US12246153B2
The present disclosure relates to implantable encapsulation devices for housing a biological moiety or a therapeutic device that contains a biological moiety. Particularly, aspects of the present disclosure are directed to an implantable apparatus that includes a distal end, a proximal end, a manifold including at least one access port positioned either at the distal end or the proximal end, and a plurality of containment tubes affixed to the manifold and in fluid communication with the at least one access port. Additionally, the encapsulation device may contain a flush port and a tube that are fluidly connected to the manifold. The containment tubes may contain therein a biological moiety (e.g., cells) or a therapeutic device (e.g. a cell encapsulation member).
US12246149B2
The present disclosure relates to a catheter insertion apparatus including a hollow needle body connected to a needle hub, and a catheter that removably fits over the needle body. The needle body has a sharp distal needle tip for piercing a blood vessel wall. An internal flow passage of the needle hub is in fluid communication with the hollow needle body. An elongated housing is connected to the needle hub and includes a lumen in fluid communication with the internal flow passage of the needle hub. An integrated guide assembly is slidably mounted to the housing and is operable to move between a retracted position and an extended position. A flashback chamber is operable to receive a continuous flow of blood before, during, and after movement of the guide assembly between its retracted and extended positions. A safety guard may provide protection from the sharp needle tip.
US12246139B2
A catheter with optic shape sensing capabilities is described. The catheter features an elongated tubing, one or more septums and one or more micro-lumens formed in an axial wall of the tubing and/or the one or more septums. A single core optical fiber can be configured to reside within each of the micro-lumens, the optical fibers in the plurality of lumens being spatially distributed to sense strain and return light signals with characteristics that identify the sensed strain for three-dimensional rendering of the catheter by a console during insertion into a body of a patient.
US12246134B2
A gas valve (11) for ventilation which comprises a main body (12) having a first gas chamber (13), a second gas chamber (15) and at least an inlet duct (14) for supplying a gas to the first gas chamber (13). The gas valve (11) further comprises a proportional valve (24) for temporally sealing the first gas chamber (13) from the second gas chamber (15). The second gas chamber (15) comprises at least a second passage opening (22) for releasing the gas from the second gas chamber (15) and the second gas chamber (15) comprises a port (30) for connecting a pressure measurement apparatus for measuring the gas pressure in the second gas chamber (15). A circuit with a ventilation limb which comprises a gas valve (11) and a method for determining a releasing gas flow of a gas valve are also disclosed.
US12246133B2
A tub is configured to contain a supply of water and is configured to be inserted into a chamber of a humidifier. The tub includes a tub base configured to contain the supply of water. The tub also includes a tub lid and a flow plate provided between the tub base and the tub lid. The flow plate includes a water level indicator configured to indicate a level of the supply of water in the tub base. In addition, the water level indicator includes a generally rectangular portion and a generally triangular portion.
US12246127B2
This invention relates to a container (1) which is pre-filled or pre-fillable with one or more substances, such as a medical liquid and similar, comprising a squeezable activation compartment (2) intended to contain said one or more substances, a dispensing compartment (3) including a first portion (31) equipped with at least one dispensing member (311, 312, 314) of said one or more substances, and a second portion (32), wherein said second portion (32) of said dispensing compartment (3) and said activation compartment (2) are fluid-dynamically connected, and an activator element (4) arranged inside said container (1). This invention also relates to a method for dispensing at least one substance by means of a container (1), and to a production method of a container (1).
US12246121B2
A treatment device system includes a treatment machine for generating a custom peritoneal dialysis solution and has at least one fluid conveyor. The treatment machine has a controller with a first memory and is configured to produce the custom peritoneal dialysis solution by causing the fluid conveyor to mix purified water and at least one concentrate. A water purifier is in fluid communication with, and provides the purified water to, the treatment machine. The water purifier has an internal central controller to control preparation of the purified water, the internal central controller having a second memory. Further, the controller of the treatment machine transmits data, based on a prescription sent from a server to the treatment machine, via a wired or wireless control line to the internal central controller of the water purifier.
US12246109B2
An object is to provide a dried amniotic membrane that promotes regeneration of a tendon and a tendon sheath when a tendon injury has occurred and that reduces loss of the motor function of fingers of upper limbs and lower limbs due to tendon adhesion as a novel regeneration material. As a means for resolution, a dry amniotic membrane is produced by performing a specific drying treatment, that is, during a depressurization operation in which a fresh amniotic membrane placed in a treatment tank is continuously heated by an infrared heater provided in the treatment tank, and the inside of the treatment tank is brought into a depressurized state; and a pressure recovery operation in which the pressure of the inside of the treatment tank in a depressurized state is raised slightly toward the atmospheric pressure, drying is performed while applying energy to water molecules present in the amniotic membrane by irradiating the fresh amniotic membrane with a microwave also from a microwave generator provided in the treatment tank. The dried amniotic membrane retaining of the cell and tissue structures by repeating the treatment of drying a plurality of times promotes regeneration of the motor function of fingers of upper limbs and lower limbs after tendon suture surgery and is useful as a regeneration material.
US12246105B2
An UV disinfection system (200) may feature a chamber (207) with internal spherical reflective surfaces (208) to evenly reflect UV radiation from all angles to direct the UV radiation to all surface area of the object inside the chamber to disinfect object utilizing UV radiation under controlled time. An object (215) to be disinfected may reside within the chamber (207) on a UV transparent rack or shelf (214). The spherical reflective surfaces may be fashioned by placing such surfaces on a polyhedral internal structure or making the internal chamber spherical in and of itself (208). Multiple UV sources (209a), (209b) may also be utilized.
US12246103B2
A sanitizing system and method include multiple ultraviolet (UV) lamps and a power supply module. The UV lamps each include one or more UV emitters configured to emit UV light. The UV lamps are positioned to emit the UV light towards one or more target components within a space. The power supply module is electrically connected to each of the UV lamps and configured to provide electrical energy to the UV lamps to power the UV emitters to sanitize the one or more target components.
US12246100B2
Suture materials for producing medical devices are provided. The suture materials can include natural fibers, and can be suitable for making multifilament sutures and surgical meshes comprising multifilament sutures as examples of medical devices. The multifilament suture can include a plurality of filaments combined together according to a twined pattern, and at least one filament of the plurality of filaments can include natural fibers, synthetic fibers, or mineral-based fibers. A suture device can include the multifilament suture combined with a suture needle. The multifilament suture can be coated with a biocompatible coating, such as a bioactive agent, and/or include a first set of filaments that includes natural fibers and a second set of filaments that includes natural fibers that are different from the natural fibers of the first set of filaments, synthetic fibers or mineral-based fibers, for instance.
US12246094B2
The present invention relates to pharmaceutical dosage forms, for example to a tamper resistant dosage form including an opioid analgesic, and processes of manufacture, uses, and methods of treatment thereof.
US12246080B2
A water-based composition in a cosmetically acceptable carrier that includes acetyl trifluoromethylphenyl valylglycine stabilized by inclusion of hydroxyethyl urea in the absence of other solvents. The composition is stable as evidenced by a lack of crystal formation that is visible to the naked eye, and a lack of visually perceptible crystal formation at an ambient temperature from about 25° C. up to about 37° C. and after 10 days of freeze thaw cycles from −20° C. through 20° C.
US12246077B2
A delayed release delivery system comprises a hydrophilic core particle having surface pores and containing a liquid. The particle is encapsulated in a polymer having a hydrophobic backbone and hydrophilic pendant groups. At least some of the surface pores adjacent the hydrophilic pendant groups are blocked in the presence of water and unblocked in the absence of water. The treated particle contains liquid in a weight ratio of the liquid to the porous core particle of at least 400:1.
US12246076B2
There is provided peptidic compounds of Formula I, A or B(Rradn6-[linker]-RL-Xaa1-Xaa2-Xaa3-Xaa4-Xaa5-Xaa6-Xaa7-Xaa8-ψ-Xaa9-NH2). Xaa1 is D-Phe, Cpa, D-Cpa, Nal, D-Nal, 2-Nal, or D-2-Nal; Xaa2 is Asn, Gln, Hse, Cit or His. Xaa3 is Trp, Bta, Trp(Me), Trp(7-Me), Trp(6-Me), Trp(5-Me), Trp(4-Me), Trp(2-Me), Trp(7-F), Trp(6-F), Trp(5-F), Trp(4-F), Trp(5-OH), or αMe-Trp. Xaa4 is Ala or Ser. Xaa5 is Val, Cpg, or Tle. Xaa6 is Gly, NMe-Gly, or D-Ala. Xaa7 is His or NMe-His. Xaa8 is Leu or Phe. Xaa9-NH2 is a C-terminally amidated amino acid residue selected from Pro, 4-oxa-L-Pro, Me2 Thz, or Thz. ψ represents a peptide bond or reduced peptide bond joining Xaa8 to Xaa9. Rradn6 is 1-5 radiolabeling groups. There is also provided the use of such compounds as imaging agents or therapeutic agents.
US12246063B2
Improvements to vaccines against RSV include G protein CCD portions complexed with mAb that block interaction with CX3C-R and modified forms of mAb to prolong serum half-life, as well as inhalable vaccines.
US12246060B2
A method for treating or inhibiting the progression of placental insufficiency syndrome in a subject in need thereof is provided. The method includes administering to the subject a therapeutically effective amount of a composition including irisin.
US12246056B2
Provided herein are compositions and methods for generation of cysteine in microbial systems. Further provided herein are compositions and methods for reducing and eliminating biofilms.
US12246050B2
A method of purifying cannabis derived terpenes includes first providing cannabis material having a detectable amount of tetrahydrocannabinolic acid (THCA), adding a solvent to the cannabis material, spinning the cannabis material in a centrifuge to separate crystallized THCA from a high terpene extract. Decarboxilating the THCA with heat to yield tetrahydrocannabinol. The high terpene extract is deposited into a vacuum oven to reduce pressure and volatilize terpenes from the high terpene extract. Next the terpenes are pumped into a cold trap to condense terpenes from the high terpene extract. Next, the condensed terpenes are cooled at a temperature between −50° C. and 0° C. to remove water from the condensed terpenes and yield purified terpenes. The purified terpenes are applied to an edible food product containing decarboxylated tetrahydrocannabinol. In an alternate embodiment, the tetrahydrocannabinol and the purified terpenes are combined or recombined and mixed directly into a precooked edible food product.
US12246049B2
This disclosure relates to modified viruses, e.g., oncolytic vaccinia viruses, which have been modified to contain an exogenous nucleic acid that expresses a protein that modulates STAT3 activity. It is based, at least in part, on the discovery that vaccinia viruses modified to contain nucleic acid encoding PIAS3 and that express PIAS3 or a fragment thereof can inhibit STAT3 activity and enhance the anti-cancer activity of the vaccinia virus. Accordingly, this disclosure provides for oncolytic vaccinia viruses and methods of using them in the treatment of cancers.
US12246044B2
The invention relates to the prognosis and treatment of colon cancer. In particular, the present invention concerns the role of intestinal microbiota in the anticancer immune response elicited by ileal enterocytes succumbing to apoptosis, and provides immunogenic compositions for treating colorectal cancer (CRC), as well as signatures for prognosing CRC evolution.
US12246040B2
Homogeneous human amniotic fluid stem cell clones are provided. The clones serve as direct bioassays to test the effect of drugs, nutraceuticals, vitamins and toxic agents on fetus growth, differentiation and development, and may be administered in form of pharmaceutical compositions for reconstructive engineering and for the treatment of cardiac, neurological and osteoarthritic diseases.
US12246037B2
Platelet rich plasma containing human very small embryonic-like stem cells (hVSEL) is treated with amplitude-modulated pulses of laser light having a predefined wavelength for a predefined time period, where the predefined wavelength ranges from 300 nm to 1000 nm. Treatment of the platelet rich plasma using this method results in an unexpectedly high degree of proliferation of the hVSEL in the platelet rich plasma, resulting in reduction of biological age, when administered to a patient.
US12246033B2
The invention provides a constituent that is used with a novel method for preventing and/or treating skin wounds and ensures stable delivery of low-concentration hydrogen sulfide to a wound site. The skin wound-preventing and/or treating constituent includes a sustained hydrogen sulfide releasing agent that is preferably a layered double hydroxide having HS— and/or Sk2- between layers where k is a positive integer.
US12246028B2
The disclosure is directed to methods of using dantrolene, dantrolene prodrugs, or pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, to treat radiation exposure.
US12246027B2
The present disclosure relates to compositions including a phenylbutyrate compound and a bile acid, and methods of processing such compositions.
US12246026B2
This invention relates to methods for treating status epilepticus by administering to the subject in need thereof an intravenous bolus of ganaxolone and a continuous intravenous infusion of a neurosteroid. The method provides SE suppression and continued suppression of SE.
US12246025B2
The invention provides a platinum-based agent (e.g., carboplatin) in combination with an antibody-drug conjugate that binds to tissue factor (TF) (e.g., tisotumab vedotin) and their use in methods of treating cancer, such as bladder cancer and cervical cancer. The invention also provides compositions and kits comprising the platinum-based agent (e.g., carboplatin) and the antibody-drug conjugate that binds to TF (e.g., tisotumab vedotin) for use in treating cancer, such as bladder cancer and cervical cancer.
US12246024B2
The present invention generally relates to compositions, formulations, methods, devices and kits for modulating the production of cerumen, for the treatment and prevention of excessive or impacted cerumen, and for the treatment and prevention of associated diseases, conditions or symptoms resulting from excessive or impacted cerumen.
US12246012B2
Provided are methods of treating an injury to the nervous system in a subject comprising administering to the subject an effective amount of boldine, a boldine analog, or a pharmaceutically-acceptable salt thereof. Also provided are methods of improving voluntary muscle control and methods of treating neuropathic pain in a subject having an injury to the nervous system. This abstract is intended as a scanning tool for purposes of searching in the particular art and is not intended to be limiting of the present disclosure.
US12246010B2
Formulations of tegavivint and related compounds, methods of making such formulations and methods of treating various conditions utilizing such formulations.
US12246007B2
Concentrated liquid pharmaceutical compositions comprising a) a pharmaceutically effective amount of bendamustine or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, b) a non-aqueous solvent, and c) at least about 2% water, suitable, after dilution, for administration to a mammal by injection are provided. The concentrated liquid pharmaceutical compositions can comprise a non-aqueous solvent comprising at least one organic polymeric compound solvent and at least one organic small molecule solvent. Methods of treating a cancer in a mammal in need of such treatment comprising administering to the mammal an effective amount of a concentrated liquid bendamustine pharmaceutical composition of the invention are also provided.
US12246006B2
It relates to a single-dose packaging unit which is a blow-fill-seal (BFS) container which comprises a sterile pharmaceutical or veterinary liquid composition which is a solution, wherein a) the composition comprises a therapeutically effective amount of clotrimazole or a pharmaceutically or veterinary acceptable salt thereof, together with one or more pharmaceutically or veterinary acceptable excipients or carriers, and b) the container has a volume from 0.05 to 8 mL, with the condition that the water content of the composition is equal to or lower than 4% by weight with respect to the total composition weight. It also relates to a secondary packaging comprising one or more single-dose packaging units.
US12246001B2
The present invention aids to correct erectile dysfunction by increasing blood circulation on the skin when applied topically. This composition is made with all organic food grade ingredients in form of a lotion than when rubbed on the skin, in a time-controlled fashion, is nutrition for the skin.
US12245997B2
A method for maintaining a therapeutically effective concentration of endoxifen for treatment of a patient with bipolar I disorder is provided. The said method includes administering to the patient, a dose of 2 mg to 16 mg of endoxifen citrate in an enteric coated tablet once per day for at least 21 days. Further, the patient is not required to be administered rescue medication during the administration of the endoxifen citrate.
US12245996B2
The inventive subject matter is directed to compositions and methods for ready-to-inject norepinephrine compositions with improved stability. Most preferably, compositions presented herein are substantially antioxidant free and exhibit less than 10% isomerization of R-norepinephrine and exhibit less than 5% degradation of total norepinephrine.
US12245991B2
A partitioning component (210) for dividing a feeding bottle (110) into two sections: one (125) associated with a container (120) part of the bottle and one (115) associated with a teat part (110) of the bottle. The partition allows for at least partial retention of liquid in the teat part even when the bottle is tipped in a horizontal position, the more natural position for feeding a user such as a baby or toddler. To enable flow of fluid between the two sections, the partitioning component comprises a passageway arrangement (215) which comprises one or more openings (225) and the passageway arrangement configured to enable flow of both liquid and air across the partition in different directions. This allows liquid to pass in, and air to pass out, of the teat section (115) during filling of the teat. To enable maximal retention of liquid inside the teat section when the bottle is tilted in the horizontal position, the openings of the passageway arrangement are all confined to a single region of the partitioning component which, in use, is arranged offset on one diametric side of the bottle volume or of the teat volume.
US12245989B2
A plunger is described, which is configured for application in a syringe-type pump for a machine for encapsulation of soft capsules, for adjusting the quantity of filler to be injected into said soft capsules, said plunger having an axially developing structure and comprising: a tip (31) and a sealing body (32) connected to the tip, adapted to penetrate into said syringe-type pump (P), a first mechanical abutment ring (33), fixedly positioned, connected to said sealing body, a plunger stopper housing (34), connected to said fixedly positioned mechanical abutment ring, a second mechanical abutment ring (35), axially adjustable, a mechanical dowel (37) protruding from said stopper housing, an adjuster nut (36) adapted to be screwed on said mechanical dowel (37) for adjusting the axial position of the second ring (35) relative to the first ring, so as to adjust the axial position of the plunger in said syringe-type pump (P).
US12245981B1
The present disclosure provides a phallus-like erotic device capable of ejecting a liquid. A body is disposed in a soft sleeve, and an opening is formed at an insertion end of the body. A liquid storage assembly is formed with an inner cavity, and includes a water tube and an air pump. The air pump is connected to the inner cavity. One end of the water tube is disposed on the air pump, and the other end of the water tube is connected to the opening. A control assembly is disposed in the soft sleeve, and configured to control liquid to be ejected through the opening. Due to the liquid storage assembly and the opening at the insertion end of the phallus-like erotic device capable of ejecting a liquid, the control assembly controls the liquid to be ejected, which can simulate real experience of liquid ejecting.
US12245971B2
Images of a patient's eye can be imaged and the images processed to detect and track floaters within the patient's eye. The floater detection and tracking can be used to identify characteristics of the floaters as well as possibly perform laser treatment of the floaters.
US12245969B2
A temperature regulation system for regulating the temperature of a portion of a body, in particular of a user's body. The system comprises one humidity sensor for measuring humidity in the vicinity of the portion of a body, one temperature adjustment element for providing heat to a portion of the body, a memory unit for storing one threshold humidity related value (Hthresh) and one reference user information related values (tref, θref), a controlling unit in communication with the humidity sensor, with the memory unit and with the temperature adjustment element, and configured to determine one instant user information related value (tinst, θinst), perform a comparison between one instant user information related value (tinst, θinst) and one triggering user information related value (ttrig, θtrig) based on said reference user information related value (tref, θref), activate the temperature adjustment element to provide heat to a portion of the body depending on the result of said comparison. The controlling unit is further configured to receive one instant humidity (Hinst) measured in the vicinity of the portion of the body from the humidity sensor, perform a comparison between said instant humidity related value (Hinst) and one triggering humidity related value (Htrig) based on said threshold humidity related value (Hthresh), and to set the one triggering user information related value (ttrig, θtrig) to a value lower than said reference user information related value (tref, θref) when the instant humidity related value (Hinst) is greater or equal to said threshold humidity related value (Hthresh).
US12245964B2
Systems and methods of providing post-operative ostomy patient care can include software and/or hardware that facilitates patient care personnel, such as a patient coach, providing remote patient care or coaching over a network to an ostomy patient. The care may be provided by specially trained former patients, nurses, or other care providers. The system can integrate sensor data from an ostomy device and inputs from the former patients, healthcare professionals, and/or device manufacturer in provide the post-operative care.
US12245962B2
The present invention relates to an implantable medical device comprising a device body having an internal reservoir configured to expand in size. The device can comprise an anchor structure affixed to a wall of the device body and having an interior passage, a conduit having a fill end and a device end with a conduit lumen extending therethrough, and a plug-port member comprising a shaft section opposite to a plug section, with a port section located therebetween. The device end of the conduit can be coupled to the shaft section and the plug-port member can be located within the interior passage such that in a fill configuration, the port section and the plug section are located within the internal reservoir allowing the fluid to pass from the conduit lumen into a shaft lumen, through one or more port openings in the port section and into the internal reservoir.
US12245957B1
A prosthetic for a limb that extends distally to a limb end includes a main body and plural struts. The main body has an opening for receiving the limb end. The main body defines a first zone of coverage of the limb. The struts are coupled to the main body and distributed along the circumference of the main body. Each strut has a main longitudinal extent that is essentially orthogonal to the circumference of the main body and that extends away from the main body to define a second zone of coverage of the limb that is adjacent to the first zone of coverage. Each strut includes a plurality of transverse through-openings configured to receive a lace. The transverse through-openings extend tangentially to the second zone of coverage.
US12245956B2
At least partial function of a human limb is restored by surgically removing at least a portion of an injured or diseased human limb from a surgical site of an individual and transplanting a selected muscle into the remaining biological body of the individual, followed by contacting the transplanted selected muscle, or an associated nerve, with an electrode, to thereby control a device, such as a prosthetic limb, linked to the electrode. Simulating proprioceptive sensory feedback from a device includes mechanically linking at least one pair of agonist and antagonist muscles, wherein a nerve innervates each muscle, and supporting each pair with a support, whereby contraction of the agonist muscle of each pair will cause extension of the paired antagonist muscle. An electrode is implanted in a muscle of each pair and electrically connected to a motor controller of the device, thereby simulating proprioceptive sensory feedback from the device.
US12245954B2
Robotic system and methods for robotic arthroplasty are provided. The robotic system includes a machining system and a guidance system. The guidance station tracks movement of one or more of various objects in the operating room, such as a surgical tool, a tibia of a patient, a talus of the patient, or a component of an implant. The guidance system tracks these objects for purposes of displaying their relative positions and orientations to the surgeon and, in some cases, for purposes of controlling movement of the surgical tool of the machining system relative to virtual cutting boundaries or other virtual objects associated with the tibia and talus to facilitate preparation of bone to receive an ankle implant system.
US12245951B2
An intervertebral implant for implantation in an intervertebral space between vertebrae. The implant includes a body having a front end, a rear end and a pair of spaced apart first and second side walls extending between the front and rear ends. The front and rear ends extend in a transverse direction and a central axis of the body extends from the rear end to the front end. The rear end defines a first fastener hole having a first central axis and a second fastener hole having a second central axis. The first and second central axes extend parallel to one another at an acute angle relative to the body central axis in the transverse direction.
US12245950B2
The present invention provides for improved interbody cage devices using surgical methods for delivering such cage into the disc space. The present invention has at least one advantage of providing practical and advantageous methods for accessing the spinal disc space to insert and deploy interbody cage devices in various manners that overcome the disadvantages of posterior, trans-sacro-iliac, anterior, oblique and lateral approaches thereto and minimize surgical trauma to the patient. Thus, the present invention provides for the unmet need for improved interbody cage devices which may be inserted to a disc space for patients exhibiting a wide range of anatomies.
US12245947B2
A glenoid prosthesis includes a head portion and an anchor. The head portion includes a first surface adapted to contact a glenoid and an opposed second surface that is at least partially concave. The anchor extends from the first surface of the head portion and terminates at a distal end. At least one first circular member is disposed between the head portion and the distal end of the anchor and encircle the anchor. At least one second circular member is disposed between the head portion and the distal end of the anchor and encircles the anchor. The at least one first circular member is adapted to engage cortical bone of a glenoid and the at least one second circular member is adapted to engage cancellous bone of a glenoid when the glenoid prosthesis is implanted.
US12245945B2
The present invention is related to a prosthesis, in particular a revision prosthesis, for repositioning and fixating acetabulum fractures. The prosthesis comprises a cup member (1), a hook member (2) and a hook retraction member (3). The cup member is formed and configured to be fixable into an acetabular cup. The hook member is formed and configured to be fixable onto an edge of the acetabular cup. The cup member and the hook member are formed and configured to be retractable into one another. The hook retraction member comprises at least one cable arranged and configured for retracting the hook member into the cup member.
US12245942B2
A flexible delivery catheter can be used to deploy valve repair and replacement devices at an implant site for the repair or replacement of poorly functioning native heart valves. Such a catheter can include a flexible tube having a plurality of links. A control wire can be connected to the plurality of links, such that applying tension to the control wire causes the flexible tube to bend.
US12245941B2
Devices and methods are disclosed for the treatment or repair of regurgitant cardiac valves, such as a mitral valve and/or tricuspid valve. An illustrative annuloplasty device can be placed in the coronary sinus to reshape the mitral valve and reduce mitral valve regurgitation as well as tricuspid regurgitation. The disclosure also provides improved techniques for cardiac pacing.
US12245937B2
A valve prosthesis includes a support and a prosthetic valve coupled to the support. The support includes three engagement arms that meet one another at three respective junctures. The engagement arms are shaped so as to define three peak complexes at the three respective junctures and three troughs, each trough disposed between two of the peak complexes. The support further includes three support arms, each support arm having a first end coupled to a respective engagement arm between a respective trough of the respective engagement arm and a first one of the three respective junctures and a second end coupled to the respective engagement arm between the respective trough and a second one of the three respective junctures.
US12245932B2
A cartridge includes a first opening, a second opening, a channel, an intraocular lens arranged in the channel, and a cartridge plunger arranged in the channel and configured to firstly preload the intraocular lens by moving the cartridge plunger towards the first opening, then to fold the lens by moving it in the tapered region, and finally to push the lens out of the channel via the first opening. The cartridge is configured to be coupled to a syringe such that a fluid can be injected into the channel, and as a result the cartridge plunger can be propelled in a movement direction towards the first opening. The cartridge plunger includes a first cartridge plunger longitudinal end, a second cartridge plunger longitudinal end, and a fluid line via which the fluid can be injected from the second to the first cartridge plunger longitudinal end and finally to the intraocular lens.
US12245921B2
Nasal plug for treatment of nosebleed in a subject, comprising: a body adapted to fit into a nostril of the subject, the body comprising a first end arranged to face inward and a second end arranged to face outward during use; a hollow tubular member disposed inside the body and comprising a first opening facing inwardly and a second opening facing outwardly during use; wherein the tubular member further comprises a collar, adapted to prevent blood of a subject from escaping the body of the nasal plug, and wherein the collar is disposed completely inside the body.
US12245907B2
The disclosure relates to a dental debris separator having a housing in the upper region of which a drainage zone for removing particle-containing liquid from an air flow which is loaded with the liquid. The housing has an inlet for the loaded air flow, leading tangentially into the drainage zone. Downstream of the drainage zone a separation zone for removing the particles from the particle-containing liquid is provided in the housing, said separation zone descending from the drainage zone to the separation zone, the drainage zone having a curved flow path that is delimited on its lower side by a crown of baffle elements.
US12245900B2
A surgical robotic arm includes a first link; a second link coupled to the first link at a first joint such that at least one of the first link or the second link is movable relative to each other; and a first actuator configured to move at least one of the first link or the second link. The surgical robotic arm also includes a joint torque sensor disposed within the first joint and configured to measure torque imparted on at least one of the first link or the second link to obtain a measured torque value. The surgical robotic arm further includes a controller configured to: determine an estimated joint torque value; compare the estimated joint torque value to the measured torque value; and determine an environmental torque value based on a comparison of the estimated joint torque value and the measured torque value.
US12245899B2
A first subassembly includes a body and an ultrasonic blade. A second subassembly is configured to removably couple with the first subassembly and includes a first clamp arm and a first clamp arm actuator. The first clamp arm is configured to be located on a first side of the longitudinal axis of the body, and the first clamp arm actuator is configured to be located on a second side of the longitudinal axis, when the second subassembly is coupled with the first subassembly. The third subassembly is similar to the second subassembly except that the second clamp arm of the third subassembly is configured to be located on the second side of the longitudinal axis of the body when the third subassembly is coupled with the first subassembly.
US12245898B2
An ultrasound test phantom includes a block of human-tissue-mimicking material having a top surface and spaced-apart groups of targets embedded therein. Each group is located at a unique depth region within the block as measured from the top surface. The targets in each group include a first linear target spaced-apart from a second linear target. For each group, the first linear target extends in a first direction at a first depth of the depth region associated therewith, and the second linear target extends in a second direction at a second depth of the depth region associated therewith. When viewed from the block's top surface, a crossing point is defined where the first direction and second direction cross at an angle between 10° and 170°. For each group, the crossing point is located along a line perpendicular to the block's top surface.
US12245889B2
An ultrasound imaging system (10) comprising probe (20), a processing unit (30) for processing an image, a display (50) for visualizing the image, and a control panel (40) for configuring and controlling the processing unit. The control panel comprises input control elements (41) and a touch pad (42). The touch pad is a multi-touch device providing multi-touch information of at least two or more touch of user on the touch pad for determining a gesture and an associated system function.
US12245880B2
A mobile medical imaging device that allows for multiple support structures, such as a tabletop or a seat, to be attached, and in which the imaging gantry is indexed to the patient by translating up and down the patient axis. In one embodiment, the imaging gantry can translate, rotate and/or tilt with respect to a support base, enabling imaging in multiple orientations, and can also rotate in-line with the support base to facilitate easy transport and/or storage of the device. The imaging device can be used in, for example, x-ray computed tomography (CT) and/or magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) applications.
US12245872B2
The present disclosure provides an electronic device. The electronic device includes a flexible element, and a sensing element adjacent to the flexible element and configured to detect a biosignal. The electronic device also includes an active component in the flexible element and electrically connected with the sensing element. A method of manufacturing an electronic device is also disclosed.
US12245869B2
A system (100) for detecting tissue inflammation, and gingivitis specifically, including a light emitter (102); a diffuse reflective spectroscopy probe (107) having a source-detector distance between 300 μm-2000 μm; and a plurality of detectors (106, 108, 112) configured to detect: a first wavelength that is less than 615 nm and having a first bandwidth; and second and third wavelengths that are equal to or greater than 615 nm and have second and third bandwidths, respectively, wherein the second or third bandwidth is greater than the first bandwidth.
US12245868B2
A joint image unfolding apparatus, a joint image unfolding method, and a non-transitory computer readable recording medium storing a joint image unfolding program are provided to make it possible to check information regarding the entire cartilage in a joint with high accuracy. An image obtaining unit (21) obtains a three-dimensional image of a joint having cartilage. An unfolding unit (23) unfolds the cartilage included in the three-dimensional image with reference to a specific reference axis in the joint to generate an unfolded image.
US12245863B2
Computer implemented methods and systems are provided that comprise, under control of one or more processors of a medical device, where the one or more processors are configured with specific executable instructions. The methods and systems obtain motion data indicative of at least one of a posture or a respiration cycle; obtain cardiac activity (CA) signals for a series of beats; identify whether a characteristic of interest (COI) from at least a first segment of the CA signals exceeds a COI limit; analyze the motion data to determine whether at least one of the posture or respiration cycle at least in part caused the COI to exceed the COI limit. Based on the analyzing operation, the methods and systems automatically adjust a CA sensing parameter utilized by the medical device to detect R-waves in subsequent CA signals; and detect an arrhythmia based on a presence or absence of one or more of the R-waves in at least a second segment of the CA signals.
US12245855B2
The present invention is directed to a cuff-like medical device that may analyze and report the concentrations of various biomarkers in a subject's bodily fluids, samples of which may be extracted by the device in the field and analyzed on the spot using the cuff-like medical device. For example, extracellular fluid (commonly known as “tissue fluid”) of a patient may be analyzed by the present invention, and in particular, the constituent interstitial fluid—the known main component of extracellular fluid—may be analyzed for concentrations of one or more specific types of proteins. A sensor component within the device may include one or more aptamers that permit chemical binding of at least one biomarker of interest. When the aptamer-protein binding complex is complete, an electronic component of the device may employ nanoscale weighing using frequency differential analysis through quartz crystal microbalances to determine the presence and concentration of biomarkers.
