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US11234961B2	Pamoate salt of monoamine anti-Parkinson's agents, method of preparation and use thereof In various embodiments, provided herein are pamoate salts of monoamine Anti-Parkinsons disease agents including rotigotine, ropinirole, pramipexole, selegiline, rasagiline, and safinamide, pharmaceutical composition comprising the same, methods of preparing the same, and methods of using the same. For example, the pamoate salt herein can be characterized by a molar ratio of rotigotine, ropinirole, pramipexole, selegiline, rasagiline, or safinamide to pamoic acid of about 1:1 or about 2:1. The pamoate salt herein can also be crystalline including anhydrous, hydrate or solvate forms, or their polymorphs, or amorphous. The pamoate salts described herein can provide a long acting and/or extended release profile of the monoamine agents for the treatment of Parkinsons disease (PD). Thus, also provided herein are methods of preparing a long acting and/or extended release injectable formulation of the monoamine agents using their respective pamoate salts. And in some embodiments, provided herein are methods of treating a subject in need thereof comprising administering a pharmaceutical composition comprising a pamoate salt of rotigotine, ropinirole, pramipexole, selegiline, rasagiline, and/or safinamide.
US11234955B2	Use of substituted hexitols including dianhydrogalactitol and analogs to treat neoplastic disease and cancer stem cells including glioblastoma multiforme and medulloblastoma The use of dianhydrogalactitol provides a novel therapeutic modality for the treatment of glioblastoma multiforme and medulloblastoma. Dianhydrogalactitol acts as an alkylating agent on DNA that creates N7 methylation. Dianhydrogalactitol is effective in suppressing the growth of cancer stem cells and is active against tumors that are refractory to temozolomide; the drug acts independently of the MGMT repair mechanism.
US11234953B2	Ketone bodies to protect tissues from damage by ionizing radiation Described herein is the surprising discovery that ketone bodies protect cell and tissues from ionizing radiation. Based on this finding, methods of protecting animal tissue and cells from damage caused by radiation exposure are disclosed which include, contacting the tissue with a therapeutically effective amount of an agent including at least one ketone ester, thereby protecting the tissue from radiation damage. Ketone esters can be used to minimize, reduce and/or prevent tissue damage following intentional and accidental radiation exposure, as well as increasing the therapeutic efficacy of radiation therapies by protecting non-target tissue from incidental radiation damage.
US11234949B2	Compositions comprising amino acids for use in the treatment of mucositides in neoplasia patients undergoing radiation therapy and/or chemotherapy Amino acid composition for use in the treatment of mucositis in patients suffering from head and neck cancer, undergoing radiation therapy and/or chemotherapy, the composition comprising an active agent, said active agent comprising the amino acids: glutamine, leucine, isoleucine, valine, lysine, threonine, histidine, phenylalanine, methionine, tryptophan, tyrosine, and cystine, wherein the glutamine:leucine weight ratio is comprised in the range 4.3 to 5.3.
US11234946B2	Bupropion as a modulator of drug activity Dosage forms, drug delivery systems, and methods related to sustained release of dextromethorphan or improved therapeutic effects are disclosed. Typically, bupropion or a related compound is orally administered to a human being to be treated with, or being treated with, dextromethorphan.
US11234943B2	Use of reservatrol for the treatment of non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) Micronized trans-resveratrol is provided in 50-200 mg unit dosage form for use as a single unit dose daily for administration to human patients the treatment or prevention of non-alcoholic fatty liver disease and/or for the treatment, prevention or reversal of non-alcoholic hepatic steatosis, e.g. for administration to patients exhibiting evidence of fatty liver on ultrasonography. A reported study shows the effects of resveratrol micronized formulation in reducing the liver fat, decreasing hepatic enzymes, serum glutamate pyruvic transaminase (SGPT) and gamma-glutamyl transpeptidase (g-GT) and decreasing insulin resistance. At the end of the study, statistical analysis showed a strongly statistically significant reduction in the liver fat, which in some patients continued for an extended period after treatment was discontinued. These results demonstrate that use of resveratrol in micronized formulation improves features of NAFLD, prevents liver damage and that resveratrol micronized formulation can be an effective treatment for NAFLD.
US11234942B2	Composition and method for inhibiting platelet aggregation Pharmaceutical compositions containing a stilbene such as resveratrol, a flavonol such as quercetin, and a TLR4/MD2 receptor antagonist such as naltrexone or curcumin inhibit aggregation of superactivated platelets, block activation of the coagulation cascade, and are useful for treating microvascular diseases including neurodegenerative diseases such as Alzheimer's disease and dementia, for treating primary open-angle glaucoma, for reducing scar formation, and like afflictions that involve the coagulation cascade.
US11234939B2	Dosage forms comprising a plasma kallikrein inhibitor The present invention relates to oral solid dosage forms comprising a plasma kallikrein inhibitor, in particular a solid form (Form 1) of the compound of Formula A. Also provided are methods of preparing oral solid dosage forms comprising the compound of Formula A using Form 1 of the compound of Formula A.
US11234932B2	Combination HIV therapeutic Embodiments of the present invention are directed to particles having a Bryoid and a HDAC inhibitor for the treatment of latent viral disease.
US11234930B2	Emulsified oils and blends Coconut oil, coconut oil blends that are high in MCTs such as LouAna® liquid coconut oil, pure MCT oils, Omega-3 oils, cannabidiol (CBD), hemp extract, tree nut oil, macadamia oil, almond oil, cashew oil, avocado oil, docosahexaenoic acid (DHA), fish oil, and/or conjugated linoleic acid (CLA) may be emulsified to create an emulsified oil or blend that may take the form of a creamy shot or a cream substitute. These oils and/or blends may be emulsified using an emulsifier that may be selected from the following: sunflower lecithin, sodium stearoyl lactylate (SSL), acacia gum, beta-cyclodextrin, and combinations of same. By emulsifying these oils/oil blends, a good tasting creamy shot or a cream substitute can be formed.
US11234928B2	Powder preparation for nasal administration A powder preparation for nasal administration containing a particulate of steroid hormones having an average particle size of 50 to 300 μm as an active ingredient is prepared.
US11234924B1	Skin moisturizing formulation The present invention discloses an organic skin moisturizer, which extends and improves the skin cells. The composition is dermatologically acceptable and is capable of moisturizing skin for at least twelve hours after topical application to skin even after multiple washings of the skin.
US11234923B2	Cosmetic composition and a cleaning and caring product comprising the same The present invention relates to a cosmetic composition and a cleaning and caring product comprising the same, use and application method of the cleaning and caring product. The cosmetic composition comprises: a polymerization product, which is obtained by reacting a system comprising the following components: an anionic polymer, an amphoteric polymer and water, the weight ratio of the anionic polymer to the amphoteric polymer is in the range from 1:100 to 100:1 and the total weight of the anionic polymer and the amphoteric polymer is no less than 0.1 wt %, based on that the amount of the composition is 100 wt %; an optional cationic polymer; an optional active ingredient; an optional additive; and an optional cosmetically acceptable medium.
US11234922B2	Cosmetic agent for temporarily reshaping keratinous fibres with film former The application describes a cosmetic agent for temporarily reshaping keratin fibres, in particular human hair, comprising a film former and a cosmetic carrier, wherein the film former comprises at least one neutralization product of chitosan with at least one organic acid and at least one non-ionic propylene oxide-modified starch, which cosmetic agent is also substantially free of a fully synthetic film former.
US11234921B2	Moisturizing compositions and uses thereof Embodiments herein are directed to moisturizing compositions comprising interpenetrating polymer networks, methods of making moisturizing compositions and methods of using moisturizing compositions.
US11234916B2	Hair cosmetic A hair cosmetic comprising the following components (A) and (B) at a mass ratio of component (B) to component (A), (B)/(A), of 0.7 or more and 5.0 or less: (A) an aromatic sulfonic acid having a molecular weight of 300 or less or a salt thereof; and (B) a cationic polymer having a cationic charge density of 4.5 meq/g or more.
US11234910B2	Capsules comprising pigments, and method for producing same The present invention relates to a capsule comprising a pigment and a method for producing the same. More specifically, the present invention relates to a capsule which comprises therein a pigment inside which is likely to be discolored due to external environment, and thereby can easily crack or break and cause color development when applied to the skin, while isolating the pigment from the external environment, and a method for producing the same.
US11234908B2	Nanoemulsions comprising sulfoalkyl ester and/or amide of fatty acids in aqueous phase The present invention relates to novel oil-in-water pumpable nanoemulsions. The oil phase contains oil selected from the group consisting of triglyceride oil and/or petrolatum as well as C8 to C18 fatty acid; and the aqueous phase contains sulfoalkyl ester and/or amide of fatty acids as emulsifier.
US11234907B2	Composition and process for shaping or altering the shape of hair Disclosed herein is a composition in the form of an emulsion for shaping or altering the shape of hair, such as by straightening hair, wherein the composition contains a reducing agent, a neutralizing agent, at least two fatty substances, a nonionic surfactant selected from alkoxylated fatty alcohols and alkyl(ether)phosphates, optionally a quaternary ammonium compound, and water, wherein the pH of the composition ranges from about 2 to less than about 7. Also disclosed is a process for shaping or altering the shape of hair.
US11234905B2	Formulations having improved compatibility with nonwoven substrates Nonwoven and elastomeric substrates having formulations disposed thereon, wherein the formulations have improved compatibility with the substrate, are disclosed herein. More particularly, the formulations can be applied on the substrates without compromising the elastomeric properties and overall integrity of the substrate. Laminated articles using one or more of the nonwoven and elastomeric substrates having the formulations disposed thereon are further disclosed.
US11234902B2	Systems and methods for treatment adherence in substance abuse treatment Patients with substance abuse problems may be prescribed regular medication that dulls the positive effects of the substance. However, one of the largest challenges for substance abuse patients is that many do not regularly take their medication as they want to experience the high of the substance. Accordingly, systems and methods have been developed for medication sessions that distract the patient from taking the medicine by incorporating the reminder and other med actions in close temporal proximity.
US11234901B2	Device for separating medication packages and a medication dispenser The present invention relates to a device for separating medication packages from a strip of medication packages. The device comprises a cutting base along which the strip of medication packages is to be moved, a circular cutting blade arranged perpendicularly against the cutting base, and an actuator connected to the circular cutting blade and configured to move the circular cutting blade in opposite first and second directions for cutting the strip between two successive medication packages. In the device the actuator is connected to the circular cutting blade with a spring suspension allowing the circular cutting blade to move in opposite third and fourth directions perpendicular to the cutting base.
US11234900B2	Waste container 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 backpack for management of tubing to couple the cartridge to a receiving container. A disposable waste container is contained by the cartridge and the backpack. A syringe holder is provided for use of a syringe as a receiving container to receive a compounded medication.
US11234889B2	Upper limb assist system The present disclosure relates to an upper limb assist system including a back bracket, an arm bracket, a motor, and driving belts, wherein the arm bracket includes an upper arm, a forearm, and a hand portion, two ends of the forearm are configured to be rotatably coupled to the upper arm and the hand portion respectively, the upper arm is configured to be rotatably coupled to the back bracket, the upper limb assist system further includes driving members and corresponding rotating wheels disposed on the upper arm, the forearm and the hand portion respectively, wherein the driving member is configured to have a first state and a second state.
US11234885B2	Adjustable lithotomy positioning apparatus with a limb rest A limb support comprises a spar, a limb rest, and a coupler. The spar is configured to be supported from a patient support apparatus and adjustable relative to the patient support and has a longitudinal axis. The coupler includes a release that is selectively actuable to release locking mechanisms to permit adjustment of the limb rest relative to the spar.
US11234884B2	Medical apparatus and method for operating the medical apparatus A medical apparatus is provided. The medical apparatus comprises an operating table provided with a base and a tabletop for supporting a patient, an x-ray detector attached to the operating table, and at least one x-ray source configured to be attached to the operating table in a manner so as to be movable with respect to the operating table.
US11234880B2	Isolation tent Apparatus for use in providing isolation, the apparatus including an isolation tent having a body including a roof member, at least one wall extending between a supporting surface and the roof member in use to thereby at least partially define an internal volume substantially isolated from a surrounding environment, a plurality of connectors coupled to the body, the plurality of connectors being adapted to physically attach the body to a frame and an electrical component electrically connected to at least one of the plurality of connectors to allow electrical signals to be transferred to or from the electrical component via the connector.
US11234878B2	High performance, skin friendly, fabric for patient transfer and care and lifting devices made therefrom Provided are fabrics and lifting devices that are high performance and skin friendly, for patient care, including as bed linens upon which a patient may sleep and/or rest, as well as patient slings for lifting and/or repositioning a patient.
US11234876B2	Patient-turning assemblies and methods for using patient-turning assemblies Disclosed herein are patient-turning assemblies including a patient-turning assembly for turning a patient, which patient-turning assembly may include: a sling having: a first sling portion having a handle; and a second sling portion extending from the first sling portion; a sleeve fixedly coupled to the second sling portion; a channel disposed between the sleeve and the second sling portion; and a cushion capable of either ingress into or egress from the channel, or both.
US11234871B2	Absorbent article An absorbent article (1) includes a hip hold portion (H) and a main body (8) including a liquid-pervious topsheet (3), a liquid-impervious backsheet (2), and an absorbent member (4) arranged between the topsheet and the backsheet. The main body has a shape with a prescribed length in the front-back direction and a prescribed width in the direction orthogonal to the front-back direction. The hip hold portion includes a side region (10) protruding from a backward side portion of the main body, and the side region includes a first protrusion (41) including a portion having a greatest width from a front-back direction centerline of the main body, a first recess (51) that is in front of and adjacent to the first protrusion, and a second protrusion (42) that is in front of and adjacent to the first recess. The outline of the first recess includes a curved line, and a rigid area (70) including one or more rigid portions (60) with enhanced rigidity is provided on a first imaginary line passing through a bottom point of the first recess and a center of a circle of curvature of a curve at the bottom point of the first recess.
US11234869B2	Guiding device of an apparatus for producing sanitary articles for applying a thread, and relative method A guiding device of an apparatus for producing sanitary articles for applying at least one thread onto a substrate intended for producing these sanitary articles, in which said guiding device is able to guide the thread quickly, accurately, and stably without being subject to wear and contamination problems, while ensuring reduced energy consumption. The present invention also relates to a method for applying a thread onto a substrate intended to produce sanitary articles.
US11234860B2	Multi-sectional patient warming blanket Disclosed herein is a sectional warming blanket for patient warming having a structure comprising a first layer of material forming a bottom layer with openings to allow a profusion of air through the bottom layer, a second layer of material forming an upper layer wherein the upper layer is coupled to the bottom layer via a plurality of seals to form a plurality of interconnected air passageways, and an inlet located on the upper or bottom layers. In an embodiment, the sectional warming blanket further comprises an opening configured to receive a coupling device for coupling the sectional warming blanket to an additional sectional warming blanket. In another embodiment, the sectional warming blanket further comprises at least one outline formed from a portion of the structure, such that a section can be removed from the blanket and the blanket is re-sealed by a bonding mechanism along its periphery.
US11234854B2	Rigid immobilization system for extremities splint apparatus, systems and methods A foldable splint and method of use is provided. The foldable splint includes a main body divided into a plurality of panels and segments by a grid of living hinges. Each panel includes opposed first and second outer segments and a plurality of inner segments extending therebetween. By folding the main body along segment hinges, the splint is moved to a first rigid configuration for securing an appendage in a straight configuration. By further folding the splint at opposed pinch locations, the splint is moved to a second rigid configuration for securing an appendage in a bent configuration. By folding the splint along panel hinges, the splint is moved to a third rigid configuration for securing around an abdomen or pelvis of a user. When not in use, the splint can be moved back to the stowable configuration by folding the various panels over each other.
US11234851B2	Dynamic arm brace assemblies and methods of use Dynamic arm brace assemblies and methods of use are provided herein. An example device includes a torso connection member securable to a torso of a patient, a forearm support member that couples with at least a forearm of an patient, the forearm support member couples with the torso connection member so as to fix an elbow of the patient proximate the torso, the forearm support member being pivotally coupled to the torso connection member to allow for an angle between the forearm support member and a coronal plane of the patient, and a dynamic tensioning assembly that externally rotates the forearm support member and selectively sets the angle so as to stretch a shoulder capsule (capsule and adjacent tissue(s)) affected with adhesive capsulitis, reducing the adhesive capsulitis.
US11234850B2	Orthopedic device, strap system and method for securing the same An orthopedic device includes a frame, a strap system including first and second straps connecting to the frame, and an adjustment mechanism couples to the first and second straps and simultaneously regulates tension in the first and second straps by moving the first and second straps relative to the frame. The strap system includes a length adjustment system for modifying the length of the strap.
US11234849B2	Adjustable implant and method of use A system includes an adjustable implant configured for implantation internally within a subject and includes a permanent magnet configured for rotation about an axis of rotation, the permanent magnet operatively coupled to a drive transmission configured to alter a dimension of the adjustable implant. The system includes an external adjustment device configured for placement on or adjacent to the skin of the subject having at least one magnet configured for rotation, the external adjustment device further comprising a motor configured to rotate the at least one magnet and an encoder. Rotation of the at least one magnet of the external adjustment device effectuates rotational movement of the permanent magnet of the adjustable implant and alters the dimension of the adjustable implant. Drive control circuitry is configured to receive an input signal from the encoder.
US11234848B2	Rotary handle stent delivery system and method A delivery device according to principles described herein includes a catheter having three concentric shafts including an inner core, an outer sheath over the inner core and an outer support shaft at least partially extending over the inner core and the outer sheath. A timing belt having a plurality of belt teeth on a surface of the timing belt is coupled to an outer sheath over a medical device or stent on the inner core such that movement of the timing belt link causes movement of the outer sheath from its position over the medical device or stent. The delivery device is actuated by rotation of a thumbwheel a thumbwheel coupled to a barrel having a plurality of teeth such that rotation of the thumbwheel causes movement of the barrel such that the barrel teeth engage the belt teeth to cause movement of the timing belt causing movement of the outer sheath.
US11234844B2	Multi-element bioresorbable intravascular stent A multi-element, bioresorbable, vascular stent may be used to maintain or enhance patency of a blood vessel. The stent may be used in peripheral blood vessels, which may be long and/or tortuous. By using multiple, separate stent elements that are balloon expandable, the multi-element stent may be stronger than a traditional self-expanding stent but may also be more flexible, due to its multiple-element configuration, than a traditional balloon-expandable stent. Thus, the multi-element, bioresorbable, vascular stent described herein may be particularly advantageous for treating long lesions in tortuous peripheral blood vessels.
US11234842B2	Systems and methods for controlling a prosthetic hand A method of controlling a prosthetic hand having at least one motorized component is provided. The method comprises the steps of providing the hand with a first wireless transceiver and a controller in communication with one another, storing at least one manipulation instruction relating to the at least one component, and assigning a code relating to the at least one manipulation instruction to at least one second wireless transceiver. The at least one second transceiver is placed in a location at which the at least one manipulation instruction is to be given, and the controller manipulates the at least one component in accordance with the at least one manipulation instruction when the first transceiver communicates to the controller that the at least one second transceiver is within a predetermined distance of the first transceiver. Related methods and systems for controlling a prosthetic hand are also provided.
US11234841B2	System and method of performing a reaming operation on a patient's femur during an orthopaedic joint replacement procedure An orthopaedic joint replacement system is shown and described. The system includes a number of prosthetic components configured to be implanted into a patient's knee. The system also includes a number of surgical instruments configured for use in preparing the bones of the patient's knee to receive the implants. A method or technique for using the surgical instruments to prepare the bones is also disclosed.
US11234840B2	Bone preparation apparatus and method A system and method for improving installation of a prosthesis which may include assembly of a modular prosthesis. Devices include prosthesis installation tools, prosthesis assembly tools, site preparation systems, and improved power tools used in implant site preparation, the tools including a secondary motion that preferably includes an ultrasonic vibration.
US11234839B2	Device for implementing intervertebral fusion An interbody support system that includes a support and a containment body, the containment body having a fixed height or an adjustable height, and the support having a support column, which may have a fixed height or an adjustable height, an inferior plate at one end of the support column and a superior plate at the other end of the support column.
US11234835B2	Transversely expandable minimally invasive intervertebral cage Disclosed herein are systems and methods for intervertebral body fusion that provide more robust support within the disc space. Intervertebral body fusion devices can have a unitary monolithic body including a plurality of body segments interconnected with each other by flexure members. Devices be configured to be inserted through an opening in a compressed configuration and then expanded within the disc space to an expanded configuration. In the expanded configuration, devices can have a greater mediolateral or transverse to the disc space footprint. This wider footprint provides greater support for the vertebrae relative to the size of the opening through which the device is inserted.
US11234832B2	Support element for implantation into or between subject's bones, and implant component and implant system containing the same The present invention provides a support element for implantation into or between a subject's bones, characterized in that: the support element is a hollow nestable structure having expandable elasticity, and can be in a contracted configuration or a distended configuration. The present invention also provides an implant component, comprising: the support element; and a limiting member to prevent the support element from expanding and thereby keep the support element in the contracted configuration. The present invention also provides an implant system applicable to a subject's spine, the implant system comprising: the support element as a first support element; and optionally one or a plurality of the support elements in the hollow nestable structure of the first support element. The support element can be nested until the support provided by the entire implant system reaches the desired level.
US11234830B2	Implants for spinal fixation and or fusion Bone implants, including methods of use and assembly. The bone implants, which are optionally composite implants, generally include a distal anchoring region and a growth region that is proximal to the distal anchoring region. The distal anchoring region can have one or more distal surface features that adapt the distal anchoring region for anchoring into iliac bone. The growth region can have one or more growth features that adapt the growth region to facilitate at least one of bony on-growth, in-growth, or through-growth. The implants may be positioned along a posterior sacral alar-iliac (“SAI”) trajectory. The implants may be coupled to one or more bone stabilizing constructs, such as rod elements thereof.
US11234823B2	Heart valve sealing devices and delivery devices therefor An exemplary valve repair device for repairing a native valve of a patient includes: a coaption element; a pair of paddles connected to the coaption element; a first cover extending from a distal end of the device and covering at least a portion of the paddles; and a second cover extending from a proximal end of the device and covering at least a portion of the coaption element. The paddles are movable between an open position and a closed position and are configured to attach to the native valve of the patient.
US11234817B2	Delivery system with inline sheath Systems and methods for delivering and implanting heart valves are disclosed. The delivery systems can include an integrated introducer. The integrated introducer can include a sheath having an inner diameter that is smaller than the outer diameter of a delivery capsule of the delivery system and an outer diameter that is approximately equal to the outer diameter of the delivery capsule. The integrated introducer can include a hub having a hemostatic seal. The hub can have a locking mechanism configured to fix the integrated introducer in place on the delivery system.
US11234816B2	Prosthetic valve delivery apparatus having clutch mechanism In a particular embodiment, the present disclosure provides a delivery apparatus for delivering a medical device. The delivery apparatus includes an elongated component with an engagement portion and a disengagement portion. Rotating the elongated component in a first rotational direction moves the travelling component along the engagement portion in a first axial direction. When the travelling component is located within the disengagement portion, continued rotation of the elongated component in the first rotational direction does not cause further movement of the travelling component in the first axial direction. A biasing member is located proximate the disengagement portion and urges the travelling component to reengage the engagement portion. The delivery apparatus can reduce or prevent damage to the delivery apparatus, or a patient with whom the delivery apparatus is used, by reducing or eliminating torque transfer from the travelling component to an end of the elongated component.
US11234811B2	Replacement heart valve systems and methods Systems and methods for replacing a native heart valve. An anchor comprises multiple coils adapted to support a heart valve prosthesis. At least one of the coils is normally at a first diameter, and is expandable to a second, larger diameter upon application of radial outward force from within the anchor. An expansible heart valve prosthesis is provided and is configured to be delivered into the anchor and expanded inside the multiple coils. This moves at least one coil from the first diameter to the second diameter while securing the anchor and the heart valve prosthesis relative to each other. The system further includes a seal on the anchor that can prevent at least some blood leakage after implantation of the heart valve prosthesis in the helical anchor. Additional apparatus and methods are disclosed.
US11234810B2	Intraocular lens, method for designing the same, and method for manufacturing the same Provided is an intraocular lens including a lens body having a back surface disposed on a retinal side and a front surface disposed on a corneal side, wherein an entire back surface is shaped in such a way as to protrude from a peripheral edge of the back surface toward the retinal side in a direction of an optical axis, in a shape of a truncated cone, and the front surface has any of the following shapes (i) to (iii); (i) the front surface is shaped in such a way as to start to be recessed toward the retinal side in the direction of the optical axis when viewed toward a center from a peripheral edge of the front surface, (ii) the front surface is shaped in such a way that an initial part from the peripheral edge of the front surface toward the center is flat, (iii) the front surface is shaped in such a way as to start to protrude toward the corneal side in the direction of the optical axis when viewed toward the center from the peripheral edge of the front surface, but a rate of rise of a protrusion from the peripheral edge of the front surface is smaller than a rate of rise of a protrusion from the peripheral edge of the back surface.
US11234809B2	Methods for selecting intraocular lenses and relaxing incisions for correcting refractive error The disclosure provides a method for selecting toric intraocular lenses (IOL) and relaxing incision for correcting refractive error. The one or more toric IOL and relaxing incision combinations can be used for off-axis correction of refractive errors such as astigmatism. The disclosure provides a method for selecting toric IOL and relaxing incision combinations that have combined astigmatism correcting powers and off-axis positions or orientations of the astigmatism correcting axes of the toric IOL and relaxing incision that are effective to yield lower residual astigmatism than on axis correction methods. The toric IOL and relaxing incision combinations also allow the user to avoid incisions that will radially overlap with a cataract incision thereby provided improved outcomes.
US11234808B2	Pressure changer for a breast implant Apparatus, including an enclosure, a fluid-tight bag located within the enclosure, and a fluid-tight valve connected to the fluid-tight bag. The apparatus also has a tube, having a first end connected to the fluid-tight bag via the fluid-tight valve, and a second end connected to a balloon within a breast implant fitted to an implantee. The apparatus further includes a spindle, located within the enclosure, connected to the fluid-tight bag, and configured to rotate under control of the implantee so as to roll the fluid-tight bag onto the spindle or to unroll the fluid-tight bag from the spindle, and thus transfer a fluid, contained in the balloon, the tube, and the fluid-tight bag, therebetween.
US11234807B2	Reinforced biological construct and method of reinforcing biological construct A reinforced graft construct for repairing a tendon or ligament formed by inserting a piece of material, such as suture, through the graft lengthwise. The material may be inserted along only a portion of the graft or along the entire graft. The material may be a reinforcement (reinforcing) material such as suture, tape, weave, or mesh passed lengthwise through the graft (for example, along the center of the graft). The ends of the graft may be whipstitched to provide additional fixation when implanted. The material may be bioabsorbable such that it will resorb away after a period of time in the body.
US11234805B2	Systems and methods for producing gastrointestinal tissues Aspects of the disclosure relate methods and synthetic scaffolds for regenerating gastrointestinal tissue (e.g., esophageal tissue).
US11234804B2	Stent including anti-migration capabilities An example medical device for treating a body lumen is disclosed. The medical device includes an expandable scaffold including first and second regions, each of the first and second regions include a plurality of interstices located therein. The medical device also includes a covering spanning each of the plurality of interstices of the first region. The second region is free of the covering. A biodegradable gripping material is disposed on an outer surface of the covering. Further, the expandable scaffold is configured to shift from a collapsed state to an expanded state and the second region is configured to contact an inner surface of the body lumen in the expanded state. Additionally, the gripping material is designed to initially prevent migration of the expandable scaffold upon implantation in the body lumen until the second region is secured to the inner surface of the body lumen.
US11234803B2	Electric cleaning and care appliance, pressure alarming method and apparatus for the appliance The invention relates an electrical cleaning and care appliance, pressure alarming method and apparatus for the appliance. Transducer elastic members of the appliance engage in resonance oscillation motion with bending strain characteristics, are symmetrically distributed on the left and right sides of the longitudinal axis (L2) of a drive shaft, and have approximately equal section moduli in bending, approximately equal lengths, approximately equal deflection amplitudes and opposite flexure directions; the angle between the longitudinal axis (L1) of a cleaning element and the normal direction of the transducer elastic member plane is 0° to 60°; the frequency of the alternating current in a drive coil is a fixed value equal to f0max−n, where n is a fixed value in the range of −0.3(f0max−f0min) to 0.85(f0max−f0min). Therefore, the appliance has a higher mechanical efficiency, a simple structure and a lower cost.
US11234800B2	Dental appliance An appliance fabricated to improve the appearance of a patient's smile includes a plurality of simulated teeth. The interior surfaces of each of the teeth closely fits and conforms to the surface of a patient's real teeth while the outer surfaces of each of the simulated teeth has an ideal surface configuration. The dental appliance provides the patient with the appearance of a perfect set of teeth and an ideal smile without a need to alter the dental structure of the patient's teeth.
US11234798B2	Scanning sequence for an intra-oral imaging system Provided are a system, method, and computer readable storage medium for generating an intra-oral scan of a dentition. A contiguous scan of an occlusal surface of at least a part of one arch of the dentition is generated. At least one additional surface is associated to the contiguous scan of the occlusal surface.
US11234791B2	Method of using an endentulous surgical guide An approach is disclosed that involves creating an updated master dental model of a patient's mouth after an implant surgery by aligning new postoperative oral scan data to pre-existing preoperative oral scan data. Before surgery a multi-piece stackable surgical guide set is created using the preoperative oral scan data. The surgical guide set is used to facilitate the surgery. After the surgery at least one piece of the surgical guide set is placed back in a patient's mouth and acts as a reference marker because it was created using the preoperative oral scan data, but is also part of the postoperative mouth configuration since it was used to facilitate the surgery. The affected portion of the mouth is digitally scanned by way of a physical impression with the reference marker in place to determine the new characteristics resulting from the surgery such as new implant installation locations and orientations.
US11234789B2	Device and method for automatic recalibration for 3D intraoperative images The invention relates to a recalibration device (1) used during the acquisition of images of an anatomical area of a patient during robot-assisted surgery, including a body (3) made of radxoliacent material, which comprises fiducial markers (9) made of radiopaque material, said body (3) having a bearing surface (7) intended to be manually placed on a surface of said anatomical area of the patient. According to the invention, said fiducial markers (9) are arranged in a specific geometrical pattern enabling a certain detection of the positioning and orientation of the recalibration device (1) in a three-dimensional digital model built from the images derived from the acquisition of the anatomical area.
US11234788B2	Retracting tissue Surgical retractors and methods thereof for retracting body tissue in a therapeutic procedure. The surgical retractor may include retractor blades have openings or channels configured to receive bone pins while maintaining accessibility and visibility of the operative window.
US11234784B2	Tension regulation of remotely actuated instruments, and related devices, systems, and methods A surgical instrument includes a shaft with a proximal end and a distal end, a movable component coupled at the distal end of the shaft, a force transmission mechanism coupled at the proximal end of the shaft, and an actuation element with a first end coupled to the force transmission mechanism and a second end coupled to the movable component. The actuation element being configured to transmit an actuation force from the force transmission mechanism to the movable component. A coil spring is coupled to the actuation element between the first and second ends. First and second ends of the coil spring are coupled to longitudinally separated locations on the actuation element. The coil spring is configured to passively expand and contract in response to tension changes in the actuation element. A distance between the longitudinally separated locations changes as the coil spring passively expands and contracts.
US11234782B2	Active and semi-active damping Active and semi-active damping of systems include a first link supported by a base, a second link, a damper coupling the first link to the second link, the damper having a variable damping coefficient, and a processor. The processor is configured to predict an acceleration or a vibration of the second link expected to result from a commanded movement of the second link and adjust the variable damping coefficient of the damper based on the predicted acceleration or the predicted vibration to reduce vibration in the second link.
US11234781B2	Dynamic control of surgical instruments in a surgical robotic system A robotic surgical system configured to control movement of a first instrument and a second instrument, each of which is on a robotic manipulator. In described modes of operation, movement of the first instrument is surgeon controlled based on surgeon input to the robotic system. Movement of the second instrument is also surgeon controlled, but its motion is defined by the chosen mode of operation which sets the amplitude and direction of the second instrument's motion relative to the actual or instructed motion of the first instrument. In this way, two instruments are simultaneously moved based on input from a single surgeon input device.
US11234778B2	Teleoperated surgical system with surgical instrument wear tracking A surgical method is provided, comprising: providing an information structure in a computer readable storage device that associates an indication of surgeon skill level in at least one surgical activity performed using the surgical instrument with a surgical instrument actuator safety state of the surgical instrument for use during performance of the at least one surgical activity using the surgical instrument by a surgeon having the indicated skill level; tracking surgical instrument actuator state of a surgical instrument during performance of a surgical procedure by a surgeon; and transitioning the surgical instrument actuator state of the surgical instrument to the surgical instrument safety state during performance of the at least one surgical activity by the surgeon using the surgical instrument.
US11234776B2	Rotating assistant port Embodiments of a rotating assistant port device are presented. The assistant port device can be utilized to provide for additional assistant instruments in single port robotic surgery. In some embodiments, the assistant port device can be utilized for skin retraction during single port teleoperated robotic surgery.
US11234774B2	Systems and methods for providing guidance for a robotic medical procedure A computer-implemented method for generating and presenting an electronic display of guidance for performing a robotic medical procedure may include receiving a plurality of prior procedure data sets; receiving or identifying objective data defining one or more of a duration or a patient outcome of the robotic medical procedure; executing an algorithm to identify a pattern across the plurality of prior procedure data sets; receiving information about an instance of the robotic medical procedure to be performed in the future for a patient outside the population; automatically generating guidance for performing the robotic medical procedure; and generating and presenting an electronic display of the guidance for performing the robotic medical procedure.
