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| US11116631B2 |
Prosthetic heart valve delivery methods
A method of delivering a prosthetic heart valve to a native aortic heart valve region of a patient can include introducing a prosthetic heart valve on a transvascular delivery apparatus into an artery of the patient, advancing the delivery apparatus through an aorta of the patient to the native aortic heart valve region, and releasing the prosthetic heart valve from the delivery apparatus. The delivery apparatus can have a shaft with a valve connection portion that is releasably coupled to posts of the prosthetic heart valve. The delivery apparatus can have a delivery sheath positioned around the prosthetic heart valve and the valve connection portion. The releasing the prosthetic valve can include moving the delivery sheath proximally relative to the shaft and the prosthetic heart valve such that the delivery sheath uncovers the prosthetic heart valve and the prosthetic heart valve can self-expand. |
| US11116630B2 |
Sheathing aid
A medical device apparatus may include a medical implant including a braided anchor member configured to actuate between a delivery configuration and a deployed configuration operatively connected to a delivery system. The delivery system may include a handle, an outer sheath extending distally from the handle, and an inner catheter disposed within the outer sheath. A sheathing aid may connect the delivery system to the medical implant, the sheathing aid being configured to guide the medical implant into the outer sheath upon relative closing movement therebetween. The sheathing aid may include a plurality of arms extending from the inner catheter to a proximal end of the braided anchor member. At least one arm of the plurality of arms may comprise a core member having a width and a flexible member positioned about the core member. |
| US11116629B2 |
Delivery system for prosthetic heart valve
A delivery apparatus for implanting a prosthetic implant in a native lumen of the body includes a handle portion, and a first shaft extending from and movable relative to the handle portion. The first shaft has a proximal end portion coupled to the handle portion and a distal end portion. The delivery apparatus further includes a second shaft extending from the handle portion and coaxially disposed within the first shaft. The second shaft has a proximal end portion coupled to the handle portion and a distal end portion configured to mount a prosthetic implant in a radially compressed state. The handle portion of the delivery apparatus also includes a steering assembly configured to move the first shaft longitudinally relative to the second shaft while concurrently flexing the second shaft. |
| US11116628B2 |
Device for the implantation and fixation of prosthetic valves
A device for the transvascular implantation and fixation of prosthetic heart valves having a self-expanding heart valve stent (10) with a prosthetic heart valve (11) at its proximal end is introducible into a patient's main artery. With the objective of optimizing such a device to the extent that the prosthetic heart valve (11) can be implanted into a patient in a minimally-invasive procedure, to ensure optimal positioning accuracy of the prosthesis (11) in the patient's ventricle, the device includes a self-expanding positioning stent (20) introducible into an aortic valve positioned within a patient. The positioning stent is configured separately from the heart valve stent (10) so that the two stents respectively interact in their expanded states such that the heart valve stent (10) is held by the positioning stent (20) in a position in the patient's aorta relative the heart valve predefinable by the positioning stent (20). |
| US11116627B2 |
Intraocular lens injector
Intraocular lens injectors described herein may include a symmetrical arranged storage compartment, nozzle passage, and plunger tip in order to symmetrically fold and provide symmetrical loading to an intraocular lens during advancement and delivery so as to avoid rotation of the intraocular lens about longitudinal, vertical, and/or lateral axes during advancement and/or delivery of the intraocular lens. |
| US11116625B2 |
Apparatus and method for controlling placement of intraocular implants
Some embodiments disclosed herein relate to devices and methods for controlling placement of intraocular implants within a patient's eye including but not limited to placement within or near the collector ducts of Schlemm's canal located behind the trabecular meshwork. In some embodiments, a handheld peristaltic rotor device having a compression element can be positioned on a corneal surface of the eye and rotated to create a peristaltic movement of blood in one or more episcleral veins to generate blood reflux within Schlemm's canal such that one or more collector ducts, or channels, of Schlemm's canal can be located. In some embodiments, an implant can be implanted near the identified location of the one or more collector ducts, or channels. |
| US11116624B2 |
Progressive power intraocular lens, and methods of use and manufacture
Apparatuses, systems and methods for providing improved intraocular lenses (IOLs), include features for reducing side effects, such as halos, glare and best focus shifts, in multifocal refractive lenses and extended depth of focus lenses. Exemplary ophthalmic lenses can include a continuous, power progressive aspheric surface based on two or more merged optical zones, the aspheric surface being defined by a single aspheric equation. Continuous power progressive intraocular lenses can mitigate optical side effects that typically result from abrupt optical steps. Aspheric power progressive and aspheric extended depth of focus lenses can be combined with diffractive lens profiles to further enhance visual performance while minimizing dysphotopsia effects. The combination can provide an increased depth of focus that is greater than an individual depth of focus of either the refractive profile or the diffractive profile. |
| US11116622B2 |
Composite scaffold for the repair, reconstruction, and regeneration of soft tissues
A composite scaffold having a highly porous interior with increased surface area and void volume is surrounded by a flexible support structure that substantially maintains its three-dimensional shape under tension and provides mechanical reinforcement during repair or reconstruction of soft tissue while simultaneously facilitating regeneration of functional tissue. |
| US11116619B2 |
Medical implant, medical device and method for making a medical implant
A medical implant which is vacuum-packed within an air tight cover material and a medical device for making the same is provided. Also described herein is a method for making a medical implant covered by an air tight cover material, comprising the steps of a) providing the medical implant, b) providing sterile cover material in the form of at least one or at least two pieces, c) placing the medical implant within a space surrounded by the at least one or at least two pieces of the cover material, d) creating an underpressure within the space surrounded by the at least one or at least two pieces of the cover material by evacuating air from this space, and e) air tight sealing of the cover material. |
| US11116618B2 |
Patterned sling implant and method
Embodiments of elongate pelvic implants and methods for treating pelvic conditions, such as incontinence, are provided. The implants can include a tissue support portion, one or more extension portions and one or more anchors. The implant is constructed as a unitary sling implant. The implant can be constructed or formed in a generally elongate shape to provide a lattice support structure of repeated cells. |
| US11116615B2 |
Molar lift oral insertion, disposable attach double level panorama form bristle brush tilter
A multi-purpose molar lift oral insertion and double level panorama form designed bristle brush tilter provides a thorough oral cleaning for dental and gums. Described is a small mechanism apparatus designed to assist with brushing teeth and other oral operations, and works especially well for persons that have difficulty with brushing their teeth. The device includes a molar gap tilt lift platform set between the upper molars and the lower molars to cause a gap or space between to upper and bottom jaw. The oral insertion can be enclosed in the mouth. A pivot axle attached to a double level bristle brush can swivels on a shaft pin allowing a user to oscillate or maneuver in left or right directions and up and down with just a touch of the fingertip. |
| US11116613B2 |
Molds for custom dental implant abutments and impression posts
Molds for fabrication of custom and potentially modifiable abutments and impression posts for dental implants with various degrees of angulations (including zero degrees) and various dimensions are provided, with a generally oval shape that expands laterally upwards, a symmetrical or asymmetrical cross-section, and regular surfaces, that are fabricated as one piece, or as two coupling pieces snapping onto each other. Custom abutments achieve the development of a custom gingival emergence profile, three dimensionally, which is potentially modifiable according to the needs of each particular clinical case. Custom impression posts that correspond in dimensions and angulations to the abutments allow the accurate recording and transfer of the developed gingival emergence profile from the mouth onto the working cast, where the final implant prosthesis is fabricated. Custom abutments and impression posts have properties and design that allows their preparation and usage as temporary abutments for the cementation and support of temporary prostheses. |
| US11116610B2 |
Method for manufacturing zirconia slurry for forming porous surface on abutment and crown of ceramic implant and method for manufacturing implant using the same
The present invention relates to a method for manufacturing a zirconia slurry for forming porous surfaces on an abutment and a crown of a ceramic implant, the method including: the zirconia pulverization step (step S10) of putting zirconia powder, carbon powder as a foaming agent, and an organic binder in a ball mill and agitating and pulverizing the zirconia, carbon powder, and organic binder to allow the mixed zirconia powder to have nanoparticles; the carbon powder oxidization step (step S20) of heating the zirconia powder mixed with the carbon powder to a temperature of 1200 to 1800° C. and oxidizing the carbon powder to a concentration of 10 to 40 wt % to allow the porous surfaces to be formed on every particle of the zirconia powder; and the degreasing step (step S30) of putting a dispersing agent and a solvent in the zirconia powder whose particles have the porous surfaces to make a zirconia solution and removing the organic binder from the zirconia powder. |
| US11116608B2 |
Process for the preparation of a topography for improved blood coagulation and/or cell attachment on a body made of titanium or a titanium alloy
A process for the preparation of a topography for improved blood coagulation and/or cell attachment on a body made of titanium or a titanium alloy. The process includes the subsequent steps of: a) etching at least a portion of the surface of the body with a first etching solution including a mineral acid, and b) etching the surface etched under a) with a second etching solution different than the first etching solution, the second etching solution including hydrofluoric acid. |
| US11116605B2 |
Buccal corridor assessment and computation
Apparatuses and methods for improving a patient's buccal corridor, including developing treatment plans and/or appliances to improve and enhance buccal corridor. Also described herein are methods of treating a patient's teeth to enhance the patient's buccal corridor. |
| US11116604B2 |
Dental matrix devices specific to anterior teeth, and injection molded filling techniques and devices
The present invention relates to methods for the restoration of a decayed portion of an anterior tooth or re-restoration of a previously filled anterior tooth, and to dental matrices and composite resin dispensers that may be used in the methods for the restoration of a decayed portion of an anterior tooth. |
| US11116598B1 |
Apparatus and methods for monitoring objects in a surgical field
A system and method for performing a package status check are provided, including a scanner for use in a surgical field and having an antenna for emitting a radio frequency detection field, the scanner including control circuitry configured to determine a predetermined quantity of sponges corresponding to a complete pack of sponges; count a number of sponges associated with the pack with the scanner prior to use of the sponges in a surgical field; and issue an alert when a number of counted sponges does not match the predetermined quantity corresponding to the complete pack. The system and method may include the control circuitry configured to determine whether a sponge has been re-scanned or is unknown by comparing detected information with previously detected information prior. |
| US11116597B2 |
Biopsy device support or holder and method of use
A support or holder for a biopsy device is disclosed. The support includes a holder section that grasps or otherwise supports the biopsy device, wherein the support may be configured with flexible support members that may be bent, flexed or articulated thereby allowing the practitioner to manipulate the support for re-positioning the biopsy device into a desired position where the biopsy device may then be actuated to acquire a tissue sample. |
| US11116596B2 |
Surgical sponge inventory rack
A surgical sponge inventory rack includes a vertical mounting rod, a laterally extending sponge bag holder connected to the mounting rod, and a sponge bag supported on the sponge bag holder. The sponge bag includes a pocket configured to receive and display a surgical sponge. The sponge bag holder including a plurality of support members. The support members are shiftable relative to one another to transition the sponge bag holder between a collapsed configuration and an expanded configuration. At least one of the support members extends in the lateral direction past another of the support members when the sponge bag holder is in the expanded configuration. The support members collectively present a depth in a fore-and-aft direction that is transverse to the lateral direction and transverse to the vertical direction. The depth is at least substantially constant as the sponge bag holder transitions between the collapsed and expanded configurations. |
| US11116595B2 |
Guiding and support device, particularly for a robot for minimally-invasive surgery through a single parietal incision and/or natural orifice
A guiding and support device, particularly for a robot for minimally-invasive surgery through a single parietal incision and/or natural orifice, includes mutually associated rigid bodies, and stiffening elements associated with the guiding and support device and adapted for the transition of the device from an inactive configuration, the rigid bodies can move with respect to each other, to an active configuration, in which the rigid bodies are mutually aligned so as to define a rigid guide, and vice versa. The device further includes elements for combined rotary and translational motion which are adapted, in the active configuration of the guiding and support device, to translate and/or to rotate a robot. |
| US11116591B2 |
Hand controller apparatus including ergonomic features for a robotic surgery system
In some embodiments, a hand controller apparatus for controlling a tool in a robotic surgery system can include a body including a proximal end and a distally located interface end configured to be coupled to an input apparatus configured to control a surgical tool. The hand controller apparatus can include a control lever attached to a pivot joint proximate a side surface of the body and extending along the body and away from the proximal end, the control lever being laterally moveable relative to the side surface of the body about the pivot joint. The control lever can include a tail region adjacent to the pivot joint and a paddle region connected to the tail region and extending toward the distally located interface end. The tail region can include an inner surface facing the body and an outer surface opposing the inner surface, and at least part of the outer surface of the tail region can be outwardly curved. |
| US11116587B2 |
Timeline overlay on surgical video
Systems and methods for reviewing surgical videos are disclosed. A system may include at least one processor configured to implement a method including accessing at least one video of a surgical procedure and causing the at least one video to be output for display. The method may include overlaying on the at least one video outputted for display a surgical timeline, wherein the surgical timeline includes markers identifying at least one of a surgical phase, an intraoperative surgical event, and a decision making junction. The method may enable a surgeon, while viewing playback of the at least one video to select one or more markers on the surgical timeline, and thereby cause a display of the video to skip to a location associated with the selected marker. |
| US11116586B2 |
Systems and methods of steerable elongate device
Systems and methods for controlling an elongate device include an input control console. The console includes a first input control having an infinite length of travel in a first direction, a second input control having an infinite length of travel in more than one direction, one or more transceivers for coupling the console to a control unit for the elongate device, and interface circuits for coupling the first input control and the second input control to the one or more transceivers. The first input control provides a first command suitable for controlling an insertion depth of the elongate device. The second input control provides second commands suitable for controlling steering of a distal end of the elongate device. In some embodiments, the console includes raised rings or bezels within which the input controls are mounted. In some embodiments, pockets of a drape are anchored to the raised rings or bezels. |
| US11116585B2 |
Graphical user interfaces for ablation systems
A computer-implemented method for generating and displaying a graphical user interface (GUI) is disclosed. The method includes displaying, via the GUI, a real-time video received from a camera disposed within an ablation catheter. The method further includes displaying, via the GUI, a graphical representation of a plurality of electrodes of the ablation catheter. |
| US11116578B2 |
Methods and system for performing 3-D tool tracking by fusion of sensor and/or camera derived data during minimally invasive robotic surgery
Methods and system perform tool tracking during minimally invasive robotic surgery. Tool states are determined using triangulation techniques or a Bayesian filter from either or both non-endoscopically derived and endoscopically derived tool state information, or from either or both non-visually derived and visually derived tool state information. The non-endoscopically derived tool state information is derived from sensor data provided either by sensors associated with a mechanism for manipulating the tool, or sensors capable of detecting identifiable signals emanating or reflecting from the tool and indicative of its position, or external cameras viewing an end of the tool extending out of the body. The endoscopically derived tool state information is derived from image data provided by an endoscope inserted in the body so as to view the tool. |
| US11116569B2 |
Electrosurgical systems and methods
An electrosurgical wand is disclosed for treating a plurality of tissues at a variety of tissue locations. The electrosurgical wand includes a handle on a proximal end and an elongate shaft with a combination active electrode at the distal end. The combination active electrode includes with a blade and screen portion; the blade portion extending along and laterally from the wand longitudinal axis, forming a dissecting tip. The screen portion extends from the blade portion at an obtuse angle and has at least one aspiration aperture through it. The wand also includes a second and third electrode, proximally spaced from the combination active electrode. The second electrode spans a portion of an outside surface of the wand adjacent the blade portion, while the third electrode spans a portion of the outside surface of the wand opposite the second electrode. |
| US11116565B2 |
Apparatus for performing an electrosurgical procedure
A surgical instrument is provided and includes a housing having a shaft. An end effector assembly operatively connects to the shaft and has a pair of first and second jaw members. A jaw insert is operably associated with the first and second jaw members. The jaw insert includes one or more cam slots defined therein configured to receive a cam pin that upon movement thereof rotates the first and second jaw members from an open position to a clamping position and an opening defined therein configured to securely house a pivot pin that provides a point of pivot for the first and second jaw members. The jaw insert is manufactured from an insulative medium to dielectrically isolate the first and second jaw members. |
| US11116563B2 |
Multi-channel RF ablation
A plurality of control-signal generators are configured to generate respective control signals having respective control-signal amplitudes and different respective control-signal frequencies, and a plurality of signal adders are configured to produce respective composite signals for application to a subject, by adding the control signals to respective ablation signals having respective ablation-signal amplitudes. The control-signal generators are configured to generate the control signals such that respective ratios between the control-signal amplitudes and the ablation-signal amplitudes are constant during the application of the composite signals to the subject. A plurality of controlled voltage dividers are configured to adjust respective amplitudes of the composite signals during the application of the composite signals to the subject, and one or more controllers are configured to control the adjusting of the amplitudes by the controlled voltage dividers, in response to respective currents of, and respective voltages of, the control signals, and based on the constant ratios. |
| US11116561B2 |
Devices, agents, and associated methods for selective modulation of renal nerves
Devices, agents, and associated methods for selective modulation of renal nerves by localized delivery of neural ablative substances are disclosed herein. One aspect of the present technology is directed to a method for delivering a neuromodulatory agent (e.g., capsaicin) via a catheter to a kidney of the patient. The neuromodulatory agent selectively neuromodulates afferent renal nerves in a patient compared efferent renal nerves of the patient. The method can also include removing the catheter from the patient after delivering the neuromodulatory agent to conclude the procedure. |
| US11116559B2 |
Surgical instrument and method
A surgical instrument includes a first member that includes a first element engageable with an inner surface of a head of a bone fastener and a second element engageable with an outer surface of the head. The first member defines a first-member longitudinal axis and the bone fastener defines a bone-fastener longitudinal axis. A second member defines a second-member longitudinal axis and is movable relative to the first member and engageable with the second element to dispose the first element and the second element with the head in a co-axial, capture orientation. wherein the first-member, bone-fastener, and second-member longitudinal axes are aligned. Systems, spinal constructs, implants and methods are disclosed. |
| US11116556B2 |
Bone anchor
A bone anchor includes an anchor member including a first material, and having a tubular section extending along a longitudinal axis, a region configured to expand radially outwards from the longitudinal axis, and a bone engagement structure projecting from at least a portion of the expandable region of the tubular section, and a core member including a second material, and configured for insertion into and connection to the anchor member. When the core member is in the anchor member and is actuated relative to the anchor member, the tubular section is adjustable between a first position where the expandable region of the tubular member has a first length and a first maximum diameter, to a second position where the expandable region of the tubular member has a length shorter than the first length and a maximum diameter greater than the first maximum diameter. |
| US11116554B2 |
Implantable bone adjustment device with improved strength
A reconfigurable bone adjustment device includes a first member configured for attachment to a first bone fragment, a second member configured for attachment to a second bone fragment, the second member including an elongated slot formed therein; a drive mechanism configured to move the second member relative to the first member; a threaded block fixedly coupled to the first member, the threaded block positioned within the elongated slot; and a threaded rod having a proximal end operatively coupled to the drive mechanism, an intermediate portion threadably coupled to the threaded block, and a distal end operatively coupled to the second member so that rotation of the drive mechanism rotates the threaded rod and moves the second member relative to the first member. The second member being adapted and configured to provide increased strength so that the device can withstand increased patient weight bearing. |
| US11116552B2 |
Osteotomy instrument
An osteotomy instrument for compression and/or distraction spinal procedures includes a first leg and a second leg pivotally attached to the first leg. The first leg and the second leg each include a proximal portion, a distal portion with a distal end and a pocket extending within the distal end towards the proximal portion. The distal portion of each leg is configured to rotatably engage a bearing attached to a spine of a patient. The pocket may be generally hemispherical with an inner surface configured to engage the bearing and form a ball-in-socket joint with the bearing. |
| US11116551B2 |
Lamina implants and methods for spinal decompression
Lamina plates can include various features that allow a surgeon to couple the plate to a vertebra, such as a plurality of receiving holes for receiving a spinal fixation element. The plate can be shaped and the receiving holes positioned such that spinal fixation elements can be installed with reduced exposure of the spine and along a trajectory that enhances purchase with bone. The lamina plate can include one or more features for coupling at least one receiver head to the plate for receiving a spinal stabilization element. Since the receiver head can be coupled to the plate after the plate is implanted, it does not restrict the range of angles or trajectories at which the spinal fixation elements can be installed. |
| US11116550B2 |
Spinal implant system and method
A spinal construct includes a body defining a transverse axis. The body includes a wall disposed between a first implant cavity and a second implant cavity. The body further defines a first opening communicating with the first implant cavity and a second opening communicating with the second implant cavity. The first opening defines a first axis and the second opening defines a second axis. At least one of the first axis and the second axis are disposed in a substantially non-perpendicular orientation relative to the transverse axis. Systems, surgical instruments, implants and methods are disclosed. |
| US11116548B2 |
Pivotal bone anchor assembly with receiver having tool engagement grooves and increased shank angulation
A pivotal bone screw assembly includes a receiver having a base defining a lower portion of a central bore, and an upper portion extending upward from the base to define a channel configured to receive an elongate rod. The upper portion further includes a guide and advancement structure proximate a top end configured for engagement with a closure top, and side outer surfaces with tool engagement grooves extending horizontally and circumferentially to the front and back faces of the receiver. The assembly further includes a shank having a head and an anchor portion configured for attachment to the bone, with the head being positionable into the central bore of the receiver with the shank extending downward through the lower opening. The lower opening is configured to provide for increased pivotal movement of the shank with respect to the receiver in at least one direction. |
| US11116547B2 |
Pivotal bone anchor assembly with bottom loaded insert and pivotless retainer
A polyaxial bone anchor with a receiver, a shank, a pressure insert, a retainer for holding the shank in the receiver, and a closure. The receiver having at least one vertically aligned guide on a surface of an interior shank and insert receiving chamber. The insert having at least one shoulder that aligns with the guide and both properly positions the insert relative to the receiver during assembly and prevents the insert from axially rotating relative to the receiver. |
| US11116546B2 |
Polyaxial bone anchoring device with enlarged pivot angle
A polyaxial bone anchoring device includes: an anchoring element having a shaft for anchoring in a bone and a head, the head having a spherically-shaped outer surface portion; a receiving part configured to be pivotably connected to the head, the receiving part having a top end and a bottom end, a longitudinal axis extending through the top end and the bottom end, a channel transverse to the longitudinal axis for receiving a rod, and an accommodation space for accommodating the head, the accommodation space having a lower opening at the bottom end, a sleeve-like insert piece configured to be positioned around a portion of the head and to pivot in the receiving part, the insert piece having a spherically-shaped outer surface portion, wherein a lower edge of the insert piece extends past the lower opening in a direction away from the receiving part when the insert piece is seated in the receiving part in a position in which a central axis of the insert piece is coaxial with the longitudinal axis, and wherein the insert piece has an opening with a diameter greater than or equal to a maximum diameter of the head when the head is not in contact with the insert piece; a pressure member configured to be arranged at least partially in the accommodation space, the pressure member having a lower surface portion configured to contact the head to exert pressure onto the head when the head and the pressure member are arranged in the receiving part; wherein when the head, the insert piece, and the pressure member are arranged in the receiving part, the insert piece is tiltable with respect to the longitudinal axis of the receiving part and with respect to a longitudinal axis of the anchoring element, and wherein the anchoring element and the insert piece can be locked at respective angles relative to the longitudinal axis of the receiving part by exerting pressure with the pressure member onto the head. |
| US11116542B2 |
Systems and methods for percutaneous access, stabilization and closure of organs
Systems and methods for accessing, stabilizing and sealing a device attached to a tissue surface comprising a tissue attaching device having an outer base ring defining an opening therethrough and a distally projecting tissue attachment element. The systems variously utilize annular sealing flanges distally attached to the outer base ring outside or inside the tissue attachment element to create a fluid tight seal. The systems variously utilize coils with regions of differing pitch to create sealing tissue pressure. Methods for installing an apical attaching device with a transapical port into a patient, comprising assessing the patient's viability for installation of the apical attaching device by determining an Index of Tissue Elasticity (ITE). |
| US11116538B2 |
Medicant delivery device
An example medical instrument for creating larger voids within target tissue. Medicants could be injected into these larger voids for diffusion into the surrounding tissue. An exemplary medical device includes a tissue penetrating device, a pocket creation device and a handle. The handle includes a first component connected to the tissue penetrating device and a second component connected to the pocket creation device. When the second component is at a first position relative to the first component, the pocket creation device is in a non-pocket creation configuration. When the second component is at a second position relative to the first component, the pocket creation device is in a pocket creation configuration, wherein the pocket creation device is slidably received within the tissue penetrating device and the handle. |
| US11116537B2 |
Surgical devices and methods
An intravascular cutting device described herein uses high-pressure water, saline, or other fluid to cut tissue and other materials including but not limited to calcified tissue, stents, stent grafts, and other devices. In some embodiments, the cutting device includes a working end that has a nozzle with a hole to allow the release of a high-pressure fluid jet. Opposite of the nozzle is a catch plate or deflector anvil that prevents the fluid jet from cutting healthy tissue. The device user will place the item to be cut between the nozzle and catch plate and then advance the device along the item to be cut as the fluid jet is activated, thus cutting the object as it advances. |
| US11116536B2 |
Device for chemically assisted dissection
A device and a method for delivering a solution to tissues and/or organs. The solution contains at least one solvent and at least one solute. The device includes at least one chamber which contains sodium 2-mercaptoethanesulfonate in powder form. The method includes the steps of dissolving the solute in the solvent inside the device. The resulting solution is delivered immediately to tissues and/or organs to facilitate dissection. |
| US11116534B2 |
Surgical device for grasping and shearing
The present disclosure relates to a surgical device including a body portion and an end effector. The body portion defines a longitudinal axis. The end effector is disposed adjacent a distal end of the body portion and includes first and second jaw members. At least one jaw member is pivotable with respect to the other jaw member between open and approximated positions along a first plane. Each jaw member is independently movable with respect to the other jaw member between a first position where the jaw members are aligned with the longitudinal axis and a second position where at least one jaw member is disposed at an angle with respect to the longitudinal axis and with respect to the first plane. |
| US11116533B2 |
Medical manipulator and method of controlling the same
A medical manipulator is disclosed, which includes a multiple-degree freedom arm, which can be mounted with a medical instrument; a memory configured to retain an insertion port position indicating a spatial position of an insertion port for inserting the medical instrument mounted in the multiple-degree freedom arm into a human body; and a controller configured to determine an insertion posture of the medical instrument so as to cause an extended line of a major axis of the medical instrument to pass through the spatial position indicated by the insertion port position, and configured to move the multiple-degree freedom arm to the determined insertion posture. |
| US11116531B2 |
Surgical instrument with removable clamp arm assembly
A surgical instrument has a first modular assembly and a second modular assembly. The first modular assembly has a body, an ultrasonic waveguide, an ultrasonic blade connected to a distal end of the ultrasonic waveguide, and a coupling member that movably couples with the body. The second modular assembly has a clamp arm assembly with a first pivot coupling, a clamp pad assembly with a second pivot coupling, and a distal outer sheath that selectively couples to the body of the first modular assembly via the coupling member. The distal outer sheath has an interior surface that houses a portion of the ultrasonic waveguide, and this interior surface also houses the first pivot coupling and the second pivot coupling. |
| US11116528B2 |
Methods and devices for endovascular therapy
The present invention provides methods and devices for treating endovascular disease. Vibrational energy is delivered to change compliance and increase permeability at the treatment area. To improve clinical outcomes, one or more therapeutic drugs may be delivered to the treatment area. |
| US11116527B2 |
Ankle replacement system and method
Various surgical devices and methods are disclosed herein. Also disclosed is multi-component prosthesis, which can be used as an ankle prosthesis. One of the disclosed surgical alignment systems includes a guide arm, a ratchet arm frame configured to be coupled slidably to the guide arm, a ratchet arm configured to be coupled to the ratchet arm frame, and a sagittal sizing guide body configured to be coupled to the ratchet arm. The sagittal sizing guide body includes a first radiopaque object disposed at a first position and a second radiopaque object disposed at a second position that is spaced apart from the first position. |
| US11116521B2 |
Ankle replacement system and method
A position adjustment device having a tool holder is locked to at least two pins projecting from respective anterior facing locations near a distal end of a tibia of a patient. The position adjustment device is adjusted. The position adjustment device is locked with the tool holder at first coordinates in the proximal-distal and medial-lateral directions. The distal end of the tibia is resectioned with a tool positioned on the tool holder, while the tool holder is in the first coordinates in the proximal-distal and medial-lateral directions. The tool is removed from the tool holder. A tibia trial is placed on the resectioned tibia using the tool holder, while the tool holder is in the first coordinates in the proximal-distal and medial-lateral directions. The tibia trial has a size and shape of a tibial tray of an ankle replacement system. |
| US11116519B2 |
Systems and methods for decorticating the sacroiliac joint
A system for decorticating at least one bone surface includes an elongated soft tissue protector, an elongated drive shaft and a cutter. The elongated soft tissue protector has a bore extending therethrough. The bore has a non-circular lateral cross-section, a maximum lateral extent and a minimum lateral extent. The cutter may be located on or near a distal end of the drive shaft. The cutter has a non-circular lateral cross-section, a maximum lateral extent and a minimum lateral extent. The maximum lateral extent of the cutter is greater than the minimum lateral extent of the bore but is no greater than the maximum lateral extent of the bore. The bore of the soft tissue protector is configured to slidably receive the cutter therethrough. Other systems and methods for decorticating at least one bone surface are also provided. |
| US11116514B2 |
Surgical clip applier with user feedback feature
A surgical clip applier (100) includes a handle assembly (110) having a housing (118), a trigger (114), and an advancing mechanism supported in the housing (118) and being actuatable by the trigger (114). An elongated tube assembly (200) extends from the housing (118). A first shaft (202) is slidably disposed within the elongated tube assembly (200) and defines a surface portion (203). A second shaft (215) is disposed through an outer surface of the elongated tube assembly (200) and is in operative engagement with the surface portion (203) of the first shaft (202). Upon actuating the advancing mechanism, the first shaft (202) moves distally within the elongated tube assembly (200) relative to the second shaft (215) such that the surface portion (203) of the first shaft (202) traverses the second shaft (215) to produce at least one of an audible or tactile feedback. |
| US11116511B2 |
Micro-macro endovascular occlusion device and methodology
A vascular plug comprises a superstructure expandable from a collapsed percutaneous insertion configuration to an expanded deployment or use configuration. The superstructure is comprised of both primary and secondary three-dimensional shapes allowing for the occlusion of a wide range of vessel sizes from small to large through a disproportionately small delivery catheter. The plug includes a shape memory element for the generation of radial force and the creation of the larger secondary three-dimensional twisting or helical superstructure as is needed for target vessel occlusion. |
| US11116510B2 |
Devices and methods for excluding the left atrial appendage
Systems, devices and methods for occluding the left atrial appendage (LAA). The device excludes the LAA from blood flow. The implantable device is delivered via transcatheter delivery into the LAA and secured within the LAA. The implant comprises an expandable and compliant frame and an expandable and conformable tubular foam body. A delivery and tether retraction system includes a handle for controlling a pusher and tether. The pusher may be moved a distance away from the implant without changing the orientation of the implant, while the tether is still attached to the implant. Severing the tether and proximally retracting a control on the hand piece by a distance causes the severed end to advance distally by at least about twice that distance. A loader includes a conical portion with guides and a reservoir for submerging the foam prior to loading and delivery. |
| US11116508B2 |
Electrical potential shifting circuit for powered surgical stapler
An apparatus includes a body, a motor, a shaft, a stapling assembly, and an electrical potential shifting device. The body includes a firing switch configured to generate a motor drive signal including at least one of a motor activation signal portion or a motor deactivation signal portion. The motor includes a first power terminal and a second power terminal which define an electrical potential energy differential therebetween. The motor is configured to selectively activate and deactivate in response to the electrical potential energy differential. The first power terminal is coupled to a power supply and the second power terminal is coupled to the electrical potential shifting device. The electrical potential shifting device increases the electrical potential energy differential of the motor in response to detecting the motor activation signal portion and decreases the electrical potential energy of the motor in response to detecting the motor deactivation signal portion. |
| US11116505B2 |
Applicator for surgical stapler buttress
A buttress applier cartridge assembly includes a buttress assembly and a buttress applier cartridge. The buttress assembly includes a buttress configured to support a staple formed therein as well an adhesive layer for adhering to an end effector. The buttress applier cartridge includes a housing defining a gap extending in a longitudinal direction as well as a platform. The platform extends longitudinally from a proximal portion to a distal portion and is exposed in a transverse direction adjacent to the gap. The proximal and distal portions respectively have a proximal stiffness and a different, distal stiffness in the transverse direction. Thereby, the proximal and distal portions support the buttress assembly thereon to deform with the proximal and distal stiffnesses and provide reactionary forces of at least the predetermined minimum force while receiving the end effector for accommodating various camber orientations of the end effector. |
| US11116504B2 |
Anastomotic/occlusion reinforcing and repairing composite member as well as preparation and application method thereof
The present disclosure relates to the technical field of medical equipment and discloses an anastomotic/occlusion reinforcing and repairing composite member which includes a reinforcing and repairing portion, a protection portion and a connecting thread, wherein two ends of the reinforcing and repairing portion are detachably connected by the connecting thread; and the protection portion penetrates into a space enclosed by the two ends of the reinforcing and repairing portion. The present disclosure also provides a preparation and application method of the anastomotic/occlusion reinforcing and repairing composite member. |
| US11116501B1 |
Surgical handle articulation assemblies
The present disclosure includes apparatuses for a surgical handle assembly. An example apparatus includes a reloadable cartridge assembly and a surgical handle assembly including an articulation assembly configured to maintain the reloadable cartridge assembly in a first operation position, the articulation assembly comprising a knob in a first position, a lock core coupled to the knob, a housing, a first roller and a second roller, and a first spring, wherein the first roller is positioned on a first end of the first spring and the second roller is positioned on a second end of the first spring, and wherein the first spring is configured to bias the first roller and the second roller between the lock core and the housing to maintain the knob in the first position. |
| US11116500B2 |
Surgical fastener applying device, kits and methods for endoscopic procedures
A surgical device is provided and includes a handle housing, an endoscopic assembly, and a follower assembly. The endoscopic assembly extends distally from the handle housing and includes an inner tube defining a longitudinal axis. The inner tube includes a distal portion defining a pair of opposed tines. The endoscopic assembly is configured to support a plurality of anchors at least partially therein. The follower assembly is disposed at least partially within the inner tube at a location proximal of the plurality of anchors, and includes a head and a shaft. A portion of the head is disposed between the pair of opposed tines. Actuation of the endoscopic surgical device causes rotation of the inner tube about the longitudinal axis relative to the handle housing, and causes distal advancement of the follower assembly relative to the inner tube. |
| US11116493B2 |
Knotless lateral row implant
An anchoring system includes an anchor including an anchor body and a distal member located at a distal end of the anchor body, the distal member having a suture receiving aperture; and an implant delivery device, comprising: a cannulated outer shaft, the cannulated outer shaft configured to engage a proximal end of the anchor body for driving the anchor into a bore; and an inner shaft slidably received in the cannulated outer shaft, wherein a distal end of the inner shaft is extendable distally beyond a distal end section of the cannulated outer shaft such that, when the cannulated outer shaft is engaging the proximal end of the anchor body, the distal end of the inner shaft is extendable through the anchor body to a distance beyond the distal end of the anchor body to engage a suture located within the suture receiving aperture, wherein the anchoring system is configured such that the suture can be tensioned at a location within the bore distal from the anchor body before the anchor body is implanted within the bore. |
| US11116492B2 |
Insertion instrument for anchor assembly
An insertion instrument is configured to eject a pair of anchor bodies across an anatomical gap so as to approximate the gap. The insertion instrument can include a single cannula that retains the pair of anchor bodies in a stacked relationship, or a pair of adjacent cannulas that each retain respective anchor bodies. The insertion instrument can be actuated so as to eject the anchor bodies into respective target anatomical locations. |
| US11116488B2 |
Tissue guard for tissue removal and other surgical procedures
A tissue guard includes a body having a proximal end portion and a distal end portion. The body includes an inner body defining a passageway therethrough and an outer body disposed about the inner body such that an annular flow channel is defined therebetween. A proximal lip extends radially outwardly from the proximal end portion of the body. A plurality of ribs is disposed within the annular flow channel and arranged to define a helical configuration to establish a helical fluid flow path through the annular flow channel upon application of suction therethrough. |
| US11116487B2 |
Guidance system mounts for surgical introducers
A delicate tissue retraction system for use with a navigation probe having a probe shaft and a probe tip at a distal end of the probe shaft. The delicate tissue retraction system includes a retractor and an introducer that is removably installed within the retractor. The introducer has a wall forming a hollow channel extending from a proximal introducer end to a distal introducer end. A mount is integrally formed with the introducer and extends from the distal introducer end into the channel. The mount is positioned to surround the probe tip when the navigation probe is at a fully inserted position within the introducer with the probe tip at the distal introducer end. |
| US11116485B2 |
Surgical instrument with modular power sources
A surgical instrument system is disclosed comprising a handle and a shaft assembly attachable to the handle. The handle comprises a drive module and selectively attachable battery modules. The handle comprises a first port configured to attach a first battery module and a second port configured to attach a second battery module. The first battery module is also attachable to the second port. In various embodiments, the second battery module cannot be attached to the first port. The first and second battery modules are configured to deliver power to the electric motor at the same voltage. In various instances, the first and second battery modules are configured to deliver different currents to the electric motor. |