US12245854B2
Disclosed are devices and methods for collection, labeling and matching biological samples containing nucleic acid in conjunction with collecting at least one ridge and valley signature such as a fingerprint or footprint of an individual. Such devices and methods are used in forensic, human identification, paternity, tissue typing, and screening technologies to rapidly process an individual's identity, determine the identity of an individual along with the genotype profile of the individual.
US12245840B2
A portable, modular handheld imaging system is disclosed. The modular system comprises a first housing portion and a second housing portion. The first housing portion includes at least one excitation light source. A first filter is configured to detect and permit passage of selected optical signals responsive to illumination with the excitation light to a first image sensor. A second filter is configured to detect and permit passage of selected optical signals responsive to illumination of the target surface with white light to a second image sensor. The second housing portion is configured to releasably receive the first housing portion. The second housing portion includes a display and a processor configured to receive the detected fluorescent and white light optical signals and to output a representation of the target surface to the display based on the detected optical signals.
US12245839B2
Method and system for providing data management in integrated analyte monitoring and infusion system
Methods and systems for providing therapy related data management are provided. The subject systems include one or more device components, and at least one memory storage unit and at least one data storage unit associated with such one or more device components. The device components may include one or more of an analyte monitoring system, a fluid delivery device and a remote terminal. The subject methods include use of the subject systems to optimize treatment of a patient.
US12245836B2
An input device of a surgical manipulator includes an arm unit, a wrist unit including a follower link having a base end rotatably connected to a distal end of the arm unit around a follower rotation axis, a first gimbal link rotatably connected to the follower link, a second gimbal link rotatably connected to the first gimbal link, and an operation unit as a third gimbal link rotatably connected to the second gimbal link, a motor that rotates the base end of the follower link around the follower rotation axis, and a controller configured to perform feedback control of a rotation position of the follower link using a rotation position deviation of a rotation position of the second gimbal link with respect to a second reference rotation position as a rotation position deviation of the follower link by controlling an operation of the motor.
US12245828B2
Disclosed herein are systems and methods for using a robotic surgical system comprising a GUI and a robotic arm.
US12245825B2
Systems and methods for ascertaining a position of an orthopedic element in space comprising: capturing a first and second images of an orthopedic element in different reference frames using a radiographic imaging technique, detecting spatial data defining anatomical landmarks on or in the orthopedic element using a deep learning network, applying a mask to the orthopedic element defined by an anatomical landmark, projecting the spatial data from the first image and the second image to define volume data, applying the deep learning network to the volume data to generate a reconstructed three-dimensional model of the orthopedic element; and mapping the three-dimensional model of the orthopedic element to the spatial data to determine the position of the three-dimensional model of the orthopedic element in three-dimensional space.
US12245824B2
A method for planning a tour visiting a set of target diagnostic sites via endoscopy passing through a hollow organ system includes computing a 3D virtual space of the hollow organ system based on the 3D imaging scan depicting the diagnostic sites and hollow organ system, computing a series of preliminary endoscopic routes leading to each diagnostic site including a set of contiguous device poses through the hollow organ system that connect each target diagnostic site to all of the other target diagnostic sites, and computing an optimal tour having a minimum cost corresponding to the smallest set of contiguous poses that visit all of the target diagnostic sites once and only once, where the cost between each pair of diagnostic sites is defined as the distance accumulated by the smallest set of contiguous poses connecting the pair of diagnostic sites together within the hollow organ system.
US12245823B2
The present teaching relates to automated trocar/robot base location determination. An input related to a surgical operation includes a three-dimensional (3D) model for an organ with cut points on the organ forming a surgical trajectory. A surgical instrument is controlled by a robot to reach the cut points to carry out the operation. An insertion location for inserting the surgical instrument is identified. Based on the identified insertion location, a robot base location is determined with respect to the identified insertion location to deploy the robot for controlling the surgical instrument to reach the cut points. Signals for configuring the surgical setting are then generated based on the insertion location for the surgical instrument and the base location for the robot.
US12245812B2
Techniques are disclosed for systems and methods to provide dry eye and/or tear film hydration monitoring in the context of ocular aberrometry. An ocular aberrometry system includes a wavefront sensor configured to provide wavefront sensor data associated with an optical target monitored by the ocular aberrometry system and a logic device configured to communicate with the wavefront sensor. The logic device is configured to receive ocular aberrometry output data including at least the wavefront sensor data provided by the wavefront sensor, determine a tear film hydration state associated with the optical target based, at least in part, on the received ocular aberrometry output data, and generate user feedback corresponding to the determined tear film hydration state based, at least in part, on the received aberrometry output data and/or the determined tear film hydration state.
US12245807B2
The present invention discloses access devices and methods to create an access channel for introduction of one or more working devices into an anatomical region. The access channel is created using a visualization modality that is later removed before inserting one or more working devices through the access channel. This allows the methods and devices of the present invention to be used even in small sized natural or surgically created insertion tracts leading to the anatomical region. The access channel can be made of a device such as a sheath, a guidewire, and an elongate device comprising a lumen. Examples of visualization modalities are endoscopes and body insertable ultrasound imaging devices. The working devices can be used to perform a variety of diagnostic, therapeutic, or preventive procedures. Endometrial ablation devices and procedures have been used as an example to describe various aspects of the present invention.
US12245805B2
Disclosed are compositions, devices, systems, kits, and methods for neural ablation.
US12245804B2
A portable minimally invasive surgical mechanical arm with multi-degree of freedom comprises a handle joint assembly which is used for movably mounting an axle part, and the assembly comprises a first axis and second axis allowing the axle part to rotate around the first axis and the second axis respectively. The first axis coincides with the axis of the axle part, and the second axis is perpendicular to a shaft. A controlling mechanism and a controlling wire joint assembly are used for transmitting the motion of the grip part to the controlling wire joint assembly. The controlling mechanism comprises an input piece, two push rods and an output piece, and the two push rods. The input piece receives the output motion of the axle part, and the output piece is part of the controlling wire joint.
US12245801B2
Disclosed is an adjustable cryoablation needle, comprising a needle rod (3), a front-segment heat-insulated tube (1), a rear-segment heat-insulated tube (2), and an gas inlet structure (7) penetrating the needle rod (3) and the front-segment heat-insulated tube (1), wherein the needle rod (3) can move relative to the rear-segment heat-insulated tube (2) in the axial direction of the rear-segment heat-insulated tube (2) so as to adjust a first axial distance between the front end of the rear-segment heat-insulated tube (2) and the front end of the needle rod (3); and the front-segment heat-insulated tube (1) can move relative to the rear-segment heat-insulated tube (2) in the axial direction of the rear-segment heat-insulated tube (2). The adjustable cryoablation needle can prevent the inconvenience caused by a doctor selecting the model of the cryoablation needle.
US12245795B2
Orthopedic fixation devices and methods of installing the same. The orthopedic fixation device may include a coupling element and a bone fastener, whereby the bone fastener can be loaded into the coupling element through the bottom of a bore in the coupling element.
US12245791B2
A multi-portal method for treating a subject's spine includes distracting adjacent vertebrae using a distraction instrument positioned at a first entrance along the subject to enlarge an intervertebral space between the adjacent vertebrae. An interbody fusion implant can be delivered into the enlarged intervertebral space. The interbody fusion implant can be positioned directly between vertebral bodies of the adjacent vertebrae while endoscopically viewing the interbody fusion implant using an endoscopic instrument. The patient's spine can be visualized using endoscopic techniques to view, for example, the spine, tissue, instruments, and implants before, during, and after implantation, or the like. The visualization can help a physician throughout the surgical procedure to improve patient outcome.
US12245787B2
A method and device for grasping tissue using the tissue forceps with wide jaws. The tissue forceps include a first arm and a second arm joined at a vertex at a proximal end. The first arm and the second arm have distal portions which are extensions angled leftward away from the longitudinal axis of the first and second arms. Wide forceps jaws terminate the distal end of the angled extensions and the terminal inner surfaces of the jaws have serrated edges. The forceps is adapted to sequentially grasp tissue on opposed sides of a tissue interface and then present the tissue for further procedure. The jaws can be straight, convex, or concave to hold, stabilize and manipulate tissue flap borders with better grasping and control. The jaws can be in line with the handle (straight) or 45 or 90 degrees offset for better access to different surgical site's locations.
US12245786B2
Disclosed embodiments include apparatuses for and methods of separating tissue with opposing jaw members having distal ends that translate toward a surface of the tissue as the jaw members are rotated outwardly to maintain engagement with the tissue. In an illustrative embodiment, an apparatus includes jaw members rotatably coupled adjacent to their proximal ends. The jaw members define opposing outwardly-facing curved channels disposed between their proximal and distal ends that slidably engage a distal pin. A bracket defines a distal socket that receives the distal pin. As the jaw members are motivated in a distal direction relative to the bracket toward the distal pin, engagement of the distal pin with the outwardly-facing curved channels causes the jaw members to rotate to cause the distal ends of the jaw members move outwardly transversely to the distal direction while the distal ends translate in the distal direction.
US12245784B2
The present disclosure relates to a basket for a catheter designed to be deployed in complex vasculature to optimally treat vascular and arterial disease conditions such as blood clots, blood emboli, and deep vein thrombosis. The basket may comprise a shaft with a plurality of cuts along a portion of its length to form a plurality of tines that provide support for a plurality of porous tubes to form the limbs of the basket. The limbs of the basket expand radially away from the longitudinal axis of the basket when the longitudinal length of the basket is reduced. The limbs may also be connected to a drug delivery system, and in this manner, baskets of the present disclosure allow for the use of both mechanical and pharmaceutical means of thrombolysis.
US12245779B2
Patient-specific guide systems and methods for performing bone resections for ankle arthroplasties comprises a bone guide body and a bone resection block. The bone guide body comprises a patient-specific surface for engaging a surface of a talus or a tibia, and a first pin hole and a first socket in the bone guide body. The bone resection block is removably insertable into the first socket, receives a first pin that can be inserted in the first pin hole, and includes a resection guide surface. The system further comprises a floating bone trial that attaches to the bone resection block via a floating bone guide. The floating bone trail receives a chamfer spacer and guide for further resecting the bone. The system further comprises a stylus for engagement with the resection guide surface to confirm resection depth. The bone guide body includes alignment pin and resection block snap lock features.
US12245773B2
A motor-driven orthopedic impacting tool is provided for orthopedic impacting in the hips, knees, shoulders and the like. The tool is capable of holding a broach, chisel, or other end effector, which when gently tapped in a cavity with controlled percussive impacts, can expand the size or volume of an opening of the cavity or facilitate removal of the broach, implant, or other surgical implement from the opening. A stored-energy drive mechanism stores potential energy and then releases it to launch a launched mass or striker to communicate a striking force to an adapter in either a forward or reverse direction. The tool may further include a combination anvil and adapter and an energy adjustment mechanism to adjust the striking force the launched mass delivers to the adapter in accordance with a patient profile.
US12245771B2
A connection member for connecting a surgical tool to a plurality of different kinds of corresponding connector. A surgical tool including the connection member. A surgical kit including the surgical tool. The connection member includes an elongate shaft having a longitudinal axis, a proximal end and a distal end. The connection member also includes a plurality of connection features located at the proximal end of the shaft. The plurality of connection features includes at least one connection feature for mating with a first kind of corresponding connector. The plurality of connection features also includes at least one connection feature for mating with a second, different kind of corresponding connector. The connection member may be a male connection member and the corresponding connectors may be female. A method including providing the surgical tool and connecting the connection member to a corresponding connector.
US12245769B2
An aneurysm treatment device includes a tip portion, a body portion, and a base portion. The device is configured to radially self-expand within an aneurysm, with the tip portion engaging a dome portion of the aneurysm, the body portion filling most of the aneurysm volume, and the base portion extending across the aneurysm neck to prevent migration of the device.
US12245768B2
Disclosed is an occluding stent. The occluding stent includes a distal flange occluding body, a proximal flange occluding body, and a connection portion. External surfaces of the distal flange occluding body and the proximal flange occluding body are both provided with a coating. An external surface of the connection portion is wholly or partially provided with a coating. A first occluding coating is provided between the distal flange occluding body and an inner cavity of the connection portion. The present invention overcomes the defect that the existing occluder device for closure of an esophagobronchial fistula is harmful to surrounding tissues, makes the device retractable, enhances the safety of the device, and improves life and treatment of patients. A new safe and effective treatment method for an esophagobronchial fistula is provided.
US12245764B2
An end effector is disclosed comprising a cartridge channel, a staple cartridge positionable in the cartridge channel, and a firing assembly configured to lock itself if the staple cartridge is not positioned in the cartridge channel. Moreover, the firing assembly is configured to lock itself if the staple cartridge has been at least partially spent.
US12245763B2
A device is configured for closing an aperture in a wall of a blood vessel. An embodiment of the device includes a body and at least one suture element held within the body. A suture capture rod is positioned within the body and is operatively associated with the suture element and arranged to pass the suture element through a vessel wall such that opposed portions of the suture element extend from the vessel wall. A removable guidewire segment is removably attached to a distal end of the body.
US12245754B2
A pharmaceutical composition for treating an influenza virus infectious disease, containing an anti-influenza virus agent as an active ingredient is provided. The anti-influenza virus agent is administered to a patient determined to be positive for the influenza virus infectious disease based on an intraoral image captured using an intraoral imaging apparatus.
US12245752B2
An endoscope tip part including an exterior housing including a circumferentially extending side wall with a proximal opening, the circumferentially extending side wall defining an interior space with an air volume; a camera assembly positioned in the interior space so that the air volume envelops at least the distal portion of the camera assembly; and an interior housing part including a circumferentially extending closure surface and a circumferentially extending attachment surface, the interior housing part being positioned in the proximal opening; wherein the exterior housing and interior housing part are formed as separate prefabricated components, wherein the closure surface is configured for closing the proximal opening of the exterior housing so as to liquid-seal the air volume in the tip part, and wherein the attachment surface extends proximally from the proximal opening and is configured for attaching the interior housing part to another element of the tip part.
US12245741B2
A method for generating and providing artificial intelligence assisted surgical guidance includes analyzing video images from surgical procedure and training a neural network to identify at least one of anatomical objects, surgical objects, and tissue manipulation in video images. The method includes receiving, by the neural network, a live feed of video images from the surgery. The method further includes classifying, by the neural network, at least one of anatomical objects, surgical objects, and tissue manipulation in the live feed of video images. The method further includes outputting, in real time, surgical guidance based on algorithms created using the classified at least on of anatomical objects, surgical objects, and tissue manipulations in the live feed of video images.
US12245738B2
Non-contact biological sensors 1, 2 that detect biological information of a person by electromagnetic waves are provided in a seat 10 on which the person sits. The biological sensors 1, 2 are disposed in the seat 10 at positions away from members A1, A2, A3 (22, 32) which are the members, from among the members that constitute the seat 10, that interfere with the passage of electromagnetic waves. The biological sensors each have a first sensor 100 and a second sensor 200 that emit electromagnetic waves of different frequencies towards the person, and the first sensor 100 is disposed adjacent to the second sensor 200. Due to this configuration, it becomes easier to accurately detect biological information.
US12245736B2
A cleaner head for a vacuum cleaner includes a suction cavity comprising an opening through which debris enters the cleaner head, and an outlet. An agitator is mounted in the suction cavity in a cantilevered manner for rotation relative thereto. The agitator includes a core having a first, free end, a second end remote from the free end, and upstanding helical ridges extending between the free end and the second end, and a row of bristles located between the helical ridges and inclined relative to the core in a direction extending towards the free end of the core.
US12245727B2
Disclosed is a toilet module having a toilet bowl and which also has a toilet bowl support mechanism. The toilet bowel support mechanism allows the toilet bowl to be moved to a position in which the person using the toilet to adopt more of a squatting posture when cleansing their bowels. The toilet bowl support mechanism can move the toilet bowl to and between a first position and a second position, the first position is characterised in that the front end of the toilet bowl is lower than the aft end of the toilet bowl, and the second position is characterised in that the front end of the toilet bowl is above the aft end of the toilet bowl. The first position makes it easier for folk with limited mobility to sit on the toilet, and the second position allows the seated person to adopt a squatting posture.
US12245724B2
The present disclosure relates to a vacuum blender, and more particularly, to a vacuum blender that may easily vacuum an external vacuum container in a state, in which a mixer container that accommodates foods is not separated from a body. The vacuum blender of the present disclosure may easily vacuum an auxiliary container by connecting a vacuum pump to an auxiliary container disposed on an outside of a body by using a container connector while not separating a mixer container that accommodates foods from the body.
US12245723B2
A C-shaped or U-shaped open radiant cooking appliance including a lower cooking cassette; an upper cooking cassette; and a posterior part together defining a cooking chamber; the appliance having a proximal portion including at least one proximal radiant element; and a distal portion including at least one distal radiant element, at least one isolation element separating the at least one distal radiant element from the at least one proximal radiant element; the isolation element including at least one first reflector configured to direct the radiation emitted by the at least one distal radiant element towards the cooking chamber.
US12245719B2
Aspects of the present invention relate to A beverage dispensing machine (1) for dispensing a beverage (BV) into a vessel (2). The beverage dispensing machine (1) has a upper engaging member (63) movable to a deployed position for engaging a upper portion of the vessel (2) and at least one side engaging member (68-1, 68-2) movable to a deployed position for engaging a sidewall (51) of the vessel (2). An actuating mechanism (5) is provided for deploying the upper engaging member (63) in conjunction with the at least one side engaging member (68-1, 68-2) to retain the vessel (2) in the beverage dispensing machine (1). Aspects of the present invention also relate to a vehicle having a beverage dispensing machine (1).
US12245713B2
A body pillow has an elongate body formed around an axis. An outer cover of the pillow includes a stretchy circumferential band of material disposed around the axis and to be spaced from either end of the pillow. Ends of first and second inner pillows are disposed near or under the circumferential band. The user may helically twist the body of the pillow around the axis at the circumferential band. Doing so separates the inner pillows and increases their firmness. An inner side of the outer cover may be made of a stretchy fabric that conforms to the body of the user, while outer side may be composed mostly of nonstretch material to retain the pillows' shape. The twisted and nontwisted configurations of the pillow make it an effective sleeping aid for expecting mothers during different stages of their pregnancies.
US12245700B1
An universal bed side rails includes a mattress, a bedside assembly, and a rails assembly. The bedside assembly a first bedrail and a second bedrail connected through length adjustable beams. The rails assembly has a first rail and a second rail slidably receiving the first bedrail and the second bedrail therein. The length adjustable beams are positioned under a mattress. The first rail and second rail has flaps to secure to a spring box of a mattress. The length adjustable beams have pin locks and pin holes to secure additional beams for support in different mattress size configurations.
US12245694B2
A self-retracting device for a furniture part which can be extracted from a furniture carcass in an extraction direction by a telescopic drawer slide is provided. The self-retracting device comprises: a carriage slidably supported; a retraction spring loading the carriage into a basic position, the carriage being slidable, by being coupled to a driver; and a damping unit for damping the sliding movement of the carriage from a standby position into a basic position. The carriage is coupled to a movable part of the damping unit by way of an arm which can pivot relative to the carriage about a first pivot axis and relative to the damping unit about a second pivot axis. When the carriage is slidingly moved by the retraction spring over a retraction path, at least in an end portion of the retraction path, the arm is rotated about an axis perpendicular to the extraction direction.
US12245690B2
A storage rack for a plurality of water bottles, including: a plurality of shelves; a plurality of levelers each being configured to support the storage rack, each leveler of the plurality of levelers is operably coupled to one of a plurality of potentiometers that is located between the each leveler of the plurality of levelers and a portion of the storage rack, the plurality of potentiometers are operably coupled to a analog to digital converter that sums signals of the plurality of potentiometers and provides an indication of an amount of weight being supported by the storage rack, the amount of weight being associated with an amount of water bottles being supported by the storage rack.
US12245680B2
A method is provided for preparing a hair dye color mixture. The method includes: accessing a control system having at least a processor, a memory, and user input controls, the memory configured to store ingredients of a hair dye color mixture, receiving user input from the user input controls to change one or more ingredients of the hair dye color mixture to a new product brand; matching the color of the hair dye color mixture using one or more ingredients of the new product brand, in response to the user input; and displaying the ingredients of the hair dye color mixture in the new product brand on a display.
US12245673B2
An insect repellent collar for a pet includes an encapsulated insect repellent adjacent to an absorbent material, which is itself adjacent to a skin/fur barrier/odor impervious material, and where at least about 0.5 ml of insect repellent is encapsulated in a frangible enclosure that when fractured, releases a fresh supply of repellent onto the absorbent material for the passive evaporation of the repellent.
US12245661B2
Methods for converting a shoe from the flip-flop configuration to a sandal configuration are described herein. The method also includes connecting at least three foot fastener connectors to a first sole connector, a second sole connector, and a third sole connector of the at least three sole connectors, wherein said connecting causes the at least three foot fastener connectors to form a toe thong in a flip-flop configuration. The method further includes sliding the first sole connector along a first slide path from a first flip-flop position to a first sandal position, sliding the second sole connector along a second slide path from a second flip-flop position to a second sandal position, and sliding the third sole connector along a third slide path from a third flip-flop position to a third sandal position.
US12245660B2
An article of footwear includes a sleeve formed by a knit material and defining a front distal end and a rear distal end. The sleeve includes an external surface and an internal surface that defines an internal cavity. The article of footwear includes a midsole arranged within the internal cavity, and a framework printed, layer by layer, onto portions of the external surface. The framework includes a plurality of segments and an outsole. The outsole being arranged on a bottom portion of the external surface and the plurality of segments extend along the external surface of the sleeve between the front distal end and the rear distal end.
US12245654B2
A foldable helmet is provided. The helmet includes a plurality of struts hingedly interconnected thereby enabling the struts to splay out from a closed packed state. Each strut includes a hinge along a length of the strut for folding the strut and a plurality of cutouts allowing the strut to bow in a direction opposite a fold direction of the hinge.
US12245646B2
First-aid systems comprising an ultra compact first-aid pouch configured to fit behind the ballistic plates of a protective vest are disclosed. In this configuration, the first-aid kit is protected from shrapnel and tearing, is easily locatable and removable and does not effect the user's freedom of movement. When the first-aid pouch is removed from its protected location, it presents the first-aid equipment in a logical and easily viewable manner.
US12245638B2
A controller is provided for an electrically heatable aerosol-generating device including a heating element and a rechargeable power supply to power the heating element, the controller being configured to control a supply of power from the rechargeable power supply to the heating element, and to prevent power being supplied to the heating element when a temperature reading is below a pre-determined lower temperature threshold. An electrically heatable aerosol-generating device including the heating element, the rechargeable power supply configured to power the heating element, a temperature sensor, and the controller is also provided. And, a method of controlling an electrically heatable aerosol-generating device, including the heating element and the rechargeable power supply configured to power the heating element, is also provided.
US12245619B1
A process for continuously producing a plurality of fully cooked, cured and battered frank products such as mini corndogs on a single production line is provided. The process comprises fully cooking the frank products after they have been battered.
US12245617B2
An edible pet chew includes a member of artificial dehydrated pizzle component formed from a composition material imitating existing traditional bully stick products or dehydrated animal pizzle products, serving as an alternative to it. The imitation includes the structure, and/or appearance, and/or size, and/or color, and/or texture, and/or flavor, and/or durability, and/or palatability of traditional dehydrated animal pizzle. Final products of it may be in a form such as spiral form, stick form, knotted bone form, twisted form and braid form. It may be processed by an extruder.
US12245614B2
The present invention relates to whey protein micelles for use in the treatment and/or prevention of a disorder linked to an increase in plasma postprandial insulin and/or plasma postprandial glucagon concentration in a subject. The invention relates also to a non-therapeutic use of whey protein micelles to decrease plasma postprandial insulin and/or glucagon concentration in healthy subjects.
US12245599B2
A method of preparing an animal for slaughter, said method comprising at least one the steps of subjecting the animal to a gaseous muscle relaxant without inducing unconsciousness of the animal; and stunning the animal in a space using a gas composition suitable for stunning.
US12245594B2
Methods for identifying Methylobacterium strains which can be used to increase mineral nutrient, vitamins, oil and/or protein content in plants are provided. Also provided are related methods of providing seed lots, food ingredients, feed ingredients, food, or feed with increased mineral nutrient, vitamins, oil and/or protein content. Methods of providing increased mineral nutrient and/or vitamin content, and/or increased oil and/or protein yield from plant seed lots are also provided.
US12245586B2
A system for the hypothermic transport of biological samples, such as tissues, organs, or body fluids. The system includes a self-purging preservation apparatus to suspend a sample in preservation fluid and perfuse a tissue with preservation fluid. The self-purging preservation apparatus is placed in an insulated transport container having a cooling medium. When assembled, the system allows for transport of biological samples for extended periods of time at a stable temperature.
US12245584B2
An apparatus for controlling plants in a crop stand with a) at least one liquid reservoir for receiving liquid, b) at least one first liquid line system connected to the at least one liquid reservoir and provided with at least one controllable outlet opening controllable, c) a recognition device for recognizing plants and communicating the position data of the plants to the control device, d) a control device for controlling the at least one valve of the liquid line system, wherein the recognition device distinguishes plants in the crop stand between wanted plants and unwanted plants, and the control device opens the valves of the at least one first line system so as to exclusively spray the unwanted plants in the crop stand with liquid, i.e., omit the wanted plants. Unwanted plants are damaged or killed by the action of the kinetic and/or thermal energy of the liquid.
US12245581B2
A trap catches multiple iguanas and/or other nuisance animals in one setting. The trap may include a larger confinement volume having a one-way entry door on at least one side and in other embodiments on all sides that remain active no matter how many iguanas are in the trap. The entry door is designed such that once the iguana has started through the door it cannot turn back. Access to remove the iguanas is also provided. A large bait station that can hold several days of bait and be easily rebaited with minimal contact with the trap is also provided. An auxiliary cage may be coupled to the trap to off-load captured iguanas without moving the primary trap.
US12245578B2
A fishing lure container incorporating a case having axial and oppositely axial ends; axial and oppositely axial walls fixedly attached to the case, wherein such walls are respectively positioned for closing the case's axial and oppositely axial ends; axial and oppositely axial ports respectively opening the case at the axial and the oppositely axial walls; axial and oppositely axial caps respectively covering the axial and oppositely axial ports, the axial and oppositely axial caps being rotatable; a lure frame having axial and oppositely axial ends, wherein such frame's axial end is fixedly attached to the axial cap; and a quick disconnect fastener interconnecting the lure frame's oppositely axial end and the oppositely axial cap.
US12245574B2
A view port for an access door for a fish storage container. The view port includes a first support body adapted to couple to the fish storage access door, and a transparent or translucent body coupled to the first support body. The view port may include a second support body adapted to couple to the fish access door.
US12245573B1
A device is described for cooling air and directing it onto a hive. As the hive cools, pollinators within have reduced mobility and are not able to move aggressively to attack the remover. A temperature sensor within the device allows the remover to identify when air is sufficiently cooled to reduce pollinator activity without being lethal. As the cold air is blowing, the remover uses attached sharp edges to cut down the hive. As the hive falls on the ground away from the blower where the temperature is warmer, pollinators regain their muscle movement, and can soon resume their normal activities. However, by then the remover is gone and is not attacked.
US12245556B1
A vertical farm system including at least one enclosure, the at least one enclosure separated into a day section and a night section, a plurality of racks disposed within the at least one enclosure and configured to hold plants, a conveyor system configured to move the plurality of racks through the day and night section of the at least one enclosure, and at least one of an irrigation system, a lighting system or an automated harvesting system disposed within the at least one enclosure, the at least one of the irrigation system, the lighting system and the automated harvesting system being stationary relative to the plurality of racks.
US12245555B2
A farming method may be shown and described. In an exemplary embodiment, plants may begin in a germination phase. Next, plants are brought to a nursery for a period of time before optionally being transplanted to one or more subsequent nurseries. Finally, plants are transplanted to a greenhouse where they may grow until they are ready for harvest. In an exemplary embodiment, the nursery phases may be vertical farms while the greenhouse phase may be a traditional, hydroponic, or other type of farm which may receive sunlight. AI may be implemented to optimize environmental conditions and robotics may be used to harvest the plants. Plants may be indexed to efficiently expedite plant growth and optimize the time and plant density/spacing in each phase.
US12245553B2
A blower may include an inlet, an outlet, an airflow pipe disposed between the inlet and the outlet, a fan disposed in the airflow pipe, an electric motor disposed in the airflow pipe and configured to drive the fan, a motor housing that is disposed in the airflow pipe and houses the electric motor, and a control unit configured to control the electric motor. The control unit includes a control board configured to control the electric motor and a casing that houses the control board. The airflow pipe may include an exposure hole connecting inside of the airflow pipe to outside of the airflow pipe such that the inside and the outside are in communication in a radial direction. The casing may be attached to the airflow pipe such that at least part of the casing covers an entirety of the exposure hole from outside in the radial direction.
US12245543B2
A planter for planting seeds in the ground including a seed meter configured to provide a regulated flow of seeds, and a seed conduit defining a first portion of a flow path configured to transport the seeds from the seed meter towards the ground. The planter also includes a seed guide having an aperture in fluid communication with the seed conduit, the seed guide defining a second portion of the flow path configured to transport the seeds from the seed conduit towards the ground, and a shaft configured to reciprocate with respect to the seed guide through a stroke path towards and away from the ground. The shaft is configured to create a discrete hole in the ground for one of the seeds. A side of the shaft is configured to inhibit the one of the seeds from entering the second portion of the flow path until the shaft retracts past the aperture.
US12245542B2
A system for seed orientation includes a seed disk capable of rotation in operation and having at least one singulator to adjust an orientation of seed to a desired seed orientation for placement within a furrow during planting. A vision system in proximity to the seed disk determines seed orientation data for seed on the seed disk.
US12245537B2
A computer-implemented method of controlling a mobile agricultural machine includes receiving field map data representing a first agricultural operation performed on a field, receiving a location sensor signal indicative of a sensed geographic location of the mobile agricultural machine on the field, the mobile agricultural machine having a plurality of sections that are independently controllable to perform a second agricultural operation on the field that is different than the first agricultural operation, and generating a control signal to control the plurality of sections based on the field map data and the location sensor signal.
US12250889B2
A first phase change material layer vertically aligned above a bottom electrode, a dielectric layer vertically aligned above the first phase change material layer, a second phase change material layer vertically aligned above the dielectric layer, an inner electrode physically and electrically connected to the first phase change material layer and the second phase change material layer, the inner electrode surrounded by the dielectric layer, a top electrode vertically aligned above the second phase change material layer. A first phase change material layer vertically aligned above a bottom electrode, a filament layer vertically aligned above the first phase change material layer, a second phase change material layer vertically aligned above the filament layer, an inner break in the filament layer connecting the first phase change material layer and the second phase change material layer, a top electrode vertically aligned above the second phase change material layer.
US12250887B2
An energy harvesting module includes a pendular unit with piezoelectric transducer elastically deformable in bending between a clamped end and a free end coupled to an inertial mass. The piezoelectric transducer includes two coplanar piezoelectric beams arranged side-by-side on either side of a central axis of the transducer, each of the piezoelectric beams including adjacent external and internal arms, arranged side-by-side and formed single-piece. The external arm of each beam has a clamped proximal end and a free distal end, and the internal arm of each beam has a free proximal end supporting the inertial mass, and a free distal end connected to the distal end of the adjacent external arm by a common junction.
US12250882B2
The present specification provides a compound represented by Formula 1 and an organic light emitting device including the same. The compound contains a deuterium and is used as a material of a light emitting layer of the organic light emitting device
US12250879B2
Provided is a heterocyclic compound of Chemical Formula 1: wherein: X is O or S; Y1, Y2 and Y3 are each independently CH or N, provided that at least one is N; L1 and L2 are each independently a direct bond, a substituted or unsubstituted C6-60 arylene, or a substituted or unsubstituted C5-60 heteroarylene containing at least one of N, O and S; and Ar is a substituted or unsubstituted C6-60 aryl, and Ar2 and Ar3 are each independently a substituted or unsubstituted C6-60 aryl or a C5-60 heteroaryl containing at least one of N, O and S, provided that when all of Ar1, Ar2 and Ar3 are a substituted or unsubstituted C6-60 aryl, any one of Ar1, Ar2 and Ar3 is substituted with 4 or more deuteriums; and an organic light emitting device including the same.
