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US11458194B2	Methods and compositions for treating cancers The inventors have developed a metastatic 4T1 breast tumor model in BALB/c mice. They have shown that the vaccination with xenogeneic embryonic stem cells in combination with valproic acid (VPA) generates a higher anti-tumoral response against breast cancer and inhibits metastasis development. They established that these responses are achieved only by the addition of valproic acid in the therapeutic regimen in comparison to the use ESCs or iPSCs alone. Thus, the inventors provide a new therapeutic strategy to treat cancers expressing embryonic antigens. Accordingly, the present invention relates to i) a population of pluripotent cells and ii) a compound selected from a group which activates MHC expression, as a combined preparation for use in a method for treating a subject suffering from a cancer, comprising a step of administering simultaneously, separately or sequentially to said subject a therapeutically amount thereof.
US11458191B2	Binding proteins specific for RAS neoantigens and uses thereof The present disclosure provides compositions and methods for targeting a Ras antigen to, for example, treat or prevent cancer. Disclosed embodiments include binding proteins, such as a T cell receptor or a chimeric antigen receptor, that bind to a Ras antigen:HLA complex. Polynucleotides encoding such binding protein can introduced into a host cell, such as a T cell, and the cell can be used in immunotherapy for treating various cancers. Also provided are immunogenic polypeptides that can be useful to, for example, induce an immune response against a mutated Ras or to identify a binding protein that binds to a Ras antigen.
US11458190B2	Mussel adhesive protein product and use thereof for treating mucosal inflammation The invention relates to a mussel adhesive protein (MAP) and an application thereof in inhibiting catarrh, and specifically, to applications of a MAP or a product thereof in oral mucositis, rhinitis, otitis media, pharyngitis, laryngitis, bronchitis, esophagitis, gastritis, enteritis, cervicitis, endomyometritis, inflammation resulting from inhalation injury, and oral cavity cancer, nasopharyngeal cancer, carcinoma of middle ear, conjunctival cancer, laryngeal cancer, lung cancer, esophageal cancer, stomach cancer, bowel cancer, cervical cancer, endometrial cancer, and other cancers resulting from the inflammation. The MAP can inhibit symptoms such as flush, fever, swell, and pain owing to catarrh, facilitating healing, relieving itch and pain, and having broad applications in the fields of medicines, cosmetics, medical products, disinfection products, healthcare products, foods, and household goods.
US11458185B2	Antioxidant dietary supplement compositions An antioxidant dietary supplement composition comprises from 37 to 42% by weight of grapeseed extract, from 32 to 37% by weight of green tea extract, from 7 to 15% by weight of pine bark extract and from 7 to 15% by weight of pomegranate extract, wherein the % by weight is based on the total weight of the grapeseed extract, green tea extract, pine bark extract and pomegranate extract in the composition. The composition has use in the treatment of viral infections, especially respiratory infections, in mammals and birds, especially in humans, horses and camels. Also disclosed is a method of treating a viral infection in a mammal or bird which comprises administering to the mammal or bird a composition according to the invention.
US11458182B2	Formulations for weight loss and methods of use A weight loss composition including banaba leaf extract, apple fruit extract, Rhodiola root extract, zinc chelate, and magnesium chelate are described. The weight loss composition may further include gardenia fruit extract, chromium chelate, Salacia extract, berberine, inositol, or mixtures thereof. Embodiments are also directed to a bulk food product and a weight management plan, which may be used in conjunction with the weight loss composition. Embodiments are also directed to kits and methods of use for treating or preventing obesity, promoting weight loss, and improving insulin resistance.
US11458181B2	Herbal formula used for preparing pharmaceutical composition for preventing and treating metabolic syndrome An herbal formula used for preparing a pharmaceutical composition for preventing and treating metabolic syndrome is provided. The herbal formula includes Rehmanniae radix preparata, Cornus officinalis, Dioscorea polystachya, Alisma plantago-aquatica, Paeonia suffruticosa, Poria cocos, Aconitum carmichaeli, and Cinnamomum cassia.
US11458180B2	Environmentally-friendly preparation method of composition containing anti-inflammatory active ingredients and use of composition An environmentally-friendly preparation method of a composition containing anti-inflammatory ingredients and use of the composition are provided. The method includes: S1. weighing a specified volume of water and adjusting the pH, adding Sophora flavescens roots, and subjecting a resulting mixture to extraction at a high temperature; S2. adjusting pH of an obtained solution in step S1, adding Glycyrrhiza inflata roots, and heating a resulting mixture to boiling for extraction; S3. adding Scutellaria baicalensis roots to an obtained boiling solution from the extraction in step S2, and subjecting a resulting mixture to extraction, filtration, and pH adjustment; S4. adding activated carbon to an obtained filtrate in step S3, and subjecting a resulting mixture to incubation and filtration; S5. adding a clarifying agent to an obtained filtrate in step S4, and subjecting a resulting mixture to standing and filtration; and S6. subjecting an obtained filtrate in step S5 to membrane separation.
US11458164B2	Streptococcus thermophilus strain ST4 and its efficacies of anti-inflammation and cancer prevention The present invention provides a novel Streptococcus thermophilus strain ST4, and its use in manufacturing a medicament and/or food composition for treating and/or preventing an inflammatory disease and/or a cancer.
US11458162B2	Composition and therapy for treatment of gag reflexes The present invention relates to compositions and methods for controlling a gag reflex in a patient.
US11458161B2	Plant medium including an oxygen-enabled composition A composition including a plant medium and a poly-oxygenated metal hydroxide that comprises a clathrate containing oxygen gas molecules. The poly-oxygenated metal hydroxide may comprise of a poly-oxygenated aluminum hydroxide. The composition may include one or more nutrients. The composition may be in a solid form, a fluid form, or a combination thereof. The poly-oxygenated aluminum hydroxide is soluble in a fluid. In one embodiment, the poly-oxygenated metal hydroxide composition may have particles having a diameter of 212 μm or less, and which may be homogeneous.
US11458159B2	Oxygen carriers for the treatment of skin indispositions The present invention refers to an oxygen carrier, preferably hemoglobin or myoglobin, for use in the treatment of an unpleasant feeling of a body surface due to a disease or a disorder.
US11458152B2	Use of agarobiose or agarooligosaccharide having anticariogenic activity The present invention relates to a use of an agarobiose or agarooligosaccharides having anticariogenic activity. More specifically, a lower concentration of agarobiose or agarooligosaccharides than the concentration of xylitol suppresses the growth of Streptococcus mutans and suppresses acid production, and thus can be used for anti-cariogenic purposes.
US11458151B2	Toll-like receptor ligands Toll-like receptor (TLR) ligands having an allose-based core are stable in aqueous formulation and are useful in treating, preventing, or reducing susceptibility to diseases or conditions mediated by TLRs, such as cancer, infectious disease, allergy, autoimmune disease, sepsis, and ischemia reperfusion.
US11458150B2	Methylphosphinic acid compositions and methods for reducing aging A composition that includes methylphosphinic acid or a salt thereof, and optionally methylphosphonic acid or a salt thereof, and an ingredient acceptable for consumption by a mammal is provided herein. Also provided is a method for reducing aging in a mammal that involves providing or administering methylphosphinic acid or a salt thereof, and optionally, methylphosphonic acid or a salt thereof, to the mammal in need thereof for consumption. A composition for use in such a method and an article useful for such a method include those in the form of a food product such as a prepackaged or processed food or meal, a beverage, a nutritional supplement, or a nutraceutical.
US11458145B2	Methods of administering intravenous meloxicam in a bolus dose The present disclosure relates to meloxicam bolus formulations and methods of administering the same intravenously, for treatment of pain, which can provide fast onset of pain relief suitable for management of acute moderate to severe pain.
US11458141B2	Aryl hydrocarbon receptor (AhR) agonists for the prevention and treatment of inflammatory disorders Aryl hydrocarbon receptor (AHR) agonists and their use for treating, preventing, or reducing the risk of necrotizing enterocolitis in premature infants are disclosed.
US11458136B2	Antiviral prodrugs and formulations thereof The present invention provides prodrugs and methods of use thereof.
US11458131B2	Crenolanib for treating FLT3 mutated proliferative disorders The present invention relates to the use of crenolanib, in a pharmaceutically acceptable salt form for the treatment of FLT3 mutated proliferative disorders driven by constitutively activated mutant FLT3, and to a method of treatment of warm-blooded animals, preferably humans, in which a therapeutically effective dose of crenolanib is administered to an animal suffering from said disease or condition:
US11458130B2	Nicotine salt with meta-salicylic acid and applications therein The present disclosure relates generally to the field of nicotine delivery. The disclosure teaches a nicotine meta-salicylate. More specifically, the disclosure teaches a condensation nicotine aerosol where nicotine meta-salicylate is vaporized. This disclosure relates to aerosol nicotine delivery devices. The delivery devices can be activated by actuation mechanisms to vaporize thin films comprising a nicotine meta-salicylate. More particularly, this disclosure relates to thin films of nicotine salt with meta salicylic acid for the treatment of nicotine craving and for effecting smoking cessation.
US11458127B2	Methods of treating brain tumors using combination therapy Provided are methods of treating a brain tumor in a patient in need thereof comprising administering to the patient a compound described herein and radiation therapy and/or one or more additional therapeutic agents.
US11458123B2	Tau-protein targeting PROTACs and associated methods of use The present disclosure relates to bifunctional compounds, which find utility as modulators of tau protein. In particular, the present disclosure is directed to bifunctional compounds, which contain on one end a VHL or cereblon ligand which binds to the E3 ubiquitin ligase and on the other end a moiety which binds tau protein, such that tau protein is placed in proximity to the ubiquitin ligase to effect degradation (and inhibition) of tau. The present disclosure exhibits a broad range of pharmacological activities associated with degradation/inhibition of tau protein. Diseases or disorders that result from aggregation or accumulation of tau protein are treated or prevented with compounds and compositions of the present disclosure.
US11458120B2	Aptamer-drug conjugate and use thereof A cancer targeted therapeutic agent includes a drug-linker-AS1411 structure. The drug may be selected from monomethyl auristatin E (MMAE), monomethyl auristatin F (MMAF), cytarabine, gemcitabine, maytansine, DM1, DM4, calicheamicin and a derivative thereof, doxorubicin, duocarmycin and a derivative thereof, pyrrolobenzodiazepine (PBD), SN-38, a-amanitin, or a tubulysin analog.
US11458117B2	Compositions and methods for beta secretase inhibition Disclosed are the uses of compositions containing not less than 10% w/w of Oroxylin A, not less than 10% w/w of Baicalein and not less than 2% w/w of Chrysin in inhibiting the activity and expression of β secretase. The invention also discloses the reduction of amyloid content in PS-70 cells using the abovementioned composition. Further, the invention mentions the use of the composition for the therapeutic management of β secretase mediated disorders.
US11458113B2	Topical formulations and treatments The present invention provides topical dosages and formulations of lidocaine and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, which are efficacious, chemically stable and physiologically balanced for safety and efficacy, particularly for debridement pain, and increase the duration of pain relief, and thereby provide more effective treatment to chronic open wounds, particularly those in non-mucosal tissue.
US11458112B2	Compositions and methods for inducing defecation Methods, pharmaceutical formulations, and kits are provided for using capsaicin to effectuate voluntary defecation in mammals who cannot defecate without external invasion of the bowel or those who defecate involuntarily (i.e., those having fecal incontinence). The pharmaceutical formulations and kits can also be useful for inducing defecation in mammals that do not have defecation dysfunction such as, for example, in a person who is unconscious and may defecate unconsciously or in a pet at a convenient location at a specific time. The methods and compositions provide patients with defecation dysfunction control over when and where they defecate.
US11458100B2	Lyophilization of RNA The present invention is directed to the field of RNA formulation, in particular to lyophilization of RNA. The invention provides a method for lyophilization of RNA. The present invention further concerns a lyophilized composition obtainable by the inventive method, a pharmaceutical composition, a vaccine and a kit or kit of parts. Moreover, the present invention provides a novel use of a lyoprotectant for lyophilizing RNA, the use of the inventive method in the manufacture of a medicament as well as the first and second medical use of the composition obtainable by the inventive method, the pharmaceutical composition, the vaccine or the kit or kit of parts according to the invention.
US11458094B2	Compositions and methods for treating pulmonary edema or lung inflammation A pharmaceutical composition for administering directly to the pulmonary tract of a subject includes a salt of triiodothyronine and a pharmaceutically acceptable buffer, adjusted to pH of 5.5-8.5. The composition can be administered prophylactically or therapeutically to a subject to treat lung inflammation or pulmonary edema.
US11458089B2	Oxidative hair cream composition containing polymeric colorant This invention relates to an oxidative hair cream composition that contains at least one oxidative hair cream ingredient and at least one polymeric colorant.
US11458085B2	Hair care compositions for calcium chelation A hair care composition that removes calcium fatty carboxylate salts from the hair and scalp is provided. The hair care composition includes a calcium chelant, an anionic surfactant, a hydrotrope, a carrier, and optionally a zwitterionic surfactant.
US11458078B2	Cold manufactured oxidative hair lightening or hair coloring composition for Level 2 colors The subject matter of the present disclosure are agents for oxidative hair lightening or hair coloring, containing from about 70-90% by weight of a total of % of water, alkalizing agent, optionally a colorant, and a certain mixture of a cross-linked copolymer of acrylic acid and non-ethoxylated esters of acrylic acid with linear C10-C30 monoalcohols, anionic surfactant and linear, saturated C8-C22 alkan-1-ol, and sodium polyacrylate, whereby the brightening or coloring agent obtains an application-technically optimal viscosity and the consistency of a gel-like cream with an excellent haptics.
US11458075B2	Oral care composition having enhanced appearance and form Provided is an oral care composition and methods of making and using the same. The composition may include an orally acceptable vehicle, including pectin in an amount of from about 0.1% to about 1% by weight, an anticaries agent; and a moisturizing agent.
US11458069B2	Acoustic shock wave therapeutic methods to treat medical conditions using reflexology zones A treatment method to reduce or eliminate a patient's symptoms caused by a medical condition or disease is disclosed. The treatment has the step of administering acoustic shock waves directed to one or more reflexology zones or to one or more reflexology zones and an area near a source of the pain if any is exhibited to treat the medical condition. The treatment further has the steps of activating acoustic shock waves of an acoustic shock wave generator to emit acoustic shock waves and subjecting the one or more reflexology zones or the one or more reflexology zones and the area near a source of the medical condition or pain, if any is exhibited, to acoustic shock waves to treat the medical condition.
US11458064B2	Soft exosuit for assistance with human motion Systems and methods for providing assistance with human motion, including hip and ankle motion, are disclosed. Sensor feedback is used to determine an appropriate profile for actuating a wearable robotic system to deliver desired joint motion assistance. Variations in user kinetics and kinematics, as well as construction, materials, and fit of the wearable robotic system, are considered in order to provide assistance tailored to the user and current activity.
US11458057B2	Medical device A surgical operation table capable of operating a table with a large slide width without a slide mechanism interfering with other members in a slide operation of the table is provided. A surgical operation table S including a table 10 movable in a horizontal direction to a base 2 includes a slide mechanism 20 that moves the table 10 in the horizontal direction, and the slide mechanism 20 includes a rack 21a extending in a longitudinal direction of the table 10, a driving gear 26, a driven gear 27 and an idler gear 28 that are meshed with the rack 21a and rotate integrally, and an actuator 23 that supplies a rotational driving force to at least one of the gears 26 to 28.
US11458056B2	Patient support with stand-up and sit features A bed is provided having a base frame, a patient support assembly connected to the base frame, and a tilt frame connected between the base frame and the patient support assembly. The tilt frame is rotatable adjacent the foot end of the bed to place the patient support assembly, including the head section, seat section and foot section thereof, in a generally vertical position to allow a patient to exit the bed in a standing orientation. The bed also has a foot board assembly connected to the foot section, the foot board assembly having a foot board separately moveable about a longitudinal axis of the bed toward the head end and the foot end of the bed.
US11458054B2	Expandable patient support apparatus and method A support surface includes a patient fluid support surface that includes a first set of inflatable portions having an adjustable width and a second set of inflatable portions having an adjustable length, the width and length both adjustable by changing an amount of fluid in each of the first and second inflatable portions and a controller housing that includes a user interface device and a controller operative to provide control of both inflating and deflating of the first and second set of inflatable portions in response to electronic control signals from the user interface device.
US11458051B2	Wheelchair with dynamic support system A wheelchair is provided. First supports for supporting a user of the wheelchair are unevenly disposed to form a perimeter, and second supports for supporting the user of the wheelchair are unevenly disposed at least partially within the perimeter of the first supports. The first supports support the user when the first supports are in a raised position and the second supports are in a lowered position. The second supports support the user when the second supports are in a raised position and the first supports are in a lowered position. A alternation of supporting the user with the first supports or the second supports facilitates reduction of pressure sores of the user. In various embodiments, multiple groups of supports are used, the supports contour to a user's anatomy and/or the supports are pneumatic.
US11458050B2	Cot fastening system having a crash stable, cot fastener track and method of affixing an emergency cot thereto Cot fastening systems which fix and hold an emergency cot to a crash stable, cot fastener track included in the system and provided within an emergency vehicle and methods of affixing the emergency cot thereto are disclosed. The track has a longitudinal length with first and second ends, open side rails longitudinally extending between the ends, and a channel centrally located between the rails. The side rails align, accommodate and guide a first fixture of the cot towards the first end as the cot is rolled within the vehicle and to retain the first fixture adjacent the first end at least vertically and laterally therein. The channel accommodates therein and retains a second fixture adjacent the second end at least vertically and laterally therein. A securing mechanism releasably prevents removal of the first fixture from the open side rails and removal of the second fixture from the channel.
US11458044B2	Wound dressing A wound dressing including a nonwoven absorbent layer including a layer of fabric comprising gel-forming fibers. The absorbent layer is gathered in a longitudinal direction by stitching through the layer of fabric using one or more resilient threads or yarns and an inelastic thread or yarn. The resilient and inelastic threads or yarns gather the layer of fabric so that the layer of fabric in use is configured to maintain close conformability with a wound during movement, and to elongate by 35% to 85% and then recover.
US11458043B2	Dressing for skin care in a moist environment Dressing for skin care, having a main compress covered by a membrane with an adhesive contour which extends beyond this compress and which is designed to be applied to the skin, this dressing having an inlet port for a treatment liquid on the main compress, and the membrane having, on at least part of the surface opposite this compress, a permeability that permits exchange of gases.
US11458040B2	Corneal topography mapping with dense illumination Techniques are described for generating and using an illumination pattern for corneal topography. The illumination pattern is projected onto an eye of a user wearing a head-mounted assembly. The illumination pattern is based on a reference pattern and corresponds to selective illumination of dots arranged along a two-dimensional grid. An image sensor captures a reflected image produced by reflection of the illumination pattern off the eye. A reflected pattern is identified based on glints in the reflected image and mapped to the reference pattern to generate an aligned reflected pattern. An eye model including a topography of a cornea is calculated by comparing the aligned reflected pattern to the reference pattern to determine a deviation in a shape of the cornea based on a difference between the aligned reflected pattern and the reference pattern. The eye model can be applied in various ways, including for eye tracking or biometric authentication.
US11458037B2	Prophylactic device(s) A condom and/or prophylactic device including an enclosed end configured to collect and securedly maintain bodily fluids and/or semen therein during intercourse; an open end that is spaced apart from the enclosed end that is further configured to receive a penis therethrough; and a main body positioned between and connected to the enclosed end and open end thereby forming a partial enclosure configured to receive and surround the penis therein and having an opening positioned mid-span along a length of the main body that is configured to allow skin on skin contact between the condom wearer and companion while in use.
US11458024B2	Expandable implant An implant is disclosed. The implant has a base including an extension arm cavity and a ratchet block cavity that intersects the extension arm cavity, an extension arm that is movably disposed in the extension arm cavity, and a ratchet block that is movably disposed between a first position and a second position in the ratchet block cavity. The ratchet block when disposed in the first position allows movement of the extension arm in an upward direction out of the extension arm cavity and blocks movement of the extension arm in a downward direction into the extension arm cavity. The ratchet block when disposed in the second position allows movement of the extension arm both in the upward direction out of the extension arm cavity and the downward direction into the extension arm cavity.
US11458021B2	Anisotropic materials in medical devices A system and method for improving upon an ability of a surgeon to repair traumatic bone injury using new materials, components, and structures. A structure may be used as an implant or a component of an external fixator for a fractured long bone with that structure having anisotropic and viscoelastic properties, such as through additive manufacturing techniques.
US11458017B2	Device and method for transcatheter mitral and tricuspid valve repair There is provided herein a supra mitral device for mitral/tricuspid valve repair in a subject in need thereof, the device comprising: a main body portion having essentially annular D-shape with an eccentric opening, such that a posterior section of said main body portion is wider than an anterior section of said main body portion, said posterior section of said main body portion configured for coverage and attachment to essentially the whole section of the posterior leaflet of the mitral valve which faces the left atrium on systole, thereby preventing and/or reducing mitral regurgitation, wherein said posterior section of said main body portion is made of a pliable material, adapted to stiffen after implantation of the device.
US11458016B2	Valve suturing and implantation procedures A prosthesis for implantation at a native semilunar valve includes a prosthetic distal valve, which includes a pliant material configured to collapse inwardly towards a longitudinal axis of the prosthesis during diastole, and to open outwardly during systole, and a distal fixation member configured to be positioned in a downstream artery of the subject. The apparatus also includes a proximal fixation member coupled to the distal fixation member, and configured to be positioned at least partially on a ventricular side of the native semilunar valve. The proximal fixation member is shaped so as to define a lattice that is shaped so as to define an intermediary portion that is coupled to the pliant material of the valve and diverges outwardly from the longitudinal axis, and a distal portion that is distal to the intermediary portion and diverges outwardly from the intermediary portion of the lattice. Other embodiments are also described.
US11458015B2	Perfusion balloon design Disclosed herein are designs for improved inflatable structures for use during minimally invasive cardiovascular procedures. These inflatable structures facilitate the perfusion of blood through an anatomical structure, such as a heart valve, during the cardiovascular procedure. The inflatable structures are formed of a plurality of balloons arranged radially around a central location. The plurality of balloons form a lumen through which blood flows. Each balloon of the plurality is shaped or configured to stabilize the adjacent balloons, limiting their movement relative to each other. For example, some embodiments can feature balloons with a keystone shape that limits movement of the balloons inward toward the lumen. Some implementations can also include a support coil running through the lumen. The support coil holds enables the lumen to be open to perfusion even in the early stages of balloon inflation.
US11458013B2	Cardiac valve prosthesis A prosthesis for a cardiac valve including prosthetic leaflets which are intended to functionally replace the native leaflets of a cardiac valve following the implantation of the cardiac prosthesis. The prosthesis also including a prosthetic member on which there are mounted the prosthetic leaflets and which is intended to take up a stable, predetermined functional configuration in which the prosthetic member and the prosthetic leaflets reproduce the functionally correct configuration for the purpose of the physiological replacement of the native cardiac valve. The prosthetic member is preconfigured so as to move gradually from an altered, temporary functional configuration, in which the prosthetic member has a deformed geometry with respect to the stable, predetermined stable functional configuration, to said stable, predetermined functional configuration.
US11458011B2	Apparatus, system and method to account for spherical aberration at the iris plane in the design of an intraocular lens A system and method of customizing at least one characteristic for an intraocular lens include includes measuring at least one biometric parameter of an eye simulating a corneal spherical aberration and an anterior chamber depth of the eye, and empirically calculating a post-operative spherical aberration at an iris or pupil plane of the eye, based on a regression formula including the corneal spherical aberration, the anterior chamber depth, and the biometric parameter(s), in order to obtain a desired postoperative condition.
US11458003B2	Teeth illumination device with a light guide The invention relates to an oral care device for teeth whitening or other purpose. The device is designed to provide a uniform light intensity distribution at the teeth. This is achieved by use of a light guide which at some surface parts is separated from surrounding parts of the mouthpiece of the oral care device by air-filled separation portions. The light guide mixes the injected light to improve the uniformity of the light intensity. In 5 order to couple light out from the light guide, the mouthpiece comprises an out-coupling structure located opposite to the buccal side of the teeth. The out-coupling structure may be shaped, e.g. by changing the area or density of parts of the out-coupling structure depending on the distance to a location of the light guide where light is injected.
US11458002B2	Oral applicator device An intraoral applicator device is described herein that is configured to transfer medicament from the applicator to the gums of a patient. The device and methods of use may assist in topically applying medicament e.g. a topical anaesthetic to the gums of a patient without the need for or use of needles or syringes. In one embodiment, the intraoral applicator device may comprise a body with a shape and configuration that generally conforms with at least part of the shape of the teeth and gums of a patient's oral cavity. The device further comprises a holder portion, the holder portion comprising a frame, the frame being configured to clamp over the teeth about a region of the patient's oral cavity such that, when fitted to the patient's oral cavity, at least a part of the holder portion is configured to be held between the patient's teeth when the patient bites their jaws together, the holder portion also gripping at least part of the body. Methods of delivering medicament to at least a portion of the gums of a patient in need thereof using the above device are also described.
US11458001B2	Ultrasonic dental scaler transducer and dental scaler handle comprising same The ultrasonic dental scaler transducer includes a horn at the front end, a piezoelectric ceramic at the middle, and a main rod at the rear end. The transducer also includes a connecting rod. A rear end of the horn is provided with a connecting groove. A front end of the connecting rod is sealingly connected to the connecting groove, and a rear end of the connecting rod extends through the main rod and extends beyond the main rod for a certain length. The piezoelectric ceramic sleeves the connecting rod, and the front and rear ends of the piezoelectric ceramic are respectively in abutting connection with the horn and the main rod. The present invention further discloses a dental scaler handle.
US11458000B2	Flosser pen and method of using the same A flosser cartridge including a body having a peripheral wall with first and second ends, and a longitudinal axis extending therebetween. A cleaning tip extends longitudinally outwardly from the body's first end and a groove or a ridge is provided on an exterior surface of the peripheral wall. The groove or ridge is configured to engage a complementary ridge or groove on a cradle of a dental device into which the cartridge is loaded. A bore originates in an opening in the second end of the cartridge body and extends inwardly towards the first end thereof. A stack of identical flosser cartridges are loaded into the cradle one above the other. The first region and cleaning tip of a lower cartridge in the stack is received with the bore of an upper cartridge located immediately above the lower cartridge.
US11457997B2	Dental prosthesis system A ceramic dental prosthesis including an implant for osseointegration in a jaw bone with a receiving opening and an abutment having a through-hole for receiving a bolt. The bolt is produced from a fiber-reinforced thermoplastic and connects the abutment and the implant. The dental prosthesis system includes an anti-rotation feature formed by a first interlocking means arranged on a proximal end of the abutment and a second interlocking means arranged on a distal end of the implant. The first interlocking means engages in the second interlocking means, wherein the first and second interlocking means are arranged at a distance from one another such that the abutment can be tilted relative to the implant. The bolt runs in the through-hole of the abutment and the receiving opening. An interference fit is provided between the bolt and the receiving opening of the implant.
US11457995B2	Accurate balloon computation and visualization A system includes a balloon catheter having a shaft, an inflatable balloon fitted at a distal end of the shaft, and multiple electrodes disposed on the inflatable balloon, a display, and a processor configured to receive signals that are indicative of respective electrode positions of the multiple electrodes in 3D space, compute the respective electrode positions of the multiple electrodes based on the received signals, from among a plurality of virtual planes defined by different respective groups of the electrode positions, select a virtual plane that contains a maximum number of the electrode positions to within a given tolerance, fit a virtual circle to the electrode positions that are within the given tolerance of the selected virtual plane, and render to the display a 3D representation of the balloon catheter based on a position and orientation of the fitted virtual circle in 3D space.
US11457988B1	Glove dispensing system and gloves for use therein A glove dispensing system wherein there are a pair of tines which are adapted to be attached to, laterally spaced, and project laterally outwardly from a support. A plurality of gloves, each of which has a peripherally extending cuff forming a back wall and a front wall, the back wall having laterally spaced perforations which allow the gloves to be fitted over the tines, the back wall and front wall cooperating to form a mouth into the gloves such that a user's hand can be inserted into the gloves with a minimal amount of manual manipulation.
US11457985B2	Method and apparatus for organ manipulation using a surgical robotic system In a robotic surgical system, an organ manipulation device such as a uterine manipulator with a colpotomy cup is positionable on a first robotic manipulator while a surgical instrument is positionable on a second robotic manipulator. During the course of surgery, a user inputs instructions to the robotic surgical system to cause movement of the organ manipulator and surgical instrument.
US11457981B2	Computerized tomography (CT) image correction using position and direction (P andD) tracking assisted optical visualization A system (11) includes a medical probe (36) for insertion into a cavity of an organ, which includes a position and direction sensor (60) and a camera (45), both operating in a sensor coordinate system (62). The system further includes a processor (44) configured to: receive, from an imaging system (21) operating in an image coordinate system (28), a three-dimensional image of the cavity including open space and tissue; receive, from the medical probe, signals indicating positions and respective directions of the medical probe inside the cavity; receive, from the camera, respective visualized locations inside the cavity; register the image coordinate system with the sensor coordinate system so as to identify one or more voxels in the image at the visualized locations, and when the identified voxels have density values in the received image that do not correspond to the open space, to update the density values of the identified voxels to correspond to the open space.
US11457980B2	Active robotic pin placement Systems and methods for creating planar cuts on a bone are provided utilizing one or more cutting guides assembled to a plurality of bone pins, where the bone pins are inserted on the bone coincident with one or more virtual pin planes defined relative to one or more of the planar cuts. Alignment guides are also disclosed herein that aid in the creation of pilot holes for receiving a cutting block in a desired position and orientation (POSE). An articulating surgical device actively positions the bone pins coincident with the virtual plane to ensure the cutting guides, when assembled to the pins, aligns one or more guide slots in the desired POSE to create the planar cuts.
US11457979B2	Surgical planning system for the reconstruction of missing or damaged bone parts A surgical planning system for the reconstruction of missing or damaged bone parts comprises processing circuitry for receiving 3D image data regarding at least one osseous donor area, processing the 3D image data into structured 3D image data where osseous portions are distinguished from soft tissues and/or vascular systems, reading in of 3D target data regarding a missing or damaged bone part, obtaining one or more 3D target curves in relation to the 3D target data and the 3D image data of the at least one osseous donor area, and segmenting the structured 3D image data with the osseous portions of the osseous donor area into segments, where the segments within the structured 3D image data are determined based on the 3D target data and an adaptation of sections of the one or more 3D target curves.
US11457978B2	Radiofrequency probe and methods of use and manufacture of same In one embodiment, the present disclosure relates to an electrosurgical device that includes an outer body, an inner body disposed partially within the outer body, three plates and an insulator. A first plate of the three plates includes a plurality of apertures and is positioned so that each of two projections extending from the inner body extend through a respective aperture of the plurality of apertures of the first plate. A second plate and a third plate of the three plates are both disposed on the first plate such that each of the two projections extends through an aperture of the second plate or the third plate, the second and third plates being fixed to a respective projection. The insulator is disposed around the inner body and is attached to the outer body at a first end and abuts the first plate at a second end opposite the first end.
US11457971B2	Methods and devices to treat nasal airways Methods and devices for treating nasal airways are provided. Such devices and methods may improve airflow through an internal and/or external nasal valve, and comprise the use of mechanical re-shaping, energy application and other treatments to modify the shape, structure, and/or air flow characteristics of an internal nasal valve, an external nasal valve or other nasal airways.
US11457967B2	Driver instruments and related methods Driver instruments are disclosed herein with various features for improving usability, easing the task of cleaning or sterilizing the instrument, reducing patient trauma associated with use of the instrument, and/or reducing the cost and assembly burden of the instrument. For example, a driver instrument can include a guide sleeve to protect patient tissue from damage caused by rotating components of the instrument or a bone anchor assembly coupled thereto, and to protect extension tabs of the bone anchor assembly from inadvertent separation. By way of further example, an instrument can include a preload assembly for maintaining engagement of a driver shaft of the instrument with a bone anchor assembly. As yet another example, an instrument can consist of a small number of components which are configured for simple, tool-free assembly and disassembly. An instrument can also be configured for use with bone anchor assemblies with and without extension tabs.
US11457962B2	Femur fixation device A femur fixation device includes an intramedullary nail having along its longitudinal axis a proximal portion, a distal portion and a lateral through hole extending through the proximal portion; and a hip screw capable of passing through the lateral through hole. An axis of the lateral through hole intersects the longitudinal axis at a first inclination angle. The proximal portion includes a first through hole. The first through hole is provided with a detachable positioning bracket therein. A positioning protrusion is defined at a lower end of one side of the positioning bracket. A line connecting the positioning protrusion and corresponding end points on a sidewall of the positioning bracket intersects the longitudinal axis at a second inclination angle. An outer surface of the hip screw is provided with a positioning groove. A tail nail is disposed in the first through hole.
US11457961B2	Bone anchors and surgical instruments with integrated guide tips Bone anchors and surgical instruments (e.g., bone taps, drivers, etc.) are disclosed herein that include integrated guide tips. Use of these anchors or instruments can eliminate one or more of the steps in a conventional bone anchor installation procedure, improving surgical efficiency and safety. For example, a surgical instrument can include a guide projection configured for insertion through a cannulation formed in a bone anchor when the surgical instrument is coupled to the bone anchor. The surgical instrument can also include various mechanisms for adjusting the position of the guide projection relative to the bone anchor. The guide projection can replace the needle, stylet, and guidewire used in typical insertion procedures. The bone anchor can also include integrated tapping features to eliminate the need for a separate bone tap instrument. Thus, in some embodiments, targeting, tapping, and driving the bone anchor can be performed in a single step.
US11457955B2	Compound plate for craniotomy closures Disclosed is a compound bone plate for attaching a bone flap to a skull. The compound bone plate can include a first plate member, a second plate member, a burr hole cover, and a strut. The first plate member can be operable to be attached to the bone flap and the skull. The second plate member can be operable to be attached to the bone flap and the skull. The strut can connect the first plate member, the second plate member, and the burr hole cover.
US11457948B2	Bendable trocars having blunt tips and connectors for advancing wound drain catheters through tissue A trocar includes a shaft having a leading section, a trailing section, a reduced diameter midsection located between the leading and trailing sections, and a longitudinal axis extending along the length of the shaft. The leading section of the shaft has a tapered region that terminates at a blunt tip. The trailing section of the shaft has a connector located at the trailing end thereof. The leading and trailing sections of the shaft having a first diameter and the reduced diameter midsection of the shaft has a second diameter that is smaller than the first diameter for enabling the shaft to be bent at the reduced diameter midsection. A flexible wound drain catheter having a first end is secured to the connector at the trailing end of the trailing section of the shaft. The flexible wound drain catheter has an outer diameter that matches the first diameter of the leading and trailing sections of the shaft.