| US11116483B2 |
Rotating biopsy needle
A biopsy needle assembly configured for use with a tissue biopsy device is disclosed. The biopsy needle assembly may be configured to be advanced to a predetermined tissue sample, sever the tissue sample, and extract the tissue sample from a body tissue of a patient. The biopsy needle assembly may be further configured to minimize or eliminate the axial translation of the biopsy needle beyond a targeted location. |
| US11116482B2 |
Test barrel
Disclosed is a test barrel, to prevent a test liquid in the barrel from sputtering into a connection gap due to shaking of the barrel to hence cause contamination, improve the measurement accuracy in case of multiple tests, and meanwhile improve the operability of screwing on and screwing off the entire device during use of the device. The above technical objective of this utility model is implemented by employing the following technical solution: a test barrel, comprising barrel lid and a barrel body; wherein the threaded rings are arranged on an inner wall of a side face of the barrel lid and an outer wall of an opening of the barrel body, a rotary force applying portion is arranged on an outer wall of the side face of the barrel lid, and during engagement, a liquid blocking washer is arranged between the barrel lid and the barrel body, wherein a radial width of the liquid blocking washer is greater than a thickness of the opening of the barrel body. |
| US11116481B2 |
Ultrasound diagnostic apparatus and control method of ultrasound diagnostic apparatus
An ultrasound diagnostic apparatus includes: an image acquisition unit that acquires an ultrasound image by transmitting an ultrasound beam from an ultrasound probe toward a subject and receiving an ultrasound beam reflected from the subject; an image analysis unit that analyzes the acquired ultrasound image; and a movement amount detection unit that detects a movement amount of the ultrasound probe. The image analysis unit performs image analysis on an ultrasound image of a single frame in a case where the movement amount of the ultrasound probe is equal to or greater than a threshold value, and performs image analysis on ultrasound images of a plurality of frames in a case where the movement amount of the ultrasound probe is less than the threshold value. |
| US11116479B2 |
Time-based parametric contrast enhanced ultrasound imaging system and method
An ultrasonic diagnostic imaging system and method acquire a sequence of image data as a bolus of contrast agent washes into and out of the liver. The image data of contrast intensity is used to compute time-intensity curves of contrast flow for points in an ultrasound image. Time-dependent data is calculated from the data of the time-intensity curves which, in a described implementation, comprise first and second derivatives of the time-intensity curves. A color map is formed of the time-dependent data or the polarities of the data and displayed in a parametric image as a color overlay of a contrast image of the liver. |
| US11116478B2 |
Diagnosis of pathologies using infrasonic signatures
A medical device includes an acoustic transducer, which is configured to sense infrasonic waves emitted from a body of a living subject with a periodicity determined by a periodic physiological activity and to output an electrical signal in response to the sensed waves. At least one speaker is configured to output audible sounds in response to an electrical input. Processing circuitry is configured to process the electrical signal so as to generate a frequency-stretched signal in which infrasonic frequency components of the electrical input are shifted to audible frequencies while preserving the periodicity of the periodic physiological activity in the frequency-stretched signal, and to input the frequency-stretched signal to the at least one speaker. |
| US11116475B2 |
Ultrasound diagnostic apparatus and method for controlling ultrasound diagnostic apparatus
An ultrasound diagnostic apparatus includes: an ultrasound probe; an imaging unit that transmits and receives an ultrasound beam to and from a subject using the ultrasound probe and converts a received signal output from the ultrasound probe into an image to generate an ultrasound image of the subject for each frame; a part determination unit that determines an imaging part of the subject using the ultrasound image generated by the imaging unit; a probe state determination unit that determines whether the ultrasound probe is in an aerial emission state or a contact state with the subject; and an apparatus control unit that controls the part determination unit such that part determination is not performed in a case in which the probe state determination unit determines that the ultrasound probe is in the aerial emission state and the part determination is performed in a case in which the probe state determination unit determines that the ultrasound probe has been changed from the aerial emission state to the contact state with the subject. |
| US11116473B2 |
Stethoscope
The present invention addresses the problem of providing a stethoscope having a structure which enables even physicians working remotely to recognize whether the chest piece of the stethoscope is touching the surface of the body appropriately. A stethoscope provided with: a stethoscope portion (10) comprising a chest piece and a microphone provided within the chest piece or in a hollow tube connecting to the chest piece; and sensors (20a-20c) for detecting contact with a human body, wherein the sensors detect contact by abutting with the body, and are fixed to the chest piece such that, when in a state detecting contact, the abutting ends of the sensors are situated in the same position as the contact surface of the chest piece against the body or in a position that is separated slightly farther from the body than the contact surface. |
| US11116463B2 |
Apparatus with flexible x-ray gratings
An X-ray grating configured for use in an X-ray imaging apparatus is provided. The X-ray grating has a silicone-based base layer. A plurality of silicon-based ridges is on a surface of the silicon-based base layer, wherein the plurality of silicon-based ridges from a plurality of trenches, where a trench of the plurality of trenches is between two silicon-based ridges of the plurality of silicon-based ridges. A plurality of silicon-based bridges extends between adjacent silicon-based ridges, wherein each silicon-based ridge of the plurality of silicon-based ridges is connected to at least one adjacent silicon-based ridge of the plurality of silicon-based ridges by at least one of a silicon-based bridge of the plurality of silicon-based bridges and wherein at least one of a plurality of four adjacent trenches does not have any silicon-based bridges. |
| US11116461B2 |
Method and system for fluid cooled variable size gantry bore
An imaging system comprises an adaptor plate configured to be removably coupled to a gantry structure of the imaging system, a plurality of detectors configured to be removably coupled to the adaptor plate, and one or more conduits for a fluid to flow through, wherein the fluid is used to cool the imaging system. |
| US11116460B2 |
X-ray imaging apparatus
An X-ray imaging apparatus includes a controller configured or programmed to perform control to change an amount of assist from a drive in manually moving a moving body based on at least one of operation of an operation button configured to receive an operation for moving the moving body or an operation for aligning the moving body and a current position and target position of the moving body. |
| US11116459B2 |
Proton imaging system for optimization of proton therapy
A medical imaging system includes a first tracking detector and a second tracking detector. The tracking detectors are spaced to allow for an object to be present between the first tracking detector and the second tracking detector. The system also includes a residual range detector adjacent the first tracking detector. The residual range detector includes: (1) a scintillator material having a first surface at least partially covered with an anti-reflection material and a second surface facing the first tracking detector and (2) at least one photon detector coupled to the scintillator material at a third surface of the scintillator material different than the first surface and opposite the second surface. |
| US11116455B2 |
Diagnostic assistance device, vital signs information measuring device, and diagnostic assistance method
A diagnosis assistance device assists a diagnosis, by using a plurality of sets of biological information that are measured from a subject, and that are stored in a storage medium. The diagnosis assistance device includes an achievement status determining section and a notification processing section. The achievement status determining section determines an achievement status of a predetermined condition related to biological information that is measured from the subject, based on the plurality of sets of biological information stored in the storage medium. The notification processing section performs a process of notifying of the achievement status. The condition is that the pattern of a change of biological information which is stored in the storage medium contains, threshold or more times, a specific pattern. The specific pattern is extreme-dipper, non-dipper, or riser. |
| US11116454B2 |
Imaging device and method
An imaging device and method which can easily obtain a curve of time-varying changes in pixel value of a region of interest, even if the region of interest moves with a subject's body motion. A controller includes an image processor executing various types of image processing on fluorescence images and visible light images. The image processor includes a pixel value measurement unit which sequentially measures values of pixels at positions corresponding to a region of interest (ROI) in the fluorescence image, a change curve creation unit which creates a curve of time-varying changes in pixel value of the ROI by sampling, among the pixel values measured by the pixel value measurement unit, a minimum pixel value within a period equal to or longer than a cycle of the subject's body motion, and a smoothing unit which smooths the curve created by the change curve creation unit. |
| US11116453B2 |
Apparatus and method for measuring biosignals
An apparatus and method for measuring a biosignal that include generating a control signal for processing the biosignal based on an obtained replication signal or a sensed motion of the subject. |
| US11116452B2 |
Biological signal measurement system
A biological signal measurement system includes: a biological signal measurer that measures a biological signal including external noise of biological noise and of environmental noise; biological noise measurer that measures a signal including the biological noise; a biological noise estimator that estimates the biological noise from the signal measured by the biological noise measurer; an environmental noise measurer that measures a signal including the environmental noise; an environmental noise estimator that estimates the environmental noise from the signal measured by the environmental noise measurer; and a calculator that calculates the biological signal in consideration of an effect of the external noise using the signal measured by the biological signal measurer, the biological noise estimated by the biological noise estimator and the environmental noise estimated by the environmental noise estimator. |
| US11116450B2 |
Electrode assembly having spines with controlled flexibility
A spine that may be used in the electrode assembly of an electrophysiologic catheter having controlled flexibility. The spine may have a flexible core that extends through a length of the spine, a polymeric cover and a plurality of electrodes, each having at least one lead, distributed longitudinally along the spine. An amount of material forming the spine may be adjusted longitudinally along the spine to compensate for changes in flexibility to the spine caused by varying numbers of electrode leads present at different relative longitudinal positions along the spine. |
| US11116448B1 |
Multi-sensor wearable patch
A multi-sensor smart patch is disclosed that can be worn by a user to monitor multiple physiological systems of the user. The multi-sensor smart patch can make use of two or more acoustic sensors, such as accelerometer contact microphones (ACMs), to collect acoustic data from multiple locations on the user's body. The multi-sensor smart patch can include electrodes for detecting the heart's electrical activity and/or assessing the user's bioimpedance. The multi-sensor smart patch can provide useful data associated with the user's cardiovascular system, respiratory system, and electrical characteristics. The multi-sensor smart patch can be in the form of a reusable electronics module couplable to a disposable patch adhesive. |
| US11116447B2 |
Modular wearable sensor device
A wearable sensor and method for providing a wearable sensor are disclosed. In a first aspect, the wearable sensor comprises a first module, wherein the first module comprises a top layer, a printed circuit board (PCB) layer, and a bottom layer. The bottom layer comprises a double adhesive layer that adheres to both the PCB layer and the user. The bottom layer includes at least two openings to house at least two electrodes for monitoring of a user. The wearable sensor further comprises a second module coupled to the first module, wherein the first module is disposable and the second module is reusable. In a second aspect, the method comprises providing the aforementioned wearable sensor. |
| US11116445B2 |
Methods for locating discontinuities in tissue using optical imaging, surgical procedures, and devices for use during surgical procedures
Methods for locating blood vessels, lesions, and other discontinuities in tissue such as, but not limited to, the greater palatine artery (GPA) in the hard palate using an optical imaging process, surgical procedures utilizing the identified locations of discontinuities, and devices suitable for use during surgical procedures. According to one aspect, such a method locates a blood vessel or lesion in tissue by imaging the tissue via a diffuse optical imaging (DOI) process that measures light that travels through the tissue, and then locates the blood vessel or lesion in the tissue based on a difference in absorption of the light between the tissue and the blood vessel or lesion. |
| US11116442B1 |
Image integrity and repeatability system
A method and instructions for operating an image integrity and repeatability system can comprise: acquiring an original image; extracting a protocol from the original image; recording the original image to an image history; determining an area within an image frame of the original image as a skin area; creating a background as the inverse of the skin area within the image frame of the original image; and acquiring a subsequent image including: extracting an image parameter from the subsequent image, providing feedback based on the image parameter being outside a threshold, prohibiting capture of the subsequent image based on the image parameter being outside the threshold, displaying the background overlaid on the subsequent image, and storing the subsequent image to the image history based on the image parameter of the subsequent image being within the threshold. |
| US11116435B2 |
Automatic identification of a location of focal source in atrial fibrillation (AF)
A system and method for automatically identifying a location of focal arrhythmogenic activity are provided. The method includes receiving, via a plurality of electrodes in a heart, a collection of acquisitions, each including a set of electrophysiological (EP) signals measured by the electrodes. A respective direction of arrival (DOA) and a respective distance relative to the electrodes from which the set of EP signals originated are estimated for each acquisition. The acquisitions are aggregated, to form a statistical distribution of the acquisitions as a function of estimated DOA and distance. Using a statistical test, it is checked whether the statistical distribution is consistent, in accordance with a predefined consistency criterion. If the statistical distribution is found consistent, an estimated location in the heart of a focal source of an arrhythmogenic activity that generated the received EP signals is derived from the statistical distribution. The estimated location of the focal source is overlaid on an anatomical map of at least a portion of the heart. The system includes an interface and a processor configured to perform said method. |
| US11116434B2 |
Segmented elctrode
Disclosed is a vital sign monitoring system. The system comprises a segmented electrode forming an in-plane electrode array, wherein the electrode comprise a skin contacting skin adhering contact layer mounted on an electrode backing material, a deformation sensor arranged for identifying deformation information of the electrode, a signal processor arranged to receive a vital sign signal from the electrode and process the deformation information to remove artefacts from the vital sign signal, wherein the electrode comprises multiple electrode segments and wherein the signal processor is arranged to select that electrode segment that has a lowest deformation of all electrode segments of the electrode. |
| US11116432B2 |
Blood collection safety devices and methods of use and manufacture
An automatically locking safety device, e.g., for use in a blood collection procedure, can include a housing, first and second needle covers that are at least partly received in the housing, and a needle that is at least partly received in at least one of the first and second needle covers. The needle can include a proximal tip configured for placement into a patient and a distal tip configured for placement into a blood collection vial. In some embodiments, the first and second needle covers are biased by a biasing member. In some cases, one or both of the first and second needle covers can be locked to prevent axial movement thereof after the blood collection procedure. In certain embodiments, a distal end of the device is configured to connect with a medical connector, such as a needleless IV access device. |
| US11116430B2 |
Sensor inserter assembly
An analyte monitor includes a sensor, a sensor control unit, and a display unit. The sensor control unit typically has a housing adapted for placement on skin and is adapted to receive a portion of an electrochemical sensor. The sensor control unit also includes two or more conductive contacts disposed on the housing and configured for coupling to two or more contact pads on the sensor. A transmitter is disposed in the housing and coupled to the plurality of conductive contacts for transmitting data obtained using the sensor. The display unit has a receiver for receiving data transmitted by the transmitter of the sensor control unit and a display coupled to the receiver for displaying an indication of a level of an analyte, such as blood glucose. An inserter having a retractable introducer is provided for subcutaneously implanting the sensor in a predictable and reliable fashion. |
| US11116426B2 |
Device administered tests and adaptive interactions
An external medical device includes monitoring circuitry configured to monitor a cardiac condition of a patient using the external medical device; and a controller configured to: receive at least one of patient input and non-patient user input of a patient's ability; determine a patient interaction mode of the external medical device based on the at least one of the patient input and the non-patient user input; and adapt the patient interaction mode of the external medical device over time based on the at least one of the patient input and the non-patient user input. |
| US11116425B2 |
Pacing activity data of a user
Pacer activity data of a user may be managed. For example, historical activity data of a user corresponding to a particular time of a day prior to a current day may be received. Additionally, a user interface configured to display an activity goal of the user may be generated and the user interface may be provided for presentation. In some aspects, the user interface may be configured to display a first indicator that identifies cumulative progress towards the activity goal and a second indicator that identifies predicted cumulative progress towards the activity goal. The cumulative progress may be calculated based on monitored activity from a start of the current day to the particular time of the current day and the predicted cumulative progress may be calculated based on the received historical activity data corresponding to the particular time of the day prior to the current day. |
| US11116422B2 |
Sample cells for respired gas sampling and methods of manufacturing same
A sample cell (10) for a respired gas sensor has a single-piece injection molded main body (40) defining a gas flow path including an optical sampling bore (42), a gas inlet lumen (50) connected with the inlet end (44) of the optical sampling bore, and a gas outlet lumen (52) connected with the outlet end (46) of the optical sampling bore. The gas flow path includes at least two curved walls (100, 102, 104, 106). The sample cell may be manufactured by assembling mold pins (120, 122, 124, 126, 128) for defining the gas flow path wherein at least two mold pins (122, 124) have curved surfaces for defining the at least two curved walls of the gas flow path, and injection molding the single piece injection molded main body including removing the mold pins after defining the gas flow path including the at least two curved walls. |
| US11116417B2 |
Method and apparatus for detection of interference in impedance based measurements
A method for detection of interference in impedance based monitoring of a subject by using a monitor is disclosed. The method comprising, connecting the subject to the monitor using one or more leads; and before current is applied to the subject, measuring voltage on the subject via at least one of the one or more leads and if any voltage is detected then the monitor indicates a warning. An impedance based monitor is disclosed, the monitor being connectable to a subject. The monitor is configured to measure voltage on the subject, before any current is applied to the subject, and if any voltage is detected then the monitor is configured to indicate a warning. |
| US11116413B2 |
Systems, devices, and/or methods for managing health
Certain exemplary embodiments can provide a device that comprises a heart monitor. The device can further comprise GPS hardware and machine instructions. The device comprises a wireless transceiver and a battery. The battery that provides electrical energy to the wireless transceiver and a processor. The processor is constructed to receive signals from the heart monitor and determine that an emergency has occurred. |
| US11116404B2 |
Patch guide method and program
Disclosed is a patch guide method including acquiring a 3-dimensional scan model including the head of an object by using a depth camera, by a computer, acquiring a 3-dimensional brain MRI model of the object, matching the scan model and the brain MRI model to acquire a matched model, acquiring an image captured by photographing the head of the object by using the depth camera, and matching one location of the captured image and one location on the matched model. |
| US11116403B2 |
Method, apparatus and system for tailoring at least one subsequent communication to a user
There is provided a method, apparatus and system for method for tailoring at least one subsequent communication to a user. Data acquired on the user in connection with a plurality of communications to the user is processed to determine a value for one or more characteristics indicative of a state of the user in connection with each communication. At least one communication parameter is varied in respect of each communication. The values for the one or more characteristics indicative of the state of the user that are determined in connection with each communication are compared to identify one or more communication parameters that are most suitable for the user. One or more communication parameters are set for the at least one subsequent communication to the user according to the one or more identified communication parameters. The subsequent communication to the user is enabled based on the set one or more communication parameters. |
| US11116401B2 |
Systems and methods for wireless physiology monitoring
At least some aspects of the present disclosure direct to systems and methods for monitoring a physiological condition with a plurality of sensors. The system includes a wireless adaptor device and a wireless sensor device. The wireless adaptor device is configured to transmit wireless identification of the wireless adaptor device to the wireless sensor device via a NFC communication. The wireless sensor device is configured establish a wireless communication with the wireless adaptor device using the wireless identification of the wireless adaptor device. The wireless sensor device is further configured to transmit sensor signals to the wireless adaptor device via the established wireless communication. |
| US11116398B2 |
Detection of contagious diseases using unmanned aerial vehicle
Methods, systems and computer program products for detecting contagious diseases in a wildlife population using a drone are provided. Aspects include monitoring, by a drone, a geographic area and capture images of the geographic area and analyzing the captured images to identify a deceased wildlife in a region of the geographic area. Aspects also include performing increased monitoring of the region and capture supplemental images of the region using the drone and analyzing the supplemental images to identify a number of deceased wildlife in the region. Based on a determination that number of deceased wildlife in the region, greater than a threshold number, a corrective action is taken. |
| US11116396B2 |
Imaging multiple parts of the eye
A lens-sensor array for imaging parts of an eye comprises a lens array disposed onto a sensor array. The lens array transmits a light from a lens towards the sensor array. The lens array comprises a first section configured to direct the light reflected by a first part of the eye to the sensor array, and a second section configured to direct the light reflected by a second part of the eye to the sensor array. The first section comprises first sub-sections, each first sub-section comprising at least one first lenslet. The second section comprises second sub-sections, each second sub-section comprising at least one second lenslet. The sensor array comprises sensors that detect the light from the lens array and generate sensor signals corresponding to the light reflected by the first part of the eye and the light reflected by the second part of the eye. |
| US11116395B1 |
Compact retinal scanning device for tracking movement of the eye's pupil and applications thereof
A tracking scanning laser optics device configured for mounting in hedger having at least one opening for positioning in front of an eye of a user includes a mounting unit, an invisible light source supported by the mounting unit for directing invisible light through pupil, and at least one visible light source supported by the mounting unit for directing visible light through the pupil for writing on the retina within a portion thereof scanned by 2-D scanning optics supported by the mounting unit. An imaging device supported by the mounting unit receives at least the invisible light reflected by the retina and stores an image thereof, and a calibration unit operative in conjunction with the 2-D scanning optics determines an origin in 2-D space for serving as a reference point for identifying a location of the portion within the retina. |
| US11116393B2 |
Vision assessment based on gaze
The present disclosure generally relates to automated method and system for vision assessment of a subject. The method comprises: determining a set of test patterns for the subject based on a preliminary assessment of an eye of the subject; displaying the set of test patterns sequentially to the subject; collecting data on the subject's gaze in response to each test pattern displayed to the subject; and assessing vision functionality of the subject based on the collected gaze data. |
| US11116390B2 |
Capsule enteric coating for controlling balloon expansion start time
The present invention discloses a capsule endoscope with specific gravity control. The capsule endoscope comprises a housing to enclose various components, an inflatable device attached to a first longitudinal end of the capsule unit and an enteric coated shell attached to the first longitudinal end of the capsule unit to enclose the inflatable device between the enteric coated shell and the capsule unit. The various components include a camera sub-system for capturing image frames. The inflatable device comprises an inflatable membrane and an effervescent formulation inside the inflatable membrane. The enteric coated shell fits tightly onto the first longitudinal end of the capsule unit to prevent body liquid from leaking into a space between the enteric coated shell and the capsule unit when the capsule unit travels in human gastrointestinal tract after being swallowed. |
| US11116388B2 |
Shape measuring cylindrical flexible body apparatus
A shape measuring apparatus includes a cylindrical flexible body and a bend detection sensor. The sensor includes an optical fiber extending along the flexible body, a detection target to vary characteristics of detection light guided through the optical fiber in accordance with a curvature of the optical fiber, and a light detection unit to detect the detection light. The shape measuring apparatus also includes a shape calculating device to calculate a bend shape of the flexible body, based on the variation of the characteristics of the detection light, a cylindrical sheathing member sheathing a part of the optical fiber in the flexible body, and a hard distal member provided at a distal end of the flexible body and holding a distal end of the sheathing member. |
| US11116387B2 |
Insertion device and endoscope
An insertion device includes an insertion portion in which a movable member is held in contact with an outer circumferential surface of a hollow cylindrical member. When drive power is transmitted from the hollow cylindrical member to the movable member as the hollow cylindrical member is rotated about a longitudinal axis of the insertion portion, the movable member is rotated around its own axis parallel to the longitudinal axis and moved around the longitudinal axis. The insertion portion includes a membrane covering the movable member from an outer circumferential side thereof. The membrane urges the movable member toward the longitudinal axis, thereby pressing the movable member against the outer circumferential surface of the hollow cylindrical member. |
| US11116386B2 |
Serialization of single-use endoscopes
A system comprised of a controller; an endoscope comprised of a shaft, an image sensor, and a connector; and a target for viewing by the image sensor of the endoscope. The target includes one or more calibration objects. The controller is configured to receive image data indicative of the calibration objects from the image sensor, compare the image data with one or more predetermined thresholds, and calibrate one or more image sensor settings when the image data fails to meet the one or more predetermined thresholds. |
| US11116385B2 |
Endoscope cap
An endoscope cap with an elevator, which is easily attached to and detached from the distal end of the endoscope, may be provided. An endoscope cap attachable to and detachable from the endoscope, including a lever pivotally provided at a distal end of an insertion part of the endoscope and a pivot part making the lever pivot, comprises a bottomed cylindrical cover having an opening end, the opening end being attachable to and detachable from a distal end of the insertion part of the endoscope; a pedestal fixed to an inside of the cover and having an elevator attachment hole; and an elevator located inside the cover and having an elevator shaft inserted into the elevator attachment hole, the elevator being pivotable around the elevator shaft with respect to the pedestal. |
| US11116384B2 |
Endoscope system capable of image alignment, processor device, and method for operating endoscope system
The endoscope system includes an image acquiring unit that acquires a first image and a second image, the first image being obtained by imaging an observation target by using first illumination light, the second image being obtained by imaging the observation target by using second illumination light that is different from the first illumination light at a different timing from the first image; an alignment unit that aligns the first image and the second image; and an accuracy changing unit that changes an accuracy of the alignment in accordance with at least a structure of interest to which an attention is paid in the observation target. |
| US11116381B2 |
Clean status indicator
A device having a clean status indicator system having a frame with a base, a plurality of feet, a washing compartment, a door, and at least one rack. The system includes a weight sensor secured to one of the feet; a tilt switch for indicating if the dishwasher is tilted; a temperature sensor; a housing, and a visual display. A controller having a control logic communicates with a power supply, the weight sensor, the tilt switch, the temperature sensor, and the visual display. The controller is configured to receive data from the weight sensor, the tilt switch, and the temperature sensor and analyze the data from the weight sensor, the tilt switch, and the temperature sensor. The tilt switch is mounted exterior to the dishwasher and configured to be activated or deactivated when the dishwasher is a tilted forward. |
| US11116380B2 |
Dishwasher with a pivot system for a dish rack
A dishwasher has a tub defining a wash chamber with an open face, a pivoting door having an open position and a closed position, a slide system having a first rail including a transition element, a second rail slidably interconnected with the first rail for relative sliding, and a dish rack rotatably connected to the slide system by a pivot system. The pivot system is attached to the transition element to cooperatively pivot with the door as the door is moving from the open position to the closed position. |
| US11116378B2 |
Floor maintenance machine deck assembly
A floor maintenance machine has an adjustable deck assembly. The floor maintenance machine includes a deck supporting a floor cleaning implement. A lifting arm extends away from a frame of the floor maintenance machine and is rotatably coupled to the deck. The lifting arm is rotatably actuatable to adjust a position of the deck relative to the frame. A support member is rotatably coupled to the frame and movably coupled to the deck. A stop member is supported by the deck and extends toward the lifting arm for selective engagement therewith. When the lifting arm is rotated relative to the frame to lift the deck, the stop member is driven into the lifting arm to limit relative rotation between the lifting arm and the deck beyond a set angle. |
| US11116373B2 |
Cleaner
A cleaner includes: at least one cyclone configured to separate dust from suctioned air; a dust container configured to store the dust separated by the at least one cyclone; a dust compressor provided inside the dust container; and a lifter configured to move the dust compressor within the dust container. |
| US11116372B2 |
Vacuum cleaner
A vacuum cleaner includes a cyclone separator, a collection chamber below the cyclone separator, a pre-motor filter downstream from the cyclone separator, and an openable cover above the pre-motor filter. The cover provides access to an upstream surface of the pre-motor filter when open, and forms an outer surface of the vacuum cleaner that is angled forwardly at an incline. |
| US11116370B2 |
Cleaning robot
A cleaning robot includes a cover, a fixed body provided in the cover, a traveling part connected to the fixed body, a movement frame fastened to the cover to move in correspondence with movement of the cover, an inner body configured to support the movement frame relative to the fixed body, and a rotator provided on a bottom of the inner body to rotate in correspondence with movement of the cover. |
| US11116368B2 |
Cleaner
A cleaner includes: a suction unit; a suction motor that generates suction force for sucking air through the suction unit and includes an impeller; a dust separation unit that includes one or more cyclone units generating cyclonic flow to separate dust from air flowing inside through the suction unit; a dust container that stores dust separated by the dust separation unit and is disposed under the suction motor; a battery disposed behind the dust container to supply power to the suction motor; and a handle disposed behind the suction motor, wherein a rotational axis of the impeller and an axis of the cyclonic flow vertically extend and an extension line from the rotational axis of the impeller passes through the one or more cyclone units. |
| US11116367B2 |
Electric fan and vacuum cleaner having same
An electric fan and a vacuum cleaner having the same are provided. The electric fan includes: a cover having an open side; an impeller disposed in the cover; a diffuser including a diffuser body and a plurality of vanes, the diffuser body being located at a side of the impeller adjacent to the cover, the plurality of vanes being disposed at an end of the diffuser body adjacent to impeller and spaced apart from one another along an outer circumference of the impeller, an outlet angle of each vane being denoted as β, and β satisfying: 45°≤β≤90°; and a refluxer disposed at an end of the diffuser body away from the impeller. The electric fan reduces flow losses of airflow, and improves work efficiency. |
| US11116358B2 |
Moveable door for vertical cooking grill
The disclosure provides a movable door that directs debris, such as oil, grease, and food particles, that falls from a plurality of cooking slots in a vertical cooking grill to an area separate from a food product delivery tray, providing a cooked food product with reduced calories that is potentially more visually appealing. |
| US11116357B2 |
Cooking gap control of a cooking apparatus
A method of controlling a cooking apparatus includes identifying an initial thickness of a food product on a lower heating plate of the cooking apparatus and calculating a difference between an initial gap value corresponding to the initial thickness of the food product and a predefined final gap value. The method includes controlling at least one of a pressure of at least one of an upper heating plate and a lower heating plate on the food product, a rate of descent of the upper heating plate toward the lower heating plate, and a rate of ascent of the lower heating plate toward the upper heating plate based on the calculated difference between the initial gap value and the predefined final gap value. |
| US11116356B2 |
Non-alternating current (AC)-powered flameless heating system
The present invention relates to a non-AC powered flameless heating system which includes a plurality of compartments each for receiving a liquid-activated heating element; an activating liquid receptacle for receiving a liquid capable of activating the liquid-activated heating element to release heat; and a liquid conducting means for sequentially, in time, conducting the liquid in the activating liquid receptacle to the plurality of compartments in an amount sufficient to activate the liquid-activated heating element in the compartments. The present invention is safe and convenient to use and capable of providing heat supply for a prolonged period of time. |
| US11116353B2 |
Coffee machine
A coffee machine includes a brewing unit, a grinding mechanism to process coffee beans into coffee grounds that are used by the brewing unit to brew coffee, and a container for coffee beans. The container has a bottom surface with an outlet opening that leads to the grinding mechanism. The bottom surface is inclined toward the outlet opening and includes ridges extending in a direction of the outlet opening. |
| US11116352B2 |
Beverage preparation system
A beverage preparation machine permits automated preparation of a variety of beverages. A plurality of stations add ingredients to a beverage container and process the contents directly in the container in some embodiments. Parallel preparation of more than one beverage may be performed in some embodiments. A robotic arm moves the beverage container to the stations. The robotic arm may include a weight sensor as part of controlling the addition of ingredients. |
| US11116349B2 |
Rod-shaped cooking machine
The invention relates to a rod-shaped cooking machine, which includes a rod-shaped hollow housing. The top of the housing is provided with a touch screen assembly, the bottom of the housing is provided with a bottom cover. Inside the housing, a main PCB plate is arranged near the touch screen assembly, a heating assembly is arranged near the bottom cover, a stirring assembly is arranged between the main PCB plate and the heating assembly. The stirring assembly has a motor and a stirring rod set on the motor. The heating assembly has a plastic cylinder. The stirring rod reaches into the plastic cylinder cylinder; the middle part of the housing is provided with an inlet connecting the plastic cylinder, and the bottom cover is provided with a drain port connected to the plastic cylinder. |
| US11116348B2 |
Cooking apparatus and method of controlling the cooking apparatus
A cooking apparatus and a method of controlling the cooking apparatus. The cooking apparatus includes a cooking chamber, a rotating plate rotatably installed at a bottom of an inside of the cooking chamber and including a plurality of areas formed on a top surface thereof, and a first heating portion installed in the cooking chamber and configured to supply heat to a first area of the plurality of areas when the first area is moved to a heating position by the rotating plate being rotatably driven. |
| US11116344B2 |
Therapy platform multi-layer anti-fatigue matting
An ergonomic modular ergonomic multi-layer platform with a synthetic tapered marginal border including a non-compressible wood base covered with at least one compressible mat disposed between the wood base and a top non-slip mat to provide occupational workers with a therapeutic, forgiving work surface to protect them from the health risks of working, walking and standing on a concrete floor or common anti-fatigue mat used in many factories today. The therapy platform is raised off the floor to offer suspension, thus promoting a spring effect for absorbing and returning compression force resulting in reduced stress loads and compression force for people who work, walk or stand fort extended periods of time. The therapy platform is modular in design so that the tapered borders of separate modular sections connect for a snug fit. The vertical edges of the wood sections also have connection points that provide a leveling effect and further enhance the fit of the module sections. |
| US11116343B2 |
Standing desk mat
Standing desks, such as fixed work surfaces or height-adjustable desks or computer/workstation supports, provide relief from computer or other desk work that might otherwise force a user to remain seated. However, concerns about utilization and comfort are points of resistance to standing desks. A “smart” pressure sensing mat is provided that may provide additional cushioning and comfort as well as a source of data input for record keeping, usage verification, user identification, and control signals. Signals may be utilized to report data (e.g., utilization, user operations, functions, etc.) and/or control components (e.g., trigger a standing desk to rise for standing use or lower for seated use, activate lights, etc.). |
| US11116339B2 |
Drinking glass for distilled alcoholic beverage
A drinking glass for serving distilled alcoholic drinks includes a bottom and a wall, the wall including a choke. At the choke, a cross-sectional area of the wall is smaller than a cross-sectional area of the wall at an upper edge of the wall, which is, at the rim of the drinking glass. The wall is provided with at least one formation for the distilled alcoholic drink, on an inside face of the wall, between the choke and the upper edge of the wall. |
| US11116338B1 |
Body compression sleepwear with a leg opening
Body compression sleepwear with a leg opening preferably includes a body portion, a neck portion and a leg cover. The body portion includes a first body sheet and a second body sheet. The first and second body sheets include a width which is greatest at the top and smallest at a bottom. A top of the leg cover overlaps a bottom of the first body sheet. Outer sides of the first and second body sheets are sewn to each other to form a body opening at a top and a leg opening at a bottom. A portion of a perimeter of the leg cover is sewn to the bottom perimeter of the second body sheet with exception of a top of the leg cover. A bottom of the neck portion is sewn to a top of the first and second body sheets. However, the neck portion could be eliminated. |
| US11116335B2 |
Ondo self-serve food locker assembly, system, and method
Embodiments of the disclosure are directed to a touchless automatic food locker apparatus, system, and method providing automated self-serve food lockers. Embodiments include arrays of modular food lockers having a public access door and a kitchen access door opposed to each other, assembled as a wall between the public space and the kitchen. Each food locker kitchen access door is adapted to receive a food item disposed into the locker. Heating and cooling elements maintain the appropriate food item temperature in the locker. Sensors, lighting, and UV lighting coupled to the locker detects a state of the item in the locker. The locker further includes credentialed access by the customer to the food locker from the public access door by an assembly coupled to the food locker utilizing mobile communication and intelligent analysis to reduce waiting time, keep food products fresh, and assure quality product delivery. |
| US11116333B2 |
Refrigerated display cabinet including microchannel heat exchangers
A refrigerated display case includes a housing surrounding multiple shelves. An air return passage is defined below the shelves. A fan is disposed at a downstream end of the air return passage. An air distribution gap is connected to an outlet of the fan and disposed behind the shelves and a top passage is disposed above the shelves. At least one microchannel heat exchanger connects the air distribution gap to the shelves. |
| US11116332B2 |
Dispensing device for bakery products
A dispensing device for holding, presenting, and removing baked bakery goods includes at least one dispensing tray having a supply section that enables stocking of the dispensing tray with bakery goods, a removal section for removing the bakery goods, a transport surface arranged between the supply section and the removal section, and a measuring device. The bakery goods pass the measuring device on their way from the supply section to the removal section, and the measuring device registers the presence or absence of the bakery goods and generates corresponding electrical signals. |
| US11116329B2 |
Infant highchair
An infant highchair includes a standing frame, a seat and a locking mechanism. The seat is pivotally connected with the standing frame and has a seating surface, the seat being rotatable between a first and a second position, and the locking mechanism being operable to lock the seat in the first and second position. The first position allows a child to sit in contact with the seating surface, and the second position is suitable to receive installation of a removable child seat over the seat while disabling seating of a child on the seating surface. |
| US11116327B2 |
Regimen mattress
The present disclosure relates to a regimen mattress. The regimen mattress includes a memory foam, a high density (HD) foam below the memory foam, and a cover covering the memory foam and the HD foam together to form the entire mattress. The HD foam contains functional additives. The regimen mattress effectively improves the user's health condition through adding functional additives into the foam layer that is far away from the user. |
| US11116326B2 |
Mattress containing ergonomic and firmness-regulating endoskeleton
An endoskeleton elastomer that variably impacts the mattress firmness head-to-toe is described. The elastomer fills voids cut into the foam using contour cutting or spherical cap-shaped cutouts. The elastomer is poured as a hot liquid into the voids, and cools to a solid elastomer. The specific incarnation involves the creation of a set of parallel inclusions at the center of the mattress or a set of spherical cap-shaped cutouts that help prop up the hip area to maintain proper spinal alignment by firming the center of the mattress. The depth, width, shape, spacing, elastomer durometer, and location (both head-to-toe and depth in the mattress) may be varied to impact firmness in any desired manner. The mattress may also include a series of horizontal-oriented cutouts that are cut into various portions of the mattress layers. These cutouts may extend along the width of the mattress and may be placed at portions of the top and portions of the bottom of the mattress. |