US12250874B2
An organic electroluminescence device is provided and including a first electrode, a hole transport region disposed on the first electrode, an emission layer disposed on the hole transport region, an electron transport region disposed on the emission layer, and a second electrode disposed on the electron transport region, wherein the emission layer may include an organometallic compound, thereby exhibiting high luminous efficiency and long service life characteristics.
US12250869B2
A perovskite-polymer composite comprising a perovskite and a polymer, wherein the polymer has a structural unit comprising a thiourea (—HN(C═S)NH—) fragment and a (—R1—O—R2—) fragment, wherein R1 and R2 are each independently a C1-C6 alkyl or a cycloalkyl linker; a mechanically robust and self-healable solar cell comprising same; and a method of making same.
US12250868B2
A display apparatus includes a substrate including a first area, a second area, and a bending area between the first area and the second area, a plurality of pixels disposed in the first area, a protection film disposed under the substrate, a dummy film disposed under the protection film, and an opening in the protection film, wherein the opening overlaps the bending area.
US12250855B2
A display device includes a pixel portion in which a pixel is arranged in a matrix, the pixel including an inverted staggered thin film transistor having a combination of at least two kinds of oxide semiconductor layers with different amounts of oxygen and having a channel protective layer over a semiconductor layer to be a channel formation region overlapping a gate electrode layer and a pixel electrode layer electrically connected to the inverted staggered thin film transistor. In the periphery of the pixel portion in this display device, a pad portion including a conductive layer made of the same material as the pixel electrode layer is provided. In addition, the conductive layer is electrically connected to a common electrode layer formed on a counter substrate.
US12250850B2
An organic light emitting display device may include a first thin film transistor including a first active layer formed of a first material and includes a first source region, a first channel region, and a first drain region, a first gate electrode and a first source electrode and a first drain electrode, a second thin film transistor including a second active layer formed of a second material and includes a second source region, a second channel region, and a second drain region, a second gate electrode, and a second source electrode and a second drain electrode, a light blocking layer overlapping a lower portion of the second active layer and formed on the same layer as the second capacitor electrode, and a first protrusion pattern and a second protrusion pattern disposed on the same layer as the first gate electrode and overlapping the light blocking layer.
US12250833B2
A method for manufacturing semiconductor device structure includes providing a substrate having a surface; forming a first gate structure on the surface; forming a second gate structure on the surface; forming a first well region in the substrate and between the first gate structure and the second gate structure; forming a conductive contact within a trench between the first gate structure and the second gate structure; forming a first structure in the first well region, wherein the first structure tapers away from a bottom portion of the conductive contact.
US12250825B2
Some embodiments include an integrated assembly having a first bottom electrode adjacent to a second bottom electrode. An intervening region is directly between the first and second bottom electrodes. Capacitor-insulative-material is adjacent to the first and second bottom electrodes. The capacitor-insulative-material is substantially not within the intervening region. Top-electrode-material is adjacent to the capacitor-insulative-material. Some embodiments include methods of forming integrated assemblies.
US12250823B2
Disclosed herein are a non-volatile memory device and an operating method thereof. The non-volatile memory device includes a memory cell including a write transistor and a ferroelectric read transistor, a write word line connected to a gate terminal of the write transistor, a write bit line connected to a source terminal of the write transistor, a read word line connected to a source terminal of the ferroelectric read transistor, and a read bit line connected to a drain terminal of the ferroelectric read transistor, and a drain terminal of the write transistor may be connected to a gate terminal of the ferroelectric read transistor. According to the present invention, a low-power, high-density, and non-destructive dynamic random access memory (DRAM) can be implemented by realizing 2T0C FeDRAM based on a silicon complementary metal-oxide semiconductor (CMOS) process using a dielectric material.
US12250816B2
A NAND flash memory and manufacturing method thereof are provided. The NAND flash memory is capable of preventing a short circuit between gates extending along a vertical direction. The NAND flash memory includes a substrate; a plurality of channel stacks formed on the substrate and extending along an X direction; an interlayer dielectric formed between the channel stacks; a plurality of trenches formed apart from each other in the interlayer dielectric and arranged along a Y direction; an insulator stack including a charge storage layer formed to cover sidewalls of each of the trenches; and a plurality of conductive vertical gates elongating along the vertical direction in a space formed by the insulator stack in each of the trenches and extending along the Y direction.
US12250808B2
The present application discloses a semiconductor device and a method for fabricating the semiconductor device. The semiconductor device includes a substrate; an isolation layer positioned in the substrate and defining an active area of the substrate, wherein the active area includes a transistor portion and a programmable portion extending from the transistor portion; a buried gate structure positioned in the transistor portion; a drain region positioned in the programmable portion and the transistor portion, and adjacent to the gate structure; a source region positioned in the transistor portion, adjacent to the gate structure, and opposite to the drain region with the buried gate structure interposed therebetween; a middle insulating layer positioned on the programmable portion; and an upper conductive layer positioned on the middle insulating layer. The drain region in the programmable portion, the middle insulating layer, and the upper conductive layer together configure a programmable structure.
US12250799B2
An imaging device according to the present disclosure includes a front case, a rear case, and a shield member. The front case supports an imaging optical unit. The rear case includes an electrically conductive output mechanism configured to output a signal output from the imaging optical unit. The shield member electrically connects the front case and the output mechanism.
US12250796B2
The power conversion apparatus includes a housing attached to a roof of a vehicle, a heat-receiving block, and one or more heat pipes. The housing has an opening on the top in the vertical direction, and accommodates electronic components. The electronic components are attached to a first main surface, which is one of the main surfaces of the heat-receiving block. The heat-receiving block is attached to the housing and closes the opening. The one or more heat pipes are attached to a second main surface, which is the other of the main surfaces of the heat-receiving block, extend in a direction away from the heat-receiving block, and accommodate refrigerant therein.
US12250793B2
A mobile terminal includes a main board, a heat dissipation layer, a first support, and a housing that are sequentially stacked. A heat generation element is disposed on the main board, and an orthographic projection of the heat generation element on the housing is located in an orthographic projection of the first support on the housing. The heat dissipation layer is disposed in contact with the heat generation element, and an area of an orthographic projection of the heat dissipation layer on the housing is larger than an area of the orthographic projection of the first support on the housing.
US12250775B2
A plurality of driven gears respectively provided on the plurality of nozzle shafts are arranged along the peripheral edges of the drive gears and engaged with the drive gears. Accordingly, the plurality of shafts can be turned by turning the drive gears. Moreover, since the turning of the drive gears, which are scissors gears, is transmitted to the nozzle shafts by the engagement of the drive gears and the plurality of respective driven gears, backlash between the drive gears and the driven gears is suppressed, it is not necessary to provide a backlashless gear (scissors gear) on each of the plurality of nozzle shafts, and the cost of the mounting head is suppressed.
US12250774B2
The present disclosure provides an engaging connection structure and an engaging connection method thereof. The engaging connection structure includes at least one vertical insert portion and an assembly portion. The assembly portion is configured to be assembled at an object, and the vertical insert portion is configured for an insert to be inserted vertically therein. Thus, the engaging connection structure and the engaging connection method thereof of the present disclosure are enabled to provide a required object and an insert with a stable assembly effect.
US12250771B2
A capacitor bank includes a printed circuit board adapted for a first capacitor disposed on a first surface of the printed circuit board and a second capacitor disposed on a second, opposing surface of the printed circuit board. The first and second capacitor are connected to the printed circuit board at surface mounts pads on opposing sides of the printed circuit board that may be in electronic communication with each other. The capacitors may be connected in series or parallel. Multiple printed circuit boards with capacitors on opposing surfaces may include flexible printed circuit board portions to allow the capacitor bank to be folded into an available space.
US12250764B2
A method and apparatus for operating a DC plasma torch. The power supply used is at least two times the average operating voltage used, resulting in a more stable operation of the torch. The torch can include two concentric cylinder electrodes, the electrodes can be graphite, and the plasma forming gas can be hydrogen. The power supply provided also has the capability of igniting the torch at a pulse voltage of at least 20 kilovolts.
US12250762B2
A light source apparatus, in which an energy beam transforms a liquid raw material into plasma to extract radiation, includes a rotation body, a raw material supply section, and a layer thickness adjustment section. The rotation body is disposed at a position onto which the energy beam is incident, and includes a groove overlapping with an incident area of the energy beam. The raw material supply section supplies the groove with the liquid raw material. The layer thickness adjustment section adjusts a layer thickness of the liquid raw material such that a front surface of the liquid raw material forms a concave surface in response to the groove in the incident area of the energy beam.
US12250760B2
An oven includes a housing that defines a cooking space and that includes an upper frame defining an upper wall facing the cooking space, a heating unit disposed at the upper frame and configured to transfer heat to the cooking space, an antenna disposed at the upper frame and configured to emit, toward the cooking space, radio waves transmitted from a radio wave generator that is electrically connected to an external power source, and a forming part that protrudes upward from the upper frame and accommodates the antenna therein. The forming part covers the antenna from the cooking space.
US12250747B2
A method for wireless communication by a user equipment (UE) determines a downlink/uplink (DL/UL) switching capability of the UE, and reports the DL/UL switching capability to a network. The DL/UL switching capability may indicate a quantity of DL/UL switch points, N, supported by the UE, and a time duration to which the quantity of DL/UL switch points is applied. The DL/UL switching capability may indicate a minimum link duration for which the UE should maintain a link direction after a previous DL/UL switch operation and before a next DL/UL switch operation. The DL/UL switching capability may include a DL/UL switching delay indicating a time specified for the UE to complete a DL/UL switching operation. The DL/UL switching capability may be based on a reference subcarrier spacing (SCS).
US12250742B2
A base station apparatus for communicating with a terminal apparatus transmits a Radio Resource Control (RRC) connection reconfiguration request message including a Data Radio Bearer (DRB) configuration to the terminal apparatus. The DRB configuration includes a DRB identity and a Packet Data Convergence Protocol Layer (PDCP) entity configuration corresponding to the DRB identity. PDCP entity configuration information includes one of a PDCP entity configuration for Evolved Universal Terrestrial Radio Access (E-UTRA) and a PDCP entity configuration for New Radio (NR). A PDCP entity is established in accordance with the PDCP entity configuration information.
US12250738B2
A session management method, an access management function device, and a session management device, where the method is carried out by an access and mobility management network element and includes: obtaining first subscription data of a terminal in a first communications network and second subscription data of the terminal in a second communications network, where the first subscription data includes a data network name (DNN), and the second subscription data includes an access point name (APN) corresponding to the DNN; allocating a bearer identifier to a bearer in a packet data network (PDN) connection corresponding to the APN; receiving a flow identifier that is of a flow in a protocol data unit (PDU) session corresponding to the DNN and that is sent by a session management network element; and sending the bearer identifier and the flow identifier to the terminal.
US12250735B2
Techniques discussed herein can facilitate inactive state transmissions for a User Equipment (UE) via a 4-step or 2-step inactive state RACH process. One example aspect is a UE device, comprising: communication circuitry; and a processor configured to perform operations comprising: in response to a determination to perform a Radio Resource Control (RRC) inactive data transmission: transmitting, via the communication circuitry, a message 1 (Msg1) or a message A (MsgA) preamble based on a Random Access Channel (RACH) configuration for the RRC inactive data transmission; transmitting, via the communication circuitry a message 3 (Msg3) or a MsgA Physical Uplink Shared Channel (PUSCH) comprising uplink (UL) data via configured resources; and receiving, via the communication circuitry, a message 4 (Msg4) or a message B (MsgB) in response to the Msg3 or the MsgA PUSCH.
US12250732B2
Methods and devices for transmitting and receiving a random access response and a communication system. The device for transmitting includes: a first transmitting unit configured to transmit a first message (MsgA) of a two-step random access procedure to a network device; wherein the first message (MsgA) comprises preambles and physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH) data; and a first monitoring unit configured to monitor in a first random access response reception time window, a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) scheduling a first random access response (MsgB) in a two-step random access procedure transmitted by the network device; wherein the first random access response MsgB at least contains a C-RNTI and contention resolution information allocated for the terminal equipment.
US12250728B2
A method applied at a node for wireless communication and an apparatus are provided. One method includes: transmitting a first plurality of random access preambles by using a first spatial filter, wherein a first plurality of physical random access channel occasions are used for transmission of the first plurality of random access preambles; monitoring a first control signaling during a first time window in response to the first plurality of random access preambles; transmitting a second plurality of random access preambles by using a second spatial filter, wherein a second plurality of physical random access channel occasions are used for transmission of the second plurality of random access preambles; and monitoring a second control signaling during a second time window in response to the second plurality of random access preambles.
US12250727B2
Presented are systems and methods for radio network temporary identifier (RNTI). A wireless communication device may determine a RNTI. The wireless communication device may determine that a cyclic redundancy check (CRC) of a downlink control information (DCI) format is scrambled with the RNTI.
US12250726B2
Methods, systems, and devices are provided for wireless communication. A wireless communication device includes a transceiver to communicate with another wireless communication device. The wireless communication device further includes a processor to determine a pseudo-random value using a non-recursive function having at least one non-linear component. The processor further selects a wireless resource based on the pseudo-random value and uses the wireless resource for a wireless communication with the other wireless communication device.
US12250721B2
Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, a transmitting node may perform a directional listen-before-talk (LBT) using a sensing beam. The transmitting node may start a channel occupancy time (COT) after the directional LBT based at least in part on one of a COT claiming signal or a time stamp. The transmitting node may perform, to a receiving node, one or more transmissions during the COT using one or more transmit beams that are included in the sensing beam. Numerous other aspects are described.
US12250718B2
Disclosed is a method of transmitting an uplink signal by a user equipment in a wireless communication system. The method includes receiving first information related to an uplink (UL) transmission beam, determining a listen-before-talk (LBT) beam based on the first information, and transmitting the uplink signal through the UL transmission beam based on success of LBT based on the LBT beam.
US12250706B1
Disclosed are various embodiments for scheduling use of heterogeneous frequency schemes for radio-based networks. In one embodiment, a first frequency scheme is selected instead of a second frequency scheme based at least in part on the first frequency scheme being capable of meeting a quality-of-service requirement associated with a wireless device or an application executed in the wireless device. A radio-based network is configured to provide service to the wireless device in a geographic area using the first frequency scheme instead of the second frequency scheme.
US12250705B2
A physical downlink control channel detection method and apparatus, and pertains to the field of communications technologies. The physical downlink control channel detection method, applied to a terminal, includes: obtaining at least two search space groups and a switch condition, where the at least two search space groups include a first search space group and a second search space group; and switching between the first search space group and the second search space group according to the switch condition, for PDCCH detection. In the technical solutions provided in the present invention, switching of the terminal between different search space groups can be implemented.
US12250703B2
A data transmission method includes receiving, by a centralized unit (CU), a first message from a distributed unit (DU). The first message includes a first transport block size (TBS) threshold. The first TBS threshold is useable for early transmission of uplink data. The method further includes sending, by the CU, the first TBS threshold to a UE, and receiving, by the CU, uplink data from the UE based on the first TBS threshold.
US12250701B2
A user equipment (UE) and a method for a hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ) reporting are provided. The method includes determining, by the UE, a hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ) information in response to one or more transport blocks (TBs) in a received physical sidelink shared channel (PSSCH) in a resource pool and selecting a sequence cyclic shift for the HARQ information in a physical sidelink feedback channel (PSFCH) transmission in the resource pool, wherein the sequence cyclic shift is generated according to a pre-configured or network configured initial cyclic shifting value. This can solve issues in the prior art, require a smaller number of information bits to be encoded, require reduced number of required sequences to represent ACK/NACK information, provide better user experience, provide a good communication performance, and/or provide high reliability.
US12250694B2
Systems, devices, and techniques for controlling uplink transmissions including cancelling previously scheduled transmissions are described. A described technique includes receiving, by a user equipment (UE), a configuration information that provides a search space set configuration associated with a control resource set (CORESET) to monitor for an uplink cancellation indication; receiving, by the UE, scheduling information that schedules one or more uplink transmissions; monitoring, by the UE via a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH), for the uplink cancellation indication based on the configuration information; receiving, by the UE via the PDCCH, a downlink control information (DCI) message that comprises the uplink cancellation indication; and cancelling, by the UE, at least part of the one or more uplink transmissions in response to the uplink cancellation indication.
US12250687B2
Method and apparatus for reporting feedback information are disclosed. A wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU) may receive configuration information indicating a plurality of downlink carriers and indicating a plurality of physical control channel resources for feedback. Further, the WTRU may receive a control signal indicating a downlink transmission for reception on one of the plurality of downlink carriers. The WTRU may receive the downlink transmission on the one of the plurality of downlink carriers. The WTRU may transmit feedback for the downlink transmission using one of the plurality of physical control channel resources. The one of the plurality of physical control channel resources may be selected from the plurality of physical control channel resources based on the control signal. In an example, the configuration information may indicate a first uplink carrier and a second uplink carrier for WTRU transmissions. The first uplink carrier may be a time division duplex (TDD) carrier.
US12250681B2
A terminal includes a control unit that calculates a size of a transport block (TBS) to be transmitted on a Physical Sidelink Shared Channel (PSSCH) by applying a TBS determination method in a case where a Physical Sidelink Control Channel (PSCCH) and the PSSCH are to be frequency division multiplexed in a portion of a time resource of the PSSCH; and a transmitting unit that transmits the PSCCH and the PSSCH.
US12250672B2
A system for scheduling wireless data transmissions divides a band allocated to the mobile service carrier into two overlapping bands. Then each user equipment (UE) of a plurality of UEs that connects to the ground-based network of the mobile service carrier is assigned to one of the two overlapping bands. The system allocates at a given scheduling time, physical resource blocks (PRBs) to UEs up to a maximum number of PRBs available for the particular overlapping frequency band to which the UE is assigned based on a metric for the UE that is a ratio of a downlink channel quality indicator for the UE to the average data rate of the UE at the given time, giving higher priority for PRB allocation to UEs that have a larger metric than other UEs of the plurality of UEs.
US12250664B2
A communications device configured to communicate in a wireless system having a wireless access interface providing communications resources arranged in time divided units of a host radio access technology, RAT, frequency bandwidth, the time divided units and the host RAT interface frequency bandwidth being arranged into one or more virtual RAT interfaces. The communications device configured to receive the signals transmitted via one of the virtual RAT interfaces in accordance with different communications parameters from the host RAT interface providing different characteristics for communicating data represented by the signals with respect to a characteristic of signals transmitted according to communications parameters in the communications resources of the host RAT interface.
US12250659B2
A location system for determining a position of a device is described here. The location system comprises a memory and a processor, the processor executes the computer-executable instruction to perform operations. The operations include sending a first instruction to a locator beacon to determine a first location of the device based on angle of arrival calculation of a first set of one or more packets received from the device. The operations further include sending a second instruction to the device to determine a second location of the device based on angle of departure calculation of a second set of one or more packets received from the locator beacon. Furthermore, the operation includes receiving the first location from the locator beacon and receiving the second location from the device. The operations further include determining the position of the device based on a function of the first location and the second location.
US12250658B2
A device may receive a first type of data identifying measurements associated with user devices and/or base stations of a mobile radio environment, and a second type of data identifying spatiotemporal behavior associated with the user devices. The device may train a first model, with the first type of data, to generate a trained first model that yields dimensionality-reduced spatiotemporal characteristics of the first type of data, and may train a second model, with the second type of data and the dimensionality-reduced spatiotemporal characteristics, to generate a trained second model. The device may receive particular data identifying measurements associated with a user device and/or base stations, and may process the particular data, with the trained first model, to generate a dimensionality-reduced spatiotemporal characteristic of the particular data. The device may process the dimensionality-reduced spatiotemporal characteristic, with the trained second model, to predict a spatiotemporal behavior of the user device.
US12250653B2
A TA configuration method, a terminal and a network side device are provided. The TA configuration method includes: transmitting, by a terminal, a first SRS to a network side device on N SRS resource sets through N antenna groups respectively, N being an integer greater than 1; and receiving, by the terminal, a first configuration message transmitted by the network side device, the first configuration message being used to configure N TAs, the N TAs corresponding to the N antenna groups respectively, the N TAs being obtained by the network side device through measuring the first SRS on the N SRS resource sets.
US12250652B2
One embodiment disclosed in the present specification provides a method for a vehicle to everything (V2X) communication, comprising: determining position of at least one frequency for at least one synchronization signal block (SSB), wherein the position of the at least one frequency is determined based on a channel raster for new radio (NR) V2X, wherein the channel raster for the NR V2X is determined based on a first frequency shift of −5 kHz or 5 kHz.
US12250651B2
A method performed by a first network node in a radio access network is provided. The method includes determining to initiate a procedure with a first set of at least one neighboring network node. The method further includes, responsive to the determining, sending to the first set of at least one neighboring network node a first message including timing accuracy information for at least one synchronization source of the first network node on at least one of a per cell basis, a per network node basis, or a per neighboring network node for a cell served by the first network node.
US12250648B2
A mobile device includes a hybrid antenna, a tunable circuit element, an RF (Radio Frequency) module, and a proximity sensor. The tunable circuit element provides an impedance value. The RF module generates RF power. The hybrid antenna is coupled through the tunable circuit element to the RF module. The proximity sensor is respectively coupled to the hybrid antenna, the tunable circuit element, and the RF module, and is configured to detect a specific distance between the hybrid antenna and a conductive element. The tunable circuit element and the RF module are operated according to relative information of the specific distance. If the specific distance is shorter than or equal to a first threshold distance, the RF module will reduce the RF power. If the specific distance is shorter than or equal to a second threshold distance, the tunable circuit element will change the impedance value.
US12250645B2
Provided is a method performed by a user equipment (UE) in a wireless communication system, including: receiving, from a base station, configuration information regarding a plurality of search spaces for a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) repetition; monitoring a plurality of PDCCHs on at least one cell based on the configuration information; identifying a time at which a repetition of PDCCHs including a first downlink control information (DCI) format, from among the plurality of PDCCHs, ends; determining at least one power headroom report (PHR) for the plurality of PDCCHs, based on an actual transmission or a reference format configured from higher layer signaling according to the identified time; and transmitting the determined at least one PHR on a physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH) scheduled by the first DCI format.
US12250643B2
Techniques are provided for more efficiently determining frequency spectrum to allocate to General Authorized Access (GAA) citizens broadband radio service device(s) (CBSD(s)). Efficiency is enhanced by reducing a number of protection point(s) analyzed.
US12250637B2
Embodiments of the present disclosure provide a solution for sidelink discontinuous reception (DRX). In a method for communication, a first terminal device of terminal devices in a communication network obtains a sidelink DRX configuration. The first terminal device determines, from the sidelink DRX configuration, a sidelink DRX cycle including a first duration during which sidelink communications are allowed to be performed among the terminal devices and a second duration during which the sidelink communications are not allowed to be performed. The first terminal device performs, during the first duration, a sidelink communication with a second terminal device of the terminal devices. With the embodiments of the present disclosure, terminal devices can efficiently communicate with each other using sidelink DRX operations.
US12250634B2
An uplink transmission method, an uplink indication method, and a terminal are provided. The uplink transmission method includes: when a terminal has not received a power saving signal, or a received power saving signal indicates that the terminal does monitor a Physical Downlink Control CHannel (PDCCH) in OnDuration, determining, according to indication information received from a network side, whether to perform Channel State Information (CSI) reporting in a corresponding Connected Discontinuous Reception (CDRX) cycle.
US12250632B2
A first apparatus including a processor; and a memory storing computer-executable instructions that when executed by the processor cause the first apparatus to: receive, from a second apparatus, information including Discontinuous Reception (DRX) configurations, wherein one of the DRX configurations is a first active DRX configuration and other DRX configurations are candidate DRX configurations; perform Physical Downlink Control Channel (PDCCH) monitoring in accordance with the first active DRX configuration; monitor signaling from the second apparatus for an indication that is used for adapting the first active DRX configuration; receive from the second apparatus an indication for adapting the first active DRX configuration into a second active DRX configuration; based on the indication for adapting the first active DRX configuration into the second active DRX configuration, adapt the first active DRX configuration into the second active DRX configuration; and perform PDCCH monitoring in accordance with the second active DRX configuration.
US12250629B2
A power-saving signal receiving method, a power-saving signal sending method, a terminal and a network device are provided. The receiving method includes: receiving a power-saving signal, wherein the power-saving signal is used to indicate a terminal state for a serving cell, and the power-saving signal is further used to indicate a behavior of the terminal; the terminal state is one of dormancy and non-dormancy; the behavior of the terminal includes at least one of the following: whether to start a DRX onduration timer, and whether to monitor a PDCCH of the serving cell; and the PDCCH is a PDCCH corresponding to a DRX onduration timer associated with the power-saving signal.
US12250623B2
A method by a wireless device includes generating an on-demand request for at least one system information block (SIB). The wireless device, which is configured for both signaling radio bearer of type 1 (SRB1) and signaling radio bearer of type 3 (SRB3), determines to prioritize SRB1 over SRB3. The wireless device transmits, to a network node, the on-demand request for the at least one SIB on the SRB3 that is prioritized over the SRB1.
US12250619B2
A method for managing an emergency state of a first vehicle, implemented by a remote server. The method includes: receiving an indication of the emergency state of the first vehicle; estimating a first geographical area in which the first vehicle is able to be positioned for a given time period; and sending an alert message to at least one detecting element, positioned at a traffic lane, said at least one detecting element being able to be positioned in the first geographical area for the given time period.
US12250617B2
Approaches for Multi-Access Edge Computing (MEC) Vehicle-to-Everything (V2X), Vehicle-To-Vehicle (V2V), and Autonomous Vehicles Distributed Networks (AVDN) functions in a MEC infrastructure are discussed. In various examples, operations and network configurations are described that use a service in an AVDN, including: identifying a service condition (e.g., based on a state of a service and connectivity to an instance of the service); establishing a connection in the AVDN in response to the service condition (e.g., using vehicle-to-vehicle (V2V) or Vehicle-to-Everything (V2X) network communications to the AVDN); and performing a service operation with the service via the AVDN.
US12250616B2
A road side unit (RSU) device for vehicle-to-everything (V2X) service can transmit, to a V2X server, a message for configuring an RSU subscription area for a V2X service; receive, from the V2X server, at least one first V2X message published by at least one first V2X device associated with the RSU subscription area; and transmit, to a second V2X device within an RSU management area managed by the RSU device, a second V2X message based on the at least one received first V2X message.
US12250615B2
A communications system and method for managing a transmission of a given communication by a given communication device to one or more group members of one or more groups over a communications network is provided. The communications system comprises processing circuitry configured to: obtain event information regarding one or more events that are captured at the given communication device, the events not including activation of the given communication device by the user of the given communication device to transmit the given communication; and perform one or more actions based on the event information, automatically and without involvement of the user of the given communication device, in response to the user activating the given communication device to transmit the given communication.
US12250609B2
The present disclosure is related to methods and apparatuses. According to some embodiments of the disclosure, a method includes: receiving, at a user equipment, configuration information indicating zone area information, wherein the zone area information indicates at least one geographic zone; and determining, at the user equipment, that a Global Position System (GPS) function is denied.
US12250601B2
Embodiments of the present disclosure relate to method, device and computer readable medium for reporting the failure of the conditional handover (CHO) attempt. The method comprises obtaining configuration information about candidate cells for conditional handover of the terminal device. The method further comprises initiating at least one conditional handover attempt to the at least one candidate cell. The method also comprises in response to determining that in response to that at least one conditional handover attempt to the at least one candidate cell in a conditional handover procedure is failed, storing failure information of the at least one conditional handover attempt. In this way, a new mechanism of the failure reporting may be achieved.
US12250600B2
One or more methods for enhancing inter-node handover (HO) signaling for conditional HO (CHO). At least one of the methods include: providing a message that comprises indications of a plurality of potential target cell identifiers that are applicable to a CHO operation; and performing a CHO operation based on the message.
US12250598B2
A method for supporting non-public network (NPN), by a first central unit (CU) of a first base station, in a wireless communication system, the method comprising: receiving, from a first distributed unit (DU) of the first base station, an F1 setup request comprising at least one of a first closed access network (CAG) identifier list or a first network identifier (NID) list, transmitting, to an access and mobility management function (AMF), an NG setup request comprising at least one of the first CAG identifier list or the first NID list, receiving, from the AMF, an NG setup response, and transmitting, to the first DU, an F1 setup response.
US12250591B2
According to one embodiment, a wireless communication device includes a transmitter configured to transmit first information to designate a first bandwidth narrower than a maximum available bandwidth extended based on a predetermined channel, and transmit second information to designate a plurality of channels including at least one channel different from a channel used in the first bandwidth among a plurality of channels in the maximum bandwidth: and controlling circuitry configured to control the transmitter.
US12250587B2
Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described. A station (STA) may receive a first signal including an indication of a set of frequency channels for a set of target wake time (TWT) sessions that recur according to a service interval. In some examples, the first signal may indicate a respective frequency channel of the set of frequency channels for each TWT session of the set of target wake time sessions. Each TWT session of the set of TWT sessions may have an associated service period that the STA may be in an awake state. The STA may switch, for the first TWT session, from the first frequency channel to the second frequency channel. In some examples, based on the switching, the STA may communicate a signal during a service period associated with the first TWT session over the second frequency channel.
US12250583B2
A communication method and apparatus are provided to improve an immersive experience of a user. The method includes: a terminal apparatus receives information from a network device, where the information indicates an air interface status or indicates an amount of data stored by the network device, the terminal apparatus receives data from the network device and processes the data based on the air interface status or the amount of data stored by the network device.
US12250578B2
Certain aspects of the present disclosure provide techniques for physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) aggregation across monitoring occasions. A method that may be performed by a user equipment (UE) includes determining a policy for monitoring one or more physical downlink control channels (PDCCHs), wherein the policy allows for mapping control channel elements (CCEs) of a single PDCCH candidate across multiple PDCCH monitoring occasions; and monitoring for signals from a network entity via the one or more PDCCHs according to the determined policy.
US12250577B2
The embodiments of the present application relate to a cell measurement method, a terminal device, and a network device, and can ensure the effective execution of cell measurement. The cell measurement method comprises: a terminal device acquires a target start time of a synchronisation block measurement timing configuration SMTC for a cell list and/or a target start time of the measurement interval; and, on the basis of the target start time of the SMTC and/or the target start time of the measurement interval, the terminal device measures at least one cell in the cell list.
US12250570B2
Systems and methods for performing both wireless communications and wireless sensing in combination are disclosed herein. In one example embodiment, the system includes a base station (BS) including each of at least one antenna device including a first antenna device and at least one control unit. The control unit includes an input port coupled at least indirectly to the first antenna device, an output port, and a controllable circuit including each of a spillover cancellation circuit and a bypass circuit. The BS is configured to operate in each of a communication mode and a sensing mode. When the BS operates in the sensing mode, the spillover cancellation circuit of the controllable circuit is enabled and performs spillover cancellation. When the BS operates in a communication mode, the bypass circuit operates so that the spillover cancellation circuit is bypassed or otherwise does not affect how the output signal is generated.
US12250566B2
This disclosure provides a method for PUCCH transmission, a method for information configuration, and a device. The method for PUCCH transmission includes: in a case that a first preset condition is met, determining a target parameter used for sending a PUCCH on a target PUCCH resource, where the target PUCCH resource has at least one activation parameter, the target parameter is one of the at least one activation parameter, and the activation parameter includes at least one of activated spatial relation information and an activated power control parameter; and sending a PUCCH on the target PUCCH resource by using the target parameter.
US12250553B2
A security platform of a data network is provided that includes security services for computing devices in communication with the data network. The security platform may apply a security policy to the computing devices when accessing the Internet via a home network (or other customer network) and when accessing the Internet via a public or third party network. To provide security services to computing devices via the home network, the security platform may communicate with a security agent application executed on the router (or other gateway device) of the home network. In addition, each of the devices identified by the security profile for the home network may be instructed or otherwise be provided a security agent application for execution on the computing devices. The security agent application may communicate with the security platform when the computing device connects to the Internet over a third party or public access point.
