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US11197919B2	Chimeric antigen receptors targeting HER2 Chimeric transmembrane immunoreceptors (CAR) which include an extracellular domain targeted to HER2, a transmembrane region, a costimulatory domain and an intracellular signaling domain are described.
US11197918B2	Pharmaceutical composition for preventing or treating neovascular disease, containing collagen type i and pigment epithelium derived factor peptide as active ingredients The present invention relates to a pharmaceutical composition for preventing or treating neovascular disease, including a collagen and a 34-mer pigment epithelium derived factor (PEDF) peptide as an active ingredient, more specifically, the combined administration of the collagen type I and the 34-mer pigment epithelium derived factor peptide increases the short antiangiogenic activity cycle of the PEDF and extends the dosage range of the PEDF to solve the discomfort and the side effects accordingly due to the conventional frequent injections and thus it can be applied as a therapeutic agent for various neovascular diseases.
US11197916B2	Lyophilized recombinant VWF formulations Long-term stable pharmaceutical formulations of lyophilized recombinant von-Willebrand Factor (rVWF) and methods for making and administering said formulations are described.
US11197910B1	Fusion proteins for the diagnosis, prophylaxis and treatment of infectious diseases The present invention relates to the use of phosphotidylserine or pathogenic sugar targeted therapeutics for the management and treatment of microbial infections, including Zika, Dengue, West Nile, Ebola, H1N1, enteroviruses, Leishmaniasis, Malaria and Coronaviruses SARS-COV.
US11197908B2	Peptoids and methods for attenuating inflammatory response Disclosed herein are peptoids and methods for attenuating inflammatory responses, and more particularly RAGE-associated inflammatory responses.
US11197906B2	Methods of lowering blink reflex for the treatment of dry eye disease The present disclosure relates to, among other things, compositions and methods for treating an inflammatory condition including, but not limited to, ocular inflammation, dry eye disease, and ocular neuropathic pain. One aspect of the present disclosure relates to a composition comprising (a) chemerin or a fragment or analog thereof and (b) a lipid entity linked to the chemerin or fragment or analog thereof.
US11197903B2	Composition containing a bean extract for improving blood circulation and vascular health and method for improving blood circulation and vascular health The present invention relates to a composition containing a bean extract extracted by low-concentration, low-grade alcohol or fractions thereof. The composition exhibits excellent effects in improving blood circulation, improving obesity, and preventing diabetes, hyperlipidemia and the like, and exhibits the effects of alleviating or treating the symptoms of diabetes, hyperlipidemia, and the like. The present invention also relates to a method for improving blood circulation and vascular health.
US11197899B2	Compositions for treating candidiasis infections The present invention relates to a composition comprising as antifungal active agent at least 2·1010 CFU of lactobacilli and a sulfur-containing compound for use as a first-line treatment for candidiasis and for recurrent candidiasis.
US11197897B2	Methods and compositions for reducing vancomycin-resistant enterococci infection or colonization The present invention relates to methods and compositions for reducing the risk and severity of vancomycin-resistant Enterococci infection or colonization. It is based, at least in part, on the discovery that a restricted fraction of the gut microbiota, including the bacteria Clostridium scindens and/or the bacteria Blautia producta contribute substantially to resistance against vancomycin-resistant Enterococci infection or colonization. Without being bound by any particular theory, it is believed that this is achieved through the biosynthesis of secondary bile acids in the case of Clostridium scindens.
US11197892B2	Peptides and combination of peptides of non-canonical origin for use in immunotherapy against different types of cancers The present invention relates to peptides, proteins, nucleic acids and cells for use in immunotherapeutic methods. In particular, the present invention relates to the immunotherapy of cancer. The present invention furthermore relates to tumor-associated T-cell peptide epitopes, alone or in combination with other tumor-associated peptides that can for example serve as active pharmaceutical ingredients of vaccine compositions that stimulate anti-tumor immune responses, or to stimulate T cells ex vivo and transfer into patients. Peptides bound to molecules of the major histocompatibility complex (MHC), or peptides as such, can also be targets of antibodies, soluble T-cell receptors, and other binding molecules.
US11197891B2	Therapies with lanthionine C-like protein 2 ligands and cells prepared therewith Provided are compounds that target the lanthionine synthetase C-like protein 2 pathway and cells, such as immune cells, prepared in vitro with the compounds. The compounds and cells can be used to treat a number of conditions, including infectious diseases, hyperproliferative disorders, inborn errors of metabolism, chronic immunometabolic diseases, autoimmune diseases, organ transplant rejection, inflammatory disorders, and chronic pain, among others.
US11197889B2	Immunomodulatory properties of multipotent adult progenitor cells and uses thereof Isolated cells are described that are not embryonic stem cells, not embryonic germ cells, and not germ cells. The cells can differentiate into at least one cell type of each of at least two of the endodermal, ectodermal, and mesodermal lineages. The cells do not provoke a harmful immune response. The cells can modulate immune responses. As an example, the cells can suppress an immune response in a host engendered by allogeneic cells, tissues, and organs. Methods are described for using the cells, by themselves or adjunctively, to treat subjects. For instance, the cells can be used adjunctively for immunosuppression in transplant therapy. Methods for obtaining the cells and compositions for using them also are described.
US11197885B2	Collagen enhancing agent made from low acyl gellan gum, methods of making and methods of using the same Described herein are materials and methods useful for the treatment of neurodegenerative disorders and bone disorders, as well as healing wounds, in a subject. Materials described herein include polysaccharide digestive products resulting from the enzymatic hydrolysis of low acyl gellan gum. Also described herein are pharmaceutical compositions comprising one or more of such materials, and methods for their preparation and use.
US11197884B2	Modulation of the notch signaling pathway for treatment of respiratory disorders Provided herein are methods, compounds, and compositions for modulating expression of at least one member of the Notch signaling pathway in a cell or individual. Such methods, compounds, and compositions are useful to treat, prevent, delay, or ameliorate a respiratory disorder associated with excessive mucus production in an individual.
US11197883B2	Inhibition of stress granule formation through manipulation of UBAP2L Disclosed herein are UBAP2L targeting agents and use of such agents for the treatment of a neurodegenerative disorder. Further disclosed herein are methods of monitoring the progression of a neurodegenerative disorder and methods of determining the efficacy of a neurodegenerative disorder therapy.
US11197882B2	N4-hydroxycytidine and derivatives and anti-viral uses related thereto This disclosure relates to certain N4-hydroxycytidine derivatives, pharmaceutical compositions, and methods related thereto. In certain embodiments, the disclosure relates to the treatment or prophylaxis of viral infections, such as Eastern, Western, and Venezuelan Equine Encephalitis (EEE, WEE and VEE, respectively), Chikungunya fever (CHIK), Ebola, Influenza, RSV, and Zika virus infection with the disclosed compounds.
US11197877B2	Galactopyranosyl-cyclohexyl derivauves as E-selectin antagonists Compounds, compositions, and methods for treatment and/or prevention of at least one disease, disorder, and/or condition by inhibiting binding of an E-selectin to an E-selectin ligand are disclosed. For example, E-selectin antagonists are described and pharmaceutical compositions comprising at least one of the same.
US11197875B2	Nutritional formulations including human milk oligosaccharides and antioxidants and uses thereof Disclosed are nutritional compositions including human milk oligosaccharides in combination with long chain polyunsaturated fatty acids and/or carotenoids that can be administered to preterm infants, term infants, toddlers, and children for reducing inflammation and the incidence of inflammatory diseases.
US11197874B2	Use of an amphoteric chelating agent for preventing contact allergies A method of preventing contact allergies includes using at least one amphoteric chelating agent which includes a complex based on aluminium and on ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid or the trisodium salt thereof, having the general formula [Al(Y)Bn]c′Dc with B being OH−, BO2− or H+, Y being a tetracarboxylate which can be protonated four times to form ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid, n being an integer equal to 0, 1, 2 or 3, D being a counterion, preferably Na+, c being an integer equal to 0, 1, 2 or 3 and c′ being a relative number having the same absolute value as c. A device, a part of which includes the amphoteric chelating agent, is also described.
US11197870B2	Treatment for hepatic fibrosis The invention relates to the treatment and reduction of fibrosis, specifically hepatic fibrosis. More specifically, embodiments of the invention provide compositions and methods useful for the treatment and inhibition of hepato-fibrotic conditions associated with Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease (NAFLD) and Non-Alcoholic Steatohepatitis (NASH), employing the use of 3β-arachidylamido-7α,12α-dihydroxy-5β-cholan-24-oic acid (Aramchol) or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof. In other embodiments, the treatment and inhibition of hepato-fibrotic conditions caused by contact with hepatotoxic chemical substances or by mechanical obstruction is contemplated.
US11197869B2	Istaroxime-containing intravenous formulation for the treatment of acute heart failure (AHF) Compositions for intravenous infusion of istaroxime, or a metabolite of istaroxime, in human patients suffering from heart failure are disclosed. Likewise, methods for extended infusion of istaroxime or its metabolites in individuals with heart failure are disclosed. In particular, some methods disclosed herein include the infusion of istaroxime, or a metabolite thereof, for a period of time that is greater than six hours in order to improve cardiac relaxation without triggering arrhythmogenic events in an individual suffering from heart failure. Other methods include administration of istaroxime until certain plasma concentration thresholds of istaroxime metabolites are achieved. Also disclosed are istaroxime metabolites with selective SERCA2a activation.
US11197866B2	Methods and compositions for potentiating the action of opioid analgesics using iboga alkaloids Methods and compositions for potentiating the effect of an opioid analgesic in a patient undergoing or planning to undergo opioid analgesic therapy using a potentiating amount of iboga alkaloid or pharmaceutically acceptable salt and/or solvate thereof that does not prolong the patient's QT interval by more than about 50 milliseconds.
US11197864B2	Pro-drugs of riluzole and their method of use for the treatment of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis Pharmaceutical compositions of the invention include substituted riluzole pro drugs useful for the treatment of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) and related disorders through the release of riluzole, especially to avoid patient to patient variability in first pass, hepatic metabolism promoted by Cyp 1∧2. Pro-drugs of riluzole have enhanced stability to hepatic metabolism and are delivered into systemic circulation by oral administration, and then cleaved to release riluzole in the plasma via either an enzymatic or general biophysical release process. The invention further includes pro-drugs of riluzole useful for the treatment of disease states that can be treated with riluzole through the release of riluzole from a pro-drug agent.
US11197859B2	Hydantoin derivatives useful as Kv3 inhibitors The disclosure provides compounds of formula (I): said compounds being inhibitors of Kv3 channels and of use in the prophylaxis or treatment of related disorders.
US11197856B2	Bicyclic compounds and methods for their use in treating autism Embodiments of this invention provide compositions and methods for therapeutic use of diketopiperazines including cyclic G-2-Allyl Proline and other cyclic Glycyl Proline compounds to treat symptoms of Autistic Disorder or Autism, as well as manufacture of medicaments including tablets, capsules, liquid formulations, gels, injectable solutions, and other formulations that are useful for treatment of such conditions.
US11197855B2	Use of ligustrazine nitrone derivatives in prevention and treatment of diabetic complication diseases A use of of ligustrazine nitrone derivatives and a pharmaceutical composition thereof in the preparation of medicine for preventing and treating diabetic complication diseases. The ligustrazine nitrone derivatives can be prepared into various dose forms together with drug carriers.
US11197853B2	Combination therapy Described herein are compounds and compositions for treating glaucoma and/or reducing intraocular pressure. Compositions may comprise an isoquinoline compound and a prostaglandin or a prostaglandin analog. Compounds described herein include those in which an isoquinoline compound is covalently linked to a prostaglandin or a prostaglandin analog, and those in which an isoquinoline compound and a prostaglandin free acid together form a salt.
US11197851B2	Methods of treatment of asthma and COPD Described herein are methods of administering the non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug norketotifen, an isomer, an isomeric mixture, a prodrug, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof for the treatment of a respiratory disorders such as COPD and asthma to human patient in need of such treatment, without exposing said patient to adverse immune-suppressive effects. Methods include treating acute and potentially life-threatening exacerbations of COPD and asthma with norketotifen.
US11197847B2	Isoxazoline parasiticide formulations and methods for treating blepharitis Disclosed herein are methods for treating or preventing ophthalmic and dermatologic conditions in a patient, including ocular surface conditions such as blepharitis. The methods can include topically administering directly to an ocular surface of one or more eyes of a patient in need of treatment thereof an effective amount of an isoxazoline parasiticide, formamidine parasiticide, or other active ingredient, formulated into an ophthalmic composition, the ophthalmic composition further comprising a pharmaceutically acceptable vehicle. Compositions are also disclosed.
US11197846B2	Methods and compositions for treating cannabis use disorder and mitigating cannabinoid withdrawal The present invention provides methods of treating cannabis withdrawal syndrome and other cannabis related conditions, including cannabis use disorder, in a subject, comprising administering to the subject in need thereof an effective amount of a cannabinoid or an effective amount of a cannabinoid and an effective amount of a second active agent, such as gabapentin or a gabapentin analog.
US11197845B2	Combinations of cannabinoids and N-acylethanolamines The present invention provides pharmaceutical compositions comprising cannabinoids and N-acylethanolamines, and methods for their use in preventing and treating a variety of cannabinoid-treatable conditions.
US11197840B2	Methods of treating or alleviating mental disorders and associated symptoms The present invention relates generally to methods for the treatment and/or prophylaxis of mental illness involving administration of 10-HDA. More particularly, methods are taught herein for the treatment and/or prophylaxis of obsessive compulsive disorder, anxiety disorder or a condition characterised by one or more symptoms of a obsessive compulsive disorder or an anxiety disorder.
US11197836B2	Topical vasoconstrictor preparations and methods for protecting cells during cancer chemotherapy and radiotherapy Vasoconstrictors are administered topically to provide protection against the adverse effects, e.g., alopecia, mucositis or dermatitis, induced by chemotherapy or radiotherapy. Appropriate dosages and formulations of topical vasoconstrictors are provided. Methods for the use of such compositions are also provided.
US11197830B2	Pharmaceutical composition containing acetaminophen and ibuprofen Solid oral dosage forms containing 325 mg of acetaminophen and 97.5 mg of ibuprofen or 500 mg of acetaminophen and 150 mg of ibuprofen, wherein the ibuprofen has a [D50] between 1 and 9 μm, are described.
US11197819B1	Extended release bioabsorbable subcutaneous medicinal dosage delivery implant system An extended-release bio absorbable subcutaneous medicinal dosage delivery implant system includes an implant fabricated from a highly homogeneously mixed composition including a medicinal agent in combination with release controlling polymers which include poly (DL-lactide) and polycaprolactone. In one implementation for treating an opioid disease, the formulation composition includes naltrexone at 40 weight percent, poly (DL-lactide) in the range between 36 and 46.4 weight percent, and polycaprolactone in the range between 24 and 11.6 weight percent. In addition, in order to provide anti-biofouling quality and prevent foreign body adsorption/interaction with the material of the implant, polyethylene glycol is added in a preferred content of 2.0%. The manufacturing process includes hot melt extrusion and a mini jet based implant formation stage with the optimized process space were the temperature of the process ranges from 170° C.-180° C., mixing time through the HME process ranging from 8 minutes to 12 minutes, and injection time ranging from 8 seconds to 12 seconds. The resulting implants have a uniquely shaped free of defects bio absorbable solid body.
US11197818B2	Aqueous emulsions of carbamato-functionalized organopolysiloxanes Aqueous nanoemulsions of carbamato-functional organopolysiloxanes prepared using a polyoxyethylene emulsifier having an HLB greater than 15 and at least 40 oxyethylene moieties and having a D50 particle size ≤100 nm are transparent, stable, and useful in cosmetic compositions, particularly hair care compositions.
US11197816B2	Composition for external application and method for producing the same To provide an acrylic silicone graft copolymer capable of effectively exerting a function in a composition for external application containing various oily components such as a natural oil, a hydrocarbon oil, ester oil and a silicone oil, and a composition for external application containing the acrylic silicone graft copolymer. A composition for external application including an acrylic silicone graft copolymer, which contains 2 to 25 mass % of a constitutional unit represented by formula (I), 55 to 85 mass % of a constitutional unit represented by formula (II) and 2 to 20 mass % of a constitutional unit represented by formula (III). wherein R1 is an alkyl group having 1 to 4 carbon atoms; R2 is an alkylene group having 2 to 10 carbon atoms; and n is an integer of 1 to 100.
US11197815B2	Personal care compositions Described herein are personal care compositions comprising a stability control system comprising a non-ionic opacifier, and a cationic polymer. Methods of making and using the compositions are also described.
US11197813B2	Tattoo removal Tattoo removal is disclosed. In an example, a method for removing tattoo ink from skin or resolving a medical condition related to tattoo ink, includes applying a primary solution of beta glucan to a treatment area having tattooed skin. The primary solution stimulates the skin in the treatment area to enhance removal of the tattoo ink from the skin. The example method also includes coating the treatment area with a secondary solution. The secondary solution may have an absorbent material to draw in loose ink. The example method also includes disrupting a skin barrier in the treatment area by a needle or ablative device to improve penetration of at least one of the primary solution and the secondary solution.
US11197811B2	Teeth whitening methods, visually perceptible signals and compositions therefor Described herein are methods of cleaning a tooth comprising administering a composition comprising a zinc amino acid halide complex to the oral cavity; and retaining the composition in the oral cavity for a time sufficient to form a precipitate.
US11197806B2	Solid cosmetic composition comprising a fatty acid-based gelling agent and a co-gelling agent A solid state, oil gel composition for keratinous substance, such as skin, contains (a) at least one fatty acid-based gelling agent; (b) at least one polysaccharide fatty acid ester; and (c) at least one oil. An embodiment according to the present invention provides improved storage stability, morphological stability, and application property.
US11197805B2	Cosmetic sunscreen stick Cosmetic stick containing: a) one or more UV filters, b) a Fischer-Tropsch wax with a solidification point of 80-85° C. (measured according to ASTM D 938) and a penetration at 25° C. of 0.4-0.9 mm (measured according to ASTM D 1321), the preparation being free from 3-(4-methylbenzylidene)-camphor, 2-hydroxy-4-methoxybenzophenone (INCI: Oxybenzone), 2-ethylhexyl 4-methoxycinnamate (INCI: Octyl Methoxycinnamate) and ethylhexyl-2-cyano-3,3-diphenylacrylate (INCI: Octocrylene).
US11197804B2	Tablet guide path-adjusting device of tablet cassette Provided is a tablet guiding path adjusting apparatus that adjusts a tablet guiding path adjusting mechanism in the tablet cassette, comprising a rotor rotatably equipped within a cassette body and having a tablet guiding path for receiving at least one of tablets received within the cassette body and guiding to a discharging orifice of the cassette body; a partition member for entering the tablet guiding path and being located between a tablet at the lowest part and a tablet at the upper side thereof; and tablet guiding paths adjusting mechanisms configured to adjust at least either dimension of the depth and width of the tablet guiding path to the rotor; wherein the tablet guiding path adjusting apparatus engages with engaging parts of the tablet guiding path adjusting mechanisms to operate the tablet guiding path adjusting mechanism, and adjusts a dimension of the tablet guiding path in accordance with the shape or size of tablets received within the cassette body.
US11197803B2	Needleless cartridge for automatic drug compounder Various aspects of the subject disclosure relate to a compounder system having a cartridge that includes fluid pathways controllable by valves of the cartridge. A pump component within the cartridge is actuable to move fluid through the controllable fluid pathways. The cartridge includes a needleless fluid port and a needleless vent port for fluid coupling to a vial via a vial puck. The vial puck includes corresponding needleless fluid and vent ports and a cannula. The cannula is extendible, by insertion of a protrusion on the cartridge into a shaft of the vial puck, into the vial to couple the vial to the needleless fluid and vent ports.
US11197801B2	Securing device for securing an infusion appliance A securing device for securing an infusion appliance to an infusion container includes a first fastening element, which is designed in such a way that it is connectable to a fastening region of the infusion container, and a second fastening element, which is arranged at a distance from the first fastening element and which is designed in such a way that it is connectable to a fastening region of the infusion appliance. At least one connection element connects the first fastening element and the second fastening element to each other. The securing device can be used for medical infusion and transfusion arrangements.
US11197796B2	Mobile upper extremity (UE) supports for use in railed environments A patient aid assembly for a railed device having first and second associated rails in parallel relation, and an interconnecting member joining first and second mobile upper extremity support assemblies.
US11197791B2	Patient transport apparatus with cable connected brake and steer lock assemblies A patient transport apparatus comprises a support structure. The support structure comprises a base, a frame, and a patient support surface to support a patient. The patient transport apparatus also includes a first and a second caster assembly respectively coupled to the support structure to facilitate movement of the support structure along a floor surface, with the first caster assembly comprising a first brake assembly and the second caster assembly comprising a second brake assembly. The patient transport apparatus also includes an actuator assembly operatively coupling the first and second brake assemblies, with the actuator assembly comprising a first and second actuator respectively operatively coupled to the first and second brake assemblies. The actuator assembly further comprises a cable assembly interconnecting the first and second actuator that places the operatively coupled first and second brake assemblies in the braked state or the unbraked state.
US11197790B2	Techniques for detecting a force acting on a base of a patient transport apparatus A patient transport apparatus for use with a vehicle, comprising a lift mechanism between a base and a support frame to move between an extended configuration defining a first distance and a retracted configuration defining a second distance. An interface generates a user signal. A sensor generates a sensor signal corresponding to force acting on the base relative to the support frame. A controller determines if the user signal corresponds to an extend or retract command; determines if the force acting on the base has exceeded a predetermined threshold value based on the sensor signal; drives the lift mechanism toward the extended configuration where the user signal corresponds to the extend command and toward the retracted configuration where the user signal corresponds to the retract command; and interrupts driving the lift mechanism to stop motion of the lift mechanism in response to the sensor signal exceeding the predetermined threshold value.
US11197789B2	Regulator device for drug patch Embodiments are disclosed of a method of controlling timing and/or dosage of a transdermal drug patch. For example, a control device operative to move the patch to one or more of a plurality of operational relationships with a skin of a patient, including being fully engaged with the skin, partially engaged with the skin, and disengaged with the skin. The device may include a roller that peels a patch on and off the skin. Optionally a convention patch is used. In some embodiments a patch and/or an adaptor has a mobile zone and an immobile zone. In some embodiments, an active surface of the patch fully contacts the skin in an engaged state. For example the patch may be attached to the device on a passive portion thereof.
US11197788B2	Packaging body for absorbent article A packaging body for absorbent articles which can further attract an attention of a user and can increase a desire of purchase of the user is provided. The packaging body for absorbent articles includes absorbent articles and a bag-shaped packaging sheet for packaging a plurality of absorbent articles. The packaging sheet includes a surface constituting an outer surface of the packaging body, and a back surface that constitutes an inner surface of the packaging body and comes into contact with the absorbent articles. The surface of the packaging sheet has a plurality of surface recesses formed so as to be recessed toward the back surface side and the back surface of the packaging sheet has a plurality of back surface recesses formed so as to be recessed toward the surface.
US11197785B2	Wearable device The present disclosure relates generally to a wearable device, and more specifically to a wearable device for detecting biological events, monitoring health condition of an individual, and for providing automatic alerts and analytics reporting. An exemplary wearable device for monitoring health condition of an individual comprises a puck component attachable to the individual's clothing, wherein the puck component comprises a circuit of a moisture sensor; a strip component configured to be placed within the individual's clothing, wherein a proximal end portion of the strip comprises a pair of conductive pads, and wherein the pair of conductive pads is configured to interface with the circuit of the moisture sensor while the proximal end portion of the strip is enclosed within the puck via a coupling mechanism.
US11197783B2	Two-part bandage with replaceable wound covering portion A two-piece bandage is useful for treating wound on a patient. The bandage includes a boundary portion including a bottom surface comprising adhesive for attaching the boundary portion to skin of a patient, an open window in the middle of the boundary portion permitting one to view a wound through the open window, and a top surface. The top surface includes a first portion of the top surface surrounding the open window including a flat surface and a second portion of the top surface including an uneven surface. The bandage further includes a plurality of replaceable wound covering portions, each replaceable wound covering portion comprising a padded section comprising a material to dress the wound.
US11197779B2	Ocular implant with pressure sensor and delivery system An ocular implant including an intraocular pressure sensor and having an inlet portion and a Schlemm's canal portion distal to the inlet portion, the inlet portion being disposed at a proximal end of the implant and sized and configured to be placed within an anterior chamber of a human eye, the Schlemm's canal portion being arranged and configured to be disposed within Schlemm's canal of the eye when the inlet portion is disposed in the anterior chamber.
US11197778B2	Tapered structure in a phacoemulsification device for node placement Disclosed is a surgical instrument directed to phacoemulsification for cataract eye surgery. The instrument generally includes a hollow titanium needle extending from a vibration generating handpiece. Together, the hollow needle and handpiece form an aspiration pathway to suck cataractous debris from an eye. A piezoelectric transducer in the handpiece generates both high and low ultrasonic frequency vibrations that rings the needle. The low frequency produces a node-free standing wave along the needle and the high frequency produces a standing wave along the needle with a node of minimum amplitude along the needle. Both frequencies produce a high anti-node at the needle's tip. The low frequency causes higher cavitation for emulsifying the cataract and the high frequency facilitates fragmentation of the cataract with a low heat portion of the needle at the eye incision point. The placement of the node along the needle can be tailored by way of a tapered section in a step horn region of the handpiece.
US11197777B2	Multi-layer heating mat for providing therapeutic heat to an area of the body A heating mat that, by making use of a multilayered structure, is able to provide therapeutic benefits to a user. The heating mat has a heating layer, PEMF emitters, and a primary therapeutic layer. The primary therapeutic layer uses therapeutic materials that facilitate treatment. The heating layer functions as a flexible heating element for the heating mat. The PEMF emitters are devices which generate pulses of EM energy that are known to have therapeutic properties. The PEMF emitters is mounted adjacent to a first face of the heating layer. The primary therapeutic layer is mounted adjacent to a second face of the heating layer, opposite to the PEMF emitter.
US11197776B2	Method and apparatus for cryogenic treatment of skin tissue Cosmetic method and apparatus are provided that can provide cooling and/or freezing of skin tissue proximal to the skin surface to generate an appearance of lightening or reduced pigmentation in the skin. The skin can be cooled to a temperature of less than about −5 degrees Celsius for a duration of about one minute or less, using a plurality of cooled contact surfaces, each having a width between about 2 mm and about 20 mm. A cooling arrangement can be provided to provide controlled heat removal from the skin tissue being treated. A sensor can optionally be provided to detect freezing of tissue proximal to the cooled surfaces.
US11197774B2	Devices and methods for gastrointestinal stimulation An intragastric weight-loss device is disclosed. The device includes a proximal occlusion member comprising a spiral structure, a bridging member, and a distal occlusion member. The spiral structure can be configured to spiral into a bulbous shape when the proximal occlusion member is delivered into the stomach. The bridging member can extend from the proximal occlusion member. The distal occlusion member can be coupled to a distal end of the bridging member. The proximal occlusion member can be configured to intermittently obstruct a pyloric valve of a patient such that passage of food through the pyloric valve is slowed.
US11197763B2	Arthroplasty systems and methods Systems for joint arthroplasty include prostheses which are secured to bone with sliding anchors. Examples include unicondylar and bicondylar knee prostheses for hemi-arthroplasty and total arthroplasty. Instruments guide the anchors into proper engagement with the prosthetic components. Methods of using the prostheses and instruments are disclosed.
US11197761B2	System for directed intraosseous injection of surgical cement The invention relates to a system (10) for the intraosseous injection of surgical cement comprising an external sleeve (11); a cannula (13) mounted coaxially in the external sleeve, said cannula being able to be moved along a longitudinal axis (A) in the external sleeve, the cannula being provided with a tapered distal point (15); and a stent (18) accommodated in the interior of the external sleeve, said stent being mounted around a distal end (16) of the cannula. The invention also relates to a kit comprising a system of this type for the injection of surgical cement, surgical cement injection means capable of being connected to the proximal end of the internal cannula, and possibly surgical cement.
US11197760B2	System and method to fuse bone An implant is provided that is operable to be disposed between and fuse two sections of a bone. The implant includes an inner layer and an outer layer. The outer layer at least partially surrounds the inner layer and is operable to abut against the two sections of the bone. The outer layer is porous and/or fibrous and is operable to receive at least one cellular growth factor.
US11197759B2	Implant having multiple adjusting mechanisms An implant structure, comprises a body portion, a first adjusting mechanism, and a second adjusting mechanism. The body portion is configured to be secured around an annulus of a native valve of a heart of a patient. The first adjusting mechanism is coupled to a first portion of the body portion, and comprises a first ring that surrounds the first portion and is moveable with respect to the body portion. The second adjusting mechanism is coupled to a second portion of the body portion, and comprises a second ring that surrounds the second portion and is moveable with respect to the body portion. A first elongate tool is configured to remodel tissue of the heart by actuating the first adjusting mechanism. A second elongate tool is configured to remodel tissue of the heart by actuating the second adjusting mechanism.
US11197756B2	Ergonomic Methods of delivering mitral heart valves A holder for a prosthetic mitral heart valve that attaches to an inflow end of the valve and includes a simple tensioning mechanism that flexes the heart valve commissure posts inward to help prevent suture looping. The tensioning mechanism may include relatively movable rings of the holder or a generally unitary holder with a tensor, or rotatable knob. Connecting sutures thread through internal passages in the holder and travel in the outflow direction along valve commissure posts, emerging at the post tips and mutually crossing over the outflow side of the valve. A handle attaches off-center on the holder to increase visualization of and access to the heart valve through a central window for enhanced access to the commissure posts and leaflets. The holder is constructed of non-metallic materials so as to avoid interfering with imaging devices, and the handle is ergonomically curved and shaped to facilitate manipulation.
US11197748B2	Medical device for narrowing or closing an anatomical channel A medical device for narrowing or closing an anatomical channel includes a band part (1) which can be placed around the body tissue (2) surrounding the anatomical channel and which can be closed to form a ring that encloses a through-opening (6) for the body tissue, wherein the band part (1) has a hollow chamber (3), and wherein the through-opening (6) can be made smaller by introducing a fluid into the hollow chamber (3). The medical device moreover includes a pump unit (10) which serves to convey the fluid and which has an electric drive (15) controllable by an electronic control system of the device, wherein a pressure value corresponding to the pressure of the fluid in the hollow chamber (3) or dependent on this pressure can be detected by the electronic control system. The device moreover has an air pressure sensor (23) for detecting the atmospheric pressure.
US11197746B2	Powder mixture, use of the powder mixture, and a powder jet device The present invention relates to a powder mixture, in particular for the remineralization of teeth, a powder jet device, in particular for application in the field of dentistry, a use of the powder mixture for producing a means for the remineralization of teeth 5 and to a method for the remineralization of teeth, and a use of a powder mixture in a dental apparatus. The powder mixture comprises a deposition powder which is designed to adhere to tooth surfaces.
US11197742B2	Intra-oral device An intra-oral device comprising upper and lower jaw applicators, the upper jaw applicator comprising upper left and upper right components, and the lower jaw applicator comprising lower left and lower right components; a transverse adjustment mechanism for simultaneously adjusting a distance between the upper left and upper right components, and the lower left and lower right components wherein the transverse adjustment mechanism comprises: a threaded rod having one end portion engageable with the upper left and lower left components, and another end portion engageable with the upper right and the lower right components.
US11197739B2	System and method for manufacturing a dental prosthesis and a dental prosthesis manufactured thereby A dental prosthesis is made by externally machining successive layers of wax, each of which is formed on a previous prosthesis layer and/or on a coping. Each wax layer is used to form a mold in situ over the previous prosthesis layer/coping, and the appropriate prosthesis material is cast or otherwise molded to conform to the wax layer by the mold.
US11197730B2	Manipulator system A manipulator system configured to perform a work to a workpiece being moved by a moving device, includes a robotic arm, having one or more joints and to which a tool configured to perform the work to the workpiece is attached, an operating device configured to operate the robotic arm, a first imaging means configured to image the workpiece, while following the movement of the workpiece, a second imaging means fixedly provided in a work area to image a situation of the work to the workpiece, a displaying means configured to display an image imaged by the first imaging means and an image imaged by the second imaging means, and a control device configured to control the operation of the robotic arm based on an operating instruction of the operating device, while detecting a moving amount of the workpiece being moved by the moving device and carrying out a tracking control of the robotic arm according to the moving amount of the workpiece.
US11197727B2	Robotic surgical assemblies A robotic surgical system includes a surgical robotic arm, an electromechanical instrument, an instrument drive unit, and a coupling shaft. The electromechanical instrument is configured to be detachably coupled to the surgical robotic arm. The electromechanical instrument includes a shaft having a proximal end and a distal end having an end effector. The instrument drive unit includes a motor configured to actuate the end effector. The coupling shaft defines a longitudinal axis and is configured to be coupled between the instrument drive unit and the surgical robotic arm such that the instrument drive unit is rotatable about the longitudinal axis of the coupling shaft relative to the surgical robotic arm or the electromechanical instrument.
US11197724B2	Medical probe Provided is a medical probe comprising a handle part to be held in hand, a position transmission part to be coupled to the hand part and to reflect or transmit a position signal to an optical tracking system (OTS), a main body to be coupled to one side of the handle part and to be positioned at an affected area of a patient, and a hook part to be coupled to the other side of the main body and to touch the affected area, wherein the hook part is coupled to the main body so as to have one angle of an acute angle, a right angle and an obtuse angle with respect to the main body.
US11197723B2	Medical guidance system and method using localized insertion plane A system and method configured to position medical instruments. The system and method includes an orientation localizer including at least one fiducial marker and having a localized plane, wherein the orientation localizer is mountable at a skin entry point on a patient, a computer configured to receive at least one medical image on the localized plane, register a position and orientation of the orientation localizer with the at least one medical image using the at least one fiducial marker, determine at least one cross sectional image based on the at least one medical image on the localized plane, and determine an insertion plane perpendicular to the localized plane, and an image display connected to the computer, wherein the image display displays the at least one cross sectional image on the localized plane and/or on the insertion plane.
