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US11583099B2	Dual-chamber air bed A dual-chamber air bed includes an air pump, a bed body air chamber and peripheral air chambers. The air bed is enclosed by a top surface, a bottom surface and a side wall. An upper supplementary-material encircling piece is provided between the top surface and the side wall; a lower supplementary-material encircling piece is provided between the bottom surface and the side wall. The peripheral air chambers are enclosed by the top surface, the side wall and the upper supplementary-material encircling piece, and by the bottom surface, the side wall and the lower supplementary-material encircling piece. The bed body air chamber is enclosed by the top surface, the bottom surface, the side wall, the upper supplementary-material encircling piece, and the lower supplementary-material encircling piece.
US11583097B2	Mattress assembly A mattress assembly includes a cover, a spring pack positioned within the cover, and an inner core positioned within the cover. The inner core includes opposite first and second portions. The first portion has a firmness that is different than a firmness of the second portion. The inner core is configured to be moved between a first configuration in which the first portion directly engages the spring pack and a second configuration in which the second portion directly engages the spring pack to alter a firmness of a sleep surface of the mattress. Methods of use are disclosed.
US11583096B1	Multi-zone temperature modulation system for bed or blanket A temperature modulation system for a bed, blanket, or other furniture includes a fluid for moderating temperature change, a number of conduit circuits for directing the fluid through respective zones, a control unit including a thermoelectric device for modulating temperature of the fluid, and a pump. Each of the conduit circuits selectively and independently directs fluid through its respective zone in order to produce a temperature within the zone that is independent of the temperature outside the zone. The system also includes an arrangement of one or more zones in an arrangement in which the control unit is programmed to vary the zone temperature over time according to a schedule.
US11583094B2	Method and apparatus for holding a book or other handheld object A method and apparatus for holding a book or other hand-held object is disclosed. The book holder comprises an encasement portion and a book holder support platform attached thereto. The book holder support platform may be vertically lowered or raised to fit the needs of the user. The encasement portion comprises material that easily stretches over or around a seatback or other substantially vertically upright support structure.
US11583093B2	Chair with back support guiding arrangement A chair includes a seat support, a leg frame extended underneath the seat support, a back support upwardly extended from the seat support, and a back support guiding arrangement. The back support guiding arrangement includes a guiding wheel rotatably mounted on a rear side of the back support for biasing against an external object so that when the back support of the chair accidentally hits the external object, the guiding wheel is arranged to act as a buffer to minimize damage imparted on the external object.
US11583087B2	Posture correction mechanism A posture correction mechanism includes a carrier attached to a housing, and a gearwheel rotatably attached to the housing, the gearwheel includes a screw hole engaged with a screw which is moveable up and down relative to the housing for driving the gearwheel to rotate relative to the housing, two shafts are rotatably attached to the carrier and each has an arm rest, two gears are rotatably attached to the carrier and engaged with the gearwheel, the gears are connected to the shafts for allowing the shafts to be driven by the gearwheel to rotate relative to the carrier and for allowing the arm rests to be rotated toward or away from the user.
US11583084B2	Piece of seating and reclining furniture and method for adjusting a piece of seating and reclining furniture The invention relates to the adjustment of a piece of seating and reclining furniture with a seat and a backrest, in a positioning mode the seat and/or the backrest are optionally positioned in an upright basic position, a first reclining position or a second reclining position by means of at least one actuator and the seat and/or the backrest in an activatable relaxation mode being movable back and forth. The seat and/or the backrest is adjusted in the positioning mode as well as in the activatable relaxation mode between the first reclining position and the second reclining position by means of the same actuator.
US11583083B2	Seating furniture having a wall-away function and a foot part that can be pivoted out An item of seating furniture includes a chassis, a seat part having a pivotable inclination, a back part pivotable relative to the seat part, and a foot part, which is connected to the seat part via a foot-part adjustment mechanism and can be pivoted out. To adjust the item of seating furniture from an upright sitting position into a lying position, the seat part is moved forward relative to the chassis. In the sitting position, the foot part is pivoted in, substantially underneath the seat part. In the lying position, the foot part is pivoted out, in front of the seat part, such that the seat part is extended by the foot part. When being pivoted into a lying position, the back part moves forward, together with the seat part, relative to the chassis, and therefore, in any pivoted position, the back part does not project, or only insignificantly projects, beyond the rear edge of the item of seating furniture.
US11583079B1	Furniture spacer A furniture spacer (1) that maintains an even gap between a piece of furniture and a wall thereby protecting the furniture and wall from damage while providing an attractive design aesthetic.
US11583078B2	Extendable drawer slide A drawer slide may include features for installation of the drawer slide to a cabinet and/or features for withdrawing rails of the drawer slide from one another. The features for installation of the drawer slide may include offset surfaces in a web of a rail, for example allowing for clearance for mounting hardware, and/or openings allowing for various positioning of the rail on a cabinet. The features for withdrawing rails from one another may include a moveable disconnect lever allowing for release of a catch of a rail, and/or a moveable hook.
US11583077B2	Pull-out guide for drawers provided with a device for the height adjustment of the drawer A pull-out guide for drawers, comprising a fixed guide part which can be anchored to the body of an item of furniture and a movable guide part on which a drawer or the like can be fastened, an adjustment device being provided comprising a guide element for a movable support member, the guide element of the adjustment device being separated from the movable guide part and provided in a single piece with the front stop element and/or the front centering element, the guide element extending inclined with respect to the longitudinal axis of the movable guide part.
US11583073B2	Shelf support beams and shelving units utilizing same A shelf support beam (80, 130, 200) for use in a shelving unit (10) to support a shelf (22). A structural member (82, 132, 202) has a C-shaped cross-section. A web (94, 144, 216) separates a top flange (96, 146, 220) from a bottom flange (112, 162, 234). The top flange (96, 146, 220) is configured to support the shelf (22). The web (94, 144, 216), the top flange (96, 146, 220), and the bottom flange (112, 162, 234) define a channel (92, 142, 214) of the member (82, 132, 202). The channel (92, 142, 214) defines a cavity height (C1, D1, E1). The top flange (96, 146, 220) and the bottom flange (112, 162, 234) define a top flange width (C2, D2, E2) and a bottom flange width (C3, D3, E3), respectively. A ratio of the cavity height (C1, D1, E1) to a sum of the top flange width (C2, D2, E2) and the bottom flange width (C3, D3, E3) is greater than 1, is at least 1.20, or is about 1.40. The C-shaped cross-section has a moment of inertia (98, 148, 238) of greater than 0.40, greater than 0.45, or at least 0.46. The top flange (96, 146, 220) includes an elevated portion (100, 150, 222) and a lower or shelf support portion (104, 154, 226) separated by a sidewall (106, 156, 230).
US11583072B2	Storage device for containing personal or other items at the beach or other location A storage device is provided including a support frame having a plurality of elongated support members and a stiffening bracket carried by the support members. An enclosure may be carried by the support frame. The enclosure may be foldable and have a fabric construction and may be detachably attached to the support frame. A plurality of closeable storage compartments may be provided in the enclosure. The storage compartments may contain items such as towels, clothes, shoes, lotion and other items used by a beachgoer or other user, at the beach or other location.
US11583070B2	Instrument and music stand Described is a multi-purpose instrument and music stand. The instrument and music stand includes a base assembly having a plurality of legs. A rod projects up from the base assembly. At least one attachment tang with a pair of side recesses is pivotally attached with the rod. A tang receptor is included that selectively attaches with the attachment tang. The tang receptor is formed with a button and geared detent parts. Depressing the button causes the pair of geared detent parts to simultaneously retract from the pair of side recesses of the attachment tang, thereby allowing a user to selectively attach and detach a music holder or other item from the tang and stand.
US11583069B2	Folding table and associated folding mechanisms A modular apron assembly for use in a folding mechanism is provided. The apron assembly may include a cross bar and four perpendicular bars. The perpendicular bars may be affixed to the cross bar and oriented substantially perpendicular to the cross bar. Two of the perpendicular bars may include a leg mount. A coupling flange may extend from each end of the cross bar. Each coupling flange may define a coupling hole for connecting to the coupling holes of an opposing apron assembly. An elbow flange may extend from the cross bar and define a mounting hole. The distance between the mounting hole and the coupling holes may be less than 40 millimeters, the distance between the coupling holes and the leg mounts may be more than 69 millimeters, and the distance between the coupling holes and the leg mounts may be less than 120 millimeters.
US11583066B2	Portable foam brush A portable foam brush assembly having a base having a soap supply, a water supply, and an electrical supply. A foam brush wand is detachably dockable to the base and in electrical and fluid communication with the foam brush wand having battery pack, a peristaltic pump, a reservoir chamber, a foaming chamber, an air pump, a brush and a momentary release switch. The base water supply and the base soap supply, when activated, are configured to travel by a water supply hose and a soap supply hose to a tee in the base where they are combined in a combined hose to a base quick coupler that is connectable to a reciprocal foam brush wand quick coupler, which has a foam brush wand hose to deliver the water soap mixture to bladder in the foam brush wand.
US11583065B2	Toothbrush A toothbrush includes an elongate handle stem and a brush head which is connected to the handle stem. The brush head carries a bristle array which contains a plurality of bristle bundles which, in order to improve the cleaning effect, in particular in the interdental spaces, have a plurality of bristle bundles attached to an outer edge of the bristle array, which have a diameter of between 0.8 and 1.2 mm and/or are formed from microfilaments with a diameter of 4 to 6 mils, the usage end of which tapers to a tip.
US11583054B1	Haircutting template A haircutting template is a plastic headpiece having a plurality of upper blade rows and a plurality of perpendicularly disposed lower blade rows in the shape of a head. The peripheral edge of the device has the shape of a common hairline. The template is capable of being removably secured about the head of a user by means of an adjustable strap.
US11583053B2	Digitally controlled hairdryer A digitally controlled hairdryer has removable attachments that are used to style hair. The hairdryer is powered with AC and DC power, with the DC power supply being separate from the main body. The removable attachments are powered and controlled by the hairdryer. The oscillating attachment has a motor that moves an oscillating portion to direct airflow from the outlet of the hairdryer.
US11583048B2	Bag with transparent compartment A bag with a transparent compartment is shown and described. The bag with a transparent compartment includes a first compartment. The first compartment includes a base having a plurality of sidewalls rising therefrom and a top section secured to the sidewalls at an end opposite the base. At least one of the sidewalls is comprised of a transparent material. An opening is located through the top section. The opening leads into the first compartment and the opening is further comprised of a closure device.
US11583043B2	Paper dispenser for article of jewelry An article of jewelry includes a housing divided into upper and lower portions. The housing can be moveable between an open configuration and a closed configuration. The housing can include therein a post on which a reel assembly including a paper roll can be assembled. One end of the paper roll can be extended through a nonlinear paper slot in an outer wall of the housing. The paper roll can include a plurality of printed messages, stickers, or other designs thereon. The nonlinear paper slot can provide tension to maintain the end of the paper roll within the nonlinear paper slot to facilitate tearing off the end of the paper roll.
US11583042B2	Bracelet with adjustable link for a watch or a piece of jewellery An adjustable link (10) for watch or jewellery bracelet (100), including a first element (1) and second element (2) assembled by spacing adjustment means (30) according to discrete positions, the first element (1) including a transverse chamber (15) enclosing two jaws (12A; 12B) returned one towards the other by springs (13A; 13B) and including notches (120A; 120B) for immobilising in various longitudinal positions (D) a stop element (5) integral with the second structural element (2), these jaws (12A; 12B) being disengageable by transverse push-buttons (3A; 3B), each including a protrusion or recess (31) continuously engaging with an complementary protrusion or recess (131) of the first structural element (1) for protecting the spacing adjustment means (30) against the insertion of foreign bodies, and for hiding same from the view of the user.
US11583039B2	Device for adjusting and clamping a strap The device for adjusting and clamping a strap comprises superposed first and second rings to define a slot for the strap to pass through. The second ring presses on the first ring. The slot for the strap to pass through is bounded by an outer edge of the second ring and an inner edge) of the first ring. The two rings are movable with respect to one another so that the slot for the strap to pass through is of variable thickness. A bottom surface of the first ring opposite the top surface of the first ring has a textured area provided with several salient elements designed to form an increased friction area between the strap and the bottom surface of the first ring. The textured area is separated from the outer edge of the second ring by the slot for the strap to pass through.
US11583038B2	Quick connect anchoring buckle Systems relating to a mechanical closure or locking device configured to allow for quick connect and disconnect. The systems can be used in conjunction with compression garments. The systems can include a buckle that couples to an anchor. The buckle and anchor can include complementary features that can mechanically interface to secure the buckle and anchor together. The buckle and anchor can include complementary magnetic elements to secure the buckle and anchor together. The buckle can be manipulated to tighten or loosen an adjustable strap.
US11583037B2	Measuring board and foot shape data creating system A measuring board having a simple structure is to be provided. A measuring board includes a main body having a foldable structure, and the main body includes a placement part on which a foot is placed and that includes a measurement marker, a wall part provided adjacent to the placement part and configured to position a heel during measurement, and supporting structures and that support the wall part. With such a configuration, a measuring board having a simple structure can be provided.
US11583036B2	Article of footwear with closure system Footwear that includes a closure system that enables a wearer to quickly and easily fasten the closure system is disclosed. The closure system may include a primary strap and a secondary strap arranged on opposite sides of the footwear where the secondary strap releasably attaches at one end to the primary strap and the primary strap releasably attaches at one end to the upper. The closure system allows for the secondary strap to be selectively attached to the primary strap prior to a wearer inserting a foot into the article of footwear such that the article of footwear is configured to be secured to the foot by simultaneously securing the primary strap and the secondary strap when releasable attachment region of the primary strap is attached to a releasable attachment region of located on the upper.
US11583032B2	Articles of footwear with adaptive-height bladder elements Articles of footwear can include an adaptive-height sole structure that includes a variable height bladder system. The sole structure can include one or more bladder systems positioned between a midsole and a banking plate. The banking plate can change its relative orientation to the midsole based on an inflation level of the bladder systems.
US11583031B2	Sole structure for article of footwear A sole structure for an article of footwear includes a forefoot region disposed adjacent an anterior end, a heel region disposed adjacent a posterior end, and a mid-foot region disposed intermediate the forefoot region and the heel region. The sole structure further includes fluid-filled bladder having a first segment extending along a medial side in the heel region, a second segment extending along a lateral side in the heel region, and a web area disposed between the first segment and the second segment. Additionally, the sole structure includes an outer sole member having an upper portion extending from a first end in the forefoot region to a second end in the heel region. The second end of the outer sole member is received on a first side of the web area. The outer sole member also includes a rib extending downwardly from the upper portion and defining a cavity.
US11583030B2	Sole structure for article of footwear A sole structure for an article of footwear having an upper includes a heel region, a forefoot region, and a mid-foot region disposed between the heel region and the forefoot region. The sole structure also includes a bladder including a first barrier layer cooperating with a second barrier layer to define a first chamber bounding a periphery of the heel region, and a second chamber extending from the mid-foot region through the forefoot region and including a plurality of segments extending from a medial side of the sole structure to a lateral side of the sole structure. Each of the segments of the second chamber includes a medial reservoir adjacent to the medial side and a lateral reservoir adjacent to the lateral side, the medial reservoir fluidly coupled to the lateral reservoir via a first conduit.
US11583028B2	Sandal The present invention relates to a sandal, in particular a trekking sandal, that comprises a sole for forming a separation layer between a foot area and the floor and at least one strap that is connected to the sole and serves the fastening of a foot in the sandal. The sandal is characterized in that the strap forms a loop that is adapted to deflect a strap guided through the loop in a fastening region by fastening two strap sections to one another.
US11583026B2	Automatic visor locking system A helmet with a visor includes structures that engage to prevent inadvertent retraction of the visor. The visor may be pressed against a shoulder formed around the face opening of the helmet responsive to an inward force. Arms securing the visor the helmet may be include a slot permitting sliding to facilitate this movement. The arms may include an arcuate slot and a radial slot engaging a guide pin mounted to the helmet. With the visor down, the guide pin slides within the radial slot. A protrusion on the visor may be urged into a receptacle on the helmet in response to an inward force. A latch may engage the helmet when the visor is down and be releasable manually.
US11583023B2	Hard hat attachment system and safety equipment A hard hat attachment system is described with front, back, and side mounts to support various accessories. Mounts of hard hat receive slots of a bracket that fit around the ridges. Auxiliary ridges receive clips within ports. The user customizes the hard hat for the particular task with the preferred accessories used to complete the job. For example, lamps, face-shields, reflectors, tool carriers, and eyeglass holders are interchangeably releasably coupled to mounting and/or auxiliary ridges on the hard hat. In this way, the hard hat is customized and/or modified to support a wide variety of accessories that are securely and releasably attached to mounting and/or auxiliary ridges without destructive alterations to the hard hat. Brackets couple to mounts and clips couple to ports to secure and/or lock various accessories in place during operation and prevent accidental knocks or jarring the accessory loose.
US11583020B2	Shirt stay with support clip and method of using a shirt stay A shirt stay is provided that includes a Z-shaped or S-shaped double-clip support body providing a dual gripping mechanism that prevents a top garment from becoming untucked, while preventing a bottom garment from slipping down from the waist. The double clip support body includes two permanently interlocked U-shaped spring clips oriented in opposite directions and interchangeable grips arranged on the U-shaped spring clips to adjust the spacing of the springs, and correspondingly, the spring tension, of the U-shaped spring clips. Grips having different characteristics can be interchanged with one another on the support body based on the thickness of, and/or type of, material used for each of the top garment and the bottom garment.
US11583018B2	Milanese band A metallic mesh material used to form a portion of a band or securing strap for a wearable electronic device. The band may include a magnetic tab for securing a wearable device to the wrist of a user. The tab may include one or magnetic elements that are configured to engage a surface of the mesh to secure the wearable device to the wrist of a user.
US11583016B2	Motorcycle hand signal glove A motorcycle rider hand signal glove that promotes safe visible hand signals while riding singly or in a group and does not require any form of electrical power is disclosed. I do not know of any other item that exist that compares to my motorcycle hand signal glove.
US11583008B2	Fine particle generating device Provided is a fine particle generating apparatus outputting usage information, and in particular, a fine particle generating apparatus that generates fine particles through electrical heating and outputs usage information thereof to a user. Also, provided is a fine particle generating apparatus that generates fine particles by determining whether a puff has occurred according to a temperature variation amount per unit time. Also, provided is a fine particle generating apparatus or an aerosol generating apparatus capable of changing puff conditions by controlling a heater. Also, provided is a fine particle generating apparatus that generates fine particles through electrical heating.
US11583007B2	Method for implementing feedback control function of aerosol generating apparatus, and aerosol generating apparatus According to an embodiment of the present disclosure, an aerosol generating apparatus having a feedback control function includes a heater configured to heat an aerosol generating substrate to generate an aerosol; a controller configured to generate a control signal for controlling power supplied to the heater; a switch configured to perform a switching operation based on the control signal to supply the power to the heater; and a comparison signal calculator configured to receive a signal by the switching operation to calculate a comparison target signal, wherein the controller is further configured to generate a cut-off signal for stopping the switching operation of the switch based on a comparison value calculated by comparing the comparison target signal with a reference signal exceeding a preset range.
US11583004B2	Vapor provision device with liquid capture An assembly for a vapor provision device includes a vapor generator for vaporizing source liquid, a liquid conduit for delivering source liquid from a reservoir to the vapor generator, and a liquid capture element in liquid transfer contact with at least a portion of the liquid conduit between the vapor generator and a part of the liquid conduit that receives liquid from the reservoir, and including an absorbent structure providing a lower capillary force than a capillary force of the liquid conduit.
US11583003B2	Connectors for forming electrical and mechanical connections between interchangeable units in an aerosol delivery system The present disclosure relates to aerosol delivery devices. In various implementations, the aerosol delivery devices comprise a control device that includes a battery, a control component, and an outer housing that defines receiving chamber, and a cartridge that includes a mouthpiece portion, a tank that contains a liquid composition, and a heater configured to heat the liquid composition. The cartridge and the control device each include at least one connector configured to provide a magnetic and an electrical connection between the cartridge and the control device such that the cartridge can be removably and operatively received into the cartridge receiving chamber of the control body, wherein the at least one connector of the cartridge is located on the mouthpiece portion.
US11583002B2	Electronic cigarettes having vaporizers with U shaped air path and methods of using the same The present disclosure relates to electronic cigarettes having vaporizer assembly with “U” shaped air path and methods of using the same. The electronic cigarette includes: mouthpiece assembly, electronic cigarette body, E-liquid storage tank having a negative air pressure cavity and a number of airflow channels forming “U” shaped air path, and the vaporizer assembly. The vaporizer assembly includes: one or more cylindrical E-liquid storage media, and one or more heating elements. The elements are electrically connected to an electrical power supply through negative air pressure activated switch. When a user sucks air from mouthpiece assembly, a negative air pressure is created in the negative air pressure cavity, the negative air pressure activated switch turns on the electrical power supply to the heating elements, and the heating elements vaporize the E-liquid stored in cylindrical E-liquid storage media to generate electronic cigarette vapor for the user through the “U” shaped air path.
US11583001B2	Aerosol delivery system An aerosol delivery system including a first engagement mechanism, a first power supply, and a first vaporizer, wherein the first vaporizer is arranged to selectively receive power from the first power supply to generate a first aerosol from a first aerosol precursor material for user inhalation; and a second aerosol delivery device including a second engagement mechanism, a second power supply, and a second vaporizer, wherein the second vaporizer is arranged to selectively receive power from the second power supply to generate a second aerosol from a second aerosol precursor material for user inhalation; wherein the first engagement mechanism of the first aerosol delivery device and the second engagement mechanism of the second aerosol delivery device are arranged to releasably co-engage with one another to selectively couple the first aerosol delivery device to the second aerosol delivery device so the first aerosol delivery device and the second aerosol delivery device may be used together to deliver the first and second aerosols to a single user when they are coupled together and may be used independently to deliver the first and second aerosols to different users when they are not coupled together.
US11583000B2	Devices for active humidification and flavouring An analysis and/or treatment device (100) for at least one smoking article (60). comprising a closable receptacle (4) for receiving the at least one smoking article (60) therein; a reservoir (62) for a fluid treatment material (8, 9); a hollow injection needle. (2) interiorly insertable into the smoking article (60) received in the receptacle (4) and operably connected to the reservoir (62); means (3) for moving the treatment material (9) from the reservoir (62) through the needle (2) into the interior of the smoking article (60); and at least one sensor means (15) provided in the receptacle (4) for detecting at least one parameter characterizing a property of the smoking article (60) and/or characterizing the treatment conditions in the receptacle (4). A method for applying a treatment to a smoking article (60), wherein the smoking article (60) is enclosed by a receptacle (4), and a treatment material (8,9) is inserted into the receptacle (4) and directly into the interior of the smoking article (60) as a function of parameters measured by sensor means (1), said parameters being indicative of at least one of the temperature and the humidity in the receptacle (4) and the smoking article (60).
US11582998B2	Smoking article with front-plug and method There is provided a smoking article that includes a plurality of elements, including a front-plug and an aerosol-forming substrate, assembled in contact with a cigarette paper to form a rod. The front-plug is located upstream from the aerosol-forming substrate. In use, a heating element is inserted into the smoking article and the aerosol-forming substrate is heated to generate an aerosol. When the heating element is subsequently withdrawn from the smoking article, the front-plug acts to retain the aerosol-forming substrate within the rod.
US11582996B2	Plant extracts and therapeutic compounds in smoking utensils and in honey complexes Methods and utensils are provided for administering plant extract(s) at controlled amount via smoking, as well as for providing complexes of honey and plant extracts. Plant extract(s) may be used in utensils that are inserted into a smoking appliance, and have indications of the compounds and/or characteristics of the plant extract. Upon smoking the smoking appliance, the plant extracts may be inhaled in pre-defined amounts. Using plant extracts in such way enables standardization of amounts and components thereof, and may be particularly applicable to cannabis oils. Furthermore, complexes of honey and plant extracts may be provided by letting bees step on or be soiled by plant extracts on their way into the beehive, causing them to incorporate the plant extracts into the honey preparation process. Resulting complexes may be a preferable and particularly beneficial way of administering plant extracts, e.g., cannabis extracts.
US11582994B2	Spray-dried 3-fucosyllactose Disclosed is a method for the manufacture of a spray-dried powder consisting essentially of 3-fucosyllactose, the spray-dried powder, its use for the manufacture of nutritional compositions, and nutritional compositions containing the spray-dried powder.
US11582993B2	Compositions comprising rebaudioside J The present disclosure provides high purity rebaudioside J and methods of making high purity rebaudioside J. The application also provides the use of rebaudioside J as a sweetener, and in particular, the use in beverages.
US11582991B2	Retort system A recirculation circuit for a processing vessel is configured to process a load with a process fluid. The recirculation circuit includes a first circuit portion configured to recirculate a first portion of the process fluid through the vessel. The first circuit portion includes a first pump having a first flow rate and a first output pressure and a heat exchanger in fluid communication with the first pump. A second circuit portion is configured to recirculate a second portion of the process fluid through the vessel. The second circuit portion includes a second pump having a second flow rate higher than the first flow rate and a second output pressure lower than the first output pressure.
US11582984B2	Confectionery having grape-like mouthfeel A confectionery having a grape-like mouthfeel, includes: a solidified gel composition; and a collagen casing coating the solidified gel composition, in which the solidified gel composition has a dynamic viscoelastic pattern similar to that of a flesh of a raw grape. Thus, the confectionery has a grape-like mouthfeel, i.e., a disintegration mouthfeel similar to that of a raw grape with skin. Examples of the dynamic viscoelastic pattern include a dynamic viscoelastic pattern in which a loss tangent value at an angular frequency of 63.1 rad/S decreases by 34 to 83% relative to a loss tangent value at an angular frequency of 3.98 rad/S.
US11582982B2	Method of making monoacylglyceride oils and food products containing monoacylglyceride oils Compositions and methods are provided for incorporating processed oils with high monoacylglyceride (MAG) content into products and food products. Methods are specifically provided for generating high MAG content processed oils.
US11582979B2	Selectively treating plant items Methods and systems for selectively applying a treatment to a plant item is provided. The method may include conveying, in an industrial processing line, at least one plant item in the batch of plant items to a sensing region having one or more sensors, assessing, with the one or more sensors and a computing device, one or more properties of the at least one plant item associated with ripeness and/or another attribute, conveying the at least one plant item to a treatment region, determining a treatment to apply to the at least one plant item based on the assessed one or more properties; and applying, in the treatment region, the treatment to the at least one plant item.
US11582970B2	2-aminoimidazole-phenyl derivatives useful for controlling microbial growth Provided are 2-aminoimidazole-phenyl derivative compounds of Formula (I): which compounds are useful in methods of controlling microbial growth, such as by enhancing the effects of an antibiotic administered in combination with the compound. Compositions including these compounds, devices including these compounds, and methods of using the same are also provided.