US12250543B2
A method for supplying and a method for obtaining, by a terminal, from a first user, a biometric signature of a second user. The terminal receives a radio signal transmitted by a transmitter device according to a near-field communication technology, via a channel using the electromagnetic wave conduction capabilities of the body of the second user when the second user comes into contact with or grazes a surface of the transmitter device and via a channel using the electromagnetic wave capabilities of the body of the first user when the first user comes into contact with or grazes the second user, and obtains, from this radio signal, the biometric signature of the second user. The biometric signature is stored in a secure memory space of the terminal in order to be used subsequently during an authentication of the first user.
US12250542B2
Embodiments of the present invention analyze multiple factors—such as user input events, device motion data, other data from the endpoint, or data from an external system (such as a real-time location system)—to make a probabilistic determination whether a walkaway event has occurred.
US12250525B2
A method to assess user condition for wearable devices using electromagnetic sensors is provided. The method includes receiving a signal from an electromagnetic sensor, the signal being indicative of a health condition of a user of a wearable device, selecting a salient attribute from the signal, and determining, based on the salient attribute, the health condition of the user of the wearable device. A non-transitory, computer-readable medium storing instructions which, when executed by a processor, cause a system to perform the above method, and the system, are also provided.
US12250517B2
A sound system, for a user using a seat of an aircraft, an automobile, or the like, that reproduces sound inaudible to users around, without using earphones or headphones, is provided. A sound system for a user using a seat of an aircraft includes: a reproduction apparatus including an n-th reproduction unit (n=1, . . . , N) that outputs a (2n−1)-th sound signal that is a sound signal obtained based on a subject to be reproduced, and a 2n-th sound signal that is a sound signal with opposite phase to phase of the (2n−1)-th sound signal, N being an integer equal to or larger than one; and a speaker system including an n-th speaker unit pair (n=1, . . . , N) including a speaker unit that emits sound based on the (2n−1)-th sound signal (hereinafter, referred to as the positive speaker unit) and a speaker unit that emits sound based on the 2n-th sound signal (hereinafter, referred to as the negative speaker unit), the speaker system being installed at a place close to a head of the user using the seat.
US12250508B2
A method for charging a battery of a hearing instrument is disclosed. The method may comprise obtaining (110) a discharge function as a relationship between a battery charge and a voltage of the battery. The method may further comprise obtaining (112) a desired runtime capacity to be achieved by charging the battery. The method may further comprise determining (114) a charging voltage taking into account at least the discharge function and/or the desired runtime capacity. The method may further comprise charging (116) the battery with the determined charging voltage. The method may improve battery longevity while at the same time ensuring that a desired runtime capacity is provided. Furthermore, a charging system (200) for charging a battery of a hearing instrument and a computer program product are disclosed.
US12250502B2
A control signal may be modulated on an optical wave. A transmitter may transmit the control signal to a switch/processor location. At the remote node, the control signal is received and converted from an optical signal to an electrical signal to drive the switch/processor. To provide electrical power at the switch/processor location, optical power is transmitted from a distance and converted to electrical power using a series of PDs. Monitoring tones may be sent to the remote node and fed back to the transmitter to realize an operation state and detect a bias drift. Accordingly, an OSP function at a remote node is enabled without using any local electrical power supply.
US12250487B2
An image readout device includes comparator circuits. Each comparator circuit includes an amplifier, an input capacitor, an auto-zero switch, and a control capacitor. The amplifier compares a pixel signal to a reference signal to generate a comparison signal. The input capacitor receives the pixel signal or the reference signal. The auto-zero switch couples or decouples the input node and the output node of the amplifier. The control capacitor receives a respective control signal. Alternatively, the control capacitor can be replaced with a control switch. The control switch is coupled to the auto-zero switch in parallel. The control switch and the control capacitor can be omitted. Instead, the voltage level of the reference signal is adjusted to change the transition time points of the comparison signal.
US12250484B2
A photodetection device of the present disclosure includes: multiple AD converters provided for respective pixel columns of multiple pixels and performing AD conversion on a pixel signal based on a second output signal, and including a comparison circuit, which includes a first-stage amplifier circuit outputting a first output signal corresponding to a comparison operation based on the pixel signal and a reference signal, and a second-stage amplifier circuit coupled to the first-stage amplifier circuit and outputting the second output signal corresponding to the first output signal; multiple clamp circuits provided for the comparison circuit of each of the AD converters, and each including a switch controlled on and off based on a clamp control signal, in which the clamp circuits selectively clamp a voltage of the second output signal by turning on the switch; and a control signal generator generating the clamp control signal for each of the clamp circuits.
US12250483B2
An imaging device including first and second substrate; first and second connection portion electrically connecting the first and second substrate; a first and second pixel; and a common signal line for the first and second pixel. Each of the first and second pixels includes: a photoelectric converter that converts incident light into a signal charge, and a first transistor that outputs a signal corresponding to the signal charge to the common signal line. The first substrate includes the photoelectric converter and first transistor of the first and second pixels. The second substrate includes: a first line transmitting a voltage to the first transistor of the first and second pixel, and a voltage source coupled to the first transistor of the first pixel, via the first line and the first connection portion, and coupled to the first transistor of the second pixel, via the first line and the second connection portion.
US12250480B2
An image adjustment apparatus includes a receiver which is configured to receive a first input image of an object which is time-synchronously captured and a second input image in which a motion event of the object is sensed time-asynchronously, and an adjuster which is configured to adjust the first input image and the second input image.
US12250479B2
Techniques for facilitating unit cell selection verification systems and methods are provided. In one example, a method includes detecting, by each detector of a focal plane array (FPA), electromagnetic radiation. Each detector is selectively coupled to a readout circuit of the FPA via a selection circuit of the FPA. The method further includes, during a frame period, applying a predetermined signal pattern to a portion of the selection circuit, where the portion is associated with a subset of detectors of the FPA, and performing a readout of the FPA to obtain a respective output signal associated with each respective detector of the FPA. The method further includes determining whether the portion of the selection circuit is operating properly based at least on the output signal associated with the detectors of the subset from the readout. Related systems and devices are also provided.
US12250473B2
A method and a system for imaging a dynamic scene, by time-spectrum mapping when a single chirped pulse probes the dynamic scene, storing temporal information at different wavelengths, spectral shearing, spatial encoding and reverse spectral shearing; spatiotemporal integration; and image reconstruction from a resulting captured snapshot, using a laser source configured to emit a linearly chirped laser probe pulse; an imaging unit; a shearing and reversing shearing unit; an encoder; a detector; and a computer; wherein the imaging unit is configured to record the linearly chirped laser probe pulse transmitted by the dynamic scene in a snapshot; the shearing and reversing shearing unit is configured to spectrally shears the linearly chirped laser pulses received from the imaging unit to the encoder, the detector records a compressed snapshot of a temporal information of the dynamic scene read out by the probe pulse; and the computer processes the snapshot and yields a(x,y,t) datacube of the dynamic scene.
US12250465B2
Systems and techniques are described for large field of view imaging. A device's first image sensor captures a first image based on first light from a scene redirected by a light redirection element (e.g., a first prism and/or first reflective surface), and the device's second image sensor captures a second image based on second light from the scene redirected by the light redirection element (e.g., a second prism and/or second reflective surface). The device can modify the first image and/or second image using perspective distortion correction and/or to align one or more properties of two respective depictions of a shared portion of a scene in the two images. The one or more properties can include brightness, contrast, positioning, sharpness, tint, hue, and/or saturation. The device can generate a combined image with a large field of view and smooth transitions by combining the first image and the second image.
US12250453B2
Proposed is an information processing device, an information processing method, and an information processing program capable of improving convenience of a user regarding photographing performed for calculating a head-related transfer function. An information processing device according to the present disclosure includes: a determination unit that determines whether or not the size of an area occupied by a side face of a user in a photographing area is within a threshold value; a photographing unit that photographs the side face of the user in a case where it is determined that the size of the area occupied by the side face of the user is within the threshold value; and a photographing control unit that presents a function of manually photographing to the user in a case where the side face of the user has not been photographed within a predetermined period.
US12250446B2
An image processing apparatus includes at least one processor, and a memory coupled to the at least one processor, the memory storing instructions that, when executed by the processor, perform operations as a first acquiring unit, a second acquiring unit, a setting unit, and a third acquiring unit. The first acquiring unit is configured to acquire a first image generated by imaging an object via a polarizing element configured to transmit lights having a plurality of polarization azimuths different from each other. The second acquiring unit is configured to acquire information on an imaging condition in the imaging. The setting unit is configured to set information on a polarization azimuth in the first image according to the information on the imaging condition. The third acquiring unit is configured to acquire polarization information from the first image using the information on the polarization azimuth.
US12250433B2
In some embodiments, an electronic device detects that playback of content has reached a respective playback position. In some embodiments, in response to detecting that the playback of the content has reached the respective playback position and in accordance with a determination that the respective playback position in the content is associated with respective augmented reality content corresponding to the content, an electronic device provides a notification corresponding to the respective augmented reality content wherein an input directed to the notification initiates a process for displaying of the respective augmented reality content. In some embodiments, in accordance with a determination that the respective playback position in the content is not associated with the respective augmented reality content, an electronic device forgoes providing the notification corresponding to the respective augmented reality content.
US12250431B2
Methods, systems, and machine-readable media are provided to facilitate content receiver control for particularized output of content items based on intra-content metrics. Observation data, corresponding to indications of detected content receiver operations associated with a content receiver and mapped to a first set of content items, may be processed. A first set of intra-content metrics may be detected. An audiovisual pattern of intra-content metrics may be mapped based on correlating the set of observation data with the first set of intra-content metrics. A second set of content items may be processed to detect a second set of intra-content metrics. A subset of the second set of content items may be selected based on a visual category and/or an audio category of the audiovisual pattern of intra-content metrics. The subset may be specified to cause a content receiver to modify operations to record and/or output content corresponding to the subset.
US12250423B2
A method of encoding packets of a media stream includes establishing a data connection between a client device and a server, sending a first packet of the media stream from the server to the client device at a first bit rate, receiving, at the server, a first acknowledgment signal from the client device responsive to receipt of the first packet, determining a second bit rate based on the first acknowledgment signal, and sending a second packet of the media stream from the server to the client at the second bit rate.
US12250412B2
A video decoding method performed by a video decoding apparatus, according to the present document, comprises the steps of: acquiring general constraint information from a bitstream; parsing, from the bitstream, a flag indicating whether or not the general constraint information includes information about constraints to which output layer sets conform; parsing the information about the constraints in the general constraint information on the basis of the flag; and decoding a current picture on the basis of the information about the constraints, wherein the general constraint information includes number information and alignment information about the constraints, and, within the general constraint information, the alignment information may be present after the number information.
US12250411B2
Methods and apparatuses for video coding are provided. The method includes that a decoder determines whether a disable flag is present in a picture header (PH) associated with a picture, wherein the disable flag specifies whether a coding tool is disabled in one or more slices associated with the PH. Additionally, the method includes that the decoder infers value of the disable flag according to one or more enable flags signaled in a sequence parameter set (SPS) of the picture in response to determining that the disable flag is not present in the PH, inferring, by the decoder.
US12250398B2
The present disclosure relates to deblocking filtering which is applicable to smoothing the block boundaries in an image or video coding and decoding. In particular, the deblocking filtering is either strong or weak, wherein the clipping is performed differently in the strong filtering and the weak filtering.
US12250393B2
The present invention relates to a video signal decoding method based on a Multiple Transform Selection (MTS). The method may comprise the steps of: parsing a first syntax element representing whether MTS applies to the inverse transformation of a current block, wherein the MTS represents a transform mode which uses a transform type other than a default transform type predefined for the current block; by performing inverse quantization on the current block, deriving an inverse-quantized transform coefficient array having the width and the height of the current block; determining, on the basis of the first syntax element, a vertical transform type applying to the vertical direction of the current block, and a horizontal transform type applying to the horizontal direction of the current block; and, by performing inverse transformation on the inverse-quantized transform coefficient array by using the vertical transform type and the horizontal transform type, deriving a residual sample array having the width and the height of the current block.
US12250390B2
A decoder includes circuitry configured to receive a bitstream; construct, for a current block, a motion vector candidate list including a motion vector candidate having motion information that characterizes a global motion vector; reorder the motion vector candidate list such that the motion vector candidate having the motion information that characterizes the global motion vector is first in the reordered motion vector candidate list; and reconstruct pixel data of the current block and using the reordered motion vector candidate list. Related apparatus, systems, techniques and articles are also described.
US12250389B2
A video coding mechanism is disclosed. The mechanism includes receiving a bitstream comprising a plurality of sub-pictures partitioned from a picture such that a union of the sub-pictures covers a total area of the picture without overlap. The bitstream is parsed to obtain the one or more sub-pictures. The one or more sub-pictures are decoded to create a video sequence. The video sequence is forwarded for display.
US12250387B2
There is provided an information processing apparatus, an image processing apparatus, an encoding device, a decoding device, an information processing method, and a program that facilitate scalable decoding of attribute information. Regarding the attribute information about a point cloud representing a three-dimensional object, a process of classifying the respective points of the point cloud into prediction points that are the points at which difference values between the attribute information and predicted values are left, and reference points that are the points at which the attribute information is referred to during derivation of the predicted values is recursively repeated on the reference points, so that the attribute information is hierarchized. At the time of the hierarchization, the prediction points are selected so that points also exist in voxels of the hierarchical level one level higher than the hierarchical level to which the voxels containing the points of the current hierarchical level belong.
US12250386B2
This disclosure provides methods, devices, and systems for video compression. The present implementations more specifically relate to video compression techniques that account for spatial-temporal changes in pixel values. In some aspects, an encoder may determine a change importance factor (CIF) for each image tile of a current image to be encoded. The encoder may calculate the CIF for an image tile of the current image (the “current image tile”) based on a degree of variation among the pixel values in the current image tile, a degree of change between the current image tile and a respective image tile of a previously-encoded image (the “previous image tile”), and a degree of variation among the pixel values in the previous image tile. In some implementations, the encoder may determine whether to transmit each of the current image tiles to a receiving device based on the CIF associated with the respective image tile.
US12250383B2
Video streams uploaded to a video hosting platform are transcoded using quality-normalized transcoding parameters dynamically selected using a learning model. Video frames of a video stream are processed using the learning model to determine bitrate and quality score pairs for some or all possible transcoding resolutions. The listing of bitrate and quality score pairs determined for each resolution is processed to determine a set of transcoding parameters for transcoding the video stream into each resolution. The bitrate and quality score pairs of a given listing may be processed using one or more predefined thresholds, which may, in some cases, refer to a weighted distribution of resolutions according to watch times of videos of the video hosting platform. The video stream is then transcoded into the various resolutions using the set of transcoding parameters selected for each resolution.
US12250378B2
A method and apparatus to improve compression efficiency in a video compression scheme enables separate control of a local chroma quantization parameter. The control can be used to disable a local chroma quantization parameter. One embodiment uses an existing local luma quantization parameter control flag for controlling local chroma quantization parameter. Another embodiment includes a separate local chroma quantization parameter control flag. Bitstream syntax is used to convey the flags.
US12250377B1
An autonomous aerial vehicle equipped to capture high quality video of news is integrated with bonded cellular and blended wireless capabilities and with automated battery replacement stations. This system, and the method for using it, enable individual journalists to transport the autonomous aerial vehicle to the site of breaking news or another newsworthy scene, launch the vehicle in a matter of minutes, and begin capturing video which is streamed through the wireless parts of the system to traditional broadcast channels, such as over-the-air television or to Internet-based streaming channels. The system and method aggregate the bandwidth of multiple cellular, microwave, and satellite channels to accommodate the bitrate of the video signal from the aerial camera. Automated battery replacement stations enable the autonomous aerial vehicles at least one autonomous aerial vehicle to remain in the air at all times, thus avoiding interruptions necessitated by battery exhaustion in the vehicles.
US12250364B2
A testing device and a testing method for detecting a stitching defect of a panoramic camera are provided. The testing method includes: accessing the panoramic camera to obtain a stitched image, wherein the stitched image includes a chart image corresponding to a chart, wherein the chart includes multiple black stripes and multiple white stripes; generating a defect image marked with the stitching defect according to the chart image; and outputting the defect image.
US12250361B2
A head-mountable device can operate in concert with one or more optical assemblies thereof to provide multiple users with shared experiences and content enjoyment. Such operations can be facilitated by a connection between the head-mountable device and one or both of its optical assemblies to allow different users to receive content. Such a connection can be made possible by a communication link that directly and/or physically connects the head-mountable device and one or both of its optical assemblies when the one or both of the optical assemblies is removed from the head-mountable device for operation by a separate user. The ability to provide multiple outputs on separate components allows separate users to participate in a shared experience.
US12250360B2
The present disclosure provides a display apparatus and a driving method thereof. The display apparatus includes a display panel including a plurality of pixel islands arranged at intervals in a row direction and a column direction, each pixel island being provided with a plurality of sub-pixels arranged at intervals in the row direction; and a light splitting component, disposed on a display side of the display panel and including a plurality of light splitting structures extending in the column direction and continuously arranged in the row direction. In the row direction, every at least two adjacent light splitting structures are one light splitting repeating unit. Each light splitting repeating unit covers one column of the pixel islands correspondingly. In one of the pixel islands, relative positions of all sub-pixels to the corresponding light splitting structures are complementary.
US12250357B2
The invention provides methods for broadcasting video in a dual HDR/LDR format such that the video can be displayed in real time by both LDR and HDR display devices. Methods and devices of the invention process streams of pixels from multiple sensors in a frame-independent manner to produce an HDR video signal in real time. That HDR video signal is then tone-mapped to produce an LDR video signal, the LDR signal is subtracted from the HDR signal to calculate a residual signal, and the LDR signal and the residual signal are merged into a combined signal that is broadcast via a communications network.
US12250355B2
An information processing apparatus is provided. The apparatus generates a name using characters recognized in image data, assign the name to the image data, and store the image data; makes a request for approval by a user regarding the name, transmit the image data to an external apparatus after the image data is approved by the user, and deletes the image data; in a case where the image data has exceeded a predetermined storage period without the name being approved by the user, in a case where the name satisfies a predetermined condition, transmits the image data to the external apparatus before deleting the image data; and deletes the image data that has exceeded the predetermined storage period without the name being approved by the user.
US12250354B1
A method, system and apparatus for rendering a gloss effect on a recording medium, can involve rendering a foreground pattern using a first ink composition comprising infrared absorbing colors, wherein said first ink is lightened with lightening parameters by the addition of paper white holes and rendering a background pattern using a second ink composition comprising a process or spot color, wherein said second ink is darkened with darkening parameters by the addition of infrared absorbing colors that have different amounts of infrared absorbing colors than that of the first ink composition. The lightening parameters and the darkening parameters are adjustable to ensure that the first and second inks appear approximately the same at printed sizes. Anisotropic properties can be introduced to the first and second inks, causing non-uniformity in their reflection of light in different directions when viewed under a light source, thereby creating a gloss effect renderable on a recording medium. An infrared (IR) signal can be embedded within the gloss effect to enable detection of the gloss effect using an IR sensor or an IR device.
US12250353B2
An information processing apparatus capable of requesting collection of a consumable without complicated work. The information processing apparatus determines whether or not collection of a consumable is necessary, acquires, in a case where it is determined that the collection of the consumable is necessary, user information as information necessary for a collection request of the consumable, causes a display part to display an input screen in which the acquired user information is reflected, receives edit of the information necessary for the collection request of the consumable from a user on the input screen, and generates a request image for the collection request of the consumable, from the received information necessary for the collection request of the consumable and a format image for the collection request, and transmit the generated request image to a designated destination.
US12250352B2
An apparatus may include a housing defining a first opening, a second opening, and a cavity connecting the first opening to the second opening, the cavity may receive a user's extremity through the first opening and to allow egress through the second opening. An apparatus may include a visualization module configured to superimpose visual media equivalent to a desired tattoo onto the user's extremity within the cavity. An apparatus may include a printer module disposed within the cavity to apply the desired tattoo, the printer module including one or more print heads for administering temporary tattoo ink to apply the temporary tattoo to the user's extremity. An apparatus may include a user interface terminal configured to allow a user to select the temporary tattoo from among a number of candidate temporary tattoos and to adjust one or more properties of the temporary tattoo prior to application of the temporary tattoo.
US12250343B2
Systems and techniques are described herein for providing alternate options to a voice caller to record a message rather than be placed on or remain on hold. For example, a process may include: receiving a voice call; determining that no appropriate agent device of a plurality of agent devices are currently available to service the voice call; determining that a trigger condition is met, wherein the trigger condition determines whether an option to record a message is offered; providing a record message option, wherein the recorded message option is provided when the trigger condition is met; receiving a recorded message in response to providing the record message option; analyzing the recorded message to determine an intent; and providing the recorded message to an agent based on the intent, wherein the agent performs a response action after assessing the recorded message.
US12250341B2
A system for monitoring phone numbers includes a computing device having at least one processor and memory associated with the processor. A telephone network supports a plurality of telephone numbers. The computing device is configured to obtain data directly from the telephone network. The data indicates call activity involving the phone numbers, respectively, during a time period having a preselected duration. The computing device determines, for each of the phone numbers, whether the data indicates that there were no successfully answered calls placed to the phone number during the time period. For any such phone number, the computing device places a test call to the phone number. In the event that the test call is not successful, the computing device provides an indication of a problem with the phone number.
US12250331B2
A camera module includes: a fixing member; a base member slidably coupled to the fixing member; a driving unit coupled to the base member and including a main gear; a gear structure rotatably coupled to the base member to engage with the main gear; a first camera connected to the gear structure to be rotated; and a second camera connected to the gear structure to be rotated in a direction opposite to the first camera. A first position of the base member when the main gear is rotated in a first rotation direction is different from a second position of the base member when the main gear is rotated in a second rotation direction that is opposite to the first rotation direction.
US12250328B2
A method of authenticating a robustly-identifiable system is provided. The method includes causing a processor of a mobile work machine to issue a challenge to a robustly-identifiable sensor module mounted relative to the mobile work machine. The method also includes receiving, by the processor of the mobile work machine, a response from the robustly-identifiable sensor module. The method also includes comparing, with the processor of the mobile work machine, the received response to an expected response to generate a match result. The method also includes selectively initiating trusted operation of the mobile work machine based on the match result.
US12250318B2
A device (100;120;140) and method (600) for storing encryption keys are provided. The device comprises: a first connector for connection to a computer, an internal memory (104); an input module (101); and an authentication module (103) for receiving user identification information, via the input module, from a user. The authentication module is configured to check received user identification information against stored user identification information stored on the internal memory to determine if a user is a valid user. A first data encryption key, DEK, is stored in encrypted form on the internal memory and is associated with the stored user identification information of a first plurality of user identities, and a second DEK is stored in encrypted form on the internal memory and is associated with the stored user identification information of a second, different, plurality of user identities. When a user enters user identification information corresponding to stored user identification information of one of the first plurality of user identities, the authentication module is configured to decrypt the first DEK for use by the user. When a user enters user identification information corresponding to stored user identification information of one of the second plurality of user identities, the authentication module is configured to decrypt the second DEK for use by the another user. Each decrypted DEK may be used for the encryption and decryption of data. Further DEKs may be stored on the device, each further DEK associated with a respective plurality of user identities.
US12250315B2
Systems and methods of the present disclosure enable reversible blockchain operations. An operation-reverse operation pair specifies an operation for exchange of a first token for a second token, and a reverse operation for return of the second token for the first token upon at least one condition being satisfied. A self-executing software container (SESC) executes the operation-reverse operation pair according to the condition by detecting a transfer of the first token into a first segregated data structure, and a transfer of the second token from a second token storage to a first token storage. The SESC initiates a transfer of the first token from the first segregated data structure to a second segregated data structure in response to the transfer of the second token. Upon detecting a reverse operation matching the condition, the SESC initiates a transfer of the first token back to the first segregated data structure.
US12250298B2
A system of transmitting optical pulses from a transmitter to first and second receivers for the purposes of quantum key distribution is disclosed. The system can include a transmitter configured to transmit a plurality of optical pulses; first and second receivers configured to receive some or all of the plurality of optical pulses; a guide for guiding the plurality of optical pulses, the guide having first and second output ports, the first output port being in optical communication with the first receiver and the second output port being in optical communication with the second receiver, the guide being configured to output a proportion of the optical pulses at the first output port and a proportion of the optical pulses at the second output port, modification means for modifying the guide so as to change the proportion of the optical pulses output at the first output port.
US12250288B2
The present technology relates to an information processing device, an information processing method, and a program that enable appropriate extraction of an ALP packet from a packet of a second packet included in a first packet regardless of a difference in interpretation of a standard. A payload length obtained on the basis of data of a header of a second packet included in a first packet is corrected.
US12250278B1
A system for location and degree of separation based networking is presented. A geographic location of a first user device is accessed. One or more contacts on the first user device are accessed. A predetermined radius around the geographic location for one or more second user devices is scanned. It is determined that the one or more second user devices within the predetermined radius include a contact that is on the user device. The system displays, on a GUI, a representation of the geographic location and the one or more second user devices. The system receives a touch gesture indicating a selection of a selected user device. Information is displayed relating to the selected user device. The system transmits to the selected user device a notification indicating an introduction of the user and causes the selected user device to display the introduction.
US12250275B2
Systems and methods are disclosed herein for a provisioning service, such as a broker provisioner service (BPS), for provisioning a device (e.g., such as a control device and/or a mobile device) to one or more remote servers. The device may send a connection request message to the BPS to be provisioned with the remote servers (e.g., one or more services offered by the remote servers). The BPS may determine one or more services and/or brokers associated with the corresponding remote servers with which the device may be provisioned, e.g., based on provisioning rules. The BPS may apply the provisioning rules to determine the appropriate services and/or brokers and the corresponding remote servers with which the device may be provisioned. The BPS may send a provision message to the device. The device may establish communications with the provisioned services and/or brokers and/or the corresponding remote servers.
US12250273B2
A network node stores connection data required for remote devices to connect with it and to share content data with it. The network node shares the connection data with other network nodes that are capable of communicating with the remote device, and retrieves connection data for a remote device from another network node if the connection data is not stored in the first node. The network node also communicates with a remote server to retrieve the connection data if it is not present in one of the other network nodes. The network node securely communicates content data received from the remote devices to a remote data store.
US12250268B2
The technology described herein is directed towards automating/orchestrating removal of one or more nodes of a node cluster, including in a cloud computing environment in which nodes in a cluster map to deployed virtual machines. An automated workflow can be started based on user input specifying an amount of capacity to remove, which corresponds to one or more nodes to remove. In a node cluster with associated nodes arranged into pools of nodes, node removal is per node pool. An orchestrated workflow performs pre-validation based on satisfying appropriate removal criteria, followed by data move and node removal jobs, and post-validation to check that removed capacity is generally as specified and that the remaining node layout is appropriate. Data of any removed node is re-protected, such as by restoring data from removed nodes to remaining cluster nodes in a manner that maintains the data with a data protection scheme.
US12250261B2
A system for electronic patient care includes a gateway and a medical device. The gateway is configured to provide at least one of a routing functionality, a medical device software update, and a web service. The medical device is configured to operatively communicate with the gateway using the web service.
US12250258B2
The invention relates to a method for operating a policy control entity in a cellular network, the method comprising: —determining a quality of service parameter for a data packet session in which one trained model from a plurality of trained models is downloaded to a mobile entity, —determining at least one capacity parameter of the mobile entity, —determining a network transmission parameter of the cellular network, —determining said one trained model from the plurality of different trained models based on a dataset which maps different capacity parameters and transmission capabilities to the plurality of trained models, on the determined capacity parameter, and on the network transmission parameter, —determining routing information indicating where said one trained model is accessible for a transmission to the mobile entity, —transmitting the routing information to a session management entity configured to manage the data packet session in the cellular network.
US12250254B2
A system and method are provided of minimizing network bandwidth used from an external network by client peers in a local network. The method can include the operation of organizing a plurality of clients each having media streamlets and a client parent in a structure within the local network. Mapping information propagates through the structure. The mapping information represents local streamlet locations as stored by the plurality of clients. Another operation is retrieving a local streamlet from a client identified in the mapping information as having the local streamlet for the requesting client.
US12250253B2
Systems and methods for providing user location-based collaboration are provided herein. In an aspect, a method includes receiving, by a video conference provider, a request to initiate an incident response system and establishing, by the video conference provider, an incident response session with the incident response system. The method may also include determining, by the video conference provider, a location associated with the incident response system and determining, by the video conference provider, client devices within a predetermined vicinity of the location. The method may also include transmitting, by the video conference provider, a request to one or more of the client devices to join the incident response session. In an example, the request to initiate an incident response system may be from an administrator of a facility where an incident event has occurred.
US12250244B2
A method includes identifying, from online clustering data, an internet protocol (IP) pair. The method further includes determining, by a processing device during an offline process, that the IP pair is part of a botnet. The method further includes, in response to the determining, appending data associated with the botnet to the online clustering data.
US12250242B2
A dynamical hierarchical tagging system connected to a user site through a remote communications network. The system may comprise a master controller, a job management server connected to the master controller, one or more scanners in communication with the job management server, wherein the one or more scanners are configured to scan for one or more user assets located at the user site, resulting in scan results, a scan logic processor connected to the master controller, wherein the scan logic processor is configured to store the scan results in a user database, a tagging logic engine connected to the master controller, wherein the tagging logic engine is configured to tag the scan results stored in the user database, and an indexing logic processor connected to the master controller, wherein the indexing logic processor is configured to search and index the tagged scan results stored in the user database.
US12250241B2
Embodiments of the present invention relate to apparatuses, systems, methods and computer program products for dynamic adapted security analysis of network resource components. Specifically, the system is typically structured for providing proactive network security by dynamically analyzing entering network resource components for vulnerabilities, establishing adapted validation thresholds and mitigation actions, and preventing unsuccessfully validated network resource components in a distributed network. In some aspects, in response to determining that a file attribute data element of the first network program resource component is of a predetermined file type, the system blocks the incoming file transfer associated with the first network program resource component. The system subsequently initiates, via a network quarantine component, dynamic validation of the first network program resource component based on at least one or more categorical network program resource component records associated with the dynamic validated network resource library.
US12250235B2
Techniques for implementing a scalable automated training framework for anomaly and ransomware detection are disclosed. A computer system may instantiate one or more virtual machines (VMs). Each VM may be loaded with a corresponding file system. The computer system may simulate, on the one or more VMs, user actions and ransomware, which may cause changes to the corresponding file systems loaded on to the VMs. The computer system may obtain snapshots of the VMs that indicate changes to the corresponding file system of each of the VMs. The computer system may generate a metadata file for each VM based on the corresponding snapshot. The computer system may generate training data for training a ransomware detection model using a machine learning algorithm based on the metadata files for each of the VMs.
US12250226B2
A method of enabling a user to access recorded data associated with an event, the method comprising determining the location of a user's device at a control unit, confirming the location is within a predetermined vicinity and that the user's device was at the location within a predetermined period and the control unit enabling access for the user to the data if the location of the user's device in the predetermined period is confirmed.
US12250223B2
A system and method for verifying users are disclosed. The method includes receiving, by a server computer, from a first authorizing entity computer, an indication of a first hash of information about the user. The first authorizing entity computer has previously verified the user and stored the first hash in a first database. The server computer stores a location of the first hash in a location database. Then the server computer receives from a second authorizing entity computer a verification request message including a second hash of information about the user and retrieves the first hash from the first database using the location. The server computer compares the first hash to the second hash to determine if the hashes match. After determining that the hashes match, the server computer sends a verification response message to the second authorizing entity computer, indicating that the user was previously verified.
US12250216B2
The present invention relates to a method for authentication of a user using a user equipment, comprising an authentication engine for authenticating at least one user, said authentication engine being configured to operate with a local authentication model, wherein the method comprises the step for the user equipment of enhancing its local authentication model by at least one authentication factor, wherein said at least one authentication factor is stored in the local authentication model with a validity indication, indicating the time the authentication factor is valid for taking into account by the authentication engine, and authenticating a user by means of a match of the local authentication model with a set of user behavior indications retrieved by the user equipment through the authentication engine.
