member.
US12240386B2
A vehicular vision system includes a camera disposed at a vehicle and viewing exterior of the vehicle. The vehicular vision system, responsive to detecting an object present exterior of the vehicle via processing of image data captured by the camera, determines location of the detected object relative to the vehicle. The vehicular vision system displays video images derived from the captured image data on a video display. The vehicular vision system generates a three-dimensional (3D) icon that includes a front face and a rear face opposing the front face with a length dimension between the faces. The 3D icon overlays the detected object and the front face faces toward a representation of the vehicle. Responsive to a chance in location of the object relative to the vehicle, the system adjusts the length dimension.
US12240383B2
Adjusting instrument for an exterior vision unit, comprising: a base shaft, a housing surrounding the base shaft, which is pivotable around a longitudinal axis of the base shaft in an adjustment range, wherein the housing is provided with a housing ring, and a drive ring surrounding the base shaft. The drive ring is provided with a cam which can cooperate with the housing ring so as, upon pivoting of the housing relative to the drive ring in a pivoting direction around the base shaft, to move the housing via the housing ring from a high housing position along the base shaft downwards into a low housing position, and upon pivoting of the drive ring relative to the housing in an opposite pivoting direction around the base shaft, to move the drive ring along the base shaft upwards from a low drive ring position into a high drive ring position.
US12240377B2
A vehicle window includes a window body assembly having at least one window body, the window body assembly having an outer side facing the vehicle environment and an inner side facing the vehicle interior and a light-conducting layer forming the inner side; an illuminating device configured to couple light into the light-conducting layer; and a light-decoupling device configured to decouple light from the light-conducting layer in the direction of the vehicle interior. The light-decoupling device includes transparent structural elements made of a polymer material and molded or connected to the inner side of the window body assembly by extrusion or foaming or injection molding or gluing.
US12240372B2
Described herein are high intensity illumination systems including lighting arrays of lights, such as light emitting diodes, configured to illuminate a surface. The lighting arrays are configured to illuminate the surface with illumination comparable to or multiple times brighter than the ambient illumination, such as sunlight. Also described herein are methods of using a high intensity illumination system to illuminate a surface for applications including imaging, object detection, and object localization. The systems and methods described herein may be applied to a range of industries including farming, agriculture, construction, and autonomous vehicles.
US12240348B2
A device for substituting a spent battery with a fully charged battery in AGV and AMR robots and recharging the spent battery includes a supporting assembly, a detection assembly, a driving assembly, and a locking assembly. The supporting assembly 10 carries a battery. The driving assembly drives the battery to move into a position in the supporting assembly according to signals of the detection assembly and the locking assembly, to complete automatic replacement and installation process of the fresh battery. Battery replacement and installation process can be completed automatically, work efficiency is improved, and labor intensity of staff is reduced.
US12240342B2
The invention relates to a plug connector part (1) for electrical connection to a mating plug connector part (3), comprising a housing (10), at least two load contacts (11A, 11B), a protective conductor contact (12) and a grounding element (13) which is arranged in the housing (10) and is electrically connected to the protective conductor contact (12), wherein the grounding element (13) extends, in an electrically contactable manner, on a creep path (K) between the two load contacts (11A, 11B).
US12240323B2
The present invention provides a vehicle control device and a control method therefor. A vehicle control device according to one embodiment of the present invention comprises: an interface unit communicatively connected to a display unit provided in a vehicle; and a processor for controlling the display unit provided in the vehicle through the interface unit, wherein the processor receives destination information through the interface unit, acquires, from map information, spatial coordinates of a building corresponding to the destination information, and controls, on the basis of the spatial coordinates of the building corresponding to the destination information, the display unit so that a graphic object related to the destination information overlaps with the building and is displayed.
US12240319B2
An off-highway recreational includes a frame, a prime mover, a transmission, an intermediate shaft and a main shaft. The transmission is mechanically coupled to receive power from the prime mover and to provide mechanical power at a transaxle output shaft. The intermediate drive shaft is mechanically coupled to the transaxle output shaft, wherein the intermediate drive shaft has a first diameter. The main drive shaft is mechanically coupled to the intermediate drive shaft, wherein the main drive shaft has a second diameter that is greater than the first diameter.
US12240305B2
In a left-right wheel driving device (10) including two motors (1, 2) that drive left and right wheels and a gear mechanism (3) that amplifies a torque difference between the two motors (1, 2) and transmits the amplified torques to the left and right wheels, respective, rotating shafts (1A, 2A) of the two motors (1, 2) are coaxially disposed. The left-right wheel driving device (10) further includes motor shafts (11) that are positioned between the rotating shafts (1A, 2A) coaxially with the rotating shafts (1A, 2A) and that are each provided with a motor gear (21), counter shafts (12) that are disposed in parallel to the motor shafts (11) and that are each provided with a first intermediate gear (22) meshing with the motor gear (21) and a second intermediate gear (23) having a diameter smaller than that of the first intermediate gear (22), and output shafts (13) that are disposed in parallel to the motor shafts (11) and that are each provided with an output gear (24) meshing with the second intermediate gear (23). The gear mechanism (3) is disposed on one end side of each of the output shafts (13) and one of the left and right wheels is disposed on the other end side of the output shaft (13).
US12240298B2
An elongated seal comprises a base having an inner side and an outer side opposite to each other. Further, a bulb portion is integrally connected to the. An L-shaped clipping lug is integrally connected to the base via its proximal end. An angled distal end of the L-shaped clipping lug is adapted for releasably tucked under or clipped into an groove formed above a surface of an elongated mounting profile by at least one clipping bracket extending into a longitudinal direction. Further, a supporting means is positioned either at the outer side or at the inner side of base, whatever lies opposite to the L-shaped clipping lug. The supporting means is integrally connected to the base and/or is formed by the base such that the supporting means is adapted to supportingly rest on the elongated mounting profile without mechanical engagement in the installed state of the elongated seal.
US12240295B2
Disclosed are climate systems for vehicles and methods for controlling the climate systems. In some implementations, a climate system includes: (1) a temperature sensor configured to measure a temperature within the compartment of the vehicle; (2) a first compressor powered by an engine of the vehicle to compress a refrigerant; (3) a second compressor driven by an electric motor to compress the refrigerant; and (4) a controller electrically coupled to the first compressor and the second compressor. The controller configured to: (1) calculate a thermal load of the compartment based on a difference between a desired temperature and a measured temperature; and, (2) based on the calculated load, selectively activate: (i) the engine, (ii) the first compressor, and/or (iii) the second compressor.
US12240290B2
A heat pump system for a vehicle includes a compressor; a four-way valve for transferring refrigerant to external or internal heat exchanger; the external heat exchanger for heat-exchanging between the external air and the refrigerant, the internal heat exchanger for heat-exchanging between the refrigerant and the air supplied to the interior of the vehicle, or for heat-exchanging between the refrigerant and the air supplied to the interior of the vehicle; an electric component cooling circuit which absorbs the heat from electric components in the vehicle, to emit same through electric component radiator, or which absorbs heat, and heat-exchanges with refrigerant/electric component coolant heat exchanger for heat-exchanging between the refrigerant and a coolant; a first expansion means for expanding the refrigerant; and a battery chiller which heat-exchanging between a battery and the refrigerant and transferring the refrigerant to the internal heat exchanger.
US12240287B2
Described are devices, systems, and methods that enable greater control and customization of variable suspension systems via mechanical modification, among other advantages. In one example, a linkage device is configured to be attached to a suspension arm of a vehicle and to a vehicle frame of the vehicle. The linkage device is configured to mechanically modify one or more physical states detected by a sensor of the vehicle, thereby causing the sensor to output modified signals to a controller, and causing the controller to output modified control signals to a variable shock absorber connected between the vehicle frame and the suspension arm, thereby modifying one or more variable physical properties of the variable shock absorber.
US12240285B2
A sensory evaluation system performs sensory evaluation on a plurality of sensory indexes corresponding to respective feelings of an occupant according to traveling of a moving body, and includes: a data adjustment unit that generates evaluation data to be used for the sensory evaluation based on information acquired according to the traveling of the moving body; an evaluation index determination unit that selects at least any one sensory index as an evaluation index from among the plurality of sensory indexes based on the information; an evaluation unit that calculates an evaluation value for the evaluation index from the evaluation data using an evaluation circuit corresponding to the evaluation index; and an aggregation unit that aggregates the evaluation value calculated by the evaluation unit.
US12240281B2
A hitch pin assembly includes a hitch pin, housing and shoulder bushing. The housing removably connects to the bushing when the bushing is seated in the aperture of a receiver tube. When the housing is so connected a plunger of the housing extends through the bushing and projects into the receiver tube. When the shank is inserted into the receiver tube the plunger tip catches the aperture of the shank, holding the shank in a position in which the pin-receiving apertures on the receiver tube and shank are aligned. The hitch pin is then inserted from one side of the receiver tube and into the bushing. A plunger in the housing translates along a projection in a track of the plunger to reveal the projection to the hitch pin tip and place it into position for engagement with the inserted hitch pin. The engagement holds the shank and eliminates rattling.
US12240275B2
A self-sealing pneumatic tire having at least one cohesive sandwich radially inward of the pneumatic tire is provided. The at least cohesive sandwich may include a cohesive material under pressure, facilitating a recovery capacity upon being pierced by a sharp object, whereby the molecules of the cohesive material cohesively reattach, self-sealing any passageway or space created by the sharp object. The self-sealing pneumatic tire may also provide a loculated-diamond-section layer located radially inward of the outer cohesive sandwich, further supporting the self-sealing pneumatic tire. The external rubber tread are disposed along the circumference of the tire in some embodiments can be separate from the surface of the tire yet secured in place by attachments. Once fully utilized, this external rubber tread can be replaced by a new version without having to replace the entire tire.
US12240274B2
A tire includes shoulder main grooves, circumferential narrow grooves disposed between the shoulder main grooves and each having a groove width of 0.5 mm to 3.0 mm, and five or more rows of land portions defined by the shoulder main grooves and the circumferential narrow grooves. A first land portion includes S-shaped sipes that extend through the first land portion in a width direction. A second land portion includes S-shaped sipes that extend through the second land portion in the width direction, and the second land portion is a rib including a continuous road contact surface in a tire circumferential direction when the tire comes into contact with the ground. Connection portions of the S-shaped sipes of the first and second land portions with respect to the circumferential narrow grooves are at identical positions in the tire circumferential direction.
US12240270B2
A wheel support assembly for a bottom drawer is disclosed. When the bottom drawer is open, the wheel support assembly may provide support in a deployed position. When the bottom drawer is closed, the wheel support assembly may be retracted in a cavity to be invisible to consumers.
US12240268B2
An aerodynamic bicycle rim comprising: a circumferential outer portion comprising a circumferential outer surface, the circumferential outer portion adapted to seat a bicycle tire; a nose; and a set of sidewalls, each sidewall extending radially from the nose of the aerodynamic bicycle rim to a corresponding transition to the circumferential outer surface to form a rim body having a maximum rim body width that is greater than a maximum width of the bicycle tire. The aerodynamic bicycle rim is operable to seat the bicycle tire so that the aerodynamic bicycle rim and the bicycle tire form an asymmetrical cross-sectional shape.
US12240266B2
A friction body for discoloring handwriting written with a thermochromic ink with frictional heat, the friction body including a surface portion configured to generate frictional heat when manually rubbed on a porous substrate. The surface portion may have a thermal effusivity of less than about 300 J K−1 m−2 s−1/2.
US12240265B1
A magnetic erasable writable material for large format applications is disclosed, and includes a cast polyvinylchloride film with a mount surface opposite an etched receiver surface. Also incorporated is a transparent polyester film that has a marking side with a first predetermined hardness and an opposite seal side, laminated to the receiver surface. The marking side includes a clear superstrate that has a second predetermined hardness and applied to the marking side of the polyester film to lower its surface energy. The receiver surface is treated to have a surface energy adjusted to enable improved adherence of printed and preformed graphic elements, which are encapsulated when laminated between the PET film and receiver surface. The superstrate includes a perfluoropolyether, a polyurethane, an acrylated polyurethane, and/or an acrylate resin to harden the material.
US12240261B2
An optical device is provided that exhibits a variable optical effect upon illumination. The optical device has a diffractive structure comprising: a portion of a first kinoform diffractive structure that encodes a first image, arranged to form a first diffractive region (11) of the diffractive structure; and a portion of a second kinoform diffractive structure that encodes a second image, arranged to form a second diffractive region (13) of the diffractive structure; wherein the first diffractive region and the second diffractive region are laterally separate; and each of the first diffractive region and the second diffractive region are discernible by the naked human eye. Methods of manufacture of such optical devices are also disclosed.
US12240257B2
An accessory device is for an electronic marking device. The accessory device has a connection device for releasably connecting to an electronic marking device, and the accessory device has a stop for limiting movement of a document transversely to a printhead of a connected electronic marking device. A deflecting mechanism deflects the document, and the stop and the deflecting mechanism are arranged on different sides of the printhead of the connected electronic marking device. An electronic marking device includes a printhead, a movement detector, and a controller. The controller is connected to the movement detector and to the printhead and is configured to actuate the printhead in order to print a document when movement of the electronic marking device over the document is detected by the movement detector. The electronic marking device has a stop for limiting movement of the document transversely to the printhead.
US12240249B2
In a board that includes a plurality of contact portions that are arranged to contact corresponding apparatus-side terminals when the board is mounted in a printing apparatus, some contact portions are disposed in a first region, and the remaining contact portions are disposed in a second region. The some contact portions include a first contact portion, a second contact portion, a third contact portion, and a fourth contact portion. The remaining contact portions include a fifth contact portion. The some contact portions are arranged in a first pattern in the first region and the remaining contact portions are arranged in a second pattern in the second region, and the first pattern is asymmetrical to the second pattern with respect to a first virtual line.
US12240246B2
A liquid holding member includes a bottom surface, and a plurality of convex portions projecting from the bottom surface. Each of the convex portions includes a plurality of surfaces. The convex portions are molded integrally with the bottom surface.
US12240243B2
Provided is an evacuation device for an inkjet printing device that is designed to guide a printed recording medium along a transport direction through a constriction with an opposite gas flow, in order to be able to efficiently and comprehensively evacuate ink vapor before the constriction, in terms of the transport direction.
US12240241B2
A system (20) and method for printing on clear polymeric film web (24) are disclosed. A first stationary inkjet print unit (44, 60, 70, 82) has first ejection nozzles that span a width of the clear polymeric film web and a second stationary inkjet print unit (44, 60, 70, 82) has second ejection nozzles that span the width of the clear polymeric film web. A web transport conveys the clear polymeric film web past the stationary inkjet print units. First and second print controllers operate the first and second and stationary inkjet print units to deposit drops of a first and a second material on the clear polymeric film web at a first and a second resolution, respectively. In addition, dimensions and position of a page element to be printed on the clear polymeric film web are adjusted to compensate for distortion that may occur to the printed page element due to shrinking of the clear polymeric film web.
US12240238B2
A label modification unit may receive a label modification input that indicates a label modification associated with content being written to a label or erased from the label. The label modification unit may identify an area of the label that is associated with the label modification according to the label modification input. The label modification unit may determine, based on a size of the area, a spot size of a light beam that is configured to be emitted by a laser printhead to modify the content within the area. The label modification unit may determine, based on the spot size and the content, an optical path configuration for the laser printhead. The label modification unit may operate the laser printhead according to the optical path configuration to write the content to the area or erase the content from the area.
US12240225B2
A drying unit includes a first contact heating unit provided inside a housing, and a second contact heating unit provided downstream in a transport direction from the first contact heating unit inside the housing. The first contact heating unit includes a first contact heating surface configured to come into contact with a back surface of a medium after printing. The second contact heating unit includes a second contact heating surface configured to come into contact with the back surface of the medium after printing. The first contact heating surface is curved to have a shape protruding in a direction opposite to the second contact heating surface, and the second contact heating surface is curved to have a shape protruding in a direction opposite to the first contact heating surface. The first contact heating surface has a radius of curvature larger than that of the second contact heating surface.
US12240224B2
There is provided a printing apparatus including: a line head including a plurality of nozzles and a discharging surface in which the plurality of nozzles is opened, the line head being configured to discharge a photo-curing ink from the plurality of nozzles to a printing medium; a light irradiator configured to irradiate the photo-curing ink on the printing medium with a light; an optical sensor configured to measure a distance between the printing medium and the discharging surface, and a controller configured to cause the light irradiator to execute an irradiating operation of irradiating the photo-curing ink on the printing medium with the light at a first timing, and cause the optical sensor to execute a distance measuring operation of measuring the distance between the printing medium and the discharging surface at a second timing different from the first timing.
US12240218B2
A bonded assembly according to the present embodiment, includes a metal plate and a ceramic substrate bonded to each other through a bonding layer containing Ag. In the bonded assembly, in a measurement region that is formed in a cross section formed by a thickness direction of the bonding layer and an orthogonal direction thereto, and that has a size of a length in the thickness direction of the bonding layer×a length of 200 μm in the orthogonal direction, a Ag-rich region having a Ag concentration of 60 at % or more has an area ratio of 70% or less to a Ag-poor region having a Ag concentration of 50 at % or less.
US12240217B2
A laminated product for flexible packaging is provided, in which at least a paper substrate layer, an adhesive layer, a barrier layer, and a sealant layer are laminated in this order, the adhesive layer contains an ionomer (A) of an ethylene-unsaturated carboxylic acid copolymer, and a content of metal ions represented by X×Y/100 is equal to or more than 4.0 and equal to or less than 20.0 when a content of unsaturated carboxylic acid in an ethylene-unsaturated carboxylic acid copolymer (A1) constituting the ionomer (A) of the ethylene-unsaturated carboxylic acid copolymer is X [mass %], and a degree of neutralization of the ionomer (A) of the ethylene-unsaturated carboxylic acid copolymer is Y [mol %].
US12240209B2
A liquid storage bag includes a bag configured to store a liquid and a feeder that feeds the liquid in the bag to an external component. The bag is formed of a film. The film includes a first base layer, a second base layer, and a first black layer located between the first base layer and the second base layer. The first black layer is formed of a black colorant filling a layer surface of the second base layer.
US12240191B2
A composite part forming system for shaping a composite material blank having a plurality of plies, the composite part forming system comprising opposing tools including shape-forming features, an actuator, and a composite tensioning system. The composite tensioning system is connectable to a periphery of the composite material blank to apply tension to the composite material blank the first and second tools are moved together to cause the composite material blank to conform to the shape-forming features. The composite tensioning system is configured to apply more tension to wrinkle prone plies of the composite material blank than to non-wrinkle prone plies as the composite material blank is caused to conform to the shape-forming features.
US12240185B2
A method for splicing two bundles (1, 2) of multifilament textile fibers comprises: inserting an end portion of a first bundle (1) into a first end of a heat-shrinkable sheath (10) and an end portion of a second bundle (2) into a second end of the sheath, axially opposite the first end, until the ends of the end portions of the two bundles are facing each other; inserting a curable organic material inside the sheath (10) in a space separating the end portions of the bundles (1, 2); heating a portion of the heat-shrinkable sheath (10) surrounding a joining portion (9) to a predetermined temperature; curing the curable organic material; and removing the sheath (10).
US12240179B2
Determination device for determining at least one parameter of an energy beam, in particular an energy beam generated via an irradiation device of an apparatus for additively manufacturing three-dimensional objects, which determination device comprises two determination units arrangeable or arranged in succession in a beam path of the energy beam, characterized in that each determination unit builds or comprises at least one complementary pattern element, wherein at least two pattern elements of the two determination units complement each other to a superordinate pattern.
US12240176B2
Systems, methods, and devices for post-processing additively manufactured objects are disclosed herein. In some embodiments, a method includes receiving a plurality of additively manufactured objects having excess material thereon. The method can include removing the excess material from the plurality of additively manufactured objects by rotating the plurality of additively manufactured objects. The method can also include receiving sensor data indicative of a cleaning status of the plurality of additively manufactured objects. The method can further include adjusting, based on the sensor data, an operational parameter that enhances removal of the excess material from the plurality of additively manufactured objects.
US12240174B2
A method of 3D printing, a 3D printing system, and a vertical conveyor are disclosed herein. The 3D printing system comprises a vertical conveyor having a plurality of folding build plates; a plurality of biasing devices, a biasing device being configured to rotate a folding build plate from a folded position to a substantially horizontal position when the folding build plate enters a printing chamber position, and a 3D print head inside the print chamber adapted to 3D print an object on the folding build plate in the substantially horizontal position.
US12240167B2
A semi-crystalline blended polymer useful for additive manufacturing is comprised of an amorphous thermoplastic polymer and a thermoplastic semi-crystalline polymer, each of the polymers being essentially miscible in the other and being blended at a weight ratio of amorphous polymer/semi-crystalline polymer of greater that 1 to about 20. The semi-crystalline blended polymer displays a DSC melt peak enthalpy of at least about 3 joules/g. The semi-crystalline polymer may be made by blending the aforementioned polymers at the weight ratio and subject to heating between the melt temperature of the semi-crystalline polymer and the glass transition temperature of the amorphous polymer. The semi-crystalline blended polymer may revert to essentially an amorphous polymer when additive manufactured by fusing layers of said polymer powders together.
US12240165B2
A metering device serves as an equipping or retrofitting kit for a device for producing a three-dimensional object by means of solidifying, layer by layer, a building material in powder form at those positions that correspond to the cross-section of the object to be produced in the respective layer. The metering device has a metering element, which metering element is rotatable about an axis, preferably an axis of its own, particularly preferably about an, in particular its own, longitudinal axis and which is suitable for dispensing the building material in powder form in a metered manner. The metering element is designed to dispense locally different amounts of powder along the direction of the axis.
US12240162B2
An injection molding system includes an extruding system, a discharging channel, a molding device including a first and second mold cavities, and a pressure regulating system regulates pressures inside the first and second mold cavities. An injection molding method includes providing a molding device having a first and second mold cavities, a first feeding port in communication with the first mold cavity, and a second feeding port in communication with the second mold cavity; sensing a first pressure in the first mold cavity, and injecting a first gas into the first mold cavity until the first mold cavity is sensed to have a first predetermined pressure; and sensing a second pressure in the second mold cavity, and injecting a second gas into the second mold cavity until the second mold cavity is sensed to have a second predetermined pressure, wherein the first and second predetermined pressures are different.
US12240161B2
A display cover can include a rectangular body having opposing outer and inner surfaces and an edge that connects the outer and inner surfaces. A central region, widthwise edge regions, and lengthwise edge regions can each define a portion of the outer and inner surfaces, and the edge regions each can extend from the central region to define a portion of the edge. The central region can be planar such that a plane lies between the outer and inner surfaces throughout the central region. Each of the widthwise edge regions can curve away from the central region such that a line that is tangent to the outer surface at the edge region is substantially perpendicular to the plane of the central region. The body's average thickness can be less than or equal to 0.5 mm, and the body can comprise at least a majority, by weight, of a polymeric material.
US12240160B2
A process for the preparation of an article by powder injection molding, the process including the steps of providing a feedstock containing a powder of a ceramic, a metal or a metal alloy dispersed in a binder, heating the feedstock, and injecting the heated feedstock into a mold cavity of a mold, where it cools and hardens to the configuration of the mold cavity. The process is characterized in that step c) is carried out under the application of vibrational energy onto the feedstock.
US12240150B2
A tooling for injecting a polymer resin into a fibrous preform for the manufacture of a revolution part in composite material including a barrel shape with an inside diameter of smaller diameter delimiting the revolution part into an upstream portion and a downstream portion of the inside diameter, the upstream portion including a back-draft intermediate portion, injection tooling wherein, to allow a demolding of the barrel-shaped part once the injection and the polymerization of the polymer resin are carried out, the injection tooling includes on the one hand a frustoconical drum comprising a first drum portion in direct contact with an inner surface of the portion of the revolution part downstream of the inside diameter and a second drum portion and on the other hand a segmented insert whose outer surface matches an inner surface of the portion of the revolution part upstream of the inside diameter.
US12240145B2
An articulating composite surface covering mat and process of forming the mat are provided. The mat has multiple units having a regular, natural or irregular appearance, and each unit a flexible geogrid extending therethrough. A method of forming the mat includes forming the mat upside-down on a bottom surface of a bottom mold, placing the top mold over the bottom mold to form the mold assembly, locating a geogrid in the mold assembly, latching the mold assembly together with magnets, and adding the filler to the mold assembly.
US12240143B2
Provided herein are rapid, high quality film sintering processes that include high-throughput continuous sintering of lithium-lanthanum zirconium oxide (lithium-stuffed garnet). The instant disclosure sets forth equipment and processes for making high quality, rapidly-processed ceramic electrolyte films. These processes include high-throughput continuous sintering of lithium-lanthanum zirconium oxide for use as electrolyte films. In certain processes, the film is not in contact with any surface as it sinters (i.e., during the sintering phase).
US12240142B2
Fiberboard or chipboard is made by first comminuting vegetable starting material in a first comminutor into a stream of loose plant particles with silicate particles. Then, in a first classifier silicate particles of a diameter of less than 50 μm are separated from the plant particles of the stream. The plant particles remaining in the stream are then glue-coated, and the stream is pressed into fiberboard or chipboard.
US12240137B1
A cutter and holder apparatus cuts an object. A body has a first side, a second side and an edge. An insert leg is coupled to the body. A channel is defined between the body and the insert leg for positioning the insert leg below the object and the object within the channel. A blade is coupled to the body and is positioned within the channel for cutting the object. A body link is coupled to the body. A base has a first side, a second side and an edge. A base link is coupled to the base. The body is positioned adjacent to the base and the body link couples with the base link for defining a removable couple and temporarily coupling the body with the base. A keeper is coupled with the base.
US12240132B2
In an external cutting member (10) which is configured to be used in a hair-cutting unit in combination with a rotatable internal cutting member, a base (11) includes at least one hair-cutting track (21) which is provided with a plurality of hair-entry openings, and an annular base portion (31) located between a central portion (17) of the base (11) and an innermost one of the at least one hair-cutting track (21). The annular base portion (31) is provided with a profiled section which is located between a straight inner section (32) and a straight outer section (33) of the annular base portion (31), which is annular about a central axis (16) of the external cutting member (10), and which is shaped according to a predefined profile, seen in a cross-section of the external cutting member (10) comprising the central axis (16).
US12240128B2
An integrated navigation system is configured to support cooperation of a plurality of different robot systems each including at least one automatic work robot operating at a production site. The integrated navigation system includes a job generation device configured to generate a job related to production based on information sent from a plurality of production facilities deployed at the production site, and a navigation device configured to generate a task, which is a work command to each of the plurality of different robot systems, based on the job, and to send the task of the robot system to each corresponding robot system.
US12240126B2
A collaborative-manipulation robotic arm for kitchen waste and a working method thereof are provided. The robotic arm includes: a base, including a transverse first mounting seat and a second mounting seat connected to the first mounting seat and extending downward; a driving mechanism, disposed at an end of the first mounting seat away from the second mounting seat; a front guide claw, an upper end of the front guide claw being connected to the driving mechanism; a fixed blade, disposed on a side of the second mounting seat facing the front guide claw; and a retractable finger, disposed at a lower end on the side of the second mounting seat facing the front guide claw. The fixed blade, the retractable finger, and the second mounting seat form a rear cutting claw.
US12240123B2
A robotic kitting machine is disclosed. In various embodiments, a robotic arm is used to move an item to a location in proximity to a slot into which the item is to be inserted. Force information generated by a force sensor is received via a communication interface. The force sensor information is used to align a structure comprising the item with a corresponding cavity comprising the slot, and the item is inserted into the slot.
US12240118B2
The present invention proposes a mobile robotic system capable of carrying out the movement, manipulation and precise installation of industrial loads (pipes, plates, equipment, parts, materials, etc.), using a single operator for that and presenting ease of use. The invention is basically composed of an anthropomorphic-type industrial robot (3) and a crawler mobile platform (11). The load capacity of the invention is limited by the maximum load capacity of the industrial robot employed. The precise positioning step has a special force amplification system (external exoskeleton) capable of moving a load fixed on the industrial robot wrist (position and orientation) with the force actions of an operator, directly on the robot wrist, or by means of a security extension. The robotic system can be controlled by radio control, capable of allowing both the control of the robot and the movement of the platform. The proposed system of this invention comprises a mobile platform for all types of terrain, an industrial robotic arm, an effector for handling pipes, an effector to pick up metal plates, the respective supports of effectors in a quick tool change system, a diesel electric generator, an industrial radio control, safety sensors and a video monitor for two cameras positioned on the robot structure.
US12240109B2
A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium stores a computer program that controls a processor to execute (a) processing of displaying an operation window for operation of a position and an attitude of a control point for a robot arm, (b) processing of storing the position and the attitude of the control point as a teaching point according to an instruction of a user, and (c) processing of associating and storing the operation window when the instruction is received in the processing (b) with the teaching point.
US12240105B2
A method of estimating one or more mass characteristics of a payload manipulated by a robot includes moving the payload using the robot, determining one or more accelerations of the payload while the payload is in motion, sensing, using one or more sensors of the robot, a wrench applied to the payload while the payload is in motion, and estimating the one or more mass characteristics of the payload based, at least in part, on the determined accelerations and the sensed wrench.
US12240101B2
A foam vacuum gripper device comprising at least a vacuum gripper body and at least one foam layer arranged on a bottom surface of the vacuum gripper body, at least the foam layer is secured to the vacuum gripper body by way of a magnetic attraction between the bottom surface of the vacuum gripper body and the foam layer.
US12240099B2
The present invention relates to a method for determining a touchdown position of a robot performed by a computing device, the method comprising the steps of: detecting a disturbance during swing of a first leg of the robot toward a first touchdown position, calculating a second touchdown position based on a dynamic state of the robot in response to the detection of the disturbance, identifying a step obstacle region based on terrain information of the robot and determining whether the second touchdown position belongs to the step obstacle region, and determining a third touchdown position out of the step obstacle region as the touchdown position of the first leg, in a case in which the second touchdown position belongs to the step obstacle region.
US12240098B2
A clean room single-axis robot in which a dust collection system is used includes a transfer unit installed inside a clean room to transfer an assembly part in the forward/backward direction and an elevating unit installed on one side of the transfer unit to transfer an assembly part in the upward/downward direction. The transfer unit includes a horizontal profile, first covers, a first guide unit, a driving belt, a plurality of rollers, and a forward/backward movement unit. A dust collection system of the transfer unit has an open structure, and is configured to suction the air accommodated inside the horizontal profile, collect dust contained in the air, and then discharge the air.