US11234771B2	Dynamic reference deviation detecting method and system thereof A dynamic reference deviation detecting method is used for detecting a deviation of a dynamic reference coordinate system. A coordinate detecting step is for detecting and recording a first initial coordinate and a second initial coordinate. A first coordinate variation calculating step is for calculating a difference between a first instantaneous coordinate and the first initial coordinate to obtain a first difference value. A second coordinate variation calculating step is for calculating a difference between a second instantaneous coordinate and the second initial coordinate to obtain a second difference value. A relative coordinate variation calculating step is for obtaining a relative difference value. A dynamic reference deviation determining step is for determining whether or not the dynamic reference coordinate system is deviated according to the first difference value, the second difference value and the relative difference value.
US11234761B2	Electrosurgical device for creating a channel through a region of tissue and methods of use thereof A method and apparatus are disclosed for an RF guidewire for applying RF energy to create a channel through a region of tissue within a patient's body. The RF guidewire is configured to have a hydrophilic coating disposed thereon to reduce friction to facilitate traversal through vasculature while maintaining its mechanical, electrical and thermal properties.
US11234760B2	Electrosurgical device for cutting and removing tissue Electrosurgical devices including a shaft, a handle and a distal end portion. The distal end portion is formed of an electrically conductive material and includes an electrically insulating material covering a substantial portion of the distal end portion and leaving an exposed portion which acts as an active electrode for delivery of electrical energy to tissue. A conduit in the shaft extending to an opening in the distal end portion facilitates aspiration of tissue and may provide suction simultaneous with delivery of electrical energy. Systems include an electrosurgical device, a source of electrical energy and may optionally include a source of suction and/or a source of fluid delivery or irrigation.
US11234757B2	Surgical instrument with contained dual helix actuator assembly An apparatus comprises an end effector, an elongate shaft, and a handle assembly. The shaft includes an articulation section that is operable to deflect the end effector away from the longitudinal axis of the shaft. The handle assembly includes a rotary member positioned within an intermediate section of the handle assembly. The rotary member is rotatable about an axis that is parallel to the longitudinal axis of the shaft. The rotary member is operable to control the articulation section of the shaft. The rotary member may include opposing thread sections that simultaneously drive lead screws in opposite longitudinal directions, to thereby control the articulation section. The shaft may be rotatable relative to the handle assembly, and the apparatus may selectively lock or resist such rotation based on the articulation state of the articulation section.
US11234756B2	Powered surgical tool with predefined adjustable control algorithm for controlling end effector parameter A surgical system. The surgical system comprises a surgical instrument comprising an end effector, wherein the end effector is configured to perform an end effector function, and a control circuit configured to control the end effector function and automatically adapt the control of the end effector function over time, and limit the automatic adaptation of the control of the end effector function.
US11234754B2	Smoke evacuation device A smoke evacuation device that evacuates smoke from a surgical site and filters the smoke from the air. The smoke evacuation device can include a fluid trap for removing moisture from the smoke. The smoke evacuation device can also include a filter with a compression mechanism for compressing a filter medium. The smoke evacuation device can also include features for controlling flow parameters, noise, and vibrations of the device. A remote activation device can also be used to activate the smoke evacuation device upon detection of certain system parameters.
US11234753B2	Flow blocking electrode An electrosurgical wand is disclosed. The electrosurgical wand includes a handle that defines a proximal end of the electrosurgical wand. The electrosurgical wand includes an elongate shaft coupled to the handle; the elongate shaft defines a suction lumen therein. The electrosurgical wand also includes an electrically insulative spacer (404) coupled to the distal end of the elongate shaft, whereby the spacer defines a suction channel (412) fluidly coupled to the suction lumen. The electrosurgical wand includes a first means for blocking defined by the spacer, an active electrode (402) coupled on the distal end of the spacer and a second means for blocking associated with the active electrode and in operational relationship to the first means for blocking. In the electrosurgical wand, the first means for blocking includes an annular trough (416) that fully encircles the suction channel of the spacer and the second means for blocking includes an annular wall (414).
US11234750B2	Combination ultrasonic and electrosurgical instrument having electrical circuits with shared return path A surgical instrument includes a shaft, an ultrasonic transducer, a waveguide acoustically coupled with the ultrasonic transducer and extending distally through the shaft, and an end effector arranged at a distal end of the shaft. The end effector includes an ultrasonic blade acoustically coupled with the waveguide, a clamp arm movable relative to the ultrasonic blade for clamping tissue, and an RF electrode operable to seal tissue with RF energy. The ultrasonic transducer is operable to drive the waveguide and the ultrasonic blade with ultrasonic energy. The surgical instrument further includes an ultrasonic electrical circuit operable to energize the ultrasonic transducer, and an RF electrical circuit operable to deliver RF energy to the RF electrode. A return path of the ultrasonic electrical circuit and a return path of the RF electrical circuit pass through a shared electrically conductive element.
US11234749B2	Mixing and delivery device for bone cement and associated methods In a bone cement mixing and delivery device, a plug can be removably disposable in an injection passage of a cylindrical container. A mixing screw can rotate in a chamber of the container and has a screw thread extending along an outer surface of the mixing screw as well as a return passage extending through the mixing screw from the proximal end to the distal end thereof. In a mixing mode of the device, a mixing rod engages and rotates the mixing screw about a longitudinal axis of the cylindrical container causing material disposed in the chamber to be moved distally and return to the proximal end of the chamber through the return passage of the mixing screw. In an injection mode of the device, the plug can be removed from the injection passage and an injection rod occludes the return passage of the mixing screw.
US11234743B2	Bone fixation devices and methods The present disclosure provides devices, systems and methods of bone fixation. The disclosed devices, systems and methods facilitate secure fixation of first and second bone segments, such as to promote fusion thereof. The devices may include at least one bone engagement projection extending from an engagement surface of a plate portion for implantation into the first bone segment. A portion of the plate portion spaced from the at least one bone engagement projection may include at least one bone fixation aperture. The least one bone fixation aperture may allow for a one bone engagement projection to be inserted therethrough and into the second bone segment to affix the plate portion to the second bone segment. In some embodiments, the at least one bone fixation aperture may be a compression slot.
US11234737B2	Circular fixator system and method A device includes a plurality of rings. Each ring has a first face, a second face, and at least one slot defined by first and second interior edges of the ring on opposing sides of the slot. The at least one slot penetrates from the first face to the second face. The first face of each ring has a first recess adjacent the slot on the first edge and a second recess adjacent the slot on the second edge. A plurality of posts join each one of the plurality of rings to an adjacent one of the plurality of rings.
US11234733B2	Cannula for use in intraosseous injections A cannula for use in a terminable intraosseous device comprises a cannula body, and a penetrator-independent proximal bone penetration indicator (PBPI) associated with the body for positively indicating initial penetration into the proximal bone. In various embodiments, the PBPI comprises a roughened surface provided at a distal end of the cannula body to assist in increasing an amplitude of vibrations that are generated immediately upon contact with a proximal bone cortex during performance of an intraosseous injection, a resilient element fixed at one end which becomes plastically deformed, a visually indicative element which is exposed when the distance between the cannula body and penetrator is changed, or a frictionally engageable element. In some embodiments, a stopper prevents additional penetration into the proximal bone, and a reinforcing member inserted within a cannula body lumen reinforces a thin-walled portion of the cannula body.
US11234727B2	Intraluminal tissue modifying systems and associated devices and methods The present technology is directed generally to devices, systems, and methods for capturing and cutting fibrous and trabeculated structures (such as synechiae) in vessel lumens. In one embodiment, the present technology includes an intraluminal tissue modifying system configured to capture the fibrous structures, put the fibrous structures in tension, and controllably cut through the fibrous structures without applying appreciable additional force to the vessel wall. The system may include an expandable capture device and a cutting device.
US11234725B2	Shaft for a medical instrument, and medical instrument, in particular homopolar or bipolar medical instrument The invention relates to a shaft for a medical instrument (12), in particular a homopolar or bipolar medical instrument, comprising a shaft member (16) that accommodates a tool (18) at the distal end, said tool (18) being provided with a first jaw part (19) and a second jaw part (21) which can be moved relative to each other from an open position (29) into a closed position (28) by a draw bar/push rod (26) that is guided inside the shaft member (16); at the proximal end, the shaft member (16) has a connecting piece (14) for attachment to a manipulating device (23) that allows the draw bar/push rod (26) to be moved back and forth; at the distal end, each jaw part (19, 21) is pivotally guided inside the shaft member (16) by means of a sliding block (49).
US11234722B2	Devices, systems, and methods to generate a bypass lumen in connection with a chronic total occlusion procedure Devices, systems, and methods to generate a bypass lumen in connection with a chronic total occlusion procedure. An exemplary method comprises introducing at least part of a first elongated body into a lumen of an artery so that a distal tip of the first elongated body is positioned on a first side of an occlusion within the lumen of the artery; inserting the distal tip of the first elongated body into a wall of the artery in between a tunica media and a tunica intima of the artery; advancing the distal tip of the first elongated body in between the tunica media and the tunica intima; and further advancing the distal tip of the first elongated body back into the lumen of the artery to generate a bypass lumen and so that the distal tip is positioned on an opposite second side of the occlusion within the lumen.
US11234718B2	Guided milling device for prosthetic surgery Milling device for prosthetic surgery comprising a milling tool rotating about a milling axis, and a handling body. The handling body is provided with a drive rotating rod which develops along a longitudinal axis of linear rotation and is connected to the milling tool in order to make the milling tool rotate about the milling axis.
US11234711B2	Polymer 4-in-2 femoral cutting instrument having separable A/P and chamfer cutting blocks An orthopaedic surgical instrument includes a polymer 4-in-2 cutting instrument having a number of metallic cutting guides secured thereto. An A/P femoral cutting block of the instrument is removably secured to the instrument's chamfer femoral cutting block.
US11234704B2	Cable-actuated adapter for surgical stapling instrument A surgical stapling instrument includes an anvil assembly, a shell assembly, and an adapter assembly. The adapter assembly includes a tubular shaft, an approximation assembly, and a seal. The approximation assembly includes a lead screw, a tubular member, a cable, and a trocar assembly. The tubular member threadably engages the lead screw such that rotation of the lead screw causes axial displacement of the tubular member. The cable extends within the tubular shaft and is coupled to the tubular member for concomitant displacement with the tubular member. The trocar assembly extends from the cable. The trocar assembly is coupled to the anvil assembly such that axial displacement of the tubular member transitions the anvil assembly between a spaced apart configuration and an approximated configuration. The seal provides a fluid-tight seal such that the adapter assembly includes a sealed portion and an unsealed portion. The lead screw is disposed within the sealed portion.
US11234703B2	Circular stapling device with position ribs A circular stapling device includes structure to position an anvil assembly in proper alignment with a cartridge assembly prior to firing of the stapling device. The stapling device includes an anvil assembly, a cartridge assembly including a staple cartridge and shell housing, and an anvil retainer that has a proximal portion including a longitudinal rib and a distal portion including at least one second longitudinal rib. The first longitudinal rib is received within a slot formed within the shell housing to prevent rotation of the anvil retainer in relation to the shell housing. The at least one second longitudinal rib is received within a longitudinal channel of the anvil assembly to prevent rotation of the anvil assembly in relation to the anvil retainer. The presently disclosed structure obviates the need for splines and the disadvantages associated with the use of splines.
US11234699B2	Surgical stapler buttress assembly with adhesion to wet end effector A buttress assembly is configured to temporarily adhere to a wet surgical stapler end effector. The buttress assembly includes a buttress body and a humidity tolerant adhesive material. The humidity tolerant adhesive material is applied to at least one side of the buttress body. The humidity tolerant adhesive material is configured to hold the buttress body to an underside of an anvil or a deck of a staple cartridge for at least five minutes in an environment of 100% relative humidity at approximately 37° C.
US11234696B2	Articulation drive features for surgical stapler An apparatus comprises a shaft, an end effector, an articulation joint, and an articulation drive assembly. The shaft has a longitudinal axis. The end effector is operable to staple tissue. The articulation joint couples the shaft with the end effector. The end effector is pivotable at the articulation joint to selectively deflect the end effector away from the longitudinal axis of the shaft. The articulation drive assembly is operable to pivot the end effector at the articulation joint. The articulation drive assembly comprises a first link and a second link. The first link is longitudinally translatable relative to the shaft assembly. The distal end of the first link is pivotably coupled with the proximal end of the second link. The distal end of the second link is pivotably coupled with the end effector. The articulation drive assembly articulates the end effector in response to longitudinal translation of the first link.
US11234694B2	Instrument with multiple articulation locks A method comprises providing an articulation tool including an articulation mechanism comprising a proximal link and a distal link, end effector, elongated shaft, rotating member, and an articulation lock comprising a first lock configured to prevent pivoting of the elongated shaft about a yaw axis, a second lock configured to prevent pivoting about a pitch axis, and an actuator to actuate both locks simultaneously. The method further comprises driving movement of the proximal link which causes corresponding movement of the distal link, adjusting the actuator between an unlocked configuration and a locked configuration in which the links and end effector are held in a fixed orientation with respect to the elongated shaft, and driving rotation of the rotating member which causes rotation of the elongated shaft while the links and end effector are held in the fixed orientation and rotation of the end effector about the end effector longitudinal axis.
US11234692B2	Self-retaining system having laser-cut retainers Self-retaining suture systems including a suture thread bearing a plurality of laser-cut retainers are disclosed. A laser system allows the creation of retainers and self-retaining suture systems in configurations which are difficult and/or impossible to achieve using mechanical cutting technology.
US11234691B2	Composite suture needles having rotatable sections A reconfigurable suture needle includes an elongated body having a curved proximal section and a curved distal section. A joint interconnects a distal end of the curved proximal section and a proximal end of the curved distal section. The joint enables the curved proximal section and the curved distal section to rotate relative to one another between a first configuration having a higher profile and a second configuration having a lower profile. Each of the curved proximal and distal sections of the elongated body defines about one-quarter of a circle. The elongated body has a semi-circular shape when in the first configuration and a wave shape when in the second configuration. The elongated body is rotated into the smaller profile for passing through a cannula and, after passing through the cannula, rotated back into the higher profile for use as a suturing needle.
US11234690B2	Method and device for closing a port site incision A method and device are provided for closing a port site incision after a minimally invasive surgical procedure is performed. The closure device includes an access device and a suture needle. A body of the access device has a proximal portion and a distal portion and defines a channel that extends between the proximal and distal portions. A head of the access device is supported on the proximal portion of the body. The suture needle includes a shaft having a proximal portion and a distal portion, and a curved portion that extends from the distal portion of the shaft and includes a tip configured to penetrate tissue. The shaft extends through and is movable within a slot in the head to move the curved portion of the suture needle from an inactive position located within the channel to an active position positioned located externally of the channel.
US11234681B2	Fish tank effluent sampling system Provided are fish tank effluent sampling systems, e.g., for use in recirculating aquaponics systems, methods of using same for sampling effluent, and kits for assembling such an effluent sampling system.
US11234678B2	Systems and methods for increasing efficiency of ultrasound waveform tomography Ultrasound tomography imaging methods for imaging a tissue medium with one or more ultrasound transducer arrays comprising a plurality of transducers, wherein said transducers comprise source transducers, receiving transducers. The methods include assigning a phase value or time delay to source transducers, exciting the transducers and calculating a search direction based on data relating to the excited transducers.
US11234669B2	X-ray imaging device An x-ray imaging device (10) comprising at least two substantially planar panels (20, 21), each panel comprising a plurality of x-ray emitters housed in a vacuum enclosure, wherein the at least two panels each have a central panel axis (28) and are arranged such that their central panel axes are non-parallel to one another, the device further comprising a panel retaining means and arranged such that the panel retaining means retains the at least two panels stationary in relation to an object during x-raying of the object.
US11234664B2	X-ray fluoroscopic imaging apparatus An X-ray fluoroscopic imaging apparatus includes a fluoroscopic recording button that an operator operates to record a fluoroscopic image as a still image or a moving image in a storage during fluoroscopic imaging and record, as the still image or the moving image in the storage, the fluoroscopic image recorded in a temporary storage after completion of the fluoroscopic imaging.
US11234654B2	Pseudo-CT generation from MR data using a feature regression model Systems and methods are provided for generating a pseudo-CT prediction model that can be used to generate pseudo-CT images. An exemplary system may include a processor configured to retrieve training data including at least one MR image and at least one CT image for each of a plurality of training subjects. For each training subject, the processor may extract a plurality of features from each image point of the at least one MR image, create a feature vector for each image point based on the extracted features, and extract a CT value from each image point of the at least one CT image. The processor may also generate the pseudo-CT prediction model based on the feature vectors and the CT values of the plurality of training subjects.
US11234648B2	Biological material measuring apparatus An infrared light source radiates infrared light. An ATR prism receives, on a first end face, the infrared light radiated from the infrared light source, causes the received infrared light to pass therethrough while repeating total reflection off a second end face and a third end face, and emits the infrared light that has passed therethrough from the third end face. An infrared photodetector detects the intensity of the infrared light emitted from the ATR prism. Strain sensors, which are contact sensors of one type, are attached to the ATR prism and configured to detect a contact state between the ATR prism and a measurement skin.
US11234635B2	Method and system for monitoring and evaluation of pressure ulcer severity Evaluating a pressure ulcer includes: detecting in a color input image a boundary of the pressure ulcer to get a RGB region of interest (ROI) image; converting the RGB ROI image to a grayscale ROI image; processing the grayscale ROI image using a Linear Combination of Discrete Gaussians (LCDG) process to estimate three main class probabilities of the grayscale ROI image; processing the RGB ROI image using predetermined RGB values to estimate the three main class probabilities of the RGB ROI image; and combining the probabilities of the grayscale ROI image and the probabilities of the RGB ROI image to determine an estimated labeled image; and normalizing and refining the estimated labeled image using a Generalized Gauss-Markov Random Field (GGMRF) process to produce a final segmentation image.
US11234630B2	Cardiac health assessment systems and methods A cardiac health assessment system and method for use with a handheld electronic device. The cardiac health assessment system includes an electronic device case (EDC), a plurality of electrodes, and a circuit board. The EDC secures the handheld electronic device. The electrodes include a first ECG electrode, a second ECG electrode, and a third electrode. The first ECG electrode is placed on an outer surface of the EDC. The second ECG electrode and the third electrode are placed on each side of the EDC to facilitate a thumb and fingers of a user to be placed on the handheld electronic device. The electrodes capture data indicative of the cardiac health of the user. The circuit board includes a microphonic sensor, an Inertial Measurement Unit (IMU) sensor, and a microcontroller. The microphonic sensor and IMU sensor capture cardiac health data. The microcontroller transmits cardiac health data to the handheld electronic device.
US11234629B2	Method and device for self-learning dynamic electrocardiography analysis employing artificial intelligence A self-learning dynamic electrocardiography analysis method employing artificial intelligence. The method comprises: pre-processing data, performing cardiac activity feature detection, interference signal detection and cardiac activity classification on the basis of a deep learning method, performing signal quality evaluation and lead combination, examining cardiac activity, performing analytic computations on an electrocardiogram event and parameters, and then automatically outputting report data. The method achieves an automatic analysis method for a quick and comprehensive dynamic electrocardiography process, and recording of modification information of an automatic analysis result, while also collecting and feeding back modification data to a deep learning model for continuous training, thereby continuously improving and enhancing the accuracy of the automatic analysis method. Also disclosed is a self-learning dynamic electrocardiography analysis device employing artificial intelligence.
US11234628B2	Non-invasive systems and methods to detect cortical spreading depression for the detection and assessment of brain injury and concussion The present invention provides systems and methods for detection and diagnosis of concussion and/or acute neurologic injury comprising a portable headwear-based electrode array and computerized control system to automatically and accurately detect cortical spreading depression and acute neurological injury-based peri-infarct depolarization (CSD/PID). The portable headwear-based electrode system is applied to a patient or athlete, and is capable of performing an assessment automatically and with minimal user input. The user display indicates the presence of CSD/PID, gauges its severity and location, and stores the information for future use by medical professionals. The systems and methods of the invention use an instrumented DC-coupled electrode/amplifier array which performs real-time data analysis using unique algorithms to produce a voltage intensity-map revealing the temporally propagating wave depressed voltage across the scalp that originates from a CSD/PID on the brain surface.
US11234627B2	Opto-electrical device and method for artifact reduction An optical electrode having a plurality of electrodes, including a recording electrode having a roughened surface and an optical light source configured to emit light, wherein at least a portion of the light impinges on the recording electrode. Also disclosed are methods of producing an optical electrode and an opto-electronic neural interface system.
US11234622B2	Connectors for making connections between analyte sensors and other devices Glucose monitoring devices and related systems and methods, the glucose monitoring devices including a sensor electronics unit having a housing and a printed circuit board disposed within the housing, a transcutaneous glucose sensor assembly, and a conductive sensor connector. The printed circuit board includes a first electrical contact, the transcutaneous glucose sensor assembly includes a distal portion having a working electrode and proximal portion having a working-electrode contact in electrical communication with the working electrode, and the conductive sensor connector electrically connects the working-electrode contact with the first electrical contact. Further, the conductive sensor connector extends through a hole in the proximal portion of the transcutaneous glucose sensor assembly and through a hole in the printed circuit board.
US11234612B2	Devices and methods for catheter localization A medical device can be localized by providing at least three non-colinear localization elements (e.g., electrodes) thereon. Once placed in a non-ionizing localization field, three adjacent localization elements, at least one of which will typically be a spot electrode, may be selected, and the non-ionizing localization field may be used to measure their locations. A cylinder is defined to fit the measured locations of the selected localization elements. The cylinder is rotationally oriented using the measured location of a spot electrode. Location and rotational attitude information may be used to construct a three-dimensional representation of the medical device within the localization field. The electrodes may be provided on the medical device or on a sheath into which the medical device is inserted. The invention also provides systems and methods for identifying and calibrating deflection planes where the medical device and/or sheath are deflectable.
US11234610B2	Methods and apparatus for patient positioning in magnetic resonance imaging According to some aspects, a magnetic resonance imaging system capable of imaging a patient is provided. The magnetic resonance imaging system comprising at least one B0 magnet to produce a magnetic field to contribute to a B0 magnetic field for the magnetic resonance imaging system and a member configured to engage with a releasable securing mechanism of a radio frequency coil apparatus, the member attached to the magnetic resonance imaging system at a location so that, when the member is engaged with the releasable securing mechanism of the radio frequency coil apparatus, the radio frequency coil apparatus is secured to the magnetic resonance imaging system substantially within an imaging region of the magnetic resonance imaging system.
US11234607B2	Methods of using an enhanced therapeutic stimulus for non-nutritive suck entrainment system The present invention relates to methods of using a therapeutic system. In particular, the present invention relates to procedures and methods of using a system having hardware, software, and appliance components for assessing and entraining a non-nutritive suck (NNS) pattern in a patient. The methods include configuring the hardware and software systems to receive data from an orofacial stimulation appliance and to generate a precise therapeutic pulse profile that is actuated as a tactile stimulus. The methods also include collecting data using the orofacial stimulation appliance and delivering the tactile stimulus via the orofacial stimulation appliance to entrain an organized NNS pattern.
US11234606B2	Bio-electrode composition, bio-electrode, and method for manufacturing a bio-electrode The present invention provides a bio-electrode composition including a silicone bonded to a fluorosulfonic acid salt, wherein the fluorosulfonic acid salt is shown by the following general formula (1): wherein R1 represents an alkylene groups with 1 to 20 carbon atoms or an arylene groups with 6 to 10 carbon atoms; Rf1 and Rf2 each represent a hydrogen atom, a fluorine atom, an oxygen atom, or a trifluoromethyl group; Rf3 and Rf4 each represent a hydrogen atom, a fluorine atom, or a trifluoromethyl group, provided that one or more fluorine atoms are contained in Rf1 to Rf4; M is selected from sodium, potassium, and silver. This can form a living body contact layer for a bio-electrode that is excellent in electric conductivity and biocompatibility, light-weight, manufacturable at low cost, and free from large lowering of the electric conductivity even though it is wetted with water or dried.
US11234604B2	Blood pressure monitor Described herein are methods, systems, and software for monitoring blood pressure. In some embodiments, a using a mobile device is used. The blood pressure monitoring system utilizes heart rate measurements at two separate locations on the body to calculate a differential pulse arrival time which is used to estimate blood pressure. The heart rate measurements can be taken simultaneously, or they can be taken sequentially while simultaneously taking ECG measurement. If taken sequentially, the heart rate measurements are aligned with the ECG to determine the differential. Accurate, inexpensive, and discreet blood pressure monitoring is thus provided.
US11234600B2	System and method for tissue visualization This invention is regarding a set of stand-alone or combined-use surgical tools and associated systems and methods for performing surgical procedures such as identifying hidden tissue anatomy and dissecting the periphery tissues. In particular, this invention describes tools and the associated systems and methods for visualizing hidden important structures such as arteries, veins, ureters, bile duct, bowel, nodules, tumors, and performing tissue cutting using energy-based instrument. The tools are to be operated stand-alone or by attaching to existing instruments used for minimally invasive surgery.
US11234597B1	Virtual stethoscope and otoscope The virtual stethoscope and otoscope includes a head having a hollow internal volume with a diaphragm on one side and an otoscope cone on the opposite side. The head is coupled to one end of the tube and a microphone is coupled to an opposite side of the tube. The microphone is coupled to a cable and connector which is attached to a patient computing device. The diaphragm is placed on the patient and the body vibrations produce sound waves which are detected by the microphone. The microphone converts the sound waves into electrical signals which are high/low pass filtered and amplified before being transmitted to the patient computing device which can then transmit the patient data to a medical professional computing device.
US11234596B2	Information processing device and receiving method An information processing device according to one aspect of the present invention includes a receiver configured to receive a packet for one-way communication including data from an external device, an application execution unit configured to execute an application which processes the data, and an intermittent reception parameter adjustment unit configured to adjust an intermittent reception parameter for controlling an intermittent reception operation of the receiver so that when the application is operating in a background, a duty ratio of the intermittent reception operation is smaller than when the application is operating in a foreground.
US11234590B2	Measuring sensitivity to polarized light Embodiments test a subject's vision. A polarization arrangement polarizes incident light and rotates an angle of polarization applied to the incident light about an axis substantially collinear with a path of the light. An optical component directs light onto the polarization arrangement and produces light having a selected degree of polarization and having a rotating angle of polarization for observation by the subject The subject may be able to observe the visual phenomenon known as Haidinger's brushes and due to the rotation of the angle of polarization the eye's tendency to adapt away the phenomenon is counteracted, so that the effect persists and a more reliable testing of the subject can be carried out. Testing the subject's ability to perceive the phenomenon at multiple selectable degrees of polarization enables an assessment of the subject's eyes, and an estimate of macular pigment optical density and susceptibility to age-related macular degeneration.
US11234587B2	Multi-layered speculum and methods of manufacturing and using same A speculum includes an insulating sleeve having a body, the body having a first side edge, a second side edge, a front edge and a back edge, and a metallic sheet having a first end, a second end, a front end and a back end, the back end being tailored to match a back edge of the sleeve, the metallic sheet being covered by the body of the sleeve.
US11234584B2	Molecular chemical imaging endoscopic imaging systems Medical imaging systems for use in conjunction with an endoscope are described. Generally, the medical imaging system includes an illumination source configured to generate illuminating photons. The illuminating photons are transmitted to one or more filters configured to filter a first plurality of illuminating photons and generate a first plurality of filtered photons comprising a first passband wavelength and a second plurality of filtered photons comprising a second passband wavelength. A sample is then illuminated with the first plurality of filtered photons and the second plurality of filtered photons to generate a first plurality of interacted photons and a second plurality of interacted photons. One or more detectors are configured to detect the first plurality of interacted photons and the second plurality of interacted photons and generate one or more image data sets.
US11234573B1	Water tank for cleaning equipment and cleaning equipment thereof The present disclosure relates to a water tank structure and a vacuum cleaner. The water tank structure includes a tank body and a tank cover assembly. The tank body has an accommodation cavity therein, and an end of the tank body is formed with an opening in communication with the accommodation cavity. The tank cover assembly includes a cover body and at least one flow divider, and the cover body is disposed at an end of the tank body proximate to the opening. The flow divider is in communication with the cover body and the accommodation cavity. The flow divider is configured to divide a fluid stream flowing therethrough into a plurality of fluid streams formed into pairs having paired kinetic energies carried thereby and paired opposing flow directions, such that the kinetic energies of the pairs of fluid streams cancel out.
US11234568B2	Agitator with hair removal A rotatable agitator is used in a surface clearing head of a surface cleaning apparatus. The agitator is coupled to the cleaning head at least partially within an agitator chamber and is rotated about a pivot axis. The agitator includes an elongated agitator body and a hair migration portion. The hair migration portion includes a continuous row of bristles and a sidewall. The continuous row of bristles and sidewall are at least partially revolved around and extend along at least a portion of the pivot axis from one of a collection area or a first end region of the agitator and either another collection area or a second end region of the agitator. The sidewall extends substantially parallel to the continuous row of bristles within the hair migration portion. The continuous row of bristles and sidewall are configured to reduce hair from becoming entangled in the bristles and to migrate hair towards the collection area or the first end region of the agitator.
US11234567B2	Vacuum cleaner tool having a rotatable duct for moving between a use position and storage position on a vacuum cleaner A vacuum cleaner tool having a brush head, a rotatable duct, and a hinge. The rotatable duct is configured to receive a hose or wand and rotates about the hinge relative to the brush head, between a use position and storage position. In a storage position, the rotatable duct extends generally parallel, or in-line with the brush head and, in a use position, the rotatable duct extends generally perpendicular to the brush head. The vacuum cleaner tool may removably attach to the vacuum cleaner via a release on one end of the brush head interacting with a fixed catch on the vacuum cleaner.
US11234564B2	Personal cleaning system A hand-held applicator is formed with a pocket that is configured to receive one hand of a user. The pocket partitions the hand-held applicator into a rear portion and a front portion. A dispensing outlet in the form of a laminated structure of at least two layers is formed as defines an outflow pathway for directing fluid away from the applicator under action of a pump.
US11234562B1	Handheld personal perineal cleansing system and methods A handheld personal perineal cleansing system is provided that includes a water-ingress fitting for connecting to a waterpipe, one or more shut-off valves, a flexible feeder supply line attached to a distal end of the water-ingress fitting, an elongated spray arm attached to the distal end of the feeder supply line, at least one handle fixedly connected to the elongated spray arm, an accumulation basin, and a spray head disposed within the accumulation basin and having a nozzle assembly.
US11234560B2	Blender with pressure control A blender for blending food products includes a vessel configured for containing the food products and a cutter blade base having a cutter blade assembly. The cutter blade base releasably coupled to and cooperating with the vessel to seal the food products within the vessel and blend the food products. The cutter blade assembly is driven by a drive device. A pressure minimizing device prevents an overaccumulation of pressure within the vessel as the food products are blended therein.
US11234557B2	Stovetop cooking and grilling assembly A stovetop cooking and grilling assembly for selective use with a stovetop includes a first housing that is configured as an oven. A second housing is coupled to and extends from an upper end of the first housing. A plurality of burners, which is gas-fired, is coupled to a top of the second housing. Each of a plurality of first grates is selectively couplable to a set of the burners. The set of the burners is configured to grill a food item that is positioned on the first grate. Each of a plurality of slots that is positioned through a front of the second housing is positioned for insertion of a respective tray. A plurality of orifices that is positioned through the top of the second housing is configured to permit drippings from the food item to flow into the second housing to be collected by the tray.
US11234556B2	Cooking apparatus Provided is a cooking apparatus in which a heating plate, a frame, and a pocket part are independently provided and which has a structure that is capable of securing use convenience and safety by a coupled structure of the heating plate, the frame, and the pocket part.
US11234555B2	Smart cooking device and method A smart cooking device and method are disclosed in the present disclosure. The smart cooking device includes a controller, a food material vessel, a storage vessel, a water storage vessel, a motor and a lifting and translating apparatus. The food material vessel is configured to store a food material and is provided with a first valve. The storage vessel is provided with a second valve. The water storage vessel is configured to accommodate a liquid to clean the food material. The motor is configured to be capable of driving the storage vessel to rotate according to the control of the controller. The lifting and translating apparatus is connected with the storage vessel and configured to be capable of moving according to the control of the controller thus to drive the storage vessel to move to the food material vessel, the water storage vessel or a cooking apparatus.
US11234551B2	Dispenser preparing beverages from powders The invention concerns a beverage dispenser comprising:—a housing (4)—at least two containers (2) for storing a water soluble beverage powder, each container comprising a tank (21) and an outlet (22),—at least two dissolution chambers (3), each being operatively linked to one of the containers (2) for preparing a beverage from the water soluble beverage powder and a diluent,—for each dissolution chamber (3), an extractor hood (5) at the top of said dissolution chamber,—an evacuating fan (6),—an extraction device (7) connected to each extractor hood (5) and to said evacuating fan (6), said extraction device comprising internal paths (71) for guiding flows from the extractor hoods through the extraction device, wherein:—the extraction device (7) is an essentially parallelepipedic box connected: to each extractor hood (6) through cooperating holes (71) on its front lateral side, and to the evacuating fan (36) through one cooperating holes (72) on one other lateral side,—the box of the extraction device is fully removable from the housing (4),—the box consists of a lower part (7a) and an upper part (7b) and is configured for being manually opened by separating the lower part (7a) from the upper part (7b).