US11197721B2	Ultrasound tracking apparatus for disposable biopsy needles A system for tracking a medical device includes an introducer. Two or more sensors are disposed along a length of the introducer and are spaced apart along the length. An interface is configured to connect to the introducer such that the introducer and the interface operatively couple to and support the medical device wherein the two or more sensors are configured to provide feedback for positioning and orienting the medical device using medical imaging.
US11197720B2	Robot for minimally invasive neurosurgery A robotic device for performing intracranial procedures, comprising a baseplate for mounting on the subject's skull and a rotatable base element rotating on the baseplate. The rotatable base element has a central opening through which a cannulated needle can protrude such that it can rotate around an axis perpendicular to the baseplate. This cannulated needle is robotically controlled to provide motion into and out of the subject's skull. A flexible needle is disposed coaxially within the cannulated needle, and it is controlled to move into and out of a non-axial aperture in the distal part of the cannulated needle. Coordinated control of the insertion motion of the cannulated and flexible needles, and rotation of the combined cannulated/flexible needle assembly enables access to be obtained to a volume of a region of the brain having lateral dimensions substantially larger than the width of the cannulated needle.
US11197712B2	Insulating grips for minimally invasive surgical instruments A surgical instrument with insulating grips is described. The grips can include internal metal frames that are arranged to limit electrical conductivity within the grips and to other components that attach to a grip, such as a ratchet. The internal metal frames can be constructed of multiple internal portions, spatially separated from one another to interrupt electrical conductivity between the internal portions, but coated with an insulating overmold to provide mechanical coupling between the portions. An internal metal frame can also include a notch, cut-out, or other region partially surrounded by the structure of the internal metal frame, which can be coated with an insulating overmold to define a region of the grip that does not have an internal metal frame therein but which can include an attachment point for mechanically coupling other components while limiting electrical coupling between the metal frame and the other components.
US11197711B2	Tissue fusion instrument, in particular a tissue fusion forceps A tissue fusion instrument having electrodes that are only connected in a punctiform manner to their electrode carrier such that they are electrically conducting and thus, heat-conducting. As a result, heat transfer from the electrode to the respective electrode carrier is restricted. This, on one hand, benefits the desired surgical outcome and, on the other hand, prevents parasitic heating of the surgical instrument and concomitant damage to surrounding tissue.
US11197710B2	Tissue resecting device including a blade lock and release mechanism An end effector assembly of a tissue resecting device and a tissue resecting device including the end effector assembly and a handpiece assembly. The end effector assembly including a proximal hub housing, an inner drive core at least partially disposed within the proximal hub housing, a cutting member extending distally from the proximal hub housing and engaged with the inner drive core such that rotation of the inner drive core rotates the cutting member, and a lock and release mechanism operably coupled between the inner drive core and the proximal hub housing. The lock and release mechanism is transitionable between a locked condition rotationally fixing the inner drive core and the proximal hub housing relative to one another thereby rotationally locking the cutting member, and a release condition enabling relative rotation between the inner drive core and the proximal hub housing thereby enabling rotation of the cutting member.
US11197709B2	Electrosurgical system An electrosurgical system includes a radiofrequency (RF) generator having a controller configured to detect an occurrence of a vaporization point of target tissue and a vaporization duration between commencement of delivery of the RF energy and the occurrence of the vaporization point. The controller can apply the vaporization duration to adjust a parameter during subsequent electrode activation, such as RF power level, an electrode activation sequence, a distance between activated electrodes, and a number of activated electrodes. The controller can apply the vaporization duration to determine if whether a predetermined depth of effect has been reached for use in subsequent parameter adjustments.
US11197707B2	Cryotherapy probe A method of cooling a material including the steps of (i) providing a cryotherapy instrument, (ii) positioning a portion of the cryotherapy instrument adjacent the material to be cooled, and (iii) circulating a cryogenic fluid through the cryotherapy instrument under physical conditions near a critical point of a liquid-vapor system for the cryogenic fluid. The critical point defines a point in a phase diagram of the liquid-vapor system where molar volumes are substantially equivalent for liquid and gas, whereby vapor lock associated with cooling of the cryotherapy instrument is avoided.
US11197699B2	Implant system for bone fixation An implant system for use in orthopaedic surgery for fixation of bone includes an intramedullary nail and a coupling member. The intramedullary nail includes a proximal portion defining a longitudinal axis. The proximal portion includes an axial bore defining an axis substantially parallel to the longitudinal axis of the proximal portion and a transverse bore configured to receive a bone fastener. The coupling member includes a through hole and is movably arranged within the axial bore of the proximal portion. Further, the coupling member includes a drive portion and a bone fastener engagement portion. The drive portion is in one variant non-rotatably coupled to the bone fastener engagement portion. The bone fastener engagement portion is configured to engage the bone fastener penetrating the transverse bore. In one variant the engagement is realized via an extended contact region.
US11197696B2	Pivotal bone anchor assembly with threaded spherical shank head having a planar top surface A pivotal bone anchor assembly includes a receiver with a base defining an internal cavity with a seating surface adjacent a bottom opening and an upper portion defining a channel configured to receive an elongate rod. The assembly also includes an anchor member having a proximal end portion with a lower contact surface slidably engageable with the seating surface to establish pivotable motion between the anchor member and the receiver, and a planar upper surface surrounding an internal drive socket. The assembly further includes an insert positionable within the channel with a lower surface engageable with the proximal end portion of the anchor member to direct a downwardly-directed force onto the proximal end portion to lock the position of the anchor member relative to the receiver, with the planar upper surface remaining spaced apart from the lower surface of the insert so as to not directly receive the downwardly-directed force therefrom.
US11197694B2	Bone screw A bone screw having a screw member possessing a threaded section and a head and a receiving part at the head end for receiving a rod to be connected to the bone screw is provided. The receiving part has on open first bore and a substantially U-shaped cross-section having two free legs provided with a thread. Furthermore, the receiving part has a second bore on the end opposite to the first bore whose diameter is greater than that of the threaded section and smaller than that of the head. On the bottom of the first bore a seat for the head is provided. In order that the screw member can be pivoted to at least one side by an enlarged angle, the edge bounding the free end of the second bore viewed relative to the axis of the first bore is of asymmetric construction.
US11197688B2	Surgical instrument A surgical instrument is provided, namely surgical scissors. The surgical instrument has a removable actuating rod which, in conjunction with the clevis and a tube, provides means for securing blades of the scissors. The tube prevents a removable pivot pin of the blades from becoming displaced from the clevis of the instrument. When the actuating rod is removed from the surgical instrument the pivot pin may be removed and, thus, the blades of the scissors may be removed for cleaning and/or replacement. The tube provides the tension and further constrains the scissor blades in a manner which results in the consistent and effective cutting performance of the scissors post assembly.
US11197684B1	Thrombectomy device and method A mechanical thrombectomy device, and methods of manufacturing and using the mechanical thrombectomy device, are described. The mechanical thrombectomy device includes several clot arrestors independently mounted on a support wire. The clot arrestors have expandable frames that are eccentrically supported on the support wire. The independently and eccentrically mounted clot arrestors are arranged to allow a clot to pass into, and be captured by, one of the expandable frames. Furthermore, the independently and eccentrically mounted clot arrestors deform independently of one another such that retraction of the mechanical thrombectomy device through tortuous vasculature can stretch one clot arrestor without stretching another one of the clot arrestors to allow the clot to be retained by the unstretched clot arrestors. Other embodiments are also described and claimed.
US11197683B1	Aspiration thrombectomy system and methods for thrombus removal with aspiration catheter An aspiration thrombectomy system, comprising a vacuum source comprising a controllable vacuum valve, a pressure source comprising a controllable pressure valve, an aspiration catheter having a proximal end and a distal end, wherein the proximal end of the aspiration catheter comprises connection tubing having a lumen configured to accommodate fluid, and wherein the connection tubing acts as a common conduit for fluid communication between the aspiration catheter and the vacuum and pressure sources via the vacuum and pressure valves, respectively, and a controller configured to open and close the vacuum and vent valves in a predetermined cycle to change a level of vacuum at the distal end of the aspiration catheter and control flow in and out from the distal end of the catheter.
US11197681B2	Steerable curvable vertebroplasty drill Disclosed herein is a steerable and curvable drill that can be used for various applications including vertebroplasty. The drill can include an elongate, tubular body, having a proximal end, a distal end, and a central lumen extending therethrough; a deflectable zone on the distal end of the tubular body including one or more laser cuts, deflectable through an angular range; an insertable wire insertable into at least a portion of the central lumen of the elongate, tubular body; a handle on the proximal end of the tubular body; a deflection control on the handle; a drill control on the handle; a drive shaft within the elongate tubular body having a proximal end and a distal end; and a boring element on the distal end of the device for creating a cavity within bone. The boring element can be operably connected to the distal end of the drive shaft via a crimping mechanism. Systems and methods involving the drill are also disclosed.
US11197680B2	Bone cleaning tool The present invention is directed to systems, methods, tools and surgical procedures that provide for improved, faster and/or more efficient methods for cleaning bone of soft tissue in preparation for use in bone grafting and surgery, including specific applications particularly useful in fusion procedures and/or other surgeries of the lumbar, cervical, and/or thoracic spine and/or other anatomical locations, desirably allowing for faster and complete healing.
US11197679B2	Implant cutting block pin placement A system, method, and device for drilling holes (420, 422) in a target bone (414) are described. For example, the system includes a cutting tool (330), a navigation system (310) configured to track a position of the cutting tool, and a computer-assisted surgical (CAS) system (340) operably connected to the cutting tool and the navigation system. The CAS system can be configured to determine an implant component (100) to be implanted on the target bone (414), determine a cutting block position for preparing the target bone to receive the implant component, determine a plurality of pin locations (420, 422) for securing the cutting block (416) based upon the determined cutting block position, and selectively provide instructions to the cutting tool to cut a hole when the cutting tool is in a position adjacent to at least one of the determined plurality of pin locations.
US11197677B2	Slow blood vessel occlusion apparatus A method for occluding a blood vessel has steps for encasing a semi-rigid, circular plastic ring, open at one point, in silicon material, forming a bladder along an inside diameter of the silicon material, placing a mixture of sodium and potassium salts and polyacrylamide granules in the bladder, closing and sealing the bladder, forming a pair of opposed stirrups on an outside diameter of the silicon material, spreading the encased plastic ring by the stirrups accomplishing an opening through the ring of an extent enabling the ring to be placed over a blood vessel, placing the encased plastic ring over the blood vessel, releasing the stirrup, allowing the ring and bladder to close around the blood vessel, such that the bladder, constrained by the ring from expanding outward, absorbing moisture by osmosis over time, expands inward, and over a time t fully occludes the blood vessel.
US11197676B2	Tie-down method for anvil assembly delivery system A method of securing a head assembly of the anvil assembly in a delivery position for trans-oral delivery includes tying a suture such that lengths of suture extending between an adapter assembly and the head assembly are in contact with one another and/or are parallel.
US11197670B2	Surgical end effectors with pivotal jaws configured to touch at their respective distal ends when fully closed An end effector for use with a surgical instrument. The end effector includes first and second jaws that are pivotally coupled together and configured to touch at their respective distal ends when fully closed.
US11197668B2	Surgical stapling assembly comprising a lockout and an exterior access orifice to permit artificial unlocking of the lockout A surgical stapling assembly is disclosed. The surgical stapling assembly comprises a firing member, a first jaw, a second jaw movable relative to the first jaw, and a staple cartridge. The surgical stapling assembly further comprises a cartridge channel configured to receive the staple cartridge therein, a lockout configured to prevent the firing member from advancing distally from an unfired location when an unspent staple cartridge is not positioned within the cartridge channel, and an exterior access aperture defined in the cartridge channel, wherein the lockout is accessible through the exterior access aperture such that the lockout can be manually defeated to move the lockout into a into an unlocked configuration.
US11197667B2	Compression screw system A compression screw comprising a threaded shaft and a head associated with the proximal end of the shaft. The head has a plurality of outwardly extending projections spaced from one another so as to define a plurality of recesses there between for receiving a screw drive in such a way that rotational force may be transferred from the screw drive to the screw. The projections of the head may be provided with suture fixation holes or a suture coupling may be positioned over the shaft so as to extend between the projections of the head.
US11197666B2	Surgical coated needles Systems and methods for coating surgical needles are provided.
US11197665B2	Needle reload device for use with endostitch device A needle reload device includes a loading assembly including a needle holder pulley and a needle release arm. The needle holder pulley includes a base including first and second portions configured to receive a needle. The needle release arm is transitionable between an engaged state, in which the needle release arm engages the needle holder pulley to inhibit rotation of the needle holder pulley, and a disengaged state, in which the needle release arm is disengaged from the needle holder pulley such that the needle holder pulley is rotatable. When the needle release arm is in the engaged state, the first portion of the needle holder pulley is positioned between jaws of a stitching device, and when the needle release arm is in the disengage state, the second portion of the base of the needle holder pulley is positioned between the jaws.
US11197662B2	Illuminated surgical retractor An illuminated surgical retractor comprising a blade having first and second opposing surfaces, a handle extending in a first direction at an angle from a proximal end of the blade, an illumination assembly comprising at least one direct light source positioned to directly emit light toward a distal end of the blade, wherein the first surface of the blade faces away from the first direction, the illumination assembly abuts the first surface of the blade, and the illumination assembly includes a cover partially enclosing the at least one light source and abutting the first surface of the blade.
US11197660B2	Asymmetric occluder device An asymmetric occlusion device for occluding an opening in a body tissue where part of the opening is defined by a partial inadequate rim. The asymmetric occlusion device includes a waist portion having a distal end extending to a proximal end. The waist portion is of non-woven material extending around a longitudinal axis opening. The occlusion device further includes a pair of asymmetric occluder disks attached to the waist. The asymmetric distal and proximal occluder disks are formed of shape memory material. The asymmetric occluder disks include a short arm extending from the waist and an extended arm extending from the waist. The extended arm exceeds the length of the first short arm. The density of the first short arm exceeds the density of the second extended arm.
US11197658B2	Collection and treatment of a biofluid sample A system can facilitate pre-treatment a biofluid sample for various applications for monitoring and/or tracking a subject's health. The system includes a sample collection component that can collect the biofluid sample. The system also includes a mixing component that includes a media with a material. Upon adding the biofluid sample to the mixing component, the biofluid sample mixes with the media. The system also includes a filter component that can filter the media from the biofluid sample. After the media is filtered from the biofluid sample, the biofluid sample can be provided to an analyte analysis application.
US11197657B2	Methods and systems for identifying ultrasound images Systems and methods generally relate to identifying ultrasound images from multiple ultrasound exams. The systems and methods identify a first ultrasound image feature of a current ultrasound image of an anatomical structure during a current ultrasound exam based on ultrasound data received from an ultrasound probe, and accessing a plurality of prior ultrasound images that were acquired during a prior ultrasound exam. The systems and methods compare the first ultrasound image feature in the current ultrasound image with related ultrasound image features in the plurality of prior ultrasound images to identify candidate ultrasound images. The systems and methods identify a resultant ultrasound image from the candidate ultrasound images based on the related ultrasound image features, and display the current and resultant ultrasound images on a display.
US11197653B2	Tomosynthesis imaging apparatus, method for operating tomosynthesis imaging apparatus, and program for operating tomosynthesis imaging apparatus A mammography apparatus includes a radiation source having a plurality of radiation tubes. The plurality of radiation tubes are disposed at a plurality of positions where the radiation is emitted to an imaging surface of a radiation detector at different irradiation angles. A correction unit corrects irradiation conditions of the radiation using a first coefficient such that the arrival dose of the radiation reaching the radiation detector is the same regardless of the irradiation angle. The first coefficient corresponds to a compression thickness of the object, indicates a rate of change in an arrival dose of the radiation depending on the irradiation angle, and is registered for each of the plurality of radiation tubes. The setting unit sets the irradiation conditions corrected by the correction unit in the radiation source.
US11197649B2	Mobile radiation imaging apparatus A travel handle (20) is provided with a pair of support plates (22) and a gripping bar (21) extended between the support plates (22). The pair of support plates (22) has a groove-like shape and is engaged with a slider (25) provided to a main body so that the support plates are reciprocally guided in a longitudinal direction inclined relative to the horizontal direction, and the reciprocal motion ends of the support plate in the reciprocating direction are regulated. The slider (25) is provided with a braking roller in contact with a groove portion side surface of the support plate (22) of the travel handle (20) and a braking control mechanism (26) for performing control such that the braking force by the travel handle (20) against the upward/downward movement of the travel handle (20) in the inclined direction is increased when the travel handle (20) is moved downward and decreased when the travel handle (20) is moved upward.
US11197645B1	System and method of throat abnormal object recognition A system and method of throat abnormal object recognition is disclosed. The system includes a throat abnormal object recognition device, a data source device, a display device, and an operation device connected to the throat abnormal object recognition device, the data source device, and the display device. The method includes the throat abnormal object recognition device generating operation parameters, the data source device generating an original X-ray image data, the throat abnormal object recognition device reading the original X-ray image data, performing a pre-stage process on the original X-ray image data to generate a pre-stage processed image data, performing a comparison process on the pre-stage processed image data to generate a comparison processed image data with an abnormal object image, employing a frame mark to mark the abnormal object image as a mark X-ray image, and employing the display device to display the mark X-ray image.
US11197644B2	X-ray imaging apparatus comprising a detection unit with a stray radiation collimator An X-ray imaging apparatus includes a detection unit, having an X-ray detector and a stray radiation collimator in stacked arrangement, and an X-ray source opposite the detection unit. The X-ray source is embodied, starting from a focal point, to emit X-rays towards the X-ray detector. The X-ray detector has a sensor plane and is subdivided in a first direction into a plurality of detector elements. Each detector element of the plurality of detector elements is embodied to convert the X-rays impinging on a surface region, assigned to the detector element, of the sensor plane into an electrical pixel measurement signal. The stray radiation collimator has a plurality of collimator walls. The collimator walls are arranged over the surface region of a detector element of the plurality of detector elements, such that a shadow cast by a respective collimator wall completely overlaps with the surface region of the corresponding detector element.
US11197642B2	Systems and methods of advanced warning for clinical deterioration in patients Methods and systems determine risks of deterioration of hospitalized or other monitored or cared-for patients, for example in a treatment facility such as a hospital or under home-health care. In embodiments, a warning or other instruction is issued to medical professionals to alert them that certain patients have moderate or high risk of transfer to a higher level of care or should be monitored more frequently. A medical professional can accept alerts regarding prediction of deterioration, causing a prophylactic transfer or increased monitoring, or a transfer or monitoring order can occur automatically. Data relating to all patients in a unit of a medical facility can be viewed including warnings relating to risk of transfer or deterioration, so that a medical facility can intervene prior to an event such as a cardiac event and/or plan to accommodate patients at higher levels of care or monitoring.
US11197641B2	Communication device, abnormality notification system, and abnormality notification method Communication device includes first sensor configured to measure a state of a sensing target person to acquire first measurement data, second sensor configured to measure a body temperature to acquire second measurement data, and memory unit configured to store a reference body temperature for a single or each of a plurality of predetermined states of the sensing target person. Communication device further includes state determiner configured to determine whether or not the sensing target person is in the single or any one of the plurality of predetermined states, and abnormality determiner configured to compare the reference body temperature with the body temperature of the sensing target person to determine whether or not the sensing target person has a body temperature abnormality.
US11197628B2	Cardiovascular health monitoring device A device for simultaneously acquiring electrocardiogram (ECG) signals, impedance plethysmogram (IPG) signals, ballistocardiogram (BCG) signals, and weight measurements through feet of a user. The device includes an electrically-conductive surface for contacting feet of the user and supporting weight of the user during use. The device also includes one or more force sensors for detecting forces and force variations across the electrically-conductive surface, electronics for processing electrical signals generated and/or detected from the electrically conductive surface, signals from the set of force sensors, and a base containing the electronics. The base is structurally coupled to the electrically-conductive surface by a set of conductive fasteners that transmit signals from the electrically-conductive surface to the electronics. The device can also include an integrated display for providing health insights to the user.
US11197627B2	Continuous glucose monitoring system and method A continuous glucose monitoring system and method has an inserter assembly for inserting a sensor through the skin and into subcutaneous tissue where an inserter housing with the sensor remains on the skin after insertion, a sensor housing cover attachable to the sensor housing after insertion where the sensor housing cover has an electronic module and a battery, and an electronic device equipped with wireless communication for communicating with the electronic module of the sensor housing cover assembly, the electronic device configured for receiving input signals from the sensor, converting the input signals to analyte date, displaying the analyte data on a user interface of the electronic device, storing the data for recall, and creating and/or sending reports of the data.
US11197625B1	Apparatus for automated glucose tolerance testing Devices are provided to automatically access blood from beneath or within skin. These devices include a plurality of injectors configured to drive needles into the skin and draw samples of blood into the device. These devices additionally include a plurality of sensors which can detect a target analyte in the blood samples received by the device. These devices further include a user interface, which may prompt the user to self-administer a dose of a substance, or accept a user input which could affect or otherwise influence the activation of the device (i.e., the firing of needles to draw blood samples into the device and detect an analyte). These devices can be wearable and configured to automatically access blood from skin, for example, to access blood from the skin at one or more points in time after the user has self-administered a dose of a substance.
US11197623B2	System for improving sleep effectiveness of a user The present invention relates to a system for improving sleep effectiveness of a user. The present invention further relates to a signal processing device (10) for processing skin conductance data of a user, the device comprising: an input unit (11) for receiving a skin conductance data signal indicative of a skin conductance of the user; a segmentation unit (12) for segmenting the skin conductance data signal into a plurality of epochs; a peak detection 5 unit (13) for detecting peaks in the skin conductance data signal; a calculation unit (14) for calculating a sum of rising edge amplitudes of the detected peaks per epoch; an analysis unit (15) configured to classify the user into an emotional state based on a transient behavior of said sums of rising edge amplitudes per epoch during the course of a day, wherein the analysis unit is configured to classify the user into an unhealthy tired state when the sum of 10 rising edge amplitudes per epoch increases during the course of the day; and/or to classify the user into a healthy tired state when the sum of rising edge amplitudes per epoch decreases during the course of the day; and an output unit configured to output an output signal indicative of said emotional state. The present invention further relates to a corresponding method and computer program implementing such a method.
US11197619B2	System and apparatus comprising a multi-sensor catheter for right heart and pulmonary artery catheterization A system and apparatus comprising a multi-sensor catheter for right heart and pulmonary artery catheterization is disclosed. The multi-sensor catheter comprises multi-lumen catheter tubing into which at least three optical pressure sensors, and their respective optical fibers, are inserted. The three optical pressure sensors are arranged within a distal end portion of the catheter, spaced apart lengthwise within the distal end portion for measuring pressure concurrently at each sensor location. The sensor locations are configured for placement of at least one sensor in each of the right atrium, the right ventricle and the pulmonary artery, for concurrent measurement of pressure at each sensor location. The sensor arrangement may further comprise an optical thermo-dilution sensor, and another lumen is provided for fluid injection for thermo-dilution measurements. The catheter may comprise an inflatable balloon tip and a guidewire lumen, and preferably has an outside diameter of 6 French or less.
US11197617B2	Systems and methods for monitoring and analyzing cardiovascular states A system and method for hemodynamic dysfunction detection may include at least one sensor configured to received one or more signals from a patient, a computing device in data communication with the at least one sensor, a computer-readable storage medium in communication with the computing device, an input device, and an output device. The system may include computer readable instructions to cause the system to receive at least one signal in the time domain from the sensor, determine at least one metric in the frequency domain from the at least one signal in the time domain, and determine the cardiovascular state of the patient from a combination of the at least one metric in the frequency domain and information contained in at least one database of cardiovascular states. The system may also notify a user of a immanent patient cardiovascular event and recommend one or more interventions to mitigate it.
US11197608B2	Eye disease diagnosis method and system using artificial intelligence An eye disease diagnosis method using artificial intelligence may include: collecting, from a database, a first eyeground image of a myopic patient who is not diagnosed with an eye disease and a second eyeground image of a myopic patient who has been diagnosed with the eye disease; learning eyeball change information by degree of myopia based on the first eyeground image, using deep learning; comparing and analyzing the first eyeground image and the second eyeground image based on the eyeball change information by the degree of myopia, and learning eyeball change information by the eye disease using deep learning; and estimating determination criteria of an eyeground image for diagnosis of the eye disease, based on a difference between the eyeball change information by the degree of myopia and the eyeball change information by the eye disease.
US11197606B2	Ophthalmoscope using natural pupil dilation An ophthalmic device having a single or dual compartment configuration selectively emits infrared and visible light beams onto one or a pair of target eyes. The device performs eye fundus imaging and aids in the detection of ailments as indicated by anomalies in the pupillary reflex.
US11197605B2	Reflective ultra-wide field fundus imager Improved scanning ophthalmoscopes for scanning the retina of an eye are discussed in the present disclosure. One example scanning ophthalmoscope includes an uncollimated light source, a first scanning element, a second scanning element, a slit of a first aspherical mirror, and a second aspherical mirror. The uncollimated light source produces a beam of light to illuminate the retina. The beam of light is relayed from the first scanning element onto the second scanning element by the slit of the first aspherical mirror. The second aspherical mirror relays the beam of light from the second scanning element to the pupil of the eye.
US11197603B2	Endoscope apparatus An endoscope apparatus according to the present invention includes: a light source device configured to continuously emit first light of a first wavelength band, and sequentially emit second light of plural second wavelength bands different from the first wavelength band and different from each other; and an imaging device including: a spectroscopic unit configured to spectrally separate light from a subject, the light being due to illumination light emitted by the light source device, into light of the first wavelength band and light of the second wavelength bands; a first imaging element configured to generate a first image signal by receiving and photoelectrically convert the light of the first wavelength band spectrally separated by the spectroscopic unit; and a second imaging element configured to generate a second image signal by respectively receiving and photoelectrically converting the light of the second wavelength bands spectrally separated by the spectroscopic means.
US11197600B2	Melamine foam sponge cleaning devices A cleaning device for removing marks from a surface includes a body of melamine foam sponge having a front side and a rear side opposed to the front side, and a holding layer secured to the rear side of the body of melamine foam sponge to prevent relative movement therebetween. The holding layer is preferably a cloth and more preferably natural or synthetic chamois which can be used to wipe and/or buff the surface after rubbing the body of melamine foam sponge on the surface to remove at least one surface mark. The body of melamine foam sponge can be pre-moistened with a liquid such as a disinfecting solution.
US11197597B2	System and method for a task management and communication system Systems, methods, and computer-readable storage media for a task management and distribution system. Systems configured as disclosed manage task distribution between various robots, drones, and autonomous vehicles. As tasks are identified as not capable of completion by the detecting robot, they are transmitted to a central task-management system which identifies a subset of robots which are capable of completing the task, determines the availability of the robots in the subset, and assigns one of those robots in the subset to complete the task.
US11197596B2	Surface cleaning apparatus with flexible bellows A surface cleaning apparatus includes a housing including an upright handle assembly and a base mounted to the handle assembly and adapted for movement across a surface to be cleaned. A fluid delivery system can be provided on the housing and can include a fluid supply chamber and a fluid dispenser. A fluid recovery system can be provided on the housing and include a suction nozzle assembly, a recovery chamber, and a vacuum source to draw fluid from the surface to be cleaned.
US11197594B2	Cleaner The present disclosure relates to a cleaner improving the cleaning efficiency. The cleaner includes a main body, a suction device configured to suck foreign substances on a surface to be cleaned, and an extension member positioned in the rear of the suction device to connect the main body and the suction device, wherein the suction device includes a suction head including a suction port, a connection member connecting the suction head and the extension member, and a weight accommodated in the suction device and disposed between the suction port and the extension member such that the suction port is prevented from being lifted from the surface to be cleaned when the suction device moves along the surface to be cleaned.
US11197592B2	Vacuum cleaner A vacuum cleaner (10) includes a handle assembly (22) pivotally coupled to a foot (42). The handle assembly (22) includes an air treatment member, an actuator (34) centrally arranged on a rear side of the handle assembly (22) and a cord reel assembly (14) arranged on a front side of the handle assembly (22). The cord reel assembly (14) includes a cord reel (30) and a cord (26) configured to be coupled to an AC power source and provide power to the suction source. The cord reel (30) is switchable between a first state, in which the cord reel (30) winds the cord (26), and a second state, in which the cord reel (30) does not wind. The actuator (34) is moveable between a first position and a second position. In response to the actuator (34) moving from the first position to the second position, the cord reel (30) switches from the second state to the first state.
US11197589B2	Moisture retaining pocket towel A moisture retaining pocket towel includes a water retaining mechanism having an absorbing layer, a base layer and an outer layer. The water retaining mechanism is divided into a first half portion and a second half portion which is capable to be folded in half to move between a folding position and an actuating position. The moisture retaining pocket towel also has an outer rim being jointed by an upper portion rim and a lower portion rim encasing around an outer edge of the water retaining mechanism for retaining moisture. In folding position, the water retaining mechanism is folded in half and the exposure of the absorbing layer to the outside environment is minimized for retaining moisture. In addition, magnetic elements are used to retain the folding position.
US11197579B2	Method for cooking foods, and apparatus implementing the method Provided is a cooking apparatus, preferably including a plurality of heating plates for contact cooking. The cooking time is determined by selecting a desired degree of cooking of the food. After estimating the surface area occupied by the food on one of the heating plates, said cooking time is calculated on the basis of the desired degree of cooking, the thickness of the food, and the surface area occupied by the food.
US11197578B2	Device for cleaning an espresso machine A back-blush cleaning container may have a spring-biased piston that allows the container to fill with hot water when attached to a group head of the espresso machine. When the hot water of the espresso machine is turned off, the piston due to the spring urges the hot water out and back through a 3-way valve to clean the espresso machine. The backflush cleaning container also may have a steam conduit that allows steam from a steam wand of the espresso machine to clean the group head, 3-way valve and tubes. Moreover, the container may have a window which based on the position of the piston, a particular color is shown. The colors indicate whether the container is safe to remove from the group head of the espresso machine and when the container is full of water.
US11197576B2	Automatic machine to deliver beverages An automatic machine to deliver a beverage containing caffeine includes a water container, a possible pump, a filtering element to contain, during use, a powdered mixture, a main pipe that connects the container to the filtering element, and a heating element, associated with the container and/or with the main pipe, able to be selectively activated to heat the stream of water delivered from the container toward the filtering element in order to infuse the powdered mixture.
US11197575B2	Machine for preparing beverages with beverage concentrate cartridges A machine (1) for preparing beverages and presenting a plurality of beverage concentrate cartridges (2) provided to collect a respective beverage concentrate (3), and a concentrate discharge device (4) adapted so that can interact with each one of said beverage concentrate cartridges (2), whereby said beverage concentrate cartridges (2) are provided so that the beverage concentrate (3) is discharged, from the discharge part (22) of each of said beverage concentrate cartridges (2), directly to the exterior of said machine (1), in particular into a beverage recipient (A) that can be placed on the discharge zone of a service disposition (11), without touching in any other part of the machine (1). Also, a process for preparing beverages based upon the machine (1) for preparing beverages.
US11197566B2	Apparatus for receiving mail An apparatus for receiving mail with a body having a main inner cavity for containing a mail item, a movable closing element for allowing or preventing access to the main inner cavity, a through opening for allowing the insertion of the mail item inside the main inner cavity, and a locking device electronically actuated with a first user interface element for allowing the input of a signal for locking and/or unlocking. The first user interface element can be accessed from outside the apparatus for receiving mail. An electric power supply is for supplying the locking device and the respective user interface element, respectively. Emergency opening equipment has a second user interface element, with connecting means for the locking device, and an unlocking device configured for unlocking the locking device by way of the connecting means, in case of malfunction of said locking device and/or of the first user interface element.
US11197565B2	Flexible mat anchor and tether system and method In some embodiments, a method includes providing a flexible mat; wrapping the flexible mat around a crossbar of an infant or toddler seat; affixing at least two of a plurality of suction cups; providing a tether configured to secure an object; and coupling the tether to an anchor block by disposing an anchor terminus through an aperture, forming a compression fit. The flexible mat may have a mat body characterized by a front side, back side and thickness; and a plurality of anchors. Each anchor may include an anchor block having an aperture configured to receive a tether, and a suction cup. Each anchor may be disposed through the thickness, such that its anchor block is on the front side and its suction cup extends from the back side. The back side may be adjacent a surface of the crossbar. The method may include securing an object to the tether.
US11197563B1	Adaptable product display systems and methods A product display system includes a base, a shelving support assembly coupled to the base, and one or more shelves removably secured to the shelving support assembly. The one or more shelves are securable to the shelving support assembly in a first configuration and a second configuration that differs from the first configuration.
US11197561B2	Playpen A playpen includes an upper frame assembly including a corner joining part, a standing leg pivotally connected with the corner joining part, the standing leg being rotatable relative to the corner joining part between a folded position where the standing leg is folded toward the upper frame assembly and an unfolded position where the standing leg is deployed for providing standing support on a floor surface, and a locking mechanism disposed adjacent to the corner joining part, the locking mechanism having a latch operable to lock the standing leg in the unfolded position and to unlock the standing leg for rotation of the standing leg between the unfolded position and the folded position.
US11197551B2	Seat transit systems and methods A seat skate assembly is configured to be secured to a fitting of a seat assembly. The seat skate assembly includes a pin-retaining guide including a plurality of pin cavities configured to receive and retain one or more pins of the fitting, one or more wheel couplers, and one or more wheel members rotatably coupled to the wheel coupler(s). The wheel member(s) allow the seat assembly to be moved.