US11457943B1	Grasping prostate morcellator A prostate grasping morcellator device and a method of morcellating prostate tissue are described. The prostate grasping morcellator device includes a handpiece portion including a motor which rotates an internal sheath in an external sheath of a rod. The rod is connected to a second end of the handpiece portion. The prostate grasping morcellator device includes one or more retractable grasping nails connected to an end of the rod. The end is distal to the second end of the handpiece portion. The prostate grasping morcellator device includes a control button to control movement of the retractable grasping nails. The control button is mounted adjacent to the second end of the handpiece portion. The prostate grasping morcellator device includes one or more blades, rotated by the motor to morcellate tissue.
US11457939B2	Forceps blade control A surgical tool can include a shaft, a pin, an end effector, and a translating member. The shaft can define a longitudinal axis. The pin can be located at a distal portion of the shaft. The end effector can be connected to the shaft. The translating member can be positioned laterally inward of the shaft. The translating member can include a track and the pin can extend into the track to limit translation of the translating member along the longitudinal axis with respect to the end effector.
US11457938B2	Foreign substance removing device and foreign substance collecting system A foreign substance removing device includes a tubular member and a retriever configured to be expandable to and contractible from a predetermined shape. The retriever includes main wires disposed to be centered around a tube axis of the tubular member, and sub wires each connecting adjacent ones of the main wires to each other. Each of the main wires is configured to curve when the retriever is expanded such that a space having a predetermined size is provided by the main wires. Each of the sub wires is configured to be foldable at at least one point between the adjacent ones of the main wires. When the retriever is expanded, the folding points of the sub wires are positioned inside the space such that the sub wires do not protrude out of the main wires.
US11457937B2	Subcutaneous wound debridement Disclosed herein are devices and methods of percutaneously treating an ulcerated wound using ultrasonic energy. Some methods include delivering ultrasonic energy to a target tissue located at a position subcutaneous to the ulcerated wound. In some methods, the ultrasonic energy is delivered using an ultrasonic energy delivery device.
US11457931B1	Bone shortening osteotomy apparatus A bone shortening osteotomy apparatus is configured to provide positive retention of the bone portions as the two cut bone portions are retracted. The apparatus utilizes a bone plate with a compression block detachable attached in a fixed position and a sled assembly that is slidably engaged with the bone plate. A jacking screw extends from the sled to the compression block to draw these two components together. K-wire barrels coupled to the sled converge to direct K-wires into bone. Sled guide pins extend between the sled and the compression block and preferably on opposing sides of the jacking screw to ensure straight movement of the sled toward the compression block. A cutting guide has guide slots for guiding a cutting implement through the bone. A slot wedge may be inserted through the guide slot after cutting the bone to stabilize the cutting guide and bone for subsequent cutting.
US11457929B2	System, device and method for treatment of hemorrhoids A device for treating hemorrhoids includes a housing sized and shaped for insertion to a target site within a rectum. The device also includes an inner member received within the housing such that the member may move longitudinally relative to the housing. In addition, the device includes a ligating mechanism at a distal end of the member which includes grasping arms movable between a receiving configuration in which distal ends of the arms are separated from one another and a grasping configuration in which the distal ends are drawn together to grasp tissue. The mechanism includes a ligating band received around the arms that is movable distally off of the arms to constrict around tissue grasped by the arms.
US11457927B2	Detachable tip microcatheter A microcatheter for delivering embolic agent to a vascular site is provided. The microcatheter has a biocompatible or biocompatible and biodegradable tip which can be detachably engaged to the microcatheter body by a thermoplastic sleeve. Once the embolic agent is delivered to the desired vascular site, the tip of the microcatheter is often entrapped within the mass of the liquid embolic fluid. Using the microcatheter, the clinician can retract the microcatheter at a predetermined retraction force thereby disengaging the tip from the microcatheter body allowing for easier removal of the microcatheter.
US11457925B2	Occlusive devices An occlusive device includes a frame element having a distal end and a proximal end, and a delivery configuration and a deployed configuration. The occlusive device also includes an occlusive face having a peripheral edge, where the occlusive face positioned toward the proximal end of the frame element. The occlusive device also includes at least one anchor positioned at the peripheral edge of the occlusive face, where the at least one anchor extends at an acute angle to the peripheral edge of the occlusive face.
US11457924B2	Endovascular device configured for selective narrowing An endovascular device, including an elongated flexible sheath defining a lumen with an inner opening sized for enabling selective advancement of an endovascular instrument therethrough, the sheath having at least a first region and a second region; an electrode within the first region of the sheath; and a constrictor associated with the first region of the sheath, the constrictor being configured, while at least the first region and the second region of the sheath are positioned within a body and in response to an input received from outside the body, to reversibly narrow the lumen of the sheath in an area adjacent the electrode to thereby bring the electrode into contact with an adjacent portion of the endovascular instrument.
US11457922B2	Medical device delivery member with flexible stretch resistant distal portion A delivery member is provided for delivering and deploying an intravascular medical device. The delivery member includes a flexible distal portion including a wound wire coil surrounded by a flexible sleeve and inhibited from extending lengthwise by a stretch resistant member positioned through the lumen of the coil. The delivery member can include hypotubes positioned on either side (distally and proximally) from the wound wire coil to which the stretch resistant member and the wound wire coil can be attached. The distal hypotube can include attachment slots for positioning and attaching a loop wire to the distal hypotube.
US11457917B2	Treatment instrument The disclosed technology is directed to a treatment instrument comprises an end effector having a pair of clamping members configured to pivot with respect to one another. A sheath is attached to the end effector along a longitudinal axis so that the end effector can be bent or curved. A drive shaft is connected to the end effector so as to guide the end effector to open or close the pair of clamping members relative to one another when moved in a longitudinal direction relative to the sheath. An elongated member is connected to the end effector and is configured to make the end effector bend or curve with respect to the sheath when moved in the longitudinal direction relative to the sheath. First and second members are configured to produce first and second forces sufficient to open or close the pair of clamping members.
US11457903B2	Cardiac transseptal instruments, assemblies, and method of use of the same A needle or stylet has a tip contour with a reverse back bevel curved toward the longitudinal axis of the needle or stylet. The needle has a flexible intermediate portion and/or a two-part construction in which a distal portion of the needle to crimped onto a proximal portion of the needle. The needle or a stylet is combined with a spring mechanism in the hub of the needle or stylet assembly. The spring mechanism positions the tip of the needle or stylet in a middle position extending from the distal end of the assembly, allows the needle or stylet to be moved into a spring loaded fully retracted configuration within the assembly as the septal wall is tented, and then releasing the spring loaded needle or stylet as the needle or stylet penetrates the septal wall. A method of using a needle or stylet with a spring mechanism is included.
US11457900B2	Microdevice for the in vivo capture of circulating cellular biomarkers The invention relates to a device for capture of cellular biomarkers circulating in an animal or human biological flow, characterised in that it is suitable for use in vivo and in that it comprises a means of filtration intended to retain the said cellular biomarkers, the said means of filtration comprising at least one through-aperture the dimensions of which are suitable for retaining the said cellular biomarkers and being integral with a support, the support taking the form of a hollow component.
US11457896B2	Ultrasound imaging system and method for generating an enhanced image to enhance a shadow region A method and ultrasound imaging system includes transmitting first ultrasound energy with a first transmit pattern, receiving first ultrasound data based on the first ultrasound energy, and generating a first image based on the first ultrasound data. The method and system includes entering a shadow reduction mode and performing the following steps in the shadow reduction mode: transmitting second ultrasound energy with a second transmit pattern configured to have greater penetration than the first transmit pattern, receiving second ultrasound data based on the second ultrasound energy, generating a mask identifying a shadow region and generating an enhanced image including an enhanced shadow region, wherein the second ultrasound data is used to generate the enhanced shadow region, and displaying the enhanced image.
US11457894B2	Wireless ultrasound probe using wirelessly supplied power, ultrasound diagnosis apparatus wirelessly connected to wireless ultrasound probe, operating method of ultrasound diagnosis apparatus, and operating method of wireless ultrasound probe Provided are an ultrasound probe and an operating method of the ultrasound probe which can select a power transmission channel and/or a wireless power transmission mode that are most appropriate in an environment in which power transmission channels exist. The operating method of the ultrasound probe includes operations of obtaining a plurality of pieces of information about power transmission channels; displaying a power transmission channel list, based on the plurality of pieces of information about the power transmission channels; selecting a power transmission channel from the power transmission channel list; and receiving wireless power that is transmitted via the selected power transmission channel.
US11457890B2	Ultrasound blood flow imaging Described here are systems and methods for imaging blood flow in a subject's vasculature, which may include small blood vessels, using ultrasound without the need for a contrast agent. A locally implemented low-rank matrix decomposition is used together with adaptive cutoff values to provide noninvasive ultrasound blood flow imaging capable of imaging the subject's vasculature with very high spatial and temporal resolution, and without the administration of contrast agents such as microbubble contrast agents. Thus, in some instances the systems and methods can be used to image blood flow in small vessels and tissue microvasculature with high spatial and temporal resolution.
US11457888B2	Method for generating a knowledge base useful in identifying and/or predicting a malfunction of a medical device A method is for generating a knowledge base useful in identifying and/or predicting a malfunction of a medical device. The method includes (a) providing virtual components, each corresponding to a component of the medical device; (b) creating a virtual model of the medical device using the virtual components; (c) rendering at least one virtual output parameter of the virtual model, based upon simulation of a malfunction of at least one of the virtual components; (d) providing the at least one virtual output parameter rendered, to the medical device software; (e) correlating a response of the medical device software to the at least one virtual output parameter rendered; steps (c) to (e) being repeated, based upon a plurality of different simulated malfunctions, and the plurality of different simulated malfunctions and responses of the medical device software correlated being used in the generating of the knowledge base on the medical device.
US11457882B2	Imaging apparatus and driving method thereof A computed tomographic (CT) system includes a gantry having a rotating part including a light source, a light source drive control circuit, a rechargeable battery, and a rotating part interface. The gantry includes a detector, a detector control and signal processing circuit, and an image memory. The rotating part may rotate around a central axis. The CT system includes a gantry table on which the gantry is mounted and which includes a host interface. The CT system includes a motor that may cause the gantry to move within a gantry moving range, and a control unit that may process and display image data obtained from the gantry. The rotating part interface may face the host interface, such that the rotating part and host interfaces are configured to be electrically connected with each other, based on the gantry being at a predetermined position within the gantry moving range.
US11457881B2	Anatomical imaging system with scanning table movable along the X-axis and/or scanning table movable along the Y-axis and the Z-axis A novel scanning table for use with a scanning machine, the novel scanning table being movable along the X-axis and/or movable along the Y-axis and the Z-axis.
US11457880B2	Radiologic biopsy system and method A method of performing a radiological biopsy and associated system includes scanning a living human subject with a CT scanner to locate coordinates of an area of potential pathology and then using the coordinates to direct synchrotron radiation to a location at, or proximate the coordinates to obtain a high-resolution image of the area of potential pathology. The CT scan is accomplished with a CT scanner such as a C-Arm, vertical or horizontal CT scanner. A synchrotron radiation source emits synchrotron radiation through the subject and is processed by a processing system. The method and system allow for concurrent or sequential scanning of the subject by the CT scanner and synchrotron radiation scanner. The resulting images provide histological resolution of areas of potential pathology.
US11457878B2	Interior CT image generation method An image generation method of an interior CT includes the following steps: a step for obtaining interior CT projection data by measuring quantum beams passing through a region of interest (ROI) in an inside of photographing object in a geometrical system for CT measurement; a step for obtaining partial entire projection data by measuring quantum beams passing through an entire of said photographing object from a segment in an outside of said photographing object in said geometrical system for CT measurement; and a processing step for exactly reconstructing said ROI upon basis of said interior CT projection data obtained and said partial entire projection data.
US11457872B2	Bio-signal quality assessment apparatus and bio-signal quality assessment method A bio-signal quality assessment apparatus may include: a bio-signal obtainer configured to obtain a bio-signal; and a processor configured to extract periodic signals from the obtained bio-signal, and determine a signal quality index based on at least one of similarity between the extracted periodic signals and signal variability of the obtained bio-signal.
US11457865B2	Wearable sports monitoring equipment for measuring heart rate or muscular activity and relating method The invention relates to wearable electronic equipment and method for measuring heart rate or muscular activity of a person. The equipment comprises one or more heartbeat or muscular activity sensors for providing a heartbeat or muscular activity signal, respectively, and a motion sensor for providing a motion signal corresponding to movement of the person. In addition, there are provided processing means for detecting from the heartbeat or muscular activity signal first events corresponding to individual heartbeats or muscle activations, respectively, and from the motion signal second events corresponding to movement changes stronger than a predefined threshold. The processing means are further programmed to form a first time series of said first events, and to determine the heartbeat or muscular activity parameter using the first time series. According to the invention, the processing means are programmed to omit from said first time series those first events that coincide with and/or take place at the same frequency as the second events. The invention helps to remove motion-induced artifacts from ECG and EMG signals for more accurate sports performance monitoring and characterization.
US11457862B2	Method for determining whether medication has been administered and server using same Provided is a server for determining whether medication has been administered, the server including: a transceiver receiving a video recorded by a wearable device; a memory storing a detection model and a confirmation model, wherein the detection model is trained to output whether each of preset targets appears in an image, and the confirmation model is trained to output whether medication has been administered, wherein the preset targets include an object related to a medicine or a medicine container and a posture related to medication administration; and one or more processors configured to detect the preset targets by inputting image frames of the video to the detection model and to determine whether medication has been administered by inputting confirmation model input data to the confirmation model, the confirmation model input data generated based on a detection result of the detection model.
US11457857B2	Multi-channel stimulation threshold detection algorithm for use with neurophysiology monitoring systems The present invention relates generally to an algorithm aimed at neurophysiology monitoring, and more particularly to an algorithm capable of quickly finding stimulation thresholds over multiple channels of a neurophysiology monitoring system.
US11457856B2	Information processing device, information processing method, recording medium storing program code, and biomedical-signal measuring system An information processing device, an information processing method, a recording medium storing a program, and a biomedical-signal measuring system. The information processing device includes circuitry to obtain specific information of a first intensity distribution of a biomedical signal from a source, the specific information being displayed on a display, and extract, based on the specific information, a specified area of the first intensity distribution to obtain second intensity distribution of the biomedical signal to be superimposed on an image indicative of the source. The information processing method includes obtaining specific information of a first intensity distribution of a biomedical signal from a prescribed source, the specific information being displayed on a display, and extracting, based on the specific information, a specified area of the first intensity distribution to obtain second intensity distribution of the biomedical signal to be superimposed on an image indicative of the source.
US11457847B2	Lie detector based on monitoring of pupil dilation Deception can be evaluated by presenting a set of sentences or words to a testee, including some sentences or words that are expected to evoke significant pupil dilation in a testee who is lying and other sentences or words that are not expected to evoke significant pupil dilation in the testee. Changes in the testee's pupil size are compared to ascertain whether a pupil-dilation response to certain sentences or words is larger than for other sentences or words, and an indication of deceptiveness or non-deceptiveness is output based on the results of the ascertaining.
US11457844B1	Using an oximeter probe to detect intestinal ischemia Devices and systems have a sensor probe configured to measure tissue oxygen saturation in the intestine or mesentery. The devices and systems can determine the oxygenation state of the entire thickness of the intestine or mesentery. Embodiments of the invention also include methods for inducing a temporary ischemic period in an intestine or mesentery tissue and analyzing changes in oxygen saturation of the tissue during the temporary ischemic period or during a recovery phase. The devices, systems, and methods can be applied in diagnosing intestinal ischemia in a patient, as well as in monitoring tissue oxygen saturation of the intestine or mesentery during or after a surgical procedure.
US11457842B2	Method and apparatus for determining a deterioration of respiratory function In accordance with one embodiment of the invention, a system is provided for the monitoring of blood analytes using optical probes in the circulatory system. The probes can be inserted on the venous side of the circulatory system. In another embodiment, methods and apparatuses can be used for processing continuous information generated from indwelling intravascular or tissue optical sensors including, but not limited to, measuring gas concentrations, pH, temperature, and other analytes of blood or tissue. In another embodiment, analyte values can be displayed and analyzed to determine if the values fall outside of normal physiological parameters. Trends of one or multiple analyte values can be analyzed and extrapolated to predict any impending, deleterious condition. In one embodiment, an alarm can be transmitted to appropriate personnel when criterion/criteria are met. In yet another embodiment, devices can be inhibited from delivering continuous infusions of medicine to patients.
US11457841B2	Preconnected analyte sensors Various analyte sensing apparatuses and associated housings are provided. Some apparatuses comprise one or more caps. Some apparatuses comprise a two-part adhesive patch. Some apparatuses comprise one or more sensor bends configured to locate and/or hold a sensor in place during mounting. Some apparatuses utilize one or more dams and/or wells to retain epoxy for securing a sensor. Some apparatuses utilize a pocket and one or more adjacent areas and various transitions for preventing epoxy from wicking to undesired areas of the apparatus. Some apparatuses include heat-sealable thermoplastic elastomers for welding a cap to the apparatus. Related methods of fabricating such apparatuses and/or housings are also provided.
US11457838B2	Target management system and transitory recording medium comprising target management program Whether intervention is necessary is assessed due to an occurrence of a divergence of a current value of a predetermined index from a route corresponding to a transition in value of the predetermined index to a target value of the predetermined index for reaching a target relating to a body of a user (steps S141 to S147), and, when intervention is assessed to be necessary, using an intervention result per each of persons intervening relating to a target index stored in a storage unit, a person with a high contribution toward reaching the target from among persons intervening for the user is determined (steps S151 and S152), and processing for prompting the determined person for intervention is executed (step S155). A timing with a high contribution is determined using an intervention result stored in the storage unit that further stores intervention results per each intervention timing relating to a target index. Processing for prompting the person intervening for intervention at the determined timing is executed. This can effectively prompt the user to improve to reach a target relating to the body.
US11457835B2	Electromagnet gradient coil apparatus for micro-device localization An apparatus for producing magnetic field gradients includes (a) a first planar electromagnet coil set configured to produce a first magnetic field gradient with respect to a first axis, (b) a second planar electromagnet coil set configured to produce a second magnetic field gradient with respect to a second axis that is orthogonal to the first axis, (c) a third planar electromagnet coil set configured to produce a third magnetic field gradient with respect to a third axis that is orthogonal to the first and second axes, and (d) a controller configured to selectively provide power to the first, second, and/or third electromagnet coil sets to sequentially produce a localization magnetic field gradient with respect to each of the first, second, and third axes, at least a portion of each localization magnetic field gradient having a monotonically-varying magnetic field magnitude along a respective axis.
US11457834B2	System and method for generating ECG reference data for MR imaging triggering A method of generating ECG reference data for MR image data acquisition includes obtaining an initial ECG dataset from a patient prior to moving the patient into a bore of the MRI device, wherein the initial ECG dataset comprises at least two channels of ECG data. An initial set of R-peaks is identified and an initial R-peak polarity and initial R-R interval are determined. A reference ECG dataset is then obtained from the patient once the patient is in the bore of the MRI device. A reference set of R-peaks is identified in the reference ECG dataset based on the initial R-peak polarity and the initial R-R interval, and R-peak reference data is generated based on the reference set of R-peaks. Acquisition of MR image data from the subject is then triggered using the R-peak reference data.
US11457832B2	Measurement device, shape estimation device, measurement method, shape estimation method, and non-transitory recording medium recording program A measurement device has a measurement belt to which a plurality of electrode pads arranged in a row and a plurality of strain gauges arranged in parallel to the plurality of electrode pads are integrally adhered and configured to be used after being wrapped around a portion serving as a measurement target of a living body; and a processor configured to: acquire an image of the portion serving as the measurement target while applying a current to the plurality of electrode pads and acquiring a voltage signal generated between the electrode pads; and estimate a contour shape of the portion serving as the measurement target and a size of the contour shape on the basis of curvature data acquired via the plurality of strain gauges.
US11457830B2	Catheter assembly A catheter hub assembly includes a body. A pressure sensor is disposed within the body to sense pressure within a catheter and communicating with the body. The body has a chamber formed therein having a predetermined volume. A stopper assembly, slideably moves to engage the body forming a gastight seal within the chamber for pushing a column of gas ahead of the stopper assembly as the stopper assembly moves from a first position to a second position.
US11457827B2	Detection of patent ductus arteriosus using photoplethysmography Methods and systems are described for detecting the likelihood of patent ductus arteriosus (PDA) in an infant using electrocardiogram and photoplethysmographic pulse signals obtained from the upper body and foot of the infant.
US11457822B2	Methods and systems for arrhythmia tracking and scoring A dashboard centered around arrhythmia or atrial fibrillation tracking is provided. The dashboard includes a heart or cardiac health score that can be calculated in response to data from the user such as their ECG and other personal information and cardiac health influencing factors. The dashboard also provides to the user recommendations or goals, such as daily goals, for the user to meet and thereby improve their heart or cardiac health score. These goals and recommendations may be set by the user or a medical professional and routinely updated as his or her heart or cardiac health score improves or otherwise changes. The dashboard is generally displayed from an application provided on a smartphone or tablet computer of the user.
US11457820B2	Oral examination A housing containing an electrical energy source is coupled between a first end cap comprising a control and an interstitial member comprising an LED selectively electrically couplable to the electrical energy source by the control, and a second end cap coupled to the interstitial member comprises an optical filtering component in optical alignment with light emitted by the LED. At least a portion of an exterior of at least one of the housing, the first end cap, the interstitial member, and the second end cap may have a cross-sectional shape that is not substantially circular. The end caps, housing, interstitial member, and optical filtering component may each be sealingly interconnected. A method of using the apparatus may comprise directing light emitted by the apparatus into a human oral cavity without inserting the apparatus into the human oral cavity.
US11457819B2	Systems and methods for monitoring and evaluating neuromodulation therapy Systems and methods for informing and evaluating neuromodulation therapy are disclosed herein. A system configured in accordance with embodiments of the present technology can include, for example, a guidewire having a proximal portion, a distal portion configured to be positioned at a target site in a blood vessel of a human patient, and a sensing element positioned along the distal portion. The sensing element can be a pressure sensing element, a flow sensing element, an impedance sensing element, and/or a temperature sensing element. The system can further include a controller configured to obtain one or more measurements related to a physiological parameter of the patient via the sensing element. Based on the measurements, the controller can determine the physiological parameter and compare the parameter to a predetermined threshold. Based on the comparison, the controller and/or the operator can assess the likelihood of the patient benefiting from neuromodulation therapy.
US11457817B2	Systems and methods for hyperspectral analysis of cardiac tissue Systems and methods for hyperspectral analysis of cardiac tissue are provided. In some embodiments, a method for visualizing ablation lesions includes illuminating at one or more illumination wavelengths a surface of tissue having an ablation lesion; collecting a spectral data set comprising spectral images of the illuminated tissue acquired at multiple spectral bands each at one or more acquisition wavelengths; distinguishing between the ablation lesion and an unablated tissue based on one or more spectral differences between the ablation lesion and unablated tissue; and creating a composite image of the tissue showing the ablation lesion and the unablated tissue.
US11457815B2	Mobile-platform compression-induced imaging for subsurface and surface object characterization A mobile-platform imaging device uses compression of the target region to generate an image of an object. A tactile sensor has an optical waveguide with a flexible, transparent first layer. Light is directed into the waveguide. Light is scattered out of the first layer when the first layer is deformed. The first layer is deformed by the tactile sensor being pressed against the object, A force sensor detects a force pressing the tactile sensor against the object and outputs corresponding force information. A first communication unit receives the force information from the force sensor. A receptacle holds a mobile device with a second communication unit and an imager that can generate image information using light scattered out of the first layer. The first communication unit communicates with the second communication unit and the mobile device communicates with an external network.
US11457812B1	Using an oximeter probe to detect intestinal ischemia Devices and systems have a sensor probe configured to measure tissue oxygen saturation in the intestine or mesentery. The devices and systems can determine the oxygenation state of the entire thickness of the intestine or mesentery. Embodiments of the invention also include methods for inducing a temporary ischemic period in an intestine or mesentery tissue and analyzing changes in oxygen saturation of the tissue during the temporary ischemic period or during a recovery phase. The devices, systems, and methods can be applied in diagnosing intestinal ischemia in a patient, as well as in monitoring tissue oxygen saturation of the intestine or mesentery during or after a surgical procedure.
US11457811B2	Systems and methods for determining facility exposure to a source condition A method includes: obtaining, at a server, a diagnosis key published by a tracing service, the diagnosis key associated with a source device; identifying one or more detected proximity identifiers associated with the diagnosis key; identifying one or more affected network detection devices associated with the one or more detected proximity identifiers; retrieving, from a repository, device data for the one or more affected network devices, the device data identifying a facility of the one or more affected network devices; and generating facility exposure data for the facility, the facility exposure data defining exposure associated with the source device at the facility.
US11457804B1	System for monitoring vision changes Information about changes in vision over time is useful to determine the health of a user. An electronic device has a display that presents visual information to a user. A sensor generates distance data that is used to determine a distance between the user and the display at particular times. Other data may also be acquired that is indicative of whether the user is wearing glasses, tilt of the user's head relative to the display, ambient light level, display brightness, what is being presented on the display such as video content or text content, font size, and so forth. The data is used to determine if the user's vision has changed beyond a threshold amount. If so, an action may be taken, such as providing a recommendation to the user. For example, the user may be advised to consult a health care provider.
US11457803B1	Lung scope assembly A lung endoscopy system is configured to provide portable data to a health care provider. The lung endoscopy system has a handle housing, attached to a primary screen, a second screen, a third screen, and a fourth screen. An inflatable ball is joined to the housing and electrically coupled to a ball valve inflate switch, a ball valve deflate switch, and a pump. A power connection is electrically coupled to a power connector and an external power source on a wheel cart. A camera switch is electrically coupled to a left middle camera, a right middle camera, a 180-degree camera, and a front entry camera arranged on the handle housing. The left middle camera, the right middle camera, the 180-degree camera, and the front entry camera are electrically coupled to at least one monitor on the wheel cart, and a second screen with a camera extension line.
US11457802B2	Borescopic optical system for medical diagnostic instruments and medical diagnostic instruments having interlocking assembly features A medical diagnostic instrument or a plurality of disparate medical diagnostic instruments are configured with a common optical architecture that functionally creates a virtual eye to create closer proximity to a patient and therefore increase the field of view in regard to a target of interest. The optical system includes a distal optical element, at least one relay lens and an eyepiece lens in which the optical system can be integrated within at least one instrument or be provided using a releasable module. Additionally, at least one of a viewing assembly and illumination assembly of at least one medical diagnostic instrument can be assembled using a series of components that are connected by interlocking features.
US11457798B2	Small-Diameter endoscope surgical instrument This small-diameter endoscope surgical instrument comprises: an inner pipe 20 that has an outer diameter equal to that of a small-diameter endoscope 10 to be used, that is used for inserting the small-diameter endoscope surgical instrument into a body, and that is replaced with the small-diameter endoscope 10 after insertion thereof; a guide pipe 30 which is configured to have the small-diameter endoscope or the inner pipe inserted therethrough and which supports the small-diameter endoscope or the inner pipe so as to be movable in an axial direction; and a treatment pipe 40 which is configured to have the guide pipe inserted therethrough to support the guide pipe so as to be movable in the axial direction, and which has, at the leading end thereof, a treatment means such as an electrode, a blade, or a hook, wherein each of the small-diameter endoscope, inner pipe, guide pipe, and treatment pipe has an independent operation part at the proximate end thereof, and thus the rotation angle and the position in the axial direction thereof can be changed. The present invention enables, with a simple configuration, gripping or fixing of tissues, electrocautery, electrocoagulation, ablation, mobilization, separation, or traction of tissues, and further enables removal of blood clots, etc., stuck to a hook during surgery, and a sample extraction for biopsy.
US11457796B2	Endoscope system and object evaluation method An endoscope apparatus includes a display control system configured to calculate at least one index indicating a degree of abnormality of an object, according to a color included in an acquired object image, and to generate a display image in which the at least one index is identifiably displayed based on a predetermined threshold value that is set independently of the object image.
US11457793B2	Washing container for a domestic dishwasher, domestic dishwasher, and method A washing container for a household dishwasher includes a bottom plate and a U-shaped washing container jacket arranged on the bottom plate and including a side wall which is connected to the bottom plate by a folded joint. Connected to the washing container jacket is a U-shaped frame to support the washing container jacket. The frame has a support rib, which rises from the frame and is arranged within the washing container jacket and on which the folded joint is supported. The support rib has a closed support surface on which the folded joint lies.
US11457791B2	Cleaner and control method thereof Provided are a cleaner having a circulation system of collecting water used in damp cloth, filtering the same, and supplying the filtered water to the cloth, and a control method thereof. The cleaner includes a storage unit storing water, a collecting unit intaking water used in a cloth and introducing intaken water to an upper side of the storage unit, a filter unit filtering water collected by the collecting unit, a water supply unit allowing water within the storage unit to flow out from a lower portion of the storage unit so as to be supplied to the cloth, a vacuum motor operated to cause water to be intaken to the storage unit through the collecting unit, and a pump operate to allow water to be transferred through the water supply unit.
US11457783B2	Cleaner Provided is a cleaner. The cleaner includes a housing provided with a dust container at a lower side thereof having a suction opening, a filter part configured to filter dust from air suctioned through the suction opening, the filter being spaced apart from an inner circumferential surface of the housing, a movable part configured to be elevated between a first position and a second position in a space between the outside of the filter part and the inner circumferential surface of the housing, a manipulation part of which at least a portion is exposed to outside of the housing, the manipulation part being elevated by user's manipulation, and a transfer unit of which at least a portion is accommodated in the housing, the transfer unit being configured to connect the manipulation part to the movable part. The dust container has an elevation groove, which is recessed outward from an inner surface of the dust container, in a vertical direction.
US11457782B2	Robot cleaner A robot cleaner includes a body configured to house a suction motor, a nozzle coupled to the body and including a suction port, and a movable unit coupled to the nozzle in front of the suction port. The movable unit is movable between a first position where the movable unit overlaps with the nozzle and a second position where the movable unit protrudes forward from the nozzle.
US11457776B2	Drying apparatus and related methods A drying apparatus includes a body, a controller, a thermal sensor to sense an ambient temperature, a humidity sensor to sense an ambient humidity, an air outlet to vent an airflow, a flow generator to generate the airflow within the body, and a thermoelectric device including an inward surface and an outward surface, where the inward surface heats or cools the airflow generated by the flow generator. The controller is configured to control a temperature of the inward surface of the thermoelectric device based on the ambient temperature and the ambient humidity.
US11457774B2	Apparatus for dispensing liquid An apparatus (10) is provided for dispensing liquid. The device comprises a body (11) defining a reservoir (12) for holding liquid and a valve (14) in fluid communication with the reservoir (12) to allow liquid to be dispensed from the reservoir (12) when pressure is applied onto the body. A refill port (16) in fluid communication with the reservoir (12) allows liquid to be introduced into the reservoir (12). Furthermore, a plurality of scrubbing elements is provided for scrubbing and cleaning one or more surfaces.
US11457771B2	Packable modular combustion grill A grill stove includes a kettle, legs, and a lid. The kettle includes an outer wall with a ventilation aperture, an inner wall, and a top collar extending between the inner wall and the outer wall and connecting the top portion of the outer wall to the top portion of the inner wall to form a dual-walled kettle. A base pan may be attached to the outer wall and may form a bottom of the kettle. A nest pan may have an edge and a ventilation aperture. The edge of the nest pan may be attached to the bottom portion of the inner wall and disposed above the base pan. The nest pan and the base pan being spaced apart to form a gap therebetween. The ventilation aperture of the nest pan may be in fluid communication with the ventilation aperture of the outer wall. An ash pan may be removably positionable above the nest pan.
US11457768B1	Indoor smokeless grill and air fryer combination device The present technology provides a multi-purpose cooking apparatus that provides simultaneous smokeless grilling for food products and air frying for food products utilizing the same fan and heating elements. A lower portion of the apparatus includes an enclosed air fryer cooking chamber with a closable door. The air fryer cooking chamber is heated with heating elements and a fan for blowing heated air through the cooking chamber. The upper portion of the apparatus utilizes the same upper heating elements as the air fryer chamber and includes a grilling surface, such as a grilling plate, in an enclosed interior cooking environment. The fan pulls air from the upper portion, filters smoke from the air, and returns the air to the lower portion of the apparatus. The heated, smokeless, circulated air from the fan is used to air fry in the lower portion.
US11457766B2	Corrosion-resistant member A corrosion-resistant member (10) provided with: a base material (16) made of aluminum or an aluminum alloy; a diamond-like carbon film (18) formed on a surface of the base material (16) and made of amorphous carbon (a-C) or hydrogenated amorphous carbon (a-C:H); and an epoxy resin-containing coating material (20), which at least fills open pores (24) of the diamond-like carbon film (18).
US11457761B2	Drapery system and a method for mounting a drapery track A drapery system includes an elongate support member which defines an elongate space for housing a drapery track, wherein the elongate support member includes a first elongate plate-shaped portion which extends in a longitudinal direction of the elongate support member and defines the elongate space in one direction, wherein the elongate support member includes at least one connector projecting from the first plate-shaped portion in the elongate space, and wherein the drapery system includes a connection structure which is adapted for engagement with the drapery track and with the at least one connector.
US11457753B2	Childcare article of the baby bedding type The invention relates to a bedding article for a baby, comprising a soft base (10) provided with an edge roll (20) secured to the base (10) and extending over at least part of the periphery thereof, said edge roll (20) being provided with a free end (25) that can be folded over onto the stomach of the baby. The edge roll (20) contains a tubular insert (30) having a complementary shape, which is designed to be heated and to progressively emit the heat received. The article also comprises a cloth for swaddling the baby and a cover (50). The cover is designed to partially cover at least the base and particularly the free end (25).
US11457751B2	Floorstand with shelf support A container includes a plurality of panels connected together at fold lines configured for extending at least partially around an interior space, where the plurality of panels includes a shelf panel defining at least one shelf flap, a first side panel, a back panel, and a second side panel. The container includes a support panel defining at least one shelf support flap. The shelf support flap is operatively connected the shelf flap of the shelf panel, and is configured to move between a first position and a second position when the shelf flap of the shelf panel is folded. A blank for a container includes a plurality of panels connected together at fold lines configured to be folded at least partially around an interior space, including a back panel. The blank includes a support panel. The support panel is connected to the back panel along a break line.