US11582966B2	Device for holding bait for rodents An apparatus for holding a bait for rodents, the apparatus has a housing, a bait platform in the housing, and a passage opening for rodents to access the bait platform. The apparatus can be inserted into a manhole.
US11582964B2	Insect trap Certain aspects of the present disclosure provide an insect trap for trapping insects, the insect trap comprising one or more serviceable parts, the insect trap being movable between a first configuration for trapping insects, and a second configuration for servicing of the one or more serviceable parts. The insect trap is arranged so that the position of the one or more serviceable parts in the first configuration differs from the position of the one or more serviceable parts in the second configuration.
US11582954B2	Animal restraint system Systems, devices and methods for restraining animals are disclosed. The system includes various collar, harness and leash designs. The collars, harnesses and leashes can include various size adjustor assemblies. The designs can be modular and scalable for improved functionality.
US11582953B2	Animal retention apparatus and method Animal retention apparatus, and method and applications thereof, having multiple support guides and a frame member with multiple passageways, the support guides being adapted for being inserted into the passageways and removably held at desired locations in the frame member, horizontally or at various angles to enhance retention of the animal, so that support guide would come in adjacent contact with an animal's anatomy to hold the animal in a desired position as the animal is positioned alongside the frame member. A method of working on an animal involves obtaining an embodiment of the animal retention apparatus and positioning the animal alongside a side of the frame member, placing support guides at height and width locations in the apparatus frame member that will hold the animal in a desired position, and working on sides of the animal that face away from the side of the frame member.
US11582951B2	EquiVest: an improved equine all weather protective garment Embodiments for an improved horse, livestock, and other quadrupeds garment and method of use are disclosed. The EquiVest comprises a one-piece water-resistant vest having an open-oval-neckline with bib-tab design for slipping over the animal's head. Optionally, the garment includes hardware for attaching overlapping side panels. Coupled with the side panel attaching hardware, the bib-tab design provides side tabs with a hook-and-loop mechanism in a secure fit. The vest covers the top-line, both sides, abdominal area, center-front chest, and hind area to allow the horse to have complete ease of movement while maintaining a stable core body temperature.
US11582946B2	Animal house The invention provides an animal house comprising an impermeable hollow-moulded structure 210 having at least one convex surface 219. The structure comprises a first flat surface 214 extending in a first direction and a second flat surface 213 extending in a second direction. The convex surface 219 connects the first flat surface 214 to the second flat surface 213. The structure 210 further comprises a rib 230 defining a sharp edge. The rib 320 is configured to be releasably attached proximate to or on the convex surface 219 such that the rib 230 diverts a liquid flowing over the convex surface 219 away from the structure 210. The invention also provides an impermeable hollow-moulded panel 810 with protruding ridges 800, 801 to prevent water ingress.
US11582942B2	Salt dosage unit for dairy plants A hopper is closed at its lower end by a scraper which is provided with two opposite edges that laterally delimit an elongated discharge opening, a motorized rotating shaft extends parallel to the elongated discharge opening in a scraping relationship with the opposite edges, and is provided with a plurality of blind receptacles that are adapted to receive doses of salt which is loaded into the hopper, and after passing the first edge in relation to the direction of rotation of the shaft, the salt is discharged by gravity.
US11582941B2	Soybean variety The present invention is directed in part to soybean variety EC1763891 breeding and development. The present invention particularly relates to the soybean variety EC1763891 and its seed, cells, germplasm, plant parts, and progeny, and methods of using EC1763891, e.g., in a breeding program.
US11582936B2	Plants and seeds of hybrid corn variety CH011104 According to the invention, there is provided seed and plants of the hybrid corn variety designated CH011104. The invention thus relates to the plants, seeds and tissue cultures of the variety CH011104, and to methods for producing a corn plant produced by crossing a corn plant of variety CH011104 with itself or with another corn plant, such as a plant of another variety. The invention further relates to genetic complements of plants of variety CH011104.
US11582935B1	Maize inbred 3ABSM0022 A novel maize variety designated 3ABSM0022 and seed, plants and plant parts thereof are provided. Methods for producing a maize plant comprise crossing maize variety 3ABSM0022 with another maize plant are provided. Methods for producing a maize plant containing in its genetic material one or more traits introgressed into 3ABSM0022 through backcross conversion and/or transformation, and to the maize seed, plant and plant part produced thereby are provided. Hybrid maize seed, plants or plant parts are produced by crossing the variety 3ABSM0022 or a locus conversion of 3ABSM0022 with another maize variety.
US11582931B1	Maize hybrid X18P232 A novel maize variety designated X18P232 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 X18P232 with another maize plant are disclosed. Methods for producing a maize plant containing in its genetic material one or more traits introgressed into X18P232 through backcrossing or genetic transformation, and to the maize seed, plant and plant part produced thereby are described. Maize variety X18P232, the seed, the plant produced from the seed, and variants, mutants, and minor modifications of maize variety X18P232 are provided. Methods for producing maize varieties derived from maize variety X18P232 and methods of using maize variety X18P232 are disclosed.
US11582928B2	New guinea impatiens variety SAKIMP062 A New Guinea Impatiens plant designated SAKIMP062 is disclosed. Embodiments include seeds of New Guinea Impatiens SAKIMP062, plants of New Guinea Impatiens SAKIMP062, to plant parts of New Guinea Impatiens SAKIMP062, and methods for producing an impatiens plant produced by crossing New Guinea Impatiens SAKIMP062 with itself or with another impatiens variety. Embodiments include methods for producing an impatiens plant containing in its genetic material one or more genes or transgenes and transgenic impatiens plants and plant parts produced by those methods. Embodiments also relate to impatiens varieties, breeding varieties, plant parts, and cells derived from New Guinea Impatiens SAKIMP062, methods for producing other impatiens lines or plant parts derived from New Guinea Impatiens SAKIMP062, and the impatiens plants, varieties, and their parts derived from use of those methods. Embodiments further include hybrid impatiens seeds, plants, and plant parts produced by crossing New Guinea Impatiens SAKIMP062 with another impatiens variety.
US11582927B1	System and method for rapidly growing a crop A method together with enabling apparatuses is disclosed for the rapid controlled growth of vegetable and similar crops in a hydroponic system. The method includes control of light, minimization of exposure to pathogens, control of temperature of ambient air and the water in the system, nutrients, pH and other growth factors such as transfer between ponds as well as specially designed floating flats and related devices.
US11582925B2	System for watering live plants on a maneuverable rack Examples provide a system for watering plants on a rack. A robotic device attaches to a portion of the rack and pulls or pushes the rack to a watering zone. A sprinkler device sprays water to evenly distribute water across all plants on the rack. The system determines quantity of water, duration of watering, and frequency of watering based on real-time sensor data and context data associated with the environment, historical watering data, condition of the plants on the rack and a set of customized maintenance rules based on the type of plants on the rack. When watering is complete, the robotic device returns the rack to a designated location and detaches from the rack. The robotic device then attaches to another rack having plants on it scheduled for watering. The watering schedule is updated dynamically based on changing weather and plant state.
US11582921B2	System for growing mushrooms The present invention relates to a system for growing mushrooms, comprising a shelving, comprising multiple support beds for holding compost and casing soil arranged above each other, a picking platform for harvesters, the platform movable with at least a vertical directional component along the shelving and a harvesting conveyor, comprising a harvesting conveyor belt that extends at least partially along the beds and is supported by a number of guides, along which the harvesting conveyor is movable, wherein at least one of the guides is coupled to the shelving; and at least one of the guides is coupled to the picking platform and is movable together with the platform with at least a vertical directional component.
US11582919B2	Method and system for moving a plant growing container A method and system for moving a plant growing container, wherein the method makes use of a system that includes a cultivation track, a conveying track, a lift and a guide assembly. The method includes the initially moving the plant growing container at the first level along a first direction from a first end of the cultivation track onto the lift next to the first end of the cultivation track. From there, the plant growing container is lowered from the first level to the second level onto the conveying track. To reduce blocking of the system, the guide is movable to a third level higher than the first level. Furthermore, the method further includes guiding the plant growing container by means of moving said guide to said third level once the container has been moved onto the lift.
US11582916B1	Bale wrap removal system A wrapped bale handling apparatus configured to engage a bale and remove a wrap from the bale may include a bale support assembly configured to support the bale of material, with the bale support assembly having a support mode and a release mode. The support mode may be configured to support a bale by the bale support assembly, and the release mode may be configured to release the bale from being supported by the bale support assembly. The apparatus may further comprise a wrap cutting structure configured to cut the wrap in place on the bale and a wrap removal assembly configured to remove the wrap from the wrapped bale.
US11582912B2	Separator for a grape collection unit The present invention relates to a separator for separating harvested berries from other plant matter. The invention particularly relates to a separator that can be fitted to, positioned above, or integrated with, a collection bin and as such allows for material harvested by an automatic berry harvester to be process prior to deposition of the berries in the collection bin. In particular the berry harvester can be a grape harvester.
US11582911B2	Chopper drum system and method with improved blade configuration A chopper system and method for cutting crop material with a rotating first drum having first blades and a counter-rotating second drums having second blades. Blade pairs with one first blade and one second blade contact one another and cut the crop material. The blades of each blade pair contact one another for at least ten degrees of rotation. The blades can have beveled cutting edges, and the blade pairs can make bevel to bevel contact. The initial contact of the blade pairs during each rotation can form a swipe angle of 15 degrees or less. The initial contact of the blade pairs during each rotation can have the acute end of the first blade contact the second blade near the middle of the beveled edge. During each rotation, the acute end of the second blade can contact the back of the first blade.
US11582909B2	Mower unit The mower unit includes a mower deck having a top wall and side walls extending downwards from an outer circumferential edge of the top wall, a rotational shaft extending upwards through the top wall from an inside space formed by the top wall and the side walls, a cutter blade attached to a lower portion of the rotational shaft within the inside space and rotatable together with the rotational shaft, an electric mower motor having an output shaft that can rotatably drive the rotational shaft, and a flywheel rotatable in association with the rotational driving of the mower motor.
US11582906B2	Speed-adjustable self-propelled four-wheel-drive walk-behind lawn mower A speed-adjustable self-propelled four-wheel-drive walk-behind lawn mower is provided. The lawn mower may include a cutting deck, an engine installed on the cutting deck including an engine shaft, and a cutting blade installed inside the cutting deck. The lawn mower further includes a first transmission box and a second transmission box. The lawn mower includes an engine pulley installed on the engine shaft, a first combined pulley in communication with the first transmission box, and a second combined pulley in communication with the second transmission box. The lawn mower includes a belt connecting the first combined pulley, the second combined pulley, and the engine pulley. The belt is configured to transmit, via the engine pulley, a driving force from the engine to the first combined pulley and the second combined pulley to rotate the first transmission box and the second transmission box.
US11582902B2	Vortex prevention adapter and related systems An apparatus to prevent formation of a vortex has a ring-shaped gasket having a bottom surface and a top surface; and a blade assembly mounted on the top surface and comprising a center portion and plural blades of a defined height. Each of the blades extend from the center portion to the top surface, with each pair of the plural blades defining a filter based at least in part on spacing between the pair of plural blades.
US11582900B2	Distribution orifice system for a dry agricultural product applicator A distribution orifice system for a dry product applicator with a pneumatic conveyance system is provided which redirects product that drags along a surface(s) of a delivery line's wall(s) back into a main central or primary airflow portion that carries the product downstream through the pneumatic conveyance system. The distribution orifice system may deflect the agricultural product's particulate material radially inward away from the delivery line's wall while longitudinally advancing it in a downstream direction. The system may include a ring ramp that can be renewed by uninstalling the ring ramp, flipping it 180-degrees, and reinstalling it to present an intact ramp surface facing upstream and the wore ramped surface facing downstream.
US11582899B2	Particle delivery system of an agricultural row unit A particle delivery system of an agricultural row unit includes an inner particle belt having a base and a plurality of flights extending outwardly from the base. Each pair of opposing flights of the plurality of flights is configured to receive a particle from a particle metering and singulation unit, and each flight is configured to rotate relative to the base. The particle delivery system includes an outer particle belt having a plurality of apertures, where each flight of the plurality of flights extends through a respective aperture of the plurality of apertures, and the outer particle belt is configured to drive rotation of the flight relative to the base as the inner particle belt and the outer particle belt rotate, such that rotation of the flight relative to the base accelerates the particle toward a trench in soil.
US11582896B2	Systems, methods, and apparatus for soil and seed monitoring Systems, methods and apparatus for monitoring soil properties and applying fertilizer during a planting operation. Various sensors are disposed in ground engaging components for monitoring soil properties. The ground engaging components may have structure for opening a side trench in the sidewalls of the seed trench and may include liquid application conduits for injecting liquid into the sidewalls of the resulting side trenches.
US11589491B2	Electronic component set, capacitor, electronic-component-set manufacturing method, reading method, and reader An electronic component set includes a plurality of electronic components and a holding member that holds the plurality of electronic components. Each of the plurality of electronic components includes an identification unit. The plurality of electronic components are held by the holding member to allow an optical reader to read the identification unit of the each of the plurality of electronic components.
US11589479B1	Heat-rejecting media for use in dual-printed circuit board device Heat-rejecting media configured to thermally couple to a heat-generating component of an information handling resource may include a source, a sink, and a thermally-conductive strip coupled between the source and the sink. The source may include a first flexible and thermally-conductive skin surrounding a first cavity comprising a first solid foam, such that mechanical compression by components of the information handling resource provides mechanical pressure for thermally coupling the source to the heat-generating component. The sink may include a second flexible and thermally-conductive skin surrounding a second cavity comprising a second solid foam, such that mechanical compression by components of the information handling resource provides mechanical pressure for thermally coupling the sink to a component of the information handling resource exposed externally to the information handling resource.
US11589477B2	Void free injection-molded cold plates Methods and systems for creating cold plates are disclosed. For example, in one example method for manufacturing a cold plate made of a thermally-conductive plastic includes performing a first injection-molding process using the thermally-conductive plastic to produce a first unitary body, the first unitary body including one or more elongated sections forming a unitary body, performing a second injection-molding process using the thermally-conductive plastic to produce a second unitary body, the second unitary body incorporating the first unitary body so as to cover a majority of the first unitary body and form a respective coolant pipe body corresponding to each elongated section, and performing a machining process on the second unitary body so as to create a conduit in each respective coolant pipe body suitable for a fluid to pass through to create respective coolant pipes.
US11589476B2	Hybrid oil immersion server and associated computing rack A computing system includes a liquid cooled segment and an air cooled segment that are both removably received and secured inside a chassis with a fixed physical arrangement relative to one another. The fluid cooled segment includes an enclosure forming an enclosed space for placement of one or more high heat generating components. The enclosed space being in fluid communication with an inlet tube for receiving a cooling fluid and an outlet tube for expelling the cooling fluid that has been used to cool the high heat generating components. The enclosure includes a leak proof connector configured on the enclosure. The air cooled segment includes one or more reduced heat generating components. The reduced heat generating components are electrically coupled to the high heat generating components through the leak proof connector.
US11589475B2	High performance modular die-cast enclosure system A modular die cast enclosure comprising a top section with a top mid-plane and a bottom section with a bottom mid-plane and an internal bottom cover. The bottom section having one or more of a first type of connectors. The top section having one or more of a second type of connectors on. The internal bottom cover having one or more of a third type of connectors. Wherein said first type of connectors couple with said second type of connectors when the top section is placed on the bottom section and allow to electrically connect said top and bottom sections via said third type of connectors.
US11589470B2	Pressure relief arrangement with magnets A cabinet For electronic components, the cabinet comprising an outer wall, a closure, and an attachment structure, the cuter wall encapsulating an internal space and forming an opening, the closure being attached to the outer wall by the attachment structure, and the attachment structure allowing movement of the closure relative to the outer wall between an open position where the opening is uncovered and a closed position where the opening is covered by the closure. To enable automatic and fast opening of the cabinet in case of over pressure, e.g. caused by arching of electronic components in the cabinet, the cabinet Further comprises a magnet structure comprising at least one magnet arranged to hold the closure in the closed position and to release the closure in response to a pressure in the internal space.
US11589462B2	Semi-flexible component carrier with stepped layer structure A semi-flexible component carrier includes a stack having at least one electrically conductive layer structure and at least one electrically insulating layer structure. The layer structures are stacked on top of each other in a stacking direction s. A recess extends from a first main surface of the stack into the stack and extends only partially into one of the at least one electrically insulating layer structure so that an electrically insulating layer structure having a stepped portion is formed. The stepped portion provides a flexible region of the stack with respect to a rigid region of the stack.
US11589461B2	Flexible printed circuit and manufacturing method thereof, electronic device module and electronic device A flexible printed circuit and a manufacturing method thereof, an electronic device module and an electronic device are provided. The flexible printed circuit includes a main sub-circuit board and a bridge sub-circuit board; the main sub-circuit board includes a first substrate, and a first bridge end, a second bridge end, a first wiring portion, and a second wiring portion on the first substrate, the first wiring portion and the second wiring portion are spaced apart from each other and are electrically connected to the first bridge end and the second bridge end, respectively; the bridge sub-circuit board includes a second substrate, and a third bridge end, a fourth bridge end, and a third wiring portion for a first functional wiring line on the second substrate, the third bridge end and the fourth bridge end are electrically connected by the third wiring portion, the first substrate and the second substrate are not in direct contact, and the bridge sub-circuit board is configured to be mounted on the main sub-circuit board by electrically connecting the third bridge end and the fourth bridge end to the first bridge end and the second bridge end, respectively. The wiring layout of the flexible printed circuit is simple and is easy to be manufactured.
US11589459B2	Connectors for integrating conductive threads to non-compatible electromechanical devices An electrical circuit assembly comprising: a circuit component, a fabric-based component, and a fastener is disclosed along with methods for fabricating the electrical circuit assembly and for using the electrical circuit assembly. The circuit component may comprise: a substrate layer comprising an integrated circuit disposed on the substrate layer; and a first conductive linkage electrically coupled to the integrated circuit. The fabric-based component may comprise: a fabric layer comprising a first at least one conductive thread; and a second conductive linkage electrically coupled to the first at least one conductive thread. The fastener may be configured to couple the circuit component and the fabric-based component at the first conductive linkage and the second conductive linkage.
US11589447B2	Driving device for driving a high-voltage X ray tube and method thereof driving the same A method and a device for driving high-voltage X ray tube with positive and negative pulses are disclosed comprises a microprocessor unit having a first output port and a second output port, respectively outputting a first and a second timing sequence of control signals, a high-voltage X ray tube, a first high-frequency voltage boost circuit outputting a first regulated high-voltage, a first high-voltage protection circuit, a second high-frequency voltage boost circuit outputting a second high-voltage, and a second high-voltage protection circuit. The first high and the second voltages are respectively, regulated by the first timing sequence of control signal and the second timing sequence of control signal. Both regulated high-voltages are, respectively, inputted to anode and cathode of the high-voltage X ray tube vias the high-voltage protected circuits.
US11589444B2	Apparatuses and methods for illuminating objects An apparatus for illuminating objects nay include: an imaging device configured to capture an image of an area and to generate a first signal representative of the captured image, wherein the imaging device is further configured to be activated to capture the image of the area under uniform illumination; a processing unit configured to receive the first signal; process the first signal to identify one or more shapes bounded by edges in an acquired image; and process the acquired image by filling each of the identified one or more shapes with a first color, and by filling parts of the acquired it age external to the edges with a second color, to generate a second signal representative of the processed image; and an image projection device configured to receive the second signal; generate a light beam representative of the processed image; and direct the light beam to the area.
US11589439B2	Lamp and lighting control method thereof The embodiment of the present disclosure provides a lamp and a lighting control method thereof. The lighting control method includes: counting a lighting duration of N days before statistical date of a lamp, where N is an integer greater than 1 and less than 11; matching a to-be-executed dimming program from preset multiple dimming programs of the lamp according to a statistical result; and controlling an adaptive power supply of the lamp to switch to the to-be-executed dimming program, which improve the diversity of the lighting control of the lamp, increase the self-learning ability of the lamp, and reduce the maintenance cost of the lighting control of the lamp.
US11589433B2	Horticulture grow lights A grow light includes a plurality of cool white LEDs, a plurality of warm white LEDs, and a driver electrically coupled to the cool white LEDs and the warm white LEDs. An intensity level and spectral composition of the radiant energy emitted by the grow light may be tuned or configured by varying a ratio of the quantity of cool white LEDs to the quantity of warm white LEDs, by varying a spatial arrangement among the cool white LEDs and the warm white LEDs, or by varying a level of current provided to some or all of the cool white LEDs and the warm white LEDs.
US11589428B2	Electronic cigarette, atomizer and heating assembly thereof A heating assembly is used for an atomizer of an electronic cigarette. The heating assembly includes an adsorption member, and at least one heating element for generating heat after being electrified. The adsorption member comprises at least one surface defining at least one fixing groove therein, and the at least one heating element is disposed in the at least one fixing groove. The heating element is disposed in the fixing groove, so that an aerosol-generating substrate on the adsorption member can be more sufficiently coated on the heating element and dispersed to an outer surface of the heating element.
US11589427B2	E-vapor device including a compound heater structure An e-vapor device may include a pre-vapor sector and a heater structure arranged in thermal contact with the pre-vapor sector. The pre-vapor sector includes a reservoir and a dispensing interface. The pre-vapor sector is configured to hold and dispense a pre-vapor formulation. The heater structure is configured to vaporize the pre-vapor formulation to generate a vapor. The heater structure includes a base wire and a heater wire coiled around the base wire. The base wire is insulated from the heater wire. As a result of the heater design, the heater structure is stiffer and more robust than other related heaters in the art, thus allowing more options for its implementation.
US11589424B2	Device for regenerating electronic components in a nuclear environment The device includes at least the following components: a heating resistor intended for heating a component to be regenerated; a current source; a thermistor connected to the current source and thermally coupled to the heating resistor, the thermistor, through which the current flows, having a voltage Vtemp across its terminals, which voltage reflects the temperature of the heating resistor; an error amplifier, which amplifies the difference between the voltage Vset and the voltage Vtemp and delivers a voltage Vctrl that corresponds to the amplified difference; a switch, which switches the current flowing through the heating resistor; an oscillator, which delivers a voltage Vosc formed with a modulated duty cycle, the duty cycle of the pulses of the voltage Vosc being dependent on the voltage Vctrl, the pulses controlling the opening of the switch.
US11589420B2	Battery unit, flavor inhaler, method of controlling battery unit, and program A battery unit includes a power supply; a connection configured to be connectable with a load for atomizing an aerosol source or heating a flavor source and a charger for charging the power supply; and a controller that performs a specific process at least selectively executable to at least temporarily disable the supply of electric power to the load from the power supply, if erroneously determining the load connected to the connection as the charger is identified.
US11589417B2	Sidelink communication range signaling Systems and methods are described for indicating a range for which HARQ feedback is to be transmitted for sidelink V2X communications. A TX UE receives from a gNB an RRC message with an IE that describes a communication range. The communication range is used by a RX UE when the TX UE transmits a groupcast PSSCH and PSCCH to the RX UE to determine whether or not to send HARQ feedback in response to the TX UE transmission. The RX UE receives the communication range from the gNB or the TX UE signals the communication range in the SCI of the PSCCH. If the TX UE sends a TB in which multiple DRBs with different communication ranges are used for the PDU, the SCI indicates that either the maximum or minimum communication range is to be used.
US11589413B2	Method and apparatus for performing EDT Provided are a method for a user equipment (UE) to perform early data transmission (EDT) in a wireless communication, and an apparatus supporting the same. The method may include: transmitting a first radio resource control (RRC) message for the EDT, to a base station; receiving a second RRC message in response to the first RRC message, from the base station; if the second RRC message indicates that the EDT is successful, considering that the EDT ends successfully; if the second RRC message indicates that the EDT is unsuccessful, considering that the EDT ends unsuccessfully; and entering a RRC_IDLE state.
US11589412B2	Methods and apparatus for providing backhaul communications services The present invention relates to methods and apparatus for providing backhaul communications. An exemplary method embodiment includes the steps of: determining, by a first wireless base station of a first wireless network, whether a first backhaul connection path between the first wireless base station and a core network entity of a first service provider includes a communications link which is part of a second network being operated by a different service provider; determining, by the first wireless base station, data transmission latency between the first wireless base station and the core network entity using the first backhaul connection path; establishing, by the first wireless base station, a second backhaul connection path between the first wireless base station and the core network entity, said second backhaul connection including a wireless connection to a second wireless base station which is part of the first wireless network.
US11589409B2	Communication apparatus and control method A communication apparatus includes a control unit that causes the communication apparatus to operate, based on that a predetermined command is received through a second connection in a first exclusive state in which the communication apparatus does not receive connection information through a first connection or a second exclusive state in which the communication apparatus is not connected to an external device corresponding to the connection information that is received through the first connection.
US11589408B2	Wireless communication system, mobile station, base station, and wireless communication method A mobile station including: a communication unit that includes a first logical processing subject and a second logical processing subject that operates in association with the first logical processing subject and performs multiple communications with a first wireless communication apparatus and a second wireless communication apparatus; an accumulation unit that accumulates data received from the second wireless communication apparatus; and a notifying unit that notifies the first wireless communication apparatus of data receiving status in the accumulation unit.
US11589407B2	Dynamically grouping communicatively connected devices based on device location and tracked motion A computer automatically groups IoT devices. The computer identifies at least one individual interaction zone within an operating environment, the at least one individual interaction zone characterized by pre-established device mounting regions each associated with a device category. The computer receives a location indicating signal from an IoT device located within the at least one individual interaction zone. The computer, in response to receiving the location indicating signal and based at least in part thereon, the computer recognizes that the IoT device is occupying one of the device mounting regions. In response to the recognition, the computer determines that the IoT device belongs to the device category associated with the occupied mounting region. In response to the determination, the computer adds the device to an IoT device group associated with the individual interaction zone associated with the occupied mounting region.
US11589403B2	Uplink power control prioritization in dual connectivity Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communication are described. Generally, the described techniques provide for efficiently performing dynamic power control with minimal complexity in a dual connectivity mode. In particular, a user equipment (UE) may determine the reserved power (or maximum available power) for uplink transmissions on one or more cells in one cell group to a base station based on the total power available to the UE and the minimum reserved power for uplink transmissions on one or more cells in another cell group. Once the UE determines the reserved power for conflicting uplink transmissions on one or more cells in a cell group, the UE may allocate the reserved power to each uplink transmission on the one or more cells in the cell group (e.g., based on a priority of each of the uplink transmissions).
US11589400B2	Method for setting up and for application of expected communication behavior and in communication system A communication system includes an external entity and a 5G system (5GS), wherein the 5GS comprises a 5G core (5GC), wherein the 5GC comprises a functional entity, a Unified Data Management (UDM), a Session Management Function (SMF), and a User Plane Function (UPF). A method for setting up expected communication behavior information in the system includes: performing, by the external entity, an Application Programming Interface (API) call via an API of the functional entity and setting up an expected communication behavior for a subscriber or set of subscribers, a data network name (DNN), a 5G virtual network (VN), a slice or a combination thereof that the functional entity is allowed to manage.
