US12290671B2
A drug delivery device for delivering a medicament includes a housing arranged to contain a container, a receiver coil, and an energy storage unit. The receiver coil is arranged to receive energy from a transmitter coil by electromagnetic induction. The energy storage unit is arranged to be charged by at least a portion of the energy received by the receiver coil. At least a portion of the energy received by the receiver coil is converted to heat energy. The receiver coil is arranged in the drug delivery device to transfer the heat energy to the container to heat medicament contained in the container. A system comprising the drug delivery device is also disclosed.
US12290668B2
This disclosure relates to a cap assembly for a medicament delivery device that has a cap body arranged to be connected to a medicament delivery device for protecting and for removing a medicament delivery member shield. The cap body has an inner cap structure defining a channel extending along the central axis of the cap body, and a gripping member configured to be received in the channel with a friction fit and to receive a medicament delivery member shield. The gripping member has a first leg, a second leg, and a transverse portion extending between the first leg and the second leg, which transverse portion defines the leading edge of the gripping member when received by the channel.
US12290661B2
An infusion pump for administering controlled doses of fluid comprises a pump body 2 and cap 3 attachable to the pump body 2 to retain a medicament fluid receptacle 4 in the pump body 2. The fluid receptacle 4 is connected to a tube 12 for dispensing the fluid. The tube 12 is directed through a normally closed valve within the cap 3. The pump body 2 comprises a propulsion device engaging with a piston support 6 of the fluid receptacle 4, coupled to a retaining member, a drive system coupled to the retaining member and a rigid member coupled to the drive system. Actuation of the drive system enables the propulsion device to deliver fluid. In addition, the rigid member moveably projects into the cap to open the normally closed valve to allow the passage of fluid.
US12290660B2
An apparatus includes an enclosure containing a hermetically sealed region, the enclosure configured to be implanted on or within a recipient. The apparatus further includes circuitry within the hermetically sealed region and configured to generate signals. The apparatus further includes at least one heating element configured to receive the signals and to generate heat in response to the signals. The apparatus further includes at least one flow control element outside the hermetically sealed region and configured to respond to the heat by controlling a flow of liquid through at least one cannula to controllably administer the liquid internally to the recipient.
US12290652B2
Tumor-Treating Fields elicit a conditional vulnerability to PARP inhibitors (e.g., Olaparib) in certain cancer cells such as non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) cell lines. This conditional vulnerability is exploited in a method of killing cancer cells that comprises delivering a PARP inhibitor to the cancer cells and applying an alternating 80-300 kHz electric field to the cancer cells. At least a portion of the applying step is performed simultaneously with at least a portion of the delivering step. In some embodiments, an additional step of treating the cancer cells with a radiation therapy is added to the method. In some embodiments, the frequency of the alternating electric field is between 100 and 200 kHz.
US12290647B2
The present invention is related to the field of devices for introducing and extracting media from the body, more specifically to the devices for introducing media into the body by means of intravascular access, and in particular, provides a puncture device for accessing the vascular system comprised of: a needle having a tubular body, with said tubular body having a distal end and a proximal end, a cutting edge in the distal end of said tubular body, and an expansion of the external diameter having a bulb shape next, in distal-proximal direction, to said cutting edge. In this way, a puncture device is provided for accessing the vascular system that solves the problem of allowing the echograph monitoring of the needle, but whose fabrication implies a reduction in the technical difficulty for its obtention, while it avoids the accidental perforation of the distal wall of the vessel of interest.
US12290641B2
A package for a medical device such as an intermittent catheter has a case which is closed at one end and open at the other end. A cap is connected to the case by a hinge to permit selectable movement of the cap between an open position, wherein access is provided to the open end of the case, and a closed position, wherein the cap prevents access to the open end of the case. A seal is connected to one of the cap and case. The seal is engageable with the other of the cap and case when the cap is closed to form a barrier that maintains a sterile environment inside the package. The seal can be repeatedly made and broken whenever the user closes or opens the cap, respectively. The case includes a pair of slots at the open end. A pair of latches are formed in the cap. The latches fit into the slots to prevent lateral forces from distorting the cap when the cap is closed.
US12290637B2
A gas therapy system (1) has a flow line (3, 2), a coupler (6) to a gas source, and an aerosol generator (4) for aerosol delivery, and a patient interface such as a nasal interface (2). A controller (10) is configured to modulate gas flow and aerosol delivery in real time. The controller changes gas flow rate and dynamically reduces aerosol delivery during upper gas flow rates such as 60 LPM, and activates aerosol delivery during lower gas flow rates of for example 10 LPM. The control may also include sensors to detect breathing, so that there is a bias towards increased aerosol delivery during inhalation in addition to during lower level gas flow.
US12290617B2
A system includes an airflow passage and an air purification element. The airflow passage is configured to confine a flow of air and direct the flow of air toward a space. The air purification element is positioned in the airflow passage and configured to produce a peroxide to oxidize contaminants in air flowing through the airflow passage. The air purification element includes a peroxide-generating structure and a matrix containing a peroxide-activating catalyst configured to activate peroxide produced. The air purification element is configured to produce the peroxide from a water vapor and oxygen in the air within the airflow passage when energized by an energy source, and the matrix is configured to allow the contaminants to contact peroxide activated by the peroxide-activating catalyst.
US12290611B2
A cell or tissue embedding device having an aqueous gel serving as an immunoisolation layer, the aqueous gel containing, as components thereof, a denatured polyvinyl alcohol resin having an activated carbonyl group and a crosslinking agent is highly capable of supplying a physiologically active substance.
US12290601B2
The present invention relates to an immediate release tablet composition comprising axitinib form IV characterized by an XRPD pattern comprising the peaks at about 8.9, 12.0, 14.6, 15.2, 15.7, 17.8, 19.1, 20.6, 21.6, 23.2, 24.2, 24.9, 26.1 and 27.5±0.1 degrees 2θ, when measured with Cu Kα1 radiation and one or more pharmaceutically acceptable excipients, wherein the composition exhibits a dissolution rate between 40% and 70% in 30 minutes when tested in 900 ml 0.01 N hydrochloric acid pH 2.0 at 37° C., 75 rpm in a USP apparatus II.
US12290594B1
A bamboo charcoal powder-based false eyelash is obtained by evenly mixing 90-96% of polyester particles, 3-8% of bamboo charcoal powder and 1-2% of adjuvant, subsequently hot melting, wire drawing and forming and then cooling. The false eyelash can be subjected to not only chemical sharpening tip but also physical sharpening tip, has greatly reduced weight and is environmental-friendly; an organosilicon quaternary ammonium salt structure and three chlorine atoms in the adjuvant synergistically take antibacterial effects, and a long carbon chain further enhances an antibacterial effect. The adjuvant promotes the dispersion of the bamboo charcoal powder which promotes the compatibility and combination of the adjuvant and a matrix resin, their combined action improves the antibacterial property of the false eyelashes, and therefore the prepared false eyelash has good antibacterial and anti-inflammatory effects, can well protect skins around eyes from being damaged by external environment, and has both aesthetics and high safety.
US12290592B2
Provided is a cosmetic wherein agglomeration during dispersion of a coloring pigment is suppressed, pigment irregularity in the bulk cosmetic and a coating film of the cosmetic is suppressed, and superior coloring pigment uniformity is demonstrated. An oily mixture composition including: (a) a silicone surfactant with an HLB of 6 or less; (b) an acrylic-silicone graft copolymer; (c) an oil that is liquid at 25° C.; and (d) a coloring pigment.
US12290570B2
An antibody has a glutamine-containing extension at the C-terminus of a light chain thereof, making it suitable for conjugation via transglutaminase-mediated transamidation.
US12290564B2
Apparatuses and methods for treating tumors. A method of treatment may include reducing the microvasculature of a region between a tumor and a lumen through or adjacent to the tumor (e.g., by administering radiation therapy targeting the tumor), isolating a segment of a lumen proximate to the tumor, and administering a dose of a chemotherapeutic agent to the segment.
US12290542B2
The present disclosure provides for compositions combining Cannabinoid Fractions and Mushroom Extract Fractions for recreational and medicinal uses. The disclosed compositions are useful for treating symptoms of anxiety, stress, pain, and promoting sleep. The pharmaceutical compositions comprise particular cannabinoid ratios and terpene profiles.
US12290532B2
Provided herein are methods and compositions for treating von Willebrand disease with platelets, platelet derivatives, and/or thrombosomes.
US12290531B2
This present invention relates to BCMA binders (e.g. antibodies) and chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) constructs comprising a BCMA antigen binding molecule. The BCMA binders specifically bind to BCMA. The present BCMA CARs further comprise a hinge region (e.g., CD28 hinge), a transmembrane domain, and one or more intracellular NK cell signalling domains. NK cells expressing a BCMA CAR has increased efficacy in killing cancer cells. Provided herein also include therapeutic uses of the BCMA binders and BCMA CARs.
US12290530B2
The invention relates to a peptide comprising an amino acid sequence selected from the group consisting of (i) SEQ ID NO: 1 to SEQ ID NO: 216, and (ii) a variant sequence thereof which maintains capacity to bind to MHC molecule(s) and/or induce T cells cross-reacting with said variant peptide, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof.
US12290527B2
The present invention relates to methods for reducing soluble P-selectin and major thrombotic events in cancer patients.
US12290525B2
Disclosed are pharmaceutical and cosmetic compositions that include 5 Alpha Dihydrotestosterone (or alternatively, 5α-DHT, 5 Alpha-DHT, 5 Alpha DHT, 5a-DHT, DHT), and associated methods of use and treatment that can be used alone or in combination with other treatments to provide, improve, or promote general well-being and health, including mental health, in a subject. In particular the compositions, methods, and uses can provide, promote, support, and/or improve outcomes associated with gender reassignment, gender transitioning, and/or gender-affirming therapy in a subject who may be in need thereof.
US12290521B2
Methods and materials involved in identifying and treating mammals having a cancer resistant to BET inhibitors are provided. For example, methods and materials for administering (a) one or more AKT inhibitors and/or one or more CDK inhibitors and/or one or more CBP/p300 inhibitors in combination with (b) one or more BET inhibitors to mammals identified as having a cancer resistant to treatment with one or more BET inhibitors in the absence of AKT, CDK, and CBP/p300 inhibitors are provided.
US12290519B2
An anti-inflammatory drug compound, and a preparation method therefor and the use thereof. The structural formula of the compound is A-Y—B, wherein A is a group after dehydrogenation of an amine compound having JAK inhibitory activity, Y is a direct connection or —(CH2)-O— or, and B is a group formed by means of dehydroxylation of a carboxy-containing carboxylic acid compound B1, or a group formed by means of dehydrogenation of a hydroxy-containing compound B2. The compound has the special effects of having a strong transdermal property, controlled drug release, high efficacy, etc.
US12290512B2
The present invention is enclosed in the medical area, specifically within the area of lubricant gels for trans-urethral procedures, referring to a gel pharmaceutical composition with an anaesthetic effect of short and long duration, for being administered through the urethra. It is an object of the present invention a gel composition with an anaesthetic effect of short and long term duration for administration through the urethra which comprises a lubricant gel, at least one local short duration anaesthetic composition and at least one local long duration anaesthetic composition which comprises ropivacaine or bupivacaine. The presence of between a long-acting anaesthetic composition in the lubricant gel of the present invention, combined with a short-term acting anaesthetic composition, provides an enormous asset to existing products, because of the immediate and substantially superior and longer-lasting well-being of patients. Advantageously, it is for use as a local anaesthetic with short and long term duration.
US12290508B2
The present invention provides methods for treating cancer in a subject with a trisubstituted benzotriazole derivative with the formula (I) or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, wherein the variables R1, R2 and R3 are as defined herein.
US12290504B2
Certain embodiments of the present disclosure provide storage-stable, aqueous pharmaceutical formulations, suitable for oral administration, that contain a therapeutically effective amount of that is from 2% w/v to 7.5% w/v topiramate, from 45% w/v to 75% w/v PEG 400, from 6% w/v to 12% w/v water, balance glycerol. In some embodiments, such formulations further comprise a sweetener (e.g., sucralose) and/or a flavorant (e.g., berry flavor).
US12290502B2
Provided is a use of usnic acid or a salt of usnic acid or a formulation thereof in the preparation of anti-avian coccidiosis drugs or feed additives. Also provided are anti-avian coccidiosis drugs and feed additives comprising usnic acid or a salt of usnic acid or a formulation thereof. Both the use of usnic acid or a salt of usnic acid or a formulation thereof in the preparation of anti-avian coccidiosis drugs or feed additives and anti-avian coccidiosis drugs and feed additives comprising usnic acid or a salt of usnic acid or a formulation thereof provide a new way for treating and preventing avian coccidiosis. The addition of usnea or usnic acid or a salt of usnic acid or a formulation thereof to feedstuff may realize effective anti-avian coccidiosis.
US12290497B2
The present disclosure provides an agent for treating or preventing eye diseases such as presbyopia, comprising, as an active ingredient, 4-phenylbutyric acid or an ester thereof, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof.
US12290490B2
A glass container is provided having a glass tube with a first end and a second end and a glass bottom closing the second end. The glass tube has a longitudinal axis and has, in a direction from the first to the second end, a top region, a junction region, a neck region, a shoulder region, and a body region. The top region is at the first end and has an outer diameter (dt), the neck region has an outer diameter (dn) with dn
US12290481B2
A multi-terrain transport apparatus, such as a motorized wheelchair, that allows adjustment of the terrain-contacting surface area of a continuous track depending on the terrain encountered by the transport apparatus.
US12290475B2
A laser eye protection device is described that includes an optically opaque screen that covers both eyes; one or more internal viewing screens on an eye-facing side of the optically opaque screen; and one or more cameras arranged around the optically opaque screen, wherein the one or more cameras are in electrical and data communication with the one or more internal viewing screens and provide a visual representation of surroundings to a user.
US12290468B2
An ostomy appliance according to an embodiment of the present invention comprises: an attachment part attached to the skin of a user; a cover assembly part disposed on the top surface of the attachment part and continuously dispensing plastic film into which excrement flows; and a sealing part that is coupled to one side of the cover assembly part and thermally seals a portion of the dispensed plastic film.
US12290462B2
An anatomical brace for dynamically stabilizing the elbow during elbow articulation, the anatomical brace comprising: a brace body comprising a distal portion for fitting over the forearm of a user and a proximal portion for fitting over the upper arm of a user; a hinge mechanism comprising a distal segment, a proximal segment and a pivot for pivotally connecting the distal segment and the proximal segment, the distal segment of the hinge mechanism being mounted to the distal portion of the brace body and the proximal segment of the hinge mechanism being mounted to the proximal portion of the brace body; a pivot cable guide mounted to the anterior portion of the pivot; an upper arm cable guide mounted to at least one of the proximal segment of the hinge mechanism and the proximal portion of the brace body, the upper arm cable guide being configured to change the direction of a cable extending through the upper arm cable guide; an ulnar collateral ligament (UCL) cable guide mounted to the brace body and configured to direct a cable extending through the ulnar collateral ligament (UCL) cable guide over the ulnar collateral ligament (UCL) and toward the distal portion of the brace body; and a cable having a first end and a second end; the first end of the cable being mounted to the distal segment of the hinge mechanism, the second end of the cable being mounted to the distal portion of the brace body, and the cable being routed proximally along the distal segment of the hinge mechanism, through the pivot cable guide, proximally along the proximal segment of the hinge mechanism, through the upper arm cable guide, and through the ulnar collateral ligament (UCL) cable guide; wherein, when the anatomical brace is mounted to the arm of a user so that the distal portion of the brace body is secured to the forearm of the user, and the proximal portion of the brace body is secured to the upper arm of the user, and when the elbow thereafter moves to full extension, the cable is tensioned, whereby to apply a force to the ulnar collateral ligament (UCL) of the user, and when the elbow thereafter moves to full flexion, the cable is relaxed, so that the force applied to the ulnar collateral ligament (UCL) is released.
US12290461B2
An, apparatus, including an external gauntlet ankle/foot orthosis configured for application over a shoe configured to provide ankle and foot stability at least one of prophylactically or following trauma, wherein the orthosis includes a first structural section including sub-portions respectively coinciding with an outer portion of a foot and ankle and an inner portion of the foot and ankle and a second structural section including sub-portions respectively coinciding with an outer portion of a lower leg and an inner portion of a lower leg, wherein the second structural section is attached to the first structural section via a plurality of ankle joints, and a first ankle joint of the plurality of ankle joints is configured to accommodate medial malleolus anatomical positioning.
US12290458B2
An intravascular stent and method of making an intervascular stent having a hybrid pattern a. The hybrid pattern comprises a plurality of circumferentially self-expansible members comprising a plurality of interconnected, geometrically deformable closed cells, adjacent self-expansible members interconnected by a plurality of bridge members linking a first interconnection between two closed cells in a first self-expansible member to a second interconnection between two closed cells in a second self-expansible member, wherein the second interconnection is circumferentially offset and non-adjacent to the first interconnection.
US12290446B1
A computer-aided method, using a pre-operative planning software tool and patient-specific images, establishes implant parameters that customize selection of a total knee replacement prosthesis. The computer system determines from coronal, axial and sagittal image slices of a knee joint a neutral boundary axis, a set of epicondylar and trochlear features that define an elliptical cam, and a medial-lateral tibial slope, then defines from overlapping condylar and trochlear circles an ellipse with eccentricity 0.25 and focal points coincident with the circles. A knee prosthesis has a femoral component as an elliptical cam with dimensions defined by the ellipse, and has tibial and patellar components interacting with the femoral component as cam followers under knee flexion. A prosthesis is selected from a set with differing coronal asymmetry angle α to closely match the patient a as estimated from the images.
US12290441B2
According to an aspect, an inflatable penile prosthesis includes a fluid reservoir configured to hold fluid, an inflatable member, and a pump assembly configured to transfer the fluid from the fluid reservoir to the inflatable member during an inflation cycle. The pump assembly includes a first pump configured to inject the fluid into the inflatable member according to a first flow rate, and a second pump configured to inject fluid into the inflatable member according to a second flow rate, where the second flow rate is less than the first flow rate.
US12290440B2
An assembly for reshaping a cardiac ventricle in a patient comprising an implantable device for reshaping a ventricle comprising a tether, a non-implantable tool which is detachably connectable to said implantable device and has a proximal portion and a distal portion opposite to said proximal portion; the implantable device further comprises an active anchor adapted to be detachably connected to the distal portion of the tool; the active anchor comprises an abutment portion adapted to abut against a structure of the ventricle; the active anchor of the implantable device comprises an adjustment device adapted to adjust the tensional state of the tether; the distal portion of the tool comprises an adjustment key adapted to cooperate with the adjustment device of the active anchor; the proximal portion of the tool comprises a maneuvering interface which is operatively connectable to said adjustment key for adjusting the tensional state of the tether by acting on the maneuvering interface of the proximal portion of the tool.
US12290438B2
A system for treating mitral regurgitation may include an outer sheath having a lumen extending to a distal end of the outer sheath, an intermediate sheath slidably disposed within the lumen of the outer sheath, the intermediate sheath having a lumen extending to a distal end of the intermediate sheath, and an inner sheath slidably disposed within the lumen of the intermediate sheath, wherein the inner sheath includes a first anchor disposed within a lumen of the inner sheath, the first anchor being configured to penetrate and secure to a first papillary muscle. The intermediate sheath may include a tissue grasping mechanism at the distal end of the intermediate sheath, the tissue grasping mechanism being configured to hold and stabilize the first papillary muscle for penetration and securement of the first anchor to the first papillary muscle.
US12290435B2
Systems, methods, and apparatuses for storing and/or shipping an intraocular lens (IOL) cartridge are provided. A system comprises a packaging comprising a passage. The IOL cartridge is removably disposed within the passage. The IOL cartridge comprises a nozzle and a compartment configured to receive an IOL. The nozzle is in fluid communication with the compartment. The IOL cartridge further comprises a dial configured to rotate upon withdrawal of the IOL cartridge from the passage, wherein an inner surface of the dial is exposed to the compartment. The dial is configured to fold the IOL and release the IOL cartridge from the packaging upon rotation of the dial.
US12290434B2
A prosthetic capsular device configured to be inserted in an eye after removal of a lens, in some embodiments, can comprise a housing structure comprising capable of containing an intraocular device and an equiconvex refractive surface. The housing structure can comprise an anterior portion comprising an anterior opening, a posterior portion comprising a posterior opening, and a continuous lateral portion between the anterior portion and the posterior portion.
US12290424B2
Wound dressing assembly including (i) blood-clotting mold device having an enclosure defined between walls of a main body and a removable closure over an opening and configured for introduction of blood thereinto, and (ii) coagulation initiator in amount sufficient to coagulate blood introduced into the enclosure to form a blood clot. The formed blood clot is transferable onto a wound. Method for preparing a wound dressing by introducing a volume of blood into the enclosure of the blood-clotting mold device, maintaining the blood within the enclosure for time sufficient to permit clotting of the blood to obtain a blood clot; removing said the closure to open the enclosure; and extracting the blood clot from the enclosure. The formed blood clot may be used in a method for dressing a wound by fixation of the clot onto the wound.
US12290419B2
A plug-on brush device for a toothbrush handpiece, in particular for an electrical toothbrush handpiece, with an application unit including a head section with a brush head, a plug-on section and a neck section that is arranged between the head section and the plug-on section, and with an interface accommodation unit which is configured to receive at least one interface of a toothbrush handpiece, wherein the interface accommodation unit is realized separately and the plug-on section of the application unit includes a receiving region for receiving the interface accommodation unit at least substantially completely in a loss-proof manner.
US12290417B1
A multi-axis tumor excision marker system is configured to deposit markers along multiple axes radially about a tumor to define a boundary of margin tissue for excision. A catheter may deploy a marker extension that extends to a margin tissue boundary for depositing the marker. The marker extension may be a shape memory material that extends radially outward from catheter opening or may be directed radially outward by a guide head. The radiopaque marker may be a phase change marker, such as an adhesive that changes from a liquid to a solid. A marker may be a discrete marker and may have an extension portion that extends from an anchor portion. An envelopment marker has a plurality of marker extensions that each extend along an offset axis from each other. A spiral maker includes a maker extension that spirals around the margin boundary tissue.
US12290414B2
Devices and methods for performing an interventional vascular procedure with visual guidance using one or more optical head mounted displays are disclosed. Devices and methods for compensating the display of an optical head mounted display for cardiac and/or respiratory motion are disclosed.
US12290405B2
An analyzing apparatus according to an embodiment includes processing circuitry. The processing circuitry is configured to detect a shear wave propagating in an object. The processing circuitry is configured to calculate an index value that indicates viscosity within the object and that is not dependent on any physical model related to viscoelasticity, by analyzing the detected shear wave.
US12290402B2
An ultrasound probe (“probe”) for use with an ultrasound imaging system is disclosed. In particular, the probe is sized and configured so as to be supported and readily used with as little as one finger on a single hand of a user of the imaging system. This configuration enables remaining fingers on the hand of the user to be employed for other purposes, such as skin traction and patient contact. In one embodiment, therefore, an ultrasound probe is disclosed, comprising a body, a lens included on head portion of the body, a stabilizing portion extending from the body and configured to stabilize the body on a skin surface of a patient without user assistance, and a finger grip portion configured to enable a user of the probe to grasp and maneuver the probe during use thereof with no more than two fingers on a single hand of the user.
US12290396B2
A clamp for releasably engaging a cable chain employed on a C-arm X-ray imaging device includes a positioning member having a rear surface formed complementary to a portion of the C-arm imaging device, a pivot arm attached to the positioning member, a biasing member disposed on the pivot arm, and a clamp arm rotatably mounted to the pivot arm, wherein the biasing member is engaged between the positioning member and the clamp arm to move the clamp arm between a release position and a locking position. The clamp is engageable with the cable chain to hold the cable chain in alignment with the at least one of the housing and the C-arm, and is operable separately from the imaging device, such that the clamp can hold the cable chain on the housing or C-arm even when power is not provided to the imaging device.
US12290395B2
A radiography device includes an interface unit and a controller. The interface unit connects to an external interface. The controller operates according to timing signals from the external interface connected to the interface unit so as to synchronize with timing of repetition of generation of radiation by a radiation device that generates radiation in serial radiography in which frame images are generated. Even after connection between the interface unit and the external interface is cut off, the controller repeats operation for generating a frame image while synchronizing with the radiation device without communicating with an outside.
US12290393B2
A control device comprising at least one processor, wherein the at least one processor is configured to: acquire type information indicating a type of a compression member attached to an image acquisition device that captures a radiation image by irradiating a breast in a compressed state between an imaging table and the compression member with radiation; and set an upper limit value of a compression force applied to the breast by the compression member based on the type information.
US12290390B2
Disclosed herein is a medical system (100, 300, 400) comprising a memory (110) storing machine executable instructions (120). The medical system further comprises an anatomical detection module (122). The anatomical detection module is configured for detecting an anatomical deviation in response to inputting tomographic medical scout image data (124). The anatomical detection module is configured for outputting a localization (126) of the anatomical deviation in the tomographic medical scout image data if the anatomical deviation is detected. The medical system further comprises a processor (104) configured for controlling the medical system. Execution of the machine executable instructions causes the processor to: receive (200) the tomographic medical scout image data, receive (202) the localization of the anatomical deviation from the anatomical detection module in response to inputting the tomographic medical scout image data into the anatomical detection module, and provide (204) a warning signal (128) if the localization is received.
US12290381B2
A method for capturing patient feedback for a medical treatment includes: receiving user instructions indicating a symptom being treated, a symptom score for the symptom being treated, and an indication of a beginning of a treatment session; receiving patient feedback comprising an updated symptom score for the symptom being treated and/or absence or presence of one or more of a plurality of attributes; storing the received patient feedback and a time in the treatment session at which the respective patient feedback was received; repeating the receiving of patient feedback and storage of data during the treatment session; and receiving a user instruction indicating an ending of the treatment session, wherein an alerting module alerts a user of the computing device for input of patient feedback after a predetermined period of time has elapsed following receipt of patient feedback without a subsequent receipt of patient feedback.
US12290379B2
Embodiments are described herein for training machine learning models using digital twin outputs, including for purposes of pain quantification and estimation. In various embodiments, simulation parameter(s) may be applied to a digital twin created for a subject. The digital twin may simulate an anatomical structure of the subject, and the simulation parameter(s) may cause the digital twin to generate digital twin output that simulates behavior of the anatomical structure in response to the one or more simulation parameters. Data indicative of the digital twin output may be applied as input across a pain estimation machine learning model to generate pain estimation output. Based on the pain estimation output, a quantification of pain, e.g., an estimated pain score, may be rendered using an output device and/or used to select a treatment plan.
US12290375B2
In some embodiments, a method of determining a personalized skincare recommendation is provided. A computing system receives data depicting a face of a subject. The computing system determines features based on the data depicting the face of the subject. The computing system provides the features to an ageotype classifier to generate a predicted skin ageotype for the subject. The computing system generates the personalized skincare recommendation based on at least the predicted skin ageotype.
US12290356B2
A wearable blood analyte measurement device includes a casing defining an appendage-receiving bore and having an interior volume. A plurality of magnets is within interior volume. The magnets produce a magnetic field in the bore. A nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) transceiver is supported by the casing and positioned to emit radiofrequency (RF) pulses to and receive NMR signals from the bore. An electronics assembly is within the interior volume and in communication with the NMR transceiver. A power source is in the interior volume and powers the NMR transceiver and the electronics assembly.
US12290341B2
The present disclosure relates to a method for determining a blood pressure value of a patient. The method comprises a step of determining a pulse course of the patient; a step of determining a reference point in the pulse course within a transition area from systole to diastole of a cardiac cycle of the patient; and a step of determining the blood pressure value based on the determined reference point.
US12290339B2
A mobile edge computing system, a communication network and a method of using a mobile edge computing device. The mobile edge computing system includes a communication module that establishes signal communication over numerous wireless communication protocols at least one of which uses a low power wide area network protocol. A logic device is made up of a distributed set of processing units including both a central processing unit and one or more processors configured for performing machine learning operations the latter of which include one or more of a graphical processor unit and a tensor processing unit. When the system receives event data that has been acquired by one or more of the communication module and a sensor, the system executes a trained machine learning model and conveys, using the low power wide area network protocol, an output that has been produced by the trained machine learning model.
US12290333B2
A surgical drape for providing a localized instrument sterility barrier includes: a tube having a proximal end and a distal end, the tube defining an interior bore sized to receive an elongated shaft of a surgical instrument; and a port coupler at the distal end of the tube, the port coupler configured to couple the distal end of the tube to a surgical port through which the elongated shaft extends. The tube is collapsible to accommodate relative movement between the instrument and the surgical port during a surgical procedure.
US12290327B2
A method performed by a surgical robotic system that includes a seat that is arranged for a user to sit and a display column that includes at least one display for displaying a three-dimensional (3D) surgical presentation. The method includes receiving an indication that the user has manually adjusted the seat and in response, determining, while the user is sitting on the seat, a position of the user's eyes, determining a configuration for the display column based on the determined position of the user's eyes, and adjusting the display column by actuating one or more actuators of the display column according to the determined configuration.
US12290323B2
A single-sided magnet and magnetic resonance imaging (“MRI”) system are portable and lightweight, enabling use as a point-of care (“POC”) MRI device. The portable MRI system includes a magnet assembly containing layers of magnet blocks, such as rare-earth magnet blocks. The magnet blocks are arranged in concentric rings in each layer, and surround a central aperture extending through the magnet assembly. The central aperture is sized to allow a medical instrument, such as a needle, to pass through the central aperture. The portable MRI system can therefore be used for image guidance in lumbar puncture (“LP”) and other medical procedures.
US12290322B2
A surgical device is provided includes a hand-held portion with a working portion movably coupled to the hand-held portion for driving a tool. Actuators are provided for moving the working portion with each of the actuators having a travel range. An indicator notices a user when at least one of actuators is: (i) within the travel range; (ii) approaching a travel limit of the travel range; or (iii) outside the travel range. A surgical system is also provided inclusive the surgical device and a computing system configured to activate the indicator.
US12290311B2
Various embodiments provide a microwave amplification apparatus for an electrosurgical instrument. The microwave amplification apparatus comprises: a cable assembly; a proximal launch portion, and a distal amplification portion. The proximal launch portion is connected to a proximal end of the cable assembly, and comprises: a DC source configured to launch a DC signal along the cable assembly, and a microwave source configured to launch a microwave signal along the cable assembly. The distal amplification portion is connected to a distal end of the cable assembly, and comprises: a power amplifier configured to receive the microwave signal as an input signal to be amplified. The distal amplification portion is configured to apply the DC signal as a drain voltage across the power amplifier. The power amplifier has an output that is connectable to deliver an amplified microwave signal to a structure that is configured to deliver microwave energy into biological tissue.
US12290296B2
The present disclosure discloses a limb bone fixation system capable of automatically transforming from AO (Association for Study of Internal Fixation) to BO (Bio-logical Osteosynthesis) elastic fixation. The system includes a bone nail, a bone bridge, and connecting pieces attached to the bone bridge. The bone bridge is divided into a plate-shaped bone bridge and a rod-shaped bone bridge. A gasket made of a rigid degradable biomaterial is added between all connecting pieces at a broken end of one side of a fracture and the bone bridge, which can form rigid fixation for the fracture at initial fixation.
US12290295B2
A tensioning tool is provided for applying tension to a band. The tensioning tool includes a handle. The tensioning tool also includes a barrel having a channel at an end of the barrel. The channel is configured to receive a portion of the band. The tensioning tool also includes a cutting blade that is configured to remove an excess portion of a band. The tensioning tool has a tension limit that is the maximum tension that can be applied to a band, and the tensioning tool is configured to apply tension to the band until the tension limit has been reached. The tensioning tool is configured to actuate the cutting blade to cut the band upon at least one of the tension limit being reached or upon a user command.
US12290292B2
An intervertebral implant may include a shaft having a proximal end, a distal end, a longitudinal axis, a minor diameter, and a helical thread disposed about the shaft along the longitudinal axis between the proximal end and the distal end of the shaft. The helical thread may include a major diameter and a concave undercut surface angled towards one of the proximal end and the distal end of the shaft. The intervertebral implant may be implanted within an intervertebral space between a superior vertebral body and an inferior vertebral body. A ratio of the major diameter to the minor diameter may be less than 1.50. The concave undercut surface may engage the superior vertebral body and the inferior vertebral body and may be shaped to resist at least one force transmitted between the superior vertebral body and the inferior vertebral body to stabilize the intervertebral space.