US11457750B2	Magnetic hardware display system A display system comprises a display board comprising opposed front and back surfaces; at least one elongated channel formed in the front surface; wherein each elongated channel is recessed with respect to the front surface of the display board. The elongated channel comprises a plurality of substantially parallel elongated channels vertically spaced from one another; a metal strip disposed within each elongated channel. The metal strip has a front surface recessed with respect to the front surface of the display board. The metal strip is configured to display at least one display item having a magnetic element. The magnetic element shares at least one dimension with the width of a respective metal strip. The cover layer covers the front surface of the display board and the metal strip disposed in each channel. The cover layer follows contours of the front surface of the metal strip disposed in each channel.
US11457749B2	Product display system having enhanced capabilities and associated product display pusher system A retail product display system configured to display product in a retail setting that includes a generally open front side; a plurality of shelf units extending across the generally open front side; at least one door configured to provide security; and a pusher tray assembly configured to hold products. The pusher tray assembly includes a pusher tray including a floor, a bottom surface, a front wall, at least one sidewall, and at least one back wall, where the floor is configured to hold the products thereon.
US11457746B2	Travel pillow The present disclosure relates to a travel pillow. The travel pillow comprises a connecting rod having a first end and a second end, and a first pillow body and a second pillow body. Each of the first pillow body and the second pillow body comprises a frame and a soft cushion mounted on the frame. One end of the frame of the first pillow body is coupled to the first end of the connecting rod. The first pillow body is configured to be rotated at the first end of the connecting rods and locked at a predetermined angle. One end of the frame of the second pillow body is coupled to the second end of the connecting rod. The second pillow body is configured to be rotated at the second end of the connecting rods and locked at a predetermined angle. The travel pillow has a height which is adjusted by changing the angle between the first pillow body and the connecting rod and the angle between the second pillow body and the connecting rod. Moreover, a fastening means is used for carrying and securing the travel pillow.
US11457740B2	Locking device and stabilizer for a stabilizing table A table with a stabilizing system is disclosed. The table has a primary shaft having a bottom portion, a lower portion, and an upper portion, wherein the primary shaft has a cut-out at a bottom portion, a locking hole at a lower portion, and a stabilization mounting hole at the upper portion, a secondary shaft inserted into the primary shaft and when inserted, movably affixed to the primary shaft, wherein the secondary shaft has a bottom portion, a lower portion, and an upper portion, and wherein the secondary shaft a locking hole at the lower portion, and a stabilization mounting hole at the upper portion, a pivot positioned through the primary shaft stabilization mounting hole and the secondary shaft mounting hole to movably affix the secondary shaft to the primary shaft about a single point of movement, a lock positioned through the primary shaft locking hole and the secondary shaft locking hole, wherein the lock fastens the secondary shaft to the primary shaft.
US11457739B2	Chair leg mountable coaster assembly A chair leg mountable coaster assembly includes a plate that is mountable to one of a plurality of legs of a chair. The plate extends laterally from the leg in a single direction that is orientated parallel to a plane that extends through bottom ends of the plurality of legs. The plate is one of a plurality of the plates, each of which is configured to be mountable to a respective one of the plurality of the legs so that each leg is engaged with one of the plates. The plates reduce penetration of the legs into a soft substrate, such as sand, dirt, and soil. The plates are sized to allow multiple ones of the chairs to be stacked without interference by the plates.
US11457736B2	Vessel sink and method of installing same A sink includes a front wall, a first side wall, and a second side wall. The front wall includes an inner surface that defines part of a basin of the sink, and an outer surface located opposite the inner surface that is configured to be exposed in front of an opening of a cabinet in which the sink is installed. The front wall includes first and second lateral portions that extend outwardly past the first and second side walls. The first and second lateral portions of the front wall are configured to at least partially overlap a front face of the cabinet adjacent the opening, so as to substantially conceal the opening when the sink is installed thereto.
US11457735B1	Storage system A storage system may be formed using an apparatus including a rigid bar and a bracket. The rigid bar has an elongate body having sufficient length to extend vertically along a wall from a foot engaging the floor to a second end positioned proximate to a ceiling directly above the floor. The bracket is securable to the ceiling and has a first end for engaging the rigid bar at a point proximate to the second end of the rigid bar, wherein the first end of the bracket limits movement of the second end of the rigid bar in a direction away from the wall. Optionally, a pair of the rigid bars may include shelf supports, tire lofts or other features for supporting items to be storage.
US11457734B2	Foldable holder An object of the present invention is to provide a foldable holder that is easy to carry. For this purpose, the foldable holder includes: a back surface support part configured to support the back surface of the object; a lower surface support part fastened to a lower end of the back surface support part, and configured to support a bottom surface of the object; and bottom support parts configured to support the back surface support part on a support surface at a set inclined angle; wherein the back surface support part includes a plurality of back support plates sequentially disposed from the bottom support part, and one or more connection hinges configured to rotatably connect the back support plates so that the back support plates are superimposed on each other.
US11457724B2	Method and device for machining screwed-in brushes A method and device (1) for producing and machining screwed-in brushes (2). In the method and in the device, at least one grinding sleeve (4) is used to grind down free bristle ends (5) of a brush (2) to be machined and thus remove edges and/or burrs on the free bristle ends (5).
US11457721B2	Vanity mirror A mirror assembly can include a housing, a mirror, and a light source. In certain embodiments, the mirror is rotatable within a support portion of the mirror assembly. In some embodiments, the mirror assembly includes a light pipe configured to emit a substantially constant amount of light along a periphery of the mirror. In some embodiments, the mirror assembly includes a sensor assembly. The sensor assembly can be configured to adjust the amount of emitted light based on the position of a user in relation to the mirror.
US11457720B2	Cosmetic applicator comprising projecting loops The invention relates to a mascara applicator having an elongate general shape defining a longitudinal axis and includes projections. At least one of the projections forms a loop defining a through-hole having a main opening axis forming an angle of more than 45° with a plane radial to the longitudinal axis of the applicator.
US11457718B2	Rotating cosmetic applicator system A rotating cosmetic applicator system features a unique rod/wiper relationship that causes the rod to rotate when it passes through the wiper. The applicator head rotates in one direction when the user inserts the applicator through the wiper, and in the opposite direction when the user removes the applicator through the wiper. The result is a more even loading of product onto the applicator head than with a conventional mascara system. A more even load of product on the brush will support a more consistent experience for the user.
US11457717B2	Makeup fluid management and supply device and method A makeup fluid management and supply device and method are provided. The method includes the steps of: receiving a cosmetic style template sent from a user device; selecting a makeup bottle by the control module in accordance with a makeup application step of the cosmetic style template and moving the makeup bottle to a using position by the driving module; reading a label information of the makeup bottle; sending the label information to the management unit so as to perform a validation procedure on the makeup bottle; rotating, in response to a positive validation result, the makeup bottle by the driving module so as to perform a makeup fluid mixing procedure on the makeup bottle; and driving, by the driving module, the makeup bottle to move in a first direction until the makeup bottle is squeezed so as to obtain a makeup fluid of the makeup bottle.
US11457716B2	Compact container A compact container is the adjustment of a discharge amount of contents is easy. A compact container includes an inner container; an inner lid in which a communication hole is formed; a middle lid in which a discharge hole is formed; a first valve body; and a second valve body. When the inner pressure of the communication space is increased by the operation portion, the first valve body blocks communication between the communication hole and the communication space and the second valve body allows the discharge hole and the communication space to communicate with each other. When the inner pressure of the communication space is reduced by the operation portion, the second valve body blocks communication between the discharge hole and the communication space and the first valve body allows the communication hole and the communication space to communicate with each other.
US11457713B2	Hair dryer A portable hand held hair dryer has a heating element has a longitudinally extending heating element and a plurality of fins that are press fitted onto the heating element whereby a collar of the fins is deformed to secure the heating member in the fins.
US11457711B2	Smart medicine case unit and smart monitoring method for taking medicine utilizing the smart medicine case unit Provided is a smart medicine case unit including: a main case having an accommodation space to store a component therein; a medicine case accommodated in the accommodation space of the main case, the medicine case including a plurality of medicine compartments that are partitioned to separately accommodate various types of medicine and respectively include light-transmitting holes through which light is transmitted; a circuit board arranged between the medicine case and the main case, wherein an optical sensor provided at a position corresponding to each of the light-transmitting holes and a communication device configured to transmit a signal sensed by the optical sensor to a mobile terminal such as a smartphone are mounted on the circuit board; and a top cover rotatably coupled to the main case to selectively open and close the medicine compartments of the medicine case by a rotational motion.
US11457706B2	Body-worn structure The present invention provides a body-worn structure, and more particularly a body-worn structure that applies a containing structure to the body of an animal, including a person or pet, and uses a multifunctional structure for use by a user in various different circumstances. For example, the structure can be applied as a body protective device in an emergency situation in outdoor activities, such as riding a motorcycle, mountain-climbing, skiing, hand gliding, paragliding, and boating, when the body-worn structure is applied as a protective clothing, an airbag, airbag clothing, etc. Moreover, the body-worn structure is an all-in-one functional device, including use when taking a pet outdoors, when the structure can be applied as a pet knapsack, pet weatherproof clothing, pet carrier bag, and a fixing device for a pet droppings collection bag.
US11457704B2	Minimalist wallet A minimalist wallet is provided. The minimalist wallet includes a frame with an embedded magnetic material. A first band and a second band are attached to the frame. A securement mechanism is attached to the second band. The securement mechanism includes a magnet that is magnetically attachable to the embedded magnetic material. Alternatively, the frame may include the magnet that is magnetically attachable to a magnetic material embedded in the securement mechanism. The minimalist wallet is configured to retain receipts, coupons, credit cards, debit cards, and/or paper money, among others.
US11457703B2	Apparatus and method for carrying items An apparatus for carrying one or more items in the form of a wallet includes one or more compartments. The wallet includes a slot to provide access to an interior of a compartment. The slot is positioned such that the one or more items within the compartment can be contacted along their bottom edge. In this manner the slot extends from the bottom edge of the wallet upwards towards the top of the wallet. In some instances the wallet includes interior dividers that have extended edges that extend past the length of the front and back of the wallet. These dividers with extended edges may also have a notch feature. These and other features of the wallet assist in inserting and removing the one or more items from the wallet.
US11457700B2	Decorative apparatus, drive control method, and communication system There is provided a decorative apparatus, a drive control method, and a communication system that can provide a new way of enjoyment using a thin display. The decorative apparatus includes a thin-plate display arranged between a stone and a stone seat, and a drive control unit that controls display on the display. The present technology can be applied to accessories (jewelry) such as rings, pendants, necklaces, earrings, and the like, for example.
US11457699B2	Luggage lock and anti-theft zipper thereof An anti-theft zipper includes a first zipper slider, a first zipper puller, a second zipper slider, and a second zipper puller. The first zipper puller has a first connecting end, a first locking end, a first locking ring, and a first engaging portion. The first connecting end is connected to the first zipper slider. The first locking ring is disposed on the first locking end. The first engaging portion is formed on the first zipper puller. The second zipper puller has components and configuration corresponding to those of the first zipper puller. The first engaging portion engages with a second engaging portion of the second zipper puller, preventing the first zipper puller and the second zipper puller from rotating and moving relative to each other. A luggage lock includes the anti-theft zipper and a locking assembly locking the first locking ring and a second locking ring of the anti-theft zipper.
US11457697B1	Belt or strap fastener A fastener for a belt or strap that is configured to be operable with a single hand wherein the fastener includes a body having a first portion and a second portion. The body of the fastener is movable between a first position and a second position. In the first position the first portion and second portion are compressed against each other. In the second position the second portion is moved away from the first portion to create a void therebetween of suitable width to journal a portion of a strap or belt therethrough. A first arm member is secured between the first portion and second portion and is arcuate in shape. A second arm member, arcuate in shape, is secured between the first portion and second portion of the body. A gripping member is present on the first portion of the body.
US11457695B2	Article of footwear with an adaptive fluid system An adaptive fluid system for an article of footwear is disclosed. The adaptive fluid system includes a fluid chamber that provides cushioning and shock absorption for a foot. The adaptive fluid system includes an adjustable pressure regulating valve that may be used to control the pressure of the fluid chamber. The adaptive fluid system includes a valve that prevents fluid from escaping from a fluid chamber during use.
US11457694B2	Bio-mimicked three-dimensional laminated structure A invention disclosed a bio-mimicked three-dimensional laminated structure at least comprising a flexible lattice structure, which is characterized in that the flexible lattice structure comprises a plurality of particle units are uniformly disposed and evenly distributed in the X-axis, the Y-axis, and the Z-axis direction and evenly distributed as a lattice matrix of an array grid in an identical plane; wherein each of the particle units is an opened hollow shell or a close shell. The design eliminates the need for support structures and the subsequent post-processing required to remove them. A shell-shaped close cell bio-mimicked three-dimensional laminated structure bio-mimicking a sea urchin shape was introduced for the load-bearing structure application.
US11457692B2	Ground-engaging structures for articles of footwear Ground-engaging components for articles of footwear include: (a) an outer perimeter boundary rim that at least partially defines an outer perimeter of the ground-engaging component, wherein the outer perimeter boundary rim defines an open space at least at a forefoot support area of the ground-engaging component; and (b) a matrix structure extending at least partially across the open space at least at the forefoot support area to define an open cellular construction with plural open cells in the open space at least at the forefoot support area. A plurality of these open cells of the open cellular construction have openings with curved perimeters and no distinct corners. Additional aspects of this invention relate to ground-engaging components that are very lightweight yet very stiff, particularly in the forefoot support area. Two or more sizes of the ground-engaging components may be provided with substantially constant forefoot stiffness (optionally substantially constant over a size run).
US11457690B2	Adjustable arch support system Disclosed are systems, methods, and devices related to an adjustable arch support system. The adjustable arch support system enables selective adjustment of a component useful in supporting the arch. The system may comprise an insole, an outer shell positioned within the insole, and an inner shell positioned below the outer shell. The inner shell is attached to an adjustment system that controls an area of contact between the inner shell and the outer shell, where the adjustment system includes a gear and track system.
US11457689B2	Sports shoe with a pattern facilitating ball handling Sports shoe with a pattern facilitating ball handling, wherein the surface of the upper of the sports shoe is divided into a plurality of shooting zones, and at least one of said shooting zones comprises a plurality of parts that extend out from the basic surface (21) of the upper and having elevated outer surfaces (22) that have increased grip to the ball, and these parts are spaced from each other and designed as directing isles (20) that have elongated shapes resembling to a rhombus or an almond shape and each has a longitudinal central axis (27) at the end of which respective apexes (25, 26) are formed that have angles smaller than 45°, each directing isle (20) has a transverse axis (28) extending where the isle has the highest width, and said apexes (25, 26) are connected with the ends of the transverse axis (28) by respective sides (a1, a2 and b1, b2) of the directing isle (20), the oppositely located sides (a1, a2 and b1, b2) are either straight or being slightly curved but their main directions are either parallel or close only a small angle, and the neighbouring directing isles (20) are arranged so that they are shifted from each other along the direction of their central axes (27) and between corresponding sides (a1 and a2) of a directing isle and the similarly directed sides (b1, b2) of a neighbouring directing isle directing channels (A and B) are formed that have directions closing with each other an acute angle, and the width of the channels is between 4 and 15 mm and the height of the directing isles (20) from the basic surface (21) is between 0.4 and 3 mm.
US11457679B2	Perspiration diverting headband A perspiration diverting headband is provided having a flexible tubing having a first and second end, an elastic band, wherein the band is disposed within the tubing, a first connector coupled to a first end of the tubing, and a second connector coupled to a second end of the tubing, wherein the first and second connector secure the elastic band and tubing, and a slidable tension fastener configured to secure the elastic band. In addition, the tubing can be flexible tubing that is cylindrical in cross-section. Further, the flexible tubing can be configured to divert perspiration fluids away from a forehead region to a temple region of a user's head. Further, the headband can be simple to use and adjust, simple to manufacture, made of light weight moisture resistant and anti-microbial material, hygienic, and can be customized and configured to any shape, color, or design.
US11457676B2	Supporting a persons head while providing respiratory protection A device includes a neck pillow, a face mask, and a storage pocket for storing an eye mask in one assembly.
US11457673B2	Kinematic bra for posture recovery and thoracic mobility A therapeutic posture correcting and chest expanding bra invention for improving posture and thoracic mobility, including a method of manufacture thereof in the posture recovery, chest expansion, shoulder and spine muscle rehabilitation, occupation risk prevention, anti-aging posture training and athletic enhancement space. A bra that is uniquely designed, manufactured and fabric woven to improve scapular kinematics and spinal biomechanics, and overall proprioceptive posture rebalance, correction and comfort that allows for breathability, functionality, range of motion, and a fashionable nature. The kinematic bra is uniquely designed and narrows the distance between the scapulae with proprioceptive shoulder muscle relaxation and spinal muscle activation, and, secondarily, allows for chest expansion to provide better breathing and overall improvement of women's health and wellness.
US11457671B2	Maternity undergarment for gentle support and shape enhancement A maternity under garment specifically for use during pregnancy supports the weight of a developing fetus while not encroaching on the growth aspect. The maternity undergarment has a shape that helps keep the abdomen of the pregnant woman in place, which expands as the fetus grows therein. The abdomen area features three different thicknesses on the full abdomen area. The bottom part of abdomen is a thick supportive fabric so it can hold the abdomen with the fetus therein. The section supporting the mid abdomen is lighter and less dense than that of the lower abdomen portion, because that will allow the woman's expanding abdomen to come out as the fetus grows, The top hemispheric part of the abdomen area has a thinner mesh material, that will allow the abdomen to fully come outward and upward, with no compression.
US11457669B2	Aerosol-generating article and electrically operated system incorporating a taggant A method of controlling an aerosol-generating system, and the associated system, are provided. The system includes an aerosol-generating article and an aerosol-generating device having a detector configured to detect the presence of the article and to distinguish the article from other articles configured for use with the system, based on a spectroscopic signature of a taggant incorporated within a material of the article. The method includes detecting the presence of the article; determining whether the article includes a taggant; comparing the spectroscopic signature of the detected taggant with a look-up table of taggant spectroscopic signatures corresponding to articles configured for use with the system; preventing activation of the device, including preventing the supply of power to a heating element unless the detected taggant spectroscopic signature corresponds to an article configured for use with the system; and activating the device if the detected signature corresponds to the article.
US11457667B2	Child resistant vaporizer devices Exemplars include controls, limits or the selective stopping of vapor flow through a vaporizer cartridge and tip. A blocking member such as a deformable squeeze valve formed as at least a portion of the tip or a plunger formed within a cap having ports which fluidly communicate from the outside of the cap to the inside which is selectively moved in and out of an outlet to limit or prevent vapor flow.
US11457665B2	Susceptor arrangement for an inductively-heated aerosol delivery device An aerosol delivery device and an aerosol source member for use with an inductive heating aerosol delivery device are provided. The aerosol delivery device comprises a control body having a housing, a resonant transmitter located in the control body, a control component configured to drive the resonant transmitter, and an aerosol source member that includes a substrate portion at least a portion of which is configured to be positioned within range of a field emitted by the resonant transmitter. The substrate portion may include a substrate material and one or more separators, the one or more separators may be configured to separate the substrate material into a plurality of separate substrate segments, and the one or more separators may comprise susceptors configured to be heated by the resonant transmitter.
US11457661B2	Aerosol generation method and apparatus Provided is an aerosol generating system including a holder configured to generate aerosol by heating a cigarette; and a cradle including an inner space into which the holder is inserted. The holder is configured to be tiltable with respect the cradle. The holder is inserted into the inner space of the cradle and then tilted to generate the aerosol.
US11457659B2	Stabilization methods for tobacco and tobacco products A stabilizing process for tobacco and tobacco products includes sterilizing the tobacco by applying an electron beam treatment to the tobacco. The process may also include treating the tobacco. The treating the tobacco includes pre-conditioning the tobacco, pasteurizing the tobacco, curing the tobacco, fermenting the tobacco, or combinations thereof. The method may also include forming a smokeless tobacco product containing the tobacco.
US11457656B2	Doughy homogeneous mixture for seasoning foods The present invention lies in the food field. In particular the present invention relates to a novel food-seasoning product constituted by specific compounds of 100% natural origin, organic or non-organic, in defined proportions conferring thereon a homogeneous doughy consistency, rendering it a highly desirable product for the consumer. Currently, health and care of one's body are indispensable for the modem person and the availability of a product for seasoning food and containing solely components of 100% natural origin, organic or non-organic, renders it an attractive product for the consumer. In addition the novel product of the present invention exhibits improved stability and extended average life, does not require refrigeration prior to being opened and exhibits excellent organoleptic properties in comparison with commercially-available seasoning products. Additionally the present invention provides a novel process for obtainment of the seasoning product defined by a disposition of stages and specific reaction conditions such that the product possesses full advantages over conventional products of this type.
US11457652B2	Fruit and/or vegetable snack product and methods of production and use therof Shelf stable, expanded or popped snack products are disclosed that contain at least one fruit ingredient and/or at least one vegetable ingredient. Also disclosed are methods of producing and using the snack products.
US11457651B1	Air sous-vide A method performs sous-vide style cooking in an oven cavity of a cooking appliance, where air, not water, serves as the cooking medium. The oven cavity temperature is regulated around a desired final food temperature using a PID algorithm to control a convection heating element and associated fan.
US11457650B2	Formulation for promoting targeted pollination of almond tree crops in honey bees A formulation and a composition that comprises it for promoting the pollination of almond tree crops (Prunus dulcis) by biasing the foraging preferences of the honey bee (Apis mellifera). The formulation comprises the compounds limonene, linalool and benzaldehyde. Additionally, a method for targeting the bees' pollinizing activity towards the almond tree crops by using the formulation comprising the compounds limonene, linalool and benzaldehyde.
US11457647B2	Oil and fat for suppressing bloom The present invention provides an oil and fat for suppressing bloom in a chocolate-like food product obtained by a simple method, or a chocolate-like food product in which said oil and fat is used. It was discovered that an oil and fat containing prescribed amounts of an SSU fat and extremely hardened high-erucic-acid rapeseed oil exhibits strong bloom resistance properties. Furthermore, it was confirmed that this effect is further enhanced by the combined use of a sorbitan fatty acid ester.
US11457646B2	Anti-oxidation frying device An anti-oxidation frying device includes a frying vessel having an electrically conductive body configured to heat cooking oil carried therein by a heating unit. A removable basket, also formed of electrically conductive material, is configured to be carried within the frying vessel to enable the cooking of food in the heated oil. A rectification circuit is coupled to the heating unit, the body of the frying vessel, and the basket. During operation the rectification circuit converts AC power from an external power source into a rippled, rectified AC current signal that is supplied to the heating unit, body of the frying vessel, and the basket, so as to create a reducing environment of available electrons for absorption by the cooking oil and food as it is prepared, thus extending the life of the cooking oil.
US11457644B2	Emulsion comprising rapeseed protein isolate An emulsion comprising water, vegetable oil, and an emulsifying agent comprising at least 20 wt. % of soluble native rapeseed protein isolate comprising 40 to 65 wt. % cruciferins and 35 to 60 wt. % napins and having a solubility of at least 88% over a pH range from 3 to 10 at a temperature of 23±2° C.
US11457643B2	Method for manufacturing a cheese-based food product, advantageously a cheese, cheese specialty, or cheese substitute Disclosed is a method for manufacturing a cheese-based food product, advantageously a cheese, cheese specialty, or cheese substitute, the method including: a) a step A) of providing at least one flavoring matrix, the consistency of which ranges from liquid to pasty, the flavoring matrix resulting from a step of cultivating at least one flavor producing microorganism in a culture medium, the step A) also providing a texture matrix, the consistency of which ranges from liquid to pasty, the texture matrix being suitable for providing the texture of the food product; then b) a step B) of mixing the at least one flavoring matrix with the at least one texture matrix; then c) a texturing step C), during which the mixture from mixing step B is subjected to physiochemical texturing conditions that are adjusted according to the final texture sought for the cheese-based food product.
US11457642B2	Formulations for use in food products The invention provides formulations for use in food products. The formulations provided herein are comprised of stabilizers, including modified food starches, sweeteners, dairy or non-dairy products, and optionally flavorings, and colorings. The formulations can be used in dessert food products, especially in tres leches cakes.
US11457640B2	Shrimp processing equipment having decapitation system A shrimp processing machine includes a frame assembly and a processing assembly operably coupled with the frame assembly. The processing assembly includes a drive assembly, a clamp mechanism, and a decapitation system. The drive assembly is operably coupled with the frame assembly. The clamp mechanism is adapted to engage the shrimp. The decapitation system is adapted to separate the shrimp body from the shrimp head.
US11457638B2	Method for hanging poultry or parts thereof on an overhead conveyor, a system and an apparatus A method for hanging poultry in an overhead conveyor provided with carriers and can include an overhead-conveyor-section of the overhead conveyor and a first conveyor for conveying the poultry towards a section thereof being below the overhead-conveyor-section. The poultry can be conveyed by the first conveyor towards the section. An operator picks the poultry or parts thereof and hangs the poultry in the carriers being conveyed along the overhead-conveyor-section. The operator may be carried via a second conveyor beside the section of the first conveyor and in the direction of the carriers in the overhead-conveyor-section while the operator is picking and hanging the poultry.
US11457631B2	Antimicrobial compounds and methods of use Organophosphorus or organosulfur compounds and methods of using the compounds as cleaning agents, particle dispersants, or surfactants, or to remove, disperse or inhibit the growth of a biofilm, or inhibit the growth of, or kill a fungus or bacteria are provided.
US11457624B2	Adjuvant compositions for plant treatment chemicals The present invention is directed to an adjuvant premix composition for use with plant treatment chemicals. The adjuvant premix composition includes a thickener, a water soluble divalent salt, a foam control agent, a complexing agent, and a film forming agent. The present invention also relates to adjuvant compositions for use with plant treatment chemicals, plant treatment chemical formulations, methods of treating plants or plant seeds using the compositions of the present invention, and methods of treating a plant seed or growing plant using a plant treatment chemical and a coating material.
US11457622B2	Motion sensing rodent killing apparatus A motion sensing rodent killing apparatus includes a housing that has a bottom wall and a perimeter wall. The perimeter wall includes a front wall. A motion sensor is directed outwardly away from the front wall. A ram is mounted on the housing and is movable toward or away from the front wall. A driving system is mounted to the housing and is engaged with the ram. The driving system retains the ram in a set position having the panel positioned adjacent to the front wall. When the motion sensor detects motion, the driving system drives the panel away from the housing to a deployed position with sufficient force such that a rodent positioned between the panel and a facing surface is killed by the panel.
US11457616B2	Water purification system and filtration block A water purification system for an ornamental aquarium is easily assembled as either a canister or a hang-on-back type model with a water tank or aquarium without compromising with an aesthetic appearance and low noise. The filtration element includes filtration blocks connectible in series for function and can be disassembled into a plurality of blocks that are reassembled to form the canister model and the hang-on-back model with a secure positioning feature.
US11457613B2	System for measuring, monitoring and managing feed intake to determine feed efficiency of individual animals of a diary herd A feeding system for measuring, monitoring and managing feed intake to determine feed efficiency of individual animals of a dairy herd. The feeding system includes at least one feed trough that contains feed to be consumed by the individual animals of the dairy herd. At least one load cell is coupled to the at least one feed trough for detecting a weight of the feed contained within the at least one feed trough. Lifting assemblies support the at least one load cell. The lifting assemblies can be actuated to move the at least one load cell and the at least one feed trough between a set feeding position, in which the individual animals consume the amount of feed contained within the feed trough, and a pivoted discharge position in which the amount of feed is discharged from the feed trough.
US11457610B1	Animal training device An animal training device is configured to encourage an animal with a clicking sound and a gelatinous reward. The animal training device has a housing, joined to a housing end cap at a housing first end and a dispenser head at a housing second end. A dowel rod is arranged within the housing and through a dispensing lever. A push bar is arranged within the housing and joined to the dispensing lever with a drive plate and a first compressor spring; wherein the push bar further comprises a push bar first end and a push bar second end. A tube is fit over the end cap and accommodates the gelatinous reward. Depressing the dispensing lever moves the drive plate and thus the push bar, pushing the gelatinous reward through the dispenser head.
US11457607B2	Pet vestibule A pet vestibule configured for being attached to a door and to either swing open with the door or to be removably installed so the vestibule can be released from the interior side of the door before the door is opened, and the door can swing freely. The vestibule can then be rolled out of the doorway. The vestibule provides a protected shelter area for pets and animals to come and go into a structure without the need for human assistance, while also inhibiting rain, snow, and other inclement weather from entering the structure through the pet door.
US11457605B2	Extruded self-clumping cat litter Litter formed of extruded pellets containing water soluble binder sufficient to self-clump when wetted producing pellet clumps having a clump retention rate of at least 90% and which shrink after clump formation during drying producing a clump pulls away from any contacting solid surface minimizing adhesion therebetween. Such clumps preferably also have a crush strength of at least 15 PSI when dry. Pellets preferably contain water-soluble binder formed of starch physically modified during extrusion that solubilizes when wetted to facilitate clumping while opening the interior of the pellet improving absorption capacity. A preferred litter is formed of a mixture of extruded pellets of different sizes producing litter composed of extruded pellets falling within a plurality of different size ranges with the smaller sized pellets being fines that cause horizontally extending clumps to form on top of the litter.
US11457604B1	Animal waste handling device and method A device is capable of filtering animal waste with an improved sifting method. The device includes a support bracket, a chamber attached to the support bracket, and a screen filter located within the chamber when the animal deposits the waste. The chamber has an opening adapted to accommodate the animal to deposit the waste inside the chamber. The chamber is rotatable between a first position and a second position. The screen filter is movable between a third position and a fourth position. The rotation of the chamber and the movement of the screen filter can be independently managed, thus achieving a better result of animal waste handling.
US11457599B1	Soybean variety 5PLAL92 A novel soybean variety, designated 5PLAL92 is provided. Also provided are the seeds of soybean variety 5PLAL92, cells from soybean variety 5PLAL92, plants of soybean 5PLAL92, and plant parts of soybean variety 5PLAL92. Methods provided include producing a soybean plant by crossing soybean variety 5PLAL92 with another soybean plant, methods for introgressing a transgenic trait, a mutant trait, and/or a native trait into soybean variety 5PLAL92, methods for producing other soybean varieties or plant parts derived from soybean variety 5PLAL92, and methods of characterizing soybean variety 5PLAL92. Soybean seed, cells, plants, germ plasm, breeding lines, varieties, and plant parts produced by these methods and/or derived from soybean variety 5PLAL92 are further provided.
US11457597B1	Soybean variety 5PNDZ41 A novel soybean variety, designated 5PNDZ41 is provided. Also provided are the seeds of soybean variety 5PNDZ41, cells from soybean variety 5PNDZ41, plants of soybean 5PNDZ41, and plant parts of soybean variety 5PNDZ41. Methods provided include producing a soybean plant by crossing soybean variety 5PNDZ41 with another soybean plant, methods for introgressing a transgenic trait, a mutant trait, and/or a native trait into soybean variety 5PNDZ41, methods for producing other soybean varieties or plant parts derived from soybean variety 5PNDZ41, and methods of characterizing soybean variety 5PNDZ41. Soybean seed, cells, plants, germplasm, breeding lines, varieties, and plant parts produced by these methods and/or derived from soybean variety 5PNDZ41 are further provided.
US11457595B1	Soybean variety 5PKNT86 A novel soybean variety, designated 5PKNT86 is provided. Also provided are the seeds of soybean variety 5PKNT86, cells from soybean variety 5PKNT86, plants of soybean 5PKNT86, and plant parts of soybean variety 5PKNT86. Methods provided include producing a soybean plant by crossing soybean variety 5PKNT86 with another soybean plant, methods for introgressing a transgenic trait, a mutant trait, and/or a native trait into soybean variety 5PKNT86, methods for producing other soybean varieties or plant parts derived from soybean variety 5PKNT86, and methods of characterizing soybean variety 5PKNT86. Soybean seed, cells, plants, germplasm, breeding lines, varieties, and plant parts produced by these methods and/or derived from soybean variety 5PKNT86 are further provided.
US11457594B1	Soybean variety 5PYPR84 A novel soybean variety, designated 5PYPR84 is provided. Also provided are the seeds of soybean variety 5PYPR84, cells from soybean variety 5PYPR84, plants of soybean 5PYPR84, and plant parts of soybean variety 5PYPR84. Methods provided include producing a soybean plant by crossing soybean variety 5PYPR84 with another soybean plant, methods for introgressing a transgenic trait, a mutant trait, and/or a native trait into soybean variety 5PYPR84, methods for producing other soybean varieties or plant parts derived from soybean variety 5PYPR84, and methods of characterizing soybean variety 5PYPR84. Soybean seed, cells, plants, germplasm, breeding lines, varieties, and plant parts produced by these methods and/or derived from soybean variety 5PYPR84 are further provided.
US11457593B1	Soybean variety 5PKPU92 A novel soybean variety, designated 5PKPU92 is provided. Also provided are the seeds of soybean variety 5PKPU92, cells from soybean variety 5PKPU92, plants of soybean 5PKPU92, and plant parts of soybean variety 5PKPU92. Methods provided include producing a soybean plant by crossing soybean variety 5PKPU92 with another soybean plant, methods for introgressing a transgenic trait, a mutant trait, and/or a native trait into soybean variety 5PKPU92, methods for producing other soybean varieties or plant parts derived from soybean variety 5PKPU92, and methods of characterizing soybean variety 5PKPU92. Soybean seed, cells, plants, germplasm, breeding lines, varieties, and plant parts produced by these methods and/or derived from soybean variety 5PKPU92 are further provided.
US11457590B2	Butterfly pea variety SXT BFP The invention relates to the butterfly pea variety designated SXT BFP. Provided by the invention are the seeds, plants and derivatives of the butterfly pea variety SXT BFP. Also provided by the invention are tissue cultures of the butterfly pea variety SXT BFP and the plants regenerated therefrom. Still further provided by the invention are methods for producing butterfly pea plants by crossing the butterfly pea variety SXT BFP with itself or another butterfly pea variety and plants produced by such methods.
US11457589B1	Maize hybrid X05N268 A novel maize variety designated X05N268 and seed, plants and plant parts thereof are produced by crossing inbred maize varieties. Methods for producing a maize plant by crossing hybrid maize variety X05N268 with another maize plant are disclosed. Methods for producing a maize plant containing in its genetic material one or more traits introgressed into X05N268 through backcrossing or genetic transformation, and to the maize seed, plant and plant part produced thereby are described. Maize variety X05N268, the seed, the plant produced from the seed, and variants, mutants, and minor modifications of maize variety X05N268 are provided. Methods for producing maize varieties derived from maize variety X05N268 and methods of using maize variety X05N268 are disclosed.
