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US11110191B2 Method and system for monitoring activity of an individual
A monitoring system is disclosed. The monitoring system comprises a range detection system configured for scanning a scene to provide range data, the range data including data describing range to a marker that is detectable by the range detection system and that is placed on a hand of an individual in the scene; and a data processing system configured for processing the range data to identify the marker, to identify the hand based, at least in part on the range to the marker, and to monitor hygienic activity of an individual in the scene.
US11110190B1 Currency bill dispenser with radiation sterilization
A currency bill dispenser that can disinfect the currency bill as the currency bill travels within the currency bill dispenser. The currency bill dispenser can include multiple UV-C lamps arranged on both sides of the currency bill. The intensity of the UV-C radiations at the currency bill can be increased by the use of collimating semi-cylindrical reflectors.
US11110186B2 Anionic chelate compounds
The invention provides compounds suitable for use as contrast agents in magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). The compounds of the present invention are manganese (II) complexes having advantageous properties as compared with similar known compounds.
US11110183B2 Method of delivering genes and drugs to a posterior segment of an eye
A multifunctional dendrimer nanoparticle and method of treating diseases of the posterior segment of the eye is presented. The functionalized polyamidoamine (PAMAM) dendrimer effectively delivers drugs and/or genes to the posterior eye, thereby providing for the effective, non-invasive, and topical treatment of diseased in the posterior eye. The multifunctional dendrimer nanoparticle has shRNA-encoding DNA and small molecule drug encapsulated cyclodextrin complexed to the outer surface of the dendrimer for delivery to the posterior segment of the eye.
US11110179B2 Combination of CD33 antibody drug conjugates with chemotherapeutic agents
This invention relates to treatment of cancer using a CD33 antibody drug conjugate in combination with chemotherapeutic agents.
US11110177B2 ASH1L degraders and methods of treatment therewith
Provided herein are small molecules comprising a first domain that binds to ASH1L and a second domain that facilitates ASH1L degradation. In particular, ASH1L-targeting proteolysis targeting chimeras (PROTACs) and methods of use thereof for the treatment of disease (e.g., acute leukemia, solid cancers and other diseases dependent on activity of ASH1L) are provided.
US11110176B2 Composition and method for the protection of proteins, cell components and cells during temperature stress
Embodiments of the disclosure pertain to compositions containing (i) one or more non-antifreeze proteins or cell components or cells and (ii) one or more antifreeze proteins (AFPs), mimetics thereof, and/or analogs thereof, and a method of stabilizing a biologic (e.g., a protein, microbe, cell component or cell) against temperature stress and aggregation. The AFP may be selected from known antifreeze polypeptides and antifreeze peptides, analogs and mimetics of antifreeze proteins, active fragments of such antifreeze proteins, polypeptide and peptide mimetics, antifreeze peptoids and polymers, and combinations thereof. The non-antifreeze protein, cell component or cell comprises a known protein, cell component or cell used in the pharmaceutical, medical, agricultural, veterinary and/or food industry(ies). The AFP protects the function of the non-antifreeze protein, microbe(s), cell component(s) or cell(s) under temperature stress (e.g., a temperature of −20-60° C.).
US11110172B2 Method for treating multiloculated hydrocephalus by administering an anti-IL6 receptor antibody
The invention is directed to a method of treating multiloculated hydrocephalus comprising administering to a subject who is suffering from multiloculated hydrocephalus an antibody that binds to an IL-6 receptor.
US11110171B2 PD-1 related cancer therapy
Provided are compositions and methods for identifying individuals with cancer who will benefit from PD-1 inhibitor therapy. The method comprises determining levels of signaling lymphocyte activation molecule-associated protein (SAP) in an individual and based on the SAP levels, determining if the individual is suitable for PD-1 inhibitor therapy. Also provided is a method of treatment of X-linked lymphoproliferative disease comprising administering to an individual PD-1 inhibitory therapy, with or without SHP2 inhibitors.
US11110170B2 Aluminum compounds for use in therapeutics and vaccines
The invention relates to means and methods for preparing aqueous composition comprising aluminium and a protein said composition comprising less than 700 ppm heavy metal on the basis of weight with respect to the aluminium content. The invention further relates to aqueous compositions comprising a protein and an aluminium-salt, said composition comprising less than 350 ppb heavy metal based on the weight of the aqueous composition.
US11110169B2 Compositions of vaccines and adjuvants and methods for the treatment of urinary tract infections
This invention describes novel adjuvant compositions and formulations with excellent stability at refrigerated and room temperatures and up to and about 37° C. that can be produced at remarkably low costs. This invention describes novel vaccine compositions and formulations to treat and prevent urinary tract infections caused by gram-negative bacteria including Escherichia coli and multi-drug resistant E. coli. This invention also describes methods of administration of said novel vaccine compositions and formulations and methods of treatment to prevent and treat urinary tract infections caused by gram-negative bacteria including E. coli and multi-drug resistant E. coli.
US11110168B2 Nanoparticles, controlled-release dosage forms, and methods for delivering an immunotherapeutic agent
The present disclosure relates to nanoparticles, controlled-release dosage forms, and methods for the administration of an immunotherapeutic agent.
US11110164B2 Lysosomal targeting of antigens employing nucleic acids encoding lysosomal membrane polypeptide/antigen chimeras
The invention provides chimeric proteins and nucleic acids encoding these which can be used to generate vaccines against selected antigens. In one aspect, a chimeric protein comprises an antigen sequence and a domain for trafficking the protein to an endosomal compartment, irrespective of whether the antigen is derived from a membrane or non-membrane protein. In one preferred aspect, the trafficking domain comprises a lumenal domain of a LAMP polypeptide. Alternatively, or additionally, the chimeric protein comprises a trafficking domain of an endocytic receptor (e.g., such as DEC-205 or gp200-MR6). The vaccines (DNA, RNA or protein) can be used to modulate or enhance an immune response against any kind of antigen. In one preferred aspect, the invention provides a method for treating a patient with cancer by providing a chimeric protein comprising a cancer-specific antigen or a nucleic acid encoding the protein to the patient.
US11110160B2 Glycoconjugation processes and compositions
The invention provides eTEC linked glycoconjugates comprising a saccharide covalently conjugated to a carrier protein through a (2-((2-oxoethyl)thio)ethyl)carbamate (eTEC) spacer, immunogenic compositions comprising such glycoconjugates, and methods for the preparation and use of such glycoconjugates and immunogenic compositions.
US11110155B2 Immunotherapeutic compositions for the treatment of Alzheimer's disease
A safe and effective vaccine to prevent, slow, halt or reverse progression of Alzheimer's disease in human patients is disclosed. The vaccine includes Aβ1-42 or an beta amyloid self epitope (e.g. Aβ1-15, or other 7-mer or 15-mer peptide epitopes derived from Aβ1-42) conjugated to an immunogenic carrier (e.g. DT) formulated in a water-in-oil Th2-biased adjuvant/delivery system.
US11110153B2 Modified factor IX, and compositions, methods and uses for gene transfer to cells, organs, and tissues
The invention relates to modified Factor IX coding sequence, expression cassette, vectors such as viral (e.g., lenti- or adeno-associated viral) vectors, and gene transfer methods and uses. In particular, to target Factor IX nucleic acid to cells, tissues or organs for expression (transcription) of Factor IX.
US11110151B2 Composition and method for reducing hypoglycemia events in diabetes treatment
An ultra-rapid acting insulin composition and method for treating hyperglycemia in patients with diabetes are disclose. The composition is an inhalable dry powder composition comprising fumaryl diketopiperazine and insulin for pulmonary delivery, which significantly reduces the rates of hypoglycemic events in patients in patients on mealtime insulin therapy.
US11110150B2 Complexes of IL-15 and IL-15Ralpha and uses thereof
The present invention relates to agents that modulate interleukin-15 (“IL-15”) signal transduction or function (“Therapeutic Agents”) and the use ol” those agents to modulate immune function. The Therapeutic Agents target the interaction between IL-15 and its receptor and modulate IL-15-induced signal transduction. The Therapeutic Agents may be formulated with polymers, such as poly-β-1-♦4-N-acetylglucosamine. for administration to a human subject to modulate IL-15-mediated immune function.
US11110146B2 Methods for reducing platelet aggregation and treating cardiovascular disease and other medical disorders
The invention provides therapeutic compositions containing ground seed of Aframomum meleguata or an extract thereof, and methods for using such compositions to reduce platelet aggregation and treat medical disorders in a patient, such as cardiovascular disease.
US11110142B2 Kampo medicine for improving cognitive function in Alzheimer-type dementia or mild cognitive impairment and treating at least one disease from the group consisting of overactive bladder, constipation, and chronic kidney diseases complicated by them with one drug
Provided is a kampo medicine for treating multimorbidity of Alzheimer-type dementia or mild cognitive impairment and at least one disease from the group consisting of overactive bladder, constipation, and chronic kidney disease with one drug. A kampo medicine for treating multimorbidity with one drug, comprising a drug combination of orengedokuto and ryokeijutsukanto as an active ingredient, wherein the kampo medicine improves a cognitive function in Alzheimer-type dementia or mild cognitive impairment and relieves and treats at least one disease from overactive bladder, constipation, and chronic kidney disease complicated by Alzheimer-type dementia or mild cognitive impairment at a high rate with one drug.
US11110141B2 Herbal compositions for the prevention or treatment of urinary incontinence and overactive bladder
Provided in one embodiment is an herbal compositions for the prevention or treatment of urogenital system disorders including urinary incontinence, overactive bladder, enuresis, benign prostatic hyperplasia, nocturia, cystitis, urinary calculi, or a urinary tract infection. Specifically one embodiment provides compositions that contain Crateva nurvala, Equisetum arvense, and Lindera aggregata and methods of use thereof.
US11110140B1 Medicinal food products and methods for producing said products
A method for producing a medicinal food product includes the steps of homogenously mixing a first non-medicinal food base with at least one medicinal product to prepare a medicinal-infused food-based carrier, adding the carrier to a second food base to prepare a medicinal-infused food item, freezing, dehydrating and dividing the food item, placing the divided items in flexible containers, and vacuum sealing the containers for prolonged storage. Preferably, the medicinal product is a cannabinoids, such as cannabis, THC, CBD, CBN or CBG.
US11110129B2 Method for treating multiple sclerosis
A method for treating a multiple sclerosis is provided. The method includes administering a composition containing a plurality of mesenchymal stem cells to a subject in need for a treatment of the multiple sclerosis, in which each of the mesenchymal stem cells expresses insulin-like growth factor 1 receptors.
US11110124B2 Cell derived extracellular vesicles for the treatment of diseases
The present invention pertains to extracellular vesicles (exosomes) that are produced by culturing tumor cells in the presence of various ligands or activators of innate immunity receptors and subsequently isolating and purifying the vesicles in the culture supernatant. The invention provides also pharmaceutical compositions comprising the inventive exosomes. The exosomes of the invention are provided as medicaments for example in the treatment of cancer diseases.
US11110123B2 T cell-antigen coupler with various construct optimizations
A trifunctional molecule is provided, comprising (i) a target-specific ligand, (ii) a ligand that binds a protein associated with a TCR complex, and (iii) a T cell receptor signaling domain polypeptide. Variants of the molecule are provided, including variants that exhibit optimized surface expression, transduction efficiency, and effector functionality. Variations include, for example, different ligands that bind CD3 epsilon (e.g., OKT3, L2K, F6A, UCHT1 and humanized UCHT1), different signaling domains, and different linkers between domains.
US11110121B2 Compositions comprising hydrogen peroxide or hydrogen peroxide donor substances
A description is given of compositions comprising a) one or more substances selected from the group consisting of hydrogen peroxide and hydrogen peroxide donor substances, b) water, c) one or more polymers having thickening properties and d) one or more substances selected from the group consisting of hydroxypyridones and salts thereof. The compositions are notable more particularly for their advantageous shelf lives.
US11110116B2 Hyperosmolar composition of hyaluronic acid
The invention relates to a novel hyperosmolar composition of hyaluronic acid for the use thereof in the treatment of conical oedema.
US11110115B2 Nucleic acid molecule with anti-inflammatory and anti-coagulant and organ-protective properties
The invention relates to a nucleic acid molecule or a composition comprising said molecule for use as an anti-inflammatory and/or anti-coagulant and/or organ-protective medicament. The invention also relates to a use of said nucleic acid molecule or said composition, for the manufacture of a medicament for preventing, treating, regressing, curing and/or delaying a disease or a condition wherein inflammation and/or coagulation and/or organ damage or failure occurs in an individual. Finally, the invention further relates to a method for alleviating one or more symptom(s) and/or characteristic(s) and/or for improving a parameter of a disease or condition wherein inflammation and/or coagulation and/or organ damage or failure occur in an individual, the method comprising administering to said individual said nucleic acid molecule or said composition.
US11110113B2 Compositions and methods for treating depression
Disclosed is a therapeutic regimen which includes S-adenosyl methionine, or a salt thereof; folic acid, or a metabolite therof, or a salt thereof; and a compound of Formula (I), or salt thereof, useful in the treatment of a variety of conditions, e.g., neuropsychiatric conditions such as depression. The therapeutic regimen may be used in combination with therapeutic agents as described here.
US11110110B2 Catecholamine prodrugs for use in the treatment of Parkinson's disease
The present invention provides compounds of formula (I) that are prodrugs of catecholamine for use in treatment of neurodegenerative diseases and disorders. The present invention also provides pharmaceutical compositions comprising compounds of the invention and methods of treating neurodegenerative or neuropsychiatric diseases and disorders using the compounds of the invention, in particular Parkinson's disease.Accordingly, the present invention relates to compounds of formula (Id) wherein R1 is H and R2 is selected from one of the substituents (i) and (ii) below; or R1 is selected from one of the substituents (i) and (ii) below and R2 is H; or R1 and R2 are both represented by substituent (i) below; or R1 and R2 are both represented by substituent (ii) below; or R1 is substituent (i) and R2 is substituent (ii); or R1 is substituent (ii) and R2 is substituent (i); wherein * indicates the attachment point; and wherein the carbon atom at the attachment point on substituent (i) is in the S-configuration; or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof.
US11110109B2 Water soluble O-glycosyl flavonoid compositions and methods for preparing same
A water-soluble composition including an O-glycosyl flavonoid compound, L-arginine, a sugar alcohol, and ascorbic acid or an alkali salt of ascorbic acid. The O-glycosyl flavonoid compound is rutin, isoquercitrin, or hesperidin, and a molar ratio between the O-glycosyl flavonoid compound and the sugar alcohol is 1:4.0-12.0. Also provided is a method for making the above-described water-soluble composition by combining the O-glycosyl flavonoid compound, L-arginine, the sugar alcohol, and ascorbic acid or an alkali salt thereof to form a mixture, and heating it at 110° C.-140° C. to melt the mixture.
US11110107B2 Methods for treatment of cancer by targeting SIRT5
This disclosure demonstrates that inhibition of Sirt5 can suppress malignant transformation of cells. Therefore, methods of treating cancer based on inhibition of Sirt5 are disclosed.
US11110102B2 Antifungal agents used in combination
The present invention relates to the use of enfumafungin derivative triterpenoid antifungal compounds in combination with other antifungal agents such azoles, polyenes, lipopeptides, and allylamides to treat fungal diseases. More particularly, the invention relates to antifungal combinations of enfumafungin derivative triterpenoids which are inhibitors of (1,3)-β-D-glucan synthesis, in combination with other antifungal agents such as mold-active agents that have activity against molds, including but not limited to voriconazole, isavuconazole, posaconazole, itraconazole and amphotericin B, for the treatment and/or prevention of infections caused by molds.
US11110101B2 Prostate function support formula
The invention provides unit dosage forms and methods that are effective to improve prostate function. Such unit dosage forms and methods are useful to decrease bladder discomfort and improve urinary flow in men.
US11110098B2 Methods and medicaments for the treatment of renal cell carcinoma
The present disclosure is directed, among other things, to the surprising and unexpected efficacy provided by select V2R antagonists in significantly reducing the cell proliferation levels of clear cell renal cell carcinoma. Thus, the present disclosure provides methods, uses, and medicaments that include such select V2R antagonists for utility in treating clear cell renal cell carcinoma.
US11110094B2 Risperidone sustained release microsphere composition
A risperidone sustained release microsphere formulation is provided. The microsphere formulation comprise risperidone or 9-hydroxy risperidone or salts thereof, and a polymer blend having a first uncapped lactide-glycolide copolymer and a second uncapped lactide-glycolide copolymer, in which the first uncapped lactide-glycolide copolymer is a copolymer with a high intrinsic viscosity and the second uncapped lactide-glycolide copolymer is a copolymer with a low intrinsic viscosity. The sustained release microsphere formulation according to an embodiment of the present disclosure is suitable for large-scale industrialized production with improved stability, the in vivo release behavior of which will not change after long-term storage.
US11110092B2 Methods of treating hematologic cancers
The present application relates to treatment of hematologic cancers, which treatments can include, e.g., administration of a purine nucleoside phosphorylase (PNP) inhibitor, an alkylating agent and/or an anti-CD20 agent, and related compositions and kits.
US11110086B2 Compounds useful as inhibitors of ATR kinase and combination therapies thereof
The present invention relates to compounds useful as inhibitors of ATR protein kinase and combination therapies thereof. The invention also relates to pharmaceutically acceptable compositions comprising the compounds of this invention; methods of treating of various diseases, disorders, and conditions using the compounds of this invention; processes for preparing the compounds of this invention; intermediates for the preparation of the compounds of this invention; and methods of using the compounds in in vitro applications, such as the study of kinases in biological and pathological phenomena; the study of intracellular signal transduction pathways mediated by such kinases; and the comparative evaluation of new kinase inhibitors.The compounds of this invention have formula I: wherein the variables are as defined herein.
US11110069B2 Composition comprising cannabinoids for relief of pain
The present technology generally relates to compositions comprising cannabinoids for relieving pain in a subject and to methods of using such compositions for relieving pain in a subject.
US11110066B2 Implantable devices for delivery of bioactive agents
An implantable delivery device and method for utilizing the device to delivery a bioactive agent to a subject in need thereof is described. The device includes a pattern of structures fabricated on a surface of the device to form a nanotopography. A random or non-random pattern of structures may be fabricated such as a complex pattern including structures of differing sizes and/or shapes. The device may be located adjacent tissue such as an endovascular implant or a perivascular implant, and may deliver the bioactive agent without triggering an immune or foreign body response to the bioactive agent.
US11110064B2 Gel formulation for treating diabetic foot ulcer infections
The present disclosure relates to a gel formulation for treating diabetic foot ulcer infections. The gel formulation comprises antibiotic loaded aquasomes, a gelling agent, a preservative, and a fluid medium. The gel formulation of the present disclosure can be used for treating diabetic foot ulcer infections in mammals.
US11110063B2 Storage stable sincalide formulations
Disclosed herein are solid compositions that comprise sincalide and are storage stable and which lack a buffer, and optionally, also lack a surfactant/solubilizer, wherein such compositions are storage stable. Also disclosed herein are liquid compositions that comprise sincalide, wherein such compositions are storage stable, and may lack buffer and/or surfactant/solubilizer. Also provided are methods of making and administering the solid or liquid storage stable compositions to a patient in need of, e.g., for the treatment, prevention, and/or diagnosis of gall bladder- and/or pancreatic disorders; or other diagnostic imaging.
US11110061B2 Microspherical sustained-release injection containing escitalopram and method for preparing same
The present invention relates to a biodegradable polymer microsphere-containing sustained-release injection containing escitalopram as an active ingredient, and to a method for manufacturing the same. In the case of escitalopram microspheres, there is a problem of low encapsulation rate, fracture due to weak strength, and initial over-release due to the phase separation of the liquid drug and the polymer inside the microspheres. In order to solve the problem, it is possible to maximize the encapsulation amount and the encapsulation efficiency of the escitalopram adding a hydrophobic solidifying agent to uniformize the non-uniform phase, to overcome the cracking of the microspheres at high loading conditions, and to properly control the initial release and release delay of the microspheres.
US11110053B2 Compositions and methods for the prevention and treatment of cardiovascular diseases
Compositions comprising electro-activated aqueous solutions and methods for the prevention and treatment of dysfunctional cardiovascular conditions are provided.
US11110052B2 3D navigation of nanoparticles via induction of metastable diamagnetic response
Methods and devices for three-dimensional navigation of magnetic nanoparticles are provided. A method can comprise introducing high-anisotropy magnetic nanoparticles to a mammal and directing the high-anisotropy magnetic nanoparticles towards a target region of the mammal. Direction control is achieved by subjecting the high-anisotropy magnetic nanoparticles to an alternating signal comprising a uniform magnetic field pulse having a strength greater than a coercivity of the high-anisotropy magnetic nanoparticles and a magnetic gradient pulse having a highest strength that is less than the coercivity of the high-anisotropy magnetic nanoparticles and a location of a lowest strength at the target region of the mammal, and the direction of the uniform magnetic field pulse being in an opposite direction of the magnetic gradient pulse.
US11110047B2 Oral care compositions including cyclic anhydrides
A whitening composition and methods for whitening teeth and generating a whitening agent with the same are provided. The whitening composition may include an orally acceptable vehicle, a source of hydrogen peroxide that provides hydrogen peroxide, and a cyclic anhydride that generates a whitening agent with the hydrogen peroxided provided by the source of hydrogen peroxide. The whitening agent may be a peracid, such as a succinic peracid.
US11110045B2 Oral compositions
A chewable composition for teeth-whitening comprising a first region and a second region separated by a barrier layer; the first region comprising carbamide peroxide having water content of about 2% or less, a wetting agent (e.g., glycerin), an anhydrous chewing gum base having water content of about 1% or less, an anhydrous fruit acid, and one or more gum additives; and the second region comprising a chewable composition comprising a gum base, a source of bicarbonate ion, and one or more gum additives. A kit comprising separate chewable compositions corresponding to the first and second regions, and methods for whitening teeth using the chewable composition are also provided.
US11110044B2 Skincare treatment
The invention relates to a method of treating acne by the topical administration of an acne active ingredient in the presence of a) an anhydrous composition comprising a component that in the presence of water generates heat, and b) water. The invention also relates to an acne treatment kit comprising a first composition which is anhydrous and comprises a component that in the presence of water generates heat on the skin to which it is applied and a second composition which comprises an aqueous carrier, at least one of said compositions comprising an acne active ingredient, said compositions being stored in isolation from each other and being capable of generating heat when they are combined.
US11110043B2 Alkenone-based formulations for topical applications
The use of long-chain alkenones to impart desired characteristics in personal care compositions for topical applications is described. The preparation of mixtures long-chain alkenones and synthetic derivatives thereof is presented. Examples of compositions include abrasive soaps, with alkenones serving as natural exfoliating agents. Alkenones and their derivatives can serve as emollients, occlusive agents, encapsulating agents, stabilizing agents, binding agents, thickening agents, surfactants, and antimicrobials.
US11110037B2 Methods and compositions to stabilize a nanogel and dental compositions therefrom
The present disclosure relates to methods and compositions to stabilize a nanogel and use of such nanogel as additives in dental compositions.
US11110036B2 Feeding set and enteral feeding pump assembly
In some embodiments, apparatuses and methods are provided herein useful to provide fluid nutrition and hydration. In one illustrative example, a feeding set for use with a peristaltic enteral feeding pump has sections of flexible tubing or conduit, a dispensing control valve that is in fluid communication with the tubing, and a retention disk. In some configurations, the feeding set has as attachment mechanism, which may be formed by one clips or hooks extending from the dispensing control valve and coupling geometry of the retention disk. By some approaches, the clips or hooks and the coupling geometry are configured to attach the feeding set with the pump, such as by attaching the feeding set to an internal panel of the feeding pump. In operation, the feeding set and pump are used to move fluid nutrition and hydration from a container or bag to the patient in a controlled manner.
US11110032B2 Fillable 3D flexible pouch for biopharmaceutical fluids, and method for producing such a pouch
The invention relates to a 3D flexible pouch to be filled with a biopharmaceutical product, produced by assembling two wall elements and two gussets. At least one connection port can be provided for filling and/or emptying. A substantially parallelepipedic configuration is obtained in a filled state by unfolding the gussets and folding the flaps of the two wall elements. A welded seam is produced in a join portion formed at one end and cut out in a V shape, so as to directly connect the two wall elements. In a substantially flat configuration of the empty flexible pouch, the join portion projects axially outwards in relation to the gussets and is defined by two edges which are oblique in relation to a longitudinal axis of said pouch.
US11110031B2 Air pocket-type massage device
An air pocket-type massage device is provided. The device can include: a bed unit (100) which is for supporting parts of the body of a user; a massage module (200) which is disposed on the bed unit (100) and includes a plurality of air pockets; and a position adjuster (300) which is provided on the bed unit (100) and enables changing of the position of the massage module (200).
US11110024B2 Wearable assist robot apparatus
Upper arms are fixed to drive shafts of a pair of drive sources at or near respective left and right hip joints. The upper arms are coupled to an upper body trunk harness by first passive rotary shafts via third passive rotary shafts, and are mounted to a lower body trunk harness by a mounting device. Lower arms are fixed to drive source bodies, and are coupled to thigh harnesses by second passive rotary shafts via fourth passive rotary shafts. The first and second passive rotary shafts and third and fourth passive rotary shafts are angularly displaceable about axial lines in a lateral direction of the wearer and axial lines in an anteroposterior direction of the wearer, respectively. An acceleration/angular speed sensor fixed to the lower body trunk harness detects an acceleration of the body trunk in a vertical direction by landing of a foot.
US11110023B1 Chair with swivel and brake system
A chair including a seat, a seatback, a lift, at least one electric motor, and a brake and swivel system having a dual bearing Lazy Susan rotating mechanism, two soft bumpers, and a disc brake locking mechanism with a handle.
US11110021B2 Medical pressure therapy device and components thereof
A pressure therapy device includes a pressure chamber, an inflatable padding, a seal, and a positioning mechanism. The pressure chamber has an opening arranged for admitting the inflatable padding and a limb of a user. The inflatable padding is inflatable to enclose and fix the limb in position. The seal covers the opening, including the inflatable padding and the limb to seal the pressure chamber from ambient atmospheric pressure. A pump unit is provided to generate a non-atmospheric pressure within the pressure chamber and includes a first valve system and a piston with safety release features for preventing unsafe pressure levels.
US11110019B2 Connecting element for medical bedrail, assembly comprising it and procedure for assembling said assembly
The proposed invention relates to a connecting element (1) for a medical bedrail, such as used in medical transport gurneys, stretchers, hospital beds and the like. The connecting element (1) connects a connecting rod (2) and a pivotable rod (3) of a foldable bedrail for medical beds and comprises a jaw (4), the inner surface (5) of the jaw (4) being concave in shape and adapted for abutting tightly against the outer surface of the connecting rod (2), two locking teeth (6) fashioned symmetrically on or at the upper edge of the inner surface (5) of the jaw (4), each on one side of the jaw (4), respectively, and two legs (7) fashioned on the upper part of the outer side of the jaw (4) and arranged symmetrically with respect to a central plane (R) extending vertically and longitudinally through the center of the jaw (4), the legs (7) extending downwards, each of the legs (7) comprising a snap-fit element (8) fashioned on the inner surface of the leg (7) facing the inner surface of the other leg (7), the snap-fit elements (8) being arranged symmetrically with respect to the central plane (R) and co-operating with two snap-fit elements (8) fashioned in the pivotable rod (3). The connecting element (1) may further comprise a centering web (13), located on the bottom of the jaw (4).
US11110016B2 Drifting kart
Drifting karts in accordance with embodiments of the invention are described that include a front wheel drive train and rear caster wheels that can be dynamically engaged to induce and control drift during a turn. One embodiment of the invention includes a chassis to which a steering column is mounted, where the steering column includes at least one front steerable wheel configured to be driven by an electric motor, a battery housing mounted to the chassis, where the battery housing contains a controller and at least one battery, wiring configured to provide power from the at least one battery to the electric motor, two caster wheels mounted to the chassis, where each caster wheel is configured to rotate around a rotational axis and swivel around a swivel axis, and a hand lever configured to dynamically engage the caster wheels to induce and control drift during a turn.
US11110015B2 Array of disposable absorbent articles having a sequence of graphics corresponding to a wearer's stages of development
An array of disposable absorbent articles comprising a sequence of graphic designs corresponding to a wearer's stage of development.
US11110014B2 Absorbent core comprising a high loft central layer and channels
An absorbent core (28) for use in an absorbent article, the absorbent core extending in a transversal direction (x) and a longitudinal direction (y), the absorbent core comprising: a fluid-permeable top layer (41), a bottom layer (42), and a central layer (43) sandwiched between the top layer and the bottom layer. the central layer is a high loft fibrous nonwoven layer, in particular having a density of less than 0.200 g/cc, measured at a pressure of 4.14 kPa. Superabsorbent polymer particles (60) are blended with the fibers of the central layer, except for one, two or more longitudinally-extending channels (26) substantially free of superabsorbent polymer particles. The superabsorbent polymer particles may have a UPM of below 30×10−7 cm3·s/g, wherein the UPM is measured by the Urine Permeability Measurement Test described herein.
US11110013B2 Nonwoven webs with hydrophobic and hydrophilic layers
A nonwoven web for use in an absorbent article is described. The nonwoven web has first and second nonwoven layers. The first nonwoven layer has a first plurality of fibers, an additive disposed, at least in part, on a portion of the first plurality of fibers, a first side and an opposing second side, wherein second side has a plurality of discontinuities. The second nonwoven layer has a second plurality of fibers, a first surface and an opposing second surface, and a plurality of tufts extending through at least a portion of the discontinuities in the first nonwoven layer, wherein the second nonwoven layer is attached to the first nonwoven layer such that at least a portion of the second plurality of fibers are in liquid communication with the first nonwoven layer, wherein the first nonwoven layer is hydrophobic and the second nonwoven layer is hydrophilic.
US11110012B2 Disposable absorbent article with profiled absorbent core
A disposable absorbent article has a central body defining a first waist end region including a first end edge, a second waist end region spaced longitudinally from the first waist end region and including a second end edge, and a crotch region positioned therebetween. An absorbent core is situated between the end edges, and includes a plurality of elastics incorporated therewith such that the core is substantially laterally contracted in a narrowed region about the elastics. The absorbent core includes at least one end region that is substantially non-elasticized and has a lateral width substantially wider than that of the narrowed region.
US11109998B2 Method and apparatus for vacuum-formed dental appliance
An appliance and methods are described that include embodiments of a mandibular advancement or positioning device which can use elastic bands to pull the jaw forward. The appliance has an upper plastic tray conforming to the patient's upper teeth and including a set of retention hooks coupled to the upper plastic tray via being encased in plastic, one on the right and one on the left anterior buccal portion of an upper plastic base. The appliance also has a lower plastic tray conforming to the patient's lower teeth and has a set of bite pads integrated with a second set of plastic retention hooks encased in plastic extending outwardly from the teeth. The appliance includes the upper and lower plastic trays and specially formed elastic bands of a plurality of lengths and strengths replaceably attached to the retention hooks on both sides of the trays to pull the mandible forward for treatment.
US11109992B2 Pelvis correction equipment formed of combination of pelvis belt and pressing correction equipment
A pelvis correction equipment includes: a pelvis belt for tightening for fastening a lower abdomen of a body, the pelvis belt being used for correcting opening of or strain on a joint portion between a sacral bone and an iliac bone which form a pelvis; a pressing position mark indicated on a surface of the pelvis belt for indicating a plurality of pressing correction portions; and a pressing correction equipment configured to be operated in such a manner that the pressing correction equipment presses the plurality of pressing correction portions along the pressing position mark of the pelvis belt mounted on the lower abdomen by fastening by way of the pelvis belt.
US11109987B2 Vacuum device for a prosthetic
The Prosthetic Vacuum Pump is a manually-operated device, that is affixed to or integral with a prosthetic socket. The manual operation allows a wearer to increase the vacuum in the socket cavity if there is any noticeable decrease at any time. The Prosthetic Vacuum Pump includes a removable pump mechanism that allows a user to customize the level of vacuum drawn by the Prosthetic Vacuum Pump. The intake valve of the Prosthetic Vacuum Pump is in direct connection with the cavity of a prosthetic socket. By eliminating vacuum lines, the vacuum pump creates an immediate vacuum in the cavity. The result is an immediate suspension when the prosthetic limb is put on without the need to walk or wait for the battery to draw a sufficient vacuum. The compact construction and optional depress-lock is easily hidden beneath clothing.
US11109986B2 Torque measuring spring for a prosthetic drive
An improvement to a prosthetic device which provides a spring member between first and second structural members that are rotatably connected to one another, the spring member providing predictable resistance as it is compressed by the rotation of the first and second structural members with respect to each other. The known resistance of the spring is used as an input to a model controlling a motor control circuit to provide counter-torque as rotational torque is applied to compress the spring.
US11109984B2 Tool and method for separating a femoral cup from an acetabular ball in an implanted hip prosthesis
Surgical tools which are used to separate from one another a femoral cup and an acetabular ball in an implanted hip replacement prosthesis. At its distal end, elements of the surgical tool engage the femoral cup and the acetabular cup. When proximal handles of the tool are squeezed toward one another, the engagement elements move away from one another. Thus, a surgeon is able to separate the femoral cup and the acetabular ball from one another without pulling the acetabular cup away from the acetabulum or the femoral cup and/or femoral implant away from the femur, thereby accomplishing the separation without disrupting any bone ingrowth.