US11234547B1	Clothing item removal aid The present invention relates to a removal aid used to assist in the removal of clothing items such as jackets, sweaters, shirts and the like. The aid is a device having a clamp with two sections that are pivotally joined together. Each section has a head that is elongated. The clamp has a lock for locking the clamp in a closed position. A pull has two ends, one of which is connected to a clamp section. The second end of the pull can have a loop. The pull is preferably a flexible pull. A user secures the device onto an end of a sleeve and locks the clamp with the lock. Then, the user places the loop over upon an object so that the pull pulls the arm portion of the garment off from the user's arm as the user moves away or twists relative to the object.
US11234546B2	Display mount A display mount including a stand having a first stand leg and a second stand leg, the first stand leg interlocked with the second stand leg forming a joint and a stabilizer releasably coupled to the stand and having a slot, the first stand leg and the second stand leg each extending through the slot fixing the joint in place. The display mount further includes a display releasably coupled to the stand and having a front surface and a rear surface, the rear surface having a recess. A top end of the stand extends into the recess to hold the display in place.
US11234544B2	Insulated cup holder An insulated cup holder includes outer and inner walls separated by an empty volume, and a gap between a cup and the inner walls. A silicone ring at the top of the inner wall seals and holds the cup, and the inner walls are tapered to contact a base of the cup to seat the cup in the cup holder above an inner shell base, and the only contact between the inner shell and the cup walls is at the cup base.
US11234542B2	Drink cup lid A liquid container includes a cup having a brim forming an opening into an interior region of the cup. The container also includes a lid configured to mount on the brim of the cup to close the opening.
US11234540B2	Push-pin securing assembly for bedding A system for securing an internal padding element of a doona to conform with the extent of a sheath or cover of the doona; the system including providing fastening means at least proximate the respective four corners of the internal padding element and the sheath or cover of the doona; the fastening means comprising a first component and a second component arranged for releasable coupling one to the other; each first and second component provided with attachment means for securing respective components to the padding element and to the cover of the doona.
US11234539B2	Adjustable picture hanging and hook system This invention provides a hanger for supporting pictures, mirrors or other objects on a wall. Specifically, this invention allows a person to nail the hanger to the wall and if relatively minor adjustments are needed, to remove a screw cap on the nail, remove the hanger and reattach the hanger to the wall using another hole on the hanger that best approximates the desired position, then put the cap back on the nail and screw the cap tight. In another embodiment, spacers can be attached to the hanger so that additional hangers can form a larger hanger and then placed back on the wall through the nail already in place that best approximates the position. Additional nails can then be inserted into some of the other hanger's holes to provide additional support, strength and leveling.
US11234532B1	Convertible sofa bed system A convertible sofa bed system positionable on a floor. The convertible sofa bed system includes a back support assembly having a frame, and a back cushion assembly connected with the back support assembly and movable between a raised condition and a lowered condition thereof. The system also includes one or more body modules secured to the frame. The body module includes an at least partially planar top surface positionable at a predetermined elevation above the floor. The body module is formed to cooperate with the back cushion assembly in the raised condition to define a seating configuration, and to cooperate with the back cushion assembly in the lowered condition to define a sleeping configuration.
US11234530B2	Articulated sofa bed with locking mechanism A seat convertible to a bed. The seat includes a locking mechanism for fixably maintaining a head panel section of the bed in a generally horizontal orientation when the bed is in the deployed configuration and releasing the head panel section from the deployed configuration by a lifting motion. The locking mechanism is connected to the head panel section and a mid-swinging member. The mid-swinging member pivotally attaches to the head panel section and a stationary mounting arm. The stationary mounting arm is fixably attached to a seat frame.
US11234525B1	Folding chair A folding chair includes U-shaped first to fourth supporting frame members, U-shaped first to third legs, inverted U-shaped first and second armrests, first to fourth seat receivers, first to fourth front supports, first to fourth rear supports, first to fourth front connecting members, first to fourth rear connecting members, first to third backrest supports, a locking element, a seat and a backrest. All these members can be smoothly pivotally turned about corresponding couplers or unions, enabling the folding chair to be collapsed into a slim-folded state to occupy a very small space and be easily portable, or be fully extended from the collapsed state to provide improved stability and load capacity in use.
US11234522B1	Support mountable seat assembly A support mountable seat assembly includes a seat having a front end, a back end, a first lateral edge and a second lateral edge. A backrest has a bottom end and a top end. The backrest is attached to and extends upwardly from the back end. The backrest includes a coupler that is attached to the backrest. The coupler receives an outer edge of a support and releasably engages an upper side and lower side of the support.
US11234521B2	Foldable camping seat A foldable camping seat is disclosed comprising a flexible seat with at least one bracing on each side extending in the entire longitudinal direction of the seat, a flexible seat back with at least one bracing on each side that extends the entire height of the seat back, furthering comprising at least one flexible and tension resistant connection between the seat and the seat back on each side which is attached directly or indirectly to the bracings near the respective outer ends thereof, wherein the inner end of the seat and the lower end of the seat back meets in a straight line forming a pivot axis between the seat and the seat back. At least one elastic zone comprising an elastic material is mounted in the upper part of the seat back.
US11234519B2	Configurable cabinet for hanging and shelved items In certain embodiments of the present disclosure, a cabinet is provided. The cabinet includes a plurality of drawer slide receiving modules and a plurality of hanging drawer slides, each hanging drawer slide coupled to one of the plurality of drawer slide receiving modules, and each hanging drawer slide includes a plurality of hooks of a first type. At least one of the hanging drawer slides is configured to be withdrawn from the cabinet laterally along a longest axis of the hanging drawer slide. The plurality of drawer slide receiving modules are configured to be removably coupled to the cabinet in a plurality of different configurations. Methods and configuration systems are also provided.
US11234515B2	Rail fixing system with system coupling A rail fixing system comprises a rail fixing arrangement adapted to fix the rail fixing system to a profile rail, a system coupling arrangement adapted to fix the rail fixing system to another rail fixing system disposed adjacent to the rail fixing system on the profile rail, and an actuation device common to the rail fixing arrangement and the system coupling arrangement. The actuation device is connected to a first positive-locking connection element of the rail fixing arrangement and a second positive-locking connection element of the system coupling arrangement. The actuation device is supported on a resilient element and the first positive-locking connection element, the second positive-locking connection element, and the resilient element are arranged along a straight line that extends in an effective direction of the resilient element.
US11234507B2	Convertible tote bag assembly and method thereof A convertible tote bag assembly is provided. The tote bag includes an exterior housing that is an article of clothing having fastening members. An interior panel may be seated and coupled within the exterior housing, wherein the exterior housing is wrapped around the interior panel to engage the fastening members in a closed manner. A strap may be coupled to the exterior housing, wherein when the interior panel and the strap are removed from the exterior housing, the exterior housing converts into a wearable article of clothing, such as a shirt, blouse, or a pair of slacks. In some embodiments, the exterior housing may include at least one pair of sleeves coupled to a bodice, wherein the strap is slidably positioned through the pair of sleeves. The bodice may include an opening defining a neckline, such that the exterior housing may be worn as clothing.
US11234506B2	Makeup applicator having a wiper with multiple wiping elements A wiper for a cosmetic vial comprises a monolithic part having a cylindrical section and a cone section concentrically and sequentially arranged, wherein the cylindrical section and the cone section have a central interior hollow space along an axial center, and wherein the cylindrical and the cone sections are formed from stringers arranged into a lattice with openings extending from the interior to the exterior of the cylindrical section and the cone section.
US11234504B2	Systems and cosmetic kits for removing makeup from a region of an eye Systems and cosmetic kits including a formulation for removing eye makeup from a region of an eye; and a brush including a plurality of bristles shaped to apply the formulation to the region of the eye are described. In an example, the system includes a formulation for removing eye makeup from a region of an eye; and a brush including a plurality of bristles shaped to apply the formulation to the region of the eye.
US11234499B2	Gemstone Provided is a gemstone treated with a cut expressing a reflected image pattern not recognized before, wherein the gemstone includes the crown 100 having the table 110 and plural bezel facets 130, and the pavilion 200 having the culet 210 and plural main facets 220; the girdle 300 is formed between the crown 100 and the pavilion 200; a direction of a horizontal component of an inclination direction of the bezel facet 130 from the table 110 to the girdle 300 is set to be different from a direction of a horizontal component of an inclination direction of the main facet 220 from the culet 210 to the girdle 300; and inclination angles of the bezel facet 130 and the main facet 220 are set so that a light that enters the table 110 is reflected by two of the main facets 220 and emitted from the bezel facet 130.
US11234497B2	Two-part connecting ring A ring system having a first ring and a second ring, each ring having an inner circumferential surface, an outer circumferential surface, a first surface and an opposing second surface. The first ring and the second ring each have a fastener on the respective first surfaces and the first ring and the second ring each releasably fasten to each other causing the first surfaces of the rings to abut. Each outer circumferential surface has an outer diameter, the outer diameter being the largest diameter of the outer circumferential surface. The first ring and the second ring each have an edge where the first surface and the outer circumferential surface intersect. The diameter of the edge of the first ring is equal to the outer diameter of the first ring and the diameter of the edge of the second ring is equal to the outer diameter of the second ring.
US11234494B2	Hook fastener with cap cavity A hook fastener includes a stem having two lateral edges, a first surface, and a second surface. A cap extends from an upper end of the stem, and the cap includes an upper surface, a first end, a second end, and a pair of overhanging portions. The upper surface of the cap is sloped between the first end and the second end. The first and second ends are at opposite longitudinal ends of the cap, and each overhanging portion extends in a lateral direction from the stem.
US11234493B2	Seat harness buckle support A seat buckle support includes a base having a thin profile with a width and a length each substantially greater than a depth. The base further includes an inner edge defining an opening. An elongated neck made of a flexible and resilient material includes a proximal end extending from an upper surface of the base. The elongated neck includes a bend adjacent the distal end which disposes the elongated neck at an angle relative to the upper surface. The inner surface of the elongated neck defines a channel running from the distal end to the proximal end. An entrance to the channel aligns with the opening at the upper surface. A seat buckle strap fits through the opening and the channel so that the elongated neck supports the buckle away from the car seat, preventing an individual from sitting on the buckle.
US11234490B2	String winding and unwinding apparatus Embodiments of the present invention provide an apparatus for convenient tightening and loosening of strings such as those found in shoelaces of footwear. The apparatus includes a rotating portion within a base portion. A cover portion, when operated in a first position, provides a ratchet movement that allows rotation in a tightening direction while preventing movement in a loosening direction. When the cover is moved to a second position, the ratchet mechanism disengages, and the strings can then be easily loosened.
US11234489B2	Spring lace ratcheting device The Lace Ratchet System (LRS) is a parallel configuration of two Lace Ratchet Devices (LRD) which facilitate two laces fastening. The LRD has two states: “active” and “inactive”. In the active state the device works as unidirectional lace ratchet allowing the lace to be pulled forwards but restricting any lace motion backwards. After fastening the lace remains fastened until the LRD is switched into inactive state by manually releasing a latch. Each LRD has a turning gate rotatably installed diagonally in a channel with a sharp metallic front end. A resilient plate serves as preloaded spring that keeps the LRD in active position when the spring is not released. The LRD's smooth front end side and smooth channels' floors minimize lace wear. The LRS can be coupled with a clamp which clamps the laces' front ends to prevent dangling. The entire LRS except the blades is made of plastic.
US11234488B2	Shoe upper with floating layer An article of footwear, such as a shoe, includes an upper and a sole. The upper may be formed with an outer layer and a floating textile layer relative to one or more portions of the outer layer. The floating textile layer has an apparent elongation that is less than an apparent elongation of the outer layer in response to an equal tensile force applied to each of the floating textile layer and the outer layer along a same axis of orientation. The differential in apparent elongation of the outer layer and the floating textile layer may increase wearability and functionability of the upper.
US11234485B2	Adjustable foot support systems including fluid-filled bladder chambers Foot support systems, e.g., for articles of footwear, include systems for changing the hardness or firmness of the foot support portion (e.g., of a sole structure) and/or systems for moving (e.g., selectively moving) fluid between various portions of the foot support system.
US11234484B2	Sole structure with bottom-loaded compression A running shoe includes an upper coupled to a sole structure. The sole structure includes a midsole and an outsole. The outsole wraps around a sole structure such that it contacts the midsole. The outer surface of the outsole includes a series of treads or traction elements extending along the bottom and sides of the outsole. With this configuration, when the sole structure contacts an uneven topography, the outsole conforms around the topography, stabilizing the footwear during use.
US11234481B2	Skate A skate (e.g., an ice skate) for a user (e.g., a hockey player). The skate comprises a skate boot for receiving a foot of the user and a skating device (e.g., a blade and a blade holder) disposed beneath the skate boot to engage a skating surface. The skate boot may be designed to better fit the user's foot and/or enhance skating performance of the user, such as by being shaped in accordance with anatomy of toes of the user's foot and/or enhancing integrity of the skate boot.
US11234477B2	Article of footwear incorporating a knitted component for a heel portion of an upper An article of footwear may include an upper and a sole structure secured to the upper. The upper has a knitted component formed of unitary knit construction that includes at least one gore region located in a heel region of the article of footwear. The gore region provides a contoured configuration to the knitted component. In a method of manufacturing, a knitted component may include a first gore region and a plurality of second gore regions, with the first gore region being located in a heel area of the article of footwear and the second gore regions being located adjacent to the sole structure.
US11234474B2	Protective helmet liner apparatus A protective helmet liner apparatus for prevention of head injury, concussions, and brain trauma includes a liner body dimensioned such that a bottom edge sits below a user's skull and a front edge extends from behind the user's ears, over the ears, and across the forehead above the user's eyebrows. A shock-absorptive filling is coupled within the liner body between an inside and an outside of the liner body. A plurality of engagement members comprises a plurality of first engagement members coupled to the outside of the liner body and a plurality of second engagement members coupled to an inner side of a helmet. The first engagement members are selectively engageable with the second engagement members to secure the liner body to the helmet.
US11234470B2	Article of apparel An article of apparel is configured to be worn on a torso of a wearer. The article of apparel includes a plurality of textile panels including a first textile panel and a second textile panel. The first textile panel is spaced apart from the second textile panel to define a gap between the first textile panel and the second textile panel on the article of apparel. An elastic textile material spans the gap and extends from the first textile panel to the second textile panel on the article of apparel. The first textile panel and the second textile panel possess a first elongation value, and the elastic textile material possesses a second elongation value that is greater than the first elongation value.
US11234468B2	Shaping garment with fit-adjustable brassiere portion Designing garments that include brassiere cups can be challenging due to the natural fluctuation of a woman's breast size, as well as a possible disconnect between the size of her breasts and the size of the rest of her body. The high range of size variability places pressure on stores to stock inventories that include great ranges of sizes. This places an inventory risk to the store, since rarer sizes may never sell. The disclosed garment addresses these issues by including a fit-adjustable brassiere portion. The cups of the fit-adjustable brassiere portion include fit-modifying panels that increase their flexibility and elasticity. The rear side of the fit-adjustable brassiere portion includes a back adjuster with highly elastic regions that enables the brassiere portion to fit a broader range of chest sizes. Each of these features give the garment a more universal fit and enable stores to carry fewer sizes.
US11234467B1	Tuck no tuck apparel A versatile tuckless shirt having a flexible body with a hem at its bottom terminal edge. A length of an elastic band shorter than the circumferential length of the hem is fixed within the hem whereby a user may fold the bottom of the shirt upward and into the interior of the shirt body to provide the look of a tucked shirt.
US11234465B2	Heating mechanisms for vaporizers At least one aspect is directed to a system and method for modifying the operational settings of vaporizer devices. An application executed on a client device may render a graphical user interface on a display of the client device for inputting operational settings of a vaporizer device. Once inputted via the user interface of the application, the client device may transmit the operational settings via a network to the vaporizer device. In response to the receipt, the vaporizer device may store and save the operational settings and may adjust the operations of one or more components of the vaporizer device to satisfy the operational settings.
US11234462B2	High-comfort electronic cigarette mouthpiece Embodiments of the present disclosure disclose a high-comfort electronic cigarette mouthpiece. A center of the mouthpiece is provided with a vent penetrating through the mouthpiece. Two ends of the mouthpiece are respectively an air inlet end and an air outlet end, and the cross-section of the mouthpiece gradually decreases from the air inlet end to the air outlet end in a streamlined manner, which is of a date-pit shape, an eye shape, or an oval shape that is pointed at two side portions and bulging in a middle portion. In the embodiments of the present disclosure, the high-comfort electronic cigarette mouthpiece is designed to be of a streamlined shape that is pointed at two side portions and bulging in the middle portion, so that the mouthpiece perfectly matches a gap between closed upper and lower lips, thereby avoiding air leakage as a result of the gap between the upper and lower lips. Moreover, a protruding structure is disposed to further seal a gap between a side around the mouthpiece and the upper and lower lips, thereby improving air tightness between the mouthpiece and the lips.
US11234459B1	Smoking system Described herein are devices, systems, and methods for use during smoking. The systems may include a plurality of pipes or chambers for holding fluid and smoke and a plurality of smoke conduits connecting the chambers to form a continuous flow path for smoke. These techniques may be particularly useful, for example, for cooling and cleaning smoke prior to a user inhaling the smoke and may make a smoking safer and a more pleasurable experience for the user.
US11234457B2	Aerosol delivery system and method of operating the aerosol delivery system An aerosol delivery system includes an inductive heating device and an aerosol-forming article. The aerosol-forming article includes a plurality of aerosol-forming segments and at least two different susceptors. The inductive heating device includes a device housing including a cavity to accommodate at least a portion of the aerosol-forming article including the plurality of aerosol-forming segments, a coil arranged to surround the cavity, an electrical power source, and a power supply electronics connected to the electrical power source and to the coil. The power supply electronics supplies an alternating current to the coil to generate an alternating magnetic field having magnetic field strength and a frequency to, in at least one aerosol-forming segment, generate a thermal power which is greater than the rate of heat loss of this aerosol-forming segment.
US11234456B2	Modified carbon material and method for reducing carbonaceous material ignition temperature A modified carbon material, including a carbonaceous material and a water-insoluble modifier combined with the carbonaceous material, wherein the water-insoluble modifier is CuO, the carbonaceous material is one of or a mixture of biomass carbon or carbon black, a mass of the water-insoluble modifier is being 0.1-10 wt % of the carbonaceous material. The method for preparing the modified carbon material includes: (1) soaking the carbonaceous material in a copper sulfate solution for 5 to 36 hours, and (2) adding an alkali solution into a solution obtained in step (1) to provide a pH value ≥12, and after keeping the pH value for 0.5 to 2 hours, filtering and drying to obtain a solid. (3) using the carbonaceous material as a combustion heat source to reduce the ignition temperature, increase or reduce the peak thermal power temperature.
US11234454B2	Compositions and methods that modulate cholesterol in a companion animal Cholesterol, high-density lipoproteins, and low-density lipoproteins in a companion animal can be improved by adjusting the diet of the animal to increase the amount of a compound which positively or negatively modulates the cholesterol, high-density lipoproteins, or low-density lipoproteins or adjusting the diet of the animal to decrease the amount of a compound which positively or negatively modulates cholesterol, high-density lipoproteins, or low-density lipoproteins.
US11234453B2	Dissolvable micro-ingredient containers and methods for preparing animal feeds using such containers The present invention relates to dissolvable containers for animal feed micro-ingredients, and methods for using such dissolvable containers to prepare an animal feed mixture. Ingredients required in very small amounts with respect to the rest of the components in an animal feed, i.e., micro-ingredients, can be pre-measured and sealed within the dissolvable containers, which can be made from a water-soluble polymer film, then added to the other feed components when the complete animal feed is being prepared.
US11234449B2	Method of printing 3D tempered chocolate A method for printing a three-dimensional crystalline structure such as a chocolate layer wherein, after printing, the material has a desired crystal structure. An embodiment can include printing a liquid first layer of material with a printer onto a second layer of material having a crystal structure. Subsequently, the printed liquid first layer is processed to solidify the first layer. During the processing of the printed liquid first layer, the second layer functions as a crystal seed layer through physical contact with the printed liquid first layer and the second layer crystallizes with the crystal structure.
US11234439B2	Imide compound and use thereof An imide compound represented by formula (I) [wherein R represents a fluorine atom or a hydrogen atom] has excellent control efficacies against plant diseases.
US11234435B2	High osmolarity antimicrobial composition containing one or more organic solvents A composition that can solvate biofilms and disrupt bacterial cell walls acts to both kill the bacteria by cell lysis and remove the biofilm. This solvent-containing composition is effective against a broad spectrum of microbes and can be used on a variety of surfaces, both living and inanimate. The polarity of the solvent component of the composition is lower than that of pure water so that the composition exhibits increased efficacy in solvating the macromolecular matrix of a biofilm and in penetrating bacterial cell walls.
US11234432B2	Folding spray implements having low peak fold height-to-wingspan ratios and agricultural work vehicles including the same Folding spray implements and agricultural work vehicle equipped with folding spray implements are provided. In embodiments, the folding spray implement includes a centerframe assembly, boom assemblies mounted to opposing sides of the centerframe assembly, and an actuation system coupled to the centerframe and boom assemblies. The boom assemblies include, in turn, inner wings pivotally joined to the centerframe assembly for rotation about frame-to-wing fold joints, as well as outer wings pivotally joined to the inner wings for rotation about wing-to-wing fold joints. The actuation system selectively transitions the folding spray implement: (i) from a stowed position in which axes of wing-to-wing fold joints extend principally in horizontal directions; (ii) through an intermediate unfolded position in which the axes of the wing-to-wing fold joints extend principally in vertical directions; and (iii) to a deployed position in which the axes of the wing-to-wing fold joints extend principally in horizontal directions.
US11234430B2	Bedbug detection, monitoring and control techniques One nonlimiting variation of a detection arrangement includes one or more sensors each structured to detect at least one biochemical substance indicative of biochemistry of one or more target insect species and provide a corresponding sensor signal, a controller responsive to the sensor signal of each of the one or more sensors to determine if the one or more insect species are present and generate a corresponding output signal, and an indicator responsive to the output signal to indicate the presence of the one or more insect species.
US11234427B2	Pest detector to identify a type of pest using machine learning In some implementations, a server may receive sensor data from a plurality of detectors, including receiving first sensor data from a first detector and second sensor data from a second detector. The server may use the sensor data to retrain a detector-based machine learning algorithm to create an updated detector-based machine learning algorithm. The server may send the updated detector-based machine learning algorithm to the first detector and the second detector. For example, the updated machine learning algorithm may be trained to identify at least one pest that the machine learning algorithm is incapable of identifying.
US11234423B2	Double brake structure, low-profile reel, and fishing tackle A double brake structure includes a line reel rotatably provided, at least one set of centrifugal pin, a centrifugal brake ring movably provided in the centrifugal brake ring, a centrifugal assembly for making the centrifugal pin be close to an inner wall of the centrifugal brake ring and making the centrifugal pin rotate in the centrifugal brake ring when the line reel is rotating, and for automatically adjusting the kinetic friction force between the centrifugal pin and the inner wall of the centrifugal brake ring according to the speed of the line reel when the centrifugal pin contacts with the inner wall of the centrifugal brake ring, and a magnetic brake mechanism for adjusting the speed of the line reel. The present disclosure is easy to use with stable brake performance, and can achieve the function of automatic compensatory braking.
US11234421B2	Genetically modified non-human animal with human or chimeric IL15 The present disclosure relates to genetically modified non-human animals that express a human or chimeric (e.g., humanized) IL15, and methods of use thereof.
US11234419B2	Mice that make heavy chain antibodies Genetically modified non-human animals and methods and compositions for making and using them are provided, wherein the genetic modification comprises a deletion in an immunoglobulin constant region CH1 gene (optionally a deletion in a hinge region) of an IgG, IgA, IgD, and/or IgE, and wherein the mouse is capable of expressing a functional IgM. Genetically modified mice are described, including mice having a functional IgM gene and modified to have a deletion of a CH1 domain and a hinge region in a heavy chain constant domain that is not an IgM, e.g., in an IgG heavy chain constant domain. Genetically modified mice that make human variable/mouse constant chimeric heavy chain antibodies (antibodies that lack a light chain), fully mouse heavy chain antibodies, or fully human heavy chain antibodies are provided.
US11234418B2	Genetically modified cells, tissues, and organs for treating disease Genetically modified cells, tissues, and organs for treating or preventing diseases are disclosed. Also disclosed are methods of making the genetically modified cells and non-human animals.
US11234415B2	Toy for stimulating the intelligence of dogs A toy for stimulating the intelligence of dogs has a basic body into which food rewards can be introduced. Movable panels define different functional levels. The panels have apertures and are arranged one above the other in the body. Two top sub-panels that close of the upper side of the body can be pushed apart from one another by the dog's paw. An access panel underneath has retaining bracket which allows the dog's paw to lift it out in the upward direction. Retaining pins pass through apertures in the panel. A sliding panel, which is underneath, has an oblong opening through which likewise removable arresting pins and special arresting pins can pass. The sliding panel can only be displaced by the dog and drawn out of the body in order for the food reward to be exposed to the dog after the locking and arresting pins have been removed.
US11234414B2	Animal marking system The invention relates to an animal marking system (1) provided with a drive device (10) and an animal marking fluid sprayer (2), the drive device (10) comprising an electric motor (11) associated with a transmission system (12), the transmission system receiving an initial torque from the electric motor (11), amplifying the received initial torque and transmitting the amplified torque to a drive shaft (3), the drive shaft (3) applying the amplified torque to actuate the animal marking fluid sprayer (2), the animal marking system (1) being able to be applied in extensive rural territory, where there is not a wide availability to use mechanisms that require high drive voltages.
US11234410B2	Pet litter having an activated carbon layer and methods of making the litter A method of making absorbent granules can include mixing activated carbon with a liquid and a binder to form a slurry; applying the slurry to particles of absorbent core material to at least partially coat the particles of the core material with a first distinct layer containing the activated carbon; and applying a clumping agent to the first distinct layer to at least partially coat the first distinct layer with a second distinct layer containing the clumping agent. The absorbent granules can be used as a deodorizer and/or a pet litter, and each of the absorbent granules can include an absorbent core, a first distinct layer containing activated carbon, and a second distinct layer containing a clumping agent such that the first distinct layer is between an outer surface of the absorbent core and an inner surface of the second distinct layer.
US11234408B2	Pepper variety NUN 89007 PPS The disclosure provides a new and distinct pepper variety NUN 89007 PPS as well as seeds and plants and fruits thereof. NUN 89007 PPS is an orange, mini sweet pointed sweet pepper variety for the snacking segment, comprising resistance to Pepper Mild Mottle Virus (PMMoV) Pathotype 0 and/or to Potato Y Virus Pathotype 0 and Pathotype 1.
US11234406B1	Soybean cultivar 98010818 A soybean cultivar designated 98010818 is disclosed. The invention relates to the seeds of soybean cultivar 98010818, to the plants of soybean cultivar 98010818, to the plant parts of soybean cultivar 98010818, and to methods for producing progeny of soybean cultivar 98010818. 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 98010818. The invention also relates to methods for producing other soybean cultivars, lines, or plant parts derived from soybean cultivar 98010818, 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 98010818 with another soybean cultivar.
US11234399B1	Plants and seeds of hybrid corn variety CH011060 According to the invention, there is provided seed and plants of the hybrid corn variety designated CH011060. The invention thus relates to the plants, seeds and tissue cultures of the variety CH011060, and to methods for producing a corn plant produced by crossing a corn plant of variety CH011060 with itself or with another corn plant, such as a plant of another variety. The invention further relates to genetic complements of plants of variety CH011060.
US11234397B1	Plants and seeds of hybrid corn variety CH011145 According to the invention, there is provided seed and plants of the hybrid corn variety designated CH011145. The invention thus relates to the plants, seeds and tissue cultures of the variety CH011145, and to methods for producing a corn plant produced by crossing a corn plant of variety CH011145 with itself or with another corn plant, such as a plant of another variety. The invention further relates to genetic complements of plants of variety CH011145.
US11234396B1	Maize inbred 2DLIQ1122 A novel maize variety designated 2DLIQ1122 and seed, plants and plant parts thereof are provided. Methods for producing a maize plant comprise crossing maize variety 2DLIQ1122 with another maize plant are provided. Methods for producing a maize plant containing in its genetic material one or more traits introgressed into 2DLIQ1122 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 2DLIQ1122 or a locus conversion of 2DLIQ1122 with another maize variety.
US11234395B1	Maize inbred 1DLIB1002 A novel maize variety designated 1DLIB1002 and seed, plants and plant parts thereof are provided. Methods for producing a maize plant comprise crossing maize variety 1DLIB1002 with another maize plant are provided. Methods for producing a maize plant containing in its genetic material one or more traits introgressed into 1DLIB1002 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 1DLIB1002 or a locus conversion of 1DLIB1002 with another maize variety.
US11234394B2	Hybrid sweet corn plant named HMX59YS718 A novel hybrid sweet corn plant, designated HMX59YS718 is disclosed. The invention relates to the seeds of hybrid sweet corn designated HMX59YS718, to the plants and plant parts of hybrid sweet corn designated HMX59YS718, and to methods for producing a sweet corn plant by crossing the hybrid sweet corn HMX59YS718 with itself or another sweet corn plant.
US11234390B2	Lettuce variety NUN 08208 LTL A new and distinct lettuce variety NUN 08208 LTL is disclosed as well as seeds and plants and heads or leaves thereof. Lettuce variety NUN 08208 LTL is a leaf lettuce variety of the Frillice type, comprising resistance to Bremia lactucae B1:16-36EU.
US11234389B2	Nucleotide sequences mutated by insertion that encode a truncated oleate desaturase protein, proteins, methods and uses Isolated nucleotide sequences mutated by insertion encoding a truncated sunflower oleate desaturase protein, truncated protein, methods, procedures and uses. The isolated nucleotide sequences comprise an insertion that includes a stop codon, and wherein the sequences encode a truncated sunflower oleate desaturase protein. The truncated sunflower oleate desaturase protein may be for example the sequence shown in SEQ ID No: 1 or SEQ ID No: 2.
US11234386B2	Celery cultivar TBG 40 A celery cultivar, designated TBG 40, is disclosed. The invention relates to the seeds of celery cultivar TBG 40, to the plants of celery cultivar TBG 40 and to methods for producing a celery plant by crossing the cultivar TBG 40 with itself or another celery cultivar. The invention further relates to methods for producing a celery plant containing in its genetic material one or more transgenes and to the transgenic celery plants and plant parts produced by those methods. This invention also relates to celery cultivars or breeding cultivars and plant parts derived from celery cultivar TBG 40, to methods for producing other celery cultivars, lines or plant parts derived from celery cultivar TBG 40 and to the celery plants, varieties, and their parts derived from the use of those methods. The invention further relates to hybrid celery seeds, plants, and plant parts produced by crossing cultivar TBG 40 with another celery cultivar.
US11234385B2	Tessellated ceramic apparatus for plant growth A tessellated ceramic apparatus for plant growth is set forth devised to support germination and plant growth upon an exterior surface. Water moves under osmotic pressure from a water storage volume disposed in osmotic communication with the ceramic, through the ceramic to become available water at the exterior surface. A graduated cross-section regulates water flow from a water storage volume through to the exterior surface along a pressure gradient exerted by the water head. Plant growth is facilitated within a plurality of tessellated indentations disposed upon the exterior surface and growth may be restricted from areas of the exterior surface by application of gloss, glaze, sealants and/or other surface features that may blend design elements to augment and support a living design.
US11234367B2	Systems and methods for adjusting a flexible cutter bar assembly An agricultural system includes an arm configured to rotate about a pivot joint and to support a portion of a cutter bar assembly, a fluid-filled biasing member slidingly coupled to the arm, an actuator coupled to the fluid-filled biasing member, a fluid pressure sensor configured to measure a fluid pressure in the fluid-filled biasing member, and a controller communicatively coupled to the actuator. The controller is configured to receive an input signal from the fluid pressure sensor indicative of the fluid pressure and to output an output signal to instruct the actuator to adjust a connection point between the fluid-filled biasing member and the arm based on the input signal.
US11234365B2	Baffles for mower deck A mower deck includes a top deck, a front wall, a rear wall opposite the front wall and a first side wall. The first side wall extends between the front and rear walls. A front baffle assembly extends downwardly from the top deck. The front baffle assembly extends from the first side wall toward a discharge opening that is positioned between the front and rear walls at a discharge side of the top deck. The front baffle assembly is configured to urge cut grass and debris toward the discharge opening. A discharge baffle is positioned proximate a rear end of the discharge opening and extends downwardly from the top deck. The discharge baffle and the rear wall define a discharge gap. The discharge gap is positioned on an opposite side of the discharge baffle from the discharge opening. The discharge gap is configured to allow airflow into the mower deck.
US11234359B2	Method and device for soil moisture retrieval using multi-channel collaborative algorithm and passive microwave radiometry A method for soil moisture retrieval using multi-channel collaboration algorithm and passive microwave radiometry including: establishing mathematical relationship formula between brightness temperatures at any two channels according to microwave radiative transfer equation; collecting actual brightness temperatures of core channel and collaborative channels; selecting parameters to be retrieved including soil moisture value; giving a series of estimated values of parameters to be retrieved, calculating a series of predicted brightness temperatures of collaborative channels according to actual brightness temperature of core channel, microwave radiative transfer equation and mathematical relationship formula, comparing predicted brightness temperatures with actual brightness temperature, and determining soil moisture value.