| US11116325B2 |
Zero gravity bed
A bed frame is provided that includes a lower frame and an upper frame having a first section, a second section and a third section. The second section is positioned between the first section and the third section. The first section is pivotable relative to the lower frame. The third section is fixed relative to the lower frame. The second section is pivotable relative to the first section and the third section. A lifting assembly includes a first end that is coupled to the lower frame and a second end that is coupled to the second section. The lifting assembly is configured to selectively move the second section toward and away from the lower frame. |
| US11116323B2 |
Folding cot
This folding cot has a frame including a first rail member and a second rail member, a sheet material coupled to the frame and extending between the first and second rail members thereof, and a plurality of foldable leg assemblies where each leg assembly being pivotally connected to the first and second rail members, and wherein each leg assembly further includes a first leg pivotally coupled to a second leg. There is a tension spring having a first end attached to the first leg and a second end attached to the second leg. |
| US11116321B2 |
Sofa bed
A sofa bed is configured to be switched between a sofa configuration and a bed configuration. The sofa bed includes a base frame, a middle frame rotatably coupled to the base frame, a seat-and-foot frame rotatably coupled to the middle frame, a back-and-head frame rotatably coupled to the base frame, and a spring coupled between at least two of the base frame, the middle frame, the seat-and-back frame, and the back-and-head frame. |
| US11116320B2 |
Collapsible chair and solar panel shade charger system
A collapsible chair and solar panel shade charger system for creating shade and charging personal electronic devices includes a chair having a seat bottom, a seat back, a pair of arms, and a plurality of legs. A mounting means is foldably coupled to the seat back of the chair. A sun shade is coupled to the mounting means and has a top side and a bottom side. A solar panel is coupled to the top side of the mounting means. A charger housing is coupled to the chair. A plurality of ports is coupled to the charger housing and is in operational communication with the solar panel. The plurality of ports is configured to receive a plurality of charging cables to charge personal electronic devices. |
| US11116319B1 |
Seat
A seat has a base, two seat cushions disposed above the base, and two supporting members mounted on the seat cushions and connected to the base. Each one of the supporting members has multiple supporting elements. Each one of the supporting elements has a guiding rod and a spring. The guiding rod is mounted on the base and is screwed into a corresponding one of the seat cushions. The spring is disposed around the guiding rod. Two ends of the spring abut against the base and the corresponding one of the two seat cushions. In use, the spring can generate different degrees of compression and provide different degrees of supporting force. Deviation of the spring is limited by the guiding rod to avoid excess of the deviation and ensure sufficient support. The seat has both the support and the cushioning performance to improve sitting comfort. |
| US11116318B2 |
Ready to assemble recliner
A RTA recliner where the recliner mechanism is attached to various component parts through tool-less connections. In a disassembled configuration, the RTA recliner mechanism and component parts are constructed and arranged to fit within a substantially rectangular container with greater volume utilization. Components include, but are not limited to, a drive tube assembly and a handle assembly. |
| US11116316B2 |
Supporting device for rail member
A supporting device for a rail member includes a first supporting frame, a second supporting frame and a third supporting frame. The first supporting frame has a first longitudinal body. A pair of first transverse parts are arranged on the first longitudinal body. Each of the first transverse parts has a first supporting feature. The second supporting frame is movably attached to the first supporting frame and has a second longitudinal body. A pair of second transverse parts are arranged on the second longitudinal body. Each of the second transverse parts has a second supporting feature. The third supporting frame is movably attached to the second supporting frame and has a third longitudinal body. The third supporting frame is fixedly attached to the rail member, and the first supporting frame and the second supporting frame are both movable relative to the rail member. |
| US11116314B1 |
Method and system for home clothing and footwear products arrangement
A system for home clothing and footwear products arrangement includes a shelter arrangement which comprises a plurality of shelter elements for storing and sheltering a plurality of dressing items, a control center which is a computing device, an electrical terminal, a position indication arrangement for indicating a position of a target dressing item for a user, and an identifier coupled to the shelter arrangement for establishing communication between the control center and the electrical terminal, so as to allow a user to quickly find his or her target clothing or footwear product. |
| US11116313B2 |
Foldable storage rack
A foldable storage rack, including side frames, connecting arms and shelves. When unfolded, the foldable storage rack can satisfy a user's storage needs, and when the foldable storage rack is being transported or idle, the side frames, the connecting arms and the shelves of the foldable storage rack are folded in an interlinked manner. The foldable storage rack in a folded state occupies a small space and is convenient for storage and transportation. |
| US11116311B2 |
Telescopic tube assembly for height adjustable table
A telescopic tube assembly includes an outer tube and an inner tube which is telescopically inserted in the outer tube. A first stabilizing unit and a second stabilizing unit respectively located in a gap between the inner and outer tubes to make the inner tube stably moved relative to the outer tube. The first stabilizing unit includes two plates. The outer surface of each of the two plates is in contact with the inner surface of the outer tube, and the inner surface of each of the two plates is in contact with the outer surface of the inner tube. The inner tube is assembled to the outer tube by the first and second stabilizing units. |
| US11116309B1 |
System and method for assessing toothbrush effectiveness
In one embodiment, the invention can be a system for determining toothbrush effectiveness, the system comprising a data capture subsystem comprising at least one sensor and configured to generate brushing data during a participant brushing session directed entirely by the participant. A brushing simulation subsystem includes a robotic arm configured to hold a toothbrush, and receive from at least one processor instructions for a motion to be carried out by the robotic arm. The motion of the robotic arm causes the toothbrush to carry out an automated brushing session upon the artificial teeth, the motion of the robotic arm being based on the brushing data captured during the participant brushing session. The at least one processor is further configured to determine an effectiveness of the toothbrush based on the substance determined to be removed from artificial teeth during an automated brushing session. |
| US11116307B2 |
Modular hair brush dispensing styling products
A modular hair brush for dispersing styling products, therapeutic, and medicated treatments from a product holder in a brush handle. The head portion of the brush includes bristles that are positioned near openings that disperse the treatment product(s) stored within the handle. When product application is desired, a manual push or twist mechanism is engaged, which causes one or more products to pass through the openings to the bristles of the brush and onto the hair during normal combing. Different examples provide for the use of replaceable brush heads that can be adjusted to different hair texture and thickness, or type of hair styling. A replaceable product insert can use different viscous liquid solutions designed for different treatment. The modular brush allows for mixing of different hair products before application, offering a portable, refillable, on-the-go multi-functional beauty tool. |
| US11116303B2 |
Displaying a guidance indicator to a user
According to an aspect, there is provided a method of displaying a guidance indicator to a user. The method comprises receiving a series of images of a head of a user; determining, from each image of the series of images, information relating to the position of the head of the user; and displaying to the user, on a display screen, a guidance indicator associated with a representation of the head of the user only if each of one or more defined conditions regarding the position of the head is met. According to other aspects, an apparatus is also provided. |
| US11116302B2 |
Apparatus and methods for modifying keratinous surfaces
A device for analyzing and treating tonal imperfections on human skin. The device, or apparatus has an applicator comprising a head and one or more nozzles, preferably the nozzles are arranged in an array. The apparatus further has a reservoir comprising a skin treatment composition, a sensor, and a CPU. The sensor takes an image of at least 10 μm2 of skin. The CPU analyzes the image to calculate a localized L value of individual pixels or group of pixels. The CPU then compares the local L value to a background L value to identify one or more skin deviations, and wherein the sensor is in wireless communication with the CPU, and wherein the CPU is adjacent the sensor or is remotely located. Further, the sensor may be enclosed within an apparatus handle and the CPU is either within the handle or external to the handle. In another embodiment of this invention, there are two or more CPUs and the sensor can be in wireless communication with none, one or more than one CPU. |
| US11116300B2 |
Tension spring assisted protective cover
A protective and/or ornamental case for a foldable handheld electronic device. The case includes a front shell and a back shell pivotally connected to one another by one or more springs or other tension mechanisms. A first portion of an electronic device is inserted into the front shell and a second portion of the electronic device is inserted into the back shell. The tension mechanisms retain the front and back shells operatively engaged with one another as the electronic device housed in the case is pivotally or hingedly opened and closed, help prevent unintended opening or closing of the device, and keep the device open or closed when so positioned by a user. |
| US11116299B2 |
Personal item storage and display device
A personal item storage and display device includes a spool having a cylindrical hollow body, a first slot at a first end, and a second slot at a second end. The first and second slots are sized and shaped to receive an end of a personal item that is secured to the spool. The spool may be disposed in a base and protected by a cover that is removably attached to the base. |
| US11116292B2 |
Jewellery item comprising an elastic element and a plurality of ornamental elements threaded one after the other on the elastic element so as to be slidable relative thereto and connected in twos to one another
The jewelry item comprises an elastic element, which extends along an extension direction of the item through the entire length of the item, and a plurality of ornamental elements, which are threaded one after the other on the elastic element so as to be slidable relative to the elastic element and are non-releasably connected in twos to one another. Each ornamental element comprises a hollow body having a pair of longitudinally opposite first faces, namely a right-hand face and a left-hand face, respectively, and a pair of radially opposite second faces, namely an inner face and an outer face, respectively. The right-hand face of each ornamental element has a through opening communicating with an inner cavity of the ornamental element. |
| US11116290B2 |
Convenient and quick-release textile
A convenient and quick-release textile, a quick-release slide fastener being provided on the textile includes: a tooth easy-release region being provided on the teeth of the quick-release slide fastener. A pulling member is provided beside the tooth easy-release region. Quick positioners having a mutual positioning function are further provided on both the textile and the pulling member correspondingly. The quick positioner provided on the textile and the quick positioner provided on the pulling member are located on a same side of the quick-release slide fastener, or separately on two sides of the quick-release slide fastener. In this way, the pulling member textile is held easily and covers the tooth easy-release region, thus preventing the tooth easy-release region from separating due to the impact of the unnecessary external force. |
| US11116287B2 |
Tension maintaining system for footwear laces
A clamp includes a cap, a base, a plurality of staggered protrusions on the base and the cap, a hinge, and a latch. The hinge is defined by the cap and the base. The latch is configured to secure the cap to the base. A footwear includes laces on the foot wear and at least one aforementioned clamp, which clamps at least two of the laces. |
| US11116285B2 |
Footwear retention system
In some embodiments, a footwear ensemble includes (i) a pair of socks, (ii) a pair of press-snap fasteners, (iii) a pair of shoes, and (iv) a pair of tethers. The pair of socks may include a first sock and a second sock, each of which may have a toe compartment and a leg opening opposite the toe compartment. The pair of press-snap fasteners may include a first press-snap connector and a second press-snap connector, each of which may be interchangeable and include a cap/socket portion and a stud/eyelet portion. The pair of tethers may include a first tether and a second tether, each of which may have an anchor end and a retention end. The retention end may include a shoe-retaining mechanism that is configured to releasably secure a shoe in the pair of shoes. |
| US11116281B2 |
Ventilation sole for footwear
A ventilation sole for footwear, the sole including: a communicating vent-hole through which the inside and outside of footwear communicate with each other to allow air to flow; and a valve selectively opening and closing the communicating vent-hole, wherein the valve includes: a housing module configured to have opposite ends being open such that a channel is provided therein to communicate with the communicating vent-hole; an open-close module configured with a first closing surface and a first through-hole; and a rotation module configured with a second closing surface and a second through-hole, and rotating to move a position of the second through-hole. Accordingly, a wearer can easily open and close the valve by rotating the rotation module according to the intention of the wearer, whereby air inside and outside the footwear can be circulated selectively and optimal foot conditions can be improved. |
| US11116280B2 |
Skate boot having an inner liner with an abrasion resistant overlay
A liner for a skate boot that includes an outer surface and an inner surface. The outer surface is configured to be mounted to a shell of the skate boot. The inner surface includes a first material and an overlay of a second material covering a part of the first material. The overlay and another part of the first material not covered by the second material are configured to be exposed to a foot when the foot is placed in the skate boot. |
| US11116279B2 |
Sports shoe for cycling exercise
A sports shoe for cycling exercise includes a shoe body a shoe body including an upper and a bottom for accommodating an exerciser's foot, the bottom defining a forefoot area, an arch area and a heel area, a reinforce element, and a fastening device, a reinforce element mounted at the forefoot area to make the structural strength of the shoe body around the forefoot area to be higher than the structural strength of the arch area and the heel area, and a fastening device connecting the arch area of the bottom and the upper for enabling the bottom to lift the foot. |
| US11116277B2 |
Customizable shoe assembly
A customizable shoe assembly for altering the appearance of slippers includes a slipper that can be worn on a user's foot. The slipper has a sole, an insole lying on top of the sole to have the user's foot lie thereon and a body to surround the user's foot. A cover is provided and the cover is removably positioned on the slipper for completely covering the slipper. The cover is provided in a variety of colors to alter the appearance of the slipper. |
| US11116275B2 |
Shoe
Described are shoes having an upper, and at least one of an outer sole and a midsole connected to the upper, with at least one of the outer sole and the midsole formed of knitwear. A shoe includes an upper and a midsole coupled to the upper. The midsole includes a textile material that forms a plurality of hollow spaces. A particle foam is disposed in the plurality of hollow spaces. |
| US11116273B2 |
Helmet for a hockey or lacrosse player
A helmet for receiving the head of a hockey or lacrosse player, the helmet having an outer shell and an inner lining covering at least partially the inner surface of the outer shell. In one embodiment, the helmet comprises a skeleton at least partially covered by the inner lining, a movable occipital pad and movable temple pads. The inner lining can be made of an absorptive material such as foam, expanded polypropylene or expanded polyethylene and can be overmolded onto the skeleton. The occipital pad and the temple pads may be arranged with an inward bias so as to help the helmet self-adjust to provide an advantageous fit on the player's head. In some embodiments, the outer shell and skeleton, or the outer shell and the inner lining, cooperate to define a ventilation system. |
| US11116267B2 |
False eyelash application and removal apparatus
An apparatus for applying and removing false eyelashes includes a first eye ring and a second eye ring for a user's fingers, with the first eye ring fixedly coupled to a slide extending from a hub. The second eye ring controls a slider controller connected to a slider cable which moves a first applicator support along a slide. A second applicator support is mounted on the slide opposite the hub. A first applicator extends laterally from the first applicator support and a second applicator extends laterally from the second applicator support, and are fixed in parallel such that they come together when the first applicator support is urged toward the second applicator support by the slider cable. |
| US11116265B2 |
Magnetic fastener providing electrical connection and having female member with solid cover
An electrically conductive magnetic snap fastener for releasably coupling a first material to a second material, the fastener including a male fastening element having a stud and stud flange affixable to the first material, and a female fastening element affixable to the second material and including a cover and a magnet disposed within a cavity defined by the cover, and defining a channel into which the stud is insertable, the female fastening element being electrically conductive at least in a portion disposed for electrically conductive contact with the male fastening element when the stud is inserted in the channel, and the cover being a unitary member of electrically conductive metal, wherein the channel is a distally closed and proximally open socket defined by a continuous wall portion of the cover for receiving the stud and preventing passage of liquid through the channel to the magnet. |
| US11116262B2 |
Garment
A garment includes a covering fabric; padding to be filled inside the covering fabric; and quilting stitches. The padding is constituted by polyester staple fibers including fibers having a circular outer peripheral cross section and has an open fiber structure. The fibers constituting the padding have an irregular diameter, and a smoothing agent is fixed to surfaces of the fibers. Thus, it is possible to provide a garment free from problems of uneven distribution of padding and having favorable water removability at the time of washing, quick dryability, and a favorable sliding property between fibers. This garment is suitable as a garment for sports to be washed repeatedly. Further, since the garment can be worn in a puffy state even when wet, it dries quickly by the body heat. |
| US11116261B2 |
Medical work support system, surgical clothing, and medical apparatus
A medical work support system according to an embodiment includes an interface apparatus, a reception unit, and a control unit. The interface apparatus accepts operation by the user, outputs a signal corresponding to the accepted operation, and is detachably attached to wearing clothing configured to be worn by the user. The reception unit receives a signal output from the interface apparatus. The control unit executes predetermined processing based on a reception signal received by the reception unit. |
| US11116239B2 |
Assembled material tube of hot and cold foods supplying machine
The present invention relates to an assembled material tube of hot and cold foods supplying machine, including a plurality of material tube bodies, in which penetrating feed channels are provided internally; each of the material tube bodies has a cooling channel provided with an inlet and an outlet to respectively and correspondingly input and output a working fluid through the cooling channel for performing thermal exchanges, whereby cooling occurs in segmentations for each of the feed channels; a plurality of temperature measurement units each of which is provided with a detecting end for detecting a temperature in the corresponding feed channel; and a plurality of heating units perform heating in segmentations for each of the feed channels. Accordingly, said machine can be separately used as hot food supplying machine or cold food supplying machine, so as to achieve the aim of using one machine for two purposes. |
| US11116238B2 |
Method for preparing a delivery system of one or more active ingredients in an edible composition
A method for preparing a first component of a comestible composition is provided including forming an extrudate of the first component. The extrudate is cooled to a first temperature. The extruder is further cooled to a second temperature. The first temperature is greater than the second temperature. |
| US11116236B2 |
Beverage precursor and method of making same
The invention provides porous tea granules including leaf tea particles and binder, wherein at least 50% by weight of the leaf tea particles have a particle size of 100 μm to 300 μm; the binder is a tea-based binder including tea solids; the tea granules including binder in an amount of 1 to 40% by dry weight; and the porous tea granules have a D[4,3] of more than 350 μm. |
| US11116235B2 |
Food products with yogurt whey
A food product comprising a neutralized yogurt whey. |
| US11116231B2 |
Vegetable-fruit pulp crisp
The invention relates to a method of obtaining vegetable and/or fruit pulp crisp which is easy to eat any time and does not comprise any additive. The invention is a production method of vegetable-fruit pulp crisp, characterized by comprising the process steps of: squeezing fruits-vegetables and thus dewatering the same and obtaining the pulp thereof; adding a concentrated milk product into the obtained pulp; mixing all the contents; shaping the mixture; spreading the shaped products on the tray; freezing the products on the trays; and lyophilization of the frozen products under vacuum. |
| US11116222B2 |
Method for controlling the production of a biocide
A method and apparatus for producing a biocide from a hypochlorite oxidant and an ammonium salt are provided. The method includes monitoring a control parameter to optimize the ratio between the hypochlorite oxidant and the ammonium salt. The control parameter may be oxidation-reduction potential, conductivity, induction or oxygen saturation. |
| US11116219B2 |
Method for controlling discharge-type multidrug resistant plant diseases
The present invention provides a method for controlling efflux type multidrug resistant plant diseases showing an excellent efficacy against efflux type multidrug resistant plant diseases, said method comprising a step of applying an effective amount of a dithiine tetracarboximide compound represented by formula (1): to a plant or soil where the plant grows. |
| US11116218B2 |
Isoxazole compound or a salt thereof
An object of the present invention is to provide an isoxazole compound or a salt thereof that controls pests.The present invention provides an isoxazole compound represented by Formula (I): or a salt thereof, wherein R represents C1-6 alkyl, or C1-4 haloalkyl; A1 and A2 are identical or different and each halogen or C1-6 alkyl; B1 represents hydrogen, halogen or C1-6 alkyl; B2 represents C1-6 alkyl, C1-4 haloalkyl, or substituted or unsubstituted aryl C1-4 haloalkyl; and n represents an integer of 0 to 2. |
| US11116217B2 |
Synergistic biocidal compositions containing 5-chloro-2-methylisothiazolin-3-one
The invention relates to a biocidal composition containing 5-chlorine-2-methylisothiazolin-3-one and at least one other component selected from the group consisting of 1,2-benzisothiazolin-3-one, 2-bromine-2-nitropropane-1,3-diol and zinc. The claimed biocidal composition is characterized in that it contains methyl-4-isothiazolin-3-one in the region of between 0-2 wt. %, in relation to the total proportion of 5-chlorine-2-methyl-4-isothiazolin-3-ones. The invention also relates to the use of the claimed biocidal compositions for conserving technical products. |
| US11116216B2 |
Herbicide formulations and methods
The present embodiments provide formulations for controlling Veronica arvensis growth on turfgrass consisting of (a) a herbicidally effective amount of a combination of imazaquin, prodiamine, and simazine as active ingredients, and (b) at least one agronomically acceptable excipient, wherein said formulation exhibits superior control of V. arvensis compared with any of the active ingredients alone. Also disclosed herein are methods of controlling V. arvensis growth in grass and broadleaf comprising contacting said turfgrass with a herbicidally effective amount of a formulation consisting of (a) a combination of imazaquin, prodiamine, and simazine as active ingredients, and (b) at least one agronomically acceptable excipient, wherein said formulation exhibits superior control of V. arvensis growth. |
| US11116214B2 |
Lice control composition and method
The present invention generally relates to compositions and methods related to controlling arthropods. Embodiments of the invention include compositions for controlling an arthropod, which can include one or more plant essential oils and methods for using these compositions. The plant essential oils, when combined, can have a synergistic effect. Embodiments of the invention relate to compositions and methods related to controlling lice. |
| US11116212B2 |
Carbonyl containing compounds for controlling and repelling Cimicidae populations
Compositions and methods for controlling and/or repelling bedbugs are provided. The compositions comprise one or more compounds having bedbug repellant activity. Such compounds may be, for example, naturally occurring semiochemicals or structural or functional analogs of naturally occurring semiochemicals. Exemplary compounds are compounds of general formula (I). |
| US11116211B2 |
Modification of segmented polyurethane properties by copolymerizing with pendant functionalized diols
A functionalized polyurethane polymer is provided, the polymer defined by the formula where each R′ is independently derived from a diisocyanate, where each R″ represents the soft segment of the polymer, where n is the number of repeat units within the soft segment of the polymer, where m is the number of repeating mer units in the polymer, where each E is a pendant-functionalized amide unit chain extender, wherein the nitrogen atom of the amide group is part of the polymer backbone. A method for preparing the polymer is also provided. |
| US11116208B2 |
Pesticidal compositions
Non-water-continuous pesticidal microemulsions are described as well as methods of preparing these microemulsions and methods of using these microemulsions to prepare pesticidal application mixtures that are oil-in-water (O/W) macroemulsions. Herbicidal concentrate compositions having a high loading of an auxin herbicide are also described along with methods of preparing these concentrate compositions, and methods of using these concentrate compositions in preparing certain non-water-continuous herbicidal microemulsion compositions. Further, various herbicidal compositions having improved chemical stability and extended residual weed control are described. |
| US11116204B2 |
Method for the cryopreservation of high-viscosity biological samples
A protocol for the cryopreservation of high viscosity biological samples, preferably of spermatic samples of crustaceans or insects, that enables maintaining intact the physical properties of the original sample preserving the viability of the sperm packet. |
| US11116203B2 |
Pest control system and method of operating same
A pest control device comprising a capacitive sensor array including a plurality of sensor pads, the capacitive sensor array being configured to generate an electrical output signal indicating the state of each sensor pad, and an electronic controller electrically connected to the capacitive sensor array, the electronic controller including a processor and a memory including a plurality of instructions, which, when executed by the processor, causes the processor to: receive the electrical output signals from the capacitive sensor array, determine a measured capacitance value for each sensor pad based on each electrical output signal, calculate a baseline for each sensor pad based on the measured capacitance value of the sensor pad, determine whether a difference between the measured capacitance value of at least one sensor pad and its corresponding baseline exceeds a first predetermined threshold, update a counter when the first predetermined threshold is exceeded, and record an event indicative of a presence of a pest when the counter exceeds a predetermined limit. |
| US11116202B2 |
Indoor pest repellent device, indoor pest elimination device, and method for repelling pests indoors
This indoor pest repellent device (10) is provided with: a light source (11); a light concentrating part (the first light concentrating part (13)) which concentrates a portion of diffused light (LS) emitted from the light source (11); and a first displacement unit (the rotation mechanism (14)) which changes the relative position of the first light concentrating part (13) relative to the light source (11), and which displaces the irradiation region (the light irradiation region (SP1)) of the light from the first light concentrating part (13), said irradiation region being formed on a floor. The light concentrating part is provided with a convex lens. |
| US11116201B1 |
Bucket mouse trap
A mouse trap for use with a bucket having an upper rim, a side wall, and a bottom edge includes a top portion having a ledge for seating adjacent or over the upper rim of the bucket and a spiral ramp coupled to an outer edge of the top portion. The top portion has an opening with a movable roller disposed across the opening and the ledge substantially surrounds the opening of the top portion. The spiral ramp when in use extends down the side wall of the bucket from an area near or at the upper rim of the bucket to the bottom edge of the bucket. |
| US11116200B1 |
Abatement of insect colonies
A method for reducing a population size of a colony of magnetosensitive insects includes placing wire loop near a nest sheltering the colony, driving the wire loop with an electrical current sufficient to produce a transmitted magnetic field stronger than the earth's natural magnetic field, exposing eggs and pupae from the colony to the transmitted magnetic field, and maintaining exposure of the colony to the transmitted magnetic field until the population size of the colony decreases. |
| US11116199B2 |
Acoustic lethal ovitrap
An acoustic lethal ovitrap, comprising a tray defining an inner space and having a floor which slopes downwardly toward a center point, and also having a side wall defining a curved internal radius; a housing mounted within the tray; a transducer and power/control unit mounted within the housing for generating acoustic energy at a desired wavelength; a solar panel mounted on the housing and producing power for the transducer and power/control unit of the apparatus; wherein the tray captures water and attracts mosquitos to the water within the tray, and the transducer within the housing generates acoustic energy sufficient to kill mosquitos as they are attracted to the device. |
| US11116190B2 |
Fishing hook guide and float deflector
An apparatus for protecting fishermen from bait loss, entanglement of fishing rigs during casting and reel-in, and injury to fellow fishermen and bystanders. The apparatus consists of a hook enclosing float that will contain the hook and bait during casting and reel-in and release the hook to a specified depth while floating on the water. |
| US11116189B2 |
Egg collecting device for black soldier flies and its oviposition plate set
The present invention discloses an egg collecting device for black soldier flies and its oviposition plate set, comprising at least two oviposition plates which can be reused; the oviposition plates are positioned in an overlapping manner, and a gap is provided between surfaces of adjacent oviposition plates for the oviposition of black soldier flies. The egg collecting device for black soldier flies comprises a box containing oviposition-inducing material, a screen board, and the oviposition plate mentioned above; the box containing oviposition-inducing material is covered with the screen board, and the oviposition plate set is provided on the screen board. The present invention could simulate an oviposition environment according to the oviposition habits of black soldier flies, and it better induces of the oviposition of black soldier flies, providing a good foundation for large-scale, commercial oviposition of black soldier flies. |
| US11116185B2 |
Feeder
The disclosure relates to a feeder (1) for spreading feed, the feeder (1) comprising a housing (10) having an upper feed compartment (11) and a lower feed compartment (12), and a partition wall (16) between the upper feed compartment (11) and the lower feed compartment (12), the partition wall (16) comprising an upper plate (21), a lower plate (22) and a disc (23) with through-going openings (21a-c, 22a-c, 23a-d), the feeder further comprising a spreader motor (50), a rotatable spreader plate (54), a spreader shaft (52) between and connected to the spreader motor (50) and to the rotatable spreader plate (54), the spreader shaft (52) extending at least partly through the lower feed compartment (12) and a lower agitator (60) being positioned inside the lower feed compartment (12) and being connected to and extending from the spreader shaft (52) such that when the spreader shaft (52) is rotated the lower agitator (60) will sweep around the second axis (A2) inside the lower feed compartment (12). |
| US11116182B2 |
System for monitoring pasture intake
This disclosure relates to a system for monitoring pasture intake by a grazing animal species. The system comprises a sensor spatially associated with a body part of the animal to generate movement data indicative of movement of the body part of the animal associated with multiple points in time and a processing server. The processing server comprises a data interface to receive the movement data and a processor that is configured to evaluate the received movement data to determine for each of the multiple points in time an indication of a behaviour of the animal at that point in time. Based on the indication the processor determines a time value indicative of a time the behaviour was shown by the animal, and determines a pasture intake value based on the time value. |
| US11116181B2 |
Pet insect repeller
Disclosed is a pet insect repeller, tied to the neck of a pet by a strap, comprising a housing, and a battery, a circuit board and a heating portion mounted inside the housing. The battery and a heating plate are respectively connected to the circuit board. One side of the housing is provided with a plurality of through volatilization holes. The heating portion is provided with a drug carrying member that is loaded with a biological active component. The battery is used to provide an operating current for the heating portion. After the battery is turned on, the heating portion generates heat to heat the drug carrying member. After the temperature of the drug carrying member rises, the biological active component is volatilized and diffused to the body surface of a pet through the volatilization holes. By adopting the above technical solution, there will no harm to the pet. |
| US11116180B2 |
Pet toy
A pet toy holds another item that can be chewed upon by a pet. The pet toy holds the item with a flexible retainer disposed within and protected by a central hub. The central hub can be provided with different external shapes including a round ball shape, an oval football shape, a flattened frisbee shape, an elongated bone shape, or a star shape with a plurality of arms. The central hub is configured to secure the retainer and protect the retainer from damage from the pet during use. The retainer can be a plurality of flexible fingers. The pet toy can have a plurality of arms projecting from the central hub. The central hub extends both above and below the arms to allow the pet to firmly hold the toy against the ground in a secure arrangement for both chewing on an arm of the pet toy and for chewing on a chew toy or edible item held by the pet toy. |
| US11116178B2 |
Smart pet toy capable of automatically rolling to leak food
A smart pet toy capable of automatically rolling to leak food, including a chamber, where the chamber is in a ball shape or a cylindrical shape and is internally provided with a mechanism; the mechanism is internally provided with a driving apparatus, and the driving apparatus is connected to the chamber by using a drive rod, so that the mechanism can drive the chamber to roll; the chamber is internally provided with an annular storage area, and the wall of the chamber is provided with food leakage windows in communication with the storage area, so that pet food in the storage area leaks out through the food leakage windows. The toy can be flexibly controlled manually or by a remote controller to roll and leak food as required. |
| US11116177B2 |
Cat litter box mat
A cat litter box mat having a planar upper layer which overlaps and covers a planar lower layer. In some embodiments, the planar upper layer includes a pair of planar upper layers. The planar upper layers are connected to the planar lower layer. A plurality of openings are formed through the upper layers and these openings increase in area from a lower surface of each upper layer to an upper surface of the upper layers. Connecting members are provided for joining additional mats placed adjacent one another. |
| US11116175B2 |
Ventilation and temperature regulation structure for animal house
A ventilation and temperature regulation structure for an animal house, comprising a house body and a temperature regulation device with a culture layer, the house body comprising a temperature equalization device and an exhaust gas extraction device, the temperature equalization device includes a temperature equalization passage passing through the culture layer, several ventilation holes are disposed on the side wall of the temperature equalization passage; and an outlet end of the temperature regulation device is connected with the temperature equalization passage. Such technical solution is to provide a temperature regulation structure for an animal house having good ventilation, waste reduction and good effect of temperature regulation. |
| US11116174B2 |
Collapsible pet crate
A collapsible pet crate is provided that includes a top; a bottom base; and a plurality of walls including a first wall pair. The first wall pair includes a first wall pivotably connected to the bottom base for pivoting about a first horizontal axis and a second wall pivotably connected to the first wall for pivoting about a first vertical axis. The collapsible pet crate being configured for arrangement in a crating orientation in which the top is removably connected to at least one of the walls and a collapsed orientation in which the top is removably connected to the bottom base. A method of providing a collapsible pet crate is also provided. |
| US11116172B2 |
Pentas plant having a novel trailing growth habit
The present invention relates to a plant of the family Rubiaceae, in particular to a Pentas lanceolata plant having a novel trailing growth habit phenotype. Methods of obtaining, growing and propagating a plant of the invention and uses thereof are also provided. The invention further relates to pollen, seed and sexual as well as asexual progeny of such plants. |
| US11116170B1 |
Soybean cultivar 91250440
A soybean cultivar designated 91250440 is disclosed. The invention relates to the seeds of soybean cultivar 91250440, to the plants of soybean cultivar 91250440, to the plant parts of soybean cultivar 91250440, and to methods for producing progeny of soybean cultivar 91250440. 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 91250440. The invention also relates to methods for producing other soybean cultivars, lines, or plant parts derived from soybean cultivar 91250440, 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 91250440 with another soybean cultivar. |
| US11116169B1 |
Soybean cultivar 92050703
A soybean cultivar designated 92050703 is disclosed. The invention relates to the seeds of soybean cultivar 92050703, to the plants of soybean cultivar 92050703, to the plant parts of soybean cultivar 92050703, and to methods for producing progeny of soybean cultivar 92050703. 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 92050703. The invention also relates to methods for producing other soybean cultivars, lines, or plant parts derived from soybean cultivar 92050703, 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 92050703 with another soybean cultivar. |
| US11116168B2 |
Soybean cultivar 95420460
A soybean cultivar designated 95420460 is disclosed. The invention relates to the seeds of soybean cultivar 95420460, to the plants of soybean cultivar 95420460, to the plant parts of soybean cultivar 95420460, and to methods for producing progeny of soybean cultivar 95420460. 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 95420460. The invention also relates to methods for producing other soybean cultivars, lines, or plant parts derived from soybean cultivar 95420460, 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 95420460 with another soybean cultivar. |
| US11116164B2 |
Soybean cultivar 85260926
A soybean cultivar designated 85260926 is disclosed. The invention relates to the seeds of soybean cultivar 85260926, to the plants of soybean cultivar 85260926, to the plant parts of soybean cultivar 85260926, and to methods for producing progeny of soybean cultivar 85260926. 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 85260926. The invention also relates to methods for producing other soybean cultivars, lines, or plant parts derived from soybean cultivar 85260926, 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 85260926 with another soybean cultivar. |
| US11116163B2 |
Canola variety 17GG0028L
Provided is a canola variety designated 17GG0028L and seed, plants and plant parts thereof produced from a cross of inbred varieties. Methods for producing a canola variety comprise crossing canola variety 17GG0028L with another canola plant. Methods for producing a canola plant containing in its genetic material one or more traits introgressed into 17GG0028L through backcross conversion and/or transformation, and to the canola seed, plant and plant part produced thereby are described. Canola variety 17GG0028L, the seed, the plant produced from the seed, plant parts and variants, mutants, and minor modifications of canola variety 17GG0028L are disclosed. |
| US11116154B2 |
Integrated field phenotyping and management platform for crop development and precision agriculture
A field controller and sensor is presented as an elongate body having a hollow interior and axially opposite first and second ends with a first arm extending outward from the elongate body adjacent to the first axial end and a second arm extending outward from the elongate body adjacent to the second, axially opposite end. Each of the arms has an imaging device. The first arm imaging device is positioned to obtain images in a direction toward the second axial end of the elongate body. The second arm imaging device is positioned to obtain images in a direction toward the first axial end. The first and second arms are spaced apart from one another along a length of the elongate body at a distance sufficient to image a canopy of crop growth in a field in which the field controller and sensor is deployed. The sensor may be formed from modules that allow the operator the ability to vary the height of the sensor by stacking the modules together end to end, which in turn allows users to scale their particular system with varying crop sizes within crop rotations. |
| US11116151B2 |
Clog resistant in-line vortex element irrigation emitter
A clog resistant in-line vortex emitter and drip irrigation assembly and method uses a double-sided circuit and a series of vortex chambers of optimized dimensions to create a pressure drop with large dimensions and good clog resistance. The vortex chamber 100 also al lows for a lower exponent than traditional circuits. This gives a pressure regulating property to the no-moving-parts circuit. The vortex emitter allows for some pressure regulation without sacrificing recyclability or requiring moving parts. The vortex circuit of the present disclosure is optimized for an emitter efficiency Ef value wherein Ef=(k/Ackt)*Amin such that k is a unitless head loss coefficient, Ackt is the area of the circuit, and Amin is the minimum cross sectional area of the circuit. A higher k per a given area with larger dimensions allows for a smaller part with a lower chance of clogging. |
| US11116149B2 |
Portable growing system
A portable growing apparatus, comprising having a pre-fabricated, collapsible tent or greenhouse-like housing structure which, when constructed at the point of use, provides an enclosed growing area surrounded by one or more enclosing walls; and a growing system formed of a plurality of detachable parts for assembly at the point of use and for locating within the enclosed growing area of the collapsible housing structure. |
| US11116147B1 |
System and method for stabilizing containerized plants
A method and system for supporting containerized plants in an upright and stationary position and at customizable, uniform spacing therebetween. The system comprises a frame, pockets, stabilizers positioned within the pockets and spacers. The pockets, stabilizers and spacers provide both horizontal and vertical support to each containerized plant, holding it securely in place without stakes or cables. The pockets with stabilizers and the spacers may be arranged in various patterns to promote stability of the system and health of the containerized plants. An irrigation system may be coupled to the system for maintaining and nourishing plants. The length of the frame is greater than the width, thus creating a stable environment to combat winds and disruptive forces. Individual frames may be attached to form designated and defined uniform growing or display areas and provide greater stability. |
| US11116142B2 |
Binding wrap and method for hydrating cut flowers
A binding wrap for maintaining the hydration of cut flowers is disclosed. The wrap is formed by folding a flexible, absorbent sheet over and around the stems of cut flowers. An assembly of a bouquet of cut flowers with a flexible, absorbent binding wrap folded around its stems is also disclosed as is a method of forming such a wrap. |
| US11116141B2 |
Baler
A baler including a twine box having a frame and a twine cradle. The twine cradle is for holding one or more spools of twine and is mounted to the frame. The twine cradle is movable between a loading position and an operational position, by way of an intermediate position. In the loading position, a spool of twine can be loaded into the twine cradle. In the operational position, twine is removable from the spool of twine within the twine cradle in order to tie a bale. The twine cradle is movable between the loading position and the intermediate position by a rotational movement about a pivot that defines a horizontal axis of rotation. The twine cradle is movable between the intermediate position and the operational position by a translational movement. |
| US11116139B2 |
Material wrap system with automatic drive tension compensation
A system for wrapping a material in a baler includes a feed element for feeding the material through a feed path. A drive element intermittently drives the feed element. A linking element couples the drive element with the feed element. A tensioning lever operates to vary tension on the linking element to intermittently drive or not drive the feed element. A knife mechanism operates to intersect the feed path to cut the material. An actuator moves the tensioning lever and the knife mechanism. A spring limits motion of the actuator based on a threshold magnitude of the tensioning lever so that the linking element is not over tensioned. |