US11589392B2	Methods for triggering a base station to transmit a MAC message The examples described herein provide for a Secondary Base Station (SeNB) Change procedure in a system configured to provide Dual Connectivity, where the SeNB Change procedure does not include the RACH procedure. As part of the SeNB Change procedure, a UE device generates a request that the Target Secondary base station (Target SeNB) is to send a Media Access Control (MAC) message to the UE device. In some examples, the request can be configured to specify a particular MAC Control Element that the Target SeNB should send in response to receiving the request. Upon receipt of the request, the Target SeNB transmits the requested MAC message to the UE device, along with TA information, if required. The UE device determines when the SeNB Change procedure has been completed, based at least partially on when the requested MAC message is received from the Target SeNB.
US11589382B2	Default transmission beams for multiple transmission-reception points in wireless communications Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described for concurrent communications between multiple transmission-reception points (TRPs) and a user equipment (UE). A default beam for each of the TRPs may be determined, and in the case that the default beams are unable to be concurrently received at the UE, a prioritization rule may be applied to determine which TRP uses the initially determined default beam, where the other TRP(s) may use a different beam. A UE also may be configured with a subset of control resource sets for each TRP, such that beams associated with different configured subsets are compatible and able to be concurrently received at the UE. Other techniques for providing compatibility between beams of multiple concurrent TRP transmissions include determination of a first beam, and selection of a second beam based on a mapping to the first beam, or explicit configuration by a base station.
US11589380B2	Allocating resources for a device-to-device transmission A method for allocating resources for device-to-device transmission between two or more user equipment (UEs) includes transmitting, from a first UE to a second UE, a resource allocation configuration for device-to-device communications. A resource request for a device-to-device transmission is received from the second UE. In response to the resource request, a resource for the device-to-device transmission is selected at the first UE. A resource grant is transmitted to the second UE. The resource grant identifies the selected resource. A device-to-device transmission is received from the second UE over the selected resource.
US11589379B2	Resource allocation method, device, and system A method, a device, and a system for resource allocation are provided to improve network capacities. The method implemented by an access network device includes: obtaining a first quantity of repetitions M and a first MCS order that are of a scheduling resource of a first terminal, and a second quantity of repetitions N and a second MCS order that are of a scheduling resource of a second terminal; calculating overlapping areas of first and second total scheduling resources based on the first and second quantities of repetitions and the first and second MCS orders, respectively; determining a maximum overlapping area of the first total scheduling resource based on the calculated overlapping areas; and allocating to the second terminal, N consecutive scheduling resources overlapping with the first total scheduling resource, wherein an overlapping area is less than or equal to the maximum overlapping area.
US11589374B2	Method and device for transmitting/receiving signal in wireless communication system A method and device for transmitting/receiving a signal in a wireless communication system according to an embodiment of the present invention may comprise: repeatedly mapping a PUCCH sequence to each of resource blocks (RBs) in an interlace; and transmitting a PUCCH on the interlace, wherein the CS value of the PUCCH sequence may vary on the basis of values determined by multiplying RB indexes of the respective RBs by a Δ value.
US11589372B2	Handling collisions between uplink data repetitions and an uplink control transmission This disclosure describes methods, devices, and systems for techniques related to wireless communications, and more particularly uplink transmissions on one or more of a physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH) and a physical uplink control channel (PUCCH). Generally, the described techniques support handling collisions between PUSCH repetitions and a PUCCH transmission. A user equipment (UE) may identify that uplink control information (UCI) is scheduled for transmission via an uplink control transmission that overlaps with multiple repetitions of an uplink data transmission. The UE may determine, for each of the multiple repetitions, a quantity of resources available for carrying multiplexed uplink control information, generate encoded UCI by encoding the UCI based on the quantity of resources available in each of the multiple repetitions, and multiplex the encoded UCI on at least a portion of the multiple repetitions based on the quantity of resources available in each of the multiple repetitions.
US11589371B2	Methods for network assisted beamforming for sidelink unicast communication An apparatus configured to be employed in a gNodeB associated with a new radio (NR) system is disclosed. The apparatus comprises one or more processors configured to configure one or more sidelink sounding reference signals (SRS), for one or more user equipments (UEs) associated with the gNodeB, to be utilized by the one or more UEs for transmission or reception, or both, over sidelink. The one or more processors is further configured to generate one or more sidelink SRS configuration signals to be provided, respectively, to the one or more UEs, wherein each sidelink SRS configuration signal comprises sidelink SRS configuration information on the one or more sidelink SRS configured for a respective UE. The apparatus further comprises a radio frequency (RF) interface, configured to provide, to a radio frequency (RF) circuitry, the one or more sidelink SRS configuration signals, for subsequent transmission to the one or more UEs, respectively.
US11589365B2	Method for interference measurement in wireless communication system and apparatus for same A method for measuring interference by a terminal in a wireless communication system according to one embodiment of the present invention may comprise the steps of: receiving interference measurement configuration information including a semi-persistence channel state information-interference (CSI-IM) configuration; receiving a request which indicates measurement of the semi-persistence CSI-IM configuration; and measuring the semi-persistence CSI-IM configuration in response to the received request, wherein the semi-persistence CSI-IM configuration may indicate CSI-IM which is performed at predetermined periods during a predetermined time interval.
US11589362B2	Radio frequency spectrum management systems and methods in a manufacturing environment A method includes obtaining a radio frequency (RF) signal magnitude for a plurality of RF signals broadcasted in an environment and generating a digital RF heat map of the environment based on each RF signal magnitude. The method includes determining an RF coverage of the environment based on the digital RF heat map and selecting, for a wireless communication device, a communication channel from among a plurality of communication channels based on the RF coverage and one or more RF probability distribution functions.
US11589357B2	Detection window indication method and apparatus A detection window indication method and apparatus. The method includes receiving control channel configuration information from a network device, where the control channel configuration information indicates a resource multiplexing mode of a resource set of a control channel and a common signal block, and further indicates at least one of a duration of a detection window of the control channel or a time-domain start location of the detection window of the control channel, and detecting, according to the detection window and the resource set, the control channel.
US11589344B2	Communications method and apparatus A method includes: obtaining, by a first communications device, a first carrier, where the first carrier is used to transmit a first message and a second message; obtaining, by the first communications device, a first transmission resource and a second transmission resource of the first carrier, where the first transmission resource is used to send the first message, the second transmission resource is used to send the second message, and the first transmission resource and the second transmission resource are different transmission resources; sending, by the first communications device, the first message on the first transmission resource by using a first wireless access technology; and sending, by the first communications device, the second message on the second transmission resource by using a second wireless access technology, where the first wireless access technology and the second wireless access technology are different inter-device direct communications technologies.
US11589337B2	Control signaling transmission method, and terminal and base station User Equipment (UE) determines a location of a resource of at least one control channel for transmission repetition, and the at least one control channel is located in a control region. The UE detects, according to the location of the resource, control signaling transmitted by a base station using the at least one control channel.
US11589331B2	Interface establishing method and apparatus A method includes sending, by a serving node, instruction information to an anchor node, where the instruction information is used to instruct to establish a first interface between the serving node and the anchor node; and receiving, by the serving node, response information from the anchor node in response to the first instruction information, wherein the radio resource control message carried in a signaling radio bearer 1 (SRB1) of the terminal is served by the anchor node, and the radio resource control message carried in a signaling radio bearer 0 (SRB0) of the terminal is served by the serving node.
US11589329B1	Information processing using a population of data acquisition devices Distributed systems, controllers and methods for processing information from a plurality of devices are provided. A distributed system includes a plurality of devices distributed in an environment. Each device has at least a communication capability for interchanging information with others of the devices and/or with a communication system. Each of at least some of the devices has one or more sensors for acquiring sensor data related to the environment proximate to the device. At least one of the communication system or one or more of the devices is configured as a controller configured to: select a subset of devices from among the plurality of devices, receive information based on the acquired sensor data of the selected subset, and combine the received information from the selected subset to determine a characteristic of the environment proximate to one or more of the devices.
US11589327B2	Managing uplink timing advance configuration Various embodiments include methods for managing uplink timing advance configuration of wireless devices by a base station. A wireless device may send an initial access signal to a base station, receive from the base station an initial timing advance value responsive to the initial access signal, and send to the base station a next signal comprising a Physical Random Access Channel (PRACH) waveform via uplink (UL) receive (Rx) points over two or more beams. The base station may receive the next signal including the PRACH waveform via the two or more UL Rx points, select a refined timing advance value based on the signal, and send the refined timing advance value to the wireless device. The wireless device may receive the refined timing advance value and send a further signal to the base station via one of the UL Rx points using the refined timing advance.
US11589325B2	Zone based sidelink time synchronization Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, a first user equipment (UE) may determine whether to transmit a sidelink timing synchronization signal to a second UE based at least in part on a sidelink zone in which the first UE is located and a sidelink zone in which the second UE is located. The first UE may selectively transmit the sidelink timing synchronization signal to the second UE based at least in part on determining whether to transmit the sidelink timing synchronization signal to the second UE. Numerous other aspects are provided.
US11589323B2	Minimum time gap for uplink transmission in multiple timing advance groups Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, a base station may determine a minimum time gap for a set of uplink transmissions in a set of timing advance groups; and schedule a first uplink transmission, of the set of uplink transmissions, in a first timing advance group, of the set of timing advance groups, and a second uplink transmission, of the set of uplink transmissions, in a second timing advance group, of the set of timing advance groups, with at least the minimum time gap between the first uplink transmission and the second uplink transmission. Numerous other aspects are provided.
US11589316B2	Transmission power adjustment for a transmission of sounding reference signals A wireless device receives, from a base station, parameters of a first sounding reference signal (SRS); and a second SRS. A downlink control information triggering transmission of the first SRS is received. A control element activating transmission of the second SRS is received. A transmission power of the second SRS is adjusted based on: the first SRS having higher priority than the second SRS; the first SRS overlapping in time with the second SRS; and a total transmission power exceeding a total allowable power value. The first SRS is transmitted. The second SRS with the adjusted transmission power is transmitted.
US11589315B2	Dynamic resizing of a satellite link outroute or forward channel A satellite communication system and method for resizing an outroute carrier from a gateway to a terminal population including determining, at the gateway, an insufficiency based on an Uplink Power Control (ULPC) function in conjunction with an Adaptive Coding and Modulation (ACM) function failing to maintain the outroute carrier in operation; and downsizing, at the gateway based on the insufficiency, the outroute carrier by decreasing a symbol rate of the outroute carrier from the gateway while maintaining the aggregate carrier output power level to increase an outroute carrier margin, where the insufficiency is based on a fade. The outroute carrier may be upsized when the insufficiency expires or is reduced.
US11589314B2	Wideband micro sleep techniques Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described. In a wireless communications system, a first user equipment (UE) may receive a message from a second UE via a set of one or more antennas, where a first symbol period and a second symbol period of the message include a duplicated signal, and the first symbol period is immediately prior to the second symbol period in a time domain. The first UE may calculate a correlation between first data included in the first symbol period and second data included in the second symbol period of the message for each antenna of the set of one or more antennas. In some cases, the first UE may power down at least one radio frequency chain based on the result of the calculated correlation satisfying a threshold value.
US11589307B2	Transmitting and receiving group wake up signals Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, a user equipment (UE) may generate a wake up signal to wake up a plurality of second UEs. The wake up signal may be based at least in part on location information associated with the UE, location information associated with one or more of the plurality of second UEs, or a combination thereof. The UE may further transmit, to the plurality of second UEs, the wake up signal. Accordingly, the plurality of second UEs may receive the wake up signal and monitor for messages from the second UE based at least in part on receiving the wake up signal. Numerous other aspects are provided.
US11589302B2	Configuration of power saving groups There are provided measures for configuration of power saving groups. Such measures, for determining, in a network including a plurality of radio cells, at least one power saving group comprising at least two radio cells of said plurality of radio cells, exemplarily comprise retrieving neighboring data including a plurality of entries corresponding to a plurality of combinations of respective two radio cells of said plurality of radio cells, wherein each of said plurality of entries represents overlapping amount information in relation to said respective two radio cells, identifying radio cells of said plurality of radio cells as power saving group reference cells based on said neighboring data, identifying radio cells of said plurality of radio cells as power saving group helping cells respectively for at least one identified power saving group reference cell based on said neighboring data, and assigning each of said identified power saving group helping cells to one of said identified power saving group reference cells based on said neighboring data, wherein each of said at least one power saving group comprises one of said identified power saving group reference cells and at least one identified power saving group helping cell assigned to said one of said identified power saving group reference cells.
US11589300B2	Intent-based service engine for a 5G or other next generation mobile core network A context-aware network service engine is employed to support integrated network. In one aspect, the network service engine can receive a message associated with the user's intent and/or situation via a standard and/or open application programming interface (API). Based on an analysis of the message with context data and/or defined policy data, the network service engine can establish procedures to provide integrated services. The integrated services can comprise multiple communication services that are initiated simultaneously (or substantially simultaneously) in response to receiving the message. As an example, the context data can comprise user-related data, real-time network resource availability, presence data, and the like. As an example, the network services can be initiated concurrently and/or in a specified order.
US11589298B2	Methods, systems, and computer readable media for selecting multiple network function types using a single discovery request A method for selecting multiple network function (NF) types using a single discovery request includes receiving, by a NF repository function (NRF) from a consumer NF, a single discovery request message that requests discovery of a plurality of producer NF types in a fifth generation (5G) core network and includes an indication of multiple NF discovery requests, obtaining, by the NRF, NF profile objects corresponding to each of the plurality of producer NF types included in the single discovery request message, and providing, to the consumer NF via a single discovery response message generated by the NRF, NF profile objects that correspond to one or more of the plurality of producer NF types.
US11589293B2	Non regular search space configuration and adaptation Aspects of the present disclosure provide apparatus, methods, processing systems, and computer readable mediums for signaling and processing dynamic control channel resources with irregular search space configurations.
US11589291B2	Big packet protocol mobility instructions for 5G handovers A mechanism is disclosed for performing data plane based routing during a handover. The mechanism includes executing a user plane function (UPF). An uplink packet is received from a user equipment (UE) anchored to a fifth generation radio access network (5G) base station (gNB). The uplink packet includes a change destination command, a destination field, and metadata including a destination address for the uplink packet. A change destination command in the uplink packet is executed by setting the destination field of the uplink packet to the destination address in the metadata. The uplink packet is transmitted to the destination address set in the destination field.
US11589289B2	System and method to adapt communications responsive to actionable intelligence Devices, systems, and methods are described that employ actionable intelligence in an emergency or other situation requiring immediate situational awareness, based on multiple types of input. Actionable intelligence is an output providing guidance or information that can be acted on to resolve an incident. The device can be configured to request re-allocation of resources based on incident severity, and bonding technology is used to provide improved speed and reliability in networking communications following a triggering event.
US11589287B2	Automatic routing in a mesh network of wireless messaging devices A method of routing communication between nodes of a mesh network is provided. The method includes each node of the mesh network advertising a hop distance relative to a head of the mesh network, the hop distance being a measure of how many hops a node of the mesh network is from a head node of the mesh network, the head node being a node of the mesh network that controls all the other nodes of the mesh network.
US11589286B2	Systems and methods for compressed sensing in wireless sensor networks A system and method for data acquisition in a wireless sensor network include receiving measurements made by a plurality of sensor nodes in the wireless sensor network during a given time period, the measurements being carried in data packets that are routed from the plurality of sensor nodes to a base node. The system and method also include determining a plurality of routing paths for the data packets based on routing topology tomography. The system and method further include determining a measurement matrix and a representation basis, and acquiring sensor signals in the wireless sensor network based on the measurement matrix and the representation basis.
US11589284B2	Method and system for prioritizing cell selection Disclosed are methods and systems for prioritizing cell selection for availing LADN services. A UE prioritizes cells for selection based on availability of LADN services in the cells. For handover, a base station of a cell, providing LADN services to the UE, prioritizes target cells that provide LADN services that are being currently availed by the UE for ensuring LADN service continuity. The base station initiates addition of secondary cells that provide additional LADN services that are intended by the UE. The UE can predict if a paging message is relevant to a LADN service and send serving requests to the serving cell or other cells to avail the LADN service. The UE detects relay UEs providing LADN services and prioritizes the relay UEs for selection based on availability of LADN services. The UE buffers data if the UE is located at an edge of a LADN service area.
US11589283B2	System and methods for client steering A method, system, and apparatus for optimizing a connection of a station (STA) in a mesh network of a plurality of 802.11 access points (APs) carried out by a client steering daemon (CSD) running on an AP of the plurality of APs. The CSD may calculate a cost ratio based on a plurality of metrics from a list and compare the signal strength information against a predetermined value. Based on the outcome of the signal strength comparison the CSD may analyze risk for the STA, determine a course of action for the STA based on the calculating, comparing, and analyzing and send instructions to a plurality of CSDs running on each of the plurality of APs for the course of action. The course of action may be keeping a STA associated with a current interface, guiding a STA to a destination interface, or kicking a STA to a destination interface.
US11589282B2	Method and eNB equipment for supporting seamless handover The present application discloses a method and eNB equipment for supporting seamless handover. The method comprises the following steps of: receiving, by a target eNB, random access information or an RRC connection reconfiguration completion message from a UE; transmitting, by the target eNB, a data transmission stopping indication message to a source eNB; and, stopping, by the source eNB, transmitting downlink data to the UE, and/or stopping, by the source eNB, receiving uplink data from the UE. The present invention further provides several other methods and eNB equipments for supporting seamless handover. By the methods for supporting seamless handover provided by the present invention, the delay of data transmission and the unnecessary data transmission or unnecessary data monitoring of a source eNB can be avoided, the waste of resources and the power consumption can be reduced, and the missing and duplication transmission of data can be avoided.
US11589281B2	Method and apparatus for distinguishing between data formats, and communication device The embodiments of the present disclosure provide a method and apparatus for distinguishing between data formats, and a communication device. The method includes a terminal receives a downlink data packet, and determines whether the data format of the downlink data packet is a first data format or a second data format, wherein the first data format indicates that the downlink data packet is encrypted using a first key of a source base station and/or compressed using a first header compression format of the source base station, and the second data format indicates that the downlink data packet is encrypted using a second key of a target base station and/or compressed using a second header compression format of the target base station.
US11589280B2	Method for returning from low-standard network to high-standard network and communications apparatus This application provides a method for returning from a low-standard network to a high-standard network, to resolve a problem that a primary card of a terminal device in dual SIM dual standby single pass mode cannot return to the high-standard network after falling back from the high-standard network to the low-standard network during a data service. The method includes: detecting that a first subscriber identification module SIM card of the terminal device falls back from a first-standard network to a second-standard network; obtaining a registration status of a second SIM card, where the registration status includes an operator of the second SIM card and a network on which the second SIM card camps, and the first SIM card and the second SIM card enable the terminal device to work in the dual SIM dual standby single pass mode; obtaining a target standard network based on the registration status of the second SIM card; and registering the first SIM card with the target standard network.
US11589277B2	User equipment and method for sidelink failure management A user equipment (UE) and a method for sidelink failure management are provided. The method includes receiving, from a source cell, a first message including a sidelink Radio Resource Control (RRC) configuration associated with a target cell; determining that a sidelink failure event associated with an associated sidelink destination UE occurs; and transmitting a sidelink failure report indicating the sidelink failure event to the target cell after performing a handover procedure to switch from the source cell to the target cell.
US11589275B2	Wireless communication system, control device, access point, and terminal device A terminal device includes: transmission circuitry that transmits a connection request to a first access point in order to connect, by a wireless link, to one of the first access point or a second access point each having a superframe in an initial state in which a control channel period is longer than a data channel period; and reception circuitry that receives, as a connection response, information indicating the second access point as information on a connection destination access point from the first access point after the connection request is transmitted.
US11589274B2	Security protection method, apparatus, and system This application relates to the field of wireless communications technologies. Embodiments of this application provide a security protection method, an apparatus, and a system, to resolve a problem of low efficiency in handing over a terminal between serving base stations. The method in this application includes: receiving, by a target access network device, a correspondence between user plane information and a security policy from a source access network device; and determining, by the target access network device based on the correspondence between user plane information and a security policy, a first user plane protection algorithm corresponding to the user plane information, where the first user plane protection algorithm includes one or both of a user plane encryption algorithm and a user plane integrity protection algorithm. This application is applicable to a procedure in which the terminal is handed over between serving base stations.
US11589272B2	Mobility management method, terminal, and base station Embodiments of the present disclosure disclose a mobility management method, user equipment, and a base station. The mobility management method may include: receiving, by user equipment UE in a connected mode, a source identifier of the UE from a first base station, where the source identifier is used to uniquely identify the UE in the first base station; entering, by the UE, a low-overhead state in the case that a low-overhead activation condition is satisfied, where in the low-overhead state, the UE stores a connection context of the UE in the connected mode, and camps on a cell according to a cell reselection criterion during movement; and reporting, by the UE when a first preset condition is satisfied, the source identifier to a second base station to which a second cell belongs, where the second cell is a serving cell on which the UE currently camps.
US11589268B2	Backward cancellation indication for sidelink transmission Systems, apparatus, methods, and computer-readable media that enable and support backward cancellation indication for sidelink transmissions are described. In a situation where a sidelink data transmission with respect to one or more resources previously reserved for sidelink communication is ineffectual, a sidelink transmission user equipment (UE) may indicate the ineffectual data transmission in a transmission opportunity subsequent to the transmission having an ineffectual data transmission, such as by transmitting a backward cancellation indication (BCI). The BCI may provide information to a corresponding sidelink receiver UE regarding the resource with respect to the ineffectual data transmission. The sidelink receiver UE may use information provided by the BCI in determining whether to alter utilization of signals received on resources of the ineffectual data transmission. Other aspects and features are also claimed and described.
US11589264B2	System and method for leveraging access customer premise equipment (CPE) gateway resources to provide 5G edge computing services Systems and methods for operating a customer premise equipment (CPE) device with agile software stack integrated with OpenSync™ layer for command, control, and telemetry via the operator's cloud network. It includes the configuration of the CPE device to receive traffic from an access network in a first system on chip (SoC) of the CPE device, and to provide 5G edge computing services to a 5G NR user equipment (UE) device via a second SoC of the CPE device. The CPE device may also be configured to receive 5G New Radio (NR) mobile traffic, receive in-home Wi-Fi traffic, and use at least one service flow (or only one service flow) to support both the 5G NR mobile traffic and the in-home Wi-Fi traffic.
US11589259B2	HARQ feedback method and apparatus, user equipment, and base station thereof A HARQ feedback method includes: receiving a first-service data transmission from a base station, schedule control data of the first- service data transmission carrying indication information, the indication information explicitly or implicitly indicating that second-service data preempts a transmission resource of first-service data or second-service data preempts a transmission resource position of first-service data; retaining the second-service data preempting the transmission resource in a cache according to the indication information, and generating HARQ feedback information of the first-service data; and sending the HARQ feedback information to the base station.
US11589257B2	Method for performing a logical channel prioritization (LCP) procedure by a relay UE in wireless communication system and a device therefor The present invention relates to a wireless communication system. More specifically, the present invention relates to a method and a device for performing a LCP procedure by a Relay UE in wireless communication system, the method comprising: performing, by the relay UE, a LCP procedure for generating MAC PDU by considering a priority of a first logical channel of a remote UE and a priority of a second logical channel of the relay UE; and transmitting the MAC PDU to a network, wherein if the priority of the second logical channel is equal to the priority of the first logical channel, data from the second logical channel of the relay UE is prioritized over data from the first logical channel of the remote UE during the LCP procedure.
US11589255B2	Application workload routing and interworking for network defined edge routing Techniques are described for a network providing application workload routing and application workload interworking. For example, a controller may move or replicate an application workload hosted on an original edge compute to a different edge compute in a different edge data center that is locally accessible by the device and route the network traffic to the new edge compute using paths mapped to respective traffic classes.
US11589253B2	Multi-band compressed spatio-temporal logging of radio frequency (RF) telemetry data In one embodiment, an apparatus comprises a compressive sensing schedule generator configured to generate a plurality of compressive sensing schedules, wherein each of the plurality of compressive sensing schedules is for each of a plurality of frequency bands of a network, wherein the network comprises a plurality of access points and a plurality of clients, and a sensing matrix combiner configured to combine the plurality of compressive sensing schedules into a resulting schedule that comprises a spatial distribution and a scheduled time slot for each of the plurality of access points.
US11589248B1	Method and apparatus for system state discovery A method for identifying a current state of an electronic system is provided. The method includes identifying a pool of candidate states of the electronic system, selecting a probing parameter in accordance with a model, and probing the electronic system based on the selected probing parameter. When the probing yields a positive result, all candidate states that are not intersected by the probing parameter are removed from the pool. When the probing parameter yields M negative results, all candidate states that are intersected by the probing parameter are removed from the pool, where M≥1. A last remaining candidate state in the pool is identified as the current state of the electronic system. The model is based on at least one of a probability that the probing would yield a false-negative result or a probability that a result of the probing would be interpreted and/or processed incorrectly.
US11589243B2	Dynamic adjustment of deployment location of software within a network Optimizing a performance of a software function withing a content distribution network, such as a software-implemented virtual cable modem termination system (CMTS) network, a virtualized Radio Access Network (vRAN), a Passive Optical Network (PON), or a Wi-Fi network. The performance may be optimized by dynamically changing a deployment location within the content distribution network for the software function from an original location to an updated location using an instance management platform. The deployment location may be dynamically changing in response to a variety of trigger conditions or concerns, such as but not limited to a difference in compute resources, responding to latency needs or tolerances, and a desired cohabitation of data or other software.
US11589240B2	Spectrum management apparatus and method, wireless network management apparatus and method, and medium The present disclosure relates to a spectrum management apparatus and method, a wireless network management apparatus and method, and a medium. According to one embodiment, an electronic apparatus for spectrum management comprises a processing circuit configured to generate measurement configuration information and to conduct control to send the measurement configuration information to one or more wireless network management apparatuses. The measurement configuration information comprises a measurement mode, and the measurement mode comprises at least one of the following modes: the wireless network management apparatus managed by the electronic apparatus performing measurement, and one or more specific nodes of the wireless network management apparatus performing measurement.
US11589239B2	Methods of efficient wideband operation for intra-band non-contiguous spectrum A method of efficient wideband operation for intra-band non-contiguous spectrum using extending bandwidth part (BWP) configuration is proposed. The BWP definition is extended to cluster BWPs to aggregate distributed spectrum blocks within a frequency range (e.g., 200 MHz) by single carrier operation and facilitate UE to filter out the transmission of unknown RAT between any two of the distributed spectrum blocks. In addition, the cluster BWP configuration enables dynamic aggregation of the number and location of the distributed spectrum blocks based on LBT results in unlicensed spectrum. Specifically, the BWP definition is extended to a group of one or multiple radio resource clusters, each of which contains a set of contiguous PRBs in frequency domain within the associated carrier.
