US12336300B2
In an example, a semiconductor device includes a region of semiconductor material with a buried doped region of a first conductivity type. A first well region of the first conductivity type is in the region of semiconductor material and is electrically coupled to the buried doped region. A second well region of a second conductivity type is in the region of semiconductor material and has a first peak dopant concentration. A third well region of the second conductivity type abuts edges of the second well region. The third well region is interposed between the first well region and the second well region and has a second peak dopant concentration that is different than the first peak dopant concentration. A doped anode region of the second conductivity type is in the first well region, a doped cathode region of the first conductivity type is in the second well region, and a doped contact region of the second conductivity type is in the second well region. The semiconductor device can be configured as a semiconductor-controlled rectifier (SCR) ESD device where the controlling mechanisms for DC breakdown voltage and holding voltage are decoupled. Other related examples and methods are disclosed herein.
US12336289B2
Display panel and display device are described. In an embodiment, the display panel includes data lines located in a display area; and fan-out lines connected to the data lines and located in a non-display area. In an embodiment, the display area includes first display areas and a second display area. In an embodiment, one of the first display areas, the second display area and another one of the first display areas are arranged along a first direction. In an embodiment, the data lines include edge data lines located in the first display areas and connected to the fan-out lines through connection leads located in the display area.
US12336284B2
The present disclosure provides a method for manufacturing a thin film transistor array substrate and a display panel. The method includes: forming a plurality of dispersed metal oxide grains on a substrate; forming an amorphous metal oxide semiconductor layer in contact with the plurality of metal oxide grains, and at least one metal element in the metal oxide grain is same as metal elements in the metal oxide semiconductor layer; performing an annealing process on the amorphous metal oxide semiconductor layer, to obtain a crystallized metal oxide semiconductor layer.
US12336282B2
Structures and formation methods of a semiconductor device are provided. The method includes forming a first dummy gate structure across a first fin in a first transistor region of a semiconductor substrate and a second dummy gate structure across a second fin in a second transistor region of the semiconductor substrate. The method also includes selectively introducing atomic or ionic species into the second fin on opposite sides of the second dummy gate structure and etching portions of the first and second fins, so as to form first and second recesses. Each recess is in the respective fin on a side of the respective dummy gate structure. The first recess has a different depth than the second recess. The method further includes forming first and second source/drain features in the first and second recesses, respectively.
US12336278B2
Gate-all-around integrated circuit structures having high mobility, and methods of fabricating gate-all-around integrated circuit structures having high mobility, are described. For example, an integrated circuit structure includes a silicon nanowire or nanoribbon. An N-type gate stack is around the silicon nanowire or nanoribbon, the N-type gate stack including a compressively stressing gate electrode. A first N-type epitaxial source or drain structure is at a first end of the silicon nanowire or nanoribbon. A second N-type epitaxial source or drain structure is at a second end of the silicon nanowire or nanoribbon. The silicon nanowire or nanoribbon has a <110> plane between the first N-type epitaxial source or drain structure and the second N-type epitaxial source or drain structure.
US12336272B2
A method of forming a semiconductor device structure is provided. The method includes forming semiconductor fins at a first conductivity type region and a second conductivity type region of a substrate, forming a sacrificial gate structure across a portion of the semiconductor fins, wherein the sacrificial gate structure comprises a sacrificial gate dielectric layer and a sacrificial gate electrode layer over the sacrificial gate dielectric layer, and the sacrificial gate dielectric layer on the semiconductor fins of the first conductivity type region is asymmetrical in thickness between a top and a sidewall of the semiconductor fins. The method also includes forming a gate spacer on opposite sidewalls of the sacrificial gate structure, recessing the semiconductor fins not covered by the sacrificial gate structure and the gate spacer, forming source/drain feature on the recessed semiconductor fins, and removing the sacrificial gate structure to expose the top of the semiconductor fins.
US12336268B2
Gallium nitride (GaN) integrated circuit technology is described. In an example, an integrated circuit structure includes a substrate including silicon, the substrate having a top surface. A first trench is in the substrate, the first trench having a first width. A second trench is in the substrate, the second trench having a second width less than the first width. A first island is in the first trench, the first island including gallium and nitrogen and having first corner facets below the top surface of the substrate. A second island is in the second trench, the second island including gallium and nitrogen and having second corner facets below the top surface of the substrate.
US12336258B2
A semiconductor structure includes an insulator, a semiconductor fin, a gate stack, a gate contact, a source/drain material, and a source/drain contact structure. The semiconductor fin protrudes from the insulator. The gate stack is disposed on the semiconductor fin and the insulator. The gate contact is disposed on and electrically connected to the gate stack. The source/drain material is disposed on the semiconductor fin. The source/drain contact structure is disposed on and electrically connected to the source/drain material. The semiconductor fin extends along a first direction, the gate stack extends along a second direction different from the first direction. An offset S in the second direction between the gate contact and the source/drain contact structure satisfies: 0
US12336254B2
An embodiment of a semiconductor device includes a semiconductor substrate, a first dielectric layer disposed over the upper surface of the semiconductor substrate, and a first current-carrying electrode and a second current-carrying electrode formed over the semiconductor substrate within openings formed in the first dielectric layer. A control electrode is formed over the semiconductor substrate and disposed between the first current-carrying electrode and a second current-carrying electrode and over the first dielectric layer. A first conductive element is formed over the first dielectric layer, adjacent the control electrode and between the control electrode and the second current-carrying electrode. A second dielectric layer is disposed over the control electrode and over the first conductive element. A second conductive element is disposed over the second dielectric layer and over the first conductive element. An opening in the second dielectric layer couples the first conductive element to the second conductive element.
US12336252B2
A method for forming a semiconductor structure includes forming a fin on a semiconductor substrate. The fin includes channel layers and sacrificial layers stacked one on top of the other in an alternating fashion. The method also includes removing a portion of the fin to form a first opening and expose vertical sidewalls of the channel layers and the sacrificial layers, epitaxially growing a source/drain feature in the first opening from the exposed vertical sidewalls of the channel layers and the sacrificial layers, removing another portion of the fin to form a second opening to expose a vertical sidewall of the source/drain feature, depositing a dielectric layer in the second opening to cover the exposed vertical sidewall of the source/drain feature, and replacing the sacrificial layers with a metal gate structure in the second opening. The dielectric layer separates the source/drain feature from contacting the metal gate structure.
US12336247B2
A single crystal semiconductor structure includes: an amorphous substrate; a single crystal semiconductor layer provided on the amorphous substrate; and a thin orienting film provided between the amorphous substrate and the single crystal semiconductor layer, wherein the thin orienting film is a single crystal thin film, and the thin orienting film has a non-zero thickness that is equal to or less than 10 times a critical thickness hc.
US12336242B2
A semiconductor device can include a field insulation layer including a planar major surface extending in first and second orthogonal directions and a protruding portion that protrudes a particular distance from the major surface relative to the first and second orthogonal directions. First and second multi-channel active fins can extend on the field insulation layer, and can be separated from one another by the protruding portion. A conductive layer can extend from an uppermost surface of the protruding portion to cross over the protruding portion between the first and second multi-channel active fins.
US12336240B2
An integrated circuit includes a first nanostructure transistor and a second nanostructure transistor on a substrate. The source/drain regions of the first nanostructure are electrically isolated from the semiconductor substrate by dielectric barriers. The source/drain regions of the second nanostructure transistor in direct contact with the semiconductor substrate.
US12336239B2
A semiconductor structure including a semiconductor substrate having a top surface, one or more group IV semiconductor monocrystalline nanostructures, each having a first and a second extremity defining an axis parallel to the top surface of the semiconductor substrate and separated therefrom by a non-zero distance, each nanostructure having a source structure epitaxially grown on the first extremity and a drain structure epitaxially grown on the second extremity. The epitaxial source and drain structures are made of a group IV semiconductor doped with one or more of Sb and Bi, and optionally one or more of As and P, thereby creating tensile strain in the group IV semiconductor monocrystalline nanostructure.
US12336234B2
The present application discloses a super junction device, which includes: an N-type redundant epitaxial layer and an N-type buffer layer sequentially formed on an N-type semiconductor substrate; a trench filled super junction structure is formed on the N-type buffer layer; a back structure includes a drain region and a patterned back P-type impurity region; the N-type semiconductor substrate is removed in a back thinning process, and the N-type redundant epitaxial layer is completely or partially removed in the back thinning process; the resistivity of the N-type semiconductor substrate is 0.1-10 times the resistivity of a top epitaxial layer, the resistivity of the N-type redundant epitaxial layer is 0.1-10 times the resistivity of the N-type semiconductor substrate, and the resistivity of the N-type redundant epitaxial layer is lower than the resistivity of the N-type buffer layer. The present application further discloses a method for manufacturing a super junction device.
US12336232B2
A semiconductor device includes a first semiconductor layer of a first conductivity type; a second semiconductor layer of the first conductivity type; a first semiconductor region of a second conductivity type; a second semiconductor region of the first conductivity type; a trench; a gate insulating film; a gate electrode; a third semiconductor region of the second conductivity type; a fourth semiconductor region of the second conductivity type; a fifth semiconductor region of the first conductivity type, selectively provided in the second semiconductor layer and having an impurity concentration lower than an impurity concentration of the second semiconductor layer; a first electrode; and a second electrode. The fifth semiconductor region has one surface in contact with the first semiconductor region, another surface in contact with the third semiconductor region, and a side surface in contact with the gate insulating film.
US12336229B2
The present disclosure, in some embodiments, relates to an integrated chip. The integrated chip includes a source/drain region arranged within a substrate. A select gate and a memory gate are arranged over the substrate. An inter-gate dielectric structure is arranged between the memory gate and the select gate. A conductive contact is disposed on the source/drain region and vertically extends from a bottom of the select gate to a top of the select gate. The select gate is closer to the conductive contact than the memory gate. The select gate has a first outermost sidewall that faces away from the memory gate and a second outermost sidewall that faces the memory gate. The first outermost sidewall is taller than the second outermost sidewall.
US12336223B2
A thin film transistor includes an active layer over a substrate, a gate electrode over the active layer, a gate line connected with the gate electrode, and a gate insulation film between the active layer and the gate electrode. The active layer includes a channel region overlapping the gate electrode, and a drain region and a source region on respective sides of the channel region. A length of a straight line connecting the drain region and the source region by a shortest distance may be greater than a width of the gate line parallel to the straight line.
US12336220B2
Structures for an extended-drain metal-oxide-semiconductor device and methods of forming a structure for an extended-drain metal-oxide-semiconductor device. The structure includes a semiconductor substrate, a body well in the semiconductor substrate, a source region in the body well, a drain well in the semiconductor substrate, a drain region in the drain well, and a gate electrode laterally positioned between the source region and the drain region. The drain well includes an edge adjacent to the body well, and the edge of the drain well has a spaced relationship with the body well.
US12336218B2
A radio frequency (RF) switch device includes a semiconductor substrate, doped with an impurity of a first conductivity type at a first doping concentration level, and a mesa extending vertically from an upper surface of the substrate and formed contiguous therewith. The mesa includes a drift region doped with the impurity of the first conductivity type at a second doping concentration level, the second doping concentration level being less than the first doping concentration level. The mesa forms a primary current conduction path in the RF switch device. The RF switch device further includes an insulator layer disposed on at least a portion of the upper surface of the substrate and sidewalls of the mesa, and at least one gate disposed on at least a portion of an upper surface of the insulator layer, the gate at least partially surrounding the mesa.
US12336210B2
The present disclosure describes a semiconductor structure and a method for forming the same. The semiconductor structure can include a substrate, a fin structure over the substrate, a gate structure over the fin structure, an epitaxial region formed in the fin structure and adjacent to the gate structure. The epitaxial region can embed a plurality of clusters of dopants.
US12336205B2
Described herein are various amorphous metal thin film transistors. Embodiments of such transistors include an amorphous metal gate electrode and a channel conductor formed on a non-conducting substrate. Further embodiments of such transistors include an amorphous metal source electrode, an amorphous metal drain electrode, and a channel conductor formed on a non-conducting substrate. Methods of forming such transistors are also described.
US12336204B2
A tunneling transistor includes a gate, an insulating layer placed on the gate, a carbon nanotube being semiconducting, a film-like structure, a source electrode, and a drain electrode. The carbon nanotube is placed on a surface of the insulating layer away from the gate. The film-like structure covers a portion of the carbon nanotube, and the film-like structure is a molybdenum disulfide film or a tungsten disulfide film. The source electrode is electrically connected to the film-like structure. The drain electrode is electrically connected to the carbon nanotube.
US12336203B2
A thin film capacitor includes: a metal foil having a roughened upper surface; a dielectric film covering the upper surface of the metal foil and having an opening through which the metal foil is partly exposed; a first electrode layer contacting the metal foil through the opening; a second electrode layer contacting the dielectric film without contacting the metal foil; and an insulating member provided on the upper surface of the metal foil to surround the first and second electrode layers. The metal foil has an outer peripheral area which is positioned outside an area surrounded by the insulating member and which is not covered with the first and second electrode layers. A height of the electrode layer is equal to or higher than a height of the insulating member. This makes the outer peripheral portion of the thin film capacitor have a step-like shape.
US12336196B2
A microelectronics package comprises a substrate comprising at least two conductive layers that are separated by a first dielectric. At least one island comprising a magnetic material is embedded within the dielectric between the two conductive layers. An inductor structure extends within a via in the at least one island. The via extends between the two conductive layers. The inductor structure comprises a conductive wall along a sidewall of the via, and wherein the conductive wall surrounds a second dielectric and is electrically coupled to the two conductive layers.
US12336194B2
A method of manufacturing a hybrid random access memory in a system-on-chip, including steps of providing a semiconductor substrate with a magnetoresistive random access memory (MRAM) region and a resistive random-access memory (ReRAM) region, forming multiple ReRAM cells in the ReRAM region on the semiconductor substrate, forming a first dielectric layer on the semiconductor substrate, wherein the ReRAM cells are in the first dielectric layer, forming multiple MRAM cells in the MRAM region on the first dielectric layer, and forming a second dielectric layer on the first dielectric layer, wherein the MRAM cells are in the second dielectric layer.
US12336190B2
An IC structure comprises an MTJ cell, a transistor, a first word line, and a second word line. The transistor is electrically coupled to the MTJ cell. The transistor comprises a first gate terminal and a second gate terminal independent of the first gate terminal. The first word line is electrically coupled to the first gate terminal of the transistor. The second word line is electrically coupled to the second gate terminal of the transistor. A resistance state of the MTJ cell is dependent on a first word line voltage applied to the first word line and a second word line voltage applied to the second word line, and the resistance state of the MTJ cell follows an AND gate logic or an OR gate logic.
US12336188B2
A two-dimensional material-based selector includes: a stack unit, wherein the stack unit has a metal-two-dimensional semiconductor-metal structure comprising a two-dimensional semiconductor layer, and metal layers arranged on an upper surface and a lower surface of the two-dimensional semiconductor layer, respectively. The number of the stack units is N, where N≥1. In each stack unit, a Schottky contact is formed on two metal-two-dimensional conductor interfaces, and the stack unit includes two Schottky diode structures connected in reverse series in response to the two-dimensional material-based selector being turned on. Alternatively, the number of the stack units is M, where M≥2. In each stack unit, a Schottky contact and an Ohmic contact are formed the two metal-two-dimensional conductor interfaces, respectively. The M stack units include M Schottky diode structures connected in reverse series in response to the two-dimensional material-based selector being turned on.
US12336184B1
A device structure comprises a first conductive interconnect, an electrode structure on the first conductive interconnect, an etch stop layer laterally surrounding the electrode structure; a plurality of memory devices above the electrode structure, where individual ones of the plurality of memory devices comprise a dielectric layer comprising a perovskite material. The device structure further comprises a plate electrode coupled between the plurality of memory devices and the electrode structure, where the plate electrode is in direct contact with a respective lower most conductive layer of the individual ones of the plurality of memory devices. The device structure further includes an insulative hydrogen barrier layer on at least a sidewall of the individual ones of the plurality of memory devices; and a plurality of via electrodes, wherein individual ones of the plurality of via electrodes are on a respective one of the individual ones of the plurality of memory devices.
US12336181B2
A three-dimensional (3D) memory device includes a memory stack including a memory block. The memory block includes a memory array structures and a staircase structure in a first lateral direction, and fingers in a second lateral direction perpendicular to the first lateral direction. The fingers include a first finger and a second finger. The 3D memory device also includes a source-select-gate (SSG) cut structure extending through a portion of the memory stack and between the first finger and the second finger. The staircase structure includes a first staircase connected to first memory cells in the first finger and a second staircase connected to second memory cells in the second finger.
US12336180B2
A memory cell array is provided. The memory cell array includes: a plurality of memory cells arranged in a plurality of rows and a plurality of columns; a plurality of word lines electrically connected to the plurality of rows, respectively; a plurality of source lines electrically connected to the plurality of columns, respectively; and a plurality of bit lines electrically connected to the plurality of columns, respectively. A plurality of inactivated word lines are configured to be applied a bias voltage that is zero, and the plurality of source lines are configured to be applied a positive bias voltage.
US12336170B2
Embodiments provide a method for fabricating a semiconductor structure and a structure thereof. The method includes: providing a substrate; forming, on the substrate, semiconductor channels arranged in an array along a first direction and a second direction; forming bit lines extending along the first direction, wherein the bit lines are positioned in the substrate, and each of the bit lines is electrically connected to the semiconductor channels arranged along the first direction; forming word lines extending along the second direction, wherein the word lines wrap part of side surfaces of the semiconductor channels arranged along the second direction, where one of the word lines includes two sub word lines arranged at intervals along the first direction, and the sub word lines cover part of opposite side surfaces of the semiconductor channels along the first direction; and forming isolation structures positioned between adjacent word lines and between adjacent sub word lines.
US12336168B2
Embodiments of the present disclosure relate to the field of semiconductors, and provide a method of manufacturing a semiconductor structure and a semiconductor structure. The manufacturing method includes: providing a base, and forming active layers and sacrificial layers on the base, wherein two adjacent ones of the active layers constitute an active group, there is a first distance between the active layers in the active group, there is a second distance between adjacent ones of active groups, and the first distance is greater than the second distance; forming isolation layers, wherein each isolation layer penetrates through all the active layers and all the sacrificial layers, and the isolation layers divide each of the active layers into a plurality of active structures; removing a part of the isolation layers in the word line region and a part of the sacrificial layers located in the word line region.
US12336154B2
An uninterruptible power supply system includes: a group of electrical components that constitute the uninterruptible power supply system and are disposed in a first block of the housing; the other group of electrical components that constitute the uninterruptible power supply system and are disposed in a second block of the housing; and a partition structure disposed adjacent to an exhaust side of the second block to adjust an air flow flowing through the first block and the second block.
US12336152B2
Systems, apparatuses and methods to provide a hybrid cooling for servers of a data center are described. A cooling plate comprises an inlet port to receive a coolant from a coolant source. The coolant is a two-phase coolant that transforms from a liquid state into vapor when being attached to an electronic device to extract heat from the electronic device. The cooling plate comprises an outlet port to output at least a portion of the coolant back to the coolant source. The cooling plate comprises a vapor port to output the vapor generated from the coolant to a condenser that is configured to condense the vapor back to the liquid state.
US12336148B2
A power stage assembly for improved thermal dissipation and EMC for top-cooled semiconductor power switching devices, e.g. high voltage, high current lateral GaN power transistors in embedded die packages. The power switching devices are mounted on a PCB substrate, with electrical connections between a bottom side of each device package and the PCB. Each device package has a thermal pad on the top-side. A heat-spreader is secured in thermal contact with the thermal pads of each device, and a heatsink is in thermal contact with the heat-spreader. The heat-spreader is a multilayer structure comprising: a thermally conductive metal substrate layer in contact with the heatsink; a conductive layer providing an EMC layer which is connected to power ground; a conductive layer defining large area thermal pads in thermal contact with thermal pads of each die; and dielectric material electrically isolating conductive layers of the heat-spreader.
US12336146B2
A temperature equalization component and an electronic device are disclosed. The temperature equalization component may include a housing and a capillary structure. The housing may include a cavity, and the capillary structure is located in the cavity and is disposed on a side of the housing that faces a heating element. The housing is provided with a first protrusion part and/or a first depression part, and the temperature equalization component is in direct contact with the heating element by using the first protrusion part and/or the first depression part, thereby improving heat transfer efficiency, reducing a probability that heat accumulates around the heating element, and improving a heat dissipation effect of the temperature equalization component.
US12336145B2
Particular embodiments described herein provide for an electronic device that can be configured to include a vapor chamber that includes ionized fluid and an adjustable polarization layer coupled to the vapor chamber. The adjustable polarization layer can be used to direct a flow of the ionized fluid in the vapor chamber towards one or more heat sources. In some examples, the ionized fluid is ionized water and the adjustable polarization layer is polyester (PET) film that includes a plurality of electrode stripes.
US12336143B2
A vapor chamber includes a main body, a first vertical structure, and an enhanced boiling surface. The main body has a first surface and defines a first portion of an interior volume. The first vertical structure protrudes transverse to the main body and defines a second portion of the interior volume. The enhanced boiling surface is on at least a portion of the first vertical structure.
US12336134B2
Memory devices may include a substrate supporting at least one semiconductor device thereon. The substrate may include an interface located proximate to an end of the substrate and sized, shaped, and configured to provide external electrical connection to the at least one semiconductor device. Hook-shaped engagement structures may be located proximate to, and laterally outward from, the interface, the engagement structures extending laterally beyond a longitudinal remainder of a lateral periphery of the substrate trailing the engagement structures. The end of the substrate may lack screw keep-outs. A carrier may include posts shaped, positioned, and configured to be positioned in throats of the hook-shaped engagement structures to secure the end of the substrate to the carrier. Sidewalls may extend longitudinally from a crossbar for placement along the remainder of the lateral periphery of the substrate.
US12336132B2
A position-limit mechanism includes a clip retainer and a resilient assembly. The clip retainer includes a fix part, a limit part, a connect part, and a stop part connected in sequence, the fix connected to a frame, a receiving space is defined by the connect part, the stop part, and the limit part, the receiving space is configured for accommodating a mounting bracket, one end of the mounting bracket extends into the receiving space. The resilient assembly is arranged on the limit part and protrudes into the receiving space, the resilient assembly is configured to resiliently press the one end of the mounting bracket in the receiving space. A chassis including the clip retainer as described above is also disclosed.
US12336131B2
A spatter protection cover for an electronics module includes a top wall that covers a top surface of a plastic module housing. The cover can include side walls and end walls that cover the side surfaces and end surfaces of the plastic housing. The cover can be a one-piece metallic construction that fits over the plastic module housing or can be defined by separate cover sections that can be adhesively applied to the plastic module housing. The top wall of the cover can include connector openings and/or indicator openings for aligning with connectors and indicator lights, respectively, of the plastic module housing. The cover can include ribs that establish and maintain a select thermally insulative air gap between the top wall of the cover and the top surface of the plastic module housing.
US12336129B2
An emergency starting power supply for vehicles includes a shell, a power source, a circuit board, and an output terminal. The shell is provided with a first accommodating space and a first mounting part. The power source and circuit board are housed in the first accommodating space. The power source is electrically connected to the circuit board and the output terminal, respectively. The first mounting part is provided with a first through-hole. The output terminal is provided with a first coupling part, the first mounting part is provided with a second coupling part, and the first coupling part is detachably connected to the second coupling part. The output terminal is configured to output a current for starting an engine of the vehicle. The first through-hole is configured for mounting the output terminal.
US12336124B2
A plug includes a metal body, an insulator, and a conductor pin. The metal body includes a first surface, a second surface opposite the first surface, and a first through-hole penetrating from the first surface to the second surface. The insulator is disposed in the first through-hole. The insulator includes a third surface disposed on a side of the first surface, a fourth surface opposite the third surface, and a second through-hole penetrating from the third surface to the fourth surface. The conductor pin is disposed in the second through-hole and protrudes at least from the third surface. The metal body further includes a first groove disposed in the first surface. The first groove is spaced from a first outer edge of the metal body.
US12336120B2
An apparatus for mounting an electronic device to a support structure includes a coupling member, a clamp member, and a latch mechanism. The coupling member has an elongated electronic device support portion and a clamp support portion. The clamp support portion extends from one end of the device support portion in a direction substantially normal to the device support portion. The clamp member includes a base, a first arched clamp portion, a second arched clamp portion, and a hinge. The base is coupled to the clamp support portion of the coupling member. The first clamp portion has a first end attached to the base. The hinge pivotally couples the first ends of the two clamp portions such that the arch shapes of the two clamp portions oppose each other. The latch mechanism is configured to latch the second ends of the two clamp portions to the support structure.
US12336115B2
Coating inkjet-printed traces of silver nanoparticles (AgNP) ink with a thin layer of eutectic gallium indium (EGaIn) increases the electrical conductivity and significantly improves tolerance to tensile strain. This enhancement is achieved through a room temperature “sintering” process in which the liquid-phase EGaIn alloy binds the AgNP particles to form a continuous conductive trace. These mechanically robust thin-film circuits are well suited for transfer to highly curved and non-developable 3D surfaces as well as skin and other soft deformable substrates.
US12336114B2
This invention describes a process for selectively depositing metal on the surfaces of inorganic dielectric materials such as glass, ceramics, or semiconductor materials. The method enables the rapid and precise formation of electric circuits on both flat and three-dimensional surfaces. The production method includes steps: firstly, treatment of an item surface with an ultrashort pulse laser of the areas for metallisation, seconds step pre-treatment with the R—OH solution followed by metal salt catalyst activation in a bath and finally electroless metal plating. During immersion in the metal salt catalyst activation bath, localized R—OH molecules on the item's surface act as reducing agents, facilitating the reduction of metal ions from the activation bath. This results in the formation of catalytic seeds exclusively at the laser-modified areas. The metal layers exhibit high adhesion to the dielectric surface due to the formation of chemical bonds.
US12336112B2
A substrate includes a substrate body made of a material such as glass, and at least one electrical via that extends at least into or through the substrate body. The via is metalized with a molten metal that enters the via under capillary action and solidifies to establish electrical conductivity through the via. The melting temperature of the metal is less than the transition temperature and melting temperature of the substrate body.
US12336102B2
According to embodiments of the disclosure, it is possible to increase scattering effect and light reflectance in the area around the light source by increasing the ratio of the base layer exposed around the light source, which have protrusion patterns and have a higher reflectance than the cover layer and are positioned under the cover layer and the wiring layer of the printed circuit where the light source included in the backlight unit. Thus, there may be provided a backlight unit with enhanced light efficiency and image quality in the area around the light source and a display device including the same.
US12336093B2
A multilayer board includes thermoplastic resin layers laminated together, a first-class conductor pattern including a conductor foil on a first surface of one of the thermoplastic resin layers, a second-class conductor pattern in contact with a second surface of the one of the thermoplastic resin layers, and an interlayer connection conductor in the one of the thermoplastic resin layers and including a first end surface connected to the first-class conductor pattern and a second end surface connected to a second-class conductor pattern. The second-class conductor pattern and the first interlayer connection conductor include a conductor of a single material including a resin, or a conductor of a single material including a metal with a melting point lower than that of the conductor foil.
US12336089B2
A radio frequency module includes a module substrate having a main surface, a first circuit component arranged on the main surface, a resin member arranged on the main surface and covering a side surface of the first circuit component, a metal shield layer in contact with a top surface of the resin member and a top surface of the first circuit component, and an engraved portion provided on the top surface of the resin member. When the main surface is viewed in plan, the engraved portion does not overlap the first circuit component.
US12336086B2
A high-frequency module includes a module substrate having a main surface, circuit components arranged on the main surface, a resin member covering at least a part of the main surface and the circuit components, a metallic shield layer covering at least an upper surface of the resin member, and a metallic shield plate arranged on the main surface and between the circuit component and the circuit component when the main surface is viewed in a plan view. The metallic shield plate is in contact with the metallic shield layer. An engraved mark portion indicating predetermined information is provided on the upper surface of the resin member. At least a part of the engraved mark portion is provided in a portion in which the resin member and the metallic shield plate overlap each other when the main surface is viewed in a plan view.
US12336078B2
A system for adjusting a delay setting based on user input is configured to control playback of an audio segment (51) and control a light source to render a light effect (67). The audio segment comprises a spoken description (54) of the light effect. The audio segment is played back at a playback moment (83). The light effect is rendered at a rendering moment. A difference (85) between the playback moment and the rendering moment depends on a value of the delay setting. The delay setting causes the rendering of the light effect or the playback of the audio segment to be delayed. The system is further configured to receive the user input in response to the playback of the audio segment and the rendering of the light effect and adjust the delay setting based on the user input.
US12336070B2
A multi-channel LED driver for driving an LED fixture, wherein the multi-channel LED driver comprising a plurality of output channels, wherein each output channel is connectable to an LED or LED string of the LED fixture, the multi-channel LED driver comprising: a plurality of power converters, each power converter being associated with an output channel of the plurality of output channels, wherein each power converter comprises a switch, and wherein each power converter converts an input power at an input terminal to a current at a respective output channel of the multi-channel LED driver, a comparator configured to compare a current signal representing the current measured at an output channel by a current measurement element with a reference signal representing a current set point for the output channel, and wherein the comparator generates an output signal to control the switch of the power converter associated with the output channel, a controller arranged to determine successive, for each of the plurality of power converters associated with the plurality of output channels, a duty cycle of the respective switch of the power converter during a measurement window and wherein the controller is further arranged to control the switch of the power converter outside the measurement window by: disabling the comparator to control the switch and providing a duty cycle signal, representing the duty cycle of the switch as determined during the measurement window, to the switch of the power converter to control an operation of the switch.
US12336064B2
A modular construction system light matrix comprising a housing having side walls, an end wall and a front edge encircling a front opening of said housing. The light matrix has an array of light emitting elements. The light matrix has a compartment grid, arranged in said housing and having compartment grid walls extending towards said front opening of the housing, one compartment for each light emitting element. The light matrix has a light diffusing element arranged at said opening of the housing having a plurality of diffuser tiles, each diffuser tile covering a compartment of the compartment grid. The diffusing element comprises a diffuser grid providing a barrier between mutually facing sidewalls of the diffuser tiles. The diffuser grid is formed in a different material from the diffuser tiles. A lower side of the diffuser grid adapted to abut an upper side of the compartment grid.
US12336060B2
The present invention relates to a heating device for a motor vehicle with a dual-voltage vehicle electrical system. The heating device is operated with a power supply from the sub-system with the higher nominal voltage (for example 48 V), but actuated by a control device in the sub-system with the lower nominal voltage (for example 12 V). For this purpose, the heating device has a supply connection in the sub-system with the higher nominal voltage and a control connection in the sub-system with the lower nominal voltage. The control connection is disposed in particular on a control device which is integrated into the heating device and which is connected to a control connection of a switching element (power semiconductor) for controlling the heating device via a capacitive separating element in order to ensure potential isolation of the two sub-systems.
US12336055B2
A method for performing charging on a network resource is provided. The method mainly includes: determining a network slice performance indicator that is used for performing charging on a network slice instance; subscribing to data corresponding to the network slice performance indicator from a network slice management device; and performing charging on the network slice instance based on the data corresponding to the network slice performance indicator. According to the method, a charging result for a customer matches an input of an operator for the network slice instance, to help improve network resource utilization rate and meet diversified network service requirements of an industry customer.
US12336054B2
Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, registering a mobile device with a mobile communication network as a roaming network, the roaming network communicating with a home network associated with the mobile device to complete the registering, initiating access to a service on the roaming network, retrieving information about access permission status of the service for the mobile device on the roaming network; responsive to the information about access permission status of the service having a value that corresponds to denial of the service on the roaming network because the service is not approved for operation on the roaming network, providing an indication to a user of the mobile device that the service is not available, and suspending further access to the service on the roaming network. Other embodiments are disclosed.
US12336053B2
A system and method are described for identifying an IoT device model from a key broadcast in an advertising channel. For example, one embodiment of a system comprises: a target Internet of Things (IoT) device to transmit a key over a Bluetooth (BT) advertising channel, the key associated with a model of the target IoT device; mobile application program code which, when installed on a mobile device, is to cause the mobile device to listen to the BT advertising channel to extract the key; and a key dictionary to be installed on the mobile device, the key dictionary mapping each of a plurality of keys with an IoT device model and associated data, the mobile application program code to perform a lookup using the key extracted from the BT advertising channel to identify the target IoT device model and/or associated data, and to use the target IoT device model and/or associated data for onboarding the target IoT device.