US11234356B2	Traveling route setting device Provided are a work region setting portion which sets, within a traveling region, a work region for a working vehicle to perform predetermined work; and a traveling route setting portion which sets, within the traveling region, a target traveling route to make the working vehicle travel automatically. The traveling route setting portion includes: an initial route generation portion which generates an initial route based on a trajectory formed by the working vehicle traveling in the traveling region; a work route generation portion which generates work routes arranged in a parallel arrangement direction orthogonal to an extension direction; and a connection route generation portion which generates connection routes connecting, at either side of the work region, routes adjacent in the parallel arrangement direction among the initial route and the work routes. The target traveling route including the initial route, the work routes, and the connection routes is thereby set.
US11240950B2	Component mounting apparatus The image including both of the component and the nozzle that is being lowered toward the component is captured. The target height at which the nozzle is stopped in the mounting process is controlled based on this image. This enables the target height at the time of lowering the nozzle toward the component to be controlled regardless of a flow rate of air sucked from the nozzle.
US11240947B2	Carrier tape system and components and methods of use The current disclosure describes carrier tape systems, which include a cover tape having adhesion areas and non-adhesion areas which are substantially free of adhesive. Methods for supplying semiconductor devices to an apparatus, which in operation, places the semiconductor devices at desired locations are also described. Methods of forming a semiconductor device carrier system are also described.
US11240943B2	Ceramic coated flow channels for electrical isolation and thermal transfer The disclosed concept relates to electrical isolation between power electronic and cooling and/or mounting components and, in particular, a ceramic layer disposed on one or more portions of the cooling and/or mounting components to provide electrical isolation, as well as, a thermally conductive path to remove heat produced by the power electronic component.
US11240942B2	Control of ionic cooling in wireless charging systems In accordance with some embodiments of the present invention, an ion cooling engine (ICE) controlled by a transmitting or receiving device cools a transmit or receive coil and possibly other parts of a wireless power transmitter or receiver system. In some embodiments, the ICE includes a low-voltage circuit controlled by the transmitting device and coupled to a high voltage circuit that generates the airflow. Other features are also provided.
US11240939B2	Heat dissipation control method, apparatus, and device A heat dissipation control method includes determining a total power consumption of a heat generating component and a heat dissipating component, determining a heat dissipation parameter based on the total power consumption of the heat generating component and the heat dissipating component, and controlling an operating state of the heat dissipating component based on the heat dissipation parameter.
US11240936B2	Rack arrangement for a data center A rack arrangement for a data center includes at least one row of racks including a plurality of computer racks and an air handler rack. Each computer rack includes a computer rack frame including a housing unit for housing computer equipment. The air handler rack includes an air handler rack frame, a heat exchanger and at least one fan. The at least one fan is configured for pulling air into the air handler rack via an air inlet side and discharging air via an air outlet side of the air handler rack, directing air through the heat exchanger. An air inlet side of any one of the computer racks and the air outlet side of the air handler rack are on a cold aisle side of the at least one row of racks. At least one selected rack is stacked atop the air handler rack.
US11240932B1	Cold plate This technology relates to a cooling system for reducing the amount of heat within a sensor housing. The system comprising a cold plate containing an interior liquid cooling channel containing a cooling fluid, a heat exchanger attached to the cold plate, and at least one fan configured to generate an air flow loop. The heat exchanger is configured to draw heat from the air flow loop and pass the drawn heat to the cold plate, which in turn, passes the drawn heat to the cooling liquid.
US11240925B1	System and method for long cable management and plug protection system A cable management system for a cable in a dock capable of physical connection with an information handling system. The cable management system is configured such that rotation of a bottom cover in a first direction engages a gear and rotates a plurality of gears to extend the cable from the dock and rotation of the bottom cover in an opposite direction disengages one or more of the gears, wherein rotation of the bottom cover retracts the cable and friction forces apply tension to the cable to prevent the cable from tangling during retraction. A plug protection system covers the plug when the cable is retracted to protect the plug and uncovers the plug to allow extension of the cable for physically connection of the plug into a port in an information handling system.
US11240923B2	Flexible display device The present application provides a flexible display device, including a housing, at least one winding mechanism, a flexible display screen and at least one stretching mechanism. When the flexible display screen is in a first state, the stretching mechanism pulls the winding mechanism to pull the flexible display screen out of the winding mechanism; when the flexible display screen is in a second state, the stretching mechanism pulls the winding mechanism to receive the flexible display screen into the winding mechanism. The flexible display device is smaller in size by winding the flexible display screen in the housing.
US11240921B2	Display device and electronic device including the same Various embodiments of the disclosure relate to a display device and an electronic device including the same, and for example, to a display device with a filler flow restricting structure for preventing and/or reducing part of a filler from projecting to the outside of the display device in the process of manufacturing the display device and an electronic device including the same. According to an embodiment, a display device comprises a window, a first substrate spaced apart from the window member to define a space, an optical adhesive disposed between the window and the first substrate and configured to attach the window with the first substrate, and a filler flow restricting structure disposed in the space between the window member and the first substrate and formed in a specified area of the first substrate.
US11240916B2	Electronic device, method and apparatus for producing an electronic device, and composition therefor An electronic device, a method and apparatus for producing an electronic device, and a composition therefor are disclosed. An adhesive material is applied in a first pattern on a surface of a receiver substrate. A carrier having a metal foil disposed thereon is brought into contact with the first substrate such that a portion of the metal foil contacts the adhesive material. The adhesive material includes a first polymer, a second polymer, and a conductive carbon black dispersion, and is activated using at least one of mechanical pressure and heat while the portion of the metal foil is in contact with the adhesive material. The first substrate and the second substrate are separated, whereby the portion of the metal foil is transferred to the first substrate. The adhesive is electrically conductive to maximize the possibility of maintaining electrical connectivity even when there is a break in the metal foil.
US11240910B2	Heat dissipation structure and electronic device A heat dissipation structure applied to an electronic device includes a circuit board assembly, a pipe, a refrigerant fluid, and a water pump. The circuit board assembly is provided with a receiving chamber therein, an inlet, and an outlet. Each of the inlet and the outlet communicates with the receiving chamber. The pipe and the receiving chamber together form a liquid channel. The refrigerant fluid is received in the liquid channel. The water pump communicates with the pipe and is configured to circulate the refrigerant fluid in the liquid channel to remove heat from the circuit board assembly.
US11240909B2	Antenna device An antenna device includes an antenna, a first ground conductor, and an artificial magnetic conductor. The artificial magnetic conductor is sandwiched between the antenna and the first ground conductor, and separated from the antenna and the first ground conductor. The first ground conductor includes a first cutaway part on one end side, the first cutaway part having a substantially rectangular shape.
US11240901B2	Auto detection of type of device using single wire two-way communication A dimmer switch system for dimming a load includes a master dimmer structured to be electrically connected to a power source and the load and to control dimming of the load by regulating power provided from the power source to the load, and at least one accessory dimmer structured to be electrically connected to the master dimmer via a traveler conductor. The master dimmer is structured to generate a first control signal on the traveler conductor to indicate a type of the master dimmer, and the at least one accessory dimmer is structured to selectively enable or disable one or more functions of the at least one accessory dimmer based on the type of the master dimmer.
US11240896B2	Automatic configuration of a load control system A control module is able to be installed with electrical devices, such as, for example electrical loads (e.g., lighting loads) and/or load regulation devices. The control module may determine whether an LED driver for an LED light source is responsive to one or more of a plurality of control techniques. The control module may be able to automatically determine an appropriate control technique to use to control the connected LED driver and/or LED light source. The control module may sequentially attempt to control the LED driver and/or LED light source using each of the plurality of control techniques and determine if the LED driver and/or LED light source is responsive to the present control technique. The plurality of control techniques may include one or more analog control techniques and one or more digital control techniques.
US11240895B2	Hybrid driving scheme for RGB color tuning A device includes an analog current division circuit configured to divide an input current into a first current and a second current, and a multiplexer array including a plurality of switches to provide the first current to a first of three colors of LEDs and the second current to a second of three colors of LEDs simultaneously during a first portion of a period, the first current to the second of three colors of LEDs and the second current to a third of three colors of LEDs simultaneously during a second portion of the period, and the first current to the first of three colors of LEDs and the second current to the third of three colors of LEDs simultaneously during a third portion of the period.
US11240894B2	Drive circuit, light emitting device, distance measurement apparatus, and mobile body A drive circuit includes a plurality of capacitors; a plurality of first interrupters configured to select paths through which electric charges are supplied to the plurality of capacitors; and a plurality of second interrupters configured to select paths through which the plurality of capacitors supply electric charges to a plurality of light emitting elements. In a case where the first interrupters are controlled and an electric charge is stored in a capacitor corresponding to one light emitting element included in the plurality of light emitting elements to selectively turn on the one light emitting element, at least while an electric charge is supplied to a light emitting element to be turned on, one second interrupter coupled to a path through which an electric charge is supplied to a light emitting element not to be turned on interrupts the path.
US11240887B2	Keypad interface for programming a load control system A control device for power delivered to electrical loads in a load control system via respective load control devices may comprise a programming user interface for programming the operation of the load control system. The control device may be configured to select one or more load control devices in response to successive actuations of a programming button of the programming interface. The control device may be configured to controllably illuminate visual indicators of the programming interface to indicate which of the load control devices is selected in response to successive actuations of the programming button. The control device may transmit programming information to the load control devices. The programming information may determine which of the load control devices are responsive to a digital message transmitted on the digital communication link.
US11240884B2	Inductive heating device, aerosol-generating system comprising an inductive heating device and method of operating the same An inductive heating device, an aerosol-generating system, and a method of operating the device are provided. The device is configured to receive an aerosol-generating article including an aerosol-forming substrate and a susceptor, and to heat the susceptor when the article is received by the device, the device including a DC power supply; and power supply electronics configured to supply power to the inductor in a plurality of pulses separated by time intervals, for heating the susceptor when the article is received by the device, the pulses including two or more heating pulses and one or more probing pulses between successive heating pulses, and to control a duration of a time interval between the successive heating pulses based on one or more measurements of the current supplied from the DC power supply in one or more of the one or more probing pulses.
US11240883B2	Conductive convective climate controlled seat A climate controlled assembly includes a support member having a first surface configured to support an occupant, a channel within the support, the channel extending from the first surface through a portion of the support, a thermoelectric device positioned within the channel, a heat exchanger conductively coupled to a first side of the thermoelectric device, the heat exchanger positioned within the channel and a flexible conductive member conductively coupled to a second side of the thermoelectric device, a portion of the flexible conductive member extending along the first surface of the support member.
US11240875B2	Wireless communication apparatus, communication method, and integrated circuit A BSS to which a destination wireless communication apparatus of a physical layer frame belongs is identified, and accuracy of preamble detection is improved by changing a reception operation. A wireless communication apparatus includes a reception unit that detects a frame including information for identifying a BSS, and a control unit that switches between a first operation in a case where the frame is a frame which is associated with a BSS to which the wireless communication apparatus belongs and a second operation in a case where the frame is a frame which is not associated with the BSS to which the wireless communication apparatus belongs. Carrier sensing is not performed in the first operation, and the carrier sensing is performed in the second operation.
US11240874B2	Data transmission method and device A data transmission method includes: receiving a first indication message from a base station, the first indication message including first information indicating a PDCP packet duplication function and at least two transmission entities configured for a radio bearer (RB) by the base station; setting a transmission function corresponding to the RB as the PDCP packet duplication function according to the first indication message; setting a transmission entity corresponding to the RB according to the at least two transmission entities indicated in the first indication message; setting a present state of the PDCP packet duplication function, the present state including an active state and an inactive state; and performing data transmission according to the present state and the transmission entity.
US11240865B2	Method for dynamically adjusting a Bluetooth connection interval applied to ECG measuring instrument A method for dynamically adjusting a Bluetooth connection interval applied to an ECG measuring instrument includes: S1. initializing a Bluetooth module in a slave machine of the ECG measuring instrument, which enters an executable working status after self-inspection; S2. setting a Bluetooth system connection status based on a system status marking event sent from the slave machine to a master machine; S3. according to the connection status determined in step S2, the master machine and the slave machine entering a low-speed connection status after they complete data transmission in a high-speed connection status; S4. implementing interrupt processing between the master machine and the slave machine if no data transmission occurs between the master machine and the slave machine over 2 ms; and S5. going back to step S2 if the connection needs to be restored.
US11240859B2	Method and apparatus for multi-RAT access mode operation A method and apparatus for multiple radio access technology (multi-RAT) access mode operation for a wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU) are disclosed. A WTRU and a network may enable a multi-RAT access mode of operation based on at least one of WTRU subscription, a service agreement of the WTRU, a roaming status of the WTRU, a selected access point name (APN), an Internet protocol (IP) flow class, a subscriber profile identity for the WTRU, requested quality of service, or a proximity indication indicating proximity to a cell supporting multi-RAT access mode. The WTRU may send a capability indication of support of multi-RAT access to a network, wherein the multi-RAT access mode is enabled based on the capability indication. A partial handover of bearers may be performed. In performing the handover, the target cell is determined based on a priority rule.
US11240857B2	Wireless link pairing authentication Systems and methods include a medical device that matches an identifier received over its optical channel and associated with a control device within a line-of-sight of the medical device with an identifier received over its wireless channel and that automatically pairs with the control device associated with the matching identifier over its wireless channel, as well as, a control device that matches an identifier received over its optical channel and associated with a medical device within a line-of-sight of the control device with an identifier received over its wireless channel and that automatically pairs with the medical device associated with the matching identifier over its wireless channel, as well as, a first device and a second device that automatically pair over a wireless channel based on a location identifier received over an optical channel from a transmitter within a line-of-sight of the first device and the second device.
US11240856B2	Access point name determination for mission critical services A method for determining an access point name (APN) for mission critical services includes determining, at a user equipment (UE), APN information of a packet data network (PDN) based on at least one of a mission critical organization name, a registered public land mobile network identifier, or a home public land mobile network identifier currently associated with the UE; and connecting to the PDN based on the determined APN information.
US11240852B2	Network apparatus for designing collision avoidance and method for controlling the same Disclosed herein is a network apparatus for designing collision avoidance and a method for controlling the same. The network apparatus for designing collision avoidance includes a plurality of controllers, and a main controller configured to generate a plurality of transmission schedule tables on the basis of transmission data for the plurality of controllers, perform real-time monitoring, and select and change one of the plurality of the transmission schedule tables for collision avoidance.
US11240850B2	Method and apparatus for handling MSGA retransmissions during two step random access procedures 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 the Internet of things (IoT). The present disclosure may be applied to intelligent services based on 5G communication technology and 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. The present disclosure provides a method and apparatus for handling message A retransmission during 2 step random access procedures.
US11240846B2	Anonymous collection of directional transmissions A method for communication includes detecting, at a first station in a wireless network, a beacon transmitted over the wireless network by a second station having multiple antennas. In response to the beacon, a request-to-send (RTS) frame is transmitted over the wireless network using a multi-carrier modulation scheme from the first station to the second station. The first station receives a clear-to-send (CTS) frame transmitted over the wireless network, in response to the RTS frame, by the second station via the multiple antennas using the multi-carrier modulation scheme, and estimates an angle of transmission from the second station to the first station based on the received CTS frame.
US11240839B2	Feedback transmissions using uplink shared channel Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications provide for feedback transmissions using an uplink shared channel. A user equipment (UE) may transmit feedback to a base station using physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH) resources. The base station may transmit an uplink grant to the UE indicating a set of resources for uplink data transmissions. The base station may subsequently transmit a downlink grant for the UE. Based on monitoring resources indicated by the downlink grant, the UE may generate feedback indicating the success of receiving or decoding the PDSCH transmission. The UE may transmit the feedback to the base station on the PUSCH resources. In some cases, the UE may transmit both the feedback for the PDSCH transmission received after the uplink grant and for a second PDSCH transmission received prior to the uplink grant using PUSCH resources.
US11240828B2	Methods for adapting over-the-air synchronization to radio conditions Embodiments include methods, in a base station operating in a wireless communications network, for over-the-air synchronization with a cell served by a further base station. Such methods include receiving time synchronization information and muting availability information associated with a plurality of further base stations serving a plurality of cells. Such methods also include determining that a cell served by a first further base station is a preferred synchronization source cell for the base station, and sending, to one or more second further base stations, respective requests to activate muting in one or more of the cells served by the second further base stations. Embodiments include complementary methods performed by a further base station, and base stations configured to perform operations corresponding to the exemplary methods.
US11240819B2	User terminal and radio communication method A terminal is disclosed including a receiver that receives information on a control resource set including a candidate of a downlink control channel, and a processor that assumes a resource corresponding to the downlink control channel is an unavailable resource for downlink data when the control resource set overlaps with the downlink data. In other aspects, a radio communication method for a terminal is also disclosed.
US11240810B2	Method of operating terminal in wireless communication system and the terminal A method of operating a terminal is provided. The method includes: selecting a first pattern as a pattern of a reception beam; searching for cells in the wireless communication system using the reception beam of the first pattern; determining a first candidate group including at least one candidate for a beam pattern pair with the first pattern of the reception beam, wherein each of the at least one candidate corresponds to a transmission beam pattern and a cell; determining whether to decode a physical broadcast channel received from a first candidate of the first candidate group; decoding the PBCH based on the determining; and selecting one of the transmission beam patterns for the beam pattern pair with the first pattern of the reception beam from the first candidate group based on the decoding.
US11240808B2	Method and arrangement for identity collection Methods and arrangements are disclosed for collecting subscriber identity. A cell is formed for carrying out communications with mobile devices. A channel bandwidth indication is transmitted and indicates to cellular mobile devices the formed cell utilizes bandwidth identical to the bandwidth utilized in neighboring real cells. A downlink radio channel power level on a given continuous channel subset of the indicated channel bandwidth is provided. A communication request from a cellular mobile device is received and radio resources allocated to the cellular mobile device from the given continuous channel subset of the indicated channel bandwidth. A subscriber identity of the cellular mobile device is received from the cellular mobile device.
US11240804B2	Frequency location indexing for a wideband component carrier A method, system, and device for resource block (RB) indexing in a user equipment (UE) is provided. In an embodiment, the method includes obtaining, at the UE, a UE-independent frequency reference point. The method also includes determining, by the UE, a UE-independent index of an RB according to the UE-independent frequency reference point.
US11240801B2	Dynamic resource management An access node may monitor for uplink and downlink resource release indications signaled by a parent access node and a child access node prior to scheduling a released resource. In some cases (e.g., when the child node is capable of half-duplex communications), the parent access node may determine to release a resource, and the child access node may determine to release a hard resource (e.g., a child node controlled resource). Receiving uplink and downlink resource release indications may enable the access node to schedule communication with the child node via a soft resource (e.g., a parent node controlled resource). Other aspects of the described techniques are directed to feedback support for a slot format indicator (SFI). The feedback from the access node may accept or reject the SFI based on an impact the SFI has on scheduling via a child link established with a child node of the access node.
US11240799B2	Method and device for indicating resource allocation Embodiments of the disclosure provide a method and device for indicating time domain resource allocation. The method comprises: determining time information of a resource region based on numerology information of the resource region, the resource region being allocated for transmitting data to a terminal device; and transmitting the time information to the terminal device to enable the terminal device to receive the data on the resource region.
US11240794B2	Method for indicating PDSCH receiving information, data receiving method, and apparatus This application discloses a method for indicating PDSCH receiving information, a data receiving method, and an apparatus. According to this application, a network device generates first indication information, where the first indication information is used to indicate physical downlink shared channel PDSCH receiving information, and the PDSCH receiving information includes information identical to physical downlink control channel PDCCH receiving information; and the network device transmits the first indication information over a PDCCH. This application can be used to improve efficiency of indicating PDSCH receiving information, thereby improving PDSCH receiving performance.
US11240786B2	Communication method, network device and terminal The present invention provides a communication method, network device and terminal, to improve the flexible in transmitting the PUCCH. A communication method is provided, which comprises: determining, by a network device, one or more first slots to be configured for a terminal to carry a first Physical Uplink Control Channel, PUCCH; and, sending, by the network device, a first piece of information to the terminal, to configure the terminal to carry the first PUCCH in the one or more first slots.
US11240783B2	V2X transmission resource selecting method implemented by terminal in wireless communication system and terminal using same The present invention provides a V2X operation method implemented by a V2X (vehicle-to-X) terminal in a wireless communication system, the method characterized by: if a V2X transmission operation and a wide area network (WAN) transmission operation overlap in a time domain, determining whether or not the V2X transmission operation and the WAN transmission operation are performed on a same carrier; and performing the V2X transmission operation on the basis of the determination, wherein, if the V2X transmission operation and the WAN transmission operation are performed on different carriers, the V2X transmission operation is performed on the basis of a transmission power applied to the V2X transmission operation or, if the V2X transmission operation and the WAN transmission operation are performed on the same carrier, the V2X transmission operation is performed on the basis of a priority applied to the V2X transmission operation.
US11240781B2	Communication method, terminal apparatus, and access network apparatus A communication method, a terminal device, and an access network device are provided. The method includes: the terminal device receives a first message sent by an access network device; and the terminal device determines a paging type according to the first message. The terminal device includes an input interface and a processor, wherein the input interface is used for receiving a first message sent by an access network device; and the processor is used for determining a paging type according to the first message.
US11240778B2	Configurable quality metric for positioning measurements Disclosed are techniques for wireless communication. In an aspect, a network node performs one or more positioning measurements of one or more types of positioning measurements of one or more reference signals, and reports, to a positioning entity, the one or more positioning measurements and one or more measurement quality values representing a measurement quality of the one or more positioning measurements, the one or more measurement quality values based on measurement quality reporting parameters, wherein the measurement quality reporting parameters comprise a minimum error value, a maximum error value, a number of bits used for the one or more measurement quality values, a scaling function or an identifier of the scaling function, or any combination thereof.
US11240772B2	Out-of-synchronization processing method, intermediate communication apparatus, and communication system An out-of-synchronization processing method implemented in an intermediate communication apparatus includes obtaining synchronization information for synchronizing with a downstream communication apparatus, and performing a search for an upstream communication apparatus and a communication with the downstream communication apparatus. A parameter is adjusted according to the synchronization information during the communication with the downstream communication apparatus.
US11240768B2	Method of controlling maximum output power of a transmitter of an unmanned aerial vehicle A method (10) of controlling maximum output power of a transmitter (23) of an unmanned aerial vehicle (2) is disclosed. The method (10) is performed by the unmanned aerial vehicle (2) and comprises obtaining (11) information about its height h over ground, and adapting (12) maximum allowed output power based on the obtained information about the height h over ground. A corresponding method in a network node, an unmanned aerial vehicle, a network node, computer programs and computer program products are also disclosed.
US11240764B2	Method for improving the performance of an uplink non-orthogonal multiple access method A method for improving performance of an uplink non-orthogonal multiple access system under imperfect received user power control. The method is based on a plurality of user-specific transmitter filters assigned to a plurality of users. At a transmitter of each user, a signal to be transmitted according to the uplink non-orthogonal multiple access (NOMA) method is filtered by a unique filter assigned to a corresponding user, and then a baseband-to-RF processing is performed onto a symbol sequence to generate a transmitted signal. Each user transmits their respective signal using a same time-frequency resource, and receiver receives a superimposed signal which is transmitted through a plurality of respective uplink channels under imperfect received power control. An RF-to-baseband conversion is applied onto a received superimposed signal. Then, a receiver signal detection module; including an interference-cancellation multi-user detector detects each user data using knowledge of a plurality of transmitter filters of each user.
US11240744B2	Method for charging data of an application routed on a slice of a communication network A method for fee-charging data of an application transmitted on a section of a communication network, implemented in a device for accessing the network. The method includes: detecting an activation of the application; transmitting an identification message including information relating to the identification of the application intended for an entity for managing sections of the network; receiving, from the entity for managing sections of the network, a notification message including at least one identifier of a section of the network and of fee-charging parameters associated with the at least one identifier; and, depending on the received message, initializing the fee-charging of the data of the application.
US11240743B2	Storing Wi-Fi and cellular tower database to assist cellular network system selection A method of selecting a cellular network includes storing a location database in a memory of a mobile device, the location database providing location data for one or more locations each identified by a unique identifier, in response to recognizing the identifier, determining a current location of the mobile device by looking up the identifier in the database, prioritizing bands based on the current location to define a band priority, and selecting the cellular network based on the band priority.
US11240738B2	Base station, terminal, and communication method In a base station, a setting unit for setting the number of detections sets at least one search space that includes plural control channel candidates to be targets of detection of a control signal in a terminal, and a transmission unit transmits the control signal that is mapped on any of the plural control channel candidates in the search space. Here, the number of detections in the search space by the terminal is determined based on settings of the terminal.
US11240735B2	Communication system There is provided a method comprising: determining the occurrence of a change in System Information; determining whether or not the System Information was transmitted to a user equipment by at least one network apparatus during a time period immediately prior to determining said occurrence; and causing an indication of the occurrence of said change to be transmitted to the user equipment when it is determined that the System Information was transmitted to the user equipment within the time period.
US11240733B2	Access control in connected mode, idle mode, and inactive state Certain aspects of the present disclosure relate to methods and apparatus for enabling access control in a connected mode, idle mode, and an inactive state. An exemplary method generally includes receiving access control information associated with one or more services used by the UE for communicating with the wireless communications network, receiving a request to transmit traffic using the one or more services, checking a type of the traffic against the access control information, and scheduling the traffic for transmission if the type of the traffic satisfies one or more criteria in the access control information based on the checking.
US11240731B2	Controlling data communication quality in software-defined heterogenous multi-hop ad hoc networks Methods, devices and systems that use a control channel to coordinate quality of data communications in software-defined heterogenous multi-hop ad hoc networks are described. In some embodiments, an example apparatus for wireless communication in a network includes performing, using a control plane, network management functions over a control channel that has a first bandwidth, implements a frequency-hopping operation, and operates at in a first frequency band, and performing, using a data plane that is physically and logically decoupled from the control plane, data forwarding functions, based on a routing decision, over at least one data channel that has a second bandwidth and operates in a second frequency band different from the first frequency band.
US11240728B2	Methods and apparatus for selecting a network route for data communications for IoT devices In some implementations, a message indicating a request for delivery of data to user equipment (UE) (e.g. an IoT device) operative for communications in a mobile network may be received from an application server. One or more first loading or congestion indication values indicative of a first loading or congestion at one or more first network nodes along a first mobile network route may be obtained. In addition, one or more second loading or congestion indication values indicative of a second loading or congestion at one or more second network nodes along a second mobile network route may be obtained. The first or the second mobile network route may be selected based on at least one of the one or more first and the second loading or congestion indication values. The data may be delivered to the UE over the selected mobile network route.
US11240725B2	Wireless communication device, wireless communication system, wireless communication method, and computer program product According to an embodiment, a wireless communication device includes a memory and one or more hardware processors coupled to the memory. The one or more hardware processors are configured to function as a communication control unit and a determination unit. The communication control unit transmits and receives data to and from a first wireless communication device. The determination unit calculates transmission and reception information based on a transmission and reception result of the data, and variation of received signal intensity of the data, and determines whether to maintain connection to the first wireless device based on the transmission and reception information and the variation. The communication control unit controls communication according to a determination result of the determination unit.
US11240718B2	Method and apparatus for inter-radio access network mobility The present disclosure relates to a method and apparatus for optimizing mobility robustness by controlling an inter-Radio Access Technology (inter-RAT) factor. A method for supporting inter-Radio Access Network (RAN) mobility by a source Base Station (BS) in a wireless communication system includes transmitting a handover request message to a target BS, receiving a RAN information request message including a measurement report from the target BS in response to the handover request message, and determining to amend a mobility setting, if it is determined that an unnecessary handover has occurred based on the RAN information request message. The handover request message includes at least one of a Tracking Area Identifier (TAI) of a tracking area to which the source BS belongs, a global BS Identifier (ID), and an E-UTRAN (Evolved-UMTS (Universal Mobile Telecommunication System) Terrestrial Radio Access Network) Cell Global ID (ECGI).
US11240714B2	Wireless communication node scanning and association Systems, devices, and techniques are described for communication node scanning and association in a wireless communication network. An illustrative method includes receiving, via a first channel, identifying information that identify a plurality of communication nodes that are configured to communicate via at least a second channel. The illustrative method further includes initiating communication, via at least the second channel, with a communication node based, at least in part, on the identifying information.
US11240712B2	Data migration method and apparatus A data migration method is disclosed. The method includes: performing, by a source base station, a TCP proxy for user equipment; learning, by the source base station, that the user equipment is to be handed over to a target base station; sending, by the source base station to the target base station, context information including a sequence number of a data packet, and the sequence number of the data packet is a largest sequence number of data packets that have been acknowledged by the user equipment or a smallest sequence number of data packets that have not been acknowledged by the user equipment; and migrating, by the source base station by using the SCTP, the data packets that have not been acknowledged by the user equipment to the target base station.
US11240704B2	Road-side network node and method to operate the road-side network node A method to operate a road-side network node in a cell-supported radio communications network and in an adhoc radio communications network is provided. The method includes providing data to be transmitted; and determining a transmission instruction for the data, the transmission instruction including a channel selection indicating a) a transmission of the data via a sidelink radio channel of the cell-supported radio communications network, b) a transmission of the data via an adhoc radio channel of the adhoc radio communications network, or c) a transmission of the data via the sidelink radio channel and the adhoc radio channel. The method also includes initiating a transmission of the data via the sidelink radio channel and/or via the adhoc radio channel according to the transmission instruction.
US11240699B2	Insufficient resources in the UE during PDU session establishment procedure A method of handling insufficient resources in a user equipment (UE) during a PDU session establishment procedure is proposed. During a PDU session establishment procedure, UE sends a PDU SESSION ESTABLISHMENT REQUEST message to the network. UE then receives a PDU SESSION ESTABLISHMENT ACCEPT message from the network, the ACCEPT message carries various PDU session parameters including authorized QoS rules and QoS flows. If UE decides to reject the addition of the new authorized QoS flow description or the new authorized QoS rule due to lack of resources, UE may initiate a PDU session release procedure with 5G session management (5GSM) cause IE #26 “insufficient resources”. In an alternative embodiment, UE may synchronize with the network by sending a PDU session modification request message to delete certain QoS rules/flow descriptions with 5GSM cause IE #26 “insufficient resources”.
US11240698B2	Wireless protocol layer entity processing method and corresponding user equipment The present disclosure provides a method executed at UE, including: determining initiation of a radio resource control (RRC) connection reestablishment procedure or leaving RRC connected state; and performing the following operations on each of at least one cell group: suspending a service data adaptation protocol (SDAP) operation and/or storing an SDAP configuration in a corresponding cell group configuration; or releasing an SDAP entity used to execute the SDAP operation and/or the SDAP configuration in the corresponding cell group configuration. The present disclosure further provides corresponding UE.
US11240691B2	Selective providing of a transition recommendation based on response history During operation, an access point compares a communication performance metric of the access point and a parameter corresponding to communication performance metrics of one or more second access points. For example, the access point may determine the communication performance metric based on communication with one or more electronic devices and/or may receive information specifying the communication performance metrics of the one or more second access points. Then, the access point selectively provides a recommendation for a first connected electronic device in the one or more electronic devices based at least in part on the comparison and a history of responses of at least the first connected electronic device to one or more previous recommendations, where the recommendation indicates that the first connected electronic device, which is associated with the access point, transition to a different communication channel.
US11240687B2	Method and apparatus for configuring criteria for relay configuration in wireless communication system A method performed by a wireless device in a wireless communication system, includes receiving a threshold value and a hysteresis value from a network; while in a radio resource control (RRC) idle mode, detecting that a measured quality of a cell is below the threshold value by the hysteresis value; establishing an RRC connection with the network to enter an RRC connected mode; and performing relaying operation between the network and a remote wireless device, upon establishing the RRC connection with the network.
US11240686B2	Dynamic sectorization in a system with multiple cloud radio access networks A communication system is disclosed. The communication system includes a plurality of cloud radio access networks (C-RANs), each C-RAN comprising a baseband controller and a plurality of radio points (RPs). Each RP in the plurality of C-RANs is located at a site and is configured to exchange radio frequency (RF) signals with a plurality of wireless devices at the site. The communication system also includes a dynamic sectorization system communicatively coupled to each baseband controller. The dynamic sectorization system is configured to determine at least one signature vector for each of the wireless devices at the site. The dynamic sectorization system also is configured to map each RP in the plurality of C-RANs to one of a number of sectors (K) based on the at least one signature vector for each of the wireless devices at the site.
US11240683B2	Personal adaptive radio access network advanced capabilities Personal adaptive radio access network advanced capabilities are provided. A device can include a transceiver; a processor; and a memory that stores executable instructions that, when executed by the processor, facilitate performance of operations comprising facilitating movement of the device from a first position associated with a user equipment (UE) to a second position in response to an observed signal strength at the UE from a communication network being determined to have fallen below a threshold; in response to facilitating the movement of the device, determining a first communication frequency for communications between the device and the UE based on features determined to be present in an environment associated with the UE; and conveying signals transmitted by the communication network to the UE via the transceiver at the first communication frequency instead of a second communication frequency used by the communication network.
US11240674B2	Systems and methods for UE to avoid issues in dynamic spectrum sharing In an embodiment, a method, implemented in a User Equipment (UE) operating in Evolved Universal Terrestrial Radio Access Network (E-UTRAN) New Radio-Dual Connectivity (EN-DC), of adding a New Radio (NR) Secondary Node (SN) in EN-DC is disclosed. The method includes receiving, in response to a measurement report sent by the UE, configuration data associated with an NR cell. The method includes, ascertaining whether the configuration data comprises a pre-determined parameter indicative of a frequency-shift for dynamic spectrum sharing for an uplink. The method includes performing one of an addition of an NR SN corresponding to the NR cell or a transmission of a failure notification message to the MN, based upon determining that the pre-determined parameter indicative of the frequency-shift criteria for dynamic spectrum sharing for the uplink is absent or present in the configuration data.