US11589227B2	Multilevel authentication using a mobile device A computer-implemented method, a computer program product, and a computer system for using a mobile device to authenticate a user to access a secure facility. An authentication service determines whether the mobile device of the user is locked. The authentication service requests the user to unlock the mobile device and determines whether the user has unlocked the mobile device. The authentication service retrieves, from the mobile device, a first token and a MAC address. The authentication service retrieves, from a database, a token identifier of the mobile device and a personal identifier of the user. The authentication service generates a second token, based on the token identifier, the personal identifier, and the MAC address. The authentication service determines whether the first and the second tokens match. The authentication service grants the user access to the secure facility, in response to the first and the second tokens matching.
US11589224B2	Network access control A network controller configured to provide network access to client devices, receives a network access request from a client device. The network access request includes a media access control (MAC) address of the client device and information about a first private key. The network controller sends to a server an authentication request, which includes the MAC address of the client device. The network controller receives an authentication response from the server, which includes a second private key. The network controller determines whether the first private key is the same as the second private key. In response to determining that the first private key is different from the second private key, network access is denied to the client device, and in response to determining that the first private key is the same as the second private key, network access is granted to the client device.
US11589223B2	Terminal device and non-transitory computer-readable recording medium storing computer readable instructions for terminal device A terminal device may determined whether the terminal device has been established a wireless connection with an access point. In a case where it is determined that the terminal device has been established the wireless connection with the access point, the terminal device may send first connection information to the communication device, the first connection information being for establishing a wireless connection between the communication device and the access point. In a case where it is determined that the terminal device has not been established the wireless connection with the access point, the terminal device may communicate second connection information with the communication device, the second connection information being for establishing a wireless connection between the terminal device and the communication device not via the access point.
US11589222B2	Electronic apparatus, user terminal, and method for controlling the electronic apparatus and the user terminal An electronic apparatus includes a display, a communication interface, a memory comprising at least one instruction, and a processor configured to execute the at least one instruction, and the processor, by executing the at least one instruction, is configured to, based on an external user terminal being discovered through the communication interface, control the display to display a marker including at least one of a text or an image for guiding an operation of a user to establish a communication connection with the external user terminal, based on authentication on the electronic apparatus being performed by capturing the electronic apparatus outputting the marker by the external user terminal, receive a signal confirming authentication on the electronic apparatus from the external user terminal, and establish a communication connection with the external user terminal in response to the signal.
US11589221B2	Network key recovery, network key recovery management, network key provision, terminal, server and access point implementing same A method for recovering a network key of an access point to a network, implemented by a terminal. The network key allows the terminal to be associated with the access point upon a first connection of the terminal to the access point. The network key recovery method includes: receiving, by the terminal, a network key provided by the access point on a server following a request, by the terminal to the server, for the network key of the access point, the request including an identifier of the access point and having been relayed by the server to the access point associated with the identifier of the access point in the request. Thus, as the access point does not transmit the network key directly to the terminal, but to a server on which the terminal will recover it, this limits intrusions into the network linked to the vulnerability of the Wi-Fi network.
US11589219B2	Anonymous verification process for exposure notification in mobile applications The present disclosure relates exposure notification, and in particular to techniques for verification of positive test results from public health authorities where individuals submit notice using public health approved mobile applications for exposure notification and/or contact tracing. When an individual attempts to submit a positive test result notification in a mobile application, the associated device's mobile number will be requested. This mobile number will then be sent a verification code to be entered in the application. At this point, these codes shall be stored digitally in escrow. A regular data feed from a health authority shall be provided that shall include an agreed encryption (irreversibly encrypted or reversibly encrypted) of the mobile numbers associated with any reported test. Any results submitted in the application that have a matching encryption of the mobile numbers shall be released from the escrow for subsequent notification.
US11589217B2	Updating settings of a wireless device by exchanging authentication and configuration information via an inductive coupling link A method and a system are provided for updating settings of a wireless device. An inductive coupling link is established between a first wireless device and a second wireless device upon detection that the first wireless device is within a threshold proximity to the second wireless device. The second wireless device receives a token from the first wireless device via the inductive coupling link. The second wireless device forwards the token to a remote device that stores a user profile associated with the user of the first wireless device. The second wireless device receives at least a portion of the user profile from the remote device in response to the token being forwarded. The second wireless device performs an update procedure to update one or more settings of the second wireless device in accordance with the received at least the portion of the user profile.
US11589216B2	Service selection set publishing to device agent with on-device service selection Disclosed herein are various embodiments for publishing a service offer set to a device agent on an end-user device and for on-device selection of a service. In some embodiments, a network system publishes a service offer set to an end-user device over a wireless access network, receives an offer set user selection from the end-user device, and provisions one or more network functions based on the offer set user selection.
US11589213B2	Presence server message handling A presence server in a network can receive capability information about a UE in a publish message, and make that capability information available to other UEs on the network. When the UE later deregisters from the network, the UE can send an unpublish message. However, the presence server can at least partially disregard the unpublish message and continue to make the capability information about the UE available to other UEs. The presence server can also filter capability information of one or more target UEs provided to a watcher UE based on a registration status of a target UE, capabilities of the watcher UE, and/or whether a set of target UEs associated with a single user share certain capabilities.
US11589212B2	Method and apparatus for managing event in communication system Disclosed is a terminal including a transceiver; and at least one processor, wherein the at least one processor transmits a first message which makes a request for an event to a subscription relay server, receives event-related information from the subscription relay server in response to the first message, transmits a second message which makes a request for an event to a profile provision server, based on the event-related information, and controls the transceiver to receive information related to event processing from the profile provision server in response to the second message.
US11589210B2	Information processing method and apparatus, and computer storage medium Disclosed are an information processing method and apparatus, and a computer storage medium, and same are used for setting, based on mobility-related information of a terminal, mobility management parameters of the terminal, so that registration area management and accessibility management can be carried out using a mobility behavior analysis result of the terminal. The information processing method provided in the present application comprises: an AMF receiving mobility-related information of a terminal, and the mobility-related information of the terminal is mobility analysis/prediction information, sent by an NWDAF, of the terminal or mobility management policy information, sent by a PCF, of the terminal; and the AMF setting, according to the mobility-related information of the terminal, mobility management parameters of the terminal.
US11589208B2	Method for transmitting data in CIoT system and device therefor The present disclosure provides a method whereby a mobility management entity (MME) in a cellular communication system transmits uplink data, the method comprising: receiving uplink data from a terminal; determining if the received uplink data is an Internet Protocol (IP) packet by examining the uplink data; transmitting the uplink data to a destination node via a packet data network (PDN) if the uplink data is an IP packet; and transmitting the uplink data to the destination node via a service capability exposure function (SCEF) if the uplink data is not an IP packet, wherein the uplink data comprises an indicator for indicating whether the uplink data is an IP packet.
US11589206B2	Performing contention resolution for system information requests For acquiring system information instances, a method determines if one or more system information instances requested in a request message are received in a reply message from a base station. The request message includes a request bitmap indicating the requested system information instances. The reply message includes a reply bitmap indicating the system information instances in the reply message. The method acquires the system information instances indicated in the request bitmap and the reply bitmap from the reply message. In addition, the method requests the system information instances from the base station that are indicated in the request bitmap and not indicated in the reply bitmap.
US11589205B2	Emergency session translation and transcription via audio forking and machine learning Techniques for enabling real time translation and transcription services between users that have contacted emergency services and PSAP operators who are coordinating the emergency services are discussed herein. For example, a system determines that the user and the PSAP operator speak different language, are unable to effectively hear each other, or are otherwise struggling to communicate effectively. The system can determine that an augmentation of the communication session is to be provided and can initiate translation or transcription services via network edge computing resources. The network edge computing resources are configured to generate the augmented communication data and enable the communication network to merge the augmented communication data and the original communication data in real time.
US11589202B2	System and method for automatic bluetooth pairing A method and system for automatically connecting one customer device with another over a Bluetooth or similar connection. The automatic connection may be made by generating a unique identifier to store on a new customer device and a backend system associated with an existing customer device and connecting the new customer device with the existing customer device using the unique identifier.
US11589200B2	Method and apparatus for assessment of communication range to transfer messages in telecommunication system The present disclosure relates to a communication method and system for converging a 5th-Generation (5G) communication system for supporting higher data rates beyond a 4th-Generation (4G) system with a technology for Internet of Things (IoT). The present disclosure may be applied to intelligent services based on the 5G communication technology and the IoT-related technology, such as smart home, smart building, smart city, smart car, connected car, health care, digital education, smart retail, security and safety services.The method includes receiving, by a vehicle to everything (V2X) layer, first information on a V2X service from a V2X application layer and determining, by the V2X layer, range information corresponding to the first information on the V2X service based on a configuration.
US11589199B2	Method and system for service provisioning based on multi-tiered networks and resource utilization A method, a device, and a non-transitory storage medium are described in which multi-tiered networks and resource utilization-based provisioning service is provided. A multi-tiered mobile edge computing network that includes multiple mobile edge computing networks that are multi-tiered based on distance from a network edge includes a network device that selects a location to provision an application service for an end device based on a total resource utilization value and a performance metric associated with one or multiple candidate mobile edge computing networks.
US11589194B2	Location-driven social network boosting A method, a structure, and a computer system for location-driven social network boosting. The exemplary embodiments may include generating a network graph corresponding to a user of a social network and identifying a destined location of the user that differs from a current location of the user. The exemplary embodiments may further include identifying one or more gaps in the social network of the user at the destined location and augmenting the social network to fill the one or more gaps at the destined location.
US11589193B2	Creating and utilizing services associated with maps A system and method for providing service information on a social network. The method can include: receiving, from a first client device, a social media post including a request for a service, where the request for the service includes a set of objectives, service location information, and an identification of an account requesting a service on the social network; applying, by a computer processor, grouping criteria to a first set of user accounts to generate a group, where: the group is a subset of the first set of user accounts, and applying the grouping criteria includes: ranking each user account according to a geographic distance of a client device of the user account from a location specified by the service location information, and selecting, based the ranking, the subset of user accounts for inclusion in the group, where the selecting includes excluding at least one user account of the first set of user accounts from inclusion in the group based on the ranking; providing, to one or more user accounts in the group, the social media post for display by the client devices of the one or more user accounts.
US11589191B2	Signal multiplexing device and signal multiplexing method using layered division multiplexing A signal multiplexing apparatus and method using layered division multiplexing are disclosed. A signal multiplexing apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention includes a combiner configured to generate a multiplexed signal by combining a core layer signal and an enhanced layer signal at different power levels; a power normalizer configured to reduce the power of the multiplexed signal to a power level corresponding to the core layer signal; a time interleaver configured to generate a time-interleaved signal by performing interleaving that is applied to both the core layer signal and the enhanced layer signal; and a frame builder configured to generate a broadcast signal frame using the time-interleaved signal and L1 signaling information.
US11589188B1	Device-based timely emergency call routing Systems and methods for providing timely location estimates when a user equipment initiates a call to an emergency number are disclosed. The system enables a user equipment to send the earliest available location that the user equipment can come up with, after detecting an emergency message (e.g., detecting a 911 digit string). This can be done by sending the current location of the user equipment via HTTPS protocol to a telecommunications service provider node (e.g., an end point in GMLC). In this manner, the system avoids a major overhaul of the existing 3GPP E911 location standard while allowing timely compliance of the NG911 mandate.
US11589181B1	System and method for realistic rotation of stereo or binaural audio A system for rotating sound or selective listening to sound provides for the ability of the apparent direction of sound sources in a listening environment to remain in consistent orientations in space despite rotations of the microphones used to capture the sound and despite rotations of the head of the listener, even when wearing headphones. Modules are provided in the system to distinguish the sound sources and their apparent directions, as well as to optionally rotate the sound sources in response to detected rotations of the listener's head and/or detected rotations of the microphones.
US11589180B2	Electronic apparatus, control method thereof, and recording medium The disclosure relates to an electronic apparatus, a control method thereof, and a recording medium. The electronic apparatus includes: a signal processor configured to process a sound signal; and a processor configured to acquire positional information of a speaker that outputs sound, based on the processed sound signal, and perform a first correction so that a sound image of the sound signal has a predetermined reference spatial acoustic characteristic based on the acquired positional information of the speaker, and perform a second correction so that the sound image of the sound signal on which the first correction is performed has a target spatial acoustic characteristic.
US11589178B2	Generating an audio signal from multiple microphones based on uncorrelated noise detection An audio capture device selects between multiple microphones to generate an output audio signal depending on detected conditions. The audio capture device determines whether one or more microphones are wet or dry and selects one or more audio signals from the one or more microphones depending on their respective conditions. The audio capture device generates a mono audio output signal or a stereo output signal depending on the respective conditions of the one or more microphones.
US11589177B2	Apparatus for monitoring a space by using acoustic web The present disclosure relates to an apparatus and method for monitoring a space using a three-dimensional acoustic web, and to a method of emitting a plurality of acoustic signals, forming a three-dimensional acoustic web in a monitoring target space based on interference between acoustic waves, and recognizing a situation of the monitoring target space based on a change in measured acoustic signals.
US11589176B1	Calibrating an audio system using a user's auditory steady state response An audio system is described for calibrating one or more transducers for a user using the auditory steady state response (ASSR) of the user. The audio system presents an audio calibration signal to the user via a transducer array in the headset. The system measures electrical signals that are generated in the auditory cortex of the brain of the user in response to the presented audio calibration signal. The audio system determines an ASSR of the user based on the measured electrical signals. The audio system determines a value for one or more sound filter parameter based on the determined ASSR and a model. The audio system calibrates the transducer array using the determined sound filter parameters. The calibrated transducer array is used to present audio content to the user.
US11589173B2	Hearing aid comprising a record and replay function A hearing aid comprises a) an input transducer; b) an output transducer; c) an input buffer connected to the input transducer configured to store audio data representing one or more time segments of an electric input signal; d) an own voice detector for providing an own voice control signal, and e) a combiner allowing to insert audio data from the input buffer in a forward audio signal path. The hearing aid further comprises f) an input controller configured to control storage of a time segment of the electric input signal in dependence of said own voice control signal; and g) an output controller configured to select audio data from said one or more time segments of the electric input signal currently stored in the input buffer for insertion in the forward path in dependence of an output control signal originating from the user.
US11589171B2	Systems and methods for suppressing sound leakage A speaker comprises a housing, a transducer residing inside the housing, and at least one sound guiding hole located on the housing. The transducer generates vibrations. The vibrations produce a sound wave inside the housing and cause a leaked sound wave spreading outside the housing from a portion of the housing. The at least one sound guiding hole guides the sound wave inside the housing through the at least one sound guiding hole to an outside of the housing. The guided sound wave interferes with the leaked sound wave in a target region. The interference at a specific frequency relates to a distance between the at least one sound guiding hole and the portion of the housing.
US11589167B1	Multifunctional electromagnetic transducer The present invention provides a multifunctional electromagnetic transducer including: a housing providing with a sound port and a speaker fixed with the housing. The speaker includes a frame forming an accommodating cavity cooperatively with the housing, a vibration system supported on the frame and received in the accommodating cavity; and a magnetic circuit system received in the accommodating cavity driving the vibration system to vibrate along a first direction and generate sounds. The multifunctional electromagnetic transducer further includes a flexible support disposed on a side of the magnetic circuit system distal to the vibration system and secured to the housing. The magnetic circuit system is suspended in the accommodating cavity by the flexible support and moves along the first direction.
US11589165B2	Sounding device A sounding device includes a frame, a vibration system, and a magnetic circuit system having a magnetic gap. The vibration system includes a diaphragm fixed to the frame, a voice coil inserted in the magnetic gap to drive the diaphragm to vibrate, a framework connected to the diaphragm, and an elastic conductor fixed to the frame and connected to one side of the framework away from the diaphragm. One end of the voice coil has a lead wire. The framework and the voice coil define a receiving space. The elastic conductor includes an elastic conductor body fixed to the frame, first to third connectors, first and second bending arms. The first bending arm is spaced apart from the second bending arm. The lead wire is fixed to and electrically connected to the third connector. The sounding device has a good consistency in bending size and high pad position precision.
US11589163B2	Headphone earcup mount in continuous headband-spring headphone system Various implementations include headphone systems. In one implementation, a headband for a headphone system, includes: a continuous spring section sized to extend over a head of a user; an earcup mount coupled with an end of the continuous spring section, where the earcup mount allows for both translation and rotation of an earcup relative to the continuous spring section without altering a length of the continuous spring section; and a friction assembly spanning between the continuous spring section and the earcup mount.
US11589160B1	Systems and methods for controlling audio output in a telematics system Systems and methods for controlling audio output in a telematics system are provided. In on method a telematics device determines that a parameter has exceeded a first threshold and sends an automatic volume control trigger message to an audio output device. The telematics device determines that a second parameter has exceeded a second threshold and sends an alert message to the audio output device. The audio output device performs an automatic volume control procedure then plays back and audible alert message.
US11589156B1	Externally coupled loudspeaker assembly with flexible port A loudspeaker assembly for a vehicle includes a loudspeaker having a first side and an opposed second side, wherein the loudspeaker is configured to generate an acoustical signal having a front wave directed into an interior of the vehicle and a rear wave directed toward an exterior of the vehicle. The loudspeaker assembly further includes a coupler disposed on the second side of the loudspeaker, the coupler including an inlet portion for receiving the loudspeaker and an outlet portion. A flexible port is removably connectable to the coupler, the flexible port including an inlet end arranged to be connected to the outlet portion of the coupler, an outlet end arranged to be connected to an opening in an exterior body panel, and an elongated body extending between the inlet end and the outlet end, the flexible port configured to transmit the rear wave to the exterior of the vehicle.
US11589155B2	Earjack connection apparatus for earphone antenna, and electronic device comprising same Various embodiments of the present invention relate to an earjack connection apparatus for an earphone antenna, and an electronic device comprising the same. To this end, the electronic device according to various embodiments of the present invention comprises: an earjack including a plurality of earjack electrodes; and a circuit board including a plurality of substrate electrodes and a plurality of substrate lines electrically connected to the plurality of substrate electrodes, wherein first and second substrate lines among the plurality of substrate lines can be configured to be electrically connected to a first substrate electrode among the plurality of substrate electrodes. Other embodiments are also possible.
US11589153B2	Seamless listen-through for a wearable device Methods, systems, and devices for signal processing are described. Generally, as provided for by the described techniques, a wearable device may receive an input audio signal (e.g., including both an external signal and a self-voice signal). The wearable device may detect the self-voice signal in the input audio signal based on a self-voice activity detection (SVAD) procedure, and may implement the described techniques based thereon. The wearable device may perform beamforming operations or other separation procedures to isolate the external signal and the self-voice signal from the input audio signal. The wearable device may apply a first filter to the external signal, and a second filter to the self-voice signal. The wearable device may then mix the filtered signals, and generate an output signal that sounds natural to the user.
US11589150B2	Wireless listening device A portable acoustic device comprising: a device housing that defines an internal cavity, the device housing comprising a speaker housing portion and a stem portion extending away from the speaker housing portion; a first acoustic port formed through a wall of the speaker housing; an audio driver disposed within the speaker housing portion and aligned to emit sound through the acoustic first port; a battery disposed within the speaker housing portion and positioned an opposite side of the audio driver than the acoustic port; an antenna disposed in the stem; a user input region disposed along the stem; and a system in a chip disposed in the stem, the system in a chip comprising: a processor that controls operation of the portable wireless acoustic device, charging circuitry, an accelerometer, a wireless communication controller, support components for the antenna and support components for the user input region.
US11589149B2	Acoustic device An acoustic device with an open audio device structure that is configured to be carried on the head or upper torso of a user, a housing carried by the open audio device structure, the housing having opposed first and second ends, a flat diaphragm in the housing and comprising a front face and a rear face, the diaphragm configured to radiate front acoustic radiation from its front face and rear acoustic radiation from its rear face, wherein the front and rear acoustic radiations are out of phase, structure that supports the diaphragm such that the diaphragm can move relative to the housing, a primary magnet adjacent to the rear face of the diaphragm, a magnetic circuit that defines a path for magnetic flux of the primary magnet, a voice coil that is exposed to the magnetic flux and is configured to move the diaphragm up and down along a radiation axis that is normal to the front face of the diaphragm, and first and second sound-emitting outlets in the housing, wherein the first sound-emitting outlet is in or proximate the first end of the housing and is acoustically coupled to the front face of the diaphragm so as to emit front acoustic radiation into an acoustic space, and wherein the second sound-emitting outlet is in or proximate the second end of the housing and is acoustically coupled to the rear face of the diaphragm so as to emit rear acoustic radiation into the same acoustic space.
US11589148B2	Headphone and grille unit A headphone includes a speaker unit, a baffle plate, an ear pad, and a grille. The baffle plate is configured to support the speaker unit. The ear pad is configured to surround an acoustic space in which a sound emitted from the speaker unit is transmitted toward an ear of a listener. The grille is configured to cover the speaker unit. The grille has a hole and a cavity connected to the hole.
US11589146B2	Electronic device including sound broadcasting element An electronic device including a display panel, a protection layer, and a sound broadcasting element is provided. The display panel is disposed on an inner surface of the protection layer. The sound broadcasting element is disposed on the inner surface of the protection layer and includes a piezoelectric component and a connection component. The connection component is located on a side of the display panel, the connection component contacts the protection layer and is connected between the piezoelectric component and the protection layer. A back surface of the display panel is located between the piezoelectric component and the protection layer, wherein the back surface of the display panel is a surface away from the protection layer.
US11589145B2	Connecting structure, loudspeaker and electronic apparatus having the connecting structure A connecting structure, as well as a loudspeaker and an electronic apparatus having the connecting structure are disclosed. The connecting structure includes a snap ring and a connecting post. The snap ring is provided with a notch having a width greater than an inner diameter of the snap ring and an inner wall of the snap ring is provided with a supporting arm. The connecting post includes a post body and a post head located at one end of the post body, an outer diameter of the post head is greater than an outer diameter of the post body, and the post body is provided with a snap-fitting slot. The post body can pass through the notch of the snap ring to be snap-fitted in the snap ring, and the supporting arm can be snap-fitted in the snap-fitting slot of the connecting post.
US11589144B2	Protective cover assembly having improved Z-strength A protective cover assembly is disclosed that comprises a porous expanded membrane having a plurality of pores, a first surface and a second surface opposite the first surface. The porous expanded membrane comprises an active area and a bonded area. The bonded area comprises an adhesive material that forms a bridge extending through the plurality of pores in the bonded area from the first surface to the second surface. The adhesive material in the bonded area improves the Z-strength and allows the porous expended membrane to be a lightweight material having a mass/area ratio of less than or equal to 3 g/m2.
US11589141B2	Data collection method and related device In an embodiment, a data collection method includes: collecting, by a data collection device, performance indicator data of a target device based on a collection periodicity; detecting change amplitude of the collected performance indicator data that is in a change detection window, where the change detection window includes multiple collection periodicities; and when it is detected that change amplitude of the performance indicator data that is in the change detection window is greater than or equal to a change detection threshold, sending the performance indicator data that is in the change detection window to a data analysis device.
US11589139B2	Method for checking, evaluation, and/or error diagnosis of a sensor system, sensor system, and system A method for checking, evaluation, and/or error diagnosis of a sensor system. The sensor system includes at least one sensor unit and an internal data processing unit. The sensor unit outputs sensor data as a function of a physical stimulus and the internal data processing unit is configured to process the sensor data output by the sensor unit to form output data. The sensor data output by the sensor unit is read out from the sensor system and recorded by an external processor unit in a recording step. The recorded sensor data are fed by the external processor unit into the internal data processing unit in an injection step. The fed-in sensor data are processed by the internal data processing unit in a processing step.A sensor system, and a system made up of a sensor system and a processor unit are also described.
US11589132B2	Methods and apparatus for integrating media across a wide area network A system for distributing media includes a wide area network (WAN), a media player coupled to the WAN at a first home, and a media server coupled to the WAN at a second home for providing media. A service is coupled to the WAN for receiving a request for media from the media player and for establishing a connection between the first and second homes over the WAN. Media is streamed across the WAN from the second home to the first home. The system may include a storage device coupled to the media player where media is transferred across the WAN for storage at the storage device. A media device may be coupled to the media player for playing the streamed/transferred media where the media player and the media device may comprise a television, stereo, or computer and the media item may comprise video, photographs, or audio.
US11589130B2	System, method, and program for distributing live video A video distribution system according to an embodiment of the present invention comprises a video distribution server and a user terminal, in which the server provides a live video distribution service for distributing and viewing live video to a user via the user terminal. The system is configured such that the distribution screen presented to the distributor of the live video has a comment display area for displaying at least part of the comment group including comments from viewers, and the display mode is based on at least the number of hidden subsequent comments whose order of posting is later than that of the displayed portion of the comment group displayed in that area. Therefore, when the distributor responds to a displayed comment, the distributor can obtain information based on the number of hidden subsequent comments whose order of posting is later than that of this comment.
US11589128B1	Interactive purchasing of products displayed in video Methods and the systems for providing an interactive, program based product introduction experience are described. In one example, video content may be captured, enriched with product data, and provided on-demand to interactive user devices. Users viewing the content may be presented with supplemental information or resources allowing those users to obtain more information about objects appearing in the video, or purchase products that may be a sociopathic with those objects. The objects appearing in the video may be passively up hearing, rather than explicitly introduced or offered for sale as part of the original video content. However, the supplemental information allows such users to discover and/or purchase new products through interactivity with the video content.
US11589125B2	Dynamic content generation A system comprises a receiver to receive a main content. The system further comprises a detector to detect a placeholder in the main content for placement of a media object. Further, the system comprises an obtainer to obtain a plurality of media objects having placement attributes corresponding to the placeholder in the main content, where a placement attribute is indicative of characteristics of a media object compatible with the placeholder. The system further comprises a selector to select one of the plurality of media objects for being placed in the placeholder of the main content, based on a user profile. Further, the system comprises a generator to generate a final content indicative of the selected media object embedded in the main content.
US11589124B1	Methods and systems for seamlessly transporting objects between connected devices for electronic transactions Methods and Systems are disclosed for displaying objects between disparate devices connected to an electronic network. One method comprises detecting, by a multimedia device connected to an electronic network, an object in a multimedia stream; determining an identifier associated with the detected object; detecting a mobile device connected to the electronic network, the mobile device being a device other than the multimedia device; and generating a display of the detected object at the detected mobile device.
US11589122B2	System and method for providing a list of video-on-demand programs A list of video-on-demand (VOD) programs based on viewer selections is provided. VOD programs may be marked with a mark indicating the level of viewer interest. In one embodiment, a list of VOD programs may be displayed that includes or excludes programs having a particular mark, or sorts programs based on the marks. In another embodiment, a list of VOD programs may be displayed based on availability times. In yet another embodiment, after a viewer has played back a VOD program, a list of related VOD programs may be automatically displayed.