US11109982B2 System and method for total hip arthroplasty
Systems and methods for placement of both the prosthetic acetabular cup and the prosthetic femoral head which takes account of the patient's particular anatomy, with inter-operative testing of the patient's body to find an optimum positioning (angles) for the components. The system allows a procedure with less pre-operative and inter-operative imaging, providing for reduced radiation exposure for doctors and patients.
US11109981B2 Dynamic intervertebral spacer implant
Intervertebral spacer implants with dynamic load spreading features responsive to external loads and having attachment mechanisms. The dynamic load spreading features having a native state and a loaded state, which complements vertebral end plate geometry and disperses load to the epiphyseal rim.
US11109980B2 Intervertebral spacer and plate
Embodiments herein are generally directed to spinal implants, systems, apparatuses, and components thereof that can be used in spinal fusion and/or stabilization procedures, as well as methods of installation. The spinal implants may include an intervertebral spacer and a plate member.
US11109979B2 Expandable interbody device
Disclosed is an expandable interbody device that includes a support structure having a top side and a bottom side, a top plate positioned on the top side of the support structure, a bottom plate positioned on the bottom side of the support structure, a gear rotatably connected to the support structure, wherein the gear is rotatable relative to the support structure, a first rack that is operationally coupled to the top plate, wherein the first rack is operationally connected to the gear such that rotating the gear in an opening direction moves the top plate away from the support structure by moving the first rack relative to the gear, and a second rack that is operationally coupled to the bottom plate, wherein the second rack is operationally connected to the gear such that rotating the gear in an opening direction moves the bottom plate away from the support structure by moving the second rack relative to the gear.
US11109977B2 Femoral hip joint spacer with irrigation device
A femoral hip joint spacer. The spacer has a prosthesis body with a ball head, a neck, a stem and an anchoring sleeve which encloses the stem on a proximal side of the stem with a circumferential fastening area, irrigation liquid inlet and outlet openings in the body surface, at least one irrigation liquid discharge opening on a distal side of the stem and at least one irrigation liquid intake opening on the ball head or on the neck. The discharge opening is connected in a liquid-permeable manner to the inlet opening but not to the outlet opening and the intake opening is connected inside the prosthesis body in a liquid-permeable manner to the outlet opening but not to the inlet opening. A cavity open on two sides is formed inside the anchoring sleeve and connects a proximal side to a distal side of the sleeve in a liquid-permeable manner.
US11109976B2 Material compositions, apparatus and method of manufacturing composites for medical implants or manufacturing of implant product, and products of the same
A coated powder composite may include a core particle of Ca or an alloy thereof, or of Mg or an alloy thereof. One or more coating layers may be disposed about the core particle, cladding the core particle. The coated powder composite may be biodegradable.
US11109969B2 Guidewire delivery of transcatheter heart valve
The invention relates to delivery system for deployment of a prosthetic valve, having a hypotube sheathed guidewire assembly having an outer sheath and an inner guidewire shaft that pushes against a guidewire collar on a tension arm of a compressed transcatheter valve to deliver the valve and position the valve to the RVOT or other location in the body.
US11109965B2 Transcatheter heart valve prosthesis assembled inside heart chambers or blood vessels
Some embodiments described herein include a heart valve replacement system that may be delivered to the targeted heart valve site via a delivery catheter. In some embodiments, the heart valve replacement system can assemble a valve device after the valve device is delivered to the heart. In some embodiments, heart valve replacement system includes two anterior flaps that are separate but overlap each other.
US11109963B2 Prosthetic valves with mechanically coupled leaflets
Described embodiments are directed toward centrally-opening leaflet prosthetic valve devices having a leaflet frame and a mechanically coupled leaflet. The described leaflet frames have projections that are configured to couple with a leaflet attachment region of a leaflet. Some embodiments include a leaflet retention feature that engages the leaflet frame projections and operates to secure the leaflet to the leaflet frame. Methods of making and using such prosthetic valve devices are also described.
US11109962B2 Bioprosthetic heart valve
Bioprosthetic heart valves and methods for fabricating bioprosthetic heart valves are provided. Biological tissue is attached to biocompatible material. The biocompatible material is folded to form a tubular structure with the attached biological tissue located on the inner surface of the tubular structure, the biological tissue forming leaflets of the heart valve. A stent is secured around the outer surface of the tubular structure. A region of the biocompatible material is cut. The biocompatible material is folded at the cut region away from the tissue and around the downstream edge of the stent and is secured to the stent's outer surface. The biocompatible material is folded at the upstream end of the tubular structure around the upstream edge of the stent and attached to the stent's outer surface so that the stent's inner and outer surfaces are covered with no more than a single layer of the biocompatible material.
US11109956B2 Gravity sensitive silicone breast implants
A gravity sensitive silicone breast implant is provided which, in various embodiments, has a soft, natural feel and adapts shape after implantation responsive to gravity, according to movements of the patient.
US11109955B2 Dermal layer for grafting having improved graft survival rate and method for producing same
The present invention relates to a dermal layer which is for grafting and has an improved graft survival rate, and a method for producing the same, wherein the dermal layer for grafting can be produced by filling a filling solution, including a DNA fragment mixture and chitosan, into an acellular dermal matrix from which cells have been removed. It was observed that the dermal layer for grafting produced in this manner, due to the filling solution filled therein and including a DNA fragment mixture and chitosan, increases the rate at which cells flow in from the tissue surrounding the graft and are fixed, and thereby alleviates an initial inflammatory reaction and promotes blending with the surrounding tissue.
US11109953B2 Package, preferably medical, and corresponding set of packages
The invention relates to a package (2; 3) for an object, preferably a medical object, the package comprising a bottom shell (21; 31); a top shell (22; 32) having a closure portion (24; 34) referred to as a “cap”, and a connection portion (23; 33) in the form of a hollow body and connected to the closure portion (24) by a hinge (25) to enable the closure portion (24; 34) to tilt relative to the connection portion (23; 33) in order to release access to the inside of the bottom shell (21; 31) through the connection portion (23; 33). The connection portion (23; 33) is provided with a stiffener element (290; 390) and a sealing strip (4; 4′) connects together the edges (241, 231) of the cap (24; 34) and of the connection portion (23; 33) that face each other over the entire length of said edges. Said connection portion (23; 33) of the top shell (22; 32) and of the bottom shell (21; 31) are two parts that are fastened to each other, preferably by bonding.
US11109949B2 Lithium silicate materials
Lithium silicate materials are described which can be easily processed by machining to dental products without undue wear of the tools.
US11109948B2 Workpiece unit and method of producing same
Disclosed herein is a workpiece unit containing a workpiece body, and a holding member which is arranged at least at a part of an outer circumferential portion of the workpiece body and directly contacts with at least a part of the outer circumferential portion.
US11109943B2 Powder-blasting device
A powder-blasting device for cleaning the surfaces of teeth via application with a powder-gas mixture, including a stationary unit having a connection region for a mixing chamber for producing the powder-gas mixture, a hand part having a nozzle device for blasting the powder-gas mixture onto a surface of a tooth, and a joining unit for joining the hand part to the stationary unit wherein the joining unit has at least one joining guide between the stationary unit and the hand part, and wherein a tube section that can be blocked via elastic deformation is arranged in a powder-gas line between the mixing chamber and the nozzle device, wherein the joining unit is detachably joined to the stationary unit and the lockable tube section is arranged in the detachable joining unit.
US11109941B2 Tracking surgical items with prediction of duplicate imaging of items
A computer-implemented method for tracking surgical textiles includes receiving a first image comprising a first textile-depicting image region, receiving a second image comprising a second textile-depicting image region, measuring a likelihood that the first and second image regions depict at least a portion of the same textile, and incrementing an index counter if the measure of likelihood does not meet a predetermined threshold. The measure of likelihood may be based on at least one classification feature at least partially based on aspects or other features of the first and second images.
US11109939B2 Intravascular devices with radiopaque body markers
An intravascular treatment device is presented having an expandable frame made up of circular struts, straight struts, and bent struts forming a frame with circumference that varies over the length of the frame. Radiopaque markers can be positioned on the bent struts to indicate outer circumferences of the frame along the length of the frame. The device can be a stent or a clot retriever. If the device is a clot retriever, the proximal end of the expandable frame can be attached to a guide wire and the distal end of the expandable frame can be free to slide over the guide wire when the frame moves from a collapsed state to an expanded state and vice versa.
US11109934B2 System, method, and apparatus for remote patient care
A portable patient-care kit is disclosed. The kit includes two-housing portions, a plurality of compartments and a touch-screen user interface device. The two-housing portions pivotally coupled together to form a container space. The plurality of compartments is disposed within at least one of the housing portions such that each compartment is configured to retain at least one medical apparatus. The touch-screen user interface device has a transceiver that can communicate via a mobile data network.
US11109933B2 Devices for supporting a medical instrument and methods of use
Various implementations include a device for holding and supporting a medical instrument in a position. For example, the medical instrument may include a percutaneous procedure apparatus, such as a needle (e.g., biopsy needle, anesthesia needle) or needle holder. In some implementations, the device holds and supports the percutaneous procedure apparatus and liberates the procedure operator's hands from direct beam exposure, which lowers the risk of complications and radiation exposure to patients and procedure operators. The device also increases the effectiveness of the procedure by holding and supporting the apparatus in the intended position.
US11109928B2 Medical instruments including wrists with hybrid redirect surfaces
Certain aspects relate to medical instruments including wrists with hybrid redirect surfaces. Such medical instruments can include, for example, a shaft with a wrist positioned at a distal end. The wrist can include a proximal clevis connected to the shaft and a distal clevis pivotally connected to the proximal clevis. The wrist can also include a static redirect surface, such as a face of a clevis, and a dynamic redirect surface, such as a pulley. The instrument can include an end effector connected to the distal clevis. A plurality of pull wires can extend through the shaft and the wrist and engage with and actuate the wrist and the end effector. A first pull wire segment of the plurality of pull wires can engage the static redirect surface, and a second pull wire segment of the plurality of pull wires can engage the dynamic redirect surface.
US11109926B2 Robotic surgical assemblies and surgical instrument holders thereof
A surgical instrument holder includes a carriage and a drive coupler. The carriage is configured for movable engagement to a surgical robotic arm. The drive coupler includes an outer member and a first gear rotatably disposed therein. The outer member extends from the carriage and defines a lateral slot configured for lateral receipt of a surgical instrument. The first gear defines a lateral slot and is rotatable within the outer member to a first position, in which the lateral slot of the first gear is in alignment with the lateral slot of the outer member such that a surgical instrument is receivable within the drive coupler through the lateral slots of the outer member and the first gear.
US11109919B2 Occlusion traversal robotic catheter system
A robotic catheter procedure system for performing a procedure including a bedside system and a remote workstation is provided. The bedside system includes a first percutaneous device and a second percutaneous device. The bedside system also includes a first actuating mechanism configured to engage and to impart movement to the first percutaneous device and a second actuating mechanism configured to engage and to impart movement to the second percutaneous device. The remote workstation includes a user interface and a control system operatively coupled to the user interface and to the bedside system. The control system controlling the first actuating mechanism to cause movement of the first percutaneous device to create a bore through the lesion and the second actuating mechanism to cause movement of the second percutaneous device through the bore created by the first percutaneous device.
US11109917B2 Integrated surgery method and system
A system for conducting a medical procedure includes a first camera-based 3-D motion sensor configured to generate signals related to the position of a procedure object in the operating room and a controller coupled to the camera-based 3-D motion sensor. The controller is configured to define a predetermined operational plan including positions of a procedure object over time, assign a desired time milestone for each position of the object in the predetermined operational plan, and automatically monitor progress of the procedure based at least in part upon one or more positions of the procedure object over time. The controller is further configured to compare the one or more positions with the desired time milestone, record data relating to an actual time for each position of the object compared with the desired time milestone, and use the data to provide a recommendation for a change to a future predetermined operational plan.
US11109916B2 Personalized hand-eye coordinated digital stereo microscopic systems and methods
A personalized digital microscope system for use in microsurgery includes a camera system configured to produce a stereo pair of images captured in real-time; an image processing system communicatively coupled to the camera system and configured to extract the stereo pair of images synchronized in time with each other and to combine the stereo pair of images with encoded images of differences between the stereo pair of images; and a video processing system communicatively coupled to the image processing system and configured to create a stream from the encoded images by processing the encoded images based on personalization for the user, wherein the personalization is determined based on a test procedure performed by the user.
US11109915B2 Method and device for navigating active surgical instruments
A method for detecting a position and an operating state of an active surgical instrument. The active surgical instrument emits or influences/modifies at least one electromagnetic field in an active operating state. The method includes the steps of positioning a first sensor in order to detect the electromagnetic field emitted or influenced by the active surgical instrument in the active operating state at a known position, detecting the electromagnetic field emitted or influenced by the active surgical instrument in the active operating state by means of the first sensor, generating an output signal by means of the first sensor, the output signal indicating the detection of the electromagnetic field emitted or influenced by the active surgical instrument by means of the first sensor, and ascertaining the position and operating state of the active surgical instrument on the basis of the output signal and the known position of the first sensor.
US11109913B2 Apparatus and method for nerve ablation in the wall of the gastointestinal tract
Catheter for real-time evaluation of duodenal ablation, the catheter including an expandable member configured to stretch the duodenal wall and to generate a fixed distance between a center of the catheter and the duodenal wall; a laser transmitting element coupled with the catheter body and configured to transmit a first laser beam and a second laser beam; wherein the first laser beam is configured to cause ablative damage in a region of the duodenal wall as a result of its impingement thereon, and wherein the second laser beam is configured to detect modifications in the region of the duodenal wall resulting from the impingement of the first laser beam thereon.
US11109902B2 Bone plates with dynamic elements
Bone fixation systems include various combinations of stabilizing members, dynamic elements, fasteners, and locking mechanisms. Bone plates receive dynamic bone staples and bone screws. Other dynamic elements include elbow pegs, straight pegs, and wire pegs.
US11109895B2 Spinal construct
A spinal construct comprises a fastener including a head. A member includes an inner surface defining a cavity configured for disposal of the head and a groove configured for disposal of a band that is engageable with the head to connect the fastener and the member. The member includes a transverse rod. A coupling member is engageable with the inner surface. Implants, systems, instruments and methods are disclosed.
US11109887B2 Pixel array medical systems, devices and methods
Embodiments include devices and methods configured to fractionally resect skin and/or fat. Fractional resection is applied as a stand-alone procedure in anatomical areas that are off-limits to conventional plastic surgery due to the poor tradeoff between the visibility of the incisional scar and amount of enhancement obtained. Fractional resection is also applied as an adjunct to established plastic surgery procedures such as liposuction, and is employed to significantly reduce the length of incisions required for a particular application. The shortening of incisions has application in both the aesthetic and reconstructive realms of plastic surgery.
US11109883B2 Endovascular devices and methods for exploiting intramural space
Devices and methods for exploiting intramural (e.g., subintimal) space of a vascular wall to facilitate the treatment of vascular disease, particularly total occlusions. For example, the devices and methods disclosed herein may be used to visually define the vessel wall boundary, protect the vessel wall boundary from perforation, bypass an occlusion, and/or remove an occlusion.
US11109877B2 Treatment instrument that includes an operation dial
A treatment instrument includes a sheath having a longitudinal axis, an end effector provided on one end of the sheath, a housing to which the other end of the sheath is connected, and an operation dial provided to be rotatable relative to the housing around a first rotational axis. The operation dial includes a first outer peripheral surface provided around the first rotational axis, and a second outer peripheral surface spaced apart from the first outer peripheral surface in a direction along the first rotational axis and provided around the first rotational axis.
US11109875B2 Minimally invasive surgical assembly and methods
A minimally invasive surgical assembly broadly includes an outer hollow needle which has an outer diameter of 3.0 mm or smaller, and a coaxial surgical instrument having a shaft which extends through the outer hollow needle. The coaxial surgical instrument includes end effectors at the end of the shaft which are biased to an open position such that when the end effectors of the surgical instrument extended out of the needle they open, and they are closed by relative movement of the needle over them. The assembly preferably includes a first fixing element which is used to fix the relative location of the surgical instrument and the needle. The assembly also preferably includes a second fixing element which moves relative to the needle and is located on the outside thereof and which is used to fix the relative location of the needle to the patient.
US11109870B2 Controlling the delivery of embolic beads into an artery
Controlled delivery of embolic beads into a subject's artery is achieved using a pump configured to draw fluid into a chamber and eject fluid from the chamber, one or more valves that control fluid-flow paths between three ports and the chamber of the pump, a valve actuator that places the one or more valves into various operating states, and a controller that controls the operation of the pump and the one or more valves in a controlled sequence. The various operating states interconnect one of the ports with a common port in fluid communication with the pump to achieve the controlled delivery of embolic beads.
US11109867B2 Devices and methods for vein closure
An implant for occluding a flow through a vessel may comprise a body member having a first end portion, a second end portion, and an intermediate rod portion extending between the first end portion and the second end portion and a mesh having base layer and a plurality of micro-pillars extending from a first surface of the base layer. The mesh may be disposed about at least a portion of the body such that the micro-pillars extending generally radially outward from the body member. The plurality of micro-pillars may be configured to extend into an adjacent tissue.
US11109865B1 Nerve repair device and method of use
A device may include a shaft with a dispensing channel, an evacuating channel, a proximal end, and a distal end. The device may further include an enclosure attached to the distal portion of the shaft, the enclosure having a first portion and a second portion that form a bore when the enclosure is closed. The device may further include a handle attached to the proximal end of the shaft, which is configured to open and close the enclosure. A method of delivering a solution to a nerve repair site may include obtaining such a device, closing its enclosure around the nerve repair site, delivering one or more solutions through the dispensing channel to the nerve repair site, removing one or more solutions through the evacuating channel from the nerve repair site, and opening the enclosure to remove it from the nerve repair site.
US11109864B2 Surgical stapler with plurality of cutting elements
An apparatus comprises a body, a shaft assembly, an end effector, a cartridge, and a staple driver actuator. The end effector is operable to manipulate tissue. The end effector comprises a lower jaw, a pivotable anvil, and a translating cutter. The translating cutter is operable to translate relative to the lower jaw and the anvil when the anvil is pivoted toward the lower jaw to manipulate tissue. The cartridge is insertable into the lower jaw and includes a plurality of staples. The staple driver actuator is disposed within the cartridge. The staple driver actuator comprises a secondary cutting element. The translating cutter of the end effector is operable to drive the staple driver actuator distally to staple and cut tissue substantially simultaneously.
US11109857B2 Soft tissue repair device and method
A soft tissue repair device can include a housing having a handle, a deployment system having an actuation member, and an insertion system having an inserter and a slider. The slider can be coupled to the actuation member and movable relative to the inserter between deployed and retracted positions. First and second anchors can be carried on an external surface of the slider such that the anchors are spaced apart and portions of the anchors are coaxial with the slider and each other. A flexible strand can couple the anchors. The insertion system can cooperate with the deployment system to move the slider to the deployed position to deploy the first anchor upon activating the actuation member a first time, and to move the slider to the deployed position from the retracted position to deploy the second anchor upon actuating the actuation member a second time after the first time.
US11109856B2 Sutures and related medical devices
Various aspects of the present disclosure are directed toward apparatuses, systems, and methods that include a cord that is flexible and elongated defining a length. The cord may include a core having a porous surface and a porosity-reducing element on at least a portion of the core.
US11109851B2 Surgical retractor
A surgical retractor assembly is provided having a frame that releasably couples two retractor blades. The retractor blades are coupled to the frame via a pair of mobile carriages that engage a track on the frame. A third retractor blade is configured to be independent of the frame with the first two retractor blades. The independent blade may be fixably positionable in the patient by a direct coupling to a rigid table mount. The retractor assembly may be utilized for creating anterior access to spinal target site while the patient is oriented in the lateral decubitus position.
US11109844B2 Ultrasound diagnosis apparatus and ultrasound probe
An ultrasound diagnosis apparatus according to an embodiment includes an ultrasound probe and transmitter circuitry. The ultrasound probe is connected to a body through a cable and includes an ultrasound transducer element to transmit and receive an ultrasound wave. The transmitter circuitry generates transmission waveform data, generates, from the generated transmission waveform data, transmission signals that the ultrasound probe uses for transmitting ultrasound waves, and outputs the generated transmission signals to the ultrasound probe. When causing the ultrasound probe to transmit a plurality of ultrasound waves with different phases successively depending on a transmission condition, the transmitter circuitry generates transmission waveform data based on which a sum component of the ultrasound waves transmitted successively is within a certain range, by using the transmission signals detected between the cable and the ultrasound transducer element.
US11109842B2 Method and system for enhanced visualization of individual images in a real-time scan
Various embodiments include a system and method that enhance the visualization of selected individual images from a real-time scan. The method can include acquiring ultrasound image data at an ultrasound system. The method may include processing the acquired ultrasound image data according to cine sequence processing parameters to generate a cine sequence. The cine sequence includes a plurality of frames, each of the frames having a first resolution. The method can include receiving a trigger. The method may include processing the acquired ultrasound image data according to still image processing parameters in response to the trigger to generate a still image. The still image has a second resolution that is higher than the first resolution.
US11109840B2 Calibration of ultrasonic elasticity-based lesion-border mapping
A medium of interest is interrogated according to ultrasound elastography imaging. A preliminary elasticity-spatial-map is formed. This map is calibrated against a reference elasticity-spatial-map that comprises an array (232) of different (240) elasticity values. The reference map is formed to be reflective of ultrasonic shear wave imaging of a reference medium. The reference medium is not, nor located at, the medium of interest, and may be homogeneous. Shear waves that are propagating in a medium are tracked by interrogating the medium. From tracking locations on opposite sides of an ablated-tissue border, propagation delay of a shear wave in the medium and of another shear wave are measured. The two shear waves result from respectively different pushes (128) that are separately issued. A processor decides, based on a function of the two delays, that the border crosses between the two locations. The calibrated map is dynamically updated and may include post-ablation border expansion (346) and time-annotated previous stages (344, 348).
US11109839B2 Imaging systems and methods for positioning a 3D ultrasound volume in a desired orientation
Methods and systems are provided for displaying a 3D ultrasound image volume in a desired view orientation. A 3D ultrasound image can be acquired of an anatomical feature in a patient. The actual orientation of the anatomical feature can be determined in space. The 3D ultrasound image including the anatomical feature can be displayed such that the anatomical feature is positioned in a selected orientation that is different than the actual orientation, and in relation to a lighting model for generating lighting and shadowing on the anatomical feature.
US11109835B2 Three dimensional mapping display system for diagnostic ultrasound machines
An automated 3D mapping and display system includes automated ultrasound probe position registration, calculation of the position of each pixel in the ultrasound image in reference to selected anatomical references, and storage of specified information on command. The system, during real time ultrasound scanning, enables ultrasound probe position and orientation to be continuously displayed over a body part diagram, thereby facilitating scanning and images interpretation of stored information. The system can record single or multiple ultrasound free hand frames in a video sequence or cine loop wherein multiple 2D frames of one or more video sequences corresponding to a scanned volume can be reconstructed in 3D volume images corresponding to the scanned region, using known 3D reconstruction algorithms. In later examinations, the exact location and position of the transducer can be recreated along 3D or 2D axis points enabling known targets to be viewed from an exact, known position.
US11109827B2 X-ray imaging apparatus
An X-ray imaging apparatus includes a table, an imager configured to capture a plurality of X-ray images, a rotating mechanism, a moving mechanism, and an image processor. The image processor is configured to generate a long image by performing processing of varying magnifications of the plurality of X-ray images based on an amount of relative movement of the table and the imager and splicing the plurality of X-ray images when imaging is performed at a plurality of imaging positions in a state in which an optical axis of X-rays radiated from an X-ray irradiator is inclined with respect to the table.
US11109826B2 Fluoroscopy system with movable imaging head/X-ray detector
A fluoroscope assembly having a contoured support arm with opposing first and second end portions, an adjustment element coupled to the first end portion or the second end portion, and an imaging head or an X-ray detector coupled to the adjustment element. The adjustment element is movable to adjust a position of the imaging head or the X-ray detector relative to the first and second end portions. The X-ray detector is coupled to the second end portion of the support arm. The adjustment element is configured to allow the imaging head or the X-ray detector to be moved between an aligned position, with the imaging head aligned with the X-ray detector for generating an X-ray image, and a misaligned position wherein the imaging head and the X-ray detector are misaligned and not in a suitable position to obtain an X-ray image.
US11109824B2 Multimodal system for obtaining senological images by means of X-ray and MBI techniques
The present invention relates to a multimodal system for obtaining senological images by means of X-ray and MBI techniques.Said multimodal system comprises: a supporting plane (1) for the breast, a gamma ray detector (2A) for obtaining at least a molecular image, a detection module (10) comprising inside said gamma ray detector (2A), where said gamma ray detector (2A) is arranged on a first plane, parallel to said supporting plane, as well as: at least one between an X-ray detector (4) for obtaining at least an X-ray image and a scintigraphic collimator (2B); said scintigraphic collimator (2B), when in use, being coupled with said gamma ray detector (2A) and forming with said gamma ray detector (2A) a first gamma camera (2); a compartment (3) configured for receiving one at time said X-ray detector (4) or said scintigraphic collimator (2B), where said compartment (3) is arranged between said supporting plane (1) and said gamma ray detector (2A) on a second plane, parallel to said supporting plane (1), different from said first plane.
US11109820B2 Mammography apparatus
A mammography apparatus according to the present invention includes a mounting part coupled to an elevating part so as to be moved upward or downward and having rail parts, a fastening part inserted into the rail parts and slidably coupled to the mounting part and a sensing part installed on the mounting part and configured to generate an electrical signal by being brought into contact with the fastening part so as to detect information about the fastening part, in which the sensing part includes a contact part installed at an end at an entry side of the fastening part slidably coupled to the mounting part and a recognizing part installed on an inner surface of the mounting part which faces the contact part.
US11109818B2 Mobile patient alarm display
This disclosure describes example alarm notification systems that can enable a clinician to respond to an alarm notification received via a computing device, which may have more advanced functionality than a pager. The clinician device may be a mobile device, such as a cellphone or smartphone, tablet, laptop, personal digital assistant (PDA), or the like. The clinician device may communicate with a remote server to obtain patient data generated by a patient device at the point-of-care (such as a bedside device or patient-worn monitor). This patient data may be continuous monitoring data for one or more patients. A mobile application (optionally a browser application) on the clinician device can enable the clinician to view continuous monitoring data for multiple patients, as well as view and respond to alarms and alerts, all from the clinician device, regardless of location.
US11109812B2 Electrocardiogram (ECG) signal based authentication apparatus and method
An authentication apparatus includes one or more processors configured to temporally implement a neural network, used to extract a feature value from hidden nodes, that is connected to input nodes to which an electrocardiogram (ECG) signal is input so as to share a weight set with the input nodes, and to match the ECG signal and the extracted feature value to a user for registration.
US11109811B2 Waveform estimation apparatus, waveform estimation method, and non-transitory computer-readable storage medium
An apparatus is configured to execute: a first process for estimating a first component at a first time point by using a waveform and the first component calculated from the waveform before the first time point, the waveform being based on a running trace of a vehicle, the first component being less than a first frequency; a second process for estimating the first component at the first time point by using the waveform, the first component calculated from the waveform before the first time point, and a second component at the first time point, the second component being greater than the first frequency and predicted from the second component calculated from the waveform before the first time point; and a calculation process for calculating the second component at the first time point from the waveform based on the first components estimated by the first and second process.
US11109807B2 Sensing garment and method for making same
A system for monitoring a user includes a garment configured to be placed on a foot of the user, a cover coupled to the garment, and a sensor arrangement between the garment and the cover, wherein the sensor arrangement comprises at least one temperature sensor to measure at least one temperature on the foot of the user. A method for making a system for monitoring a user includes forming a sensor arrangement including at least one sensor lead coupled to a temperature sensor, positioning at least a portion of the sensor arrangement on a garment configured to be placed on a foot of the user, and enclosing at least the portion of the sensor arrangement between the garment and a cover.
US11109795B2 Device and method for measuring and displaying bioelectrical function of the eyes and brain
Apparatus, system, and computer-readable media measure electroencephalography (EEG) signals or ERG signals generated from a device that presents a series of images on a timing cycle to a subject. The apparatus comprises a Central Processing Unit (CPU), Power Supply Unit (PSU), Random Access Memory (RAM), and a hard drive (HDD). The apparatus further includes at least one electrode and a photo-sensor like a photodiode for conversion of light into electric current. The CPU is operable with software for converting the EEG or ERG signals evoked from the visual stimuli to provide data and retrieving the status of EEG signals.
US11109792B2 Signal color morphology
The present system allows for the physician to change the relative height of the signal to allow for examination of details of the signals, while maintaining an ability to interpret signal voltage levels absolutely based on color or other secondary mechanism beyond signal height. The disclosed system and method provide for faster and more accurate analysis based upon the color of the signal. The signal height may change, such as to view, display, or examine details of the signal, while the colors of the display do not. The color scale of the signal provides an absolute scaling of the signal regardless of the displayed height.
US11109790B2 Patch including an external floating high-pass filter and an electrocardiograph (ECG) patch including the same
An electrocardiograph (ECG) patch including: a first electrode; a second electrode; a high pass filter configured to receive a bias voltage and provide the bias voltage to the first electrode and the second electrode; and a signal processing unit configured to generate the bias voltage and provide the bias voltage to the high pass filter.
US11109787B2 Multi-tip probe for obtaining bioelectrical measurements
A device for obtaining an electrical conductance reading from a patient includes a sensor head for contacting a patient's skin. The device includes a primary conductive tip positioned on the sensor head and an ancillary conductive tip positioned on the sensor head to contact a different portion of the patient's skin than the primary conductive tip. The primary conductive tip and the ancillary conductive tip are electrically isolated from each other. The primary conductive tip and the ancillary conductive tip are configured to contact a patient's skin when the sensor head is placed against the patient's skin to obtain independent measurements of electrical conductance.
US11109785B2 Five-bevel cannula for blood acquisition devices
A needle including a cannula having a multi-beveled point is disclosed. The multi-beveled point includes a primary bevel, two middle bevels, and two tip bevels. Each of the middle bevels extends between the primary bevel and one of the tip bevels. The primary bevel is provided on the cannula at a first angle of inclination and a first angle of rotation, the two middle bevels are provided on the cannula at a second angle of inclination and a second angle of rotation, and the two tip bevels are provided on the cannula at a third angle of inclination and a third angle of rotation. The third angle of inclination is greater than the second angle of inclination, the second angle of inclination is greater than the first angle of inclination, and the second angle of rotation is equal to the third angle of rotation.
US11109784B2 Metal-enzyme sandwich layers
Measurement of target analytes is carried out with an enzyme-based sensor. The enzyme hydrogel is protected by a porous layer of a metallic material. The size of the pores is small enough to prevent degradation of the enzyme layer caused by the immune system of an organism, but large enough to allow transfer of molecules that participate in the electrochemical reaction allowing the enzyme to detect the target analytes.
US11109783B2 Wireless, disposable, extended use pulse oximeter apparatus and methods
Apparatus and methods provide wireless, disposable, continuous pulse oximeter sensor technology, useful and beneficial for a number of applications including relatively extended periods of data collection, and/or packaged in compact and easy-to-use assemblies. Economic fabrication and use provides flexible methodologies that can reduce the overall costs of monitoring and collecting patient's physiological data, and provide relatively greater ease and comfort to the patient. A disposable wireless continuous pulse oximeter sensor has a reduced emitter-detector separation, a low-power frontend, and a low-cost processor that sends waveforms to a host device so that the host can calculate and display the parameters of interest. Complications created by the reduced distance between emitter and detector are minimized by using an emitter-detector assembly with an optically dark background, and a bandage for improved optical compliance.
US11109780B2 ECG-based glucose monitoring system
Disclosed herein are systems and methods for non-invasively monitoring blood glucose levels with a level of accuracy that is high enough to replace invasive methods such as finger prick devices and others. In some examples, glucose values are determined using a patient's electrocardiogram (ECG) signals. Additionally, glucose values may additionally be determined using an impedance spectroscopy based method and then combined with glucose values determined using an ECG waveform to output a blood glucose value.
US11109778B2 Walking assistance method and apparatuses
A walking assistance method may include measuring a current gait motion of a user, defining a state variable based on the current gait motion, setting a delay that is a feedback element for the state variable, and generating a torque profile based on the state variable and the delay.
US11109775B2 Shape sensing assisted medical procedure
A system and method for shape sensing assistance in a medical procedure includes a three-dimensional image (111) of a distributed pathway system (148). A shape sensing enabled elongated device (102) is included for insertion into the pathway system to measure a shape of the elongated device in the pathway system. A pathway determination module (144) is configured to compute a planned path to a target in the three-dimensional image and compute permissible movements of the elongated device at diverging pathways in the pathway system to provide feedback for deciding which of the diverging paths to take in accordance with the planned path.
