US12269639B2
The invention relates to a labelling device, in particular a price-displaying device, for labelling individual packages (2), comprising: a feed assembly (3) for transporting particular packages (2); a label-dispensing assembly (9) for dispensing a label (8) that can be detached from a material strip (10) in a dispensing direction as far as a transfer position; and a label-application assembly (13) for applying the label (8) dispensed in the transfer position onto the surface of the package (2); wherein the label application assembly (13) comprises a label-suction assembly (15) which picks up a label (8) dispensed by the label-dispensing assembly (9) and holds it in the transfer position, from which position the label (8) is transferred to the surface of the package (2). According to the invention, the label-suction assembly (15) is designed to generate a first airflow and to conduct the airflow such that both a suction force and a compressive force are exerted on the label (8) in the transfer position.
US12269633B2
A packaging apparatus and method is provided. The packaging apparatus comprises: a support platform for supporting packaging containers positioned thereon; and a packaging container positioning apparatus for positioning packaging containers on the support platform. The packaging container positioning apparatus comprises: one or more rails that each form a path for conveying devices; a plurality of individually controllable conveying devices comprising at least a first conveying device and a second conveying device, each conveying device mounted on a rail for moving along the path; and a control system configured to control the conveying devices. The control system is configured to control each conveying device to engage: a packaging container, move along the path in a first conveying direction, and release the packaging container, to position the packaging container on the support platform.
US12269631B2
A concentrate filling system includes a solid loader operable to dispense particles through a dispensing end. The system includes a conveyer operable to receive the dispensed particles at a proximal end and further dispense particles at a distal end. The system includes load cell operable to receive a container that receives the dispensed particles. The system includes an injection pump to dispense fluids into the container. The system includes a controller operable to receive data from the load cell indicative of a weight of the particles and/or fluid and send a control signal to the conveyor to adjust the dispensing of the particles and send a control signal to the injection pump. Upon receiving indicative of a predetermined weight of the container, fluid, and particles, the controller is operable to send a control signal to the conveyor and the injection pump to stop dispensing of particles and fluid.
US12269628B2
A method and system for correcting mass flow rate measurements relating to a conveyor used to move a stream of first component material portions to and through a mixing station in which a second component material is dispensed in a predetermined mass percentage of the mass of the first component material portions. The correction of the measurements is adapted to correct for inaccuracies that arise in the measurements due to, for example, differences in the first component material portions properties, differences in the second component material properties, environmental conditions, drift of electronic instruments, and changing conditions that occur during extended use of an upstream conveyor that delivers first component material portions to the mixing station.
US12269623B2
The present invention provides the use of a drone, or remotely piloted aircraft, equipped with a system for applying paint or industrial coating with epoxy paint and/or polyurethane. Coating repair application system using remotely piloted aircraft, characterized by comprising remotely piloted aircraft (9), a portable painting system (2), (5), (7) and (8), linear guide (4), distance sensors (10), camera (11), remote control (12), battery (1), lattice structure (3).
US12269610B2
Disclosed are systems, methods, and non-transitory computer-readable medium for providing a safe landing for an aerial vehicle. The method may include: displaying, on one or more displays, an aerial vehicle, an intended landing zone, and a real-time flight path of the vehicle as the vehicle approaches the intended landing zone; receiving data related to one or more of the vehicle, the flight path of the vehicle, the intended landing zone, and an obstacle; determining the proximity of the vehicle relative to the center of the intended landing zone based on the received data; displaying the proximity of the vehicle relative to the center of the intended landing zone; displaying the obstacle when present; displaying an alert when the vehicle deviates in proximity to the center of the intended landing zone and/or approaches the obstacle; and upon determining a failure to respond to the alert computing flight controls to modify landing.
US12269605B2
A flying vehicle propulsion system including a propulsor, a drive system and a heat exchanger. The drive system is arranged to drive the propulsor and the heat exchanger is arranged to thermally regulate at least part of the drive system. The propulsor is arranged to move fluid, thereby producing a propulsor fluid flow having a main direction. The system is arranged such that in a first operation configuration, at least part of the propulsor fluid flow is incident on the heat exchanger, thereby thermally regulating the at least part of the drive system.
US12269598B2
A passenger seat row, for a vehicle such as a passenger aircraft, convertible between passenger seats and bunk beds. The passenger seat row includes a frame assembly including a backrest extending substantially a length of the frame assembly, the backrest configured to move between a stowed condition against the frame assembly and a deployed condition forming a substantially horizontal bed. Armrests attached to the frame assembly reposition to support the bed when in the deployed condition. In use, deploying the backrest forms a first bed positioned over the second bed to form a bunk bed sleeping provision for use, for example, during flight.
US12269596B1
A blended wing body (BWB) aircraft having a blended wing body having a main body and wings with no clear demarcation between the wings and the main body along a leading edge of the BWB aircraft, a passenger cabin located within the main body having one or more cross aisles extending along a lateral axis, wherein a shape of the passenger cabin is asymmetrical about a lateral axis, more than one passenger bays located within the passenger cabin, wherein each of the more than one passenger bays are separated by at least one cross aisle of the one or more cross aisles and one or more lavatories situated outside the more than one passenger bays and substantially adjacent to a perimeter of the passenger cabin, wherein each of the one or more lavatories are linked to one cross aisle of the one or more cross aisles.
US12269574B2
A method includes providing a structure having a surface, treating a portion of the surface to modify a wettability of the portion of the structure, and forming at least one liquid flow path on the surface through said treating.
US12269564B2
A gyroscopic roll stabilizer includes an enclosure, a flywheel assembly, a bearing, a motor, and a bearing cooling circuit. The enclosure is mounted to a gimbal for rotation about a gimbal axis and configured to maintain a below-ambient pressure. The flywheel assembly includes a flywheel and flywheel shaft. The bearing rotatably mounts the flywheel assembly inside the enclosure for rotation about a flywheel axis. The bearing has an inner race and an outer race. The inner race is rotationally fixed relative to the flywheel shaft, and the outer race is held rotationally fixed relative to the enclosure. The motor is operative to rotate the flywheel assembly. The bearing cooling circuit is configured to transfer heat away from the bearing by recirculating coolant along a closed fluid pathway. The gyroscopic roll stabilizer is configured to transfer heat away from the inner and/or outer race of the bearing to the coolant.
US12269548B2
A dropper seatpost assembly is disclosed. The dropper seatpost assembly includes a lower post comprising a travel adjustment bore and an upper post configured to interactively operate with respect to the lower post. The dropper seatpost assembly also includes a translating assembly configured to maintain one or both of an axial orientation and a rotational orientation of the upper post with respect to the lower post and at least one travel adjustment spacer removably coupled with the travel adjustment bore, the at least one travel adjustment spacer to interact with the translating assembly to reduce a maximum travel distance of the interactive operation of the upper post with respect to the lower post.
US12269541B2
The embodiment relates to a steering control device and method and includes a steering control device for controlling a first motor generating steering feedback torque in response to rotation of a steering wheel and a second motor generating rack driving torque for moving a rack, comprising a calculation unit calculating allowed rack speed information regarding a rack speed allowed when driving the rack using the second motor, based on rack force information and preset second motor performance information and calculating catch-up prevention torque information for preventing catch-up in the steering wheel, based on the allowed rack speed information and command rack speed information generated to drive the rack at a speed in response to rotation of the steering wheel and a controller performing catch-up prevention control on the first motor based on the catch-up prevention torque information.
US12269535B2
An embodiment vehicle roof structure includes a front roof rail and a rear roof rail coupled to front and rear portions of side structures, respectively, the side structures being disposed along opposite sides of a vehicle body in a vehicle width direction, a center roof rail assembly disposed between the front roof rail and the rear roof rail and coupled to the side structures, a front roof panel including a first plastic composite material and coupled to the front roof rail, the center roof rail assembly, and the front portions of the side structures, a rear roof panel including a second plastic composite material and coupled to the rear roof rail, the center roof rail assembly, and the rear portions of the side structures, and a center roof panel including a steel material and coupled to the center roof rail assembly and center portions of the side structures.
US12269534B2
An embodiment vehicle body includes a first member extending in a first direction, a second member extending in a second direction intersecting the first direction and coupled to the first member, a reinforcing member extending in a direction intersecting the first direction and the second direction and connecting the first member and the second member, and a reinforcing panel coupled to the reinforcing member, extending in the first direction or the second direction, and connected to the first member or the second member.
US12269518B2
A knuckle pin, coupling system, and method for producing a knuckle pin are provided, the knuckle pin having a cylindrical body with a longitudinal slot therein separating vertical edges of the cylindrical body, with one or more first retaining elements that span outward of the cylindrical body, and a second retainer that includes one or more of opposing apertures, and bendable legs. A method for producing the knuckle pin is provided, where a blank is stamped into a workpiece that corresponds to the pin to be produced, and the stamped workpiece is rolled to produce the pin with the slot.
US12269517B2
The present invention relates to a piston rod end for absorbing forces on a linear actuator in a train coupler, the piston rod end comprising a housing (2) enclosing a cavity (23) with a bottom surface (24), the cavity (23) extending in a longitudinal direction in the housing (2), —an elongated insert (3) arranged at least partly inside the cavity (23) of the first portion (P), a spring (5) arranged inside the cavity (23), and a fastening device (4) comprising a transversal element (41) and a longitudinal slot (42) forming a play, one being arranged in the housing and the other in the insert, and configured to cooperate in such a way that the transversal element extends into the slot in a transversal direction in relation to the housing and is movable in the play. The invention also relates to a piston assembly and to a sealing method for sealing the piston rod end.
US12269516B2
A method for operating an air conditioning system for a vehicle for transporting persons. The air conditioning system, depending on the current number of passengers in a passenger compartment of the vehicle (level of occupation), controls a fresh air volume flow to be introduced into the passenger compartment from outside the vehicle in order to maintain a predefined minimum ambient air quality. The air conditioning system determines a total water mass flow, which is currently produced by the passengers in the passenger compartment, on the basis of air-conditioning measurement values and a current value for at least one operating parameter of the air conditioning system. From the total water mass flow and a predefined value for a water mass flow produced by a single passenger, the system determines the current number of passengers in the passenger compartment. There is also described an air conditioning arrangement for carrying out the method.
US12269506B2
A passenger may be rather vulnerable to safety risks during pickup and/or drop-off of a passenger by a vehicle. To mitigate or eliminate such risk, the vehicle may determine an endpoint for a vehicle route to pickup or drop-off a passenger at a location. The vehicle may determine an estimated path between the endpoint and the location and may determine a safety confidence score by a machine-learned model for the estimated path and/or may predict a trajectory of a detected object to ascertain whether the estimated path is safe. The vehicle may execute any of a number of different mitigation actions to reduce or eliminate a safety risk if one is detected.
US12269503B2
A method includes receiving planned path data, road data, and speed profile data, determining anticipatory constraints for each of the plurality of steps along a planned path using the planned path data, the road data, and the speed profile data, determining a plurality of control actions using a Model Predictive Control (MPC). The prediction model of the MPC is updated in real time with the plurality of anticipatory constraints for each of the plurality of steps along the planned path and the road data for each of the plurality of steps along the planned path. The method further includes controlling the vehicle using the plurality of control actions to cause the vehicle to autonomously follow the planned path.
US12269501B2
Systems, methods, and computer-readable media are provided for maintaining cleanliness of an autonomous vehicle. In some examples, an autonomous vehicle fleet management device may receive cleanliness data corresponding to at least one autonomous vehicle. In some aspects, the autonomous vehicle fleet management device may determine, based on the cleanliness data, one or more parameters corresponding to at least one cleanliness issue associated with the at least one autonomous vehicle. In some cases, a remediation plan for the at least one cleanliness issue may be determined based on the one or more parameters. In some instances, at least one driving instruction may be sent to the at least one autonomous vehicle that is based on the remediation plan.
US12269498B1
An improved system and method of defining speeding severity levels, receiving over a wireless network from a vehicle device speed data and metadata, determining associated speeding severity levels, based at least in part on the determined associated speeding severity levels, determining whether an alert communication is to be transmitted the vehicle device, and in response to determining that an alert communication is to be transmitted the vehicle device, transmitting the alert communication via a wireless interface to the vehicle device, the alert communication configured to cause the vehicle device to provide a corresponding in-vehicle alert.
US12269489B2
Systems and methods for failover handling at a vehicle in response to a degraded state of operation are provided. For example, a method includes receiving, from a fallback vehicle path planner of a vehicle, data indicative of a fallback path; storing, at a memory of the vehicle, the data indicative of the fallback path; receiving, from a primary vehicle path planner of the vehicle, data indicative of a primary path; receiving an event trigger indicative of a degraded operating condition associated with the primary vehicle path planner; selecting, in response to the event trigger, the fallback path over the primary path; and sending, to a control system of the vehicle in response to the selecting, the stored data indicative of the fallback path.
US12269487B2
A wheel load estimation device includes an obtaining unit obtaining angular velocities and angular accelerations of a rigid body including an element, accelerations of the rigid body in a front-rear direction and in a lateral direction, a weight of the element, and a position including a height of the element. The element fluctuates a center of gravity of the rigid body. A center-of-gravity inertia value calculation unit calculates information relevant to the center of gravity of the rigid body and an inertia value. A wheel load variation calculation unit calculates variation amounts of wheel loads that each act on a corresponding one of a plurality of wheels supporting the rigid body. A wheel load estimation unit estimates the wheel loads.
US12269479B2
Systems and techniques are described for improving the accuracy of autonomous vehicle simulations by dynamically assigning friction coefficients to road features based on sensor data. A method of the disclosed technology can include steps for associating a predetermined friction coefficient to road features; receiving sensor data from a sensor on an autonomous vehicle; identifying, from the sensor data, the presence of a road feature; assigning in a simulation, a friction coefficient corresponding to the road feature based on the predetermined friction coefficient associated with road feature; and generating, based on the assigned friction coefficient, a simulation of a trip by the autonomous vehicle as the autonomous vehicle traverses the road feature.
US12269476B2
Described are a mobile apparatus for observing a road surface and a method for controlling the same, and the mobile apparatus for observing a road surface may include: a collector acquiring road surface sensing information including image information and road surface state information corresponding to a road surface; a determiner determining whether there is a paint on the road surface based on the image information; and a corrector generating final road surface state information by selectively performing correction of the road surface state information based on a result of determining whether there is the paint on the road surface.
US12269475B2
Examples of the present disclosure provide a computer-implemented system, comprising instructions for performing operations including: estimating locations in a region of a map where features associated with water, snow or ice are likely to be formed under certain adverse weather conditions; simulating one of the adverse weather conditions; generating the features associated with the simulated one of the adverse weather conditions at the locations; determining a response of a perception stack of an autonomous vehicle (AV) to the adverse weather conditions observed at the locations; determining a reaction of the AV to the features generated in the region, the reaction of the AV being a function of a configuration of the AV; in response to the reaction, updating the configuration; repeating the determining the reaction and the updating the configuration until a desired reaction is obtained; and exporting a final configuration corresponding to the desired reaction to a physical AV.
US12269470B2
To increase steering angle followability of automatic steering, provided is a driving assistance device for executing collision avoidance control of controlling a steering angle of an own vehicle such that the own vehicle travels along a target trajectory which enables the own vehicle to avoid a collision with an obstacle. The driving assistance device includes: a setting unit configured to set a target steering angle, and to set a target steering torque for matching the steering angle with the target steering angle; a cancellation unit configured to set a cancellation torque which cancels a total steering torque obtained by summing a driver steering torque and a steering assist torque set based on the driver steering torque; and a control unit configured to execute steering control of controlling the steering angle based on a torque control amount obtained by adding the target steering torque to the cancellation torque.
US12269461B2
A vehicle behavior control method includes: selecting a center of gravity point at which behavior control for a vehicle is to be performed; setting a target roll behavior value and a target pitch behavior value at the selected center of gravity point such that behavior of the selected center of gravity point is less than a predefined reference value; calculating a target roll moment corresponding to the target roll behavior value and a target pitch moment corresponding to the target pitch behavior value; generating a control signal to be transmitted to at least one actuator for following the target roll moment and the target pitch moment; and transmitting the control signal to the at least one actuator to perform control such that the behavior at the selected center of gravity point is less than the predefined reference value.
US12269457B2
A method for controlling a hybrid electric vehicle includes: connecting a first motor directly connected to an engine to a second motor directly connected to a transmission input terminal through a dual mass flywheel; determining a target angular acceleration of the first motor according to a gear shifting progress rate so that an angular acceleration of the first motor follows a target angular acceleration of the transmission input terminal when a gearshift is performed in the transmission; and controlling a torque of the first motor based on the target angular acceleration of the first motor.
US12269455B2
A series hybrid vehicle control method charges a battery with electric power generated by an electric power generation motor driven by an internal combustion engine, and electric power regenerated by a drive motor. The control method starts generating the electric power by the engine if a requested output exceeds a power generation start threshold value, and stops generating electric power by the engine if the requested output falls below a power generation stop threshold value. A deceleration rate by regeneration of the drive motor is greater in a second advancement shift position than in a first advancement shift position. The power generation start threshold value and/or the power generation stop threshold value where the second advancement shift position has been selected is greater than the power generation start threshold value or the power generation stop threshold value where the first advancement shift position has been selected.
US12269452B2
A pedal pad in an organ-type pedal device swings about a predetermined axis when stepped on by a driver's foot. A sensor unit outputs a signal corresponding to a swing angle of the pedal pad. A reaction force generation mechanism has an elastic member that generates a reaction force against a driver's pedaling force applied to the pedal pad. A first housing covers the reaction force generation mechanism, and an opening at least on one side. A second housing is provided on one side of the first housing in a swing direction of the pedal pad. Further, the first housing has a largest opening on a second housing side, which is closed by the second housing and into which the elastic member of the reaction force generation mechanism in a non-bending state is insertable.
US12269451B2
Systems for monitoring brake systems on railway assets include a load measuring device. The load measuring device includes an instrumented coupling configured to be connected to the rigging of a brake system of the railway asset; and to an underframe of the railway asset. The load measuring device also includes a data collection unit configured to process an output of a sensor of the instrumented coupling and, based on the sensor output, determine the force being transmitted between the brake rigging and the underframe.
US12269447B2
Disclosed is an actuator for a parking brake. In accordance with an aspect of the disclosure an actuator for a parking brake includes a motor generating power; a reduction gear portion including a driving gear rotating in association with a drive shaft of the motor, and a sun gear coupled to the drive gear to rotate together; a housing in which the motor and the reduction gear portion are accommodated; and a locking portion configured to limit rotation of the reduction gear portion; wherein the locking portion is further configured to a pair of locking members configured to restrain and release at least a part of a rotation shaft of the sun gear, a plurality of elastic members supporting each of the locking members in a direction of the rotation shaft of the sun gear, an electromagnet member configured to separate the pair of locking members from the sun gear by generating an electromagnetic force when the power is applied.
US12269444B2
A hydraulic braking arrangement for controlling front brakes and rear brakes of an off-road vehicle includes a hydro-mechanical service brake system fluidly connecting front and rear brakes to a first source of fluid in pressure by means of a mechanical input which may be imparted by a driver of said off-road vehicle. The hydraulic braking arrangement also includes an additional service brake system fluidly connecting front and rear brakes to a second source of fluid in pressure by means of an electro-hydraulic proportional valve and a remote input.
US12269440B2
A cleaning device for spray cleaning of a sensor surface includes a spray-body having a spray-nozzle and a body-housing. A liquid fluid connection to a liquid inlet and a pressurized air fluid connection to a pressurized air inlet are such that suction pressure is induced at the liquid fluid connection upon providing pressurized airflow from the pressurized air inlet to the spray-nozzle. A hydraulic flow path is connected to the liquid fluid connection. A hydraulic valve is adapted for selective control of supplying liquid fluid to the liquid fluid inlet. A pneumatic flow path is connected to the pressurized air fluid connection. A pneumatic valve is in a pressurized air fluid duct adapted for selective control of supplying pressurized air fluid from a pressurizer to the pressurized air fluid inlet. The spray-nozzle sprays the liquid fluid and the pressurized air fluid as a mixture in an aerosol jet.
US12269432B1
A bicycle rack for a pickup truck that is reversibly attachable to the bed of a pickup truck that also has a bed shell or bed cap installed thereon. The bicycle rack of this invention sets off to the side of the truck bed like a saddle bag in order to provide clearance for the bed shell or bed cap. The bicycle rack includes a special base plate assembly that is a custom shaped rigid plate assembly. Base plate assembly has a complex shape that was designed to yield high strength and rigidity in order to provide solid and stable attachment of a bicycle to the bicycle rack and the bicycle rack to the pickup truck. The bicycle rack can be installed on the right side, the left side, or both sides of a pickup truck.
US12269424B2
Methods, computer-readable media, software, and apparatuses include receiving sensor data from a sensor system associated with a vehicle during operation of the vehicle over a plurality of modes of operation, computing, based on the sensor data, a vehicle fingerprint comprising one or more vehicle characteristics over the plurality of modes of operation, monitoring additional received sensor data from the sensor system during further operation of the vehicle, determining whether an anomaly exists based on comparing the additional received sensor data to the vehicle fingerprint, and based upon determining that an anomaly exists, providing an alert to a communication interface associated with the vehicle.
US12269421B1
A vehicle locking boot includes a horizontal support arm and a first vertical support arm extending from the horizontal support arm. The first vertical support arm includes a front engagement protrusion extending therefrom. A receiving sleeve extends from the horizontal support arm at a base of the first vertical support arm. A horizontal extension portion is coupled to the horizontal support arm. A second vertical support arm extends from the horizontal extension portion along a direction orthogonal to the upper surface of the horizontal support arm. The second vertical support arm includes a rear engagement protrusion extending therefrom. The front engagement protrusion faces the rear engagement protrusion. A keypad is disposed on the first engagement portion. The keypad is configured to lock and unlock the horizontal extension portion. A lug nut blocking plate is coupled to the first vertical support arm above the first engagement protrusion.
US12269420B2
The present disclosure discloses a wireless sensing system of a seat position and a control method of the sensing system, the system including a slave control unit provided for each seat to detect a seat belt fastening status and a seat occupancy status by a passenger, and a master control unit provided in a vehicle to receive data based on a radio signal of the slave control unit through radio communication with each slave control unit, calculate a position of each slave control unit based on the data received through the radio communication, and discontinue a position checking of a slave control unit when it is determined that the position of the slave control unit calculated for each slave control unit is outside the vehicle.
US12269412B2
A side airbag installed on a side surface, which faces a passenger seat, of a seatback of a driver's seat, is provided. The side airbag includes a main cushion provided with a flow hole and expandible by gas, and a sub-cushion that is attached to the main cushion, the sub-cushion being connected to the flow hole. When the main cushion expands after the airbag is actuated, the sub-cushion protrudes from the main cushion while being expanded by the gas supplied through the flow hole, and as the main cushion expands, the main cushion is deployed toward a front side of a vehicle between the driver's seat and the passenger seat, and the sub-cushion protrudes from a rear side of the main cushion toward a rear side of the vehicle.
US12269402B2
A vehicle electrical distribution system includes an electrical box having at least one power outlet. The electrical box is configured to be moved between a stowed position where the electrical box is housed within a compartment of a vehicle, and an deployed position where the electrical box is outside the compartment.
US12269401B2
A power management system is disclosed for managing power in a vehicle. The system may include a power distribution unit (PDU) communicably coupled to a power controller unit located in the vehicle. The power controller unit comprises a microcontroller configured to: receive, from the PDU, a temperature value that indicates a temperature of the PDU, one or more voltage values from the one or more voltage sensors, or one or more current values from the one or more current sensors, perform a determination that the temperature value, the one or more voltage values, or the one or more current values are below one or more of their respective pre-determined threshold values, and send, after the determination, a health status message to a computer located in the vehicle, where the health status message indicates that the PDU is operating in a safe operating condition.
US12269393B2
A vehicle display device includes a first display unit disposed in front of and above a driver's seat and including a display screen configured to be deployed from an interior member into the vehicle cabin and be withdrawn from the vehicle cabin into an inside of the interior member, a drive unit configured to drive the display screen, and a control unit configured to control the first display unit and the drive unit. The control unit includes a driving status acquisition unit configured to acquire a driving status of a vehicle, a drive control unit configured to change a deployment amount of the display screen based on the acquired driving status, and a display control unit configured to cause the display screen to display a rear seat image captured by an in-vehicle camera for a rear seat to fit with the deployment amount of the display screen.
US12269386B2
The present disclosure relates to an in-vehicle service providing apparatus, the apparatus including a module unit including service modules configured to provide services, a rail part including a rail stretched into a cabin of a vehicle, a moving part onto which one of the service modules is seated and fixed, and which is configured to move along the rail; and a processor configured to: identify a request for a service that may be provided through one of the service modules, detect a first service module corresponding to the identified service request, and determine a service providing position and control the module unit to seat the first service module onto the moving part, and control the moving part onto which the first service module is seated to move to the determined service providing position.
US12269380B2
A misuse preventing mechanism (1) is disposed on a rotatable child safety seat (100). The rotatable child safety seat has a base (13) and an installation bracket (3) coupled to the base (13) and configured to support a carrier body (2). The installation bracket (3) is capable of rotating with respect to the base (13) and has a restraining groove (31). The misuse preventing mechanism (1) includes a lock member (11) disposed on the base (13) and driven to restrain a rotation angle of the carrier body (2).
US12269376B1
Various implementations include a seat riser system. The system includes a base and a seat. The base has a base center line, a first base end, a second base end spaced apart along the base center line, a first base side, and a second base side spaced apart from the first base side. The seat has a seat center line, a first seat end, a second seat end spaced apart along the seat center line, a first seat side, a second seat side spaced apart from the first seat side, and a bottom seat surface rotationally coupled to the base such that the seat is rotatable about a seat rotational axis. The seat rotational axis is spaced apart from the seat center line such that the seat rotational axis is closer to the first seat side than it is to the second seat side.
US12269374B2
The present disclosure relates to a vehicle rear seat including: a center seat; and side seats located on the left and right of the center seat, wherein, the center seat is capable of protruding by moving the center seat forward with respect to the side seats, and in the state in which the center seat protrudes forward, it is possible to increase an inter-passenger distance so that physical contact between the passenger of the center seat and the passenger of each of the side seats can be prevented as much as possible.
US12269373B2
A vehicle seat including a base, an unlocking device, a release lever, a seat cushion, and a lifter. The unlocking device configured to selectively lock a translatable rail to a fixed rail, the release lever coupled to the base and configured to rotate about a first axis to actuate the unlocking device. The seat cushion coupled to the base and configured to pivot about a second axis between a use position and a non-use position. The lifter configured to rotate about a third axis between a first position, in which the seat cushion is in the non-use position, wherein as the lifter moves from the first position to the second position, the lifter bracket pivots the seat cushion between the use position and the non-use position and engages the release lever to actuate the unlocking device to unlock the translatable rail from the fixed rail.
US12269368B2
A method of operating an energy management system for a fleet of aircraft, can include receiving a desired flight plan database for the fleet of aircraft, defining at least a desired flight plan for each of the fleet of aircraft and a location of each of the fleet of aircraft, and generating a power source inventory distribution plan for the at least a subset of the desired flight plans for the fleet of aircraft.
US12269367B2
A materials handling vehicle including a battery receiving space, and a removable battery assembly, wherein: the removable battery assembly includes a battery body, a leading face, and an electrical socket on the leading face of the removable battery assembly; the battery receiving space includes an electrical connector; the leading face of the removable battery assembly rests on a bottom surface of the battery receiving space with the electrical socket engaged with the electrical connector; and the electrical socket, the electrical connector, the battery body, and the battery receiving space are configured to define a standoff gap between opposing surfaces of the electrical socket and the electrical connector, with the leading face of the removable battery assembly resting on the bottom surface of the battery receiving space.
US12269365B2
This disclosure relates to systems and methods for coordinating and executing in-flight energy transfer events between vehicles. Energy may be transferred from a towing or leading vehicle to a towed or trailing vehicle, from the trailing vehicle to the leading vehicle, or both during the in-flight energy transfer events. The proposed systems may further be configured to coordinate the terms and conditions of a service agreement between the leading and trailing vehicles, coordinate the publication of a service experience rating from a user of the leading and/or trailing vehicle, and/or coordinate the termination of the in-flight charging event by either user.
US12269360B2
A transformer circuit (100) for an electric vehicle comprises an input (104); an output (106); and a transformer (108) located between the input and the output. The transformer comprises a primary winding (110) connected to the input; and a secondary winding (102) connected to the output. At least one of the primary winding and the secondary winding comprises a first split winding (112) and a second split winding (114). The first split winding is configured for carrying a higher current than the second split winding. The circuit comprises switching means (116) configured to, where the primary winding comprises the first and second split windings, selectively connect the first split winding to the input, or connect the first and second windings in series to the input, and where the secondary winding comprises the first and second split windings, selectively connect the first split winding (112) to the output (106), or connect the first and second split windings (112, 114) in series to the output.
US12269358B2
A method includes receiving an energy transfer mode input identifying a selected energy transfer mode for the first vehicle, and receiving a total energy request input identifying a value of total requested energy associated with the selected energy transfer mode for the first vehicle. The operations also include receiving a first power transfer limit input including a first power transfer limit value associated with the selected energy transfer mode for the first vehicle, and receiving a second power transfer limit input including a second power transfer limit value associated with the selected energy transfer mode for the first vehicle. The operations also include selecting a power transfer limit from the lesser of the first power transfer limit value and the second power transfer limit value, and initiating a power transfer between the first vehicle and the second vehicle at the selected power transfer limit.
US12269342B2
Proposed are a rollable display system capable of adaptively adjusting a height of a rollable monitor in consideration of a driver and enlarging and reproducing an image of a blind spot of the driver in front of a vehicle occurring depending on road conditions, and a method of adaptively adjusting a view range of the rollable monitor in consideration of the driver.
US12269341B2
Disclosed are a system and method for controlling a vehicle. The system for controlling a vehicle includes a vehicle control device that collects vehicle information and driver information, and a server that determines a streaming cluster image corresponding to the vehicle information and the driver information based on a learned cluster image.
US12269337B2
An axle assembly having a differential carrier, a drive pinion, a bearing assembly, and a preload nut. The drive pinion has a shaft that has a threaded portion. The bearing assembly rotatably supports the drive pinion on the differential carrier. The preload nut mates with the threaded portion and exerts a preload force on the bearing assembly.
US12269326B2
This disclosure relates to an autonomous vehicle configurable for transportation of either passengers, cargo, or both. The various aspects of this disclosure, which include moveable seat assemblies, a door arrangement, and storage bins, among other things, provide the vehicle with increased functionality and versatility, leading to more efficient vehicle use.
US12269325B2
A door assembly and an assembly method for a door assembly with a door skin, a support component and an interior trim component, the support component is fastened to the door skin by at least one mounting component. The at least one mounting component is also used for mounting the interior trim component since a head section of the mounting component projects from the support component and the interior trim component is mounted on the head section.
US12269323B2
A sealing system for connecting a drainage device to a vehicle window, includes a fixing section for being connected to the vehicle window glass and an engaging section for being detachably connected to the drainage device, the engaging section including a supporting body, an elastic arm, and a transition portion connecting the supporting body to the elastic arm; wherein the sealing system further includes a positioning element connected to the transition portion and the supporting body, the positioning element being at least partially elastically deformable; further, the positioning element includes an elastic leg connected to the transition portion and an engaging head connected to the supporting body, the engaging head having a cross section presenting a U-shape or V-shape, and the U-shape or the V-shape having an opening oriented towards the supporting body.
US12269322B2
A quarter window assembly for a soft top cover assembly that is removable. The quarter window assembly is connectable to the soft cover assembly. The quarter window assembly has a hard corner assembly mountable to features connected to a vehicle. The hard corner assembly is an injection molded plastic assembly. The quarter window assembly also has a panel carrying at least one window, and the panel is secured to the hard corner assembly.
US12269315B2
A vehicle system includes: a volatile organic compounds (VOC) sensor configured to measure an amount of a VOC within a passenger cabin of a vehicle; a particulate matter sensor configured to measure an amount of particulate matter within the passenger cabin of the vehicle; a triggering module configured to, during a use of the vehicle, selectively trigger the VOC and particulate matter sensors to measure the amount of the VOC and the amount of particulate matter; an odor database including a mapping of amounts of VOCs and amounts of particulate matter to odors; and an odor determination module configured to, using the odor database, determine an odor introduced into the passenger cabin of the vehicle during the use of the vehicle based on the measured amounts of VOCs and particulate matter.