US11197548B2	Reclining control system for a chair A reclining control system for a chair having a back and a seat including a rigid seat member having a bottom surface and a first rigid link having a first end and second end. The first end of the first rigid link may be adapted to engage the back and the second end of the first rigid link may be positioned proximally adjacent to the bottom surface of the rigid seat member. A rigid link may have a first end and a second end, where the first end of the rigid link may engage the bottom surface of the rigid seat member at an engagement point. The second end of rigid link may engage the second end of the first rigid link in an aft position. The reclining control system for a chair may further include a pivoting link having a first end and a second end. The first end of the pivoting link may engage the bottom surface of the rigid seat member at the engagement point and the second end of the pivoting link may engage the second end of the first rigid link in a fore position. The rigid link moves the rigid seat member from a non-reclining position in a downward and backward direction and the pivoting rigid link moves the back to a reclining position.
US11197544B2	Universal vanity/cabinet accommodating both left side and right side drawer mounting A universal cabinet accommodating both left and right side drawer mountings allowing the universal cabinet to be installed in a first installation site requiring left side drawer mounting and a second installation site requiring right side drawer mounting. The universal cabinet preferably includes a cabinet housing having an interior space and an upper opening. The upper opening is preferably configured to receive at least one sink. The interior space is sized to receive an interior portion of at least one drawer and plumbing to be connected to the at least one sink. The cabinet housing preferably includes a frame member configured to mount one or more drawers on a left side of the cabinet housing when an installation site requires left side drawer mounting and on a right side of the cabinet housing when an installation site requires right side drawer mounting.
US11197541B1	Multifunction workstation and related method of use A workstation is provided including first and second vertically telescoping support columns, a base frame mounted atop the first and second support columns, so that the base frame is movable up and down, and a desktop joined with the base frame and slidable between a first position in which the desktop is disposed vertically over both the first and second support columns, so a user can sit or stand facing the desktop, and a second position in which the desktop is cantilevered and projects laterally, distally beyond the first support column a first distance beyond the base frame, so that the user can exercise facing the desktop on an exercise device located laterally beyond and outside the first and second support columns. A related method of use is provided.
US11197539B2	Cosmetic brush fiber with star-shaped cross section Example aspects of a brush assembly and a method for providing a brush assembly are disclosed. The brush assembly can comprise a plurality of elongate primary brush bristles, each of the primary brush bristles defining a star-shaped transverse cross section, each of the primary brush bristles defining five substantially parallel outer edges and five substantially parallel inner edges extending along a length of the primary brush bristle; and a ferrule attached to the plurality of primary brush bristles.
US11197535B2	Flag football system Systems and methods described herein may provide an adjustable magnetic attachment force for flag football and for determining a location in flag football. In some embodiments, a system comprises a flag and a wearable item, wherein the flag and the wearable item are configured such that a magnetic attachment force exerted between a first connector and a second connector attaches the flag to the wearable item. In some embodiments, a set comprises one or more flags and one or more wearable items, wherein an adjustable magnetic attachment force attaching the flags and wearable items is adjusted by replacing one or more magnetic components. In some embodiments, a system comprising a flag and a wearable item is configured to detect that contact between a first connector and a second connector has been broken and to automatically indicate a location associated with the contact being broken.
US11197531B2	Thermographically replaceable anthropoid system Provided is a system and a heating method for the system, that includes a stand, a heatable headform disposed on a one end of the stand, and a power supply for receiving power via a power connector from an external power source. The heatable headform receives power from the external power source via the power supply. The system further includes a replaceable human hair covering formed of heat conductive material, to be placed over the heatable headform and heated via the heatable headform for performing hair processing or other chemical processing operations thereon, to simulate that of a human being.
US11197528B2	Pull-opening cap equipped with an air intake The invention relates to a capsule (1) having a push-pull opening along longitudinal axis X, comprising a fixed housing (3) as well as a head (4) which can move translationally along axis X with respect to the fixed housing (3), said capsule comprising an air intake passage (16).
US11197527B2	Wax strip A wax strip including a substantially flat, pliable backing substrate having a dimension from a first end to a second end, and a depilatory adhesive composition affixed to a portion of a first side of the backing substrate, where the depilatory adhesive composition is positioned not closer than about one-third of a distance from the first end to the second end of the dimension.
US11197524B1	Case for portable electronic computing device Systems and methods are involved with a tablet case assembly including a lid portion, a restraint projection extending from the lid portion, a container portion hingedly coupled with the lid portion, and a holder projection extending from the container portion. When the lid portion is in an open position, the holder projection is uncoupled from the restraint projection. When the lid portion is in a closed position, the holder projection is coupled with the restraint projection to secure the lid portion in the closed position and to form an elongated open-ended enclosure bounded by a front side of the container portion, the restraint projection, and the holder projection. In addition, other aspects are described in the claims, drawings, and text forming a part of the present disclosure.
US11197521B2	Slide fastener A slide fastener includes a resin sheet that joins tapes on one surface among both surfaces of the tapes in a thickness direction, and that extends from a stop on a side opposite to element rows and is integral with the stop. The stop includes recesses on a boundary portion with the sheet of left and right side portions that respectively correspond to the tapes, and includes a recess region in a surface of the stop that is a region whose range in a left-right direction is defined by leftmost and rightmost ones of the recesses. A surface of the sheet includes a flat portion that is a region extending from the recess region toward the side opposite to the element rows.
US11197519B2	Footwear with internal harness An improved article of footwear is disclosed herein. The article of footwear includes an upper and a harness. The upper has a midfoot region, a forefoot region, a medial side, a lateral side, and an opening configured to receive a foot of a wearer. The harness extends between the midfoot region and the forefoot region, and includes a panel, a cable, and a tightening mechanism. The tightening mechanism tensions the cable against the panel to apply a compressive force to the foot of a wearer to secure the foot of the wearer in the upper. Consequently, the internal harness prevents the foot of a wearer from shifting or translating in the upper, such as during athletic activity like cutting.
US11197518B2	Article of footwear upper incorporating a textile component with tensile elements An article of footwear includes a textile component. The textile component of the upper includes a textile element and a tensile element. The tensile element defines a first segment disposed on a first side of the upper. The first segment of the tensile element is configured to attach the securement device to the textile element on the first side of the upper. The tensile element further includes a second segment that is disposed proximate the lower portion of the upper on the second side. The second segment is fixed relative to the lower portion of the upper on the second side. The tensile element further includes an intermediate segment that extends continuously from the first segment, across the heel region, to the second segment.
US11197514B2	Layered sole structure for an article of footwear A sole structure can include provisions for improving the cushioning characteristics and stability of an article of footwear. The sole structure may include multiple layers with specialized structural properties designed to integrate regions of stiffness with cushioning layers. In some cases, the sole structure can include at least two independent stability layers that differ in stiffness.
US11197512B2	Detachable, retro fitting light accessory for high-heeled shoes A detachable, retrofitting light accessory for both magnetic and adhesive attachment to a high-heeled shoe having an open archway with a ferrous metal shank, having a light-emitting diode (LED) light assembly, a magnet affixed to the LED light assembly and configured to magnetically engage the ferrous metal shank in the open archway of the shoe, and to magnetically attach the light accessory to the shoe, and a double-sided adhesive strip configured for placement between the magnet and an outer surface in the open archway to also adhesively attach the light accessory to the shoe, to prevent the light accessory from slipping relative to the shoe during use.
US11197511B2	Helmet A helmet comprises an outer shell, an impact absorbing liner inside the outer shell to receive loads from the outer shell and an inner liner disposed inside the impact absorbing liner, with the inner liner configured to slide relative to the impact absorbing liner. The inner liner defines a number of apertures and a deflector inside each aperture. Each deflector comprises: a body that is connectable to the impact absorbing liner; a peripheral border that is connectable to the aperture in which it is received; and a number of deformable spokes extending between the body and the border.
US11197510B2	Academic hat tassel securing system An academic hat tassel securing system includes a mortarboard including a cap and a board attached to and positioned on top of the cap. The board has a planar top side and a perimeter edge having a square shape. The perimeter edge includes a front left edge, a right left edge, a rear left edge and a rear right edge. A tether has a first end coupled to the board and a second end coupled to a tassel such that the tether extends over the perimeter edge of the board. A securing members is removably attached to the board and the tether is releasably securable to the securing member such that the tether is retained in place relative to the board.
US11197505B2	Load and sterilization combination control circuit A load and sterilization combination control circuit arranged on a suction device includes a main control unit, a battery management unit, a load output unit, a load detection circuit and an ultraviolet sterilization circuit including an operation switch and an enabled switch connected with the operation switch in series and the main control unit. The load detection unit and the enabled switch are conducted to externally output. When a load of the suction device applied on the load output unit is detected by the main control unit via the load, detection circuit, the operation switch is configured to perform on-off control on the entire ultraviolet sterilization circuit after the enabled switch is turned on. The present disclosure can avoid waste electricity due to misoperation by performing a linkage control thereof and the ultraviolet sterilization circuit can work normally only after by connecting with the load and closing the operation switch.
US11197503B2	Aerosol-generating article comprising a piston and aerosol-generating device The aerosol-generating article comprises a housing having an open end. The housing comprises a cavity for holding an aerosol-forming substrate. The article further comprises a piston movable within the housing into the direction of the open end of the housing. The aerosol-generating device comprises a cavity for receiving at least a portion of an aerosol-generating article comprising an aerosol-forming substrate. A heating chamber is arranged adjacent the cavity for heating aerosol-forming substrate received from the aerosol-generating article. The cavity and the heating chamber are arranged along a same longitudinal axis such that aerosol-forming substrate is transferrable from the aerosol-generating article into the heating chamber with a linear movement in the direction of the longitudinal axis.
US11197499B2	Electronic smoking article An electronic smoking article includes a liquid aerosol formulation, a heater operable to at least partially volatilize the liquid aerosol formulation and form an aerosol and a tubular filter segment downstream of the heater. The tubular filter segment is operable to selectively filter aerosol particles and vapors from the aerosol.
US11197498B2	Cartridge for an aerosol-generating system and an aerosol-generating system comprising a cartridge There is provided a cartridge for an aerosol-generating system, the cartridge including: a first compartment having a first air inlet and a first air outlet, the first compartment containing a nicotine source including a first carrier material impregnated with between about 1 milligram and about 40 milligrams of nicotine; and a second compartment having a second air inlet and a second air outlet, the second compartment containing a lactic acid source including a second carrier material impregnated with between about 2 milligrams and about 60 milligrams of lactic acid. An aerosol-generating system is also provided, including the cartridge and an aerosol-generating device including a housing defining a cavity configured to receive at least a portion of the cartridge; and a heater configured to heat the first compartment and the second compartment of the cartridge.
US11197497B2	Aerosol generating device An aerosol generating device includes: a hollow casing comprising a path for accommodating a cigarette, an opening open to the outside at one end of the path such that the cigarette is inserted into the opening from the outside, a through hole connected to the other end of the path, and a protrusion protruding from the path to contact a portion of an outer surface of the cigarette; and a heater having one side end portion passing through the through hole and arranged inside the path to be inserted into the cigarette accommodated in the path, the heater being configured to heat the cigarette when electricity is applied.
US11197495B1	Rolling apparatus to form different sized cigarettes with enhanced efficiency A cigarette rolling apparatus designed to form a cigarette by rolling a paper around a smoking material is provided. The apparatus includes a base, a ramp coupled to the base, a handle with arms pivotably mounted to the base and having rollers rotatably mounted to the arms, and a belt with first and second ends coupled to the base so that the belt extends along the ramp and around the rollers mounted to the handle. The handle in a load position forms a U-shaped pocket in the belt between the ramp and rollers to receive the smoking material and a portion of the belt on the ramp to receive the paper. Pivotal movement of the handle from the load position toward the front end of the base allows the rollers to apply compression forces on portions of the belt to roll the paper around the smoking material.
US11197485B2	Method to inhibit storage browning in cheese Described is a method to inhibit browning in aged cheeses and the resulting aged cheese. The method includes the step of adding to a fresh cheese during its manufacture an amount of a reducing agent, wherein the amount of added reducing agent is effective to inhibit methylglyoxal-mediated browning of the cheese as it ages.
US11197483B2	Automatic removal method of shrimp line An automatic removal method of a shrimp line completes the automatic removal of the shrimp line based on a recognition system, a control system, a feed system, a detection device, a loading device and an auxiliary device. Firstly, by adopting a method of photographic contrast, in a moving process of a shrimp to be treated on a device, a photographing mechanism can take candid photographs according to a preset feature picture, and then controls the track of a tool to remove a shrimp line to complete the purpose of automatically removing the shrimp line. The method has small manual operation, high automation, safe operation, high integration degree of the device, portability, and good removal efficiency of the shrimp line, and is suitable for family meals and table food in restaurants.
US11197481B2	Biscuit with debossing on top and bottom A foodstuff, and a method and system of making the same, comprises a biscuit having a generally planar top surface and a generally planar bottom surface. The biscuit includes first indicia on the top surface that has a plurality of projections that extend from the top surface. The biscuit also includes second indicia on the bottom surface that has an imprint recessed from the bottom surface.
US11197477B2	Aqueous capsule suspension concentrates based on 2-[(2,4-dichlorophenyl)methyl]-4,4′-dimethyl-3-isoxazolidinone The present invention relates to aqueous capsule suspension concentrates based on 2-[(2,4 -dichlorophenyl)methyl]-4,4′-dimethyl-3-isoxazolidinone, to the production thereof and to mixtures thereof with suspension concentrates, and to the use thereof as an agrochemical formulation.
US11197474B2	Dried chlorella based compositions and methods for plants Compositions suitable for application to plants and seeds comprising dried Chlorella cells are disclosed. Methods of preparing and applying compositions of dried Chlorella cells to plants and seeds to enhance at least one characteristic of a plant are disclosed.
US11197473B2	Vitrified state stabilizing agent for animal cell cryopreservation solution Provided are a vitrification stabilizer for animal cell cryopreservation fluid, and an animal cell cryopreservation fluid that exhibits superior vitrification capacity due to containing said vitrification stabilizer for animal cell cryopreservation fluid. The vitrification stabilizer for animal cell cryopreservation fluid contains an amphoteric polymer compound selected from the group consisting of: (a) an amphoteric polymer compound obtained by reacting ε-poly-L-lysine with butyl succinic acid anhydride and performing carboxylation; (b) an amphoteric polymer compound obtained by reacting ε-poly-L-lysine with butyl succinic acid anhydride and succinic acid anhydride, and performing carboxylation; and (c) an amphoteric polymer compound obtained by reacting ε-poly-L-lysine with a compound represented by formula (I) and performing carboxylation.
US11197472B1	Insect monitor An insect monitoring device and method of monitoring insects having a body with a slide out tray assembly. The tray assembly has a replaceable sheet assembly with an exposed adhesive surface. The tray assembly has an aperture through which insects may pass to encounter the adhesive surface. Spaced from the adhesive surface is a heating element to warm the interior of the monitoring device. A sheet assembly has a reflective side to reflect heat back onto the adhesive surface and an insulating side to increase efficiency. A sensor array images the adhesive surface and transmits images to a remote computer. Other sensors may also be present on the sensor array.
US11197467B2	Delivery, use and therapeutic applications of the CRISPR-cas systems and compositions for modeling mutations in leukocytes The invention involves a method for modulating leukocyte activity, comprising delivering to a leukocyte a vector containing nucleic acid molecule(s), whereby the leukocyte contains Cas9 and the vector expresses one or more RNAs to guide the Cas9 to introduce mutations in one or more target genetic loci in the leukocyte, thereby modulating expression of one or more genes expressed in the leukocyte. The invention also involves identifying genes associated with leukocyte responses and experimental modeling of aberrant leukocyte activation and diseases associated with leukocytes by introducing mutations into leukocytes. The invention comprehends testing putative treatments with such models, e.g., testing putative chemical compounds that may be pharmaceutically relevant for treatment or gene therapy that may be relevant for treatment, or combinations thereof. The invention allows for the study of genetic diseases and putative treatments to better understand and alleviate leukocyte associated diseases.
US11197466B2	Perch for a bird feeder A perch configuration for a bird feeder, the bird feeder having a seed container and a seed access area to permit a bird to land thereon to feed from the seed access area, the perch member having a generally inverted U-shaped configuration whereby when a bird perches on the member, there are no sharp edges contacting the bird's claws.
US11197464B2	Systems and methods for detecting unattended lifeforms in enclosed spaces A system for determining whether an unattended animal is left in an enclosed space is provided. The system includes a sensor provided within the enclosed space that is configured to generate temperature data and humidity data associated with an interior of the enclosed space and generate physiological data associated with the unattended animal. The system includes a control system that (a) determines, based on the temperature data and the humidity data, whether the interior of the enclosed space is unsafe for the unattended animal, (b) determines, based on the physiological data, whether the unattended animal is within the interior of the enclosed space, and (c) based on the interior of the enclosed space being unsafe for the unattended animal, starts a countdown timer when the physiological data indicates a presence of the unattended animal within the interior of the enclosed space.
US11197456B2	Hybrid tomato plant named HM 2194 A hybrid tomato plant, designated HM 2194 is disclosed. The invention relates to the seeds of hybrid tomato designated HM 2194, to the plants and plant parts of hybrid tomato designated HM 2194, and to methods for producing a tomato plant by crossing the hybrid tomato HM 2194 with itself or another tomato plant.
US11197455B2	Cotton variety 18R410B3XF The invention relates to the novel cotton variety designated 18R410B3XF. Provided by the invention are the seeds, plants, plant parts and derivatives of the cotton variety 18R410B3XF. Also provided by the invention are methods of using cotton variety 18R410B3XF and products derived therefrom. Still further provided by the invention are methods for producing cotton plants by crossing the cotton variety 18R410B3XF with itself or another cotton variety and plants and seeds produced by such methods.
US11197454B2	Cotton variety 18R062 The invention relates to the novel cotton variety designated 18R062. Provided by the invention are the seeds, plants, plant parts and derivatives of the cotton variety 18R062. Also provided by the invention are methods of using cotton variety 18R062 and products derived therefrom. Still further provided by the invention are methods for producing cotton plants by crossing the cotton variety 18R062 with itself or another cotton variety and plants and seeds produced by such methods.
US11197453B1	Soybean cultivar 95130716 A soybean cultivar designated 95130716 is disclosed. The invention relates to the seeds of soybean cultivar 95130716, to the plants of soybean cultivar 95130716, to the plant parts of soybean cultivar 95130716, and to methods for producing progeny of soybean cultivar 95130716. 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 95130716. The invention also relates to methods for producing other soybean cultivars, lines, or plant parts derived from soybean cultivar 95130716, 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 95130716 with another soybean cultivar.
US11197452B1	Soybean cultivar 92140814 A soybean cultivar designated 92140814 is disclosed. The invention relates to the seeds of soybean cultivar 92140814, to the plants of soybean cultivar 92140814, to the plant parts of soybean cultivar 92140814, and to methods for producing progeny of soybean cultivar 92140814. 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 92140814. The invention also relates to methods for producing other soybean cultivars, lines, or plant parts derived from soybean cultivar 92140814, 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 92140814 with another soybean cultivar.
US11197451B1	Soybean variety 5PNBY64 A novel soybean variety, designated 5PNBY64 is provided. Also provided are the seeds of soybean variety 5PNBY64, cells from soybean variety 5PNBY64, plants of soybean 5PNBY64, and plant parts of soybean variety 5PNBY64. Methods provided include producing a soybean plant by crossing soybean variety 5PNBY64 with another soybean plant, methods for introgressing a transgenic trait, a mutant trait, and/or a native trait into soybean variety 5PNBY64, methods for producing other soybean varieties or plant parts derived from soybean variety 5PNBY64, and methods of characterizing soybean variety 5PNBY64. Soybean seed, cells, plants, germplasm, breeding lines, varieties, and plant parts produced by these methods and/or derived from soybean variety 5PNBY64 are further provided.
US11197449B2	Peanut variety ‘Georgia-18RU’ Herein provided is a new runner-type peanut variety designated ‘Georgia-18RU’ as well as the seeds, plants and derivatives of the new peanut variety ‘Georgia-18RU’. Also provided are tissue cultures of the new peanut variety ‘Georgia-18RU’ and the plants regenerated therefrom. Methods for producing peanut plants by crossing the new peanut variety ‘Georgia-18RU’ with itself or another peanut variety (such as another runner-type peanut variety) and plants produced by such methods are also provided. ‘Georgia-18RU’ is a unique runner-type peanut cultivar having a combination of high level of tomato spotted wilt virus (TSWV) resistance and leaf scorch resistance caused by Leptosphaerulina crassiasca (Séchet) Jackson and Bell, and high yield. ‘Georgia-18RU’ provides a medium maturity runner-type peanut cultivar with a prominent main stem, medium green foliage, medium-large runner seed size, and pink seedcoat color.
US11197445B1	Maize inbred 7MMSL1001 A novel maize variety designated 7MMSL1001 and seed, plants and plant parts thereof are provided. Methods for producing a maize plant comprise crossing maize variety 7MMSL1001 with another maize plant are provided. Methods for producing a maize plant containing in its genetic material one or more traits introgressed into 7MMSL1001 through backcross conversion and/or transformation, and to the maize seed, plant and plant part produced thereby are provided. Hybrid maize seed, plants or plant parts are produced by crossing the variety 7MMSL1001 or a locus conversion of 7MMSL1001 with another maize variety.
US11197443B2	Methods for improving seed production in maize Defoliation of maize plants, based on percent seed moisture, has advantageous outcomes including greater number of seeds per pound; increased volume or proportion of saleable seed per field and per female acre; decreased discard of seed due to commercially undesirable size or shape; lower moisture content of seed at harvest; earlier harvest date; less fuel and time expended in drying seed for storage; improved performance in laboratory tests for germination at cold temperatures; improved seed treatment efficacy; improved emergence under stress in field conditions; improved plantability in mechanical systems; more uniform stand; fewer runt plants and improved grain yield.
US11197438B2	Lettuce variety 79-871 RZ The present invention relates to a Lactuca sativa seed designated 79-871 RZ. The present invention also relates to a Lactuca sativa plant produced by growing the 79-871 RZ seed. The invention further relates to methods for producing the lettuce cultivar, represented by lettuce variety 79-871 RZ.
US11197433B2	Solar-reactive mulch film A solar reactive mulch film comprising one or more layers of heat shrink material pre-strained at a predetermined temperature and tension. Immediately cooling the pre-strained layers retains molecular deformation stresses in the material which facilitate shrinkage but not expansion on exposure to solar radiation. The mulch film adapted to be laid over longitudinal growing beds and held tautly by burying its side edges in soil. Exposure of uncovered portions of film to solar radiation causes shrinkage in one or more directions whereby in combination with the weight of the soil holding it down, maintains tautness of the mulch over a growing period. Methods of manufacture and use of the same.
US11197432B1	Ducting assembly for de-stratification and consolidating excess water and nutrients A tray system for use in horticultural or agricultural operations comprising a ducting assembly for de-stratification and a drainage system for consolidating excess water and nutrients.
US11197430B2	Container and method of growing plants The present invention relates to a container in which one or more plants can be held. The invention relates in particular to a container in which plants and/or seeds are able to grow. The invention also relates to a method for growing plants. According to the invention, the container comprises a container base having a growth medium in which one or more plants can be grown, a container lid that is coupled to the container base, and a cutting member for cutting through the one or more plants. According to the invention, the cutting member can be actuated prior to or during an action of at least substantially breaking the coupling between the container lid and the container base.
US11197429B2	Plant illumination apparatus An object is to provide a plant illumination apparatus that can output light having a high degree of circular polarization in the target wavelength range. This object is achieved by having a reflective-type polarizing plate having an effective wavelength range, a light-emitting device, and a reflective plate configured to reflect light emitted from the light-emitting device and satisfying: λ1>λ2,λ2>λ3, and w>30 nm wherein λ1 is the center wavelength of the effective wavelength range of the reflective-type polarizing plate, λ2 is the center wavelength of the light-emitting device, w is the full width at half maximum of the transmittance of the reflective-type polarizing plate, and λ3 is the shorter wavelength of the wavelengths at the full width at half maximum.
US11197426B2	Baler with removable sidewalls A baler including a frame having a first end, and a second end opposite the first end. The baler also having a compression chamber, where the compression chamber defines a central axis extending longitudinally therethrough, a plunger assembly at least partially positioned and movable within the compression chamber, and a panel removably coupled to the frame, and where the panel at least partially defines the compression chamber.
US11197420B2	Variable mulching assembly for use with a lawnmower A convertible lawnmower with a mulching mode and a discharge mode includes a housing and a mulching system. The housing includes a discharge opening. The mulching system includes a mounting ring and a shutter ring. The mounting ring is coupled substantially concentrically to the housing and includes an upper surface, a lower surface, and a sidewall that extends substantially axially therebetween. The sidewall is formed with a retaining groove and at least one installation groove. The retaining groove extends at least partially circumferentially within an inner surface of the sidewall and each installation groove extends axially from the lower surface to the retaining groove. The shutter ring is only coupled to mounting ring via the retaining groove such that the shutter ring is selectively shiftable between a mulching mode and a discharge mode.
US11197419B2	Agricultural machine with sectional header An agricultural vehicle including a chassis and a sectional header system carried by the chassis. The sectional header system includes a center section connected to the chassis, at least one additional section, and at least one coupling assembly that removably connects the center section to the at least one additional section. The at least one coupling assembly includes at least one actuator connected to the center section and the at least one additional section. The at least one actuator is located underneath the pivot point. The at least one additional section is configured for being coupled to the center section in harvesting of a crop material and decoupled from the center section and subsequently towable in transportation of the sectional header system.
US11197418B2	Fan-equipped dual-purpose grain cart for transporting and drying grain A dual-purpose agricultural cart for transporting and conditioning grain or other particulate material. The cart features a transportable frame, a holding container for receiving and holding the particulate material, a fan, and one or more airflow channels each having an inlet fed by the fan and at least one outlet positioned to open into the holding container at an elevation at or proximate a lower end of the holding container. The particulate material is aerated via upward fan-driven airflow from the outlet(s) of the one or more airflow channels. The same cart used to transport grain between a combine harvester and road transport vehicle during harvest can be used after harvest, or during harvest delays, the dry harvested grain before long term storage or long-distance transport.
US11197416B2	Control system for an adjustable deflector A control system and method for controlling the positioning of an adjustable deflector plate employed in a harvesting combine to adjust a side-to-side flow of crop residue to spreaders associated with the combine and the distribution thereby. The deflector plate is operably extendable into the flow of crop residue to redirect crop residue impinging the deflector plate. The deflector plate is adjusted based upon a comparison between the open/closed states of valves associated with the control system.
US11197405B2	Harvesting machine and travel mode switching method The present disclosure includes a travel operation unit that is configured to be manually operated and includes a mode operation tool for switching between automatic driving and manual driving, a manual travel control unit that includes a manual travel mode in which manual driving is performed based an operation signal received from the travel operation unit, and an automatic travel control unit that includes an automatic travel mode in which automatic driving is performed, a temporary stop mode in which a vehicle body is temporarily stopped during automatic driving for transitioning from the automatic travel mode to the manual travel mode, and a check mode in which whether a state of the travel operation unit satisfies a manual driving transition condition required for starting manual driving is checked in transition from the temporary stop mode to the manual travel mode.
US11197404B2	Sand bunker rake and infield groomer apparatus A sand bunker rake/infield groomer vehicle having a frame; a plurality of wheels to traverse a driven surface, wherein the wheels are rotatably mounted to the frame; a power source mounted to the frame; and a rear attachment structure attached to the frame, wherein the rear attachment structure provides a joint enabling rotation; a bracket including a shaft wherein the bracket is configured to cooperate with an associated rake/grooming attachment; and a pivoting bracket mounted to the frame.
US11197403B2	Apparatus and method for land clearing and preparation A land preparation tool. The tool body can have a longitudinal axis, and include a first imaginary plane and a second imaginary plane. The first and second imaginary planes can intersect orthogonally at the longitudinal axis. The tool body can also include a concave cutting surface tapering from a proximal midpoint to a distal edge comprising a circular blade, and a multi-faceted surface mounting interface disposed on the tool body opposite the cutting surface. The mounting interface can have a plurality of beveled surfaces defining a first pair of V-shaped surfaces and a second pair of V-shaped surfaces, wherein a first apex of the first pair of V-shaped surfaces is disposed in the first imaginary plane and a second apex of the second pair of V-shaped surfaces is disposed in the secondary imaginary plane. A channel can be disposed into the mounting interface and extend into the tool body.
US11202398B2	Electromagnetic shielding material and method for producing the same An electromagnetic shielding material that includes a plurality of layers, each layer having a crystal lattice represented by: Mn+1Xn (wherein M is at least one metal of Group 3, 4, 5, 6, or 7; X is a carbon atom, a nitrogen atom, or a combination thereof; and n is 1, 2, or 3), each X is positioned within an octahedral array of M, and at least one of two opposing surfaces of said each layer has at least one modifier or terminal T selected from a hydroxy group, a fluorine atom, an oxygen atom, and a hydrogen atom; and dielectric and/or magnetic nanoparticles carried on a layer surface and/or between two adjacent layers of the plurality of layers.
US11202397B2	Configurable door panels A configurable door panel cover includes a first face of a first door that is perforated and includes one or more attachment points, which one or more configurable panels may attach to. The configurable door panel cover includes a fastener assembly that includes at least one fastener that attaches to the configurable door panel cover, and a spacing mechanism. The spacing mechanism attaches to the fastener that is attached to the configurable door panel cover and to one of the one or more attachment points on the first face of the first door. The spacing mechanism attaches the first configurable door panel cover at a first orientation that includes a first angle between the configurable door panel cover and the first spacing mechanism. The fastener assembly may be rotated to the configurable door panel cover.
US11202395B1	Power module operable in a hazardous environment A power module and method of forming the same. The power module includes an extruded tube with internal and external fins, first and second opposing surfaces defining ends thereof, and an internal slot for housing a power converter. The power module includes a bottom plate having a first depression to receive a first O-ring to provide a first liquid-tight fluid seal at the first opposing surface for an electrically insulting oil encapsulating the power converter. The power module includes a cable interface plate having a second depression to receive a second O-ring to provide a second liquid-type fluid seal at the second opposing surface for the electrically insulting oil encapsulating the power converter. The power module includes an end cap to mate with the cable interface plate and accept a conduit fitting to enable an electrical cable to be routed from within the end cap to an external connection point.
US11202394B1	Data center cooling system A cooling system configured to remove heat from a chimney of a server cabinet. The system includes a first heat exchanger unit in the chimney of the server cabinet. The first heat exchanger has a fluid inlet for receiving a working fluid and a fluid outlet for discharging the working fluid. The first heat exchanger also has an upstream surface receiving waste heat generated by one or more servers and a downstream surface that discharges air cooled by the first heat exchanger. The upstream surface is generally perpendicular to the downstream surface.
US11202391B2	Heat dissipating structure capable of conducting heat from a detachable module to a case module, and electronic device therewith A heat dissipating structure is for conducting heat generated by a detachable module to a case module. The heat dissipating structure includes a driving component disposed on a side of the detachable module, a driven component pivotally disposed on the case module and a heat dissipating component connected to the driven component. The driving component is slidable relative to the case module along with the detachable module. The heat dissipating component is for abutting against the detachable module and the case module. When the detachable module slides relative to the case module along an installing direction, the driving component drives the driven component to pivot relative to the case module in a first pivoting direction to drive the heat dissipating component to abut against the detachable module and the case module for conducting the heat generated by the detachable module to the case module by the heat dissipating component.
US11202389B2	Heat dissipation structure and electronic device A heat dissipation structure mounted in an electronic device includes a base body defining a seal chamber, a heat transfer medium in the seal chamber, and a connecting element. The seal chamber includes interconnected evaporation and condensation portions. The connecting element is coupled to the evaporation portion and a camera module of the electronic device. Heat generated by the camera module is transferred to the evaporation portion via the connecting element, the heat transfer medium turns to gas, and the gas flows into the condensation portion and condenses, dissipating the heat to the outside of the electronic device. The disclosure further provides an electronic device using the heat dissipation structure.
US11202384B2	Waterproof mechanism The present invention discloses a waterproof mechanism including a first casing, a second casing, a waterproof strip and a wire. The first casing includes a first frame. The second casing includes a second frame having a groove in which the waterproof strip is disposed. The wire is interposed between the first casing and the second casing and engaged with the first frame and the second frame, wherein the wire is pressed by the waterproof strip.
US11202383B2	Hard drive enclosure A hard drive enclosure with functionality of quick-release, is for application in a host computer, and comprises: an accommodating unit, a plurality of removable units, a connection inter face module, and a connection module. Wherein the accommodating unit has an accommodating space and a receiving opening. And the plurality of removable units is inserted into the accommodating space through the receiving opening, and each of the plurality of removable units carries with a storage device. In the present invention, according to particular design of electrical connectors constituted by printed circuit board assembly, so as to improve insufficient space for electrical routing. In other words, the hard drive enclosure of the present invention includes advantages of decreasing assembly time and low production cost.
US11202381B2	Connection device According to one embodiment, a connection device includes an engaging claw extending in a first direction from a first member, and a receiving portion provided in a second member. The engaging claw includes a pair of first side surfaces, and a pair of engaging protrusions projecting out from the respective side surface. Each engaging protrusion includes an inclined surface continuous from the first side surface and inclined to the first direction. The receiving portion includes a pair of slopes extending in the first direction and each including a second side surface engaging the first side surface, and an engaging projection connected to the second side surface, the engaging projection engaging the engaging protrusion.
US11202379B2	Electronic apparatus An electronic apparatus includes a flexible printed circuit board having a main body on which wiring pattern is formed, a connector having a connection terminal connected to the wiring constituting the wiring pattern, and a base body on which the connection terminal is fixed, and a casing. The main body is attached to the casing to be movable, the flexible printed circuit board has an extension part protruding from the main body and extending along with a ground included in the wiring pattern, the extension part bends in the middle of extending to be capable of expansion and contraction, and has a mounting part fixed to the casing on the tip side thereof, the mounting part is provided with a ground terminal connected to the ground extended, and the ground terminal is electrically connected to the casing in the state that the mounting part is fixed to the casing.
