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US11051864B2	Intramedullary fixation assembly Intramedullary fixation assemblies (4, 8) and intramedullary fixation devices (1, 24) can be used in orthopaedic surgery for the fixation of bone fractures. Also disclosed is an insertion device (30) for inserting an intramedullary fixation device, and a method of fixing a bone fracture. The fixation devices are preferably for addressing fractures of the distal radius, and are preferably styloid nails. The styloid nails preferably have a head portion that can accept up to three bone screws; one of the bone screws is designed to extend across a fracture line between a proximal and a distal bone fragment while the other bone screws are designed to be retained in the distal bone fragment.
US11051863B2	Curved plug for the fixing of bone elements An implant can enable the fixing of at least two adjacent bone elements in a rapid, reliable and low-invasive manner. This implant includes a curved and hollow rod allowing the use of a sealing element. A method for fixing at least two adjacent bone elements implements this implant. This method can be especially suitable for the solidarization of at least two vertebrae for the realization of an arthrodesis.
US11051862B2	Device for straightening and stabilizing the vertebral column A device for straightening and stabilizing the vertebral column, particularly for stabilizing broken vertebrae, includes a supporting implant which is plastically expandable by internal pressure. The supporting implant can be placed into the interior of a vertebral body which has been fractured under compression or between adjacent vertebral bodies. A pressure balloon to which pressure fluid can be admitted may be arranged in the interior of the supporting implant for producing the internal pressure.
US11051861B2	Rod reduction assemblies and related methods This disclosure describes example embodiments of rod reduction instrumentation and other rod and vertebrae manipulation instruments. The rod reducers can be used during the installation of a rod based surgical fixation system to help urge the rod into the fixation anchors. The reducers described provide various configurations delivering large reduction distance capabilities, strong controlled reduction coupled with an ability to quickly advance the reducer if desired, and reduction of bulk through the surgical corridor.
US11051856B2	Pivotal bone anchor receiver with upper tool engagement grooves and inwardly protruding insert engaging structures A pivotal bone anchor assembly includes a receiver having a receiver channel configured for receiving an elongate rod, an axial bore with inwardly protruding structures, and horizontally and circumferentially-extending tool engagement grooves formed into upper side outer surfaces of the receiver. The assembly also includes a shank having a proximal capture portion positionable into a lower portion of the axial bore below the inwardly protruding structures. The assembly further includes an insert positionable into the axial bore above the proximal capture portion of the shank, with the insert having an insert channel also configured for receiving the elongate rod, a bottom surface configured for frictional engagement with a partially spherical upper surface of the proximal capture portion, and vertically-elongate grooves formed into outer side surfaces of the insert and configured for receiving the inwardly protruding structures when the insert channel is co-aligned with the receiver channel.
US11051855B2	Polyaxial screw The present invention generally is directed toward a spinal fixation system whereby a coupling element allows the physician to selectively lock or unlock either the connection between the coupling element and a fastener, such as to allow for repositioning of the coupling element, or the connection between the coupling element and an elongate rod. The locking or unlocking of these connections may be made independently and as desired by the physician.
US11051852B2	Fixturing device for medical instruments A connection device attached to one structure includes structures having adjacent slots that are alligned to receive and permit placement of an elongated member, and are subsequently relatively movable to retain the elongated member to restrict or occlude the adjacent slot opening restricting removal, and further provides a sheer force between the structures each having the slot to receive the elongated member, to engage and secure the outer surface of a tubular member received into an aperture common through 2 adjacent members, each member aperture having an axis parallel to and offset from the other, wherein rotation of one of the 2 members causes the surface of the offset aperture and the surface of the non-offset aperture to apply a shear force and/or friction to engage and retain the tubular member. Access to the aperture is provided by slot extending from the aperture to the member periphery.
US11051851B2	Veress-type needles with illuminated guidance and safety features The present disclosure provides devices and methods for insufflating abdomens of subjects under direct visualization. Such devices and methods, in some implementations, include features for cleaning the devices, and certain implementations of the methods permit procedures wherein it is not necessary to use a typical obturator to place a cannula, resulting in safer procedures.
US11051848B2	Cannula for a surgical instrument This disclosure relates to a cannula for a surgical instrument used for cutting selected tissue in a body cavity while under visual inspection. A kit containing the cannula and methods for performing surgical procedures using the cannula are also described.
US11051847B2	Cardiac pacing lead delivery system A lead delivery system having a base for securing a lead delivery device to one or more anatomical structures of a patient and a lead advancer configured to incrementally advance a lead into a patient by a predefined amount.
US11051843B2	Needle array guide for skin graft expansion apparatus, skin graft expansion apparatus and skin grafting system including the same, and related methods and components A needle array guide for a skin graft expansion apparatus includes: a lower side having openings; and guide channels respectively leading to the openings and converging closer toward one another as the guide channels approach the openings, the guide channels configured to receive a plurality of hollow needles, arranged in a needle array and having respective tips to be attachable to minced skin particles obtained from a skin graft, to thereby guide movement of the plurality of hollow needles when the plurality of hollow needles are being protruded from the openings toward the minced skin particles and when the plurality of hollow needles are being retracted toward the openings. The needle array guide may be included as part of a skin graft expansion apparatus that further comprises the needle array. The skin graft expansion apparatus may be included as part of a skin grafting system.
US11051839B2	Ultrasonic surgical instrument with slidable flexing activation member An ultrasonic instrument for use during a surgical procedure includes a body, a shaft assembly, an ultrasonic blade, and an actuation assembly. The body is configured to receive an ultrasonic transducer for selectively generating a first or a second predetermined oscillation. The shaft assembly projects from the body and includes an acoustic waveguide connected to the ultrasonic blade. The actuation assembly includes an activator ring and an activation mechanism. The activator ring is selectively movable along the body such that the activator ring is accessible to be gripped by an operator around an entirety of an outer circumferential surface of the activator ring. The activation mechanism is connected to the activator ring such that the activation mechanism selectively moves along the body in conjunction with the activator ring. At least a portion of the activation mechanism is configured to selectively direct the ultrasonic transducer to oscillate the ultrasonic blade.
US11051837B2	Apparatus and method for cutting tissue A cutting instrument comprising: an outer tube comprising a distal end and a proximal end; an inner tube rotatably disposed within said outer tube, said inner tube comprising a distal end, a proximal end and a region intermediate said distal end and said proximal end, said region comprising a plurality of slits formed in said inner tube so as to render said region of said inner tube flexible; and a bellows disposed adjacent to said plurality of slits so as to render said region of said inner tube fluid-tight.
US11051836B2	Surgical clip applier comprising an empty clip cartridge lockout A surgical clip applier comprising a rotatable clip cartridge is disclosed. The surgical clip applier comprises a lockout that at least locks out the crimping drive of the surgical clip applier when the rotatable clip cartridge is empty.
US11051835B2	Alignment features for ultrasonic surgical instrument An ultrasonic instrument comprises a body, a shaft assembly, an ultrasonic blade, and a pivoting member. The shaft assembly extends distally from the body. The ultrasonic blade is positioned distal to the shaft assembly. The pivoting member is pivotable with respect to the blade from an open position to a closed position to thereby clamp tissue between the pivoting member and the blade. One or both of the shaft assembly or the pivoting member comprise a guide feature. The guide feature is configured to provide lateral alignment of the distal portion of the pivoting member with the blade as the pivoting member is pivoted to the closed position.
US11051823B2	Endovascular detachment system with flexible distal end and heater activated detachment An endovascular surgical tool may include a flexible, electrically-conductive delivery tube, a return conductor, a resistive heating element attached to the distal end of the delivery tube, and a therapeutic payload attached to a loop of the resistive heating element by a coil connecting member. The delivery tube may include at least one segment at its distal end which includes a plurality of transverse slots. Each slot of the plurality of slots includes an origin on the perimeter of the delivery tube, a terminus closer to a central axis of the delivery tube than the origin, and a depth between the origin and terminus. The origins of at least two slots of the plurality of slots may be located at different angular positions relative to the central axis. The return conductor may be electrically insulated from and positioned within the delivery tube.
US11051820B2	Surgical anvil assemblies for surgical stapling instruments A surgical anvil assembly for use with a circular stapling instrument includes an anvil center rod defining a longitudinal axis and an anvil head pivotally coupled to the anvil center rod and movable between a first operative condition and a second tilted condition. The anvil assembly further includes a locking assembly configured to selectively lock the anvil head in each of the first and second conditions.
US11051812B2	Surgical stapler with partial pockets A surgical stapler includes a jaw assembly at a distal end connected to a handle assembly that is configured to control the stapler and actuate the deployment of staples. The surgical stapler successfully eliminates intermediate caming portions commonly known as pushers that are located between the staples and a translating slider. The staples are located in pockets at an angle such that the base of the staple is parallel to an angled caming surface of the slider. The translating slider comes into direct contact with staples during deployment as the slider moves through each staple pocket where staples are partially supported by recesses along the slider pathway. The staples are deployed at an angle against the anvil surface. Because there are no pushers, a great deal of space is saved resulting in a much smaller diameter surgical stapler that is particularly suitable for laparoscopic stapling applications.
US11051806B2	Method of applying a buttress to a surgical stapler end effector A buttress is applied to an end effector of a surgical stapler. The buttress is loaded on a platform of a buttress applier cartridge. The end effector is closed upon the platform. An adhesive layer of the buttress secures the buttress to the end effector. The buttress is thus adhered to the end effector when the end effector is opened. The end effector is then actuated on tissue of a patient, thereby stapling the buttress to the tissue.
US11051802B2	Suturing devices and methods for suturing an anatomic structure Suturing devices and systems used to close openings into a biological structure. The suturing device can comprise an elongate member having a proximal end, a distal end, one or more arms, and one or more needles. One or more sheaths may be used with the device to maintain or substantially maintain haemostasis while the device is used and while a procedure is performed in the biological structure.
US11051799B2	Augmented suture construct for syndesmotic stabilization A method includes forming a bone tunnel through a first bone and a second bone and inserting a flexible construct through the bone tunnel. The flexible construct includes a first anchoring element and a second anchoring element coupled by at least one flexible strand defining an adjustable loop. The at least one flexible strand includes a first end extending from the first anchoring element in an opposite direction from the adjustable loop. A length of the adjustable loop is adjusted to position the first bone and the second bone in a selected spacing. The first end of the at least one flexible strand is coupled to a tissue section using a third anchoring element.
US11051798B2	Orthopedic joint distraction device An orthopedic distraction device is provided. The orthopedic distraction device includes a first upper paddle for engaging a first bone of a joint, a lower paddle for engaging a second bone of the joint and a displacement mechanism. The displacement mechanism includes a drive assembly operable to move the upper paddle relative to the lower paddle. The lower paddle is releasably connected to the displacement mechanism.
US11051797B2	Eyelid speculum An eyelid speculum, a kit containing the eyelid speculum, and a method of using the eyelid speculum in the diagnosis and/or treatment of a patient are provided. The eyelid speculum includes a central ring having an upper surface, a lower surface, an inner side surface, an outer side surface, a first end, and a second end. The first end and the second end are separated by a gap, and the central ring defines an opening. The eyelid speculum also includes first and second eyelid margin holders that extend outwardly from the outer side surface of the central ring at the first end and second end, respectively, where each eyelid margin holder has an upper portion and a lower portion. In addition, the eyelid speculum includes finger tabs that extend upwardly from the upper portions of the first and second eyelid margin holders.
US11051796B2	Screw-based retractor with articulating blades A screw-based retractor comprises an elongate rack having a rack axis, a plurality of arms slidably supported for translational movement on the rack, and a plurality of blades, one each supported by a respective arm at a distal portion thereof. At least one of the arms includes at its distal portion a blade releasably attached thereto. Such blade is attached to a blade receptacle movably attached to the at least one arm in a manner to provide articulation of the blade receptacle and hence the attached blade about an articulation point spaced from and not located on such arm. Such blade is additionally movable relative to the rack in multiple degrees of freedom.
US11051794B2	Apparatus for pitch and yaw rotation The present invention is directed to a tool having a wrist mechanism that provides pitch and yaw rotation in such a way that the tool has no singularity in roll, pitch, and yaw. A positively positionable multi-disk wrist mechanism includes a plurality of disks or vertebrae stacked in series. Each vertebra is configured to rotate in pitch or in yaw with respect to each neighboring vertebra. Actuation cables are used to manipulate and control movement of the vertebrae. In specific embodiments, some of the cables are distal cables that extend from a proximal vertebra through one or more intermediate vertebrae to a distal vertebra, while the remaining cables are medial cables that extend from the proximal vertebra to one or more of the intermediate vertebrae. The cables are actuated by a pivoted plate cable actuator mechanism.
US11051793B2	Apparatus and methods for loading suture Various embodiments of a cartridge are disclosed, for loading a suture onto a suturing instrument and, in some embodiments, for loading a pre-tied knot formed from the suture onto the suturing instrument. The suturing instrument is typically of the type having a suture passing member defining a suture receiving passage therein. The cartridge may be operable to load the suture and/or the knot onto the suturing instrument at a point of use. In some embodiments, the cartridge defines a path for insertion thereto and withdrawal therefrom of the suturing instrument. The cartridge further comprises a seat for releasably holding a portion of a suture and a mechanism for transferring the suture from seat to the suturing instrument, various features of which are described herein.
US11051792B2	Sperm sampler driving device To include a rotating holder 30 that is rotatably arranged in an opening of a casing 10 and detachably holds a part of a sperm sampler, a motor 50 that rotates and drives the rotating holder, a control unit 60, a battery 70, a single switch 20, 67, and an angular speed sensor 61 that detects an angular speed of the casing 10, where the control unit changes a rotation direction and a rotation speed of the motor according to a change in a turning angle of the casing 10.
US11051789B2	Ultrasound image diagnostic apparatus The present invention aims at providing an ultrasound image diagnostic apparatus capable of shortening the time required for measurement and calculation of an optimal sound velocity and obtaining an ultrasound image having excellent image quality at a tissue or lesion the operator desires to observe. There are provided an element data memory storing element data; a region-of-interest setter setting a region of interest; an optimal sound velocity calculator calculating an optimal sound velocity at the region of interest using the element data corresponding to the region of interest; a reconstruction region setter setting a reconstruction region that contains the region of interest and is larger than the region of interest; and an image reconstructor generating a reconstructed image by reconstructing the ultrasound image in the reconstruction region based on the optimal sound velocity.
US11051787B2	Ultrasound diagnosis apparatus connected to wireless ultrasound probes and method of operating the same Provided are an ultrasound diagnosis apparatus connected to wireless ultrasound probes and a method of operating the ultrasound diagnosis apparatus. The ultrasound diagnosis apparatus includes: a communicator connected with a plurality of different wireless probes through a wireless communication method by receiving pairing reception signals from the plurality of wireless ultrasound probes; a controller configured to control the communicator to wirelessly connect the ultrasound diagnosis apparatus with the plurality of wireless ultrasound probes and to wirelessly receive status information regarding the connected plurality of wireless ultrasound probes; and a display configured to display a user interface (UI) indicating the received status information regarding the plurality of wireless ultrasound probes.
US11051777B2	Imaging neurological disease A method of imaging to permit calculation of left:right striatum uptake ratios is provided, and the degree of asymmetry used to assist in the diagnosis of neurological diseases. Also provided are a method of diagnosis, method of patient selection, and method of therapy monitoring using the imaging method, and software tools for use in the method.
US11051774B2	Computed tomography apparatus and associated method The invention relates to a computed tomography radiological apparatus including: an X-ray source (22) capable of emitting an X-ray beam longitudinally towards an object, a device (32) for simultaneously splitting the beam into a plurality of beam portions each having a defined propagation direction relative to the longitudinal direction of emission of said X-ray beam, several sensors (20a-c) intended to receive beam portions which irradiated the object and are arranged transversely side by side relative to the longitudinal direction of the beam, the assembly consisting of X-ray source-splitting device-sensors being capable of turning about an axis of rotation (24) and of adopting different geometric orientations that are angularly shifted with respect to one another in order to, on the one hand, irradiate the object along each one of said geometric orientations of said assembly with the plurality of X-ray beam portions, and, on the other hand, to receive along each one of these geometric orientations the plurality of X-ray beam portions that irradiated the object, the geometric orientation of said assembly being defined by the position of a geometric axis (34) passing, on the one hand, through the focal point of the X-ray source, and, on the other hand, through the axis of rotation (24), the geometric axis (34) having been shifted transversely relative to the center of the plurality of sensors (20a-c).
US11051770B2	Patient positioning support structure A patient support system includes independently adjustable end columns supporting a centrally hinged, jointed or breaking patient support structure. At least one column includes a powered rotation assembly. The patient support includes at least two sections. A coordinated drive system provides for both upwardly and downwardly breaking or jointed orientations of the two sections in various inclined and tilted positions. Cable, cantilevered and pull-rod systems are included.
US11051766B2	Modifying a patient interface computer system based on an equivalent effort parameter The present disclosure pertains to a system for facilitating configuration modifications for a patient interface computer system based on an equivalent effort parameter. In some embodiments, the system obtains (i) one or more first measurements associated with a first subject, the first subject having a clinical coefficient, (ii) one or more second measurements associated with a second subject. The system determines (i) a first effort parameter based on the one or more first measurements, (ii) a second effort parameter based on the one or more second measurements, and (iii) an equivalent effort factor for the first subject based on the one or more first measurements, the one or more second measurements, and the clinical coefficient. The system causes a configuration of the patient interface computer system to be modified based on the equivalent effort factor.
US11051759B2	Method of monitoring respiration A system and method for monitoring respiration of a user, comprising: a respiration sensing module including a sensor configured to detect a set of respiration signals of the user based upon movement resulting from the user's respiration; a supplementary sensing module comprising an accelerometer and configured to detect a set of supplemental signals from the user; an electronics subsystem comprising a power module configured to power the system and a signal processing module configured to condition the set of respiration signals and the set of supplemental signals; a housing configured to facilitate coupling of the respiration sensing module and the supplementary sensing module to the user; and a data link coupled to the electronics subsystem through the housing and configured to transmit data generated from the set of respiration signals and the set of supplemental signals, thereby facilitating monitoring of the user's respiration.
US11051757B2	Self-aligning device to patch interface Embodiments described herein relate to apparatus and techniques for aligning and coupling a sensor device to a wearable patch. A shoe apparatus is coupled to the wearable patch. The sensor device is coupled to the shoe apparatus via one or more connectors of the shoe apparatus. As the sensor device is inserted into the shoe apparatus, features of the shoe apparatus enable alignment of the sensor device with the shoe apparatus and the one or more connectors.
US11051754B2	Electrocardiography and respiratory monitor A monitor recorder optimized for electrocardiography and respiratory data acquisition and processing is provided. The recorder includes a sealed housing and an electronic circuitry comprised within the sealed housing, which includes an electrocardiographic front end circuit electrically interfaced to an externally-powered micro-controller and operable to sense electrocardiographic signals through electrodes provided on the patch; the micro-controller interfaced to one or more respiratory sensors, the micro-controller operable to sample the electrocardiographic signals, to sample respiratory events detected by the one or more respiratory sensors upon receiving one or more signals from the one or more respiratory sensors, to buffer each of the respiratory event samples, to compress each of the buffered respiratory event samples, to buffer each of the compressed respiratory event samples, and to write the buffered compressed respiratory event samples and the samples of the electrocardiography signals into an externally-powered flash memory; and the memory interfaced with the micro-controller.
US11051752B2	System and method for characterizing the sleep of an individual The invention relates to a system for characterising the sleep of an individual, the characterisation system comprising: a measuring device for measuring a brain activity signal representing the brain waves; a central electronic unit for identifying, in a range of frequencies of between 9 and 16 Hz, a smaller range of sleep spindles of the individual, the smaller range of sleep spindles comprising the brain wave frequencies of the sleeping individual, having an amplitude higher than 15 μV and a duration of between 0.5 seconds and 2 seconds, and comparing, with a threshold, at least one parameter of the brain activity signal of the awake individual in the range of frequencies corresponding to the smaller range of sleep spindles; and a communication interface connected to the central unit and used to emit a warning signal perceptible by the individual when the parameter of the brain activity signal in the range of frequencies corresponding to the smaller range of sleep spindles exceeds the threshold.
US11051750B2	Non-contact blood circulation detection system and method thereof A non-contact blood circulation detection system and method thereof is provided. The non-contact blood circulation detection system comprises a thermal image acquisition module, a non-contact blood oxygen detection device and an information processing module. The thermal image acquisition module faces to a biological skin and generates a thermal image corresponding to the biological skin when being activated; the non-contact blood oxygen detection device faces to a biological skin and generates a blood oxygen image corresponding to the biological skin when being activated, and the information processing module is in information connection with the thermal image acquisition module and the non-contact blood oxygen detection device so as to receive the thermal image and the blood oxygen image, and generates a blood circulation image on the basis of the thermal image and the blood oxygen image, wherein the blood circulation image is a two-dimensional image.
US11051747B2	Electrocardiagram (ECG) processor An electrocardiogram (ECG) processor is disclosed. The ECG processor includes ECG sampling circuitry configured in a first mode to acquire a continuous ECG sample set from an ECG signal by digitally sampling the ECG signal at a Nyquist rate for a first predetermined number of heartbeats and in a second mode to acquire a non-continuous ECG sample set from the ECG signal for a second predetermined number of heartbeats by digitally sampling active regions of the ECG signal that contain a PQRST complex and not from silent regions between adjacent PQRST complexes. The ECG processor also includes processing circuitry configured to determine from the continuous ECG sample set relative locations of the active regions and provide the relative locations of the active regions to the ECG sampling circuitry for sampling the ECG signal in the second mode.
US11051746B2	Atrial fibrillation detection using ventricular rate variability Atrial fibrillation information can be determined from ventricular information or a ventricular location, such as using ventricular rate variability. An ambulatory medical device can receive indications of pairs of first and second ventricular rate changes of three temporally adjacent ventricular heart beats. A first count of instances of the pairs meeting a combined rate change magnitude characteristic and a second count of instances of the pairs in which both of the first and second ventricular rate changes are negative can be used to provide atrial fibrillation information.
US11051743B2	Electrocardiography patch An electrocardiography patch is provided. A backing forms an elongated strip with a mid-section connecting two ends of the backing. The mid-section is narrower than the two ends of the backing. An electrocardiographic electrode is provided on each end of the backing to capture electrocardiographic signals. A flexible circuit includes a pair of circuit traces electrically coupled to the electrocardiographic electrodes. A wireless transceiver communicates at least a portion of the electrocardiographic signals.
US11051736B2	Method and system for monitoring a nerve A nerve monitoring system facilitates monitoring an integrity of a nerve.
US11051734B2	Devices and methods for body fluid sampling and analysis Described here are meters and methods for sampling, transporting, and/or analyzing a fluid sample. The meters may include a meter housing and a cartridge. In some instances, the meter may include a tower which may engage one or more portions of a cartridge. The meter housing may include an imaging system, which may or may not be included in the tower. The cartridge may include one or more sampling arrangements, which may be configured to collect a fluid sample from a sampling site. A sampling arrangement may include a skin-penetration member, a hub, and a quantification member.
US11051726B2	System and methods for processing analyte sensor data for sensor calibration Systems and methods for processing sensor analyte data are disclosed, including initiating calibration, updating calibration, evaluating clinical acceptability of reference and sensor analyte data, and evaluating the quality of sensor calibration. The sensor can be calibrated using a calibration set of one or more matched sensor and reference analyte data pairs. Reference data resulting from benchtop testing an analyte sensor prior to its insertion can be used to provide initial calibration of the sensor data. Reference data from a short term continuous analyte sensor implanted in a user can be used to initially calibrate or update sensor data from a long term continuous analyte sensor.
US11051724B2	Analyte sensor devices, connections, and methods Devices associated with on-body analyte sensor units are disclosed. These devices include any of packaging and/or loading systems, applicators and elements of the on-body sensor units themselves. Also, various approaches to connecting electrochemical analyte sensors to and/or within associated on-body analyte sensor units are disclosed. The connector approaches variously involve the use of unique sensor and ancillary element arrangements to facilitate assembly of separate electronics assemblies and sensor elements that are kept apart until the end user brings them together.
US11051723B1	Single remote controlled encrypted wireless visual reinforcement audiometry (VRA) system that connects an audiometer to multiple physical (3D) and video VRA units and prevents frequency overlap between multiple adjacent and nearby VRA systems A single remote controlled encrypted wireless visual reinforcement audiometry (VRA) system for use in estimating audiometric thresholds in young children or patients with developmental delays is disclosed. The visual reinforcement audiometry system utilizes an encrypted wireless signal that does not allow for frequency overlap on adjacent VRA systems, it does not require direct line of site transmission or placement of sensors throughout the audiometric suite.
US11051718B2	Systems and methods for managing heart failure using heart sounds Systems and methods for monitoring and treating patients with heart failure are described. A signal receiver may receive a heart sound (HS) signal and an impedance signal sensed from the patient. A heart sound detector circuit may use at least the received impedance signal to determine a HS detection window, and detect a HS component indicative of cardiac diastolic function from the received HS signal within the HS detection window. The system may include a heart failure detector circuit that may generate a cardiac diastolic function indicator (DFI) using the detected HS component and, in certain examples, may detect worsening heart failure using the generated DFI. The system may include a therapy circuit to deliver or adjust an electrostimulation therapy based on DFI.
US11051713B2	Immunity from magnetic disturbance for a magnetic location tracker Apparatus, including a ferromagnetic sheet and at least one radiator, mounted in proximity to the ferromagnetic sheet and configured to radiate a magnetic field into a region in proximity thereto. The apparatus further includes a solid sheet of thermal insulation, mounted between the ferromagnetic sheet and the at least one radiator so as to prevent transfer of thermal energy from the at least one radiator to the ferromagnetic sheet.
US11051711B2	Noninvasive determination of electrical properties of tissues and materials using magnetic resonance measurements A plurality of stimulations is transmitted to tissue or other material using one or more transmitters. The plurality of signals associated with the excited tissue and the transmitted stimulations are measured. The measured signals are processed to generate field-related quantities, such as B1+ and/or MR signal maps. Field-related quantities are generated also from simulation, by calculating the one or more incident fields from a simulator model of the one or more transmitters and assuming a given distribution of electrical properties in the tissue or other material. Field-related quantities generated from simulation and experimental procedures are compared to each other. The assumed electrical properties distribution is updated and the procedure is repeated iteratively until the difference between simulated and experimental field-related quantities is smaller than a threshold.
US11051703B2	Method and device for detecting a vital sign carrying signal using a phase-locked loop A method of detecting a vital sign comprising at least one of a heart rate and a respiratory rate of a subject is provided. In one aspect, the method includes transmitting a radio frequency signal towards the subject; and receiving a reflected signal from the subject, wherein the transmitted signal is reflected by the subject and Doppler-shifted due to at least one of the heart rate and the respiratory rate to form the reflected signal. The method also includes mixing the reflected signal with a first reference signal; and providing a vital sign carrying signal based on the mixing to a first input of a phase or frequency comparator. The method further includes generating an adjustable second reference signal and providing the reference signal to a second input of the phase or frequency comparator; and generating an output signal, by the phase or frequency comparator. The method includes varying at least one of a phase and a frequency of the adjustable second reference signal based on the output signal to track a phase or frequency of the vital sign carrying signal.
US11051702B2	Method and apparatus for non-contact fast vital sign acquisition based on radar signal Various examples are provided for non-contact vital sign acquisition. Information can be provided regarding vibrations of a target using a radar signal such as, e.g., non-contact vital sign measurement. Examples include estimation of heart rate, change in heart rate, respiration rate, and/or change in respiration rate, for a human or other animal. Implementations can produce one or both rates of vibration and/or change in one or both rates of vibration for a target other than an animal or human experiencing two vibrations at the same time, such as a motor, a vehicle incorporating a motor, or another physical object. Some implementations can estimate the respiration movement in the radar baseband output signal. The estimated respiration signal can then be subtracted from radar signals in the time domain and, optionally, can be further enhanced using digital signal processing techniques, to produce an estimate of the heartbeat pulses.
US11051700B2	Body core temperature sensor A double temperature sensor determines the body core temperature of a living being. The double temperature sensor includes a sensor block (2), which on one side carries a first temperature sensor (4) provided for placing on the skin surface and on the other side carries a second temperature sensor (5) spaced from the first. An evaluating unit calculates the body core temperature using the measured values of the first and second temperature sensors. The sensor block (2) is held in a hood-shaped housing shell (1) which is shaped in such a manner that the first temperature sensor (4) on the sensor block and the peripheral outer edge (8) of the housing shell (1) spaced therefrom lie in one plane. When the housing shell (1) is lying on the skin surface, the sensor block (2) is surrounded by an air-filled cavity closed off by the housing shell.
US11051690B2	Ophthalmological image processing apparatus and storage medium An ophthalmological image processing apparatus includes an image obtaining portion for obtaining ophthalmological image data, which is captured by an imaging unit, of a subject eye, and an image processing portion for processing the ophthalmological image data. The image processing portion uses a first front image of the subject eye in a first depth region to correct a second front image of the subject eye captured in a second depth region which is different from the first depth region. The first front image and the second front image are constructed based on the ophthalmological image data. The ophthalmological image processing apparatus can reduce an artifact which is generated in an ophthalmological image.
US11051681B2	Methods and devices for controlling a shapeable medical device Systems and methods are described herein that improve control of a shapeable or steerable instrument using shape data. Additional methods include preparing a robotic medical system for use with a shapeable instrument and controlling advancement of a shapeable medical device within an anatomic path. Also described herein are methods for altering a data model of an anatomical region.
US11051680B1	Endoscope stereo imaging device An endoscope stereo imaging device includes an endoscope lens assembly and an imaging module. The imaging module includes first, second and third lens assemblies, a beam splitter, first and second image sensors and a micro lens array. A light beam from the endoscope lens assembly is transmitted to the beam splitter after passing through the first lens assembly and is split into first and second portions of the light beam. The first portion light beam is transmitted to the first image sensor via the second lens assembly and forms a two-dimensional image. The second portion light beam is transmitted to the second image sensor via the third lens assembly and the micro lens array sequentially and forms a first three-dimensional image.
US11051677B2	Insertion system An insertion system includes an insertion section and a rigidity variable portion provided in the insertion section. The rigidity variable portion includes a superelastic alloy member whose rigidity starts changing from a high-rigidity state to a low-rigidity state at a temperature, which varies with a degree of bending of the superelastic alloy member, and a heating member capable of switching between presence and absence of heating of the superelastic alloy member. The insertion system also includes a bending state detection sensor that detects a bending state of the rigidity variable portion, and a rigidity variable controller that controls switching between presence and absence of heating of the superelastic alloy member by the heating member to control the temperature of the superelastic alloy member.
US11051668B2	Vacuum cleaner having reconfigurable weight distribution A vacuum assembly having a hand vacuum configuration and a wand vacuum configuration may include a dust cup, a suction motor fluidly coupled to the dust cup, and a power source. The suction motor and the power source may be transitionable between a wand vacuum position and a hand vacuum position. When the suction motor and the power source are in the wand vacuum position, the dust cup, the suction motor, and the power source may be arranged serially. When the suction motor and the power source are in the hand vacuum position, the suction motor and the power source may be arranged in parallel with the dust cup.
US11051664B2	Dispenser for sheet products and operating method A dispenser for sheet products includes a housing having a space inside for accommodating a stack of sheet products, wherein the housing includes a dispensing opening for dispensing a sheet product from the front of the stack, an electronic controller configured to receive a pull-out signal indicating the removal of a product from the front of the stack through the dispensing opening and, upon receiving said pull-out signal, to send out a drive signal to transfer a number of sheet products from the front of the stack into a presentation position, and a pull-out detector for detecting the removal of a product from the front of the stack through the dispensing opening and for providing the pull-out signal to the controller.
US11051662B1	Towel holder A towel holder includes a fixing unit and a holder unit. The fixing unit includes a fixed element and a connecting element. The fixed element has a receiving surface inclined relative to the horizontal axis to form an angle therebetween. The fixed element includes a mounting portion formed in the middle thereof and detachably mounted with the connecting element. The holder unit is detachably mounted to the connecting element and includes a holder element that has a mounting surface abutting against the receiving surface, and top and bottom edges connected to the mounting surface and vertically and horizontally spaced apart from each other such that two opposite ends of the towel hung on the holder element are spaced apart from each other by a horizontal distance greater than that between the top and bottom edges.
US11051659B2	Customizable toothbrush container A customizable toothbrush container, including a main body to receive at least a portion of a toothbrush therein, and a UV light disposed on at least a portion of an interior surface of the main body to sterilize the toothbrush in response to an illumination of the UV light.
US11051656B2	Cooking apparatus with adjustable cooking surface A cooking apparatus includes a cooking surface, a leveling device, an inclinometer, and an electronic controller. The leveling device is constructed and arranged to adjust a position of the cooking surface, and the inclinometer senses the cooking surface position. The electronic controller is configured to receive a position signal from the inclinometer and output a command signal to the leveling device for position adjustment.
US11051650B2	Beverage dispensing systems and methods Various beverage preparation systems and methods are disclosed. The beverage preparation system can include a dispensing unit configured to receive beverage, such as a shot of espresso, from a beverage preparation machine. The dispensing unit can include a dispensing unit with a first end and a second end. The dispensing unit can be rotatable between an upright position and an inverted position. The dispensing unit can be configured to receive the beverage through the second end when the dispensing unit is in the upright position, and can be configured to receive cleansing fluid through the second end when the dispensing unit is in the inverted position. In some embodiments, when the dispensing unit is in an intermediate position between the upright and inverted positions, the dispensing unit is configured to dispense the beverage out of the first end and into a cup or other vessel.
US11051648B2	Popcorn pot designed to gravitate oil and kernels to the center of heat source A popcorn pot having a curvilinear body providing a paraboloid-shaped cavity for gravitationally concentrating a quantity of un-popped kernels and a depth of oil over a bottom center of the popcorn pot. The curvilinear body provides volumetric containment inside the paraboloid cavity. Integral footing along a lower portion of the popcorn pot stabilizes the curvilinear body over a flat-top heat source so that the bottom center is disposed centrally thereover. The popcorn pot may include a domed lid for covering the opening communicating to the paraboloid-shaped cavity, wherein the lid is adapted to effectuate convection heating within the cavity, thereby providing natural efficiency and universal accessibility with more predictable results than a flat-bottomed pot, while using less oil for healthier results.
US11051647B2	Cooking apparatus A cooking apparatus may include a housing having an open top surface and having a cooking space formed therein; a door provided on a top of the housing to open and close the cooking space; a container inserted into the housing, the container having an open top surface to receive food to be cooked therein; and a heating unit provided in the housing and contacting a bottom surface of the container to heat the container. The heating unit may include a heating unit body defining a support surface that supports the container; a heater provided in the heating unit body; and a rib that extends downward from the heating unit body to prevent water or foreign material from entering between the heating unit and a bottom of the housing.
US11051644B2	Smart address identification and secure mailbox An improved system, apparatus, and method for numbering and identifying houses, buildings, equipment, vehicles, paths and other locations, that provides a more effective, secure and reliable interface between a location/occupant and those outside seeking to locate them or to make a secure delivery, including, for example, emergency first responders, postal and package delivery service providers, visitors and individuals unfamiliar with an area are disclosed. Further, a system, apparatus, and method to generate, receive and communicate information, designed to operate and respond in everyday use as well as a critical emergency are disclosed. An integrated network of wired and wireless communication connecting a neighborhood, a city, a town, and/or an isolated rural home site or location are disclosed.