US11109768B2 Tonometry based blood pressure measurements using a two-dimensional force sensor array
Representative methods, apparatus and systems are disclosed for blood pressure and other vital sign monitoring using arterial applanation tonometry, including ambulatory blood pressure and other vital sign monitoring. A representative system comprises a wearable apparatus. The various embodiments measure blood pressure and other vital sign monitoring using a plurality of pressure sensors of a pressure sensor array, with one or more of the pressure sensors 140 applanating an artery, such as a radial artery. In a first embodiment, a pressure sensor signal is utilized which has the highest cross-coherence with the signals of its nearest pressure sensor neighbors of the pressure sensor array. In a second embodiment, Kalman filtering is utilized for the pressure sensor signals from the pressure sensor array.
US11109767B2 Apparatus, systems and methods for obtaining cleaner physiological information signals
An earpiece module includes a housing configured to be attached to an ear of a person, a first audio sensor within the housing configured to detect auscultatory sounds from an ear canal of the ear and generate a physiological information signal from the auscultatory sounds, and a second audio sensor within the housing and oriented in a direction towards an outside environment of the person. The second audio sensor is configured to detect sounds external to the person including voice sounds and footstep sounds, and to generate an environmental information signal from the external sounds. A processor is configured to receive the physiological information signal and the environmental information signal, process the external sounds in the physiological information signal and the environmental information signal to reduce the voice sounds and the footstep sounds from the physiological information signal and generate a cleaner physiological information signal.
US11109765B2 Wearable thermometer patch comprising a temperature sensor array
A wearable thermometer patch for monitoring healing of a wound on a user's skin includes a circuit substrate comprising an electric circuit and a plurality of temperature probe units distributed in a two-dimensional array. Each of the plurality of temperature probe units can include a temperature sensor in electric connection with the electric circuit in the circuit substrate. The plurality of temperature probe units can measure temperature values on a user's skin at different positions defined by the two-dimensional array.
US11109763B2 Photoacoustic catheter and imaging system using same
A photoacoustic catheter includes an elongated catheter body and a housing positioned near a distal end of the elongated catheter body. A length of multimode fiber extends through the elongated catheter body and has a distal end that is beveled at about 45° relative to a longitudinal axis of the multimode fiber and is positioned in the housing. An ultrasonic transducer, electrically connected to an electrical wire extending along the elongated catheter body, is positioned within the housing. A mirror element is also positioned within the housing and includes a mirror surface beveled at about 45° relative to the longitudinal axis of the multimode fiber. The catheter is operable to deliver an optical wave through the multimode fiber and to deliver an ultrasonic wave collinearly from the housing and out of an aperture of the housing to obtain optical data and ultrasonic data within a mammalian luminal organ.
US11109761B2 High signal-to-noise ratio light spectroscopy of tissue
A diagnostic system includes a light source having semiconductor sources, optical amplifiers, and fibers configured to deliver a first optical beam to a nonlinear element configured to broaden a spectrum of the first optical beam to at least 10 nanometers through a nonlinear effect in the nonlinear element, wherein a broadened-spectrum output beam comprises a near-infrared wavelength between 600-1000 nanometers. An interface device, having a cap with fiber leads configured to couple to the light source and to a receiver having one or more detectors, delivers the output optical beam to a tissue sample. The receiver is configured to receive a diffuse spectroscopy output beam resulting from light diffusion of the output optical beam into a top two (2) millimeters of the sample and to process the diffuse spectroscopy output beam to generate an output signal that monitors absorption or scattering features of the tissue sample.
US11109754B2 Ophthalmic measurement device
Provided is an ophthalmic measurement device with which it is possible to obtain an area in which a measurement can be taken without moving an optical system. With reference to an optical path length of an illumination optical system with which light is focused on the eyeground when the refraction value is 0 D, the positions of two light sources are set to achieve a setting in which the optical path length becomes slightly shorter. By doing so, it is possible to cope with measurement of refractive properties in a large area without employing structures that allow a lens system of the illumination optical system and the light sources thereof to be moved. In addition, by selecting one of the two light sources so that a clearer Hartmann image can be obtained, it is possible to further increase the precision of the refractive properties to be measured.
US11109753B2 Tissue retractor and method of use
Methods and devices for retracting tissue in a surgical procedure to allow access to the surgical site. Retractor systems and methods that comprise a retractor frame comprising rotatable arms and a linearly translatable arm, the rotatable arms and the linearly translatable arm each coupled to blades that can angulate.
US11109752B2 Dental caries diagnosis device
A dental caries diagnosis device comprising a light source which is configured to emit examination light (R) and a light receiving unit (4f) which is configured to receive the examination light (R) with which a tooth has been irradiated includes: a head-side casing (4a1) which is inserted into a mouth in a contactless manner with respect to a tooth or a gum and which projects the examination light (R) toward a tooth; and a filter (4e) which is disposed in front of the light receiving unit (4f) and which is configured to remove a noise component from the received light, wherein the light receiving unit (4f) is configured to receive the examination light (R) which has been transmitted through the tooth.
US11109749B2 Endoscope
An endoscope includes an insertion portion that includes a distal end portion and a bending portion configured to change a direction of the distal end portion. The distal end portion includes a casing having a round shape in a cross-section, and an image pickup module that includes an optical module section including a plurality of optical members and an image pickup section, the image pickup module having a rectangular shape in a cross-section, and the image pickup section includes an image pickup device and a semiconductor stack in which a plurality of semiconductor devices is stacked, and entirety of the image pickup module is completely housed inside the casing.
US11109742B2 Magnetic coupling
A magnetic coupling is provided having two rings that are arranged concentrically in relation to one another, which are each mounted to be rotatable in relation to one another. An arrangement of at least three magnetic dipoles is respectively arranged on both rings, the magnetic dipoles facilitating magnetic coupling of the rings and a transmission of torque from a driving ring to a driven ring of the two rings. The magnetic dipoles of the arrangements at the driven ring and/or at the driving ring is/are aligned such that two like magnetic poles, which adjoin one another on the respective other ring, are always followed by an unlike magnetic pole, and the magnetic poles adjoining one another at the respective other ring are arranged in a manner corresponding to one another such that the two rings are magnetically coupled in an equilibrium position.
US11109740B2 Apparatus and method for four dimensional soft tissue navigation in endoscopic applications
A surgical instrument navigation system is provided that visually simulates a virtual volumetric scene of a body cavity of a patient from a point of view of a surgical instrument residing in the cavity of the patient. The surgical instrument navigation system includes: a surgical instrument; an imaging device which is operable to capture scan data representative of an internal region of interest within a given patient; a tracking subsystem that employs electro-magnetic sensing to capture in real-time position data indicative of the position of the surgical instrument; a data processor which is operable to render a volumetric, perspective image of the internal region of interest from a point of view of the surgical instrument; and a display which is operable to display the volumetric perspective image of the patient.
US11109738B2 Dishwasher having a terminal box
A dishwasher having a tub at least partially defining a treating chamber, a chassis supporting the tub and defining a space below the tub, a terminal box located within the space and having at least one enclosure wall defining an interior, and a wire connection box located within the interior wherein the wire connection box includes a housing and multiple terminals inset within the housing and wherein the wire connection box is configured to receive an electrical connection for the dishwasher coupled to an electrical mains power line.
US11109730B2 Autonomous cleaning robot
The present application provides an autonomous cleaning robot. The autonomous cleaning robot may include a main body and a cleaning assembly mounted on the main body. The cleaning assembly may include a first cleaning subassembly. The first cleaning subassembly is removable mounted on the main body. The first cleaning subassembly can be loaded into or unloaded from the main body in a forward and backward direction. The first cleaning subassembly of the autonomous cleaning robot is easy to be assembled.
US11109727B2 Cleaning rollers for cleaning robots
A cleaning roller mountable to a cleaning robot is featured. The cleaning roller includes an elongate member extending along a longitudinal axis of the cleaning roller, and a vane extending outward from the elongate member. The vane includes a first vane portion attached to the elongate member, and a second vane portion attached to the first vane portion. The first vane portion extends from the elongate member at a location intersecting a radial axis of the cleaning roller. The first vane portion extends along a first axis angled relative to the radial axis and away from the radial axis in a tangential direction. The second vane portion extends along a second axis angled relative to the first axis. A first angle between the first axis and the radial axis is greater than a second angle between the second axis and the radial axis.
US11109723B2 Toilet brush assembly
A toilet brush assembly is disclosed. The toilet brush assembly includes a hollow shaft body having an upper end and a bottom end, the bottom end includes a partially perforated surface, the hollow shaft body is adapted to accept a solid cleaning agent through the upper end of the hollow shaft body; and a plurality of bristles, the plurality of bristles is attached to the bottom end of the hollow shaft body.
US11109722B2 Dispenser for rolled sheet materials
A dispenser having a feed roller that at least partially engages sheet material to facilitate dispensing thereof, and a cutting mechanism disposed within a chamber defined by a body of the feed roller. The cutting mechanism including a cutting blade and at least one movable support connected thereto. The at least one support further is operatively connected to the body of the feed roller and is actuated with rotation thereof to move the cutting blade into and out from one or more openings defined along the body of the feed roller to at least partially cut or perforate a selected portion of the sheet material as the sheet material is dispensed.
US11109719B2 Outdoor shower device
An outdoor shower device includes a hollow water container, a gas bag disposed in the water container, and an inflating device configured to inflate the gas bag. The water container has a mouth, a water outlet pipe communicating with an inside of the water container, and a cover for tightly closing the mouth. An inside of the gas bag is in communication with the inflating device through a gas pip. When in use, the user pours water through the opening into the water container and inflates the gas bag by using the inflating device. As the gas bag is continuously inflated with gas, the water in the water container is discharged from the water outlet pipe for taking a comfortable shower.
US11109717B2 Folding cutting board
Provided is a cutting board including a first board section, a second board section, and a hinge assembly pivotally coupling the first and second board sections together. The first board section has a first top surface, a first bottom surface, a first inner surface, a first outer surface, a first front surface, and a first rear surface and the second board section has a second top surface, a second bottom surface, a second inner surface, a second outer surface, a second front surface, and a second rear surface. The hinge assembly pivotally and removably couples the first and second board sections together such that the first and second inner surfaces face one another in an unfolded position and the first and second bottom surfaces face one another in a folded position.
US11109715B2 Food processor
A manual food processor includes a container with a removeable lid. The container includes a plurality of container undulations spaced along an upper portion of the container to form a seat. The lid is removably attachable to the container to enclose the interior space, and includes a food processing tool carried on a drive shaft. The lid further has a plurality of lid undulations which are complementary to and engageable with the plurality of container undulations, preventing the lid from rotating with respect to the container, and allowing removal of the lid without rotation of the lid.
US11109711B2 BBQ grill scraper
A barbeque grill scraper and related methods of use that utilize a scraping end formed of a heat-responsive material to remove char and other debris from the grilling surface. The grill scraper includes a conformable scraping edge formed of the heat-responsive material. As the conformable scraping edge is drawn back and forth along the heated grilling surface, a combination of pressure applied by a user as well as the heat of the grill surface results in the formation of individual grooves along the conformable scraping edge, wherein each groove is formed to match an upper profile of the grilling surface. Over time, the grooves fully conform to the upper profile of the grilling surface such that an entire cooking surface can be scraped clean of char and debris.
US11109706B2 Cooking and/or mixing device
A motorized induction cooking device has a housing including a top surface for supporting a variety of vessels used for chopping, blending, mixing, or heating beverages and food. The top surface has an opening A non-magnetic rotational spindle is rotationally mounted on the housing and below the opening and coupled to a motor. An induction coil is located within the housing and adjacent the top surface. The induction coil includes a winding surrounding the opening and has a central aperture through which the spindle is accessible.
US11109702B2 Clear hanger
A completely clear hanger that has a thickness that is between about 0.19 and 0.40 inches. By being completely clear, the hanger is adaptable for use with any décor and takes a minimal amount of space in a closet or other storage area.
US11109699B2 Convertible beverage container and drinking apparatus
A convertible beverage container includes a first pod portion, a second pod portion, and at least one seal. The first and second pod portions are configured to alternately form (a) a pod configuration in which a base element at a base end of the first pod portion is fixably attached to an open orifice at a drinking end of the second pod portion with the at least one seal disposed between the first and second pod portions to form a seal therebetween and (b) a stemware configuration in which an attachment element at an attachment end of the first pod portion is fixably attached to an attachment region of the second pod portion to form a stemware drinking vessel having a foot, a stem, and a bowl in which the first pod portion forms the foot and stem of the stemware drinking vessel and the second pod portion forms the bowl of the stemware drinking vessel.
US11109697B2 System and method for face cradle cover
System and method for adjustable, seamless face cradle cover providing a barrier between a patient from any unprotected and potentially unsanitary areas of the face cradle while allowing the patient to breathe freely and prevent creases forming on the patient's face.
US11109696B2 Floral display systems
A floral display device is disclosed herein. The device is intended to help keep cut flowers in a suspended state similar to their appearance when fresh cut. The device may include a display enclosure including a transparent shell having an interior portion adapted to contain the flowers and the liquid preservative, and an opening within the transparent shell to enable passage of the flowers and the liquid preservative therethrough, a liquid-tight closure configured to close the opening, a holding clip configured to removably hold the flowers within the interior portion. A base may be removably coupled to the transparent shell, the base may include an illuminator configured to illuminate the flowers within the interior portion, and a power supply configured to power the illuminator.
US11109695B1 Picture framing hardware component
A one piece inexpensive essentially universal compressive loading type hardware component that is quickly installed/uninstalled particularly designed for clamping a variety of common objects, e.g.; photos, canvas paintings, books, etc. directly onto the back of a common mat board comprising an appropriately sized aperture to provide a popular sized border within many common popular back-loading off-the-shelf picture frame assemblies with or without glaze. In particular, installing at least two said hardware components is required for complete installation eliminating need for other type fasteners to complete the assembly. More particular, adjusting art object location is easily performed by sliding said art object laterally under load of said hardware component due to the effective distribution of compressive loads to secure said assembly while mitigating risk of damage to said art object, mat and frame as well as employing a particular manufacturing process to mitigate risk of fatigue.
US11109688B2 Regimen mattress
The present invention relates to a regimen mattress. The regimen mattress includes a layer. The layer includes at least a cavity having an opening. At least a function foam block or a replaceable foam block is disposed in the cavity through the opening.
US11109686B2 Method of making a continuous string of pocketed springs
A pocketed spring assembly comprises parallel strings, each string joined to at least one adjacent string. At least some of the strings have springs of different gauge wire and some of the pockets of the strings having springs of different gauge wire are spliced together. At least some of the strings have springs of different geometries and some of the pockets of the strings having springs of different geometries are spliced together. At least some strings may have end sections with springs different than a middle section therebetween, the springs of the end sections being firmer than the springs of the middle section.
US11109683B2 Body support assembly and method for the use and assembly thereof
A body support assembly includes a seat assembly and backrest assembly supported by tilt control assembly. Methods of using and assembling the body support assembly are provided.
US11109682B2 Folding chair, folding recliner and folding chair frame thereof
A folding chair frame, a folding recliner and a folding chair frame are provided. A foot tube assembly includes a front foot tube and a rear foot tube hingedly connected at a top, the rear foot tube is provided with a first connector, the front foot tube is provided with a seat tube, which has one end hinged to the front foot tube and another end hinged to the first slider, and the first slider is hinged to a backrest tube; two sets of the foot tube assemblies are oppositely provided, each rear foot tube is respectively provided with a second connector connected to a connecting tube having one end hinged thereto and another end hinged to one front foot tube, the front end of each seat tube is respectively provided with a front cross tube having one end hinged thereto and another end hinged to a bottom end of the foot tube of the other set of the foot tube assembly opposite to the foot tube assembly in which the seat tube is located. In this assembly, the front foot tubes and the rear foot tubes are unfolded by gravity and secured by the first sliders and the second sliders on the rear foot tubes, to solve the more complicated problem of manual operation on the supporting structure to achieve the folding in the conventional technology.
US11109680B1 Shelving device
A shelving device is provided, including: a carrier, including two sides which are opposite to each other and two first assembling mechanisms disposed on the two sides; at least one support mechanism, each of the at least one support mechanism being detachably assembled with one of the two first assembling mechanisms, including a support leg extending laterally to a periphery of the carrier and being configured to be abutted on an installation environment; and a blocking member, adjustably disposed on at least one of the two sides, configured to be positionally abutted on the installation environment.
US11109679B2 Shelving assembly and hardware
A shelving assembly includes a shelf bracket having a base and sidewalls extending upwardly from the base, wherein a cavity is defined between the base and the sidewalls. The sidewalls collectively form an upper edge, and the base includes at least one aperture. The shelving assembly further includes a fastener having a head and a shank extending therefrom with a distal end, and an anchor including a channel sized to receive the fastener, where the anchor is arranged to be received in the shelf bracket with the channel aligned with the at least one aperture. The anchor is capable of retaining the fastener in a preinstallation position with respect to the shelf bracket wherein the head is below the base and the distal end of the shank is disposed within the cavity beneath the upper edge.
US11109678B2 Collapsible hanging shelf
A collapsible hanging shelf may include a plurality of shelf members and a hanging member. A shelf member includes more than one parallel placed connecting units and a shelf. A connecting unit include one pair of crossing bars and a control bar that connecting a shelf and one of the pair bar. A shelf member connected with at least two connecting units at the points of one end of the control bar and the cross point of crossing bars. Each shelf is placed with other shelf in a vertically parallel manner. Once the hanging shelf is hung on the door, it can be pulled down by gravity and stopped at a fully extended position without applying any external forces. When it is taken off from the door and put it on the ground, the shelf can be quickly collapsed into a space saving position under the control of gravity.
US11109674B1 Side plate fixture of rack for building block containers
A side plate fixture includes a plurality of sides plates and a plurality of screw members. Each of the sides plates has a plate body which has a first end provided with a projection and a second end provided with a recess. The projection is provided with a slot and a plurality of through holes. The recess is provided with an insertion piece and a plurality of screw holes. The sides plates are arranged linearly. When two adjacent sides plates are assembled, the projection is inserted into the recess, the insertion piece is inserted into the slot, and the through holes correspond to the screw holes. The screw members extend through the through holes and are screwed into the screw holes, to connect and secure any two adjacent sides plates.
US11109663B2 Backpack system with interchangeable elements
A backpack apparatus is disclosed. The backpack apparatus includes a backpack harness, an external frame, and a backpack. The backpack harness includes a vertical support element, shoulder straps, and a hip belt. The shoulder straps and hip belt couple to the vertical support element. The backpack harness includes a first portion of a coupling mechanism. The external frame includes a second portion of the coupling mechanism. The external frame releasably couples to the backpack harness by coupling the first portion to the second portion. The backpack releasably couples to the backpack harness by coupling a first portion of the coupling mechanism on the backpack harness to a second portion of the coupling mechanism on the backpack. The backpack releasably couples to the external frame.
US11109662B2 Backpack
A backpack includes a support portion adapted to be supported on shoulders of a wearer and a bag portion having at least one compartment for storing one or more articles. The bag portion is pivotally coupled to the support portion and adapted to pivot between a first position and a second position relative to the support portion. In the first position, the bag portion is disposed along the support portion and abuts the support portion and, in the second position, the bag portion is disposed substantially perpendicular to the support portion and provides a seat for facilitating a seating of a child.
US11109660B2 Cosmetic tool
Provided is a cosmetic tool, including: an external shape part having a core-type cosmetic product accommodated therein, having an exit arranged on one side thereof, and having at least one through-hole; a cover part arranged to be adjacent to the exit, and having an openable or closable structure; a button part arranged on the other side of the external shape part, and having a stopper exposed to the outside through the through-hole; a pressurizing part located inside the external shape part, and arranged to be movable to the exit by pressurizing the button part; an opening and closing part for opening the cover part by pressurizing the button part; a piston part for pushing out the cosmetic product; and a push part having, on one side thereof, a plurality of leg parts that are widened, and pushing the piston part to the exit while the leg parts are widened when moving to the exit by the pressurizing part.
US11109651B2 Technician's cord positioner
Positioning a cord of a corded instrument is accomplished by securing a wearable cord positioner around a wrist or arm of a technician, and then attaching a cord positioner attachment to the cord positioner for cords that are larger or smaller than the cord positioner is designed to accommodate. Multiple cord positioner attachments may be used with the same cord positioner, and the cord positioner attachments may be left attached to a cord permanently. Once a technician is done performing a task, the cord positioner attachment can simply be slipped off of the cord positioner attached to the technician and left with the cord so that it is never misplaced.
US11109648B1 Buckle
A buckle includes a tab having a first side opposed to a second side and a receiver having a first side opposed to a second side. A first pair of pawls is pivotally connected to the first side of the tab. A cavity is defined in the receiver between the first and second sides of the receiver and configured to receive the first and second sides of the tab. The first pair of pawls has a locked position in which the first pair of pawls is engaged with the receiver to prevent movement of the tab with respect to the receiver and a released position in which the first pair of pawls permits movement of the tab with respect to the receiver. A first button on the first side of the receiver has a released position that moves the first pair of pawls to the released position.
US11109646B2 Buckle, in particular belt buckle
A buckle with a first buckle part and at least one second buckle part. The first buckle part has a first buckle main body and a receptacle which is hook-shaped, seen in at least one section, and formed rigidly on the first buckle main body. The second buckle part has a second buckle main body with an inherently rigid hook-in part for hooking into the receptacle of the first buckle part, and the first buckle part additionally has at least one bolt. The hook-in part has a central web and two side parts protruding on mutually opposite sides from the central web, and each of the side parts is delimited by a respective front edge, and the front edges of the side parts are oriented extending obliquely away from each other at least regionally from a direction of the central web, preferably running at least regionally in a V-shape relative to each other.
US11109641B2 Article of footwear having a skin layer between a knitted component and a sole structure
An article of footwear may have a knitted component with an overfoot portion and an underfoot portion. At least one sole structure may be secured to the underfoot portion of the knitted component. A first surface of the underfoot portion, facing away from the at least one sole structure, may be formed as a first knit layer of the knitted component. A second layer of the knitted component, located between the first knit layer and the sole structure, may include a first thermoplastic material having a first melting temperature. A third layer, located between the second layer and the sole structure, may include a second thermoplastic material having a second melting temperature, where the second thermoplastic material is different than the first thermoplastic material. A transition region may be located between the second layer and the third layer.
US11109640B2 Shoe outsole made using composite sheet material
Provided are, among other things, systems, methods and techniques for making a shoe outsole and to shoe outsoles made using such techniques. In one such technique, a sheet of composite material is produced by extruding a base material together with a sheet of fabric material. The sheet of composite material is then cut into an outsole component, and a shoe outsole is fabricated using the outsole component.
US11109638B2 Orthotic and a method of making an orthotic
A method of making an orthotic is disclosed. The method includes the steps of taking measurements relating to a foot and then creating a digital representation of an orthotic on a display device based on said measurements. This digital representation of the orthotic having a heel portion for supporting a heel of a person and a distal portion located in front of the heel portion which can be divided into first and second distal portions. The thickness of the digital representation of the first and second distal portions is then varied such that one of the distal portions is thicker than the other. Finally, an additive manufacturing technique, using a substantially uniform material or materials, is used to create a physical version of the digital representation of the orthotic.
US11109637B2 Cushioning arrangement for temperature control of a sole structure
A sole structure for an article of footwear includes a chamber having a first barrier element, a second barrier element, and a tensile member. The tensile member is disposed within an interior void defined by the first barrier element and the second barrier element. The sole structure further includes a phase change material disposed within the interior void and operable between a first state in a first temperature range and a second state in a second temperature range. The first temperature range is from 30° C. to 35° C. and the second temperature range is from 35° C. to 42° C. The sole structure further includes an insulating member disposed between the chamber and a ground contacting surface.
US11109636B2 Customizable shoe
A shoe system includes a sole and a shoe upper connected with the sole. A gap is disposed between a first upper portion and a second upper portion. The shoe system also includes a first permanent connector permanently connected to the first upper portion; a second permanent connector permanently connected to the second upper portion, and a removable and printable connector strap connectable with the shoe upper. First and second releasable connector portions of the removable and printable connector strap are releasably connectable with the first and second permanent connectors, respectively.
US11109634B2 Intelligent electronic footwear and control logic for executing automated footwear features
Presented are intelligent electronic footwear with controller automated features, methods for making/using such footwear, and control systems for executing automated features of intelligent electronic footwear. An intelligent electronic shoe (IES) includes an upper that attaches to a user's foot, and a sole structure that is attached to the upper and supports thereon the user's foot. An alert system, which is mounted to the sole structure and/or upper, generates predetermined outputs in response to electronic command signals. The IES system also includes a wireless communications device that wirelessly communicates with a remote computing node, and a footwear controller that communicates with the wireless communications device and alert system. The footwear controller receives location data indicative of the user's and remote computing node's locations, determines whether the user's location is within a predetermined location/proximity to the node's location and, if so, transmits command signals to the alert system to notify the user/vehicle.
US11109633B2 Helmet
The present invention relates to a helmet comprising a shell; and a force redirection member disposed between the shell and a head when the helmet is worn, the member configured to redirect a force impacting on the shell to a direction different from the original direction of the impact on the shell. The present invention also relates to a method to decrease the risk of injury to a person wearing a helmet, caused by rotational forces when the helmet is impacted by a force characterized by a specific direction having a first vector, the method comprising redirecting the force into a different direction having a second vector, wherein the direction of the second vector is selected to reduce the risk of a specified injury associated with acceleration of the head in the direction of the first vector.
US11109628B2 Headband with impact protection
A protective clothing device having an article of clothing having an inner layer and/or an outer layer is disclosed. The protective clothing device may have thin force absorbing members coupled to the inner layer or outer layer of the article of clothing. The force absorbing members can have overlapping or interlaced portions for enhanced protection even when the protective clothing device expands. In one embodiment, the protective clothing device may be a protective hat. In another embodiment, the protective clothing device may be a headband.
US11109627B2 System and method of pattern-making for mass customized production of apparels
The present invention relates to system and method of pattern-making for mass customized production of apparels. More particularly, the invention relates to height and size customizations which enable customers to get garments fitted to their body measurements. Further, the invention relates to style customization that enables customers to fashion the garment to their style preferences. The system [100] of pattern-making for mass customized production of apparels comprises a computing module [101], an internet [102], user device [106], a design database [103] comprising a product pattern repository [103a] and an order pattern repository [103b], one or more servers [104], a processor [105], a customization input module [107], a user style recommendation module [108] and a comparison module [109]. Advantageously, the present invention achieves unit manufacturing of customized individual consumer orders obtained from an online store, a physical store or through other channels.
US11109625B1 Face mask and shield combination
A wearable face covering may include a mask including a filter and a cap, wherein the cap is configured to prevent any gas passing through the filter in a first direction from exiting the mask in the first direction; and a face shield including a partially-transparent screen, wherein the face shield is pivotally coupled to the mask.
US11109624B2 Sanitary finger covers and dispenser
A dispenser of sanitary finger covers which are sanitized individually at the time of use. The system uses either a battery operated ultraviolet LED or spray disinfectant to automatically or manually sanitize the finger covers. The sanitary finger covers can be rapidly applied without contamination using a single finger. Removal and disposal are similarly rapid and easy. The finger covers are inexpensive and may be made from a variety of readily available and biodegradable materials. The dispenser is lightweight and portable. It can be carried by the user or attached to their uniform. The dispenser can be easily replenished with finger covers once empty, using a provided cartridge prefilled with finger covers.
US11109622B1 System and method for metered dosing vaporizer
Provided is a system and method for a dosing vaporizer. More specifically, an embodiment of the system includes a housing with a first end opposite from a second end. A mouthpiece disposed proximate to the first end, the mouthpiece structured and arranged to rotate about the first end. An attacher disposed proximate to the second end, the attacher structured and arranged for removable attachment to a power source. A reservoir of liquid concentrate is disposed within the housing. A vaporizer disposed proximate to the attacher and thermally isolated from the reservoir. A vapor conduit passes generally from the vaporizer through the housing to the mouthpiece. A metered rotation driven dispenser, coupled to the mouthpiece, applies a predetermined force upon the reservoir to dispense from the reservoir into the vaporizer a predetermined amount of liquid concentrate.
US11109615B2 Vitamin A composition
The present invention relates to a composition comprising triglycerides, surfactant, self-assembled structures and vitamin A or provitamin A. Further aspects of the invention are a food product, the use of a composition comprising triglycerides, surfactant and self-assembled structures to stabilize vitamin A or provitamin A and a process for preparing a stabilized vitamin A or provitamin A composition.
US11109612B2 Instant hot water drinks
A product having an internal substance protected by a rugged exterior shell is disclosed. The internal substance is reactive with the exterior shell but is separated therefrom by a coating on an interior surface of the external shell so that the product can be stored for a long period of time without the internal substance reacting with the exterior shell. The coating is meltable so that, when desired, the product may be heated (e.g. immersed in hot water or exposed to heat) in order to melt the coating so that the internal substance can react with the external shell so that the internal substance can excrete out of the exterior shell.
US11109610B2 Rapidly cooling food and drinks
Systems and methods have demonstrated the capability of rapidly cooling the contents of pods containing the ingredients for food and drinks.
US11109606B2 Vegan cheese analogue
The invention pertains to a cheese analogue, comprising water, a root or tuber starch, native potato protein and a fat component. The cheese analogue of the invention has an improved stretch and body, and less off-taste, than known imitation cheese types. The invention further pertains to a method of making said cheese analogue, as well as to food products comprising the cheese analogue.
US11109602B2 Nano-cellulose coatings to prevent damage in foodstuffs
Disclosed herein are embodiments of a composition for use in forming films or coatings that prevent damage in foodstuffs, including plants, fruits, and vegetables. The disclosed compositions comprise a cellulose nanomaterial and can further comprise a nanoscale mineral compound and one or more additional components. Also disclosed are films or coatings made using the disclosed compositions, as well as methods for making the disclosed compositions and methods for using the disclosed compositions.
US11109601B2 Method and apparatus for cold smoking meat or seafood
An apparatus is provided for curing and more specifically for cold smoking meat or seafood with a blend of filtered smoke from an organic smoking material such as softwoods such as pine or tropical palms such as coconut wood or such as mixed wood sawdust from a sawmill, that are not traditionally used for smoking seafood or meat due to the harsh flavor imparted by their smoke, and unfiltered smoke from a second organic smoking material such as hardwood smoke, or other pleasant flavor-imparting smoke. The blending of filtered smoke from a first organic smoking material such as coniferous softwood, tropical palm wood or mixed sawdust from a sawmill with unfiltered pleasant flavor-imparting smoke from the second organic smoking material reduces the cost of the smoking and curing process and allows versatility in application in terms of preservative properties and flavor imparted to the cured meat or seafood.
US11109600B2 System and method for a pellet-fired smoker
This invention relates in general to a pellet-fired smoker which includes a housing having a smoke chamber defined within it. A hopper holding pellet fuel supplies pellets through one or more augers to one or more fire pots configured to enhance smoking a food product by increasing the smoke flowing to a food product at various cooking temperatures.
US11109594B2 Storage stable azadirachtin formulations and methods of making and using the same
Formulations comprising compounds obtainable from a neem extract and/or biomass and at least one water-soluble organosilicone surfactant, and methods of making and using such formulations are provided.
US11109593B2 Isoxazolin-5-one derivative and herbicide containing same as active ingredient
An isoxazolin-5-one derivative represented by the following (1): wherein R1 represents a C1-C6 haloalkyl group, and R2 to R4 and X each represents a certain substituent or the like; and n represents an integer of 1 to 4, wherein X's may be different from each other when n represents an integer of 2 to 4, and an herbicide containing the isoxazolin-5-one derivative as an active ingredient are provided.
US11109592B2 Selective weed control methods
4-Amino-3-chloro-6-(4-chloro-2-fluoro-3-methoxyphenyl)pyridine-2-carboxylic acid and agriculturally acceptable esters or salts thereof are used in methods for selective post-emergent control of undesirable vegetation in the presence of sunflowers, sorghum, yellow mustard, spring Juncea canola, spring kale, spring turnip, spring rutabaga, spring Winfred forage brassica, or sugar beet.
US11109591B2 Single phase liquids of alkanolamine salts of dicamba
The invention is a herbicidal composition containing an alkanolamine salt of an dicamba capable of remaining as a single phase liquid over a period of at least 1 week and containing low amounts of water and high loadings of the salt. Such herbicidal compositions are capable of remaining liquid in the absence of high amounts of water, thereby enhancing their capacity to remain liquid over an extended period of time when exposed to environmental conditions to improve their effectiveness to transport the active salt through a leafy substrate and can reduce transportation costs by increasing the salt loading without compromising the stability of the composition.
US11109589B2 Process for preparing a homogeneous solution of a polymer and melanin
The present invention discloses a process for preparing a homogeneous solution of a polymer and melanin. The present invention further discloses a process for preparation of fibers and films from said homogeneous solution.
US11109583B2 Insect trapping light
There is disclosed an insect trapping light which includes a visible light housing defining a visible light chamber and an insect trapping housing defining a separate UV light chamber. The visible light housing includes a floor having a matrix white light LEDs on one side while the insect trapping housing includes a plurality of UV LEDs mounted on the floor other side. The visible light housing also includes a rectangular frame, a translucent light diffuser plate and a translucent logo plate. The diffuser plate is mounted to the frame such that there are no gaps that enable an insect to enter the visible light housing. The insect trapping housing includes a mounting plate and an adhesive board with removable adhesive strips.