US12269311B2
A suspension system including hydraulic circuits that extend between dampers located at opposite corners of the vehicle and at least one load distribution unit that is connected in fluid communication with at least two hydraulic circuits. The load distribution unit includes a manifold block with a cylinder bore, a pair of pressure tubes, a piston rod assembly, and a pair of reserve tubes. The pressure tubes are partially received in the cylinder bore to define a pair of opposed cylinders. The piston rod assembly includes a piston rod and a pair of opposed pistons that are slidingly received within the opposed cylinders. The reserve tubes are at least partially received in the cylinder bore and are arranged annularly about the pressure tubes to define a first pair of reservoir chambers between the pressure tubes and the reserve tubes.
US12269306B2
A tire valve includes a grommet fitted on an outside of a valve stem on a proximal end side, the tire valve being inserted into a valve attachment hole from a distal end side, the grommet having a proximal end portion engaging with the valve attachment hole, a stem step portion provided on an outer surface of the valve stem and increasing in diameter at the proximal end side and facing toward the distal end side, a ring provided on the grommet in a portion on the distal end side of the stem step portion and restricting axial movements of the ring relative to the grommet, and a pressed portion provided on the grommet between the stem step portion and the ring to be pressed between the stem step portion and the ring wherein the grommet receives a load applied toward the proximal end side of the valve stem.
US12269299B2
A method of making a tire includes providing a first body ply having a first width and laying a second body ply above the first body ply. The second body ply has a second width less than the first width. The method also includes laying a third body ply above the second body ply. The third body ply has a third width greater than the first width. The method further includes laying a first bead at a first location above the third body ply, laying a second bead at a second location above the third body ply, laying a first stabilizer ply insert at a third location above the third body ply, and laying a second stabilizer ply insert at a fourth location above the third body ply. The third location is between the first location and the second location, and the fourth location is between the third location and the second location.
US12269295B2
A variable thickness rim structure made of carbon fiber composite includes an outer ply block, that is paved as an outer side of the rim structure; an upper ply block, that is paved as an upper part of an inner side of the rim structure; a lower ply block, that is paved as a lower part of the inner side of the rim structure; a filling ply block, that is paved among the outer ply block, the upper ply block, and the lower ply block, where a first end of the upper ply block and a first end of the lower ply block extend inwards to form an annular connecting flange; a second end of the upper ply block extends upwards and a second end of the lower ply block extends downwards to form a rim ring together with the outer ply block.
US12269293B2
A wheel holder for fastening to a wheel comprises at least two arms extending outward from a base plate of the wheel holder radially; each of the arms having at least one movable element that is movable radially; a central rotation element that is arranged in the center of the wheel holder such that it can rotate; and at least two coupling elements each extending between one of the movable elements and the central rotation element such that the movable elements are movable radially by rotation of the rotation element. The rotation element is attached to the base plate of the wheel holder via a freewheeling system. The freewheeling system has at least one operating state in which the rotation element is rotatable in a freewheeling direction and rotation of the rotation element in a blocking direction opposite to the freewheeling direction is blocked.
US12269287B2
The disclosure includes a system and method to obtain at least one image of a document under test, wherein valid instances of the document under test include at least one perforation-based three-dimensional security feature; obtain a first image snippet from the document under test, the first image snippet corresponding to at least a first portion of the perforation-based three-dimensional security feature present in the valid instances of the document; analyze the perforation-based three-dimensional security feature for one or more characteristics; and modify a likelihood that the document under test is accepted as valid, or rejected as invalid, based on a presence, or an absence, of the one or more characteristics.
US12269284B2
Some embodiments provide a greeting card or a postcard with a practical joke feature. The practical joke feature can include a sound that is repeatedly played for several hours, days, weeks, etc. The card can include a mode of operation configured to allow a purchaser to experience the sound without arming the practical joke feature. The card can include a pouch that contains one or more surprises for card recipients that attempt to open or destroy the card. The card can include one or more features that resist destruction of the card and/or internal components of the card that implement the practical joke feature.
US12269282B2
A nanoimprint lithography template, a system for using the template and a method of using the template. The template may comprise a body having a front side with a shaping surface. The back side may have a central core-out that is located opposite the shaping surface. A first peripheral region may be bounded by: the central core-out; a first edge of the template; and a first set of two parallel perimeter lines orthogonal to the first edge and extending from the first edge to the central core-out. A first peripheral core-out may be positioned in the first peripheral region.
US12269278B2
Techniques and mechanisms are described that enable the mounting of multiple print heads side by side to create a stable single line wide printing width that is suitable at least for single pass and wide format scan printers.
US12269275B2
There is provided a liquid discharge apparatus including: a reservoir configured to store a liquid; a head in which a nozzle is opened; a liquid circulator including a negative pressure pump, the liquid circulator being configured to circulate the liquid between the reservoir and the nozzle; a negative pressure regulating valve configured to regulate communication between a gas layer of the reservoir and an atmosphere; and a controller configured to perform: obtaining a nozzle pressure in an area, of the liquid circulator, near the nozzle; and controlling the negative pressure regulating valve to open, in response to the nozzle pressure being less than a first threshold value that is a negative value and greater than a second threshold value that is less than the first threshold value.
US12269272B2
A liquid discharge apparatus includes a liquid discharge head to discharge liquid to a medium and a liquid storage container. The liquid storage container includes a reservoir portion, a liquid injection portion, a liquid holding unit, and a liquid guide portion. The reservoir portion reserves the liquid that is supplied to the liquid discharge head. The liquid injection portion allows a liquid injection container for injecting the liquid into the reservoir portion to be inserted in the liquid injection portion in a first direction. The liquid holding unit is provided at a position spaced apart from the liquid injection portion and is capable of holding the liquid. The liquid guide portion guides the liquid from the liquid injection portion to the liquid holding unit in a second direction intersecting with the first direction.
US12269270B2
A liquid storage container capable of storing liquid containing a precipitation component and externally supplying the liquid allows the liquid to be externally supplied to have a uniform precipitation component concentration. The liquid storage container can store liquid containing a precipitation component and externally supply the liquid and includes a storage portion that stores the liquid, a supply port that opens to the outside of the storage portion, a pipe having one end connected to the supply port and the other end connected to a suction port that opens to the inside of the storage portion, and an agitation member provided near the suction port for agitating the liquid stored in the storage portion.
US12269268B2
A nozzle plate defines at least one nozzle connected to the nozzle plate at a base, wherein the at least one nozzle has a height and a top having an inner width and an outer width, wherein a ratio of the height to the inner width is greater than 5, and wherein the nozzle plate comprises a borosilicate glass. The nozzle plate is formed via a method including providing a silicon wafer having a surface; providing a borosilicate glass wafer having a surface; etching the surface of the silicon wafer to form a plurality of trenches in the surface; anodically bonding the etched surface of the silicon wafer to the surface of the borosilicate glass wafer to form a two layer composite; heating the two layer composite at a temperature of at least about 750° C.; and releasing the silicon wafer from the borosilicate glass to form the nozzle plate.
US12269266B2
A nozzle plate includes a substrate having thereon at least a base layer and a liquid-repellent layer. A substrate adhesion layer is provided between the substrate and the base layer. A surface portion of the substrate adhesion layer has a higher concentration (atm %) of Cr than a surface portion of the substrate. The base layer is a layer containing at least an inorganic oxide or an oxide containing carbon (C). The liquid-repellent layer is a layer formed by using a coupling agent containing fluorine (F).
US12269265B2
A liquid ejecting head includes an introduction portion for introducing a gas supplied, a discharge portion for discharging the gas, and drive circuits provided in each of head chips, in which the drive circuits include a first drive circuit for driving the first head chip and a second drive circuit for driving the second head chip, a gas path through which the gas flows from the introduction portion to the discharge portion includes a first path coupled to the introduction portion, a second path coupled to the discharge portion, a first branch path coupling the first path and the second path, and a second branch path coupling the first path and the second path so as not to pass through the first branch path, the first drive circuit is disposed in the first branch path, and the second drive circuit is disposed in the second branch path.
US12269262B2
An object of the present disclosure is to narrow the width of an electric wiring substrate and downsize a printing head. An aspect of the present disclosure provides an inkjet printing apparatus, including: a printing head including a plurality of nozzles ejecting ink and a piezoelectric element corresponding to each of the plurality of the nozzles; a control unit configured to control printing by the printing head; a signal generation unit configured to generate a driving signal to drive the piezoelectric element; a selection unit configured to select for each nozzle one type of the driving signal out of a plurality of types of the driving signals generated by the signal generation unit; and a plurality of wiring lines having different wiring widths from each other to communicate the plurality of types of the driving signals supplied to the selection unit from the signal generation unit.
US12269260B2
A method includes obtaining a nominal distance between a printhead and an X cut line position in a printer; obtaining a predetermined slice length of an image to be printed; determining an adjusted slice length as a function of the nominal distance and an offset; advancing a print medium through a print zone of the printer in accordance with the predetermined slice length or the adjusted slice length, and printing an image slice after a print medium advance; repeating the advancing and printing a number N of times; and after the Nth print medium advance, printing an image slice and cutting the print medium at the X cut line position.
US12269250B2
Provided are a polarizing plate and an optical display device comprising same, the polarizing plate comprising: a polarizer; and a first phase difference layer, a second phase difference layer and a third phase difference layer which are sequentially stacked on the lower surface of the polarizer. The first phase difference layer comprises a positive C phase difference layer. The second phase difference layer has positive wavelength dispersibility and an in-plane phase difference of approximately 200 nm to 280 nm in a wavelength of 550 nm. The third phase difference layer has positive wavelength dispersibility and an in-plane phase difference of approximately 80 nm to 145 nm in a wavelength of 550 nm. When the absorption axis of the polarizer is 0°, the angle formed by the slow axis of the second phase difference layer is approximately +14° to +24° or approximately −24° to −14°, and the angle formed by the slow axis of the third phase difference layer is approximately +79° to +89° or approximately −89° to −79°.
US12269241B2
A gas barrier film including: a substrate layer containing polypropylene; a resin layer containing a copolymer of propylene and another monomer; a vapor deposition layer of an inorganic oxide; and a gas barrier layer, laminated in this order, wherein the vapor deposition layer has a thickness of 5 nm to 300 nm, the resin layer has a thickness of 0.3 μm or more, and a surface of the resin layer facing the vapor deposition layer has at least one softening temperature in a range of 100° C. to 170° C. when measured by local thermal analysis (LTA).
US12269238B2
A multilayer resin substrate includes resin layers that are laminated, a first copper foil on the resin layers and including first and second main surfaces having first and second surface roughnesses, respectively, and a second copper foil on the resin layers and including third and fourth main surfaces having third and fourth surface roughnesses, respectively. A distance between the first main surface and the second copper foil is shorter than a distance between the second main surface and the second copper foil. When the first, second, third, and fourth surface roughnesses are denoted as SR1, SR2, SR3, and SR4 respectively, a relationship SR1
US12269236B2
Covering of raw boxes with a sheet blank in a box laminating machine with a rubbing-down device that sweeps or rolls over the surface to be covered and a counter-holder that interacts with said rubbing-down device, wherein the rubbing-down operation takes place during a transport movement of the box and the counter-holder plunges into the box in order to support the wall to be covered against the rubbing-down device.
US12269230B2
Disclosed is a preparation and fixation installation (100) for fixation of a fastening device (10) to an inner surface (50a) of a tire casing (50), the fastening device allowing mounting of a corresponding electronic component therein. The system includes a positioning device (200) and an affixing device (300). The affixing device includes a robot (302) having a gripping device (304) and a gripper (308) disposed along a longitudinal axis l-l at a free end (304a) of the gripping device. The gripper includes a housing (320) with a fixed housing (328) and a sliding housing (330), and a docking finger (324) having a longitudinal axis in common with the longitudinal axis of the gripper, such that reciprocating movement of the finger effects engagement of a center (C) of the fastening device (10) that is aligned along the longitudinal axis of the finger when a vacuum is applied.
US12269227B1
A skin manufacturing post-treatment device for an automobile collision dummy device includes a post-treatment mechanism, where the post-treatment mechanism includes a rotary operation table that is provided with a cutting station, a grinding station, a skin patching station and a removal station in a circumferential direction; the cutting station is configured to cut an injection molding residual material on a surface of a dummy skin, and the grinding station is configured to grind a cut position to form a frustum-shaped patching recess; and the skin patching station is configured to fill the patching recess with a welding skin patching material, and the removal station is configured to clean a skin patching position.
US12269225B2
A fiber-reinforced plastic substrate is described in which a plurality of resins having different properties are firmly compounded and that includes components [A], [B], and [C]: [A] reinforcing fibers; [B] thermoplastic resin (b); and [C] thermoplastic resin (c), wherein the component [A] is arranged in one direction, in the fiber-reinforced plastic substrate, a resin area including the component [B] and a resin area including the component [C] are present, the resin area including the component [B] is present on a surface of one side of the fiber-reinforced plastic substrate, and a distance Ra(bc) between Hansen solubility parameters of the component [B] and the component [C] satisfies formula (1): Ra(bc)={4(δDB−δDC)2+(δPB−δPC)2+(δHB−δHC)2}1/2≥8 wherein Ra(bc), δDB, δDC, δPB, δPC, δHB and δHC are as defined.
US12269211B2
An additive printer dispenses filament having high volume content of axial reinforcing fibers impregnated with a partially cured thermoset material. Partial curing provides sufficient mechanical integrity for high-density fiber support and retention while maintaining tackiness necessary to allow layer by layer additive construction. The complete construction may then be heated to provide complete curing.
US12269205B2
Systems and methods for lens creations are disclosed. The method includes initiating light transmission from a light source through a diffuser into a container holding resin and a substrate. The light transmission is performed according to an irradiation pattern wherein each point in the resin is illuminated by at least 10% of the diffuser. This causes a lens to be formed. To achieve this illumination, at least 15% of the diffuser receives light from the light source. Further, a diameter of the diffuser is greater than or equal to a diameter of the substrate. The system performing the methods includes a polymerization apparatus and may include a resin conditioning and reservoir apparatus, a metrology unit, a resin drainage apparatus and an optional postcuring apparatus.
US12269202B2
The present disclosure relates to a method for transferring an embossed structure to at least a part of a surface of a coating (B2), using a composite (F1B1) composed of a substrate (F1) and of an at least partially embossed and at least partially cured coating (B1), where the coating (B2) and the coating (B1) of the composite (F1B1) have embossed structures which are mirror images of one another. Also described herein is a composite (B2B1F1). Further described herein is a use of this composite for producing an at least partially embossed coating (B2) in the form of a free film or a composite (B2KF2) composed of a substrate (F2), at least one adhesive (K), and the coating (B2).
US12269201B2
A folding device and a folding method are provided. The folding device includes a bearing and fixing mechanism configured to bear and fix a main body portion of a to-be-folded device; a folding mechanism disposed on at least one lateral side of the bearing and fixing mechanism, the folding mechanism being configured to bear a to-be-folded portion of the to-be-folded device and fold the to-be-folded portion to one side in a thickness direction of the main body portion; a first driving mechanism configured to drive the folding mechanism to move along a direction perpendicular to a bearing surface, which bears the main body portion, of the bearing and fixing mechanism; and a second driving mechanism configured to drive the folding mechanism to move close to or away from the bearing and fixing mechanism along a direction parallel to the bearing surface.
US12269179B2
System for automatically manipulating primary packaging in secondary packaging, comprising a robot having at least one robot arm with a clamping gripper installed at a tool centre point, wherein each tool centre point has a force-torque sensor, an image recording module for recording images of at least the upper segment of the primary packaging, comprising at least two stereo cameras for recording 3-D images, and one or more processors for providing a three-dimensional point cloud, controlling the image recording module and controlling the robot on the basis of the analysis of the three-dimensional point cloud and the measurements from the force-torque sensors.
US12269175B2
A surface following control method for a robot is used for controlling the robot including a hand part, an arm part, and a controller. In this surface following control method for the robot, processes including a normal direction identification process and a work tool posture control process are performed. In the normal direction identification process, a normal direction of a virtual shape at a virtual position where the work tool attached to the hand part contacts the virtual shape which is a shape represented by the formula is identified. In the work tool control process, the work tool attached to the hand part is brought into contact with the target workpiece at a corresponding position which is a position corresponding to the virtual position on the surface of the target workpiece, in a posture along the normal direction identified in the normal direction identification process.
US12269168B2
A piled grain surface management robot comprises an auger-based drive system, a memory, and a processor coupled with the memory. The processor is configured to control movement of the robot via the auger-based drive system. The processor is also configured to direct a traversal of a surface of piled grain in a bulk store, wherein a crust layer of the surface is broken up by auger rotation of the auger-based drive system during the traversal.
US12269165B2
A robot control apparatus according to one or more embodiments may include: a calculating unit configured to calculate an interference range of a robot based on a model of the robot in a state in which an object is gripped by a gripper with which the robot is equipped; and a planning unit configured to plan a motion of the robot based on the model and the interference range.
US12269161B2
Provided are a multi-degree-of-freedom myoelectric artificial hand control system and a method for using same. The system comprises a robotic hand, a robotic wrist (2), a stump receiving cavity (1) and a data processor (3), wherein the robotic hand and the stump receiving cavity (1) are respectively mounted on two ends of the robotic wrist (2); a multi-channel myoelectric array electrode oversleeve, a control unit circuit board, and a battery are connected in the stump receiving cavity (1); and the other end of the control unit circuit board is connected to the robotic hand and the robotic wrist (2). The method for using the system comprises the following steps: (S1) a user wearing a multi-channel myoelectric array electrode oversleeve, and connecting a battery and a control unit circuit board; (S2) the user completing a gesture, collecting a surface electromyography signal and then uploading same to a data processor (3); (S3) the data processor (3) receiving the surface electromyography signal and inputting same into a neural network algorithm to generate a gesture prediction model; and (S4) the user controlling the multi-degree-of-freedom movement of the robotic wrist (2) and the robotic hand. By means of the system, continuous gestures and the gesture strength thereof can be identified, and multi-degree-of-freedom gestures can be made.
US12269156B2
Haptic-robot control based on local autonomy and a dual-proxy model is provided. The dual proxy guarantees generation of safe and consistent commands for two local controllers, which ensure the compliance and stability of the systems on both sides. A Force-Space Particle Filter enables an autonomous modeling and rendering of the task contact geometry from the robot state and sensory data. The method suppresses the instability issues caused by the transfer of power variables through a network with communication delays in conventional haptic-robot controllers. The results demonstrated the transparency and high fidelity of the method, and robustness to communication delays. While the conventional method failed for communication delays higher that milliseconds, the dual proxy method maintained high performance for delays up to one and a half seconds. The local autonomy-based haptic control of robots with the dual-proxy model enables applications in areas such as medical, underwater and space robotics.
US12269155B2
The present disclosure provides methods and compositions for inducing an immune response that confers dual protection against infections by either or both of a rabies virus and a coronavirus, and/or which can be used therapeutically for an existing infection with rabies virus and/or a coronavirus to treat at least one symptom thereof and/or to neutralize or clear the infecting agents. In particular, the present disclosure provides a recombinant rabies virus vector comprising a nucleotide sequence encoding at least one coronavirus immunogenic glycoprotein fragment, as well as pharmaceutical compositions comprising the vaccine vectors.
US12269147B1
Disclosed is a latching mechanism for a high-torque tool that allows a top semicircular segment to be connected and disconnected from a bottom semicircular segment, which allows a hex jaw (reaction gear) to engage a fluid fitting static nut for application of high torques. A pivoted latch has a curved blade, which is mounted closer to the center point of the hex jaw (reaction gear) than the latch pivot pin of the pivoted latch so that all of the forces are absorbed by the curved blade rather than the latch pivot pin.
US12269135B2
A work piece holder provided herein includes a support baffle and an elevating element. The support baffle extends along an arc path. The elevating element is disposed on the support baffle and is pivoted to be movable between an unlock status and a lock status.
US12269133B2
A method of manufacturing a ball screw device includes a nut unit preparation step, a screw shaft preparation step, and an assembly step. In the nut unit preparation step, a nut unit is prepared in which a circulation component, a ball, and a temporary shaft that prevents the ball from falling off are assembled to a nut provided with an inner peripheral track surface. In the screw shaft preparation step, a screw shaft provided with an outer peripheral track surface is prepared. In the assembly step, after the nut unit preparation step and the screw shaft preparation step, the temporary shaft of an arbitrary nut unit is replaced with an arbitrary screw shaft to manufacture the ball screw device.
US12269132B2
A processing method for a heat exchanger includes: operation S100, preparing a heat exchange module, wherein the heat exchange module includes a plurality of flat tubes; operation S200, placing at least part of the heat exchange module on a first platform; operation S300, limiting the heat exchange module in a width direction of the first platform; operation S400, limiting the heat exchange module in a length direction of the first platform; operation S500, preparing a fin module; operation S600 or operation S700, using a pushing piece to push the heat exchange module to move the plurality of flat tubes by a preset distance along the width or length direction of the first platform; and operation S800, repeating operations S500 and S600, or repeating operations S500 and S700, until installation of N fin modules and one heat exchange module is completed, wherein N is greater than or equal to 2.
US12269120B2
A gas assistance device for laser welding includes an assistance gas unit configured to apply an assistance gas to a site to be welded, and a fume suction unit configured to suck fumes generated during laser welding. The assistance gas unit is provided with an assistance gas nozzle. The fume suction unit is provided with a fume suction port. The assistance gas nozzle includes a first slit-shaped opening. The fume suction port includes a second slit-shaped opening. The fume suction unit is at least partially attached to the assistance gas unit. In an operating state of the gas assistance device, the second slit-shaped opening is at least partially located above the first slit-shaped opening.
US12269115B2
A laser processing apparatus according to an exemplary embodiment includes: a light source generating a laser beam; and a light converging unit converging the laser beam to a focal point on an object to be processed, wherein the light converging unit includes a first optical element including a through hole penetrating the first optical element; a second optical element including a first region reflecting the laser beam and a second region transmitting the laser beam; and a third optical element including a focusing lens as a convex lens, a lower surface of the first optical element is a concave mirror, and an upper surface of the second optical element is convex and a lower surface thereof is concave.
US12269107B2
Removal of substrates in a composite substrate is facilitated, and flaking of the composite substrate in an unintended process is prevented. A method for manufacturing a composite substrate includes: forming a first bonding material in a first surface of a first substrate; forming, in the first surface, at least one groove located more inward than a periphery in a plan view of the first substrate; forming the first bonding material along an inner wall of the at least one groove, the first bonding material not filling into space enclosed by the inner wall of the at least one groove; forming a second bonding material on a second surface of a second substrate; and bonding the first bonding material and the second bonding material together in a region except the at least one groove.
US12269103B2
A method for simultaneous production of at least two back-tapers on the teeth of a workpiece in the form of a gearwheel using a tool that includes a tool carrier configured in elongated manner, in the manner of a journal, and oriented coaxial to a central longitudinal axis of the tool, and at least two blades, which come into engagement with the tooth to be machined, removing chips during use, wherein the blades are held on the tool carrier at a distance from one another in the longitudinal direction of the tool carrier and a width of the blades extend over a partial length of the tool carrier. The position of at least one of the blades is adjustable in relation to the other blade, so as to balance out deformations of the tool carrier that occur during use.
US12269096B2
The present disclosure relates to a dispersed metal nanoparticle synthesis method and metal nanoparticles prepared thereby. Specifically, the present disclosure relates to a method of effectively preparing a dispersed metal nanoparticle using Taylor vortex flow even when using a small amount of stabilizer or using no stabilizer, and well-dispersed nanoparticles obtained thereby.
US12269083B2
A press brake is equipped with an upper table provided so as to be vertically movable at an upper part of a main frame and holding a punch tool on a lower side thereof, and a lower table provided at a lower part of the main frame and holding a die tool on an upper side thereof. A pair of slits extending symmetrically in a lateral direction are formed in the lower table, and an end portion of each slit on an outer side in the lateral direction is opened. An elastic member is provided in the end portion of each slit on the outer side in the lateral direction. The elastic member is configured to be switchable between a load-receiving state for receiving a bending load acting on the lower table and a released state in which the load-receiving state has been released.
US12269082B2
A wiping unit for a reciprocating ram includes a subunit including: a ring-shaped wipe member including a lip to press an outer peripheral surface of the ram; and an elastic ring disposed on an outer circumference of the wipe member and configured to press the lip on the outer peripheral surface of the ram. The wipe member is made of rigid resin.
US12269081B2
Provided are a plated steel sheet for hot press forming including: a base steel sheet containing, by wt %, 0.14 to 0.5% of C, 0.001 to 1% of Si, 0.3 to 4% of Mn, 0.001 to 0.015% of P, 0.0001 to 0.02% of S, 0.001 to 0.1% of Al, 0.001 to 1% of Cr, 0.001 to 0.02% of N, 0.1% or less of Ti, 0.01% or less of B, 0.005 to 0.1% of Sb, and a balance of Fe and unavoidable impurities; an aluminum or aluminum alloy plating layer provided on at least one surface of the base steel sheet; and a Sb-rich layer provided between the base steel sheet and the plating layer, wherein the plated steel sheet for hot press forming satisfies the following Relational Expressions 1-1 and 1-2, a hot press formed member manufactured using the same, and methods for manufacturing the plated steel sheet for hot press forming and the hot press formed member. [Relational Expression 1-1] Sb max Sb coat ≥ 1.2 [Relational Expression 1-2] ( S b max - Sb c o a t ) 2 × Δ t ≥ 0. 0 0 8 [In Relational Expressions 1-1 and 1-2, Sbcoat represents an average content of Sb in the plating layer, and a unit thereof is wt %, Sbmax represents a maximum value of a content of Sb in the Sb-rich layer, and a unit thereof is wt %, and Δt represents a linear distance from a boundary between the plating layer and the Sb-rich layer to a point where Sbmax is measured, and a unit thereof is μm.]
US12269079B2
A rolling mill includes three or more rolling rolls aligned along a circumferential direction and arranged so each rotary shaft is skewed with respect to a pass line of a material to be rolled, wherein the material to be rolled made of a pipe or bar material passes between the rolling rolls while being rotated to undergo diameter reducing rolling. At least one rolling roll selected from the three or more rolling rolls is smaller in roll diameter than at least one other rolling roll. When at least one rolling roll having a relatively maximum roll diameter defined as a maximum diameter rolling roll and at least one rolling roll smaller in roll diameter than the maximum is defined as a small diameter rolling roll, the small diameter rolling roll has a roll diameter equal to or less than 90% of the roll diameter of the maximum diameter rolling roll.
US12269069B2
A brushless system for washing a large flat object having a length greater than a width, the width defining a cross-section, said system including a frame defining a longitudinal path and including a first end; a second end; and a wash chamber positioned between said first and second ends. A transport system secured to the frame and adapted to transport said object positioned thereon; said transport system including a plurality of idle rollers located along said longitudinal path and adapted to support said object as it travels along the longitudinal path; a drive system to provide mechanical transport motion to said object along the longitudinal path from said first end of the frame to said second end of the frame, said drive system being positioned outside the wash chamber; and first end including a loading mechanism to position the object on at least one of the plurality of rollers, and said second end including an unloading mechanism to remove the object from at least one of the plurality of rollers; said wash chamber including an entrance located proximate the first end and an exit located proximate the second end, and a series of high pressure water jets positioned within the wash chamber and adapted to spray the entire surface of said object when such transits through the washing chamber. The entire cross-section of said object is untouched by the system at at least one point during its transit through the wash chamber.
US12269067B2
Systems and methods are described for generating an interface that allows users to select and categorize particular waste items in real-time, for subsequent automated sorting. For example, detecting and identifying waste items, presenting them on a display, and allowing users to select items from the display and categorize them by selecting and dragging highlighted items to appropriate category affordances presented on the display.
US12269062B2
An ultrasonic device includes a substrate, a transmitter provided at the substrate and configured to transmit an ultrasonic wave to an object, and a receiver provided at a position different from the transmitter at the substrate and configured to receive an ultrasonic wave reflected by the object. A resonance frequency of the transmitter is higher than a resonance frequency of the receiver. An anti-resonance frequency of the receiver is included in a predetermined frequency band including the resonance frequency of the transmitter.
US12269059B2
A composition is described herein that includes a polysiloxane, a silicon based crosslinker, a reinforcement filler, a vulcanization catalyst, and a repair-enabling filler. Methods of using such a composition are also described.
US12269058B2
An edge-casting process for sheet materials according to the present invention includes the following steps: S1. grooving, that is to choose a suitable sheet material, and leave a processing margin on the peripheral edge of the sheet, material, so as to make a first groove; S2. casting or covering, that is to cast a high solid content coating material into said first groove and solidify it; S3. making a second groove on the back of said first groove of the sheet material, and casting a high solid content coating material into said second groove and solidify it; and S4. milling and chamfering, that is to chamfer the sheet material according to a required processing margin, then perform an edge-casting process. An objective of the present invention aims to simplify processes, improve production efficiency, upgrade edge banding performance, greatly enhance the waterproofness, super hardness, anti-friction, collision resistance and adhesion of sheet materials, and dramatically extend the service life of sheet materials, therefor we provide an edge-casting process for sheet materials and its application capable of producing cast edges of variously-shaped sheet materials and suitable for the production of diverse sheet materials.
US12269050B2
The present application discloses a water spraying pipe and a cleaning apparatus. The water spaying pipe includes a pipe body having a water inlet end and defining a water spraying hole in a pipe wall thereof; and a water spraying groove defined in the water spraying pipe at a position corresponding to the water spraying hole. The water spraying hole is in communication with the water spraying groove, and a diameter of the water spraying hole is greater than a width of the water spraying groove. The present application effectively improves the cleaning efficiency of the water spraying pipe.
US12269044B2
An air conditioner is provided that includes a dust collecting filter assembly that collects foreign substances from air suctioned in through an inlet. The dust collecting filter assembly includes a high-voltage electrode film, a ground electrode film disposed parallel to face the high-voltage electrode film, a separator film disposed between the high-voltage electrode film and the ground electrode film so that the high-voltage electrode film and the ground electrode film are spaced apart by a predetermined interval, and a fastener that fastens the high-voltage electrode film, the ground electrode film, and the separator film together to integrate them.
US12269036B2
Devices, systems, and their methods of use, for generating and collecting droplets are provided. The device includes a collection region comprising a side wall canted at an angle. The invention further provides multiplex devices that increase droplet formation.
US12269029B2
A microfluidic chip includes a substrate; plural layers formed on top of each other over the substrate; a top layer formed over the plural layers; a first input port formed into the top layer; a second input port formed into the top layer; a first output port formed into a first layer of the plural layers; and a second output port formed into a second layer of the plural layers. The second layer is formed over the first layer.
US12269024B2
A method of assembling and/or operating apparatus for undertaking a chemical reaction. The apparatus includes a housing in which a precursor of a receptacle is arranged. A fluid (F1) may be introduced into said precursor to cause the precursor to inflate.
US12269023B2
A thermochemical engine that includes a reaction chamber having a nitrite source inlet, an ammonium source inlet, and a gas outlet, and a gas-driven energy transducer coupled to the reaction chamber such that a gas produced in the reaction chamber moves the gas-driven energy transducer in a process of exiting the reaction chamber via the gas outlet. The thermochemical engine is configured to produce the gas under pressure by reacting in the reaction chamber a nitrite source comprising a nitrite ion and an ammonium source comprising an ammonium ion in the presence of water at a reaction temperature of 50 to 150° C.
US12269022B2
A highly-dispersed hydrogenation catalyst, a preparation method thereof, and use thereof in the preparation of biofuel from palm oil or other oil are provided. The combination of maleic anhydride-grafted polypropylene (MA-PP) and a silane coupling agent (SCA) is introduced into an aluminum oxide composite carrier through organic amidation to obtain a uniformly-dispersed composite carrier with regular pores. Moreover, through a multi-stage impregnation and roasting process, a particle size of an active component is greatly reduced, and the dispersion of the active component and the number of active sites are improved. A hydrogenation catalyst with high hydrothermal stability, high hydrogenation activity, and long life is prepared based on the composite carrier with regular pores and used in the preparation of biofuel from vegetable oil or other oil through hydrodeoxygenation (HDO), which has great industrial application value.