US11051639B1	Variable pressure blanket A variable pressure blanket is disclosed. The variable pressure blanket includes a casing having a top fabric stitched to a bottom fabric to form a plurality of pockets having an interior volume. Discrete regions are arranged laterally across the casing to form distinct regions within the blanket. Each of the discrete regions have some of the pockets therein. Fill particles are disposed within the interior volumes of each of the pockets to generate a downward pressure. The pockets within one of the discrete regions have more fill particles than the pockets within the other discrete regions so that the one discrete region generates a greater downward pressure than the other discrete regions. The fill particles are non-insulative, while the top fabric and the bottom fabric may comprise an insulative material.
US11051633B1	Vehicle mounted baby changing table A vehicle mounted baby changing table including a changing table assembly, a vehicle assembly, a vehicle attachment and a table support assembly is disclosed. The vehicle mounted baby changing table further includes a changing table comprising a rectangular structure formed of a vertical back panel having a hingedly attached front panel, wherein the back panel is mountable to the rear side of vehicle seats. Such that the front panel folds down to a horizontal table surface that projects rearward within the vehicle back seat or cargo area.
US11051631B2	Coil-in-coil springs with non-linear loading responses and mattresses including the same A coil-in-coil spring is provided that exhibits a variable and non-linear loading response upon compression. The spring comprises a continuous wire including a first spring portion having a first spring constant, a second spring portion having a second spring constant less than the first spring constant, and a third spring portion having a third spring constant less than the first spring constant and less than the second spring constant. In the coil-in-coil spring, the first spring portion forms an outer coil of the coil-in-coil spring and the second spring portion, the third spring portion, or both the second spring portion and the third spring portion are positioned within the first spring portion and form an inner coil of the coil-in-coil spring. A multi-coil spring is also provided that includes an outer coil, an intermediate coil positioned within the outer coil, and an inner coil positioned with the intermediate coil.
US11051630B1	Rocking bed base The rocking bed base is configured for use with a mattress. The rocking bed base is configured to fit inside of the existing bed frame or replace the bed frame and box spring traditionally associated with a mattress. The rocking bed base comprises a pedestal, a mattress container, the mattress, and a personal data device. The mattress container attaches to the pedestal. The mattress is contained within the mattress container. The mattress container is motorized such that the mattress container will rhythmically rotate around an axis of rotation that is parallel to the major axis of the pedestal. The personal data device controls the rotation of the mattress container. The personal data device further controls the sleeping environment in the space around the rocking bed base.
US11051627B2	Anterior support device for the lower limbs The invention relates to the field of ergonomic furniture. The device (1) comprises an upper support element (8) for supporting the thighs and a lower support element (9) for supporting the legs or tibias, that can be separated by an open space (11) or recess for the knees. An assembly (7) formed by the two support elements (8, 9) is mounted so that it pivots around a horizontal axis (A) on a bearing structure (2, 6), wherein rotation of the assembly (7) enables the support elements (8, 9) to accompany the lower limbs of a user during a transition from one use position to another. The device (1) is incorporated into an apparatus for maintaining a standing or sitting-standing position, having at least one footrest (4, 5). The device is applicable to the arrangement of a workstation, such as a computer workstation or an industrial workstation.
US11051625B2	Holder assembly having visually enhanced appearance Apparatus includes a liner with a liner image. The liner is configured to be selectively positioned over a holder surface of a holder assembly. This is done in such a way that the liner, in use, positions the liner image in such a way that the liner image, in use, faces away from the holder assembly. A cover assembly is configured to selectively cover the liner image of the liner. The cover assembly is also configured to reveal the liner image formed on the liner once: (A) the liner, in use, is selectively positioned over the holder assembly, and (B) the cover assembly, in use, selectively covers the liner image formed on the liner. The liner, in use, visually enhances (changes) an appearance of the holder assembly once the liner is selectively positioned between the cover assembly and the holder assembly. The cover assembly is configured to protect, in use, the liner once the cover assembly, in use, is positioned proximate (adjacent) to the liner.
US11051624B1	Twistable chair backrest frame A twistable chair backrest frame is disclosed herein. It has a hollow section and two opposite elastic supporting ribs at a right side and a left side of the hollow section.
US11051622B2	Back rest to be used with seat or chair Back rest to be used in association with a chair or a seat providing an adaptable convex back support for individual adjustment. The back rest comprises a plate shaped body that is bent into a curved shape by use of a tensioning device. The back rest can be used to increase comfort while seated, for example at the office or during travels, or to prevent or relieve back strain and ache as a result of being seated over longer periods or having back problems. The back rest is portable and fits into a backpack or handbag, and can be set up in a conventional chair, for example a seat in an airplane, waiting area, or office chair.
US11051619B2	Cushioned outdoor oval furniture piece that can swivel on a stand with a tinted lid A cushioned, swiveling outdoor oval furniture piece on a stand with a tinted lid is disclosed. This invention improves on existing furniture pieces because the stand is a wider base attached from the top of the furniture piece wrapping around to the bottom allowing for a more stable stand on outdoor surfaces, is an oval ostrich egg shape allowing for up to two persons to sit, and has a tinted lid to cover the opening to protect the interior and person or persons sitting from normal weather conditions and sunlight with an option to swivel.
US11051618B2	Rocking foldable chair A rocking foldable chair includes a body frame and a support portion. A connecting portion bent upward is fixed at the first end of the support portion. The connecting portion and the support portion are formed into a piece. One end, away from the support portion, of the connecting portion is fixedly connected to the body frame. The second end of the support portion extends toward the rear of the body frame. The connecting portion is elastically deformed by an external force, so that the body frame rocks back and forth. The body frame further comprises a first support rod, a second support rod and a second connecting rod. The second support leg is further provided with a pop-up device capable of providing the second support leg with a resilient force.
US11051615B2	Storage rack with embedded display for barrels or casks A storage rack having an embedded display may include a plurality of sections for holding a respective plurality of items. A first section may include, for example, a first vertical support, a second vertical support substantially parallel to the first vertical support, and a first set of horizontal supports substantially perpendicular to the first vertical support and the second vertical support. The first set of horizontal supports may include a first horizontal support disposed at a first height and a first depth in the first vertical support, and a second horizontal support disposed at the first height and the first depth in the second vertical support. The first horizontal support may extend from an inner wall of the first vertical support towards the second vertical support for a distance that is less than half of the distance between the first vertical support and the second vertical support.
US11051599B2	Hairstyling apparatus and kit A hair styling apparatus for styling hair of a user comprises a tubular base member, elastic loop elements, and gripping members. The tubular base member comprises a first end and a second end, receives, and rolls hair of a user. The elastic loop elements are fixedly attached to the first end and the second end of the tubular base member. The gripping members are fixedly attached to each of the elastic loop elements for overlapping the elastic loop elements over the tubular base member. The elastic loop elements securely fasten the hair of the user to the tubular base member for styling the hair of the user. Further, the hair styling apparatus kit comprises an elongate curling wand device with clip designed for supplying added definition to the hair.
US11051596B2	Neck chain holder The present invention is directed to a holder for a chain and in particular a jewelry chain, such as a neck chain. The holder includes a spool and a clip. The spool includes a core body having an outer surface, a proximal end, and a distal end. A first flange extends upwards from the proximal end of the core body, the first flange having an inner side and an outer side. A second flange extends upwards from the distal end of the core body, the second flange having an inner side and an outer side. A pin upstands from the outer surface of the core body, wherein, the inner side of the first flange and the inner side of the second flange are in face to face relation. The outer surface of the core body, the inner side of the first flange, and the inner side of the second flange are continuous and form a spooling region. The clip configured to fit onto the spoon and prevent slipping of the clip from the edges of the flanges.
US11051594B1	Magnetic beads An accessory for an elongated cord or fabric includes front and back portions that each have at least a front side, a rear side, a top side, and a bottom side. The rear sides each include a groove extending from the top side to the bottom side. The grooves are cooperative such that when the rear side of the front portion contacts the front side of the back portion, the two grooves together form a channel through which the at least one elongated cord traverses. A magnetic latch is fixed between the rear side of the front portion and the front side of the back portion, such that the front and back portions are mutually magnetically attractive, and attached either around the at least one elongated cord or by capturing a portion of fabric therebetween.
US11051590B2	Molded surface fastener The molded surface fastener has a base portion, right and left resin-intrusion-preventing wall portions standing on the base portion, and a plurality of engaging elements disposed between the right and left resin-intrusion-preventing wall portions. The resin-intrusion-preventing wall portions contain magnetic particles, and at least a part of a region formed of the resin-intrusion-preventing wall portions and the base portion has a concentration gradient portion in which a concentration of the contained magnetic particles is decreased toward at least one direction. This makes it possible to enhance the adhesion property between the part containing the magnetic particles and the part substantially containing no magnetic particles, and to suppress occurrence of cracks or the like between the containing part and the non-containing part of the magnetic particles at the time of manufacturing the molded surface fastener and at other times.
US11051587B2	Multicolored aglet and method for producing the same A multicolored aglet connected to a shoelace has a unit slice, a pattern layer, and a white background layer. The unit slice is formed into two aglet bodies that are respectively sheathed on two ends of the shoelace, and has a mounting portion. The mounting portion of the unit slice is stuck to an outer side of the unit slice. The pattern layer is printed on and covers the inner side of the unit slice excluding the mounting portion, and is located between the unit slice and the shoelace. The white background layer is printed on the pattern layer and is located between the pattern layer and the shoelace. A method for producing the multicolored aglet is also provided.
US11051580B2	Shoe having cushioning structure A shoe includes: a shock-absorbing member formed from a foam body including a thermoplastic resin; a solid-form soft member including a polymer resin, having a greater weight per unit volume and a lower hardness than the shock-absorbing member, and having a smaller volume change per unit volume, than the shock-absorbing member, for a change in external pressure within a predetermined external pressure range; and an outsole including a thermoplastic resin, having a tread surface, and rolled up upward along at least a part of an outer edge thereof, thereby defining an accommodating portion to accommodate the soft member between the outsole and the lid, wherein: the shock-absorbing member forms the lid to lid the soft member from a side of an upper; and the soft member is wrapped in the accommodating portion, being in contact with at least a part of inner surfaces of the shock-absorbing member and the outsole.
US11051578B2	Article of footwear having a sole structure with perimeter and central chambers An article of footwear is disclosed below as having an upper and a sole structure secured to the upper. The sole structure includes a perimeter chamber, a central chamber, and an outsole. The perimeter chamber extends adjacent to at least a portion of a lateral sidewall and a medial sidewall of the sole structure. The central chamber is positioned within a central area of the sole structure, the central area being located between the lateral sidewall and the medial sidewall. The outsole defines at least a portion of a lower surface of the sole structure, and has a perimeter section secured below the perimeter chamber and a central section secured below the central chamber. Various features may be incorporated into the sole structure. For example, the perimeter chamber may be spaced from the central chamber and the perimeter section may be spaced from the central section to define a gap extending upward and into the sole structure from the lower surface.
US11051577B1	Adjustable footbeds for footwear A footbed having at least one of a thickness adjustment panel and a lateral adjustment fin, each configured to be moved between a first configuration and a second configuration, the first and second configurations providing different fits of a shoe into which the footbed is inserted.
US11051575B2	Information processing system, information processing method, and information processing program In an information processing system comprising footwear and an information processing device, the footwear is provided with a sensor to detect a motion of the footwear, the information processing system includes: a detection unit configured to detect the motion of the footwear on the basis of a temporal change of the sensing data; and a generation unit configured to generate space information to be provided to a user wearing the footwear according to the motion detected by the detection unit; and the information processing device is provided with an output unit configured to output the space information.
US11051572B2	Inflatable safety helmet An air inflatable and thus collapsible when air is removed, safety helmet preferably comprised of multiple inflatable lobes with a head conforming and surrounding inflatable ring and separate or integrated skull cap, for wear by the user, for placement on top of the lobes and/or for location within the chamber(s) formed of the lobes, or worn by the wearer directly upon the head, made of flexible, force absorbing and dissipating material. The lobes and ring are provided with quick release air inflation and deflation valves. The safety helmet can simply alternatively comprise air inflatable lobes with a minimally elastic outer covering to encase and minimize the movement or air within the chambers during a collision.
US11051571B2	Apparel design system including garment features with allocation insights A system allows a user to create new designs for apparel and preview these designs before manufacture. Software and lasers are used in finishing apparel to produce a desired wear pattern or other design. As the user designs the garment, the system provides the user insight in their design process.
US11051570B2	False eyelash apparatus and methods False eyelash apparatus and methods for applying false eyelashes. A false eyelash holder for holding a false eyelash has a support member for supporting the false eyelash and is adjustable to cause inversion of the false eyelash from a convex shape to a substantially concave shape. An inverter-loader device is configured to receive the holder and operable to adjust the holder to cause the false eyelash inversion. An applicator for applying an inverted false eyelash to an eyelid may have a unitary structure or may be a clamp for gripping the inverted false eyelashes. The applicator is operable to carry the inverted false eyelash for allowing the applicator to roll the false eyelash lengthways onto an eyelid and allowing the rolling false eyelash to release from the applicator. The applicator may be disposable.
US11051566B2	Knee pad device A knee pad support frame that is a molded component having an upper section and lower section that are coupled together by a flexible connector. The upper section has a knee pocket shape and both the upper and lower sections have ribbing to provide the necessary strength and rigidity. Additional molded components are provided for attaching the frame to the other knee pad components such as a cushion, cover and securing strap.
US11051565B2	Wearable device for reducing blood loss The invention features methods and devices for controlling bleeding from blood vessels that may be damaged as a result of trauma or impact with an object, such as a bullet or shrapnel. The device may be wearable by a user and include one or more components, such as wound sealant and multiple inflatable balloons/bladders. The device may be integrated into a garment, e.g., a vest, jacket, trousers, or full body suit. Once triggered (automatically or manually), the device may be used to deliver wound sealant to a wound site and/or pressure to the wound site by selective inflation of one or more balloons over exsanguinating blood vessels that may be damaged, thereby stopping or minimizing the bleeding. Alternatively, or in addition, the device may be used to stabilize a wounded wearer for, e.g., transportation purposes, or to provide buoyancy. Devices of the invention may also be used as a blood pressure monitor, as a massaging device, and as a breast pump. Devices and methods of the invention may also be used for repairing or stabilizing machines, such as vehicles (e.g., automobiles and boats).
US11051563B2	Air cooling blower and air-cooled clothing on which air cooling blower is mounted The present invention relates to an air cooling blower and a piece of air-cooled clothing on which the air cooling blower is mounted. An air intake port is provided on a first end side of a tubular fan case, and an air outlet is provided on a second end side. First lock portions are provided in portions of a mounting flange or in portions of the tubular fan case near the portions of the mounting flange, and a second lock portion is provided in a portion of the mounting flange that opposes the first lock portions via a central axis of the tubular fan case interposed therebetween or in a portion of the tubular fan case near the portion of the mounting flange that opposes the first lock portions via the central axis of the tubular fan case interposed therebetween.
US11051561B1	Pocket bra system A strap assembly includes a chest strap and shoulder straps. Similarly configured left and right cups are provided. The strap assembly is attached to the cups whereby the strap assembly adheres the cups to a wearer. Each cup has curved upper, lower, interior and exterior edges. Each cup has inside and outside surfaces. A patch is operatively associated with each cup. Each patch has a linear upper edge and curved lower, interior and exterior edges. Each patch has inside and outside surfaces. Stitching couples the lower, interior and exterior edges of each patch to the lower, interior and exterior edges of an associated cup. A linear opening is formed along the upper edge of each patch. Piping covers the upper edge of each patch. The piping is adapted to allow the patch to move away from and back toward the cup between open and closed orientations.
US11051558B2	Unburned tobacco controller in true response to smoker's puff process The present invention relates to an unburned tobacco controller in true response to smoker's puff process. The unburned tobacco controller comprises a MEMS thermal flow sensor and a microcontroller. With the thermal flow sensor, the controller can duplicate a whole smoker's puff process including puff start, puff stop, single puff duration, single puff volume, single puff interval, total puff volume, total puff duration, total puff interval and total puff number. The microcontroller with several embedded programs so that a tobacco roll can be heated to release nicotine-contained smokes meeting the habits and needs of the smoker and making the smoker feel, sense and experience like a conventional tobacco product.
US11051557B2	Vaporizer An electronic cigarette or vaporizer may include a shell and a cartomizer receivable within a chamber within a portion of the shell. A basin may be included in the cartomizer to hold a vaporizable fluid, dry substance, or other vaporizable substance such as a wax. A heating element may be provided within the basin which may have a flexible non-conductive material and a flexible conductive material.
US11051552B2	Aerosol-generating systems and methods for guiding an airflow inside an electrically heated aerosol-generating system An aerosol-generating system is provided, including: a liquid storage portion including a container configured to hold a liquid aerosol-forming substrate and defining an opening at an end thereof; a heater assembly extending across the opening along a plane transverse to a longitudinal axis of the portion and including an arrangement of one or more electrically conductive flat filaments; a capillary material disposed between the portion and the heater assembly and being configured to convey the substrate to the one or more filaments; and conductive contacts, disposed in electrical contact with corresponding contacts of the heater assembly, the portion being disposed at a first side of the heater assembly and a first airflow channel being disposed at a second side of the heater assembly, and the first airflow channel defining an airflow pathway that extends in a direction orthogonal to the plane and to a surface of the capillary material.
US11051550B2	Electronic cigarette vaporizer with liquid storage transition chamber An electronic cigarette vaporizer with a liquid storage transition chamber comprises a liquid reservoir comprising an upper wall at its top end and a vapor outlet tube extends downwards from the center of the upper wall, and a vaporizing device comprising a vaporizing base sleeved in the lower part of the liquid reservoir, and a liquid storage chamber is defined above the vaporizing device between the liquid reservoir and the vapor outlet tube; and inner and outer chambers sealed from each other are formed inside the vaporizing base, the inner chamber mounted with a vaporizing unit serves as a vaporizing chamber, and the outer chamber filled with liquid storage medium serves as a liquid storage transition chamber, wherein the vaporizing chamber communicates with the vapor outlet tube, and the liquid storage transition chamber communicates with the liquid storage chamber so as to supply liquid for the vaporizing unit.
US11051544B2	Method of forming smoking articles with mouth end cavities A method of producing smoking articles, the method comprising a first step of providing a continuous array of first filter members (42), second filter segments (20) and tubular members (40). A tubular member (40) is provided between each pair of consecutive first filter members (42) and a second filter segment (20) is provided between each first filter member (42) and each tubular member (40). Each second filter segment (20) contains one or more breakable capsules, wherein each breakable capsule comprises an outer shell and an inner core containing an additive. The continuous array of first filter members (42), second filter segments (20) and tubular members (40) is then wrapped with a continuous sheet of plug wrap (44) to form a wrapped filter array, wherein the plug wrap (44) has a basis weight of less than 90 grams per square metre. The wrapped filter array is cut at an intermediate position along each first filter member (42) to provide multiple filter rods, each filter rod comprising two first filter segments (18), a tubular member (40) positioned between the first filter segments (18) and a second filter segment (20) provided between each first filter segment (18) and the tubular member (40). Next, a tobacco rod (12) is provided in axial alignment with and adjacent to each first filter segment (18) of one of the filter rods, and the filter rod and a portion of each tobacco rod (12) are wrapped in a tipping wrapper (50). Finally, the tipping wrapper (50) and the filter rod are cut at an intermediate position along the length of the tubular member (40) to form multiple smoking articles (10), each smoking article (10) comprising a tobacco rod (12) connected to a filter (14), wherein each filter (14) comprises a first filter segment (18) downstream of the tobacco rod (12), a second filter segment (20) downstream of the first filter segment (18), and a hollow tube segment (22) positioned between the second filter segment (20) and the mouth end of the filter (14). The hollow tube segment (22) defines a cavity (24) at the mouth end of the filter (14).
US11051542B2	Cleaning apparatus using reactive oxidizers An apparatus for washing a set of objects. The apparatus includes a washing chamber and a ROX generator fluidically connected to the washing chamber via a fluid conduit having a distal end that terminates at the washing chamber. The ROX generator is configured to provide reactive oxidizers to a carrier liquid to form a cleaning liquid with ROX cleaning bubbles, wherein the cleaning liquid is transported through the fluid conduit and into the washing chamber.
US11051537B2	Liquid seasoning [Problem] To provide a sesame-containing liquid seasoning which has an enhanced aroma unique to sesame and also has an original aroma which is irresistible and addictive.[Solution] The present invention is a liquid seasoning containing sesame, including a linear alkanethiol and a dimethylpyrazine which is at least one of 2,5-dimethylpyrazine and 2,6-dimethylpyrazine, wherein the ratio of the peak area of the linear alkanethiol to the peak area of the dimethylpyrazine is 0.05 or more and less than 1.0 when the aroma components of the liquid seasoning are measured by solid phase microextraction-gas chromatography mass spectrometry. Such a liquid seasoning shows an enhanced aroma unique to sesame and an original aroma which is irresistible and addictive.
US11051536B2	Oat bran composition comprising beta glucan and method of making Providing an oat bran composition that contains water, optionally an acid, and oat bran delivering at least about 0.75 g of beta glucan per serving to provide a heart-healthy and consumer-acceptable product through application of shear to reduce viscosity.
US11051532B2	Methods for purifying protein This disclosure describes methods for purifying protein, and more particularly to methods for purifying protein that minimize the development of undesirable odors and flavors in the purified protein and increase protein yield.
US11051531B2	Machine and method for making liquid and semi-liquid products of the ice cream sector A machine for making liquid and/or semi-liquid products of the ice cream sector comprises a processing container forming a processing chamber for making an ice cream product, a stirrer mounted inside the processing chamber, a cooling system equipped with at least one heat exchanger associated with the processing container, for exchanging heat with the container and cooling the processing container and a unit for receiving and treating a capsule containing a basic preparation for an ice cream product, configured to allow the capsule to be compressed in such a way so as to deform lateral walls of the capsule and to squeeze the basic preparation out of the capsule and transfer it to the processing container.
US11051530B2	Chocolate-like food containing highly unsaturated fatty acid The present invention relates to a chocolate-like food containing a highly unsaturated fatty acid-containing fat or oil, and the objective of the present invention is to provide such a chocolate-like food that is suppressed in change in the flavor over time. The present invention is able to suppress change in the flavor over time of a chocolate-like food containing a highly unsaturated fatty acid-containing fat or oil by adjusting the pH thereof to a value within a predetermined range. It is preferable to use a highly unsaturated fatty acid-containing fat or oil which has been subjected to antioxidation treatment. It is preferable that the antioxidation treatment is carried out by dispersing water phases, in each of which a predetermined amount of a water-soluble antioxidant is dissolved, in the highly unsaturated fatty acid-containing fat or oil such that the water phases have particle diameters of 300 nm or less.
US11051528B2	Method for processing green coffee bean In the penetration step, a carbon dioxide fluid is contacted to a sample of coffee green bean inside a chamber at a temperature of 28-50° C. and a pressure of 950-3,500 psi for 3-30 minutes to allow the carbon dioxide fluid to penetrate into the sample of coffee green bean. In a pressure relief step, the pressure in the chamber is reduced to normal pressure in a time period of 2-15 minutes, allowing the carbon dioxide fluid penetrated into the sample of coffee green bean to break down cell wall of the sample of coffee green bean to obtain a sample of coffee green bean with broken cell wall.
US11051522B2	Cutting system for cutting food products This invention relates to a cutting system for cutting food products while the food products are conveyed by a conveyor. An arc-shaped system and a cutting means are provided, where the cutting means is adapted to be connected to the arc-shaped system. The arc-shaped system is adapted to be positioned above a surface area of the conveyor on which said food products are resting during the cutting such that the center of the arc-shaped system is around the surface area. A control unit operates the position of the cutting means within the arc-shaped system based on image data.
US11051519B2	Endless conveyor belt for a conveyor baking oven and belt link for said endless conveyor belt An endless conveyor belt for a conveyor baking oven has a conveyor run with a plurality of belt links configured in one piece, the belt links extending transversely to a conveying direction and being mounted between lateral guides. Seen in projection in a plane perpendicular to a conveying plane, each of the belt links has gas passage openings. These gas passage openings have a total opening surface area, which amounts to at least 30% of a total surface area of the projection of the belt link. The result is an endless conveyor belt, which allows a baking space of a conveyor baking oven equipped with an endless conveyor belt of this type to be heated more efficiently and flexibly.
US11051516B2	Antimicrobial sanitizer compositions and their use The present invention relates to antimicrobial sanitizing compositions for use as skin sanitizers, especially sanitizers for the hands and feet, and air sanitizers and deodorisers. The sanitizing compositions comprise a combination of three ammonium compounds (ie. an alkoxy silyl ammonium compound, a benzalknonium chloride or benzethonium chloride and a polymeric biguanide) in a non-ionic surfactant carrier. The non-ionic surfactant system comprises an alcohol ethoxylate and an alkylglucoside or alkylpolyglycoside. Methods of use of the compositions are also described.
US11051515B2	3-acyl-benzamides and their use as herbicides The invention relates to 3-acyl-benzamides of formula (I) as herbicides. In formulae (I) X, Y, Z and Rx represent radicals such as alkyl, cycloalkyl and halogen.
US11051512B2	Triamine solidification using diacids Stable, solid triamine compositions are disclosed. The pressed, cast, extruded or other solid compositions are suitable for antimicrobial, sanitizing and disinfectant applications. Ready-to-use solutions are obtained by dissolving the solid triamine compositions with water and the methods of use thereof are particularly suitable for cleaning, disinfecting, sanitizing, rinsing and/or lubricating. Beneficially, the solid triamine compositions are at least partially neutralized, allowing activity of 90% and greater of the biocidal triamine, and provide at least substantially similar or superior performance and micro efficacy to liquid formulations.
US11051511B2	Bees attracting and bee tranquilizing composition and their use in agriculture, horticulture and apiculture A bee attracting and bee tranquilizing composition has the form of an oil/water emulsion in aqueous phase, wherein the oil phase contains citral (3,7-dimethylocta-2,6-dienal), eugenol (4-allyl-2-methoxyphenol) and an oil carrier in an amount of 10% to 50% by weight of the composition, wherein the weight ratio of citral to eugenol is in a range from 1 to 10, and more preferably in a range from 1.7 to 5, and the aqueous phase contains a sweetener in an amount of 15% to 60% by weight based on the total weight of the aqueous phase. The sweetener is preferably selected from the group including: saccharose, fructose, glucose, sugar, inverted sugar syrup, maltose syrup and mixtures thereof. The invention also relates to methods and uses of such a composition for increasing the productivity of a crop area requiring bee pollination in agricultural and/or horticultural environments.
US11051510B2	Asymmetric formales and acetales as adjuvants for crop protection The present invention relates to an agrochemical composition comprising a pesticide and an alkoxylate of the formula (I) R1-[AO]n—O—C(R3)(R4)—O—[CH2—CH2—O]m—R2 (I) where R1 is a C6-C32 aliphatic hydrocarbon group, R2 is a C1-C18 aliphatic hydrocarbon group, R3 and R4 are independently from another H or C1-C12 aliphatic hydrocarbon groups, AO is C2-C6 alkyleneoxy group, n is from 1 to 100, and m is from 0 to 10. The invention further relates to the alkoxylate. The invention further relates to a method of preparing the composition by bringing the alkoxylate and the pesticide into contact. Finally, the invention relates to a method of controlling phytopathogenic fungi and/or undesired plant growth and/or undesired insect or mite attack and/or for regulating the growth of plants.
US11051508B2	Apparatus and method for preserving mucosa A mixing apparatus (1) for mixing slaughter offal with a preservative agent, the apparatus comprising an offal collection tank (3) with a bottom (4) provided with a discharge opening (5) connectable to a closable discharge, an agitator (8) extending into the offal collection tank, and a pump unit (9) operatively connectable to the discharge, wherein the apparatus further comprises a preservative reservoir (7) mounted on top of the collection tank (3). A collection and preservation system is provided, wherein the addition of preservation agent can be strictly controlled, can easily and quickly be installed and connected when it is to be used. After use, the system is easily removed and cleaned.
US11051505B2	Multi-fluid spray system and method for agricultural product application A method of spraying multiple fluids from an agricultural machine includes supplying a first working fluid from a first source to a first spray nozzle, and supplying a second working fluid from a second source to the first spray nozzle. The method also includes operating at least one valve in the first spray nozzle to control flow of the first working fluid from the first source to one or more outlets of the first spray nozzle, and operating the at least one valve in the first spray nozzle to control flow of the second working fluid from the second source to the one or more outlets of the first spray nozzle. The method further includes selectively spraying the first working fluid through the one or more outlets of the first spray nozzle, and selectively spraying the second working fluid through the one or more outlets of the first spray nozzle.
US11051503B2	Fishing rod holder system and method A fishing rod holder including a stake, a foot engaging flange, an elongate tubular member, and a rod retainer. The fishing rod holder is designed to be inserted into a substantially planar surface for retaining a fishing rod in a static position. The stake is an elongate member having a pointed tip. The foot engaging flange is attached to the stake at an end distal to the pointed tip. The elongate tubular member is attached in series with the stake and the foot engaging flange. The rod retainer is sized to telescopically couple with the elongate tubular member. The rod retainer is configured to hold a fishing rod. The fishing rod holder effectively holds a fishing rod at a vector defined by the placement of the stake.
US11051498B2	Mouse having an engineered immunoglobulin lambda light chain Non-human animals (and/or non-human cells) and methods of using the same are provided, which non-human animals (and/or non-human cells) have a genome comprising human antibody-encoding sequences (i.e., immunoglobulin genes). Non-human animals described herein express antibodies that contain immunoglobulin (Ig) light chains characterized by the presence of human Vλ domains. Non-human animals provided herein are, in some embodiments, characterized by expression of antibodies that contain human Vλ light chains that are encoded by human Igλ light chain-encoding sequences inserted into an endogenous Igκ light chain locus of said non-human animals. Methods for producing antibodies from non-human animals are also provided, which antibodies contain human variable regions and mouse constant regions.
US11051495B2	Systems and methods for promoting biological responses in incubated eggs A system and method to promote biological responses within incubated eggs using lighting devices within an incubation chamber. A light supporting device is installed within the incubation chamber in spaced relation to an incubation device housing a plurality of eggs. The light supporting device is positioned to direct light at pre-determined wavelengths into the interior cavity of the incubation device to irradiate the plurality of eggs to promote a biological response within the eggs.
US11051483B1	Cotton variety 18R448B3XF The invention relates to the novel cotton variety designated 18R448B3XF. Provided by the invention are the seeds, plants, plant parts and derivatives of the cotton variety 18R448B3XF. Also provided by the invention are methods of using cotton variety 18R448B3XF and products derived therefrom. Still further provided by the invention are methods for producing cotton plants by crossing the cotton variety 18R448B3XF with itself or another cotton variety and plants and seeds produced by such methods.
US11051481B1	Soybean cultivar 93020437 A soybean cultivar designated 93020437 is disclosed. The invention relates to the seeds of soybean cultivar 93020437, to the plants of soybean cultivar 93020437, to the plant parts of soybean cultivar 93020437, and to methods for producing progeny of soybean cultivar 93020437. The invention also relates to methods for producing a soybean plant containing in its genetic material one or more transgenes and to the transgenic soybean plants and plant parts produced by those methods. The invention also relates to soybean cultivars or breeding cultivars, and plant parts derived from soybean cultivar 93020437. The invention also relates to methods for producing other soybean cultivars, lines, or plant parts derived from soybean cultivar 93020437, and to the soybean plants, varieties, and their parts derived from use of those methods. The invention further relates to hybrid soybean seeds, plants, and plant parts produced by crossing cultivar 93020437 with another soybean cultivar.
US11051480B1	Soybean cultivar 93230440 A soybean cultivar designated 93230440 is disclosed. The invention relates to the seeds of soybean cultivar 93230440, to the plants of soybean cultivar 93230440, to the plant parts of soybean cultivar 93230440, and to methods for producing progeny of soybean cultivar 93230440. The invention also relates to methods for producing a soybean plant containing in its genetic material one or more transgenes and to the transgenic soybean plants and plant parts produced by those methods. The invention also relates to soybean cultivars or breeding cultivars, and plant parts derived from soybean cultivar 93230440. The invention also relates to methods for producing other soybean cultivars, lines, or plant parts derived from soybean cultivar 93230440, and to the soybean plants, varieties, and their parts derived from use of those methods. The invention further relates to hybrid soybean seeds, plants, and plant parts produced by crossing cultivar 93230440 with another soybean cultivar.
US11051478B2	Soybean cultivar 2705849 A soybean cultivar designated 2705849 is disclosed. Embodiments include the seeds of soybean 2705849, the plants of soybean 2705849, to plant parts of soybean 2705849, and methods for producing a soybean plant produced by crossing soybean 2705849 with itself or with another soybean variety. Embodiments include methods for producing a soybean plant containing in its genetic material one or more genes or transgenes and the transgenic soybean plants and plant parts produced by those methods. Embodiments also relate to soybean cultivars, breeding cultivars, plant parts, and cells derived from soybean 2705849, methods for producing other soybean cultivars, lines or plant parts derived from soybean 2705849, and the soybean plants, varieties, and their parts derived from use of those methods. Embodiments further include hybrid soybean seeds, plants, and plant parts produced by crossing 2705849 with another soybean cultivar.
US11051477B2	Soybean variety 5PMFU17 A novel soybean variety, designated 5PMFU17 is provided. Also provided are the seeds of soybean variety 5PMFU17, cells from soybean variety 5PMFU17, plants of soybean 5PMFU17, and plant parts of soybean variety 5PMFU17. Methods provided include producing a soybean plant by crossing soybean variety 5PMFU17 with another soybean plant, methods for introgressing a transgenic trait, a mutant trait, and/or a native trait into soybean variety 5PMFU17, methods for producing other soybean varieties or plant parts derived from soybean variety 5PMFU17, and methods of characterizing soybean variety 5PMFU17. Soybean seed, cells, plants, germplasm, breeding lines, varieties, and plant parts produced by these methods and/or derived from soybean variety 5PMFU17 are further provided.
US11051476B2	Soybean variety 5PVPG40 A novel soybean variety, designated 5PVPG40 is provided. Also provided are the seeds of soybean variety 5PVPG40, cells from soybean variety 5PVPG40, plants of soybean 5PVPG40, and plant parts of soybean variety 5PVPG40. Methods provided include producing a soybean plant by crossing soybean variety 5PVPG40 with another soybean plant, methods for introgressing a transgenic trait, a mutant trait, and/or a native trait into soybean variety 5PVPG40, methods for producing other soybean varieties or plant parts derived from soybean variety 5PVPG40, and methods of characterizing soybean variety 5PVPG40. Soybean seed, cells, plants, germplasm, breeding lines, varieties, and plant parts produced by these methods and/or derived from soybean variety 5PVPG40 are further provided.
US11051471B2	Sorghum variety 2PYFG43 A novel sorghum variety designated 2PYFG43 and seed, plants, plant parts and plant cells thereof are provided. Methods for producing a sorghum plant comprise crossing sorghum variety 2PYFG43 with another sorghum plant. Sorghum variety 2PYFG43, the seed, the plant produced from the seed, and variants, mutants, and minor modifications of sorghum variety 2PYFG43 are provided. Methods for producing a sorghum plant containing in its genetic material one or more traits introgressed into sorghum variety 2PYFG43 include one or both of backcross conversion and transformation. The sorghum seed, plants and plant parts produced thereby are described.