US11240671B1	Bluetooth device connection methods and bluetooth devices Disclosed herein are methods, systems, and media for providing Bluetooth connection between Bluetooth devices. One of the methods comprises: generating, by a first Bluetooth device, a code; encrypting the code to generate a first ciphertext in response to detecting that a Bluetooth connection is disconnected; generating, by the first Bluetooth device, a broadcast packet based on the first ciphertext, and broadcasting the broadcast packet to a second Bluetooth device; receiving a scanning request from the second Bluetooth device, the scanning request including a random private address; verifying the scanning request based on the random private address; sending, in response to verifying the scanning request, a scanning response to the second Bluetooth device based on the random private address in the scanning request; and establishing a Bluetooth connection with the second Bluetooth device in response to determining that a connection request from the second Bluetooth device is received.
US11240668B2	Universal personal identification signal A universal identity and physical presence detection in the form of a personal, universal transponder signal is described. This signal allows a user to interact with devices in the user's environment without having to download vendor-specific apps, set up vendor-specific accounts or be limited to a siloed eco-system of a manufacturer brand. The universal signal representing an individual allows for devices and software to detect and query the beacon transmitting the signal for information relating to the user and augmented onto the physical environment. This provides a more personalized, efficient, and, in some instances, secure experience for the user. Embodiments focus on minimizing user workload to allow for seamless interactions with her environment. Various embodiments provide a truly universal signal for all users and devices to interact, wherein all parties benefit from a seamless and natural way of interacting in the physical world.
US11240666B2	Authentication method for accessing network, authentication device, and user device This application discloses an authentication method for accessing a network, an authentication device, and a user device. The method includes: an authentication device receives an authentication response message sent by user device, where the authentication response message includes first data, and the first data is data obtained by the user device based on biometric feature data of a target user. The authentication device obtains second data from a server, where the second data is data obtained by the server based on biometric feature data of a user, and generates indication information when the first data is the same as the second data, where the indication information is used to indicate that the user device is authenticated. The authentication device sends the indication information to the user device.
US11240660B2	Unified security architecture A security service function chain is created including a set of security service functions. The security service function chain is created in response to instantiation of a given network partition (e.g., network slice) in a communication network (5G or similar network). The communication network supports instantiation of a plurality of network partitions for providing a respective plurality of network services. The security service function chain is utilized to perform at least one security service (e.g., authentication) for an entity (e.g., a subscriber or a device) accessing or seeking access to a network service (e.g., one of eMBB, massive IoT, and mission-critical IoT) corresponding to the given network partition.
US11240659B2	Privacy protection mechanisms for connected vehicles Various embodiments are generally directed to techniques for providing improved privacy protection against vehicle tracking for connected vehicles of a vehicular network. For example, at least one road side unit may: identify a set of vehicles that require pseudonym changes and send an invitation for a pseudonym change event to each of the vehicles, determine at least a total number of the acceptances, determine whether the total number meets or exceeds a predetermined threshold number, send acknowledgement messages to the accepting vehicles if the threshold number is met, and form a vehicle group to coordinate the pseudonym change event during a privacy period. During the privacy period, the RSU and the vehicles may communicate with each other in a confidential and private manner via key-session-based unicast transmission, and coordinate transmission power and vehicle trajectory adjustments to maximize the benefits for safety and obfuscation for privacy.
US11240657B2	Communication of delta information associated with user equipment capability Certain aspects of the present disclosure provide techniques for communicating a user equipment (UE)'s capabilities to a network entity, such as a base station. An example method that may be performed by a UE includes transmitting a first message to a network entity, the first message comprising a base identification and a delta flag, wherein the base identification identifies base capabilities of the UE, and wherein the delta flag indicates whether there is delta information to be shared by the UE, the delta information corresponding to changes to the base capabilities of the UE. The method further includes determining whether to transmit a third message to the network entity based on whether the UE receives a second message from the network entity, the second message comprising a full capability flag indicating whether the UE should send an indication of its full capabilities to the network entity.
US11240655B2	Address assignment for initial authentication A mobile device may transition between Extended Service Set (“ESS”) networks while maintaining the same internet protocol (“IP”) address while transitioning. The transition may occur seamlessly, such that a consumer never loses the network connection despite transitioning between networks. The mobile device may receive an IP address from a pool of addresses, such that the mobile device can keep that IP address as it is transitions between networks that each have access to the pool. The assignment of the IP address to the mobile device is from the pool of IP addresses rather than from the AP.
US11240654B2	Wireless local area network (WLAN) traffic load measurement provisioning to wireless cellular networks Generally, this disclosure provides devices, systems and methods for provisioning of wireless local area network (WLAN) traffic load measurements to third generation partnership project 3GPP wireless cellular networks. A WLAN element manager (EM) may include a polling module to poll a WLAN access point (AP), the polling to request traffic load data from the WLAN AP; a timer module to trigger the polling module to poll at periodic intervals; a logging module to receive and log the requested traffic load data; and an integration reference point (IRP) agent including a reporting module to generate a traffic load report for transmission to a network manager (NM), the traffic load report based on the logged traffic load data.
US11240653B2	Main unit, system and method for an infotainment system of a vehicle The present disclosure relates to a head unit for an infotainment system of a vehicle. The head unit is coupled to a mobile terminal device via a Bluetooth link. The head unit is configured to exchange a digital audio signal adapted for improved audio quality during the hands-free talking, via an additional wireless link, in response to hands-free talking during a phone call with the mobile terminal device coupled via the Bluetooth link based on a hands-free profile.
US11240650B1	Internet of things method for class-A end device communication A LoRa device for communicating sensor signals in a low power wide area network (LPWAN) includes a physical layer using Hamming encoding and Gray indexing with chirp spread signal (CSS) modulation to encode and modulate the sensor signals and a medium access layer (MAC) including a compressive sensing sub-layer which reduces encoded, modulated signals to sparse vectors. A transmission packet is formed by combining the sparse vectors with a selected set of sparse vectors representing past measurements and the incoming velocity of the sensor signals. A receiver decompresses the transmission packet by reconstructing, at a sparse recovery sub-layer of a receiver MAC layer, the encoded, modulated sensor signals. A decoder path removes the CSS modulation and Gray indexing, and Hamming decodes the sensors signals.
US11240643B2	Messaging service application programming interface A system comprising: one or more processors and executable instructions accessible on a computer-readable medium that, when executed, cause the one or more processors to perform operations comprising: receiving from a client application executing on a client device a transmission request including an identifier associated with a recipient device; adding the transmission request to an outbound queue based on determining the transmission request is valid; causing transmission to the recipient device based on the transmission request being included in the outbound queue; obtaining status information specifying a status of transmission the status information including an indication of successful transmission; and storing a record of the transmission responsive to the causing the transmission the storing the record including storing a message and the indication of successful transmission.
US11240641B1	Automated device grouping Techniques for automatically combining devices into a single group of devices, and splitting devices into multiple groups of devices are described. A machine learning model may process device profile data, associated with devices registered to two different users, and determine the devices should be combined into a single group of devices. Such enables a user to control each of the devices, of the two different users, but providing user inputs to a single device of the group. The machine learning model may also process device profile data, associated with devices registered to a single user, and determine the devices should be split into two or more groups of devices. Such may decrease the likelihood that a system may inadvertently control a device not intended by a user.
US11240637B2	Method for the transmission of a frame by an access point of a wireless local area network A wireless communication system has an access point managing a first wireless local area network. To transmit the frame, the access point: obtains data to be transmitted in multicast mode; obtains data to be transmitted in unicast mode; and constructs a physical-layer header including: in a common signalling field, an identification of each channel resource intended to be used for making the frame transmission, whether this be for the data to be transmitted in unicast mode or in multicast mode; and, in each field in a series of specific signalling fields, information representing an association between a channel resource identifier used and a unique identifier of the destination concerned or group of destinations concerned. Thus each destination can determine each channel resource to listen to in order to receive the data that are addressed to it, whether this be in unicast mode or in multicast mode.
US11240636B1	Digital passport with verified data provenance Systems and methods for accurately and securely assembling, storing, and leveraging travel data are provided. A method may include detecting a travel event of a user. The method may include recording the travel event in a travel map that is stored in a database. The travel map may be a temporal- and spatial-based record of one or more travel events of the user. The travel map may be stored as a blockchain ledger. The method may include tokenizing sensitive information associated with the user in the database, and calculating a hazard vector. The method may include updating, based at least in part on the hazard vector, a status index associated with the user, and providing the user and a system administrator access to the travel map and the status index. Access may be provided via an online portal configured to be viewed via an application running on a mobile device.
US11240635B1	System and method for processing using multi-core processors, signals, and AI processors from multiple sources to create a spatial map of selected region In an example, the present technique includes a method for capturing information from a spatial region to monitor human activities and create a spatial map of the spatial region. In an example, the technique allows a user of a cell phone to move from one location to another location and be tracked using rf backscattering, and each location being identified by the user by communicating a label via a cell phone or other mobile device.
US11240633B2	Systems and methods for real-time services provision to a wearable computing device Systems and methods for providing real-time services for wearables. One or more remote computing devices execute at least one microservice. A wearable computing device executes at least one system service that corresponds to each microservice. A master service of the wearable computing device consolidates communications between microservices and system services.
US11240617B2	Augmented reality based simulation apparatus for integrated electrical and architectural acoustics According to an exemplary embodiment of the present disclosure, a computer readable medium containing a computer program is disclosed. The computer program includes commands which cause a processor of an acoustic simulation apparatus to execute steps, and the steps includes: acquiring building structure information related to a building constituting a simulation space; acquiring building material information related to at least one building material used in the simulation space; obtaining speaker information related to at least one speaker installed in the simulation space; obtaining location information on a current location of the acoustic simulation apparatus; recognizing a virtual location corresponding to the current location in the simulation space by analyzing the location information; generating an image viewed from the virtual location based on the building structure information, the building material information, and the speaker information; and generating sound to be heard at the virtual location based on the building structure information, the building material information, and the speaker information.
US11240612B2	Miniature hearing instrument configured for positioning at least partially in bony region of ear canal The application relates to a portable electronic device comprising a) a folded substrate carrying components of the device, and b) another, separate component having a fixed outer contour, and c) a housing for enclosing said folded substrate and said separate component, said housing having an inner contour, wherein said folded substrate is folded from a planar substrate along a folding line, said folded substrate exhibiting outer edges comprising a folded edge following said folding line. The application further relates to a method of manufacturing a folded substrate. The object of the present application is to facilitate miniaturization of a portable electronic device, such as a hearing aid. The problem is solved in that the folded substrate is shaped to provide that at least one of said outer edges follow(s) the fixed outer contour of the separate component and/or the inner contour of said housing. This has the advantage of providing a larger area on the substrate to place components and soldering points thereby improving the use of the available space in the portable electronic device. The invention may e.g. be used in electronic devices where volume utilization is an important design parameter, e.g. hearing aids comprising a part adapted for being mounted in an ear canal of a user, e.g. in the bony part of the ear canal.
US11240610B2	Rate matching algorithm and independent device synchronization Hearing aid systems where a data streaming device streams data to a hearing aid and methods of maintaining synchronization when converting a sampling rate are disclosed. A hearing system comprises a hearing aid, a sampling rate converter, a buffer, an RDWiff signal, and a control circuit. The hearing aid receives data from a data transmission device, and the data received has a first sampling rate. The sampling rate converter is in the hearing aid and converts the sampling rate of the received data to a sampling rate suitable for use by digital signal processing circuitry in the hearing aid. The buffer receives data from the sampling rate converter. The RWDiff signal indicates the difference between the rate at which data is read from and written to the buffer. The control circuit compares the RWDiff signal to a predetermined RWIdeal quantity and generates an adjustment signal.
US11240605B2	Sounding device A sounding device includes a frame, a vibration system and a magnetic circuit system with a magnetic gap. The vibration system includes a diaphragm and a voice coil inserted in the magnetic gap. The coil includes two first sides and two second sides. An elastic supporting member including an auxiliary diaphragm is fixed to the frame and spaced from the second sides. The magnetic circuit system includes a yoke, a main magnet fixed to the yoke, and a first auxiliary magnet and a second auxiliary magnet fixed to the yoke and spaced from the main magnet to form the magnetic gap. The second auxiliary magnet is spaced from the first side. An end portion of the second auxiliary magnet close to the auxiliary diaphragm is recessed to form an avoidance notch, and the auxiliary diaphragm extends along the first sides to form an extending portion located in the avoidance notch.
US11240603B2	Speaker apparatus, audio data supply apparatus, and audio data reproduction system A speaker apparatus includes a measuring unit configured to measure a first distance to a detection object, the detection object existing on one side in a vertical direction substantially orthogonal to a sound radiation direction, and a second distance to a detection object, the detection object existing on another side in the vertical direction.
US11240598B2	Band-limited beamforming microphone array with acoustic echo cancellation This disclosure describes an apparatus and method of an embodiment of an invention that is a band-limited beamforming microphone array with acoustic echo cancellation that includes: a plurality of first microphones configured as a beamforming microphone array to resolve first audio input signals within a first frequency range, the beamforming microphone array includes acoustic echo cancellation; one or more additional microphone(s) configured to resolve second audio input signals within a restricted second frequency range such that the additional microphone(s) are coupled to the beamforming microphone array; augmented beamforming that processes audio signals from the beamforming microphone array and the additional microphone(s).
US11240593B2	Multi-way acoustic waveguide for a speaker assembly A waveguide housing for a speaker assembly. The speaker assembly includes first and second drivers coupled to the waveguide housing where the first driver generates a midrange sound signal and the second driver emits a high-frequency sound signal. The waveguide housing includes a first plurality of sound channels configured to receive the midrange sound signal from the first driver such that the midrange sound signal travels through the first plurality of sound channels and is emitted from the waveguide housing by a first plurality of openings in the waveguide housing. The waveguide housing also includes a second plurality of sound channels configured to receive the high-frequency sound signal from the second driver such that the high-frequency sound signal travels through the second plurality of sound channels and is emitted from the waveguide housing by a second plurality of openings in the waveguide housing.
US11240589B2	Headset with force isolation A method and system is disclosed for a headset with force isolation, where the headset comprises a headband having two upper headband sections coupled by a center block and two ear cups, where each ear cup is coupled to one of the two upper headband sections. The two upper headband sections may include side support strips between which a movable strip may be placed, thereby increasing the rigidness of the headband when fully extended between the side support strips. The rigidness of the headband may decrease when the movable strips are retracted from between the side support strips and into the center block utilizing a slider knob. The side support strips may be plastic and the movable strip may be metal. The center block may be more rigid than the side support strips. The center block may be plastic. The headband may include headband endcaps at lower ends of the headband.
US11240588B2	Sound reproducing apparatus Provided is an ear-hole open type sound reproducing apparatus which can obtain good sound quality over a wide band while adopting a bone conduction system. A first equalizer 303 removes a high range component which is difficult to be reproduced by a vibration speaker 301 and is hard to be conveyed by bone conduction. Then, the vibration speaker 301 outputs the sound over a low range to a middle range by bone conduction sound. By equalizing processing of the first equalizer 303, it is also possible to reduce sound leakage of the high range. On the other hand, a second equalizer 304 removes components over the low range to the middle range. Then, an air conduction speaker 302 outputs high quality sound of the high range component by air conduction sound.
US11240586B1	Method, apparatus and device for synchronously playing audio A method, apparatus and device for synchronously playing audio are provided. The method includes: acquiring status information of a Bluetooth controller in the first audio playing device, and determining native Bluetooth time of the first audio playing device based on the status information; estimating, based on the native Bluetooth time of the first audio playing device and offset data of the native Bluetooth time of the first audio playing device relative to native Bluetooth time of a second audio playing device or native Bluetooth time of an audio providing device, absolute time of the second audio playing device or absolute time of the audio providing device; and playing an audio signal provided by the audio providing device synchronously with the second audio playing device based on the estimated absolute time.
US11240585B2	Identification of cushioning members in personal audio devices A personal audio device (e.g., headphones, earphones) can have an earpiece (e.g., an ear cup or earbud) with a removable cushioning member (e.g., headphone cushions or ear tips for earbuds). The cushioning member can include an identification tag that encodes identification data for the cushioning member. When the cushioning member is attached to the earpiece, the identification tag is brought into proximity with a tag sensor in the earpiece and the earpiece can read the identification tag to determine identification data for the cushioning member. The identification data can be used to modify a behavior of the earpiece and/or of a host device communicably coupled to the earpiece.
US11240584B2	Earphone systems An earphone system (10) includes a first ear bud (12) having wireless communications circuitry, a second ear bud (14) having wireless communications circuitry and first electric cabling (16) having a first end provided with a first electrical connector element (18) releasably connectable with the first ear bud, a second end provided with a second electrical connector element (20) releasably connectable with the second ear bud and a third electrical connector element (22) disposed intermediate the first and second ends. The earphone system (10) has second electric cabling (24) having a first end provided with a fourth electrical connector element (26) releasably connectable with the third electrical connector element and a second end provided with a fifth electrical connector element (28) connectable an output connector element of an electronic device to receive an audio signal from the electronic device.
US11240581B2	Earpiece and earphone using the same In an earpiece 10 of the present invention, mainly, a plug section 15 is fitted into a sound channel space 13A of a central tube section 13, and the plug section 15 is formed with a sound channel long hole 15B penetrating in a longitudinal direction thereof and sound channel short holes 15G penetrating in lateral directions thereof. With this structure, a very small part of sound transmitted from a stem section 12 is directly transmitted to the eardrum through an aperture 15A, but most of the sound transmitted from the stem section 12 is directly transmitted via an internal space 20 to the eardrum. Then, the user perceives the sound having detoured as indirect sound that comes from the front of himself/herself with a time difference, and thereby can feel out-of-head sound localization and sound spread, thereby experiencing a sense of direction from the front and realistic sensation.
US11240576B1	Device with water drainage for a speaker A device with water drainage for a speaker is provided. The device comprises: a housing having a cavity; a speaker mounted in the cavity; a hydrophobic mesh over at least a portion of the cavity, the hydrophobic mesh being air-permeable; a hydrophilic grill adjacent the hydrophobic mesh at a speaker-facing side of the hydrophilic grill, the hydrophilic grill comprising apertures therethrough, the hydrophobic mesh located at least at the apertures; and a bezel covering the hydrophilic grill, one or more of the housing and the bezel including drainage features.
US11240575B2	Speaker grill and speaker device A speaker grill includes a diffusion plate, a base, and a support portion. The diffusion plate forms an opening facing a speaker and is arranged on an outer side of the opening so as to form a concave shape in a sound-emitting direction of the speaker. The base supports the diffusion plate at an outer circumference thereof. The support portion is provided at a front surface of the diffusion plate in the sound-emitting direction, having a support surface that covers at least a portion of the front surface of the diffusion plate, and having a plurality of partition walls forming slits in the sound-emitting direction. The support surface forms a virtual surface that covers an outer surface of the base.
US11240573B2	Methods and apparatus for consistency check for disaggregated dense wavelength-division multiplexing (DWDM) systems An apparatus includes a first communication interface configured to be communicatively coupled, via an optical line, to a network device that is disposed in an optical network using wavelength division multiplexing (WDM). The apparatus also includes a second communication interface configured to be communicatively coupled to a router via an Ethernet connection. The apparatus also includes a signal generator operatively coupled to the first communication interface and the second communication interface. The signal generator is configured to generate an Ethernet signal representing at least one attribute of the optical line between the first communication interface and the network device. The second communication interface is configured to transmit the Ethernet signal to the router.
US11240572B2	Optoelectronic switch with reduced fibre count An optoelectronic switch for transferring an optical signal from a source external client device to a destination external client device, includes a leaf rack unit having thereon a leaf switch assembly including: a leaf switch having a plurality of fabric ports including a first fabric port and a second fabric port; and a fabric port multiplexer associated with the leaf switch, arranged to combine a first signal from the first fabric port and a second signal from the second fabric port onto a first connection, in the form of an outgoing first multiplexed signal. The optoelectronic switch further includes a spine rack unit including: a plurality of spine switches including a first spine switch having a fabric port and a second spine switch having a fabric port; and a demultiplexer arranged to separate an incoming multiplexed signal received from a first connection into a first signal and a second signal, the first signal directed towards the fabric port of the first spine switch and the second signal directed towards the fabric port of the second spine switch.
US11240570B1	Object-based video loading In an approach, a processor determines respective resolution levels for a plurality of objects, presented in a video segment to be rendered, based on a relationship between a primary object and at least one remaining object of the plurality of objects. A processors, determines, from the video segment, a plurality of object-based video elements at the determined respective resolution levels, each of the plurality of object-based video elements corresponding to one of the plurality of objects. A processor causes the plurality of object-based video elements to be delivered for rendering the video segment.
US11240569B2	Systems and methods for providing video enhancement for sporting events Systems and methods for video presentation and analytics for a sporting event are disclosed. In one embodiment, the sporting event is an auto racing event. A server platform is provided to collect and analyze real-time raw data and historical raw data, and compare drivers/vehicles from a current auto racing event and/or a historical auto racing event. The server platform is operable to overlay a ghost driver/vehicle on the images of a driver/vehicle in the current auto racing event based on the comparison. The server platform also provides a GUI for displaying the current auto racing event with enhanced features.
US11240568B2	Apparatus and method for replacing and outputting advertisement An electronic device and method for replacing and outputting an advertisement are provided. The electronic device includes: a memory storing at least one program; a communication unit configured to receive context data to be used to determine a state of a user, from at least one external device; and a processor configured to replace and output an advertisement by executing the at least one program, wherein the at least one program includes instructions to: acquire user state information indicating the state of the user from the received context data, based on a learning model using one or more neural networks; and perform control to replace a previously determined first advertisement with a second advertisement determined based on the user state information and to output the second advertisement.
US11240565B2	Method and apparatus for peripheral context management The present disclosure relates to a method and system for presenting a set of control functions via an interface of a peripheral control device (PCD). A control function can include a command associated with one or more media contexts of a host media device. The method decodes a payload, from the host media device, with an encoded context identifier, where the context identifier indicates a primary media context active on the host media device. The method determines one or more control functions corresponding to the context identifier, and changes the set of control functions on the interface of the PCD to include the one or more control functions that can command the primary media context.
US11240564B2	Method for playing panoramic picture and apparatus for playing panoramic picture Provided is a method for playing a panoramic picture, the method comprising: acquiring a corresponding non-planar panoramic picture according to a picture acquisition instruction; acquiring picture content from the non-planar panoramic picture, and determining a main presentation axis and a presentation centre of the picture content; creating a cylindrical projection plane by using the main presentation axis and the presentation centre, wherein a cylinder extension direction of the cylindrical projection plane is substantially perpendicular to the main presentation axis, and the centre of the cylindrical projection plane essentially overlaps the presentation centre; converting the non-planar panoramic picture into a cylindrical panoramic picture with the cylindrical projection plane; and executing a playing operation on the cylindrical panoramic picture by using a planar display apparatus.
US11240563B1	Playback control of media content across devices in MaaS transportion network A system and method for playback control of media content across devices in a MaaS transportation network is provided. The system receives, from a MaaS network, trip details of an ongoing trip and determines a first vehicle by which a user is set to complete an active first leg of the ongoing trip. The system generates media content recommendations based on the trip details and controls a first display device in use inside the first vehicle, to display such recommendations. The system receives a selection of a first content recommendation and controls a playback of first media content associated with the selection on the first display device. The system detects an event which requires the playback to pause and controls the playback to resume on a second display device in use inside a second vehicle, within duration of a second leg of the ongoing trip or a different trip.
US11240559B2	Content reproducing apparatus and content reproducing method A content reproducing apparatus is provided. The content reproducing apparatus includes: a communicator configured to periodically transmit and receive a connection signal with a terminal; a content outputter configured to output content; a memory configured to store one or more instructions; and a processor configured to execute the one or more instructions stored in the memory to control the content outputter to adjust the output of the content, based on a distance to the terminal being greater than a certain distance, the distance being obtained based on the connection signal.
US11240555B2	Providing over-the-air content to any device Disclosed herein are system, apparatus, article of manufacture, method and/or computer program product embodiments, and/or combinations and sub-combinations thereof, for providing over-the-air (OTA) content to electronic devices. Some embodiments operate by automatically providing program listings of OTA content to the electronic devices, wherein the program listings are displayed in user interfaces of the electronic devices; receiving a user selection of particular OTA content from one of the electronic devices; receiving electronic signals containing OTA content from an antenna; processing, using a tuner, the received electronic signals to extract the particular OTA content therefrom; and transmitting the extracted OTA content to the electronic device for playback. In some embodiments, the extracted OTA content is stored in storage of said the electronic device for future on-demand playback to the user.
US11240554B2	HDMI apparatus using optical communication A HDMI apparatus is provided. The HDMI apparatus includes a first audio/video transceiver (A/V transceiver) configured to transmit an optical A/V signal to a second A/V transceiver; and a first sideband transceiver configured to drive a first laser diode to transmit a first optical sideband signal including a first control information or a first power information; wherein the first control information or the first power information is converted by a first Serializer/Deserializer (SERDES).
US11240549B2	Broadcast receiving system A broadcast receiving apparatus includes: a first receiving unit receiving broadcast data for a first transmission method; a second receiving unit receiving broadcast data for a second transmission method; a first decoding unit decoding the broadcast data received by the first receiving unit; a second decoding unit decoding the broadcast data received by the second receiving unit; a video output unit outputting video, the video being generated based on data decoded by the first or second decoding unit; an operation input unit receiving control information from a remote controller; and a control unit controlling the units based on the control information received by the operation input unit. The remote controller includes a button to output control information for switching between a display state and a non-display state of service, the service being linked with a broadcasting program.
US11240546B2	Server and program An aspect of the present invention provides a server for controlling a camera video image to be distributed to an audience terminal for multi-camera video image distribution service for cyclic distribution of camera video images in a plurality of points of view to audience. The server includes a selector and a decider. The selector selects a plurality of candidates in each of selection opportunities that allow each audience member to select the camera video image to be distributed to the audience terminal. The decider decides the camera video image to be distributed to the audience terminal based on information indicating one of a plurality of options selected by each audience member. At least one of the plurality of candidates selected in at least one of the selection opportunities includes a common camera video image regardless of camera video images viewed by the audience when the plurality of candidates are selected.
US11240543B2	Synchronizing playback of segmented video content across multiple video playback devices Playback devices may receive video content and an age of a playlist associated with the video content. A playback device may use the age of the playlist to schedule output of video fragments of the video content. The playback device may adjust the output of the video content until an actual output time of a video fragment is substantially the same as the scheduled output time for the video fragment.
US11240541B2	Virtual processing server, control method of virtual processing server, content distribution system, and application program for terminal device The present invention provides: a virtual processing server with which comments are randomly posted to the content which has a small number of viewers and comment posts, thereby liven up the content, a control method for a virtual processing server, a content delivery system, and an application program for a terminal device.A virtual processing server 3 in the content delivery system is provided with: a content delivery server 1 which provides a content delivery service to a terminal device 5; a comment delivery server 2 which delivers a comment posted to a content; and a virtual processing server 3 which virtually executes processing to the content, wherein the server accesses to the content, and is provided with: an execution control unit 31 which virtually executes processing; and a first condition determination unit 31 which determines a predetermined first condition for executing the access, wherein the execution control unit 31 executes the access to the content when it is determined that the predetermined first condition has been satisfied.
US11240530B2	Encoder, decoder, encoding method, and decoding method An encoder includes: circuitry; and memory, in which using the memory, the circuitry, in affine motion compensation prediction in inter prediction for a current block, places a limit on a range within which motion estimation or motion compensation is performed, and performs the motion compensation for the current block.
US11240523B2	Prediction image generation device, video decoding device, and video coding device At least one of a vector candidate derivation unit and a merge candidate derivation unit derives a motion vector of each of multiple sub-blocks contained in a decoding target block by referring to motion vectors at multiple control points including two points at an interval which is longer than one side of the target block, and a prediction image generation unit refers to the motion vector of each sub-block to generate a prediction image.
US11240515B2	Video display preference filtering Video coding schemes may include one or more filters to reduce coding artifacts and improve video quality. These filters may be applied to decode video data in a predetermined sequence. The output from one or more of these filters may be selected for different images, blocks, or sets of video data and then copied and/or routed to a display or a buffer storing reference data that is used to decode other video data in a data stream. Providing the ability to select which filter output is used for display and as a reference may result in better video quality for multiple types of video data. The filters that are selected for display and for reference may be different and may vary for different images, blocks, and data sets.
US11240514B2	Intra mode coding A method of and an apparatus for controlling intra prediction for decoding of a video sequence are provided. The method includes determining a ratio of a width to a height of a coding unit, and based on the determined ratio being different than one, adding, to a table including intra prediction modes corresponding to intra prediction angles, first wide angles toward a bottom-left edge of the coding unit, second wide angles toward a top-right edge of the coding unit, and additional intra prediction modes respectively corresponding to the first wide angles and the second wide angles. The method further includes selecting, for decoding the video sequence, one of the intra prediction modes and the additional intra prediction modes added to the table.
US11240508B2	Transform coefficient coding method and device therefor An image decoding method performed by a decoding device according to the present document comprises a step of receiving a bitstream containing residual information, and a step of deriving a quantized transform coefficient for a current block on the basis of the residual information contained in the bitstream, wherein the residual information includes a context syntax element coded on the basis of the context, and if the size of a transformation block is changed as much as a sub-block region having a predetermined size and the current block is the last sub-block in the sub-block region and the last quantized transform coefficient is in the current block, then the step of deriving a quantized transform coefficient includes context-based decoding of the context syntax element on the basis of a predetermined maximum value for the context syntax element, wherein the maximum value is determined on the basis of the size of the sub-block region.
US11240505B2	Automated scanning order for sub-divided blocks Different implementations arc described, particularly implementations for selecting a scan order of the sub-blocks of a current block being encoded or decoded when the current block is composed of multiple sub-blocks. In one example, a corresponding dependency number indicative of a number of the other of the plurality of sub-blocks that each of the sub-blocks uses for spatial prediction is determined, based on the corresponding intra prediction mode for the each of the plurality of sub-blocks. A scan order of the plurality of sub-blocks is determined based on the determined corresponding dependency number for the each of the plurality of the sub-blocks. The current block is encoded or decoded using the determined scan order of the plurality of sub-blocks.
US11240496B2	Low complexity mixed domain collaborative in-loop filter for lossy video coding A video coding apparatus is described for encoding or decoding a frame of a video, the video coding apparatus comprising a computer program code and a processor configured to carry out operations on the frame of video. The operations include reconstructing the frame, and determining one or more filter parameters and filtering in a frequency domain and a pixel domain a block of the reconstructed frame based on the determined filter parameters to obtain a filtered block of the frame. The determining the one or more filter parameters and filtering in a frequency domain based on the determined filter parameters is performed jointly within a loop, and the one or more filter parameters are based on one or more first parameters that are based on the reconstructed frame and one or more second parameters which are based on a codec signaling information.
US11240493B2	Encoder, decoder and corresponding methods of boundary strength derivation of deblocking filter Apparatuses and methods for encoding and decoding a video are provided. A method includes determining whether at least one of two blocks of an image in a video is predicted with a combined inter-intra prediction (CIIP), wherein the two blocks include a first block (block Q) and a second block (block P). There is a boundary between the two blocks. The method further includes setting a boundary strength (Bs) for the boundary to a first value based on determining that at least one of the two blocks is predicted with the CIIP, and performing deblocking for the boundary between the first block and the second block based on the Bs to generate a modified reconstructed block for each of the first block and the second block.
US11240488B2	Volumetric display including liquid crystal-based lenses A volumetric display may include a two-dimensional display; a varifocal optical system configured to receive image light from the two-dimensional display and focus the image light; and at least one processor configured to: control the two-dimensional display to cause a plurality of sub-frames associated with an image frame to be displayed by the display, wherein each sub-frame of the plurality of sub-frames includes a corresponding portion of image data associated with the image frame; and control the varifocal optical system to a corresponding focal state for each respective sub-frame.
US11240487B2	Method of stereo image display and related device A method of stereo image display for a portable device is disclosed. The method comprises obtaining an image, tracking user's eye positions relative to a display area of the portable device, to obtain viewports of the image and view frustums for user's left and right eyes, rendering two projection images respectively for user's left and right eyes according to the view frustums and viewports of the image, and displaying the two projection images for the user.
US11240485B2	Methods circuits devices assemblies systems and functionally associated with computer executable code for image acquisition with depth estimation Disclosed are methods, circuits, devices, systems and functionally associated computer executable code for image acquisition with depth estimation. According to some embodiments, there may be provided an imaging device including: (a) one or more imaging assemblies with at least one image sensor; (b) at least one structured light projector adapted to project onto a scene a multiresolution structured light pattern, which patterns includes multiresolution symbols or codes; and (3) image processing circuitry, dedicated or programmed onto a processor, adapted to identify multiresolution structured light symbols/codes within an acquired image of the scene.
US11240482B2	Information processing device, information processing method, and computer program There is provided an information processing device, an information processing method, and a computer program that can improve comfortability at the time when a plurality of users share and view a three-dimensional image. The information processing device includes a control unit configured to perform control for determining a transmission starting point of three-dimensional image information based on positional information and sight line information of a first user, positional information and sight line information of a second user, and display position information of the three-dimensional image information that is shared and viewed by the first user and the second user.