US12336041B2
Certain aspects provide a method for wireless communication by a user-equipment (UE). The method generally includes receiving one or more configurations for sidelink discontinuous reception (SL DRX); determining an SL DRX pattern for a communication on the sidelink, based on the one or more configurations for DRX, the communication comprising a service for broadcast communication, a group of UEs for groupcast communication, or a UE pair for unicast communication; and communicating with one or more other UEs on the sidelink using the determined SL DRX pattern.
US12336029B2
This application discloses a communication method and apparatus that activate a secondary cell. If the activated cell is an unknown secondary cell, in response to a terminal device detecting the secondary cell, the terminal device may send indication information to a network device. The indication information is used to trigger the network device to send an RS. In this way, in response to receiving the indication information, the network device may send the RS to the terminal device. Therefore, the terminal device avoids waiting a long period of time for the network device to send a reference signal, which can reduce a delay for activating the secondary cell.
US12336027B2
A first User Equipment (“UE”) may communicate with a second UE via a communication link to determine an operational status of the second UE. The second UE may be connected to a network via one or more communication sessions. The first UE may determine, based on the communication link, that the second UE is non-operational, and may output, based on determining that the second UE is non-operational, a request to communicate with the network via the one or more communication sessions associated with the second UE. The network may modify the one or more communication sessions to be associated with the first UE based on the request, and the first UE may communicate with the network via the one or more modified communication sessions.
US12336024B2
Systems, methods, apparatuses, and computer program products for selecting and/or applying a sidelink (SL) transmission mode are provided. One method may include configuring, by a network node, at least one sidelink (SL) user equipment (UE) to use simultaneous sidelink (SL) mode 1 and mode 2 for one or more sidelink (SL) logical channels (LCHs). The method may also include configuring the at least one sidelink (SL) user equipment (UE) with a plurality of transmission patterns related to the use of the sidelink (SL) mode 1 or mode 2.
US12336017B2
A user equipment (UE), baseband processor or other network device (e.g., base station, next generation NodeB, etc.) can operate to configure a hand over (HO) or a primary secondary cell (PSCell) addition based on a channel state information reference signal (CSI-RS) based contention free random access (CFRA) procedure. A CSI-RS rough timing of a CSI-RS position can be determined based on a synchronization signal block (SSB) associated with a CSI-RS or a serving cell timing. A CFRA transmit timing can be determined based on the CSI-RS rough timing or a CSI-RS fine timing that is derived from a timing and frequency (T/F) tracking operation on the CSI-RS. Reference signal receive power (RSRP) measurement(s) can be made on the CSI-RS for performing the CSI-RS based CFRA procedure with transmissions according to the CSI-RS transmit timing of the CSI-RS that satisfies an RSRP threshold.
US12336012B2
Aspects described herein relate to determining whether full duplex (FD) communications are configured during resources for communicating one or more messages of a random access procedure, where the FD communications comprising uplink communications and downlink communications occurring in a same frequency band, and responsive to the determining whether the FD communications are configured during the resources, transmitting the one or more messages of the random access procedure using the resources.
US12336011B2
This application provides a communication method and apparatus. In an example method, when a first access network device performs unsuccessful listen before talk (LBT) for channel detection on an unlicensed channel, the first access network device sends first indication information to a second access network device. The first indication information indicates that the first access network device performs unsuccessful LBT for channel detection on the unlicensed channel.
US12336010B2
A device includes a BLUETOOTH low energy (BLE) link layer (LL) controller configured to maintain links of a link cluster between the device and one or more connected devices that share parameters associated with the link cluster and process packets associated with the links at a LL. The links of the link cluster are established according to a BLE communication standard. The parameters include coordination parameters for connection events on the links and synchronization parameters for packet transmission in the connection events. The device further includes BLE physical link (PHY) interfaces coupled to the BLE LL controller and configured to exchange the packets in the connection events on the links, interface with the BLE LL controller, and process the packets at a PHY layer according to the parameters.
US12335998B2
In an AP, a Trigger frame generator generates a trigger signal instructing an uplink signal transmission, the trigger signal including a terminal information field that includes a terminal ID subfield and a resource unit allocation information subfield, and a radio transmitter/receiver transmits the trigger signal. In a case where the trigger signal includes a first terminal information field specifying one or more contiguous resource units for random access, the Trigger frame generator sets an unused ID that is not to be used as a terminal ID in the first terminal information field.
US12335991B2
A method of selecting access point, suitable for a communication device, includes following operations: (a) monitoring a channel of at least one frequency band; (b) calculating a first count that the channel is detected to be in an occupied state; (c) calculating a second count that the channel is detected to have an ambient noise; (d) repeating steps (a) through (c) to obtain the first count and the second count of each of a plurality of channels used by a plurality of access points; (e) obtaining a plurality of received signal strength indications (RSSIs) of the plurality of access points, respectively; and (f) selecting a target channel from the plurality of channels and a target access point from the plurality of access points to perform connection according to the plurality of RSSIs and the first count and the second count of each of the plurality of channels.
US12335990B2
An approach is presented, by which an access point can identify and trigger stations with stringent latency requirements or with periodic traffic to transmit to their corresponding access points, simultaneously with uplink traffic from its own service set. The existing spatial reuse is improved to take into account receive beamforming capabilities at the access points. Furthermore, an approach is presented to gather the channel information in an efficient manner and enhance the triggering procedures to allow stations from overlapping cells to access the channel, during the transmit opportunities or resource units allocated to other users.
US12335987B2
With advanced compute capabilities and growing convergence of wireless standards, there is requirement to run multiple wireless standards, e.g., 4G, 5G, and Wi-Fi, on a single hardware together. Typical solution includes reserving some computing resources for specific wireless standards. Such a resource strategy may not be optimized or efficient according to the real needs for various wireless standards. The present disclosure presents embodiments of using a unified resource controller to take multiple scheduling inputs across various wireless standards, allocate resources among a plurality of configurable processing units, and manage hardware components for data path accelerations including forward error correction, and signal processing implementation. The multiplexing multiple wireless technologies based on spectral utilization may improve the efficiency in power consumption and hardware resources utilization.
US12335984B2
Embodiments herein relate to a method performed by a UE (10) for handling communication in a wireless communication network. The UE (10) handles one or more data units based on a communication range requirement of one or more services, wherein the one or more data units are associated with the one or more services, by using a mapping of an indication of a communication range requirement and a radio resource for communication.
US12335981B2
This base station is provided with: a control circuit which determines a disposition method for a downlink control channel signal in at least one among a first period before a timing based on a carrier sense and a second period after the timing based on the carrier sense on the basis of information about at least one among the number of times a downlink control channel signal is blind-decoded and the number of resources for channel estimation; and a transmission circuit which transmits the downlink control channel signal on the basis of the determined disposition method.
US12335977B2
A wireless device may receive one or more messages comprising a parameter indicating that a first cell is cross-carrier scheduled by a second cell. The wireless device may monitor, on a first bandwidth part (BWP) of the second cell, a first physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) for cross-carrier scheduling the first cell. The wireless device may receive downlink control information (DCI) indicating a second BWP of the second cell as an active BWP. Based on the second BWP of the second cell being the active BWP, the wireless device may stop monitoring the first PDCCH for cross-carrier scheduling the first cell. The wireless device may monitor, on the first cell, a second PDCCH for self-scheduling the first cell.
US12335972B2
Embodiments include methods, systems, and apparatuses for receiving a first type of transmission and a second type of transmission. A WTRU may receive a first downlink control information (DCI) during a first downlink (DL) transmission interval allocating first radio resources in the first DL transmission interval for reception of a first type of transmission. The WTRU may receive data from the first type of transmission in the first radio resources. The WTRU may receive data from a second type of transmission in second radio resources that include one or more predetermined regions within the first radio resources. The WTRU may receive a second DCI during a subsequent second DL transmission interval indicating that the data from the first type of transmission was preempted by the data from the second type of transmission. The WTRU may process the data from the first type of transmission based on the second DCI.
US12335964B2
A user equipment (UE) receives scheduling information from a base station of a wireless network. The UE monitors a first physical resource to receive a common downlink control information (DCI) portion of scheduling information for the UE, decodes the common DCI portion to determine information for a UE-specific DCI portion that is transmitted by the base station on a second physical resource, monitors the second physical resource for the UE-specific DCI portion based on at least the information from the common DCI and decodes the UE-specific DCI portion based on at least the information from the common DCI.
US12335962B2
A user equipment (UE) for a mobile communication system is provided. The UE receives, from the BS, a first downlink control information (DCI) indicating a first uplink resource for transmitting a first uplink signal, and then receives, from the BS, a second DCI indicating a second uplink resource for transmitting a second uplink signal. The BS configures the second uplink resource to be advanced to the first uplink resource in the time domain based on the uplink out-of-order configuration. The UE decides the transmission of the first uplink signal according to the condition of resource configuration.
US12335961B2
Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described. Generally, the described techniques provide for identifying resources in which to transmit feedback information in a slot in an absence of demodulation reference signals (DMRSs) in the slot. In some aspects, a user equipment (UE) may identify a symbol in which to transmit feedback information in a slot in an absence of DMRSs in the slot based on a reference symbol. The reference symbol may be a symbol in the slot previously configured to include DMRSs, or a symbol in a previous slot configured to include DMRSs, or a first symbol in the slot, or a first symbol of a set of symbols in the slot allocated for an uplink data transmission in the slot. A relation between the symbol in which to transmit the feedback information in the slot and the reference symbol may be defined at the UE.
US12335960B2
Systems, methods, and devices for wireless communication that support mechanisms for sharing of a sidelink resource pool using soft grants. A sidelink resource pool may be shared between one or more sidelink mode 1 UEs and one or more sidelink mode 2 UEs. A base station may grant one or more sidelink resources to a mode 1 transmitting UE for transmitting data to a mode 1 receiving UE, and may include an indication that at least one of the one or more sidelink resources granted is a soft granted sidelink resource that may be accessed by the mode 1 transmitting UE only after passing re-evaluation. The mode 1 transmitting UE may perform re-evaluation and may transmit over the at least one sidelink resource only if the at least one sidelink resource passes the re-evaluation.
US12335957B2
In an aspect, the present disclosure includes a method, apparatus, and computer readable medium for wireless communications for receiving, by a relay user equipment (UE) from a remote UE, a remote UE radio resource control (RRC) message for establishing a relayed communication between the remote UE and a network entity via the relay UE; determining, by the relay UE, remote UE information associated with the remote UE for establishing a remote UE communication context between the relay UE and the network entity based on the remote UE RRC message; and transmitting, by the relay UE to the network entity, the remote UE RRC message and the remote UE information.
US12335956B2
Methods and apparatuses in a wireless communication system are provided. Capability information regarding the terminal is transmitted. The capability information is associated with an X division duplexing (XDD) system. Resource configuration information is received based on the resource configuration information. A resource on which uplink control information (UCI) is to be transmitted is determined. The UCI is transmitted on the determined resource. The XDD system configures an uplink resource and a downlink resource in a same slot in different frequency resources.
US12335948B2
An aspect of the present disclosure is a method for a user equipment in a wireless communication system, wherein a sidelink control signal is transmitted on an aggregation slot including a plurality of slots, and a first sidelink data signal and a second sidelink data signal are transmitted on the aggregation slot on the basis of the sidelink control signal. The priority set for the second sidelink data signal is higher than that set for the first sidelink data signal. A second slot, on which the second sidelink data signal is transmitted, among the plurality of slots is selected on the basis of sensing information for selecting a first slot, on which the first sidelink data signal is transmitted, among the plurality of slots.
US12335943B2
Provided are a data transmission method for ultra low-latency, highly-reliable communication in a wireless communication system, and a device therefor. A method for transmitting data in a wireless communication system comprises the steps of: receiving, from a base station, information relating to the number of repeated transmissions with respect to uplink data; configuring a plurality of physical uplink shared channels (PUSCH) corresponding to the number of repeated transmissions, wherein the uplink data is likewise mapped to the plurality of PUSCH; and sequentially transmitting the plurality of PUSCH in a single slot, wherein the plurality of PUSCH comprises a first PUSCH and a second PUSCH, and a first frequency resource for the transmission of the first PUSCH and a second frequency resource for the transmission of the second PUSCH can be changed so as to differ from one another in the single slot.
US12335932B2
Speed and service aware frequency band selection processes for mobility networks are described. In one embodiment, a system can comprising a processor and a memory that stores executable instructions that, when executed by the processor, facilitate performance of operations. The operations comprise selecting a frequency band for performance of data communication between a communication device (CD) and network equipment of a communication network based on a speed of the CD, and instructing the CD to employ the frequency band for the data communication based on the selecting. In various embodiments, the selecting is responsive to the speed exceeding a threshold speed indicating the CD moving a high speed and the selected frequency band comprises a low frequency band tailored for data communication at the high speed. The frequency band selection can also account for other contextual criteria associated with the CD, including services/applications used, location, and route/trajectory of the device.
US12335931B2
A communication method includes that, when a terminal device receives indication information used by a network device to indicate the terminal device to work on a non-dormant bandwidth part (BWP) in a secondary cell, the terminal device can determine a specific BWP on which the terminal device is to work, and perform a corresponding operation. A network device generates indication information, and sends the indication information to a terminal device, where the indication information is used to indicate the terminal device to work on a non-dormant BWP in a first secondary cell. Then, the terminal device enables, according to the indication information, the terminal device to work on a first BWP, where the first BWP is the non-dormant BWP in the first secondary cell.
US12335923B2
A method and a remote unit are disclosed. According to one embodiment, a method at a remote unit, comprises: receiving resource pool usage restriction(s) from a base unit, determining whether parameter(s) associated with a service to be transmitted fulfils the resource pool usage restriction(s), selecting a resource pool corresponding to the resource pool usage restriction if the parameter(s) associated with the service fulfills the resource pool usage restriction, and transmitting data for the service on the selected resource pool.
US12335922B2
There is provided a wireless communication device which includes a control unit. In a case where a resource selected for use in packet transmission is preempted by another wireless communication device in sidelink communication, the control unit adjusts a transmission parameter and transmits the packet. Further, the adjustment of the transmission parameter includes conversion of a modulation method to a high-efficiency method.
US12335916B2
A paging cycle adjusting method for an electronic terminal is provided. The method includes: determining, when the electronic terminal is switched from a first service mode to a second service mode, a service requirement of the second service mode; and adjusting a paging cycle of the electronic terminal to a target paging cycle according to the service requirement of the second service mode. A computer-readable storage medium and an electronic terminal are also provided.
US12335905B2
A method for positioning a terminal device, a server, and a non-transitory storage medium are provided. The method may include, identifying several Pico RRUs corresponding to a logical cell where a target terminal device is located, in response to a request for positioning the target terminal device being received, and the number of Pico RRUs is ≥3; acquiring several converged signals corresponding to Pico RRUs, each by converging of, a processed radio frequency signal received by the current Pico RRU, and radio frequency signals received by other Pico RRUs than the current Pico RRU; calculating geographic location information of the target terminal device according to converged signals corresponding to Pico RRUs and geographic location information of at least three Pico RRUs; and sending positioning information of the target terminal device including at least the geographic location information to a sender of the request for positioning.
US12335904B2
Methods and techniques are described for supporting location services for a user equipment (UE) that is using Narrowband Internet of Things radio access or Cellular Internet of Things features to access a wireless network. The techniques include enabling support for a last known location of a UE, using previously obtained location measurements, when a UE is not reachable from a wireless network for positioning. The techniques also include limiting positioning protocol interaction between a UE and a location server via a reduced maximum message size, reduced message volume and longer response and retransmission timers. The techniques further include enabling a UE to obtain location measurements when not connected to a wireless network, enabling periodic and triggered location of a UE in which a UE evaluates location triggers while not connected to a wireless network, enabling use of deferred location and enabling improved location security.
US12335898B2
Various embodiments relate to a next generation wireless communication system for supporting a data transmission rate and the like higher than that of beyond 4th generation (4G) wireless communication systems. According to various embodiments, a method for transmitting and receiving a signal in a wireless communication system, and an apparatus for supporting same may be provided, and other various embodiments may also be provided.
US12335893B2
The embodiments of the application disclose a registration method, a terminal device and a network device. The method includes: when the terminal device is registered on a first network through a first access technology, acquiring, by the terminal device, first slice information; when the terminal device is registered on a second network through a second access technology, acquiring, by the terminal device, second slice information, where the second slice information and the first slice information are not mutually exclusive. The method, terminal device and network device of the embodiments of the present application can ensure that slices obtained by the terminal device over multiple access technologies are not mutually exclusive, thereby ensuring the progress of services.
US12335884B2
A method performed by a network entity is provided. The method comprises obtaining information indicating uplink, UL, and downlink, DL, time periods in the packet-based fronthaul network occupied by Time-Division Duplex, TDD, radio transmissions transmitted and/or received by the one or more second fronthaul network units over its radio interface. The method further comprises scheduling packet-based synchronization messages between at least the one or more first fronthaul network units and the one or more second fronthaul network units over the packet-based fronthaul network based on the obtained information. A network entity is also provided, as well as, computer programs and carriers.
US12335883B2
Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described. A user equipment (UE) may receive, from a network entity, control signaling that indicates a sweeping pattern for multiple synchronization signal blocks (SSBs), which repeats over multiple time periods. The multiple SSBs may be multiplexed across a time domain and a frequency domain. The UE may monitor for two or more SSBs that are multiplexed across the time domain and the frequency domain during a time period of the multiple time periods and within an activated bandwidth part. The UE may transmit, to the network entity, an indication of one of the multiple SSBs to facilitate further communications.
US12335882B2
A first base station (131) is configured to notify a second base station (132) of frequency accuracy information indicating frequency accuracy of the first base station (131) in a wireless manner or via a backhaul.
US12335878B2
A base station may transmit configuration parameters indicating positions, in a DCI, of a first bit of a first TPC command and a first bit of a second TPC command that are applicable, respectively, to a first cell and a second cell of a PUCCH group. The base station may receive uplink control information via a PUCCH. A transmission power of the PUCCH may be based on the first TPC command if the first cell is a cell for PUCCH transmission in a transmission timing. The transmission power of the PUCCH may be based on the second TPC command if the second cell is the cell for PUCCH transmission in the transmission timing.
US12335877B2
Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described for uplink transmit power determination in which a user equipment (UE) may be configured for carrier aggregation of multiple concurrent uplink component carrier (CC) transmissions. The UE may apply an adjustment to a maximum transmit power limit (MTPL) for one or more CCs when the UE is configured for uplink carrier aggregation. The MTPL adjustment may be applied to reduce a transmit power of one of the CCs when a maximum transmit power is requested for the CC. The MTPL adjustment may reduce the transmit power to be less than the MTPL of the UE and thereby provide that one or more other CCs may still have some transmission power. The UE may compute a MTPL adjustment based on a static value or on a per-subframe basis based on scheduling parameters and a requested transmit power for each CC.
US12335868B2
Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described. Base stations may reduce energy consumption by minimizing the use of periodic signals such as the system information block one (SIB1), which a user equipment (UE) may use to perform a random access channel (RACH) procedure with a base station. A UE may transmit a wake-up signal to the base station requesting an SIB1. The base station may transmit a synchronization signal block (SSB) that indicates that the base station is not transmitting an SIB1, and the UE may transmit the cell wake-up signal in response. A base station may refrain from periodically transmitting SSBs. A UE may determine that it is within range of a base station and that it has not received an SSB. The UE may transmit a wake-up signal to the base station, and the base station may transmit an SSB and an SIB1 to the UE.
US12335862B2
A mobile computing device comprising: a wireless communications interface configured to connect to a network deployed by a plurality of access points; a short-range wireless communications interface configured to communicate with one or more nearby computing devices; a processor interconnected with the wireless communications interface and the short-range wireless communications interface, the processor configured to: obtain, from the one or more nearby computing devices via the short-range wireless communications interface, a list of potential access points, wherein each potential access point comprises one of the plurality of access points by which a respective nearby computing device is connected to the network; select one of the potential access points as a target access point, wherein the target access point is different from a home access point to which the wireless communications interface is currently connected; and control the wireless communications interface to roam to the selected target access point.
US12335855B2
Examples described herein relate to a centralized service discovery management (CSDM) system and method for distributing service discovery records to access points (APs). The CSDM system receives a service discovery record from a source AP of a plurality of APs deployed in an information technology (IT) infrastructure. The CSDM system is deployed outside the IT infrastructure. The service discovery record comprises information about an application server. Further, the CSDM system generates a neighbor AP group for the application server based on nearness between the source AP and the rest of the plurality of APs, wherein the neighbor AP group includes a set of neighbor APs identified from the plurality of APs. Moreover, the CSDM system transmits the service discovery record to the set of neighbor APs so that the application server is discoverable by client devices connected to the set of neighbor APs.
US12335851B2
The disclosure relates to a first apparatus comprising at least one processor and at least one memory including computer code for one or more programs, the at least one memory and the computer code configured, with the at least one processor, to cause the apparatus at least to: send (500), to a second apparatus, a request comprising information indicating a list of public land mobile network identifiers identifying a first public land mobile network supported by the first apparatus, and information to derive a second public land mobile network supported by the second apparatus; and receive (502), from the second apparatus, a response comprising information indicating a list of public land mobile network identifiers identifying the second public land mobile network supported by the second apparatus.
US12335837B2
Provided is a data transmission method, including: receiving, by a target base station, a RRC resume request message and first data that are transmitted by a terminal device; transmitting, by the target base station, a retrieve terminal context request message to an anchor base station, the retrieve terminal context request message carrying the first data or first indication information indicating transmission of the first data; and receiving, by the target base station, a reply message transmitted by the anchor base station, the reply message carrying second indication information indicating whether the anchor base station is capable of transmitting the first data to a core network. The first data is transmitted to the core network by the target base station in response to the second indication information indicating that the anchor base station is incapable of transmitting the first data to the core network.
US12335832B2
The disclosure relates to a 5G or 6G communication system for supporting a higher data transmission rate. The embodiment herein is to disclose a method for selecting PLMN with disaster condition (PLMN-D) to receive disaster roaming service in an area. The method includes detecting, by a UE, a disaster condition in the area. Further, the method includes detecting, by the UE, a forbidden PLMN (FPLMN) broadcasting a plurality of PLMN-Ds in the area. Further, the method includes selecting, by the UE, the at least one PLMN-D from the plurality of PLMN-D based on a predefined sequence of priority order. Further, the method includes camping, by the UE, the FPLMN corresponding to the at least one selected PLMN-D. Further, the method includes triggering, by the UE, a registration procedure on the camped FPLMN by indicating the at least one selected PLMN-D in the registration request message.
US12335822B2
A communication device according to one embodiment includes one or more hardware processors. The processors serve to acquire, from at least one electronic device, output data output from the electronic device. The processors serve to communicate with a server device by a communication technique in which numbers indicating communication timings are synchronized. The processors also serve to transmit, to the server device as a destination, the output data in association with a first number out of the numbers. The first number indicates a timing at which the output data is acquired.
US12335816B2
Certain embodiments of the disclosure can include methods, devices, and systems for locating an electronic signal sent in a large, enclosed space, including hotels and offices. The embodiments can include initiating a signal from a location within the large, enclosed structure triggered by, for example, atmospheric conditions or user input, among other triggering mechanisms. The signal can then be transmitted via low-energy, low-cost network devices placed efficiently throughout the building. Devices within the network read the message signal and efficiently continue its transmission through the network. When received by a display device, the message can be identified by its originating location and mapped against a layout of the building.
US12335812B2
Systems and methods are disclosed for determining whether or not an apparatus, such as a mobile device, is being handled or otherwise used within a vehicle. The apparatus may comprise an accelerometer configured to measure acceleration and a gyroscope configured to measure orientation. The apparatus may determine an axis of gravity of the apparatus based on acceleration measurements made by the accelerometer over a period of time. The apparatus may also determine a rotation vector of the apparatus based on orientation measurements made by the gyroscope. Using the axis of gravity of the apparatus and the rotation vector of the apparatus, the apparatus may determine a rate of rotation of the apparatus perpendicular to the axis of gravity. If the rate of rotation of the apparatus perpendicular to the axis of gravity exceeds a threshold, the apparatus may determine that it is being handled or otherwise used within the vehicle.
US12335808B2
To perform location-specific services of a broadcasting unit, virtual cells for the location-specific services are set up so that cell data, which define a local cell area, are transmitted to a mobile receiving device via the broadcasting unit. The cell data are stored in the mobile receiving device. The mobile receiving device establishes its current position and determines whether it is located in the cell area. If the mobile receiving device is located in the cell area, the receiving device performs a service assigned to the cell data. The setting up of cells for location-specific services by the broadcasting unit in a multitude of mobile receiving devices in the service area of the broadcasting unit enables geographical areas inside and outside the service area to be slit up into smaller, interactive and virtual service cells and cell clusters in a dynamic and optimal manner.
US12335807B2
A system for tracking refuse collection vehicles includes one or more memory devices having instructions stored thereon that, when executed by one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to perform operations including receiving, from a user device, a first user input indicating one or more parameters of a geofence, the geofence defining a virtual perimeter around a geographical location, determining whether the refuse collection vehicle is within the virtual perimeter of the geofence based on a current location of the refuse collection vehicle, and transmitting, to the user device, a first notification based on a determination that the refuse collection vehicle is within the geofence, the first notification indicating to a user of the user device that the refuse collection vehicle is within the geofence.
US12335794B2
Methods supporting a Quality of Service (QoS) update during a Handover (HO) procedure are disclosed herein. More specifically, methods performed by a Radio Access Network (RAN) node and a Core Network (CN) node for supporting a QoS update during an HO are provided. The methods disclosed herein can facilitate flexible New Generation (NG)-RAN (NG-RAN) deployment with a mixture of NG-RAN nodes capable or incapable of supporting additional parameters in an HO procedure. The methods also make it possible to provide smooth NG-RAN software updates between different software releases.
US12335789B2
The present disclosure provides a method in a network node for session control. The method includes: receiving a request for resource reservation for a first session initiated from a user device with a first keyword associated with a first priority; releasing a resource for a second, ongoing session initiated from the user device with a second keyword associated with a second priority lower than the first priority; and reserving a resource for the first session.
US12335776B2
A user equipment (UE) can receive a first data stream and a second data stream; store data units of the second data stream, as stored data units, in a buffer while a retransmission operation is performed for the first data stream; determine that a threshold is satisfied with regard to the buffer, wherein the threshold is associated with a counter that is maintained based on the storing of the data units; and provide the stored data units based on determining that the threshold is satisfied.
US12335775B2
The present disclosure relates a method of transmitting a buffer status report by a terminal. The method may include i) receiving an RRC reconfiguration message including identification information, ii) identifying logic channels associated with the first base station and logic channels associated with the second base station, iii) triggering the buffer status report by identifying buffer statuses of the identified logic channels associated with the first base station and the second base station, and transmitting the buffer status reports to the first base station and the second base station.
US12335771B2
Systems and methods of scheduling bit rates for first-class traffic for a first and second class session for a device; honoring for the device each first class session with the bit rate equal to a session aggregate maximum bit rate (AMBR) by a scheduler by assigning a threshold for an aggregate bit rate for traffic for each first-class session; if a total of the aggregate bit rate of traffic for each first class session is below the threshold assigned, then assigning each first class session the session AMBR for first-class session traffic for the device; if the total of the aggregate bit rate of traffic for each first class session is above the threshold assigned, then proportionality scheduling packets of the traffic for the first class session of the device to limit the aggregate rate of the first-class traffic below the threshold.
US12335761B2
A method and apparatus for indicating a measurement purpose of channel state information (CSI) and a communication system. The method includes: a terminal equipment receives first indication information transmitted by a network device, the first indication information indicating a measurement purpose of a first channel state information (CSI) measurement resource set of the terminal equipment; and the terminal equipment determines the measurement purpose of the first CSI measurement resource set according to the first indication information. A network device and the terminal equipment may have a common understanding of a purpose of the same CSI measurement resource.
US12335759B2
Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, a user equipment (UE) may perform first measurements associated with secondary component carriers (SCCs) for downlink and perform second measurements associated with beams. The UE may select a downlink SCC in frequency range 2 (FR2) as a first anchor CC with a primary component carrier (PCC) from frequency range 1 (FR1), from the SCCs for downlink, based on the first measurements, in combination with a downlink beam based on the second measurements. The UE may perform third measurements associated with SCCs for uplink and perform fourth measurements associated with the beams. The UE may select an uplink SCC in FR2 as a second anchor CC with the PCC from FR1, from the SCCs for uplink, based on the third measurements, in combination with an uplink beam based on the fourth measurements. Numerous other aspects are described.
US12335755B2
The present disclosure relates to communication methods and communications apparatus. In one example communication method, a terminal device obtains measurement configuration information, where the measurement configuration information is used to indicate a target frequency for which logged minimization of drive tests (logged MDT) measurement is performed by the terminal device. The terminal device performs the logged MDT measurement for the target frequency.
US12335754B2
Embodiments of this application provide an uplink measurement management method. The method includes: A radio access network (RAN) device receives a first message from a positioning device, where the first message is used by the positioning device to request the RAN device to perform uplink measurement, and the first message includes a measurement periodicity and a measurement amount. The RAN device measures an uplink sounding reference signal (SRS) of a terminal device based on the measurement periodicity and the measurement amount, and sends a first response to the positioning device, where the first response includes a measurement result of the uplink SRS.
US12335748B2
Various arrangements of a hybrid cellular network system are detailed herein. The system can include a cellular radio access network (RAN) comprising a plurality of base stations (BSs). Each BS can include an antenna, a physical router; a radio units (RU), and a distributed unit (DU). The system can include multiple pass-through edge data centers (P-EDCs). Each P-EDC is in communication with a different subset of BSs. The system can include an aggregation data center (ADC) in communication with the P-EDCs. The system can further include a breakout edge data center (EDC) executed at an EDC of a cloud computing platform, the B-EDC including a second transit gateway and a virtual router.
US12335742B2
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.
US12335741B2
A radio access network (RAN) device receives a first message, where the first message includes identifiers of one or more first network slices, and the identifiers of the one or more first network slices are included in a non-access stratum (NAS) request message sent by a terminal device to a core network (CN) device by using the RAN device. The RAN device sends a second message including network slice redirection information to the terminal device, where the network slice redirection information includes at least one of network slice remapping information or terminal device redirection information, and the network slice redirection information is obtained after the RAN device performs network slice redirection decision-making on the one or more first network slices.
US12335740B2
Methods for improving resource connectivity for users' various computing devices are disclosed. An example method may include establishing a local connection with a sending device, receiving device status information and task status information from the sending device using the local connection, the task status information identifying at least one media content, and generating a user interface that includes a graphical representation of the device status information and a first control that, when selected, executes the at least one media content in an application on the receiving device. Another example method may include detecting an interaction with a UI element that sets a network sharing status to an on state, identifying a locally stored network as shareable, generating an instance of a network data type for the locally stored network, and associating the instance with the user account so that the locally stored network is shared with the user's other devices.
US12335734B2
Communication, authentication, and/or validation may be required in various types of device interactions. For example, for some types of device functions, user or device authentication may be required to confirm that the function can and should be performed. Authentication information may be communicated and authentication and/or validation may be performed using LoRaWAN signaling. LoRaWAN signaling provides low power and long-range communication capabilities to efficiently and effectively perform authentication processes. In some arrangements, LoRaWAN signals may be generated by both a first device (e.g., a user device) and a second device (e.g., a function-performing device) and subsequently compared to determine whether they correspond. This correspondence may provide the requisite authentication or validation of the first device and/or an associated user.
US12335729B2
A first communication node may provide first and second NAS connection identifications for respective first and second NAS connections between the first and a second communication node, with the first and second NAS connection identifications being different and the first and second NAS connections being different. A first NAS message may be communicated between the first and second communication nodes over the first NAS connection, including at performing integrity protection for the first NAS message using the first NAS connection identification and/or performing confidentiality protection for the first NAS message using the first NAS connection identification. A second NAS message may be communicated between the first and second communication nodes over the second NAS connection, including performing integrity protection for the second NAS message using the second NAS connection identification and/or performing confidentiality protection for the second NAS message for confidentiality protection using the second NAS connection identification.
US12335718B2
Embodiments are described for an adaptive audio system that processes audio data comprising a number of independent monophonic audio streams. One or more of the streams has associated with it metadata that specifies whether the stream is a channel-based or object-based stream. Channel-based streams have rendering information encoded by means of channel name; and the object-based streams have location information encoded through location expressions encoded in the associated metadata. A codec packages the independent audio streams into a single serial bitstream that contains all of the audio data. This configuration allows for the sound to be rendered according to an allocentric frame of reference, in which the rendering location of a sound is based on the characteristics of the playback environment (e.g., room size, shape, etc.) to correspond to the mixer's intent. The object position metadata contains the appropriate allocentric frame of reference information required to play the sound correctly using the available speaker positions in a room that is set up to play the adaptive audio content.