US11109581B2 Container for vertically storing crankbait fishing lure
A durable and waterproof crankbait storage container having a number of individual internal storage compartments within a main storage compartment. The walls of the individual internal storage compartments are slidably removable from the main storage compartment and each of the individual storage compartments can store a single crankbait fishing product in a vertical position.
US11109576B2 Livestock management
A method of managing livestock includes selecting an area of interest (AOI) from among a plurality of AOIs as a target AOI, defining a route along which livestock is to be guided to the target AOI, guiding the livestock to the target AOI via the defined route using an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV), identifying a stress condition of the livestock using the UAV, and reducing the stress condition of the livestock using the UAV. Identifying the stress condition includes identifying an animal not belonging to the livestock causing stress in at least one animal belonging to the livestock. Reducing the stress condition includes diverting the identified animal not belonging to the livestock away from the livestock by adjusting the distance of the UAV relative to the identified animal.
US11109574B2 Platform bird feeder with an adjustable wobbling baffle
A platform bird feeder including a base platform with a seed tray, a baffle and a center pole having a bottom end connected the tray, the baffle being tiltably and adjustably mounted to the pole above the base. Preferably, the seed tray has a seed protecting grate to hinder squirrels from accessing the seed in the tray. The height of the baffle above the seed tray may be adjusted up and down to allow the user to increase and decrease the seed access space, respectively, between the baffle and the tray. When the baffle is at a desired height, it is secured in place by an adjustable securing mechanism that, while holding the baffle at the desired height, allows the baffle to tilt or wobble when sufficient weight is placed on one side of the baffle.
US11109572B2 Object release enclosures and methods of making and using the same
Object release enclosures are disclosed. Methods of making and using object release enclosures are also disclosed.
US11109566B2 System for the controlled distribution of food for feeding animals
A system for the controlled distribution of food for feeding animals, which includes a plurality of concentric circular sections with feeders for animals, a self-propelled central pivot machine arranged in a center of concentric circular sections, the self-propelled machine having a pivot base and a main head; a first pivoting span connected to the pivot base and at the proximal end of which the main head is arranged, while at the distal end a food discharge head is arranged; a main pipe that moves food to the main head and from the latter to the food discharge head and to the respective feeders arranged in the circular concentric sections.
US11109565B2 Hay bale cradle
This manger style hay bale handling apparatus comprises a manger shell structure positioned within a structural frame and pivotably mounted to the structural frame and moveable between a first bale retaining position and a second bale retaining position; and wherein the manger shell structure comprises a plurality of curved shaped ribs being spaced apart to form a cradle framework providing longitudinal support for a horizontally positioned round hay bale. Rotatable locking mechanisms rotate the manger shell structure between positions.
US11109561B2 Tomato variety NUN 09261 TOF
A hybrid tomato variety NUN 09261 TOF as well as seeds and plants and fruits thereof are disclosed. NUN 09261 TOF is a large, round intense tomato variety for the fresh market, comprising resistance to Verticillium dahliae, Fusarium oxysporum f.sp. lycopersici (Fol) Race 0 and Race 1, Fusarium oxysporum f.sp. Radicis lycopersici (Forl), and Tomato Mosaic Virus (ToMV) Strains 0, 1, and 2.
US11109559B2 Cotton variety ST 5818GLT
The disclosure provides a new cotton variety ST 5818GLT. The disclosure relates to seeds, plants, plant cells, plant tissue, harvested products and cotton lint as well as to hybrid cotton plants and seeds obtained by repeatedly crossing plants of variety ST 5818GLT with other plants. The disclosure also relates to plants of variety ST 5818GLT reproduced by vegetative methods, including but not limited to tissue culture of regenerable cells or tissue from cotton variety ST 5818GLT.
US11109558B1 Soybean cultivar 91220032
A soybean cultivar designated 91220032 is disclosed. The invention relates to the seeds of soybean cultivar 91220032, to the plants of soybean cultivar 91220032, to the plant parts of soybean cultivar 91220032, and to methods for producing progeny of soybean cultivar 91220032. 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 91220032. The invention also relates to methods for producing other soybean cultivars, lines, or plant parts derived from soybean cultivar 91220032, 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 91220032 with another soybean cultivar.
US11109556B2 Soybean cultivar 2478752
A soybean cultivar designated 2478752 is disclosed. Embodiments include the seeds of soybean 2478752, the plants of soybean 2478752, to plant parts of soybean 2478752, and methods for producing a soybean plant produced by crossing soybean 2478752 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 2478752, methods for producing other soybean cultivars, lines or plant parts derived from soybean 2478752, 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 2478752 with another soybean cultivar.
US11109555B2 Soybean cultivar 132421850112
A soybean cultivar designated 132421850112 is disclosed. Embodiments include the seeds of soybean 132421850112, the plants of soybean 132421850112, to plant parts of soybean 132421850112, and methods for producing a soybean plant produced by crossing soybean 132421850112 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 132421850112, methods for producing other soybean cultivars, lines or plant parts derived from soybean 132421850112, 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 132421850112 with another soybean cultivar.
US11109554B2 Soybean cultivar 83211737
A soybean cultivar designated 83211737 is disclosed. The invention relates to the seeds of soybean cultivar 83211737, to the plants of soybean cultivar 83211737, to the plant parts of soybean cultivar 83211737, and to methods for producing progeny of soybean cultivar 83211737. 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 83211737. The invention also relates to methods for producing other soybean cultivars, lines, or plant parts derived from soybean cultivar 83211737, 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 83211737 with another soybean cultivar.
US11109548B2 Application of high flavonoid elite germplasm ‘CSR6R6-777’ in breeding for functional apple
The present invention discloses an application of high-flavonoid elite germplasm CSR6R6-777 in apple breeding. The present invention seeks to protect use of an apple (Malus domestica) CSR6R6-777 in apple breeding. The deposition number of the apple (Malus domestica) CSR6R6-777 is CGMCC NO. 12468. The purpose of the breeding is to obtain an apple germplasm with excellent traits. The apple germplasm with excellent traits is an apple plant that meets the (a) and/or (b) and/or (c) and/or (d): (a) fully red-fleshed; (b) high-flavonoid content in the flesh; (c) high anthocyanin content in the flesh; (d) high antioxidant capacity of the flesh. The present application has great value for functional apple breeding.
US11109538B2 Method for producing galanthamine by a plant and electrical stimulation device
A method for producing galanthamine using a plant, includes (a) performing a thermal treatment on a living plant to induce accumulation of galanthamine therein, wherein the living plant is a plant belonging to the family Amaryllidaceae; and (b) placing the living plant in a medium and performing an electrical stimulation treatment on the living plant to release the galanthamine from the living plant to the medium.
US11109536B2 Split roller configuration for a round module builder or round baler
A round bale or module building assembly with a frame having a first wall and a second wall separated from one another by a module width and a plurality of rollers positioned between the first wall and the second wall, the plurality of rollers defining at least one belt path. Wherein, at least two rollers of the plurality of rollers have a combined width configured to substantially span the module width.
US11109534B2 Regenerative handler raise/gravity lower cylinder
Hydraulic power savings for a rear module handler cylinder of a round module cotton harvester is possible by using a regenerative hydraulic arrangement for raising an empty handler and using gravity to lower the handler. A bale handler system for a cotton picker baler includes a handler for receiving a round module that is movable between upright and lowered positions and a handler cylinder operably connected to the handler. The handler cylinder system includes a regenerative valve. The regenerative valve is engaged when the handler moves to the upright position during regenerative handler raise mode of operation, the regenerative valve is not engaged when the handler moves to the lowered position during float handler lower mode of operation. While in the float handler lower mode of operation, the handler cylinder retracts and diverts an oil flow pressure from a base end to a rod end of the handler cylinder.
US11109530B2 Trimmer head and spool for a trimmer head
The trimmer head (1) includes a housing (3) and a spool (5) that can be housed in the housing. A pair of ring members (35A, 35B) with teeth inclined at opposite inclinations can be selectively coupled to the head, to engage the trimmer head (1) in combination with trimmer apparatuses having engine that rotates selectively in a clockwise or anticlockwise direction.
US11109527B2 Flow control for agricultural implement pneumatic system
An agricultural air seeder planting unit incorporates control valves that split air flow and change air direction from an air supply to air distribution hoses. The air flow of the control valves is automatically adjusted pneumatically by movement of a piston in response to a total pressure for a uniform velocity air flow from each of the control valves.
US11109526B1 Seed planting device and method of planting
A seed planting device adapted to planting seeds at regular intervals into the ground.
US11109525B2 Agricultural product burying unit having a force applying device
An agricultural product burying unit for an agricultural machine, configured so as to be mounted in a fixed manner relative to the agricultural machine, includes: a reference device, and a burying device. The reference device is configured to rest on the ground in the work configuration and form a depth positioning reference for the burying device. The burying device is configured to bury an agricultural product in the work configuration. The reference device is configured to be mounted in an articulated manner directly on a reference which is fixed relative to the agricultural machine. The reference device is configured to weigh on the burying device in the work configuration, thereby forming a first device of applying a bearing force on the burying device.
US11109524B2 Single disk fertilizer opener for an agricultural planter
A single disk fertilizer opener assembly for opening a trench in soil includes a frame support and a cutting disk for forming the trench. The cutting disk is coupled to an axle and rotates about the axle as the assembly moves in a working direction. The assembly also includes a first arm pivotally coupled to the frame support and the axle, and a second arm pivotally coupled to the frame support at a location spaced from the first arm. A bracket is coupled to the axle and the second arm, and a scraper is coupled to the bracket and disposed substantially perpendicularly to the working direction.
US11109522B2 Folding hitch
A hitch assembly having a carrier for attachment to a working vehicle. A pair of lift arms, link member and actuator are pivotally interconnected such that the hitch assembly is lockable in working and folded configurations. In the working configuration, the lift arms are secured to the carrier and the actuator is operable to raise and lower the lift arms. In the folded configuration, the lift arms are pivotable relative to the carrier. Extension of the actuator folds the lift arms relative to the carrier to move the hitch assembly between the working and folded configuration.
US11116121B2 Mounting target working device
A mounting target working device includes a head unit, a first mounting target work area in which the head unit mounts a component on a first mounting target having a flat plate shape, and a second mounting target work area in which the head unit mounts the component on a second mounting target having a three-dimensional shape as compared with the first mounting target.
US11116120B2 Positioning module and electronic device
A positioning module includes a positioning element, an arc-shaped guiding unit, an actuating element, and a magnetic element. The positioning element is rotatably disposed at an object. The arc-shaped guiding unit is disposed between the positioning element and the object and is configured to enable the positioning element to rotate on an arc center of the arc-shaped guiding unit. The actuating element is connected to the positioning element and is configured to drive the positioning element. The magnetic element is disposed at another object and is configured to drive the actuating element. An engaging surface of the object is connected to another engaging surface of the another object, and a position of the actuating element corresponds to the magnetic element, so that a portion of the positioning element extends into another accommodation space of the another object. An electronic device having the positioning module is further provided.
US11116116B1 Interference limiting enclosure for power flow devices
An enclosure includes a power flow control device to attach to a high voltage transmission line, a plurality of panels formed of metal, a shorting connection provided between each pair of panels, an electrical connection from at least one panel of the plurality of panels to the high voltage transmission line, a receiving region provided on each panel for each shorting connection, and an equipotential surface for reducing electromagnetic interference from the high voltage transmission line to internal components of the power flow control device, and from the internal components of the power flow control device to the high voltage transmission line.
US11116114B2 Cooling system design for data centers
In one embodiment, a data center cooling system includes one or more information technology (IT) rooms having multiple electronic racks that generate heat. An external cooling unit is positioned above the IT rooms and is configured to provide cooling fluid and to exchange heat carried by the cooling fluid. The external cooling unit has a supply line to distribute cooling fluid downwardly to the IT rooms. As the cooling fluid cools the electronic racks, the cooling fluid heats up and at least partially turns to vapor which rises due to convection. The external cooling unit also has a return line to return the rising vapor to the external cooling unit, which cools the vapor. The vapor changes phase to liquid and is recirculated to the IT rooms.
US11116109B2 Electrically insulating thermal connector having a low thermal resistivity
A thermal connector comprising an electrically insulating beam having a first end face at a first end and a second end face at a second end is provided. The second end face may be opposite the first end face in an X direction. The beam may have a width in a Y direction perpendicular to the X direction. The beam may also have a top face and a bottom face offset from the top face in a Z direction. The thermal connector may include a first terminal attached to the bottom face and adjacent the first end and a second terminal attached to the top face and adjacent the first end. The connector may have an overall thickness in the Z direction, which includes the first and second terminals and is greater than 1.27 mm and less than 3.81 mm.
US11116106B2 Cooling device, cooling system, and method of cooling
A cooling device includes: an inner tank configured to store a first coolant which is a liquid; a separation wall that is provided in the inner tank, that faces a side wall portion of the inner tank, that forms an accommodating portion in which an electronic device to be immersed in the first coolant is accommodated, and that forms, at at least part of a periphery of the accommodating portion, a coolant channel through which the first coolant is to flow toward a lower side of the inner tank; an outer tank which is disposed outside the inner tank and through which a second coolant flows; and a heat transfer unit that is provided between the inner tank and the outer tank and that is configured to transfer heat from the first coolant to the second coolant.
US11116101B2 Movable standoffs with posts
In an example, a movable standoff may include or be attached to a bracket having a post opening, and a post insertable into the post opening. The post may include a low shoulder portion disposed at a first end and a high shoulder portion. Further, the movable standoff may include a nut to fasten to a second end of the post, the first end being opposite from the second end. The high shoulder portion may be disposed in between the first end and the second end. The movable standoff may additionally include a bias member disposed in between the nut and the bracket.
US11116100B2 Implementation module for stacked connection between isolated circuit components and the circuit thereof
The present invention discloses a modularized circuit for isolated circuit, wherein the isolated circuit includes at least two circuit components connecting in parallel and/or series, the circuit components, according to a circuit connection configuration, weld corresponding pins of the components directly, forming an integrated module in accordance with a desired connection method of the circuit, and saving circuit boards and wires; the circuit components are designed as a parallelepiped, and a plurality of bonding pads are arranged on part of an area on a surface of the parallelepiped. Due to constructing a circuit unit by welding connections in a way of building blocks, welding directly between components in a 3D space, comparing to the circuits limited in a circuit board plane as a PCB, it owns a wider design space.
US11116099B2 Riveted metal middle frame and electronic device
Provided is a riveted metal middle frame including a middle plate and a border frame riveted to the middle plate. The middle plate is made of aluminum alloy, and the periphery of the middle plate is convexly provided with convex edge. The border frame includes members connected end to end in sequence. The members are made of metal material with hardness not less than aluminum alloy, and are riveted to the periphery of the middle plate; and the inner sides of the members are respectively provided with slots for connecting the convex edge. The convex edge is riveted to the slot by press-fitting the border frame. Meanwhile, an electronic device including the above-described riveted metal middle frame is also provided. The beneficial effects are that the middle plate and the border frame are riveted together by press-fitting deformation, thereby improving production efficiency and reducing manufacturing cost.
US11116093B2 Wing hinge for a field device housing and field device housing with wing hinge
The present disclosure relates to a wing hinge for a field device housing, including: a first wing having a first and a second holding device, the first holding device configured to connect to the field device housing and to move the first wing about a first axis; a second wing having a third and a fourth holding device, the third holding device configured to connect to the second holding device and to move the second wing relative to the first wing about a second axis, wherein the fourth holding device is connectable to a housing cover as to move the housing cover relative to the second wing about a third axis; and a tensioning element in contact with the first wing and the second wing and configured to move the first wing relative to the second wing about the second axis from a first position into a second position.
US11116092B1 Electronic housing assembly for surface mounted circulators and isolators
An electronic housing assembly includes: a plurality of isolated mounting legs each with a conductive pin and an isolator sleeve; a bottom ring, including a ring body, a plurality of outward protruding ring portions with a central aperture; a bottom mounting assembly, including a bottom plate, and a plurality of inner walls; a top cover, including a top plate and an outer peripheral wall; such that the top cover can be pressed down onto the inner walls of the bottom mounting assembly; with an electronic member, such as an isolator/circulator member, mounted inside the electronic housing assembly.
US11116088B2 Semiconductor storage device
According to one embodiment, in a semiconductor storage device, a conductive cover is provided on a side of the principal surface, and covers at least a part of the memory and the controller. A substrate has a first notched portion and a second notched portion in an outer edge. The conductive cover has a top plate portion, a first side plate portion, a second side plate portion, a first claw portion, and a second claw portion. The first claw portion is extended from a lower end of the first side plate in a direction intersecting with the principal surface. The first claw portion is fitted into the first notched portion. The second claw portion is extended from a lower end of the second side plate in the direction intersecting with the principal surface. The second claw portion is fitted into the second notched portion.
US11116083B2 Electronic component embedded by laminate sheet
A component carrier includes a core having a recess, an electronic component arranged in the recess, a laminated electrically insulating sheet covering at least part of the core and of the electronic component and filling a gap between a lateral surface of the electronic component and a lateral surface of the core in the recess, and a further electrically insulating layer structure laminated on top of the sheet.
US11116079B2 High resolution display device
A display device according to an exemplary embodiment includes: a substrate including a display region configured to display an image, and a pad region positioned around the display region; and a first pad unit positioned on the pad region, wherein the first pad unit includes a first terminal region including a plurality of first pad terminals arranged in a first pattern, and a second terminal region including a plurality of second pad terminals arranged in a second pattern different from the first pattern.
US11116072B2 Discrete circuit having cross-talk noise cancellation circuitry and method thereof
An apparatus is described. The apparatus includes a semiconductor chip having cross-talk noise cancellation circuitry disposed between a disturber trace and a trace to be protected from cross-talk noise emanating from the disturber trace. The trace is to be coupled to a receiver disposed on a different semiconductor chip.
US11116071B2 Method for producing a printed circuit board having thermal through-contacts
In a printed circuit board (1), thermal vias (19) are formed between the lower surface (A) and an upper surface (B) of the substrate plate (10) of the printed circuit board through the steps of: applying a respective solder resist mask (21, 31) to the lower surface (A) and the upper surface (B); applying solder to the lower surface (A) and reflow soldering the solder, wherein the solder penetrates into the boreholes (20) and forms convex menisci (26) protruding beyond the edge (22) of the respective boreholes on the lower surface (A); and creating regions (35) on the upper surface (B), which are freed from solder resist material, and which are intended for contacting at least one electronic component (17) on the upper surface and each of which comprise at least one of the thermal vias. Subsequently, the upper surface (B) can be provided with electrical components (17) on these regions (35). The first solder resist mask (21) has a respective region (23) that is free of solder resist on the lower surface around the edge of every borehole (20).
US11116066B2 LED light system with remote controlled LED lamps having individually controlled zones
A LED lighting system and assembly is provided allowing for adjustment of zones on an LED lamp. Each of the zones is independently adjustable and configured to illuminate different areas surrounding an LED lamp. The LED lighting assembly may be controlled remotely or by mesh operations as herein described.
US11116057B2 Solid-state lighting with remote controls
A light-emitting diode (LED) luminaire control system comprising a control circuit is adopted to provide remote control signals to operate an external luminaire that comprises LED arrays and a power supply. The LED luminaire control system further comprises a relay switch, a remote controller, and a transceiver circuit. When the remote control signals are initiated by the remote controller with phase-shift keying (PSK) signals transmitted, the transceiver circuit can demodulate such PSK signals and subsequently send decoded commands to the LED luminaire control system to control the luminaire by turning on and off and dimming up and down the external luminaire.
US11116054B2 Lighting device including solid state emitters with adjustable control
Lighting devices and methods utilize multiple independently controllable groups of solid state light emitters of different dominant wavelengths, with operation of the emitter groups being automatically adjusted by processor(s) to provide desired illumination. Operation of the emitter groups may be further affected by sensors and/or user input commands (e.g., sound patterns, gesture patterns, or signal transmission). Operation may be adjusted to compensate for presence, absence, intensity, and/or color point of ambient or incident light. Presence of five or more groups of solid state light emitters provide desirable luminous flux, color point, correlated color temperature (CCT), color rendering index (CRI), CRI R9, and luminous efficacy characteristics of aggregate emissions over a wide range of CCT values, and may permit adjustment of vividness (e.g., relative gamut) and/or melatonin suppression characteristics for a selected color point or CCT.
US11116052B2 Movement-based dynamic filtering for smooth dimming of lights
A method of controlling a power supply electrically coupled to a dimmer includes receiving a current sample value of a plurality of sample values corresponding to dimmer levels, determining whether there is a change in the dimmer levels, determining a dynamic weight of the current sample value based on the determining whether there is a change in the dimmer levels, filtering the plurality of sample values based on the dynamic weight to generate a plurality of filtered values, and generating a control signal based on the filtered values for transmission to the power supply.
US11116051B1 Dimming power supply device and light source device
A dimming power supply device includes a case, a trigger input connector, a trigger input circuit, an FPGA writing enabling circuit, and a dimming FPGA. The trigger input circuit, the FPGA writing enabling circuit, and the dimming FPGA are disposed inside the case. A plurality of terminals are disposed in the trigger input connector. A signal input to at least one terminal of the plurality of terminals is input to the trigger input circuit. A signal input to the at least one terminal of the plurality of terminals is input to the FPGA writing enabling circuit. In an FPGA writing mode, a circuit configuration of the dimming FPGA is rewritten by inputting an output signal of the FPGA writing enabling circuit. In a dimming mode, a light source is dimmed by inputting an output signal of the trigger input circuit as a trigger.
US11116048B2 Heating device, its use and kit
A heating device, its use and a kit for making it are described. The device comprises an induction element, an induced element, and a first elemental dielectric element located between the inductive element and the induced element. The effect of a metal alloy containing a first metal or a mixture of metals in a proportion of 90% and 99.99% by weight to the total weight and to a second metal or a second mixture of metals in a percentage between 0.01% and 10% by weight to the total weight. The first metal is an amagnetic metal, for example diamagnetic or paramagnetic or antiferromagnetic metal, or the first mixture of metals is a magnetic and/or can be understood to include non-magnetic metals. The second metal is a ferromagnetic/ferrimagnetic metal, or the second mixture of metals exclusively including ferromagnetic or ferrimagnetic metals. Alternatively, it is possible to use electrically conductive engineering plastics.
US11116045B2 Variable pitch resistance coil heater
A heater includes a first conducting pin, a second conducting pin, and a plurality of resistance coils. Each resistance coil includes a first end connected to the first conducting pin and a second end connected to the second conducting pin. At least one resistance coil among the plurality of resistance coils has a continuously variable pitch. In one form, the plurality of resistance coils are connected in a parallel circuit with the first and second conducting pin. A first resistance coil among the plurality of resistance coils may have a diameter that is different than a second resistance coil among the plurality of resistance coils.
US11116043B2 High temperature heater lamp
A high temperature heater lamp including a ceramic envelope is disclosed. The ceramic envelope is substantially infrared transparent and is composed of a refractory ceramic. The heater lamp also includes two lead wires communicatively coupled via a filament. The filament is enclosed within the ceramic envelope, which is evacuated. The heater lamp may include at least two metallic IR shields within the ceramic envelope, at least one located on either side of the filament. The filament may be tungsten, a carbon filament, or molybdenum. At least one end of the ceramic envelope may be sealed with a metal cap affixed to the ceramic envelope by a high vacuum sealant. The heater lamp may be configured to operate at above 1500° C. The ceramic envelope may have a wall thickness less than 1 mm thick.
US11116041B1 Wireless data service control over radio bands in a wireless communication network
A wireless access node exchanges data with User Equipment (UE) over a radio band and determines a performance metric for the UE over the radio band. The wireless access node transfers the performance metric to the UE. The UE translates the performance metric into a service instruction for the radio band and transfers the service instruction to the wireless access node. The wireless access node transfers the service instruction to a network controller. The network controller modifies the wireless data service for the wireless UE over the radio band in response to the service instruction.
US11116038B2 Method for transmitting MAC PDUs and related product
Embodiments of the present application disclose a data transmission method and a related product, including: a receiving end receives a data packet from a transmitting end, the data packet including a medium access control layer (MAC) protocol data unit (PDU), the MAC PDU including multiple MAC subPDUs, and at least one MAC subPDU of the multiple MAC subPDUs including a MAC sub-header; where the MAC sub-header includes a first information field, and the first information field is configured to indicate whether the MAC sub-header includes a length indication L field. The embodiments of the present application, by introducing the first information field in an existing MAC sub-header format, where the first information field can be used to dynamically indicate whether a current MAC subPDU includes an L field, are beneficial to the improvement in flexibility and efficiency of data processing at the receiving end.
US11116036B2 Data unit transmission method and device based on configuration instruction
A data unit transmission method includes: determining data to be transmitted by a PDU (Packet Data Unit) of a data bearer; and determining whether the data to be transmitted is an entire SDU (Service Data Unit) in an RLC (Radio Link Control) UM (Unacknowledged Mode) or a data segment of the SDU in the RLC UM; if the data is a data segment of the SDU, obtaining a PDU of the data bearer and adding a SN (Serial Number) field, indicating that the data correspond to a header of the PDU.
US11116032B2 Power saving mechanism
A wireless device receives a radio resource control message comprising: a radio network temporary identifier, RNTI, for a downlink control information used for power saving; and a location parameter for the wireless device. Based on the RNTI, a first DCI comprising blocks is received. The location parameter indicates a location of a block, of the blocks, for the wireless device. The block comprises: a wake-up indication for the wireless device; and a dormancy indication for at least one secondary cell of the wireless device. The wireless device transitions to a wake-up state in response to the wake-up indication. The wireless device transitions the at least one secondary cell transitions to a dormant state based on the dormancy indication.
US11116027B2 Electronic apparatus and operation method thereof
Provided is a method of storing information on a face of a passenger in a vehicle in association with a terminal of the passenger, and an electronic apparatus therefor. In the present disclosure, at least one of an electronic apparatus, a vehicle, a vehicle terminal, and an autonomous vehicle may be connected or converged with an artificial intelligence (AI) module, an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV), a robot, an augmented reality (AR) device, a virtual reality (VR) device, a device associated with a 5G service, and the like.
US11116025B2 Communication system, communication terminal device, and base station device
Provided is a high-speed communication system with high reliability and low latency, etc., under New Radio (NR). A communication system includes a communication terminal device, and a base station device configured to perform radio communication with the communication terminal device. The communication terminal device is configured to duplicate a packet and transmit the duplicated packets with carrier aggregation. The base station device is configured to transmit, to the communication terminal device, packet duplication control on packet duplication and secondary cell control on a secondary cell to be used for the carrier aggregation. The communication terminal device is configured to perform the packet duplication control and the secondary cell control based on priorities defined between the packet duplication control and the secondary cell control.
US11116019B2 Datacenter, communication apparatus, communication method, and communication control method in a communication system
A datacenter, a communication apparatus, a communication method, and a communication control method in a communication system are provided that can enhance the versatility of a datacenter and a virtual network constructed therein. A communication system includes: a plurality of wireless communication facilities owned by a plurality of network operators, respectively; and a datacenter in which a virtual core network is constructed, wherein the virtual core network implements mobile communication functions by using the plurality of wireless communication facilities.
US11116017B2 Systems and methods for service enablement and end device activation
A method, device, and computer-readable medium provide for identifying a user of a first end device based on first user identification information; registering the first end device in a provider network based on first user credentials, the first end device having a SIM profile associated with an MDN; generating a network session ID to access a first application service from the server device via a first network connection; initiating a first pairing mode with a second end device; identifying the user based on second user identification information obtained from the user via the second end device; determining that the second end device has a higher hosting priority than the first end device; sending a request to the server device to transfer use of the MDN to the second end device; and establishing a second network connection to the server device and releasing the first network connection based on the transfer.
US11116015B2 Efficient method of DL-CINR measurement and reporting in NB IoT
An aspect of the present disclosure includes methods, systems, and computer-readable media for receiving, at the UE, a random access response including a first signal via a first physical channel and a second signal via a second physical channel from a base station (BS), generating a connection request based on the random access response, estimating a carrier to interference plus noise ratio (CINR) of a random-access channel based on at least one the first signal or the second signal, and sending a message including the CINR and the connection request to the BS in response to the random access response.
US11116013B2 Performing random access procedure via uplink (UL) component carriers in 5G new radio (NR)
Embodiments disclose a random access method, a device, and a system, and relate to the field of communications technologies, to resolve a problem of how to implement network access when two or more uplink frequency bands exist in a 5G system. A specific solution is as follows: A terminal receives, from an access network device, random access configurations corresponding to at least two uplink frequency bands, and initiates random access based on at least one of the random access configurations corresponding to the at least two uplink frequency bands. The embodiments are used for a random access process.
US11116010B2 Managed transmission of wireless DAT messages
Disclosed herein are systems and methods for enhancing wireless message throughput at high traffic density and high interference rates, by use of a managed message transmission protocol in which the base station instructs each node to transmit or retransmit a DAT message. For example, the base station may determine which node has experienced the most delays and may grant that node permission to transmit immediately, while instructing other nodes to wait their turn. Protocols can provide, under control of the base station, prompt mitigation and message completion after messages are corrupted by interference. The average delays, collision rate, and failure rate may be substantially reduced while the success rate and uniformity of access may be substantially improved. The managed transmission protocols can be incorporated in current and planned systems by software updates at low cost, while retaining the ability to receive and process messages from legacy nodes transparently, according to some embodiments.
US11116001B2 Techniques and apparatuses for sub-physical resource block resource allocation for machine type communication
A method, a user equipment, an apparatus, and a computer program product for wireless communication are provided. The apparatus may receive a grant identifying an uplink resource allocation of less than one physical resource block (PRB), wherein the grant identifies a particular PRB in which the uplink resource allocation is included and at least a group of subcarriers allocated for the apparatus; and transmit uplink data using the uplink resource allocation. Numerous other aspects are described.
US11115999B2 Information transmission method, base station, and user equipment
A method includes: receiving first information, where the first information is used to instruct UE to send second information; obtaining a first parameter value, where the first parameter value indicates a location relationship between a first time domain resource and a second time domain resource, the first time domain resource is a time domain resource in which the first information is located, the second time domain resource is a time domain resource in which the second information is located, duration of the second time domain resource in time domain is not longer than one subframe, and an interval between the second time domain resource and the first time domain resource is shorter than four subframes; and determining the second time domain resource based on the first parameter value, and sending the second information on the second time domain resource.
US11115996B2 Methods and devices for multi-connection transmission
A terminal device for transmission to at least a first network device and a second network device over bundled Transmission Time Intervals (TTIs). A method comprises determining that a first TTI for transmission to the first network device overlaps a second TTI for transmission to the second network device based on a first Timing Advance (TA) value associated with the first network device and a second TA value associated with the second network device; and requesting from the first and second network devices a first and a second transmission grants, respectively, based on the first and second TA values, such that an order of the first and second transmission grants requested is based on values of the first and second TA values.
US11115994B2 Triggering/initiating backoff procedure(s) based on congestion indication(s) to defer scheduling request transmission
There is provided a method and corresponding device for transmitting a congestion indication to a group of wireless communication devices for synchronized triggering of backoff procedures in the wireless communication devices. A purpose of the synchronized triggering of the backoff procedures may be to enable deferring, in each of the wireless communication devices, transmission of scheduling request(s) until one or more backoff procedures in the considered wireless device is completed. In this way, the proposed technology provides efficient load control related to scheduling requests and/or enables a reduction of the average response time between scheduling request and grant.
US11115993B2 Data transmission method, terminal device, and access network device
This application provides a data transmission method, a terminal device, and an access network device. The data transmission method includes: receiving, by a terminal device, information, sent by an access network device, about a carrier corresponding to the terminal device; determining, based on the information about the carrier, a process quantity corresponding to the carrier; and transmitting data based on the process quantity corresponding to the carrier. In this way, the process quantity can be determined accurately and efficiently, thereby improving data transmission reliability.
US11115990B2 UE autonomous beam selection
Wireless communication techniques that include autonomous beam selection performed by a mobile device are discussed. A mobile device may receive a first SSB on a current-serving reception beam and receive other SSBs on different reception beams. The mobile device may autonomously switch beams during communication without instruction from another device. A UE can adjust from one beam to another while performing wireless communication using a current-serving reception beam to performing wireless communication using a second reception beam. A switch can occur upon determining that the quality of wireless communication performed using the second reception beam on which a second SSB was received is higher than the quality of wireless communication performed using the current-serving reception beam on which the first SSB was received. Other features are also described.
US11115985B2 PBCH transmission method and apparatus
A physical broadcast channel (PBCH) transmission method and an apparatus. The method includes scrambling PBCH based on a first scrambling code of the PBCH, where the first scrambling code is one of four scrambling codes, where a combination of a second least significant bit and a third least significant bit of a system frame number (SFN) indicates one value of four values, and where the four scrambling codes have a one-to-one correspondence with the four values, and sending the PBCH to a terminal device.