US12290289B1
An elastic intramedullary fixation device includes a serpentine frame and a shell, the inner surface of the shell is rotatably connected with a locking rod, one end of the locking rod is inserted with a key rod, one end of the shell is inserted with a clamping rod, the outer surfaces of the clamping rod and the key rod are sleeved with a connecting sleeve, the outer surfaces of the clamping rod and the key rod are provided with a connecting component, and the surfaces of the clamping rod and the shell are provided with a self-locking component. By configuring a connecting component and a self-locking component, the connecting component not only allows for the adjustment of the positional relationship between the key rod and the clamping rod, but also enables engagement with the locking component, thereby enhancing the stability of the connection between the clamping plate and the shell.
US12290281B2
Embodiments disclosed herein provide devices, systems, and methods for instrument exchanges during ophthalmic surgery. More particularly, the present disclosure relates to valved cannula assemblies and methods of use thereof. A valved cannula assembly includes a cannula having a head at a proximal end of the cannula and a hollow rod extending from the head to a distal end of the cannula. The valved cannula assembly includes a valved hub coupled to the head and including a septum having two or more curved flaps configured to provide an opening for an instrument.
US12290270B2
Aspects of present disclosures involve systems, methods, and apparatus for a bone mounted robotic-assisted orthopedic surgery system for precise implant position, soft tissue balancing, and guidance of tools during a surgical procedure, particularly partial or total knee replacement procedure. The system features a bone-mounted robotic arm with an end-effector for precise positioning of a surgical tool, positioning of implants, and balancing of soft tissues. The reconfigurable robotic system requires minimal training by surgeons, is intuitive to use similar to conventional instrumented surgery, and has a small footprint. The system works with existing, conventional instruments, patient-specific instruments, sensor-assisted systems, and computer-assisted systems and does not require increased surgical time and safely provides the enhanced precision achievable by robotic-assisted systems and computer-assisted technologies.
US12290267B2
An assembly including a bougie and a sheath for use in performing a gastroplasty for dividing a stomach of a patient into a sleeve receiving food and a bypass portion. The bougie includes an elongated body having a segment being shaped to follow a lesser curve of the stomach, and an extension member being movable within the stomach for positioning a distal portion thereof away from a gastroesophageal junction of the stomach and to define a fluid passage between the sleeve and the bypass portion. The sheath has an elongated main lumen in which the bougie is inserted and the sheath is translatable along the bougie to selectively expose the extension member of the bougie to perform its guiding action, or hide the extension member to ensure secure displacement of the bougie within the stomach and along the oesophagus.
US12290266B2
An occlusion device with particular utility in occlusion of left atrial appendages is described. The occlusion device embodiments utilize an inflatable balloon or expandable element used to occlude the treatment site.
US12290265B2
Improved thermal detachment driven by leverage from: improved electrical locus targeting allows electron density to define Optimal Regions balancing the resistance and heat whereby, detachment systems are shifted and realigned coaxially and placed closer to the ends of subject coils while being hermetically sealed, manufacturing steps are taught, to show how system is made.
US12290257B2
A surgical clip applier having a housing containing a compartment, an elongated member extending distally from the housing, and first and second jaws configured to close a clip. An advancer is positioned within the housing movable between a first retracted position and a second advanced position, wherein in the second position, the advancer effects closing of the jaws to close the clip. A cover on the housing is openable to access the compartment within the housing. A power pack is removably loadable into the compartment and has a motor and an engagement member removably engageable with the advancer within the housing when the power pack is loaded into the compartment to effect movement of the advancer from the first position to the second position. A feed mechanism for feeding a clip into the jaws can be motor actuated.
US12290255B2
The present disclosure relates generally to the field of medical devices. In particular, the present disclosure relates to a tissue traction device for endoscopic procedures such as tissue dissection. For example, a tissue traction device may include first and second attachment members pivotably attached by first and second swivels to opposite ends of a stretchable traction band comprising a compliant or semi-compliant material.
US12290251B2
The present invention provides an improved vascular occlusion device having improved flexibility and retention of the type fabricated from braided tubular metal fabric having an expanded preset configuration and an elongated collapsed reduced diameter configuration for delivery through a catheter to a treatment site and shaped to create an occlusion of an abnormal opening in a body organ or vessel, the woven metal fabric having a memory property whereby the medical device tends to return to said expanded preset configuration when unconstrained. The device further including at least one disk portion adjacent a body cylindrical portion formed from the fabric and having a transition diameter between the disk and cylindrical portion, significantly smaller than the diameter of the disk and the diameter of the cylindrical portion.
US12290250B2
A device for delivering an agent may comprise: a housing defining an enclosure. The housing may be configured to store an agent. The device may further comprise an inlet, in fluid communication with the enclosure, for receiving a flow of pressurized fluid; an outlet in fluid communication with the enclosure; and a filter disposed within the enclosure. Pores of a wall of the filter may be configured such that the fluid is permitted to pass through the pores into a channel defined by an inner surface of the wall. An actuation member may be configured to transition between a first configuration, in which portions of the agent disposed proximally to the actuation member are prevented from passing distally of the actuation member, and a second configuration, in which portions of the agent disposed proximally of the actuation member are capable of passing distally of the actuation member.
US12290239B2
A surgical robotic system automatically calibrates tubular and flexible surgical tools such as endoscopes. By compensating for unideal behavior of an endoscope, the surgical robotic system can accurately model motions of the endoscope and navigate the endoscope while performing a surgical procedure on a patient. During calibration, the surgical robotic system moves the endoscope to a target position and receives data describing an actual position and/or orientation of the endoscope. The surgical robotic system determines gain values based at least on the discrepancy between the target position and the actual position. The endoscope can include tubular components referred to as a sheath and leader. An instrument device manipulator of the surgical robotic system actuates pull wires coupled to the sheath and/or the leader, which causes the endoscope to articulate.
US12290231B2
A method including detecting a modular surgical device within bounds of a surgical operating room; connecting the modular surgical device to a surgical hub; connecting the surgical hub to a cloud-based system; transmitting surgical data associated with a surgical procedure being performed in the surgical operating room from the modular surgical device to the surgical hub; and transmitting the surgical data from the surgical hub to the cloud-based system.
US12290230B2
Methods, apparatus and systems for wireless monitoring and tracking are described. In one example, a described method of a wireless monitoring system comprises: transmitting a wireless signal that is impacted by a wireless multipath channel in a venue and a modulation of an object undergoing a motion in the venue, to obtain a set of channel information (CI) of the wireless multipath channel; performing a monitoring task by monitoring the object and the motion; determining a plurality of admissible system states of the wireless monitoring system, wherein each admissible system state is associated with a respective setting of at least one of: the wireless signal, a series of sounding signals in the wireless signal, or the monitoring task; choosing one of the admissible system states to be a system state of the wireless monitoring system based on the monitoring task; and applying a setting associated with the chosen admissible system state to the wireless monitoring system.
US12290223B2
A floor cleaning apparatus. The apparatus has a cleaning head portion for engaging a floor surface during cleaning, an upstanding portion for maneuvering movement of the cleaning head portion, a liquid delivery assembly, a handle portion extending from the upstanding portion and a sealed liquid storage container. The assembly includes a single needle defining a first passageway for allowing cleaning detergent from the sealed storage container to travel to the cleaning head portion therethrough and a second passageway for allowing as or air to travel from the surrounding to the sealed storage container for pressure equalization, and wherein the needle has a non-cylindrical configuration and a flattened configuration.
US12290218B2
Systems, methods, and a sunscreen container are disclosed. A sunscreen container includes a reservoir for holding a volume of sunscreen and a hand pump in fluid connection with the reservoir. The sunscreen container further includes a moving portion of the hand pump comprising outward facing numerical markings that indicate a volume of sunscreen that is pumped based on a movement of the hand pump.
US12290216B2
A shower door with a hidden small rail sliding assembly having an upper rail assembly, a sliding assembly, a movable door assembly and a fixed door assembly. The upper rail assembly includes an upper rail and damper triggering members installed on the upper rail. The sliding assembly includes sliding wheels, sliding wheel brackets, a damper, and a damper bracket. The movable door assembly includes a movable door panel and hanging clamps fixed at the top edge of the movable door panel. The upper rail is provided with a top plate, a first baffle plate, and a second baffle plate that are parallel to each other. The bottom surface of the first baffle plate and the bottom surface of the second baffle plate are flush. The sliding assembly, the top edge of the movable door panel and the hanging clamps are integrally contained in the sliding cavity.
US12290211B2
An eggshell extraction implement comprising two hingedly-connected working arms and a basket, wherein the basket is used to scoop eggshells (shell fragments) from egg material in a pan.
US12290195B2
Provided is a rotatable artificial tree. The rotatable artificial tree includes an artificial tree body, a rotatable electric assembly and a supporting base. The artificial tree body is provided with decorative light strings and a trunk, and the supporting base is provided with a driving motor. The rotatable electric assembly includes a rotating shaft core which is connected with a power output shaft of the driving motor in a non-rotating manner and vertically arranged. The rotating shaft core is connected with the trunk in a driving manner. A conductive ring mounting sleeve which rotates synchronously with the rotating shaft core sleeves the periphery of the rotating shaft core. At least two metal conductive rings which are arranged at an insulating interval from top to bottom and are respectively in a circular ring shape sleeve the periphery of the conductive ring mounting sleeve.
US12290175B2
The present invention is a reference image holder device for assisting a user during the making of a painting or other artwork by allowing the user to have their hands free of needing to hold a reference image or other objects. As a non-limiting example, the reference image holder may include some or all of the following components: a base, a pole, a gooseneck section, at least one height adjuster collet, a handle, magnet strips, an interchangeable reference bar, music control(s), an LED and power button, and USB port or connector.
US12290165B2
An interdental cleaning device includes a handle. A cleaning head assembly is mounted on the handle. The cleaning head assembly includes a head that is mounted on the handle, the head defining a cavity. An interdental cleaning member is mounted on the head to extend into the cavity, the interdental cleaning member including an interdental cleaning element. A plunger is mounted on the head, the plunger being reciprocally displaceable relative to the head between an operative position in which the plunger is at least partially retracted into the cavity and an inoperative position in which the plunger extends from the cavity. A spring mechanism is interposed between the plunger and the head so that the movement of the plunger into the operative position is against a bias of the spring mechanism. The plunger defines a longitudinally extending passage that is dimensioned to accommodate the cleaning element. The interdental cleaning member is positioned so that the interdental cleaning element extends from a distal opening of the longitudinal passage when the plunger is in the operative position and is positioned within the plunger when the plunger is in the inoperative position.
US12290158B2
The present application relates to a decorative member including a color developing layer including a light reflective layer and a light absorbing layer provided on the light reflective layer; and a substrate provided on one surface of the color developing layer, wherein the light absorbing layer includes a copper oxide (CuaOx).
US12290157B2
A device for treating hair or scalp, the device comprises a dispenser connected to a cartridge, wherein the cartridge comprises a formulation; a plurality of tips, wherein the tips have at least one opening to dispense the formulation; and a controller that controls the amount of formulation that is dispensed from the tips.
US12290156B2
The present invention relates to an eyelash perm treatment method and an eyelash perm treatment set applied thereto. The eyelash perm treatment method of the present invention comprises: an eyelash hair root strengthening step using a magnetic rod, wherein the hair roots of the hair forming the eyelashes are strengthened using a predetermined magnetic rod having a metal plate and a magnetic plate that contacts the metal plate by means of magnetic force; and an eyelash curl sustained preservation step using a prefabricated synthetic resin rod, wherein a prefabricated synthetic resin rod, including first and second synthetic resin unit rods that can be disassembled and assembled with each other, is used to preserve, for a sustained period of time, eyelash curls that fit the appearance of the eyes.
US12290149B2
It is provided a closure device includes a first closure part and a second closure part, which can be placed against each other along a closing direction, are held against each other in a closed position, and can be detached from each other for opening the closure device. The second closure part includes a housing element with a bearing opening and a rotary element rotatably mounted in the bearing opening of the housing element. The rotary element is operatively connected to an actuator element and can be rotated with respect to the second closure part for adjusting the actuator element along a winding direction. The first closure part includes a first toothing device the second closure part includes a second toothing device, and in the closed position of the closure device the first toothing device and the second toothing device are in engagement with each other in such a way that the first closure part and the second closure part are positively held against each other along the winding direction.
US12290140B2
The present invention discloses a power-generating insole based on fabric integration, which comprises a power-generating insole body, a detachable outer layer and an electronic module; The power-generating insole comprises a first friction component, a second friction component and a fabric composite component; The first friction component is composed of a first electrode layer and a first polymer material; The first friction component and the fabric composite component are integrally formed; The second friction component is wrapped around the middle part of the fabric composite component, and is integrated with the first friction component and the fabric composite component; The detachable outer layer is wrapped on the surface of the power-generating insole body; The electronic module is connected to the power-generating insole body; The present invention has long service life, good flexibility, plasticity, is washing resistance and stability.
US12290139B2
A motorized personal transportation article is described which transports a person by wearing a pair of power-assisted motorized shoes, wherein the shoes provide an increase in a user's walking speed in a forward walking action through supplementary motion of moving or propelling means based on an intended walking speed of the user, such that when a user's intended walking speed changes or when a user intends to substantially decelerate or immobilize, the speed of the supplementary motion can be adjusted before the step is completed. The sole of each of the shoes houses at least one plate coupled to moving or propelling means such as conveyor assemblies, and the moving or propelling means are designed to neutralize forces acting to disrupt the operation of the moving or propelling means during a forward walking action or the balance and comfort of the user.
US12290136B2
There is provided a sole having a forefoot support portion supporting a forefoot of a foot of a wearer, a midfoot support portion supporting a midfoot of the foot, and a rearfoot support portion supporting a rearfoot of the foot, the forefoot support portion, the midfoot support portion, and the rearfoot support portion being connected in this order from a front side, the sole including a midsole having cushioning property, in which the midsole includes a cushioning portion formed of a first foam material, and a torsion control portion formed of a second form material having higher hardness than the first foam material, and the torsion control portion includes a first portion extending in a front-rear direction over at least the entire midfoot support portion on a medial foot side, and a second portion extending obliquely rearward from the first portion toward a lateral foot side.
US12290131B2
This invention introduces a groundbreaking beanie design featuring a new stitch configuration, departing from conventional norms. Employing innovative stitch lining techniques, the crown of the beanie is artistically redefined, blending comfort with sophistication. The distinctive design involves two parallel vertical stitches interconnected by a solitary horizontal stitch, evoking the form of the letter “H” or the Greek letter Theta. The stitch lines exhibit fluidity, adapting seamlessly to fabric stretch when worn. This versatile stitch pattern is adaptable to both cuffless and cuffed beanies, signifying a versatile solution for diverse preferences. The invention revolutionizes beanie creation while accentuating the convergence of textile artistry and wearable functionality.
US12290124B2
A light-emitting system is provided which is removably attachable to headgear for personal illumination to enhance visibility of the user to others. The light-emitting system includes a housing that defines a receiving aperture and is configured to surround a portion of the headgear when the light-emitting system is removably attached to the headgear for use. The light-emitting system further includes at least one lens and a plurality of lighting elements coupled to the annular housing which are configured to selectively generate a halo or at least a partial halo of light that radiates outwardly away from the annular housing through the at least one lens to provide enhanced personal illumination.
US12290117B2
A tying system or mechanism with at least one lace and a fastener element can be used with a boxing glove or a shoe to allow a user to secure the at least one lace around the boxing glove or shoe without a second person and/or without tying a knot. The tying mechanism can include a back-to-back hook and loop of a fastener element and can include or more locking mechanisms to anchor free ends of the one or more laces at the eyelets of the boxing glove or shoe. The tying mechanism can generate a force that is radial or lateral to a gap defined by flaps of the boxing glove or shoes.
US12290112B2
A sock or similar garment includes a foot part and a leg part, the foot part being designed to overlap the foot of a user and the leg part being designed to overlap at least part of the leg up to below the knee. Optionally, the foot part is closed by a toe part. The sock has, in one or more areas of its surface extension, one or more structural modification elements of at least one layer of the knitting that forms the wall of the stock. Those modification elements may be applied with different techniques, for example, printed with silk-screen, or incorporated or intertwined into or on the structure of the sock's mesh, and are configured to enhance the functionality of the leg and foot according to biomechanical, circulatory and neurological aspects, harmonizing those effects with each other, obtaining therapeutic efficacy and providing prevention and performance enhancement.
US12290105B2
The invention relates to an electronic smoking device (10) with an atomizer/liquid reservoir portion (14) and to a method for generating vapor to be inhaled, by atomizing liquid, wherein the liquid is atomized by heating. In order to avoid that the liquid is overheated, the invention provides that the temperature applied for atomizing the liquid is controlled by controlling the pump rate of a liquid pump (35) of the electronic smoking device (10).
US12290103B2
The present disclosure relates to an atomizer and an electronic atomizing device. The atomizer includes a base assembly, an atomizing core and an electrode body. A mounting hole in fluidly communication with an outside atmosphere is formed in the base assembly. The atomizing core is at least partially located in the base assembly and used for atomizing liquid. The electrode body includes a conductive post electrically connected to the power supply and the atomizing core. The conductive post includes a cylinder portion with a circular cross-section. The cylinder portion is in interference fit with the mounting hole to seal the mounting hole.
US12290102B2
A vaporizer assembly for an e-vaping device includes a heater coil structure, a set of electrical lead structures coupled to opposite ends of the heater coil structure, and a non-conductive connector structure connected to each of the electrical lead structures, such that the electrical lead structures are coupled together independently of the heater coil structure. The vaporizer assembly may contact a dispensing interface structure through the heater coil structure. The vaporizer assembly may heat pre-vapor formulation drawn from a reservoir by the dispensing interface. The heater coil structure may define a surface, and the vaporizer assembly may apply a mechanical force to the dispensing interface structure, such that the heater coil structure is in compression with the dispensing interface structure and the heater coil structure surface is substantially flush with a surface of the dispensing interface structure. The heater coil structure may define a three-dimensional surface.
US12290098B2
An ultrasonic mist inhaler, including a liquid reservoir structure including a liquid chamber adapted to receive liquid to be atomized, a sonication chamber in fluid communication with the liquid chamber, a capillary material arranged between the liquid chamber and the sonication chamber, the sonication chamber including an ultrasonic oscillation component having an atomization surface, a capillary material retainer, wherein the capillary material retainer having a body surrounding the ultrasonic oscillation component, the retainer body having a radial arm extending to the atomization surface for retaining the capillary material in surface contact with the atomization surface.
US12290093B2
A liquid nicotine formulation for an aerosol-generating system is provided, the nicotine formulation including: one or more water-miscible polyhydric alcohols, the nicotine formulation having a water-miscible polyhydric alcohol content of greater than or equal to about 5 percent by weight; and one or more low molar mass metal salts, the one or more low molar mass metal salts being selected from the group consisting of metal cinnamates, metal cycloheptanecarboxylates, metal levulinates, metal propanoates, metal stearates, and metal undecanoates. An aerosol-generating article and an aerosol-generating system are also provided.
US12290091B2
The use of amyloid fibrils for providing nutritional minerals to the human body, particularly as a component in a food product, a dietary supplement or in a pharmaceutical product. Compositions including composite materials of amyloid fibrils and nutritional minerals. The use of such composite materials in the treatment of diseases and disorders and to the fortification of food and dietary supplements with nutritional minerals.
US12290082B2
The present invention relates to the use of porous starch as bulking agent in a chewing gum. The present invention also relates to a process of fabricating the chewing gum and to a chewing gum composition comprising porous starch as bulking agent.
US12290081B2
A product conveying and coating system includes multiple, sequentially arranged conveyor units, with at least one conveyor unit being an open belt type. A carrier sheet is placed on a first of the conveyor units, a web of coating material in liquid form is deposited on the carrier sheet and spaced ropes of soft and sticky material are deposited on and settle into the web. The carrier sheet, web and ropes are transferred to a second conveyor unit after the coating material of the web solidifies, whereupon the ropes are cut into bar-length pieces. Thereafter, the carrier sheet is removed while the web and pieces are transferred to the open belt conveyor unit and exposed to an enrober. The enrober coats the pieces while melting portions of the web between the pieces in order to form full coated or encapsulated food products with soft and sticky cores.
US12290078B2
An internal air adjustment device supplies low-oxygen-concentration air to a storage, and maintains the oxygen concentration of internal air in a target oxygen concentration range that is lower than a reference concentration. The internal air adjustment device performs an oxygen-concentration restoration operation. The oxygen-concentration restoration operation is an operation of increasing the oxygen concentration of the internal air to the reference concentration from the target oxygen concentration range. In the oxygen-concentration restoration operation, a controller of the internal air adjustment device regulates the flow rate of external air that is supplied into the interior of the storage.
US12290076B2
The present invention relates to a baking tray (20) or baking grid, in particular a baking tray (20) for a cooking appliance (1), having a non-stick and/or non-wetting coating (12) obtainable by a process characterised by the following steps, a) providing a baking tray (20) or baking grid having a surface, in particular having an upper surface (7a) and a bottom surface (7b), b) preferably, pretreating of the surface (7a, 7b) of the baking tray (20) or baking grid at least partially, in particular completely, for providing a surface having a roughness being suitable for applying a non-stick and/or non-wetting coating (12) by mechanical treatment, physical treatment or chemical treatment, in particular by sandblasting and/or laser treatment and/or a surface activation treatment, particularly a plasma treatment, and/or an enameling process to form a ground layer (13), c) applying the non-stick and/or non-wetting coating (12) to the pretreated surface (7a, 7b) of the baking tray (20) or baking grid or a surface (14a) of the ground layer (13), wherein the non-stick and/or non-wetting coating (12) comprises at least one layer (17) that is obtained by a sol-gel process from a first composition comprising a silica sol and a silane. The invention further relates to a cooking appliance (1), in particular a domestic oven comprising such a baking tray (20) or baking grid and a method for manufacturing such a baking tray (20) or baking grid.
US12290069B2
According to an aspect of the present application, a composition for controlling a target pest comprises 0.1% to 4% isopropyl myristate, 0.1% to 15% thyme oil white, 0.1% to 2% geraniol, and at least one additional active ingredient selected from thymyl acetate, linalyl acetate, amyl butyrate, anise star oil, black seed oil, p-cymene, linalool, d-limonene, isopropyl myristate, lilac flower oil, methyl salicylate, alpha-pinene, piperonal, piperonyl alcohol, tetrahydrolinalool, thyme oil white, thyme oil red, thymol, vanillin, and wintergreen oil. The composition causes synergistic control of the target pest.
US12290065B2
A system for irrigating an agricultural field includes a high-clearance vehicle (e.g., a sprayer vehicle) and a hose configured to connect an external water source to the high-clearance vehicle while the high-clearance vehicle traverses the agricultural field. A method for irrigating an agricultural field includes connecting an external water source to a high-clearance vehicle by a hose, and dispensing water from the nozzles of the high-clearance vehicle while the external water source remains connected thereto and while the high-clearance vehicle traverses the agricultural field.
US12290064B2
A securement mechanism for a ladder tree stand includes jaws pivotably attachable to a platform. When open, a tree can pass between the jaws. A strap assembly attaches to the jaws. A tension can be applied to the strap assembly from the ground before climbing the tree to pivot the jaws to close around the tree. The strap assembly can be anchored to the tree so that the jaws are pulled closed against the tree. A respective end portion of the strap assembly can attach to each of the jaws between its pivot axis and free end. The strap assembly can include a pivot strap secured to the jaws and a tensioning strap connected to the tree and secured to the pivot strap to slide along its length.
US12290062B2
A portable mosquito killing lamp includes a housing and a lamp cover connected to the housing; a mosquito killing assembly and a light emitting assembly are arranged on the housing; the light emitting assembly includes an illuminant and a dazzling cover, and the illuminant and the dazzling cover are connected to the housing and are disposed between the housing and the lamp cover; the dazzling cover covers the illuminant and is disposed inside the lamp cover.
US12290049B1
The invention is an animal restraint harness, especially for dogs, made of adjustable straps and clips and buckles that provides gentle but firm restraint to the front legs of the animal through leg loops, with minimal force required from the animal's handler. The invention allows the animal to move normally yet provides instant restraint as soon as the animal outpaces its handler. The restraint provided by the leg loops is gentle on the animal yet stops them quickly so that the handler is not yanked dangerously by the animal.
US12290046B2
A detector for detecting a signal from one or more feeders. A processor is in communication with the can be configured with an artificial intelligence module and a library of pre-recorded action events and for comparing the signal with the library of pre-recorded action events and determining a likely action event. A warning device can be in communication with the processor for providing an output in response to the likely action event. At least one false positive sensor in communication with either the processor or the warning device or both of the processor and the warning device can be used for stopping the output from the warning device upon a predetermined condition.
US12290044B2
The invention relates to the alfalfa variety designated C0516A3158. Provided by the invention are the seeds, plants and derivatives of the alfalfa variety C0516A3158. Also provided by the invention are tissue cultures of the alfalfa variety C0516A3158 and the plants regenerated therefrom. Still further provided by the invention are methods for producing alfalfa plants by crossing the alfalfa variety C0516A3158 with itself or another alfalfa variety and plants produced by such methods.
US12290043B2
A soybean cultivar designated 06350328 is disclosed. The invention relates to the seeds of soybean cultivar 06350328, to the plants of soybean cultivar 06350328, to the plant parts of soybean cultivar 06350328, and to methods for producing progeny of soybean cultivar 06350328. 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 06350328. The invention also relates to methods for producing other soybean cultivars, lines, or plant parts derived from soybean cultivar 06350328, 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 06350328 with another soybean cultivar.
US12290041B2
A soybean cultivar designated 15210106 is disclosed. The invention relates to the seeds of soybean cultivar 15210106, to the plants of soybean cultivar 15210106, to the plant parts of soybean cultivar 15210106, and to methods for producing progeny of soybean cultivar 15210106. 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 15210106. The invention also relates to methods for producing other soybean cultivars, lines, or plant parts derived from soybean cultivar 15210106, 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 15210106 with another soybean cultivar.
US12290039B2
A soybean cultivar designated 13250425 is disclosed. The invention relates to the seeds of soybean cultivar 13250425, to the plants of soybean cultivar 13250425, to the plant parts of soybean cultivar 13250425, and to methods for producing progeny of soybean cultivar 13250425. 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 13250425. The invention also relates to methods for producing other soybean cultivars, lines, or plant parts derived from soybean cultivar 13250425, 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 13250425 with another soybean cultivar.
US12290037B2
A vertical garden having an assemblage of parts that facilitates packaging and transportation in a disassembled state and/or one or more features that provide an enhanced leakproof design. The assemblage includes a base and planter modules that are stackable atop the base to form a vertical column of stacked modules for growing plants when in a fully-assembled state. The planter modules may be nestable within each other to form a compact bundle of nested modules that is smaller in size than the vertical column of stacked modules when in a disassembled state, thereby providing a kit that facilitates compact packaging of the vertical garden. An intermediate portion of the garden may have a divider that separates a drain path from the fill port of the device, thereby restricting leakage. A catch basin may be provided for capturing debris. A modular grow lighting system also may be provided.
US12290032B2
A fully air-powered, n-way redundant aquaponic system for integrated cultivation of various fish, plant, and mushroom species, off-grid, with each grow bed including a respective DC air pump, solar panel, and battery to ensure self-sufficiency, redundancy, and enhanced resilience. Each mushroom grow bed also includes an evaporative cooling system for year-round mushroom production.
US12290025B2
In some instances, stalk conditioners for conditioning stalk stubble present in a field after harvesting of a crop may include a bracket configured to be secured to a piece of agricultural equipment, such as an implement; an arm pivotably coupled to the bracket; and a blade that is disposed in a slot formed in the arm. The blade may be rotatable relative to the arm. The blade and arm may be configured to engage stalks stubble within a field following harvesting of crops, including during the course of a harvesting operation, to break and cut the stalks so as to promote decomposition of the stalk stubble.
US12290024B2
An intelligent system and a method for coordinating harvester and logistics vehicle are illustrated. The intelligent system comprises a harvester terminal and a logistics vehicle terminal. The harvester terminal comprises a repository monitoring module and a control module, wherein the repository monitoring module monitors storage information of a storage bin of the harvester. The control module receives the storage information from the repository monitoring module, and determines whether the storage location of the storage bin of the harvester reaches a preset location. The harvester terminal and the logistics vehicle terminal are communicatively connected. When the storage location of the storage bin of the harvester reaches the preset location, the control module sends a transport instruction to the logistics vehicle terminal to control the logistics vehicle to transport grain, thereby achieving intelligent coordination between the harvester and the logistics vehicle.
US12290018B2
A method for placement of seeds one by one onto a growth medium, whereby initially seeds are extracted and singled-out from a disorderly group of seeds is disclosed. The method comprises: placement of the disorderly group of seeds onto a seed wheel which has a wheel plane, wherein the wheel plane is angled with respect to a horizontal plane such that single seeds are allowed to enter openings in the seed wheel which openings are distanced from a rotation axis of the seed wheel, whereby the seed wheel is rotated around the rotation axis which axis is perpendicular to the wheel plane thereby elevating a single seed in each opening out of the group of seeds and allowing singled-out seeds in each opening to leave the opening at a predetermined rotational position of the seed wheel and fall or trickle down a tube or chute onto a growth medium.
US12290015B2
A work assistance system is a system used together with a work machine, wherein an estimation unit and an output unit are provided. The work machine has an engine as the power source thereof, and travels in a field. On the basis of at least the magnitude of the load of the engine, the estimation unit estimates whether there is an occurrence of a target event that accompanies fluctuations in the load. The output unit outputs output data corresponding to the estimation results from the estimation unit.
US12295270B2
The present disclosure relates to a resistive random access memory (RRAM) device. In some embodiments, the RRAM device includes a first electrode disposed over a substrate and a second electrode over the first electrode. A doped data storage structure is disposed between the first electrode and the second electrode. The doped data storage structure has a dopant with a doping concentration profile that is asymmetric over a height of the doped data storage structure and that has a maximum dopant concentration at non-zero distances from a top surface and a bottom surface of the doped data storage structure.
US12295264B2
A thermoelectric module includes a stack structure of a plurality of insulating layers, a plurality of thermoelectric elements formed with the insulating layer interposed therebetween and including a first-type semiconductor device, a second-type semiconductor device, a first electrode connected to the first-type semiconductor device, a second electrode connected to the second-type semiconductor device, and a connection electrode connecting the first-type and second-type semiconductor devices, and a conductive via penetrating through the insulating layer to connect thermoelectric elements adjacent to each other, among the plurality of thermoelectric elements.
US12295261B2
An organic light-emitting device including: a first electrode; a second electrode facing the first electrode; and an organic layer between the first electrode and the second electrode, wherein the organic layer includes an emission layer and a buffer layer between the emission layer and the second electrode, the buffer layer directly contacts the emission layer and includes a first compound and a quinolinolato-based metal complex, and the first compound is a compound including at least one electron transporting moiety.
US12295260B2
A quinoxaline derivative that is a novel organic compound is provided. A quinoxaline derivative represented by General Formula (G1) has a structure in which a quinoxaline skeleton is bonded to the 9-position of an anthracene skeleton, the 10-position of the anthracene skeleton is bonded to a heteroaromatic ring, and the 3-position of the heteroaromatic ring is nitrogen. In General Formula (G1) shown above, a and b each independently represent a substituted or unsubstituted arylene group having 6 to 13 carbon atoms in a ring. In addition, m and n are each independently 0, 1, or 2.
US12295259B2
A novel compound having excellent heat resistance, electron transport ability and luminescence is disclosed. An organic EL device which includes the novel compound in one or more organic layers, has improved characteristics, such as luminous efficiency, driving voltage, and lifespan.
US12295256B2
A light-emitting element having a long lifetime is provided. A light-emitting element exhibiting high emission efficiency in a high luminance region is provided. A light-emitting element includes a light-emitting layer between a pair of electrodes. The light-emitting layer contains a first organic compound, a second organic compound, and a phosphorescent compound. The first organic compound is represented by a general formula (G0). The molecular weight of the first organic compound is greater than or equal to 500 and less than or equal to 2000. The second organic compound is a compound having an electron-transport property. In the general formula (G0), Ar1 and Ar2 each independently represent a fluorenyl group, a spirofluorenyl group, or a biphenyl group, and Ar3 represents a substituent including a carbazole skeleton.
US12295248B2
A display assembly includes a cover plate, a film assembly, a flexible display panel and a circuit board. The flexible display panel includes a panel body and a bending portion connected to a side of the panel body. The cover plate, the film assembly and the panel body are sequentially stacked. The circuit board is disposed on a side of the panel body away from the film assembly, and the bending portion is electrically connected to the circuit board. The display assembly further includes a first bonding portion, the first bonding portion is disposed at a first side edge of the film assembly to bond at least one of the cover plate and the film assembly to the bending portion, and the first side edge of the film assembly is an edge of the film assembly proximate to the bending portion.