US12240095B1
A garden tool apparatus comprises a rod, a tool head, and a rotatable handle apparatus. The rotatable handle apparatus comprises a hand gripping apparatus that in turn comprises a lower cylindrical body that comprises threads and a hole on a side thereof. The rotatable handle apparatus further comprise a rotatable apparatus that comprises a closed cylindrical body that in turn comprises a plurality of cavities radially disposed on an outer wall thereof. The closed cylindrical body is connected to the rod. The rotatable apparatus is connected to the hollow portion. The hollow portion is freely rotatable against the rotatable apparatus. The rotatable handle apparatus further comprises a cylindrical sleeve enclosing the rotatable apparatus and is connected to both the rotatable apparatus and the hollow portion. The rotatable handle apparatus further comprises a latch apparatus that comprises an impediment pin that is disposed through the hole of the lower cylindrical body and engages with the plurality of cavities of the rotatable apparatus.
US12240093B2
A tool system includes a portable tool, an image capturing unit, and a control unit. The tool includes a driving unit to be activated with power supplied from a power source. The image capturing unit is provided for the tool and generates a captured image. The control unit controls the tool based on the captured image. The control unit has a work support capability. The work support capability is the capability of placing a restriction on operation of the tool when a work target identified based on the captured image does not conform to a working instruction defined by a working procedure. The control unit suspends, when finding a lifting condition satisfied while performing work-support-enabled operation, the work-support-enabled operation and thereby lifts the restriction on the operation of the tool.
US12240087B2
A handheld tool includes a nose portion having an injection passage for a fastener, a magazine accommodating the fastener and located in a direction intersecting with the injection passage, a magazine cap portion opening and closing the magazine by a tip portion rotating in a direction separating from and approaching the magazine with a base end portion as a fulcrum, and a door portion rotatably coupled to the tip portion via a coupling shaft. The nose portion includes an engaging portion engageable with the door portion. The door portion is configured to, in a state where the magazine cap portion is opened, bent toward the magazine with the coupling shaft as a fulcrum, and in a state where the magazine cap portion is closed, extend linearly and engage with the engaging portion.
US12240080B2
Waterjet cutting apparatus and related methods are disclosed herein. An example apparatus includes a tank defining a volume to contain a fluid therein, a fixture extending from the tank, and a tube extending from the tank, the tube to isolate the fixture and a part supported by the fixture from turbulence of the fluid disposed in the tank.
US12240076B2
A pad conditioner for conditioning a polishing surface of a polishing pad includes a conditioning disk, a disk holder, and a disk arm. The conditioning disk includes a substrate plate and at least two abrasive segments. The conditioning disk includes at least one channel by which debris and spent slurry may be evacuated. The abrasive segments are on a surface of the substrate plate, and form at least one channel segment therebetween. Each channel segment extends from about the center of the surface to substantially the outer rim of the substrate plate. The disk holder to which the conditioning disk is mounted includes a through hole. The disk arm to which the conditioning disk is mounted includes an opening in fluid communication with the at least one channel segment via the through hole for evacuating the debris and spent slurry by a vacuum module.
US12240075B2
A grinder tool with blind mounting of a disc includes a center alignment mechanism having a first contact and a second contact and a rotational device including an axle that is movable with respect to the center alignment mechanism. A hub is mounted to the axle including a first coupling interface. The disc has a second coupling interface for mating with the first coupling interface. The center alignment mechanism is movable a mounting distance relative to the hub and contacts the disc with the first contact and the second contact to center align the first coupling interface with the second coupling interface. The rotational device is to slowly rotate the hub to angle align the first coupling interface with the second coupling interface to allow the disc to mate and attach to the hub.
US12240068B2
A vertical bundle air-cooled heat exchanger, a finned tube assembly for an air cooled condenser and method for forming the same, and a system for removing thermal energy generated by radioactive materials. In one aspect, an air cooled condenser sized for industrial and commercial application includes an inlet steam distribution header for conveying steam, a condensate outlet header for conveying condensate, an array of tube bundles each having a plurality of finned tube assemblies having a bare steel tube with an exposed outer surface and a set of aluminum fins brazed directly onto the tube by a brazing filler metal. The steel tubes may be spaced apart by the aluminum fins and have an inlet end fluidly coupled to the inlet steam distribution header and an outlet end fluidly coupled to the outlet header. A forced draft fan may be arranged to blow air through the tube bundles.
US12240066B2
A method of joining a steel first member to a stainless steel second member includes buttering a first joint surface on the first member, the buttering including: preheating the first joint surface; welding a border layer of weld material to the first joint surface; and heat treating the border layer and the first joint surface after welding the border layer. A weld is formed between the first and second members after heat treating the border layer and the first joint surface. The border layer and a second joint surface on the second member are preheated; and a body of weld material is added between the border layer and the second joint surface.
US12240061B2
A flux resin composition includes an epoxy resin, an imidazole compound, a thixo agent, and an activator. The epoxy resin includes at least one resin selected from the group consisting of naphthalene epoxy resins, biphenyl aralkyl epoxy resins, trisphenol methane epoxy resins, biphenyl epoxy resins, and dicyclopentadiene epoxy resins. The content of the at least one resin is equal to or greater than 20% by weight with respect to a total weight of the epoxy resin.
US12240046B2
A rotary cutting tool includes a tool body including a chip flute portion having a plurality of helical chip flutes separated by lobes. In one aspect, a tunable vibration absorber assembly is disposed within a cavity formed in the chip flute portion. In another aspect, the tunable vibration absorber assembly is disposed within a cavity of a replaceable cutting head. In each aspect, the tunable vibration absorber assembly includes at least two tunable absorber masses, a resilient material between the one or more absorber masses and the cavity, and one or more connecting members for preventing relative angular displacement of the one or more tunable absorber masses. The at least two tunable absorber masses are suspended only by the resilient material, thereby enabling the tunable vibration absorber assembly to be tuned to a desired frequency for suppressing torsional vibration of the rotary cutting tool during a cutting operation.
US12240021B2
Systems and methods directed to rolling mill coilers are disclosed. Systems and methods are disclosed for a control scheme to maintain a constant force between a roll and a coil's surface. Example systems and methods may include forming a portion of a coil, capturing a first coil data corresponding to force of the coil while the strip of metal is being rolled into the coil, capturing second coil data corresponding to position of the coil while the strip of metal is being rolled into the coil, determining a signal that corresponds to a roll force of the roll and a position of the protrusion, and transmitting the signal to a hydraulic cylinder coupled to the roll, the hydraulic cylinder causing the roll to exert the roll force counter to the radial force of the coil.
US12240015B2
Screening machine (10) for screening solid materials, comprising both a screening box (12) shaped so as to have a plurality of perimeter walls (16, 17, 19, 21) and an upper wall (15), and configured to make said solid materials to be screened flow inside it, and also a plurality of anti-propagation devices (27), at least a first of which is disposed on said upper wall (15).
US12240009B2
An electrostatic oiling system for use with single blanks in batch systems having an open spray chamber without the need for a negative vacuum chamber. Further, the provided electrostatic oiling system may utilize induction beams and a charge wall that allows for utilization of a smaller vacuum system. Further, the provided electrostatic oiling system may provide variable blank coverage without the need for metered pumps.
US12240007B2
A spray nozzle for a steam generator of a shower steam system includes a housing defining a longitudinal bore extending to an outlet, and an atomizing member positioned adjacent the outlet. An elongated member is coupled to the housing in the longitudinal bore, and defines a pin at an end thereof. A body is slidably coupled to the housing in the longitudinal bore, and includes an opening extending therethrough. A biasing member is configured to bias the body against the elongated member by a biasing force such that the elongated member extends through the opening. The body is configured to move axially away from the elongated member toward the atomizing member in response to a pressure of a flow of water being above a threshold value so as to overcome the biasing force and allow the flow of water to pass through the opening to the atomizing member.
US12240001B2
A froth flotation unit for treating mineral ore particles suspended in slurry includes a tank, a gas supply for introducing flotation gas into the slurry to form froth, and a first froth collection launder including a first froth overflow lip facing towards the centre of the tank. The froth flotation unit has a pulp area of at least 15 m2 measured at a mixing area. The froth flotation unit further includes a second froth collection launder with a first froth overflow lip facing the perimeter of the flotation tank, and a froth blocker arranged between the first froth overflow lip and the second froth overflow lip. A froth flotation line, its use, and a froth flotation method are also disclosed.
US12240000B2
The present invention is directed to a method for selectively recovering a mineral from an ore applying a promoter being a substituted ethylene diamine. Further, the present invention is directed to the use of said substituted polymeric alkylenediamine to separate a target mineral from an ore.
US12239993B2
The disclosure relates generally to molecular diagnostic devices configured to amplifying a single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) locus and discriminate between two or more allelic variants of the SNP, indicating presence or absence of a target allele. In some embodiments, the molecular diagnostic devices are capable of detecting, at point-of-care, SNPs associated with resistance or susceptibility to antibiotic treatment of bacterial infections. In other aspects, the disclosure provides methods of treatment for disease or disorders (e.g. bacterial infections) where treatment is guided by presence or absence of an allele at a SNP locus as determined by such molecular diagnostic devices.
US12239989B2
A container including a top wall and a fluid vessel depending from the top wall. The fluid vessel extends from a top wall aperture formed in the top wall to a bottom end of the fluid vessel. The container further includes gripping structures configured to enable an automated gripping mechanism to securely grip the container in a repeatable position and orientation with respect to the container-gripping components of the gripping mechanism.
US12239979B2
Provided is a genome extraction device to which a dual chamber structure of an outer chamber and an inner chamber is applied, more particularly a genome extraction device to which the above-described dual chamber structure is applied so that the genome extraction device can be stored stably for a long time without the risk of reagent leakage.
US12239978B2
There is provided a sample preparation device comprising a sample preparation vessel and a bead manipulation mechanism for manipulating sample preparation beads in the vessel. The bead manipulation mechanism comprises: one or more magnets arranged to produce a magnetic field for manipulating, in use, one or more beads in the vessel. Each magnet is attached to a support frame by a biasing support arranged to support the magnet in contact against an outer surface of the vessel such that the magnet maintains contact with the vessel during relative movement between the magnets and the vessel.
US12239971B2
A system and method configured to restore ion exchange kinetic properties and purify resin is described. Degraded ion exchange kinetic properties of anion resin will eventually result in impurity slippage through resin charges. This system and method employs an acid catalyst in combination with sulfite cleaning solution to remove organic material and to protonate iron oxides for deconstruction and removal from anion resins. The cleaning solution, when applied via a cleaning vessel utilizing an eductor(s)/plenum and wedge-wire screen draw chamber, while controlling all phases of cleaning by electronic monitoring, yields complete restoration of ion exchange kinetics on usable resin. As such, the system and method provides a safe, effective, and vastly improved method for restoring anion resin kinetics and improving regeneration quality, for improved resin performance and minimizing resin replacement costs.
US12239968B2
A particulate filter includes a base material having a wall-flow structure including porous partition walls partitioning inlet and outlet cells, and wash-coating layers held inside partition walls. The wash-coating layers include inlet layers each formed from vicinity of an end portion at exhaust gas inflow side to have predetermined length and thickness and outlet layers each formed from vicinity of end portion at exhaust gas outflow side to have a predetermined length and thickness. The inlet and the outlet layers partially overlap with each other. Inlet layers of particulate filter contain substantially no noble metal catalyst, and outlet layers contain noble metal catalyst. Accordingly, PM collection performance can be easily enhanced in inlet region, and high gas distributability (pressure loss suppression performance) can be maintained in outlet region. Accordingly, it is possible to provide particulate filter capable of achieving high levels of PM collection performance and pressure loss suppression performance.
US12239966B2
This disclosure generally relates to methods for producing catalyst compositions, which may include forming a precursor solution comprising a silicon-containing material, an aluminum-containing material, and a quaternary amine, hydrothermally treating the precursor solution at a first temperature to form an intermediate mixture, hydrothermally treating the intermediate mixture at a second temperature to form beta zeolite, wherein the first temperature is less than the second temperature by at least 200° C., forming an extrudable mixture comprising the beta zeolite, alumina, a metal precursor, and a binder, extruding the extrudable mixture to form extrudates, and calcining the extrudates to form the catalyst composition.
US12239949B2
The present disclosure relates to a continuous flow process for preparing conducting polymers, for example polyaniline. The continuous flow process can provide a controlled synthesis of a conducting polymer from an emulsion comprising a polymerizable organic monomer and a free radical initiator in flow within a temperature controlled continuous flow reactor comprising at least one mixing element. The present disclosure also relates to the conducting polymers prepared by the continuous flow process.
US12239948B2
Disclosed herein are methods for preparing sporopollenin exine capsules (SECs) and methods for preparing composite materials that comprise SECs that utilize ionic liquid compositions. The composite materials typically include structural polymers and the SECs, and the SECs optionally may encapsulate useful materials, such as flame retardant materials, phase change materials, and therapeutic materials, such as probiotics and prebiotics. The composite materials may be prepared from ionic liquid compositions comprising the structural polymers and the SECs which optionally may encapsulate the useful materials, where the ionic liquid is removed from the ionic liquid compositions to obtain the composite materials comprising the SECs.
US12239946B2
A device for mixing and dispensing a flowable material or mixture of materials, the device comprising a cup having a bottom with a protrusion having an opening; a plunger having a dispensing port and air vent holes; a plug; a nozzle; and, a lid. The plug can be associated with and plug the cup protrusion opening when the cup is being filled or mixed, or the plug can be associated with the plunger port to seal off the air vent holes when material is dispensed from the device. Also disclosed is a method of mixing and dispensing a flowable material.
US12239944B2
Systems for a plastic pump/actuator capable of containing and pumping organic solvents and lubricants and having a more desirable lubricity within the system. The system has at least two cylinders, with plungers therein, oppositely disposed from each other and configured to operably connect to a pump.
US12239940B2
A process for solution mining of minerals is disclosed. The process comprises injecting an unsaturated stream (150) at an injection pressure into a mineral formation (130) to dissolve the mineral and extracting a high concentration stream (110) containing said dissolved mineral. The process comprising converting latent osmotic energy present in said high concentration stream into an increase in the total pressure of said stream by passage through an osmotic power unit (200) and generating electricity and reducing to the injection pressure the total pressure of a reduced concentration output stream (150) by passage through a power generating device (250) and using the reduced concentration output stream (150) at the injection pressure as the unsaturated stream (150). A process for storing a fuel in an underground formation is also disclosed.
US12239936B2
Techniques for humidifying a gas stream using a hydration system includes directing a gas stream through a contact zone of at least one hydration system; directing a hydration solution into the contact zone using a pump; contacting the gas stream with the hydration solution; evaporating water from the hydration solution into the gas stream to form a humidified gas stream, transporting the humidified gas stream out of the at least one hydration system; and collecting the remaining hydration solution in a hydration solution collection basin below the contact zone. The at least one hydration system is fluidly coupled to at least one downstream process and the humidified gas stream from the at least one hydration system is transported as a feed stream to the at least one downstream process.
US12239928B2
A drainage device is provided. The device includes a novel floating surface drain or skimmer to manage draining of liquid, such as draining of water from stormwater impoundment ponds or structures.
US12239923B2
A mixer system for a liquid chromatography system has a mixer block, a plurality of fluid inlets which are connected to a mixing chamber by a respective channel, and a fluid outlet for mixed fluid. Each channel has a valve assigned thereto which is adapted to control the fluid flow. An adapter which is attached to the mixer block and through which one of the channels passes is provided for each valve. The valve is attached to the appropriate adapter, and the valves are arranged in an annular shape around the mixer block.
US12239919B1
A water play toy includes a housing, a driving device, a power module, a first conductive terminal, and a second conductive terminal. A first accommodating cavity is surrounded and formed by a side wall of the housing, and the housing is equipped with a first opening, a second opening, a liquid inlet, and a liquid outlet. The driving device is positioned in the first accommodating cavity, and the driving device is used for driving liquid to sequentially pass through the liquid inlet and the liquid outlet. The power module is positioned in the first accommodating cavity, and the power module is electrically connected to the driving device. A first end of the first conductive terminal is electrically connected to the power module and the driving device, and a second end of the first conductive terminal is exposed from the housing through an installation channel.
US12239918B2
A swinging playground device includes a swing platform. The swinging playground device also includes a skirt coupled to the swinging platform and fills an area below the swinging platform as the swinging platform moves in a swinging motion.
US12239913B2
Systems and methods are provided for monitoring gameplay trajectories for stopping points and applying a time-based setting. The gameplay trajectories may be based on patterns within real-time gameplay data. The server may predict one or more stopping periods within a gameplay session based on a comparison of the gameplay trajectory data to the time-based setting. Then, the setting may be applied to generate options for transitioning out of the gameplay session at a next predicted timing point.
US12239896B1
This invention pertains to a golf guidebook, either physical or electronic, that incorporates golf-related data specific to a selected golf course. The data is computationally derived from sensor information, captured by an unmanned aerial vehicle flown above the course. The guidebook provides high-resolution imagery, distance mark-ups, and elevation deltas for individual golf holes. It may also feature putting-green maps with contour lines, interactive user-input fields, and synchronization capabilities with a mobile application for performance tracking. Additional features may include reusable or replaceable pages, environmental resistance, and an inverted color scheme for enhanced visibility in direct sunlight.
US12239884B2
The present disclosure generally relates to sharing workout content on electronic devices.
US12239868B2
A fusible link assembly including a first detection line, a second detection line, and a fusible link. The fusible link includes, a first substrate with a first end coupled to the first detection line, a second substrate with a first end coupled to the second detection line, and a solder layer directly bonded to a second end of the first substrate and a second end of the second substrate. The solder layer is configured to prevent separation of the first substrate and the second substrate until the solder layer reaches a temperature between 500° F.-575° F.
US12239863B2
Provided are: an aircraft that can fly stably even when water is discharged from a hose installed on the airframe thereof; and an aircraft system that uses the aircraft. This aircraft system comprises: a master aircraft 10; three slave aircrafts 20; and a remote control device 30 that is for making the aircraft fly as a unit. Each slave aircraft 20 has: four rotary blade portions that have propellers 221; and a suspending means 23 that is for suspending a prescribed part of a hose 50 that is for discharging water. The master aircraft has: four first rotary blade portions that have first propellers 121 that have been arranged to rotate in a horizontal plane; four second rotary blade portions that have second propellers 131 that have been arranged to rotate in a vertical plane; and a nozzle 15 on which a tip end part of the hose 50 is installed. The direction of the center axis of the nozzle 15 is parallel to the direction of the rotational axes of the second propellers 131.
US12239862B2
The invention relates to a ventilating firestop (10), comprising a load-bearing mesh (12) fitted with an intumescent (14), wherein the mesh (12) is malleable to a completely or partially confined volume (22), and the intumescent (14) applied to the mesh (12) forms a stripe pattern of intumescent spaced apart and with ventilating openings (30) between the stripes. At least the intumescent (14) in a plane which is exposed by fire forms a fine mesh and rapidly expandable stripe pattern which, during the fire attack phase, seals the openings (30) and forms a fire-insulating shield (40), and the intumescent (14) located separately from the shield (40), after formation of the shield (40), is expandable to subsequently fills up the remaining volume (22) in the firestop (10).
US12239858B2
A glass breaking tool that includes an impact head optimized to improve impact force and retraction of glass. The glass-breaking tools system includes an impact head, solid rubber or plastic handle or telescoping baton and adapters to connect the impact head to the baton. The impact head has glass-breaking projections aligned to accommodate a lateral swinging motion so that at least one pin will make contact with the glass even when the baton is swung laterally to the longitudinal axis of the baton. The shape and orientation of the components are designed to optimize performance. The impact head extends along a longitudinal axis from a first axial end to a second axial end and a handle attached to the second axial end of the impact head. The impact head has a cylindrical mass section extending along the longitudinal axis, a conically tapered section that extends from a first end of the cylindrical mass section conically toward the first axial end of the impact head and a rake portion with a cylindrical periphery extending from a second end of the cylindrical mass portion that is opposite the first end of the cylindrical mass portion.
US12239857B2
There is provided a receptacle device for a mask, the receptacle device comprising: a valve; a body portion surrounding the valve; an anchor portion; and a securing portion; wherein the anchor portion and the body portion define a channel therebetween, and the channel is configured to releasably engage the securing portion; and wherein the securing portion is configured to engage the mask.
US12239855B2
Methods and systems for hyperthermia-based anti-cancer treatments are disclosed herein. One disclosed system for hyperthermia-based anti-cancer treatments includes an array of millimeter wave amplifier integrated circuits having an output energy, one or more medical grade implantable susceptors, and a beam steering controller for the array of millimeter wave amplifier integrated circuits that is configured to steer the output energy of the array of millimeter wave amplifier integrated circuits into the one or more medical grade implantable susceptors.
US12239854B2
Methods and systems for acoustic treatment of tissue are provided. Acoustic energy, for example ultrasound energy, under proper functional control can penetrate deeply and be controlled precisely in tissue. Some aspects provide a method configured for removal of at least a portion of targeted tissue, such as a scar, abscess, non-cancerous tumor, or fibrous knot, in a tissue of the body.
US12239846B2
A system for controlling a laser treatment, comprising a three dimensional image generator configured to receive three dimensional surface data and to generate a user display of the three dimensional surface data, a user control configured to allow a user to select one or more sections from the user display of the three dimensional surface data and to assign a laser wavelength to the selected section and a robotic treatment device configured to receive the assigned laser wavelength and the selected section and to control a laser device to deliver a laser treatment to the selected section at the assigned laser wavelength.
US12239845B2
The present disclosure is directed to a phototherapeutic apparatus for focused UVB radiation and vitamin D synthesis and associated systems methods. In one embodiment a phototherapeutic apparatus can include a housing at least partially defining an irradiation zone, and an ultraviolet (UV) radiation source carried by the housing. The irradiation zone can be configured to accommodate at least a portion of a human patient. The phototherapeutic apparatus can further include a filter between the UV radiation source and the irradiation zone. The filter can be configured to at least substantially remove UV radiation outside of a predetermined spectrum centered at about 297 nm and having a bandwidth of at most 10 nm.
US12239832B2
A heart support system is provided includes a control unit and sound-generating devices, said control unit configured to detect and process alarm events and to carry out control tasks in the heart support system. The heart support system further includes a storage device configured to store one or more defined alarm signal time curves and one or more alarm priorities. Each alarm signal time curve and each alarm priority is assigned to an alarm event. A sound-generation controller is configured such that when an alarm event is detected, the controller overlays a volume time curve onto the alarm signal time curve assigned to the alarm event in the storage device, said volume time curve based on the alarm priority assigned to the respective alarm event in the storage device and the length of time since the detection of the alarm event.
US12239831B2
A mechanical circulatory support device is provided. The device has a housing containing separate first and second pumps. Each pump having an inlet, an outlet, and an impeller. The device also having a switching mechanism located within the housing and movable from a first position to a second position to divert blood flow within the housing to an inlet of one of the pumps and/or to bypass blood flow relative to one of the pumps within the housing.
US12239825B1
A drug delivery assembly is used for delivering a medicament to a patient. The assembly includes a housing having upper and lower surfaces and a sidewall, with an actuator associated with the sidewall. An adhesive pad, configured to attach to a human body surface, is associated with the lower surface of the housing. The assembly also includes a drug reservoir positioned within the housing, associated with a needle movably associated with the drug reservoir. The actuator is moved from a first position to a second position to deploy the needle, with movement of the actuator being generally perpendicular to movement of the needle.
US12239823B2
The present disclosure provides methods of preparing a medical solution. In some aspects, the medical solution can be prepared from mixing a first liquid with a second liquid or mixing a solid component with a liquid in an autoinjector. In some aspects, the heat released from the mixing can promote solubility of a dry medicament in the solution.
US12239816B2
A drug delivery device may include a cassette with a needle assembly and a cartridge. The cassette is configured to couple and decouple from a reusable module. The device may also comprise an orientation mechanism to orient the cassette in relation to another device, such as a reusable housing. The device may comprise an extendable and retractable needle assembly. The cassette configuration is adapted to have a stopper with a short travel (no more than 14 mm) to deliver 1 mL of medication. The cassette may have a ratio of height to diameter from 2:1 to 1:1. The cassette may include a pair of drivable interfaces for being driven to actuate the stopper to expel medication and to drive the needle assembly between a retracted and extended configuration for controlled fluid communication between the needle and reservoir.
US12239810B2
A drug delivery device having an array of solid microneedles embedded with drugs and a light-to-heat-transducing (LTHT) element and a flexible printed circuit board containing a light source, such as a light emitting diode, which can be activated to release the drug embedded in the microneedles through localized melting. The device is worn in contact with the skin of a user, which enables the microneedles penetrate the upper layers of the user's skin. Although in contact with a user's skin, the drugs are not delivered until the device is activated. Activation can occur by an external signal received by the device or through a signal based on a physiological state of the user determined through a sensor in a closed-loop control system.
US12239801B2
A transparent dressing includes a portion without adhesive to allow placement over a catheter to reduce any effect of placing and positioning of a catheter at the time of removal of the dressing. The transparent dressing may include at least one tab for handling and removing the dressing, the at least one tab being positioned on at least one outer edge of the dressing.
US12239799B2
A sheath assembly for the insertion of a percutaneous pump includes a tubular sheath body dimensioned for insertion into a blood vessel through a vessel aperture. The tubular sheath body includes a wall having a proximal end portion, a distal end portion, a longitudinal axis, an outer surface, an inner surface defining a first lumen substantially parallel to the longitudinal axis, and a second lumen disposed within the wall between the inner surface and the outer surface and extending from the proximal end portion to the distal end portion. The first lumen is dimensioned to allow passage of a portion of the percutaneous pump, and the second lumen is dimensioned for passage of a guidewire. A stylet is removably positioned to substantially occlude the second lumen. The stylet has a proximal end releasably secured to the sheath assembly.
US12239798B2
Medical devices and methods for making and using medical devices are disclosed. An example medical device may include a guide extension catheter. The guide extension catheter may include a proximal member having a proximal end, a distal end, and a proximal diameter. The guide extension catheter may additionally include a collar member attached to the distal end of the proximal member, the collar member comprising a base portion and one or more ribs connected to the base portion and extending distally away from the base portion. In still some additional embodiments, the guide extension catheter may further include a distal sheath member attached to the collar member, the distal sheath member having a distal diameter larger than the proximal diameter.
US12239795B2
A thoracic catheter for a comparatively simple and reliable control and relief of pain associated with thoracatomy. The thoracic catheter (1) has a distal end (2), a proximal end (3) and an intercostal region (4) in between. The thoracic catheter (1) is covered on its outer surface (6) in the intercostal region (4) with a capillary active layer (5), which is fluidically connectable to a distal source (7) of an anesthetic agent, and which, when arranged in the body of a patient, is capable of releasing the anesthetic agent into the intercostal space (21).
US12239787B2
An intubation assistance device facilitates insertion of an endotracheal tube or a guide wire into a patient's trachea without requiring a laryngoscope. The device includes a curved flexible tubular member that has a proximal portion having a proximal end, a distal portion having a distal end, and a curved portion between the proximal portion and the distal portion. A lumen extends from the proximal end of the tubular member and terminates in the curved portion of the tubular member. The lumen is sized and shaped so that an endotracheal tube and/or a guide wire is axially moveable through the lumen. A ramp is disposed at a distal end of the lumen, and is angled to facilitate insertion of the endotracheal tube and/or guide wire into the patient's trachea. The distal portion of the tubular member includes an esophageal protrusion that is configured to be inserted in the patient's esophagus.
US12239783B2
Aspects discussed herein relate to remixing devices that can be used to modify a gas mix being inhaled by a user. The device can accurately adjust inspired CO2 and/or O2 levels independently to a desired level. Aspects described herein generally improve the quality, efficiency, and speed of devices to provide breathing gas mixes. Medical conditions can be diagnosed and a therapeutically effective gas mix can be provided as treatment for diagnosed medical conditions.
US12239779B2
Disclosed embodiments relate to devices and systems for providing both negative-pressure therapy and instillation, In some embodiments, both negative-pressure and instillation may be provided to a tissue site in a low-profile context that may also prevent siphoning of instillation fluid during negative pressure application. For example, a single bridge may include a negative-pressure pathway with supports and an instillation pathway, and the instillation pathway may be configured with respect to the negative-pressure pathway so that at least a portion of the instillation pathway collapses upon application of negative pressure to the negative-pressure pathway. Collapse of at least a portion of the instillation pathway may be sufficient to close the instillation pathway.
US12239769B2
A multi-function air purifying and sterilizing system for filtering and/or sterilizing air comprises: (a) a casing having an air inlet at one end of the casing and an air outlet at the other end of the casing, (b) electrostatic means for attracting particulate matter including biological contaminants, and thus, for removing the particulate matter and the biological contaminants from an air stream passing therethrough, the electrostatic means comprising at least one spiked surface, the at least one spiked surface inducing corona discharge and/or cold plasma when high voltage is applied, the corona discharge and/or the cold plasma producing ozone molecules, (c) at least one energy source for producing rays, the at least one energy source is inter-displaced within the electrostatic means to have the produced rays in close proximity to the electrostatic means for maximizing the at least one energy source efficiency in demolishing the particulate matter and the biological contaminants depositing on the electrostatic means, and/or converting the ozone molecules to hydroxyl radicals, the hydroxyl radicals disinfecting and inhibiting the biological contaminants and/or odors, and/or gases in the air stream, the hydroxyl radicals is spreadable within a confined space, thus, disinfecting biological contaminants and/or odors, and/or gases within a confined space.
US12239766B2
A medical implant comprising a plurality of biocomposite layers, each layer comprising a polymer and a plurality of uni-directionally aligned continuous reinforcement fibers. The medical implant is suitable for load-bearing orthopedic implant applications and comprises one or more biocomposite materials where sustained mechanical strength and stiffness are critical for proper implant function.
US12239763B2
This disclosure provides isolated or recombinant polypeptides that are useful to vaccinate individuals suffering from chronic/recurrent biofilm disease or as a therapeutic for those with an existing infection. The individual's immune system will then naturally generate antibodies which prevent or clear these bacteria from the host by interfering with the construction and or maintenance of a functional protective biofilm. Alternatively, antibodies to the polypeptides can be administered to treat or prevent infection. Bacteria that are released from the biofilm by our technology are more readily cleared by the remainder of the host's immune system.
US12239756B1
A scented insert and its method of production. A scented material is provided that is a mixture of a plastic polymer and scented oil. The scented material is melted and extruded through a die to produce a scented tubular extrusion. The extrusion die can provide contours on the exterior surface and interior surface of the scented tubular extrusion. This increases the exposed surface area and the amount of scent that can be released. The scented tubular extrusion is cut into segments. The length of the segments depends upon the scenting needs of a particular product and/or container size. The segments are inserted into the containers along with the consumables.