US11589121B2	Content recommendation techniques with reduced habit bias effects Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, identifying content consumption data associated with media content consumption at a customer device, and generating a content selection recommendation for the customer device. Some embodiments can include determining a habit-based content selection vector for the customer device. Various embodiments can include determining the habit-based content selection vector based on a habit profile for the customer device. Some embodiments can include adjusting a content selection vector for the customer device based on the habit-based content selection vector for the customer device. Various embodiments can include generating the content selection recommendation for the customer device based on the adjusted content selection vector. Other embodiments are disclosed.
US11589117B2	Delivery of different services through different client devices A system that handles delivery of service(s) through a client device, includes an interactive service provider, a video service provider, and a client device. The interactive service provider inserts at least one of digital watermarks and digital fingerprints in non-programming media content. The video service provider transmits a media stream of the media content that includes programming media content and the non-programming media content. The client device detects at least one of the inserted digital watermarks and the digital fingerprints in the playback duration of the media content and renders overlay graphics on the media content. The client device activates at least one of input devices paired with the client device and the rendered overlay graphics. The client device further receives trigger responses over activated overlay graphics and displays an interactive view to enable delivery of service(s) in response to the trigger responses.
US11589116B1	Detecting prurient activity in video content Techniques are disclosed for detecting a type of prurient activity shown by a portion of video content. In an example, a machine learning model of a computer system may receive a second portion of video content, the machine learning model including a neural network that is trained to analyze a temporal dimension of the second portion. The machine learning model determines a score indicating a likelihood that the video content shows the type of prurient activity based in part on applying a three-dimensional filter to the second portion of the video content. The computer system then generates a video clip that includes at least the portion of the video content showing the type of prurient activity based on the score, and provides the video clip for display.
US11589106B2	System and method for timing management for digital video recording Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, identifying a media program and receiving a digital media stream including metadata and payload data, wherein the payload data includes program content of the identified media program. The metadata further includes program event information and program status information related to the identified media program. A recording status of the identified media program is determined, wherein an active recording status indicates the identified media program is being recorded at a media recorder. Responsive to the active recording status, an end of program is determined according to the identified media program, the program event information and the program status information. Responsive to the end of program, termination of the recording of the media program is initiated. Other embodiments are disclosed.
US11589097B2	Dynamic scheduling and channel creation based on external data A system is provided for dynamic scheduling and channel creation based on external data. A media item to be inserted in a first media feed of a first channel is determined based on a plurality of pre-encoded media content, metadata, audience-based parameters received from external data source and defined parameters. The plurality of pre-encoded media content comprises live feed and is segmented into a plurality of media segments, each corresponding to different quality level and content encryption mode. A second channel is generated from first channel based on audience-based parameters, insertion of media item, and a second programming schedule. The second programming schedule is generated from modification of first programming schedule based on content recognition-based information that corresponds to the live feed of one of a plurality of channels. The media item is delivered, in viewable format, in second media feed of second channel to a consumer device.
US11589094B2	System and method for recommending media content based on actual viewers Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, a device, that has a processing system including a processor; and a memory that stores executable instructions that, when executed by the processing system, facilitate performance of operations, where the operations include detecting each individual of an audience viewing media content on user equipment; retrieving a user profile for each individual of the audience resulting in user profiles; creating a group profile from the user profiles; determining, based on the group profile, a recommendation for viewing a candidate media content; and providing the recommendation to the user equipment for the audience. Other embodiments are disclosed.
US11589090B2	Selective picture-based encryption of video streams A method for encrypting a video stream in a video encoder is provided that includes receiving the video stream and encrypting randomly selected pictures in the video stream as the video stream is encoded.
US11589087B2	Movie advertising playback systems and methods An ad in a movie can be a static ad having a position in the movie that cannot be moved, or a dynamic ad having a position in the movie that can be changed. When a viewer wishes to skip a portion of the movie containing the ad, the playback system determines whether the ad is static or dynamic. If the ad is static, only the portion of the movie preceding the static ad can be skipped; the ad is unskippable. This technique is referred to as “bounceback” since the end of the skip bounces back to the start of the static ad. If the ad is dynamic, it is moved to after the end of the skip. This technique is referred to as “slip-ad” since the ad slips to later in the movie. When a movie has multiple ads, some can be static and some can be dynamic.
US11589086B2	Systems and methods for targeted advertisement insertion into a program content stream A computerized system for targeted ad insertion receives a program content stream and detects images in the content stream. The system recognizes at least one visual object within the images and matches the recognized visual object to an advertisement that correlates with the recognized visual object. The system may then select an advertisement that advertises, correlates to, is directed to or is otherwise relevant to products or services falling under the theme, topic, category of interest and/or relevant viewer demographic and inserts an identifier of the matched advertisement at an insertion point into the program content stream. This enables playback of the matched advertisement during playback of the program content stream at a time that correlates to the insertion point into the program content stream of the identifier of the matched advertisement.
US11589082B2	Live view collection and transmission system A system including a third-party server and a live-view server is disclosed. The live-view server receives, from the third-party server, a request for a live view of each location, structure, or point of interest; identifies at least one vehicle positioned at each location, structure, or point of interest; obtains each requested live view from a live-view camera of the at least one identified vehicle; and transmits, to the third-party server, a dynamic hyperlink associated with each requested live view. The third-party server receives, from a request device, a request for a live view of a specific location, structure, or point of interest; identifies at least one live view, from a live-view database, associated with the specific location, structure, or point of interest; and serves to the request device, via the dynamic hyperlink, the at least one live view.
US11589081B2	Tiered digital content recording A digital content recording network controller device determines a first content of a set of content to be more likely to be requested by a user of a content access device than a second content of the set of content based on monitored behavior of the user. The device stores the first content in a first storage device of a tiered group of storage devices and stores the second content in a second storage device of the tiered group of storage devices wherein the content access device is located closer to the first storage device than the second storage device. This balances storage load with accessibility, resulting in a faster responding system that does not require as much storage.
US11589066B2	Video decoding method and apparatus using multi-core transform, and video encoding method and apparatus using multi-core transform A method and apparatus for performing transformation and inverse transformation on a current block by using multi-core transform kernels in video encoding and decoding processes. A video decoding method may include obtaining, from a bitstream, multi-core transformation information indicating whether multi-core transformation kernels are to be used according to a size of a current block; obtaining horizontal transform kernel information and vertical transform kernel information from the bitstream when the multi-core transformation kernels are used according to the multi-core transformation information; determining a horizontal transform kernel for the current block according to the horizontal transform kernel information; determining a vertical transform kernel for the current block according to the vertical transform kernel information; and performing inverse transformation on the current block by using the horizontal transform kernel and the vertical transform kernel.
US11589061B2	Transmission device, transmission method and reception device An excellent display can be performed even when the frame rate changes dynamically at the reception side. When a switching portion at which a sequence of video streams to be transmitted is switched from a first sequence to a second sequence having a different frame rate from the first sequence is provided, display control information is inserted into at least encoded image data of a picture corresponding to the switching portion or a packet containing the encoded image data. A reception side performs display control of pictures using the display control information and implements an excellent display.
US11589059B2	Video compression apparatus, electronic apparatus, and video compression program A video compression apparatus includes: an acquisition unit configured to acquire video data including a plurality of frames outputted from an imaging element that has a first imaging region to image a subject and a second imaging region to image a subject and for which a first frame rate can be set for the first imaging region and a second frame rate higher than the first frame rate can be set for the second imaging region; and a compression unit configured to compress the video data acquired by the acquisition unit based on the first frame rate and the second frame rate.
US11589056B2	Video decoding apparatus and video coding apparatus A video decoding apparatus includes matrix reference pixel derivation circuitry that derives reference samples by using top neighboring samples and left neighboring samples of a current block, weight matrix derivation circuitry that derives a weight matrix, matrix prediction image derivation circuitry that derives a prediction image, and matrix prediction image interpolation circuitry that derives a predicted image by using the prediction image. A size index is derived according to a value of a target block width and a value of a target block height. A prediction size is derived using the size index. In a case that a first condition, that both the value of the transform block width and the value of the transform block height are equal to 4, is true, the size index is set equal to 0 and the prediction size is set equal to 4.
US11589054B2	Method and apparatus for history-based motion vector prediction A method includes acquiring a current picture segmented into a plurality of units and divided into a plurality of tiles, each unit divided into a plurality of blocks, the plurality of blocks in each unit being arranged as a first grid, and the plurality of units being arranged as a second grid in each tile. The method includes decoding, for one of the units in a first tile, a first current block from the plurality of blocks using an entry from a first HMVP buffer associated with the first tile. The method includes updating the first HMVP buffer with a motion vector of the decoded first current block. The method includes in response to determining that the first current block is located in a first column and a first row of a first unit of a row in the second grid of the first tile, resetting the first HMVP buffer.
US11589052B2	Techniques for bitstream extraction for subpicture in coded video stream A method, computer program, and computer system are provided for video coding. Video data having one or more subpictures is received. Resampling parameters and spatial scalability parameters corresponding to the subpictures are extracted. The resampling and spatial scalability parameters correspond to one or more flags signaled in a parameter set associated with the video data The video data is decoded based on the extracted resampling and spatial scalability parameters.
US11589049B2	Method and apparatus of syntax interleaving for separate coding tree in video coding A method and apparatus of video coding operate by receiving input data associated with a current data unit in a current picture, wherein the current data unit includes a luma component and a chroma component and the current data unit includes a luma data unit and a chroma data unit. The operation proceeds by splitting the luma data unit and the Chroma data unit using one shared tree until the luma data unit and the chroma data unit reach a stop node, encoding or decoding the stop node as a leaf CU (coding unit) if the stop node is greater than M×N for the luma component, M and N are positive integers, and signalling or parsing a prediction mode for the stop node if the stop node is smaller than or equal to M×N for the luma component.
US11589045B2	Video coding method and apparatus utilizing combination of diverse block partitioning structures The present invention relates to a block partitioning structure from among the video coding schemes and to a method and apparatus for encoding and decoding the block partitioning structure, the method comprising the steps of: acquiring block partitioning data; partitioning a block by means of the acquired block partitioning data; and encoding and decoding by means of the partitioned block. The encoding and decoding method and apparatus according to the present invention has the benefit of improving encoding efficiency with respect to the existing video compression schemes.
US11589044B2	Video encoding and decoding with ternary-tree block partitioning A video system that applies constraints on block partitioning is provided. The system receives a partitioning control parameter from a bitstream specifying a maximum block size for enabling ternary-tree split that is constrained to be 64 or smaller. The system receives data from a bitstream for a block of pixels to be decoded as a current block of a current picture of a video. The system splits the current block into one or more partitions recursively, wherein ternary split is disallowed for a partition of the current block unless the partition is less than or equal to the maximum block size. The system reconstructs the one or more partitions of the current block.
US11589039B2	Restrictions of usage of tools according to reference picture types A video processing method includes determining, for a conversion between a current video block of a video including multiple video blocks and a coded representation of the video, and from types of reference pictures used for the conversion, applicability of a coding tool to the current video block and performing the conversion based on the determining. The method may be performed by a video decoder or a video encoder or a video transcoder.
US11589037B2	Motion compensation using size of reference picture A video coder is configured to determine a reference block of a reference picture for prediction of a current block of a current picture using motion information and to generate a set of reference samples for the current block of the current picture. To generate the set of reference samples, the video coder is configured to perform reference sample clipping on the reference block of the reference picture based on a size of the reference picture. The video coder is further configured to generate a prediction block for the current block of the current picture based on the set of reference samples.
US11589032B2	Methods and apparatus for using track derivations to generate new tracks for network based media processing applications The techniques described herein relate to methods, apparatus, and computer readable media configured to perform media processing tasks. A media processing entity includes a processor in communication with a memory, wherein the memory stores computer-readable instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to perform receiving, from a remote computing device, multi-view multimedia data comprising a hierarchical track structure comprising at least a first track comprising first media data at a first level of the hierarchical track structure, and a second track comprising task instruction data at a second level in the hierarchical track structure that is different than the first level of the first track. The instructions further cause the processor to perform processing the first media data of the first track based on the task instruction data of the second track to generate modified media data and an output track that includes the modified media data.
US11589030B2	Method and device for converting 2D image into 3D image and 3D imaging system The present disclosure discloses a method and a device for converting two-dimensional (2D) images into three-dimensional (3D) images and a 3D imaging system, wherein the method comprises the following steps: acquiring 2D image to be processed; performing perspective transformation on the 2D image to obtain a left-eye image and a right-eye image respectively; adjusting a distance between the left-eye image and the right-eye image according to the result of perspective transformation; and synthesizing the left-eye image and the right-eye image after the distance adjustment. In embodiments of the present disclosure, binocular parallax images are created by performing perspective transformation on the 2D image to be processed; the distance between the left-eye image and the right-eye image after perspective transformation is adjusted to form binocular parallax and create a convergence angle, so that the images observed by naked eyes are located at different depths, thus different stereoscopic effects may be seen. The image transformation is performed on the 2D image without involving the resolution and definition of the image, so that the image quality of the 3D imaged image is the same as that of the original 2D image and the 3D imaging effect is not affected.
US11589029B2	3D imaging system for RGB-D imaging A 3D imaging system includes a camera to capture visible images, and a MEMS device with a scanning mirror that sweeps a beam in two dimensions. Actuating circuits receive angular extents and offset information and provide signal stimulus to the MEMS device to control the amount and direction of mirror deflection on two axes. The scan angle and offset information may be modified in response to camera properties.
US11589025B2	Computer-readable non-transitory storage medium having stored therein information processing program, information processing method, information processing system, and information processing apparatus A first image is generated by imaging a first three-dimensional virtual space including a predetermined object by a first virtual camera. In addition, a map object formed by a three-dimensional model corresponding to the first three-dimensional virtual space is generated, and an indicator object indicating the position of a predetermined object is placed on the map object. Then, a second image is generated by imaging the map object by a second virtual camera. At this time, the second image is generated such that, regarding the indicator object placed on the map object, the display manners of a part hidden by the map object and a part not hidden by the map object as seen from the second virtual camera are different from each other.
US11589022B2	Scope of coverage indication in immersive displays An immersive display and a method of operating the immersive display to provide information relating to an object. The method includes receiving information from an input device of the immersive display or coupled to the immersive display, detecting an object based on the information received from the input device, and displaying a representation of the object on images displayed on a display of the immersive display such that attributes of the representation distinguish the representation from the images displayed on the display, wherein the representation is displayed at a location on the display that corresponds with a location of the object.
US11589018B2	Rotation-type optical module and projection apparatus A rotation-type optical module includes a driving element, a turntable, an optical material, a balancing ring, and a first weight substance. The driving element includes a body and a rotating shaft body. The turntable is sleeved on the rotating shaft body and includes a first surface and a second surface. The optical material is disposed on the first surface of the turntable. The balancing ring is disposed between the driving element and the turntable and includes a third surface and a fourth surface, and the third surface and the second surface face each other. The balancing ring includes an outer retaining wall and at least one inner retaining wall which protrude from the fourth surface, and the first weight substance abuts between the outer retaining wall and the at least one inner retaining wall. A projection apparatus including the foregoing rotation-type optical module is further provided.
US11589017B1	Ground line monitoring system A ground line monitoring system includes a camera mounted in a first automobile vehicle. A waveguide directs a light into the camera having a first in-coupling grating receiving a first light imaging data and passing the first light imaging data as a first frequency of the light and a second in-coupling grating receiving a second light imaging data and passing the second light imaging data as a second frequency of the light. A color filter wheel receives the first frequency of the light and the second frequency of the light. An image sensor of the camera receives the first frequency of the light and the second frequency of the light at different times due to rotation of the color filter wheel. A controller performs a calculation using directions and angles of the first frequency of the light and the second frequency of the light to correct a camera image.
US11589016B2	Apparatus and method for recording video in vehicle An apparatus for recording a video in a vehicle includes: a camera to obtain a video of surroundings of the vehicle, a first sensor to sense a surrounding motion of the vehicle, a second sensor to sense an impact from the surroundings of the vehicle, and a controller to determine a video recording mode of the camera, depending on whether the surrounding motion of the vehicle is consecutively made for a specific time period or more. In particular, the controller controls operations of the camera and the first sensor, depending the determined video recording mode. The video recording mode is controlled to reduce power consumption, in the state that it rains or snows when the video is recorded using a radar in parking.
US11589013B2	Automatic display system for gaze area and remote state monitoring system using the same An automatic display system for a gaze area has a video input unit, an object detection unit and a gaze area setting unit that sets an area containing a part or the whole of the object detected by the object detection unit, or a predetermined area in the entire video as the gaze area. A control signal corresponding to the set gaze area information is received, and a gaze area acquisition unit acquires the gaze area from the entire video according to the control signal. A video output unit outputs a video of the acquired gaze area. The video input unit, a control signal receiving unit, and the gaze area acquisition unit are disposed in the input terminal; the gaze area setting unit and the video output unit are disposed in the output terminal; and information is transmitted between the input terminal and the output terminal by wireless communication.
US11589011B1	Bezels with cameras and light sources In some examples, a computer includes a display panel, a bezel around the display panel, a camera, and a plurality of separate light sources integrated into the bezel at respective different locations.
US11589002B2	Webcam with improved user engagement and display visibility A webcam apparatus, having a display surface characterized by a display area, includes an image capture device characterized by an optical axis and a first footprint in a plane perpendicular to the optical axis; and an energy transfer device with a first portion coupled to the image capture device; and a second portion allowing attachment to an edge of a display screen. When attached, the image capture device and the first portion lie against and in contact with the display surface, or in a proximate and parallel plane. An optical axis characterizing the image capture device is aligned with a gaze direction of a user addressing a viewer via the captured images. The first portion of the energy transfer device is transparent at optical wavelengths, and has a second footprint in the plane perpendicular to the optical axis. The first and second footprints are small relative to the display area.
US11589001B2	Information processing apparatus, information processing method, and program There is provided an information processing apparatus including a display control section that controls a second display device present in a second space. The second display device displays a first captured image obtained by imaging at least one or more first users present in a first space. The display control section superimposes and displays a second user object on the first captured image in accordance with line-of-sight relevant information of each of the first users. The second user object corresponds to each of at least one or more second users present in the second space. This makes it possible to achieve more realistic communication.
US11588999B2	Vehicular vision system that provides camera outputs to receivers using repeater element A vehicular vision system includes a camera and a repeater element at a vehicle. The repeater element is powered at least in part via power-over-coax and includes a de-serializer, a repeater and at least two serializers. The camera captures image data and outputs a camera output that includes serialized image data. The camera output is received at the repeater element and is de-serialized via the de-serializer to generate a de-serialized output. The de-serialized output is provided to the repeater and at least two repeater outputs are provided to the serializers. The serializers serialize the received repeater outputs to generate respective serialized outputs. The serializers each output the respective serialized output to a respective receiver of the vehicle. Each of the serialized outputs is representative of the serialized image data of the camera output received from the camera.
US11588994B2	Image sensor with embedded neural processing unit An imaging system has a imaging array on a semiconductor chip which also includes circuit the elements NPU and SRAM to rapidly identify target objects in the imaging data and output their high level representations with low power consumption.
US11588992B2	Surround-view imaging system The present invention refers to a surround-view imaging system for time-of-flight (TOF) depth sensing applications and a time-of-flight sensing based collision avoidance system comprising such an imaging system. The imaging system for time-of-flight depth sensing applications comprises a lens system, adapted for imaging angles of view (AOV) larger than 120° in an image on an image plane; a sensor system, adapted to convert at least a part the image in the image plane into an electronic image signal; and an evaluation electronics, adapted to analyze the electronic image signal and to output resulting environmental information; wherein the lens system and/or the sensor system are designed for specifically imaging fields of view (FOV) starting at zenithal angles larger than 60°.
US11588988B2	Image sensor and binning method thereof The binning method of an image sensor includes reading out a plurality of pixel signals from at least two rows of each of a plurality of areas of a pixel array at a time, each of the plurality of areas including a plurality of pixels arranged in a 2n×2n matrix, where n is an integer equal to or greater than 2; generating first image data by performing analog-to-digital conversion on the plurality of pixel signals; generating, based on the first image data, a first summation value of each of a plurality of binning areas based on two pixel values corresponding to a same color in each of the plurality of binning areas, the plurality of binning areas corresponding to the plurality of areas of the pixel array; and generating a second summation value of each of two binning areas based on two first summation values corresponding to a same color in the two binning areas, the two binning areas being adjacent to each other in a column direction among the plurality of binning areas.
US11588987B2	Neuromorphic vision with frame-rate imaging for target detection and tracking An imaging system and a method of imaging are provided. The imaging system includes a single optics module configured for focusing light reflected or emanated from a dynamic scene in the infrared spectrum and a synchronous focal plane array for receiving the focused light and acquiring infrared images having a high spatial resolution and a low temporal resolution from the received focused light. The imaging system further includes an asynchronous neuromorphic vision system configured for receiving the focused light and acquiring neuromorphic event data having a high temporal resolution, and a read-out integrated circuit (ROIC) configured to readout both the infrared images and event data.
US11588978B2	Under-display camera systems and methods An example image capture device includes memory and one or more processors coupled to the memory and a camera sensor. The camera sensor is disposed to receive light through at least a portion of a display. The one or more processors are configured to determine an effective aperture for the camera sensor. The one or more processors are configured to apply a mask to one or more pixels in the at least a portion of the display, wherein the mask is based on the effective aperture. The one or more processors are configured to capture an image using the camera sensor.
US11588971B2	Imaging apparatus with two operation interfaces for setting imaging conditions The imaging apparatus according to the present invention includes: a first operation unit having a plurality of buttons corresponding to setting items of imaging conditions, and capable of adjusting the setting items according to operation; and a second operation unit capable of performing a rotating operation and a depressing operation and setting conditions related to the setting items according to operation.
US11588969B2	Devices, methods, and graphical user interfaces for assisted photo-taking An electronic device obtains one or more images of a scene, and displays a preview of the scene. If the electronic device meets levelness criteria, the electronic device provides a first audible and/or tactile output indicating that the camera is obtaining level images of the scene. In some embodiments, the electronic device detects, using one or more sensors, an orientation of a first axis of the electronic device relative to a respective vector, and the levelness criteria include a criterion that is met when the first axis of the electronic device moves within a predefined range of the respective vector. In some embodiments, if the orientation of the first axis of the electronic device moves outside of the predefined range of the respective vector, a second audible and/or tactile output, indicating that the camera is not obtaining level images of the scene, is provided.
US11588964B2	Execution status indication method, apparatus, and unmanned aerial vehicle A execution status indication method includes receiving a control instruction sent from a control device, the control instruction being configured to instruct an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) to perform an operation; and controlling an indicator light at the UAV to indicate an execution status of the control instruction executed by the UAV.
US11588949B1	Image forming apparatus and conveyance control method According to one embodiment, an image forming apparatus includes a conveying roller to convey sheets of different types along a conveyance path, a first sensor to detect a sheet being conveyed at a first position, a second sensor to detect the sheet being conveyed at a second position that is at a fixed distance downstream of the first position, a registration roller pair that is downstream of the second sensor, and a control unit. The control unit calculates a transit time for the sheet between the first position and the second position according detection results from the first and second sensors, and then sets a conveying distance for the sheet after the second position to be used for aligning the sheet against the registration roller pair based on the calculated transit time of the sheet.
US11588942B2	Image reading control method and apparatus executing different modes of document discharge based on detected target image satisfying preset sorting condition A conveying device can selectively execute discharge processes of a plurality of discharge procedures each having a different mode of discharge to a discharge tray. An image reading portion reads images on document sheets conveyed along a conveyance path and outputs data about read images. An image reading control method includes detecting a target image that satisfies a predetermined sorting condition associated with any one of the plurality of discharge procedures from the read images. The image reading control method further includes, in a case where the target image is detected, executing a discharge control that causes the conveying device to execute the discharge process of the discharge procedure corresponding to the target image.
US11588933B2	Methods and apparatus for identification and optimization of artificial intelligence calls The present invention relates to communications methods and apparatus for determining whether a received call originated from an artificial intelligence system and the call handling procedures to be used on the received call based on whether or not the call was determined to have been originated from an artificial intelligence system. An exemplary method embodiment includes the steps of: receiving a first call; determining whether said first call originated from an artificial intelligence system; and when said first call is determined to have originated from an artificial intelligence system performing one or more artificial intelligence call handling operations.
US11588932B2	Activating a connected flight mode In general, the subject matter described in this disclosure can be embodied in methods, systems, and program products for determining, by a mobile computing device while a cellular connection mode remains activated and a second wireless connection mode remains activated, that a sensor of the mobile computing device has detected information indicating that the mobile computing device is located on an airplane. The mobile computing device transitions, in response to having determined that the sensor has detected information indicating that the mobile computing device is located on the airplane, the mobile computing device into a connected flight mode, including by terminating the cellular connection mode while allowing the second wireless connection mode to remain activated.
US11588931B2	Transport-to-transport communication network An example operation includes one or more of receiving a request from an occupant in a first transport to initiate a voice communication with an occupant in a second transport, determining the occupant in the second transport is available for the voice communication based on a length of time the occupant will remain in the first transport and a length of time the occupant will remain in the second transport, and responsive to the determining, enabling the voice communication between the occupant in the first transport and the occupant in the second transport.
US11588929B2	Optical element, mobile phone cover plate and mold for manufacturing optical element An optical element (100c), a mobile phone cover plate covering the optical element (100c) and a mold for manufacturing the optical element (100c). The optical element (100c) comprises: plural texture patterns (1c), at least one of the plural texture patterns (1c) having a concave structure or a convex structure, the at least one texture pattern (1c) containing at least one sub-texture pattern unit (11c, 12c), wherein the at least one texture pattern (1c) is of a curved shape. Hence, the texture patterns may produce a light shadow effect, which have a good visual effect, and when they are applied in the field of decoration, they are able to enhance a decoration effect, and make the decoration rich in visual senses and pictures vivid.
US11588928B2	Mobile telephone case facilitating wireless charging A mobile telephone case that includes a housing structured to receive a mobile telephone, the housing includes a perimeter frame disposed about a perimeter of the mobile telephone to substantially cover and protect the mobile telephone, an at least partially open front face to provide access to a display screen of the mobile telephone, and a protective rear panel that is at least partially movable between an open orientation and a closed orientation when the housing is operatively disposed on the mobile telephone. The protective rear panel substantially covers and protects a rear surface of the mobile telephone when in the closed orientation, with at least a portion thereof being at least partially separable from the perimeter frame to define the open orientation that provides wireless charging access to the rear surface of the mobile telephone with the housing still disposed on the mobile telephone.