US11115983B2 Data and control channels in synchronization bursts for millimeter wave new radio
Techniques are described for millimeter wave wireless communication. One method includes configuring a synchronization slot associated with a plurality of synchronization blocks, configuring a transmission of each synchronization block of the plurality of synchronization blocks based on the configured synchronization slot, assigning a synchronization region to a first frequency portion associated with a transmission beam of each synchronization block, assigning at least one of a data region or a control region to a second frequency portion associated with the transmission beam of each synchronization block, and transmitting a synchronization signal during the synchronization region and transmitting at least one of data signal during the data region or control information during the control region to a wireless node.
US11115982B2 Telecommunications apparatuses and methods
A method of transmitting an acknowledgment signal in a mobile telecommunications system, the system comprising a base station and a terminal operable to communicate with the base station via a wireless interface, the wireless interface having a first frequency band and a second frequency band, wherein the first frequency band is different from the second frequency band. The method comprises: determining that, at a time t, an acknowledgment signal is to be transmitted by the base station to the terminal in the second frequency band; and if it is determined that, at the time t, a downlink signal is to be transmitted to the terminal, wherein the downlink signal is to be transmitted to the terminal in a first frequency band, then transmitting a multiplexed signal by multiplexing the acknowledgment signal with the downlink signal and transmitting the multiplexed signal in the first frequency band.
US11115978B2 Signaling transmission method and device
An embodiment of the present disclosure discloses a method and a device for transmitting signaling and device, including: receiving, by a terminal, a first downlink control channel of a group of downlink control channels transmitted by a network device, wherein the first downlink control channel carries first indication information, the first indication information is used to indicate at least one piece of time domain resource information of the at least one downlink control channel of the group of downlink control channels, and the group of downlink control channels is used for a group of terminals in a cell. In the embodiments of the present disclosure, the beamforming gain of the control channel won't be destroyed, and it can effectively satisfy the coverage performance of a high frequency band of a future communication system while avoiding blind detection of the control channel.
US11115974B2 Resolving colliding signals
Systems and methods are disclosed herein that relate to transmitting and receiving a transmission when there is a collision between the transmission and reserved resource elements. In some embodiments, a radio access node for a cellular communications network is disclosed, wherein the radio access node comprises a transceiver, a processor, and memory storing instructions executable by the processor whereby the radio access node is operable to transmit, via the transceiver, a downlink transmission to a wireless device using one or more Physical Resource Blocks (PRBs) that comprise reserved Resource Elements (REs) by puncturing the downlink transmission at positions of the reserved REs. In some embodiments, the downlink transmission is an Enhanced Physical Downlink Control Channel (EPDCCH) transmission or a Physical Downlink Shared Channel (PDSCH) transmission. Further, in some embodiments, the reserved REs are REs utilized for one or more CSI-RSs.
US11115973B2 Method and apparatus for transmitting and receiving signal by using multiple beams in wireless communication system
A method performed by a user equipment (UE) in a wireless communication system includes receiving, from a base station (BS), physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH) configuration information including a list of transmission configuration indicator (TCI) states, receiving, from the BS, a PDSCH media access control element (MAC CE) including information indicating activation of at least one TCI state in the list, identifying whether the PDSCH MAC CE is a MAC CE capable of indicating two or more TCI states for one TCI codepoint, receiving, from the BS, downlink control information (DCI) including information indicating a TCI codepoint, and receiving, from the BS, data via a PDSCH based on the information indicating activation of the at least one TCI state, a result of the identifying, and the information indicating the TCI codepoint.
US11115970B2 Techniques for configuring transmission configuration states in wireless communications
Aspects described herein relate to configuring transmission configuration states in wireless communications. A capability of a number of transmission configuration states supported for detecting downlink beamformed signals can be indicated. One or more configurations of active transmission configuration states can be received from at least an access point and based on the capability. The one or more configurations can be processed to determine the active transmission configuration states, where at least one of the active transmission configuration states in the one or more configurations corresponds to a distinct state of a given reference signal. One or more downlink beamformed signals received from the access point can be detected based on processing the one or more configurations.
US11115969B2 Downlink control information transmission method and apparatus
The embodiment of the disclosure provides a downlink control information transmission method and apparatus, where the method includes: determining a first resource set based on M resource subsets included in target resources, wherein at least two of the M resource subsets do not overlap in frequency domain, and each resource subset comprises at least one control channel bearing resource unit, M is an integer, and M≥2; the first resource set comprises N control channel bearing resource units, at least two of the N control channel bearing resource units belong to different resource subsets, and at least two of the N control channel bearing resource units are inconsecutive in frequency domain, N≥2, wherein one control channel bearing resource unit includes a plurality of resource element groups (REGs); and receiving downlink control information on the first resource set.
US11115965B2 Method and apparatus for transmitting and receiving data using non-orthogonal multiple access in wireless communication system
A method for transmitting and receiving data using a non-orthogonal multiple access (NOMA) in a wireless communication system, the method performed by a first user equipment (UE) includes receiving first downlink control information (DCI) including information related to physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH) scheduling of the first UE from a base station, receiving second DCI including information related to PDSCH cancellation of a second UE from the base station, receiving a superposition signal from the base station through a specific resource, and decoding the PDSCH of the first UE by cancelling the PDSCH of the second UE from the superposition signal based on the received second DCI.
US11115962B2 Method for transmitting/receiving uplink channel in wireless communication system, and device therefor
Disclosed are a method for transmitting and receiving an uplink channel in a wireless communication system and an apparatus therefor. Specifically, a method for transmitting, by a user equipment (UE), an uplink channel may include: receiving a specific reference signal from a base station; determining the number of beams for transmitting an uplink control channel for reporting uplink control information generated based on the specific reference signal; and transmitting, to the base station, the uplink control channel via a single beam or a plurality of beams, in which the number of beams may be determined based on at least one of measurement information by a downlink reference signal received by the base station or a type of uplink control information.
US11115959B2 Resource exclusion for device to device communication
Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, a user equipment (UE) may select, in a first time slot, a set of resources to use for transmission to another UE; evaluate, in a second time slot, whether one or more resources of the set of resources is available; and transmit, based on the one or more resources of the set of resources being available, information to the other UE in a third time slot and using the set of resources, or reselect, based on the one or more resources of the set of resources being unavailable, another resource for transmission of the information to the other UE. Numerous other aspects are provided.
US11115957B2 System and method for uplink resource reuse
A system and method are disclosed that allows for uplink resource reuse. A user device is provided an uplink resource for a first data type. If the user device does not have enough data of the first data type to fill the granted uplink resource, the user device fills the granted uplink resource with a second data type.
US11115956B2 Paging processing method, user equipment, network device and computer storage medium
A method includes: adjusting a paging parameter and/or a paging calculation formula to obtain an adjusted paging parameter and/or paging calculation formula; and determining an adjusted Paging Frame (PF) and/or Paging Occasion (PO) based on the adjusted paging parameter and/or paging calculation formula.
US11115953B2 Radio operation switch based on GPS mobility data
Systems and methods are disclosed for providing a radio operation switch based on mobility data. In one embodiment, a mobile base station is disclosed, comprising: a global positioning system (GPS) module for determining a current location of the mobile base station; a velocity module coupled to the output of the GPS module for determining a current velocity of the mobile base station; and a controller, the controller configured to perform steps comprising: determining the current velocity of the mobile base station using the velocity module; comparing the current velocity to a threshold; and switching, based on the comparison, from a first radio band to a second radio band.
US11115950B2 Location services using multiple light fixtures
A system can include an object having a communication device, where the communication device of the object broadcasts a first signal from a first location within a volume of space at a first time. The system can also include a first electrical device and a second electrical device that receives the first signal in the volume of space. The system can also include a controller communicably coupled to the first electrical device and the second electrical device, where the controller determines a first strength of the first signal received by the first receiver, determines a second strength of the first signal received by the second receiver, scales the first signal relative to the second signal based on the first strength and the second strength, and determines a location of the object in the volume of space based on scaling the first signal relative to the second signal.
US11115949B1 Registering user equipment with a circuit-switched domain
A system and method for registering a user equipment (UE) to a circuit-switching (CS) domain only is discussed herein. An application server (AS) generates a subscribe-notifications-request (SNR) and transmits the SNR to a node of a network, such as a home subscriber server, to request a change in user data when a user equipment (UE) registers only with the CS domain after reconnection to the network. The SNR includes an attribute value pair (AVP) to generate a notification that the UE is registered with the CS domain without requiring initial registration with a packet-switched (PS) domain. The HSS, which receives notification of registration of the UE to the CS domain from a home location register (HLR) a mobile switching center/visitor location register (MSC/VLR), generates a push-notification-request (PNR) to notify the AS of the change in user data.
US11115948B2 Measurement signal sending method, indication information sending method, and device
A method includes: determining, by a first terminal device, a first timing of a first measurement signal used by a second terminal device for measurement, where a first network device serving the first terminal device is different from a network device serving the second terminal device; determining, by the first terminal device, a second timing of a second measurement signal used by the first network device for measurement; and sending, by the first terminal device, the first measurement signal and the second measurement signal based on the first timing and the second timing respectively.
US11115935B1 Use of power headroom on first air interface as basis to dynamically control UE service capability with respect to second air interface
A method and system for dynamically controlling service capability configuration in a system in which a UE is served concurrently on at least two air-interface connections including a first air-interface connection with a first access node and a second air-interface connection with a second access node and in which the UE applies a dynamic power sharing to control uplink transmit power of the UE respectively on each connection. In an example method, the UE's power headroom on the first connection is determined and is used as a basis to control service capability configuration for service of the UE on the second connection. For instance, based on the UE's power headroom on the first connection, second-connection capabilities data of the UE could be reconfigured to add or remove a service feature capability.
US11115930B2 Electronic device and controlling method thereof
A controlling method for an electronic device is provided, including the following steps: receiving a feedback signal; determining a signal strength value of the feedback signal; obtaining a first threshold value and a second threshold value; comparing the signal strength value with the first threshold value and the second threshold value, where the first threshold value is less than the second threshold value; controlling a screen to operate in a first mode when the signal strength value is greater than the second threshold value; comparing the signal strength value with a predetermined value when the signal strength value is greater than the first threshold value but not greater than the second threshold value, and adjusting the first threshold value to be the signal strength value when the signal strength value is greater than the predetermined value.
US11115929B2 Method and device for operating operation mode of electronic device
Various embodiments of the present invention disclose a method and a device for managing an operation mode of an electronic device which uses a low power wide area network (LPWAN). According to various embodiments of the present invention, the electronic device comprises: a communication circuit for providing wireless communication by means of LPWAN; a state detection circuit for monitoring the movement of the electronic device; a location measuring circuit for detecting the location of the electronic device; a processor electrically connected to the communication circuit, the state detection circuit and the location measuring circuit; a memory electrically connected to the processor and storing instructions enabling the processor to transmit, using the communication circuit, at least one message including the location; and a battery for supplying power to the communication circuit, the state detection circuit, the location measuring circuit, the processor and the memory, wherein the electronic device may be configured so as to operate in one state among a first state or a second state on the basis of the monitored movement, wherein, in the first state, the electronic device transmits the message in intervals of a first time, and maintains the processor in a low-power or sleep mode during all other times, and in the second state, the processor is in the low-power or sleep mode, and after the monitored movement exceeds a threshold value during a first selected duration, the processor wakes up and transmits the message. In addition, various embodiments are possible.
US11115926B2 User node, a network node and methods for wireless communication
Methods, a user node and a network node are provided. The user node is configured to determine an indication of at least one wake-up latency of the user node, the at least one wake-up latency being a time period for the user node to wake-up and start to monitor a downlink channel transmitted by the network node of a wireless communication network; determine a message comprising the indication; and transmit the message to the network node. The network node is configured to receive from the user node a message, and set a wake-up offset for the user node based on the at least one wake-up latency comprised in the message, the wake-up offset being a time period between a wake-up signal transmission and a subsequent downlink channel transmission from the network node to the user node.
US11115923B2 Method and control arrangement for controlling a response time of a wireless sensor device
An object monitoring system includes a plurality of wireless sensor devices and at least one user device A method for controlling a response time of one of the wireless sensor devices in such a system includes determining one or more metrics representing a present state of an object; and calculating a probability that one of at least one user devices will interact with the wireless sensor device within a pre-determined time period by executing a trained model with the one or more determined metrics as input and controlling the response time of the wireless sensor device based on the calculated probability.
US11115921B2 Battery powered wireless node reporting
A battery powered wireless apparatus, method, and system. A battery powered wireless node operates to communicating with a gateway on a local area network through the network communication device, cease communication with the gateway after a predetermined period for a predetermined interval of time, and communicate with the gateway continuously when an event occurs.
US11115920B1 Method and system of template-based dynamic network slicing
A method and system for template-based dynamic network slicing is disclosed. The method includes creating a service requirement set associated with a service request based on a plurality of characteristics of the service request. The method includes identifying a network slice template hierarchy based on the service requirement set and selecting one of reusing one of at least one of existing network slice instance and creating a new network slice instance. The method includes instantiating a service associated with the service request using one of the at least one of existing network slice instances and the new network slice instance. The method further includes monitoring the service and one of the at least one of existing network slice instances and the new network slice instance. The method includes performing adaptation of at least one thresholds and at least one factor.
US11115918B2 Devices, systems and methods for accessing and providing network slices in a mobile communication network
The present disclosure relates to a user equipment-configured to use a plurality of communication services of a mobile communication network, wherein the plurality of communication services are provided by a plurality of network slice instances of the mobile communication network and wherein access to the plurality of network slice instances is controlled by a plurality of access and mobility management functions, AMFs, including a first AMF and a second AMF, implemented in the mobile communication network, wherein the user equipment is configured to register to the second AMF for using one or more of the communication services provided by the one or more network slices associated with the second AMF, while being registered to the first AMF for using one or more of the communication services.
US11115915B2 Network selection method and apparatus
A network selection method and an apparatus are provided, so that a core network to be accessed by next-generation UE via an eLTE eNB can be determined. The method includes: a terminal device receives a first message from a radio access network device, wherein the first message carries access reference information, and generates first information based on the access reference information, wherein the first information indicating that the terminal device requests to access a first network, and sends a second message to the radio access network device, wherein the second message carries the first information.
US11115914B2 Endpoint computing device multi-network slice utilization system
An endpoint computing device multi-network slice utilization system includes a RAN system coupled to a core network system that allocates network slices and makes each of them available for use in wireless communications. An endpoint computing device includes applications and operates, for each of its applications, to detect that application, determine a networking connectivity requirement for that application, and identify one of the network slices that is allocated by the core network system, available via the RAN system, and that satisfies the networking connectivity requirement for that application. The endpoint computing device then establishes a connection for each of its application with the one of the network slices that satisfies the networking connectivity requirement for that application, and exchanges communications via the RAN system and the core network system for that application using the one of the network slices that satisfies the networking connectivity requirement for that application.
US11115905B2 Method and apparatus for publishing information at wireless routing device end
A method for publishing information at a wireless routing device end includes the following steps. An information release request message sent by the user equipment is received, wherein the information release request message includes at least one display content and a display time indication of each display content in at least one display content. Based on the display time indication, the identification information of the wireless access point provided by the wireless routing device is updated and broadcast according to the display content. A wireless routing device and user equipment each includes one or more processors and a storage device for storing one or more programs. When one or more programs are executed by the one or more processors, the one or more processors implement the method.
US11115901B2 Network access method, network device, and terminal
This application discloses a network access method, a network device, and a terminal. The method includes: obtaining, by a network device, indication information, where the indication information is used to indicate whether the terminal supports air communication; and when the indication information indicates that the terminal supports the air communication, determining, by the network device, that the terminal is allowed to access a network in which the network device is located. In this application, a quantity of unmanned aerial vehicle terminals that access the network can be limited, reducing interference caused by the unmanned aerial vehicle terminals to another terminal in the same network as the unmanned aerial vehicle terminals, and improving communication quality of the another terminal.
US11115900B2 Apparatus and method for providing operator specific service
Convergence of a 5th-Generation communication system supporting higher data rates beyond 4th-Generation system(s) with a technology for Internet of Things (IoT) may be applied to intelligent services. Operator specific services are permitted and provided by allowing an unauthorized terminal to search for and access the such services, and includes notifying a terminal of information corresponding to “operator specific services” by allowing a base station to broadcast predetermined information, displaying information acquired by a terminal, matching information acquired by the terminal with information broadcast from a base station to arrange services, requesting access and notifying a terminal performs an access for “operator specific services” upon accessing a network, providing a menu for determining whether neighboring base stations are capable of “operator specific services” to a user of a terminal, and allowing the terminal to determine whether there is the base station broadcasting the information.
US11115898B2 Method and apparatus for determining line of sight (LOS)
A method performed by a first device is disclosed that includes sending a light of sight, LOS, determination request to a second device which communicates with the first device, wherein the LOS determination request includes an indication of a dual polarization procedure for Line of Sight (LOS), with the indication of the dual polarization procedure for LOS is used indicating that a same sequence of bits is sent at two polarizations to the same direction; a channel measurement for each of the two received sequences at the two polarizations is compared to determine whether a transmission between the first device and the second is LOS or NLOS.
US11115897B2 Energy-efficient multi-hop communication schemes for wireless networks
A method in a node is disclosed. The method comprises determining (1304) a first route from a first source node (505 A) to a destination (510), the first route comprising one or more relay nodes (515, 615). The method comprises determining (1308) an energy-harvesting routing metric, the energy-harvesting routing metric for use in determining a second route from a second source node (505B) to the destination (510). The method comprises determining (1312) the second route from the second source node (505B) to the destination (510), the determined second route comprising one or more relay nodes (515, 615) selected to maximize the determined energy-harvesting routing metric.
US11115888B2 Communication method, user terminal and processor
A user equipment, a method performed by user equipment, and a chipset provided in a user equipment each encompass receiving a paging message including an indication from a current serving cell of the user equipment, the indication triggering a frequency redistribution procedure in which the user equipment reselects a target cell belonging to a frequency different from a frequency of the current serving cell, to be used as a serving cell, and performing the frequency redistribution procedure in response to receiving the paging message including the indication.
US11115887B2 Base station, user equipment and method executed thereby
The present invention provides a base station, a user equipment (UE) and a method executed by the base station. The method executed by the base station comprises: broadcasting to the UE that the base station supports connectivity to a first core network and a second core network, a communication interface between the first core network and the base station being different from a communication interface between the second core network and the base station; receiving a selection of the UE to one of the first core network and the second core network; and initiating, according to the received selection of the UE, connection establishment to the core network selected by the UE. The technical solution provides a core network selection method for a base station (e.g., eLTE eNB) simultaneously supporting two different core networks, so as to correspondingly determining a network interface used for communication with the selected core network, thereby achieving normal communication between the UE and the core network.
US11115879B2 State switching method, network device and terminal device
Provided are a state switching method, a network device and a terminal device. The method is used for a first terminal device in an inactive state; the inactive state indicates that the first terminal device and a network device are in a disconnection state, and the first terminal device and the network device retain context information of the first terminal device. The method includes: generating indication information, which is used to indicate the first terminal device to release the context information, or not to release the context information; and sending the indication information to the first terminal device.
US11115876B2 Service continuity implementation method, device, and service continuity implementation system
A service continuity implementation method, a device, and a service continuity implementation system, to ensure service continuity in a handover process, where the method includes: selecting, by a session management function entity, a target user plane function entity to serve a terminal; sending, by the session management function entity, a first message to a control device; receiving, by the session management function entity, indication information of a first application server (AS) from the control device; and sending, by the session management function entity, a first routing rule to the target user plane function entity based on the indication information of the first AS, where the first routing rule specifies that data whose destination address is an address of the first AS is to be sent to the first AS.
US11115875B2 Method and device for performing improved communication in wireless 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 thereof. The present disclosure can be applied to an intelligent service (for example, smart home, smart building, smart city, smart car or connected car, healthcare, digital education, retail, security and safety-related services, and the like), based on a 5G communication technology and an IoT-related technology. One embodiment of the present invention relates to a method by which a terminal updates system information, and a terminal for performing the method, which comprises the steps of: acquiring first system information and second system information from a first cell; starting a timer corresponding to the second system information; determining whether the second cell is a cell that shares the second system information with the first cell, if the terminal has moved from the first cell to the second cell; and updating the second system information on the basis of the determination result.
US11115874B2 Techniques for reservation preamble for prioritized medium contention in a new radio shared spectrum communication system
Methods and apparatuses for wireless communications are described. The aspects relate to a frame structure for new radio shared spectrum. For instance, the frame structure may provide shared medium access by multiple operators in a new radio shared spectrum system. Specifically, the present aspects provide for utilizing reservation preambles associated with a distinct operator for announcing to other operators a reservation of at least one transmission opportunity of a given frame in the new radio shared spectrum.
US11115869B2 SDN-controlled bandwidth sharing method for use with terminal small cell, and bandwidth sharing device
A bandwidth sharing method and device based on SDN control of terminal cell are disclosed. The bandwidth sharing method includes: determining, by a SDN controller, whether a trigger request for bandwidth sharing is received; upon receipt of the trigger request, selecting at least one second terminal cell for providing bandwidth sharing to the first terminal cell; controlling the first terminal cell and the at least one second terminal cell to jointly process the target service. The trigger request indicates a need of bandwidth sharing of a first terminal cell from other terminal cells when processing a target service on a backhaul link, and a bandwidth requirement of the target service equals to or exceeds a first predetermined threshold. The SDN controlled bandwidth-sharing scheme may ensure the application of a wireless backhaul sharing mechanism between T-SCs, thereby achieving flexible configuration of bandwidth resources on the backhaul link.
US11115858B2 User terminal, radio communication system, and radio communication method
HARQ-ACK is appropriately transmitted during enhanced carrier aggregation. A user terminal that can communicate with a radio base station by using six or more component carriers includes: a receiving section that receives scheduling information transmitted from the radio base station; a control section that determines based on the scheduling information to apply spatial bundling of a transmission acknowledgement signal only to a component carrier that the spatial bundling is applicable to; and a transmission section that transmits the transmission acknowledgement signal by using a PUCCH format 3.
US11115857B2 Bandwidth sentinel
Minimum guaranteed wireless network bandwidth is provided to client network devices by monitoring the performance of network connections to identify client network devices experiencing network congestion. Congested network connections are then analyzed to determine the source of the network congestion. Depending upon the source of the network congestion, an embodiment of the invention may undertake steps to either improve the quality of the network connection or to mitigate the impact of this network connection on other network connections. High quality network connections may be allocated additional bandwidth, airtime, or other resources to reduce the network congestion. Low quality network connections are not allocated additional bandwidth, airtime, or other resources. Instead, the impact of this network connection on the other network connections is mitigated. Additionally, the low quality network connection may be transferred to another wireless networking device that may be able to provide a better quality network connection.
US11115856B2 Method and apparatus for delivering uplink buffer status report of a relay in a wireless communication system
A method and device are disclosed from the perspective of a first Wireless Transmit/Receive Unit (WTRU). In one embodiment, the method includes the first WTRU triggering a first buffer status report (BSR), wherein the first BSR indicates an amount of data expected to arrive. The method also includes the first WTRU triggering a second BSR, wherein the second BSR indicates an amount of data already available. The method further includes the first WTRU generating a MAC (Medium Access Control) PDU (Protocol Data Unit), wherein the MAC PDU includes at most one first BSR MAC CE (Control Element) for the first BSR and at most one second BSR MAC CE for the second BSR.
US11115855B2 Method for transmitting UL packet based on quality of service (QoS) flow in wireless communication system and a device therefor
Disclosed embodiments include a method and a device for transmitting UL packet based on QoS flow, the method including receiving uplink (UL) packet from an upper layer; checking whether a IP flow of the UL packet is matched to any of UL IP flow to QoS flow mapping defined in QoS rules configured to the UE; setting a QoS Flow ID of the UL packet to a special value if a IP flow of the UL packet is not matched to any of UL IP flow to QoS flow mapping defined in the QoS rules configured to the UE; and transmitting the UL packet with the QoS Flow ID set to the special value to a network via a DRB. The UE is capable of communicating with at least one of another UE, a UE related to an autonomous driving vehicle, a base station or a network.
US11115853B2 Wireless network system and wireless communication method
A wireless network system includes a user device, a client and an access point. In the wireless network system, a wireless network mode of the client is started in an AdHoc mode in response to specific operation, a wireless network mode of the user device is switched to an AdHoc mode when it is detected that the wireless network mode of the client is started in the AdHoc mode. Then, infrastructure network information including a network name and an encryption key for setting the wireless network communication in the infrastructure mode is transmitted from the user device to the client, and the wireless network mode of the client is switched to the infrastructure mode on the basis of the infrastructure network information.
US11115852B2 Methods and apparatus related to enhanced machine type communication
Various features related to eMTC-U deployment are described. In an aspect of the disclosure, an apparatus (e.g., a base station) maybe configured to select a subset of non-anchor channels from a set of available non-anchor channels, where the subset of non-anchor channels may correspond to a bandwidth within an unlicensed band. The apparatus maybe further configured to transmit information indicating the subset of non-anchor channels via an anchor channel. In some configurations, the subset of non-anchor channels maybe selected based on channel measurements performed by the base station or a UE. In one aspect, a UE may receive, from a base station via an anchor channel, information indicating a subset of non-anchor channels selected from a set of available non-anchor channels. The UE may transmit data on one or more non-anchor channel of the subset of non-anchor channels.
US11115844B2 Method for managing enhanced physical downlink control channel, wireless communication network, computer programs and computer program products
The application relates to a method (60) for managing enhanced physical downlink control channel, EPDCCH, resources used in a wireless communications network (1) for transmitting scheduling assignments. The method (60) comprises establishing (61) a measure on load in the wireless communications network (1), and controlling (62) assigning one or more user terminals (3) to use EPDCCH resources based on the established measure on load. A corresponding wireless communications network (1) is provided, as well as computer programs and computer program products.
US11115842B2 Systems and methods for optimized signaling for non IP data delivery (NIDD) communication
Systems and methods are disclosed herein that relate to deferring delivery of non-Internet Protocol (IP) data in a wireless communication system via a Non-IP Data Delivery (NIDD) procedure based on a power source status of a serving Radio Access Network (RAN) node of a target wireless device. In some embodiments, a method of operation of a network node comprises receiving, from an exposure function, a NIDD request comprising data from an application server to be delivered to a wireless device via a NIDD procedure. The method further comprises making a determination as to whether to deliver the data to the wireless device via the NIDD procedure based on a power source status of a RAN node associated with the wireless device. In this manner, delivery of the non-IP data can be deferred depending on the power source status of the RAN node.
US11115836B1 Smart antenna controlling method and smart antenna system
A smart antenna controlling method is used for controlling a smart antenna system, and the smart antenna system includes multiple antennas, a wireless network controller, and a processor. The smart antenna controlling method includes: receiving multiple wireless signals transmitted by a wireless access point, respectively, by using the antennas; providing multiple received signal strength indications (RSSIs) corresponding to the wireless signals received by the antennas to the processor, respectively, by using the wireless network controller; generating multiple control signals corresponding to the antennas according to the RSSIs, by using the processor; and switching radiation patterns of the antennas according to the control signals, respectively, such that the RSSIs of the wireless signals are the same, and not smaller than a threshold value.
US11115834B2 System and method for extending range and coverage of bandwidth intensive wireless data streams
A wireless networking system is disclosed. The system includes a first wireless access point having a first coverage area. The first wireless access point includes a first wireless transceiver to access a wireless network and a second wireless transceiver coupled to the first wireless transceiver. A second wireless access point has a second coverage area. The second wireless access point includes a third wireless transceiver for establishing a wireless link with the second wireless transceiver, and a fourth wireless transceiver coupled to the third wireless transceiver to provide user access to the wireless link. User access to the wireless link accesses the wireless network via the second and first wireless transceivers.
US11115832B2 Method and device for network design in wireless communication system
Disclosed are a communication technique of 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 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. According to an embodiment of the present disclosure, a network design method of a wireless communication system comprises the steps of: setting at least one environmental element related to millimeter wave (mmWave) propagation, on the basis of image information within a set map; grouping a design area within the map into at least one detailed area; and designing a network.
US11115831B1 Method and apparatus for handling channel termination orders in a spectrum controlled network
A method and apparatus for handling channel termination in a spectrum-controlled wireless communication network and bringing power back up to resume normal operation. The network includes Base Stations/Access Points (BS/APs) in communication with a number of User Equipment devices (UEs) within the coverage area over wireless channels. When a channel termination order is received, the network identifies at least one BS/AP communicating on the prohibited channel and designates at least one BS/AP not transmitting on the prohibited channel which is allowed to increase transmission power. The system gradually reduces power on the impacted BS/AP and gradually increases power on the designated BS/AP to induce handoff to provide a smooth transition and avoid service interruptions to connected UEs. In one embodiment the wireless network is a Citizen's Broadband Radio Service (CBRS) network, and the BS/APs are located at an enterprise location and form part of an enterprise network.
US11115821B2 Systems and methods for mobile peer-to-peer content sharing
System and methods are disclosed that enable data sharing across networks, including peer-to-peer sharing of content over wireless networks using peer mobile devices. A database may store content associated with a first peer mobile device. A request from a requester peer mobile device for content associated with a user of the first peer mobile device may be received at a server. The encrypted request is transmitted by the server to the first peer mobile device which may decrypt the request. An authorization token may be transmitted by the first peer mobile device to the server which may then enable the requesting peer mobile device to access the requested content, which may be accessed from the first peer mobile device and/or a cloud storage system.
US11115816B2 Communication apparatus, control method of communication apparatus, computer program, and storage medium
A communication apparatus connectable to a communication network notifies the presence of the communication apparatus using a communication channel assigned to the communication apparatus, then sets one communication channel different from the assigned communication channel of those available in the communication network, and searches for a communication partner apparatus which functions as a providing apparatus that provides communication parameters using the set communication channel. The communication apparatus repetitively executes the notification processing and the search processing, and changes a communication channel used in the search processing every time the repetition is executed one or a plurality of number of times.
US11115812B2 Smart profile change by subscriber identity module (SIM) application
Systems and methods discussed herein are directed to subscriber identity (SIM) cards that include multiple profiles. The SIM cards include logic, e.g., an application or an applet, configured to change profiles so that the correct profile is selected for use with the electronic device that includes such a SIM card within the appropriate wireless communication network. The ability to change profiles may be based on activity of the electronic device, e.g., events, within the wireless communication network.
US11115807B2 Method for assistance with the remote configuration of an eUICC card and system for implementing such a method
A terminal provided with an eUICC card having an incomplete provisioning profile. At least one missing datum essential to the establishment of a communication between the terminal and an access network of a first wireless communication system is not defined by default in the provisioning profile. In order to remotely configure the eUICC card, prior communication is established between the terminal and an access network of a second wireless communication system to transmit the missing data to complete the provisioning profile.
US11115806B2 Devices and methods for establishing multiple connections
A method by a User Equipment (UE) is described. The method includes receiving, from a radio access network, one or more radio resource control (RRC) messages. The one or more RRC messages are used to configure a dual connectivity in which the UE communicates with the radio access network using a first set of cell(s) and a second set of cell(s) and to configure a signaling radio bearer (SRB) for the second set of cell(s). The one or more RRC messages are sent via a signaling radio bearer of the first set of cell(s).
US11115801B2 Traffic offloading method and related device in roaming scenario
Embodiments of this application disclose an offloading method and a related device in a roaming scenario, to prevent traffic of a subscribed service of a roaming subscriber from looping back to a home location, thereby reducing inter-network traffic consumption. The method in this embodiment of this application includes: receiving, by a visited core network control plane V-CP, a first message from a home core network control plane H-CP, where the first message includes a local breakout LBO policy based on a subscribed service, and the subscribed service is a service on which local breakout needs to be performed and that is of a user; and sending, by the V-CP, the LBO policy to a visited core network user plane V-UP, so that the LBO policy is installed on the V-UP to implement local breakout processing for the subscribed service.
US11115790B2 Method for performing V2X communication in wireless communication system and apparatus therefor
A method for performing a V2X communication in a wireless communication system and a device therefor are disclosed. A method for performing, by a user equipment (UE), a vehicle-to-everything (V2X) communication in a wireless communication system includes receiving a transmission request of a V2X message from an upper layer, when receiving the transmission request of the V2X message, selecting a resource for the V2X communication over a PC5 interface if the UE is ‘Not served by evolved universal terrestrial radio access network (E-UTRAN) for V2X communication’, and performing a transmission for the V2X communication over the PC5 interface. If the UE is camped on a cell supporting the V2X communication, and a carrier frequency provided by the cell on which the UE is camped does not belong to a pre-configured carrier frequency the UE intends to use, the UE is considered as ‘Not served by E-UTRAN for V2X communication’.
US11115788B2 System, method and apparatus for sensing changes in an environment using wireless communication signals
A wireless signal-based sensing system is provided. The system includes a plurality of devices, each device capable of sending and receiving wireless signals to create a sensing area. The system also includes at least one connection mechanism to enable at least one of the devices to connect to an application, and at least one analytics application for processing measurements of wireless signals obtained from the sensing area.