US12269015B2
The present invention relates to a catalyst for obtaining chlorine (Cl2) through an oxidation reaction of hydrogen chloride (HCl), and more particularly, to an oxidation reaction catalyst for preparing Cl2 from HCl by addition of a second heterogeneous material to a RuO2-supported catalyst using TiO2 as a support, and a preparation method therefor. According to an embodiment of the present invention, a hydrogen chloride oxidation reaction catalyst for use in a method for preparing chlorine by oxidizing hydrogen chloride includes a support and a heterogeneous material in an active ingredient. The catalyst according to the present invention has both increased catalytic activity at a low temperature and enhanced thermal stability, and thus a catalyst having improved durability such as thermal stability at a high temperature is provided. Therefore, since thermal stability is secured, the performance of the catalyst is maintained for a long time even at a high temperature.
US12269013B2
The present disclosure provides binder compositions formed with a plurality of binder materials having differing mean particles, the binder compositions being useful to improve washcoat adhesion on a substrate. Adhesion can be improved related to an increase in the binder concentration without a significant or substantial increase in associated viscosity. Such binder compositions can comprise a first binder material formed of a plurality of particles having a first mean particle size and a second binder material formed of a plurality of particles having a second mean particle size, wherein a ratio of the first mean particle size to the second mean particle size about 2 or greater. The present disclosure further provides catalyst compositions, catalyst articles, and emission systems incorporating the binder compositions.
US12269009B2
The present disclosure relates to: a super absorbent polymer having a rapid absorption rate and maintaining elasticity even in a condition of being pressed multiple times, thereby having excellent dryness characteristic; and a preparation method therefor. The super absorbent polymer of the present disclosure exhibits excellent performance for use in hygiene materials such as diapers.
US12269007B2
An object is to provide an adsorbent using activated carbon fiber, the adsorbent being suitable for motor vehicle canisters and enabling reduction in pressure loss. An activated carbon fiber sheet for a motor vehicle canister fulfils the following conditions (1) to (4). (1) The sheet has a specific surface area ranging from 1100 to 2300 m2/g. (2) The sheet has a density ranging from 0.010 to 0.200 g/cm3 or less. (3) The sheet has a thickness ranging from 0.1 to 100.00 mm. (4) The sheet has a fiber size of 13.0 μm or larger.
US12269006B2
A gas-solid contacting system (100) with structured packing (108) is disclosed. The structured packing (108) comprises a gas header (102) with an inlet to receive a gas. A plurality of vertically aligned tubes (104) is fluidically connected to the gas header (102), wherein each vertically aligned tube (104) comprises openings (180) to distribute the gas at different heights in a radial direction. A structured packing element (106) is arranged on each vertically aligned tube (104), wherein the structured packing element (106) comprises one or more plates attached to the vertically aligned tube (104) to create a convoluted 3-dimensional flow path for smooth flow and radial distribution of a solid particulate stream.
US12269003B2
An extracellular vesicle separation method, a colloidal particle, and a preparation method thereof are provided. The colloidal particle is used for extracellular vesicle separation, and includes 2 wt % to 6 wt % of agarose. The colloidal particle has a particle size of 25 μm to 500 μm, and is surface-modified with biocompatible molecules. The biocompatible molecules include sodium carboxymethyl cellulose (CMC), methyl cellulose (MC), glycine, aspartic acid, glutamic acid, bovine serum albumin (BSA), fetal bovine serum (FBS), or a combination thereof.
US12269000B2
The present invention relates to a method for producing a colloid comprising functionalised liquid colloidal particles. The invention also relates to such a colloid and to the uses thereof.
US12268986B2
A device for conversion of carbon dioxide to oxygen, includes, in order, an axial compressor, a centrifuge compressor, a drum, an air pump, and a housing which provides an accommodating space to house the above assemblies together. The axial compressor and centrifuge compressor inhale the carbon dioxide rich air into the accommodating space, then the carbon dioxide rich air pass through the surface of the reactor drum which cause the carbon dioxide bouncing between the reactor drum and the wall of the accommodating space, the collisions of the carbon dioxide molecules will bend and break the molecule bond between carbon and oxygen to produce oxygen. The device, as mentioned earlier, provides a solution to the greenhouse effect, which eliminates the carbon dioxide and generates oxygen by physical method, and advances a design to enhance the conversion process, which has the potential of being enlargement.
US12268984B1
A method for removing hydrogen sulfide (H2S) from a H2S-containing gas composition, including charging an aqueous media to a reactor under continuous agitation, dispersing particles of a composite in the aqueous media to form a composite mixture, continuously agitating the composite mixture, introducing the H2S-containing gas composition to the reactor containing the composite mixture under continuous agitation and passing the H2S-containing gas composition through the composite mixture, and adsorbing and removing H2S from the gas composition by the composite mixture to form a purified gas composition. The composite contains a XMgAl mixed hydroxide, where X is Zn, Co, Mn, or Cu, and a zeolitic imidazolate framework-8 (ZIF-8). Particles of the XMgAl mixed hydroxide are dispersed within pores of the ZIF-8.
US12268957B2
A directional pad for a controller can comprise a shell that includes a top having opposing upper and lower surfaces and a plurality of openings that each extend from the upper surface to the lower surface. The directional pad can also comprise a plurality of protrusions that are each movable between a retracted state in which the protrusion is disposed at or below the upper surface of the top of the shell and a deployed state in which the protrusion extends through a respective one of the openings of the top of the shell such that at least a portion of the protrusion is disposed above the upper surface of the top of the shell. A plurality of actuators can each be configured to move a respective one of the protrusions between the retracted and deployed states.
US12268955B2
Context-sensitive remote controls for use with electronic devices (e.g., eyewear device). The electronic device is configured to perform activities (e.g., email, painting, navigation, gaming). The context-sensitive remote control includes a display having a display area, a display driver coupled to the display, and a transceiver. The remote control additionally includes memory that stores controller layout configurations for display in the display area of the display by the display driver. A processor in the context-sensitive remote control is configured to establish, via the transceiver, communication with an electronic device, detect an activity currently being performed by the electronic device, select one of the controller layout configurations responsive to the detected activity, and present, via the display driver, the selected controller layout configuration in the display area of the display.
US12268951B2
A rear portion of a ski mountaineering binding has a base with a turret rotatable into a first position. The binding portion attaches to a ski boot heel for downhill skiing. The turret has a second position for walking uphill. A ski brake includes a braking lever rotatable to assume a braking position and a non-active position. The brake has elastic for rotating the braking lever towards the braking position, the braking lever is pressed by the ski boot heel, when the turret is in the first position, in order to reach the non-active position. A rotation member rotatably borne by the base bears the braking lever. The rotation member and the turret are interconnected and solidly constrained to one another, with the turret in the second turret position and the braking lever in the non-active position, to enable walking uphill.
US12268946B2
Systems and methods for delivering exercise content to a user of an exercise apparatus include a database storing exercise content, data associated with a content provider and data associated with an application provider, and a platform server operable to facilitate delivery of the exercise content to the exercise apparatus. The platform server delivers for display on the exercise apparatus archived exercise classes for selection by the user, receives from the exercise apparatus a selection, transmits data representing content of the selected archived exercise class, receives performance data from the exercise apparatus based on activity by the user, and generates archived performance data representing archived user performance parameters for a plurality of other users over at least the portion of the selected archived exercise class. Data is synchronized and updated for display by the exercise apparatus to simulate the user competing with at least some of the other users.
US12268940B2
Disclosed herein is a driver-type golf club head that has a strike face. The strike face has a central region, defined by a 40 mm by 20 mm rectangular area centered on a geometric center of the strike face and elongated in a heel-to-toe direction. The driver-type golf club head is configured such that after 500 impacts of a standard golf ball at the geometric center of the strike face, where at each impact the standard golf ball has a velocity of 52 meters per second, the CT of the strike face at any point within the central region is less than 256 microseconds and the CT at the geometric center of the strike face is no more than five microseconds different than the initial CT value.
US12268937B1
A split goal exercise system includes a plurality of exercise stations and a plurality of wristbands; wherein each station includes an overhead visual display configured to play a video, the video demonstrating one or more exercises performed by a fitness trainer, the one or more exercises including one or more modifications that are based on fitness level; wherein the video can be played on a mobile application to view on a mobile device; wherein the plurality of wristbands provides visual feedback to a fitness instructor, the visual feedback representing the fitness goal, fitness concern, or both of the user.
US12268913B2
An exercise weight for strengthening muscles. The exercise weight includes a body having a holding portion that extends between a first distal region and second distal region thereof. The holding portion forms a continuous surface that is curved such that a diameter of the holding portion is narrowest at a proximal point of the holding portion and widest at a first radial edge and an opposing second radial edge. The first and second distal regions are each dome shaped and extend from the first radial edge and the second radial edge, respectively. The holding portion can be received between the inner thighs of a user to add resistance when performing various exercises, such as leg lifts, planks, pull-ups, dips, and the like. In some embodiments, the body includes a weight receiving channel extending therethrough, wherein an elongated weight is positioned within the weight receiving channel.
US12268912B2
A method of operating an aspirating fire detector system (3) including a fire detector (19), a conduit (7) having an inlet and being connected to the fire detector (19), a ventilator (15) configured to draw air through the inlet of the conduit (7) and into the fire detector (19), a pressure sensor (13) configured to sense the pressure of air being that is drawn through the inlet and into the fire detector (19), and a flow meter (17) configured to measure the flow of the air drawn through the inlet and to the fire detector (19).
US12268908B2
A cooling element system (100), for use within a cooling device (590) of a closed-circuit respirator (691), includes a plurality of cooling elements and a collar (120). The cooling elements each have an element housing (112), having a liquid-tight closure (114), filled or fillable with a coolant. The element housings allow for a common mounting arrangement of the number of cooling elements within the cooling device. The collar encloses the cooling elements in the common mounting arrangement and has a carrying area (122), which is configured to carry the number of cooling elements in the common mounting arrangement at the carrying area. A removal of the number of cooling elements, in the common mounting arrangement, from the cooling device and an insertion into the cooling device, are possible by means of the carrying area.
US12268904B2
An eddy-current mechanism including a rotor rotatable about a rotor axis at least one electrically conductive material coupled to the rotor for rotation therewith, at least one magnet configured to apply a magnetic field extending at least partially orthogonal to the plane of rotation of the conductive member, and characterised in that upon rotation of the rotor, the conductive member is configured to move at least partially radially from the rotor axis into the applied magnetic field.
US12268897B2
The disclosure provides systems and methods for adjusting a multi-leaf collimator (MLC). The MLC includes a plurality of cross-layer leaf pairs, each cross-layer leaf pair of the plurality of cross-layer leaf pairs includes a first leaf located in a first layer of leaves and a second leaf opposingly located in a second layer of leaves. For at least one cross-layer leaf pair, an effective cross-layer leaf gap to be formed between the first leaf and the second leaf may be determined; at least one of the first leaf or the second leaf may be caused to move to form the effective cross-layer leaf gap; and an in-layer leaf gap may be caused, based on the effective cross-layer leaf gap, to be formed between the first leaf and an opposing first leaf in the first layer. A size of the in-layer leaf gap may be no less than a threshold.
US12268887B2
In various examples, a method of establishing a communication session between an external device and an implantable medical device is described. The method includes generating at the external device a first private key and a first public key. A start session order is sent over a long-range communication channel. Evidence of physical proximity is sent from the external device to the implantable medical device over a short-range communication channel. A second private key and a second public key are generated at the implantable medical device. A first shared key is generated by the implantable medical device using the first public key and the second private key. A second shared key is generated by the external device using the second public key and the first private key. The first and second shared keys are used to encrypt and decrypt one or more messages between the external device and the implantable medical device.
US12268882B2
A method of modifying tissue behavior, comprising: determining a desired modification of tissue behavior for at least one of treatment of a disease, short or long term modification of tissue behavior, assessing tissue state and assessing tissue response to stimulation; selecting an electric field having an expected effect of modifying protein activity of at least one protein as an immediate response of a tissue to the field, said expected effect correlated with said desired modification; and applying said field to said tissue.
US12268881B2
A medical device comprises therapy delivery circuitry and processing circuitry. The therapy delivery circuitry is configured to deliver anti-tachycardia pacing (ATP) therapy to a heart of a patient. The ATP therapy includes one or more pulse trains and each of the one or more pulse trains includes a plurality of pacing pulses. The processing circuitry is configured to, for at least one of the plurality of pacing pulses of at least one of the one or more pulse trains, determine at least one latency metric of an evoked response of the heart to the pacing pulse. The processing circuitry is further configured to modify the ATP therapy based on the at least one latency metric.
US12268877B2
Electrode structures for transvascular nerve stimulation combine electrodes with an electrically-insulating backing layer. The backing layer increases the electrical impedance of electrical paths through blood in a lumen of a blood vessel and consequently increases the flow of electrical current through surrounding tissues. The electrode structures may be applied to stimulate nerves such as the phrenic, vagus, trigeminal, obturator or other nerves.
US12268853B2
The present disclosure relates to a drive subassembly for a drug delivery device, the drive subassembly comprising a housing and a plunger, wherein the plunger is adapted to be rotated between a locked position, in which the plunger is prevented from advancing, and a released position, in which the plunger is advancable, wherein at least one restraining component is provided to restrain rotation of the plunger from the locked position towards the released position.
US12268849B2
A syringe finger ring and finger ring inserts, that in various embodiments, provides or connects to a syringe that comprises a syringe body capable of having a volume of material therein and a plunger disposed to enter the syringe body and dispense material from the syringe body by movement of plunger, and a novel a finger ring related structures having an open area and connected, by various structures, to the plunger adapted to receive a finger within the finger ring open area, including a spacer of various embodiments inserted within the open area to selectively reduce the open area and provide more controllable engagement of the syringe plunger by the operator finger in distal and proximal strokes.
US12268846B2
Techniques related to temporary setpoint values are disclosed. The techniques may involve causing operation of a fluid delivery device in a closed-loop mode for automatically delivering fluid based on a difference between a first setpoint value and an analyte concentration value during operation of the fluid delivery device in the closed-loop mode. Additionally, the techniques may involve obtaining a second setpoint value. The second setpoint value may be a temporary setpoint value to be used for a period of time to regulate fluid delivery, and the second setpoint value may be greater than the first setpoint value. The techniques may further involve causing operation of the fluid delivery device for automatically reducing fluid delivery for the period of time based on the second setpoint value.
US12268843B2
An infusion pump is configured to provide one or more context cues to a user while the user programs the infusion pump to deliver an infusion therapy. In some embodiments, the infusion pump includes a display configured to display a keypad and to receive input from a user, a processor in communication with the display, and a memory in communication with the processor. The memory stores instructions that cause a keypad sequence monitor to receive context parameters, the context parameters corresponding to a drug selection, a drug concentration selection, or a clinical care area in which the drug is to be infused. The keypad sequence monitor accesses a drug library using the context parameter to determine a valid parameter range corresponding to a range of values between lower and upper soft limit values stored in the drug library. The keypad sequence monitor is further configured to receive an treatment parameter value from the user and display one or more context cues upon determining that the received treatment parameter value is outside of a valid treatment parameter range, but would be within a valid treatment parameter range if one of the context parameters were changed.
US12268838B2
A medical device for infusing medical substances has activation buttons accessible on an exterior of a device housing. The activation buttons and corresponding electrical switches within the device housing are configured to prevent inadvertent activation of the activation buttons and therefore inadvertent operation of the corresponding electrical switches to initiate a process such as the infusion of medical substance(s) to a user. The medical device employs overlap of respective time traces initiated by activation of the activation buttons to determine whether the activation is intended and valid. These respective time traces do not have to be initiated simultaneously or in any particular sequence. The activation buttons can be elastomeric overmolded buttons set within cutouts in the device housing, and, when depressed, make physical contact with the corresponding electrical switches.
US12268835B2
This disclosure describes devices, systems, and methods related to a connection point of a therapy system which includes light switchable adhesive and is configured to be switched by light provided by and/or via one or more components of the therapy system. An example of a connection point is an interface between two tubes of therapy system. An example of light provided to the exemplary connection point is light provided to one of the two tubes such that the light travels to the connection point, via at least the one tube, to switch the light switchable adhesive.
US12268828B2
A double guide wire includes two guidewires deployed concentrically, one within the other. Each guidewire is formed as an elongated flexible shaft having a distal portion including a deflectable helical coil terminating at a distal tip. The first guidewire is implemented as a hollow guidewire having a central lumen extending along its length, while the second guidewire is configured as a smaller gauge guidewire deployed within the central lumen of the first guidewire. An adjuster mechanism allows the inner guidewire to be advanced and retracted relative to the outer guidewire, transforming the guidewire between: a first state in which the distal tip of the second guidewire is adjacent to the distal tip of the first guidewire; and a second state in which at least part of the distal portion of the inner guidewire is advanced beyond the distal tip of the first guidewire.
US12268826B2
An introducer sheath for use in hybrid procedures on the heart includes a shaft having a distal balloon which is inflated inside the heart wall. A proximal collar is slidable along the shaft and locked to anchor the sheath to the wall of the heart. The sheath has markings visible to both the naked eye and under fluoroscopy to aid in judging the depth of insertion.
US12268823B1
The invention is a method for restoring the use of a single-use RFA catheter system wherein the catheter is restored to first-use clean and sterilized status, and operating restrictions have been circumvented without affecting the first-use operational specifications.
US12268820B2
The present invention discloses a non-hysteretic oxygen supply respirator system, comprising a respiratory mask, an inhaling pipe, an exhaling pipe, an oxygen supply chamber, an auxiliary oxygen supply pipeline, and a start-stop cylinder for opening and closing the auxiliary oxygen supply pipeline. The non-hysteretic oxygen supply respirator system in the present invention supplies a small amount of oxygen during the second half of exhaling by providing the auxiliary oxygen supply pipeline, so as to compensate for the amount of oxygen required by a user during the hysteretic time after the respirator senses the inhaling airflow, avoid the situation that the user inhales laboriously due to the hysteresis of inhaling oxygen supply, and give the user a better respiratory experience. The start and stop of the auxiliary oxygen supply pipeline are controlled by the airflow of the exhaling pipe, making the control simple and convenient and the exhaling smoother.
US12268814B2
A forehead support for supporting a respiratory mask having a forehead support stem and a forehead rest. The forehead rest comprises a guide bar which can be guided over a resilient element that is formed in the forehead support stem. The forehead support stem may be forked.
US12268812B2
A control system provides automated control of gas washout of a patient interface, such as a mask or nasal prongs. A gas washout vent assembly of the system may include a variable exhaust area such as one defined by overlapping apertures of the assembly or a conduit having a variable gas passage channel. The vent assembly may be formed by nested structures, such as conic or cylindrical members, each having an opening of the overlapping apertures. The vent assembly may be attached substantially near or included with the patient interface. An actuator of the assembly, such as a solenoid or voice coil, manipulates an aperture of the vent assembly. The actuator may be configured for control by a controller to change the exhaust area of the vent assembly based on various methodologies including, for example, sleep detection, disordered breathing event detection, rebreathing volume calculation and/or leak detection.
US12268810B2
An incision and dilation apparatus performs an incision in and dilates select tissue of a mammal. The apparatus includes a blade member, a dilator, and a frame. The blade member includes a blade having a cutting edge. The dilator is configured to dilate the select tissue. The frame includes a blade guide, and is adapted to position the blade guide over the select tissue. The blade guide retains the blade member in first and second perpendicular directions and allows substantially linear movement of the blade member in a third direction. The frame also supports the dilator and allows movement of the dilator in the third direction. The dilator includes a second blade guide that retains the blade member in first and second perpendicular directions and allow substantially linear movement of the blade member relative to the dilator in a third direction.
US12268807B1
A medication delivery assistance device includes a chamber housing that defines an interior space. A first input port is at a first end of the chamber housing, an output port is at a second end of the chamber housing, and a second input port is in the chamber housing. The first input port is configured to receive a portion of an inhaler that is configured to deliver medication into the interior space. The output port has a user interface that is configured to define a medication flow path from the first input port through the interior space and out the output port. The second input port is configured to receive at least a portion of an external fluid source that is configured to deliver a fluid into the interior space to accelerate movement of the medication along the medication flow path.
US12268803B2
A blood purifier includes a porous molded body; exhibits an excellent blood compatibility wherein platelet adherence is inhibited and exhibits a good cytokine adsorption capacity and a low pressure loss before and after blood treatment; and can be safely used. A blood purifier includes a main vessel and a porous molded body housed in the main vessel. The porous molded body contains a hydrophobic polymer and a hydrophilic polymer. The amount of low-melting-point water per 1 g of dry weight of the porous molded body is 0.12 g to 2.00 g. The contact change ratio for the porous molded body is 0% to 0.2%. The ratio L/D is 1.00 to 2.30 where, for the region taken up by the porous molded body in the main vessel, L is the length in the flow direction and D is the circle-equivalent diameter of the cross section in the direction perpendicular to the flow direction.
US12268800B2
Efficient sterilization of a flow of fluid containing a pathogen/virus contaminant is achieved by filtering the fluid while exposing the contaminant to mechanical abrasion against a component of the filter system, ionization with material formed as a result of interaction of UV-radiation with an element of the filter system, and direct irradiation of the contaminant with UV-radiation.
US12268796B2
Provided herein is an injectable composition including, in some embodiments, a soft-tissue augmenting agent and a vehicle for the soft-tissue augmenting agent formulated for augmenting one or more soft tissues of a human or animal. Also provided herein is a soft-tissue augmenting kit including, in some embodiments, a syringe and the injectable composition formulated for augmenting one or more soft tissues of a human or animal. Also provided herein is a method for augmenting one or more soft tissues of a human or animal including, in some embodiments, injecting the injectable composition into the one or more soft tissues of the human or animal.
US12268788B2
Methods and apparatus are provided for ultraviolet (UV) fluid purification, wherein the fluid is in a gaseous, liquid or solid form or combination thereof, comprising UV-C LED modules having improved light extraction efficiency. UV-C LED(s) are in optical communication with one or more UV-C transmissive window elements.
US12268787B2
According to an example aspect of the present invention, there is provided a composition for use in the treatment of urinary or faecal incontinence, the composition comprising a nanostructured cellulosic material.
US12268776B2
Compactable gastric residence systems comprising therapeutic agent formulations for sustained gastric release of therapeutic agents are disclosed, as well as methods and systems for encapsulating such gastric residence systems. The methods and systems for encapsulating the gastric residence systems can be automated from receiving a bulk of gastric residence systems, orienting, placing, compacting, securing, and encapsulating the gastric residence systems.
US12268771B2
The present invention relates to a composition for treating keratin fibres, in particular the hair, comprising: a) at least one amino silicone; b) at least one non-amino silicone having a weight-average molecular weight of less than or equal to 1500 g/mol; c) at least one colouring agent chosen from pigments, direct dyes and mixtures thereof.
US12268768B2
The present invention provides a detergent composition containing N-acyl acidic amino acids that, even at low pH, exhibits excellent solubility, has good storage stability, and creates a quality foam with satisfactory lathering performance. Specifically, the present invention provides a detergent composition and the like comprising: (A) an N-unsaturated acyl acidic amino acid wherein the unsaturated acyl is a linear acyl with 8 to 20 carbon atoms; (B) an N-saturated acyl acidic amino acid wherein the saturated acyl is a linear acyl with 8 to 14 carbon atoms; and (C) optionally, an N-saturated acyl acidic amino acid wherein the saturated acyl is a linear acyl with 16 to 20 carbon atoms; wherein the weight ratio of the component (A) to the component (B) (A/B) is 0.01 to 0.80, and the weight ratio of the component (C) to the component (B) (C/B) is 0.00 to 0.32.
US12268746B2
Polypeptides which can provide a senotherapeutic effect are provided herein. The polypeptides can be formulated for topical application and can be applied topically to a subject to provide a senotherapeutic effect in the subject or in the cells of the subject.
US12268728B2
Provided are a recombinant hyaluronan and proteoglycan link protein 1 (HAPLN1), and a composition for preventing or treating pulmonary diseases, the composition comprising at least one selected from the group consisting of HAPLN1 (hyaluronan and proteoglycan link protein 1) protein, a gene coding for the HAPLN1 protein, and an effective agent for promoting the expression or activating the functions of HAPLN1 protein or gene as an active ingredient. The recombinant HAPLN1 according to the present disclosure may have superior effects of improving alveolar damage caused by aging or elastin reduction, and thus may effectively prevent or treat pulmonary diseases, such as chronic bronchitis, asthma, emphysema, and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.
US12268708B2
One aspect of the present application relates to a storage stable pharmaceutical composition comprising a sulfated glycosaminoglycan having an average molecular weight ranging from 3,000 to 15,000 Daltons, and a pharmaceutical carrier, where the pharmaceutical carrier is mixed with the sulfated glycosaminoglycan, as well as this composition's use in a method of treating a subject for a medically observable improvement. Another aspect of the present application relates to a process for producing a storage stable purified sulfated glycosaminoglycan.
US12268705B2
Provided herein are methods of treating ST-elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) and diseases of the digestion system using β-1,3/1,6-D-glucan derived from mycelium extract of Ganoderma lucidum. Methods of treating ST-elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) and diseases of the digestion system using a polysaccharide comprising β-1,3/1,6-D-glucan are also provided.
US12268703B2
Specific oral dosings, specific oral dosage forms, and/or specific oral dose regimens including Cladribine can be effective for the treatment of progressive forms of Multiple Sclerosis, especially Primary Progressive Multiple Sclerosis and/or Secondary Progressive Multiple Sclerosis. Methods of treatment can be based on specific oral dosings, specific oral dosage forms, and/or specific oral dose regimens including Cladribine.
US12268700B2
Disclosed is a compound of the formula (I) or (II): wherein a f are as described herein. The compounds are useful in the activation of Type II NKT cells and in treating cancer.
US12268695B2
The present disclosure relates to birch bark extracts, methods of producing such extracts, stable pharmaceutical compositions containing such extracts and methods of using of such extracts. The birch bark extracts of the present disclosure contain triterpenes, which are known to improve wound healing.
US12268694B2
The present invention relates to a pharmaceutical composition useful for treating a Respiratory Syncytial Virus (RSV) infection, comprising a compound which is or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, and a second anti-respiratory syncytial virus agent.
US12268691B2
Disclosed herein are methods, pharmaceutical combinations, or kits for the prevention or treatment of extrapyramidal syndromes, for example, dyskinesia, dystonia, akathisia, or drug-induced Parkinsonism, with the administration of a therapeutic effective amount of Trapidil, a derivative, a metabolite, a prodrug, an analog, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof.
US12268685B2
Described herein is a method of administering injectable cetirizine or levocetirizine to treat acute urticaria, with or without concomitant angioedema, without life-threatening airway swelling by intravenously injecting a human patient within minutes to hours of developing acute urticaria in an emergency department or clinic with a therapeutically effective amount of an injectable cetirizine or levocetirizine composition. In the method, the injectable cetirizine or levocetirizine is the only treatment administered in the emergency department or clinic. The method can include determining, by the patient, a patient rated pruritus severity score at a 1 hour assessment, and optionally at a 2 hours assessment, and a physician discharging the human patient after 1.7±0.9 hours in the emergency department or clinic, wherein the human patient has a patient rated pruritus severity score reduction of at least 1 unit and baseline sedation at the time of discharge.
US12268684B2
According to the invention, there is provided a solid pharmaceutical composition formulation for nasal delivery of an opioid antagonist, comprising a pharmacologically-effective amount of an opioid antagonist and a pharmaceutically-acceptable carrier. The compositions are preferably in the form of a powder produced by spray-drying, which are subsequently loaded into single use nasal applicators. Preferred pharmaceutically-acceptable carriers in this regard include disaccharides (e.g. lactose or trehalose) and dextrins (e.g. cyclodextrins or maltodextrins), preferably spray-dried together in combination. Compositions may further comprise an alkyl saccharide, preferably a sucrose ester, such as sucrose monolaurate. The compositions and applicators may be employed in the treatment of opioid overdose in subjects.
US12268682B2
Described herein, are the extended and newly discovered novel formulations of FL118 for cancer treatment to preclude, eliminate or reverse cancer phenotypes and treatment resistance.
US12268676B2
The present disclosure provides methods for inhibiting entry of a virus into a host cell using picolinic acid or a salt or derivative thereof. The present disclosure also provides methods for treating or preventing a viral infection in a subject by administering picolinic acid or a salt or derivative thereof. In particular, the methods of the present disclosure are effective for enveloped viruses and syncytium-forming viruses. In some embodiments, the present disclosure provides methods of treating or preventing a SARS CoV-2, Influenza A virus, human parainfluenza virus, herpes simplex virus, Japanese encephalitis virus, Zika virus, or a flavivirus infection.
US12268667B2
This disclosure relates to JAK1 pathway inhibitors and their use in treating prurigo nodularis.
US12268666B2
A spray-dried dispersions and pharmaceutical composition of (S)-5-amino-3-(4-((5-fluoro-2-methoxybenzamido)methyl)phenyl)-1-(1,1,1-trifluoropropan-2-yl)-1H-pyrazole-4-carboxamide, pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, or a combination thereof and the use of the spray-dried dispersion and pharmaceutical composition in the treatment of cancer and autoimmune and inflammatory diseases are disclosed. Also provided are crystalline forms of (S)-5-amino-3-(4-((5-fluoro-2-methoxybenzamido)methyl)phenyl)-1-(1,1,1-trifluoropropan-2-yl)-1H-pyrazole-4-carboxamide also useful in the treatment of cancer and autoimmune and inflammatory diseases.
US12268656B1
The present disclosure provides a medication dispensing system comprised of a medication dispensing device and a keyed and associated medication cartridge. The device includes a housing containing a cartridge carrier, designed with a specific connector to align with the medication cartridge. The device also includes an authentication mechanism that works in conjunction with an activator mechanism. When operated, the activator mechanism causes the cartridge carrier to move the medication cartridge between a stored position and a dispensing position, where it can be compressed to safely and efficiently dispense medication to a user.
US12268649B2
The foot spa has a rotating drive hub and a pump. The hub has North and South pole domains encircling a rotation axis in alternating relation. The pump includes a housing and an impeller, the housing having a pair of sides and defining: a cavity having a center and a periphery; an intake that communicates with the cavity center; and one or more ports communicating with the periphery. The impeller is mounted in the cavity and: defines blades which are adapted, upon rotation of the impeller in the cavity, to draw water through the intake and eject water through the one or more ports; and includes a portion that is ferromagnetic and a portion that is not ferromagnetic, the portions: being adapted such that rotation of the drive hub causes rotation of the impeller and abutting one another, one being axially displaced from the other.
US12268639B2
An interior kit for a funeral container includes a foot panel and at least one flexible fabric sheet. The foot panel includes a top panel, a first side panel coupled to and extending downward from a first edge of the top panel, and a second side panel coupled to and extending downward from a second edge of the top panel. The first side panel and second side panel are configured to be supported by and within a funeral container while the top panel covers at least a portion of an interior of the funeral container. A top portion of the inner foot panel is narrower than a lower portion of the inner foot panel. The at least one flexible fabric sheet is configured to cover the top panel and a portion of a deceased disposed beyond the top panel within the funeral container.
US12268636B2
A device for marking a corneal surface of an eye includes a planar base having a central opening, a marking side, and a non-marking side, a linear marker extending across the central opening, and an outer circumference of the planar base having a wall extending vertically away from the non-marking side.
US12268635B2
Glaucoma shunts comprising an elongate body with an outer surface and an inner surface, the elongate body comprising an inner wall that defines a lumen spanning a length of the elongate body are disclosed herein. Also disclosed are methods of decreasing intraocular pressure in an eye, the method comprising inserting at least a portion of a glaucoma shunt into an anterior chamber of the eye, and draining aqueous humour from the anterior chamber through the lumen.
US12268623B2
The invention relates a device for supporting two arms 4 of a user 2 wherein the device has two arm support elements 6, each of which has an arm shell 10 for placing on an arm 4, at least one passive actuator 26, which is configured to apply a force to at least one of the arm support elements 6, and at least one counter bearing 14 for the force to be applied, which comprises at least one counter bearing element 16 and at least two force transmission elements 18, which are configured to transfer a counter force from each of the arm support elements to the counter bearing element 16, wherein the force transmission elements 18 are arranged on the counter bearing element 16 such that they can be moved relative to the counter bearing element 16, in particular they can be rotated about at least one rotational axis.
US12268620B2
A prosthetic heart includes a support structure, an actuator member, a plurality of leaflets, and a sealing material. The support structure includes a plurality of struts movably coupled together such that the support structure moves incrementally between a radially compressed state and a radially expanded state. The struts include a plurality of commissure struts. The actuator member is coupled to the struts of the support structure and is configured to incrementally move the support structure between the radially compressed state and the radially expanded state and to automatically lock the support structure in a particular state. The leaflets are coupled to the commissure struts of the support structure and configured to allow unidirectional blood flow through the prosthetic heart valve. The sealing material is coupled to the support structure and includes a plurality of commissure extensions that wrap around and are coupled to the commissure struts of the support structure.