US12295247B2
The disclosure provides a display panel and a display device. The display panel includes a first substrate and a second substrate, the second substrate has an organic electroluminescent device, an anode layer of the organic electroluminescent device is away from the first substrate and a cathode layer thereof is closer to the first substrate than the anode layer; the cathode layer is electrically connected to an auxiliary electrode on a light entering surface of the first substrate through multiple conductive spacers, the cathode layer is a transparent electrode layer; the auxiliary electrode has a resistance smaller than that of the cathode layer of the organic electroluminescent device; the auxiliary electrode is a grid-shaped auxiliary electrode and in a non-display region, the auxiliary electrode is opaque; the multiple conductive spacers includes first conductive spacers on the auxiliary electrode and second conductive spacers on the cathode layer of the second substrate.
US12295217B2
A display device including: a substrate including a display area and a non-display area; a light-emitting element disposed in the display area; an encapsulation layer covering the light-emitting element; a driving unit disposed in the non-display area; a dam surrounding the display area and overlapping the driving unit, and a shielding layer overlapping the driving unit.
US12295215B2
Embodiments described herein relate to sub-pixel circuits and methods of forming sub-pixel circuits that may be utilized in a display such as an organic light-emitting diode (OLED) display. The device includes a plurality of sub-pixels, each sub-pixel of the plurality of sub-pixels defined by adjacent pixel-defining layer (PDL) structures with inorganic overhang structures disposed on the PDL structures, each sub-pixel having an anode, organic light-emitting diode (OLED) material disposed on the anode, and a cathode disposed on the OLED material. The device is made by a process including the steps of: depositing the OLED material and the cathode by evaporation deposition, and depositing an encapsulation layer disposed over the cathode.
US12295213B2
An OLED display device and a manufacturing method thereof are provided. The OLED display device includes a base substrate, a plurality of OLED devices, and a plurality of spacers. A plurality of OLED devices are disposed on the base substrate. At least part of the OLED devices are provided with an inorganic layer on a side away from the base substrate. At least part of the spacers are distributed at the gaps between the OLED devices. The OLED display device can prevent a problem of degradation of display quality due to external impact.
US12295198B2
The embodiments of the disclosure provide an organic electroluminescent device, including an anode, a cathode, an emitting layer arranged between the anode and the cathode, and an assistant luminescent layer located on one side, facing the anode, of the emitting layer. The assistant luminescent layer includes a first host material and a first fluorescent guest material. The emitting layer includes a second host material, a TADF material, and a second fluorescent guest material. The first host material and the first fluorescent guest material satisfy: S1(B)−T1(B)>0.2 eV; S1(B)>S1(C); T1(B)>T1(C); ∥HOMO(B)−LUMO(C)|−S1(C)|≤0.2 eV. The lowest singlet state energy of the first host material is S1(B), and the lowest triplet state energy is T1(B). The lowest singlet state energy of the first fluorescent guest material is S1(C), and the lowest triplet state energy is T1(C).
US12295194B2
A display device includes a backplane line disposed on a substrate, a protective layer overlapping the backplane line, a first electrode disposed on the protective layer, a light emitting element electrically connected to the first electrode, and a reflective pattern including a reflective material and disposed between the substrate and the first electrode, the reflective pattern overlaps the backplane line in a plan view.
US12295184B2
A direct current (DC) power combiner operable to interconnect multiple interconnected photovoltaic strings is disclosed. The DC power combiner may include a device adapted for disconnecting at least one photovoltaic string from the multiple interconnected photovoltaic strings, each photovoltaic string connectible by a first and second DC power line. The device may include a differential current sensor adapted to measure differential current by comparing respective currents in the first and second DC power lines. A first switch is connected in series with the first DC power line. A control module is operatively attached to the differential current sensor and the first switch. The control module may be operable to open the first switch when the differential current sensor measures the differential current to be greater than a maximum allowed current differential, thereby disconnecting the photovoltaic string from the interconnected photovoltaic strings.
US12295182B2
A solar cell comprising a semiconductor substrate, first semiconductor layers, second semiconductor layers, a band-like first base electrode stacked on the first semiconductor layer, a band-like second base electrode stacked on the second semiconductor layer, a first electrode insulation stacked on the first base electrodes, a second electrode insulation stacked on the second base electrodes, an intermediate insulation stacked on a region of the first semiconductor layer in which the first base electrode is not stacked, and a region of the second semiconductor layer in which the second base electrode is not stacked, a first current collector stacked to span the second electrode insulation and the intermediate insulation, and a second current collector stacked to span the first electrode insulation and the intermediate insulation.
US12295180B2
A semiconductor photomultiplier module (20; 30; 40) comprises a first semiconductor chip (21; 31; 41) disposed in a first plane and comprising an array (21.1) of single-photon avalanche diodes (SPAD), a second semiconductor chip (22; 32; 42) disposed in a second plane and comprising a first part of an electronic read-out circuit, and a third semiconductor chip (26; 36; 46) comprising a second part of the electronic read-out circuit, wherein the first semiconductor chip (21; 31; 41) and the second semiconductor chip (22; 32; 42) are arranged in a stacked relationship and vertical electrical interconnects (23) are arranged to electrically interconnect the first semiconductor chip (21; 31; 41) with the second semiconductor chip (22; 32; 42).
US12295175B2
A method for producing a back-contacting solar-cell module and a back-contacting solar-cell module. The method includes: providing a first stacked member, wherein the first stacked member includes a first sheet member; a surface of the first sheet member is provided with a plurality of first electrically conducting sites; the first stacked member further includes electrically conducting protrusions that are formed on the first electrically conducting sites of the first sheet member, gluing and insulating space rings at the peripheries of the first electrically conducting sites; providing a second stacked member, wherein the second stacked member includes a second sheet member; a surface of second sheet member is provided with a plurality of second electrically conducting sites; stacking and laminating first stacked member and second stacked member, the electrically conducting protrusions abut second electrically conducting sites, gluing and insulating space rings glue first sheet member and second sheet member together.
US12295171B2
The invention provides a display device, comprising: a first substrate having a peripheral region and a display region, a plurality of pixel units disposed in the display region; a second metal layer electrically connected to the plurality of pixel units; a first planarization layer including a plurality of bump pad groups and a plurality of opening regions; a third metal layer having a position corresponding to the plurality of opening regions; a second substrate; a light shielding layer, a first color resist layer and a second planarization layer disposed on the second substrate; a second color resist layer; wherein in the display region, the second color resist layer is adjacent to the first color resist layer, and in the peripheral region, the second color resist layer and the first color resist layer are stacked, and a position of the second color resist layer corresponds to the plurality of opening regions.
US12295167B2
Provided are a diode and a manufacturing method therefor. The diode includes: a nitride channel layer; a nitride barrier layer, formed on the nitride channel layer; an oxidation forming layer, wherein a part of the oxidation forming layer is positioned in the nitride barrier layer, and a surface of the oxidation forming layer away from the nitride channel layer is flush with a surface of the nitride barrier layer away from the nitride channel layer; a passivation layer, formed on the nitride barrier layer, wherein the passivation layer includes a first groove penetrating through the passivation layer to expose the oxidation forming layer and a part of the nitride barrier layer; and a first electrode, formed in the first groove, wherein the first electrode is in contact with the nitride barrier layer and the oxidation forming layer.
US12295166B2
A device and a method of making the device comprising, a semiconductor substrate layer and an epitaxial layer formed on the semiconductor substrate. One or more trenches are formed in the epitaxial layer, each trench having a pair of opposing sidewalls, wherein a distance between the opposing sidewalls is greater near a bottom of the trench than near a top of the trench, wherein the bottom of the trench is closer to the semiconductor substrate layer than the top.
US12295164B2
A method for forming a semiconductor structure is provided. The method includes: providing a base; forming a channel structure on the base, where the channel structure includes one or more stacked channel decks, each of the one or more stacked channel decks including a sacrificial layer and a channel layer located on the sacrificial layer, the sacrificial layer including two first sacrificial layers and a second sacrificial layer sandwiched between the two first sacrificial layers, and in an extension direction of the channel structure, the channel structure includes a channel region, where an etching resistance of the second sacrificial layer is less than an etching resistance of the first sacrificial layers; removing the sacrificial layer of the channel region by etching; and after the removing the sacrificial layer of the channel region by etching, forming a gate structure in the channel region, where the gate structure includes a gate dielectric layer surrounding and covering the channel layer and a gate electrode layer located on the gate dielectric layer. During the removing the sacrificial layer by etching, the second sacrificial layer is easy to be removed first to expose surfaces of the first sacrificial layers in a horizontal direction, which increases an area of contact between the first sacrificial layers and an etching medium and thus accelerating etching of the first sacrificial layers.
US12295162B2
An epitaxial structure for a high-electron-mobility transistor includes a substrate, a nucleation layer, a buffer layered unit, a channel layer, and a barrier layer sequentially stacked on one another in such order. The buffer layered unit includes a plurality of p-i-n heterojunction stacks. Each of the p-i-n heterojunction stacks includes p-type, i-type, and n-type layers which are made of materials respectively represented by chemical formulas of AlxGa(1-x)N, AlyGa(1-y)N, and AlzGa(1-z)N. For each of the p-i-n heterojunction stacks, x decreases and z increases along a direction away from the nucleation layer, and y is consistent and ranges from 0 to 0.7.
US12295151B2
Embodiments of the present disclosure provide a semiconductor structure and a manufacturing method thereof. The manufacturing method includes: providing a base; forming a bottom electrode layer on the base, wherein a crystal structure of the bottom electrode layer includes a tetragonal crystal system; forming a first dielectric layer on a surface of the bottom electrode layer by using the bottom electrode layer as a seed layer, wherein a crystal structure of the first dielectric layer includes a tetragonal crystal system; and forming a first current blocking layer on a surface of the first dielectric layer.
US12295149B2
A method according to an embodiment is for forming a capacitor structure on a wafer. A first capacitor is formed on a first side of a wafer, and a second capacitor is formed on a second side of the wafer. The capacitor structure includes the first capacitor and the second capacitor. A trench capacitor is fabricated at both ends of an interposer, which can increase capacitance, and greatly improve the stability of the supplied power.
US12295145B2
In an embodiment, a semiconductor device includes a first dielectric layer over a substrate and a first access transistor and a second access transistor in a memory cell of a memory array, the first access transistor and the second access transistor each including a bottom electrode in the first dielectric layer, a conductive gate in a second dielectric layer, where the second dielectric layer is over the bottom electrode and the first dielectric layer, a channel region extending through the conductive gate to contact the bottom electrode, and a top electrode over the channel region.
US12295132B1
A system including a vacuum cell, an ion pump, and a multi-layer magnetic shield is described. The vacuum cell includes a magnetic field-sensitive section, a pump section, and a channel section providing a vacuum conductance path between the magnetic field-sensitive section and the pump section. The ion pump is in the pump section. The multi-layer magnetic shield surrounds at least a portion of the ion pump. The multi-layer magnetic shield has a first layer and a second layer. The first layer is between the second layer and the ion pump. The first layer has a moderate relative magnetic permeability and a high saturation magnetization. The second layer has a high relative magnetic permeability and a moderate saturation magnetization.
US12295126B2
Methods and systems for managing the operation of data processing systems are disclosed. A data processing system may include a computing device that may provide computer implemented services. To provide the computer implemented services, hardware components of the data processing system may need to operate in predetermined manners. To manage the operation of the hardware components, the data processing system may heat them when their temperatures fall outside of thermal operating ranges. To mitigate some risk associated with heating, the data processing system may proactively calibrate temperature sensors used to guide the heating process.
US12295125B1
An efficient thermal control system for microcircuits based on liquid metal coolant is provided, including a cooling water system, a liquid metal supply system and a cooling system. The liquid metal supply system is used for supplying liquid metal to the cooling system to achieve heat exchange with a chip through the liquid metal, and the cooling water system is used for cooling the liquid metal. The cooling system includes a cooling capacity distribution unit used for distributing the liquid metal; cabinets provided with chip cooling platforms, which are connected to the cooling capacity distribution unit through a pipe, and are provided with the chip; a temperature measuring component used for measuring temperature of the chips; and a control unit, and cooling capacity distribution unit and the temperature measuring component are electrically connected to the control unit.
US12295122B2
A chassis configured to hold a cards of at least two form factors comprising: slots disposed in an inner portion the chassis, wherein the slots are aligned with one another and configured to act as card guides; a mid-height structure disposed adjacent a side wall of the chassis, the mid-height structure comprising a second plurality of slots and a third plurality of slots disposed on top and bottom surfaces of the mid-height structure that are substantially parallel to top and bottom walls of the chassis; and a plurality of cooling channels disposed within the walls of the chassis as well as within the mid-height structure, wherein the second and third plurality of slots are configured to align with at least a subset of the plurality of slots disposed in the top and bottom chassis walls and to act as card guides.
US12295119B2
Multiple systems and devices for providing liquid and air cooling for IT components is disclosed. The system includes a module comprising at least one dry cooler and at least one liquid heat exchange device. The module includes a primary cooling loop with the at least one dry cooler and the at least one liquid heat exchange device. The system also includes a secondary loop that includes the at least one liquid heat exchange device and one or more IT units in a facility. The system includes a path for air cooling the one or more IT units in the facility that includes at least one air intake from outside the facility that supplies air for cooling the one or more IT units.
US12295116B2
An electronic device includes: a body, including opposite outer and inner surfaces, and a through opening passing through the outer and inner surfaces; a fan, disposed on the outer surface and having an air outlet; a heat sink assembly, disposed at the air outlet and corresponding to the through opening; a first thermal tube, having one end assembled on the heat sink assembly and located on the side of the outer surface; a first heat source, disposed corresponding to the other end of the first thermal tube; a thermal plate, disposed in the body and corresponding to the through opening, having one side abutting against the heat sink assembly and the inner surface; a second thermal tube, having one end connected to the other side of the thermal plate; and a second heat source, disposed corresponding to the other end of the second thermal tube.
US12295115B2
A stabilizing fixture to hold and stabilize a server contained within different sizes of server cabinets includes a base, a pressing component and an adjusting component. The pressing component is slidably coupled with the base in a first direction. A first pressing surface is defined on the pressing component for pressing a server. The adjusting component includes a screw and a nut. When the screw is rotated relative to the nut, the nut is driven to move in a second direction, and the nut acts on the pressing component to drive the pressing component in the first direction to press the server. As the pressing component moves along the first direction, the distance between the two pressing component changes to accommodate servers of different sizes.
US12295114B2
The present disclosure includes an expansion card fixing structure and electronic device using the same. The guiding track includes a track base, the track base includes a track slot, the track slot extends in a first direction, and the track slot portions of the track base recessed in a second direction to form the track slot. A limiting element includes a first end and a second end at intervals along a third direction. The first end extends into the track slot along the third direction, the second end forms an avoidance hole through the second direction. A handle includes a first surface and a second surface, the handle is connected to the second surface by a latch. A resilient member is configured for driving the first end into the track slot. An expansion plate includes a guide portion.
US12295112B2
A display apparatus includes a display portion comprising at least a portion that is deformable; and an apron comprising at least a portion that is deformable and a hollow space, the display portion disposed in the hollow space such that the apron surrounds an edge of the display portion, wherein the portion of the apron that is deformable has an unevenness portion in a surface of the apron, the unevenness portion disposed at positions of opposing edges of the display portion. Thus, a load of the apparatus is reduced, and an entire combined structure of the display portion and the apron is bent smoothly.
US12295106B2
A method of manufacturing circuits of a substrate of a display device is provided. The method includes aligning and attaching a mask with multiple slots to a circuit area of the substrate; printing a printing material in the slots of the mask using an inkjet printing technology, so that the printing material is attached to the circuit area; removing the mask from the substrate; and curing the printing material on the circuit area to form a plurality of the circuits.
US12295105B2
The simulation device includes a simulation section and an output section. The simulation section is configured to simulate an operating status of a board work machine configured to perform predetermined board work on a board and produce a board product, and an operating status of an article moving device configured to supply an article needed for production of the board product to the board work machine based on a production plan of the board product. The output section is configured to output time series information indicating a temporal change of the operating status of the board work machine and a temporal change of the operating status of the article moving device, which are results of simulation by the simulation section.
US12295099B2
A wiring board includes a first interconnect layer, a first insulating layer covering the first interconnect layer, a second interconnect layer including an interconnect pattern formed on an upper surface of the first insulating layer, and a via interconnect penetrating the first insulating layer and electrically connecting the interconnect pattern and the first interconnect layer, and a second insulating layer laminated on the first insulating layer. The second insulating layer includes a first insulating film laminated on the upper surface of the first insulating layer, and a second insulating film laminated on an upper surface of the first insulating film. The interconnect pattern has a recess in an upper surface thereof located at a position on the via interconnect. The first insulating film covers upper and side surfaces of the interconnect pattern, and fills the recess. The upper surface of the first insulating film is flatter than the interconnect pattern.
US12295098B2
A multilayer board includes laminates. Each of the laminates includes a liquid crystal polymer substrate and a metal layer. Each of the liquid crystal polymer substrates has a melting point. The number of the liquid crystal polymer substrates is an even number, they include first and second middle substrates that are located in the most middle position and respectively have first and second melting points that are substantially same. The first or second melting point is lowest among the melting points. The melting points increase in a direction away from the first and second middle substrates.
US12295094B1
A printed circuit board (PCB) is provided herein, including signal and ground pads on a surface of the PCB. The signal pads are grouped into differential signal pad pairs, where each differential signal pad pair has a midpoint located halfway between the centers of the signal pads of the differential signal pad pair. A first differential signal pad pair is positioned on a first line, which intersects with both centers of the signal pads of the first differential signal pad pair. A second differential signal pad pair is positioned on a second line, which intersects with the centers of the signal pads of the second differential signal pad pair, parallel to the first line. Additionally, at least one ground pad is positioned along a line drawn from a midpoint of the first differential signal pad pair and a midpoint of the second differential signal pad pair.
US12295090B2
A system for generating a plasma discharge in liquid utilizes first and second electrodes spaced apart in an interior space of a vessel holding the liquid. A channel can be defined in certain embodiments at least partially by at least one of the first and second electrodes, and an inlet in fluid communication with the interior space is configured to generate a vortical fluid flow in the vessel. A method for generating a plasma discharge in liquid is also provided. A high voltage electrode for generating a plasma discharge in liquid that includes a central solid cylindrical rod is also provided.
US12295083B2
A method of controlling a first lighting unit of a group of lighting units is disclosed. The method comprised receiving a first signal communicated between a portable device and the first lighting unit, determining a first signal strength of the received first signal, setting, if the first signal strength exceeds a threshold, the portable device to a first control mode wherein only the first lighting unit of the group of lighting units is controlled by the portable device, and setting, if the first signal strength does not exceed the threshold, the portable device to a second control mode wherein the lighting units of the group are controlled by the portable device.
US12295081B2
Systems, apparatuses, and methods are described for intelligent control of video display backlighting that provides environmental lighting illumination of an area behind a video display device, such as on a wall behind a video display. The environmental lighting illumination may be based on recognizing images (e.g., objects, patterns, faces, colors, etc.) in video content being displayed via the video display device, recognizing audio (e.g., words, sounds, voices, etc.) in audio content being output in association with video content being displayed via the video display device, and/or recognizing other triggers such as commands associated with video content.
US12295074B2
A method includes a client device receiving a verification request comprising an interaction identifier. The client device can then query a full node for a random sampling of block headers from the full node. The client device can receive the random sampling of block headers from the full node, and verify the random sampling of block headers. The client device can then determine that the blockchain maintained by the full node is valid after verifying the random sampling of block headers.
US12295069B2
Methods, media, and systems are provided for continuity of a telecommunications network service in an IP Multimedia Subsystem (IMS) layer providing telecommunications network services to devices located on an island. The IMS layer may comprise a Call Session Control Function (CSCF) or an application server. A diameter routing agent (DRA) or other diameter traffic controller associated with the CSCF transmits a request to a Home Subscriber Server (HSS) (e.g., that is located on a mainland). The CSCF, application server, or both have a skip HSS flag comprising instructions for connectivity loss with the HSS. Based on determining a loss of connectivity with the HSS, a Serving CSCF associated with the island is automatically selected or the Serving CSCF automatically transmits a response indicating the request was successful registering a user device, such that the user device continues working remotely on the island.
US12295062B2
An electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes a plurality of antennas, a radio frequency (RF) circuit configured to electrically connect with the plurality of antennas, and a processor. The plurality of antennas include a first main antenna, a first sub-antenna, a second main antenna, and a second sub-antenna. The processor controls the RF circuit to operate in a first mode of receiving a signal using the first main antenna and the first sub-antenna. The processor controls the RF circuit to operate in a second mode different from the first mode to receive the signal based on a signal state.
US12295059B2
A method (1200) performed by a wireless device (110) includes receiving (1202), from a network node (160), a Minimization of Drive Test, MDT, configuration for a master cell group, MCG, and a secondary cell group, SCG. While the wireless device is in an idle state or an inactive state and operating according to a first Radio Access Technology, RAT, the wireless device logs (1204) MDT measurements for the MCG and the SCG based on the MDT configuration. After transitioning from the idle or inactive state to a connected state and after handover from a source cell associated with the first RAT to a target cell associated with a second RAT, the wireless device transmits (1206) at least one MDT report to a target network node associated with the target cell.
US12295057B2
Systems, methods, and devices are described to facilitate soft signaling between a user equipment (UE) and a network element. A UE and a network element can exchange HTTP or Websocket messages to identify and request network resources needed for the UE to access and use application services. The network element can use requested network resources to cause the configuration of a connection between the UE and a radio access network.
US12295053B2
Disclosed are techniques for wireless communication. In an aspect, an access point (AP) communicates with at least one wireless station (STA) and supporting a plurality of communication devices and communication modes on a communication medium, establishes a single-link communication mode with the at least one wireless STA and at least one communication device of the plurality of communication devices over a single-link, establishes a multi-link communication mode with the at least one wireless STA and the at least one communication device over a multi-link, and dynamically transitions between the single-link communication mode and the multi-link communication mode based upon a determination related to a best mode of delivery for a next period.
US12295045B2
A method and apparatus for transmitting or receiving a signal in a wireless communication system according to an embodiment of the present invention may comprise: transmitting message A including a physical random access channel (PRACH) and a physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH); and receiving message B on the basis of message A, wherein random access channel occasions (ROs) for transmission of the PRACH are located in a first slot, PUSCH occasions (POs) for transmission of the PUSCH are located in a second slot, and the first slot and the second slot are time-division multiplexed (TDMed) with each other.
US12295043B2
This disclosure provides systems, methods and apparatus for wireless communications that support fallback from a 2-step to a 4-step random access procedures. A user equipment (UE) may establish a connection with a base station using a random access procedure. The random access procedure may be a 2-step random access procedure and reduce a number of handover exchange messages. The 2-step random access procedure may include the UE transmitting, to the base station, a first random access message including a preamble and a payload. In some implementations, the base station may receive the preamble but fail to receive or decode the payload. The random access procedure may utilize the received preamble information instead of performing retransmission of the first random access message. The base station may transmit a second random access message to the UE indicating, explicitly or implicitly, a fallback to a 4-step random access procedure for connection establishment.
US12295040B2
A terminal includes a receiving unit that receives, from a base station, a parameter for a random access procedure; a control unit that determines a time domain location of the PUSCH slot based on a time domain location of a Physical Random Access Channel (RACH) slot, subcarrier spacing of the RACH slot, subcarrier spacing of a Physical Uplink Shared Channel (PUSCH) slot, and the parameter; and a transmitting unit that transmits, at the determined time domain location, the PUSCH to the base station.
US12295038B2
Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described. A base station determines configuration information for a random access procedure, where the configuration information includes a repetition pattern associated with a first message of the random access procedure. A user equipment (UE) receives, from the base station, a configuration message that indicates the configuration information for the random access procedure. The UE determines a repetition pattern associated with a first message of the random access procedure based on the configuration information. The base station receives, from the UE, multiple instances of the first message based on the repetition pattern.
US12295037B2
Methods and apparatus for beam refinement are disclosed. A wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU) may be configured to receive configuration information. The configuration information may indicate an association between preambles, synchronization signal blocks (SSBs), reference signal (RS) sets, and physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH) resources. The WTRU may be configured to receive a plurality of SSBs, determine a measurement of the received SSBs, and select an SSB based on the determined measurement. The WTRU may be configured to select and transmit a preamble using a first beam. The WTRU may be configured to receive a plurality of sets of RSs based on the transmitted preamble and determine a measurement of the received sets of RSs. The WTRU may be configured to select a RS based on the determined measurement of the received sets of RSs. The WTRU may be configured to transmit uplink data on a PUSCH using a second beam.
US12295035B2
Wireless communications systems and methods related to use of cyclic prefix (CP) extensions for channel occupancy time (COT) sharing among sidelink user equipment devices (UEs) are provided. A first UE detects a first sidelink transmission in a COT, the COT for sharing with multiple sidelink UEs including the first sidelink UE. The first UE may determine a CP extension length for transmitting a second sidelink transmission after the first sidelink transmission, where a gap duration between the first sidelink transmission and the second sidelink transmission satisfies a listen-before-talk (LBT) gap time threshold. The first UE may apply a CP extension having the CP extension length to the second sidelink transmission and transmit, to a second sidelink UE, the second sidelink transmission with the CP extension.
US12295016B2
A terminal according to one aspect of the present disclosure includes a receiving section that receives downlink control information (DCI) for scheduling a downlink shared channel of a multicast; and a control section that controls transmission of Hybrid Automatic Repeat reQuest ACKnowledgement (HARQ-ACK) with respect to the downlink shared channel based on the DCI, wherein the DCI is common to a plurality of terminals. According to one aspect of the present disclosure, a PDSCH using the multicast can be appropriately received.
US12295000B2
The invention relates to a control channel signal for use in a mobile communication system providing at least two different scheduling modes. Further the invention relates to a scheduling unit for generating the control channel signal and a base station comprising the scheduling unit. The invention also relates to the operation of a mobile station and a base station for implementing a scheduling mode using the control channel signal. In order to facilitate the use of different scheduling schemes for user data transmission while avoiding an additional flag for indicating the scheduling mode in the control signaling, the invention proposes the use of code points in existing control channel signal fields. Further, the invention proposes a specific scheduling mode for use in combination with the proposed control channel signal. According to this scheduling mode control channel information is only provided for retransmissions, while initial transmissions are decoded using blind detection.
US12294996B2
Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described that support various configurations that enable repetitions of physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH) transmission according to a semi-persistent scheduling (SPS) configuration. A user equipment (UE) may receive downlink control information (DCI) associated with a PDSCH configuration and an SPS configuration. The UE may determine a number of PDSCH repetitions for a PDSCH transmission (e.g., an SPS PDSCH transmission) based on a rule associated with a priority between time domain resource allocation (TDRA) entries and configured repetition factors in an SPS configuration or a PDSCH configuration. The repetition number may be included in the TDRA entry, and the UE may receive a number of PDSCH repetitions based on a value of the PDSCH repetition number, or one instance of PDSCH may be received in each SPS period.
US12294988B2
A method and apparatus of a user equipment (UE) in a wireless communication system are provided. A method of operating a UE includes receiving a set of configurations; determining, based on the set of configurations, a number NperiodS-SSB of sidelink synchronization signals and physical sidelink broadcast channel (S-SS/PSBCH) blocks to transmit in a period; and determining, based on the set of configurations, a transmission window for transmitting the S-SS/PSBCH blocks in the period. The method further includes determining a set of candidate slots for transmitting the S-SS/PSBCH blocks in the transmission window; performing channel access procedures before the set of candidate slots for transmitting the S-SS/PSBCH blocks in the transmission window; and transmitting, to another UE, the S-SS/PSBCH blocks over a sidelink channel with shared channel access, upon successfully performing the channel access procedures.
US12294980B2
Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described. A user equipment (UE) may receive control signaling indicating a set of sidelink shared resources of a sidelink shared resource pool, a threshold quantity of mini-slot reservations for the set of sidelink shared resources, and an indication of a sidelink transmission mode of operation, where each slot of one or more slots of the set of sidelink shared resources may include multiple mini-slots. The UE may transmit to one or more sidelink UEs, sidelink control information that may include a reservation of a set of mini-slots of a first slot of the multiple slots, where the quantity of the set of mini-slots satisfies the threshold quantity of mini-slot reservations. The UE may transmit sidelink signaling to the one or more sidelink UEs, via the set of mini-slots according to the sidelink transmission mode of operation associated with the set of mini-slots.
US12294976B2
The present disclosure provides a method and a device for paging. A network device sends paging indication information including identification information to a plurality of terminal devices corresponding to a same beam. A first terminal device of the plurality of terminal devices determines whether it is paged by the network device according to the identification information. In response to the first terminal device being paged by the network device, the first terminal device sends a paging response message to the network device.
US12294975B2
A method of an User Equipment (UE) is provided. The method may include receiving a paging request from a second network when the UE is active on a first network; determining if the received paging request includes information indicating the UE to service the received paging request; and servicing received the paging request based on the information included in the paging request.
US12294974B2
Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, a user equipment (UE) may receive, from a base station (BS), a paging communication while the UE is in an inactive mode or an idle mode. The UE may transmit, to the BS and based at least in part on receiving the paging communication, a first communication as part of a random access channel (RACH) procedure. The UE may receive, from the BS and based at least in part on transmitting the first communication, a second communication that includes mobile-terminated downlink data, an indication of an uplink resource, and a radio resource control (RRC) release message. The RRC release message may cause the UE to remain in the inactive mode or the idle mode while receiving the mobile-terminated downlink data. The UE may transmit mobile-originated uplink data using the uplink resource. Numerous other aspects are provided.
US12294970B2
Systems and methods for diagnosing sensor performance of a UWB sensor localization are provided. The system comprises a UWB tag, at least four UWB anchors, and a gateway. The gateway comprises an ECU arranged to receive sensor signals from the UWB anchors. The ECU comprises a preprocessing module arranged to align the sensor signals defining aligned data and is arranged to determine intersections of the aligned data defining points of intersections. The system further comprises a clustering module arranged to cluster the points of intersections defining at least one cluster of points of the UWB anchors to calculate a clustering quality and a clustering variance of each of the at least one cluster. The ECU is arranged to find a clustering contribution of each anchor defining a first contribution low of one of the anchors and is arranged to determine an erratic anchor based the first contribution low.
US12294969B2
Embodiments of the present disclosure relate to beam selection during downlink positioning. According to embodiments of the present disclosure, the terminal devices are grouped based on their characteristics and the anchor terminal device in the group determines the best transmitting beam of the neighbor network device. The non-anchor terminal device uses the assistance information of the best transmitting beam determined by the anchor terminal device. In this way, cost for the terminal device to receive and measure the PRS during downlink positioning has been reduced.
US12294968B2
Described herein is a system and method in a user equipment (UE) supporting registration using third generation partnership project (3GPP) access and using non-3GPP access, the method comprising storing, in a memory of the UE, first emergency information received using first registration procedures; receiving, by the UE, a REGISTRATION ACCEPT message using second registration procedures via non-3GPP access; and keeping, in the memory, the first emergency information after receiving the REGISTRATION ACCEPT message.
US12294965B2
Methods, systems, and devices for timing configuration in mobile communication technology are described. An example method of wireless communication includes receiving, by a wireless device from a network node, a message comprising a medium access control (MAC) layer timing control, and selectively starting, based on a rule and subsequent to the receiving, a time alignment timer, wherein the rule specifies the time alignment timer is not started when the MAC layer is performing a resource configuration transmission and the time alignment timer is started when the MAC layer is not performing the resource configuration transmission.
US12294953B2
A portable monitoring device, including a housing, a physiological parameter acquiring circuit, a signal transmitting circuit, and a signal receiving circuit, is provided. The physiological parameter acquiring circuit is configured to acquire physiological sign parameters of a monitoring object; the signal transmitting circuit is configured to determine a transmitting frequency of a communication signal according to the current communication state, and transmit the physiological sign parameters to a wireless access point by means of the communication signal of the transmitting frequency; the signal receiving circuit is configured to receive the communication signal transmitted by the wireless access point, and perform filter processing on the communication signal of the current communication channel to suppress interference signals from other communication signals.
US12294951B2
A method for control of data transmission in a wireless communication system includes receiving, by an application, from a modem, information indicative of a radio coverage condition, where a user equipment (UE) includes the application and the modem; based on the received information, determining that the UE is in an enhanced coverage state; and in response to the determining, controlling uplink data transmission by the modem to reduce power consumption of the UE.
US12294945B2
The present disclosure discloses a method for detecting indication information, including: determining a carrier/narrowband position and a time-domain position where indication information is located; in which the indication information is configured to indicate whether a user equipment (UE) monitors a paging message or a downlink control channel that indicates the paging message, on associated one or more paging occasions (POs); and detecting the indication information on the determined carrier/narrowband position and the time-domain position, and determining, according to the indication information, whether to monitor the paging message or the downlink control channel on the one or more POs.