US11051470B2	Canola inbred N00655 A novel canola variety designated N00655 and seed, plants and plant parts thereof. Methods for producing a canola plant that comprise crossing canola variety N00655 with another canola plant. Methods for producing a canola plant containing in its genetic material one or more traits introgressed into N00655 through backcross conversion and/or transformation, and to the canola seed, plant and plant part produced thereby. Hybrid canola seed, plant or plant part produced by crossing the canola variety N00655 or a locus conversion of N00655 with another canola variety.
US11051466B2	Pressure compensation members, emitters, drip line and methods relating to same A pressure compensation member, an irrigation drip emitter, drip lines and methods relating to same, are provided for delivering irrigation water from a supply tube to an emitter outlet at a reduced and relatively constant flow rate. The pressure compensation member being suitable for use in conventional emitters or alternate emitters being provided having either a uniform elastomeric emitter body configuration or a poly-material emitter body utilizing an elastomeric pressure compensation member. Various methods are also disclosed herein relating to the pressure compensation member, emitters and/or drip line using such pressure compensating members and/or emitters.
US11051465B2	Forestry harvester A forestry harvester for delimbing a tree with an angular upper cutter and side cutters while advancing the tree by feed rollers, wherein when the feeding of the tree is stopped due to being incapable of cutting the limbs off, the angle-shaped upper cutter and the side cutters are moved relative to the tree with rotation of the feed rollers stopped to cut off the limbs of the tree therewith.The forestry harvester comprises a feed unit (1 or 100) including a pair of left-hand and right-hand clamp arms (8, 9 or 108, 109) and feed means (20 or 120), a chain saw box (22a) having a power chain saw (22), a delimbing unit (2) including an angle-shaped upper cutter (52) and a pair of cutter arms (26, 26) each having a side cutter (25), guide mechanism for guiding the delimbing unit for forward and rearward movement of the delimbing unit relative to the feed unit, and a hydraulic cylinder (47) actuated to move the delimbing unit (2) toward and away from the feed unit (1 or 100).
US11051454B2	Identification filament with baler binding material A binding material for binding a bale of crop material has bale identification tags used to identify properties of the bale that is bound by the binding material. The binding material includes at least one strand of a non-identifying filament and one strand of an identifying filament incorporating the identification tags, wherein the identifying filament is formed as a continuous identification element comprising a resonant material incorporated into the identifying filament during a production process.
US11051453B2	Reel drive assembly for an agricultural header A header for an agricultural vehicle including a frame, a reel rotatably mounted to the frame, and a reel drive assembly operably connected to the reel. The reel drive assembly rotates the reel in a first drive configuration and a second drive configuration. The reel drive assembly includes a first drive operably connected to the reel, and a second drive selectively connected to the reel such that the second drive is disconnected from the reel in the first drive configuration and the second drive is operably connected to the reel in parallel with the first drive in the second drive configuration.
US11051449B2	Lawnmower cutting deck with angled cutter shafts A lawnmower cutting deck (1) is disclosed, wherein the cutting deck (1) is configured to be moved in a forward direction (d1) over a ground surface (5) to cut grass. The cutting deck (1) comprises at least a first cutter shaft (7.1) and at least one cutting unit (9) arranged on the first cutter shaft (7.1). The first cutter shaft (7.1) is configured to rotate around a first rotational axis (ax1) extending substantially parallel to the ground surface (5) to rotate the at least one cutting unit (9) in a first rotational plane (p1). The first rotational plane (p1) is angled in relation to the forward direction (d1). The present disclosure further relates to a lawnmower (3, 3′) comprising a lawnmower cutting deck (1) and a method (100) of mowing a lawn.
US11051448B2	Methods of using drift reduction adjuvant compositions A method to reduce bag rupture in an agricultural spray dispensed from a nozzle is disclosed. The method comprises dispensing the agricultural spray from the nozzle. The agricultural spray comprises water, at least one polymer, and at least one perforation-aid type adjuvant. The agricultural spray exhibits fewer fine droplets exhibiting a diameter less than about 150 μm formed via the bag rupture approach to droplet formation.
US11051443B1	Methods and devices for a seed germination profile indicator based on electrical conductivity The present invention discloses methods and devices for a germination profile indicator based on conductivity including: utilizing a target-profile correlation of a target profile of an API from a plant seed to a target germination stage, the target profile includes identifying characteristics of chemical components, and wherein the target germination stage relates to a progress of a seed-germination process of the target profile; utilizing a process-profile correlation of germination-process profiles during the seed-germination process to respective process germination stages, wherein each germination-process profile relates to extracted seed material during the respective process germination stage; comparing characteristics of the target profile to corresponding features in the germination-process profiles; selecting an optimal state of the respective process germination stage to maximize an API quantity; and cross-correlating the optimal state to a conductivity range for the seed in a soak water within a given temperature range to identify a temperature-dependent germination stopping condition.
US11058041B2	Component mounter and mounting head There is provided a component mounter for mounting a component on a mounting target object, including: a mounting head comprising a base section having, in the interior thereof, a first gas passage and a second gas passage that does not communicate with the first gas passage; a lifting and lowering mechanism for lifting and lowering the base section; a suction nozzle having a nozzle section disposed below the base section and configured to be lifted up and lowered, as the base section is lifted up and lowered, to pick up the component through a negative pressure supplied to the first gas passage; a biasing section for biasing the nozzle section downwards while permitting the nozzle section to be pushed in towards the base section; and a valve for switching between presence and absence of communication between the second gas passage and the outside depending on whether a push-in amount of the nozzle section has not yet reached or reached a predetermined value; and a detecting device for detecting at least one of a flow rate or a pressure of gas flowing through the second gas passage.
US11058036B2	Electronic assembly for a rotary electric machine for a motor vehicle An electronic assembly for a rotary electric machine for a motor vehicle is disclosed. The electronic assembly includes electronic component blocks having different thermal dissipation needs, the blocks including a power block and a control block. The assembly also includes a device for cooling the blocks and having a protective cover suitable for covering the power and control blocks. The protective cover includes a first set of openings configured to be positioned opposite a first cooling element coupled to the power block, and opposite the control block, the first cooling element being a first dissipator provided with a base plate, the base plate protruding with respect to the power block to create a first radial flow of cooling air (F1) for the power block and a second radial flow of cooling air (F2) for the control block.
US11058031B2	Vapor chamber A vapor chamber that includes a housing composed of a first sheet and a second sheet facing each other and having outer edge portions thereof joined to each other to define an internal space, the second sheet having a plurality of projecting portions on an inner surface thereof that faces the internal space; a pillar between the first sheet and the second sheet and supporting them from the internal space; a wick arranged in the housing, and a working fluid enclosed in the housing. A first flow path and a second flow path are formed in the internal space, and a cross-sectional area of the second flow path is larger than a cross-sectional area of the first flow path.
US11058030B2	Cold plate with flex regions between fin areas An apparatus includes a top wall and a bottom wall. The top wall and the bottom wall define and enclose a first fin area; a second fin area; and a flex region joining the first fin area to the second fin area. The flex region is connected in fluid communication with the interior of the first fin area and the interior of the second fin area. The flex region is bent or twisted at a nonzero angle around at least one axis relative to the broadest surfaces of the first and second fin areas.
US11058028B2	Technologies for managing hot spots in a compute device Technologies for managing hot spots in a compute device with use of a vortex tube are disclosed. Cold air from one or more vortex tubes can be routed to hot spots of one or more compute devices, providing effective spot cooling. This approach may allow for cooling of components that might otherwise be difficult to cool, such as components where would be difficult or impossible to cool with a heat sink. This approach may also be effective in cooling components that are downstream of a heat sink and would otherwise only be cooled by air that was already heated by the heat sink.
US11058027B2	Systems and methods for controlling air distribution to electronic components Systems and methods for controlling air distribution to electronic components are disclosed. According to an aspect, a system includes fans configured to distribute air to a plurality of electronic components. The system also includes a fan controller configured to control the fans based on a form factor and/or a quantity of the electronic components.
US11058026B1	Air deflector for cooling system in a head-mounted device A head-mounted device includes a housing configured to be worn on a head of a user. The housing includes an inlet port and an outlet port. An air circulation device is mounted to the housing and configured to produce a flow of air through an air flow path in the housing that extends from the inlet port to the outlet port. A display assembly is mounted to the housing and has a surface in the air flow path of the housing. An air deflector mounted to the surface of the display assembly and configured to reduce a turbulence of the flow of air through the air flow path.
US11058024B2	Rotary extending frame A rotary extending frame includes a frame, a handle, a plurality of friction pieces, and a plurality of positioning discs. The frame has a plurality of accommodation spaces and fastening portions. The handle is rotatably disposed on the frame and has a holding portion and a plurality of rotating portions connected to two ends of the holding portion and facing two side surfaces of the frame respectively. The friction pieces are disposed on the corresponding rotating portions respectively and are firmly attached on the two side surfaces. The positioning discs are disposed on the corresponding rotating portions respectively and are pivotally connected to the friction pieces. The friction pieces and the frame clamp the corresponding rotating portions, so that the rotating portions and the positioning discs are adapted to rotate relative to the friction pieces and the frame and rub against the corresponding friction pieces simultaneously.
US11058022B1	Vertical track and sliding mount for a smoke detector The vertical track and sliding mount for a smoke detector comprises a guide tube, a lifting tube, and a mounting base. The mounting base may be adapted to couple to a detector. The mounting base may be coupled to the top end of the lifting tube. The detector be raised and lowered by sliding the lifting tube vertically within the guide tube. As non-limiting examples, the detector may be a smoke detector, carbon monoxide detector, radon detector, natural gas detector, propane detector, or other residential environmental detector or alarm. In some embodiments, a height lock may hold the lifting tube at an elevated position or at a lowered position.
US11058021B2	Cover window for display device and display device including the same A cover window for a display device includes: a first film; a second film on the first film; and an adhesive layer between the first film and the second film. The adhesive layer has a lap shear modulus in a range of 20 kPa to 50 kPa.
US11058020B2	Wall mount device The present disclosure discloses a wall mount device adapted to be fixed to a wall surface and carry an electronic device with connecting wires. The wall mount device comprises a wall mount, a first and a second wire arrangement component. The wall mount has an upper and a lower surface. The upper surface faces the wall surface and the lower surface faces the electronic device. The first wire arrangement component is positioned on the lower surface and adjacent to a first side of the wall mount. The second wire arrangement component is positioned on the lower surface and adjacent to a second side vertical to the first side of the wall mount. The connecting wires are sequentially and detachably accommodated in the first and the second wire arrangement component from the electronic device to fix the connecting wires to corresponding positions on the wall mount.
US11058016B2	Connector and connector manufacturing method A connector is to be mounted on a printed circuit board connected to a mating connector. The connector includes a housing to be fixed to the printed circuit board, the housing including a plurality of terminal insertion holes extending parallel to the printed circuit board and a plurality of terminals, each of the plurality of terminals including a connection portion and a leg portion forming an L-shape, the connection portion being inserted into one of the terminal insertion holes toward the mating connector such that the connection portion is supported by the housing and such that the leg portion is electrically connectable to the printed circuit board. The plurality of terminals includes a first terminal to be connected to the mating connector, and a second terminal to serve as an antenna. The connection portion of the second terminal is shorter than the connection portion of the first terminal.
US11058014B1	Method of manufacturing circuit board with embedded conductive circuits A method for manufacturing a circuit board with embedded conductive circuits includes providing a first circuit substrate having a first support board and a first peelable film, providing a second circuit substrate having a second support board and a second peelable film, providing an insulating layer to obtain an intermediate body, pressing the intermediate body, and removing the first support board, the first peelable film, the second support board, and the second peelable film. The first circuit substrate includes a first circuit layer. The second circuit substrate includes a second circuit layer. The first circuit layer is electrically coupled to the second circuit layer through the insulating layer.
US11058008B2	PCB panel, PCB, and manufacturing method A manufacturing method, Printed Circuit Board (PCB) panel, and a PCB are disclosed. The method includes forming a cavity in a PCB that is in a PCB panel that includes a frame and stays, mounting an electronic component, heating the PCB panel, and cutting the stays. The PCB panel includes a frame body and a PCB coupled to the frame body via stays. The PCB includes a cavity. A first cavity stay is located near the cavity. Extended lines extend from the cavity, and the cavity stay extends at least between the extended lines. The PCB includes a cavity and a connection point from a cavity stay near the cavity.
US11058007B2	Component carrier with two component carrier portions and a component being embedded in a blind opening of one of the component carrier portions A component carrier with a) a first component carrier portion having a blind opening; b) a component arranged in the blind opening; and c) a second component carrier portion at least partially filling the blind opening. At least one of the first component carrier portion and the second component carrier portion includes a flexible component carrier material, and the first component carrier portion and the second component carrier portion form a stack of a plurality of electrically insulating layer structures and/or electrically conductive layer structures. It is further described a method for manufacturing such a component carrier.
US11058004B2	Metallic layer as carrier for component embedded in cavity of component carrier A method of manufacturing a component carrier is presented. The method includes providing a base structure having a front side and a back side, the back side being at least partially covered by a metallic layer, removing material of the base structure from the front side to thereby form a cavity which is at least partially closed by the metallic layer, inserting a component in the cavity and placing the component on the metallic layer.
US11058002B2	Method of producing a wired circuit board A method for producing a wired circuit board, the method including the steps of: a first step of providing an insulating layer having an opening penetrating in the thickness direction at one side surface in the thickness direction of the metal plate, a second step of providing a first barrier layer at one side surface in the thickness direction of the metal plate exposed from the opening by plating, a third step of providing a second barrier layer continuously at one side in the thickness direction of the first barrier layer and an inner surface of the insulating layer facing the opening, a fourth step of providing a conductor layer so as to contact the second barrier layer, and a fifth step of removing the metal plate by etching.
US11058000B1	Flexible display device The present disclosure provides a flexible display device including a flexible display panel, a flexible printed circuit board, and a reel. The flexible printed circuit board includes a first binding area provided with a first pad and an element area provided with an integrated circuit. The flexible display panel includes a display area, and a second binding area provided with a second pad. The first pad is bound to the second pad. The reel has a cavity, and the reel includes an inner surface facing towards the cavity and an outer surface facing away from the cavity. The inner surface includes a first surface, and the first surface is flat. The element area of the flexible printed circuit board is provided on the first surface, and the display area of the flexible display panel is rollable along the outer surface of the reel.
US11057993B2	Printed circuit board A printed circuit board is disclosed. The printed circuit board includes a first substrate portion, and a second substrate portion connected to the first substrate portion and having a flexible insulating layer bendable with respect to the first substrate portion. The second substrate portion includes a block member disposed in the flexible insulating layer and a circuit pattern disposed on a region of the flexible insulating layer, in which the block member is embedded.
US11057992B2	Connection structure A method for manufacturing connection structure, the method includes arranging conductive particles and a first composite on a first electrode located on a first surface of a first member, arranging a second composite on a region other than the first electrode of the first surface, arranging the first surface and a second surface of a second member where a second electrode is located, so that the first electrode and the second electrode are opposed to each other, pressing the first member and the second member; and curing the first composite and the second composite.
US11057991B2	Waterproof stretchable optoelectronics Described herein are flexible and stretchable LED arrays and methods utilizing flexible and stretchable LED arrays. Assembly of flexible LED arrays alongside flexible plasmonic crystals is useful for construction of fluid monitors, permitting sensitive detection of fluid refractive index and composition. Co-integration of flexible LED arrays with flexible photodetector arrays is useful for construction of flexible proximity sensors. Application of stretchable LED arrays onto flexible threads as light emitting sutures provides novel means for performing radiation therapy on wounds.
US11057990B2	Flexible substrate and a method thereof A flexible substrate and a method thereof are provided. The flexible substrate includes a first flexible layer fabricated with at least one conducting path, and configured to sustain an electric power within the conducting path, a second flexible layer fabricated with one or more sensors connected in a form of a matrix, and the second flexible layer configured to generate a signal upon receiving an interaction from at least one user, a third flexible layer fabricated in-between the first flexible layer and the second flexible layer, and configured to insulate the conducting path of the first flexible layer from a matrix connection of the second flexible layer, at least one support structure operatively coupled to the first flexible layer, the second flexible layer and the third flexible layer, and configured to receive the signal generated by the second flexible layer and to provide a support.
US11057987B2	Asymmetric dual bend skew compensation for reducing differential mode to common mode conversion In one embodiment, a method includes positioning a first component for generating a differential signal on a printed circuit board, positioning a second component for receiving the differential signal on a printed circuit board, and routing a differential conductor pair on a path between the first component and the second component, wherein the path comprises at least one turn in which the differential conductor pair changes direction. A first conductor and a second conductor of the differential conductor pair each comprise a plurality of sets of bends proximate to the turn to provide skew compensation while reducing differential mode to common mode conversion and wherein each of the sets of bends in the second conductor is aligned with one of the sets of bends in the first conductor.
US11057985B2	Printed wiring board A printed wiring board according to an embodiment includes a wiring board body, a first connection part and a second connection part. In the first connection part, a heat-receiving front surface is a first land formed on a front surface of the wiring board body. A heat-receiving back surface is formed on a back surface of the wiring board body. A main-heat conducting part is a through-hole that inter-connects the heat-receiving front surface and the heat-receiving back surface. In the second connection part, a second land is formed on the front surface of the wiring board body. The second land is not connected to any conductor pattern formed on the back surface of the wiring board body.
US11057982B2	Rotary module for an accelerator system A rotary module for a measuring device of an accelerator facility includes a first radial bearing including a first bearing side configured to be paired with an accelerator-side flange connection and further including a second bearing side configured to receive the measuring device on the first radial bearing in a bearing manner such that the measuring device is connected to the accelerator facility by the first radial bearing; and a drive configured to control a rotational movement of the measuring device about an axis of rotation.
US11057979B2	Intelligent lamp string with integrated power control The present application provides an intelligent lamp string with integrated power control. Address signal modules for distinguishing different lamp holders are arranged in lamp holders, and address identification and processing modules for identifying addresses of the lamp holders and outputting corresponding signals are arranged in bulbs. By assembling a bulb with a lamp holder and electrically connecting the address identification and processing module in this bulb to the address signal module in this lamp holder to form a communication loop, the bulb will identify the address of this lamp holder, so that an individual bulb can be accurately controlled.
US11057978B2	Lighting control system and lighting control method An objective of the present invention is to control vehicle cabin lighting with suppressed unnecessary turning on. The objective is achieved by a lighting control system comprising a vehicle cabin lighting for illuminating from above an interior of a vehicle cabin in a vehicle with a front seat and a rear seat; an information acquisition unit for acquiring distance measurement information about the interior of the vehicle cabin from a front side reference position in the vehicle cabin, a determination unit for determining based on the distance measurement information from the information acquisition unit at least whether a front seat passenger sitting on the front seat performed a head turning action in which he turned his head toward a side of the rear seat, and a control unit for performing on/off-control of the vehicle cabin lighting at least based on a determination result from in the determination unit.
US11057965B2	Control device of water purifier, water purifier, and control method thereof A control device, for a water purifier, that dispenses hot water and that includes: an input unit that is configured to receive a command signal; and a controller that is configured to control the water purifier based on the command signal, wherein the controller is configured to: control power output of a heating unit that is configured to heat water stored in a hot water tank of the water purifier, and based on the power output of the heating unit, control temperature of hot water dispensed by the water purifier is disclosed.
US11057964B2	Apparatus for conveying and heating objects Apparatuses and methods are disclosed for heating objects. The apparatus may include two conveyer belts. Each conveyer belt may include a plurality of teeth. At least a portion of the two conveyer belts may be in parallel to each other. In the parallel portion, the conveyer belts may include opposite teeth that are symmetrical to each other and the object may be fitted in the opening of the symmetrical teeth and secured by the surrounding teeth.
US11057962B2	Systems and methods to report band combination capabilities in a telecommunication network Techniques described herein may be used to enable User Equipment (UE) to efficiently and reliably report supported band combinations to a wireless network. An enhanced NodeB (eNB) may determine eNB-supported bands combinations for carrier aggregation scenarios, create a simplified representation of the eNB-supported bands combinations (e.g., using a highest order band combination, groups of band combinations, etc.), and communicate the eNB-supported bands combinations to the UE. The UE may determine UE-supported band combinations that are among the eNB-supported bands combinations, create a simplified representation of the UE-supported band combinations, and communicate the eNB-supported bands combinations to the eNB. The eNB may use the UE-supported band combinations to allocate appropriate carriers to the UE for carrier aggregation.
US11057959B2	Radio terminal A radio terminal according to an embodiment is used in a mobile communication system. The radio terminal includes a controller configured to, if the radio terminal is in an RRC connected state, perform a predetermined function according to configuration parameters configured from a network. The controller is configured to invalidate at least a part of the configuration parameters in response to the transition of the radio terminal from the RRC connected state to a specific state. The specific state is a state in which signaling is reduced as compared with the RRC connected state and context information of the radio terminal is maintained in the network.
US11057957B2	Systems and methods for joint wireless transmission and joint wireless reception A method for joint wireless transmission includes (a) at a master wireless communication device, generating a first coordination signal for coordinating joint transmission of a wireless communication signal by at least the master wireless communication device and a first slave wireless communication device, (b) transmitting the first coordination signal from the master wireless communication device to the first slave wireless communication device, and (c) transmitting a first portion of the wireless communication signal from the master wireless communication device to a wireless base station that is remote from each of the master wireless communication device and the first slave wireless communication device.
US11057956B2	Apparatus and method for performing packet duplication The method for a user equipment (UE) performing packet duplication comprises receiving a duplication activation command for a duplicate radio bearer (RB); and applying the packet duplication for the duplicate RB if each of transmission paths of the duplicate RB is mapped to at least one activated cell.
US11057955B2	Radio access network node, radio terminal, core network node, and methods and non-transitory computer-readable media therefor A second RAN node (2) associated with a secondary RAT configures a radio bearer of the secondary RAT in accordance with a bearer-level QoS parameter conforming to a QoS framework of a primary RAT. In addition, the second RAN node (2) translates the bearer-level QoS parameter to a flow-level QoS parameter conforming to a QoS framework of the secondary RAT and associates the obtained flow-level QoS parameter with the radio bearer of the secondary RAT.
US11057953B2	Device and method of handling communications in a dual connectivity A communication device for handling communications in a dual connectivity comprises a storage device for storing instructions and a processing circuit coupled to the storage device. The storage device stores, and the processing circuit is configured to execute instructions of establishing a first signaling radio bearer (SRB) with a master base station (MBS); establishing a second SRB with a secondary BS (SBS); receiving a first radio resource control (RRC) message comprising a first configuration, on the first SRB from the MBS; receiving a second RRC message comprising a second configuration, on the second SRB from the SBS; and applying the first configuration and ignoring the second configuration, when detecting a conflict between the first configuration and the second configuration.
US11057949B2	Method, apparatuses and arrangement for establishing a wireless connection between a vehicle and a vehicle accessory The invention relates to a method for establishing a wireless communication channel between a vehicle and a vehicle accessory. The method comprises, in the vehicle: detecting a wired communication channel between the vehicle and the accessory; transmitting a vehicle identifier from the vehicle to the accessory via the wired communication channel; receiving an accessory identifier; deriving a unique code based on the vehicle identifier and the accessory identifier using a predetermined function; broadcasting the unique code by a vehicle wireless transceiver. In the vehicle accessory: deriving the unique code based on the vehicle identifier and the accessory identifier using the same predetermined function as used in the vehicle; receiving the broadcast unique code; determining that the received code corresponds to the determined unique code; finding a network broadcasting the unique code; and establishing a wireless connection between the wireless transceiver of the vehicle and the wireless transceiver of the accessory using the network characterized by the unique code.
US11057944B2	MBMS and PMCH in unlicensed bands Systems and methods are disclosed that enable multi-cast transmissions (e.g., Physical Multi-cast Channel (PMCH) transmissions) on carriers in unlicensed spectrum. In some embodiments, a method of operation of a radio access node to enable multi-cast transmissions on a carrier in an unlicensed spectrum comprises performing a Listen-Before-Talk (LBT) procedure on a carrier in an unlicensed spectrum based on random backoff and a contention window size prior to a multi-cast transmission. The method further comprises transmitting the multi-cast transmission if the LBT procedure determines that the carrier in the unlicensed spectrum is Idle. In this manner, multi-cast transmissions on the carrier in the unlicensed spectrum are enabled.
US11057943B2	Random access method, terminal, and network device This application provides a random access method, a terminal, and a network device. The random access method includes: determining, by a terminal, whether a resource used for random access conflicts with a resource used for receiving a downlink signal; and if the resource used for the random access conflicts with the resource used for the downlink signal, preferentially using the conflicting random access resource for receiving the downlink signal but not for the random access.
US11057938B2	Wireless communication including random access A method, a computer-readable medium, and an apparatus are provided for wireless communication that enables a UE to generate a PRACH message based on an SSB/CSI-RS for a first cell or first band and to transmit the PRACH message via another cell or another band. Aspects enable a base station to select an SSB index for transmitting downlink communication to the UE on the first cell/first band. A UE receives an SSB/CSI-RS from a base station through a first cell and transmits a random access message for the SSB/CSI-RS to the base station through a second cell. In another aspect the UE receives the SSB/CSI-RS from a base station through a first frequency range and transmits a random access message based on the SSB/CSI-RS to the base station through a second frequency range.
US11057934B2	Initial access procedure using preconfigured resources In aspects, a user equipment may be configured to determine a preconfigured frequency band that is less than an available system bandwidth. The UE may be further configured to perform an initial access procedure with a base station using the preconfigured frequency band. The initial access procedure may include a random access channel (RACH) procedure.
US11057932B2	Increasing downstream network throughput from access points in data communication systems using transmit opportunities from RTS (request to send)frame errors A sender of the RTS frame is decoded based on the symbol error sequence and a station database within the access point, even if there is a CRC (cyclical redundancy checking) failure. The access point seizes the transmit opportunity during RTS reception failure, as collision results in higher back off window before stations can transmit. To minimize the impact of collision on voice clients, some embodiments prioritize transmission of voice packets within the new transmit opportunity.
US11057921B2	System and method for improving spectral efficiency and coverage for user equipments Methods and apparatus are provided to improve spectral efficiency, coverage, and data rates for communication between a base station and user equipments (UEs). In a first case, mechanisms to reduce a size of a random access response message are provided. In a second case, mechanisms to support UE-group scheduling are provided. In a third case, control signaling designs according to a coverage requirement for a UE are provided. In a fourth case, designs for allocation of downlink (DL) subframes and uplink (UL) subframes in order to adjust a data rate and minimize switching between DL and UL for a half-duplex FDD UE are provided.
US11057918B2	Electronic device and radio communication method The present disclosure relates to an electronic device and a radio communication method. The electronic device according to the present disclosure comprises: a processing circuit configured to perform a semi-persistent scheduling (SPS) configuration on a remote device, with the remote device communicating with the electronic device by means of a relay device within a service range of the electronic device; and a transceiving circuit configured to send SPS configuration information about the remote device to the relay device. By means of the electronic device and the radio communication method according to the present disclosure, an SPS technology can be applied to communication between devices, so as to meet the service quality requirements of different services and flow types.
US11057916B2	Methods and apparatus for indication information communication Embodiments of this disclosure provide an indication information transmission method and an apparatus, and relate to the communications field. The method includes: generating, by a network device, indication information, where the indication information is used to indicate an existence status of a downlink control signal in a first time period; and sending, by the network device, the indication information to a terminal device.
US11057904B2	Prioritization of mobile terminating radio resource control connections A connection between mobile terminating (MT) user equipment (UE) and a base station can be established by receiving a paging message at the MT UE from the base station that includes a page reason indicator indicating that the MT UE is being paged for a voice call, and, at least partially in response to receipt of the paging message, sending a Radio Resource Control (RRC) Connection Request message from the MT UE to the base station that includes an establishment cause indicating that the MT UE is requesting a connection with the base station for the voice call. The establishment cause indicating that the MT UE is requesting a connection for a voice call can allow the base station to prioritize the MT UE's RRC Connection Request message over RRC Connection Request messages from other UEs in congested conditions.
US11057901B2	Channel allocation among multiple radio frequency networks Methods, systems, and storage media for dynamic allocation of communication channels among multiple wireless networks are disclosed. The example embodiments may provide interference mitigation and control among a plurality of wireless protocols operating in an environment. Other embodiments may be disclosed and/or claimed.
US11057900B2	Resource allocation method and apparatus, and resource determining method and apparatus A resource allocation method includes: determining a resource block allocation field in downlink control information, where when a value indicated by five least significant bits of the resource block allocation field is less than or equal to 20, the five least significant bits of the resource block allocation field indicate a resource that is allocated within an indicated narrowband by using an uplink resource allocation type 0; or when a value indicated by five least significant bits of the resource block allocation field is greater than 20, the resource block allocation field indicates a quantity of resource block groups allocated to a terminal device and an index of a starting resource block group allocated to the terminal device. The method provided in this embodiment improves the coverage capability of the network. The method can be applied to the Internet of Things, such as MTC, IoT, LTE-M, M2M, etc.
US11057899B2	Method and apparatus for resource allocation and determination Provided is a method apparatus for resource allocation and determination. The method includes: configuring, by a base station, a resource for transmission of a physical shared channel of a terminal through a resource allocation parameter, and sending, by the base station, the resource allocation parameter to the terminal through signaling, where the resource allocation parameter includes at least one of: a wideband indication, a resource location in a wideband, a subframe where the wideband is located, a wideband mode or a resource location.
US11057897B1	Automatic event-based request communication (ERC) generation and ERC routing based on resource capabilities Disclosed is a system and method of automatically generating an event-based request communication (“ERC”) and routing the ERC to a public safety answering point (“PSAP”) (or other call center) to service the ERC based on PSAP profiles that each specify capabilities of a given PSAP. A client device may be programmed to obtain the capabilities of a relevant PSAP, and generate and communicate an ERC based on the capabilities of the PSAP. The ERC may be generated in a format that the relevant PSAP is capable of processing. The format may include a voice call, a text message, an electronic mail message, a shortwave radio communication, and/or other type of broadband wireless or wireline communication.
US11057895B2	Retuning method and apparatus for SRS coverage enhancement The present disclosure relates to retuning methods and apparatus. One example method includes determining a first resource and a second resource, where the first resource is used to send a SRS, the first resource is determined based on a first frequency domain resource and at least one symbol of a first subframe, the second resource is used to send a PUSCH or a PUCCH, the second resource is determined based on a second frequency domain resource and a second subframe, all or a part of the first frequency domain resource is not in the second frequency domain resource, the first subframe is the first subframe in two consecutive subframes, and the second subframe is the second subframe in the two consecutive subframes, and determining, in at least one of the first subframe or the second subframe, a guard period for retuning.
US11057893B2	Usage of synchronization signal block index in new radio A base station may determine an SS block index associated with an SS block for transmission, and may scramble information based on at least a portion of the determined SS block index. The information may include at least one of a reference signal, data, paging information, control information, broadcast information, or a CRC associated with control information. The base station may transmit the SS block and scrambled information to a UE. A UE may receive an SS block and information scrambled based on at least a portion of an SS block index associated with the SS block. The information may include at least one of a reference signal, data, paging information, control information, broadcast information, or a CRC associated with control information. The UE may descramble the scrambled information based on the at least the portion of the SS block index.
US11057890B2	Method and apparatus for performing BWP-based communication in NR V2X Provided herein are a method for performing wireless communication by a first apparatus and an apparatus for supporting the same. The method may include the steps of receiving a configuration related to a Uu bandwidth part (BWP) from a base station, and receiving a configuration related to a sidelink (SL) BWP from the base station. Herein, based on a numerology of the Uu BWP and a numerology of the SL BWP being different, the first apparatus may not perform SL communication on the SL BWP.
US11057885B2	Frame-based initiator device operation Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described that provide for frame-based initiator device operations. A wireless device may be operating within a frame-based equipment communications system, where a frame may include a channel occupancy time period and a minimum idle period. An initiating device may be configured to initiate autonomous uplink communications during the channel occupancy time period of its frame, while the device may not initiate communications during an idle period of its frame. In some cases, a frame-based equipment communications system may include more than one initiating device, where the idle periods for different initiating devices may occur at different times. In some cases, the initiating device may be configured to initiate communications during the idle period for another initiating device. This may allow the wireless system to decrease system overhead associated with a minimum idle period per frame.
US11057884B2	Terminal apparatus and method Provided is a terminal apparatus including: a measurement unit that can measure a time difference between reception and transmission by the terminal apparatus; a transmitter that can report a measurement result of the time difference based on an event associated with the measurement of the time difference, wherein in a case that the prescribed Transmission Time Interval (TTI) length is configured, and in addition, in a case that the measurement result is greater than a prescribed threshold, the transmitter reports the measurement result to the terminal apparatus. The transmission efficiency is thus improved.
US11057883B2	Terminal device, base station device, and communication method for communicating according to a determined subcarrier spacing A terminal device includes: a higher layer processing unit configured to set at least one first RAT and at least one second RAT by signaling of a higher layer from the base station device; and a receiving unit configured to receive a transmission signal in the first RAT and a transmission signal in the second RAT. The transmission signal in the first RAT is mapped to a resource element configured on a basis of one physical parameter for each sub frame. The transmission signal in the second RAT is mapped to a resource element configured on a basis of one or more physical parameters for each sub frame and is mapped to a resource element configured on a basis of one physical parameter in a predetermined resource included in each of the sub frames.
US11057881B2	Service transmission method and apparatus Provided are a service transmission method and apparatus. The method comprises: a first mobile station acquiring N resource allocation parameter sets from a network device; the first mobile station sending first indication information to the network device, wherein the first indication information is used to indicate service information about a first service needing to be transmitted by the first mobile station; the first mobile station receiving second indication information sent by the network device, wherein the second indication information is used to indicate a first target resource; and the first mobile station determining, from the N resource allocation parameter sets, a first resource allocation parameter set adapted to the service information about the first service, and the first mobile station transmitting, according to the first resource allocation parameter set, the first service using the first target resource. Accordingly, different requirements of different services for semi-persistent scheduling can be coped with flexibly and rapidly.
US11057880B2	Wireless communication with per-station punctured transmissions This disclosure provides systems, methods, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer-readable media, for per-station punctured transmissions. A wireless local area network (WLAN) device may determine available resource units (RUs) within a wireless channel that has a punctured frequency range. The WLAN device may allocate a plurality of RUs, from among the available RUs, for to include data for a same station. For example, a physical layer protocol data unit (PPDU) may include more than one RU for a first station. The RUs that are allocated to the first station may exclude the punctured frequency range. In some implementations, the plurality of RUs may be separated by at least the punctured frequency range. A signaling header in the PPDU may indicate which RUs are allocated to the first station. By allocating a plurality of RUs in a PPDU, a WLAN may support per-station puncturing within the PPDU.