| US11116137B2 |
Concave ramp for an agricultural vehicle
An agricultural vehicle including a chassis and a threshing system supported by the chassis. The threshing system includes a rotor, a front concave located at a distance radially away from the rotor and at least partially surrounding the rotor, and an infeed ramp connected to the front concave. The infeed ramp is located at a distance radially away from the rotor and has a plurality of slots therein. The threshing system also includes a support member positioned underneath the infeed ramp and a plurality of vanes connected to the support member. Each vane extends through a respective slot of the plurality of slots and is located at a distance radially away from the rotor. The vanes are configured for contacting and directing the crop material rearwardly towards the front concave. |
| US11116135B2 |
Grappler, utility implement, and method
A grappler for a utility implement for handling bales includes a pivot frame, at least one support arm coupled to the pivot frame, and a selectively movable cutting device. The grappler forms part of a utility implement along with a bucket such that the grappler is movable with respect to the bucket. |
| US11116132B2 |
Self-propelled harvesting machine with sensors for sensing crop density
A self-propelled harvesting machine for harvesting a crop field has a ground drive including multiple working units, a control system and a sensor system. The sensor system periodically emits transmitted pulses of electromagnetic transmission beams in at least one transmission direction onto the crop field and the transmitted pulses are reflected on the crop field and are received as echo pulses by the sensor system. For at least one portion of the transmitted pulses, different partial beams of a single transmission beam are reflected by plants of the crop field lying one behind the other with a time offset, so the particular resultant echo pulse is composed of time-offset partial echo pulses. The control system determines a value for the crop density on the basis of a time correlation within the resultant echo pulse, and controls the ground drive and/or the working units on the basis of the determined crop density. |
| US11116127B2 |
Meter roller for an agricultural metering system
A method of manufacturing a meter roller for an agricultural metering system includes stretching a sealing ring. The method also includes disposing the sealing ring between a first ring of a spindle and a second ring of the spindle. The first ring and the second ring are rigidly coupled to a driven shaft of the spindle, and the driven shaft is configured to engage a drive shaft to facilitate rotation of the spindle. In addition, the method includes enabling the sealing ring to contract such that an outer diameter of the sealing ring is less than or equal to an outer diameter of the first ring and an outer diameter of the second ring. |
| US11116124B2 |
Implement offset arm
An offset arm for a tractor is provided. The offset arm includes a front hitch, a rear hitch, and a rigid connecting structure coupling the front hitch to the rear hitch. The offset arm also includes a front pivot point pivotally connecting the connecting structure to the front hitch about a vertical pivot axis and a rear pivot point pivotally connecting the connecting structure to the rear hitch about a vertical pivot axis. The offset arm also includes a rear pivot lock that selectively locks the rear pivot point to lock the orientation of the rear hitch relative to the connecting structure. The rear pivot lock can selectively lock the rear hitch in any of multiple orientations. |
| US11116123B2 |
System and method of adjusting closing disc penetration depth of a seed-planting implement
In one aspect, a system for adjusting closing disc penetration depth of a seed-planting implement may include a furrow closing assembly having at least one closing disc configured to penetrate the soil in a manner that closes a furrow formed in the soil by the seed-planting implement. The system may also include an actuator configured to adjust a penetration depth of the at least one closing disc. Furthermore, the system may include a controller configured to receive an input indicative of at least one of an operation of the seed-planting implement or a field condition of a field across which the seed-planting implement is being moved. Additionally, the controller may be further configured to control an operation of the actuator in a manner that adjusts the penetration depth of the at least one closing disc based on the received input. |
| US11122716B2 |
Display device
A display device includes a display panel, a bottom cover at a rear surface of the display panel, and a heat dissipation assembly. The heat dissipation assembly includes a housing between the display panel and the bottom cover, conductive lines on two lateral sides within the housing and configured to supply electricity therethrough, and a movable member having both ends thereof supported by and electrically connected to the conductive lines to thereby be movable in a longitudinal direction of the housing. |
| US11122715B2 |
Conformal heat pipe assemblies
A heat pipe assembly includes walls having porous wick linings, an insulating layer coupled with at least one of the walls, and an interior chamber sealed by the walls. The linings hold a liquid phase of a working fluid in the interior chamber. The insulating layer is directly against a conductive component of an electromagnetic power conversion device such that heat from the conductive component vaporizes the working fluid in the porous wick lining of the at least one wall and the working fluid condenses at or within the porous wick lining of at least one other wall to cool the conductive component of the electromagnetic power conversion device. The assembly can be placed in direct contact with the device while the device is operating and/or experiencing time-varying magnetic fields that cause the device to operate. |
| US11122712B2 |
Cooling device for data center and cooling system for data center
A cooling device for data center includes: a housing chamber configured for housing the data center; an air inlet plenum positioned at one side of the housing chamber and configured for inflowing of external natural wind; an air outlet plenum positioned at another side of the housing chamber; an air return plenum defining two opposite ends communicated with the air inlet plenum and the air outlet plenum, and comprising a return air damper; a controller connected to the return air damper and adapted for controlling the opening and closing of the return air damper; and a refrigeration module located in the air inlet plenum and connected to the controller. A cooling system for data center is also provided. |
| US11122707B2 |
Raised pathway heat sink
Wireless electronic devices include one or more wireless antennas to provide for wireless communications. The antenna cables are routed internally within the device and typically noise from components located on a circuit board may couple to the antenna cables and cause a degradation in wireless performance, impact antenna sensitivity and cause packet loss. Utilizing raised pathways in a heat sink utilized for thermal transfer of heat to a housing enables tunnels to be formed between the housing and the heat sink. Routing the antenna cables through the tunnels improves noise isolation for the antenna cables while still maintaining the heat transfer. The raised pathways are configured to not interfere with components on the circuit board or components included in the housing. The wireless antennas may be mounted within the housing instead of on the board so no portion of the antenna cables are located on the circuit board. |
| US11122704B2 |
Liquid submersion cooled electronic systems and devices
Liquid submersion cooling devices and systems are described that use a cooling liquid, for example a dielectric cooling liquid, to submersion cool individual electronic devices or an array of electronic devices. In one embodiment, the electronic device includes a non-pressurized device housing defining an interior space where pressure in the interior space equals or is only slightly different than pressure outside the non-pressurized device housing. |
| US11122701B2 |
Wall mounted utility cabinet
A utility cabinet includes a housing having an interior compartment, a rear wall, a top wall, a bottom wall, a first side wall, a second side wall, a front opening, and a side opening. A frame is connected to the housing and moveable between a first position where the frame is entirely in the housing and a second position where at least a portion of the frame is outside of the housing. The frame is configured to receive one or more utility components. A front door is connected to the housing and moveable between a closed position covering the front opening and an open position providing access to the front opening. A side door is connected to the housing and moveable between a closed position covering the side opening and an open position providing access to the side opening. |
| US11122695B2 |
LED display with quick maintenance structure
An LED display is provided in the present disclosure. The LED display includes a casing frame and an LED module. The LED module is fixedly connected with the casing frame by a locking knob, chucks and magnets fitted with each other, and positioning holes and positioning posts fitted with each other. The LED display further includes protective covers, a support base, a power rear cover, and a system control box. The protective covers are connected with the casing frame by fitting the positioning posts with the positioning holes. The support base and the casing frame are connected by fitting the positioning posts with the positioning holes and by a quick fixation with screws. The power rear cover is mounted on the system control box by a latch-hinge to facilitate the assembly and disassembly of various portions of the LED display. |
| US11122694B2 |
Printed circuit board and package having the same
A printed circuit board including: a laminate having a plurality of stacked insulating layers including a rigid insulating layer; a flexible insulating layer having a partial region that overlaps and is in contact with at least one of the insulating layers and a remaining region disposed outside of the laminate; and a first antenna disposed on a surface of the laminate. |
| US11122689B2 |
Circuit assembly
A circuit assembly (200) is disclosed comprising a substrate (210) and conducting layers (250) on opposing sides of the substrate (210), there being at least one via (220) through the substrate (210), which via (220) forms a conductive path between the conducting layers, wherein the substrate (210) is a foam substrate, and wherein the via (220) is provided with a solid dielectric lining (270) plated with a conducting material (250). |
| US11122688B2 |
Padded, flexible encasing for body monitoring systems in fabrics
A wearable monitoring device comprising a printed circuit board having a first side and a second side opposite the first side, wherein the printed circuit board is configured to couple to at least one sensor configured to monitor a physiological condition; at least a first padding layer coupled to the printed circuit board proximate the first side; at least a second padding layer coupled to the printed circuit board proximate the second side; a first protective layer coupled to the first padding layer opposite the printed circuit board; a second protective layer coupled to the second padding layer opposite the printed circuit board; at least one additional layer between the first protective layer opposite the printed circuit board; the first protective layer and the second protective layer seal together and enclose the first and second padding and the printed circuit board; and a power source coupled to the printed circuit board. |
| US11122685B2 |
Resin composition, prepreg, metal foil-clad laminate, resin sheet, and printed wiring board
A resin composition according to the present invention contains: (i) a reactant of a cyanate compound (A) and polybutadiene (B) and/or (ii) a reactant of a polymerized product of the cyanate compound (A) and the polybutadiene (B); and a maleimide compound (C). |
| US11122682B2 |
Tamper-respondent sensors with liquid crystal polymer layers
Tamper-respondent assemblies and fabrication methods are provided which utilize liquid crystal polymer layers in solid form. The tamper-respondent assemblies include a circuit board, and an enclosure assembly mounted to the circuit board to enclose one or more electronic components coupled to the circuit board within a secure volume. The assembly includes a tamper-respondent sensor that is a three-dimensional multilayer sensor structure, which includes multiple liquid crystal polymer layers, and at least one tamper-detect circuit. The at least one tamper-detect circuit includes one or more circuit lines in a tamper-detect pattern disposed on at least one liquid crystal polymer layer of the multiple liquid crystal polymer layers. Further, a monitor circuit is provided disposed within the secure volume to monitor the at least one tamper-detect circuit of the tamper-respondent sensor for a tamper event. |
| US11122679B2 |
Printed circuit board
A printed circuit board includes an insulating body, a wiring structure at least disposed on the insulating body; and a shielding portion including a conductive via disposed around the wiring structure of the insulating body. The conductive via includes first and second metal layers having different degrees of magnetic permeability. |
| US11122678B2 |
Packaged device having imbedded array of components
A structure having imbedded array of components is described. An example structure includes an imbedded component array layer having an array of imbedded passive devices contained therein. The structure further includes an Integrated Fan-Out (InFO) layer residing adjacent a first surface of the imbedded component array layer having traces and vias formed therein. The structure further includes an insulator layer residing adjacent a second surface of the imbedded component array layer and electrically coupled to at least the InFO layer and vias passing through the imbedded component array layer and electrically coupled to some of vias of the InFO layer. |
| US11122674B1 |
PCB with coin and dielectric layer
A printed circuit board includes a first, second, and third conductive layer. The printed circuit boards also includes a first non-conductive layer between the first and second conductive layers and a second non-conductive layer between the second and third conductive layers. The printed circuit board further includes a dielectric layer between the second conductive layer and the second non-conductive layer and a coin for heat dispersion located underneath the dielectric layer. The printed circuit board also includes a cavity for receiving a component and a plating within the cavity to connect the coin with the second conductive layer. The plating extends less than 50 um above the second conductive layer. |
| US11122672B2 |
Adjustable sample floor for ultrafast signal washout
Systems and methods for an adjustable sample floor for ultrafast signal washout are disclosed. In an embodiment. A target support configured to adjustably support a target within a sample chamber may include: a support frame that may configured to be inserted into the sample chamber, a support platform that may be disposed within the support frame, and a platform adjustment system that may be coupled to the support frame and the support platform. The platform adjustment system may be configured to adjust at least one of: a position and an orientation of the support platform relative to the support frame when the support frame is inserted into the sample chamber. |
| US11122670B1 |
Flying vehicle automatic lighting control system and method
A computing system for controlling a plurality of exterior lights on a flying vehicle is disclosed. The computing system is configured to: determine a flying vehicle status for the flying vehicle; determine an environment status for the flying vehicle; determine a current flight phase for the flying vehicle; determine, for each of a plurality of the exterior lights that is in an automatic lighting control mode, a desired lighting state for the exterior light by applying a predefined lighting pattern that identifies, based on the flying vehicle status, environmental status, and the current flight phase, a first subset of the exterior lights to cause to enter a first lighting state and a second subset of the exterior lights to cause to enter a second lighting state; and cause the first subset of exterior lights to be in the first lighting state and the second subset of exterior lights to be in the second lighting state. |
| US11122663B2 |
Monitoring lighting
A method of determining the power consumption of a lighting device, the lighting device comprising a lamp unit for emitting illumination to illuminate a space, and a powering device which supplies an electrical power signal to power the lamp unit to emit said illumination. The method comprises: storing power consumption data of a plurality of types of powering device under different lamp unit loading conditions; at the lamp unit, determining a type of the powering device to which the lamp unit is coupled; at the lamp unit, determining an operating status of the lamp unit; determining the corresponding power consumption of the powering device from the stored power consumption data, based on the determined type of powering device, and the operating status of the lamp; and calculating the total power consumption of the lighting device as the sum of the power consumption of the powering device and the lamp unit. |
| US11122661B2 |
Driver, controlling method and illumination system
A driver for driving a load unit includes a conversion circuit, a bypass circuit and control circuit. The conversion circuit is configured for converting an input voltage into an output voltage, in which the load unit is coupled to the conversion circuit to receive the output voltage and an output current. The bypass circuit is electrically coupled to the conversion circuit and the load unit. The control circuit controls the output current to flow through the load unit to drive the load unit in a driving mode. The control circuit controls the output current to flow through the bypass circuit in a standby mode, in which the output current in the standby mode is lower than the output current in the driving mode. |
| US11122657B2 |
High performance dimming based on dimmer slew-rate
A method of controlling a power supply electrically coupled to a dimmer, the method including receiving a plurality of pulse-width-modulated (PWM) pulses corresponding to one or more dimmer levels of the dimmer, generating a first sample value and a second sample value of a plurality of sample values corresponding to duty cycles of the plurality of PWM pulses, determining a rate of change of the one or more dimmer levels based on the first and second sample values, comparing the rate of change with a threshold value to identify a mode of operation of the power supply, and generating a control signal for transmission to the power supply based on the identified mode of operation. |
| US11122656B1 |
Application structure of gallium nitride field-effect transistor in dimmer circuit
An application structure of a gallium nitride field-effect transistor in a dimmer circuit is disclosed, including an LED module, a power supply circuit, a current holding circuit, and a drive circuit. The power supply circuit includes a power supply, a dimmer unit, and a rectifier circuit. The current holding circuit is electrically connected to the rectifier circuit, includes a first control switch, a capacitor capable of charging and discharging, and a plurality of resistors whose current is set, and is configured to provide a stable current to the dimmer unit. The first control switch is provided with a gallium nitride field-effect transistor. The drive circuit is electrically connected to the current holding circuit, includes a second control switch, a screen flicker prevention chip electrically connected to the LED module, and a plurality of resistors whose current is set, and is configured to stably drive the LED module to emit light. The second control switch is provided with a gallium nitride field-effect transistor. |
| US11122651B2 |
Airflow heating assembly having a heating device and a container
An airflow heating assembly, including a heating device (10) and a container (20), the heating device (10) being used for heating through-flowing air to produce a hot airflow, the container (20) being used for accommodating a raw material. The container (20) is arranged above the heating device (10), and a bottom portion of the container (20) is provided with air holes for maintaining airflow communication with the heating device (10). The heating device (10) includes an outer heating pipe (1) and an inner heating rod (2), the inner heating rod (2) is arranged in an inner cavity of the outer heating pipe (1), and an airflow heating space is formed between an outer wall of the inner heating rod (2) and an inner wall of the outer heating pipe (1). |
| US11122647B2 |
Enhanced node B, user equipment and methods for discontinuous reception in inter-eNB carrier aggregation
Embodiments of user equipment (UE) and methods for enhanced discontinuous reception (DRX) operations for inter eNB carrier aggregation (CA) in an LTE network are generally described herein. In some embodiments, a UE is configured to be served by multiple serving cells. The first set of the serving cells may be associated with a first eNB and a second set of serving cells may be associated with a second eNB. In these embodiments, DRX operations may be performed independently in multiple serving cells belonging to the different eNBs. Other embodiments for enhanced DRX operations are also described. |
| US11122645B2 |
Systems and methods for constellation superposition
A method for performing constellation superposition by an evolved Node B (eNB) includes determining an admissible data constellation for a second user equipment (UE) based on a data constellation of a first UE. The first UE and the second UE share the same time-frequency resources. The method also includes sending an indication that superposition coded modulation is being employed by the first UE and the second UE. The method further includes sending modulation and coding schemes (MCSs) and/or transmission power percentages used by each of the first UE and the second UE to the other UE. |
| US11122642B2 |
Beam failure recovery procedure
A wireless device transmits one or more preambles in response to initiating a beam failure recovery. The wireless device determines a failure of the beam failure recovery based on a number of transmissions of the one or more preambles exceeding a first number. The wireless device determines a radio link failure in response to the failure of the beam failure recovery. The wireless device starts, based on the radio link failure, a radio resource control (RRC) connection re-establishment procedure with a radio link failure report indicating the failure of the beam failure recovery is a cause of the radio link failure. |
| US11122638B2 |
Apparatus, system and method of concurrent multiple band (CMB) network access
For example, a wireless communication device may be configured to, while communicating via a first radio of the wireless communication device over a first network connection in a first WLAN over a first wireless communication frequency band, identify a second WLAN over a second wireless communication frequency band for Concurrent Multiple Band (CMB) network access, the second wireless communication frequency band different from the first wireless communication frequency band; based on identifying the second WLAN, to automatically transmit from a second radio of the wireless communication device user credentials to establish a second network connection with the second WLAN over the second wireless communication frequency band, the second network connection concurrent with the first network connection; and to concurrently communicate over the first and second network connections by routing to the first and second radios a plurality of application streams corresponding to one or more applications. |
| US11122636B2 |
Network-based user identification
Disclosed herein are system, method, and computer program product embodiments for network-based user identification. An embodiment operates by determining a media access control (MAC) address of each of a plurality of mobile devices that have previously interacted with a streaming media device. A discovery signal is transmit to the MAC addresses of the plurality of mobile devices. Responses indicating a network address of each of the respective responding mobile devices are received. One or more user settings of the streaming media device are determined based on identified user settings corresponding to the plurality of responding mobile devices. The streaming media device is configured based on the identified one more user settings. |
| US11122635B2 |
Grouping of network devices
The present disclosure relates to setup of IoT network devices, and specifically to setup of multiple similar IoT devices at substantially the same time using joint authentication. Embodiments include, for example, receiving, at an existing network device on a network, one or more communications, wherein the one or more communications include an indication that multiple new network devices are associated with the network; receiving an indication that the multiple new network devices have generated a setup access point; establishing a connection with the access point of each of the multiple new network devices; receiving identification information, wherein the identification information includes information identifying each of the multiple new network devices; and transmitting the identification information identifying each of the multiple new network devices, wherein when the identification information is received, the identification information facilitates generating an authentication query to authenticate one or more of the multiple new network devices. |
| US11122634B2 |
Wireless communication system
A wireless communication system includes a plurality of wireless communication devices each including a display unit, and an information terminal device that performs wireless communication with each of the plurality of wireless communication devices. The information terminal device includes a field intensity calculation unit that determines a field intensity of each of the plurality of wireless communication devices, and a communication device selection unit that selects at least one wireless communication device based on each field intensity determined by the field intensity calculation unit. The information terminal device includes a terminal display unit that displays identification information of the at least one wireless communication device selected by the communication device selection unit, a terminal input unit that specifies one wireless communication device based on the identification information displayed on the terminal display unit, and a terminal wireless communication unit that performs data communication with the wireless communication device. |
| US11122630B2 |
Information sending method and apparatus and information receiving method and apparatus
Embodiments of this application provide an information sending method and an information receiving method. A network device receives a random access signal of a terminal device from the terminal device on a random access resource, where the random access resource is on a first uplink carrier or a second uplink carrier, and the first uplink carrier and the second uplink carrier are corresponding to a same downlink carrier; the network device determines a random access identifier corresponding to the random access resource according to a time-frequency resource sequence number of the random access resource and a carrier identifier of a carrier on which the random access resource is and the network device generates a random access response based on the determined random access identifier, and sends the random access response to the terminal device via the downlink carrier. |
| US11122624B2 |
Pre-packet arrival channel contention
Performing a pre-packet arrival channel contention procedure in stations of a WLAN to enhance support for real-time applications (RTAs) which are sensitive to communication delays. The stations track active real-time application sessions and identify running RTA sessions with respect to communication times, rates and packet sizes. A station attempts to gain access to the communication channel using a pre-packet arrival channel contention process before a packet arrives from the application layer of an RTA, based on information received from the RTA as to what time the packet will arrive to a MAC queue in a MAC layer of the wireless station. Thus, the RTA packets incur less delay while the process can also reduce communications overhead. |
| US11122620B2 |
User equipment and data transmission method thereof
An embodiment of the present disclosure provides a method performed at a UE for data transmission. The method includes: detecting a scheduling assignment(SA) for other UEs within a sensing window which includes a plurality of time units(TUs); selecting, based on the detected SA, a set of resources for data transmission; determining, before transmitting data on a resource in the selected set of resources, whether the resource is occupied; and transmitting the data on the resource in the selected set of resources if it is determined that the resource is not occupied. An embodiment of the present disclosure also provides a corresponding UE. |
| US11122619B2 |
Channel access priority class selection
According to certain embodiments, a method in a wireless device comprises determining a mapping between one or more types of traffic and one or more classes and using the mapping to determine which of the classes to use during a procedure for determining whether the wireless device can transmit in a channel. The method further comprises performing the procedure for determining whether the wireless device can transmit in the channel. |
| US11122613B2 |
Wireless communication method, terminal device and network device
Embodiments of the present application provide a wireless communication method, a terminal device and a network device capable of implementing contention-based access while avoiding conflicts. The method includes: transmitting, by a terminal device, a sounding signal to a network device when there is uplink data to be transmitted, where the sounding signal is used for contending for a first pre-allocated resource; and transmitting, by the terminal device, the uplink data to be transmitted on the first pre-allocated resource, when receiving a first feedback signal sent by the network device in response to the sounding signal, where the first feedback signal is used for indicate that the terminal device has a successful contention for the first pre-allocated resource. |
| US11122612B2 |
Logical channel mapping to grant free transmission
A wireless device receives RRC message(s) comprising: parameter(s) indicating whether a configured periodic grant of a first type can be used for transmission of data of a first logical channel; a timing offset and a symbol number identifying a resource of an uplink grant of the configured periodic grant of the type; and a first periodicity of the configured periodic grant. The first periodicity indicates a time interval between two subsequent resources of the configured periodic grant. The configured periodic grant is activated in response to receiving the RRC message(s). The data of the logical channel is multiplexed onto transport block(s) for transmission via the resource in response to the parameter(s) indicating that the configured periodic grant can be used by the logical channel. The transport block(s) are transmitted via the resource of the configured periodic grant. |
| US11122609B2 |
Systems and methods for grant-free uplink transmissions
Systems and methods are disclosed for performing combined grant-free and grant-based UL resource allocation. In a particular embodiment, a network entity sends a first type of UL transmission resource assignment selected from two types of UL transmission resource assignment mechanisms to a UE for grant-free transmission and a second type of UL transmission resource assignment from two types of UL transmission resource assignment mechanism to a UE for grant based transmission. The network entity then receives a first data transmission from the UE for grant free transmission using an assigned transmission resource and a second data transmission from the UE for grant based transmission using an assigned transmission resources. Other embodiments pertain to changing the resource allocation scheme from grant free to grant based for a UE, or vice versa. Examples reasons for doing so may include HARQ re-transmisisons. |
| US11122601B2 |
Buffer status report sending method, terminal device, and network device
Embodiments of this application provide a buffer status report (BSR) sending method, a terminal device, and a network device. The method includes: determining a first resource configured for a first channel; adding, a first cyclic redundancy check (CRC) to a BSR; and sending a second channel on the first resource, or sending the first channel and a second channel on the first resource, where the second channel is used to carry the BSR to which the first CRC is added. Based on the embodiments of this application, the terminal device independently adds the first CRC to the BSR, and sends the second channel carrying the BSR to a network device, so that the network device learns arrival of data corresponding to the second channel at the terminal device. Therefore, the network device can pre-configure a resource for the data, thereby reducing a transmission latency of the data. |
| US11122598B2 |
Systems and methods for latency reduction using map staggering
A scheduling unit is provided for managing upstream message allocation in a communication network. The scheduling unit includes a processor configured to determine (i) a number of channels communicating in one direction stream of the communication network, and (ii) a MAP interval duration of the communication network. The scheduling unit further includes a media access control (MAC) domain configured to (i) calculate a staggered allocation start time for each separate channel of the number of channels, and (ii) assign a different allocation start time, within the MAP interval duration, to each separate channel. |
| US11122596B2 |
Multiple antennas and interruption time values for sounding reference signal (SRS) switching
A user equipment (UE) may transmit a sounding reference signal (SRS) on a component carrier (CC) that is otherwise configured for downlink communications. Due to a carrier aggregation configuration or UE capability, the UE may need to retune certain components to transmit on the CC. If the SRS transmission, including the retuning time, collides with another transmission the UE may drop the SRS, drop the other transmission, or puncture the other transmission to facilitate the SRS transmission. The determination about a collision may depend on the retuning time, channel, or type of control information in the other transmission. In some cases, a UE may drop the other transmission if transmitting the SRS would prevent the UE from transmitting a demodulation reference signal, hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ) feedback. In some cases, the determination may be based upon a prioritization and may also depend on a subsequent subframe. |
| US11122593B2 |
Base station, terminal, and communication method
A base station is disclosed, which is capable of appropriately configuring the timings of data assignment, data transmission and reception, and feedback for a case where the DL and UL sTTI lengths are different from each other. In this base station (100), a transmission section (106) transmits a downlink signal using a first short transmission time interval (sTTI) shortened in length than a TTI and used for downlink; and a reception section (107) receives an uplink signal using a second sTTI shortened in length than the TTI and used for uplink. When the first sTTI is shorter in length than the second sTTI, the reception section (107) receives the uplink signal in the second sTTI positioned after a predetermined interval from the transmission timing of the downlink signal, the predetermined interval being configured based on the length of the first sTTI. |
| US11122591B2 |
Physical layer and MAC layer uplink channel prioritization
Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, a user equipment (UE) may select a first communication, associated with a first traffic type, or a second communication, associated with a second traffic type, as a selected communication for transmission in an overlapping resource, wherein the first communication and the second communication at least partially overlap in time, and wherein the selection is performed based at least in part on a rule; and transmit the selected communication. Numerous other aspects are provided. |
| US11122589B2 |
Method and device for allocating PTRS to resource block in wireless communication system
According to an embodiment of the present specification, a method for transmitting, by a base station, a signal for eliminating phase noise by a terminal in an mmWave communication system may be provided. A method for transmitting a signal for eliminating phase noise may comprise the steps of: generating a PTRS; allocating the PTRS to one or more resource blocks included in a scheduled bandwidth; and transmitting the allocated PTRS, wherein an interval between the one or more resource blocks, to which the PTRs are allocated, is determined on the basis of the scheduled bandwidth. |
| US11122586B2 |
Coexistence of multiple radio technologies in a shared frequency band
Novel techniques are described for coexistence of multiple radio technologies in a shared frequency band. Techniques described herein enable multiple radiofrequency networks using different radio technologies to coexist on a same carrier frequency by exploiting various frequency- and/or time-domain sharing of scheduled resources. For example, data signals are received for transmission over different radio networks according to different radio technologies (having different respective sub-carrier definitions and timeslot definitions). A coexistence resource schedule is computed from the communication resource grids define an allocation of sub-carrier and/or timeslot resources among the radio technologies. Radio technologies can then be generated from the data signals in accordance with the coexistence resource schedule and the communication resource grids. The radio signals can then be transmitted over the radio networks, with the multiple radio technologies coexisting in orthogonal components of a communication channel. |
| US11122584B2 |
Method and device for transmitting uplink data
Disclosed are a method and device for transmitting data. The method includes: a network device sending configuration information to a terminal device, the configuration information including at least one of the following: information for indicating a starting position for transmission of an uplink data block, information for indicating an end position for transmission of an uplink data block, and information for configuring a reference signal for transmission of an uplink data block; and according to the configuration information, the network device receiving an uplink data block sent by the terminal device. |
| US11122583B2 |
Scaled symbols for a self-contained time division duplex (TDD) subframe structure
In an aspect of the disclosure, a method, a computer program product, and an apparatus are provided. The method may be performed by a scheduling entity. The scheduling entity transmits control information in a control portion of the subframe, the control information corresponding to data information within the subframe, transmits the data information in a data portion of the subframe, receives a pilot signal from the set of subordinate entities in a pilot portion of the subframe, and receives an ACK/NACK signal from the set of subordinate entities in an ACK portion of the subframe. The ACK portion is subsequent to the pilot portion of the subframe. The ACK/NACK signal includes acknowledgment information corresponding to the data information. The control portion, the data portion, the pilot portion, and the ACK portion are contained in the same subframe. |
| US11122582B2 |
Method for transmitting uplink channel in wireless communication system, and apparatus therefor
Disclosed are a method for transmitting an uplink channel in a wireless communication system, and an apparatus therefor. Specifically, a method by which a terminal transmits uplink control information comprises the steps of: identifying a resource region allocated to a first uplink control channel for transmitting first uplink control information, and a resource region allocated to a second uplink control channel for transmitting second uplink control information; and transmitting a specific modulation symbol to a base station using a specific uplink resource, if the transmission of the first uplink control channel and the transmission of the second uplink control channel overlap. |
| US11122581B2 |
Approach for managing the use of communications channels based on performance
An approach for selecting sets of communications channels involves determining the performance of communications channels. A set of channels is selected based on the results of performance testing and specified criteria. The participant generates data that identifies the selected set of channels and provides that data to other participants of the communications network. The participants communicate over the set of channels, such as by using a frequency hopping protocol. When a specified time expires or monitoring of the performance of the channel set identifies poor performance of the set of channels, the participant selects another set of channels for use in communications based on additional performance testing. By selecting channels based on the initial performance testing and performance monitoring, the communications network adaptively avoids channels with poor performance. |
| US11122579B2 |
Communication system and method for mitigating interference in hierarchical cell structure
A method for mitigating interference at a small base station in a hierarchical cell structure is provided. In the method, the small base station checks a sub-frame allocated to macro user equipment by using a downlink signal received from a macro base station when an interference candidate user equipment list is received. The interference candidate user equipment list contains information on the macro user equipment adjacent to a femto cell controlled by the small base station. Then the small base station allocates other sub-frame to femto user equipment located in the femto cell by avoiding the sub-frame allocated to the macro user equipment. |
| US11122578B2 |
Data transmission method and apparatus
The present invention discloses a data transmission method and apparatus. The method includes: generating, by the primary access point, spatial reuse transmission signaling, the spatial reuse transmission signaling is used to indicate a reuse transmission device of the spatial reuse link to perform data transmission based on the spatial reuse link according to the spatial reuse transmission signaling; sending, by the primary access point, the spatial reuse transmission signaling. According to the data transmission method and apparatus in embodiments of the present invention, mutual interference between the primary link and the spatial reuse link during data transmission can be reduced, and transmission quality can be improved. |
| US11122577B2 |
Initial acquisition
Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, a user equipment (UE) may receive a synchronization signal block associated with a first channel number as part of a scan, wherein the synchronization signal block indicates a second channel number corresponding to a cell-defining synchronization signal block. The UE may attempt acquisition for the cell-defining synchronization signal block at an elevated priority level based at least in part on the synchronization signal block indicating the second channel number. Numerous other aspects are provided. |
| US11122574B2 |
Indication of antenna coherence for phase difference of arrival and angle of departure estimation
Disclosed are techniques to determine angle of departure (AoD) of signals transmitted from a set of transmission points associated with a transmitter (e.g., a base station, a user equipment (UE)). In an aspect, the set of transmission points are collocated and transmit coherent signals. A receiver (e.g., UE, network entity) determines phase difference of arrivals (PDoAs) of the signals. Based on the PDoAs and locations of the set of transmission points, the AoD can be calculated. When the UE is the receiver, the network entity can send a base station almanac (BSA) message to the UE indicating the set of transmission points and their locations. |
| US11122571B2 |
Approaches for beam selection
A method is disclosed for a system comprising a transmitter apparatus and a receiver apparatus. The transmitter apparatus is configured to transmit signals to the receiver apparatus using an available transmission beam. The receiver apparatus is configured to receive the signals using an available reception beam. The method comprises the transmitter apparatus determining a collection of linear combinations of transmission beams and a collection of linear combinations of reception beams, providing an indication of the collection of linear combinations of reception beams to the receiver apparatus and transmitting each of the linear combinations of transmission beams of the collection of linear combinations of transmission beams. The method also comprises the receiver apparatus acquiring the indication of the collection of linear combinations of reception beams from the transmitter apparatus, receiving each of the linear combinations of transmission beams of the collection of linear combinations of transmission beams using each of the linear combinations of reception beams of the collection of linear combinations of reception beams, and performing beam selection measurements on the received linear combinations of transmission beams for selection of the transmission beam from the plurality of available transmission beams and for selection of the reception beam from the plurality of available reception beams. Methods for each of the transmitter apparatus and the receiver apparatus are also disclosed, as well as corresponding apparatuses, network node, wireless communication device, system and computer program product. |
| US11122569B2 |
Method and apparatus for transmitting base station data, and device
This application provides an example method for transmitting base station data. The method includes receiving a precoding matrix indication (PMI) value and reference signal received power (RSRP) that are sent by user equipment. The method also includes determining, based on the PMI value, a network area group corresponding to the user equipment. The method further includes determining, based on the RSRP, a network area in which the user equipment is located. |
| US11122568B2 |
Communication method utilizing at least two pieces of target sub-configuration information and a co-location rule
A communication method includes: determining, by a network side device, at least two pieces of target sub-configuration information according to a co-location rule, where at least two target signals corresponding to the at least two pieces of target sub-configuration information are quasi co-located; and sending, by the network side device, the at least two pieces of target sub-configuration information to the terminal device according to the co-location rule. |
| US11122566B2 |
Waveform design based on power spectral density (PSD) parameters
Wireless communications systems and methods related to communicating in a frequency spectrum using interlaced frequency channels and non-interlaced frequency channels are provided. A first wireless communication device selects a waveform structure between an interlaced frequency structure and a non-interlaced frequency structure for communicating in a frequency spectrum. The first wireless communication device communicates, with a second wireless communication device in the frequency spectrum, a communication signal based on the selected waveform structure. The interlaced frequency structure includes at least a first set of frequency bands in the frequency spectrum, the first set of frequency bands interlacing with a second set of frequency bands in the frequency spectrum. The non-interlaced frequency structure includes one or more contiguous frequency bands in the frequency spectrum. |
| US11122565B2 |
Listen-before-talk procedures for transmit opportunity (TXOP)
This disclosure relates to performing cellular communication in unlicensed spectrum using a flexible slot structure. A cellular base station may perform a listen-before-talk procedure, and may transmit a reservation frame when the listen-before-talk procedure is successful. The reservation frame may reserve a wireless medium for a transmit opportunity. Transmission slots may be scheduled for communication with one or more wireless devices during the transmit opportunity. The transmission slots may be selected from multiple possible uplink transmission slot types and multiple possible downlink transmission slot types. Indications of the scheduled transmission slots, including indications of slot types of the scheduled transmission slots, may be provided to the wireless devices. Wireless communication may be performed between the cellular base station and the wireless devices according to the scheduled transmission slots. |