US12294943B2
The techniques described herein include provide solutions to optimizing the battery power of a user equipment (UE) though energy optimal radio link adaption. A UE may determine an energy optimal modulation and coding scheme (MCS). An energy optimal MCS may include an MCS that enables reception of a data payload at a lowest total energy consumed by a receiver. In some implementations, the MCS may be based on several factors, including time and/or data rate constraints and changes in transfer rates relative to changes in energy consumption. The UE may communicate the energy optimal MCS to a base station, and the base station may send a data payload to the UE using an energy optimal data transfer rate that is based on the energy optimal MCS.
US12294941B2
A method for synchronized selection of user equipments (UEs) for both downlink (DL) Multi-User Multiple Input Multiple Output (MU-MIMO) operation and uplink (UL) MU-MIMO operation includes: applying a common set of selection criteria for selecting a common pool of UE candidates for both DL and UL MU-MIMO operations, wherein the common set of selection criteria are applied in Stage-1 selection process to select Stage-1 candidates for a UE candidates list; and if the Stage-1 selection process applying the common set of selection criteria is not able to find UE candidates to fill available slots in the UE candidates list, initiating Stage-2 selection process involving 1) applying a first set of Stage-2 selection criteria to select DL-only traffic UEs as Stage-2 candidates for the UE candidates list, and 2) applying a second set of Stage-2 selection criteria to select UL-only traffic UEs as Stage-2 candidates for the UE candidates list.
US12294940B2
A method may include transmitting multiple antenna beams to an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) and determining a location of the UAV. The method may also include identifying a network slice to service the UAV, assigning the identified network slice to the UAV and performing antenna beam management for the UAV while the UAV is in flight.
US12294937B2
The present disclosure is related to a method and apparatus for wireless communication. A method performed by a user equipment, comprising: determining a first control resource set based on configuration information associated with a second control resource set; and determining a first search space based on configuration information associated with a second search space, wherein the first control resource set is associated with the first search space and the second control resource set is associated with the second search space.
US12294930B2
Optimal determination of wireless network pathway configurations may be provided. A computing device may detect, at a first network Access Point (AP), inference on a channel with a second AP. Then, the computing device can check availability of a redundant radio at the second AP. Based on the availability, the computing device can establish a new radio link with the redundant radio at the second AP and reroute data traffic over the new radio link to the second AP. After establishing the new radio link, the computing device can then sever the channel with the second AP.
US12294928B2
A method for handling of IP multimedia subsystem calls and configuration of a user equipment using a home mobile communication network includes: in a first step, an IP multimedia subsystem call parameter information or an IP multimedia subsystem emergency call parameter information is transmitted by the visited mobile communication network to the user equipment in case that the user equipment is connected to the visited mobile communication network, or an IP multimedia subsystem emergency call parameter information is transmitted by the home mobile communication network to the user equipment in case that the user equipment is connected to the home mobile communication network; and in a second step, the user equipment-upon attempting an IP multimedia subsystem emergency call or an IP multimedia subsystem call—applies or acts according to the content of the IP multimedia subsystem call parameter information and/or of the IP multimedia subsystem emergency call parameter information.
US12294927B2
A first wireless communication device (UE device) associated with a certain user (or included in a specified set/group of UE devices) may establish a first communication link with an accessory device according to a short-range radio access technology, and transmit link (pairing) information associated with the first communication link to a server, such as a cloud-based server. The server may share this (first) link information with other UE devices associated with the same user (or belonging to the same specified group of UE devices as the first UE device). Link information associated with the other UE devices (i.e. second link information) may equally be shared with the accessory device, and the other UE devices and accessory device may use the first link information and second link information in establishing respective communication links between any of the other UE devices and the accessory device without having to undergo a pairing procedure.
US12294921B2
A system for modifying process data of a car wash based on captured evaluations of vehicle washes performed on the car wash, comprising: a set of mobile terminals, each adapted to perform an algorithmic evaluation process; and a control module, implemented on the car wash, for controlling and/or regulating the car wash based on the detected feedback signals encoding evaluations of vehicle washes performed on the car wash, and in data communication with the mobile terminals via the control interface.
US12294916B2
A communication method and a communications apparatus are disclosed. The method is performed by a control plane function entity and includes: obtaining a correspondence between address information of a user plane function entity and a user plane capability supported by the user plane function entity; receiving a request message from an application server, where the request message is used to request to establish a session for a first service and includes service information of the first service, and the service information includes at least one of broadcast area information and service type information; determining address information of a target user plane function entity based on the correspondence and the service information; and establishing a session connection to the target user plane function entity based on the address information.
US12294912B2
Improved systems and methods for enhancing the performance of network based computerized content rendering and hosting and providing of devices, systems and/or platforms by modifying the capabilities and providing non-native functionality to such devices, systems and/or platforms through a novel and improved application, networked based enforcement of geographical compliance, data processing and networking framework.
US12294911B2
A communication device is a communication device that transmits detection information including position information based on an LPWA communication system, and includes a position information acquisition unit that acquires the position information based on a positioning signal, a storage unit that stores the detection information, a first communication unit that performs LPWA-compliant wireless communication, a movement detection unit that detects movement of the communication device, and a control unit that controls a communication speed of the wireless communication by the first communication unit, in which the control unit determines whether the communication device is outdoors or indoors based on the positioning signal received by the position information acquisition unit, and when the communication device is determined to be outdoors and the movement detection unit detects movement of the communication device, the control unit changes the communication speed.
US12294906B2
Disclosed is a method and apparatus for storing geofencing information within a SIM card. The geofencing information within the SIM (subscriber identity module) card is updated using an OTA (over the air) Update Server. Such geofencing information for a particular enterprise network is pushed to the SIM within a UE (user equipment) upon detecting that the UE is near, or within, the campus of an enterprise network. In some embodiments, the UE requests an update from the OTA Update Server.
US12294904B2
Embodiments of the present application provide a wireless communication method and a terminal device, in which cell reselection can be performed under a circumstance that the terminal device supports both LTE sidelink communication and NR sidelink communication. The wireless communication method includes: the terminal device determining a carrier priority order of multiple carriers used for cell reselection according to a carrier attribute, where the carrier attribute is for sidelink communication of at least two networks.
US12294902B2
Embodiments include methods for a network node of a 3GPP RAN. Such methods include determining a configuration that enables a UE to steer the UE's traffic between the 3GPP RAN and a WLAN without receiving a traffic steering command from the 3GPP RAN. The configuration includes a forward traffic steering configuration comprising a first plurality of thresholds/conditions for which the UE, when connected to 3GPP RAN, can initiate steering at least some of the UE's traffic from 3GPP RAN to WLAN; and a backward traffic steering configuration comprising a second plurality of thresholds/conditions for which the UE, when connected to WLAN, can initiate steering at least some of the UE's traffic from WLAN to 3GPP RAN. The backward traffic steering configuration includes threshold(s)/condition(s) based on different values of a same parameter as threshold(s)/condition(s) of the forward traffic steering configuration. The configuration is sent to the UE in a single message.
US12294894B2
In general, the current subject matter relates to configuration selection enhancements for layer 1/layer 2 (L1/L2) triggered mobility (LTM). In some implementations, configuration selection enhancements for LTM can include receiving, at a centralized unit control plane (CU-CP) of a base station from a first distributed unit (DU) of the base station, data relevant to prepare a LTM handover (HO) configuration of at least one service for a user equipment (UE), and can include, after receiving the data, requesting, by the CU-CP, a second DU to prepare, considering the data, at least one LTM target cell configuration for the HO of the at least one service for the UE.
US12294867B2
Systems, methods, and apparatuses for providing optimization of network resources. The system is operable to monitor the electromagnetic environment, analyze the electromagnetic environment, and extract environmental awareness of the electromagnetic environment. The system extracts the environmental awareness of the electromagnetic environment by including customer goals. The system is operable to use the environmental awareness with the customer goals and/or user defined policies and rules to extract actionable information to help the customer optimize the network resources.
US12294866B2
System, method, and apparatus for providing dynamic, prioritized spectrum management and utilization
Systems, methods, and apparatuses for providing dynamic, prioritized spectrum utilization management. The system includes at least one monitoring sensor, at least one data analysis engine, at least one application, a semantic engine, a programmable rules and policy editor, a tip and cue server, and/or a control panel. The tip and cue server is operable utilize the environmental awareness from the data processed by the at least one data analysis engine in combination with additional information to create actionable data.
US12294861B2
The described technology is generally directed towards reducing unwanted cellular network activities, such as phantom 911 calls or other unwanted cellular network activities. Machine learning models described herein can be trained, using device level data and network level data, to identify devices that are likely to engage in an unwanted cellular network activity. A trained machine learning model can be deployed to identify devices, and devices identified by the trained machine learning model can be re-configured to prevent them from engaging in the unwanted cellular network activity. Devices likely to engage in the unwanted cellular network activity are thus identified and reconfigured to prevent future unwanted cellular network activity before it occurs.
US12294852B2
Systems and methods of presenting an output audio signal to a listener located at a first location in a virtual environment are disclosed. According to embodiments of a method, an input audio signal is received. For each sound source of a plurality of sound sources in the virtual environment, a respective first intermediate audio signal corresponding to the input audio signal is determined, based on a location of the respective sound source in the virtual environment, and the respective first intermediate audio signal is associated with a first bus. For each of the sound sources of the plurality of sound sources in the virtual environment, a respective second intermediate audio signal is determined. The respective second intermediate audio signal corresponds to a reflection of the input audio signal in a surface of the virtual environment. The respective second intermediate audio signal is determined based on a location of the respective sound source, and further based on an acoustic property of the virtual environment. The respective second intermediate audio signal is associated with a second bus. The output audio signal is presented to the listener via the first bus and the second bus.
US12294849B2
Playback of an audio signal is simulated from a playback position to a listening position. The simulation is performed with respect to a model of a listening area. The resulting loudness of the audio, perceived at the listening position, is rendered to a display. Other aspects are described and claimed.
US12294843B2
An audio apparatus and method employ a first renderer circuit, wherein the first renderer circuit is arranged to render audio elements by generating a first plurality of audio signals for a plurality of loudspeakers; and a second renderer circuit, wherein the second renderer circuit is arranged to render audio elements by generating a second plurality of audio signals for headphones. The audio apparatus and method perform an analysis of the first audio element to determine an audio property of the first audio element, and select between rendering of at least a first part of the first audio element via the plurality of loudspeakers and rendering of at least the first part of the first audio element via the headphones, based on a result of the analysis.
US12294841B2
The audio playing method is provided by embodiments of the present disclosure, applied to on-board audio system (including multiple speaker modules arranged at different positions in a car cabin, the audio playing method includes: obtaining an audio signal to be played; decomposing the audio signal to obtain multiple audio source signals of different categories, where each of the multiple sound source signals includes multiple sub sound source signals of a same category; establishing a route between all sub sound source signals and the multiple speaker modules according to a preset distribution principle indicating rules for playing different sub sound source signals by different speaker modules; and playing each of the multiple sub sound source signals by a corresponding speaker module according to the route. The present disclosure provides more accurate and immersive car multi-channel surround sound playback, which can effectively improve overall acoustic experience of the on-board audio system.
US12294824B2
A case can communicate with one or more earbuds to obtain information related to the earbuds, such as a battery charge level of the earbud. Due to the interface circuits within the case and the earbuds, the case can obtain the information from a power management unit of the earbud without first communicating with a processor (serving as the central processing unit) of the earbud. As a result, the processor can be powered down, i.e., inactive, and the case can still communicate with the earbud. Examples in which the processor can be powered down include when the earbud is in the case and not in use/service by a user, or when the earbud battery charge level is relatively low.
US12294820B1
Techniques for providing route redundancy for services at a service location of a PON include obtaining indications of a service location of the PON and a set of required services for the location; and detecting, based on geospatial locations and interconnections of optical components of the PON, that two or more physical polyline routes (each configured to support the set of required services at the service location) include different elements, e.g., different on-ramp facilities, network serving equipment, physical polyline route segments connecting to a common component of each of the two or more routes, or serving facilities of one or more providers. The detected two or more routes may be configured to be a set of redundant physical polyline routes for providing the required services to the location. One or more services may be caused to be delivered to the location via the configured set of redundant physical polyline routes.
US12294815B2
A control method of an electronic apparatus includes identifying whether an external device is located within a reference radius of the electronic apparatus; based on the external device being located within the reference radius, obtaining distance information between the identified external device and the electronic apparatus; identifying a standby time based on the distance information; and based on the standby time elapsing, performing connection with the external device.
US12294805B2
An imaging device with low power consumption is provided. A pixel includes a first circuit and a second circuit. The first circuit can generate imaging data and retain difference data that is a difference between the imaging data and data obtained in an initial frame. The second circuit includes a circuit that compares the difference data and a voltage range set arbitrarily. The second circuit supplies a reading signal based on the comparison result. With the use of the structure, reading from the pixel is not performed when it is determined that the difference data is within the set voltage range and reading from the pixel can be performed when it is determined that the difference data is outside the voltage range.
US12294804B2
An arithmetic logic unit (ALU) includes a front end latch stage coupled to a Gray code (GC) generator to latch GC outputs, a signal latch stage coupled to latch outputs of the front end latch stage, a GC to binary stage coupled to generate a binary representation of the GC outputs, an adder stage including first inputs coupled to receive outputs of the GC to binary stage, a pre-latch stage coupled to latch outputs of the adder stage, and a feedback latch stage coupled to latch outputs of the pre-latch stage in response to a feedback latch enable signal. The feedback latch enable signal is one of a correlated multiple sampling (CMS) feedback enable signal and a non-CMS feedback enable signal. The ALU is configured to perform CMS calculations in response to the CMS feedback enable signal and perform non-CMS calculations in response to the non-CMS feedback enable signal.
US12294802B2
Low power event driven pixels and reset control circuits for the same are disclosed herein. In one embodiment, an event driven pixel comprises a photosensor; a photocurrent-to-voltage converter coupled to the photosensor; and a difference circuit coupled to the photocurrent-to-voltage converter. The difference circuit includes a source follower transistor and is configured to generate a signal at a gate of the source follower transistor that is based on a voltage output from the photocurrent-to-voltage converter. The difference circuit is further configured to output a difference signal in response to assertion of a row select signal. The event driven pixel can further include a reset control circuit coupled to the difference circuit and configured to initialize the difference circuit, and to reset the difference circuit when the difference signal output from the event driven pixel indicates a change in the voltage greater than a threshold amount.
US12294798B2
A photoelectric conversion device includes a pixel array and a reading unit including a plurality of reading circuits each configured to read a signal from the pixel array. Each reading circuit includes a sample-and-hold unit including a first sample-and-hold circuit configured to hold a reset level output from the pixel array and a second sample-and-hold circuit configured to hold a photo signal level output from the pixel array. The plurality of reading circuits include first reading circuits forming a first group and second reading circuits forming a second group. At least some of the plurality of first reading circuits are controlled by a first control signal given via a first control line, and at least some of the plurality of second reading circuits are controlled by a second control signal given via a second control line.
US12294797B2
An image sensor is presented which includes a pixel array including a plurality of image sensing pixels in a substrate, a phase detection shared pixel in the substrate, the phase detection shared pixel including two phase detection subpixels arranged next to each other, a color filter fence disposed on the plurality of image sensing pixels, and the phase detection shared pixel, the color filter fence defining a plurality of color filter spaces, a plurality of color filter layers respectively disposed in the plurality of color filter spaces on the plurality of image sensing pixels, and the phase detection shared pixel, a first micro-lens disposed on each of the plurality of image sensing pixels to have a first height, and a second micro-lens disposed to vertically overlap the two phase detection subpixels of the phase detection shared pixel and to have a second height greater than the first height.
US12294795B2
An image sensor includes: a plurality of microlenses arranged in a two-dimensional pattern; and a plurality of pixels that are provided in correspondence to each of the microlenses and receive lights of different color components, respectively. Pixels that are provided at adjacent microlenses among the microlenses and that receive lights of same color components, are adjacently arranged.
US12294793B2
A solid-state imaging device, a method for driving a solid-state imaging device and an electronic apparatus are capable of reducing kTC noise of a LCG signal, preventing a drop in SNR at the conjunction point between a HCG signal and the LCG signal, and eventually achieving improved image quality. At a start of a reset period, first and second reset transistors are switched into a conduction state. During a predetermined first period after the reset period starts, the first reset line is kept connected to a reset potential. After the first period elapses, the second reset transistor is switched into a non-conduction state to switch the first reset line into a floating state, so that the first reset line has high impedance. After a second period elapses and when the reset period ends, the first reset transistor is switched into the non-conduction state.
US12294786B2
A method for decoding a 360-degree image includes: receiving a bitstream obtained by encoding a 360-degree image; generating a prediction image by making reference to syntax information obtained from the received bitstream; combining the generated prediction image with a residual image obtained by dequantizing and inverse-transforming the bitstream, so as to obtain a decoded image; and reconstructing the decoded image into a 360-degree image according to a projection format. Here, generating the prediction image includes: checking, from the syntax information, prediction mode accuracy for a current block to be decoded; determining whether the checked prediction mode accuracy corresponds to most probable mode (MPM) information obtained from the syntax information; and when the checked prediction mode accuracy does not correspond to the MPM information, reconfiguring the MPM information according to the prediction mode accuracy for the current block.
US12294779B2
An imaging device that includes a housing mounted on the head of a subject, a first camera that is held by the housing and captures an image of one eyeball of the subject, a second camera that is held by the housing and captures an image of the other eyeball of the subject, controller circuitry that synchronizes together the first image captured by the first camera and the second image captured by the second camera, and communication circuitry that externally transmits the synchronized first and second images.
US12294772B2
Disclosed herein are systems and methods for generating a synopsis video. A system may receive an input video of a first duration and a request to generate a synopsis video of a second duration based on the input video. The system generates a timed text transcription of the input video and divides the timed text transcription into a plurality of sentences. The system then ranks each of the plurality of sentences based on a similarity matrix and selects a subset of the plurality of sentences that includes highest ranked sentences of the plurality of sentences, with the subset having a summed time duration that is less than or equal to the second duration. The system extracts and combines respective clips from the input video that correspond to the selected subset of sentences to generate the synopsis video.
US12294768B2
A system and method including a device controller connectable to a network and a hardware device adapted to output an AV (audio and/or video) content item, configured to privately filter AV ads from a collection of public AV ads, wherein presenting a public AV item combined with a private AV ad causes a payment to be transferred to a credit account controlled by the viewer. A celebrity is emblazoned with an optical target wherein image recognition extracts chronologically variable coordinates defining an envelope for superimposing the private AV ad such that the origin, orientation and size of the private AV ad match the envelope, whereas the private AV ad appears to be stationary and affixed upon the celebrity, and causing a payment to be transferred from a credit account controlled by the owner of the private AV ad to a credit account controlled by the celebrity.
US12294761B2
Disclosed are systems, methods, and non-transitory computer-readable media for distributed DCP over internet. A client-side digital content delivery device receives a digital cinema package (DCP) for a digital movie from a remote digital content delivery system. The DCP includes a unique digital watermark applied by the content delivery system. In response to receiving an input to cause playback of the digital movie, the client-side digital content delivery device compares a unique device identifier for a display device paired to the client-side digital content delivery device to an authorized unique identifier. If the unique device identifier matches the authorized unique identifier, the client-side digital content delivery device uses the DCP to causes presentation of the digital movie by the display device paired to the client-side digital content delivery device.
US12294757B2
A viewing environment adjustment system, including: one or more sensors each configured to monitor an aspect of the viewing environment; one or more processors; and one or more memory devices having stored thereon instructions that when executed by the one or more processors cause the one or more processors to: determine that media content is being displayed on a display located in the viewing environment; receive data from the one or more sensors; and adjust a corresponding aspect of the viewing environment based on the received data exceeding a selected threshold value in response to determining that media content is being displayed.
US12294740B2
A three-dimensional data encoding method includes: generating a first predicted value for an item of position information of a first three-dimensional point included in point cloud data, using an item of position information of a reference three-dimensional point included in the point cloud data and angle information; calculating a first difference value between the item of position information of the first three-dimensional point and the first predicted value; and generating a bitstream including the first difference value and the angle information.
US12294739B2
A video processing method includes performing a conversion between a video including a video unit and a coded representation of the video, where, after the video unit is encoded or decoded with an intra prediction mode, one or more frequence tables and/or one or more sorted intra prediction mode (IPM) tables are selectively updated according to a rule, where the one or more frequence tables include information about frequence of the intra prediction mode used for processing the video unit in the conversion, where the frequence indicates an occurrence of the intra prediction mode used for the conversion, and where the one or more sorted IPM tables indicate the intra prediction mode used in the processing.
US12294737B2
A video image processing method includes dividing a current image block into a plurality of sub-blocks, in response to a target neighboring block of the current image block satisfying a preset condition, determining related blocks of the sub-blocks in a collocated frame of the current image block according to a motion vector of the target neighboring block, encoding or decoding the current image block according to motion vectors of the related blocks of the sub-blocks, determining a group of control point motion vectors in an affine transformation mode using one or more neighboring blocks of the current image block, and adding the group of control point motion vectors to a motion vector candidate list of the current image block.
US12294727B2
A signaling of at least one characteristic for layers of a multi-layered video signal such as, for example, for each layer the indication of dependent layers to which the respective layer directly relates via inter-layer prediction, or the signaling of the afore-mentioned second inter-dependency syntax structure, is described. A maximum syntax element is signaled within the multi-layered video signal to indicate a maximally used value of an extension layer-ID field of the packets of the multi-layered video signal, the scope of the maximum syntax element being, for example, a predetermined portion of the multi-layered video signal extending, for example, across several portions of the multi-layered video signal. Accordingly, it is feasible for devices such as decoders or network elements receiving the multi-layered video signal to gain, for a relatively large predetermined portion of the multi-layered video signal, knowledge about the actually consumed portion of the possible domain of possible values.
US12294724B2
A video decoding method includes obtaining a current video frame and determining a region of interest (ROI) of the current video frame. The method also includes decoding the ROI by using a first resolution, and decoding at least other regions of the current video frame than the ROI by using second resolutions, the first resolution being higher than the second resolution.
US12294723B2
The present invention relates to a method for encoding/decoding a video. To this end, the method for decoding a video may include: deriving a spatial merge candidate from at least one of spatial candidate blocks of a current block, deriving a temporal merge candidate from a co-located block of the current block, and generating a prediction block of the current block based on at least one of the derived spatial merge candidate and the derived temporal merge candidate, wherein a reference picture for the temporal merge candidate is selected based on a reference picture list of a current picture including the current block and a reference picture list of a co-located picture including the co-located block.
US12294711B2
An image decoding method performed by a decoding apparatus according to the present disclosure includes receiving a bitstream including residual information; deriving quantized transform coefficients for a current block based on the residual information included in the bitstream; deriving transform coefficients for the current block from the quantized transform coefficients based on an inverse quantization process; deriving residual samples for the current block by applying inverse transform to the derived transform coefficients; and generating a reconstructed picture based on the residual samples for the current block.
US12294709B2
A method of video processing includes performing a conversion between a video including a video region and a bitstream of the video according to a rule. The rule specifies a relationship between enablement of a palette mode and a coding type of the video region. The video region may represent a coding block of the video.
US12294708B2
Techniques for context-adaptive binary arithmetic coding (CABAC) coding with a reduced number of context coded and/or bypass coded bins are provided. Rather than using only truncated unary binarization for the syntax element representing the delta quantization parameter and context coding all of the resulting bins as in the prior art, a different binarization is used and only part of the resulting bins are context coded, thus reducing the worst case number of context coded bins for this syntax element. Further, binarization techniques for the syntax element representing the remaining actual value of a transform coefficient are provided that restrict the maximum codeword length of this syntax element to 32 bits or less, thus reducing the number of bypass coded bins for this syntax element over the prior art.
US12294706B2
In a server, an image generation section stores a generated image in a frame buffer. A compression/encoding section compresses and encodes image data in units of partial images smaller than one frame. A processing order control section, on the basis of information pertaining to a scan order for a display panel connected to an image processing apparatus which is a data transmission destination, controls an order of reading out pixel data from the frame buffer, a shape of a partial image, or a compression and encoding order. The compressed and encoded partial image data is packetized by a packetization section and transmitted to the image processing apparatus by a communication section.
US12294705B2
Residual coding using vector quantization (VQ) is described. A flag indicating whether a residual block for the current block is encoded using VQ. In response to the flag indicating that the residual block is encoded using VQ, a parameter indicating an entry in a codebook is decoded, and the residual block is decoded using the entry. In response to the flag indicating that the residual block is not encoded using VQ, the residual block is decoded based on a skip flag indicating whether the current block is encoded using transform skip. The current block is reconstructed using the residual block.
US12294702B2
A method of decoding an encoded stream into a reconstructed output signal is provided, the method comprising: receiving a first output signal decoded from a first base encoded stream according to a first codec; receiving a level encoded stream; decoding the level encoded stream to obtain a set of residuals; and, combining the set of residuals with the first output signal to generate a reconstructed signal, wherein the decoding the level encoded stream comprises: decoding a set of quantized coefficients from the level encoded stream; dequantizing the set of quantized coefficients.
US12294701B2
A method of video processing is described. The method includes performing a conversion between a chroma block of a video region of a video picture of a video and a coded representation of the video according to a rule. The rule specifies that, due to the chroma block having a size M×N, the chroma block is disallowed to be represented in the coded representation using an intra coding mode. M and N are integers that indicate a width and a height of the chroma block, respectively. The intra coding mode includes coding the chroma block based on a previously coded video region of the video picture.
US12294700B2
A method of processing image data for one or more image-(s), each image consisting of one or more tile(s) and being divisible into one or more image portion(s), wherein the image is divisible into one or more subpicture-(s), and the method comprises: determining one or more image portion(s) included in a subpicture; and —processing the one or more image(s) using information obtained from the determination.
US12294693B2
A method of video processing in a decoder includes determining, by a processor, an initial block vector for predicting a current block in a current coding tree unit (CTU) in response to the current block being predicted in an intra block copy (IBC) mode. The initial block vector is determined based on a merge index included in a coded video bitstream. The method further includes performing, by the processor, template matching based on the initial block vector indicated by the merge index in the video bitstream to determine a refined block vector that points to a reference block in a picture as the current block, and reconstructing, by the processor, the current block based on the reference block.
US12294682B2
An image processing apparatus according to an embodiment includes: a detector which detects an occurrence of an event; a display which displays notification information regarding the occurred event; and a controller which restricts operation authority over the notification information displayed on the display to a specific user when the notification information corresponds to a notification for the specific user, and makes the operation authority over the notification information di splayed on the display unrestricted when the notification information does not correspond to a notification for the specific user.
US12294681B2
An example image forming device includes a wakeup source to detect an event for cancelling a power saving mode of the image forming device, a display, a processor, and a memory to store instructions executable by the processor. By executing the instructions, the processor is to display, through the display, a setting screen including a user interface to set an operation of the wakeup source, obtain information on a condition for cancelling the power saving mode based on setting information of the wakeup source received from the setting screen, and cancel the power saving mode in a case where a cancellation condition included in the information on the condition for cancelling the power saving mode is met in the power saving mode.
US12294673B1
Technology for identifying that a communication is from a verified enterprise includes receiving, by a device associated with a user, a data packet from a phone network. The data packet can be included in a communication to the device, which can have an application configured to verify communications from at least one enterprise. A token within the data packet can be identified by the application, and the application can compare the token to at least one token identifier associated with the at least one enterprise. In response to the token corresponding to at least one token identifier, the application can verify that the communication is from the at least one enterprise. In response to the communication being verified, the application can display a validation image on the device.
US12294670B2
A method for managing an unallocated telephone number in a communication network, the telephone number being previously allocated to a user of the communication network until a suspension date. The method is implemented by an item of equipment of the network and includes: obtaining information relating to a call set-up request received by the communication network to the telephone number during an observation period of time subsequent to the suspension date; updating, according to the information relating to the call set-up request, information relating to an activity level of the telephone number in the communication network, the information relating to an activity level being representative of a number of requests to set-up a call to the telephone number received by the network for the given observation period and storing in a data table the information relating to an activity level of the telephone number in association with the telephone number.
US12294667B2
A foldable apparatus, an electronic device, and a control method of an electronic device are provided in the present disclosure. The foldable apparatus includes a first connecting portion, a second connecting portion, a first positioning portion fixed to the first connecting portion, and a second positioning portion fixed to the second connecting portion. The first connecting portion and the second connecting portion are respectively configured to be connected with two opposite parts of a flexible member to drive the flexible member to unfold or fold. The first positioning portion is provided with multiple first magnetic portions, and the second positioning portion is provided with a second magnetic portion in magnetic fit with the multiple first magnetic portions. When the second magnetic portion is in magnetic fit with each first magnetic portion, the second connecting portion and the first connecting portion are in a positioned state.
US12294664B2
The present disclosure relates to configuring at least one pair of devices in a physical unclonable function (PUF) apparatus and reading out at least one pair of devices for determining a persistent random PUF output. The pair of devices may be readout by measuring a physical difference between the devices/components caused by random manufacturing differences, which may then be used to determine a persistence random PUF output. Configuring the pair of devices includes measuring the random manufacturing difference and, based on that measurement, setting a readout condition for the pair of devices, which dictates aspects of the readout process that should be used for that pair of devices. Each time the pair of devices is readout in the future, it may be readout in accordance with the condition that was set at configuration.
US12294662B2
Embodiments relate to systems for generating identity records (e.g., authentication certificates) at a server for validating broadcast messages. The server may receive a request to generate an identity record, where the request may include a public key of a named entity device that is configured to broadcast messages. The server may generate the identity record using the private key of the server and transmit the generated certificate to a namespace server for storage. A policy consuming device configured to receive a broadcast message, which may be signed using the private key of the named entity device, subsequently accesses the namespace server for the identity record including the public key of the named entity device. The policy consuming device validates the authentication certificate using the server's public key and validates the broadcast message using the named entity device's public key.
US12294658B2
A function executing device may cause a first output unit to output first output information including location information of a server that is configured to operate according to a predetermined authentication scheme. The first output information may be acquired by a terminal device configured to operate according to the predetermined authentication scheme. The terminal device may be configured to access the server, receive first verification information, create signature information by encrypting the first verification information using a private key in a case where first authentication for a target user succeeds, and send the signature information to the server. The server may be configured to decrypt the signature information using a public key, and send an execution instruction to the function executing device in a case where the first verification information is acquired by decrypting the signature information. The function executing device may execute a specific function.
US12294655B2
A method of unlocking a second device using a first device is disclosed. The method can include: the first device pairing with the second device; establishing a trusted relationship with the second device; authenticating the first device using a device key; receiving a secret key from the second device; receiving a user input from an input/output device; and transmitting the received secret key to the second device to unlock the second device in response to receiving the user input, wherein establishing a trusted relationship with the second device comprises using a key generated from a hardware key associated with the first device to authenticate the device key.
US12294652B2
A storage device includes a memory device storing data, and a controller controlling the memory device. The controller obtains and stores a certificate including a public key of an administrator from a host device, provides a nonce to the host device in response to a request from the host device, receives a token request signature including the nonce, a user identifier (ID), an allowed command list and a lifetime from the host device, and when it is verified that the token request signature is generated by a legitimate administrator by decrypting the token request signature with the public key, generates a token for allowing a user corresponding to the user ID to execute a command included in the allowed command list during the lifetime, and a token secret key corresponding to the token, and provides the token and the token secret key to the host device.
US12294644B2
Systems and methods described relate to executing, by a third computing entity different from a first computing entity and a second computing entity, a smart contract generated by the first computing entity and the second computing entity. A verification key is determined based on a power of a secret, the power of the secret being based on first and second sets of elliptic curve points. The smart contract comprising a first input from the first computing entity and a second input from the second computing entity are received. The smart contract is executed by computation of a function on an input to produce an output. A proof of correct execution of the smart contract is produced. A blockchain transaction is generated using an output of the smart contract. The generated blockchain transaction using the verification key and the proof of correct execution is validated by a fourth computing entity.
US12294643B2
In one example aspect, a first content item is received. First metadata from the first content item; detecting a match between the first metadata and at least one predetermined metadata element in a knowledge repository pertaining to a target blockchain context; determining a first blockchain wallet address associated with the first content item; locating a second content item based on the first blockchain wallet address; extracting second metadata from the second content item; and updating the knowledge repository based on the second metadata extracted from the second content item.