US11202375B2	Surface mount passive component shorted together A device that includes a substrate including a plurality of metal layers, and a plurality of dielectric layers. The device further includes a first passive component including a first terminal, a second terminal, and a first body, mounted to the substrate on one of the plurality of metal layers. The first terminal is coupled to a first ground signal and the second terminal is coupled to a second ground signal such that the first passive component is shorted.
US11202374B2	Method of mounting component A method of mounting a component includes an approaching step of causing the pair of clamping members to approach each other with the first body of the first component disposed between the paired clamping members, a clamping step of clamping the first component, and a mounting step of moving the pair of clamping members clamping the first component to the substrate and pressing out the first component clamped by the pair of clamping members with the pusher for mounting on the substrate, when the clamping members mount the first component on the substrate.
US11202372B2	Apparatus for performing compensation associated with screen printer and method thereof An apparatus that communicates with a screen printer and a solder inspection device is disclosed. The apparatus according to the present disclosure may include a process that is configured to: obtain first information associated with each of a plurality of pads on the substrate; obtain second information associated with each piece of the solder paste applied to each of the plurality of pads from the solder inspection device; determine a position correction value for the stencil mask with respect to the substrate based on the first information and the second information; and deliver the position correction value to the screen printer.
US11202371B2	Multilayer substrate A multilayer substrate includes a stacked body obtained by stacking a plurality of insulating base material layers, a driver IC including a plurality of mounting electrodes, coils, and magnetic sensors. The driver IC and the magnetic sensors are mounted to the stacked body. The coils include a first end and a second end that are electrically connected to the driver IC through a conductive bonding material. The first end and a mounting electrode are connected at one position through the conductive bonding material.
US11202370B2	Integrated circuit chip, display apparatus, and method of fabricating integrated circuit chip The present application discloses an integrated circuit chip. The integrated circuit chip includes an integrated circuit; a bonding pad on the integrated circuit and electrically connected to the integrated circuit; a first insulating layer on a side of the bonding pad distal to the integrated circuit; and a solder bump on a side of the first insulating layer distal to the bonding pad, and electrically connected to the bonding pad. An orthographic projection of the first insulating layer on a plane containing a surface of the integrated circuit substantially covers an orthographic projection of the solder bump on the plane containing the surface of the integrated circuit.
US11202368B2	Providing one or more carbon layers to a copper conductive material to reduce power loss in a power plane A power plane structure for a printed circuit board includes a copper layer, and a carbon layer applied directly to a surface of the copper layer. The carbon layer can include graphite or graphene. In additional embodiments, a duplicate power plane structure for a printed circuit board includes two power planes separated by an insulating core, each power plane including a copper layer and a carbon layer applied directly to a surface of the copper layer.
US11202367B2	Flexible circuit board An embodiment of the present invention relates to a flexible printed circuit board (FPCB), which is applied to various electronic display devices, and may provide the FPCB, including a base, a first metal layer and a second metal layer on both surfaces of the base, a first plating layer on the first metal layer, a second plating layer on the second metal layer, and a first insulating pattern and a second insulating pattern respectively disposed on some region of the first plating layer and the second plating layer, wherein the first plating layer and the second plating layer may have different thicknesses.
US11202363B2	Heat transfer member and electronic device including the same An electronic device for improving heat transfer is provided. The electronic device includes a housing, a display mounted on at least one surface of the housing, a battery, a supporting member disposed adjacent to a back surface of the display and supporting the display, a printed circuit board on which electronic components are mounted, a shield can surrounding at least a portion of the electronic components, a shielding structure disposed on an outer surface of the shield can to shield the electronic components, and a first heat transfer member disposed on an outer surface of the shielding structure and including a partial area that faces at least one electronic component among the plurality of electronic components mounted on the printed circuit board and another partial area that is bent and faces another electronic component among the plurality of electronic components mounted on the printed circuit board.
US11202361B2	X-ray tube device An X-ray tube device includes a main body that incorporates a bulb, which generates X-rays, a collimator that is provided to protrude from the main body in an irradiation direction of the X-rays in a part of a front surface (first surface), which is a surface of the main body, and has an irradiation window for irradiating the X-rays with an adjusted irradiation range, and connectors that are provided for connecting a guard unit for keeping a distance from a test object, between the front surface (first surface) of the main body and a front surface (second surface), which is a surface of the collimator where the irradiation window is provided.
US11202358B2	Discharge method and circuit for USB connector In a general aspect, a discharge circuit for discharging a voltage from a USB connector pin can include a discharge load configured to discharge the voltage from the pin. The discharge circuit can also include a first control circuit configured to adjust a magnitude of the discharge load during discharging, such that power consumption is less than or equal to a discharge power limit, and a discharge time is less than or equal to a discharge time limit. The discharge circuit can further include a second control circuit configured to detect whether the voltage of the pin is changed based on a first reference voltage during discharging and adjust the magnitude of the discharge load in response to the change in the voltage of the pin, such that a slew rate of the voltage is less than or equal to a slew rate limit.
US11202357B2	Two-wire dimming lighting device A two-wire dimming lighting device includes an encoding circuit, a decoding circuit, a light source driving circuit, and an LED light emitting circuit. The encoding circuit wirelessly receives the dimming instruction, encodes an AC power according to the dimming instruction, and then outputs an encoded AC power. The decoding circuit receives the encoded AC power and then decodes the encoded AC power to obtain a light source driving instruction. The light source driving circuit receives the light source driving instruction and controls the changes of light emission of the LED light emitting circuit according to the light source driving instruction. The encoding circuit transmits the encoded AC power to the decoding circuit through a two-wire AC transmission wire.
US11202356B2	Offline lighting configuration tool An LED circuit board, system, and method of using an LED configuration tool are described. The LED circuit board contains a microprocessor that wakes up when power is supplied from the LED configuration tool. The microprocessor determines that the LED configuration tool is present by sending a signal from one pin and detecting whether the same signal is received at another pin. When analog or digital programming information received from the LED configuration tool matches information in a table of the microprocessor, the programming information is stored to change the lighting parameters used by the LEDs. Feedback from the microprocessor to the LED configuration tool provides information regarding the status of programming the microprocessor.
US11202355B2	Outdoor lighting fixture and camera systems One embodiment of the invention relates to an outdoor lighting fixture that includes a ballast for controlling the amount of current provided to a lamp. The lighting fixture also includes a fixture housing at least partially surrounding the ballast and the lamp and a mounting system for holding the fixture housing to at least one of a wall and a pole. The lighting fixture yet further includes a camera coupled to the housing and a control circuit wired to the camera. The lighting fixture also includes a radio frequency transceiver wired to the control circuit. The control circuit is configured to cause information from the camera to be wirelessly transmitted by the radio frequency transceiver.
US11202353B2	Intelligent lighting control method based on the number of persons The present application provides an intelligent lighting control method based on the number of persons, which includes: counting the number of persons within the target area; dividing the target area into m detection sub-areas, and counting the number of the detection sub-areas where a person is present; selecting the lighting color of the indoor light fixture based on the number of persons within the target area; selecting the lighting mode of the indoor light fixture based on the number of the detection sub-areas where a person is present. The present application adjusts the lighting color, light display mode and illumination brightness of indoor light fixture by analyzing the number of persons within the target area and the degree of dispersion of indoor persons, thereby avoiding the trouble of switching light switch for users and improving the intelligence of the home lighting system, and greatly enhance the user experience, to provide users with a better quality, comfortable living environment.
US11202351B2	Control device for controlling multiple operating characteristics of an electrical load A load control device may be configured to control multiple characteristics of one or more electrical loads such as the intensity and color of a lighting load. The load control device may switch from controlling one characteristic of the electrical loads to controlling another characteristic of the electrical loads based on the position and/or orientation of one or more components of the load control device. Such a position and/or orientation may be manipulated by moving the one or more components relative to a base portion of the load control device. The load control device may be a wall-mounted device or a battery-powered remote control device.
US11202350B2	Lighting control system with emergency mode A load control system has a system controller and a plurality of load control devices which receive power from a utility power source. The load control system includes at least one emergency load control device which receives power from a backup power source in the event of a power failure of the utility power source. The emergency load control device is configured to enter an emergency mode during the power failure of the utility power source, wherein in the emergency mode, the emergency load control device controls respective electrical loads according to emergency mode preset settings, and the emergency load control device transmits a message to the system controller to indicate the emergency load control device is in the emergency mode. The system controller is configured to transmit a message to the emergency load control device to exit the emergency mode when power from the utility power source is restored.
US11202346B2	Electromagnetic wave reducing heaters and devices and saunas Systems may include a heater including a plurality of heating elements that may include a first heating element configured to generate heat based on a first current, and a second heating element configured to generate heat based on a second current. Systems may further include an electromagnetic (EM) radiation reducing device configured to cancel electromagnetic emissions from the heater. The EM radiation reducing device may include a first EM radiation reduction element positioned adjacent to a first side of the heater, and a second EM radiation reduction element positioned adjacent to a second side of the heater, where the first and second EM radiation reduction elements have geometries configured based, at least in part, on the heater.
US11202345B2	Loaded-object sensor and induction heating device including loaded-object sensor The present disclosure relates to a loaded-object sensor and an induction heating device including the loaded-object sensor. The loaded-object sensor has a cylindrical hollow body with a sensing coil wound on its outer surface. Further, a receiving space formed inside the body of the loaded-object sensor accommodates a temperature sensor. The loaded-object sensor is concentrically provided in a central region of the working coil. The sensor may measure the temperature of the loaded object while discriminating a type of the loaded object placed on a corresponding position to the working coil.
US11202343B2	Aerosol generating device, method of controlling aerosol generating device, and program Provided is an aerosol generating device which is capable of stopping aerosol generation at an appropriate timing. This aerosol generating device includes a power source which supplies power in order to atomize an aerosol source and/or heat a flavor source; a sensor which outputs a measurement value for controlling the power supplied; and a circuitry which controls the power supplied from the power source on the basis of the measurement value. The circuitry controls to increase a power supply amount per unit time in response to a first condition that the measured value is equal to or larger than a first threshold being satisfied, and to decrease the power supply amount per unit time in response to a second condition that the measured value is less than a second threshold greater than the first threshold and a third condition which is different from the first condition and the second condition being satisfied.
US11202342B2	Battery unit, flavor inhaler, method of controlling battery unit, and program Provided is a battery unit including: a power supply; a detector configured to detect an output voltage of the power supply; a connecting configured to be connectable with a load for atomizing an aerosol source or heating a flavor source; and a controller capable of executing a power supply mode in which electric power is supplied to the load from the power supply. The controller executes a specific control different from the supply of electric power to the load based on am amount of change in the output voltage per a predetermined time period in the power supply mode.
US11202339B2	Apparatuses and methods for packet distribution on multiple subscriber identities A wireless communication device including a plurality of wireless transceivers and a controller is provided. Each wireless transceiver performs wireless transmission and reception using a respective Radio Access Technology (RAT). The controller enables the wireless transceivers to provide a plurality of wireless connections using a plurality of subscriber identities, and selects a first wireless connection from the plurality of wireless connections for communications between a user device and the wireless communication device. Also, the controller selects a second wireless connection from the plurality of wireless connections according to a service type of a packet flow associated with the user device, for communications between a service network and the wireless communication device, and assigns the second wireless connection for routing packets of the packet flow between the user device and the service network.
US11202328B2	Base station apparatus, terminal apparatus, wireless communication system Provided is a base station that is a base station apparatus connected to a terminal apparatus, the terminal apparatus being connected to a plurality of the base station apparatuses through physical link channels. In a case that a bandwidth assistant information request is received from the terminal apparatus, bandwidth assistant information for each of the physical link channels to which the terminal apparatus is connected is transmitted to the terminal apparatus.
US11202315B2	Dynamic PRACH scheduling using slot formats A wireless device receives a radio resource control message from a base station. The radio resource control message comprises one or more configuration parameters for a random access channel. A downlink control information is received that comprises a field indicating a slot format indication, for a slot, among a plurality of SFIs. The plurality of SFIs indicate uplink, flexible, and random access symbols. The wireless device determines radio resources of one or more random access channel occasions of the slot based on the one or more configuration parameters and at least one random access symbol indicated by the slot format indication for the slot. A preamble is transmitted via the radio resources of the one or more random access channel occasions.
US11202314B2	Immediate retransmission scheme for real time applications A wireless communication circuit configured for communicating over a wireless local area network (WLAN) in its reception area to communicate real-time application (RTA) packets as well as non-real time (non-RTA) packets. RTA packet retransmission is performed with lower latency in response to performing an immediate retransmission scheme that can bypass the need to contend for channel access, and/or without waiting for notifications back from a receiver before channel access. In other instances the RTA packets contend for retransmission access without a contention time window increase.
US11202313B2	Method of uplink control signaling for non-scheduled uplink operation over unlicensed spectrum Described is an apparatus of a User Equipment (UE). The apparatus may comprise a first circuitry and a second circuitry. The first circuitry may be operable to encode a Non-scheduled Physical Uplink Control Channel (N-PUCCH) in an Uplink (UL) burst transmission, and to encode a Physical Uplink Shared Channel (PUSCH) in the UL burst transmission. The second circuitry may be operable to initiate the UL burst transmission subject to a Listen-Before-Talk (LBT) protocol on a channel of the wireless network. The UL burst transmission may be initiated without a UL grant received from the eNB.
US11202310B2	Methods and apparatus for adaptive channel access A communication device determines, in connection with a prior uplink multi-user (UL MU) communication in which the communication device participated, whether the communication device is to use one or more first channel access parameters, or one or more second channel access parameters for accessing a communication medium for a single user (SU) transmission by the communication device, where using the one or more first channel access parameters is associated with a greater probability of obtaining access to the communication medium as compared to using the one or more second channel access parameters. Depending on the determination made, the communication device uses the one or more first channel access parameters, or the one or more second channel access parameters to attempt to access the communication medium. In response to accessing the communication medium, the communication device transmits the SU transmission via the communication medium.
US11202309B2	Method and apparatus for transmitting or receiving signal in wireless communication system A method and an apparatus for receiving a signal by a terminal in a wireless communication system according to an embodiment of the present invention comprises the steps of: establishing an RNTI associated with an MCS by a terminal; receiving a control channel for scheduling transmission of an uplink data channel or reception of a downlink data channel; and transmitting the uplink data channel or receiving the downlink data channel on the basis of one MCS table of a plurality of MCS tables, wherein the uplink data channel or the downlink data channel has been scheduled by the control channel and the one MCS table is determined on the basis of an RNTI associated with the MCS and an RNTI associated with the control channel.
US11202307B2	Method for transmitting uplink data which is robust to collision on shared uplink resource in wireless communication system and a device therefor The present invention relates to a wireless communication system. More specifically, the present invention relates to a method and a device for transmitting uplink data which is robust to collision on shared uplink resource in wireless communication system, the method comprising: checking whether uplink data is allowed to transmit on contention based resource or not, when the uplink data becomes available for transmission; and transmitting a buffer status reporting (BSR) on the contention based resource without any uplink data, if the uplink data is not allowed to transmit on the contention based resource.
US11202304B2	Apparatus and method for transmitting uplink signals in wireless communication system A communication method and system for converging a fifth generation (5G) communication system for supporting higher data rates beyond a fourth generation (4G) system with a technology for internet of things (IoT) includes intelligent services based on the 5G communication technology and the IoT-related technology. A method by a terminal for transmitting uplink data in a wireless communication system comprises receiving downlink control information for scheduling of uplink transmission in a cell from a base station and transmitting the uplink data to the base station on the supplementary uplink if the indicator indicates the scheduling of the uplink transmission is associated with the supplementary uplink in the cell. The downlink control information includes an indicator indicating whether the scheduling of the uplink transmission is associated with a supplementary uplink in the cell.
US11202298B2	Resolving decodability for subsequent transmissions whose throughput exceeds a threshold Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described. A user equipment (UE) may determine to decode or refrain from decoding a transport block (TB) transmitted from a base station based on a decodability condition. The decodability condition may include whether an effective UE throughput for decoding the TB is greater than a predetermined decoding throughput threshold or not. If the effective UE throughput is greater than the predetermined decoding throughput threshold, the UE may refrain from decoding the TB. In some cases, the TB may be a subsequent transmission from the base station based on an initial transmission not being correctly decoded, and the UE may refrain from decoding the subsequent transmission.
US11202293B2	Wireless network architecture for providing media content A method includes receiving, at a base station from a first mobile device, where the first data request is associated with first data of a first data type. The method includes, based on the first data type of the first data, transmitting the first data to the first mobile device. The method includes receiving, at the base station, second data, where the second data has a second data type different than the first data type. The second data is associated with a second data request originated by a second mobile device different than the first mobile device. Information associated with the second data request is received by the server from a different base station and sent to the base station based on the second data type of the second data. The method also includes transmitting the second data to the second mobile device.
US11202286B2	Methods for multi-link setup between a multi-link access point (AP) logical entity and a multi-link non-AP logical entity Embodiments of an access point (AP), station (STA) and method of communication are generally described herein. The AP may be included in a plurality of APs affiliated with a multi-link AP logical entity. As part of a multi-link AP logical entity, the plurality of APs may share a common medium access control (MAC) data service interface to an upper layer. The AP may exchange signaling with an STA as part of a multi-link setup process between the multi-link TP logical entity and a multi-link non-AP logical entity. The STA may be included in a plurality of STAs affiliated with the multi-link non-AP logical entity. The multi-link setup process may establish a link between each AP of the plurality of APs and a corresponding STA of the plurality of STAs.
US11202282B2	Contention-based physical uplink shared channel Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communication are described. A user equipment (UE) may identify uplink (UL) control information (UCI) to transmit during a subframe. The UE may then select a UL channel on which to transmit the UCI based on whether a shared data and control UL channel employs contention-based scheduling. For example, multiple UEs could contend for access to the same semi-persistently scheduled (SPS) physical UL shared channel (PUSCH). Each UE may utilize a different demodulation reference (DMRS) signal cyclic shift to identify their transmissions. In some cases, some UCI, such as channel state information (CSI), may be transmitted on a contention-based PUSCH, while other UCI, such as acknowledgement information, may be transmitted on a physical uplink control channel (PUCCH). In some cases, the channel selection may be based on a configuration received from a base station.
US11202279B2	Method and apparatus for processing data in wireless communication system The present disclosure relates to a communication method and system for converging a 5th-Generation (5G) communication system for supporting higher data rates beyond a 4th-Generation (4G) system with a technology for Internet of Things (IoT). The present disclosure 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. One method provided for a transmitting device to pre-process data in a wireless communication system includes acquiring data, pre-processing the data in at least one layer of the transmitting device before receiving resource allocation information for transmitting the data, receiving the resource allocation information for transmitting the data, and generating a medium access control (MAC) protocol data unit (PDU) based on the pre-processed data and the received resource allocation information.
US11202278B2	Communication method, mobile terminal, core network node, non-transitory computer readable recording medium storing program, and system for selecting network resource The invention describes a method for detecting an inability to serve a UE in the selected serving node due to mismatch between the UE's DCN-related indication and the UE's DCN-related subscription and/or the UE's capabilities and/or due to serving node congestion. The method allows to update the UE's DCN configuration information, so that the UE can be assigned to an appropriate DCN during the next RRC/NAS request procedure.
US11202277B2	Overbooking handling for multiple transceiver nodes Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described. A user equipment (UE) may identify a first plurality of control resources associated with a first transceiver node and a second plurality of control resources associated with a second transceiver node. The UE may select, based at least in part on a decoding limit for the UE, a decoding configuration to use for decoding one or more control resources from the first plurality of control resources and one or more resources from the second plurality of control resources. The UE may decode control signals received over control resources from the first plurality of control resources and the second plurality of control resources according to the decoding configuration.
US11202276B2	Techniques for supporting user equipment paging in an enterprise fabric In one example, a control plane entity obtains an indication that a User Equipment (UE) has entered an idle mode. The control plane entity sets a routing locator corresponding to the UE to cause the control plane entity to trigger a paging request toward the UE to prompt the UE to transition from the idle mode when a first network node obtains a downlink packet destined for the UE. The control plane entity obtains a notification that the first network node has obtained the downlink packet and initiates the paging request toward the UE. The control plane entity updates the routing locator corresponding to the UE to cause the first network node to transmit further downlink packets destined for the UE toward a second network node configured to handle traffic on behalf of the UE.
US11202275B1	Method and apparatus for power and processing savings for positioning reference signals transmitted in beams A mobile device supports positioning with positioning reference signals (PRS) on multiple beam by dividing the PRS processing into two separate modes, an acquisition mode and a tracking mode. In acquisition mode, the mobile device performs a fast scan of all of the beams from a base station transmitting PRS using less than the full set of resources for the PRS, i.e., less than the full bandwidth and/or less than the full number of repetitions of the PRS. The mobile device may select the best beams to use for positioning, e.g., based on signal strength metric. In tracking mode, the mobile device tracks the PRS from only the selected beams using the full set of resources for the PRS. The mobile device may return to acquisition mode after a predetermined number of positioning occasions or if the selected beams are no longer valid due to movement or change in conditions.
US11202274B2	Indicating a network for a remote unit Apparatuses, methods, and systems are disclosed for indicating a network for a remote unit. One method (600) includes transmitting (602) a first message including a first registration request from a remote unit (102). The method (600) includes receiving (604) a second message including a first indication of a network to which the remote unit (102) belongs. The second message is received in response to transmitting (602) the first message. The method (600) includes transmitting (606) a third message including a second registration request from the remote unit (102). The second registration request includes a second indication of the network to which the remote unit (102) belongs, and the second indication is based on the first indication.
US11202273B2	Aggregating messages into a single transmission In some examples, a source device categorizes a plurality of messages for transmission to a recipient device, the plurality of messages comprising vehicle-related information. Based on the categorizing, the source device identifies selected messages of the plurality of messages to be aggregated. The source device aggregates the selected messages into a single transmission from the source device to the recipient device.
US11202269B2	Deviation-based information transmission method, network device, and terminal device Embodiments provide an information sending method, an information receiving method, a network device, and a terminal device, to enable the terminal device to determine a correct uplink transmission time, thereby avoiding an uplink transmission failure. For achieving this, a network device determines a first receiving start time and a first sending start time. The first receiving start time is a receiving time at which the network device starts to receive a signal in a first time period, and the first sending start time is a sending time at which the network device starts to send a signal in a second time period. The network device sends indication information to a terminal device to instruct the terminal device to determine a second sending start time. The second sending start time is determined based on the first receiving start time and the first sending start time.
US11202262B2	Methods and apparatus for reducing mobile telephone power consumption and/or radiation exposure In some embodiments, a method of reducing power consumption by a mobile telephone includes (1) providing a mobile telephone including a processor, an antenna, and a memory having computer program code; and (2) employing the processor of the mobile telephone and computer program code to (a) determine if the mobile telephone is in a vehicle; and (b) in response to the mobile telephone being in a vehicle, initiate a reduced power sequence in which the mobile telephone repeatedly turns off transmission by the antenna of the mobile telephone for a first time period and turns on transmission by the antenna of the mobile telephone for a second time period. Numerous other aspects are provided.
US11202259B2	Apparatus, system, and method for mobile station power saving Apparatuses, systems, and methods for performing power saving for a wireless device. The wireless device may connect to a base station (BS). The wireless device may establish discontinuous reception (DRX) with the BS, where the DRX comprises a DRX cycle having a cycle length. The wireless device may receive reference signal information from the base station in association with the DRX cycle length, where the reference signal information is transmitted according to the cycle length. The wireless device may perform tracking using the reference signal information.
US11202258B2	Restrictive service period for power save devices This disclosure describes systems, methods, and apparatus related to a restrictive target wake time (TWT) service period (SP) system. A device may determine a beacon frame to be sent to one or more power save devices. The device may determine a time duration of a TWT SP associated with the one or more power save devices. The device may determine a first trigger frame including a cascade indication. The device may determine a first time associated with the first trigger frame. The device may cause to send the trigger frame to the one or more power save devices based at least in part on a remaining duration of the TWT SP.
US11202252B2	Inclusion of a message proxy in a service based architecture A method for handling a service discovery request for a service provided by a service based architecture communications network. The service discovery request is received from a client, the received service discovery request has a plurality of service related parameters. A service identifier is assigned to the service discovery request, the identifier linking the received service discovery request to the plurality of service related parameters. The plurality of service related parameters are stored. A service discovery response is transmitted to the client in response to the received service discovery request. A subsequent request related to the service is received. The plurality of service related parameters for the subsequent request based on the received service identifier present in the subsequent request and the stored plurality of service related parameters is determined. A list of processing entities capable of handling the subsequent request related to the service is determined.
US11202249B2	Handling a UE that is in the idle state A method performed by an Access and mobility Management Function (AMF). The method includes receiving from a Session Management Function (SMF) a request to establish User Plane (UP) for a user equipment's (UE's) protocol data unit (PDU) session. The request includes information indicating an access type. The method also includes, in response to the request, performing the steps of: determining that the UE is in the idle state with respect to both a 3GPP access and a non-3GPP access and, as a result of determining that the UE is in the idle state with respect to both a 3GPP access and a non-3GPP access, the AMF initiates paging of the UE by the 3GPP access, the paging initiation comprising transmitting to a Radio Access Network, RAN, node a page request to page the UE.
US11202246B2	Method and network device for responding to request A first network device receives a request associated with data notification for a user equipment (UE). When the UE is in a mode in which communication of mobile terminated data is restricted and the first network device detects that the UE is in a non-allowed area, the first network device rejects the request unless the data notification is for a regulatory prioritized service.
US11202244B2	Electronic device using WiFi communication and operation method thereof An electronic device according to various embodiments of the disclosure includes a communication circuit configured to perform wireless communication and a processor, wherein the processor is configured to control the electronic device to monitor a second beacon signal output from a second electronic device at preset intervals through the communication circuit, to determine that a network state of the second electronic device is an inactive state based on the second beacon signal not being received during a designated time, and to broadcast a first beacon signal including first information indicating that the network state of the second electronic device is the inactive state to at least one other electronic device through the communication circuit.
US11202242B2	Low power sensor node operation for wireless network A wireless mesh network system includes network nodes that operate in blink and canopy modes of operation. In operation, a network manager joins nodes operating in the canopy node to the network and allocates network bandwidth to the canopy nodes. The allocated bandwidth includes a first bandwidth allocated for transmitting and receiving data packets between canopy nodes that are joined to the network, and a second bandwidth allocation for receiving network joining messages from nodes that are not joined to the network. The second bandwidth allocation is also used for receiving data messages from nodes operating in the blink mode. Thus, in response to receiving a message that was transmitted from a blink node to a canopy node using the second bandwidth allocation, the network manager identifies the message as a data message and provides the data from the message to a host application.
US11202241B2	Beam failure recovery method and terminal A beam failure recovery method and a terminal are provided. The method includes: in the case that a quality of a Beam Pair Link (BPL) employed in a current information transmission meets a preset beam failure trigger condition, transmitting to a network-side equipment a beam failure recovery request; in the case that a response signaling transmitted by the network-side equipment is not received within a preset time duration, continuing to transmit to the network-side equipment the beam failure recovery request; and in the case that information related to the beam failure recovery procedure meets a first preset condition, determining that the beam failure recovery is un successful.
US11202240B2	Systems and methods for managing and monitoring communication sessions A method may include storing, in a block chain ledger, information associated with an agreement between a first service provider associated with a first network and a second service provider associated with a second network. The method may also include receiving, by a device, first capacity information associated with slices in the first network, storing the first capacity information in the block chain ledger and receiving a message associated with a roaming handoff for a communication session in the first network. The method may further include determining, by the device whether adequate resources are available in the second network to support the communication session and sending, to the first service provider, a message indicating that adequate resources are available in the second network to support the communication session.
US11202238B2	Methods and apparatus for supporting UE handover using a narrow band-internet of things (NB-IOT) A connection including a wireless NB-IoT link is established between a base station in a MNO network and a base station in a MSO network. UE context information, UE radio frequency (RF) information and/or UE Key Performance Indicator (KPI) information are exchanged between the two networks over the established connection via the NB-IoT link, thus facilitating handover preparation and/or handover for a UE. A control server in the MNO controls transfer over the connection including the NB-IoT link, receives and sends information and requests over the connection, evaluates received UE information, makes handover decisions, and generates and sends handover requests.
US11202237B2	Method for preventing an inter-rat change from being triggered and communications apparatus utilizing the same A method for enhancing mobility of a communications apparatus is provided. The method includes the steps of: establishing a connection with a cell; measuring one or more parameters of one or more cells; transmitting a measurement report to a network device according to the measured parameters of the one or more cells; determining whether a mobility command is received from the network device after transmitting the measurement report; and triggering a connection release procedure based on no mobility command being received from the network device after transmitting the measurement report.
US11202235B2	Method and apparatus for transmitting and receiving data based on reserved resource information Disclosed are a communication method for merging, with an IoT technology, a 5G communication system for supporting a data transmission rate higher than that of a 4G system, and a system therefor. The present disclosure can be applied to an intelligent service (for example, smart home, smart building, smart city, smart car or connected car, healthcare, digital education, retail business, security and safety-related services, and the like) on the basis of a 5G communication technology and an IoT-related technology. Disclosed are a method and an apparatus for supporting a reservation resource, and according to the present invention, a method for a base station in a communication system comprises a step of transmitting reservation resource-related information to a terminal, determining, on the basis of the reservation-related information, whether a first signal is mapped to the reservation resource and a resource, in which the first signal to be transmitted to the terminal is overlapped, and transmitting the first signal to the terminal on the basis of the determination.
US11202230B2	Technique for enabling multipath transmission A technique for enabling connection-oriented multipath transmission is disclosed. A computing unit (110) for executing a multipath application (102) enabling connection-oriented multipath transmission between a client application (106) and a server (108) comprises at least one processor and at least one memory, wherein the at least one memory contains instructions executable by the at least one processor such that the multipath application (102) is operable to receive a packet from the client application (106), the packet being destined for the server (108) and associated with a connection established between the client application (106) and the server (108) using a connection-oriented transport protocol, select an interface from a plurality of interfaces of the computing unit (110) for transmission of the packet to a multipath proxy (104) for delivery to the server (108), and transmit the packet to the multipath proxy (104) via the selected interface.
US11202228B2	Connectivity service level orchestrator and arbitrator in internet of things (IOT) platforms Disclosed embodiments relate to an orchestrator and arbitrator in an Internet of Things (IoT) platform. In one example, a method of servicing a plurality of data flows of a plurality of wireless devices using a plurality of protocols includes: monitoring one or more interfaces that communicate using the plurality of protocols, activating a first interface upon detecting a demand to exchange data thereon, wherein a connectivity manager performs the monitoring, and activating, extracting, by a packet analyzer, packet metadata from one or more of the plurality of data flows, determining latency encountered and bandwidth utilized by the one or more data flows based on the packet metadata, applying, by an adaptive connectivity manager (ACM), a latency reduction strategy to attempt to comply with latency criteria, and applying, by a bandwidth utilization manager (BUM), a bandwidth reduction strategy to attempt to comply with bandwidth criteria.
US11202222B2	Quality of service mapping for time-sensitive network traffic in a wireless communication system Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, a network controller of a wireless communication system may receive a time-sensitive network (TSN) traffic configuration that indicates a duration of a gate open state for a TSN traffic flow and a periodicity with which the gate open state occurs; configure one or more quality of service (QoS) parameters, associated with the wireless communication system, for a QoS flow that is to carry the TSN traffic flow, wherein the one or more QoS parameters are configured based at least in part on one or more TSN capability parameters associated with the network controller and at least one of the duration of the gate open state or the periodicity; and transmit the one or more QoS parameters to a base station of the wireless communication system. Numerous other aspects are provided.
US11202221B2	Methods and apparatus for use in adaptively rerouting user plane traffic for mobility using segment routing for IPV6 A control plane (CP) entity is to adaptively reroute user plane traffic of a mobile node (MN) with use of a segment routing (SR) for IPv6. A message indicating an attachment of the MN to the mobile network is received selecting a first user plane (UP) anchor node. A first set of home network prefixes (HNPs) are allocated to the MN. An IP traffic flow using a first HNP prefix is established between the MN and a correspondent node (CN) along a first network path—defined at least in part by the first UP anchor node and an anchor node of the CN. In response to a handover of the MN, a message indicating a subsequent attachment of the MN is received selecting a second UP anchor node. The second UP anchor node is instructed to host the first HNP prefix previously allocated by the first UP anchor node.
US11202217B2	Method and device for reporting channel state information in wireless communication system A method of reporting channel state information (CSI) on a terminal in which a plurality of CSI processes are configured in a wireless communication system according to an embodiment of the present invention includes: measuring a channel based on a CSI reference signal (RS) resource related to one of the CSI processes; measuring interference based on a CSI-interference measurement (IM) resource related to the CSI process; determining CSI based on the measured channel and the measured interference; and reporting the CSI through an uplink channel, wherein a codebook for reporting the CSI, which is used for determining the CSI, is one of two or more codebooks that correspond independently to each of the CSI processes.
US11202210B2	Facilitating model-driven automated cell allocation in fifth generation (5G) or other advanced networks Facilitating model-driven automated cell allocation in advanced networks (e.g., 5G and beyond) is provided herein. Operations of a method can comprise determining, by a system comprising a processor, a solution to an integer programming problem based on input data associated with a network inventory and configuration data for network devices of a group of network devices included in a communications network. Also, the method can comprise determining, by the system, respective cell identities and respective root sequence index assignments for the network devices. Further, the method can comprise implementing, by the system, a deployment of the respective cell identities and respective root sequence index assignments at the network devices.
US11202207B2	Method and device for transmitting uplink information on unlicensed carrier The invention discloses a method and a device for transmitting uplink information on an unlicensed carrier, and implementing uplink information transmission on the unlicensed carrier. The method comprises: a terminal device determines a current time resource set for performing data transmission on an unlicensed carrier with respect to network equipment, wherein the network equipment uses a time resource set obtained by means of competition to perform data transmission on an unlicensed carrier, each time resource set comprises continuously distributed time resources, and time resources in different time resource sets are separated by an interval; and the terminal device transmits, to the network equipment, on the unlicensed carrier using a first time resource in the current time resource set, the uplink information, wherein the uplink information corresponds to downlink information transmitted by the network equipment using at least one previous time resource set in the current time resource set.