| US11122563B2 |
Priority-based interference control method in wireless communication system and device therefor
In a multi-cell communication system, a first cell transmits and receives a signal in a particular resource set on which a higher priority is given to a second cell. In some scenarios, the first cell performs operations that include: determining whether or not a second cell uses a particular resource set in a first transmission time interval (TTI) among a plurality of first TTIs, which correspond to a first cell, comprised in a second TTI corresponding to the second cell; and, if it is determined that the second cell does not use the particular resources in the first TTI, transmitting and receiving a signal in remaining TTIs, among the plurality of first TTIs, other than the first TTI. |
| US11122562B2 |
System and method for transmission time intervals
In one embodiment, a method for adaptive transmission time intervals (TTIs) includes transmitting, by a communications controller to a user equipment (UE), a segment of a first TDD TTI configuration of a first TDD interval and a second TDD TTI configuration of the first TDD interval, where the first TDD TTI configuration has a first pattern, where the second TDD TTI configuration has a second pattern, where the first pattern is different than the second pattern, where the first TDD TTI configuration has a first uplink TTI segment and a first downlink TTI segment. The method also includes transmitting a first plurality of data on a first TTI in the first downlink TTI segment of the first TDD TTI configurations of the first TDD interval and receiving a second plurality of data on the first uplink segment of the first TDD TTI configuration of the first TDD interval. |
| US11122559B2 |
Elastic local and global scheduling for cellular infrastructure
A method for scheduling resources in a network where the scheduling activity is split across two nodes in the network is disclosed, comprising: receiving, from a local scheduler in a first radio access network, access network information at a global scheduler; accessing information regarding a second radio access network allocating, at the global scheduler, resources for secondary allocation by the local scheduler; applying a hash function to map the allocated resources for secondary allocation to a set of hash values; and sending, from the global scheduler, the set of hash values to the local scheduler. |
| US11122555B2 |
Data transmission method, terminal device, and base station system
The present disclosure relates to data transmission methods, terminal devices, and base station systems. In one example method, a base station sends information about a first control resource set and information about a second control resource set to a terminal device. The terminal device detects first control information in a first control channel candidate set, and detects second control information in a second control channel candidate set. |
| US11122553B2 |
Early termination signal and HARQ-ACK feedback for PUSCH
Systems and methods of early termination of uplink data transmissions for a UE are described. The UE transmits capacity information that indicates that the UE supports use of an ETS. The ETS indicates successful reception by the eNB of the uplink data prior to an end of a scheduled transmission period to transmit repeated instances of the data. The UE receives a schedule for repeated transmissions of the data that is based on a coverage level of the UE, and then transmits sets of one or more repetitions. After the transmission, the UE monitors a predetermined resource whether the ETS is present or whether the ETS indicates an ACK. If the ETS indicates successful reception, the UE terminates transmission of the remaining repetitions of the data and enters a sleep mode or transmits other uplink data. |
| US11122550B2 |
Method and apparatus for controlling specific service in network congestion state in wireless communication system
The present invention relates to a method and apparatus for controlling a specific service in a network congestion state in a wireless communication system. Particularly, the method for controlling a service by a base station in a wireless communication system according to the present invention comprises: a step of receiving a paging message from a mobility management entity (MME) when a certain terminal generates a downlink packet; a step of checking the setup state of the core network domain included in the paging message; and a paging processing step of, if the core network domain is set as a packet-based voice call service, processing the paging message as a priority. |
| US11122547B2 |
System and method for allowing cooperation between a plurality of radio nodes in a telecommunication network
A mobile telecommunication network including plural network elements, divided into at least two clusters. Each cluster includes: plural remote units corresponding to network elements, arranged for exchanging radiofrequency signals with user equipment located within at least one respective served area; a central unit corresponding to a network element arranged for managing the exchange of radiofrequency signals with the user equipment located within the served areas of each remote unit of the cluster, and plural connections, each for operatively connecting a remote unit with the central unit of the same cluster. At least one remote unit of a first cluster is further connected to a central unit of the second cluster, at least one respective served area of the at least one remote unit of the first cluster being adjacent to at least one further respective served area of a further remote unit of the second cluster. |
| US11122542B2 |
Signal transmission method for V2X communication in wireless communication system, and device therefor
The present invention relates to a method by which a vehicle-to-everything (V2X) terminal performs V2X communication in a wireless communication system, and a device. Particularly, the method comprises the steps of: receiving information on a resource pool for V2X communication; and transmitting a message for at least one of a plurality of communication services having different coverages, on the basis of the resource pool. |
| US11122534B2 |
Method for supporting efficient PDU session activation and deactivation in cellular networks
A communication method and system converges a 5G communication system for supporting higher data rates beyond a 4G system with an IoT technology. The system and method may be applied to intelligent services based on the 5G communication technology and the IoT-related technology, such as smart home, smart building, smart city, smart car, connected car, health care, digital education, smart retail, security and safety services. Embodiments provide a scheme for efficiently operating an UP connection of a session in case where a terminal has a plurality of sessions in a mobile communication system, such as a 5G system, having a network structure in which an AMF for mobility management and an SMF for session management are separated from each other. A terminal (UE) can optimize a non-access stratum (NAS) signaling message, and can perform data transmission/reception with low latency. |
| US11122532B2 |
Method for transceiving signal in association with multi-homing based PSA addition in wireless communication system and apparatus therefor
An embodiment of the present invention relates to a method for transceiving a signal, by a user equipment (UE), in association with multi-homing based PSA addition in a wireless communication system, the method comprising the steps of: establishing a protocol data unit (PDU) session with a first protocol data unit session anchor (PSA); and receiving a new IP address from a session management function (SMF), wherein when the received new IP address is associated with multi-homing based PSA addition, the UE skips performing IMS registration using the new IP address. |
| US11122530B2 |
Method and apparatus of synchronizing device to device terminals in time and frequency
The present disclosure relates to a sensor network, machine type communication (MTC), machine-to-machine (M2M) communication, and technology for interne of things (IoT). The present disclosure may be applied to intelligent services based on the above technologies, such as smart home, smart building, smart city, smart car, connected car, health care, digital education, smart retail, security and safety services. The present disclosure provides a method of synchronizing device to device (D2D) terminals. Under partial coverage (PC) scenarios, an in coverage user equipment (ICUE) may send a D2D synchronization signal (D2DSS) and a physical sidelink broadcast channel (PSBCH) on synchronization resources of a cell to implement mutual discovery of an ICUE and an out of coverage user equipment (OCUE) when a condition for triggering the D2DSS is satisfied. |
| US11122524B2 |
Reporting power headroom
Apparatuses, methods, and systems are disclosed for reporting power headroom. One apparatus includes a processor that identifies a transmission occasion for AUL transmission on an unlicensed serving cell and generates a PHR MAC CE. The apparatus includes a transceiver that transmits the PHR MAC CE with an AUL transmission to a RAN node in the mobile communication network, wherein transmitting the PHR MAC CE includes indicating timing information corresponding to the PHR. |
| US11122523B2 |
Information transmission method and apparatus
Embodiments of the present invention provide an information transmission method, including: when a terminal device is in a power headroom report (PHR) triggering state, receiving, by the terminal device, a first indication from a network device, where the first indication is used to indicate a first uplink transmission resource of the terminal device, and the uplink transmission resource is used by the terminal device to perform uplink transmission with the network device; and keeping, by the terminal device, the power headroom report triggering state in a first time period, and canceling the power headroom report triggering state when the first time period expires, where the first time period is a second time period starting from a receiving time point of the first indication to a time domain end of the first uplink transmission resource indicated by the first indication. |
| US11122521B2 |
Method for controlling random access power of UE, UE and computer storage medium
A method for controlling random access power of a user equipment (UE), a UE, and a computer storage medium. The method includes: receiving system broadcast information sent from a network side; obtaining a scaling factor corresponding to a speed of the UE from the system broadcast information, wherein the scaling factor corresponding to the speed of the UE comprises at least one of the following: a power adjustment parameter for the UE to perform random access, an adjustment parameter for a power ramp step, or an adjustment parameter for a random access fallback; and correcting a power in a random access procedure of the UE and a time for transmitting a preamble in the random access procedure based on the scaling factor corresponding to the speed of the UE. |
| US11122519B1 |
Network communications for device with co-located radio transmitters and receivers
An electronic device includes a first communication controller and a second communication controller. The first and second communication controller are configured to communicate wirelessly using respective antennas. The electronic device includes a processor that is configured to execute instructions for determining that the first controller is transmitting a first radio frequency signal, and setting a transmit power of the first controller to a first transmit power value. The processor is configured to execute instructions for determining a duty cycle of the first controller is greater than a packet loss threshold associated with the second controller, and setting the transmit power of the first controller to a second transmit power value. The second transmit power value is less than the first transmit power value. |
| US11122517B2 |
Multi-user power control methods and procedures
Methods and systems for operation in a WLAN are provided. Methods and systems for a transmit power control (TPC) scheme are disclosed. In an embodiment, an access point (AP) may send a trigger frame to one or more stations (STAs) for synchronizing and scheduling uplink (UL) multi-user (MU) transmissions. The trigger frame may contain an open-loop power control index 1 and a power adjustment index 2. The one or more STAs may estimate pathloss using an indicated AP transmit power and received power to set a baseline transmit power. The one or more STAs may adjust their transmit power in the UL transmission period to be the indicated target receive power at the AP. |
| US11122515B2 |
UE power control for multiple uplink carriers
Apparatuses, methods, and systems are disclosed for UE power control for multiple uplink carriers. One apparatus includes a transceiver that performs a random-access procedure, wherein performing the random-access procedure includes transmitting a physical uplink shared channel (“PUSCH”) Msg3. The apparatus includes a processor that determines whether the apparatus is in RRC_CONNECTED state and identifies a number of configured closed-loop power control (“CL-PC”) process for an uplink (“UL”) channel or signal. The processor calculates a transmit power for the PUSCH Msg3 using a CL-PC process with index zero in response to the apparatus being in RRC_CONNECTED state and the number of configured CL-PC processes for the UL channel or signal being more than one. |
| US11122509B2 |
Extending an operational lifetime of an internet of things (IOT) device
A method and apparatus for extending an operational lifetime of an Internet of Things (IoT) device. In an example apparatus including the IoT device, the IoT device includes a communications device configured to transmit a report from a message dispatcher and a power monitor to monitor a reserve power level. An interval adjuster controls the timing of the report based, at least in part, on the reserve power level. |
| US11122503B2 |
Method and apparatus for inter-RAT cell selection mechanism in NB-IOT
A method and apparatus for inter-RAT cell selection mechanism in NB-IOT in a wireless communication system is provided. A wireless device receives a configuration related to periodic uplink transmission. A wireless device performs the periodic uplink transmission on a suitable cell. A wireless device selects other suitable cell, based on a periodicity of the periodic uplink transmission. A wireless device performs the periodic uplink transmission on the selected suitable cell. |
| US11122502B2 |
Access point fit
Example systems relate to access point fit. A system may include a processing resource and a memory resource. The memory resource may store machine readable instructions to cause the processing resource to determine a fit for a first client device using a plurality of metrics in response to a scan request from the first client device. The memory resource may further include instructions to cause the processing resource to determine that the fit for the first client device is above a threshold fit. The memory resource may further include instructions to cause the proceeding resource to respond to the scan request from the first client device with a probe response in response to the determination that the fit for the first client device is above the threshold fit. |
| US11122501B2 |
Access prioritization for private LTE radio service
Systems and methods for providing access prioritization to a private Long Term Evolution (LTE) network operating in a Citizens Broadband Radio Service (CBRS) spectrum include receiving, at a network device of the private Long Term Evolution (LTE) network, a functional group associated with a user equipment (UE) and a traffic load of a cell of the private LTE network associated with the UE. An access priority associated with the functional group and the traffic load is determined and provided to a CBRS access point (AP) which controls access to the cell. The access priority indicates to the CBRS AP a priority with which the UE is allowed to access the cell and can include a high priority, a low priority, or no access indication. |
| US11122500B2 |
Using a blockchain for optimized fast-secure roaming on WLANs
In one embodiment, a device receives data regarding a wireless client attempting to form an association with a particular wireless access point in a network. The device queries a blockchain ledger in a blockchain database for wireless roaming data regarding the wireless client. The device uses, when available from the blockchain ledger, the roaming data regarding the wireless client to complete the association between the wireless client and the particular wireless access point. The device updates the blockchain ledger with data regarding the association between the wireless client and the particular wireless access point. |
| US11122499B2 |
Systems, methods, and apparatuses for diameter based interfaces to enable restrictions of coverage enhancement in wireless networks
Diameter based interfaces are configured to enable restriction of a coverage enhancement feature or mode. A service capability exposure function (SCEF) communicates through a Diameter based interface (e.g., S6t interface) with an HSS to control whether a user equipment (UE) is restricted from operation in an enhanced coverage mode. The SCEF may process an enhanced coverage request. In response, the SCEF generates a configuration information request (CIR) for a home subscriber server (HSS). The CIR may include an AVP to query enhanced coverage restrictions for the UE. The SCEF may also process a configuration information answer (CIA) from the HSS. The CIA may include an enhanced-coverage-restriction-data AVP indicating current settings of the enhanced coverage restrictions for the UE. |
| US11122490B2 |
Message frame disambiguation in a flood fill mesh radio network
Disclosed is an improved implementation of a flood fill mesh radio network that utilizes message age disambiguation to prevent unnecessary propagation of repeated messages in the network. A digital counter may be used to generate a sequence of numbers based on counter values and the counter values may be associated with each message frame that is broadcast into the mesh network. The domain of generated sequence numbers can be divided up into low and high subdomains and the maximum number of message frames broadcast by a network node in the mesh network may be constrained so that no two messages broadcast by a network node remain circulating in the network longer than that required for the digital counter to wrap back to zero. Under this paradigm the counter values associated with each message can be compared to determine the relative age of the message frames to detect repeated messages. |
| US11122487B2 |
Information processing apparatus and non-transitory computer readable medium
An information processing apparatus includes a communication unit and a selection unit. The communication unit is configured to conduct a wireless communication using plural transmission methods, one of which has plural channels. The selection unit is configured to select a channel and a transmission method in a communication with a communication counterpart device, according to (i) a predetermined selection order of the transmission methods and the channels and (ii) a transmission method or a channel using which the communication counterpart device is configured to conduct a communication. |
| US11122482B2 |
Node handover method, apparatus, and system in a software defined protocol network
A node handover method, apparatus, and system are provided. The method includes: receiving a protocol configuration request message sent by a target access node, where the protocol configuration request message includes a quality of service parameter of UE; determining, according to the quality of service parameter, a function module corresponding to a service of the UE; configuring, according to the function module corresponding to a service of the UE and a network topology, a function module for a target node; determining, according to the function module configured for the target node and the network topology, a first forwarding entry group required for data stream transmission between a source node and any node of the target node; and determining a second forwarding entry group required for data stream transmission between a gateway and any node of the target node. |
| US11122480B2 |
Multimedia session continuity and domain selection based on user equipment learning and history
A method and apparatus for selecting an access point (AP) for providing a service at a user equipment (UE). The example method may identify, by a user equipment (UE), a first AP available for communication. The example method may determine, by the UE, whether the first AP is suitable based, at least in part, on an indication for the first AP in an AP history table stored in a memory of the UE, wherein the indication is based on UE-determined metrics determined during one or more prior communications between the UE and the first AP. The example method may also include establishing communication between the UE and the first AP, in response to determining that the first AP is suitable. |
| US11122478B2 |
User equipment camping in a virtual cell
Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described that provide for user equipment (UE) camping in a virtual cell. A UE may camp in a virtual cell and may be in an idle mode or an inactive mode in the virtual cell. The UE may transition out of the idle or inactive mode and switch from camping in the virtual cell to connecting to a physical cell encompassed by the virtual cell through reselection, redirection, and handover procedures. The virtual cell may include a central unit and multiple distributed units, which may be configured in various physical implementations. Additionally, the virtual cell may be limited to broadcast only or selective unicast signaling. |
| US11122477B2 |
User plane function (UPF) duplication based make before break handover
Methods for performing a handover in wireless communications for a user plane function (UPF) are disclosed. In an aspect, the method includes establishing a tunnel between the UPF and a target base station based on information in a path switch preparation request for a make before break handover of a user equipment (UE) from a source base station to the target base station, the path switch preparation request being received in response to a request originating by the target base station. The method further includes bi-casting a downlink data packet unit (PDU) to a source base station and to the target base station with a same sequence number (SN) in a tunnel protocol, receiving PDUs from the source base station and the target base station with corresponding PDUs having the same SNs in the tunnel protocol and discarding received duplicate PDUs based on the SNs in the tunnel protocol. |
| US11122472B2 |
Method and system for beam tracking failure recovery
In some embodiments herein a wireless device for handling communication of the wireless device in a wireless communication network is provided. The wireless communication network comprises a radio network node configured to serve the wireless device in a serving cell. The wireless device is configured to perform a beam tracking of the serving cell for tracking one or more beams of the serving cell based on measured signal strength or measured signal quality, and to detect a beam failure process in the serving cell. The wireless device is further configured to, in response to detection of the beam failure process, trigger a beam recovery process associated with a DL beam for the serving cell, wherein the DL beam is selected based on the beam tracking performed prior to detecting the beam failure process. |
| US11122471B2 |
On-demand circuit-switched (CS) network registration
Registration of a user equipment (UE) with a circuit-switched (CS) network can be controlled in an “on-demand” fashion by waiting for a trigger event before registering the UE with an available CS network. In some embodiments, CS registration of a UE may be triggered when the mobility management entity (MME) node receives, from the UE, a service request that was sent using Non-Access Stratum (NAS) protocol, such as an extended service request (ESR) or a short message service (SMS) over NAS request. In some embodiments, CS registration of a first UE may be triggered when the MME node receives, from a home subscriber server (HSS), a notification of an incoming session request originating from a second UE to establish a communication session over a CS network with the first UE. |
| US11122470B2 |
Network slice information for handover procedure
A first base station receives from a core network entity, a first message indicating a request for a session resource for a wireless device. The session resource is associated with a first network slice. The first base station sends to a second base station, a second message indicating a handover request for the wireless device towards a first cell of the second base station. The first message comprises: a packet flow identifier of a packet flow associated with the first network slice; a network slice identifier of the first network slice; and a cause information element indicating that the handover request is to provide at least one network slice for the wireless device. The at least one network slice comprises the first network slice. The first base station receives from the second base station, a third message indicates an acceptance or a rejection based on the second message. |
| US11122469B2 |
Peer to peer ad hoc network with bandwidth bonding, seamless mobility, and flow-based routing
An electronic data communication network includes source terminal nodes connected to the network; moving c-nodes; and one or more destination terminal nodes connected to the network. The source terminal nodes send IP packets over the c-nodes to the destination terminal nodes to accomplish arbitrary communications between arbitrary groups of the source terminal nodes to arbitrary groups of the destination terminal nodes. The moving node comprises a mobile communication device. The moving node comprises a starting node that sends the data, a relay node that relays the data, and an ending node that receives data. A virtual circuit is formed along a path comprising the relay nodes for data communication. The virtual circuit is identified by the path. Routing of data from the starting node to the ending node is performed with P2P routing algorithm. |
| US11122468B2 |
Method and system for RAN-based traffic flow control
A method, a device, and a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium are described in which a traffic flow control service is provided. The traffic flow control service provides that a wireless station of a wireless access network stores radio coverage information relating to communication links established with end devices. During various network procedures that establish or migrate a traffic flow session with an end device, the wireless station receives a profile from a policy control device. The profile includes radio coverage information and traffic flow parameters and values that correlate to the radio coverage information. The wireless station compares the stored radio coverage information with the radio coverage information in the profile, and selects the best match. The wireless station uses the traffic flow parameters and values to enforce a traffic flow relating to the end device. |
| US11122463B2 |
Method for processing data in communication system
The present disclosure relates to a communication technique for convergence of IoT technology and a 5G communication system for supporting a higher data transfer rate beyond a 4G system, and a system therefor. The present disclosure can be applied to intelligent services (e.g., smart homes, smart buildings, smart cities, smart or connected cars, health care, digital education, retail business, and services associated with security and safety) on the basis of 5G communication technology and IoT-related technology. The present disclosure relates to transmission and reception by a communication device in a wireless communication system, and may refer to a PDCP and RLC structure defined in the 3GPP. |
| US11122462B2 |
Method and system for handling checksum error in uplink data compression
A method for handling checksum error in uplink data compression (UDC) in a wireless communication system includes: detecting, by user equipment (UE), a checksum failure; automatically controlling, by the UE, generation of a number of compressed protocol data units (PDUs) available for transmission at a Packet Data Convergence Protocol (PDCP) based on a package formation rate (PFT); and transmitting, by the UE, a number of compressed PDUs. |
| US11122461B2 |
Flexible buffer management for optimizing congestion control using radio access network intelligent controller for 5G or other next generation wireless network
Various embodiments disclosed herein provide for flexible buffer management that optimize congestion control using radio access network (RAN) intelligent controller. According to some embodiments, a system can comprise monitoring a performance of a communication traffic flow using a group of buffer parameters of a network node device of a wireless network, wherein the performance is measured according to a defined performance criterion, receiving performance values for requested performance characteristics of the performance of the communication traffic flow via a first interface, and based on an adjustment value of the performance values, adjusting, via a second interface, a buffer parameter of the group of buffer parameters. |
| US11122460B2 |
Policy control system, PCRF entity, policy control method, and non-transitory computer readable medium
An object is to provide a policy control system that can easily change a policy. A policy control system according to the present invention includes a PCRF entity (10) including a policy control unit (11) for determining a policy to be applied to a group including a plurality of wireless terminals according to environmental information changed at a specified timing and a PCEF entity (20) including a policy control execution unit (21) for applying the policy determined by the policy control unit (11) to communication related to the plurality of wireless terminals included in the group. |
| US11122459B2 |
Method and apparatus for skipping uplink transmission in mobile communications
Various solutions for skipping uplink transmission with respect to user equipment and network apparatus in mobile communications are described. An apparatus may determine whether a padding buffer status report (BSR) is included in a protocol data unit (PDU). The apparatus may skip transmission of the PDU when the padding BSR is included in the PDU. The PDU may comprise a medium access control (MAC) PDU. The MAC PDU may comprise no MAC service data unit (SDU). |
| US11122455B2 |
Method for positioning terminal in wireless communication system and apparatus therefor
A method for measuring and reporting, by a terminal, a positioning reference signal (PRS) in a wireless communication system according to one embodiment of the present invention comprises the steps of: measuring a plurality of positioning reference signals (PRSs) to which beamforming is applied; and reporting, to a base station, measurement results for at least two of the plurality of PRSs, wherein the plurality of PRSs are received via different transmission beams, and the terminal may report, to the base station, at least one from among transmission beam identification information indicating through which transmission beam each of the at least two PRSs has been received and resource identification information indicating through which resource each of the at least two PRSs has been received, together with the measurement results. The terminal is capable of communicating with at least one of another terminal, a terminal related to an autonomous driving vehicle, a base station or a network. |
| US11122450B2 |
Methods, user equipment and network node for performing channel state measurements
The invention refers to determining a channel state performed at a user device, UE (12), of a mobile network, comprising determining (S21) one or a plurality of time intervals that may be used for channel measurements, performing (S22) a plurality of signal power measurements associated each to one of the time intervals to be used for channel measurement and generating a channel state information as a function of the plurality of the signal power measurements; the invention further refers to generating (S11) an information comprising an indication a plurality of time intervals that may be used for received signal power measurements to be sent from an access node, eNB (14) to the UE (12), and evaluating a measurement report received from the UE (12), wherein the report comprises received signal power measurements associated each to one of the time intervals; the invention further refers to a corresponding UE (12), eNB (14) and to corresponding computer programs. |
| US11122444B2 |
Beamforming methods and methods for using beams
A method, apparatus, system, and computer readable medium may be used to perform beamforming. The method may include a first communication device sending a first plurality of beamforming training frames to a second communication device using a first beamforming weight vector; the first communication device receiving from the second communication device a second beamforming weight vector; and the first communication device sending a second plurality of beamforming training frames to the second communication device using the second beamforming weight vector. The apparatus, method, system, and computer readable media may use spatial diversity with beam switching, spatial diversity with a single beam, weighted multipath beamforming training, single user spatial multiplexing, and beamforming training for beam division multiple access (BDMA). |
| US11122443B2 |
Automated access point mapping systems and methods
Wireless access point locations can be determined by processing a combination of wired and wireless telemetry. Wireless telemetry can be combined with backend network management information to isolate a set of access points within a radio frequency neighborhood cluster. Wired telemetry, including time domain reflectometer operations performed by a local switch, can be used to refine location estimates of the isolated set of access points. Trilateration can be used to pinpoint the access point locations and the pinpointed locations can be overlaid on a floor plan map. |
| US11122439B2 |
Network slicing operation
A network control node (Main CTRL or CTRL N) may receive a service request by a WTRU, wherein the service information comprises one or more of a service class, a quality of service (QoS) requirement, or a mobility characteristic. The network control node may determine slice information associated with a plurality of network slices and may select at least a first network slice to serve the WTRU. The network control node may determine whether the network control node or another network control node should service the WTRU for accessing the first network slice. When the network control node determines that the another network control node should service the WTRU for accessing the first network slice, the network control node may send a request to the another network control node that indicates that the another network control node should service the WTRU for accessing the first network slice. |
| US11122435B2 |
Radio access technology based security in service provider networks
Techniques for radio access technology based security in service provider networks (e.g., service provider networks for mobile subscribers) are disclosed. In some embodiments, a system/process/computer program product for radio access technology based security in service provider networks includes monitoring network traffic on a service provider network at a security platform to identify a Radio Access Technology (RAT) type for a new session; associating the RAT type with the new session at the security platform; and determining a security policy to apply at the security platform to the new session based on the RAT type. |
| US11122434B2 |
Method for delegating access rights
A method for delegating access rights to a secured object includes generating a first-order data packet in a trusted central management device. The data packet contains a first identifier, a first data set having access rights to a secured device and a first data secret key for encryption and signature. A second-order data packet is signed via the first data secret key and is created in the first mobile communication device and contains a unique identifier, reference data, a second data set having access rights, a second data secret key for encryption and a first data container. The first data container is encrypted via the first data secret key and contains the first identifier and the second data secret key. The signed second-order data packet is transmitted to a second mobile communication device of a second user. |
| US11122432B2 |
Access to wireless networks based on user behavior
New techniques for establishing communications connections for computer systems are provided. In some aspects, a new technique for rapidly establishing a uniform, secure wireless peripheral device network is provided. In some embodiments of the invention, multiple secure wireless networks are established based on identifying users' by their physical location within a room or other area. |
| US11122430B2 |
Security system for a moveable barrier operator
Electronic systems are provided for secure actuation of a remote device such as a moveable barrier operator. The systems address the “man in the middle” problem of persons intercepting and duplicating radio frequency signals from a control device by introducing timing parameters into a bidirectional communication sequence between at least two devices. |
| US11122429B2 |
System and method for controlling airplane-mode in a user device
A system for controlling airplane mode of a user device is configured to transmit a connection request to a telecommunication network for connecting with a target user device over a first communication channel. Upon receiving a call failure response from the telecommunication network the system is configured to transmitting a second communication request to the target user device through a second communication channel, wherein the second communication request comprises a target authentication key. The target user device is configured for generating an authentication response upon authentication of the second communication request based on the target authentication key. Further, the system is configured to transmit an activation signal to the target user device through the secondary communication channel for deactivating the airplane-mode and activate the first communication channel upon receipt of the activation signal. |
| US11122428B2 |
Transmission data protection system, method, and apparatus
A system for transmission data protection includes user equipment (UE) and an access point. The access point sends a broadcast message that carries a public key for encryption. The UE receives and stores the public key for encryption. The UE obtains a global public key or a private key corresponding to the UE, and protects transmission data using the public key for encryption and the global public key or the private key corresponding to the UE. |
| US11122427B2 |
Managing security contexts and performing key derivation at handover in a wireless communication system
There is provided a method for determining a security context for communication between a wireless device and a target network node at handover. The method comprises obtaining (S1) information representative of the type of Radio Access Technology, also referred to as RAT type, of the target network node, and deriving and/or determining (S2) the security context at least partly based on the information representative of the RAT type. |
| US11122425B2 |
Systems and methods for encrypting communication between vehicles
A physical layer secret key generation scheme exploiting randomness of the road surface and driving behavior is described herein. A symmetric key generation scheme can be implemented in any existing V2V visible light communication. By analyzing and simulating numerous samples taken from NGSIM vehicle trajectory data, the natural driving behavior and road surface roughness can be exploited as a source of randomness to generate symmetric cryptographic security keys. |
| US11122415B2 |
Method and device using network slicing in mobile communication system
According to the disclosure, a communication method using a network slice by an access and mobility management function (AMF) comprises receiving one of subscribed single-network slice selection assistance information (S-NSSAI) or network slice selection policy (NSSP) information, requesting and receiving the other, non-received information of the subscribed S-NSSAI or the NSSP information, and transmitting a first message including the received subscribed S-NSSAI and the received NSSP information to a user equipment (UE). |
| US11122412B2 |
Device discovery
System and techniques for device discovery described herein. A gateway device may initiate discovery in a self-organizing network attached to a first network interface of the gateway device. The gateway device may include a second network interface attached to a network that has a discovery protocol different than that of the self-organizing network. A reply from a node in the self-organizing network may be received in response to the discovery. A device class may be extracted from the reply. Here, the device class corresponds to the node and is selected from a set of device classes defined for the network. A mapping between the second network interface and the first network interface based on the device class may be registered. A response to a query from the network may be completed using the mapping. |
| US11122410B2 |
Information processing apparatus, information processing method, and information processing system
An information processing apparatus according to an embodiment of the present technology includes a reception unit, a detection unit, and a transmission unit. The reception unit receives a beacon signal transmitted from each of a plurality of first apparatuses. The detection unit detects an unconnected apparatus from the plurality of first apparatuses on the basis of the received beacon signal, the unconnected apparatus being not communicably connected to a second apparatus. The transmission unit transmits setting information for communicably connecting to the second apparatus to the detected unconnected apparatus. |
| US11122409B2 |
Detecting safety concerns via subscriber safety control (SSC) system
Techniques are described that facilitate analyzing real-time communication sessions between a client device of a client account and a third-party device for the purpose of detecting safety concerns that may impact a client associated with the client device. The real-time communication sessions may include voice or text communications provisioned by a telecommunication service provider. In response to detecting a safety concern, notification data may be sent to a trusted device associated with the client account that alerts a trusted person of the inferred safety concern. In some examples, a safety concern may be inferred based on an irregular performance or non-performance of a regularly conducted real-time communication session. Moreover, communication session modification data may be sent to a client device involved in the real-time communication session for the purpose of terminating the real-time communication session based at least in part on safety concerns. |
| US11122408B1 |
System for monitoring audio quality of clustered wireless devices
Systems for monitoring audio quality of clustered devices are presented including: a number of wireless communication devices that are physically clustered; a number of audio interface modules (AIM) each electronically paired with each of the number of wireless communication devices to form an AIM/device pair, where the number of AIMs each receives and transmits wireless audio transmissions from each of the paired number of wireless communication devices; a data bus hub electronically coupled with the number of AIMs; and an electronic computing device for receiving and analyzing data associated with the wireless audio transmissions. In some embodiments, wireless audio transmissions are either a narrowband transmission or a wideband transmission. In some embodiments, the wideband transmission is a WiFi audio transmission and the narrowband transmission is a BLUETOOTH® transmission. |
| US11122400B2 |
Communication device, first radio node, second radio node, and methods therein, for determining whether to allow a first vehicle to overtake a vehicle platoon
Method performed by a communication device (150) to determine whether to allow a first vehicle (111) to overtake a vehicle platoon (120). The platoon (120) comprises two or more second vehicles (121, 122, 123, 124). The communication device obtains (202) information about the first vehicle (111), when the first vehicle (111) is within a first distance (131) behind the platoon (120). The communication device then determines (203) whether to allow the first vehicle (111) to overtake the platoon (120) based on the obtained information. The communication device then provides (207), based on a result of the determining (203), a first indication to at least one of: a) a first radio node (161) in the first vehicle (111), and b) a second radio node (162) in one of the second vehicles (121) in the platoon. A method performed by the first (161) and the second (162) radio nodes is also disclosed. Publ. |
| US11122398B2 |
Systems, methods, and devices for utilizing radar-based touch interfaces
An electronic device is located in a room. The device has a casing, a first processor coupled to a radar transceiver, a second processor coupled to a motion sensor, and memory. Using the second processor, the device determines using signals from the motion sensor whether an object is in proximity. In accordance with a determination that the object is in proximity, the device wakes up the first processor. Using the first processor, the device enables operation of the radar transceiver. It determines using signals from the radar transceiver whether the object is in contact with the casing. In accordance with a determination that the object is in contact with the casing, the device identifies an input command based on at least one of: a location of the object, and a movement of the object, and adjusts operation based on the input command. |
| US11122397B2 |
Localization using millimeter wave beam attributes
A communication system using beamforming transmission in a millimeter wave spectrum in an environment. A memory with data including values indicative of link attributes associated with beam signal measurements with states of devices and states of environments. The states of the devices for each device including types of user behavior, locations and poses in each environment. The states of the environments for each environment including, locations of physical objects and types of behavior of ambient users. Control circuitry performs beam training with a target device in environment to measure beam signal values and environmental responses for different beams transmitted over the different beam angles. Selects, in response to the beam training, at least one dominant angle for a beamforming communication with the target device. Estimates, one of a state of the target device or a state of the environment, corresponding to environmental responses for different beams estimated during the beam training. |
| US11122393B2 |
Beacon-based media network
Techniques and system configurations for providing content to a mobile device based on activity in a physical commercial environment such as a retail store are described herein. Mobile devices that are operated by an associated customer may be tracked with the use of beacons to determine customer activities in the retail store, including particular areas visited in the store, activities conducted by the customer in the store, and like tracking information. The customer activity and data for the activities and locations in the physical environment may be correlated to an identifier, profile, or other tracking information. This tracking information may be subsequently used by the mobile device to identify the user to an advertising network, or other information service, and obtain customized media content and information. |
| US11122389B2 |
System and method of calibration for establishing real-time location
A system and method for determining location information based on a reference profile for a reference device, and a system and method for determining the reference profile. The system may determine the reference locator with respect to the reference device based on a plurality of samples obtained with respect to communications between the reference device and an object device. An adapter locator may be determined for the reference locator for samples obtained with respect to communications between a test device and object. |
| US11122384B2 |