US11457583B2	Septoria resistance in celery The present invention relates to Apium graveolens plants being resistant to one or more genomically encoded resistances to the plant pathogen Septoria apiicola. Specifically the present invention relates to Apium graveolens plants wherein at least one genomically encoded resistance to the plant pathogen Septoria apiicola is the genomically encoded resistance to the plant pathogen Septoria apiicola as present in deposit NCIMB 42711. The present invention further relates to hybrids containing the present Septoria apiicola resistance and agents, as molecular markers, suitable for detecting the present invention.
US11457576B2	Intelligent irrigation system An irrigation system that controls the irrigation operations based upon soil irrigation decisions and weather forecasts generated by specific meteorological data, including soil temperature, soil moisture, air temperature, air humidity, air pressure, and rainfall collected by different sensors. The system comprises an irrigation decision module, a soil decision module, an air factor decision module, a rainfall information sensor, an irrigation controller, and a mobile APP. The irrigation system uses low-power radio frequency networking technology to communicate between different modules and devices.
US11457574B2	Device for moistening and/or fertilizing plants The invention relates to a device for moistening and/or fertilizing plants (1), comprising a movable spray lance (3) with at least one spray nozzle (4) arranged on the spray lance (3), wherein a preferably linear guide rail (2) is provided, wherein the spray lance (3) is movably guided in the guide rail (2) in a trajectory extending parallel to the guide rail (2) and extends substantially normal to this trajectory, and wherein a drive, preferably a linear drive (11), is arranged for moving the spray lance in the area of the guide rail (2). The invention further relates to a system for cultivating plants without a substrate, comprising the device according to the invention.
US11457573B2	Tree harvesting machine, a tree harvesting monitoring system, a tree harvesting head, a method for controlling operation of a tree harvesting head and a method for monitoring operation of a tree harvesting machine The present disclosure relates to a tree harvesting machine (120) having a crane arm (118), wherein the crane arm (118) comprises a tree harvesting head (100; 200) arranged at a free end of the crane arm (118). The tree harvesting head (100) comprises a saw (104) and at least two feed wheels (102). The tree harvesting head (100) further comprises an electric motor (106a) arranged to drive the saw (104), and at least one electric motor (106b) arranged to drive the feed wheels (102). The present disclosure also relates to associated tree harvesting monitoring systems, tree harvesting heads, methods and computer programs.
US11457572B2	Folding plant protection cage apparatus A folding plant protection cage apparatus for protecting plants from animals includes a set of three hinged side pairs each including a pair of panels comprising a left panel and a right panel each comprising a panel frame and a panel face extending from a top edge to a bottom edge and from an outer edge to an inner edge. A door frame is coupled to the panel face. An access door is hingingly coupled to the door frame. A plurality of inner hinges joins the inner edge of each of the left panel and the right panel. A plurality of outer hinge knuckles couples the outer edge of the panel frame of adjacent side pairs. A lid is hexagonal and selectively engageable with the top edge of each panel frame of set of hinged side pairs.
US11457567B2	Needle coupling and frame assembly for agricultural machine An agricultural harvesting machine includes a binding mechanism to secure binding material around a crop package and a delivery device to wrap binding material around a portion of the crop package and provide binding material to the binding mechanism. The delivery device includes a yoke, a needle coupling connected to the yoke, and a needle connected to the needle coupling.
US11457564B2	Torsional stiffness transfer mechanism for a hinged harvester head An agricultural vehicle header having a center section, a wing section, a hinge connecting the center section's lower frame to the wing section's lower frame, and a torque transfer linkage connecting the center section's upper frame to the wing section's upper frame. The torque transfer link has a first link, a second link, a first pivot connection joining the first link to the center section upper frame, and providing a respective single degree of rotational freedom between the first link and the center section upper frame, a second pivot connection joining the first link to the second link, and providing a respective single degree of rotational freedom between the first link and the second link, and a third pivot connection joining the second link to the first wing section upper frame, and providing a respective single degree of rotational freedom between the second link and the first wing section frame.
US11457561B2	Garden tool A garden tool includes a connecting rod assembly, a working head, a power source, a first rod connected to the working head, a second rod connected to the power source, and a connection structure for mechanical and electrical connection between the first and second rods. A first terminal is arranged on the first rod and a second terminal arranged on the second rod, the first terminal being connected to a first wire, the second terminal being connected to a second wire, the first terminal and the second terminal connectable to transmit power of the power source to the working head through the first wire and the second wire. A second base is mounted in the second rod, the second base including at least two jacks independent of each other. At least two second terminals are respectively mounted in respective jacks.
US11457560B2	Operator control system for an outdoor power equipment machine A removably attached operator control unit for controlling operation of an outdoor power equipment machine includes an operator control unit housing, a first joystick and a second joystick extending from an upper housing portion, the first and second joysticks being configured to communicate control actions to a control circuit of the operator control unit, and at least one switch configured to communicate control actions to the control circuit, wherein the control circuit is operable to receive control actions resulting from actuations of the joysticks, and switch and to communicate utilizing an interface arranged between the operator control unit and the outdoor power equipment machine, and when secured to the outdoor power equipment machine, the operator control unit is located at a height that is within about an arm's length or less of an operator standing immediately adjacent to the outdoor power equipment machine.
US11457559B2	Control device, work machine and non-transitory computer readable medium storing program A control device includes: an image acquiring section that acquires image data of an image of a work target of the work machine; a feature recognizing section that recognizes a feature about at least one of (i) a type of the work target of the work machine, (ii) a number or density of the work target, (iii) a shape of the work target and (iv) an appearance of the work target after work, based on the image data acquired by the image acquiring section; and a control parameter deciding section that decides at least either (i) a parameter for controlling travel of the work machine or (ii) a parameter for controlling work of the work machine, based on the feature recognized by the feature recognizing section.
US11457557B2	Systems, methods and apparatus for soil and seed monitoring Systems, methods and apparatus are provided for monitoring soil properties including soil moisture, soil electrical conductivity and soil temperature during an agricultural input application. Embodiments include a soil reflectivity sensor and/or a soil temperature sensor mounted to a seed firmer for measuring moisture and temperature in a planting trench. A thermopile for measuring temperature via infrared radiation is described herein. In one example, the thermopile is disposed in a body and senses infrared radiation through an infrared transparent window. Aspects of any of the disclosed embodiments may be implemented in or communicate with an agricultural intelligence computer system as described herein.
US11457555B2	End cap for a modular meter assembly of a dry product applicator A bearing end cap for a modular meter assembly for distributing particulate material from an applicator can include recesses that accommodate locking tabs or fingers of modular meter unit housings and protrusions that lock a meter tube against rotation. In one aspect, a bearing end cap can be provided with a particular construction that cooperates with modular meter unit housings. The bearing end cap can have vertical and horizontal symmetry and cutouts near its corners. These cutouts can provide clearances to accommodate the locking tabs or fingers of modular meter unit housing end walls. Back walls of the bearing end caps can have protrusions that extend into end cutouts of a tube which defines an interior perimeter of the meter assembly.
US11457554B2	Multi-dimension artificial intelligence agriculture advisor A method, a computer system, and a computer program product for a multi-dimension artificial intelligence (AI) agriculture advisor is provided. Embodiments of the present invention may include creating a user profile. Embodiments of the present invention may include preparing and transforming the external data. Embodiments of the present invention may include conducting a hypothesis on the transformed data. Embodiments of the present invention may include validating the transformed data. Embodiments of the present invention may include training an artificial intelligence (AI) model based on the transformed data. Embodiments of the present invention may include validating and retraining the artificial intelligence (AI) model. Embodiments of the present invention may include matching the user data with the artificial intelligence (AI) model. Embodiments of the present invention may include ranking results based on the matching the user data with the artificial intelligence (AI) model.
US11457553B2	Agricultural apparatus A towed agricultural implement including a main chassis member, a moveable arm for carrying at least one working implement located to each side of the main chassis member, each moveable arm being moveable between a working position and a transport position, the main chassis member having a support device for attachment to a towing vehicle, the support device having left and right lower attachment points for attaching to lower mounting points of a three point hitch of a towing vehicle and a central upper attachment point for attaching to the upper mounting point of the three point hitch, in which each left and right attachment point is mounted on an articulated arm connected to the main chassis member, the main chassis member further including a regulating control apparatus to secure and release a free end of each articulated arm in an operative position. This construction has as an advantage that on encountering an obstacle the articulated arm can be released allowing the working implement to move away from the obstacle.
US11464147B2	Spindle module, pick-and-place machine and method of assembly A method of assembly comprising a pick-and-place spindle module having a modular body structure including a first receiving location configured to receive a spindle, a first z-axis motor configured to move a spindle received in the first receiving location in a z-axis, a first theta motor configured to rotate a spindle received in the receiving location, an air distribution system including an air distribution port, the air distribution system configured to deliver received air from the air distribution port to a spindle received in the first receiving location, an electrical distribution system including an electrical distribution port, and a mechanical attachment mechanism, the mechanical attachment mechanism configured to facilitate attachment of the modular body structure to a spindle bank such that the air distribution port is connected to receive air from the spindle bank and the electrical distribution port is configured to receive electricity from the spindle bank.
US11464146B2	Dispensing head, nozzle and method A spindle for a pick-and-place machine includes a shaft including a length extending between a first end and a second end, the shaft including an outer body and a hollow interior, a nozzle tip disposed at the first end of the shaft, the nozzle tip configured to contact an electronic component for manipulation of the electronic component, and a theta gear disposed on the shaft, the theta gear configured to engage with a motor of a pick-and-place head. The spindle is configured to be removably attachable from the pick-and-place head. A dispensing head spindle module, spindle bank and assembly machine incorporating the spindle are disclosed.
US11464145B2	Mounting system, mobile work device, and mobile work management method A mounting control section of a mounting device causes a mounting section to pick up a component from a feeder at a position designated in mounting condition information. When component depletion of the feeder for which component depletion is predicted occurs, the mounting control section executes a spare component pickup process in which the mounting section is caused to pick up the component from the exchange feeder loaded to the spare loading section at a position not designated in the mounting condition information. Then, when component depletion of the feeder for which component depletion is predicted occurs, the moving control section collects the component depleted feeder in the accommodation section while moving and loading the exchange feeder, on which the spare component pickup process corresponding to the collected component depleted feeder is being performed, to the loading section from which the component depleted feeder was collected.
US11464141B2	Power converter device for a vehicle, and vehicle Power converter device for a vehicle, includes a cooling structure through which a cooling medium can flow and an intermediate circuit capacitor with a busbar arrangement. The busbar arrangement is thermally conductively connected to the cooling structure for the purpose of dissipating heat from the intermediate circuit capacitor at least in sections by means of a heat-conducting device.
US11464138B2	Module panel and method for an electrical power delivery system A module panel and method include an exterior housing, at least one heat sink disposed in the housing, a power delivery circuit disposed in the housing and coupled to one side of the at least one heat sink, and a controller circuit disposed in the housing and coupled to an opposite side of the at least one heat sink. The power delivery circuit operates using one or more different voltages than the controller circuit.
US11464137B2	Active control for two-phase cooling A cooling system includes a device to be cooled and a cooling device integrated with the device to be cooled. A cooling volume has cavities and active coolant flow controls configured to adjust coolant flow through the cavities. A reservoir is in fluid communication with the cavities and has a liquid outlet and an inlet for a gas or gas-liquid mixture. A two-phase coolant is in the reservoir and cavities. The two-phase coolant has a phase transition temperature between an ambient temperature and an expected device temperature. A capacitance sensor is configured to determine a coolant capacitance in the cavities. A control module is configured to determine a vapor quality and void fraction of the coolant based on the measured capacitance and to increase coolant flow if the determined vapor quality and void fraction indicate a dry-out condition. A secondary cooling line removes heat from the cooling device.
US11464134B2	Apparatus for cooling electronic circuitry Described herein are systems, modes, and methods for an electronics enclosure cooling apparatus comprising a plurality of air intake holes located on at least one surface of the enclosure, a plurality of air exhaust holes located on at least one surface of the enclosure different from that of the surface wherein the air intake holes are located, an air plenum piece that comprises a substantially planar portion and a hole located on the substantially planar portion, the air plenum piece of such dimension and placement within the enclosure such that a first volume of the interior is created and a second volume of the interior is created, and wherein the air plenum piece is further adapted to create an air channel that substantially separates the first volume of the interior of the enclosure from the second volume of the interior, and wherein the first volume is in fluid engagement with the plurality of air intake holes, and further wherein the second volume is in fluid engagement with the plurality of air exhaust holes; and a fan located in coaxial alignment with the hole of the air plenum piece such that the fan is adapted to draw air from an exterior of the enclosure through the plurality of air intake holes, into the first volume, out through the second volume, and out through the plurality of air exhaust holes.
US11464130B2	Cable management arm extension A cable management arm extension, comprising: a plate including apertures to allow for mounting a cable retainer; a first hinged section to connect to a first section of a cable management arm and to a first side of the plate; and a second hinged section to connect to a second section of a cable management arm and to a second of the plate.
US11464129B1	Modular edge storage devices with high speed interconnects A data storage ecosystem that includes a series of devices of increasing size, designed to look and work together as a family, with at least one of the devices being a data storage device having a first consumer-accessible connector and a second high speed connector. The data storage ecosystem also includes a rack-mounted docking unit having a third high speed interfacing connector configured to couple to the second high speed connector of the data storage device when the data storage device is inserted into the rack-mounted docking unit.
US11464128B2	Electronic device An electronic device having slots into each of which a circuit board is inserted includes faceplates attached respectively to the circuit boards on the side of an extraction direction. The faceplates each include two handle portions that are disposed respectively at both ends of a main body in the width direction and that extend in the extraction direction. The handle portion of one of two faceplates adjacent in the width direction that is located closer to the other of the faceplates, and the handle portion of the other faceplate that is located closer to the one faceplate, have respective distal ends shifted from each other in a thickness direction.
US11464125B2	Electronic device An electronic device includes an outer case, a wire assembly, and a water-proof glue member. The outer case has an inner space and a hole communicating with the inner space. The wire assembly extends from the inner space of the outer case to outside of the outer case through the hole. The wire assembly includes a plurality of wires, a flexible tube covering the wires, and a hard supporting tube located between the wires and the flexible tube. The water-proof glue member is disposed between a wall surface of the outer case surrounding the hole and the wire assembly.
US11464124B2	Curved display and method for binding cover glass of curved display A curved display and a method for binding a cover glass of the curved display are provided. The curved display includes a display module, a frame body and a cover glass. The frame body has a first flat surface and a second flat surface opposite to the first flat surface, in which the first flat surface is adhered to the display module. The cover glass has a binding flat surface and an application surface opposite to the binding flat surface, in which the binding flat surface is adhered to the second flat surface of the frame body, and the application surface is a surface with curvature. The second flat surface of the frame body is set with a first alignment mark, and the binding flat surface of the cover glass is set with a second alignment mark, and the first alignment mark corresponds to the second alignment mark.
US11464122B2	Lock structure, electrical connection box, and wire harness A first engagement body is provided to one of two assembly members to be assembled with each other through a relative rotation operation pivoted about a relative rotational axis, and a second engagement body is provided to the other assembly member. The first engagement body includes a first and a second spaces, the first space being provided to allow rotation of a third opposing wall part of the second engagement body relative to the first engagement body, which is pivoted about the relative rotational axis until engagement between the first engagement member and a second engagement member of the second engagement body is completed, the second space being provided to allow rotation of a fourth opposing wall part of the second engagement body relative to the first engagement body, which is pivoted about the relative rotational axis until engagement of the first and the second engagement members is completed.
US11464121B2	Display-screen stretch and retraction auxiliary mechanism and electronic apparatus A display-screen stretch and retraction auxiliary mechanism and an electronic apparatus are provided. The electronic apparatus includes a flexible display screen having an end fixed to a front face of the electronic apparatus, and another end extending via a side face of the electronic apparatus to a rear face of the electronic apparatus. The mechanism includes: a sliding member connected with the flexible display screen arranged on the rear face; a bracket slidably connected with the sliding member and arranged between the sliding member and the side face, and configured to be driven to apply a first action force towards the side face to the flexible display screen; and an elastic member having a first end connected to the sliding member and a second end fixed relative to the bracket, and configured to apply a second action force, facing away from the side face, to the sliding member.
US11464120B2	Memory card and memory card socket A memory card comprising a first main surface and a second main surface opposing each other, and including a printed circuit board (PCB) constituting the first main surface, the PCB including a plurality of first external connection terminals, the plurality of first external connection terminals exposed on the first main surface, a plurality of memory devices stacked on the PCB, a memory controller configured to control the plurality of memory devices, a molding layer encapsulating the plurality of memory devices and the memory controller, the molding layer constituting the second main surface, and one or more second external connection terminals electrically connected to the memory controller, the one or more second external connection terminals embedded in the molding layer and exposed by the molding layer on the second main surface may be provided.
US11464118B2	Method for manufacturing electronic device Methods for manufacturing an electronic device include providing a substrate having a plurality of radio-frequency components provided thereon, the radio-frequency components including an antenna and a matching circuitry. A cap is attached to the substrate over the antenna and the matching circuitry and a molding operation is performed to encapsulate the cap and at least a portion of the substrate with a mold compound.
US11464114B2	System producing a conductive path on a substrate A method of producing a conductive path on a substrate including depositing on the substrate a layer of material having a thickness in the range of 0.1 to 5 microns, including metal particles having a diameter in the range of 10 to 100 nanometers, employing a patterning laser beam to selectably sinter regions of the layer of material, thereby causing the metal particles to together define a conductor at sintered regions and employing an ablating laser beam, below a threshold at which the sintered regions would be ablated, to ablate portions of the layer of material other than at the sintered regions.
US11464113B2	Printed circuit board assembly A printed circuit board assembly is disclosed. The printed circuit board assembly includes a printed circuit board, a sensor mounted on one side of the printed circuit board to detect a magnetic field, and a bus bar disposed in contact with another side of the printed circuit board, wherein a thickness between a region of the another side of the printed circuit board, with which the bus bar is in contact, and the one side of the printed circuit board is smaller than a thickness between a remaining region of the another side of the printed circuit board and the one side of the printed circuit board.
US11464111B2	Stacked structure of circuit boards The invention provides a stacked structure of circuit boards applied to a data storage device. The stacked structure comprises a main circuit board and a slave circuit board. The main circuit board comprises a controller, a plurality of flash memories, a first connector, and a first transmission interface. The slave circuit board comprises an operation management chip, a second connector, and a second transmission interface. The operation management chip comprises a microprocessor and a network communication element. The slave circuit board is stacked on the main circuit board, and connected to the first connector of the main circuit board via the second connector. When the slave circuit board receives a specific operation instruction, the microprocessor of the slave circuit board will transmit the specific operation instruction to the electronic apparatus via the second transmission interface, the electronic apparatus executes a corresponding operation according to the specific operation instruction.
US11464109B2	Printed circuit board including coaxial plated through hole and electronic apparatus including same in wireless communication system The disclosure relates to a communication method and system for converging a 5th-Generation (5G) communication system for supporting higher data rates beyond a 4th-Generation (4G) system with a technology for Internet of Things (IoT). The disclosure may be applied to intelligent services based on the 5G communication technology and the IoT-related technology, such as smart home, smart building, smart city, smart car, connected car, health care, digital education, smart retail, security and safety services. An electronic apparatus is provided. The electronic apparatus includes a printed circuit board (PCB), an antenna module mounted on a surface of the printed circuit board, and a radio frequency integrated circuit (RFIC) module mounted on another surface of the printed circuit. The printed circuit board includes a coaxial plated through-hole (PTH) electrically connected with the antenna module and the RFIC.
US11464107B2	Board including multiple conductive pads corresponding to one contact, and electronic device for identifying conductive pads An electronic device according to various embodiments may include: a board; a communication circuit disposed on one face of the board and configured to process a communication signal in a designated frequency band; an antenna disposed on the one face of the board or inside the board; a connector disposed on another face of the board, and including a first contact electrically connected to a first signal path through which the communication circuit is configured to transmit a signal to the antenna in a first direction, and a second contact electrically connected to a second signal path through which the communication circuit configured to transmit a signal to the antenna in a second direction; and conductive pads disposed on the another face of the board spaced apart from the connector, and including at least two first pads corresponding to the first contact and at least two second pads corresponding to the second contact.
US11464105B2	Display device A display device including: a display module including a display panel for displaying an image and a circuit board connected to the display panel; a support plate disposed on a surface of the display module; and a conductive adhesive film disposed between the circuit board and the support plate, the conductive adhesive film including: a double-sided adhesive film fixed to a surface of the support plate and a surface of the circuit board; and a single-sided adhesive film fixed to one of the surface of the support plate and the surface of the circuit board.
US11464104B2	Wiring substrate A wiring substrate comprises a first substrate, a second substrate which includes a frame body located on the outer circumferential edge of the first substrate, at least two connecting parts connected to the inner circumferential part of the frame body, and a support body connecting the two connecting parts to each other, and a third substrate located on a surface of the second substrate opposite the first substrate. The support body includes a direction changing part between the two connecting parts and does not include an annular structure where the direction changing part is included on the circumference.
US11464101B1	Conductive brush for protecting a motor shaft bearing An apparatus prevents electrical arcing between a motor including a rotating shaft and an associated bearing within a motor housing. A brush is formed of a conductive fabric for electrically connecting the rotating shaft to the motor housing. The conductive fabric may comprise randomly arranged or non-woven conductive fibers in contact or woven conductive fibers. The fabric may comprise a wool or felt. The apparatus may be applied to a fan. A related method is also disclosed.
US11464095B2	Cloned constant current LED drive circuit and method for use A light emitting diode (LED) circuit is disclosed haying a plurality of LEDs each having a respective current path. A controller may be included for controlling the LEDs. A first set of LEDs of the plurality of LEDs are connected to respective first set transistors and a first current sink to drive a constant current through each of the first set of LEDs and the first set of LEDs includes one or more LEDs, and the LED circuit may include at least one second set of LEDs of the plurality of LEDs that are connected such that the constant current in the first set of LEDs is duplicated. in the at least one second set of LEDs and the second set of LEDs includes one or more LEDs.
US11464092B2	Lighting apparatus A lighting apparatus includes a rectifier, a set of light sources and a set of driver modules. The rectifier has a neutral node connected to a neutral wire and a hot node connected to a hot wire for connecting to an external power source. A manual switch is placed between the external power source and the neutral node. The switch controller is connected to the neutral node for detecting an operation of the manual switch among multiple candidate operations. Each candidate operation is associated to a set of control signals. Each driver module has a first end connected to the rectifier and a second end connected to the switch controller for receiving a corresponding control signal to drive one corresponding light source from the set of light sources. The driver module includes a constant current source and a switch unit.
US11464089B2	Method and system for dynamically adjusting PWM signal, and system for dynamically controlling high-power light A method for dynamically adjusting a PWM signal includes steps of: presetting a standard signal period and a standard duty ratio of an effective pulse; receiving a target duty ratio entered by a user and comparing the target duty ratio with the standard duty ratio; adjusting a duration of a signal period relative to the standard signal period while keeping a duration of the effective pulse unchanged to cause a duty ratio to reach the target duty ratio, when the target duty ratio is smaller than the standard duty ratio; adjusting the duration of the effective pulse while keeping the duration of the standard signal period unchanged to cause the duty ratio to reach the target duty ratio, when the target duty ratio is larger than the standard duty ratio, when the target duty ratio is equal to the standard duty ratio.
US11464086B2	Pressure vessel with magnetic disk for stirring The present invention relates to a pressure vessel (1) for receiving samples (P) to be heated, having a reaction chamber (2) as a pressure space for the initiation and/or facilitation of chemical and/or physical pressure reactions, the reaction chamber (2) being designed for receiving a liquid (5), a magnetic disk (8) mounted rotatably about an axis of rotation in the reaction chamber (2), and a magnet arrangement (10), provided outside the reaction chamber (2), for generating a rotating magnetic field for rotationally driving the magnetic disk (8) about its axis of rotation, the magnetic disk (8) having at least one passage bore (13), which extends transversely in relation to the axis of rotation and is provided in such a way that liquid (5) received in the reaction chamber (2) is driven through the passage opening (13) by rotation of the magnetic disk (8) in order to stir the liquid (5).
US11464085B2	Microwave heating apparatus An apparatus and a method for heating a load using microwaves is disclosed. The apparatus includes a transmission line, configured to transmit microwaves from a microwave generator to a cavity. A sensing device configured to measure a standing wave for providing information about the phase and the amplitude of a reflection coefficient that represents a ratio between the amount of microwaves reflected back towards the microwave generator and the amount of microwaves transmitted in the transmission line from the microwave generator. A control unit configured to detect whether the measured standing wave correspond to a reflection coefficient having a phase within a certain interval of phases and an amplitude within a certain interval of amplitudes. Additionally, certain intervals of phases and amplitudes correspond to an operating region of the microwave generator. The control unit controls feeding of microwaves to the cavity based on this detection.
US11464083B2	Electric cable, conductor, heating element, method for producing conductor and heating element, and heating device using heating element A heating element is used, a periphery of the heating element is covered with a net-shaped conductor, the conductor and a carbon fiber bundle are electrically connected with a connecting tool at one end of the heating element, a periphery of the conductor is covered with an outer skin having flexibility, thermal conductivity and an insulating property, and the other end of the heating element is provided with a power supply terminal configured to supply power.
US11464078B2	Method and device for multi-subscriber identity module (SIM) wireless communication The present disclosure provides a method for a multi-subscriber identity module (SIM) wireless communication. The method includes receiving a communication request, performing a first wireless communication, and performing a second wireless communication. Receiving a communication request by a second SIM while in wireless communication is based on a first SIM is performed via a plurality of antennas. Performing a first wireless communication is based on the first SIM communicating via a first antenna group that is a portion of the plurality of antennas, in response to a number of antennas used for wireless communication based on the first SIM and the second SIM that is greater than a number of available antennas of a terminal. Performing a second wireless communication is based on the second SIM via a second antenna group while the first wireless communication is performed and the second group is different from the first antenna group.
US11464071B2	Method of and devices for inquiring address announce messages in a communication network A method of and network devices arranged for inquiring node device address information after commissioning of a network of communicatively interconnected node devices. A gateway device (2) broadcasts an inquiry message (MINQ) in the network, requesting each of the node devices (3, 4, 5) to transmit its node device address announce message (MANN), after a time delay (Δt1; Δt.2) from receiving the inquiry message (MINQ). The gateway device (2) transmits an acknowledgement message (MACK) to the node device addressed in a received node device address announce message (MANN), indicating that the respective node device address announce message (MANN) is received by the gateway device (2). A node device (4) may retransmit its node device address announce message (MANN) until receipt of an acknowledgement message (MACK). Received address information is stored by the gateway device (2) for control and communication purposes of the nodes in the network.
US11464070B2	Data buffering method and session management function entity A data buffering method including: a session management function (SMF) interacting with a first user plane function (UPF1) and a second UPF2, such that the UPF1 sends first downlink data of a first session to an access network device via UPF2, where UPF1 is an anchor of the first session; and the SMS releasing UPF2 in a procedure in which a terminal device enters an idle state and a transmission resource associated with the first session in an access network is released, where UPF1 buffers incoming second downlink data of the first session. After the terminal device is switched to a connected state, both a transmission path of incoming third downlink data of the first session and that of the buffered second downlink data pass through UPF1, UPF3, the access network device, and the terminal device successively.
US11464068B1	Selection of access node to serve a device, with the selection being based on RRC connection establishment failure history as to at least one other device A method and system for controlling connectivity in a wireless communication system that includes a first cell and a second cell, when the first cell and the second cell are both candidates to serve a given user equipment device (UE). An example method includes determining a first Radio-Resource-Control (RRC)-connection-establishment failure rate of the first cell, where the first RRC-connection-establishment failure rate of the first cell is based on one or more instances of RRC-connection-establishment failure experienced in the first cell. And the method includes using at least the determined first RRC-connection-establishment failure rate of the first cell as a basis to control whether the given UE will be connected with the first cell or rather with the second cell. Further, in this method, the one or more instances of RRC-connection-establishment failure experienced in the first cell encompass RRC-connection-establishment failure experienced by one or more UEs other than the given UE.
US11464067B2	Core network awareness of user equipment, UE, state According to some embodiments, a method for use in a network node of providing a radio resource control (RRC) state of a user equipment (UE) to a core network node comprises: receiving, from the core network node, a request to receive a notification of a transition of the UE between a first and second RRC state; determining the UE transitioned between the first and second RRC state; and sending the notification of the transition to the core network node. A method for use in a core network node of receiving RRC state information of a UE comprises: sending, to the network node, a subscription request to receive a notification of a transition of the UE between a first and second RRC state; and upon the network node determining the UE transitioned between the first and second RRC state, receiving the notification from the network node.
US11464058B2	Electronic device and communication method of transmitting audio data to external electronic devices An electronic device according to various embodiments of the disclosure includes an antenna module including a first antenna and a second antenna, a Wi-Fi module for communicating with an external electronic device using the antenna module, and a processor for controlling the Wi-Fi module.
US11464057B2	Method and apparatus for high speed processing of GTP-U packet in a mobile network Disclosed are a method and apparatus for high-speed processing of GTP-U packets in a mobile network. The packet processing method and the apparatus according to an embodiment implements the encapsulation or decapsulation of GTP-U packets in a mobile network in a hardware-based structure to process the LBO of the GTP-U packet at high speed. It achieves the processing and solves the difficulty of protocol interworking with the mobile core network as information for the encapsulation or decapsulation processing of the GTP-U packet independently is acquired through self-learning without the help of the mobile core network.
US11464056B2	Method and apparatus for identifying user in radio access network communication system A method and an apparatus for identifying a user in a radio access network (RAN), and a first node in the wireless communication system are provided. The method includes identifying a unique identifier of a UE, identifying a radio access network (RAN) UE identifier of the UE, and transmitting information related to a mapping relation between the RAN UE identifier and the unique identifier of the UE to a second node, based on the unique identifier of the UE.
US11464055B2	Systems and methods for configuring a media player device on a local network using a graphical user interface Systems and methods for configuring a media playback device to connect to a local area network (LAN) and be controlled by a mobile device also configured to connect to the LAN are disclosed. In one embodiment, the method includes displaying screens on a graphical user interface on the mobile device indicating the status, scanning for Bluetooth low energy (BLE) devices using the mobile device, detecting a media playback device as a BLE device, connecting the mobile device to the media playback device using BLE, obtaining LAN connection information, configuring the media playback device to connect to the LAN using the BLE connection from the mobile device, and setting speaker configuration information for the media playback device using the graphical user interface.
US11464054B2	RTA contention collision avoidance A wireless communication circuit for operating over a wireless local area network (WLAN) supporting carrier sense multiple access/collision avoidance (CSMA/CA) in which real time application (RTA) traffic and non-RTA traffic coexist. Channel time is scheduled for transmitting real-time application (RTA) traffic based on expected RTA packet arrival time, with the schedule being shared with neighboring stations. Schedule time is adjusted based on schedules of neighboring stations to prevent channel contention collisions of multiple RTA traffics contending for the channel. Various mechanisms are described for supporting RTA transmissions while reducing channel access latency and contention collision.
US11464051B2	Aperiodic random access procedures Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described to support scheduling aperiodic random access occasion resources. The aperiodic random access occasion resources may be dynamically scheduled by a primary secondary cell (PSCell) associated with a base station. When performing a random access procedure for the PSCell, the base station may initiate the random access procedure via an order transmitted to a user equipment (UE). The order may represent a unicast transmission addressed to the UE and may indicate for the UE to transmit a preamble to begin the random access procedure. The order may also indicate resources (e.g., an offset of time resources) and a preamble index for transmission of the preamble. The UE may receive the order and may transmit the preamble based on the information included in the order.
US11464049B2	Method for channel access in wireless communication system and apparatus for performing same A method of performing channel access on an unlicensed band by a user equipment, includes sensing a carrier of an unlicensed band for transmitting an uplink signal; and transmitting the uplink signal when power detected by sensing the carrier is less than an energy detection threshold that is configured by the user equipment, wherein the energy detection threshold is configured to be equal to or less than a maximum energy detection threshold determined by the user equipment, the maximum energy detection threshold is determined adaptively to a bandwidth of the carrier using a decibel value of a ratio between a reference bandwidth and the bandwidth of the carrier, and the maximum energy detection threshold is configured to be equal to or greater than a first power value which is a sum of a lower bound of the maximum energy detection threshold for the reference bandwidth and the decibel value.
US11464044B2	Wireless channel monitoring, acquisition, and alignment A system includes multiple techniques of implementing listen before talk functionality to provide multiple mobile communication devices connectivity with a wireless base station.
US11464037B2	Method and apparatus for transmitting uplink control information (UCI) Disclosed in the present invention are a method and apparatus for transmitting uplink control information (UCI), solving the problem of UCI transmission in a short transmission time interval (TTI). The method comprises: a terminal determining a short transmission time interval (TTI) position and/or a short uplink channel for transmitting UCI; and the terminal transmitting the UCI on the determined short-TTI position and/or the short uplink channel, thereby providing a solution for transmitting periodic UCI in a short-TTI, and thus ensuring that the periodic UCI may be normally transmitted in the short-TTI.
US11464031B2	Techniques for periodic transmission of communications packets Techniques include retrieving from storage a plurality of policies for sharing a shared channel among nodes in a data communications network. The plurality of polices define a tree of periodic schedules of variable periods, each policy defines a transmit time slot as a unique slot i of a modulus of a power m of a base b of a series of time slots, where m indicates a level of the tree of periodic schedules. The method also includes; observing at a first node the probabilities of empty time slots, successful time slots, and collision time slots on the shared channel; selecting at the first node a first policy among the plurality of policies based on the probabilities observed instead of a message received from a central authority; and transmitting a local data packet from the first node onto the shared channel at a transmit time based on the first policy.
US11464028B2	Apparatuses and methods for multi-user transmissions A TRP selects two UEs that have potential for MU-MIMO transmission, and the TRP then measures signal and interference for each panel in both UEs based on UL beam management for a set of one or more candidate TRP beams. Based on the measurements, the TRP determines if multi-user transmission (i.e., co-scheduling of the two UEs) is possible.