US11588925B2	Method for transferring large amounts of data through a telematic network in an efficient and reliable manner at a high-speed The method is for the transfer of data of a message subdivided in fragments from a first intermediary electronic processing unit (43) to a second intermediary electronic processing unit (45); before the transfer, the first unit (43) receives the data encapsulated in the payload of data packets of the TCP type from a sender electronic processing unit (41) and decapsulates them; after the transfer, the second unit (45) encapsulates data in the payload of data packets of the TCP type and transmits them to a recipient electronic processing unit (47); the transfer takes place by means of data packets of the UDP type; the first unit (43) also inserts in the payload (32) of UDP packets; a first data field (C1) containing an identifier of a connection between the sender unit (41) and the recipient unit (47), a second data field (C2) containing an identifier of the message to be transferred, and a third data field (C3) containing a number that identifies the position of a fragment within the message to be transferred.
US11588919B2	Information processing apparatus, information processing system, information processing method and recording medium An information processing apparatus communicably connected with an intermediary device capable of communicating with at least one device, the information processing apparatus including: circuitry configured to receive, from a terminal operated by a user, identification information that the terminal has acquired from the extraneous source; and transmit a request for execution of a process associated with the acquired identification information to the intermediary device, the request for execution causing the intermediary device to execute the process according to the request for execution to control the device.
US11588916B2	Information processing apparatus, method of controlling information processing apparatus, and information processing system An information processing apparatus includes a first obtaining unit configured to obtain a notification information set from a cloud storage, a second obtaining unit configured to transmit user ID information of a user using the information processing apparatus to a cloud server, and to obtain notification ID information transmitted from the cloud server in response to the transmitted user ID information, and a determination unit configured to determine the notification information included in the notification information set obtained by the first obtaining unit and corresponding to the notification ID information obtained by the second obtaining unit as notification information of a display target.
US11588914B2	Maintaining minimum interface functionality in an absence of a push-based communications connection in a group-based communication system Methods, systems, and apparatuses are provided for maintaining minimum interface functionality in an absence of a push based communications connection in a group-based communication system.
US11588905B2	Systems and methods for flexible software update in a network of moving things Communication network architectures, systems and methods for supporting a network of mobile nodes. As a non-limiting example, various aspects of this disclosure provide communication network architectures, systems, and methods for supporting a dynamically configurable communication network comprising a complex array of both static and moving communication nodes (e.g., the Internet of moving things).
US11588901B2	Detection results communication systems and methods Various techniques are disclosed for encoding and communicating detection results. In one example, a device includes a detector configured to capture measurement data in response to an external source. The device further includes one or more processors. The detection device further includes one or more memories including instructions stored therein, which when executed by the one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to perform operations. The operations include analyzing the measurement data to generate detection results. The operations further include generating a quick response (QR) code encoding at least a portion the detection results. The operations further include providing the QR code for access by an external device. Additional devices and related methods are also provided.
US11588900B2	Systems and methods multi-tenant and omni-channel routing Systems and methods for multi-tenant and omni-channel routing are disclosed. In one embodiment, a method for multi-tenant and omni-channel routing may include: (1) a multi-tenant and omni-channel routing computer program executed by an information processing apparatus comprising at least one computer processor receiving, from a first platform in a multi-tenant system, a call to transfer an interaction between the first platform and a third party to a second platform in the multi-tenant system; (2) the multi-tenant and omni-channel routing computer program collecting a context of the interaction from the first platform; (3) the multi-tenant and omni-channel routing computer program identifying the second platform based on the context of the interaction; and (4) the multi-tenant and omni-channel routing computer program routing the interaction to the second platform and communicating the context to the second platform.
US11588899B2	Method and apparatus to facilitate a multi-point connection with a communication device Aspects of the subject disclosure include, for example, selecting a first edge device of a first network to provide a part of a service to a communication device, establishing a first session between the first edge device and a device of a second network for a duration of the service, wherein the first session is associated with a first portion of an address, establishing a second session between the first edge device and the communication device in accordance with an access technology to facilitate a transfer of first data associated with the first part of the service to the communication device, wherein the second session is associated with a second portion of the address, and wherein the second portion of the address identifies the access technology, and transferring the first data to the communication device in accordance with the address, wherein the address comprises a third portion that identifies the communication device. Other embodiments are disclosed.
US11588893B1	Determining which edge node to utilize based on response time and network bandwidth Determining which edge nodes should be used for data feed preprocessing based on response time between the edge nodes and the sources and network bandwidth usage. Edge node determination does not rely on which edge node is closest in physical proximity to the source, but rather makes a determination that minimizes transmission time and ensures network bandwidth usage is minimized. Machine learning models associated with source and edge node are trained over time based on observed response times and/or network bandwidth utilization, subsequently the models are executed with bandwidth network set to zero and the model outputting the lowest response time is deemed to be the edge node that is used.
US11588892B1	Adaptive rebuilding of encoded data slices in a storage network A method for execution by a computing device of a storage network begins by obtaining scoring information for a rebuilding encoded data slices for one or more storage units of a set of storage units of the storage network, where the scoring information includes two or more of a plurality of rebuilding rates, a plurality of input/output rates, a plurality of scores, and a plurality of selection rates. The method continues with determining a rebuilding rate of the plurality of rebuilding rates to utilize for the rebuilding based on the scoring information. The method continues by implementing the rebuilding of the encoded data slices in accordance with the rebuilding rate.
US11588891B2	Access pattern driven data placement in cloud storage A system and method for storing data in a distributed network having a plurality of datacenters distributed over a plurality of geographic regions. The method may involve receiving data, including metadata, uploaded to a first datacenter of the distributed network, receiving access information about previous data that was previously stored in the plurality of datacenters of the distributed network, predicting one or more of the plurality of geographic regions from which the uploaded data will be accessed based on the metadata and the access information, and instructing the uploaded data to be transferred from the first datacenter to one or more second datacenters located at each of the one or more predicted geographic regions.
US11588890B2	System, method and apparatus having a redundant cluster for processing data Disclosed are a data processing system, a method and an apparatus. The system includes: a first client, a data synchronization terminal, and a second client. The first client is configured to send data indicated by a data sending instruction to a first server cluster in a first server cluster group. The data synchronization terminal is configured to synchronize data in the first server cluster of the first server cluster group to a second server cluster in a second server cluster group. The second client is configured to acquire data from a target second server cluster; determine, in response to that transmission of data with location information currently being acquired from the target second server cluster is interrupted, target second location information from a predetermined target second location information group; and continue to acquire data from the storage location indicated by the target second location information.
US11588889B1	Validating media content retrieved from untrusted networks A processing service of a provider network may protect media content from being tampered with when it is transmitted from the provider network/transcoder to untrusted networks (e.g., third-party networks/CDNs) and to a media player. The processing service (e.g., the transcoder) generates a public and a private key. The service uses the private key to digitally sign content portions (e.g., video frames) before distribution to untrusted CDNs. The provider network creates a manifest that includes the public key. To play the media content, the media player obtains a manifest that includes the public key (via a secure/trusted connection with the provider network). The media player may then obtain the media content from an untrusted edge server/CDN and validate it using the public key that was separately obtained from the manifest (to verify the content was not tampered with).
US11588886B2	Managing replication of computing nodes for provided computer networks Techniques are described for providing managed computer networks, such as for managed virtual computer networks overlaid on one or more other underlying computer networks. In some situations, the techniques include facilitating replication of a primary computing node that is actively participating in a managed computer network, such as by maintaining one or more other computing nodes in the managed computer network as replicas, and using such replica computing nodes in various manners. For example, a particular managed virtual computer network may span multiple broadcast domains of an underlying computer network, and a particular primary computing node and a corresponding remote replica computing node of the managed virtual computer network may be implemented in distinct broadcast domains of the underlying computer network, with the replica computing node being used to transparently replace the primary computing node in the virtual computer network if the primary computing node becomes unavailable.
US11588880B2	Capturing and automatically uploading media content A computer-implemented method for automatically uploading media content from a mobile device to an online service provider can include receiving, in the mobile device, identifying information corresponding to a user account associated with at least one of a plurality of online service providers; capturing media content with a media input component included in the mobile device; and after the media content is captured, automatically uploading to the at least one online service provider the captured media content and the identifying information, without receiving user input contemporaneous with the automatic uploading that specifies that the captured media content is to be uploaded. The mobile device can further include a wireless communication component configured to wirelessly send data to and wirelessly receive data from the plurality of online service providers, which can be external to the mobile device.
US11588870B2	W3C media extensions for processing DASH and CMAF inband events along with media using process@append and process@play mode A method and apparatus for processing events in a media stream may be provided. The method may include obtaining media data; generating, from the media data, one or more event segments and one or more media segments; parsing a respective event from the one or more event segments to determine an event start time, event end time, and dispatch mode; appending the respective event from the one or more event segments to an event dispatch buffer based on a comparison of the event start time and a current playback position, and a determination that the respective event is not present in an already dispatched buffer; and dispatching the respective event based on the position associated with the respective event in the event dispatch buffer, the event start time, the event end time, and the current playback position.
US11588866B2	Delivering tailored audio segments within live audio streams An online system tailors audio segments for users accessing a live audio stream such that the audio segments can be presented to users during a break of the live audio stream. The audio segment can include interactive content as well as one or both of an audio clip and a standard message, each of which serves as a type of introduction to the interactive content. For each user, the online system analyzes characteristics of the user to determine whether to include the standard message in addition to the audio clip, or to withhold the standard message from the audio segment. Therefore, different users accessing the live audio stream can be appropriately introduced to the interactive content which can improve the likelihood that the users interact with the interactive content.
US11588863B2	System for providing efficient delivery of media content to the masses A system for providing efficient delivery of media content to the masses is disclosed. In particular, the system may include receiving requests for content from a plurality of user devices. The system may then include synchronizing fulfillment timeframes for delivering the content based on a preset time interval. In response to the requests, the system may deliver the content, such as via a satellite network, to a storage device, such as, but not limited to, a digital video recorder, a video-ready-access device equipped with a satellite receiver and antenna, a digital subscriber line access multiplexer equipped with a satellite received and antenna, or any combination thereof, based on the preset time interval. The system may then include causing the storage device to deliver the requested content to the plurality of user devices via a wireless network communicatively linked to the plurality of user devices.
US11588861B2	Electronic device and operating method for registering IP multimedia subsystem An electronic device according to an embodiment may include a communication circuit, a processor, operatively connected to the communication circuit, and a memory operatively connected to the processor. The memory may store instructions to cause the processor to update an application including IP multimedia subsystem (IMS)-related data. Based on the update data received from a server through the communication circuit, obtain the updated IMS-related data through the application when the application is updated, and renew the IMS configuration information.
US11588858B2	Monitoring a privacy rating for an application or website A method, non-transitory computer readable medium, and policy rating server device that receives a request from a client computing device for one or more privacy ratings. The request identifies at least one application, such as an application installed on the client computing device for example. A policy associated with the identified application is obtained. The obtained policy is analyzed to identify a plurality of key words or phrases associated with use by the at least one application of functionality of, or personal information stored on, the client computing device. One or more privacy ratings are generated based on numerical values assigned to each of the identified key words or phrases, the generated one or more privacy ratings are output to the client computing device in response to the request.
US11588857B2	Network asset lifecycle management Systems and methods for network asset lifecycle management are described. Network assets may include ephemeral Internet-accessible assets such as IP addresses, domain names, digital certificates, and cloud infrastructure accounts. A set of addresses associated with a computer network such as the Internet are scanned. Response data is received from one or more network systems connected to the computer network and processed to identify one or more network assets associated with an entity such as an enterprise organization. Asset data indicative of the identified network assets are then stored to build a record of the network assets associated with the entity.
US11588856B2	Automatic endpoint security policy assignment by zero-touch enrollment A model-based industrial security policy configuration system implements a plant-wide industrial asset security policy in accordance with security policy definitions provided by a user. The configuration system models the collection of industrial assets for which diverse security policies are to be implemented. An interface allows the user to define zone-specific security configuration and event management policies for a plant environment at a high-level based on a security model that groups the industrial assets into security zones. When new industrial devices are subsequently installed on the plant floor, the system determines whether a security policy defined by the model is applicable to the new device and commissions the new device to comply with any relevant security policies. This mitigates the necessity for a system administrator to manually configure individual devices to comply with plant-wide security policies.
US11588855B2	Policy approval layer A customer of a policy management service may use an interface with a configuration and management service to interact with policies that may be applicable to the customer's one or more resources. The customer may create and/or modify the policies and the configuration and management service may notify one or more other entities of the created and/or modified policies. The one or more other entities may be operated by user authorized to approve the created and/or modified policies. Interactions with the configuration and management service may be the same as the interactions with the policy management service.
US11588851B2	Detecting device masquerading in application programming interface (API) transactions This disclosure describes a technique to determine whether a client computing device accessing an API is masquerading its device type (i.e., pretending to be a device that it is not). To this end, and according to this disclosure, the client performs certain processing requested by the server to reveal its actual processing capabilities and thereby its true device type, whereupon—once the server learns the true nature of the client device—it can take appropriate actions to mitigate or prevent further damage. To this end, during the API transaction the server returns information to the client device that causes the client device to perform certain computations or actions. The resulting activity is captured on the client computing and then transmitted back to the server, which then analyzes the data to inform its decision about the true client device type. Thus, when the server detects the true client device type (as opposed to the device type that the device is masquerading to be), it can take appropriate action to defend the site.
US11588850B2	Security techniques for 5G and next generation radio access networks Malicious attacks by certain devices against a radio access network (RAN) can be detected and mitigated, while allowing communication of priority messages. A security management component (SMC) can determine whether a malicious attack against the RAN is occurring based on a defined baseline that indicates whether a malicious attack is occurring. The defined baseline is determined based on respective characteristics associated with respective devices that are determined based on analysis of information relating to the devices. In response to determining there is a malicious attack, SMC determines whether to block connections of devices to the RAN based on respective priority levels associated with respective messages being communicated by the devices. SMC blocks connections of devices communicating messages associated with priority levels that do not satisfy a defined threshold priority level, while managing communication connections to allow messages satisfying the defined threshold priority level to be communicated via the RAN.
US11588849B2	System for providing enhanced cryptography based response mechanism for malicious attacks Embodiments of the present invention provide a system for providing enhanced cryptography based response mechanism for malicious attacks. The system is configured for generating one or more tracker seeds, storing the one or more tracker seeds in at least one entity system associated with an entity, identifying a malicious event associated with data in the at least one entity system, in response to identifying the malicious event, identifying an encryption algorithm key pair for the malicious event based on the one or more tracker seeds, and decrypting the data in the at least one entity system based on the encryption algorithm key pair.
US11588848B2	System and method for suspending a computing device suspected of being infected by a malicious code using a kill switch button A system for suspending a computing device suspected of being infected by a malicious code is configured to receive a signal to initiate a suspension procedure of the computing device. The system captures states of instructions that are being executed by a processor of the computing device, where the instructions comprise the malicious code. The system prioritizes the operation of a kill switch button over the instructions being executed by the processor. The system sends notification signals to servers managing a user account associated with a user currently logged in at the computing device, indicating that the computing device is suspected of having been infected by the malicious code. In response to sending the notification signals to the servers, the user account is suspended. The system terminates network connections of the computing device such that the computing device is disconnected from other devices.
US11588847B2	Automated seamless recovery A processor may detect a risk on a local machine. The processor may determine that the risk warrants a heightened-level remediation. The processor may connect the local machine to a cloud-based desktop environment. The processor may perform the heightened-level remediation on the local machine. The processor may merge data from the cloud-based desktop environment to the local machine in response to the heightened-level remediation being performed.
US11588845B2	Method for managing a memory A computer-implemented method for managing a memory in a network to which a unit for detecting or preventing undesirable network intrusions is assigned. A first message is received by a user of the network in the process. If the first message is to be stored, a second message is randomly selected from the messages stored in the memory, the randomly selected second message is deleted from the memory, and the first message is stored in the memory.
US11588844B1	Distributing search loads to optimize security event processing Disclosed herein are methods, systems, and processes to distribute and disperse search loads to optimize security event processing in cybersecurity computing environments. A search request that includes a domain specific language (DSL) query directed to a centralized search cluster by an event processing application is intercepted. The event processing application is inhibited from issuing the search request to the centralized search cluster if a structured or semi-structured document matches the DSL query.
US11588842B2	Network anomaly detection and mitigation simulation tool One or more network tests for a network are selected, wherein the selected one or more network tests simulate an attempt to establish an anomalous network configuration. A network configuration update is generated based on the selected one or more network tests and the network configuration update is issued to a network-based device. A performance of the network is monitored for establishment of the anomalous network configuration in response to the network configuration update and a configuration of the network is revised based on the monitored performance of the network, to mitigate the establishment of the anomalous network configuration.
US11588841B2	Generating malicious network traffic detection models using cloned network environments Techniques and mechanisms are disclosed for creating an environment for detecting malicious network traffic. A test computer network including a plurality of cloned nodes is created. The plurality of cloned nodes in the test computer network corresponds to at least some of a plurality of target nodes of a host computer network, and the test computer network has no network connectivity to the host computer network. Sensors in both the host computer network and the test computer network generate network flow records that are sent to a detection processing pipeline. The detection processing pipeline merges the records received from the sensors and uses the merged records to train at least one model used to identify instances of malicious network traffic.
US11588839B2	Leveraging user-behavior analytics for improved security event classification Systems and methods for improving security event classification by leveraging user-behavior analytics are provided. According to an embodiment, a UEBA-based security event classification service of a cloud-based security platform maintains information regarding historical user behavior of various users of an enterprise network. An endpoint protection platform running on an endpoint device that is part of the enterprise network performs an initial classification of the event, based on which the endpoint protection platform blocks activity by the process. The endpoint production platform requests input from the cloud-based security platform which causes the cloud-based security platform performs a reclassification of the event based on contextual information, multiple data feeds and the UEBA-based security event classification service. Based on the reclassification of the event, the cloud-based security platform causes the endpoint protection platform to allow the process to proceed by providing the resulting security event classification to the endpoint protection platform.
US11588838B2	Threat mitigation system and method A computer-implemented method, computer program product and computing system for: obtaining hardware performance information concerning hardware deployed within a computing platform; obtaining platform performance information concerning the operation of the computing platform; obtaining application performance information concerning one or more applications deployed within the computing platform; and generating a holistic platform report concerning the computing platform based, at least in part, upon the hardware performance information, the platform performance information and the application performance information.
US11588837B2	Secured automated or semi-automated system Secured automated or semi-automated systems are provided herein. In one embodiment, a sensor system includes a sensor, a legacy computing environment that is configured to communicate with the sensor and process sensor raw data output, and transmit the processed sensor output to a first network node over the network, and a trusted computing environment configured to receive raw sensor output directly from the sensor and transmit the raw sensor output to an additional network node or the first network node over the network.
US11588834B2	Systems and methods for identifying attack patterns or suspicious activity in client networks Systems and methods for identifying attack patterns or suspicious activity can include a profile builder, a primitive creator, and a compromise detector. The profile builder can populate one or more baseline activity profiles for each client of the plurality of clients or entities associated therewith. The primitive creator can create primitives by comparing identified or extracted features to information in the one or more baseline activity profiles. The compromise detector can receive primitives, and based on identified combinations or sequences of primitives, generate compromise events to be provided to clients.
US11588832B2	Malicious incident visualization Techniques to provide visualizations of possible malicious incidents associated with an event on a host device may include causing presentation of graphics of a process or thread in a user interface. Information about detected events may be transmitted to a computing device that generates the visualizations for presentation to an analyst to verify the malicious incidents. Based on patterns and information conveyed in the visualizations, the computer device or host device may take action to protect operation of the host device caused by the event.
US11588831B2	Systems and methods for side-channel monitoring of a local network Systems and methods for side-channel monitoring a local network are disclosed. The methods involve generating a program trace signal from at least one of power consumption, electromagnetic emission, or acoustic emanation of a control processor connected to the local network and operating a monitoring processor to detect a communication of a message on the local network; identify at least one purported control processor related to the communication; analyze the program trace signal of the at least one purported control processor relative to the communication; and at least one of an authenticate or verify one or more purported control processors of the at least one purported control processor based on the program trace signal of the at least one purported control processor.
US11588830B1	Using machine learning to detect malicious upload activity A method for training a machine learning model using information pertaining to characteristics of upload activity performed at one or more client devices includes generating first training input including (i) information identifying first amounts of data uploaded during a specified time interval for one or more of multiple application categories, and (ii) information identifying first locations external to a client device to which the first amounts of data are uploaded. The method includes generating a first target output that indicates whether the first amounts of data uploaded to the first locations correspond to malicious or non-malicious upload activity. The method includes providing the training data to train the machine learning model on (i) a set of training inputs including the first training input, and (ii) a set of target outputs including the first target output.
US11588829B2	Methods and apparatus for network detection of malicious data streams inside binary files Methods, apparatus, systems and articles of manufacture are disclosed to detect an attack in an input file. An example apparatus includes a detection controller to identify a section of a number of bytes of data in a buffer including a first or second byte of data indicative of a value within a preconfigured range, the preconfigured range corresponding to a range of values indicative of memory addresses, update a merged list with a chunk of data that includes the section having the first or second byte of data indicative of the value within the preconfigured range, and a reoccurrence detector to concatenate the chunk of data in the merged list into a string to identify a number of occurrences the string matches remaining data in the buffer, and in response to a detection of the number of occurrences exceeding an occurrence threshold, determine that the data includes a malicious data stream.
US11588826B1	Domain name permutation Methods and systems for identifying a network threat are disclosed. The methods described herein may involve receiving at least one permutation of a domain name, wherein the at least one permutation is registered with a domain name registrar. The methods described herein may further involve executing a scanning function to identify an active service on the at least one permutation registered with the domain name registrar and implementing a threat prevention procedure upon identifying an active service on the at least one permutation.
US11588823B1	Data security systems and methods A system for data security includes a processor and a non-transitory, tangible, computer-readable storage medium having instructions stored thereon that, in response to execution by the processor, cause the processor to perform operations including: (i) logging a plurality of data access events initiated by a user; (ii) analyzing the plurality of data access events; (iii) generating, based upon the analyzing, a user profile, the user profile including at least one historical data access pattern associated with the user; (iv) comparing a data access event initiated by the user to the user profile; and (v) determining, based upon to the comparing, whether the data access event initiated by the user corresponds to the at least one historical data access pattern included in the user profile.
US11588820B2	Certificate based automated network configuration Disclosed are techniques for determining network configurations through machine logic from security certificates of destination computer devices in the network. When a security component of a network receives an incoming data packet sent to a destination computer device in the network, a security certificate is requested from the destination computer device. The security component then configures a set of network rules for forwarding data packets to the destination computer device based on information in the security certificate of the destination computer device. Properties of the incoming data packet are compared to the set of network rules to determine whether to forward the incoming data packet to the destination computer.
US11588813B2	Systems and methods for biometric authentication using existing databases Systems, methods, and non-transitory computer readable medium use external databases for biometric authentication. A server receives a request for authentication of a user from a requestor. A notification is sent to a user device associated with the user from the server. A biometric image is received within the server in response to the notification. A biometric ID of the user is sent from the server to an external database for identifying a biometric template stored with the external database. An authentication result indicative of a match between the biometric image and the biometric template is determined and the authentication result is sent to the requestor. The external databases are owned by a third party, and the biometric template of the user was previously generated and stored within the external database in association with the biometric ID.
US11588809B2	System and method for securing a content creation device connected to a cloud service A certified application is installed onto a content creation device and a mobile certified application is installed onto a mobile device, the applications establish first and second trust relationships with the cloud service. The certified application and mobile certified application establish the third trust relationship via a proximity network. The mobile certified application generates a first ephemeral key pair having a private part. The certified application generates a second ephemeral key pair having a private part. The mobile certified application requests a service from the content creation device involving the transfer of data between the content creation device and the cloud service. The data is protected by at least one of the first and second ephemeral key pairs in response to invocation of the service. The service results in the data being stored at the cloud service and/or rendered at the content creation device.
US11588805B2	Syncing data warehouse permissions using single sign-on authentication Syncing data warehouse permissions using single sign-on authentication including establishing a link between a first cloud-based data warehouse and a second cloud-based data warehouse, wherein the link facilitates access to data stored in the second cloud-based data warehouse via the first cloud-based data warehouse; receiving, by the first cloud-based data warehouse, a first query referencing first data stored in the second cloud-based data warehouse; accessing, by the first cloud-based data warehouse, from the second cloud-based data warehouse, the first data; and sending a response to the first query based on the accessed first data.
US11588803B2	Systems, methods, and apparatuses for implementing super community and community sidechains with consent management for distributed ledger technologies in a cloud based computing environment Systems, methods, and apparatuses for implementing super community and community sidechains with consent management for distributed ledger technologies in a cloud based computing environment are described herein. For example, according to one embodiment there is a system having at least a processor and a memory therein executing within a host organization and having therein: means for operating a blockchain interface to a blockchain on behalf of a plurality of tenants of the host organization, wherein each of the plurality of tenants are participating nodes with the blockchain; means for receiving a login request from a user device, the login request requesting access to a user profile associated with a first one of the plurality of tenants; means for authenticating the user device and retrieving a user profile from the blockchain based on the authentication of the user device, wherein the user profile is stored as a blockchain asset within the blockchain with a first portion of the user profile comprising non-protected data accessible to all participating nodes on the blockchain and with a second portion of the user profile comprising protected data accessible only to participating nodes having user consent; means for prompting the user device to grant user consent to share the protected data with a second one of the plurality of tenants; and means for sharing the protected data with the second one of the plurality of tenants by permitting access to the protected data within the blockchain asset by the second tenant's participating node. Other related embodiments are disclosed.
US11588800B2	Customizable voice-based user authentication in a multi-tenant system A system authenticates users using voice-based conversations. The system allows the authentication process to be customized using an authentication plan. For example, the system may be a multi-tenant system that allows customization of the authentication process for each tenant. The authentication plan is represented as an expression of phrase types, each phrase type associated with a phrase verification method. The system authenticates a user by executing the expression of an authentication plan for that user in response to a request from the user. The system performs a conversation with the user according to the authentication plan. The system determines whether to allow or deny the user request based on the result of evaluation of the expression of the authentication plan.
US11588797B2	Vehicle distributed computing for additional on-demand computational processing Systems and techniques for vehicle distributed computing for on-demand computational capacity. Systems and techniques described herein enable distribution of discrete computational work requests to other vehicle systems through generation and awarding of smart contracts to locally positioned other vehicle systems bidding for the smart contracts. Data for processing the requests is encrypted and send to the vehicle winning the smart contract, which processes the request and returns the completed work product. Completion of the smart contract initiates transfer of value to the processing vehicle as incentive for processing the work load.