US12250214B2
The present disclosure relates to the security of user devices connected to local networks, such as devices comprised in the Internet of Things' (IoT). An aspect relates to a computer-implemented method of securing functionality of a user device connected to a local network provided at a premises, the method comprising: determining a premises trust score indicative of a likelihood that an authorised user of the user device is present at the premises, the determining being in dependence on: (i) data received from one or more biometric-capable devices, distinct from the user device, connected to the local network, that data being indicative of continuous biometric authentication of a current user of the respective biometric-capable device; or (ii) a lack thereof; then causing the user device to respond to a request for functionality made through a local user interface it comprises in a manner which depends on the premises trust score.
US12250212B2
A computer system includes memory hardware configured to store computer-executable instructions and processor hardware configured to execute instructions. The instructions include receiving, from a user device, a user verification request. The user verification request includes user identity credentials, a login context describing a login event, and a request for access to a computer system object. The instructions include determining whether the user identity credentials are verified. The instructions include, in response to determining that the user identity credentials are verified, requesting a user token based on the user identity credentials and the login context. The user token specifies entitlements associated with the user identity credentials. The instructions include determining whether the user token specifies entitlements sufficient to access the computer system object. The instructions include, in response to determining that the user token specifies entitlements sufficient to access the computer system object, permitting access to the computer system object.
US12250210B2
An information processing apparatus includes circuitry and a memory storing computer-executable instructions. Upon receiving a login request with identification information, the apparatus searches a storage for corresponding user information. When multiple pieces of user information are retrieved, the apparatus selects one piece of user information among multiple pieces retrieved by the search, as the user information for which login is to be allowed. The user information includes the identification information and a date and time when the identification information was stored in the storage, and the selecting is based on the date and time.
US12250201B1
Systems and methods are for mitigating hindsight bias related to designing and using artificial intelligence models for outlier events. More specifically, systems and methods for the use of synthetic data in the training and/or validation of model predictions in order to prevent overfitting and generate predictions that attempt to predict the unpredictable.
US12250196B2
An example system includes: at least one memory; programmable circuitry; and instructions to cause the programmable circuitry to: obtain a public internet protocol (IP) address associated with a household and a timestamp in response to a census impression request indicating a media access on a first client device of the household; obtain a private IP address associated with the first client device; cause storing of the public IP address, the private IP address, and the timestamp in a panelist impression record in association with a panelist identifier, the panelist identifier corresponding to a panelist audience member, the panelist audience member enrolled in a panel of an audience measurement entity; send the census impression request to a census system; and send the panelist impression record to a meter collection system.
US12250185B2
Methods, computer-readable storage media, and apparatuses for surfacing content items in a messaging system. The methods may include storing content items generated by a client device of a user. The method may further include determining a time period and content items corresponding to the time period to resurface to the user, the time period selected based on comparing the social interaction data, the viewing data, and the modification data associated with the content items corresponding to the time period with the social interaction data, the viewing data, and the modification data associated with content items generated during other time periods. The method may further include generating a title page for the time period to resurface to the user, the title page comprising a title and an indication of a date for the time period.
US12250179B2
Systems and methods for cross-platform messaging are provided herein. An example method includes operatively coupling a first chatbot associated with a first user, a second chatbot associated with a second user, and a central messaging system. The first chatbot is associated with a first messaging application installed on a first user device. Similarly, the second chatbot is associated with a second messaging application installed on a second user device. The second messaging application may differ from the first messaging application. The method also includes receiving a message from the first chatbot and transmitting the message to the second chatbot. The message can be originally generated by the first user using the first messaging application. The method can also transmit the message to one or more additional chatbots of other users. Once delivered, the message is provided by a corresponding chatbot to the messaging application for presentation to the user.
US12250178B2
Aspects of the present disclosure provide techniques for techniques and apparatuses for mitigating self-interference (SI) at a wireless node engaging in full duplex (FD) communication. A method that may be performed by a network entity includes determining a trigger condition is satisfied for requesting an uplink (UL) signal from a user equipment (UE) for SI measurement, transmitting, to the UE, an indication to transmit the UL signal in one or more first symbols, wherein the one or more first symbols are prior to one or more second symbols for UL transmission by the UE, and wherein the one or more first symbols are scheduled for a downlink (DL) transmission by the network entity in a full duplex (FD) mode, measuring the UL signal, adjusting an automatic gain control (AGC) level based on the measurements, and using the adjusted AGC level to receive the UL transmission from the UE.
US12250173B2
Wireless communication method, systems and devices for reference signal configuration. The wireless communication method comprises configuring, to a wireless terminal, at least one first sounding reference signal (SRS) resource set, and receiving, from the wireless terminal, at least one first SRS based on the at least one SRS resource set, wherein each of the at least one SRS resource set comprises at least one SRS resource.
US12250162B2
A method includes receiving profile information for a network. The method also includes determining a network configuration based on at least a constraint associated with at least one of a network session or a hardware capacity of a hardware platform of the network and a number of sessions that the network configured based on the network configuration can support. The method also includes configuring the network based on the network configuration.
US12250160B2
Reservation of resources for a service includes receiving a request for resources for a project duration with a start time and an end time; determining if the requested resources are available for the project duration; determining a utilization level of one or more resource provisioning components during a provisioning time prior to the start time of the project; and determining if the one or more resource provisioning components have capacity to handle the provisioning of resources for the request prior to the start time of the project. The one or more resource provisioning components can be reserved for a provisioning time prior to the start time of the project.
US12250158B2
A regulation method and device intended to resorb congestion on a mesh communication network including a plurality of node devices using powerline communications, a route request being sent by a source node device and copies of the route request being relayed by gradual broadcasting by intermediate node devices. The intermediate node device is able to send messages on at least one frequency band by powerline and over a radio channel, and by means of the intermediate node device: detects a congestion situation, identifies route requests as being important, relays only copies of the important relay requests on a frequency band and over the radio channel, and relays copies of the non-important route requests on a frequency band or over the radio channel.
US12250153B2
A device described herein may maintain information associating sets of traffic attributes with respective sets of Quality of Service (“QoS”) parameters, and may receive a request to establish a traffic flow. The request may indicate one or more traffic attributes associated with the requested traffic flow. The device may compare the one or more traffic attributes, included in the request, to the information associating the sets of traffic attributes with the respective sets of QoS parameters, identify a particular set of QoS parameters with which the traffic flow is associated, establish a communication session with a network based on the particular set of QoS parameters, communicate traffic, associated with the traffic flow, with the network via the established communication session. The device may include an application programming interface (“API”) via which an application associated with the traffic flow may specify the traffic attributes in the request.
US12250138B2
A node in a blockchain network may agree, on an authority accept a compliance module from the authority, accept the compliance module. The node may also receive an operation, verify a compliance of the operation based on the compliance module, add the verified operation to a ledger on the blockchain network.
US12250130B2
An avionics network including a plurality of avionics components and a configuration monitoring device, which is connected by wire or wirelessly to the plurality of avionics components. The configuration monitoring device has at least one configuration data interface configured to receive a plurality of configuration parameters characterizing the operating status of the avionics components. The configuration monitoring device further includes a parameter filtering device connected to the configuration data interface and configured to filter a subset of the configuration parameters received. The configuration monitoring device additionally includes reference parameter storage, configured to store sets of reference values for configuration parameters, and a parameter comparison device, coupled to the reference parameter storage and the parameter filtering device, and configured to compare the subset of configuration parameters received and filtered by the parameter filtering device with a set of reference values for the configuration parameters stored in the reference parameter storage.
US12250121B2
Next generation network architectures enable instantiation of network slices in which traffic may be transported via one or more virtual networks overlaying the physical network infrastructure. Multiple of such network slices may share a resource of a particular network function, such as a bandwidth, switching capacity, computing capacity and/or storage capacity of the network function. It may be desirable to provide guarantees on the minimum resource availability of the shared resource per network slice. Accordingly, a slice resource distribution function (SRDF) may be provided which may be configured manage the resource utilization of the shared resource which may safeguard guarantees on the minimum resource availability per network slice.
US12250117B2
In general, techniques are described for leveraging a configuration framework for an orchestration platform to configure software that implements a control plane for a containerized network router in a cloud-native SDN architecture. In an example, a method comprises receiving, by a server executing a containerized routing protocol process, configuration data generated from a Network Resource configuration object managed by a custom resource controller; configuring, by the server, the containerized routing protocol process with the configuration data; and programming, by the containerized routing protocol process, based on the configuration data generated from the Network Resource configuration object, a virtual router data plane to forward network traffic.
US12250111B2
A method for cloud-native centralized fault monitoring in a telecommunication network, the method performed by a processor and comprising receiving one or more raw fault messages associated with one or more respective network devices, wherein the one or more raw fault messages are received using one or more network protocols associated with the one or more respective network devices; identifying fault information from the one or more raw fault messages; enriching the fault information based on continuously processing the fault information and additional contextual information; and storing the enriched fault information in a plurality of databases, wherein a first subset of the enriched fault information is stored in a first database and a second subset of the enriched fault information is stored in a second database.
US12250102B2
Proposed are a method and device for receiving a PPDU in a wireless LAN system. Specifically, a reception STA receives the PPDU from a transmission STA through a wide band, and decodes the PPDU. The PPDU includes a legacy preamble, and first and second signal fields. The legacy preamble and the first and second signal fields are generated on the basis of a first phase rotation value. When the wide band is the 320 MHz band, the first phase rotation value is [1 −1 −1 −1 1 −1 −1 −1 1 −1 −1 −1 −1 1 1 1].
US12250086B2
A method and system for extracting values representative of modulation signal components from a modulated signal, the modulated signal containing a modulation signal, including developing a local clock signal which correlates in time to the modulated signal and includes a number of phase sectors per cycle and converting the modulated signal into a current that is representative of the signal and routing the current to the inverting input of an amplifier and charging one of a plurality of capacitive devices during each phase sector and sequentially connecting the capacitive devices between the output of the amplifier and the inverting input of the amplifier in non-overlapping sequences, the total of sequences being equal to one full cycle of the clock.
US12250085B2
The present disclosure relates to a 5th generation (5G) or pre-5G communication system for supporting a higher data transmission rate than a 4th generation (4G) communication system such as Long-Term Evolution (LTE). The present disclosure may be applied to intelligent services, such as smart homes, smart buildings, smart cities, smart cars or connected cars, health care, digital education, retail businesses, security and safety related services, and the like, on the basis of 5G communication technologies and IoT-related technologies. In addition, an operation method of a terminal in a wireless communication system may comprise the steps of: determining service information required by a V2X application and determining a V2X transmission mode; determining QoS information of a service required by the V2X application; obtaining sidelink radio bearer configuration information corresponding to the QoS information; and, using the obtained sidelink radio bearer configuration information, transmitting and receiving V2X packets by means of a device-to-device communication method.
US12250083B2
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) are provided. The system and method provides for receiving, from a base station, downlink control information (DCI) including information on a hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ) process number, identifying at least one grant free resource corresponding to the information on the HARQ process number, and releasing the at least one grant free resource based on the information. The disclosure discloses a grant-free based data transmission method in a wireless communication system that 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.
US12250075B2
In one embodiment, a method performed by a wireless communication node includes configuring, by a wireless communication node, a transmission repetition mode and at least one resource for an uplink channel transmission of a wireless communication device, the transmission repetition mode indicating at least one of: a number of times of the uplink channel transmission to be performed, one or more multiplexing modes of the number of times of the uplink channel transmission to be performed, and one or more time locations of the number of times of the uplink channel transmission to be performed. The method includes transmitting, by the wireless communication node, the transmission repetition mode to the wireless communication device.
US12250072B2
An information processing device includes an encoding processing unit and a determination unit. The encoding processing unit performs error correction encoding processing in which a plurality of bit sequences are output from one or more bit sequences. The determination unit divides the plurality of bit sequences into a first bit sequence group (BS1) and a second bit sequence group (BS2), and determines to transmit the first bit sequence group (BS1) and the second bit sequence group (BS2) through different propagation paths, the first bit sequence group (BS1) being decodable without performing error correction decoding processing corresponding to the error correction encoding processing, and the second bit sequence group (BS2) being used for the error correction decoding processing.
US12250066B2
Disclosed is a channel-dependent multi-carrier code division multiple access (MC-CDMA) technique with adaptive spreading codes. Adaptive spreading codes are used for each subcarrier per user which increase the security level of conventional MC-CDMA. Two different map designs are proposed: fixed and adaptive interval maps. These maps are shared among all nodes and gives information about the spreading code sequences for corresponding channel gains.
US12250055B2
An apparatus is provided for generating a transmission wave. The apparatus includes a plurality of antennas and a plurality of signal generators. The plurality of antennas has polarization diversity. The plurality of signal generators are each coupled to one of the antennas and configured to generate a continuous twisted wave by driving each of the antennas using independent, coordinated, and distinct sinusoidal waves, and having a twist frequency and a carrier frequency, the twist frequency lower than the carrier frequency. A method is also provided.
US12250054B2
Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described. A wireless device may identify a resource for wireless communication, the resource being in a first state where the resource is active for wireless communication and is inactive for a communication failure recovery procedure. The wireless device may determine that a communication failure has occurred during a first communication period. In some cases, one or more techniques for confirming the communication failure may be used to verify the failure. The wireless device may transition during a second communication period and based at least in part on the communication failure, the resource to a second state where the resource is inactive for wireless communication and is active for the communication failure recovery procedure. The wireless device may perform the communication failure recovery procedure using the resource transitioned to the second state.
US12250047B2
The example embodiments of the invention provide at least a method and apparatus to receive, by a user equipment of a communication network, from a network node information for measurement reporting by the user equipment for beam management in the communication network, and based on the at least one beam reporting configuration, determine beam reporting at least one pair of beams of the more than one beam of the at least one transmission reception point capable for simultaneous reception by the user equipment. Further to determine, by a network node of a communication network, information for measurement reporting by user equipment for beam management in the communication network, and based on the determining, send the information towards the user equipment for use in determining beam reporting of a pair of beams of the more than one beam of the at least one transmission reception point capable for the simultaneous reception by the user equipment, wherein the information comprises an indication of at least one beam reporting configuration for more than one beam of at least one transmission reception point capable for simultaneous reception by the user equipment to be measured by the user equipment.
US12250039B1
An apparatus for a communication system, the apparatus comprising at least one processor, and at least one memory storing instructions that, when executed by the at least one processor, cause the apparatus to: determine a first measurement of first reference signals associated with a first analog beam used to receive the first reference signals, determine a second measurement of second reference signals associated with a second analog beam used to receive the second reference signals, determine first information characterizing a digital beamformer based on the first measurement and the second measurement.
US12250036B2
A method for a user equipment (UE) to receive physical downlink control channels (PDCCHs) is provided. The UE receives configuration information for a first control resource set that includes a number of symbols in a time domain and a number of resource blocks (RBs) in a frequency domain, configuration information indicating a first number of Nbundle,1 frequency-contiguous RB s, and a PDCCH in the first control resource set in a number of frequency distributed blocks of Nbundle,1 RBs. The UE assumes that a demodulation reference signal associated with the reception of the PDCCH has a same precoding over the Nbundle,1 RBs. A method for constructing a search space to reduce a number of channel estimations that the UE performs for decoding PDCCHs, relative to conventional search spaces, is also provided.
US12250028B2
Methods and systems for improved transmission and receipt of audio transmissions containing data encoded according to different protocols are presented. In one embodiment, a method is provided that includes receiving a digital data bitstream containing data for transmission using an audio transmission. The digital data bitstream may be divided into a plurality of symbols (e.g., according to a type of encoding protocol to be used). An analog audio signal may be generated that encodes the plurality of symbols according to an encoding protocol (e.g., a PSK protocol and/or a DPSK protocol). The analog audio signal may be added to the audio transmission and the audio transmission may be transmitted using an audio transmitter.
US12250025B2
This disclosure provides a method of receiving a plurality of data streams at an electromagnetic field receiver in a wireless telecommunications network, the method including obtaining data indicating detection of a first electromagnetic field incident at a transmission medium during a timeslot of a first subset of a plurality of timeslots; associating the detected first electromagnetic field with a first data stream of a plurality of data streams; obtaining data indicating detection of a second electromagnetic field incident at the transmission medium during a timeslot of a second subset of the plurality of timeslots; and associating the detected second electromagnetic field with a second data stream of the plurality of data streams.
US12250016B1
An accessory for a smart device and a method from controlling the same includes at least one transducer per receiver of the smart device, each transducer physically located in close proximity to a physical location of each receiver. An amplifier outputs noisy frequency signals to each transducer at a power level sufficient to cause the signal-to-noise ratio at each receiver to be negative. A controller outputs the noisy frequency signals for each transducer to the amplifier according to a mode, the controller randomly hopping the noisy frequency signals for each transducer in a manner sufficient to prevent audio processing software associated with each receiver from being able to identify and cancel the noisy frequency signals.
US12250014B2
Many embodiments provide a frequency comb receiver that includes a PIN diode, a THz pulse generator block that generates THz tones (LO) for coherent frequency comb detection, an on-chip antenna for broadband detection and a driver stage switched by a series of buffers, where a repetition rate of the LO tones are tunable over a range and determines a spacing between two adjacent tones in the corresponding frequency comb.
US12250007B2
A radar system is provided that includes a compression component configured to compress blocks of range values to generate compressed blocks of range values, and a radar data memory configured to store compressed blocks of range values generated by the compression component.
US12250003B2
Systems, devices, and methods for a high-voltage conversion circuit system comprising: an error detection and correction module configured to receive an analog input signal and a feedback signal and generate a correction signal; and an analog to pulse width modulation (PWM) module configured to receive the analog input signal and correction signal and generate a PWM output signal; where the generated PWM output signal is fed back to the error detection and correction module as said feedback signal.
US12249992B2
A D flip-flop, a processor including the D flip-flop, and a computing apparatus. A D flip-flop is provided, including: an input stage configured to receive a flip-flop input; an output stage configured to output a flip-flop output; an intermediate node disposed between an output of the input stage and an input of the output stage, where the output stage is configured to receive a signal at the intermediate node as an input; an intermediate stage configured to receive the output of the input stage and provide the output to the intermediate node; and a feedback stage configured to receive the flip-flop output and provide a feedback to the intermediate node, where the feedback stage assumes a logic-high state, a logic-low state, and a high-impedance state.
US12249991B2
A clock generator circuit includes an oscillator circuit coupled to a bias circuit. The bias circuit includes a current mirror, third and fourth transistors, and a cascode transistor. The current mirror includes a reference transistor and a set of copy transistors that are programmable. The third transistor has a source connected to a cold spot, a drain and a gate connected to this drain. The fourth transistor has a source connected to the drain of the third transistor, a drain, and a gate connected to that drain. The cascode transistor has a source connected to a drain of at least one of the copy transistors, a drain, and a gate connected to the gate of the fourth transistor. The gates of the fourth transistor and the cascode transistor are thicker than the gates of the reference transistor, each copy transistor, and the third transistor.
US12249985B2
A voltage comparator circuit for a power source having an energy harvester and an energy storage. The circuit comprises a first voltage input node and a second voltage input node arranged to respectively receive a first voltage level of a first output of the energy harvester and a voltage level of a second output of the energy storage; an output node arranged to switch in response to a comparison of the first and second first voltage levels; and a plurality of semiconductor junction devices arranged to provide a floating local ground arranged to vary in response to a change of the first and/or the second voltage level, wherein the floating local ground has a voltage level higher than an absolute ground connected to the voltage comparator circuit; wherein the floating local ground is arranged to prevent a breakdown of circuit components due to a voltage difference connected at terminals of each of the circuit component exceeding a breakdown voltage of the respective circuit component.
US12249984B2
An integrated circuit includes a logic circuit comprising a plurality of logic transistors, the logic circuit comprising a plurality of logic gate lines extending in a first direction; and a power gating circuit comprising a plurality of power gating transistors, the power gating circuit comprising a first power gate line extending in a second direction that is perpendicular to the first direction, and the power gating circuit being connected to the logic circuit, wherein a plurality of source regions respectively included in the plurality of power gating transistors are connected to each other, or a plurality of drain regions respectively included in the plurality of power gating transistors are connected to each other.
US12249982B2
According to one embodiment, a semiconductor device includes first and second switch elements, first and second light emitting elements, first and second light receiving elements, first and second voltage control circuits, and first and second switch control circuits. The first switch control circuit is configured to cause the first light emitting element to emit light after a first time elapses after an input signal has transitioned from a first logic level to a second logic level. The second switch control circuit is configured to suspend light emission of the second light emitting element after a second time elapses after the input signal has transitioned from the second logic level to the first logic level.
US12249977B2
A power module, including a power element, and a control unit that controls the power element. The control unit includes: a frequency divider circuit that receives a signal for driving the power element and has a frequency dividing function, by which the frequency divider circuit generates an output having a frequency lower than that of the received signal; an overcurrent detection comparator that detects an overcurrent of the power element; an overheat protection warning comparator that outputs a warning signal upon detection of the power element having a temperature higher than a predetermined temperature; and a logic circuit that outputs an enable signal to activate the frequency dividing function of the frequency divider circuit only while the overcurrent detection comparator does not detect the overcurrent and the overheat protection warning comparator outputs the warning signal. The power module further includes an overheat protection alarm comparator that outputs an alarm signal.
US12249975B2
A film bulk acoustic resonator (FBAR) chip and package structure with improved power tolerance includes: a first substrate having a plurality of FBARs each having a bottom electrode, a piezoelectric material, and a top electrode, and first bonding pads connected to the bottom electrodes or the top electrodes of the FBARs; and a second substrate having a plurality of vias passing therethrough, second bonding pads located on one end surface of the vias facing the first substrate, and external connection pads located on the other end surface of the vias which does not face the first substrate, wherein the first substrate and the second substrate are bonded by means of bonding of the first bonding pads and the second bonding pads.
US12249971B2
An acoustic resonator is fabricated with a substrate having a substrate top surface and a piezoelectric plate having plate front and plate back surfaces. An acoustic Bragg reflector is sandwiched between the substrate top surface and the plate back surface. The reflector has a cavity with a top surface perimeter, and the acoustic Bragg reflector is configured to reflect shear acoustic waves at a resonance frequency of the acoustic resonator. The back surface is mounted on the cavity top surface perimeter except for a portion of the plate forming a diaphragm that spans the cavity. An interdigital transducer (IDT) is formed on the plate front surface such that interleaved fingers of the IDT are disposed on the diaphragm. Two or more layers of the acoustic Bragg reflector form pedestals that support the back surface of the plate opposite some or all interleaved fingers of the IDT.
US12249965B2
Methods and apparatus for providing amplifier protection for a radio frequency (RF) front-end circuit. An example RF front-end circuit generally includes an amplifier with a gain, a first sensor configured to sense a first power (or voltage) of a first node coupled to an input of the amplifier, a second sensor configured to sense a second power (or voltage) of a second node coupled to an output of the amplifier, and logic coupled to the first and second sensors. The logic is generally configured to determine that the second power (or voltage) is outside a range based on the gain and the first power (or voltage) and to take an action to protect the amplifier based on the determination. By utilizing the techniques and apparatus described herein, protection can be provided to the amplifier(s) in an RF front-end circuit without significantly impacting the performance of the RF front-end circuit.
US12249956B2
An OCXO according to one or more embodiments may include a core section hermetically encapsulated in a heat insulation package. The core section includes: an oscillation IC; a crystal resonator; and a heater IC. The core section is supported by the package via a core substrate. The OCXO further includes a capacitor as an electronic component for adjustment, which is attached to the package by soldering. The core section is vacuum-sealed in a sealed space of the package, while the capacitor is disposed in a space other than the sealed space.
US12249954B2
A constant-gm current source, arranged to generate a supply current for a Pierce oscillator. First and second transistors have source terminals connected to first and second supply rails, respectively, and drain terminals connected together and to the gate terminal of the first transistor. Third and fourth transistors have source terminals connected to the first and second supply rails, respectively, and drain terminals are connected together and to the gate terminal of the fourth transistor. An output portion varies the supply current in response to a voltage at the drain terminals of the third and fourth transistors. The gate terminals of the first and third transistors are connected together, and the gate terminals of the second and fourth transistors are connected together. An auto-calibration transistor has its source terminal connected to the first supply rail and its drain terminal connected to the source terminal of the first transistor.
US12249953B2
A foldable solar panel including at least two solar modules mounted to a substrate. The foldable solar panel includes hook and loop tape to secure the foldable solar panel in the folded configuration. The foldable solar panel includes at least two straps and at least two horizontal rows of webbing operable to attach the foldable solar panel to a load-bearing platform.
US12249950B2
An installation structure for a solar cell module comprises engagement parts attached to a wall surface; and a plurality of solar cell modules which are installed on the wall surface by engaging with the engagement parts. An upper frame part of the solar cell module has an engaging part for engaging with the engagement parts, and the upper frame part has a hole for letting out a cable from the solar cell module to outside. For vertically adjacent solar cell modules, a space for connecting and installing the cable let out to the outside is present between the upper frame part of the lower solar cell module and a lower frame part of the upper solar cell module.
US12249944B2
Apparatus and techniques for analyzing a capacitance value in an electric motor inverter are disclosed. A processor is coupled to a DC-AC inverter, which includes a capacitor across its terminals and is powered by a battery. The processor performs resistor switching to enable singular, periodic measurement of the capacitance. The measured value is compared with a nominal or beginning of life (BOL) value. An alert may be sent if the capacitance has degraded beyond a threshold. In other aspects, the DC torque ripple envelop is used to measure capacitance. The outcome is compared with the other tests to assess consistency. An inconsistent outcome may identify potential resistor degradation.
US12249943B2
A control device that does not require arithmetic processing of a phase current can be provided. A control device in which a plurality of switching legs including a pair of semiconductor switching elements constituting an upper arm and a lower arm are provided in a number corresponding to the number of phases of a motor that is a load includes a switch short circuit detection unit configured to detect a short circuit failure of the semiconductor switching element, and a control unit configured to execute determination processing of determining whether the short circuit failure has occurred in the upper arm or the lower arm on the basis of a result of detection by the switch short circuit detection unit, and to set all the semiconductor switching elements that constitute an arm in which a short circuit failure has occurred on the basis of a result of the determination processing.
US12249921B2
A system, including: a plurality of load commutated inverters (LCIs) connected in parallel, wherein each LCI includes: a source bridge for converting an alternating current (AC) voltage to a direct current (DC) voltage, wherein the source bridge includes at least one current switching device; a load bridge for converting the DC voltage from the source bridge to a variable frequency AC voltage; and a DC link coupling the source bridge to the load bridge; wherein each LCI includes a respective current regulator for controlling the at least one current switching device in the source bridge of the LCI to generate a current in the DC link.
US12249919B2
A control circuit, system and method for switched-mode power supply are disclosed, the control circuit is for driving a first switch to convert an input voltage into an output voltage. The control circuit includes an on-time control unit, which receives a first signal characterizing switching frequency of first switch and a second signal characterizing current flowing through first switch and responsively generates a signal indicative of a turn-off instant for first switch. When a peak value of the current flowing through the first switch drops below a predefined value, the on-time control unit determines the turn-off instant for the first switch based on the first signal so that the switching frequency of the first switch is maintained at a target frequency. This design can effectively avoid the generation of audible noise, stabilize the output voltage against load changes while maintaining desirable efficiency, and ensure operational safety of the switched-mode power supply.
US12249912B2
A power control device comprising: a step-down converter configured to step down DC power supplied from a DC power source; a temperature sensor configured to detect a temperature of the step-down converter or a temperature correlated therewith; and a control device configured to control an operation of the step-down converter based on a target value for an output voltage of the step-down converter. The control device is configured to change the target value between at least two values in response to the temperature detected by the temperature sensor.
US12249907B2
A noise control circuit of a switching mode power supply is disclosed. The switching mode power supply has a primary switch, a secondary switch and a transformer with a primary winding and a secondary winding. The noise control circuit includes a reverse noise generating circuit having a first input terminal coupled to a first pulse terminal or a second pulse terminal of the primary switch, a second input terminal configured to receive an adjusting signal, and an output terminal configured to provide a noise control signal. The secondary winding has a first terminal and a second terminal. The noise control signal is coupled to either terminal of the secondary winding of the transformer.
US12249903B2
A method for increasing switching efficiency in a power switching topology includes summing a first signal with a first triangle wave signal and with a square wave signal to generate a second signal. The method further includes creating a second triangle wave signal and a third triangle wave signal. The method also includes comparing the second signal with the second triangle wave signal to generate a first pulse width modulation (PWM) signal. The method also includes comparing the second signal with the third triangle wave signal to generate a second PWM signal. The method further includes generating an output signal based on the first PWM signal and the second PWM signal.
US12249900B2
A control circuit, a control chip and a power supply device are disclosed by the present invention. The control circuits are used for control of a constant-voltage closed-loop which causes a voltage of a voltage feedback signal obtained from an output voltage to approach a voltage of a reference voltage signal obtained from a base voltage and thereby achieves a constant-voltage output. In addition, when a sampled current obtained from an output current is higher than a predetermined current, or when output power is higher than a predetermined power, the control circuit increases the voltage feedback signal or decreases the reference voltage signal, causing the constant-voltage closed loop to decrease the output voltage and the output current and thereby achieving a limited output current and limited output power.
US12249899B2
A downhole motor includes a primary fluid path between a housing and a rotor and a secondary fluid path between the rotor and a stator. Fluid is diverted from the primary fluid path through a secondary inlet to the secondary fluid path to lubricate the motor. A magnet is located proximate the secondary inlet to bias magnetic particles in the drilling fluid away from the secondary inlet.
US12249895B2
A vehicular display apparatus is provided. The vehicular display apparatus includes a driving device installed in a housing, a display module configured to move to an inner portion or an outer portion of the housing, based on a mechanical operation of the driving device, and a controller unit configured to control the mechanical operation of the driving device. The driving device includes a gear configured to move the display module to the inner portion or the outer portion of the housing and a light emitting sensor and a light receiving sensor facing each other with the gear therebetween. The light receiving sensor senses an optical signal of the light emitting sensor passing through a region between gear teeth of the gear, and the controller unit counts the number of gear teeth of the gear passing through a region between the light emitting sensor and the light receiving sensor on a basis of a sensing result of the light receiving sensor and controls movement of the display module, based on the counted number of gear teeth.
US12249893B2
An electric machine assembly includes a housing defining an inner cavity, a rotatable shaft extending through the inner cavity, and at least one electrical component positioned within the cavity. The electric machine assembly also includes an internal fan coupled to the shaft and positioned within the inner cavity such that rotation of the fan provides a cooling airflow to the at least one electrical component.
US12249892B2
The present invention relates to a cooling jacket for cooling a permanent magnet synchronous electric motor, wherein the cooling jacket comprises bearing housing cooling portion and a stator cooling portion, wherein the stator cooling portion comprises stator coolant guiding channel having an enlarged middle section. The flow splitter having a shape that corresponds to the enlarged middle section is disposed at the middle of this enlarged section. The flow splitter has the same height as that of the partition wall, and the upper surface of the flow splitter is curved to form a seal with the inner surface of the stator outer housing. At the middle of the stator coolant guiding channel, there is provided a middle rib that extends in the spiral shape around the circumference of the stator cooling portion. The middle rib has a lower height than the height of the partition wall.
US12249888B2
A linear conveyor includes a linear motor stator including a stator including a core and a coil, and a magnetic sensor configured to detect a position of a slider. The linear conveyor further includes a magnetic shielding member arranged between the magnetic sensor and the linear motor stator and configured to shield magnetic flux from the linear motor stator toward the magnetic sensor.
US12249884B2
The invention relates to a stator (1) which may be used within an electric rotating machine, an apparatus for preparing pre-shaped insulators and a method for preparing a pre-shaped insulator. The stator (1) comprises a stator core (10) which has a plurality of axially extending slots (11) arranged in a circumferential direction (C) of the stator core (10) and at least two conductors (20, 21) arranged along a radial direction (R) of the same slot (11). Each conductor (20, 21) is peripherally wrapped by an individual insulator (30) which extends around the outer circumference (22) of the conductor (20, 21), such that in circumferential direction the insulator (30) comprises a one-layer-section (37) and an overlapping section (31) which extend along the complete axial length (29) of the insulator (30).