US12335715B2
An audio processing system and method which calculates, based on spatial metadata of the audio object, a panning coefficient for each of the audio objects in relation to each of a plurality of predefined channel coverage zones. Converts the audio signal into submixes in relation to the predefined channel coverage zones based on the calculated panning coefficients and the audio objects. Each of the submixes indicating a sum of components of the plurality of the audio objects in relation to one of the predefined channel coverage zones. Generating a submix gain by applying an audio processing to each of the submix and controls an object gain applied to each of the audio objects. The object gain being as a function of the panning coefficients for each of the audio objects and the submix gains in relation to each of the predefined channel coverage zones.
US12335709B2
A sound generator provided in the present disclosure includes a frame, a magnetic circuit unit, and a first vibration unit and a second vibration unit arranged on two sides of the magnetic circuit unit. The magnetic circuit unit includes a first central magnetic yoke in the middle, a central magnet fixed to the first central magnetic yoke, a magnetic component arranged around the central magnet and fixed to the frame, and a connecting portion connecting the first central magnetic yoke to the magnetic component. The central magnet includes a first magnet portion fixed to the first central magnetic yoke and a second magnet portion fixed to the side of the first magnet portion away from the first central magnetic yoke, a projection area of the first magnet portion along a vibrating direction is greater than a projection area of the second magnet portion along the vibrating direction.
US12335707B2
A double-sided sound device includes a frame, a first vibration system, a second vibration system, and a magnetic circuit system. The frame includes an upper end opening and a lower end opening, the first vibration system is disposed at the upper end opening of the frame, the second vibration system is disposed at the lower end opening of the frame, and the magnetic circuit system is disposed in the frame. The magnetic circuit system includes an outer magnetic yoke, a magnet portion, and a non-magnetically conductive connector. The outer magnetic yoke includes a side wall and a first flange portion. The magnet portion includes an upper pole core, a lower pole core, and a magnetic steel, and the magnetic steel is clamped between the upper pole core and the lower pole core. The double-sided sound device reduces a product size, and further reduces material costs.
US12335704B2
The present disclosure provides a multifunctional sounding device, which includes a lower housing, an upper housing and a sounding unit. The sounding unit includes a frame, a vibration system and a magnetic circuit system. The magnetic circuit system includes a main magnetic circuit, a first auxiliary magnetic circuit and a second auxiliary magnetic circuit. The first auxiliary magnetic circuit includes a first auxiliary magnet and a first auxiliary pole plate. The first auxiliary pole plate fixes the first auxiliary magnet to the upper housing. The multifunctional sounding device also includes a motor assembly, and the motor assembly includes a vibration unit and an elastic member. The multifunctional sounding device of the present disclosure not only simplifies the fixing method of the magnetic circuit system, but also reduces the dimensional accuracy requirements of the magnetic circuit system, meeting the needs of mass production.
US12335697B2
Embodiments include an audio system comprising a plurality of microphones disposed in an environment, wherein the plurality of microphones is configured to detect one or more audio sources, and generate location data indicating a location of each of the one or more audio sources relative to the plurality of microphones; and at least one processor communicatively coupled to the plurality of microphones, wherein the at least one processor is configured to receive the location data from the plurality of microphones, and define a plurality of audio pick-up regions in the environment based on the location data, the plurality of audio pick-up regions comprising a first audio pick-up region and a second audio pick-up region, wherein the plurality of microphones are configured to deploy a first lobe within the first audio pick-up region and a second lobe within the second audio pick-up region.
US12335689B2
An exemplary computing device includes a memory storing instructions; and a processor communicatively coupled to the memory and configured to execute the instructions to perform a process. The process may comprise identifying a hearing profile of a user of a hearing device; providing audio content as an input to a machine learning model; generating modified audio content by adjusting a characteristic of the audio content based on an output of the machine learning model and the hearing profile of the user of the hearing device; and transmitting the modified audio content to the hearing device.
US12335687B2
A method for making a piezoelectric microelectromechanical systems (MEMS) microphone is provided, comprising depositing a piezoelectric film layer onto a substrate; selectively etching the piezoelectric film layer to define lines; removing the substrate to define a cavity; and breaking the piezoelectric film layer along the lines, such that the microphone has at least two cantilevered beams. The piezoelectric microelectromechanical systems (MEMS) microphone is also provided.
US12335684B2
Electroacoustic drivers that can be utilized in loudspeaker systems that utilize drivers having a magnetic negative spring (MNS). The magnets of the MNS can be arranged for radial stability and/or to provide for linear magnetic forces. A variable reluctance device can be used to vary the resonant frequency of electroacoustic driver in response to a feedback signal.
US12335678B2
Aspects of the present disclosure provide techniques, including devices and system implementing the techniques, to dynamically adjust an audio limiter in an ANR audio output device. The audio limiter adaptively adjusts how much and when to limit incoming audio based on a determined state of the device relative to a user wearing the device. The state of the device is determined based on the quality of the seal or fit between the earcup and the user's ear or head. When the fit is poor or leaky, the audio limiter limits the lower frequency portions of the incoming audio signal in an effort to mitigate distortion. Advantageously, when the fit is good, the audio limiter does not limit or reduce the amount of limiting of the low frequency portion of the audio signal.
US12335666B2
A system and method for altering the visual appearance of moving physical forms is disclosed. The moving physical forms may include solids, liquids, gasses and any combination thereof. The system and method may include video capturing devices for capturing video footage of the moving forms, a controller for altering the captured video footage of the moving forms, and video projecting devices for projecting the altered video footage back onto the moving forms.
US12335664B2
A system for video recording for a vehicle includes a camera system, a first wireless module, a second wireless module, and a controller in electrical communication with the camera system, the first wireless module, and the second wireless module. The controller is programmed to transmit a plurality of original training signals on a plurality of subcarriers using the first wireless module. The controller is further programmed to receive a plurality of propagated training signals using the second wireless module. The controller is further programmed to determine a deviation between the plurality of original training signals and the plurality of propagated training signals. The controller is further programmed to determine an occupancy status of an environment surrounding the vehicle based at least in part on the deviation and record a video using the camera system in response to determining that the occupancy status is an occupied status.
US12335661B2
A method and system for controlled absence of moving objects from the field of view of a camera during a defined time period is disclosed. When data generated by an at least one electronics device or a respective controller thereof confirms that the physical environment requirements of the at least one electronics device will be met, or confirms that the at least one electronics device will be controlled to meet the operational requirements, the video camera is allowed to enter a mode where the capturing of the video is impeded during the time period. Conversely, when the data indicates that the physical environment requirements will not be met, or that the at least one electronics device will not be controlled to meet the operational requirements, the system ensures that the capturing of the video is not impeded during the time period.
US12335656B2
An image reproduction apparatus includes a setting unit configured to set, when reproduction of an image stored in a storage unit is performed, whether to perform filtering reproduction that reproduces the image by performing filtering in which only images that match specific attribute information are selected, or to perform reproduction without performing filtering; and a control unit configured to control reproduction of images stored in the storage unit based on the setting by the setting unit. The control unit performs display for calling the attention of a user when an image that does not match the specific attribute information is included in images being added to the storage unit before performing the filtering reproduction.
US12335641B2
An image sensor includes a logic die, including column readout circuits, and a sensor die, overlaid on the logic die and including bitlines connected to the column readout circuits and an array of detector elements. Each detector element includes a photodiode having cathode and anode terminals and a floating diffusion node connected to one of the terminals of the photodiode. A first reset transistor is coupled between the floating diffusion node and a reset voltage. A source follower transistor has an input connected to the floating diffusion node and an output connect to a first terminal of an output capacitor having first and second terminals, with the first terminal. A second reset transistor is coupled between a second terminal of the output capacitor and the reset voltage. A select transistor is coupled between the second terminal of the output capacitor and one of the bitlines.
US12335637B2
Systems, methods, and apparatuses are provided herein for changing the positions and/or shapes of microlenses of a light field camera to generate light field images with enhanced depth of field and/or dynamic range. This may be accomplished by a light field camera determining a plurality of focus measurements for a plurality of microlenses, wherein one or more of the plurality of microlenses vary in distance from a main lens of the light field camera. The light field camera may use the plurality of focus measurements to determine a microlens of the plurality of microlenses that captures information that is the most focused. The light field camera can then determine defocus functions for the microlenses that are not capturing information that is the most focused. The light field camera can then generate a light field image using the determined defocus functions and the information captured by the plurality of microlenses.
US12335618B1
Devices, methods, and non-transitory program storage devices are disclosed to provide optical image stabilization (OIS) systems having a control mode with per-image frame recentering. Due to the mechanical limits of OIS systems' movement stroke, OIS systems are typically limited to being able compensate for no more than a few degrees of camera device rotation. If the device rotation motion is larger than the OIS movement stroke, the OIS movement becomes saturated, and the OIS is not able to compensate for the device's rotation motion anymore, which could generate image blurring. In order to handle relatively large device rotation motion and increase the exposure time for video capture under low-light scene conditions, it is desirable to utilize the limited OIS stroke more efficiently. This disclosure proposes new ideas for OIS systems that opportunistically re-center themselves over a time duration at the beginning of each video image frame to reduce image blurring.
US12335615B2
A control apparatus includes at least one processor that functions as a setting a plurality of focusing points by using object information that includes information on a part of an object and is based on an image signal converted from an object image, a selection unit configured to select, from the plurality of focusing points in a search area, a main focusing point on which focusing is performed, an object determination unit configured to determine, by using a focusing state of a focusing point in a part with a highest priority in priorities set for respective parts of the object, whether or not the object included in the focusing point is the same as an object included in a previously selected main focusing point, and a decision unit configured to decide the search area based on a determination made by the object determination unit.
US12335614B2
A method for determining the optimal position of the focal plane for examining a specimen by microscopy can include a) illuminating the specimen with light and recording images at different positions of the focal plane to provide a stack of intensity images, b) calculating a phase image from at least two intensity images, with the calculated phase image being assigned a focal plane position located within a focal plane region whose boundaries are the two most spaced apart positions of the focal plane of the at least two intensity images, c) repeating step b) multiple times with different intensity images such that a stack of phase images is available, d) calculating at least one focus measure value for each phase image, and e) determining the optimal position of the focal plane on the basis of the calculated focus measure values and the focal plane positions assigned to the phase images.
US12335612B1
The technical solutions described herein are systems and methods for multi-mode image capture device operation. The system can obtain, from a first image capture device in accordance with a first mode, a first set of images corresponding to a first range of angles about an axis. The system can obtain, from a second image capture device in accordance with the first mode, a second set of images corresponding to a second range of angles about the axis. The system can cause, responsive to an interruption of the first mode, the second image capture device to obtain a third set of images corresponding to the first range of angles about the axis in accordance with a second mode.
US12335611B2
A first image capturing unit (203 to 205) configured to capture an image using a lens placed on a first surface, a second image capturing unit (201 and 202) configured to capture an image using a lens placed on a second surface, the second image capturing unit being configured to switch to first image capturing using a first lens and second image capturing using a second lens with a wider angle than an angle of view of the first lens, and a control unit configured to perform control to, during the image capturing by the second image capturing unit, in response to a user operation for changing from a still image capturing mode to a moving image capturing mode, switch to the moving image capturing mode and also switch from the first image capturing using the first lens to the second image capturing using the second lens, are included.
US12335609B1
The present disclosure discloses a wireless device for controlling underwater photographing of a camera, and belongs to the field of underwater photographic equipment. The wireless device includes a waterproof camera housing for mounting the camera; a wireless receiver for receiving a wireless control signal for controlling the camera; and a wireless transmitter for transmitting the wireless control signal for controlling the camera; wherein the wireless transmitter is wirelessly connected to the wireless receiver, and the wireless receiver is connected to the camera. During photographing, when the wireless receiver receives an optical signal transmitted by the wireless transmitter, the wireless receiver decodes the optical signal and transfers the optical signal to a control system of the camera to trigger a photographing action of the camera, so as to achieve remote control of a shutter of the camera and facilitate photographing creation at an underwater special camera location.
US12335606B2
An image pickup apparatus includes an image sensor, an optical filter movable between a first position at which the optical filter is inserted into an imaging range of the image sensor and a second position at which the optical filter is retracted from the imaging range, and a control unit configured to perform exposure control for the image sensor in a case where the optical filter is located at the first position and an in-focus state cannot be obtained by moving a focus lens.
US12335598B2
An electronic apparatus includes a processor; and a memory storing a program which, when executed by the processor, causes the electronic apparatus to: acquire an image in which a first image region captured by using a first optical system and a second image region captured by using a second optical system are disposed side by side; display the first image region and the second image region on a display; receive a predetermined operation from a user; and in a case where the predetermined operation is received from the user, control such that a magnified image region, generated by magnifying a part of the first image region, is displayed instead of the second image region.
US12335590B2
Disclosed herein are system, apparatus, and method for accurately setting a focus flange depth and planarity of a camera lens. An aspect includes a lens housing with at least one camera lens, a camera body with an imaging plane, and a lens mount removably coupling the lens housing to the camera body via a coupling mechanism. At least one shim may be inserted between the lens mount and the camera body to adjust a depth, pitch, and yaw of the camera lens in the lens housing with respect to the imaging plane in the camera body. Each shim may comprise a body having an opening extending from an edge of the body to a center of the body. The opening of each shim is configured to receive the coupling mechanism such that the pitch and yaw may be adjusted without fully removing the lens housing from the camera body.
US12335578B2
In one embodiment, a system includes a CATV node, a first device, and at least one micro distribution system. The CATV node transmits CATV RF signals to the first device, which converts the RF signals to optical signals. Each micro distribution system includes a micro node receiving the optical signals from the first device and converting the optical signals to RF signals. Each micro distribution system further includes at least two strings of taps independently coupled to the micro node and receiving the RF signals from the micro node. For each string of taps, the received RF signals are passed from the micro node along the taps, while a powering signal is passed along the taps.
US12335572B2
Embodiments of the present disclosure provide a method and an apparatus for playing back a video at a multiple-speed, an electronic device and a storage medium; where the method includes: obtaining first video data, where the first video data includes key frames and non-key frames; compressing the non-key frames of the first video data to generate second video data; and decoding the second video data to obtain decoded video data, and playing back the decoded video data at a multiple-speed according to a preset playback multiple-speed value. Since before decoding and playing back the first video data, the non-key frames of the first video data are compressed, and the compressed second video data is played at a multiple-speed, so as to reduce the decoding pressure for a device, avoid a lag when playing back the video at a multiple-speed and improve the smoothness of video playback at a multiple-speed.
US12335558B2
A computerized content synchronization system is configured to perform the following method: (a) obtain information indicative of multiple content streams, associated with a shared content; (b) provide algorithms, each algorithm configured to perform at least one of: identify, within the information, synchronization point(s) between the streams; calculate a timeline difference between the streams; and (c) responsive to a determination that the system does not possess, external to the information indicative of the streams, information concerning characteristics of a content pipeline architecture of each stream, which is capable of relating timelines of streams, perform the following: (i) choose an algorithm, based on defined criterion parameter(s) associated with algorithm characteristics, and on an analysis of the information; and (ii) run the chosen algorithm. This facilitates a synchronized consumption of the content by consumer(s), The consumer(s) is configured to consume the multiple content streams.
US12335556B2
Embodiments of a device that includes an automotive-specific connector are described herein. The device includes radiofrequency (RF) communication circuitry communicatively coupled to processing circuitry and configured to receive a broadcast digital television signal. The processing circuitry configured to receive a user selection of broadcast digital television content to be obtained. The RF communication circuitry controlled to select a frequency band corresponding to the broadcast digital television content from the broadcast digital television signal. Encoded broadcast digital content is received from the RF communication circuitry and a digital bitstream is decoded to obtain the selected broadcast digital television content therein.
US12335552B2
Apparatus and methods to manage recording of streaming packetized content (such as for example live IP packetized content) for access, retrieval and delivering thereof to one or more users. In one embodiment, the foregoing is accomplished via communication between a recording manager and a receiver/decoder device. The recording manager manages and schedules recording of content on behalf of the receiver/decoder device (and/or mobile devices) disposed at a user's premises. The recording manager runs one or more computer programs designed to receive requests to record packetized content from one or more consumer devices, and use metadata contained within the requests to cause a cloud storage entity or premises storage device to record the content at its scheduled date/time (either via the receiver/decoder device itself, or another network entity). In this manner, the recording manager provides digital video recording (DVR) functionality to devices that would be otherwise incapable of scheduling a recording and/or recording such content.
US12335550B2
A method, performed by a hub device, of storing a voice assistant model for controlling a device includes receiving information about a first device connected to the hub device, requesting a voice assistant server to update a device determination model stored in the hub device; receiving the updated device determination model from the voice assistant server and storing the received updated device determination model; requesting, from the voice assistant server, information about a function determination model corresponding to the first device; receiving the information about the function determination model corresponding to the first device from the voice assistant server, and determining whether to store the function determination model in the hub device based on the received information; and based on the function determination model being determined to be stored in the hub device, storing, in the hub device, the function determination model corresponding to the first device.
US12335549B2
Methods, systems, and apparatuses are provided for predicting consumption of recorded content. A content item may be recorded for subsequent consumption by a user. Predictive data associated with when the recorded content item will be subsequently consumed by the user may be determined. The predictive data may be determined based on the content type for the content item and user behavior history. The predictive data may include a predicted time window for receiving a request from the user to consume the recorded content item and a confidence level. Data indicating the predictive data may be associated with or included with the recorded content item, and at least a portion of the recorded content item may be prepared for delivery or delivered to a user device based on the predicted time the recorded content item will be consumed.
US12335542B2
This invention provides a means to identify unknown media programming using the audio component of said programming. The invention extracts audio information from the media received by consumer electronic devices such as smart TVs and TV set-top boxes then conveys said information to a remote server means which will in turn identify said audio information of unknown identity by way of testing against a database of known audio segment information. The system identifies unknown media programming in real-time such that time-sensitive services may be offered such as interactive television applications providing contextually related information or television advertisement substitution. Other uses include tracking media consumption among many other services.
US12335539B2
A video coding system is provided that performs intra prediction in a mode using a neural network for block of only a set of specific block sizes. The signaling of this mode is designed to be efficient in terms of rate-distortion under this constraint. Different transformations of the context of a block and the neural network prediction of this block are introduced in order to use one single neural network for predicting blocks of several sizes, as well as the corresponding signaling. The neural network-based prediction mode considers both luminance blocks and chrominance blocks. The video coding system comprises encoder and decoder apparatuses, encoding, decoding and signal generation methods and a signal carrying information corresponding to the described coding mode.
US12335536B2
A method for video encoding includes determining a filter shape of a cross-component filter applied to a chroma coding block (CB), generating a first intermediate CB by applying a loop filter to the chroma CB, and generating a second intermediate CB by applying, to a corresponding luma CB, the cross-component filter applied to the chroma CB and having the determined filter shape. The method further includes determining a filtered chroma CB based on the first intermediate CB and the second intermediate CB by combining the loop filtered chroma CB with the cross-component filtered luma CB, and generating coded information of the chroma CB in a coded video bitstream. Determining the filter shape includes determining the filter shape of the cross-component filter based on the number of the filter coefficients and based on at least one of (i) the chroma subsampling format or (ii) the chroma sample type.
US12335519B2
A video decoding method includes predicting a current block according to an intra prediction mode of the current block, determining whether to apply position dependent intra prediction filtering to the current block according to the intra prediction mode of the current block, when the position dependent intra prediction filtering is applied to the current block, determining at least one of an upper reference sample, a left reference sample, an upper weight, and a left weight for the position dependent intra prediction filtering of a current sample of the current block according to the intra prediction mode of the current block, and applying the position dependent intra prediction filtering to the current sample of the current block according to at least one of the upper reference sample, the left reference sample, the upper weight, and the left weight.
US12335505B2
A video decoder employs context-adaptive binary arithmetic coding for decoding a video from a data stream. The video decoder determines a parametrization for the context-adaptive binary arithmetic coding.
US12335500B2
Methods and systems for frame rate scalability are described. Support is provided for input and output video sequences with variable frame rate and variable shutter angle across scenes, or for input video sequences with fixed input frame rate and input shutter angle, but allowing a decoder to generate a video output at a different output frame rate and shutter angle than the corresponding input values. Techniques allowing a decoder to decode more computationally-efficiently a specific backward compatible target frame rate and shutter angle among those allowed are also presented.
US12335495B2
A method comprising obtaining a current RGB image; classifying colors of pixels of the current RGB image in a plurality of classes; for each color class, determining data representative of said color class, comprising a dominant luminance value representative of a luminance at which a color in said class is predominant and determining from said data representative of said color class a value representative of a gain of chrominance representative of a margin for increasing a chrominance component in said color class; and, encoding the dominant luminance value and the value representative of the gain corresponding to each class as metadata representative of a Saturation Gain Function in a bitstream, said function defining a color correction to apply to a pixel in function of a luminance of said pixel.
US12335488B2
Methods, systems, and apparatuses may encode a media content item based on metadata from previous encoding. The encoding may also generate encoding metadata, which may comprise a qualitative or quantitative characterization of the encoded media content item. A prediction engine may, based on this metadata, determine new encoding settings for the same or a different video resolution. The prediction engine may cause an encoded media content item to be stored and may cause encoding of the media content item using the new encoding settings.
US12335483B2
An image processing device, a camera system, a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium, and methods for encoding two video image frames captured by one of two image sensors, wherein each of the video image frames depicts a respective portion of a scene. A respective overlapping area is identified in each of the video image frames, which overlapping areas both depict a same sub-portion of the scene, and a video image frame of the video image frames is selected. Compression levels are then set for the image frames, wherein respective compression levels are set for pixel blocks in the selected video image frame based on a given principle. Respective compression levels for pixel blocks in the overlapping area in the selected video image frame are selectively set higher or lower than respective compression levels that would have been set based on the given principle. The video image frames are then encoded.
US12335476B2
A method by which a decoding apparatus decodes an image, according to the present disclosure, can signal slice-associated information on the basis of a flag related to whether there is sub-picture information and a flag related to whether a sub-picture includes a single slice.
US12335472B2
The present disclosure provides a computer-implemented method for encoding video. The method includes: receiving a video frame for processing; generating one or more coding units of the video frame; and processing one or more coding units using one or more palette predictors having palette entries, wherein each palette entry of the one or more palette predictors has a corresponding reuse flag, and wherein a number of reuse flags for each palette predictor is set to a fixed number for a corresponding coding unit.
US12335470B2
A directional cross component filter may be used in a video decoding method. The video decoding method includes: determining a direction of a reconstructed luma block; decoding an encoded bit stream to determine a plurality of filter coefficients associated with a directional cross component filter; and applying the plurality of filter coefficients to the reconstructed luma block to determine an offset to the direction of the reconstructed luma block.
US12335464B2
A method of decoding JVET video includes receiving a bitstream that includes encoded video data that includes encoded video data. From the encoded data, a horizontal predictor and a vertical predictor for a pixel in the current coding block may be interpolated. A coding block size may be identified to determine whether to use equal weight or unequal weights to apply to each of the horizontal and vertical predictors for calculating a final planar prediction value P(x,y) by comparing the coding block size to a coding block size threshold.
US12335451B2
A printed material management system includes a non-transitory computer readable medium storing a management program, a server, and a shredder. The management program is configured to cause a controller of a device to execute a print data acquisition process, a generation process, a printing process, and a transmission process. In a case where the shredder receives specific information, the shredder is configured to execute a reading process of conveying a printed material input from the inlet and reading the code printed on the printed material by using the scanner. In a case where the shredder does not receive the specific information, the shredder is configured to convey a printed material input from the inlet and shred the printed material using the cutter without executing the reading process.
US12335443B2
An imaging element includes: a processing circuit that performs analog/digital conversion on captured image data; a memory that is capable of storing the captured image data obtained as a result of performing the analog/digital conversion by the processing circuit; and an output circuit that outputs output image data based on the captured image data to an exterior of the imaging element, wherein the output circuit includes a first output line and a second output line, the first output line is connected to a first signal processing circuit disposed at the exterior, the second output line is connected to a second signal processing circuit disposed at the exterior, and at least one of an output frame rate or an output data amount of the output image data is different between the first output line and the second output line.
US12335442B2
A method includes receiving a microphone audio signal and a playout audio signal, and determining a frequency representation of the microphone audio signal and a frequency representation of the playout audio signal. For each frequency representation, the method also includes determining features based on the frequency representation. Each feature corresponds to a pair of frequencies of the frequency representation and a period of time between the pair of frequencies. The method also includes determining that a match occurs between a first feature based on the frequency representation of the microphone audio signal and a second feature based on the frequency representation of the playout audio signal, and determining that a delay value between the first feature and the second feature corresponds to an echo within the microphone audio signal.
US12335441B2
Novel tools and techniques are provided for implementing application programming interface (“API”)-based concurrent call path (“CCP”) provisioning. In various embodiments, in response to receiving a CCP provisioning request, a computing system may determine whether such a request would affect a set of trunk groups assigned to a customer based at least in part on network utilization data. If not, the computing system may cause the nodes in the network to increase or decrease, in near-real-time, the number of CCPs in at least one trunk group assigned to the customer based on the CCP provisioning request. If so, the computing system may cause the nodes in the network to increase or decrease, in near-real-time, the number of trunk groups assigned to the customer and may cause the nodes in the network to increase or decrease, in near-real-time, the number of CCPs in the updated number of trunk groups.
US12335434B2
A communication system and method for identifying a threatening and/or illegal call includes (1) a telephony network, (2) a first user device in communication with the telephony network, wherein the first user device is assigned to a first user who is an organization member, (3) a second user device in communication with the telephony network, wherein the second user device is assigned to a second user who is not an organization member, (4) a communications server in communication with at least the first user device, (5) a natural language processor (NLP) in communication with the communications server; and (6) a threatening language database in communication with the communications server and/or the NLP. The NLP is configured to monitor language used by the second user during a communication with first user to identify threatening language by comparing the language used by the second user to the threatening language in the threatening language database.
US12335428B2
Systems and methods are provided for controlling electric and electronic devices. The devices may communicate with each other in a many-to-many, peer-to-peer network to provide control functionality without the need for a central controller. Device-to-device control messages may be implemented over short range, wireless broadcast messages.
US12335417B2
Methods and systems for supporting trusted communication between nodes from different blockchains are provided. The method comprises using a bootstrapping service for bootstrapping trust among blockchains of a group of federated blockchains. The bootstrapping service records security parameters of the federated blockchains. The security parameters include information on consensus configurations of the federated blockchains.
US12335412B2
Systems and methods for authentication may include an authentication server. The authentication server may include a processor and a memory. The processor may be configured to transmit an authentication request. The processor may be configured to receive a first response that is responsive to the authentication request, the first response comprising a first cryptogram. The processor may be configured to generate a first challenge based on the first response. The processor may be configured to encrypt the first challenge with a symmetric key. The processor may be configured to transmit the first challenge receive a second response that is responsive to the first challenge, the second response comprising a second cryptogram. The processor may be configured to authenticate the second response.
US12335399B2
A security platform architecture is described herein. A user identity platform architecture which uses a multitude of biometric analytics to create an identity token unique to an individual human. This token is derived on biometric factors like human behaviors, motion analytics, human physical characteristics like facial patterns, voice recognition prints, usage of device patterns, user location actions and other human behaviors which can derive a token or be used as a dynamic password identifying the unique individual with high calculated confidence. Because of the dynamic nature and the many different factors, this method is extremely difficult to spoof or hack by malicious actors or malware software.
US12335398B2
Disclosed are various embodiments for conditional time-based one time password token issuance based on locally aggregated device risk. Embodiments of this application can evaluate the security of the client device using mobile threat defense signals or a device posture summary before generating a seed on the client device to ensure the security of all the connected systems as a whole. Additionally, embodiments of this application can evaluate the security of the client device to determine if changes have been made that require a remedial action to be taken. In some embodiments, the client device may be completely disconnected from the network and capable of generating time-based one time passwords, while remaining offline. However, offline attacks may still occur; in such a situation, the client device can determine the security of the device and perform the remedial actions independent of other devices, systems, computing environments, or networks. In at least another embodiment, when the client device is determined to not be secure, the client device can inform the authentication service over a connected network that security issues may exist in the client device and actions may need to be taken at the authentication service to ensure the client does not further compromise the account.
US12335389B2
A system and techniques are described herein for providing authentication. The technique includes registering user authentication data such as biometrics data with a communication device. The authentication data is linked to an account or service provider, and is used to verify the identity of the user when accessing the account. The communication device may obtain a public/private key pair, for which the public key may be stored on a secure remote server. When the user attempts to access the account or service provider, the user may provide the authentication data to authenticate the user to the communication device. Thereafter, the communication device may sign an authentication indicator using the private key and send the authentication indicator to the secure remote server. Upon verification of the signature using the public key, the secure remote server may grant access to the user, for example, by releasing a token.
US12335386B2
An encryption terminal includes a terminal communication unit that receives an encryption algorithm for creating ciphertext from plaintext, the encryption algorithm being encrypted using a first one-time key in a one-time pad method, a terminal storage unit that stores a key table containing a second one-time key corresponding to the first one-time key, and a decryption unit that decrypts the encrypted encryption algorithm by using the second one-time key.
US12335385B2
A biometric authentication platform uses fault-tolerant distributed computing to determine if a supplied biometric live scan and template are from the same person. Features provide additional protection for biometric data. The template and live scan may be encrypted using a symmetric encryption key. The encrypted template and live scan may be sent with copies of the symmetric key, each copy further encrypted by a public key associated with one processor's public-private key pair. Each processor may decrypt a copy of the symmetric key, which may then be used by the processor for decrypting the live scan and template for matching. A decentralized user ledger may store an encrypted copy of the biometric template, with the key stored locally in a registered device. Alternatively, a decentralized user ledger may store a hash of the biometric template, for verification of a template that is maintained on a registered device.
US12335381B2
A method of managing filesystem elements between a user device and a network connected to the user device comprising: receiving a request related to a filesystem element operation over the network; performing the filesystem element operation; updating a local metadata file based on the operation; downloading an encrypted network metadata file including data of the filesystem on the network from the network to the user device. The method comprises decrypting the encrypted network metadata file on the user device with a network encryption key; and provided the network metadata stored in the network is newer than the updated local metadata file, merging the network metadata file stored in the network with the updated local metadata file to update the local metadata file. The method comprises encrypting the updated local metadata file on the user device with the network encryption key; and uploading the encrypted updated metadata file to the network.
US12335373B2
Encryption of data using a cryptographic device is protected. The protecting includes generating a first output of a first branch by encrypting a constant using a key, and generating a first output of a second branch by encrypting a constant using a key. The first output of the first branch, the first output of the second branch, and a first portion of plaintext data are XORed, generating a first portion of cypher text. A second output of the first branch is generated by encrypting the first output of the first branch using a key, and a second output of the second branch is generated by encrypting the first output of the second branch using a key. The second output of the first branch, the second output of the second branch, and a second portion of plaintext data are XORed, generating a second portion of cypher text.
US12335368B2
A cryptosystem processor includes a twiddle factor memory, a SRDGT BFU, and a SPN. The twiddle factor memory has ZETA ports. The at least one SRDGT BFU has six input ports and four output ports and switchable among operation in DGT/IDGT/CWM mode, in which two of the input ports electrically communicate with the ZETA ports, respectively. The SRDGT BFU is configured to read and write two data points when working under the DGT/IDGT mode and is configured to read and write four data points when working under the CWM mode. The SPN electrically communicates with the SRDGT BFU and has at least one dual-port BRAM serving as memory cache configured to store polynomial, in which the SPN is configured to support the required number of data points reading or writing per cycle in the DGT/IDGT/CWM mode.
US12335367B2
The present disclosure describes systems and methods for use of a distributed ledger system to securely store data. Encrypted data files of one or more computing devices may be distributed to processing nodes of the distributed ledger system. The data may be subsequently retrieved and decrypted by the computing device or another device. Because the distributed ledger system creates a chain of hashes of prior blocks, the data may be immune to modification or corruption, as any changes to blocks storing the encrypted data may be immediately apparent.
US12335366B2
1. Each of a plurality of data processing units independently performs an end-to-end encryption operation associated with AES on a data block. The number of data processing units is selected based at least in part on a desired processing throughput rate and power consumption, where the number of data processing units and the selected key length produce a total processing throughput rate that is a multiple of 1/10, 1/12 or 1/14 of a maximum throughput rate. A target data processing unit is selected, including by sequentially communicating with the data processing units in round-robin order to obtain an idle state information until an idle data processing unit is encountered. The target data processing unit generates a ciphertext data block corresponding to the target data block, including by performing all SubByte, ShiftRow, MixColumn, and AddRoundKey transformations.