US11240480B2	Client apparatus, client apparatus processing method, server, and server processing method Multiple clients (viewers) are allowed to share their VR spaces for communication with one another. A server-distributed stream including a video stream obtained by encoding a background image is received from a server. A client-transmitted stream including representative image meta information for displaying a representative image of another client is received from another client apparatus. The video stream is decoded to obtain the background image. The image data of the representative image is generated on the basis of the representative image meta information. Display image data is obtained by synthesizing the representative image on the background image.
US11240479B2	Viewer-adjusted stereoscopic image display A stereoscopic video playback device is provided that processes original stereoscopic image pairs taken using parallel-axis cameras and provided for viewing under original viewing conditions by scaling and cropping to provide new viewing condition stereoscopic video on a single screen.
US11240477B2	Method and device for image rectification The present invention provides a method and a device for image rectification, which are applied in the field of image processing. The method includes: receiving two images, the two images are images of a target object captured from different viewpoints; performing an epipolar rectification on the two images; rectifying the two images after the epipolar rectification based on the image contents; and splicing the two images after the rectification based on the image contents. The method can rectify the images captured from different viewpoints, thereby ensuring the pixel alignment, and avoiding visual discomfort to the viewer.
US11240475B2	Information processing apparatus and method The present disclosure relates to an information processing apparatus and method that allow an image projection position to be controlled with more ease. Correction information of an image is generated such that the image is projected onto a desired region of a real space. For example, the correction information is generated such that the projected image is located at a desired position as seen from a given viewpoint position. Also, for example, a correction vector is generated that corrects each pixel position of the image as the correction information. The present disclosure is applicable, for example, to an information processing apparatus, a projection apparatus, an imaging apparatus, a projection imaging apparatus, a projection imaging control apparatus, an image projection imaging system, or the like.
US11240473B2	Method and apparatus for traffic infraction management The system provides a way to detect potential impaired driving and to easily and automatically report it to enforcement officials. The system can create a video record of the impaired driving and send the video to an enforcement official who can be notified to intercept the impaired driver. In one embodiment, the system can be implemented on a stand-alone system or a smartphone. The system uses video recording technology and a tracking system to identify vehicles making excessive numbers of lane changes, failure to maintain a lane, unusual vehicle speed behaviors, and the like. Based on vehicle behavior, the system can determine if a particular vehicle is exhibiting behavior that indicates impaired driving. The system can record video of the vehicle behavior and send it to the nearest enforcement officer.
US11240471B2	Road vertical contour detection Various driver assistance systems mountable in a host vehicle and computerized methods for detecting a vertical deviation of a road surface. The driver assistance system includes a camera operatively connectible to a processor. Multiple consecutive image frames are captured from the camera including a first image of the road and a second image of the road. Based on the host vehicle motion, the second image is warped toward the first image to produce thereby a warped second image. Image points of the road in the first image and corresponding image points of the road in the warped second image are tracked. Optical flow is computed between the warped second image to the first image. The optical flow is compared with an optical flow based on a road surface model to produce a residual optical flow. The vertical deviation is computed from the residual optical flow.
US11240470B2	Multi-device teleconferences A system and method are disclosed for generating a teleconference space for two or more initial communication devices using a computer coupled with a database and comprising a processor and memory. The computer generates a teleconference space and transmits requests to join the teleconference space to the two or more initial communication devices. The computer stores in memory identification information, and audiovisual data associated with one or more users, for each of the two or more initial communication devices. The computer transmits audiovisual teleconference data to each of the two or more initial communication devices. The computer transmits a request to join the teleconference space to a third communication device, stores identification information and audiovisual data from the third communication device, and transmits audiovisual teleconference data that includes audiovisual data from the third communication device to each of the three or more communication devices.
US11240464B2	Multiple stage modulation projector display systems having efficient light utilization Dual or multi-modulation display systems comprising a first modulator and a second modulator are disclosed. The first modulator may comprise a plurality of analog mirrors (e.g. MEMS array) and the second modulator may comprise a plurality of mirrors (e.g., DMD array). The display system may further comprise a controller that sends control signals to the first and second modulator. The display system may render highlight features within a projected image by affecting a time multiplexing scheme. In one embodiment, the first modulator may be switched on a sub-frame basis such that a desired proportion of the available light may be focused or directed onto the second modulator to form the highlight feature on a sub-frame rendering basis.
US11240459B2	IR pixel reconfigurable in DI or BDI mode External biasing control unit for a reading circuit of an infrared photodetector element, the control unit being able to adopt: a first configuration wherein it sends a first set of biasing signals to a first stage of the reading circuit so that this first stage adopts a first operating mode corresponding to a first biasing mode of the photodetector, in particular a direct injection mode, a second configuration wherein it sends a second set of biasing signals to said first stage, the signals in the second set being designed so that said first stage adopts a second operating mode corresponding to a second biasing mode of the photodetector, in particular a buffer direct injection mode.
US11240458B2	Image sensor with capacitor randomization for column gain A pixel cell readout circuit includes a bitline input stage coupled to a bitline to receive an image signal from a pixel cell. A capacitor ratio circuit is coupled to the bitline input stage. A gain of the bitline input stage is responsive to a capacitor ratio provided by the capacitor ratio circuit to the bitline input stage. A switch control circuit is coupled to receive a gain signal. The switch control circuit is coupled to generate a randomized pattern selection signal coupled to be received by the capacitor ratio circuit to select the capacitor ratio provided by the capacitor ratio circuit in response to the gain signal.
US11240454B2	Hybrid CMOS image sensor with event driven sensing An image sensor includes a source follower coupled to a photodiode to generate an image signal responsive to photogenerated charge. The image signal is received by image readout circuitry through a row select transistor. A reset transistor resets the photogenerated charge. A first node of mode select circuit is coupled to the reset transistor, a second node is coupled to a pixel supply voltage, and a third node is coupled to an event driven circuit. The mode select circuit couples the first node to the second node during an imaging mode to supply the pixel supply voltage to the reset transistor. The mode select circuit is further configured to couple the first node to the third node during an event driven mode to couple a photocurrent of the photodiode to drive the event driven circuit through the reset transistor to detect changes in the photocurrent.
US11240450B2	Solid-state imaging element, method for manufacturing solid-state imaging element, and electronic apparatus Provided is a solid-state imaging element including a plurality of pixels that includes at least two phase difference detection pixels for focus detection. Each pixel has a stacked structure including a plurality of photoelectric conversion elements that are stacked on top of each other and absorb light beams different in wavelength from one another to generate electrical charges, and each phase difference detection pixel includes, in the stacked structure, a color filter that partially covers an upper face of one of the photoelectric conversion elements and absorbs a light beam with a specific wavelength.
US11240445B2	Single-chip RGB-D camera A 3D camera uses a modulated visible light source for depth imaging and includes a processor operable to perform time multiplexing between image detection and depth or time-of-flight (ToF) detection using the same photodetectors. The camera can alternate between the image detection mode and the ToF detection mode to produce a continuous stream of color and depth images that can be overlaid without the need for any post-processing software. The camera can also be configured to determine time-of-flight using analog integration modules, thereby minimizing the circuitry necessary for analog-to-digital conversions and ToF calculations in the digital domain.
US11240444B2	Display panel, display device and image acquiring method thereof Embodiments of the present disclosure provide a display panel, a display device and an image acquiring method thereof. The display panel includes a first imaging region, the first imaging region is provided with a filter, the filter is configured to adjust a polarization direction of light incident into the filter, and configured to filter out polarized light having a set polarization direction in the adjusted light.
US11240442B2	Signal processing apparatus and signal processing method A signal processing apparatus includes: an acquisition unit configured to acquire, for each of frames, captured images corresponding to results of a plurality of exposures in the frame obtained by a sensor part including a plurality of pixels arranged in an array; and a generation unit configured to generate an output image on the basis of the captured image corresponding to a result of at least one of the plurality of exposures in the frame, wherein the generation unit, in a case where a camera shake correction function is enabled and an exposure time of at least one of the plurality of exposures is shorter than a threshold, generates a first output image by correcting a brightness of the captured image based on the at least one of the plurality of exposure.
US11240439B2	Electronic apparatus and image capture apparatus capable of detecting halation, method of controlling electronic apparatus, method of controlling image capture apparatus, and storage medium An electronic apparatus that can enhance the accuracy of detection of halation by taking into account the influence of halation on visibility of an object, and also effectively suppress the influence of halation independently of the type of a light source. An evaluation unit evaluates the luminance of the object based on an exposure level at which image data of the object is acquired. A detection unit detects t halation based on the luminance of the object, a first luminance area having a higher luminance than a first luminance threshold value, and a distribution status of another luminance area which is an area having a lower luminance than the first luminance area and is distributed around the first luminance area.
US11240435B2	Methods and apparatus for optimizing image acquisition of objects subject to illumination patterns The techniques described herein relate to methods, apparatus, and computer readable media configured to determine parameters for image acquisition. One or more image sensors are each arranged to capture a set of images of a scene, and each image sensor comprises a set of adjustable imaging parameters. A projector is configured to project a moving pattern on the scene, wherein the projector comprises a set of adjustable projector parameters. The set of adjustable projector parameters and the set of adjustable imaging parameters are determined, based on a set of one or more constraints, to reduce noise in 3D data generated based on the set of images.
US11240434B2	Removing aerial camera drones from a primary camera's field of view A method of removing a mobile airborne device from a field of view of a primary camera. A sensor associated with a primary camera detects a mobile airborne device within a field of view of the primary camera, where a three-dimensional physical space is within the field of view of the primary camera. A signal generator generates a signal that, when received by the mobile airborne device, causes the mobile airborne device to exit the three-dimensional physical space. A transmitter transmits the signal to the mobile airborne device to cause the mobile airborne device to exit the three-dimensional physical space that is within the field of view of the primary camera.
US11240431B1	Sharing video footage from audio/video recording and communication devices Sharing video footage recorded by audio/video (A/V) recording and communication devices, such as video doorbells and security cameras. When an A/V recording and communication device records video footage of suspicious activity, or even criminal activity, a user viewing the footage may alert his or her neighbors by sharing the video. In various embodiments, the user may share the video with anyone of the user's choosing, including neighbors, friends, and family.
US11240425B2	Method and device for temporal synchronization of optical transmission of data in free space A method and a device for time synchronisation of the optical transmission of data in free space from a transmitter to at least one receiver are discussed. In the method and the device, the time synchronisation between the image reproduction of a transmitter and the image recording of a camera is to be improved for the optical free space transmission between transmitter and camera. This is achieved in that a method and a device for time synchronisation of the optical transmission of data in free space from a transmitter to at least one receiver is provided, wherein an arbitrary time recording phase for an image recording by the camera is allowed, wherein an arbitrary recording start time for the image recording by the camera is allowed, an arbitrary implementation of an updating of the image content, typically line by line with a time offset, is performed for the imaging device, an arbitrary implementation of a readout timing and thus coherent shutter timings of the receiving camera is allowed, and a synchronisation is performed subsequently, on the basis of the image recordings not recorded in synchronised fashion.
US11240424B2	Devices and methods for capturing and interacting with enhanced digital images An electronic device, while in a first media acquisition mode, captures media and performs scene recognition. If the scene recognition meets first criteria, the media is displayed as a sequence of images acquired by the camera in temporal proximity to a single activation of a shutter button of the device at the first time. The sequence of images includes a plurality of images acquired by the camera prior to detecting activation of the shutter button at the first time, a representative image that represents the sequence of images and was acquired by the camera after one or more other images in the sequence of images, and a plurality of images acquired by the camera after acquiring the representative image. If the scene recognition does not meet the first criteria, the media is displayed as a single image in temporal proximity to the activation of the shutter button.
US11240423B2	Display control apparatus, method of controlling the same, image capturing apparatus, and storage medium A display control apparatus comprising a display control unit configured to perform control to display a display item indicating a degree of focus; a first obtainment unit configured to obtain size information of an image to be recorded; a second obtainment unit configured to obtain a defocus amount for a focus detection region; a determination unit configured to determine the degree of focus based on the defocus amount and the size information of the image to be recorded; and a change unit configured to change a display style of the display item based on the degree of focus determined by the determination unit.
US11240422B2	Method and system for multiple f-number lens An imaging lens includes one or more lens elements configured to receive and focus light in a first wavelength range reflected off of one or more first objects onto an image plane, and to receive and focus light in a second wavelength range reflected off of one or more second objects onto the image plane. The imaging lens further includes an aperture stop and a filter positioned at the aperture stop. The filter includes a central region and an outer region surrounding the central region. The central region of the filter is characterized by a first transmission band in the first wavelength range and a second transmission band in the second wavelength range. The outer region of the filter is characterized by a third transmission band in the first wavelength range and substantially low transmittance values in the second wavelength range.
US11240421B2	Methods and apparatus for defocus reduction using laser autofocus Methods and imaging devices are disclosed for reducing defocus events occurring during autofocus search operations. For example, one method includes capturing a plurality of frames depicting a scene with an imaging device, selecting a portion of the scene of at least one frame that corresponds to an object of the scene, and detecting a change in the scene. The method further includes detecting a distance between the object and the imaging device for each of the plurality of frames, determining a lens position for each frame based on the determined distance of each frame and moving a lens toward the lens position of each frame while the scene continuously changes. The method also includes determining the scene is stable and initiating an autofocus search operation based on the determination that the scene is stable.
US11240420B2	Image pickup apparatus, setting apparatus, wavelength acquiring apparatus, and storage medium An image pickup apparatus includes an image sensor that photoelectrically converts an object image formed by an image pickup optical system including a zoom lens and a focus lens, a data storage that stores focus data indicating an in-focus position of the focus lens according to an object distance and a position of the zoom lens, and a wavelength acquirer that acquires a wavelength of imaging light incident on the image sensor. The focus data includes data for visible light and data according to a wavelength of infrared light. The wavelength acquirer acquires includes the wavelength of the imaging light using the focus data, the object distance, the position of the zoom lens, and a position of the focus lens when the image pickup optical system is in focus in a state where the visible light and the infrared light can enter the image sensor.
US11240419B2	Electronic device that can execute function in accordance with line of sight of user, method of controlling electronic device, and non-transitory computer readable medium An electronic device comprising: a line-of-sight detection unit configured to detect a viewed position of a user; and a control unit configured to perform control such that, 1) in a first operation mode, a first function corresponding to a fact that there is gazing is executed in accordance with a state in which a first condition is satisfied, and 2) in a second operation mode, a second function corresponding to a fact that there is gazing is executed in accordance with a state in which a second condition is satisfied, wherein the first condition is a condition regarding the viewed position representing a fact that the user has been gazing for a first period, the second condition is a condition regarding the viewed position representing a fact that the user has been gazing for a second period longer than the first period.
US11240417B1	Dynamic adjustment of image capture device upload rate Upload bandwidth to a remote device may vary depending on the location of a device transmitting information to the remote device. Location of an image capture device may be used to dynamically change the upload speed from the image capture device to the remote device.
US11240416B2	Weather event visualization application for mobile devices The present invention essentially comprises an application, software, system, method and combinations thereof that allow using a mobile phone's location-determining capabilities, compass, and camera, an application on the mobile device that can be used to display characteristics of weather within a predetermined distance from the mobile device by querying a remote server to gather information on the attributes about the weather within the predetermined radius of the device location.
US11240415B2	Vehicular camera with metallic housing A vehicular camera includes a metallic front housing member having a circuit board attachment portion, a lens barrel extending outward from the circuit board attachment portion and accommodating at least one lens, and a circuit board having an imager disposed at a first side and a circuit board connector disposed at a second side. With the circuit board attached at the circuit board attachment portion, the at least one lens is aligned with the imager and the lens barrel is retained relative to the metallic front housing member via cured UV curable adhesive. A metallic rear housing member is attached to the metallic front housing member and the circuit board is accommodated in a cavity formed by the attached metallic front and metallic rear housing members. An electrical connector is electrically connected to the circuit board connector and is configured for electrically connecting to an electrical cable of a vehicle.
US11240414B2	Camera module having a slim overall structure and portable device comprising same A camera module includes a lens driving device having a housing, a first circuit board disposed below the housing, a filter disposed on an upper surface of the first circuit board, a second circuit board disposed below the first circuit board, an image sensor disposed on the second circuit board and coupled to a lower surface of the first circuit board, and a first adhesive member disposed between the lower surface of the first circuit board and an upper surface of the second circuit board, and electrically connecting the first circuit board and the second circuit board. A lower surface of the image sensor is higher than the upper surface of the second circuit board.
US11240413B2	Voice coil motor, camera module, and electronic device using the same A voice coil motor strongly attached to the base of a camera module comprises the base and a casing. The casing and the base are interlocked with each other. The casing is a hollow structure. The casing comprises a top surface and a side wall surrounding the top surface. The side wall and the base are engaged with each other. The side wall is extended in parts to form at least one extending leg. The extending leg extends to a side of the base away from the top surface and is bent toward the base.
US11240412B2	Imaging apparatus and text display method An imaging apparatus and a text display method capable of checking an imageable range of a subject without displaying a live view image and also capable of displaying a text corresponding to audio around the subject or an ambient sound on the apparatus main body are provided. The imaging apparatus includes a transparent casing, an imaging unit that is arranged in the casing and acquires a captured image of a subject, a transparent display unit that is arranged in the casing and includes a display screen orthogonal to an imaging direction of the imaging unit, a sound collection unit that includes a microphone and acquires audio or an ambient sound, a text generation unit that generates a text based on the audio or the ambient sound acquired by the sound collection unit, and a display control unit that displays the text generated by the text generation unit on the display unit.
US11240411B2	Vehicular camera with controlled camera focus A camera for a vehicular vision system includes a camera housing having a front camera housing portion and a rear camera housing portion. An imager is disposed at a first side of a printed circuit board. A lens assembly is supported at the front camera housing portion and optically aligned with the imager. At least one attachment element is disposed at the front or rear camera housing portion and has a material having a low CTE that is less than a CTE of the front camera housing portion. The low CTE of the material of the attachment element is less than 10 ppm/° C. The printed circuit board is mounted at the attachment element. The attachment element functions to accommodate temperature-induced movement of the printed circuit board relative to the at least one lens.
US11240405B2	Image capturing apparatus, control method thereof, and non-transitory computer-readable storage medium An image capturing apparatus comprises an input terminal for synchronization with another image capturing apparatus; a generating unit that generates a video signal using an image capturing unit; a first detecting unit that detects an input of a first synchronization signal; a second detecting unit that detects an input of a second synchronization signal; a first synchronization unit that carries out a first synchronization process for synchronizing the video signal on the basis of the first synchronization signal; a second synchronization unit that carries out a second synchronization process for synchronizing the video signal on the basis of the second synchronization signal; and a control unit that carries out control so that when the first synchronization signal has been detected while the second synchronization process is being executed, the second synchronization process is stopped and the first synchronization process is executed.
US11240403B2	Compensation for delay in PTZ camera system Compensating for delay in a Pan-Tilt-Zoom (PTZ) camera system is disclosed. Client-side view transformation is carried out to emulate a future Field Of View (FOV) of the camera so that the impact of latency is reduced.
US11240402B2	Optical scanning device, imaging device, and distance measurement device An optical scanning device for displaying or capturing an image is used, the device including: an optical scanning unit configured to scan emitted light while drawing a spiral trajectory, wherein the unit includes: a light guide path configured to guide incident light to output the emitted light from an emission end; and a vibration unit configured to vibrate the emission end; a light emission control unit configured to control light emission of the emitted light; a polar coordinate generation unit configured to generate a radius and a deflection angle relating to the spiral trajectory; a driving signal generation unit configured to generate a driving signal for driving the vibration unit; an angle correction unit configured to perform calculation for correcting an angle based on information from the driving signal generation unit and output an corrected angle; and a coordinate calculation unit configured to calculate coordinates of an image.
US11240400B2	Image reading and image forming apparatus relating image data pieces of front and back sides of documents based on different symbols assigned An image reading apparatus includes a document table, a first generating section, a first assigning section, a second generating section, a second assigning section, and a relating section. The first generating section generates a plurality of first image data pieces representing respective first side images of a plurality of documents. The first assigning section assigns first symbols to the respective first image data pieces based on a reference position of the document table. The second generating section generates a plurality of second image data pieces representing respective second side images of the plurality of documents. The second assigning section assigns second symbols to the respective second image data pieces based on the reference position. The relating section relates the first image data pieces to the respective second image data pieces based on the first symbols and the second symbols.
US11240399B2	Image processing apparatus An image processing apparatus includes an interface through which scanned image data obtained by scanning a designated region, is acquired, and a processor. The processor extracts a contour line representing a document area from the scanned image data, extracts vertices of the contour line, determines whether a plurality of original documents is present in the document area based on the vertices, extracts document image data of each original document from the scanned image data, and generates one file including the extracted document image data for each original document.
US11240396B2	Image data transfer control device and image data transfer control method An image data transfer control device includes a first interface, a first and a second memory, a processor, and a second interface. The first interface acquires image data transferred in predetermined units. The first memory stores inclination correction data corresponding to the inclination of a print head, and correction position data indicating a correction position included in at least one divided image line among the predetermined number of divided image lines including each divided image line group. The second memory stores correction target image data at the correction position. The processor selects each divided image line group based on the inclination correction data, and specifies first and second correction target image data. The second interface outputs the second divided image line group including the first correction target image data instead of the second correction target image data.
US11240391B2	Image forming apparatus for displaying information for performing maintenance on the image forming apparatus, and method and program for controlling the same An image forming apparatus combines a plurality of sub-movies representing operation procedures to be performed to perform maintenance on the image forming apparatus and plays the combined sub-movies sequentially as one movie. In response to stopping the movie being played, the image forming apparatus displays a replay mark for use to issue a command to replay the movie from the beginning of a sub-movie corresponding to a position where the movie is stopped.
US11240389B2	Information processing device and non-transitory computer readable medium An information processing device includes a processor. In a case where a user of a first device cannot use a service provided by a providing device, wherein providing the service requires both of a first setting for the first device and a second setting for the providing device, the processor is configured specify which of the first setting and the second setting is likely not set appropriately based on a usage history of the service, and control to display the specified result.
US11240387B2	Terminal device, method for controlling terminal device, and non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing program A terminal that can communicate with a multifunctional machine includes a touch panel and a terminal control unit that, by execution of a control application, causes the touch panel to display icons including a multifunctional machine icon such that the icons are arranged in a line and, when an icon selected by a selection operation is the multifunctional machine icon, calls a control function of a multifunctional machine application which corresponds to the multifunctional machine icon, and the terminal control unit causes the touch panel to display the icons such that a part of one icon of the icons is superimposed on the other icon adjacent to the one icon.
US11240386B2	Server, non-transitory computer-readable medium for server, and method A server is configured to perform: receiving, from a printer, an initiation request for initiating a service, the service being for dispatching a color material cartridge to be installed to the printer; receiving, from the printer, cartridge information indicating a color material cartridge currently installed to the printer; determining whether a first type of color material cartridge is currently installed to the printer, the first type of color material cartridge being used at the service; and in a case where it is determined that the first type of color material cartridge is not currently installed to the printer, outputting a dispatching request causing a dispatching process for dispatching the first type of color material cartridge, wherein the dispatching request is not outputted in a case where it is determined that the first type of color material cartridge is currently installed to the printer.
US11240384B2	Information processing apparatus, method for information processing, and storage medium An information processing apparatus includes an arrangement unit and a display unit. The arrangement unit arranges an image in a page. The display unit displays, on a display, a page image indicating the arrangement of the image in the page by the arrangement unit. Based on that an image selected by a user is arranged in a plurality of pages, the display unit displays a plurality of page images, each indicating arrangement of the selected image in each of the plurality of pages.
US11240383B2	Image reading apparatus, defect detection method, and storage medium An image reading apparatus acquires first image data of a background portion stored in advance and read by a reading unit, acquires second image data by reading the background portion, generates third image data by increasing resolution of the first image data and fourth image data by increasing resolution of the second image data, detects an amount of shift of an image sensor relative to a lens array in a predetermined direction by shifting a specific pixel range of the fourth image data relative to the third image data and comparing the specific pixel range with the third image data, and compares fifth image data obtained by shifting the fourth image data in accordance with the shift amount with the third image data, so as to determine whether each of pixels included in the fifth image data is a defective pixel having an abnormal value.
US11240380B2	Internet protocol (IP) serverless page party (SPP) station and systems and methods for deploying multiple SPP stations A serverless Page Party (SPP) station is provided for page announcing and party line conferencing that is configured to implement mutual provisioning to allow all SPP stations within a system to mutually maintain their configurations in runtime, and multiple master station negotiation and master failover. Plural SPP stations are connected with Ethernet cable or WIFi to a network and therefore without need for expensive and cumbersome cabling and daisy-chain configuration among stations. SPP stations route packets between each other via multicast technology and without need for a IP-PBX or other server (e.g., a SIP server) for controlling inter-station connections. In Mutual Provisioning Mode, SPP stations operate using a system configuration obtained from other SPP stations already on the network using a command channel. System configuration is maintained by a SPP station designated as a master station. Plural SPP stations can negotiate among themselves to designate a new master station.
US11240377B2	Interactive system for rerouting a two-way text communication pathway A first text message is received from a first user communication endpoint. In one embodiment, the first text message is addressed to a general text messaging address for a corporation. In response to receiving the first text message from the first user communication endpoint, a second text message is sent to the first user communication endpoint. The second text message is used to identify a way to select an individual user of the plurality users. For example, the second text message may have a menu with a list of users. A third text message is received from the first user communication endpoint. The third text message identifies the individual user of the plurality of users. A fourth text message is sent that allows the first user communication endpoint and a user communication endpoint of the selected individual user to establish a text messaging session.
US11240369B2	Dedicated mobile device in support of secure optical data exchange with stand alone certificate authority An approach is disclosed that optically transmit data from a dedicated mobile device (DMD) to another device. Optically transmitting the data is performed by displaying the data on a display screen included in the DMD. The approach further optically receives data at the DMD. The data is received at a digital camera included in the DMD. Based on the exchanged data, the DMD determines if the DMD and the other device are bound to each other.
US11240366B2	Digital assistant for emergency calling Systems and methods may be used for providing a location of a device during an emergency communication. These systems and methods may include operations (e.g., performed by a processor), including detecting that an emergency service call has been started at the device, and initiating a digital assistant in response to detecting that the emergency service call has been started. The systems and methods may include operations including parsing audio during the emergency service call to determine a request for location information, and providing audio, by the digital assistant during the emergency service call, indicating a location based on location information determined at the device.
US11240364B2	Vehicle human-machine interface (HMI) device operation of a handheld mobile device An original equipment manufacturer (OEM) human-machine interface (HMI) device operation of a non-OEM handheld mobile device is provided. A non-OEM handheld mobile device can be coupled with a vehicle network of a vehicle. The vehicle can include a head unit with a display. An OEM HMI can be presented on a display of the non-OEM handheld mobile device. Thus, the non-OEM handheld mobile device provides functionality associated with the head unit and/or functionality not associated with the vehicle. Responsive to receiving an input on the OEM HMI presented on the non-OEM handheld mobile device, a setting or control of a vehicle device can be caused to be adjusted. Alternatively or in addition, responsive to receiving an input on a vehicle OEM HMI, a setting or control of the non-OEM handheld mobile device can be caused to be adjusted.
US11240363B2	Proactive caching of transient assistant action suggestions at a feature phone Proactive caching, at a client device (e.g., a feature phone), of transient assistant action suggestions for selective rendering by an assistant client application of the client device. A transient assistant action suggestion, when rendered via an assistant client application and selected, causes the assistant client application to initiate performance of a corresponding assistant action. In various implementations, a prefetched transient action suggestion can be a time-constrained suggestion that includes at least associated rendering restriction metadata that defines one or more temporal windows to which rendering of the time-constrained suggestion is restricted. Proactive cache refresh rate metadata can also be associated with transient action suggestion(s) and defines a duration during which the assistant client application is to refrain from interfacing with a remote system to prefetch updated transient assistant action suggestions.
US11240361B2	Mobile terminal A mobile terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention may comprise: a display unit; a memory which stores hierarchy information including a plurality of categories that are classified based on the hierarchy; and a learning data unit which obtains user information, which provides the hierarchy information if a category corresponding the obtained user information among the plurality of categories is not stored, and which registers the category corresponding to the user information in the hierarchy information.
US11240359B2	Auxiliary grip system A protective phone case system enabling quick release coupling of an auxiliary grip with a phone case. Two arms enable couple of the auxiliary grip with a phone case. A push button is configured to interact with the arms to couple and detach from the phone case. Two rails may enable coupling of the auxiliary grip within an adjustment range.
US11240358B2	Electronic devices and methods for moving content presentation on one or more displays An electronic device includes a first touch sensitive display positioned on a first major surface of the electronic device and a second touch sensitive display positioned on a second major surface of the electronic device, or alternatively a single display wrapping about the first major surface and the second major surface. One or more processors cause a presentation of content on the first touch sensitive display while the one or more sensors receive user input. In response to the user input, which can be received by the second touch sensitive display, the one or more processors cease the presentation of the content on the first touch sensitive display and commence another presentation of the content on the second touch sensitive display. The process is reversible to send the content back to the first touch sensitive display.
US11240356B2	Headphone case assembly A headphone case assembly includes a housing that has a device opening integrated therein for insertably receiving a personal electronic device. The housing has a spool chamber integrated therein. A spool is rotatably integrated into the housing. The spool is rotatable in a first direction and the spool is biased to rotate in a second direction. A pair of headphones is wrapped around the spool. The headphones can be pulled outwardly from the housing to be worn in the user's ears. The headphones are retracted into the housing when the spool rotates in the second direction. A connection cord is electrically coupled to the headphones and the connection cord is pluggable into a headphone jack in the personal electronic device. In this way the headphones receive an audio signal from the personal electronic device.
US11240352B2	Compressor and decompressor based on Robust Header Compression Robust Header Compression (RoHC) compressors and decompressors are provided. A RoHC compressor includes a memory and a processor. The memory stores multiple contexts and multiple codes or program instructions. The processor executes the codes or the program instructions to perform the following steps: receiving a header flow; freeing at least one of the contexts when free space of the memory is insufficient; compressing the header flow; and transmitting the compressed header flow.
US11240348B2	Remotely managing application settings using hash value comparison In various implementations, a computer-implemented method for remotely managing settings of applications includes receiving a network communication from a managed device, the received network communication including a client-side hash value. The method further includes identifying settings for an application on the managed device in response to the receiving of the network communication, where the identified settings include configuration instructions for the application. Based on a comparison between the received client-side hash value and a server-side hash value that corresponds to the identified settings, at least some of the identified settings are transmitted to the managed device. The transmitting of the at least some of the identified settings can be based on the comparison indicating a mismatch between the received client-side hash value and the server-side hash value. The method may also include completing processing of the received network communication after the transmitting of the at least some of the identified settings.
US11240347B2	Device, system and method for sharing information in a card-based environment A device, system and method for sharing information in a card-based environment is provided. A display screen is controlled, via a first computing device of a first agency, to provide an incident card associated with a given incident managed by the first agency. A command is received to share information of the incident card with a second agency different from the first agency. A subset of the information is transmitted to a second computing device of the second agency. A display attribute, at the display screen, associated with the incident card, is controlled to indicate that the information thereof is at least partially shared with the second agency; and/or a shared incident card is generated in association with the incident card, the shared incident card visually distinguishable as including shared information relative to the incident card, and the shared incident card including at least the subset of the information.
US11240346B2	Method, device, and system for communicating a changeability attribute A method and apparatus include a terminal device receiving a first message from a server that hosts a service available to the terminal device. The first message includes information about at least one attribute relating to a changeability of that at least one attribute having been changed. The terminal device sends a second message to the server in response to the first message that includes information identifying the information about the at least one attribute of the first message. The terminal device receives a third message from the server that includes information indicating a changeability setting for each of the at least one attribute identified in the first message. The terminal device updates how a user interface for the service is to be displayed so the user interface is displayed with attributes relating to the service being indicated as changeable or unchangeable in accordance with the third message.
US11240344B2	Integration of remote software applications into a workflow A system includes persistent storage configured to store definitions of interfaces of remote software applications, and a software application configured to define the interfaces. The software application identifies a remote software application system by which the remote software applications are exposed for execution, and obtains therefrom a specification of a particular remote software application. The software application determines, based on the specification, (i) objects accessible by way of the particular remote software application and (ii) functions invokable to interact with the objects. The software application generates actions that define an interface for the particular remote software application. Each action is configured to invoke execution of one or more of the functions by transmitting a request to the remote software application system and, in response, receive, by way of the remote software application system, an output of the one or more of the functions. The actions are stored in the persistent storage to define the interface.
US11240335B2	System and methods thereof for delivery of popular content using a multimedia broadcast multicast service A content caching system intercepts a request from a user device for delivery of an item of popular content stored in the cache, redirects the request to a gateway based on a determination that the requesting device may receive the item from the gateway which provides a multicast service for the item, wherein the redirecting occurs subsequent to the device being able to join a wireless multicast of the requested content after a period of delivery of a portion of the content from the cache to the device while the content is in the midst of being delivered to the device so that delivery from the cache is terminated and delivery continues such that a subsequent portion of the popular content is delivered to the device from the gateway as part of the wireless multicast.
US11240334B2	Network attached memory using selective resource migration Maintaining cache coherency in the presence of a network attached memory is disclosed. A computer system includes a plurality of physical nodes. An operating system is run collectively across the plurality of physical nodes. The physical nodes are configured to communicate with a network attached memory. Based at least in part on an operation to be performed with respect to page on a first physical node included in the plurality of physical nodes, the network attached memory is configured to receive a message. The network attached memory is configured to perform an action based at least in part on the received message.