Devices and methods for binaural spatial processing and projection of audio signals
Disclosed are devices, systems and methods for binaural spatial audio processing based on a pair of head-related transfer functions (HRTFs) for each of a listener's two ears to synthesize a binaural sound that seems to come from a particular point in space. Applications of the disclosed devices, systems and methods include digital audio reproduction, recording, and multimedia applications including virtual reality and augmented reality experiences. |
| US11122381B2 |
Spatial audio signal processing
An apparatus for spatial audio signal processing, the apparatus including at least one processor configured to: receive captured audio content, the captured audio content captured within a capture environment with defined geometry; determine audio directions and distances associated with the captured audio content; determine a listening space area geometry; map the audio directions and distances associated with the captured audio content relative to the defined geometry to the listening space area geometry; and synthesize a volumetric audio based on the mapped audio directions and distances to generate an audio content experience within the listening space area geometry. |
| US11122380B2 |
Personal robot enabled surround sound
Methods and systems are provided for providing one or more sound component to a viewer within a media presentation space by a robot having one or more speakers. A method includes an operation for establishing a connection to a media device that is presenting media content to the viewer, and an operation for capturing input from a plurality of sensors for obtaining a map of the media presentation space. The method additionally provides for identifying a position of the viewer and a speaker configuration in the media presentation space. The method allows the robot to move to a location based on the map of the media presentation space, the position of the viewer and the speaker configuration. Moreover, the method provides an operation for receiving one or more sound components for presentation to the user. |
| US11122376B2 |
Ear-worn electronic device incorporating magnetically coupled feed for an antenna
Embodiments are directed to an ear-worn electronic device configured to be worn by a wearer. The device comprises an enclosure configured to be supported at, by, in or on the wearer's ear. A processor is disposed in the enclosure. A speaker or a receiver is coupled to the processor. A radio frequency transceiver is disposed in the enclosure and coupled to the processor. An antenna is disposed in or on the enclosure. A magnetically coupled feed arrangement comprises a separable transformer. The separable transformer comprises a first coil coupled to the antenna and a second coil coupled to the transceiver, wherein the second coil is physically and electrically separated from the first coil. The feed arrangement is configured to feed the antenna via mutual inductance between the first and second coils. |
| US11122370B2 |
Glass sheet composite
A glass sheet composite includes at least two sheets and a liquid layer held between the two sheets, and at least one of the two sheets being a glass sheet. In the glass sheet composite, the two sheets have been disposed so that an edge surface of one of the two sheets and an edge surface of the other sheet are not flush with each other to constitute a step portion having a stair-like shape in a cross-sectional view, and the glass sheet composite further comprising a seal material provided to the step portion to seal up at least the liquid layer. |
| US11122367B2 |
Method, device, mobile user apparatus and computer program for controlling an audio system of a vehicle
In a method for controlling an audio system of a vehicle, an intention to communicate and/or a voice of at least one of a specific, occupant of the vehicle and/or of an occupant on a specific seat of the vehicle, are/is sensed, and at least one audio signal of the vehicle is changed as a function of the sensed intention to communicate and/or the voice of the occupant. |
| US11122363B2 |
Acoustic signal processing device, acoustic signal processing method, and acoustic signal processing program
An acoustic signal processing device 1 includes: a focal point position determination unit 12 that obtains a plurality of sets of initial focal point coordinates, coordinates of the virtual sound source, and a direction of directivity thereof, and for a pair of sets of initial focal point coordinates with different polarities among the plurality of sets of initial focal point coordinates, multiplies the sets of initial focal point coordinates by a rotation matrix based on the coordinates of the virtual sound source to thereby determine sets of focal point coordinates, the rotation matrix being specified from the direction of the directivity; a circular harmonic coefficient conversion unit 13 that calculates weights to be applied to multipoles including the sets of focal point coordinates from a circular harmonic coefficient; a filter coefficient computation unit 14 that, for each of the speakers in the speaker array, computes a weighted driving function to be applied to the speaker from the sets of focal point coordinates, polarities of the sets of focal point coordinates, and the weights to be applied to the multipoles; and a convolutional operation unit 15 that, for each of the speakers in the speaker array, convolves the weighted driving function for the speaker into the input acoustic signal to output the output acoustic signal for the speaker. |
| US11122352B2 |
Wireless earphone
A wireless earphone comprising an in-ear portion which is in contact with a human ear when the wireless earphone is worn. The in-ear portion comprises a wearing surface which couples the human ear canal when the wireless earphone is worn. The in-ear portion is provided with a wearing detection sensor, a sound venting hole and a contact group which are all disposed on the wearing surface. The wearing detection sensor, the sound venting hole and the contact group are all disposed on the wearing surface of the in-ear portion coupling the human ear canal, so that the wearing detection sensor can directly contact the skin of the human body when the earphone is worn, and thus the wearing detection sensor is improved. |
| US11122342B2 |
Systems and methods for providing contextual information
Systems and methods are described herein for causing to be provided contextual information for a content item. The system identifies that a subject in a content item is currently being referenced and determines when the subject was last referenced in the content item. For example, the system identifies a king being discussed by characters in a television series and determines the king was referenced three months ago. The system determines, based on the last time the subject was referenced, whether to provide contextual information about the subject. Using the determined three-month lapse in time since the king was last referenced, the system determines that contextual information about the king should be provided. Accordingly, the system causes to be displayed the contextual information after determining contextual information should be provided. |
| US11122340B2 |
Systems and methods for IP-based asset package distribution for provisioning targeted advertisements
Embodiments are related to faster provisioning of targeted advertisements at a set-top box (STB) via an Internet Protocol (IP) connection between the STB and a remote server. The disclosed IP-based advertisement distribution system enables targeted advertisements to be pulled from the remote server efficiently, causing the advertisements to be made available within a short time frame (e.g., less than one day from the time when the advertisements are available). The disclosed methods enables a STB to determine whether to retain existing targeted advertisements, discard them, or provision newly-available advertisements. The targeted advertisements can depend on various factors such as demographic information of an owner of the STB, lifestyle information of the owner of the STB, etc. |
| US11122336B2 |
Apparatus, systems and methods for content availability notification
Systems and methods are operable to notify a user of content availability. An exemplary embodiment receives a content availability notification request that specifies at least one content of interest, searches current electronic program guide (EPG) information to identify the content of interest, determines that the information identifying the specified content of interest is unavailable based upon the search of the current EPG information, generates a content availability reminder that is associated with the specified content of interest, monitors a content database to determine an availability of the specified content of interest identified in the content availability reminder, determines that the specified content of interest is available when the monitored content database indicates availability of the specified content of interest, and generates a content availability reminder notification that indicates at least a title of the specified content of interest. |
| US11122334B2 |
Methods and apparatus for accessing external devices from a television receiver utilizing integrated content selection menus
Described herein are systems, methods and apparatus which allow users to remotely access content from other devices. One embodiment provides a method for presenting available content to a user via a television receiver. A first content selection menu is output for display that includes at least a first content selection item associated with locally accessible content and a second content selection item associated with an external device. Responsive to a request associated with the second content selection item, the method includes outputting for display a second content selection menu. The second content selection menu specifies at least one content item remotely available through the external device. A user provides a selection of the at least one content item and the television receiver receives the selected content item from the external device and outputs the selected content item for presentation by a presentation device. |
| US11122332B2 |
Selective video watching by analyzing user behavior and video content
Aspects of the invention include selective video-watching by analyzing user behavior and video content. A non-limiting example computer-implemented method includes playing, by a processor, a target video with a pre-fetched frame. The method extracts, by the processor, a feature from the pre-fetched frame and stores, by the processor, the feature in a repository. The method provides, by the processor, a plurality of actions to a target user based on the feature stored in the repository. The method receives, by the processor, one of the plurality of actions from the target user; and performs, by the processor, the one of the plurality of actions received from the target user. |
| US11122331B2 |
Receiving device, transmitting device, and data processing method
The present technology relates to a receiving device, a transmitting device, and a data processing method, in which seamless reproduction can be performed at the time of switching a broadcast signal.A receiving device receives a plurality of broadcast signals, and selects a broadcast signal of a target from the plurality of broadcast signals, on the basis of a result of processing with respect to the broadcast signal, and thus, it is possible to perform seamless reproduction at the time of switching the broadcast signal. The present technology, for example, can be applied to a receiver which is capable of receiving digital television broadcast. |
| US11122329B2 |
Predicting multimedia session MOS
It is provided a method, performed by a MOS, Mean Opinion Score, estimator, for predicting a multimedia session MOS. The multimedia comprises a video and an audio, wherein video quality is represented by a list of per time unit scores of a video quality, an initial buffering event and rebuffering events in the video, and wherein audio quality is represented by a list of per time unit scores of audio quality. The method comprises: generating video features from the list of per time unit scores of the video quality; generating audio features from the list of per time unit scores of the audio quality; generating buffering features from the initial buffering event and rebuffering events in the video; and estimating a multimedia session MOS from the generated video features, generated audio features and generated buffering features by using machine learning technique. |
| US11122325B1 |
Multiscreen experience for parallel playback of time shifted live stream content
The present disclosure is generally directed to media systems configured to receive and play live media content. In particular, methods and systems are provided for a multi-screen content playback experience for time shifted live stream content. Systems and methods are provided herein for generating for display a catch-up video (e.g., a segment of a live stream stored as URLs on a local device during the time the live stream was interrupted) in a picture-in-picture (PIP) window, and generating the PIP catch-up window and the live window for simultaneous display. |
| US11122321B1 |
Stream synchronization using an automated digital clapperboard
An approach is provided in which the approach receives a media stream comprising an audio stream and a video stream. The audio stream includes a set of audio tones inserted at a set of predetermined frame intervals, and the video stream includes a set of predetermined colors inserted into a set of predetermined pixel locations at the predetermined frame intervals. The approach determines that an audio frame in the audio stream at which the set of audio tones are inserted is misaligned in time with a video frame in the video stream at which the set of predetermined colors are included in the set of predetermined pixel locations. The approach synchronizes the audio stream with the video stream in response to the determination and aligns in time the audio frame with the video frame at one of the predetermined frame intervals. |
| US11122320B2 |
Methods and systems for adaptive content delivery
Devices, systems and methods are provided for delivering media content from different types of content sources to different destination devices across an outdoor/indoor interface using an outdoor hub device. An exemplary hub device includes a first input interface to receive a broadcast signal, a second input interface to receive a telecommunications signal from a telecommunications network, and an output interface. The device further includes a content stream management module coupled to the first input interface and the second input interface to multiplex broadcast and telecommunications content into a multiplexed content stream, an encapsulation module coupled to the content stream management module to encapsulate the multiplexed content stream into a packetized multiplexed content stream, and a communications interface coupled to the encapsulation module and the output interface to transmit the packetized multiplexed content stream to an indoor gateway device via the output interface. |
| US11122315B2 |
Systems and methods to identify video content types
Mediacast video content detection systems and methods that analyze the image content data of mediacast source data flows that include a variety of replaceable video content segments and a variety of non-replaceable video content segments to detect one or more characteristics of the video content segments. Detection regions may be utilized to detect visual elements in the video content segments that provide information regarding one or more properties of the video content segments, such as program type, start times, end times, video content provider, title, and the like. Replacement video content segments may replace video content segments determined to be replaceable. A buffering scheme may be employed to inherently adjust asynchronicity between a broadcast or Webcast and a mediacast. Actual insertion of replacement video content segments may occur upstream of a content consumer device or at the content consumer device. |
| US11122312B2 |
Systems and methods for identifying unknown users of a device to provide personalized user profiles
Systems and methods are disclosed for activating a personalized user profile on a device based on the detection of an outlying user input. A media guidance application detects a user input that is inconsistent with an active user profile. In response, the media guidance application identifies a candidate user that both shares a location with the device and has a user profile consistent with the user input. The media guidance application activates the user profile of the candidate user as a temporary active user profile on the device. |
| US11122311B2 |
Method and apparatus for delivery of media content
Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, a method, including identifying recommended video clips for a user of a communication device according to a video viewing profile for the user and video subject matter information associated with a plurality of video clips, identifying an edge cloud server for facilitating network access by the communication device at a location, determining a reduced activity period for a data path between a video content server and the edge cloud server by comparing activity information for the data path and an activity threshold, directing the video content server to store the recommended video clips at the edge cloud server during the reduced activity period, and providing a listing of the recommended video clips to an application, where the communication device receives a video clip of the recommended video clips from the edge cloud server responsive to a selection of the video clip via the application. Other embodiments are disclosed. |
| US11122310B2 |
Video switching system
The video switching system includes a PTP grand master, a first and second transmitters configured to synchronize a time with the PTP grand master according to PTP, and a receiver connected to the first transmitter and the second transmitter over an IP-network. The first and second transmitter respectively receive video signals distributed from one video signal, divide the video signals into a plurality of IP-packets and set timestamps to the plurality of IP-packets, the timestamps based on the synchronized time according to PTP. The first transmitter sends the plurality of IP-packets set the timestamps as a first IP-packet stream via a first transmission path according to RTP. The second transmitter sends the plurality of IP-packets set the timestamps as a second IP-packet stream via a second transmission path according to RTP. |
| US11122308B2 |
Resource retrieval method in an intelligent identification system and intelligent identification system
The present disclosure relates to a resource retrieval method in an intelligent identification system and an intelligent identification system. Herein, the intelligent identification system is associated with multiple resource servers provided by multiple resource service providers. The method comprises: receiving retrieval information input by a user, and identifying a resource type represented by the retrieval information (S1); determining, in the multiple resource servers, multiple target resource servers corresponding to the resource type, and transmitting the retrieval information to the multiple target resource servers (S3); and receiving retrieved resources fed back by the multiple target resource servers in regard to the retrieval information, and displaying the retrieved resources to the user (S5). The technical solutions provided in the present disclosure may simplify a user's resource acquisition manner. |
| US11122300B2 |
Spectrally adaptive noise filling tool (SANFT) for perceptual transform coding of still and moving images
Examples are provided for apparatus and methods for video encoding and decoding. An encoder apparatus for encoding a picture into a data stream is configured to: subject a transform of a block of the picture to quantization to obtain a quantized transform; determine a zero-quantized portion of the quantized transform; determine at least one noise parameter providing noise information on the transform within the zero-quantized portion; signal the quantized transform and the at least one parameter. |
| US11122299B2 |
Deblocking filter for sub-partition boundaries caused by intra sub-partition coding tool
It is provided a deblocking method, for deblocking a sub-partitions boundary within a coding block in image encoding and/or image decoding. The current coding block is coded in an intra prediction mode and the current coding block is partitioned into sub-partitions comprising a first sub-partition and a second sub-partition which is adjacent to the first sub-partition. The method comprises: determining a maximum filter length to be 1 for a first/second sub-partition when a width of the first or second sub-partition is 4 samples, or when a height of the first or second sub-partition is 4 samples; modifying a value of up to one sample of the first or second sub-partition, wherein the up to one sample is obtained from a row or a column of the first or second sub-partition that is perpendicular to and adjacent to the sub-partitions boundary between the first sub-partition and the second sub-partition. |
| US11122297B2 |
Using border-aligned block functions for image compression
A method for encoding a block of a frame. The method includes receiving the block that is in the spatial domain; selecting, based on a border that crosses the block, a set of basis functions for transforming the block to a transform domain; transforming the block using the set of basis functions to obtain a transform block; encoding, in a compressed bitstream, an indication of the set of basis functions; and encoding, in the compressed bitstream, the transform block. |
| US11122293B2 |
Intra-frame prediction-based point cloud attribute compression method
An intra-frame prediction-based point cloud attribute compression method. A new block structure-based intra-frame prediction scheme is provided for point cloud attribute information, where four prediction modes are provided to reduce information redundancy among different coding blocks as much as possible and improve point cloud attribute compression performance. The method comprises: performing point cloud attribute color space conversion; dividing a point cloud by using a K-dimensional (KD) tree to obtain coding blocks; performing block structure-based intra-frame prediction; performing intra-frame prediction mode division; performing conversion, uniform quantization, and entropy coding. The method relates to performing coding block division on a point cloud by using a KD tree, numbering coding blocks in a breadth-first traversal order, processing the coding blocks one by one in the numbering order by using a point cloud intra-frame prediction scheme having four prediction modes, selecting an optical prediction mode by means of mode decision, and performing conversion, quantization, and entropy coding on a predicted residual, so as to achieve optimal performance of point cloud attribute compression. |
| US11122289B2 |
Method for video coding and an apparatus
A method and apparatus are provided for encoding and decoding image information. The encoding comprises receiving a block of pixels; creating a set of motion vector prediction candidates for the block of pixels; and examining the set to determine if a motion vector prediction candidate is a temporal motion vector prediction, or a spatial motion vector prediction. If the motion vector prediction candidate is a temporal motion vector prediction, the motion vector prediction candidate is kept in the set. If the motion vector prediction candidate is a spatial motion vector prediction, it is examined whether the set comprises a motion vector prediction candidate corresponding with the spatial motion vector prediction; and if so, the motion vector prediction candidate is removed from the set. Once the set is created, one of the candidates from the set is selected to represent a motion vector prediction for the block of pixels. |
| US11122288B2 |
Spatio-temporal motion vector prediction patterns for video coding
Techniques are described for constructing motion vector predictor lists based on spatially neighboring blocks and collocated blocks. A method of coding video data includes, for a first block, in a first picture having a left-to-right coding order, constructing a first motion vector predictor list, wherein a first entry in the first motion vector predictor list is based on motion vector information of a left neighboring block to the first block, coding the first block in the first picture based on the first motion vector predictor list, for a second block, in a second picture having a right-to-left coding order, constructing a second motion vector predictor list, wherein a first entry in the second motion vector predictor list is based on motion vector information of a right neighboring block to the second block, and coding the second block in the second picture based on the second motion vector predictor list. |
| US11122284B2 |
Picture coding device, picture coding method, and picture coding program, and picture decoding device, picture decoding method, and picture decoding program
In a picture coding device, a significant coefficient information coding controller 706 and an arithmetic encoder 701 code significant difference coefficient information indicating that a difference coefficient value is not zero and significant for each of the difference coefficients in the partial region of the coding target. A difference coefficient value coding controller 707 and the arithmetic encoder 701 code difference coefficient values when significant difference coefficient information is significant for each of pixels in the partial region of the coding target. The significant coefficient information coding controller 706 decides a context for coding the significant difference coefficient information in the partial region of the coding target based on information indicating significance of the difference coefficient in the coded partial region. |
| US11122282B2 |
Concept for picture/video data streams allowing efficient reducibility or efficient random access
A video data stream is rendered reducible in a manner so that the reduction leads to a restriction of pictures of the reduced video data stream to merely a predetermined subarea of the pictures of the original video data stream and in a manner so that transcoding, such as re-quantization, may be avoided and a conformance of the reduced video data stream relative to the codec underlying the original video data stream be maintained. This is achieved by providing the video data stream with information including an indication of the predetermined subarea and replacement indices for redirecting the indices included by the payload portion so as to refer to, and/or replacement parameters for adjusting the first set of coding parameter settings so as to result in, a second set of coding parameter settings. |
| US11122281B2 |
Base anchored models and inference for the compression and upsampling of video and multiview imagery
A method of representing displacement information between the frames of a video and/or multiview sequence, comprising the steps of assigning a plurality of the frames to a Group of Pictures (GOPs), providing a base displacement model for each GOP, the base displacement model describing a displacement field that carries each location in a designated base frame of the GOP to a corresponding location in each other the frame of the GOP, and inferring other displacement relationships between the frames of the GOP from the base displacement model. Embodiments include a piecewise smooth displacement field, deformable mesh, reverse displacement field, double mapping, synthesize optical blur and foreground-background discrimination process. |
| US11122280B2 |
Transmission device, transmission method, reception device, and reception method using hierarchical encoding to allow decoding based on device capability
An image data of pictures constituting moving image data is encoded to generate an encoded video stream. In this case, the image data of the pictures constituting the moving image data is classified into a plurality of levels and encoded to generate a video stream having the image data of the pictures at the respective levels. Hierarchical composition is equalized between a low-level side and a high-level side, and corresponding pictures on the low-level side and the high-level side are combined into one set and are sequentially encoded. This allows a reception side to decode the encoded image data of the pictures on the low-level side and the high-level side with a smaller buffer size and a reduced decoding delay. |
| US11122279B2 |
Point cloud compression using continuous surface codes
A decoding device, an encoding device and a method for point cloud decoding is disclosed. The method includes receiving a bitstream. The method also includes decoding, from the compressed bitstream, a first frame, a second frame, and an occupancy map frame. The first and the second frame include pixels representing points of a 3D point cloud at different depths. The occupancy map frame indicates whether the pixels included in the first frame and the second frame at that position in the occupancy map frame are valid pixels and whether points of the 3D point cloud are positioned between the first frame and the second frame at that position in the occupancy map frame. The method further includes generating the 3D point cloud using the first frame, the second frame, and the occupancy map frame. |
| US11122278B2 |
Low delay picture coding
Parallel processing concepts such as wavefront parallel processing, are realized with a reduced end-to-end delay by giving up the usual slice concept according to which slices are either coded/decoded completely independent from areas of the picture outside of the respective slice, or at least independent from areas outside the respective slice as far as the entropy coding is concerned, namely in favor of slices of different modes, namely ones called dependent slices which allow for interdependencies across slice boundaries, and others which do not, called normal slices, for example. Combined with the aspect or not, WPP processing concept is made more efficiently by using the slices' start syntax portions to locate WPP entry points. |
| US11122276B2 |
Method and system of decoded picture buffer for intra block copy mode
A method for a video encoder or decoder using an Intra Block Copy (IntraBC) mode is disclosed. If IntraBC mode is enabled and no loop filter is used for a current picture, a currently decoded reference picture for the current picture is marked as a long-term reference picture before and during decoding of the current picture. The currently decoded reference picture is assigned in reference picture list construction for IntraBC reference of the current picture and buffer fullness for the DPB is calculated before starting decoding the current picture by taking into account of only one reference picture buffer. According to another method, if the maximum DPB size is 1, a variable or a syntax element is set to a target value to impose restriction to use only one picture storage buffer in the DPB to store reference picture for encoding or decoding of a current picture. |
| US11122274B2 |
Video encoding apparatus, video decoding apparatus, and video decoding method for performing intra-prediction based on directionality of neighboring block
Provided are methods and apparatuses for improving compression efficiency in directional intra-prediction. A video encoding apparatus, which does not need to record intra mode information, includes a mode selector that selects one from among a plurality of intra modes on the basis of a directionality of at least one neighboring block that has already been reconstructed before a current block is reconstructed, an intra predictor that obtains a prediction block of the current block from the at least one neighboring block according to the directionality of the selected mode, and obtains a residual block by subtracting the prediction block from the current block, and a unit for encoding the obtained residual block. |
| US11122273B2 |
Method and device for encoding and decoding image signal
A method for encoding image signal, according to the present invention, can: encode a partial block coefficient flag indicating whether a coefficient of a current partial block is a non-zero coefficient; encode a first flag indicating whether an absolute value of the coefficient is greater than 1, encode a second flag indicating whether the absolute value of the coefficient is greater than 2; encode the residual coefficients, which have not been encoded, on the basis of the first flag or the second flag in the current partial block; and encode a code for the coefficient of the current partial block. |
| US11122272B2 |
Triangle prediction with applied-block settings and motion storage settings
A video coder receives data from a bitstream for a block of pixels to be encoded or decoded as a current block of a current picture of a video. Upon determining that an applied block setting of the current block satisfies a threshold condition, the video coder generates a first prediction based on a first motion information for a first prediction unit of the current block. The video coder generates a second prediction based on a second motion information for a second prediction unit of the current block. The video coder generates a third prediction based on the first and second motion information for an overlap prediction region that is defined based on a partitioning between the first prediction unit and the second prediction unit. The video coder encodes or decodes the current block by using the first, second, and third predictions. |
| US11122267B2 |
Method and apparatus for encoding image by using quantization table adaptive to image
Provided is a method of encoding an image, the method including: obtaining a plurality of patches from the image; obtaining a plurality of transform coefficient groups respectively corresponding to the plurality of patches; inputting, to a machine learning model, input values corresponding to transform coefficients included in each of the plurality of transform coefficient groups; quantizing transform coefficients corresponding to the image by using a quantization table output from the machine learning model; and generating a bitstream including data generated as a result of the quantizing and information about the quantization table. |
| US11122265B2 |
Video signal encoding/decoding method and apparatus
An image signal decoding method according to the present invention comprises the steps of: decoding information indicating whether a current block is encoded using a multi-mode intra prediction; when it is determined that the current block is encoded in the multi-mode intra prediction, dividing the current block into a plurality of partial blocks; and obtaining an intra prediction mode of each of the plurality of partial blocks. |
| US11122258B2 |
Method and apparatus for generating and displaying 360-degree video based on eye tracking and physiological measurements
Some embodiments of a method may include: identifying an object of interest in a multi-view video based on a point of view and physiological data of a camera operator; displaying the multi-view video; and displaying a visual effect associated with the object of interest. Some embodiments of a method may include: capturing a multi-view video with a camera; tracking a point of view of a camera operator controlling the camera; measuring physiological data of the camera operator; identifying an object of interest in the multi-view video based on the point of view and the physiological data; and storing the multi-view video and information indicating the object of interest identified. |
| US11122256B1 |
Mixed reality system
A mixed reality direct retinal projector system that may include a headset that uses a reflective holographic combiner to direct light from a light engine into an eye box corresponding to a user's eye. The light engine may include light sources coupled to projectors that independently project light to the holographic combiner from different projection points. The light sources may be in a unit separate from the headset that may be carried on a user's hip, or otherwise carried or worn separately from the headset. Each projector may include a collimating and focusing element, an active focusing element, and a two-axis scanning mirror to project light from a respective light source to the holographic combiner. The holographic combiner may be recorded with a series of point to point holograms; each projector interacts with multiple holograms to project light onto multiple locations in the eye box. |
| US11122255B2 |
Systems and methods for using native references in custom object design
A system includes a first scanner comprising an inflatable membrane configured to be inflated with a medium to conform an exterior surface of the inflatable membrane to an interior shape of a cavity, the medium attenuating, at a first rate per unit length, light having a first optical wavelength, and at a second rate per unit length, light having a second optical wavelength. The system comprises an emitter and detector configured to generate and receive light from the interior surface of the inflatable membrane, respectively. A processor is configured to generate a first electronic representation of the interior shape and a second electronic representation of a second shape based on the received light. A design computer is configured to combine the first and second electronic representation into a combined electronic representation corresponding to at least a portion of the interior shape based on at least one or more native references. |
| US11122251B2 |
Methods and apparatus for receiving and/or playing back content
Methods and apparatus for streaming or playing back stereoscopic content are described. Camera dependent correction information is communicated to a playback device and applied in the playback device to compensate for distortions introduced by the lenses of individual cameras. By performing lens dependent distortion compensation in the playback device edges which might be lost if correction were performed prior to encoding are preserved. Distortion correction information may be in the form of UV map correction information. The correction information may indicate changes to be made to information in a UV map, e.g., at rendering time, to compensate for distortions specific to an individual camera. Different sets of correction information may be communicated and used for different cameras of a stereoscopic pair which provide images that are rendered using the same UV map. The communicated correction information is sometimes called a correction mesh since it is used to correct mesh related information. |
| US11122250B2 |
Three-dimensional image projection apparatus, three-dimensional image projection method, and three-dimensional image projection control program
A three-dimensional image projection apparatus includes: a screen recognition unit 12 that recognizes a position of a screen which is randomly provided and a posture of the screen in a three-dimensional space; a projection unit 30 that projects a projection image of a three-dimensional image of a subject on the screen on the basis of the position of the screen recognized by the screen recognition unit 12; and a three-dimensional image processing unit 11 that changes parameters of three-dimensional image processing performed for the three-dimensional image, on the basis of the posture of the screen in the three-dimensional space which is recognized by the screen recognition unit 12. |
| US11122249B2 |
Dynamic covergence adjustment in augmented reality headsets
Systems and methods are disclosed that dynamically and laterally shift each virtual object displayed by an augmented reality headset by a respective distance as the respective virtual object is displayed to change virtual depth from a first virtual depth to a second virtual depth. The respective distance may be determined based on a lateral distance between a first convergence vector of a user's eye with the respective virtual object at the first virtual depth and a second convergence vector of the user's eye with the respective virtual object at the second virtual depth along the display, and may be based on an interpupillary distance. In this manner, display of the virtual object may be adjusted such that the gazes of the user's eyes may converge where the virtual object appears to be. |
| US11122244B2 |
Displaying DCI and other content on an enhanced dynamic range projector
Systems and methods of rendering DCI-compliant image data on Enhanced Dynamic Range (EDR) display systems are disclosed. One embodiment of an EDR projector system comprises a first modulator and a second modulator. One method for rendering DCI-compliant image data on an EDR projector system comprises: receiving input image data, said image data comprising a plurality of image formats; determining whether the input image data comprises DCI image data; if the input image data comprises DCI image data, then performing dynamic range (DR) processing on the DCI image data; and rendering the dynamic range processed DCI image data on the EDR projector system. One DR processing method is to set the first modulator to a desired luminance level—e.g., fully ON or a ratio of DCI max luminance to the EDR max luminance. In addition, a desired minimum level of luminance may be set for the EDR projector. |
| US11122243B2 |
Method and apparatus for remapping pixel locations
An apparatus and method for optically remapping projected pixels to maximize the utilization and to optimize the distribution of remapped projection pixels to achieve optimal visual performance (generally uniform resolution and luminance). A device interposed between a projector and an imaging surface for optically remapping projected pixel locations with minimal aberration. When this device is interposed between a projector and an imaging surface, it changes the terminal location of each focused pixel such that it maximally coincides with the imaging surface, which is often a surface of complex curvature and very different from the native focal surface of the projector. One implementation of the technology includes a device that uses multiple optical surfaces. |
| US11122231B2 |
Image sensor and control method thereof, image capturing apparatus, and image processing apparatus
An image sensor comprises: a plurality of pixels each having an avalanche photodiode; and a control unit that controls, for each of a plurality of pixel groups which are obtained by dividing the plurality of pixels, to supply either of a first voltage and a second voltage as a reverse bias voltage of the avalanche photodiodes, wherein the first voltage is greater than a breakdown voltage of the avalanche photodiodes and the second voltage is smaller than the breakdown voltage. |
| US11122228B2 |
Imaging apparatus, method for controlling the same, and storage medium
An imaging apparatus includes an image sensor and a controller. The image sensor has a plurality of pixels and simultaneously reads out a first image signal acquired by a first pixel group among the plurality of pixels and a second image signal acquired by a second pixel group among the plurality of pixels. The controller performs operations including controlling. A vertical synchronization signal is controlled to synchronize the vertical synchronization signal with a readout cycle of an image signal corresponding to a high frame rate when the first image signal and the second image signal are simultaneously read out from the image sensor. Where low power consumption control regarding the image sensor is performed, the vertical synchronization signal is controlled to increase a period during which the image sensor is kept in a low power consumption state when only the first image signal is read out from the image sensor. |
| US11122226B2 |
Imaging apparatus and control method thereof
An imaging unit of an imaging apparatus comprises an imaging element having a plurality of photoelectric conversion units that converts an optical image of an object formed by an imaging optical system into an image signal. A focus detection unit reads out a plurality of image signals that has been pupil-split by the imaging element and performs focus detection. If an accumulation time of the imaging element or a signal-to-noise ratio of the image signal changes, a system control unit controls a readout line that obtains the image signals in a focus detection region with respect to the imaging unit to change the readout line of focus detection pixels in accordance with an accumulation time or a sensitivity setting of the imaging element. In a low shutter speed and a high sensitivity, the readout control of the image signal is performed by reducing the number of readout lines. |
| US11122225B2 |
Medical image processing apparatus and medical observation system
A medical image processing apparatus includes: a defective pixel specifier configured to specify a defective pixel in a captured image based on a pixel level of each pixel in the captured image; a setting unit configured to set a correction degree of a defect correction process of making a brightness of the defective pixel approach a brightness of a discrimination area including surrounding pixels positioned around the defective pixel; and a defect corrector configured to perform the defect correction process according to the correction degree. When a difference between the brightness of the defective pixel and the brightness of the discrimination area is divided into a first range and a second range in which the difference is larger than that in the first range, the setting unit sets a higher correction degree for the difference is in the second range than the first range. |
| US11122223B2 |
Imaging element, imaging apparatus, image data processing method, and program
An imaging element includes a reading circuit, a memory that is capable of storing read captured image data, and an output circuit that outputs output image data based on the captured image data to an outside, in which the reading circuit reads out the captured image data using a first reading method or a second reading method having a smaller read data amount than the first reading method, in a case of the first reading method, a first frame rate corresponds to a second frame rate, in a case of the second reading method, the first frame rate is a frame rate lower than in the case of the first reading method, and the first and second reading methods are switched in accordance with a motion of a subject. |
| US11122221B2 |
Semiconductor image detector having redundant memory and/or memory bypass
Disclosed herein is an apparatus suitable for detecting an image, comprising: a plurality of pixels configured to generate an electric signal upon exposure to a radiation; an electronics system associated with each of the pixels, wherein the electronics system comprises a first memory on a first signal path and a second memory on a second signal path, both signal paths being between an input terminal and an output terminal of the electronics system; wherein each of the first memory and the second memory is configured to store the electric signal generated by the pixel the electronics system is associated with, configured to store the electric signal generated in another pixel, and configured to transmit the electric signal stored in the electronics system to another pixel; wherein the electronics system comprises a switch configured to select one of the signal paths. |
| US11122216B2 |
Solid-state imaging device
A first pixel circuit has a plurality of photodiodes of different sizes. A second pixel circuit is connected to the first pixel circuit, and has a holding portion that holds a first optical signal and a second optical signal. The peripheral circuit drives and controls the second pixel circuit, and determines whether a voltage value of the first optical signal is equal to or greater than a predetermined value. When it is determined that the voltage value of the first optical signal is equal to or greater than the predetermined value, a signal obtained by adding the second optical signal to the first optical signal is set as an output signal. When it is determined that the voltage value of the first optical signal is less than the predetermined value, the first optical signal is set as an output signal. |
| US11122215B2 |
Imaging apparatus, unmanned moving object, imaging method, system, and program
An imaging apparatus, an unmanned moving object, an imaging method, a system, and a program capable of favorably compositing a telephoto image group even in a case where an overlapping region between images of the telephoto image group is small, and accurately compositing a telephoto image regardless of a subject (scene) of a wide angle image are provided. An imaging apparatus (100) includes an imaging optical system, a directional sensor, a wide dynamic range image generation part (302) that generates a wide dynamic range wide angle image obtained by enlarging a dynamic range of a wide angle image, an image acquisition part (2a) that acquires a wide dynamic range wide angle image group and a telephoto image group configured with a telephoto image, a composition information acquisition part (2b) that acquires composition information to be used for compositing the telephoto image group by analyzing the acquired wide dynamic range wide angle image group, and a composite image generation part (2c) that generates an image in which the telephoto image group is composited, based on the composition information, information related to focal lengths of the wide angle optical system and the telephoto optical system, and the telephoto image group. |