US12268615B2
A method of evaluating soft tissue of a human joint which includes two or more bones and ligaments, wherein the ligaments are under anatomical tension to connect the bones together, creating a load-bearing articulating joint, the method includes: inserting into the joint a tensioner-balancer that includes a means of controlling a distraction force; providing an electronic receiving device; moving the joint through at least a portion of its range of motion; while moving the joint, controlling the distraction force, and collecting displacement and distraction load data of the bones; processing the collected data to produce a digital geometric model of the joint, wherein the model includes: ligament displacement data along a range of flexion angles and ligament load data along a range of flexion angles; and storing the digital geometric model for further use.
US12268614B2
An expandable implant may include a superior endplate and an inferior endplate hingedly coupled together. The superior endplate may have at least one track extending in a proximal-to-distal direction and an inferior endplate may have at least one track extending in the proximal-to-distal direction. The implant may further include a proximal plate having a superior engagement surface and an inferior engagement surface. At least one shim may be disposed within the at least one tracks of the superior endplate and interior endplate, and the at least one shim may define an angle of inclination between the superior endplate and interior endplate. The at least one shim may be insert between the superior and inferior endplates to effectuate expansion and angulation. In various embodiments, the superior endplate may be supported by the superior engagement surface and the inferior endplate may be supported by inferior engagement surface.
US12268609B2
A method for removing a stem portion of an orthopedic implant from a bone comprises exposing an implanted orthopedic implant having a body portion, a stem portion interconnected to the body and a porous metal section forming an interconnection between the body and the stem portion. A cutting tool is mounted on a holder connected to an exposed surface of the orthopedic implant. The porous section is aligned with the cutting tool mounted on the holder. The entire porous section is cut by moving the cutting tool therethrough in a direction transverse to the stem portion axis. The implant body portion is then removed and then the stem portion is removed from the bone. The cutting tool may be a saw or chisel which may be mounted on a guide fixed to the body portion.
US12268601B2
A system has a heart valve assembly that includes a stent-frame having an anchoring section and an outflow section, with the anchoring section having a distal annulus section and a support section that is positioned between the distal annulus section and the outflow section. The distal annulus section has a concave inflection. A leaflet assembly is stitched to the anchoring section. The system also includes a balloon on which the heart valve assembly is crimped, the balloon having a central valve contact portion that has an outflow portion, a neck portion, and a central portion between the outflow portion, and the neck portion. The outflow portion of the balloon receives the outflow section of the stent-frame, the central portion of the contact portion of the balloon receives the support section of the stent-frame, and the neck portion receives the annulus section of the stent-frame.
US12268598B2
A radially expandable prosthetic valve can comprise an annular frame, at least one expansion mechanism and a cord. The annular frame can be radially collapsible and expandable between a radially collapsed configuration and a radially expanded configuration. The expansion mechanism can comprise a first member attached to the frame at a first location and a second member attached to the frame at a second location axially spaced from the first location. The cord can extend at least partially along the expansion mechanism in a first direction, be reeved around a portion of the second member, and extend at least partially along the expansion mechanism in a second direction opposite the first direction. Applying a proximally directed force to a first portion of the cord can cause the second member to move relative to the first member, which can cause the frame to foreshorten axially and expand radially.
US12268582B2
An absorbent article for wearing about the lower torso of a wearer includes a waist gasketing element disposed in one of the first or the second waist regions and joined to the chassis in a chassis attachment region. The waist gasketing element comprises an outboard lateral edge and an inboard lateral edge. The chassis attachment region comprises a first zone proximate to the outboard lateral edge and a second zone disposed longitudinally inboard of the first zone. Each of the first and the second zones comprise one or more chassis attachment bonds. The first zone comprises a first total basis weight and the second zone comprises a second total basis weight, wherein the second total basis weight is greater than the first total basis weight.
US12268580B2
An incontinence underwear including a crotch area hosting a stitching, a first layer, a second layer, a third layer, a fourth layer, a fifth layer, a sixth layer, and a seventh layer, wherein the first layer is innermost, wherein the seventh layer is outermost, wherein the second layer extends between the first layer and the third layer, wherein the fourth layer extends between the third layer and the fifth layer, wherein the sixth layer extends between the fifth layer and the seventh layer, wherein the stitching extends through the first layer, the second layer, the sixth layer, and the seventh layer, wherein the stitching avoids extending through the third layer, the fourth layer, and the fifth layer, wherein the second layer is bonded or adhered to the third layer.
US12268576B2
The present invention relates to dressings such as bandages or tapes having improved extensibility and conformability to human skin and joints.
US12268574B2
Intraoral scanning systems configured to perform computer-implemented methods for identifying dental features. The methods may include engaging a trained machine learning network to identify one or more dental features in one or more regions of a patient's dentition. Each of the dental features may be present in at least one of multiple records. Each of the records may include multiple images of the patient's dentition and may be taken with a different imaging modality. The confidence score may be determined or adjusted using a 3D model of the patient's dentition. The confidence score may be determined or adjusted based on the region of the patient's dentition within each record. The methods may include displaying an indicator of each dental feature that has a confidence score that is above a threshold on the 3D model of the patient's dentition, and modifying the display as a user adjusts the threshold.
US12268571B2
An indirect orthodontic bonding (IDB) tray preloaded with one or more orthodontic brackets with uncured pre-pasted adhesive. The loaded IDB tray can be produced by an IDB tray manufacturer and distributed to an orthodontist in a container that prevents the adhesive from curing. The loaded IDB tray can be removed from the container when the patient is ready for treatment. The loaded IDB tray can be placed over the dental arch of the patient such that the one or more orthodontic brackets can bond, via curing of the adhesive, to the teeth of the patient.
US12268570B2
A method of decoding a coded video bitstream includes obtaining a reference picture list structure for a current slice represented in the coded video bitstream, wherein the reference picture list structure contains a number of entries; obtaining a default number of active entries in a reference picture list for the current slice; constructing a reference picture list for the current slice, the reference picture list containing a number of active and inactive entries; setting the number of active entries in the reference picture list equal to the number of entries in the reference picture list structure when the default number of active entries in the reference picture list is greater than the number of entries in the reference picture list structure; and obtaining, based on at least one active entry of the reference picture list, at least one reconstructed block of the current slice.
US12268568B1
A crown remover is provided. The crown remover is a crown removing dental appliance including a tray having a base, a buccal side vertical prong extending along an entire first side of the tray, and a palatal side vertical prong extending along an entire second side of the tray located opposite the first side. A buccal side vertical prong screw allows for adjustability of the buccal side vertical prong and a palatal side vertical prong screw allowing for adjustability of the palatal side vertical prong. A buccal side horizontal projection is located on the buccal side vertical prong and protrudes toward the center of the tray. A palatal side horizontal projection is located on the palatal side vertical prong and protrudes toward the center of the tray. A handle protrudes from the base.
US12268567B2
The apparatus (1000) includes a housing (110), a chamber (120) disposed in the housing, at least two light emitting diodes (LEDs) (130) disposed within the housing (110), and a user interface (140) disposed on an exterior (112) of the housing. The chamber (120) is adaptable to each of an open, closed, and hermetically sealed configuration. The chamber (120) includes a material transparent to actinic radiation and light from the LEDs (130) enters the chamber from more than one direction. The user interface (140) includes a display (142) and program switches (144) configured to adjust at least three operational parameters of the apparatus. The apparatus (1000) further includes a vacuum pump (150) operatively coupled to the chamber (120). The system includes the apparatus (1000) and an article (180). An article includes layers of at least one photopolymerized crosslinked composition and a low extractable component content. A method of post-curing an article includes obtaining an article (180), placing the article in an apparatus (1000), inputting a post-cure program or accessing a saved post-cure program through the user interface (140), and running the post-cure program. The post-cure program includes light intensity provided by a light source (130) and length of time of light provided by the light source (130), plus a delay time between initiation of light provided by the light source (130) and initiation of vacuum pulled by the vacuum pump (150) and/or a delay time between initiation of vacuum pulled on an interior of the chamber (120) by the vacuum pump (150) and initiation of light provided by the light source (130).
US12268565B2
Systems and methods for using a liquid jet apparatus for dental treatments are disclosed. In one implementation, the liquid jet apparatus may include a handpiece configured to deliver a high velocity liquid jet to a desired location in the mouth of a patient. The handpiece may include a positioning member having a channel through or along which the jet can propagate. The positioning member may have a distal end portion configured to be at least partially disposed in a pulp cavity, canal space, or opening in the tooth under treatment. During operation, the jet may impact an impingement surface of the distal end portion of the positioning member and be deflected as a spray through one or more openings in the distal end portion. The liquid jet apparatus may be used for root canal treatments.
US12268563B2
A medical instrument tray for supporting medical instruments and connecting to a medical vacuum hose and evacuating gases and debris from a procedure area to reduce spread of airborne bacteria, viruses, or other contaminates comprises an upper surface and a laminar air flow suction device. The upper surface supports the medical instruments. The laminar air flow suction device extends below the upper surface and comprises a first opening and a second opening. The first opening is configured to connect to the medical vacuum hose and has a first opening width. The second opening has a second opening width that is wider than the first opening width.
US12268541B2
A mammography apparatus includes: an arm; a first cooling fan that is disposed on a stand side with respect to the radiation source in the arm, sucks air from an outside of the arm, and discharges air that has cooled the radiation source from a first exhaust port provided on the stand side with respect to the radiation source; a projector that is disposed in the arm; a second cooling fan that is disposed between the projector and the first exhaust port in the arm, sucks a part of air directed from the first cooling fan to the first exhaust port, blows the sucked air toward the projector to cool the projector, and has a flow rate smaller than that of the first cooling fan; and a second exhaust port that is provided separately from the first exhaust port and through which air that has cooled the projector is discharged.
US12268538B2
A computer tomograph includes a static radiator-detector ring, which is constructed from an odd number of radiator-detector elements, of which a single one is displaceable, with opening of the radiator-detector ring. The displaceable element the other radiator-detector elements together defining a C-shape. Each radiator-detector element has an anode arrangement for the emission of X-rays, which extends over an angle α of at least 0.9×360°/n on the circumference of the radiator-detector ring. A detector is provided for detection of X-ray radiation, which extends within the same radiator-detector element over an angle β of at least 0.95×360°/n. Each anode arrangement is part of a radiator arrangement including multiple electron emitters, in which each electron emitter is configured, in cooperation with an electrode arrangement, to generate a focal spot at one of at least three selectable positions on the anode arrangement.
US12268537B2
A visible light projection indicator for a dental x-ray imaging apparatus, including a casing (2), one end of the casing (2) detachably affixed to a beam-limiting cone (3) in the dental x-ray imaging apparatus, the other end thereof provided with a light exit aperture; a visible light source (1) positioned in the casing (2) and configured to be able to emit visible light; the casing (2) affixed to the beam-limiting cone (3) so as to form a light passage so that visible light emitted from the visible light source (1) is able to travel along the light passage and exits from the light exit aperture. A method of using a visible light projection indicator for a dental x-ray imaging apparatus, including the steps of: affixing the visible light projection indicator to a beam-limiting cone (3); activating at least one visible light source (1) to cause visible light to be emitted from a light exit aperture of the visible light projection indicator; according to a light field (6) of the visible light, adjusting a distance and an orientation of the beam-limiting cone (3) from and with respect to an object to be imaged so that the visible light is aligned with a center of an area (5) to be imaged; and performing an X-ray imaging operation.
US12268536B2
An X-ray diagnosis apparatus according to an embodiment includes an X-ray limiter having four diaphragm blades; and a console on which four physical operating units that correspond to the four diaphragm blades are placed at four positions. When viewed from the side of the operator of the console, the four operating units are placed on the far side, the near side, the left side, and the right side. The far-side operating unit, the near-side operating unit, the left-side operating unit, and the right-side operating unit correspond to the upper diaphragm blade, the lower diaphragm blade, the left-side diaphragm blade, and the right-side diaphragm blade, respectively, with reference to an X-ray image displayed in a display. An operation of moving the far-side operating unit in the far-side direction results in the movement of the upper diaphragm blade in the upward direction of the X-ray image displayed in the display, and an operation of moving the far-side operating unit in the near-side direction results in the movement of the upper diaphragm blade in the downward direction of the X-ray image displayed in the display. An operation of moving the near-side operating unit in the far-side direction results in the movement of the lower diaphragm blade in the upward direction of the X-ray image displayed in the display, and an operation of moving the near-side operating unit in the near-side direction results in the movement of the lower diaphragm blade in the downward direction of the X-ray image displayed in the display. An operation of moving the left-side operating unit in the leftward direction results in the movement of the left-side diaphragm blade in the leftward direction of the X-ray image displayed in the display, and an operation of moving the left-side operating unit in the rightward direction results in the movement of the left-side diaphragm blade in the rightward direction of the X-ray image displayed in the display. An operation of moving the right-side operating unit in the leftward direction results in the movement of the right-side diaphragm blade in the leftward direction of the X-ray image displayed in the display, and an operation of moving the right-side operating unit in the rightward direction results in the movement of the right-side diaphragm blade in the rightward direction of the X-ray image displayed in the display.
US12268521B2
The present disclosure relates to an EEG measuring device which is in close contact with a head of a subject while having an adjustable size to fit the head of the subject.
US12268520B2
Methods and Computer Programs for Monitoring a User's Pulse An apparatus, method and computer program, the apparatus comprising; a pulse monitoring module; the pulse monitoring module comprising detecting means for detecting a user's pulse and feedback means for providing haptic feedback to the user indicative of the detected pulse; and controlling circuitry arranged to control the pulse monitoring module so that during a first time period the detecting means is arranged to detect a user's pulse and during a second time period the feedback means is arranged to provide haptic feedback indicative of the detected pulse.
US12268515B1
The invention provides a multi-dimensional broad-spectrum clinical in-situ testing equipment designed to evaluate the material properties of plantar soft tissue. The equipment comprises the following features: 1. A testing table with a designated area corresponding to the sole of the foot; 2. A vertical reciprocating stress-strain testing unit mounted on the testing table, for applying vertical tensile and compressive stresses to the plantar and measuring the stress-strain responses; 3. A shear stress-strain testing unit, mounted on the testing table, for applying shear stresses to the plantar and measuring the stress-strain responses; 4. A torque stress-strain detection unit, positioned on the testing stage, for applying torque to the plantar and measuring the stress-strain responses; 5. A lifting mechanism that facilitates the vertical movement of the three testing units. In conclusion, the device is capable of multi-dimensional detection of the mechanical properties of plantar and features a compact structure and easy portability.
US12268507B2
ECG electrode assemblies are disclosed which include an adhesive-backed patch incorporating an ECG electrode and an adhesive-backed cover configured to cover and surround a lead wire clip attached to a contact of the ECG electrode. ECG electrode assemblies comprising said adhesive-backed patch and said adhesive-backed cover secure the connection between the lead and the electrode and effectively reduce the number of telemetry disruptions due to leads failure. ECG electrode assemblies can also provide water resistance to allow for patient showering while hospitalized on telemetry monitoring.
US12268506B2
A position is determined for each fiducial marker of a plurality of fiducial markers in an image volume. Based on the determined positions, a position and orientation of the registration fixture with respect to the anatomical feature is determined. A position is determined for each tracked marker of a first plurality of tracked markers on the registration fixture and a second plurality of tracked markers on the robot arm in a tracking data frame. Based on the determined positions of tracked markers, a position and orientation of the registration fixture and the robot arm of a surgical robot with respect to the tracking space are determined.
US12268499B2
Robust estimation of a characteristic of a user's physiological signals can be achieved by filtering or classifying samples. Rather than estimating the characteristic of the user's physiological signals based on each sample at a first wavelength and a second wavelength, a robust system and method can, in some examples, estimate the characteristic using samples at the first wavelength and the second wavelength that meet one or more criteria and filter out samples that fail to meet the one or more criteria. In some examples, the system and method can weight samples based on the one or more criteria, and estimate the characteristic using the weighted samples. Samples failing to meet the one or more criteria can be given less weight or no weight in the estimation. The one or more criteria can include a criterion based on at least the physiological signal at a third wavelength.
US12268497B2
The present embodiments provide systems and methods for, among others, tracking sensor insertion locations in a continuous analyte monitoring system. Data gathered from sensor sessions can be used in different ways, such as providing a user with a suggested rotation of insertion locations, correlating data from a given sensor session with sensor accuracy and/or sensor session length, and providing a user with a suggested next insertion location based upon past sensor accuracy and/or sensor session length at that location.
US12268492B2
The embodiments described herein relate to devices, systems and methods for in-vivo diagnosis of disease-state tissue within a body.
US12268488B2
Methods and apparatus for noninvasive measurement of vital signs is provided. The apparatus comprises at least one sensor configured to sense biological signals including a photoplethysmogram (PPG), and at least one computer processor programmed to determine a plurality of vital signs based, at least in part, on the sensed biological signals, wherein the plurality of vital signs include at least two of heart rate, blood oxygenation, heart rate variability, blood pressure, blood sugar, cholesterol, pulse rate, pulse pressure, temperature, and respiration rate.
US12268485B2
The present application discloses a PPG circuit, a biological characteristics detection device and a biological characteristics detection method. The PPG circuit is configured to control a light source and N photoelectric converters to sense biological characteristics of an object under test; the PPG circuit includes: a transmitting channel, K receiving channels, wherein the N photoelectric converters are divided into K sets of photoelectric converter sets, and the K receiving channels respectively correspond to K sets of photoelectric converter sets; and a controller, configured to control the PPG circuit to operate in a partial sampling phase or an full sampling phase, so as to generates J or K biological characteristics sampling results during each of the pulse repetition cycles.
US12268481B2
A blood pressure monitoring device includes a wrist strap, a case, and a display. The strap portion is adapted to fasten the device to the wrist without occluding blood flow. At least one sensor modality is arranged within the case for obtaining sensor data from an artery in the wrist. In a preferred embodiment photoplethysmography sensors are incorporated in the case to generate PPG waveform data. A processor within the case is operable to compute mean arterial pressure, and optionally diastolic and systolic blood pressure based on extracted and computed features of the sensor data. Related methods and systems are also described.
US12268480B2
One or more electromagnetic radiation sources, such as a light emitting diode, may emit electromagnetic waves into a volume of space. When an object enters the volume of space, the electromagnetic waves may reflect off the object and strike one or more position sensitive detectors after passing through an imaging optical system such as glass, plastic lens, or a pinhole located at known distances from the sources. Mixed signal electronics may process detected signals at the position sensitive detectors to calculate position information as well as total reflected light intensity, which may be used in medical and other applications. A transparent barrier may separate the sources and detectors from the objects entering the volume of space and reflecting emitted waves. Methods and devices are provided.
US12268463B2
Described herein is an implantable device configured to detect impedance characteristic of a tissue. In certain exemplary devices, the implantable device comprises (a) an ultrasonic transducer configured to emit an ultrasonic backscatter encoding information relating to an impedance characteristic of a tissue based on a modulated current flowing through the ultrasonic transducer; (b) an integrated circuit comprising (i) a variable frequency power supply electrically connected to a first electrode and a second electrode; (ii) a signal detector configured to detect an impedance, voltage, or current in a circuit comprising the variable frequency power supply, the first electrode, the second electrode, and the tissue; and (iii) a modulation circuit configured to modulate the current flowing through the ultrasonic transducer based on the detected impedance, voltage, or current; and the first electrode and the second electrode configured to be implanted into the tissue in electrical connection with each other through the tissue. Further described are systems including one or more implantable devices and an interrogator for operating the implantable device, methods of measuring impedance characteristic of a tissue in a subject, and methods of monitoring or characterizing a tissue in a subject.
US12268454B2
A system and method for a procedure that can be performed on an appropriate subject. Procedures can include assembling any appropriate work piece or installing members into a work piece, such as an airframe, autoframe, etc. Regardless of the subject, generally the procedure can have a selected result that is efficacious. The efficacious result may be the desired placement of a device. The system and method can be used in confirming an efficacious result.
US12268453B2
Disclosed is a localizer system. The localizer system may be incorporated into a navigation system for tracking a tracking device. Generally, the localizer may include a transmitting coil array and a field shaping assembly.
US12268443B2
A system for treating various medical conditions in humans includes a medical or therapeutic laser operating at wavelengths in the near infrared range of between 1250 nm-1267 nm, with a target wavelength of 1260 nm, at power levels between 2 Watts and 60 Watts, and for a period not to exceed 60 seconds per dose. The emitted laser light energizes, e.g., the stem cell niche or mitochondria of the human tissue to which it is applied, both directly and indirectly via activation of cell signaling intermediaries including but not limited to heat shock proteins, thereby stimulating cell activity to promote healing and reduce pain. In this specific wavelength range, water absorption of the laser light energy is plateaued which effectively acts as a conduit allowing the laser light energy to be transferred deeper into the tissue without causing thermal damage to the skin and tissue.
US12268441B2
An electrosurgical apparatus for treating fluid-filled biological growths by replacing the fluid within the growth with a substance that assists in delivering treatment energy. The treatment energy may be microwave energy or may be thermal energy derived from microwave energy. The apparatus comprises an instrument having a radiating tip portion, and a fluid delivery mechanism for transporting fluid to and from a treatment zone located around the radiating tip portion. The fluid delivery mechanism comprises a rigid insertion element arranged to extend into the treatment zone, whereby fluid can be aspirated from the treatment zone, and a substance injected into the treatment zone to replace the aspirated fluid. The injected substance has dielectric properties selected to facilitate uniform delivery of treatment energy to biological tissue in the treatment zone.
US12268431B2
An electrosurgery handpiece/pencil with smoke evacuation having features that support use at high frequencies without insulation breakdown and that provides increased efficiency of smoke evacuation during cutting and/or coagulation. The electrosurgery handpiece/pencil with smoke evacuation includes a handpiece and a planar platform located near a top of the handpiece where the planar platform has a recessed area and/or a rectangular shaped area in communication with a plurality of channels.
US12268430B2
Intramedullary nails, systems, and methods. The intramedullary nail may include a generally elongate body extending from a first, distal end to a second, proximal end. The distal end may include one or more openings configured to receive one or more bone anchors that extend transversely through the distal end intramedullary nail, and thereby configured to secure the distal end of the nail. The proximal end may also include one or more openings configured to receive one or more bone anchors that extend transversely through the proximal end of the intramedullary nail, and thereby configured to secure the proximal end of the nail.
US12268416B2
A catheter system for implant delivery is provided. The delivery system includes a primary rotary knob and a secondary rotary knob. The primary rotary knob moves a catheter shaft to load or unload an implant whereas the secondary rotary knob is connected to an inner shaft. The inner shaft comprises an implant holder to engage with the implant during loading and unloading. The movement of the inner shaft due to rotation of the secondary rotary knob improves positioning of the implant and ensures detachment of the implant from the implant holder due to micro movements of the implant holder.
US12268408B2
Various embodiments of surgical robot control systems are disclosed. In one example embodiment, the surgical robot control system comprises a housing. A controller is located within the housing and is coupled to a socket. The socket receives a handheld surgical user interface therein to control a surgical instrument. The surgical instrument is connected to the surgical robot and comprises an end effector and a mechanical interface to manipulate the end effector. The mechanical interface is coupled to the controller. At least one sensor is coupled to the controller and the socket to convert movement of the handheld surgical user interface into electrical signals corresponding to the movement of the surgical instrument. At least one feedback device is coupled to the controller to provide feedback to a user. The feedback is associated with a predetermined function of the surgical instrument.
US12268406B2
A surgical tool for a surgical robotic system, the surgical tool comprising: a surgical tool grasper having a jaw operable to perform a surgical procedure; a handle coupled to the surgical tool grasper and having a lever operable to actuate the jaw; and an actuation combiner mechanism coupled to the lever and operable to combine an actuation force output of the lever with an actuation force output of a motor to control the operation of the jaw or the lever.
US12268396B2
Embodiments of the present disclosure relate to a wearable safety tourniquet assembly. The assembly provides a safety tourniquet that circumferentially integrates into a pair of chainsaw chaps for applying pressure to an injured limb. The safety tourniquet has a resilient strap that circumferentially integrates into the limb sections of the chaps. The strap is configured to wrap around the limb of the wearer directly, and without separation from the chaps. The safety tourniquet also has one or more tensioning mechanisms that are operatively attached to the strap.
US12268395B1
Many terminally ill people desire to end their lives on their own terms instead of waiting for the disease to take their lives. A voluntary euthanasia device can include a base, a vertical connector including a first end connected to the base and a second end connected to two compression arms. The compression arms can form a V shape with the vertical connector that receive a terminally ill person's neck. During use, blood flow is cut off to the brain by a pressure being exerted on the person's carotid arteries, and with sustained pressure results in the person's death. The device can be used in the person's home or any other location of their choosing.
US12268392B2
Implantable medical devices for connecting tissue layers, such as for connecting a gallbladder and a portion of a gastrointestinal tract to create an anastomosis, include a tubular structure having a plurality of apposition portions, a central region, and a covering material. The devices are endoscopically deployable and may include open cells or undulating edges that facilitate a secure connection between the tissue structures.
US12268378B2
A sealant for sealing a puncture through tissue includes a first section, e.g., formed from freeze-dried hydrogel, and a second section extending from the distal end. The second section may be formed from PEG-precursors including PEG-ester and PEG-amine, e.g., in an equivalent ratio of active group sites of PEG-ester/PEG-amine greater than one-to-one, e.g., such that excess esters may provide faster activation upon contact with physiological fluids and enhance adhesion of the sealant within a puncture. At least some of the precursors remain in an unreactive state until exposed to an aqueous physiological environment, e.g., within a puncture, whereupon the precursors undergo in-situ cross-linking to provide adhesion to tissue adjacent the puncture. For example, the PEG-amine precursors may include the free amine form and the salt form. The free amine form at least partially cross-links with the PEG-ester and the salt form remains in the unreactive state in the sealant before introduction into the puncture.
US12268373B2
Disclosed is an improved urine collection and drainage device comprising a device body comprising a vulva-facing portion and a handle portion. The vulva-facing portion can comprise a bulbous protuberance atop a posterior ridge at a posterior end and a partial dome portion in proximity to an anterior end. The urine collection and drainage device can further comprise a urine collection slot defined along a urethra-facing side of the vulva-facing portion in between the bulbous protuberance and the partial dome portion. The bulbous protuberance can be configured to rest against at least part of a vaginal opening, the posterior ridge can be configured to rest against the fourchette of the subject when the urine collection slot surrounds the urethral-opening. The vulva-facing portion can fit snugly against the vulva vestibule such that the labia minora surround the device body to create a watertight seal when pressed against the subject.
US12268369B2
A ureteroscope system includes a handle; an elongated shaft extends from the handle to a distal end and includes a working channel which is opened at the distal end; an external member extends from a proximal end to a distal end and is coupled to the shaft, the member includes a hub and a tube defining a first external channel; and a coupling mechanism defines first and second tubes and is coupled the distal end of the member to the distal end of the shaft. The first tube defines a first lumen and the second tube defines a second lumen which is sized and shaped to receive a distal end of the member. A proximal portion of the first tube is sized and shaped to be inserted into a distal portion of the shaft such that the first lumen is opened to the working channel.
US12268366B2
Systems and methods may determine an amount of current being drawn by a light source and determine, based on the amount of current, a type of light source. Based on the type of light source, an amount of time associated with disabling the light source may be determined. A voltage may be supplied to the light source for the amount of time.
US12268357B2
Provided are a surgery assistance apparatus, a surgery assistance method, and a computer readable recording medium that includes a surgery assistance program recorded thereon that improve the accuracy of endoscopic surgery by identifying a target part image. A surgery assistance apparatus 1 includes a feature amount calculation unit 2 that calculates, from a human-body internal image captured using an endoscope, a feature amount of a target part image corresponding to a target part, a similarity degree calculation unit 3 that calculates a similarity degree of the features amount between different human-body internal images, and an identification unit 4 that identifies the target part image in each of the different human-body internal images if the similarity degree is greater than or equal to a predetermined value.
US12268355B2
Systems and methods for the detection of calculi in the biliary system are disclosed. The systems include an illumination source, one or more filters that filter a first set of illumination photons and a second set of illumination photons, as well as associated processors and detectors. The system is also designed to generate image data sets and generated information related to the location of the calculi.
US12268352B2
A system has a floor processing device, a memory device and at least one accessory device for detachable connection with the floor processing device. The floor processing device has an acquisition device for acquiring the type of accessory device currently connected with the floor processing device, a user interface for receiving an operating specification for an operating parameter from a user, and a controller for controlling an operating activity according to the set operating parameter. The controller stores the operating parameter used last for a first operating activity together with information about the type of accessory device in the memory device and, after the accessory device has been disconnected from the floor processing device and then reconnected with the floor processing device, to access the stored operating parameter, and reset this operating parameter for a second operating activity to be performed chronologically after the first operating activity.
US12268339B2
An automatic cooking system with a cooking tool includes an ingredient storage and feeding apparatus and an ingredient conveying and dispensing apparatus. The ingredient storage and feeding apparatus includes a plurality of storage units with inlets and outlets, a plurality of ingredient boxes are provided between the inlets and outlets. The ingredient conveying and dispensing apparatus includes a work position located on one side of the cooking tool. The ingredient conveying and dispensing apparatus transports the ingredient boxes to the work position and then rotates so that the ingredient boxes are turned over to pour the required ingredients into the cooking tool. The automatic cooking system realizes the integration of the classified storage and transportation of ingredients, a single ingredient is used as a storage unit, and ingredients can be automatically transported from different storage units to the pot according to the order of adding the ingredients to the dishes.
US12268335B2
A kitchen device (100) including: abase (102) having a mechanism (118) that is operated using electrical power to cause processing of food; a vessel (104) removably mounted on the base (102) and including a bottom wall (108), a side wall (110) extending upwardly from the bottom wall (108) to a rim (112) so as to provide a space (114) to receive the food to be processed, with the rim (112) surrounding an opening (116) to the space (114); a lid (106) removably coupled to the rim (112) so as to at least partially close the opening (116); and an interlock system (120) operatively associated with the mechanism (118) to permit the delivery of the electric power to the mechanism (118), the system (120) including a first interlock circuit (122) and a second interlock circuit (124), wherein delivery of the electric power to the mechanism (118) is permitted by the completion of the first interlock circuit (122) and activation of the second interlock circuit (124), wherein the first interlock circuit (122) includes a first coupling (126) to complete the first circuit (122), the first coupling (126) including a first portion (128) mounted to the lid (106) and a second portion (130) mounted to the vessel (104) adjacent the rim (112) so that the first portion (128) is located adjacent the second portion (130) when the lid (106) is coupled to the rim (112) thereby completing the first circuit (122), and wherein the second interlock circuit (124) includes a second coupling (136) to activate the second interlock circuit (124), the second coupling (136) including a first portion (138) that is part of the second interlock circuit (124) and mounted to the base (102), the first portion (138) being operatively associated with a second portion (140) that is mounted to the vessel (104) and part of the first interlock circuit (122), wherein completion of the first interlock circuit (122) causes operation of the second portion (140) of the second coupling (136), thereby causing operation of the first portion (138) of the second coupling (136) to thus activate the second interlock circuit (124) and permit delivery of the electric power to the mechanism (118).
US12268331B2
The present disclosure provides a silicon nitride ceramic heating and ignition device for a granular fuel barbecue oven, including a combustion chamber and a fixing pipe. An outer wall of the combustion chamber is welded to one end of the fixing pipe, the fixing pipe is communicated with an interior of the combustion chamber, and air inlet holes and air flow holes are defined in the two sides of the fixing pipe. One end of the fixing pipe is fixedly connected with a stainless steel sheet bending support, and the heat dissipation ceramic flange sleeve and one end flange port of the fixing pipe are connected with a boss positioning center. An inner cavity of the heat dissipation flange ceramic sleeve is bonded with the silicon nitride ignition rod.
US12268327B2
A milk-frothing apparatus for preparing high quality micro-foamed milk for coffee drinks consistently and at high volume. A machine having one or more steaming stations includes an elevator at each station with an elevator-mounted steaming wand having a precise angle at the discharge end. The elevator-mounted steaming wand is configured to travel from an upward stowed status to a downward deployed status to insert the discharge end of the elevator-mounted steaming wand into milk inside a pitcher precisely located on the machine. A steam boiler is hydraulically coupled to the elevator-mounted steam wand via flexible tubing and an infrared sensor monitors the temperature of the pitcher during a downward deployed status. An LCD screen with operator controls and displays oriented to coincide spatially with the elevator indicate different operational settings selected by the user and related to machine operation.