US11202203B2	Method for securing a direct communication connection A method for securing a direct communication connection between a first and a second user equipment, both configured to operate with base stations of a wireless network, in which the first user equipment maintains an authentication code received from a first security center accessible via the wireless network, said first security center being assigned to a first area, the method comprising the steps for the first user equipment of: maintaining a trust level of the authentication code, reducing the trust level relating to the time of last access to one of the base stations of the wireless network, submitting to the second user equipment the authentication code and the trust level, for setting up the direct communication connection, and in case of reception of a confirmation transmission from the second user equipment: setting up the direct communication connection with the second user equipment.
US11202201B2	Subscriber identity module which has multiple profiles and which is designed for an authentication command A subscriber identity module (eUICC), comprises profiles for the utilization of a mobile terminal that include at least a first profile and at least a second profile, of which the second profile (Pr1, Pr2) is devised as an active profile. The first profile is designed as a root profile (PrR) which in a normal state of the subscriber identity module is in an inactive state, and which is devised to be activated in response to an authentication command (AUTHENTICATE) received at the subscriber identity module. The authentication command is specially parameterized for the root profile (PrR) with a specific root value of the network parameter (P2) to be activated during a change-over period. The initially active second profile (Pr1, Pr2) is deactivated during the change-over period. After the end of the change-over period, the first profile (PrR) is again deactivated and the second profile (Pr1, Pr2) is again activated.
US11202198B1	Managed database of recipient addresses for fast 5G message delivery One bottleneck in 5G uplink messaging is the 6-byte MAC address of the recipient. Disclosed is a database, maintained by a base station, for each user. The database may include addresses of potential interest to the user, along with a code or index associated with each address. The user can then cite the code or index instead of the full MAC address in messages, and the base station can look up the destination address in the database according to the code or index. The database may include the user's contacts, return addresses of prior incoming messages, destination addresses of prior outgoing messages, and optionally certain administrative addresses. Versions include codes for commands, codes for emergencies, codes to modify the database, and algorithms developed by AI (artificial intelligence). The index may be provided as a scheduling request message, or on the random access channel concurrently with a scheduling request, or associated with a BSR message, or otherwise. Users may pay for this versatile service.
US11202196B2	Delaying transmission depending on transmission type and UE processing capabilities Embodiments herein relate to a method performed by a radio network node for handling transmission of data from a wireless device in a wireless communication network. The radio network node determines a delay value for a transmission of data from the wireless device based on a transmission type of data from the wireless device or a capability of the wireless device. The capability is related to a processing time for processing received data from the radio network node, or for processing data for transmission to the radio network node. The radio network node further transmits an indication, to the wireless device, which indication indicates the determined delay value.
US11202194B1	Radio access network (RAN) affiliation list propagation A method of propagating a radio access network (RAN) affiliation list to mobile communication devices, where the RAN affiliation list informs the mobile communication devices what cell site they are to attach to and what radio frequencies they are to use. The method comprises receiving a RAN affiliation list by a cell site, where the RAN affiliation list has a RAN affiliation list identity and comprises information about cell site affiliation for mobile communication devices that is applicable to an operating area including the cell site, transmitting the RAN affiliation list identity by the cell site on a broadcast channel, receiving by the cell site a request to download the RAN affiliation list, transmitting the RAN affiliation list by the cell site, receiving a wireless communication service request by the cell site, authorizing the wireless communication service request by the cell site based on the RAN affiliation list.
US11202193B2	Unified radio access network (RAN)/multi-access edge computing (MEC) platform A device can receive, from a node in a core network, application identifiers associated with applications accessible by a first user device. The application identifiers can be associated with latency requirements. The device can obtain, from the first user device, a first packet associated with a first packet flow. The device can compare information regarding the first packet flow, and the application identifiers to determine that the first packet is destined for a low-latency application having a specified latency range. The device can identify a first low-latency bearer that satisfies the specified latency range associated with the low-latency application. The device can map the first packet flow to the first low-latency bearer, and communicate packets, associated with the first packet flow, using the first low-latency bearer. The packets can include data packets communicated between an entity hosting the low-latency application and the first user device, while bypassing the core network.
US11202192B2	Registering user equipment with a visited public land mobile network User equipment is registered with a visited public land mobile network, VPLMN, in a process including: producing at the user equipment a concealed identifier; producing at the user equipment a freshness code; and sending by the user equipment to the VPLMN the concealed identifier and the freshness code; receiving by the user equipment an identity request from the VPLMN indicating that the long-term identifier must be transmitted to the VPLMN in a non-concealed form; receiving by the user equipment from the VPLMN a permission authenticator; and verifying at the user equipment if the permission authenticator has been formed with a cryptographic authentication of the home public land mobile network, HPLMN, and the user equipment or a subscription module at the user equipment indicating permission to transmit the long-term identifier to the VPLMN in the non-concealed form and if yes, transmitting the long-term identifier to the VPLMN in the non-concealed form.
US11202189B2	Infotainment system for emergency rescue request notification and method thereof An emergency rescue request notification method using an infotainment system and a system therefor are provided. The emergency rescue request notification method in the vehicle includes detecting an accident of the vehicle, collecting information corresponding to the detected accident, generating an emergency rescue request message based on the collected information, searching for an FM radio channel with the highest receive sensitivity, changing and transmitting a program type of the found FM radio channel to a specific value using an FM radio data system (RDS) message, and transmitting the emergency rescue request message over the found FM radio channel.
US11202187B2	System and method for operating stealth mode of emergency vehicle A system, method and storage medium for operating a stealth mode of an emergency vehicle includes receiving input data including at least one of an input from an operator or one or more program input parameters; determining a data operation mode based on the received input data, wherein the data operation mode is one of a normal mode and one or more stealth modes; and generating a control signal based on the determined operation mode. When the data operation mode is one of the one or more stealth modes, the control signal is adapted to control a first device to suspend a transmission of at least one data group among candidate suspended data to at least one second device in communication with the first device.
US11202179B2	Monitoring and analyzing communications across multiple control layers of an operational technology environment A device may obtain a set of communication messages, wherein the set of communication messages is associated with communications between a plurality of operational technology (OT) devices across a plurality of OT control layers of an OT environment. The device may determine whether each communication message, of the set of communication messages, is a request message or a response message and thereby determine whether at least one communication message has a communication message match. The device may generate, based on determining whether the at least one communication message has a communication match, one or more communication entries, wherein a communication entry, of the one or more communication entries, includes message header information of a request message of the set of communication messages. The device may cause, based on the one or more communication entries, one or more actions to be performed.
US11202176B2	Power saving for device tracking A method for controlling upload of data, performed in an electronic device (100), wherein said electronic device is configured to intermittently upload data (520) to a wireless network to operate as a tracker, said method comprising: obtaining (500) a current position of the electronic device, determining, dependent on network coverage associated with said position, to either upload data (530) to the network or postpone (430) upload of data.
US11202172B2	System and method for managing indoor positioning data Disclosed is a system for managing indoor positioning data of a site having a plurality of zones. The system comprises a plurality of sensors, forming at least one sensor network, operable to collect positioning data of the at least one communication device visiting the site and the plurality of sensors. The at least one sensor network comprises an exit point for forwarding the collected positioning data based on at least a pre-determined time and a status of the least one communication device. The system also comprises a processing unit having a positioning module for determining spatial position of the at least one communication device, a site-map module for calibrating installation positions for the plurality of sensors, a network configuration module for configuring the at least one sensor network to collect and forward the positioning data, and an analytics module for determining aggregated analytics data based on the determined spatial position.
US11202171B2	System and method for providing content using beacon systems A method and system for broadcasting a beacon identifier identifying the beacon system from the beacon system to a user device, receiving the beacon identifier at a content determination system from the user device, determining contextual content at the content determination system based on the beacon identifier, transmitting the contextual content from the content determination system to the user device, where the user device automatically transmits the contextual content to the first beacon system in response to receiving the contextual content, receiving the contextual content at the beacon system from the user device, and controlling the output display with the beacon system to present the contextual content.
US11202167B2	Time-delimited action suggestion system Systems and methods for providing time-delimited action suggestions are provided. In one example embodiment, a method includes receiving, by one or more computing devices from a user device, data indicative of a user-requested time-bound activity. The time-bound activity is associated with a time period. The method includes identifying, by the one or more computing devices, one or more parameters associated with a user that requested the time-bound activity. The method includes determining, by the one or more computing devices, a suggested action based at least in part on the one or more parameters associated with the user and the time period associated with the time-bound activity. The method includes providing, by the one or more computing devices, an output indicative of the suggested action to the user device.
US11202163B2	Audio output method, electronic device, and audio output apparatus The present disclosure provides an audio output method, including acquiring attribute information and location information of at least one object from an environment in which a user is located; determining, based on the attribute information, at least one piece of audio information that corresponds to the at least one object; determining, based on the location information, a relative spatial relationship between the at least one object and the user; adjusting, based on the relative spatial relationship, an output parameter of the at least one piece of audio information; and outputting, based on the output parameter, the at least one piece of audio information indicative of the location information of the at least one object.
US11202162B2	Synthesizing audio of a venue Disclosed herein are system, method, and computer program product embodiments for replicating a remote venue in a local venue. An embodiment operates by receiving original audio. Thereafter, the original stream of audio is modified to produce modified audio based on an audio profile unique to a remote venue smaller than the local venue. The audio profile comprises a virtual representation of the remote venue including (i) a virtual audio source corresponding to the local venue's audio source and configured to produce the original audio and (ii) a virtual reverberation point corresponding to a real-world location in the remote venue and the portion of the local venue. As such, the modified audio is determined based on receipt of the original audio from the reverberation point. Thus, after correlating the modified audio to the local venue's audio source, the modified audio is provided by the audio source to the portion of the local venue.
US11202154B2	Speaker includes a second fixing arm of an elastic supporting member sandwiched between two independently controlled voice coils The present invention provides a speaker having a vibrating system and a magnetic circuit system for driving the vibrating system to vibrate and sound. The magnetic circuit system has magnetic gap. The vibrating system includes vibrating assembly and voice coil assembly connected to the vibrating assembly, the voice coil assembly is inserted into the magnetic gap. The magnetic circuit system has a magnetic line concentrating area in the magnetic gap. The voice coil assembly includes a first voice coil connected to the vibrating assembly and a second voice coil arranged on the first voice coil at a side away from the vibrating assembly. if in the magnetic line concentrating area locates only the first voice coil, an electric signal is input only to the first voice coil; if in the magnetic line concentrating area locates only the second voice coil, electric signal is input only to the second voice coil.
US11202150B1	Audio control based on determination of physical space surrounding vehicle An audio control device for a vehicle is provided. The audio control device includes control circuitry that is communicatively coupled to one or more audio reproduction devices of the vehicle. From one or more sensors associated with the vehicle, the control circuitry receives one or more signals. corresponding to a detection of a plurality of objects in a physical space surrounding the vehicle. The control circuitry determines a scene of the physical space, based on the plurality of objects. The control circuitry determines distance between a first object of the detected plurality of objects and the vehicle, based on the received one or more signals. The control circuitry adjusts one or more audio parameters of the audio reproduction devices, based on the determined scene and the determined distance. The control circuitry controls the audio reproduction devices to reproduce a first audio output based on the adjusted audio parameters.
US11202149B1	Vehicle audio control A computer, including a processor and a memory, the memory including instructions to be executed by the processor to determine a first root-mean-square signal level of an audio data stream with a first delay, apply a bass shelf filter to the audio data stream based on the first root-mean-square signal level and an audio volume level, determine a second root-mean-square signal level of an audio data stream with a second delay and apply a treble shelf filter to the audio data stream based on the second root-mean-square signal level and the audio volume level. The instructions include further instructions to output the audio data stream to an audio amplifier and one or more speakers.
US11202140B2	Headset with user configurable noise cancellation vs ambient noise pickup A system comprises automatic noise cancellation circuitry and interface circuitry operable to provide an interface via which a user can configure which sounds said automatic noise cancelling circuitry attempts to cancel and which sounds said automatic noise cancelling circuitry does not attempt to cancel. The interface circuitry may be operable to provide an interface via which a user can select a sound to whitelist or blacklist. The interface circuitry may be operable to provide an interface via which a user can increase or decrease an amount of noise cancellation that is desired. The interface circuitry may be operable to provide an interface via which a user can select from among three or more levels of noise cancellation.
US11202137B1	Wearable audio device placement detection An earbud with an electro-acoustic transducer for producing sound, a proximity sensor that is configured to detect when the earbud is close to a user's skin, an orientation sensor that is configured to detect an orientation of the earbud, and a processor that is configured to estimate, based on the proximity sensor and the orientation sensor, whether the earbud has been inserted into the user's ear canal.
US11202136B2	Speaker device and enclosure There is provided a speaker device 1 having a speaker unit 10 and an enclosure 30 in which a plurality of rod-shaped bodies 31 is integrally bonded to each other and which is arranged in a space behind the speaker unit 10. Thus, a sound wave output from the speaker unit 10 to the rear side thereof can be more effectively damped.
US11202130B1	Offline video presentation A method, system, and computer program product for generating and presenting an offline video presentation is provided. The method includes executing service software code within a service orchestration and programmability framework layer of a telecom network. Communications with static and dynamic hardware and software resources are established and dynamic video presentations with respect to channels generated with respect to selective broadcast control channels of the telecom network are generated. Video contents of the dynamic video presentations are retrieved logical channels associated with virtual network functions are generated. Information associated with the video contents fare transferred from a channel to physical network functions of the telecom network. Connections associated with detecting offline video streams are allocated and a connection to a logical network is established. The video contents are associated with an offline video stream in response to the connection. The video contents are presented with the offline video stream.
US11202129B2	Content aggregation A content management system may assist users in managing consumption of content, such as television programs. Primary content may be segmented into portions, where a secondary content is interspersed between a first portion and a second portion of the primary content. The first portion and the second portion may be aggregated sequentially.
US11202128B2	Method and apparatus for modifying output characteristics of proximate devices Systems and methods for reducing distractions from nearby devices when content susceptible to interruption is being consumed. Content susceptible to interruption is determined, and when this content is consumed on one device, nearby devices are identified and their output characteristics are modified. For example, output volume of nearby devices may be reduced, or the volume of the first device may be increased. This process is repeated with different devices as they each output content determined to be susceptible to interruption. Consumers are thus presented with fewer distractions from surrounding devices while they are consuming content that is susceptible to interruption.
US11202126B2	Simultaneous display of two or more different sequentially processed images A medical imaging system includes an endoscope and a processor. The endoscope includes a camera that outputs a video signal with a plurality of portions. The processor receives the video signal and processes a first portion of the plurality of portions according to a first processing mode to generate a first processed video signal, processes a second portion of the plurality of portions of the sensor signal according to a second processing mode to generate a second processed video signal, and generates an output video signal using the first processed video signal and the second processed video signal.
US11202121B2	Providing customized entertainment experience using human presence detection Disclosed herein are system, method, and computer program product embodiments for the detection of human presence in front of a plurality of sensors such as those of speakers and a device with a processor, such as a television. Data gathered from the plurality of sensors may be analyzed by the processor to determine if one or more humans are present proximate to the device. Based on the determined presence or absence of one or more humans, further actions including, inter alia, customizing a home theatre experience for the one or more humans, making content recommendations, or activating parental controls can be taken by the device.
US11202120B2	Controlled environment media and communication system The Controlled Environment Media And Communication System delivers communications services to residents of controlled facilities using a common network architecture. Some of the communications capabilities of the Controlled Environment Media And Communication System include media distribution, video visitation, intra-facility messaging, and other such communications services.
US11202118B2	Video distribution system, video distribution method, and storage medium storing video distribution program for distributing video containing animation of character object generated based on motion of actor A video distribution system according to one aspect is a video distribution system for distributing a video containing animation of a character object generated based on a motion of an actor, the video distribution system including: one or more computer processors; and a storage for storing a candidate list including candidates of decorative objects to be displayed in the video in association with the character object. The one or more computer processors execute computer-readable instructions to: in response to reception of a first display request from a viewing user, the first display request being sent for requesting display of a first decorative object among the decorative objects, add the first decorative object to the candidate list, and display the first decorative object in the video upon selection of the first decorative object from the candidate list.
US11202111B2	Method of reading and generating a video stream containing compressed and encrypted images This method of reading a video stream comprises: the reception (92) of a video stream which comprises, associated with each tile of an image, a high-quality variant and a degraded variant, this degraded variant being able to be decompressed independently of the degraded variants associated with other tiles which do not have the same coordinates and independently of the high-quality variant associated with the same tile, for each selected tile, the decryption (118) and the decompression (120) of the high-quality variant associated with this selected tile and, for each unselected tile, the decompression (126) of the degraded variant associated with this unselected tile, and then the construction (130) of the degraded version of each portion of the image situated inside an unselected tile on the basis of the degraded variant associated with this unselected tile.
US11202109B2	Method and system for use of network affiliation as basis to determine channel rendered by content presentation device A computing system detects a channel multi-match with non-matching programs, based on fingerprint-based ACR analysis of digital fingerprint data representing a channel rendered by a content presentation device. The system then responsively determines a channel rendered by the device through a process including (a) determining that channels of the multi-match group are all affiliate channels of the same network as each other and (b) determining, as the channel, which affiliate channel of that network serves a location of the content presentation device. The system then uses the determined channel as a basis for carrying out of at least one channel-specific operation, such as recording audience-measurement data and/or invoking dynamic content modification.
US11202105B2	Automated production of live events Embodiments of the invention provide a method and system that allows for the automated control of production for live event coverage for broadcast, multicast, or unicast. The automated system takes live video data relating to the coverage of an event and combines it with event related metadata to provide automated play out of the live video data. For example, the event related metadata may concern data relating to the progress of an event that is continuously updated in real-time, commonly used in sporting events for bet settling purposes.
US11202103B1	Techniques for limiting the influence of image enhancement operations on perceptual video quality estimations In various embodiments, a tunable VMAF application reduces an amount of influence that image enhancement operations have on perceptual video quality estimates. In operation, the tunable VMAF application computes a first value for a first visual quality metric based on reconstructed video content and a first enhancement gain limit. The tunable VMAF application computes a second value for a second visual quality metric based on the reconstructed video content and a second enhancement gain limit. Subsequently, the tunable VMAF application generates a feature value vector based on the first value for the first visual quality metric and the second value for the second visual quality metric. The tunable VMAF application executes a VMAF model based on the feature value vector to generate a tuned VMAF score that accounts, at least in part, for at least one image enhancement operation used to generate the reconstructed video content.
US11202102B2	Optimized edge order for de-blocking filter A de-blocking filter includes a reconstructed memory that is configured to store reconstructed pixels corresponding to a current macroblock of a video image to be filtered. The current macroblock includes a set of sub-blocks, each sub-block having horizontal edges and vertical edges. An internal pixel buffer in the de-blocking filter is configured to store pixels corresponding to the set of sub-blocks from the reconstructed memory, and to store partially filtered pixels corresponding to a set of partially filtered macroblocks. An edge order controller in the de-blocking filter is configured to load the pixels corresponding to the set of sub-blocks into a filter engine from the internal pixel buffer, to filter the set of sub-blocks, such that, at least one horizontal edge is filtered before filtering all vertical edges of the set of sub-blocks.
US11202100B2	Coefficient coding for transform skip mode A device for decoding video data performs coefficient coding for a residual block of video data encoded using a transform skip mode by determining values for a first neighboring coefficient and a second neighboring coefficient and determining a context offset for the coefficient currently being decoded based on the value for the first neighboring coefficient and the value for the second neighboring coefficient. Performing coefficient coding includes, for example, performing sign coding, level mapping, and context derivation. The device performs coefficient coding to determine the residual block and adds the residual block to a predicted block to determine a reconstructed block.
US11202098B2	Point cloud compression with multi-resolution video encoding A system comprises an encoder configured to compress attribute and/or spatial information for a point cloud and/or a decoder configured to decompress compressed attribute and/or spatial information for the point cloud. To compress the attribute and/or spatial information, the encoder is configured to convert a point cloud into an image based representation. Also, the decoder is configured to generate a decompressed point cloud based on an image based representation of a point cloud. In some embodiments, an encoder performs downscaling of an image frame prior to video encoding and a decoder performs upscaling of an image frame subsequent to video decoding.
US11202097B2	Method and apparatus for encoding and decoding at least one block of a picture based on components of the at least one block A method and an apparatus for encoding a picture are disclosed. For at least one block of a picture to encode, a block predictor is determined (22) for a decoded first component (21) of said at least one block, from a reconstructed region of a first component of said picture. At least one second component of said at least one block is then encoded (23) by predicting said at least one second component from a second component of said block predictor. Corresponding decoding method and apparatus are disclosed.
US11202090B2	Method for encoding and decoding tiles and wavefront parallel processing and apparatus using same A video encoding method includes a step of encoding substreams which are rows of largest coding units (LCUs) in parallel with each other; and a step of transmitting a bit stream including the encoded substreams. the substreams are substreams for wavefront parallel processing (WPP).
US11202086B2	Apparatus, a method and a computer program for volumetric video Video encoding may comprise obtaining a volumetric content containing visual information of three-dimensional objects; generating at least one patch by projecting the visual information of three-dimensional objects of the volumetric content to at least one projection plane. Video decoding may comprise obtaining neighboring pixels of a location on the 2D image based on said geometry information; determining a difference of values of the neighboring pixels on the 2D image; comparing the difference with a value range to determine a number of 3D points to be interpolated; projecting back the 2D image to create the volumetric content; wherein the projection comprises interpolating the number of 3D points on the basis of the values of the neighboring pixels.
US11202082B2	Image processing apparatus and method The disclosure relates to an image processing apparatus. The image processing apparatus comprises processing circuitry configured to: obtain a direction angle value associated with the target pixel (12a-c); select for the target pixel (12a-c) a plurality of primary interpolation support pixels (10a-d) from the array of pixels (10a-d) on the basis of the position of the target pixel (12a-c); determine pixel values of a first and a second secondary interpolation support pixels (11ac, 11bd) on the basis of the pixel values of the selected primary interpolation support pixels (10a-d), the direction angle value (a, b) and the position of the target pixel (12a-c); and determine the interpolated pixel value of the target pixel (12a-c) on the basis of the pixel values of the first and second secondary interpolation support pixel (11ac, 11bd) and the position of the target pixel (12a-c).
US11202077B2	Motion vector prediction method and device A motion vector prediction method and device, includes determining a motion vector type of the motion vector of the current block based on a reference frame type of the reference frame, obtaining a motion vector type of a first motion vector of at least one spatially adjacent prediction block of the current block when the at least one spatially adjacent prediction block is an inter-frame prediction block, and when the obtained motion vector type of the first motion vector is different from all motion vector types of motion vectors of the current block, determining a second motion vector of a spatially adjacent pixel block of the current block based on decoding information of the spatially adjacent pixel block, and using the second motion vector or a scaling value of the second motion vector as a candidate motion vector predictor of the current block.
US11202074B2	Encoding apparatus and encoding method There is provided an encoding apparatus and an encoding method that make it possible to generate an encoded stream from which an image of a low load and high picture quality can be decoded. An arithmetic operation section or the like divides an image into a plurality of AUs and encodes the AUs to generate encoded streams of the plurality of AUs. A setting section sets 0 as pic_output_flag indicating that a decoded image obtained by decoding an encoded stream of an AU other than the last division AU from among the encoded streams of the plurality of AUs generated by the arithmetic operation section or the like is not to be displayed. The present disclosure can be applied, for example, to an encoding apparatus and so forth.
US11202068B2	Method and apparatus of constrained cross-component adaptive loop filtering for video coding Methods and apparatus for cross-colour loop-filter processing of reconstructed video are disclosed. According to one method, a sum of filter coefficients for each of one or more candidate cross-colour loop filters is constrained to be a fixed value. One or more syntax elements indicating a value related to a total number of candidate filters in a filter set are signalled or parsed in the APS (Adaptation Parameter Set).
US11202062B2	Methods and systems of determining quantum efficiency of a camera A system and method for colorimetric calibration is described herein. A system for performing color calibration is described, comprising at least one broad spectrum light emitting diode, at least one light diffuser plate, at least one interference filter, and a camera, the camera comprising at least one sensor for detection of colors, wherein a spectral response within 5% error of a ground truth method can be achieved. A method for performing color calibration is described, comprising transmitting light from at least one broad spectrum light emitting diode, scattering light with at least one light diffuser plate, filtering light with at least one interference filter, detecting light at a camera sensor, mapping an intensity value for each pixel of the camera sensor, and creating a quantum efficiency curve for each of red, green, and blue channels.
US11202061B1	Illustrating direction of blood flow via pointers Pointers are added to a 3D volumetric dataset to help the user visualize the direction of blood flow. A 3D volume containing at least one blood vessel is created. Next, the direction of the blood flow is determined. Next, at least pointer is placed into the 3D volume in an aligned fashion with the direction of blood flow such that the 3D volume is modified. Next, the modified 3D volume is displayed on a head display unit, such as an augmented reality or virtual reality display. Next, at least one pointer is advanced to a new position for additional modification of the 3D imaging volume.
US11202059B2	Image processing apparatus and image processing method The image processing apparatus acquires image data to be displayed and generates an initial image to output the image to a head-mounted display. Further, the apparatus generates a reference image including an image for a left eye and an image for a right eye and representing an image of an object viewed from two viewpoints spaced apart horizontally. In the case where the inclination angle of the head of the user is other than 0 degrees, the apparatus rotates the image for the left eye and the image for the right eye in reverse to the head inclination, using one point defined on a view screen, as a common axis. The apparatus outputs the image data to the head-mounted display regardless of the presence or absence of rotation. The apparatus repeats the processes until the display ends.
US11202055B2	Rapid ground-plane discrimination in stereoscopic images A stereoscopic vision system captures stereoscopic images. The stereoscopic images are processed to rapidly discriminate between portions of the images that are on a ground-plane and those that are off the ground plane. The discrimination is based on comparing locations within the images using an expected disparity shift.
US11202053B2	Stereo-aware panorama conversion for immersive media Techniques are disclosed for conversion of panoramas between different panoramic projections, including stereoscopic panoramic projections. The pixels of one panoramic image are mapped to the pixels of another panoramic image using ray tracing so that the images can be combined without introducing visual distortions caused by mismatches in the optics of each image. The conversion is performed using a process for mapping one or more pixels of an output image to pixels of an input image by tracing a ray between the UV coordinates corresponding to each pixel in the images. The conversion process accounts for arbitrary projections and for arbitrary stereo camera rig configurations by using metadata that describe the projection and positioning of each image being combined. The origin of each ray is offset to account for the interpupillary distance between left and right images and to account for any rotation of the scene.
US11202051B2	System and method for distributing and rendering content as spherical video and 3D asset combination Motion parallax effects can be emulated for 3D video content. At a head mounted display (HMD), motion parallax may be emulated through: receiving a 3D video at the HMD; obtaining a model of an object in the 3D video; obtaining a processed 3D video in which the 3D video is processed to remove the object from the 3D video; tracking a change in position of the HMD by a sensor of the HMD; rendering the processed 3D video at the HMD; and rendering the model of the object at a position in the processed 3D video based on the tracked change in position of the HMD. Multilayer spherical video, indicating the depths of objects therein, which may be used for motion parallax emulation may also be generated.
US11202046B2	Image processor, imaging device, and image processing system An image processor according to the present disclosure includes: a multiplier that receives image data from a pixel section including pixels of a plurality of colors and multiplies the image data by an adjustment parameter that adjusts a color level in each of the pixels; an adjuster that calculates a ratio of respective colors in each of the pixels in the image data and adjusts a value of the adjustment parameter on the basis of the ratio of the respective colors; and a binarization processor that extracts a target image of a specific color on the basis of the image data multiplied by the adjustment parameter.
US11202045B2	Image processing apparatus, imaging apparatus, image processing method, and program An apparatus and a method that perform a false color correction according to image characteristics of a color image in units of image regions are provided. Included therein is an image processor that receives inputs of a color image and a white (W) image photographed by a W array imaging element whose all pixels are placed in a white (W) pixel array and executes an image process that reduces false colors included in the color image. Together with a frequency-corresponding parameter calculation unit that receives an input of the white (W) image and calculates a frequency-corresponding parameter in units of image regions, and a positional deviation-corresponding parameter calculation unit that receives inputs of the white (W) image and the color image and calculates a positional deviation-corresponding parameter of the two input images in units of image regions, the image processor executes a blending process and calculates a corrected pixel value.
US11202043B1	Self-testing display device A self-calibrating display can detect and compensate for binocular disparity or other visual imperfection of the display. The display includes a pair of projection units for projecting test light carrying test images through waveguides, which are normally used to carry images to left and right eyes of a user. A detection unit detects the test light propagated through the waveguides, and extracts the test images. Position of reference features in the detected test images may be used to determine binocular disparity, and luminance and color distribution across the test images may be used to determine the illumination and color uniformity of the images displayed to the user. After the visual defects have been detected, they may be reduced or compensated for by pre-emphasizing or shifting images to be displayed to the left and right eyes of the user.
US11202037B2	Virtual presence system and method through merged reality A virtual presence merged reality system comprises a server comprising at least one processor and memory including a data store storing a persistent virtual world system comprising one or more virtual replicas of real world elements. The virtual replicas provide self-computing capabilities and autonomous behavior. The persistent virtual world system comprises a virtual replica of a physical location hosting a live event, wherein the persistent virtual world system is configured to communicate through a network with a plurality of connected devices that include sensing mechanisms configured to capture real-world data of the live event that enables updating the persistent virtual world system. The system enables guests to virtually visit, interact and make transactions within the live event through the persistent virtual world system. Computer-implemented methods thereof are also provided.
US11202035B2	Dynamically modifying live video streams for participant devices in digital video rooms This disclosure describes a video room system that can efficiently and flexibly generate and facilitate video rooms for video chatting between participant devices by prioritizing video streams to provide to participant devices based on performance parameters. For example, the video room system can provide different video room streams to different participant devices based on the performance parameters of the participant devices. In addition, the video room system can customize or tailor video room streams based on identifying dominant speaker devices, determining connections between participant devices as indicated by a social graph of a social networking system, and/or based on join methods utilized by participant devices to join a video room.
US11202034B2	Electronic device including flexible display An electronic device is disclosed, including: a housing foldable along at least one axis, a first display disposed on a first surface of the housing, the first display flexible as to switch from an unfolded state to a folded state along the at least one axis, a second display, separate from the first display, disposed on a second surface of the housing opposite to the first surface, and a processor. The processor is configured to: execute a video call including display of a plurality of call targets on the first display, and based on detecting a switch from the unfolded state to the folded state while a number of the plurality of call targets is greater than or equal to a reference value: display a thumbnail of at least one selected call target from among the plurality of call targets in a first sub-region on the second display, and display thumbnails of unselected call targets from among the plurality of call targets in a second sub-region different from the first sub-region on the second display.
US11202027B2	Analog-to-digital conversion (ADC) circuit and CMOS image sensor including the same An analog-to-digital conversion (ADC) circuit and a CMOS image sensor are disclosed. The ADC circuit includes a first column line configured to receive a first pixel signal from a first pixel, a second column line configured to receive a second pixel signal from a second pixel located adjacent to the first pixel, and a correlated double sampling (CDS) circuit configured to perform a CDS operation by comparing the first pixel signal, the second pixel signal, a first ramp signal, and a second ramp signal with one another. The CDS circuit may perform the CDS operation on the first pixel signal by selecting the first column line in a first operation period, and may perform the CDS operation on the first pixel signal and the second pixel signal by selecting the first column line and the second column line in a second operation period.
US11202025B2	Image processing device configured to regenerate timestamp and electronic device including the same An image processing device includes a vision sensor and a processor. The vision sensor generates a plurality of events in which an intensity of light changes and generates a plurality of timestamps depending on times when the events occur. In addition, the processor may regenerate a timestamp of a pixel where an abnormal event occurs, based on temporal correlation of the events.
US11202024B2	Imaging apparatus, imaging method, and storage medium An imaging apparatus having a wide dynamic range and a stable black level without decreasing frame rate comprises a pixel unit including pixels, a read out unit for reading out the noise signal from each pixel and to amplify the noise signal by a first gain to generate a first noise signal, reads out the pixel signal and amplifies the pixel signal by the first gain and a second gain to generate a first and a second pixel signal, a first memory unit for storing a second noise signal generated by amplifying, by the second gain, the noise signal read out from a pixel of a predetermined row, and a subtraction unit for subtracting the first noise signal from the first pixel signal and to subtract the second noise signal stored in the first memory unit from the second pixel signal, while sequentially reading out signals from each pixel.
US11202021B2	Pulse-frequency modulation (PFM) digital pixel unit-cell including dual-mode gain selection A digital unit-cell included in an imaging system includes a light sensor configured to generate an electrical charge in response to receiving light, and an energy storage circuit configured to establish a first parasitic capacitance and second large capacitance to store the electrical charge. The digital unit-cell further includes a gain selection circuit and a dual-mode comparator. The gain selection circuit is configured operate in a first mode to invoke the first capacitance and a second mode to invoke the second capacitance. The dual-mode comparator is configured to operate in a first reset mode that generates a first reset signal having a first pulse duration and a second reset mode that generates a second reset signal having a second pulse duration that is a longer than the first pulse duration.
US11202019B2	Display control apparatus with image resizing and method for controlling the same A display control apparatus is capable of acquiring first image data on a subject image formed at different magnifications in horizontal and vertical directions. The display control apparatus performs first resizing comprises applying first processing to obtain second data by clipping a part of the first image data and then generating a display image having a predetermined aspect ratio from the second data in a case where a moving image recording setting satisfies a predetermined condition. The display control apparatus performs second resizing including resizing the first image data without applying the first process in a case where the moving image recording setting does not satisfy the predetermined condition.