US11057874B2	Communication control device, communication control method and recording medium A communication control device comprises: a transmission unit which transmits, to each of a plurality of communication devices that perform communication using previously allocated communication resources, allocation information indicating the allocation of the communication resources to be used when the communication devices perform communication; and an intermediate state generation unit which, when the allocation of the communication resources to the respective communication devices is changed from a first allocation state to a second allocation state, generates an intermediate state indicating the allocation of the communication resources, on the basis of the first allocation state and the second allocation state, wherein the transmission unit transmits the allocation information to each of the communication devices such that the allocation changes from the first allocation state to the second allocation state via the intermediate state generated by the intermediate state generation unit.
US11057872B2	Method and device for transmitting uplink control information Disclosed are a method and device for transmitting uplink control information, which are used for realizing a UE performing switching transmission of an uplink control channel on subframes and carriers, so that if the UE fails to pre-empt a resource on an unlicensed carrier, the UE may switch to the other carriers for transmission or continue to try to perform LBT in subsequent subframes, so as to ensure the timely and correct transmission of the uplink control information. The method comprises: a UE determining a physical uplink control channel (PUCCH) switching carrier group and the maximum feedback delay.
US11057866B2	Method and apparatus for providing notification An electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes: a transceiver configured to communicate with at least one wearable device and receive, from the at least one wearable device, status information indicating whether the at least one wearable device is currently being worn; and a processor configured to determine whether to send a notification request to the at least one wearable device based on the status information received by the transceiver.
US11057865B1	Apparatus and methods for enhanced paging in wireless networks Apparatus and methods for managed or “intelligent” paging of a user device in one or more wireless networks. In one embodiment, the apparatus and methods provide enhanced wireless services which enable prioritized paging operations of a given user device (e.g., a mobile 3 GPP-compliant UE) within two or more mobile networks (e.g., PLMNs) when the UE is operating in a “dual” mode such as 3 GPP 5G NR dual-SIM, dual standby (DSDS) mode. In one implementation, the UE contains multiple SIM cards to enable connection to different PLMNs simultaneously, such that paging associated with one network can be managed and prioritized as needed when the UE is actively utilizing another network.
US11057863B2	Terminal device and network device for exchanging information on selected beam A terminal device that can be connected to one or more base station devices that each form one or more beams is described. The terminal device monitors, when the terminal device is not connected to any of the one or more base station devices, a connection target beam to be used when the terminal device establishes a connection with any of the one or more base station devices; and reports, at least based on a fact that the connection target beam has transitioned, information regarding the connection target beam to a base station device that forms the connection target beam. A base station device among the one or more base station devices to execute paging of the terminal device and a beam to be used in the paging are controlled based on the information regarding the connection target beam.
US11057858B1	Base station, communication system and time synchronization method between base stations A base station, a communication system and a time synchronization method between base stations are provided, which are capable of performing a time synchronization with another base station using a downlink signal of the other base station cell in which the own cell is located, without stopping transmission of the own base station even during operation. A base station receives a downlink signal that includes a downlink signal including a synchronization signal transmitted from the other base station and a downlink wraparound signal transmitted from own base station, removes an interference of the wraparound signal from the downlink received signal, with respect to a predetermined subframe in which the downlink wraparound signal from own base station interferes with the synchronization signal of the base station, among subframes of the downlink signal including the synchronization signal of the base station, performs a time synchronization processing with the base station by detecting a synchronization signal timing of the base station based on the downlink received signal from which the interference of wraparound signal is removed.
US11057854B2	Synchronization for V2X carrier aggregation Features of the present disclosure implementing techniques that allow the user equipment (UE) to autonomously (e.g., without the network control) manage timing synchronization of a plurality of carriers using sidelink synchronization signal (SLSS) from one or more other UEs in order to identify a synchronization source. A synchronization source associated with a frequency carrier from a set of frequency carriers may be selected according to one or more SLSS sync source selection techniques or rules. For instance, the described solution may be utilized to enable UEs to autonomously perform V2X carrier aggregation (CA). In some examples, the synchronization carrier(s) to be searched may be determined based on the SLSS capability of the UE (e.g., transmission and reception of SLSS capabilities of the UE).
US11057852B2	Method and apparatus for resource allocation and bandwidth part inactivity timer handling for vehicle-to-everything communication A communication method and system for converging a fifth generation (5G) communication system for supporting higher data rates beyond a fourth generation (4G) system with a technology for Internet of things (IoT) are provided. The communication method and system may be applied to intelligent services based on the 5G communication technology and the IoT-related technology, such as smart home, smart building, smart city, smart car, connected car, health care, digital education, smart retail, security and safety services. A method by a terminal for acquiring a system information (SI) message is provided. The method includes receiving, from a base station, a plurality of synchronization signal blocks (SSBs), determining at least one physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) monitoring occasion associated with each of the plurality of SSBs in an SI window, and monitoring at least one PDCCH monitoring occasion associated with at least one of the plurality of SSBs to acquire the SI message.
US11057849B2	Electronic device having antenna array and power backoff control method for the electronic device An electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes an antenna array including a plurality of elements arranged to perform beamforming, wherein a first number corresponds to a total number of the plurality of elements, a processor operatively connected to the antenna array, and a memory, wherein the memory stores instructions that, when executed, cause the processor to identify a second number of the plurality of elements that are performing the beamforming, determine a first backoff value stored based on the second number, and perform a power backoff operation according to the first backoff value.
US11057848B2	Wireless communication device and wireless communication method A wireless communication device that includes circuitry that receives a physical layer (PHY) header from a first wireless communication device belonging to a first wireless communication network different from a second wireless communication network to which the wireless communication device belongs, and controls transmission power on a basis of allowance signal information obtained in reception of the PHY header, and the PHY header includes the allowance signal information in which allowance of another signal for signal reception in a first destination wireless communication device which is a destination of a frame subsequent to the PHY header is specified.
US11057847B2	Base station apparatus, terminal apparatus, and communication method for improving communication performance using multiple frame formats Provided is a base station apparatus, a terminal apparatus, and a communication method, capable of improving communication performance such as throughput and communication efficiency in a system using a plurality of frame formats. A terminal apparatus according to the present invention, includes a reception unit to receive information indicating at least one frame structure out of a plurality of frame structures from the base station apparatus, a control unit to perform a transmit power control associated with the frame structure, and a transmission unit to generate a transmit signal based on the frame structure and the transmit power control and transmit the transmit signal to the base station apparatus.
US11057846B2	Method for transmitting capability information including power class information and wireless device One disclosure of the present specification provides a method for a wireless device to transmit capability information. The method may comprise the steps of: generating the capability information including power class information; and transmitting the capability information to a serving cell. The power class information may be configured for each new radio access technology (NR) band. The power class information may be determined on the basis of minimum peak effective isotropic radiated power (EIRP), maximum output limit, and spherical coverage.
US11057845B2	User equipment, base station, and transmission power control method Provided is a user equipment in a radio communication system including a base station and the user equipment. The user equipment includes: an acquisition unit that acquires a first transmission power parameter in a case of using OFDM in an uplink and a second transmission power parameter in a case of using DFT-s-OFDM in the uplink; and a control unit that controls transmission power of an uplink signal by using the first transmission power parameter in a case of using ODFM in the uplink, and controls transmission power of the uplink signal by using the second transmission power parameter in a case of using DFT-s-OFDM in the uplink.
US11057843B2	Communication control method, communication control device, and communication control program A communication control device 30 that determines second communication processing that is communication processing that can be executed in parallel with first communication processing that is communication processing that is executed between a transmission terminal and a reception terminal. The communication control device including: a transmission power determination unit 31 that determines conditions for the transmission power of a signal that would not impede the first communication processing, even if a signal that is transmitted by means of the second communication processing is received by the reception terminal; and a destination determination unit 32 that determines a destination for the second communication processing from among terminals at which a signal that is transmitted at transmission power that satisfies the determined conditions could arrive.
US11057840B2	Method for detecting control information in wireless communication system A method for detecting control information in a wireless communication system is provided. The method includes checking a cyclic redundancy check (CRC) error by monitoring control channels, determining whether a value of an error check field is equal to a specific value, and, if the value of the error check field is equal to a specific value, detecting the control information on the control channel.
US11057837B2	Downlink power adjustment in narrowband wireless communications A device, such as a base station or user equipment (UE), may identify a narrowband reference signal (NB-RS) energy per resource element (EPRE) for a NB-RS to be transmitted in a wireless transmission. The device may identify a ratio of a narrowband physical downlink shared channel (N-PDSCH) EPRE to the NB-RS EPRE for orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) symbols containing neither a cell-specific reference signal (CRS) nor a NB-RS. In deployments where NB transmissions are transmitted in a guard-band adjacent to a wideband system bandwidth, a device may identify a second ratio for N-PDSCH EPRE to CRS EPRE within OFDM symbols containing CRS. In deployments where NB transmissions are transmitted in-band with the wideband system bandwidth, a device may identify a third ratio of NB-RS EPRE to CRS EPRE, and a fourth ratio of N-PDSCH EPRE to NB-RS EPRE within OFDM symbols containing NB-RS transmissions.
US11057833B2	Cross-layer sleep control in a wireless device Cross-layer sleep control in a wireless device. In an embodiment, parameter(s) are stored in association with a system component and each of a plurality of power-saving configurations. When a predetermined type of event is detected, a next event and a time span until the next event is anticipated to occur is determined. For each system component required for the next event, the parameter(s) associated with the system component are retrieved for each power-saving configuration, and one of the power-saving configurations is selected based on the retrieved parameter(s) and the time span. Each system component is then control to transition to its selected power-saving configuration.
US11057832B2	Method and apparatus for transmitting and receiving a wake-up signal in a wireless communication system Disclosed herein is a method for transmitting a wake-up signal in a wireless communication system supporting a wake-up radio (WUR) operation. The method performed by a network entity comprises transmitting a first wake-up signal for waking up a specific terminal to a specific access point (AP); transmitting a second wake-up signal to all APs within the coverage of the network entity if a response for the first wake-up signal is not received before a first timer expires; and transmitting, to a base station, a response message including control information indicating whether the specific terminal exists.
US11057819B2	Physical web beacon, client and proxy The physical web is an interesting development in networking technology. A beacon may broadcast beacon data and, if desired, a data payload. In various embodiments, a proxy may receive contact from a mobile machine that came into contact with a beacon and received data bringing the mobile machine to the proxy. The proxy may dynamically select a redirection for the mobile machine based on a variety of considerations discussed herein. The proxy may also employ cryptographic and context analysis to the contact from the mobile device to determine if the redirection should happen. And the proxy may review contacts originating from various beacons to determine whether the contacts, or lack thereof, from a beacon suggests the beacon needs to be investigated for failure, error, or tampering with it or its environment.
US11057818B1	Stealth position-location information for high value nodes A multi-node communication network may include a plurality of nodes, which may include normal value nodes, a clusterhead node, and a high value node. Each of the plurality of nodes may include a communication interface and a controller. The high value node may be defined as high value relative to the normal value nodes during mission data fill. The high value node may be configured to locate the clusterhead node, register the high value node's membership to the clusterhead node, and send position-location information (PLI) to the clusterhead node during registration. Upon receipt of a PLI request, each of the normal value nodes may be configured to send current PLI to the clusterhead node. Upon receipt of the PLI request, the high value node may remain silent.
US11057812B2	Mobile radio communication system A mobile radio communication system having a mobile radio communication network and a mobile radio subscriber appliance, wherein a unit in the network layer of the core network of the mobile radio communication network is configured to transmit to the mobile radio subscriber appliance a first message, based on an occurrence of a predetermined event, with a request for a statement which describes at least one radio characteristic of the mobile radio subscriber appliance.
US11057811B2	Bearer selection for dual connectivity cellular systems When using Dual Connectivity in a Non-Standalone Architecture cellular communication system, a data bearer may be steered through a Long-Term Evolution (LTE) base station or a New Radio (NR) base station. Each bearer is assigned a combination of Quality of Service (QoS) values corresponding to the service type that the bearer is supporting. For example, each different service type may be assigned a combination of a QoS Class Identifier and an Allocation and Retention Priority parameter value. Each combination is also associated with a radio access technology such as LTE radio access technology or NR radio access technology. When NR communications are available between a network core and a communication device, and if the bearer's combination of QoS values has been associated with NR, bearer data is routed through an NR base station. Otherwise, the bearer data is routed through the LTE base station.
US11057807B2	First base station, second base station, and method In order to make it possible to appropriately select a secondary base station in a case of establishing dual connectivity after a handover, a base station 100 includes: a memory storing instructions; and one or more processors configured to execute the instructions to: communicate with a terminal apparatus 300 in accordance with a first radio access technology; obtain handover result information related to results of handovers from the base station 100 to other base stations 10, 20, 30, and 40; and transmit, when the terminal apparatus 300 performs a handover from the base station 100 to a base station 200 communicating in accordance with a second radio access technology, the handover result information to the base station 200.
US11057805B2	Mobility management method, network side device, internet-of-vehicles terminal, and system Disclosed in the present invention is a mobility management method. The method includes sending, by a network side device, a RRC connection reconfiguration message to an Internet of Vehicles terminal when determining that network handover is required to be performed for the Internet of Vehicles terminal; and receiving, by the Internet of Vehicles terminal, the RRC connection reconfiguration message sent by the network side device, and after completing reconfiguration of a radio resource according to the RRC connection reconfiguration message, sending to the network side device a RRC connection reconfiguration completion message carrying current physical location information of the Internet of Vehicles terminal.
US11057801B2	User equipment and base station participating in packet duplication during handover for NR The present disclosure relates to a source base station. The source base station comprises a processing circuitry that generates a user equipment packet duplication status. The user equipment packet duplication status includes information on the status of uplink packet duplication performed by a user equipment with the source base station and at least one further base station. The information on the status of uplink packet duplication is per uplink radio bearer, one or more uplink radio bearers being established between the user equipment and the source base station. The source base station further comprises a transmitter that transmits the user equipment packet duplication status to a target base station which is the target of a handover from the source base station performed for the user equipment.
US11057800B2	Neighbor cell measurement and reselection for narrowband operation Aspects of the present disclosure provide techniques that may be utilized by a UE for performing neighbor cell measurement and reselection in narrowband deployment scenarios, such as NB-IoT deployment scenarios. For example, a method for wireless communications by a user equipment (UE), can include determining, while communicating in a serving cell, information regarding one or more transmission deployment mode parameters of at least one neighbor cell, and performing a neighbor cell search with measurement of narrowband reference signals (NRS) based on the one or more transmission deployment mode parameters.
US11057796B2	Employing self organizing network (SON) techniques to manage data over cable service interface specification (DOCSIS) backhaul for small cells A Centralized Self Organizing Network (C-SON) automation platform for managing a backhaul infrastructure in a telecommunication network. The C-SON automation platform monitors one or more backhaul utilization performance indicators corresponding to a backhaul infrastructure, which infrastructure transports data between one or more User Equipment (UE) connected to a small cell and a data network. The C-SON further receives subscriber data for at least one User Equipment (UE) and location data for the at least one UE from at least one Network Function (NF), and maps the at least one UE to a backhaul service flow and the small cell based on the subscriber data and the location data. The C-SON automation platform determines the backhaul utilization performance indicator exceeds a backhaul threshold limit for the backhaul service flow, and adjusts a bandwidth utilization of the backhaul infrastructure based on the backhaul utilization parameter exceeding the backhaul threshold limit.
US11057793B2	Reducing latency in wireless networks Techniques for reducing latency between terminal stations in a wireless local area network. In an aspect, two stations in close proximity may be configured to associate with a common access point, by causing one or more of the stations to disassociate from a current access point and reassociating with the common access point. The identity of the common access point may be independently derived at each terminal station using simple broadcast messaging procedures, without the need for extensive communications or handshaking between the stations. In an alternative aspect, a terminal station may repeat the disassociation and reassociation procedures without knowledge of the other station's BSSID, until a measured latency drops below a threshold.
US11057792B2	Method, system and device for providing flow control in a split bearer environment There is disclosed a method in a first net work node (120A) operating in a split bearer environment, the first network node (120A) being communicatively connected with a second network node (120B) via an internode interface (135A, 135B). The method comprises obtaining, by the first network node (120A), expected queuing times of packet data convergence protocol, PDCP, packet data units, PDUs at the first network node (120A) and at the second network node (120B). The method comprises determining, by the first network node (120A) and according to the estimated expected queuing times, forwarding of a flow of PDCP PDUs destined for a User Equipment, UE, (100).
US11057787B2	Method and test system for mobile network testing as well as prediction system A method for mobile network testing is described wherein at least one testing device is used that is configured to be connected to a mobile network. A predefined set of test procedures is run on the at least one testing device in order to obtain test results assigned to at least one test parameter. The test results of the test procedures are evaluated via a machine learning model. The machine learning model is trained to predict output parameters assigned to the quality of a service based on the test results obtained. Further, a test system, a method for mobile network testing as well as a prediction system are described.
US11057783B2	Communication method, secondary network node and terminal A communication method, a secondary network node, and a terminal are provided. The method includes: a secondary network node acquires a network state of a cell served by the secondary network node; the secondary network node updates a network configuration of the cell served by the secondary network node according to the network state of the cell served by the secondary network node; the secondary network node sends first update configuration information to a terminal, wherein the first update configuration information is used for updating the network configuration of the cell served by the secondary network node.
US11057782B2	Multi-cell coordination system and channel calibration method thereof A multi-cell coordination system and a channel calibration method thereof are provided. A reference apparatus receives a beam-precoding downlink reference signal via a directional beam from a base station. The base station receives a beam-precoding uplink reference signal via the directional beam from the reference apparatus. The server receives uplink and downlink channel information, where the uplink channel information is generated based on the uplink reference signal, and the downlink channel information is generated based on the downlink reference signal. The server obtains a channel calibration coefficient according to the uplink and downlink channel information. The channel calibration coefficient is used for estimating a downlink channel. Accordingly, the problem of conventional coordination system can be solved, and the embodiment can be implemented in multi-beam base station.
US11057781B2	Wireless repeater with arbitrary programmable selectivity The invention relates to wireless repeater systems and methods. In embodiments, such systems and methods involve receiving a wireless transmission signal; and processing the wireless transmission signal using a digital signal processing facility (DSP); wherein the DSP is adapted to filter at least one sub-band of the wireless transmission signal using a digital bandpass filter.
US11057775B2	Key configuration method, security policy determining method, and apparatus This application provides a key configuration method. A session management network element receives a request for end-to-end communication and obtains a security policy, where the security policy is determined based on at least one of: a user security requirement that is of the user equipment and that is preconfigured on a home subscriber server, a service security requirement from the user equipment, a security capability requirement supported by the user equipment, a security capability requirement from a carrier network, and a security requirement of a device on the other end of the end-to-end communication. The session management network element obtains a protection key used for protecting the end-to-end communication. The session management network element sends the security policy to the devices on two ends of the end-to-end communication.
US11057773B2	Systems and methods for detecting access point impersonators The present disclosure is related to systems and methods for detecting and disabling operations of access point impersonators in a network. In one aspect, a method includes receiving, at a network controller of a network, beacon reports from a plurality of access points; determining, by the network controller, one or more target areas with at least one potential access point impersonator operating therein; sending, by the network controller, on-demand beacon requests to one or more of the plurality of access points with corresponding coverage areas overlapping with the one or more target areas; receiving, at the network controller, responses to the on-demand beacon requests from the one or more of the plurality of access points; and determining, by the network controller, at least one access point impersonator based on the responses.
US11057770B2	Method and apparatus for dynamically changing connection in wireless LAN The present invention relates to a method of dynamically changing a connection by a terminal in a wireless LAN. The method including determining a change of the connection to another wireless LAN and whether an access point (AP) of the first wireless LAN is the same as an AP of a second wireless LAN by comparing first AP identity determination information received from the first wireless LAN with second AP identity determination information received from the second wireless LAN and transmitting a message for requesting the connection to the second wireless LAN by using a temporary wireless LAN service profile generated on the basis of a wireless LAN service profile for the first wireless LAN, when the AP of the first wireless LAN is the same as the AP of the second wireless LAN.
US11057768B2	Radio base station, mobile communication system, handover control method, and program A radio base station that performs radio communication with a mobile station in a cell and that includes: resource management unit that secures resources necessary for radio communication with the mobile station; and communication control unit that, in accordance with a reconnection request from the mobile station, uses the resources secured by the resource management unit to perform reconnection control for establishing radio communication with the mobile station. If a reconnection request is received from the mobile station that takes another radio base station as the connection source in a state in which resources have not been secured by resource management unit, communication control unit interrupts the reconnection control, executes handover with the other base station in order to switch the connection destination of the mobile station from the other base station to its own base station, causes resource management unit to secure resources, and then resumes the reconnection control.
US11057767B2	Method and node for handling attachment of a UE The embodiments herein relate to a method performed by a local subscriber node for handling attachment of a User Equipment (UE) to a central network. The local subscriber node comprises default subscription data which is common for all UEs which are associated with a local network. When a connection to a central subscriber node is accessible, the local subscriber node obtains authentication data associated with the default subscription data from the central subscriber node. When the UE requests attachment to the central network when the connection to the central subscriber node is inaccessible, the local subscriber node sends the obtained authentication data for the UE to a mobility management node.
US11057765B2	Decryption method for trunking group call, and user equipment The invention provides a decryption method for a trunking group call and a user equipment. The method includes: monitoring group call data in a current cell and obtaining a hyper frame number being a first hyper frame number; when switching from the current cell to a target cell, obtaining the group call data and obtaining an interval range of a hyper frame number of the target cell according to the first hyper frame number, the hyper frame number of the target cell being a second hyper frame number; traversing the second hyper frame number according to the interval range of the second hyper frame number, obtaining a plaintext, and comparing group call session information contained in the plaintext with the group call data of the current cell; and if consistent, decryption by traversing the second hyper frame number being successful, carrying out a decryption operation according to the second hyper frame number.
US11057756B2	Method and system for inter and intra agency communication, tracking and coordination A method of tracking at least one emergency service provider is disclosed. An electronic history is compiled that includes at least one identifier of a service provider, at least one identifier of an event to which the service provider responded, and GPS data identifying the geographic location of the service provider at each time interval within the duration of the event. A user interface within which is displayed a first identifier of a first event is generated to a display device. A selection of the event identifier is received from a user. In response to the selection of the identifier, an aerial view of a geographic region within which the first event took place is generated. At least one icon is displayed in the aerial view representing the service provider at the geographic location corresponding to at least one time interval during the event.
US11057753B2	Method and device for performing V2X communication Provided are a method by which a base station performs vehicle to everything (V2X) communication in a wireless communication system, and an apparatus for supporting the same. The method can comprise the steps of: receiving a V2X bearer indication indicating a V2X bearer, wherein the V2X bearer is a bearer used for a V2X service; determining that the base station supports only a PC5-based V2X service between the PC5-based V2X service or a Uu-based V2X service; postponing a resource allocation for the V2X bearer; and transmitting, to a mobility management entity (MME), information indicating that the resource allocation for the V2X bearer is postponed.
US11057750B2	Intelligent device controlling method, mobile terminal and intelligent computing device An intelligent device controlling method, a mobile terminal, and a computing device are provided. A mobile terminal for controlling intelligently a device according to an embodiment of the present disclosure receives a call for a call connection, selects at least one control target device to control an operation while the call is connected, based on a location of the mobile terminal, selects a control item of the at least one control target device using a plurality of pre-learned control methods, and controls the control item for the at least one control target device in a state where the call is connected. Accordingly, it is possible to improve a call environment by controlling an operation of a device around a smart phone at the time of a call connection of the smart phone. At least one of a mobile terminal and an intelligent computing device of the present disclosure is associated with an artificial intelligence module, an unmmanned aerial vehicle (UAV), a robot, an augmented reality (AR) device, a virtual reality (VR) device, and a device related to a 5G service.
US11057739B1	Mobile device notification generation The methods and software application described herein monitor the acceleration experienced by a mobile device and determine when said acceleration exceeds a predetermined acceleration threshold that may be indicative of an unusually rapid acceleration or deceleration. In the event of a sudden acceleration or deceleration, the methods and mobile application described herein automatically trigger a timely, event-related notification to the user of the mobile device, such as displaying a banner on the mobile device's display, a text, electronic mail, or voice message.
US11057738B2	Adaptive context detection in mobile devices A method for detecting a context of a mobile device equipped with sensors and a context detection module in which the sensors are assigned to at least two groups, each of which comprises at least one sensor, and each group is allocated a group classifier adapted to detect, in a form of a classification result, currently identified, by means of a given classifier, context of the device based on indications of the sensors belonging to the given group, characterized in that with a use of the context detection module, whereas the groups of sensors are ordered hierarchically, and the device context is detected by reading a classification result indicated by the classifier of the currently active group, wherein in case of detection of an identified context in the active group, switching on power supply of the sensors and activating classification in a group with a level higher by one level and reading the context indicated by said group's classifier, wherein based on the results of the classification indicated by the higher groups' classifiers, executing adaptation of the configuration of lower groups' classifiers.
US11057731B2	System and tools for enhanced 3D audio authoring and rendering Improved tools for authoring and rendering audio reproduction data are provided. Some such authoring tools allow audio reproduction data to be generalized for a wide variety of reproduction environments. Audio reproduction data may be authored by creating metadata for audio objects. The metadata may be created with reference to speaker zones. During the rendering process, the audio reproduction data may be reproduced according to the reproduction speaker layout of a particular reproduction environment.
US11057730B2	Methods and apparatuses for implementing a head tracking headset Methods, apparatuses, and computer program products are provided in order to provide 3D audio playback using audio head-mounted devices. The apparatuses may be configured to receive at least one of position and orientation of a first head-mounted device in relation to a first user device, wherein the at least one of the position and orientation received is used to train a model using machine learning. At least one signal quality parameter may be determined based on input data and a filter pair may be determined corresponding with a direction to which a spatial audio signal is rendered based at least in part on the at least one signal quality parameter and the model so as to control spatial audio signal reproduction to take effect a change in the at least one of the position and orientation of the first head-mounted device during rendering of the spatial audio signal.
US11057728B2	Information processing apparatus, information processing method, and program Provided is an information processing apparatus, an information processing method, and a program capable of voice presentation, to a user, of information transmitted from another user around the user.The information processing apparatus includes a control unit that performs control to present, to a user by voice, information that has been transmitted from another user in surroundings of the user. The control unit performs control to emphasize and present, by voice, specific information among the information which has been transmitted from another user in surroundings of the user, in accordance with a situation of the user.
US11057727B2	Dynamic power/current allocation among groups of audio amplifiers and/or haptic drivers An audio or haptic power output system manages and delivers power to multiple output transducers based on corresponding power or current limits that are adjusted dynamically according to measures of power or current that are required to generate power output signals from corresponding digital input values or signals. A power management subsystem controls electrical power or current consumed by power output stages that supply power to the transducers by comparing the measures of power or current required to generate the power output signals to the corresponding power or current limits, and limiting the power or current consumed by the individual power output stages measures of power or current exceeds the corresponding limits.
US11057725B2	Wireless radio switching Examples are provided for establishing a bonded zone comprising a first playback device comprising a respective first wireless radio and a second playback device comprising a second respective wireless radio. The first and second playback devices may establish a bonded zone comprising at least the first and second playback device. While in the established bonded zone, the first playback device may determine that the first playback device is in the established bonded zone and that the first playback device is not currently playing audio in synchrony with the second playback device. Responsive to determining that the first playback device is not playing audio in synchrony, the first playback device may disable communicating via the first wireless radio of the first playback device and send a message to the second playback device to disable communicating via the first wireless radio of the second playback device.
US11057718B2	Load change diagnostics for acoustic devices and methods An acoustic apparatus and method produces an acoustic signal in response to an electrical input signal applied to an acoustic receiver. The acoustic signal is converted to an electrical output signal that is proportional to a sound pressure of the acoustic signal, using an electro-acoustic transducer. In some embodiments the apparatus and method determine whether there is a change in the acoustic signal indicative of a change in an acoustic load coupled to the receiver by comparing the electrical output signal to reference information. The change in acoustic load, in one example, is attributable to ear wax accumulation in an output of the acoustic receiver or acoustic passage in the ear canal of a user or is attributable to seal leakage.
US11057714B2	Devices and methods for hearing A device to transmit an audio signal to a user comprises a transducer and a support. The support is configured for placement on the eardrum to drive the eardrum. The transducer is coupled to the support at a first location to decrease occlusion and a second location to drive the eardrum. The transducer may comprise one or more of an electromagnetic balanced armature transducer, a piezoelectric transducer, a magnetostrictive transducer, a photostrictive transducer, or a coil and magnet. The device may find use with open canal hearing aids.
US11057710B2	Loudspeaker structure A loudspeaker having: a magnetic unit, a voice coil axially movable in the air gap of the magnetic unit, a basket fixed to the magnetic unit, a membrane fixed to the cylindrical support of the voice coil and connected to the basket, and a vibrating element fixed to said membrane by means of a rim. The vibrating element has a base fixed to the membrane, a shank that projects from the base and a mass that projects from the shank in cantilever mode.
US11057705B1	Validation of audio-sealing pathway A method includes generating, by a noise generator of an apparatus, a noise signal stream. The method includes outputting, via an audio output device of the apparatus, the noise signal stream towards an audio input device of a personal communication device. The noise signal stream travels from the audio output device towards the audio input device via an audio-sealing pathway. The method includes receiving a recorded representation of the noise signal stream from the personal communication device. The recorded representation of the noise signal stream is a function of a transformation of the noise signal stream, by the audio-sealing pathway, and characterizes an audio transfer function of the audio-sealing pathway. The method includes determining, by the controller of the apparatus, whether or not the audio-sealing pathway satisfies an operational criterion based on the recorded representation of the noise signal stream and a reference transfer function associated with the audio-sealing pathway.
US11057704B2	Integrated loudspeaker and control device An example method of operation may include receiving audio data, via one or more microphones of a network device, from an audio source, determining a location of the audio data based on a direction and amplitude of the received audio data, modifying the audio data for output via a loudspeaker of the network device, and outputting, via the loudspeaker, the modified audio data.
US11057696B2	Low profile dual driver magnet The disclosed technology relates to speaker drivers and micro-drivers, and more particularly to speaker drivers that include a woofer and a tweeter driven by a first and a second magnetic circuit, respectively, both magnetic circuits sharing a single magnet.
US11057694B2	Wireless earphone and wireless earphone and charging box assembly The present invention provides a wireless earphone, wherein the wireless earphone includes a first pin, a microprocessor and a power management unit, the first pin is arranged to connect to an external charging device, the microprocessor includes a core circuit and a wakeup circuit coupled to the first pin, and the power management unit includes an uninterruptible power area for providing a power to the wakeup circuit. In the operations of the wireless earphone, when the core circuit is at a sleep mode, if the wakeup circuit detects that a voltage level of the first pin changes, the wakeup circuit generates a wakeup signal to wake up the core circuit.
US11057682B2	User interfaces including selectable representations of content items In some embodiments, an electronic device presents representations of items of content available for playback on the electronic device. The representations are optionally presented in a horizontally-scrollable row. In response to a user input to horizontally scroll the row of representations, in some embodiments, the electronic device presents an animation of moving a cropping frame/border between respective representations to scroll the presented representations. In some embodiments, an electronic device presents representations of auxiliary content related to an item of content in a product page user interface of the item of content. In some embodiments, an electronic device presents representations of items of content in accordance with content consumption history of the user account. In some embodiments, an electronic device presents representations of bonus content items associated with a series of episodic content.
US11057681B2	Systems and methods for providing access to still images derived from a video Multiple video segments may be obtained from a repository of video segments. A selection of a video segment from the multiple video segments may be received. The selected video segment may be presented at a first resolution via a display. A selection of a point in time during presentation of the video segment may be received to extract a frame set from the video segment at or near the selected point in time. The frame set may include multiple frames, including one frame corresponding to the selected point in time, and other frames that correspond to points in time adjacent to the selected point in time. A selection of a single frame within the frame set may be received. The single frame may be received having a second resolution. The second resolution may be higher than the first resolution. The single frame may be presented via the display.
US11057679B2	Content delivery A content delivery method, system, and non-transitory computer readable medium, include determining an attentiveness factor in response to viewing of a media content and replaying the media content starting from a point that the attentiveness factor is determined to be less than a predetermined threshold.
US11057675B2	Media streaming device and protection method of the same A media streaming device is provided that includes a media streaming module, a super capacitor and a protection module. The media streaming module provides the media stream. The super capacitor has a first terminal coupled to a power-supplying path and a second terminal coupled to a ground terminal. The protection module includes a current limiter and a disabling unit. The current limiter receives a power signal and performs current-limiting to generate a fixed-current power to charge the super capacitor and supply power to the media streaming module through the power-supplying path. The current limiter further detects a voltage of the first terminal of the super capacitor. The disabling unit disables the media streaming module when the voltage of the first terminal of the super capacitor is not higher than a voltage threshold value, and enables the media streaming module when the voltage is higher than the voltage threshold value.
US11057674B2	Methods and apparatus for metering portable media players Example methods, apparatus, and articles of manufacture for media metering are disclosed. An example machine readable storage device disclosed herein includes instructions that, when executed, cause a processor to at least cause a video decoder to generate video display rasterizing information, present the video display rasterizing information via an output device of a media presentation device, and in response to monitoring being enabled, generate metering information corresponding to media presented in association with the video display rasterizing information presented via the output device.
US11057669B2	Device and method for managing priorities for the downloading of multimedia contents A method and device for managing downloading of a digital content available by progressive downloading onto a content server in a communication network. The content server is accessible via a service gateway of a local network including first and second terminals. The method includes: receiving a request for progressive downloading of first digital content from the first terminal; receiving a request for progressive downloading of second digital content from the second terminal; obtaining rights relating to the terminals on the downloading device including data regarding priority of the first and second terminals, data relating to a priority of use of the downloading device; comparing the data regarding priority of the first terminal with the data regarding priority of the second terminal, so as to define the terminal having priority; downloading the digital content requested by the terminal having priority.
US11057659B2	Deterministic household assignment model Techniques for projecting household-level viewing events are described herein. Population data may be accessed including classes of a plurality of demographic attributes for households in a market. Representative household units (RHUs) may be generated, and the RHUs may be assigned a class for each of the demographic attributes and a quota based on the demographic attributes of a plurality of panelist households. Each of the panelist households may be assigned to one of the RHUs based on at least one panelist classes matching the classes for respective demographic attributes of the RHU, and the number of matching panelist households assigned to each of the RHU may be based on the quota. Panelist viewing data representing viewing events associated with the panelist household may be accessed. A report may be generated with the classes of the RHUs and the panelist viewing data of the assigned panelist households.
US11057658B2	Providing different additional content to different subscribers A processing system obtains first subscriber preferences associated with a first subscriber. Those preferences specify first additional content preferences associated with a particular media item. The processing system obtains second subscriber preferences associated with a second subscriber, and specifying second additional content preferences associated with the same media item. A broadcast status of the media item is determined, and in response to the broadcast status indicating that the media item is currently being broadcast, the processing system delivers first additional content to the first subscriber, and delivering second additional content, different from the first additional content, to the second subscriber.
US11057655B2	Methods and apparatus for content delivery notification and management Apparatus and methods for handling situations where requested services require more network capacity than presently available, and notifying network users of an delay in providing such services. In one embodiment, the invention comprises apparatus and methods for the detection of capacity (e.g., bandwidth) shortage, determination of a delayed delivery mode and schedule for the delivery of the requested content, and notification of the availability of the content to the user via, e.g., on-screen display, e-mail, text message, or other mode. The user can also specify their own notification preferences and delivery time. Requests for and delivery of the content may be performed from/to different locations as well. Network server apparatus, consumer premises equipment (CPE), and a software architecture adapted to implement the foregoing functionality, are also disclosed.