| US11122213B2 |
Imaging apparatus
An apparatus includes an imaging device including a plurality of light receiving units each converting a light beam into a voltage pulse based on an avalanche effect, and a controller having a processor which executes instructions stored in a memory, the controller being configured to function as a generation unit configured to generate image data based on the voltage pulse, a detection unit configured to detect a focus state of an imaging optical system based on the voltage pulse, and a control unit configured to control an exposure time of the light receiving units. The control unit includes a histogram generation unit and a determination unit. The histogram generation unit generates a histogram of the plurality of light receiving units based on the voltage pulse, and the determination unit determines an exposure state of the plurality of light receiving units based on the histogram generated by the histogram generation unit. |
| US11122211B2 |
Modular under-vehicle camera
An imaging system for a vehicle including a cylindrical housing including a housing surface, the housing having a first end and a second end opposite the first end, an imaging sensor extending from the first end of the housing, the imaging sensor rotatable from a first position to a second position, a connection member coupled to the imaging sensor and enclosed within the housing, and a cap coupled to the housing at the second end, the cap including a cap surface having an alignment indicator. Rotation of the cap rotates the imaging sensor from the first position to the second position. |
| US11122209B2 |
Three-dimensional shape estimation method, three-dimensional shape estimation system, flying object, program and recording medium
A three-dimensional shape estimation method includes generating a set of three-dimensional shape data for a flight range of a movable object based on a plurality of first images captured by a movable object, detecting a loss area based on the set of three-dimensional shape data for the flight range, generating a flight route for imaging the loss area, acquiring a plurality of second images that are captured in a horizontal direction toward the loss area with imaging ranges partially overlapped while the movable object moves along the flight route, and generating three-dimensional shape data for the loss area based on the plurality of second images. |
| US11122206B2 |
Personal care device with camera
A personal care system having a treatment device for applying a treatment to the skin or hair of a user is provided. The treatment device has a camera for taking an image of the skin. The system may include or be in communication with an application programming interface (API) that can process the image. The system or an associated API can recommend the use of treatment regimens or topical products according to information determined from the digital image of the skin. |
| US11122205B1 |
Camera actuator assembly with sensor shift flexure arrangement
Various embodiments include a camera with image sensor shifting capabilities and a flexure arrangement. In various embodiments, the flexure arrangement may include an upper flexure and a lower flexure. The upper flexure may include a suspension wire that extends between two sheets. The lower flexure may include one or more flexure arms that connect a moveable platform to a stationary platform. |
| US11122204B2 |
Image capturing control apparatus, control method, and storage medium
There is provided an image capturing control apparatus. An image capturing control unit controls image capturing by an image capturing unit based on setting values of a plurality of setting items. A selection unit selects a setting item from among the plurality of setting items. A changing unit changes the setting value of the setting item selected by the selection unit to a setting value that is selected in accordance with a first operation from among a plurality of setting values that correspond to the selected setting item and a specific setting value to which one of the plurality of setting values that is automatically determined in accordance with predetermined processing is applied. |
| US11122203B1 |
Refrigerator camera modules and methods for preventing lens fog
Refrigerator appliances and methods, as provided herein, may include a cabinet, a door, a camera module, and a controller. The cabinet may define a chilled chamber. The door may be rotatably hinged to the cabinet to provide selective access to the chilled chamber. The camera module may be mounted to the cabinet within the chilled chamber. The controller may be operably coupled to the camera module. The controller may be configured to initiate an operation routine including initiating a continuous anti-fog capture sequence at the camera module, receiving a static image signal from the camera module during the continuous anti-fog capture sequence, or discarding the received static image signal. |
| US11122199B2 |
Methods for adjusting characteristics of photographs captured by electronic devices and related program products
Methods and program products for adjusting characteristics of photographs captured by electronic devices. The disclosed methods may include identifying a location of an electronic device at a detectable time. The electronic device may include a camera configured to capture a photograph at the location. The method may also include analyzing environmental data relating to the identified location, analyzing historical data for a collection of previously captured photographs at the identified location and providing at least one notification on the electronic device based on the analyzed environmental data and/or the analyzed historical data. Additionally, the method may include adjusting at least one camera setting for the camera of the electronic device based on the analyzed environmental data and the analyzed historical data. |
| US11122197B2 |
Lens control apparatus configured in an imaging device
Embodiments of the present disclosure pertains to a lens control apparatus that can be implemented in an imaging device to provide autofocus (AF) and image stabilization (IS) functionalities. The lens control apparatus includes a casing, a lens carrier movable in said casing and configured to hold an imaging lens, a pair of focusing coils disposed within said casing and configured to enable linear motion of the lens carrier along an optical axis, and a set of actuating coils disposed within said casing and configured to pivot the lens carrier in a first direction relative to the optical axis and a second direction relative to the optical axis, said first direction and said second direction being orthogonal to each other, and wherein the lens control apparatus is capable of providing at least three degrees of freedom to the lens carrier. |
| US11122191B2 |
Camera module and portable terminal
A camera module includes a lens imaging system including one or more lenses for imaging incident light on an imaging plane, a filter member disposed between the lens imaging system and the imaging plane, a first protrusion formed on a first surface of the filter member, and a second protrusion formed on a second surface of the filter member. |
| US11122188B1 |
Image noise reduction device and method thereof
An image noise reduction device and method thereof are provided. The method includes: receiving an original image, where the original image includes a plurality of image pixels, each of the image pixels has an image pixel value and a fixed noise value, and the fixed noise value includes a decimal; obtaining a bit-shifted image pixel value, a bit-shifted fixed noise value, and a random number according to a number of bits of the decimal, the image pixel values, and the fixed noise values; obtaining a bit-shifted noise-reduced image pixel value according to the bit-shifted image pixel value, the bit-shifted fixed noise value, the random number, and a reduction equation; obtaining a noise-reduced image pixel value according to the number of bits of the decimal and the bit-shifted noise-reduced image pixel value; and obtaining a noise-reduced image according to the noise-reduced image pixel value. |
| US11122186B2 |
Image pickup device and electronic system including the same
An image pickup device includes a first camera, a second camera, a first image signal processor (ISP) and a second ISP. The first camera obtains a first image of an object. The second camera obtains a second image of the object. The first ISP performs a first auto focusing (AF), a first auto white balancing (AWB) and a first auto exposing (AE) for the first camera based on a first region-of-interest (ROI) in the first image, and obtains a first distance between the object and the first camera based on a result of the first AF. The second ISP calculates first disparity information associated with the first and second images based on the first distance, moves a second ROI in the second image based on the first disparity information, and performs a second AF, a second AWB and a second AE for the second camera based on the moved second ROI. |
| US11122183B2 |
Image reading apparatus
A scanner includes a feeding unit, a transport unit provided downstream of the feeding unit, and a first reading unit provided downstream of the transport unit, a second reading unit provided to face the first reading unit across the transport path and configured to be displaceable in a direction of advancing and retreating with respect to the first reading unit, a second medium detection portion as detection means for detecting a specific portion provided in the sheet holder for specifying front and back sides of the sheet holder in which the booklet is sandwiched, and a control unit that determines whether or not a reading surface of the sheet holder faces the first reading unit based on the detection information of the second medium detection portion and executes a front/back side determination processing mode for performing processing based on the determination. |
| US11122176B2 |
Non-transitory computer-readable storage medium
An operation terminal is caused to perform: acquiring cumulative operation amounts of a plurality of items of each of a plurality of printing apparatuses, the cumulative operation amounts being transmitted from the plurality of printing apparatuses which are within a communication range of the communication unit; receiving, via an operation unit, a designation of at least one item of the plurality of items; determining a use frequency ranking of the plurality of printing apparatuses in accordance with the received designation; and performing, based on a result of the determined use frequency ranking, one of connection processing of connecting to a printing apparatus by the wireless communication and preparation processing of preparing for connection to a printing apparatus by the wireless communication, in a manner that a printing apparatus having a low use frequency ranking is prioritized over a printing apparatus having a high use frequency ranking. |
| US11122171B2 |
Display apparatus
A display apparatus includes an acquisition section, a specification section, and a display controller. The acquisition section acquires page information indicative of a page of a reference destination of a book. The specification section specifies a location, which corresponds to the acquired page information, on a fore edge of the book. The display controller performs control such that an image indicative of the specified location on the fore edge is superimposedly displayed on the fore edge which is seen through a display provided in the display apparatus that is mounted on a user. |
| US11122167B2 |
Image reading apparatus, storage medium storing abnormality determination program, and abnormality determination method
A control unit of an image reading apparatus acquires, at an upstream position in a medium transportation direction of an abnormality determination area set for a leading-edge area of a medium, a distance WL from a center position in a medium width direction intersecting with the medium transportation direction to one edge in the medium width direction and a distance WR from the center position to the other edge in the medium width direction, and compares a value R that is a ratio between the distance WL and the distance WR or a difference therebetween with a threshold R0 determined in advance. |
| US11122165B1 |
Systems and methods for customer service agent-guided chat session digital assistant
A method, device, and computer-readable medium provide for receiving, via a chatbot access channel, a chat message from a user device associated with a customer chat session; determining that the chat message includes a customer intent that corresponds to a chat flow for the customer chat session; generating one or more suggested response messages based on the chat message, wherein at least one of the one or more suggested response messages includes a previously stored chat message response corresponding to the customer intent and approved by a service agent; presenting, via a display, a transcript of a messaging sequence for the customer chat session concurrently with a user interface that enables the service agent to perform an action with respect to the one or more suggested response messages; and sending, via the chatbot access channel, a selected one of the one or more suggested response messages to the user device. |
| US11122163B2 |
Techniques for workforce management in a contact center system
Techniques for workforce management in a contact center system are disclosed. In one particular embodiment, the techniques may be realized as a method for workforce management in a contact center system comprising generating historical workforce data regarding an agent workforce capacity of the contact center system, and initiating an increase or decrease to an agent workforce of the contact center system based at least in part on the historical workforce data to increase an amount of choice among available agents or waiting contacts. |
| US11122158B2 |
Portable electronic device with conversation management for incoming instant messages
A portable electronic device with a touch screen display displays an incoming message from a party to a user of the device while the device is locked. The device responds to detecting a user request to view the incoming message by immediately displaying a set of messages between the user and the party in a chronological order. While the device is unlocked, if an incoming message is longer than a predefined length the device displays a portion of the incoming message, a view icon, and a long-message indicia. Alternately, if the incoming message is equal to or less than the predefined length, the device displays the entire incoming message and a reply icon. In response to user selection of either the view icon or the reply icon, the device immediately displays a set of messages between the user of the device and the party in a chronological order. |
| US11122157B2 |
Telecommunication device, telecommunication system, method for operating a telecommunication device, and computer program
A telecommunication device includes an audio signal transmission unit configured to receive an audio signal and to transmit the same to a further telecommunication device. The telecommunication device further includes a signaling unit configured to output a signaling when there is a concern that the audio signal is acoustically understandable for third parties or represents a disturbance for third parties. A further telecommunication device includes an audio signal receive unit configured to receive an audio signal from a further telecommunication device and to output the same acoustically, and a signaling unit configured to output a signaling when there is a concern that the output audio signal is acoustically understandable for third parties or represents a disturbance.The telecommunication devices may be interconnected in a system.Also described are corresponding methods for operation and a computer program. |
| US11122155B2 |
Display system with a flexible display
A display system includes a continuous flexible display, two book halves, two main display supports, and a movement synchronizing coupling. The two book halves is connected to each other via a hinge mechanism. The hinge mechanism has two hinges, and each hinge is rotatable about respective axis. Each of the two main display supports connects to one of the two book halves and is configured to support the flexible display. The coupling is connected to the two main display supports and rotating about a rotation axis that is parallel to the axis of hinge to enable a synchronized movement of the two main display supports. |
| US11122154B2 |
Mobile terminal
The mobile terminal provided by the present disclosure includes a terminal body and a control unit. A side of the terminal body is provided with an elongated opening, an inside of the terminal body is rollingly provided with a flexible display screen, the flexible display screen is able to be pulled out the terminal body via the elongated opening, the control unit controls the flexible display screen to display an image. The terminal body of the present disclosure is provided with the flexible display screen which can be set in inside of the terminal body, so that the mobile terminal is small but has a big display screen. |
| US11122150B2 |
Methods and devices for encoding and decoding messages
Methods and devices for encoding or decoding messages, each message including a list of information items. The encoding method comprises determining a first list of indexes associated with information items that are already indexed in a local indexing table and a second list of literal values of other information items not yet indexed in said indexing table; encoding the indexes of the first list; binary compressing at least a serialized binary representation of the literal values of the second list; and concatenating the first list and the second list together to obtain an encoded bitstream of the information items. When the messages are sent over a plurality of connections, a global table is shared between the connections to store the indexed items of information; and a local indexing table for each connection associates indexes with references to an entry of the shared global table. |
| US11122139B2 |
Systems and methods for reducing download requirements
A method of reducing download requirements for display of content includes transmitting, by a client device to a content server, a content request, the request including an identifier for each of one or more pre-cached media files stored on the client device, the transmission being carried out whilst the client device is connected to a first network. The method further includes receiving, by the client device from the content server, a response comprising instructions to display a selected one of the pre-cached media files, the response including additional display instructions for display of the selected pre-cached media file, and displaying, by the client device, the pre-cached media file according to the additional display instructions. |
| US11122138B2 |
Enhanced domain name system response caching
Methods and systems for enhanced domain name system (DNS) response caching are described. An enhanced DNS response caching method includes receiving a connection request for a fully qualified domain name (FQDN). A DNS client checks a local cache for a cached resolved domain name corresponding to the FQDN and sends 3300 a query to obtain or refresh the cached resolved domain name if a Time to Live parameter is expired or about to expire. In response to receiving a negative response or no response for the query, the DNS client determines whether an enhanced DNS response caching parameter is enabled. If the enhanced DNS response caching parameter is enabled, the DNS client sends an expired cached resolved domain name to process the connection request. |
| US11122136B2 |
Quantum payload service for facilitating communications between a quantum computing system and classical computing systems
A quantum payload service for facilitating communications between a quantum computing system and classical computing systems is provided. A payload service in a quantum computing system that offers a plurality of different quantum services receives a message from a classical computing system that is destined for a first quantum service. The message includes a header and a payload. The payload service determines, from the header, an originator address and a destination quantum service identifier that identifies the first quantum service. The payload service extracts, from the message, the payload, and sends the payload, the originator address and the destination quantum service identifier to a quantum channel router of the quantum computing system for delivery of the payload to the first quantum service. |
| US11122135B2 |
Location-based behavioral monitoring
A method of location-behavioral monitoring is provided. The method comprising: storing an access list associated with an identification credential; collecting historical location parameters associated with the identification credential; receiving schedule parameters associated with the identification credential; determining a predicted location schedule associated with the identification credential in response to the historical location parameters and schedule parameters; collecting location parameters associated with identification credential; and determining a risk rating associated with each location parameter in response to the predicted location schedule, location parameters, and the access list. |
| US11122133B2 |
System and method for token domain control
A method for providing a token code in conjunction with a value token is disclosed. The token code serves as a shared secret for authenticating the use of the value token. Multiple token holders can possess the same value token, but each token holder may have a different token code for use with the value token. |
| US11122132B2 |
Application programming interface (API) to provide network metrics and network resource control to users
Novel tools and techniques are provided for implementing network application programming interface (“API”), and, more particularly, API to provide network metrics and network resource control to users. In some embodiments, a computing system might receive customer network telemetry data from a first network via a gateway API, might receive service provider network telemetry data from a second network(s) via a network API, might compile the customer network telemetry data and the service provider network telemetry data, might receive a request from a user to access information regarding network services associated with the user, might filter the compiled customer network telemetry data and the compiled service provider network telemetry data to isolate first telemetry data and second telemetry data, respectively, might provide the user with access to at least one of the first telemetry data or the second telemetry data, and might provide the user with options to control network resources. |
| US11122130B1 |
Method to create and perform appropriate workflow for datacenter migration
Embodiments described herein relate to a method for orchestrating migrations using workflows. The method may include: receiving, by a migrator, a migration request; invoking, by the migrator, an endpoint information collector (EIC) to obtain endpoint information from a source endpoint and a target endpoint; performing a pre-requisite check using the endpoint information; analyzing, by a migration analyzer, the endpoint information to obtain a migration workflow; and performing a migration using the migration workflow. |
| US11122129B2 |
Virtual network function migration
There is disclosed in an example, a computer-implemented method of providing network function virtualization orchestration (NFVO), including: determining that a first virtual network function (VNF) instance, providing a virtual service appliance on a virtual network, is to be migrated; provisioning a second VNF instance of the virtual service appliance; cloning configuration data from the first VNF to the second VNF; starting the second VNF without copying traffic data; and halting the first VNF. There is also disclosed an apparatus for performing the method, and a computer-readable medium having instructions for performing the method. |
| US11122128B2 |
Method and device for customer resource acquisition, terminal device and storage medium
The present application discloses a method and a device for customer resource acquisition, a terminal device and a storage medium. The method for customer resource acquisition includes: acquiring user's access request which includes a session identifier, user information and a progress identifier; determining whether the progress identifier is a completed identifier; determining whether the user's access request is a first access request corresponding to the session identifier; if the progress identifier is a completed identifier and the user's access request is not a first access request, determining a corresponding administration process based on the session identifier; storing the user information in an address space corresponding to the administration process, generating a first resource data based on all user information in the address space, uploading the first resource data to server, and destroying the administration process. The method for customer resource acquisition is highly efficient with good database performance. |
| US11122121B2 |
Storage system having storage engines with multi-initiator host adapter and fabric chaining
A storage system includes four storage engines, each storage engine including two compute nodes. Eight point-to-point connections are used to interconnect pairs of compute nodes on different storage engines, such that each compute node is connected to exactly two other compute nodes of the storage system. Atomic operations can be initiated by any compute node on any other compute node. Atomic operations received by a compute node on one of the point-to-point connections will be forwarded on the other point-to-point connection if the atomic operation is not directed to the compute node. During normal operation, atomic operations on a given compute node are performed on a host adapter associated with the compute node. Upon failure of the host adapter associated with the compute node, atomic operations may be performed on the compute node using the host adapter of the other compute node of the storage engine. |
| US11122117B2 |
Anycast routing techniques in a network
Aspects of the present disclosure involve systems, methods, computer program products, and the like, for managing the distribution of content and/or communications from a telecommunications or computer network to an end user of the network. In general, the system receives a request for content from a user of the network and analyzes the request to determine an estimated geographic region and/or an access network associated with the requesting device. Based on the determined geographic region or access network, a networking device returns a specific anycast IP address from which the content may be received. In this manner, the content providing network may utilize multiple anycast IP addresses within the network to provide content to one or more end users of the network. The specific anycast IP address is provided to an end user device to obtain the requested content. |
| US11122116B2 |
Load balancing system, method, and apparatus
A load balancing system, method, and apparatus, where the method includes: receiving, by a load balancing device, a first message from a client that is used to request to establish a first Transmission Control Protocol (TCP) connection; sending the first message to a server; receiving a second message from the client that is used to request to establish a second TCP connection; and determining, based on a token of the server included in the second message, that a destination device of the second message is the server, and sending the second message to the server, in order to establish the second TCP connection between the client and the server. |
| US11122110B2 |
Blockchain-based file processing method, apparatus, and device, and storage medium
Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media, for blockchain-based file processing are provided. One of the methods includes: receiving, from a client, a request for downloading a target file stored in a blockchain, the request comprising a network address of the client and a file address of the target file; identifying, based on the network address information of the client, a target blockchain node associated with the blockchain for downloading the target file, the target blockchain node having a network address that is the closest to the network address of the client among a set of candidate blockchain nodes; downloading the target file from the determined target blockchain node based on the file address information; and returning the downloaded target file to the client. |
| US11122109B2 |
Method for sharing information, electronic device and non-transitory storage medium
A method for sharing information includes: responsive to detecting a sharing request triggered by a first user, determining whether a second operation is required to be performed based on uniform resource locator (URL) information of content to be shared to view the content to be shared; responsive to determining that the second operation is required to be performed based on the URL information of the content to be shared to view the content to be shared, acquiring a screenshot of the content to be shared; and sending the screenshot of the content to be shared to an electronic device of a second user to enable the second user to view the content to be shared based on the screenshot of the content to be shared. |
| US11122107B2 |
File transmission method and system performing the same
There is provided a method for managing file transmission. A file transmission method includes receiving, by a file transmission system, a request for transmitting a file to a reception side from a transmission side, setting transmission paths for transmitting the file via data centers present between the transmission side and the reception side, determining a splitting reference used for splitting the file into a plurality of fragments for the respective transmission paths, and individually transmitting the file fragments split according to the splitting reference along the transmission paths. Since files are split into a plurality of fragments and the fragments are simultaneously transmitted to several networks in a distributed manner, security may be strengthened and a bandwidth may be temporarily expanded, remarkably enhancing a transfer rate. |
| US11122105B2 |
System and method for component based web services development
A web services development platform includes one or more processors and memory coupled storing instructions that cause the processors to receive a web service component arranged on a design surface of the web services development platform to implement a web service for a computer application. The web service component includes predefined code to support a plurality of methods for the web service. The processors display a plurality of properties associated with the web service component on an object viewer of the web services development platform. The processors receive an input via the object viewer enabling one or more allowed actions properties from among the plurality of properties, where each of the allowed actions properties corresponding to a method from among the plurality of methods for the web service. The processors configure the web service component based on, at least in part, the selected one or more allowed actions properties to enable the first web service component to process incoming requests at runtime according to the enabled ones of the allowed actions properties for the first web service component. |
| US11122102B2 |
Point cloud data transmission apparatus, point cloud data transmission method, point cloud data reception apparatus and point cloud data reception method
According to embodiments, point cloud data transmission method may include encoding point cloud data, encapsulating a bitstream that includes the encoded point cloud data and signaling data into a file, and transmitting the file, the bitstream is stored either in a single track or in multiple tracks of the file, the signaling data include at least one parameter set, and the encoded point cloud data include a geometry bitstream containing geometry data and an attribute bitstream containing attribute data. |
| US11122101B2 |
Method and apparatus to encode and decode two-dimension point clouds
The present disclosure relates to methods, devices or streams for encoding, transmitting and decoding two-dimension point clouds. When encoding point clouds as frames, a large number of pixels are not used. A dense mapping operator optimizes the use of pixels but requires a lot of data to be encoded in the stream and its inverse operator is difficult to compute. A simplified mapping operator is generated according to a dense mapping operator and is stored as matrices of two-dimension coordinates representative of an unfolded grid which requires low space in the stream. The inverse operator is easy to generate according to the unfolded grid. |
| US11122099B2 |
Device, system and method for providing audio summarization data from video
An example device: transmits, to one or more receiving terminals, first frames of video captured by a video camera; determines, after transmission of the first frames of the video, that a signal strength associated with the first network falls below a predetermined threshold; generates audio summarization data corresponding to one or more objects of interest identified in second frames of the video, the second frames captured by the video camera after the first frames; selects a portion of the audio summarization data based on a context associated with a receiving terminal of the one or more receiving terminals; and transmits, using the communication unit, via one or more of the first network and a second network, the portion of the audio summarization data to the receiving terminal. |
| US11122097B2 |
Method and system for delivering content over transient access networks
An end user premises device is provided that includes a memory, one or more transceivers, and one or more processors. The one or more transceivers are configured to communicate with one or more stations in a network and a client device. The one or more processors are configured to receive a first user request for data from the client device using the one or more transceivers, determine a first point in time for retrieving the data based on an amount of charge in batteries of the one or more stations in the network, retrieve, at the first point in time, the data from a remote server via the network using the one or more transceivers, store the data in the memory, and in response to a second user request, transmit the data to the client device using the one or more transceivers. |
| US11122096B1 |
System and method for hotel multicast services manager
System and methods for initiating a media streaming device, particularly for devices associated with a guest services environment. Such initiation may include: receiving, at a proxy server, a request from a mobile device to join a guest services network, the request identifying a user of the mobile device; verifying a registration of the user, the registration indicating permission of the user to join the guest services network, to yield a verification; identifying, based on the verification, a media streaming device associated with the registration of the user; and configuring the media streaming device to be controllable by the mobile device, such that control commands are routed from the mobile device through the proxy server to the media streaming device, and streaming content is routed from the Internet to the media streaming device bypassing the proxy server. |
| US11122090B2 |
Dynamic application-level compliance enforcement
Examples herein describe systems and methods for application-specific compliance enforcement. An example method can include receiving, at a user device, profiles containing application-specific restrictions. When a first application is opened, a management agent compares the corresponding application-specific restrictions with current device settings. This can be done with a checksum comparison where the checksums are created based on a hash with an application- or profile-specific identifier. If they differ, the management agent stores the current device settings and prompts for, or automatically changes, the device settings to new compliant values before allowing the first application to operate in the foreground of the user device screen. If the first application is closed or minimized, the stored device settings can be restored. The management agent can compare those against application-specific restrictions of the second application before allowing the second application to run in the foreground. |
| US11122088B2 |
Open authorization claim scheme to secure resources
A device secures open authorization (OAuth) resources according to systems described herein. In some instances, a resource server is configured for receiving a request for authorization from a client device. The request, for authorization to use a requested resource, may include a token having at least one claim. The resource server may interpret data of the token according to a domain specific language. The interpreting may obtain at least one rule associated with the at least one claim from among a range of resource access control rules. The rule may be compared against a resource request and operation. Based on the comparison, the request may be allowed or rejected. In one example, interpretation of the token may decode resources including quantities and combinations of uniform resource identifiers (URIs) claimed by the token using a domain specific language defined by a context-free grammar. |
| US11122086B2 |
Cookie compliance management
A cookie compliance management system enables automated evaluation of cookie compliance within an enterprise. The system determines whether a cookie set by an application in the environment is compliant with a policy. It comprises a workflow engine, a cookie discovery engine (CDE), a cookie characterization engine (CCE), a cookie policy engine (PE), and a cookie registry. The workflow engine receives a request to initiate an evaluation of an application for cookie compliance. The CDE is invoked and returns cookies that are set by the application. The CCE receives a set of base attributes associated with a cookie discovered by the CDE, and computes a set of descriptive attributes determined to be required to enable evaluation of the cookie according to a policy. The policy engine receives policy rules and the set of descriptive attributes and, in response, determines whether the cookie is compliant with the policy. The cookie registry stores cookie data. |
| US11122082B2 |
System and method for second factor authentication of customer support calls
A system and method are disclosed that leverage multi-factor authentication features of a service provider and intelligent call routing to increase security and efficiency at a customer call center. Pre-authentication of customer support requests reduces the potential for misappropriation of sensitive customer data during call handling. A contactless card uniquely associated with a client may provide a second factor of authentication via a backchannel to reduce the potential for malicious third-party impersonation of the client prior to transfer of the call to the customer call center. Pre-authorized customer support calls may be intelligently and efficiently routed directly to call center agents, without incurring further delay. During call handling, call center agents may initiate further client authentication processes, including contactless card authentication requests, over one or more different communication channels for authorizing access to sensitive information or to allay suspicion. |
| US11122081B2 |
Preventing unauthorized access to information resources by deploying and utilizing multi-path data relay systems and sectional transmission techniques
Aspects of the disclosure relate to preventing unauthorized access to information resources by deploying and utilizing multi-path data relay systems and sectional transmission techniques. A computing platform may receive, from one or more data storage computer systems, source data associated with a source dataset. Subsequently, the computing platform may generate at least two data blocks based on the source data received from the one or more data storage computer systems, and the at least two data blocks may include one or more overlapping portions. Thereafter, the computing platform may apply one or more tags to the at least two data blocks, thereby producing at least two tagged data blocks. Then, the computing platform may select at least two paths for transmitting the at least two tagged data blocks. Subsequently, the computing platform may send, across the at least two selected paths, the at least two tagged data blocks. |
| US11122080B2 |
Method and system for identifying a preferred set of hierarchically structured items in streaming data
A computer implemented method and system for identifying a preferred set of hierarchically structured items in streaming data for analyzing Netflow data to identify those network destinations that are currently the target of a DDoS attack and to automatically select a set of network prefixes such that diversion routes for the prefixes are sent to the routers to divert attack traffic to TMS devices, The method includes searching sets of Hierarchical Heavy Hitters wherein each set corresponds to a different fraction of a total volume of network traffic and scoring each set according to an arbitrary scoring function. A certain set is selected and scored with a ‘good’ score and a member of the ‘good’ scored set is ranked in accordance with an arbitrary ranking function. A subset of the ‘good’ scored set is selected such that the volume associated with the subset is in close proximity to a user-specified total whereby the selected subset becomes a set of recommended prefixes. |
| US11122074B2 |
System and method for omnichannel social engineering attack avoidance
A method, computer program product, and computer system for identifying social engineering activity associated with at least one of a first communication and a second communication based upon, at least in part, correlation to a predetermined rule. Characteristics of the communications are compared to the predetermined rule to determine if there is a correlation. |
| US11122062B2 |
Remote interference assessment and response for autonomous vehicles
Securing an autonomous vehicle against remote interference. Electronic communications are classified and rated according to communication port and package content. Communication ratings are processed to assess risk of remote interference. At-risk communications trigger interference response actions according to pre-defined ratings thresholds. |
| US11122061B2 |
Method and server for determining malicious files in network traffic
There is disclosed a method for determining malicious files in a network traffic, the method executable by a server. The method comprises: receiving the network traffic from a data communication network, retrieving a plurality of files from the network traffic, analyzing the plurality of files in order to detect at least one suspicious file, running the at least one suspicious file in at least one virtual machine, the at least one virtual machine associated with a set of the status parameters, determining changes in the set of the status parameters of the at least of one virtual machine, analyzing the changes in the set of status parameters using a set of the analysis rules such that to classify the at least one suspicious file as a malicious file based on the changes in the set of status parameters being indicative of the at least one file being the malicious file. |
| US11122056B2 |
Systems and methods for binding authorization to a proxy using a get/authorize URL through a native application
In one embodiment, in an information processing apparatus comprising at least one computer processor, a method for binding a GET/AUTHORIZE URL to a proxy through a native application may include: (1) receiving, at a native application executed by an electronic device, an applink call or a universal link call from a third-party application executed by the electronic device, the redirect comprising at least one parameter; (2) providing a Get/Authorize call with the at least one parameter to an API gateway; (3) receiving a 302 redirect from the API gateway; (4) providing authentication information to an authorization platform; (5) receiving an authorization code from the authorization platform; and (6) redirecting the third-party application with the redirect URL and authorization code. |
| US11122054B2 |
Security tool
A system includes a set of adapter interfaces, a router module, and a processor. Each adapter interface is assigned to a different level of security. The router module sends requests to the adapter interfaces, based on the security levels associated with the devices that submitted the requests. A first adapter interface establishes a first connection to the servers, providing access to a first zone. A second adapter interface establishes a second connection to the servers, providing access to a second zone. The first zone includes a set of resources assigned to the first level of security that is not included in the second zone. A third adapter interface establishes a third connection to the servers, providing access to a quarantine. Each adapter interface further receives data and applies different levels of security to the data, based on the security levels associated with the devices that submitted the data. |
| US11122050B2 |
System and method for intelligent agents for decision support in network identity graph based identity management artificial intelligence systems
Systems and methods for embodiments of a graph based artificial intelligence systems for identity management are disclosed. Embodiments of the identity management systems disclosed herein may utilize a network graph approach to analyzing identities or entitlements of a distributed networked enterprise computing environment. Specifically, in certain embodiments, an artificial intelligence based identity governance systems may include an intelligent decision support agent to provide an approval or denial recommendation for an access request. To provide an approval or denial recommendation, the intelligent agent may utilize a classifier trained on historical certification data. The intelligent agent may utilize features which represent relevant signals to the approval or denial decision including features that may be associated with a network graph of the identities and entitlements of the enterprise computing environment. |
| US11122049B2 |
Attribute database system and method
A method is disclosed. The method includes receiving, by a server computer from a resource provider computer, interaction data comprising a user identifier, a resource provider identifier, and a resource identifier. The interaction data is associated with an interaction between a resource provider and a user. The server computer can then determine a set of attribute types specifically associated with the resource provider identifier and the resource identifier. The server can then determine a set of user attributes associated with the set of attribute types using the user identifier. The server computer can then execute a query comprising one or more questions on the set of user attributes to determine if the one or more questions are satisfied. Next, if the one or more questions are satisfied, then the server computer can perform additional processing associated with the interaction. |
| US11122047B2 |
Invitation links with enhanced protection
A method and system for providing invitation links with enhanced protection are presented. The method includes sending, to at least one invitee, at least one invitation link for accessing the protected resource, wherein the at least one invitation link includes a secret invitation code encoded therein, wherein the secret invitation code is unique to each invitee, the invitation link is sent to the at least one invitee through a primary communication channel; upon detecting an attempt to access the at least one invitation link, determining whether the encoded secret invitation code matches a known secret invitation code; upon determining that the secret invitation code matches the known secret invitation code, performing a verification process to authenticate the invitee via a secondary channel of communication; and upon determining that the verification process has been passed, granting access to the protected resource. |
| US11122044B2 |
Invalidation of an access token
A computer-implemented method for invalidating an access token includes generating an access token and an HTML file in response to receipt of a request for issuing the access token, the HTML file comprising a set of instructions for rendering on one window in a browser, a code for generating a child segment in a memory which is controlled by the window, and a code for invalidating the access token in response to completion of rendering on the child segment, in response to completion of receiving, from a resource server, one or more resources requested by a client program executed on the child segment or in response to closing of the window, sending the access token and the HTML file to the browser, and invalidating the access token, in response to receipt, from the browser, of a request for invalidating the access token. |