US11464024B2	Techniques for sharing sidelink resource Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, a recipient user equipment (UE) of a sidelink resource sharing system may receive, from a plurality of provider UEs, resource information associated with the plurality of provider UEs; select, based at least in part on a ranked order and the resource information, one or more resources associated with one or more selected UEs, of the plurality of provider UEs, wherein the ranked order is based at least in part on measurement information, determined by the recipient UE, associated with the plurality of provider UEs; and perform a sidelink communication using the one or more resources. Numerous other aspects are provided.
US11464021B1	Method and system for controlling interference between access nodes operating on adjacent TDD carriers with different TDD configurations A first access node that is operating on a first TDD carrier having a first TDD configuration will determine that a second TDD carrier on which a proximate second access node is operating has a different, second TDD configuration, such that there is at least one time interval in which the first TDD carrier is downlink concurrently with the second TDD carrier being uplink. In response to at least this determination, the first access node will then transition to a mode in which, during the time interval, the first access node will operate with reduced transmission power on a frequency portion of the first TDD carrier that is closest in frequency to the second TDD carrier. Further, the first access node could allocate the lower-transmission-power frequency portion for use in transmission to served devices deemed to be in at least predefined threshold high quality coverage of the first access node.
US11464020B2	Resource configuration method and device Embodiments of this application disclose a resource configuration method and a device. The method includes: generating, by a transmit end device, configuration information, where the configuration information is used to indicate at least one resource bundling size, the resource bundling size belongs to a resource bundling size set, and the resource bundling size set corresponds to at least one system configuration parameter; and sending, by the transmit end device, the configuration information.
US11464016B2	Communications device and methods A communications device, and method, is configured with at least one of an indication of first communications resources of the wireless access interface which can be allocated on request to the communications device by a mobile communications network for transmitting signals to one or more other communications devices in accordance with the first mode of operation or an indication of second communications resources of the wireless access interface, which can be used by the communications device for transmitting signals to one or more other communications devices in accordance with a second mode of operation using a device to device communications protocol.
US11464012B2	Bandwidth adjustment of multiple concurrent bandwidth parts for a base station of a cellular network Various arrangements for transitioning the bandwidth allocation of a cellular network, such as at a base station, are presented. Bandwidth parts may be defined for communication with the cellular network, such as on a per-base station basis. At a given time, two of these bandwidth parts may be actively used for communication by different UE for communication with the base station. A determination to adjust a bandwidth allocation may be made. A series of transitions may be performed to migrate from the first two of these bandwidth parts to the second two of the bandwidth parts such that interference does not occur.
US11464011B1	Allocating resource units for multi-user transmissions in wide bandwidths A communication device determines that a communication channel to be used for a multi-user (MU) transmission spans a frequency bandwidth greater than 160 MHz. The communication device allocates one or more frequency resource units (RUs) for the MU transmission, including: in response to determining that the communication channel spans the frequency bandwidth greater than 160 MHz, selecting one or more frequency RUs from a second set of frequency RUs. The second set of frequency RUs omits at least some RUs of a smallest bandwidth that are included in a first set of RUs that is used for allocating frequency RUs for communication channels having bandwidths of at most 160 MHz. The communication device generates allocation information that indicates the allocation of the one or more frequency RUs for the MU transmission, and transmits the allocation information to one or more other communication devices in connection with the MU transmission.
US11464006B2	Data transmission method, network device, and terminal Embodiments of this application provide a data transmission method, a network device, and a terminal. When the method is performed by the terminal, the method includes: obtaining, a time-frequency resource used to transmit uplink data, where the time-frequency resource is at least one time-frequency resource block selected from a plurality of time-frequency resource blocks; each of the time-frequency resource blocks is corresponding to one piece of configuration information; and transmitting, the uplink data on the at least one selected time-frequency resource block based on configuration information of the at least one selected time-frequency resource block. The terminal may select a relatively narrow bandwidth to perform uplink transmission, to increase a transmit power of the terminal. In addition, the terminal performs the uplink transmission based on the corresponding configuration information, to further increase a transmit power. The network device perform demodulation, to improve demodulation efficiency and avoid generating a processing latency.
US11464001B2	Joint activation of multiple semi-persistent scheduling configurations in a single message This disclosure provides systems, methods, and apparatuses for jointly activating or releasing a plurality of semi-persistent scheduling (SPS) configurations using a single downlink control information (DCI) message. In some implementations, a user equipment (UE) receiving the DCI message can determine, for each SPS configuration, a number of time slots between an end of the received DCI message and a beginning of one or more downlink (DL) data frames based on a first value contained in the DCI message. The UE can also determine, for each SPS configuration, a number of time slots between an end of the DL data frames and an instance in time at which the UE is to transmit a hybrid automatic repeat request acknowledgement (HARQ-ACK) based on a second value contained in the DCI message. In some instances, the single DCI message can also jointly activate or release a plurality of configured grant (CG) configurations.
US11463998B2	Wireless communication method, wireless communications apparatus, and wireless communications system This application discloses a wireless communication method, a wireless communications apparatus, and a wireless communications system. The wireless communication method includes: receiving, by a terminal, downlink configuration information from a base station, where the downlink configuration information is used to indicate a configuration of a downlink control message, the configuration of the downlink control message includes a format of the downlink control message, and the downlink control message is used to carry service data to be transmitted to the terminal; and receiving, by the terminal, the downlink control message from the base station based on the configuration of the downlink control message.
US11463994B2	Method of sending transmission configuration indication TCI, network-side device, and terminal device A method of sending a TCI, a network-side device and a terminal device are provided. The method includes selecting, based on a link type, a channel, a RS type, or a CORESET, at least one TCI state from configured candidate TCI states, to establish a TCI state table including correspondence between the TCI state and an RS set, or correspondence among the TCI state, the RS set, and a QCL type, or correspondence between the TCI state and a channel type; sending the TCI state table and an identifier of the link type, the channel, the RS type or the CORESET corresponding to the TCI state table.
US11463992B2	Band combination constraint on the number of supported layers The disclosure relates to reduced signaling to carry out the linking between new radio (NR) carrier aggregation (CA) band combinations and NR band processing combinations (BPCs), and includes apparatus and methods of receiving, at a modem of a user equipment (UE), a UE configuration from a base station based on UE band combination constraint information, configuring the UE, by a processor of the UE, according to the UE configuration, and performing a communication with the base station, via the modem of the UE, according to the UE configuration. In an implementation, the disclosure includes transmitting the UE band combination constraint information, such as in the form of receiving a total number of layers supported in a CA band combination, and wherein receiving the UE configuration further comprises receiving a CA combination and a BPC configuration in response to the UE band combination constraint information.
US11463986B2	Method and device for performing paging in mobile communication system The present disclosure relates to a communication technique for combining, with an IoT technology, 5G communication system for supporting a data transmission rate higher than that of 4G systems, and to a system thereof. The present disclosure may be applied to intelligent services (e.g., a smart home, a smart building, a smart city, a smart car or connected car, healthcare, digital education, retail business, security and safety-related service, etc.), based on a 5G communication technology and an IoT-related technology. An embodiment of the present invention relates to a method and device for paging a terminal by using a beam antenna.
US11463985B2	Paging with multiple monitoring occasions Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described. Generally, the described techniques provide for determining a time to stop monitoring a wireless channel for paging information. In some examples, a user equipment (UE) may identify a plurality of paging occasions associated with a wireless channel (e.g., of an unlicensed radio frequency spectrum band) and monitor the wireless channel for paging information from a base station during a first paging occasion of the plurality of paging occasions. The UE may determine a channel occupancy status of the base station with respect to the wireless channel and may determine a time to stop monitoring the wireless channel for paging information. The UE may ignore a remainder of the plurality of paging occasions based on the determined time to stop monitoring the wireless channel.
US11463978B2	Network data analytics function, access and mobility function, and control method for UE analytics assistance for network automation and optimisation A Network Data Analytics Function, NWDAF, includes: means for receiving analytics information regarding cell re-selection by User Equipment, UE, among cells; and means for notifying another network node of matching the analytics information with an exception so that the other network node takes actions for solving the exception.
US11463974B2	Methods, systems, apparatuses and devices for facilitating optimizing of a network connection established between the device and one or more servers Disclosed is a device for facilitating optimizing of a network connection established between the device and one or more servers through at least one network. Further, the device comprises at least one network connection interface configured for establishing the network connection with the one or more servers. Further, the device comprises at least one monitor configured for collecting at least one network information associated with the at least one network connection interface. Further, the device comprises at least one optimizer communicatively coupled with the at least one monitor. Further, the at least one optimizer is configured for profiling each frequency channel of a plurality of frequency channels associated with the at least one network connection interface, determining at least one optimal frequency channel of the plurality of frequency channels based on the profiling and determining at least one optimal communication layer parameter of at least one communication layer based on the profiling.
US11463969B2	Techniques for connecting a wireless repeater to multiple base stations Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described. A wireless repeater may monitor for transmissions from multiple base stations. For example, a wireless repeater may communicate with a first base station and forward transmissions from the first base station to various user equipment (UEs). Such transmissions may include transmitting synchronization signal blocks (SSBs) for the first base station. The first base station may instruct the wireless repeater to monitor for SSBs from other base stations, where the wireless repeater may indicate the monitoring results in a report to the first base station. Based on the report, the first base station may transmit an indication of a beam pattern to the wireless repeater. The wireless repeater may use the beam pattern for repeating transmissions of SSBs received from the first base station, SSBs received from the second base station, or any combination thereof.
US11463967B2	Transmit power control for physical random access channels The invention relates to methods for adjusting the transmit power utilized by a mobile terminal for uplink transmissions, and to methods for adjusting the transmit power used by a mobile terminal for one or more RACH procedures. The invention is also providing apparatus and system for performing these methods, and computer readable media the instructions of which cause the apparatus and system to perform the methods described herein. In order to allow for adjusting the transmit power of uplink transmissions on uplink component carriers, the invention suggests introducing a power scaling for uplink PRACH transmissions performing RACH procedures on an uplink component carrier. The power scaling is proposed on the basis of a prioritization among multiple uplink transmissions or on the basis of the uplink component carriers on which RACH procedures are performed.
US11463966B2	Clutter reflection mitigation in full-duplex communication A clutter-induced interference at a base station is mitigated through a command from the base station to a user equipment that commands the user equipment to transmit using an increased transmit power. During acquisition, the command may comprise a SIB. During a connected mode of operation, the command may comprise a TPC message, assistance information, an RRC message, or a DCI message.
US11463961B2	Uplink power control using deep Q-learning According to an aspect, there is provided a computing device for controlling terminal device uplink transmission power. Each terminal device is configured to determine uplink transmission power based on two power control parameters—a target received power for full pathloss compensation and a pathloss compensation coefficient. The computing device initializes a deep Q-learning network in which a state is defined as cell-specific pairs of the power control parameters, an action is defined as a selection of valid values of power control parameters for a cell and a reward is calculated based on the information on data traffic. The computing device trains the deep Q-learning network to approximate a Q value function, determines optimal power control parameters based on thereon and causes transmitting them to access nodes.
US11463957B2	Application processor that performs core switching based on modem data and a system on chip (SoC) that incorporates the application processor An application processor and a system on chip (SoC) that incorporates the application processor are provided. The application processor includes a first core configured to process first data per unit time, a second core configured to process second data larger than the first data per unit time, and a lookup table configured to determine whether to activate the first core or the second core based on at least one of an analysis result of a message signal received by a communications processor, a sensing signal supplied to the application processor and a power level supplied to the communications processor.
US11463952B2	Indication signal repetition for discontinuous reception operation A wireless node may transmit, to a user equipment (UE), a plurality of repetitions of an indication signal to indicate one or more parameters relating to a subsequent transmission of a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH). The wireless node may also transmit the PDCCH after the plurality of repetitions of the indication signal and in accordance with the one or more parameters of the indication signal.
US11463951B2	User equipment, communication system, and method of controlling a user equipment A user equipment (10) is operable in a first mode in which the user equipment (10) is configured for communication with a first cellular network (30) and a second mode in which the user equipment (10) is configured for communication with a second cellular network (40). Mode switching between the modes is performed autonomously by the user equipment (10) or under the control of a cellular network node. The user equipment (10) has a first power consumption when operating in the first mode and a second power consumption when operating in the second mode, the second power consumption being different from the first power consumption.
US11463950B1	Power management of secondary node based on network conditions Systems and methods are provided for managing the power of a secondary node in an E-Utran/New Radio Dual Connectivity (ENDC)—configured wireless communication network. In response to determining that one or more transmission blocking conditions have been met, a master node communicates an instruction to the secondary node via a data connection cable or an X2 logical interface to not transmit downlink signals, reducing overall power network power consumption and inter-nodal inference when ENDC resources are not required.
US11463945B1	Method of steering a mobile device from a public mobile network to a private mobile network A method and system for steering a mobile device to a preferred network, such as a Private LTE network or a 5G network, in a scenario in which the coverage area of the preferred network overlaps the coverage area of a non-preferred network. If a network function detects that the mobile device is located within the coverage area of the preferred network, the network steering procedure will be triggered. The mobile device will detach from its current network, place that network on a temporary forbidden list, and perform an automatic network selection. If mobile device selects another non-preferred network, the attachment request will be denied, and the mobile device will add that non-preferred network to the temporary forbidden list. This procedure is repeated until the mobile device attaches to the preferred network or a predefined duration expires.
US11463944B2	Electronic device for performing node selection based on system information block and operation method thereof An electronic device may include at least one communication processor and an application processor. The at least one communication processor is configured to: receive first system information including information on whether at least one node supporting first cellular communication supports DC or second system information including information on a node which is adjacent to the at least one node and supports second cellular communication, from the at least one node via the first cellular communication; update, based on the first or second system information, a database which includes information indicating whether the at least one node supports the DC and information indicating whether the node adjacent to the at least one node supports the second cellular communication; determine, based on the updated database, a searching order of at least one node included in the updated database; and search for a node to be registered, based on the determined searching order.
US11463942B2	Access information for node configuration A base station distributed unit receives, from a base station central unit, a request message for a context configuration of a wireless device. The request message comprises a field indicating whether the wireless device is only allowed to access a cell associated with at least one closed access group. The base station distributed unit determines, based on the request message, cell configuration parameters of one or more cells for the wireless device, wherein the one or more cells are associated with the at least one closed access group. base station distributed unit sends, to the base station central unit, an acknowledge message comprising the cell configuration parameters of the one or more cells for the wireless device.
US11463940B2	Systems and methods for distributing content in a vehicle-based wireless network Techniques for distributing content to mobile computing devices, such as in the context of a vehicle-based wireless network, are described. In some examples, a collection of vehicle-mounted devices forms a cooperative wireless network to distribute content items throughout the network. The devices in the network automatically and independently vary the transmission rates in order to optimize or at least improve throughput, network connectivity, and/or range. Each device may determine a utilization level of a wireless communication channel. If the utilization level is below a threshold level, the device increases the transmission data rate of its transceiver, thereby decreasing range. If the utilization level is above a threshold level, the device decreases the transmission data rate of its transceiver, thereby increasing range.
US11463939B2	Method of implementing 5G core roaming routing in an IPX network A system and method for implementing Transport Layer Security (TLS) Routing Agent in an Internet Protocol Exchange (IPX) network for 5G core roaming. Transmission Control Protocol (TCP) connections are established between the TLS Routing Agent and consumer Security Edge Protection Proxy (cSEPP) and producer Security Edge Protection Proxy (pSEPP). TLS Routing Agent receives HTTP/2 CONNECT request from cSEPP. The TLS Routing Agent routes subsequent TLS handshake and HTTP/2 application messages to producer-SEPP transparently, so that the end-to-end TLS security is maintained. The TLS Routing Agent enables message firewall to protect mobile operator's SEPP. The TLS Routing Agent applies policy routing to route HTTP/2 message intelligently across the IPX network and improves TCP performance by dividing the long Round-Trip-Time between TCP end points into shorter segments.
US11463936B2	Multihop network routing extension An extender device for communication in a multihop network comprises: a first wireless transceiver operable in electronic communication with a border router; a second wireless transceiver operable in electronic communication with one or more network attachable devices; and a routing component operable to cause said extender device to assume routing control of messages received at said first wireless transceiver for one or more said network attachable devices operable to handle messages having a specified identifier.
US11463935B2	Methods and functions for handling local breakout The embodiments herein relate to a method performed by a SMF, for handling local breakout of traffic. The SMF receives, from a PCF, policy information indicating traffic that should be routed via a second UPF to a second DN. The SMF provides, to a first UPF, a first traffic detection filter for detecting the traffic indicated in the received policy information. The SMF detects that there is traffic matching the first traffic detection filter. The SMF sets up, according to the policy information, a local breakout to the second UPF when the matching traffic has been detected. The setting-up comprises setting-up the second UPF.
US11463930B2	Apparatus and method for switching wireless access technology in wireless communication system The present disclosure relates to a pre-5th-Generation (5G) or 5G communication system to be provided for supporting higher data rates beyond 4th-Generation (4G) communication system such as long-term evolution (LTE). Disclosed is radio access technology (RAT) switching in a wireless communication system, and an operating method of a server for managing a session comprises the steps of: receiving information related to a determination on the switching of a RAT; determining, on the basis of the information, whether the RAT for providing a service to a terminal is switched from a first RAT to a second RAT; and transmitting, to an object for processing a user plan, a message indicating that a data route of the terminal will be switched from the first RAT to the second RAT.
US11463927B2	Channel State Information Reference Signal (CSI-RS) configuration activation before handover completion A method, network node and wireless device are provided. A wireless device for wireless communications is provided. The wireless device includes processing circuitry including a processor and a memory, the memory configured to store instructions that, when executed by the processor, configure the wireless device to: receive activation information before a completion of a handover of the wireless device from a serving network node to a target network node where the activation information indicates a first set of a plurality of sets of reference signal configurations has been activated for reference signal feedback, and provide reference signal feedback based on the first set of the plurality of sets of reference signal configurations.
US11463925B2	Apparatus and method for providing handover support information in mobile communication system An apparatus and method for providing handover support information in a mobile communication system are provided. A method for an Base Station (BS) to provide information necessary for measurement report trigger performance to a Mobile Station (MS) after the MS determines neighboring BSs in a mobile communication system includes, in a case where the MS is an active mode MS, providing a Time To Trigger (TTT) independently by a specific neighboring BS to the active mode MS and, in a case where the MS is an idle mode MS, providing a reselection time period (Treselection) independently by the specific neighboring BS to the idle mode MS.
US11463919B2	Communications method and apparatus This application discloses example communications methods and apparatuses. One example method includes receiving, by a core network element, a first request message from a terminal, where the first request message is used to request information used for PC5 interface-based communication of the terminal. The core network element can then send, to the terminal and based on the first request message, a quality of service (QoS) rule used for the PC5 interface-based communication.
US11463918B2	Data processing method and apparatus, and data sending method and apparatus A method in the embodiments of the application includes: obtaining, by a first network element, first data that corresponds to a service flow and that is on each of at least two network elements, where the first data that corresponds to the service flow and that is on each of the network elements includes a first identifier; obtaining, by the first network element based on the first identifier and the first data that corresponds to the service flow and that is on each of the network elements, second data that corresponds to the service flow, where the second data includes at least the first data that corresponds to the service flow and that is on each of the network elements.
US11463916B2	Reliable and available wireless forwarding information base (FIB) optimization Optimal determination of wireless network pathway configurations may be provided. A computing device may receive an error profile and a response instruction associated with the error profile, as generated by a network controller. The computing device may then monitor, for an error, on a communication Track, in a network, between an ingress node and an egress node. Then, the computing device, upon detecting the error, can determine that the error is similar to the error profile, and based on the determination that the error is similar to the error profile, enact the response instruction. The response instruction can direct the computing device to switch from the communication Track to a communication subTrack between the ingress node and the egress node.
US11463915B2	Systems and methods for exposing custom per flow descriptor attributes A device may include a processor configured to establish a data traffic flow for a user equipment (UE) device and determine per flow descriptor attributes associated with the data traffic flow, wherein the per flow descriptor attributes identify at least a source, a destination, and a protocol associated with the data traffic flow. The processor may be further configured to determine at least one additional per flow descriptor attribute for the data traffic flow and send the per flow descriptor attributes and the at least one additional per flow descriptor attribute to a network exposure device of a core network, wherein the network exposure device is configured to communicate with servers outside the core network.
US11463912B2	5G zero touch traffic management Embodiments are directed towards providing 5G zero touch traffic management of cells in a network. A target cell associated with a network objective is identified. One or more neighbor cells are also identified. Transmit power and tilt capabilities of the target cell are determined. An interference between the target cell and the one or more neighbor cells is also determined. An electrical antenna tilt adjustment or a transmit power adjustment is determined for the target cell to apply based on the transmit power capabilities, the tilt capabilities, the interference, and the network objective. The determined electrical antenna tilt adjustment or the determined transmit power adjustment are then provided to the target cell. If the network objective is met after the target cell applies the electrical antenna tilt adjustment or the determined transmit power adjustment, then the changes are confirmed, otherwise they are reversed.
US11463908B2	Systems and methods for transmitting a preamble within a wireless local area network (WLAN) Some embodiments described herein provide a method for transmitting a preamble in accordance with a wireless local area network communication protocol. In some embodiments, a data frame may be obtained for transmission including a preamble compliant with the wireless local area network communication protocol. It may be determined that the preamble includes a first preamble portion that spans multiple symbol durations and a second preamble portion that spans a single symbol duration. The first preamble portion via beamforming may be transmitted based on a first beamforming matrix. When a transmission mode of the second preamble portion is beamforming, a second beamforming matrix may be generated based on the first beamforming matrix, each tone for the second preamble portion may be calculated based on the second beamforming matrix. Each calculated tone may be transmitted in accordance with the wireless local area network communication protocol.
US11463907B2	Base station equipment, communication terminal, communication system, program, frame transmitting method, and data structure If the sequence of a traffic of a first communication link from a communication apparatus to another communication apparatus includes a traffic of a second communication link from that another communication apparatus to a communication apparatus, latency is reduced, thereby saving processing time.If, after data is transmitted from a communication apparatus to another communication apparatus by the upper layer, a data receive response signal is required from that another communication apparatus to the communication apparatus, a predetermined frame including transmission grant information for that another communication apparatus to transmit the receive response signal and data is generated in the communication apparatus. The communication apparatus transmits this generated frame to that another communication apparatus. That is, data and transmission grant information are transmitted from the communication apparatus to that another communication apparatus as a predetermined frame.
US11463903B2	Resource request for uplink transmission A method for transmitting a resource request for an uplink (UL) multi-user (MU) transmission is described. A High Throughput (HT) Control field that includes buffer information corresponding to media access control (MAC) protocol data units (MPDUs) that are queued for transmission by a first communication device is generated by the first communication device. The buffer information indicates a number of bytes for the MPDUs that are queued for transmission. A resource request MPDU that includes the HT Control field is generated by the first communication device. The resource request MPDU is transmitted by the first communication device to a second communication device via a wireless communication channel to request an allocation of radio resources for the UL MU transmission by the second communication device.
US11463899B2	Apparatus and method for controlling measurement operations in wireless communication system The method and apparatus relate to a 5th generation (5G) or pre-5G communication system for supporting a higher data rate after a 4th generation (4G) communication system such as long-term evolution (LTE). A method for controlling a measurement operation in a wireless communication system, and an apparatus therefor are provided. The method includes an operation method of a terminal including receiving a message for controlling a measurement operation from a base station, and controlling a measurement operation based on the message. The message including information indicating an object for the application of the controlled measurement operation.
US11463895B2	Radio wave environment display device and radio wave environment display method A radio wave environment display device includes a receiver configured to receive: a first measurement result of radio wave intensity including a frequency and a measurement position of a first radio wave transmitted from a radio transmitter corresponding to radio identification information designated by a user; and second measurement results of radio wave intensity including frequencies and a measurement position of waves including the first radio wave. The device further includes a processor configured to: select at least one second measurement result corresponding to at least one radio wave, other than the first radio wave, having a frequency the same as or in the vicinity of that of the first radio wave; and cause a display to display thereon a difference between the first measurement result and the at least one second measurement result as a radio wave environment at the measurement position of the first radio wave.
US11463892B2	Redundancy handling in a wireless communication network A method in a radio access network, RAN, node of a wireless communications network, wherein the communications network provides a connection of a user equipment, UE, to a data or core network, includes determining that a redundancy connection is required or is beneficial for the UE; determining available redundancy options that can be established for the UE; and selecting a redundancy option out of the plurality of available redundancy options to be activated for the UE, A corresponding RAN Node and a corresponding computer program are also provided.
US11463891B2	Method and apparatus for configuring multi-level cells or cell clusters and communications systems Embodiments of the present disclosure provide a method and apparatus for configuring multi-level cells or cell clusters and a communications system. The method includes: exchanging by a base station with one or more other base stations or cell cluster heads in the same level to obtain first information; receiving, by the base station, second information reported by one or more base stations or cell cluster heads in the lower level; configuring one or more cells in the lower level into a cell cluster by the base station according to the first information and the second information, and determining a cluster head of the cell cluster; and performing information transmission with the cluster head of the cell cluster. Hence, not only interference between equipment in the cell of the upper level and the cell cluster of the lower level but also interference between equipment out of the cell of the upper level and the cell cluster of the lower level are taken into account, thereby further reducing interference of the cells or cell clusters of various levels, and improving reliabilities and expandability of the cells or cell clusters.
US11463888B2	Method, device, and computer program product for managing a mobile terminal A method, a device, and a computer program product for managing a mobile terminal are provided. In one method, a first position of the mobile terminal at a first time point and a first signal quality of a mobile network signal of the mobile network at the first position are detected, respectively; a signal quality distribution of the mobile network signal in a surrounding area of the first position is acquired; a prediction of a second signal quality of a mobile network signal to be received by the mobile terminal at a second time point is obtained according to the signal quality distribution, the second time point being a future time point after the first time point; and according to the first signal quality and the prediction of the second signal quality, a second service quality to be provided to the mobile terminal at the second time point is determined.
US11463881B2	Vehicular integration of enterprise wireless scanning Systems and methods include a method for detecting and identifying access points. Signals transmitted by access points in one or more mobile telecommunications networks within range of a mobile wireless scanning system are received by the mobile wireless scanning system. A presence of the access points is detected by the mobile wireless scanning system. Locations of the access points are determined by the mobile wireless scanning system using the signals transmitted by the access points. The locations of the access points are logged by the mobile wireless scanning system. Location and identifying information for the access points are provided by the mobile wireless scanning system to a receiving client.
US11463880B2	Dynamic security analysis method for control plane and system therefore A security analysis method for a control plane and a system therefor are disclosed. The method includes generating a test case for a security property unsuitable for a control plane operation, transmitting the generated test case to target equipment and receiving a response of the control plane for the test case from the target equipment, and diagnosing security for the security property of the target equipment by analyzing the received response. The generating includes generating the test case for the security property by modulating a value of a specific field in a control plane protocol header into a value unsuitable for an operation on standards.
US11463877B1	Carrier-based blocking of contraband devices at a correctional facility Aspects for carrier-based blocking of contraband telecommunication devices are disclosed. In one such aspect, an entity (broadly referenced as a contractor) establishes a network at a correctional facility to collect raw data including telecommunications signaling and identifier data during a preconfiguration period. The data is then stored in a memory and processed by a processing system to determine devices that may be contraband. After the Department of Corrections (DOC) authorizes the activity by the contractor to control the devices, the contractor may send a list of contraband devices to the GSMA, the international carrier governing body, or an affiliate or designee thereof, to include in its database(s) this information. The carriers may prevent access by the contraband devices to remote networks by using a database from which an indicator can be provided when access is attempted.
US11463872B2	Singularisation of frames to be transmitted by a connected object and blocking of frames retransmitted over a low-power wireless communication network A method for singularizing frames to be transmitted by an object connected to a server via a low-power wireless communication network. The singularization method includes an integration, in a frame to be transmitted identifying the transmitting connected object and including payload data, of at least: a counter that can be incremented as a function of the frame to be transmitted, the counter having a predefined dimension; and a supplementary index that can be modified upon a zeroing of the counter. Thus, two frames originating from one and the same object with the same payload data will be unique because they will include at least one counter and at least one supplementary index that are distinct. The use of the supplementary index makes it possible, without reducing the lifetime of the connected object, to singularize a greater number of frames.
US11463870B2	Wireless mesh network Disclosed is a wireless mesh network that includes a first node node and at least one second node. The first node is configured to provide a bi-directional mesh communication to the at least one second node. The first node is configured to broadcast a beacon periodically. The at least one second node is configured to sent a data frame to the first node. The data frame is encrypted by way of an Initialization Vector, which has been composed from at least a first node-specific Super Frame Counter included into the beacon, a Sender-Node-Specific-Frame Counter, and an identification of a sender.
US11463868B2	Mobile device capability identifier A method for operating a mobile device in a mobile communication network. The method comprises transmitting a mobile device component identifier to a network node within the mobile communication network. The mobile device component identifier identifies at least one hardware or software component of the mobile device. The mobile device component identifier is indicative of capability information specifying at least one capability of the mobile device for communication with the mobile communication network. A corresponding method for operating a network node is also provided.
US11463867B2	Method for transmitting information The invention relates to a method for transmitting information between a plurality of mobile devices which are disposed in a shared network and which are connected to each other via a network server device, wherein a data set transfer from at least two transmitting mobile devices to the network server device takes place, the transferred data sets being data sets individually generated on the transmitting mobile devices, and subsequently a data set transfer from the network server device to at least one receiving mobile device takes place, wherein for forming an output data set sequence for the display of the data sets or the news posts on the receiving mobile device, the sequence of the data sets is changed depending on the relative position of the transmitting mobile devices to the receiving mobile device.
US11463866B2	Location change reporting method, device, and system In a location change reporting method, a session management function entity receives from a mobility management entity information including location change information of user equipment (UE) in a first presence reporting area (PRA), an identity of the first PRA, and an identity of a PRA set that includes the first PRA. The session management function entity identifies, based on the identity of the PRA set and locally stored PRA subscription information, a subscription entity that subscribes to location change events of the UE in the PRA set, and sends the identity of the first PRA and the location change information of the UE in the first PRA to the subscription entity.
US11463860B2	Method and system for an emergency location information service (E-LIS) for proxy network devices An emergency location information service (E-LIS) for network devices connected to proxy network devices. The proxy network devices are both analog and digital network devices. The proxy network devices send unique identification information for the network device connected to it and request either a location-by-reference (indirect location information) component or location-by-reference (direct location information) component to identify the network device for when an emergency event occurs.
US11463859B2	Systems and methods for emergency data communication Disclosed are methods, systems, devices, servers, apparatus, computer-/processor-readable media, and other implementations, including a method that includes: establishing an emergency call session between a wireless device and a public safety answering point (PSAP) server, via a first communication link, in response to an emergency indication provided by the wireless device; and sending location information indicating a location of the wireless device to the PSAP server via a second communication link, the location information indicating the location of the wireless device and being associated with the emergency call session; where the first communication link is different from the second communication link.
US11463856B1	Uplink data burst in a wireless communication network In a wireless communication system, a controller network element establishes a data tunnel between a wireless user device and an application server. An exposure network element receives an uplink QoS level and a cost, and the exposure network element indicates the uplink QoS level to a policy network element and indicates the service cost to a charging network element. The policy network element indicates related tunnel instructions to the controller network element. The charging network element indicates related quota instructions to the controller network element. The controller network element directs the data network element to transfer application data over the data tunnel using the uplink QoS level. The data network element transfers the application data over the data tunnel from the wireless user device to the application server at the uplink QoS level.
US11463854B2	Free space optical transmission system for vehicle networking Vehicles are equipped with Free-Space-Optics (FSO) transceivers for establishing one or more inter-vehicle communication link. A vehicle, mounted with one or one or more FSO transceiver unit, may enable individual driver to initiate and engage automated communication, exchanging vehicle, road, or driving environment conditions, with another vehicle, forming a vehicle communication network. A group of vehicles may spontaneously, opportunistically, or automatically communicate with each other, forming a vehicle communication network. The FSO transceiver unit enables the determine independently or communicate concomitantly one or more inter-vehicle distance, range, location, speed, velocity, acceleration, using a position locating and range measurement system. Each vehicle can perform unicast, multicast, or broadcast communication using an On-Board Unit containing hardware and software to enable access to the in-vehicle bus systems to collect vehicle information for dissemination in real-time.
US11463852B2	Message distribution system and method for providing local traffic messages The disclosure relates to a message distribution system configured to provide traffic messages received by at least one base station of a telecommunications network to at least one traffic control system capable of controlling traffic infrastructure. The message distribution system comprises a detection module and a routing module. The detection module is configured to detect traffic messages from user devices in a radio coverage area of the at least one base station. The routing module is configured to access association information associating at least one routing address of the at least one traffic control system with the radio coverage area of the at least one base station and to route the detected traffic messages to the at least one routing address associated with the radio coverage area of the at least one base station receiving the traffic messages from the user devices.
US11463851B2	V2X communication system with autonomous driving information An in-vehicle computing system and method that extracts driving intention data, driving capability data, and a driving mode data from one or more vehicle systems including an autonomous driving system. Autonomous driving information is derived from the extracted data. A message frame is created to include the autonomous driving information and sent to a V2X system.
US11463848B2	Electronic device for determining external electronic device having generated EM signal An electronic device according to an embodiment of the present disclosure may include a housing, a touch screen display exposed through a portion of the housing, at least one wireless communication circuit, an electromagnetic (EM) sensing circuit configured to sense an EM signal having a frequency band of 1 MHz or less, a processor operatively connected to the display, the wireless communication circuit, and the EM sensing circuit, and a memory configured to store at least one reference EM profile and information about at least one external access point and operatively connected to the processor, wherein the memory may store instructions that cause, when executed, the processor to obtain an EM signal from an external electronic device via the EM sensing circuit, identify a reference EM profile corresponding to the obtained EM signal based on the at least one reference EM profile, determine a location of the electronic device at least partially based on information about an external access point connected to the electronic device via the at least one wireless communication circuit, identify the external electronic device at least partially based on the identified reference EM profile, and display a graphic user interface (GUI) on the touch screen display at least partially based on information about the identified external electronic device.
US11463846B2	Method and apparatus for transmitting V2X message A communication method and system are provided for converging a 5G communication system with technology for IoT. The disclosure may be applied to intelligent services based on the 5G communication technology and the IoT-related technology, such as smart home, smart building, smart city, smart car, connected car, health care, digital education, smart retail, security and safety services. A method performed by a V2X includes receiving, from a terminal, a V2X message including location information on the terminal; determining a first MBMS broadcast area for a V2X service based on the location information on the terminal; transmitting, to a BMSC, a first request message for the V2X service including information on the first MBMS broadcast area and a first TMGI for the V2X service, wherein the information on the first MBMS broadcast area includes at least one MBMS SAI mapped to the location information on the terminal; and transmitting, to the BMSC, a second request message for the V2X service, the second request message including information on a second MBMS broadcast area for broadcasting second MBMS data for the V2X service and the first TMGI. The first MBMS data is broadcast within the first MBMS broadcast area, and the first TMGI is used for the second MBMS data, in case that the first MBMS broadcast area does not overlap the second MBMS broadcast area.