US12335352B2
A method includes intercepting, by a proxy service running on a first node of a distributed computing system, a first request for a first service running on the first node; determining, by the proxy service, that the first service is dependent on a second service running on a second node of the distributed computing system; responsive to determining that the first service is dependent on the second service, invoking, by the proxy service, the second service running on the second node; receiving, by the proxy service, a first response from the second service; and transmitting, by the proxy service, to the first service, the first response received from the second service.
US12335344B2
The technology disclosed herein enables receiving a first remote access command identifying a second computing system, a service on the second computing system, and an action to be performed with respect to the service by a service manager of a first computing system, and transmitting a first action command derived from the first remote access command to a service manager of the second computing system by the service manager of the first computing system. The service manager of the second computing system is enabled for remote access.
US12335338B2
A method is described for processing a data transport service in a virtual data space deployed on a communications infrastructure, the virtual data space comprising a plurality of sites each comprising a communication server, also referred to as a connector, capable of hosting a data item or an application for processing the data. The method is implemented by an optimisation entity capable of communicating with the connector and comprises receiving a request for deploying the data transport service from a data management agent; obtaining a connectivity parameter with respect to the communication infrastructure of a connector of a site among the plurality of servers, the connector contributing to the data transport service of the received request; and determining at least one data path in the virtual data space, the at least one path comprising an ordered series of connectors selected according to the obtained connectivity parameter.
US12335336B2
Every day, thousands of routing “hijacks” occur on the Internet, almost all of them benign. The malicious ones and the resulting misdirection of Internet traffic can be identified by applying sophisticated analytics to extensive global real-time feeds of Border Gateway Protocol (BGP) routing updates. When legitimate attacks are discovered, the automated analysis may be augmented with Domain Name Service (DNS) data (to determine the likely targets), traceroute data (to determine if they represent Man-In-The-Middle exploits), interred business relationships (to understand the scope of the impacts) and even the raw BGP messages. These techniques can be used to uncover attacks against both commercial and government entities.
US12335334B2
An electronic device and a method performed by an electronic device are provided. The electronic device includes a memory for storing at least one of an application or an edge enabler client (EEC), a communication circuit to be used for connection between the electronic device and at least one of a first server, second servers, or third servers, and a processor, wherein the application is configured to perform a service supported by a third server, and the processor can be configured to receive access information for access to the second servers from the first server, select a second server to be accessed, based on information related to locations of the second servers and information related to location of the electronic device in in response to the information related to the locations of the second servers included in the access information, and access the selected second server to perform the service.
US12335333B2
This application discloses a method for dynamically triggering instantiation of an edge application server, and an apparatus. The method includes: A first device receives first information, where the first information is for requesting information about an edge application server of a first application, or is for requesting information about a first edge enabler server, where the first edge enabler server is configured to provide information about an edge application server of a first application; and the first device requests, based on the first information, an edge application server management function entity to instantiate the edge application server of the first application. In embodiments of this application, the edge application server is instantiated based on a user requirement, so that dynamic scheduling and flexible use of a resource are improved, and quality of service experience of an edge application is improved.
US12335320B2
Technology for automatic cross-device meeting authentication. An example method involving initializing, by a mobile computing device, a real-time meeting communication session; receiving information indicative of the mobile computing device being in a physical presence of the first computing device, causing the mobile computing device at the physical location of the first computing device to display a user interface element, which when selected allows the participation of the user in the real-time meeting communication session to continue via the mobile computing device of the user at the physical location of the first computing device, granting control of the real-time meeting communication session to the first computing device from the mobile computing device of the user at the physical location of the first computing device, and allowing the user to participate in the real-time meeting communication session at the physical location of the first computing device upon a user selection of the user interface element.
US12335319B2
A method and an apparatus for determining a security protection mode. In the method, a terminal device may determine a security protection mode of a second communications mode based on security protection information in a first communications mode. In this way, when switching from the first communications mode to the second communications mode, the terminal device may directly use the security protection mode corresponding to the second communications mode to protect transmitted data, so as to ensure data security of the terminal device after communications mode switching is performed.
US12335313B2
A system and method for managing implementation of policies in an information technologies system receives at least one policy function, at least one refinement template and at least one available policy function from the at least one memory, receives a policy input indicating a high-level policy for the IT system where the policy input is compliant with the at least one policy function and is received in a format that is not machine-enforceable at an enforcement entity of the IT system, based on the received policy input, automatically or semi-automatically generates a machine-enforceable rule and/or configuration by filling the at least one refinement template, where the machine-enforceable rule and/or configuration includes the at least one available policy function and being compliant with the received policy input, and distributes the machine-enforceable rule and/or configuration to the at least one memory of the IT system or another at least one memory to thereby enable implementation of the policies.
US12335312B2
The source code of an HTML form can be analyzed to derive parameter rules that are subsequently enforced when apparent content of the HTML form is received. Such parameter rules can be drawn from client-side restrictions that are extracted from the HTML source, which are then enforced to prevent content violating the rules from reaching the backend. A proxy can sit between the application and the apparent browser. Dynamically generated HTML can be supported via a headless browser that mirrors HTML that would be present at a browser. Useful for preventing HTML form-based attacks and identifying clear cases of malicious HTML form requests.
US12335306B1
Methods and systems or searching for and identifying unauthorized websites. A website detection system may receive website data from a data provider via a communications network and store the website data in a website data database. The website detection system may compare the website data to template data of known unauthorized sites to determine a level of similarity, the template data stored in a template data database. The website detection system may create a list of potentially unauthorized sites based on the comparing and store the list of potentially unauthorized sites and associated website data in a potentially unauthorized sites database. The website detection system may reviewing the list of potentially unauthorized sites and associated website data to identify one or more unauthorized websites on the list of potentially unauthorized and store the one or more unauthorized websites and associated website data in the template data database.
US12335303B2
A system for detecting and countering malicious code executed on a web application detects a set of configuration parameter values from the web application. The system compares each configuration parameter value with a counterpart from among a set of historical configuration parameter values. The system determines the difference between a configuration parameter with a counterpart historical configuration parameter values. If the system determines that the difference between the configuration parameter and the counterpart historical configuration parameter is more than a threshold rate, the system determines that a malicious code is executed on the web application. In response, the system determines a function associated with the malicious code. The system determines one or more actions to counter the malicious code based on the function of the malicious code. The system executes at least one of the one or more actions.
US12335284B2
Systems and methods for session similarity identification include receiving historical sessions for one of a plurality of machines operating in a cloud-based system. The methods can include receiving and manage sessions from any number of machines in the cloud-based system. The system then receives monitored sessions for the machine or plurality of machines, and calculates a similarity between the received historical sessions and the received monitored sessions. After calculating the similarity, the system defines a risk score based on the similarity.
US12335282B2
Systems, methods, and computer-readable storage media for protecting data. One system includes memory and one or more processing circuits configured to embed a marketplace component into a user interface of a vendor application, wherein the marketplace component includes a plurality of protection products and access user data associated with the vendor application. The one or more processing circuits further configured to determine, by utilizing the user data, a protection readiness based on a plurality of protection requirements, wherein the plurality of protection requirements includes one or more factors corresponding with the user data. The one or more processing circuits further configured to generate a protection product based on the protection readiness and provide, via the marketplace component, the protection product to the user interface of the vendor application.
US12335280B2
A computing system comprising a processing circuit is configured to receive, via a data channel from an agentless monitoring data source, user activity data associated with a first computing device of a first user, determine a policy violation based on the user activity data, compare employee-related information associated with the first user to a threshold, determine a baseline level of risk based on the employee-related information exceeding the threshold, determine a user score based on at least one of a threat dimension or an exposure dimension or an impact dimension, determine a probability of an adverse event based on the determined baseline level of risk and the user score, generate a user-interactive electronic notification comprising an indication of the probability of the adverse event, and transmit the user-interactive electronic notification to a second computing device of a second user.
US12335279B2
This disclosure describes techniques and mechanisms for improving blocking and alerting with domain fronting intelligence. The techniques may identify Internet infrastructure that supports domain fronting through passive data collection and active scanning of the data. The results of the active scanning are then used to generate enhanced threat intelligence feeds that associate indicators of compromise with their support of domain fronting. The new feeds are then used to perform more aggressive blocking, raise weak alerts that can be correlated to other alerts, and to create a more secure DNS system by de-prioritizing infrastructure that supports domain fronting for DNS responses.
US12335277B2
A node device for a bus system, including a transceiver for connecting to a bus of the bus system; a controller connected to the transceiver via a transmit line and via a receive line, the controller and the transceiver designed to transfer data from the controller to the transceiver via the transmit line and transferring data from the transceiver to the controller via the receive line; a processor; and an intrusion detection system; the processor being connected to the transceiver via a controller bypass line and being designed to, via the controller bypass line, intercept an intrusion into the bus system identified by the intrusion detection system, the intrusion detection system being designed to detect an intrusion into the bus system in which a further node of the bus system sends a frame including an identifier assigned to a third node of the bus system to the bus.
US12335270B2
Disclosed herein are a method of providing a game based on the security level of a terminal and an apparatus for performing the same. The method of providing a game based on the security level of a terminal includes: when a user accesses a game using a terminal, checking the security level of the terminal for the account of the user; and determining whether to allow the disposal of in-game goods according to the found security level, but providing the game so that the game can be played regardless of the found security level.
US12335263B2
A server transmits to a third-party application a request for a resource that is received from a client. The server receives an authentication request from the client device that has been generated by the third-party application. The server transmits an identity provider selection page to the client device that allows the client device to select an identity provider. The server causes the client device to transmit a second authentication request to a selected identity provider. The server receives an authentication response that was generated by the identity provider that includes the identity of the user. The server enforces access rule(s) including identity-based rule(s) and/or non-identity based rule(s). If the user is permitted to access the third-party application, the server causes an authentication response to be transmitted from the client device to the third-party application that indicates the user has successfully authenticated.
US12335258B2
A computer implemented method comprising instructions stored on a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium and executed on a computing device having a processor and a memory for authentication of an Office as a Subscription (OaaS) service is provided. The method includes receiving a request from a user via the computing device for accessing the OaaS service from a server via an existing network. The method further includes verifying one or more access credential requirements associated with the user and upon verification, providing the user remote access to the OaaS service from the server. The method also includes allowing the user to manipulate data in the OaaS service and storing the manipulated data in the server.
US12335238B2
A computer-implemented method causes data processing hardware to perform operations for training a firewall utilization model. The operations include receiving firewall utilization data for firewall connection requests during a utilization period. The firewall utilization data includes hit counts for each sub-rule associated with at least one firewall rule. The operations also include generating training data based on the firewall utilization data. The training data includes unused sub-rules corresponding to sub-rules having no hits during the utilization period and hit sub-rules corresponding to sub-rules having more than zero hits during the utilization period. The operations also include training a firewall utilization model on the training data. The operations further include, for each sub-rule associated with the at least one firewall rule, determining a corresponding sub-rule utilization probability indicating a likelihood the sub-rule will be used for a future connection request.
US12335237B2
This disclosure describes techniques and mechanisms for disclosure describes techniques and mechanisms for optimizing firewall enforcement. The techniques may implement a dynamic detection of Layer 7 processing at one end of the network, alleviating the need to enforce another layer 7 firewall inspection at the other end, thereby saving processing and network resources. The techniques enable firewalls and policies to be statically defined and located in one place.
US12335230B1
Disclosed are various embodiments for self-service management of network address allocations using hierarchical allocation pools. A first network address pool is created for a customer of a cloud provider network. The first network address pool is divided into a second network address pool for a cloud resource of the customer. A first network address block from the second network address pool is assigned to the cloud resource.
US12335220B2
Disclosed herein is a computing device and data store for use in the storage and retrieval of communication objects. The computing device can receive a first communication sent using a first communication modality. The computing device can receive a second communication sent using a second communication modality. The computing device can determine that the first communication and the second communication correspond to a single interaction. The computing device can generate a communication object comprising the first communication and the second communication. A structure of the communication object can be consistent across different communication modalities. The computing device can add the communication object to a first queue for review. The computing device can move the communication object to a second queue in response to a first review of the communication object.
US12335217B2
When a mobile phone is used as a first device to generate a notification, the mobile phone determines whether there is another device in an ambient environment that can be configured to prompt the mobile phone to generate the notification, and determines whether there is another device in the ambient environment that is more suitable for executing a task corresponding to the notification. If yes, the mobile phone sends a prompt message to a second device, and after the prompt device receives the prompt message, the second mobile phone generates the notification. In addition, the mobile phone selects a third device that is more suitable for executing the task corresponding to the notification, and reminds a user by using the prompt device.
US12335214B2
A media request system to perform operations that include: receiving, at a client device, a response to a request, the response comprising media content; adding the media content from the response to a collection of media content within a media folder associated with the request at the client device; causing display of a notification at the client device in response to the receiving the response to the request, the notification including an identification of the request; receiving an input that selects the notification; and causing display of a presentation of the collection of media content in response to the input that selects the notification, the presentation of the collection of media content including the media content from the response, according to certain example embodiments.
US12335211B2
A sender holds a first platform account with an interaction system. The sender selects a content item to be shared with a recipient. In response to determining that a recipient identifier of the recipient is not linked to a platform account, an off-platform communication is transmitted to a second user device associated with the recipient identifier. The off-platform communication is in an electronic format supported by the second user device and contains a user-selectable registration link. In response to detecting establishment of a second platform account linked to the recipient identifier, the recipient is enabled to access the content item on the second user device via a user interface provided by an interaction application. A relationship between the first platform account and the second platform account is established within the interaction system.
US12335200B2
This application provides a reference signal transmission method. The method includes: A transmit end determines a time-frequency resource occupied by a reference signal, where the time-frequency resource includes M symbols in time domain and N subcarriers corresponding to each of the M symbols in frequency domain, M is an integer greater than or equal to 2, and N is an integer greater than 1; the transmit end generates a reference signal sequence with a length of M×N, and maps the reference signal sequence to the time-frequency resource for sending; and accordingly, a receive end receives the reference signal on the time-frequency resource.
US12335187B2
Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described. The methods, systems, and devices may enable a user equipment (UE) to receive a sounding reference signal (SRS) configuration message that indicates one or more first reference signals from a first node or one or more SRS transmission beams associated with the first node and one or more second reference signals from a second node. The UE may determine an SRS transmission beam for transmitting an SRS signal based on a procedure for determining SRS transmission beams and the one or more reference signals from the first and second nodes. The UE may transmit the SRS signal using the SRS transmission beam.
US12335182B2
Provided are a signal transmission method and apparatus, and a storage medium. The method includes determining a first determination mode and/or a second determination mode, and the first determination mode is a mode for determining first SRS transmission corresponding to an uplink signal, and the second determination method is a mode for determining a first antenna port corresponding to the uplink signal; and transmitting the first determination mode and/or the second determination mode to a UE, and the UE determines the first SRS transmission according to the first determination mode, and/or determines the first antenna port according to the second determination mode, and transmits the uplink signal according to the first SRS transmission and/or the first antenna port.
US12335179B2
Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, a user equipment (UE) may establish a connection with a network node using a beam. The UE may receive, based at least in part on establishing the connection using the beam, an indication that the network node will refrain from transmission of synchronization signal block (SSB) signaling during a portion of an SSB occasion associated with the beam. Numerous other aspects are described.
US12335178B2
Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described in which a user equipment (UE) may be configured for discontinuous reception (DRX) operations using wakeup signals. The UE may monitor periodic wakeup signal occasions for wakeup signals and, in the event that the UE detects a wakeup indication that the UE is to initiate an active duration, the UE may power on transmit/receive circuitry for communications with a base station. In an absence of receiving the wakeup indication, the UE may be configured to transmit an uplink reference signal (e.g., a sounding reference signal) to the base station in an inactive duration of a DRX cycle in some cases. The uplink reference signal may be measured at the base station and used to determine one or more parameters for subsequent communications with the UE.
US12335174B2
This application provides methods and apparatuses for determining a resource indication value. One method includes: a terminal device receives downlink control information, which includes a resource indication value (RIV) determined based on a first bandwidth part and indicates a data channel occupying contiguous virtual resource blocks in a second bandwidth part. The terminal device then determines, based on the RIV, the contiguous virtual resource blocks in the second bandwidth part, and sends or receives the data channel in the contiguous virtual resource blocks.
US12335170B2
Techniques are provided for on-chip communication. A system implementing the techniques according to an embodiment includes a first virtual physical (vPhy) circuit couplable to a host through a vPhy interface and a second vPhy circuit couplable to a device, on the same chip as the host, through another vPhy interface. The system further includes a vPhy-to-vPhy interface between the vPhy circuits which includes signal lines to transmit a first data toggle signal from the first vPhy circuit to the second vPhy circuit, and a second data toggle signal from the second vPhy circuit to the first vPhy circuit. The first vPhy circuit is configured to generate the first data toggle signal based on a signal received from the host for transmission to the device. The second vPhy circuit is configured to generate the second data toggle signal based on signal received from the device for transmission to the host.
US12335167B2
A security function execution device in communication with a network. The device may include a processor, the processor is configured to: identify attributions of a plurality of nodes in communications with the network; determine criticality of each node of the plurality of nodes based on the attributions; and mediate communications between nodes of the plurality of nodes that are determined as being non-critical and execute security functions on the mediated communications.
US12335165B1
Approaches, techniques, and mechanisms are disclosed for efficiently buffering data units within a network device. A traffic manager or other network device component receives Transport Data Units (“TDUs”), which are sub-portions of Protocol Data Units (“PDUs”). Rather than buffer an entire TDU together, the component divides the TDU into multiple Storage Data Units (“SDUs”) that can fit in SDU buffer entries within physical memory banks. A TDU-to-SDU Mapping (“TSM”) memory stores TSM lists that indicate which SDU entries store SDUs for a given TDU. Physical memory banks in which the SDUs are stored may be grouped together into logical SDU banks that are accessed together as if a single bank. The TSM memory may include a number of distinct TSM banks, with each logical SDU bank having a corresponding TSM bank. Techniques for maintaining inter-packet and intra-packet linking data compatible with such buffers are also disclosed.
US12335164B2
Secured system for sharing/distributing a user's resource exchange event information with third-party data recipients. In response to verifying the identity of a user and receiving the user's consent to distribute the resource exchange event information, user inputs are received that define resource exchange event metadata and a resource exchange event token is generated that maps a token identifier to both the resource exchange event processing data and the defined resource exchange event metadata. The token is communicated to and stored by a predetermined third-party data recipient, which presents the token at the time of requesting the processing of a resource exchange event on behalf of the user.
US12335159B2
Procedures, methods, architectures, apparatuses, systems, devices, and computer program products that may be implemented in wireless communications. In one representative method, the WTRU may send one or more age of information (AoI) preferences for a traffic flow to a network entity, and the WTRU may receive one or more AoI rules for the traffic flow from the network entity. The WTRU may receive a packet associated with the traffic flow, and the received packet may include an indication of AoI of the packet. The WTRU may send one or more additional AoI preferences to the network entity, such as upon determining that any of the AoI preferences and/or AoI rules are not satisfied based on the indication of AoI. The indication of AoI may correspond to a processing state of the packet along a path in a network and/or to a time since the packet was created.
US12335158B2
An edge server receives a first request message for transmission to the host device. The edge server determines a first congestion control algorithm based on the first request message, including characteristics of the first request message. The edge server applies the first congestion control algorithm to the transport connection for application to the transmission of the first request message. Subsequently, the edge server receives a second request message for transmission to the host device over the transport connection. Based on the second request message, including characteristics of the second request message, the edge server determines and applies a second congestion control algorithm to the transport connection for application to the transmission of the second request message, wherein the second congestion control algorithm is different from the first congestion control algorithm.
US12335157B2
Reduction in or avoidance of latency in a rate limiting process is achieved by the implementation of a cache, on a rate limiting client, storing a current state of a rate liming server. The rate limiting client receives a communication from a source device that is destined to a destination device. The rate limiting client determines the state of rate limiting. If the state of rate limiting indicates that rate limiting is not in place on the rate limiting server, the rate limiting client transmits the communication to the destination device without waiting for a response from the rate limiting server. The rate limiting client queries the rate limiting server as to whether to update the state.
US12335156B2
Approaches are described for release-time-driven (RTD) prioritization of on-board content scheduling and delivery to in-transit transport craft via communications systems. In context of a constrained network, content is scheduled to be delivered to those in-transit on-board media servers in a manner driven by respective release times and other prioritization factors associated with the updated content. Each content is associated with a RTD priority profile that can define a release time, a release priority, and a profile plot for the content. The RTD priority profiles can be used to compute priority surfaces that define priority scores over a multidimensional space for a particular time. A subset of the content can be selected for delivery based on the priority surfaces, and can be scheduled for delivery according to network capacity determinations.
US12335154B2
During high-speed network policy searching for data packets, an upper limit and a lower limit for a policy count are predefined for a ratio of the policy count to the sum of the policy count and the range count. A policy tree builder generates a policy tree image from a set of recursive operations on the raw policy set including an on-the-fly determination of whether a specific node is a leaf based on a leaf policy count limit, wherein for a selected dimension, the specific node is converted to the leaf if the policy count does not exceed the leaf policy count limit and the range count for the selected dimension does not exceed a product of the leaf policy count limit and a range count limit coefficient, and otherwise the specific node is converted to two or more child nodes. A network processor configures at least one set of registers, at least one set of tables, and at least one sequence of instructions according to the policy tree image.
US12335153B2
Systems and methods are disclosed that determine, by a client, a workload intent of a workload that is forthcoming from an application executing on the client. The workload intent corresponds to one or more characteristics of the workload over a connection between the client and a server. The systems and methods send, by the client to the server, a workload intent identifier corresponding to the workload intent. The server is configured to optimize server resources based on the workload intent identifier. The systems and methods send, by the client, one or more workload operations to the server over the connection that are consistent with the workload intent.
US12335146B2
Condition-based, selective workload reduction through at least one port of a network device is provided. The process includes determining, by a network device of a computing environment, that the network device has a defined condition, and obtaining, by the network device, classifications of applications using the network device, where the classifications include multiple different application classifications. Further, the process includes reducing, by the network device, workload through at least one port of the network device based on determining that the network device has the defined condition. The reducing includes reducing workload through the at least one port of the network device of an application of a particular application classification of the multiple different application classifications, without reducing workload through a selected port of the network device of another application of a different application classification of the multiple different application classifications.
US12335143B2
According to embodiments herein e.g. a method performed by a network node unit for managing packet handling in a communications network is provided. The network node unit reads through routing entries in a routing information base. The network node unit performs for one or more routing entries, a hash process on a network address of the routing entry into a hashed network address associated with an identity of a forwarding unit. The network node unit sends information relating to the routing entry to the forwarding unit with the identity thereby partitioning the routing entries to different forwarding units e.g. targeted by a correlated traffic distribution mechanism.
US12335142B2
A network interface controller can be programmed to direct write received data to a memory buffer via either a host-to-device fabric or an accelerator fabric. For packets received that are to be written to a memory buffer associated with an accelerator device, the network interface controller can determine an address translation of a destination memory address of the received packet and determine whether to use a secondary head. If a translated address is available and a secondary head is to be used, a direct memory access (DMA) engine is used to copy a portion of the received packet via the accelerator fabric to a destination memory buffer associated with the address translation. Accordingly, copying a portion of the received packet through the host-to-device fabric and to a destination memory can be avoided and utilization of the host-to-device fabric can be reduced for accelerator bound traffic.
US12335134B2
A system and methods of use for a broadcast switch system, broadcast management switching system, and methods of use in network-on-chip are presented. The invention relates generally to broadcasting transactions in a network-on-chip (NoC). More specifically, and without limitation, the invention provides for transacting from master to multiple slaves and for receiving responses. The invention relates to a broadcast switch for broadcasting transactions. More specifically, and without limitation, the invention relates to a broadcast switch system, broadcast management switching system, and methods of use in NoC.
US12335133B2
In one embodiment, a device may receive a multicast path trace request for a multicast tree, wherein the device is a mid-node in the multicast tree. The device may perform, based on the device being a mid-node in the multicast tree, an upstream trace of network topology of the multicast tree from the device to a head-node of the multicast tree and a downstream trace of network topology of the multicast tree from the device to at least one tail-node. The device may generate an end-to-end visible topology of the multicast tree based on the upstream trace and the downstream trace. The device may provide the end-to-end visible topology of the multicast tree to an observability manager.
US12335128B2
Provided are system, method, and device for managing capacity thresholds in a network. According to embodiments, the system may include: a memory storage storing computer-executable instructions; and at least one processor communicatively coupled to the memory storage, wherein the at least one processor may be configured to execute the instructions to: obtain information associated with a capacity factor of a node; determine, based on the received information, whether the capacity factor violates an associated first threshold; based on determining that the capacity factor violates the first threshold, determine whether a key performance indicator (KPI) associated with the node has varied; based on determining that the KPI has not varied, adjust the first threshold; and based on determining that the KPI has varied, perform an action to manage the node.
US12335114B2
A communication method and a communications device are provided. The communication method may include a service communication proxy (SCP) that receives a service request from a service consumer, where the service request carries a token, and the token includes a network function (NF) set identifier of a service producer. The SCP sends the service request to a service producer selected from a NF set of the service producer.
US12335112B2
A method of abstracting network resources in a mobile communications network includes: determining a service coverage area for a class of service, the class of service defined by service parameters; determining a set of tracking areas that fall at least partly within the service coverage area; selecting available network resources for tracking areas of the set of tracking areas, for providing the class of service in the tracking areas; defining an abstraction view of the selected network resources for the class of service in the service coverage area, the abstraction view having deliverable values of the service parameters within the set of tracking areas; and outputting a communication signal having an indication of the abstraction view.
US12335098B2
In a smartphone or a personal computer, when there is an application which performs communication which a user is unconscious of, a communication volume increases unintentionally, and there arise problems in that a maximum communication volume is exceed, a network bandwidth of a base station is compressed, or communication being intentionally performed is disturbed. In order to solve the above problems, provided is a communication control method used in a communication control device capable of performing communication using an application via a communication line, and includes an application control step of switching a plurality of applications between a foreground state and a background state and a communication control step of changing an allocation amount of a network bandwidth of an application in accordance with whether the switched application is in the foreground state or the background state.
US12335092B2
In accordance with embodiments disclosed herein, an exemplary system or computer implemented method for implementing the virtualization of access node functions may include, for example: a memory to store instructions for execution; one or more processors to execute the instructions; a control plane interface to communicably interface the system with an access node over a network, in which the access node is physically coupled with a plurality of broadband lines; a virtualized module to provide a virtualized implementation of a plurality of functions of the access node at the system, in which the virtualized module executes on a virtualized computing infrastructure; the control plane interface of the system to receive current operational data and current operating conditions for the plurality of broadband lines from the access node; the virtualized module to update the virtualized implementation of the plurality of functions of the access node at the system according to the current operational data and the current operating conditions received from the access node; an analysis module to analyze the current operational data and the current operating conditions received from the access node; an instruction module to generate control parameters to affect operation of the access node based on the analysis of the current operational data and the current operating conditions received; and the control plane interface to send the control parameters to the access node for adoption at the access node. Other related embodiments are disclosed.
US12335082B2
A method for detecting a preamble waveform of a received signal is described. The method includes dividing a correlation into a plurality of sub-correlations, for a plurality of frequency offset indices, k, covering a range of frequency offsets. The correlation has a correlation length equal to N, and a plurality of sub-correlations has a sub-correlations quantity equal to I, each sub-correlation of the plurality of sub-correlations has a sub-correlation length equal to M. A complex oscillation for a template frequency offset associated with k is approximated, the approximation is to be constant over an M-sample interval and is a piece-wise approximation. The approximated complex oscillation has length I. A quantity I of sub-correlations at each k is assembled using the approximated complex oscillation of length I. The method further includes determining that the received signal comprises the preamble based on the assembled sub-correlations and a correlation threshold.
US12335080B2
A user equipment (UE) can include processing circuitry configured to decode downlink control information (DCI) from a base station, the DCI including a modulation coding scheme (MCS) index and physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH) allocation. A demodulation reference signal (DMRS) is encoded for transmission to the base station within a plurality of DMRS symbols based on the PUSCH allocation. A phase tracking reference signal (PT-RS) time domain density is determined based on the MCS index and a number count of the DM-RS symbols for the DM-RS transmission. The PTRS is encoded for transmission using a plurality of PT-RS symbols based on the determined time domain density. The plurality of symbols includes one or both of front-loaded DM-RS symbols and additional DM-RS symbols.
US12335075B2
Embodiments of a method and an apparatus for wireless communications are disclosed. In an embodiment, a method for wireless communications involves encoding bits in a first preamble portion of a packet that are defined on a per-channel basis and that are repeated across multiple frequency blocks of a bandwidth, encoding bits in a second preamble portion of the packet that are defined on the per-channel basis and that are repeated within at least one frequency block of the bandwidth, encoding bits in a third preamble portion of the packet that are defined on a two-channel basis and that are repeated within at least one frequency block of the bandwidth, padding the third preamble portion of the packet to have a same length for each of the frequency blocks, and transmitting the packet.
US12335068B2
A multi-channel digital isolator includes a digital isolator and an interlock circuit. The isolator includes a transmitter having a transmitter output, a receiver having a receiver input and a receiver output, an isolation barrier coupled between the transmitter output and the receiver input, and an output buffer having a buffer input and configured to output an isolated signal. The transmitter is configured to transmit an input signal across the isolation barrier. The interlock circuit has an interlock input coupled to the receiver output and an interlock output coupled to the buffer input. The interlock module is configured to prevent overlapping active states between the first isolated signal and a complementary isolated signal. In some implementations, the digital isolator also includes a dead-time insertion circuit.
US12335055B2
Communication with state-switching control is disclosed. In one example, a communication device includes a state-switching control circuit that controls switching between a first state in which synchronization for communicating with a partner device is established, a second state in which the communication is started after establishing the synchronization, a third state in which the communication is intermittently stopped, and a fourth state in which synchronization is reestablished when restarting the communication. A first communication control circuit repeats an operation of continuously transmitting a first signal to the partner device in the fourth state, and a second communication control circuit transmits, upon receiving a second signal, a third signal synchronized with the second signal to the partner device, in which the state-switching control circuit switches, where the second communication control circuit transmits the third signal, a state from the fourth state to the first state.
US12335053B2
A method for generating a topology view of an industrial parallel redundancy protocol (PRP) network includes: detecting, by one or more processors, a plurality of nodes on the PRP network; determining, by the one or more processors, a first set of the plurality of nodes that connects to a first local area network (LAN); determining, by the one or more processors, a second set of the plurality of nodes that connects to a second LAN; determining, by the one or more processors, connections between the plurality of nodes; and generating, by the one or more processors, the topology view of the PRP network comprising a topology view of the first LAN and the second LAN according to the determined connections.
US12335047B2
A method for information feedback and related devices are provided. The method includes the following. A terminal receives preset information from a network device, where the preset information at least includes point-to-multipoint (PTM) transmission information. The terminal feeds back HARQ response information of the preset information to the network device, where the HARQ response information includes HARQ response information of the PTM transmission information.
US12335045B2
Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, a user equipment (UE) may receive one or more of an indication of a set of timing offset values associated with a hybrid automatic repeat request acknowledgment (HARQ-ACK) codebook or information associated with a set of start and length indicator values (SLIVs) for candidate data channels associated with the HARQ-ACK codebook. The UE may transmit the HARQ-ACK codebook, the HARQ-ACK codebook being based at least in part on one or more of distinct values of the set of timing offset values or distinct values of the set of SLIVs. Numerous other aspects are described.
US12335044B2
In a communication between a user equipment (UE) and a network node, the UE may receive a grant of uplink (UL) shared channel (SCH) resources from the network node. Each of the UL SCH resources may be associated with one of a plurality of hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ) processes. Each HARQ process may be at least one of a plurality of HARQ process types, and each HARQ process type may be based on HARQ feedback status and HARQ retransmission status. The UE may transmit a control message on one or more UL SCH resources in response to the one or more UL SCH resources being determined to be usable based on the HARQ process type of the HARQ processes associated with the one or more of the UL SCH resources.
US12335042B2
Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, a user equipment (LIE) may select uplink communication resources to be used to transmit enhanced uplink control information (UCI) to a base station based at least in part on a size of a hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ) codebook and an enhancement number, and transmit the enhanced UCI using the selected uplink communication resources, the enhanced UCI comprising a set of feedback bits and a set of enhancement bits, the set of feedback bits comprising at least one negative acknowledgement (NACK) bit, and wherein the set of enhancement hits indicate information associated with the at least one NACK bit. Numerous other aspects are provided.
US12335015B2
Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communication are described. A user equipment (UE) may measure a signal strength for each beam of a set of multiple beams. The UE may select, from the set of multiple beams, a set of two or more beams each having a respective signal strength satisfying a threshold. The UE may attempt to decode a first broadcast channel signal of a first beam of the set of two or more beams in a single broadcast channel period. The UE may decode, after failing to decode the first broadcast channel signal of the first beam, a second broadcast channel signal of a second beam of the set of two or more beams in the single broadcast channel period.