US11115780B2 System and method for optimized navigation
Various embodiments include a system that can comprise one or more processing modules and/or one or more non-transitory memory storage modules storing computing instructions on the one or more processing modules. The computing instructions can be configured to perform the acts of receiving an ordered list from a user via a software application on a mobile device of the user, wherein the software can comprise a bar code scanner, wherein the ordered list can comprise a first set of records describing a first set of physical items; receiving first data obtained from the barcode scanner, wherein the first data can comprise a first distinct record describing a first distinct physical item within the first set of physical items; querying a physical item database, wherein the physical item database can comprise a second distinct record describing the location of the first distinct physical item and a second set of records describing locations of the first set of physical items; calculating a first optimized route from the location of the first distinct physical item to a first series of distinct physical items using at least a portion of the second set of records and the second distinct record, wherein the first series of distinct physical items can comprise at least a portion of the first set of physical items; creating a first reordered list from the first series of distinct physical items using the first optimized route; and presenting the first optimized route and the first reordered list to the user via a graphic user interface on the software application on the mobile device of the user. Other embodiments are also disclosed herein.
US11115775B2 Method and apparatus for acoustic crosstalk cancellation
An acoustic crosstalk canceller is determined for an asymmetric audio playback device, by determining a transfer function of an acoustic stereo playback path having asymmetries defined by speakers of the playback device. The transfer function is inverted to determine an inverse transfer function. The inverse transfer function is regularised by applying frequency dependent regularisation parameters to obtain an acoustic crosstalk canceller. Also, the inverse transfer function could be regularised for symmetric playback paths by applying aggregated frequency dependent regularisation parameters to obtain an acoustic crosstalk canceller without band branching.
US11115774B2 Acoustic output apparatus
The present disclosure provides an acoustic output apparatus including one or more status sensors, at least one low-frequency acoustic driver, at least one high-frequency acoustic driver, at least two first sound guiding holes, and at least two second sound guiding holes. The status sensors may detect status information of a user. The low-frequency acoustic driver may generate at least one first sound, a frequency of which is within a first frequency range. The high-frequency acoustic driver may generate at least one second sound, a frequency of which is within a second frequency range including at least one frequency exceeding the first frequency range. The first and second sound guiding holes may output the first and second spatial sound, respectively. The first and second sound may be generated based on the status information, and may simulate a target sound coming from at least one virtual direction with respect to the user.
US11115772B2 Computer-readable non-transitory storage medium having stored therein sound processing program, information processing apparatus, sound processing method, and information processing system
An exemplary embodiment includes: disposing at least one virtual sound source in a virtual space; calculating a parameter relevant to a sound volume on the basis of a distance from a first reference in the virtual space to the virtual sound source; calculating a parameter relevant to a sound quality on the basis of a distance from a second reference in the virtual space to the virtual sound source, the second reference being different from the first reference; and outputting, with a sound volume based on the parameter relevant to the sound volume and a sound quality based on the parameter relevant to the sound quality, a sound associated with the virtual sound source.
US11115767B2 Diaphragm structure and method of manufacturing the same
A diaphragm structure is used for an audio signal output device. The diaphragm structure includes a film substrate, a polymer fiber structure and a thin film metallic glass. The film substrate includes a first surface and a second surface opposite to the first surface. The polymer fiber structure is combined with the first surface of the film substrate. The thin film metallic glass is formed on at least a part of the second surface of the film substrate.
US11115766B1 Automated audio assembly performance assessment
A computing device includes: a memory storing an audio sequence and a reference attribute associated with playback of the audio sequence; a speaker; a microphone; an audio enclosure supporting the speaker and the microphone; a processor configured to: simultaneously (i) control the speaker to play the audio sequence, and (ii) control the microphone to capture a test recording corresponding to playback of the audio sequence; based on a comparison of the reference attribute to a test attribute associated with the test recording, detect occlusion of the audio enclosure; and in response to detecting occlusion of the audio enclosure, generate a notification message.
US11115765B2 Centrally controlling communication at a venue
One example may include a method that includes receiving, at a presentation server, an audio data signal from a mobile device located in a presentation space, identifying a mobile device identification characteristic of the mobile device based on the received audio data signal, determining a mobile device location via a location determination procedure, and playing the audio signal via a loudspeaker.
US11115762B2 Hearing device for own voice detection and method of operating a hearing device
A hearing device configured to be worn at a head of a user. The hearing device includes a vibration sensor to detect a vibration conducted through the user's head to the hearing device and to output a vibration signal including information about the vibration. At least part of the vibration can be caused by an own voice activity of the user. A method of operating the hearing device allows a reliable own voice detection at rather low processing effort. The processor determines a presence of an own voice characteristic in the vibration signal at a vibration frequency associated with the own voice characteristic and identifies the own voice activity based on an identification criterion including the presence of the own voice characteristic in the vibration signal at the associated vibration frequency. The own voice characteristic indicative of part of the vibration can be caused by the own voice activity.
US11115760B2 Signal amplifier
A hearing prosthesis circuit includes a power source, a first amplifier coupled to the power source, and a second amplifier coupled to the power source. The circuit also includes a stimulation component coupled to the first amplifier and the second amplifier. The stimulation component is configured to provide an output in accordance with an electrical signal that includes audio data. Further, the circuit includes a controller coupled to the first amplifier and the second amplifier. The controller is operable in accordance with a first operational setting to use the first amplifier to provide the electrical signal to the stimulation component and the controller is also operable in accordance with a second operational setting to use the second amplifier to provide the electrical signal to the stimulation component. Generally, the first amplifier provides greater signal amplification of the audio data than the second amplifier.
US11115755B2 Sound transducer structure and method for manufacturing a sound transducer structure
For manufacturing a sound transducer structure, membrane support material is applied on a first main surface of a membrane carrier material and membrane material is applied in a sound transducing region and an edge region on a surface of the membrane support material. In addition, counter electrode support material is applied on a surface of the membrane material and recesses are formed in the sound transducing region of the membrane material. Counter electrode material is applied to the counter electrode support material and membrane carrier material and membrane support material are removed in the sound transducing region to the membrane material.
US11115751B2 Apparatus and methods for bone conduction speaker
A bone conduction speaker is provided herein. The bone conduction speaker may include a magnetic circuit component for providing a magnetic field, a vibration component located in the magnetic field, and a case. At least a part of the vibration component may convert an electrical signal into a mechanical vibration signal. The case may include a case panel facing a human body side and a case back opposite to the case panel, and accommodate the vibration component that causes the case panel and the case back to vibrate. A vibration of the case panel may have a first phase, and a vibration of the case back may have a second phase. When frequencies of the vibration of the case panel and the case back are within 2000 Hz to 3000 Hz, an absolute value of a difference between the first and the second phase(s) may be less than 60 degrees.
US11115749B2 In-ear active noise-cancelling earphone
In-ear active noise-cancelling (ANC) earphones for which the ANC circuit remains stable even under varying wearing conditions, the earphones being worn so that an eartip of the earphone is at least partially in the external auditory canal, with at least one speaker with a frontal volume leading to a tip area and/or speaker channel, and with at least one ANC microphone. To ensure that the ANC circuit remains stable even with a small available space, the earphones feature the connection of a frontal volume and/or a speaker channel with an additional volume via a tube ending in the tip area.
US11115744B2 Audio device with conduit connector
A hearing device includes a housing with a retention flange defining a retention space. A conduit is disposed about an electrical wire electrically coupled to a transducer and a ferrule is disposed about an end portion of the conduit and fixed along an axial dimension of the conduit, the ferrule having a portion disposable in the retention space. A bushing has a portion disposed at least partially about the portion of the ferrule disposable in the retention space, the bushing formed of a soft material relative to a hardness of the ferrule and the housing, wherein the bushing is located between the retention flange and the ferrule and the retention flange captures the conduit relative to the housing when the portion of the bushing is disposed in the retention space.
US11115742B2 Microphone assembly and microphone arrangement
A microphone assembly is disclosed. The microphone assembly includes a first housing part, a second housing part, a microphone capsule and a printed circuit board. The microphone capsule and the printed circuit board are received in an inner space of a housing formed by the two housing parts, which includes a viewing part that can be connected to the housing, as well as at least one first elastic clip element for attaching the microphone assembly to an interior lining.
US11115741B2 Artificial intelligence sound output apparatus, hub for communication network, method of manufacturing the apparatus, and grille for the apparatus
Disclosed is an artificial intelligence hub including: a main body having a speaker for outputting sound; a communication module for wirelessly communicating with a surround ding device; a base arranged below the main body to support the main body; a cover coupled to a top of the main body, the cover having an upper surface for displaying a screen based on information exchanged via the communication module; and a grille having a vertically elongated cylindrical shape and provided with a plurality of through-holes therein, the main body being arranged within the grille, the grille being coupled at an upper end thereof to the cover housing and coupled at a lower end thereof to the base.
US11115736B2 System and method for dynamic bandwidth assignment (DBA) virtualization in a multi-tenant passive optical network
The invention provides a method and system for Dynamic Bandwidth Assignment (DBA) Virtualization in a Passive Optical Network, comprising an Optical Line Termination (OLT) point and a plurality of Optical Network Units (ONU) and a plurality of Virtual Network Units (VNO), wherein each VNO is configured with a virtual Dynamic Bandwidth Assignment module to schedule a bandwidth assignment independently of the other VNOs and using a merging engine to implement a detailed bandwidth scheduling allocation over the Passive Optical Network.
US11115735B2 Reconfigurable optical networks
Switching technology may be incorporated into various systems, components, and/or architectures in a fiber optic network to promote network reconfigurability and design flexibility. A signal access unit comprises an input, an output, an access port, a switch arrangement including a switch, and a controller. The switch optically couples the input to the output and not to the access port when in a first configuration, and optically couples the access port to at least one of the input and the output without optically coupling the input and the output together when in a second configuration. The controller is configured to receive an indication of a selected wavelength and to operate the switch arrangement to change the switch between the first and second configurations based on the indication of the selected wavelength.
US11115730B2 Video sharing implementation method and system
A video sharing implementation method and system are provided, with the method including receiving a user's access request for a video sharing link which carries an address of a video and an identifier of a shared object, parsing the video sharing link to obtain the address of the video and the identifier of the shared object, playing the video according to the address of the video, and displaying the shared object corresponding to the identifier of the shared object in a video display interface, and jumping to a product link of the shared object in response to the user's selection of the shared object.
US11115729B2 Methods and apparatuses for video publishing, device, and memory medium
Disclosed are methods and apparatuses for video publishing, a device, and a memory medium. The method comprises detecting a video recording request after obtaining a video and video post settings, and recording a video clip based on the video recording request till obtaining a video merge instruction; merging the video and the video clip based on the Video merge instruction to obtain a target video; and uploading, in response to detecting a Video post instruction, the target video and the video post settings to a video server.
US11115725B2 User placement of closed captioning
Placement of Closed Captioning (CC) in content by a content provider is overridden by means of a user interface (UI) that allows the user to place CC on screen on top of the video. The CC may be derived directly from the audio and synchronized with play of the audio and video.
US11115719B2 Systems and methods for using playlists
Systems and methods for automatically generating a playlist of series assets and systems and methods for grouping assets of a playlist in clusters are provided. In one embodiment, series assets may automatically be included into a playlist for that series. In another embodiment, an interactive media guidance application may group assets in clusters based on one or more user selected parameters or may group assets in cluster based on automatically determined parameters. In yet another embodiment, the interactive media guidance application may group assets in clusters and display at least one identifier in connection with each cluster to indicate a basis for forming the cluster. The identifier may be a key word or catch phrase that succinctly identifies a trait or characteristic of assets in a particular cluster associated with the identifier.
US11115718B2 Virtual reality imaging system
A device and methods are disclosed for delivering video content to an end user comprising: a. a source of video content comprising a sequence of scenes; b. a transmitter for transmitting said video content; c. a receiver for receiving the video content and displaying the video content to the end user; d. a feedback unit for sensing a user's journey; e. a processor preprogrammed to modify the video content to be transmitted according to sensed user's journey; wherein the processor is configured to analyze sensed user's activity and predict user's journey in future such that a portion of video content which has highest predicted watchability by the user is transmitted and displayed.
US11115715B2 Broadcast receiving apparatus and portable information terminal
A digital broadcast receiving apparatus capable of executing a function with a higher added value is provided. A broadcast receiving apparatus configured to receive broadcasting data on digital broadcasting is used. The broadcast receiving apparatus includes: a broadcast receiving unit configured to receive broadcasting data containing coded video data regarding a broadcasting program of the digital broadcasting and control information for the broadcasting program; a video decoding unit configured to decode the coded video data received by the broadcast receiving unit to reproduce program video information; a display unit configured to display the program video information reproduced by the video decoding unit; a communication unit configured to transmit viewing permission request data to a predetermined portable information terminal in a case where a broadcasting program that a user of the broadcast receiving apparatus desires to view is a program on which viewing limit is to be imposed, the communication unit being configured to receive response data from the portable information terminal, the response data responding to the viewing permission request data; an authentication information storing unit configured to store terminal identification information and authentication information, the predetermined portable information terminal being allowed to be identified by the terminal identification information; and a control unit. The control unit is configured to: control the video decoding unit or the display unit so as not to limit viewing of the broadcasting program that the user of the broadcast receiving apparatus desires to view in a case where the response data received by the communication unit indicates a display permission response and both of terminal identification information and authentication information contained in the display permission response respectively coincide with the terminal identification information and the authentication information stored in the authentication information storing unit; and control the video decoding unit or the display unit so as to limit the viewing of the broadcasting program that the user of the broadcast receiving apparatus desires to view in a case where any of the terminal identification information and the authentication information contained in the display permission response does not coincide with corresponding one of the terminal identification information and the authentication information stored in the authentication information storing unit even though the response data received by the communication unit indicates the display permission response.
US11115713B2 Management and delivery of over-the-top services over different content-streaming systems
An event trigger management system, which handles management and delivery of services on a user device that streams media content from a distribution network, determines one or more media items present in media content of the distribution network. One or more interactive items are overlaid over the one or more media items in the media content and one or more event triggers are received from a client application engine, operational on the user device, based on selection of one or more interactive items. A personalized list is generated based on one or more received event triggers for selection of one or more overlaid interactive items and the generated personalized list is displayed or transmitted to distribution network(s) or application engines associated with the user device.
US11115712B2 Systems and methods for indexing, searching for, and retrieving digital media
Systems and methods for indexing and searching for digital media in a multi-player gaming network are disclosed. In a game module stored locally in each client device, a content editor application generates a user interface through which a player may create, or search for, a personal visual symbol. Search queries are processed to determine asset signatures and, based on the asset signatures, corresponding stored personal visual symbol data are identified.
US11115710B2 Methods and apparatus to determine synthetic respondent level data using constrained Markov chains
Methods, apparatus, systems, and articles of manufacture are disclosed to generate synthetic respondent level data. Example apparatus disclosed herein include a synthetic panel generator to (i) generate a synthetic panel corresponding to a duration of time, the synthetic panel to be generated based on (a) a seed panel and (b) duration constraints based on return path data reported by a plurality of media devices, the synthetic panel representative of audiences of media presented by the plurality of media devices during the duration of time, and (ii) generate synthetic respondent level data based on viewing data of synthetic panelists in the synthetic panel. Disclosed example apparatus also include an output file generator to generate an output file based on the synthetic respondent level data.
US11115709B2 Reduced hierarchy key management system and method
A controller receives an encrypted media stream (“EMS”) and an identifier indicative of a selected content key from a headend. The EMS is encrypted with an encryption key and can be decrypted with a corresponding decryption key which is determinable from the selected content key. The controller receives indexes and content keys from the headend prior to receiving the EMS. Each index respectively corresponds to an identifier with one index corresponding to the identifier indicative of the selected content key. The content keys correspond to the indexes with one content key corresponding to the index corresponding to the identifier indicative of the selected content key. The controller selects the index corresponding to the identifier indicative of the selected content key upon receiving the EMS, determines the selected content key from the selected index, determines the decryption key from the selected content key, and decrypts the EMS with the decryption key.
US11115708B2 Broadcast receiving device, method of operating broadcast receiving device, linking device for linking to broadcast receiving device, and method of operating linking device
A companion device interoperating with a broadcast reception device for receiving a broadcast service, includes a communication device configured to connect the companion device with the broadcast reception device; and a controller configured to receive emergency alert information from the broadcast reception device, the emergency alert information including identifier information for the emergency alert information, category information of the emergency alert information, and priority information for the emergency alert information, wherein a value of the priority information represents one of 5 levels of priority of the emergency alert information, the 5 levels represents the priority from low priority to high priority, and in response to a change of the priority, the controller receives changed emergency alert information including changed priority information of which a value represents a level of the changed priority.
US11115707B2 Systems and methods for managing local storage of on-demand content
On-demand systems and methods are provided to manage locally-stored on-demand content. A user's equipment controls the deletion of and/or access to on-demand content from a local storage device based on constraining criteria that may include rental conditions, dynamic factors, and keys.
US11115706B2 Method, client, and terminal device for screen recording
A method, client, and terminal device for screen recording are provided, and the method includes: enabling a screen recording data synthesizing module (401) when a screen recording instruction is received (101); inputting an encoded audio data of a player into the screen recording data synthesizing module (401) for superposition, to obtain a merged audio data (102); and inputting a video data of the player into the screen recording data synthesizing module (401), and merging the video data with the merged audio data, to obtain a screen recording data (103). In the present disclosure, all the audio and video data in a live broadcasting scenario can be completely recorded to ensure the integrity of the live broadcasting scenario.
US11115705B2 Method and system for providing non-real-time content distribution services
A method includes communicating first data to users for real time consumption by the users using a first portion of a system capacity of a system during a first time using a broadcast mode. The system capacity comprises the first portion of a broadcast transmission used for communicating the first data for real time consumption by the users and remnant capacity separate from the first portion of the broadcast transmission for non-real time consumption. The consumption occurs at a same time as when a user requests to consume the first data. The method includes communicating the first data through the communication system to a first device comprising an intermediate data storage device using the remnant capacity of the broadcast transmission during the first time. The first data is communicated using the remnant capacity of the broadcast transmission for non-real time consumption with a user application.
US11115701B2 Method and system for viewing sports content within a virtual reality environment
A virtual reality (VR) system including a head mounted display (HMD), a sensor or input device, and options, selection, and display modules. The HMD displays a VR environment including sports content of a live game, a prerecorded game, or a sports channel. The options module generates an options signal to show viewing options in the VR environment. The viewing options define viewing aspects for viewing the sports content within the VR environment. The sensor or input device generates signals based on detection of movement of the HMD, movement of an eyeball of a user, user voice communication, or user contact with the input device. The selection module, based on the signals: selects the sports content and a viewing option; and generates a selection signal. The display module displays the sports content in the VR environment based on the selection signal.
US11115700B2 Method and device for identifying a peripheral device from a digital content
A method for identifying a peripheral device from a digital content having been received by said peripheral device from a master device located at a user end, said master device being further configured to be connected to a server located at a back end, said method comprising the steps of: receiving, by the master device from the peripheral device, at least peripheral identification data; generating, at the master device, a first mark as a function of at least a part of said peripheral identification data; and watermarking said digital content using said first mark before transmitting said digital content to said peripheral device.
US11115695B2 Using machine learning and other models to determine a user preference to cancel a stream or download
A system and method are disclosed for training a machine learning model using information pertaining to transmissions of one or more media items to user devices associated with a user account. In an implementation, training data for the machine learning model includes first contextual information associated with a first user device and second contextual information associated with a second user device. The number of the transmissions to the user devices for the user account exceeds a threshold number of transmissions allowed for the user account. Training data further includes generating a first target output that identifies an indication of a preference of a user preference to keep or cancel each of the transmission. The method includes providing the training data to train the machine learning model. The trained machine learning model may be used to determine which of the new transmissions is to be canceled.
US11115686B2 Method of recording, in a mass memory of an electronic device, at least one multimedia content
Method of recording a multimedia content broadcast streamwise, comprising the following steps: initialize a current throughput of recording of the stream in a mass memory; acquire a current portion of the multimedia content at the current recording throughput, and store it temporarily in the buffer memory; evaluate a rate of fill of the buffer memory; if the fill rate is greater than a predetermined high threshold of fill, decrease the current recording throughput; if the fill rate is less than or equal to a predetermined low threshold, increase the current recording throughput.
US11115684B2 System, method, and program for distributing live video
A video distribution server according to an embodiment provides a live video distribution service for distributing and viewing live video to a user via a user terminal. This server determines the ranking of distributors on the basis of live video distribution performance, sets a base reward quantity for distributors on the basis of the determined ranking, and gives distributors rewards in a quantity based on the distribution duration of the live video and the base reward quantity, so even if a distributor is a novice, he can obtain a reward in a quantity based on the distribution duration and the base reward quantity by continuing to distribute live video.
US11115682B2 Block-based predictive coding and decoding of a picture
A previously encoded or reconstructed version of a neighborhood of a predetermined block to be predicted is exploited so as to result into a more efficient predictive coding of the prediction block. In particular, a spectral decomposition of a region composed of this neighborhood and a first version of a predicted filling of the predetermined block results into a first spectrum which is subject to noise reduction and the thus resulting second spectrum may be subject to a spectral composition, thereby resulting in a modified version of this region including a second version of the predicted filling of the predetermined block. Owing to the exploitation of the already processed, i.e. encoded/reconstructed, neighborhood of the predetermined block, the second version of the predicted filling of the predetermined block tends to improve the coding efficiency.
US11115681B2 Hybrid video coding supporting intermediate view synthesis
Hybrid video decoder supporting intermediate view synthesis of an intermediate view video from a first- and a second- view video which are predictively coded into a multi-view data signal with frames of the second-view video being spatially subdivided into sub-regions and the multi-view data signal having a prediction mode is provided, having: an extractor configured to respectively extract, from the multi-view data signal, for sub-regions of the frames of the second-view video, a disparity vector and a prediction residual; a predictive reconstructor configured to reconstruct the sub-regions of the frames of the second-view video, by generating a prediction from a reconstructed version of a portion of frames of the first-view video using the disparity vectors and a prediction residual for the respective sub-regions; and an intermediate view synthesizer configured to reconstruct first portions of the intermediate view video.
US11115677B2 Image coding method, image decoding method, image coding apparatus, and image decoding apparatus
An image coding method includes: deriving a candidate for a motion vector of a current block from a co-located motion vector; adding the candidate to a list; selecting the motion vector of the current block from the list; and coding the current block, wherein the deriving includes: deriving the candidate by a first derivation scheme in the case of determining that each of a current reference picture and a co-located reference picture is a long-term reference picture; and deriving the candidate by a second derivation scheme in the case of determining that each of the current reference picture and the co-located reference picture is a short-term reference picture.
US11115673B2 Image encoder using machine learning and data processing method of the image encoder
An image encoder for outputting a bitstream by encoding an input image includes a predictive block, a machine learning based prediction enhancement (MLBE) block, and a subtractor. The predictive block is configured to generate a prediction block using data of a previous input block. The MLBE block is configured to transform the prediction block into an enhanced prediction block by applying a machine learning technique to the prediction block. The subtractor is configured to generate a residual block by subtracting pixel data of the enhanced prediction block from pixel data of a current input block.
US11115670B2 Image encoding apparatus, image encoding method, recording medium and program, image decoding apparatus, image decoding method, and recording medium and program
The present invention relates to specification of a tile capable of being independently processed to process a certain area at high speed in encoding and decoding of tiles resulting from division of an image in hierarchical coding of the image. An image encoding apparatus that performs the hierarchical coding of an input image with multiple layers includes an acquiring unit and an encoding unit. The acquiring unit acquires a first image generated from the input image and a second image having resolution different from that of the first image. In the encoding of a first area in the first image acquired by the acquiring unit, the encoding unit performs the encoding using a second area existing at the relatively same position as that of the first area in the first image in the second image as a reference image.
US11115668B2 Supplemental enhancement information including confidence level and mixed content information
This application relates to video encoding and decoding, and specifically to tools and techniques for using and providing supplemental enhancement information in bitstreams. Among other things, the detailed description presents innovations for bitstreams having supplemental enhancement information (SEI). In particular embodiments, the SEI message includes picture source data (e.g., data indicating whether the associated picture is a progressive scan picture or an interlaced scan picture and/or data indicating whether the associated picture is a duplicate picture). The SEI message can also express a confidence level of the encoder's relative confidence in the accuracy of this picture source data. A decoder can use the confidence level indication to determine whether the decoder should separately identify the picture as progressive or interlaced and/or a duplicate picture or honor the picture source scanning information in the SEI as it is.
US11115663B2 Codebook generation for cloud-based video applications
Techniques are disclosed for the improvement of vector quantization (VQ) codebook generation. The improved codebooks may be used for compression in cloud-based video applications. VQ achieves compression by vectorizing input video streams, matching those vectors to codebook vector entries, and replacing them with indexes of the matched codebook vectors along with residual vectors to represent the difference between the input stream vector and the codebook vector. The combination of index and residual is generally smaller than the input stream vector which they collectively encode, thus providing compression. The improved codebook may be generated from training video streams by grouping together similar types of data (e.g., image data, motion data, control data) from the video stream to generate longer vectors having higher dimensions and greater structure. This improves the ability of VQ to remove redundancy and thus increase compression efficiency. Storage space is thus reduced and video transmission may be faster.
US11115661B2 Low delay content disarm and reconstruction (CDR) of live streaming video
A method of disarming and reconstructing an encoded video stream to nullify malicious agents potentially embedded in the encoded video stream comprising decoding a received encoded video stream to obtain a decoded video stream, extracting, from the encoded video stream, encoding information calculated by an originating encoder to create the encoded video stream, adjusting the encoding information by replacing one or more quantization parameters defined in the encoding information with respective adjusted quantization parameter(s) calculated based on a random selection of a value from a range of quantization parameter values, encoding the decoded video stream using the adjusted encoding information to produce a modified encoded video stream and transmitting the modified encoded video stream.
US11115660B2 Method and apparatus of syntax interleaving for separate coding tree in video coding
A methods and apparatus for block partition in video encoding and decoding are disclosed. According to one method, a current data unit is partitioned into initial blocks using inferred splitting without split-syntax signalling. The initial blocks comprises multiple initial luma blocks and multiple initial chroma blocks, and size of the initial luma block is M×N, M and N are positive integers and the current data unit is larger than M×N for the luma component. A partition structure is determined for partitioning each initial luma block and each initial chroma block into one or more luma CUs (coding units) and one or more chroma CUs respectively. The luma syntaxes and the chroma syntaxes associated with one initial block in the current data unit are signalled or parsed, and then the luma syntaxes and the chroma syntaxes associated with one next initial block in the current data unit are signalled or parsed.
US11115656B2 Selection of coded motion information for LUT updating
A method of video decoding includes maintaining a number of tables, wherein each table includes a set of motion candidates, wherein each motion candidate is associated with corresponding motion information derived from previously video blocks, performing a conversion between a video block and a coded representation of the video block, and determining, based on a conversion condition of the video block, whether to update at least one of the tables by adding motion information corresponding to the video block.
US11115650B2 System and method for monitoring video communication device
A system and a method for monitoring a video communication device configured to monitor an activation state of a video capturing module are provided. A detection circuit is configured to detect an operation current input to the video capturing module. A control circuit is electrically connected to the detection circuit and determines whether the video capturing module is activated according to a magnitude of the operation current.
US11115647B2 Privacy display apparatus
An imaging directional backlight apparatus including a waveguide, a light source array, for providing large area directed illumination from localized light sources. The waveguide may include a stepped structure, in which the steps may further include extraction features optically hidden to guided light, propagating in a first forward direction. Returning light propagating in a second backward direction may be refracted, diffracted, or reflected by the features to provide discrete illumination beams exiting from the top surface of the waveguide. The directional backlight may be arranged to switch between at least a first wide angular luminance profile mode and a second narrow angular luminance profile mode. The directional backlight is arranged to illuminate an LCD with a bias electrode arranged to switch liquid crystal directors in black state pixels between a first wide angular contrast profile mode and a second narrow angular contrast profile mode. Performance of privacy operation for off-axis snoopers is enhanced in comparison to displays with only directional backlights or switchable contrast properties.
US11115644B2 Video generation method and apparatus using mesh and texture data
A display system for displaying video content, the display unit including a display controller operable to control the display of at least a region of the video content and a visual acuity identification unit operable to identify at least regions of high visual acuity and low visual acuity of a viewer at display positions corresponding to particular regions of the video content, where the display controller is operable to control the display of video content such that regions of high visual acuity are displayed differently to regions of low visual acuity.
US11115642B2 Integrated vision module component and unmanned aerial vehicle
The present disclosure provides an integrated vision module component. The integrated vision module includes a bracket, a first vision module, and a second vision module. The first vision module and the second vision module are mounted on the bracket. The first vision module includes a first flexible circuit board, and a first image sensor and a second image sensor mounted on the first flexible circuit board. The second vision module includes a second flexible circuit board, and a third image sensor and a fourth image sensor mounted on the second flexible circuit board. The first image sensor and the third image sensor form a first binocular vision sensor. The second image sensor and the fourth image sensor form a second binocular vision sensor.
US11115640B2 Multi-sensor video frame synchronization apparatus and methods
Apparatus and methods disclosed herein operate to monitor times of receipt of start-of-frame indications associated with frames received from multiple image sensors at a video controller. Time differences between the times of receipt of the frames are calculated. Embodiments herein alter one or more frame period determining parameter values associated with the image sensors if the time differences equal or exceed frame synchronization hysteresis threshold values. Parameter values are adjusted positively and/or negatively to decrease the time differences. The parameter values may be reset at each image sensor when the time differences become less than the frame synchronization hysteresis threshold value as additional frames are received at the video controller.
US11115634B2 Projection image adjustment system and projection image adjustment method
A projection image adjustment system includes: a pattern generator decomposes a projection test pattern into binary test patterns individually corresponding to first attributes to be expressed in a binary manner; a projection display apparatus projects a projection image and the binary test patterns; a pattern combining unit generates binary captured images by individually binarizing captured images generated by capturing the projected binary test patterns and combines the binary captured images into a combined captured image; and a calculator transforms the projection image by using a relationship between positions of feature points in the combined captured image and positions of the feature points in the projection test pattern. The projection test pattern includes divided regions, each of the regions includes a second attribute to be expressed by a combination of the first attributes, and each of the feature points is a point shared three or more adjacent regions among the regions.
US11115633B2 Method and system for projector calibration
The present disclosure relates to a method for calibrating a projector. The method includes projecting a test pattern onto a scene or an object within the scene and capturing the test pattern using a camera. Once the test pattern image has been captured by the camera, the method further includes estimating by a processing element a perspective projection matrix, warping the estimated projection matrix based on a non-linear distortion function, and modifying the projector to project light based on the distortion function. The present disclosure also relates to a presentation or projection system including two types of projectors for projecting an output presentation having a second image overlaid on a first image.
US11115632B2 Image processing device, image processing method, program, and projection system
There is provided an image processing device, an image processing method, a program, and a projection system that reduce processing in a case where images based on an equidistant cylindrical image are projected using a plurality of projectors. The image processing device of an aspect of the present technology generates a second equidistant cylindrical image whose center pixel is equal to a center pixel of each of projection regions of a plurality of projectors in a first equidistant cylindrical image and that includes pixels within an angle range including the each of the projection regions, as an image used to generate each of projection images that are projected from the plurality of projectors. The present technology is applicable to a computer that causes the plurality of projectors to project images.
US11115631B2 Image processing apparatus, image processing method, and storage medium
There is provided with an image processing apparatus. A setting unit sets a display magnification on the display surface for the captured image data. A generating unit generates the display image data from the captured image data, based on a relationship between a first direction from an observer viewpoint toward a position on the display surface at which an object is displayed when display is provided based on the captured image data in accordance with the display magnification and a second direction from an capturing viewpoint of the captured image data toward the object, such that an image of the object in the second direction from the capturing viewpoint of the captured image data is displayed at a position on the display surface in the first direction from the observer viewpoint.
US11115628B2 Mobile surveillance unit
Provided is a surveillance system, including: a trailer having wheels, a mast, and a trailer towing coupler; a camera coupled to the mast; a cellular modem communicatively coupled to the camera and operative to transmit video captured by the camera; a command center server operative to remotely receive and store data describing operation of a fluid-handling device and to receive the transmitted video and send the video to a user in response to a request from a web browser of the user; a power storage device; and a solar panel coupled to the power storage device such that the solar panel charges the power storage device.
US11115626B2 Apparatus for video communication
An apparatus for video communication configured to be locally connected to a local processing device executing a video conferencing software for communicating with a remote location, the apparatus being further configured to be locally wirelessly connected to a plurality of local mobile devices each comprising a display and a video camera. The apparatus comprises: receiving means configured to receive a plurality of video signals related to a plurality of participants in a video conference generated by the video cameras of the plurality of local mobile devices, generating means operatively connected to said receiving means and configured to generate an output video communication stream based on said plurality of video signals received from the plurality of local mobile devices, and transmitting means configured to transmit the output video communication stream to said local processing device executing the video conferencing software. The apparatus is configured to receive from the local processing device an output signal representing a content displayed by a display of the processing device when executing the video conferencing software; the apparatus comprises sharing means configured to share with the plurality of local mobile devices the output signal representing a content displayed by the display of the processing device.