US11463839B2	Cognitive location and navigation services for custom applications According to various embodiments, systems, computer program products, and computer implemented methods for cognitive location and navigation services for custom applications are disclosed. More specifically, the cognitive location and navigation services include, but are not limited to cognitive navigational guidance through a tourist attraction. For instance, a method includes receiving a request for cognitive navigational assistance through a tourist attraction; obtaining site-specific information about the tourist attraction from a site-specific server; determining whether a user profile describing user viewing preferences exists; and either: directing the user to navigate through the tourist attraction according to a path based on the existing user profile; or recommending a first exhibit to visit based at least in part on crowding levels at the tourist attraction and recording user behavior observed while viewing the first exhibit. Corresponding systems and computer program products are also disclosed.
US11463837B2	Emphasis for audio spatialization Examples of the disclosure describe systems and methods for presenting an audio signal to a user of a wearable head device. According to an example method, a first input audio signal is received. The first input audio signal is processed to generate a first output audio signal. The first output audio signal is presented via one or more speakers associated with the wearable head device. Processing the first input audio signal comprises applying a pre-emphasis filter to the first input audio signal; adjusting a gain of the first input audio signal; and applying a de-emphasis filter to the first audio signal. Applying the pre-emphasis filter to the first input audio signal comprises attenuating a low frequency component of the first input audio signal. Applying the de-emphasis filter to the first input audio signal comprises attenuating a high frequency component of the first input audio signal.
US11463834B2	Concept for generating an enhanced sound field description or a modified sound field description using a multi-point sound field description Apparatus for generating an enhanced sound field description, including: a sound field generator for generating at least one sound field description indicating a sound field with respect to at least one reference location; and a meta data generator for generating meta data relating to spatial information of the sound field, wherein the at least one sound field description and the meta data constitute the enhanced sound field description. The at least one sound field description includes in a certain case a first sound field description related to the at least one reference location and a second sound field description related to a further reference location being different from the reference location, and the meta data relating to the spatial information indicates the reference location and the further reference location or one of both reference locations and a vector extending between both reference locations.
US11463832B2	Reducing unwanted sound transmission A system and method of adjusting an audio output in one location so that its propagation into another location is reduced. As a first device in a first location generates sound, a second device in a second location detects the propagated sound. The first device then adjusts its output based on the detected sound.
US11463831B2	Apparatus and method for efficient object metadata coding An apparatus for generating one or more audio channels is provided. The apparatus includes a metadata decoder for receiving one or more compressed metadata signals. Each of the one or more compressed metadata signals includes a plurality of first metadata samples. The metadata decoder is configured to generate one or more reconstructed metadata signals and to generate each of the second metadata samples of each reconstructed metadata signal of the one or more reconstructed metadata signals depending on at least two of the first metadata samples of the reconstructed metadata signal. The apparatus includes an audio channel generator for generating the one or more audio channels depending on the one or more audio object signals and depending on the one or more reconstructed metadata signals. An apparatus for generating encoded audio information including one or more encoded audio signals and one or more compressed metadata signals is provided.
US11463829B2	Apparatus and method of processing audio signals A method for processing audio signals includes extracting a fundamental frequency (F0) component from a first audio signal; processing the first audio signal with Dominant Melody Enhancement (DoME) based on a hearing profile and output a second audio signal; and providing the second audio signal to the user. The DoME enhances the F0 component. The enhancement weight of the DoME is corresponding to the hearing profile.
US11463827B2	Hearing device including a sensor and a method of forming same Various embodiments of a hearing device and a method of forming such device are disclosed. The device includes a housing adapted to be worn on or behind an ear of a wearer and includes a housing body and a top plate connected to the housing body. The hearing device further includes a sensor disposed on at least one of a first side surface and a second side surface of the housing body. The sensor is adapted to be in contact with either a pinna or a skull of the wearer. The sensor is further adapted to detect a physiological characteristic of the wearer and generate a sensor signal based on the physiological characteristic.
US11463825B2	Multiple arm dipole antenna for hearing instrument A hearing instrument includes: a microphone for providing a first audio signal; a signal processor for processing the first audio signal into a second audio signal compensating a hearing loss of a user of the hearing instrument; a speaker connected to an output of the signal processor for converting the second audio signal into an output sound signal; a wireless communication unit configured for wireless data communication; and an antenna for electromagnetic field emission and/or reception, the antenna having a first antenna element and additional antenna elements, the first antenna element having a first branch and a second branch being connected with the wireless communication unit, the first branch having a first connecting region and the second branch having a second connecting region; wherein one or each of the additional antenna elements interconnects the first connecting region and the second connecting region.
US11463817B2	Capacitive microphone with shaped electrode A microelectromechanical systems (MEMS) die includes a substrate, a back plate, and a diaphragm. The back plate is coupled to the substrate and includes a dielectric layer and an electrode. The electrode is coupled to the dielectric layer and defines an opening that exposes a central portion of the dielectric layer. The diaphragm is oriented parallel to the back plate and is spaced apart from the back plate. In one implementation, a diameter of the opening is greater than or equal to 1/10 of the diameter of the diaphragm.
US11463814B2	Bone conduction speaker and compound vibration device thereof The present disclosure relates to a bone conduction speaker and its compound vibration device. The compound vibration device comprises a vibration conductive plate and a vibration board, the vibration conductive plate is set to be the first torus, where at least two first rods inside it converge to its center; the vibration board is set as the second torus, where at least two second rods inside it converge to its center. The vibration conductive plate is fixed with the vibration board; the first torus is fixed on a magnetic system, and the second torus comprises a fixed voice coil, which is driven by the magnetic system. The bone conduction speaker in the present disclosure and its compound vibration device adopt the fixed vibration conductive plate and vibration board, making the technique simpler with a lower cost; because the two adjustable parts in the compound vibration device can adjust both low frequency and high frequency area, the frequency response obtained is flatter and the sound is broader.
US11463813B2	Asymmetric acoustical implementation for improving a listening experience for a driver in a vehicle In at least one embodiment, an audio system is provided. The audio system includes a first loudspeaker, a second loudspeaker, and an audio controller. The first loudspeaker is positioned on first side of a vehicle to transmit a first audio signal to a driver. The second loudspeaker is positioned on a second side of the vehicle to transmit a second audio signal to a passenger. The audio controller is configured to increase an audio experience for only the driver of the vehicle by at least one of controlling a voltage provided to the first loudspeaker to cause a first overall excursion of the first loudspeaker to be greater than a second overall excursion of the second loudspeaker, and limiting an amount of current that is delivered only to the first loudspeaker to prevent the first loudspeaker from temporarily shutting down due to an overcurrent condition.
US11463812B1	Stereo microphone speaker A stereo microphone speaker includes a Printed circuit board, a middle housing, and a handle body. An audio frequency dividing module and an audio playback module are arranged at end surfaces of the Printed circuit board. The handle body includes a handle rear cover and a handle front cover, and an interior of the handle front cover is fixedly connected with a tweeter mounting cavity. An interior of the tweeter mounting cavity is provided with a tweeter. An interior of the handle rear cover defines a subwoofer mounting cavity. An interior of the subwoofer mounting cavity defines a subwoofer, and an upper end of the middle housing defines a silicone microphone installation fixing groove. A silicone microphone support is provided inside the silicone microphone installation fixing groove, and an interior of an upper end of the silicone microphone support is provided with a microphone.
US11463810B2	Sound output control apparatus and sound output control method The present technology relates to a sound output control apparatus and a sound output control method that perform control to prevent a balance of a system from being disturbed when reproduction is performed using a plurality of wireless speakers. A sound output control apparatus includes a transmitter that transmits first setting information regarding a sound output of the sound output control apparatus, a receiver that receives second setting information regarding a sound output of another sound output control apparatus, and a controller that controls a sound pressure or a reproduction frequency range in which reproduction is performed, on the basis of the first setting information or the second setting information. The first setting information and the second setting information each include at least information regarding a temperature, information regarding an amplitude, information regarding a remaining capacity of a power supply, and/or information regarding the reproduction frequency range.
US11463808B2	Active noise control system A first seat noise control device corrects sound collected by a microphone to sound at a listening position of a user seated on a first seat, generates a cancel sound that cancels, at the first seat, the sound of a second seat audio source output from a second seat speaker by using an adaptive filter, and outputs the cancel sound from a first seat speaker. A second seat noise control device corrects the sound collected by the microphone to sound at the listening position of the user seated on the second seat, generates a cancel sound that cancels, at the second seat, the sound of a first seat audio source output from the first seat speaker using an adaptive filter, and outputs the cancel sound from the second seat speaker.
US11463807B2	Sound diffusion device with fixed non-constant curvature The present invention relates to a sound diffusion device (300) comprising a single box (310) and, in this single box (310), at least two superimposed high-frequency acoustic sources (320), and a plurality of superimposed medium and/or low-frequency sources (330) and arranged to the left and/or to the right of the high-frequency acoustic sources (320), the high-frequency acoustic sources (320) being coupled individually to a wave guide (340) so as to generate a vertical wave front with a fixed non-constant curvature.Such a device (300) makes it possible to minimise discontinuities between the acoustic sources providing high quality sound diffusion (no parasite lobe), to considerably reduce the weight and the cost of manufacturing and also enables rapid installation which does not require the angular adjustment of each acoustic source relative to one another contrary to existing devices.
US11463803B2	Acoustic device with deformable shape as valve An acoustic device is described that comprises an acoustic channel extending through its housing and an acoustic valve disposed in the acoustic channel. The acoustic valve is configured to determine a passage of sound through the housing via the acoustic channel. The acoustic valve comprises a deformable shape forming a deformable perimeter of the acoustic channel, and an actuating mechanism configured to exert an actuating force deforming the deformable shape causing the deformable perimeter to move and change the passage of sound.
US11463801B2	Mobile terminal A mobile terminal includes a display screen, an earpiece assembly, and a camera. The earpiece assembly includes an earpiece and a sound conduction tube in communication with the earpiece. They form a stepped structure, and a surface that is used to connect to the sound conduction tube is a first stepped surface. The camera includes a body and a lens connected to the body; the body and the lens form a stepped structure, and a surface that is on the body and that is used to connect to the lens is a second stepped surface. The display screen is provided with a notch, and the sound conduction tube and the lens are located in the notch. In a direction perpendicular to the display screen, the display screen covers a part of the first stepped surface and/or a part of the second stepped surface.
US11463798B2	Headphone operation during headphone insertion detection A method of operating a headphone configured to be removed from and placed in close proximity to a user's ear can include generating an input signal by an input signal generating device. The method can also include determining whether an insertion event has occurred based on the generated input signal and causing the headphone to operate in 5 a low power mode responsive to an absence of an insertion event determination after a first period of time. The method can also include causing the headphone to operate in an ultra-low power mode responsive to the absence of an insertion event determination after a second period of time that occurs after the first period of time, the ultra-low power mode having a lower power consumption than the low power mode.
US11463794B1	Audio intelligent wearable device The present disclosure discloses an audio intelligent wearable device, and relates to the technical field of outdoor apparels. The audio intelligent wearable device comprises a knitted hat, a fixed ring, a first shell and two earphone modules, wherein the fixed ring is inlaid on a front of the knitted hat, knitted pockets are sewn at two sides of the knitted hat symmetrically, the first shell is inlaid inside the fixed ring, and an earphone cable is arranged between the first shell and each of the earphone modules. According to the present disclosure, the earphone cables are stored by winding the earphone cables inside a winch through a cable storage mechanism so as to avoid the condition that when being exposed, the earphone cables are easily damaged, and meanwhile, the user experience can also be improved.
US11463791B2	Communication module for capturing consumption data from a meter A communication module acquires consumption data from a meter, in particular consumption quantities of electricity, gas, water or heat. The communication module serves to receive consumption data from the meter and to enable the transmission of the consumption data of the meter to a superordinate data collection device. The module has a housing, a control apparatus, its own energy source, an antenna, a first communication interface using which the consumption data can be transmitted from the meter to the communication module, and a second communication interface using which the consumption data can be further transmitted from the communication module to the data collection device. The first communication interface is a standardized close-range interface which supports a plurality of standardized transmission protocols as options and/or the second communication interface is a standardized long-range interface which supports a plurality of standardized transmission protocols as options.
US11463790B2	Adaptive publishing for content distribution Provided are methods and systems for managing, distributing, and publishing content. An exemplary method can comprise receiving, in a content management system, an asset for distribution. The method can also comprise generating a metadata object according to a submission standard or requirement of a destination asset distribution platform. The destination asset distribution platform can be external to the content management system and the metadata object can comprise data indicative of or associated with the asset.
US11463786B2	Cross-screen optimization of advertising placement The current invention relates to a computer-generated method for optimizing placement of advertising content across multiple different devices. The system can allocate advertising campaigns and plans to various inventory types based on the probability of accurate consumer matching. Consumer matching can be achieved by generation of look-alike models in a consumer's device graph to predict future consumption behavior. The system includes an interface through which an advertiser can access relevant information about inventory and success of a given placement.
US11463784B2	Coordination of media content delivery to multiple media players A system for synchronizing media content playout includes a computing platform having a hardware processor and a system memory storing a software code. The hardware processor executes the software code to receive a first state message from a first media player playing a first media content and a second state message from a second media player playing a second media content, the first media content and the second media content being the same media content. The software code further determines a coordination state for playout of the first media content and the second media content based on one or more of the first and second state messages, and transmits a first coordination message including the coordination state to the first media player and a second coordination message including the coordination state to the second media player to synchronize playout of the first media content and the second media content.
US11463779B2	Video stream processing method and apparatus, computer device, and storage medium A video stream processing method is provided. First audio stream data in live video stream data is obtained. Speech recognition is performed on the first audio stream data to generate speech recognition text. Caption data is generated according to the speech recognition text, the caption data including caption text and time information corresponding to the caption text. The caption text is added to a corresponding picture frame in the live video stream data according to the time information corresponding to the caption text to generate captioned live video stream data.
US11463778B2	Media content search results ranked by popularity Media content search results ranked by popularity is described. In embodiment(s), a search request for television media content can be initiated by a viewer, and television media content that is relevant to the search request can be identified. The relevant television media content can then be ranked based on a popularity rating and the relevant television media content can be displayed in an ordered list that is ordered by popularity rankings.
US11463777B2	Viewer authentication Apparatus, systems, articles of manufacture, and methods for viewer authentication are disclosed. An example system includes processing circuitry to execute computer readable instructions to send one or more instructions to cause the user device to: trigger collection of audio metering data from a sensed audio signal based on a programming schedule that is to identify when the program is to be broadcast; accept voting data from the user for a ballot presented in the program; transmit the audio metering data; and transmit the voting data. The processing circuitry also is to determine a level of exposure of the user to the program based on the audio metering data received from the user device; calculate a weighting score based on the level of exposure; and adjust the voting data based on the weighting score.
US11463773B2	Providing activity notifications regarding digital content This disclosure describes techniques for providing notifications regarding relevant and trending digital content. For example, these techniques include identifying an instance of content accessible over a network as relevant content, monitoring a volume of activity associated with the relevant content over a period of time, comparing the volume of activity over the time period to a threshold level, and sending a notification to a client device when the volume of activity exceeds the threshold level.
US11463771B2	Systems and methods for aggregating content identifiers in a super-interface Systems and methods are described for generating a super-interface that aggregates content identifiers from different content sources. A super-interface is generated for display. The super-interface comprises a first interface that comprises a first plurality of content items available from a first content source and a second interface that comprises a second plurality of content items available from a second content source. The second content source is different from the first content source. The first interface and the second interface are simultaneously accessible to a first device. A user preference is detected based on a user interaction with the first interface. The second interface is automatically updated to comprise identifiers of a third plurality of content items that are available from the second content source. The third plurality of content items is selected based on the detected user preference from the user interaction with the first interface.
US11463768B2	Adaptive digital media content presentation and control platform A system and method for displaying digital media files is disclosed. In one embodiment, the system includes a user interface, a media file decryptor, an ad manager, an intersplicer, and a media player. The user interface receives input from a user indicating the selection of media files to be presented. The media file decryptor receives and decrypts the selected media files. The ad manager receives and manages ad files from an ad file source. The intersplicer combines the media files with the ad files by providing control signals to the media player, causing the media player to present the ad files with the selected media files.
US11463767B2	Temporary modifying of media content metadata A method includes receiving, from a first client device associated with a first user of a content platform, a request to access a content item associated with a second user of the content platform. The content item is associated with an option to modify metadata for the content item responsive to the content item being accessed at the first client device. The metadata includes at least one of a title, an identification number, an author, a tag, or a popularity indicator for the content item. The method further includes determining, based on one or more permission settings associated with modifying the metadata for the content item, whether to modify the metadata for the content item in accordance with the option. The one or more permission settings are provided by a second client device of the second user of the content platform. The method further includes responsive to determining, based on at least the one or more permission settings, to modify the metadata for the content item, providing access to the content item and the modified metadata for the content item to the first client device.
US11463762B2	Time-synchronized, multizone media streaming In a general aspect, a system for media playback can include a first media playback device configured to receive a media stream from a media casting device over a data network, the first media playback device being a member of the media playback group and a second media playback device configured to receive the media stream, the second media playback device being a member of the media playback group. The first media playback device and the second media playback device can be collectively configured to designate one of the first media playback device and the second media playback device as a leader playback device of the media playback group. The playback device not designated as the leader playback device can be designated as a follower playback device of the media playback group. The first media playback device and the second media playback device can be further collectively configured to determine a clock offset between the leader playback device and the follower playback device. The leader playback device can be configured to receive a broadcast of the media stream over the data network; play the media stream; and provide the media stream to the follower playback device. The follower playback device can be configured to play the media stream in synchronization with the leader playback device based on the clock offset.
US11463743B2	Dynamic digital object placement in video stream Techniques and mechanisms described herein facilitate providing dynamic digital object placement in a video stream. An exchange network for engagements within video streaming content is maintained, and a number of engagement entities and content providers are connected to the exchange network. An engagement proposal is received from an engagement entity in the exchange network, containing media assets for an engagement and proposed engagement information. Content provider requirements are also received from a content provider in the exchange network, containing content provider requirements and one or more engagement surfaces associated with a video stream. The exchange network determines that the received engagement proposal matches the received content provider requirements. Once the exchange network matches the two entities, the media assets from the engagement entity are dynamically inserted into the video stream published by the content provider by mapping the media assets to the one or more engagement surfaces.
US11463742B2	Quality estimation of adaptive multimedia streaming Mechanisms for predicting a multimedia session MOS are provided. The multimedia session has a video session and an audio session. The video quality and the audio quality are represented by vectors of per-time-unit scores of video quality and audio quality, respectively. The multimedia session is represented by a vector of the rebuffering start times of each rebuffering event, and a vector of the rebuffering durations of each rebuffering event. Audiovisual quality features are generated from the vectors of per-time-unit scores of video and audio quality. Buffering features are generated from the vector of rebuffering start times of each rebuffering event and the vector of rebuffering durations of each rebuffering event. A multimedia session MOS is then estimated based on the generated audiovisual quality features and the generated buffering features.
US11463741B2	Methods and systems for dynamic routing of content using a static playlist manifest Systems and methods enable video on demand playback startup times to be reduced. A redirect database is populated with redirect locators. A request from a device for an item of primary video content is received. A static manifest file is generated including locators corresponding to the requested item of primary video content and redirect database entries storing redirect locators to default interstitial media. The static manifest file is transmitted to the device. Potential items of interstitial media are identified by sources of interstitial media, and a first item of interstitial media is selected. A redirect locator in the redirect database is replaced with a redirect locator corresponding to the selected interstitial media. A request is received from the device directed to the redirect database location storing the redirect locator corresponding to the selected interstitial media. The selected interstitial media is streamed to the device.
US11463730B2	Fast method for implementing discrete sine transform type VII (DST 7) A method and apparatus for decoding a video sequence using a discrete sine transform (DST) type-VII transform core includes generating a set of tuples of transform core elements associated with an n-point DST-VII transform core. A first sum of a first subset of transform core elements of a first tuple is equal to a second sum of a second subset of remaining transform core elements of the first tuple. The n-point DST-VII transform core is generated based on generating the set of tuples of transform core elements. A transform on a block is performed using the n-point DST-VII transform core.
US11463729B2	Matrix-based intra prediction using filtering Devices, systems and methods for digital video coding, which includes matrix-based intra prediction methods for video coding, are described. In a representative aspect, a method for video processing includes performing a conversion between a current video block of a video and a bitstream representation of the current video block using a matrix based intra prediction (MIP) mode in which a prediction block of the current video block is determined by performing, on reference boundary samples located to a left of the current video block and located to a top of the current video block, a boundary downsampling operation, followed by a matrix vector multiplication operation, and selectively followed by an upsampling operation, where instead of reduced boundary samples calculated from the reference boundary samples of the current video block in the boundary downsampling operation, the reference boundary samples are directly used for a prediction process in the upsampling operation.
US11463727B2	Intra-frame prediction method and device An intra-frame prediction method and device, according to the present invention, enables deriving an intra-frame prediction mode of a current block, determining a pixel line, among a plurality of pixel lines, for the intra-frame prediction of the current block, and carrying out the intra-frame prediction of the current block on the basis of the intra-frame prediction mode and the pixel line. In addition, a first reference pixel of the determined pixel line may be selectively filtered, and a prediction pixel of the current block may be selectively corrected, and thus the accuracy of the intra-frame prediction may be improved.
US11463724B2	Encoder, decoder, encoding method, and decoding method An encoder includes circuitry and memory. Using the memory, the circuitry, in inter prediction processing: derives a first motion vector of a current block to be processed, using a motion vector of a previous block which has been previously processed; derives a second motion vector of the current block by performing motion estimation in the vicinity of the first motion vector; and generates a prediction image of the current block by performing motion compensation using the second motion vector.
US11463721B2	Motion vector obtaining method and apparatus This application provides a motion vector obtaining method and apparatus. The method includes: determining a target offset vector of a block and identifier information of a target picture, wherein the block comprises at least one sub-block; determining a location of the sub-block; determining, as a target location coordinate value of a collocated sub-block, a location coordinate value obtained by performing a clipping operation on an initial location coordinate value in a range, wherein the initial location coordinate value is based on the location of the sub-block and the target offset vector; and obtaining a motion vector of the sub-block based on a motion vector corresponding to the target location coordinate value. Thus, a range of the target offset vector is limited, so that a quantity of memory read times can be reduced in a process of obtaining the motion vector of the collocated sub-block.
US11463718B2	Image compression method and image decompression method Provided is an image decompression method of decompressing an image including a first frame and at least one second frame following the first frame, based on the first frame and landmark location information of the at least one second frame, the image decompression method including: obtaining the first frame; setting at least one landmark of the first frame; obtaining the landmark location information of the at least one second frame; and generating the at least one second frame from the first frame, based on the landmark location information of the at least one second frame, wherein the landmark location information of the at least one second frame is location information of the set at least one landmark of the first frame, in the at least one second frame.
US11463716B2	Buffers for video coding in palette mode An example apparatus includes a first line buffer and a second line buffer, where each memory location in the first line buffer and the second line buffer corresponds to a row or column of a palette token block. The first line buffer may store two of the neighboring palette token values (e.g., above and left palette token values), and the second line buffer may store one of the neighboring palette token value (e.g., above-left). As a video coder is coding palette token values, the video coder may shift values stored in the first line buffer to the overwrite a memory location in the second line buffer, and overwrite values stored in the first line buffer based in part on the row or column of the palette token block to which the memory locations in the first and second line buffer correspond.
US11463713B2	Conditions for applicability of cross-component coding A method for visual media processing, including: using a rule that specifies representing, based on a fixed value, a chroma residual scaling factor for at least one chroma block associated with a current video unit of visual media data, wherein the fixed value is based at least on one or more conditions; and performing a conversion between the current video unit and a bitstream representation of the current video unit.
US11463711B2	Interaction between IBC and ATMVP Devices, systems and methods for applying intra-block copy (IBC) in video coding are described. In general, methods for integrating IBC with existing motion compensation algorithms for video encoding and decoding are described. In a representative aspect, a method for video encoding using IBC includes determining whether a current block of the current picture is to be encoded using a motion compensation algorithm, and encoding, based on the determining, the current block by selectively applying an intra-block copy to the current block. In a representative aspect, another method for video encoding using IBC includes determining whether a current block of the current picture is to be encoded using an intra-block copy, and encoding, based on the determining, the current block by selectively applying a motion compensation algorithm to the current block.
US11463709B2	Encoder, a decoder and corresponding methods using intra block copy (IBC) dedicated buffer and default value refreshing for luma and chroma component A method of coding implemented by a decoding device, comprising initializing a dedicated buffer for intra block copy (IBC) referencing, when a current coding tree unit (CTU) to be decoded is a first CTU of a CTU row, determining whether a current block in the current CTU is predicted using IBC mode, obtaining an IBC block vector for the current block when the current block is predicted using IBC mode, and obtaining predicted sample values for the current block, based on reference samples from the dedicated buffer and the IBC block vector for the current block.
US11463708B2	System and method of implementing multiple prediction models for local illumination compensation A method is provided for inter-coding video in which coding units can be encoded using multiple local illumination compensation (LIC) values to more accurately and efficiently transmit and render video. In the method, two or more LIC values can be established for a single coding unit (CU) such that the CU can be coded using multiple LIC values instead of a single LIC value as employed in present systems.
US11463707B2	Techniques of multi-hypothesis motion compensation The present disclosure describes techniques for coding and decoding video in which a plurality of coding hypotheses are developed for an input pixel block of frame content. Each coding hypothesis may include generation of prediction data for the input pixel block according to a respective prediction search. The input pixel block may be coded with reference to a prediction block formed from prediction data derived according to plurality of hypotheses. Data of the coded pixel block may be transmitted to a decoder along with data identifying a number of the hypotheses used during the coding to a channel. At a decoder, an inverse process may be performed, which may include generation of a counterpart prediction block from prediction data derived according to the hypothesis identified with the coded pixel block data, then decoding of the coded pixel block according to the prediction data.
US11463699B2	Image processing apparatus and control method thereof The disclosure relates to an image processing apparatus, the image processing apparatus including: an image signal receiver configured to receive an image signal; a first preprocessor configured to sequentially processes a predetermined section of the received image signal and generate a first intermediate signal; a second preprocessor arranged in parallel with the first preprocessor and configured to sequentially process another section of the image signal and generate a second intermediate signal; a storage configured to store the first intermediate signal and the second intermediate signal; and a postprocessor configured to perform signal processing with regard to the first and second intermediate signals stored in the storage, the size of the section being corresponding to processing speeds of the first and second preprocessors and a processing speed of the postprocessor.
US11463695B2	Method for encoding/decoding image signal, and device for same An image decoding method according to the present invention includes: a step for dividing the current picture into a plurality of tiles; a step for decoding division information indicating a slice defining method; and a step for determining a first slice on the basis of the division information.
US11463693B2	Geometric partition mode with harmonized motion field storage and motion compensation Techniques for processing video data are described. The techniques include determining a first partition and a second partition for a current block coded in geometric partition mode, determining a first and second prediction block based on a first and second motion vector, blending the first prediction block and the second prediction block based on weights indicative of an amount to scale samples in the first prediction block and the second prediction block to generate a final prediction block, dividing the current block into a plurality of sub-blocks, determining a set of sub-blocks that each include at least one sample that corresponds to a prediction sample in the final prediction block that was generated based on equal weighting of a sample in the first prediction block and a sample in the second prediction block, and storing respective bi-prediction motion vectors for each sub-block in the determined set of sub-blocks.
US11463679B2	Embedded system, fast structured light based 3D camera system and method for obtaining 3D images using the same Disclosed are an embedded system, a fast 3D camera system based on structured light, and a method for acquiring 3D images using the system. The embedded system includes a pattern generation module for generating the pattern in real time and a camera trigger module for converting a camera synchronization signal into a trigger signal and transmitting the signal to a camera. A transform module for transforming the pattern into a video signal and a communication module for receiving a command for projecting patterns and capturing images may be further included. The fast 3D camera system based on structured light includes an embedded system for generating a pattern in real time upon receiving a command for projecting patterns and capturing images, a projection device for projecting the pattern, and a camera for capturing the image of an object onto which the pattern is projected.
US11463678B2	System for and method of social interaction using user-selectable novel views A system for social interaction using a photo-realistic novel view of an event includes a multi-view reconstruction system for developing transmission data of the event a plurality of client-side rendering devices, each rendering device receiving the transmission data from the multi-view reconstruction system and rendering the transmission data as the photo-realistic novel view. A method of social interaction using a photo-realistic novel view of an event includes transmitting by a server side transmission data of the event; receiving by a first user on a first rendering device the data transmission; selecting by the first user a path for rendering on the first rendering device at least on novel view; rendering by the first rendering device the at least one novel view; and saving by the user on the first rendering device novel view date for the at least one novel view.
US11463675B2	Light-source characterizer and associated methods A method characterizes a scanning light source configured to emit illumination propagating in any one of a plurality of directions spanning an angular range. The method includes (i) detecting, with a camera, illumination propagating at each of the plurality of directions; (ii) storing image data corresponding to a response of the camera to the detected illumination. The method also includes (iii) processing the image data to characterize at least one of the angular range, pointing accuracy, pointing jitter, a divergence of the illumination, a uniformity of the illumination, and a fidelity of a scanning pattern, formed by the scanning light source, to a predetermined pattern.
US11463674B1	Imaging system and display apparatus incorporating super resolution using fixed focus cameras An imaging system including: first camera; N second cameras, optical axes of first and second cameras being arranged at an angle; and processor(s) configured to: control first camera and N second cameras to capture first image and N second images, second field of view (FOV) is narrower than first FOV and overlaps with portion of first FOV; determine first overlapping portions (P, P′, A, A′, A″), second overlapping portion(s) (Q, B, B′, B″), and third overlapping portion (C) of first image; for given overlapping portion of first image, determine corresponding overlapping portion of at least one of N second images; and process corresponding overlapping portions of first and second images to generate corresponding portion of output image.
US11463670B2	Method and apparatus for buffer management in cloud based virtual reality services Provided is a method for creating a virtual reality content, storing the virtual reality content in a transmission buffer, and after that, managing the transmission buffer. A server creates the virtual reality content based on user's motion information, stores the virtual reality content in the transmission buffer and is allowed to modify the virtual reality content stored in the transmission buffer based on subsequently received user's motion information, so that the most recent user's motion information can be appropriately reflected in the virtual reality content. It is possible to provide a more immersive virtual reality service.
US11463669B2	Image processing method, image processing apparatus and display apparatus An image processing method is disclosed. The image processing method may include: partitioning an original gridded image to obtain a plurality of regional grid images, wherein the regional grid images are distributed along a direction away from a geometric center of the original gridded image (S300); and adjusting grid vertices of the regional grid images based on anti-distortion parameters to obtain a plurality of regional correction grid images forming a grid correction image (S400). A grid density of each of the regional correction grid images may be smaller than or equal to a grid density of a corresponding regional grid image, and the grid density of each of the plurality of the regional correction grid images may gradually increase along the direction away from the geometric center of the original gridded image.
US11463665B2	Closed loop driving of a highlighter type projector A method for driving a projection system and a projection system including a phase modulator and at least one amplitude modulator. The phase modulator is configured to generate a highlight image incident on the amplitude modulator, the projector system further includes at least one image sensor configured to receive at least a portion of an illumination pattern substantially equivalent to the illumination pattern incident on the amplitude modulator, and the image sensor is being used to provide feedback to the controller of the projection system to improve the highlights projected by the projection system.
US11463663B2	Camera glasses for law enforcement accountability A monitoring device comprising a frame usable as facewear, one or more cameras built into the frame, a cover attached to the frame that covers the camera when not in use, and a communication circuit for communicating the camera content to a remote server. In one embodiment the camera can be activated by gestures such as a hands-up gesture in which both hands are raised over the head, when the user is wearing gesture input nodes on their hands or wrists. The camera can alternately be activated by an audio cue or a wrist-worn base having an activation button so that the camera can be activated when the user is in hand restraints. In one embodiment, if the camera is suddenly inoperable or the monitoring device is removed from the user's face, remote wearable cameras on the user's person are activated to continue recording audio, video, or other content.
US11463661B2	Modular night vision system for vehicles Present invention discloses a night vision system for a vehicle and method of installation for the night vision system on the vehicle. The night vision system includes a mount, a night vision device detachably mountable on the vehicle using the mount. The night vision device is mounted pointing over a road for detecting one or more objects present on and alongside the road. The system further includes a display device configurable within an interior region of the vehicle for displaying a video stream received from the night vision device to a user driving the vehicle. The display device is configured to embody a program product for enabling the display device to receive, process and display the received video stream on the display device.
US11463658B2	Camera system Provided is a camera system that includes: a weather information-acquiring unit acquiring weather information provided with respect to weather, the weather information including information relating to an area of interest; a plurality of cameras installed within a plurality of bases, respectively; a camera installation information-storing unit storing information with respect to positions of the bases wherein the plurality of cameras are installed; an image data-storing unit storing images photographed by the plurality of cameras respectively as moving images; a camera-specifying unit using the weather information acquired by the weather information-acquiring unit to specify a camera installed within the area of interest based on the information with respect to the positions of the bases, the information with respect to the positions of the bases being stored in the camera installation information-storing unit; and a moving image-providing unit acquiring from the image data-storing unit moving images of the camera specified by the camera-specifying unit to provide the acquired moving images.
US11463657B1	System and method for an interactive digitally rendered avatar of a subject person A system and method for an interactive digitally rendered avatar of a subject person is described. In one embodiment, a method of providing an interactive digital avatar of a subject person includes transmitting a video featuring a subject person to a plurality of users via a first communication format. The method also includes receiving, from at least one user of the plurality of users, a request to initiate an interactive session with an avatar of the subject person. The method further includes engaging in the interactive session between the avatar of the subject person and the at least one user via a second communication format that is different than the first communication format.
US11463655B2	Mediation method and computer readable recording medium Provided are a mediation method and a computer-readable recording medium. A mediation method according to an example embodiment of the present disclosure includes establishing one video call session between a plurality of terminals, receiving videos obtained from each of the plurality of terminals, analyzing characteristics of the video call session, and in response to the analysis result, determining respective qualities of videos to be transmitted to each of the plurality of terminals. The plurality of terminals includes one host terminal and at least one guest terminal.