US12294641B2
According to one embodiment, a distribution unit generates a set of first ciphertext fragments based on a first identifier specifying a storage destination of the first ciphertext and a constitution information specifying a constitution of the first ciphertext, generates a deformation command using a second key used for deforming the first ciphertext for at least one fragment belonging to the set of the first ciphertext fragments, and allocates the deformation command to at least one of storage units. A temporary storage unit deforms the first ciphertext fragment by using the second key based on the deformation command, and stores a second ciphertext fragment as a result of the deformation in a non-volatile storage unit instead of the first ciphertext fragment.
US12294638B2
A method for monitoring an RF receiver includes generating of a digital test signal based on a signal, wherein the digital test signal includes a stream of digital test samples having a digital test sample; generating a monitoring signal based on the digital test signal; and coupling of the monitoring signal into a receiver path. The monitoring signal is processed in the receiver path to generate a processed monitoring signal and a stream of digital monitoring samples representing the processed monitoring signal. Information is determined indicating at least one property related to the receiver path based on a processing of a set of digital monitoring samples of the stream of digital monitoring samples. The set of digital monitoring samples includes a digital monitoring sample. The method further includes controlling the RF receiver such that the digital monitoring sample is generated a predetermined time duration after generating the digital test sample.
US12294637B2
An apparatus for generating broadcast signal frame according to an embodiment of the present invention includes a combiner configured to generate a multiplexed signal by combining a core layer signal and an enhanced layer signal; a power normalizer configured to reduce power of the multiplexed signal to a power level corresponding to the core layer signal; a time interleaver configured to generate a time-interleaved signal by performing time-interleaving that is applied to both the core layer signal and the enhanced layer signal; and a frame builder configured to generate a broadcast signal frame including a preamble for signaling start position information and size information for each of Physical Layer Pipes (PLPs). In this case, the Physical Layer Pipes include a core layer physical layer pipe corresponding to the core layer signal and an enhanced layer physical layer pipe corresponding to the enhanced layer signal.
US12294633B2
A content distribution network is made up of terminals and servers that are connected as a network and cooperate in order to make content or data available to users. In order to be able to control access to the content via certain terminals, a solution called “URL signing” has been discussed. A “URL signing” solution requires establishing an active connection between a terminal requesting content and an originating server associated with the requested content. The solution relates to a method for accessing content implemented by a cache server, thus dispensing with the need for an active connection between a terminal requesting content and the originating server associated with the requested content.
US12294631B2
A system and method measuring data, from user devices, regarding user interactions with a Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) product installed in each of the user devices, using a measurement module in the processor to generate measured data. The measured data is then modeled as a graph, using a graphing application in the processor, wherein the graph includes a plurality of varying metrics, each representing different attributes of a structure of the graph. A viral effectiveness index (VEI) as a single metric summarizing core graph attributes of the graph is determined from the plurality of the varying metrics of the graph using a viral effectiveness index (VEI) module in an analytics application in the processor.
US12294629B2
An architecture for dynamically selecting and routing traffic from Internet of things (IoT) devices and sensors to the nearest or most proximate IoT hub device. A method can comprise receiving a connection request from a user device; retrieving address data representing a network device of a group of network devices; and sending the address data to the user device.
US12294625B2
A network device is configured to transmit an outgoing packet to another network device. The outgoing packet is a Quick User Datagram Protocol Internet Connection (QUIC)-based packet, which comprises a User Datagram Protocol (UDP) header, a QUIC header, and a QUIC payload. The UDP header comprises an indication that the QUIC payload comprises one or more RDMA transactions. The QUIC payload comprises the one or more RDMA transactions.
US12294619B2
The techniques disclosed herein provide controlled user interface transitions for private breakout communication sessions. A system provides a Together Mode user interface that gives participants of a communication session a feeling that they are in the same room. When a person joins a communication session, a system uses a seating policy to determine a location of that user. That user is placed near or next to a select user. A policy is applied when users meet one or more conditions. If a number of people join the communication session, each person is ranked according to an organizational chart and each person is positioned and ordered relative to the select user according to each person's rank. The system configures the updated user interface arrangement to maintain the position of the select group of the participants.
US12294618B2
Provided in the present application are a method and apparatus for registering user information, which are used for solving the problem of multiple pieces of registration information covering one another due to NWDAFs registering registration information of a terminal device to a UDM. The method includes a network data analytic function (NWDAF) acquiring registration information of a terminal device; and the NWDAF sending a registration request to a unified data management (UDM) function, and the registration request includes the registration information and location information, which is used for identifying a storage path of the registration information in the UDM, and the location information includes an identifier of the NWDAF.
US12294609B2
Techniques for probing for Cobalt Strike TeamServer detection are disclosed. In some embodiments, a system/process/computer program product for probing for Cobalt Strike TeamServer detection includes monitoring HyperText Transfer Protocol (HTTP), HTTPS, and/or Domain Name System (DNS) network traffic at a firewall; prefiltering the monitored HTTP, HTTPS, and/or DNS network traffic at the firewall to select a subset of the HTTP, HTTPS, and/or DNS network traffic to forward to a cloud security service; performing HTTP, HTTPS, and/or DNS probing of a target to detect whether the target is a Cobalt Strike TeamServer; and performing an action in response to detecting that the target is the Cobalt Strike TeamServer.
US12294608B2
A method for prevention of malware infection of a user device. A first request for a first web page is received from the user device. Transmitting, to a website associated with the requested first web page and in response to the first request a second request for the first web page. In response to the second request, receiving a first set of data associated with the first web page. Generating, based on a first set of data in the first domain format, a first set of graphical images representing respective portions of the first set of data in a second domain format. Transmitting, to the user device, the first set of graphical images with correlation data configured to enable a user to interact with the graphical images on the user device in a manner that is substantially the same as though the user device had received the first web page in the first domain format and the first web page had been rendered from the first domain format by a program operating on the user device.
US12294603B2
Live and legitimate user traffic is used with in depth knowledge of the business logic for an API specification to perform security testing on a set of APIs. The present system intercepts and analyzes application program interface (API) traffic, identifies user session data, and identifies traffic suitable to duplicate. The identified traffic is duplicated and modified by addition of malicious code. The modified code is then sent to its intended API destination, where it is processed as normal. The resulting response and other traffic as well as the API system and optionally other systems, such as datastore systems, are analyzed to determine if the malicious code resulted in a valid attack. Results from the modified code attack attempts are reported to a user.
US12294599B2
The present disclosure relates to a blockchain-based host security monitoring method and apparatus, a computer readable medium and an electronic device. The host security monitoring method in the embodiments of the present disclosure comprises: monitoring traffic data of a host in network communication, and determining whether the traffic data is malicious traffic; if the traffic data is malicious traffic, obtaining security state information of the host, and saving the security state information to a security state blockchain; generating an invasion log corresponding to the malicious traffic, and saving the invasion log and the security state information to a log storage blockchain.
US12294597B2
A method for generating enterprise cyber reports through linking IP access control logic with error handler and audits compartmentalized by web application for different user groups with multiple monitoring tools data. Business logic may be defined in access control tables for multiple user groups sharing multiple different application data and programmable access control logic applied to subfolders within the website subfolders based on functional user group role permissions. A common network event field name may be used to map multiple different monitoring tools data into common field alias. The field alias mapping allows multiple networking capture tools to be included within the same cyber report. Joining multiple network events field alias with an IP location allows for groups of different IP zone reports to be created within the enterprise being monitored by different monitoring tools.
US12294584B2
Systems and methods for embodiments of a graph based artificial intelligence systems for identity management are disclosed. Embodiments of the identity management systems disclosed herein may utilize artificial intelligence approaches for determining health indicators for the identity management state of an enterprise. Specifically, in certain embodiments, an artificial intelligence based identity management systems may utilize one or more components to generate signals associated with the identity management state of an enterprise based on a network identity graph and evaluate feature spaces of these input signals from these components based on a global objective function or the like.
US12294568B2
The disclosure provides a system/method/scheme to securely send data from a cloud, or cloud service provider, to users via a secure connectionless system, referred to herein as a C-VPN communication infrastructure (C-VPN CI). In one example a method of communicating from a cloud service provider to a user via a C-VPN CI includes: (1) obtaining, by a cloud service provider, security parameters from a SDE Cloud server operating on a computing system of the cloud service provider, wherein the security parameters include a set of mathematical rules and values for converting plain text to ciphertext, (2) creating a secure communication using the security parameters received from the SDE Cloud server, wherein the secure communication includes a secure header and secure data, and (3) sending the secure communication to the user via a generic electronic message delivery system.
US12294564B2
Method for resolving name identifiers. Existing naming identifier resolution solutions give priority to one aspect, performance of a service or protection of privacy, over the other without it being possible to deviate therefrom. This lack of flexibility is detrimental to the user's quality of experience. This also impacts resource management for various communication equipment involved in the resolution of naming identifiers. The proposed solution makes it possible to give priority to performance or respecting privacy on a case-by-case basis. On the basis of an authorization to share a location of the equipment, the resolver gives priority to transmitting either a network address of a server associated with the naming identifier to be resolved requiring location information of the equipment, giving priority to performance, or a network address of a server associated with the naming identifier to be resolved not requiring location information of the equipment, giving priority to respecting privacy.
US12294556B2
Aspects of the present invention relate to computer processes adapted to identify influencers and other users interested in certain topics and uses thereof.
US12294555B2
Provided is a method for managing messages on an instant messaging application, which is executed by one or more processors of a user terminal. The method may include receiving a new message from another user through a chat room of the instant messaging application, displaying the new message on a display of the user terminal, sending a waiting message to the another user through the chat room, and maintaining the new message as an unread message in response to the sending of the waiting message to the another user.
US12294554B2
In accordance with an example embodiment of the present invention, a method comprising: determining, by a user equipment of a communication network, information received from a communication network comprising a physical uplink control channel resource set indication and an indication of subcarrier spacing used for a physical uplink control channel; based on the information, determining at least one of a size or allocation of at least one physical uplink control channel resource associated with the physical uplink control channel resource set; and transmitting control information associated with the physical uplink control channel to the communication network using at least the determined at least one of size or allocation of the at least one physical uplink control channel resource.
US12294551B2
In some example embodiments, there may be provided a method that includes receiving, by a user equipment, at least a reporting configuration from a network, wherein the reporting configuration is associated with at least a first group of channel measurement resources to be measured by the user equipment and a second group of channel measurement resources for which beam indexes or beam measurements are predicted by a machine learning model comprised at the user equipment; providing, as an input to the machine learning model comprised at the user equipment, at least a first set of measurements on the first group of channel measurement resources; and reporting, to the network, channel measurement information, wherein the channel measurement information contains at least an index representing a channel measurement resource of the second group of channel measurement resources. Related systems, methods, and articles of manufacture are also disclosed.
US12294550B2
Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described. An energy transmitter device may transmit an energy signal to an energy receiver device for energy harvesting by the energy receiver device. To communicate channel state information (CSI) of a channel between the energy transmitter device and the energy receiver device, the energy transmitter device may transmit a first signal to the energy receiver device. In response, the energy receiver device may transmit a second signal to the energy transmitter device that is indicative of the CSI, where the CSI is based on the first signal. The energy transmitter device may transmit additional signals to the energy receiver device whose transmission characteristics are based on the CSI.
US12294543B2
Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, a user equipment (UE) may receive, from a base station, an indication that a plurality of physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH) communications are associated for purposes of demodulation reference signal bundling. The UE may determine whether a phase continuity is to be maintained for the plurality of PDSCH communications based at least in part on respective quasi-co-location assumptions for the plurality of PDSCH communications. The UE may process the plurality of PDSCH communications based at least in part on whether the phase continuity is to be maintained Numerous other aspects are provided.
US12294531B2
Methods (and systems) described herein provide a specialized technique for automatically scaling resources that provide data protection services to client systems. In some embodiments, the resource units (or pods) may be deployed on a platform (e.g., platform-as-a-service, or PaaS), which provides containerized services (and workloads) as part of a clustered computing environment (e.g., Kubernetes). The technique may scale the number of resource units used to perform data protection operations based on specialized criteria. For example, a particular service (e.g., redirection service) that utilizes resource units (e.g., pods) to perform functions may automatically increase (or decrease) the number resource units available to handle data management operations originating from the client systems.
US12294529B2
Methods for determining optimal cloud service resource include determining a reward function for a set of resource configurations identifying cloud service resource parameters. The cloud service resource parameters include a source parameter and a target parameter of services to provide a client computing device. A source parameter dataset for the source parameter and a target parameter dataset is generated using the reward function and historical source parameter data. The matrices are then subject to SVD and clustering. A target parameter reward dataset is learned from output of the SVD and clustering. The target parameter dataset is used to determine the parameters for the target parameter for providing corresponding cloud service resources.
US12294520B1
A method for managing data transmissions includes: receiving data transmission requests; and determining which requests to accept such that a constraint of a network communication pathway is not exceeded, by: selecting a set of requests based on value densities, determining a first non-selected request that doesn't exceed a residual amount, determining whether a second non-selected request exists for which: (1) its value density is greater than a combined value density of the first non-selected request and a request of the selected requests that has a lowest value density, and (2) its demand is the largest among non-selected requests meeting requirement (1) that is no larger than a sum of the residual amount and a demand of a lowest value density selected request, and if it exists, replacing the lowest value density selected request with the second non-selected request and, if not, include the first non-selected request as a selected request.
US12294519B2
A first packet flow and a second packet flow support a first protocol, a third packet flow and a fourth packet flow support a second protocol, and a priority of the first protocol is lower than a priority of the second protocol. The first packet flow and the third packet flow are transmitted from a first ingress port to a first egress port. The second packet flow and the fourth packet flow are transmitted from a second ingress port to a second egress port. When the packet processing device is in a congested state, a bandwidth modulator performs a first suppression process on the first packet flow at the first ingress port, and the bandwidth modulator performs a second suppression process on the second packet flow at the second egress port or on the third packet flow at the first ingress port.
US12294514B2
A network interface controller (NIC) capable of efficient operation management for host accelerators is provided. The NIC can be equipped with a host interface and triggering logic block. During operation, the host interface can couple the NIC to a host device. The triggering logic block can obtain, via the host interface from the host device, an operation associated with an accelerator of the host device. The triggering logic block can determine whether a triggering condition has been satisfied for the operation based on an indicator received from the accelerator. If the triggering condition has been satisfied, the triggering logic block can obtain a piece of data generated from the accelerator from a memory location and execute the operation using the piece of data.
US12294511B2
A network device can automatically select an execution plan from a set of possible execution plans that cause a first set of traffic assignments in a network to be changed to a second set of traffic assignments. A traffic assignment indicates assignments of the traffic to one or more tunnels, internal routes and/or peer links to be utilized for routing traffic received at provider edge routers through a network to prefixes. A traffic assignment can have various parameters such as bandwidth, transmission costs etc. Each execution plan has one or more steps, and each step has one or more traffic assignment changes progressing from the first set of traffic assignments to the second set of traffic assignments. The network device can automatically select an execution plan based on an evaluation metric determined for each execution plan. The evaluation metric can be a cost based metric or a quality based metric.
US12294506B2
A forwarding device receives at least one service flow; the forwarding device obtains service information of the at least one service flow, where the service information of the service flow includes identification information of a network object to which the service flow belongs and M key performance indicators KPIs of the service flow, M is an integer greater than 0, and the network object includes one or more devices; and the forwarding device sends training information to a first device, where the training information includes the service information of the at least one service flow or a feature set obtained based on the service information of the at least one service flow, the training information is used to train a fault detection model, and the fault detection model is used to detect whether the network object is in a faulty state.
US12294505B2
According to one or more embodiments of the disclosure, an example method herein may comprise: managing a particular cell of a multi-celled architecture for an extensibility platform having one or more tenants served by datastores of the particular cell; connecting to a global cell manager for global cell management of all cells of the multi-celled architecture; identifying a consumption limit indicating a maximum amount of system resources that a particular tenant of the one or more tenants is allowed to consume of the particular cell; enforcing the consumption limit on the particular tenant; and ensuring that the particular tenant is provided system resources of the particular cell up to the consumption limit without limitation.
US12294503B2
Embodiments relate to providing self-learning automated information technology change risk prediction. A processor inputs a change request to a first machine learning model, the first machine learning model determining at least one word pair in the change request, the change request being a modification in an IT environment. The processor classifies the at least one word pair into a change category for the IT environment using a second machine learning model, the change category identifying a type of the modification to be executed in the IT environment. The processor determines a likelihood of causing a problem in the IT environment as a result of executing the modification. The processor automatically performs an action to prevent the modification of the change request in the IT environment.
US12294501B2
Methods and systems for partially or fully distributed network verification are described. In partially distributed network verification, each network device generates a respective device-level binary decision diagram (BDD) representing the logical behavior of the respective network device for a network property of interest. The device-level BDDs from each network device are received by a verification service that performs verification by generating an input BDD representing an input header space, and applies each device-level BDD in a logical path from a source device to a destination device, and reports the output BDD. In fully distributed network verification, each network device is responsible for calculating a device-specific output BDD by applying a device-specific BDD, which represents the logical behavior of the network device, to a device-specific input BDD.
US12294498B2
Qubit allocation for dynamic network topographies is disclosed. In one example, a processor device of a computing system implements a configuration to quantum definition (C2Q) service that performs real time qubit allocation for dynamic network topographies. The C2Q service can ensure synchronization between a configuration file for a network topography and a quantum definition file for qubits allocated to the network topography.
US12294495B2
A status communication is received that is associated with a mesh network comprising a plurality of interconnected node devices. Responsive to the status communication, it is determined whether a configuration policy of the mesh network has been violated. Responsive to a determination that the configuration policy of the mesh network has been violated, a configuration communication comprising an updated configuration is transmitted by a processing device to a first node device of the plurality of node devices to modify the first node device from performing a first service within the mesh network to performing a second service.
US12294492B1
Methods and systems for managing a configuration of a client deployment to provide a service are disclosed. The configuration may be managed by managing configuration drift that may occur in the configuration of the client deployment. The configuration drift may be managed by monitoring for changes in the configuration and restoring the configuration to a goal configuration. The changes may be monitored by constructing knowledge graphs using the configurations. A knowledge graph of a current configuration may be compared to a knowledge graph of a goal configuration to find a difference. The difference may represent a configuration drift. The configuration drift in the current configuration may be remedied to restore the current configuration to the goal configuration.
US12294484B2
A method and device are disclosed from the perspective of a User Equipment-to-User Equipment (UE-to-UE) Relay. In one embodiment, the method includes the UE-to-UE Relay establishing a first PC5 unicast link with a first UE and establishes a second PC5 unicast link with a second UE. The method further includes the UE-to-UE Relay initiating a Layer-2 link release procedure to release the second PC5 unicast link if a sidelink radio link failure is detected on the first PC5 unicast link.
US12294480B2
Methods, systems, and devices for network maintenance are described. A controller may receive an indication that the performance of a network device has decreased. The indication may include case identification data associated with the network device. The controller may request proactive network maintenance (PNM) data associated with the network device based on receiving the case identification data. The controller may transmit the PNM data to a machine learning (ML) engine. The ML engine may transmit, to the controller, an indication of a predetermined operation predicted to improve the performance of the network device. The controller may transmit the predetermined operation to a client device based on receiving the indication of the predetermined operation. The ML engine may receive feedback indicating whether an execution of the predetermined operation improved the performance of the network device. The ML engine may a training data set based on the feedback.
US12294476B2
In a wireless communication system, a peak to average power ratio (PAPR) may affect the efficiency of a power amplifier. To reduce a PAPR, a transmitting device may utilize a PAPR reduction precoding that changes a received signal without performance impact so the overall transmit PAPR is reduced. The transmitting device constructs a frequency domain (FD) response to the PAPR reduction precoding, estimates a channel to one or more receiving devices, and applies the PAPR reduction precoding to the estimated channel. The transmitting device constructs a multiple input multiple output (MIMO) precoding matrix considering the FD response of the PAPR reduction precoding and applies the MIMO precoding matrix and the PAPR reduction precoding to an FD signal. A receiving device applies the FD response conjugated to a received FD signal from the transmitting device and processes at least a received reference signal based on the PAPR reduction precoder.
US12294472B2
A computer-implemented method, in accordance with one aspect of the present invention, includes receiving, by a sender multi-protocol gateway (MPG) implemented in software, data from a sender application for transmission to a receiver endpoint. The data is validated against a predefined schema definition by the sender MPG. In response to successfully validating the data, a service request is made, by the sender MPG, using preconfigured information. An endpoint of the service request is a receiver MPG configured to forward the validated data to a receiver application in communication with the receiver endpoint. The receiver MPG is configured to not reply in any way to the sender MPG and sender application in response to receiving the service request.
US12294442B2
A method for wireless communication includes validating a PUR configuration in a NTN based on location-related information associated with a satellite. For example, a UE may determine, based on location-related information of a satellite in a non-terrestrial network, whether a preconfigured uplink resource (PUR) configuration is valid. The UE may also transmit, to a base station (BS) via the satellite in response to determining that the PUR configuration is valid, a communication signal in a PUR. For example, the UE may determine, based on the location-related information associated with the satellite, if the parameter satisfies the threshold, and transmit UL data in a PUR occasion based on the determined parameter satisfying the threshold.
US12294440B2
The technologies described herein are generally directed to detecting reflective surfaces for use reflecting a signal from access point equipment to destination equipment in advanced networks, e.g., at least a fifth generation (5G) network. For example, a method described herein can include receiving a request, from access point equipment, to establish a communications session between the access point equipment and destination equipment. The method can further include based on a source of surface information, predicting that a transient reflective surface is going to be located at a first geographic location and is going to be usable by the access point equipment to reflect a signal to the destination equipment, resulting in reflected path information corresponding to a reflected path for the communications session. Further, the method can include, in response to the request, communicating to the access point equipment, the reflected path information.
US12294438B2
A method for SCell BFR performed by a UE is provided. The method includes: receiving a first SCell BFR configuration corresponding to a first SCell, the first SCell BFR configuration including at least one of a resource list for BFD and a resource list for NBI; detecting a beam failure condition in the first SCell by measuring at least one BFD reference signal; determining a first new candidate beam index for the first SCell based on the first SCell BFR configuration; and transmitting a beam failure recovery request that includes a cell index of the first SCell in which beam failure occurs and the determined first new candidate beam index.
US12294437B2
Embodiments of the present disclosure provide an apparatus and method for beam failure recovery between a UE and a base station operating in a discontinuous reception (DRX) mode. In an embodiment, the UE receives a frame from a base station for determining a radio link quality of a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH). The UE determines whether the frame is received only during the DRX ON state of the DRX mode and that the radio link quality of the PDCCH is less than an acceptable quality threshold. In response, the UE transmits a recovery message to the base station indicating a change to a communication beam used to receive the frame.
US12294427B2
An electronic device includes processing circuitry configured to calculate an intra metric based on cross correlation of first reference signal symbols (RSs) included in a first precoding resource block group (PRG) to which a target resource element (RE) belongs, calculate an inter metric based on cross correlation of one or more second RSs and one or more among the first RSs, the one or more second RSs being included in a second PRG adjacent to the first PRG along a frequency axis of a physical channel, the one or more second RSs being in proximity to the target RE, and the physical channel being received from a base station, compare a first ratio between the intra metric and the inter metric with a threshold ratio to obtain a comparison result, and determine a channel estimation mode with respect to the target RE based on the comparison result.
US12294424B2
A device includes at least a first and a second antenna array module. The first antenna array module serves a first frequency band, the first antenna array module having a first antenna array surface that is substantially perpendicular to a first boresight and oriented substantially parallel to a first surface of the device adjacent to the first antenna array module, the second antenna array module serves a second frequency band, the second antenna array module having a second antenna array surface that is substantially perpendicular to a second boresight and oriented at an angle relative to a second surface of the wireless communication device adjacent to the second antenna array module, and the device transmits an indication of a set of transmission configuration indicator (TCI) states for use in the first frequency band and the second frequency band, the set of TCI states being selected based on the angle.
US12294423B2
A multi-functional reconfigurable intelligence surface (MF-RIS) integrating signal reflection, refraction and amplification and energy harvesting and an application thereof are provided. The MF-RIS can support wireless signal reflection, refraction and amplification and energy harvesting on one surface, to amplify, reflect, or refract a signal through harvested energy, and further enhance effective coverage of wireless signals. When a signal model of the MF-RIS constructed in the present disclosure is applied to a multi-user wireless network, a non-convex optimization problem of jointly designing operation modes and parameters that include BS transmit beamforming, and different components and a deployment position of the MF-RIS is constructed with an objective of maximizing a sum rate (SR) of a plurality of users in an MF-RIS-assisted non-orthogonal multiple access network. Then, an iterative optimization algorithm is designed to effectively solve the non-convex optimization problem, to maximize the SR of the plurality of users.
US12294420B2
A method includes: determining a set of all possible configurations of occupation or non-occupation of a set of transmission bands, defined as a set of possible vectors; building a matrix from a stacking of all the possible vectors; obtaining measurements of occupation of at least a part of the set of channels, at respective time instants; and computing probabilities using a channel transition function so as to determine, for each transmission band, an estimated activation rate, on the basis of the measurements. The estimated activation rate corresponds to an occupation rate of a transmission band by an interferer within the given observation time window, and the probabilities computations include an iterative resolution of a non-linear optimization problem with a constraint derived from the Gibbs' inequality.
US12294419B2
Systems, methods, apparatuses, and computer program products for identifying optimal beamforming directions from a UE by using a beamspace image. One method may include detecting radio frequency energy in a beamspace of one or more lenses; digitizing, with parallel processing of a two-dimensional array, the detected radio frequency energy in the beamspace of the one or more lenses; and generating one or more images based upon the digitized radio frequency energy in the beamspace of the one or more lenses.
US12294408B2
Provided are an alarm processing method and apparatus for an optical transport network, a network management system and a non-transitory computer readable storage medium. The alarm processing method for an optical transport network may include: acquiring intra-layer alarms of respective layers of a service layer by layer; acquiring a root alarm of an associated layer corresponding to a current layer based on the intra-layer alarms; and determining a service fault point based on the root alarm.
US12294407B1
Systems and methods for performing an upstream trace operation are presented. An exemplary method may include obtaining an indication of a new service location of a passive optical network (PON); detecting a physical polyline route, within the PON, from an on-ramp facility corresponding to the new service location to a serving office of the PON, the detecting based on (i) respective geospatial locations of a plurality of optical components of the PON, and (ii) interconnections of the plurality of optical components, and the plurality of optical components including the on-ramp location, a terminal disposed at the serving office, and at least one optical fiber optically connecting the on-ramp location and the terminal; and causing optical services to be delivered from the serving office to the new service location via the detected physical polyline route.
US12294403B2
The dual phone case (w/wo holster) is the only product of its kind that comes with an optional holster that can be easily added or removed, based on user preference. This unprecedented product is uniquely designed to offer the same amount of protection against damage to both cellular devices and is carefully crafted with a rotating connector, and durable, high-quality materials to ensure long-term sustainability and utility.
US12294402B2
A radio control transmitter comprising a grip portion gripped by an operator at the time of performing remote control of a control target, a base portion disposed at one end of the grip portion, and a head portion disposed at the other end of the grip portion and having an operating unit configured to control the control target, and configured to transmit a control signal to the control target in response to an operation of the operating unit is described herein. The head portion includes a fitting hole in which a plurality of round holes are continuously arranged in a width direction of the head portion is formed at a bottom portion of a housing of the head portion, and a horizontal angle of the trigger centered on a holding position of the base end is changed in a stepwise manner.
US12294396B2
Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, an apparatus may receive an indication of a selected digital pre-distortion (DPD) kernel from multiple DPD kernels. The apparatus may store multiple envelope values associated of with samples of an in-phase/quadrature (I/Q) signal and select a subset of envelope values based at least in part on the selected DPD kernel. The apparatus may generate, using the subset of envelope values and a look-up-table (LUT) component, an envelope computation value. The apparatus may store multiple computational values associated with the samples and select, based at least in part on the selected DPD kernel, at least one subset of computational values. The apparatus may generate an output sample that includes DPD based at least in part on combining the envelope computation value with the at least one subset of computational values. Numerous other aspects are described.
US12294376B2
Systems and methods are disclosed for differential clock duty cycle correction. For example, a method includes converting an input rail-to-rail differential clock signal to a low-swing differential signal; fixing a DC bias level of the low-swing differential signal; changing DC bias levels of ends of the low-swing differential signal in a complementary manner to change cross-over points of the low-swing differential signal; and inputting the low-swing differential signal to a level shifter and buffer to generate a duty-corrected rail-to-rail digital differential clock signal. For example, an apparatus may include a differential pair of CMOS transmission-gate switches as clock input switches; complementary differential pairs of transistors with gate terminals connected to a differential control voltage signal; and/or extra current sources for independently controlling the DC bias voltages of ends of a differential clock signal.
US12294366B2
A semiconductor device and a method of operating the semiconductor device are disclosed. In one aspect, the semiconductor device includes a level shifting circuit configured to generate an output voltage in a second voltage domain corresponding to an input signal in a first voltage domain. The level shifting circuit includes a thick-oxide transistor and a thin-oxide transistor. The semiconductor device includes a bias generating circuit operatively coupled to the level shifting circuit and configured to generate a bias voltage substantially higher than a voltage of the input signal, and provide the bias voltage to a gate of the thick-oxide transistor, causing the level shifting circuit to generate the output voltage.
US12294359B2
An integrated circuit (IC) includes one or more active transistors and multiple series-coupled dummy transistors. The dummy transistors are coupled between two active transistors and/or at the ends of each active transistor. When the dummy transistors are coupled between two active transistors, apart from two conductive regions that are coupled to two active transistors, each remaining conductive region of the dummy transistors is maintained in a floating state to control a leakage current between the two active transistors. Similarly, when the dummy transistors are coupled at an end of one active transistor, apart from one conductive region that is coupled to the active transistor, each remaining conductive region of the dummy transistors is maintained in the floating state to control a leakage current between the active transistor and the dummy transistors.
US12294357B2
An integrated circuit device having insulated gate field effect transistors (IGFETs) having a plurality of horizontally disposed channels that can be vertically aligned above a substrate with each channel being surrounded by a gate structure has been disclosed. The integrated circuit device may include a temperature sensor circuit and core circuitry. The temperature senor circuit may include at least one portion formed in a region other than the region that the IGFETs are formed as well as at least another portion formed in the region that the IGFETs having a plurality of horizontally disposed channels that can be vertically aligned above a substrate with each channel being surrounded by a gate structure are formed. By forming a portion of the temperature sensor circuit in regions below the IGFETs, an older process technology may be used and device size may be decreased and cost may be reduced.
US12294356B2
A power integrated circuit comprising: a heterojunction structure Gallium Nitride, GaN, chip comprising at least one GaN layer and at least one Aluminium Gallium Nitride, AlGaN, layer wherein the GaN chip comprises at least one main power device comprising a source terminal, a drain terminal, a gate terminal and a two-dimensional electron gas, 2DEG, formed at an interface between the AlGaN and GaN layers and between the source and drain terminals, wherein the gate terminal is configured to modulate at least a portion of the 2DEG when a charge is applied to the gate terminal, a driver comprising at least one low-side component and at least one high-side component, wherein the low-side component comprises a terminal connected to a low DC voltage rail and at least one other terminal connected to the gate terminal of the main power device; wherein the high-side component comprises at least one terminal connected to a high DC voltage rail and at least one other terminal connected to the gate of the main power device; wherein the at least one low-side component of the driver is configured to discharge an input capacitance of the main power device during a turn-off of the main power device and is monolithically integrated within the GaN chip; and wherein the at least one high-side component of the driver is configured to charge up the input capacitance of the main power device and is formed in a semiconductor region comprising a material other than GaN.
US12294354B2
A filter circuit includes a first inductor circuit connected in series with a second inductor circuit, and a first capacitor circuit connected in series with a second capacitor circuit. The first inductor circuit and the second inductor circuit are connected between a first input/output port and a second input/output port of the filter circuit. A third inductor circuit is connected between a reference node and a first node that is between the first inductor circuit and the second inductor circuit. A resonator circuit is connected to a second node between the first capacitor circuit and the second capacitor circuit. A fourth inductor circuit is connected between the resonator circuit and the reference node. In some embodiments, another resonator circuit is connected between the input port and the output port of the filter circuit.
US12294349B2
A bulk acoustic wave (BAW) device comprises a piezoelectric layer disposed between a first electrode layer and a sandwich electrode. The sandwich electrode includes a first layer of a first material having a first acoustic impedance and a second layer of a second material having a second acoustic impedance that is less than the first acoustic impedance of the first layer. The second layer of the sandwich electrode having the lower acoustic impedance is disposed between the first layer and the piezoelectric layer. The sandwich electrode combined with the piezoelectric layer and first electrode can cause the BAW device to resonate at a frequency whose wavelength corresponds to an acoustic cavity length of the BAW device, depending on an acoustic mirror included on one side of the BAW device. In one example, the acoustic cavity length is about 1.5 times of the resonant frequency wavelength.