US11057654B1	Redundant encoder bandwidth load balancing for live video streaming A system and method for management of bandwidth shared by a plurality of video content encoders is provided. A management service coordinates an unequal allocation of available bandwidth among a set of encoding nodes. The management service can receive measured bandwidth attributes from a plurality of encoding nodes to determine a total available bandwidth. The management service can then allocate the available bandwidth in an unequal distribution based on a designated role of the encoders. The management service can then transmit the allocated bandwidth to the encoding nodes.
US11057653B2	Jitter management in a statistical multiplexer employing an IP network A statistical multiplexer is provided with a series of encoders that encode media streams at different bitrates to reduce jitter. The encoded media streams are transmitted to a multiplexer over a network and experience jitter that is reduced by a de-jitter arrangement. The multiplexer rearranges a transmit time of select packets in select ones of the media streams received over the network when a total group bandwidth available on the transmission channel over which the multiplexed media stream is to be transmitted is less than a sum of the bandwidths of the media streams because of the jitter and de-jitter process experienced by the media streams. The rearranging causes the bandwidth of the multiplexed media stream to be no greater than the total group bandwidth of the transmission channel without exceeding a maximum bit rate at which each individual encoded media stream is configured.
US11057649B1	Live video streaming based on an environment-related trigger In certain embodiments, streaming of a live video to trigger-associated recipients in response to triggers in an environment may be facilitated. In some embodiments, one or more triggers may be detected in an environment, and one or more actions associated with the detected triggers may be performed. As an example, where such associated actions include streaming a live video of the environment to one or more recipients, the recipients may be selected as candidates to receive the live video stream based on the recipients being part of a recipient list associated with a detected trigger. In some embodiments, although a first recipient of the recipient list may initially be selected to receive the live video stream, the live video may be streamed to a second recipient of the recipient list based on the first recipient being unavailable to receive the live video stream.
US11057648B2	Localized cloud services for privacy-isolated clients Various arrangements of a local cloud system for providing television services are presented. A facility cloud host system may have a content service provider interface that is used to receive live television channel streams from a television content service provider. The local cloud system may have a transcoder that transcodes the live television channels into a format to be transmitted locally to client devices. The local cloud system may have a property management system interface through which temporary user information is imported for accounts linked to the client devices. The local cloud system may provide digital video recorder (DVR) services for the accounts mapped to the client devices.
US11057647B2	Television with interactive portal and system and method for use of same A television with an interactive portal and system and method for use of the same are disclosed. In one embodiment of the television, the television is deployed to provide an interactive portal in a hospitality establishment having multiple rooms, such as a hotel. The television is associated with a room and includes a housing that secures a processor, memory, tuner, panel, and audio driver in an interconnected architecture. The television generates a guest interactive portal as well as a housekeeping interactive portal for a guest and housekeeper, respectively. Each of the portals provides relevant feedback on the condition of the room to a server associated with the hotel.
US11057646B2	Image processor and image processing method An image processor includes memory and circuitry. The circuitry performs processing of approximating a decompressed image to an original image by using a neural network model trained to approximate the decompressed image to the original image. The decompressed image is obtained as a result of compression of the original image and decompression of the compressed image. The neural network model includes one or more convolutional blocks, and includes one or more residual blocks. Each of the one or more convolutional blocks is a processing block including a convolutional layer. Each of the one or more residual blocks includes a convolutional group including at least one of the one or more convolutional blocks, inputs data which is input to the residual block to the convolutional group included in the residual block, and adds the data input to the residual block to data to be output from the convolutional group.
US11057643B2	Method and apparatus for generating and encoding projection-based frame that includes at least one padding region and at least one projection face packed in 360-degree virtual reality projection layout A video processing method includes: receiving an omnidirectional content corresponding to a sphere, obtaining projection faces from the omnidirectional content, and creating a projection-based frame by generating at least one padding region and packing the projection faces and said at least one padding region in a 360 VR projection layout. The projection faces packed in the 360 VR projection layout include a first projection face and a second projection face, where there is an image content discontinuity edge between the first projection face and the second projection face if the first projection face connects with the second projection face. The at least one padding region packed in the 360 VR projection layout includes a first padding region, where the first padding region connects with the first projection face and the second projection face for isolating the first projection face from the second projection face in the 360 VR projection layout.
US11057642B2	Context-based intra prediction A method for video processing is provided. The method includes performing downsampling on chroma and luma samples of a neighboring block of the current video block; determining, for a conversion between a current video block of a video that is a chroma block and a coded representation of the video, parameters of cross-component linear model (CCLM) based on the downsampled chroma and luma samples obtained from the downsampling; applying the CCLM on luma samples located in a luma block corresponding to the current video block to derive prediction values of the current video block; and performing the conversion based on the prediction values.
US11057639B2	Derivation method and apparatuses with candidate motion vectors A moving picture decoding apparatus, method, and medium for decoding a current block are provided. A first candidate is derived from a first motion vector that has been used to decode a first block. The first block is adjacent to the current block. A second candidate having a second motion vector that is one of a zero vector or a non-zero value vector is derived. The second motion vector is not derived by decoding a block adjacent to the current block. A candidate is selected from a plurality of candidates, including the first candidate and the second candidate. The current block is decoded using the selected candidate.
US11057637B1	Efficient video motion estimation by reusing a reference search region A video processor includes a memory and a processor. The processor is coupled to memory and is configured to store in the memory (i) multiple raw frames belonging to a Group of Pictures (GOP) to be processed, and (ii) one or more reference frames. The processor is further configured to select for multiple target blocks having a same block-location in respective raw frames associated with a common reference frame, a common search region in the common reference frame, and before selecting another search region, to apply at least two motion estimation operations using at least two of the target blocks and the common search region, to estimate respective at least two Motion Vectors (MVs).
US11057636B2	Affine motion prediction Systems and techniques for improving costs and efficiency in affine motion prediction of a current block includes storing motion information of previously coded block in a line buffer or one or more local buffers of a coding unit such as coding tree unit (CTU). The line buffer can store motion information of a line of coding blocks located at a boundary of the CTU, while the local buffers can be utilized for storing motion information of coding blocks located anywhere in the CTU. The utilization of the line buffer can be improved by limiting the number of motion vectors of a neighboring block stored in the line buffer and obtaining remaining motion vectors from an additional block when available. The utilization of local buffers can be improved by restricting a size of neighboring blocks whose motion information is stored in the local buffers.
US11057634B2	Content adaptive optimization for neural data compression A data processing system includes a computing platform having a hardware processor and a memory storing a data compression software code. The hardware processor executes the data compression software code to receive a series of compression input data and encode a first compression input data of the series to a latent space representation of the first compression input data. The data compression software code further decodes the latent space representation to produce an input space representation of the first compression input data corresponding to the latent space representation, and generates f refined latent values for re-encoding the first compression input data based on a comparison of the first compression input data with its input space representation. The data compression software code then re-encodes the first compression input data using the refined latent values to produce a first compressed data corresponding to the first compression input data.
US11057633B2	System and method for synchronizing timing across multiple streams Systems and methods of adaptive streaming are discussed. Transcoded copies of a source stream may be aligned with one another such that the independently specified portions of each transcoded stream occur at the same locations within the content. These transcoded copies may be produced by one or more transcoders, whose outputs are synchronized by a delay adjuster. A fragmenter may use the synchronized and aligned streams to efficiently produce fragments suitable for use in adaptive streaming.
US11057632B2	Method and system for panoramic multimedia streaming Methods and apparatus for panoramic multimedia streaming where viewers may control spatial coverage of panoramic video components of multimedia signals are disclosed. A novel flexible streaming server is devised to perform client-specific content filtering in addition to adapting multimedia signals to characteristics of individual client devices as well as to varying capacities of network paths to client devices. The server may distribute software modules to client devices to enable viewers to communicate preferred view regions of a panoramic scene. The server includes a learning module devised to retain viewing-preference data, correlate viewing preference to characteristics of client devices, and determine a default viewing preference for each client device. The server implements computationally efficient schemes of generating and distributing content-filtered multimedia signals to clients. The server may be implemented using hardware processing units and memory devices allocated within a shared cloud-computing network.
US11057629B2	Encoding method and apparatus therefor, decoding method and apparatus therefor Provided is a video decoding method including obtaining split information indicating whether a current block is to be split from a bitstream; splitting the current block into two or more sub-blocks when the split information indicates that the current block is to be split; determining lower horizontal coding order information of the sub-blocks of the current block according to higher horizontal coding order information applied to the current block, based on at least one of split information, size information, and neighboring block information of the current block; and decoding the sub-blocks according to the lower horizontal coding order information.
US11057625B2	JVET quadtree plus binary tree (QTBT) structure with multiple asymmetrical partitioning A method of partitioning in video coding for JVET, comprising representing a JVET coding tree unit as a root node in a quadtree plus binary tree (QTBT) structure that can have quadtree or binary partitioning of the root node and quadtree or binary trees branching from each of the leaf nodes. The partitioning at any depth can use asymmetric binary partitioning to split a node represented by a leaf node into two child nodes of unequal size, representing the two child nodes as leaf nodes in a binary tree branching from the parent leaf node and coding the child nodes represented by final leaf nodes of the binary tree with JVET, wherein further partitioning of child nodes split from leaf nodes via asymmetric binary partitioning is allowed recursively along the same branch in any order with symmetric partitioning.
US11057624B2	Image encoding method/device, image decoding method/device, and recording medium in which bitstream is stored The present invention provides an image encoding method and an image decoding method. The image encoding method of the present invention comprises: a first dividing step of dividing a current image into a plurality of blocks; and a second dividing step of dividing, into a plurality of sub blocks, a block, which is to be divided and includes a boundary of the current image, among the plurality of blocks, wherein the second dividing step is recursively performed by setting a sub block including the boundary of the current images as the block to be divided, until the sub block including the boundary of the current image does not exist among the sub blocks.
US11057620B2	Conditions for starting checking HMVP candidates depend on total number minus K A method of video decoding includes checking one or more video blocks in pre-defined relative positions compared to a first video block to derive a first set of candidates, wherein each of the first set of candidates is derived from corresponding motion information of the video blocks checked, checking, upon a determination that a number of the first set of candidates has not reached a predetermined limit, one or multiple tables to derive a second set of candidates, and processing the first video block based on a bitstream representation of the first video block and the constructed candidate list.
US11057618B2	Method and apparatus for processing a video signal The present invention relates to a method and apparatus for encoding or decoding a video signal. According to the present invention, a plurality of reference units for image prediction of the current unit is acquired and combined to obtain a unit prediction value, thereby improving the accuracy of image prediction. More particularly, the present invention relates to a method for inducing a variety of reference units using a motion vector prediction value or a motion vector which is used in conventional inter-prediction, and also relates to a method which combines the reference units so as to obtain the prediction value for the current unit. In addition, the present invention relates to a method which involves acquiring a plurality of reference units for a merging mode, and combining the reference units so as to perform image prediction.
US11057612B1	Generating composite stereoscopic images usually visually-demarked regions of surfaces A system, method or compute program product for generating composite images. One of the systems includes a capture device to capture an image of a physical environment; and one or more storage devices storing instructions that are operable, when executed by one or more processors of the system, to cause the one or more processors to: obtain an image of the physical environment as captured by the capture device, identify a visually-demarked region on a surface in the physical environment as depicted in the image, process the image to generate a composite image of the physical environment that includes a depiction of a virtual object, wherein a location of the depiction of the virtual object in the composite image is based on a location of the depiction of the visually-demarked region in the image, and cause the composite image to be displayed for a user.
US11057609B2	Information processing apparatus, information processing method, and computer readable storage medium for determining a moving path of virtual viewpoint An information processing apparatus sets a plurality of key frames that each indicate a position of a virtual viewpoint that corresponds to a virtual viewpoint image, the plurality of key frames corresponding to different times, the virtual viewpoint image being generated based on images of an image capture region captured by a plurality of image capturing apparatuses from different directions. The information processing apparatus determines, based on a position of a virtual viewpoint indicated by a set first key frame and a position of a virtual viewpoint indicated by a set second key frame, a moving path of the virtual viewpoints during a time period between time that corresponds to the first key frame and time that corresponds to the second key frame, and outputs viewpoint information that indicates the determined moving path of the virtual viewpoints.
US11057607B2	Mobile terminal and method for controlling the same There are provided a mobile terminal including light emitting devices and a method for controlling the same. A mobile terminal includes a camera, a light emitting unit including a plurality of light emitting devices, the light emitting unit emitting light toward a space corresponding to an image received through the camera, and a controller for controlling light emitting devices, which emit light toward a space corresponding to a portion of the image among the plurality of light emitting devices, to be used in extracting depth information of the portion.
US11057602B2	Depth based modification of captured images An imaging system processes images of a plurality of objects which have been captured by an image capture device for display. Normal processing of the images is modified as either a function of a depth corresponding to one or more of the plurality of objects appearing in the captured images relative to the image capture device or as a function of the depth and one or more image characteristics extracted from the captured images. A depth threshold may be used to avoid inadvertent modifications due to noise.
US11057600B2	Method for converting luminance range of picture signal In a converting method relating to picture luminance according to one aspect of the present disclosure, the picture luminance is formed by luminance values in a first luminance range. In this method, a first luminance signal that indicates code values obtained by quantizing the luminance value of the picture is obtained, code values, which are associated with the code values indicated by the obtained first luminance signal by quantization for a second luminance range different in a maximum value from the first luminance range are determined as converted code values, and the first luminance signal is converted into a second luminance signal indicating the converted code values. As a result, the converting method is further improved.
US11057596B2	Image projection apparatus and its control method An image projection apparatus configured to project image light and to display a projection image includes a light modulation element driven according to an image signal and configured to modulate incident light to generate the image light, a shifter configured to shift a plurality of pixels of the projection image by changing an optical path of the image light, and a controller configured to control driving of the shifter. The controller changes a driving method of the shifter according to a frame rate of the image signal.
US11057594B2	Light emission control device, light source device, and projection-type video display device A light emission control device controls a first switching element of a light source circuit including a first resistor, a light emitting element, and the first switching element coupled in series between a first power supply node and a second power supply node set to a lower potential than the first power supply node. The light emission control device includes a second detection circuit that compares a first potential difference between both ends of the first resistor with a determination value, a light emission control circuit that outputs a first control signal that controls on/off of the first switching element, and a logic determination circuit that determines whether or not the first switching element is short-circuited. The light emission control circuit sets the first control signal to a first drive stoppage state that inactivates the first control signal, and when the second detection circuit has detected that the first potential difference is larger than the determination value, the logic determination circuit outputs an error signal.
US11057590B2	Modular shelving systems for package tracking A shelving system has at least one shelf, a camera fixed at a distance from the at least one shelf such that a field of view of the camera faces the at least one shelf and closely encompasses the at least one shelf, and a controller in communication with the camera. The controller has a processor adapted to receive images captured by the camera within the camera's field of view and to determine from the images whether a particular object has been placed on, moved, or removed from the at least one shelf.
US11057585B2	Image processing method and device using line input and output Disclosed are an image processing method and device using a line-wise operation. The image processing device, according to one embodiment, comprises: a receiver for receiving two-dimensional pixel information; at least one first line buffer for outputting the two-dimensional pixel information into a line-wise data line; an operator for performing a convolution operation on the basis of the data line data; and at least one second line buffer for outputting the data line on which the operation has been performed.
US11057581B2	Digital pixel array with multi-stage readouts Examples of an apparatus are disclosed. In some example, an apparatus may include an array of digital pixel cells, each digital pixel cell including a photodiode and a memory device to store a digital output generated based on charge generated by the photodiode in an exposure period. The apparatus may also include an image processor configured to: receive first digital outputs from the memory devices of a first set of digital pixel cells of the array of digital pixel cells; determine, from the first set of digital pixel cells, a second set of digital pixel cells of which the first digital outputs satisfy one or more pre-determined conditions; identify, based on the second set of digital pixel cells, a third set of digital pixel cells; receive the second digital outputs generated by the third set of digital pixel cells; and perform image processing operations based on the second digital outputs.
US11057575B2	In-vehicle device, program, and vehicle for creating composite images An in-vehicle device includes a first in-vehicle camera configured to capture a subject in the cabin of a vehicle to create a first captured image, a second in-vehicle camera configured to capture an outside scene to create a second captured image, an image processing unit configured to create, from the first and second captured images, a composite image in which the subject is arranged with the outside scene as a background, and a first communication unit configured to send the composite image.
US11057574B2	Systems, methods, and computer-readable media for using a video capture device to alleviate motion sickness via an augmented display for a passenger Systems, methods, and computer-readable media are disclosed for using a video capture device to alleviate motion sickness via an augmented display for a passenger. One method includes receiving, from a video capture device of a vehicle, video data of a view outside of the vehicle while the vehicle is in motion; displaying, on a display device for a passenger of the vehicle, a request for a mode of display of the video data, the mode of displaying including a passive video mode and an active video mode; receiving a selection of the mode of display; displaying a request for a video display type when the passive video mode is selected; and displaying the video data including a menu, the menu including a plurality of selectable icons to interact with the video data when the active video mode is selected.
US11057565B2	Image obtaining method and terminal device Embodiments of this application provide an image obtaining method and a terminal device. When the terminal device moves, a motion sensor collects motion data of the terminal device, and sends the motion data to an optical image stabilization OIS controller and an electronic image stabilization EIS controller, where the terminal device includes the motion sensor, the OIS controller, the EIS controller, and an image sensor. The OIS controller controls, based on the motion data, a lens of the terminal device to move. The image sensor collects an image sequence. The EIS controller performs, by using movement information of the lens and the motion data, jitter compensation on the image sequence collected by the image sensor, so that stability of an obtained image can be improved.
US11057563B2	Image pickup device and method for controlling same A smartphone includes a camera, a control section, and a storage section. The control section determines favorability of a composition of a target frame which is an arbitrary frame among a plurality of frames constituting the moving image. Then, in accordance with a result of determining the favorability of the composition of the target frame, the control section stores, in the storage section, a still image which corresponds to the target frame.
US11057559B2	Endoscope and endoscope system An endoscope includes an imaging circuit that generates an imaging signal. The endoscope has a transmission path that connects the imaging circuit to a control device to perform image processing on the imaging signal. The endoscope also includes a phase synchronization unit having (i) a digital control oscillator that generates a drive clock signal, and (ii) a phase digital output circuit that generates and outputs a phase digital signal to the transmission path. A first switch of the endoscope connects the transmission path to one of the control device and the phase digital output circuit, and a second switch connects the transmission path to one of the imaging circuit and the digital control oscillator.
US11057555B2	Vehicle camera with connector system for high speed transmission A vehicular camera includes a front housing portion having a lens, a circuit board having circuitry established thereat, and a rear housing portion having a connector for electrically connecting to a connector end of a wire harness of the vehicle when the camera is disposed at the vehicle. The rear housing portion includes internal wall structure establishing internal surfaces of the rear housing portion. The connector of the rear housing portion includes a coaxial connector having a center conductor and an outer conductor. The center conductor and the outer conductor electrically connect to circuitry at the circuit board. An electrically conductive metallic shield element is disposed within the rear housing portion and corresponds with the internal wall surfaces of the rear housing portion.
US11057552B2	Face-only photo booth The present invention relates to a face-only photo booth, which includes: a housing having a tubular wall, a first side having a through-hole on a side of the wall, and an opening formed on the other side of the wall such that a person to be photographed can put a face therein; a clamp brining a mobile terminal in close contact with the first side such that a camera of the mobile terminal can be aligned with the through-hole of the housing; a light source disposed on an inner surface of the first side of the housing; and an operation button disposed on an outer side of the wall to input a photographing signal of the mobile terminal.
US11057548B2	Coil unit, manufacturing method thereof, and photographing optical device A coil unit may include coil holding member configured to hold a coil; and a coil held by the coil holding member and formed by a conducting wire in a wound state. A direction perpendicular to a length direction of the conducting wire is a thickness direction of the coil. The coil holding member may include an abutment surface configured to abut against one end surface in the thickness direction of the coil, a convex unit protruding from the abutment surface and around which the conducting wire is wound, and a coil pressing unit extending from a front end surface of the convex unit and configured to press the other end surface in the thickness direction of the coil.
US11057547B2	Transmitting device, transmitting method, receiving device, and receiving method To enable a receiving side to appropriately perform processing of obtaining display image data from transmission video data having a predetermined photoelectric conversion characteristic. Input video data is processing and transmission video data having a predetermined photoelectric conversion characteristic is obtained. Encoding processing is applied to the transmission video data and a video stream is obtained. A container of a predetermined format, including the video stream, is transmitted. Information indicating a photoelectric conversion of the input video data is inserted into the video stream and/or the container.
US11057539B2	Method of embedding watermark data in an image by adjusting a pixel when color channel values are above or below a threshold and based on a pixel of a transformed noise-based image being white or black Provided is a method of embedding and extracting watermark data that is robust against geometric distortion and low-quality photographing and for which the probability of successfully extracting watermark data for an original image is high, while the probability of successfully extracting the watermark data in the case of unauthorized copying is seriously impaired. The data embedding method according to an embodiment of the present invention comprises a step of converting the noise-based image using watermark data, and a step of adjusting the original image using the converted noise-based image.
US11057533B1	Image forming apparatus and image forming method for inferring and responding to target operator situation Provided is an image forming apparatus capable of improving operability. A recognizing unit recognizes surroundings of the image forming apparatus itself from image data captured by the image capturing unit. An additional information collecting unit collects additional information that possibly is associated with the target operator recognized by the recognizing unit. A situation inferring unit infers a situation of the image forming apparatus itself from recognition information recognized by the recognizing unit. At this time, the situation inferring unit may infer a situation of a target operator from additional information collected by the additional information collecting unit, and recognition information of the target operator. A response unit changes a response and/or an operation corresponding to the situation inferred by the situation inferring unit.
US11057524B2	System and method for maximizing capacity of an agent in a contact center by omni session handling A computerized-method for maximizing capacity of an agent in a contact center by omni session handling is provided herein. The computerized-method may retrieve one or more interactions from a Customer Relations Management (CRM) database based on a requirement for an outreach to be stored in a queue of proactive contacts. The computer-implemented method may further allocate a queue of one or more interactions out of the retrieved one or more interactions to an agent or to a team of agents and then present the agent or an agent in the team of agents with a digital preview of an interaction from the queue of one or more interactions for consideration via a display unit, while the agent is handling one or more interactions. The computer-implemented method may further receive from the agent a decision upon review of the presented digital preview of the interaction.
US11057519B1	Artificial intelligence based refinement of automatic control setting in an operator interface using localized transcripts A data processing system for artificial intelligence-based setting of controls in an evaluation interface comprising a data store storing: a plurality of transactions; a plurality of completed evaluations, each completed evaluation including an indication of a transcript portion associated with an evaluation answer. The system determines a word or phrase common to a first set of transcript portions associated with the evaluation answer; creates a first set of auto answer parameters that includes the word or phrase; auto answers the question for a set of test transactions to generate an auto answer for each test transaction; and based on a determination that the first set of auto answer parameters auto answered the question with a threshold level of accuracy, configures an evaluation system to use the first set of auto answer parameters to preset an answer control in an evaluation operator interface.
US11057518B2	Site information button A local terminal is operable to display a user interface on a display of the terminal. The user interface includes a site information button. The local terminal is operable to receive a user input that corresponds to a user pressing the site information button. The local terminal is further operable to retrieve site information from a memory of the local terminal. The site information includes diagnostic information for the local terminal.
US11057513B2	System and method for controlling electronic device usage at a place of employment Described herein is a system and method adapted for use on a personal electronic device, such as a smart phone, for generally monitoring the use of the personal electronic device by an employee by an employer. The system and method generally functions as a time clock and enables the employee to clock in and clock out. Further, the system and method allows the employee to clock out to view items that are restricted by a monitoring system.
US11057511B2	System and method for determining a safe return to a vehicle A system and method for determining a safe return to a vehicle that include determining at least one safety feature setting associated with at least one vehicle based safety response that is related to a travel plan. The system and method also include determining if the user departs from the designated location to return to the vehicle and determining if there is a deviation from the travel plan that pertains to the user safely returning to the vehicle from the designated location. The system and method further include controlling at least one component of the vehicle to operate based on the at least one safety feature setting to execute the at least one vehicle based safety response when it is determined that there is deviation from the travel plan.
US11057508B2	Self width-adjusting device holder and method for holding a device A self width-adjusting device holder comprises two width-adjustable side walls or plates, a stopper a resilient width-adjustment mechanism and a base plate. The two width-adjustable side plates are adapted to be pushed away from each other when a device is inserted and to automatically move toward each another or retract when a device is removed from the holder. The width-adjustable plates may be slidably mounted on the base plate. As these two side plates slide, the receiving area may be adjusted to be adapted to the devices with different sizes.
US11057503B2	Transmitting apparatus and signal processing method thereof A transmitting apparatus, a receiving apparatus, and a method of signal processing are provided. The transmitting apparatus includes at least one processor configured to implement: a packet generator which generates a packet including a header and a payload, based on an input stream; and a signal processor which signal-processes the generated packet. The header includes a base header, and the base header includes various fields indicating at least one of a packet type, and a value indicating that the packet transmits one single complete input packet, a segment of an input packet, or a plurality of input packets. The fields included in the base header may also indicate presence of an additional header and a substream identifier.
US11057499B2	Device control method by thin client system [Problem]Provided are an information processing system and a terminal capable of realizing device control at the terminal side, with a comparatively simple structure.[Solving Means]A terminal 3 is communicably connected to a server 2 and to a device 4 to be controlled, receives information which defines an input interface, from the server 2, presents the input interface to a user on the basis of the received information, receives control information for controlling the device 4 and data to be processed by the device 4 from the server 2, and transmits the received control information and data to the device 4.
US11057494B2	Seamless context switch Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for switching contexts in a browser-based application. In one aspect, a system includes a browser execution module configured to receive a request to load a browser-based application with first context data, request application data and the first context data, and receive the application data and the first context data. The system includes a state machine module configured to generate a state machine to access and store context data and load the application with the first context data by storing the first context data in the state machine. The system further includes a state change module configured to intercept a request to load the application with second context data for a second application account, request the second context data, and updated the application with the second context data by storing the second context data in the state machine.
US11057493B2	Multi-server node service processing and consensus method and device One example method includes sharing, from a first server of a first blockchain node in a consensus network, node configuration information with a plurality of additional servers of the first blockchain node; receiving, by the first server of the first blockchain node, a service request sent by a client, the first blockchain node and each node of a plurality of additional blockchain nodes of the consensus network comprising a corresponding plurality of servers; storing the service request in at least one service memory of the first blockchain node; obtaining, by the first blockchain node and from a registration center, at least one address of at least one server of the corresponding plurality of servers for each node of the plurality of additional blockchain nodes in the consensus network; and sending the service request to each additional blockchain node in the consensus network based on the obtained at least one address.
US11057492B2	Selective information sharing between users of a social network A content acquisition request for acquiring content from the social networking service is received from a first terminal associated with a social networking service. The content acquisition request comprises a first location of the first terminal. A content recommendation message is received from a second terminal associated with the social networking service. The content recommendation message comprises a recommended content information and a second location of the second terminal. A server of the social networking service determines that (i) the first location of the first terminal and the second location of the second terminal are within a preset range, and (ii) a first time of the content acquisition request and a second time of the content recommendation message are within a preset time difference. In response, a target content associated with the recommended content information of the content recommendation message is transmitted by the server to the first terminal.
US11057491B1	Remote execution using a global identity Embodiments of the present disclosure may provide a streamlined process for performing operations, such as data sharing and data replication, using multiple accounts. A global identity (also referred to as an organization user) may be employed, where the global identity may have access to multiple accounts across the same or different deployments. The global identity may switch between accounts from its login session and perform various tasks in the context of different accounts without undergoing further authentication.
US11057487B2	Systems and methods for recording metadata about microservices for requests to the microservices Described embodiments provide systems and methods for recording metadata about a microservice for requests to the microservice. A device configured as a proxy to one or more microservices of a service can receive a registration request to register a microservice of the one or more microservices with the device. Metadata can be received during registration of the microservice with the device. The metadata can identify an identifier of the microservice, a deployment version of the microservice and a region of deployment of the microservice. The device can store the metadata in association with the microservice and record the metadata of the microservice registered with the device in association with a plurality of requests. The device can identify, via a user interface and the metadata recorded to the log, a change in operation of the microservice in connection with one of the deployment version or the region of the microservice.
US11057485B2	Server cluster and method for push notification service A server cluster and method for providing a push notification service are provided. The method includes searching for, by a management server cluster, a first push server corresponding to predetermined search criteria from among a plurality of push servers upon receiving a request to connect with a push server from a mobile terminal; providing, by the management server cluster, connection information regarding the found first push server to the mobile terminal; and delivering, by the first push server, upon generation of a notification event after connecting with the mobile terminal, event information corresponding to the push notification event to the connected mobile terminal.
US11057482B2	User interface modification and usage tracking Techniques are provided to facilitate tracking events associated with a user interface display of an application at runtime. In at least one implementation, one or more information structures that associate an event tracking indicator with a view selector are stored, wherein the event tracking indicator indicates an event to be tracked, and the view selector indicates one or more constraints to be matched to select a view of the application. During execution of the application, the view selector is evaluated with views used by the application to determine whether each of the one or more constraints of the view selector matches properties of the views. In response to determining that each of the one or more constraints of the view selector matches the properties of at least one of the views, an occurrence of the event indicated by the event tracking indicator associated with the view selector is tracked.
US11057479B1	Contextual routing configuration and service naming for multi-cluster service mesh A method may include obtaining a first dependency of a first calling service on a called service and a second dependency of a second calling service on the called service. The method may further include generating a first routing configuration for the first calling service that maps a name of the called service to an ingress point of a first cluster, generating a second routing configuration for the second calling service that maps the name of the called service to the ingress point of the first cluster, detecting a relocation of the called service to a second cluster, modifying the first routing configuration to map the name of the called service to an ingress point of the second cluster, and modifying the second routing configuration to map the name of the called service to a local name of the called service within a namespace of the second cluster.
US11057477B2	Method for providing web service, recording medium recording program for providing web service, and server apparatus A method includes creating information indicating a first content in response to an operation on a first client terminal, assigning a unique first address on a network to the first content, permitting access to the first address from a second client terminal, which is anonymous, and on which an authentication process with an ID is not performed, editing the first content assigned with the first address, in response to an operation on the second client terminal, storing, in a storage, information on a second content corresponding to the second client terminal as and obtained based on the edited first content, and creating a unique second address on the network to the second content.
US11057474B2	Communication terminal, communication system, and communication method A communication terminal includes a memory, an interface, and circuitry. The communication terminal is one of a plurality of communication terminals each of which receives a request for communication start from a source communication terminal. The memory stores identification information of the source terminal in response to the request for communication start. The interface responds to the request for communication start, and receives a request for communication establishment from the source terminal. The request for communication establishment is transmitted from the source terminal when the source terminal selects the communication terminal from the plurality of communication terminals each of which responds to the request for communication start. The circuitry determines whether to respond to the request for communication establishment according to a result of comparison between identification information of the source terminal that sends the request for communication establishment and the identification information stored in the memory.
US11057472B2	Field data processing method, apparatus, and system The present application relates to the technical field of industrial data processing, and in particular relates to a field data processing method, apparatus and system, which are used to realize the timely processing of field data. In the embodiments of the present application, a field data processing apparatus located on an industrial site of an industrial system receives field data from at least a field apparatus on the industrial site, and processes the received field data and provides the processing result of the field data. In this way, untimely processing of field data can be avoided.
US11057463B2	Method for synchronizing context data of network functions in a mobile network A synchronisation method implemented, in a mobile network, by a first device hosting a network function used for the connection of a mobile terminal to the mobile network. The mobile network includes second devices hosting the network function. The method includes the following steps: establishing a connection with a mobile terminal in order to execute, as the main device, the network function in association with the mobile terminal; determining context data associated with the mobile terminal; recording context data in a memory associated with the first device; and sending context data to secondary devices, from among the second devices of the mobile network, so as to synchronise the context data recorded by the first device and the secondary devices.
US11057461B2	Scalable peer matching The techniques and systems described herein implement an improved peer matching service by coordinating peer matching requests across multiple peer matching nodes configured within a peer matching unit so that resource consumption can be spread out and resource limitations are not exceeded. Moreover, the peer matching service can determine if a peer matching unit is overloaded (e.g., experiencing an increased number of requests in a given time interval that is causing performance degradation), and the peer matching service can implement an action to scale out the number of requests within the peer matching unit (e.g., re-distribute some peer matching requests to another peer matching unit). In various examples, the peer matching service can determine if peer devices are co-located peer devices based on location information and can generate a list that prioritizes the co-located peer devices.
US11057458B2	Group coordinator selection Examples described herein involve selecting a group coordinator device for a zone group. An example implementation includes: receiving an instruction to form a zone group comprising the first media device and the second media device; comparing a first one or more communication parameters corresponding to a network connection of the first media device to a second one or more communication parameters corresponding to a network connection of the second media device; identifying the first media device as a group coordinator of the zone group based on at least the indication that the first media device communicates with the router over the first communication frequency band; and configuring the first media device to provide data indicating audio content and audio content playback timing information to the second media device to facilitate synchronous playback of the audio content as the group coordinator of the zone group.
US11057457B2	Television key phrase detection Images of key phrases or hashtags appear on televised feeds. Image processing techniques, such as feature locating algorithms or character recognition algorithms, can be used to locate the images of key phrases in the images. Then, character recognition algorithms can be used to generate a list of candidate key phrases for the key phrase in image format. However, identification of the key phrase in image format is not completely accurate with conventional methods. Social media content items associated with the televised feed are used to filter the list of candidate key phrases. Using known information about the televised feed as well as about key phrases in text format in the social media content items, candidate key phrases in the list of candidate key phrases can be scored and, thus, a final candidate key phrase selected based on the scores.
US11057455B1	File transfer abstraction on a computer network This disclosure describes techniques for providing an abstraction layer for one or more file transfer tools that may operate on a public network, or on a network controlled by an organization or enterprise. In some examples, a computing system may serve as a front-end for a managed file transfer system that may hide some details of the operations performed by the file transfer system. The computing system may interact with one or more managed file transfer systems (or similar systems) to provision a data path between computing systems, perform a file transfer between the computing systems, perform sustainment tasks associated with the data path, and/or perform lifecycle management tasks associated with the data path.
US11057453B2	Locking of client session using event listener In one implementation, a non-transitory machine-readable storage medium may store instructions that upon execution cause a processor to: receive a request for a webpage from a client device; in response to the received request, provide the webpage to a browser of the client device, the provided webpage including at least one event listener to detect a user change in the browser; receive a lock request from the at least one event listener on the client device; and in response to the received lock request, lock a session of the webpage on the client device.
US11057452B2	Network address resolution A content delivery network with at least one first content server bound to a first domain associated with a first characteristic (e.g., popular) associated with content servable from the content delivery network. The content delivery network includes at least one second content server bound to a second domain associated with a second characteristic (e.g., unpopular) associated with content servable from the content delivery network. At least one processing device including computer executable instructions for receiving a request to provide an embedded resource including either a first host name associated with the first domain or a second host name associated with the second domain.