US11115625B1 Positional audio metadata generation
At a video conference endpoint including a camera, a microphone array, and one or more microphone assemblies, the video conference endpoint may divide a video output of the camera into one or more tracking sectors and detect a head position for each participant in the video output. The video conference endpoint may determine within which tracking sector each detected head position is located. The video conference endpoint may determine active sound source positions of the actively speaking participants based on sound being detected or captured by the microphone array and microphone assemblies, and may determine within which tracking sector the active sound source positions are located. For each tracking sector that contains an active sound source position, the video conference endpoint may update the positional audio metadata for that particular tracking sector based on the active sound source positions and the detected head positions located in that tracking sector.
US11115623B2 Systems and methods for asymmetric image splitter with line mark memory
Described herein are systems and methods that provide for implement an asymmetric image splitter engine that may reduce the memory requirements. In one or more embodiments, a method may comprise receiving a multi-streaming video comprising super-frame video images, where each super-frame video images includes a first video image and a second video image, and where the height of the first video image is higher than the second video image. The vertical asymmetry of the second video image may be adjusted to same height as the first video image by adding padding to the second video image. An asymmetric image splitter engine may be utilized to split the super-frame video images into two separate video images. By marking each line of the second video image, it may be determined which lines are padded and discarded, and which lines are data to be displayed using a line mark memory.
US11115622B2 Apparatus and method for transceiving broadcast signal
A method for transmitting a broadcast signal according to an embodiment of the present invention comprises generating service layer signaling information for discovery and acquisition of a broadcast service and a content component of the broadcast service; generating service list information including for service list building and discovery of the service layer signaling information; and physical layer processing of the service list information, service layer signaling information, and content component.
US11115613B2 Readout arrangement for an image sensor, image sensor system and method for reading out an image sensor
A readout arrangement for an image sensor is configured to receive from a plurality of column leads of the image sensor in parallel a plurality of image sensor analog signals describing in an analog manner brightness values detected by the image sensor. The readout arrangement is configured to select which subset of a plurality of analog values represented by the image sensor analog signals or based on the image sensor analog signals is to be stored in an analog memory for further processing, and to cause storage of the selected analog values in the analog memory, or to store the selected analog values in the analog memory.
US11115610B2 Noise aware edge enhancement
The disclosure extends to methods, systems, and computer program products for enhancing edges within an image in a light deficient environment, which utilizes knowledge of the expected noise pixel by pixel, to control the strength of the edge enhancement and thereby limit the impact of the enhancement on the perception of noise.
US11115600B1 Dynamic field of view compensation for autofocus
An image processing device receives image data from an image frame captured by an image sensor of an image capture device. The image processing device moves a lens of the image capture device while still receiving the image data from the image frame, for instance as part of an autofocus operation. The image processing device determines multiple positions of the lens from the beginning of the movement to the end of the movement based on a lens position sensor, based on differences between the image frame and other consecutive image frames, or based on interpolation. The image processing device performs field of view compensation on the image data by cropping one or more rows of the image data based on the positions of the lens.
US11115592B2 Method and device for stabilizing photographic equipment on mobile device
A method and a device for stabilizing photographic equipment on a mobile device. The method includes: acquiring attitude information of the mobile device; determining an expected pitch angle of the photographic equipment; determining a driving force according to the expected pitch angle; and adjusting a pitch angle of the photographic equipment by adoption of the driving force.
US11115591B2 Photographing method and mobile terminal
A photographing method and a mobile terminal are provided. The method includes: receiving a first input by a user when a current screen displays a photographing preview screen; in response to the first input, updating the photographing preview screen and displaying it as a first sub-preview-screen and a second sub-preview-screen; receiving a second input by the user; in response to the second input, controlling a first photographing identifier displayed on the first sub-preview-screen and a second photographing identifier displayed on the second sub-preview-screen to move; and when the first photographing identifier and the second photographing identifier overlap, controlling a front-facing camera and a rear-facing camera to capture a first image and a second image respectively, and displaying a composite image of the first image and the second image.
US11115589B2 Imaging control apparatus and method for controlling imaging control apparatus
A generation unit configured to generate a combined image obtained by combining an image captured in a case where an image capturing direction is moved in a first direction from an image capturing start, and an image captured in a case where the image capturing direction is moved in a second direction opposite to the first direction with respect to a position of the image capturing start, and a recording control unit configured to perform control to, in a case where the image capturing direction is moved in the first direction before the image capturing direction is moved in the second direction, then according to an end condition for ending image capturing being satisfied, record the combined image obtained by the generation unit combining the image captured in the case where the image capturing direction is moved in the first direction are included.
US11115588B1 Control circuit and camera iris driving device
A controller of a camera iris is provided. The controller includes a signal processing circuit that generates a detected position value corresponding to a current position of the iris, based on first and second sensing signals respectively received from first and second position sensors that detects an aperture position of the iris; a control circuit, that sets a section between the first aperture position and the second aperture position to a plurality of control sections, and if a command to change the aperture of the iris is made, performing a corresponding control operation for each of the plurality of control sections to control a movement operation of the iris, based on the detected position value; and a driving circuit that generates a driving current, and provide the generates driving current to a coil to drive the iris under control of the controller.
US11115587B2 Recording reproduction apparatus, recording reproduction method, and program
A recording reproduction apparatus includes: a captured data acquisition unit configured to acquire first captured data captured by a first camera that captures an image of an outside of a moving body and second captured data captured by a second camera that captures an image in a direction opposed to a display surface of a display unit; an event detection unit configured to detect an event on the moving body; a recording controller configured to store, when an event has been detected, the first captured data as event recording data; a face detection unit configured to detect a human face from the second captured data; a reproduction controller configured to reproduce the event recording data when a human face has been detected within a period after storage of the event recording data; and a display controller configured to cause the display unit to display the reproduced event recording data.
US11115584B2 Viewing device
An apparatus to capture and display an image of an object includes a frame, at least one optical sensor for capturing the image of the object, means for moving the frame relative to a surface of the object in a first direction, and means for moving the optical sensor relative to the frame in a second direction.
US11115583B2 Apparatus and method for determination of a focus detection target
An apparatus determines an object and controls driving of the focus lens based on a focus detection result.
US11115582B2 Imaging control apparatus, imaging apparatus, and recording medium
The signal calculation unit calculates first, second, and third signal about an amount of blur or high frequency signal, which are related to an edge, based on a first luminance signal, a second luminance signal, and a third luminance signal, respectively. The data expansion unit expands the signals about an amount of blur or high frequency signal respectively to first, second, and third expanded signal data. A control method determination unit sets a back focus area based on a magnitude relation between the first expanded signal data and the second expanded signal data and set a front focus area based on magnitude relation between the first expanded signal data and the third expanded signal data to thereby control focus.
US11115576B2 Sensor module with a collar configured to be attached to a camera module for a user device
Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to a sensor module. In some aspects, a sensor module may include a collar configured to be attached to a camera module for a user device. The collar may include a first opening that is configured to align with an aperture of a camera of the camera module, and a second opening. The sensor module may include a sensor embedded in the collar. The sensor may be aligned with the second opening of the collar. Numerous other aspects are provided.
US11115568B2 Fin shaped underwater camera housing and system incorporating same
The present invention provides a board mountable system for filming underwater video. The inventive board mountable system can be mounted to the underside of water vehicles for incorporating a camera for filming from an underwater perspective. The inventive board mountable system is shaped to minimize drag as a result of the mounted camera or camera system. Embodiments of the inventive system includes a fin shaped housing for holding a camera or camera system. In certain embodiments, the fin is removably attached to the water vehicle, such as a surf board, where the fin housing can be swapped with other fins being used with the water vehicle for controlling the direction of a watersports board in motion. These embodiments of the inventive system further include a connection means for connecting the fin to the underside of a water vessel.
US11115566B2 Camera system with exchangeable illumination assembly
This invention provides a vision system with an exchangeable illumination assembly that allows for increased versatility in the type and configuration of illumination supplied to the system without altering the underlying optics, sensor, vision processor, or the associated housing. The vision system housing includes a front plate that optionally includes a plurality of mounting bases for accepting different types of lenses, and a connector that allows removable interconnection with the illustrative illumination assembly. The illumination assembly includes a cover that is light transmissive. The cover encloses an illumination component that can include a plurality of lighting elements that surround an aperture through which received light rays from the imaged scene pass through to the lens. The arrangement of lighting elements is highly variable and the user can be supplied with an illumination assembly that best suits its needs without need to change the vision system processor, sensor or housing.
US11115564B2 Image processing apparatus, image processing method, and storage medium
Provided is an image processing apparatus including a generating unit configured to print data to be used in a process of printing a metallic image using a metallic ink containing silver particles in an inkjet printing apparatus capable of ejecting the metallic ink and at least one type of chromatic color ink; and an obtaining unit configured to obtain metallic image data corresponding to a predetermined region on a print medium and indicating a tone in the metallic image. The generation unit generates print data of the metallic ink to be printed in the predetermined region based on the metallic image data and generates print data of the chromatic color ink to be printed in the predetermined region based on the metallic image data obtained by the obtaining unit and pre-stored data indicating the correspondences between tone values of the metallic image data and amounts of the chromatic color ink.
US11115561B2 Inclination detecting device, reading device, image processing apparatus, and method of detecting inclination
An inclination detecting device includes processing circuitry. The processing circuitry is configured to detect, in image information that is an image of an object imaged by an imaging device at an imaging position where a background member forms a background, a first boundary between the background member and a shadow of the object; detect a second boundary between the object and the shadow of the object in the image information; and detect an inclination of the object in the image information from the first boundary and the second boundary detected by the processing circuitry.
US11115560B2 Image processing device, control method and control program for more accurately removing a background pattern from an image
Provided are an image processing apparatus, a control method, and a control program for more accurately removing the background pattern from the image including the background pattern. An image processing apparatus includes an acquisition module to acquire an input image, a multi-valued image generating module to generate a multi-valued image from the input image, a binary image generating module to generate a binary image acquired by binarizing the input image, a detection module to detect a thin line having a width equal to or less than a predetermined number of pixels from the multi-valued image, a background pattern removal image generating module to generate a background pattern removal image in which the thin line is removed from the binary image, based on the thin line detected from the multi-valued image, and an output module to output the background pattern removal image or information generated using the background pattern removal image.
US11115558B2 Systems and methods for maintaining chain of custody for assets offloaded from a portable electronic device
Systems and methods for maintaining chain of custody for assets offloaded from a portable electronic device. One exemplary system includes an electronic processor configured to receive, from the portable electronic device, an asset manifest including an asset identifier, a fixed-length unique identifier associated with the asset identifier, and a manifest digital signature. The electronic processor is further configured to transmit to the portable electronic device a storage message based on the asset manifest; receive, from the portable electronic device, an upload completion message; retrieve, from a data warehouse an asset file; and determine, for the asset file, an asset file fixed-length unique identifier. The electronic processor is further configured to determine whether the fixed-length unique identifier matches the asset file fixed-length unique identifier; determine whether the manifest digital signature is valid; and to transmit an asset deletion permission message when identifiers match and the digital signature is valid.
US11115555B2 Method of producing machine learning model, and copying apparatus
A method of producing a machine learning model includes collecting, as training data, data including an image of a document and a size of the document or a size of an actually copied output sheet from a copying apparatus that copies the document on the output sheet, and producing a model for determining whether or not a mark included in the image of the document is identifiable by a user on the document or the copied output sheet based on the training data.
US11115551B2 Device for performing secure and automatic flipping and scanning of documents
Organizations and educational institutions are turning towards digitization of their examination processes. The existing devices are costly, time consuming and insecure for scanning the answer sheets. A device for performing secure and automatic flipping and scanning of documents has been provided. The device is configured to be assembled in the form of a box. The device comprising a scanning stand, a page flipping arm, one or more suction cups, one or more rollers, a controller and a mobile device. The controller is configured to control the operation of the scanning stand, the page flipper arm and the roller. The mobile device further comprises a mobile application which is further configured to control controller. The device further configured to scan the handwriting of a candidate to avoid malpractice during the examination.
US11115546B2 Image processing apparatus, control method to execute plurality of functions for an image processing apparatus, and storage medium
According to an aspect of the present invention, an image processing apparatus includes an identifying unit configured to identify a plurality of files associated with a software key. In a case where the plurality of files identified by the identifying unit includes a missing file, an application is executed on an existing file included in the plurality of files identified by the identifying unit.
US11115544B2 Information processing apparatus, character recognition method and non-transitory computer-readable recording medium encoded with character recognition instructions
An information processing apparatus includes a hardware processor that: accepts an image input from outside as an input image; recognizes a plurality of characters in the input image and produces character information that is constituted by the characters and includes a plurality of character strings; detects, from the character information, link information representing a network address of data; and corrects one or more of the character strings other than a character string that constitutes the link information among the character strings.
US11115543B2 Image processing apparatus, and control method and storage medium thereof
An image processing apparatus includes an operation unit, a detection unit, an identification unit, and a controller. The operation unit includes an operation system to receive a user touch operation, and a display system to display an image. The detection unit detects a contact of an information storage medium. The identification unit identifies a location in the image processing apparatus at which an abnormality has occurred. Where the location at which the abnormality has occurred is identified to be only the operation system and the detection unit detects the information storage medium contact, the controller performs control to continue processing on the image processing apparatus on the display system. Where at least the identification unit identifies that the abnormality has occurred in the display system, the controller performs control at least to print a document indicating a method for continuing the processing on the image processing apparatus.
US11115539B2 Smart voice system, method of adjusting output voice and computer readable memory medium
A smart voice system is disclosed. The smart voice system includes a data receiving module, a voice message receiving module, a voice response module and a voice message output module. The data receiving module receives a hearing evaluation data of a user, and acquiring a hearing parameter according to the hearing evaluation data. The voice message receiving module receives a voice message inputted by the user. The voice response module acquires a response voice message corresponding to the voice message and the frequency of the response voice message is adjusted according to the hearing parameter. The voice message output module outputs the response voice message.
US11115536B1 Dynamic precision queue routing
Disclosed is a precision queuing (PQ) system that automatically and dynamically revises the values of precision queue step rules (PQSRs) with customizable thresholds based on current contact center conditions such as varying hours of operation and number of agents available.
US11115534B2 Techniques for behavioral pairing in a contact center system
Techniques for behavioral pairing in a contact center system are disclosed. In one particular embodiment, the techniques may be realized as a method for pairing in a contact center including ordering one or more contacts, ordering one or more agents, comparing a first difference in ordering between a first contact and a first agent in a first pair with a second difference in ordering between a second contact and a second agent in a second pair, and selecting the first pair or the second pair for connection based on the comparing, wherein the first contact and the second contact are different or the first agent and the second agent are different.
US11115532B2 Visual engagement using automatically dynamically selected visualization mediums
A method and apparatus for visual engagement using automatically dynamically selected visualization mediums is described that will allow visual engagement via visual engagement sessions between customers and agents regardless of the type of application in use at the customer. Calls between customers and agents are implemented using the Public Switched Telephone Network (PSTN) or Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP), and visual engagement sessions are added to the calls, which enables visual engagement to occur without requiring modification of the manner in which calls are handled (routed) and bridged at the call center. In some embodiments, to enable an agent to see an output of an application client in use by a customer, a visualization system automatically selects one or more types of visualization technology for a visualization session with the customer based on the type of application client in use at the customer.
US11115525B2 Venue owner-controllable per-venue service configuration
There are provided measures for venue owner-controllable per-venue service configuration. Such measures could comprise configuring a per-venue service model of services of a network operator for terminal devices of subscribers of the network operator on the basis of an input by a venue owner of a venue, the per-venue service model including at least one configurable parameter for defining a venue-based service for terminal devices of subscribers residing in a specified venue area of the venue, and controlling provision of services of the network operator to terminal devices or subscribers of terminal devices in accordance with the per-venue service model depending on applicability thereof for the service provision.
US11115524B1 Communication device
The communication device comprising an audiovisual playback implementer, a 1st communication device wireless updating data implementer, a 2nd communication device wireless updating data implementer, a 3rd communication device wireless updating data implementer, and a 4th communication device wireless updating data implementer.
US11115522B2 Customization of CNAM information for calls placed to mobile devices
One example method of operation may include identifying a call from a calling device destined for a mobile device, responsive to identifying a calling device number assigned to the calling device, accessing a call content application programming interface (API), operated by a content delivery device, configured to deliver to the mobile device a first caller identification name (CNAM) or a second CNAM, assigned to the calling device number, determining a context assigned to a mobile device number assigned to the mobile device, selecting one of the first CNAM and the second CNAM based on the context, and assigning the selected CNAM to the call.
US11115519B2 Subscription-based wireless service for a hearing device
Examples of subscription-based wireless hearing device systems and methods are described. An exemplary system includes a wireless hearing device and a personal computing device to enable or disable a wireless service of the wireless hearing device in accordance of a subscription. The subscription may be verified using subscription data or validation data received from a remote server.
US11115518B2 Display method and terminal
A terminal includes a processor, a memory, and an input device. A display screen with an irregular shape and a front panel component disposed on a same layer as the display screen are disposed on a front panel of the terminal. The display screen includes a target region and a main display region, the main display region is a complete rectangular region on the display screen, the target region is an irregular region other than the main display region on the display screen, a gap formed by the irregular region is a reserved region, and the front panel component is disposed in the reserved region.
US11115512B1 Smartphone cases with integrated electronic binoculars
Hand-held devices combine smartphones and electronic binoculars. In “in-phone” embodiments, binocular functionality is integrated directly into the housing or body of a smartphone modified in accordance with the invention, whereas, in “in-case” embodiments, the binoculars are integrated into a case to receive a smartphone which may be of conventional design. In either case, components within the phone may be used for image manipulation, image storage, and/or sending and receiving/streaming stereoscopic/3D motion imagery. The objective lenses for the binoculars are preferably supported on or in one of the longer side edges of the phone or case, whereas the display magnifying eyepieces are preferably associated with the opposing longer side edge of the phone or case. As such, in use, a user holds the phone or case in a generally horizontal plane during use as binoculars.
US11115510B1 Communication device having antenna arrays configured based on open/closed position of housing
A communication device, computer program product, and method enable associating a closed position and an open position of a movable housing positionably coupled to a base housing of the communication device with alternate ones of first and second modes of antenna communication that respectively utilize an antenna array of a first sub-array aligned or not aligned in a second sub-array. The first array of first antenna(s) is housed within the base housing. The second sub-array of second antenna(s) is housed within the movable housing. The controller monitors a housing sensor positioned to detect the closed position and the open position. In response to identifying the mode, the controller configures a modem to use an excitation matrix associated with the mode comprising magnitude and phase settings to apply to each antenna of the first and the second sub-arrays to act either independently or as an array.
US11115504B2 Batch processing for QUIC
A system for batched User Datagram Protocol (UDP) processing, on a send operation, combines multiple UDP packets into a plurality of packet batches to indicate on a plurality of sockets based at least in part on a packet batch size. Each packet batch is to be indicated to a corresponding one of the plurality of sockets to convey the plurality of packet batches to a network stack. One call is performed for each indicated socket of the plurality of sockets based on the packet batch size to convey each packet batch to the network stack. The network stack performs a single look up operation and a single network security inspection operation once per packet batch. In response to performing the one call, the plurality of packet batches are then sent to a network adapter or an application. The system thereby operates more efficiently and/or is more scalable.
US11115503B2 Systems and methods for interfacing networks regardless of communication scheme
A computer-implemented system for interfacing a set of one or more communication networks and a second communication network is disclosed. The system may comprise a memory strong instructions and at least one processor configured to execute the instructions. The instructions may comprise: receiving a first message from a first communication network, the first message comprising a first non-standardized message header and a first non-standardized message body; parsing the first non-standardized message header to determine a first variable corresponding to the identity of the first communication network and a second variable corresponding to a first destination; identifying a first communication protocol of the first message based on the first variable; converting the first non-standardized message body into a standardized format for the second communication network based on the first identified communication protocol; and transmitting the first standardized message body to the first destination based on the second variable.
US11115502B1 System for real-time management of session objects and for application programming interface (API) mocking
A system for real-time management of a plurality of session objects and for mocking a plurality of application programming interfaces (“APIs”). The system may include a cluster of servers. Each server may provide a backend service to a virtual assistant. Each backend service may execute an API. The system may also include a computing device operable to execute the virtual assistant in a test mode. The system may include a communication channel between the computing device and the cluster of servers. The communication channel may transmit API requests from the virtual assistant to the cluster, and JSON responses from the cluster to the virtual assistant. The system may include a mocked-up services server operable to replicate the cluster. The system may include a bypass communication channel between the communication channel and mocked-up services server. The bypass communication channel may redirect API requests to the mocked-up services server.
US11115498B2 Multi-path management
A mechanism allowing a client application at a client device to operate multiple connection paths with a transfer protocol by implementing a master connection at an application layer and slave connections at a network layer, wherein requests for resources associated with the master connection are distributed over the slave connections established on distinct network interfaces of the client device.
US11115494B1 Profile clustering for homogenous instance analysis
Techniques for profile clustering for homogenous instance analysis are described herein. An aspect includes collecting for each of a plurality of homogenous instances in a cloud computing environment, respective profiling information, the profiling information comprising counter data. Another aspect includes identifying a code unit for analysis. Another aspect includes aggregating counters corresponding to the code unit for each of the plurality of homogenous instances from the respective profiling information. Another aspect includes determining a cluster comprising a subset of the plurality of homogenous instances based on the aggregated counters.
US11115489B2 Cross-domain brokering protocol cloud proxy
Aspects described herein provide improved system architectures for a cross-domain proxy so that server/controller software may be placed in a cloud-based environment, with only limited equipment required on-premises at a user location for use by application client software. Aspects described herein provide techniques for communicating information between disparate domains, while each party to the transaction believes it is on the same domain as the other party to the transaction. Aspects described herein generally relate to a method to transparently transport the Citrix Brokering Protocol (CBP, or other protocols) between On-Premises VDAs (e.g., virtualized Windows computers) to an In-Cloud Broker running on the Desktop Delivery Controllers (DDCs) when each resides in different domains. Using aspects described herein, resources that otherwise need to be co-located on the same administrative domain can be moved to different domains, e.g., using a cloud-based system architecture.
US11115480B2 Layer four optimization for a virtual network defined over public cloud
Some embodiments establish for an entity a virtual network over several public clouds of several public cloud providers and/or in several regions. In some embodiments, the virtual network is an overlay network that spans across several public clouds to interconnect one or more private networks (e.g., networks within branches, divisions, departments of the entity or their associated datacenters), mobile users, and SaaS (Software as a Service) provider machines, and other web applications of the entity. The virtual network in some embodiments can be configured to optimize the routing of the entity's data messages to their destinations for best end-to-end performance, reliability and security, while trying to minimize the routing of this traffic through the Internet. Also, the virtual network in some embodiments can be configured to optimize the layer 4 processing of the data message flows passing through the network.
US11115478B2 Computer system and methods providing virtual computing session connections and re-directs based upon ordered list of virtual delivery agents
A computer system may include at least one client computing device, and a plurality of host computing devices each configured to provide virtual computing sessions for the at least one client computing device. Each host computing device may have a virtual delivery agent (VDA) associated therewith configured to connect the at least one client computing device with the virtual computing sessions. The at least one client computing device may be configured to request virtual computing sessions from the VDAs in accordance with an ordered list of the VDAs. The VDAs may be configured to re-direct new session requests from the at least one client computing device to a lower VDA in the ordered list when an existing virtual computing session is already active with the host computing device associated with the lower VDA.
US11115477B2 Session control apparatus, session control method, and program
A session control apparatus, a session control method, and a session control program may maintain a quality of input data output to a processing module. A processing module has a defined condition regarding a quality of the input data. The session control apparatus includes a selection unit and a switching unit. The selection unit selects a second device when the input data fails to satisfy the condition. The switching unit switches a first device that outputs the input data to the processing module to the second device selected by the selection unit.
US11115467B2 Systems and methods to discover and notify devices that come in close proximity with each other
An electronic device of a first user configured to connect with a second electronic device of a second user over a first peer-to-peer wireless network link; send to the second electronic device, a first unique code generated by the first electronic device, corresponding to a first user identifier of the first electronic device; receive from the second electronic device, a second unique code generated by the second electronic device, corresponding to a second user identifier of the second electronic device; store the second unique code; store on the first electronic device, information indicating the proximity of the second electronic device and the time when it is within the communicable range of the first electronic device; retrieve from a coupled backend database stored in a cloud, a third unique code; and, upon determining that the third unique code matches the second unique code, display a notification on the first electronic device.
US11115463B2 Remote and local predictions
The description relates to predicting terms based on text inputted by a user. One example includes a computing device comprising a processor configured to send, over a communications network, the text to a remote prediction engine. The processor is configured to send the text to a local prediction engine stored at the computing device, and to monitor for a local predicted term from the local prediction engine and a remote predicted term from the remote prediction engine, in response to the sent text. The computing device includes a user interface configured to present a final predicted term to the user such that the user is able to select the final term. The processor is configured to form the final predicted term using either the remote predicted term or the local predicted term on the basis of a time interval running from the time at which the user input the text.
US11115455B2 Technique for monitoring activity in a content delivery network utilizing geohashing indexes
A technique for monitoring activity in a content delivery network is disclosed. A method implementation of the technique is performed by a monitoring component associated with the content delivery network and comprises extracting (S302), from one or more event logs of the content delivery network, a plurality of IP addresses and a plurality of events associated with the plurality of IP addresses, obtaining (S304) geolocation information for each of the plurality of IP addresses, generating (S306), for each of the plurality of IP addresses, a geohash based on the geolocation information, grouping (S308) the plurality of IP addresses by their geohash to determine a plurality of geohash groups representative of IP addresses having a same geohash, creating (S310) a geohash index including, for each of the plurality of geohash groups, the geohash of the respective geohash group along with a number of IP addresses included in the respective geohash group and cumulative event information associated with the IP addresses of the respective geohash group, and monitoring (S312) activity in the content delivery network based on the geohash index.
US11115453B2 Methods and apparatus for communicating delay information and minimizing delays
Features relating to communicating delay information and minimizing aggregate processing delays corresponding to content streams, e.g., audio and video streams, in a multi-media communication session while still achieving stream synchronization, are described. Some embodiments are well suited for systems where video and audio streams are transcoded by different entities. In some embodiments downstream entities, e.g., transcoder and/or receiving end device, are informed about the delay introduced to at least one stream by one or more upstream devices, e.g., a transcoder. The downstream entity synchronizes the received content streams by adding artificial latency as needed to the relevant one of the streams based on the received delay information thereby avoiding unnecessary introduction of artificial delays at every transcoding node in the path. Received delay information for a content stream may indicate one or more individual transcoding delays introduced into the stream or an aggregate of transcoding delays introduced into the stream.
US11115452B2 Method and device for processing encoded video data, and method and device for generating encoded video data
Disclosed are a coded video data processing method and apparatus which consider a random access, and a coded video data generating method and apparatus which consider a random access. The coded video data processing method includes obtaining a bitstream of coded video data, obtaining metadata information used for video-processing of pictures having a decoding order after a random access point picture in the bitstream, and performing video-processing on decoded video data among the pictures having the decoding order after the random access point picture, based on the metadata information.
US11115451B2 Methods and apparatus for signaling viewports and regions of interest
The techniques described herein relate to methods, apparatus, and computer readable media configured to encode and/or decode video data. The video data can include a region of interest. The video data can include a region structure associated with the video data that specifies one or more aspects of the region of interest based on a sphere, such as a coordinate aspect, a size aspect, a range aspect, or some combination thereof, the region structure comprising data indicative of whether the region structure comprises data indicative of one or more global aspects of the region of interest that applies to each of a set of samples associated with the region structure. The region of interest in the video data can be determined based on the data indicative of whether the region structure comprises data indicative of the one or more global aspects of the region of interest.
US11115444B2 Private communications in virtual meetings
Apparatus comprising an interface for receiving a respective uplink data stream from each of three or more further apparatuses, and for transmitting a respective downlink data stream to each of the further apparatuses; and a logic system in communication with the interface. The logic system is configured: to receive first data in the uplink data stream received from a first one of the further apparatuses; and in a first mode, to include at least some of the first data in the respective downlink data streams transmitted to every other one of the further apparatuses, or, in a second mode, to include at least some of the first data in the downlink data stream transmitted to a second one of the further apparatuses and to omit or attenuate substantially all of the first data in the downlink data stream transmitted to at least a third one of the further apparatuses. Corresponding methods and computer readable media are disclosed.
US11115442B2 Initiating multiuser sessions
A system and method for initiating a multiuser session is provided. A plurality of multiuser activities and a plurality of activities templates may be stored in memory. A user profile for a user and a peer profile for each of one or more peers may be received. The user and the one or more peers may be members of an initial session. A user selection specifying one of the filtered multiuser activities may be received. An activity template associated with the selected activity may be retrieved. Such retrieved activity template may provide activity requirements required to launch the selected activity. A multiuser session may be established that includes session requirements based on at least the activity requirements. The user and at least one peer from the initial session may be added to the multiuser session. The selected activity may be launched in the multiuser session.
US11115437B2 Cyber-security system and methods thereof for detecting and mitigating advanced persistent threats
A method and system for adaptively securing a protected entity against a potential advanced persistent threat (APT) are provided. The method includes probing a plurality of resources in a network prone to be exploited by an APT attacker; operating at least one security service configured to output signals indicative of APT related activity of each of the plurality of probed resources; generating at least one security event respective of the output signals; determining if the at least one security event satisfies at least one workflow rule; and upon determining that the at least one security event satisfies the at least one workflow rule, generating at least one action with respect to the potential APT attack.
US11115431B2 Identifying network vulnerabilities
Methods and systems for identifying a network vulnerability. The system may gather data regarding a new or previously unknown network device, and compare the gathered data to one or more known devices that are scanned by a vulnerability assessment device. The vulnerability assessment device may then scan the previously unknown device upon a processor determining the previously unknown device shares at least one feature with a known device that is scanned.
US11115430B2 Tactical bus fuzz tester
A method, apparatus and computer-readable medium for testing a target device. A fuzzer and a monitor are connected to the target device via a tactical bus. The fuzzer records messages sent from a source device to the target device over the tactical bus, creates a first fuzzed message having a data structure of the recorded message, and sends the first fuzzed message to the target device over the tactical bus. A fuzzer monitor monitors the target device for an anomalous response to the first fuzzed message, and determines a vulnerability of the target device from the response to the first fuzzed message.
US11115428B2 Systems and methods for determining network data quality and identifying anomalous network behavior
A device receives network data and artificial packets associated with a network, and processes the network data to generate sequential sets of the network data. The device processes the sequential sets of the network data, with a time series model, to generate time series network data, and determines whether the time series network data satisfies a quality threshold. The device transforms, when the time series network data satisfies the quality threshold, residual data in the time series network data to identify data outliers, and removes the data outliers to generate modified time series network data. The device processes the modified time series network data, with a model, to generate a forecast data point, and compares the forecast data point and an actual data point to determine whether an anomaly exists in the network. The device performs one or more actions based on determining whether the anomaly exists in the network.
US11115425B2 In-vehicle apparatus and log collection system
An in-vehicle apparatus is an in-vehicle apparatus connected to a server via a network and mounted on a vehicle. The in-vehicle apparatus includes: a log collection unit configured to collect a log; a log storage unit for accumulation of at least a part of the log; a log priority information storage unit storing log priority information indicating a priority of a log to be accumulated in the log storage unit; an accumulation log determination unit configured to determine a log to be accumulated in the log storage unit based on the log priority information; a communication unit configured to transmit the log accumulated in the log storage unit to the server; and a log priority table management unit configured to update the log priority information stored in the log priority information storage unit based on an update command from the server.
US11115414B2 Electronic device and control method thereof
A control method for preventing an unnecessary control command from being transmitted to a reception Internet of things (IoT) device in an IoT system, and an electronic device thereof are provided. The control method includes receiving first access control information generated from an external electronic device and storing the first access control information, in response to occurrence of an event for transmitting a first control command to the external electronic device, determining whether the first control command has an authority to control the external electronic device using the first access control information, and, in response to a determination that the first control command has the authority to control the external electronic device, transmitting the first control command to the external electronic device.
US11115413B2 Secure document storage system
A system is provided for the storage of data, the system having: an encrypted host platform disposed in a specific territory and upon which regulatory controlled data is stored; a controller configured to allow a primary user to set permission settings and identify authorized end users and degrees of access granted to each the authorized end user, the authorized end user being pre-cleared for compliance with regulatory controls pertaining to the regulatory controlled data; the controller configured to permit access to the encrypted host platform only if the host platform is located within a specific territory and if the hosting platform is in compliance with predefined data security protocols the controller configured to allow the authorized end user access to the regulatory controlled data, and the controller configured to exclude access to both a provider of the system for storage and a system host platform provider; at least one individual computing device accessible by at least one the authorized end user, disposed within an authorized territory, the individual computing device configured to provide authorized end user identification data to the controller and receive permissions from the controller for access to the host platform; and the host platform only communicates with individual user devices if the devices have received permission from the controller.
US11115410B1 Secure authentication for assistant systems
In one embodiment, a method includes receiving a first audio input from a user requesting access to information or a service, sending a request for the information or service to an authentication server, where the request includes first authentication information based on the first audio input and further includes a user identifier associated with the user, receiving a second audio input from a client system of the user, where the second audio input includes a first authentication code to be compared to a second authentication code generated by the authentication server, sending second authentication information based on the second audio input and the user identifier to the authentication server for verification, receiving, from the authentication server, an indication of whether the user is successfully authenticated based on the second authentication information, and providing, to the user, access to the information or service when the user is successfully authenticated.