US12294347B2
A noise filter includes: a ground-side power supply line detecting circuit that is connected to each of a power supply line and a power supply line and detects a power supply line connected to an electrode from among the power supply line and the power supply line; and a control circuit that determines whether the power supply line connected to the electrode is the power supply line or the power supply line on the basis of a detection result by the ground-side power supply line detecting circuit, controls a relay to short-circuit between a Y capacitor and an electrical device ground when determining that the power supply line connected to the electrode is the power supply line, and controls a relay to short-circuit between a Y capacitor and the electrical device ground when determining that the power supply line connected to the electrode is the power supply line.
US12294346B2
Electromagnetic interference filter for suppressing interferences in a DC network, the network comprising a source device powering a load device via a bus connectable to the source device at an input side and to the load device at an output side. The EMI filter being connected to the bus and comprising an active filter circuit having an active filter bandwidth and being configured to sense a noise component superimposed in the bus and inject a cancelling noise in the bus to suppress said noise component. The EMI filter further comprises a passive circuit including a source circuit connected to the bus at the input side and a passive load circuit to the bus connected at the output side, the passive circuit being configured to provide, at least at a cutoff frequency of the active filter bandwidth, a source impedance at the input side that differs from a load impedance at the output side by a factor of at least two.
US12294343B2
Provided in the present invention are a cavity-type bulk acoustic resonator without the need to prepare a sacrificial layer, and a preparation method therefor, comprising the following steps: taking a piezoelectric single crystal wafer subjected to ion implantation and having a bottom electrode, and forming a cavity on the side of the piezoelectric single crystal wafer having the bottom electrode; then taking a substrate, and bonding the substrate to the side of the piezoelectric single crystal wafer having the cavity; performing heat treatment on the bonded intermediate product to peel off the thin film of the piezoelectric single crystal wafer; and producing a top electrode on the peeled side of the piezoelectric single crystal wafer. The preparation method for the cavity-type bulk acoustic resonator without the need to prepare a sacrificial layer set forth in the present invention does not require the growth of a sacrificial layer, and does not perform etching and hole-forming on the thin film; the mechanical strength of the device is increased, and the thin film is not easily damaged; the cavity structure is formed before film forming, yield is high, and residue from etching is not left after film forming, there being no need to consider the effect of incomplete release on the device.
US12294335B2
In at least one embodiment, a method for operating a receiver includes configuring a receiver front-end circuit of the receiver according to a selected power consumption configuration. The method includes adjusting a quiescent current of a programmable flat gain stage coupled to the receiver front-end circuit according to the selected power consumption configuration to compensate for any gain loss of the receiver front-end circuit in the selected power consumption configuration. The selected power consumption configuration may be a reduced power consumption configuration and the programmable flat gain stage may be configured to at least partially compensate for the gain loss of the receiver front-end circuit in the reduced power consumption configuration.
US12294333B2
A vibrator device includes: a base having an integrated circuit disposed at a second surface; a vibration element; and a lid having an end surface of a side wall bonded to a first surface of the base at a bonding portion. The integrated circuit includes a first circuit and a second circuit, the first circuit includes a plurality of first circuit elements disposed in a first region ARA, and the second circuit includes a second circuit element disposed in a second region ARB. At this time, the following relations are established. { 1 - L 1 A / WX } ≤ 0.95 { 1 - L 2 A / WX } ≤ 0.95 { 1 - L 3 A / WY } ≤ 0.95 { 1 - L 4 A / WY } ≤ 0.95 { 1 - L 1 B / WX } ≤ 0.8 { 1 - L 2 B / WX } ≤ 0.8 { 1 - L 3 B / WY } ≤ 0.8 { 1 - L 4 B / WY } ≤ 0.8
US12294331B2
Chemical flashings for track assemblies and mount assemblies employed in solar power installations are disclosed. In some embodiments, a track assembly having a base, a pair of rails, a sealant receiving cavity and a round groove extending into the base from the bottom of the base, and a compressible round seal disposed within the base extending past the bottom is disclosed. In some embodiments, a mount assembly having a vertical structure, a sealant receiving cavity and a round groove extending into the base from the bottom of the base, a compressible round seal disposed within the base extending past the bottom, and an excess sealant cavity is disclosed.
US12294330B2
A hybrid power generation system according to an embodiment of the present invention includes: a blade provided on a vertical shaft to reduce noise and vibration during rotation; a wind collecting duct increasing speed of wind and rotating the blade at a high speed to improve efficiency of wind energy; a wind collecting room provided in the blade to increase a rotational force and efficiency of wind energy; a photovoltaic module concentration device driving a wind inducing rotation motor provided in the wind collecting duct to rotate a wind inducing rotation blade with solar energy to increase wind and forcibly discharge the wind into a blade wind collecting room of a turbine module to increase an amount of power generation even when wind does not blow, and technologies based on Internet of Things (IoT) and Artificial Intelligence (AI), such as a camera, a fire detection sensor, a drone, and the like that can reduce a risk of breakdown of the system and operate efficiently.
US12294329B2
A circuit for calibration a motor position in a motor having multiple phases including first, second, and third phases is electrically connected to a first phase winding and a second phase winding of the motor. The circuit comprises a comparator having first and second inputs; and a plurality of resistors electrically connected between the motor and the comparator, the plurality of resistors comprising: first parallelly-connected resistors and second parallelly-connected resistors which are connected in series and are connected between the first input of the comparator and the first phase winding of the motor, third parallelly-connected resistors and two or more fourth parallelly-connected resistors which are connected in series and are connected between the second input of the comparator and the second phase winding of the motor, and fifth parallelly-connected resistors connected in series with the second parallelly-connected resistors and connected in series with the fourth parallelly-connected resistors.
US12294328B2
With the aim of improving the reliability of a power conversion device for driving a motor, this power conversion device is provided with a rectifying portion for rectifying an AC voltage and outputting a DC voltage, a smoothing capacitor for smoothing the DC voltage, an inverter portion into which the DC voltage is input and which outputs AC power, an inverter drive portion for outputting a gate signal to the inverter portion, a regenerative braking portion connected in parallel with the smoothing capacitor, a regenerative braking drive portion for outputting a gate signal to the regenerative braking portion, a control portion for outputting drive signals to the inverter drive portion and the regenerative braking drive portion, a regenerative braking overcurrent detecting portion for outputting an overcurrent detection signal if the current flowing through the regenerative braking portion exceeds a determination value, and a latch portion into which the overcurrent detection signal output from the regenerative braking overcurrent detecting portion is input and which outputs a gate output interruption signal to the control portion, wherein switching elements of the inverter portion and the regenerative braking portion stop in an off state when the regenerative braking overcurrent detection portion detects an overcurrent.
US12294326B2
The inverter comprises input terminals (IT+, IT−), output terminals (OT), controllable switches (Q, Q′) connected to the input terminals (IT+, IT−) and to the output terminals (OT), and a control device (116) configured to control the controllable switches (Q, Q′) such that the controllable switches (Q, Q′) convert a DC voltage (E) at the input terminals (IT+, IT−) into an AC voltage at the output terminals (OT) intended to drive an electric motor (108), the control device (116) being configured to control the controllable switches (Q, O′) according to a first switching frequency and, in response to a temperature (Tj, Tc) of an element (118, Q) of the inverter (110), to a second switching frequency, the control device (116) being configured to determine the second switching frequency according to an operating point of the motor (108).
US12294313B2
A drive system (1) drives a multi-phase AC motor (2) having a plurality of windings. The drive system (1) includes a first power converter (3U), a second power converter (3V), a first conversion controller (20U), and a second conversion controller (20V). The first power converter (3U) causes a current to flow through a winding of a first phase of the multi-phase AC motor (2). The second power converter (3V) causes a current to flow through a winding of a second phase of the multi-phase AC motor (2). The first conversion controller (20U) decides on either a three-level phase voltage waveform or a five-level phase voltage waveform on the basis of setting information for designating a type of phase voltage waveform and controls the first power converter (3U) so that the decided phase voltage waveform is output from the first power converter (3U). The second conversion controller (20V) controls the second power converter (3V) so that a phase voltage waveform having the same type as the phase voltage waveform of the first power converter (3U) is output from the second power converter (3V) on the basis of the setting information for designating the type of phase voltage waveform.
US12294310B2
A control method includes determining an error value of a reverse input current of a phase-shifted full-bridge circuit based on sampling and reference values of the reverse input current, determining a compensation control quantity of a switch drive signal of the phase-shifted full-bridge circuit based on the error value. The compensation control quantity corresponds to a period or a duty cycle of the switch drive signal. The method further includes determining period and duty cycle control quantities of the switch drive signal based on the compensation control quantity. The period control quantity is within a value range of the period of the switch drive signal, and the duty cycle control quantity is within a value range of the duty cycle of the switch drive signal. The method also includes controlling the switch drive signal based on the period control quantity and the duty cycle control quantity.
US12294309B2
A multi-phase regulator circuit includes one or more switching converter circuits. Each switching converter circuit includes a transformer including a primary winding and a multi-segment secondary winding, a primary side switch circuit configured to connect the primary winding to an input of the multi-phase regulator circuit, and multiple secondary side circuits including multiple coupled-inductor circuits. Each coupled-inductor circuit includes a first winding magnetically coupled to a second winding. Each segment of the transformer multi-segment secondary winding is operatively coupled to the first winding of a coupled-inductor circuit and each of the first windings is connected to an output of the multi-phase regulator circuit.
US12294303B2
A power supply system includes: a switching buck-boost converter configured to operate an inductor, so as to convert an input power at a first node to a first output power at a second node, wherein first output voltage of the first output power is higher than, lower than or equal to an input voltage of the input power; a battery coupled to a third node; a first transistor coupled between the first node and the third node; and a second transistor coupled between the second node and the third node. The switching buck-boost converter, the first transistor and the second transistor operate to supply power to a load circuit and/or to charge the battery, wherein the load circuit is coupled to the second node in a removable manner to receive power.
US12294295B2
Provided are electrical circuits and methods for power factor correction. An example method includes receiving, by converter, an input voltage at a fundamental frequency and generating an output voltage; generating, based on the output voltage, a first measurement signal; subtracting a first reference signal from the first measurement signal to obtain a first error signal; generating an adaptive current sense signal, generating a reference voltage based on the input voltage, subtracting the reference voltage from the current sense signal thus generating a second measurement signal to control the current measurement; subtracting the second measurement signal from the input voltage to obtain a difference signal, wherein the difference signal is largely minimized by removing overtones of the fundamental frequency; generating, based on the difference signal, a second error signal; using a sum of the second error signal as a first order correction to the first error signal to regulate the converter.
US12294290B2
A power converter has a capacitor and a power conversion unit having a series-connected unit composed of an upper arm side switching element and a lower arm side switching element. The capacitor is connected in parallel with the serios connection unit. The power conversion unit supplies electric power to a motor. A controller for the power conversion unit has a frequency characteristics estimation part estimating frequency characteristics of a battery current of the battery when a current is flowing between the power convertor and the battery, a ripple current setting part determining a ripple frequency of a ripple current contained in the battery current based on the frequency characteristics of the battery current, and a control part performing a switching control of the switching elements based on the ripple frequency in order to generate the ripple current.
US12294279B2
A motor that is a wound field synchronous motor and includes a rotor and a stator. The rotor includes a plurality of winding portions configured to have a preset cross-section for generating a uniform effective air gap. The winding portions are spaced from each other a predetermined distance apart along a circumferential direction of the rotor. A field coil is wound around the plurality of winding portions.
US12294278B2
The present invention can provide a motor including a housing, a stator disposed in the housing, a rotor disposed inside the stator, and a shaft coupled to the rotor, wherein the stator includes a stator core in contact with the housing, the stator core includes a first region and a second region having different outer diameters, the housing includes a third region and a fourth region having different inner diameters, the outer diameter of the first region is smaller than the outer diameter of the second region, the inner diameter of the third region is greater than the inner diameter of the fourth region, and the first region and the third region are disposed to overlap in a radial direction of the shaft.
US12294269B2
A motor includes a stator core having an annular shape, a coil wound around a tooth of the stator core, a first terminal electrically connected to the coil, a housing that houses the first terminal, and a second terminal at least partially inserted into the first terminal housed in the housing. The second terminal includes an electrical connecting portion inserted into the first terminal and electrically connected to the first terminal. The housing includes a first restricting portion that restricts movement, in a circumferential direction of the stator core, of a portion of the second terminal other than the electrical connecting portion.
US12294258B2
The present disclosure provides a multi-excitation-source axial-flux permanent-magnet motor with partitioned, hierarchical, and variable poles, and a variable-condition driving control system. The motor mainly includes a main magnetic pole and an auxiliary magnetic pole. The main magnetic pole is responsible for providing a main air gap flux and is connected in series with a dual-stator magnetic circuit. The auxiliary magnetic pole is responsible for adjusting an air gap field and is connected in parallel with the dual-stator magnetic circuit. Magnetic fluxes of the main magnetic pole and the auxiliary magnetic pole together constitute the air gap field. The present disclosure can control a flux path of the auxiliary magnetic pole by controlling the magnitude of a current applied to a field winding, thereby adjusting an air gap flux, expanding a speed range of the motor, and achieving variable-condition operation of the motor.
US12294255B2
A coil molding apparatus being capable of easily forming the band-shaped coil into a wound state, without the winding posture in the coil winding jig being disturbed by spring back of the band-shaped coil. The coil molding apparatus includes: a coil winding jig for winding the band-shaped coil with inserting straight portions thereof into a plurality of comb-shaped grooves in the outer periphery; a coil conveying mechanism unit for pivotally conveying the band-shaped coil along the outer periphery of the coil winding jig; and guide members for inserting the band-shaped coil into the plurality of comb-shaped grooves by guiding in an arc shape while contacting with the side end of the band shaped groove thereby gradually reducing in diameter accompanying pivoting at a second half portion of pivot conveying of the band-shaped coil, then extending with maintaining curvature of the portion of which the diameter has already been reduced.
US12294250B2
An encoder assembly is provided for use in an electromagnetic apparatus including an apparatus body and a rotor. The rotor includes a shaft rotatable relative to the apparatus body. The encoder assembly comprises an encoder and a mounting system for mounting the encoder to the apparatus body. The encoder includes an encoder body and an encoder shaft. The encoder shaft is configured to be coupled with the rotor shaft and rotatable relative to the encoder body about an axis. The mounting system includes a mounting frame fixed relative to the apparatus body and a tether interconnecting the encoder body and the mounting frame. The mounting system permits limited radial and axial movement of the encoder body relative to the mounting frame.
US12294249B2
A stand-alone motor unit includes a housing and an electric motor. The electric motor includes a stator, a rotor rotatable relative to the stator and having an output shaft, a housing in which the stator and rotor are arranged, and an adapter plate coupled to the housing. The adapter plate includes a first plurality of holes defining a first hole pattern. The output shaft of the rotor protrudes from the adapter plate. The motor unit further includes a battery pack for providing power to the motor, a power take-off shaft protruding from the housing, and a gearbox including a second plurality of holes defining a second hole pattern that is identical to the first hole pattern, such that when the first hole pattern is aligned with the second hole pattern, the gearbox is configured to be coupled to the adapter plate.
US12294247B2
A rotor for a rotary electric machine that rotates with respect to an axis of rotation, includes a body and permanent magnets. The body includes a plurality of rotor teeth defining cavities in which the permanent magnets are accommodated, each rotor tooth including at least one holding part. The holding part includes a holding portion having a holding face against which a radially outermost face of the permanent magnet bears, a wing remote from the radially outermost face and in the circumferential continuation of the holding portion.
US12294242B2
A cooling system cools an electric machine including a casing, a rotor rotatably supported by the casing, and a stator fixed to the casing. The cooling system includes a flow circuit that brings a cooling liquid into contact with active parts of the electric machine. A main reservoir is provided in a lower portion of the casing. A pump injects the cooling liquid into the flow circuit. The level of cooling liquid in the casing interfaces with a lower portion of the rotor when the pump stops. A controller controls the pump to stop the pump when a temperature of the cooling liquid is below a given threshold, and start the pump as soon as the temperature of the liquid reaches the threshold such that the liquid is drawn by the main reservoir pump towards a secondary reservoir to lower the level of cooling liquid in the casing.
US12294237B2
The present disclosure provides a photovoltaic (PV) disconnect device used in an electrical system. The PV disconnect device includes a relay component electrically coupled to a feed circuit of a backup PV power generation system and a connector port electrically coupled to an energy control system. The PV disconnect device includes a sensor circuit to measure at least one of a voltage, a current, and a current frequency of the feed circuit of the backup PV power generation system. The PV disconnect device includes a controller operatively coupled to the relay component, the sensor circuit, and the connector port. The controller receives and processes the voltage, the current, and the current frequency measurements. The controller selectively actuates the relay component based on the processed voltage, current, and current frequency measurements.
US12294235B2
Electronic device for charging battery based on voltage of interface and method for controlling same
Disclosed are an electronic device for charging a battery based on a voltage of an interface and a method for controlling the same. The electronic device for charging a battery based on a voltage of an interface, according to an embodiment, may include: an interface comprising a conductive piece, a current reference control circuit; and a charging current control circuit configured to control the magnitude of a charging current applied to the interface, based on a control signal resulting from a comparison between a charging current value applied to the interface and a first critical current value configured in the current reference control circuit, wherein the current reference control circuit is configured to, based on a voltage value applied to the interface reaching a first critical voltage value, gradually decrease the first critical current value until the voltage value applied to the interface falls below the first critical voltage value, and maintain the first critical current value based on the voltage value applied to the interface being less than the first critical voltage value.
US12294229B2
A wireless power system may include wireless power transmitting devices, wireless power receiving devices, and wireless power transmitting and receiving devices. The devices in the wireless power system may exchange packets in order to transfer various types of data. The data may be transmitted using in-band communication (e.g., amplitude-shift keying modulation or frequency-shift keying modulation). The devices may use locally assigned addresses to communicate with any other device in the wireless power system. Even if a first device is not inductively coupled to a second device, the locally assigned addresses may identify an inductive coupling path from the first device to the second device that includes at least one intervening device. The first device may therefore communicate with the second device using in-band communication packets that are relayed by at least one intervening device.
US12294222B2
The circuit comprises a computing center and at least three connection points (S.k) managing energy equipped with measuring devices (A.k), data-interconnected to the computing center. All connection points (S.k) are power-interconnected to the distribution network. The circuit comprises at least three logical control nodes (N.i.j) in a logically interconnected tree structure, wherein they are divided into at least two levels. The logical interconnection structure comprises at least one branching with at least two branches between logical control nodes (N.2.j) of the second level and the connection points (S.k). Each logical control node (N.i.j) is a part of the computing center which comprises processors, among which at least one real processor exists which is divided into at least two virtual processors. Each of the logical control nodes is assigned one of these virtual or real processors, and the logical interconnection between the logical control nodes (N.i.j) is implemented as a logical interconnection between their assigned processors. A method is also proposed for balancing energy management over time by utilizing this circuit.
US12294219B2
A microgrid system includes a synchronous generator configured to convert mechanical power into electric power, an energy storage system configured to store and supply electric power, a controller configured to control operation of the energy storage system; and a point of common coupling bus connecting the synchronous generator and the battery energy storage system, wherein a controller parameter of the controller is determined based on a level of a disturbance using a trained artificial neural network in response to occurrence of the disturbance in the synchronous generator.
US12294216B2
A system and method for representing the topology of a power distribution network, where the network includes at least one power source, a feeder and a plurality of switching devices positioned along the feeder. The method includes providing a device list in each switching device that includes a local device index of each of the switching devices, a local team index of the team on an X-side of each of the switching devices, the local team index of the team on a Y-side of each of the switching devices and device specific data, where the X and Y-sides of the switching device is the physical orientation of the device when it is installed, and providing a team list in each switching device that includes the local team index of each of the teams, the local device indices of the switching devices on each team and team specific data.
US12294215B2
A redundant power supply is provided having a first power supply, which is connectable to a busbar by a first tie switch and is disconnectably connected to a first load by a first line system, and having a second power supply, which is connectable to the busbar by a second tie switch and is disconnectably connected to the first load by a second line system, and having a third power supply, which is connectable to the busbar by a third tie switch and is disconnectably connected to a second load by a third line system, and having a fourth power supply, which is connectable to the busbar by a fourth tie switch and is disconnectably connected to the second load by a fourth line system. All of the tie switches are open during trouble-free operation.
US12294214B1
A method and a system for optimized scheduling of an integrated energy system are provide. The method includes: respectively obtaining marginal distribution functions of electricity price, hydrogen price, wind power, photovoltaic power, and load within a preset time period according to historical data to predict relevant parameters; adjusting a predicted value of the load based on a dynamic change in an unit electricity use consumption resource within the preset time period, and obtaining a load value after performing a demand response based on the electricity price to reduce a peak-valley difference of the load; considering decision-maker preferences, establishing an optimization scheduling model that simultaneously considers economic and environmental factors; converting the multi-objective model into a single-objective model and using the CPLEX solver to solve the model.
US12294209B2
A resin molded component includes a bus bar having conductivity, a conductive member including an insertion hole into which the bus bar is inserted along an axis line direction, a resin member covering the bus bar and insulating the bus bar and the conductive member, and a potting material charged into the insertion hole. The bus bar includes a bend terminal portion positioned at an end portion in the axis line direction, and bent along a terminal bend direction, and a bus bar crank portion positioned inside the insertion hole and extending along a crank direction intersecting with the axis line direction and the terminal bend direction. The resin member includes a resin crank portion positioned inside the insertion hole and covering and insulating the bus bar crank portion. The potting material covers a whole circumference of the resin crank portion when charged into the insertion hole.
US12294204B2
A stripping tool for cutting the armor sheathing of a cable. The stripping tool includes a cable receiving handle and a saw handle movably mounted to the cable receiving handle. A saw assembly, including at least one saw blade, is supported by the saw handle and moveable relative to the cable receiving handle. The saw assembly configured to simultaneously cut the armor sheathing of the cable in two places.
US12294186B2
An apparatus for maintaining cross-talk below a predetermined threshold is disclosed. The apparatus comprises cable mating zone for connecting each of a first set of contact pairs with a respective twisted pair of cable conductors, a device mating zone for connecting each of a second set of contact pairs with a respective pair of device contacts and an intermediate transmission zone for connecting each of the first set of contact pairs with a respective one of the second set of contact pairs. In each of the zones the cross talk noise is prevented from exceeding a predetermined cross talk noise threshold.
US12294184B2
A connector assembly includes a first housing having an indicium imprinted thereon and a movable member movable from a first position configured to render the indicium illegible to an optical scanning device to a second position configured to render the indicium legible to the optical scanning device. The indicium is visible when the movable member is in the first position and when the movable member is in the second position. A method of mating a connector assembly having a movable member and an indicum imprinted thereon is also presented.
US12294183B2
A clamp mechanism for an RF cluster connector enables multiple RF connections within a cluster connector to be engaged and disengaged in such a way that prevents damage to the conductors. It also eases the process of engaging and disengaging through the use of two lever arms that may be easily used by a technician in challenging locations (such as at the top of a cell tower) and in densely arranged RF ports (such as for a multi-user or massive MIMO antenna).
US12294181B2
Technology of the present invention suppresses a decrease in the impedance of an inner conductor. A connector 10 includes an inner conductor 21, an outer conductor 41 that surrounds the inner conductor 21, and a dielectric 61 arranged between the inner conductor 21 and the outer conductor 41. The dielectric 61 includes a cavity 63 that extends in a predetermined direction and a locking hole 64 formed in an inner peripheral face of the cavity 63. The inner conductor 21 includes an inner conductor body 23 arranged in the cavity 63, and a locking portion 24 that bulges from the inner conductor body 23 and can enter and be locked to the locking hole 64. The locking portion 24 extends along the predetermined direction and is shaped as a double-supported beam whose upper and lower end portions are supported by the inner conductor body 23.
US12294175B2
An optical system includes a cage and an optical transceiver. The optical transceiver is inserted into the cage in a pluggable manner, and includes a housing, a partition component provided on the housing, and a fastening component movably disposed on the housing. The fastening component is detachably fastened with the cage. The partition component is located between the fastening component and the cage to separate at least a part of the fastening component from the cage.
US12294171B2
An electrical connector includes a generally planar terminal and a U-shaped retainer. The electrical connector also includes a resilient spring disposed intermediate the terminal and the retainer. A contact insert distinct from the resilient spring is disposed intermediate the spring and the terminal. The contact insert defines an array of paired negative and positive protrusions. The spring is configured to exert a normal connection force on the array of paired negative and positive protrusions and form electrical contact points between the terminal and a planar mating terminal inserted into a gap between the spring and the contact insert through the array of paired negative and positive protrusions. An electrical connector assembly and a method of manufacturing such an electrical connector assembly are also provided.
US12294164B2
Proposed is an RFID antenna module in which feed pins of a patch antenna are connected to a first coupler and a second coupler so that the patch antenna operates as a left hand circular polarization antenna and a right hand circular polarization antenna. The proposed RFID antenna module comprises first to fourth feed pins penetrating through a laminate in which a dielectric, an upper patch, and a lower patch are laminated, and the first to fourth feed pins are spaced apart from each other.
US12294163B2
An antenna is provided and includes a bottom plate for being connected with a mounting body and an antenna body on the bottom plate. The antenna body includes: a substrate fixedly connected to the bottom plate; a plane of the substrate intersects the bottom plate; a radiation element on the substrate; a feeding structure configured to transmit and/or receive radio frequency signals to/from the radiation element and including a signal electrode and a ground electrode on a surface of the substrate. The signal electrode is electrically connected to the radiation element. On a reference plane perpendicular to the bottom plate, an orthographic projection of the ground electrode is spaced apart from that of the radiation element, and is entirely located between the orthographic projection of the radiation element and the bottom plate. The antenna can prevent the ground electrode from reflecting the electromagnetic waves radiated by the radiation element.
US12294147B2
A communications device may include an RF device, and an antenna coupled to the RF device. The RF device may have a conductive ground plane, a conductive support rod carried by the conductive ground plane and extending outwardly therefrom, and a conductive body coupled to and surrounding the conductive support rod. The conductive body may have a helical slot to define a helical slot radiating antenna.
US12294145B2
The present disclosure relates to a radome for a motor vehicle, including a main body comprising at least one zone transparent to waves emitted by a wave-emitting element, wherein the at least one zone is configured to be traversed by said waves, the at least one zone comprising a face comprising an alternation of first parts covered by at least one layer of paint and second parts not covered by the at least one layer of paint, the first parts and second parts forming at least one decorative pattern and arranged to make the at least one decorative pattern transparent to the waves emitted by the wave-emitting element.
US12294142B2
An antenna arrangement comprises an antenna which has an antenna body and a radiator arrangement. An antenna holder comprises a base portion. An upper side of the antenna holder points to-wards an underside of the antenna body and an underside of the antenna holder points towards an electrically conductive base plate. Only a supporting part of the underside of the antenna body rests on the base portion, so that a receiving space is formed be-tween another part of the underside of the antenna body and the base portion. The base portion of the antenna holder is electrically non-conductive, whereby the another part of the underside of the antenna body is capacitively coupled to the base plate via the receiving space.
US12294138B2
An RFID module is provided that includes a substrate having first and second main surfaces; an RFIC chip and a coil conductor on the first main surface; and a first conductor pattern within the substrate. The coil conductor includes a plurality of coil elements each having a pair of legs and a bridge connecting first ends of the pair of legs. The coil elements are arranged in a row across a predetermined winding axis; and a second conductor pattern is on the first main surface and connects with the coil elements to form a coil shape. A first end of the RFIC chip is connected to a first end of the coil conductor. The first conductor pattern is between the second ends of the RFIC chip and the coil conductor. The first conductor pattern has a fold-back portion where the direction in which the pattern extends is folded back.
US12294135B2
The present invention relates to an antenna device, comprising: a front housing including antenna arrangement units in which at least one radiation element is disposed on the front sides thereof, and heat dissipation units formed between adjacent antenna arrangement units and being exposed to outside air to transfer heat generated from the rear side to the front; and a rear housing coupled to the front housing and provided with a filter for filtering RF signals and a main board on which an RF element is mounted, wherein the heat generated from the filter is transferred to the front of the front housing through the contact with the back surface of the front housing by using the filter as a heat transfer medium.
US12294134B2
An antenna device includes an antenna portion, a connecting portion, and a support. The connecting portion connects the antenna portion and the support. The support is located above the antenna portion and includes a channel extending from an inflow opening located opposite to the antenna portion to an outflow opening located farther from the antenna portion than the inflow opening.
US12294131B2
A filter device includes first to third resonators. Each of the first to third resonators includes a first line part and a second line part electrically connected to the first line part and having an impedance smaller than an impedance of the first line part. The impedance ratio in at least one of the first to third resonators is 0.3 or smaller. The shape of each of the second line part of the first resonator and the second line part of the second resonator is long in a direction orthogonal to a stacking direction and crossing the longitudinal direction of the second line part of the third resonator.
US12294117B2
A battery module includes: a battery cell stack in which a plurality of battery cells are stacked, a first L-shaped frame accommodating the battery cell stack; and defining an open upper part and one open side surface, and a second L-shaped frame accommodating the battery cell stack, defining an open lower part and an one open side surface, wherein the first L-shaped frame and the second L-shaped frame are engaged with each other to surround four surfaces of the battery cell stack, a lower surface of the first L-shaped frame includes a first part and a second part, the first part is located at a first end with respect to a length direction of the battery cell, the second part is located between the first part and a second end opposite the first end, and a thickness of the first part is smaller than the thickness of the second part.
US12294115B2
Disclosed is a battery module, which includes a plurality of battery cells having electrode leads protruding thereon, and a bus bar assembly for electrically connecting the electrode leads of the plurality of battery cells. The bus bar assembly includes a bus bar frame, a plurality of lead slots defined by the bus bar frame so that the electrode leads pass therethrough, at least one sensing bus bar disposed between the plurality of lead slots and connected to the electrode leads, and an elastic guider disposed at the rear of the at least one sensing bus bar in a front and rear direction of the bus bar frame.
US12294107B2
A battery pack includes battery cell including a discharge valve opened when an internal pressure exceeds a set pressure, and case housing battery cell. Exhaust duct through which a discharge gas is discharged from the discharge valve to an outside of the case is disposed in the case, a discharge side of exhaust duct is opened to the outside of the case, and an inflow side of the exhaust duct is opened to an inside of the case, a diffusion space of the discharge gas is provided inside case, the discharge valve ejects the discharge gas into the diffusion space, and the discharge gas of the diffusion space is discharged to the outside of the case via exhaust duct.
US12294097B2
Disclosed are a method for manufacturing a secondary battery pouch film having at least an outer layer, a metal layer, a primer layer, and a sealant layer, or at least an outer layer, a metal layer, a primer layer, a melt-extrusion resin layer, and a sealant layer in this order, the method including: a drying process of applying and heating a primer layer composition on the metal layer so as to dry the primer layer composition and cure at least a part of the primer layer composition. The organic solvent-based emulsion composition contains acid-modified polypropylene and a curing agent and has a curing start temperature of 150° C. or lower, preferably 135° C. to 150° C., and a drying process temperature of 150° C. or lower, preferably 135° C. to 150° C. The method is not subjected to a thermal lamination process when laminating sealant layer.
US12294091B2
A method of providing a cleaned gas diffusion layer for electrochemical applications includes providing a gas diffusion layer such that a first side of the gas diffusion layer is arranged on a first vacuum conveyor belt, cleaning an exposed second side of the gas diffusion layer, the second side being situated opposite the first side of the gas diffusion layer, transferring the partially cleaned gas diffusion layer to a second vacuum conveyor belt partially situated opposite the first vacuum conveyor belt, wherein the first vacuum conveyor belt and the second vacuum conveyor belt have a transfer region in which the gas diffusion layer is transferred from the first vacuum conveyor belt to the second vacuum conveyor belt such that the first side of the gas diffusion layer is exposed, and cleaning the first side of the gas diffusion layer.
US12294090B2
This application relates to an electrode plate, an electrochemical apparatus, and an apparatus thereof. The electrode plate of this application includes a current collector, an electrode active material layer provided on at least one surface of the current collector, and an electrical connection member electrically connected to the current collector. The electrode active material layer is provided on a main body portion of the current collector in a zone referred to as a film zone, the electrical connection member and the current collector are welded and connected at an edge of the current collector, at a welding zone referred to as an transfer welding zone and a transition zone is referred to as an extension zone, where the transition zone is of the current collector between the film zone and the transfer welding zone, and is coated with no electrode active material layer.