US11202012B2	Imaging apparatus and display control method for self-portrait photography A display controller includes circuitry configured to cause a display device to display self-portrait photographing information in response to receiving an indication that the display device and an imaging unit are in a predetermined positional relationship.
US11202003B1	Switchable cloud-optimized real-time stitching multiple imager method and system A computer-implemented method for performing stitching of images to form a panoramic video stream is disclosed. The method comprises capturing images with a camera; and selectively switching between first and second modes of operation wherein corresponding to said first mode at least some of the captured images are sent to circuitry of the camera for performance of a stitching operation to stitch together the images to form a panoramic video stream and wherein corresponding to the second mode at least some of the captured images are transmitted over a network to an image optimization server provisioned in a cloud for performance of said stitching operation.
US11202002B2	Method and preprocessing device for preprocessing camera raw data of an image sensor of a camera A method for preprocessing camera raw data of an image sensor of a camera. The method includes a step of reading in, a step of setting, a step of reducing, and a step of outputting. In the step of reading in, a raw data signal is read in, which encompasses camera raw data detected by the image sensor at a detection point in time. In the step of setting, a preprocessing algorithm for reducing the resolution of the camera raw data is set, using at least one setting signal. In the step of reducing, the resolution of the camera raw data is reduced, using the preprocessing algorithm set in the step of setting, to obtain a preprocessed camera signal which represents a preprocessed camera image. In the step of outputting, the preprocessed camera signal is output to an image processing unit.
US11201999B2	Imaging device, information acquisition method, and information acquisition program There are provided an imaging device, an information acquisition method, and an information acquisition program that can simply and accurately acquire information related to a ray angle with respect to an image sensor in a case where subject light is incident on the image sensor through an interchangeable lens even though the interchangeable lens having no compatibility is mounted on the imaging device. Under focusing on the fact that a ratio between the outputs of a first phase difference pixel (PA) and a G pixel serving as a normal pixel, which are provided on an image sensor and have different incidence angle characteristics, and information related to a ray angle with respect to the image sensor, which is obtained in a case where subject light is incident on the image sensor through an interchangeable lens, have a correspondence relationship, the ratio between the outputs of the first phase difference pixel (PA) and the G pixel is calculated and an F-Number is acquired on the basis of the calculated ratio.
US11201995B1	System and method to operate a set remotely The present disclosure describes systems and methods operating a set remotely, and more specifically, for enabling the control of a remotely adjustable audio-visual recording device as well as the communication between the remotely adjustable audio-visual recording device and various specialty devices of a cloud control center configured to remotely control features of the remotely adjustable audio-visual recording device. In operation, a talent component may receive a user input indicative of turning on the r remotely adjustable audio-visual recording device. Based on receiving the user input, the talent component may automatically connect, via a network, to a cloud control center. Based on connecting to the talent component, the cloud control center may remotely control the remotely adjustable audio-visual recording device an enable the remote recording of audio-visual content.
US11201994B2	Vehicular multi-camera surround view system using image data transmission and power supply via coaxial cables A vehicular multi-camera surround view system includes a plurality of cameras disposed at a vehicle and having respective exterior fields of view, each of the cameras capturing respective image data. The cameras are connected to an ECU via respective ones of a plurality of single core coaxial cables. The ECU is disposed at the vehicle and includes (i) a data processor and (ii) a DC power supply. Each of the cameras is in full duplex bidirectional communication with the ECU over the respective single core coaxial cable. Each single core coaxial cable commonly carries (i) image data from the respective camera to the ECU for processing and (ii) power from the DC power supply of the ECU to the respective camera. The ECU combines image data conveyed by the cameras to form composite video images and outputs the composite video images to a display device having a video display screen.
US11201985B2	Information processing apparatus and image forming apparatus to align print positions An information processing apparatus capable of executing adjustment of an image formation position at a timing determined based on the number of printed sheets according to a user's request. Adjustment modes for use in adjusting geometrical characteristics of an image which is printed on a sheet are displayed for causing an image forming apparatus to print an adjustment chart. A controller receives first information indicating whether or not to execute a first adjustment mode for causing the image forming apparatus to print the adjustment chart based on the number of sheets on which images have been printed by the image forming apparatus, and receives second information indicating whether or not to execute a second adjustment mode for causing the image forming apparatus to print the adjustment chart based on a result of detection by a temperature sensor provided in the image forming apparatus.
US11201968B2	Systems and methods for echo management in conferencing over a network using multiplexed multicast A system includes participant nodes that unicast a voice stream to a master node and receive a multicast voice stream from the master node. The multicast voice stream may be a mixed voice stream mixing the voice streams of the participants. In this case, each participant performs echo cancellation on the multicast voice stream. Alternatively, the multicast voice stream may be a multiplexed voice stream multiplexing the voice streams of all participants. In this case, each participant de-multiplexes the multicast voice stream and generates a mixed voice stream that does not include that participant. Alternatively, the multicast voice stream received by each participant may be a multiplexed digital voice stream multiplexing multiple mixed streams including one mixed stream that does not include the voice stream of that participant. In this case, each participant de-multiplexes the multicast voice stream to obtain the mixed stream that does not include that participant.
US11201959B2	Electronic device and control method for providing security notification Disclosed are an electronic device and a control method for providing a security screen. In an electronic device according to various embodiments of the present document, when a specific application-associated event occurs in the electronic device while the electronic device is being connected to an external electronic device, a notification of event-associated information except for privacy information is provided through the external electronic device, so that a situation in which the privacy information stored in the electronic device is exposed to another user can be prevented.
US11201953B2	Application sharing A host device having a first processor executes an application via the first processor. The host device determines a state of the application. A scenegraph is generated corresponding to the state of the application, and the scenegraph is presented to a remote device having a display and a second processor. The remote device is configured to, in response to receiving the scenegraph, render to the display a view corresponding to the scenegraph, without executing the application via the second processor.
US11201952B2	Controlling content distribution A computer-implemented method for controlling content distribution includes forwarding information associated with a user to a device operated by the user, the information being configured for use in selecting content from any of multiple content providers for a content distribution to the user. The method includes receiving, in response to the information, an edit of the information forwarded from the device. The edit identifies a first content provider and including a first modification of the content distribution regarding the first content provider. The method includes storing the edit in association with the information such that the first modification is taken into account in the content distribution. The method can be implemented using a computer program product tangibly embodied in a computer-readable storage medium.
US11201947B2	Low latency access to application resources across geographical locations Described embodiments provide systems and methods for reducing latency in accessing application resources. The first device may be intermediary between a client and a server, and may receive a request of a user session for an application resource from the server. The first device may determine, responsive to the request that a user context of the user session is with a second device at a second location. The second location can be farther from the server than a first location of the first device. The first device may send, responsive to the determination, a request to the second device to obtain the user context of the user session. The first device may provide the client with access to the application resource via the user session. The first device may provide the client with access to the application resource according to the obtained user context.
US11201946B1	Systems and methods for digital media delivery prioritization Systems, methods, and non-transitory computer-readable media can establish a plurality of connections to a server, wherein each connection is associated with a respective content item of a plurality of content items. A plurality of data requests are transmitted to the server using the plurality of connections, wherein each data request is associated with one content item of the plurality of content items. Processing of data received on a first connection of the plurality of connections is delayed, the first connection being associated with a first data request of the plurality of data requests and a first content item of the plurality of content items, in order to cause the server to pause data transmissions responsive to the first data request.
US11201942B2	System and method for providing caching and pre-fetch of assets/media A system and method for routing and delivering pre-fetched assets/media, such as a digital image, is provided. The present invention is directed to a system that allows for two digital images to be pre-fetched or otherwise transferred concurrently from two separate source devices to virtually expand the bandwidth and increase the efficiency of the transfer. The system also allows image enhancements to be made in a distributed manner either by a source or destination device, or by both. The invention further provides a method of efficiently delivering multiple versions of a single image to a destination device. An asset ranking system is also provided that takes into consideration the frequency at which the digital image is accessed and the number of source devices that that the digital image is stored within.
US11201941B2	Optimization of encoding cycles for object recovery feed The disclosed embodiments relate generally to efficient data encoding and transmission. An encoding system determines an encoding interval at which to encode different groups of related data in a data structure. The encoding interval for each group encoded together optimizes the amount of newly received information that is encoded and transmitted in a continuous, repeating loop.
US11201940B2	Technologies for flow rule aware exact match cache compression Technologies for flow rule aware exact match cache compression include multiple computing devices in communication over a network. A computing device reads a network packet from a network port and extracts one or more key fields from the packet to generate a lookup key. The key fields are identified by a key field specification of an exact match flow cache. The computing device may dynamically configure the key field specification based on an active flow rule set. The computing device may compress the key field specification to match a union of non-wildcard fields of the active flow rule set. The computing device may expand the key field specification in response to insertion of a new flow rule. The computing device looks up the lookup key in the exact match flow cache and, if a match is found, applies the corresponding action. Other embodiments are described and claimed.
US11201936B2	Input and output schema mappings Optimizations are provided for interconnecting event sources with event subscribers in a seamless manner so that the native formatting/schema methodologies used by event sources and subscribers will not need to be natively modified. An event grid service is provided as a routing and mapping service. This event grid service receives event data that may be organized in any kind of format. By analyzing the format, the event grid service determines whether the format correlates with a format used by a consumer of that event data. If the formats conform, then the event grid service extracts relevant data from the event data and pushes it to the subscriber. If the formats do not conform, the event grid service intelligently generates a mapping to map the two formats together.
US11201934B2	Methods, device, server and computer program products for pushing data in a network environment comprising cache servers The present invention relates to pushing at least one resource associated with a main resource, in response to a request for this main resource. After having received a request for a main resource and obtained from the cache memory a list of at least one resource linked to the main resource, an indication being associated with the at least one resource, the indication comprising a push policy defined by an application server, the at least one resource stored in the cache memory is pushed in response to a comparison of the indication associated with the at least one resource with a recommendation comprising a preferred push policy.
US11201931B1	Managing social equity in a portal platform An administrator can use a portal platform to manage social equity for social collaboration features of the web sites. A goal is to encourage users to contribute to an online community's social activities such as its blogs, message boards, and wiki pages. The portal platform supports social equity features, where users can earn points for their participation. The administrator can specify a counter period, where the points accumulated during the last period are reset. This feature can be used to encourage continual participation by the users.
US11201925B2	Communicating parameters based on a change A client device may identify a first parameter that is to be updated periodically and a second parameter that is to be updated based on a state change. The client may transmit, via a negotiation session, a request to the server device. The request indicates that the server device is to periodically provide information indicating a current value of the first parameter and is to provide information indicating an updated value of the second parameter when a state of the second parameter changes. The client device may periodically receive, from the server device and via a second communication protocol, a first datagram including the current value of the first parameter and may receive a second datagram including the updated value of the second parameter based on the server device determining that the current state of the second parameter has changed.
US11201924B2	Hardware-software communication system for sensor signal monitoring in process automation technology The present disclosure relates to a hardware-software communication system for sensor signal monitoring in process automation technology. The hardware-software communication system comprises at least one client, a system layer, and an application layer. The client and the system layer are communicatively connected and configured to communicate with one another. The system layer and the application layer are interconnected and are configured to communicate with one another independently of the client. The system layer is implemented as a server.
US11201922B2	Systems and methods to provide digital amenities for local access One embodiment includes a network apparatus at a store for allowing digital amenities to be accessed at the store by a mobile device of a user. The network apparatus includes a network interface, a storage module to keep digital amenities and a computing module. The network interface can be designed to couple to the mobile device at the store, and to a computing device outside the store. The network interface can be designed to recognize the mobile device at the store based on a piece of software related to the store in the mobile device. The computing module can be designed to help the mobile device to access a first digital amenity from the storage module in view of the piece of software. Based on the access, a second digital amenity from the computing device can be pre-stored at the storage module.
US11201919B2	Offline messaging between a repository storage operation cell and remote storage operation cells via an intermediary media agent Offline messaging between a repository storage operation cell and one or more mobile/remote storage operation cells is disclosed. The repository cell is managed by a repository storage manager that communicates to and from the remote cell via a specially-configured media agent. The illustrative intermediary media agent is configured to: queue messages directed to the remote cell, process them according to applicable parameters (e.g., time-to-live constraints, updates, cancellations, etc.), and transmit the processed messages to the remote cell when connectivity is available. The intermediary media agent also relays messages from the remote cell to the repository, including responses by the remote to the processed messages received from the repository via the intermediary media agent.
US11201917B2	User device, a first peer node, and methods in a communications network A method performed by a first peer node for acting as a P2P proxy for a user device is provided. The first peer node operates in a communications network. The first peer node establishes (201) a renewable energy profile of the first peer node used for powering the first peer node. The renewable energy profile indicates to what extent one or more energy sources are renewable. When a proportion of renewable energy according to the established renewable energy profile exceeds a first threshold, the first peer node acts (205) as a P2P proxy for the user device for downloading a piece of data to the user device by being powered according to its renewable energy profile.
US11201913B1	Cloud-based authentication of a storage system user Managing a storage array includes: receiving, by a client-side array services module from a cloud-based security module through data communications on a wide area network, a token representing authentication of user credentials; and managing, by the client-side array services module, a storage array only through data communications on a local area network, including sending, to the storage array, the token with a management instruction.
US11201911B2	Method, client, server, and system for sharing content Embodiments of the present disclosure disclose a method, a server, a client, and a system for sharing content. The method includes: obtaining sharing request submitted by the client, the sharing request including a destination website to be shared; obtaining sharing content of the destination website according to the destination website; processing the content of the destination website, and generating an accessible address corresponding to the content of the destination website; and sending the accessible address corresponding to the content of the destination website to the client, such that the client replaces the destination website by using the accessible address and sends a sharing message including the accessible address. The method, the server, the client, and the system can be directed to increase efficiency of visiting sharing content.
US11201897B1	Secure multiplexed routing Methods and systems for managing data transmissions. The methods disclosed herein may involve receiving requests for a first and a second service, and routing communications with the second service through the first service without requiring the firewall to be reconfigured to allow communications with the second service.
US11201892B1	Enhanced crawling of unexposed web applications Techniques are disclosed for enhanced crawling of unexposed web applications for vulnerability scanning purposes. A response to a request to a web application is received and a web application framework detection routine is executed on the response. A determination is made that a web application framework is part of the response and the response is loaded in a web browser associated with the web application. A custom web application framework hook for the web application framework is injected into a web page of a web browser and a list of Document Object Model (DOM) elements and corresponding event handlers is received. A determination is made, based on the list, to execute DOM events to discover functionality of the web application. The DOM events are executed, and network activity of the web browser during execution of the DOM events is recorded.
US11201890B1	System and method for adaptive graphical depiction and selective remediation of cybersecurity threats A method for performing cyber-security analysis includes generating a semantic graph in which each object is represented as a node, and each event associated with an object is represented as an edge. A cyber-threat related alert, with an associated alert type, is received from a source. A first object from the plurality of objects is modified based on the alert. A plurality of threat scores, each associated with an object, are calculated, substantially concurrently, based on the alert type. Subsequently, a plurality of modified threat scores are determined for each object, based on: (1) the threat score for that object, (2) a connectivity of that object to each of the remaining objects within the semantic graph; and (3) the threat score for each remaining object from the plurality of objects. A subgraph of the semantic graph is identified based on normalized versions of the modified threat scores.
US11201886B2	Security detection method, device, and apparatus A computer-implemented method includes obtaining, by one or more processing devices, a wireless message of an Internet of Things (IoT) device by monitoring a wireless signal sent by the IoT device; determining, by the one or more processing devices, a target running feature of the IoT device based on the wireless message; comparing, by the one or more processing devices, the target running feature with a historical normal running feature of the IoT device; and determining, by the one or more processing devices, whether the IoT device runs abnormally based on the comparing of the target running feature with the historical normal running feature of the IoT device.
US11201881B2	Behavioral profiling of service access using intent to access in discovery protocols A method including correlating a network address of a user to a domain name in a domain name system of a computing network, based on a service log, is provided. The method includes identifying a user group, generating a watch list of servers that control access to a new resource, and establishing a baseline behaviour for a client device based on a first access and a last access to one server in the watch list of servers during a time to live period. The method also includes adding the true network address and a correlated domain name to the baseline behaviour, retrieving a timestamp of an access by the client device to the network address, and flagging, as a violation, the access by the client device to the network address when the access is outside of a legitimate window around the baseline behaviour.
US11201879B2	Unwanted tunneling alert system Various systems and methods are provided that detect malicious network tunneling. For example, VPN logs and data connection logs may be accessed. The VPN logs may list client IP addresses that have established a VPN connection with an enterprise network. The data connection logs may list client IP addresses that have requested connections external to the enterprise network and remote IP addresses to which connections are requested. The VPN logs and the data connection logs may be parsed to identify IP addresses that are present in the VPN logs as a client IP address and in the data connection logs as a remote IP address. If an IP address is so present, user data and traffic data associated with the IP address may be retrieved to generate a risk score. If the risk score exceeds a threshold, an alert to be displayed in a GUI is generated.
US11201875B2	Web threat investigation using advanced web crawling Examples of the present disclosure describe systems and methods for evaluating malicious web content for associated threats using specialized web crawling techniques. In aspects, a first set of malicious and/or potentially malicious resource identifiers is identified. The first set of resource identifiers is evaluated to determine at least a second set of resource identifiers associated with the first set of resource identifiers. The second set of resource identifiers are provide to a web crawling component, which scans the second set of resource identifiers using a threat detection component. If any resource identifiers in the second set of resource identifiers are identified as malicious (or potentially malicious), those resource identifiers may be classified and recorded, provided to the web crawling component, and/or added to the first set of resource identifiers in subsequent threat detection analyses.
US11201874B2	Information processing apparatus, control method, and program An information processing apparatus acquires monitoring data. The monitoring data is data representing an event occurring in the monitoring target system. The information processing apparatus determines whether or not the event represented by the monitoring data is an event to be warned. This determination is made using the determination model. The determination model is a model for determining whether or not the event is a warning target. The information processing apparatus updates the determination model, based on the monitoring data and the result of determination on the monitoring data by using the determination model.
US11201870B2	Using commit tokens to coordinate permissions submissions to address transaction conflict in blockchain systems Implementations of the present specification provide a computer-implemented method, computer-implemented system, and non-transitory, computer-readable medium. The computer-implemented method includes sending a token acquisition request by a blockchain client to a blockchain node. A commit token fed back from the blockchain node is received by the blockchain client, where the commit token indicates that the blockchain client has permission to submit transaction data to a specific data block in a blockchain. Transaction data is sent by the blockchain client to the blockchain node.
US11201869B2	Secure zone for secure purchases An apparatus according to the present disclosure may comprise a secure zone configured to execute a task having a subtask. The task and subtask may have respective executable code and may be digitally signed by respective code providers. The secure zone may be further configured to apply respective sets of permissions while the respective executable code of the task and subtask are executed. The respective set of permissions for the task may be based on at least one of information associated with the signed task and information in a digital certificate of the respective code provider for the task. The respective set of permissions for the subtask may be based on at least one of information associated with the signed subtask and information in a digital certificate of the respective code provider for the subtask.
US11201865B2	Change monitoring and detection for a cloud computing environment Aspects described herein allow for systems and methods to monitor production changes to resources in a cloud computing environment and determine whether those changes were performed in accordance with a change management policy. A change order monitoring application receives data from cloud computing audit logs to detect infrastructure changes and combines that data with application information to determine which application was affected. The change order monitoring application then uses a machine learning algorithm to cluster multiple change events together when it is likely that the change events were part of the same change. If cluster of change activity does not appear to be authorized, the change order monitoring application sends an alert to a change management team and an application team to get more information about the activity.
US11201864B2	Vendor agnostic captive portal authentication Methods and systems for providing vendor agnostic captive portal authentication in a network that includes a plurality of network access devices are provided. For instance, one method includes receiving a redirect request for a communication between a first user-terminal and a first network access device, the redirect request including at least one of a vendor-specific item of information of the first network access device and an Internet Protocol (IP) address of the first network access device. The method further includes comparing the at least one of the vendor-specific item of information of the first network access device and the IP address of the first network access device against each of a plurality of entries of a network access device database, and providing the first user-terminal access to a captive portal page in response to an appropriate match.
US11201862B1	Public authentication systems and methods Techniques provided herein relate to electronic authentication on public systems. A backend system receives at least one electronic data action request from a publicly available client system that is shared amongst a plurality of users. At least a portion of the primary authentication information is received from a secondary device separate from the publicly available client system. The electronic data action request is authenticated by determining if the primary authentication information matches expected primary authentication information that is expected to complete the electronic data action request. Performance of the electronic data action request is facilitated when the primary authentication information matches the expected primary authentication information.
US11201858B2	Apparatus and method for secure router device Method, systems, and devices for providing a multi-function router. A router may receive, process, and forward data packets between a physical network interface and a logical network interface. The router may also run a virtualized machine that uses the logical network interface mapped statically or dynamically to the physical network interface.
US11201857B2	Domain transcendent file cryptology network A domain transcendent file cryptology network includes a first data cryptology node in a first data domain having a first security protocol. A hardware processor of the first data cryptology node executes a first instantiation of a software code to receive a request to transfer a data file from the first data domain to a second data domain having a second, different, security protocol, obtain one or more characteristics of the data file, and generate an authentication tag for the data file based on the characteristic(s). The first instantiation of the software code also encrypts the data file and transmits the encrypted data file, the authentication tag, and a decryption key to a second data cryptology node in the second data domain. The decryption key and the authentication tag enable decryption of the encrypted data file by a second instantiation of the software code on the second data cryptology node.
US11201854B2	Dynamic intent-based firewall Systems and methods provide for provisioning a dynamic intent-based firewall. A network controller can generate a master route table for network segments reachable from edge network devices managed by the controller. The controller can receive zone definition information mapping the network segments into zones and Zone-based Firewall (ZFW) policies to apply to traffic between a source and destination zone specified by each ZFW policy. The controller can evaluate a ZFW policy to determine first edge network devices that can reach first network segments mapped to the source zone specified by the ZFW policy, second edge network devices that can reach second network segments mapped to the destination zone specified by the ZFW policy, and routing information (from the route table) between the first network segments, the first and second edge network devices, and the second network segments. The controller can transmit the routing information to the edge network devices.
US11201851B2	Information processing device and non-transitory computer readable medium An information processing device includes storage and a controller. In a case where a change of network address occurs in a communication channel, the storage stores a pre-change network address for a terminal connected to the communication channel in association with a post-change network address for a terminal whose network address has changed. In a case where communication to a terminal is performed using the pre-change network address, the controller controls the communication by using the storage such that, in a case where the network address of the terminal has not changed, the communication is performed as-is, whereas in a case where the network address of the terminal has changed, the pre-change network address is converted to the post-change network address to communicate with the terminal.
US11201850B2	Domain name processing systems and methods Disclosed is a domain filter capable of determining an n-gram distance between a seed domain and each of a plurality of candidate domains. The domain filter loads a seed domain n-gram for the seed domain and a candidate domain n-gram for each candidate domain in memory, compares the seed domain n-gram and the candidate domain n-gram to identify any identical grams, removes any identical grams from the seed domain n-gram, and determines how many grams are left in the seed domain n-gram, representing the n-gram distance between the seed domain and the candidate domain. The domain filter then compares n-gram distances thus determined with a predetermined threshold, eliminates any candidate domain having an n-gram distance from the seed domain that exceeds the predetermined threshold, and provides remaining candidate domains to a downstream computing facility such as a user interface or an analytical module operating in an enterprise computing environment.
US11201849B2	Natural language connectivity A device can include a processor; memory accessible to the processor; a microphone operatively coupled to the processor; a network interface operatively coupled to the processor; circuitry that parses audio signals received via the microphone for a name and a type of device; circuitry that analyzes network information associated with remote devices accessible via the network interface based at least in part on at least one of the name and the type of device to associate the name and the type of device with one of the remote devices; and circuitry that stores the name and the type of device to the memory in association with the one of the remote devices.
US11201847B2	Address resolution protocol entry verification In some embodiments, a method receives a first address resolution mapping from a workload and verifies the first address resolution mapping. When the first address resolution mapping is verified, the method adds the first address resolution mapping to a list of address resolution mappings. The list of address resolution mappings includes verified address resolution mappings. The list of address resolution mappings is sent to the workload to allow the workload to verify a second address resolution mapping using the list of verified address resolution mappings.
US11201837B2	Communication network hopping architecture Communication network systems are disclosed. In one or more implementations, the communication network system includes a plurality of network devices. Each of the plurality of network devices incorporates one or more multi-port switches, where each multi-port switch includes a connection to the network device incorporating the multi-port switch and a connection to at least one other port of another multi-port switch incorporated by another respective one of the plurality of network devices.
US11201828B2	Stream allocation using stream credits Systems and methods for allocating resources are disclosed. Resources such as streams are allocated using a stream credit system. Credits are issued to the clients in a manner that ensure the system is operating in a safe allocation state. The credits can be used not only to allocate resources but also to throttle clients where necessary. Credits can be granted fully, partially, and in a number greater than a request. Zero or negative credits can also be issued to throttle clients.
US11201823B2	Mobile core dynamic tunnel end-point processing The present technology is directed to a system and method for using cloud based processing to co-locate one or more tunnel end points, associated with mobile user generated traffic traversing a Core network, with the serving machine located on application provider network. The describe system/method involves early stage identification of traffic flow (i.e., at the Packet Data network Gateway device using Application Detection and Control function) and dynamically instantiating an end point for the aforementioned traffic flow at the server where the application request is being served. The traffic is then directly tunneled to the endpoint thus avoiding decapsulated mobile traffic from traversing across provider network.
US11201821B2	Dynamic medium switching for hybrid networks A method and apparatus for dynamic medium switching in a hybrid network. A method for packet transmission by a combo device includes maintaining a wireless network confidence rating value that is indicative of packet transfer reliability of a wireless network accessed by the device. A wired network confidence rating value that is indicative of packet transfer reliability of a wired network accessed by the device is also maintained. One of the wireless network and the wired network to be used for initial transmission of the data packet is selected based on which of the wireless confidence rating value and the wired confidence rating value is indicative of a higher likelihood of the packet being successfully transmitted. The packet is routed to be transmitted via the selected network.
US11201815B2	Method and system for selecting least-loaded route based on naive Bayes classifier The invention relates to a method and system for selecting a least-loaded route based on a naive Bayes classifier, so that the performance of a method for selecting a least-loaded route is improved. A network snapshot records historical network status information, and a naive Bayes classifier is used to predict the potential future network blocking probability if a service connection is established along a candidate route between each node pair. A network snapshot corresponds to each service request that arrives, and records the number of busy capacity units on each link.
US11201812B2	Virtual probes Concepts and technologies are disclosed herein for virtual probes. A processor can execute a probe orchestrator service. The processor can obtain traffic monitoring data that describes traffic associated with a logical node. The logical node can include two or more devices that can exchange information as internal traffic. The processor can analyze the traffic monitoring data to determine one of the two or more devices hosts external traffic that involves an external device that resides outside of the logical node. In response to a determination that the one of the two or more devices hosts the external traffic, the processor can trigger instantiation of a virtual probe at the device of the plurality of devices.
US11201809B1	Network topology generation using traceroute data Embodiments provide systems, methods, and computer program products to generate a network topology. Internet Protocol (IP) addresses may be collected that immediately precede a first IP address in a set of IP-address-sequences to obtain a first set of previous-hop IP addresses, where each IP-address-sequence in the set of IP-address-sequences comprises a sequence of IP addresses traversed by at least one packet. Next, each IP address in the first set of previous-hop IP addresses may be associated with a first logical node in the network topology.
US11201808B2	Tracing logical network packets through physical network Some embodiments provide a method for a network controller that manages several managed forwarding elements. The method receives a request to trace a specified packet having a particular source on a logical switching element. The method generates the packet at the network controller according to the packet specification. The generated packet includes an indicator that the packet is for a trace operation. The method inserts the packet into a managed forwarding element associated with the particular source. The method receives a set of messages from a set of managed forwarding elements that process the packet regarding operations performed on the packet.
US11201807B2	Traffic estimation apparatus, traffic estimation method and program A first time series of traffic volume and a first time series of communication quality that are observed in a first communication line in which traffic demand is equal to or greater than a line bandwidth and a second time series of traffic volume and a second time series of communication quality that are observed in a second communication line in which traffic demand is less than a line bandwidth are input to a state space model to estimate values of a parameter group of the state space model, the traffic demand is calculated based on the values of the parameter group, and the state space model is a state space model in which the first time series of traffic volume and the second time series of traffic volume are generated from a third time series indicating cyclicity of traffic common to the first communication line and the second communication line under influence of the first time series of communication quality and the second time series of communication quality on the traffic demand, thereby supporting appropriate band design of an overload line in which traffic demand is equal to or greater than a line bandwidth.
US11201803B2	Electronic control unit An object of the present invention is to avoid the situation where data to be transmitted have to be discarded, even when a network to which the data is to be transmitted is unavailable. The electronic control unit has: a determination part that executes a first determination process for determining whether a network to which data is to be transmitted is available or not; and a transmission part that executes a first transmission process for transmitting the data to the network when it is determined that the network is available, and executes a storage process for storing the data in a storage medium when it is determined that the network is unavailable. The electronic control unit executes the same processes for another network as well.
US11201799B2	Intelligent selection of vantage points for monitoring subservices based on potential impact to services A method includes configuring services as respective collections of subservices on network devices of a network, and decomposing definitions of the services into subservice dependency graphs each indicating the subservices and dependencies between the subservices that collectively implement a respective one of the services. The method further includes traversing the subservice dependency graphs to identify, at one or more intersections of the subservice dependency graphs, one or more shared subservices among the subservices of the services, wherein the one or more shared subservices are shared by the services. The method also includes monitoring subservice health states of the one or more shared subservices, and determining health states of the services based on the subservice health states of the one or more shared subservices.
US11201798B2	Automated virtual network function modification Systems and methods provide automated virtual network function modification using replicated environments and functions to measure and test modified functions against one another before implementation.
US11201797B2	Integrated analysis and reclamation of remote service resources One or more databases contain data defining: a common authentication configuration for a plurality of remote services, and individual authentication configurations for each of the remote services, where a particular remote service of the remote services is associated with a particular individual authentication configuration. One or more server devices are configured to: (i) access, by way of the common authentication configuration and the particular individual authentication configuration, a master userid of the particular remote service; (ii) receive, from the particular remote service, a list of userids that are registered to the managed network and configured to use the particular remote service; (iii) receive, from the particular remote service, access data representing use of the particular remote service by the userids; (iv) determine, from the access data, most-recent access times of the userids; and (v) store, in the one or more databases, representations of the most-recent access times.
US11201796B2	Enabling transfer of widgets across containers at runtime A method and system for enabling transfer of widgets across containers at runtime. According to embodiments of the present invention, a user is allowed to transfer a widget across containers at runtime, for example, moving a widget that has been deployed and operated in one widget container to another, even though the destination widget container originally does not support the widget. Specifically, the widget being transferred can keep consistency in terms of data and state before and after the transfer. Furthermore, the user can implement the cross-container transfer of widgets at runtime by, for example, convenient interaction means like a drag-and-drop operation. In this way, the user can operate and interact with Web applications in a more convenient and flexible way.
US11201795B2	Declarative and reactive data layer for component-based user interfaces Each of a plurality of wire web components predicted to be included in a graphical user interface (GUI) for presentation at a client machine. Each data object instance may be associated with a respective data object instance identifier and a respective one or more data object fields. A wire web component graph that includes a plurality of nodes may be constructed. A node may correspond to a wire web component, a data object field, or an application procedure interface (API). One or more of the data values may be retrieved from the respective APIs based on the wire web component graph. A GUI message including the retrieved data values and the wire web component graph may be transmitted to the client machine.
US11201792B2	Management system and control method A management system configured to manage device information responds, if an acquisition request for device information is received from an information processing terminal, to the information processing terminal with information for displaying the device information and script information including a command to cause the information processing terminal to check whether access to a web server implemented on the device is permitted. The information processing terminal is configured to, if the access to the web server implemented on the device is not permitted due to execution of the command included in the script information, be restricted from accessing the web server implemented on the device.
US11201789B1	Coordinated device grouping in fog computing An augmented connection graph can be created based on a task to be performed by a fog computing node by augmenting a connection graph representing plurality of IoT devices and connections among them. The augmenting can include adding to the connection graph data type nodes representing types of data processed by the fog computing node and adding connections between the data type nodes and IoT devices that generate the type of data represented by the respective data type nodes. A connection can be added between each pair of the IoT devices that are not currently connected and for which a level of correlation between the pair of IoT devices at least equals a threshold value. Based on the augmented connection graph, at least one of the IoT devices to assign to the fog computing node can be determined and assigned to the fog computing node.
US11201787B1	Routing visualization user interface A configuration of a service of a cloud computing system is rendered in a user interface of an electronic display, according to a discovery chain generated by a networking tool using a service discovery function to establish the configuration. The configuration includes one or more of a router, a splitter, and/or a resolver, each having one or more configuration files that are represented as a graphical element within a graphical representation of the one or more of the router, the splitter, and/or the resolver. The configuration further includes data traffic routes between pairs of the configuration files, each being represented in the UI as a line between each pair of configuration files, where each line is rendered in the UI so as to avoid crossing over any graphical element that represents a configuration file.
US11201782B1	Automation of maintenance mode operations for network devices An example method includes determining, by a network controller, based on a high-level data model, vendor-agnostic device information for a first network device, translating the vendor-agnostic device information into vendor-specific device information, sending, to the first network device, first configuration information included in the vendor-specific device information to cause the first network device to switch into a maintenance mode and enable diversion of network traffic from the first network device to a second network device, responsive to verifying that the first network device has diverted the traffic, initiating maintenance procedures on the first network device while the first network device is in the maintenance mode, and sending, to the first network device, second configuration information included in the vendor-specific device information to cause the first network device to switch out of the maintenance mode and enable reversion of network traffic from the second device to the first network device.