US12249882B2
An electrical machine for use in an aircraft, including a rotor. The rotor includes a plurality of rotor poles, and a stator including a plurality of phases. Each respective phase occupies at least one elementary block and the at least one elementary block of each phase includes a set of conductors of the respective phase wound around a plurality of slots of the respective elementary block in a concentrated winding configuration. A mechanical shift angle between the respective concentrated windings of each pair of adjacent elementary blocks is greater than a rotor pole pitch. The rotor pole pitch is an angle between adjacent poles of the rotor.
US12249881B2
A manufacturing system for manufacturing a stator for an electric machine, in particular an electric motor, wherein the stator has a main part and a plurality of bent and/or straight bar conductors. The manufacturing system has the following: a bending machine for bending free ends of the bar conductors, a spreading machine for spreading the free ends of the bar conductors in the radial direction, a welding machine for welding the free ends of at least two bar conductors, and a holding device for the stator. The holding device has at least one first set of fingers for engaging between the bar conductors at a first end face of the main part. The holding device can be secured to the bending machine, the spreading machine, and the welding machine. The manufacturing system facilitates an accelerated and inexpensive manufacture of stators with bar conductors.
US12249876B2
A motor includes a stator, a rotor, and a magnetic sensor. The stator includes an annular stator core. The stator core surrounds a central axis extending in an axial direction. The rotor is rotatable about the central axis. The rotor includes a first magnet, a second magnet, and a spacer. The first magnet is outward in a radial direction with respect to the stator core. The second magnet extends in one axial direction with respect to the first magnet and the stator core. The spacer is between the first magnet and the second magnet in the axial direction. The magnetic sensor detects a magnetic force of the second magnet. The spacer is made of a non-magnetic material.
US12249873B2
The rotary electric machine includes: a rotor core configured having electromagnetic steel sheets; a stator core having electromagnetic steel sheets; a magnet inserted in each of a plurality of through holes; and a magnetic end plate in contact with one or each of an end surface on one side in the axial direction of the rotor core and an end surface on another side in the axial direction of the rotor core, and having a single magnetic sheet or a plurality of magnetic sheets stacked in the axial direction, wherein heat generated from the magnetic end plate owing to eddy current that is generated in the magnetic end plate by magnetic flux from the stator core is equal to or lower than heat generated from the rotor core owing to eddy current that is generated in the rotor core by magnetic flux from the stator core.
US12249872B2
A first layer, a second layer, and a third layer of a sleeve of a rotor are integrated side by side in this order from the radial center of the sleeve toward the outside. The first layer includes a first fiber-reinforced resin including a first carbon fiber extending in a direction inclined with respect to both the axis of the rotor shaft and a circumferential direction of the sleeve. The second layer includes a second fiber-reinforced resin including a second carbon fiber extending along the circumferential direction of the sleeve, the third layer includes a third fiber-reinforced resin including a third carbon fiber extending along the circumferential direction of the sleeve. An elastic modulus of the third layer is larger than an elastic modulus of the second layer.
US12249871B2
A rotor includes a rotary shaft and a rotor body supported by the rotary shaft. The rotor body includes a first permanent magnet and a second permanent magnet. The first permanent magnet has a first overhang part that is in contact with a first end part of the second permanent magnet in an axial direction of the rotary shaft, and the first overhang part and the first end part are joined to each other. A motor includes the rotor and a stator.
US12249866B2
A stator structure includes a silicon steel sheet, a first plastic material and a second plastic material. The silicon steel sheet has a plurality of pole faces. The first plastic material covers on the silicon steel sheet. The second plastic material forming on the first plastic material. The first plastic material covered on the plurality of the pole faces is not covered by the second plastic material. The thermal conductivity of the first plastic material is higher than that of the second plastic material.
US12249860B2
A portable power pack having a housing, a rechargeable lithium battery positioned in the housing, a liquid crystal display (LCD), a wireless charging coil, a light emitting diode (LED) flash light, a universal serial bus (USB) port, a direct current (DC) port, and a power management circuit. The LCD can be positioned on the housing and configured to display a status of the portable power pack. The wireless charging coil can be positioned in or on the housing and configured to wirelessly couple with an external wireless charging coil of an external device through electromagnetic induction in accordance with, for example, the Qi wireless power transfer standard. The USB port supplies a charging current to charge a portable electronic device, while the DC port supplies a starting current to jump start an engine of a vehicle that is electrically coupled with an external battery. The power management circuit operatively coupled to the wireless charging coil and the rechargeable lithium battery and configured to output the charging current or the starting current.
US12249853B2
A charge-discharge loss reduction device includes a power reception control device that controls power received or discharged by power receiving elements included in a load group, in a power system that supplies electric energy to the load group including the power receiving elements via a power supply base point. The power reception control device is configured to change a priority of an own power receiving element using a charge-discharge state of the own power receiving element, the priority indicating a degree to which power reception of the own power receiving element takes priority over power reception of another power receiving element.
US12249851B2
The wearable article (11) comprises a power source (111) and a processor (112). The processor (112) determines whether a power transfer condition is satisfied. In response, the processor (112) is arranged to control the wearable article (11) to transfer power from the power source (111) to an electrical load of an external apparatus. The wearable article (11) may comprise an interface element (114) for forming an electrical connection with the externa apparatus. The wearable article (11) may comprise a power transmitter (113) for beaming electromagnetic energy to the external apparatus. The wearable article (11) may be a garment.
US12249850B2
A wireless power transmitter of transmitting power to a wireless power receiver, including a controller configured to determine whether a foreign object is present in a charging area of the wireless power transmitter; and a transmission part configured to transmit a wireless power according to whether the foreign object is present, wherein the controller receives a signal including an FOD status packet from the wireless power receiver, determines whether the foreign object is present in a charging area of the wireless power transmitter based on the FOD status packet; wherein the controller is set to operate in a first power transfer mode when it is determined that the foreign object is present in the charging area, or to operate in a second power transfer mode when it is determined that the foreign object is not present in the charging area; wherein the controller receives a reception power packet including information on the reception power intensity from the wireless power receiver, determines the reception power intensity of the wireless power receiver based on the information on the reception power intensity, measures or calculates a power loss based on a difference between the determined reception power intensity and the transmission power intensity of the wireless power transmitter, and corrects any one of a transmission power, a reception power, and a loss of power using the power loss; and wherein the controller determines whether the foreign object is present in the charging area of the wireless power transmitter while being operated in the second power transfer mode.
US12249848B2
Systems, methods and apparatus for wireless charging are disclosed. A charging device includes a power transmitting coil, a transformer and a driver circuit. The power transmitting coil may be configured to produce an electromagnetic flux centered on an axis that is substantially perpendicular to a plane surface of the planar magnetic core. The transformer may be located adjacent to the planar magnetic core and the driver circuit may be configured to use a stepped-up voltage received from the transformer to provide a charging current to the power transmitting coil. The transformer may include a magnetic half-core that contacts the planar magnetic core such that the planar magnetic core completes a magnetic path through the magnetic half-core.
US12249845B2
A power transmitter (101) of a wireless power transfer system comprises a resonance including a transmitter coil (103) for generating a power transfer signal for wirelessly transferring power to a power receiver (105). Further, a driver (1303) generates a drive signal for the resonance circuit (201) and a message receiver (1305) is arranged to receive messages from the power receiver (105). A power loop controller (1307) implements a power control loop by adapting the power of the drive signal in response to power control messages received from the power receiver (105). However, the regulation is subject to a constraint of at least one of a current or voltage of the resonance circuit and a power of the drive signal being below a maximum limit. Further, the power transmitter (101) comprises an adapter (1309) which adapts the maximum limit in response to a load indication indicative of a loading of the power transfer signal by the power receiver (105).
US12249842B2
A device including a visual or audible signaling means and a motion sensor, and logic for activating or controlling the signaling means in response to a sensed motion according to an embedded logic is disclosed. The device may be used as a toy for amusement, and may be shaped like a play ball or as a handheld unit. The device may be powered from a battery, which may be charged from an AC power directly or contactless by using induction or by converting electrical energy from harvested kinetic energy. The embedded logic may activate or control the signaling means, predictably or randomly, in response to the sensed acceleration magnitude or direction, such as sensing the crossing a preset threshold or sensing the peak value. The visual means may be a numeric display for displaying a value associated with the count of the number of times the threshold has been exceeded or the peak magnitude of the acceleration sensed.
US12249841B2
A device including a visual or audible signaling means and a motion sensor, and logic for activating or controlling the signaling means in response to a sensed motion according to an embedded logic is disclosed. The device may be used as a toy for amusement, and may be shaped like a play ball or as a handheld unit. The device may be powered from a battery, which may be charged from an AC power directly or contactless by using induction or by converting electrical energy from harvested kinetic energy. The embedded logic may activate or control the signaling means, predictably or randomly, in response to the sensed acceleration magnitude or direction, such as 10 sensing the crossing a preset threshold or sensing the peak value. The visual means may be a numeric display for displaying a value associated with the count of the number of times the threshold has been exceeded or the peak magnitude of the acceleration sensed.
US12249838B2
A system includes a gas turbine (GT) system at a power plant operatively coupled to a generator to always generate power at a baseload. A first portion of the GT system's baseload power is transmitted to an electric grid. Where demand for power from the grid does not exceed a threshold, a second portion of the GT system's baseload power is transmitted to a hydrogen-producing electrolyzer to generate hydrogen fuel for a second GT system. Where demand for power from the grid exceeds the threshold, a third portion of the GT system's baseload power is transmitted to the grid. The GT system always runs at baseload but is capable of providing increased power to the grid quickly, like conventional spinning reserves. The system improves efficiencies by running all GT systems at baseload, and reduces emissions for the second GT system by providing hydrogen fuel thereto when grid power demand allows.
US12249833B2
Systems and methods are directed to controlling components of a utility grid. The system can receive data samples including signals detected at one or more portions of a utility grid. The system can construct a matrix having a first dimension and a second dimension. The system can train a machine learning model based on the matrix to predict values for signals of the utility grid not provided in the matrix. The system can receive bounds for one or more input variables, constraints on one or more output variables, and a performance objective for the utility grid. The system can determine, based on the machine learning model and via an optimization technique, an adjustment to a component of the utility grid that satisfies the performance objective. The system can provide the adjustment to the component of the utility grid to satisfy the performance objective.
US12249832B2
A power converter includes: an input unit configured to be electrically connected to a device; a voltage charge unit configured to change voltage; a voltage adjustment unit configured to adjust the voltage supplied to a transmission line; a target setting unit configured to set a first target value of the voltage change unit; a voltage monitoring unit configured to observe the voltage of the transmission line; and a threshold determination mechanism configured to calculate a second target value of the voltage adjustment unit in accordance with voltage of the transmission line. The target setting unit of the power converter is configured to generate the first target value as an output target of the voltage charge unit in accordance with the voltage observed by the voltage monitoring unit. The first target value has characteristics to change a threshold voltage for controlling output of the voltage adjustment unit depending on time.
US12249811B2
“PROFILE FOR ELECTRICAL CABINET” presents an invention that falls within the field of application of metal profiles for structural elements, more precisely in the field of metal profiles to electrical cabinets and enclosures. A profile having a side sealing area and, located in its relation, preferably at 90°, a front sealing area; an inner wall, a rear wall, an outer wall, an oblique wall and an isolating wall.
US12249804B2
The invention relates to an optoelectronic component comprising a housing, an optoelectronic semiconductor chip and an optical element. The housing comprises a lead frame which has two external electrical contact points and two contact portions. The housing also comprises a housing body in which the lead frame is embedded, wherein each contact portion extends laterally out of one of the external electrical contact points in each case to a mounting surface of the housing, and therefore contact surfaces of the contact portions are exposed on the mounting surface. An electrical contact structure of the optical element is electrically conductively connected to the contact surfaces of the contact portions.
US12249796B2
An electrical connector includes an insulating body, a plurality of conductive terminals, a plurality of grounding terminals and two shielding elements. The plurality of the conductive terminals are mounted in the insulating body. The plurality of the grounding terminals are mounted in the insulating body. The plurality of the grounding terminals are located adjacent to two outer sides of the plurality of the conductive terminals. The two shielding elements are disposed at a front end of an upper surface and a front end of a lower surface of the insulating body. Each shielding element has a base frame. Two sides of a rear edge of the base frame are connected with two contact portions. The contact portions of the two shielding elements contact with the plurality of the grounding terminals.
US12249792B2
A safety assembly having a cover plate for mounting to a pre-existing electrical receptacle and a safety housing for removably attaching to the cover plate. The safety housing is a unitary construction having a front end and a back-end wall with four side walls extending therebetween to provide an open interior, wherein the front end is substantially open and configured for securing to the cover plate. The cover plate has one or more pairs of slots positioned near an opening in the cover plate for exposing a socket of the electrical receptacle and the safety housing comprises one or more attachment mechanisms configured to removably engage with the one or more pairs of slots to removably couple the safety housing the cover plate.
US12249787B2
A connector is provided with a first housing, a second housing to be stacked on and coupled to the first housing and a mating housing to be connected to the first housing and the second housing. The mating housing includes a projecting portion to be arranged between first and second facing surfaces of the first housing and the second housing and capable of contacting the respective facing surfaces of the first housing and the second housing.
US12249780B2
A card edge connector includes a housing configured to be mounted to a host circuit board and having a card slot at the front configured to receive a card edge of a module circuit card of the pluggable module. A contact assembly is received in a cavity of the housing having cable contacts arranged in an upper contact set and lower contact set. An upper ground bus bar is electrically connected to terminating ends of the ground contacts of the upper contact set and a lower ground bus bar is electrically connected to the ground contacts of the lower contact set. A ground element is coupled to the upper ground bus bar or the lower ground bus bar and includes a board termination component configured to be terminated to the host circuit board to electrically connect the corresponding ground bus bar to the host circuit board.
US12249778B2
PSAS 5.0 female connector includes a framework member having a main conductive plastic, a terminal member, and a cover member; the terminal member is inserted in the framework member and includes a SATA 7Pin terminal set having a SATA 7Pin terminal, a plastic frame member, and a SATA 7Pin conductive plastic; the SATA 7Pin terminal is inserted in the plastic frame member, and the SATA 7Pin conductive plastic is engaged on the plastic frame member for fastening the SATA 7Pin terminal in the plastic frame member; the cover member includes a SATA 7Pin outer cover plate stably attached to one side of the plastic frame member and a SATA 7Pin inner cover plate stably attached to another side of the SATA 7Pin conductive plastic. The present invention resolves the insufficiency of transmission rate fulfills multiple high frequency performance.
US12249773B1
Technologies directed to interleaved phased array antennas are described. One apparatus includes a support structure, a first phased array antenna, and a second phased array antenna. The first array antenna includes a first set of antenna elements disposed on a surface of the support structure. The first set of antenna elements is located within a perimeter of a first circular area. The second antenna includes a second set of antenna elements. The second set of antenna elements is located within a perimeter of a second circular area. The second circular area partially overlaps the first circular area. The majority of the second set of antenna elements are located outside the perimeter of the first circular area. A majority of the second set of antenna elements are located in the second circular area in the area not overlapped by the first circular area.
US12249772B2
An electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes a metal housing, a substrate and a radiating element. The metal housing is provided with a slot, and the slot includes an opening end and a closed end. The slot has a first wall of the slot and a second wall of the slot opposite to each other at the position of the opening end. The first wall of the slot is located between the second wall of the slot and the closed end. There is a predetermined distance between the first wall of the slot and the closed end. A feeding portion of the radiating element is connected to a feeding element and a signal is fed through the feeding element, so that the radiating element is used for exciting the metal housing to generate at least one resonance frequency.
US12249765B2
Disclosed is a method of manufacturing a reflector dish for a compact antenna test range, CATR, and a reflector dish being obtainable by the method. The method comprises providing a first workpiece having an axis of symmetry, and an unprocessed peripheral edge with respect to the axis of symmetry fitting within a maximum milling area of a milling device. The method further comprises milling a concave parabolic frontal surface into the first workpiece in accordance with the axis of symmetry. The method further comprises milling a peripheral surface into the first workpiece with respect to the axis of symmetry. The method further comprises providing four second workpieces. The method further comprises milling a frontal surface into the respective second workpiece. The method further comprises milling a peripheral surface into the respective second workpiece. The method further comprises merging the first workpiece and the second workpieces to form a rectangular main body, wherein the peripheral surfaces abut seamlessly with one another and the frontal surfaces merge seamlessly into one another.
US12249763B2
A lens elements array comprises at least two lens elements aligned along an alignment axis. Each lens element includes a spherical lens and a feed element. The feed elements are tilted such that the RF signals generated by the feed elements have major axes form an angle (preferably between 5° and 30°) other than a perpendicular angle with respect to the alignment axis. The combined RF signals produced collectively by these feed elements have amplitude that has minimal dips across the array. The feed elements that are farther away from the center of the array have higher levels of tilts than the feed elements that are closer to the center of the array.
US12249748B2
A quantum computing chip device provides an edge based capacitive, intra-chip connection. A first chip includes a first signal line with a distal end positioned proximate to or on an edge of the first chip and a proximal end positioned away from the edge of the first chip. A second chip includes a second signal line with a distal end positioned proximate to or on an edge of the second chip and a proximal end positioned away from the edge of the second chip. The first signal line and the second signal line are configured to conduct a signal. The second signal line of the second chip is disposed in alignment for a capacitive bus connection to the first signal line of the first chip.
US12249746B2
Solid polymer electrolyte fuel cell stacks require a significant nominal compressive loading for proper operation and sealing. This loading is typically provided using relatively thick end plates and tight straps. In certain fuel cell applications, one or more solid polymer electrolyte fuel cell stacks are secured in larger enclosures (e.g. for isolation and crashworthiness in automotive applications). The enclosures however can themselves be sturdy enough to provide the necessary loading on the fuel cell stacks within. The present invention takes advantage of that to allow for use of thinner end plates and/or weaker straps which would otherwise be insufficient for use.
US12249741B2
Provided is a fuel cell stack manufacturing method that can achieve a uniform pitch between fuel cells, that is, unit cells, and can increase the sealing properties between the unit cells. The fuel cell stack manufacturing method is a method for manufacturing a fuel cell stack including the lamination of a plurality of unit cells. This method includes a conveying step and a stacking step. The conveying step conveys the unit cell with its opposite ends held in a state where a pair of separators forming the unit cell vertically faces each other. The stacking step stacks in the vertical direction the plurality of unit cells with the gasket interposed therebetween. The upper and lower sides of the unit cells in the stacking step are inverted from those of the unit cells in the conveying step.
US12249739B2
Various three-dimensional battery structures are disclosed, in certain embodiments comprising a battery enclosure and a first plurality of electrodes within the enclosure. The first plurality of electrodes includes a plurality of cathodes and a plurality of anodes. The first plurality of electrodes includes a second plurality of electrodes selected from the first plurality of electrodes. The three-dimensional battery includes a first structural layer within the battery enclosure. Each of the second plurality of electrodes protrudes from the first structural layer. The three-dimensional battery includes a plurality of electrical current-reducing devices within the enclosure. Each of the second plurality of electrodes is coupled to one of the plurality of current-reducing devices.
US12249737B2
A lithium battery cell includes an upper cover module, a first battery electrode group, a second battery electrode group, and a plurality of first electrode connection straps. The first electrode connection straps are stacked together and have the same width and length. A first end of the first electrode connection straps is welded to a first tab, a second end of the first electrode connection straps is welded to a second tab, and a middle part of the first electrode connection straps is welded to a first electrode terminal. An even number of first bending parts are formed between the middle part and the first end, and an even number of second bending parts are formed between the middle part and the second end, and the first bending parts and the second bending parts are symmetrical to each other. Furthermore, a lithium battery cell manufacturing method is also disclosed therein.
US12249734B2
Separators, electrochemical cells and methods are provided, to improve operation of cells such as metal-ion batteries and fuel cells. Separators comprise a porous, ionically conductive film including layered double hydroxide(s) (LDHs), which are functional ceramic additives, removing potentially harmful anions from the electrolyte by incorporating them into the LDH structure of positively-charged sheets with intermediary anions. For example, anions which are electrolyte decomposition products or cathode dissolution products may be absorbed into the LDH to prevent them from causing damage to the cell and shortening the cell's life. LDHs may be incorporated in the separator structure, coated thereupon or otherwise associated therewith. Additional benefits include dimensional stability during thermal excursions, fire retardancy and impurity scavenging.
US12249724B2
Embodiments of the present disclosure provides a battery cell, a battery, an electrical device and a device for preparing a battery cell. The battery cell includes a housing being hollow and including an opening, and an end cover assembly includes an end cover and an insulator. The end cover is configured to be connected to the opening of the housing and at least the part of the end cover is inserted into the housing. A part of the end cover inserted into the housing includes an end surface and a first side surface. The end surface is substantially perpendicular to an insertion direction of the end cover. The first side surface is distributed along a periphery of the end surface and is opposite to an inner wall surface of the housing.
US12249721B2
A fuel cell including a catalyst layer configured to generate liquid water in response to a reactant being in contact therewith. The fuel cell includes a microporous layer having a first region with a first pore size and a second region disposed adjacent to the first region having a second pore size. The first pore size being greater than the second pore size. The microporous layer being configured to transfer the liquid water away from the catalyst layer, such that the liquid water from the catalyst layer enters the first region in response to a capillary pressure of the liquid water being greater than a first capillary pressure. The liquid water enters the second region in response to a capillary pressure of the liquid water being greater than a second capillary pressure. The first capillary pressure being different from the second capillary pressure.
US12249720B2
An electrode assembly of the present invention comprises a cathode active material layer, a cathode current collector, a separator, an anode current collector, and an anode active material layer, which are stacked in order, wherein the current collectors have a plurality of through-holes formed to allow communication between the upper surface and the lower surface of the current collector. The electrode assembly of the present invention has the effect of preventing a rapid temperature increase if an internal short caused by damage to the separator occurs.
US12249718B2
A negative electrode includes a negative electrode active material layer, wherein the negative electrode active material layer includes a negative electrode active material and a conductive material. The negative electrode active material includes SiOx (0≤x<2) particles and the conductive material includes secondary particles in which a portion of one graphene sheet is connected to a portion of an adjacent graphene sheet and a carbon nanotube structure in which 2 to 5,000 single-walled carbon nanotube units are coupled to each other, wherein the oxygen content of the secondary particles is 1 wt % to 10 wt % based on the total weight of the secondary particles, the specific surface area of the secondary particles measured by a nitrogen adsorption BET method is 500 m2/g to 1100 m2/g, and the carbon nanotube structure is included in the negative electrode active material layer in an amount of an 0.01 wt % to 1.0 wt %.
US12249715B2
A composite artificial graphite includes a first graphite and a second graphite. The first graphite includes secondary particles and has a graphite interlayer spacing d002 of 0.33560 nm to 0.33610 nm. The second graphite includes primary particles and has a graphite interlayer spacing d002 of 0.33620 nm to 0.33670 nm. A mass percentage of the first graphite in the composite artificial graphite is 40% to 90%.
US12249711B2
A positive-electrode active material for a lithium-ion secondary battery, wherein an average pore size of the positive-electrode active material is 0.2 μm to 1.0 μm when a pore size is measured in a range of 0.0036 μm to 400 μm.
US12249709B2
A positive electrode composition for a lithium ion secondary battery includes an active material that can occlude and release lithium ions and a conductive material, wherein the active material is a lithium cobalt composite oxide; the conductive material is carbon black and carbon nanotubes; the carbon black has a BET specific surface area of 100 to 400 m2/g and a DBP absorption amount of 210 to 400 ml/100 g; the carbon nanotubes have an average diameter of 20 nm or less, a BET specific surface area of 170 m2/g or more, and an aspect ratio of 50 or more; and a carbon black content X (unit: % by mass) and a carbon nanotube content Y (unit: % by mass) in the positive electrode composition satisfy the following conditions (A) and (B): (A) 0.5≤(X+Y)≤2.0; (B) 0.80≤{X/(X+Y)}≤0.95.
US12249700B2
A battery cooler comprises a refrigerant filling chamber, a refrigerant inflow passage, and a refrigerant outflow passage. The refrigerant filling chamber is sandwiched between opposed battery unit cells and is arranged at a position for receiving heat of the unit cells. The refrigerant inflow passage is connected to a lower portion of the refrigerant filling chamber. The refrigerant outflow passage is connected to an upper portion of the refrigerant filling chamber. The refrigerant filling chamber has at least one joint part joining partially and mutually opposed wall surfaces so as to suppress expansion and deformation of these surfaces caused by the pressure of the refrigerant. An outflow side wall surface rises from a bottom surface of the refrigerant filling chamber toward a connection part of the refrigerant outflow passage. The outflow side wall surface is provided with an inclined surface directed downward from a horizontal direction.
US12249695B2
A battery control device includes: a charging/discharging control unit; an outside air temperature acquiring unit; and a state-of-charge upper limit setting unit setting a state-of-charge upper limit which is an upper limit of the management range of the state of charge when the acquired outside air temperature is lower than a predetermined air temperature to a low-temperature state-of-charge upper limit which is lower than the state-of-charge upper limit when the outside air temperature is higher than the predetermined air temperature. The battery control device further includes a state-of-charge lower limit setting unit setting a state-of-charge lower limit when the acquired outside air temperature is lower than the predetermined air temperature to a low-temperature state-of-charge lower limit which is lower than the state-of-charge lower limit when the outside air temperature is higher than the predetermined air temperature.
US12249682B2
An electrochemical cell module includes a plurality of electrochemical cells stacked on one another and each including an electricity generator and a casing, and a housing accommodating the plurality of electrochemical cells. The casing includes a peripheral portion without overlapping the electricity generator as viewed in the stacking direction. The peripheral portion is bent and has its main surface in contact with an inner side surface of the housing.
US12249681B2
An electrode assembly, a battery, and a battery pack and a vehicle including the same are provided. One end of the electrode assembly includes a plurality of segment alignments in which the plurality of segment groups are aligned along a radial direction, and an electrolyte impregnation portion provided between segment alignments adjacent in a circumferential direction, wherein an end of the first active material portion is exposed between winding turns of the separator. The segments included in the segment alignment are bent toward the core to form a bending surface region. An end of the separator is spaced apart from a criterion line extending in a winding axis direction along a location corresponding to the plurality of cut grooves by 30% or less of a minimum height of the segments forming the bending surface region.
US12249677B2
The bonding layer bonds the electrode on the first surface of the ultraviolet light emitting element and a part of the mounting surface of the substrate. The adhesive layer adheres the substrate to the light transmitting member. The substrate and the light transmitting member are disposed in a state where the ultraviolet light emitting element is sandwiched therebetween. The fluorocarbon compound is a liquid at normal temperature and pressure. The fluorocarbon compound fills a gap between the second surface of the ultraviolet light emitting element and the light transmitting member in a state of being in contact with the second surface and the light transmitting member. The fluorocarbon compound is in contact with the side surface of the ultraviolet light emitting element. The fluorocarbon compound is not in contact with the adhesive layer.
US12249670B2
A micro device structure comprising at least part of an edge of a micro device is covered with a metal-insulator-semiconductor (MIS) structure, wherein the MIS structure comprises a MIS dielectric layer and a MIS gate conductive layer, at least one gate pad provided to the MIS gate conductive layer, and at least one micro device contact extended upwardly on a top surface of the micro device.
US12249669B2
The present invention relates to a photodetector array for capturing image data, comprising: —photodetector cells arranged on a substrate, each including a single-photon avalanche diode, wherein the active areas of the photodetector cells are neighbored along a hexagonal grid; —microlenses, having a hexagonal or circular shape, each arranged on one photodetector cell to focus light onto the photodiode.
US12249652B2
In an oxide semiconductor thin-film transistor, an oxide semiconductor part includes a channel region and a first and a second source/drain regions sandwiching the channel region. An insulator part made of a metal compound having a relative permittivity of not less than 8 is located between a gate electrode part and the oxide semiconductor part. A first compound interfacial part contains constituent elements of the oxide semiconductor part and constituent elements of the insulator part, and has an interface with a first source/drain electrode part and another interface with the first source/drain region. A second compound interfacial part contains constituent elements of the oxide semiconductor part and constituent elements of the insulator part, and has an interface with a second source/drain electrode part and another interface with the second source/drain region.
US12249643B2
A stacked device is provided. The stacked device includes a plurality of dielectric support bridges on a substrate, and a first two-dimensional (2D) channel layer on each of the plurality of dielectric support bridges. The stacked device further includes a gate dielectric sheet on the first two-dimensional (2D) channel layer, and a second two-dimensional (2D) channel layer on the first two-dimensional (2D) channel layer. The stacked device further includes a second gate dielectric layer on the gate dielectric sheets.
US12249638B2
There is provided a structure of a nano memory system. The disclosed unit nano memory cell comprises a single isolated nanoparticle placed on the surface of a semiconductor substrate (301) and an adjacent nano-Schottky contact (303). The nanoparticle works as a storage site where the nano-Schottky contact (303) works as a source or a drain of electrons, in or out of the semiconductor substrate (301), at a relatively small voltage. The electric current through the nano-Schottky contact (303) can be turned on (reading 1) or off (reading 0) by charging or discharging the nanoparticle. Since the electric contact is made by a nano-Scottky contact (303) on the surface and the back contact of the substrate (301), and the charge is stored in a very small nanoparticle, this allows to attain the ultimate device down-scaling. This would also significantly increase the number of nano memory cells on a chip. Moreover, the charging and discharging (writing/erasing), as well as the reading voltages are lower than those needed for CMOS based flash memory cells, due to the small nano-Schottky contact (301) and the small size of the nanoparticle for charge storage.
US12249636B2
A method includes providing a substrate having a first region and a second region, forming a fin protruding from the first region, where the fin includes a first SiGe layer and a stack alternating Si layers and second SiGe layers disposed over the first SiGe layer and the first SiGe layer has a first concentration of Ge and each of the second SiGe layers has a second concentration of Ge that is greater than the first concentration, recessing the fin to form an S/D recess, recessing the first SiGe layer and the second SiGe layers exposed in the S/D recess, where the second SiGe layers are recessed more than the first SiGe layer, forming an S/D feature in the S/D recess, removing the recessed first SiGe layer and the second SiGe layers to form openings, and forming a metal gate structure over the fin and in the openings.
US12249633B2
A problem to be solved is to reduce a leakage current between the gate and the source. Provided is a trench type FFT, where a thickness Δ1 of an oxide insulating layer O1 that is closer to the inner side than a line extending upward from the outer peripheral side of a nitride insulating layer N is ½ of a thickness d of the nitride insulating layer N or more; and a thickness Δ2 of an oxide insulating layer O3 between the upper end of the nitride insulating layer N and a gate region is ½ of the thickness d of the nitride insulating layer N or more.
US12249624B2
A method for manufacturing a SiC-based electronic device, comprising the steps of: implanting, on a front side of a solid body made of SiC having a conductivity of an N type, dopant species of a P type thus forming an implanted region, which extends in the solid body starting from the front side and has a top surface coplanar with the front side; and generating a laser beam directed towards the implanted region in order to generate heating of the implanted region to temperatures comprised between 1500° C. and 2600° C. so as to form a carbon-rich electrical-contact region at the implanted region. The carbon-rich electrical-contact region forms an ohmic contact.
US12249619B2
An integrated circuit including a chip substrate having an upper isolation layer with a pad thereon and a coil located below the pad, where, in a dimension perpendicular to a surface of the chip substrate, a perimeter of the coil overlaps with a perimeter of the pad.
US12249612B2
A fingerprint recognition module is disclosed, and including: a base substrate; a driving circuit layer disposed on a side of the base substrate, and including a plurality of driving transistors arranged in an array; a first insulating layer disposed on a side of the driving circuit layer facing away from the base substrate, and including a plurality of first via holes running through the first insulating layer in a thickness direction of the first insulating layer; a plurality of photoelectric converters disposed on a side of the first insulating layer facing away from the driving circuit layer, and in contact with first electrodes of the plurality of driving transistors through the plurality of first via holes in one-to-one correspondence; a second insulating layer disposed on a side of the first insulating layer facing away from the base substrate.