US11463649B2	Display device and display image rotation adapting method The disclosure provides a display device and a display image rotation adapting method. A rotating component may be controlled to rotate a screen into a portrait mode if a video media resource is a vertical media resource and the screen is in a landscape mode; or, the rotating component may be controlled to rotate the screen into a landscape mode if the video media resource is a horizontal media resource and the screen is in a portrait mode, so as to adapt to an aspect ratio corresponding to the video media resource.
US11463647B2	Imaging device, imaging system, and imaging method An imaging device includes an imaging unit that generates image data on the basis of a first power voltage, an image processing unit that performs image processing on the image data on the basis of a second power voltage, a reference voltage generating unit that generates a first reference voltage on the basis of the first power voltage, and a first flag generating unit that generates a first flag signal for the second power voltage on the basis of a comparison of the second power voltage and the first reference voltage and outputs the first flag signal.
US11463635B2	Image sensing device and operating method thereof Disclosed is an image sensing device and an operating method thereof, and the image sensing device may include a light detection circuit coupled between a low voltage terminal and a first node, a first transmission circuit coupled between the first node and a second node, a storage circuit coupled between the second node and a third node, a first coupling circuit coupled between the third node and a high voltage terminal, a second transmission circuit coupled between the third node and the first node, and a second coupling circuit coupled between the second node and the high voltage terminal.
US11463634B2	Charge domain binning in a MOS pixel An array of pixels for charge domain binning in a CMOS image sensor, to increase the readout sensitivity of such a sensor. The array of pixels comprises at least two pixels in a common substrate. At least one of said pixels is configured or configurable to function as a pixel of a first type with a first, higher, charge collecting capability, for collecting charges generated by radiation impinging on the substrate. At least another one of said pixels is configurable to function as pixel of a second type, with a second, reduced, charge collecting capability, and as a pixel of the first type.
US11463633B2	Subtitle data editing method and subtitle data editing program for contents such as moving images The present invention provides a subtitle data editing method that simplifies the work of inputting subtitles to be displayed on contents such as moving images and facilitates quick and efficient editing work. By accepting a predetermined line feed operation twice consecutively in a state wherein a cursor is present in a subtitle input field in which the subtitle content is input, a subtitle input field is separated to be displayed on screen separations before and after the cursor. By accepting a predetermined line feed operation in a state where the cursor exists at the beginning of the second and subsequent lines, the line and the line directly above are separated and the subtitle input field is divided and displayed on screen, when the subtitle input field in which the subtitle content is input is a plurality of lines.
US11463632B2	Displaying a video stream There is provided a computer implemented method for displaying a video stream of a scene (100) captured by a video capture device on a display of a client device. The method comprising: detecting a new event (112) in the scene, determining a new event area (114) in the scene within which the new event is detected, checking whether a prior event has been detected within the new event area during a predetermined time period preceding the new event, upon no prior event being detected during the predetermined time period, adding a visual indicator (116) to an image frame (103) temporally corresponding to the detection of the new event and to a number of subsequent image frames (103) of the video stream, wherein the visual indicator coincides with the new event area, and wherein the step of adding the visual indicator comprises gradually changing an appearance of the visual indicator throughout the number of subsequent image frames, and displaying the video stream with the added visual indicator on the display of the client device. There is also provided a related client device and a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium.
US11463628B1	Systems and methods for synchronizing image sensors This disclosure describes systems, methods, and devices related to the synchronization of image sensors with different exposure durations. In some embodiments, a system may include multiple image sensors, such as cameras, that have differing exposure durations. A data management component may be configured to receive sensor data from the image sensors. In addition, a synchronization component may be configured to transmit a shutter synchronization pulse to the image sensors. Finally, a tracking component may be configured to temporally center, based at least in part on the shutter synchronization pulse, the differing exposure durations of the image sensors. Various other systems and methods are also disclosed.
US11463626B2	Pan/tilt head and image pickup apparatus In order to provide a pan/tilt head and an image pickup apparatus that enables highly accurate rotation detection without increasing the size, a pan/tilt head on which a camera unit can be mounted comprises: a drive unit for rotating the camera unit in a predetermined direction; a first deceleration mechanism configured to engage the drive unit via a drive transmission unit; a second deceleration mechanism configured to engage the first deceleration mechanism and rotate the camera unit in the predetermined direction; and a rotation angle detector configured to be disposed on the first deceleration mechanism and detect a rotation angle of the first deceleration mechanism.
US11463625B2	Electronic appliance, image display system, and image display control method An electronic appliance, includes: an imaging apparatus; a display apparatus; and a control apparatus, the control apparatus being configured to: extract, from a moving image captured by the imaging apparatus, subjects included in the moving image and information items each on one of the subjects; generate enlarged-view target information for selecting an enlarged-view target from among the subjects, with reference to the information items; select the enlarged-view target from among the subjects, with reference to the enlarged-view target information; and enlarge a region including the enlarged-view target, and cause the display apparatus to display the moving image.
US11463624B2	Imaging device, imaging method, display device, and display method that capture a particular capturing region corresponding to a selected cutout image An imaging device includes a first imaging unit that captures a first capturing region, a second imaging unit that captures a second capturing region of the first capturing region, a holding unit that holds position information corresponding to the second capturing region captured by the second imaging unit, an output unit that outputs a cutout image of the second capturing region corresponding to the position information held by the holding unit out of a captured image captured by the first imaging unit, and a change unit that, when one of a plurality of cutout images output by the output unit is selected, controls the second imaging unit so as to capture the second capturing region corresponding to the selected cutout image.
US11463622B2	Image capturing device including superimposed display mode and camera shake correction mode An image capturing method for an image capturing apparatus includes setting a shake correction mode that performs shake correction processing during shooting, and a superimposed display mode that performs superimposition and display of an optical viewfinder display and an electronic viewfinder display. When the shake correction mode and the superimposed display mode are set, a captured image for which the shake correction processing is not performed, or an image equivalent to the state without shake correction processing, is used as the electronic viewfinder display.
US11463620B2	Image processing apparatus and image capturing apparatus An image processing apparatus includes an image corrector and an output circuit. The image corrector inputs image data. The image corrector processes the image data input by the image corrector. The image corrector arranges an input image indicated by the image data input by the image corrector on a first plane. The image corrector maps each pixel included in a part or whole of a region of the input image arranged on the first plane onto a curved surface. The image corrector maps each point mapped on the curved surface onto a second plane so as to generate new image data. The output circuit outputs the image data processed by the image corrector.
US11463618B2	Apparatus for providing information and method of providing information, and non-transitory storage medium According to the present invention, there is provided an apparatus (10) for providing information, the apparatus including an acquisition unit (11) that acquires a captured image obtained by imaging the vicinity of a display; an image analysis unit (12) that detects a position on the display, which is being viewed by a person extracted from the captured image; and a control unit (13) that divides a display area of the display into multiple sub-areas, displays content on each of the multiple sub-areas, and makes a change to the displaying on the sub-area that is being viewed by the person extracted from the captured image.
US11463617B2	Information processing apparatus, information processing system, image capturing apparatus, information processing method, and memory An information processing apparatus is provided which divides data for learning into first training data and second training data, stores the first training data and the second training data into a memory, and updates only the second training data without updating the first training data in a case where new characteristic data is obtained.
US11463616B1	Automatically activating a mirror mode of a computing device An automatic mirror mode system determines when a user is facing a display device and is close to the display device, and when the intent of the user is to activate a mirror mode of the computing device. In response to determining that the user is facing the display device and is close to the display device, and that the intent of the user is to activate a mirror mode of the computing device, the computing device automatically enters the mirror mode. In the mirror mode, one or more images are captured using a front-facing camera and are displayed on the display device. This allows the user to, for example, check his teeth or hair before meeting someone, entering a meeting, and so forth.
US11463614B2	Vehicle and method of controlling vehicle image A vehicle provides a standardized and accurate image around the vehicle by changing an image obtained by the vehicle to a single reference and providing the changed image to a user terminal. The vehicle includes a communicator that communicates with the user terminal or a server and a camera that obtains an image around the vehicle. A controller then converts a surrounding image obtained by the camera into a reference image implemented with a predetermined parameter and transmits the reference image to the user terminal.
US11463612B2	Control apparatus, control method, and program The present technology relates to a control apparatus, a control method, and a program for giving a sense of imaging to a user.There are provided a processing unit that processes data based on pixel signals output from a plurality of pixels, and a display control unit that causes a display unit to display an image based on the data processed by the processing unit as a through image. The display unit displays a mark indicating a recording process in response to an instruction of recording the data together with the through image displayed on the display unit. The mark is displayed at each of four corners of the display unit. Alternatively, the mark is displayed near a frame of autofocus. The present technology is applicable to an imaging device.
US11463608B2	Image-based assay using mark-assisted machine learning The present disclosure relates to devices, apparatus and methods of improving the accuracy of an image-based assay. One aspect of the present invention is to sandwich a sample between two plates and add reference marks in the sample areas of the plates, with at least one of the geometric and/optical properties of the reference marks being predetermined and known, and taking images of the sample with the reference marks, and applying a machine learning model in the analysis of the image-based assay.
US11463607B2	Camera module and electronic device including the same A camera module is disclosed. The camera module includes a camera housing, a camera assembly including a lens and an image sensor, at least a portion of the camera assembly being disposed inside the camera housing, and a guide plate connected to the camera assembly and the camera housing. The camera assembly is rotatable with respect to each of a first rotation axis and a second rotation axis, which are substantially perpendicular to an optical axis L of the lens. The guide plate includes a central portion disposed in a peripheral portion of the lens, a first portion and a second portion, which extend from the central portion in a direction of the first rotation axis and are rotatably connected to the camera assembly, and a third portion and a fourth portion, which extend from the central portion in a direction of the second rotation axis and are rotatably connected to the camera housing.
US11463600B2	Information processing apparatus that acquires setting information and adds identification information to the setting information to generate editing data An information processing apparatus includes a processor configured to: acquire setting information corresponding to first identification information input from a user from among plural pieces of setting information for controlling an operation of a device, the plural pieces of setting information being stored in an external server device; add the first identification information to the acquired setting information to generate editing data; and if (i) second identification information input from the user when receiving an instruction to update content of the setting information using the editing data and (ii) the first identification information added to the editing data based on which the content of the setting information is to be updated match, update the content of the setting information based on the editing data.
US11463596B2	Image processing apparatus and method to read card and provide at least a funcion using scanner or printer for improving user operability According to various embodiments of the present disclosure, it is possible to present on a home screen or an application screen such a display that an appropriate favorite setting for each of the home screen and the application screen is applied to the respective home screen or the respective application screen according to read card information.
US11463595B2	Image forming device An image forming device includes an image forming unit performing image forming, a notifier playing a voice guidance of a service related to image forming for a user, a display that displays a message to a user, and a controller controlling the image forming unit, the notifier, and the display. The controller allows the notifier to start the voice guidance to perform image forming services. When the service is for the first time to a user, the controller allows the display to transition to the next screen after the voice guidance is played to the end, and on the other hand, when the service is repeated for the second or subsequent times to a user, the controller allows the notifier to stop playing the voice guidance halfway after screen transition to the next screen becomes possible, and then the controller allows the display to transition to the next screen.
US11463590B2	Charging method and apparatus utilizing a control plan function for a 5G system Embodiments of this application provide a charging session method and an apparatus. A control plane function entity determines to request a charging function (CHF) entity to establish a service-based interface (SBI) charging session for a 4G data connection. The control plane function entity requests, through the SBI charging session, to perform online charging and/or offline charging in the 4G data connection. According to the method, the SBI charging session that is requested by the control plane function entity to establish for the 4G data connection may support performing the online charging in the 4G data connection, and support performing the offline charging in the 4G data connection. Therefore, the disclosed embodiments simplify a procedure of charging online data and offline data in the 4G data connection by using different charging sessions.
US11463589B1	Domestic long-distance call route generation A central routing function (CRF) platform. The CRF platform comprises a processor, a memory that stores prioritized call route lists, and an application stored in the memory. When executed by the processor the application receives a request for a prioritized call route list from a network element, where the request comprises an indication of a location of a call originator of a call and a destination telephone number, determines a call type of the call, selects a prioritized call route list associated with the destination telephone number from the non-transitory memory based on the call type, determines that a percent allocation rule applies to the call, based on the percent allocation rule, removes the first priority call route from the selected prioritized call route list to make an adapted prioritized call route list, and sends the adapted prioritized call route list to the network element.
US11463584B2	System and method for routing an emergency call A method and a system for routing an emergency call to a PSAP [322]. Upon receiving an emergency call request from at least one user device [302] at an eNodeB [304], an ESMLC [310] computes a current location information of the at least one user device [302]. Further, a GMLC [312] identifies a serving cell identifier for the at least one user device [302] based on the current location. Furthermore, an emergency location platform [314] identifies at least one PSAP [322] in a cell site master database [316] based on the serving cell identifier and extracts one or more parameters for the at least one user device [302] from a subscriber information database [318]. Lastly, the emergency location platform [314] provides at least one of the current location information and the one or more parameters to the identified at least one PSAP [322] on an access network channel.
US11463583B1	Device communication with public safety answering point An example operation may include one or more of receiving data and metadata from a device, detecting that an event has been captured within the device data and a geographic location of the device based on the metadata, converting information about the detected event and the geographic location into a telephone communication of the device, and transmitting the telephone communication of the device, via a telephone network, to a telephone number of a call station.
US11463582B1	Detecting scam callers using conversational agent and machine learning systems and methods Systems and methods for detecting indications of a scam caller are disclosed. Call data, such as call audio, is received and used to create a training dataset. Using the training dataset, a machine learning model is trained to detect indications of a scam caller in a phone call. An Interactive Voice Response (IVR) model is trained or configured, using voice samples of speech of a subscriber of a telecommunications service provider, to simulate speech and conversation of the subscriber. A conversational agent is generated using the IVR model and the trained machine learning model. The conversational agent receives a phone call, engages a caller in simulated conversation, and detects indications of whether the caller is a likely scam caller. If the caller is determined to be a likely scam caller, an alert can be generated and/or the call can be disconnected.
US11463579B2	System and method of capturing, tracking, composing, analyzing and automating analog and digital interactions A system and method are disclosed for capturing, tracking, analyzing and automating analog and digital interactions. Embodiments include a system comprising one or more end user systems, one or more entity systems, and a computer operatively coupled to a display device. The computer is configured to monitor one or more communications on first and second communication channels between the end user and entity systems, group the one or more communications on the first and second communication channels by communication subject, and display the grouped communications on the display device.
US11463571B2	Chemically time-limited use mobile communications devices and methods for providing communications services using the same A subscriber identity module (SIM) card includes a housing, a printed circuit board contained within the housing, and a plurality of metallic contact pads on a surface of the printed circuit board. At least one contact pad of the plurality of metallic contact pads comprises an enclosed, interior portion. The SIM card further includes a corrosive chemical agent contained within the interior portion. The corrosive chemical agent reacts chemically with the at least one metallic contact pad, in the presence of oxygen, to cause the at least one metallic contact pad to corrode over a period of time.
US11463569B2	Structural component and mobile terminal A structural component includes a middle frame, a glass cover, and a touch control film. The glass cover and the touch control film are disposed in a stacked manner. The touch control film is disposed on a surface that is of the glass cover and that faces the middle frame, and a side edge of the touch control film and a side edge of the glass cover do not overlap completely. The glass cover is bonded using the first bonding adhesive, and the touch control film is bonded using the second bonding adhesive. The first bonding adhesive is bonded to an edge of the glass cover, and the bonding force of the first bonding adhesive is greater than the bonding force of the second bonding adhesive.
US11463563B2	Electronic device including indicator An electronic device including an indicator is provided. The electronic device includes a first housing structure including a first face oriented in a first direction, and a second face oriented in a second direction opposite the first direction, a second housing structure including a third face oriented in a third direction, and a fourth face oriented in a fourth direction opposite the third direction, a hinge structure rotatably connecting the first housing structure and the second housing structure to each other, the hinge structure configured to provide a folding axis that is a rotating center of the first housing structure and the second housing structure, a flexible display extending from the first face to the third face across the hinge structure, and a hinge case disposed between the first housing structure and the second housing structure to accommodate the hinge structure therein to conceal or protect the hinge structure.
US11463562B2	Hinge and mobile terminal The present disclosure provides a hinge and a mobile terminal. The hinge includes at least two joints and a flexible connection member. The at least two joints are sequentially connected. Each joint includes a joint body, a rotation structure provided at a first end portion of the joint body and a support portion provided at a second end portion of the joint body. The first end portion and the second end portion are oppositely disposed. The rotation structures of any adjacent two joints are socketed with each other; the rotation structures of adjacent two joints are capable of rotating relative to each other. The support portion of each joint is connected to the flexible connection member; the flexible connection member is extended as the joints are opened or closed as the joints are closed.
US11463561B2	Enhanced segment routing processing of packets In one embodiment, new Segment Routing capabilities are used in the steering of packets through Segment Routing nodes in a network. A Segment List includes a set of one or more Segment List (SL) Groups, each of which identifies one or more Segments contiguously or non-contiguously stored in the Segment List (or stored across multiple Segment Lists) of a Segment Routing packet. Each SL Group typically includes one Segment that is encoded as a Segment Identifier, and may include Segments that are Extended Values. The steering order of SL Groups is not required to be the same order as they are listed in the Segment List, as the value of Segments Left may be increased, remain the same, or decreased (possibly to skip a next SL Group) and possibly based on the result of an evaluation of a conditional expression.
US11463560B2	Network interface architecture having a directly modifiable pre-stage packet transmission buffer An improved network architecture for minimizing latency of preparing and sending data to a network over a physical medium. A system for communicating messages over a network may create and store ready-to-send data packets in a data buffer next to or as close as possible, either physically and/or logically, to a MAC component. The MAC component may then receive the data packet directly from the data buffer and encapsulate the data packet into a frame suitable for transmission to the network. The data packet is modifiable while being stored in the data buffer prior to transmission to the network.
US11463554B2	Systems and methods for dynamic multi-access edge allocation using artificial intelligence Provided are systems and methods that use artificial intelligence and/or machine learning to dynamically allocate services at different times and at different network edge locations within a Multi-Access Edge (“MEC”) enhanced network based on a multitude of factors that change the priorities of the services at the different times and at the different edge locations. For instance, a MEC controller, controlling the allocation of resources at a particular edge location, may modify the allocation of services at that particular edge location at different times based on time and/or location sensitive events that occur at different times and that relate to different services, changing usage patterns that are derived from prior service utilization, and/or categorization of the services as permanent, time insensitive, or other categories of services with permissions to execute at different times from different edge locations.
US11463553B2	Methods and apparatuses for identifying to-be-filtered transaction based on blockchain integrated station Computer-implemented methods, apparatuses, and systems for identifying a to-be-filtered transaction using a blockchain integrated station are provided. The blockchain integrated station includes a central processing unit (CPU); and a smart network card. The smart network card includes a processor different from the CPU. The smart network card is configured to receive a transaction of a blockchain network, wherein the blockchain integrated station is a blockchain node of the blockchain network, and identify a transaction by operations comprising determining whether the transaction satisfies a predetermined filtering condition; and in response to determining that the transaction satisfies the predetermined filtering condition, determining the transaction as a to-be-filtered transaction.
US11463550B2	Request management for hierarchical cache A computer implemented cache management system and method is provided for use with a service provider configured to communicate with one or more client devices and with a content provider. The system includes a cache hierarchy comprising multiple cache levels that maintain at least some resources for the content provider, and one or more request managers for processing client requests for resources and retrieving the resources from the cache hierarchy. In response to a resource request, the request manager selects a cache level from the cache hierarchy based on a popularity associated with the requested resource, and attempts to retrieve the resource from the selected cache level while bypassing cache level(s) inferior to the selected level.
US11463546B1	Virtual assistants for and conversations with non-human entities Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example virtual assistants that allow communications with non-human entities. A virtual assistant associated with a non-human entity may communicate directly with a human user or may communicate with a second virtual assistant associated with the user. Example non-human entities include animals, toys, and connected devices. Other embodiments are disclosed.
US11463544B1	Administration of services executing in cloud platform based datacenters A cloud infrastructure is configured and deployed for managing services executed on a cloud platform. The cloud infrastructure includes a control datacenter configured to communicate with one or more service datacenters. The service datacenter deploys one or more application programming interfaces (API's) associated with a service. The service datacenter also deploys an administration agent. The control datacenter hosts an engine that receives requests from users to perform administration operations by invoking the administration API's. In this manner, the control datacenter functions as a centralized control mechanism that effectively distributes administration operation requests as they are received from users to service datacenters that can service the requests. The cloud infrastructure provides an auditable, compliant and secure management system for administering services for distributed systems running in the cloud.
US11463542B2	Server and method of replacing a server in a network A method of replacing an original server in a network by a new server is disclosed. Each of the original server and the new server includes at least a baseboard management controller (BMC). The BMC can generate a set of data including at least one configuration data relating to a hardware of the original server. Further, the BMC of the original server can configure at least one hardware of the original server according to the set of data, the new server, and configure at least one hardware of the new server according to the set of data.
US11463541B2	Providing content based on event related information Systems and methods for selecting content based on an event associated with a device identifier are provided. One or more processors can receive a request to serve content. The processors can identify a device identifier associated with the request. The processors can determine, from the device identifier, an event for which to serve content. The processors can determine, from the request, a length of time between a time the request to serve content is received and a time at which the event is scheduled to occur. The processors can select, based on the determined length of time and event parameters associated with the event, content for display and provide the selected content for display at a computing device associated with the device identifier.
US11463540B2	Relevant secondary-device content generation based on associated internet protocol addressing A system for relevant secondary-device content distribution based on associated internet protocol (IP) addressing, the system including: a computer processor; and a content engine executing on said computer processor and configured to: identify at least a portion of an internet protocol (IP) address associated with a computing device; build a household profile based at least on the demographic information associated with the IP address; determine that the computing device is a non-mobile television client; assign the non-mobile television client to the household profile; receive a set of content requests from a second computing device; assign, based on a proportion of the content requests exceeding the predefined threshold, the second computing device to the household profile; and provide relevant content for the second computing device and the non-mobile television client based on the demographic information.
US11463538B2	Adapting playback settings based on change history Techniques discussed herein improve a user's playback experience of a multimedia file by automatically adjusting playback settings based on change history data stored in one or more profiles. A system is configured to detect and collect information regarding changes to playback settings made by one or more users, and/or made in response to input from one or more users, during presentation of a media title, such as a song and/or movie, on one or more computers. This information is processed by a backend process on one or more server computers to determine predicted preferred playback settings for a particular user using a particular computer or playback device, requesting a particular multimedia file.
US11463536B2	Curating proxy server pools A system and method of forming proxy server pools is provided. The method comprises several steps, such as requesting a pool to execute the user's request and retrieving an initial group. The system checks the service history of an initial group, including whether any of the proxy servers in an initial group are exclusive to existing pools. The exclusive proxy servers in an initial group with eligible proxy servers are replaced when needed and new proxy server pools are formed. The system also records the service history of proxy servers and pools before and after the pools are created. The method can also involve predicting the pool health in relation with the thresholds foreseen and replacing the proxy servers below the threshold.
US11463533B1	Action-based content filtering Actions determined with respect to primary content displayed on a computing device can be used to select and/or filter supplemental content to be displayed on that computing device, enabling near real time filtering decisions to be made that are device- or user-specific. Actions can relate to gaze positions, voice discussions, object selection, and the like. If an object of interest can be determined based on the actions, supplemental content such as chat messages can be selected that relate to the object. For example, if it is determined that the gaze position for a display of primary content corresponds to coordinates where a representation of a pair of shoes is displayed, messages relating to those shoes may be selected for display where messages for other topics might not be selected in order to manage the number of messages displayed on the computing device.
US11463532B2	Method and system for tracking events in distributed high-throughput applications The present teaching relates to tracking an event at a plurality of distributed servers. In one example, an event to be tracked is determined. A user associated with the event is identified. A script is generated to be embedded in a web page. The script triggers an event message when the user performs an online behavior related to the web page in accordance with the event. The event message triggered by the script is received. A tracing flag is determined from the event message. An instruction is provided to the plurality of distributed servers for executing one or more applications based on the event and the tracing flag.
US11463530B2	Session processing method, apparatus, and system A session processing method comprising: receiving, by a policy control function network element from an application function network element, a request for determining policy information, wherein the request comprises a continuity request of an application (APP); sending, by the policy control function network element, the policy information to a session management function network element; receiving, by the session management function network element, the policy information from the policy control function network element; and processing, by the session management function network element, a session according to the policy information.
US11463528B1	Systems and methods for reestablishing communication to resume a process based on inferred intent A system may include a communication device that may enable a user to complete a digital form via a first communication session. The system may include a processor that may determine that the user has not completed the digital form, determine one or more issues associated with the user not completing the digital form based on a progress point associated with the digital form, determine a communication channel to use to follow up with the user regarding the digital form based on a data profile associated with the user, the one or more issues, or both, and establish a second communication session with the user via the communication channel to present the digital form at the progress point, such that the user can continue to complete the digital form using the second communication session.
US11463524B2	Mobile IoT edge device using 3D-die stacking re-configurable processor module with 5G processor-independent modem A mobile Internet-of-Things (IoT) edge device, comprising a reconfigurable processor unit including a substrate; a die stack coupled to the substrate and having a field-programmable gate array (FPGA) die element and a reconfigurable die element capable of serving as storage memory or as configuration memory based on configuration information; and a processor coupled to the substrate and configured to cooperate with the die stack for processing data; and a processor-independent connectivity unit coupled to the reconfigurable processor unit and including an antenna; a radio-frequency chip (RFIC) coupled to the antenna and configured to receive incoming signals and transmit outgoing signals over the antenna; circuitry configured to translate the incoming signals to incoming data or transmit the outgoing data to outgoing signals; and a system interface configured to transmit the incoming data to the reconfigurable processor unit for processing, and configured to receive the outgoing data from the reconfigurable processor unit.
US11463520B2	Systems and methods for storing content items in secondary storage Examples described herein relate to systems and methods for storing content items. The methods may be implemented by a computer comprising a processor, primary storage device, secondary storage, device and network interface. The primary storage device may receive, via the network interface, a plurality of content items responsive to respective requests from clients. The plurality of content items may be distributed, via the network interface, from the primary storage device to clients responsive to the respective requests from the clients. The processor may generate a dynamic priority list for the content items based on the respective requests from the clients over time, and may write, based on the dynamic priority list, only a subset of the content items to the secondary storage device.
US11463519B2	Method and apparatus for selecting a target edge application server in an edge computing environment The present disclosure relates to a communication method and system for converging a 5th-Generation (5G) communication system for supporting higher data rates beyond a 4th-Generation (4G) system with a technology for Internet of Things (IoT). The present disclosure may be applied to intelligent services based on the 5G communication technology and the IoT-related technology, such as smart home, smart building, smart city, smart car, connected car, health care, digital education, smart retail, security and safety services. A method performed by a source edge enabler server for selecting a target edge application server in an edge computing system for a user equipment (UE) is provided.
US11463514B2	Methods and apparatuses for balancing utilization of computer resources Methods and apparatus for balancing resource utilization as described herein enable the use of distributed allocation architectures with minimal coordination signaling. Among the multiple advantages gained are reduced overhead signaling, greater implementation flexibility, and improved adaptability to changes in the system state. Here, “system state” refers to the subset (16) of servers (12) that are currently available among a set (14) of servers (12) targeted for use in load balancing. Of course, the contemplated methods and apparatus do not foreclose centralization of at least some of the load-balancing operations and associated data management.
US11463513B2	CDN-based client messaging Examples described herein relate to apparatuses and methods for a node of a network to facilitate communication among two or more clients, including but not limited to determining, by the node, that the two or more clients are connected to the node for accessing data originating from an origin server, receiving, by the node, a message from a first client of the two or more clients, the message is to be routed to at least one second client of the two or more clients, and sending, by the node, the message to the at least one second client without routing the message to the origin server.
US11463508B1	System and method for global data sharing Sharing data in a data exchange across multiple cloud computing platforms and/or cloud computing platform regions is described. An example computer-implemented method can include receiving data sharing information from a data provider for sharing a data set in a data exchange from a first cloud computing entity to a set of second cloud computing entities. In response to receiving the data sharing information, the method may also include creating an account with each of the set of second cloud computing entities. The method may also further include sharing the data set from the first cloud computing entity with the set of second cloud computing entities using at least the corresponding account of that second cloud computing entity.
US11463507B1	Systems for generating captions for audio content This disclosure describes, in part, techniques for generating captions for audio content items. For instance, a system may store a user profile that is associated with audio content items. When a user associated with the user profile requests captions, the system may determine which audio content items have available captions and which audio content items do not have available captions. For the audio content items that do not have available captions, the system may determine priorities for the audio content items. The system may then cause the captions to be generated based on the priorities. When the captions are generated, the system may update statuses of the audio content items to indicate that the captions are available. The system may further store the captions in a database that is accessible to the user.
US11463499B1	Storage and retrieval of virtual reality sessions state based upon participants Once participants participate in a video conference the state of information during that video conference is retained for those participants. At a future time, when those participants again meet in a video conference the state of information that was retained is retrieved and presented for them again in the subsequent video conference based upon their identifiers. Information such as the whiteboard, the chat window, shared files, camera settings, images, background, video recording, etc. are retrieved and automatically presented in the new video conference. Alternatively, a participant may be asked if the state of information from a previous video conference should be retrieved. When a participant joins a conference, the current participants grant permission or not for the current contents to be viewed by the new participant. When a participant leaves the conference, or when they all leave, a triggering condition saves the state. Participants may join in a cross-platform conference and all content from a session in another platform is retrieved. Virtual reality may also be used.
US11463497B2	Spatially unequal streaming Various concepts for media content streaming are described. Some allow for streaming spatial scene content in a spatially unequal manner so that the visible quality for the user is increased, or the processing complexity or used bandwidth at the streaming retrieval site is decreased. Others allow for streaming spatial scene content in a manner enlarging the applicability to further application scenarios.
US11463496B2	Spatially unequal streaming Various concepts for media content streaming are described. Some allow for streaming spatial scene content in a spatially unequal manner so that the visible quality for the user is increased, or the processing complexity or used bandwidth at the streaming retrieval site is decreased. Others allow for streaming spatial scene content in a manner enlarging the applicability to further application scenarios.
US11463494B2	Balance of initial frame and limitation of traffic A method includes: obtaining a video data file and an audio data file of streaming media content to be played from a server, when the streaming media content is played using DASH; obtaining a video bitrate from the video data file, and obtaining an audio bitrate from the audio data file; and determining a capacity of a video buffer area and a capacity of an audio buffer area according to the video bitrate and the audio bitrate.
US11463493B2	Method and apparatus for playing media file A method and apparatus for playing a media file are disclosed. The method includes determining whether a resource-substitution process needs to be performed; and selecting a substitute resource from a candidate resource set to replace an original resource in the media file to play, when the resource-substitution process needs to be performed.
US11463490B2	Synchronous delivery of media content in a collaborative environment An apparatus and method for facilitating a synchronous display of a time-based media object (e.g., a video or audio file) with a remote device is provided. In one example, the apparatus comprises control logic for controlling the display of a media object in response to a user entered command with a first device, and communication logic for causing communication of the user entered command (e.g., play, pause, skip, etc.) and a metric (e.g., time or frame reference) associated with the media object to a second device for synchronizing the display of the media object with the first and second devices. The first and second devices may communicate via peer-to-peer communications, for example, in a collaborative or social application such as an IM application. Further, the apparatus may include various devices such as a personal computer, mobile phone device and/or mobile personal entertainment device, DVR, or the like.
US11463488B2	Dynamic client registration for an identity cloud service Dynamic client registration for an Identity Cloud Service (IDCS) is provided. A service instance client, associated with a service instance, is created in a first tenancy. A template client is created, based on a security blueprint, in a second tenancy. A registration client is created in the first tenancy. A request for a registration access token is received from an installed client application over a network; the request includes an ID of the template client. A user of the installed client application is authenticated using the template client. The registration access token is sent to the installed client application over the network. A request for a client assertion token is received from the installed client application over the network; the request includes the registration access token. The registration access token is authenticated using the template client. The client assertion token is sent to the installed client application over the network.
US11463477B2	Policy management system to provide authorization information via distributed data store A distributed policy management (PM) system (e.g., system for authentication, authorization, and accounting (AAA) activities on a network) is provided. Nodes of the PM system may share information of the PM system using a distributed data store (e.g., a multi-master cache). Each node of the distributed PM system may further share information from the distributed data store with other nodes of a corporate infrastructure network by augmenting information in a remote authentication dial-in user service (RADIUS) protocol message. Nodes that are involved in policy management (e.g., network authentication server (NAS) or firewall) without access to the distributed data store may receive information via augmented RADIUS messages. In this manner, devices may be interfaced to the distributed PM system without having access to the distributed data store. High availability and load balancing implementations may be provided by leveraging the distributed data store across nodes of the PM system.
US11463472B2	Unknown malicious program behavior detection using a graph neural network A method for detecting malicious program behavior includes performing program verification based on system activity data, analyzing unverified program data identified from the program verification to detect abnormal events, including analyzing host-level events to detect abnormal host-level events by learning a program representation as a graph embedding through an attentional architecture based on an invariant graph between different system entities, generating detection results based on the analysis, and performing at least one corrective action based on the detection results.
US11463468B2	Systems and methods for automated quantitative risk and threat calculation and remediation A system described herein may provide a technique for identifying and remediating potential threat vectors in a system, such as containers or applications in a virtual or cloud computing environment. Attributes of potential threat vectors may be identified, and the potential threat vectors may be scored based on the attributes. Values or scores of individual attributes may be determined through machine learning or other suitable techniques. Scores exceeding a threshold may indicate that a remedial measure should be performed. A remedial measure may be identified using machine learning or other suitable techniques. After the remedial measure is performed, the threat vector may be scored again, and a machine learning model may be refined based on whether the remedial measure was successful.
US11463460B1	Network traffic inspection Techniques for inspecting network traffic are disclosed. An application executing as an operating system extension that uses a virtual private network (VPN) stack of the operating system intercepts an Internet protocol (IP) packet for delivery to a remote computer system. A determination is made of an alteration action to take in response to intercepting the packet. The determined action is taken.