US11057450B2	Systems, methods, and devices for seamless switching between multiple source streams Disclosed herein are systems, methods, and devices for seamless switching between multiple source streams. Systems include a transmitter that includes encoders configured to generate and encode media streams for transmission. Systems also include a receiver configured to receive the media streams. The receiver includes decoders configured to receive and decode the media streams for display at a display unit. The systems may also include a buffer configured to buffer at least some of the media streams, the streams including at least one primary media stream and at least one secondary media stream, the buffer being configured to provide the a primary media stream to a decoder, and the buffer being further configured to buffer and discard the a secondary media stream. The systems also include a controller configured to switch the buffer to provide a secondary media stream to a decoder responsive to identifying a request for a switch event.
US11057444B1	Systems and methods for shared broadcasting Systems, methods, and non-transitory computer-readable media can determine that a broadcaster of a first live content stream has identified at least one user of a social networking system to join as co-broadcaster. A merged live content stream is published through the social networking system, the merged live content stream including the first live content stream of the broadcaster and a second live content stream associated with the at least one identified user. At least one notification is sent to one or more other users of the social networking system. The notification informs the one or more other users about the merged live content stream.
US11057441B1	Dynamic multi-user media streaming Techniques are described for dynamic multi-user media streaming for client systems in a media session. In an embodiment, a local client system receives a media stream originated from a remote client system which is in the same media session. The local client system displays a local participant user interface (UI) control representing the local user at a first position on its local UI and further displays, a remote participant UI control representing the remote user on a second position on the local UI. When the local participant UI control is moved to a new position, the proximity to the remote participant UI control changes. Based at least in part on the change in proximity, the media stream originated from the remote client system is modified. For example, as local and remote participant UI controls are moving closer, the local client system may increase the volume of the audio track. Techniques further include other media session interactive features such as UI zones for private interactions.
US11057437B2	Centralized validation of email senders via EHLO name and IP address targeting A DNS server receives from a receiving email system, a DNS query for an email domain stored at the DNS server, the DNS query including identifying information of a sender of an email. The DNS server extracts the identifying information of the email sender from the DNS query and identifies one of a plurality of delivering organizations from the information. The DNS server determines whether the identified delivering organization is authorized to deliver email on behalf of the email domain. In response to determining that the identified delivering organization is authorized to deliver email on behalf of the email domain, the DNS server generates a target validation record based on the identity of the authorized delivering organization and the email domain, the target validation record including one or more rules indicating to the receiving email system whether the delivering organization is an authorized sender of email for the email domain.
US11057434B2	High performance access control A computer program product including a computer readable storage medium having program instructions to: receive a request for access to a micro-service for a subject to perform an action using a resource; determine whether an access policy governing the access for the subject to perform the action using the resource is stored in a cache memory; in response to the access policy being stored in the cache memory, allow or deny the request to the micro-service based on the access policy; and in response to the access policy not being stored in the cache memory, request a new access policy for the subject to perform the action using the resource, receive the new access policy that includes an access decision and a duration of the new access policy, allow or deny the request based on the new access policy, and store the new access policy in the cache memory.
US11057425B2	Apparatuses for optimizing rule to improve detection accuracy for exploit attack and methods thereof An apparatus comprising a processor to execute the rule optimizer to perform a number of operations. One operation comprises obtaining 5 log data including a result of detecting an exploit attack based on a rule. Another operation comprises time-series analyzing the obtained log data to update at least some of previously applied detection rules. There is provided an apparatus for automatically optimizing a rule to improve the detection accuracy for an exploit attack in a rule-based attack detection system, and a method performed on the apparatus.
US11057422B2	System and method for strategic anti-malware monitoring The system and method described herein may leverage active network scanning and passive network monitoring to provide strategic anti-malware monitoring in a network. In particular, the system and method described herein may remotely connect to managed hosts in a network to compute hashes or other signatures associated with processes running thereon and suspicious files hosted thereon, wherein the hashes may communicated to a cloud database that aggregates all known virus or malware signatures that various anti-virus vendors have catalogued to detect malware infections without requiring the hosts to have a local or resident anti-virus agent. Furthermore, running processes and file system activity may be monitored in the network to further detect malware infections. Additionally, the network scanning and network monitoring may be used to detect hosts that may potentially be participating in an active botnet or hosting botnet content and audit anti-virus strategies deployed in the network.
US11057420B2	Detection of malware and malicious applications A method comprises receiving, at a network infrastructure device, a flow of packets, determining, using the network infrastructure device and for a first subset of the packets, that the first subset corresponds to a first datagram and determining a first length of the first datagram, determining, using the network infrastructure device and for a second subset of the packets, that the second subset corresponds to a second datagram that was received after the first datagram, and determining a second length of the second datagram, determining, using the network infrastructure device, a duration value between a first arrival time of the first datagram and a second arrival time of the second datagram, sending, to a collector device that is separate from the network infrastructure device, the first length, the second length, and the duration value for analysis.
US11057418B2	Prioritizing vulnerability scan results Prioritizing vulnerability scan results is provided. Vulnerability scan results data corresponding to a network of data processing systems are received from a vulnerability scanner. The vulnerability scan results data are parsed to group the vulnerability scan results data by vulnerability identifiers. A corresponding security threat information identifier is associated with each vulnerability identifier. A correlation of each associated security threat information identifier is performed with a set of current vulnerability exploit data that corresponds to that particular security threat information identifier. Current security threat information that affects host data processing systems in the network is determined based on the correlation between each associated security threat information identifier and its corresponding set of current vulnerability exploit data. The current security threat information is prioritized based on a number of corresponding current vulnerability exploit attacks.
US11057415B1	Systems and methods for dynamic zone protection of networks Disclosed are systems and methods for securing a network using one or more controllers and one or more network nodes. A method may utilize a packet processing engine configured to process incoming network packets, a processing analysis engine configured to perform relatively more complex processing and analysis, and one or more controllers configured to coordinate one or more packet processing engines and one or more processing analysis engines across a network to perform endpoint threat detection and mitigation.
US11057410B1	Data exfiltration detector Methods and systems for detecting a data exfiltration event on a network. The method includes receiving traffic data and applying a transformation to transform the traffic data at least closer to a normal distribution. The method further includes selecting at least one outlier identification technique based on a property of the transformed data, and then executing the at least one selected identification technique to determine whether the traffic data is indicative of a data exfiltration event.
US11057404B2	Method and apparatus for defending against DNS attack, and storage medium A method and apparatus for defending against a DNS attack includes receiving a DNS request from a request source and obtaining an IP address of the request source, calculating a characteristic value of the IP address, and searching an internal memory for preset identifier information corresponding to the characteristic value. Based on the preset identifier information corresponding to the characteristic value being a detection identifier indicating an uncertainty of an existence of an attack risk in the DNS request, the method includes obtaining request record information and an unblocking time corresponding to the characteristic value, the request record information including a number of request times from the request source in a predetermined period. Based on the number of request times exceeding a preset request threshold, determining that the DNS request is an attack request and discarding the DNS request.
US11057397B2	Computerized system for complying with certain critical infrastructure protection requirements A computerized system for complying with critical infrastructure protection (“CIP”) standards concerning system configuration changes. The system can be used to automatically identify and track changes to computers on the network, improving system security and CIP compliance reporting. In certain embodiments, the system collects system information on servers and workstations using built-in commands. The configuration profiles of these computers/devices can be archived for audit purposes.
US11057395B2	Monitoring for authentication information Information stored in a Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP) session is monitored. Based on the monitoring, authentication information in the information stored in the HTTP session is identified.
US11057392B2	Data security method utilizing mesh network dynamic scoring A method is disclosed. A user device may determine, prior to joining a mesh network comprising a plurality of user devices, a first data security value. The user device may then communicate with the plurality of user devices to join the mesh network. The user device may receive a plurality of additional data security values from a plurality of proximate user devices. The user device may then determine an updated data security value based at least upon evaluating the plurality of additional data security values associated with the plurality of proximate user devices. The user device may allow or not allow the user device to perform an interaction based at least upon the updated data security value.
US11057389B2	Systems and methods for authorizing access to computing resources Embodiments of the present disclosure pertain to accessing computing resources. In one embodiment, the present disclosure includes a computer implemented method comprising storing at least one credential for accessing a first system, storing a plurality of user credentials for a plurality of users having access to a second system, linking the plurality of user credentials for the plurality of users having access to the second system to the at least one credential for accessing the first system, receiving a first user credential for a first user from the second system over a first connection, authenticating the first user credential, wherein the first user credential is authenticated when the first user credential matches one of the stored plurality of user credentials, and establishing a second connection between the first system and the second system using the at least one credential when the first user credential is authenticated.
US11057388B2	Method and computer program product for creating enterprise management systems A computer program product for creating an enterprise management dashboard program, and comprising a process architecture server, a process architect client, a stakeholder client, and/or a process object server. The process architecture server includes a compiler characterized by an access control subsystem (receives role-base access control definition data), a work flow modeling subsystem (receives process model definition data), a data management subsystem (receives data structure definition data), a communication subsystem (receives communication protocol definition data), and a report management subsystem (receives report content definition data). The compiler uses the aforementioned data to create executable computer code for the enterprise management dashboard program based on modeling constructs including project sites, task pages, interface templates, report templates, and/or third-party process content. The resultant enterprise management dashboard program may be used to create and save process objects such as projects, tasks, artifacts (e.g., digital files), and process metrics.
US11057383B2	Methods, systems and apparatus to prevent unauthorized modem use Methods and apparatus to prevent unauthorized modem use are disclosed. An example apparatus includes a locking circuit; and a host authorizer to, when a received attention (AT) command pattern from a host device matches an AT command pattern, transmit a first voltage to the locking circuit to cause the locking circuit to enable modem functionality and, when the received AT command pattern does not match the AT command pattern, transmit a second voltage to the locking circuit to cause the locking circuit to disable modem functionality.
US11057379B2	Electronic device performing authentication on another electronic device and method for operating the same A first electronic device includes a touchscreen and a processor which transmits first information related to the first electronic device or a user account of the first electronic device through a first communication network to authenticate a second electronic device. The processor further obtains second information to authenticate the second electronic device transmitted from the first server based on the first information through a second communication network. An authentication request includes the first information and is transmitted from the second electronic device to a first server which supports an authentication function. A first screen is displayed on the touchscreen for receiving a first input related to the second information. Authentication information is received through the touchscreen based on the received first input, and the authentication information is transmitted to the first server to authenticate the second electronic device.
US11057378B2	Device and method of setting or removing security on content A device for removing security on content using biometric information includes a memory configured to store content on which security has been set based on first biometric information of a user; and a controller configured to obtain second biometric information of the user, which is of a different type than the first biometric information, and remove the security on the content based on the second biometric information, in response to a user input for executing the content.
US11057375B1	User authentication through registered device communications Disclosed are various embodiments providing user authentication through registered device communications. An authentication token is generated for a user account. The authentication token is embedded within a digital content item. The digital content item is sent to a first client device that is registered to the user account. A user is authenticated for access to the user account based at least in part on the user providing the authentication token embedded within the digital content item.
US11057372B1	System and method for authenticating a user to provide a web service A system and method provides access to one or more web services by capturing a human perceptible rendering on a separate device, identifying a code from the human-perceptible rendering captured and granting access to the one or more web services, responsive to the code identified and an identifier of the user.
US11057370B2	Methods and systems for dynamic creation of hotspots for media control Methods, systems, and/or devices for controlling media presentation at a shared media presentation system are described herein. To that end, an electronic device defines a distance-related access restriction between a media presentation system and a second electronic device. The device selects one or more access control settings for the media presentation system to be controlled by the second electronic device. The device receives a request, from the second electronic device, to control playback at the media presentation system. In accordance with a determination that the second electronic device meets the distance-related access restriction, the device provides authorization for the second electronic device to access the media presentation system using media control requests that comply with the one or more access control settings selected by the electronic device.
US11057368B2	Issuing a certificate based on an identification of an application A request to issue a digital certificate may be received. A hash value corresponding to an application that has provided the request for the digital certificate may be identified. A determination may be made as to whether the hash value corresponding to the application matches with a known hash value. In response to determining that the hash value corresponding to the application matches with the known hash value the digital certificate may be issued to the application.
US11057367B2	Assertion proxy for single sign-on access to cloud applications The technology disclosed relates to non-intrusively enforcing security during federated single sign-on (SSO) authentication without modifying a trust relationship between a service provider (SP) and an identity provider (IDP). In particular, it relates to configuring the IDP to use a proxy-URL for forwarding an assertion generated when a user logs into the SP, in place of an assertion consumer service (ACS)-URL of the SP. It also relates to configuring an assertion proxy, at the proxy-URL, to use the SP's ACS-URL for forwarding the assertion to the SP. It further relates to inserting the assertion proxy in between the user's client and an ACS of the SP by forwarding the assertion to the SP's ACS-URL to establish a federated SSO authenticated session through the inserted assertion proxy.
US11057365B2	Method and system for creating a virtual SIP user agent by use of a webRTC enabled web browser A method for creating a virtual SIP user agent by use of a webRTC enabled web browser comprises a user logging in to a web application server via a webRTC enabled web browser. The web application server uses the logged on user identity to lookup an associated SIP user identity along with a registrar server address and the web application server initiates a SIP registration procedure using its IP address as the registered contact.
US11057364B2	Single sign-on for managed mobile devices Disclosed are various examples for providing a single sign-on experience for managed mobile devices. A management application executed in a computing device receives a single sign-on request from a managed client application executed by the same computing device. The management application determines that the client application is permitted to access a management credential for single sign-on use. The management application provides the management credential to the client application in response to the single sign-on request.
US11057363B2	Trusted login of user accounts Technologies related to trusted user account login are disclosed. In one implementation, a temporary trusted login token request for accessing a service page from an originating application is received. A temporary trusted login token based on the temporary trusted login token request is generated. The temporary trusted login token is sent to the originating application. A service page access request is received for accessing the service page generated based on the temporary trusted login token. The temporary trusted login token including the service authorization from the service page access request is identified. Whether the service page is included in the one or more service pages that are identified by the service authorization is determined, and trusted login to the service page from the originating application is allowed if the service page is included in the one or more service pages.
US11057360B2	Electronic device performing reconnection of short-range communication and method for operating the same An electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes at least one wireless communication circuit, a processor, and a memory. The memory stores instructions to enable the processor to, during first P2P wireless communication with a first external electronic device, enable the electronic device to operate as at least one of a host or a client, store first information about a role of the electronic device one of the host or the client, during second P2P wireless communication with the first external electronic device after the first P2P wireless communication, determine whether the first external electronic device was previously in a group, exchange second information with the first external electronic device based on a status of at least one of the electronic device or the first external electronic device, and select the role of the electronic device as the host or the client based on the second information.
US11057359B2	Key encryption key rotation A set of hardware security modules (HSMs) in a database system may implement a key management system with a database storing encryption keys or other secrets. The set of HSMs may identify a first key encryption key (KEK) and a second KEK stored in the set of HSMs. The set of HSMs may retrieve, from the database, a set of encryption keys encrypted by the first KEK and decrypt each encryption key of the set of encryption keys using the first KEK. The set of HSMs may re-encrypt each encryption key of the set of encryption keys with the second KEK and transmit, to the database, the set of encrypted encryption keys encrypted by the second KEK for storage. Then, the set of HSMs may delete the first KEK from the set of HSMs.
US11057358B2	Concealment of customer sensitive data in virtual computing arrangements Aspects described herein are directed to the concealment of customer sensitive data in virtual computing arrangements. A local computing platform may receive an object including a customer sensitive object name from a user computing device operating on a same internal domain as the local computing platform. The local computing platform may conceal the customer sensitive object name from a virtual computing platform operating on a domain external from the internal domain. The local computing platform may provide the concealed object name to the virtual computing platform for facilitating object enumeration requests from the user computing device during virtual computing sessions. During a virtual computing session between the user computing device and virtual computing platform, the local computing platform may receive the concealed object name from the user computing device and may perform one or more operations to reveal the object name to the user computing device.
US11057357B2	Secure, autonomous file encryption and decryption The disclosure includes novel encryption and/or decryption methods and systems that provide various security benefits. More specifically, the disclosure includes a description of a file encryption process and its ability to dynamically control permissions on who is allowed to decrypt the file. Moreover, the disclosed process permits an encrypted file to be freely distributed without losing the ability to govern/regulate decryption.
US11057356B2	Automated data processing systems and methods for automatically processing data subject access requests using a chatbot A chat robot may be used to facilitate interaction with a user in the determination of whether to initiate and process a data subject access request (DSAR). At a DSAR submission webpage, the chatbot may interact with a user to determine the information the user is in need of and/or the actions that the user may take. The chatbot may provide the information desired by the user, avoiding the processing overhead of submission and fulfillment of a DSAR. The chatbot may also facilitate completion of a DSAR on behalf of the user when needed.
US11057355B2	Protecting documents using policies and encryption A system protects documents at rest and in motion using declarative policies and encryption. A document at rest includes documents on a device such as the hard drive of a computer. A document in motion is a document that is passing through a policy enforcement point. The policy enforcement point can be a server (e.g., mail server, instant messenger server, file server, or network connection server).
US11057352B2	Communication system and method for machine data routing A method includes receiving and temporarily storing data streams from Internet of Things (IoT) sensors. The method continues with determining whether some of the data streams have been requested by a subscribing computing entity. When some of the data streams are requested and the request is valid, the method continues with sending the requested data streams to the subscribing computing entity. The method continues with receiving additional data streams from the IoT sensors and overwriting the temporary storage of the data streams with the additional data streams.
US11057350B2	Layer 2 mobility for hybrid multi-cloud deployments without host-overlay Technologies for extending a subnet across on-premises and cloud-based deployments are provided. An example method may include creating a VPC in a cloud for hosting an endpoint being moved from an on-premises site. For the endpoint to retain its IP address, a subnet range assigned to the VPC, based on the smallest subnet mask allowed by the cloud, is selected to include the IP address of the endpoint. The IP addresses from the assigned subnet range corresponding to on-premises endpoints are configured as secondary IP addresses on a Layer 2 (L2) proxy router instantiated in the VPC. The L2 proxy router establishes a tunnel to a cloud overlay router and directs traffic destined to on-premises endpoints, with IP addresses in the VPC subnet range thereto for outbound transmission. The cloud overly router updates the secondary IP addresses on the L2 proxy router based on reachability information for the on-premises site.
US11057348B2	Method for data center network segmentation A method for data center network segmentation is provided. The data center network segmentation is for a hybrid environment including physical servers and appliances as well as virtual servers and appliances. The data center network segmentation uses software-defined networking (SDN) technology of physical SDN-ready servers/appliances and virtual SDN-ready servers/appliances. The method includes centralizing the management of network security policies for physical and virtual firewalls. The method includes using SDN to direct network traffic between physical servers through physical firewalls, and to direct network traffic between virtual servers through virtual firewalls. The method further includes using the SDN to direct network traffic from physical servers to virtual servers through physical firewalls, and to direct network traffic from virtual servers to physical servers through virtual firewalls. A firewall management device monitors activity of the physical and virtual firewalls, and adjusts a firewall management policy in response to the monitored activity.
US11057338B2	Communications and analysis system An electronic communications method includes sending, by a user device, an electronic communication to a device. The electronic communications method further includes receiving, by the user device, an electronic confirmation message. The electronic communications method further includes sending, by the user device, electronic information. The electronic communications message further includes receiving, by the user device, a value. The value is based on electronically analyzing simultaneous electronic information being sent to the device. The electronic communications message further includes receiving, by the user device, an electronic recommendation message. The electronic recommendation message includes a recommended schedule of communications based on the score. The electronic communications method further includes sending, by the user device, an electronic request message based on the value and the electronic recommendation message.
US11057337B2	Methods and system for distributing information via multiple forms of delivery services A content distribution facilitation system is described comprising configured servers and a network interface configured to interface with a plurality of terminals in a client server relationship and optionally with a cloud-based storage system. A request from a first source for content comprising content criteria is received, the content criteria comprising content subject matter. At least a portion of the content request content criteria is transmitted to a selected content contributor. If recorded content is received from the first content contributor, the first source is provided with access to the received recorded content. The recorded content may be transmitted via one or more networks to one or more destination devices. Optionally, a voice analysis and/or facial recognition engine are utilized to determine if the recorded content is from the first content contributor.
US11057334B2	Message classification and management Message management and classification techniques are described. In one or more implementations, a message received from a sender for delivery via a user account is examined to extract one or more features of the message. A determination is then made as to whether the message corresponds to one or more categories based on the extracted features, the categories usable to enable features to be applied to the message in a user interface.
US11057330B2	Determination of conversation threads in a message channel based on conversational flow and semantic similarity of messages A deep learning module classifies messages received from a plurality of entities into one or more conversation threads. In response to receiving a subsequent message, the deep learning module determines which of the one or more conversation threads and a new conversation thread is contextually a best fit for the subsequent message. The subsequent message is added to the determined conversation thread.
US11057327B2	Mechanism for associating emails with filter labels A mechanism is disclosed for generating a composite email for an email conversation. The composite email includes content automatically extracted from a plurality of the emails in the email conversation, and may be generated in response to a user accessing just one of the emails in the email conversation. A mechanism is also disclosed for discovering and recovering lost emails in an email conversation. A mechanism is further disclosed for automatically moving emails from one container to another after an email has been read. These and other advantageous email generating, manipulation, and organization mechanisms are disclosed herein.
US11057324B1	System and method of secure analysis for encrypted electronic mail attachments A method for analyzing an attachment of an electronic mail (e-mail) transmitted from an external network may include intercepting the e-mail comprising the attachment intended for a recipient. The method may include analyzing the attachment for encryption to identify an encrypted attachment. The method may include determining whether the encrypted attachment has been received previously by the recipient by comparing a hash corresponding to the encrypted attachment against a plurality of hashes stored in an attachment repository. The method may include attempting to open the encrypted attachment using a password from a password repository comprising a plurality of known passwords. The method may include extracting the encrypted attachment from the e-mail upon failing to open the encrypted attachment using the plurality of known passwords. The method may include redirecting the recipient to an interface configured to prompt the recipient for a new password that is associated with the encrypted attachment.
US11057323B1	System and method for distributed document upload via electronic mail In a method for distributed upload of documents an upload email address is assigned to a user and associated with a searchable document database accessible by the user via a user device and a network. Sender acceptance criteria are established for the upload email address. An email addressed to the upload email address and having a sender email address is received from an email sender via the network. A determination is made as to whether the received email meets sender acceptance criteria. Responsive to a determination that the email meets sender acceptance criteria, documents attached to the email are identified. Each identified document is associated with a document record comprising a document identifier and a sender identifier associated with the email sender and is stored in the searchable document database with the document record.
US11057320B2	Operation for multiple chat bots operation in organization An improved chat bot operation enables multiple teams to leverage a common bot deployment, rather than requiring each team to build and deploy their own. A context-aware operation identifies a user's context and selects a context file, from among a plurality of context files, to tailor actions and responses. Each team thus has a reduced workload in generating a context file rather than an entire bot deployment. An exemplary method includes: receiving a first chat content from a first chat session; determining a first context for the first chat content; selecting, based at least on the first context, a first context file from a plurality of context files; determining, based at least on the first chat content and the first context file, a first action for the chat bot, wherein determining the first action for the chat bot comprises parsing the first context file; and executing the first action.
US11057318B1	Distributed artificial intelligence extension modules for network switches Distributed machine learning systems and other distributed computing systems are improved by compute logic embedded in extension modules coupled directly to network switches. The compute logic performs collective actions, such as reduction operations, on gradients or other compute data processed by the nodes of the system. The reduction operations may include, for instance, summation, averaging, bitwise operations, and so forth. In this manner, the extension modules may take over some or all of the processing of the distributed system during the collective phase. An inline version of the module sits between a switch and the network. Data units carrying compute data are intercepted and processed using the compute logic, while other data units pass through the module transparently to or from the switch. Multiple modules may be connected to the switch, each coupled to a different group of nodes, and sharing intermediate results. A sidecar version is also described.
US11057315B1	Generating a scaling plan for external systems during cloud tenant onboarding/offboarding An approach is provided for generating a scaling plan. Plans for onboarding first tenant(s) a cloud computing environment and offboarding second tenant(s) of the cloud computing environment are received. Historical data about behavior of tenants of the cloud computing environment is received. Based on the received plans and the historical data, a scaling plan for scaling computer resources of external systems during the onboarding and the offboarding is generated. The scaling plan specifies a timeline indicating dates and times at which changes in workloads associated with the external systems are required for the onboarding and the offboarding. Based on the scaling plan, a scaling is determined to be needed for computer resource(s) of one of the external systems. Responsive to determining that the scaling is needed, the scaling for the computer resource(s) is triggered at a date and a time indicated by the timeline.
US11057314B1	Method for automatic management of capacity and placement for global services Systems and methods for providing web service instances to support traffic demands for a particular web service in a large-scale distributed system are disclosed. An example method includes determining a peak historical service load for the web service. The service load capacity for each existing web service instance may then be determined. The example method may then calculate the remaining service load after subtracting the sum of the service load capacity of the existing web service instances from the peak historical service load for the web service. The number of web service instances necessary in the large-scale distributed system may be determined based on the remaining service load. The locations of the web service instances may be determined and changes may be applied to the large-scale system based on the number of web service instances necessary in the large-scale distributed system.
US11057313B2	Event processing with enhanced throughput The present systems and methods allow for rapid processing of large volumes of events. A producer node in a cluster determines a sharding key for a received event from an event stream. The producer node uses a sharding map to correlate the sharding key for the event with a producer channel, and provides the event to a producer event buffer associated with the producer channel. The producer event buffer transmits the event to a corresponding consumer event buffer associated with a consumer channel on a consumer node. The event processing leverages a paired relationship between producer channels on the producer node and consumer channels on the consumer node, so as to generate enhanced throughput. The event processing also supports dynamic rebalancing of the system in response to adding or removing producer or consumer nodes, or adding or removing producer or consumer channels to or from producer or consumer nodes.
US11057309B2	Management method, management unit, and system Embodiments of the present disclosure provide a management method, and a management device and a system that are based on the method. The method includes: sending, by a second management device, an update request to a first management device, where the update request is used to request the first management device to update requirement information of a subnet managed by the first management device; and then, determining, by the first management device, that the subnet can satisfy the update request, or determining that the subnet cannot satisfy the update request. In the solutions in the embodiments of the present disclosure, the second management device can request the first management device to update the requirement information of the subnet managed by the first management device, thereby preventing a management fault of an entire network slice when a subnet managed by the second management device cannot satisfy a preset requirement.
US11057307B1	Load balancing path assignments techniques Approaches, techniques, and mechanisms are disclosed for assigning paths to network packets. The path assignment techniques utilize path state information and/or other criteria to determine whether to route a packet along a primary candidate path selected for the packet, or one or more alternative candidate paths selected for the packet. According to an embodiment, network traffic is at least partially balanced by redistributing only a portion of the traffic that would have been assigned to a given primary path. Move-eligibility criteria are applied to traffic to determine whether a given packet is eligible for reassignment from a primary path to an alternative path. The move-eligibility criteria determine which portion of the network traffic to move and which portion to allow to proceed as normal. In an embodiment, the criteria and functions used to determine whether a packet is redistributable are adjusted over time based on path state information.
US11057301B2	Using a midlay in a software defined networking (SDN) fabric for adjustable segmentation and slicing In one embodiment, a device configures a plurality of subinterfaces for each of a plurality of physical ports of a software defined network (SDN). The device allocates a fixed amount of bandwidth to each of the subinterfaces. The device forms a plurality of midlays for the SDN by assigning subsets of the plurality of subinterfaces to each of the midlays. The device assigns a network slice to one or more of the midlays, based on a bandwidth requirement of the network slice.
US11057297B2	Method, device and computer program product for path optimization A method for path optimization comprises: obtaining, at an edge node of a network including a plurality of nodes, locations and performances of one or more nodes from among the plurality of nodes in the network; determining performance indices associated with the one or more nodes based on the locations and the performances of the one or more nodes and a service level objective (SLO), a performance index indicating a difference between a performance of a respective node and the SLO; and determining, based on the locations of the one or more nodes and the performance indices, a target path for delivering a packet from the edge node to a destination node. Advantageously, the path for transmitting the packet flow is optimized in real time according to dynamic changes in the network environment, so that an end-to-end service level objective is met as much as possible.
US11057296B1	Data communication routing architecture based on time zone and reconfiguration Certain aspects of the disclosure are directed to routing data communications based on time zone. According to a specific example, a data-communications system for routing data communications based on time zone includes a communications routing circuit and a processing circuit. The communications routing circuit receives and routes data communications to a plurality of data communications stations and provides data communications services to remotely-situated client entities. The processing circuit logs data communications routed by the communications routing circuit. For data communications routed for client entities in which a time zone routing feature is applied, the processing circuit determines a geographic location of the respective data communications station. The processing circuit then identifies a respective set of routing functions, based on a time zone of the geographic location, and routes the data communication based on the time zone, and according to the respective set of routing functions.
US11057295B1	Loop avoidance and egress link protection with ethernet virtual private network (EVPN) fast reroute (FRR) The problem of looping at the egress of a transport network with a CE multihomed to a protected egress PE and a backup/protector egress PE can be avoided by (a) enabling the protector egress PE to distinguish between fast reroute (FRR) traffic coming from the protected egress PE and normal known unicast (KU) traffic coming from a PE of the transport network that is not attached to the same multihomed segment; (b) receiving, by the protector egress PE, known unicast data, to be forwarded to the CE; (c) determining, by the protector egress PE, that a link between it and the CE is unavailable; and (d) responsive to determining that the link between the protector egress PE and the CE is unavailable, (1) determining whether the known unicast traffic received was sent from the protected egress PE or from another PE of the transport network that is not attached to the same multihomed segment, and (2) responsive to a determination that the known unicast traffic received was sent from the protected egress PE, discarding the known unicast traffic received, and otherwise, responsive to a determination that the known unicast (KU) traffic received was sent from another PE of the transport network that is not attached to the same multihomed segment, sending the known unicast traffic, via a backup tunnel, to an egress PE which protects the protector egress PE.
US11057294B2	Route control method and route setting device The route control method and the route setting device according to the present invention is configured such that a learning unit is prepared for each path, a function form of the learning unit of the path in forwarding a packet is adjusted by having traffic information (packet arrival rate, queue length, and the like) and congestion information (congested or not congested) of this path as teacher data, and when this path is congested, changing to a path with an output of no congestion among the learning units is executed. Thus, since the learning unit optimizes the function form, changing to an alternative path can be immediately executed even when the congestion incidentally occurs on the path.
US11057293B2	Method and system for validating ordered proof of transit of traffic packets in a network A system and method for validating proof of transit of network traffic through network nodes (N), the node (N) comprising a set of input interfaces (20) receiving incoming packets, a first module (A) to identify a matching route within a routing table (23) and storing means (22) to provide next modules (B, C, D) with two private keys if the packet is matched and/or the packet metadata includes OPoT information. The second module (B) decrypts the OPoT metadata using the first private key associated to the link of the node from which the incoming packets are received. The node (N) has SSS metadata to be processed by a third module (C) for the correct generation of cumulative validation parameters. When the SSS process is finished by the third module (C), the fourth module (D) re-encrypts the OPoT metadata using the second private key before packet forwarding to the subsequent node in the path through output interfaces (21).
US11057292B1	Border node traffic convergence Techniques for network routing border convergence are described. Backup paths for external connections for a network are established and provide for a temporary path for network traffic during network routing convergence, preventing traffic loss at network border nodes.
US11057287B2	Systems and methods for setting a rate limit for a computing device In some embodiments, an amount of aggregated bandwidth consumption for a set of computing devices on a network may be determined for a first time period. An amount of available bandwidth on the network may be determined for the first time period. A ratio of the amount of aggregated bandwidth consumption to the amount of available bandwidth may be determined. A bandwidth threshold may be determined based on the ratio. A rate limit for a first computing device (of the set of computing devices) may be set based on a comparison of the bandwidth threshold to bandwidth consumption of the first computing device.
US11057284B2	Cognitive quality of service monitoring One embodiment provides a quality of service (QoS) monitoring framework for dynamically binding one or more customer applications to one or more microservices in a dynamic service environment, collecting compliance data and contextual data from the dynamic service environment and one or more hosting environments, and modifying a monitoring infrastructure for the one or more customer applications based on the compliance data and the contextual data.
US11057282B2	Microservice generation system Systems and methods are provided for receiving, from a computing device, a selection of a template for a custom microservice and configuration parameters for the custom microservice, generating the template for the custom microservice using the configuration parameters, the template for the custom microservice comprising defined interfaces for accessing core microservices, defined integration points for integration with a system providing the core microservices, and stubs for custom components for the custom microservice, and providing the template for the custom microservice to the computing device, wherein custom components for the custom microservice are added to the template via the computing device using the stubs for the custom components. The systems and methods further provide for registering the custom microservice to be exposed to and accessed by a tenant with authorization to access the custom microservice along with the core microservices.
US11057280B2	User interface with expected response times of commands A method for determining a performance trend of a software application based on performance indicators of the software application. The method receives corresponding access requests from the client computing machines from a user interface framework of the software application that includes at least one command for submitting corresponding operation requests, and estimates corresponding expected response times of the software application for serving the operation requests in response to the access requests. The expected response time of each of the operation requests is estimated according to a comparison of the operative conditions that correspond to the operation request with the performance trend. The method transmits corresponding performance artifacts that are based on the expected response times associated with the user interface framework, to the client computing machines that cause the client computing machines to provide corresponding warnings.
US11057279B2	Method and device for ascertaining anomalies in a communications network A method for ascertaining an anomaly in a communications network. In a first phase, a discriminator is trained to recognize whether messages transmitted over the communications network are indicative of the anomaly existing; during training, normal data and artificial data produced by a generator are fed to the discriminator, and, in response, the discriminator is trained to recognize that normal data being fed thereto connotes no anomaly, and artificial data being fed thereto connotes an anomaly. In a second phase, the generator is trained to produce artificial data which, when fed to the discriminator, are classified with the greatest possible probability as normal data. In a third phase, contents of messages received over the communications network are fed as an input variable to the discriminator; an output variable is ascertained, and the decision as to whether the anomaly exists or not being made as a function of the output variable.
US11057277B2	Creating and managing aggregation service hierarchies Techniques disclosed herein provide an approach for managing aggregation service hierarchies. In some embodiments, a hierarchy of an aggregation service is identified. The hierarchy comprises a plurality of nodes, where a respective node is associated with at least one host computer. The aggregation service places resource consumers based on the nodes. A host computer is assigned as a child host of a leaf node based on a clustering heuristic. The clustering heuristic requires the host computer to have access to at least one resource that is accessible to an existing child host of the leaf node. A resource consumer associated with the leaf node is executed on the host computer.
US11057272B2	System and method for transactions in a multitenant application server environment In accordance with an embodiment, described herein is a system and method for transaction support in a multitenant application server environment. A system can provide for transaction support via a transaction manager. The transaction manager can be associated with one or more objects, including a configuration object and a runtime object. The configuration object can allow for a partition administrator to override globally-set parameters for transactions, including transaction timeout time. The runtime object can allow for a partition administrator to monitor partition-scoped transaction statistics. Furthermore, the transaction manager can additionally account for resource group migration within the multitenant application server environment.