US12335008B2
Apparatuses and methods for beam management for repeaters. A method for a network-controlled repeater (NCR) includes receiving, by an NCR mobile termination (NCR-MT) entity, first information for a list of spatial domain filters for an access link of an NCR forwarding (NCR-Fwd) entity, second information for a set of spatial relations corresponding to reference signals (RS) for transmission or reception on a control link (C-link) of the NCR-MT entity, and third information indicating an uplink (UL) or downlink (DL) direction for each time domain resource. The method further includes determining an UL time domain resource, a first spatial domain filter, and a second spatial domain filter based on the second information. The method further includes receiving, by the NCR-Fwd entity, a radio frequency (RF) signal on the access link using the first spatial domain filter and transmitting the RF signal on a backhaul link using the second spatial domain filter.
US12335005B2
One example discloses a method for beamforming feedback reduction in a WLAN (wireless local area network), including: generating a per-tone beamforming feedback matrix by vectorizing a set of steering vectors using vectorization based dimension reduction (DR-Vec); performing lossy compression on the vectors; reducing the per-tone beamforming feedback matrix to one vector; and generating per-tone beamforming angle information using only the one vector.
US12335003B2
A RU for mMIMO has M antenna branches; a plurality of partial digital beamforming (PDBF) processors, each PDBF processor receiving a transmit vector comprising values for each of L data layers to be transmitted at time t from the RU via the antenna branches, wherein each of the plurality of PDBF processors performs a beamforming operation on the vector by multiplying the vector with each of a plurality of respective weight vectors that are a subset of a received weight array, to produce scalar values, each scalar value corresponding to one of the weight vectors and being supplied to a respective antenna branch; wherein the number of scalar values produced by any particular one of the PDBF processors equals the number of weight vectors used in each PDBF processor and the number of scalar values produced is equal to M; where L and M are greater than one.
US12334985B2
Processing device, transmission device, communication device, processing method and recording medium
In the present invention, in order to enable stable operation of a single-wave-modulation transmission device, etc., for a longer period, a processing device comprises: a processing unit for performing an adjustment process, which is a process in which the intensity and wavelength of a laser beam from a semiconductor laser used for transmission is adjusted on the basis of the intensity of the laser beam that has not passed through a wavelength filter that restricts the wavelength band of the laser beam and the intensity of a laser beam that has passed through the wavelength filter; and a storage unit for storing the result of the adjustment process.
US12334966B2
A beacon receiver including: a Digital Fourier Transform (DFT) module including bins to acquire and to track a beacon signal; an acquisition processor to find acquisition frequency estimates of the beacon signal, to improve the acquisition frequency estimates with a generalized complex interpolator and to linearize the acquisition frequency estimates; and a tracking filter to track the acquired beacon signal and to calculate a tracking frequency estimates; and a synchronization manager to apply a frequency correction, to an oscillator, based on the acquisition frequency estimates or the tracking frequency estimates, wherein the DFT module uses a first bin size for the bins to acquire, a second bin size for the bins to track, and the first bin size is greater than the second bin size.
US12334965B1
Various embodiments described herein provide for narrowband cancellation for a signal received at a receiver in a communication system. In particular, some embodiments implement a narrowband canceller (NBC) that is configured to cancel a narrowband signal from a transmitted signal that is received by a first physical layer device from a second physical layer device over a communication medium.
US12334961B2
A radio-frequency module includes a power amplifier, a power amplifier, a low noise amplifier, a duplexer that has a passband including a communication band A included in a communication band group X and that is connected to the power amplifier and the low noise amplifier, a duplexer that has a passband including a communication band C included in a communication band group Y lower than the communication band group X and that is connected to the power amplifier, and a module substrate having the power amplifier, the power amplifier, the low noise amplifier, and the duplexers arranged thereon. In a plan view of the module substrate, a distance between the power amplifier and the low noise amplifier is longer than a distance between the power amplifier and the low noise amplifier.
US12334937B2
In a circuit provided with a phase comparator, a lock time is shortened. The phase comparator compares between a phase of a reference clock signal that has been input and a phase of a feedback clock signal, and outputs a comparison result. A charge pump generates a control voltage for control of a frequency of the feedback clock signal on the basis of the comparison result. A feedback unit generates the feedback clock signal in response to the control voltage. A stop detection unit detects whether or not the reference clock signal is stopped, and initializes the comparison result in a case where the reference clock signal is stopped.
US12334936B1
Signal receiving circuit, signal receiving device, and method of recovering clock of received signal
A signal receiving circuit includes first to third pulse generators; and a clock signal recovery unit 100 for generating a recovery clock signal RCLK and a recovery clock delay signal RCLKD, which is a signal obtained by delaying the recovery clock signal as much as a first delay time, using at least one of pulses including a first pulse, a second pulse, a third pulse, and first to third inversion pulses, wherein the clock signal recovery unit includes: a loop interruption circuit including an input node and an output node and turned on and off by at least one of the pulses; and a delay circuit having an input terminal connected to the output node and an output terminal connected to the input node. A signal value of the input node and a signal value of the output node are in an inverse relationship.
US12334929B2
Circuits and methods are provided for an input hysteresis buffer that includes a voltage limiting unit, a voltage detecting unit connected to the voltage limiting unit, and a supply tracking bias unit connected to the voltage detecting unit. The voltage liming unit comprises a first voltage limiting unit and a second voltage limiting unit. The voltage detecting unit comprises a first voltage detecting unit configured to detect the presence of a first threshold voltage in an input signal, and a second voltage detecting unit configured to detect the presence of a second threshold voltage in the input signal. The supply tracking bias unit is configured to supply a control signal to the voltage detecting unit.
US12334925B2
Systems, methods, and devices are described herein for generating a pulse width modulation (PWM) signal having a specific duty cycle. In one embodiment, the system includes a square wave generator and a logic device. The square wave generator is configured to delay a input square wave signal to generate a plurality of square wave signals. The logic device is configured to perform a logic operation to two of square wave signals of the plurality of square wave signals, which in turn generates the PWM signal having a duty cycle corresponding to the two square wave signals.
US12334922B2
A ternary logic element including a transistor and a switching element. The transistor includes a channel layer including silicon, an input electrode, an output electrode, and a control electrode. The switching element includes an emitter, a base extending from the emitter, and a collector extending from the base. When a first control voltage is applied to the control electrode, the ternary logic element outputs a first voltage, and when a second control voltage different from the first control voltage is applied to the control electrode, the ternary logic element outputs a second voltage different from the first voltage, and when a third control voltage different from the first control voltage and the second control voltage is applied to the control electrode, the ternary logic element outputs a third voltage different from the first voltage and the second voltage.
US12334916B2
The present disclosure provides a signal converting circuit including a phase interpolator circuit and a bias voltage generation circuit. The phase interpolator circuit is configured to convert multiple input clock signals into an output clock signal according to a digital signal. The bias voltage generation circuit is electrically coupled to the phase interpolator circuit, is configured to generate a bias voltage according to reference information and is configured to output the bias voltage to the phase interpolator circuit, so that the output clock signal has a predetermined phase corresponding to one of multiple bit configurations of the digital signal. The reference information is relevant to a change of the phase interpolator circuit due to a manufacture process variation.
US12334910B2
A multimode longitudinally coupled surface acoustic wave resonator is disclosed. The multimode longitudinally coupled surface acoustic wave resonator can include a first interdigital transducer electrode that is positioned over a piezoelectric layer. The first interdigital transducer electrode includes fingers having a first pitch. The multimode longitudinally coupled surface acoustic wave resonator can also include first and second sets of reflectors that are positioned over the piezoelectric layer. The first and second sets of reflectors include a first number of reflectors having a second pitch and a second number of reflectors having a third pitch, respectively. The first pitch is greater than the second pitch. The multimode longitudinally coupled surface acoustic wave resonator can further include a second interdigital transducer electrode that is positioned over the piezoelectric layer and between the first interdigital transducer electrode and the first set of reflectors. The second interdigital transducer electrode includes fingers having a fourth pitch.
US12334892B2
An integrated circuit having a transmission-line-based resonant clock distribution network for distributing a clock signal to one or more nodes, the integrated circuit including a transmission-line-based resonant network formed by one or more clock distribution units. Each clock distribution unit includes a transmission line segment having first and second ends and a resonant circuit connected to the transmission line segment at a position equidistant from the first end and the second end, where the resonant circuit includes an inductor connected in parallel with a capacitor such that the resonant circuit, along with the transmission line segment, collectively has a resonant frequency about a frequency of the clock signal.
US12334884B2
A power amplification device includes a first member in which a first circuit is formed, a second member in which a second circuit is formed, and a member-member connection conductor that electrically connects the first circuit and the second circuit to each other. The second member is mounted on the first member. The second circuit includes a first amplifier, which amplifies a radio frequency signal to output a first amplified signal. The first circuit includes a control circuit that controls an operation of the second circuit. At least part of a first termination circuit, which is connected to the first amplifier through the member-member connection conductor and which attenuates a harmonic wave component of the first amplified signal, is formed in the first member.
US12334883B2
A semiconductor-on-insulator die can include a power amplifier configured to amplify a radio frequency input signal having a fundamental frequency. The die can further include an output matching circuit including first and second second-order harmonic rejection circuits configured to resonate at about two times the fundamental frequency and a third order harmonic rejection circuit configured to resonate at about three times the fundamental frequency.
US12334876B2
An audio player device includes a digital-to-analog converter (DAC), a startup circuit, a multiplexer and an output amplifier. The DAC converts audio data into a first signal and a second signal. The startup circuit gradually increases a level of a startup voltage according to a reference voltage during a predetermined period. The multiplexer outputs the startup voltage as a control voltage during the predetermined period, and switches to output the reference voltage as the control voltage after the predetermined period has elapsed. The output amplifier generates an audio signal according to the control voltage, the first signal and the second signal. The control voltage is used to set a common mode voltage of the output amplifier.
US12334873B2
Multi-level envelope tracking systems are disclosed. In certain embodiments, a method of envelope tracking includes amplifying a radio frequency signal using a power amplifier, supplying power to the power amplifier using a power amplifier supply voltage, generating a plurality of delay-controlled regulated voltages based on controlling a delay of a plurality of regulated voltages using a controllable delay circuit, generating a modulator output voltage at a modulator output of a modulator, providing filtering using a first filter coupled between the modulator output and the power amplifier supply voltage, and controlling activation of a plurality of switches of the modulator based on an envelope of the radio frequency signal. The plurality of switches are each coupled between the modulator output and a corresponding one of the plurality of delay-controlled regulated voltages.
US12334870B2
An oscillator includes a substrate, and a plurality of oscillation structures and a power feed structure. The power feed structure includes a power source and a bias supply unit, the oscillation structures each include one antenna and an N piece of a semiconductor element electrically connected to the antenna. The semiconductor elements exhibit negative resistance characteristics when driven by the power feed structure, and out of the N piece thereof, a P piece thereof are connected in parallel, and an S piece thereof are connected in series, an F piece thereof are supplied with bias in the forward direction, and an R piece thereof are supplied with bias in a reverse direction. The semiconductor element in one of the oscillation structures exhibits asymmetrical current-voltage properties between forward bias and reverse bias. At least one of the N, P, S, F, and R differs from another.
US12334865B2
A passively deployable solar panel array. A truss backing is attached to the back of the solar panels and has longerons and hinge linkages that form a series of moveable parallelograms operable to fold and unfold. The truss backing further has springs and diagonals, with at least one spring and one diagonal associated with each of the parallelograms. The springs are operable to deploy the solar panels from a folded position to a deployed position. Each diagonal is operable to become in tension diagonally across its associated parallelogram once the solar panels are deployed into a final position.
US12334864B2
A retractable mast solar array includes a collapsible boom extensible by a boom deployer. At least one foldable upper arm assembly is coupled to the collapsible boom. At least one foldable lower arm assembly coupled to the collapsible boom. A foldable solar array includes two or more columns of blanket elements, each column of blanket elements is affixed at one end to the at least one foldable upper arm assembly and at an opposite end to the at least one foldable lower arm assembly. In a stowed state, the two or more columns of blanket elements are stowed folded in either or both of the at least one foldable upper arm assembly or the at least one foldable lower arm assembly, and in a deployed state, the two or more columns of blanket elements are unfolded to a deployed solar array.
US12334852B2
A power module, includes: one or more power switches; a passive heat dissipation element in contact with and facing a first surface of the one or more power switches, the passive heat dissipation element having a first planar surface and a second planar surface; and an active heat dissipation element in contact with and facing a second surface of the one or more power switches, wherein the active heat dissipation element is positioned opposite the passive heat dissipation element relative to the one or more power switches and is in thermal contact with the passive heat dissipation element.
US12334839B2
In accordance with at least on aspect of this disclosure, a system, includes, a DC voltage input configured to provide AC voltage to a load, and a converter operatively connected between the voltage input and the load, configured to convert a DC voltage from the DC voltage input to the AC voltage. In embodiments, the converter can include a first inverter stage operatively connected between the voltage input and a diode bridge, for example, configured to connect one or more intermediate voltage levels to the load. The converter can include a second inverter stage operatively connected between the diode bridge and the load, and an interconnect switching module disposed at the second inverter stage operatively connected to control an output level of the converter at the load.
US12334838B2
The present application relates to a voltage driving circuit and system and a household appliance. The voltage driving circuit includes a diode; a thin film capacitor; a resonant circuit configured to be connected to a three-phase power supply and enter a non-resonant operating state in a case where a working current of a load is greater than a present current; a rectifier circuit, of which an input end is connected with the resonant circuit; a switch device, of which a first end is connected with a first output end of the rectifier circuit and an anode of the diode, a second end is connected with a second output end of the rectifier circuit and a first end of the thin film capacitor, wherein a cathode of the diode is connected with a second end of the thin film capacitor; an inverter circuit connected with the first end of the thin film capacitor and the second end of the thin film capacitor, and configured to be connected to the load; and a control device, connected with a control end of the switch device, the resonant circuit, and the inverter circuit.
US12334836B2
The invention relates to a magnetically coupled charging system and method. The magnetically coupled charging system comprises: a resonant inverter; a split core transformer configured to receive a resonant power from the resonant inverter; and a rectifier assembly configured to receive a transformed resonant power from the split core transformer and transmit the transformed resonant power to a to-be-charged battery; the split core transformer comprising a primary winding and a secondary winding, wherein the primary and secondary windings are split from each other, the resonant inverter and the primary winding of the split core transformer are arranged in an onshore charging system, the rectifier assembly and the secondary winding of the split core transformer are arranged in an onboard charger. The invention has the following advantages of: eliminating the risk of electric shock and short circuit fault at a connection point and eliminating an arcing or sparking problem.
US12334833B2
The invention provides a partial power DC-DC converter with controllable topology, comprising: a galvanically isolated DC-DC converter having a positive and negative input; a positive and negative output; a DC voltage input electrically connected to said positive input of the DC-DC converter; an input reference; a DC voltage output electrically connected to said positive output of the DC-DC converter; an output reference electrically connected to said input reference; said partial power DC-DC converter additionally comprising: a first switch for selectively connecting said positive input to said negative output of the DC-DC converter; a second switch for selectively connecting said negative input of the DC-DC converter to said input reference; a third switch for selectively connecting said negative output of the DC-DC converter to said output reference; and a fourth switch for selectively connecting said positive output to said negative input of the DC-DC converter.
US12334829B2
A control circuit includes a first mode for thinning out pulses of a drive signal according to an input current, a hybrid mode combining pulse width control that controls a pulse width of the drive signal and intermittent control that thins out pulses of the drive signal, and a second mode for thinning out the pulses according to an output voltage. The control circuit selects the second mode when a duty ratio of the drive signal is a predetermined threshold or less, selects the hybrid mode when the duty ratio of the drive signal exceeds the predetermined threshold and the input voltage is a predetermined specified value or more, and selects the first mode when the duty ratio of the drive signal exceeds the predetermined threshold and the input voltage is less than the predetermined specified value.
US12334827B2
An apparatus is configured according to a transformer based step down topology is provided. The apparatus includes a first transformer that transfers energy from a primary side of the first transformer to a secondary side of the first transformer for driving a load at the secondary side. The apparatus includes a first inductor and a second inductor electrically coupled at the secondary side. The apparatus includes a primary side directional conducting element and a secondary side directional conducting element configured to perform a first phase of transferring the energy through the first inductor and a second phase of transferring the energy through the second inductor. The first inductor induces the second inductor to transfer energy during the first phase and the second inductor induces the first inductor to transfer energy during the second phase.
US12334821B2
One example discloses a voltage converter, including: a power stage configured to generate an output voltage (Vo) and an output current (Jo) based on a switching frequency (fs); a primary control loop configured to vary the switching frequency (fs) in response to an on-time value code (Ton_code) and/or a peak output current code (iLpeak_code); and a secondary control loop configured to generate the Ton_code and/or the iLpeak_code.
US12334811B2
An integrated circuit device includes: one or more switches of a Buck converter; and a control circuit for the Buck converter, including: a comparator configured to compare a feedback voltage of the Buck converter with a compensation ramp voltage; a pulse generator configured to generate, in response to a rising edge in a comparator output signal, a pulse signal for controlling the Buck converter; a transconductance amplifier (TA) configured to generate, at an output terminal of the TA, a current proportional to a difference between a reference voltage and the feedback voltage; a capacitor coupled between an output terminal of the TA and a reference voltage node; and a ramp signal generator configured to generate the compensation ramp voltage by adding a voltage at the output terminal of the TA and a ramp voltage having a gradient proportional to a switching frequency of the Buck converter.
US12334808B2
According to the present disclosure, the deterioration of SiC-MOSFETs is suppressed. A drive device switches between a first SiC-MOSFET and a second SiC-MOSFET that are connected in series, with a dead time where the first SiC-MOSFET and the second SiC-MOSFET are commanded to be OFF being provided in between. This drive device includes: a first drive circuit configured to set the gate voltage of the first SiC-MOSFET, during the dead time, to a first middle voltage that is higher than a first negative power supply voltage and lower than a first threshold voltage for the first SiC-MOSFET; and a second drive circuit configured to set the gate voltage of the second SiC-MOSFET, during the dead time, to a second middle voltage that is higher than a second negative power supply voltage and lower than a second threshold voltage for the second SiC-MOSFET.
US12334802B1
A circuit includes a controller. A driving signal source is coupled to the controller. A first digital output line is coupled between the controller and the analog load. The first digital output line is configured to carry a first digital signal. A second digital output line is coupled between the controller and the driving signal source. The second digital output line is configured to carry a second digital signal. The controller is configured to reproduce a target output signal defined by data from the driving source. The reproduced target output signal is generated by controlling a combination of the first digital signal and the second digital signal, as an output in the analog load.
US12334792B2
A movable body wherein a pair of annular yokes including an opening at a center and a pair of weight parts including a through hole are stacked on a front and rear surfaces of a magnet having a circular plate shape in an axis direction, and another end portion of a connecting part that connects a pair of elastic support parts on one end portion side is disposed in the contiguous opening and through hole; and a fixing body wherein the movable body is housed in a cylindrical part, the movable body is supported with the pair of elastic support parts so as to be allowed to vibrate back and forth in the axial direction, and a pair of annular coils disposed radially outside the movable body is provided are provided, and the movable body is vibrated in the axial direction through energization of the coil.
US12334785B2
A system, apparatus, and/or method for an aircraft that provides a novel independent-speed variable-frequency generator for aviation power generation. The generator architecture utilizes a 2-stage generator architecture with a wound rotor PM exciter (PME) that provides excitation to the rotor of a generator. A rotating bi-directional AC/DC/AC electric power converter connects the rotor windings of the exciter and the generator.
US12334780B2
A heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC) system includes a blower assembly including a blower motor; and an electronically commutated motor (ECM) controller in electrical communication with the blower motor, the ECM controller including: a rectifier electrically connected to an alternating current (AC) input source, the rectifier being configured to receive AC electricity from the AC input source and convert the AC electricity to direct current (DC) electricity; a DC electrical circuit including a first DC electrical circuit loop and a second DC electrical circuit loop, the rectifier being configured to circulate the DC electricity through the DC electrical circuit; and a relay located within the first DC electrical circuit loop, the relay being configured to open to break the first DC electrical circuit loop and close to complete the first DC electrical circuit loop in order to reduce standby power consumption of the ECM controller.
US12334775B2
A power supply system is described. The power supply system can include an active power contactor, a standby power contactor, an auxiliary power contactor, a control switch, and a controller. The active power contactor is connected in series in a path of a main power supply circuit, and the standby power contactor is connected in series in a path of a standby power supply circuit. The active power contactor and the standby power contactor are interlocked through the auxiliary power contactor. The auxiliary power contactor and the control switch are connected in series. The controller is configured to when the main power supply circuit is abnormal, control the control switch to change a status of the auxiliary power contactor, to switch to the standby power supply circuit, or control the control switch to change the status of the auxiliary power contactor, to switch to the main power supply circuit.
US12334774B2
An uninterruptible power supply apparatus includes a feed compensation circuit and a bypass circuit. The bypass circuit is provided in electrically parallel with the feed compensation circuit. The bypass circuit includes first to third switches and first to third circuits. The first to third switches are connected respectively to the first to third phases of a three-phase AC load. The first to third circuits are provided in electrically parallel with the first to third switches, respectively. The first circuit includes a first snubber circuit, a second snubber circuit, and a power line. The second circuit includes a first snubber circuit, a second snubber circuit, and a power line. The third circuit includes a first snubber circuit, a second snubber circuit, and a power line. Respective power lines of the first to third circuits are electrically connected to each other.
US12334767B2
An energy storage device includes a charge storage assembly, an auxiliary storage element, and a charge control circuit. The charge storage assembly includes an array of supercapacitors coupled in series, a plurality of batteries, and a charge retention circuit. Each of the plurality of batteries is electrically coupled to a corresponding supercapacitor in the array of supercapacitors. The charge retention circuit is configured to maintain a charge state of at least one supercapacitor in the array of supercapacitors when the at least one supercapacitor is in an idle state. A charge control circuit is configured to selectively transfer charge between the at least one supercapacitor in the array of supercapacitors and the auxiliary storage element.
US12334765B2
A grid connection control method of an energy storage apparatus, an energy storage control unit, an energy storage system, and a storage medium are provided and relate to the field of energy storage technologies, where the method includes: sequentially controlling energy storage units of energy storage sub-modules to be connected to corresponding voltage-sharing capacitors in a state in which a main energy transmission circuit is disconnected from a direct-current bus, so as to make the energy storage units pre-charge the corresponding voltage-sharing capacitors; and controlling the main energy transmission circuit to be connected to the direct-current bus under a condition that the voltage-sharing capacitor of each energy storage sub-module meets a voltage-sharing capacitor pre-charge completion condition.
US12334760B2
This power supply circuit for work machine is provided with a first switch for switching connection and disconnection of a first electrical path provided between a battery and a load which is driven with the power of the battery, and a second switch for switching connection and disconnection of a second electrical path bypassing the first switch. The second switch, when the first switch is switched from a state in which the first electrical path is connected to a state in which the first electrical path is disconnected, places the second electrical path in a connected state for a certain period and then, after the period elapses, switches the state in which the second electrical path is connected to a state in which the second electrical path is disconnected.
US12334747B2
A wireless charging reception circuit, a method, electronic device and a wireless charging system are described. In the wireless charging reception circuit, a control circuit may control a rectifying circuit to rectify electric signals transmitted by a first resonance circuit and/or a second resonance circuit. Since the rectifying circuit outputs different voltages after rectifying the electric signals transmitted by the different resonance circuits, the control circuit may controls the rectifying circuit to rectify the electric signals transmitted by the different resonance circuits to adjust the output voltages of the rectifying circuit.
US12334741B2
A method of continuously performing one or more heat-consuming processes, where at least one heat-consuming process is electrically heated. The maximum temperature in the reaction zone of the heat-consuming process is higher than 500° C., at least 70% of products of the heat-consuming process are continuously processed further downstream and/or fed to a local energy carrier network, and the electrical energy required for the heat-consuming process is drawn from an external power grid and from at least one local power source. The local power source is fed by at least one local energy carrier network and by products from the heat-consuming process. The local energy carrier network stores natural gas, naphtha, hydrogen, synthesis gas, and/or steam as energy carrier, and has a total capacity of at least 5 GWh. The local energy carrier network is fed with at least one further product and/or by-product from at least one further chemical process.
US12334734B2
Disclosed is a system and a method for blockchain-based virtual power plant management, relating to the field of virtual power plants. The system mainly includes three modules: an event-driven based demand rapid response and flexible resource optimal allocation module configured to adjust power supply and demand in real time according to power demand information and available resource information of an industrial park; a blockchain-based data collaboration module configured to establish a data sharing and transaction environment among various participants of a virtual power plant; and a visualization management module configured to provide a user interface for displaying, in real time, operational status and power transactions of the virtual power plant in the user interface. The system can effectively manage virtual power plants, enhancing the efficiency and transparency of power supply.
US12334730B2
The present application provides a system for malicious control detection in power grids. The system includes at least one node configured to detect power grid parameters for each power phase and generate a signal indicative of time-series sensor measurements for each power phase. A controller in communication with the node may be configured to receive from the at least one node, the respective signals, extract at least one feature from the respective signals, provide the at least one feature as an input to a deep-learning model, receive an output from the deep-learning model indicative of a relationship between the power grid parameters and a node health associated with the at least one node, generate a status tag associated with the at least one node based at least in part on the output, wherein the status tag is normal or malicious, and generate a status signal indicative of the status tag.
US12334713B2
A method of forming a VCSEL device cavity using a multiphase growth sequence includes forming a first mirror over a substrate, forming a tunnel junction over the first mirror, forming an oxidation aperture (OA) layer over the tunnel junction, forming a p-doped layer over the OA layer, forming an active region over the p-doped layer, forming a second mirror over the active region, and forming a contact layer over the second mirror. The first mirror, the tunnel junction, the OA layer, and the p-doped layer are formed using a metal-organic chemical vapor deposition (MOCVD) process during an MOCVD phase of the multiphase growth sequence. The active region, the second mirror, and the contact layer are formed using a molecular beam epitaxy (MBE) process during an MBE phase of the multiphase growth sequence.
US12334711B2
Methods for forming an at least partially oxidized confinement layer of a semiconductor device and corresponding semiconductor devices are provided. The method comprises forming two or more layers of a semiconductor device on a substrate. The layers include an exposed layer and a to-be-oxidized layer. The to-be-oxidized layer is disposed between the substrate and the exposed layer. The method further comprises etching, using a masking process, a pattern of holes that extend through the exposed layer at least to a first surface of the to-be-oxidized layer. Each hole of the pattern of holes extends in a direction that is transverse to a level plane that is parallel to the first surface of the to-be-oxidized layer. The method further comprises oxidizing the to-be-oxidized layer through the pattern of holes by exposing the two or more layers of the semiconductor device to an oxidizing gas to form a confinement layer.
US12334709B2
A light emission system including a first sub-system. The first sub-system includes a storage inductor having a first inductor terminal coupled to a voltage source and a second inductor terminal; a storage capacitor having a first capacitor terminal coupled to the first terminal of the storage inductor, and a second capacitor terminal coupled to a reference voltage node; a switch having a control terminal coupled to a driver circuitry that sends a modulation signal to open or close the switch, a first channel terminal coupled to the second inductor terminal, and a second channel terminal coupled to the reference voltage node; and a load having N laser diodes coupled in series, where the N laser diodes include a first laser diode having a terminal coupled to the second inductor terminal, and an N-th laser diode having a terminal coupled to the reference voltage node.
US12334704B2
Provided is a tunable laser source including a plurality of optical waveguides, at least three optical resonators provided between the plurality of optical waveguides and optically coupled to the plurality of optical waveguides, the at least three optical resonators having different lengths, and at least one optical amplifier provided on at least one of the plurality of optical waveguides, wherein a ratio of a first length of a first optical resonator of the at least three optical resonators to a second length of a second optical resonator of the at least three optical resonators is not an integer.
US12334702B2
An optical module includes an optical fiber component, a wavelength division multiplexing (WDM) filter, at least one isolator, a mirror and an optical detecting component. The optical fiber component, the WDM filter, the at least one isolator, the mirror and the optical detecting component are configured to prevent a signal light which is before an EDF component and an amplified signal light after the EDF component from counter transmission with a simplified structure and compact size.
US12334696B2
A terminal comprises an insert sheet connecting part and a cable connecting part. The insert sheet connecting part defines a slot sized to receive an insert sheet. The slot is delimited by a bottom wall, a top wall and two side walls. The two side walls are formed by upwardly bent extensions of left and right sides of the bottom wall. The top wall defines two top wall portions formed by inwardly bent portions of the two side walls respectively. The top wall includes a protrusion extending toward the bottom wall, and a reinforcing rib extending from one side wall to the corresponding top wall portion formed by bending the one side wall.
US12334694B2
Provided are an electric appliance and a method of manufacturing the same, the electric appliance having a smaller size and a reduced overall weight by preventing a fluid from flowing into a space unrelated to a heating component in a state where the fluid fills its case. The electric appliance includes: a case including a first space and a second space communicated to each other; a first component disposed in the first space; a second component disposed in the second space; a connection portion electrically connecting the first component and the second component to each other; and a potting pattern including a resin material and formed in the first space.
US12334690B2
A power cord handling device and a method to adjust a power cord extending from a device are provided. A frame assembly may include a base supporting a device receiving area to receive a device. A wheel assembly may be adapted to facilitate coiling of a power cord extending from the device when the device is disposed in the device receiving area. The wheel assembly may include a protrusion member. The protrusion member may include one or more slots. A controller may be configured to control a wheel assembly motor. Guide arms may be adapted to receive one or more second portions of the power cord extending from the device and to guide the power cord during a power cord handling operation. The controller may be configured to cause the wheel assembly to perform a power cord handling operation.
US12334688B2
An electrical connector includes an insulating body, a number of conductive terminals and a metal cage. The metal cage includes a first metal shell and a second metal shell. The first metal cage includes a wall portion. The second metal shell includes a retaining portion. The retaining portion includes a first locking hole, a first buckle tab and a first abutting surface. The wall portion includes a first locking protrusion retained in the first locking hole. The first locking protrusion includes a first retaining groove and a first limiting surface. The first abutting surface abuts against the first locking protrusion to restrict the second metal shell. The first limiting surface abuts against the first buckle tab to limit an excessive displacement of the second metal shell. A connector assembly having the electrical connector is also disclosed.
US12334684B2
A connector for use with high speed signals. The connector has a housing, which includes a base portion extending in a longitudinal direction and a tongue portion extending from the base portion in a mating direction perpendicular to the longitudinal direction. The housing has slots extending through the base portion to surfaces of the tongue portion and configured to hold terminals. The housing has a lossy material sized and shaped to couple with at least the portions of ground terminals held in the base portion along their lengths. The lossy material may protrude towards spaces between the portions of signal terminals held in the base portion along their lengths. The tail portions of the terminals may jog toward a plane that the lossy material extends. Such a connector may be used to meet signal integrity requirements in connectors designed for 64 Gbps and beyond.
US12334682B2
A mechanical lock is used for a charging connector. The charging connector includes a housing and a hook. The hook has an engaging portion and an operating portion. The mechanical lock includes a push rod, a swing lever and a first elastic member. The push rod is slidably arranged on the housing along a first direction. The push rod has a heart-shaped cam and a heart-shaped groove. The heart-shaped groove has an unlocking position and a locking position. When an end of the swing lever is located at the locking position, the operating portion is locked by the push rod, and the operating portion cannot move. When the end of the swing lever is located at the unlocking position, the push rod unlocks the operating portion, and the operating portion is movable.
US12334673B2
An electrical feedback barrier is configured to safely interconnect an intrinsically safe power supply to a non-intrinsically safe electrical load device in a hazardous environment. Electrical feedback from the non-intrinsically electrical load device is blocked by the electrical feedback barrier to protect the intrinsically safe power supply from adverse operating conditions. The electrical feedback barrier and the electrical load device are enclosed in an explosion-proof or flameproof enclosure for compliance with electrical equipment safety standards in the hazardous environment.
US12334669B2
An arrangement for producing an electrically conductive connection between a first machine element and a second machine element, comprising an electrically conductive disk which is secured to a supporting body, wherein the disk is provided with a bore for receiving a second machine element, wherein slots are introduced into the disk starting from the peripheral edge of the bore.
US12334668B2
A housing cap for closing an opening of a housing part includes a cover section covering the opening, a stop projecting away from the cover section, and a fastening element affixing the housing cap to the opening.