US11201780B2	Configurations associated with segmentation of one or more packets for wireless communication Some aspects provide for establishing a radio connection for the wireless communication, determining a configuration for whether to segment one or more packets for the wireless communication using the established radio connection, and communicating the one or more packets based on the determined configuration. Some aspects provide for assembling a first frame comprising one or more packets, transmitting the first frame, determining whether a portion of one or more packets was truncated during the assembling of the first frame, and transmitting a second frame comprising at least the truncated portion of the one or more packets of the first frame. Some aspects provide for receiving a first frame comprising one or more packets, determining that a portion of one or more packets is truncated, and determining whether to ignore as padding at least the truncated portion of the one or more packets of the first frame.
US11201778B2	Authorization processing method, device, and system An authorization processing method, a device, and a system, where the method includes receiving an authorization request from a public client, where the authorization request includes a client identifier of the public client, a requested redirect uniform resource identifier (URI), and a requested authorization scope, obtaining authorization information of the public client according to the client identifier, obtaining an authorization scope corresponding to an authorization credential stored in the authorization information, obtaining authorization notification information of an owner of a resource according to the requested authorization scope when the requested authorization scope exceeds the authorization scope corresponding to the authorization credential, generating a first access token whose authorization scope corresponds to the requested authorization scope, and sending the first access token to the public client according to the requested redirect URI. Hence, the method effectively resolves a security threat problem in a process of authorizing the public client.
US11201776B2	System and method for transmitting a signal A system and method for transmitting a signal are disclosed herein. In one embodiment, the system and method are configured to perform: transmitting one or more synchronization signals using an anchor carrier with a first frequency location; and transmitting a system information block using a non-anchor carrier with a second frequency location that is different from the first frequency location.
US11201773B1	Incremental peak suppression information message A transmitting device may reduce a peak to average power ratio (PAPR) ratio by clipping samples that have an amplitude exceeding a threshold. For a downlink transmission, the transmitting device may transmit an incremental peak suppression information message (PSIM) to multiple user equipments (UEs). A UE may receive downlink control information (DCI) indicating a data and a modulation and coding scheme (MCS) for the UE, and at least a first incremental PSIM. The UE may decode at least the first incremental PSIM that is applicable to a MCS lower than or equal to the MCS for the UE. The UE may determine whether to decode one or more subsequent incremental PSIMs based on the MCS for the UE. The UE may apply peak information from the incremental PSIMs to the data channel. The UE may decode the data channel based on the MCS for the UE.
US11201768B1	Method and apparatus for multi-level signaling adaptation with fixed reference levels The present disclosure relates to an adaptation method for data level (dLev) or data swing detection in a high-speed link system for multi-level (e.g. PAM-4) signaling. Provided are a receiver and a receiving method in which when a swing range of data received as an input is changed according to a channel condition, reference levels of data/swing detection samplers are not adaptively controlled, but the reference levels are fixed and a variable gain amplifier (VGA) is adaptively controlled for response to the change. Through the present disclosure, offset calibration of the data/swing detection samplers is more accurately performed and lower bit error rate (BER) is thus achieved.
US11201766B2	Detector circuit and system for galvanically isolated transmission of digital signals A detector circuit for galvanically isolated transmission of digital signals. The detector circuit includes two differential signal inputs, one input common-mode voltage connection, one alternating voltage coupling, and one differential stage. The detector circuit also includes one operating voltage connection, one operating ground connection, one signal output, one bias current connection, and one rectifier stage. The alternating current coupling includes two capacitors and two resistors. The differential stage includes a first n-channel transistor and a second n-channel transistor. The bias current connection is connected to the differential stage via a third n-channel transistor. The bias current connection is connected to the rectifier stage via a fourth n-channel transistor and a fifth n-channel transistor. The rectifier stage includes five p-channel transistors.
US11201764B2	Communication method and communications apparatus A communication method includes: determining, by a first device, a phase tracking reference signal (PTRS) pattern, where the PTRS pattern includes one or more PTRS chunks, and each PTRS chunk includes one or more PTRS samples; and mapping, by the first device, a PTRS to one or more symbols, and sending the one or more symbols to a second device.
US11201755B2	Premises system management using status signal Methods and systems for managing a security system are described. A security server located external to a premises may be in communication with a security system and a gateway device located at the premises. A status signal may be sent to the security server. The status signal may be initiated based on an alarm event. If the security server fails to detect a message of the status signal, the security server may send one or messages indicating the failure.
US11201753B1	Method and apparatus for managing power being provided to a waveguide system Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, providing, by a power supply of a communication device, energy to the communication device, wherein the power supply directly obtains the energy from a transmission medium via a capacitive divider and a DC converter, and wherein the communication device includes an insulator that electrically insulates the transmission medium from a utility structure supporting the communication device; adjusting a target ratio of the capacitive divider according to a load signal received from a load sensor coupled to the communication device, where the adjusting the target ratio comprises changing a state of a switch connected with at least a portion of a group of first capacitors of the capacitive divider according to the load signal; generating, by the communication device, a signal; and inducing according to the signal, by a coupler of the communication device, an electromagnetic wave that propagates along the transmission medium without requiring an electrical return path. Other embodiments are disclosed.
US11201749B2	Establishing a security association and authentication to secure communication between an initiator and a responder Provided are a computer program product, system and method embodiments for secure communication between an initiator and a responder over a network. The initiator sends a security association initialization message to the responder to establish a security association including key material used to generate a key for the security association. In response to receiving a security association initialization response to accept the security association, the initiator sends an authentication message to the responder to establish authentication between the responder and the initiator. In response to receiving an authentication message response to the authentication message, the initiator is programmed with the security association. An authentication done message is received from the responder after receiving the authentication message response. The initiator activates the security association to use the key to secure communication between the responder and initiator in response to receiving the authentication done message.
US11201747B2	Federated data management between partner systems Methods, systems, and computer-readable storage media for federated data management between partner systems is provided. A hash structure is generated for a first data object and includes a first root hash value. The hash structure maps properties of the first data object with corresponding visibility levels for the first data object. The first root hash value is notarized to store the first root hash value in a blockchain network. A request is received to share data for the first data object from a first partner system to a second partner system. The first partner system determines the data to be shared with the second partner system based on a visibility criteria defined in relation to the first data object and the second partner system. The data and a hash proof for the data for verification of authenticity of the data is shared with the second partner system.
US11201746B2	Blockchain access control system A system may receive a credential token and an access command. The access command may identify access logic to modify a datablock stored in a blockchain. The credential token may be mapped to a role token included in a role-based access control model. The system may determine a role-based access control framework authorizes the access command by identifying an authorization token in the role-based access control model, and the system may determine the role token is mapped to the identified authorization token in the role-based access control model. The system may determine the datablock includes the identified authorization token. The system may validate the identified authorization token. The system may authorize execution of the access logic to modify the datablock in response to the access command being authorized by the role-based access control framework, and validation of the identified authorization token included in the datablock.
US11201738B2	Systems and methods for associating a user with a task executed in a computing system It is desired to try to increase the security of a computing system running computer applications that may access data in a data storage system. In some embodiments, a token associates a user with a task that is being executed by a computing node. It may therefore be possible to determine which user executed which tasks. In some embodiments, the validity of a token is tied to the lifespan of a task associated with the token, rather than to a fixed amount of time. Therefore, if the task associated with the token is complete, the token may become invalid, rather than remaining valid for a duration of time that possibly exceeds the lifespan of the associated task. In some embodiments, a token is used to enforce data access control, e.g. to deny certain users access to certain data in the data storage system.
US11201737B1	Systems and methods for generating tokens using secure multiparty computation engines Disclosed herein are systems and methods for generating tokens using SMPC compute engines. In one aspect, a method may hash, by a node, a data input with a salt value. The method may split, by the node, the hashed data input into a plurality of secret shares, wherein each respective secret share of the plurality of secret shares is assigned to a respective SMPC compute engine of a plurality of SMPC compute engines. The respective SMPC compute engines may be configured to collectively hash the respective secret share with a secret salt value, unknown to the plurality of SMPC compute engines. The respective SMPC compute engine may further receive a plurality of hashed secret shares from remaining SMPC compute engines of the plurality of SMPC compute engines, and generate a token, wherein the token is a combination of the hashed respective secret share and the plurality of hashed secret shares.
US11201732B1	Private and public key exchange method preventing man-in-the-middle attack without electronic certificate and digital signature An apparatus, process, and system, that enables secure information and communication across channels based on a perfect key-exchange method. The secure channel between two users enables each to use the public key of the other user—to derive a secret key specific to both users. Traditional (but yet widely used) key-exchange methods are not perfect-secure; the public key encryption makes these methods to be broken under many kinds of attacks. Unlike these methods, the apparatus, process, and system of the present invention is not based on the computational assumptions like: Integer Factorization and Discrete Logarithm Problem. The apparatus, process, and system of the present invention inhibits and/or prevents the man-in-the-middle attack, which is a problem that has not been solved to this day.
US11201729B2	Devices and methods for enabling portable secure communication using random cipher pad cryptography by enabling communications to be passed to the device from a host, encrypted and/or decrypted, and passed back to the host A cryptographic system includes a host device and a cryptographic device. For encryption, the host includes an application that is configured to enable a user to compose an unencrypted message on a user interface and transmit the unencrypted message. The cryptographic device is configured to receive the unencrypted message, encrypt the unencrypted message with RCPs on a non-volatile storage to create an encrypted message, and send the encrypted message to the host, which then transmits the encrypted message through a communication channel. For decryption, the host receives an encrypted message through the communication channel and sends it to the cryptographic device. The cryptographic device decrypts the encrypted message with the RCPs and sends the decrypted message back to the host, which presents the decrypted message on a display. The cryptographic device may be configured to destroy RCPs that have been used up.
US11201727B2	System and method for managing user interactions with a blockchain Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media, for managing user interactions with a blockchain. One of the methods includes: receiving a user input in a command line interface (CLI), wherein the user input comprises a reference to one or more configurations; determining, by a command manager based on the user input, a blockchain-related operation and a command plug-in associated with the blockchain-related operation; generating, by the determined command plug-in, a command based on the determined operation and the one or more configurations; and sending, by a software development kit (SDK) associated with the blockchain, the command to one or more nodes associated with the blockchain.
US11201720B2	Clock synchronization when switching between broadcast and data transmission modes A communication system allows for clock synchronization between a transmitter and a receiver when switching from transmission of an analog signal to transmission of a digital signal. The system uses clock synchronization during transmission of the digital signal, but the clock synchronization may be lost when switching to transmission of an analog signal. A digital clock synchronization is embedded in the analog signal so that the clock synchronization between the transmitter and the receiver may be reestablished upon switching to a digital signal without any delay in transmission of the digital signal.
US11201718B2	Numerology indication for radio access networks There is disclosed a method of operating a network node in a radio access network. The method includes transmitting first numerology information indicating a first numerology for a carrier, the first numerology having a first subcarrier spacing and a first frequency reference. The method also includes transmitting a frequency shift indication indicating a second frequency reference for a second numerology for the same carrier, the frequency shift indication indicating the second frequency reference in relation to the first frequency reference. The disclosure also pertains to related methods and devices.
US11201713B2	Terminal apparatus, base station apparatus, and communication method A terminal apparatus receives a transport block in a primary cell, selects a first transmission method in a case that a scheduling request is a negative scheduling request, HARQ-ACK is transmitted in a subframe n, and a subframe q in a secondary cell does not correspond to any of first prescribed subframes, selects a second transmission method in a case that the subframe q corresponds to one of the first prescribed subframes, and transmits the HARQ-ACK in a PUCCH resource for the HARQ-ACK, wherein the subframe q is given by n−4 in a case that a first higher layer parameter for the secondary cell is not configured, and the subframe q is given by n−3 in a case that the first higher layer parameter for the secondary cell is configured for the terminal apparatus 1.
US11201709B2	Method and apparatus for determining and transmitting parameter of reference signal, terminal device and base station The embodiments of the present disclosure disclose a method for determining a parameter of a reference signal, a method for transmitting a parameter of a reference signal, a terminal device and a base station. The determination method includes: obtaining a parameter of a first type of reference signal by a first signaling; and determining a parameter of a second type of reference signal according to the obtained parameter of the first type of reference signal, and the first type of reference signal and/or the second type of reference signal include at least one of: reference signal for data demodulation, reference signal for phase noise compensation, reference signal for Doppler shift compensation, or extended reference signal for data demodulation.
US11201707B2	Secured independent hosted payload operations Systems, methods, and apparatus for secured independent hosted payload operations are disclosed. In one or more embodiments, a disclosed method for payload operations comprises receiving, by a command receiver on a vehicle, host commands from a host satellite operations center (SOC). The method further comprises commanding a hosted payload on or off according to the host commands. Also, the method comprises reconfiguring a host payload according to the host commands. In addition, the method comprises transmitting, by a host payload antenna, host user data to a host user antenna. Additionally, the method comprises receiving, by a hosted payload antenna on the vehicle, hosted commands from a hosted payload (HoP) operation center (HOC). Also, the method comprises reconfiguring the hosted payload according to the hosted commands. Further, the method comprises transmitting, by the hosted payload antenna, hosted user data to a hosted user antenna.
US11201694B2	Method and apparatus for optimizing average bit error probability via deep multi-armed bandit in OFDM and index modulation system for low power communication A method and apparatus for optimizing average bit error probability via a deep multi-armed bandit in an orthogonal-frequency division multiplexing and index modulation system for low power communication are proposed. The method proposed in the present invention comprises: detecting BPSK symbols and subcarriers among all subcarriers; defining a combination of selected subcarriers as a subcarrier selection pattern; selecting the subcarrier selection pattern through learning to minimize the average bit error probability for all combinations of selected subcarriers; and updating a learning parameter of the subcarrier selection pattern selected through learning.
US11201691B2	Mutual-information based recursive polar code construction Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communication are described. To encode a vector of bits using a polar code, an encoder may allocate information bits of the vector to polarized bit-channels associated with a channel (e.g., a set of unpolarized bit-channels) used for a transmission. In some cases, the polarized bit-channels may be partitioned into groups associated with different values of some associated reliability metric (s). The information bits may be allocated to the polarized bit-channels based on the reliability metrics of the different polarized bit-channels and the overall capacity of a transmission. That is, the bit locations of a transmission may depend on the reliability metrics of different polarized bit-channels and the overall capacity of the transmission. To facilitate puncturing, the overall capacity of the transmission may be adjusted and the unpolarized bit-channels may be partitioned into polarized bit-channels based on the adjusted capacity.
US11201689B2	CSI measurement configuration and UE capability signaling In an aspect of the disclosure, a method, a computer-readable medium, and an apparatus are provided. The apparatus may be a UE. The UE receives a first trigger indicating at least one trigger state for reporting channel state information on a carrier or multiple carriers. The UE generates respective one or more channel state information reports associated with each of the at least one trigger state, each of the respective one or more channel state information reports being generated in accordance with a respective set of configurations that are unique with respect to sets of configurations used to generate the rest of the respective one or more channel state information reports. The UE sends the respective one or more channel state information reports associated with each of the at least one trigger state.
US11201688B2	Base station, user terminal, processor, and communication method A user equipment, method and apparatus receive a PDSCH from a base station and determine a modulation order used in the PDSCH based on whether the PDSCH is transmitted in a second slot out of a first slot and the second slot which configure a subframe.
US11201681B2	Signal communication method and apparatus Embodiments of this application provide a signal communication method and apparatus. The method includes: sending, by a network device, a channel quality threshold to a terminal device, where the channel quality threshold is used by the terminal device to report first channel quality information, and the channel quality threshold is a threshold of second channel quality information; and receiving, by the network device, a first quantity of pieces of the first channel quality information sent by the terminal device based on the channel quality threshold.
US11201680B2	Multidimensional grid sampling for radio frequency power feedback The described technology is generally directed towards multidimensional grid sampling for radio frequency power feedback. A mobile device can sample radio frequency signal power at multiple sample points, and can send sample values to a base station. The multiple sample points can be defined with reference to a grid having a first dimension and a second dimension, such as time and frequency, or delay and Doppler. A variety of techniques are provided to define the multiple sample points.
US11201676B2	Codirectional ROPA supplied with power via a separate fiber transmitting data in opposite direction The invention discloses a method of amplifying an optical signal, in particular a data signal, transmitted from a first location (A) to a second location (B) via a first transmission link (10a), wherein said optical signal is amplified by means of a transmitter side remote optically pumped amplifiers (ROPA) (18) comprising a gain medium (24), wherein the gain medium (24) of said transmitter side ROPA (18) is pumped by means of transmitter side pump power (20) provided from said first location (A), characterized in that at least a part of said transmitter side pump power (20) is provided by means of light supplied from said first location (A) to said transmitter side ROPA (18) via a portion of a second transmission link (10b) provided for transmitting optical signals from said second location (B) to said first location (A).
US11201674B2	Apparatus and method to improve optical reach in bidirectional optical transmission systems employing single-laser coherent transceivers Optical networks, transponders and single-laser coherent transceiver are described. The single-laser coherent transceiver includes a wavelength source, a transmitter and a receiver. The wavelength source is tuned to supply a first optical signal having a first wavelength. The transmitter receives the first optical signal and encodes client data into the first optical signal to generate a second optical signal. The receiver receives the first optical signal from the wavelength source and a fraction of the second optical signal.
US11201673B1	Optical laser communication apparatus with optical phased arrays and coupling arrangement and associated methods An optical communications transmitter for use in free space communication from the transmitter to a receiver, the transmitter including a light input and an optical fiber array for directing the light input. The optical communications transmitter further includes an optical phased array for receiving the light input from the optical fiber array and transmitting a light output, the optical phased array being configured for modifying a relative phase of the light input such that the light output exhibits a predetermined far-field intensity pattern.
US11201672B2	LED light fixture An LED light fixture includes one or more optical transceivers that have a light support having a plurality of light emitting diodes and one or more photodetectors attached thereto, and a processor in communication with the light emitting diodes and the one or more photodetectors. The processor is constructed and arranged to generate a communication or data transfer signal.
US11201671B2	Communication system, terminal, control method, and recording medium A communication system includes: a plurality of cameras that generate image data by capturing images; a server that stores the image data generated by each of the plurality of cameras; and a plurality of transmission devices in one-to-one correspondence with the plurality of cameras. Each of the plurality of transmission devices transmits light including, as a visible light communication signal, information related to communication for accessing a storage location at which the image data generated by a corresponding one of the plurality of cameras is stored in the server.
US11201670B2	Visible light communication Methods, systems, and apparatuses for light-based communication are described. VLC may be used to communicate video content, an electronic program guide (EPG), location information, an advertisement, and/or any other data, content, and/or content item to a user device. VLC may be used to communicate data/information associated with a wireless network, provision a service, navigate an area, track content and/or content item consumption, and more. Light (e.g., VLC, etc.) may be used to communicate any information/data.
US11201667B2	Optical fiber characterization measurement systems and methods Systems and methods for characterizing an optical fiber performed in part by an optical node (12) in an optical line system (10) include performing one or more measurements to characterize the optical fiber (16, 18) with one or more components (50, 52) at the optical node (12), wherein the one or more components (50, 52) perform functions during operation of the optical node (12) and are reconfigured to perform the one or measurements independent of the functions; and configuring the optical node (12) for communication over the optical fiber (16, 18) based on the one or more measurements. The one or more components can include any of an Optical Service Channel (OSC), an Optical Time Domain Reflectometer (OTDR), and an optical amplifier. The configuring can include setting a launch power into the optical fiber based on the one or more measurements.
US11201664B2	Adjusting repeater gain based on antenna feedback path loss Technology for a repeater is disclosed. The repeater can include a first port and a second port. The repeater can include a transmitter communicatively coupled to the first port and a receiver communicatively coupled to the second port. The transmitter can transmit a path loss signal. The receiver can receive the path loss signal transmitted by the transmitter. The repeater can include a controller. The controller can identify a first power level of the signal transmitted from the transmitter. The controller can identify a second power level of the signal received at the receiver. The controller can determine an antenna feedback path loss of the repeater based on the first power level and the second power level. The controller can set a maximum gain level for the repeater based on the antenna feedback path loss to avoid an oscillation in the repeater.
US11201657B2	Reference signals for initial acquisition in 5G systems Disclosed herein are apparatuses, systems, and methods for reference signal design for initial acquisition, by receiving a first primary synchronization signal (PSS) and a first secondary synchronization signal (SSS) from a first transmit (Tx) beam, in first contiguous orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) symbols of a downlink subframe. A UE can receive at least a second PSS and a second SSS from a second Tx beam in contiguous OFDM symbols of the downlink subframe. A UE can then detect beamforming reference signals (BRSs) corresponding to the first Tx beam and the second Tx beam, based on identification of physical cell ID information and timing information processed from the first PSS, the second PSS, the first SSS, and the second SSS. The UE can select the first Tx beam or the second Tx beam that was received with the highest power, based on the BRSs. Other embodiments are described.
US11201648B2	Closed loop MIMO systems and methods Systems and methods for closed loop MIMO (multiple input and multiple output) wireless communication are provided. Various transmit formats including spatial multiplexing and STTD are defined in which vector or matrix weighting is employed using information fed back from receivers. The feedback information may include channel matrix or SVD-based feedback.
US11201646B2	Autocorrelation and memory allocation for wireless communication Examples described herein include systems and methods which include wireless devices and systems with examples of an autocorrelation calculator. An electronic device including an autocorrelation calculator may be configured to calculate an autocorrelation matrix including an autocorrelation of symbols indicative of a first radio frequency (“RF”) signal and a second RF signal. The electronic device may calculate the autocorrelation matrix based on a stored autocorrelation matrix and the autocorrelation of symbols indicative of the first RF signal and symbols indicative of the second RF signal. The stored autocorrelation matrix may represent another received signal at a different time period than a time period of the first and second RF signals. Examples of the systems and methods may facilitate the processing of data for wireless and may utilize less memory space than a device than a scheme that stores and calculates autocorrelation from a large dataset computed from various time points.
US11201643B1	Method, apparatus and system for transmission of data in a power domain non-orthogonal multiple access system A method, apparatus, and system of optimizing transmission of data in a power domain non-orthogonal multiple access system is described. The method includes generating a first encoded data stream associated with a first user device, and generating a second encoded data stream associated with a second user device. The method also includes generating a superimposed signal using the first encoded data stream and the second encoded data stream. In addition, the method includes determining a first minimum beam power associated with a first beam vector, and determining a second minimum beam power associated with a second beam vector. The method also includes transmitting the superimposed signal to the first user device at the first minimum beam power, and transmitting the superimposed signal to the second user device at the second minimum beam power.
US11201640B2	Method and apparatus for phase tracking-reference signal (PT-RS) port selection in downlink Methods and apparatuses are disclosed for PT-RS selection. In one embodiment, a wireless device is configured to determine a layer based at least on a precoder associated with a precoder matrix indicator, PMI; and transmit an indication of the determined layer to a network node as part of channel state information, CSI, feedback. In other embodiments, a network device is configured to receive an indication of a layer for a phase-tracking reference signal, PT-RS, transmission as part of channel state information, CSI, feedback; determine a precoder based at least on the indication of the layer for the PT-RS transmission; and transmit the PT-RS, the PT-RS transmission associated with the indicated layer and a PT-RS port.
US11201638B2	Systems and methods for ultra wideband impulse radio transmitters Ultra-Wideband (UWB) technology exploits modulated coded impulses over a wide frequency spectrum with very low power over a short distance for digital data transmission. Today's leading edge modulated sinusoidal wave wireless communication standards and systems achieve power efficiencies of 50 nJ/bit employing narrowband signaling schemes and traditional RF transceiver architectures. However, such designs severely limit the achievable energy efficiency, especially at lower data rates such as below 1 Mbps. Further, it is important that peak power consumption is supportable by common battery or energy harvesting technologies and long term power consumption neither leads to limited battery lifetimes or an inability for alternate energy sources to sustain them. Accordingly, it would be beneficial for next generation applications to exploit inventive transceiver structures and communication schemes in order to achieve the sub nJ per bit energy efficiencies required by next generation applications.
US11201630B2	Method and apparatus for a frequency-selective antenna Examples disclosed herein relate to an antenna system. The antenna system has a transceiver unit adapted to receive a composite communication signal, wherein the composite communication signal is a mix of multiple individual communication signals transmitted at different frequencies, a radiating structure comprising multiple subarrays of radiating elements, each subarray responsive to a different frequency, and an antenna controller adapted to map each communication signal to a user equipment and adjust an electrical parameter of the radiating elements within each subarray so as to direct each individual communication signal in the composite communication signal to a corresponding user equipment.
US11201628B2	Transmission method and reception device A transmission method and a reception device for securing favorable communication quality in data transmission using an LDPC code. In group-wise interleaving, the LDPC code with a code length N of 69120 bits is interleaved in units of 360-bit bit groups. In group-wise deinterleaving, a sequence of the LDPC code after group-wise interleaving is returned to an original sequence.
US11201623B2	Unified programmable computational memory and configuration network Examples generally relate a programmable device having a unified programmable computational memory (PCM) and configuration network. In an example, a programmable device includes a die that includes a PCM integrated circuit having a PCM tile. The PCM tile includes a configuration memory (CM) and combinational logic (CL). The CM is capable of storing configuration data received via a node in the PCM tile. The CL is configured to receive internal control signal(s) and first and second input signals and to output a result signal. The CL is capable of outputting the result signal resulting from a logic function that is responsive to the internal control signal(s) and a signal of a group of signals including the first and second input signals. The CL is configured to receive the first input signal via the node in the PCM tile.
US11201622B2	Information processing apparatus, control method thereof, and non-transitory computer-readable storage medium The invention provides an apparatus comprising a programmable circuit including a plurality of 2-input 1-output ALUs, and an updating unit updating the programmable circuit according to circuit information, wherein each of the ALUs includes a calculation unit which performs a set type of calculation for two data and output a calculation result, a delay unit which delays the two input data in accordance with delay amounts independently set and supplies the delayed data to the calculation unit, and a controller which controls a delay amount for the delay unit and a calculation timing for the calculation unit in accordance with externally set information, wherein the updating unit sets clock gating start timings for a plurality of delay elements of the delay unit if an ALU of interest as a first processing circuit in the programmable circuit inputs final data to be processed.
US11201621B2	Clock gating cell A clock gating cell (CGC) is provided. The clock gating cell includes two latches that can be configured as a flip-flop to use positive/negative edges of a first clock signal to store a value of an input terminal, and the clock gating cell also includes a selector used for the flip-flop to select from values of different input terminals for storing. In addition, in a non-scan testing mode, the clock gating cell can forcefully close an unused latch through an independent signal, and in a scan shift duration and a scan capture duration of a scan testing mode, the clock gating cell can further forcefully output the first clock signal as the gating clock signal according to two independent signals.
US11201617B1	Local interconnect network (LIN) driver circuit A driver circuit and corresponding methods and systems are disclosed, the driver circuit comprises a signal generation circuit to generate a linearly varying signal at a first node based on a clock signal and an output transistor to receive the linearly varying signal and output a drive signal to a bus. A buffer amplifier is coupled between the first node and a gate of the output transistor to disable the gate capacitance of the output transistor. The driver circuit further comprises a capacitor coupled between the first node and a feedback node of the driver circuit such that the Miller effect occurs at the capacitor and a slew rate for the drive signal is generated at the feedback node.
US11201616B2	Voltage tolerant interface circuit A voltage tolerant interface circuit includes an input terminal and one or more low-voltage transistors for generating an output from the voltage tolerant interface circuit based on a voltage received at the input terminal. The voltage tolerant interface circuit also includes a blocking transistor coupled between a control terminal of at least one low-voltage transistor and the input terminal. In some implementations, the blocking transistor is configured to protect the control terminal of the low-voltage transistor by blocking the voltage received at the input terminal when the voltage exceeds a voltage tolerance of the low-voltage transistor. In other implementations, the low-voltage transistor receives a supply voltage higher than the voltage tolerance of the low-voltage transistor. In that implementation, the blocking transistor is configured to protect the control terminal of the low-voltage transistor by blocking the voltage received at the input terminal when the voltage is below a predetermined threshold.
US11201614B2	Load control device having multiple terminals and a clamp circuit connected therebetween Disconnection of a circulation path through which a circulation current flows is detected while suppressing an increase in circuit scale. A battery monitoring device includes switching circuits that control currents flowing through coils of main contactors by being controlled to be turned on and off, freewheeling diodes that are connected to the coils of the main contactors to form circulation paths for circulating the currents, and a control unit. The control unit measures output voltages of the freewheeling diodes at an input terminal, and detects the disconnection of the circulation paths based on the output voltages of the freewheeling diodes.
US11201612B2	Switch control systems for light emitting diodes and methods thereof System and method for controlling one or more light emitting diodes. For example, the system for controlling one or more light emitting diodes includes a current generator configured to generate a first current flowing through one or more light emitting diodes. The one or more light emitting diodes are configured to receive a rectified voltage generated by a rectifying bridge coupled to a TRIAC dimmer. Additionally, the system includes a bleeder configured to receive the rectified voltage, and a controller configured to receive a sensing voltage from the current generator and output a control signal to the bleeder. The sensing voltage indicates a magnitude of the first current.
US11201609B2	Compact high-voltage nanosecond pulsed-power generator A pulsed-power circuit includes first, second, third and fourth compression stages. The first and second stages each include at least one pre-charged capacitor and at least one inductor in series, and at least one switch operative to pump a DSRD (drift-step-recovery diode). The pre-charged capacitor of the second stage is pre-charged in negative direction with respect to the pre-charged capacitor of the first stage. The third and fourth stages each include at least one DSRD. The switches of the first and second stage are operative to drive (pump and then pulse) the DSRDs of the third and fourth stages.
US11201605B2	Buffer stage for use with a current controlled oscillator A buffer stage for amplifying a clock signal generated by a current controlled oscillator that receives a first current at a first supply voltage from a first current source. The buffer stage comprises an input terminal configured to receive the clock signal; an output terminal configured to output a buffered signal; at least one buffer, coupled between the input and output terminal, configured to receive a second current at a second supply voltage and buffer the clock signal to generate the buffered signal; a clamping circuit that receives the first current and the second current, and generates a first supply voltage and a second supply voltage. The clamping circuit clamps the second supply voltage equal to the first supply voltage.
US11201602B1	Apparatus and methods for tunable filtering Apparatus and methods for tunable filtering are provided. In certain embodiments, a tunable filter is implemented using one or more controllable capacitors formed on a semiconductor die and using one or more shielded integrated inductors formed on a secondary circuit board that attaches to a carrier circuit board. Additionally, the shielded integrated inductors are formed from patterned metallization layers of the secondary circuit board, and shielding is provided on the secondary circuit board and/or the carrier circuit board to shield the inductors from the semiconductor die and/or other components.
US11201599B2	Band pass filter A band pass filter includes a first filter circuit, a second filter circuit, a first intermediate circuit, a second intermediate circuit, and a ninth capacitor. The first intermediate circuit includes a seventh inductor connected between a fifth capacitor and a sixth capacitor. The second intermediate circuit includes an eighth inductor connected between a seventh capacitor and an eighth capacitor. The ninth capacitor is connected between the first intermediate circuit and the second intermediate circuit.
US11201597B1	Phantom-powered audio pre-preamplifier with integrated transformer for musical instrument and microphone dual-selective signal gain A novel phantom-powered inline preamplifier is configured to provide selective processing of a sound source signal by intelligently determining the need for a low or high impedance matching and transformer coupling, based on high fidelity requirements of a particular sound source signal. For example, the phantom-powered inline preamplifier can intelligently detect a microphone-originating sound source signal and automatically route the microphone-originating sound source signal to a low impedance matching circuit pathway that leads to a phantom-powered output terminal for an optimal hi-fidelity processing specific to the microphone-originating sound source signal. Likewise, the phantom-powered inline preamplifier can intelligently detect a musical instrument-originating sound source signal and automatically route the musical instrument-originating sound source signal to a high impedance matching circuit pathway and optionally couple to an instrument transformer, which leads to the phantom-powered output terminal for an optimal hi-fidelity processing specific to the musical instrument-originating sound source signal.
US11201596B2	Power amplifier system A power amplifier system which operates at a narrow band with high power and high efficiency or at a wide band is provided. Said power amplifier system comprises at least one high power amplifier; at least one connection line; at least one input block which receives at least one signal from an input, which is connected to said high power amplifier and connection line, which sends received signal to either high power amplifier or connection line and which amplifies the power of the signal sent to the connection line; and at least one high power asymmetric output switch, which is connected to said high power amplifier and connection line and which sends signals coming from said high power amplifier and connection line to an output.
US11201595B2	Cascode power amplifier with switchable output matching network A radio-frequency (RF) module includes a first transistor having a base, a collector, and an emitter, a radio-frequency output transmit path coupled to the collector of the first transistor at a first end and to a radio-frequency output port at a second end, and an output matching network disposed in the radio-frequency output transmit path, the output matching network including a shunt arm coupled to ground, the shunt arm including a switch that is controllable to modify an impedance of the output matching network.
US11201593B2	Doherty power amplifier system A Doherty amplifier system is disclosed with a carrier amplifier configured to amplify a first portion of a radio frequency (RF) signal. A peaking amplifier with a peaking output is configured to amplify a second portion of the RF signal when it is above a power level threshold. A first inductor is coupled between the main output and a first middle node, and a second inductor is coupled between the first middle node and the peaking output. The first inductor and the second inductor are configured to have a first magnetic coupling to form a first impedance inverter. A third inductor is coupled between the peaking output and a second middle node, and a fourth inductor is coupled between the second middle node and an RF signal output. The third inductor and the fourth inductor are configured to have a second magnetic coupling to form a second impedance inverter.
US11201590B2	Power amplifier apparatus A power amplifier apparatus is provided. The power amplifier apparatus includes a number of multi-stage power amplifiers and a bias circuit configured to generate a number of bias signals (e.g., bias current or bias voltage) to control (e.g., activate or deactivate) the multi-stage power amplifiers. In examples disclosed herein, only one of the multi-stage power amplifiers is activated at a given time. In this regard, the bias circuit can generate the bias signals to collectively activate one of the multi-stage power amplifiers, while deactivating the rest of the multi-stage power amplifiers. As such, it may be possible to control a larger number of power amplifier stages based on a smaller number of bias signals. As a result, it may be possible to eliminate a biasing bump pad(s) from the power amplifier apparatus, thus helping to reduce the footprint and cost of the power amplifier apparatus.