US11057266B2	Identifying troubleshooting options for resolving network failures Described herein are various technologies pertaining to providing assistance to an operator in a data center with respect to failures in the data center. An alarm is received, and a failing device is identified based upon content of the alarm. Failure conditions of the alarm are mapped to a failure symptom that may be exhibited by the failing device, and troubleshooting options previously employed to mitigate the failure symptom are retrieved from historical data. Labels are respectively assigned to the troubleshooting options, where a label is indicative of a probability that a troubleshooting option to which the label has been assigned will mitigate the failure symptom.
US11057264B1	Discovery and configuration of disaster recovery information Various systems and methods related to disaster recovery (DR). For example, one method involves automatically discovering infrastructure information for one or more assets located in one or more primary sites and/or one or more recovery sites. The method also involves storing the infrastructure information in a database. The method also involves generating DR configuration information.
US11057256B1	Measurement of periodically modulated signals under non-coherent operating conditions A receiver-implemented method is for measuring a periodically modulated signal. The method includes applying a received periodically modulated signal to a mixer of a receiver, the periodically modulated signal not synchronized with the receiver, and tuning a local oscillator (LO) of the mixer using an estimate of actual carrier frequency and an estimate of an arbitrary waveform generator (AWG) sampling rate to obtain a digitized intermediate frequency (IF) signal. The method further includes applying a short time Fourier transform (STFT) to the digitized IF signal, extracting a carrier frequency offset and a AWG sampling rate offset based on the applied STFT, compensating for the carrier frequency offset, and applying a digital correction to the STFT to compensate for the AWG sampling rate offset. Compensating for the carrier frequency offset may include retuning the LO to obtain a new digitized IF signal to which the digital correction is applied.
US11057255B2	Method for transmitting and receiving signals in wireless LAN system and apparatus therefor The present specification relates to a method for transmitting and receiving signals in a wireless local area network (WLAN) system and an apparatus therefor, the method comprising the steps of: generating a training sub-field consisting of a certain number of orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) symbols; and transmitting, to a second STA, a signal including a header field and the training sub-field, wherein the transmitted signal is repeatedly transmitted T times (where T is a natural number) on the basis of information indicated by the header field after a data field.
US11057254B2	Control fields for null data packet feedback reports Apparatuses, computer readable media, and methods for control field for null data packet feedback report trigger are disclosed. A station is disclosed, the station comprising processing circuitry configured to: decode a media access control (MAC) protocol data unit (MPDU) comprising an A-control field of type null data packet (NDP) feedback report poll comprising a feedback type field and an indication of a resource unit (RU). The processing circuitry further configured to determine whether the station is scheduled to respond to the A-control field of type NDP feedback report poll, and if the station is scheduled to respond to the A-control field of type NDP feedback report poll, configure the station to transmit a response to a feedback type indicated by the value of the feedback type field on the RU. Apparatuses, computer readable media, and methods for short block acknowledgment with NDP are disclosed.
US11057252B2	Common synchronization signal for sliced OFDM transmission A transmitting apparatus for a wireless communication system, where the wireless communication system includes an OFDM based waveform corresponding to a plurality of pre-defined subcarrier spacing values including at least a first subcarrier spacing value Δf1 and at least a second subcarrier spacing value Δf2. The transmitting apparatus includes a processor and a transmitter where the processor is configured to generate a signal S1 that is a NSF time repetition of an another signal S2. A duration of the another signal S2 is 1/Δf2, NSF=Δf2/Δf1 is an integer greater than 1, and the transmitter is configured to transmit a symbol comprising S1.
US11057250B2	Phase rotation for in-band signal generation for narrow band transmission In order to enable a UE receiving a narrowband signal transmitted using in-band resources to use the LTE reference signals to assist the UE in receiving the narrowband signal using an in-band deployment, a phase rotation employed by the base station may be fixed relative to a known reference position in time. An apparatus for wireless communication at a base station may determine a phase offset for a narrowband signal for transmission using wideband resources, the phase offset having a relationship to a reference point in time and transmit the narrowband signal using the determined phase offset. An apparatus for wireless communication at a UE may receive a narrowband signal having a frequency location within a wideband signal and rotate a symbol of the wideband signal by a per symbol phase offset having a relationship of the phase offset to a reference point in time.
US11057249B1	Frame structures, transmitters, and receivers utilizing dual subcarriers for signal adjustment Examples of wireless OFDM communication systems are described herein which replace pilot subcarriers having known modulation with lower dual subcarriers. At the transmitter, for each resource block, the bits that modulate a few payload subcarriers are selected and then encoded with a short dual code thereby forming dual systematic bits and dual check bits. Such selected payload subcarriers are designated as upper dual subcarriers and the dual check bits modulate the lower dual subcarriers, At the receiver, for each resource block, the dual subcarriers are phase adjusted, demodulated, decoded using the short dual code, and re-modulated thereby forming the original dual subcarrier modulation without phase noise nor channel impairments. The re-modulated dual subcarriers are compared against the received dual subcarriers for channel estimation or carrier phase-locked-loop purposes. For example, prior-art OFDM systems with 4 pilots per resource block could be replaced with 8 dual subcarriers for a rate 1/2 short dual code. An increase in the number of subcarriers used for channel estimation or carrier phase-locked-loop tracking has less error in the channel estimate or phase estimate. Lower error permits lower payload BER, lower transmit power, or wider PLL bandwidth to track higher Doppler frequency shifts.
US11057247B2	Transmitter with self-triggered transition equalizer A transmitting device includes an output node, at least one driver circuit and transition equalization circuitry. The driver circuit drives an output data signal including a data transition onto the output node. The output of the transition equalization circuitry is coupled to the output node. The transition equalization circuitry begins to drive the output node at the data transition and ends driving of the output node a pre-determined delay after beginning to drive the output node. The transition equalization circuitry drives the output node by injecting current onto the output node if the data transition is a positive transition, and sinking current from the output node if the data transition is a negative transition.
US11057241B2	Network interworking method, network element, and system Embodiments of the present application relate to the communications field, and provide a network interworking method, network element, and system, to improve efficiency of interworking between a first network and a second network. The method includes: after learning that the first network requests to connect to the second network, a network interworking configuration network element sends, to each network element in a first network element set, an identifier of a network element that is in a second network element set and that is connected to the network element in the first network element set, so that each network element in the first network element set performs network interworking with the network element that is in the second network element set and that is connected to the network element in the first network element set. The present disclosure is used for network interworking.
US11057237B2	System and method for providing network support services and premises gateway support infrastructure A service management system communicates via wide area network with gateway devices located at respective user premises. The service management system remotely manages delivery of application services, which can be voice controlled, by a gateway, e.g. by selectively activating/deactivating service logic modules in the gateway. The service management system also may selectively provide secure communications and exchange of information among gateway devices and among associated endpoint devices. An exemplary service management system includes a router connected to the network and one or more computer platforms, for implementing management functions. Examples of the functions include a connection manager for controlling system communications with the gateway devices, an authentication manager for authenticating each gateway device and controlling the connection manager and a subscription manager for managing applications services and/or features offered by the gateway devices. A service manager, controlled by the subscription manager, distributes service specific configuration data to authenticated gateway devices.
US11057236B2	Systems and methods for interactive responses by toys and other connected devices The present disclosure may be embodied in systems, methods, and computer readable media, and may allow for interactive responses by network-enabled objects, programs, and machines. Embodiments described are well-suited for communicating and responding using small-sized data messages, thus allowing for their implementation in standard messaging systems and by simple devices such as toys and other low-level electronic devices that may have limited processing capacity and/or memory. The present disclosure provides in one embodiment a method comprising receiving at least one broadcast message, each broadcast message in the at least one broadcast message comprising a plurality of identifiers and determining a highest priority identifier amongst the plurality of identifiers received in the at least one broadcast message. The method may further comprise identifying a command sequence associated with the highest priority identifier and executing the command sequence.
US11057235B1	Controlling protocol independent multicast (PIM) join/prune messages from a downstream PIM neighbor using a PIM join/prune response(s) from an upstream PIM neighbor The potential problem of sending (or resending) PIM join/prune messages (referred to as “PIM join(s)”) too infrequently may be solved by: (a) sending a PIM join, including a unique message identifier value, to an upstream PIM peer; (b) responsive to sending the PIM join, (1) starting a quick refresh timer, and (2) starting a standard refresh timer, which is longer than the quick refresh timer; (c) responsive to a determination that the quick refresh timer expired, (1) resending the PIM join to the upstream PIM peer, and (2) restarting the quick refresh timer; (d) responsive to a determination that the standard refresh timer expired, (1) resending the PIM join message to the upstream PIM peer, and (2) restarting the standard refresh timer; (e) receiving a PIM join response from the upstream PIM peer, wherein the PIM join response includes a unique message identifier value; (f) responsive to receiving the PIM join response and determining that the unique message identifier value in the PIM join response matches the unique message identifier value in the PIM join/prune message, stopping the quick refresh timer. The potential problem of sending (or resending) PIM joins too frequently may be solved by having the PIM join response further include a long refresh timer value, and responsive to receiving the PIM join response from the upstream peer, further (1) stopping the standard refresh timer, and (2) starting a long fresh timer using the long refresh timer value, and responsive to determining that the long refresh timer expired, (1) resending the PIM join/prune message to the upstream PIM peer, and (2) restarting the long refresh timer.
US11057233B1	Using data analysis to optimize microphone enablement in a group electronic communication Optimizing input component enablement for a plurality of communication devices that have input components associated with at least one of a group of meeting participants. At least one of the participants has an identification attribute in an electronic group meeting. A computer receives audio input from input components and analyzes qualitative attributes and content of the audio input to provide a set of quality metrics and a focus concept. The metrics are assessed to determine whether the audio input exceeds quality thresholds, and the focus concept is compared to participant identification attributes. A computer system makes determinations based on these assessments to selectively place input components that provide input with desired quality or which are associated with participants having identification attributes that correspond to the focus concept into an active speaking mode.
US11057232B1	Complex computing network for establishing audio communication between select users on a mobile application Systems, methods, and computer program products are provided for connecting users and speakers via audio conversations on a mobile application. For example, a method comprises: providing speaker information associated with a speaker, wherein the speaker accesses a mobile application on a first mobile device of the speaker; determining a user accesses a mobile application on a second mobile device of the user; initiating an audio conversation between the speaker and the user; broadcasting, using the one or more computing device processors, on the mobile application, to a listener, a first audio conversation involving the speaker and the user, wherein the listener accesses the mobile application on a third mobile device of the listener.
US11057228B2	Device and method for wake-up signalling The present invention relates to a method for performing wake-up signalling between a host device and a client device of a communication system, said host and said client device being in a two-wire connection (1) with each other and at least one of said host and said client device being in an idle state, said host and said client device each comprising a data controller (3) arranged for data communication control and a power state controller (5) arranged to switch the device between at least an active state and said idle state, whereby the data controller of said at least one of said host and client device is disabled during the idle state. The method comprises—generating in the power state controller of said host or client device a wake-up signal and transmitting said wake-up signal via said two-wire connection to the other device, said other device being in said idle state,—detecting said wake-up signal with said power state controller (5) of said other device and, upon said detecting, setting a control signal to transition said other device out of said idle state.
US11057222B2	Digital certificate management method and apparatus, and electronic device Implementations of the present disclosure provide techniques to improve security in blockchain networks. In some implementations, a linking request is received from a node. The node requests to be linked to a blockchain network. The linking request includes a digital code. One or more consensus verification messages are received from one or more blockchain nodes of the blockchain network. Each consensus verification message indicates whether a respective blockchain node approves or denies the linking request. A consensus verification result is determined based on the one or more consensus verification messages. In response to determining that the linking request is approved by the one or more blockchain nodes, the digital code is stored into the blockchain network as a digital certificate of the node.
US11057221B2	Blockchain-based consensus process Disclosed herein are methods, systems, and apparatus for blockchain-based consensus process having enhanced security. One of the methods includes executing a first smart contract on a first blockchain. Executing the consensus smart contract includes executing code for implementing a consensus process for determining consensus among two or more consensus nodes according to a set of one or more consensus rules. A private key of the consensus smart contract corresponding to the public key is stored in a key management system associated with the second blockchain. The consensus smart contract uses the private key to digitally sign a message requesting a vote, and sends the digitally signed message to the two or more consensus nodes. The public key of the consensus smart contract enables the consensus nodes to validate the message sent from the consensus smart contract. A result of execution of the consensus smart contract are recorded in the first or second blockchain.
US11057215B1	Automated hash validation Techniques for performing hash validation are provided. In one technique, a signature request that includes a first hash and a data identifier is received from a client. In response, the data identifier is identified and sent to a data repository, data that is associated with the data identifier is received from the data repository, a second hash is generated based on the data, and a determination is made whether the second hash matches the first hash. If the two hashes match, then the first hash is sent to a cryptographic device that generates a digital signature, which is eventually transmitted to the client. Alternatively, the digital signature is transmitted to the client prior to the first hash being validated. In a related technique, a server receives the signature request and sends the data identifier to a hash validator, which interacts with the data repository and generates the second hash.
US11057212B2	Policy based authentication Methods and systems for expedited authentication for mobile applications are described herein. A user of a mobile device may authenticate with an enterprise system, and thereby be granted access to enterprise applications and services on the mobile device. The user may then activate an application in a managed partition of the mobile device. The application may determine that the enterprise system supports expedited authentication. The application may request expedited authentication, and the request may be compared to policies for expedited authentication. If the request is permitted, the application may be granted access to an authorization code for expedited authentication. The application may then perform the expedited authentication, and the user may be granted access to the application when the expedited authentication has completed.
US11057210B1	Distribution and recovery of a user secret A user device can segment a secret (e.g., a data recovery key) into a master segment and a shared segment such that possession of both segments is necessary and sufficient to reconstruct the secret. The user device can provide the master segment to a server system. The user device can further segment the shared segment to generate a set of M shares such that any subset of the shares that includes at least a threshold number t of the shares can be used to reconstruct the shared segment, while fewer than t shares provide no information about the shared segment. The M shares can be distributed to shareholder devices. To reconstruct the secret, a recovery device can obtain the master segment and at least t of the M shares, then reconstruct the secret.
US11057208B2	Management system, management device, management method, program, and non-transitory computer-readable information recording medium A management system includes a first management device (110) and a second management device (120). The first management device (110) includes a first updater (111) that updates first secret information that is managed in association with a first identifier; a first extractor (112) that extracts a first old fragment and a first new fragment, the first old fragment being included in the first secret information prior to an update but not included in the first secret information subsequent to the update, the first new fragment being not included in the first secret information prior to the update but included in the first secret information subsequent to the update; and a first sender (113) that sends a first notice that specifies the first identifier, the first old fragment, and the first new fragment to the second management device (120). The second management device (120) includes a second receiver (124) that receives the first notice; and a second warning issuer (125) that warns a user using the first identifier to correct second secret information managed in association with the first identifier when the second secret information includes the first old fragment specified in the first notice but does not include the first new fragment specified in the first notice.
US11057205B2	Seed key expansion method and its uses A seed key is expanded using a base primitive scheme. The first x bits of a seed key are used to determine a count number. These first x bits of the seed key are rotated from the front of the seed key to the back of the seed key. A pointer is then moved down the seed key a number of places corresponding to the count number. A specific bit pointed to by the pointer is then removed from the seed key and placed in the expanded key. After the deletion, the bit pointed to by the pointer is considered the front of the seed key and the process repeats until all the bits have been extracted and placed in the expanded key. These count numbers are also used to determine the specific bits to be removed from the plain text block and inserted into the cipher text block.
US11057204B2	Methods for encrypted data communications Embodiments are directed to a method for encrypting data communications, including performing a stochastic procedure between a plurality of nodes, including at least a first node and a second node; collecting a measured outcome of the stochastic procedure, the measured outcome of the stochastic procedure providing a dependent random variable pair; and constructing an encryption key based on one or more correlations identified between at least a first random variable and a second random variable, the first and second random variables forming the dependent random variable pair.
US11057200B2	Apparatus and method for enhancing secret key rate exchange over quantum channel in quantum key distribution systems An apparatus for enhancing secret key rate exchange over quantum channel in QKD systems includes an emitter system with a quantum emitter and a receiver system with a quantum receiver, wherein both systems are connected by a quantum channel and a service communication channel. User interfaces within the systems allow to define a first quantum channel loss budget based on the distance to be covered between the quantum emitter and the quantum receiver and the infrastructure properties of the quantum channel as well as a second quantum channel loss budget associated to the loss within the realm of the emitter system. The emitter system is adapted to define the optimal mean number of photons of coherent states to be emitted based on the first and the second quantum channel loss budgets.
US11057197B1	Systems and methods for centralized quantum session authentication Systems, apparatuses, methods, and computer program products are disclosed for session authentication. An example method includes determining a first set of quantum bases, generating a first control signal indicative of the first set of quantum bases, and transmitting the first control signal over a communications network to a qubit encoder. The example method further includes determining a second set of quantum bases, generating a second control signal indicative of the second set of quantum bases, and transmitting the second control signal over the communications network to a qubit decoder. The example method further includes generating a third control signal indicative of an instruction to encode a set of bits and transmitting the third control signal over the communications network to the qubit encoder.
US11057190B2	Data security of shared blockchain data storage based on error correction code Disclosed herein are methods, systems, and computer-readable media for storing blockchain data. Exemplary methods includes receiving a request from a blockchain node requesting removal from a blockchain network; identifying a plurality of blocks associated with blockchain data stored by the blockchain node; determining: a first difference between a number of remaining blockchain nodes excluding the blockchain node requesting removal and a maximum number of tolerable faulty blockchain nodes, a second difference between the number of remaining blockchain nodes storing a dataset of information bits or redundant bits divided from an ECC-encoded version of the block and the number of remaining blockchain nodes storing a dataset of redundant bits divided from the ECC-encoded version of the block, and smaller of the first and second difference; and retrieving blockchain data associated with the block from the blockchain node in response to determining that the first difference is less than the second difference.
US11057187B2	Blockchain-assisted hash-based data signature system and method A set of secret, indexed keys is generated and used in requests from a signing entity to a signing server for digital signature of messages. The signing server maintains a counter as well as a hash tree that aggregates requests during a round into a root value that is stored in an append-only data structure in a repository. Each signing entity is associated with a leaf of the hash tree. After a signature is formed, the counter for the requesting signing entity is incremented, whereby the secret key that was used cannot be used again.
US11057184B2	Bandwidth part switching and PHY configuration alignment According to an aspect, a wireless device is configured to selectively operate in one of two or more previously configured bandwidth parts, BWPs, each BWP being a different subset of an available bandwidth for uplink and/or downlink operation. The wireless device receives (802) an indication to switch from use of a first BWP to a second BWP, and after switching to use of the second BWP, applies (804) a predetermined default configuration, corresponding to the second BWP, to one or more physical layer parameters and/or procedures.
US11057183B2	Nonvolatile semiconductor devices including non-circular shaped channel patterns and methods of manufacturing the same A non-volatile memory structure can include a substrate extending horizontally and a filling insulating pattern extending vertically from the substrate. A plurality of active channel patterns can extend vertically from the substrate in a zig-zag pattern around a perimeter of the filling insulating pattern, where each of the active channel patterns having a respective non-circular shaped horizontal cross-section. A vertical stack of a plurality of gate lines can each extend horizontally around the filling insulating pattern and the plurality of active channel patterns.
US11057179B2	User equipment and methods for physical uplink control channel (PUCCH) resource allocation and communication Embodiments of a User Equipment (UE), an Evolved Node-B (eNB), and methods for communication of uplink messages are generally described herein. The UE may receive, from an eNB, one or more downlink control messages that may indicate an allocation of PUCCH channel resources. The UE may transmit an uplink control message in at least a portion of the allocated PUCCH channel resources. When the PUCCH channel resources are allocated according to an edge configuration, the PUCCH channel resources may be restricted to a lower edge portion and an upper edge portion of the network channel resources. When the PUCCH channel resources are allocated according to a distributed configuration, the PUCCH channel resources may include one or more middle portions of the network channel resources. The middle portions may be exclusive to the lower edge and upper edge portions.
US11057178B2	Method for multiplexing control signals and reference signals in mobile communications system A reference signal multiplexing method for multiple mobile stations includes: grouping together control signals for the multiple mobile stations; and multiplexing reference signals corresponding to the control signals by CDM over the same bandwidth as that of grouped control signals.
US11057176B2	DM-RS transmission method and device in wireless mobile communication system Disclosed are: a communication technique for merging, with IoT technology, a 5G communication system for supporting a data transmission rate higher than that of a 4G system; and a system therefor. The present disclosure can be applied to intelligent services (for example, smart home, smart building, smart city, smart car or connected car, health care, digital education, retail, security and safety-related services, and the like) on the basis of 5G communication technology and an IoT-related technology. The present invention provides a method by which a base station transmits a DM-RS in a wireless mobile communication system supporting a first transmission time interval (TTI) and a second TTI, comprising the steps of: checking a TTI used in a downlink control channel transmission; determining, as a first pattern, a DM-RS for the downlink control channel if the TTI is the first TTI, and determining, as a second pattern, a DM-RS for the downlink control channel if the TTI is the second TTI; and transmitting, to the terminal, the downlink control channel and the DM-RS according to the determination.
US11057174B2	Wireless communication with partial channel puncturing This disclosure provides systems, methods, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer-readable media, for wireless communication with partial channel puncturing. Using partial channel puncturing, a wireless local area network (WLAN) device may modulate data on a first portion of a wireless channel while refraining from modulating data on a second portion of the wireless channel. The partial channel puncturing can be used with an exclusion bandwidth zone defined for the WLAN. The exclusion bandwidth zone prevents transmissions on portions of channels so that the WLAN transmissions do not interfere with an incumbent system transmission in the exclusion bandwidth zone.
US11057173B2	Reception device, transmission device, reception method, transmission method, and program related to allocation of parameters to signals A transmission device that: allocates at least partially shared transmission parameters to at least a subset of a plurality of signals to which resource blocks are allocated, the resource blocks having at least partially overlapping frequency resources or time resources; and controls a transmission process of the plurality of signals based on the shared transmission parameters.
US11057171B2	Method and apparatus for MU resource request Aspects of the disclosure provide an apparatus for wireless communication. The apparatus includes a transceiver and a processing circuit. The transceiver is configured to transmit and receive wireless signals. The processing circuit is configured to configure a field within a data unit for buffer information report, determine a first scale factor for scaling a first value indicative of buffered traffic of a first category, and a second scale factor for scaling a second value indicative of buffered traffic of a category, configure the field to include the first scale factor with the first value and the second scale factor with the second value, and provide the data unit to the transceiver for transmitting to another apparatus that allocates resources for transmission between the two apparatuses.
US11057170B2	Multidimensional shared spectrum access Systems and methods are provided herein for implementing a hybrid communications network including both radar and radio communications devices. These systems and methods may advantageously include shared resource allocation protocols for automatically allocating communication resources for transmitting and/or receiving a signal using a device in the network based on one or more dimensions of separability for the signal selected from time-division, frequency-division, spatial-division and/or code-division multiplexing. Importantly, the resource allocation protocol may account for radar specific operational parameters of one or more radar devices in the network.
US11057168B2	Integrated circuit for controlling transmission of downlink control information Disclosed is a transmission apparatus capable of properly performing cross carrier scheduling in ePDCCHs. In this apparatus, when communication is performed using a plurality of component carriers (CCs), configuration section 102 configures a first search space as a candidate to which control information for a first CC is assigned and a second search space as a candidate to which control information for a second CC other than the first CC among the plurality of CCs is assigned, within a same allocation unit group among a plurality of allocation unit groups included in a data-assignable region within the first CC, and transmission section 106 transmits control information mapped to the first search space and control information mapped to the second search space.
US11057166B2	Virtual search spaces for beam indication Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described. A base station may identify time and frequency resources for a physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH) to be transmitted to a user equipment (UE) in a first transmission time interval (TTI). The base station may transmit configuration information for a control channel search space set in a second TTI. The second TTI may precede the first TTI. The configuration information may include an indication of an absence of a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) transmission to send in the control channel search space set indicating the identified time and frequency resources for the PDSCH, and a set of time and frequency resources for the control channel search space set. The UE may receive the configuration information and identify the time and frequency resources allocated for the PDSCH in the second TTI, and receive the PDSCH transmission in the second TTI.
US11057165B2	Enhanced retry count for uplink multi-user transmission This disclosure describes systems, methods, and devices related to enhanced retry count for an uplink (UL) multi-user (MU) transmission. A device may identify a trigger frame received from a first device on a wireless communication channel. The device may determine a quality of service counter associated with an access category. The device may cause to send a frame to the first device based at least in part on the trigger frame. The device may determine an error condition associated with the frame. The device may refrain from incrementing the quality of service counter based on the error condition.
US11057159B2	Method and an apparatus for improving a determination of HARQ-ACK messages in a wireless communications system Provided is a method for determining a Hybrid Automatic Repeat Request (HARQ) transmission signal. The method comprises receiving soft bits from a wireless communication physical channel uplink signal, said received soft bits being deemed to comprise HARQ LLRs and soft decoding said HARQ LLRs to output a hard ACK/NACK decision. The method includes processing said HARQ LLRs based on said hard ACK/NACK decision such that the processed HARQ LLRs map to a same or identical constellation point or points if the physical channel uplink signal contains an ACK or NACK transmission signal. The method also includes using said processed HARQ LLRs to determine if the physical channel uplink signal contains an ACK or NACK transmission signal or to determine if the physical channel uplink signal comprises discontinuous transmission (DTX).
US11057158B2	Delegation of management of acknowledgements and of transmission of frames A communication system includes a server with at least one end device and one gathering gateway that transmit to the server uplink frames having moments of transmission according to which are defined reception windows intended for downlink frames supposed to be constructed by the server and relayed by one said gathering gateway selected by the server. A disengageable delegation mechanism vis-à-vis at least one elected end device is implemented in collaboration with the server by an elected gathering gateway by: allocating a buffer to each elected end device and storing therein useful data received asynchronously from the server for the attention of said elected end device; and by constructing and transmitting, on behalf of the server, downlink frames in response to the uplink frames received from each elected end device.
US11057157B2	Transmission frame counter An apparatus may comprise a processing resource operatively coupled to a memory resource and a frame determination component operatively coupled to the processing resource and the memory resource. The frame determination component may cause a counter corresponding to a particular station associated to the apparatus to be stored in the memory resource, the counter to be incremented in response to receipt of a transmission frame containing an invalid starting sequence number (SEN) and a deauthentication frame to be transmitted in response to receipt of a threshold number of transmission frames containing the invalid.
US11057156B2	Advanced polar codes for control channel Systems, methods, and instrumentalities may be provided for an infrastructure node to transmit and a wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU) or a group of WTRUs to receive a first downlink control information (DCI) a second DCI. The first DCI may carry time critical DCI, whereas the second DCI may carry non-time critical DCI. Each of the first DCI and the second DCI may be polar encoded. The second DCI may be polar encoded may be received with an embedded first DCI as part of frozen bits. The second DCI may be mapped to a plurality of bit channels having higher reliability than the plurality of bit channels to which the embedded first DCI is mapped. The WTRU may discard the decoded first DCI, if decoding of the DCI using the embedded first DCI is not successful.
US11057149B2	Coding scheme indication method and device Embodiments of this application provide a coding scheme indication method and device. The method includes: obtaining, by a first device, a coding scheme indication, where the coding scheme indication is used to indicate a coding scheme of first data and/or a coding scheme of second data, the first data is data sent by the first device to a second device, the coding scheme of the first data is a polar coding scheme or a low-density parity-check LDPC coding scheme, the second data is data sent by the second device to the first device, and the coding scheme of the second data is a polar coding scheme or an LDPC coding scheme; and sending, by the first device, the coding scheme indication to the second device.
US11057145B2	Wavelength-division multiplexing device with a unified passband Disclosed herein is a wavelength-division multiplexing device with a unified passband. In particular, disclosed is a wavelength-division multiplexing (WDM) device with at least a common port, a channel port, and a WDM filter. The common port is configured for optical communication of a multiplexed signal to the WDM filter. A demultiplexed signal of the multiplexed signal includes a first secondary demultiplexed signal within a first wavelength range and a second secondary demultiplexed signal within a second wavelength range, which are separated from each other by a third wavelength range. The first WDM filter has a single unified passband including the first wavelength range, the second wavelength range, and the third wavelength range, such that the first WDM filter is configured to pass the first secondary demultiplexed signal and the second secondary demultiplexed signal to the first channel port.
US11057142B1	Method and system to estimate SRS induced gain change in optical communication networks The disclosed systems, structures, and methods are directed to an optical communication comprising a first wavelength division multiplexer (WDM) configured to receive WDM signals, the first WDM is further configured to split the received WDM signals into C band WDM signals and L band WDM signals, a C band amplifier configured and an L band amplifier configured to amplify the C band WDM signals and L band WDM signals respectively and compute a fast total instantaneous powers Ptot-CBand(t) and Ptot-LBand(t) on a fast time scale, a slow per channel power detector configured to extract slow per channel powers P(λ1), P(λ2) . . . P(λn) on a slow time scale, a Stimulated Raman Scattering (SRS) estimator configured to estimate an SRS induced gain change in the WDM signals, and a second WDM configured to combine and transmit the amplified C band WDM signals and L band WDM signals over optical cables.
US11057127B2	Method and system for identifying transmitter usage characteristics A method for identifying transmitter usage characteristics of at least one transmitter. The method includes the procedures of receiving by an array of dual polarized antennas, transmissions from a plurality of transmitters. Each one of the transmitters transmits over the same frequency band and according to the same transmission protocol. Each one of the transmitters is associated with unique multi-access information. The method further includes the procedure of receiving a control transmission from a base station. The base station employs the protocol. The control transmission at least includes a plurality of unique multi-access information respective of the transmitters. The method also includes the procedure of associating between each one of the transmitters and the respective multi-access information and identifying transmitter usage characteristics of at least one selected transmitter according to the received transmission therefrom. The transmitter usage characteristics include transmitter location characteristics and transmission characteristics.
US11057126B2	Test system and method of testing follower jammer robustness of a radio A test system for testing follower jammer robustness of a radio is described. The test system comprises a signal analyzer and a signal generator that are connected with each other via a communication connection. The signal analyzer is configured to record a radio communication signal and to convert the recorded radio communication signal to a processing signal that is compatible for the communication connection. The signal generator is configured to add at least one delayed signal to the processing signal. Further, a method of testing follower jammer robustness of a radio is described.
US11057111B2	System, apparatus and method for two-way transport of data over a single fiber strand The systems, apparatuses and methods of the present invention set forth improvements to the problems of the current pairing or duplex paradigm, resulting in a dramatic increase in fiber transmission efficiency, accomplished explicitly by restructuring presently-aligned C-B and wavelengths into innovative DWDM transmit and receive formats, and through implementing photonic-wave changes, which directs Ethernet data flow onto new path adaptations. These improvements could reduce line haul expenses significantly, believed to reach a projected 50% less requirement/deployment of fiber strands. This saving would offer owner-operators substantial fiber strand cost reductions, affecting transportation rates of high-bandwidth digital payloads traversing over DWDM networks, and lower usage rates of cross-connections amid multiple equipment inter-exchanging throughout large data centers.
US11057107B2	Compact free space communication Methods, devices, and systems are described for free space optical communication. An example device can comprise a laser, a modulator configured to cause the laser to output an optical signal comprising a data signal and a beacon signal, a defocuser optically coupled to the laser and configured to receive the optical signal and control a beam divergence of the optical signal, an optical interface configured to receive the optical signal from the defocuser and output the optical signal into free space, and a controller configured to cause the defocuser to adjust the beam divergence based on an operational mode of the laser.
US11057106B2	Method and apparatus for monitoring modulation depth of dither signal and optical transmitter Embodiments of this disclosure provide a method and apparatus for monitoring a modulation depth of a dither signal and an optical transmitter. The apparatus includes a detector to detect an optical signal output by a Mach-Zehnder modulator to obtain an electrical signal, a dither signal at a determined frequency is superimposed on a direct current bias voltage of the Mach-Zehnder modulator; a frequency-doubling dither signal synchronization detection module to perform synchronization detection on the electrical signal and a frequency-doubling dither signal at a frequency twice the determined frequency, to obtain an amplitude of a signal component contained in the electrical signal at a frequency identical to the frequency of the frequency-doubling dither signal A signal processor is to calculate a modulation depth of the dither signal superimposed on the direct current bias voltage according to the amplitude of the signal component at the frequency identical to the frequency of the frequency-doubling dither signal.
US11057102B2	On-platform analytics Solutions for performing on-platform analytics for collected images include: enriching, on-board an orbital platform, collected images using a packaged analytics component; based at least on content of the collected images, selecting a set of the collected images to transmit to a ground station; and transmitting the selected set of the collected images to the ground station. Other solutions include: packaging an analytics component for on-platform execution by a platform in orbit; transmitting, from a ground station to the platform, at least one update selected from the list consisting of: an analytics algorithm update, a machine learning (ML) model, and ML training data; and executing the analytics component with the update. Other solutions include: performing intelligent compression on collected images, wherein the intelligent compression process determines data to transmit to a ground station, based at least on content of the collected images; and transmitting the data to the ground station.
US11057101B2	Active repeater device for operational mode based beam pattern changes for communication with a plurality of user equipment An active repeater device includes a primary sector and at least a secondary sector communicatively coupled to the primary sector receives or transmits a first beam of input RF signals having a first beam pattern from or to a base station, respectively. The primary sector includes an baseband signal processor and a first radio head (RH) unit. The secondary sector comprises a second RH unit. The first beam pattern covers a first geographical area. Beamforming coefficients are generated to convert the first beam pattern of the first beam of input RF signals to a second beam pattern. A second beam of output RF signals in the second beam pattern is transmitted from or received by, respectively, the secondary sector to or from, respectively, a plurality of user equipment (UEs) based on the generated beamforming coefficients and the received first beam of input RF signals.
US11057099B2	Communication circuit for multi-antenna apparatus A communication circuit for communication at a carrier frequency via multiple antenna elements of a radio apparatus is disclosed. The communication circuit comprises a plurality of radio units, wherein each radio unit of said plurality of radio units is arranged to be connected to a separate antenna element. An LO signal generation unit is arranged to generate a plurality of LO signals at distinct frequencies, and supply a unique LO signal of the plurality of LO signals to each radio unit of the plurality of radio units. A corresponding radio apparatus and method are also disclosed.
US11057097B1	Single and dual radio modes of a network device Examples described herein provide single and dual radio modes by a network device. Examples may include configuring a network device to communicate with a plurality of client devices using one of a single radio mode and a dual radio mode. Examples may include, based on a relation between a first amount of traffic received by the network device from a first subset of the client devices and a second amount of traffic received by the network device from a second subset of the client devices, reconfiguring the network device to communicate with the plurality of client devices using the other one of the single radio mode and the dual radio mode. Examples may include communicating, by the network device, with the plurality of client devices using the other one of the single radio mode and the dual radio mode.
US11057095B2	Low-overhead high-rank codebook Various communication system may benefit from the appropriate selection of communication parameters. For example, certain wireless communication systems may benefit from the user of a low-overhead high-rank codebook. A method can include determining a first partition of a precoding matrix with a higher resolution and a second partition of the precoding matrix with a lower resolution. The method can also include feeding back the first partition and the second partition.