US11240332B2	Subscription based event notifications Systems and methods for providing targeted event notifications to subscribers are disclosed. In an example embodiment, events may be received from a publisher. The events may be categorized into a plurality of topics. The events may be distributed among brokers to process a topic selected from the plurality of topics based on the events. Further, it may be determined whether the topic exists in a list of topics handled by the brokers. Authentication credentials of the publisher may be validated, based on the determination. Based on the validation, queues of the events may be formed based on an order of receipt of the events. The events present in the queues may be filtered based on subscriptions of the events. For the fileted events, targeted even notifications may be forwarded to the subscribers.
US11240323B2	Data transmission method and system The present invention relates to a data transmission method including injecting signals into a communications channel between a predefined hardware device for a computing system and an application executing on the computing system, for receipt by the application. A data transmission system is also disclosed.
US11240320B2	System and method for managing notifications of document modifications A document modification event management system for notification of specific edits made to electronic content items, and a method of determining the relevance of the modification. As an example, a first user may make an edit to a portion of a document. A second user may receive a notification of this edit if the system determines the edit was relevant to the second user. In addition, during review of an electronic content item, a reader may select a specific portion of content and view the modifications that have occurred to only the selected portion. These tools can provide collaborative document users the ability to more readily monitor document development and stay up-to-date with changes that are important to them.
US11240319B2	Network service continuity without session continuity A Service Continuity Network Function (SCNF) may be used to provide service continuity support in IoT networks such as 3 GPP and oneM2M, whereby higher layer session and service information is associated with transport layer session information. By means of the SCNF, a higher layer service may be resumed when a new session or connection is created, without support for transport layer session continuity. The service continuity capabilities of the SCNF may be exposed to the service layer of the network by way of a resource data structure.
US11240317B2	Diagnostic method and system for vehicle, and related device thereof Embodiments of the present invention relate to the field of diagnostic technologies of a vehicle, and specifically disclose a diagnostic method for a vehicle. The method includes: receiving, by a diagnostic server, a connection request message sent by a terminal, the connection request message being used to request address information of a diagnostic server corresponding to a to-be-diagnosed vehicle; determining the corresponding diagnostic server according to the connection request message; and sending the address information of the diagnostic server to the terminal, so that the terminal establishes a communication connection with the diagnostic server according to the address information. According to the foregoing technical solutions, in the embodiments of the present invention, a plurality of vehicle can be diagnosed by using the terminal, improving diagnostic efficiency and achieving relatively high user experience.
US11240312B2	Apparatus and method of providing IoT resource information Provided are an apparatus and method of interworking IoT servers associated with heterogeneous platforms. The method of providing IoT resource information in an IoT server operating based on a first IoT platform includes: receiving device information of a first IoT device to register in a resource table; transmitting resource information of the first IoT device including a resource path of the first IoT device to an external IoT server through an interworking brokerage server; receiving resource information of a second IoT device registered in the external IoT server operating based on a second IoT platform through the interworking brokerage server; and translating an original resource path included in the resource information of the second IoT device into a format according to the first IoT platform to store the resource information of the second IoT device including the original resource path and a translated resource path in the resource table.
US11240311B2	System and method for server based control A system and method in a building or vehicle for an actuator operation in response to a sensor according to a control logic, the system comprising a router or a gateway communicating with a device associated with the sensor and a device associated with the actuator over in-building or in-vehicle networks, and an external Internet-connected control server associated with the control logic implementing a PID closed linear control loop and communicating with the router over external network for controlling the in-building or in-vehicle phenomenon. The sensor may be a microphone or a camera, and the system may include voice or image processing as part of the control logic. A redundancy is used by using multiple sensors or actuators, or by using multiple data paths over the building or vehicle internal or external communication. The networks may be wired or wireless, and may be BAN, PAN, LAN, WAN, or home networks.
US11240309B1	State management and storage with policy enforcement in a distributed cloud computing network A compute server of a distributed cloud computing network receives a request for an object that is to be handled by an object worker, where the object worker includes a single instantiation of a piece of code that solely controls reading/writing to the object. Policies are accessed that are applicable for processing the object. If the policies do not allow the object worker to be instantiated on the compute server, the object worker will not be instantiated and the request will not be processed at that compute server. If the policies allow the object worker to be instantiated on the compute server, the object worker is instantiated and the request is processed.
US11240308B2	Implicit discovery controller registration of non-volatile memory express (NVMe) elements in an NVME-over-fabrics (NVMe-oF) system Presented herein are embodiments for implicitly or indirectly registering elements of a non-volatile memory express (NVMe™) entity in an NVMe-over-Fabric (NVMe-oF) environment. In one or more embodiments, one or more interactions between an NVMe™ entity and a centralized storage fabric service component, such as part of the Link Layer Discovery Protocol (LLDP) process or the Multicast Domain Name System (mDNS) process, may be used by the centralized storage fabric service to extract information about the NVMe™ entity and automatically register it with a centralized registration datastore. In one or more embodiments, the centralized registration datastore may be used to facilitate services in the NVMe-oF system, such as discovery of NVMe™ entities, provisioning, and access control. In one or more embodiments, an implicitly registered NVMe™ entity may also subsequently explicitly register, which may include supplying additional information about the NVMe™ entity.
US11240306B2	Scalable storage system A large-scale storage system is provided. The large-scale system includes a plurality of compute nodes; a plurality of storage nodes; and a communication fabric for providing a communication infrastructure between the plurality of compute nodes and the plurality of storage nodes; wherein each compute node of the plurality of compute nodes is configured to independently perform at least a storage operation on any of the storage nodes in a persistent manner, and wherein each storage node of the plurality of storage nodes provides physical storage space of the large-scale storage system.
US11240302B1	Live migration of log-based consistency mechanisms for data stores Live migration of log-based consistency mechanisms may be implemented for data stores. A log describing changes to replicas of data maintained at different nodes may be implemented in different ways. While the nodes are available for servicing access requests, a migration of consistent maintained between one instance of a log and a different instance of the log may be performed. A change may be committed to the current instance of the log identifying the new instance of the log as describing changes to the log subsequent to the migration. Upon completing migration, the data may be consistently maintained according to the different instance of the log.
US11240298B2	Peer-to-peer syncable storage system A system for creating a sync group in a distributed system may include an offline electronic device having a short range communication transmitter and a storage service, and a computer-readable storage medium comprising one or more programming instructions. The system may receive a request from an application to create a sync group, and verify that the application has read access to the storage service. In response to verifying that the application has read access to the storage service, the system may create the sync group by receiving an indication of one or more objects stored in the storage service that are to be shared, identifying one or more members of the sync group, and assigning one or more permissions to the one or more members that are identified. The system may synchronize access to the objects among the electronic device and one or more member electronic devices.
US11240296B2	Distributed processing system and distributed processing method A first distributed processing node transmits distributed data to a second distributed processing node as intermediate consolidated data. A third distributed processing node generates intermediate consolidated data after update from received intermediate consolidated data and distributed data, and transmits the intermediate consolidated data to a fourth distributed processing node. The first distributed processing node transmits the received intermediate consolidated data to fifth distributed processing node as consolidated data. The third distributed processing node transmits the received consolidated data to a sixth distributed processing node. When an aggregation communication time period required by each distributed processing node to consolidate the distributed data or an aggregation dispatch communication time period being a total time period of the aggregation communication time period and a time period required by each distributed processing node to dispatch the consolidated data exceeds a predetermined time period, the first distributed processing node issues a warning.
US11240293B2	System for supporting remote accesses to a host computer from a mobile computing device Users of a client computer having non-conventional input devices interact with a host computing platform with the same user experience as if he or she was operating the client computer natively. This is achieved by having the non-conventional input devices of the client device appear local to the applications that are running on the host platform, even though the host computing platform may not be equipped with drivers for the non-conventional input devices.
US11240292B2	Interfacing with remote content management systems A content management system interface at a local computer device configured to receive user file commands from a file manager and translate the user file commands into content management commands for sending to the remote content management system via a network interface. The content management system interface is further be configured to receive remote file information from the remote content management system via the network interface and translate the remote file information into user file information for the file manager.
US11240289B2	Apparatus and method for low-latency message request/response processing An apparatus and method for low-latency real-time request processing. For example, one implementation comprises a front end and a plurality of micro-services each utilizing a different type of hardware and/or software tailored to perform a specialized type of processing. In one implementation, the front end receives a request message (e.g., an HTTP request) containing program code/data in its header and forwards the request to certain micro-services in accordance with the type of processing required and/or other variables such as load on the micro-services. A central storage may be shared by the front end and the micro-services to exchange data and/or the data may be stored in the intermediate messages passed between the front end and micro-services.
US11240288B2	File transfer in a multi-node network Methods, systems, programs, and apparatus for the easy, bi-directional transfer of any number of files or directories of files between computer systems, over a LAN, without the need for an Internet connection, preexistence or presence of special or specific software on more than one computer (the “host”) in the transaction, or prior knowledge of the platforms or operating systems of more than one (the “host”) of the computers constituting an endpoint in the abovementioned transfer.
US11240287B2	Method, server and system for converging desktop application and web application The present invention provides a method, Web server and computer system for converging a desktop application and a Web application. The method may comprise: in response to a request from a client user for using a target desktop application, starting a desktop application initialization process on the Web server and determining an appropriate corresponding hosting server for the user; preparing and provisioning desktop application environment on the corresponding hosting server and starting the target desktop application; transmitting the corresponding hosting server's address to the client so as to make desktop application interaction between the client and the corresponding hosting server; and in response to the completion of the desktop application interaction, stopping and exiting the target desktop application on the corresponding hosting server.
US11240281B2	System and method for use of cyclic play queues in a media content environment In accordance with an embodiment, described herein is a system and method for use of cyclic play queues in a media content environment. A cyclic list data structure that can be initially populated with a list of media content items to be played at a media device, exposes a cyclic list of sequences of media content items, and supports operations to modify portions of the cyclic list to provide a cyclic play queue of media content items. When changes are made to an underlying play queue or context, the system performs a three-way merge of sequences of media content items within the cyclic list, to provide a modified play queue, for example with the left sequence being an updated playlist, and the right sequence being a patch window that reflects a user's changes to the play queue.
US11240279B2	Method to maintain synchronization of media streams, commands, and on-screen events transmitted through different internet pathways and consumed at varying speeds Embodiments are directed to computer systems and methods that maintain synchronicity among elements intended to be displayed at various points during a live media stream. The systems and methods, at a multimedia player, start playback of a live media stream. The systems and methods receive input from a user selecting a new time of the media stream to playback, which is different than the current playback time of the media stream. The systems and methods adjust playback of the media stream to restart at the new selected time, such that the current playback time of the output media stream is updated to the new selected time. The systems and methods monitor the current playback time of the media stream as adjusted. The systems and methods determine a user-initiated command to execute for displaying one or more visual elements at the multimedia player by polling a command manifest file based on the current playback time as adjusted.
US11240278B1	Distributed messaging communication system integrated with a cross-entity collaboration platform A communication/collaboration system enables a first user at a first entity to define a collaboration object, and to invite a second entity to collaborate on the collaboration object in accordance with a hierarchy with corresponding permissions. A second user at a second entity is enabled to collaborate on the collaboration object. A communications log regarding the collaboration between the first user and the second user is maintained. A communications log between the first user and other users at the first entity is maintained. A communication interface is displayed on the first user computer system that displays the log of communications between the first user and the second user on the collaboration object, together with the log of communications regarding the collaboration object between the first user and other users at the first entity, and excluding communications regarding the collaboration object between the second user and other users at the second entity.
US11240273B2	Data processing and scanning systems for generating and populating a data inventory In particular embodiments, a data processing data inventory generation system is configured to: (1) generate a data model (e.g., a data inventory) for one or more data assets utilized by a particular organization; (2) generate a respective data inventory for each of the one or more data assets; and (3) map one or more relationships between one or more aspects of the data inventory, the one or more data assets, etc. within the data model. In particular embodiments, a data asset (e.g., data system, software application, etc.) may include, for example, any entity that collects, processes, contains, and/or transfers personal data (e.g., such as a software application, “internet of things” computerized device, database, website, data-center, server, etc.). The system may be configured to identify particular data assets and/or personal data in data repositories using any suitable intelligent identity scanning technique.
US11240268B1	Dynamic honeypots for computer program execution environments Dynamic honeypots for computer program execution environments are described. A determination is made whether a time period has expired since a computer program execution environment, of multiple computer program execution environments, began executing a computer program that provides a user service. The computer program execution environment is changed into a computer security mechanism that counteracts an attempt of unauthorized use of a system that comprises the computer program execution environment, in response to a determination that the time period has expired since the computer program execution environment began executing the computer program that provides the user service.
US11240263B2	Responding to alerts In some examples, an alert relating to an issue in a computing arrangement is received. It is determined that the received alert is similar to a given alert in an information repository containing information of past processes performed to address respective issues, the determining comprising comparing a property associated with the received alert to a property of alerts associated with the past processes, and the information contained in the information repository comprising actions taken in the past processes to address the respective issues. Performance of a remediation action is triggered that comprises an action, identified by the information in the information repository, taken to respond to the given alert.
US11240260B2	System and method for detecting computer network intrusions A method and system for monitoring computer network intrusions, the system comprising at least one security device including a processor and memory. The at least one security device is communicatively coupled to a private network and configured to generate heartbeat pulses comprising operational snapshots of the at least one security device. The system further comprises one or more host systems configured to communicate with the at least one security device from an external network, transmit configuration parameters to the at least one security device, the configuration parameters including instructions for the at least one security device to operate as a given type of network asset, monitor the heartbeat pulse of the at least one security device, determine a change in integrity in the at least one security device based on the monitoring, and send one or more notification messages to a network administrator based on the determination.
US11240259B2	Self organizing learning topologies In one embodiment, a networking device at an edge of a network generates a first set of feature vectors using information regarding one or more characteristics of host devices in the network. The networking device forms the host devices into device clusters dynamically based on the first set of feature vectors. The networking device generates a second set of feature vectors using information regarding traffic associated with the device clusters. The networking device models interactions between the device clusters using a plurality of anomaly detection models that are based on the second set of feature vectors.
US11240257B2	Domain name and URL visual verification for increased security Techniques for providing domain name and URL visual verifications to increase security of operations on a device. The techniques include a visual indicator and/or warning to a user on the user's computing device that a domain or URL requested by the user and the device is unpopular, new, unknown, inauthentic, associated with malware or phishing, or in some other way, risky. The techniques include identifying a domain name in a communication received by a computing device and then determining a popularity ranking and/or an age of the domain name. The device can render, for display on a screen of the device, a visual indicator having the popularity ranking and/or the age of the domain name. Also, the techniques can include identifying a URL in a communication received by a computing device and then rendering, for display on a screen of the device, a visual indicator having the entire URL.
US11240256B2	Grouping alerts into bundles of alerts In some examples, a plurality of alerts relating to issues in a computing arrangement are received, where the plurality of alerts generated based on events in the computing arrangement. A subset of the plurality of alerts is grouped into a bundle of alerts, the grouping being based on a criterion. The bundle of alerts is communicated to cause processing of the alerts in the bundle of alerts together.
US11240253B2	Vehicle communication apparatus, in-vehicle network system, and vehicle communication method An electronic control unit is connected to a network in an in-vehicle network system. The electronic control unit includes a first control circuit and a second control circuit. The first control circuit is connected to the network via the second control circuit. The second control circuit performs a first determination process on a frame to determine conformity of the frame with a first rule. Upon determining that the frame conforms to the first rule, the second control circuit transmits the frame to the first control circuit. The first control circuit performs a second determination process on the frame to determine conformity of the frame with a second rule. The second rule is different from the first rule.
US11240252B2	Systems and methods for data access control A method includes receiving an access feature request for utilization of a feature in a computing system, determining a system requestor associated with the access feature request, determining an achievement associated with the feature, accessing a plurality of first document types associated with the system requestor, determining that a document of the plurality of first document types reflects successful completion of the achievement, and providing a system access to the feature based on a determination that the document reflects successful completion of the achievement.
US11240248B2	Controlling interactions and generating alerts based on iterative fuzzy searches of a database and comparisons of multiple variables A computing platform may receive, from a web server, entity identification information in different formats, and normalize the entity identification information. After normalizing the information, the computing platform may receive a plurality of interaction records each associated with an interaction between a system and a client of the system. The computing platform may compare the normalized entity identification information with the interaction records of the interactions between the system and the clients of the system. After determining that the entity identification information matches client information for one of the interaction records, the computing platform may send an alert to a control server. The alert may cause the control server to take one or more actions with respect to the client. For example, future attempts by the client to access one or more services offered by the system may be blocked for access by the client.
US11240247B2	Multi-user computing device configured for executing applications in multiple user contexts simultaneously A multi-user computing device, such a communal computing device like an interactive digital whiteboard, can execute single user aware (“SUA”) applications and multi-user aware (“MUA”) applications. Instances of SUA applications execute in the context of a single user. MUA applications can execute in the contexts of multiple authenticated users simultaneously. A multi-user aware OS platform authenticates and de-authenticates users of the multi-user computing device. The multi-user aware OS platform provides notifications to MUA applications when users are authenticated and de-authenticated. When a new user is authenticated, MUA applications begin executing in the context of the newly authenticated user and any other previously authenticated users. When users are de-authenticated, MUA applications stop executing in the context of the de-authenticated user but continue executing in the context of the remaining authenticated users of the multi-user computing device. Data associated with the de-authenticated user is removed from the multi-user computing device.
US11240244B2	Presentation interrupt for a DID attestation Embodiments disclosed herein are related to computing systems and methods for providing a presentation interrupt for a DID attestation. A DID attestation is accessed that is issued by a first entity of a decentralized network. The DID attestation defines information that has been generated by the first entity about a DID owner who is the subject of the DID attestation. The DID attestation includes interrupt metadata that directs that the first entity be contacted prior to the DID owner being able to present the DID attestation to a second entity of the decentralized network. In response to the DID owner attempting to present the DID attestation to the second entity, the first entity is contacted as directed by the interrupt metadata. Authorization information is received from the first entity. The authorization information indicates if the DID owner is able to present the DID attestation to the second entity.
US11240240B1	Identity defined secure connect Systems and methods for network security are provided. Various embodiments issue single use certificates for validating remote endpoints access to the private network. Some embodiments use a triage zone (or triage gateway) to which remote device can calls into using a static issued certificate. However, instead of granting complete access to the virtual private network, the use of this static certificate only grants access to the triage zone where further validation of the endpoint without any access to sensitive content on the private network. The endpoint can be connected to an ID manager within the triage zone. The endpoint can then send the username and password to the ID manager that can create a single use certificate (e.g., valid for a limited period of time). While valid, the single use certificate can be used by the remote device to gain access to the production zone using a VPN tunnel.
US11240232B2	Multi-level authentication for a fire control system Systems, devices, and methods for multi-level authentication for a fire control system are described herein. One system includes a first device configured to receive a request corresponding to an action to be performed regarding an electronic record generated for a fire control system and receive a first authentication form a first user for the action regarding the electronic record generated for the fire control system. The system is further comprised of one or more secondary devices configured to receive a notification of the request and a secondary authentication from at least one of a number of required users for the action regarding the electronic record to be performed. The system also includes a computing device configured to receive the first authentication from the first device and each of the secondary authentications from each of the one or more secondary devices and perform the action regarding the electronic record based on the first authentication received from the first device each of the secondary authentications received from each of the one or more secondary devices.
US11240231B2	Server and/or client device authentication Embodiments of systems and methods for client and/or server authentication are provided. In one embodiment, a method includes sending information from a mobile network device to a server, wherein the information comprises a seed that is used by both the mobile network device and the server to compute a series of one time passwords. The method also includes receiving, by the mobile network device, a succession of one time passwords generated by the server throughout a session. And the method further includes comparing the received one time passwords generated by the server throughout the session to corresponding one time passwords generated at the mobile network device. In this manner, the server can be authenticated. In various embodiments, the process may be reversed to facilitate client, e.g., mobile network device, authentication.
US11240228B2	Data security utilizing historical password data Aspects of the present invention disclose a method, computer program product, and system for performing a validation of authentication credentials from a user. The method includes one or more processors receiving authentication credentials input in an authentication session, the authentication credentials including a username and a password. The method further includes one or more processors generating a hash of the password of the received authentication credentials. In response to determining that the received authentication credentials are not valid, the method further includes one or more processors determining whether the generated hash of the password matches a stored hash associated with the username of the received authentication credentials.
US11240225B1	Single sign-on techniques Systems and methods are described herein for providing single sign-on capabilities. In some embodiments, an intermediate endpoint of a service provider receives, from a user device, an http_post message including security data provided by an identity provider. In some embodiments, the intermediate endpoint retrieves relay state data specific to the identity provider and transmits the security data and the relay state data to the user device. The user device then transmits the security data and relay state data to an authentication endpoint of the service provider. The authentication endpoint verifies that the SAML response indicated the user was authenticated by an identity provider. A URL may be retrieved from the relay state data and the user device's web browser is redirected to the URL to provide access to one or more services of the service provider.
US11240223B1	Systems and methods for quantum consensus Systems, apparatuses, and methods are disclosed for quantum entanglement authentication (QEA). An example method includes transmitting a first number and a second electronic identification of a second subset of the first set of entangled quantum particles to a second computing device, transmitting a second number and a first electronic identification of a first subset of a first set of entangled quantum particles to a first computing device, wherein each entangled quantum particle in the first set of entangled quantum particles is entangled with a respective entangled quantum particle in a second set of entangled quantum particles, receiving, from the first computing device, a third number, receiving, from the second computing device, a fourth number and in an instance in which the third number corresponds to the first number and the fourth number corresponds to the second number, authenticating a session between the first computing device and the second computing device.
US11240213B2	Resource obtaining, distribution, and download method and apparatus, device, and storage medium A resource distribution method, when different peer nodes communicate with each other, a key pair is used for encryption. A resource is transmitted in a ciphertext form in a peer-to-peer (P2P) network. In particular, each resource may have a corresponding key pair, and different key pairs may be used to encrypt resources of different users.
US11240210B2	Methods, apparatuses, and systems for acquiring local information The present application discloses methods, apparatuses, and systems for acquiring local information. An exemplary method may include sending a first request for information acquisition to a network apparatus through a script in a browser. The method may also include monitoring, through the local application tool, a random number, sent by the network apparatus, corresponding to the first request for information acquisition. Moreover, the method may include acquiring, through the local application tool, the first request for information acquisition corresponding to the random number stored in the network apparatus. Furthermore, the method may include acquiring, through the local application tool, local information corresponding to the first request for information acquisition, and sending, through the local application tool, the local information to the network apparatus.
US11240208B2	Split tunneling based on content type to exclude certain network traffic from a tunnel Various techniques for split tunneling based on content type are disclosed. In some embodiments, a system, process, and/or computer program product for split tunneling based on content type includes monitoring session traffic received at a data appliance; determining if the session traffic is associated with a first content type; and redirecting the session traffic if the session traffic is associated with the first content type based on a policy.
US11240207B2	Network isolation Methods and systems are disclosed for isolation of communications between a host computer system and one or more untrusted network destinations. An Internet isolation system may include a network, one or more host computer systems, a border firewall, an authorization device, and/or a proxy device. The Internet isolation system may be configured to implement network isolation between one or more untrusted network destinations, the one or more host computer systems, and/or the network. The network isolation may be implemented via one or more of a host-based firewall on each of the one or more host computer systems, the border firewall, the authorization device, the proxy device, an internal isolation firewall on each of the one or more host computer systems, and/or a segregation of a trusted memory space and an untrusted memory space on each of the one or more host computer systems.
US11240205B1	Implementing rules in firewalls This disclosure describes systems, devices, and techniques for implementing master rules in firewalls. In some cases, at least one master rule is identified. The at least one master rule can be associated with performing at least one first operation on a first type of data traffic that satisfies at least one first condition. Multiple firewalls may implement the at least one master rule. In addition, a first firewall among the multiple firewalls may implement at least one application-specific rule in addition to the at least one master rule. The at least one application-specific rule may be associated with performing at least one second operation on a second type of data traffic that satisfies at least one second condition. The multiple firewalls may be between multiple applications and at least one network. Specifically, the first firewall may be deployed between a first application among the multiple applications and the network(s).
US11240203B1	Network segmentation by automatically generated security groups A method of automatic security group generation by a firewall management service. The method may include receiving a security policy definition allowing cloud resource instances labeled by a first tag to communicate to cloud resource instances labeled by a second tag; creating a first security group comprising an inbound firewall rule for the cloud resource instances associated with the first tag, wherein the inbound firewall rule specifies cloud resource instances associated with a second security group as source communication endpoints; creating a second security group comprising an outbound firewall rule for the cloud resources instances associated with the second tag, wherein the outbound firewall rule specifies cloud resource instances associated with the first security group as destination communication endpoints; and causing a firewall service to implement the first security group and the second security group.
US11240200B1	Time-dependent network addressing Disclosed are various embodiments for time based network addresses. A network packet is received over a network by a first computing device from a second computing device. The network packet contains a time-dependent destination address for a third computing device, such as a time-dependent internet protocol version 6 (IPv6) address. The time-dependent destination address contains a time-dependent checksum based at least in part on a current time and an encryption key associated with the third computing device. The checksum is validated upon receipt. In response to a determination that the checksum is valid, the network packet is forwarded to the third computing device.
US11240197B2	System and method for creating intelligent IP addresses A method includes obtaining subscriber attributes from a subscriber, encoding the subscriber attributes into an internet protocol (IP) address, and assigning the encoded IP protocol address to the subscriber. The encoded IP address with attributes specific to the subscriber may then be used to provide customized and enhanced services to the subscriber and provide more efficient operations for the service provider.
US11240193B2	Managing electronic messages with a message transfer agent Provided herein is an electronic message management platform that enables management and execution of electronic message campaigns while appropriately managing challenges presented by spam filters, black lists, and domain blocking technologies, and that includes elements for managing an electronic message campaign based on dynamic conditions, quality measures, engagement factors, and other measures, factors and conditions.
US11240191B2	Socializing support apparatus and non-transitory computer readable medium A socializing support apparatus includes a detector that detects presence of a visiting user, the visiting user being a user visiting a shared apparatus, and a first controller that controls notification of first notification information, the notification being provided from a terminal apparatus to a terminal user if a notification condition is satisfied, the notification condition being detection of presence of the visiting user, the first notification information being information indicative of presence of the visiting user, the terminal user being a user of the terminal apparatus different from the visiting user.
US11240187B2	Cognitive attachment distribution A method, a computer program product, and a computer system cognitively distribute email attachments to recipients. The method includes receiving an email composition for an email to be transmitted to a plurality of recipients, the email composition including at least one attachment. The method includes determining recipient information indicative of respective characteristics of the recipients. The method includes determining a context of a select one of the at least one attachment. The method includes, for each recipient, determining a score indicative of an appropriateness of the selected attachment being distributed to the recipient based on the recipient information of the recipient and the context of the selected attachment. The method includes, as a result of the score for a select one of the recipients satisfying a scoring threshold, distributing the attachment to the selected recipient via the email.
US11240185B2	Managing and executing serverless function command sets in a messaging service A serverless function execution system enables fast, efficient and flexible deployment and execution of serverless functions. User commands are received from external messaging systems that cause functions to be executed. A serverless function associated with the user command is determined and the serverless function is executed in an isolation container at a function computation server. A response from the execution of the serverless function is sent to the external messaging system.
US11240183B2	Two-way real time communication system that allows asymmetric participation in conversations across multiple electronic platforms Methods, systems, and apparatuses, including computer programs encoded on computer-readable media, for receiving a first communication as part of a conversation, from an unauthenticated user of a web browser. A conversation identifier is determined based on the first communication. A first responder, a communication protocol, and a communication address of the first responder is determined. The first communication is sent to the first responder and a first reply is received. The conversation identifier is determined based on the first reply and the first reply is mapped to the web browser. The first reply is sent to the web browser.
US11240175B2	Systems and methods for managing multi-channel network traffic The present disclosure generally relates to apparatus, software and methods for managing multi-channel network traffic to alleviate congestion, improve service quality and make efficient use of channel capacity. The disclosed apparatus, software and methods alleviate congestion and improve service quality by minimizing variance within a channel and/or increase overall traffic flow by minimizing the variance between channels. One or both of these objectives can be accomplished using modern portfolio theory to optimize at least one network usage parameter based on the mean and variance of the parameter(s).
US11240168B2	System and method to exchange identity governance data across multiple identity repositories A technique for identity governance (IG) data exchange includes receiving, by a first adapter, an identity governance message from a first identity governance resource for transmission of the identity governance message to a second identity governance resource. The first adapter analyzes the message and, based on the analysis, selects a routing policy to apply to the message. Based on the routing policy, the adapter determines a select input queue from a plurality of input queues to receive the message and writes the message to the select input queue. The message is then routed from the select input queue to an output queue, and then a second adapter transfers the message from the output queue to the second identity governance resource.
US11240164B2	Method for obtaining path information of data packet and device The present disclosure relates to methods and devices for obtaining path information of a data packet. One example method includes receiving, by a network device, a data packet transmitted in a network, and obtaining, by the network device, path information of the data packet from a source end to a destination end, where the path information is a total hop count of routers passed through by the data packet from the source end to the destination end or a latency of the data packet from the source end to the destination end.
US11240163B2	Practical overlay network latency measurement in datacenter Some embodiments provide a method of identifying packet latency in a software defined datacenter (SDDC) that includes a network, several host computers executing several machines, and a set of one or more controllers. At the set of controllers, the method o receives, from a set of host computers, (i) a first set of time values associated with multiple packet processing operations performed on packets sent by a set of machines executing on the set of host computers and (ii) a second set of time values associated with packet transmission between host computers through the SDDC network. The method processes the first and second sets of time values to identify a set of latencies experienced by multiple packets processed and transmitted in the SDDC.
US11240161B2	Data communication apparatus for high-speed identification of adaptive bit rate, communication system, data communication method, and program A data communication apparatus is provided that includes: a transmission-reception part configured to transmit and receive data between a client terminal and a server, an ABR determination part configured to determine whether or not a data transmission scheme from the server to the client terminal is based on an ABR (Adaptive Bit Rate) distribution scheme, and, a scheme determination part configured to determine the data transmission scheme upon transmitting a received data from the server to the client terminal according to a result by the ABR determination part, wherein the transmission-reception part is configured to transmit the received data from the server to the client by the data transmission scheme determined by the scheme determination part.
US11240160B2	Method, apparatus, and computer-readable storage medium for network control Apparatuses and methods comprise receiving traffic from multiple virtual machines (VMs) associated with a same identification (ID); mapping the ID into a destination Internet Protocol (IP) address; and forwarding the traffic from the multiple VMs to a first gateway instance announcing the destination IP address.
US11240158B2	Release-time based prioritization of on-board content Approaches are described for release-time-driven (RTD) prioritization of on-board content scheduling and delivery to in-transit transport craft via communications systems. In context of a constrained network, content is scheduled to be delivered to those in-transit on-board media servers in a manner driven by respective release times and other prioritization factors associated with the updated content. Each content is associated with a RTD priority profile that can define a release time, a release priority, and a profile plot for the content. The RTD priority profiles can be used to compute priority surfaces that define priority scores over a multidimensional space for a particular time. A subset of the content can be selected for delivery based on the priority surfaces, and can be scheduled for delivery according to network capacity determinations.
US11240157B1	Adaptive quality of service marking Technologies for adaptively classifying network packets for quality of service (QoS) are provided herein. Adaptive classifiers track network packets transferred in data flows and network sessions, and apply various QoS classifications to the packets. An adaptive classifier can apply different QoS markings to packets in a data flow based on data flow metadata, such as the age of the data flow and/or the amount of data transmitted in the data flow. An adaptive classifier can assign various priority levels to network packets during different phases of a network session. Routers that receive the packets can prioritize transmission of the packets based on the applied QoS markings or assigned priority levels.
US11240155B2	Technologies for network device load balancers for accelerated functions as a service Technologies for load balancing on a network device in an edge network are disclosed. According to one embodiment, a network device receives, in the edge network, a request to access a function. The request includes one or more performance requirements. The network device identifies, as a function of an evaluation of the performance requirements and on monitored properties of each device associated with the network device, one or more of the devices to service the request. The network device selects one of the identified devices according to a load balancing policy and sends the request to the selected device.
US11240153B1	Scoring policies for predictive routing suggestions In one embodiment, a device makes a determination that a first predictive routing policy generated by a predictive routing engine for a network would have performed better than a preexisting routing policy that is active in the network. The device adjusts, based on the determination, a level of trust associated with the predictive routing engine. The device obtains information regarding a second predictive routing policy generated by the predictive routing engine for the network. The device activates the second predictive routing policy in the network, based on the level of trust associated with the predictive routing engine.
US11240150B2	Applying attestation to segment routing In one embodiment, a method by an apparatus of a segment routing (SR) network includes receiving a data packet and accessing an attestation token for the apparatus. The method further includes determining a location within a header of the received data packet for the attestation token and creating an updated header by encoding the attestation token in the determined location of the header. The method further includes sending the updated header with the encoded attestation token to another apparatus of the SR network.
US11240148B2	Packet processing method and apparatus A packet processing method and a related apparatus are provided. The method includes: obtaining a first packet including first indication information, wherein the first indication information is used to indicate a data flow corresponding to the first packet; determining a target flow entry in an integrated flow table based on the first indication information, wherein the integrated flow table includes at least one flow entry, each flow entry includes a unified match entry and a comprehensive behavior entry, the unified match entry uniquely identifies a data flow, a unified match entry of the target flow entry identifies the same data flow as indicated by the first indication information; and performing an operation on the first packet based on a comprehensive behavior entry included in the target flow entry.