US12268326B2
A machine for preparing a food product comprises at least a stationary structure, a hydraulic circuit and a control system. The hydraulic circuit comprises at least one water-supply source, means for heating water and pumping means, as well as a first dispensing element (51), which can be supplied with pressurized hot water and/or steam. The first dispensing element (51) is configured for coupling, in particular sealed coupling, with an inlet (18, 26) of a disposable container (11) for preparing and retaining the food product, and the hydraulic circuit (40) is controllable, in particular via the control system, for conveying pressurized hot water and/or steam to the first dispensing element (51).
US12268322B1
An espresso machine can include a pump, preheating component, low volume boiler, and group head. The pump can provide pressurized water to the preheating component, which can preheat the pressurized water to a first temperature and deliver the preheated water. The low volume boiler can have a heating arrangement, water inlet, internal volume, and water outlet, and can receive the preheated water, heat the preheated water to a second temperature that is equal to or greater than the first temperature, and deliver a portion of the heated water. The group head can couple with a portafilter having espresso grounds therein, receive the portion of heated water from the low volume boiler, and force the portion of heated water through the espresso grounds in the portafilter. The portion of heated water can remain substantially at or within about 1° C. of the second temperature as it exits the group head.
US12268308B2
Chairs are provided as frames and fabric coverings that operate together as an integrated system so that the chairs have the appearance of being permanently upholstered even while the fabric coverings can be easily detached and re-attached, such as for washing or replacement. The fabric coverings attached using a variety of attachment mechanisms including zippers, flexible loops and grooved wheels, and snap-in buttons. The detachability of the fabric coverings of the chairs allows them to be washed as frequently as desired by a consumer, using consumer washing machines, rather than requiring expensive cleaning by a specialty upholstery cleaner. These covers also allow for changing the pattern, color, and texture of the chair as frequently as the consumer desires, at a cost that is a fraction of the price of a new chair or reupholstering a chair.
US12268307B2
An active mattress encasement which can be relatively easily installed or removed or rotated over a mattress supported by a foundation is disclosed. The encasement is formed to encapsulate a mattress and may include a top panel, a bottom panel and multiple side panels. One or more of the side panels are zippered together. An inflatable volume is formed at least in part from at least a portion of the bottom panel. The inflatable volume includes an air inlet configured to be in communication with an external air supply that delivers air into the inflatable volume. The inflatable volume also includes one or more air discharge holes configured to discharge air from the inflatable volume.
US12268306B2
A cushion is disclosed herein, including an elongate inflatable bag and a jacket that has a plurality of sleeves, wherein the bag is inflated and is releasably engaged with the jacket such that the bag extends through and turns between the sleeves.
US12268304B2
The present invention relates to a display holder comprising: a fixed frame (10) which is installed in an installation wall surface (1) and provided with an inclined rotary shaft (12) that is inclined downward toward the front side; a rotation bar (20) which forms a predetermined angle θ with the inclined rotary shaft (12) of the fixed frame (10) and has one end rotatably coupled to the inclined rotary shaft (12) so as to have a predetermined rotation trajectory about the inclined rotary shaft (12), and is inclined upward toward the front side when located at the highest point of the rotation trajectory; and a sliding bar (30) which has one end slidably coupled to the other end of the rotation bar (20), expands and contracts from the rotation bar (20) according to the rotation trajectory of the rotation bar (20), and has a display (2) mounted to the other end.
US12268303B1
A bracket for mounting a shelf to a surface, the bracket comprising: a first face for placement against the surface, a second face for placement against the shelf, the second face further including a shelf attachment, and an edge between the first and second faces, wherein the bracket further includes at least one hole between the first and second faces, the hole being continuous with the edge.
US12268301B2
A slide rail mechanism includes a slide rail assembly and an auxiliary rail member. The slide rail assembly includes two slide rails. The auxiliary rail member is movably mounted to a first one of the two slide rails. When a second one of the two slide rails is detached from the first one of the two slide rails along an open direction, the auxiliary rail member is able to be moved from a retracted position to a predetermined extended position along the open direction relative to the first one of the two slide rails. The second one of the two slide rails is configured to carry a first carried object, and the auxiliary rail member is configured to carry a second carried object.
US12268298B2
An industrial rack apparatus includes upright support members, at least one pair of shelf beams that are supported by the upright support member, at least one shelf connected to one pair of the at least a pair of shelf beams; wherein one pair of the upright support members is positioned at one end of the rack apparatus, and the other pair of the upright support member is positioned at the opposite end of the rack apparatus; wherein each shelf beam of the at least one shelf beams is attached to two opposed upright members of the upright support members.
US12268296B2
A hammock device includes a malleable canopy body and a frame having a plurality of frame rods. Each of the frame rods are removably positioned within a hollow frame channel located along the outer edge of the canopy body. Each end of each frame rod is connected to an adjacent frame rod by an elbow joint to form a frame about the entire outside of the canopy body. Each elbow joint includes a hook which engages a safety chain that suspends the assembled hammock device from a ceiling or other structure. The safety chains include functionality to break or otherwise disengage the frame when a weight of the frame and canopy exceed a maximum threshold.
US12268294B2
An oral care system that includes an oral care implement and a tracking attachment. The oral care implement may include a handle and a head. The tracking attachment is detachably coupled to the oral care implement. The tracking attachment may include an outer casing having an outer surface and a connection element that is configured to mate with a connection element on a handle of the powered oral care implement to couple the outer casing to the handle. The tracking attachment may further include a plurality of visual markers protruding from the outer surface of the outer casing.
US12268292B2
Backpacks, backpack systems, backpack inserts and related methods are provided herein. A backpack can include a front wall, first and second side walls, a bottom extending between bottom portions of the front wall and the first and second side walls and a top panel extending between top portions of the front wall and the first and second side walls. The top panel can include a fastener for securing the top panel to the front wall and portions of the first and second side walls such that the top panel is openable and closeable. A rear panel is provided opposite the front wall and extending between first and second side walls, the bottom, and the top panel. The rear panel includes a fastener for securing the rear panel to the top panel and at least a portion of the first and second side walls such that the rear panel is openable and closeable. At least one fastener is positioned proximal the interior face of the top panel configured to engage a top panel of a backpack insert to permit opening the top panel of the insert when opening the top panel of the backpack.
US12268289B2
A bottle including a reservoir for a cosmetic liquid and including a longitudinal neck between the interior and the exterior, an applicator mounted in the neck and including an application tip to apply the product to a user's body, the tip formed from a porous material. A porous wick is formed by, or connected to, the application tip, the wick extending in the reservoir to dip into the product, the application tip being mounted in the neck for imperviousness to the product, and the bottle including at least one channel extending in the neck between the interior of the reservoir and the exterior of the bottle, the at least one channel having a cross-section calibrated to allow passage of air while opposing product passage. Included is an insert between an interior surface of the neck and an external surface of the application tip, with at least one channel formed by the insert.
US12268287B2
Systems and methods for luggage systems are provided. The luggage systems and methods include a luggage housing assembly having a front housing portion and a rear housing portion connected to the front housing portion by a hinge. The luggage systems and methods include a set of wheels mounted to the luggage housing assembly. The luggage systems and methods can include a rechargeable power supply assembly that includes a housing component and a battery module casing configured to receive a rechargeable battery module. The luggage systems and methods can include a compression pad subsystem configured to compress contents of the luggage within the housing portions.
US12268283B2
A male touch fastener product has an array of discrete fastening elements extending from a resin base. The elements are formed by molding stems and then deforming at least a rim of a distal end of each head to form an overhanging mushroom-type fastener element. Some are deformed against a hard surface to form flat fastener elements, and others are deformed against a compliant surface and form umbrella-shaped fastener elements. The fastener element heads feature particular structural relationships that enhance their performance, particularly with low-lying fibers.
US12268272B2
A rapid-entry shoe having a rotating rear portion configured to be rotated around an axis of rotation and deflected at a fulcrum to create a stress in the rotating rear portion when the shoe is in a collapsed configuration to bias the shoe toward an uncollapsed configuration.
US12268270B2
The invention relates to a protective sports helmet purposely designed using a multi-step method for a selected group of helmet wearers from amongst a larger population of helmet wearers. The protective sports helmet can be a position specific American football helmet that includes a shell, a facemask coupled to the shell, and an energy attenuation assembly configured to be positioned within the shell. The specific playing position can be a football quarterback such that the football helmet absorbs a larger amount of force from an impact applied to a rear portion of the inventive helmet as compared to the amount of force absorbed by a frontal portion of that helmet from the same impact applied thereto. Alternatively, the specific playing position can be a football lineman such that the football helmet absorbs a larger amount of force from an impact applied to a front portion of the helmet as compared to the amount of force absorbed from the same type of impact applied to a front portion of a non-position specific American football helmet.
US12268268B2
A bicycle helmet that fits over a surface of a head of a user generally includes a segment of flexible cell structures that form a radial honeycomb matrix movable between a folded condition where each side of the segment is disposed generally parallel and an expanded condition where the radial honeycomb matrix of the segment is configured to be expanded at least partially over the head of the user and arranged radially relative to the surface of the head of the user. The bicycle helmet includes a first and second side frame disposed respectively at the first and second ends of the honeycomb matrix.
US12268266B2
A personal protection system for providing a sterile barrier around medical/surgical personnel. The system includes a helmet over which a hood or a toga suspended. The helmet has a chin bar that extends forward of the face of the individual wearing the system. At least one manually actuated control for regulating one aspect of operation of the system is mounted to the chin bar. Sometimes the control is a button that is depressed to control the operation of a helmet mounted fan that draws air into the hood or toga. A microphone may also be mounted to the chin bar.
US12268261B1
A hat capable of also be used as a face mask. The hat can include a front portion and a conversion member comprising a horizontal retaining strap and a single upwardly extending strap whose both ends are attached to the horizontal strap or a pair of separate straps with a first end of each of the separate straps being secured to the horizontal strap and the second ends of the separate straps being positioned or secured at a top area of the front portion of the hat. The straps can be elastic or stretchable. The horizontal strap has a first end secured to a left lower area of the front portion of the hat and a second end secured to a right lower area of the front portion of the hat. When moving the front portion of the hat over the mouth and nostril area of the wearer in the face mask configuration: (1), where a single upwardly extending strap is provided, a first portion of the single strap is positioned over a left ear area of the wearer and a second portion of the single strap is positioned over a right ear area of the wearer and the elongated member extends along a back area of the wearer's head and a first portion of the elongated member is positioned underneath the left ear area of the wearer and a second portion of the elongated member is positioned under the right ear area of the wearer; or (2) where two separate and independent upwardly extending straps are provided, a first portion of the first strap is positioned over a left ear area of the wearer and a first portion of the second strap is positioned over a right ear area of the wearer and the elongated member extends along a back area of the wearer's head and a first portion of the elongated member is positioned underneath the left ear area of the wearer and a second portion of the elongated member is positioned under the right ear area of the wearer.
US12268252B1
A brassiere with selective cup modification has adjustable straps with clips, hooks for securing it around the waist of a user, cups to support the breasts, and a bone structure in both the cups and the wings to give the garment a semi-rigid structure. Between the cups, there is a center gore with hole sliders and keyholes. The brassiere has a gel reservoir bag in each wing that can send gel to an expandable bag in the cup through a tube. This adds balance to the bra and adjustability. This gel movement and other structural parts can be changed using a set of mechanical wheels, sliders, and a pair of keys. These keys fit into the keyholes, giving control over the features of the bra, similar to the mechanism that pulls the straps back. The brassiere also has different tracks, wheels, valves, and layers of fabric to ensure the gel moves and spreads evenly and that the breasts appear symmetrical.
US12268245B2
An article including an aerosolizable material; and a signal altering component, wherein the signal altering component is configured to alter a first signal transmitted at least partially through the article into a second signal indicative of article data.
US12268242B2
A cartridge for an aerosol-generating system is provided, the cartridge including: a liquid storage portion configured to hold a liquid aerosol-forming substrate; and a heater assembly including an electrical heating element configured to heat the liquid aerosol-forming substrate to form an aerosol, a capillary body configured to convey the liquid aerosol-forming substrate to the electrical heating element, the electrical heating element being disposed at a porous end surface of the capillary body, and electrical contacts connected to the electrical heating element, each electrical contact being disposed at opposite sides of the porous end surface, such that the electrical heating element extends between the electrical contacts and forms an electrical connection therebetween. An aerosol-generating system including an aerosol-generating device and the cartridge is also provided.
US12268229B2
Provided herein is a liquid concentrate composition having steviol glycosides, a stabiliser including xanthan and/or iota-carrageenan, and water. The steviol glycosides include rebaudioside M in an amount of about 800 ppm or more by total weight of the liquid concentrate composition. The pH of the liquid concentrate composition is less than about 7. Also provided herein is a method of providing a food product, a food product obtainable from the method, and a method of providing a liquid concentrate composition.
US12268228B2
Provided herein is a method of producing an onion flavour composition that involves providing an onion component selected from fresh onion, dehydrated onion, and combination thereof; mixing the onion component with an onion juice concentrate having a dry matter content of 40-95 wt % in a weight ratio of 100 parts by weight of dry matter from the onion component with 120-800 parts by weight of dry matter from the onion juice concentrate to produce an onion mix; subjecting the onion mix to a heat treatment; and drying the onion mix to a water content of less than 10 wt %. This method yields a shelf-stable onion flavor composition with an intense flavor and that can be used to impart the flavor of sauteed onion to a variety of edible products.
US12268218B2
Methods for inoculating a grain suitable for use in testing methods of reducing bacterial load are disclosed. Also disclosed are methods of reducing bacterial load on a grain by using elevated temperature and an organic acid. Also disclosed are methods of tempering a grain at an elevated temperature and reduced time as compared to standard tempering methods.
US12268208B2
A stable self emulsifiable alkylated oil based adjuvant with pH buffer capabilities, a method of preparing an adjuvant and use of adjuvant with industrial, turf, ornamental, horticultural and agricultural applications.
US12268189B2
An electronic fence device includes: a transmitter, arranged to preset a fence range or a restricted range; and at least one receiver, configured to be worn on a pet. The transmitter comprises a locating module; each of the at least one receiver comprises a tag module; the locating module and the tag module are configured to exchange measurement signals therebetween to monitor a location of the pet in real time. The transmitter is configured to compare the location of the pet with the fence range or the restricted range; in response to the pet being located out of the fence range or entering the restricted range, the transmitter is configured to provide a feedback to the receiver to give a warning to the pet.
US12268183B2
A gestation stall gate assembly includes a gate support, a gate pivotably coupled to the gate support, and a gate control assembly. The gate is pivotable between an inwardly open position, a closed position, and an outwardly open position. The gate control assembly is configured to (i) allow the gate to pivot from the closed position to the inwardly open position when a sow pushes against the gate to pivot the gate toward the inwardly open position, (ii) prevent the gate from pivoting from the closed position to the inwardly open position for a second time until the gate is pivoted from the closed position to the outwardly open position, and (iii) allow the gate to pivot from the closed position to the outwardly open position when the sow pushes against the gate to pivot the gate toward the outwardly open position.
US12268170B2
A soybean cultivar designated 14110213 is disclosed. The invention relates to the seeds of soybean cultivar 14110213, to the plants of soybean cultivar 14110213, to the plant parts of soybean cultivar 14110213, and to methods for producing progeny of soybean cultivar 14110213. The invention also relates to methods for producing a soybean plant containing in its genetic material one or more transgenes and to the transgenic soybean plants and plant parts produced by those methods. The invention also relates to soybean cultivars or breeding cultivars, and plant parts derived from soybean cultivar 14110213. The invention also relates to methods for producing other soybean cultivars, lines, or plant parts derived from soybean cultivar 14110213, and to the soybean plants, varieties, and their parts derived from use of those methods. The invention further relates to hybrid soybean seeds, plants, and plant parts produced by crossing cultivar 14110213 with another soybean cultivar.
US12268169B2
A soybean cultivar designated 14010604 is disclosed. The invention relates to the seeds of soybean cultivar 14010604, to the plants of soybean cultivar 14010604, to the plant parts of soybean cultivar 14010604, and to methods for producing progeny of soybean cultivar 14010604. The invention also relates to methods for producing a soybean plant containing in its genetic material one or more transgenes and to the transgenic soybean plants and plant parts produced by those methods. The invention also relates to soybean cultivars or breeding cultivars, and plant parts derived from soybean cultivar 14010604. The invention also relates to methods for producing other soybean cultivars, lines, or plant parts derived from soybean cultivar 14010604, and to the soybean plants, varieties, and their parts derived from use of those methods. The invention further relates to hybrid soybean seeds, plants, and plant parts produced by crossing cultivar 14010604 with another soybean cultivar.
US12268168B2
A soybean cultivar designated 17041010 is disclosed. The invention relates to the seeds of soybean cultivar 17041010, to the plants of soybean cultivar 17041010, to the plant parts of soybean cultivar 17041010, and to methods for producing progeny of soybean cultivar 17041010. The invention also relates to methods for producing a soybean plant containing in its genetic material one or more transgenes and to the transgenic soybean plants and plant parts produced by those methods. The invention also relates to soybean cultivars or breeding cultivars, and plant parts derived from soybean cultivar 17041010. The invention also relates to methods for producing other soybean cultivars, lines, or plant parts derived from soybean cultivar 17041010, and to the soybean plants, varieties, and their parts derived from use of those methods. The invention further relates to hybrid soybean seeds, plants, and plant parts produced by crossing cultivar 17041010 with another soybean cultivar.
US12268165B2
A soybean cultivar designated 13270121 is disclosed. The invention relates to the seeds of soybean cultivar 13270121, to the plants of soybean cultivar 13270121, to the plant parts of soybean cultivar 13270121, and to methods for producing progeny of soybean cultivar 13270121. The invention also relates to methods for producing a soybean plant containing in its genetic material one or more transgenes and to the transgenic soybean plants and plant parts produced by those methods. The invention also relates to soybean cultivars or breeding cultivars, and plant parts derived from soybean cultivar 13270121. The invention also relates to methods for producing other soybean cultivars, lines, or plant parts derived from soybean cultivar 13270121, and to the soybean plants, varieties, and their parts derived from use of those methods. The invention further relates to hybrid soybean seeds, plants, and plant parts produced by crossing cultivar 13270121 with another soybean cultivar.
US12268158B2
According to the invention, there is provided seed and plants of the hybrid corn variety designated CH010381. The invention thus relates to the plants, seeds and tissue cultures of the variety CH010381, and to methods for producing a corn plant produced by crossing a corn plant of variety CH010381 with itself or with another corn plant, such as a plant of another variety. The invention further relates to genetic complements of plants of variety CH010381.
US12268154B1
A novel maize variety designated X08V047 and seed, plants and plant parts thereof are produced by crossing inbred maize varieties. Methods for producing a maize plant by crossing hybrid maize variety X08V047 with another maize plant are disclosed. Methods for producing a maize plant containing in its genetic material one or more traits introgressed into X08V047 through backcrossing or genetic transformation, and to the maize seed, plant and plant part produced thereby are described. Maize variety X08V047, the seed, the plant produced from the seed, and variants, mutants, and minor modifications of maize variety X08V047 are provided. Methods for producing maize varieties derived from maize variety X08V047 and methods of using maize variety X08V047 are disclosed.
US12268151B1
A novel maize variety designated 1PMRF97 and seed, plants and plant parts thereof are provided. Methods for producing a maize plant comprise crossing maize variety 1PMRF97 with another maize plant are provided. Methods for producing a maize plant containing in its genetic material one or more traits introgressed into 1PMRF97 through backcross conversion and/or transformation, and to the maize seed, plant and plant part produced thereby are provided. Hybrid maize seed, plants or plant parts are produced by crossing the variety 1PMRF97 or a locus conversion of 1PMRF97 with another maize variety.
US12268148B1
A novel maize variety designated 1PGKE26 and seed, plants and plant parts thereof are provided. Methods for producing a maize plant comprise crossing maize variety 1PGKE26 with another maize plant are provided. Methods for producing a maize plant containing in its genetic material one or more traits introgressed into 1PGKE26 through backcross conversion and/or transformation, and to the maize seed, plant and plant part produced thereby are provided. Hybrid maize seed, plants or plant parts are produced by crossing the variety 1PGKE26 or a locus conversion of 1PGKE26 with another maize variety.
US12268144B2
The invention relates to novel melon plants producing fruits displaying a combination of a long shelf-life trait as well as a maturity indicator trait. The invention also relates to seeds and parts of said plants, for example fruits. The invention further relates to methods of making and using such seeds and plants. The invention also relates to novel genetic sequences associated with a rind-turning phenotype at maturity, which, when combined with a long shelf-life allele, significantly alters the characteristics of the maturing melon fruit, functions as a reliable maturity indicator while retaining suitable marketable features and results in a novel melon plant type.
US12268142B2
A novel Cannabis variety designated NWG 4113 is provided. This disclosure thus relates to the seeds of Cannabis variety NWG 4113, to the plants of Cannabis variety NWG 4113, to plant parts of Cannabis variety NWG 4113, to methods for producing a Cannabis plant by crossing a plant of Cannabis variety NWG 4113 with a plant of another Cannabis variety, and to methods for producing a plant of Cannabis variety NWG 4113 containing in its genetic material one or more backcross conversion traits or transgenes and to the backcross conversion Cannabis plants and plant parts produced by those methods.
US12268137B2
A crop production system (100) for a controlled plant growing environment is provided. A subassembly comprises a guide portion that includes passive guides (104, 504, 904, 1004) radiating outward from a central portion (102, 502, 520, 911). Each passive guide may be separated from two adjacent passive guides by respective angles. Each passive guide has a first end proximal to the central portion and a second end distal to the central portion. Each passive guide is configured to guide plant growth modules (210). The plant growth modules are movable between the first end and the second end of each passive guide. An active guide (406, 907, 1007) causes the plant growth modules to travel in a first direction along the passive guides as the active guide is moved.
US12268136B2
A façade cassette for supporting vegetation growth is disclosed, the façade cassette comprising a first panel and a second panel which is provided with openings for vegetation to grow through, wherein: the first panel is connectable to a supporting structure; the second panel is mounted on the first panel for movement between an installed position and an open position; the first panel and the second panel are configured to define a housing therebetween for a substrate; each panel comprises a face and two sides extending from opposing peripheral regions of the face to provide a pair of opposing sides; and each side of the pair of opposing sides of the first panel is configured to be connectable to the supporting structure. A façade system comprising a plurality of the façade cassettes and an installation method are also disclosed.
US12268132B2
A reciprocating cutting blade apparatus includes: a pair of reciprocating cutting blades disposed to overlap one another in a thickness direction; an upper support member and a lower support member sandwiching and reciprocably supporting the reciprocating cutting blades; and a transmission case to which the upper and lower support members maintaining a distance therebetween are mounted. The transmission case includes: a grease inlet and an upper grease reservoir provided above the upper support member accumulating grease poured from the grease inlet and; a lower Grease reservoir provided below the lower support member and accumulating the grease poured from the grease inlet. The upper support member includes a through-hole communicating with the upper grease reservoir. The lower support member includes a through-hole communicating with the lower grease reservoir. The reciprocating cutting blades includes through-holes allowing communication between the through-holes of the upper support member and the lower support member, respectively.
US12268127B2
Self-propelled vehicles for supporting and operating a device are disclosed. Example devices include agricultural devices. The vehicle includes mounting arms that allow the device to be extended forward or rearward of the vehicle. In some embodiments, the device is releasably coupleable to the vehicle. In some embodiments, the vehicle includes rear drive wheels and front caster wheels.
US12268121B2
Operating an autonomous grounds maintenance machine includes determining a travel path for the machine to reach a destination waypoint in a zone of a work region. The travel path is analyzed for problem areas based on a predetermined terrain map. Rotations of the machine may be planned even before the machine begins to travel down the path to proactively prevent the machine from becoming trapped.
US12268119B2
An agricultural metering system includes independently controllable meter rollers, in which each meter roller is configured to rotate about a respective rotational axis. The agricultural metering system also includes meter boxes configured to receive agricultural product from a storage tank. Each meter roller is disposed within a respective meter box, and each meter roller is configured to meter the agricultural product from the storage tank. In addition, the agricultural metering system includes independently controllable motors. Each independently controllable motor is coupled to a respective meter roller, and each independently controllable motor is configured to drive the respective meter roller to rotate.
US12268113B2
An agricultural machine includes a vehicle body, a travel switch operable to issue a command to start autonomous travel of the vehicle body, and an autonomous travel controller to perform autonomous travel of the vehicle body based on a planned travel line when the command is issued. When the command is issued by operating the travel switch, if at least one of a positional deviation between the planned travel line that is selected and the vehicle body and an orientational deviation between the planned travel line and an orientation of the vehicle body is greater than or equal to a corresponding one of respective first thresholds, the autonomous travel controller is configured or programmed to perform line alignment to make the positional deviation and the orientational deviation less than the respective first thresholds.
US12268110B2
An aerator for a turf surface has a traction control, an OPC bail, and an aeration bail capable of single handed operation. A controller automatically lowers a tine head to begin aerating at a start location marked when the aeration bail is closed and lifts the tine head to end aeration at an end location marked when the aeration bail is released. The controller further causes the tines that enter the turf surface at the start location to penetrate to a desired hole depth. The controller also automatically adjusts ground speed to maintain a desired hole spacing during an aeration pass, but permits the operator to speed up during a turnaround between passes with a steerable front wheel freewheeling to mitigate wheel scrubbing. A handle assembly having a spring counterbalance is height adjustable and automatically engages a parking brake when placed in an upright non-operating position.
US12268108B2
An agricultural implement includes a frame and a basket assembly supported on the frame. The basket assembly, in turn, includes including a plurality of circumferentially arranged blades such that the basket assembly is configured to roll relative to a surface of a field as the agricultural implement travels across the field. Furthermore, the plurality of circumferentially arranged blades define a plurality of voids and at least partially defining an interior cavity within the basket assembly, with each void being defined between an adjacent pair of the plurality of circumferentially arranged blades. Additionally, the agricultural implement includes a bladder positioned within the interior cavity, with the bladder configured to be inflated and deflated such that the bladder expands and contracts relative to the plurality of circumferentially arranged blades to force field materials present within the interior cavity outward through the plurality of voids.
US12274182B2
Various embodiments of the present disclosure are directed towards an integrated chip comprising a memory cell. The memory cell is disposed within a dielectric structure that overlies a substrate. The memory cell comprises a data storage structure disposed between a bottom electrode and a top electrode. An upper conductive structure is disposed in the dielectric structure and on the top electrode. The upper conductive structure comprises a protrusion disposed below an upper surface of the top electrode. A sidewall spacer structure is disposed around the memory cell. The sidewall spacer structure comprises a first sidewall spacer layer around the data storage structure and a second sidewall spacer layer abutting the first sidewall spacer layer. The protrusion contacts the second sidewall spacer layer.
US12274181B2
In an embodiment, a device includes: a magnetoresistive random access memory (MRAM) array including MRAM cells arranged in rows and columns, where a first column of the columns includes: first bottom electrodes arranged along the first column; first magnetic tunnel junction (MTJ) stacks over the first bottom electrodes; a first shared electrode over each of the first MTJ stacks; second bottom electrodes arranged along the first column; second MTJ stacks over the second bottom electrodes; a second shared electrode over each of the second MTJ stacks; and a bit line electrically connected to the first shared electrode and the second shared electrode.
US12274179B2
A magnetic random access memory (MRAM) stack, a method of fabricating a MRAM stack, a MRAM array, and a computer system. The MRAM stack includes a first magnetic layer comprising a Heusler compound. The MRAM stack also includes one or more seed layers including a templating structure having a crystalline structure configured to template the Heusler compound. The magnetic layer is formed over the templating structure. The MRAM stack also includes a chromium (Cr) layer formed under the templating structure. The Cr layer is configured to enhance a tunnel magnetoresistance (TMR) of the MRAM stack.
US12274171B2
A thermoelectric element according to an embodiment comprises: a first substrate; a first electrode part disposed on the first substrate; a thermoelectric semiconductor disposed on the first electrode part; second electrode parts disposed on the thermoelectric semiconductor; and a second substrate disposed on the second electrode parts, wherein the second substrate comprises: a first surface; and a second surface opposite to the first surface, the second electrode parts are disposed on the first surface, a terminal electrode part formed by extending at least one of the second electrode parts is disposed on the second surface, and the second substrate is formed between the terminal electrode part and the second electrode parts.
US12274164B2
Provided are an aromatic compound represented by Chemical Formula 1 and an electroluminescent device including the same. In Chemical Formula 1, R1, R2, R3, Ar1, and Ar2 are the same as described in the detailed description.
US12274155B2
Systems and methods for depositing materials on a substrate via OVJP are provided. A float table and grippers are used to move and position the substrate relative to one or more OVJP print bars to reduce the chance of damaging or compromising the substrate or prior depositions.
US12274150B2
The present invention discloses a display device, comprising: a camera, a display panel and a backplane. The display panel, located on the light incident side of the camera, includes a first display area and a second display area; wherein the second display area is arranged corresponding to the camera. The backplane, located between the camera and the display panel, includes a first backplane and a second backplane; wherein a vertical projection of the second backplane on the display panel covers at least the second display area, and the light reflectivity of the second backplane is less than the light reflectivity of the first backplane.
US12274147B2
The present disclosure provides an organic light emitting display panel, a method for manufacturing the same, and an organic light emitting display apparatus. The organic light emitting display panel includes an array substrate, a color filter substrate and an encapsulation structure; the encapsulation structure includes a sealing frame and/or a sealing layer disposed between the array substrate and the color filter substrate, and the array substrate and the color filter substrate are adhesively fixed through the sealing frame and/or the sealing layer; wherein the sealing frame is formed by curing a frame sealant and is located in a frame area of the array substrate and the color filter substrate, and the sealing layer is formed by curing a filling adhesive and is located in a display area of the array substrate and the color filter substrate.
US12274144B2
A light-emitting device includes a light-emitting layer that includes, in each of a plurality of pixels: a light-emitting region in which a drive current flows between a first electrode and a second electrode; and a non-light-emitting region in which no drive current flows between the first electrode and the second electrode. The light-emitting region is divided into a plurality of subregions by a non-light-emitting region in a plan view.
US12274139B2
A display device is provided. The display device includes first, second and third front signal lines disposed on a first portion and electrically connected to light emitting elements, connection lines overlapping a second portion, and first, second and third rear signal lines disposed on a third portion. The first, second and third front signal lines are disposed on different layers. The first front signal line and the first rear signal line are disposed on a same layer. The second front signal line and the second rear signal line are disposed on a same layer. The third front signal line and the third rear signal line are disposed on a same layer. The connection lines electrically and selectively connect the front signal lines and the rear signal lines.
US12274135B2
A display panel includes: a substrate including a first area, a second area, and a third area between the first area and the second area; a first structure located in the second area and including a pixel electrode, an opposite electrode, an intermediate layer between the pixel electrode and the opposite electrode, and at least one organic material layer; and a plurality of grooves located in the third area and separating the at least one organic material layer and the opposite electrode, wherein a first groove of the plurality of grooves is provided in a multi-layered film including a lower layer and an upper layer, wherein the upper layer includes an inorganic material layer and a first step adjacent to the first groove, the first step having an elevation higher than an upper surface of the lower layer.
US12274130B2
A light emitting display device includes: a first display area including a first light-emitting element and a first pixel circuit unit; and a second display area including a second light-emitting element disposed to overlap a driving unit and a second pixel circuit unit which drives the second light-emitting element, where the first pixel circuit unit further include a first boost capacitor.
US12274124B2
The present disclosure provides a display assembly and a virtual reality display device. The display assembly includes an electroluminescent element, a packaging layer and a light converging layer arranged sequentially. The light converging layer is configured to converge light emitted by the electroluminescent element and transmitted through the packaging layer. The electroluminescent element includes a plurality of pixels, the light converging layer is tightly attached to the packaging layer, and an orthogonal projection of each pixels onto a surface of the packaging layer to which the light converging layer is tightly attached is completely covered by the light converging layer.
US12274115B2
A light-emitting element includes: a cathode; an anode; and an electron-transport layer, a light-emitting layer, and a hole-transport layer provided, between the cathode and the anode, in a stated order from the cathode. At least one of the electron-transport layer or the hole-transport layer includes: a first charge-transport layer and a second charge-transport layer containing different carrier-transport materials. The light-emitting element includes, in plan view, a first region including the first charge-transport layer, and a second region including the second charge-transport layer. The light-emitting element shares the anode and the cathode between the first region and the second region.