US12334665B2
A surgical instrument includes a housing, an elongated portion, and a loading unit. The elongated portion extends distally from the housing, defines a longitudinal axis, and includes an electrical contact. The loading unit is configured to releasably engage the elongated portion. The loading unit includes an electronic component, a proximal portion including an electrical contact in electrical communication with the electronic component, and an end effector coupled to the proximal portion and configured to manipulate tissue. Engagement between the elongated portion and the loading unit causes the electrical contact of the elongated portion to engage the electrical contact of the loading unit thereby electrically connecting the elongated portion and the loading unit.
US12334661B2
Providing a housing including an insulating material and a terminal integrated with the housing and including a conductive material, wherein the housing includes a protrusion extending in the longitudinal direction of the connector, the terminal includes a plate portion that extends in the vertical direction, the surface thereof exposed to one side surface of the protrusion; an opposing plate portion that extends in the vertical direction, the surface thereof exposed to another side surface of the protrusion; a coupling portion that couples the upper end of the plate portion and the upper end of the opposing plate portion; and a securing portion connected to the lower end of the plate portion, and a stepped portion is formed at the boundary of the surface of the plate portion and the surface of the coupling portion and the surface of the securing portion is covered by the insulating material.
US12334659B2
A connection body comprises a body having upper and lower surfaces, a first path and a second path. The first path has a first wired portion configured to be connected to a first core wire of a cable structure and a first terminal portion coupled to the first wired portion by a first coupling portion. The first wired portion, the first terminal portion and the first coupling portion are formed on the upper surface of the body. The second path has a second wired portion configured to be connected to a second core wire of the cable structure and a second terminal portion coupled to the second wired portion by a second coupling portion. The second wired portion is formed on the upper surface of the body. The second terminal portion is formed on the lower surface of the body.
US12334656B2
An antenna assembly and an electronic device are provided. The antenna assembly includes a substrate, a radiating patch, and a matching structure. The radiating patch is disposed on the substrate. The matching structure is configured to be electrically connected with a radio frequency (RF) signal circuit at one end of the matching structure, and the matching structure is provided with a first coupling piece at the other end of the matching structure. The first coupling piece is in capacitive coupling with the radiating patch. The first coupling piece is configured to feed a RF signal generated by the RF signal circuit into the radiating patch, to excite the radiating patch to generate multiple resonant modes. At least one resonant mode in the multiple resonant modes is generated by the capacitive coupling between the first coupling piece and the radiating patch.
US12334649B2
A reconfigurable antenna system is described which combines active and passive components used to impedance match, alter the frequency response, and change the radiation pattern of an antenna. Re-use of components such as switches and tunable capacitors make the circuit topologies more space and cost effective, while reducing complexity of the control signaling required. Antenna structures with single and multiple feed and/or ground connections are described and active circuit topologies are shown for these configurations. A processor and algorithm can reside with the antenna circuitry, or the algorithm to control antenna optimization can be implemented in a processor in the host device.
US12334645B2
A dual-polarized radiator arrangement (1) comprises four radiator segments (4a, 4b, 4c, 4d) and a reflector arrangement (2). The radiator segments (4a, 4b, 4c, 4d) are arranged such that they form a square arrangement. Each radiator segment (4a, 4b, 4c, 4d) comprises a minor radiating surface (5) having a first and a second end (5a, 5b) and a feeding assembly (9). Each radiator segment (4a, 4b, 4c, 4d) comprises a first and a second main radiating surface (8a, 8b) arranged in the area of the first end (5a) and the second end (5b) of the minor radiating surface (5) and miming in the direction of the reflector arrangement (2). The first and second main radiating surfaces (8a, 8b) protrude beyond the respective first and second ends (5a, 5b) of the minor radiating surface (5) in the longitudinal direction (6a) of the minor radiating surface (5).
US12334638B2
Low-profile radar reflectors are provided for reradiating when illuminated by a vertically-polarized incident wave generated by an automotive radar. One example reflector includes a ground plane, a substrate having a top surface and a bottom surface, and radiating elements positioned on the substrate. Each radiating element includes opposing vertical metallic side segments connected to the ground plane, and a horizontal metallic segment extending between the opposing vertical metallic side segments and along the top surface of the substrate. The horizontal metallic segment of each radiating element has a defined length such that, when the radiating element is illuminated by a vertically-polarized incident wave from an automotive radar, each radiating element is at its resonance causing currents in the opposing vertical metallic side segments to flow in the same direction and reradiates back to the automotive radar. Other example low-profile reflectors and methods of fabricating low-profile reflectors are also disclosed.
US12334625B2
A package structure includes a first die, an insulating material around the first die, a first antenna extending through the insulating material, wherein the first antenna includes a first conductive plate extending through the insulating material and a plurality of first conductive pillars extending through the insulating material, wherein the first conductive plate is disposed between the plurality of first conductive pillars and the first die, and a first high-k block embedded in the insulating material, wherein the first high-k block is disposed between the first conductive plate and the plurality of first conductive pillars, and wherein the first high-k block comprises a material having a dielectric constant that is different than a dielectric constant of the insulating material.
US12334616B2
A phase shifter and an electronic device are provided, and belong to the field of communication technology. The phase shifter includes: a first dielectric substrate; and a first feed structure, a second feed structure and a phase shifting structure. The phase shifting structure includes: a first signal electrode, at least one first reference electrode, a first insulating layer and at least one phase control unit. Each phase control unit is on a side of the first insulating layer away from the first dielectric substrate and includes at least one film bridge; there is a gap between a bridge deck of the film bridge and the first insulating layer; and an orthographic projection of a bridge deck of the film bridge on the first dielectric substrate overlaps with orthographic projections of the first signal electrode and the at least one first reference electrode on the first dielectric substrate.
US12334614B2
A fuel cell membrane electrode assembly includes a substrate and a porous polymer membrane. The substrate includes a woven layer including a yarn of polyvinylidene fluoride (PVDF) fiber. The yarn is 7 to 25 denier. The substrate also includes a nanofiber layer including PVDF nanofibers deposited on the woven layer. The nanofiber layer is 1 to 10 micrometers (μm) thick. The substrate exhibits a porosity of at least 70 percent and is less than 30 μm thick. The porous polymer membrane is deposited on the nanofiber layer. The substrate is a porous support for a fuel cell membrane. A method of forming a fuel cell membrane electrode assembly includes weaving a woven layer of a yarn including fiber of PVDF. The method also includes depositing a nanofiber layer on the woven layer to form a substrate. The method further includes depositing a porous polymer membrane on the nanofiber layer.
US12334609B2
A control method for controlling a fuel cell system includes: setting a fuel composition and a fuel flow rate to a combustor as unknown numbers and setting conditions of an air flow rate to the combustor; estimating composition ratios of the components constituting the mixed gas based on simultaneous equations including at least one of a first characteristic equation based on a relationship between an amount of air supplied to and an oxygen concentration in an exhaust gas discharged from the combustor and a second characteristic equation based on a relationship between the amount of air supplied to and a temperature of the exhaust gas discharged from the combustor, and a composition equation representing a sum of the composition ratios of the types of the components of the mixed gas; and adjusting a flow rate of the fuel supplied to the fuel cell based on the estimated composition ratios.
US12334605B2
Disclosed are: a fuel cell humidifier capable of reliably preventing a gas leak due to repeated operating and stopping of a fuel cell and capable of being manufactured with relatively low manufacturing costs and high productivity; and a manufacturing method therefor. The fuel cell humidifier of the present invention includes a humidifying module and caps coupled to both ends of the humidifying module, respectively, wherein: the humidifying module includes a mid-case, a plurality of hollow fiber membranes in the mid-case, a fixed layer in which the ends of the hollow fiber membranes are potted, and a composite gasket having a groove into which the end of the mid-case is fitted; the composite gasket includes an inner body, an outer body, and a connecting body provided therebetween and formed of a first material; and at least a portion of the inner body is adhered to the fixed layer and is formed of a second material that is different from the first material.
US12334604B2
The present invention relates to a membrane humidifier for a fuel cell, which can prevent a decrease in humidification efficiency due to a pressure difference between the inside and outside of a membrane humidifier, the membrane humidifier for a fuel cell, according to an embodiment of the present invention, comprising: a middle case having a module insertion part inside; a cap case coupled to the middle case; a hollow fiber membrane module inserted to the module insertion part; and a pressure buffer part between the inner wall of the middle case and the module insertion part.
US12334602B2
A method for manufacturing a diaphragm-electrode arrangement including seal from at least one layer material and an electrode material. A diaphragm-electrode arrangement made of an electrode material and at least one layer material is provided either from a common roll store or as a layer assemblage from individual rolls. The electrode material is connected to the at least one layer material by an injection molding process. Cavities and edge areas in the at least one layer material are filled up by the injection molding material and form a seal of the band-shaped diaphragm-electrode arrangement. The injection molding material, in particular TPE, is used in the following stacking process as a seal between the electrodes.
US12334595B2
A battery pack manufacturing method according to an aspect of the present disclosure includes stacking battery cells, pressurizing a battery cell group provided by stacking the battery cells in a stacking direction, measuring positions of cell terminals of the battery cells included in the pressurized battery cell group, finding a center straight line passing through a center of a distribution of the positions of the cell terminals, positioning a welding jig configured to decide a position where a bus bar is pressed against at least one of the cell terminals with reference to the center straight line, and welding the bus bar that is pressed against the at least one of the cell terminals, to the at least one of the cell terminals by the welding jig.
US12334594B2
A battery module includes a plurality of battery cell assemblies. Each of battery cell assemblies includes two or more cylindrical battery cells connected to each other in parallel, and the plurality of battery cell assemblies are connected to each other in series. Each battery cell assembly having the parallel connection structure is configured such that negative electrodes of the two or more cylindrical battery cells are electrically connected to each other via a rail type socket. The series connection between the battery cell assemblies includes an electrical connection between the rail type socket and positive electrodes of battery cells of an adjacent battery cell assembly via connection members.
US12334593B2
A connecting assembly, a battery module, an apparatus, and a method for manufacturing a connecting assembly are provided. The connecting assembly is for a battery module. The battery module includes two or more secondary batteries, and the connecting assembly includes: a connecting piece configured to be electrically connected with the secondary batteries, and the connecting pieces includes a connecting portion; an insulating plate having an integrally modeled structure, the connecting portion and the insulating plate are connected in a non-detachable manner to form an integral structure, and the insulating plate is configured to restrict movement of the connecting piece. The connecting assembly provided in the present application can ensure reliable and stable connection between the connecting piece and the insulating plate, and improve the safety for using the connecting assembly.
US12334592B2
A battery module connector for electrically conductive connecting of two battery modules includes a first contact element for electrically conductive contacting of a first battery module, a second contact element for electrically conductive contacting of a second battery module, a band-shaped wire braid that is electrically conductively connected at a first end to the first contact element and at a second end to the second contact element, and at least one spring element that is inserted into a section of the wire braid between the first end and the second end, and is configured to impinge the section with a spring force such that the section is widened radially with respect to a longitudinal axis of the wire braid.
US12334589B2
Disclosed herein are polymer conductive films for use with electrochemical devices. An exemplary electrochemical device can include an anode, a cathode, and a bipolar structure disposed between the anode and cathode. The bipolar structure includes a film having a plurality of conductive particles and a plurality of non-conductive polymers, wherein the polymers are integrated with the particles such that the film is non-porous and substantially compositionally homogeneous along a length and/or thickness of the film.
US12334588B2
A separator for an electrochemical device including a porous polymer substrate and a porous coating layer on at least one side of the porous polymer substrate. The porous coating layer includes first binder particles, second binder particles, and inorganic particles. The inorganic particles are mostly dispersed in a first surface region of the porous coating layer, and the second binder particles are mostly dispersed in a second surface region of the porous polymer substrate, in which the first surface region faces the porous polymer substrate and the second surface region is an opposite surface region to the first surface region. The inorganic particles have a larger weight per particle than each respective weight per particle of the first and second binder particles.
US12334586B2
Disclosed herein are novel or improved fibrous layers, composites, composite separators, separators, composite mat separators, composite mat separators containing fibers and silica particles, battery separators, lead acid battery separators, and/or flooded lead acid battery separators, and/or batteries, cells, and/or methods of manufacture and/or use of such fibrous layers, composites, composite separators, separators, battery separators, lead acid battery separators, cells, and/or batteries. In addition, disclosed herein are methods, systems, and battery separators for enhancing battery life, reducing internal resistance, reducing metalloid poisoning, reducing acid stratification, and/or improving uniformity in at least enhanced flooded batteries.
US12334572B2
A sealing assembly for sealing a through hole, and a method and device for preparing a battery cell are provided. The sealing assembly comprises: a sealing sleeve provided in the through hole and having a cavity and an opening that is in communication with the cavity; an elastic sleeve tube provided in the cavity and having a first mounting hole that extends in an axial direction of the through hole; and a central rod, which is provided in the first mounting hole and is in threaded connection with the elastic sleeve tube to enable the elastic sleeve tube to expand in a radial direction of the through hole to press the sealing sleeve and form, on an outer wall of the elastic sleeve tube, a raised portion that rivets the sealing sleeve to the through hole.
US12334558B2
A carbon material may include granulated particles satisfying (1L) and (2L): (1L) the granulated particles are made of a carbonaceous material; and (2L) the granulated particles satisfy the relationship |X1−X|/X1≤0.2, wherein X is a volume-based average particle diameter determined by laser diffraction, and X1 is an equivalent circular diameter as determined from a cross-sectional SEM image, provided that the cross-sectional SEM image is a reflected electron image acquired at an acceleration voltage of 10 kV, wherein the carbon material has an average box-counting dimension relative to void regions of 30 particles of 1.55 or greater, as calculated from images obtained by randomly selecting 30 granulated particles from a cross-sectional SEM image of the carbon material, dividing the cross-sectional SEM image of each granulated particle into void regions and non-void regions, and binarizing the image. Such carbon material may be used in electrodes and batteries.
US12334552B2
Disclosed is a positive active material for a rechargeable lithium battery including secondary particles of a nickel-based transition metal oxide composed of an inner portion and an outer portion, wherein the inner portion has a dense structure having a higher density than the outer portion, the secondary particles of the nickel-based transition metal oxide have a plurality of protruding portions on the surface thereof, and the positive active material has an area ratio of 25% to 30% occupied by the protruding portions calculated by Equation 1 based on a cross-section of the secondary particles of the nickel-based transition metal oxide.
US12334551B2
A cathode composition for a lithium-ion cell or battery of the general formula: Li1+xMn1−xO2, wherein the composition is in the form of a single phase having a rock salt crystal structure such that an x-ray diffraction pattern of the composition has an absence of peaks below a 20 value of 35; and the value of x is greater than 0, and equal to or less than 0.3. The compound is also formulated into a positive electrode, or cathode, for use in an electrochemical cell.
US12334549B2
A positive electrode active material for a lithium ion secondary battery, the positive electrode active material including a lithium-nickel composite oxide having a hexagonal layered structure and configured by particles including at least either single primary particles or secondary particles with a plurality of aggregated primary particles, wherein the particles of the positive electrode active material have a cross section having an area proportion of a crystal face having a maximum area in the particle of 80% or more when one crystal face is defined as a region having a crystal misorientation of 15° or less.
US12334548B2
An anodeless lithium metal battery includes: a cathode including a cathode current collector and a cathode active material layer on the cathode current collector; an anode current collector on the cathode; and a composite electrolyte between the cathode and the anode current collector, wherein the composite electrolyte includes a first liquid electrolyte and at least one of lithium metal or a lithium metal alloy.
US12334546B2
A non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery that is an exemplary embodiment of the present invention, wherein a positive electrode contains a lithium-transition metal composite oxide containing Ni, Al and Sr as a positive electrode active substance. In the lithium-transition metal composite oxide, the content of Ni is 80-95 mol %, the content of Al is 8.0 mol % or less, the content of Sr is 1.2 mol % or less, and the proportion of metallic elements other than Li that are present in a Li layer is 0.5-2.0 mol %. A negative electrode has a Sr-containing coating film formed on a surface of a negative electrode mixture layer. The content of Sr in the coating film is 20-400 ppm relative to the total mass of the negative electrode mixture layer and the coating film.
US12334542B2
In various embodiments, a method of forming an electrode includes providing a current collector, providing a substantially solid layer of electrode attachment substance on a side of the current collector, providing electrochemically active material adjacent the substantially solid layer of the electrode attachment substance, and adhering the electrochemically active material to the side of the current collector via the electrode attachment substance. In some examples, the electrochemically active material is provided in powder form. In some examples, the electrochemically active material is provided between the substantially solid layer of electrode attachment substance and the current collector.
US12334537B2
The present disclosure relates to a positive electrode active material for rechargeable lithium ion batteries and a method of preparing the positive electrode active material, in which a compound including sulfur is used as an additive in a wet treatment process to remove residual lithium impurities (LiOH, Li2CO3) present on a surface of the positive electrode active material, such that the residual lithium impurities are effectively removed without loss of capacity while a Li—S compound coating layer is formed on the surface thereof, thereby reducing resistance and leakage current.
US12334536B2
A positive electrode material includes secondary particles formed from primary particles. The positive electrode material satisfies the following relational expression: 15%≤(Dv50a−Dv50b)/Dv50b≤80%, where Dv50a represents Dv50 directly measured by a laser particle size analyzer for the positive electrode material without ultrasonic treatment, Dv50b represents Dv50 measured by the laser particle size analyzer for the positive electrode material after ultrasonic treatment, and Dv50 represents a particle size of the positive electrode material at a cumulative volume of 50% in a volume-based particle size distribution as measured by starting from small particle sizes. The secondary particles of the positive electrode material that meets the foregoing condition can form soft agglomerates, so that the electrochemical device is of high cycle performance and high safety performance.
US12334532B2
Provided are metal-air scavenger systems that use metal surfaces to harvest energy for powering microelectronic devices; such devices can be attached to exposed metal surfaces and then generate power by electrochemically oxidizing the metal surface. The disclosed devices can be configured to effect relative motion between the device and the metal, thus allowing the device to utilize an entire metal surface to generate power and also allowing the device to feed metal to itself to generate power.
US12334529B2
A battery module includes a plurality of battery cells; a module housing configured to accommodate a cell stack including the plurality of battery cells; a sprinkler provided through the module housing at one side of the cell stack in a stacking direction; and at least one guide plate fixed inside the module housing and installed to be inclined so that one longitudinal end thereof is oriented toward the sprinkler.
US12334519B2
The present application provides a battery that has application in automotive diagnostic tablets. The battery includes a battery cell, a positive electrode interface, and a negative electrode interface. The positive electrode of the battery cell is connected to the positive electrode interface. The battery further includes a first resistor and a protection chip. A first end of the first resistor is connected to the negative electrode of the battery cell, and the other end of the first resistor is connected to the negative electrode interface. The protection chip includes a power detection end and a communication interface, and the power detection end is connected to the first resistor. The protection chip is used to detect the power information of the battery cell by means of the power detection end, and the power information is sent by means of the communication interface to a microprocessor.
US12334509B2
Provided are a laminated battery capable of suppressing a level drop of an electrolyte caused by expansion of a negative electrode active material during discharge, and a manufacturing method for the laminated battery. An enclosure member of the laminated battery is constituted by affixing a first resin film and a second resin film to each other, and a separator is arranged inside the enclosure member between a positive electrode (for example, a first electrode) and a negative electrode (for example, a second electrode). A peripheral edge portion of the separator is fixed to a peripheral edge portion of the enclosure member (the first resin film or the second resin film).
US12334493B2
The present invention relates to a secondary battery in which an electrode tab is improved in mechanical strength and a method for manufacturing the same. Also, the secondary battery according to the present invention includes: an electrode provided with a coating portion coated with an active material on an electrode collector and a non-coating portion on which the active material is not applied to the electrode collector, the non-coating portion being adjacent to the coating portion in a width direction perpendicular to a longitudinal direction of the electrode collector, the non-coating portion having a plurality of notching tabs formed therein such that each of the plurality of notching tabs extends away from the coating portion in a width direction. When the electrode assembly is in the wound state, the plurality of notching tabs are circumferentially distributed about a central axis of the electrode assembly.
US12334488B2
A semiconductor device includes a power delivery device die stack including a plurality of vertically arranged power delivery device dies. The plurality of power delivery device dies including at least a first power delivery device die and a second power delivery device die electrically connected to the first power delivery device die. The semiconductor device includes at least one external interconnect for providing a power input to the power delivery device die stack and at least one external interconnect for supplying a power output from the power delivery device die stack.
US12334485B2
A display device includes a substrate, a first light-emitting element, a second light-emitting element, and a third light-emitting element on the substrate, each of the first, second, and third light-emitting elements includes a first semiconductor layer, an active layer, a second semiconductor layer, and a third semiconductor layer, an opening formed in the second semiconductor layer and the third semiconductor layer of the third light-emitting element, and a wavelength conversion member located at the opening, wherein the first light-emitting element and the third light-emitting element are configured to emit first light, and the second light-emitting element is configured to emit second light, and the wavelength conversion member is configured to convert the first light from the third light-emitting element into third light.
US12334483B2
A light emitting device for a display including a circuit board, a plurality of light emitting units arranged on the circuit board, each light emitting unit comprising a first LED stack including a first conductivity type semiconductor layer, a second conductivity type semiconductor layer, a first electrode disposed on the first conductivity type semiconductor layer, and a second electrode disposed on the second conductivity type semiconductor layer, a plurality of bump pads disposed between the plurality of light emitting units and the circuit board, and a bonding layer disposed between the second electrode and the circuit board, in which the second electrode has a side surface recessed inwardly with respect to a side surface of the light emitting unit to define a recessed portion, and the bonding layer is filled in the recessed portion.
US12334482B2
A light emitting device for a display including a first LED sub-unit laterally extending along a first direction, a second LED sub-unit, and a third LED sub-unit, electrode pads each overlapping at least a portion of the first LED sub-unit along a vertical direction and electrically connected to at least one of the first, second, and third LED sub-units, a lower insulation layer having a first surface extending in the first direction, a molding member covering each of the first LED sub-unit, the second LED sub-unit, and the third LED sub-unit, and lead electrodes electrically connected to the electrode pads and extending along the first surface and a side surface of the lower insulation layer, in which a portion of an outer region of each of the lead electrodes is disposed inside the outer boundary of the molding member when viewed in a cross-section.
US12334465B2
In an embodiment, a method includes attaching a first package component to a first carrier, the first package component comprising: an aluminum pad disposed adjacent to a substrate; a sacrificial pad disposed adjacent to the substrate, the sacrificial pad comprising a major surface opposite the substrate, a protrusion of the sacrificial pad extending from the major surface; and a dielectric bond layer disposed around the aluminum pad and the sacrificial pad; attaching a second carrier to the first package component and the first carrier, the first package component being interposed between the first carrier and the second carrier; removing the first carrier; planarizing the dielectric bond layer to comprise a top surface being coplanar with the protrusion; and etching a portion of the protrusion.
US12334463B2
The present application provides a semiconductor structure having a copper pillar within a solder bump, and a manufacturing method of the semiconductor structure. The semiconductor structure includes a substrate having a pad disposed thereon and a passivation at least partially surrounding the pad; and a conductive bump structure disposed over the passivation and the pad, wherein the conductive bump structure includes a first bump portion disposed over the passivation and the pad, a conductive pillar disposed over the first bump portion, and a second bump portion disposed over and surrounding the conductive pillar.
US12334458B2
A package is disclosed. In one example, the package comprises an electronic component having a first main surface with an electrically conductive first pad. The first pad has an open notch, and a spacer body mounted on the first pad and bridging at least part of the open notch.
US12334456B2
An electronic package is provided, in which a plurality of antenna structures and a heat sink are integrated on a package module including an electronic element, so as to guide the heat energy generated by the electronic element out of the package module via the heat sink. Therefore, when the electronic package is configured with the plurality of antenna structures, the heat dissipation of the electronic element can be improved.
US12334453B2
Embodiments disclosed herein include electronic packages with thermal solutions. In an embodiment, an electronic package comprises a package substrate, a first die electrically coupled to the package substrate, and an integrated heat spreader (IHS) that is thermally coupled to a surface of the first die. In an embodiment, the IHS comprises a main body having an outer perimeter, and one or more legs attached to the outer perimeter of the main body, wherein the one or more legs are supported by the package substrate. In an embodiment, the electronic package further comprises a thermal block between the package substrate and the main body of the IHS, wherein the thermal block is within the outer perimeter of the main body.
US12334448B2
Systems and methods for a semiconductor device having a front-end-of-line interconnect structure are provided. The semiconductor device may include a dielectric material having a backside formed on a front side of a semiconductor or silicon substrate material and a front side, and a conducting material on the front side of the dielectric material. The conducting material may have a line portion and an interconnect structure electrically coupled to the line portion and separated from the front side of the substrate material by the dielectric material. The interconnect structure has a backside defining a contact surface. The semiconductor device may further include a semiconductor die proximate the front side of the dielectric material, an insulating material encasing at least a portion of the semiconductor die, and an opening through which the active contact surface at the backside of the interconnect structure is exposed for electrical connection.
US12334441B2
The present disclosure provides a semiconductor device and a semiconductor layout structure. In the semiconductor device, a guard ring of a first type is arranged on at least one side of a transistor of a second type, and a guard ring of a second type is arranged on at least one side of a transistor of a first type, such that a plurality of signal lines in a first metal layer in the semiconductor layout structure may be arranged between a first power source line and a first ground line. Furthermore, in a second metal layer, a plurality of second power source lines are connected to one first power source line, and a plurality of second ground lines are connected to one first ground line.
US12334434B2
A package structure includes a thermal dissipation structure, a first encapsulant, a die, a through integrated fan-out via (TIV), a second encapsulant, and a redistribution layer (RDL) structure. The thermal dissipation structure includes a substrate and a first conductive pad disposed over the substrate. The first encapsulant laterally encapsulates the thermal dissipation structure. The die is disposed on the thermal dissipation structure. The TIV lands on the first conductive pad of the thermal dissipation structure and is laterally aside the die. The second encapsulant laterally encapsulates the die and the TIV. The RDL structure is disposed on the die and the second encapsulant.
US12334433B2
A semiconductor device including a semiconductor die, an encapsulant and a redistribution structure is provided. The encapsulant laterally encapsulates the semiconductor die. The redistribution structure is disposed on the semiconductor die and the encapsulant and is electrically connected to the semiconductor die. The redistribution structure includes a dielectric layer, a conductive via in the dielectric layer and a redistribution wiring covering the conductive via and a portion of the dielectric layer. The conductive via includes a pillar portion embedded in the dielectric layer and a protruding portion protruding from the pillar portion, wherein the protruding portion has a tapered sidewall.
US12334428B2
An integrated circuit includes a p-type active zone located in an n-type well, an n-type active zone located in a p-type well, an n-type pick-up region located in the n-type well, and a p-type pick-up region located in the p-type well. The integrated circuit also includes a first power rail and a second power rail extending in a first direction, and a first conductive segment and a second conductive segment extending in a second direction. The first power rail, the p-type active zone, the n-type active zone, and the second power rail are arranged along the second direction separating from each other. The first conductive segment connects the n-type pick-up region with the first power rail, and the second conductive segment connects the p-type pick-up region with the second power rail.
US12334419B2
A lead frame includes a die pad, a plurality of leads, at least one support lead, and a frame member. The frame member includes two first connection bars and two second connection bars. The plurality of leads include a plurality of specific leads. The plurality of specific leads are each connected to the first connection bar. At least one of the specific leads is connected to the second connection bar via the at least one support lead. The cross-sectional second-order moment of a cross section of the at least one support lead perpendicular to a Y direction around an X axis is equal to or more than the cross-sectional second-order moment of a cross section of the at least one support lead perpendicular to an X direction around a Y axis.
US12334416B2
An integrated circuit comprises a substrate that includes a first surface and a second surface. A first through substrate via (TSV) is formed between the first surface and the second surface and a first conductive material is arranged within the first TSV to form a conductive path between the first surface and the second surface through the substrate. A second TSV is formed between the first surface and the second surface and a second conductive material arranged within the second TSV to form a conductive path between the first surface and the second surface through the substrate. In examples the first TSV has a larger cross-sectional area than the second TSV, the cross-section of the first TSV and second TSV being in a plane parallel to the first surface or the second surface.
US12334413B2
The present disclosure relates to a system in package having a chiplet with a first substrate and a first die deposed over the first substrate, a second die, a second substrate that the chiplet and the second die are deposed over, and a heatsink spreader deposed over the chiplet and the second die. Herein, the first substrate includes layered-cake shaped heatsink stanchions that are coupled to the first die, and the second substrate includes layered-cake shaped heatsink stanchions that are coupled to the chiplet and the second die. As such, heat generated by the first die can be dissipated by the heatsink stanchions within the first and second substrates, and heat generated by the second die can be dissipated by the heatsink stanchions within the second substrate. Furthermore, the heat generated by the first die and the second die can be dissipated by the heatsink spreader above them.
US12334412B2
An electronic package is provided in the present disclosure. The electronic package comprises: an electronic component; a thermal conductive element above the electronic component, wherein thermal conductive element includes a first metal; an adhesive layer between the electronic component and the thermal conductive element, wherein the first adhesive layer includes a second metal; and an intermetallic compound (IMC) between the first metal and the second metal.
US12334409B2
Provided is a semiconductor module, including: a semiconductor chip including a semiconductor substrate and a metal electrode provided above the semiconductor substrate; a protective film provided above the metal electrode; a plated layer provided above the metal electrode, having at least a part being in a height identical to the protective film; a solder layer provided above the plated layer; and a lead frame provided above the solder layer, wherein the plated layer is provided in a range not in contact with the protective film.
US12334402B2
An ink jet process is used to deposit a material layer to a desired thickness. Layout data is converted to per-cell grayscale values, each representing ink volume to be locally delivered. The grayscale values are used to generate a halftone pattern to deliver variable ink volume (and thickness) to the substrate. The halftoning provides for a relatively continuous layer (e.g., without unintended gaps or holes) while providing for variable volume and, thus, contributes to variable ink/material buildup to achieve desired thickness. The ink is jetted as liquid or aerosol that suspends material used to form the material layer, for example, an organic material used to form an encapsulation layer for a flat panel device. The deposited layer is then cured or otherwise finished to complete the process.
US12334400B2
A method of forming a semiconductor structure includes a number of operations. Conductors are formed in a first dielectric layer on a substrate. First conductive vias overlapping the conductors are formed in a second dielectric layer on the substrate. Electrodes are formed in a third dielectric layer on the substrate, wherein each of the electrodes overlaps one of the first conductive vias. A hard mask is formed on the third dielectric layer. Mandrel exposures are formed on the hard mask. Patterning spacers is formed on sidewalls of the mandrel exposures. The mandrel exposures are removed. The hard mask is patterned based on the patterning spacers and the third dielectric layer is patterned based on the patterning spacers to form conductive lines along the second direction in the third dielectric layer, wherein each of the conductive lines overlaps one of the first conductive vias.
US12334381B2
The inventive concept provides a transfer assembly. The transfer assembly includes a transfer robot configured to take out the transfer object stored at the cassette and to transfer in a first direction to the target position; and a guide unit providing a transfer passage for transferring the transfer object, and wherein the guide unit comprises: a first guide member provided with its lengthwise direction in the first direction; and a second guide member provided with its lengthwise direction in the first direction, and space apart from the first guide member in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction the first guide member and the second member defining the transfer passage therebetween, and wherein at least a portion of the first guide member is movable such that a width of the transfer passage is changeable by the movement of the at least a portion of the first guide member.
US12334378B2
A traveling vehicle system includes a traveling track, a working track, a mover to move a traveling vehicle between a first position on the traveling track and the working track, and a transportation controller configured or programmed to control at least the traveling vehicle and the mover. The transportation controller is configured or programmed to transmit to the traveling vehicle a first command to travel to the first position and transmit to the mover a third command to move the traveling vehicle stopped at the first position to the working track after or simultaneously when transmitting to the traveling vehicle stopped at the first position a second command to lead a state in which the traveling vehicle is movable by the mover.
US12334375B2
A spindle assembly for transferring wafers in a multi-station process module is provided, including: a hub body, the hub body configured to be rotated about a center axis; a plurality of end effectors, each end effector having a first end configured for connection to the hub body and a second end configured to support a wafer; a plurality of covers; a plurality of fastener assemblies; wherein the first end of each end effector is clamped between a respective cover and a respective outer portion of the hub body by a respective fastener assembly, the respective fastener assembly including a wave spring that provides a consistent clamping force.
US12334373B2
An apparatus for inspecting wafer carriers is disclosed. In one example, the apparatus includes: a housing; a load port; a robot arm inside the housing; and a processor. The load port is configured to load a wafer carrier into the housing. The robot arm is configured to move a first camera connected to the robot arm. The first camera is configured to capture a plurality of images of the wafer carrier. The processor is configured to process the plurality of images to inspect the wafer carrier.