US12249609B2
A display device includes a substrate and multiple thin film transistors, each of which comprises an active layer having a channel portion, and a gate electrode that overlaps the channel portion of the active layer. The gate electrode includes a first part that at least partially overlaps the channel portion, and a second part having a thickness smaller than that of the first part, at least partially overlapping the channel portion, and light transmittance of the second part is greater than that of the first part.
US12249603B2
Resistor structures of stacked devices and methods of forming the same are provided. The, resistor structures may include a substrate, an upper semiconductor layer that may be spaced apart from the substrate in a vertical direction, a lower semiconductor layer that may be between the substrate and the upper semiconductor layer, and first and second resistor contacts that may be spaced apart from each other in a horizontal direction. At least one of the upper semiconductor layer, the lower semiconductor layer, and a portion of the substrate may contact the first and second resistor contacts.
US12249601B2
An IC device includes a transistor including a gate structure between first and second active areas, a first S/D metal portion overlying the first active area, and a second S/D metal portion overlying the second active area. A load resistor including a third S/D metal portion is positioned on a dielectric layer and in a same layer as the first and second S/D metal portions. A first via overlies the first S/D metal portion, second and third vias overlie the third S/D metal portion, and a first conductive structure is configured to electrically connect the first via to the second via.
US12249593B2
An electronic device includes an interconnect layer, a second chip and a third chip provided on a first side of the interconnect layer, and a first chip provided on a second side of the interconnect layer. The interconnect layer includes conductive members connecting between the first chip and the second chip, and connecting between the first chip and the third chip, respectively. The interconnect layer does not include a conductive member directly connecting between the second chip and the third chip.
US12249581B2
A semiconductor device has a conductive via laterally separated from the semiconductor, an encapsulant between the semiconductor device and the conductive via, and a mark. The mark is formed from characters that are either cross-free characters or else have a overlap count of less than two. In another embodiment the mark is formed using a wobble scan methodology. By forming marks as described, defects from the marking process may be reduced or eliminated.
US12249576B2
A semiconductor device structure includes a first dielectric layer disposed over a semiconductor substrate, and a second dielectric layer disposed over the first dielectric layer. The semiconductor device structure also includes a first conductive plug disposed in the first dielectric layer. A top surface of the first conductive plug is greater than a bottom surface of the first conductive plug. The semiconductor device structure further includes a second conductive plug disposed in the second dielectric layer and directly over the first conductive plug.
US12249562B2
An intelligent power module (IPM) comprises a first transistor die supporting element, a second transistor die supporting element, a third transistor die supporting element, and a fourth transistor die supporting element, a first transistor, a second transistor, a third transistor, a fourth transistor, a fifth transistor, a sixth transistor, a tie bar, a low voltage IC, a high voltage IC, a plurality of leads, a first slanted section, a second slanted section, a third slanted section, a fourth slanted section, a fifth slanted section, and a molding encapsulation. A respective bottom surface of each of the first, second, third, and fourth transistor die supporting elements are exposed from the molding encapsulation.
US12249546B2
An electronic element mounting substrate according to an aspect of the present disclosure is provided with a substrate and a plurality of electrodes. The substrate includes an electronic element mounting region. The plurality of electrodes are located around the electronic element mounting region. The substrate includes the electronic element mounting region and at least one of a first protrusion portion spanning between the plurality of electrodes or a second protrusion portion spanning between the plurality of electrodes from an outer edge of the substrate in a plan view.
US12249539B2
The present disclosure provides a method of making a semiconductor device. The method includes forming a semiconductor stack on a substrate, wherein the semiconductor stack includes first semiconductor layers of a first semiconductor material and second semiconductor layers of a second semiconductor material alternatively stacked on the substrate; patterning the semiconductor stack and the substrate to form a trench and an active region being adjacent the trench; epitaxially growing a liner of the first semiconductor material on sidewalls of the trench and sidewalls of the active region; forming an isolation feature in the trench; performing a rapid thermal nitridation process, thereby converting the liner into a silicon nitride layer; and forming a cladding layer of the second semiconductor material over the silicon nitride layer.
US12249529B2
A light-emitting diode substrate, a manufacturing method thereof, and a display device are disclosed. The manufacturing method of the light-emitting diode substrate includes: forming an epitaxial layer group of M light-emitting diode chips on a substrate; transferring N epitaxial layer groups on N substrates onto a transition carrier substrate, the N epitaxial layer groups on the N substrates being densely arranged on the transition carrier substrate; and transferring at least part of N*M light-emitting diode chips corresponding to the N epitaxial layer groups on the transition carrier substrate onto a driving substrate, an area of the transition carrier substrate is greater than or equal to a sum of areas of the N substrates, M is a positive integer greater than or equal to 2, and N is a positive integer greater than or equal to 2.
US12249524B2
Provided in the embodiments are a transfer structure and a method thereof, and a transfer device and a manufacturing method thereof. The transfer structure includes: a first electrode, a piezoelectric layer, a second electrode and an adhesive layer stacked on a substrate in sequence, wherein the first electrode and the second electrode are insulated from each other. The transfer structure further includes: a position-limiting layer, wherein the position-limiting layer includes a cavity; the piezoelectric layer and at least part of the adhesive layer are located in the cavity of the position-limiting layer; and in the direction perpendicular to the substrate, the distance between the surface, away from the substrate, of the position-limiting layer and the substrate is greater than the distance between the surface, away from the substrate, of the adhesive layer and the substrate.
US12249515B2
An etching method includes: a physical adsorption process of physically adsorbing an adsorbate based on a first processing gas on a film to be etched under a condition that the pressure of the first processing gas is smaller than the saturated vapor pressure of the first processing gas with respect to a temperature of an object to be processed while cooling the object to be processed on which the film to be etched is formed; and an etching process of etching the film to be etched by reacting the adsorbate with the film to be etched by a plasma of a second processing gas.
US12249511B2
A method of forming a semiconductor structure includes annealing a surface of a substrate in an ambient of hydrogen to smooth the surface, pre-cleaning the surface of the substrate, depositing a high-κ dielectric layer on the pre-cleaned surface of the substrate, performing a re-oxidation process to thermally oxidize the surface of the substrate; performing a plasma nitridation process to insert nitrogen atoms in the deposited high-κ dielectric layer, and performing a post-nitridation anneal process to passivate chemical bonds in the plasma nitridated high-κ dielectric layer.
US12249509B2
A method for etching a hardmask layer includes forming a photoresist layer comprising an organometallic material on a hardmask layer comprising a metal-containing material, exposing the photoresist layer to ultraviolet radiation through a mask having a selected pattern, removing un-irradiated areas of the photoresist layer to pattern the photoresist layer, forming a passivation layer comprising a carbon-containing material selectively on a top surface of the patterned photoresist layer, and etching the hardmask layer exposed by the patterned photoresist layer having the passivation layer formed thereon.
US12249502B2
According to one aspect thereof, there is provided a method of manufacturing a semiconductor device, including: forming an oxide film containing a predetermined element on a surface of a substrate provided with a pattern formed thereon by repeatedly performing a cycle including: (a) forming a first layer containing the predetermined element by supplying a source gas containing the predetermined element from an outer periphery of the substrate toward the surface; and (b) forming an oxide layer containing the predetermined element by supplying an oxidizing gas from the outer periphery toward the surface, wherein (a) and (b) are performed non-simultaneously. A supply time of the oxidizing gas is selected such that a thickness distribution of the oxide film becomes a predetermined distribution.
US12249501B2
A method of providing a stable connector used in a deposition apparatus is presented. The method may include forming a dome-shaped electrode connector inside of a ceramic material, drilling out a part of the ceramic material along with a portion of the dome-shaped electrode connector to flatten the electrode connector, and bonding a rod into a remaining part of the electrode connector. The method would provide a stable electrode connector which could hold the entire length of the rod which is bonded onto it. The length of the flattened electrode connector could be 5 mm.
US12249497B2
A sputtering apparatus includes a back plate supporting a sputtering target, a magnet module disposed under the back plate and including a magnet unit reciprocating in a first direction, a first shielding member attached on a portion of the magnet unit, moving together with the magnet unit, and covering at least a portion of the magnet unit, a protective sheet disposed between the back plate and the magnet module, and a second shielding member disposed between the back plate and the magnet module, and having a fixed position.
US12249496B2
Embodiments of the present disclosure provide a semiconductor processing apparatus and a magnetron mechanism thereof. The magnetron mechanism is applied to the semiconductor processing apparatus and includes a backplane, an outer magnetic pole, and an inner magnetic pole. The outer magnetic pole is arranged on a bottom surface of the backplane and encloses to form accommodation space. The inner magnetic pole is arranged on the bottom surface of the backplane and located in the accommodation space. The inner magnetic pole can move to change corrosion areas of the target material. The distance between the inner magnetic pole and the outer magnetic pole is always greater than a predetermined distance during the movement. With the semiconductor processing apparatus and the magnetron mechanism thereof of embodiments of the present disclosure can achieve the full target corrosion in a sputtering environment in a high-pressure state.
US12249481B2
Systems directed to a stage apparatus in an electron beam inspection tool to inspect a sample are disclosed. The stage apparatus comprises a short stroke stage; a long stroke stage; a first sensor configured to measure a position of the short stroke stage with respect to a measurement reference; one or more roller bearings configured to support the long stroke stage; and a controller having circuitry and configured to control a motion of the long stroke stage and a motion of the short stroke stage for following movement of the reference at least partly based on measurement from the first sensor, wherein the controller is operable such that control of the long stroke stage is decoupled from the movement of the reference in at least a part of operation of the stage apparatus for reducing debris generation of the one or more roller bearings.
US12249477B2
The present invention relates to large area field emission devices based on the incorporation of macroscopic, microscopic, and nanoscopic field enhancement features and a designed forced current sharing matrix layer to enable a stable high-current density long-life field emission device. The present invention pertains to a wide range of field emission sources and is not limited to a specific field emission technology. The invention is described as an X-ray electron source but can be applied to any application requiring a high current density electron source.
US12249472B2
A load control device may control power delivered to an electrical load from an AC power source. The load control device may include a controllably conductive device adapted to be coupled in series electrical connection between the AC power source and the electrical load, a zero-cross detect circuit configured to generate a zero-cross signal representative of the zero-crossings of an AC voltage. The zero-cross signal may be characterized by pulses occurring in time with the zero-crossings of the AC voltage. The load control device may include a control circuit operatively coupled to the controllably conductive device and the zero cross detect circuit. The control circuit may be configured to identify a rising-edge time and a falling-edge time of one of the pulses of the zero-cross signal, and may control a conductive state of the controllably conductive device based on the rising-edge time and the falling-edge time of the pulse.
US12249470B2
An energy harvesting circuit for harvesting energy from a medium voltage power line. The energy harvesting circuit includes an input capacitor electrically coupled to the power line and storing power therefrom, and a flyback converter including a primary coil and a secondary coil. The harvesting circuit further includes a switching circuit electrically coupled in series with the primary coil and being operable to electrically connect and disconnect the input capacitor to and from the primary coil, where the switching circuit includes an input voltage regulation feedback circuit for regulating an input voltage provided to the switching circuit from the input capacitor. The harvesting circuit also includes an output capacitor electrically coupled to the secondary coil and the actuator, where the output capacitor is charged by the secondary coil when the switching circuit is closed to provide power to an actuator to close a vacuum interrupter.
US12249469B2
A circuit breaker may include a first magnetic actuator connected to a first single-phase vacuum interrupter, a second magnetic actuator connected to a second single-phase vacuum interrupter, and a third magnetic actuator connected to the third single-phase vacuum interrupter. Each magnetic actuator is configured to receive an interrupt signal, and in response, actuate a respective vacuum interrupter connected thereto into an open circuit condition. Each magnetic actuator includes a fixed core, a plurality of permanent magnets surrounding the fixed core, and a movable core received within the fixed core. A controller generates an interrupt signal to a respective magnetic actuator and interrupts one or more of the first, second and third single-phase vacuum interrupters.
US12249463B2
Provided is a heat dissipating capacitor comprising internal electrodes of opposing polarity forming a capacitive couple between external terminations. A dielectric is between the internal electrodes. The heat dissipating capacitor comprises at least one thermal dissipation layer and at least one thermal conductive termination wherein the thermal dissipation layer is in thermally conductive contact with the thermal conductive termination.
US12249454B2
An inductor component includes a main body including a magnetic layer, an inductor wiring disposed in the main body, and vertical wirings each of which is connected to the inductor wiring and each of which extends from a portion in which the vertical wiring and the inductor wiring are connected to each other to a first main surface of the main body. A second main surface of the main body is located on the side of the inductor wiring that is opposite to the side of the inductor wiring on which the first main surface is located. The first main surface is covered with a first outer layer having an insulating property, and the second main surface is covered with a second outer surface having an insulating property. The first outer layer and the second outer layer each contain a colorant.
US12249450B2
An improved magnetic tunnel junction with two oxide interfaces on each side of a ferromagnetic layer (FML) leads to higher PMA in the FML. The novel stack structure allows improved control during oxidation of the top oxide layer. This is achieved by the use of a FML with a multiplicity of ferromagnetic sub-layers deposited in alternating sequence with one or more non-magnetic layers. The use of non-magnetic layers each with a thickness of 0.5 to 10 Angstroms and with a high resputtering rate provides a smoother FML top surface, inhibits crystallization of the FML sub-layers, and reacts with oxygen to prevent detrimental oxidation of the adjoining ferromagnetic sub-layers. The FML can function as a free or reference layer in an MTJ. In an alternative embodiment, the non-magnetic material such as Mg, Al, Si, Ca, Sr, Ba, and B is embedded by co-deposition or doped in the FML layer.
US12249449B2
There is provided a soft magnetic powder in which when a volume-based particle size distribution is measured by a laser diffraction scattering type particle size distribution measuring device, and the particle size distribution is plotted in an orthogonal coordinate system in which a horizontal axis represents a particle diameter and a vertical axis represents a relative particle amount to draw a particle size distribution curve, the particle size distribution curve has a first peak having a local maximum at a particle diameter D1 [μm] and a second peak having a local maximum at a particle diameter D2 [μm] that is larger than the particle diameter D1, the particle diameter D1 is in a range of 1.0 μm or more and 16.0 μm or less, and a difference D2−D1 between the particle diameter D1 and the particle diameter D2 satisfies the following formulas (A-1) and (A-2). D2−D1=k1×D1 (A-1) 1.0≤k1≤15.0 (A-2)
US12249448B2
A resistor is provided with a resistance body and a pair of electrodes connected to the resistance body (a first electrode body, a second electrode body), the resistance body being arranged so as to be at least separated away from a substrate board (a circuit board) when mounted on the substrate board (the circuit board), wherein the resistor has the oxide film on at least one of the resistance body and each of the electrodes (the first electrode body, the second electrode body) at a boundary portion (a bonded portion, a bonded portion) between the resistance body and each of the electrodes (the first electrode body, the second electrode body) on the mounting surface of the resistor.
US12249446B2
A variable resistor includes: a first substrate having a first main surface; a resistor disposed on the first main surface; a first wiring pattern disposed on the first main surface and connected to the resistor; a spacer having an opening; a second substrate that: has second and third main surfaces, and is disposed on the first substrate via the spacer such that the second main surface is opposed to the first main surface; a connecting body that is: disposed on the second main surface such that the connecting body is disposed in the opening, and configured to electrically connect to the resistor by pushing of a pusher from the third main surface; and a second wiring pattern. A resistance value between the first wiring pattern and the second wiring pattern is changed based on a pushing position of the pusher.
US12249441B2
A transmission line including a conductor and a dielectric layer, wherein the dielectric layer includes plural bubbles and plural acicular nucleating agents, and when, based on observed lengths of the plurality of acicular nucleating agents observed in a cross section of the dielectric layer, the nucleating agents having lengths longer than a median value of the observed lengths are classified into a long nucleating agent group and the nucleating agents having lengths shorter than the median value of the observed lengths are classified into a short nucleating agent group, an average length of the nucleating agents in the long nucleating agent group is 3.5 times or less an average length of the nucleating agents in the short nucleating agent group.
US12249437B2
The present invention relates to assemblies and method for obtaining a container comprising 212Pb on the walls obtained from a 212Pb precursor isotope source. The invention provides an improved system and method for producing 212Pb in high purity without the need for processing, with high yields, and which safely and efficiently can be transported to the locations where it is to be used.
US12249433B2
A coordinated fueling system satisfying thousand-second pulsed plasma discharge, including a gas puffing system, a supersonic molecular beam injection system, an ice pellet injection system, a fusion device, a gas puffing port of a wave antenna, a divertor and a plasma. The gas puffing system, the supersonic molecular beam injection system and the ice pellet injection system are provided at different positions of the fusion device to perform deuterium-tritium plasma discharge in a magnetic confinement fusion device. Through coordination of different moments, positions and fueling methods in plasma establishment and maintenance stages, of the stable thousand-second density control of the fusion device, boundary parameters adjustment of the plasma required for wave coupling and effective control of a heat flux of the divertor can be satisfied. A coordinated fueling method is also provided.
US12249432B2
A remote healthcare system is described. The remote healthcare system includes a system interface that includes patient and user interfaces in the form of electronic device applications that are accessed by a patient and a user, respectively. The remote healthcare communication system enables secure, HIPAA compliant phone, video, and data-sharing between the patient and user. During a video session, the user may be able to access the patient's medical records and/or other patient health-related data.
US12249429B2
Some embodiments include a computer-assisted method of biomedical treatment design. For example, a computer system can select a compound model associated with a candidate compound that is structured to bind to a biological target to modulate the biological target into achieving a therapeutic effect. The computer system can then identify a structural feature in the compound model as a hinge region that connects domains in the candidate compound. The computer system then determines a mutation process to introduce a mutation at the hinge region such that the mutation activates the candidate compound. The computer system then generates an updated compound model based on the mutation added to the candidate compound to present in a treatment design interface.
US12249425B2
A device, system and method is provided for predicting risk of hypoglycemia and adjusting an insulin medicament dose size for a subject being on pen based multi-daily injections. A first algorithm is provided for computing a first insulin dose size based on a plurality of timestamped blood glucose (BG) measurements and insulin injected dose sizes. A risk prediction module is adapted to, based on machine learning algorithms, predict risk of hypoglycemia based on the timestamped BG measurements and calculate a second insulin dose size resulting in a non-hypoglycemic state. In case the second dose size is lower than the first dose size, the first dose size is automatically adjusted down to the second dose size and communicated as the recommended dose size to the subject.
US12249418B2
A smart patch includes a computing device to monitor user health metrics. The smart patch also includes an adhesive coupled to a cradle with an opening and coupled to at least two electrodes capable of electrically coupling to the user. The computing device contains one or more sensors, a battery and a sensor window. The sensors are configured to interface with the user to generate physiological data associated with the user's health. The battery is configured to power the sensors. The computing device is removably coupled to the cradle. The cradle is configured to engage the computing device securing the computing device to the adhesive. The electrodes electrically couple to the user's skin and conduct electrical signals between the user and the computing device.
US12249417B2
A detection unit detects a lesion candidate contained in display frame data (a tomographic image), using a machine learned detection model. An exclusion processing unit collates a feature vector of the detected lesion candidate with feature vectors registered in an exclusion database to determine whether the detected lesion candidate is an exclusion target. When the detected lesion candidate is an exclusion target, a mark display control unit restricts display of a mark for indicating a lesion candidate.
US12249414B2
Systems and methods herein describe a mental health management system. The mental health management system accesses patient data associated with a patient from a database, determines that the patient is associated with a trigger event, identifies a category associated with the trigger event, generates a notification based on the trigger event and the identified category, validates the notification based on a notification history and transmits the notification to a computing device.
US12249411B2
A pharmacy automation system having a robot having a hardware device and a software for internal mapping to perform simultaneous localization and mapping (SLAM) is disclosed herein. The robot is configured to use the SLAM technique to carry out at least the following different interactions: the robot communicates autonomously with a physician or an assistant directly or via an intermediary; the robot interacts with an inventory of goods and browses the inventory of goods to determine if a prescribed medication is available in the pharmacy; if the prescribed medication is available in the pharmacy, the robot interacts with a medication dispenser, using the internal mapping to fill a container with the prescribed medication, and store the container; when a patient or a proxy arrives to pick up the prescribed medication, the robot checks and approves an identification of the patient or the proxy; and when the patient or proxy presents a prescription containing the prescribed medication, the robot retrieves the container with the prescribed medication and hands the container with the prescribed medication over to the patient or proxy.
US12249405B2
Systems and methods are disclosed for providing virtual assays of an oil sample such as crude oil based on time of flight mass spectroscopy (TOF-MS) carried out on the oil sample, and the density of the oil sample. The virtual assay provides a full range of information about fractions of the oil sample including naphtha, gas oil, vacuum gas oil, vacuum residue, and other information about the properties of the oil sample. Using the system and method herein, the virtual assay data pertaining to these several fractions of the oil sample and the oil sample itself are obtained without fractionation of the oil sample into the several components.
US12249400B2
An on-chip memory is provided. The memory includes wordline sections, input/output (I/O) circuitry, and control circuitry. Each wordline section includes a number of wordlines, and each wordline section is coupled to a different wordline control circuitry. The control circuitry is configured to, in response to receiving an access request including an address, decode the address including determine, based on the address, an associated wordline, and determine, based on the associated wordline, an associated wordline section. The control circuitry is further configured to apply power to wordline control circuitry coupled to the associated wordline section, and access the address.
US12249399B2
A memory device includes a set of inputs, and a first register that includes a first register field to store a value for enabling application of one of a plurality of command/address (CA) on-die termination (ODT) impedance values to first inputs that receive the CA signals; and a second register field to store a value for enabling application of one of a plurality of chip select (CS) ODT impedance values to a second input that receives the CS signal. A third register field may store a value for enabling application of a clock (CK) ODT impedance value to third inputs that receive the CK signal.
US12249398B2
Provided are a data transmission circuit, a data transmission method, and a storage device. The data transmission circuit includes a controllable delay module and a mode register data processing unit. The controllable delay module is configured to generate a delayed read command in response to a mode register read command. The mode register data processing unit is configured to read setting parameters from a mode register in response to the mode register read command, and to output the setting parameters in response to the delayed read command. Here, a time difference between a start moment of outputting of the setting parameters and a moment when the controllable delay module receives the mode register read command is a first preset threshold.
US12249396B2
In a non-volatile memory system that initially writes data in a binary format and then folds the stored data into a multi-level format, transfers of host data from the memory controller to the memory dies of the system are performed during both foggy and fine phases of the multi-level programming as data latches are released, allowing the transfer times to be hidden behind the programming. To improve data throughput one sub-set of the memory dies perform their foggy phase programming while another sub-set of the memory dies perform their fine phase programming, resulting in non-overlapping transfer windows for host data transfers for the two sub-sets of memory dies.
US12249392B2
A memory controller includes a register to store phase offset value. The phase offset value represents a phase relationship between a memory request signal component and a reference signal. The phase offset value is established through write and read back testing. Transmit circuitry applies the phase offset value in launching the memory request signal component from the IC memory controller to an IC memory device.
US12249389B2
A memory system includes a semiconductor memory device including a plurality of memory cells each configured to store data in a non-volatile manner according to a threshold voltage thereof and connected to a word line, and a controller configured to perform an error correction based on hard bit data and soft bit data read from the plurality of memory cells, generate a first table based on corrected data, determine a voltage difference between a first voltage and a second voltage, the first voltage being a voltage applied to the word line when the data being corrected is read, and correct the first table based on the voltage difference.
US12249383B2
A shift register and a driving method therefor, a gate driving circuit and a display device are provided, wherein the shift register includes a pull-up control sub-circuit configured to provide a signal of a first signal terminal or a second signal terminal to a pull-up control node under control of a first input terminal and a second output terminal; the pull-down control sub-circuit is configured to provide a signal of a first power supply terminal or a second power supply terminal to a pull-down node under control of the pull-up control node, the first signal terminal, the second signal terminal, a first clock signal terminal and a second clock signal terminal; the output sub-circuit is configured to supply a signal of a third clock signal terminal to a first output terminal and a signal of a fourth clock signal terminal to the second output terminal.
US12249381B2
A memory device having a memory array with a plurality of memory cells electrically coupled to a plurality of wordlines and a plurality of bitlines and control logic coupled with the memory array. The control logic perform operations including: determining a metadata value characterizing a first read level voltage of a highest threshold voltage distribution of a subset of the plurality of memory cells, wherein the metadata value comprises at least one of a failed byte count or a failed bit count; adjusting, based on the metadata value, a second read level voltage for a second-highest threshold voltage distribution of the subset of the plurality of memory cells; and causing, to perform an initial calibrated read of the subset of the plurality of memory cells, the adjusted second read level voltage to be applied to a wordline of the plurality of wordlines to read the second-highest threshold voltage distribution.
US12249375B2
Provided herein is a memory device that may include a string, a voltage generation circuit, a page buffer, and a channel initializing circuit. The string may include select transistors and memory cells coupled in series between a bit line and a source line. The page buffer may be configured to precharge or discharge the bit line. The voltage generation circuit may be configured to apply a turn-on voltage or a turn-off voltage to select lines coupled to the select transistors, apply at least one operating voltage to word lines coupled to the memory cells, or discharge the select lines or the word lines. The channel initializing circuit may be configured to control the voltage generation circuit and the page buffer so as to initialize a channel of the string when an operation performed on the memory cells is completed or is suspended before being completed.
US12249373B2
Disclosed are an OTS-based dynamic storage structure and an operation method thereof. The OTS-based dynamic storage structure includes a plurality of storage units distributed in an array, and each storage unit includes an OTS gating transistor and a storage capacitor. The OTS gating transistor has two states, namely, high resistance state and low resistance state. When the voltage across the OTS gating transistor exceeds the threshold voltage Vth, the OTS gating transistor is switched from the high resistance state to the low resistance state. When the voltage across the OTS gating transistor in the low resistance state is lower than the holding voltage Vhold, the OTS gating transistor is switched from the low resistance state to the high resistance state.
US12249370B2
Techniques are provided for accessing two memory cells of a memory tile concurrently. A memory tile may include a plurality of self-selecting memory cells addressable using a row decoder and a column decoder. A memory controller may access a first self-selecting memory cell of the memory tile using a first pulse having a first polarity to the first self-selecting memory cell. The memory controller may also access a second self-selecting memory cell of the memory tile concurrently with accessing the first self-selecting memory cell using a second pulse having a second polarity different than the first polarity. The memory controller may determine characteristics of the pulses to mitigate disturbances of unselected self-selecting memory cells of the memory tile.
US12249358B2
Aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to a magnetic recording head assembly that includes an external alternating current (AC) source. A magnetic recording head of the magnetic recording head assembly includes a conductive structure between a main pole and a trailing shield. The conductive structure includes a conductive layer, and the conductive layer is nonmagnetic. The magnetic recording head assembly also includes an external AC source to supply AC current that flows through the conductive structure. In one aspect, the conductive structure is between a coil structure and the trailing shield, and the external AC source is coupled to the coil structure. The conductive structure and the external AC source facilitate consistently providing an enhanced AC writing field to facilitate effective and reliable writing, high ADC, high SNR, and reduced jitter.
US12249354B2
According to one embodiment, a recording-current supplying section configured to supply a recording current used to excite a magnetic pole to thereby make a magnetic flux flow through the magnetic pole, supplies higher recording currents to those of a plurality of magnetic heads, located more outwardly in a direction along a same axis of rotation, as compared to ones of the plurality of magnetic heads, located closer to a middle position of an interval between the magnetic disks arranged at both ends in the direction along the same axis of rotation.
US12249338B2
A digital assistant function is provided to individual users even when a primary device having the digital assistant function is at a location away from a hand of a user. An information processing device that relays sound data to a primary device that executes a digital assistant process includes: a sound acquiring unit that acquires surrounding sounds as sound data; a destination device determination unit that determines a destination primary device which is the primary device that is a destination of the sound data; a transmitting and receiving unit that transmits the sound data to the destination primary device and receives, from the destination primary device, a result of a digital assistant process executed depending on the sound data as a reply; and a reply presentation unit that presents the reply received at the transmitting and receiving unit.
US12249335B2
Techniques for providing natural language understanding (NLU) services to contact centers are disclosed herein. An example method includes receiving, at a cloud NLU connector, a data stream from a contact center that includes an audio stream, extracting the audio stream from the data stream, and transmitting the audio stream through a secure network to a cloud-based NLU hub. The cloud-based NLU hub is communicatively coupled to a plurality of cloud-based NLU service providers and stores a plurality of user NLU profiles that each designate one or more cloud-based NLU service providers to provide NLU services. The example method further includes determining one or more designated cloud-based NLU service providers to provide at least one NLU service corresponding to the audio stream, and causing the one or more designated cloud-based NLU service providers to process the audio stream in accordance with the at least one NLU service.
US12249332B2
Techniques for determining a command or intent likely to be subsequently invoked by a user of a system are described. A user inputs a command (either via a spoken utterance or textual input) to a system. The system determines content responsive to the command. The system also determines a second command or corresponding intent likely to be invoked by the user subsequent to the previous command. Such determination may involve analyzing pairs of intents, with each pair being associated with a probability that one intent of the pair will be invoked by a user subsequent to a second intent of the pair. The system then outputs first content responsive to the first command and second content soliciting the user as to whether the system to execute the second command.
US12249330B2
An electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes a processor and a memory storing instructions which, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to obtain information of a wireless audio device wirelessly connectable to the electronic device, determine whether an utterance of a user is a device-controlling utterance for a target device which is a target of remote control in response to the information of the wireless audio device, and suggest switching a connection of the wireless audio device to the target device based on an intent in the utterance of the user. Other example embodiments, in addition to the foregoing example embodiment, are also applicable.
US12249325B2
Examples of the disclosure relate to an apparatus that provides a decimator for audio signals. The apparatus comprises means for: receiving one or more audio input signals and applying a multi-stage decimation process to the one or more audio input signals wherein the multi-stage decimation process comprises at least a first branch and a second branch. The apparatus also comprises means for applying audio signal analysis to the one or more audio input signals. The audio signal analysis extracts at least one audio signal parameter from the one or more audio input signals and is performed on the output of the first branch of the multi-stage decimation process. Use of the second branch of the multi-stage decimation process is dependent upon the outcome of the audio signal analysis.
US12249319B2
Implementations relate to determining a language for speech recognition of a spoken utterance, received via an automated assistant interface, for interacting with an automated assistant. Implementations can enable multilingual interaction with the automated assistant, without necessitating a user explicitly designate a language to be utilized for each interaction. Selection of a speech recognition model for a particular language can based on one or more interaction characteristics exhibited during a dialog session between a user and an automated assistant. Such interaction characteristics can include anticipated user input types, anticipated user input durations, a duration for monitoring for a user response, and/or an actual duration of a provided user response.
US12249317B2
A method includes receiving audio features and generating a latent speech representation based on the audio features. The method also includes generating a target quantized vector token and a target token index for a corresponding latent speech representation. The method also includes generating a contrastive context vector for a corresponding unmasked or masked latent speech representation and deriving a contrastive self-supervised loss based on the corresponding contrastive context vector and the corresponding target quantized vector token. The method also include generating a high-level context vector based on the contrastive context vector and, for each high-level context vector, learning to predict the target token index at the corresponding time step using a cross-entropy loss based on the target token index. The method also includes predicting speech recognition hypotheses for the utterance and training a multilingual automatic speech recognition (ASR) model using an unsupervised loss and a supervised loss.
US12249305B2
An information processing method implemented by a computer, the information processing method including, generating pedal data representing an operation period of a pedal that extends sound production by key depression, from playing data representing a playing content.
US12249303B2
A mouthpiece for use with brass-wind musical instruments which includes an elliptical cup with conical section internal contour and a high-mass design.