US11588796B2	Data transmission with obfuscation for a data processing (DP) accelerator According to one embodiment, a host communicates with a data processing (DP) accelerator using an obfuscation scheme. The DP accelerator receives an obfuscation kernel algorithm (or obfuscation algorithm), where the obfuscation kernel algorithm is used to obfuscate and de-obfuscate data in communication with a host. The DP accelerator de-obfuscates, using the obfuscation kernel algorithm, obfuscated data received from the host for a prediction request to obtain one or more AI models. The DP accelerator generates prediction results by applying the one or more AI models to a prediction input. The DP accelerator obfuscates, using the obfuscation kernel algorithm, the prediction results. The DP accelerator sends the obfuscated prediction results to the host, where the host retrieves the prediction results by de-obfuscating the obfuscated prediction results.
US11588794B2	Method and apparatus for secure application framework and platform A security platform architecture is described herein. The security platform architecture includes multiple layers and utilizes a combination of encryption and other security features to generate a secure environment. A method, system and apparatus include/are configured for maintaining a secure vault, accessing building block modules and implementing an orchestrator. The vault stores code. The building block modules are formed using the code stored in the secure vault. The orchestrator controls access to the building block modules.
US11588789B2	System and method employing virtual ledger A system, method and computer program product for computer based open innovation including an asset valuation device receiving asset information regarding one or more tangible or non-tangible assets, and generating a valuation signal, based on the asset information; a self-executing code device receiving the valuation signal, and generating a self-executing code signal, based on the valuation signal; an air router device having both a low band radio channel, and an internet router channel for redundant internet communications, and a malicious code removal device for scrubbing malicious code from data received, receiving the valuation signal, and generating a node voting request signal, based on the valuation signal; and a mesh network having a plurality of node devices receiving the node voting request signal, and generating vote confirmation signals, based on the node voting request signal. The node devices are employed to perform problem solving, smart contract processing, and/or cryptocurrency mining.
US11588787B2	Premises management configuration and control Disclosed are methods, systems, and devices for management of a premises. The premises may comprise one or more devices, such as a gateway device, a control device, or a premises device. A computing device, such as a server external to the premises, may receive data indicative of the premises device. The computing device may determine to update a configuration of one or more devices at the premises, such as the gateway device or the control device. Configuration data may be sent to the gateway device to update the configuration.
US11588778B2	System and method for enhanced second screen experience A system and method for providing an enhanced second screen experience is provided includes a content-rich second screen user interface with information relative to an event and event participants as well as social media aspects relative to the event and event participants.
US11588774B2	Control of notifications to a user of an electronic messaging system An example method of controlling notifications to a user of an electronic messaging system comprises controlling communication of a notification associated with a thread of the electronic messaging system to the user based on a determined level of interest of the user in a topic of the thread and at least one of: the obtained timing information relating to the timing of the most recent notification associated with the thread; and an obtained measure of similarity between the topic of the thread and a second topic associated with the most recent notification associated with the thread.
US11588771B2	Systems and methods for including enriched calling information in rich communications services (RCS) messaging A messaging platform may send, based on a query, information identifying one or more virtual assistants to a user device. The messaging platform may receive, from the user device, a response identifying a particular virtual assistant, of the one or more virtual assistants, wherein the virtual assistant is associated with an organization. The monitoring platform may send, to the user device, information related to the particular virtual assistant and may communicate, via the particular virtual assistant, with the user device via a rich communications services (RCS) communication session. The messaging platform may receive, from another device associated with the organization, a request to communicate with the user device and may convert the request into an RCS message. The messaging platform may send, via a server device, the RCS message to the user device to allow the user device to perform one or more actions.
US11588766B2	Mobile dashboard for automated contact center testing A mobile dashboard for automated contact center testing gives up-to-the-minute status reports on your customer experience, enabling you to make operational decisions and drill down to the source of an issue while on the go. A mobile-optimized executive dashboard display can be customized for each unique user, so business and technical stakeholders can filter the display for the customer experience (CX) metrics that are most relevant to them, and configure push notification alerts accordingly.
US11588759B2	Automated communications over multiple channels A company may implement automated workflows for convenience of users or to reduce support costs. For example, allowing a user to change an address using an automated workflow may be faster or less expensive than with a human agent. Companies may provide support over different types of communications channels with different capabilities, such as voice channels and text channels. Instead of implementing different workflows for different channels, a company may separate aspects of the workflow that are common to different channels from aspects of the workflow that are different for different channels. For example, a workflow may be implemented to determine an action in response to a received communication where the action may be used with multiple channels. The action may then be used to select an action implementation that is specific to a channel.
US11588758B2	Generating a user unavailability alert in a collaborative environment Generating a user unavailability alert in a collaborative environment. An embodiment can include receiving a user input from a user indicating an unavailability of the user. Responsive to the user input, activity of the user in the collaborative environment can be analyzed to identify whether any pending actions are allocated to the user which relate to other people identified by the user's participation in the collaborative environment. Responsive to determining at least one pending action is allocated to the user which relates to at least one other person identified by the user's participation in the collaborative environment, a first message can be generated to be communicated to the at least one other person indicating the unavailability of the user, and the first message can be communicated to the at least one other person.
US11588752B2	Route exchange in multi-tenant clustered controllers Route exchange in a plurality of network controller appliances on a per-tenant basis is disclosed. In one aspect, a method includes receiving, from a network management system and at a first network controller appliance, a designation of at least two tenants to be hosted on the first network controller appliance, the first network controller appliance being one of a plurality of network controller appliances in a SD-WAN; sending, from the first network controller appliance to other network controller appliances of the plurality of network controller appliances, a tenant list query message to obtain a corresponding tenant list of each of the other network controller appliances; and receiving a corresponding response from each of the other network controller appliances indicating the corresponding tenant list of each of the other network controller appliances, the corresponding response being used to update the tenant list on the first network controller appliance.
US11588751B2	Combined network and computation slicing for latency critical edge computing applications Methods and devices for creating and operating a combined network and computational slice instance (NCSI) in a Multi-access Edge Computing (MEC) scenario. Communication and computational resources may be reserved by a NCSI controller for the NCSI. The communication resources may include network slices and the computational resources may include MEC computational resources of one or more MEC servers. The reserved resources may be selected based on quality of service (QoS) requirements of UEs that will utilize the NCSI. During operation, reserved resources for the NCSI may be dynamically renegotiated based on an aggregate load of the NCSI, the QoS of data traffic, and/or updated QoS requirements of the UEs.
US11588749B2	Load balancing communication sessions in a networked computing environment Techniques for load balancing communication sessions in a networked computing environment are described herein. The techniques may include establishing a first communication session between a client device and a first computing resource of a networked computing environment. Additionally, the techniques may include storing, in a data store, data indicating that the first communication session is associated with the first computing resource. The techniques may further include receiving, at a second computing resource of the networked computing environment, traffic associated with a second communication session that was sent by the client device, and based at least in part on accessing the data stored in the data store, establishing a traffic redirect such that the traffic and additional traffic associated with the second communication session is sent from the second computing resource to the first computing resource.
US11588739B2	Enhanced management of communication rules over multiple computing networks Described herein are systems, methods, and software to enhance the implementation of communication rules in a computing network. In one example, a method of operating a communication settings system maintains communication rules for a plurality of networks, wherein the communication rules define forwarding actions for ingress and egress packets to and from applications in the plurality of computing networks. The service further identifies a configuration request from a computing network with applications executing in the computing network, identifies a subset of the communication rules based on the plurality of applications, and provides the subset of the communication rules to the computing network.
US11588735B2	Edge processing of sensor data using a neural network to reduce data traffic on a communication network Methods, systems, and apparatuses related to edge processing of sensor data using a neural network to reduce network traffic to and/or from a server. In one approach, a cloud server processes sensor data from a vehicle using an artificial neural network (ANN). The ANN has several layers. Based on analyzing at least one characteristic of the sensor data received from the vehicle and/or a context associated with processing the sensor data, the cloud server determines to send one or more of the layers of the ANN for edge processing on the vehicle itself. In other cases, the cloud server decides to send the one or more layers to an edge server device located on a communication path between the vehicle and the cloud server. The edge processing reduces network data traffic.
US11588734B2	Systems for providing an LPM implementation for a programmable data plane through a distributed algorithm Described are programmable input output (IO) devices comprising: an match processing unit (MPU) and a memory unit. The MPU comprising at least one arithmetic logic unit (ALU). The memory unit having instructions stored thereon which, when executed by the respective programmable IO device, cause the programmable IO device to perform operations. These operations comprise: receiving, from an inbound interface, a packet comprising packet data for at least one range-based element; determining, via the MPU, a lookup result by performing a modified binary search on an interval binary search tree with the packet data to determine a longest prefix match (LPM), wherein the interval binary search tree maps the at least one range-based element to an associated data element; and classifying the packet based on the lookup result.
US11588733B2	Slice-based routing In a slice-based network, switches can be programmed to perform routing functions based on a slice identifier. The switch can receive a packet and determine a slice identifier for the packet based on packet header information. The switch can use the slice identifier to determine a next hop. Using the slice identifier with a multi-path table, the switch can select an egress interface for sending the packet to the next hop. The multi-path table can ensure that traffic for a slice stays on the same interface link to the next hop, even when a link aggregation group (“LAG”) is used for creation of a virtual channel across multiple interfaces or ports.
US11588731B1	Cloud-to-cloud interface In general, this disclosure describes a cloud exchange (or “cloud exchange”) that offers a cloud-to-cloud interface (CCI) for interconnecting cloud services to tenants within public clouds. As described herein, the cloud exchange may be configured with a cloud-to-cloud interface that enables tenant applications of a public cloud to subscribe to and communicate with cloud services, using an end-to-end layer 3 path, in some cases without requiring a separate routing protocol session with a public edge device for the public cloud. In some examples, the public cloud provides a virtual layer 2 connection from a tenant within a public cloud to a routing instance of the cloud exchange, and the cloud exchange uses the routing instance to route service traffic between the tenant and the cloud services.
US11588728B2	Tree structure-based smart inter-computing routing model Systems and methods are disclosed for retrieving, from a database, over a network, historical routing data for multiple attributes and determining, for each attribute, based on its respective historical routing data, whether processing volume and processing error rates for each attribute exceed respective threshold. If both processing volume and error rate exceed their respective thresholds, the systems and methods describe herein calculate, for each qualifying attribute, a degree to which routing for each attribute can be improved. The systems and methods described herein output a ranking for each qualifying attribute based on their respective degrees to which routing can be improved for the respective attributes.
US11588726B2	Augmented routing of data Disclosed herein are systems and methods for creating an ultra-lightweight multi-tenant network virtualization model by augmenting an OSI layer 4 tuple (protocol, source IP address, destination IP address, source port, destination port) with additional private gateway-specific source and destination augmented addresses. A unique OpenVPN Augmented Address (OAA) may be created and assigned to each device on a network such as a mesh-linked system. This OAA may form part of a packet shim created with routing path information for both the source and the destination resources. Once created, the shim may be inserted into a packet header for transmission. Once the initial packet is transmitted, each hop creates its own resources for managing transmission of subsequent packets in this session. The packet shim operates to establish a communications session on layer 4 (Transport) between the requestor and the target resource which is intermediate-device agnostic.
US11588723B2	Return source relationship management system, method, device, and server, and storage medium The embodiment of the present disclosure provides a back-to-source relationship management system, method, apparatus, server and storage medium. The back-to-source relationship management system comprises a back-to-source relationship management server, which is configured for obtaining a target domain name corresponding to a target CDN node back-to-source relationship to be adjusted and adjustment information; using the adjustment information to adjust the target CDN node back-to-source relationship to obtain the adjusted target CDN node back-to-source relationship; synchronizing the target domain name and the adjusted target CDN node back-to-source relationship to a cache management server; the cache management server is configured for receiving the target domain name and the adjusted target CDN node back-to-source relationship; using the adjusted target CDN node back-to-source relationship to update the CDN node back-to-source relationship corresponding to the target domain name and obtain a new CDN node back-to-source relationship.
US11588719B2	Adaptive time slot allocation to reduce latency and power consumption in a time slotted channel hopping wireless communication network Excessive latencies and power consumption are avoided when a large number of leaf nodes (LNs) contend simultaneously to join a time slotted channel hopping wireless communication network having a root node (RN) interfaced to LNs by one or more intermediate nodes (INs). A first plurality of shared transmit/receive slots (STRSs) is allocated for at least one IN, and a second plurality of STRSs is advertised for use by contending LNs, where the first plurality is larger than the second plurality. When a LN joins, its STRSs are re-defined such that most become shared transmit-only slots (STOSs) and no STRSs remain. The numbers of STRSs allocated to INs may vary inversely with their hop counts from the RN. One or more STOSs may be added for each of one or more INs in response to a predetermined network condition.
US11588718B2	System and method for monitoring network performance A system and method for monitoring one or more Mobility Management Entities (MMEs) with a plurality of scalable Virtual Machines (VM)/probes arranged in a cluster format. A ciphered packet is received from a MME at a smart cluster device/probe whereby data is aggregated from the individual clustered VMs/probes for distribution to a monitoring device. The smart cluster device/probe is preferably configured to decipher the ciphered packet received from the MME and extract metadata from the deciphered packet to identify subscriber information for the received packet. The deciphered packet is then distributed to one of the plurality of clustered probes to balance the load amongst the plurality of clustered probes. The balancing of loads is based upon prescribed load balancing criteria such that each packet received for an identified subscriber is sent to a same probe such that load balancing is performed on a per subscriber basis and/or with other state-based criteria. KPI session related data associated with a subscriber is generated in a clustered probe that receives the distributed packet from the smart cluster device/probe. Subscriber related data from each clustered probe is then aggregated with at least one monitoring device operably coupled to the clustered probes such that a user of the monitoring device is provided with the perception that the monitoring device is coupled to a single probe.
US11588716B2	Adaptive storage processing for storage-as-a-service Adaptive storage processing for storage-as-a-service, including detecting, by a cloud-based monitoring system, a storage system state for a storage system by monitoring the storage system in real-time remotely via a network; selecting, by the cloud-based monitoring system based on the storage system state, an entry in a tunables repository, wherein the entry in the tunables repository comprises a tunable parameter for the storage system state; accessing, by the cloud-based monitoring system via the network, a gateway for the storage system; and modifying, by the cloud-based monitoring system via the gateway, the tunable on the storage system based on the tunable parameter for the storage system state.
US11588715B1	Analysis of system conditions from endpoint status information A system includes Session-Initiation-Protocol (SIP) servers that provide services for a respective set of endpoints. A monitor server can receive connectivity status of the respective set of endpoints based on registration status provided by the endpoints to the SIP servers. Based upon the received connectivity status, endpoints having connectivity problems are parsed into one or more subgroups. Potential problem sources are identified for the connectivity problems of the parsed endpoints. For each of the subgroups, the monitor server determines whether the subgroup exceeds a corresponding trigger threshold. In response a corresponding trigger threshold being exceeded, an action profile specifying an entity is accessed. A notification is transmitted to the entity.
US11588712B2	Systems including interfaces for communication of run-time configuration information Examples of services described herein expose an application programming interface (API) which may return the run-time configuration information. In this manner, software external to the service (e.g., an orchestrator) may query the service to determine the run-time configuration information, then provide both the initial configuration information known to the external software and the run-time configuration information to an Internet-facing gateway. Examples described herein may accordingly avoid or reduce instances of an upgrade dependency. When the service is upgraded, the run-time configuration information may be obtained by calling the API without a need to also upgrade the software external to the service.
US11588710B2	Intelligent prioritized mobility of low-latency applications A radio access network (RAN) node can receive, from a user equipment (UE), a request to establish a session associated with a low-latency service level agreement (SLA). The session can be mapped to a radio bearer associated with a network slice configured to support the low-latency SLA, wherein the network slice can include a RAN portion and a core network portion that are co-located at a RAN edge to support the low-latency SLA. The RAN node can provide information related to the radio bearer to a distributed unit (DU) associated with the RAN portion of the network slice and route traffic associated with the session through the network slice configured to support the low-latency SLA via the radio bearer mapped to the session. As such, the session can have a context maintained in the RAN portion and the core network portion of the network slice.
US11588701B2	Method and system for determining network slice topology, and device A method includes obtaining, by a management device, sub-interface information that includes a correspondence between an identifier of a first sub-interface of a first device and a first network slice identifier, a correspondence between an identifier of a second sub-interface of a second device and a second network slice identifier, and information indicating that the first sub-interface is directly connected to the second sub-interface, and determining, by the management device, a network slice topology based on the obtained sub-interface information.
US11588694B1	Low-overhead real-time configuration drift detection A management controller may monitor an information handling system to detect an event associated with a change to a configuration setting by subscribing with an internal event bus to receive the event associated with the change in the configuration setting, and evaluate whether there is a discrepancy between a current configuration setting of the information handling system and a baseline configuration setting. If a configuration drift exists based on the discrepancy, then the configuration drift may be sent to a management console.
US11588692B2	System and method for providing an intelligent ephemeral distributed service model for server group provisioning A system for distributing firmware, comprising a group controller operating on a processor and configured to perform an algorithmic process of sending an update task with a download host to one of two or more group members. A group member operating on a processor and configured to perform an algorithmic process of receiving the update task with the download host and to request a payload file from the download host.
US11588689B1	Migrating software defined network Some embodiments provide a method of migrating a first software defined (SD) network managed by a first network manager to a second SD network managed by a second network manager. The method of some embodiments is performed by a third network manager that provides an interface that allows a set of users to specify and review logical network components, which the first and second network managers can then respectively deploy in the first and second SD networks. The third network manager in some embodiments identifies for a migration manager a first group of two or more logical network components that the third network manager previously specified for the first network manager to deploy in the first SD network. The migration manager then uses this information to correctly convert the first group of logical network components to a second group of two or more logical components in an appropriate manner that will allow the third network manager to manage the second group of logical network components that is implemented in the second SD network.
US11588686B2	Dynamic port configuration for network routers A small form-factor pluggable (SFP) transceiver is detected to be plugged into an SFP port of the network router following a bootup of the network router. Information on one or more device features of the SFP transceiver is obtained from the SFP transceiver plugged into the SFP port of the network router. Subsequently, a port configuration policy that corresponds to the one or more device features of the SFP transceiver and one or more router parameters of the network router is applied to the SFP port of the network router.
US11588679B2	System and method of establishing seamless remote access virtual private network connections A system and a method of establishing seamless remote access VPN connections are described. For establishment of a VPN connection for a user device, a cluster leader of a cluster of controllers identifies an active controller and a standby controller, based on network load of each controller of the cluster of controllers. An active VPN connection is established between the user device and the active controller and a standby VPN connection is established between the user device and the standby controller. The standby VPN connection is utilized in place of the active VPN connection during failover of the active controller. Because information of an active session is regularly shared by the active controller to the standby controller, the standby controller can seamlessly resume the active session during failover of the active controller.
US11588676B2	Method and system for detecting errors in local area network Novel tools and techniques are provided for implementing error detection in a network, and, more particularly, to methods, systems, and apparatuses for implementing error and/or fault detection in a network and/or media stream and providing options to address the error and/or fault in the network and/or media stream. In various embodiments, a computer might detect an error in a first network and send a notification indicating that the error has occurred. The notification might contain one or more options to address the error in the first network. The computer, a user device, a service provider device, or a content provider device might receive and display the notification containing the one or more options. The computer, the user device, the service provider device, or the content provider device might then select at least one of the one or more options to address the error in the first network.
US11588673B2	Techniques for transmitting information related to a PPDU format in wireless local area network system According to various embodiments, a receiving station (STA) may receive a physical layer protocol data unit (PPDU). The PPDU may include a first signal field and a second signal field. The first signal field may include 3-bit information. The receiving STA may determine whether the PPDU is related to single user (SU) transmission or multiple user (MU) transmission, whether the PPDU is related to orthogonal frequency division multiple access (OFDMA), whether the PPDU is related to multi-user multiple input multiple output (MU-MIMO), and whether the PPDU is related to a trigger-based (TB) PPDU, based on the 3-bit information.
US11588670B2	Method and device for indicating numerology Embodiments of the disclosure provide a method and device for indicating numerology. The method comprises: determining numerology information of a carrier, the numerology information indicating numerologies of one or more basic units for the carrier; and transmitting the numerology information to a terminal device to enable reception based on the numerology information.
US11588658B2	System and method for providing network support services and premises gateway support infrastructure A service management system communicates via wide area network with gateway devices located at respective user premises. The service management system remotely manages delivery of application services, which can be voice controlled, by a gateway, e.g. by selectively activating/deactivating service logic modules in the gateway. The service management system also may selectively provide secure communications and exchange of information among gateway devices and among associated endpoint devices. An exemplary service management system includes a router connected to the network and one or more computer platforms, for implementing management functions. Examples of the functions include a connection manager for controlling system communications with the gateway devices, an authentication manager for authenticating each gateway device and controlling the connection manager and a subscription manager for managing applications services and/or features offered by the gateway devices. A service manager, controlled by the subscription manager, distributes service specific configuration data to authenticated gateway devices.
US11588653B2	Blockchain-based smart contract call methods and apparatus, and electronic device This specification describes techniques for blockchain-based smart contract call. One example method includes receiving a target transaction initiated by a client device of a blockchain, wherein the target transaction is preconfigured for a call rule used to initiate a call for a smart contract; obtaining the call rule preconfigured for the target transaction; executing the call rule to initiate a call for a target smart contract; and providing a call result to the client device when the call for the target smart contract is completed.
US11588652B2	Systems and methods for improving smart city and smart region architectures Improved systems, methods, and architectures to enhance decision making in Smart Cities and Smart Regions. A system includes an index structure including a first hierarchical data structure including a first hierarchical score based on a plurality of first-level elements, each of the plurality of first-level elements having a respective weighting, and a second hierarchical data structure including a plurality of second hierarchical scores based on a plurality of second-level elements, each of the plurality of second-level elements having a respective weighting, such that the first hierarchical score is based on the plurality of second hierarchical scores through an index factor; and a computer-implemented regional monitor engine to manage local access to a plurality of external data sources to coordinate writes to the index structure.
US11588649B2	Methods and systems for PKI-based authentication Methods, systems, and devices are provided for authenticating API messages using PKI-based authentication techniques. A client system can generate a private/public key pair associated with the client system and sign an API message using the private key of the private/public key pair and a PKI-based cryptographic algorithm, before sending the signed API message to a server system. The server system (e.g., operated by a service provider) can authenticate the incoming signed API message using a proxy authenticator located in less trusted zone (e.g., a perimeter network) of the server system. In particular, the proxy authenticator can be configured to verify the signature of the signed API message using the public key corresponding to the private key and the same cryptographic algorithm. The authenticated API message can then be forwarded to a more trusted zone (e.g., an internal network) of the server system for further processing.
US11588645B1	Systems and methods for compromise resilient and compact authentication for digital forensics A new compromise-resilient and compact cryptographic tool is provided that ensures a breach-resilient authentication and integrity of system measurements in computer systems. The described methods are forward-secure digital signatures with signature and partial public key aggregation capabilities. The methods reduce the total space overhead of signature and public key storage. The methods offer a high space efficiency for systems who has relatively low state transitions, wherein the same message is continuously signed and then followed by different messages.
US11588642B2	Method and apparatus for sharing and acquiring information Embodiments of the present application disclose a method and an apparatus for sharing and acquiring information. A specific implementation of the method for sharing information includes: receiving access information of a wireless access point shared by a first terminal device, where the access information of the wireless access point is included in a connection record generated by the first terminal device; and storing the access information of the wireless access point, and synchronizing the access information of the wireless access point with other nodes of the blockchain. In this implementation, the blockchain stores the access information of the wireless access point, and all nodes of the blockchain store the access information of the wireless access point, thereby improving stability of the stored access information of the wireless access point, and better providing a wireless access service for users.
US11588640B2	Method for performing a preprocessing computation during a proactive MPC process The subject matter discloses computer-implemented method performed during a multi-party computation (MPC) process performed between multiple parties, said method comprising, the multiple parties executing a pre-processing phase and obtain values of correlated random variables to be used in an MPC process, the parties periodically verifying the correctness of the correlated random variables by exchanging information between the multiple parties, refreshing the values of the correlated random variables in each of the multiple parties, wherein no party of the multiple parties has access to values of the correlated random variables stored in another party of the multiple parties during the verifying and refreshing processes, the multiple parties using the correlated random variables during the MPC process after verifying a correctness of the correlated random variables.
US11588635B2	Strong resource identity in a cloud hosted system Aspects of the present disclosure relate to systems and methods for providing strong resource identification. When a resource is created, saved, or re-based, a cryptographic key pair may be generated and associated with the resource. A public key of the cryptographic key pair may be used as a unique identifier. Information about the resource, such as the name of the resource and its actual location may be stored in an index based upon the resource's public key. Sharing the resource with other devices may comprise sending the resource's key, as opposed to information about the resource's actual location, to one or more recipient device.
US11588628B1	Space-and-wave-division de-multiplexing of a quantum key distribution and classical channels into a single receiving optical fiber A space and wave division multiplexing and demultiplexing system and method for quantum key distribution (QKD) using free space laser communications. The system operates to transmit a quantum channel, including a key of QKD, included in a combined laser transmission with a classical channel, including an encrypted message of QKD. The laser transmission can be transmitted through free space to a lens, wherein it is diffracted into two separate diffraction patterns and captured by a double clad optical receiver fiber having an inner core and a concentric outer core. The diffraction pattern of the classical channel is captured by the outer core, while the diffraction pattern of the quantum channel is captured by the inner core, thus allowing separate treatment of each channel.
US11588624B2	Technologies for load balancing a network Technologies for load balancing a storage network include a system. The system includes circuitry to adjust routing rules in a network interface controller to deliver a packet from one of multiple uplinks to one of any physical functions, circuitry to remap, in response to a failure of a switch, a port from one physical function to another physical function, and circuitry to communicate control data between a software defined network controller and one or more agents in one or more host endpoints with a hierarchical distributed hashing table.
US11588621B2	Efficient private vertical federated learning Systems and techniques that facilitate universal and efficient privacy-preserving vertical federated learning are provided. In various embodiments, a key distribution component can distribute respective feature-dimension public keys and respective sample-dimension public keys to respective participants in a vertical federated learning framework governed by a coordinator, wherein the respective participants can send to the coordinator respective local model updates encrypted by the respective feature-dimension public keys and respective local datasets encrypted by the respective sample-dimension public keys. In various embodiments, an inference prevention component can verify a participant-related weight vector generated by the coordinator, based on which the key distribution component can distribute to the coordinator a functional feature-dimension secret key that can aggregate the encrypted respective local model updates into a sample-related weight vector. In various embodiments, the inference prevention component can verify the sample-related weight vector, based on which the key distribution component can distribute to the coordinator a functional sample-dimension secret key that can aggregate the encrypted respective local datasets into an update value for a global model.