US12274106B2
A light module including a circuit substrate and a light emitter, the light emitter including a light source configured to generate light and including a first epitaxial layer, a second epitaxial layer, and an active layer, an insulation layer covering the light source, a first electrode electrically connected to the first epitaxial layer, a light guide configured to guide light generated from the light source, a transparent material covering the light source, and an angle controller disposed on the transparent material, in which the light guide has a guide hole filled with the transparent material, and a refractive index of the light guide is different from that of the light source.
US12274102B2
A package structure is provided. The package structure includes a substrate, an electrode layer, a lighting unit, a wall, and a package compound. The substrate and the wall that is disposed on the substrate jointly define an accommodating space. The lighting unit in the accommodating space and is electrically connected to the electrode layer disposed on the substrate. The package compound covers the electrode layer, and the lighting unit. The package compound includes an attaching portion disposed on a top surface of the lighting unit and a surrounding portion that is arranged around the attaching portion. The surrounding portion has an annular slot arranged on a top surface thereof. A bottom end of the annular slot is located at a position aligning with 25%˜90% of a thickness of the lighting diode along a height direction.
US12274099B2
Disclosed herein are global shutter image sensors and methods of operating such image sensors. An image sensor includes a semiconductor wafer having a light receiving surface opposite an electrical connection surface; an oxide extending from the light receiving surface toward the electrical connection surface and at least partially surrounding a pixel region; a photodiode disposed within the pixel region; and a set of storage nodes disposed under the photodiode, between the photodiode and the electrical connection surface. The set of storage nodes comprises a first storage node and a second storage node. The storage nodes may be disposed vertically beneath the photodiode, or side by side.
US12274091B2
The present disclosure attempts to provide a capacitor cell having a large capacitance value per unit area in a semiconductor integrated circuit device using a three-dimensional transistor device. A logic cell includes a three-dimensional transistor device. A capacitor cell includes a three-dimensional transistor device. A length of a portion, of a local interconnect, which protrudes from a three-dimensional diffusion layer in a direction away from a power supply interconnect in the capacitor cell is greater than a length of a portion, of a local interconnect, which protrudes from a three-dimensional diffusion layer in a direction away from a power supply interconnect in the logic cell.
US12274088B2
A semiconductor structure includes a substrate, an isolation layer, a dielectric layer, an insulation layer, a conductor and a capping layer. The substrate has a concave portion. The isolation layer is located on a top surface of the substrate. The dielectric layer is located on the isolation layer. The insulation layer is located on a surface of the concave portion and extends to a sidewall of the isolation layer. The conductor is located on the insulation layer in the concave portion. The conductor has a first top surface and a second top surface, and the first top surface is closer to the dielectric layer than the second top surface. The capping layer is located in the concave portion and covers the conductor.
US12274084B2
A normally-closed device and a fabrication method thereof, relating to the technical field of semiconductors, is disclosed. The normally-closed device comprises a substrate, an epitaxial layer connected to the substrate comprising a first P-type nitride layer and a modified layer located on two sides of the first P-type nitride layer and formed by modifying a second P-type nitride layer in a preset region, where the first P-type nitride layer and the second P-type nitride layer are formed by epitaxially growing synchronously, a barrier layer connected to the first P-type nitride layer and the modified layer, a gate electrode connected to the barrier layer, and a source electrode and a drain electrode connected to the modified layer.
US12274075B2
A magnetic memory includes first and second wirings, a magnetic memory line including first and second portions and extending along a first direction, the second portion electrically connected to the first wiring, and a first magnetic member electrically connected to the first portion and the second wiring and including first and second magnetic portions each having an annular shape and overlapping an end portion of the first portion of the memory line as viewed from the first direction, a third magnetic portion having a cylindrical shape and extending between an inner end of the first magnetic portion and an inner end of the second magnetic portion, and a fourth magnetic portion having a cylindrical shape and extending between an outer end of the first magnetic portion and an outer end of the second magnetic portion.
US12274065B2
A semiconductor memory device includes a conducting layer and an insulating layer that are disposed above a semiconductor substrate, a plurality of pillars that extend in a direction which crosses a surface of the semiconductor substrate, and a plate that is disposed between the plurality of pillars and extends in the same direction as the pillars. A surface of the plate, which faces the pillars, has convex portions and non-convex portions.
US12274064B2
An object is to provide a semiconductor device with large memory capacity. The semiconductor device includes first to seventh insulators, a first conductor, and a first semiconductor. The first conductor is positioned on a first top surface of the first insulator and a first bottom surface of the second insulator. The third insulator is positioned in a region including a side surface and a second top surface of the first insulator, a side surface of the first conductor, and a second bottom surface and a side surface of the second insulator. The fourth insulator, the fifth insulator, and the first semiconductor are sequentially stacked on the third insulator. The sixth insulator is in contact with the fifth insulator in a region overlapping the first conductor. The seventh insulator is positioned in a region including the first semiconductor and the sixth insulator.
US12274053B2
A semiconductor structure includes an array of active patterns, a peripheral pattern around the array of active patterns, and at least a branch pattern connected to an inner edge of the peripheral pattern. The active patterns respectively extend along a first direction and are arranged end-to-end along the first direction and side-by-side along a second direction that is different form the first direction. The branch pattern extends along the first direction. An end portion of the branch pattern and an end portion of one of the active patterns that is immediately side-by-side next to the branch pattern are flush along the second direction.
US12274052B2
The present application discloses a semiconductor device and a method for fabricating the semiconductor device. The semiconductor device includes a substrate; a bit line structure positioned on the substrate; a plurality of first bit line spacers positioned on sidewalls of the bit line structure; a plurality of second bit line spacers positioned on the plurality of first bit line spacers. The plurality of first bit line spacers include one or more species of vanadium oxide. The plurality of second bit line spacers include silicon nitride, silicon nitride oxide, or silicon oxynitride.
US12274044B2
A method of controlling a temperature profile of an optical window comprising: measuring a temperature-dependent electrical property of a thermally sensitive material included in the optical window using an embedded electromagnetic interference shield in the optical window to determine the temperature profile of the optical window, the embedded electromagnetic interference shield including a two-dimensional array of electrically conductive wires; and based on the measurements, selectively biasing at least one wire of the two-dimensional array of electrically conductive wires to locally alter the temperature-dependent electrical property of the thermally sensitive material in at least one selected spatial region of the optical window to control the temperature profile of the optical window.
US12274036B2
An optical communication system includes a co-packaged optical module and a heatsink mounted to the co-packaged optical module. The co-packaged optical module includes a processor disposed on a substrate and a plurality of light engines disposed at different locations around the processor on the substrate. The processor and the light engines generating different amounts of heat during operation. The heatsink includes a plurality of heat pipes non-uniformly distributed throughout the heatsink to remove the different amounts of heat generated at a location of the processor and respective locations of the different ones of the light engines.
US12274029B2
A cooling device includes a cooling circuit including a compressor to compress cooling agent in the cooling circuit during an active cooling mode; a condensing unit connected to the compressor by a first fluid line of the cooling circuit; and an evaporator including a top part, a bottom part, and a plurality of evaporating tubes connecting the top part with the bottom part. The top part is connected to the condensing unit by a second fluid line of the cooling circuit, and the bottom part is connected to the compressor by a third fluid line of the cooling circuit.
US12274028B2
The present disclosure provides a liquid cooling system for dissipating heat from a heat source, including a liquid cooling module and a liquid leakage detecting module. The liquid cooling module includes a liquid cooling component. The liquid cooling component includes a liquid cooling plate, a liquid supply pipeline and a liquid return pipeline. The liquid supply pipeline and the liquid return pipeline are in communication with the liquid cooling plate receptively. The liquid leakage detecting module includes a liquid leakage detecting device, a monitoring device and a main wire. The liquid leakage detecting device includes a hub and a plurality of liquid leakage detection branches. The liquid leakage detection branches are electrically connected to the hub in parallel, and are provided in the liquid supply pipeline and the liquid return pipeline respectively. The main wire electrically connects the hub to the monitoring device.
US12274024B2
A cooling device for cooling electronic components comprising a primary electronic component, and one or more secondary electronic components of a circuit board is provided. The cooling device comprises a first cooling component. The first cooling component comprises a first cooling member configured to contact a surface of the primary electronic component. The first cooling member is configured to be in fluid communication with a fluid to effect an operative convection cooling of the surface of the primary electronic component. The cooling device further comprises a second cooling component. The second cooling component comprises a second cooling member configured to contact a respective thermal surface of the one or more secondary electronic components to effect an operative conduction cooling of the one or more secondary electronic components. The second cooling member is thermally coupled to the first cooling member.
US12274020B2
A system including a cooling element and an egress passageway is described. The cooling element is configured to provide a stream of hot air having been heated by a heat from a heat-generating structure. The hot air passes through the egress passageway toward an egress. The egress passageway includes at least one inlet through which cool air is drawn to be mixed with the hot air.
US12274012B2
An electronic apparatus includes a display panel including a first surface through which an image is displayed and a second surface opposite to the first surface, a rear cover including a rear surface portion spaced apart from the display panel with an inner space interposed therebetween and a sidewall portion connected to the rear surface portion and surrounding the inner space, an exciter including a vibrator disposed in the inner space to vibrate the display panel and a supporter fixed to the rear surface portion, and a passive element outputting a sound. A reinforcement opening is defined in the sidewall portion, the exciter overlaps the reinforcement opening in a direction penetrating through the reinforcement opening, and the passive element is disposed in the reinforcement opening.
US12274005B2
A coil component includes: a substrate body containing metal magnetic grains whose primary component is iron and which contains silicon and a metal that oxidizes more easily than iron, and an oxide layer covering the surfaces of the metal magnetic grains and joining multiple numbers of the metal magnetic grains together; a coil conductor provided in the substrate body; external electrodes provided on the surface of the substrate body and electrically connected to the coil conductor; and a bonding part positioned between the metal magnetic grains and the external electrodes, wherein the concentration of iron decreases in a substantially continuous manner from the metal magnetic grains to the external electrodes. The external electrodes can have improved joining strength.
US12274002B2
A multilayer circuit board includes a board body including insulator layers stacked upon each other, a first land pattern at the board body to mount a passive component, a second land pattern at the board body to mount an active component, and a heat-dissipation layer between the insulator layers and extending along main surfaces of the insulator layers. The heat-dissipation layer includes a hole extending therethrough in a stacking direction of the insulator layers. In a plan view from the stacking direction, an outer edge of the hole of the heat-dissipation layer is on an outer side of the first land pattern, or overlaps the first land pattern.
US12273998B2
A substrate according to an embodiment includes an insulating layer; a first pattern portion disposed on the insulating layer; and a second pattern portion disposed on the insulating layer and spaced apart from the first pattern portion, wherein the insulating layer includes a first insulating portion including a first open region; and a second insulating portion disposed to surround an outside of the first insulating part and spaced apart from the first insulating portion with a second open region therebetween; wherein the first pattern portion includes a first lead pattern portion disposed on the first insulating portion; a second lead pattern portion disposed on the second insulating portion; and a connection pattern portion having one end connected to the first lead pattern portion and the other end connected to the second lead pattern portion, and disposed on the second open region; wherein the connection pattern portion includes a bent portion positioned on a corner of the second open region.
US12273997B2
A wiring circuit board includes a base insulating layer, a conductive layer, and a metal protective film in order toward one side in a thickness direction. The conductive layer includes a signal wiring and a terminal continuous therewith. The signal wiring has one surface in the thickness direction, and first and second surfaces continuous with the one surface and disposed to face each other in a width direction. The terminal has one surface in the thickness direction, and the other surface disposed to face the one surface at the other side in the thickness direction at spaced intervals thereto. The other surface of the terminal is exposed from the base insulating layer toward the other side in the thickness direction. The metal protective film covers the one surface of the signal wiring and one surface of the terminal but not both first or second surfaces.
US12273993B2
The invention relates to a carrier arrangement (100; 500; 600; 700; 800; 900; 1000), and a method for producing a carrier arrangement. The method comprises: producing a layer (130; 530; 630; 730; 830; 930; 1030) on a surface (120; 520; 620; 720; 820; 920; 1020) of a carrier (110; 510; 610; 710; 810; 910; 1010), the layer comprising a first region (131; 531; 631; 731; 831; 931; 1031) and a second region (132; 532; 632; 732; 832; 932; 1032) connected to the first region, the first region covering a first surface region (121; 521; 621; 721; 821; 921; 1021) of the carrier and the second region covering a second surface region (122; 722; 922) of the carrier, detaching the second region of the layer from the carrier, the first region of the layer remaining on the first surface region of the carrier and not being separated from the second region, the layer being flexible in the detached second region.
US12273992B2
A flexible printed circuit board (FPCB) of an electronic device including a flexible display having a shape deformed by a hinge structure is provided. The FPCB of an electronic device includes a plurality of bending portions and a plurality of non-bending portions. The plurality of bending portions is bent according to a deformation of a shape of the electronic device. The plurality of non-bending portions are positioned on a periphery of the plurality of bending portions. The plurality of bending portions and the plurality of non-bending portions are formed to have different thicknesses.
US12273989B2
A reusable joint for a medical linac, a reusable CF choke flange for a medical linac, a linac and a method for forming a reusable joint for a medical linac are disclosed. The reusable joint comprises a CF choke flange, a CF cover flange and a gasket. The CF choke flange comprises a first waveguide aperture, a choke groove and a first CF groove comprising a first knife-edge, wherein the choke groove is disposed radially inwards from the first CF groove on the CF choke flange. The CF cover flange comprises a second waveguide aperture aligned with the first waveguide aperture and a second CF groove comprising a second knife-edge and aligned with the first CF groove. The gasket is disposed between and in contact with the first CF groove and the second CF groove.
US12273988B2
A high-powered microwave torch provides a tunable cavity to move between a first and second mode for ignition and steady-state operation. The tuning may be accomplished by adjusting end plates of a cylindrical cavity consistent with a desired TE01δ resonant mode. A swirl promoting spacer system allows cantilevered coaxial tubes to accommodate gas flow rates, and a junction between the tube assembly and a plasma nozzle provides a compression engagement resistant to temperature-expansion induced stress.
US12273987B1
The present technology is directed to a system for controlling the electron energy distribution function in an atmospheric and near-atmospheric low-temperature plasma by subjecting the generated plasma to a repetitive nanosecond-pulsed voltage that is completely decoupled from the means that generated the plasma (i.e., decoupled from an electron-beam). The repetitive nanosecond-pulsed voltage generates a nanosecond-pulsed electric field that affects the energy of the electrons in the plasma without affecting the energy of the ions.
US12273985B2
The present inventive concept provides a voltage generating apparatus for X-rays including a console that receives an X-ray irradiation signal to generate a control signal and detects the X-ray irradiation signal to generate a first detection signal, a pulse control unit that receives the control signal and the first detection signal from the console to generate a second detection signal and generates a pulse signal according to the control signal and the second detection signal, and a high voltage generating unit that generates a high voltage according to the pulse signal from the pulse control unit, and an X-ray generating apparatus having the same.
US12273967B2
This disclosure relates to use of group 4 element codoping in a phosphor layer of activator-doped zinc sulfide of a display element, a display element, and a method for manufacturing a display element. The display element (100) comprises a first insulator layer (111), a second insulator layer (112), and a first phosphor layer (121) of activator-group 4 element codoped zinc sulfide between the first insulator layer (111) and the second insulator layer (112). The first phosphor layer (121) has an average atomic percentage of group 4 elements of at least 0.01 atomic percent.
US12273964B2
This disclosure describes systems, methods, and devices related to multi-link operation. A device may configure a single N×N transmit (TX)/receive (RX) radio to a plurality of 1×1 TX/RX radios, where N is a positive integer. The device may monitor a first channel of a plurality of channels to determine its availability. The device may monitor a second channel of the plurality of channels to determine its availability. The device may identify a first control frame received from an access point (AP) multi-link device (MLD) on the second channel. The device may cause to send a second control frame to the AP MLD on the second channel. The device may configure back to a single N×N TX/RX radio to receive a data frame.
US12273955B2
Apparatuses and methods for short message service (SMS) delivery are disclosed. In one embodiment, a method implemented in a data management (UDM) node includes receiving, by the UDM node, a registration request from a home subscriber server, HSS, node, the registration request being to register an Internet Protocol-Short Message-Gateway, IP-SM-GW, and the registration request comprising an address of the IP-SM-GW; and optionally, as a result of receiving the registration request comprising the address of the IP-SM-GW from the HSS node, determining message waiting data. In one embodiment, a method implemented in a HSS node includes receiving a registration request; and sending, to a unified data management, UDM, node, the registration request, the registration request being to register an Internet Protocol-Short Message-Gateway, IP-SM-GW, and the registration request comprising an address of the IP-SM-GW.
US12273947B2
A wireless device increments a beam failure instance counter based on a first beam failure instance indication for one or more first reference signals (RSs) for beam failure detection. The wireless device receives a medium access control control element (MAC CE) indicating one or more second RSs for beam failure detection. The wireless device resets the beam failure instance counter in response to receiving the MAC CE. The wireless device increments the beam failure instance counter based on a second beam failure instance indication for the one or more second RSs. The wireless device based on the beam failure instance counter being equal to or greater than a first value, triggers a beam failure recovery for the one or more second RSs.
US12273946B2
Method and device for transmitting updated information for ML reconfiguration in wireless LAN system
A method and a device for transmitting updated information for an ML reconfiguration in a wireless LAN system are proposed. Specifically, a reception MLD performs an ML reconfiguration with a transmission MLD. The reception MLD transmits MLD capability information for the ML reconfiguration to the transmission MLD. The transmission MLD comprises a first transmission STA operating in a first link and a second transmission STA operating in a second link. The reception MLD comprises a first reception STA operating in the first link and a second reception STA operating in the second link. The MLD capability information includes information on a change in the number of links supported by the transmission and reception MLDs at the same time.
US12273943B2
Disclosed is a communication device that includes a communication unit and a notification unit. The communication unit, while wirelessly communicating in a first communication mode using a first resource of a predetermined frequency channel, wirelessly communicates in a second communication mode in which a lower delay is required than in the first communication mode using a second resource at least partially overlapping the first resource on a frequency axis and a time axis. The notification unit notifies a reception destination in the first communication mode, of the second resource.
US12273934B2
Embodiments generally relate to a system for managing media resources from a plurality of mobile devices and delivered by a vehicle. In particular, embodiments relate to an apparatus for providing a queue of media resources from a mobile device to a vehicle. The apparatus comprises a wireless transceiver, a vehicle interface, and a processor. The processor establishes a wireless connection to the mobile device and then receives a uniform resource identifier (URI) for a media resource from the mobile device. It then processes the URI to determine information on the media resource, including its media type and selects a media source associated with the media type that comprises the media resource. The processor next adds the media resource to the queue of media resources, which is broadcast via the wireless connection, and triggers the media source to provide the media resource to the vehicle via the vehicle interface.
US12273933B2
A method includes receiving at least one parameter associated with the each of at least one IAB node (100), determining a resource configuration comprising of resources to be allocated to the DU of each of the at least one IAB node (100) based on at least one resource allocation criteria and the at least one parameter, indicating the resource configuration for the DU of each of the at least one IAB node (100). The method includes signaling a timing advance (TA) value to at least one IAB node (100) based on a plurality of parameters, evaluating at least one of a UL-Tx timing and a DL-Tx timing based on the TA value signaled, configuring a cell-specific signal and channel (CSSC) to the DU of the reference node based on the at least one parameter, and timing alignment in a IAB network (1000).
US12273927B2
A method in a UE comprises: receiving a message from a network node comprising information about one or more sets of dedicated random access channel (RACH) resources, each set of dedicated RACH resources associated with a beam associated with a target cell; obtaining an estimate of beam quality for each beam associated with the sets of dedicated RACH resources; determining, based on the obtained estimate of beam quality, whether any beam associated with the one or more sets of dedicated RACH resources meets one or more criteria of a first set of criteria for performing random access; and performing random access based on whether any beam associated with the one or more sets of dedicated RACH resources meets the one or more criteria of the first set of criteria for performing random access.
US12273919B2
A method, performed at a first wireless node, for determining a channel occupancy time, COT, of the first wireless node on a radio channel is disclosed. The method comprises obtaining a radio condition parameter indicative of a condition of the radio channel; and determining the channel occupancy time based on the radio condition parameter.
US12273918B2
Methods and apparatuses for adapting a channel sensing threshold in a wireless communication system operating with shared spectrum channel access. A method for operating a base station (BS) includes determining whether an antenna configuration for channel sensing is omni-directional or directional and determining a channel sensing threshold. The channel sensing threshold includes two parts: a first part of the channel sensing threshold being common for omni-directional and directional antenna configurations and a second part of the channel sensing threshold depending on the antenna configuration. The method further includes performing a channel sensing procedure based on the antenna configuration and the channel sensing threshold and transmitting downlink (DL) data over a channel based on the channel being sensed as idle in the channel sensing procedure.
US12273913B2
A method for operating a user equipment (UE) in a wireless communication includes obtaining resource configuration information of an uplink signal; obtaining resource configuration information for two-step random access based on the resource configuration information of the uplink signal; determining resources for transmission for the two-step random access based on the resource configuration information for the two-step random access; and performing the transmission for the two-step random access, wherein the transmission for the two-step random access comprises transmitting a preamble on a random access occasion (RO) and transmitting data for the two-step random access on a physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH).
US12273911B2
A downlink channel transmission can be received. The downlink channel transmission can carry a DCI format that schedules a first uplink channel transmission. An overlap between the first uplink channel transmission and a second uplink channel transmission can be determined. The first uplink channel transmission can be associated with a first priority and the second uplink channel transmission can be associated with a second priority different than the first priority. The second uplink channel transmission can be cancelled before a symbol associated with the overlap between the first uplink channel transmission and the second uplink channel transmission.
US12273910B2
A communication apparatus configured to be able to perform multilink communications compliant with an IEEE 802.11 standard using a plurality of links, receives one or more frames transmitted through one or more links from each of a plurality of external apparatuses, discriminates an external apparatus that is a transmission source of the one or more frames based on a parameter included in each of the one or more frames, the discrimination unit discriminating, when two or more frames are received from one of the external apparatuses through two or more different links, the one of the external apparatus as the transmission source of the two or more frames, and decides a priority, in terms of communication connection, for the plurality of external apparatuses based on communication states of the two or more frames.
US12273906B2
A cellular base station (BS) which transmits more flexible downlink control information (DCI) to the UE, and a UE capable of receiving and processing a received DCI message. The DCI message may have a DCI format of 0_1 or 0_2 and further may comprise an UL-SCH set to 0, a CSI request field of all 0s and an SRS request field having a nonzero value. The DCI message may indicate to the UE that the UE should: 1) transmit an aperiodic SRS corresponding to SRS request; and 2) that the UE should not transmit on the PUSCH. The DCI may include existing fields that specify either a slot offset or beam information useable when transmitting the aperiodic SRS. The base station may also generate a DCI message with an SRS trigger that is targeted to a plurality of UEs in a group, or a plurality of groups of UEs, for greater efficiency.
US12273903B2
This disclosure provides systems, methods and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media, for adjusting a packet duration for triggered uplink (UL) transmissions to an access point (AP) from one or more stations (STAs). In one aspect, the AP may estimate an amount of data that a STA has queued for UL transmission and select the packet duration based on the estimated amount of queued UL data. The AP may transmit a trigger frame that solicits UL data from the STA and indicates the selected packet duration. In response, the AP may receive an UL packet from the STA and determine an amount of UL data queued in the STA based on the UL packet. In some implementations, the AP may selectively adjust the packet duration for UL transmissions based on the UL packet, the determined amount of UL data queued in the STA, or both.
US12273899B2
The present application discloses base stations, a method and device for communication between base stations, and a storage medium. The method includes exchanging, by means of an air interface signal, respective states of N time-domain resources of a designated resource with a second base station that uses the designated resource, and N≥1, the designated resource is a resource for communication between base stations, and the N time-domain resources are obtained by means of division on the basis of a time-division multiplexing (TDM) technique.
US12273898B2
Techniques described herein may include a special scheduling cell (sSCell) provided for dynamic spectrum sharing (DSS). The sSCell may schedule a primary cell of a master cell group (MCG) or a primary cell of a secondary cell group (SCG). The primary cell may be referred to as a special cell or SpCell. The sSCell may be activated and/or deactivated, enter in or exit from a state of dormancy, and radio link monitoring (RLM), beam failure recovery (BFR), and cell grouping parameters may be provided. Techniques described herein include configuring a UE-specific search space (USS) with non-fallback downlink control information (DCI), USS with fallback DCI, and overall search space for DSS enhancement.
US12273895B2
A method for transmitting downlink control information (DCI) and a communication device are provided. The method includes: sending downlink control information (DCI) based on a first mapping relationship, in which the first mapping relationship is a correspondence between a resource quantity and a transport block size (TBS) value configured for a first kind of terminal, and the first mapping relationship includes a first correspondence for a first modulation and coding scheme (MCS) and a second correspondence for a second MCS. The second correspondence includes a correspondence selected from a second mapping relationship between a resource quantity and a TBS value configured for a second kind of terminal and different from the first correspondence.
US12273892B2
A terminal apparatus transmits a predetermined message to a base station apparatus based on a two-step random access procedure, upon receiving one signal that is transmitted from the base station apparatus in response to the predetermined message, and includes pieces of upper layer control information for the terminal apparatus and another terminal apparatus in a multiplexed manner, specifies a first radio resource for transmitting a first response signal indicating whether or not succeeded in receiving control information that is for the terminal apparatus and is included in the one signal, and is different from a second radio resource for transmitting a second response signal for the other terminal apparatus, based on at least one of a control signal that is used for transmitting the one signal and the one signal, and transmits the first response signal using the first radio resource.
US12273886B2
A communication control method executed in a relay apparatus including a base station function processor for connecting wirelessly to a lower apparatus, and a user equipment function processor for connecting wirelessly to an upper apparatus, the relay apparatus relaying upstream data from the lower apparatus to the upper apparatus includes transmitting, to the upper apparatus, a first buffer state report indicating an amount of untransmitted upstream data of the relay apparatus, and transmitting, to the upper apparatus, a second buffer state report indicating at least an amount of untransmitted upstream data of the lower apparatus. A trigger condition for transmitting the second buffer state report is different from a trigger condition for transmitting the first buffer state report.
US12273867B2
A new radio base station establishes a first and a second component. The first and second component carrier overlap each other. The base station transmits first synchronization signal blocks on the first component carrier. The base station transmits second synchronization signal blocks on the second component carrier interleaved in time with the first synchronization signal blocks.
US12273866B2
A method of Narrow-band Internet of Things physical random-access channel (NPRACH) communication includes: transmitting, from a user equipment (UE), a Narrow-band Internet of Things (NB-IoT) Orthogonal Frequency-Division Multiple Access (OFDMA) symbol using a transmit inverse fast Fourier transform (Tx-IFFT) having a first length; processing, at lower physical layer (LPHY) of a baseband unit (BBU), the NB-IoT OFDMA symbol using a receive fast Fourier transform (Rx-FFT) having a second length different from the first length to generate an Rx-FFT output; sending, from the LPHY of the BBU to upper physical layer (UPHY) of the BBU, a selected number of values of the Rx-FFT output corresponding to desired resources block in the NB-IoT OFDMA symbol; filtering, at the UPHY, intercarrier interference (ICI) from the selected number of values of the Rx-FFT output; and reconstructing, at the UPHY, the NB-IoT OFDMA symbol.
US12273865B2
Methods and apparatuses for NBIoT frequency hopping are disclosed. A method comprises receiving a signal on a first number of frequency carriers, the signal switches among the first number of frequency carriers every a second number of time unit, wherein, the second number is configured by higher layer signaling, and the second number is determined by at least one of a subcarrier spacing of the signal, a scaling factor, a resource unit size of the signal, a subcarrier allocation.
US12273859B2
UE information reporting method, internet of vehicles resource configuration method, and apparatuses
Provided are a user equipment (UE) information reporting method and apparatus, an internet of vehicles resource configuration method and apparatus, and a storage medium. The reporting method includes the following steps: a first UE acquires identification information of a second UE; and the first UE sends identification information of the second UE before an adjustment and identification information of the second UE after the adjustment to a network element device on a network side to report UE information.
US12273849B2
Systems and methods for generating and configuring integrity parameters associated with positioning measurements and calculations are provided herein. Integrity KPIs can be defined by a network node for positioning assistance information and location information reporting, and can be provided to a wireless device to assist in assessing the integrity level associated with a positioning estimation.
US12273838B2
Various solutions for synchronization in non-terrestrial network (NTN) communications are proposed. An apparatus implemented in a user equipment (UE) obtains at least one of a downlink (DL) pre-compensated frequency value applied on a service link from a satellite of a non-terrestrial network (NTN) and a feeder link delay drift rate of a feeder link between a network node and the satellite. The apparatus further obtains a Doppler frequency shift value. Then, the apparatus performs a timing compensation through adjusting a sampling rate according to at least one of the DL pre-compensated frequency value, the feeder link delay drift rate, and the Doppler frequency shift value.
US12273832B2
An example apparatus includes: a memory; instructions in the apparatus; and a Bluetooth controller to execute the instructions to: enable circuitry to receive a synchronized transmission; determine if a synchronized transmission is received during a first duration; increment the first duration to a second duration as a result of not receiving the synchronized transmission during the first duration; and determine a third duration based on a determined difference in time between enabling circuitry to receive a synchronized transmission and receiving the synchronized transmission.
US12273829B2
Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, a first user equipment (UE) may apply a timing adjustment for a sidelink connection with a second UE, wherein the timing adjustment causes a slot structure on the sidelink connection to align with a slot structure on an uplink connection with a base station; and transmit sidelink feedback, received via the sidelink connection, on the uplink connection based at least in part on the timing adjustment, wherein the sidelink feedback is mapped to a slot on the uplink connection, of two or more slots on the uplink connection that the sidelink feedback overlaps, based at least in part on a rule. Numerous other aspects are provided.
US12273819B2
A network node may output downlink communication for a UE. The UE may receive the downlink communication from the network node. The UE may transmit, to the network node, a request for a first downlink transmission power adjustment for the downlink communication from the network node to the UE. The network node may obtain the request from the UE for the first downlink transmission power adjustment for the downlink communication from the network node to the first UE.
US12273800B2
A designated forwarder election method includes a first provider edge (PE) receiving a bandwidth notification message sent by another PE, where the first PE and the other PE are connected to a first customer edge (CE), and where the bandwidth notification message includes bandwidth information of a link between the other PE and the first CE. The first PE elects a DF from the first PE and the other PE based on the bandwidth information of the other PE and bandwidth information of a link between the first PE and the first CE.
US12273799B2
Described herein are systems, devices, methods, and media for facilitating communications between emergency service providers and low acuity emergency service providers and managing low acuity responses to emergencies.
US12273796B2
A control unit of an image reader executes OCR (optical character recognition processing) on image data as a result of scanning a setup guide, and upon acquiring an SSID and an encryption key, attempts to communicate with a corresponding wireless LAN master device using the SSID and the corresponding encryption key.
US12273793B2
Disclosed are techniques for using ranging signals to determine a position of a pedestrian user equipment (P-UE). In an aspect, a UE receives a plurality of ranging signals transmitted by one or more UEs, measures one or more properties of each of the plurality of ranging signals, and calculates an estimate of the position of the P-UE based on the one or more properties of each of the plurality of ranging signals. In an aspect, the P-UE transmits a plurality of ranging signals, receives a first message and a second message from first and second vehicle UEs (V-UEs), the first and second messages including first and second estimated positions of the P-UE and associated first and second confidences, and calculates an estimate of the position of the P-UE based on the first estimated position, the first confidence, the second estimated position, the second confidence, or a combination thereof.
US12273787B2
Presented herein are techniques for scheduling Ultra-Wideband (UWB) anchors and mobile devices for client ranging. A control device can determine respective ranging priorities for a plurality of mobile devices, which are each assigned to at least one UWB anchor. The control device can obtain at least one collision mapping identifying, for a respective pair of the mobile devices, a collision probability that a UWB signal associated with a ranging procedure involving a first mobile device of the respective pair will collide with a UWB signal associated with a ranging procedure involving a second mobile device of the respective pair. The control device can establish a ranging schedule for the mobile devices and UWB anchors based on the respective UWB ranging priorities and the collision mapping(s). The control device can send at least one command to cause UWB ranging procedures to be performed according to the ranging schedule.