US12239749B2
A thermal disinfecting tool for disinfecting surfaces bounding or located within a fixed volume of air is disclosed and includes a housing and a heater. The housing defines one or more inlets and one or more outlets. Air is drawn from the fixed volume of air through the one or more inlets and exits the housing through the one or more outlets. The heater is disposed within the housing downstream of the one or more inlets and upstream of the one or more outlets. The thermal disinfecting tool also includes one or more processors in electronic communication with the heater and a memory coupled to the one or more processors, where the memory stores a time to inactivation plot for a specific pathogen that indicates a deactivation time for the specific pathogen over a range of temperatures.
US12239735B2
Provided are novel lipid nanoparticles for delivering nucleic acids such as mRNA. Also provided are methods of making and using lipid nanoparticles for delivering nucleic acids such as mRNA.
US12239732B2
Methods of administering immunoconjugates that bind to CD37 (e.g., IMGN529) in combination with antibodies that bind to CD20 are provided. The methods comprise administering an anti-CD37 immunoconjugate (e.g., IMGN529) and an anti-CD20 antibody to a person in need thereof, for example, a cancer patient.
US12239728B2
A cosmetic composition for providing a matte foundation may be provided, that includes a mattifying filler, a colorant, a hydrocarbon-based oil, a hydrocarbon-based emulsifier, water, and UV filter system consisting of an organic hydrophobic UV filter, an organic water-soluble UV filter, and an inorganic UV filter. The mattifying filler may consist of a silica aerogel and optionally a modified starch, amorphous silica, a clay, and/or a silicone elastomer. The organic hydrophobic UV filter may consist of octyl salicylate, and the cosmetic composition may be free of other organic hydrophobic ultraviolet filters. The organic water-soluble ultraviolet filter may consist of 2-phenylbenzimidazole-5-sulfonic acid (PBSA), and the cosmetic composition may be free of other organic water-soluble ultraviolet filters. The inorganic UV filter may consist of UV-grade titanium dioxide, and the cosmetic composition may be free of other inorganic ultraviolet filters.
US12239721B2
A nanoparticle for diagnostic, therapeutic, and/or theranostic applications includes a rod-shaped plant virus like particle (VLP), one or more gadolinium T1 contrast agents conjugated to an interior surface of the VLP, and a layer of polydopamine (PDA) coated over a portion of the exterior surface of the VLP.
US12239715B2
Provided herein are oligonucleotides, peptides, and peptide-oligonucleotide-conjugates. Also provided herein are methods of treating a muscle disease, a viral infection, or a bacterial infection in a subject in need thereof, comprising administering to the subject oligonucleotides, peptides, and peptide-oligonucleotide-conjugates described herein.
US12239712B2
The invention relates to pharmaceutical compositions, and more specifically to pharmaceutical compositions comprising at least one fatty acid-bile acid conjugate and at least one thyroid hormone receptor agonist or thyroid hormone mimetic or pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, and use of such compositions in methods of treating, stabilizing or lessening the severity or progression of a liver disease including fibrosis, non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD), non-alcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH), and comorbidity ties associated with a liver disease.
US12239710B2
The present disclosure relates to compositions, such as siRNA molecules and FN3 domains conjugated to the same, as well as methods of making and using the molecules.
US12239706B2
A method and system for the treatment of Monarch butterflies (Danaus plexippus Kluk (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae) to protect them from various life-threatening conditions, including the negative effects of various pesticides, provides Monarch butterflies with the ability to assimilate and degrade pesticides such as neonicotinoids and fipronil. Certain embodiments involve the inoculation of flowers by honey bees with desired bacteria that are able to degrade pesticides, such that when Monarch butterflies visit such flowers, they are exposed to such bacteria, transforming the microbiome of the Monarch butterflies so that pesticides can be degraded, thus enhancing the health of the Monarch butterflies.
US12239699B2
The present disclosure relates to a novel influenza immunogen with broad-spectrum anti-influenza virus effect and the immunization method thereof. The present disclosure provides a novel anti-influenza immunogen whose sequence comprises the amino acid sequence shown in SEQ ID No: 1 and SEQ ID No: 2, or an immunogenic fragment thereof, or a combination thereof. In addition, the present disclosure also provides use of the recombinant vector vaccine using said immunogen in the anti-influenza vaccine, and the immunization method of the recombinant vector vaccine using said immunogen. Through the sequential administration of multiple vector vaccines expressing the novel influenza immunogen, and the combined use of systemic administration and local administration, a high-level T cell immune response is induced in the local respiratory tract, which can produce broad-spectrum protection against multiple influenza virus infections.
US12239698B2
This disclosure provides HIV immunogens and use thereof for generating an immune response in a subject. Also disclosed is a method of isolating anti-HIV antibodies and use thereof. This disclosure further provides a method for treating or preventing a human immunodeficiency type 1 (HIV-1) infection in a subject using the disclosed HIV immunogens and/or antibodies.
US12239696B2
Provided herein are chimeric recombinant polypeptides (chimeritopes) for use in vaccines against Anaplasmosis, in assays for diagnosing Anaplasmosis and in assays for measuring antibody titers induced by vaccination. The chimeritopes comprise, for example, antigenic segments of three Anaplasma proteins (OmpA, AipA and Asp14) and a non-antigenic segment of a Borrelia Osp protein (e.g. OspC) that is 10 amino acids in length, proline rich and random coil in conformation. Compositions comprising the chimeritopes, optionally in combination with additional Anaplasma proteins of interest, are also provided, as are methods of using the compositions as vaccines and diagnostic tools.
US12239694B2
Provided herein are klotho polypeptide compositions and methods for improving cognitive function in an individual comprising treatment of with klotho polypeptides.
US12239693B2
The present disclosure provides methods of treating lysosomal storage disorders, e.g., Fabry disease, Gaucher disease, Farber disease, and Pompe disease. The method comprises producing vector-transduced T-Rapa cells that express a transgene of interest and administering the cells to a patient in need thereof. The T-Rapa cells may be transduced with a dual promoter lentivirus vector.
US12239689B2
The present invention relates to a controlled-release CNP agonist from which CNP agonist is released with a release half-life of at least 6 hours under physiological conditions and which controlled-release CNP agonist has an EC50 that is at least 20-fold higher than the EC50 of the corresponding free CNP agonist and which released CNP agonist has an EC50 that is at most 3-fold higher than the EC50 of the corresponding free CNP agonist; to pharmaceutical compositions comprising said controlled-release CNP agonist; their use; and to methods of treatment.
US12239687B2
Non-aqueous membrane emulsion methods for producing polymeric and polymer-coated microparticles are provided. Some embodiments provide methods for producing a sustained release or controlled release microparticle by combining micronized protein powder and a polymer into a hydrocarbon solvent to form a non-aqueous first solution, agitating the first non-aqueous solution to form a suspension, feeding the suspension into a dispersion pump, wherein the suspension is infused through a porous membrane into a continuous phase comprising a fluorocarbon liquid and a fluorosurfactant to form a hydrocarbon-in-fluorocarbon emulsion. The hydrocarbon solvent, the fluorocarbon liquid, and the fluorosurfactant are removed, and the microparticles are collected.
US12239686B2
The present invention provides a compound, preferably a peptide, having the following characteristics: a) consisting of 9 amino acids in a linear arrangement; b) of those 9 amino acids, 5 are cationic and 4 have a lipophilic R group; c) at least one of said 9 amino acids is a non-genetically coded amino acid (e.g. a modified derivative of a genetically coded amino acid); and optionally d) the lipophilic and cationic residues are arranged such that there are no more than two of either type of residue adjacent to one another; and further optionally e) the molecule comprises two pairs of adjacent cationic amino acids and one or two pairs of adjacent lipophilic residues; for use in the treatment of a tumour by combined, sequential or separate administration with an immune checkpoint inhibitor. The present invention further provides pharmaceutical packs or compositions comprising these active agents and methods of treating a tumour comprising administration of these active agents. Also provided are the peptidic compounds as defined above for use in the destabilisation of a mitochondrial membrane, and a peptidic compound as defined above and an immunotherapeutic agent as a combined preparation for separate, simultaneous or sequential use in treating tumours.
US12239675B2
Provided herein, inter alia, are compositions of short chain fatty acid (SCFA)-producing microorganisms and methods of making and using the same to inhibit pathogenic bacterial populations in the gastrointestinal tracts of an animal and additionally promote improvement of one or more metrics in an animal, such as increased bodyweight gain, decreased feed conversion ratio (FCR), improved gut barrier integrity, reduced mortality, reduced pathogen infection, and reduced pathogen shedding in feces.
US12239661B2
A method for treating undesired implanted calcium phosphate tissue filler by administering an effective amount of a pharmaceutically acceptable hyperosmotic composition. The hyperosmotic composition may be hyperosmotic solution, particularly a hyperosmotic aqueous solution. The hyperosmotic composition is administration to an area containing the undesired calcium phosphate tissue filler. Administration of the hyperosmotic composition can reduce, dilute/or redistribute an undesired amount or accumulation of implanted calcium phosphate tissue filler implanted. Methods herein can ameliorate undesired filler that is implanted in an undesired or unintended location, that migrates to an undesired location, that results in an undesired visual result, and/or that results in undesired compression of surrounding tissue, and/or that results in pain, infection, and/or inflammation.
US12239656B2
Disclosed herein are methods of inhibiting nuclear pore complex assembly and inducing nuclear pore complex disassembly. Methods to screen for agents that inhibit nuclear pore assembly or induce nuclear pore complex disassembly are also disclosed.
US12239650B2
The present invention relates to compounds with high chemical stability and methods for inhibiting the pathological activity of NETs in a subject. In particular, the invention relates to compounds with high chemical stability, uses thereof and methods for inhibiting or ameliorating NET mediated ailments (such as, for example, sepsis, systemic immune response syndrome (SIRS) and ischemia reperfusion injury (IRI)). More particularly, the invention relates to methods and uses of a polyanionic sulfated cellobioside modified with a small uncharged glycosidically linked substituent at its reducing terminus, wherein the presence of the substituent results in a molecule with high chemical stability without affecting the ability of the molecule to be effective in the therapy of NET mediated ailments. For example, the present invention relates to methods and uses of β-O-methyl cellobioside sulfate (mCBS) or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof (e.g., mCBS.Na), in the therapy of a range of NET mediated ailments in subjects.
US12239646B2
Bacterial species and the associated microbiome persist in tumors and metastases. Antibiotic treatment selectively reduces microbiome-induced tumor growth and can advantageously be included in treatment regimens. Accordingly, the present disclosure relates to, for example, the diagnosing cancer in a subject and providing identifying an effective treatment regimen for the subject.
US12239633B2
The subject invention provides therapeutic compositions, and uses thereof for the treatment or amelioration of injury to small intestine mucosa. In preferred embodiments, the composition comprises one or more nutrients and/or electrolytes that acquire or retain considerable absorptive capacity.
US12239622B2
Composition for use in the prevention and/or treatment of a liver disease in a mammal, the composition comprising an active agent, said active agent containing the amino acids leucine, isoleucine, valine, threonine, lysine and the carboxylic acids citric acid, succinic acid, malic acid.
US12239620B2
Described herein are methods for decreasing triglyceride synthesis and/or decreasing triglyceride accumulation in the liver of a subject, wherein the methods comprise administering to the subject a compound of Formula (I): a metabolite thereof, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof.
US12239618B2
The invention provides pharmaceutical compositions and methods for treating cancer, neurodegenerative disorders, conditions associated with accumulated amyloid-beta peptide deposits, Tau protein levels, and/or accumulations of alpha-synuclein by administering a HAT modulator and a HDAC modulator to a subject.
US12239615B2
The present invention relates to hydroxynorketamine for the use in the treatment of depression. In particular, the present invention concerns hydroxynorketamine for use in the treatment of depression, wherein hydroxynorketamine is administered in form of at least one prodrug, and wherein the at least one prodrug is orally administered in a modified-release dosage form.
US12239605B2
A closure for an ampoule, the closure comprising: a cap portion arranged to engage with a broken neck of an opened ampoule; and a cylindrical skirt portion extending from the cap portion, the skirt portion being elastically deformable and being arranged to move from a first position in which it is at least partially folded back on itself to a second position in which it is unfolded and extends away from the cap portion. The closure can close off an opening such as that formed in an ampoule when the neck is snapped and the top removed. As the cap portion engages with the broken neck, it reduces the chances of users receiving lacerations from the sharp edges. The cap portion also seals the ampoule, preventing the contents from being spilled and/or wasted. The closure also provides a degree of impact protection, reinforcement and strengthening to the now weakened open end of the ampoule, e.g. in case the ampoule is dropped. The skirt portion not only provides a seal around the ampoule body by being in close contact therewith, but also holds the cap portion firmly against the broken rim of the open ampoule, thus holding the closure in place by means of the friction between the skirt portion and the outer surface of the ampoule body.
US12239597B2
A system for assisting an operator in a work station includes a collaborative robot, with a robot electronic controller, configured for conducting an operation in an open, non-protected space, adjacent and in cooperation with the operator, an exoskeleton including one or more actuators, wearable by the operator for receiving assistance in conducting one or more operations, a plurality of sensors associable to the body of the operator and configured for detecting at least one parameter. An electronic controller is configured for receiving signals by the sensors and for sending signals to the one or more actuators of the exoskeleton and to the robot controller based on an elaboration of signals received by the sensors, wherein the system controller is configured and programmed for dynamically controlling the exoskeleton and the robot so as to avoid collisions or injuries between the robot and the operator or conditions of lack of safety for the operator, and to enable the robot to cooperate with the operator by assuming positions suitable to the physical and physiological features, to the workload and to the postures of the operator.
US12239591B2
A system and a method for managing patient therapy protocols are disclosed. The system includes a patient support apparatus for supporting a patient, a first input device for use by a first caregiver, a location system for determining a location of the first caregiver, and a therapy management system. The therapy management system receives a location of the first caregiver and a selection of a patient therapy protocol, which includes a location requirement. The therapy management system then determines whether the first caregiver location input signal satisfies the location requirement before initiating the selected patient therapy protocol or notifying a second caregiver if the location of the first caregiver does not satisfy the location requirement.
US12239590B2
A nursing bed system includes a nursing bed and a nursing bed posture changing device. The nursing bed posture changing device includes care recipient data acquiring circuitry that acquires care recipient data containing at least one of voice data of a care recipient who lies on the nursing bed, and image data obtained by imaging the care recipient, bed posture information generating circuitry that generates bed posture mode information according to a demand by the care recipient based on the care recipient data, and posture changing circuitry that changes the posture of the nursing bed based on the bed posture mode information.
US12239587B2
An electric wheelchair propulsion system for a wheelchair. The propulsion system has a first and a second torque transfer hub rotatably mounted to a respective first and second drive wheel of the wheelchair, and an elongated axle tube arranged between the first and second hubs. First and second motors are arranged within the axle tube extending from opposing ends thereof. First and second drive axles are insertable into bores of the first and second hubs respectively, and are operatively connected to the first and second motors respectively. Means are provided to control the actuation of the motors. Actuation of the motors drives a rotation thereof, transferring a torque to the drive axles. The drive axles in turn transfer a torque to the hubs, thereby rotating the drive wheels.
US12239586B2
The invention relates to a mechanical wheelchair drive, comprising a rotatably mounted lever, a handle fastened to the lever, and a force transfer unit for transferring rotational motion of the lever to a wheelchair wheel, wherein the lever has a variable length and is guided along a closed guide of a guide plate, said guide deviating from the circular form, such that the length of the lever changes during the rotational motion.
US12239579B2
Provided herein are examples of bead worn supports, such as eyewear, configured to provide passive venting by providing pathways between a lens and a frame and/or by providing a smooth anterior profile to allow a laminar flow of air on an anterior surface of the lens. The pathways through the frame and lens of the eyewear can be configured such that they do not provide a direct path to the eye of a wearer. The headworn supports provided hemin can provide venting while reducing or preventing unwanted light, particles, or other debris from contacting the eye of the user. The headworn supports can also be configured to exhibit excellent ballistic performance.
US12239561B2
Apparatus (20, 200) including a leaf spring assembly (22, 220) shaped to define a first end (32), a second end (34), and a middle portion (36) including a plurality of layered leaf springs (40). The spring is placed across a joint such that the first end is placed against a first location on a first side of the joint, and the second end is placed against a second location on a second side of the joint. When the leaf spring is constrained between the first and second locations, the middle portion (36) bridges a gap (120) formed between the middle portion and the joint. Additionally, a position of a first portion of a limb on the first side of the joint is maintained at a desired angle with respect to a second portion of the limb on the second side of the joint. Other embodiments are also described.
US12239547B2
An intervertebral spacer and stabilization implant includes a plate having sockets configured for retaining a fastener passable through the socket and into an adjacent vertebral body. One or more connecting projections extend from a side of the plate, to mate with projections extending from a spacer body. A plurality of teeth project from at least one of the upper or lower surfaces of the spacer body, and a chamber is formed through the spacer body to enable bone fusion between the vertebrae. The combined plate and spacer may be inserted to lie completely within the intervertebral space, or a portion of the plate may overlie a vertebral body.
US12239539B2
Provided is a novel joint replacement prosthesis that includes a base component, and one or more modular stems. The base component includes a bone-facing surface including one or more stem connectors configured for receiving and forming connections with the one or more modular stems inserted from the bone-facing surface side.
US12239535B2
A delivery system includes an elongated shaft component, a self-expanding valve prosthesis, at least one cinching suture, and a radially-expandable sleeve. The valve prosthesis is disposed over a distal portion of the elongated shaft component and includes a compressed configuration for delivery and an expanded configuration for deployment. The at least one cinching suture removably couples the valve prosthesis to the elongated shaft component and radially compresses the valve prosthesis into the compressed configuration for delivery. The sleeve is secured to and encircles an outer surface of the valve prosthesis. The sleeve has a delivery state with a first diameter extending over a full length of the valve prosthesis in the compressed configuration and a deployed state with a greater second diameter extending over the full length of the valve prosthesis in the expanded configuration. The sleeve is configured to prevent paravalvular leakage in situ in the deployed state.
US12239532B2
Systems and methods for native heart valve repair includes an anchor. The anchor includes an anchor body configured to transition from a first configuration, in which the anchor body is straightened for transvascular delivery to the native heart valve, to a second configuration comprising at least two turns for implanting at the native heart valve. Two or more of the at least two turns in the second configuration have a diameter smaller than a major axis of the native heart valve.
US12239515B2
The present disclosure relates to a three dimensional nonwoven comprising a protruded area comprising a first area having a first light reflectance and a second area having a second light reflectance. The three dimensional nonwoven comprises a recess comprising a third area having a third light reflectance, wherein the first light reflectance is different from the second light reflectance, as measured according to Light Reflectance Test. The present disclosure also related to an absorbent article comprising the three dimensional nonwoven.
US12239514B2
The present invention relates generally to absorbent products, and, more particularly, to disposable absorbent articles that provide improvements in the containment of bodily fluid secretions. The fluid containment improvements are the result of adding gasketing barriers to standing leg cuffs of various absorbent articles. Adding gasketing barriers to the standing leg cuffs will decrease fluid leakage at the leg and crotch area of the user and will improve the comfort of the user.
US12239512B2
A method for making an absorbent article comprising an absorbent core comprising one or more channels, the method comprising the steps of: i. providing a first endless moving surface comprising a plurality of molds typically in the form of pockets, each mold comprising an insert therein, wherein the molds are in fluid communication with an under-pressure source except for said insert such that a suction zone is formed in areas neighboring said insert; ii. feeding a first nonwoven web to said first endless moving surface and over one or more said molds; iii. depositing an absorbent material, comprising cellulose fibers and/or superabsorbent polymer particles, over at least a portion of said nonwoven web; iv. optionally further selectively removing said absorbent material from areas of the nonwoven web corresponding to said insert; v. applying a second nonwoven web directly or indirectly over the absorbent material, or folding said first nonwoven web, such to sandwich said absorbent material between upper and lower layers of said nonwoven web(s); vi. joining said upper and lower layers together at least in the areas of the nonwoven web(s) corresponding to the insert to form an absorbent core having one or more channels substantially free of absorbent material; vii. optionally joining an acquisition distribution layer to said absorbent core, typically a skin facing surface of said upper layer; viii. optionally laminating said absorbent core and acquisition distribution layer between a liquid pervious topsheet and a liquid impervious backsheet; wherein at least a portion of said insert is porous and is in fluid communication with a positive pressure source such that air is blown out of said insert to form an air cushion or air film around at least an uppermost surface of said insert and in that said absorbent material is thereby forced away from areas of the nonwoven web corresponding to said insert.
US12239510B2
In some embodiments, the present invention is directed to an actuator which includes at least the following: a pre-stretched electro-active polymer film being pre-stretched in a single or biaxial planar directions; at least one first semi-stiff conductor attached to a first surface of the pre-stretched electro-active polymer film, wherein the first surface is parallel to the single or biaxial planar stretch directions; at least one second semi-stiff conductor attached to a second surface of the pre-stretched electro-active polymer film, wherein the second surface is opposite to the first surface; where the semi-stiff conductors are configured to: fix the pre-stretched electro-active polymer film in a pre-stretched state and allow the pre-stretched electro-active polymer film to expand; a pair of mechanical connectors coupled to each end of an active region of the pre-stretched electro-active polymer film.
US12239505B2
A method for monitoring the positioning of the teeth including production of a three-dimensional digital initial reference model of the arches of the patient and, for each tooth, definition, from the initial reference model, of a three-dimensional digital reference tooth model; acquisition of updated image of at least one two-dimensional image of the arches in actual acquisition conditions; analysis of each updated image and production, for each updated image, of an updated map; optionally, determination, for each updated image, of rough virtual acquisition conditions approximating the actual acquisition conditions; searching, for each updated image, for a final reference model corresponding to the positioning of the teeth during the acquisition of the updated image, for each tooth model, comparison of the positionings of the tooth model in the initial reference model and in the reference model obtained at the end of the preceding steps to determine the movement of the teeth.
US12239497B2
A medical instrument includes an instrument shaft with exit holes near a distal end of the shaft, a tool coupled to the distal end of the shaft, and a backend. The backend may include a mechanism that manipulates a drive element that extends through the shaft and couples to the tool, a fluid inlet, and a fluid channel assembly providing fluid communication between the fluid inlet and the proximal end of the shaft. Cleaning fluid is directed into the fluid inlet, through the fluid channel assembly, and into the shaft. A chassis or other structural piece of the backend may form part of the fluid channel assembly.
US12239494B1
This invention provides a hand-held stereovision (HHS) system that is an efficient, accurate, and radiation-free imaging device to acquire intraoperative profiles of the exposed spine in prone position. The reconstructed intraoperative stereovision surfaces (iSV) are registered with preoperative CT (pCT; supine position) in a nonrigid fashion to generate updated CT images (uCT) and correct for vertebral posture and alignment changes. Updated CT images are uploaded to a commercial navigation system for surgical navigation.
US12239493B2
The invention relates to a method and device for maintaining a separately-determined trajectory and securing an electrode or other such placed object through a bone, such as a skull, while also covering the aperture. The device includes a base and an engaging-disengaging butterfly with inner sleeve for temporary engagement of the base and sliding screwdriver for engaging the base or butterfly inner sleeve, depending upon desired function. The base's lower portion engages via threads the bone, while maintaining previously determined trajectory; the upper portion engages the butterfly to continue to maintain previously determined trajectory electrode trajectory; a feature grasps a passing electrode in a given position; the electrode grasp from the butterfly can be then released, the base screwed in to final position, and the butterfly disengaged by unscrewing it from the base.
US12239491B2
A system (200) and method (900): access (910) a 3D reference image of a region of interest (ROI) (10) in a subject which was obtained using a first 3D imaging modality; segment (920) the ROI in the 3D reference image to define (930) a reference 3D coordinate system; acquire (940) 2D acoustic images of the ROI without absolute spatial tracking; generate (950) a standardized predicted pose for the 2D acoustic images with respect to a standardized 3D coordinate system (400) which was defined for a plurality of previously-obtained 3D images of corresponding ROIs in a plurality of other subjects which were obtained using the first 3D imaging modality; convert (960) the standardized predicted poses for the 2D acoustic images from the standardized 3D coordinate system to reference predicted poses in the reference 3D coordinate system; and use (970) the reference predicted poses for the 2D acoustic images to register the 2D acoustic images to the 3D reference image.
US12239490B2
An ultrasound system has user selectable tissue specific presets by which a user can condition the ultrasound system to be optimized for specific types of diagnostic exams. After an exam type has been selected and the exam commenced, a user manipulates imaging and workflow controls to better visualize the target anatomy. The user has the choice of setting up the system so that imaging and workflow settings are maintained when the tissue specific presets are changed, or to reset the imaging and workflow settings to default values upon a change of the tissue specific presets.
US12239488B2
Systems, methods, and apparatuses for confidence mapping of shear wave measurements are disclosed. Confidence maps of shear wave image measurements may be generated from one or more confidence factors. Masking of graphical overlays of tissue stiffness values, based at least in part on the confidence map is disclosed. The confidence map and/or masked graphical overlays of tissue stiffness values may be superimposed on ultrasound images and provided on a display.
US12239487B2
A processor acquires an ultrasound image group including a plurality of ultrasound images of a subject captured by an ultrasound probe, which is moved along a body surface of the subject, at a plurality of imaging positions of the subject. The processor searches for a similar ultrasound image group that is similar to features of the acquired ultrasound image group with reference to a plurality of diagnosed ultrasound image groups and a diagnostic log which is for each of the plurality of diagnosed ultrasound image groups and which includes positional information indicating a position of a disease. The processor specifies an imaging position on a body surface where a disease predicted in the subject is capable of being imaged, using the positional information included in the diagnostic log for the similar ultrasound image group, and notifies of the specified imaging position.
US12239486B2
The invention provides an ultrasound imaging system, comprising an array of transducer elements grouped into element groups, wherein the element groups comprise a plurality of first element groups (having a first orientation) and a plurality of second element groups (having a second orientation different from the first orientation). A first conductor is connected to each of the elements in each first element grouping and a second conductor is connected to each of the elements in each second element grouping. Each element group is adapted to be activated for transmission or reception by the application of a bias voltage, by way of a plurality of bias voltage circuits, and controlled by a plurality of transmit and receive circuits. The system is adapted to acquire first ultrasound data, wherein the bias voltage is applied to the first conductors of the array (or a sub-array) and the transducers receive a signal from a transmit and receive circuit. The system is further adapted to acquire second ultrasound data, wherein the bias voltage is applied to the second conductors of the array (or a different sub-array) and the transducers receive a signal from a transmit and receive circuit. Thus, the ultrasound system is adapted to acquire two separate ultrasound data (such as ultrasound images) corresponding to different views without requiring any physical movement of the array.
US12239470B2
A sterilization container for receiving cleaned or sterilized medical goods or medical goods to be cleaned or sterilized. The container includes a sterilization container lower part forming a receiving space for the goods and a sterilization container lid that can be detachably mounted on the sterilization container lower part to seal the receiving space. At least one handle element is located on the sterilization container lower part and can be positioned between a carrying position projecting from the sterilization container lid and a locking position that locks the sterilization container lid to the sterilization container lower part. A receiving region is formed in the sterilization container lid for receiving the handle element in the locking position. The receiving region is a trough like handle recess in the form of a depression projecting into the receiving space with respect to the lid plane for receiving the entire handle element.
US12239468B2
A patient couch is disclosed. In an embodiment, the patient couch includes a docking facility for mechanical docking on a docking point of a medical imaging installation; a drive unit including a plurality of wheels for a drive movement of the patient couch up to a docking position, where the docking facility reaches the docking point; at least one sensor, to acquire sensor signals characterizing a relative position between the medical imaging installation and the patient couch; a computing unit to calculate a movement trajectory with a destination of the docking position for the patient couch, based on the sensor signals acquired; and a display facility, to display the movement trajectory calculated for a user.
US12239467B2
A display device including: display pixels arranged in a display area of a display panel; light sensing pixels arranged in the display area; a display scan driver configured to drive the display pixels to emit light; a light sensing scan driver configured to drive the light sensing pixels to sense light; and a main driving circuit configured to measure a user's biometric information using light sensing signals received from the light sensing pixels, wherein the main driving circuit displays a preset application program screen during a biometric information measurement period to guide the user's pulse wave signal detection process, and measures the biometric information using pulse wave signals determined to have high accuracy among pulse wave signals detected during the biometric information measurement period.
US12239456B1
Systems and methods relating to a millimeter wave radio-frequency (RF) sleep monitoring device are described. The device includes a surface transparent to RF signals through which a radar device enclosed in a housing transmits RF signals. An antenna array is enclosed within the housing and is oriented at a non-zero angle with respect to a vertical axis of the device. The antenna array receives the reflected RF signals through the surface. The reflected RF signals are used to generate sleep monitoring data such as a respiratory rate or motion data associated with a user.
US12239455B2
An MR Spectroscopy (MRS) system and approach is provided for measuring spectral information corresponding with propionic acid (PA), either alone or in combination with other measurements corresponding with other chemicals, to diagnose and/or monitor at least one of bacterial infection, such as associated with P. acnes, or conditions related thereto such as nociceptive pain associated with tissue acidity. An interfacing DDD-MRS signal processor receives output signals to produce a post-processed spectrum, with spectral regions corresponding with certain chemicals, including PA, then measured as biomarkers. A diagnostic processor derives a diagnostic value for each disc, and performs certain normalizations, based upon ratios of the spectral regions related to chemicals implicated in degenerative painful tissue pathology, such as PA and hypoxia markers of lactic acid (LA) and alanine (AL), and structural chemicals of proteoglycan (PG) and collagen or carbohydrate (CA).
US12239454B2
In some aspects, a non-transitory computer readable medium is disclosed that has an application stored thereon that when executed by a processor of an electronic device causes the processor to perform a process. The process can include receiving motion data from a motion sensor, the motion data being indicative of motion by a user while wearing the motion sensor. The process can also include transmitting the motion data to a server, receiving from the server a time that the motion data indicates a foot of the user experienced a loading force which risked adversely impacting an existing foot ulcer or causing a new foot ulcer, determining a geographic location of the motion sensor at the time that the foot experienced the loading force, displaying the time and the geographic location, and requesting that the user identify an activity engaged in by the user at the time and the geographic location.
US12239451B2
This invention relates to kits including novel oral food challenge meal formulations. In particular, the invention also relates to kits including novel oral food challenge meal formulations, wherein the placebo dose formulation is indistinguishable from non-placebo dose formulations.
US12239446B2
According to an example aspect of the present invention, there is provided a female snap connector with a base and a cap which opposes the base and forms a depth for the snap connector. The female snap connector further includes a socket that is formed into the cap for receiving the stud of a co-operational male snap connector. The base material of the female snap connector is or comprises a conductive polymer. The socket is set to deform elastically for complying to the passage of the complementary shape of the stud within the socket during insertion and removal of the stud in the depth dimension of the female snap connector.