US11201586B2	Solar panel array performance testing system with defined time and location illumination One example includes a test illumination system comprising a light source and a location controller configured to generate location data associated with a real-time location of the test illumination system. The test illumination system can be configured to move relative to a solar panel array in response to a solar testing protocol to provide illumination from the light source at a defined illumination time to each solar panel of the solar panel array in a sequence to provide a voltage amplitude. The system also includes a solar panel testing controller configured to correlate the location data of the test illumination system, the defined illumination time, and the voltage amplitude for each solar panel of the solar panel array in the sequence to determine an efficacy of each solar panel of the solar panel array.
US11201582B2	Tracking type portable thin-film solar power generating device The present invention relates to new energy field, and more particularly to a tracking type portable thin-film solar power generating device. Conventionally, commercially available thin-film solar power generation devices have a fixed inclination angle and do not have a tracking function, which results in a low power generation capacity. Therefore, it is difficult to satisfy the needs of outdoor activities. Since photoelectric conversion rate is difficult to be effective improved in the short-term, how to increase the power generation of thin-film solar cells has become an urgent technical problem in the field of thin-film solar power generation. The present invention uses folded type and assembled type thin-film solar cells, articulated devices, and a driving device to form a movable support, so that an inclination angle of an integrated polygonal thin-film solar cell can be changed with time for tracking the sun.
US11201578B2	Motor control system According to an embodiment, a motor control system includes an inverter, a PWM generation circuit, a shunt resistor, and a current detection circuit. Before the starting of the motor, at least one of all the low side transistors is turned on for a first period and detection of a first detection current flowing through the shunt resistor is performed. When the first detection current is detected, it is judged that the motor is rotating abnormally, and the rotation number of the motor is calculated based on the waveform of the first detection current. When the first detection current is not detected, it is judged that the motor is being stopped.
US11201577B2	Drive with integrated dynamic load control A drive with integrated dynamic load control includes a three-phase asynchronous motor having three phase legs connected in a star circuit, each phase leg having a winding having a coil end connected to a common star point. A load control circuit has a regulating module, an ammeter, a voltmeter and first and second switches. The ammeter and voltmeter detect a phase current and a phase voltage in one phase leg. The regulating module calculates an active power of the phase leg and a total active power of the motor responsive to the phase current and phase voltage. The switches are arranged in two of the phase legs between the respective coil end and the star point and the regulating module interrupts the two phase legs by using the switches when the active power, the total active power or a torque calculated from the total active power exceeds an adjustable limit value.
US11201575B2	Monitoring device for a reluctance machine and method for monitoring A monitoring device for a reluctance machine includes a vector rotator for rotating a space phasor of the reluctance machine that depends on a voltage in a coordinate system that rotates with a negative fundamental frequency, a low-pass filter filtering the rotated space phasor and producing an output signal, and a signal evaluation device evaluating the output signal. A DC value of the produced output signal in the rotating coordinate system is monitored, and an error in operating the reluctance machine is identified when the DC value is above a predefined threshold value.
US11201573B2	Driving device, image forming apparatus, and control program A driving device includes: a first motor that transmits power to a rotation shaft of a conveyance roller for conveying a paper sheet; a second motor that transmits power to the rotation shaft of the conveyance roller; and a motor controller that controls rotational speeds of the first and second motors by changing a control value, wherein the motor controller controls the control value of the first motor at multiple steps at a time of acceleration or deceleration and changes the control value of the second motor according to a change range of the control value of the first motor in synchronization with a timing when the control value of the first motor is changed.
US11201571B2	Method of manufacturing an oscillator Provided is a method of manufacturing an oscillator, including: arranging an electrode on a piezoelectric ceramics free from being subjected to polarization treatment, to thereby provide a piezoelectric element; bonding the piezoelectric element and a diaphragm to each other at a temperature T1; bonding the piezoelectric element and a power supply member to each other at a temperature T2; and subjecting the piezoelectric ceramics to polarization treatment at a temperature T3, in which the temperature T1, the temperature T2, and the temperature T3 satisfy a relationship T1>T3 and a relationship T2>T3.
US11201570B2	Vibration wave motor and optical device A vibration wave motor comprises a vibrator including a piezoelectric element and a vibrating body, a friction member including a first surface configured to come into contact with the vibrator, and a second surface, which is a surface on the opposite side of the first surface, the vibrator and the friction member moving relative to each other in a driving direction by a vibration generated by the vibrator, a supporting member configured to support the friction member on the second surface side; and a pressure member configured to bring the vibrator and the friction member into pressure contact with each other. A fixing portion configured to fix the friction member to the supporting member is provided in the friction member. The vibrator can move to a position where at least part of the vibrator and the fixing portion overlap each other in a pressure direction of the pressure member.
US11201567B2	Vehicle and control method thereof and system The present invention discloses a vehicle. The vehicle includes an AC electric machine configured to generate traction driving force, a DC bus configured to provide a DC voltage, an inverter, and a controller. The inverter is coupled with the DC bus and configured to convert the DC voltage from the DC bus to an AC voltage to drive the AC electric machine, and the inverter includes a plurality of transistors. The controller is configured to control the inverter to maintain the vehicle to run in a fault-tolerant mode when an open circuit fault occurs in one of the transistors in the inverter during running of the vehicle. The present invention further discloses a control method of the vehicle and a system.
US11201566B2	Switch protection The bridge circuit comprises input terminals (102.1, 102.2) for connecting a power source (103), a first branch (104) connected between the input terminals (102.1, 102.2). The first branch includes a first and a second section (108.1, 108.2). The first section (108.1) includes a first switch (107.1) and the second section (108.2) includes a second switch (107.2). The method comprises the steps of determining a measured value by measuring a current flowing in or a voltage across one of the two sections (108.1, 108.2), comparing the measured value with a threshold and controlling a switching of the first and the second switch (107.1, 107.2) of the first branch (104) in dependency of a result of said comparison.
US11201563B2	Multi-level multi-quadrant hysteresis current controllers and methods for control thereof Systems and methods for multilevel hysteresis current control for a cascaded multilevel converter having a plurality of power cells connected in series with a positive integer number of output voltage levels, and to control any shape of AC/DC current in the load, transfer electrical power from energy storage elements of the power cells to that load and recover the energy back to the storage elements. Systems and methods for voltage balancing on energy storage elements of the power cells to determine whether to inject energy into or extract energy from a selected storage element, and for zero switching state rotation technique of switching elements in each power cell of cascaded multilevel converter.
US11201561B1	Symmetric hybrid converters Systems and methods for power conversion are described. Symmetric topologies and modulation schemes are described that may reduce common-mode noise. For example, a system may include a transformer including a first secondary winding and a second secondary winding; a rectifier, including a set of switches, that connects taps of the first secondary winding and the second secondary winding to a first terminal and a second terminal, wherein the rectifier is symmetric with respect to the first secondary winding and the second secondary winding; a battery connected between the first terminal and the second terminal; and a processing apparatus that is configured to control the set of switches to rectify a multilevel voltage signal on the transformer, including: selecting a modulation scheme from among two or more modulation schemes based on a measured voltage level of the battery.
US11201558B2	Operating circuit for coupling a synchronous machine with a voltage network and method for operating it An operating circuit and a method for operating a synchronous machine on a voltage supply network is disclosed. The operating circuit has a converter circuit with controllable converter switches and a controllable switching arrangement to switch the converter circuit between a start converter configuration and a direct converter configuration. The power supply network is connected to a converter output and the synchronous machine is connected to a converter input of the converter circuit. In the direct converter configuration, an AC voltage is provided at the converter output with a preset AC voltage frequency. In the direct converter configuration, the switching of the AC voltage between the converter input and the converter output takes place without intermediate rectification.
US11201554B2	Flyback power converter and ZVS control circuit and control method thereof A ZVS (zero voltage switching) control circuit for controlling a flyback power converter includes: a primary side controller circuit, for generating a switching signal to control a primary side switch; and a secondary side controller circuit, for generating a synchronous rectifier (SR) control signal to control a synchronous rectifier switch. The SR control signal includes an SR-control pulse and a ZVS pulse. The primary side controller circuit determines a trigger timing point of the switching signal according to a first waveform characteristic of a ringing signal, to control the primary side switch to be ON. The secondary side controller circuit determines a trigger timing point of the ZVS pulse according to a second waveform characteristic of the ringing signal, to control the synchronous rectifier switch to be ON for a predetermined ZVS time period, thereby achieving zero voltage switching of the primary side switch.
US11201551B2	Power control converter and method for controlling power between two AC power units A power transmission unit for controlling a flow of electric energy between two AC power units is provided. The power transmission unit comprises a main transformer having a first winding and a second winding as well as a switchable auxiliary AC unit for applying a tunable auxiliary AC voltage across an auxiliary AC side of the auxiliary AC unit. The auxiliary AC side is connected in series with the first winding of the main transformer to form a series connection. Further, a power conversion unit comprising the power transmission unit and two AC power units as well as a method for controlling a flow of electric energy by using such a power conversion unit are provided.
US11201549B2	Control method of power conversion circuit, and related power conversion circuit A related power conversion circuit includes a three-level switch circuit and a resonant circuit, and a control method of the related power conversion circuit includes: controlling all transistors in the three-level switch circuit to be turned off, where a body diode connected in parallel to a transistor S1, a body diode connected in parallel to a transistor Q1, and a body diode connected in parallel to a transistor Q2 are all turned on based on a current freewheeling function of the resonant circuit; controlling the S1 to be turned on, to set up a first working state of the power conversion circuit; and after the first working state lasts for a time length T1, controlling the Q1 and the Q2 to be turned on.
US11201547B2	System for programming a compensation time into a switching converter A switching converter is provided that includes a power MOSFET, a controller having a drive pin connected to a gate terminal of the power MOSFET, and a resistor connected to the gate terminal. A compensation time selection circuit is included that has compensation times stored therein. A compensation time is selected from the compensation times based on a value of the resistor and stored in the controller. The selected compensation time compensates for an inherent delay in switching the power MOSFET to an ON state after the power MOSFET receives a signal to switch to the ON state to allow the power MOSFET to switch to the ON state when a drain voltage of the power MOSFET's reaches its lowest value during a switching cycle.
US11201544B2	Stacked buck converters and associated method of operation A converter includes two switching stages coupled in series between positive and negative input terminals. A control circuit is configured for driving the switching stages based on an output voltage of the converter. A first switching stage includes two switches coupled in series between a positive input terminal and a first node. A capacitor and an inductor are coupled in series between the two switches and a positive output terminal. A third switch is coupled between a node between the capacitor and the inductor and the negative input terminal. A second capacitor is coupled between the first node and the negative input terminal. A second switching stage includes a second node coupled to the first node. Two additional electronic switches are coupled in series between the second node and the negative input terminal. A second inductor is coupled between the two additional switches and the positive output terminal.
US11201542B2	Method for determining stability range of control parameters of buck-boost converter based on segmented delay feedback control Disclosed a method for determining a stability range of control parameters of a Buck-Boost converter based on segmented delay feedback control, including by taking inductor current and capacitor current in a Buck-Boost converter as state variables, establishing state differential equations respectively for two different level states of the converter under the pulse input voltage; based on different input voltages, correcting inductor reference current to obtain novel inductor reference current; based on the state differential equations and the novel inductor reference current, obtaining a discrete iteration mapping model of a system; based on the discrete iteration mapping model, obtaining function equations corresponding to an upper limit and a lower limit of control parameters of the converter when the segmented delay feedback control is used to realize the stable operation of the system under the pulse input voltage, and determining a stability range of the corresponding control parameters by the function equations.
US11201538B2	Power conversion device with temperature protection Provided is a power conversion device capable of directly performing a protection operation according to the state of a cooler. A control unit includes: a semiconductor switching element loss calculation unit which calculates a loss in a semiconductor switching element with use of a switching state of the semiconductor switching element, and a current detection value or a voltage detection value; and a cooler state estimation unit which estimates a state of a cooler on the basis of a loss calculation value from the semiconductor switching element loss calculation unit and a temperature detection value from a temperature detector. The control unit limits current flowing to the semiconductor switching element on the basis of the state of the cooler.
US11201535B2	Apparatus and method for controlling driving of switching device for power converter An apparatus and a method for controlling a switching device for a power converter are provided. The apparatus includes a gate driver configured to apply a first driving voltage and a second driving voltage to the gate terminal based on one turn-on of the switching device, wherein the first driving voltage and the second driving voltage have different values; to turn on the switching device; and a controller configured to control the gate driver such that the gate driver applies the second driving voltage to the gate terminal after the first driving voltage is applied to the gate terminal.
US11201530B2	Actuating device and method of making the same Disclosed herein are permanent magnetic AC machine direct-drive resonant flapper system for flapping wing micro air vehicles and flapping fin autonomous underwater vehicles.
US11201527B2	Device, method, and jig for manufacturing magnet embedded core To prevent creation of unnecessary resin when fixing a magnet with resin, a manufacturing method for manufacturing a magnet embedded core comprises: a placing step of placing the rotor core on a mounting table such that an end surface of the rotor core is in contact with the mounting table; a resin charging step of charging the resin in solid state into the magnet insertion hole; a melting step of inciting the resin in the magnet insertion hole; a magnet inserting step of inserting the magnet into the magnet insertion hole; a closure step of closing the opening of the magnet insertion hole remote from the mounting table; and a resin pressurizing step of pressurizing the molten resin that has flowed into a buffer chamber formed in the mounting table from the opening of the magnet insertion hole on a side of the mounting table following the closure step.
US11201523B2	Motor unit A motor unit includes a motor including a rotor to rotate about a motor axis, a reduction gear including an intermediate gear to rotate about an intermediate axis and connected to the motor, a differential including a ring gear to rotate about a differential axis and connected to the reduction gear, a housing including a housing space to house the motor, the reduction gear, and the differential, oil in a vertically lower region of the housing space, and an oil passage to lead the oil from the vertically lower region of the housing space to be fed to the motor. The housing includes a ceiling portion directly above the reduction gear and the differential. At least a portion of the ring gear is lower than a liquid surface of the oil in the vertically lower region of the housing space. The motor axis, the intermediate axis, and the differential axis extend in parallel with one another along a horizontal direction. Each of the intermediate axis and the differential axis is lower than the motor axis. The ceiling portion is substantially parallel to an imaginary line imaginarily joining the motor axis and the differential axis when viewed in an axial direction of the motor axis.
US11201521B2	Hybrid type stepping motor A hybrid stepping motor has a connector housing formed integrally with an insulator having an upper insulator and a lower insulator. The hybrid stepping motor includes a stator core and output terminals concentrically disposed outside the stator core. A wiring pattern serving as the output terminals has connector pins and land portions disposed eccentrically with respect to one another. The land portions are formed on an outer edge side of the wiring pattern. A surface, which is an uppermost surface of the wiring pattern, is located below a lowermost surface, in which jumper wires and lead wires pass, of the lower insulator. The lead wires are pulled out from a lower side, and are pulled out to guiding grooves.
US11201518B2	Stator core including recessed portion, projecting portion, and welded portion, and motor including same A stator core includes plate-shaped core members laminated to define the stator core. Each core member includes an annular core back portion, and tooth portions that project radially inward from an inner circumferential surface of the core back portion. The core back portion includes at least one recessed portion recessed radially inward from an outer circumferential surface of the core back portion, and at least one welded portion arranged at a corresponding one of the at least one recessed portion to join axially adjacent ones of the core members. The at least one recessed portion is recessed in a radial direction is in a range of about 0.2 mm to about 1.5 mm, both inclusive.
US11201513B2	Rotor and motor A rotor includes magnets, and a rotor core including thin film cores laminated in an axial direction and magnet holes in which the magnets are located. The rotor core includes first thin plate cores and second thin plate cores. The first thin plate cores include an annular first inner plate, first outer plates on a radially outer side of the inner plate and arrayed side by side in the circumferential direction, first inner connecting portions connecting the inner plate and the outer plate, and a first outer connecting portion that is on a radially outer side of the first outer plate and connects the adjacent outer plates in the circumferential direction.
US11201511B2	Stator for electric motor and electric motor A stator of an electric motor includes a multilayer body including annular core sheets stacked in layers. A first annular core sheet includes linking portions, each of which defines a link between tips of two adjacent teeth and includes a seam. A first linking portion provides a link between teeth associated with a U phase. A second linking portion provides a link between teeth associated with a V phase. A third linking portion provides a link between teeth associated with a W phase.
US11201505B2	System for optical wireless power supply A system for optical wireless power transmission to a power receiving apparatus generally situated in a mobile electronic device. The transmitter has an optical resonator with end reflectors and a gain medium positioned between them, such that an optical beam is generated. The frequency of the beam is selected such that it is absorbed by almost all transparent organic materials in general use. A beam steering unit on the transmitter can direct the beam in any of a plurality of directions, and the beam is absorbed on the receiver by means of an optical-to-electrical power converter, through a low reflection surface. The band gap of this power converter is selected to be smaller than that of the gain medium. The receiver has a voltage converter including an inductor, an energy storage device and a switch. A beam steerer controller ensures that the beam impinges on the receiver.
US11201503B2	Wireless charging circuit and system An exemplary embodiment of the present invention is a wireless power transmission circuit that provides power to a load of variable resistance with an alternating current (AC) power source induced at a secondary coil in a secondary side of the circuit by a primary coil in a primary side of the said circuit. The wireless power transmission circuit includes a switch-controlled capacitor (SCC) and a semi-active rectifier (SAR). The SCC connects to the AC power source. The SCC includes a first capacitor connected in parallel with two electrically controllable switches in series. The SAR connects to output of the SCC for rectifying the output of the SCC, wherein the SAR comprises a bridge circuit that includes two electrically controllable switches. A control angle of the SCC and a conduction angle of the SAR are regulated to provide a load impedance that matches the impedance of the coils.
US11201498B2	Power supply system A power supply system includes; a first switch connected between a main power source and loads; a second switch connected between a sub-battery and the loads; and backflow prevention circuit that prevent current backflow between the main power source and the sub-battery, and polarity of the backflow prevention circuit is devised so as to allow current passage in a direction from the sub-power source to the loads even when the second switch is in an off state. When power from the main power source is interrupted, the power source power of the sub-power source is supplied to the loads via the backflow prevention circuit even the second switch remains in the off state, so that the power supply is not interrupted.
US11201494B2	Systems and methods to provide enhanced diode bypass paths Systems and methods for efficiently allowing current to bypass a group of solar cells having one or more malfunctioning or shaded solar cells without overwhelming a bypass diode. This can be done using a switch (e.g., a MOSFET) connected in parallel with the bypass diode. By turning the switch on and off, a majority of the bypass current can be routed through the switch, which is configured to handle larger currents than the bypass diode is designed for, leaving only a minority of the current to pass through the bypass diode.
US11201490B2	Charging method, terminal, and non-transitory computer readable storage medium Provided are a charging method, a terminal, and a non-transitory computer storage medium. The method includes the following. A charging voltage is detected in applying flash fast charging (FFC) to a terminal. Whether to end the FFC is determined according to the charging voltage. FFC is ended and a standing duration is recorded, where the standing duration is indicative of time which has elapsed after charging of a terminal is ended. A preset safe current is applied to the terminal, when the standing duration is longer than or equal to a preset threshold duration.
US11201489B2	System and method for fast charging of lithium-ion batteries A Li-ion battery management system comprises a Li-ion cell, one or more sensors configured to sense one or more operating conditions of the Li-ion cell, a controller having non-transitory memory for storing machine instructions that are to be executed by the controller and operatively connected to the Li-ion cell, the machine instructions when executed by the controller implement the following functions: receive the one or more operating conditions and a trained machine learning (ML) model, and output an indicator value along a state of charge (SOC) trajectory in response to the one or more operating conditions and the trained ML model to control a fast charge state of the Li-ion cell from a current source.
US11201484B2	Accessory case with a power supply Accessory devices for portable electronic devices are herein described. An accessory device may include a receptacle used to receive and carry an electronic device. Further, the accessory device may include a cover that is pivotally coupled to the receptacle. The cover is designed to protect a front surface of the electronic device, including a cover glass. The accessory device may further include a power supply (such as a battery) that is located on the cover. The power supply is designed to provide power to the electronic device, and subsequently charge a battery of the electronic device. The power supply can also provide power to different devices. In this regard, the accessory device may include an inductive charging coil that can inductively charge a battery of a device located on the accessory device. The inductive charging coil can be integrated into the receptacle or the cover.
US11201483B2	Portable power bank system In one embodiment, a portable power bank system may include a portable power bank and a software application. The portable power bank may include a power bank housing, one or more batteries internal to the power bank housing, and one or more electrical receptacles that are defined by the power bank housing. Each of the one or more electrical receptacles may be configured to selectively provide electrical power from the one or more batteries. The software application may include one or more computer-readable instructions that are configured, when executed by one or more processors of a portable computing device, to cause the portable computing device to communicate with the portable power bank over a wireless network to receive information regarding a current state of the portable power bank and to present the current state of the portable power bank on the portable computing device.
US11201479B2	Method and apparatus with battery management A battery management method and apparatus is disclosed. The battery management method of a master device includes transmitting, upon a determination of not receiving sensing data of a reference battery cell among a plurality of battery cells included in a first battery module, a request for the sensing data of the reference battery cell to a head slave device of a second battery module, and receiving the sensing data of the reference battery cell from the head slave device of the second battery module, wherein the sensing data of the reference battery cell is transferred through a tail slave device of the first battery module and a tail slave device of the second battery module.
US11201478B2	Management device and power supply system for improved cell voltage detection accuracy A management device manages an electricity storage module having: a first cell module and a second cell module each including a plurality of cells connected in series; and a conductive connection member for connecting the first cell module and the second cell module in series. A voltage detection circuit is connected to the nodes of the respective cells through voltage detection lines to detect the voltage of each of the cells and the voltage at both ends of the connection member. A control circuit distinguishes between and recognizes the voltage of each of the cells and the voltage at both ends of the connection member, which are detected by the voltage detection circuit.
US11201477B2	Electric device for supplying multiple power outputs and recharging multiple supply batteries having different operating voltages An electric device includes a first rechargeable battery and a second rechargeable battery that is lower, in a full charge voltage, than the first rechargeable battery; a first power source circuit that steps down a voltage output by the first rechargeable battery to a first voltage and outputs the first voltage; and a second power source circuit that steps down a voltage output by the second rechargeable battery to a second voltage that is lower than the first voltage and outputs the second voltage.
US11201471B2	Method of operating an energy system Method of operating an energy system, said energy system comprising: a local common transmission bus; at least one local energy connected to said bus; at least one local load connected to said bus; an energy store connected to said bus; a controllable interface arranged to exchange energy between said bus and an external distribution network external to said energy system; a controller adapted to control said interface so as to carry out said exchange of energy. According to the invention, the controller defines three modes based on the state of charge of the energy store which determine if, and how, energy is exchanged with the external network so as to optimize self-consumption and to perform ramp-rate reduction and peak shaving as appropriate.
US11201466B2	Electrostatic discharge clamp structures A circuit structure includes: a network of clamps; sense elements in series with the clamps and configured to sense a turn-on of at least one clamp of the network of clamps; and feedback elements connected to the clamps to facilitate triggering of remaining clamps of the network of clamps.
US11201463B2	Inductor discharge techniques for switch controller Techniques are described to slow the turn off of a pass transistor coupled to an inductive load and being controlled by a hot swap or switch controller in the event of a fault on the load side. Active circuitry can control the gate of the pass transistor, e.g., field-effect transistor (FET), as the inductive load de-energizes and a feedback loop can servo the gate voltage of the pass transistor in order to ensure that its source does not go below a reference voltage.
US11201457B1	Water-proofing and fire-proofing combined flashing and electrical junction box system A combined flashing and electrical junction box system includes an enclosure subsystem and an expanse subsystem. Preferably, the enclosure subsystem and said expanse subsystem are both fireproof and waterproof.
US11201445B2	Busbars docking platform A platform for connecting busbars has a loading unit having a blind hole on a docking surface for receiving a connecting rod, an action unit used for impacting the loading unit or a busbar to push the connecting rod into a pre-hole on the busbar, a limit unit used for stopping the busbar from moving along its length direction, and a support unit used for supporting the action unit and the limit unit. The connecting rod is assembled to the first busbar by the action unit combined the loading unit and then the connecting rod already assembled to the first busbar is assembled to the second busbar by the action unit.
US11201443B2	Electrical plug-in connector The invention relates to an electrical plug-in connector, in particular for the combined transmission of data and electrical power, comprising a housing, comprising a plurality of first contact areas for connection to matching contact areas of a further plug-in connector, comprising a plurality of electrically conductive conductor arrangements in the housing and comprising a plurality of connection contacts for connection to a line which leads to the plug-in connector, wherein in each case a first contact area is connected to a connection contact by means of a conductor arrangement, wherein at least one of the conductor arrangements has means for disconnecting and closing an electrically conductive connection using this conductor arrangement.
US11201438B2	Electrical connector with an outer shielding shell rotatively to an inner shelding shell An electrical connector includes multiple terminals fixed to an insulating body. Each terminal has a contact portion electrically connected with a mating connector, and a conducting portion located behind the contact portion. The conducting portion extends out of the insulating body and is electrically connected with a circuit board. A grounding shell wraps outside the insulating body. A shielding shell rotates relative to the insulating body between a closed position and an open position. A first end of the shielding shell is electrically connected with the grounding shell. When the shielding shell is at the closed position, a second end of the shielding shell is electrically connected with at least one grounding medium electrically connected with the circuit board. When the shielding shell is at the open position, an observation window is formed between the shielding shell and the grounding medium to expose the conducting portions of the terminals.
US11201437B2	Insulating connector for an electrical cable An electrical connector adapted to be electrically connected with a cable includes a fixing assembly, an insulation body, and a conductive terminal overmolded in the insulation body. The fixing assembly includes a receiving portion extending in an axial direction of the electrical connector. An end of the cable is inserted into the receiving portion from a first end of the receiving portion. The insulation body extends from a second end of the receiving portion. The conductive terminal includes a mounting portion mounted in the insulation body and a contact portion extending out of the insulation body. The mounting portion is electrically connected with a conductor of the cable by a bolt member.
US11201436B2	Keyed input/output connector An assembly including a plug connector (22) and a conductive cage (20). The plug connector includes a housing (44), a projection (66) extending therefrom, and a paddle card (60) mounted therein. The cage (20) includes a cage housing (26) forming an inner area and at least one cap (64) forming a keyway (68). The housing (44) of the plug connector (22) is received in the inner area (36) of the cage (20) and the projection (66) of the plug connector (22) is received in the keyway (68) of the cage (20). The cage (20) may include a plurality of spring fingers therein which engage with a conductive bezel (122). The cage (20) provides EMI shielding for the plug connector (22).
US11201434B2	Direct plug-in connector and direct plug-in connection The invention relates to a direct plug-in connector for making electrical contact with printed circuit boards, comprising a housing and at least one contact, which is connected to the housing, for insertion into a first passage opening of a printed circuit board, which first passage opening is electrically conductive on the inner wall, wherein at least one latching device for securing the housing on the printed circuit board is provided, wherein the latching device has at least one elastically resilient latching arm which is integrally connected to the housing and has a latching projection in the region of its free end, wherein the latching arm and the housing are separated by means of an intermediate space which runs perpendicularly to a supporting face of the direct plug-in connector on the printed circuit board and in a straight line.
US11201430B2	Power connection assembly comprising a connection module and electric cable terminations to be locked in/unlocked from the module in a desired insertion position, terminal block comprising a plurality of independent connection modules Power connection assembly including a connection module and electric cable terminations to be locked in/unlocked from the module in a desired insertion position. Terminal block includes a plurality of independent connection modules. A cavity in the body of a connection module is provided into which it is possible to insert an electric cable termination that is able to be fastened and locked in at least two separate insertion positions, preferably a multitude thereof, through sliding/translational movement of a locking plate over the body that is provided with reliefs, preferably ridges that interleave in complementary reliefs, preferably ridges of the sleeve of the termination.
US11201429B2	Electrical connector To provide a technology for flexibly modifying terminal configurations in electrical connectors, the present disclosure involves a plug connector that includes a housing and multiple terminals held in place in the housing, wherein the housing includes a main body portion, in which the multiple terminals are arranged, and first exterior wall portions and second exterior wall portions, which are provided at both ends of the main body portion; the first and second exterior wall portions extend in a direction perpendicular to the array direction of the multiple terminals; the first exterior wall portions include a first coupling portion at the end in a first extension direction; the second exterior wall portions include a second coupling portion at the end in the same direction as the first extension direction; and the first coupling portion and the second coupling portion have mutually engageable shapes.
US11201428B2	Connector assembly with connector lock and terminal retainer A connector assembly includes a connector body, a terminal retainer configured to retain a terminal within the connector body when the terminal retainer is in a fully staged position, and a connector lock configured to secure the connector body to a corresponding mating connector assembly. The terminal retainer moves from a pre-staged position to the fully staged position as the connector body is mated with the corresponding mating connector assembly.
US11201427B2	Socket contact for an electrical connector A socket contact includes a main body extending along a longitudinal axis between a mating end and a terminating end of the socket contact. The main body has a first side and a second side. The main body has a front and a rear extending between the first side and the second side. The socket contact includes a contact tail at the terminating end configured to be terminated to a circuit board. The socket contact includes a mating socket at the mating end. The mating socket includes a first beam and a second beam opposite the first beam. The mating socket includes a third beam longitudinally offset from the first beam and longitudinally offset from the second beam.
US11201426B2	Electrical contact appearance and protection Methods of coating contacts to have a specific color. The color can be selected to match a color of a portion of a device enclosure for an electronic device housing the contacts. Examples can instead provide methods of coating contacts to have a color to contrast with a color of a portion of the device enclosure. These methods can provide electrical contacts having a low contact resistance and good corrosion and scratch resistance.
US11201424B2	Printed-circuit board connector for high-current transmission Disclosed is a connector for forming a high-current connection between two printed circuit boards that are arranged at right angles to one another. For this purpose, a slit pin contact is provided.
US11201423B2	Card connector assemblies with integrated component shielding This document describes techniques and apparatuses, including card connector assemblies with integrated component shielding for electronic devices. The card connector assembly includes frame, a riser, and a shielded contact block. The frame includes a card holder that receives a universal integrated circuit card (UICC). The riser supports the card holder spaced apart from the PCB. The shielded contact block configured for surface mounting to a printed circuit board (PCB) that includes an electronic component. The shielded contact block includes a recess that receives a portion of the electronic component therein, an interconnect that connects at least one pin on the UICC with at least one contact, and a component shield located in the recess. The component shield defines a shielded area configured to attenuate electromagnetic waves generated by the electronic component.
US11201421B2	Printed circuit board mounting arrangement A printed circuit board mounting arrangement, in particular for use in environments with an aggressive vibration profile such as a motor vehicle, includes a housing and a circuit board secured to a connector body by mechanical press fit pins extending through location holes on a flange formed on the connector body to the printed circuit board. The arrangement provides for a secure connection that can achieve a high IP rating.
US11201417B1	Wiring terminal A wiring terminal includes a housing, a clamping and connecting piece, and a pressing piece. The housing is provided with a mounting channel and an insertion hole communicating with the mounting channel. The clamping and connecting piece is provided with a curved spring plate for clamping a conducting wire and a conductive sheet. The spring plate has a natural state in which the conducting wire placed in the mounting channel is clamped between the spring plate and the conductive sheet through elastic abutment, and a pressed state in which the spring plate is controlled by external force to deform in a direction distal from a clamped conducting wire. The pressing piece is capable of triggering the spring plate to switch between the natural state and the pressed state to unclamp the conducting wire.
US11201415B2	Transmitarray antenna and method of designing the same The present disclosure relates to a technology for designing a transmitarray antenna based on the mode and incidence angle of feed radio waves. The transmitarray antenna according to one embodiment of the present disclosure includes a plurality of transmitting surface unit cells having different surface structures and different longitudinal lengths located in a plurality of regions, wherein the transmitting surface unit cells are arranged in a mixed manner in the regions based on the different longitudinal lengths and the phase of a transmission coefficient determined based on an input phase and an output phase based on the mode and incidence angle of radio waves transmitted from a feed antenna.
US11201413B1	Antenna module and electronic device An antenna module includes a first antenna including a first radiator, a second radiator, a third radiator, a fourth radiator, and a fifth radiator. The first radiator has a first end and a second end opposite to each other. The first end is a first feeding end, and the second radiator, the third radiator and the fourth radiator are connected to the second end of the first radiator. The second radiator has a plurality of bending portions. The fifth radiator is connected to the second radiator, and the fifth radiator has a first ground terminal. The first radiator, the second radiator and the fifth radiator resonate in a first frequency band, the first radiator and the third radiator resonate in a second frequency band, and the first radiator and the fourth radiator resonate in a third frequency band.
US11201412B2	Radio frequency reflect-array single panel for satellite antenna and an assembly of radio frequency reflect-array panels for satellite antenna comprising at least one such panel A radio frequency reflect-array panel for satellite antenna, includes a structural support; radio frequency tiles supporting polygonal radio frequency cells configured to reflect and phase-shift incident radio frequency signals; a complete link, between the structural support and the radio frequency tile; and at least two runner-type links, between the structural support and the radio frequency tile, in the plane of the panel, of distinct axes and passing through the complete link.
US11201409B2	Patch antenna and antenna device A patch antenna includes a patch element and a ground conductor facing the patch element. The patch element is convex toward a side opposite to a side facing the ground conductor. Preferably, the patch element is convex while centering around at least one center line. Here, end portions on both sides of the patch element are positioned across the center line to face each other, and surfaces parallel to a direction toward the ground conductor from the respective end portions on the both sides at the shortest distance intersect or become a same surface.

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