US12273783B2
Systems and methods may facilitate initial establishment and/or handover of an air-to-ground (ATG) communication link between an aircraft and a ground-based cellular communication network (e.g., a 5G network). The systems and methods may be particularly applicable for an aircraft having a user equipment (UE) antenna that uses narrow beamforming to connect to a cell of a base station (gNB). The UE identifies candidate cells based upon the location of the UE and locations and orientations of cells in the network, identifies a cell having a higher likelihood of connection success compare to other cells, and directs a beam to the chosen cell. The systems and methods may enable the UE to create neighbor lists in real time based upon the UE location, and may prevent blind searching normally associated with narrow beamforming methods.
US12273781B2
The present disclosure provides a cell handover method and apparatus, a network device, a terminal device and a storage medium. The cell handover method includes: a first network device sends a handover request to a second network device, where the handover request includes at least one of the following: conditional handover indication information, and duration suggestion information for a first timer; the first network device receives a handover command sent by the second network device, where the handover command includes configuration information used for handover and duration of the first timer, and the first timer is configured to control an effective time of the configuration information in the handover command; and the first network device sends the handover command and a condition set by the first network device for a terminal device to initiate handover to the second network device, to the terminal device.
US12273779B2
The present disclosure relates to mobility in dual connectivity (DC) in wireless communications. According to an embodiment of the present disclosure, a method performed by a wireless device in a wireless communication system comprises: receiving, from a network, a plurality of conditional mobility commands, each of the plurality of conditional mobility commands comprising a respective trigger type; identifying, among the plurality of conditional mobility commands, one or more conditional mobility commands comprising a trigger type corresponding to a secondary cell group (SCG) configuration status of the wireless device; and performing an evaluation of one or more target cells related to the one or more conditional mobility commands.
US12273769B2
The present disclosure relates to a communication method and system for converging a 5th-Generation (5G) communication system for supporting higher data rates beyond a 4th-Generation (4G) system with a technology for Internet of Things (IoT). The present disclosure may be applied to intelligent services based on the 5G communication technology and the IoT-related technology, such as smart home, smart building, smart city, smart car, connected car, health care, digital education, smart retail, security and safety services. An embodiment of the present invention relates to a method and a device for processing a ciphered UDC header in a next-generation mobile communication system.
US12273767B2
A wireless communications system comprises wireless local area network (WLAN), WLAN controller coupled to the WLAN, a core network, a RADIUS based interface, and an interface between the WLAN controller and the PCRF. The WLAN controller is configured to transmit, via the RADIUS based interface, to the AAA, a request to authenticate a user equipment (UE) currently accessing the core network, wherein the first message comprises an identifier identifying the UE. The PCRF is configured to transmit, via the interface between the WLAN controller and the PCRF, a policy associated with the UE, wherein the policy indicates a quality of service (QoS) subscribed for by a user of the UE in the core network. The WLAN controller is further configured to manage resources within the WLAN, based on the policy, to establish a session between the UE and the WLAN.
US12273756B2
According to a first embodiment, an apparatus may include at least one processor and at least one memory including computer program code. The at least one memory and the computer program code can be configured to, with the at least one processor, cause the apparatus to at least determine at least one reference value configured to evaluate at least one beam change condition based on at least one measurement. The at least one memory and the computer program code can be further configured to, with the at least one processor, cause the apparatus to at least determine whether at least one beam has changed. The at least one memory and the computer program code can be further configured to, with the at least one processor, cause the apparatus to at least, upon determining that the at least one timer T has expired, determine that the at least one beam change condition has been fulfilled.
US12273750B2
Methods and apparatuses for measuring and reporting channel parameters in a distributed antenna wireless communication system. A method for operating a user equipment (UE) includes receiving a configuration for reporting in a channel state information (CSI) report a channel offset for a target entity; measuring one or more measurement reference signals (RSs) for determining the channel offset; determining, based on the measured one or more measurement RSs, the channel offset for the target entity; and transmitting, at least based on the configuration, the CSI report including a channel offset report associated with the determined channel offset. The measurement RSs comprise channel state information reference signals (CSI-RSs), synchronization signal blocks (SSBs), or both CSI-RSs and SSBs.
US12273748B2
A computer-implemented method and apparatus obtain a plurality of data sets. A data set comprises a respective value of a performance metric for each of a plurality of network nodes interconnected in a multi-hop arrangement. Each of the plurality of data sets is classified as normal or abnormal by comparing the respective values of the performance metric of each of the plurality of network nodes to a corresponding normality threshold, thus providing a plurality of classified data sets. The plurality of classified data sets is processed using a machine-learning algorithm in order to derive, for at least one network node of the plurality of network nodes, a node performance assessment threshold indicative of a value of the performance metric of the at least one node at which the plurality of network nodes has a predetermined likelihood of being classified as normal.
US12273738B2
An antenna null steerer in a wireless network determines the conformance of a radio frequency signal received by multiple antennas to the protocol of the wireless network. When the received radio frequency signal is conformant to the protocol, the current antenna pattern is maintained. When the received radio frequency signal is non-conformant to the protocol, nulls are iteratively generated in the antenna pattern until the RF signal becomes conformant to the protocol and/or the maximum number of nulls are present in the antenna pattern.
US12273737B2
A wireless communication system including: at least a first terrestrial or non-terrestrial base station, the first base station configured to generate one or more beams for covering at least a first beam coverage area; wherein the first base station is configured to broadcast at least to the first beam coverage area a list of tracking area IDs including a first tracking area ID belonging to a first tracking region and a second tracking area ID belonging to a second tracking region.
US12273725B2
A mobile device performs authentication with blinded tokens and swaps its international mobile subscriber identity (IMSI) value. For authentication with blinded tokens, the mobile device generates a blinded token and provides it to a server to encrypt. To redeem the token, the mobile device unblinds the encrypted blinded token and provides it to the server along with a public key. To complete authentication, the mobile device receives, from the server, a nonce encrypted with the public key and decrypts the nonce with a private key. For swapping its IMSI value, the mobile device retrieves two eSIM profiles with corresponding IMSI values and configures the first of the two profiles as active. In response to a trigger, the mobile device changes the active profile from the first to the second, swaps the first IMSI value with a new IMSI value, and changes the active profile back to the first profile.
US12273723B2
The present disclosure relates to a pre-5th-Generation (5G) or 5G communication system to be provided for supporting higher data rates Beyond 4th-Generation (4G) communication system such as Long Term Evolution (LTE). The disclosure relates to a method and an apparatus for authenticating an unmanned aerial service (UAS) terminal using a mobile communication system and authorizing a UAS in consideration of information about pairing between UAS terminals. According to a provided method, a UAS operator can authenticate a UAS terminal using a mobile communication system without any additional process and can control a UAS to be provided between an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) and a UAV controller (UAC) which are allowed by the operator.
US12273717B2
In at least one example, a method includes establishing, by a sniffer provisioning server (SPS) of a first wireless device, a trusted relationship between the first wireless device and a sniffer tool using a public key of the sniffer tool. An out-of-band (OOB) key exchange provisions the public key of the sniffer tool to the wireless device. The method further includes obtaining, by the SPS, key material uniquely related to a communication session established between the first wireless device and a second wireless device using a shared password. The key material excludes the shared password and a session key uniquely related to the communication session. The method further includes publishing, by the SPS, the key material over a channel to the sniffer tool based on the trusted relationship. The channel is secured using the public key of the sniffer tool.
US12273716B2
A hydrocarbon control system includes a base device, a field device, and a mobile device. The base device includes a key generator configured to generate a temporary key. The field device is configured to restrict or allow access based on verification of a received key. The mobile device is configured to communicate with the base device to receive the temporary key when in proximity of the base device, communicate with the field device to provide the temporary key to the field device when in proximity of the field device, and exchange data with the field device in response to the field device verifying the temporary key.
US12273715B2
Various embodiments provide methods, vehicle computing devices, storage media, and systems for briefly providing PathHistory information in Broadcast Safety Messages (BSMs) sent from a vehicle when PathHistory information is not required to be included in all BSMs. Various embodiments may include broadcasting BSMs including PathHistory information during a period of time following a change of the vehicle's pseudonym certificate and broadcasting BSMs without PathHistory information at all other times. Some embodiments may further include determining whether sufficient path history points are available for PathHistory information generation, accumulating path history points in response to determining that sufficient path history points are not available for PathHistory information generation, and broadcasting BSMs including PathHistory information during the period of time once sufficient path history points have been accumulated.
US12273703B2
Techniques for performing spatial audio processing based on a listening mode of a wearable device are described. An example technique includes detecting a listening mode that is activated on the wearable device. A set of spatial audio processing settings is determined based on the listening mode. The set of spatial audio processing settings is applied to a spatial audio rendering algorithm while audio content is output from the wearable device. Another example technique includes detecting a listening mode of the wearable device that has been activated for listening to audio content. A head-tracking mode of the wearable device is controlled based on the listening mode.
US12273689B2
A method includes determining multiple sound-exposure doses (111) for multiple time intervals of a discretized and rolling sequence (100) of time intervals (101-109). The method also includes determining a cumulative sound-exposure dose based on a combination of the sound-exposure doses (111). The combination comprises a weighted contribution of the sound-exposure dose of at least one earliest time interval of the rolling sequence (100) of time intervals (101-109).
US12273685B2
Presented herein are techniques for generating a hierarchical classification of a set of sound signals received at hearing prosthesis. The hierarchical classification includes a plurality of nested classifications of a sound environment associated with the set of sound signals received at hearing prosthesis, including a primary classification and one or more secondary classifications that each represent different characteristics of the sound environment. The primary classification represents a basic categorization of the sound environment, while the secondary classifications define sub-categories/refinements of the associated primary classification and/or other secondary classifications.
US12273680B2
An electronic device package comprises a primary microphone having a frequency response having a first resonance frequency, and a reference microphone having a frequency response including a second resonance frequency, the primary microphone and the reference microphone configured to substantially simultaneously receive a same acoustic signal to produce a transduced signal of the primary microphone and a transduced signal of the reference microphone, the second resonance frequency of the reference microphone being different than the first resonance frequency of the primary microphone, the package having dimensions that cause the primary microphone and reference microphone to be acoustically isolated from one another at the resonance frequency of the primary microphone, there being less than 3 dB of acoustic coupling between the primary microphone and reference microphone at the first resonance frequency.
US12273679B2
A method for processing an audio signal involves receiving sound waves at a microphone, converting them into a first audio signal, and extracting a second audio signal from an electromagnetic signal received at a receiver. The first audio signal is correlated with the second audio signal to calculate a correlation value. If the correlation value exceeds a threshold, the first audio signal is processed using the second audio signal to reduce unwanted sound contributions, resulting in a processed audio signal. Further processing is then performed on the processed audio signal to determine a characteristic of the desired sound.
US12273671B2
A loudspeaker system comprising a design and methodology is disclosed that provides for the ongoing customization of a loudspeaker's exterior aesthetic incorporating graphics and artwork including those that can be customer defined. High quality graphics and other artwork are incorporated onto decorative panels that are made of various solid, semi-solid, non acoustically transparent material whose artwork and design aesthetic can be customer defined The panels are easily attached/detached to the peripheral sides of the loudspeaker housing, not covering the vibrating membranes, utilizing quick release mechanisms that require no framework, and as such do not compromise sound quality. The panels either separately or combined can have their own unique artistic aesthetic and are fabricated utilizing additive manufacturing techniques as well as cutting, shearing and forming techniques, among others.
US12273661B2
A camera assembly, including: an enclosure having mounting surfaces for alignment with surfaces against which the camera assembly is to be mounted; at least one imaging apparatus disposed within the enclosure and having a predetermined orientation with respect to the enclosure; and a communication device disposed within the enclosure; and a server disposed at a location remote from where the camera is mounted. The camera assembly and the server communicate over a computer communication network to identify at least one mounting measurement of the camera assembly to establish a mapping from an image coordinate system for images generated by the imaging apparatus and a real world coordinate system aligned with an orientation defined by the at least two orthogonal surfaces.
US12273660B2
An analytical recognition system includes a video camera configured to capture video data of a subject and an antenna configured to capture mobile communication device data relating to the subject's mobile device. The system further includes a data analytics module configured to: analyze the video data to determine one of a physical attribute or a movement attribute of the subject and generate a first certainty match value based on this attribute perform facial recognition analysis of the subject to obtain facial recognition data and generate a second certainty match value based on the facial recognition data; generate a third certainty match value based on the mobile device data; and combine the first, second, and third certainty match values to produce a combined certainty match value, which enhances the accuracy of identifying the subject by integrating multiple data sources, including physical attributes, facial features, and mobile device information.
US12273647B2
A method provides non-mirrored preview of text-based demonstration objects in a locally captured video stream. The method includes identifying a demonstration object within the video stream. The demonstration object contains content that is best when pre-viewed in a non-mirrored orientation. The method includes spatially segmenting the video image into two or more segments, including a demonstration object preview (DOP) segment that encompasses the defined area with the demonstration object and at least one second segment encompassing a remaining portion of the video image. The method includes presenting a preview of the video image on the display device with the remaining portion of the video image mirrored within the preview and at least the DOP segment presented without mirroring in a correct spatial location relative to the remaining portion of the video image. A person presenting the demonstration object receives a non-mirrored presentation preview of the demonstration object.
US12273633B2
Object detection is performed for an image acquired by imaging using an array sensor in which a plurality of imaging elements are arranged one-dimensionally or two-dimensionally, some of the imaging elements are configured as color-filter-disposed pixels in which a color filter is disposed in an incident optical path, and color information acquisition points are formed by the color-filter-disposed pixels. Then, coloring processing in a pixel range of a detected object is performed by referring to color information acquired at the color information acquisition points corresponding to the inside of the pixel range of the detected object.
US12273631B2
An optimization method includes determining first information related to a difference between the color filter spectrum and the color spectrum or a difference between an image transformed by the color transformation matrix and a ground truth (GT) image in the reset color space, determining second information representing smoothness of the color filter spectrum, third information representing a transmittance of the color filter spectrum, calculating a cost value based on the first information, the second information, and the third information, compare the calculated cost value and a threshold, and updating one of the filter spectrum information and the color transformation matrix in response to the calculated cost value being equal to or greater than the threshold.
US12273627B2
A system and a method, each of which: transmits video including a wide-view image having a wide angle of view to a communication terminal; and stores, in a predetermined storage destination, the wide-view image received from an image capturing apparatus that captures the wide-view image in response to an image capturing request, in association with point-of-view information for specifying a predetermined area of the wide-view image to be displayed, the predetermined area being designated at the communication terminal.
US12273614B1
A camera system for conditional recording in a room that includes a camera configured to record video, at least one presence detection module configured to detect the presence of individuals in the room, a processor communicatively connected to the camera and the presence detection module, the processor being configured to automatically initiate video recording when the presence detection module identifies the presence of at least two individuals in the room and automatically stop video recording when the presence detection module detects the presence of only one individual or no individuals in the room, and a storage device configured to securely store recorded video files.
US12273611B2
A vehicular camera includes a lens comprising a plurality of optical elements, a lens holder, and an imager printed circuit board. The plurality of optical elements includes at least one plastic optical element and at least one glass optical element. The imager printed circuit board has circuitry disposed thereat. The circuitry of the imager printed circuit board includes an imager that has an imaging array. The lens is held in optical alignment with the imaging array of the imager via an adhesive. The adhesive bonds the lens barrel to the lens holder. A flexible electrical ribbon cable electrically connects the circuitry of the imager printed circuit board with additional circuitry of the vehicular camera. The vehicular camera, when installed and used in a vehicle, captures image data for a vision system of the vehicle.
US12273605B2
An image sensor package, according to one embodiment of the present invention, comprises: a printed circuit board; an image sensor disposed on the printed circuit board; a first support part disposed on the image sensor; a filter layer disposed on the image sensor; a second support part disposed on the printed circuit board, to the side of the image sensor; a wire part which is disposed between the first support part and the second support part, and of which one end is connected to the image sensor and the other end is connected to the printed circuit board; and a molding member filling the gap between the first support part and the second support part.
US12273599B2
Systems, methods and computer-readable media for a decentralized application system that enables participating parties to automate the buying and selling of TV media units and/or aggregated TV and premium video audiences is described. The value-based TV/premium video media exchange application system allows the participants to interact with the system directly and/or automate transactions and execution between systems, while ensuring proper governance over each participants own rules and economics associated with the transactions, as well as individual campaign constraints and requirements. The decentralized application system significantly lowers current transaction and execution barriers, timing and costs, while providing a highly accountable and trusted system across all of the exchange participants.
US12273594B2
A request associated with a user for content recommendation may be determined. At least one content item indicative of a viewing history associated with the user may be determined. The at least one content item indicative of the viewing history associated with the user may include content that the user has previously watched. Data associated with at least one image associated with each of a plurality of candidate content items may be determined. The plurality of candidate content items may include secondary content items that may be recommended to the user. Based on comparing data associated with at least one image associated with the at least one content item with the data associated with the at least one image associated with each candidate content item, at least one candidate content item may be determined. An indication of the at least one candidate content item may be sent, to a device associated with the user.
US12273591B2
According to one aspect of the present disclosure, a transmission method for enabling transmission of content using a broadcast and a communication channel includes: transmitting playback control information and service information using at least the broadcast wave, the service information being information for playing back content transmission using the broadcast and content transmission using the communication channel when the content is transmitted using the broadcast and the communication channel. The service information includes the content and location information that indicates a location for acquiring meta-information on playback control of the second content. The playback control information includes indexes of a relationship between the first content data and the second content data.
US12273587B2
A method, system and computer program product for determining use cases for a content selection interface that provides user selectable indications of content available from a content provider according to the use cases. The indications of available content are selectable by a user to have the content provided to the user by the content provider. The method comprises, using a computing system: accessing, from at least one computer readable data store, historical data representing previous user actions of a plurality of users using a content selection interface; identifying, using the computing system, one or more attributes associated with the user actions from the historical data; and using the identified attributes to configure one or more use cases for providing indications of available content on the content selection interface.
US12273586B2
The present application is directed to a multimedia apparatus and a cast method. The method includes: during a cast process between a display apparatus and multiple devices, determining a target device from among the multiple devices; storing audio data which is sent from the target device in an audio buffer, and discarding audio data sent from other devices; storing video data which is sent from the multiple devices in video buffers corresponding to the devices; and playing the audio data in the audio buffer, and displaying video data in at least one video buffer.
US12273585B2
An interactive video distribution system and video player are described. A client server arrangement may be used for providing a video player and video content to a client device. The video player may display navigation images enabling navigation to specific portions of the video content by activating a corresponding navigation image. The video player may also enable the sharing of a segment of the video with other video players, enabling the video players to play the streamed segment of the video without having to play the entire video, thereby reducing network bandwidth usage. The video player may be embeddable. The server may associate searchable tags with respective video segments.
US12273576B2
A method includes acquiring a playlist identifying video files and an order in which the video files are to be played back during a video streaming session on an endpoint device, obtaining, from an operator of a communications network over which the video files are to be downloaded, a maximum value of a streaming parameter for the video streaming session, selecting a subsequent video file that is scheduled for playback after a playback of a currently playing video file, wherein the subsequent video file includes a plurality of chunks, selecting, for each chunk, a variant, such that a plurality of variants is selected in which each variant corresponds to one chunk of the plurality of chunks, wherein the selecting the variant is based on both the maximum value and a measured value for the streaming parameter, and downloading the plurality of variants to a local buffer of the endpoint device.
US12273569B2
The present disclosure is generally directed to media systems configured to receive and play live media content. In particular, methods and systems are provided for a multi-screen content playback experience for time shifted live stream content. Systems and methods are provided herein for generating for display a catch-up video (e.g., a segment of a live stream stored as URLs on a local device during the time the live stream was interrupted) in a picture-in-picture (PIP) window, and generating the PIP catch-up window and the live window for simultaneous display.
US12273568B2
Systems and methods described herein are configured to enhance the understanding and experience of news and live events in real-time. The systems and methods leverage a distributed network of professional and amateur journalists/correspondents using technology to create unique experiences and/or provide views and perspectives different from experiences, views and/or perspectives provided by existing newscasts and/or sportscasts.
US12273563B2
An image decoding method comprises the steps of: deriving transform coefficients through inverse quantization on the basis of quantized transform coefficients for a target block; deriving modified transform coefficients on the basis of an inverse reduced secondary transform (RST) for the transform coefficients; and generating a restoration picture on the basis of residual samples for the target block, on the basis of an inverse primary transform for the modified transform coefficients, wherein the inverse RST is performed on the basis of: transform sets determined by a mapping relation according to an intra prediction mode applied to the target block; and a transform kernel matrix selected from among two transform kernel matrices included in each of the transform sets, and is performed on the basis of: whether the inverse RST is applied; and a transform index for indicating any one of the transform kernel matrices included in the transform sets.
US12273559B2
The present invention relates to an intra-prediction method and to an encoder and decoder using same. The intra-prediction method according to one embodiment of the present invention comprises the steps of deriving a prediction mode of a current block; and generating a prediction block with respect to the current block on the basis of the prediction mode of the current block. When the prediction mode of the current block is an intra-angular prediction mode, values of boundary samples from among left boundary samples and upper boundary samples of the prediction block, which are not positioned in a prediction direction of the intra-angular prediction mode, are derived on the basis of reference samples positioned in the prediction direction of the intra-angular prediction mode, and on the basis of adjacent reference samples.
US12273557B2
Disclosed herein is a method of transmitting point cloud data. The method may include encoding geometry data of the point cloud data, encoding attribute data of the point cloud data based on the geometry data, and transmitting the encoded geometry data, the encoded attribute data and signaling data, the geometry encoding includes splitting the geometry data into one or more prediction units, and inter-prediction encoding the geometry data by selectively applying a motion vector to each of the split prediction units, and the signaling data includes information for identifying whether the motion vector is applied for each prediction unit.
US12273554B2
A method for determining a motion vector to be used in inter-prediction of a current block of a video picture, the method comprising: obtaining an initial motion vector; obtaining at least two groups of points according to the initial motion vector, wherein a first group of the at least two groups of points only includes a first point corresponding to the initial motion vector and additional N points with N≥0 and wherein each point of the first group is closer to the first point than any point of the points of a second group of the at least two groups; and obtaining the motion vector for the current block according to the at least two groups of points and a cost function.
US12273548B2
A video coding mechanism is disclosed. The mechanism includes receiving a bitstream comprising a plurality of pictures. A no output of prior pictures flag (NoOutputOfPriorPicsFlag) is set when a value of maximum picture width in luma samples (PicWidthMaxInSamplesY) for a current access unit (AU) is different from a value of PicWidthMaxInSamplesY for a preceding AU in decoding order. A decoded picture buffer (DPB) is emptied without output of contained pictures based on a value of the NoOutputOfPriorPicsFlag. A current picture is decoded and stored in the DPB. The current picture is output from the DPB for display as part of a decoded video sequence.
US12273547B2
A method and apparatus for decoding multiple semantically independent picture parts into a single video picture includes decoding unique picture order count values for each coded picture, coded slice, or coded tile in a coded video sequence, with multiple decoded pictures, cycles, and tiles belonging to a same access unit representing a frame of the video. A value representing the amount of pictures, cycles, or tiles, is then assigned to each access unit for assigning sequential access unit count values to the access units. As a result, each access unit, which represents multiple pictures, slices, or tiles to be combined into a single frame, is decoded for display processing.
US12273546B2
An encoding/decoding device according to the present invention derives a residual coefficient of a residual block from a bitstream, calculates a quantization parameter for the residual block, performs inverse quantization on the residual coefficient by using the quantization parameter, and performs inverse conversion on the inversely quantized residual coefficient, thereby enabling restoration of a residual sample of the residual block.
US12273545B2
Methods, systems and devices described herein implement a task-driven machine learning-based compression scheme for point cloud geometry implicit representation. The machine learning-based codec is able to be optimized for a task to achieve better compression rates by being conditioned to what the reconstructed signal will be used for. The latent representation of the point cloud or the neural network that implicitly represents the point cloud itself are able to be compressed. The methods described herein perform efficient compression of the implicit representation of a point cloud given a target task.
US12273540B2
Although wedgelet-based partitioning seems to represent a better tradeoff between side information rate on the one hand and achievable variety in partitioning possibilities on the other hand, compared to contour partitioning, the ability to alleviate the constraints of the partitioning to the extent that the partitions have to be wedgelet partitions, enables applying relatively uncomplex statistical analysis onto overlaid spatially sampled texture information in order to derive a good predictor for the bi-segmentation in a depth/disparity map. Thus, in accordance with a first aspect it is exactly the increase of the freedom which alleviates the signaling overhead provided that co-located texture information in form of a picture is present. Another aspect pertains the possibility to save side information rate involved with signaling a respective coding mode supporting irregular partitioning.
US12273537B2
Disclosed is a decoding method which uses an intra-screen prediction. A decoding method which uses an intra prediction performed in a decoding apparatus comprises the steps of: receiving a bit stream; obtaining decoding information from the received bit stream; generating a prediction block for a current block to be decoded using the obtained decoding information; and restoring the current block by adding a residual block obtained from the bit stream and the prediction block. Accordingly, a compression ratio of an image can be improved.
US12273533B2
Adaptive filtering is used video stream for bitrate reduction. A first copy of the input video stream is encoded to a reference bitstream. Each of a number of candidate filters is applied to each frame of a second copy of the input video stream to produce a filtered second copy of the input video stream. The filtered second copy is encoded to a candidate bitstream. A cost value for the candidate filter is determined based on distortion value and bitrate differences between the candidate bitstream and the reference bitstream. The candidate bitstream corresponding to the candidate filter with a lowest one of the cost values is selected as the output bitstream, which is then output or stored. Processing the input video stream using the adaptive filter and before the encoding may result in bitrate reduction, thereby improving compression, decompression, and other performance.
US12273532B2
The present disclosure relates to an apparatus, an encoder, a decoder and corresponding methods for prediction refinement with optical flow (PROF) for an affine coded block, in which when a plurality of optical flow decision conditions are fulfilled for the affine coded block, performing a PROF process for a current sub-block of the affine coded block to obtain refined prediction sample values of the current sub-block of the affine coded block. After the sub-block based affine motion compensation is performed, a prediction sample value of the current sample of the current sub-block is refined by adding a delta prediction value. Thus, it allows for a better trade-off between coding complexity and prediction accuracy.
US12273527B2
An example method of video processing includes determining, for a conversion between a current block of a video and a bitstream representation of the video, that one or more samples of the video outside the current block are unavailable for a coding process of the conversion. The coding process comprises an adaptive loop filter (ALF) coding process. The method also includes performing, based on the determining, the conversion by using padded samples for the one or more samples of the video. The padded samples are generated by checking for availability of samples in an order.
US12273521B2
A training dataset that includes a first dataset and a second dataset is received. The first dataset includes a first subset of first videos corresponding to a first context and respective first ground truth quality scores of the first videos, and the second dataset includes a second subset of second videos corresponding to a second context and respective second ground truth quality scores of the second videos. A machine learning model is trained to predict the respective first ground truth quality scores and the respective second ground truth quality scores. Training the model includes training it to obtain a global quality score for one of the videos; and training it to map the global quality score to context-dependent predicted quality scores. The context-dependent predicted quality scores include a first context-dependent predicted quality score corresponding to the first context and a second context-dependent predicted quality score corresponding to the second context.
US12273517B2
Provided is an image decoding method including: determining a first coding block and a second coding block corresponding to the first coding block; when a size of the first coding block is equal to or smaller than a preset size, obtaining first split shape mode information and second split shape mode information from a bitstream; determining a split mode of the first coding block, based on the first split shape mode information, and determining a split mode of the second coding block, based on the second split shape mode information; and decoding a coding block of a first color component which is determined based on the split mode of the first coding block and a coding block of a second color component which is determined based on the split mode of the second coding block.
US12273512B2
A method of decoding coding blocks of a coding tree unit for an image frame, from a bitstream. The method comprises determining a chroma format of the image frame, the chroma format having chroma channels of the image frame being subsampled relative to a luma channel of the image frame; and determining, based on the determined chroma format, a size of a chroma coding block of one of the chroma channels of the coding tree unit, wherein the chroma coding block is collocated with a plurality of corresponding luma blocks. The method comprises determining the chroma coding block is encoded using intra prediction if the determined size of the chroma block is a predetermined minimum chroma block size; and decoding the coding blocks of the coding tree using intra prediction for the chroma coding block and inter prediction for at least one of the plurality of corresponding luma coding blocks.
US12273509B2
A picture decoding method which is performed by a decoding apparatus according to an example of the present disclosure includes constructing a Most Probable Modes (MPM) list including intra prediction mode candidates for a current block based on neighboring blocks of the current block, decoding remaining mode information indicating one of remaining intra prediction modes other than the intra prediction mode candidates included in the MPM list from a bitstream, determining an intra prediction mode of the current block based on the decoded remaining mode information, generating prediction samples for the current block based on the determined intra prediction mode, and generating reconstructed samples for the current block based on the prediction samples for the current block, wherein the remaining mode information is decoded based on a truncated binary code.
US12273508B2
A method and device for decoding video data are disclosed. More specifically, a method of decoding video data may comprise: configuring a block vector candidate list of a current block to which an intra block copy (IBC) prediction mode is applied, the IBC mode referring to another block in a current picture; and generating a prediction sample of the current block based on a block vector included in the block vector candidate list. Configuring the block vector candidate list comprises: configuring the block vector candidate list from a spatial neighboring block to which the IBC prediction mode is applied; and modifying the block vector candidate list based on an history-based motion vector prediction (HVMP) candidate to which the IBC prediction mode is applied when a number of current candidates of the block vector candidate list is smaller than a maximum candidate number.
US12273507B2
A video picture prediction method and apparatus are provided, to provide a manner of determining a maximum length of a candidate motion vector list corresponding to a subblock merge mode. The method includes: parsing a first indicator from a bitstream; if the first indicator indicates that a candidate mode used to inter predict the to-be-processed block includes an affine mode, parsing a second indicator from the bitstream, where the second indicator is used to indicate a maximum length of a first candidate motion vector list, and the first candidate motion vector list is constructed for the to-be-processed block, a subblock merge prediction mode is used for the to-be-processed block; and determining the maximum length of the first candidate motion vector list based on the second indicator.
US12273506B2
A multilayer-based image decoding method performed by a decoding device, according to the disclosure of the present document, comprises the steps of: obtaining image information including information related to a reference picture list from a bitstream; deriving the reference picture list on the basis of the information related to the reference picture list; generating prediction samples of a current block by performing prediction on the current block on the basis of a reference picture included in the reference picture list; and generating a reconstructed picture including reconstructed samples on the basis of the prediction samples.
US12273502B2
An image display device displays a stereoscopic image by using a parallax barrier method and includes a transmissive image display surface on which images of left-eye image data and right-eye image data are alternately displayed; an image forming unit including optical members having strip-shaped patterns with optical properties arranged on a surface located on a back surface side of the image display surface; and strip-shaped light sources arranged on an illumination arrangement surface, which is a surface located on a back surface side of the image forming unit, and configured to irradiate the image display surface with illumination light. A slit area of the parallax barrier method is formed by an image obtained by forming an image of the illumination light from the strip-shaped light sources on the back surface side of the image display surface by using the optical members of the image forming unit.
US12273493B2
A method and device for image storage control, and a storage medium are disclosed. The method may include: collecting biometric information of a user during capturing an image; and performing storage and clearing processing on image data obtained by capturing according to storage control information corresponding to the biometric information.
US12273492B2
An image reading device includes a mount table in which a mount surface is formed, a guide portion in which a guide surface is formed, the guide surface facing a side end face of a first portion of a booklet medium that is mounted on the mount table such that the mount surface faces the booklet medium, and an image capturer configured to capture an image of a second portion of the booklet medium, the second portion being different from the first portion, wherein a front cover slit is formed at an end of the guide portion on a side close to the mount surface.
US12273488B2
An information processing device configured to transmit an image to an information management service includes a display control unit configured to display information indicating the information management service as a transmission destination of the image, and a transmission unit configured to transmit the image to the information management service in accordance with an operation performed by a user. The display control unit displays the information indicating the information management service differently in accordance with information about the user.