US12239442B2
Analyte sensor comprises an electrode layer having an elongate body comprising a proximal end and a distal end. The electrode layer includes a first active working electrode area, a second electrode portion, and at least one gap electrically separating the first active working electrode portion and the second electrode portion. The first active working electrode area comprises at least one sensing spot with at least one analyte responsive enzyme disposed thereupon. Additional analyte sensors disclosed.
US12239440B2
A probe connected to a pulse photometer include: a first light-emitting portion having a first light-emitting surface from which first light having a first wavelength used for calculating a concentration of a first light-absorbing substance in blood of a patient is emitted; a second light-emitting portion having a second light-emitting surface from which second light having a second wavelength that is used for calculating the concentration of the first light-absorbing substance is emitted; and a third light-emitting portion having a third light-emitting surface from which third light having a third wavelength that is not used for calculating the concentration of the first light-absorbing substance is emitted. A distance between a first reference point of the first light-emitting portion and a second reference point of the second light-emitting portion is shorter than a distance between a third reference point of the third light-emitting portion and the first reference point.
US12239436B2
Disclosed in certain embodiments is a device including a sensor module, a display, a memory and a processor. The processor may be configured to obtain sensing data from the sensor module, analyze the movement pattern of a user on the basis of the obtained sensing data, estimate movement characteristic information on the basis of the analysis result of the movement pattern, identify the operation mode of the electronic device on the basis of the movement characteristic information, and analyze activity information about the user on the basis of the identified operation mode so as to display same using the display. A method thereof is also disclosed and various other embodiments are also possible.
US12239432B2
A method and apparatus for generating a custom made orthotic or insole for footwear. Information relating to the pressure applied by the sole of a person's foot is used to custom produce an orthotic or insole for the person by using softer material or different structural components, selectively located at pressure points of a particular individual, to unload pressure on the foot at those points. Pressure readings taken for the foot of an individual identify pressure points for that foot. The pressure points are quantified and the foot is “mapped” in a grid format on a pressure map. Once mapped, structural components corresponding to a particular pressure value are positioned in the orthotic based on the mapping.
US12239428B2
A system, apparatus and method directed to a magnetizer. The magnetizer can include a housing and one or more magnets positioned in an interior of the housing. The housing can include a top face, a bottom face, and a plurality of side faces adjoining the top face and the bottom face. The top face can include a first opening configured to receive a needle, the first opening having a first cross-sectional area. One of the plurality of side faces can include a second opening having a second cross-sectional area. The second cross-sectional area can be at least one third of the first cross-sectional area.
US12239403B2
A terminal mechanism of a surgical robot and control method and related equipment thereof. The control method comprises: generating a pose adjustment signal upon a remote center of motion and a spatial target point, for a robotic arm to drive an instrument base until the remote center of motion coincides with the target point; generating an extension signal for a positioning link to extend until the distal center of a channel member coincides with the remote center of motion; monitoring an installation completion signal of an surgical instrument at an instrument driving mechanism, and if yes, generating an instrument movement signal to move the surgical instrument to the target position. The surgical robot is suitable for few-port or single-port surgery. By controlling its terminal mechanism, interferences of end components are avoided, control accuracy is improved, and stability and availability is ensured.
US12239402B2
An instrument holder generally includes a carriage rotatable with respect to a carriage support, a light pipe extending axially through the carriage, and an electrical conductor extending through the carriage radially outward of the light pipe. The light pipe can transmit light energy and the electrical conductor can transmit electricity between a proximal end portion and a distal end portion of the carriage to a medical instrument. The rotatable carriage may include a sterile adapter assembly positioned at the proximal and/or distal end portions of the rotatable carriage. The sterile adapter assembly may include a roll disk rotatable with respect to the outer frame, an inner disk rotatable with respect to the roll disk, and a light pipe to transmit light energy through the roll disk. The inner disk can transfer movement of an actuator between the rotatable carriage and the instrument.
US12239401B2
A robotic system includes a base movable relative to a floor surface and a controllable arm extending from the base. The arm is configured to support and move a tool. The arm has a powered joint operable to position and/or orient the tool. The robotic system further includes a positioning indicator. A processor operates the positioning indicator to direct a manual repositioning of the base relative to the floor surface while the processor is operating the powered joint to maintain the position and/or orientation of the tool during the manual repositioning.
US12239397B2
A robotic imaging system includes a camera configured to one or more images of a target site. The camera may be a stereoscopic camera configured to record a left image and a right image for producing at least one stereoscopic image of the target site. A robotic arm is operatively connected to the camera, the robotic arm being adapted to selectively move the camera relative to the target site. A sensor is configured to detect forces and/or torque imparted by a user for moving the stereoscopic camera and transmit sensor data. A controller is configured to receive the sensor data, the controller having a processor and tangible, non-transitory memory on which instructions are recorded. The controller is adapted to selectively execute an assisted drive mode, which includes determining a movement sequence for the robotic arm based in part on the sensor data and a damping function.
US12239394B2
An actuation assembly for a medical instrument connects four bands to three motorized degrees of freedom. The actuation assembly includes a first actuator, a second actuator and a third actuator. The first actuator is coupled to a first band and a second band, the first actuator being operable to pull in one of the first and second bands and feed out the other of the first and second bands. The third actuator is coupled to a third band and a fourth band, the third actuator being operable to pull in one of the third and fourth bands and feed out the other of the third and fourth bands. Each of the first, second, third, and fourth bands pass through a second actuator, and the second actuator is operable to increase the travel path of both the first and second bands or both the third and fourth bands.
US12239387B2
In general, devices, systems, and methods for fiducial identification and tracking are provided.
US12239386B2
A treatment apparatus, a computer program, and a computer-readable medium for carrying out a method for determining a position of a laser focus of a laser beam of an eye surgical laser of a treatment apparatus by a control device of the treatment apparatus, in which the laser beam of the treatment apparatus is emitted into or onto a human or animal eye and in which at least two Purkinje images of the laser beam on the eye are captured by an optical capturing device of the treatment apparatus, and in which the position of the laser focus in or on the eye is determined by the control device considering the captured Purkinje images and considering an opening angle of the laser beam.
US12239382B2
An interactive treatment mapping and planning system enables a user to more quickly, thoroughly, and efficiently aggregate fibroid and/or treatment information from a user and/or one or more sets of databases, construct a fibroid map providing a visual representation of the aggregated fibroid information, generate information from the aggregated information about the fibroid to be treated and/or treatment procedure, develop a treatment plan based on the fibroid and/or treatment procedure information, provide real-time information gathered from treatment devices during the treatment procedure, and allow the user to interact with the treatment data.
US12239368B2
An electrosurgical instrument having a radiating tip portion capable performing tissue ablation using microwave energy and electroporation (e.g. non-thermal irreversible electroporation) in a minimally invasive manner. The electrosurgical instrument may be used to perform microwave ablation and electroporation separately (e.g. sequentially) or simultaneously. The radiating tip portion may be dimensioned to be suitable for insertion into a pancreas via a surgical scoping device, to provide a rapid and accurate alternative to known RF ablation techniques. By enabling tumours within the pancreas to be treated using a minimally invasive procedure, it may be a viable option to use ablation and/or electroporation treatment for both curative as well as palliative reasons.
US12239357B2
A cordless surgical knife comprises an enclosure and a blade extending from the enclosure. The enclosure contains a differential amplifier circuit configured to provide an RF signal, an output monitor feedback circuit, a return monitor feedback circuit, and a microprocessor that receives data from the feedback circuits and adjusts the RF signal. The enclosure contains a receiving antenna that is operable to receive a wireless signal associated with the RF signal from tissue of a patient. A transmitting antenna may be in electrical contact with tissue of the patient and transmit the wireless signal. Optionally, both the receiving antenna and transmitting antenna include at least two separate inductive circuits aligned on different planes, or each of the receiving antenna and the transmitting antennas is encapsulated inside an enclosure floating in a liquid so that the antennas are aligned by gravity.
US12239354B2
A probe and method of using a probe are disclosed. The probe may comprise a first member, a tip, a second member, and a third member. The first member may have a first and second end portions. The tip may be configured to engaged to the first member at the second end portion. The second member may be configured to extend and be positioned within the first member. The third member may be configured to be disposed outward of the second member along at least a portion of the second member, engage an inner surface of the first member, and define to least one passage between the third member and the first member. The probe may be coupled to a fluid supply and return, and fluid may flow within the probe, including within the passage defined between the first and third members.
US12239350B2
A fixation implant includes a head, a shank and a distal tip, and one or more of the head, shank and distal tip may be cannulated. The shank includes a threaded ingrowth portion extending from the head to the tapered distal tip that includes external threads, and at least one open network body extending along the length of the ingrowth portion. The open network body selected from one or a combination of a helix, an arrangement of trusses, a scaffold of open and interconnected pores, a porous framework of random open and interconnected pores, and combinations of these.
US12239349B2
A bone nail (1) for the heel includes: a front portion (2) determined for insertion into one or more bones (14, 15, 16) or bone fragments of the heel and having a tip (3), and an arc-shaped main portion (4) extending from the front portion (2) and having a rear end (5), wherein the main portion (4) includes a tapered shape such that a cross sectional diameter of the main portion (4) within at least one first section (20) increases towards the rear end (5). According to embodiments, a curvature of the arc-shaped main portion (4) includes a radius of curvature rc which amounts to at least 130 mm. According to other embodiments, the tapered shape is a conical shape.
US12239346B2
An embodiment includes a bone fixation system comprising: a bone anchor with a tapered head, the head being threaded; and a plate that includes a void, the void including one of a counterbore or a countersink; wherein: (a) no portion of the void is threaded; (b) the void includes an inner wall; (c) the inner wall includes reliefs along its perimeter. Other embodiments are described herein.
US12239344B2
Systems and methods for joint replacement are provided. The systems and methods include a surgical orientation device and at least one orthopedic fixture. The surgical orientation device and orthopedic fixtures can be used to locate the orientation of an axis in the body, to adjust an orientation of a cutting plane or planes along a bony surface, to distract a joint, or to otherwise assist in an orthopedic procedure or procedures.
US12239339B2
A medical device for debridement can include an elongate housing, a shaft extending through the housing and distally therefrom, a drive to manipulate the cutter, and a collapsible handle than can to couple with the housing. An elongate grip of the handle can turn aft and be at least partially disposed in the elongate housing for use of the device with pen grip. The elongate grip of the handle can turn fore and extend distally from the housing for use of the device with pistol grip.
US12239336B2
A surgical instrument includes a housing, a shaft extending from the housing, an end effector assembly extending from the shaft and configured to rotate and/or articulate relative to the housing, a motor disposed within the housing and operably coupled to the end effector assembly to rotate and/or articulate of the end effector assembly relative to the housing, and a sensing assembly configured to sense movement of the housing relative to a reference position and to drive the motor to rotate and/or articulate of the end effector assembly relative to the housing based upon the sensed movement. The sensing assembly is configured to operate in each of a standard mode, wherein movement of the housing effects rotation and/or articulation of the end effector assembly in a similar direction, and a reversed mode, wherein movement of the housing effects rotation and/or articulation of the end effector assembly in an opposite direction.
US12239333B2
Systems and methods for the intravascular treatment of clot material within a blood vessel of a human patient are disclosed herein. A method in accordance with embodiments of the present technology can include, for example, engaging an interventional device of a catheter system with clot material in a blood vessel and withdrawing the interventional device and the portion of the clot material through a guide catheter. In some embodiments, the catheter system can include an attachment/valve member coupled to a proximal portion of the guide catheter, and the method can include unsealing the attachment/valve member to facilitate withdrawing the interventional device through the attachment/valve member without significant retention of clot material within the attachment/valve member. The method can further include resealing and aspirating the guide catheter before advancing another interventional device to the clot material to again engage and remove clot material from the blood vessel.
US12239332B2
A catheter includes multiple shock wave generators in a balloon between proximal and distal ends of the catheter and electrically controlled by software of a controller to produce shock waves at different discharge point locations for intracorporeal treatment of a blood vessel.
US12239330B2
Disclosed is a surgical pin guide. To this end, the present invention provides a surgical pin guide including a guide fixed to an outer circumferential surface of a femur and configured to allow a center pin and a central pressure reducer of a drill handpiece to approach a necrotic region of an expanded area, a guide main body including a handle provided on an upper surface of a block, a center pin-guide hole horizontally pierced at a center of a front surface of the block, and a plurality of side pin-guide holes pierced at predetermined inclination angles with respect to the center pin-guide hole, arranged radially in the front surface of the block, and configured to meet the center pin-guide hole in a rear surface of the block, and a leading body configured to allow the guide main body to be detached from the guide and approach the necrotic region of the femoral head in a rotationally folded state.
US12239319B2
A surgical stapling system includes an anvil, a blade, a motor and gear assembly, a motor power supply, and a motor controller. A method of controlling the motor includes receiving first and second data indicative of operations of the motor under first and second conditions, respectively, and adjusting a motor control signal based on a difference between the first and second data. Another method includes receiving initial manufacture motor and gear assembly data from a manufacture and operational data during an initial use of the system, and adjusting parameters of the control signal based on a difference between the manufacture data and the operational data. Another method includes controlling a pulse-width modulated (PWM) motor control signal, receiving data regarding an interaction between the blade and a tissue clamped by the anvil, and adjusting a frequency of the PWM signal based on the data related to the interaction.
US12239314B2
A surgical device for arthroscopy includes an insertion arm having a folded contact end, a handle connected to a connection end of the insertion arm, opposite to the folded contact end, and extending transversely to the insertion arm, and a retrieval element connected to the insertion arm and mobile along the insertion arm between a retracted position and an extracted position in which it intercepts a leading end of a suture thread at the folded contact end, and mobile between the extracted position and the retracted position in which it holds the leading end. The retrieval element is a basket made of flexible material defining a containment volume for receiving said leading end of the suture thread. The containment volume is configured to expand in the transition between the retracted position and the extracted position and to shrink in the transition between the extracted position and the retracted position.
US12239303B2
A hole closing material achieves less invasive treatment for atrial septal defect with no or little possibility of problems in the late post-treatment period. The hole closing material includes two tubular bodies (first tubular portion and second tubular portion) having a mesh structure formed of a bioabsorbable linear material, and includes: a proximal connecting part connected to a first end; and a distal connecting part connected to a second end and screwed to a delivery cable. The proximal connecting part and the distal connecting part are capable of selectively achieving: “locked” in which the proximal connecting part and the distal connecting part remain united; and “unlocked” in which the proximal connecting part and the distal connecting part do not remain united. The delivery cable passes through the substantially middle portion, is inserted into a hollow tube of the proximal connecting part, and passes out of the hole closing material in a direction from the second end to the first end.
US12239301B2
The present disclosure relates, in part, to a scanning sufficiency apparatus that computes whether a handheld scanning device has scanned a volume for a sufficiently long time for there to be detections and then indicate to the user that the time is sufficient in 3-D rendered voxels. Also described is a hand held medical navigation apparatus with system and methods to map targets inside a patient's body.
US12239298B2
A cannula system and method for accessing a blood mass in the brain. The system comprises a cannula with a camera mounted on the proximal end of the cannula with a view into the cannula lumen and the surgical field below the lumen. A prism, reflector or other suitable optical element is oriented between the camera and the lumen of the cannula to afford the camera a view into the cannula while minimizing obstruction of the lumen. The system may also include an obturator with a small diameter shaft and a large diameter tip which is optically transmissive, so that a surgeon inserting or manipulating the assembly can easily see that the obturator tip is near brain tissue (which is white) or blood (which is red).
US12239296B2
Devices, systems and methods for cleaning a surface of as elongated instrument held within a cavity. In particular embodiments of the device, a longitudinal wire member extends along an elongated instrument (e.g. a laparoscope) and a rotatable transverse member removes matter from a surface of the instrument (e.g. a lens).
US12239291B2
A medical device comprising a handle extending between a first end and a second end, a first actuator coupled to the first end of the handle, a first shaft coupled to the second end of the handle, and a second shaft extending from the first shaft, the second shaft including a first articulation section and a second articulation section, wherein an articulation of the first actuator relative to the handle is configured to articulate the first articulation section, an articulation of the handle relative to the first shaft is configured to articulate the second articulation section, and the first articulation section and the second articulation section are restricted to articulating only in a first plane.
US12239289B2
An instrument drive system configured to attach to an instrument channel of an endoscope assembly and manage a relative feed position of an instrument using two drive wheels and a device application in a controller. The instrument drive system is attached directly to the instrument channel of the endoscope assembly. operation of the instrument drive system is proximate to the endoscope assembly and an inputs-controls and a deflection control thereof.
US12239286B2
A cordless endoscope assembly includes a housing, an endoscope tube and an eyepiece. Electronics are housed in the housing and operable to operate one or more light sources in the endoscope, the electronics including one or more batteries and a printed circuit board. The housing includes a connector configured to removably couple with a cannula connector of a cannula when the endoscope tube is inserted through the cannula. The cordless endoscope is a disposable single use endoscope that can optionally be sterilized with an ethylene oxide (EtO) sterilization process.
US12239285B2
An operating method of a station device for discharging dust from a cordless vacuum cleaner includes detecting occurrence of an event requesting discharging dust from a dustbin included in the cordless vacuum cleaner to the station device, and performing a dust discharge operation for discharging dust in the dustbin to a collector of the station device based on detecting of the occurrence of the event. The performing a dust discharge operation includes transmitting, to the cordless vacuum cleaner via short-range wireless communication, a control signal for operating a first suction motor of the cordless vacuum cleaner, and operating a second suction motor of the station device in cooperation with the first suction motor.
US12239279B2
A cleaning roller mountable to a cleaning robot is featured. The cleaning roller includes an elongate member extending along a longitudinal axis of the cleaning roller, and a vane extending outward from the elongate member. The vane includes a first vane portion attached to the elongate member, and a second vane portion attached to the first vane portion. The first vane portion extends from the elongate member at a location intersecting a radial axis of the cleaning roller. The first vane portion extends along a first axis angled relative to the radial axis and away from the radial axis in a tangential direction. The second vane portion extends along a second axis angled relative to the first axis. A first angle between the first axis and the radial axis is greater than a second angle between the second axis and the radial axis.
US12239274B2
A system includes a dishwasher, an image capturing device designed to capture an image of washware arranged in the washing chamber, with the image including a plurality of sub-images, each of which having different spectral information of the washware. An illumination unit illuminates the washware in the washing chamber, and an image analysis unit receives the captured image from the image capturing device and to carry out a chemical analysis of soiling on the washware based on the plurality of sub-images of the received image and to ascertain a dirt characteristic of soiling as a result of the chemical analysis. A control device carries out a washing program for washing the washware in the washing chamber. The control device receives the dirt characteristic from the image analysis unit and adapts the washing program for washing the washware as a function of the received dirt characteristic.
US12239255B2
A modular cooking apparatus is disclosed. The modular cooking apparatus includes a housing for containing a first and second interchangeable cooking modules. The first interchangeable cooking module contains a first oven, and the second interchangeable cooking module contains a second oven. The second oven is different from the first oven. The modular cooking apparatus also includes a control panel for receiving cooking inputs, a controller for controlling the first and second interchangeable cooking modules, and a single power plug for receiving electrical power from a wall outlet.
US12239252B2
An artificial Christmas tree includes an elongated trunk extending between proximal and distal ends thereof. A base may support the trunk of the artificial tree in an upright position relative to floor. The proximal end of the trunk may be coupled to the base and the distal end of the trunk extending outwardly from the base. A plurality of frame sections may extend circumferentially around the trunk and being moveable in an axial direction relative to the trunk. Each frame section may extend longitudinally between axially spaced apart ends thereof and being connected with at least one other frame section, whereby axial movement of a given frame section along the trunk causes corresponding axial movement of each other frame section to which the given frame section is connected.
US12239249B2
The enlargement of photographs for mounting in a graphics display apparatus including a plurality of rectangular modular supports, a plurality of planar covers each releasably engageable over a front side of a support, and a plurality of connectors for releasably connecting adjacent supports. A customer supplies the photograph to a vendor and specifies a required size for printing of the photograph. The vendor prints the photograph as rectangular portions corresponding to a support of the graphics display apparatus. The vendor provides to the customer the supports, the portions of the photographs and/or covers, and the connectors for assembly by the customer of the display apparatus.
US12239242B2
A foldable bassinet includes an upper bassinet frame, a pair of leg structures opposite to each other, and a bottom board. Each leg structure has an upper tower portion and a lower ledge portion. The upper bassinet frame is disposed through the upper tower portion of each leg structure to make each leg structure pivotable relative to the upper bassinet frame between a supporting position and a folding position. The bottom board is detachably configured between the two lower ledge portions and defines a containing space cooperatively with the upper bassinet frame and the leg structures. When the bottom board is detached from the two lower ledge portions, the leg structures are rotatable from the supporting position to the folding position to be folded inwardly relative to the upper bassinet frame.
US12239235B2
A mattress including air cells that are located on both sides of a user, in which the air cells each have a convex shape on a first side surface, and the air cells are arranged so that the convex shapes thereof are respectively located near shoulder blade outer edges of the user.
US12239230B2
A mattress assembly generally includes a tension adjustable and stretchable fabric panel coupled to a rail system. Axial tension of the stretchable fabric panel can be adjusted to change a firmness property associated with the mattress assembly.
US12239227B2
An apparatus that supports a user in a variety of positions to comfortably perform tasks, such as applying one or more tattoos to skin of a subject is herein disclosed. The apparatus can be reconfigured to optimally position and support the arms and/or chest of the user. A method for using a stool can involve rotating armrests of the apparatus from a stowed position to a deployed position. The armrests can support the user's forearms while supporting the user's chest such that the user can comfortably perform tasks in front of a chest support of the stool.
US12239216B2
A cleaning device is provided that includes a handle, a cleaning implement, a flexible neck, and a collar. The cleaning implement depends from one end the handle. The flexible neck is positioned to allow flexion of the handle. The collar moves with respect to the flexible neck between a first position where movement of the flexible neck is unrestricted by the collar and a second position where movement of the flexible neck is restricted by the collar.
US12239215B1
A hairdressing tool cleaner is provided, which includes a sterilizing device and a cleaning device sequentially arranged along the gravitational direction, where a sterilization bin is formed in the sterilizing device, a cleaning bin is formed in the cleaning device, and the sterilization bin is isolated from the cleaning bin. The cleaning device with the function of removing impurities such as hair and debris and the sterilizing device with the sterilization function are integrated into a whole to form the hairdressing tool cleaner, and the cleaning of hair and debris in the cleaning bin and the sterilization in the sterilization bin do not interfere with each other, such that the cleaning operation of the hairdressing tool is more continuous, and thus the effective cleaning of the hairdressing tool is realized.
US12239212B2
A hands-free carrying device includes an elongated main body member having a top wall, a bottom wall, a first end, a second end and a pair of side walls. The bottom wall is curved to receive and engage the forearm of a user, and a connector is positioned along the top wall. The connector forms a releasable loop for engaging the handle of an infant carrier perpendicularly relative to the user's forearm and positions the seating area of the infant carrier parallel to the user's forearm. The device includes a moisture wicking outer layer, a padded middle layer, and a rigid inside layer. The outer layer is removeable, and the connectors are secured directly onto the inside layer and extend through openings in the middle and outer layers.
US12239211B2
A kit includes artificial lash extensions that attach to an underside of natural eyelashes in an arrangement adjacent to one another. The kit includes a storage case designed to releasably hold the artificial lash extensions, and an applicator having a pair of opposing arms that are joined to each other at a proximal end of each arm. Each arm includes a first section having the proximal end of the arm, a second section positioned between and connected to the first section and a third section of the arm, and the third section having a first end portion and a second end portion. The third section defines a curvature between the first end portion and the second end portion. The third sections of the applicator are designed to grasp artificial hairs of an artificial lash extension of the plurality of artificial lash extensions.
US12239210B2
A cosmetic-product application tip including a main body having an axisymmetric general shape around a main axis defining a longitudinal direction. In the application tip, beads are formed at the surface of said main body from which each of the beads projects extending while spiralling around the main axis. In addition to the foregoing, an applicator includes such a tip and a set including such an applicator and a bottle.
US12239201B1
A nail cutter is provided that includes a blade and a unitary body. The blade includes a cutting edge. The unitary body includes a first member, a second member, a third member, and a plurality of flexible hinges. The blade extends from a proximal end of the first member. A proximal end of the second member is disposed opposite the cutting edge of the blade. The plurality of flexible hinges are configured such that, when a proximal end of the third member is transitioned from a first position to a second position, the unitary body flexes at the plurality of flexible hinges so as to decrease a distance between the cutting edge and the proximal end of the second member. Other aspects and features are also claimed and described.
US12239199B2
A hair cutting member includes an optical waveguide, a connecting member, and a bonding member. The optical waveguide includes a core and a cladding that covers at least a portion of the core. The optical waveguide is disposed so as to emit light to hair growing on a skin. The connecting member retains an end of the optical waveguide. The bonding member bonds the optical waveguide and the connecting member to each other. The core is disposed off-center toward the outer circumference of the cladding. When viewed from an end face of the connecting member, a first distance between a center of the end face and an optical axis of the core is shorter than a second distance between the center of the end face and a center of the cladding. The technology of the present disclosure makes it possible to adjust the optical system of a hair cutting device easily.
US12239197B2
There is disclosed an eyelash curler comprising an upper section which comprises at least one edge and a lower section which comprises an eyelash support portion, the curler being operable such that eyelashes can be clamped between the edge and the support portion, whereby the edge extends transverse to the eyelashes and engages a top side thereof, and, while the eyelashes remain so clamped, the edge can be drawn along said top side, substantially in the direction in which each of the lashes extends, whereby the eyelashes are curled upwardly.
US12239189B2
An article of footwear includes an upper and a sole structure attached to the upper. The article of footwear also includes a cable lock disposed within the sole structure adjacent to a bottom surface of the sole structure. The article of footwear includes a first cable having a first section extending from the cable lock to a first anchor point on the upper and a second section extending from the cable lock to a second anchor point on the upper. The article of footwear further includes a second cable having a first section extending from the cable lock to a grip and a second section extending from the cable lock to the grip, whereby the cable lock is operable to retract the first section and the second section of the first cable when the first section and the second section of the second cable are extended.
US12239186B2
A procedure for making a shoe including steps of weaving/construction of an upper, forming the upper in which two previously constructed stockings are a tube that is closed on one side while the other end of the tube remains open, subjecting the upper to a steam jet that dampens and softens a thermosetting polymer yarn, and passing the upper through a high-temperature kiln. Construction of the sole entails inserting the upper into a shoe-tree of a mould, positioning the shoe-tree with the upper and closure between two rings of the mould for polyurethane injection. Because of the presence of the arch structure a barrier that limits the passage thereof to the inner part of the upper, with filling of the mould, passage of predetermined quantities of polyurethane only through the slots of the arch structure permitting joint points to be created between the sole and upper and with the inner.
US12239182B2
Disclosed is a size adaptive protective headgear including a protective shell including a first and a second front cut extending respectively from a first and second side edge of the protective shell, the first and second front cut enabling expansion and contraction of a front section of the protective shell, and a first and a second rear cut extending respectively from a first and second side edge of the protective shell, the first and second rear cut enabling expansion and contraction of a rear section of the protective shell.
US12239181B2
An improved design for a helmet to reduce injuries caused by helmet-to-helmet collisions. Certain embodiments include novel quick release features that permit the detachment of a facemask from a helmet in 30 seconds or less so as to attend to an injured player in a rapid fashion. Other aspects relate to impact energy absorbing constructions employing an inner layer, an outer layer spaced apart from the inner padding layer, at least one layer that includes an array of polygonal structures, and at least one layer having a shock-absorbing elastomer, a visco-elastic polymer, an impact dispersing gel, or shape memory material. Still other embodiments include a wireless device with a sensor module coupled to the football helmet generating sensor data in response to an impact to the football helmet.
US12239177B1
A liner includes a fabric body that covers at least a hip area and an abdomen area of a wearer or the hip area and buttocks area of a wearer. The fabric body having at least a first region and a second region each having a different modulus than another of the several regions. The first region is an abdominal region or a buttocks region. The second region is selected from the following group of regions, namely a first abdominal border region, a second abdominal border region, a buttocks region if the buttocks region is not the first region, a bottom buttocks surrounding region, a top buttocks surrounding region, a side buttocks surrounding region, a side hip region, a waist whittler region, a waist transition region, a super waist whittler region, an abdominal region if the abdominal region is not the first region and any combination thereof.
US12239166B2
An article for use with an aerosol provision system. The article comprises an aerosol-generating chamber including an inlet and an outlet to facilitate air flow through the aerosol-generating chamber, and an aerosol-generating component located in the aerosol-generating chamber such that a variation in air speed proximate to a majority of a surface of the aerosol-generating component is less than 25%.
US12239164B2
The present disclosure relates to aerosol delivery devices and cartridges for aerosol delivery devices. The cartridge comprises a mouthpiece having a proximal end and a distal end, the proximal end of the mouthpiece having an exit portal defined therethrough, a tank defining a proximal end and a closed distal end, the tank being configured to contain a liquid composition that includes a distinctive characteristic, and a heater configured to heat the liquid composition. The distal end of the mouthpiece is configured to engage the proximal end of the tank, and when the cartridge is coupled with the aerosol delivery device at least one feature of the cartridge, or at least one feature of the control device, or at least one feature of both the cartridge and the control device, provides a visual indication of a color associated with the distinctive characteristic.
US12239162B2
Aerosol delivery component with a tank, and a wall separating the tank from a vaporizer, with a vent channel extending through the wall from a first opening at the chamber to a second opening at the tank and positioned such that any leakage of liquid through the channel is discharged on the vaporizer, or wherein the first opening has a greater cross-sectional area than the second opening.
US12239160B2
A shisha device comprises (i) a vessel having an interior volume configured to contain a liquid; and (ii) a receptacle configured to receive a cartridge including an aerosol-forming substrate. The shisha device comprises a heating element configured to heat the aerosol-forming substrate when the cartridge is received in the receptacle. The shisha device has a receptacle inlet in communication with, and upstream of, the receptacle and has a receptacle outlet in communication with, and downstream of, the receptacle. The shisha device comprises a conduit in communication with the receptacle outlet and extending into the vessel via the vessel inlet. The shisha comprises an air inlet channel in communication with an ambient environment and the receptacle inlet. The air inlet channel extends along an exterior of the conduit.