| US11122043B2 |
Systems, devices, and methods for authentication in an analyte monitoring environment
Systems, devices, and methods are provided that allow the authentication of devices within analyte monitoring systems. The analyte monitoring systems can be in vivo systems and can include a sensor control device with a sensor and accompanying circuitry, as well as a reader device for communicating with the sensor control device. The analyte monitoring systems can interface with a trusted computer system located at a remote site. Numerous techniques of authentication are disclosed that can enable the detection of counterfeit components, such as a counterfeit sensor control device. |
| US11122042B1 |
Methods for dynamically managing user access control and devices thereof
Methods, non-transitory computer readable media, and network traffic manager apparatus that assists with dynamically managing user access control includes receiving a request to access one or more applications from a client. Client data associated with the client and monitored application access traffic data between the client and a server for the one or more applications is obtained. One or more access control checks and an enforcement order is determined based on the obtained client data and the monitored application access traffic data. The determined one or more access control checks is applied on the client in the determined enforcement order. Access to the requested one or more applications are provided when the applied one or more access control checks authenticate the received request. |
| US11122041B2 |
System and method for location-based credentialing
Credentialing systems, methods, and mediums. A method includes receiving, by a credentialing system, an access code and a device location from a mobile device. The device location indicates the current geographic location of the mobile device. The method includes comparing the received access code to a stored site code. The method includes, when the received access code matches a stored site code, determining whether the device location corresponds to a site location of a target system associated with the site code, and determining whether the access code is received during a valid access period associated with the site code. The method includes, when the received access code matches the stored site code, the device location corresponds to the site location, and the access code is received during the valid access period, then granting access for the mobile device to the target system. |
| US11122037B2 |
Internet of things (“IoT”) protection retro-system
Methods for securing communication in a network of IoT devices is provided. Methods include selecting a base IoT hub for operating as an intermediary layer for IoT devices. Methods include selecting from the plurality of IoT devices a selected plurality of IoT devices. Each of the selected IoT devices is configured to send and receive electronic communications. Methods include linking each of the selected plurality of IoT devices to the base IoT hub. Methods include storing, in a data repository within the hub, identification data associated with each of the IoT devices. The communication-types typically associated with each of the selected plurality of IoT devices are stored in the data repository. When an IoT device is activated to send a communication, methods include comparing and analyzing the communication and identification data of the activated device to stored identification data and communication-types of the selected IoT devices. |
| US11122023B2 |
Device communication environment
A computing environment is disclosed that receives from devices requests directed toward services accessible in the environment, and that forwards communications from services in the environment to devices registered with the environment. During a registration process at the environment, devices are assigned a device identifier that is used to identify and authenticate each particular device and requests communicated from and to the device via the environment. The computing environment maintains state information for each device that has been registered with the system. As the device interacts with the system, the state information is updated to reflect the changes in the device. When requests to perform functions are received from devices, the computing environment determines for the particular device and the particular function requested what processing needs to be performed by the environment in response to the request. |
| US11122017B2 |
Systems, devices, and methods for encrypting genetic information
Systems, devices, and methods for encrypting genetic information are provided herein. Also provided herein are systems, devices, and methods for encrypting compressed genetic data, transmitting encrypted compressed genetic data, and receiving, storing, accessing encrypted compressed genetic data. In some cases, a user interface is in communication with a system or device provided herein. |
| US11122012B2 |
License utilization management system service suite
The different advantageous embodiments provide a system for managing license utilization comprising a client system, a number of message transport servers, and a number of license management servers. The client system is configured to generate a number of messages having information about usage associated with a project code or a business unit. The number of message transport servers replicates the number of messages. The number of messages is transmitted to a message transport server in the number of message transport servers. The message transport server receiving the number of messages replicates the number of messages to each message transport server. The number of license management servers has a number of license management services configured to listen for updates from the number of message transport servers. The updates are the number of messages replicated across the number of message transport servers. |
| US11122006B2 |
Telephone number platform
A unified platform for managing telephone number (TN) ordering and procurement lifecycles is provided. The unified platform provides or interacts with functionality for reservations, porting, conflict checks, testing, and industry notification functionality. An associated graphical user interface provides the functionality to a variety of users including customers, salespeople, and order managers. |
| US11122003B1 |
Methods and apparatus for application agnostic federation service to facilitate cross connectivity of messaging and communications platforms
Methods and apparatus for application agnostic federation service to facilitate cross connectivity of messaging and communications platforms are described. In an embodiment, a method is provided for operating a cross-messaging platform to communicate messages between a first user registered on a first messaging platform and a second user registered on a second messaging platform. The method includes registering the first user, receiving a request from the first user to connect with the second user, and sending an invitation to the second user to connect with the first user. The method also includes registering the second user if the second user accepts the invitation, and establishing a communication channel between the first messaging platform and the second messaging platform so that communication between the first and second users occur using the communication channel. |
| US11122002B2 |
Storing messages of a message queue
Provided is a data storage system for a computer network adapted to store a message. The data storage system includes a data storage unit and a processing unit. The processing unit stores message data of the message across one or more data elements of a data list entry of an auxiliary list in the data storage unit. The processing unit further stores an indexing pointer of the message across one or more indexing elements of an indexing list entry of an indexing list in the data storage unit. The indexing pointer is adapted to point to the data list entry. The indexing list entry further includes an indexing control element containing control information associated with the indexing list entry. The data list entry further includes control information associated with the data list entry. |
| US11121997B1 |
Systems, devices, and methods for determining a non-ephemeral message status in a communication system
Methods and devices are presented for managing communications in an ephemeral communication system. In some embodiments, messages in the system are associated with a default trigger for deleting each message following an initial viewing of the message. A non-ephemeral analysis module analyses elements of the message to identify any content elements indicating that a message status should be changed from a default ephemeral status to a non-ephemeral status. Following identification of such elements in the message, the message status is changed from ephemeral to non-ephemeral. Based on the non-ephemeral message status, a copy of the message may be automatically stored in a non-ephemeral format, or a default trigger for deletion of the message may be changed. |
| US11121996B2 |
Method and apparatus for displaying events related to peer communication party to local communication party
A method may include the following. Preset events related to a peer communication party are determined. The preset events are generated by operations performed by the peer communication party based on a communication application. Whether a communication page of a local communication party with the peer communication party is in an open state is detected. Description information of the preset events is displayed in an expedited processing page associated with the communication page in a centralized manner when the communication page is detected to be in an open state. Using the technical solutions of the present application, the local communication party can open and view the expedited processing page conveniently and quickly when communicating with the peer communication party, and view and process corresponding preset events, thereby further simplifying the user operations and improving processing efficiency. |
| US11121990B2 |
Methods and systems for optimizing delivery of electronic communications
Embodiments for managing electronic communications by one or more processors are described. A status for each of a plurality of computing nodes associated with a user is computed. The status for each of the plurality of computing nodes is indicative of a predicted delay between an electronic communication being sent to the user through the respective computing node and the electronic communication being perceived by the user. One of the plurality of computing nodes is selected based on the computed statuses of the plurality of computing nodes. A signal representative of the selected one of the plurality of computing nodes is generated. |
| US11121989B1 |
Centralized repository and communication system for cross-network interactions
A cross-network interaction network for allowing cross-network real-time validation and interactions. The cross-network interaction network is set-up as a central location for managing interactions with resource exchanges between different real-time interaction networks. The real-time interaction networks are separate self-contained networks located within an area (e.g., country, or the like) or between different areas (e.g., different countries, or the like). Each self-contained real-time interaction network may have different systems, applications, processes, or the like that prevents the real-time interaction networks from allowing interactions outside of the real-time interaction networks. Consequently, the cross-network interaction network may set-up and utilize a messaging system, a clearing system, and/or a repository system to facilitate the interactions across the different real-time interaction networks. |
| US11121988B2 |
Management server, management system, method of controlling a management server and program
A management server comprises a memory section including at least two memory areas, a message reception section which receives a message, a message conversion section which converts the message and generates a transmission message and a message transmission section which transmits the transmission message to a specified destination, wherein the memory section stores in the memory areas a temporary Identification (ID) link in which a real ID of a user and a temporary ID of the user are associated, and wherein the message conversion section converts, in a case where the message includes a first temporary ID which corresponds to a real ID and is stored in a first memory area, the first temporary ID to a second temporary ID which corresponds to the real ID, on a basis of the temporary ID link stored in a second memory area, and generates the transmission message. |
| US11121985B2 |
Defining different public cloud virtual networks for different entities based on different sets of measurements
Some embodiments provide a novel method for deploying different virtual networks over several public cloud datacenters for different entities. For each entity, the method (1) identifies a set of public cloud datacenters of one or more public cloud providers to connect a set of machines of the entity, (2) deploys managed forwarding nodes (MFNs) for the entity in the identified set of public cloud datacenters, and then (3) configures the MFNs to implement a virtual network that connects the entity's set of machines across its identified set of public cloud datacenters. In some embodiments, the method identifies the set of public cloud datacenters for an entity by receiving input from the entity's network administrator. In some embodiments, this input specifies the public cloud providers to use and/or the public cloud regions in which the virtual network should be defined. Conjunctively, or alternatively, this input in some embodiments specifies actual public cloud datacenters to use. |
| US11121982B2 |
Virtual computing services deployment network
A virtual computing services deployment network provides a consistent user experience from a variety of locations via a connection fabric for accessing a virtual desktop. The connection fabric identifies a user profile defining the virtualized desktop resources required for a particular user. The connection fabric includes distributed data and processing in nodes distributed throughout a public access network accessible from a user access device. Each of the fabric nodes is operable to provide an identifier (such as an IP address) of a computing resource adapted to provide the user specific desktop. A user access device accesses a local fabric node in the connection fabric, and the fabric node determines a computing resource matching a user profile of expected computing resources. The fabric node associates the user access device with the computing resource and sends the user access device an identifier for directly accessing the computing resource. |
| US11121973B2 |
Multicast message filtering in virtual environments
Various systems, processes, and products may be used to filter multicast messages in virtual environments. In one implementation, a multicast filtering address is received by a network adapter from at least one of a number of virtual machines. A priority of the multicast filtering address is determined and, based on the priority, the multicast filtering address is stored in either a multicast filtering store of the network adapter or a local filtering store of the at least one virtual machine. |
| US11121972B2 |
Multicast message filtering in virtual environments
Various systems, processes, and products may be used to filter multicast messages in virtual environments. In one implementation, a multicast filtering address is received by a network adapter. A frequency of use of the multicast filtering address is determined and, based on the frequency of use of the multicast filtering address, the multicast filtering address is stored in either a multicast filtering store of the network adapter or a local filtering store of a respective virtual machine. |
| US11121970B2 |
Creating endpoints
A device receives a configuration file that includes an object concerning a Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP) route. The object includes a parameter, related to the HTTP route, that includes one or more elements related to the HTTP route, and includes an attribute related to an HTTP action. The device parses the configuration file to recognize the object, and parses the object to recognize the parameter. The device creates the HTTP route based on the parameter. The HTTP route includes information concerning the one or more elements related to the HTTP route and the attribute related to the HTTP action, and sends the HTTP route to a server, causing the server to perform an operation based on the HTTP route. |
| US11121968B2 |
Systems and methods for dynamic routing on a shared IP address
The present disclosure is directed towards systems and methods for dynamic routing on an IP address shared by a cluster of nodes. In an implementation, a first node of a cluster of nodes can receive a unicast routing protocol packet from a peer router. The unicast routing protocol packet can be addressed to a shared IP address established across the cluster of nodes. The cluster of nodes can be intermediary to a plurality of clients and a plurality of servers. The first node can identify a second node identified as a routing leader. The first node can steer the packet to the second node in response to determining that the routing protocol packet is a unicast routing protocol packet. The second node can be configured to advertise virtual IP address routes to the network over the routing adjacency and maintain routing adjacencies. |
| US11121963B2 |
Best path computation offload in a network computing environment
Systems, methods, and devices for offloading best path computations in a networked computing environment. A method includes storing in memory, by a best path controller, a listing of a plurality of paths learnt by a device, wherein each of the plurality of paths is a route for transmitting data from the device to a destination device. The method includes receiving, by the best path controller, a message from the device. The method includes processing, by the best path controller, a best path computation to identify one or more best paths based on the message such that processing of the best path computation is offloaded from the device to the best path controller. The method includes sending the one or more best paths to the device. |
| US11121960B2 |
Detecting and managing relocation of network communication endpoints in a distributed computing environment
Techniques for managing communications between applications executing in a distributed computing environment are presented. An example method includes detecting, by a first virtual machine, that an application has migrated from a source virtual machine to a destination virtual machine in the distributed computing environment. The first virtual machine identifies a location of the destination virtual machine in the distributed computing environment. Based on the identified location, the first virtual machine generates one or more routing rules for communications between applications executing on the first virtual machine and the migrated application, wherein the one or more routing rules comprise rules that minimize latency and processing overhead for communications with the migrated application in the distributed computing environment. |
| US11121958B2 |
Technologies for protocol execution with aggregation and caching
Technologies for protocol execution include a command device to broadcast a protocol message to a plurality of computing devices and receive an aggregated status message from an aggregation system. The aggregated status message identifies a success or failure of execution of instructions corresponding with the protocol message by the plurality of computing devices such that each computing device of the plurality of computing devices that failed is uniquely identified and the success of remaining computing devices is aggregated into a single success identifier. |
| US11121957B2 |
Dynamic quality of service in edge cloud architectures
A device of a service coordinating entity includes communications circuitry to communicate with a plurality of access networks via a corresponding plurality of network function virtualization (NFV) instances, processing circuitry, and a memory device. The processing circuitry is to perform operations to monitor stored performance metrics for the plurality of NFV instances. Each of the NFV instances is instantiated by a corresponding scheduler of a plurality of schedulers on a virtualization infrastructure of the service coordinating entity. A plurality of stored threshold metrics is retrieved, indicating a desired level for each of the plurality of performance metrics. A threshold condition is detected for at least one of the performance metrics for an NFV instance of the plurality of NFV instances, based on the retrieved plurality of threshold metrics. A hardware resource used by the NFV instance to communicate with an access network is adjusted based on the detected threshold condition. |
| US11121956B1 |
Methods and systems for optimizing bidirectional forwarding detection in hardware
A method performed by a network device for offloading bidirectional forwarding detection (BFD) processes from an operating system of the network device to a physical communication interface on the network device, that includes receiving, by a user space packet manager executing in the operating system, a BFD transmission session request, making a first determination that utilization of an interface processor, of the physical communication interface, is below a threshold, generating, based on the first determination, a transmission packet template, wherein the generation is performed by the user space packet manager, sending, by the user space packet manager, the transmission packet template to the physical communication interface, and initiating, after the sending, a BFD transmission session in the physical communication interface, wherein the initiating is performed by the user space packet manager. |
| US11121954B2 |
Telemetry collection and analysis for SD-WAN tunnels
In one embodiment, a device in a network sends Bidirectional Forwarding Detection (BFD) probes along a network tunnel associated with the device, to collect telemetry regarding the network tunnel. The device monitors an overhead associated with sending the BFD probes along the network tunnel. The device makes a determination that the overhead associated with sending the BFD probes along the network tunnel is unacceptable. The device switches, based on the determination, from sending BFD probes along the network tunnel to modifying data traffic sent via the network tunnel, to collect telemetry regarding the network tunnel. |
| US11121951B2 |
Network resiliency through memory health monitoring and proactive management
A method for managing a network queue memory includes receiving sensor information about the network queue memory, predicting a memory failure in the network queue memory based on the sensor information, and outputting a notification through a plurality of nodes forming a network and using the network queue memory, the notification configuring communications between the nodes. |
| US11121950B2 |
Transponder management testing and interaction tracing
An apparatus such as an Optical Network Tester (ONT) may include an embedded script interpreter to interpret a script for testing an optical transponder coupled to the ONT. The ONT may identify a control based on a statement included in the script, and cause, via an electrical interface, an interaction with the optical transponder to occur based on the control. The ONT may generate a first timestamped log entry to indicate a timing of the control, detect a data path event associated with the optical transponder, generate a second timestamped log entry to indicate a timing of the data path event, and determine that the data path event was caused by the control based on the first timestamped log entry and the second timestamped log entry. The ONT may further assess operation of the optical transponder based on the determination that the data path event was caused by the control. |
| US11121945B2 |
Methods, systems, and computer readable media for request response processing
Methods, systems, and computer readable media for request response processing. A method includes establishing a request topic and a response topic for distributing messages between clients and services executing on a distributed computing system. The method includes posting, in the request topic, request messages from the clients, each request message including a unique client identifier, such that the services consume the request messages from the request topic. The method includes posting, in the response topic, response messages from the services responsive to the request messages. The services post the response messages to response partitions of the response topic using the unique client identifiers. The clients consume the response messages using the unique client identifiers to ensure that each client consumes a respective responsive message responsive to a respective request message from the client. |
| US11121944B2 |
Systems and methods for rapid booting and deploying of an enterprise system in a cloud environment
The present disclosure relates to systems and methods for deploying enterprise systems in cloud environments. In one implementation, a system for deploying an enterprise system in a cloud environment may include at least one processor configured to provide: one or more first containers hosting at least one application with at least one enterprise function; one or more second containers hosting at least one microservice configured to activate the at least one enterprise function; at least one application programming interface (API) between the at least one microservice and at least one client; and at least one gateway configured to manage access to the at least one API. |
| US11121943B2 |
Amplifying scaling elasticity of microservice meshes
A mesh-type scaler is selected for performing overall mesh-wide scaling of a microservices mesh. The microservices mesh is scaled with the mesh-type scaler and one or more mesh scaling rules to generate a predicted value for a monitoring parameter of one or more monitoring parameters. A single-service-type scaler is selected. The monitoring parameter is measured with the single-service-type-scaler to generate a measured value. For an individual service associated with the microservices mesh, a target value is calculated for the monitoring parameter using the predicted value and the measured value. The target value is compared against a defined threshold to generate a scaling value used to determine if scaling is needed with respect to the individual service. |
| US11121942B2 |
Orchestration engine facilitating management of dynamic connection components
Systems, computer-implemented methods, and computer program products that facilitate orchestration engine components for a cloud computing environment are provided. According to an embodiment, a system can comprise a memory that stores computer executable components and a processor that executes the computer executable components stored in the memory. The computer executable components can comprise a ranking component that can rank respective connection components based on one or more attributes of the respective connection components. The computer executable components can further comprise a selection component that can select a connection component based on rank. The computer executable components can also comprise an orchestration engine component that can, based on the selected connection component, operatively couple a provisioning component to a computing resource component t of a cloud-based computing platform. |
| US11121939B2 |
Method and device for generating CDN coverage scheme, and computer-readable storage medium and computer device thereof
A method for generating a content delivery network (CDN) coverage scheme includes determining that a target area meets a node quality re-evaluation condition, calculating node quality evaluation data in the target area, calculating an area coverage list according to the node quality evaluation data and one or more node coverage parameters, and generating a coverage scheme of the target area according to the area coverage list and one or more area coverage parameters. |
| US11121937B2 |
Information processing apparatus and non-transitory computer readable medium storing program
An information processing apparatus includes a control section that makes display of an image of a configuration different between a case where the image of the configuration used for a cooperation function is displayed in a region for setting a cooperation function and a case where the image is not displayed in the region. |
| US11121933B2 |
Physically aware topology synthesis of a network
System and methods are disclosed for synthesis of network, such as a network-on-chip (NoC), to generate a network description. The system generates a NoC from a set of physical constraints and performance constraints as well as a set of inputs to a sequencer. The system produces the NoC with all its elements. The resulting output includes placement of the elements on a floorplan of a chip that represents the network, such as the NoC. |
| US11121929B2 |
Method, location device and system for managing network devices
A method for managing network devices is provided. The method comprises collecting position data of at least one network device with a location device for determining the position of the at least one network device relative to at least one positioning base, collecting device information data from the at least one network device with the location device, the device information data representing individual properties of the at least one network device, determining the position of the at least one network device according to the position data, providing a model of the physical environment based on environment data, and mapping the at least one network device to the model of the physical environment such that the device information data of the at least one network device is assigned to at least one location in the model of the physical environment, according to the position of the at least one network device. |
| US11121925B2 |
IoT network management method for managing LoRaWAN-based large-scale facilities, and IoT network server and terminal applying the same
An IoT network management method and an IoT network server and a terminal applying the same are provided. According to the IoT network management method, when a network joining request is received from the terminal, the IoT network server determines whether to allow the corresponding terminal to join, and, when an environment configuration request is received from the terminal, the IoT network server transmits environment configuration information which is information regarding a communication environment of the corresponding terminal. Accordingly, the terminal and the IoT network server can efficiently manage a network while following the LoRaWAN standards, and also, can change a network path to an effective network path when the surrounding network environment changes or a gateway breaks down, and can achieve stable data transmission by minimizing a data collision between large-scale facilities within a predetermined distance. |
| US11121919B2 |
Methods and apparatus to determine a duration estimate and risk estimate of performing a maintenance operation in a networked computing environment
Methods, apparatus, and systems are disclosed for determining a duration and/or risk estimate of performing a maintenance operation in a networked computing environment. An example apparatus includes a client data datastore to store telemetry data, associated with the maintenance operation, system configuration data, and a first secret, all received from a first virtual computing component operating in a virtual computing environment. The apparatus further includes a configuration comparator to identify configuration changes between a previous and current configuration of the virtual computing environment. A client data analyzer selects, based on the changes, an analysis model, and applies the model to generate results including the duration estimate or a risk of failure. The client data analyzer stores the results with the first secret and the configuration data, and a result interface retrieves and transmits the stored analysis results associated with the first secret matching a second secret included in a request. |
| US11121914B2 |
Monitoring and self-healing of deployed environments
Systems and methods for monitoring and correcting a cloud environment are disclosed. An alert associated with an active issue at a component is received and an issue object is generated based on the alert. A self-healing flow is executed based on an alert type of the alert to attempt to correct the active issue. |
| US11121913B2 |
Method for finding failing components in a large distributed storage system connectivity
Embodiments of the present systems and methods may provide techniques for finding failing components in a distributed storage system. For example a method may comprise measuring problems and health of a plurality of physical and logical components in a distributed storage system, the plurality of physical and logical components forming nodes of the distributed storage system, and generating a graph of the nodes organized in a plurality of hierarchical levels, generating, for each node in the graph, a score summarizing the measured problems and health of the node, determining a highest score at a highest hierarchical level of the graph and determining the associated node as a failing component at a most significant level. |
| US11121912B2 |
Method and apparatus for processing information
A method and an apparatus for processing information are provided. A method may include: sending a preset data acquisition request to a target data transmission end included in at least two preset data transmission ends; receiving feedback information from the target data transmission end, and determining whether the feedback information includes the acquired data; determining, in response to determining that the feedback information does not include the acquired data, whether the feedback information includes first fault information for indicating that the target data transmission end malfunctions; and selecting, in response to determining that the feedback information includes the first fault information, a data transmission end other than the target data transmission end from the at least two data transmission ends as a new target data transmission end. |
| US11121911B2 |
System and method to facilitate network element failure detection and session restoration in a network environment
A method is provided in one example embodiment and may include maintaining, by a Diameter Routing Agent (DRA), an availability status for a plurality of network elements; receiving a request associated with a user equipment (UE) session, wherein a first network element of the plurality of network elements is serving the UE session; determining that the first network element serving the UE session is unavailable; and re-establishing the UE session at a second network element of the plurality of network elements that is available, wherein the re-establishing is performed without terminating the UE session. |
| US11121910B2 |
Efficient ingress-congruency determination in a network
In an embodiment, a computing node includes a computing circuit, a comparing circuit, and an indicator circuit. The computing circuit is configured to receive each of at least one input-data message. The comparing circuit is configured to compare each of the at least one received input-data message to a list of input-data-message identifiers. And the indicator circuit is configured, for each of the at least one input-data message that corresponds to a respective input-data-message identifier, to generate a respective portion of a first status message, the respective portion indicating that the input-data message was received. For example, such computing node can determine the congruency of a received input-data message between coupled redundancy circuits with reduced processing overhead, reduced message delay, and reduced message latency as compared to existing computer nodes. |
| US11121908B2 |
Alarm prioritization in a 5G Telco network
Examples herein describe systems and methods for alarm prioritization in a Telco network. A prioritization engine can receive root cause problems and impacted network components from a network analysis module. The prioritization engine can define a mapping matrix that weights the problems according to network component type and service level. Using the problem weights, the prioritization engine can construct a problem-impact matrix that includes impact weights. The impact weights can be summed for each problem, as can the problem weights. The problems with the highest summed weights can then be prioritized first. The summed weights can also be based on predicted failure costs, such that the most expensive problems are prioritized first. The prioritization engine can send prioritized alerts for the problems for display on a graphical user interface (“GUI”). |
| US11121904B2 |
System and method for memory access in server communications
Embodiments of the present invention are directed to memories used in server applications. More specifically, embodiments of the present invention provide a server system has a memory management module that is connected to a processor, a memory module, and a network interface. The memory management module is configured to allocate a first channel to access the memory module for local memory accesses by the processor and communicate first data blocks between the memory module and the processor. The memory management module determines that an amount of memory in the memory module is insufficient for an amount of memory needed by the processor, to allocate a second channel between the memory management module and the network interface to access a second memory module over a network for remote memory accesses by the processor. The memory management module communicates second data blocks between the memory management module and the network interface. |
| US11121903B2 |
Distribution matching for probabilistic constellation shaping with an arbitrary input/output alphabet
Consistent with the present disclosure, an encoder circuit is provided at a transmit side of an optical fiber link that maps an input sequence of bits of fixed length k a sequence of symbols of a codeword of length n, such that the symbols of the codeword define a predetermined transmission probability distribution. Preferably, each symbol of the codeword is generated during a corresponding clock cycle, such that after n clock cycles, a complete codeword corresponding to the input bit sequence is output. On a receive end of the link, a decoder is provided that outputs the k-bit sequence every n clock cycles. Accordingly, buffers need not be provided at the output of the encoder and the input of the decoder, such that processing of the input sequence, codewords, and output sequence may be achieved efficiently without large buffers and complicated circuitry. Moreover, the input sequence, with any binary alphabet may be matched to a desired output distribution with any arbitrary alphabet. Accordingly, probabilistic constellation shaping may be achieved over constellations of arbitrary size. In addition, relatively long codewords, may be encoded and decoded with the apparatus and method disclosed herein. Accordingly, for a fixed SNR a higher SE (more bits per symbol) can be achieved. Alternatively, for a fixed SE, a lower SNR may be sufficient. Moreover, the resulting SE may be finely tailored to a particular optical link SNR to provide data transmission rates that are higher than the low order modulation formats that would otherwise be employed for optical signals carried by such links. |
| US11121901B2 |
Symbols incorporation scheme for DFT-S-OFDM
The invention relates to a method for transmitting a group of Q symbols (A0; . . . ; AQ−1) in a DFTsOFDM radio signal, said radio signal being provided by applying a M size DFT and a N-size IDFT to a block of symbols X=(X0, . . . XM−1), said method comprising: —determining Q positions ni in the block of symbols, such as (I); —transmitting the Q symbols through the radio signal, such as for each i, samples of the symbol ai in the radio signal are equal to a result of the application of a DFTsOFDM scheme to a block of M symbols with values of symbols Xni+mL, being ej2πk(ni+mL)/MAi with k integer such as 0≤k |
| US11121899B2 |
Signal quality control method for basestations having multiple antennas
Embodiments relate to a signal quality control method and a base station. The method includes: determining, by the base station based on a clipping threshold corresponding to each of the plurality of antennas, a time-domain noise signal for clipping a first time-domain signal of each antenna; performing time-frequency transformation on the time-domain noise signal of each antenna to obtain a first frequency-domain noise signal; processing the first frequency-domain noise signals of the plurality of antennas jointly to decompose the first frequency-domain noise signals into a second frequency-domain noise signal set in L flow directions and/or a third frequency-domain noise signal set in a complementary space of the L flows; and using the second frequency-domain noise signal set and/or the third frequency-domain noise signal set to clip the first time-domain signal set. According to the embodiments, noise signals are processed jointly. |
| US11121896B1 |
Low-resolution, low-power, radio frequency receiver
Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, receiving a radio frequency (RF) signal having a carrier wave component that operates at a carrier frequency within a millimeter wave spectrum. The RF signal also includes an information component based on a phase shift keying (PSK) modulation of the carrier wave component. A local oscillator (LO) signal is obtained, which includes an LO frequency that approximates the carrier frequency. The received RF signal and the LO signal are combined without using signal multiplication to obtain a first combined output signal. The first combined output signal being detected via a non-linear energy detector to obtain a first detected signal. The first output signal includes information of the information component. Other embodiments are disclosed. |
| US11121892B2 |
Digital modulation scheme for data transfer
Various examples are directed to isolated analog-to-digital converter (ADC) circuits comprising a first side that is separated from a second side by an isolator. A first ADC positioned on the first side may be configured to convert a first analog input signal to a first side multi-bit digital signal. A digital modulator on the first side may be configured to convert the first side multi-bit digital signal to a first single-bit stream. A first filter positioned on the second side may be configured to receive the first single-bit stream across the first isolator and to generate a first reconstructed multi-bit digital signal using the first single-bit stream. |
| US11121891B2 |
Method and apparatus for transmitting sounding reference signal
An operation method of a terminal for transmitting a sounding reference signal (SRS) to a base station in a wireless communication system may comprise receiving a higher layer message including information on a position of an SRS resource for transmission of the SRS from the base station; receiving a trigger signal from the base station, the trigger signal triggering the transmission of the SRS and including index information of the position of the SRS resource; performing a channel sensing operation on a radio resource indicated by the information on the positions of the SRS resource and the index information; and transmitting the SRS to the base station based on a result of the channel sensing. |
| US11121884B2 |
Electronic system capable of self-certification
An electronic system includes a first circuit and a second circuit. The first circuit includes a first activation unit and a first functional unit. The first activation unit receives a first challenge string, generates a first response string according to the first challenge string and a first key, and outputs the first response string. The first functional unit performs first designated function. The second circuit includes a second activation unit and a second functional unit. The second activation unit sends the first challenge string to the first circuit during a first activation operation, and determines whether the first activation operation passes certification or not according to the first challenge string, the first response string and the first key. The second functional unit performs second designated function when the first activation operation is determined to have passed the certification. |
| US11121879B2 |
Computer implemented method for automatically certifying documents with integrity and authenticity guarantees and computer programs thereof
A computer implemented method for automatically certifying documents with integrity and authenticity guarantees and computer programs thereof.The method comprising: receiving, by a second computer (20), a document (Do) to be certified, identifying it with metadata and computing a first cryptographic function (ho); sending, by the second computer (20), the first cryptographic function (ho) to a third computer (30) hold within a distributed ledger; receiving, by the second computer (20), a message digest (hro) corresponding to an identifier of having stored the first cryptographic function (ho) in the third computer (30); computing, by the second computer (20), a key (K), said computed key (K) being decoded into a watermark, which is applied to the document (Do) providing a modified document (Dw); sending, by the second computer (20), the modified document (Dw) to the first computer system (10); computing, by the second computer (20), a second cryptographic function (hw), and sending it and the modified document (Dw) to the third computer (30); the second computer (20) receiving a message digest (hrw) corresponding to an identifier of having stored the (hw) and (Dw). |
| US11121878B2 |
Authentication using key distribution through segmented quantum computing environments
Methods, systems, and apparatus for authenticating and authorizing users using quantum key distribution through segmented quantum computing environments. In one aspect, a method includes receiving a first and second plaintext data input from a first party and from a second party, respectively; applying a quantum computation translation operation to the first and second plaintext data inputs to generate a corresponding first sequence of quantum computations and a second sequence of quantum computations; implementing the first and second sequence of quantum computations in a first and second segmented quantum computing environment, respectively, to obtain a first and second sequence of measurement results; generating a first and second encryption key using the first and second sequence of measurement results, respectively, and an encrypted authorization token using the second encryption key; and sending the first encryption key to the first party, and the encrypted authorization token to the second party. |
| US11121876B2 |
Distributed access control
A distributed access control system is disclosed. A payload is received at a voted principal from the client. The voted principal is selected from the plurality of minors. The payload is passed to the minors, and the user is verified by a consensus of the minors. A response packet, which includes an authentication unit, is prepared via a consensus of minors. The response packet can be provided to the client via the voted principal. The ledger is updated to include the authentication unit. |
| US11121872B2 |
Trusted verification of cybersecurity remediation
Event metadata may be received at an audit function of an orchestration system for an infrastructure change event associated with an infrastructure change to an enterprise infrastructure of an enterprise. A blockchain instance of a particular decentralized secure ledger is requested from a decentralized secure ledger service via the audit function. A user identifier of a user that is responsible for the infrastructure change event is provided to the decentralized secure ledger service by the audit function. In response to the decentralized secure ledger service authenticating the user identifier, the event metadata for the infrastructure change event is sent to the blockchain instance for storage with the decentralized secure ledger service by the audit function. |
| US11121871B2 |
Secured key exchange for wireless local area network (WLAN) zero configuration
A technique to secure a wireless communication link that is being shared among a wireless access point (AP), and each of a set of wireless clients (each a mobile station (STA)) that are coupled to the AP over the communication link. A typical implementation is a WPA2-PSK communication link. In this approach, and in lieu of a single secret key being shared by all AP-STA pairs, each AP-STA pair derives its own unique WLAN shared secret, preferably via a Diffie-Hellman (DH) key exchange. The WLAN shared secret is then used to generate WPA2-PSK keys, namely, pairwise master key (PMK) and pairwise transient key (PTK), that establish an 802.11 standards-compliant secure link. |