US12249302B2
A stringed instrument bridge comprising: a bridge body; a receiving surface located on the bridge body; a first angled member abutting a first side of the receiving surface, the first angled member having a first angled surface with a first threaded hole; a second angled member abutting a second side of the receiving surface, the second side on an opposite side from the first side, the second angled member having a second angled surface with a second threaded hole; a plurality of saddles, each saddle configured to sit the receiving surface; a first wedge lock, the first wedge lock having a first slotted screw hole, the first wedge lock configured to attach to the bridge body at the first angled member via a first screw configured to engage the first slotted screw hole and the first threaded hole; a second wedge lock, the second wedge lock having a second slotted screw hole, the second wedge lock configured to attach to the bridge body at the second angled member via a second screw configured to engage the second slotted screw hole and the second threaded hole; where when the first and second wedge locks are loosely attached to the first and second angle members, the saddles may be adjusted into an adjusted position with respect to the receiving surface; and where when first screw is tightened and the second screw is tightened, the first and second wedge locks fixedly hold the saddles in the adjusted position. The invention also relates to a saddle for a stringed instrument bridge, the saddle comprising: a first threaded hole extending from the bottom side to the top curved surface on the first side of the peak; a second threaded hole extending from the bottom side to the top curved surface on the second side of the peak; the first threaded hole and the second threaded hole are both offset from the longitudinal centerplane and configured to allow tool clearance from and instrument string; and an unthreaded through hole from the first vertical planar surface to the second vertical planar surface, the unthreaded through hole having a domed shape; a retention wire threaded hole extending from the bottom side up into the bottom surface of the unthreaded through hole; a retention wire set screw configured to screw into the retention wire threaded hole and further configured to impinge a retention wire against the top surface of the unthreaded through hole; and the domed shape configured to center a retention wire over a retention wire set screw.
US12249301B2
A timpani percussion mallet for use with a timpani musical instrument by a timpani player, the mallet comprising: a shaft having a first end that is for a timpani player to hold, and also having an opposite second end that is for the timpani player striking a part of the timpani musical instrument, wherein the shaft comprises at least one tube with outer walls, wherein the tube contains within the outer walls a plurality of segments including a first segment comprising a first solid segment material and a second solid segment comprising a second segment material different from the first solid segment material, and optional additional segments with optional additional solid segment materials, wherein the first and second segments are each non-movable within the tube, wherein the first segment is located closer to the first end, and the second segment is located closer to the second end, wherein the first segment and the second segment have different densities to provide the timpani percussion mallet and shaft with a controlled density gradient to control center of mass, moment of inertia, and/or vibration mitigation for the timpani percussion mallet. A palette of mallets and sounds are provided for the elite player.
US12249293B2
A digital-to-analog converter for effectively performing offset cancellation driving to reduce output variations includes: a decoder receiving a K-bit digital data signal and first and second voltages and generating 2K voltages each indicating the first or second voltage according to the digital data signal; and a differential amplifier outputting an output voltage having one of 2K voltage levels obtained by dividing the voltage between the first and second voltages into 2K voltage levels. The differential amplifier includes a MUX receiving 2K voltages, 2K differential pairs, and an amplification stage to which outputs of the 2K differential pairs are supplied. The MUX performs voltage supply to input terminals of each differential pair to actively cause that, in each differential pair, the input voltage to one input terminal in a first state differs from the input voltage to the other input terminal in a subsequent second state.
US12249291B2
Methods for driving color electrophoretic displays including a plurality of display pixels capable of producing a set of primary colors. The method comprises defining a separation cumulate threshold array and using the separation cumulate threshold array to identify areas of the electrophoretic display that are better suited for dithering and not dithering the areas of the electrophoretic display that exceed the separation cumulate threshold.
US12249289B2
A circuit device includes: a color correction circuit configured to perform color correction on image data to output display image data to a display device; a reverse color correction circuit configured to perform reverse color correction of the color correction on the display image data to output image data after being subjected to the reverse color correction; and a comparison circuit configured to compare the image data with the image data after being subjected to the reverse color correction to output a result of the comparison as error detection information of the display image data.
US12249283B2
According to one embodiment, a display apparatus includes a plurality of semiconductor layers, a first insulation film, a first conductive layer, a second insulation film and a display element includes a second conductive layer. The first conductive layer and the second conductive layer are opposed to each other to form a capacitance unit.
US12249281B2
A display device includes display pixels arranged in a display area of a display panel, infrared light emitting pixels arranged in the display area to alternate with the display pixels, light sensing pixels arranged in the display area to alternate with the infrared light emitting pixels, a display scan driver supplying display scan signals to the display pixels and the infrared light emitting pixels, a light sensing driver sequentially supplying sensing scan signals to the light sensing pixels, and a component detection circuit for analyzing biomarker information using light sensing signals received from the light sensing pixels, which are based on light reflected from an object in front of the display panel.
US12249280B2
The present application discloses a display panel and a display device. The display panel comprises pixel circuits, collecting modules and feedback modules, and the pixel circuit comprises a driving module, a data writing module and a light-emitting module; wherein the data writing module is configured to transmit a voltage output by a data signal terminal to the driving module; the driving module and the light-emitting module are electrically connected between a first power supply terminal and a second power supply terminal, and the driving module is configured to generate a driving current according to the voltage from the data signal terminal and a voltage from the first power supply terminal to drive the light-emitting module to emit light; the collecting module is configured to collect at least one of a voltage actually received by the driving module and a voltage actually received by the driving module.
US12249279B2
Provided is a display substrate, a drive method thereof and a display apparatus, the display substrate includes: a first drive mode and a second drive mode, the first drive mode has a refresh rate less than that of the second drive mode, wherein the contents displayed on the display substrate include a plurality of display frames, in the first drive mode, the display frames include: a refresh frame and at least one maintain frame; the display substrate includes pixel circuits arranged in an array, the pixel circuits include a data signal line and a first initial signal line; the data signal line provides a first data signal in the maintain frame, the voltage value of the first data signal is constant, and/or the first initial signal line provides a first initial signal in the refresh frame and the maintain frame, the first initial signal is an AC signal.
US12249278B2
A microdisplay comprising a light emitting OLED stack on top of a silicon-based backplane with individually addressable pixels and control circuitry wherein the light emitting OLED stack has three or more OLED units between a top electrode and a bottom electrode; and the control circuitry of the silicon-based backplane comprises at least two transistors with their channels connected in series between an external power source VDD, and the bottom electrode of the OLED stack. The light-emitting OLED stack preferably has a Vth of at least 7.5V or more. The control circuit can include a protection circuit comprised of a p-n diode, preferably a bipolar junction transistor.
US12249277B2
The present disclosure provides an system on chip and a display device. The system on chip includes a shared storage unit, a micro-processing unit, a display calibration unit, and an image processing unit. In response to a calibration instruction, the display calibration unit obtain image sampling data in the shared storage unit to perform a compensation computation operation and generate optical compensation data. In response to a display instruction, the image processing unit obtains display configuration data and the optical compensation data in the shared storage unit to perform a picture compensation operation.
US12249270B2
A display panel, a method for driving a display panel, and a display apparatus are provided. The display panel includes first sub-pixels. At least one of the first sub-pixels includes a first pixel circuit and a first light-emitting element. The first pixel circuit includes a display controller and a detector that are electrically connected to a first electrode of the first light-emitting element, respectively. An operating process of the first pixel circuit includes a detection stage. In the detection stage, the detector is turned on to detect a voltage of the first electrode of the first light-emitting element.
US12249265B2
A display panel includes first circuit groups and gate signal lines. The first circuit groups are in a transition region and arranged along a first direction to form a first circuit row. One or more first circuit rows are arranged along a second direction. The first direction intersects the second direction. An i-th row of the first circuit rows in are electrically connected to an i-th gate signal line, and adjacent first circuit groups have a first spacing region. The first spacing region has a dimension of L1 along the first direction. A j-th row of the first circuit rows is electrically connected to a j-th gate signal line, and adjacent first circuit groups along the j-th gate signal line have a second spacing region. The second spacing region has a dimension of L2 along the first direction, where L1>L2.
US12249250B1
A system and method for extended spectrum ultrasound training using tags placed on animate and/or inanimate objects. The system combines the use of tags, a reader, and a 3-DOF motion tracker to train a user in finding image windows and optimal image views in an ultrasound simulation environment.
US12249244B2
A system may include a display and a processor communicatively coupled to the display. The processor may be configured to: output, to the display, a view of an airport moving map (AMM); receive aircraft state data and airport surface data; at least based on the current position of the aircraft and at least one factor, obtain commonly used taxi route data from a data structure, the data structure including taxi route data, the taxi route data including information of commonly used taxi routes for the airport, wherein the commonly used taxi route data includes information of a commonly used taxi route for the aircraft on the airport surface; based at least on the commonly used taxi route data, the aircraft state data, and the airport surface data, generate taxi routing guidance content; and output, to the display, the taxi routing guidance content.
US12249240B2
A communication device includes a target locating unit configured to locate a position of a target having a risk of approaching a moving body. The communication device includes a transmission unit configured to transmit request information including positional information of an external terminal, for which the positional information is requested, based on the position of the target located by the target locating unit. The communication device includes a reception unit configured to receive response information with respect to the request information. The transmission unit is configured to transmit warning information based on the positional information of the external terminal included in the response information.
US12249231B2
Alarm system arrangements (e.g., methods, apparatus, etc.) including receiving data originating from an entity located outside of a monitored premise, the data providing information detailing an impending request for temporary access of the monitored premise; and using the data to determine a predefined access plan to allow the temporary access to a predefined sub-area of the premises without triggering an alarm event, and to implement the predefined access plan at a time of receipt of an actual request for the temporary access. One example involves using the data to determine a predefined access plan which includes temporarily disabling of the alarm system's ability to recognize an alarm event with respect to activities occurring with respect to a predefined sub-area of the premises during the temporary access, and to implement the predefined access plan at a time relative to receipt of an actual request for the temporary access.
US12249215B2
An electronic fund transfer system and method for transferring a plurality of electronic funds from a financial account to a gaming device is described. The method includes enabling a handheld mobile communication device to receive a user instruction that transfers electronic funds from the financial account to the gaming device associated with a casino management system. A host system communicates with the gaming credit system via a local network. A funds management portal communicates with the host system and a secure payment gateway. The funds management portal receives a record of the electronic funds transfer from the user financial account. The method enables the funds management portal to send instructions to the host system that issues an electronic credit to the gaming device. The electronic credit corresponds to the electronic funds from the financial account. A ticket, which is associated with the electronic credit, is received by the gaming device.
US12249199B2
An authorization approach to physical access uses identity attributes, doors/readers attributes, time of the day, and policies to determine access rights to facilities and physical spaces in real-time, based on three criteria: who, when, and what. Embodiments address the constantly changing physical access needs of companies as those needs evolve.
US12249198B2
A deterioration estimation device that is provided in an in-vehicle component (such as an ECU) mounted in a vehicle includes a processor, and the processor is configured to acquire information about a temperature variation of the in-vehicle component based on electric power generated by a solar panel mounted in the vehicle, and estimate deterioration of the in-vehicle component based on the acquired information about the temperature variation of the in-vehicle component.
US12249196B2
The disclosure provides a method and system for measuring steering angle error of a vehicle. The method includes the following steps: a rotating step is performed first, and the rotating step is to continuously rotate the steering wheel left and right between a left position relative to the center and a right position relative to the center when the vehicle is driving. A time-series change of the steering angle of the vehicle and a time-series change of a turning radius of the vehicle in the rotating step are obtained to calculate a response delay of the turning radius. Afterwards, the correlation expression of the turning radius is calculated, and the correlation expression corrects the response delay corresponding to the steering angle at multiple time points. Based on the correlation expression, the steering angle under the condition where the turning radius is 0 is defined as the steering angle error.
US12249188B2
The inventive apparatus for printing, sending, receiving and counting absentee ballots, comprises a printer for creating a plurality of ballots, each of the ballots bearing a unique code device containing a unique identification code and a would-be voter personal computing device for sending a communication from a would be voter requesting a ballot and for sending personal identification information. The personal computing device must receive a biometric to become activated. A board of elections computing device receives a communication from a would-be voter requesting a ballot, the board of elections computing device being operated by software which causes it to execute a number of program steps comprising verifying that the personal computing device must receive a biometric to become activated, receiving personal identification information from the would-be voter personal computing device, and comparing the received personal identification information with voter record information contained in the database of registered voter information a board of elections to determine whether the would-be voter is registered to vote. A balloted voter database is adapted for storing a notation of a positive identification of the would-be voter as a registered voter, and for storing in the balloted voter database a notation that the would be voter is to be sent one of the ballots. A scanning device is adapted for scanning the unique code device on one of the ballots. A sent ballots database stores the identification of the one ballot in the sent ballots database. A voted ballots database receives an indication that a communication has been received from the registered voter personal computing device of the would be voter, the communication comprising the output of a scan of the unique code device on the ballot sent to the would-be voter, the information including the unique identification code, whereby returned voted ballots may be assessed for authenticity, wherein the program of steps comprises assessing authenticity of return ballots by determining that each ballot is included in the sent ballots database and is included in the voted ballots database, whereby the ballots that are included in the sent ballots database and in the voted ballots database are identified as verified ballots, and the election choices in the verified ballots may be counted.
US12249179B2
A system for screening persons' temperatures comprises an imaging device configured to generate imagery data, including infrared image data, of a first scene and a second scene. The system receives imagery data from the first scene, identifies persons in the scene using the imagery data, and determines each person's temperature. The system further compares the persons' temperatures to a threshold and indicates a person should be directed to the second scene if the person's temperature is above a threshold. Subsequently, the system determines and compares the person's temperature in the second scene and provides an indication if the person's temperature exceeds a second threshold. Further, a confidence factor can be associated with determinations of persons' temperatures.
US12249178B2
The present disclosure provides systems and methods that perform face reconstruction based on an image of a face. In particular, one example system of the present disclosure combines a machine-learned image recognition model with a face modeler that uses a morphable model of a human's facial appearance. The image recognition model can be a deep learning model that generates an embedding in response to receipt of an image (e.g., an uncontrolled image of a face). The example system can further include a small, lightweight, translation model structurally positioned between the image recognition model and the face modeler. The translation model can be a machine-learned model that is trained to receive the embedding generated by the image recognition model and, in response, output a plurality of facial modeling parameter values usable by the face modeler to generate a model of the face.
US12249175B2
A fingerprint recognition device is provided. The fingerprint recognition device includes an image acquisition module acquiring a fingerprint image including an input fingerprint, a preprocessing module generating a preprocessed image by preprocessing the fingerprint image, a minutiae extraction module extracting coordinates of each of minutiae and orientation points of the input fingerprint from the preprocessed image and a fake detection module receiving regions-of-interest (ROIs), including the coordinates of each of the minutiae or orientation points of the input fingerprint, and determining whether the input fingerprint is a fake by performing learning using the received ROIs.
US12249173B2
In one embodiment, a sensor system includes an active thermal sensor pixel matrix, a plurality of presence sensors, and an image acquisition controller. The pixel matrix includes a plurality of pixels arranged in a plurality of rows and a plurality of columns and a boundary defining a perimeter. The plurality of presence sensors is disposed at least partially within the boundary of the pixel matrix. The image acquisition controller is coupled to the pixel matrix and the plurality of presence sensors. The image acquisition controller is configured to: (i) receive signals from the presence sensors; (ii) identify, based on the signals, a scan region, wherein the scan region is a portion of the pixel matrix that is in contact with or adjacent to a specimen; and (iii) obtain image data only from pixels that are within the scan region for generating an image of the specimen.
US12249166B2
The present disclosure relates to a system for recording a video of driving and a method for operating the same. The system includes a non-transitory memory, and a processor connected to the non-transitory memory, and the processor detects a location of a driver and a state of a door of a vehicle when an impact on the vehicle is sensed during parking, and performs at least one of an impact sensing video storage or an impact sensing notification service based on the driver location and the state of the door.
US12249157B2
A method for detecting movements of a body of a first motor vehicle includes recording image and sensor data by a camera and sensor device of a second motor vehicle. The image and sensor data represent that part of the environment of the second motor vehicle that contains the first motor vehicle. The image and sensor data are forwarded to a data analysis device that detects movements of the body of the first motor vehicle and uses artificial intelligence algorithms and machine image analysis to process the image and sensor data to classify movements of the vehicle body. The classified movements of the vehicle body are assigned to at least one of a set of defined states. Output data from the determined state are generated for further use in an automated driving function and/or for a user interface.
US12249155B2
A boarding permission determination device includes a controller that receive a signal from a sensor that is mounted on a vehicle to detect at least a prescribed movement of a person in the periphery of the vehicle while the vehicle is traveling. The controller is configured to determine a stop location for the vehicle and register information indicating characteristics of the person in a storage device when the prescribed movement of the person was detected while the vehicle is traveling. The controller is configured to control the vehicle such that the vehicle stops at the stop location that was determined. The controller is configured to control a prescribed device mounted on the vehicle such that the person can board the vehicle after the vehicle is stopped at the stop location, after recognizing the person that was detected while the vehicle was traveling using the information.
US12249153B2
A method for classifying a roadway condition on the basis of image data from a camera system includes providing image data which is configured to image at least one portion of the surroundings of the vehicle, at least part of the portion containing the roadway on which the vehicle is driving. The method includes distinguishing diffuse reflection and specular reflection of the roadway by evaluating differences in the appearances of at least one point of the roadway in at least two images. The method also includes determining whether, in at least one image, there are disturbances that have been caused by at least one wheel of a vehicle whirling up a substance covering a roadway as said wheel travels thereover. The method further includes classifying the roadway condition into one of several roadway condition classes, taking account of the results with regard to the reflection type and the disturbance intensity.
US12249152B2
Present invention provides a system and method that includes installation of one or more cameras at various locations on a smart driving yard or in a parking lot. These cameras capture activity of a vehicle in the smart driving yard and perform an analysis using Computer Vision and machine learning. In some embodiments, one or more drones may also be employed for capturing the vehicle activity. The vehicle location is identified based on the individual pose of markers installed on the vehicle for easier object localization. The vehicle is then localized and its location is marked on a 2-dimensional map of the yard. Subsequently, a lane model is applied to identify driving violations or errors that a driver commits while driving. Subsequently, a lane model based on decision trees algorithm is trained to identify if the vehicle touches/intersects any of the parking line markings or any zones of interest.
US12249149B1
A computer-implemented method is provided for automated fight and sparring video production for combat sports events. Images of a ring, mat, cage or other combat sports field of play are captured by means of a video camera system producing a video stream which is digitally processed to identify the area of interest to a viewer. The moving area of interest is automatically detected for each camera, and the quality of view is quantified. The relative positional aspects of the two combatants and the referee are used to determine quality of view, and may be used to shift view in a multi camera setup to enhance the viewing experience. Fight statistics such as punches, kicks, take-downs, etc. may be detected and used to improve the viewer experience by adding stats and highlights to the automated video production.
US12249146B2
A system described herein may provide a technique for using modeling techniques to identify events, trends, etc. in a set of data, such as streaming video or audio content. The system may perform lightweight pre-processing operations on a different set of data, such as object position data, to identify timeframes at which an event may potentially have occurred, and the modeling techniques may be performed at portions of the streaming content that correspond to such timeframes. The system may forgo performing such modeling techniques at other portions of the streaming content, thus conserving processing resources.
US12249128B2
A method for ascertaining an uncertainty of a prediction of a first machine learning system. The method includes: processing a detected input variable by way of the first machine learning system, intermediate results, which are ascertained during the processing of the input variable by way of the machine learning system, being stored. Processing at least one of the stored intermediate results by way of a second machine learning system, the second machine learning system outputting an output variable, which characterizes an uncertainty of the output classification. A method for training the second machine learning system and a computer system, computer program, and a machine-readable memory element, on which the computer program is stored, are also described.
US12249126B2
Disclosed herein include systems, devices, and methods for generating training data for spot detection using generative models with expectation maximization. The training data can be used to train a machine learning model for spot detection.
US12249125B2
According to one embodiment, a learning apparatus includes a processor. The processor acquires first training data. The processor inputs the first training data to a model, and generate a plurality of estimation vectors that are a processing result of the model. The processor generates an estimation distribution from the estimation vectors. The processor calculates a distribution loss between the estimation distribution and a target distribution that is a target in an inference using the model. The processor updates parameters of the model, based on the distribution loss.
US12249120B2
Disclosed is a method for training a graphics processing neural network with a patch-based approach, which involves calculating an overlapping size and an invalid size of an output of each of at least one of multiple feature extraction layers of the graphic processing neural network according to a predetermined cropping scheme, dividing an input image into first patches in the forward pass and the first gradients into second patches in the backward pass to run streamline operation of the first and second patches. Before training, each first patch overlaps neighboring first patches at adjacent edges. In the forward pass, an invalid portion of the output of each of the at least one of the feature extraction layers cropped out based on the predetermined cropping scheme and a corresponding invalid size. Such method secures streamline operation in favor of enhanced memory utilization in training and accurate model prediction.
US12249119B2
Systems and method for domain adaptation using pseudo-labelling and model certainty quantification for video data are provided. The method includes obtaining a source data and a target data each comprising a plurality of frames for processing by a machine learning module. The method comprises testing the target data to identify if a minimum number of frames exhibit a frame confidence score based on the source data and identifying salient region within the target data and measuring a degree of spatial consistency of the salient region over time. The method comprises identifying class specific attention region within the target data and measuring a confidence score of class specific attention region within the target data and carrying out pseudo-labeling of the target data based on the source data and calculating a certainty metrics value based on the frame confidence score, the degree of spatial consistency of the salient region over time, the confidence score of class specific attention region within the frames of the target data and confidence score of the pseudo-labeling on the target data. The machine learning module is retrained till the certainty metrics value reaches peak and further retraining the machine learning module does not increase the certainty metrics value.
US12249114B1
The disclosure belongs to the field of visible light communication, and specifically discloses a stripe image processing method and apparatus for camera optical communication. The method includes: obtaining a stripe image data set, the stripe image data set including a stripe image sample and a stripe sequence label corresponding to the stripe image sample and a stripe-free image label; based on the stripe image sample and the stripe sequence label corresponding to the stripe image sample and the stripe-free image label, training a generative adversarial network to obtain an image reconstruction model and a stripe extraction model; among them, the image reconstruction model serves as a generator of the generative adversarial network, and the stripe extraction model serves as a discriminator of the generative adversarial network.
US12249096B2
An object identification method is disclosed. The method includes obtaining images of a target geographical area and telemetry information of an image-collection vehicle at a time of capture, analyzing each image to identify objects, and determining a position of the objects. The method further includes determining an image capture height, determining a position of the image using the capture height and the telemetry information, performing a transform on the image based on the capture height and the telemetry information, identifying the objects in the transformed image, determining first pixel locations of the objects within the transformed image, performing a reverse transform on the first pixel locations to determine second pixel locations in the image, and determining positions of the objects within the area based on the second pixel locations within the captured image and the determined image position.
US12249085B2
A method for aligning a sample to an array is provided. An image of sample image of a sample can be received by a data processor. The sample image having a first resolution. An array image including an overlay of an array with the sample and an array fiducial can be received by the data processor. The array image having a second resolution lower than the first resolution of the sample image. The sample image can be registered to the array image by aligning the sample image and the array image. An aligned image can be generated based on the registering. The aligned image can include an overlay of the sample image with the array. The aligned image can be provided by the data processor. A method for detecting fiducials associated with an array is provided. Systems and non-transitory computer readable mediums performing the method are also provided.
US12249084B2
Devices, systems, and methods used to register medical image data with anatomical positions are disclosed. The image data is captured by an imaging system over a period of time. The positions are determined by a tracking system over the period of time. The positions are averaged to determine an average position of the anatomy, which is then used for registration of the image data with the anatomy. Registration based on the average position can then be used to enhance the quality of 3D images of the anatomy, as well as to improve navigation for a surgical procedure.
US12249076B2
A method for three-dimensional edge detection includes obtaining, for each of plural two-dimensional slices of a three-dimensional image, a two-dimensional object detection result and a two-dimensional edge detection result, stacking the two-dimensional object detection results into a three-dimensional object detection result, and stacking the two-dimensional edge detection results into a three-dimensional edge detection result. The method also includes performing encoding according to a feature map of the three-dimensional image, the three-dimensional object detection result, and the three-dimensional edge detection result, to obtain an encoding result, and performing decoding according to the encoding result, the three-dimensional object detection result, and the three-dimensional edge detection result, to obtain an optimized three-dimensional edge detection result of the three-dimensional image.
US12249075B2
Disclosed are a method and an apparatus of processing image. The method includes: obtaining an initial bone segmentation result; and fusing the initial bone segmentation result based on characteristics of and correspondences between a plurality of bone segmentation results in the initial bone segmentation result, to obtain a target bone segmentation result. The initial bone segmentation result includes the plurality of bone segmentation results generated by a plurality of different deep learning models. Methods in the embodiments of the present application can improve precision of a fusion result of the plurality of bone segmentation results.
US12249072B2
An image capturing device which captures an image of excrement is provided at a toilet having a bowl and includes a sensor unit including an image capturing sensor. A view angle and an attachment position of the sensor unit are set so that a detection area presumed to receive dropping excrement in the bowl falls within a view field of the sensor unit.
US12249068B2
A health management system using contactless physiological measurement technology is disclosed. The health management system principally comprises a camera and a first processor, of which the camera is faced to a user for capturing a user image. The first processor is particularly configured to have a face detection unit and an activity index calculating unit therein. By such arrangement, after receiving the user image from the camera, the first processor detects a face portion from the user image, thereby subsequently extracting a PPG signal from the face portion. Consequently, after completing at least one process of the PPG signal, multiple indexes for describing a user's health activity are generated. The health activity indexes include health index, activity index, stability index, relaxation index, metabolism index, and balance index. Therefore, the first processor achieves an evaluation of the user's health activity state according to the forgoing health activity indexes.
US12249063B1
This provides a system and method for analyzing and diagnosing conditions, such as cancer, based upon stained tissue sample slides prepared by users from patient tissue taken, for example, in a biopsy procedure. A convolutional neural network (CNN) is generated at training time. Slide images are acquired/scanned, and individual cell nuclei from the images are annotated, using IHC. H&E images are acquired/scanned prior to a washout intermediate step from the same slides/tissue samples. IHC is performed on the same tissue layer, which was scanned and used to retrospectively annotate the H&E WSI. IHC is used to annotate a ground truth mask for machine learning. The resultant process achieves a high degree of spatial resolution in detecting individual IHC positive nuclei, yielding process that is almost entirely automated, employing materials that are commonly available in clinical practice. In runtime, users access the CNN to perform analysis on patient slides.
US12249047B2
A method for processing image data, may include: receiving at least one image; segregating the at least one image into at least one region, based on a requested noise reduction level; and denoising the at least one image by varying at least one control feature of the segregated at least one region by a neural network to achieve the requested noise reduction level.
US12249039B2
The present invention relates to the field of three-dimensional images, and provides a method for three-dimensional reconstruction of a target object, comprising the following steps: S10: calculating and acquiring a visual angle boundary of the target object; S20: acquiring image information of the target object under multiple visual angles in the visual angle boundary, the image information including initial image information and/or fused image information; S30: finishing three-dimensional reconstruction of the target object according to the acquired image information. By adopting the method for three-dimensional reconstruction of the target object in the present invention, three-dimensional reconstruction of the three-dimensional target at different moments can be carried out in real time, no other links are carried out during the operation, the acquired image information is not lost, real information is directly reproduced, and three-dimensional reconstruction of the real target object is realized.
US12249038B1
Methods and systems for a virtual simulation experience where a user holds or wears a computer device that displays a virtual world, and the user's physical movement is used to control movement of a virtual avatar through that virtual world. A virtual world coordinate system, including the ground planes, is matched to the real world, allowing the virtual world to be shown on the device screen as overlaid onto the real world view. If the user's height in the virtual world changes, the simulation system takes visual samples of the real world to create a “virtual landscape” at the correct new perspective, overlaying part of the real world landscape. Enhancements include handling real world landscapes that are not flat and level, and creating perspective views of the real world sky.
US12249035B2
An augmented reality viewer includes components, assemblies, and executable logic to provide a user with the perception of rich augmented reality experiences, including aspects of the aquatic world.
US12249034B2
A location is mapped to identify a number of zones, and content items are identified for assignment to the zones. Selection of a zone for each content item may be received from the user, or content items may be assigned to zones automatically as described above. Identifiers of each content item and indicators of the selected zone for each content item are then stored as an AR display configuration associated with the location. In response to detecting that the AR display device is being used at the location, the AR display configuration is retrieved and resolved on the AR display device.
US12249033B2
In some embodiments, the present disclosure includes techniques and user interfaces for interacting with virtual objects in an extended reality environment. In some embodiments, the techniques and user interfaces are for interacting with virtual objects in an extended reality environment, including repositioning virtual objects relative to the environment. In some embodiments, the techniques and user interfaces are for interacting with virtual objects, in an extended reality environment, including virtual objects that aid a user in navigating within the environment. In some embodiments, the techniques and user interfaces are for interacting with virtual objects, including objects displayed based on changes in a field-of-view of a user, in an extended reality environment, including repositioning virtual objects relative to the environment. In some embodiments, the techniques and user interfaces are for interacting with virtual objects in an extended reality environment, including virtual objects that provide a different perspective on the environment.
US12249028B2
A lidar method and system for training and using a machine learning model are disclosed. An example method includes: obtaining a map of a background scene, the map including three-dimensional (3D) point cloud data; obtaining at least one point cloud representation of at least one foreground object, the at least one point cloud representation including 3D point cloud data, wherein one or more lidar sensors were used to generate the 3D point cloud data for the map and the at least one point cloud representation; generating a lidar scene by placing the at least one point cloud representation within the map; and training the machine learning model using the generated lidar scene. The model can be used to identify objects and control a vehicle.
US12249023B2
Systems/techniques that facilitate interpretable task-specific dimensionality-reduction are provided. In various embodiments, a system can access a three-dimensional medical image. In various aspects, the system can generate, via execution of a first deep learning neural network, a voxel-wise weight map corresponding to the three-dimensional medical image and a set of projection vectors corresponding to the three-dimensional medical image. In various instances, the system can generate a set of two-dimensional projection images of the three-dimensional medical image, based on the voxel-wise weight map and the set of projection vectors. In various cases, the first deep learning neural network can be trained in a serial pipeline with a second deep learning neural network that is configured to perform an inferencing task on two-dimensional inputs. This can cause the set of two-dimensional projection images to be tailored to the inferencing task.
US12249020B2
An apparatus comprises a receiver (301) receiving an image signal representing a scene. The image signal includes image data comprising a number of images where each image comprises pixels that represent an image property of the scene along a ray having a ray direction from a ray origin. The ray origins are different positions for at least some pixels. The image signal further comprises a plurality of parameters describing a variation of the ray origins and/or the ray directions for pixels as a function of pixel image positions. A renderer (303) renders images from the number of images based on the plurality of parameters.
US12249016B2
A method includes obtaining, by a first agent engine that generates actions for a first agent, a first objective of the first agent. In some implementations, the method includes generating, by the first agent engine, a first influence for a second agent engine that generates actions for a computer-generated reality (CGR) representation of a second agent. In some implementations, the first influence is based on the first objective of the first agent. In some implementations, the method includes triggering the CGR representation of the second agent to perform a set of one or more actions that advances the first objective of the first agent. In some implementations, the second agent engine generates the set of one or more actions based on the first influence generated by the first agent engine.
US12249012B2
A method, computer system, and a computer program product are provided for post-modeling feature evaluation. In one embodiment, at least at least one post model visual output and associated data is obtained that at least includes an individual conditional expectation (ICE) plot and a partial dependence (PDP) plot. Using the associated data and the plots, a Feature Importance (PI) plot is provided. A plurality of features is then determined for each PI, PDP and ICE plots to calculate at least one Interesting Value for each plot. An overall score is also calculated for each plurality of features based on the associated Interesting Values for each PDP, ICE and PI plots. At least one top feature is selected based on said scores. A final plot is then generated at least reflecting the top feature. The final plot combines the PI, PDP and ICE plots together.
US12249011B2
An image drawing method and apparatus, and a device and a storage medium, include: in response to a release operation of dragging on a canvas, controlling a brush object located at the head of a brush queue to be dequeued; determining a display position of a brush drawing guide box on the basis of brush position information of the currently dequeued brush object, and determining a display range of the brush drawing guide box on the basis of a brush size and a brush direction; and displaying the brush drawing guide box on the canvas on the basis of the display position and the display range of the brush drawing guide box, so as to guide a user to draw a target-style image by using the brush, thereby satisfying learning and entertainment requirements of the user for image drawing, and improving the user experience.