US12239157B2
A two stage system for extraction of oil from whole citrus fruit is provided. The first stage is known in the art and includes a first plurality of toothed rollers which convey citrus as the teeth penetrate and rupture oil glands. The oil passes into a first water pan. A novel second stage uses a second plurality of toothed rollers to continue the penetration and rupturing of oil glands. The second plurality of rollers are positioned in an isolated second pan to partially submerge the citrus. A middle phase liquor with extremely low oil concentration is transferred into said second pan to initiate desorption of oil from the citrus. The desorption technique in one embodiment increases yield by 4% or more. This technique is expected to increase yield even more as the recovery by the first stage is reduced.
US12239154B2
The device for decontaminating a turbid liquid, in particular of the food type, includes a sheath extending longitudinally along an axis X, including an outer wall and an inner wall substantially coaxial with each other and delimiting an annular circulation space of the liquid to be decontaminated, a source of ultraviolet rays positioned in a central space delimited by the inner wall of the sheath, coaxially with the annular circulation space, the outer wall comprising a cylindrical surface facing the annular circulation space having a profile along a generatrix of the cylindrical surface comprising a succession of concave and convex shapes alternately.
US12239148B2
Formed, ready-to-cook or ready-to-eat egg products are prepared by mixing a liquid egg composition comprising liquid egg in an amount sufficient so that the liquid egg composition is flowable at 35° F. with solid food inclusions, wherein at least 50% of the solid food inclusions have a longest dimension size of from 0.6 to 12 cm. At least about 50% of the solid food inclusions are at a temperature of less than 34° F. at the time of mixing. The resulting extrudable egg-based matrix comprises from 50 wt % to 90 wt % of the solid food inclusions, and is formed into a predetermined shape to provide a shaped, ready-to-cook or ready-to-eat egg product that is self-supporting for at least two minutes at an ambient temperature of 40° F. The shaped, ready-to-cook egg product may then be cooked.
US12239143B2
Disclosed are coated center-filled hard confectionery products exhibiting enhanced flavor release profiles and a multisensorial effect. The center-filled hard confectionery product comprises a center-fill region comprising an effervescent composition, at least one hard confectionery shell region comprising a hard boiled candy, at least a coating region, wherein the hard confectionery shell region, and optionally the center-fill region, the coating region, or a combination thereof, comprises at least one flavorant.
US12239126B2
The present invention generally relates to methods and compositions to determine viability of an organ for transplantation and other medical purposes. One aspect of the invention relates to a method for assessing the viability of an organ by measuring the energy parameters to determine the energy level of the organ by determining the stored cellular energy (e.g., ATP levels), and/or energy consumption over a particular time period of viability. The energy parameters can be compared to reference energy parameters as a highly accurate and reliable prediction of viable cell yield, and organ viability. Another aspect of the invention relates methods to preserve or extend the time period of viability of an organ any combination of (i) preservation perfusion of the organ to prevent ischemic damage, (ii) chemical metabolic suppression of the organ e.g., using metabolic suppressants, (iii) metabolic suppression by physical or environmental conditions, e.g., sub-zero non-freezing storage.
US12239121B2
An electronic device for repelling fish with Lorenzini organs includes (1) a generator having a power supply and output terminals including a first output terminal and a second output terminal, for converting a DC voltage supplied from the power supply to an AC voltage having an amplitude of less than 100V and outputting the AC voltage from the output terminals, (2) at least one electric wire, one or each of which is connected to one or both of the first output terminal and the second output terminal, and (3) a power switch that forms an electric circuit together with the generator and the at least one electric wire to turn on and off the output from the power supply, and that causes the power supply to supply a DC voltage when the first output terminal and the second output terminal are electrically connected via the seawater.
US12239119B1
A multifunction fish holder helps a user grip a just caught fish and uses a base layer to which a non-slip layer is attached to an inner surface thereof. A fish hook remover, a tape measure, and a pair of pliers are all attached to the base layer, either fixedly, removably, or a combination thereof. A puncture resistance rib extends along a midline of the base layer and helps prevent a fish's fin from penetrating the device and pricking a user's hand while gripping the fish. A grip strap is located on at least one side of the base layer, on an outer surface thereof, in order to allow the user to slip a hand therethrough for better grip of the device.
US12239116B2
A braking device of a fishing reel comprises: a braked part made of a conductor, the braked part being attached to a spool designed to wind a fishing line; a braking part generating braking force by providing a magnetic field for the braked part; a part being detected that is provided on the braked part, and a rotation detection sensor sensing rotation of the spool by detecting the part being detected.
US12239115B2
A modularized spinnerbait system or kit includes a fork system to change fishing components in real time without having to tie or untie a fishing line with each change.
US12239105B2
An apparatus for determining an index of insect biodiversity comprises a plurality of optical insect sensor devices configured to be individually positioned within a geographic area and a data processing system. Each sensor device is configured to monitor insect activity within a detection volume by detecting light from the detection volume, and to output detector data indicative of one or more optically detected attributes associated with respective detected insect detection events. Each insect detection event is indicative of one or more insects being present in the detection volume. The data processing system is configured to receive detector data from respective ones of the plurality of optical insect sensor devices. The detector data is indicative of one or more optically detected attributes associated with respective detected insect detection events. The system computes, from the received detector data, an index of insect biodiversity indicative of insect biodiversity within the geographic area.
US12239104B1
A dog walking device to maintain a lateral offset between a dog and a walker or jogger. This lateral offset facilitates unimpeded forward movement of the walker or jogger by minimizing the dog's side to side movements which can disrupt the walker's or jogger's stride. In one example, the device has a proximal frame portion with a hand grip; a distal frame portion with a dog collar, or harness connection with a rotatable joint; and a rigid or semi-rigid intermediate frame section between the proximal frame portion and the distal frame portion. The intermediate frame section uses U-shape and inverted U-shape portions, or a coil spring to provide the horizontal offset. Vertical offset can be adjusted with a telescoping joint.
US12239098B2
Approaches for determining a location of an animal based on RSSI. An embodiment includes a method, comprising: receiving a first reading of an electronic animal identification tag attached to an animal from a first electronic tag reader; calculating a received signal strength indicator (RSSI) for the first reading; and determining a location of the animal based on the RSSI. Another embodiment includes a method, comprising: receiving a first reading of a first electronic animal identification tag attached to a first animal; calculating a received signal strength indicator (RSSI) for the first reading; receiving a second reading of a second 10 electronic animal identification tag attached to a second animal; calculating an RSSI for the second reading; and determining the location of the first animal based on the RSSI of the first reading and the RSSI of the second reading.
US12239093B1
A cat litter box, including a main body, a moving part and a mounting part, wherein the main body includes side walls, a linear slot is disposed in each of the linear slots, and a traveling rack and a first lift driving rack are disposed in the linear slot; a driving motor and a shaft part are disposed on the moving part, the driving motor is connected with a traveling gear, the traveling gear is meshed with the traveling rack, the shaft part is rotatably disposed on the moving part, a transmission gear and a lift driving gear are disposed on the shaft part, and the transmission gear is meshed with the first lift driving rack; and the mounting part is disposed on the moving part in a liftable way and is connected with rake teeth, and a lifting rack is disposed on the mounting part.
US12239090B2
An embodiment of the present invention provides a tobacco plant having a low alkaloid content. In the tobacco plant, a function of a gene encoding aspartate oxidase AO2 is suppressed.
US12239089B2
A soybean cultivar designated 12430433 is disclosed. The invention relates to the seeds of soybean cultivar 12430433, to the plants of soybean cultivar 12430433, to the plant parts of soybean cultivar 12430433, and to methods for producing progeny of soybean cultivar 12430433. The invention also relates to methods for producing a soybean plant containing in its genetic material one or more transgenes and to the transgenic soybean plants and plant parts produced by those methods. The invention also relates to soybean cultivars or breeding cultivars, and plant parts derived from soybean cultivar 12430433. The invention also relates to methods for producing other soybean cultivars, lines, or plant parts derived from soybean cultivar 12430433, and to the soybean plants, varieties, and their parts derived from use of those methods. The invention further relates to hybrid soybean seeds, plants, and plant parts produced by crossing cultivar 12430433 with another soybean cultivar.
US12239084B2
A soybean cultivar designated 15110716 is disclosed. The invention relates to the seeds of soybean cultivar 15110716, to the plants of soybean cultivar 15110716, to the plant parts of soybean cultivar 15110716, and to methods for producing progeny of soybean cultivar 15110716. The invention also relates to methods for producing a soybean plant containing in its genetic material one or more transgenes and to the transgenic soybean plants and plant parts produced by those methods. The invention also relates to soybean cultivars or breeding cultivars, and plant parts derived from soybean cultivar 15110716. The invention also relates to methods for producing other soybean cultivars, lines, or plant parts derived from soybean cultivar 15110716, and to the soybean plants, varieties, and their parts derived from use of those methods. The invention further relates to hybrid soybean seeds, plants, and plant parts produced by crossing cultivar 15110716 with another soybean cultivar.
US12239080B2
A soybean cultivar designated 19130106 is disclosed. The invention relates to the seeds of soybean cultivar 19130106, to the plants of soybean cultivar 19130106, to the plant parts of soybean cultivar 19130106, and to methods for producing progeny of soybean cultivar 19130106. The invention also relates to methods for producing a soybean plant containing in its genetic material one or more transgenes and to the transgenic soybean plants and plant parts produced by those methods. The invention also relates to soybean cultivars or breeding cultivars, and plant parts derived from soybean cultivar 19130106. The invention also relates to methods for producing other soybean cultivars, lines, or plant parts derived from soybean cultivar 19130106, and to the soybean plants, varieties, and their parts derived from use of those methods. The invention further relates to hybrid soybean seeds, plants, and plant parts produced by crossing cultivar 19130106 with another soybean cultivar.
US12239078B2
A method for estimating ripeness of produce includes illuminating the produce with light, measuring intensities of the light reflected from the produce at different frequencies, and determining a degree of ripeness of the produce from the relative intensities of the light reflected from the produce at the different frequencies.
US12239077B2
A novel maize variety designated X70R898 and seed, plants and plant parts thereof are produced by crossing inbred maize varieties. Methods for producing a maize plant by crossing hybrid maize variety X70R898 with another maize plant are disclosed. Methods for producing a maize plant containing in its genetic material one or more traits introgressed into X70R898 through backcrossing or genetic transformation, and to the maize seed, plant and plant part produced thereby are described. Maize variety X70R898, the seed, the plant produced from the seed, and variants, mutants, and minor modifications of maize variety X70R898 are provided. Methods for producing maize varieties derived from maize variety X70R898 and methods of using maize variety X70R898 are disclosed.
US12239068B1
A novel maize variety designated 1PETD43 and seed, plants and plant parts thereof are provided. Methods for producing a maize plant comprise crossing maize variety 1PETD43 with another maize plant are provided. Methods for producing a maize plant containing in its genetic material one or more traits introgressed into 1PETD43 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 1PETD43 or a locus conversion of 1PETD43 with another maize variety.
US12239067B2
A novel maize variety designated 1PGGG27 and seed, plants and plant parts thereof are provided. Methods for producing a maize plant comprise crossing maize variety 1PGGG27 with another maize plant are provided. Methods for producing a maize plant containing in its genetic material one or more traits introgressed into 1PGGG27 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 1PGGG27 or a locus conversion of 1PGGG27 with another maize variety.
US12239066B2
A novel maize variety designated 1PAKH79 and seed, plants and plant parts thereof are provided. Methods for producing a maize plant comprise crossing maize variety 1PAKH79 with another maize plant are provided. Methods for producing a maize plant containing in its genetic material one or more traits introgressed into 1PAKH79 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 1PAKH79 or a locus conversion of 1PAKH79 with another maize variety.
US12239063B1
The present hanging system for growing a potted vegetable plant is generally a liquid-impervious container configured to be hung such that the plane of its bottom is tilted at an angle of 20 to 40 degrees from horizontal. Preferably, there is an optional soil-containing water-permeable inner container. Preferably, the liquid-impervious outer container is a pail (bucket) with a pivoting bail (handle) restrained by a tether to rotate a limited amount. The apparatus also incorporates means to hang the containers via the bail from an existing elevated structure to complete the present hanging system.
US12239059B1
An irrigation system for a vertical farm system including one or more irrigation stations, each of the one or more irrigation stations including one or more tanks that hold irrigation fluid, and one or more spigots that deliver the irrigation fluid from the one or more tanks to the vertical farm system. Each of the one or more irrigation stations includes a plurality of sub-assemblies, and each sub-assembly includes a corresponding one of the one or more tanks and a corresponding one of the one or more spigots.
US12239048B2
A system to detect grain loss of a harvester during harvesting operations. The system includes at least two pans magnetically supported on the harvester above a ground surface, by separate electromagnets being electrically isolated from a power source while magnetically supporting the at least two pans. A signal controller generates a release signal when triggered by a user. A signal receiver responsive to the generated release signal electrically connects one of the electromagnets with the power source causing one of the at least two pans to be released to the ground surface while the second electromagnet remains electrically isolated from the power source and magnetically supported on the combine harvester until another release signal is triggered by the user causing the signal receiver to electrically connect the second electromagnet with the power source to release the second pan to the ground surface.
US12239047B2
An apparatus, a system and a method indirectly detect the operational state of a machine among a plurality of operational states and track the movement of a material through a plurality of machines.
US12239040B2
A method to reduce bag rupture in a spray dispensed from a nozzle involves detecting one or more bags rupturing from an initial spray pattern of the spray dispensed from the nozzle, the one or more bags comprising a thin membraned semi-spherical protrusion extending from the spray, where the initial spray pattern is a region of the spray initially exiting the nozzle that forms a continuous sheet-like portion. The spray includes an agricultural spray including water, at least one polymer, and at least one perforation-aid type adjuvant. The agricultural spray exhibits fewer fine droplets exhibiting a diameter less than about 150 μm formed via the bag rupture approach to droplet formation.
US12245522B2
An apparatus includes a first superconductor layer, an insulating layer, and a second superconductor layer, wherein the second superconductor layer is a spin triplet superconductor (STS) layer. In some embodiments, the first superconductor layer is also a STS layer. In some embodiments, the second superconductor layer includes UCoGe. In some embodiments, the insulating layer includes uranium oxide. In some embodiments, the uranium oxide is created by exposing the second superconductor layer to an oxidizing gas, with or without heating. In some embodiments, the first superconductor layer, the insulating layer and the second superconductor layer form a Josephson junction.
US12245507B2
Methods, ink compositions, and 3D conformal printed flexible films. The method may include aerosol jet printing a thermoelectric ink composition, followed by photonic or other sintering of the ink to remove surfactant included therein, and to convert the thermoelectric nanoparticles of the ink composition into a dense structure capable of charge carrier transport. The ink compositions may be solution-processed semimetal-chalcogenides (e.g., Te containing materials) in a suitable carrier (e.g., polyol(s), alcohol(s), etc.). A surfactant (e.g., PVP) may be present in the ink. Within seconds of photonic sintering, the electrical conductivity of the printed film is dramatically increased from non-conductive to a value on the order of at least 1×104 S/m. The films may demonstrate a room-temperature power factor of at least 500 μWm−1K−2. The realized values of 730-2200 μWm−1K−2 achieved are among the highest values reported for flexible thermoelectric films. The film is durable (e.g., 500 bending cycles with no significant performance drop).
US12245505B2
Provided are a compound for use in an organic electronic element that improves luminous efficiency, stability, and lifespan of the element, a composition comprising the compound, an organic electronic element employing the compound, and an electronic device thereof.
US12245501B2
The present invention relates to an organic electronic device and a compound comprised therein wherein the compound is represented by the Formula (I): HAr-L-Ar1—(—R1)m.
US12245498B2
The present invention relates to an organoiridium complex for an organic electroluminescent element in which a C—N ligand and an ancillary ligand are coordinated with iridium. This organoiridium complex contains a 2-(dibenzo[b,d]thiophen-4-yl)quinolinate ligand having at least one methyl group introduced thereinto coordinated as the C—N ligand, and is represented by the following Formula. The present inventive organoiridium complex is suitable as a red emitting phosphorescent material for an OLED, has high photoluminescence quantum yield ΦPL, and is excellent in color purity. (In the aforementioned Formula, R1, R2, R3, R4, R5, R6, and R7 are each a methyl group or a hydrogen atom, provided that at least one of R1, R2, R3, R4 is a methyl group; and X—Y is the ancillary ligand.)
US12245480B2
An electronic device has a peripheral region and includes a substrate, a first metal layer, and a protrusion structure. The first metal layer is disposed on the substrate and comprises a first portion and a second portion. The protrusion structure is disposed on the substrate and in the peripheral region. The first portion is not overlapped with the protrusion structure, the second portion is overlapped with the protrusion structure, and an end of the second portion is located in the protrusion structure and higher than the first portion in a normal direction of the substrate.
US12245471B2
The display substrate includes: a substrate; a plurality of pixel units on the substrate, each pixel unit includes a plurality of sub-pixels, each sub-pixel includes a light-emitting element and a pixel drive circuit; a photosensitive circuit on the substrate; a first conductive film layer on the substrate. The pixel drive circuit includes a drive transistor, a gate electrode of the drive transistor is located on a side of a drive active layer away from the substrate, an orthographic projection of the gate electrode of the drive transistor on the substrate at least partially overlaps an orthographic projection of the drive active layer on the substrate. The first conductive film layer includes a first light-shielding portion between the substrate and the drive active layer, and an orthographic projection of the first light-shielding portion on the substrate at least partially overlaps the orthographic projection of the drive active layer on the substrate.
US12245470B2
A display panel includes: a substrate including a first area, a second area, and a third area; a stacked structure corresponding to a plurality of display elements in the second area, the stacked structure including a pixel electrode, an opposite electrode, and an intermediate layer between the pixel electrode and the opposite electrode; and a plurality of grooves in the third area, wherein the stacked structure includes at least one organic material layer that is disconnected by the plurality of grooves, at least one groove of the plurality of grooves is defined in a first multi-layer including a first lower layer and a first upper layer, and at least one of the first lower layer and the first upper layer includes a plurality of sub-layers.
US12245467B2
A display device includes a pixel electrode, a wall layer, an emission layer, a touch electrode, and a light blocking member. The wall layer includes an opening exposing the pixel electrode. The emission layer overlaps the pixel electrode. The light blocking member overlaps the touch electrode and includes a first opening and a second opening each exposing the emission layer. A first perimeter section of the first opening is spaced from a first perimeter section of the opening by a first distance in a first direction in a plan view of the display device. A second perimeter section of the first opening is spaced from a second perimeter section of the opening by a second distance in a second direction in the plan view. The second distance is equal to the first distance. The second direction is at 45 degrees relative to the first direction.
US12245457B2
A display device includes a window; a display panel including: a flat portion corresponding to the display area, and a bending portion extending from the flat portion and at which the display panel is bendable; a circuit substrate connected to the display panel at the bending portion; and a protection film disposed facing the window with the display panel therebetween. The window and the display panel each include a first side surface corresponding to the bending portion, and remaining side surfaces except for the first side surface, and the remaining side surfaces of the window and the display panel are respectively aligned with each other to define a total planar area of the window being equal to a total planar area of the flat portion.
US12245446B2
A semiconductor device includes an anode, a cathode, a first functional layer between the anode and cathode, and a second functional layer between the first functional layer and the cathode. The first functional layer contains a first quantum dot having a first ligand, and the second functional layer contains a second quantum dot having a second ligand different from the first ligand. The second ligand is an aromatic compound having a sulfide bond and an ester bond.
US12245435B2
Various embodiments of the present disclosure are directed towards an integrated chip including a first dielectric layer over a substrate. A first conductive structure overlies the first dielectric layer. A data storage structure is disposed between the first dielectric layer and the first conductive structure. The data storage structure comprises a data storage layer and a grid structure. The grid structure comprises a plurality of opposing sidewalls spaced across a width of the first conductive structure. The data storage layer is disposed along the plurality of opposing sidewalls. The data storage layer comprises a first material and the grid structure comprises a second material different from the first material.
US12245428B2
A three-dimensional AND flash memory device includes a gate stack structure, a charge storage structure, a first conductive pillar and a second conductive pillar, an insulating pillar, and a channel pillar. The gate stack structure includes gate layers and insulating layers stacked alternately with each other. The first and second conductive pillars extend through the gate stack structure. The channel pillar extends through the gate stack structure. The charge storage structure is disposed between the gate stack structure and the channel pillar. The channel pillar includes: a first part and a second part connected each other. The first part is located between the charge storage structure and the insulating pillar. The second part includes a first region electrically connected to the first conductive pillar, and a second region electrically connected to the second conductive pillar. A curvature of the first part is smaller than a curvature of the second part.
US12245423B2
The present disclosure relates to a semiconductor device including a semiconductor substrate, word lines, mask layers, spacers, a conductive plug, a conductive cap layer, and a dielectric layer. The word lines are disposed over the semiconductor substrate. The mask layers are disposed over the plurality of word line, respectively. The spacers are disposed over opposite sidewalls of the word lines and opposite sidewalls of the mask layers, respectively. The conductive plug is disposed between the word lines. The conductive cap layer is disposed over the conductive plug. The dielectric layer is disposed over the word lines and the spacers. Each of the spacers includes an inner spacer, an outer spacer, and an air gap. The inner spacer is in contact with the respective word line and the respective mask layer. The air gap is disposed between the inner spacer and the outer spacer.
US12245421B2
A semiconductor device is provided. The semiconductor device includes a substrate defining a plurality of trenches; and a plurality of bit line contacts disposed on the substrate, wherein at least one of the plurality of bit line contacts is disposed within one of the trenches defined by the substrate, wherein the plurality of trenches has a first row and a second row, and a pitch of the first row is different from a pitch of the second row.
US12245416B2
The present disclosure provides a method of forming a semiconductor structure. The method comprises providing a substrate comprising an isolation region, an active region adjacent to the isolation region, and a first top surface, wherein the isolation region includes an isolation trench filled with a dielectric material, and the active region includes a gate trench filled with a gate electrode material; forming a hard mask on the substrate; and performing an etching process to partially remove portions of the dielectric material and gate electrode material exposed by the hard mask to form a second top surface of the dielectric material and a third top surface of the gate electrode material, wherein the second top surface and the third top surface are substantially at the same level and are substantially lower than the first top surface.
US12245413B2
Methods, devices, systems, and apparatus for three-dimensional semiconductor structures are provided. In one aspect, a semiconductor device includes: a semiconductor substrate, multiple conductive layers vertically stacked on the semiconductor substrate, and multiple transistors. The multiple conductive layers include a first conductive layer, a second conductive layer, and a third conductive layer that are sequentially stacked together. The multiple transistors include a first transistor and a second transistor in the first conductive layer and a third transistor in the third conductive layer. Each transistor includes a first terminal, a second terminal, and a gate terminal. First terminals of the first, second, and third transistors are conductively coupled to a first conductive node in the second conductive layer.
US12245409B2
An apparatus for a light source includes: an electrical insulator that defines a channel; a gasket that surrounds at least a portion of the electrical insulator; and a shield between the channel and the gasket. The channel is configured to receive an electrical conductor. The gasket includes a non-metallic material.
US12245407B2
A passive cooling system for aircraft electronics includes an electronics chassis having a chassis exterior and defining a chassis interior; a heat spreader having a body located in the chassis interior; a heatsink located in the chassis interior; a cold plate operably coupled to the electronic chassis and thermally coupled to the heatsink; a first plurality of heat pipes thermally coupled with the cold plate; and a second plurality of heat pipes thermally coupling the heatsink with the heat spreader.
US12245405B2
A system comprising an adapter plate to couple a plurality of different types of cooling manifolds to one or more racks in a datacenter is disclosed. Additionally, a system comprising an adapter plate to adaptively couple a cooling manifold to a plurality of different types of server racks is disclosed.
US12245403B2
The heat dissipation cabinet includes a cabinet body, a cabinet door, and a baffle. The cabinet body includes a top wall and a bottom wall that are oppositely disposed, and a side wall connected between the top wall and the bottom wall. The cabinet door is installed at a position of the side wall in the cabinet body, and an air outlet passage is disposed in the cabinet body that is close to a position of the top wall. An air inlet component and an air outlet component are disposed in the cabinet door, and the air outlet component is located between the air inlet component and the top wall, and is located at one end of the air outlet passage. An electronic apparatus placement area is disposed in the cabinet body, and the baffle is disposed between the electronic apparatus placement area and the cabinet door.
US12245383B2
The present invention refers to a method of preparing a high density interconnect printed circuit board (HDI PCB) or IC substrates including through-holes and/or grate structures filled with copper, which comprises the steps of: a) providing a multi-layer substrate; b) forming a non-copper conductive layer or a copper layer on the cover layer and on an inner surface of the through-hole, respectively on an inner surface of the grate structure; c) forming a patterned masking film; d) electrodepositing copper; e) removing the masking film; and f) electrodepositing a copper filling.
US12245374B2
An electronic device includes a housing, a first substrate, a second substrate, and an interposer disposed between the first substrate and the second substrate and configured to electrically connect the first substrate and the second substrate. The interposer includes a substrate, a first surface, a second surface, and a side surface. The interposer further includes a plurality of first conductive pads, a plurality of second conductive pads, a plurality of conductive posts, a plurality of third conductive terminals at least partially exposed on the first surface and electrically connected to the plurality of first conductive pads via a first conductive via (CV), and a plurality of fourth conductive terminals at least partially exposed on the second surface and electrically connected to the plurality of second conductive pads via a second CV.
US12245371B2
Disclosed is an ultra-thin composite transparent conductive film, including: a transparent substrate; a first UV glue layer disposed on one side of the transparent substrate, pattern-imprinted and cured to form a first grid-shaped groove, the first grid-shaped groove being filled with conductive materials to form a first conductive layer; a second UV glue layer disposed on one side of the first UV glue layer away from the transparent substrate to provide a reinforced insulating support layer; and a third UV glue layer disposed on one side of the second UV glue layer away from the transparent substrate, pattern-imprinted and cured to form a second grid-shaped groove, the second grid-shaped groove being filled with conductive materials to form a second conductive layer, where a thickness of the reinforced insulating support layer is in a range of 5-10 micrometers.
US12245365B2
A high-frequency electronic component includes a ceramic multilayer substrate, ground electrodes provided at different layers of the ceramic multilayer substrate, and a shielding film covering at least a side surface among surfaces of the ceramic multilayer substrate. Two or more of the ground electrodes are exposed to the side surface of the ceramic multilayer substrate and are electrically connected to the shielding film. On the side surface of the ceramic multilayer substrate, the two or more of the ground electrodes do not overlap each other in a thickness direction of the ceramic multilayer substrate.
US12245359B2
A module for use in a hardware platform for networking, computing, and/or storage includes a printed circuit board assembly; components disposed on a primary side of the printed circuit board assembly; a primary side heatsink for a pluggable module, wherein the primary side heatsink is disposed to one or more pivot points on the pluggable module, for applying a uniform and controlled external force against the pluggable module. The module further includes a cage attached to the printed circuit board assembly for supporting the pluggable module, wherein the one or more pivot points are external to the cage.
US12245357B2
A linear accelerator comprises side-coupled cavity cells configured to accelerate electrons with a radio frequency field. The field amplitude in the initial cells is lower than in the later cells, and the initial cells are shorter than the later cells. This creates a capture section where electrons are captured and bunched while experiencing low acceleration, followed by an acceleration section where the bunched electrons experience stronger acceleration.
US12245353B2
An irradiator includes: a piezoelectric transformer accommodated in a housing; a first electrode connected to the piezoelectric transformer, to which a voltage is applied from the piezoelectric transformer; and an irradiation opening that ejects at least one of a plasma generated by the first electrode and an active gas generated by the plasma. At least a part of the first electrode is located between the piezoelectric transformer and the irradiation opening.
US12245350B2
An optical source for a photolithography tool includes a source configured to emit a first beam of light and a second beam of light, the first beam of light having a first wavelength, and the second beam of light having a second wavelength, the first and second wavelengths being different; an amplifier configured to amplify the first beam of light and the second beam of light to produce, respectively, a first amplified light beam and a second amplified light beam; and an optical isolator between the source and the amplifier, the optical isolator including: a plurality of dichroic optical elements, and an optical modulator between two of the dichroic optical elements.
US12245348B2
A method for controlling an induction heating device includes supplying current from a D.C. power supply into a resonant load and emitting the current from the resonant load. The current is directionally conducted from the output node of the resonant load to a switching node downstream from the output node. The current conducted through the resonant load is controlled with a switching device.
US12245342B2
An illumination device includes a light-emitting device and a control device. The light-emitting device is configured to emit at least light of a first color temperature having a correlated color temperature in a range from 3500 K to 8000 K, the light having a melanopic ratio of a prescribed value within a variation range of the melanopic ratio in which a gap between a maximum value and a minimum value of the melanopic ratio at the first color temperature is 0.30 or more. The control device is configured to control the light emitted from the light-emitting device, within a predetermined amount of time, by varying the melanopic ratio of the light by 0.3 or more, and adjusting the correlated color temperature of the light in a range from 0 K to ±500 K with respect to the first color temperature.
US12245340B2
Described is a heating plate having a substrate made of metal, a heating layer and an insulation layer which is arranged between the heating layer and the substrate. It is provided according to this disclosure that the insulation layer bears an electrically conductive shielding layer and that the shielding layer is covered by a second insulation layer on which the heating layer lies. In addition, a flow heater having such a heating plate is disclosed.
US12245333B2
Systems, methods, and instrumentalities are described for a wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU), comprising a memory, and a processor to execute instructions from the memory, wherein the processor is configured to access a non-3rd Generation Partnership Project (3GPP) Access Network (AN), establish a link with a Non-3GPP Interworking Function (N3IWF) via the non-3GPP AN, request information from the N3IWF about network slicing capabilities of a 3GPP Radio Access Network (RAN), receive information from the N3IWF about network slicing capabilities of the 3GPP RAN, and determine whether to register with the 3GPP RAN based upon the network slicing capabilities of the 3GPP RAN. Systems, methods, and instrumentalities are described for sending information about network slicing capabilities of a 3GPP RAN to a N3IWF, establishing a link between a WTRU operating on a non-3GPP AN and the N3IWF via the non-3GPP AN, and sending information from the N3IWF to the WTRU about network slicing capabilities of the 3GPP RAN.
US12245331B2
Various systems, mediums, and methods may involve a provider application configured to access a user account associated with a provider server. For example, a system may perform operations to identify one or more other applications installed on the mobile device that may be configured to communicate with the provider server. The system may determine data required by the other applications to perform one or more data transfers with the user account. The system may cause the provider application to send the data required to the other applications. As such, the other applications may be enabled to perform one or more data transfers with the user account based on the data sent to the other applications.