US12294089B2
An embodiment anode for an all-solid-state battery includes an anode current collector, and a coating layer disposed on the anode current collector, wherein the coating layer is a thin film including at least one metal selected from the group consisting of alkaline earth metals, Group 4 to 9 transition metals, Group 13 metals, or combinations thereof.
US12294084B2
A positive active material for a rechargeable lithium battery includes a lithium nickel-based metal composite oxide, wherein the positive active material includes secondary particles in which a plurality of primary particles are aggregated, a first boron coating portion present on the outer surfaces of the secondary particles, and a second boron coating portion present on surfaces of the primary particles inside the secondary particles, and a weight of the first boron coating portion is greater than a weight of the second boron coating portion.
US12294082B2
A negative electrode includes a negative current collector, a first negative active material layer and a second negative active material layer. The first negative active material layer is arranged on one side of a first portion of the negative current collector, and the second negative active material layers are arranged on two sides of a second portion, different from the first portion, of the negative current collector. A ratio of a weight per unit area of the first negative active material layer to a weight per unit area of the second negative active material layer on the negative current collector is 0.47 to 0.52, and a ratio of a compacted density of the first negative active material layer to a compacted density of the second negative active material layer is 0.9 to 1.1.
US12294074B2
A main object of the present disclosure is to provide an anode slurry that gives an all solid state battery with suppressed fluctuation of restraining pressure. The present disclosure achieves the object by providing an anode slurry for an all solid state battery, the anode slurry including a Si-based anode active material, a first dispersion medium and a second dispersion medium; and the anode slurry satisfying: (i) when a hydrogen bond term σH of Hansen solubility parameter of, the Si-based anode active material, the first dispersion medium, and the second dispersion medium, are respectively regarded as σHSi, σH1 and σH2, and when ΔσH1=σHSi−σH2, and ΔσH2=σHSi−σH2, the ratio ΔσH2/ΔσH1, which is a ratio of ΔσH2 with respect to ΔσH1 is 0.96 or less; (ii) when T1 designates a boiling point of the first dispersion medium, and T2 designates a boiling point of the second dispersion medium, T2−T1≤3° C.; and (iii) when W1 designates a content of the first dispersion medium and W2 designates a content of the second dispersion medium, 0.1≤W2/(W1+W2)≤0.25.
US12294070B2
A battery module includes a plurality of battery cells stacked on each other; a module case configured to accommodate the plurality of battery cells; and a plurality of thermal runaway prevention units provided in the module case and respectively disposed between the plurality of battery cells along a stacking direction of the plurality of battery cells.
US12294067B2
The embodiments of the present application provide a method, apparatus and system for thermal runaway processing and a storage medium. The method first obtains a battery parameter for each of a plurality of battery modules in a power battery pack, then determines that a thermal runaway is occurred in a first battery module based on the battery parameter for each of the plurality of battery modules; and then obtains a second battery module based on the first battery module, wherein the second battery module corresponds to at least one battery module excluding the first battery module in the power battery pack; and finally supplies power to a chiller system with the second battery module.
US12294062B2
A battery system comprises a battery pack, an equalization unit, and a battery ECU. The battery pack includes a plurality of blocks connected in series. The equalization unit performs equalization control to equalize the plurality of blocks in voltage. The battery ECU obtains a determined equalization time, and controls the equalization unit to end the equalization control when the equalization time has elapsed since the equalization control was started.
US12294053B2
Provided is a method for producing a high-purity aqueous lithium salt solution, the method allowing filtering aluminum phosphate in a short time. The method for producing a high-purity aqueous lithium salt solution includes: a step of adjusting the pH of a slurry containing a mixture of lithium phosphate and aluminum hydroxide obtained from a first aqueous lithium salt solution being a raw material to a range of 2 to 3 to obtain a precipitate of aluminum phosphate; a step of filtering off and removing the precipitate of aluminum phosphate to obtain a second aqueous lithium salt solution; and a step of purifying the second aqueous lithium salt solution to obtain a high-purity aqueous lithium salt solution.
US12294051B2
A lithium ion-conductive solid electrolyte including a freestanding inorganic vitreous sheet of sulfide-based lithium ion conducting glass is capable of high performance in a lithium metal battery by providing a high degree of lithium ion conductivity while being highly resistant to the initiation and/or propagation of lithium dendrites. Such an electrolyte is also itself manufacturable, and readily adaptable for battery cell and cell component manufacture, in a cost-effective, scalable manner. An automated machine based system, apparatus and methods assessing and inspecting the quality of such vitreous solid electrolyte sheets, electrode sub-assemblies and lithium electrode assemblies can be based on spectrophotometry and can be performed inline with fabricating the sheet or web (e.g., inline with drawing of the vitreous Li ion conducting glass) and/or with the manufacturing of associated electrode sub-assemblies and lithium electrode assemblies and battery cells.
US12294050B2
Preparation of anhydrous lithium sulfide (Li2S) purified suitably for applications in advanced batteries, and, in particular, for synthesis of solid electrolytes based on Li2S, including sulfide solid electrolytes of the type that may be described as crystalline (e.g., polycrystalline), amorphous (e.g., glass) and combinations thereof, such as sulfide glass-ceramic solid electrolyte materials.
US12294048B2
Disclosed are a finishing tape which is capable of reducing flow of an electrode assembly in a casing and a secondary battery including the same. As an example, disclosed is a finishing tape comprising: a first layer formed of a resin and forming a substrate; and a second layer formed on at least one side of the first layer and including a microsphere structure.
US12294044B2
A display device may include a display panel including a pad disposed on a substrate and a driving unit including a bump electrically connected to the pad. The pad may include a first layer disposed on the substrate and including a conductive material, a second layer disposed on the first layer and including patterns arranged in a first direction and spaced apart from each other, and a third layer disposed on the second layer and including a conductive material. The first layer may include portions protruding toward the substrate and respectively corresponding to the patterns.
US12294043B2
The present application discloses a drive backplane and a preparation method thereof, a display panel, and a display device. The drive backplane includes a flexible substrate provided with a first via hole; a first passivation layer located on a side of the flexible substrate and provided with a second via hole, an orthographic projection of the second via hole being at least partially overlapped with an orthographic projection of the first via hole; a thin film transistor located on a side, facing away from the flexible substrate, of the first passivation layer; and an electrical connecting structure, including a signal trace and a connecting terminal.
US12294041B2
A light-emitting element extending in one direction includes: a semiconductor core including a main body extending in the one direction, a first end connected to one side of the main body and having an inclined side surface, and a second end connected to an other side of the main body and having a width less than that of the main body; and an insulation film around at least a portion of the outer surface of the semiconductor core, wherein the insulation film includes a first insulation film around the first end of the semiconductor core; and a second insulation film around the second end of the semiconductor core, wherein the diameter of an outer surface of the first insulation film is the same as a diameter of an outer surface of the second insulation film.
US12294040B2
A display device including: a lower substrate including a plurality of first protrusions; a base substrate on the lower substrate, wherein the base substrate includes a plurality of second protrusions overlapping with the plurality of first protrusions, respectively; and a plurality of pad electrodes on the base substrate, wherein each of the plurality of pad electrodes includes a plurality of third protrusions overlapping with the plurality of second protrusions, respectively.
US12294037B2
A light-emitting diode chip includes a substrate. The substrate has a side surface configured as a serrated surface, which includes a plurality of laser inscribed features disposed along a thickness direction of the substrate and spaced apart from each other. A method for manufacturing the light-emitting diode chip is also disclosed herein.
US12294033B2
A semiconductor die includes an array of first capacitor regions, each of the first capacitor regions including multiple first capacitor cell structures, wherein each first capacitor cell structure includes a plurality of first trench segments characterized by a first trench length, a first trench width, and a first trench spacing, and a first air gap width in a gap-filling material. The semiconductor die also includes a plurality of second capacitor regions interspersed in the array of first capacitor regions, each of the second capacitor region including multiple second capacitor cell structures, wherein each second capacitor cell structures includes a plurality of second trench segments characterized by a second trench length, a second trench width, a second trench spacing, and a second air gap width in the gap-filling material.
US12294028B2
A method of manufacturing a semiconductor device includes at least the following steps. A protrusion is formed in a substrate by an anisotropic etch process, wherein a sidewall of the protrusion is inclined. A recess is formed on the sidewall of the protrusion by an isotropic etch process, wherein during the isotropic etch process, a by-product covers a first portion of the sidewall of the protrusion while exposing a second portion of the sidewall of the protrusion, so that the recess is formed between the first portion and the second portion of the sidewall.
US12294025B2
A region for adjusting a carrier lifetime is easily formed by a method in which damage to a predetermined surface of a semiconductor substrate is small. Provided is a semiconductor apparatus including: a semiconductor substrate having an upper surface and a lower surface; a first region provided in a region on an upper surface side of the semiconductor substrate and having a first chemical concentration peak of a first impurity at a first depth position; and a second region provided in a region different from the first region in the semiconductor substrate and having a second chemical concentration peak of the first impurity at the first depth position. At the first depth position, a concentration of a recombination center of the second region is lower than a concentration of the recombination centers of the first region.
US12294015B2
A display device includes a first display area and a second display area; a first pixel circuit part positioned on the first display area; a first light-emitting element electrically connected to the first pixel circuit part; a second pixel circuit part positioned in the second display area; second light-emitting elements electrically connected to the second pixel circuit part; and a driving circuit part electrically connected to the first pixel circuit part and the second pixel circuit part and overlapping the second light-emitting elements in a plan view.
US12294014B2
A light emitting device comprises: a substrate; a first electrode on the substrate, the first electrode having holes, and having inclined surfaces along the peripheries of the holes; second electrodes on the substrate, each of which is in a respective one of the holes of the first electrode; and light emitting elements between the first electrode and the second electrodes, the light-emitting elements being electrically connected to the first electrode and the second electrodes.
US12294013B2
Provided is a highly-sensitive image-capture element and an image capture device that can be simply manufactured, have little polarization dependency, and have micro-spectroscopic elements capable of separating incident light into three wavelength ranges integrated facing a pixel array. An image capture element has a transparent layer having a low refractive index made of SiO2 or the like and a plurality of micro-lenses laminated on a pixel array in which pixels each including a photoelectric conversion element are disposed in an array. Inside the transparent layer having the low refractive index, micro-spectroscopic elements composed of a plurality of microstructures having constant thickness (length in a direction perpendicular to the pixel array) formed of a material such as SiN having a higher refractive index than that of the transparent layer is embedded.
US12294006B2
Gate-all-around integrated circuit structures having an insulator substrate, and methods of fabricating gate-all-around integrated circuit structures having an insulator substrate, are described. For example, an integrated circuit structure includes a semiconductor fin on an insulator substrate. A vertical arrangement of horizontal nanowires is over the semiconductor fin. A gate stack surrounds a channel region of the vertical arrangement of horizontal nanowires, and the gate stack is overlying a channel region of the semiconductor fin. A pair of epitaxial source or drain structures is at first and second ends of the vertical arrangement of horizontal nanowires and the semiconductor fin.
US12294005B2
A semiconductor device includes a first semiconductor layer having first and second regions, a plurality of first channel layers spaced apart from each other in a vertical direction on the first region of the first semiconductor layer, a first gate electrode surrounding the plurality of first channel layers, a plurality of second channel layers spaced apart from one another in the vertical direction on the second region of the first semiconductor layer, and a second gate electrode surrounding the plurality of second channel layers, wherein each of the plurality of first channel layers has a first crystallographic orientation, and each of the plurality of second channel layers has a second crystallographic orientation different from the first crystallographic orientation, and wherein a thickness of each of the plurality of first channel layers is different from a thickness of each of the plurality of second channel layers.
US12294004B2
A semiconductor device includes a substrate; a first fin structure extending along a first lateral direction; a second fin structure extending along the first lateral direction; a first gate structure extending along a second lateral direction and straddles the first fin structure; a second gate structure extending along the second lateral direction and straddles the second fin structure. The semiconductor device further includes a dielectric cut structure that separates the first and second gate structures from each other. The dielectric cut structure extends into the substrate and comprises a first portion and a second portion. A width of the first portion along the second lateral direction increases with increasing depth into the substrate and a width of the second portion along the second lateral direction decreases with increasing depth into the substrate. The second portion is located below the first portion.
US12294002B2
An integrated circuit package and a method of forming the same are provided. The method includes attaching an integrated circuit die to a first substrate. A dummy die is formed. The dummy die is attached to the first substrate adjacent the integrated circuit die. An encapsulant is formed over the first substrate and surrounding the dummy die and the integrated circuit die. The encapsulant, the dummy die and the integrated circuit die are planarized, a topmost surface of the encapsulant being substantially level with a topmost surface of the dummy die and a topmost surface of the integrated circuit die. An interior portion of the dummy die is removed. A remaining portion of the dummy die forms an annular structure.
US12293997B2
The present disclosure relates to a method for forming an electrically conductive ink able to be deposited through a print nozzle during a 3D printing operation. The method may involves providing an electrically non-conductive flowable material adapted to be flowed through a print nozzle during a 3D printing operation. A predetermined quantity of chiplets may then be mixed into flowable material, in accordance with a predefined percolation threshold, to form a percolating chiplet network within the polymer as the ink is flowed through the print nozzle and deposited on a surface. The chiplets each form an engineered electronic component, and ones of the chiplets randomly connect, in accordance with the predefined percolation threshold, to form an electrically conductive circuit having a predetermined circuit characteristic.
US12293996B2
A semiconductor package includes a first substrate, a first electronic component disposed on the first substrate, a second substrate disposed on the first substrate and provided with a cavity disposed in one surface of the second substrate, a first connection member connecting the first and second substrates to each other, a heat dissipation structure disposed on the second substrate and spaced apart from the first connection member, a second connection member disposed on the second substrate, and a via disposed on the second substrate, spaced apart from the heat dissipation structure, and connected to the first connection member. The second substrate includes a first region in which the cavity is disposed and a second region connected to the first substrate, and the heat dissipation structure is disposed in each of the first and second regions of the second substrate.
US12293989B2
A semiconductor package includes a first redistribution substrate, a lower semiconductor chip on the first redistribution substrate and a through via therein, a first lower conductive structure and a second lower conductive structure that are on the first redistribution substrate and are laterally spaced apart from the lower semiconductor chip, an upper semiconductor chip on the lower semiconductor chip and the second lower conductive structure and coupled to the through via and the second lower conductive structure, and an upper conductive structure on the first lower conductive structure. A width of the second lower conductive structure is greater than a width of the through via.
US12293988B2
A semiconductor package includes a semiconductor die and a redistribution structure. The semiconductor die is laterally surrounded by a molding compound, and the semiconductor die has a conductive pillar and a complex compound sheath sandwiched between the conductive pillar and the molding compound. The redistribution structure is electrically connected with the semiconductor die and comprises a first via portion at a first side of the redistribution structure and a second via portion at a second side of the redistribution structure, and a base angle of the second via portion is greater than a base angle of the first via portion.
US12293987B2
An electric package device is provided, including a first chip and a second chip. The first chip includes a first conductive pad. The second chip includes a second conductive pad. The second conductive pad couples to the first conductive pad through a connection wire. In some embodiments, the first chip includes a first signal control circuit that receives, in response to a selection signal, one of multiple input signals as a first signal, filters the first signal, and outputs the filtered first signal, as a second signal, from the first conductive pad to the second conductive pad.
US12293983B2
Provided is a method for manufacturing a conductive pillar capable of bonding a substrate and a bonding member with high bonding strength via a bonding layer without employing an electroplating method, and a method for manufacturing a bonded structure by employing this method. A method for manufacturing a conductive pillar 1 includes, in sequence, the steps of forming a resist layer 16 on a substrate 11 provided with an electrode pad 13, the resist layer 16 including an opening portion 16a on the electrode pad 13, forming a thin Cu film 17 by sputtering or evaporating Cu on a surface of the substrate 11 provided with the resist layer 16 including the opening portion 16a, filling the opening portion 16a with a fine particle copper paste 12c, and sintering the fine particle copper paste 12c by heating the substrate 11 filled with the fine particle copper paste 12c.
US12293982B2
A semiconductor structure and a method of manufacturing a semiconductor structure are provided. The semiconductor structure includes a first semiconductor substrate, a first conductive pad, and a first hybrid bonding pad. The first conductive pad is over the first semiconductor substrate. The first hybrid bonding pad is on the first conductive pad. The first hybrid bonding pad includes nano-twins copper. A thickness of the first hybrid bonding pad is less than a thickness of the first conductive pad.
US12293977B2
A method of fabricating a semiconductor package includes mounting at least one semiconductor chip to a package substrate, forming a shielding wall around the at least one semiconductor chip, forming a molded body on the package substrate in a space surrounded by the shielding wall, and forming a shielding cover covering the molding unit and in contact with the shielding wall.
US12293973B2
A power semiconductor module includes a plurality of semiconductor switches arranged in a plurality of groups. Each semiconductor switch has a first terminal and a second terminal having a controlled path therebetween and a control terminal. A plurality of first group contacts are each connected to the first terminals of the semiconductor switches of a respective group and a plurality of second group contacts are each connected to the second terminals of the semiconductor switches of the respective group. A plurality of control group contacts are each connected to the control terminals of the semiconductor switches of the respective group. An interconnection bridge connects the control group contacts and the first group contacts of the plurality of groups. The interconnection bridge has a layer structure with a first conductive layer and a second conductive layer being separated by an insulating layer.
US12293969B2
A semiconductor structure includes a substrate including a first surface; a dielectric layer disposed over the first surface of the substrate; a first conductive line surrounded by the dielectric layer and extended over the first surface of the substrate; a second conductive line disposed adjacent to the first conductive line, surrounded by the dielectric layer and extended parallel to the first conductive line; a conductive via disposed over the first conductive line and extended through the dielectric layer; and a cross section of the conductive via substantially parallel to the first surface of the substrate, wherein the cross section of the conductive via is at least partially protruded from the first conductive line towards the second conductive line. Further, a method of manufacturing the semiconductor structure is also disclosed.
US12293945B2
A semiconductor chip includes a chip constituent substrate having a first surface and a second surface, and including a layer containing gallium nitride. The chip constituent substrate is provided with a semiconductor element, and components constituting the semiconductor element are located more in an area adjacent to the first surface than in an area adjacent to the second surface. The chip constituent substrate is formed with a through hole penetrating the chip constituent substrate from the first surface to the second surface. The through hole defines a first opening adjacent to the first surface and a second opening adjacent to the second surface, and the first opening is larger than the second opening.
US12293941B2
A gallium nitride (GaN) device with field plate structure, including a substrate, a gate on the substrate and a passivation layer covering on the gate, a source and a drain on the substrate and the passivation layer, a stop layer on the source, the drain and the passivation layer, and dual-damascene interconnects connecting respectively with the source and the drain, wherein the dual-damascene interconnect is provided with a via portion under the stop layer and a trench portion on the stop layer, and the via portion is connected with the source or the drain, and the trench portion of one of the dual-damascene interconnects extends horizontally toward the drain and overlaps the gate below in vertical direction, thereby functioning as a field plate structure for the GaN device.
US12293940B2
Double patterning techniques described herein may reduce corner rounding, etch loading, and/or other defects that might otherwise arise during formation of a deep trench isolation (DTI) structure in a pixel array. The double patterning techniques include forming a first set of trenches in a first direction and forming a second set of trenches in a second direction in a plurality of patterning operations such that minimal to no etch loading and/or corner rounding is present at and/or near the intersections of the first set of trenches and the second set of trenches.
US12293932B2
A technique for improving uniformity of film thickness on substrates, includes a substrate processing apparatus having a substrate retainer including substrate and partition plate supports; a reaction tube; a first driver vertically moving the substrate retainer into or out of the reaction tube; a second driver vertically moved by the first driver and rotating the substrate retainer to change a distance between a substrate and a partition plate by moving at least one of the substrate or the partition plate support; a heater; a gas supplier comprising a nozzle; a gas exhauster; and a controller controlling the first driver, the second driver and the gas supplier such that a gas is supplied to the substrate while changing at least one of a relative position of the substrate and a relative position of the partition plate with respect to a hole of the nozzle by driving the second driver.
US12293931B2
A tape roll includes a cylindrical core, a strip-shaped tape wound on the core, and a marking portion that represents type information of the strip-shaped tape and that is applied to an inner peripheral surface of the core. Preferably, the type information of the strip-shaped tape includes at least one piece of type information selected from a group consisting of a width, a length, a material, an adhesive force, and a shelf life of the tape, and the marking portion has slots or an identification code representing the at least one piece of type information. A tape mounter for bonding, to a workpiece, the tape which is wound on the core of the tape roll is also disclosed.
US12293927B2
Provided are a method of automatically setting a purge mode of a side track buffer (STB) and a system for manufacturing a semiconductor wafer, and the method, performed by a system for manufacturing a semiconductor wafer including a side track buffer (STB) including a purge device for supplying inert gas to discharge a process gas of a FOUP, and a mode determination unit for determining a purge mode in which the purge device of the STB in which the FOUP is seated is able to be driven, includes identifying specifications of the purge device corresponding to a configuration of the purge device; and determining a drivable purge mode from among predetermined purge modes depending on the identified specifications of the purge device.
US12293902B2
Methods and apparatus for processing substrates are provided herein. In some embodiments, a process kit for a substrate support includes: an upper edge ring made of quartz and having an upper surface and a lower surface, wherein the upper surface is substantially planar and the lower surface includes a stepped lower surface to define a radially outermost portion and a radially innermost portion of the upper edge ring.
US12293899B2
This disclosure relates to a plasma generator including a porous ceramic dielectric. More specifically, this disclosure relates to a plasma generator for air purification capable of effectively generating ozone for removing bacteria, viruses, etc., and minimizing pressure loss while increasing air purification capacity by including a porous ceramic dielectric coated with an antibacterial material.
US12293896B2
A particle beam system includes: a multi-beam particle source configured to generate a multiplicity of particle beams; an imaging optical unit configured to image an object plane in particle-optical fashion into an image plane and direct the multiplicity of particle beams on the image plane; and a field generating arrangement configured to generate electric and/or magnetic deflection fields of adjustable strength in regions close to the object plane. The particle beams are deflected in operation by the deflection fields through deflection angles that depend on the strength of the deflection fields.
US12293892B2
A battery pack has a fuse box bracket for short circuit prevention, and more particularly a battery pack configured such that two or more unit modules are electrically connected to each other, the battery pack including a fuse interposed between connection terminals extending from the unit modules; and a fuse box bracket located under the fuse, wherein the fuse includes a central portion made of a nonconductor and an edge portion made of a conductor.
US12293884B2
A key assembly, which includes a support plate, a flexible circuit board, a buffer block, and a pressing assembly. The support plate has a first surface and a second surface that are opposite to each other. The support plate has an accommodating portion that is recessed from the first surface to a side of the second surface, and the accommodating portion limits an accommodating groove. The flexible circuit board is superposed on the first surface, and the flexible circuit board has a through hole that is correspondingly connected to the accommodating groove. The buffer block is disposed in the accommodating groove, and passes through the through hole. The buffer block has a buffer support surface that protrudes from the flexible circuit board away from one side surface of the support plate. The pressing assembly includes a keycap, a support mechanism, and a connecting rod.
US12293881B2
An electrolytic capacitor includes exterior body and an element stack body including a plurality of capacitor elements. Each of the plurality of capacitor elements includes an anode body, a dielectric layer, and a cathode part covering at least a part of the dielectric layer. The exterior body includes a first principal surface, a second principal surface intersecting the first principal surface, a third principal surface opposite to the first principal surface, and a fourth principal surface opposite to the second principal surface. In at least one first capacitor element among the plurality of capacitor elements, an end surface of an end of the anode body is exposed from the exterior body at least on first principal surface to be electrically connected to a first external electrode. And an end surface of an end of the cathode part is exposed from the exterior body at least on second principal surface to be electrically connected to a second external electrode.
US12293876B2
A power supply device converts power supplied from a power source to power to be supplied to a load and supplies the converted power to the load from an output terminal. The power supply device includes a capacitor that includes a case, a first terminal exposed outside the case, and a second terminal exposed outside the case. The first terminal is fixed to a busbar. The busbar electrically connects the first terminal to the output terminal of the power supply device. The second terminal is fixed to an electrically conductive support that receives a reference potential.
US12293875B2
A ceramic electronic component includes: a ceramic body having a first surface; an external electrode disposed at least on the first surface; an internal electrode disposed inside the ceramic body; and a connection conductor connected to the external electrode and extending through a surface or an interior of the ceramic body to electrically connect to the internal electrode. The external electrode includes an overhanging portion extending laterally from its portion connected to the connection conductor. At least a portion of the overhanging portion is a peeled portion peeled off from the ceramic body.
US12293872B2
An electronic device and a protective cover having a magnetic structure with multiple opposing poles on a surface for use with magnetically sensitive components is provided. The magnetic structure is configured for aligning the electronic device and the protective cover, and creating a separable magnetic attachment between the electronic device and the protective cover. The magnetic structure includes more than three magnetic sections arranged in a linear configuration, with each of the magnetic sections magnetized in a direction perpendicular to first and second surfaces of the magnetic structure. The magnetic structure generates flux densities having similar magnitudes relative to the first and second surfaces as a function of distance from each surface, respectively, along a perpendicular axis. Adjacent magnetic sections are magnetized in opposing directions such that the magnetic structure does not impair normal operation of a camera, a compass, and an inductive charger in the electronic device.
US12293861B2
Apparatus and methods to reduce unwanted magnetic fields and unwanted motion in precision instruments are described. A coil assembly that is used to generate an opposing magnetic field can include a first coil configured to generate a static magnetic field and a second coil configured to generate a time-varying magnetic field. The first and second coils can be in close proximity and sized to suppress magnetic fields over a large localized region. The first coil can be connected to a choke to increase its impedance seen by the second coil.
US12293853B2
Provided herein are composite conductors, characterized by having copper deposits inside the bulk rather than on the outer surface of a non-metallic conductive porous matrix, such as CNT fabric, as well as a process for obtaining the same. The composite conductors provided herein are also characterized by a low specific weight and a high ampacity compared to metal conductors of similar size and shape.
US12293831B2
A system for use in a poultry house includes a control server, a network gateway disposed in the poultry house and equipping with a wireless communication capability; a movable sensor module disposed in the poultry house, wherein the movable sensor module is movable within the poultry house for obtaining a plurality of environmental parameters associated with specific locations within the poultry house, and a sampling machine disposed in the poultry house for obtaining a sample of poultry waste on the ground of the poultry house. The movable sensor module transmits the environmental parameters to the network gateway, and the network gateway transmits the environmental parameters to the control server for processing the environmental parameters.
US12293823B2
A health administration method, a health administration apparatus, a health administration system, and a data collection apparatus are provided. The health administration method involves a plurality of objects and a plurality of devices, and includes: generating a device usage record of at least one object based at least on identity information of the at least one object among the plurality of objects and data generated by a device used by the at least one object (S10), and providing the device usage record of the at least one object to a memory associated with a health administration apparatus (S20). The health administration method, the health administration apparatus, the health administration system, and the data collection apparatus can improve work efficiency of medical workers.
US12293822B2
Disclosed herein are systems and methods for of assessing stain titer levels. An exemplary method includes generating a set of field of views for the image or the region of the image, selecting field of views from the set of field of views that meet predefined criteria, creating a series of patches within each of the selected field of views, retaining patches from the series of patches that meet predefined criteria indicative of a presence of the stain for which the titer is to be estimated, deriving stain color features and stain intensity features pertaining to the stain from the retained patches, estimating a titer score for each of the retained patches based on the stain color features and the stain intensity features, and calculating a weighted average score for the titer of the stain based on the estimated titer score for each of the retained patches.
US12293818B2
The present disclosure is directed to embodiments of a kiosk including a chassis having a patient compartment and a medication compartment. A patient does not have access to the medication compartment in the patient compartment. A dispense structure extends from the patient compartment to the medication compartment such that a dosage of medication may be dispensed to the patient when within the patient compartment. After the medication is dispensed to the patient, a medical professional observes the patient ingest the medication through a video conference display within the patient compartment. A biometric scanner may be in electrical communication with a lock in mechanical cooperation with a door hingedly coupled to the chassis to limit access to the medication compartment. An insulated safe with an internal chamber wherein the internal chamber's temperature is regulated. A medication is stored within the internal chamber of the insulated safe at a selected temperature by regulating the temperature within the internal chamber of the insulated safe.
US12293814B2
Disclosed herein are systems and techniques for evaluating prescribed optical devices during use. A method can include matching a user profile with a prescribed optical device, matching the prescribed optical device with a plurality of members of a distribution system of the prescribed optical device, requesting information about the prescribed optical device through a user interface, receiving information in response to requesting the information, and sending feedback based on the received information to one of the members of the distribution system. One or more network devices can generate a user interface including information associated with the prescribed optical device and the user profile. The user interface can be adapted based on a primary or secondary user of the network device. The user interface can also be adapted as the user progresses in age, treatment schedule, and/or other factors that support evaluation of the prescribed optical device.
US12293800B2
In addition to word line related short circuits within the blocks of the array structure of a non-volatile memory device, such as NAND memory, word line related shorts can also occur in the routing for supplying the word lines of the memory blocks. Depending on the layout of the routing, some shorts for the word lines associated with one block can affect other blocks of the memory array. In particular, if the routing of a pair of adjacent local supply lines are adjacent to a global supply line, a short between the pair of adjacent local supply lines for one block can lead, through the global supply line, to defects in another of the block. Techniques are presented for detecting these layout related problematic word lines.
US12293798B2
Disclosed herein are methods, apparatuses and systems related to adjusting operation of memory dies according to reliability measures determined in real-time. The apparatus may be configured to determine the reliability measures based on (1) initiating and completing a programming operation within respective timings following an erase operation and (2) reading the programmed data within a window from completing the programming operation.
US12293792B2
A voltage prediction method, a memory storage device and a memory control circuit unit are disclosed. The method includes: reading a plurality of memory cells in a rewritable non-volatile memory module by using a first read voltage level to obtain count information, and the first read voltage level is configured to distinguish a first state and a second state adjacent to each other in a threshold voltage distribution of the memory cells, and the count information reflects a total number of first memory cells meeting a target condition among the memory cells; and predicting a second read voltage level according to the count information, and the second read voltage level is configured to distinguish a third state and a fourth state adjacent to each other in the threshold voltage distribution.
US12293788B2
A method of operating the memory system includes determining a boundary page line to be found, the boundary page line including a first page line of page lines in a programming order. States of pages forming the first page line of the page lines in the programming order are all erased state. The method also includes obtaining an address of a frozen page line, the frozen page line including a first page line of a first page line group. States of at least part of pages forming the first page line of the first page line group are erased state. The method further includes determining that states of pages forming the frozen page line are all programmed state. The method further includes determining the page line group to which the boundary page line belongs according to the address of the frozen page line. The method further includes determining an address of the boundary page line from the page line group to which the boundary page line belongs.
US12293787B2
A memory system has a nonvolatile memory which comprises memory cells capable of storing 4-bit data of first to fourth bits by sixteen threshold regions including a first threshold region corresponding to an erased state and second to sixteenth threshold regions having higher voltage levels than a voltage level of the first threshold region corresponding to a written state; and a controller which causes the nonvolatile memory to execute a first program for writing data of the first bit and the second bit and then causes the nonvolatile memory to execute a second program for writing data of the third bit and the fourth bit. The controller controls such that the threshold region is any threshold region of a seventeenth threshold region corresponding to an erased state and eighteenth to twentieth threshold regions having higher voltage levels than that of the seventeenth threshold region corresponding to a written state.
US12293781B2
The three-state spintronic device includes: a bottom electrode, a magnetic tunnel junction and a top electrode from bottom to top. The magnetic tunnel junction includes: a spin-orbit coupling layer, a ferromagnetic free layer, a barrier tunneling layer, a ferromagnetic reference layer, three local magnetic domain wall pinning centers and domain wall nucleation centers. An antisymmetric exchange interaction is modulated, and the magnetic domain wall pinning centers are embedded in an interface between a heavy metal and the ferromagnetic free layer. The magnetic domain wall nucleation centers are at two ends of the ferromagnetic free layer. A current pulse flows through the spin-orbit coupling layer to generate a spin current and the spin current is injected into the ferromagnetic free layer. Under a control of all-electrical controlled, an effective field of a spin-orbit torque drives domain wall to move and displace.
US12293780B2
Provided is a magnetic recording medium configured to achieve higher density recording. The magnetic recording medium has a tape-like shape, and includes: a base containing polyester as a main constituent; and a magnetic layer provided on the base, including a plurality of magnetic powders, and configured to record a data signal. An average thickness of the magnetic recording medium is 5.6 μm or less. An average thickness of the base is 4.2 μm or less. An average thickness of the magnetic layer is 90 nm or less. An average aspect ratio of the magnetic powders is 1.0 or greater and 3.0 or less. A coercivity in a perpendicular direction is 3000 oersted or less. A rate of a coercivity in a longitudinal direction to the coercivity in the perpendicular direction is 0.8 or less. The magnetic layer includes a lubricant. An entire BET specific surface area of the magnetic recording medium from which the lubricant has been removed is 2.5 m2/g or greater.