US12334368B2
A liquid delivering system for wafer cleaning equipment includes an acid scouring tank, a sulfuric acid supplying source, a hydrogen peroxide supplying source, a first mixing device, a second mixing device and a feedback-control panel. The first mixing device and the second mixing device both includes a mixing duct, a multi-section mixing screw rod arranged inside the mixing duct and a heater wrapped around the mixing duct. By ways of adopting the above-mentioned technical solution, it is possible to realize fully mixing sulfuric acid with hydrogen peroxide in a mode of mixing in multi-stages, achieve precise control to temperature, and enable mixed liquid to fully react, thereby ensuring that the mixed liquid coming into the acid scouring tank meets cleaning requirements, and improving quality and efficiency of cleaning wafers.
US12334365B2
A semiconductor processing tool may include a processing tank. The semiconductor processing tool may include an arm arranged to hold a plurality of wafers over the processing tank such that wafers in the plurality of wafers are horizontally stacked over the processing tank. The semiconductor processing tool may include a fan arranged over the arm to permit an airflow to be provided across surfaces of the wafers in a vertical direction toward the processing tank. The semiconductor processing tool may include an exhaust system including at least one exhaust output and one or more exhaust pipe segments arranged substantially around the processing tank and connected to the at least one exhaust output. The one or more exhaust pipe segments may include a plurality of openings to receive exhaust air to be provided to the at least one exhaust output.
US12334362B2
A method of forming a semiconductor package includes: bonding a first wafer to a second wafer, where the first wafer includes a plurality of electronic dies, and the second wafer includes a plurality of photonic dies; after bonding the first wafer, forming trenches in the second wafer between adjacent ones of the plurality of photonic dies; filling the trenches with an optical glue; and dicing the first wafer and the second wafer to form a plurality of photonic packages, where a photonic package of the plurality of photonic packages includes an electronic die, a photonic die bonded to the electronic die, and the optical glue, where the optical glue extends along a sidewall of the photonic package.
US12334359B2
Disclosed is a plasma etching method. The method includes a first step of vaporizing liquid heptafluoropropyl methyl ether (HFE-347mcc3) and liquid pentafluoropropanol (PFP); a second step of supplying a discharge gas containing the vaporized HFE-347mcc3, the vaporized PFP, and argon gas to a plasma chamber in which an etching target is disposed; and a third step of discharging the discharge gas to generate plasma and of plasma-etching the etching target using the generated plasma.
US12334358B2
Exemplary processing methods may include depositing a boron-containing material or a silicon-and-boron-containing material on a substrate disposed within a processing region of a semiconductor processing chamber. The methods may include etching portions of the boron-containing material or the silicon-and-boron-containing material with a chlorine-containing precursor to form one or more features in the substrate. The methods may also include removing remaining portions of the boron-containing material or the silicon-and-boron-containing material from the substrate with a fluorine-containing precursor.
US12334353B2
Plasma etching a compound semiconductor substrate includes providing a substrate that includes a compound semiconductor material on a substrate support within a chamber. An etchant gas or gas mixture is introduced into the chamber. A plasma of the etchant gas or gas mixture is sustained within the chamber to plasma etch the compound semiconductor material. A pulsed electrical bias power is applied to the substrate support whilst the plasma is being sustained. The pulsed electrical bias power has a pulse frequency of less than or equal to about 160 Hz and a duty cycle of less than or equal to about 50%.
US12334351B2
Provided are methods of filling patterned features with molybdenum (Mo). The methods involve selective deposition of Mo films on bottom metal-containing surfaces of a feature including dielectric sidewalls. The selective growth of Mo on the bottom surface allows bottom-up growth and high quality, void-free fill. Also provided are related apparatus.
US12334343B2
A substrate processing apparatus includes a chamber; a substrate support disposed in the chamber; a gas supply that supplies a gas into the chamber; and a controller that controls an overall operation of the substrate processing apparatus. The controller executes a process including: (a) placing a substrate on the substrate support, the substrate including an etching layer and a patterned mask on the etching layer; (b) forming a film on the patterned mask; (c) forming a reaction layer on the film; and (d) removing the reaction layer by applying energy to the reaction layer. In the step (c) a temperature of the substrate is set according to a thickness of the reaction layer to be formed.
US12334339B2
A manufacturing method of a semiconductor device, includes: forming a gas vent recess in a first surface of a compound semiconductor substrate, which includes a plurality of device regions adjacent to the first surface, along an interface between the plurality of device regions; forming an altered layer inside the compound semiconductor substrate to extend along the first surface at a depth corresponding to a range of a depth of the gas vent recess by applying a laser beam; dividing the compound semiconductor substrate at the altered layer into a first part including the first surface and a second part including a second surface of the compound semiconductor substrate opposite to the first surface; and forming a metal film to cover a divided surface of the first part while exposing the gas vent recess.
US12334338B2
In one embodiment, a method of manufacturing a semiconductor device includes forming a first film on a substrate. The method further includes performing a first process of forming a concave portion in the first film and forming a second film on a surface of the first film that is exposed in the concave portion by using a first gas containing a carbon element and a fluorine element. The method further includes performing a second process of exposing the second film to a second gas containing a hydrogen element or a fluid generated from the second gas.
US12334331B2
A substrate processing method includes step (a) of adsorbing a precursor on a side wall surface of a substrate where the side wall surface defines a recess in the substrate. The substrate processing method further includes step (b) of supplying a first chemical species and a second chemical species to the substrate. The first chemical species forms a film from the precursor on the side wall surface, and the second chemical species suppresses an increase of the thickness of the film. Steps (a) and (b) are alternately repeated.
US12334328B2
The invention generally relates to methods and devices for synchronization of ion generation with cycling of a discontinuous atmospheric interface. In certain embodiments, the invention provides a system for analyzing a sample that includes a mass spectrometry probe that generates sample ions, a discontinuous atmospheric interface, and a mass analyzer, in which the system is configured such that ion formation is synchronized with cycling of the discontinuous atmospheric interface.
US12334322B2
The invention generally relates to systems and methods for isolating a target ion in an ion trap. In certain aspects, the invention provides a system that includes a mass spectrometer having an ion trap, and a central processing unit (CPU). The CPU includes storage coupled to the CPU for storing instructions that when executed by the CPU cause the system to apply a dual frequency waveform to the ion trap that ejects non-target ions from the ion trap while retaining a target ion in the ion trap.
US12334319B2
A physical vapor deposition (PVD) system includes: a chamber body; a substrate support disposed within the chamber body and capable of supporting a substrate; a PVD target; and a target profile monitoring subsystem. The PVD target includes: a target plate comprising a target material; and a backing plate attached to the target plate and comprising: a central section; and a peripheral section circumferentially surrounding the central section in a horizontal plane. The peripheral section has a first thickness in a vertical direction, the central section has a second thickness in the vertical direction, and the first thickness is larger than the second thickness. The target profile monitoring subsystem is configured to monitor usage of the target plate.
US12334312B2
A configurable Faraday shield is provided. The configurable Faraday shield includes a plurality of ribs. Each of the ribs can be spaced apart from one another along a circumferential direction. Furthermore, at least a portion of the configurable Faraday shield is movable between at least a first position and a second position to selectively couple the configurable Faraday shield to a radio frequency ground plane. When the at least a portion of the configurable Faraday shield is in the first position, the configurable Faraday shield can be decoupled from the radio frequency ground plane such that the configurable Faraday shield is electrically floating. Conversely, when the at least a portion of the configurable Faraday shield is in the second position, the configurable Faraday shield can be coupled to the radio frequency ground plane such that the configurable Faraday shield is electrically grounded.
US12334311B2
The present disclosure relates to an apparatus and method that manipulate the voltage at an edge ring relative to a substrate located on a substrate support assembly. The substrate support assembly has a body having a substrate support portion having a substrate electrode embedded therein for applying a substrate voltage to a substrate. The body of the substrate support assembly further has an edge ring portion disposed adjacent to the substrate support portion. The edge ring portion has an edge ring electrode embedded therein for applying an edge ring voltage to an edge ring. An edge ring voltage control circuit is coupled to the edge ring electrode. A substrate voltage control circuit is coupled to the substrate electrode. The edge ring voltage control circuit and the substrate voltage control circuit are independently tunable to generate a difference in voltage between the edge ring voltage and the substrate voltage.
US12334310B2
A heaterless hollow cathode with high current discharge capability for use in electric propulsion devices is presented. The heaterless hollow cathode includes a thermionic emitter insert having a tubular shape and arranged inside a hollow cathode tube. The heaterless hollow cathode further includes a propellant feed tube that longitudinally extends from an upstream region of the hollow cathode tube into an inner volume of the insert. According to one aspect, an extension of the propellant feed tube into the inner volume of the insert is in a range from one quarter to three quarters of a total longitudinal length of the insert. The propellant feed tube is made of a refractory metal that is capable of withstanding temperatures above 2200 degrees Celsius with negligible evaporation. According to another aspect, the refractory metal is tantalum or tungsten.
US12334305B2
A disclosed plasma processing apparatus includes a substrate support. The substrate support has a first region configured to support a substrate and a second region configured to support an edge ring. The first electrode is provided in the first region. The second electrode is provided in the second region. The first bias power source is connected to the first electrode via the first circuit. The second bias power source is connected to the second electrode via the second circuit. The second circuit has impedance higher than impedance of the first circuit at a common bias frequency of a first electrical bias generated by the first bias power source and a second electrical bias generated by the second bias power source.
US12334303B2
Bias supplies, plasma processing systems, and associated methods are disclosed. One bias supply comprises a first inductor coupled between a first node of a switch and an output node where a first node of a second inductor is coupled to one of the output node or the first node of the switch. A voltage source is coupled between a second node of the switch and a second node of the second inductor. A connection is made between the return node and one of the second node of the switch and the second node of the second inductor. The bias supply also comprises a controller configured to cause an application of the periodic voltage between the output node and the return node by repeatedly closing the switch so current through the switch completes a full cycle.
US12334302B2
The invention relates to a glow discharge cell including a gas evacuation chamber and a gas outlet port integrated in a first bent tube, the branches of which are perpendicular and with different diameters; a gas inlet port formed by a second straight tube along which a plasma is formed and which is partially inserted into the first branch of the first tube; and a primary electrode encapsulated in the first branch of the first tube and facing the second glass tube and being partially inserted therein.
US12334301B2
In a method is provided for removing a material from a substrate, a plasma is generated at atmospheric pressure. The plasma includes an energetic species reactive with one or more components of the material. The plasma is flowed from an outlet as a plasma plume that includes periodic regions of high plasma density and low plasma density. The material is exposed to the plasma plume. At least one component of the material reacts with the energetic species, and at least one other component of the material is physically impacted and moved by one or more of the regions of high plasma density.
US12334297B2
The apparatus includes: a photocathode including a substrate and a photoelectric film formed on the substrate; a light source configured to emit a pulsed excitation light; a condenser lens facing the substrate of the photocathode and configured to condense the pulsed excitation light toward the photocathode; a first anode electrode and a second anode electrode facing the photoelectric film of the photocathode; a first power supply configured to apply a first control voltage between the first anode electrode and the second anode electrode; and a second power supply configured to apply an acceleration voltage between the photocathode and the second anode electrode. The first anode electrode is disposed between the photocathode and the second anode electrode. A surface of the first anode electrode facing the second anode electrode has a recessed shape, and a surface of the second anode electrode facing the first anode electrode has a protruding shape.
US12334295B2
A snubber circuit for a solid state circuit breaker (SSCB), the snubber circuit comprising a series connected capacitor and transient voltage suppressor, TVS, connected across switches of the SSCB, and a bidirectional solid state circuit breaker comprising: a main SSCB circuit configured to be connected between a power supply and a load, and comprising first and second semiconductor switches connected in series, and a snubber circuit as described above having a first end connected to a first end of the first semiconductor switch and a second end connected to a second end of the second semiconductor switch.
US12334293B2
An electric circuit cut-off device including a housing, a to-be-cut part, a power source, and a moving body that moves between first and second end portions on opposite sides, a fuse including a fusing portion and an arc-extinguishing material, and a pair of electrode parts connected to terminals on both sides of the fuse. The moving body is configured to cut a piece located between base pieces on both sides of the to-be-cut part and a part of the to-be-cut part and the electrode part come into contact with each other in a state where base pieces on both sides of the to-be-cut part are energized via the cut piece, and the to-be-cut part and the fuse are connected to each other; and thereafter a state in which the base pieces on both sides of the to-be-cut part are energized via the cut piece is cut off.
US12334289B2
In a case where a load current flows in an energized state where a power supply is connected to a load, it is assumed that a measured voltage fluctuates due to a voltage drop caused by contact resistance of a relay contact, and thus the relay state cannot be accurately diagnosed. A relay control device that controls a relay connected between a secondary battery and a load device calculates, in a failure diagnosis during energization with the relay being closed, a contact resistance value of the relay based on a voltage applied to the relay and a current flowing through the secondary battery, and determines a first threshold set as a variable value in accordance with a temperature change amount of the relay and compares the calculated contact resistance value with the first threshold to diagnose a failure of the relay.
US12334288B2
An embodiment of an electric heating element is disclosed, including an electrically resistive inner heating element, an electrically resistive outer heating element, and a thermostat positioned underneath a centrally-positioned medallion and along a cold leg of the inner heating element. The thermostat is configured to selectively allow electrical current to be delivered to the inner heating element while maximum electrical current, for example, continues to be provided to the outer heating element. The thermostat cycles the electrical current on and off when detecting maximum and minimum desired temperatures radiated from the electric heating element. The inner heating element has a pair of cold legs that extend parallel to a pair of cold legs of the outer heating element, some or all of which may be supported by a terminal bracket.
US12334264B2
A multilayer ceramic electronic component includes: a ceramic body including dielectric layers and a plurality of first and second internal electrodes disposed on the dielectric layers to face each other with each of the dielectric layers interposed therebetween; and first and second external electrodes disposed on external surfaces of the ceramic body and electrically connected to the first and second internal electrodes, wherein the dielectric layer includes a dielectric ceramic composition including a base material main component represented by z(Ba(1-x)Ca.)TiO3-(1-z)BaTi205 including a first main component represented by (Ba(1-x)Ca.)TiO3 and a second main component represented by BaTi2O5, 0.7z0.8 and 0≤x<0.1.
US12334261B2
The present invention is directed to a multilayer ceramic capacitor. The multilayer ceramic capacitor has a first end and a second end that is spaced apart from the first end in a longitudinal direction that is perpendicular to a lateral direction wherein the lateral direction and longitudinal direction are each perpendicular to a Z-direction. The multilayer ceramic capacitor comprises a monolithic body comprising a plurality of dielectric layers and a plurality of electrode layers parallel with the lateral direction. At least one electrode layer includes a first electrode comprising a connecting portion and a central portion extending from the connecting portion in the longitudinal direction wherein the central portion includes a Z-directional edge and the connecting portion includes an edge extending in both the longitudinal direction and the Z-direction and wherein the Z-directional edge of the central portion forms a first angle of from greater than 90° to less than 180° with the edge of the connecting portion. A first external termination disposed along the first end and a second external termination disposed along the second end.
US12334257B2
Disclosed is an expansion valve coil assembly, comprising a coil unit and a housing, wherein the coil unit is provided with a mounting platform, the mounting platform is provided, in a partially protruding manner, with a connecting part, and the housing is sheathed over the connecting part and is fixedly connected to the mounting platform; and a side wall of the connecting part has a concave-convex structure, and the space between an inner side of the housing and the connecting part is filled with a sealing material.
US12334254B2
A coil component according to one aspect of the present invention includes: a magnetic base body containing a plurality of metal magnetic particles and a binder binding the plurality of metal magnetic particles together; and a coil conductor provided in the magnetic base body and including a winding portion wound around a coil axis, wherein as viewed from a direction of the coil axis, the magnetic base body includes a core region enclosed by the winding portion, and a ratio of an area of the core region to a sum of an area of the winding portion and the area of the core region is 32% or larger.
US12334252B2
A substrate that includes at least one dielectric layer and an inductive coupler formed in the at least one dielectric layer. The inductive coupler includes a first inductor and a second inductor. The first inductor is formed in the at least one dielectric layer. The first inductor is configured to be electrically coupled to a transmitter filter and an antenna. The second inductor is formed in the at least one dielectric layer. The second inductor is configured to be electrically coupled to the transmitter filter and ground. The second inductor is configured to provide a path to ground for a rejected signal having a rejected frequency. The second inductor is configured such that the rejected signal traveling through the second inductor causes the first inductor to generate an induced signal that counteracts a leakage signal traveling through the transmission filter.
US12334251B2
The present invention provides a current transformer having excellent temperature characteristics and realizing high-precision adjustment of the output voltage via gap adjustment and small tolerance, and a method for manufacturing the same. The core component for current transformers of the present invention, comprises an E-type core 40 formed of an electromagnetic steel sheet and having three legs 41, 42, 41 extending substantially parallel to each other and a connecting part 43 connected at each end of the legs, and an I-type core 50 formed of an electromagnetic steel sheet and having the same length as the connecting portion, the I-type core being placed on and bonded to the connecting part of the E-type core to form a single-piece core component.
US12334245B2
The subject matter described herein provides systems and techniques for the integration of TLVR technology in a vertical power VR module. A multiple-secondary TLVR topology using a controlled leakage inductance in the place of a separate compensation inductor, Lc, may be employed for the vertical power VR module. In addition, the capacitance inside the device to which the TLVR based vertical power VR module supplies power, rather than an output capacitance board, may be used in order to allow the module to be a single layer. Example structures that may include one or more primary windings and/or one or more secondary windings for each of possibly multiple linked phases of the TLVR based module are provided. The windings may be formed using traditional copper windings or printed circuit board (PCB) copper trace winding.
US12334239B2
In some examples, a patterned magnetic core includes a first sub-score and at least one second sub-core. The first and second sub-cores are spaced apart by a gap, optionally filled with material of sufficiently low electrical conductivity. Each of the first and second sub-scores includes a number of magnetic layers and a number of interlamination layers disposed between the magnetic layers in an alternating fashion.
US12334226B2
A method is disclosed, which may include generating, in a natural language processing (NLP) system, a plurality of entity data objects. The method may include generating, in the NLP system, a plurality of activity data objects. The method may include generating, on at least one server, an evaluation data object. The evaluation data object may include a problem data object, an observation data object, or an action data object. The method may include configuring each problem data object, observation data object, or action data object of the evaluation data object with a scoring rubric. Other methods, systems, and computer-readable media are also disclosed.
US12334216B2
An eye test administered to a remote subject over a computer network, where sensors provide feedback through the computer network so that light source position, light source brightness and/or a display configuration and/or parameter setting related to a visual display that is used to implement the remote eye test.
US12334203B2
A system comprising at least one processor and a memory is disclosed. The memory includes instructions that, when executed by the at least one processor, cause the at least one processor to receive information pertaining to an environment of a therapeutic procedural pack, wherein the therapeutic procedural pack comprises a therapeutically effective item for a therapeutic procedure; store the information in a database; using machine learning, process the information to generate processed information; using the processed information, determine an automated control response; and using the automated control response, generate instructions that, when executed by a machine, cause the machine to modify a step in a therapeutic procedural pack manufacturing process.
US12334201B2
A prescription assistance device includes a control unit configured to acquire attribute data indicating an attribute of a patient, time series data on a state of the patient, and drug history data indicating a prescription history of a drug for the patient, configured to predict, based on the attribute data, the time series data, and the drug history data, an effect of the drug for each of a plurality of prescription candidates in which combinations of a type, an administration amount, and an administration timing of the drug are different from one another, and configured to present a prediction result to a user.
US12334200B2
Systems and methods for automatically populating a post-operative report of a surgical procedure are disclosed. A system may include at least one processor configured to implement a method including receiving an identifier of a patient, an identifier of a healthcare provider, and surgical footage of a surgical procedure performed on the patient. The method may include analyzing frames of the surgical footage to identify phases of the surgical procedure based on interactions between medical instruments and biological structures and, based on the interactions, associate a name with each phase. The method may include determining a beginning of each phase and associating a time marker with the beginning of each phase. The method may include populating a post-operative report with the patient identifier, the names of the phases, and time markers associated with the phases in a manner that enables the health care provider to alter the post-operative report.
US12334190B2
Described herein are methods such as multi-omic methods for assessing a disease such as cancer. The multi-omic methods may integrate proteomic, transcriptomic, genomic, lipidomic, or metabolomic data. The method screening diseases or disease states. Also described herein are methods for screening for diseases or disease states from biological samples. The methods may include assessing whether a nodule, mass, or cyst is cancerous.
US12334181B2
A method for controlling a memory system is disclosed. For example, the method can include performing an operation on a memory device of the memory system, calculating a remaining payload based on a current total payload and a payload associated with the operation performed on the memory device, and when the remaining payload meets a predefined requirement, measuring a current temperature of the memory device and setting the current total payload associated with the current temperature for the memory device.
US12334177B2
A semiconductor memory device includes first and second chips. The first chip includes a first region and a second region. The first region includes memory cells, bit lines, word lines, and first bonding electrodes electrically connected to bit lines. The second region includes contacts electrically connected to word lines and second bonding electrodes electrically connected to contacts. The first bonding electrodes include a third bonding electrode and a fourth bonding electrode adjacent. The second bonding electrodes include a fifth bonding electrode and a sixth bonding electrode adjacent. A distance from a center position of the third bonding electrode to a center position of the fourth bonding electrode and a distance from a center position of the fifth bonding electrode to a center position of the sixth bonding electrode are matched in a range of from 90% to 110%.
US12334158B2
Systems, apparatuses and methods may provide for technology that includes a charge pump and applies a program voltage from the charge pump to selected wordlines in the NAND memory. The technology may also conduct a discharge of the program voltage from the charge pump and maintain a connection between the selected wordlines and a pass voltage of the charge pump while the program voltage is being discharged. In one example, the connection between the selected wordlines and the pass voltage prevents the selected wordlines from floating.
US12334156B2
The present technology relates to an electronic device. A memory device including a plurality of memory cells connected to a plurality of word lines arranged between a plurality of source select lines and a plurality of drain select lines, a peripheral circuit configured to perform a program operation of programming data in selected memory cells among the plurality of memory cells, and a program operation controller configured to control the peripheral circuit to apply a voltage, for turning on or off source select transistors connected to the plurality of source select lines, to the plurality of source select lines, while applying a pass voltage to the plurality of word lines after applying a program voltage to selected word lines connected to the selected memory cells.
US12334154B2
A method includes receiving first data, determining a number of programming operations performed on a plurality of flash memory cells subsequent to a most recent erase operation performed on the plurality of flash memory cells, encoding the first data to provide a first write-once memory (WOM) encoded data, and storing the first WOM encoded data, based at least in part on the determined number of programming operations, within a number of the plurality of flash memory cells.
US12334153B2
Exemplary methods, apparatuses, and systems include an adaptive pre-read manager for controlling pre-reads of the memory device. The adaptive pre-read manager receives a first set of data bits for programming to memory. The adaptive pre-read manager performing a first pass of programming including a first subset of data bits from the set of data bits. The adaptive pre-read manager compares a set of threshold operating differences to a set of differences between multiple operating conditions during the first pass of programming and current operating conditions. The adaptive pre-read manager performs an internal pre-read of the programmed first subset of data bits. The adaptive pre-read manager performs a second pass of programming using the internal pre-read and a second subset of data bits from the first set of data bits.
US12334151B2
An integrated circuit includes a memory storage having bit cells, a write path switch configured to have a connection state determined by a reliability indicator, and a write driver having an input configured to receive an input data from a write terminal through either a first write path or a second write path. The input data received through the first write path is configured to be equal to the data at the write terminal, and the input data received through the second write path is configured to be a bitwise complement of the data at the write terminal. The reliability indicator is configured to be set based on a majority bit value in the data or based on a minority bit value in the data.
US12334149B2
A data reading circuit for reading data stored in a resistive random access memory includes a sense amplifier, a first switch, a second switch, a current trimming circuit, and a reference cell. The sense amplifier has a first input terminal coupled to a first terminal of the first switch and the data cell, and a second input terminal coupled to a first terminal of the second switch and the reference cell. A second terminal of the first switch is coupled to a second terminal of the second switch through the current trimming circuit. The current trimming circuit is configured to trim a current of the first input terminal of the sense amplifier, or trim a current of the second input terminal of the sense amplifier.
US12334141B2
This document describes apparatuses and techniques for write timing compensation. In various aspects, a write timing compensator of a memory controller can apply a delay to data signals transmitted to a memory circuit based on various operating parameters, which may include voltage or latency information. In some cases, the memory controller or memory circuit powers components of write timing compensation circuitry using a dynamic power rail that scales with an operating voltage of the memory circuit. By so doing, the write timing compensator or compensation circuits may improve signal integrity of data signals communicated between the memory controller and the memory circuit at different frequencies and voltages.
US12334138B2
Described apparatuses and methods enable a system including at least one memory device to load different address scramble patterns on dies of the memory device. The address scramble patterns may include the logical-to-physical conversion of rows in the memory device or the memory dies. In aspects, the apparatuses and methods can change the address scrambles at different intervals, such as after a power reset or when the data stored on the memory device is invalid, not current, flushable, or erasable. The described aspects may reduce effectiveness of usage-based disturb attacks used by malicious actors to discover a layout of a type of particular memory device or memory die.
US12334129B2
A memory system including a plurality of memory cells, a plurality of word lines, a plurality of bit lines, and a plurality of source lines. The plurality of memory cells are arranged in rows and columns, each of the plurality of memory cells having a gate, a drain, and a source. In the plurality of word lines, each of the word lines having a corresponding row, wherein each of the word lines is coupled to the gates of the memory cells in the corresponding row. In the plurality of bit lines and the plurality of source lines, each of the bit lines and each of the source lines having a corresponding column, where each of the bit lines is connected to the drain of the memory cells in the corresponding column and each of the source lines is connected to the source of the memory cells in the corresponding column. Where, in a write operation, the word line corresponding to a selected memory cell is configured to receive a first voltage, and the bit line and the source line of the selected memory cell are configured to receive a second voltage, and where one of the first voltage or the second voltage is a positive voltage and the other of the first voltage or the second voltage is a negative voltage.
US12334123B2
The present disclosure generally relates to a magnetic recording head comprising one or more spin-orbit torque (SOT) devices, the SOT devices each comprising a bismuth antimony (BiSb) layer. The magnetic recording head comprises a SOT device comprising a first shield extending to a media facing surface (MFS), a seed layer disposed over the first shield, the seed layer being disposed at the MFS, a free layer disposed on the seed layer, the free layer being disposed at the MFS, a bismuth antimony (BiSb) layer disposed over the free layer, the BiSb layer being recessed from the MFS, a second shield disposed over the BiSb layer, the second shield extending to the MFS, and a shield notch coupled to the second shield, the shield notch being disposed between the first shield and the second shield. The magnetic recording head may be a two-dimensional magnetic recording head comprising two SOT devices.
US12334119B2
A voice coil motor (VCM) in a hard disk drive is operated in a discontinuous mode with an alternation of on and off times. A drive current to the VCM is facilitated and countered with a variable voltage across the during the on-times and off-times. The intensity of the drive current is controlled as a function of a Back ElectroMotive Force (BEMF) of the VCM. A method includes sampling during the alternation of on-times and off-times first and second values of the voltage across the VCM. The first value is sampled at a first time in response to the end of the off-time. The second value is sampled at a second time in response to the drive current of the VCM zeroing following the supply of drive current to the VCM being countered during the off-time. The BEMF is calculated as a function of first and second values.
US12334109B2
The present invention discloses a video processing circuit, which is coupled to a memory chip and includes an image processing circuit. The image processing circuit includes a first channel, a second channel and a compression circuit. The two channels process first image data and second image data to generate first processed image data and second processed image data, respectively. The compression circuit compresses the first processed image data and the second processed image data to generate first compressed image data and second compressed image data, respectively. A memory block in the memory chip is configured as a ring buffer shared by the first channel and the second channel so as to store the first compressed image data and the second compressed image data.
US12334108B1
Described are systems, devices and methods for regulating speculative reading in a hard disk drive that has a read reliability budget. Regulating speculative reading under a read reliability budget involves selecting an amount of read look ahead (RLA) in response to determining whether or not a read rate exceeds the read reliability budget. When the read rate is lower than the read reliability budget, a full RLA amount can be used, thus ensuring high performance. When the read rate exceeds the read reliability budget, the RLA amount can be adjusted down while maintaining performance at acceptable levels. Adjustments to RLA may be made at periodic intervals, and in response to whether the workload is more sequential or more random.
US12334105B2
A method includes computing one or more values of at least one parameter at respective times during an exhalation of a subject, based on one or more properties of sound passing through air exhaled by the subject during the exhalation, the parameter being related to a concentration of a gas in the air. The method further includes generating an output in response to the values. Other embodiments are also described.
US12334097B1
Systems and methods to improve automatic speech recognition of audio data are disclosed. Exemplary implementations may: process a first noisy audio data from a set of the noisy audio data, with a generator, to generate first refined audio data; process the first refined audio data and a first comprehensible audio data from a set of the comprehensible audio data, individually with a discriminator, to determine individual decision values; determine a generator update and a discriminator update based on the individual decision values; apply the generator update to the generator such that the generator is modified to improve generation of refined audio data or is not modified; and apply the discriminator update to the discriminator such that the discriminator is modified to improve subsequent determinations of the decision values or is not modified.
US12334093B2
Embodiments of this application provide an audio data processing method performed by a computer device. The method includes the following steps: acquiring recorded audio; determining prototype audio matching a background reference audio component of the recorded audio from an audio database; extracting candidate speech audio from the recorded audio according to the prototype audio; determining a difference between the recorded audio and the candidate speech audio as the background reference audio component comprised in the recorded audio; performing environmental noise reduction on the candidate speech audio to obtain noise-reduced speech audio corresponding to the candidate speech audio; and combining the noise-reduced speech audio with the background reference audio component to obtain noise-reduced recorded audio.
US12334087B2
This application provides example psychoacoustics-based audio encoding methods and apparatuses. One example method includes receiving audio data. The audio data can be decoded. Auditory feature information of a user can be obtained, where the auditory feature information includes at least one of the following: personal information, listening test result information, or frequency response curve information. A psychoacoustics model parameter of the user can be calculated based on the auditory feature information of the user, where the psychoacoustics model parameter includes at least one of the following: an intra-band masking parameter, a slope of a low-frequency inter-band masking line, a slope of a high-frequency inter-band masking line, or a human ear quiet threshold curve. The decoded audio data can be encoded based on the psychoacoustics model parameter of the user.
US12334082B2
Methods and systems for advanced stereo processing of an audio signal are disclosed. The methods and systems include selecting a coding mode of either transform coding or linear predictive coding and performing advanced stereo processing when in the selected coding mode. Both encoding and decoding operations are provided.
US12334080B2
A spoofing detection apparatus 100 includes a multi-channel spectrogram creation unit 10 and an evaluation unit 40. The multi-channel spectrogram creation unit 10 extracts different type of spectrograms from speech data and integrates the different type of spectrograms to create a multi-channel spectrogram. The evaluation unit 40 evaluates the created multi-channel spectrogram by applying the created multi-channel spectrogram to a classifier constructed using labeled multi-channel spectrograms as training data and classifies it to either genuine or spoof.
US12334079B2
A computer captures a voice of a user. The computer determines a frequency spectrum and a voice pattern of the voice. The computer identifies one or more topics of the voice by transcribing the voice by a natural language processing. The computer identifies the user based on matching the frequency spectrum of the voice to the frequency spectrum of the conversation and the pattern of the voice to the pattern of the conversation when a conversation is intercepted and determines a trust score based on comparing the one or more topics to the one or more topics extracted from the conversation.
US12334073B2
A system for determining intent in a voice signal receives a first voice signal that indicates to perform a task. The system sends a first response that comprises a hyperlink associated with a particular webpage used to perform the task. The system receives a second voice signal that indicates whether to access the hyperlink. The system determines intent of the second voice signal by comparing keywords of the second voice signal with keywords of the first response. The system activates the hyperlink in response to determining that the keywords of the second voice signal correspond to the keywords of the first response.
US12334070B2
Systems and methods are described herein for locally interpreting a voice query and for managing a storage size of data stored locally to support such local interpretation of voice queries. A voice query is received and compared with a plurality of stored voice queries having similar audio characteristics. If a match is identified, text corresponding to the matching stored voice query is retrieved, and an action corresponding to the retrieved text is performed. If the locally stored table does not contain a stored voice query that matches the voice query, the voice query is transmitted to a remote server for transcription. Once the transcription is received from the remote server, the voice query and the transcription are stored in the table in association with one another.