US12245328B2
Solutions pertaining to user equipment (UE) behavior for failed registration request or service request for emergency services fallback in mobile communications are proposed. An apparatus implemented in a UE determines a failure in attempting to initiate a mobility registration request procedure or a service request procedure with a network to perform an emergency service fallback. In response to the determining, the apparatus performs one or more operations including at least a UE non-access-stratum (NAS) layer in a 5th Generation Mobility Management (5GMM) protocol informing an upper layer in the 5GMM protocol of the failure to cause the upper layer to attempt an emergency call in a different domain or via a different network.
US12245320B2
The functions of user equipment (UE), radio access network (RAN) devices, and core network (CN) devices in circumstances where a UE is expected to experience discontinuous coverage are described herein. A UE may send a CN a non-access stratum (NAS) message including a release request indicating that a UE is leaving coverage and assistance information. The CN may interrupt paging of the UE and resume the paging according to the assistance information. A UE may enter a low power usage mode upon leaving coverage, and may use one or more timers to determine when to check for coverage and send a mobility update message corresponding to the low power usage mode. A base station may receive, from a UE, a radio resource control (RRC) message comprising a release request and assistance information, send an RRC release message to the UE in response, and forward the assistance information to the CN.
US12245308B2
Embodiments are presented herein of apparatuses, systems, and methods for a user equipment device (UE) and/or cellular network to resume a connection. To resume the connection, the UE may transmit a fully protected connection resume message, e.g., which may include protection for a resume cause field.
US12245304B2
Methods, systems, and devices related to related to digital wireless communication, and more specifically, to techniques related to the power saving mechanism for multi-link operation. In one exemplary aspect, a method for wireless communication includes transmitting a link wakeup indication message to a wireless device over a first link of multiple links between the network node and the wireless device. The link wakeup indication message may indicate a request to transition at least one link of the multiple links between an active state and a power saving state. The method may also include, responsive to transmitting the link wakeup indication message, obtaining, by the network node, a link wakeup notification message from the wireless device indicating that at least one link of the multiple links has transitioned between the active state and the power saving state.
US12245301B2
Extending cellular telecommunication service from a first UE to another device. The first UE may register for cellular telecommunication service with a cellular network using a first cellular service account, using a cellular communication link via a cellular radio. A second device may be discovered and a communication link may be established between the first UE and the second device. The second device may be registered to use cellular telecommunication capability provided by the first UE. Communications between the second device and the cellular network may be conveyed via the communication link between the first UE and the second device and the cellular communication link. Conveying communications between the second device and the cellular network may provide use of the first cellular service account for cellular telecommunication service to the second device.
US12245298B2
A non-transitory storage medium stores a program for causing a computer of an information processing apparatus to execute acquiring information about a radio wave environment between a first external device and a communication device, determining whether to transmit information to be used in connection to the first external device to the communication device based on the information about the radio wave environment, and transmitting, in response to a determination that the information to be used in the connection to the first external device is to be transmitted to the communication device, the information to be used in the connection to the first external device to the communication device.
US12245294B2
Provided are a method for a node used for wireless communication and an apparatus. One example method includes: receiving first signaling, wherein the first signaling indicates a plurality of physical random access channel occasion groups, and each of the plurality of physical random access channel occasion groups comprises a plurality of physical random access channel occasions; and receiving second signaling, wherein the second signaling indicates a value of a first index, and the value of the first index corresponds to at least one corresponding physical random access channel occasion group of the plurality of physical random access channel occasion groups.
US12245293B2
Provided is a method for performing transmission of an uplink channel in a wireless communication system, the method being performed by a terminal and comprising the steps of: receiving a system information block 1 (SIB1) from a base station; transmitting a preamble for a random access procedure to the base station; receiving a random access response (RAR) to the preamble from the base station; and transmitting a PUSCH to the base station on the basis of the random access response.
US12245287B2
There is provided a method for improving early data transmission (EDT). The method includes transmitting first transport block size (TBS) information indicating a first set of one or more EDT TBSs. The method further includes after transmitting the first TBS information, obtaining EDT usage information and based on the obtained EDT usage information, determining whether to transmit the first TBS information or second TBS information indicating a second set of one or more EDT TBSs. The method further includes transmitting the first TBS information or the second TBS information based on the determination.
US12245282B2
A wireless device receives a downlink message from a network node. The wireless device descrambles or decrypts the downlink message, or one or more fields of the downlink message, to obtain one or more parameters. The wireless device uses the one or more parameters to perform at least one action from any one or more of the following actions: receiving a mobile-terminated, MT, early data transmission, EDT, during a random access procedure; positively or negatively acknowledging the MT-EDT; and receiving a re-transmission of the MT-EDT.
US12245273B2
The present disclosure relates to electronic device, communication method and storage medium in a wireless communication system. An electronic device on control device side is provided, the electronic device comprises a processing circuitry configured to: group a plurality of terminal devices based on data configuration characteristics of the plurality of terminal devices; determine a contention window for each group; and notify each of the plurality of terminal devices of the contention window associated therewith, such that each of the terminal devices is able to perform data transmission within the respective contention window in a contention-based manner.
US12245266B2
Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described. A first user equipment (UE) may identify feedback indications and collision indications to transmit to a second UE. A feedback indication may indicate whether sidelink data was received and decoded successfully by the first UE, and a collision indication may indicate an expected conflict between the second UE and a third UE. In one aspect, the first UE may generate a feedback message including both feedback indications and collision indications, and the first UE may prioritize the feedback message based on the feedback indications, the collision indications, or both. In another aspect, the first UE may avoid including collision indications in a same feedback message as feedback indications.
US12245262B2
The present application at least describes a wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU) including a processor and non-transitory memory including stored instructions which are executed by the processor. The instructions include receiving, from a base station, configuration information indicating a set of channel state information interference channel measurement (CSI-ICM) resources for the WTRU. The configuration information indicates a period and an offset for the set of CSI-ICM resources. The instructions also include receiving, from the base station, downlink control information (DCI) indicating a subset of the set of CSI-ICM resources. The instructions further include measuring the subset of CSI-ICM resources. The instructions even further include transmitting feedback to the base station based on the subset of CSI-ICM resources. The instructions yet even further include receiving a MAC control element (CE) indicating an activation of a CSI report from the base station.
US12245261B2
Methods and apparatuses for channel and interference measurement in a wireless communication system. A method for operating a user equipment (UE) includes receiving a reporting setting and receiving a resource setting associated with the reporting setting. The reporting setting is configured with a higher layer parameter reportQuantity that is set to at least cri-SINR. The resource setting is configured with a higher layer parameter resourceType that is set to aperiodic, periodic, or semi-persistent. The method further includes receiving a first set of reference signals (RSs) through a first set of RS resources; receiving a second set of RSs through a second set of RS resources; measuring at least one RS in the first or second sets of RSs; and determining, based on the reporting setting and the measured at least one RS, one or more layer-1 signal-to-noise and interference ratios (L1-SINRs).
US12245253B2
Disclosed are methods and systems to coordinate resource allocation between two UEs for sidelink communication. A receiving UE receiving sidelink communication from a transmitting UE may configure coordination resources used to coordinate sidelink communication between the two UEs. The receiving UE may receive from the transmitting UE data indicating resources reserved and intended to be used by the transmitting UE to transmit sidelink data to the receiving UE. The receiving UE may determine a coordination message used to indicate whether the resources reserved by the transmitting UE are available for use by the receiving UE to receive the sidelink data from the transmitting UE. The receiving UE may determine resources from the coordination resources to be used to carry the coordination message and may transmit the coordination message carried on the selected resources to indicate to the transmitting UE whether to use the reserved resources for the sidelink data.
US12245251B2
Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described. A first device and a second device may communicate via a channel. The first device may generate and transmit a reference signal, which may be a distortion probing reference signal with a high peak to average power ratio. In one implementation, the first device may use the reference signal as an input for a neural network model to learn a nonlinear response of the second device transmission components. In another implementation, the second device may sample the generated reference signal, and use the samples as inputs for a neural network model to learn the nonlinear response. The first device and the second device may exchange signaling based on learning the nonlinear response, and each device may compensate for the nonlinear response when communicating via the channel.
US12245247B2
Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described. Some wireless communications systems may support cross link interference (CLI) mitigation in full-duplex operations. For example, a first user equipment (UE) may encode and precode a first portion of a message according to a first modulation and coding scheme (MCS) and a first precoding matrix and a second portion of the message according to a second MCS and a second precoding matrix. The first precoding matrix may be based on a first communication link between the first UE and a network entity and the second precoding matrix may be based on the first communication link and a second communication link between the first UE and a second UE. The first UE may transmit the first portion of the message and the second portion of the message via beams associated with respective precoding matrices.
US12245235B2
A method performed by a UE is provided. The method includes receiving at least one SL-DRX configuration and a plurality of SL resource pool configurations to be configured on the first UE; performing partial sensing based on at least one of the plurality of SL resource pool configurations when an SL-DRX operation is performed based on the at least one SL-DRX configuration, each of at least one SL resource pool configured by the at least one of the plurality of SL resource pool configurations comprising one or more time slots; and performing SL-CBR measurement associated with each of the at least one SL resource pool in the one or more time slots where the partial sensing is performed.
US12245233B2
Aspects relate techniques for facilitating resumption of a sidelink transmission after cancellation of the sidelink transmission within resources that overlap with an additional transmission. A transmitting wireless communication device may receive control information from a network entity including a cancellation indication indicating overlapping resources between the resources scheduled for the sidelink transmission and resources scheduled for the additional transmission. Based on the cancellation indication, the transmitting wireless communication device may cancel the sidelink transmission within cancelled resources including at least the overlapping resources and transmit the sidelink transmission via remaining resources of the scheduled resources for the sidelink transmission outside of the cancelled resources.
US12245232B2
Systems and methods for modifying application performance in view of link conditions are provided. An example method includes predicting respective link rates of at least one link of a plurality of links that deliver data to and from a vehicle while the vehicle is moving from an origination point to a destination point. The predicting is based on historical link characteristics. The method further includes generating a link service profile of the vehicle based on the predicted respective link rates and a route of the vehicle. In addition, the method includes receiving a request for information related to the link service profile from a mobile device and transmitting, to the mobile device, an indication based on the link service profile, thereby causing a modification of a behavior of an application executing at the mobile device based on the link service profile.
US12245224B2
A method of transmitting, by a user equipment (UE), an uplink channel in a wireless communication system comprises transmitting capability information related to a panel for a transmission of the uplink channel, receiving configuration information related to the transmission of the uplink channel, and transmitting the uplink channel based on the configuration information. Based on that the transmission of the uplink channel collides with a transmission of other uplink channel scheduled to the UE in a time domain, i) if a first panel related to the transmission of the uplink channel is different from a second panel related to the transmission of the other uplink channel, the uplink channel and the other uplink channel are simultaneously transmitted, and ii) if the first panel is the same as the second panel, the uplink channel is transmitted in a specific resource.
US12245220B2
Methods for the transmission of SCI messages in sidelink communications for the reservation of resources. The modulation and coding scheme of a second stage SCI may be indicated in the first stage SCI.
US12245219B2
This disclosure relates to techniques for performing wireless communications including signaling resource allocation for multiple transport blocks (TBs) on either PUSCH or PDSCH using a single control element, such as a DCI. In various scenarios, the multiple TBs may be scheduled either at contiguous or at non-contiguous dime-domain resources. Various mechanisms are disclosed for performing signaling the resource allocation for the multiple TBs without introducing excessive signaling overhead.
US12245214B2
The present disclosure relates to information transmission methods and communications devices. In one example method, a first communications device receives control information sent by a second communications device, where the control information is used to schedule a plurality of transport blocks (TBs). The first communications device determines a first value, where the first value is associated with one or more of a frequency hopping configuration parameter, a redundancy version (RV) change parameter, an interleaving gap parameter, and a quantity of transport blocks. The first communications device determines a first start time unit during transmission of a first TB, where the first TB is at least one of the plurality of TBs scheduled by the control information, and an index of the first start time unit is an integer multiple of the first value. The first communications device transmits the first TB based on the determined first start time unit.
US12245204B2
A method of allocating resources to at least one wireless node in a wireless communication network, comprising: continuously receiving, at a wireless node, assignment of a number of slots, wherein the slots have a fixed slot time; obtaining (S1) information regarding physical layer parameters together with said assignment of said number of slots and said slot time; extracting (S2) a packet from a packet transmission queue maintained by said wireless node; computing (S3), based on the obtained information regarding physical layer parameters, a duration of said packet; comparing (S4A, S4B, S4C) said packet duration with said slot time; performing in real time at least one of fragmentation (S5C), aggregation (S5A) and reconfiguration (S5B) of said physical layer parameters, depending on the results of said comparison step and/or an amount of packets in said packet transmission queue; and mapping (S6) said packet to a first one of the assigned slots.
US12245199B2
A first wireless device receives, from a second wireless device, a first medium access control (MAC) control element (CE) requesting for an inter-UE coordination between the first wireless device and the second wireless device, wherein the first MAC CE indicates a start time and an end time of a selection window for a resource selection procedure of the second wireless device to select resources for one or more sidelink transmissions by the second wireless device. The first wireless device selects a preferred resource set or a non-preferred resource set during the selection window. The first wireless device transmits, to the second wireless device, a second MAC CE indicating the preferred resource set or the non-preferred resource set for the second wireless device to select resources for the one or more sidelink transmissions. The first wireless device receives the one or more sidelink transmissions.
US12245197B2
A first device may be configured to implement a procedure for resource pool and sidelink primary cell switching. In some aspects, the first device may transmit, to a second device monitoring a first sidelink resource, a sidelink bandwidth configuration message causing the second device to monitor a second sidelink resource, and switch a primary resource designation from the first sidelink resource to the second sidelink resource, the primary resource designation corresponding to communication of management information and/or acknowledgement information. Further, the first device may communicate, based on the switching, the management information and/or the acknowledgement information with the second device via the second sidelink resource.
US12245188B2
A paging indication method includes reporting first information. The first information is used to instruct a network side device to initiate a trigger condition of first paging to the terminal.
US12245182B2
A system and method to improve the accuracy of the measurement of round trip delay in a high accuracy distance measurement (HADM) is disclosed. In one embodiment, the traditional parabolic estimation is used. However, an estimation error is used to compensate for the inaccuracy of the parabolic estimation. This correction may reduce the standard deviation of a measurement by 50% or more. In another embodiment, the parabolic estimation is not used; rather, a different estimation is used, such as an absolute value estimation. In some tests, the absolute value estimation improved the mean measurement value and reduced the standard deviation by 50%.
US12245181B2
There is provided an apparatus, said apparatus comprising means for determining a propagation delay between each of a plurality of transmit-receive points of a network and a user device, determining, based on each determined propagation delay, at least one parameter associated with transmissions from each of the transmit-receive points and providing an indication to the user device of the determined at least one parameter.
US12245171B2
Provided are a radio resource configuration method and apparatus, and a storage medium. The radio resource configuration method includes receiving time-sensitive communication (TSC) service indication information, where the TSC service indication information includes a TSC clock accuracy indication or an indication of whether a service carried by a user equipment (UE) is a TSC service, and sending clock information.
US12245167B2
A base station transmits, to a wireless device, at least one message comprising configuration parameters of a plurality of cells. The plurality of cells comprise a primary cell and one or more secondary cells. The base station receives, from the wireless device, a power headroom report (PHR). The PHR comprises a Type 2 power headroom of the primary cell in response to a licensed assisted access cell, of the one or more secondary cells, having an uplink that is configured and activated.
US12245158B2
A power control method and a device are provided. The method is applied to a terminal device. The method includes: receiving configuration information from a network device, where the configuration information is used to indicate target spatial relation information of target uplink data; and determining transmit power of the target uplink data based on the target spatial relation information, where the target spatial relation information includes at least one of the following: M power control parameters, a target power control parameter corresponding to the target spatial relation information, and information used to indicate the target power control parameter, where M is a positive integer; and the target uplink data includes a sounding reference signal SRS or a physical uplink shared channel PUSCH.
US12245156B2
A terminal according to one aspect of the present disclosure includes a control section that determines whether to power on or off each panel of a plurality of panels and switches power of the panel to ON or OFF, a receiving section that receives a signal by using the panel being powered on, and a transmitting section that transmits a signal by using the panel being powered on. According to one aspect of the present disclosure, it is possible to suppress power consumption of a panel.
US12245144B2
Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, a user equipment (UE) may receive an indication of a power saving mode of the base station for communicating with a base station. The UE may communicate with the base station, with the communicating including transmitting one or more periodic reference signals having a configuration that is based at least in part on the power saving mode of the base station, or receiving the one or more periodic reference signals having the configuration that is based at least in part on the power saving mode of the base station. Numerous other aspects are provided.
US12245140B2
An approach is described for a base station to generate a first message and a second message. The base station transmits the first message and the second message to a user equipment (UE). The first message is associated with a cell supported by the base station and includes a first public land mobile network (PLMN) identity index and a first list of one or more network slices supported by a first PLMN associated with the first PLMN identity index. The second message is associated with one or more neighboring cells, and includes the first PLMN identity index and a second list of one or more network slice data associated the first PLMN as supported by the one or more neighboring cells. In addition, at least one of the one or more network slice data in the second list includes a sub-list of one or more neighboring cell data.
US12245126B2
The present disclosure provides a service processing method, an information transmission method and relevant devices. The service processing method includes: acquiring related information about service processing; and performing relevant processing on a target service at least in accordance with the acquired related information about the service processing.
US12245121B2
An item tracking system that uses smart tracking labels to track an item's position, and that switches between short-range tracking within a local area using short-range interfaces like Bluetooth and long-range tracking within a global or regional area using long-range interfaces like GPS. Long-range communication interfaces may be disabled when the tracking label comes within range of a short-range network such as a Bluetooth network within a warehouse. Switching to short-range services when they are available may significantly reduce the total power requirement for a tracking label. In an illustrative embodiment a tracking label may periodically broadcast an advertising message over Bluetooth; when a Bluetooth gateway in a warehouse or other local area responds to this message, the label disables long-range interfaces and switches position tracking to use short-range services. When the label loses communication with a short-range network, it re-enables the long-range interfaces.
US12245110B2
A telecommunication system that carries out telecommunication functions between multiple parties as initiated by the user interaction with a social network application, while maintaining privacy of the device identifiers (phone numbers or static IP addresses assigned to devices) of the participating parties.
US12245103B2
Systems, devices, and methods for media processing and streaming, including transmitting, by a 5G media streaming uplink (5GMSu) application provider (AP), a request to create a provisioning session for 5GMSu streaming using a 5GMS system. Methods may include receiving, by the 5GMSu AP, an acknowledgement corresponding to the provisioning session. Methods may include performing, by the 5GMSu AP, a 5GMSu egest operation corresponding to the 5GMSu streaming. The 5GMSu AP is included in an external data network (DN) which is external to the 5GMS system.
US12245102B2
A method and system for appointment scheduling, the computer implemented method acting a digital rolodex for clients to schedule appointments for any number of services from businesses whereby they may also be provided with live updates of the location of the businesses and their employees when providing services and may receive an invoice for the services as well as pay for the services. The business may have advertisements for the business appear more or less frequent depending on the volume of appointments scheduled in the calendar and may be provided with live updates of the location of the client.
US12245101B2
In some implementations, an example method of wireless communication at a base station for wireless positioning a user equipment (UE) may comprise: transmitting, to a different device, assistance indicating a location of antenna reference points (ARPs) of the base station for a first set of TRPs configured for receiving uplink (UL) sounding reference signals (SRSs) different from a location of antenna reference points (ARPs) of the base station for a second set of TRPs configured for transmitting downlink (DL) position reference signals (PRSs). The method also comprises performing a measurement of a UL reference signal received by the first set of TRPs. And the method further comprises transmitting the measurement to the different device.
US12245095B2
Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, a first network entity may generate cell information about a first cell provided at least in part by the first network entity, the cell information associated with one or more potential sources of interference at a second cell provided at least in part by a second network entity, the one or more potential sources of interference being associated with the first cell. The first network entity may communicate the cell information to the second network entity. Numerous other aspects are described.
US12245094B2
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. This disclosure also relates to a cell reselection operation. A method of a terminal in a wireless communication system may include receiving a first scheduling information for a first frequency band from a base station, switching a bandwidth to the first frequency band according to the first scheduling information, starting a timer for the first frequency band, and switching the bandwidth to a second frequency band when the timer expires.
US12245081B2
According to an example embodiment, a method may include transmitting, to at least one integrated access backhaul (IAB) (e.g., relay) node within a wireless network, link capacity threshold information, wherein the at least one IAB node is requested to perform threshold-based reporting of updated link capacity based on the link capacity threshold information; and receiving, from a first IAB node of the at least one IAB node, an updated link capacity report that was triggered (e.g., caused to be generated and/or transmitted) at the IAB node based on a change of available link capacity of the IAB node with respect to the capacity threshold information, the updated link capacity report indicating updated available link capacity of at least one a child backhaul link or at least one access link of the first IAB node.
US12245074B2
Methods and apparatuses directed to non-access stratum procedures in connection with layer 2 relaying are provided. A method implemented in a first WTRU, may comprise: receiving, from a second WTRU, a first sidelink transmission comprising a first information indicating an amount of time for the first WTRU to refrain from transmitting, to the second WTRU; determining to reselect to a third WTRU responsive to receiving the first information and based on a second sidelink transmission from the third WTRU; reselecting or autonomous reselecting to the third WTRU; establishing a connection with the third WTRU; and transmitting, to the third WTRU, a third sidelink transmission comprising a second information indicating congestion as a cause for the reselection.
US12245073B2
A congestion control method, apparatus and system, and a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium are disclosed. The congestion control method, which is applied to a first gateway, may include: monitoring node state information of a second gateway, where the second gateway is a collaboration gateway of the first gateway; and performing at least one of: in response to the node state information indicating a traffic overload of the second gateway, notifying a central gateway of the traffic overload of the second gateway, and sending a traffic collaboration request of the second gateway to an application server; or in response to the node state information indicating a service recovery of the second gateway, notifying the central gateway of the service recovery of the second gateway, and sending a service collaboration revocation request of the second gateway to the application server.
US12245065B2
Disclosed are apparatuses and methods for measuring and/or reporting UE-to-UE crosslink interference (CLI). Techniques of realizing efficient L3 CLI RSSI and SRS-RSRP reporting and triggering mechanisms are disclosed. The disclosed apparatuses and methods can configure a measurement object to include a cross-link sounding reference signal (SRS) resource or a cross-link received signal strength indicator (RSSI) resource. A level of cross-link interference (CLI) between a first user equipment (UE) and a second UE based is determined, at least in part, on the configured measurement object. Then, in response to occurrence of a predetermined event, a report is generated that includes the level of CLI. The measurement object is configured to include a resource configuration parameters for a cross-link interference received signal strength indicator (CLI-RSSI) measurement and sounding reference signal (SRS) resource configurations for a cross-link SRS reference signal received power (SRS-RSRP) measurement. One of the first or second UEs can transmit the report.
US12245062B2
A method for link quality monitoring and related products are provided in implementations of the present disclosure. The method includes the following. A first radio link monitoring reference signal (RLM-RS) resource is obtained, where the first RLM-RS resource is a resource among M first RLM-RS candidate resources, and K first RLM-RS candidate resources among the M first RLM-RS candidate resources are used to transmit a first RLM-RS, M and K are positive integers, and K≤M. Radio link quality monitoring is performed according to the first RLM-RS resource.
US12245060B2
The present disclosure provides a method and device in nodes used for wireless communication. A first node receives a first information block and a second information block, and the first information block and the second information block are respectively used to indicate a first control channel candidate set and a second control channel candidate set; time-frequency resources occupied by the first control channel candidate set belong to a first time-frequency resource set, and time-frequency resources occupied by the second control channel candidate set belong to a second time-frequency resource set; the first node monitors Q1 control channel candidates; wherein a first time-frequency resource set belongs to a first time window in time domain The method of the application is conducive to improving a number of blind detections of a control channel and increasing the flexibility of the blind detection capability allocation.
US12245059B2
A transmission method includes: transmitting a PDCCH in a first CORESET, where the number of RBs in the first CORESET is less than or equal to the number of RBs in a second CORESET, and the second CORESET is configured by higher layer signaling in a PBCH.
US12245046B2
Systems, methods, and apparatuses for providing optimization of network resources. The system is operable to monitor the electromagnetic environment, analyze the electromagnetic environment, and extract environmental awareness of the electromagnetic environment. The system extracts the environmental awareness of the electromagnetic environment by including customer goals. The system is operable to use the environmental awareness with the customer goals and/or user defined policies and rules to extract actionable information to help the customer optimize the network resources.
US12245044B2
System, method, and apparatus for providing dynamic, prioritized spectrum management and utilization
Systems, methods, and apparatuses for providing dynamic, prioritized spectrum utilization management. The system includes at least one monitoring sensor, at least one data analysis engine, at least one application, a semantic engine, a programmable rules and policy editor, a tip and cue server, and/or a control panel. The tip and cue server is operable utilize the environmental awareness from the data processed by the at least one data analysis engine in combination with additional information to create actionable data.
US12245042B2
A method for network isolation management is described. The method includes assigning or creating one or more isolation groups for at least one service, wherein resources of services assigned in an isolation group are shared with or without isolation; wherein an isolation group is defined for at least one resource in each layer and each domain to gather the at least one resource of the at least one service; linking an isolation profile for each of the one or more isolation groups, wherein the isolation profile comprises at least one policy to protect the at least one resource of the one or more isolation groups, and wherein the isolation profile comprises at least an isolation level to define a type of isolation; and allocating or reallocating the at least one resource to the at least one service based on the isolation profile linked to the one or more isolation groups.
US12245040B2
According to an example aspect of the present invention, there is provided a method, comprising: receiving user information provided by a user equipment, associating spatiotemporal information with the user information on the basis of location of at least one wireless access network device in communication with the user equipment, generating a proof of location indication transaction associated with the user information on the basis of the spatiotemporal information, and providing the proof of location indication transaction to a distributed ledger.
US12245036B1
A clientless security system to secure cellular devices across a network in a cloud-based environment. The clientless security system includes a tenant with multiple cellular devices, tunnels for transmitting traffic, and a traffic steering module for directing traffic toward a gateway. The clientless security system further includes gateways to apply policies based on a device profile and an alert generator. The traffic steering module provides a SIM with network identifiers, configures the SIM with a custom network identifier, creates a device-to-IP mapping, and distributes the device-to-IP mapping to gateways in real-time. The gateways apply multiple policies based on a device profile, receive traffic from the traffic steering module, and perform a reverse lookup. The gateways further determine a device identity, apply policies, and forward traffic to a destination. The alert generator is also used to notify the tenant of further remediation in case of policy violations.
US12245027B2
Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, a user equipment (UE) may identify a set of security levels for a set of physical uplink channels, wherein the set of physical uplink channels are overlapping in time. The UE may transmit one or more of the set of physical uplink channels based at least in part on the set of security levels for the set of physical uplink channels. Numerous other aspects are described.
US12245020B2
An electronic device having circuitry, which is configured to estimate a distraction level of an audio object stream, and to modify the audio object stream based on the estimated distraction Audio object level to obtain a modified audio object stream.
US12245016B2
An audio mixing system including an on-site digital audio workstation and an off-site audio workstation may be provided. The on-site digital audio workstation may be configured to receive a number of audio data channels and may produce a multi-channel mix by mixing the number of audio data channels. The off-site audio workstation may be coupled, by a remote dynamic host configuration protocol server, to the digital audio workstation and may transmit mixing control data to the digital audio workstation, thereby changing properties of the multi-channel mix.
US12245013B2
There are two representations for Higher Order Ambisonics denoted HOA: spatial domain and coefficient domain. The invention generates from a coefficient domain representation a mixed spatial/coefficient domain representation, wherein the number of said HOA signals can be variable. An aspect of the invention further relates to methods and apparatus decoding multiplexed and perceptually encoded HOA signals, including transforming a vector of PCM encoded spatial domain signals of the HOA representation to a corresponding vector of coefficient domain signals by multiplying the vector of PCM encoded spatial domain signals with a transform matrix and de-normalizing the vector of PCM encoded and normalized coefficient domain signals, wherein said de-normalizing comprises. The methods may include combining a vector of coefficient domain signals and the vector of de-normalized coefficient domain signals to determine a combined vector of HOA coefficient domain signals that can have a variable number of HOA coefficients.
US12245010B2
This application provides a voice device and a voice interaction method of the voice device. The voice device includes at least two voice modules, and the voice interaction method includes: determining the working statuses of the at least two voice modules, selecting one of the two voice modules to execute voice interaction based on preset principles and the working statuses of the at least two voice modules, and suspending the voice interaction of other voice module(s). This application can solve the problem of conflicts between multiple kinds of voice services in the same voice device.
US12245008B2
Systems and methods for dynamic audio optimization associated with digital content are provided. One or more audio profiles including one or more audio settings for one or more audio output devices available to a user may be stored in memory. An incoming audio stream associated with a current interactive session of the user and real-world audio within an identified real-world space where the user is located may be monitored. One or more audio deviations may be detected based on a comparison of the incoming audio stream and the real-world audio within the identified real-world space. An audio profile associated with the current interactive session may be automatically recalibrated to modify at least one of the audio settings. The audio output device may then process audio of the incoming audio stream in accordance with the at least one modified audio setting.
US12245006B2
This application provides an audio processing method and an electronic device. A position of a face or a mouth of a person who makes a sound in a video picture is determined, and a range in which sound pickup needs to be enhanced is determined based on the position of the face or the mouth of the person who makes a sound, to implement directional voice enhancement. The method includes: in a process of collecting a video picture and first audio, recognizing a target image of a sound-making object in the video picture; determining, based on the target image, a first sound pickup range corresponding to the sound-making object; and determining second audio based on the first audio and the first sound pickup range. In the second audio, audio volume in the first sound pickup range is greater than audio volume outside the first sound pickup range.
US12245001B2
A magnet in a wireless charger and a ferromagnetic target plate in a hearing assistance device are used to create a magnetic retention force to hold the hearing assistance device in place when charging in order to control an amount of interference with a wireless charging occurring between the wireless charger and the hearing assistance device. A housing for the wireless charger has one or more storage areas. The contours of the storage areas each conform to a shape of the hearing assistance device that will be stored in that storage area.
US12244997B2
The present disclosure provides systems and method for adjusting the audio output of a wearable device based on an audio gain profile of a user. The wearable device may receive an audiogram indicating one or more frequency ranges associated with hearing loss. The wearable device may determine the audio gain profile based on the audiogram. The wearable device may use one or more adjustment modules to determine a gain to apply to the audio output based on the audio gain profile. The adjustment modules may include an active noise control module, a hearing assistance module, and a transparency control module. The wearable device may determine the amount of gain to apply using a least mean square algorithm and/or a machine learning model.