US12293774B2
Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, a device, including a processing system including a processor; and a memory that stores executable instructions that, when executed by the processing system, facilitate performance of operations of receiving an original audio signal for an interval; creating a time-series graphical image of the original audio signal for the interval; compressing the time-series graphical image, thereby creating a reduced resolution image; recreating a retrieved audio signal from the reduced resolution image; determining whether a comparison of the retrieved audio signal to the original audio signal meets a quality threshold; responsive to meeting the quality threshold, compressing the reduced resolution image further and repeating the recreating and determining steps; and transmitting a last reduced resolution image that meets the quality threshold. Other embodiments are disclosed.
US12293772B2
A data processing system for identifying an audio signal includes an audio sensor, a receiver module, a signal recognition module, and a receiver device. The receiver module receives audio data from the audio sensor. The receiver module transmits the audio data to the signal recognition module. The signal recognition module calculates time-varying vector arrays of octave band energies, and/or of fractional octave band energies, and calculates time-varying vector arrays of Mel-Frequency Cepstral Coefficients (MFCC) values based on the received audio data. The signal recognition module generates audio feature image data based on the vector arrays. The signal recognition module includes binary classifier machine learning models and inference models to identify the audio signal based on the generated audio feature image data. The signal recognition module transmits a notification message to the receiver device.
US12293768B2
A method for decoding an encoded audio bitstream in an audio processing system is disclosed. The method includes extracting from the encoded audio bitstream a first waveform-coded signal comprising spectral coefficients corresponding to frequencies up to a first cross-over frequency for a time frame and performing parametric decoding at a second cross-over frequency for the time frame to generate a reconstructed signal. The second cross-over frequency is above the first cross-over frequency and the parametric decoding uses reconstruction parameters derived from the encoded audio bitstream to generate the reconstructed signal. The method also includes extracting from the encoded audio bitstream a second waveform-coded signal comprising spectral coefficients corresponding to a subset of frequencies above the first cross-over frequency for the time frame and interleaving the second waveform-coded signal with the reconstructed signal to produce an interleaved signal for the time frame.
US12293767B2
For each frame, an n-th channel compensated decoded sound signal ˜X′n is obtained that is a signal obtained by compensating a high frequency of an n-th channel purified decoded sound signal ˜Xn obtained by performing signal processing in a time domain on an n-th channel decoded sound signal {circumflex over ( )}Xn (n is each integer of 1 or more and N or less) that is a decoded sound signal of each channel of stereo obtained by decoding a stereo code CS. At this time, there are executed an n-th channel high-frequency compensation gain estimation step of obtaining an n-th channel high-frequency compensation gain ρn that is a value for bringing high-frequency energy of the n-th channel compensated decoded sound signal ˜X′n close to high-frequency energy of the n-th channel decoded sound signal {circumflex over ( )}Xn, and an n-th channel high-frequency compensation step of obtaining and outputting a signal obtained by adding the n-th channel purified decoded sound signal ˜Xn and a signal obtained by multiplying a high-frequency component of the n-th channel decoded sound signal {circumflex over ( )}Xn by the n-th channel high-frequency compensation gain ρn, as the n-th channel compensated decoded sound signal ˜X′n.
US12293762B2
Embodiments may be implemented by a computing device, such as a head-mountable display, in order to use a single guard phrase to enable different voice commands in different interface modes. An example device includes an audio sensor and a computing system configured to analyze audio data captured by the audio sensor to detect speech that includes a predefined guard phrase, and to operate in a plurality of different interface modes comprising at least a first and a second interface mode. During operation in the first interface mode, the computing system may initially disable one or more first-mode speech commands, and respond to detection of the guard phrase by enabling the one or more first-mode speech commands. During operation in the second interface mode, the computing system may initially disable a second-mode speech command, and to respond to the guard phrase by enabling the second-mode speech command.
US12293750B2
An active noise cancellation (ANC) system is provided with at least one loudspeaker to project anti-noise sound within a passenger cabin of a vehicle in response to receiving an anti-noise signal. At least one microphone provides an error signal indicative of noise and the anti-noise sound within the passenger cabin. An occupancy controller is programmed to modify a transfer function between the at least one microphone and at least one virtual microphone based on an occupancy signal indicative of occupant presence within the passenger cabin. An adaptive filter controller is programmed to filter the error signal using the transfer function to obtain an estimated virtual microphone error signal. A controllable filter generates the anti-noise signal based on the estimated virtual microphone error signal.
US12293749B2
A vehicle system includes a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium having instructions stored thereon. The instructions, upon execution by one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to store a plurality of passenger profiles regarding passengers of a vehicle, acquire passenger identifying data regarding a present passenger in the vehicle, identify a respective passenger profile associated with the present passenger from the plurality of passenger profiles based on the passenger identifying data, and control a speaker positioned within the vehicle based at least in part on a pre-stored physical characteristic included with the respective passenger profile to emit noise-canceling sound waves to generate a noise suppression zone to suppress sound waves perceived by the present passenger. Each of the plurality of passenger profiles includes the pre-stored physical characteristic of a respective passenger associated therewith.
US12293748B2
A noise reduction assembly includes an outer frame and a partition plate. An accommodating cavity is arranged in the outer frame; the partition plate is arranged in the accommodating cavity, and the partition plate and the outer frame form a noise reduction channel, the noise reduction channel includes a first noise reduction section, a second noise reduction section and a third noise reduction section that are communicated in sequence, and the channel cross-sectional areas of the first noise reduction section and the third noise reduction section are both smaller than the channel cross-sectional area of the second noise reduction section. The technical solution of the present application may reduce the noise of a new energy equipment having the noise reduction assembly during operation.
US12293745B2
Systems and methods for generating sensory outputs (e.g., tactile, scent, and/or flavor) based on biometric/neurometric user data are provided. One exemplary method comprises receiving an incoming signal from a bio-generated data sensing device worn by a user; receiving an input signal representing sensory content experienced by the user in association with generation of the incoming signal; populating a common vocabulary with one or more values determined based on the input signal; determining a set of output values based on the incoming signal, the common vocabulary, which comprises a list of possible output values, and a parameter file, which comprises a set of instructions for applying the common vocabulary to the incoming signal to derive the set of output values; generating an output array comprising the set of output values; and providing the output array to an output delivery system configured to render the output array as a sensory output.
US12293743B2
A device and method for converting a fretted musical instrument into a fretless instrument is provided. The device is manufactured to the dimensions of the musical instrument and configured to fit between the frets and the strings of the musical instrument. The resulting fretless instrument is easily convertible back to a fretted instrument.
US12293725B2
A display substrate, a manufacturing method and a display device are provided. At least one of the plurality of shift register units in the scan driving circuit includes an output circuit including an output transistor and an output reset transistor; a length of the active layer of the output transistor/the output reset transistor in the first direction is a first length/a second length, and a sum thereof is an output active length; a smaller one of minimum width of the active layer of the output transistor and the output reset transistor in a second direction is a first output active width, the first direction intersects the second direction; a ratio of the output active length to the first output active width is within a first predetermined ratio range greater than or equal to 3 and less than or equal to 11.
US12293718B2
A pixel drive circuit includes a light-emitting device electrically connected to a first power supply terminal and a second power supply terminal; a drive transistor having a gate electrically connected to a first node and a source and a drain electrically connected to second and third nodes; a first light-emitting control transistor having a source and a drain electrically connected to the first power supply terminal and the second node, and a gate configured to receive a first light-emitting control signal; and a second light-emitting control transistor having a source and a drain electrically connected to the third node and the light-emitting device, and a gate configured to receive a second light-emitting control signal. The first light-emitting control transistor is configured to transmit a first voltage signal supplied from the first power supply terminal to the second and third nodes at a node setting stage.
US12293711B2
Provided are a display device. The display device comprises: a display unit defined by a display area and a non-display area located outside the display area, and including pixels arranged in the display area, first sensing wirings electrically connected to the pixels, and auxiliary voltage wirings electrically separated from the pixels; and a sensing unit electrically connected to the first sensing wirings, wherein the first sensing wirings and the auxiliary voltage wirings extend in a first direction and are sequentially arranged along a second direction perpendicular to the first direction at first intervals, the first sensing wirings are spaced apart from each other along the second direction at second intervals greater than the first intervals and are electrically separated from each other, and the auxiliary voltage wirings are electrically connected to each other.
US12293708B2
A pixel driving circuit proposed in the present application includes a first transistor, a second transistor, a third transistor, a fourth transistor, a fifth transistor, a sixth transistor, a capacitor and a light-emitting device. In the pixel driving circuit, a threshold-voltage compensation is performed on the first transistor, and this can efficiently improve attenuation of electric current of the light-emitting device caused by a drift of threshold voltage of a drive transistor, thereby improving stability of a display panel.
US12293704B2
The present application provides a pixel compensation circuit, a method of compensating pixel, and a display panel. The pixel compensation circuit includes a compensation transistor, a driving transistor, a reset transistor, a first switching transistor, a second switching transistor, a first capacitor, a second capacitor, and a light-emitting device. Compared with the pixel compensation circuit in prior art, the present application does not need to adopt a plurality of array substrate gate driving circuit to achieve compensation function. That is, the scanning signal lines adopted by the present application are less, which is convenient to achieve narrow bezel of display products.
US12293702B2
A pixel circuit includes a plurality of driving transistors and a plurality of gating sub-circuits. The plurality of driving transistors are configured to output different driving currents under control of a received control signal. Each gating sub-circuit is electrically connected to a respective selection signal terminal, a scanning signal terminal, a respective driving transistor and a light-emitting device, and is configured to be turned on under control of a scanning signal from the scanning signal terminal and a selection signal from the selection signal terminal to transmit a driving current from the connected driving transistor to the light-emitting device. Within a frame period, one of a plurality of selection signal terminals respectively electrically connected to the plurality of gating sub-circuits outputs a selection signal.
US12293696B2
Disclosed is a method of controlling a display device, the method including generating a plurality of Average Picture Level (APL) data for each specific period within a vertical blank period by a first display module, transmitting a plurality of the APL data to a second display module at a specific timing point by the first display module, receiving a plurality of the APL data by the second display module, and processing image data by the second display module based on a specific APL data among a plurality of the received APL data.
US12293693B2
A display device may include a display panel which displays an image based on image data, a power supply which provides a driving voltage to the display panel through a power line, a current sensor which generates first current data including average, minimum, and maximum sensing currents of a first period based on sensing currents generated by sampling a current flowing through the power line at a sampling frequency, generates second current data including average, minimum, and maximum sensing currents of a second period less than the first period based on the sensing currents, and includes a first controller controlling the image data or the power supply based on the second current data, and a timing controller which communicates with the current sensor, and includes a second controller controlling the image data or the power supply based on the first and second current data.
US12293686B2
An apparatus includes a light source configured to emit a light beam based on image data, a projection unit configured to project the light beam onto a pupil of a user, and at least one processor and a memory coupled to the processor storing instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to function as: an obtaining unit configured to obtain position information on a projection area through which the light beam to be projected onto a retina of the user passes, and a control unit configured to control a projection image to be projected onto the retina with the light beam based on the image data. The control unit controls the light source such that the projection image is changed based on the position information on the projection area and a position of the light beam.
US12293674B2
A system and method are provided for selecting features from a digital chart, and entering corresponding flight plan amendments into a flight plan by direct transfer to an FMS. Based on the selection, the system may prompt the user for subsequent selections. Digital charts are generated in dynamically or in real-time according to a set of databases, including the databased used by the FMS. Elements within the databases are characterized so that the flight crew can select which elements are displayed. Features in the digital chart may be made selectable or unselectable based on a filtering process. The filtering process may be based on environmental variables, aircraft capabilities, safety tolerances, etc.
US12293673B2
A method of guidance for an aircraft includes obtaining relative position data indicative of a direction from a location of the aircraft to a location of a moving target point. The method also includes determining, based on the relative position data, a location of a virtual leader based on projecting the location of the aircraft onto a virtual leader path, where the virtual leader path corresponds to a straight approach path to the location of the moving target point along a desired approach direction. The method further includes determining, based on the location of the virtual leader, a guidance input to cause the aircraft to follow the virtual leader.
US12293665B2
A wireless communication device according to the present disclosure is set to be mounted on a vehicle including at least one wheel. The wireless communication device includes an input circuit, and an output circuit. The input circuit is set to connect to a lean angle detection circuit capable of detecting a lean angle of the vehicle with a traveling direction of the vehicle as a rotation axis. The output circuit is configured to repeatedly transmit a wireless signal including at least a position of the vehicle, a speed of the vehicle, and the lean angle of the vehicle at predetermined time intervals.
US12293664B2
An example operation may include one or more of parking a transport in an initial space, determining an average time of an event attended by at least one occupant associated with the transport, moving the transport to at least one other space when an elapsed time of the event is less than the average time and when the at least one other space is available and closer to an event location than the initial space, and moving the transport to a final space when the event is completed, and the final space is a location of a device associated with the at least one occupant.
US12293661B2
Apparatus, systems, and/or methods may involve reporting a road hazard. Road hazard data may be collected for an object on a road, which may include automatically generated data from a device associated with the object causing a hazard. The road hazard data may be provided to a service, an application, a device, a client, and so on. For example, the road hazard data may be merged with a map and provided to a map services client, a navigation client, and so on. An alert may be generated based on the road hazard data to warn of the hazard caused by the object. The alert may include a visual and/or audio representation of the hazard data. The alert may be used to automatically and/or manually avoid the hazard.
US12293660B2
A method for vehicle alerting includes receiving, at a cloud computing system, digital data that includes a location of a vehicle and a hazard lights on status of the vehicle, determining a functional classification of a road that corresponds to the location of the vehicle, wherein the digital data is received from the vehicle via a wireless connection, and determining whether to initiate an alert messaging operation in response to the functional classification of the road and the hazard lights on status, wherein determining whether to initiate the alert messaging operation involves selecting from available options of 1) initiating the alert messaging operation when the functional classification of the road is determined to be within a first set of functional classifications, and 2) not initiating the alert messaging operation when the functional classification of the road is determined to be within a second set of functional classifications.
US12293657B2
A method for mitigating lane-change disturbance based on cooperative maneuvering includes obtaining traffic data from a target lane, determining whether a traffic in the target lane becomes string unstable in response to an ego vehicle moving to the target lane based on learned car-following models and the traffic data, identifying a connected vehicle in the target lane in response to determining that the traffic in the target lane becomes string unstable in response to an ego vehicle moving to the target lane, and requesting that the identified connected vehicle change lanes from the target lane to another lane to obtain an empty space between a vehicle in front of the identified connected vehicle and a vehicle behind the identified connected vehicle or follow a suggested speed profile to obtain an empty space between the identified connected vehicle and a vehicle in front of the identified connected vehicle.
US12293649B1
According to some embodiments, a system is provided. The system comprises a computing system that is configured to receive an alarm signal from a premises monitoring system that is configured to monitor a premises, receive alarm event data associated with an alarm event, store the alarm event data associated with the alarm event in at least one data store of the computing system, enforce an access control policy on the alarm event data stored in the at least one data store, the access control policy restricting access to the alarm event data based on time and a plurality of roles of a plurality of users of the computing system, perform at least one analytics operation on the alarm event data associated with the alarm event, and update a value of a current alarm score based on an output of the at least one analytics operation.
US12293646B2
There are disclosed monitoring and advanced asset recovery devices and systems (“MAARS”). In an embodiment, a MAARS device includes a housing, a circuit board fixedly attached to the housing, affixed to the circuit board is a processor/microcontroller/minicomputer, electronic components to support the microcontroller, sensor modules, wireless modules, a power source, and an antenna. Each of the microcontroller, electronic components, sensor modules, wireless modules, and power source form an integrated circuit and are in communication with one another. The monitoring and advanced asset recovery device is configured to be installed inside a container where the device will measure and monitor a number of variables to determine the status, condition, and location of the container. Other embodiments are also disclosed.
US12293640B2
A system and method for operating a game of chance. A gaming system includes one or more game displays, a user interface, at least one processor running executable instructions related to a game of chance and memory in communication with said at least one processor. The game of chance including one or more random number generators in communication with the at least one processor, wherein a player may selectively delay the processor from utilizing results from the at least one RNG to change a future game outcome by interacting with the gaming machine and preventing game play for a delay period.
US12293639B2
The present invention provides an information processing device and a program that can lower a difficulty level of clearing a predetermined condition and improve a continuation rate of a player. The information processing device is configured to execute a game in which symbol random determination for determining symbols to be rearranged is executed, and when an arrangement pattern of the determined symbols corresponds to one of a plurality of kinds of preset arrangement patterns, a payout corresponding to the arrangement pattern is awarded, and the information processing device includes a controller programmed to execute a) a process of executing random determination as to whether to rearrange the symbols in an arrangement pattern corresponding to a specific payout among the payout, and b) a process of rearranging the symbols in the arrangement pattern corresponding to the specific payout and awarding the specific payout within a predetermined period of time regardless of whether the symbol random determination is executed, when a random determination result in the process a) wins a prize.
US12293637B2
Gaming systems, gaming devices and methods that provide games that control volatility. In one embodiment, the gaming system disclosed herein enables a player to select values, or cells associated with values, that are displayed in a particular arrangement. The player selected values are distributed to other values or cells according to one or more predefined rules. In one embodiment, one or more of the player selectable values are progressive award values. At some point during the game, the gaming system randomly picks one of the remaining values that have not been selected and provides an award to the player based at least in part on the selected value.
US12293634B2
A fraud detection system which detects fraud in a game of performing collection and redemption of chips in accordance with a win or lose result includes a camera which captures an image of chips contained in a chip tray of a dealer, an image analyzing apparatus which analyses the image captured by the camera to detect an amount of the chips contained in the chip tray, a card distribution device which determines a win or lose result of a game, and a control device which compares the win or lose result of the game and the amount of the chips contained in the chip tray before and after collection and redemption of the chips to detect fraud.
US12293629B2
The present disclosure relates generally to a gaming system, device, and method supportive of a self-evolving, AI-based playstyle models. A gaming system, device, and method are provided that identify data associated with a gameplay session at a gaming device, provide the data to a machine learning network; receive an output from the machine learning network in response to the machine learning network processing the data using a playstyle model, the output including an indication associated with modifying the playstyle model; and modify the playstyle model based on the indication. The data includes at least one of: a gameplay decision received during the gameplay session; and an emotional state of a user in association with the gameplay decision.
US12293626B2
An electronic gaming machine includes a housing defining an internal cavity. The housing includes an exterior surface at least partially defining an opening extending through the housing and connecting with the cavity. The gaming machine also includes a main display coupled to the housing and configured to display a wagering game. A button deck assembly is removably coupled to the housing and includes a frame sized to extend at least partially through the opening and into the cavity when the button deck assembly is coupled to the housing. A connection assembly extends between the frame and the housing and includes a latch fixably mounted to one of the frame and the housing. The latch is configured to removably engage the other of the frame and the housing when the button deck assembly is coupled to the housing to secure the button deck assembly to the housing.
US12293625B2
Devices, systems and methods are provided. A gaming device includes a non-optical gesture input device to detect gesture inputs performed by a user, a processor circuit and a memory coupled to the processor circuit. The memory includes machine-readable instructions that, when executed by the processor circuit, cause the processor circuit to receive a first gesture input value from the non-optical gesture input device and that corresponds to a user-specific gesture that the user performs, associate the first gesture input value with a first gaming device operation to be performed by the gaming device, and responsive to receiving the first gesture input value that is associated with the first gaming device operation, cause the gaming device to perform the first gaming device operation.
US12293624B2
A dispensing apparatus for dispensing articles includes a dispensing outlet, laterally opposed, elongate first and second guide walls defining a singulating channel therebetween, a dispensing path extending through the singulating channel to the dispensing outlet, and a drive system. The drive system includes a belt and a belt actuator operable to drive the belt. The dispensing apparatus is configured to convey articles on the belt in a dispensing direction along the dispensing path toward the dispensing outlet to be dispensed. The singulating channel is configured to singulate the articles as the articles are conveyed along the dispensing path and through the singulating channel toward the dispensing outlet to be dispensed. The first guide wall extends laterally across the singulating channel at an oblique angle to vertical to overhang at least a portion of the singulating channel and engage articles conveyed along the singulating channel.
US12293623B2
A division card can be taken in from an insertion port of a paper sheet processing device for processing paper sheets, being arranged overlapping at least one processing target paper sheet to constitute a paper sheet group together with the processing target paper sheet, and enabling identification information to be read by an intake sensor of the paper sheet processing device, in which the division card comprises a card main body portion having an identification portion including the identification information, and which is formed from a synthetic resin sheet.
US12293620B2
An information processing system includes a user database that stores information obtained by associating first information that specifies a station with second information that indicates an entrance and exit authentication scheme available in a ticket examination system of the station; an information extraction unit that extracts, from the user database, the second information associated with input first information; and an output unit that outputs the second information extracted by the information extraction unit.
US12293616B2
In an embodiment, a method includes receiving, by a computing device, textual vehicle service content. The method further includes identifying, by the computing device, a vehicle scan tool function relevant to associated text at a location within the textual vehicle service content. The method additionally includes modifying, by the computing device, the textual vehicle service content to include a selectable link at the location of the associated text, wherein the selectable link is selectable to initialize a vehicle scan tool to perform the identified vehicle scan tool function on a vehicle. The method also includes providing, by the computing device, the modified textual vehicle service content including the selectable link.
US12293615B2
Provided is a driving evaluation device that enables evaluation of driving for the purpose of improving a driving time in a circuit racecourse, for example. The driving evaluation device includes an evaluation section extractor 24 that detects a deceleration section and an acceleration section in cornering, a section average classifier 25 that calculates, based on a front-rear acceleration and a lateral acceleration, an acceleration norm average value in the deceleration section and that in the acceleration section, and a skill deficiency evaluator 28 that evaluates driving skill based on the acceleration norm average value in the deceleration section and that in the acceleration section.
US12293613B2
Systems and methods are provided for vehicular computation management. The system includes, onboard a vehicle, electric control units (ECUs), a battery, a communication system, and a controller. The controller is configured to monitor energy consumption, operate the vehicle as a computational hub when the energy consumption is less than a threshold, including providing computational resources to an external node, determine whether the vehicle has excess energy and computational capacity when the energy consumption is equal to or greater than the threshold, including determining a usage of each of the ECUs and determining an energy consumption of tasks executing thereon, and operate the vehicle as a hybrid computational hub when the vehicle has excess energy and computational capacity, including providing excess computational capacity of the ECUs to the external node.
US12293611B2
A system (e.g., a maintenance system) includes a maintenance task input unit and one or more processors. The maintenance task input unit is configured to generate plural input data groups corresponding to a maintenance task. Each of the input data groups is in a corresponding one of plural formats. The one or more processors are coupled to the maintenance task input unit and configured to obtain the plural input data groups from the maintenance task input unit. The one or more processors are configured to identify a particular format of the formats for each input data group, and to prepare an intermediate representation of the input representation based on the particular format that is identified. Also the one or more processors are configured to modify the intermediate representation to provide a model input having a common format. The one or more processors are configured to modify intermediate representations corresponding to each of the input data groups to the common format, and to provide the model input to a maintenance system artificial intelligence modeler that is configured to use the model input to at least one of develop or use a model using the model input for vehicle maintenance.
US12293607B2
An eye tracking device for tracking an eye is described. The eye tracking device comprises: a first diffractive optical element, DOE, arranged in front of the eye, an image module, wherein the image module is configured to capture an image of the eye via the first DOE. The first DOE is adapted to direct a first portion of incident light reflected from the eye, towards the image module. The eye tracking device is characterized in that the first DOE is configured to provide a lens effect.
US12293589B2
Systems and methods for controlling a vehicle. The systems and methods receive image data from at least one camera of the vehicle, detect a 2D measurement location of a static object in an image plane of the camera using the image data, receive an input vector of measurements from a sensor system of the vehicle, predict a predicted 3D location of the static object using a Unscented Kalman Filter (UKF) that incorporates a motion model for the vehicle and further using the 2D measurement location of the static object, and the input vector, and control at least one vehicle feature based on the predicted 3D location of the static object.
US12293587B2
An information processing apparatus comprises a controller configured to: acquire a first image that is obtained by capturing an external appearance of a first vehicle that is operated as an on-demand bus; and provide the first image to a first user who is to get on board the first vehicle.
US12293581B2
This disclosure relates to an information pushing method in a vehicle driving scene. The method may include receiving push information in the vehicle driving scene and obtaining driving scene image information collected by an in-vehicle image collection device. The method may further include identifying scene category identification information based on the driving scene image information. The scene category identification information is for indicating a category of the environmental information. The method may further include pushing, in response to the scene category identification information satisfying a push condition, the push information in the vehicle driving scene.
US12293577B2
Embodiments of the disclosure provide a machine learning model for generating a predicted executable command for an image. The learning model includes an interface configured to obtain an utterance indicating a request associated with the image, an utterance sub-model, a visual sub-model, an attention network, and a selection gate. The machine learning model generates a segment of the predicted executable command from weighted probabilities of each candidate token in a predetermined vocabulary determined based on the visual features, the concept features, current command features, and the utterance features extracted from the utterance or the image.
US12293575B2
A method includes generating, by a neural network having a plurality of layers, final feature vectors of one or more frames of a plurality of frames of an input video, while sequentially processing each of the plurality of, and generating image information corresponding to the input video based on the generated final feature vectors. For each of the plurality of frames, the generating of the final feature vectors comprises determining whether to proceed with or stop a corresponding sequenced operation through layers of the neural network for generating a final feature vector of a corresponding frame, and generating the final feature vector of the corresponding frame in response to the corresponding sequenced operation completing a final stage of the corresponding sequenced operation.
US12293569B2
The present invention relates to training data sets and a system and method for generating training images especially those which are medical images. Especially disclosed is a method of training a machine learning model to recognize movement of a body part in an acquired medical image The machine learning model is trained by varying/modifying a blur convolution kernel constructed with pixels oriented in a direction of the movement; the method including determining at least one motion weighting factor corresponding to a motion time period when the body part is moving during acquisition of the medical image, and using the motion weighting factor to vary/modify the blur convolution kernel.
US12293561B2
Embodiment herein discloses methods and devices for waste management by using an artificial intelligence based waste object categorizing engine. The method includes acquiring at least one image and detecting at least one waste object from the at least one acquired image. Additionally, the method determines that the at least one detected waste object matches with a pre-stored waste object and identifies a type of the detected waste object using the pre-stored waste object. Furthermore, the method includes displaying the type of the detected waste object based on the identification.
US12293558B2
A meter monitoring system (200) includes: a wireless gateway (202), a monitoring device (201), and at least one meter recognition apparatus (100). The meter recognition apparatus (100) includes: an image acquirer (1), a processor (2), and a wireless transceiver (3). The image acquirer (1) is configured to acquire images of a display side of a monitoring meter (4) at set time intervals. The processor (2) is coupled to the image acquirer (1) and configured to determine, according to an image of the images acquired by the image acquirer (1) and based on an image processing algorithm, monitoring data displayed by the monitoring meter (4). The wireless transceiver (3) is coupled to the processor (2) and configured to send the monitoring data determined by the processor (2) to the wireless gateway (202). The wireless gateway (202) is configured to transmit the received monitoring data to the monitoring device (201).
US12293554B2
A method comprises: for each of a plurality of dimensions: identifying a reference position for the dimension, the reference position for the dimension being a position in a reference frame for the respective dimension, and the reference frame for the respective dimension and a reference frame for at least one other dimension in the plurality of dimensions being different reference frames in a plurality of reference frames; identifying an inter predictor for the respective dimension, wherein a predictor has a coordinate value in the respective dimension corresponding to a coordinate value in the respective dimension of the inter predictor for the respective dimension; and encoding or decoding the current point based on the predictor.
US12293550B2
An output device performs: acquiring a plurality of images chronologically captured by a camera located to photograph an inside of a bowl of a toilet; extracting, from the acquired images, an excrement image showing excrement; extracting, from the acquired images, a blood image showing a blood spot; determining, based on time information about the excrement image, an excretion start time; determining, based on time information about the blood image, a blood appearance start time, and determining, based on the blood image, a blood size indicating a size of the blood spot; generating, as excretion information, information including the excretion start time, the blood appearance start time, and the blood size; and outputting the generated excretion information.
US12293545B2
A computer includes a processor and a memory, and the memory stores instructions executable by the processor to receive a first image frame from a first camera of a vehicle and a second image frame from a second camera of the vehicle, identify a common point in the first image frame and the second image frame, determine a projected position of the common point projected onto a plane based on the first image frame and the second image frame, and determine a position of the common point based on the projected position. A first optical axis defined by the first camera and a second optical axis defined by the second camera are in the plane.
US12293544B2
An information processing system providing a service by using a video captured by an imaging device includes a processor; and a storage storing instructions causing the processor to execute processes of: acquiring video data from the imaging device, estimating an installation angle of the imaging device based on the video data, generating a detection model for detecting a predetermined target from the video based on the installation angle, and providing the service by inputting the video data to the detection model.
US12293538B2
Methods and systems are described herein for enabling aerial vehicle navigation in GPS-denied areas. The system may use a camera to record images of terrain as the aerial vehicle is flying to a target location. The system may then detect (e.g., using a machine learning model) objects within those images and compare those objects with objects within an electronic map that was loaded onto the aerial vehicle. When the system finds one or more objects within the electronic map that match the objects detected within the recorded images, the system may retrieve locations (e.g., GPS coordinates) of the objects within the electronic map and calculate, based on the coordinates, the location of the aerial vehicle. Once the location of the aerial vehicle is determined, the system may navigate to a target location or otherwise adjust a flight path of the aerial vehicle.
US12293537B2
A virtual reality experience safe area updating method and apparatus are provided. belonging to a Virtual Reality technical field. Virtual reality experience safe area update unit, including: A safe area setting module configured to set an initial safe area; obstacle detecting module, configured to detect obstacle around the user; the safe area update module is configured to update the range of the safe area according to the detected obstacle.
US12293523B2
Described herein is a computer implemented method for automatically generating a cropped version of an input image. The method includes processing the input image to detect a salient region of the input image and generating a set of crop candidates based on the salient region of the input image, each crop candidate defining a different image crop. A set of candidate scores is calculated, each corresponding to a crop candidate, and a first crop candidate is selected based on the set of scores. The cropped version of the input image is then generated based on the image crop defined by the first crop candidate.
US12293513B2
An automated process receives input tomography data and generates an optimized (customized) treatment pattern for an individual patient without relying on the physician's analysis and judgment. For example, a method for treating a cornea includes receiving tomographic data for a cornea. The method includes identifying a keratoconic defect in the cornea based on the tomographic data. The method includes segmenting the keratoconic defect into treatment zones based on predefined geometric parameters, wherein the treatment zones indicate where a cross-linking agent is to be applied on the cornea and photoactivated to treat the keratoconic defect.
US12293511B2
A system for inspecting structural elements during their manufacturing capable of detecting anomalies in the automatic placement of composite materials through computer vision, comprising an image capture module that can be integrated into an ATL machine extracting data from the images, from which an artificial vision module obtains information on the anomalies detected with computer vision, information that a human-machine interface module automatically translates into a language understandable to humans. By avoiding the need to manually enter data for the inspection, human errors are avoided, and the information obtained for each inspection can be automatically saved for record storage. The system is designed to inspect large structural element compounds, such as aircraft wings.
US12293497B2
A method for processing image data may include: obtaining a first image and a second image that capture a same scene in different views, from a first camera and a second camera, respectively; spatially aligning the first image with the second image; obtaining a color transformation matrix that maps the first image to the second image based on color values of the first image and the second image; obtaining an estimated illuminant color from an output of a neural network by inputting the color transformation matrix to the neural network, wherein the neural network is trained based on a pair of reference images of a same reference scene with a color rendition chart that are captured by different cameras having different spectral sensitivities; and performing a white balance correction on the first image based on the estimated illuminant color to output a corrected first image.
US12293492B2
A substrate processing apparatus collectively processes a plurality of substrates with the plurality of substrates immersing in a processing liquid. The substrate processing apparatus includes a processing tank, a camera, and a controller. The processing tank stores the processing liquid. The camera is provided vertically higher above the processing tank and captures the inside of the processing tank to generate a plurality of items of captured image data. The controller generates smoothed image data obtained by smoothing a brightness distribution of waving caused on a liquid surface of the processing liquid based on integration of the plurality of items of captured image data, and monitors the inside of the processing tank based on the smoothed image data.