US12334068B1
Approaches are generally described for corrupted speech detection in voice-based computer interfaces. First input data including first audio data representing a user utterance may be received. First data representing the first audio data may be generated using a first encoder. First text data representing a transcription of the user utterance may be generated. Second data representing the first text data may be generated using a second encoder different from the first encoder. Third data may be generated by combining the first data and the second data. The third data may be sent to a classifier network trained to predict a relevant corruption state for speech processing inputs. The classifier network may determine that the first input data corresponds to a first corruption state.
US12334065B2
Disclosed herein are system, apparatus, article of manufacture, method and/or computer program product embodiments, and/or combinations and sub-combinations thereof, for a voice command recognition system (VCR). An example embodiment operates by receiving a voice command directed to controlling a device, the voice command including a wake command and an action command. An amplitude of the wake command is determined. A gain adjustment for the voice command is calculated based on a comparison of the amplitude of the wake command to a target amplitude. An amplitude of the action command is adjusted based on the calculated gain adjustment for the voice command based on the comparison of the amplitude of the wake command to the target amplitude. A device command for controlling the device is identified based on the action command comprising the adjusted amplitude. The device command is provided to the device.
US12334061B2
To provide a system capable of correcting an error in speech recognition by easier work than in the prior art. A conversation analysis system comprising: a speech analysis unit 3 for analyzing contents contained in a conversation; a topics grasping unit 5 for grasping topics of the conversation; a topics-related correction terms storage unit 7 for, with respect to the respective topics, storing pronunciations to be speech-recognized or speech-recognized terms, and candidates for correction terms related to the pronunciations to be speech-recognized or the speech-recognized terms; and a conversation correction unit 9 for correcting the conversation analyzed by the speech analysis unit 3.
US12334058B2
A method for detecting a hotword includes receiving a sequence of input frames that characterize streaming audio captured by a user device and generating a probability score indicating a presence of a hotword in the streaming audio using a memorized neural network. The network includes sequentially-stacked single value decomposition filter (SVDF) layers and each SVDF layer includes at least one neuron. Each neuron includes a respective memory component, a first stage configured to perform filtering on audio features of each input frame individually and output to the memory component, and a second stage configured to perform filtering on all the filtered audio features residing in the respective memory component. The method also includes determining whether the probability score satisfies a hotword detection threshold and initiating a wake-up process on the user device for processing additional terms.
US12334055B2
The amount of future context used in a speech processing application allows for tradeoffs between performance and the delay in providing results to users. Existing speech processing applications may be trained with a specified future context size and perform poorly when used in production with a different future context size. A speech processing application trained using a stochastic future context allows a trained neural network to be used in production with different amounts of future context. During an update step in training, a future-context size may be sampled from a probability distribution, used to mask a neural network, and compute an output of the masked neural network. The output may then be used to compute a loss value and update parameters of the neural network. The trained neural network may then be used in production with different amounts of future context to provide greater flexibility for production speech processing applications.
US12334050B2
Techniques and apparatuses for recognizing accented speech are described. In some embodiments, an accent module recognizes accented speech using an accent library based on device data, uses different speech recognition correction levels based on an application field into which recognized words are set to be provided, or updates an accent library based on corrections made to incorrectly recognized speech.
US12334041B2
An electronic percussion instrument and a method of detecting a percussion position are provided. The percussion position in a left-right direction is calculated by comparing an added-up value of output values of a first edge sensor with an added-up value of output values of a second edge sensor. Compared with a case where peak values of the first and second edge sensors are used, it is possible to make a great difference between an added-up value in a case where the vicinity of the first edge sensor (the second edge sensor) is percussed and an added-up value in a case where a position away from the first edge sensor (the second edge sensor) is percussed.
US12334037B2
Systems, methods, and non-transitory media are provided for dynamically switching frame rates without changing a display refresh rate. An example method can include receiving, from a display device associated with a computing device, a set of control signals indicating a display refresh rate implemented by the display device; adjusting a frame rate associated with application data from one or more applications executed on the computing device; synchronizing, based on the set of control signals, the adjusted frame rate with two or more display refresh cycles, each display refresh cycle being based on the display refresh rate; providing, to the display device, a first frame at the adjusted frame rate, the first frame being generated based on the application data; and displaying the first frame at the display device implementing the display refresh rate.
US12334032B2
A gate driving circuit and a display panel are provided. The gate driving circuit includes a plurality of gate driving units, and each of the gate driving units includes a first transistor and a second transistor. By setting a second size of the second transistor to be greater than a first size of the first transistor, not only the working stability of the second transistor is improved, but also the coupling of a potential of an output terminal of the first transistor to a potential of an output terminal of the second transistor can be reduced or avoided.
US12334021B2
A display apparatus includes a display panel configured to display an image, a gate driver configured to supply gate signals to the display panel, a timing controller configured to control an output pattern of the gate driver so that the gate signals are applied one by one per one gate line or are applied one by one per two gate lines, based on an image input from the outside, and a resolution resizer configured to change at least one of a horizontal resolution and a vertical resolution, based on the image input from the outside.
US12334015B2
A light emitting device including a pixel that includes a current path including a light emitting element and a driving transistor is provided. The pixel further includes a first switching transistor arranged between the path and a first power line, a second switching transistor arranged between the path and a second power line, and a write transistor to write a luminance signal in the gate. A potential of the first power line is lower than that of the second power line. One frame period includes a write period in which the write transistor is rendered conductive to write the luminance signal, and a light emission period. In the write period, the second switching transistor is rendered conductive while the write transistor is rendered conductive, and in the light emission period, the first switching transistor is rendered conductive.
US12334014B2
A display device includes a plurality of first pixels disposed in a first pixel area and initialized by a voltage of a first initialization power source, a plurality of second pixels disposed in a second pixel area and initialized by a voltage of a second initialization power source different from the first initialization power source, a data driver that supplies a data signal to a plurality of data lines connected to the first pixels and the second pixels, and a scan driver that supplies a scan signal to a plurality of scan lines connected to the first pixels and the second pixels. A black data signal supplied from the data driver to the first pixels and a black data signal supplied from the data driver to the second pixels are set to the same voltage.
US12334010B2
A display device includes a light emitting element, a first transistor, and a second transistor connected between the first transistor and the light emitting element and including a gate electrode which receives an emission signal. One frame includes a first period a second period continuous with the first period. An emission off period of the emission signal has a first time duration during the first period, and the emission off period of the emission signal has a second time duration different from the first time duration during the second period.
US12333997B2
A display device includes a pixel electrically connected to a first gate line and a second gate line and disposed in a first row, a pixel electrically connected to the second gate line and a reset line and disposed in a second row after the first row, a pixel electrically connected to a third gate line and a fourth gate line and disposed in a third row after the second row, and a gate driver supplying first to fourth gate signals to the first to fourth gate lines and supplying a reset signal to the reset line. The gate driver supplies the reset signal and the third gate signal of a same timing during an active period, and supplies the reset signal having a high level and the third gate signal having a low level during a rest period.
US12333996B2
A display module may include a plurality of pixels, wherein each of the plurality of pixels includes a plurality of subpixels of different colors that are disposed in a matrix form. Each of the plurality of subpixels includes an inorganic light emitting element, a constant current generator which provides a constant current to the inorganic light emitting element, and a pulse width modulation (PWM) circuit which includes a first depletion mode driving transistor, and controls a time during which the constant current flows through the inorganic light emitting element based on a PWM data voltage applied to a gate terminal of the first depletion mode driving transistor and a threshold voltage of the first depletion mode driving transistor.
US12333995B2
Embodiments herein provide various apparatuses and techniques to efficiently mitigate front-of-screen (FoS) artifacts that may occur due to voltage fluctuations due to alternating current (AC) or direct current (DC) mechanisms that may occur in a variety of pixel types. In one embodiment, emission profile awareness circuitry may be implemented to mitigate for FoS artifacts due to DC mechanisms. Two-dimensional (2D) digital compensation circuitry may address the DC portion of the voltage fluctuations by accounting for an emission profile applied to content displayed on an electronic display. In some embodiments, the 2D digital compensation circuitry may compensate for the AC portion of the voltage fluctuations by duplicating the AC voltage fluctuations via voltage error subtraction circuitry and voltage error accumulation circuitry.
US12333992B2
The present disclosure provides a display device and voltage drop compensation circuit. The display device includes a signal source part, a display part and a transmission part, and the signal source part is connected to the display part through the transmission part. The signal source part includes a power supply module including a voltage output end for outputting a power supply signal and a voltage feedback end for obtaining a feedback voltage signal, and the power supply module is used to adjust the power supply signal based on the feedback voltage signal. The transmission part includes: a first transmission line with a first end connected to the voltage output end and a second end outputting the power supply signal; and a second transmission line, including a first end connected to the voltage feedback end and a second end connected to the second end of the first transmission line.
US12333990B2
Gate driving circuits, display panels, and display devices are provided. The gate driving circuit includes cascaded gate driving units, each of which includes an input unit, an output unit, a reset control unit, and a pull-down holding unit. The input unit outputs a driving signal to a first node. The output unit outputs a scanning signal in response to the driving signal. The reset control unit outputs a reset control signal to a second node during a first period. The pull-down holding unit receives the reset control signal. The pull-down holding unit outputs a first voltage signal to the first node in response to the reset control signal to reset a potential of the first node during the first period, and outputs the first voltage signal to the first node to maintain the potential of the first node during a second period.
US12333988B2
A driving circuit, a driving method, and a display terminal are disclosed. A first output voltage is compared with a first starting voltage in a starting circuit in a first starting stage. If the first starting voltage is greater than the first output voltage, indicating that there is a risk of damaging a driving chip, a control unit turns off a control element to lower the first starting voltage in the starting circuit, to prevent the starting circuit outputting an excessively large voltage from damaging the driving chip in the first starting stage, so that the driving chip is protected.
US12333983B2
This application provides a display drive method based on frame data, an electronic device, and a storage medium. The method includes: receiving to-be-displayed frame data, and calculating an APL percentage of the frame data by using an analysis unit; performing HDR processing on the frame data based on the APL percentage of the frame data, and transmitting the frame data obtained through HDR processing to a display driver circuit; and driving, by the display driver circuit based on the APL percentage of the frame data, a display to display the frame data obtained through HDR processing.
US12333978B2
The method includes, in a low-frequency driving mode where a keeping phase is arranged between two active phases, providing a light-emitting control signal with a duty cycle of a % to a pixel circuit during the active phase; and performing first and second switches on the light-emitting control signal during the keeping phase. The first switch is performed before the second switch. Panel brightness at the first switch is higher than panel brightness at the second switch. The duty cycle of the light-emitting control signal is b % after the second switch. b>a. A total duration of active levels of the light-emitting control signal within one frame after the first switch is between a total duration of active levels of the light-emitting control signal with the duty cycle of a % and a total duration of active levels of the light-emitting control signal with the duty cycle of b % within one frame.
US12333974B2
An electronic device according to various embodiments comprises: a housing, a display including a main display area and at least one expandable display area, the at least one expandable display area is hidden in the housing in a slide-in state and exposed to outside in a slide-out state and the main display area is exposed to outside in the slide-in state and the slide-out state, a communication module including communication circuitry, and a processor operatively connected to the display and the communication module, wherein the processor is configured to: control the display to display first content on the main display area in the slide-in state in which the at least one expandable display area is hidden in the housing, establish a connection with an external device through the communication module, determine a first area to display the first content and a second area to display second content based on information received from the external device through the communication module in the slide-out state in which the at least one expandable display area is exposed to outside, and control the display to display the first content on the determined first area and display the second content on the determined second area based on the at least one expandable display area being exposed to outside.
US12333964B1
A flag system removably attaches to a rearview mirror of a vehicle. The system uses a pair of clips that each hook, via a hook portion, to a rearward facing edge of the mirror housing, one clip hooked to the upper edge of the housing, the other clip hooked to the lower edge of the housing. A flag extends upwardly from the upper clip. A strap connects the two clips and passes along the forward-facing outer surface of the mirror housing. The strap is pulled taut and secured in the taut position, thereby securing the flag system to the mirror housing. The flag may be secured to a post which is attached to the upper clip. Strap sizing can be achieved using a pair of cooperating hook and loop sections, one section at an end of the strap, the other section located medially along the strap.
US12333960B2
A virtual-accident-image generation device includes: a dangerous driving determiner capable of determining, based on vehicle information regarding a vehicle driven by a driver, that driving of the driver corresponds to dangerous driving; a virtual-accident-object generator that generates, based on the vehicle information and a determination result that was determined by the dangerous driving determiner and indicates that the driving of the driver corresponds to the dangerous driving, a virtual accident object that would potentially get into an accident with the vehicle if the virtual accident object were actually present, in an image of a scene where the driver is driving the vehicle; and a virtual-accident-image generator that generates, based on the virtual accident object generated by the virtual-accident-object generator, a virtual accident image showing a virtual accident between the vehicle and the virtual accident object, and outputs the virtual accident image generated.
US12333953B2
A control system in communication with one of an aircraft navigational aid system and an aircraft surveillance system is described. The control system obtains measurement data associated with radio frequency (RF) signals transmitted by the one of the aircraft navigational aid system and the aircraft surveillance system from an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) reporting the measurement data. The control system also determines whether the measurement data indicates the RF signals are within a range of values based on a location of the UAV in an airspace proximate to the one of the aircraft navigational aid system and the aircraft surveillance system. The control system further controls the RF signals transmitted by the one of the aircraft navigational aid system and the aircraft surveillance system based on the measurement data and the location of the UAV. Methods performed by the control system are also described.
US12333951B2
A computer implemented method to generate a flight plan for a flight mission of an aircraft by calculating, based on an optimization criterion, successive states, e.g., flight way points, along the flight plan to generate a four dimensional flight route including the aircraft latitude, longitude, altitude and time, and aircraft performance constraints results.
US12333948B2
System and graphical user interface for managing communications between a remote terminal device operated by a remote pilot or other operator and an uncrewed aircraft. The communication system may include a satellite communication system or other relay communication system that is used to relay voice communication packets between the terminal device and the uncrewed aircraft. A computing system on board the uncrewed aircraft is configured to monitor an RF-communication channel between the uncrewed aircraft and an air traffic control (ATC) facility. In accordance with a state of the RF-communication channel and input provided at the remote terminal device, the computing system may transmit, buffer, delay, store, suppress transmission of, or delete voice communication messages generated by the remote pilot or operator at the terminal device.
US12333934B2
A vehicle identification system includes one or more displays associated with a vehicle, transceiver, and a controller communicatively coupled to the transceiver. The one or more displays are located to be visible from an exterior of the vehicle. The controller is adapted to generate a first signal to be transmitted by the transceiver to a mobile communication device associated with a driver of the vehicle when it is determined that the vehicle is within a predetermined distance of a specific location. The mobile communication device associated with the driver is adapted to generate a second signal to be transmitted to the one or more displays. The second signal represents an indicator.
US12333929B2
The trigger signal includes a first group of pulses—indicating start timing and a second group of pulses indicating end timing of data processing. The data processing apparatus processes measurement data sets measured during a period between the start timing and the end timing by temporally align the measurement data sets with each other. Each of the first group of pulses and the second group of pulses includes a first pulse and a second pulse different in pulse width from each other. The start timing is timing distant by a first time period from the first pulse or timing distant by a second time period from the second pulse in the first group of pulses, and the end timing is timing distant by the first time period from the first pulse or timing distant by the second time period from the second pulse in the second group of pulses.
US12333928B2
Systems and methods for wayfinding in hazardous environments are disclosed. In one embodiment, a method for wayfinding in a hazardous environment may include: (1) receiving, at an emergency response computer program executed by an electronic device, a plurality of real time streams of data, each real time stream of data from a sensing device in an area; (2) detecting, by the emergency response computer program, an alarm condition in the area based on the real-time streams of data; (3) determining, by the emergency response computer program, that the alarm condition satisfies an alarm condition rule; (4) calculating, by the emergency response computer program, a plurality of routes to an egress point from the area; and (5) controlling, by the emergency response computer program, a digital signage in the area to display one of the plurality of routes the egress point.
US12333923B2
An automated alert system using unmanned aerial vehicles is described where the system is configured to monitor a selected area via one or more sensors configured to monitor the selected area for an anomaly. A processor in communication with the one or more sensors may be programmed to create or alter a flight path of an unmanned aerial vehicle upon receiving an alert from the one or more sensors for investigating or verifying the anomaly.
US12333917B2
The present technology discloses a security camera that includes a housing and a hardware switch coupled to the housing and an audio component of the security camera. The hardware switch has an ON position and an OFF position. When the hardware switch is in an ON position, the audio component of the camera is operational. When the hardware switch is in an OFF position, the audio component of the camera is non-operational.
US12333915B2
A customer access system includes one or more customer access portals to dispense ordered items to customers and/or receive returned items from customers. A tote transfer system transports one or more totes to carry the ordered items and the returned items to and from the customer access portals. The customer access system may also include a storage structure to temporarily store one or more totes to provide a buffer to reduce or mitigate customer wait times at the customer access portal and/or to more efficiently disposition items by consolidating returned items. The storage structure may further allow “asynchronous dispositioning” of returned items where the retrieval of a returned item from the customer and the dispositioning of the returned item occurs at different times. In some implementations, the customer access portal includes one or more drawers to exchange of items with a customer in a safe and efficient manner.
US12333914B2
A system includes a drug product packaging system that is configured to hold a plurality of cells in a lockable section thereof and to maintain the plurality of cells in a locked state via a locking mechanism, the locking mechanism being configured to receive ones of the plurality of cells into the lockable section of the drug product packaging system and configured to maintain the ones of the plurality of cells in the locked state without changing the locked state of previously received ones of the plurality of cells into the lockable section of the drug product packaging system.
US12333911B2
A computer-implemented method of operating a gaming device includes providing, by a processor circuit of the gaming device, video of a sporting event to a display device of the gaming device. The method further includes determining, by the processor circuit, whether a wager has been selected from among a set of wagers which satisfies a wager requirement for continuing providing the video. The method further includes, in response to a determination that the wager requirement for continuing providing the video has not been satisfied, suspending, by the processor circuit, providing the video of the sporting event to the display device.
US12333910B2
Some embodiments include a fantasy sports wagering game. A gaming operator may assign real life sporting players into brackets based on their expected performance so that players with similar expected performance are in a same bracket as each other. Participants in a fantasy sports wagering game may be required to select a player from each of a plurality of brackets to form a fantasy sports team for the fantasy sports wagering game.
US12333895B2
A gaming system for evaluating a jackpot using a time cap is provided. The system includes a processor and a memory, wherein the processor is configured to execute instructions stored in the memory which when executed, cause the processor to at least store, in the memory, a jackpot including time cap parameters and a value of the jackpot. The instructions, when executed, further cause the processor to select a time cap based on the time cap parameters. The instructions, when executed, further cause the processor to determine, in response to a game instance, that the selected time cap has been reached. The instructions, when executed, further cause the processor to credit, in response to the determination, the value of the progressive jackpot to a player credit balance.
US12333887B2
Provided is a computer-implemented method for authenticating an identification document. The method includes determining, with at least one processor, whether image data associated with the identification document has at least one predetermined indicia. In response to determining that the image data has the at least one predetermined indicia, the method includes determining whether the at least one predetermined indicia corresponds to at least one invalidation mark on the identification document, and, in response to determining that the at least one predetermined indicia corresponds to the at least one invalidation mark, determining, that the identification document is invalid. In response to determining that the identification document is invalid, the method includes preventing or causing the prevention of at least one action from being performed. A system and computer program product for authenticating identification documents are also disclosed.
US12333885B2
A money handling apparatus capable of appropriately performing operation on handling of money depending on presence or absence of cooperation between the money handling apparatus and an external apparatus. The money handling apparatus includes a transport unit that transports money, an attachment unit that allows a cassette for storing money to be attached and detached, and a control unit that performs predetermined handling on money. When performing the predetermined handling, the control unit alternatively selects a destination of transport of money to be transported by the transport unit from between the cassette and a place other than the cassette, based on a cooperation status between the money handling apparatus and the external apparatus.
US12333881B1
Described are implementations that facilitate group determination and association at entry into a facility so that activities of group members of the group are associated with the group and/or applied to a single account designated for the group. For example, if four individuals enter the facility together, the disclosed implementations determine whether the four individuals are to be associated as a group. If associated as a group, an account, such as an account of one of the individuals, is also determined and associated with the group. Activities, such as an item pick, performed by one of those individuals is associated with the group and if there is a fee or charge associated with the activity it is applied to the associated account.
US12333878B2
The present invention relates to a method for setting linking by means of a door lock administrator right, and the objective of the present invention is to set linking such as that of password resetting of a door lock only through a smart device having acquired a door lock administrator right through administrator password setting.
US12333874B2
An apparatus for determining UWB multi-ranging priorities including a memory configured to store one or more instructions, a first communication system configured to perform a first communication with a plurality of digital keys, and processors configured to execute the one or more instructions to determine a respective UWB multi-ranging priority of a plurality of UWB multi-ranging priorities for each respective digital key of the plurality of digital keys based on received signal strength indicators (RSSIs) of a first plurality of communication signals of the first communication received by the first communication system for each digital key.
US12333873B2
There is provided a locking device including: a plurality of locking sections for fixing goods; a control section configured to control locking and unlocking of the locking sections; and a fixing space shared for a plurality of the goods that can be fixed to the plurality of locking sections.
US12333871B2
A vehicle control apparatus may include an information acquisition device configured to acquire information related to at least one motor in a vehicle and information related to a plurality of wheel speed sensors; a calculator configured to determine an estimated wheel speed value according to the information related to the at least one motor and the information related to the wheel speed sensors; and a controller configured to determine an air pressure state of a tire corresponding to each of the wheel speed sensors of the vehicle according to the estimated wheel speed value and the information related to the wheel speed sensors.
US12333868B2
One or more devices in a data analysis computing system may be configured to receive and analyze movement data and driving data, and determine driving trips and associated drivers based on the received data. Movement data may be collected by one or more mobile devices, such as smartphones, tablet computers, and on-board vehicle systems. Drivers associated with driving trips may be identified based on the movement data collected by the mobile devices, such as speed data, acceleration data, or distance data.
US12333864B2
A system and method for detecting abnormal operating conditions in a machine through the analysis and comparison of radar areas after the transformation of waveform data collected from machine parts. An example embodiment is configured to: generate a monitoring signal in response to the behavior of a machine while the machine is in operation; simultaneously monitor two or more spectrums in the monitoring signal; collect data for two ore more spectrums at times when the machine is operating normally to establish an operational baseline of said machine; identify a respective energy level in each of the two or more spectrums; process waveform data corresponding to each of said identified energy levels into a Fast Fourier Transform radar plot; determine an area that corresponds to the FFT radar plot; correlate changes in the area of the FFT radar plot with changes in spectrum data and changes in the operation of the machine.
US12333852B2
A face detection device includes processing circuitry configured to acquire, from an imaging device mounted on a vehicle and imaging an at least one occupant inside the vehicle, a captured image in which the at least one occupant is imaged; set a search area in which a face of the at least one occupant is searched in the acquired captured image; search the search area and detect the face of the at least one occupant; determine whether or not the detection of the face of the at least one occupant has succeeded; and expand the search area when determining that the detection of the face of the at least one occupant has failed.
US12333847B2
The present invention provides a wearable device and an operating method thereof. A power circuit provides an analog voltage source to a touch display driver integrated circuit through a first pin; the power circuit provides a digital voltage source to the touch display driver integrated circuit and a fingerprint on display (FOD) recognition circuit through a second pin; and the power circuit provides a first OLED voltage to an organic light-emitting diode (OLED) and the FOD recognition circuit through a third pin, wherein the FOD recognition circuit uses the first OLED voltage as an analog voltage source.
US12333846B2
Some disclosed implementations include an ultrasonic sensor stack and an acoustic resonator. The acoustic resonator may be configured to enhance ultrasonic waves transmitted by the ultrasonic sensor stack in an ultrasonic frequency range that is suitable for ultrasonic fingerprint sensors. In some examples, the acoustic resonator may include one or more low-impedance layers residing between a first higher-impedance layer and a second higher-impedance layer. Each of the one or more low-impedance layers may have a lower acoustic impedance than an acoustic impedance of the first higher-impedance layer or an acoustic impedance of the second higher-impedance layer. At least one low-impedance layer may have a thickness corresponding to a multiple of a half wavelength at a peak frequency of the acoustic resonator. The peak frequency may be within a frequency range from 1 MHz. to 20 MHz.
US12333838B2
Computer-readable media, methods, and systems are disclosed for applying machine learning mechanisms to classify and validate documents based on expense rule sets and external data validation services. Document images associated with expenses are received in connection with a reimbursable event. For each received document image data associated with the received document image is transmitted to an optical character recognition image processor that can recognize contents and associated coordinates. OCR data is received and transmitted to a text tokenizer. Tokenized text is received corresponding to expense details, and the tokenized text and coordinates are sent to a text feature generator. Text feature vectors are received and transmitted to a document classifier and a document classification received. Document fields are extracted and based thereon a document is validates and a corresponding reimbursement instruction generated.
US12333836B2
The present disclosure relates to a font detection method using a neural network. The font detection method using the neural network according to the present disclosure includes receiving a target text image including a text; resizing a horizontal or vertical size to a reference input size according to an aspect ratio of the input target text image; and inputting the resized target text image into a trained neural network and outputting a font of the text included in the text image, and the neural network may be trained with a unit image extracted as a unit region of the reference input size from a training image generated by synthesizing a background with the text. According to the present disclosure, fonts according to various usage examples may be effectively detected.
US12333823B1
Techniques for determining attributes associated with objects represented in temporal sensor data. In some examples, the techniques may include receiving sensor data including a representation of an object in an environment. The sensor data may be generated by a temporal sensor of a vehicle and, in some instances, a trajectory of the object or the vehicle may contribute to a distortion in the representation of the object. For instance, a shape of the representation of the object may be distorted relative to an actual shape of the object. The techniques may also include determining an attribute (e.g., velocity, bounding box, etc.) associated with the object based at least in part on a difference between the representation of the object and another representation of the object (e.g., in other sensor data) or the actual shape of the object.
US12333815B2
A system is disclosed. The system may include a modular control unit configured to control power to at least one load device. The modular control unit may include a backplate with a recess that includes a set of backplate electrical contacts. The system may also include a contact element configured to receive the power. The system may also include at least one device control assembly configured to be removably coupled to the backplate. The device control assembly may include a set of device control assembly electrical contacts configured to electrically couple with the set of backplate electrical contacts of the backplate when the at least one device control assembly is coupled to the backplate and configured to electrically decouple from the set of backplate electrical contacts when the at least one device control assembly is decoupled from the backplate.
US12333813B2
A control circuit accesses a digitized image of a particular item and then processes that digitized image to thereby assign various aspects of the digitized image to various dimensions in N-dimensional Euclidean space to thereby provide an N-dimensional representation. The control circuit then accesses a database containing a plurality of various clustered groups of N-dimensional representations. At least some of the clustered groups have a corresponding identifying label. Conducting a nearest neighbor search serves to identify a clustered group to which the particular item most likely belongs to thereby provide an identified cluster group. When the identified cluster group does not have a corresponding identifying label, the control circuit can then further determine whether a predetermined condition has also been met. When true, the control circuit alerts a user via a user interface that the identified cluster group should be assigned an identifying label.
US12333800B2
A computer system having a processor executing a set of instructions that cause the processor to receive first image data having pixel information of a geographic region; calculate for particular real-world locations within the geographic region, a plurality of vegetation indices with combinations of the pixel information; generate a land cover mask with the vegetation indices, the land cover mask identifying first real-world locations within the geographic region having a water-related land cover type, a non-vegetated land cover type and an evergreen land cover type; classify second real-world locations within the geographic region that are not classified as the water-related land cover type, the non-vegetated land cover type and the evergreen land cover type as cropland; and analyze a time-series of image data depicting the second real-world locations within the geographic region with phenology metrics to identify at least one particular type of cropland within the second real-world locations.
US12333791B2
The disclosed technology is generally directed to identifying media documents embedded within other media documents. In one example of the technology, source fingerprints are generated from input images using a source machine-learning model. The input images are derived from the media documents. Target fingerprints are generated from the input images using a target machine-learning model. The source machine-learning model includes a first neural network. The target machine-learning model includes a second neural network that is different from the first neural network. The source machine-learning model was trained in parallel with the target machine-learning model. Candidate media-document pairs from the media documents are determined based on the source fingerprints and the target fingerprints. Each candidate media-document pair includes a media document that is a candidate for being embedded in another media document.
US12333787B2
Implementations disclosed herein relate to mitigating the reality gap through feature-level domain adaptation in training of a vision-based robotic action machine learning (ML) model. Implementations mitigate the reality gap through utilization of embedding consistency losses and/or action consistency losses during training of the action ML model.
US12333770B2
A vehicular occupant monitoring system includes a camera disposed at an interior rearview mirror of a vehicle. A polarization filter is disposed between an imaging array sensor of the camera and occupants of the vehicle such that light reflected off of the occupants of the vehicle passes through the polarization filter prior to reaching the imaging array sensor. The vehicular occupant monitoring system, responsive to processing by the image processor of image data captured by the camera, determines presence of an occupant of the vehicle.
US12333769B1
Techniques are described for detecting a periphery of a surface based on a point set representing the surface. The surface may correspond to a display medium upon which content is projected. A shape model may be matched and aligned to a contour of the point set. A periphery or edge of the surface and corresponding display medium may be determined based on the aligned shape model.
US12333766B2
A method for training a depth estimation model is provided. The method includes obtaining a first left image and a first right image. A disparity map is obtained by inputting the first left image into a depth estimation model. A second right image is obtained by adding the first left image to the disparity map. The first left image is converted into a third right image. A mask image is obtained by performing a binarization processing on a pixel value of each of pixel points of the third right image. Once a loss value of the depth estimation model is obtained by calculating a mean square error of pixel values of all corresponding pixel points of the first right image, the second right image, and the mask image, a depth estimation model is iteratively trained according to the loss value.
US12333763B2
A user device can include a controller that is configured to: receive an instruction associated with a color of an object in a volume of space; receive an image comprising the object; identify a color of the object captured in the image; generate a profile based on the object and the color; perform an analysis of the color in a manner consistent with the profile and the instruction; and present results of the analysis.
US12333759B2
According to an aspect, a method of identifying a position of a controllable device includes receiving visual data from an image sensor on a wearable device, generating, by an object recognition module, identification data based on the visual data, and identifying, using the identification data, a first three-dimensional (3D) map from a map database that stores a plurality of 3D maps including the first 3D map and a second 3D map, where the first 3D map is associated with a first controllable device and the second 3D map is associated with a second controllable device. The method includes obtaining a position of the first controllable device in a physical space based on visual positioning data of the first 3D map and rendering a user interface (UI) object on a display in a position that is within a threshold distance of the position of the first controllable device.
US12333757B2
A computer includes a processor and a memory, and the memory stores instructions executable by the processor to receive at least one image frame from at least one camera, the at least one image frame showing a vehicle; determine at least one baseline pixel coordinate within one image frame for the vehicle; initialize a plurality of initial poses for the vehicle in a preset pattern; for each initial pose, determine a respective final pose by minimizing a reprojection error between the at least one baseline pixel coordinate and at least one respective estimated pixel coordinate, the at least one respective estimated pixel coordinate resulting from reprojecting the vehicle to pixel coordinates in the one image frame; and select a first final pose from the final poses, the first final pose having the lowest minimized reprojection error of the final poses.
US12333756B2
A method for controlling a plurality of drones to survey a location, the method comprising, at a computing system: automatically generating preliminary flight plans for a plurality of drones to survey the location based on a 3D model; receiving survey data from the plurality of drones as the plurality of drones are surveying the location based on the preliminary flight plans; updating the 3D model based on the survey data received from the plurality of drones; and automatically updating at least a portion of the flight plans based on the updated 3D model
US12333750B2
Systems and methods for self-supervised learning for visual odometry using camera images, may include: estimating correspondences between keypoints of a target camera image and keypoints of a context camera image; based on the keypoint correspondences, lifting a set of 2D keypoints to 3D, using a neural camera model; and projecting the 3D keypoints into the context camera image using the neural camera model. Some embodiments may use the neural camera model to achieve the lifting and projecting of keypoints without a known or calibrated camera model.
US12333749B2
The information processing apparatus generates three-dimensional shape data representing a three-dimensional shape of a first object by using a plurality of images obtained by a plurality of imaging apparatuses capturing the first object. The information processing apparatus estimates a size of the first object by using the three-dimensional shape data. The information processing apparatus specifies a position of a second object that is captured by the plurality of imaging apparatuses based on results of a comparison between the estimated size of the first object and a predetermined reference value.