US12244989B2
A headphone structure includes a driver unit; a baffle plate that holds the driver unit and has an acoustic hole through which a sound generated by the driver unit passes; an acoustic member disposed on a position closer to an outer edge of the baffle plate than the acoustic hole in the baffle plate; and an ear pad disposed on a surface of the acoustic member opposite to a surface that contacts the baffle plate.
US12244987B2
A microphone assembly for exterior use on vehicles having a housing base including at least one compartment, a PCBA (printed circuit board assembly) with at least one acoustic membrane, a sealing cover to at least partially overlap with the compartment is disclosed. The sealing cover has at least one opening with said opening at least partially aligned with said acoustic membrane. The assembly has a housing cover including a first grid at least partially aligned with said opening in the sealing cover, and a shielding cover. The shielding cover has a second grid at least partially aligned with said opening in the sealing cover. The first grid and the second grid are aligned in offset in order to provide a labyrinth path without straight passthrough passages from the exterior of the microphone assembly to the acoustic membrane.
US12244985B2
A controller in a wireless system that may switch between two modes. In a first mode, the controller communicates directly with a wireless transceiver, using a first wireless protocol, and receives audio signal directly from the wireless transceiver, using a second wireless protocol. In a second mode, the controller communicates with a wireless transceiver via a wireless access point, using the first wireless protocol, and receives audio signal from the wireless transceiver via a wireless access point, using the second wireless protocol.
US12244984B2
A monitoring circuit for a photovoltaic module includes a measurement conditioning circuit, a microcontroller circuit, and a transmitter circuit. The measurement conditioning circuit includes a voltage sense terminal, a voltage reference terminal, and a digital measurement data output. The microcontroller circuit includes a digital measurement data input coupled with the digital measurement data output, a modulation clock input, a measurement data stream output, and a transmit select output. The transmitter circuit includes a measurement data stream input coupled with the measurement data stream output, a modulation clock output coupled with the modulation clock input, a transmit select input coupled with the transmit select output, and positive and negative output communication terminals.
US12244980B2
A pivoting mounting bracket enables a user to select a cable entry direction for a pre-cabled chassis. The cable can be anchored to the mounting bracket prior to selecting the cable entry direction. A cable guide may protect against overbending of the cable during pivoting of the mounting bracket. Certain types of chassis can be pre-cabled with at least 576 or even at least 864 optical fibers within a 5 RU space. Certain types of chassis can include a v-shaped panel to hold front ports (e.g., optical adapters).
US12244974B1
A vehicular projection system is disclosed. The projection system may include a projector that is operatively connected to a vehicle, where the operation of the projector is facilitated by utilizing sensors operatively connected to the vehicle. In embodiments, the vehicle is powered by one or more rechargeable batteries and is equipped with numerous sensors. The sensors continually retrieve data from the area surrounding the vehicle and share collected data with a computer system associated with the vehicle. The computer system processes the data creating directions for the automotive controls of the vehicle which transport the vehicle to an appropriate location.
US12244971B2
An information processing device includes: a processor including hardware, the processor being configured to cause a display to display a second image according to an input of an operation, the second image corresponding to a field of view corresponding to at least part of a first image contained in imaging data that is generated by capturing an observation subject, analyze change of the field of view over time to calculate an attention degree, and set a region of interest in the first image contained in the imaging data according to the attention degree.
US12244964B2
System and method for providing wide-area imaging and communications capability to a handheld device
This invention provides a system and method for utilizing a wireless, handheld communication device to image a scene in multiple directions, so as to include multiple parties in addition to the user, and also, optionally, to project images on a plurality of display screens. The housing of the smartphone is adapted to provide a multi-camera and multi-screen arrangement. More particularly, the housing of the smartphone is adapted to include (at least) a front-directed camera and a rear-directed camera on respective front and rear faces, and openings along the left and right side edges for small-scale cameras and associated protective windows that are directed to image the left and right areas adjacent to the phone. The side cameras can also be provided in a removable case and a hub can be used to coordinate data feeds, including those from peripheral devices.
US12244963B2
A vehicular vision system includes an electronic control unit (ECU) installed in a vehicle that connects via a plurality of coaxial cables of the vehicle with a plurality of vehicular cameras of the vehicle. Each camera is operable to capture image data. The coaxial cables (i) carry image data captured by the respective camera from the respective camera to the ECU, (ii) carries camera control data from the ECU to the respective camera and (iii) connects a DC power supply of the ECU to the respective camera for powering the respective camera. The camera control data is carried by the respective coaxial cable from the ECU to the respective camera at a control data carrier frequency that is lower than an image data carrier frequency at which image data captured by the respective camera is carried by the respective coaxial cable from the respective camera to the ECU.
US12244952B2
A system and a method for single-shot compressed optical-streaking ultra-high-speed imaging, the system comprising a spatial encoding module spatially encoding the transient event with a binary pseudo-random pattern into spatially encoded frames; a galvanometer scanner temporally shearing the spatially encoded frames; and a CMOS camera receiving the temporally sheared spatially encoded frames, during one exposure time of the camera, for reconstructing the transient event. The method comprises spatial encoding a transient event; temporal shearing resulting spatially encoded frames of the event, spatio-temporal integration, and reconstruction.
US12244949B2
Image sensor and imaging device with vertical controller performing first control and second control
An image sensor, includes: a first pixel and a second pixel, in a first direction, each including a first photoelectric conversion unit and a light-shielding unit and outputting a signal; a third pixel and a fourth pixel, in the first direction, each including a second photoelectric conversion unit and outputting a signal; a first signal line and a second signal line, in the first direction, each of which can be connected to the first pixel, the second pixel, the third pixel and the fourth pixel; and a control unit that performs a first control in which a signal of the first pixel is output to the first signal line and a signal of the second pixel is output to the second signal line, and a second control in which a signal of the third pixel and a signal of the fourth pixel are output to the first signal line.
US12244934B2
A system on chip and a mobile device are provided, the mobile device including a processor that receives raw image data, processes the raw image data into floating-point format image data, and output the floating-point format image data; a memory that stores therein the floating-point format image data; and a display processing unit that receives the floating-point format image data stored in the memory therefrom, and performs high dynamic range (HDR) processing on the floating-point format image data.
US12244927B1
Multi-cameras and in particular dual-cameras comprising a Wide camera comprising a Wide lens and a Wide image sensor, the Wide lens having a Wide effective focal length EFLW and a folded Tele camera comprising a Tele lens with a first optical axis, a Tele image sensor and an OPFE, wherein the Tele lens includes, from an object side to an image side, a first lens element group G1, a second lens element group G2 and a third lens element group G3, wherein at least two of the lens element groups are movable relative to the image sensor along the first optical axis to bring the Tele lens to two zoom states, wherein an effective focal length (EFL) of the Tele lens is changed from EFLT,min in one zoom state to EFLT,max in the other zoom state, wherein EFLTmin>1.5×EFLW and wherein EFLTmax>1.5×EFLTmin.
US12244925B2
A selection method includes a first imaging step of imaging a subject included in a plurality of candidate regions including a first region and a plurality of second regions, a first calculation step of calculating a first distance, which is a distance of a first subject in the first region, and a plurality of second distances, which are distances of a plurality of second subjects in the plurality of second regions, a first specifying step of specifying a first specific region, which corresponds to the second distance satisfying a first condition, from among the plurality of second regions, and a first selection step of selecting a first in-focus subject, which is to be focused, from among the first subject and the second subject in the first specific region based on a first ratio which is a ratio of the first specific region to the plurality of second regions.
US12244922B2
Systems, methods, devices and non-transitory, computer-readable storage mediums are disclosed for a wearable multimedia device and cloud computing platform with an application ecosystem for processing multimedia data captured by the wearable multimedia device. In an embodiment, a method comprises: receiving, by one or more processors of a cloud computing platform, context data from a wearable multimedia device, the wearable multimedia device including at least one data capture device for capturing the context data; creating a data processing pipeline with one or more applications based on one or more characteristics of the context data and a user request; processing the context data through the data processing pipeline; and sending output of the data processing pipeline to the wearable multimedia device or other device for presentation of the output.
US12244917B2
A camera apparatus and an electronic device including the same are disclosed. The camera apparatus according to the present disclosure includes: a light source; a lens module configured to output light from the light source to the outside; an actuator configured to move the light source or the lens module; and an image sensor configured to convert external light into an electrical signal. Accordingly, it is possible to implement a high-quality 3D volume by dynamically moving output light.
US12244914B2
The various implementations described herein include a video camera assembly that includes: (1) a housing; (2) an image sensor positioned within the housing and having a field of view corresponding to a scene in the smart home environment; and (3) a concave-shaped front face positioned in front of the image sensor such that light from the scene passes through the front face prior to entering the image sensor; where the front face includes: (a) an inner section corresponding to the image sensor; and (b) an outer section between the housing and the inner section, the outer section having a concave shape that extends from an outer periphery of the outer section to an inner periphery of the outer section; and where the concave shape extends around an entirety of the outer periphery.
US12244907B2
A system and method for enabling automated audio transitions in a multi-window video environment. This system and method provide for the autonomous selection of the audio associated with a particular one of the video windows based upon predetermined user preferences. The predetermined user preferences can be functions of the relative size and/or position of a particular video window, as well as the content, resolution, provider, or other characteristic associated with a particular video in a given window.
US12244905B2
Methods and systems are described for recommending providers of media content to users viewing over-the-top content based on quality of service.
US12244903B2
An electronic device presents, on a display of the electronic device, a session interface. The session interface includes at least one multimedia message. The electronic device determines a first multimedia message in response to a first selection operation received through the session interface. The first multimedia message carries first multimedia data. The electronic device determines second multimedia data in response to a second selection operation. The electronic device presents a synthesis interface in response to receiving a multimedia synthesis instruction, and performs synthesis processing on the first multimedia data and the second multimedia data to obtain synthesized multimedia data.
US12244896B2
“Binge watching” of multiple episodes of a program is improved by the player device automatically skipping repeated portions of the program. Opening and closing credit scenes, for example, can be automatically skipped to thereby allow the viewer to progress through the entire season of programming at an even faster rate than was previously thought possible. Programming to be skipped may be identified by detecting audio or other digital fingerprints in the content itself, for example. Content to be skipped may be identified to the playback device according to anchor points or other references in the programming itself.
US12244895B2
A first playback is configured to (i) while connected to a local data network via a network interface using a first wireless networking protocol, receive a command to begin communicating with a second playback device in a group of playback devices for synchronous playback, (ii) based on the received command, begin communicating with the second playback device, (iii) determine that the second playback device is connected to the local data network using a second wireless networking protocol, (iv) based the determining, cause the second playback device to operate as a group coordinator of the group of playback devices, wherein the group coordinator (a) receives audio content from an audio source, and (b) transmits the audio content to the first playback device during rendering of the audio content by the group of playback devices, and (v) thereafter, receive the audio content from the second playback device.
US12244893B2
Systems and methods are described herein for efficiently “catching-up” a user that is interested in a media asset when that user has missed a portion of the media asset while consuming the media asset together with other people. The system may detect that multiple people are consuming a media asset and may determine, based on a respective profile of each person, whether that person is interested in the media asset. When the system detects that the user is disregarding the media asset, the missed portion of the media asset is stored if the user is interested in the media asset, and is not stored if the user is not interested in the media asset.
US12244886B2
Systems, methods, and computer program products can provide visual guidance on presenting content on a media surface of a venue. These systems, methods, and computer program products can operate by mapping visual content onto a media surface of the venue and a key feature unique to the visual content and/or the media surface being extracted. Thereafter, these systems, methods, and computer program products can retrieve an experiment metric corresponding to the visual content and/or the media surface and can determine a viewer location metric and/or a media surface metric based on the experiment metric and the key feature. These systems, methods, and computer program products can utilize the viewer location metric and/or the media surface metric to provide a hint of the attribute to a user.
US12244882B2
Example methods, apparatus, systems and articles of manufacture (e.g., physical storage media) to assign respondents to geographic locations for audience measurement are disclosed. Example apparatus disclosed herein are to determine a set of constraints based on aggregate values of demographic features associated with respective ones of the geographic locations. Disclosed example apparatus are also to construct a model to return probabilities that respective ones the respondents are associated with the respective ones of the geographic locations, the model to have a set of parameters, respective ones of the parameters to be associated with respective ones of the constraints. Disclosed example apparatus are further to evaluate the model based on values of the set of parameters and values of the demographic features for a first one of the respondents to determine a set of probabilities that the first respondent is to be assigned to respective ones of the geographic locations.
US12244879B2
A method for indicating repeat occurrences of advertisements in media content may include one or more of the following. The method may include inserting a first descriptor element for a media content in a media presentation description (MPD) associated with the media content. The method may include inserting a second descriptor element for a repeat occurrence of the media content in the MPD. The second descriptor element may indicate that, during the repeat occurrence of the media content, the media content be presented from the beginning.
US12244878B2
Systems and methods for performing adaptive bitrate streaming using alternative streams of protected content in accordance with embodiments of the invention are described. One embodiment of the invention includes a processor, and memory containing a client application. In addition, the client application configures the processor to: request a top level index file identifying a plurality of alternative streams of protected content, where each of the alternative streams of protected content are encrypted using common cryptographic information; obtain the common cryptographic information; request portions of content from at least the plurality of alternative streams of protected content; access the protected content using the common cryptographic information; and playback the content.
US12244867B2
A quantization parameter signalling mechanism for both SDR and HDR content in video coding is described using two approaches. The first approach is to send the user-defined QpC table directly in high level syntax. This leads to more flexible and efficient QP control for future codec development and video content coding. The second approach is to signal luma and chroma QPs independently. This approach eliminates the need for QpC tables and removes the dependency of chroma quantization parameter on luma QP.
US12244866B2
A method for transmitting point cloud data according to embodiments may comprise the steps of: encoding the point cloud data; and/or transmitting a bitstream including the point cloud data and signaling information. A method for receiving point cloud data according to embodiments may comprise the steps of: receiving a bitstream including the point cloud data and signaling information; decoding the point cloud data; and/or rendering the point cloud data.
US12244863B2
Embodiments of the present disclosure provides systems and methods for processing video content. The methods include: reconstructing a chroma block based on a plurality of luma samples associated with the chroma block, wherein reconstructing the chroma block includes: determining whether the chroma block has non-zero chroma residuals; and in response to a determination that the chroma block has no non-zero chroma residuals, bypassing a process of averaging the plurality of luma samples, wherein the process of averaging is used for reconstructing the chroma block.
US12244859B2
The present invention provides a method and a device for deriving an inter-view motion merging candidate. A method for deriving an inter-view motion merging candidate, according to an embodiment of the present invention, can comprise the steps of: on the basis of encoding information of an inter-view reference block derived by means of a variation vector of a current block, determining whether or not inter-view motion merging of the current block is possible; and, if inter-view motion merging of the current block is not possible, generating an inter-view motion merging candidate of the current block by using encoding information of an adjacent block that is spatially adjacent to the inter-view reference block.
US12244845B2
An image processing apparatus that is capable of converting an image file such that all annotation information recorded in the image file can be used. When converting a first-format image file including image data and annotation information on the image data to a second-format image file whose memory capacity of a predetermined area, where annotation information is recorded, is less than that of the first-format image file, the image processing apparatus, when the annotation information included in the first-format image file is not predetermined annotation information whose data amount is equal to or greater than a predetermined value, records the annotation information into the predetermined area in the second-format image file, and, when the annotation information included in the first-format image file is the predetermined annotation information, records link information on the annotation information in the predetermined area in the second-format image file.
US12244842B2
An image encoding/decoding method and apparatus of the present invention may derive motion information of a current block, and perform motion compensation for the current block on the basis of the motion information. The motion information of the current block is derived on the basis of an inter-mode predefined in an encoding/decoding apparatus, and the predefined inter-mode may include at least one of a merge mode, an AMVP mode, an affine mode, or an intra block copy (IBC) mode.
US12244841B2
A video encoder is configured to encode a bit stream including a coded picture having a first contiguous region and a second contiguous region, the first contiguous region containing common motion, the second contiguous region containing local motion. The encoded bitstream is provided to a decoder which is configured to decode the first contiguous region of the coded picture to reconstruct the common motion by utilizing a motion model common to all of the coding blocks in the first region. A merge candidate list is selectively created and a merge candidate is selected to decode the first region based on the common motion model. The second contiguous region is decoded using individual motion information for each coding block in the second contiguous region.
US12244831B2
A cross-component dependent tool to be used for a chroma block of a picture is enabled responsive to a size of said chroma block and to a size of at least one luma block co-located with the chroma block. Then, the chroma block is decoded responsive to said enablement of said cross-component dependent tool. A encoding and decoding methods are presented as well as encoding and decoding devices.
US12244816B2
A video encoder according to embodiments is provided. The video encoder is configured for encoding a plurality of pictures of a video by generating an encoded video signal, wherein each of the plurality of pictures includes original picture data. The video encoder includes a data encoder configured for generating the encoded video signal including encoded picture data, wherein the data encoder is configured to encode the plurality of pictures of the video into the encoded picture data. Moreover, the video encoder includes an output interface configured for outputting the encoded picture data of each of the plurality of pictures. Furthermore, a video decoders, systems, methods for encoding and decoding, computer programs and encoded video signals according to embodiments are provided.
US12244815B2
A method for decoding a coded data stream representing an image. The method includes for a current block: reading from the stream a block size threshold value; determining whether the current block size is less than or equal to the threshold value; if so, decoding information indicating a first or second coding mode and reconstructing the current block according to the indicated mode, and if not, reconstructing the current block according to the first mode. In the first mode the current block is reconstructed using an inverse transform of a transformed prediction residue decoded for the current block, and in the second mode the current block is not reconstructed using such an inverse transform, but by: scanning each pixel of the block, including: obtaining a prediction of the pixel from another previously decoded pixel, and reconstructing the pixel from the prediction and a decoded prediction residue.
US12244814B2
A method of processing a video sequence is proposed, which comprises, for a video encoding tool of a set of video encoding tools configured for encoding the video sequence comprised in a video encoder, determining an efficiency value based on an encoding performance value and an encoding computational complexity value of the video encoding tool for encoding the video sequence, and determining, based on the efficiency value of the video encoding tool, whether to configure the video encoder to use the video encoding tool for the encoding of the video sequence.
US12244812B2
An image decoding method according to the present document may comprise a step for deriving modified transform coefficients, wherein the step for deriving modified transform coefficients may comprise the steps of: determining whether the tree type of the current block is a single tree; parsing an LFNST index when the tree type is the single type, the LFNST index being parsed on the basis of a transform coefficient coding flag value for a luma component of the current block, or on the basis of whether an ISP mode is applicable to the luma component; and deriving the modified transform coefficients by applying an LFNST kernel derived on the basis of the LFNST index.
US12244800B2
To encode a picture, a coding tree unit (CTU) in the picture is partitioned by a quadtree structure, and the quadtree leaf nodes can be further partitioned by a multi-type tree (MTT) structure. To increase the set of reachable coding tree nodes and leaves, we propose to increase the maximum allowed MTT hierarchy depth to be twice the difference between the CTU size and the minimum allowed size for a CU. The maximum allowed MTT hierarchy depth can be specified for all QT levels in order to provide more flexibility in the split tree. Alternatively, only two levels of maximum allowed MTT depth are signaled: one when QT splits are allowed, and another one when no more QT splits are allowed. In addition, an upper bound can be set for the minimum allowed coding block size, based on the coding tree unit size or the maximum allowed transform size.
US12244797B2
An encoder includes processing circuitry and a memory coupled to the processing circuitry. Using the memory, the processing circuitry is configured to: change values of pixels in a first block and a second block to filter a boundary between the first block and the second block. The pixels include type one pixels and type two pixels different from the type one pixels. The first set of filter coefficients applied to the type one pixels in the first block and the second set of filter coefficients applied to the type one pixels in the second block are selected to be asymmetrical with respect to the boundary.
US12244795B2
The present application relates to the field of picture processing, for example still picture/image and/or video picture/image coding. In particular, the application relates to a device and corresponding method for intra-predicting a prediction block of a video image. The device is configured to select a directional intra-prediction mode from a set of directional intra-prediction modes, where each directional intra-prediction mode corresponds to a different intra-prediction angle. Further, the device is configured to select a filter from a set of filters based on the selected directional intra-prediction mode. Further, the device is configured to determine, for a prediction sample of the prediction block, a reference sample from a set of reference samples based on the selected directional intra-prediction mode, and apply the selected filter to the determined reference sample.
US12244792B2
A method of processing, prior to encoding using an external encoder, image data using an artificial neural network is provided. The external encoder is operable in a plurality of encoding modes. At the neural network, image data representing one or more images is received. The image data is processed using the neural network to generate output data indicative of an encoding mode selected from the plurality of encoding modes of the external encoder. The neural network trained to select using image data an encoding mode of the plurality of encoding modes of the external encoder using one or more differentiable functions configured to emulate an encoding process. The generated output data is outputted from the neural network to the external encoder to enable the external encoder to encode the image data using the selected encoding mode.
US12244790B2
A method of encoding a motion information predictor index, comprising: generating a list of motion information predictor candidates; when an Affine Merge mode is used, selecting one of the motion information predictor candidates in the list as an Affine Merge mode predictor; when a non-Affine Merge mode is used, selecting one of the motion information predictor candidates in the list as a non-Affine Merge mode predictor; and generating a motion information predictor index for the selected motion information predictor candidate using CABAC coding, one or more bits of the motion information predictor index being bypass CABAC coded.
US12244788B1
Techniques for identifying when a sensor of a vehicle is obstructed. For instance, the sensor may include a light source (e.g., a light-emitting diode), a main sensor, a lens, a window, and/or a light sensor. The light source of the sensor may emit light, where the main sensor and/or the light sensor generate sensor data representing at least a portion of the light that is reflected. The vehicle may then determine a characteristic associated with the at least the portion of the light, such as an area of illumination or an intensity of the at least the portion of the light. Next, the vehicle may compare the characteristic to a threshold in order to determine whether the characteristic satisfies the threshold. Based on the determination, the vehicle may determine whether the sensor is obstructed, such as by a substance being located on the lens and/or the window.
US12244785B2
The state monitoring system includes: a 3D camera configured to acquire an image in a work area; and information processing apparatus connected to the 3D camera and including a processing unit and a storage unit. The processing unit calculates a camera setting parameter that determines an imaging condition of the 3D camera with respect to a monitoring target as a target to be monitored in the work area and stores the camera setting parameter in the storage unit, determines the imaging condition of the 3D camera by applying the camera setting parameter corresponding to the monitoring target with reference to the camera setting parameter stored in the storage unit, acquires an image of the monitoring target from the 3D camera configured to image the monitoring target in the determined imaging condition, and determines a state of the monitoring target based on the acquired image of the monitoring target.
US12244782B2
Augmented reality systems provide graphics over views from a mobile device for both in-venue and remote viewing of a sporting or other event. A server system can provide a transformation between the coordinate system of a mobile device (mobile phone, tablet computer, head mounted display) and a real world coordinate system. Requested graphics for the event are displayed over a view of an event. In a tabletop presentation, video of the event can be displayed with augmented reality graphics overlays at a remote location.
US12244781B2
An information processing system includes a first processor mounted on a server connected to a local area network of an organization to which a user belongs, and a second processor mounted on an information processing apparatus provided outside the local area network, in which the first processor is configured to in a case of relaying process request information addressed to the information processing apparatus, the process request information including data which is a target of a process, and process information including identification information on the process, information specifying a request source of the process, and identification information on the information processing apparatus which is a request destination of the process, associate the identification information on the process with the identification information on the information processing apparatus included in the process request information to generate processing management information, and register the generated processing management information in a process management information storage unit, and return execution permission information indicating that execution of the process is permitted, in response to a check request for checking whether or not the process is executable for the process request information transmitted from the information processing apparatus via a virtual private line established with the information processing apparatus, in a case where a set of the identification information on the information processing apparatus and the identification information on the process included in the check request is registered in the process management information storage unit, and the second processor is configured to, in response to the process request information, transmit a check request for checking whether or not the process is executable, the check request including the identification information on the information processing apparatus and the identification information on the process requested to be executed, to the server via a virtual private line established with the server, and execute the requested process in a case where the execution permission information is returned from the server in response to the transmitted check request.
US12244777B2
A recording device includes a reading device including a reading unit that reads an image of a document, a placement unit at which a medium is placed, and a recording unit that performs recording on the medium transported from the placement unit. A size of the medium is determined by emitting light from the reading unit toward a detection target and calculating a position thereof, the position of the detection target changing in accordance with the size of the medium placed at the placement unit.
US12244760B1
Embodiments include a system, method, and computer program product that authenticates a caller using calling party information. In an embodiment, an authentication device receives the call request and associated calling party information that includes a calling party number. The authentication device retrieves parameters associated with the calling party number, where a retrieved parameter is a number of accounts linked to the calling party number. The authentication device determines whether the number of accounts is between one and a threshold value, inclusive, and verifies that the call request originates from a location or a device associated with the calling party number. Based on the verifying and determining, the authentication device generates an authentication result that indicates whether the calling party number is authenticated. Then, the authentication device sends the authentication result to a call processing device that processes the call request from the caller according to the authentication result.
US12244747B2
A cover includes a cover body and a first line layer. The cover body is made of an insulating material, and the first line layer is made of a conductive material. The first line layer is completely built into the cover body, and the first line layer is configured to form a radiator, and is coupled to a radio frequency transceiver circuit of an electronic device. The first line layer includes a plurality of first conducting wires and a plurality of second conducting wires. The plurality of first conducting wires are arranged at intervals in a first direction, and the plurality of second conducting wires are arranged at intervals in a second direction. The plurality of first conducting wires and the plurality of second conducting wires are disposed intersecting each other. The first direction is different from the second direction.
US12244738B2
Methods, devices, and systems are provided for user authentication on a gateway device to perform steps of, receiving a user request communicated via a local area network (LAN) from a user system or device connected to the LAN, checking whether the gateway device is operating in a disconnected operational mode in response to the user request, selectively initiating a user authentication protocol when the gateway device is operating in the disconnected operational mode, wherein the user authentication protocol uses secret information stored in a user hardware token uniquely assigned to a particular user, authenticating the administrator user using the user authentication protocol that requires administrator secret information stored in a master hardware token connected to a system or device operated by the administrator user, and selectively authenticating the particular user based at least in part on results of the user authentication protocol.
US12244735B2
A copy protection method for an electronic system has one or more electronic units and one or more component which interacts with the electronic unit, in which or more one public-key infrastructure having one or more certification authority is used. The certification authority issues a first certificate for the electronic unit and a second certificate for the component, based on an identification feature of the electronic unit and of the component, respectively. To check authenticity of the component by means of the electronic unit, the respective certificates are mutually checked. The first certificate is premade and loaded onto the electronic unit when producing and/or configuring the electronic unit, and/or the second certificate is premade and loaded onto the component when producing and/or configuring the component.
US12244727B2
In a user credential control system, an access control server includes a token issuing unit that issues, to a service provider server, a token in which a user credential that can be acquired by the service provider server is described according to the company name and the type of a service of the service provider server described in an electronic certificate, a policy registration unit that registers a policy of an access authority of the service provider server to the user credential based on the company name or the type of the service of the service provider server, and a notification reception unit that, when the user credential of the user terminal has been changed, acquires the service provider server with the access authority to the user credential from a token according to the registered policy to notify the service provider server of the change of the user credential.
US12244725B2
In some embodiments, an authentication system may be configured to process one or more tokens that incorporates one or more tailored-wavelength-range coded patterns, codes represented within a steganographic image, or “overlapping” codes. As an example, such a token may include (i) one or more invisible-ink-printed patterns printed using infrared ink corresponding to different tailored wavelength ranges within the infrared light spectrum, (ii) one or more steganographic images in which invisible-ink-printed patterns are interweaved within the steganographic images, (iii) visible-ink-printed patterns and invisible-ink-printed patterns printed substantially within the visible ink portions of the visible-ink-printed patterns, or (iv) other features, where the invisible-ink-printed patterns correspond to one or more authentication codes or other data for token authentication.
US12244713B2
In some implementations, a system may receive a first credential associated with a first account and a second credential associated with a second account and may instruct a cloud service, using the first credential, to generate a first snapshot of structured source data associated with the first account. The system may authorize the first account and the second account to use a master encryption key and instruct the cloud service to encrypt the first snapshot using the master encryption key. The system may instruct the cloud service, using the second credential, to copy the first snapshot to a second snapshot associated with the second account and to decrypt the second snapshot into structured target data using the master encryption key. The system may deauthorize the first account and the second account from using the master encryption key and output an indicator of completion to a user device.
US12244707B2
A method for sharing an incrementally trained machine learning (ML) model from an edge device to other edge devices that are associated with a peer to peer network is provided. The method includes (i) receiving event data at an edge device from among one or more edge devices of the peer to peer network upon the occurrence of an event at the edge device, (ii) incrementally training a base version of a ML model at the edge device based on the received event data, (iii) generating, a unique persistent file format of the incrementally trained ML model at the edge device, (iv) optimizing a payload associated with the unique persistent file format to include one or more parameters with associated weights changing beyond a predetermined configurable threshold and (v) encapsulating the unique persistent file format with a unique metadata.
US12244704B2
Systems and methods are described for providing neutral data access across multiple data structures. One example computer-implemented method includes accessing, by a computing device, a first data element in a data structure and assigning a first unique identifier to the first data element. The method also includes replacing, by the computing device, the first data element in the data structure with the first unique identifier, whereby the first data element is removed from the data structure, and encrypting the first unique identifier of the data structure. The method then also includes storing, by the computing device, the data structure, with the encrypted first unique identifier, in a multi-tenant data structure, for access by a data host.
US12244697B2
The present invention provides a method and system for secure communication over communication network by an identity-based key agreement between the parties transmitting information over the network. The system and method there of employs (k, n) threshold secret sharing scheme and assures information theoretic secrecy that cannot be broken by unlimited computing power.
US12244693B2
Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium for retrieving information from a server. Methods can include a server receiving a set of client-encrypted queries. The server identifies a set of server-encrypted decryption keys and transmits the set to the client device. The server receives a set of client-server-encrypted decryption keys that includes the set of server-encrypted decryption keys encrypted by the client device. The server also receives a set of client-encrypted/client-derived decryption keys that were derived by the client device. The server generates matching a map that specifies matches between the set of client-server-encrypted decryption keys and the set of client-encrypted/client-derived decryption keys. The server filters the set of client-encrypted queries using the map to create a set of filtered client-encrypted queries and generates a set of query results.
US12244686B2
An image sensor includes a non-volatile memory (NVM) storing a encoded private key and partial information of a private key, using first random numbers generated by repeating a first random number generation operation using the partial information of the private key, and a security circuit that performs a decryption operation on a cipher text received from a controller. The security circuit includes a self-recursive decoder that receives the encoded private key from the NVM during the decryption operation, repeats a second random number generation operation using the partial information of the private key to generate second random numbers, and uses the second random numbers to restore the encoded private key to the private key, and a crypto module that uses the restored private key to decrypt the cipher text.