US11115409B2 User authentication by emotional response
A method authenticates a user in order to activate an access mechanism for a device. One or more processors detect a real-time initial emotional state of the user, where the real-time initial emotional state of the user dynamically changes over time. The processor(s) present content as a stimulus to the user, and predict a predicted post-stimulus emotional state of the user, where the predicted post-stimulus emotional state of the user is predicted to be caused by the content being presented to the user, and where the predicted post-stimulus emotional state is dependent upon the real-time initial emotional state of the user. The processor(s) detect a real-time post-stimulus emotional state of the user. The processor(s) match the predicted post-stimulus emotional state of the user to the real-time post-stimulus emotional state of the user, and then authenticate the user and activate an access mechanism for a device.
US11115400B2 Device control method, control terminal device and device control system
In a control terminal device for controlling a plurality of devices, when account information is registered in a first device which is one of the plurality of devices, after completion of registration of account information in the first device, a second device in which the account information is not registered is searched, and the account information is registered in the searched second device.
US11115399B2 Method and apparatus for generating an intelligent primary key facilitating faster object retrieval
Various methods are provided for facilitating a reduction in the number of required search operations during account creation. One example method may comprise causing creation of a user account object configured for storage in a database, the user account object comprising user personal information, causing creation of a user linked account object configured for storage in the database, the user linked account object comprising user credential information, the user linked account object linked the user account object, generating, via processor, an identification field of the user linked account object, generation of the identification field comprising: receiving at least identification information and an account type; accessing a realm; and utilizing a hash function to generate a composite key as a function of the identification information, the account type, and the realm.
US11115396B1 Scaling of adaptive crypto services within the cloud
In one embodiment, a crypto cloudlet is provided that includes a security wrapper to a virtual machine to guarantee secure Input/Output exchange between a client and one or more cryptographic adaptive services powered by a set of virtual CPUs through a single well defined channel, an adaptive service running in the virtual machine that identifies hardware resources necessary to satisfy a cryptographic demand or request, and an Ethernet interface communicatively coupled to the security wrapper providing network channel services for exchange of cryptographic data and commands. The security wrapper presents to the adaptive services the hardware accelerators exposed by the virtual machine. Other embodiments are disclosed.
US11115395B2 Cross-domain information transfer system and associated methods
A cross-domain information transfer system includes a key distribution center that generates private encryption keys and a signature key pair as a secret signing and secret verifying key for an attribute associated with a given domain. A sender device generates ciphertext from plaintext based upon the private encryption key, appends an attribute for a given domain to the ciphertext, generates ciphertext with a concealed attribute based upon the secret signing key and broadcasts the ciphertext with the concealed attribute. Domain gateway devices each receive a respective secret verifying key for an associated attribute, receive the ciphertext with the concealed attribute from the untrusted network, and use the secret verifying key to determine if the concealed attribute matches the attribute associated with the domain gateway device, and, when so, pass the ciphertext to at least one receiver device coupled with the domain gateway device.
US11115388B2 Smart building agent for building control
A processing device such as a server implementing smart building agent functionality is located on an external network and is configured to communicate with a BAS located on a building's internal network. Communication between the processing device and the BAS occurs over a first communications channel. The processing device can be configured to receive sensor data from various sensors that might otherwise not be supported by the existing BAS. Communication between the sensors and the processing device occurs over a second communications channel different from the first communications channel. The processing device can generate control commands based on the received sensor data that provide instructions to the BAS for adjusting an operation parameter for one or more of the building systems and/or equipment. This control command can be sent to the BAS through the first communications channel.
US11115385B1 Selective offloading of packet flows with flow state management
A first packet of a packet flow is received at a classifying network device. The first packet is forwarded from the classifying network device to a firewall network device. An indication that the packet flow is to be offloaded is received at the classifying network device. Data is stored at the classifying network device indicating that the packet flow is to be offloaded. A non-control packet of the packet flow is received at the classifying network device. A determination is made that the non-control packet belongs to the packet flow by comparing data contained in the non-control packet to the stored data. The non-control packet of the packet flow is directed to a processing entity in response to the determining. A control packet of the packet flow is received at the classifying network device. The control packet of the packet flow is directed to the firewall network device.
US11115384B2 Walled garden system with cleared IPS list automatically generated from DNS queries
A walled garden system includes a firewall controlling access between a first network and a second network at least by allowing connection requests originating from a user device on the first network to a destination IP address on the second network in response to determining that the destination IP address matches a cleared IP address on a cleared IP addresses list. A controller receives a domain name service (DNS) reply from a DNS server on the second network, and determines whether a domain name specified within the DNS reply matches a cleared domain name on a cleared domain names list. In response to determining that the domain name specified within the DNS reply matches the cleared domain name on the cleared domain names list, the controller adds a resolved IP address specified in the DNS reply to the cleared IP addresses list as a new cleared IP address.
US11115383B2 System on chip firewall memory architecture
In described examples, a system on a chip (SoC) and method for sending messages in the SoC include determining locations of initiator-side firewall block and receiver-side firewall block memories using respective pointers to the firewall block memories stored in a single, contiguous memory. Addresses of the pointers within the single memory depend on respective unique firewall identifiers of the firewall blocks. An exclusive security configuration controller uses the pointers to configure the firewall blocks over a security bus which is electrically isolated from a system bus. The system bus is used to send messages from sending functional blocks to receiving functional blocks. The initiator-side firewall block adds a message identifier to messages. The message identifier depends on the initiator-side firewall block's configuration settings. The receiver-side firewall block controls permission for the receiving functional block to access the message, depending on the message identifier and the receiver-side firewall block's configuration settings.
US11115380B1 Determining and utilizing one or more attributes of IP addresses
Methods related to determining and utilizing one or more attributes to associate with an IP addresses. Attributes are determined based on request data provided with requests from an IP address and one or more available secondary information sources. Attributes may include physical locations and/or category designations for the IP address. One or more attributes may be assigned a likelihood value indicative of likelihood that the attribute is associated with the IP address. Some implementations are directed to utilizing the attributes and likelihood values to identify likely fraudulent information provided with requests. Some implementations are directed to utilizing the attributes and likelihood values to provide advertisements in response to requests from IP addresses.
US11115379B2 Management of endpoint address discovery in a software defined networking environment
Described herein are systems and methods to manage Internet Protocol (IP) address discovery in a software defined networking (SDN) environment. In one example, a manager may generate an IP address discovery configuration and pass the IP address discovery configuration to a controller. Once received, the controller may obtain a discovered list from a hypervisor of one or more IP addresses associated with one or more logical ports and update a realized list for the one or more logical ports based on the discovered list and the IP address discovery configuration.
US11115377B2 Method of resolving an IP address, corresponding server and computer program
A method for resolving an IP address, includes a step of receiving an address resolution request, the request including a datum representative of a MAC address; a step of looking up, within a data structure, an IP address, depending on the datum representative of a MAC address; and a step of transmitting said IP address.
US11115373B1 Multi-channel engagement platform converter
Conversion of communications from a first device over a firsts communication channel to a second communication channel that is utilized by a second communication device such that an enterprise employee can interface with and communication with a customer using the customer's preferred channel or application for communication.
US11115366B2 Communication and conversation between individuals and service providers
The current invention is a system for ongoing communication and conversation between an individual user and a service provider. The system will use blockchain to secure the communication. The system is set up so that the individual will own its on data through the communication process. The system will use artificial intelligent (“AI”) that translates the commination in a way the each individual needs to see it by providing a translation function.
US11115361B2 Apparatus and method for maintaining a message thread with opt-in permanence for entries
A server includes a message thread module with instructions executed by a processor to maintain a message thread between a first user and a second user. Each entry of the message thread is deleted after a display period unless an indication regarding the entry is received during the display period.
US11115360B2 Method, apparatus, and computer program product for categorizing multiple group-based communication messages
The example embodiments provided relate to a group-based communication system configured to categorize multiple communication messages in a workspace by determining one or more conversation primitive identifiers for each of the multiple communication messages. In some examples, the group-based communication system may group each of the multiple communication messages into one or more conversation segments based on the one or more conversation primitive identifiers.
US11115357B2 Method, a device and a storage medium of forwarding voice information in instant messaging
Disclosed herein are a method, a device and a storage medium of forwarding voice information in instant messaging. The method comprises: acquiring voice information to be forwarded and a receiving user which are selected by a sending user; if it is determined that the voice information to be forwarded is voice information inputted by the sending user, forwarding the voice information to be forwarded to the receiving user. The forwarding efficiency can be increased by applying the technical solution of the present invention.
US11115354B2 Technique of co-operation between a plurality of client entities
The invention relates to a technique of co-operation between a plurality of client entities communicating among themselves by way of at least one instantaneous-communication channel established between the client entities and said plurality. A first client entity of said plurality dispatches an executable application to at least one second client entity of said plurality by way of said at least one instantaneous-communication channel. This application is then executed by the first client entity in co-operation with an execution of said application on the second client entity.
US11115350B2 Method for processing information, forwarding plane device and control plane device
Embodiments of the present invention provide a method for processing information, a forwarding plane device and a control plane device. The method includes: receiving a data packet, and extracting the data packet's characteristic information; searching for context information corresponding to the data packet's characteristic information; buffering or discarding the data packet if the context information is not found; and sending an event reporting message to a gateway control plane device, wherein the event reporting message carries the data packet's characteristic information, so that the gateway control plane device acquires the context information corresponding to the data packet's characteristic information. forwarding of the data packet to the greatest extent.
US11115342B2 Using BFD packets in a virtualized device
Examples disclosed herein relate to a method comprising receiving a bidirectional forwarding detection (BFD) packet originating from a first network device, wherein the first linked network device and a second linked network device are part of a link aggregation group running a BFD session. The method may include transmitting, from the first linked network device, a BFD synchronization packet to the second linked network device and receiving, at the second linked network device, the BFD synchronization packet, wherein a time-to-live (TTL) value of the BFD synchronization packet is lower than a BFD TTL supported by the BFD session. The method may also include determining that the BFD synchronization packet is a BFD single-hop packet coming from a VLANs using the active forwarding mode and determining not to discard the BFD synchronization packet.
US11115341B1 Low latency flow control in data centers
A system for managing traffic between servers, the system may include first tier switches that are coupled to the servers; second tier switches that are coupled to the first tier switches and to third tier switches; and controllers. Wherein each first tier switch comprises first queues. Wherein each second tier switch comprises second queues. The controllers are configured to control a traffic between the first tier switches and the second tier switches attributed to the traffic between the servers, (a) on, at least, a queue granularity; (b) while controlling some first queues to provide buffer extension to some second queues, and (c) while controlling some second queues to provide buffer extension to some first queues.
US11115335B2 Information processing device and information processing method
The present technology relates to an information processing device and an information processing method, in which streaming traffic can be subjected to a load dispersion by using a broadcast network.An information processing device processes a request of contents, to be transmitted from a plurality of receiving devices, and dynamically switches return through communication and return through broadcast, as a return path of a response with respect to the request, on the basis of first identification information for identifying a broadcast area capable of being received by the receiving device, and second identification information for identifying the contents, the first identification information and the second identification information being included in the request, and thus, streaming traffic can be subjected to a load dispersion. The present technology, for example, can be applied to a dedicated server (a switching server) provided on a server backend side.
US11115326B2 Port-based multi-tenancy router to manage wireless network
In one aspect, a method of a multi-tenancy router to manage a wireless network comprising executing on a processor the following steps. With a port-based multi-tenancy router, assign a set of different behaviors to different ports for wireless network access management of a wireless network. With at least one computer processor, a set of behaviors related to a user of one or more wireless networks are determined. A list of the currently-available ports of the multi-tenancy router is generated. One or more behaviors of each port of the list of currently-available ports are assigned.
US11115325B2 Control device, transfer device, and control method
A control device that controls a transfer device, includes a memory and a processor coupled to the memory and configured to evaluate, for each of a plurality of processing rules to be used to process a packet in the transfer device, a processing load caused upon identification of a packet matching the processing rule, based on the type of an application requirement identifying the packet to which the processing rule is applied, generate, as a table to be used by the transfer device, a rule table storing the plurality of processing rules in order from the lowest processing load to the highest processing load, and transmit, to the transfer device, a control packet to request the transfer device to set the rule table.
US11115324B2 System and method for performing segment routing over an MPLS network
A method for controlling packet routing in a network includes identifying segment identifications (IDs) for a number of switches and arranging a first number of the segment IDs into a multi-protocol label switching (MPLS) label field. The method further includes identifying an output port of a respective one of the number of switches located along a network path between source and destination nodes. The switches may route the packet based on corresponding ones of the segment IDs in the MPLS label field. In performing this routing operation, each switch may modify the MPLS label field with remaining ones of the segment IDs that have been shifted in position and padded with zeros, after the segment ID corresponding to the switch has been popped from the MPLS label field. The method therefore presents a technique for performing segment routing through network equipment designed to support MPLS routing.
US11115322B1 Stateful network router for managing network appliances
Disclosed are various embodiments of a stateful network router. In one embodiment, a stateful network router intercepts a network data connection between a first host and a second host on a network. The stateful network router routes first data packets from the network data connection sent by the first host to the second host to a target. The stateful network router also routes second data packets from the network data connection sent by the second host to the first host to the target.
US11115321B2 Dynamic routing apparatus and method for can message of vehicle
A dynamic routing device for a CAN message of a vehicle includes: a message reception unit configured to receive a message of a specific ID transmitted from a source controller and a designated specific message from at least one destination controller; a message reception filter configured to dynamically change based on at least one piece of information included in the specific message; and a gateway controller including the message reception unit and the message reception filter, wherein the gateway controller is configured to generate dynamic routing table information based on information about the specific message, check reception of a message with respect to only a message ID set to the message reception filter, and perform message routing on a destination controller designated in the dynamic routing table.
US11115320B2 Routing in communication networks
A node (100) is configured for use in a communication network. The node (100) is configured to obtain a message with a source address and a destination address. The node (100) is also configured to determine whether the message is a type of message that is sent in response to a different message routed from the destination address to the source address, and whether a forward route (16) from the destination address to the source address has been established. The node (100) is also configured to selectively transmit the message on a backward route (18) that is the reverse of the forward route (16), depending on the determining.
US11115319B2 Using BFD packets in a network tunnel environment
Examples disclosed herein relate to a method comprising receiving requesting, at a first network device, a Bidirectional Forwarding Detection session with a second network device, determining, by the first network device, that the BFD session is for single hop data and determining, by the first network device, that the BFD session is over a network tunnel from the first network device to the second network device. The method may include initiating the BFD session between the first and second network devices, wherein the BFD session is shared between multiple clients requesting BFD sessions on a network tunnel, but is not shared not between tunneled and non-tunneled sessions between the multiple clients. The method may include transmitting, the single hop data to the second network device via the network tunnel, wherein the network tunnel traverses a multiple hop network path and disabling echo packets for the BFD session.
US11115318B2 Optical network control devices and optical path setting method
An optical network control device includes: a path setting unit that sets, based on topology information including a connection relationship among a plurality of nodes and a first route selection index value of routes each connecting the plurality of nodes, a first path for a route having the first route selection index value being minimum from among route candidates linking a start point node and an end point node of a requested traffic; a topology information modification unit that calculates a second route selection index value acquired by increasing the first route selection index value of the route that accommodates the first path; and a path selection unit that selects a second path for a route having the second route selection index value being minimum from among the route candidates.
US11115316B2 Learning orphan ports in a multi-chassis link aggregation group
Forwarding of network data received in a switch includes identifying forwarding information from mapping tables stored in the switch. The mapping tables can be indexed using information in the received network data identify the forwarding information, including using at least an identifier of the ingress port of the switch on which the network data was received.
US11115309B1 External network route advertisement validation
Probe packets are transmitted from a source network to an external network to validate that the external network is accepting network prefix announcements to be loaded into forwarding tables of routers of the external network to ensure network connectivity. The network prefix announcements can be Border Gateway Protocol (BGP) announcements transmitted from the source network to the external network during a BGP peering session. After announcing a network prefix announcement, the source network can transmit a probe packet having a destination address in a range associated with the announced network prefix to the external network. An edge router of the source network can monitor incoming packets using an ingress Access Control List (ACL) to detect whether the probe packet returns, and if so, validate that the network prefix announcement was successful. If the probe packet does not return, an alert can be generated and/or remedial actions can be taken.
US11115308B2 System and method for congestion control using time difference congestion notification
A system is provided for controlling congestion. The system sends a first data packet to a destination device, and receives a first acknowledgement packet from the destination device corresponding to the first data packet. Next, the system can extract, from the first acknowledgement packet, a first pair of timestamp values which includes a first time stamp value generated by the source device and a second timestamp value generated by the destination device, and further extract, from a second acknowledgement packet corresponding to a subsequently transmitted packet to the destination device, a second pair of time stamp values which include a third time stamp value generated by the source device and a fourth time stamp value generated by the destination device. The system can determine the congestion change by calculating a one-way travel time difference based on the first pair of timestamp values with the second pair of timestamp values.
US11115307B2 Systems and methods for changing the frequency of monitoring data
The present invention discloses methods and systems for monitoring a network connected device by a monitoring server. The monitoring server sends notifications to the network connected device periodically according to a time interval. The time interval is set to a normal value and the notifications include a request for the monitoring data. Then the network connected device sends the monitoring data to monitoring server upon receiving the notifications. Monitoring server receives and stores the monitoring data from the network connected device. When one condition is satisfied, the time interval is changed to a lower value. Therefore, the frequency of sending notifications to network connected device from monitoring server is changed.
US11115306B2 Transmission device, available bandwidth estimation device, available bandwidth estimation system, method, and recording medium
In order to enable to reduce a communication load while maintaining estimation accuracy of available bandwidth estimation being high, a transmission method includes: transmitting estimation packets, a packet size of each of which successively increases, to an available bandwidth estimation device at equal intervals, and, when receiving a signal indicating that a reception interval between the estimation packets at the available bandwidth estimation device starts to increase, stopping the transmission of the estimation packets.
US11115305B2 Mobile radio network node and method for estimating a capacity of a link in a radio communications network
A mobile radio network node sends echo request messages to a defined end-point node via a link in a radio communications network. Based on return messages generated in response to the echo request messages a capacity of the link is estimated. The echo request messages contain standardized first and second test messages, where the first test message includes a first amount of data, and the second test message includes a second amount of data exceeding the first amount of data. The capacity of a link in terms of an amount of data communicated per unit time is estimated based on an amount of residue data corresponding to a difference between the second and first amounts of data, and a difference between first and second time intervals.
US11115303B2 Network connectable device and a method for monitoring a service-state of a network connected device
A network connectable device that is configured to send to a service-state monitor via a network connection service-monitoring protocol information that defines at least one operational parameter for a service-monitoring protocol that comprises sending to the service-state monitor a plurality of service-state messages that each indicate a service-state of the network connectable device when so sent. The network connectable device is configured to send to the service-state monitor via the network connection the plurality of service-state messages.
US11115298B2 Digital intellectual capital-based service assurance for intent-based networking
A method is provided that involves obtaining service pre-conditions associated with a service to be supported in a network. The method includes providing a plurality of digital Intellectual Capital (IC) modules, and providing signature pre-condition logic that specifies one or more conditions that indicate relevancy of one or more digital IC modules. The method includes selecting, from the plurality of digital IC modules, based on the service pre-conditions and the signature pre-condition logic, one or more particular digital IC modules that are applicable to the service in the network. The method further includes determining information to be obtained from one or more nodes in the network based on the one or more particular digital IC modules, and obtaining the information from the one or more nodes in the network. The information is analyzed to determine whether the one or more specific operational issues are present in the network.
US11115295B2 Methods and systems for online monitoring using a variable data
A method for online monitoring of a physical environment using a variable data sampling rate is implemented by a computing device. The method includes sampling, at the computing device, at least one data set using at least one sampling rate. The method also includes processing the at least one data set with condition assessment rules. The method further includes determining whether the at least one data set indicates a change in state of the physical environment. The method additionally includes updating the at least one sampling rate.
US11115292B2 Dynamic slice bandwidth multiplexing based on slice priority
In a slice-based network, slice multiplexers can be used to anchor inter-cloud tunnels across different clouds in a slice path. The slice multiplexers can dynamically change a total allocated bandwidth of an outer tunnel and reconfigure relative slice bandwidths of inner tunnels. This can result in an optimized bandwidth allocation that enforces slice priorities, maintains required SLA performance levels, and minimizes total allocated bandwidth on the network connection. The dynamic changes can be based on slice priority levels, total number of slices, and historical slice throughput.
US11115291B2 Configuring an appliance using intent-based information of a network
A method is disclosed for transmitting configuration data to an internetworking device to cause configuration of a network port on the internetworking device. The method comprises generating and causing display, on a computer display device, of a graphical user interface comprising a graphical representation of network ports on the internetworking device and a text area prompting input of current network environment information. Receiving input specifying the network environment. Automatically deriving network configuration values to configure the network port on the internetworking device, the network configuration values being based on the input. Displaying a graphical representation of the network port and the network configuration values corresponding to the network port. In response to input confirming the network configuration values for the network port, transmitting configuration data to the internetworking device to cause configuring of the network port using the network configuration values.
US11115287B2 System and method for predicting key performance indicator (KPI) in a telecommunication network
The present disclosure relates to system(s) and method(s) for predicting a Key Performance Indicator (KPI) in a telecommunication network is illustrated. The system is configured to monitor a set of counters and a Key Performance Indicator corresponding to a telecommunication network. The set of counters and the Key Performance Indicator (KPI) are monitored for a predefined time interval to gather sample data. The system is configured to analyze the sample data using a data analysis technique in order to identify a subset of counters, from the set of counters, influencing the KPI and a correlation coefficient associated with each counter from the subset of counters, wherein the correlation coefficient associated with each counter is identified after normalizing the subset of counters. The system is configured to apply regression on the subset of counters and the KPI in order to build a correlation equation between the subset of counters and the KPI.
US11115286B2 Automatic discovery of IP-optical links with multi-layer filtering and traffic mapping using neural networks
A method of identifying IP-optical links in a network having a plurality of nodes, including: grouping network nodes into discovery groups; for each group filtering ports of the nodes in the discovery group; for each group producing class IDs for each filtered port using a machine learning model; for each group matching IP ports to optical ports from the filtered ports using the class IDs for each port to identify IP-optical links; and verifying identified IP-optical links.
US11115281B2 Data analytics on internal state
Various embodiments are described herein to track and/or update the state of components within a network element. One embodiment provides for a network management system comprising a collector node including an ingest gateway to receive configuration and status data of a set of network elements coupled to the collector node via the network, the collector node further to store the configuration and status data from the set of network elements in a distributed database; a search engine to locate and retrieve the configuration and status data of a specified subset of the network elements at a specified time period; and an interface server to receive a request for the configuration and status data from an external requester, the interface server to facilitate provision of the configuration and status data in response to the request.
US11115275B2 Systems and methods for automated technology resource decommissioning
Systems and methods for automated technology resource decommissioning are disclosed. A method for automated technology resource decommissioning may include the steps of: (1) retrieving information relating to a status of a plurality of technology resources; (2) identifying one of the plurality of technology resources for decommissioning based on the information; (3) creating a decommissioning record for the identified technology resource, the decommissioning record identifying a plurality of micro services for executing a decommissioning plan; (4) executing the decommissioning plan to decommission the identified technology resource; and (5) removing or reusing the decommissioned identified technology resource.
US11115271B1 Network slice configuration
Apparatuses and methods in a communication system are provided. A method comprises receiving a service request comprising service requirements; determining, based on the service request, service level specification of the request, the service level specification comprising performance parameters and network functions to support the requested service; normalizing the determined service level specification by scaling the performance parameters according into a given normalization model of the network to obtain normalized service level specification; determining, based on the network functions and the given normalization model, normalized performance capability of the network functions and a configuration of a network slice supporting the requested service; comparing the normalized service level specification to the normalized performance capability; and determining, based on the comparison, whether the requested service can be realized with the network slice, and if so, create the slice.
US11115268B2 Assistance in service provision
A method includes performing at least the following operations by one or more processors: receiving a request initiated by a device of a first user for a first service to be provisioned by a first entity, deriving a first user preference data based, at least in part, on a historical interaction information of the first user with a second entity provisioning a second service, and responsive to receiving the request, provisioning an instantiation of the first service, by the first entity, in a manner that is based, at least in part, on the first user preference data.
US11115266B2 Priority based selection of time services
In an embodiment, a method comprises at a network device in an enterprise network, selecting one or more time servers used for establishing a timing reference according to a predetermined priority order of selection that begins with determining whether the network device is configured with information indicating one or more time servers to be used. A timing reference is established for the network device based on a selected time server.
US11115259B2 Transmitting apparatus and mapping method thereof
A transmitting apparatus is disclosed. The transmitting apparatus includes an encoder to perform channel encoding with respect to bits and generate a codeword, an interleaver to interleave the codeword, and a modulator to map the interleaved codeword onto a non-uniform constellation according to a modulation scheme, and the constellation may include constellation points defined based on various tables according to the modulation scheme.
US11115257B2 System and method for multiplexing traffic
Aspects of the disclosure pertain to systems and methods for multiplexing of low latency and latency tolerant communications. When low latency traffic pre-empts latency tolerant traffic in a first interval, the pre-empted low latency traffic can be transmitted in a subsequent interval. There are multiple designs disclosed for notifying UE that are affected by the pre-emption events. The various designs include implicit or explicit notification that can be semi-static or dynamic. Examples of the notification include notification of that a pre-emption event occurs, notification of the location of the pre-emption event, notification of whether a supplementary transmission will occur and notification of the location of the supplementary transmission.
US11115254B2 Method for determining reserved tones and transmitter for performing PAPR reduction using tone reservation
A method of determining reserved tones for reduction of a peak to average power ratio (PAPR) includes: selecting carrier indices for the reserved tones and generating a kernel signal based on the selected carrier indices; calculating a comparison reference average value of the kernel signal, selecting one of the calculated comparison reference average value and a prestored comparison reference average value, and preliminarily determining carrier indices of the reserved tones based on the selection; re-arranging an order of the preliminarily determined carrier indices; calculating a comparison reference average value of a kernel signal generated, whenever each of the re-arranged carrier indices is changed to another carrier index, to generate a plurality of comparison reference average values, and finally determining carrier indices of the reserved tones which generates a kernel signal having the smallest comparison reference average value among the comparison reference average values as the indices of the reserved tones.
US11115250B1 MPPM encoder and decoder
A method, system, and apparatus for calculating coefficients for inputs and corresponding output sequences for a pulse-position modulation encoder using a stored structure; wherein the structure is a subset of the values of Pascal's Triangle.
US11115249B2 High speed communications system
Transmission of baseband and carrier-modulated vector codewords, using a plurality of encoders, each encoder configured to receive information bits and to generate a set of baseband-encoded symbols representing a vector codeword; one or more modulation circuits, each modulation circuit configured to operate on a corresponding set of baseband-encoded symbols, and using a respective unique carrier frequency, to generate a set of carrier-modulated encoded symbols; and, a summation circuit configured to generate a set of wire-specific outputs, each wire-specific output representing a sum of respective symbols of the carrier-modulated encoded symbols and at least one set of baseband-encoded symbols.
US11115241B2 DM-RS grouping and CSI reporting for CoMP
Described herein is a channel state information (CSI) calculation method for non-coherent joint transmission by using a dependency between CSI reported for each CSI. In one embodiment, configuration of CSI reporting is such that CSI calculated for one CSI process (denoted as the reference CSI process) can be used for interference calculation for another CSI process (denoted as the dependent CSI process).
US11115240B2 Methods, apparatuses, and systems for performing analog CSI feedback
The present disclosure discloses a method for performing analog CSI feedback in a user equipment, comprising: a. obtaining an analog CSI matrix corresponding to the user equipment, the analog CSI matrix satisfies a condition below: X XH=D, where X denotes the analog CSI matrix, H denotes conjugate transpose of matrix, and D denotes a diagonal matrix; b. obtaining dominated element information corresponding to the analog CSI matrix according to predetermined index information, and transmitting the dominated element information to a base station. The solution according to the present disclosure can reduce feedback overheads to a greater extent, has a high CSI feedback quality, and can reliably implement CSI recovery at the base station side.
US11115235B2 Semiconductor device, communication systems and method for controlling the communication system
A semiconductor device capable of improving the efficiencies of communication systems is provided. The semiconductor device comprises: an open period in which reception of data or transmission is allowed; a clock generation circuit defining a close period in which transmission of data and reception are not allowed; and a TSN controller connected to the clock generation circuit and performing transmission of data or reception, wherein the TSN controller performs semiconductor device or reception at another time than open period.
US11115234B2 Assembly and method for an airplane for transmitting an analog audio signal
In an assembly (2) for an airplane (4) with a line (12) and switching elements (14a,b) to connect the line (12) in a first operating mode (B1) to digital transceivers (16a,b) and in a second operating mode (B2) to an analog signal source/sink (18a,b) for the audio signal (A), the line (12) is operated in the first operating mode (B1) as a digital data bus for data (D) and in the second operating mode (B2) as an analog signal line for transmitting an analog audio signal (A) from the signal source (18a) to the signal sink (18b).In a corresponding method, the line (12) is operated in a first operating mode (B1) as a digital data bus for transmitting data (D) and the line (12) is switched to the second operating mode (B2) for transmitting the audio signal (A), and the audio signal (A) is transmitted from the signal source (18a) via the line (12) to the signal sink (18b).
US11115227B2 Terminal and method for bidirectional live sharing and smart monitoring
Provided is a terminal and method for bidirectional live sharing and smart monitoring. In some embodiments, the terminal comprises: a video capture unit, an audio capture unit, a display, a speaker and a transceiver. The video capture unit captures video in real time and the audio capture unit captures audio in real time. The transceiver identifies whether a person or a specific person, a specific action, or an abnormal condition exists in the video and the audio respectively captured by the video capture unit and the audio capture unit, and transmits a first notification information when identifvina the person or the specific person, the specific action, or the abnormal condition from the video and audio.
US11115225B2 Remote home router communication via set-top box
A set-top box (STB) receives a router reboot or reset activation code generated by an Operations Support System (OSS) that manages a first network. The STB activates a router reboot or reset function based on the received activation code, and identifies, upon activation of the router reboot or reset function, a model of a router connected to the STB. The STB generates a router reboot or reset command based on the identified model of the router and sends the generated router reboot or reset command to the router to cause the router to perform a reboot or reset process.
US11115224B1 Access control system
A system provides credential management for computer systems and services within a customer data center by acting as an intermediary to an authentication service of a computing resource service provider. In an embodiment, an application server hosts an agent that is registered as a trusted provider of credentials. In an embodiment, the agent is cryptographically linked to the application server using a digital certificate. In an embodiment, the agent uses the digital certificate to authenticate with a credential server, and the credential server provides short-term credentials that may be used to access services of the computing resource service provider. In an embodiment, the short-term credentials are transmitted from the credential server to the agent, and the agent provides the credentials to one or more applications running on the application server. In an embodiment, the credentials allow the applications to access the services of the computing resource service provider.
US11115222B2 Method for securely registering a removable electrical device when installing it within an electrical system
A method for securely registering a removable electrical device includes steps consisting in: a) prior to the installation of a new removable electrical device within an electrical system in order to replace a faulty removable electrical device, acquiring a first security certificate for the new device, this first certificate being signed by an authority known to the system; b) verifying the authenticity of the first acquired security certificate, this verification being carried out by the electronic control module; c) generating a second security certificate for the new removable electrical device, including a key generated by the electronic computer of the new device; d) obtaining a signature for the second security certificate from a trusted certification authority, the new device then being registered within the system only if this signature is obtained.
US11115219B2 Method and system for preventing distribution of illegal content over the internet
Provided is a method of preventing illegal content from being distributed over the Internet, the method including searching for, by a distribution prevention module, file information corresponding to specific content through a tracker, extracting, by the distribution prevention module, a target peer that distributes the specific content on the basis of the file information to generate an identification value of the target peer, establishing, by the distribution prevention module, an initial connection with the target peer, and transmitting, by the distribution prevention module, a mutation message to the target peer.
US11115218B2 System for secure metering from systems of untrusted data derived from common sources
To provide a trusted, secure, and immutable record of transactions within a process plant, techniques are described for utilizing a distributed ledger in process control systems. The distributed ledger may be maintained by nodes which receive transactions broadcasted from field devices, controllers, operator workstations, or other devices operating within the process plant. The transactions may include process plant data, such as process parameter data, product parameter data, configuration data, user interaction data, maintenance data, commissioning data, plant network data, and product tracking data. The distributed ledgers may also be utilized to execute smart contracts to allow machines such as field devices to transact by themselves without human intervention. In this manner, recorded process parameter values and product parameter values may be retrieved to verify the quality of products. Moreover, regulatory data may be recorded in response to triggering events so that regulatory agencies can review the data.
US11115217B2 Systems and methods for detecting device location and usage
Systems and methods for detecting misuse of devices comprising: receiving, from a device, a message comprising a first hash of device data that is indicative of a current device location and usage; generating a second hash of stored data, the stored data being based on an expected location and usage associated with the device; comparing the first and second hashes; and when the first and second hashes do not match, generating an alert.
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