US11463457B2	Artificial intelligence (AI) based cyber threat analyst to support a cyber security appliance An Artificial Intelligence AI-based cyber threat analyst protects a system from cyber threats. A cyber threat analyst module uses i) one or more AI models, ii) a set of scripts, and iii) any combination of both, to form and investigate hypotheses on what are a possible set of cyber threats that include abnormal behavior and/or a suspicious activity. An analyzer module uses one or more data analysis processes including i) an agent analyzer data analysis process; ii) an Ngram data analysis process; iii) an exfiltration data analysis process; and iv) a network scan data analysis process; in order to obtain any of the abnormal behavior and the suspicious activity to start the investigation on the possible set of cyber threats hypotheses, as well as, to obtain the collection of system data points to either support or refute the possible cyber threat hypotheses.
US11463452B2	Systems and methods for random differential relay and network coding A method of propagating data packets in a network of nodes is disclosed. The method, implemented at one of the nodes, includes: collecting a set of first data packets during a first time period, the set including at least one data packet received from one or more first nodes in the network; obtaining a plurality of encoded data packets, each one of the plurality of encoded data packets being generated by combining two or more first data packets of the set using network coding; determining a mapping of the plurality of encoded data packets and the first data packets of the set to one or more neighbouring nodes connected to the node; and transmitting the plurality of encoded data packets and the first data packets of the set to the one or more neighbouring nodes according to the determined mapping.
US11463444B2	Cloud-based privileged access management A secure cloud-based privileged access management (CBPAM) service manages on-premise resources. While enrolling an on-premise authentication domain admin group, a secured cloud-based shadow administrating group (SCBSAG) is created; a SCBSAG security identification includes at least part of the enrollee's security identification. The SCBSAG belongs to a clean CBPAM authentication domain which may be secured by defense in depth controls such as time limits on authentication or authorization, password avoidance, least privilege, one-way syncing, and one-way trust. Management via the configured SCBSAG may be fostered by emptying the on-premise admin group, although a break glass account may be kept. CBPAM services direct administrative actions toward on-premise resources through SCBSAGs for cloud tenants, providing secure management control as a service, with broader geographic scope and lower maintenance burdens and costs than privileged access management approaches that are not cloud-based.
US11463439B2	Systems and methods for device authentication and protection of communication on a system on chip Methods and computing devices configured to implement the methods for authenticating processing devices on a system on chip (SoC) for encrypted communication. An SoC may include a plurality of memories configured to store equivalent ephemeral shared data sets. A first processing device of the SoC may select first elements from a first ephemeral shared data set, generate a rule set indicating the first elements, send the rule set to a second processing device of the SoC, and generate a first result based on the first elements. The second processing device may receive the rule set, select second elements from a second ephemeral shared data set, generate a second result based on the second elements, and send the second result to the first processing device. The first processing device may receive the second result and authenticate the second processing device based on a comparison of the first and second results.
US11463438B2	Network device authentication for information security An authentication device that is configured to receive an authentication request that includes a device identifier from a user device. The authentication device is further configured to identify a first device that is associated with the device identifier and to send a device fingerprint request to the first device. The authentication device is further configured to receive a first device fingerprint for the first device. The first device fingerprint is uniquely associated with the first device and includes a unique bit string that is generated based on a configuration of the first device. The authentication device is further configured to identify a second device fingerprint that is associated with the first device from among a plurality of device fingerprints stored in a memory, to compare the first device fingerprint to the second device fingerprint, and to send an authentication response to the user device based on the comparison.
US11463434B2	Computer-based systems involving enhanced one-time passcode (OTP) messaging and methods of use thereof Systems and methods for enhanced OTP messaging, comprising: receiving a request from an application executing on a computing device of a user; generating the supplemental information based on the request; segmenting the supplemental information into a first part of the supplemental information and a second part of the supplemental information; transmitting the first part of the supplemental information to the computing device of the user via a first communication channel to another app executing on the computing device of the user; instructing the another app to allow the user to utilize one or more graphical user interface (GUI) elements of a GUI of the another app to transfer the first part of the supplemental information to the app; and transmitting the second part of the supplemental information to the computing device of the user via a second communication channel so as to provide the supplemental information to the app.
US11463433B1	Secure bearer-sensitive authentication and digital object transmission system and method for spoof prevention An authentication system for detecting a phishing attack by a Man in Middle (MIM) on an end-user. The system includes a communicating device of the end-user and an authentication server for determining if a MIM (spoofing) or the end-user is communicating with the authentication server. The communicating device includes a bearer sensitive one-time password (BOTP) generator for generating a specific BOTP specifically associated with the communicating device where the BOTP is derived using a unique differentiating observable attribute (UDOA) of the communicating device. The communicating device sends the BOTP to the authentication server which uses the perceived UDOA of the received BOTP and calculates an authenticator server BOTP. The authentication server also determines if the received BOTP matches the BOTP calculated by the authenticating server and terminates/rejects the session if the BOTPs do not match. A similar system and method may be utilized to authenticate a digital object.
US11463432B2	Data leakage prevention over application programming interface A method by a network device for assigning data types to data values included in application programming interface (API) responses sent by an API server to one or more API clients via an API. The method includes obtaining a first set of API responses from an endpoint of the API, generating a profile for the endpoint of the API based on analyzing the first set of API responses, where the profile of the endpoint indicates an expected structure of API responses and expected data types associated with data fields included in API responses, obtaining a second set of API responses, and using the profile of the endpoint of the API to assign data types to data values included in API responses in the second set of API responses.
US11463428B2	Method and system of piggybacking user registration with mirrored identities to achieve federation without on-premises identities A method, a non-transitory computer readable medium, and a system are disclosed for user registration with mirrored identities to achieve federation without on-premises identities. The method including: forwarding, from a computer processor, a password-based authentication request for a user to an active directory for access to cloud services; receiving, on the computer processor, a cloud authentication from the active directory for the user; piggybacking, on the computer processor, the cloud authentication for the user from the active directory with a FIDO2 registration to an authentication server; requesting, by the computer processor, an application or service from a cloud provider with the cloud authentication for the user from the FIDO2 registration; and receiving, on the computer processor, the application or service from the cloud provider.
US11463422B1	Decoupling secure communication sessions from transport mechanisms A first communicating entity determines session state parameters of a security protocol session between itself and a second communicating entity. The first entity uses the session state parameters to transmit a first set of messages of the session to the second entity via a first communication mechanism. The first entity also uses the session state parameters to transmit a second set of messages of the session to the second entity via a second communication mechanism.
US11463416B1	Automatic detection of personal information in cloud-based infrastructure configurations Devices, systems, and methods are provided detecting personal information in cloud-based infrastructure configuration. A method may include sending, by a computer-based system, a first request to a first service associated with the computer-based system, the first request associated with first application programming interface (API) call data. The method may include receiving the first API call data from the first service. The method may include determining, based on the first API call data, first data associated with the first service, and determining that the first data includes personal information. The method may include sending a message to a device, the message indicative of the personal information. The method may include receiving a second request to modify the first data, and modifying the first data based on the second request.
US11463414B2	Secure remote connections in industrial internet of things A method for establishing a secure remote connection between a user device and a target device, wherein the target device has no direct internet connectivity. A first gateway receives a first connection request from the user device, the first connection request including an access token. The access token is validated in an identity and access management service, and, after successful validation, a first tunnel is established between the user device and the target device via one or more intermediate gateways. The target device receives a second connection request from the user device, the second connection request including the access token. A second tunnel is established between the target device and an identity and access management service via the one or more intermediate gateways, and the access token is validated in the identity and access management service via the second tunnel.
US11463412B1	Protected configuration of a virtual private network server A method including accessing, by a device associated with a virtual private network (VPN) server, an initial operating system stored on a read-only device, the initial operating system being associated with the VPN server providing VPN services; receiving, by the device from the read-only device, a request for authentication information to authenticate the device as an authorized recipient of the initial operating system; transmitting, by the device to the read-only device, the authentication information; and receiving, by the device from the read-only device, the initial operating system based at least in part on transmitting the authentication information. Various other aspects are contemplated.
US11463405B2	Methods and systems for efficient encrypted SNI filtering for cybersecurity applications A packet-filtering system described herein may be configured to filter packets with encrypted hostnames in accordance with one or packet-filtering rules. The packet-filtering system may resolve a plaintext hostname from ciphertext comprising an encrypted Server Name Indication (eSNI) value. The packet-filtering system may resolve the plaintext hostname using a plurality of techniques. Once the plaintext hostname is resolved, the packet-filtering system may then use the plaintext hostname to determine whether the packets are associated with one or more threat indicators. If the packet-filtering system determines that the packets are associated with one or more threat indicators, the packet-filtering system may apply a packet filtering operation associated with the packet-filtering rules to the packets.
US11463403B2	Internet connected household identification for online measurement and dynamic content delivery A method, apparatus, system, and computer readable storage medium provide the ability to identify an internet connected household (ICH). An Internet Protocol (IP) address is received at an Internet entity. Determinations are made regarding whether device activity from the IP address does not exceed a defined activity threshold and whether an IP assignment age for the IP address is greater than a defined threshold age. Based on the determinations, the IP address can be identified as belonging to an ICH or not.
US11463400B2	Resolving domain name system (DNS) requests via proxy mechanisms Systems and methods are described herein for providing proxy mechanisms for DNS services, such as resolving DNS requests. In some embodiments, the systems and methods establish a Proxy DNS module at a DNS resolver of an internet service provider, and access, with the proxy DNS module, DNS queries destined for a public name server. The name server may be accessible by the DNS resolver via a publically-accessible network. Further, the systems and methods may route the accessed DNS queries to a private name server associated with the proxy DNS module and accessible via a private communications channel, and receive, from the private name server and via the private communications channel, IP addresses associated with the DNS queries.
US11463396B2	Systems and methods for triggering redisplay of a postponed message A method of postponing an electronic message is performed at a computing device having one or more processors and memory. The memory stores one or more programs configured for execution by the one or more processors. The device displays a first electronic message for a user of the computing device and receives user input to postpone the first electronic message. In response to the user input, the device displays a plurality of postponement locations in a user interface window and receives user selection of a postponement location from the displayed plurality of postponement locations. The device then inhibits display of the first electronic message at the computing device. When it is subsequently determined that the computing device is at the first postponement location, the device redisplays the first electronic message.
US11463395B1	System and method of providing notifications A method is provided comprising a notification platform computer transmitting a first message to a first end user device requesting selection by the device of a first notification time at which to receive at least one notification. The method also comprises the computer transmitting a second message to a second end user device requesting selection by the second device of a second notification time at which to receive at least one notification. The method comprises the computer receiving a first response to the first message from the first device, the first response advising of a first selection of the first time. The computer receives a second response to the second message from the second device advising of a second selection of a second notification time, the second time differing from the first time.
US11463393B2	Apparatus and method for alternate channel communication initiated through a common message thread A server has a processor and a memory storing a multiple channel message thread module with instructions executed by the processor to identify when participants at client devices are actively viewing a common message thread at the same time to establish a participant viewing state. An alternate channel communication lock prompt is supplied the client devices in response to the participant viewing state. An alternate channel communication is delivered to the client devices in response to activation of the alternate channel communication lock prompt by at least one participant.
US11463392B2	Regulation of SPF policy terms Sender Policy Framework (SPF) is a widely used method of distinguishing authorized email from unauthorized email. SPF policies are published into a domain's DNS and then looked up and evaluated by mail receivers. Due to the complexity and limitations of the SPF specification, implementation mistakes and risks are widespread. This problem is compounded by the common practice of nesting SPF policies which introduces hidden risks, particularly exceeding DNS lookup limits. Embodiments of the present disclosure enable new SPF techniques such as selectively inactivating parts of a policy by introducing a virtual-all term, designed to secure against the third-party term inclusions in the policy. When the primary policy is online, the virtual-all term may serve as a terminate policy evaluation much like a traditional “all” term. If the primary policy is offline, a “fail open” may be produced, allowing policy evaluation to proceed into previously inactivated segment of the policy.
US11463391B2	Systems and methods for processing user concentration levels for workflow management Systems and methods for processing user data are disclosed. A system may include a memory storing instructions and at least one processor configured to execute the instructions to perform operations. The operations may include receiving, from a sensor, first user data associated with a client device; receiving, from a filter model, feature data corresponding to the first user data, the feature data comprising at least one of workflow information, system messages, or email addresses; training a meta-model to predict the first user data based on the feature data; generating a meta-model output based on the filter model and the feature data; updating the filter model based on the meta-model output; and transmitting the updated filter model to the client device.
US11463390B2	Selecting attachments for electronic mail messages Described embodiments provide systems and methods of selecting files to attach to an electronic mail. A server may identify, for each file of a plurality of files, a file context using content of each file. The server may identify, responsive to a request from a client for one or more attachments to add to an electronic mail, a mail context for the electronic mail based at least on content of the electronic mail. The server may compare the file context of at least one of the plurality of files with the mail context of the electronic mail. The server may select one or more files from the plurality of files based on the comparison of the file context with the mail context. The server may provide the client a list of the one or more files for selection as the one or more attachments for the electronic mail.
US11463384B2	System and method for dynamic virtualized network function descriptor management A Virtual Network Function Descriptor (VNFD) parameter may include subfields that allow a management entity to determine whether the VNFD parameter can be updated. The subfields may include a write-ability subfield that indicates whether the VNFD parameter is a dynamic/configurable VNFD parameter or a fixed/static VNFD parameter. The VNFD parameter may also include an access permission subfield that indicates which entities are authorized to modify/update the VNFD parameter. The VNFD parameter may also include an administrative priority subfield that indicates a priority of an entity that set an attribute of the VNFD parameter. The VNFD parameter may also include a constraints subfield that indicates one or more conditions that are required to occur in order for the VNFD parameter to be updated.
US11463381B2	Network forwarding element with key-value processing in the data plane Some embodiments of the invention provide a forwarding element (e.g., a switch, a router, etc.) that has one or more data plane, message-processing pipelines with key-value processing circuits. The forwarding element's data plane key-value circuits allow the forwarding element to perform key-value services that would otherwise have to be performed by data compute nodes connected by the network fabric that includes the forwarding element. In some embodiments, the key-value (KV) services of the forwarding element and other similar forwarding elements supplement the key-value services of a distributed set of key-value servers by caching a subset of the most commonly used key-value pairs in the forwarding elements that connect the set of key-value servers with their client applications. In some embodiments, the key-value circuits of the forwarding element perform the key-value service operations at message-processing line rates at which the forwarding element forwards messages to the data compute nodes and/or to other network forwarding elements in the network fabric.
US11463374B2	Providing high availability for a thin-provisioned container cluster A system and method for providing high availability for a thin-provisioned container cluster includes a memory, one or more processors in communication with the memory, a scheduler executing on the one or more processors, and a spot instance market monitor. The spot instance market monitor receives market information about spot instances in a cloud system at a first time. The spot instances are available to a client at the first time. The spot instance market monitor determines, based on the market information, a respective reliability value for each of the spot instances at the first time. Then, the scheduler selects one spot instance among the spot instances based on the reliability value of the spot instance. In response to the selection of the spot instance, the scheduler schedules a container on the spot instance and executes the container on the spot instance.
US11463373B2	In-vehicle communication system, relay device, and communication method A relay device directly connected to end nodes in an in-vehicle network transmits a failure detection packet to each end node. When each end node can receive the failure detection packet, each end node transmits a response to the relay device. When the relay device receives the response, the relay device transmits another failure detection packet. The end node determines that the in-vehicle network is normal when the value of the previous failure detection packet does not match the value of the other failure detection packet, and determines that the in-vehicle network is not normal when the value of the previous failure detection packet matches the value of the other failure detection packet.
US11463371B2	Discovery and adjustment of path maximum transmission unit Methods, systems, and apparatuses for discovering dynamic path maximum transmission unit (PMTU) between a sending computing device and a receiving computing device (e.g., a client device and a host device) are described herein. A sending computing device may iteratively transmit bursts of probe packets, each burst being defined by a search range between a maximum packet size and a minimum packet size. The sending computing device may iteratively update the search range based on the previous iteration until the search converges on the PMTU. When the PMTU is discovered, each of the computing devices may update their transport and presentation layer buffers based on the discovered PMTU without any other protocol level disruption. In a multi-path scenario, the computing device may discover PMTU for each of the paths and select a performance optimal path based on the individual PMTUs and other network characteristics such as loss, latency, and throughput.
US11463368B2	Rate limiter Systems and methods of rate limiting are disclosed herein. In some example embodiments, a rate limiter service receives a request from an online application to access an online resource, and the rate limiter service transmits an indication of the request to a back end system, and an enforcement decision corresponding to the online resource is received from the back end system, with the enforcement decision comprising an instruction to either permit or deny access to the online resource, and the receiving of the enforcement decision from the back end system being performed asynchronously with the receiving of the request and the transmitting of the indication. In some example embodiments, the enforcement decision received from the back end system is stored, the stored enforcement decision is accessed in response to the receiving of the request, and the request is responded to using the accessed enforcement decision.
US11463367B1	Methods and system for adaptively managing the distribution of network traffic Embodiments of methods and systems for managing traffic across a WAN are disclosed. A method involves advertising an input rate limit across a WAN from a first node, advertising an input distribution array across the WAN from the first node, wherein the input distribution array includes forwarding class-specific weights, and adapting at least one of the input rate limit and the input distribution array in response to an error between a target forwarding class distribution and an observed input traffic distribution.
US11463366B1	Autonomous network optimization using network templates This disclosure is directed to network optimization in a complex joint network for increasing the network utility of the complex joint network. A computing device in the complex joint network may receive a data flow via a complex joint network. The computing device may determine, based on a network template, a mission utility associated with the data flow and a traffic class associated with the data flow. The computing device may control one or more quality of service decisions based at least in part on the mission utility associated with the data flow and the traffic class associated with the data flow.
US11463364B2	Methods, nodes and operator network for enabling filtering of traffic from an application Methods, a policy node, an application node, a storage node and an operator network for enabling filtering of traffic from an application hosted by the application node are disclosed. The policy node receives, from the application node, application content information relating to the filtering of the traffic and an identifier of the application to which the application content information applies, wherein the application content information comprises an indication relating to application content category of the traffic, and wherein the application content information comprises one or more of an adaptability indicator specifying whether the application is able to adapt the traffic to a given user content category, and a notification indicator specifying whether the application is able to notify, to the policy node, an application content category before providing requested traffic. The policy node further transmits, by the policy node to the storage node, the application content information.
US11463363B2	Method and apparatus for inter-cell load balance in wireless communication system A method and an apparatus for an inter-cell load balance in a wireless communication system are provided. The method of an inter-cell load balance of a first base station in a heterogeneous network wireless communication system including the first base station and a second base station includes configuring a first reserve area for the second base station, for the inter-cell load balance and controlling an inter-base station load balance according to the first reserve area.
US11463362B2	Dynamic token bucket method adaptive to opaque server limits A method and system for reducing triggering of throughput penalties imposed on a group of users by a software-as-a-service (SaaS) server due to Application Programming Interface (API) calls exceeding limits of the SaaS server is disclosed. The approaches include actions of intercepting requests to the SaaS server from a user group and monitoring both a rate of API calls for the requests and a rate of API events generated by forwarding the API calls to the SaaS server, intercepting the SaaS server's responses, where some of the responses indicate a throughput penalty imposed by the server, inferring load conditions of the SaaS server by analyzing the varying rate of API events against the responses with imposition of throughput penalty and setting an API call throttle limit dynamically adaptive to the inferred load conditions, then throttling the rate of the API calls for the group's requests according to the throttle limit.
US11463360B2	System and method for range matching Methods and systems for range matching. The system holds a definition of one or more ranges of Internet Protocol (IP) addresses. The definition may specify any desired number of ranges of any suitable size, and some ranges may overlap one another or be contained in one another. The definition may also specify certain returned values and/or relative priorities for the various ranges. In a pre-processing phase, a hash table that is subsequently queried with addresses to be range-matched. The hash table may be updated at run-time. During operation, the system receives addresses (e.g., extracts addresses from monitored communication traffic) and identifies by querying the hash table, for each address, whether the address falls within any of the ranges.
US11463357B2	Method and system for propagating network traffic flows between end points based on service and priority policies A method and system for processing network traffic is disclosed. The method includes receiving one or more service policies from a control plane service. For each of service policies, a value pattern is generated using at least one of a source group data item and a destination group data item, and a pattern mask is generated on subset of bit locations in the value pattern. The method includes updating a lookup table to incorporate each of the one or more service policies that entails allocating memory for consolidating a new entry in a portion of the lookup table designated for control plane policies. The new entry includes a binding relating the value pattern and the pattern mask to a lookup table result, and the lookup table result specifies a traffic flow instruction and a priority level included in a service policy of the one or more service policies.
US11463356B2	Systems and methods for forming on-premise virtual private cloud resources A packet forwarding network may include spine and leaf switches that forward network traffic between end hosts. The packet forwarding network may be implemented on multiple network racks in a rack-based system. A controller may control the underlying spine and leaf switches to form on-premise virtual private cloud (VPC) resources. In particular, the controller may form enterprise VPC (EVPC) tenants, each having a virtual router that performs routing between different segments within the corresponding EVPC tenant. The different segments may separately include web, application, and database servers, as end hosts. The controller may form a system VPC tenant having a virtual system router that performs routing between different EVPC tenants. A segment in an internal VPC tenant formed by the controller and/or an external VPC tenant formed by the controller may provide external network access for one or more of the EVPC tenants.
US11463352B1	Manipulating bottlenecks in systems modeled as networks A technique is described for quantifying the effect of a perturbation on a property of a network link or flow, and to add a new flow, reroute an existing flow, or to reshape a flow, based on a quantitative estimation of the perturbation.
US11463350B2	Interconnecting local RPL instance nodes via global RPL instance node as AODV relay In one embodiment, a method comprises: determining, by a network device that is configured for joining a local directed acyclic graph (DAG) instance in a data network, an unreachability by the network device to any member of the local DAG instance; generating and broadcasting, by the network device, a request message that identifies the network device requesting to join the local DAG instance, the request message causing a neighboring network device in a global DAG instance of the data network to rebroadcast the request message for reception by a member of the local DAG instance, the neighboring network device a non-member of the local DAG instance; and receiving, by the network device, a reply message indicating a member of the local DAG instance is reachable via the neighboring network device in the global DAG instance.
US11463347B2	Point-to-multipoint Layer-2 network extension over Layer-3 network Techniques are disclosed for session-based routing of multipoint Open Systems Interconnection (OSI) Model Layer-2 (L2) frames of an L2 network extended over Layer-3 (L3) networks. In one example, L2 networks connect a source device to an ingress router and receiver devices to egress routers. An L3 network connects the ingress and egress routers. The ingress router receives, from the source device, a multipoint L2 frame destined for the receiver devices. The ingress router forms, for each egress router that is connected to at least one multipoint receiver device, a unicast L3 packet for the L2 frame and forwards the unicast L3 packet to the egress router. Each egress router generates, in response to receiving the unicast L3 packet, the multipoint L2 frame and forwards, to the receiver devices, the multipoint L2 frame.
US11463344B2	Control device, control methods and programs Provided are a control apparatus, a control method, and a program capable of designing efficient end-to-end monitoring in a VPN infrastructure. The control apparatus according to the present invention controls end-to-end monitoring in a VPN infrastructure in which communications of a plurality of users are superimposed. The control apparatus includes a user end database 11 that stores information about customer edge apparatuses (CEs) for each of the users, each of the CEs serving as a monitoring end of end-to-end monitoring, an end-to-end path database 12 that stores information about all links included in a path between the CEs, and an end-to-end monitoring management unit 13 that sets a monitoring path for end-to-end monitoring to between the CEs so that combinations of the monitoring path passing through each of the links are coprime.
US11463343B2	SDWAN overlay routing service Systems and methods of software-defined wide area network (SDWAN) device routing are provided using a cloud-based overlay routing service that utilizes, a cloud-BGP service (CBS), and a path computation module (PCM), and overlay agents (OAs) implemented on the tenant side. The Oas, CBS, and PCM may interact with each other, e.g., publish/update local states, route prefixes, etc. to create/maintain routing in the SDWAN.
US11463339B2	Device and method for delivering acknowledgment in network transport protocols A first network device is configured to: transmit data packets and poll messages to a second network device; and receive, in response to each poll message, at least one status message from the second network device. The at least one status message indicates which of the data packets sent before that poll message have been correctly received at the second network device and/or have been lost. The first network device is configured to adapt a rate of transmitting the poll messages based on a set of parameters. Further, a second network device is configured to: receive data packets from a first network device; and transmit at least one unsolicited status message to the first network device, in case of certain conditions.
US11463336B2	Conferencing session management Electronic conferences allow participants to join lectures, meetings, and other events remotely via connection of a computing device to a network. The quality received by each node may not be ideal, or even satisfactory. Presenters of the conference content are made aware of the state of the participants by determining, at the end device receiving the conference, a quality of the conference. A monitoring node, such as a communication device utilized by a presenter, may then provide indications of the quality received.
US11463328B2	Training a machine learning algorithm to create survey questions In some examples, a server may determine that a case, created to address an issue of a computing device, is closed and perform an analysis of a communication session between a user and a technician and the steps taken by the technician to resolve the issue. Machine learning may be used on results of the analysis to predict potential pain points. For example, steps that take longer than average and during which particular words spoken by the user increase in pitch and/or volume may be predicted to be potential pain points. The machine learning may create questions for inclusion in a custom survey based on the potential pain points. The custom survey may be presented to the user. The answers may be correlated with the potential pain points to determine actual pain points in the steps taken to resolve the issue.
US11463325B2	Multi-layer optical network management graphical user interface and visualizations A network management system includes a network interface communicatively coupled to one or more network elements in a network for exchanging Operations, Administration, Maintenance, and Provisioning (OAM&P) data; a processor communicatively coupled to the network interface; and memory storing instructions that, when executed, cause the processor to obtain the OAM&P data from the network, provide a Graphical User Interface (GUI) based on the network from the OAM&P data, wherein the GUI includes a network map which provides a topological view and a subway view which provides a detailed device-level view which is more granular than the network map and illustrates individual components at each site, receive a selection from a user of a service in the network, and update the GUI to highlight the service in the network map and illustrate the associated sites in the subway view.
US11463319B2	System and method for the collection, generation, and distribution of synthetic metrics for computer system management A system defines, creates, uses, and distributes information about other entities by collecting network information, recombining and synthesizing new network metrics from the collected network information, and then publishing one or more synthetic metrics datum describing the operation of the synthetic device, using a facading processing system. The technology herein has applications e.g., in the areas of network and computer systems management.
US11463315B1	Creating and managing dynamic workflows based on occupancy Techniques described herein relate to a method for deploying workflows. The method may include receiving, by a platform controller of a domain, a workflow portion and workflow constraints from a service controller of a federated controller, provisioning, by the platform controller, a set of devices in the domain to the workflow portion, executing the workflow portion in the domain using the set of devices, monitoring the executing of the workflow portion to determine an occupancy of the workflow portion, making a determination that the occupancy of the workflow portion exceeds an available capacity of the domain, providing, based on the determination, the occupancy to the service controller, and in response to the occupancy, performing, by the service controller, a remediation action.
US11463314B2	Automatically inferring software-defined network policies from the observed workload in a computing environment Techniques are disclosed for automatically inferring software-defined network policies from the observed workload in a computing environment. The disclosed techniques include monitoring network traffic flow originating from network interfaces corresponding to containers that execute components of an application, recording details of a new network connection or a change in the existing network connection, obtaining information concerning the components of the application, identifying metadata for a component involved in the new network connection or the change in an existing network connection based on a comparison of the details of the new network connection or a change in the existing network connection and the information concerning the components of the application, generating a network policy for the component using at least the metadata for the component, and integrating the network policy for the component into a deployment package for the application.
US11463312B2	Secure onboarding of network devices Techniques for automated configuration are provided. A first device detects a new device connected by one or more new links in a network, and the first device transmits, to a dynamic host configuration protocol (DHCP) server, a request for a first new subnet. The first device then assigns a first address of the first new subnet to a first new interface of the first device. The first device additionally transmits a second address of the first new subnet to the new device, where the new device uses the second address to establish connectivity to the network.
US11463309B1	Automated service integration in service meshes Methods, systems, and computer-readable storage media for receiving, by an IEE and from a target service, user action metadata and target information, the user action metadata representing an action of a user to the target service, determining that an integration recommendation is to be issued to the source service at least partially in response to the user action metadata, the integration recommendation recommending a service integration of the target service with the source service; and automatically executing, by the IEE, integration of the target service with the source service by calling an extension framework to generate an extension, the extension being installed in the source service, and calling a configuration framework to configure the source service having the extension installed therein, wherein, in response to the service integration, a user interface of the source service is populated with one or more fields of a user interface of the target service.
US11463303B2	Determining the health of other nodes in a same cluster based on physical link information The embodiments disclosed herein relate to using SNMP functionality for fast and accurate detection of node failure in a computer cluster. When cluster nodes are connected via a switch that provides SNMP capability, a trap mechanism can be used to immediately and proactively notify cluster nodes that a particular cluster node is disconnected from the network, potentially even before the remaining cluster nodes have noticed a lack of response. In addition, when a cluster node notices a lack of response from a particular cluster node, the switch can be queried for link status and traffic information that can be used for fast determination of node status.
US11463302B2	Information communicating device, information communicating method, information communicating system, and storage medium Provided is an information communication device which allows an appropriate transfer of communication data even in case of failure. This device includes: a communication unit which receives data transmitted from a device via a communication network; and a control unit which causes the communication unit to transmit data containing the data received to a first information processing device. If transmission of the data to the first information processing device fails, the information communication device identifies a second information processing device to which the data transmission process is assigned, based on information relating to the arrangement of each of one or more second information processing devices which information is relating to the second information processing devices, and information representing a priority level determined according to statistical information relating to the communication in each of the second information processing devices, and transfers the transmission data to the identified second information processing device.
US11463301B2	On-demand beam failure recovery resources Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described. A device in a wireless network may identify a resource for wireless communication, the resource being in a first state where the resource is active for wireless communication and is inactive for a communication failure recovery procedure. The device may determine that a communication failure has occurred during a first communication period. The device may transition, during a second communication period and based at least in part on the communication failure, the resource to a second state where the resource is inactive for wireless communication and is active for the communication failure recovery procedure. The device may perform the communication failure recovery procedure using the resource transitioned to the second state.
US11463300B2	Remediating false positives of intrusion detection systems with guest introspection The disclosure provides an approach for remediating false positives for a network security monitoring component. Embodiments include receiving an alert related to network security for a virtual computing instance (VCI). Embodiments include collecting, in response to receiving the alert, context information from the VCI. Embodiments include providing a notification to a management plane based on the alert and the context information. Embodiments include receiving, from the management plane, in response to the notification, an indication of whether the alert is a false positive. Embodiments include training a model based on the alert, the context information, and the indication to determine whether a given alert is a false positive.
US11463290B2	Device and method for improved demodulation of multiple modulation schemes A demodulation method and apparatus is disclosed that is for use on a modulated communication signal. The method includes receiving the modulated signal including a first set of complex symbols and at least one further set of complex symbols; applying a Forward Error Correction (FEC) decoding technique; applying a first phase estimation technique to the first set of symbols; applying a second phase estimation technique to the further set of symbols to determine phase information for the modulation signal using a first phase estimation means; and repeating in part using at least one further phase estimation means to identify the presence of phase rotation. Beneficially the method enables the use of large block sizes in the FEC technique.
US11463289B2	Machine learning-based demodulation method for energy-detecting MIMO receivers A method for receiving a plurality of separate signals transmitted respectively by a plurality of transmit antennas, includes the steps of: receiving a plurality of respective signals on a plurality of receive antennas, applying energy detection to each of the received signals, jointly demodulating the received signals by way of a machine-learning algorithm trained beforehand so as to learn to demodulate each modulated symbol of the transmitted signal based on the respective contributions of this modulated symbol that are received on the plurality of receive antennas.
US11463286B2	Wireless devices and systems including examples of full duplex transmission Examples described herein include systems and methods which include wireless devices and systems with examples of full duplex compensation with a self-interference noise calculator. The self-interference noise calculator may be coupled to antennas of a wireless device and configured to generate adjusted signals that compensate self-interference. The self-interference noise calculator may include a network of processing elements configured to combine transmission signals into sets of intermediate results. Each set of intermediate results may be summed in the self-interference noise calculator to generate a corresponding adjusted signal. The adjusted signal is received by a corresponding wireless receiver to compensate for the self-interference noise generated by a wireless transmitter transmitting on the same frequency band as the wireless receiver is receiving.
US11463282B2	Sounding-interval adaptation using link quality A method for sounding-interval adaptation using link quality for use in an apparatus is provided. The apparatus includes a sounding transceiver. The method includes the following steps: periodically transmitting a sounding packet to a beamformee through a downlink channel from the apparatus to the beamformee using a first sounding interval; in response to the sound transceiver successfully receiving a report packet from the beamformee to respond to the sounding packet, obtaining a current first channel profile from the report packet, and calculating a first LQ (link quality) value of the beamformee using the current first channel profile and a previous first channel profile; searching an LQ-mapping table using the first LQ value to obtain a second sounding interval; and adaptively adjusting the first sounding interval using the second sounding interval in response to a comparison result of the current first channel profile and the previous first channel profile.
US11463272B2	Scalable in-network computation for massively-parallel shared-memory processors A network device configured to perform scalable, in-network computations is described. The network device is configured to process pull requests and/or push requests from a plurality of endpoints connected to the network. A collective communication primitive from a particular endpoint can be received at a network device. The collective communication primitive is associated with a multicast region of a shared global address space and is mapped to a plurality of participating endpoints. The network device is configured to perform an in-network computation based on information received from the participating endpoints before forwarding a response to the collective communication primitive back to one or more of the participating endpoints. The endpoints can inject pull requests (e.g., load commands) and/or push requests (e.g., store commands) into the network. A multicast capability enables tasks, such as a reduction operation, to be offloaded to hardware in the network device.
US11463271B1	Communication bridging in a remote office environment Certain aspects of the disclosure are directed to communication bridging among disparate platforms in a remote communications environment involving first and second chat rooms. According to a specific example, a communications system is configured to provide remote communications services including a communication bridging service and another type of data communications services, in the remote communications environment. In certain embodiments the system may provide or generate connectivity data, such as a uniform resource locator (URL), to facilitate formation of the communication bridge, and may identify chat room protocols associated with the first and second chat rooms. The system is further configured to translate chat messages using the specifications for the first and second chat room protocols, and transmit chat messages between the first chat room and the second chat room.
US11463264B2	Use of data block signatures for monitoring in an information management system An information management method and system stores signatures (e.g., hashes or cryptographically unique IDs) corresponding to the individual data blocks of files or other data objects. The method and system may compare signatures for a file against a database of signatures for other stored files. If there are a threshold amount of matching signatures, the system can identify a relationship between the files, such as to identify potential security threats in the information management system.

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