US12244683B2
A serial data receiver circuit included in a computer system may include a front-end circuit, a sample circuit that includes multiple analog-to-digital converter circuits, and a recovery circuit. The sample circuit may sample a serial data stream at different times that correspond to even-numbered and odd-numbered symbols in the serial data stream. The recovery circuit may use different coefficients to process the respective samples of the even-numbered and odd-numbered symbols in order to recover the data symbols encoded in the serial data stream.
US12244673B2
Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, obtaining information regarding a metaverse object and data regarding network resources, deriving a mapping between the metaverse object and one or more of the network resources based on the information and the data, and providing a hybrid service design and orchestration (H-SDO) system with access to the mapping to facilitate selection of particular network resources for supporting one or more metaverse service requests relating to the metaverse object. Other embodiments are disclosed.
US12244672B2
A computing system identifies a plurality of virtualization elements executing on a cloud computing environment. The computing system retrieves a first set of data related to software resources executing across the plurality of virtualization elements. The computing system retrieves a second set of data related to hardware resources associated with the plurality of virtualization elements. The computing system retrieves delta updates to the first set of data, wherein the delta updates are retrieved in real-time. The computing system generates a first database. The first database includes the first set of data related to the software resources, the second set of data related to the hardware resources associated with the plurality of virtualization elements, and the delta updates. The computing system generates a configuration management database hosted by a configuration management database system.
US12244668B2
Systems and method for improved creation and management of distributed file systems are provided. In one embodiment, a method is provided that includes creating a plurality of containers within a cloud computing environment and executing, within the plurality of containers, a plurality of gateways for a distributed file system. Exports of the distributed file system may be assigned to a subset of the plurality of gateways. The exports may correspond to an exclusive subset of the distributed file system. The method may also include responding to requests to access exports of the distributed file system using containers executing gateways assigned to corresponding exports of the distributed file system.
US12244663B2
Systems and methods include a cloud hub located in a premises, and the cloud hub comprises adapters configured for coupling to premises devices. The cloud hub is configured as a gateway for the premises devices. The system includes a virtual gateway located in a cloud server environment and coupled to the cloud hub. The virtual gateway is configured as a server-side abstraction of the cloud hub. The cloud hub and the virtual gateway are configured as an automation platform that maintains state data of the premises devices, controls interaction among the premises devices, and monitors and manages the premises devices.
US12244660B2
Systems and methods for adaptive buffering in accordance with embodiments of the invention enable a reduced minimum buffer time. One embodiment includes a playback device comprising a memory; a network interface; and a processor that reads instructions stored in the memory that directs the processor to: download digital video content in a buffer of a playback device; receive a minimum buffer time from the digital video content; play the digital video content at a slow motion speed using the playback device; reduce the minimum buffer time by a slow motion playback speed factor; continue playing the digital video content at the slow motion speed until the reduced minimum buffer time is reached using the playback device; and play the digital video content at a speed faster than the slow motion speed once the minimum buffer time is reached using the playback device.
US12244651B2
A lawful interception administrative function (LI ADMF) provides a virtual network function (VNF) implemented (i.e. implemented in a cloud infrastructure) LI intercept access point (IAP) only with one-way encrypted targets instead of clear-text targets while keeping the lawful interception triggering capability of the IAP unaffected. The ADMF, being external to the cloud infrastructure in which the IAP is running, executes hashing of targets before the targets are provided to the IAP. The IAP will never receive targets in clear text and thereby greatly reducing the LI security risks.
US12244649B2
A processor may identify that content is generated for a communication between IoT devices. The processor may identify a source device and a target device of the IoT devices. The processor may analyze the content. The processor may determine a sensitivity of the content. The processor may assign, based on the determining, a security level to either of the source device or the target device.
US12244645B2
Techniques for identifying outlier application connections for computer security are described. These techniques include identifying one or more connections between a client application and one or more services, over a communication network, and determining to switch from an outlier connection learning phase to an outlier connection detection phase based on the identified or more connections, including determining, in real-time and based on a confidence level and a number of previously analyzed connections, to switch to the outlier connection detection phase. The techniques further include determining, based on the switch to the outlier connection detection phase, that a first connection of the identified one or more connections is an outlier connection, and acting to reduce a security risk relating to the first connection.
US12244637B1
A cloud-based network security system (NSS) is described. The NSS uses a sandbox to safely detonate and extract information about a document and uses machine learning algorithms to analyze the information to predict whether the document contains malicious software. Specifically, during the detonation, static and dynamic information about the document is captured in the sandbox as well as character strings from images in the document. The dynamic information (and sometimes the static information) is input to an AI or machine learning model trained to provide an output indicating a prediction of whether the document contains malware. The character strings are compared with a batch of phishing keywords to generate a heuristic score. A validation engine combines the output from the AI or machine learning model and the heuristic score to classify the document as malicious or clean. Security policies can then be applied based on the classification.
US12244621B1
Using activity monitored by multiple data sources to identify shadow systems, the method comprising: gathering first information describing access to one or more resources by one or more user devices of a user; gathering, from at least a subset of the one or more user devices, second information describing access to the one or more resources; and identifying one or more shadow systems based on a discrepancy between the first information and the second information.
US12244618B2
A URL velocity monitor is integrated with a message-hold decision maker of an electronic mail processing system that processes electronic messages for a protected computer network. The URL velocity monitor receives or obtains a URL, decomposes the URL into URL features based on logical boundaries, and determines features of interest from the URL features for velocity tracking. Examples of URL features can include a randomized URL segment. The velocity of each feature of interest is tracked over a period of time using a counting algorithm that employs a slow counter or a fast counter. The two different counters track two types of velocities which represent different domain behaviors targeting the protected computer network. The URL velocity monitor determines whether the velocity of a feature of interest is accelerating within the time period. If so, the URL is placed in a queue or a sandbox.
US12244612B2
An automated incident response process that is configured to monitor data from at least one internet connected apparatus, use artificial intelligence to determine if the data indicates a fault and perform a playbook of actions if a fault is determined.
US12244610B2
Apparatus, systems, articles of manufacture, and methods for improving anti-malware scan responsiveness and effectiveness using user symptoms feedback are disclosed. An example method includes detecting a performance issue on a computing device, presenting a user interface on a display of the computing device requesting user feedback regarding the performance issue, and synthesizing user input related to the performance issue to identify, on the computing device, a scan parameter associated with the performance issue. The example method further includes, in response to failing to identify the scan parameter on the computing device, transmitting the user input to a symptom analysis server to identify the scan parameter based on anti-malware scans from other computing devices, and, in response to determining the scan parameter, performing a targeted anti-malware scan on the computing device.
US12244606B2
This disclosure relates to generating location event measurements. In one aspect, a method includes presenting, by a client device, a digital component comprising geofence data that defines one or more physical locations corresponding to the digital component. In response to presenting the digital component, a trusted program of the client device stores, in a presentation event data structure, a presentation event data element specifying the geofence data. The trusted program detects, based on location information indicating a current location of the client device and the geofence data that the client device is within one of the one or more physical locations. In response to detecting that the client device is within one of the one or more physical locations, an event report is transmitted to a reporting system for the digital component. The event report indicates that a location event for the digital component has occurred.
US12244602B2
A system of automatically managing assignments of users to user groups comprises a processor to implement instructions for an automatic user group manage (AUGM) to access to two or more users and the assignments of the users to the user groups, observe activity of the users, calculate user behavior signatures for one of at least two users of the users, at least one user of the users and one group of the user groups, or at least two groups of the user groups, calculate a numeric degree of variance between at least two of the user behavior signatures, compare the calculated degree of variance to at least one threshold, and determine if a behavior of one of the at least two users, the at least one user and the one group, or the at least two groups are similar or different.
US12244599B2
Management of IoT devices through a private cloud. An IoT device is coupled to a gateway. A request from the IoT device to connect to a private cloud, wherein the private cloud is used to manage IoT devices, is received at a private cloud control center agent. An identification of the IoT device is determined. The IoT device is onboarded, using the identification, for management through the private cloud. A device profile of the IoT device is generated. The flow of data to and from the IoT device is regulated through application of IoT rules according to the device profile of the IoT device.
US12244594B2
Devices, systems and methods are provided for remotely managing configuration of a networking device. One method of managing configuration of a networking device involves obtaining resources associated with one or more graphical user interface (GUI) displays of a web application for configuring the networking device, receiving a request to access the web application, and in response to the request, determining a representative value for the resources as a function of a current state of the resources, obtaining a reference value for the resources that reflects a validated state of the resources, and instantiating the web application using the resources when the representative value matches the reference value.
US12244593B2
A system can efficiently control access to an interactive computing environment. The system can receive authentication data of an authentication attempt associated with an entity. The system can determine, for the entity, a historical vector including features that include sub-features. The historical vector can be determined by generating synthetic data, generating weights, and determining probabilities. The synthetic data can be based on historical authentication attempts by entities other than the entity. The weights can correspond to sub-features of the historical vector. The probabilities can indicate a likelihood that a corresponding sub-feature is involved in the authentication attempt. The system can compare the historical vector to the authentication data. The system can generate a responsive message based on the comparison for controlling access to the interactive computing environment.
US12244588B2
Disclosed are methods, systems, and devices for facilitating secure and private communications, via a website or application of a third-party computing system (TPCS), between a user device and a service provider computing system (SPCS). The communications may be conducted via a frame in a website served by the TPCS. The TPCS may serve a website that incorporates a customizable SDK component provided by the SPCS. The communications allow the user to, for example, open a new account. The SDK component may be initialized via a script from the SPCS, and authenticated via a session token obtained from the SPCS via the TPCS. The SDK component may provide user information, input into the frame, to the SPCS via API calls to the SPCS. The user does not navigate away from the website while securely engaging the SPCS. The third-party/partner need not develop its own user interface, security protocols, etc.
US12244587B2
Disclosed are methods, systems, and devices for facilitating secure and private communications, via a website or application of a third-party computing system (TPCS), between a user device and a service provider computing system (SPCS). The communications may be conducted via a frame in a website served by the TPCS. The TPCS may serve a website that incorporates a customizable SDK component provided by the SPCS. The communications allow the user to, for example, open a new account. The SDK component may be initialized via a script from the SPCS, and authenticated via a session token obtained from the SPCS via the TPCS. The SDK component may provide user information, input into the frame, to the SPCS via API calls to the SPCS. The user does not navigate away from the website while securely engaging the SPCS. The third-party/partner need not develop its own user interface, security protocols, etc.
US12244571B2
A method, system, and computer program product are disclosed. The method includes generating simulation instances and particle site identifiers from a particle-based simulation. The method also includes providing an order metric for the particle-based simulation. Information is embedded in the particle-based simulation by mapping local order values of the order metric to characters of an input message.
US12244567B1
A computer-implemented method includes processing input packets; generating indexed logs, packets of network traffic, and system monitoring information; generating analytics or visualizations; and transmitting the analytics or the visualizations. A computing system includes a processor, a network interface controller; and a memory including instructions that, when executed cause the system to: process input packets; ingest system monitoring information; generate indexed logs, packets of the network traffic, and system monitoring information; generate analytics or visualizations; and transmit the analytics or the visualizations. A non-transitory computer readable medium includes computer-executable instructions that when executed, cause a computer to: process input packets; ingest system monitoring information; generate indexed logs, packets of the network traffic, and system monitoring information; generate analytics or visualizations; and transmit the analytics or the visualizations.
US12244564B2
Filesystem driver software can receive a file access request indicating that an application process is requesting to access a target file in a filesystem, Network filter driver software can receive a connection establishment request indicating that the application process running on the processing apparatus is requesting to establish a connection over a network with a target endpoint. According to the present disclosure, one or both of: a) the filesystem driver software is configured to grant or deny the file access request in dependence on state information from the network filter driver software, and/or b) the network filter driver software is configured to grant or deny the connection establishment request in dependence on state information from the filesystem driver software.
US12244549B2
A method, to manage an event invitation in a computer network environment, comprises presenting, using one or more processors, an event invitation creation indicium to a first user on a user interface of a computing device. Responsive to user selection of the event invitation creation indicium, an event creation interface is presented to receive event details. Responsive to receipt of the event details, an event invitation message is generated for communication, via a messaging system, by the first user to a second user of the messaging system, the event invitation message including a join indicium that is user-selectable to join a group chat related to the event. Responsive to a message send input from the first user, the event invitation message is sent, via the messaging system, from the first user to the second user. A request is received, from the second user, a request to join the group chat related to the event. A group chat message thread, associated with an event group including at least the first user and the second user, is then stored within the messaging system.
US12244526B2
This application provides a data transmission method and a related apparatus. The method includes: A network device generates a first physical layer protocol data unit PPDU. The first PPDU includes a first universal-Signaling field U-SIG field and a first extremely high throughput-Signaling field EHT-SIG field, a sum of a quantity of information bits of the first U-SIG field and a quantity of information bits of the first EHT-SIG field is less than or equal to 78 information bits, and at least one of the first U-SIG field and the first EHT-SIG field includes an identifier indication field, where the identifier indication field is used to uniquely identify one station. The network device sends an encoded first PPDU to a station.
US12244511B2
Methods and systems for managing data collection throughout a distributed environment are disclosed. To manage data collection, a system may include a data aggregator and a data collector. The data collector may utilize a consensus sequence to generate reduced-size data transmissions. The consensus sequence may be made up of patterns of data that occur frequently in data collected by the data collector. Therefore, data collected by the data collector may be condensed by replacing segments of the data with pointer pairs, pointer pairs being indicators of a portion of the consensus sequence that matches a segments of data. The data collector may transmit these pointer pairs, along with any additional segments of data, to the data aggregator instead of transmitting full data sets. The data aggregator may reconstruct data from the data collectors using the reduced-size data and the consensus sequence.
US12244505B1
Techniques for adaptive network connectivity in a cloud provider network are described. A managed networking service obtains metadata associated with an application deployed in the cloud provider network and uses the metadata to construct a graph including application components and network components. Network flows are identified from the metadata and used to construct flow metadata that is linked to paths of the graph. The flow metadata is further enhanced with capability information for the network components on the path. The graph can be efficiently analyzed to identify alternative, superior networking configurations for the application.
US12244502B1
Disclosed herein are system, method, and computer program product embodiments for controlling message routing for transaction processing platforms. The routing of transaction messages mitigates service disruptions to client systems facilitating transactions with consumers. A connection management and transaction routing platform (CMTRP) system applies routing configurations, such as passthrough, throttling, and/or maintenance toggle configurations, to facilitate the routing of transaction messages. This routing may route message to different transaction processing platforms and/or different instances of transaction processing platforms. The CMTRP system also routes transaction messages when transaction processing functionality is being migrated from a first transaction processing platform to a second transaction processing platform and/or when a platform is undergoing maintenance.
US12244497B2
A dynamic SRMS (DSRMS) in a MPLS network generates unique segment identifiers for nodes of the network lacking segment identifiers (SIDs). The DSRMS receives network information from other nodes of the network that may include, for example, Internal Gateway Protocol (IGP) routing information, advertised prefix values for the nodes, and label values used in MPLS routing. The DSRMS analyzes the information and identifies nodes of the network that are not associated with a SID. For each identified node, the DSRMS generates a unique SID and then announces the SID to other nodes within the network. Generating the unique SID may include executing a hashing function using the IP address of the identified node as an input.
US12244491B2
A method for establishing a Protocol Data Unit (PDU) Session(s) is disclosed. In examples disclosed herein, a device (e.g., a wireless device) uses a unique Port Number(s) (e.g., an internal physical or logical Port Number) to search for a matching User Equipment (UE) Route Selection Policies (URSP) rule(s) having a Traffic Descriptor(s) that matches the unique Port Number(s). The device then determines whether there exists a matching PDU Session(s) associated with a Route Selection Descriptor(s) of the matching URSP rule(s). Accordingly, the device can reuse the matching PDU Session(s) in a presence of the matching PDU Session(s) or establish a new PDU Session(s) in an absence of the matching PDU Session(s). By using the unique Port Number(s) as the Traffic Descriptor(s) in the URSP rule(s), it is possible to simplify configuration of the device, especially for redundant traffic handling.
US12244476B1
An apparatus comprises a memory and a processor communicatively coupled to one another. The memory may be configured to store one or more data exchange operations and one or more reporting operations. The processor may be configured to identify a recipient configured to receive a report, and match the recipient to entitlements in a service directory. The entitlements indicating data object information for a data object associated with the recipient. Further, the processor is configured to obtain a category information associated with the recipient. The category information indicating that the recipient is part of an affinity group. The processor may be configured to determine a data object modification for the data object information based at least in part upon the category information, generate the report comprising the entitlements and the data object modification, and generate the report comprising the entitlements and the data object modification.
US12244475B2
A method for deep packet inspection (DPI) in a software defined network (SDN). The method includes configuring a plurality of network nodes operable in the SDN with at least one probe instruction; receiving from a network node a first packet of a flow, the first packet matches the at least one probe instruction and includes a first sequence number; receiving from a network node a second packet of the flow, the second packet matches the at least one probe instruction and includes a second sequence number, the second packet is a response of the first packet; computing a mask value respective of at least the first and second sequence numbers indicating which bytes to be mirrored from subsequent packets belonging to the same flow; generating at least one mirror instruction based on at least the mask value; and configuring the plurality of network nodes with at least one mirror instruction.
US12244474B2
A routing method, a routing device and a computer-readable storage medium are disclosed. The routing method includes: allocating, to each of network slices corresponding to different algorithm types, a segment identifier corresponding to a respective algorithm type, and flooding the segment identifier through an IGP; configuring, for each network slice, a QoS policy corresponding to a respective algorithm type; and, forwarding a packet based on the segment identifier and the QoS policy.
US12244471B2
Novel tools and techniques are provided for implementing easy digital subscriber line (“DSL”) signal detection. In various embodiments, after a connector of a signal detector has been inserted into a network service port, a processor of the signal detector may determine whether a pilot tone is present on at least one signal wire communicatively coupled to the network service port, the pilot tone being indicative of network service being ready for provision via the at least one signal wire. If so, the processor of the signal detector may cause a display device to indicate to a user that the network service port is ready to provide the network service. A modem can then be installed by connecting with the network service port. The connector, the processor, and the display device are integrated within a single, compact, handheld form factor of the signal detector.
US12244466B2
To provide a low latency near RT RIC, some embodiments separate the RIC's functions into several different components that operate on different machines (e.g., execute on VMs or Pods) operating on the same host computer or different host computers. Some embodiments also provide high speed interfaces between these machines. Some or all of these interfaces operate in non-blocking, lockless manner in order to ensure that critical near RT RIC operations (e.g., datapath processes) are not delayed due to multiple requests causing one or more components to stall. In addition, each of these RIC components also has an internal architecture that is designed to operate in a non-blocking manner so that no one process of a component can block the operation of another process of the component. All of these low latency features allow the near RT RIC to serve as a high speed IO between the E2 nodes and the xApps.
US12244464B2
An example system includes a vehicle having a first network zone and a second network zone of a different type than the first network zone and a converged network device (CND) interposed between the first network zone and the second network zone. The CND includes a policy manager circuit structured to interpret a policy comprising a network regulation description and an external communication permission value; a configuration circuit structured to configure at least one network interface circuit in response to the policy and to configure at least one gatekeeper interface circuit in response to the policy; the at least one network interface circuit structured to regulate communications between end points of the first and second network zone; and the gatekeeper interface circuit configured to regulate communications between end points of at least one of the first network zone or the second network zone and an external device.
US12244461B2
Embodiments herein relate to e.g. a method performed by a node for handling a management operation. The node receives from an orchestration node, a request for an operation related to virtual network function operation. The node maps a first parameter associated with the request to a second parameter related to a cloud native template; and invokes an orchestration command comprising the mapped second parameter related to the cloud native template.
US12244457B2
A cellular network having radio access network (RAN) nodes where each RAN node includes (i) a central unit (CU) that resides on a public cloud of the cellular network, (ii) a distributed unit (DU) that resides on a private cloud of the cellular network such that the DU is in communication with the CU on the public cloud of the cellular network, and (iii) a radio unit (RU) under control of the DU. The cellular network also has network repository functions (NRFs) that are distributed on the cellular network and reside on at least the public cloud of the cellular network where the NRFs control operation of cell sites and local data centers (LDCs) on the cellular network. The network also has processors configured to control data collection edge applications residing with the NRFs that are distributed on the cellular network.
US12244456B2
Wireless communications are described. Failure recovery associated with resource(s) may be used. A wireless device may select, based on a determined failure, a suitable candidate resource for cell(s), such as secondary cell(s). Configuration parameters may lack at least one parameter associated with candidate resource(s). Based on the configuration parameters lacking the at least one parameter associated with candidate resource(s), the wireless device may use a default set of resource(s) for a candidate resource selection or may indicate that no suitable candidate resource has been determined. At least one parameter associated with candidate resource(s) may be indicated during a first failure recovery procedure. The wireless device may stop the first failure recovery procedure and may initiate a second failure recovery procedure.
US12244448B2
An improved non-OFDM communication system and method replaces an FFT at the receiver with an alternative processing configuration. The use of dense subcarriers and assigning A, B pairs based upon a pre-assigned QAM bit-mapped constellation will be maintained as with traditional OFDM. However, the receiver sample-rate is independent of subcarrier frequency-separation, and the system does not maintain separate real and imaginary signals at the transmitter and receiver. The system also processes receiver samples incrementally without awaiting the end of the modulation cycle, and uses incrementally-processed data to characterize disruptions introduced by the channel so as to better adapt to these disruptions. The system has the potential to increase signal throughput by a factor of two by re-using one of the freed-up information paths previously used by the real and imaginary signals.
US12244444B2
This application relates to the field of communications technologies, in particular Wireless Local Area Network technologies, and provides a method and apparatus for reducing a peak to average power ratio (PAPR) for transmitting a physical layer protocol data unit (PPDU), in particular reducing the PAPR for the U-SIG field. Methods are disclosed for both an access point (AP) and stations (STA).
US12244426B2
A data transmission method is disclosed and described herein. The method includes: determining configuration information of a multi-transmission-block (TB) alternate transmission according to a hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ) feedback binding configuration; and on the basis of the configuration information, using the multi-TB alternate transmission to send a TB.
US12244421B2
The disclosure relates to methods, devices, and systems for wireless communications. In some wireless communications systems, a base station may transmit a multicast message to a group of user equipment (UEs), and the UEs may provide feedback for the multicast message. In some implementations, the base station may configure the UEs to transmit feedback for multicast messages. In some example, the UEs may transmit group-negative acknowledgment (NACK) feedback information for multicast messages that are not successfully received at the UEs. In some other examples, each UE may be configured with UE-specific uplink control channel resources for transmitting hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ) feedback for a multicast message. In some implementations, a UE may support feedback for both unicast and multicast messages. The semi-static codebook for unicast, multicast, or both may account for whether the UE is capable of concurrently receiving unicast and multicast messages in a slot.
US12244419B2
There is provided a method of wireless transmission of protocol data units over one or more radio link modules, the method comprising: splitting a service data unit, received from an upper layer, into a plurality of data packets; obtaining combined data packets, by applying a Network Coding to the data packets, wherein padding is added, if necessary, to the service data unit or to data packets to have data packets of equal length to which is applied the Network Coding; encapsulating the combined data packets into at least one protocol data unit, wherein each protocol data unit comprises a header and wherein the header contains a padding indication for indicating whether padding has been added or not, and transmitting the at least one protocol data unit over the one or more radio link modules.
US12244412B2
An access point in a wireless network communicates wirelessly with one or more client devices over a channel that includes a plurality of subchannels. Radar is detected on a first subchannel of the plurality of subchannels. It is determined to puncture the first subchannel, based on the detecting the radar on the first subchannel and based on one or more puncturing factors. The first subchannel is punctured, the puncturing comprising muting one or more subcarriers on the first subchannel.
US12244408B2
A baseline difference is determined between a slave line card time stamp corresponding to a slave line card frame sync signal and a master line card time stamp corresponding to a master line card frame sync signal. The slave line card generates subsequent slave line card time stamps for subsequent slave line card frame sync signals and the master line card generates subsequent master line card time stamps for subsequent master line card frame sync signals. Current differences are determined between subsequent slave line card time stamps and the subsequent master line card time stamps and the current differences are compared to the baseline difference. When a mismatch difference occurs (current difference differs from the baseline difference), the mismatch difference causes a phase-locked loop in the master line card to be adjusted or an offset to be provided to the master line card time of day counter.
US12244404B2
A wireless communication system includes a first wireless communication node for transmitting a data signal that is sent to a second wireless communication node by skywave propagation over at least two different data transmission paths. The first data transmission path includes at least one reflection point where the data signal is reflected by the atmosphere and the second data transmission path includes more reflection points than the first data transmission path. The data signal that travelled along the first data transmission path is decoded before the data signal that travelled along the second data transmission path.
US12244402B2
There are provided measures for satellite coverage change handling. Such measures exemplarily include, at a network entity managing a first cell of a mobile network and a second cell of said mobile network, the first cell covering a geographical area, and the second cell covering said geographical area, maintaining assignment of a first satellite beam corresponding to a first passing satellite to said first cell, a first satellite beam coverage of said first satellite beam overlapping with said geographical area, determining entrance of a second satellite beam coverage of a second satellite beam corresponding to a second passing satellite into said geographical area, assigning said second satellite beam to said second cell, and deciding to trigger handover of a terminal located within said second satellite beam coverage within said geographical area and served by said first cell to said second cell.
US12244394B2
An information processing device is provided comprising a situation-related information reception unit that receives, for a flight vehicle that functions as a stratospheric platform and forms a wireless communication area by radiating an SL beam from an SL antenna to provide wireless communication service to user terminals within the wireless communication area, situation-related information related to a sky situation above a ground area where the wireless communication service is provided and a deployment determination unit that determines deployment of a mobile object to an area, among the ground area, in which a sky situation meets a predetermined situation condition, based on the situation-related information, in order to establish a feeder link between a gateway mounted on the mobile object and the flight vehicle.
US12244389B2
This application provides a beam information obtaining method and an apparatus, relates to the field of communications technologies, and resolves a problem that resources of positioning reference signals are wasted because the positioning reference signals need to be omnidirectionally sent because of an unknown direction, of a terminal, caused by use of a beam, when the terminal is positioned in, e.g., a 5G system. The method in this application resolves the problem and saves overheads of sending a reference signal. The method includes: The terminal receives a beam information request sent by a location management device, where the beam information request is used to request the terminal to provide measurement information of a downlink beam. The terminal obtains beam information, where the beam information includes information about a reference signal that is sent by at least one network device and that is measured by the terminal.
US12244383B2
A user equipment (UE) for channel state information (CSI) feedback comprises a transceiver configured to receive, from a base station (BS), configuration information for the CSI feedback, the configuration information indicating a number of antenna panels (Ng) at the BS and a codebook mode, wherein Ng>1 and each of the antenna panels comprises antenna ports with a first polarization (P1) and antenna ports with a second polarization (P2). The UE further comprises a processor operably connected to the transceiver, the processor configured to identify the number of antenna panels (Ng) at the BS, identify a codebook for the CSI feedback based on the codebook mode configured between a first codebook mode and a second codebook mode, and generate the CSI feedback using the identified codebook. The transceiver is further configured to transmit the generated CSI feedback to the BS.
US12244380B2
Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, a user equipment (UE) may receive one or more reference signals associated with a downlink communication. The UE may transmit an indication of a preferred demodulation reference signal (DMRS) configuration to be used for the downlink communication, the preferred DMRS configuration based at least in part on the one or more reference signals and a transmission mode associated with the preferred DMRS configuration. Numerous other aspects are described.
US12244376B2
Embodiments of the present disclosure relate to device, method, device and computer readable storage media of beam-forming scheme in higher rank transmission for massive multiple input multiple output system. The method comprises determining a target beam for carrying a transmission of a reference signal from the base station to the user equipment; determining a target arrangement of the plurality of ports formed at an antenna array of the base station; and transmitting, to the user equipment, different portions of the target beam through a plurality of ports based on the target arrangement. In this way, a new beamforming method when Massive-MIMO choose higher rank transmission in multi ports communication system is proposed. The gNB would only select the best beam with different halves in the same polarization to keep the QCL principles.
US12244374B2
Systems, methods, and apparatuses, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media, are directed to configuration of a beamforming vector using an estimated covariance matrix, which may reduce latency commensurate with a beam training procedure. An apparatus may receive, from another apparatus, information indicating a configured subset of a set of TX beams at the other apparatus. The other apparatus may transmit pilot signals via the configured subset of the set of TX beams. The apparatus may transmit, to the other apparatus, information associated with the set of beam pairs of the apparatus and the other apparatus. The apparatus may estimate a channel covariance matrix using the accumulated signal strength value, and may calculate a beamforming vector from the channel covariance matrix. The apparatus and the other apparatus may perform a beam training procedure using respective beamforming vectors.
US12244362B2
Instead of the method of performing the power disconnection in the existing phase angle control AC power line communication, using relays or various power semiconductor devices, if communication is executed through data mapping on a pattern where polarity switching (in the case of AC, phase-shifting by 180°) occurs at a differential voltage level of a power line, no power disconnection occurs and high voltage interval is utilized so that the power line communication is strongly resistant to external noise and provides high communication speed, while transmitting several bits in one period of AC voltage waveform. This solves the disadvantages the existing classical condenser coupling type power line communication and the phase angle control AC power line communication for long distance have had. Even though the power line communication is utilized for DC power line communication, many advantages are obtained and high power transmission efficiency is achieved through the relays.
US12244355B2
Integrated circuit chips may be optically interconnected using microLEDs. Some interconnections may be vertically-launched parallel optical links. Some interconnections may be planar-launched parallel optical links.
US12244353B2
An optical module switch device includes a first serial-parallel-converter coupled to first signal-lines coupled to optical modules, and second signal-lines, a number of the second signal-lines being greater than the first signal-lines thereof, and configured to transmit/receive first signals at a first transmission-rate to/from the optical modules by using the first signal-lines, respectively, a second serial-parallel-converter coupled to second signal-lines coupled to the first serial-parallel-converter, and third signal-lines, a number of the third lines being greater than the second signal-lines thereof, and configured to transmit/receive second signals at a second transmission-rate lower than the first transmission-rate to/from the first serial-parallel-converter by using the second signal-lines, respectively, and a switch circuit coupled to the third signal-lines, and configured to transmit/receive third signals at a third transmission-rate lower than the second transmission-rate to/from the second serial-parallel-converter by using the third signal-lines, respectively, to perform routing processing based on the received third signals.