US12273487B2
An image forming system includes an image forming apparatus and a management apparatus. The image forming apparatus includes a variable mechanism, a physical quantity detection unit that detects a change in physical quantity caused when a state of the variable mechanism changes, an abnormality detection unit that detects an abnormal condition, and a transmission unit that transmits detection results of the physical quantity detection unit and the abnormality detection unit to the management apparatus. The management apparatus includes a determination unit that determines a cause of the abnormal condition, and a notification unit that provides a notification that the abnormal condition is caused by a change in the state in accordance with a determination result. The determination unit determines that the abnormal condition is caused by a change in the state when the abnormal condition is detected after the change in physical quantity exceeds a threshold.
US12273485B2
The present disclosure provides methods and Internet of Things systems for gas operation based on a call center of smart gas. The method includes: obtaining call data of a gas user of a call center; predicting demand information of different types of users based on the call data of the gas user, respectively, the demand information at least including a gas product demand and a gas service demand; and determining a gas operation push feature and pushing the gas operation push feature based on the demand information of the different types of users, the gas operation push feature including a push type feature and a push content feature.
US12273478B2
A mobile device accessory comprising a base that affixes to a mobile device, and a rotating element, such as a rotary ball-bearing disc, coupled to said base allowing for the device to spin along the axis of the rotating element. The accessory may further comprise hinged or extendable arms. The accessory may further comprise a power source or motor for rotating the accessory. The accessory may further comprise a control circuit coupled to a software application capable of controlling the rotation of the spinning element.
US12273477B2
A display module bending apparatus includes: a stage on which a display module including a display panel and a circuit board is seated; a bending arm which fixes the circuit board and bending the circuit board based on a first reference; a first measuring unit which measures first information; a second measuring unit disposed on the stage and which measures second information; and a control unit which compensates the first reference based on the first information and the second information.
US12273474B2
An electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes a hinge structure, a first housing structure, a second housing structure that is foldable with the first housing structure, a foldable housing, a flexible display, a first mid-plate disposed on one side of the first housing structure, a second mid-plate disposed on one side of the second housing structure, a flexible printed circuit board (FPCB) extending between the first mid-plate and the second mid-plate, a first sealing member that seals a first opening formed in the first mid-plate, and a second sealing member that seals a second opening formed in the second mid-plate.
US12273461B2
This application provides a method, including: receiving, sent by a third-party server, a registration request which includes first information, second information, and third information, the first information is used to indicate a public key address of the third-party server, the public key address includes a first domain name, the second information is used to indicate a delivery address of event information, the delivery address includes a second domain name, the third information is used to indicate a target DNS record which includes a digital signature of the third-party server; when the first domain name is the same as the second domain name, obtaining a public key of the third-party server, and obtaining the target DNS record; performing signature authentication on the digital signature based on the public key, to obtain a signature authentication result; determining, based on the signature authentication result, whether to allow the third-party server to perform registration.
US12273460B2
A method of storing data on a blockchain, such as the bitcoin blockchain, is disclosed. The method comprises generating a blockchain transaction having at least one first input and/or at least one first output containing first data (
US12273456B2
Examples described herein include systems and methods for authenticating a voice-activated device. An example method can include receiving, at an application server, a request from a user device to authenticate the voice-activated device. The application server can provide a first temporary key and session ID to the user device. The method can further include communicating the first temporary key from the user device to the voice-activated device, such as by reading it aloud or having the user device communicate the key in some manner. The voice-activated device can then provide the key to the application server, which generates a second temporary key and sends it back to the voice-activated device. The second temporary key can then be transferred to the user device, which closes the loop by providing the key back to the application server. The application server can then authenticate and provide access to the voice-activated device.
US12273447B2
Various embodiments may include methods and systems for providing security on a system-on-a-chip (SoC). A method may include receiving, from a service requesting environment by a secure subsystem, a request to perform a cryptographic function, in which the secure subsystem stores a condition for performing the requested cryptographic function. The method may further include receiving, by the secure subsystem, an input from a sensing circuit that includes at least one indication relevant to the condition for performing the requested cryptographic function, determining, by the secure subsystem, whether the input indicates that the condition for performing the requested cryptographic function is satisfied, and performing the requested cryptographic function using a cryptographic key stored in the secure subsystem in response to determining that the condition is satisfied.
US12273446B2
Generally discussed herein are devices, systems, and methods for secure cryptographic masking. A method can include generating a first random number, determining a result of the first random number modulo a prime number resulting in a second random number, subtracting the second random number from the prime number resulting in a first subtraction result, adding a private key value to the first subtraction result resulting in a first split, and responsive to determining the private key value is less than the random number, providing the first split and the second random number as splits of the private key.
US12273440B2
A method for authorizing a blockchain data access on a blockchain platform includes: obtaining from a third-party institution a data access request containing a user ID of data access, a data scope, and a random number of a signature, which is generated by the third-party institution after receiving a random number sent by a client terminal and signing on the received random number; performing a verification on the random number of the signature and the data scope; and after the verification is passed, sending data ciphertext corresponding to the user ID to the third-party institution, such that the third-party institution decrypts the data ciphertext using a data secret key sent by the client terminal.
US12273429B2
Various embodiments of a scanning engine are described. In some embodiments, the scanning engine comprises discovery components associated with different Internet providers and/or protocol detection components associated with the different Internet providers. When a first discovery component associated with a first Internet provider does not receive a response from a port at an Internet address, then a second discovery component associated with a second Internet provider sends packets to that port at that Internet address to attempt to elicit a response. When a first protocol inspection component associated with a first Internet provider is not able to communicate with a port at an Internet address, then it provides information that can be obtained by a second protocol inspection component associated with a second Internet provider. That second protocol inspection component attempts to communicate with the port at the Internet address through the second Internet provider using various communication protocols.
US12273425B2
The disclosure relates to method and system for hyper-localization of an application. The method includes obtaining a first page associated with the application. The first page includes at least one element. The method includes receiving user input corresponding to the at least one element associated with the first page for a first predefined locale of a plurality of locales. Each of the plurality of locales includes at least one of a geography and a language. The method includes associating the first page with a hyper-localization database. The hyper-localization database includes information corresponding to the at least one element of a plurality of pages for the plurality of locales. The method includes extracting data associated with the at least one element based on the user input from the hyper-localization database; and generating a second page for the first predefined locale based on the extracted data and a schema of the first page.
US12273421B2
In an embodiment, application delivery to end-user devices may be handled by a combination of an application device and a distributed set of split edge devices located closer to the end-user device within a network. The split edge devices are instructed by the application device about how to manage traffic to and from the end-user devices. The application device determines whether content is stored to content cache of a split edge device. The application device, when the content is stored to the split edge device, refrains from sending the content and instead sends instructions to the split edge device that include reference to a location of the content, and instruct the split edge device to send the content to an application and/or device. The application device, when the content is not stored to the split edge device, sends the content with instructions to store the content locally.
US12273420B2
Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media provide for the intelligent configuration of personal endpoint devices for video communication. The system identifies, within a room, a personal endpoint device to be used in a video communication session, then authenticates the personal endpoint device. The system then performs one or more diagnostic operations to receive diagnostic output from the personal endpoint device. The system processes the diagnostic output to determine a unique broadcasting signature of the room, and determines whether an existing optimal settings configuration of the personal endpoint device can be detected for the room. If an optimal settings configuration is detected, the setup dynamically configures one or more parameters of the personal endpoint device to match the optimal settings configuration. If not, then the system determines a new optimal settings configuration and stores it for future video communication in the room.
US12273418B2
In rendering, in a virtual reality (VR) space, a web page including a tangible object, an area for a user input is displayed on a browsing window of the web page as an area corresponding to a corresponding tangible object with respect to tangible objects. An interested object according to the user input among the tangible objects is displayed on another browsing window in the VR space by separating the interested object from the web page.
US12273413B2
A system for load management in a shared address networking architecture includes a primary point-of-presence (POP) group of servers configured to serve content of a domain and that are each reachable at an address of a first IP address block and a secondary PoP group of servers configured to serve the content of the domain and that are each reachable at an address of a second IP address block. The system further includes a traffic management agent configured to reduce a total volume of incoming requests received by the primary PoP group for a period of time following a return of a first server in the primary PoP group of servers to an online state by selectively directing a first percentage of the incoming requests to the second IP address block instead of the first IP address block.
US12273403B2
Systems and methods for the selection of a network interface/CDN pair from among multiple network interface/CDN pairs are provided. In an embodiment, a method includes retrieving information about sets of CDNs accessible via different network interfaces of a device. A plurality of network interface/CDN pairs are then identified, and performance metrics for each pair are measured. A best pair is selected, and is used to retrieve the next segments of a requested content item.
US12273401B2
A system to provision cloud computing-based virtual computing resources within a virtual environment comprising a server computer system including at least one cloud server computer implementing at least one virtual environment, and at least one virtual computer associated with the at least one virtual environment. The at least one virtual computer receives virtual computing resources from the server computer system. The server computer system is configured to provision at least one client device with at least one portion of the available virtual computing resources responsive to the at least one client device accessing the at least one virtual computer.
US12273393B1
Embodiments are described herein for establishing, in an interactive computing environment operating via at least one server device, a first user with a first user access type for managing communications between a plurality of users. The first user access type may allow the first user to communicate directly via the interactive computing environment with a second user having a second user access type and a plurality of third users having a third user access type in. The second user access type may permit the second user to identify the third users based on identification parameters and a relationship between the third users and the first user in the interactive computing environment. The third user access type may prevent the third users from directly communicating with the second user without an approval of the first user to protect a privacy associated with the third user.
US12273391B2
A method and system for modeling a cloud environment as a security graph are provided. The method includes identifying security objects in the cloud environment; collecting object data of the identified security objects; constructing security graph based on collected object data of the identified security objects; determining relationships among the identified security objects, wherein the relationships are determined based on the collected object data of the identified security objects and using a static analysis process; updating the constructed security graph with the determined relationships among the identified security objects; and storing the constructed security graph in a graph database.
US12273381B1
A prompt for a generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) model which contains unicode is received. The prompt is then tokenized to result in a plurality of tokens. Token forming part of a repeating sequence are identified and then removed to result in a modified set of tokens. The modified set of tokens are subsequently detokenized to result in a modified prompt. It is then determined, whether ingestion of the modified prompt by the GenAI model will result in the GenAI model behaving in an undesired manner. The modified prompt is passed to the GenAI model when it is determined that ingestion of the modified prompt will not result in the GenAI model behaving in an undesired manner. Otherwise, at least one remediation action is initiated when it is determined that ingestion of the modified prompt by the GenAI model will result in the GenAI model behaving in an undesired manner.
US12273378B2
An in-vehicle communication network of a vehicle is monitored. An illicit signal is detected on the in-vehicle communication network. Whether the illicit signal satisfies a threshold severity condition is determined. A denial of service (DoS) operation with respect to at least part of the in-vehicle communication network is performed responsive to determining that the illicit signal satisfies the threshold severity condition.
US12273375B2
A method for real-time detection of and protection from steganography in a kernel mode comprises detecting transmission of a file via a firewall, an operating system, or an e-mail system. A size of the file is determined. From a file system, a stored filesize of the file is retrieved. The determined size of the file is compared to the stored filesize of the file. Responsive to the determined size of the file being larger than the stored filesize of the file, steganography detection analytics are executed on the file. Responsive to the steganography detection analytics indicating presence of steganography in the file, a steganography remediation action is executed, and information is transmitted describing the steganography to a client device.
US12273368B1
A Cyber Vulnerability Assessment Tool (CVAST) and CVAST Threat Assessment Heuristic (CVAST THRASH) capable of automated modeling of cyber physical systems, assessment of the nature of cyber risks thereto, and output of such cyber risk assessments are provided.
US12273367B2
Computer-implemented methods are provided herein for quantifying correlated risk in a network of a plurality of assets having at least one dependency, where each asset belongs to at least one entity. The method includes generating a dependency graph based on relationships between the assets, at least one dependency, and at least one entity, and executing a plurality of Monte Carlo simulations over the dependency graph. Executing a plurality of Monte Carlo simulations includes generating a seed event in the dependency graph, where the seed event has a probability distribution, and propagating disruption through the dependency graph based on the seed event. The method further includes assessing loss for each of the assets, and aggregating losses for two or more assets to determine correlated risk in the network.
US12273363B2
In an example, simple mail traffic protocol (SMTP) traffic can be extracted from network traffic of a network. The SMTP traffic can be processed using a bot detector employing a machine learning model trained to determine whether the SMTP traffic contains a malicious SMTP session. Alert data can be provided in response to detecting the malicious SMTP session.
US12273359B2
A system and method for detecting potential lateral movement in a cloud computing environment includes detecting a private encryption key and a certificate, each of which further include a hash value of a respective public key, wherein the certificate is stored on a first resource deployed in the cloud computing environment; generating in a security graph: a private key node, a certificate node, and a resource node connected to the certificate node, wherein the security graph is a representation of the cloud computing environment; generating a connection in the security graph between the private key node and the certificate node, in response to determining a match between the hash values of the public key of the private key and the public key of the certificate; and determining that the first resource node is potentially compromised, in response to receiving an indication that an element of the public key is compromised.
US12273355B2
The present disclosure discloses configuring a device to receive, from a transmitting source application, a transmission packet to be transmitted to a destination application; configuring the device to determine connection information included in the transmission packet, the connection information indicating one or more parameters to be utilized by the destination application to connect with the transmitting source application; configuring the device to determine a fingerprint based at least in part on the connection information; configuring the device to compare the determined fingerprint with a trusted fingerprint stored in correlation with an identity of a trusted source application that is known to be unaffected by malware; and configuring the device to process the transmission packet based at least in part on a result of comparing the determined fingerprint with the stored fingerprint is disclosed. Various other aspects are contemplated.
US12273351B2
According to some implementations, context-based information is provided. The method can establish a first context for a user to start a process of correlation of information from multiple sources. The method can then authorize the user to access information from one or more sources of information. The method can request the first information from the one or more sources of information based on the first context. Based on the first information received from the one or more sources of information, the method can revise the first context to generate a second context. The method can use the second context to correlate second information from the one or more sources of information. The method can filter the second information for the user to determine a relevant subset of information. Eventually, the method can send the relevant subset of information to a client device associated with the user.
US12273350B2
Disclosed are techniques for identifying users within an enterprise who pose heightened security risks to the enterprise. A method can include receiving, by a computing system, information about users in the enterprise, grouping the users into groups based on at least one grouping feature and the user information, the at least one grouping feature including, for each of the users, behavior, activity, role, department, region, role-based risk score, event-based risk score, and/or composite risk score, identifying, for each group, normalized behavior of users in the group, generating, for each user in each group, a composite risk score based on deviation of the user's activity from the normalized behavior of the group, identifying, for each group, a subset of users in the group to be added to a watch list, and adding the subset of users to the watch list.
US12273338B2
An apparatus includes a memory and a processor. The memory stores biometric data obtained from an account holder at a first location and identification information provided by the account holder that was used to open an existing account at the first location. The processor receives, from a device, data corresponding to an applicant that includes biometric data obtained from the applicant at a second location and identification information provided by the applicant at the second location. The applicant is requesting to open a new account using the identification information at the second location. In response to receiving the applicant's data, the processor determines that the applicant's biometric data matches the account holder's biometric data. The processor also determines that the applicant's identification information does not match the account holder's identification information. In response, the processor transmits an alert to the device indicating that the applicant's identity could not be verified.
US12273336B2
Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for creating and using virtual email addresses for user privacy protection and data security are described. In one aspect, a method includes receiving, from a user device and at an identity server, login credentials for a first email address mapped to a first set of user information values, detecting, by the identity server, a trigger event, in response to detecting the trigger event, creating, by the identity server, a new virtual email address separate from the first email address and mapped to a second set of user information values different from the first set of user information values, detecting, by the identity server, a request for credentials from a requesting entity, and in response to detecting the request, transmitting, by the identity server, the new virtual email address as new login credentials to the requesting entity.
US12273330B2
A network attached storage device coupled to a local network and including a network interface configured to receive digital content from a remote content provider outside the local network. The network attached storage device includes storage having a first region accessible by a user of the local network and a secure region. The network attached storage device includes a processor coupled to the storage, the processor configured to control access to the secure region of the storage based on instructions received from a remote content provider.
US12273327B2
An improved AR/VR operation includes receiving, by a server computing device, encrypted AR/VR user data and cleartext metadata associated with the encrypted AR/VR user data from a client computing device; getting server data based at least in part on cleartext metadata; encoding the server data; performing an AR/VR process on the encrypted AR/VR user data and the encoded server data to generate encrypted AR/VR results; and sending the encrypted AR/VR results to the client computing device.
US12273325B2
A device may cause a Media Access Control Security (MACsec) session to be established on a first link of a link aggregation group (LAG) that includes a plurality of links with a different device. The device may cause a data structure to be updated to identify the first link as a MACsec enabled LAG link and may send traffic via the first link. The device may cause a MACsec session to be established on at least one additional link of the LAG and may cause the data structure to be updated to identify the at least one additional link as a MACsec enabled LAG link. The device may send, after causing the data structure to be updated to identify the at least one additional link as a MACsec enabled LAG link, additional traffic via the first link and the at least one additional link.
US12273323B2
An intended network usage is received. An association between the intended network usage and a virtual private network (VPN) server is retrieved. Responsive to determining not to use the VPN server, a new VPN server is obtained from a central server. An encrypted tunnel is established with the new VPN server. An association is stored between the new VPN server and the intended network usage. A communication directed to a network server is encrypted to obtain an encrypted communication. The encrypted communication is transmitted via the encrypted tunnel.
US12273317B1
A set of Internet Protocol (IP) addresses is received wherein each IP address is associated with a corresponding set of features. For an IP address in the set, the IP address is evaluated based at least in part on a set of inclusion criteria. For the IP address in the set, a likelihood that the IP address is residential or non-residential is generated based at least in part on the corresponding set of features and the evaluation of the IP address based at least in part on the set of inclusion criteria. For the IP address in the set, a training sample is generated that includes the IP address, at least some of the corresponding set of features, and a label. A labeled training data set is output that includes the training sample, where an IP address classifier is trained using the labeled training data set.
US12273311B2
Systems and methods are provided for generating for presentation information about an event on a device that is in a mode of operation that prevents presentation of information about events. This may be accomplished by a media guidance application that receives a command, on a user device associated with a first user, to place the user device in a do not disturb mode. The media guidance application receives, while the user device is in the do not disturb mode, information about an event and determines whether the event is relevant to the user. The media guidance application then determines whether the event is trending among a plurality of users associated with the user and, if trending, displays, while the user device is in the do not disturb mode, a notification about the event to the user on the user device.
US12273308B2
Systems and methods are provided for performing operations including: receiving, by a messaging application, input that selects an option to generate a message using an avatar with a caption; presenting, by the messaging application, the avatar and a caption entry region proximate to the avatar; populating, by the messaging application, the caption entry region with a text string comprising one or more words; determining, by the messaging application, context based on the one or more words in the text string; and modifying, by the messaging application, an expression of the avatar based on the determined context.
US12273307B2
Method and apparatus for displaying interaction message for application, and readable storage medium
The present disclosure provides a method and apparatus for displaying an interactive message for an application, and a readable storage medium. and the method includes: displaying content corresponding to a content viewing operation for a user through a display interface of an application APP when the content viewing operation input by the user is received; displaying an interactive message in a preset region of the display interface when the interactive message is received; and displaying a reply box of the interactive message on the display interface to receive a reply message for the interactive message when a first vertical sliding trigger operation for the preset region is acquired.
US12273303B2
Embodiments of this application relate to the communications field, and in particular, to an information sending/receiving method and apparatus in the communications field. The information receiving method includes: determining an information receiving time based on any two of a time division duplex sector sweep acknowledgement frame count index, a count index, and a time division duplex sector sweep frame count index, duration of a time division duplex sector sweep frame, and duration of a time division duplex sector sweep acknowledgement frame; and receiving information at the determined information receiving time. According to the information receiving/sending method provided in the embodiments of this application, the information sending apparatus can send information at an accurate information sending time, the information receiving apparatus can receive the information at an accurate information receiving time, and system communication can be normally performed.
US12273298B2
Aspects of the present disclosure provide techniques for transmitting an uplink preemption indication in an integrated access and backhaul (IAB) system identifying the resources or symbols that may be punctured by the IAB in order to minimize self-interference at an IAB node when an ultra-reliable-low latency communications (URLLC) packet is received at the IAB node from one of a child IAB node or a user equipment (UE) during an on-going uplink transmission from an IAB node to a parent backhaul node.
US12273297B2
A base station includes communication circuitry which, in operation, transmits or receives a reference signal in a plurality of bands using a part of a plurality of antennas, and control circuitry which, in operation, determines which of the plurality of bands to allocate to a terminal, based on a result of measurement using the reference signal.
US12273295B2
A receive (Rx) UE performs blind detection to decode a first-stage Sidelink Control Information (SCI) in a received signal. The first-stage SCI contains control information for the Rx UE to locate time-and-frequency resources used by a transmit (Tx) UE. The time-and-frequency resources are used to transmit the first-stage SCI and a second-stage SCI via a Physical Sidelink Control Channel (PSCCH) and to transmit data via a Physical Sidelink Shared Channel (PSSCH) associated with the PSCCH. The Rx UE locates the second-stage SCI in the time-and-frequency resources based on the first-stage SCI. The second-stage SCI contains additional control information from the Tx UE to the Rx UE for the sidelink V2X communication. The Rx UE decodes the second-stage SCI using at least in part an identifier which identifies the Rx UE as a destination of the received signal.
US12273282B2
This disclosure relates to integrated circuit devices that may include a network processor in a data processing die and an on-package memory in a base die. The data processing die may implement one or more network functionalities that may exchange data with low-latency memory, high capacity in the base die. The data processing die may be programmable fabric, which may be dynamically reconfigured during operation.
US12273281B2
An apparatus includes a crossbar circuit that routes one or more packets between one or more ingress domains and one or more egress domains. The crossbar circuit includes sub-crossbar domains. An ingress control circuit associated with the one or more ingress domains may distribute packet data of the one or more packets to the sub-crossbar domains. An egress control circuit of the apparatus receives data bits associated with the packet data from egresses associated with the plurality of sub-crossbar domains. The egress control circuit may reorder or refrain from reordering the data bits based on an attribute associated with the distribution of the packet data.
US12273280B2
A resource allocation method for a cloud environment includes steps performed by one or more servers. These steps include: obtaining an initial resource requirement, generating a first deployment parameter set according to the initial resource requirement by a first prediction model, configuring the cloud environment according to the first deployment parameter set by a resource allocator, obtaining and inputting the requests to a machine learning model in the cloud environment and generating a real resource requirement, generating a predicted resource requirement at least according to the real resource requirement by a second prediction model, when detecting that the cloud environment is in a busy state according to the predicted resource requirement by the resource allocator, generating a second deployment parameter set according to the real resource requirement by the first prediction model; and reconfiguring the cloud environment according to the second deployment parameter set by the resource allocator.
US12273276B2
A port resource reservation method, an electronic device, and a storage medium are disclosed. The method may include, receiving a request message for reserving a resource for traffic, and determining a mode for resource reservation according to the request message; in response to a determination that resource reservation is to be performed in an extended mode, acquiring, according to a predetermined first mapping relationship, an egress port queue corresponding to an extended priority carried in the request message, and performing resource reservation for the traffic on the egress port queue corresponding to the extended priority, wherein the first mapping relationship refers to a mapping relationship between the extended priority and the egress port queue; and acquiring a traffic identifier from the request message, and establishing a second mapping relationship, wherein the second mapping relationship refers to a mapping relationship between the traffic identifier and the extended priority.
US12273264B1
Techniques are disclosed for maintaining processing unit core affinity for fragmented packets. In one example, a service physical interface card (PIC) implementing a service plane of a network device receives fragmented and/or non-fragmented packet data for a traffic flow. The service PIC comprises at least one processing unit comprising multiple cores. A routing engine operating in a control plane of the network device defines one or more core groups comprising a subset of the cores. The routing engine assigns the traffic flow to a core group and a forwarding engine operating in a forwarding plane of the network device forwards the packet data for the traffic flow to the assigned core group. A core of the assigned core group applies a network service to the fragmented and/or non-fragmented packet data for the traffic flow, and the forwarding engine forwards the packet data for the traffic flow toward a destination.
US12273263B1
A network device may identify a link aggregation group (LAG) of a plurality of links between the network device and another network device. The network device may identify link aggregation control protocol (LACP) parameters that were communicated by the network device and the other network device in association with the LAG. The network device may determine, based on the LACP parameters, a priority order of the plurality of links in the LAG. The network device may communicate with the other network device, and based on the priority order of the plurality of links of the LAG, one or more precision time protocol (PTP) messages via the LAG. For example, the network device may determine that a first link and a second link in the priority order are not available, and therefore may communicate the one or more PTP messages via a third link in the priority order.
US12273258B1
A system and method for performing inspection of a reachable code object of a cloud computing environment is presented. The method includes detecting a network path for each resource of a plurality of resources deployed in a cloud computing environment, wherein the network path includes at least a portion between an external network and the cloud computing environment; determining reachability parameters of each resource of the plurality of resources for which a network path is detected; accessing a code repository including a plurality of code objects; actively inspecting the network path of a resource to determine if the network path is a viable network path; mapping each resource having a viable network path to a code object of the plurality of code objects; inspecting a mapped code object for a cybersecurity object; and initiating a remediation action based on the cybersecurity object.
US12273254B2
In one embodiment, network node-to-node connectivity verification is performed in a network including data path processing of packets within a packet switching device. In one embodiment, an echo request connectivity test packet, emulating an echo request connectivity test packet received from a first connected network node, is inserted by the packet switching device prior in its data processing path prior to ingress processing performed for packets received from the first connected network node. A correspondingly received echo reply connectivity test packet is intercepted by the packet switching device during data path egress processing performed for packets to be forwarded to the first connected network node.
US12273253B2
A media streaming method is disclosed in which a network environment of a sink device engaged in media streaming is estimated and at least two network throughput estimates are developed. A first network throughput estimate may be estimated from a measurement of network performance and a second network throughput estimate may be developed from a correlation of the estimated network environment to a machine learning model representing network throughput predictions. A final throughput estimate may be developed from the first and second network throughput estimates; and a representation of media content may be selected for retrieval based on the final throughput estimate. The machine learning model of network throughput may be developed over the course of prior media streaming session(s) that are performed by the sink device in which network throughput performance indicators of the streaming session(s) are stored over a predetermined interval and, upon conclusion of the interval, the model of network throughput is constructed according to a machine learning technique. Both the logging network throughput performance indicators and the building of the model of network throughput may be performed solely by the sink device, which preserves confidentiality of data representing consumer behavior during those media streaming sessions.
US12273251B2
A method includes: A first management apparatus determines configuration information of a data analysis apparatus, where the configuration information is used to configure a data analysis function of the data analysis apparatus, and the configuration information includes at least one of the following: state information, used to activate or de-activate the data analysis function of the data analysis apparatus; and prediction capability information, used to configure a data prediction and analysis capability of the data analysis apparatus. The first management apparatus sends the configuration information.
US12273248B2
An integrated Circuit (IC) for use in a network device includes a receiver and a Link Quality Estimation Circuit (LQEC). The receiver is configured to receive a signal over a link and to process the received signal. The LQEC is configured to predict a link quality measure indicative of communication quality over the link in the future, by analyzing at least one or more settings of circuitry of the receiver, and to initiate a responsive action depending on the predicted link quality measure.
US12273247B2
Methods and apparatus to credit streaming activity using domain level bandwidth information are disclosed. An example apparatus includes a packet collector to collect data packets via a network interface, and a traffic analyzer to determine domain data of the data packets and associate bandwidth usage values with the domain data to define bandwidth usage data by domain. The apparatus also includes a bandwidth usage data storage to store the associated bandwidth usage data by domain.
US12273243B2
A data-centric network and non-Real-Time (RT) RAN Intelligence Controller (RIC) architecture are described. The data-centric network architecture provides data plane functions (DPFs) that serve as a shared database for control functions, user functions and management functions for data plane resources in a network. The DPFs interact with control plane functions, user plane functions, management plane functions, compute plane functions, network exposure functions, and application functions of the NR network via a service interface. The non-RT RIC provides functions via rApps, manages the rApps, performs conflict mitigation and security functions, monitors machine learning (ML) performance, provides a ML model catalog that contains ML model information, provides interface terminations and stores ML data and Near-RT RIC related information in a database. An ML training host trains and evaluates ML models in the catalog, obtains training and testing data from the database, and retrains and updates the ML models.
US12273240B2
An example method may include receiving slice isolation policy for a network slice subnet (NSS) in a transport network (TN) domain, mapping the slice isolation policy to network resource isolation policy and traffic isolation policy, and mapping the network resource isolation policy and the traffic isolation policy to network resource allocation policy and data traffic forward policy, respectively. The network resource allocation policy and the data traffic forward policy may be applied in creation of the TN NSS.
US12273233B2
A receiving element and operation method thereof are provided. The receiving element includes a data transmission element, master receiving element, and slave receiving element. The data transmission element converts a first video data into a second video data. The master receiving element receives the second video data and determines whether the second video data is normal or abnormal. The slave receiving element receives a control signal from the master receiving element and the second video data. In response to the master receiving element determining that the second video data is normal, the control signal is output to control the slave receiving element into standby mode, and the second video data is converted into a display signal. Alternatively, in response to the master receiving element determining that the second video data is abnormal, the control signal is output, and the received second video data is converted into a display signal.
US12273230B2
Configuration management persistent storage contains entries representing configuration items and relationships between pairs of the configuration items. Event management persistent storage contains entries representing alert records. Change request persistent storage contains change records respectively referring to changes made to the configuration items. One or more processors may be configured to: extract, from a particular alert, a particular configuration item referred to therein that is associated with a particular problem; determine, by way of the relationships, a set of configuration items within a topological distance of the particular configuration item; identify, by way of the change records, one or more change requests that refer to any of the set of configuration items; and calculate root cause scores for the one or more change requests, wherein the root cause scores respectively represent estimations of impacts that the changes of the one or more change requests had on causing the particular alert.
US12273227B2
A communication method and an apparatus are provided, to implement inter-cell interference randomization. The method includes: generating a demodulation reference signal based on a first parameter, where the first parameter includes a radio frame number of a radio frame for sending the demodulation reference signal; and sending the demodulation reference signal and a first channel, where the first channel is for carrying uplink control information, and the demodulation reference signal is a reference signal for demodulating the first channel.
US12273225B2
Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, a reader device may transmit a delta message that indicates a frequency difference between a data tone frequency for the reader device and a helper tone frequency. The reader device may transmit a data tone signal at the data tone frequency and a helper tone signal at the helper tone frequency. The helper tone signal may be a waveform that is shared among multiple reader devices. Numerous other aspects are described.
US12273215B2
A building system including one or more memory devices having instructions stored thereon, that, when executed by one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to receive an event from an event source, the event comprising data and a timestamp. The building system operates to identify first contextual data describing the event in a digital twin, the digital twin comprising a virtual representation of a building, enrich the event with the first contextual data, and provide the enriched event to a consuming system, the consuming system generating an output event based on the enriched event. The building system operates to identify second contextual data describing the output event in the digital twin, enrich the output event with the second contextual data, and provide the enriched output event to the consuming system or another consuming system.
US12273214B2
A method for controlling the functioning of at least one smart home appliance of a network system comprising a cloud server, a terminal device and at least one smart home appliance registered in said cloud server. The method comprises a phase of creating an activity group comprising: selecting one or more registered smart home appliance; selecting control instructions; associating the selected control instructions to the selected smart home appliances; selecting a trigger event for each one of the selected control instructions; activating said activity group; and the cloud server sending the selected control instructions to the selected smart home appliances according to the trigger event.
US12273211B2
A method for generating and providing access to dynamically generated content includes receiving, by a recommendation engine, from a second computing device, a first user input responsive to a first segment of a video displayed to a user of the second computing device, the video comprising a plurality of segments. The recommendation engine identifies at least one prompt associated with the first segment of the video. The recommendation engine provides input to a large language model, the input including: (i) the at least one prompt; (ii) an instruction to analyze the at least one prompt and the first user input; and (iii) an instruction to generate a response to the first user input. The recommendation engine receives from the large language model dynamically generated content responsive to the input. The recommendation engine directs the second computing device to provide the user with access to the dynamically generated content.
US12273208B2
A device receiving a transmission is configured to provide its feedback in a unique resource pattern within a set of resources (a resource pool). The resource pattern used by the device overlaps partially with one or more resource patterns used for feedback transmissions by other devices in the group. The transmitting device is able to identify the device by identifying an activation pattern matching the unique resource pattern of the device in the overall feedback that it receives from the devices of the group.