US11057094B2	Channel state information obtaining method and device Embodiments of the present invention provide a channel state information obtaining method and a device, where the method includes: determining, by a base station according to radio resource usage, a special timeslot in a frequency range used for downlink data transmission; sending special-timeslot configuration information to user equipment, where the special-timeslot configuration information is used to configure the user equipment to send the uplink physical signal over a downlink frequency band in the special timeslot; and performing channel estimation according to the uplink physical signal after receiving the uplink physical signal sent by the user equipment, to obtain channel state information. Compared with a technical solution in the prior art in which user equipment obtains channel state information and then feeds back the channel state information to a base station, system overheads caused in obtaining, by the base station, the channel state information are reduced.
US11057093B2	Methods and arrangements for CSI reporting Some embodiments provide a method in a wireless device for reporting channel state information, CSI, for a CSI process. The CSI process corresponds to a reference signal resource and an interference measurement resource. According to the method, the wireless device obtains an adjustment value associated with the CSI process. The wireless device estimates an effective channel based on one or more reference signals received in the reference signal resource, and applies the adjustment value to the estimated effective channel, thereby obtaining an adjusted effective channel. Furthermore, the wireless device determines channel state information based on the adjusted effective channel, and on interference estimated based on the interference measurement resource. Finally, the channel state information is transmitted to a network node.
US11057092B2	Facilitating fast channel state information computation for 5G wireless communication systems Fast calculation of channel state information using demodulation reference signals (DM-RS) is provided herein. Channel state information is traditionally calculated based on the channel state reference signals (CS-RS). Demodulation reference signals, which are used for channel estimation for a data channel, are transmitted at different times than CS-RS however, and so some portions of the channel state information including layer indicator (LI) and channel quality indicator (CQI) can be calculated based on the demodulation reference signals, allowing a network to adapt more quickly to changing channel conditions, without having to transmit a CS-RS. Generally, precoding matrix indicator and rank indicator, which cannot be determined based on the DM-RS, don't change as often and are more stable over time, thus do not need to be calculated as frequently as the LI and CQI.
US11057091B2	Reference signals for tracking Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described. A base station may identify a channel condition change (e.g., a beam switch, a bandwidth part (BWP) switch) for a channel between the base station and a user equipment (UE). The base station may transmit a downlink control information (DCI) that indicates the identified channel condition change and a resource allocation for transmissions between the base station and the UE. The base station may select a pattern of time and frequency resources for a channel state information reference signal (CSI-RS) for tracking for the UE, and transmit the CSI-RS using the identified pattern. The UE may identify the pattern based on the received DCI, and receive the CSI-RS using the identified pattern of time and frequency resources.
US11057086B2	MIMO precoding enabling spatial multiplexing, power allocation and adaptive modulation and coding In a closed-loop wireless communication system, a codebook-based feedback mechanism is provided to enable non-unitary precoding for multi-stream transmission, where each stream is optimized with suitable transmission power allocation and AMC. The codebook-based feedback mechanism uses a precoding codebook having a power allocation matrix which is constrained to specify that beamforming always applies full power to a predetermined beam. With this constraint, a one-bit power allocation feedback index may be used to switch between beamforming and spatial multiplexing.
US11057085B2	Codebook subset restriction method A bit field indication manner is provided. A first field is determined, where the first field includes T1 bits, at least one of the T1 bits indicates at least two elements {bi0, bi1, . . . , bik} in a set B, the at least one bit further indicates at least one element {θj0, θj1, . . . , θjh} in a set Φ, and at least one element in {bi0, bi1, . . . , bik} and at least one element in {θj0, θj1, . . . , θjh} are used to form a preceding matrix, where the set B={b0, b1, L, bT2−1}, an element in the set B is a vector with a length of N/4, the set Φ={θ0, θ1, . . . , θS−1}, an element in Φ is a complex number of a unit amplitude.
US11057080B2	Software-defined massive multi-input multi-output (MIMO) Disclosed are various embodiments for providing a spectrally efficient communication network using clustered devices and virtualized resources in a multi-input multi-output (MIMO) environment. A plurality of remote radio heads (RRHs) can be connected to a central base band unit (BBU) pool of a software-defined network (SDN) associated with the communication network. A procedure can be performed to yield a design for software-defined massive MIMO subject to a plurality of constraints. The design provides a plurality of clusters comprising the RRHs and an association of user devices to the clusters. Examples of initiating implementation of the design by the SDN are provided.
US11057079B2	Dynamic thresholds for antenna switching diversity Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described. In some systems, a user equipment (UE) may implement a dynamic threshold for antenna switching. The dynamic threshold may improve the percentage of time that a UE operates using an “optimal” antenna (e.g., an antenna with the highest reference signal received power (RSRP)) as compared to a static threshold. For example, a UE may communicate with another device using a first antenna. The UE may track a current communication measurement for the first antenna (e.g., an RSRP value) and may perform an antenna switching test based on the measurement. For the test, the UE may update the dynamic threshold for antenna switching based on a machine learning agent, where the agent may include a neural network that determines the updated dynamic threshold value. The UE may perform a comparison with the dynamic threshold to determine whether to switch operating antennas.
US11057078B2	Wireless communication system A wireless communication system includes a first coupler having a first pair of electrodes and second coupler having a second pair of electrodes that at least partially oppose the first pair of electrodes. A transmission circuit applies a differential signal to the first coupler. A reception circuit receives a differential signal output from the second coupler based on electromagnetic coupling between the first coupler and the second coupler. A distance between centroids of the first pair of electrodes differs from a distance between centroids of the second pair of electrodes.
US11057072B2	Systems and methods for signal communication with scalable, modular network nodes A radio frequency (RF) aperture includes an interface board. An array of electrically conductive tapered projections have bases disposed on a front side of the interface printed circuit board and extend away from the front side of the interface printed circuit board. RF circuitry is disposed at the back side of the interface board and is electrically connected with the electrically conductive tapered projections.
US11057070B1	Signal receiving device adapting to signal input mode and signal processing method for the same A signal receiving device adapting to a signal input mode and a signal processing method for the same are provided. The signal receiving device can determine various signal input modes, such as a differential signal or a single-ended signal, and select an appropriate signal source, such that the signal receiving device can not only receive the input signal correctly, but also adjust the received input signal to a differential signal with the same amplitude and opposite phases to make subsequent data analysis work easier.
US11057067B1	Self-interference signal cancellation Techniques are disclosed for self-interference signal cancellation. A hybrid self-interference cancellation (SIC) circuit is configured to be operatively coupled to a transmitter and a receiver, and includes a tunable time domain filter in series with a tunable frequency domain filter. The tunable time domain filter is configured to generate a time-domain multipath cancellation signal based on a first radio signal transmitted by the transmitter at a first frequency while the receiver is receiving a second radio signal at a second frequency. The first and second frequencies can be the same or different and have similar or different power levels at the antennas. The tunable frequency domain filter, which is in series with the tunable time domain filter, is configured to generate a frequency-domain cancellation signal based on the first radio signal while the receiver is receiving the second radio signal.
US11057064B1	RFI estimation device, signal processing device and signal processing method A Radio Frequency Interference (RFI) estimation device for generating an estimated RFI signal includes a combiner, a first multiplier and a second multiplier. The combiner is configured to combine a first digital signal and a second signal to generate the estimated RFI signal. The first multiplier is configured to generate the first digital signal according to an in-phase signal and a first cosine signal. The second multiplier is configured to generate the second digital signal according to a quadrature-phase signal and a first sine signal. The first cosine signal and the first sine signal are generated based on a frequency and the in-phase signal and the quadrature-phase signal are generated based on the frequency and one or more harmonics of the frequency.
US11057061B2	Wireless radio system optimization by persistent spectrum analysis Apparatuses and methods for simultaneously operating as a wireless radio and monitoring the local frequency spectrum. For example, described herein are wireless radio devices that use a secondary receiver to monitor frequencies within the operating band and prevent or avoid interferers, including in particular half-IF interferers. The systems, devices, and methods described herein may adjust the intermediate frequency in a superheterodyne receiver to select an intermediate frequency that minimizes interference. In particular, described herein are apparatuses and methods that use a second receiver which is independent of the first receiver and may be connected to the same receiving antenna to monitor the geographically local frequency spectrum and may detect spurious interferers, allowing the primary receiver to adjust the intermediate frequency and avoid spurious interferes.
US11057057B2	Transmitting apparatus and interleaving method thereof A transmitting apparatus is provided. The transmitting apparatus includes: an encoder configured to generate a low-density parity check (LDPC) codeword by LDPC encoding of input bits based on a parity check matrix including information word bits and parity bits, the LDPC codeword including a plurality of bit groups each including a plurality of bits; an interleaver configured to interleave the LDPC codeword; and a modulator configured to map the interleaved LDPC codeword onto a modulation symbol, wherein the interleaver is further configured to interleave the LDPC codeword such that a bit included in a predetermined bit group from among the plurality of bit groups constituting the LDPC codeword onto a predetermined bit of the modulation symbol.
US11057055B2	Encoding and decoding using Golay-based block codes Wireless communication devices are adapted to employ Golay-based matrices for encoding a wireless transmissions. According to at least one example, a wireless communication device can identify an information vector to be transmitted as a wireless communication. A Golay-based generator matrix may be selected based on a length of the information vector, where the selected Golay-based generator matrix is generated by shortening a Golay generator matrix by removing a plurality of columns of systematic bits and a plurality of rows to obtain the shortened generator matrix, and extending the shortened generator matrix to obtain an extended generator matrix by adding columns to at least the systematic bits and appending rows to obtain a desired matrix size. A respective bit value may be determined for bits in each added column and for at least some of the bits in each appended row. Other aspects, embodiments, and features are also included.
US11057053B2	Method and apparatus for wirelessly communicating over a noisy channel with a variable codeword length polar code to improve transmission capacity Systems and methods of communicating using asymmetric polar codes are provided which overcome the codeword length constraints of systems and methods of communicating that use traditional polar codes. Used herein, asymmetric polar codes refers to a polarizing linear block code of any arbitrary length that is constructed by connecting together constituent polar codes of unequal length. Asymmetric polar codes may be known by other names. In comparison to conventional solutions for variable codeword length, asymmetric polar codes may provide more flexibility, improved performance, and/or reduced complexity of decoding, encoding, or code design. The system and method provide a flexible, universal, and well-defined coding scheme and to provide sound bit-error correction performance and low decoding latency (compared with current length-compatible methods which can be used with current hardware designs). For the most part, the provided embodiments can be implemented with nearly all available current encoding/decoding polar code techniques.
US11057050B2	Transmitting apparatus and interleaving method thereof A transmitting apparatus is provided. The transmitting apparatus includes: an encoder configured to generate a low-density parity check (LDPC) codeword by LDPC encoding based on a parity check matrix; an interleaver configured to interleave the LDPC codeword; and a modulator configured to map the interleaved LDPC codeword onto a modulation symbol, wherein the modulator is further configured to map a bit included in a predetermined bit group from among a plurality of bit groups constituting the LDPC codeword onto a predetermined bit of the modulation symbol.
US11057045B2	Automatic gain control for analog to digital converters A direct-digital receiver architecture is configured to make maximal use of the dynamic range of its analog to digital converter (ADC). The receiver includes an analog frontend that applies a variable gain factor to the analog input signal, a gain level unit that determines the variable gain factor by monitoring the digital signal that is output by the ADC, a gain scaling unit that determines a digital scale factor according to the determined gain factor, and a gain factor multiplier that multiplies the digital signal by the scale factor to produce a scaled digital signal, said multiplying being time aligned with the variable gain factor. The receiver further includes a digital signal processing train that is cognisant of the dynamic range of the ADC, variable gain factor and the digital scale factor for the time domain sample being processed.
US11057044B2	Time-interleaved analog-to-digital converter with calibration An apparatus is provided to calibrate an analog-to-digital converter (ADC). The apparatus includes a calibration circuitry coupled to an output of the ADC, wherein the calibration circuitry is to identify a maximum value and minimum value of the output of the ADC, and is to calibrate one or more performance parameters of the ADC according to the maximum and minimum values. The performance parameters include: gain of the ADC, offset of the ADC, and timing skew between the ADC and a neighboring ADC.
US11057042B2	Digital to analog converter device and calibration method A digital-to-analog converter (DAC) device includes a current-steering DAC circuitry and a calibration circuitry. The current-steering DAC circuitry generates a first signal according to multiple least significant bits of an input signal, and generates a second signal according to multiple most significant bits of the input signal. The calibration circuitry performs a non-binary search algorithm to generate a calibration signal in response to a comparison result of the first signal and the second signal, in order to calibrate the current-steering DAC circuitry according to the calibration signal.
US11057039B1	Clock divider with quadrature error correction The present disclosure relates to a method for quadrature error correction using a frequency divider circuit. The method comprises delaying input of data to master input terminals and/or slave input terminals of the frequency divider circuit for correcting a quadrature error between the in-phase and quadrature-phase output signals.
US11057033B2	Hybrid power module A power module includes a plurality of power semiconductor devices. The plurality of power semiconductor devices includes an insulated gate bipolar transistor (IGBT) and a metal-oxide-semiconductor field-effect transistor (MOSFET) coupled in parallel between a first power switching terminal and a second power switching terminal. The IGBT and the MOSFET are silicon carbide devices. By providing the IGBT and the MOSFET together, a tradeoff between forward conduction current and reverse conduction current of the power module, the efficiency, and the specific current rating of the power module may be improved. Further, providing the IGBT and the MOSFET as silicon carbide devices may significantly improve the performance of the power module.
US11057032B2	Control circuit and ideal diode circuit A control circuit includes: a transistor controller that controls a voltage at a gate terminal of a field effect transistor in accordance with a difference in voltage between a source terminal and a drain terminal of the field effect transistor connected so that a body diode is in a forward direction; and a current controller that reduces an operating current for operating the transistor controller when a load connected via the source terminal of the field effect transistor is light, and increases the operating current when the load is heavy.
US11057029B2	Gate driver with integrated miller clamp A gate driver with an integrated Miller clamp controls a high-power drive device coupled to a terminal of a package that houses an integrated circuit coupled to the terminal. A method includes generating an indication of a level of a signal on the terminal with respect to a predetermined signal level. The method includes configuring a variable strength driver of the integrated circuit to charge, discharge, or clamp the terminal based on a control signal and the indication.
US11057021B2	Fixed latency configurable tap digital filter A fixed latency configurable tap or fixed-tap digital filter may filter a signal in a fixed amount of time, regardless of the number of taps. The filter may include one or more of a clock, a plurality of registers in a shift register, an adder, an accumulator, and/or a scaler. In at least one embodiment, a running average may be maintained as samples are received such that the latency remains fixed with a constant number of clock cycles.
US11057019B2	Non-volatile adjustable phase shifter using non-volatile radio frequency (RF) switch A non-volatile adjustable phase shifter is coupled to a transceiver in a wireless communication device. The non-volatile adjustable phase shifter includes a non-volatile radio frequency (RF) switch. In one implementation, the non-volatile RF switch is a phase-change material (PCM) RF switch. In one approach, the non-volatile adjustable phase shifter includes a selectable transmission delay arm and a selectable transmission reference arm. A phase shift caused by the non-volatile adjustable phase shifter is adjusted when the non-volatile RF switch engages with or disengages from the selectable transmission delay arm. In another approach, the non-volatile adjustable phase shifter includes a selectable impedance element. A phase shift caused by the non-volatile adjustable phase shifter is adjusted when the non-volatile RF switch engages with or disengages from the selectable impedance element. In either approach, the phase shift changes a phase of RF signals being transmitted from or received by the transceiver.
US11057018B2	Acoustically coupled resonator notch and bandpass filters A notch filter includes a first inductor coupled between an input node and an output node, a dual-resonator structure coupled between the input node and the output node, and a second inductor coupled between the dual-resonator structure and ground, and a bandpass filter includes a capacitor coupled between an input node and an output node, and a dual-resonator structure coupled between the input node, the output node, and ground.
US11057017B2	Bulk-acoustic wave resonator A bulk-acoustic wave resonator includes a substrate; a lower electrode formed on the substrate, and at least a portion of the lower electrode is formed on a cavity; a piezoelectric layer formed on the lower electrode; an upper electrode formed on the piezoelectric layer; a membrane layer formed below the lower electrode and forming the cavity together with the substrate; and a protruding portion formed on the membrane layer and further formed in the cavity in a direction that extends away from the membrane layer.
US11057015B2	Surface acoustic wave device A surface acoustic wave device includes a piezoelectric substrate and functional elements on a first surface of the piezoelectric substrate. At least a portion of the functional elements includes an interdigital transducer (IDT) electrode, and a surface acoustic wave resonator is defined by the piezoelectric substrate and the IDT electrode. A portion of a wiring pattern connecting a first functional element and a second functional element is on a second surface different from the first surface of the piezoelectric substrate.
US11057014B2	Bonded substrate and a manufacturing method thereof, and a surface acoustic wave device using the said bonded substrate An object of the present invention is to provide a bonded substrate which is excellent in temperature characteristics and suppresses unnecessary response due to reflection of an elastic wave at a bonding interface.[Means to Solve the Problems] The present invention is unique in that a bonded substrate is constructed by bonding a LiTaO3 substrate and a base plate wherein a Li concentration at a base plate-bonding face of the LiTaO3 substrate is higher than that at a LiTaO3 substrate-side end face of the bonded substrate, that the difference between the Li concentration at the base plate-bonding face of the LiTaO3 substrate and the Li concentration at the LiTaO3 substrate-side end face of the bonded substrate is 0.1 mol % or greater, that the Li concentration at the base plate-bonding face of the LiTaO3 substrate satisfies an equation Li/(Li+Ta)×100=(50+α) mol %, where α is in the range of −1.2<α<0.5, that the Li concentration at the LiTaO3 substrate-side end face of the bonded substrate satisfies an equation Li/(Li+Ta)×100=(48.5+β) mol %, where β is in the range of −0.5<β<0.5, and that the thickness measured from the base plate-bonding face of the LiTaO3 substrate to the LiTaO3 substrate-side end face of the finished bonded substrate becomes greater than 5 times but less than 20 times the wavelength of the surface acoustic wave or that of the leaky surface acoustic wave.
US11057011B2	Amplifiers suitable for mm-wave signal splitting and combining A MIMO amplifier circuit operable to couple one or more selectable input ports to one or more selectable output ports. The circuit includes N input transistors and M output transistors. Each input transistor has its base coupled to a respective input port node, its emitter coupled to ground, and its collector connected to an intermediate node. Each output transistor has its base coupled to a bias node, its emitter connected to the intermediate node, and its collector coupled to a respective output port nodes. Each input transistor enables the respective input port node when its base is biased. Each output transistor enables the respective output port node when its bias node is asserted. The base of the input transistor for each enabled port is biased to provide a quiescent current I0*m/n through that input transistor, where m is the number of enabled output ports and n is the number of enabled input ports.
US11057008B2	Power amplifier and electronic device The present disclosure provides a power amplifier and an electrical device. The two-stage power amplifier architecture is tuned staggered before power combining. A previous stage matching network and its input matching are split into a cascaded staggered tuning, such that the center frequency is at frequency point 1 less than the design frequency point and frequency point 2 greater than design frequency point, and then the power combining stage is tuned at the design frequency point. At advanced process nodes (such as 65 nm or below), compared with the known architecture, in-band signal quality and out-of-band filtering effect of the power amplifier chip integrating this architecture will be better when using the same number of transformers (same area), the reliability will be better. Due to its good flatness within the band, this architecture is especially suitable for carrier aggregation communication occasions.
US11057004B2	Multiband digital predistorter Disclosed are methods, systems, devices, apparatus, media, design structures, and other implementations, including a method for digital predistortion of multiband signals that includes receiving a plurality of input signals respectively associated with multiple radio frequency (RF) bands, with the plurality of input signals occupying an input frequency span corresponding to a difference between a maximum frequency in a highest of the multiple RF bands and a minimum frequency in a lowest of the multiple RF bands. The method further includes frequency shifting at least one signal from the plurality of input signals to produce condensed shifted signals, each corresponding to a respective one of the plurality of input signals, occupying a condensed frequency span smaller than the input frequency span, and processing the condensed shifted signals, including applying digital predistortion to the condensed shifted signals.
US11056998B2	Universal bonding end clamp Universal bonding end clamps used to assembly photovoltaic (PV) arrays and provide an electrically conductive path (or bond) between PV module frames forming part of the PV arrays and a rail system. The bonding clamp includes a clamp portion and a base portion. The clamp portion includes an electrically conductive body having a mounting structure, at least one electrical bonding member extending from the body, and at least one pressure member extending from the body and a base pressure member extending from the body. The clamp portion may also include one or more spacers to facilitate the alignment of the clamp portion relative to the base portion. The base portion includes an upper wall having a mounting structure, a lower wall having a mounting structure and a side wall between the upper and lower walls. When the clamp portion is positioned relative to base portion for installation, the clamp portion mounting structure is aligned with the base portion mounting structures, and the base pressure member engages the side wall.
US11056997B2	Universal photovoltaic laminate A photovoltaic (PV) module can include a PV laminate, a frame coupled to a perimeter of the laminate, a junction box that includes a housing for an electrical connection between a plurality of PV cells of the laminate and a plurality of conductors, and an electronics enclosure coupled to the frame. In embodiments, the electronics enclosure can include electronic circuitry that is electrically coupled to the plurality of conductors and to another photovoltaic module.
US11056995B2	Synchronous motor drive system and synchronous motor drive method The present disclosure is constructed on the prior art inverter architecture, a pulse code width modulation (PCWM). This is an open loop motor control system without sensing its rotor position. The present disclosure employs a closed loop method to track the optimum efficiency motor operating point directly. A bench load test is conducted to gather information for an AI type control, which includes both load angle vs. voltage command charts and power factor vs. voltage command charts, with load levels as parameters for certain frequency command ranges. This way, the optimum efficiency motor operating points are generated a priori. The AI type control is mechanized to track the optimum efficiency motor operating points.
US11056994B2	Electric machine controlling method and electric machine controlling device A controlling device (100) for executing either one of a current vector control and a voltage phase control such that supply power to an electric machine (9) is controlled in accordance with an operating state of the electric machine (9) calculates a voltage command value for the voltage phase control based on a voltage norm command value indicative of a magnitude of a supply voltage to the electric machine (9) and a voltage phase command value indicative of a phase of the supply voltage. The controlling device (100) calculates a state amount of either one of magnetic flux generated in the electric machine (9) and a parameter correlated to the magnetic flux, based on a current supplied to the electric machine (9) and changes the voltage norm command value in accordance with the state amount.
US11056993B2	Electric motor control method and electric motor control device A control device includes an inverter, a sensor, a controller, and a filter. The inverter supplies power to an electric motor based on a control on the electric motor. The sensor detects a current supplied from the inverter to the electric motor. The controller executes current vector control by calculating a feedback command value and a feedforward compensation value based on a torque command value, the feedback command value being indicative of a voltage value for decreasing deviation in a supply current to the electric motor, the feedforward compensation value being a value for compensating the feedback command value. The filter performs a filtering process on the feedback command value to pass a low-frequency component of the feedback command value. When the control is switched to voltage phase control, the controller initializes the voltage phase control based on the feedforward compensation value and an output from the filter.
US11056989B1	Operation of power plant at transient loads during switching event on transmission lines Embodiments of the disclosure provide a method for controlling a power plant. The method may include detecting a transient load on the power plant, and monitoring a system reactance during operation at the transient load. A system reactance of the grid is compared with a switching threshold indicative of a switching event on the set of transmission lines. If the switching threshold is exceeded, the gas turbine operates at the transient load using a first control setting with a transient fuel management profile, a transient split bias profile, and a dynamic intake parameter for the gas turbine. If the switching threshold is not exceeded but one of the electrical properties exceeds a stability threshold, the gas turbine operates at the transient load using a second control setting with the dynamic intake parameter for the gas turbine, and without the transient fuel management profile or the transient split bias profile.
US11056983B1	Power converting device and method with high-frequency inverter module compensating low-frequency inverter module A power converting device with a high frequency inverter module compensating a low frequency inverter module is for transmitting a direct current voltage to an alternating current load module. The low frequency inverter module is controlled by a low frequency duty ratio. The high frequency inverter module is connected to the low frequency inverter module in parallel and controlled by a high frequency duty ratio. The low frequency inverter module is controlled according to the low frequency duty ratio to generate a first current. The high frequency duty ratio is adjusted according to a low-frequency ripple current. The high frequency inverter module is controlled according to the high frequency duty ratio to generate a second current, and the second current is for compensating ripples of the first current.
US11056980B2	Power converter A power converter (10) for operating a first electric machine (12) and a second electric machine (14), comprising:a first converter element (16), a second converter element (18) and a first terminal connection (21), a second terminal connection (22) and a third terminal connection (23) for connecting the power converter (10) to a three-phase energy supply (60), wherein the first converter element (16) comprises a first rectifier circuit (31) and a second rectifier circuit (32), the second converter element (18) comprises a third rectifier circuit (33), wherein the first rectifier circuit (31) has a first AC-side pole (51) and a second AC-side pole (52), the second rectifier circuit (32) has a third AC-side pole (53) and a fourth AC-side pole (54) and the third rectifier circuit (33) has a fifth AC-side pole (55) and a sixth AC-side pole (56), the first rectifier circuit (31) and the second rectifier circuit (32) are connected in parallel on the DC-voltage side and are connected to a common first DC-voltage-side pole (41) and a common second DC-voltage-side pole (42), wherein the third rectifier circuit (33) is connected on the DC-voltage side to a third DC-voltage-side pole (43) and a fourth DC-voltage-side pole (44), wherein the first DC-voltage-side pole (41) is at least connectable to the third DC-voltage-side pole (43) by means of a first current path (36) and the second DC-voltage-side pole (42) is at least connectable to the fourth DC-voltage-side pole (44) by means of a second current path (37), wherein at least the first current path (36) or the second current path (37) comprises a semiconductor switch (64).
US11056976B2	Counter-based frequency hopping switching regulator This disclosure describes techniques for controlling switching regulator switching operations. The techniques include selecting a given one of a plurality of clock signals based on a control signal. The techniques further include generating, by the switching regulator, an output voltage from an input voltage by controlling one or more switches according to a switching frequency that corresponds to the selected given one of the plurality of clock signals. The techniques further include varying the switching frequency of the switching regulator by changing a value of the control signal, used to select the given one of the plurality of clock signals, according to a given one of a plurality of refresh rate control signals that corresponds to the selected given one of the plurality of clock signals having respective values that correspond to respective ones of the plurality of refresh rate control signals.
US11056975B2	Voltage conversion device There is provided a voltage conversion device that is configured to perform zero point adjustment of a high voltage-system voltage detected by a high voltage-system voltage detector, when a relay is off. The voltage conversion device is also configured to estimate a forward voltage of an upper arm diode and to perform output adjustment of the high voltage-system voltage detected by the high voltage-system voltage detector, based on a voltage calculated by subtracting the forward voltage from a power storage voltage detected by a power storage voltage detector, when the relay is on, a low voltage-system power line has no electric power consumption, and a voltage conversion circuit does not perform voltage conversion. The voltage conversion device is further configured to create a high voltage-system voltage correction map, based on results of the zero point adjustment and the output adjustment of the high voltage-system voltage.
US11056973B2	Voltage converter having light-load control Voltage converter having light-load control. In some embodiments, a voltage converter can be configured to receive an input voltage and generate a regulated voltage. Such a voltage converter can include a determining unit configured to determine whether the voltage converter is in a first load state. The voltage converter can further include a driving unit in communication with the determining unit, and be configured to generate a first driving signal when the voltage converter is in the first load state. The voltage converter can further include a switching unit in communication with the driving unit, and be configured to route the first driving signal to a control element of the voltage converter when the voltage converter is in the first load state, and be further configured to route a second driving signal to the control element when the voltage converter is in a second load state.
US11056972B2	Power converter and method of operating the same In accordance with a first aspect of the present disclosure, a power converter is disclosed, comprising: an input configured to receive an input voltage; an output configured to provide an output voltage; a power switching block coupled between the input and the output; a controller configured to control the power switching block, wherein the controller is configured to open and close switches comprised in the power switching block, wherein the controller is further configured to control a resistance of the power switching block. In accordance with a second aspect of the present disclosure, a corresponding method of operating a power converter is conceived.
US11056969B2	Boost converter short circuit protection A boost converter includes a voltage output terminal, a power transistor, and short circuit protection circuitry. The voltage output terminal is configured to provide a boosted output voltage generated by the boost converter. The power transistor is configured to draw current through an inductor. The short circuit protection circuitry is configured to control current flow through the inductor responsive to detection of a short circuit at the voltage output terminal. The short circuit protection circuitry includes an output switch coupled to an input terminal of the power transistor and connected to the voltage output terminal. The output switch is configured to switch current flow from the inductor to the voltage output terminal. The output switch is a negative (N) channel metal oxide semiconductor field effect transistor (MOSFET).
US11056966B2	Process of operating switched-mode DC/DC converter having a bootstrapped high-side driver A gate driver for a high-side NMOS power transistor in a DC/DC boost converter includes first and second switches coupled in series between an output pin and the gate of the high-side transistor. A third switch is coupled between the gate and a switch-node between the high-side and low-side transistors, the switch node also being coupled to an input pin. Fourth and fifth switches are coupled in series between the output pin and a clamp pin. Sixth and seventh switch are coupled in series between the output pin and a ground pin. First and second bootstrap capacitors have respective first terminals coupled to a first node between the first and second switches. The first capacitor has a second terminal coupled to a node between the fourth and fifth switches; the second capacitor has a second terminal coupled to a node between the sixth and seventh switches.
US11056965B2	Gate driver and power converter A gate driver for driving a gate of a switching element in accordance with an input signal is provided. The gate driver is configured to change a gate driving condition in accordance with a detected value of power supply voltage. Each time when the switching element is turned off, the gate driver stores a time width from a time when the input signal is switched to an off command to a time when switch-off surge occurs in the switching device. If it is determined that the gate driving condition should be changed during turn-off operation of the switching element, the gate driver switches the gate driving condition when a time corresponding to the time width stored at a previous turn-off is elapsed after a current turn-off of the switching element is started.
US11056964B2	Power supply device with multiple wide-volt age range outputs and control method thereof A power supply device has a first output port, a second output port and a power delivery control module. The power delivery control module compares the first output voltage value and the second output voltage value to determine a reference voltage value, and determines the optimized voltage value according to the total output power value, the reference voltage value, and a rated output current of an AC/DC converting module. The power delivery control module controls the AC/DC converting module to convert the AC input voltage to an optimized voltage, so that when the first and second DC/DC converting modules receive the optimized voltage and convert it to the first and second output voltages respectively, the voltage drop is reduced, the conversion loss is reduced, and the conversion efficiency of the power supply device is improved.
US11056961B2	Power generator, input device, and lock device with sensor A power generating unit includes a mover moving in conjunction with the movable member and converts kinetic energy of the mover into electrical energy. As an operating member moves in such a direction that a first pressing portion comes closer toward a second holding portion while the movable member is located at a first position, a spring member is compressed by the first pressing portion and the second holding portion and generates restoring force that causes the movable member to move toward a second position. As the operating member moves in such a direction that the second pressing portion comes closer toward the first holding portion while the movable member is located at the second position, the spring member is compressed by the second pressing portion and the first holding portion and generates restoring force that causes the movable member to move toward the first position.
US11056960B2	Tactile actuator A tactile actuator, according to one embodiment, may comprise: a housing defining an accommodation space therein; an upper case for covering the upper part of the accommodation space; a vibration unit arranged inside the accommodation space; an upper elastic member connecting the upper side of the housing and the vibration unit; a lower elastic member for connecting the lower side of the housing and the vibration unit; and a coil for forming a magnetic field to drive the vibration unit, wherein one end of the upper elastic member may be fixed to a position on a side wall of the housing that is apart from the upper case.
US11056954B2	Hairpin winding electric machine with multi-conductor hairpin assemblies An electric machine includes a stator core defining slots and a first hairpin assembly installed in the stator core. The first hairpin assembly includes first and second same hairpins, each having first and second ends and separately coated to have first and second outer coating surfaces, respectively. The hairpin assembly is in first and second ones of the slots such that the first and second outer surfaces are touching. A weld material joins the first ends and another weld material joins the second ends.
US11056944B2	Stator of rotary machine In order to provide a rotary machine's stator that is capable of reducing the size of the coil ends and using a plurality of voltages without changing the winding arrangement, it is made to include a stator core (12) having a plurality of slots (14) provided along the circumferential direction, segments (22) that are composed of rectangular wires and received in the slots (14), and a distributed winding wire that is formed by arranging unit coils (21), each of which is made up of a plurality of the segments (22) disposed along the radial direction, in the circumferential direction of the stator core (12), and is made to form the unit coil (21) by connecting the segments (22) that are alternately and concentrically arranged in the radial direction with a plurality of slot pitches that are different from each other.
US11056940B2	Assembled rotor shaft with an asymmetrical design, rotor, and method for producing the assembled rotor shaft and rotor An assembled rotor shaft of asymmetrical design may comprise two rotor shaft components, a first rotor shaft component configured as a shaft segment with a tube section and a flange section, and a second rotor shaft component configured as a flange element. The tube section may include a tube outer surface with a profiling. A rotor of an electric machine, which includes the assembled rotor shaft, may further include a laminated core and a pressure disk disposed in the tube section. The laminated core can include laminated core disks, each of which has a structuring that corresponds to the profiling of the rotor shaft. The profiling and the structuring of the laminated core disks may form a positively locking connection.
US11056938B2	Rotor and motor A rotor includes a rotor core in which laminate steel plates extending in a radial direction with respect to a central axis are laminated in an axial direction, and magnets are inserted into the rotor core. Each of the laminate steel plates includes a base portion positioned on a radially outer side of the central axis, and pieces separately disposed on a radially outer side of the base portion with penetrating portions therebetween, and arranged side by side at predetermined intervals in a circumferential direction. The magnets are inserted into the penetrating portions and arranged side by side at predetermined intervals in the circumferential direction. Space portions are provided between the magnets adjacent to each other in the circumferential direction. A circumferential length of the pieces is shorter than a circumferential length of the magnets.
US11056931B2	Wireless power transfer method and device therefor The present invention relates to wireless power transmission technology, and more particularly, to a wireless power transfer method and a device therefor. The wireless power transfer method may include operating with a first driving voltage, determining whether a ping phase is entered, determining whether the wireless power transmitter is in a first state when the ping phase is entered; and operating with a second driving voltage when the first state is determined.
US11056928B2	Wireless charging interference mitigation An electronic device such as a portable electronic device has wireless power receiving circuitry. A vehicle has a vehicle remote keyless system that transmits beacons. A key receives the beacons and responds with key codes to unlock doors and enable a vehicle ignition in the vehicle. In the presence of wireless power transfer operations there is a risk that wireless power signals will interfere with the reception of the beacons by the key. To ensure that beacons are satisfactorily received, conditions in which there is a risk of interference are detected and corresponding interference mitigation operations are performed.
US11056927B2	Inductor device, non-contact power charging/supplying system and electric vehicle According to one embodiment, an inductor device includes a first pad and a second pad. The first pad includes a first compensation part located in a first direction side and a first inductor part located in a second direction side. The second direction is an opposite direction of the first direction. The second pad includes a second compensation part located in the second direction side and a second inductor part located in the first direction side. The first compensation part and the second compensation part each include a compensation capacitor. The first inductor part includes a first core and a first coil winded around the first core. The second inductor part includes a second core and a second coil winded around the second core.

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