US11240147B2	Asymmetric routing minimization In some examples, an example method to minimize asymmetric routing at a network node may include maintaining a flow table including one or more records, each record indicating a packet flow and a corresponding tunnel, receiving a data packet to process at a network node, and determining whether to process the data packet as a follower node. The method may also include, responsive to a determination to process the data packet as a follower node, determining whether there is an entry in the flow table for a packet flow associated with the received packet, and, responsive to a determination that there is an entry in the flow table for the packet flow, transmitting the received data packet through a tunnel corresponding to the packet flow.
US11240144B2	Assisted replication in software defined network A software defined networking (SDN) controller is configured to receive, from a Top-Of-Rack (TOR) switch, a first multicast route and a second multicast route. In response to determining that the first multicast route is an assisted replication route, the SDN controller is configured to add a first nexthop specified by the first multicast route to a list of nexthops for Broadcast, Unknown-Unicast, and Multicast (BUM) traffic. In response to determining that the second multicast route is not the assisted replication route, the SDN controller is configured to refrain from adding a second nexthop specified by the second multicast route to the list of nexthops. After adding the first nexthop, the SDN controller is configured to provision the list of nexthops at a virtual router.
US11240140B2	Method and system for interfacing communication networks The invention is directed to a computer-implemented system and method for transmitting data from a first node to a second node of a source-selected path routing network. In said system and method according to the present invention, a first data packet is received at the first node, wherein said data packet was sent from a source node according to next-hop routing. Subsequently, at least part of the data contained in the data packet is transmitted from the first node to the second node according to source-selected path routing. Finally, the data received at the second node is transmitted to a destination node according to next-hop routing. Said system and method is further characterized by the steps of determining, for at least a subset of a plurality of available paths between the first node and the second node, a plurality of path parameters; determining a plurality of attributes related to the first data packet; selecting a preferred path from the plurality of available paths based on a decision rule, said decision rule specifying, for at least one attribute, a preferred range of path parameters; and remotely determining the second node based on destination information related to the destination node, wherein said destination information is extracted from the data packet.
US11240138B2	Management of network connections A method for managing communication on a network between a first device and a second device. The devices communicate via a first communication link, called a main link, and a second communication link, called a secondary link. The energy consumption of the secondary link is less than that of the first communication link. The method includes establishing validity of a criterion relative to data traffic on at least one of the main or secondary link, and on the basis of the validity of the criterion, managing activation of the at least one link.
US11240137B2	Distributed wireless network operating system A wireless network operating system for communication between a plurality of nodes of a network is provided. The operating system can enable an operator to define a centralized network control problem at a high level, decompose automatically the network control problem into a set of distributed subproblems, each subproblem characterizing a local behavior of a single session or a subset of sessions or a single node or a subset of nodes or a single protocol layer or a subset of protocol layers, to generate in an automated manner a set of solution algorithms, and send the set of solution algorithms to each node for execution at an associated node controller to optimize the parameters of a programmable protocol stack based on local state information at each node. A network device for use at a node in a wireless network, a method of wirelessly communicating between a plurality of nodes in a network, and a method of providing a wireless network operating system are also provided.
US11240136B2	Determining attributes using captured network probe data in a wireless communications system Wireless user device probe data can be used to infer or determine an attribute of a user. The probe data can be captured by a sensor device from probes from the user device. The probe data can include network addresses of the wireless access points to which the user device has wirelessly connected prior to attempting a current connection to a wireless access point. The probe data can also include connection information about wireless links between the user device and the wireless access points to which the user device has connected prior to attempting the current connection. The probe data and a user device identifier can be provided for comparing the probe data to access point network addresses associated with attributes to determine an attribute for a user of the user device.
US11240133B2	Communication quality evaluation device, communication quality evaluation method, and communication quality evaluation program A communication quality evaluation device includes: a storage unit configured to store permission relationship information indicating a relationship between a plurality of first objective indicators indicating communication quality, and use continuation possibility information indicating whether a user will continue use in the case of each of the first objective indicators; an indicator acquisition unit configured to acquire a second objective indicator at a point in time at which the communication quality evaluation device makes a determination; and a permission determination unit configured to determine, using the second objective indicator acquired by the indicator acquisition unit and with reference to the permission relationship information stored in the storage unit, whether the user will continue use on the basis of the result of the referencing.
US11240131B2	Systems and methods for evaluating a user experience in a network based on performance indicators A device may collect network performance data associated with a user equipment of a network. The network performance data may include information associated with a plurality of performance indicators of the network. The device may process information associated with a first portion of the plurality of performance indicators to determine a first performance category experience score, and information associated with a second portion of the plurality of performance indicators to determine a second performance category experience score. The device may process the first performance category experience score and the second performance category experience score to determine a network experience score. The device may determine whether the network experience score satisfies a threshold value. The device may perform one or more actions based on determining that the network experience score satisfies the threshold value.
US11240130B2	Triggering packet capture based on detecting a sequence anomaly In one embodiment, a method is performed. A device comprising a non-transitory memory and a processor coupled to the non-transitory memory may be in communication with a plurality of network devices. The device may detect an anomaly in a detected sequence of events occurring during a connectivity process for establishing a connection between a first network device and a second network device of the plurality of network devices. The anomaly may comprise a difference between the detected sequence of events and a predetermined sequence of events. The device may determine whether the anomaly satisfies a criterion for triggering a packet capture operation. If so, the device may cause at least one of the first network device or the second network device to capture at least one target packet.
US11240125B2	System and method for predicting and reducing subscriber churn A system and method for creating a model for predicting and reducing subscriber churn in a computer network. The method including: for a predetermined time period: retrieving traffic flow data per subscriber for a plurality of subscribers in the computer network; determining at least one metric per subscriber from the traffic flow data; determining at least one systemic feature associated with the plurality of subscribers; and storing the at least one amalgamated metric and feature; on reaching the predetermined time period create the model by: analyzing at least one metric and at least one feature for the predetermined time period; predicting, per subscriber, whether the subscriber is going to churn within a churn period in the future based on the analysis; validating the prediction by determining whether the subscriber actually churned during the churn period; and creating the model based on the validated predictions.
US11240121B2	Methods and systems for controlling data backup Implementations of the subject matter described herein provide methods and systems of controlling data backup, and a computer readable storage medium. The method comprises: obtaining test data for performing data backup with a plurality of backup solutions, the plurality of backup solutions being associated with each set of values amongst a plurality of sets of values of a plurality of factors affecting the data backup; generating a training sample set based on comparison of the test data; converting the training sample set into a decision model for controlling data backup; and optimizing the decision model based on the configuration parameters obtained by performing data backup with the decision model.
US11240107B1	Validation and governance of a cloud computing platform based datacenter A system receives one or more modifications to a platform-independent declarative specification from a set of data center entity owner teams to generate a modified platform-independent declarative specification that captures various aspects for deploying a data center on a target cloud platform. The system performs end-to-end validation of the modifications in multiple phases, starting with validating the modifications based on a set of predefined rules associated with the modified platform-independent declarative specification. When all the multiple phases of validation indicate success, the system a notification of end-to-end validation success in association with the received changes. Each request to modify a data center entity in the platform-independent declarative specification undergoes governance checks to ensure that the approver of the request belongs to a predefined set of owners associated with the data center entity.
US11240106B2	Providing backup and restore services to network attached appliances in a network Provided are a computer program product, system, and method for providing backup and restore services to network attached appliances in a network. Configuration settings comprising configuration settings used in a network attached appliance are gathered and a unique identifier for the network attached appliance is determined. A backup request is generated including the configuration settings, the unique identifier, and a backup operation code. The backup request is broadcasted on the network to be received by the backup servers to store the configuration settings for the unique identifier.
US11240104B1	Device configuration parameter determination Systems, devices, media, and methods are presented for assigning configuration parameters to unknown devices by comparing characteristics of unknown devices to characteristics of known devices. Characteristics of an unknown device are compared to characteristics of known devices to identify a similar device having known configuration parameters. The unknown devise is then assigned the configuration parameters of the identified similar device.
US11240102B2	Peripheral device identification system and method A system and method for dynamically identifying an accessory or other peripheral device to be wirelessly paired with a tablet computer or other primary device, wherein the accessory comprises a display screen that displays a quick response (QR) code when the accessory is not paired, and after the QR code is scanned by the tablet computer, which is then wirelessly paired with the accessory, the QR code is replaced on the display screen with an image associated with the user, such as a picture of the user, the users name, or other means of associating the accessory with the user.
US11240099B2	Network grafting Grafting segments of a network together to mitigate service disruptions associated with impairments, maintenance, etc., is contemplated. The grafting may include instantiating a wired and/or wireless graft to facilitate connecting an impaired portion of a network to an unimpaired portion, such as to reestablish services at the impaired portion via the graft to the unimpaired portion.
US11240096B2	Method for using context awareness for the coordination of management and mobile network service operation planes The present application relates to a mobile core network (MCN) supporting end-to-end (E2E) network slicing, which comprises a controlling entity (CA_NF), one or more network function (NF) entities extended with functionalities (CA-NFExt), a network management entity (OSS) extended with functionalities (CA_OSSExt), and a coordination entity (CA_CF). The CA_NF communicates with the CA_OSSExt through the CA_CF using interfaces (If-CA_MP and If-CAC_OSS), and with the CA-NFExts using a respective interface (If-CA_NF) and/or other NFs interfaces. Based on information received from the OSS and the NF entities, the CA_NF generates a context with a certain type, sends, based on the generated context, context-related information towards entities impacted by the generated context amongst the NF entities and the OSS, and blocks, for a period of time, a transmission of any generated context towards the NF entities upon receiving, from the OSS, a notification message once the OSS decides to enforce a change.
US11240092B2	Authorizing communications between computing nodes Techniques are described for managing communications between multiple computing nodes, such as computing nodes that are separated by one or more physical networks. In some situations, the techniques may be used to provide a virtual network between multiple computing nodes that are separated by one or more intermediate physical networks, such as from the edge of the one or more intermediate physical networks by modifying communications that enter and/or leave the intermediate physical networks. In some situations, the computing nodes may include virtual machine nodes hosted on one or more physical computing machines or systems, such as by or on behalf of one or more users (e.g., users of a program execution service). The managing of the communications may include determining whether communications sent to managed computing nodes are authorized, and providing the communications to the computing nodes only if they are determined to be authorized.
US11240089B2	Methods and apparatus for transmit IQ mismatch calibration A method of pre-compensating for transmitter in-phase (I) and quadrature (Q) mismatch (IQMM) may include sending a signal through an up-converter of a transmit path to provide an up-converted signal, determining the up-converted signal, determining one or more IQMM parameters for the transmit path based on the determined up-converted signal, and determining one or more pre-compensation parameters for the transmit path based on the one or more IQMM parameters for the transmit path. In some embodiments, the up-converted signal may be determined through a receive feedback path. In some embodiments, the up-converted signal may be determined through an envelope detector.
US11240084B2	Method of signal generation and signal generating device A transmission method simultaneously transmitting a first modulated signal and a second modulated signal at a common frequency performs precoding on both signals using a fixed precoding matrix and regularly changes the phase of at least one of the signals, thereby improving received data signal quality for a reception device.
US11240081B2	Method, device, and system for transmitting or receiving uplink control channel in wireless communication system A UE in a wireless communication system is disclosed. The UE includes a communication module and a processor for controlling the communication module. The processor determines a first cyclic shift (CS) value based on hybrid automatic repeat request acknowledgment (HARQ-ACK) information representing a response to a downlink channel having been received from a base station, determines a CS offset based on request information representing a request to be transmitted from the UE to the base station, determines a second CS value representing a degree of cyclic-shifting a base sequence to be used in a physical uplink control channel (PUCCH) based on the first CS value and the CS offset, and transmits the PUCCH for simultaneous transmission of the request information and the HARQ-ACK information using a sequence generated by cyclic-shifting the base sequence based on the second CS value.
US11240080B2	Wireless communication electronic device and method, and computer readable storage medium Provided are an electronic device and method for wireless communication, the electronic device comprises a processing circuit, which is configured for: generating a first indication indicating the number of orthogonal frequency division multiplexing symbols occupied by a front load-on demodulation reference signal; generating a second indication indicating a configuration of an additional demodulation reference signal; and determining a mode of demodulating the reference signal on the basis of the first indication and the second indication, and generating a mode index corresponding to the mode to provide to user equipment.
US11240076B2	Vector signaling code with improved noise margin Methods are described allowing a vector signaling code to encode multi-level data without the significant alphabet size increase known to cause symbol dynamic range compression and thus increased noise susceptibility. By intentionally restricting the number of codewords used, good pin efficiency may be maintained along with improved system signal-to-noise ratio.
US11240074B2	Communication device and communication method A communication device includes a zero-forcing equalizer that receives a receipt signal and execute zero-forcing equalization on the receipt signal, a partial response equalizer that receives the receipt signal and execute partial response equalization on the receipt signal, a first weighted value calculator that calculates a first weighted value based on signal quality of the receipt signal output from the zero-forcing equalizer, a second weighted value calculator that calculates a second weighted value based on signal quality of the receipt signal output from the partial response equalizer, and an estimator that estimates a maximum likelihood sequence by supplying the first weighted value to state transition based on output by the zero-forcing equalizer and supplying the second weighted value to state transition based on output by the partial response equalizer.
US11240071B1	Channel equalization for wireless communication devices A wireless communication device is described. The wireless communication device includes a receiver. The receiver is configured to determine a time-domain sample of a single carrier based on a received signal. The receiver is also configured to determine an estimated value based on the time-domain sample. The receiver is further configured to perform slicing based on the estimated value to produce a sliced value. The receiver is additionally configured to adapt a frequency-domain coefficient based on the estimated value and the sliced value. The receiver is also configured to perform channel equalization based on the frequency-domain coefficient.
US11240069B2	Communication device, information processing method, and storage medium A communication device is configured to correlate a first signal with a second signal at a designated interval, the second signal corresponding to the first signal and being received by the communication device where the other communication device transmits a signal including a pulse as the first signal, convert a correlation computation result that is a result of correlating the first signal with the second signal at the designated interval into a format including a matrix product of an expanded modal matrix and an expanded signal vector, the expanded modal matrix including a plurality of elements indicating the correlation computation result obtained when assuming that the signals are received at respective set times, the expanded signal vector being a vector including a plurality of elements, each of which indicates whether or not there is a signal received at each of the set times and amplitude and phase of the signal.
US11240065B2	NSH encapsulation for traffic steering A method for establishing a tunnel between VTEPs includes receiving at an SDN controller a tunnel creation request to establish a VxLAN tunnel from a first VTEP to a second VTEP, determining a VxLAN tunnel of network nodes coupling the first VTEP to the second VTEP, assigning a SvcPI to the VxLAN tunnel, and sending a tunnel initiation command to the first VTEP, the tunnel initiation command causing the first VTEP to convert an Ethernet frame to a path-ID frame by adding an NSH encapsulation header and to forward the path-ID frame to the next network node in the VxLAN tunnel.
US11240059B2	Defining and implementing sensor triggered response rules Systems, methods, and devices for managing sensor event rules are described. Methods may comprise determining a sensor event rule, wherein the sensor event rule comprises a rule sensor identifier and a rule event identifier. Data indicative of a sensor event may be received. The data may be associated with a first premises device. The data may further indicate an identifier of the first premises device and an identifier of a sensor event. Based on determining that the identifier of the rule sensor identifier corresponds to the identifier of the first premises device and that the rule event identifier corresponds to the identifier of the sensor event, a control signal may be transmitted to a second premise device. The control signal may be configured to cause configuration of one or more settings associated with one or more functions of the second premises device.
US11240057B2	Alternative output response based on context One embodiment provides a method in which an audible command is first received from a user. Subsequent to receipt of the audible command, one or more sensors may detect certain contextual data associated with the user's physical surroundings. An embodiment may then determine, using the data, whether a default output response associated with the audible command is appropriate with respect to the user's physical surroundings. If the default output response is determined not to be appropriate, an embodiment may thereafter provide an alternative output response that is appropriate with respect to the user's surroundings. Other aspects are described and claimed.
US11240056B2	Safety automation system A safety automation system for an occupiable structure includes a computing management system including a computer processor, and a computer readable storage medium configured to run embedded software and cloud server software. A fire detection device of the automation system is adapted to detect a fire condition and output an associated fire condition detected signal to the computing management system. A condition deterrence device is configured to accept a wireless command signal from the computing management system associated with the fire condition detected signal and for actuating an appliance to at least reduce risk presented by the condition.
US11240050B2	Online document sharing method and apparatus, electronic device, and storage medium The present disclosure provides a method and apparatus for sharing an online document, an electronic device, and a storage medium. The method includes: providing (101) a sharing interface containing one or more candidate conference events based on a request from a currently logged-in user for sharing an online document; obtaining (102) a target conference event selected by the currently logged-in user from the one or more first candidate conference events, and obtaining an operation permission for the online document set by the currently logged-in user for the target conference event; then, obtaining (103) a participant account number participating in the target conference event, and setting an operation permission of a participant corresponding to the participant account number for the online document based on the operation permission; and sending (104) prompt information to the participant, such that the participant accesses the online document based on the prompt information.
US11240048B2	Systems and methods for waking a network interface device in a low power mode Embodiments described herein provide a method for waking a first node in a low power mode. A network comprises at least the first node and a second node in an awake mode where the first and second nodes have respective transceivers coupled via substantially fixed communication pathways. The transceiver of the second node obtains a training signal designed to be transmitted at a pre-defined symbol rate and transmits the training signal at a symbol rate lower than the pre-defined symbol rate to the physical layer of the first node for a predetermined duration of time. The second node, in response to receiving the training signal transitions from the low power mode to an awake state.
US11240045B2	Detection and prevention of unauthorized execution of severless functions Methods and systems for detecting and responding to fabricated or unauthorized events received by serverless computing environments are provided. In one embodiment the method is provided that includes receiving an event from an event source external to the serverless computing environment for execution by function. The method may then include creating a message that includes the events and signing the message with an identifier of the event source. The message may then be received at the function and the identifier of the event source may be validated. The event may then be executed with the function of the serverless computing environment if the identifier of the event sources successfully validated. However, if the identifier of the event source is not successfully validated, execution of the event with the function may be prevented.
US11240042B2	Merkle signature scheme tree expansion A first public key is generated based at least in part on a first plurality of signing keys and a second public key is generated based at least in part on a second plurality of signing keys. The signing keys may be used to generate digital signatures. The second public key may be made available to verify a digital signature generated using a signing key from the second plurality of signing keys. In some cases, a first Merkle tree may be formed by the first public key and the first plurality of signing keys, and a second Merkle tree may be formed by the second public key, the first public key, and the second plurality of signing keys.
US11240036B2	Consensus verification method, apparatus, and device Implementations of the present specification disclose a consensus verification method, apparatus, and device. In the implementations of the present specification, for each piece of service data, if first consensus verification on the service data fails, a first node determines whether the service data satisfies a predetermined retry condition instead of directly considering the service data to be invalid. If the predetermined retry condition is satisfied, then the service data is stored as service data to be retried. The first node can perform the first consensus verification on the service data to be retried in response to determining that a predetermined retry execution condition is triggered.
US11240034B2	Consensus methods and systems in consortium blockchain A consensus method and system in a consortium blockchain is provided. An example method includes, when a first consensus node in a consensus network of the consortium blockchain does not complete a consensus operation on target data on which a consensus is to be reached within a predetermined time period, the first consensus node broadcasts a ViewChange message in the consensus network based on a P set and a Q set constructed from an ECHO message. For a received ViewChange message, a second consensus node sends a ViewChangeACK message corresponding to the received ViewChange message to a second consensus primary node. When the second consensus primary node receives N−f−2 ViewChangeACK messages from consensus nodes, the second consensus primary node obtains identical P sets and a identical Q sets in the received ViewChange message. The second consensus primary node makes a view change decision based on the received ViewChange message.
US11240031B2	System and method for delegating authority through coupled devices The present disclosure provides a system and method for delegating authority to cloud IoT devices, with such delegated authority enabling the cloud IoT devices to access second cloud services outside of a core network. The IoT device uses its IoT identity to obtain a token for accessing the second service within a predefined time window. The token may be used to access the second service without further authentication by the second service. Accordingly, the IoT device can take particular actions, such as downloading files, etc., during the predefined time window. After the predefined time window, the IoT device may no longer access the second service without obtaining another token.
US11240030B2	Token management layer for automating authentication during communication channel interactions There is provided systems and method for a token management layer for automating authentication during communication channel interactions. A user may contact an organization, such as an online service or payment provider through a first communication channel. During communications with the service provider, the user may provide authentication and/or personal information to step-up the users authentication and identity verification with the service provider. The service provider may provide a token management layer that stores the provided information with a tokenization system and allows the information to be provided for future authentication step-ups when the token is access and/or received. This may be due to additional communications by the user with the service provider, or may occur when the user contacts another service provider that is enrolled with the token management layer. The service provider may also issue other authentication tokens, such as voice authentication.
US11240028B2	Trust service engine for external blockchain verification Provided is a system and method for implementing remote trust services for blockchain. In one example, the method may include one or more of retrieving block content from a portion of a blockchain via an application programming interface (API), in response to a triggering event being detected, calling an off-chain trust service to sign the retrieved block content, receiving accreditation results of the retrieved block content from the off-chain trust service, the accreditation results comprising an indication of whether the retrieved block content has been successfully signed, and writing the received accreditation results to a block within the blockchain.
US11240027B2	Synchronizing radius server databases using distributed ledger network Implementations of the disclosure are directed to using a distributed ledger network to synchronize configuration changes across a network of servers that provide authentication, authorization, and accounting (AAA). In some implementations, a method includes: receiving, at a first server that provides AAA of users that access a network, a user request to update a configuration of a database of the first server, the database including authentication credentials for users that access the network, in response to receiving the user request, transmitting a transaction to the distributed ledger network for validation, the transaction comprising a request by the first server for each server of the distributed ledger network to update their respective database configuration in accordance with the user request; and after the transaction is validated by the distributed ledger network, the first server updating its database configuration in response to receiving the update comprising the validation of the transaction.
US11240022B1	Passive encryption rotation keys In one arrangement, a method for a key management server to manage cryptographic key rotation comprises rotating, by the key management server, an initial symmetric key based on a first rotation schedule. Rotating the initial symmetric key comprises rotating bits of the initial symmetric key to create a rotated key, the rotated key being different from the initial symmetric key. The method further comprises enciphering, by the key management server using the rotated key, data sent to a first client server. In another arrangement, a method for a client server to manage cryptographic key rotation comprises rotating, by the client server, an initial symmetric key based on a schedule. The method further comprises deciphering, by the client server, data sent from a key management server using the rotated key and providing the deciphered data to a user.
US11240018B2	Quantum communications system having quantum key distribution and using a talbot effect image position and associated methods A quantum communications system may include communications system that operates with a quantum key distribution (QKD) system, which includes a transmitter node, a receiver node, and a quantum communications channel coupling the transmitter node and receiver node. The transmitter node may cooperate with the quantum communications channel defining at least one Talbot effect image position along the quantum communications channel. The receiver node may be located along the quantum communications channel at the at least one Talbot effect image position.
US11240017B2	Apparatus and method for decoy-state three-state quantum key distribution The invention relates to a Quantum Key Distribution system comprising a transmitter 300 and a receiver 400 for exchanging a quantum key via a quantum channel 600 through a decoy-state three state protocol wherein the transmitter comprises a transmitter processing unit 340 adapted to use random numbers from a quantum random generator to select a quantum state to encode from different states of intensity and basis, a Pulsed light source 310 adapted to generate an optical pulse, a time-bin interferometer 320 through which the generated optical pulse passes and which transforms generated optical pulse into two coherent pulses separated by the time bin duration, a single intensity modulator 360 adapted to change the intensity of the two pulses individually according to the choice made by the transmitter processing unit 340, and a variable optical attenuator 370 adapted to reduce the overall signal intensity to the optimum photon number per pulse.
US11240013B1	Systems and methods for passive quantum session authentication Systems, apparatuses, methods, and computer program products are disclosed for session authentication. An example method includes determining, by decoding circuitry, a set of quantum bases to use for measurement. The example method further includes receiving, by the decoding circuitry, a series of photons. The example method further includes decoding, by the decoding circuitry and based on the determined set of quantum bases, the series of photons to generate a decoded set of bits. The example method further includes generating, by session authentication circuitry, a session key based on the decoded set of bits.
US11240007B1	Using secure enclaves for decryption in unsecured locations Systems, methods, and computer-readable media are disclosed for systems and methods for using secure enclaves for decryption in unsecured locations. Example methods may include receiving, by a webserver, an encrypted session key from a device, where the encrypted session key is encrypted using a public key associated with the webserver, sending the encrypted session key to a key server for decryption, where the key server is configured to decrypt the encrypted session key in a secure enclave, determining, by the key server, a decrypted session key using a private key, where private key data for a number of private keys is stored at the secure enclave, receiving a decrypted session key from the key server, where the decrypted session key is the encrypted session key in decrypted form, and establishing a secure session with the device using the decrypted session key.
US11240005B2	Method and system for querying a secure database located on an untrusted device In general, embodiments of the invention relates to a method for managing data, the method includes obtaining, by an untrusted device and from a querying system, an item query, identifying a leaf block of a hierarchical block tree associated with the item query, identifying a plurality of indirect blocks that allow the querying system to calculate a top hash of the hierarchical block tree, and sending an item query response to the querying system, wherein the item query response specifies the leaf block, the plurality of indirect hashes corresponding to the plurality of indirect blocks, and a signature of the top hash, wherein the signature is obtained from a trusted system.
US11240004B2	Blockchain system with a trust escrow A system, method, and computer-readable storage medium is provided for creating first and second blockchain instances, each comprising representative blocks corresponding to steps in first and second multistep processes, respectively; performing a linking operation to link a block in the first blockchain instance to a block in the second blockchain instance; receiving change evidence data pertaining to steps in one of the first and second multi-step processes; and performing an update operation comprising updating one of the first and second blockchain instances based on said change evidence data.
US11240000B2	Preservation of uniqueness and integrity of a digital asset An example operation may include one or more of connecting, by an asset server, to a source blockchain configured to store a digital asset of an asset owner, enciphering and locking, by the asset server, the asset in the source blockchain, manifesting, by the asset server, the asset as a linked asset in a target blockchain, tracking, by the asset server, a life cycle of the asset, detecting, by the asset server, an end of the life cycle of the asset, reflecting, by the asset server, the end of the life cycle of the asset in the source blockchain, and creating, by the asset server, the asset in the target blockchain.
US11239998B2	System architecture and method of processing data therein A method of performing ordered statistics between at least two parties is disclosed which includes identifying a first dataset (xA) by a first node (A), identifying a second dataset (xB) by a second node (B), wherein xB is unknown to A and xA is unknown to B, and wherein A is in communication with B, and wherein A and B are in communication with a server (S), A and B each additively splitting each member of their respective datasets into corresponding shares, sharing the corresponding shares with one another, arranging the corresponding shares according to a mutually agreed predetermined order into corresponding ordered shares, shuffling the ordered shares into shuffled shares, re-splitting the shuffled shares into re-split shuffled shares, and performing an ordered statistical operation on the re-split shuffled shares, wherein the steps of shuffle and re-split is based on additions, subtractions but not multiplication and division.
US11239995B2	Apparatus for processing approximately encrypted messages and methods thereof A method for processing an encryption is provided. The method for processing an encryption includes the steps of linearly transforming a homomorphic encryption for an approximate message including an error, performing an approximate modulus operation for the linearly transformed homomorphic encryption by using a multi-degree polynomial set such that input values within a predetermined range are approximate to an integer point, and linearly transforming the homomorphic encryption which was approximately modulus operated into a form of encryption.
US11239993B2	Clock syntonization using network effect and/or adaptive stochastic control Systems and methods are disclosed herein for syntonizing machines in a network. A coordinator accesses probe records for probes transmitted at different times between pairs of machines in the mesh network. For different pairs of machines, the coordinator estimates the drift between the pair of machines based on the transit times of probes transmitted between the pair of machines as indicated by the probe records. For different loops of at least three machines in the mesh network, the coordinator calculates a loop drift error based on a sum of the estimated drifts between pairs of machines around the loop and adjusts the estimated absolute drifts of the machines based on the loop drift errors. Here, the absolute drift is defined relative to a drift of a reference machine.
US11239974B2	Data transmission method and apparatus, storage medium and processor Provided are a data transmission method and apparatus. The method includes that a first node configures configuration information of each time unit within a transmission period, where the configuration information includes a transmission direction and transmission content in each time unit, that the first node notifies the configuration information to a second node, and that the first node performs data transceiving with the second node according to the configuration information.
US11239964B2	Methods and apparatus for symbol-to-symbol multiplexing of control, data, and reference signals on a 5G uplink Methods and apparatus for symbol-to-symbol multiplexing of control, data, and reference signals on a 5G uplink. In one aspect, a job descriptor generator is configured to calculate mapping parameters for each symbol based on high level configuration parameters. A data/UCI multiplexing job engine, which is coupled to the job descriptor generator, provides symbol-based multiplexing and mapping which includes calculating reserved locations for PTRS and DMRS based on frequency-domain mapping of both PTRS and DMRS and multiplexing of data and controls from calculated intermediate parameters. A downstream processor is coupled to the job engine and configured to modulate data and control REs and insert DMRS or PTRS. In one example, the job descriptor generator is a configurable DSP processor and the job engine is an ASIC hardware accelerator.
US11239961B2	Receiver circuit and methods Disclosed is a receiver circuit comprising an analog-to-digital converter (ADC) circuit having an analog input, a clock input, and a digital output, and a clock divider circuit having a reference clock input and a phase selector input, and having a clock output coupled to the clock input of the ADC circuit. The clock divider circuit is configured to divide a reference clock signal coupled to the reference clock input at a reference clock frequency, to produce a clock output signal at an ADC clock frequency, at the clock output, such that the reference clock frequency is an integer multiple N of the ADC clock frequency. The clock divider circuit is further configured to select from among a plurality of selectable phases of the clock output signal, responsive to a phase selector signal applied to the phase selector input.
US11239957B2	Data processing method and data processing apparatus This application provides a data processing method and a data processing apparatus. The data processing method includes: determining C code blocks, where C is a positive integer; and dividing the C code blocks into K code block groups, where an absolute value ΔC of a difference between quantities of code blocks included in any two of the K code block groups is less than or equal to a first threshold, and K is a positive integer. The data processing method and the data processing apparatus provided in this application help lower a bit error rate.
US11239956B2	Timers for control channel monitoring A wireless device receives message(s) comprising: a first value for an uplink hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ) round-trip-time (RTT) timer; and a second value for an uplink discontinuous reception (DRX) retransmission timer. A transport block is transmitted via an uplink data channel. The uplink HARQ RTT timer is started with the first value in response to transmitting the transport block. The first value indicates a first number of symbols. The uplink DRX retransmission timer is started with the second value in response to the uplink HARQ RTT timer expiring. The second value indicates of a second number of slot lengths. A downlink control channel is monitored while the uplink DRX retransmission timer is running.
US11239955B2	Supporting multiple hybrid automatic repeat request processes A radio device (110) and/or network node (105) support multiple HARQ processes. In particular, responsive to the radio device (110) receiving a resource grant for a first HARQ process, the radio device (110) starts or restarts a timer that configures the radio device (110) to monitor for a resource grant of a second HARQ process. Additionally or alternatively, the network node (105) transmits a resource grant for a first HARQ process and a resource grant for a second HARQ process to the same radio device (110).
US11239953B2	Triggering HARQ-ACK feedback for a downlink slot set Apparatuses, methods, and systems are disclosed for triggering HARQ-ACK feedback for a downlink slot set. One apparatus includes a receiver that receives a first control signal from a base unit for triggering HARQ-ACK feedback for a downlink slot set. The downlink slot set comprises multiple downlink slots. The apparatus includes a processor that identifies the downlink slot set in response to the first control signal and a transmitter that transmits UCI to the base unit in a slot determined by the first control signal. Here, the UCI comprises the HARQ-ACK feedback for the identified downlink slot set. The HARQ-ACK feedback for the downlink slot set corresponds to all downlink transmissions in the downlink slot set and is transmitted in one UCI.
US11239949B2	Apparatus and methods for polar code construction and coding Methods and apparatuses for implementing error-correction in communication systems, particularly wireless communication systems. Input bits are encoded according to a chained generator matrix to generate a codeword, and the codeword is transmitted. The chained generator matrix includes a first subset of entries corresponding to a first subset of entries in a base generator matrix for a chained polar code, and a second subset of entries that are different from a second subset of entries in the base generator matrix. A chained generator matrix could be constructed, for example, by applying a chaining matrix to the second subset of entries in the base generator matrix, to produce the second subset of entries in the chained generator matrix.
US11239948B2	BCC puncturing patterns for data retransmission in wireless network Transmitting, in a wireless local area network (WLAN), a second punctured coded bit sequence generated by puncturing coded data using a second puncturing pattern, wherein the coded data has previously been punctured using a first puncturing pattern to generate a first punctured coded bit sequence transmitted in the WLAN. The second puncturing pattern is different than the first puncturing pattern to cause at least some bits of the coded data that were omitted in the first punctured coded bit sequence to be included in the second punctured coded bit sequence.
US11239941B2	Feedback techniques for wireless communications Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described. A device, which may be otherwise known as user equipment (UE) may support sidelink communications, for example, such as device-to-device (D2D) communications, vehicle-based communications, which may also be referred to as vehicle-to-everything (V2X) communications, vehicle-to-vehicle (V2V) communications, and the like. To mitigate or decrease collisions or other interference on resources (e.g., time and frequency resources) used by other UEs in sidelink communications, a UE may determine a blind retransmission of a packet, determine that the packet satisfies one or more conditions based in part on the blind retransmission, and transmit feedback signal relating to the blind retransmission of the packet.

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