US11588619B2	Generating customized smart contracts Embodiments relate to a smart contract platform that facilitates creation, execution and verification of customized smart contracts. The smart contract platform enables design of customized smart contracts for execution and verification on a distributed ledger network, including smart contracts with logic for querying and fetching sensitive transactional data from participant nodes. A distributed ledger can store tokens indicating successful completion of one or more transaction elements without making some or all the associated transactional data visible. A smart contract form viewer can be used to view and interact with a smart contract form linked to the smart contract. The smart contract form can present contractual provisions in natural language, present transactional data to an authorized user, and accept entry or validation of designated transaction data. As such, the smart contracts described herein provide visibility and verifiability without the lost privacy and lack of customizability that exist with present solutions.
US11588618B2	Transaction processing method, apparatus, device and system for multi-chain system Embodiments of the present disclosure provide a transaction processing method, apparatus, device and system for a multi-chain system. The multi-chain system includes a mainchain and at least one slave-chain, a multi-chain network of the multi-chain system includes a plurality of nodes, and each node is deployed with one or more of the mainchain and the slave-chains. The method is executed by a slave-chain node deployed with the slave-chain. The method includes: generating slave-chain blocks based on a slave-chain consensus mechanism, and storing the slave-chain blocks on the slave-chain; and in response to determining that a confirmation condition of the mainchain is met, transmitting a slave-chain block to be confirmed on the slave-chain to nodes of the mainchain, to request consensus nodes of the mainchain to confirm the slave-chain block to be confirmed, and storing confirmation information of the slave-chain block to be confirmed on the mainchain.
US11588617B2	Validating confidential data using homomorphic computations The disclosed exemplary embodiments include computer-implemented apparatuses and methods that validate confidential data based privacy-preserving homomorphic computations involving encrypted data. For example, an apparatus may receive, from a first computing system, encrypted data that includes a first encrypted value representative of at least one of first account data or an element of cryptographic data. Based on the first encrypted value and on second encrypted values, the apparatus may generate encrypted residual values representative of second account data associated with one or more reference accounts, and the apparatus may request and receive a decrypted residual value associated with each of the encrypted residual values from a second computing system. The apparatus may transmit the decrypted residual values to the first computing system, which may validate the first account data based on at least the decrypted residual values and perform operations associated with the validated first account data.
US11588613B1	Systems and methods for synchronization of photons over quantum channels with co-propagating clock pulses Systems and methods for operating a quantum network system. The methods comprise, by a network node: generating optical clock pulses and photons using the optical clock pulses; generating a combined signal by combining the optical clock pulses with at least some of the photons such that a consistent temporal offset exits between the optical clock pulses and the first photons and/or a wave function of each photon at least partially overlaps an envelope of a respective one of the optical clock pulses; and transmitting the combined signal over a first quantum channel in which the optical clock pulses co-propagate with the photons.
US11588607B2	User equipment-assisted information for full-duplex user equipment The apparatus, in some aspects may be a UE configured to communicate, in a FD mode, with at least one base station. The UE may further be configured to determine, when communicating with the at least one base station in the FD mode, FD UE assistance information including one or more FD UE assistance parameters. The UE may also be configured to transmit, to the at least one base station, an indication of the determined FD UE assistance information including the one or more FD UE assistance parameters. In some aspects, the apparatus may be a base station configured to communicate with at least one UE operating in a FD mode. The base station may further be configured to receive, from the at least one UE, an indication of FD UE assistance information including one or more FD UE assistance parameters.
US11588605B2	Resource scheduling method and apparatus, data transmission method and apparatus and communication system A resource scheduling method and apparatus, data transmission method and apparatus and communication system. The resource scheduling apparatus includes: a first receiving unit configured to, on a first BWP, receive downlink control information carried by a first control resource set; and a determining unit configured to, when a size of the downlink control information is determined by a second BWP, determine that a first starting position that is frequency domain scheduled on the first BWP is a second starting position of a frequency domain range of the first control resource set. Hence, more terminal equipments may be made to receive and share common messages and system resource overhead may be saved. And furthermore, it may be used to receive the dedicated message from the terminal equipment, so as to ensure robustness when the BWP is switched, thereby solving an existing problem.
US11588599B2	Enhancements on random access for NR-unlicensed A network device (e.g., a user equipment (UE), or a new radio NB (gNB)) can process or generate a configuration of a physical random access channel (PRACH) over physical resource blocks (PRBs) that are interlaced in an unlicensed band in an NR unlicensed (NR-U) communication. The PRBs in the PRACH can be based on an occupied channel bandwidth (OCB) of the unlicensed band in the NR-U communication. A random access channel transmission in the PRACH can then be generated by interlacing the PRBs defining the PRACH.
US11588598B2	System for transmitting reference signal with information on state of channel A reference signal (RS) transmission system to transmit a channel state information (CSI) RS for extraction of CSI to a relay and a macro terminal is disclosed. The base station transmits information on a sub frame containing the CSI RS to the relay or the macro terminal. The macro terminal and the relay receive the CSI RS using the information on the sub frame. The macro terminal and the relay extract the CSI using the CSI RS and transmit the extracted CSI to the base station.
US11588597B2	Determining a density of a phase tracking reference signal Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, a user equipment (UE) may transmit, to a base station, a report that indicates a phase tracking reference signal (PTRS) density for a PTRS. The UE may receive, from the base station via a downlink shared channel, the PTRS in accordance with the PTRS density based at least in part on the report. Numerous other aspects are described.
US11588590B2	Adaptive payload extraction and retransmission in wireless data communications with error aggregations Provided are systems and methods for adaptive payload extraction and retransmission in wireless data communications. An example method commences with transmitting a network packet to a receiver via a communication channel. The method further includes receiving a further network packet including a further payload. The method continues with determining, based on the payload and the further payload, an error vector. The method includes generating, based on the error vector, a plurality of indices. An index of the plurality of indices corresponds to a portion of a plurality of non-overlapping portions of the payload. The method further continues with selecting, based on the error vector, at least one index from the plurality of indices. The method includes sending, to the receiver via the communication channel, a further network packet. The further network packet includes the selected index and a portion of the payload corresponding to the selected index.
US11588589B2	Method for performing sidelink communication on basis of polar code and device therefor Disclosed are a method for transmitting a sidelink signal encoded on the basis of a polar code, by a terminal in a wireless communication system supporting a sidelink according to various embodiments, and a device therefor. Disclosed are a method for transmitting a sidelink signal encoded on the basis of a polar code and a device therefor, the method comprising the steps of: mapping, to bit indices of a polar code, information bits of input information including information on a plurality of fields; encoding the mapped information bits on the basis of the polar code; and transmitting a sidelink signal including the encoded information bits, wherein information bits corresponding to a particular field among the plurality of fields are mapped to a bit index lower than a bit index to which the information bits corresponding to the remaining fields are mapped.
US11588585B2	Methods and apparatus for transmitting information on two PDSCHs This application provides an information transmission method and apparatus. The solution includes: determining, by a terminal device, at least two transport blocks; and decoding, by the terminal device, first information transmitted by using the at least two transport blocks, where the first information includes at least one of control information and data. This solution is applicable to a scenario in which same information or information with a same information source is transmitted by using a plurality of transport blocks.
US11588584B2	Short latency fast retransmission triggering The invention relates to an improved transmission protocol for uplink data packet transmission in a communication system. A receiver of a user equipment receives a Fast Retransmission Indicator, referred to as FRI. The FRI indicates whether or not a base station requests a retransmission of a previously transmitted data packet. A transmitter of the user equipment retransmits the data packet using the same redundancy version as already used for the previous transmission of the data packet.
US11588583B2	Method and device for configuring HARQ feedback between terminal nodes The embodiments of the present application relate to a method and device for configuring hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ) feedback between terminal nodes. The method of the embodiments of the present application includes: a base station configuring a HARQ feedback enable rule of a sidelink interface for a terminal; indicating to said terminal the HARQ feedback enable rule of the configured sidelink interface, to enable the terminal to determine, according to the HARQ feedback enable rule of the configured sidelink interface, to enable or not enable HARQ feedback on the sidelink interface.
US11588579B2	Interleaving based on code block groups for a wireless communication system An apparatus for wireless communication includes a transmitter and a receiver. The receiver is configured to receive a first code block (CB) that is associated with a code block group (CBG) and that is included in a transport block (TB). The receiver is further configured to receive a second CB that is associated with the CBG and that is included in the TB. The first CB is distinct from the second CB. The second CB includes at least a first bit that is associated with the first CB.
US11588578B2	System and method for encoding data using punctured low-density parity-check codes A method for encoding or transmitting. In some embodiments, the method includes forming a set of one or more unpunctured codewords by coding a plurality of payload bits at a mother code rate, removing a plurality of punctured bits from the set of one or more unpunctured codewords to form a set of one or more punctured codewords, and transmitting the set of one or more punctured codewords. In some embodiments, the number of punctured bits exceeds a first threshold, or the number of punctured bits exceeds a second threshold.
US11588575B2	Method and device for processing interference, storage medium and electronic device Disclosed are a method and apparatus for processing interference, a storage medium and an electronic device. The method includes: generating a first reference signal, and sending the first reference signal according to a first parameter set.
US11588573B2	System and method for terahertz polarization-division multiplexing A THz waveguide is described, comprising four conductive wires separated by an air gap, the THz waveguide allowing low-loss and dispersion-free propagation of a THz signal. The system for terahertz polarization-division multiplexing comprises at least two THz sources, a THz waveguide and a THz receiver, wherein said THz waveguide comprises four conductive wires separated by an air gap; THz pulses from the THz sources being coupled into the THz waveguide; the THz waveguide transmitting the THz pulses independently, the THz waveguide operating as a broadband polarization-division multiplexer. The method for terahertz polarization-division multiplexing, comprising multiplexing THz pulses from terahertz sources in free-space, coupling resulting multiplexed THz pulses into a THz waveguide comprising four conductive wires separated by an air gap; and demultiplexing the multiplexed THz pulses after propagation in the waveguide.
US11588572B2	Wavelength converter and optical transmission device that includes wavelength converter An optical transmission device includes a first wavelength multiplexer, a second wavelength multiplexer, a wavelength converter and a third wavelength multiplexer. The first wavelength multiplexer multiplexes optical signals in a first wavelength band to generate first wavelength multiplexed light. The second wavelength multiplexer multiplexes optical signals in the first wavelength band to generate second wavelength multiplexed light in a first polarization. The wavelength converter converts a wavelength of the second wavelength multiplexed light from the first wavelength band into a second wavelength band by a cross phase modulation among the second wavelength multiplexed light, first pump light in a second polarization and second pump light in the second polarization. The second polarization is orthogonal to the first polarization. The third wavelength multiplexer multiplexes the second wavelength multiplexed light whose wavelength has been converted by the wavelength converter and the first wavelength multiplexed light.
US11588571B2	Separator modules for terminal bodies Signal distribution arrangements are assembled by selecting a terminal body and a tap module combination that provides the desired signal strength at the intended position in an optical network. Each terminal body includes an input connection interface, a pass-through connection interface, a module connection interface, and multiple drop connection interfaces. Each tap module houses an optical tap having an asymmetric split ratio. Most of the optical signal power received at the signal distribution arrangement passes to the pass-through connection interface. A portion of the optical signal power is routed to the drop connection interfaces (e.g., via a symmetrical optical power splitter). The tap module and terminal body combination are selected based on the desired number of drop connection interfaces and to balance the asymmetric split ratio with the symmetric split ratio.
US11588565B2	Network system that facilitates device recognition in a high-frequency communication environment System recognition is performed on devices connected to an identical system without recognizing a device of a different system as a device of the identical system in high-frequency communication. In a device network system, in a state in which a first device group is set in advance as a physically connectable system or in a state in which the first device group is recognized as a physically connectable system, in a case where the first device group or a second device detects occurrence of a state in which the second device outside the system is recognized as belonging to the system, the first device group or the second device causes the second device to leave the system. As a result, a network can be normally maintained even in high-frequency communication.
US11588563B2	Computing and reporting a relevance metric for a positioning beacon beam Disclosed are techniques for computing and reporting a relevance metric for a positioning beacon beam. In an aspect, a first node receives, from a second node, a plurality of beams, determines a relevance metric for each of one or more beams of interest from the plurality of beams, wherein the relevance metric for each beam of the one or more beams of interest is based on a time of arrival at the first node of the beam and a signal strength of the beam, and sends, to the second node, a report identifying each of the one or more beams of interest and including the relevance metric for each of the one or more beams of interest.
US11588562B2	Systems, methods, and devices for electronic spectrum management Methods for tracking a signal origin by a spectrum analysis and management device are disclosed. Signal characteristics of other known emitters are used for obtaining a position of an emitter of a signal of interest. In one embodiment, frequency difference of arrival technique is implemented. In another embodiment, time difference of arrival technique is implemented.
US11588554B2	Free space optical communication system and method A free-space optical communication method is provided. The method includes generating, at a transmitter of a satellite, an optical frequency comb and a pump signal, modulating the optical frequency comb to generate a data signal and an idler signal that is a phase conjugate of the data signal, attenuating the pump signal, transmitting over free-space, from the satellite, a communication signal having the data signal, the idler signal and the pump signal, receiving from the satellite, at a receiver, the transmitted communication signal having the data signal, the idler signal, and the attenuated pump signal, amplifying, at a phase-sensitive amplifier, the data signal and the idler signal, and demodulating the data signal and the idler signal to extract data.
US11588547B2	Seam abstraction in communications networks A method for routing data in a network includes receiving, by a first network node, data to be routed using a first layer protocol to a second network node where the first network node is intermittently connected to the second network node over a link spanning a portion of the network. The first network node determines that the link fails to meet a communications criteria and encapsulates the data using a second layer protocol to produce encapsulated data. The second layer protocol is transparent to the first layer protocol and the encapsulated data includes connectivity instructions to route the encapsulated data to the second network node via a third network node. The second network node and the third network node are in communication across the portion of the network and the first network node is able to transmit the encapsulated data to the third network node.
US11588546B2	Mobile satellite modem for combined geostationary, medium and low earth orbit satellite operation The present teachings include a method and computing apparatus for triggering synchronization of a satellite modem to a carrier frequency of a beam of a satellite, retrieving ephemeris information for the satellite and beam configuration information for the beam, calculating a velocity of the satellite per the ephemeris information, and adjusting the carrier frequency of the satellite modem when communicating via the beam to compensate for a doppler offset induced in the carrier frequency by the velocity. In the method, the satellite has a satellite type selected from a Geosynchronous Earth Orbit (GEO), Medium Earth Orbit (MEO) or Low Earth Orbit (LEO) type of satellite, and the satellite type is different than a satellite type of an immediately preceding synchronization.
US11588545B2	Broadband satellite terminal A satellite system may have a constellation of communications satellites in orbits such as highly inclined eccentric geosynchronous orbits and low earth orbits. Satellite terminals may be used to communicate with the satellite constellation. The satellite terminals may have control circuitry that dynamically adjusts phased antenna array circuitry to steer antenna beams towards one or more satellites. Multiple antenna beams may be steered in different directions simultaneously. A satellite terminal may be used in simultaneously transmitting and receiving data from different respective satellites and may be used in transmitting and receiving satellite signals in multiple satellite bands. The satellite terminal may have an outdoor unit that is coupled to an indoor unit over a digital communications path. The outdoor unit may include the phased antenna array circuitry and transceiver and modem circuitry, whereas the indoor unit may cache media and serve as a firewall, router, and wireless access point.
US11588539B2	Coordination-free mmWave beam management with deep waveform learning A system and method for beam management in a wireless network are provided. A learning module having a trained classification module processes received I/Q input samples to determine transmitted beam information of incoming RF transmissions. The learning module includes a beam inference engine to determine waveform characteristics of incoming RF transmissions, and an angle of arrival engine operative to determine an angle of arrival of the incoming RF transmissions on an antenna array. An incoming RF transmission and angle of arrival are selected based on the determined waveforms for beam management operations.
US11588536B2	Systems and methods for beamforming training in wireless local area networks Presently disclosed are systems and methods for beamforming training in WLANs. In various embodiments, there are unified MIMO beamforming training procedure, which includes a training period in which an initiator transmits multiple unified training frames for performing a transmit-beamforming training of the initiator and a receive-beamforming training of one or more responders; a feedback period in which each responder replies with a beamforming-feedback response; and an acknowledgement period during which the initiator transmits respective acknowledgement frames to the one or more responders from which responses were received. Rules for restricted random access in various slots of the feedback period may be implemented, to address response contention between multiple qualifying responders.
US11588535B2	Dynamic beam-switching latency for beam refinement procedures Certain aspects of the present disclosure provide techniques for beam refinement procedures including dynamic signaling and/or selection of beam-switching latency for beam refinement procedures using inter- and/or intra-antenna module beam switching. A method by a base station (BS) includes configuring a user equipment (UE) with one or more reference signal (RS) resource sets. Each of the one or more RS resource sets is associated with a first or second type of beam refinement procedure. The BS receives an indication from the UE of at least a first latency and a second latency, longer than the first latency. The BS dynamically selects, for each RS transmission using one of the configured resource sets, the first or second latency. The BS sends the RS transmissions at the selected latency with respect to downlink control information (DCI) triggering the RS transmissions for the first or second type of beam refinement procedure.
US11588526B2	Heat dissipation for millimeter-wave devices with antenna switching Described herein are systems, methods and devices for implementing a temperature-aware, multi-antenna scheduler that cools mmWave devices by preventing heat buildup via switching or distributing a data stream to other redundant antennas, allowing for dissipation of heat as well as providing reliable connectivity.
US11588525B2	Adaptive co-phasing for beamforming using co-phasing matrices for wireless communications A network node, wireless device and methods for co-phasing for beamforming using co-phasing matrices for wireless communications are provided. In one example, a network node for co-phasing in beamforming for transmissions is provided. The network node includes processing circuitry including a processor and a memory where the memory contains instructions executable by the processor to configure the network node to: obtain co-phasing information associated with a wireless device, generate at least two co-phasing matrices based on the co-phasing information, and apply the at least two co-phasing matrices to at least two resource structures.
US11588522B2	Techniques for sparse code multiple access (SCMA) codebook design The present disclosure describes a method, an apparatus, and a computer readable medium for a multilayer transmission in a wireless network. For example, the method may include generating a group of binary data bits for resources of each layer of a plurality of layers, mapping the group of binary data bits of each layer of the plurality of layers to respective code words in a signal constellation, combining the code words, and transmitting the combined code word to receiver in the wireless network. As such, the multilayer transmission in a wireless network is achieved.
US11588517B2	Signal correction for serial interfaces Signal correction circuitry is described that improves the integrity of data transmitted over a serial data interface without interrupting the communication between the connected devices. The signal correction circuitry includes edge correction circuitry that speeds up the rising and falling edges of the data signal(s). The signal correction circuitry also includes DC compensation circuitry that boosts the level(s) of the data signal(s).
US11588514B2	System for bidirectional transmission of signals in a plastic waveguide A system for bidirectional transmission in a plastic waveguide of a plurality of signals, between a first transceiver device and a second transceiver device, the plurality of signals comprising a payload carrier signal and one or more reference signals generated by one or more local oscillators on different frequencies, the first transceiver device being a power radio transceiver device, the second transceiver device being a multisignal transceiver device with no energy consumption which comprises a passive transmitter and a passive receiver.
US11588513B2	Integrated RF front end with stacked transistor switch A monolithic integrated circuit (IC), and method of manufacturing same, that includes all RF front end or transceiver elements for a portable communication device, including a power amplifier (PA), a matching, coupling and filtering network, and an antenna switch to couple the conditioned PA signal to an antenna. An output signal sensor senses at least a voltage amplitude of the signal switched by the antenna switch, and signals a PA control circuit to limit PA output power in response to excessive values of sensed output. Stacks of multiple FETs in series to operate as a switching device may be used for implementation of the RF front end, and the method and apparatus of such stacks are claimed as subcombinations. An iClass PA architecture is described that dissipatively terminates unwanted harmonics of the PA output signal. A preferred embodiment of the RF transceiver IC includes two distinct PA circuits, two distinct receive signal amplifier circuits, and a four-way antenna switch to selectably couple a single antenna connection to any one of the four circuits.
US11588511B2	Plug-in radio module for automation engineering Disclosed is a plug-in radio module for automation engineering for wireless data transmission, having at least a wired interface for connecting to a corresponding wired field device interface of a field device and radio module electronics having a radio antenna, wherein the radio module electronics are configured to use the wired interfaces to query at least one current value of the field device and to use the current value to adapt a paging interval and/or a radio data width for the wireless data transmission as appropriate, so that the radio module electronics perform an adapted-power mode of operation in which the wireless data transmission is matched to the power currently made available to the field device.
US11588508B2	Monitoring cell phone usage in correctional facilities Disclose herein are embodiments related to a system made up of a lighting fixture and a radio frequency detection device. The lighting fixture having a secure housing and at least one power connection, and the radio frequency detection device being designed to operatively connect to the at least one power connection device within the lighting fixture.
US11588507B2	Radio frequency front-end A radio frequency front-end is disclosed having a first power amplifier (PA) having a first PA input and a first PA output, a second PA having a second PA input and a second PA output, and a low-noise amplifier (LNA) having an LNA output connected to a receive output terminal and an LNA input. An input 90° hybrid coupler has a first port input connected to a transmit terminal, a second port input connected to a fixed voltage node through an isolation impedance, a third port output connected to the first amplifier input and a fourth port output connected to the second amplifier input. An output 90° hybrid coupler has a first port output connected to a common terminal, a second port output connected to the LNA input, a third port input connected to the second PA output, and a fourth port input connected to the first PA output.
US11588500B2	Detecting actuations of buttons of a control device A load control device may be used to control and deliver power to an electrical load. The load control device may comprise a control circuit for controlling the power delivered to the electrical load. The load control device may comprise multiple actuators, where each of the actuators is connected between a terminal of the control circuit and a current regulating device. The number of the actuators may be greater than the number of the terminals. The control circuit may measure signals at the terminals and determine a state configuration for the actuators based on the measured signals. The control circuit may compare the state configuration to a predetermined dataset to detect a ghosting condition.
US11588492B2	Analog to digital converter and a method for analog to digital conversion An analog to digital converter (ADC) receives first and second analog input signals. A charge sampling demultiplexer includes multiple capacitors that sample the first and second analog input signals, and generates multiple input samples representative of charge stored on the capacitors. A plurality of sub-ADCs each include first and second charge-to-time converters, which receive from the charge sampling demultiplexer respective first and second input sample of the first and second analog input signals and output respective first and second pulse-width-modulated (PWM) signals responsively to the respective first and second input samples. Temporal processing circuitry processes the PWM signals to generate a digital value indicative of a temporal difference between the first and second PWM signals. Output reordering circuitry receives the digital value from each of the sub-ADCs and generates a digital output indicative of a difference between the first and second analog input signals.
US11588491B2	Signal generation circuit and method, and digit-to-time conversion circuit and method A signal generating electric circuit, a signal generating method, a digit-to-time converting electric circuit and a digit-to-time converting method. The signal generating electric circuit includes: a first generating electric circuit configured for, based on a first frequency control word and a reference time unit, generating a periodic first output signal; and a second generating electric circuit configured for, based on a second frequency control word and the reference time unit, generating a periodic second output signal. The first frequency control word includes a first integer part and a first fractional part, the second frequency control word includes a second integer part and a second fractional part, the first integer part is equal to the second integer part, the first fractional part is not zero, the second fractional part is zero, and a period of the first output signal and a period of the second output signal are not equal.
US11588488B1	Dual-loop phase-locking circuit A dual-loop phase-locking circuit combines a conventional phase-frequency-detector (PFD) and frequency-divider based first loop to lock an output signal frequency to a multiple of a reference signal frequency within a first loop bandwidth BW1 with a second loop to simultaneously lock the output signal phase to a second signal independently locked to the same multiple of the reference signal. The second loop integrates the phase error between the output signal and the second signal, and applies an offset at the PFD output in the first loop to reduce the first loop phase errors within a second loop bandwidth BW2 (
US11588485B2	Power domain change circuit and operating method thereof A power domain change circuit includes an input circuit and an output circuit. The input circuit is suitable for operating in a first power domain and generating first and second intermediate processing signals. The output circuit is suitable for operating in a second power domain and generating a final output signal by averaging and combining transition jitter components of the first and second intermediate processing signals.
US11588482B1	Multiplexing sample-and-hold circuit A signal processing circuit. In some embodiments, the signal processing circuit includes a first sample and hold circuit and a second sample and hold circuit. The first sample and hold circuit may include: a hold capacitor; an input switch connected between a common input node and the hold capacitor; a signal path amplifier having an input connected to the hold capacitor; and an output switch connected between an output of the signal path amplifier and a common output node. An input of a voltage feedback amplifier may be connected to the hold capacitor, and an output of the voltage feedback amplifier may be operatively coupled to an internal node of the input switch.
US11588479B2	Spread spectrum clock generator and spread spectrum clock generation method, pulse pattern generator and pulse pattern generation method, and error rate measuring device and error rate measuring method Provided are a spread spectrum clock generator and a spread spectrum clock generation method, a pulse pattern generator and a pulse pattern generation method, and an error rate measuring device and an error rate measuring method capable of improving usability when adjusting a waveform of a modulation signal during training. A setting screen 60 includes a 0-th frequency shift input unit 71 for arbitrarily setting a frequency shift of a waveform of a modulation signal in a plurality of time sections, a first frequency shift input unit 72, a second frequency shift input unit 73, a third frequency shift input unit 74, and a modulation selection unit 67 for switching a waveform pattern of the modulation signal from a first pattern to a second pattern.
US11588471B1	Sample-and-hold, loop-based schemes with damping control for saturation recovery in amplifiers Examples of amplifiers and nth-order loop filters thereof are configured to enable fast and robust recovery from saturation, while limiting signal distortion at or near full power delivery across multiple process and temperature corners. An example nth-order loop filter comprises n series-coupled resistor-capacitor (RC) integrators. In an example, each of the second RC integrator to the (n−1)th RC integrator has a reset mechanism responsive to a reset signal output from a reset controller when an input signal overload condition is detected at the input. Upon detecting the overload condition, each of the third RC integrator to the (n−1)th RC integrator is hard reset, the nth RC integrator is not reset, and a controlled reset is performed on the second RC integrator to recover from saturation caused by the signal overload condition, while maintaining the output signal below the 1% total harmonic distortion (THD) level at or near full power delivery.
US11588467B2	Acoustic wave device, acoustic wave device package, multiplexer, radio-frequency front-end circuit, and communication device An acoustic wave device includes a support substrate made of silicon, a piezoelectric body provided directly or indirectly on the support substrate, the piezoelectric body including a pair of main surfaces facing each other, and an interdigital transducer electrode provided directly or indirectly on at least one of the main surfaces of the piezoelectric body, a wave length that is determined by an electrode finger pitch of the interdigital transducer electrode being λ. An acoustic velocity VSi=(V1)1/2 of bulk waves that propagate in the support substrate, which is determined by V1 out of solutions V1, V2, V3 of x derived from the expression, Ax3+Bx2+Cx+D=0, is higher than or equal to about 5500 m/s.
US11588462B2	Acoustic wave device An acoustic wave device includes a piezoelectric layer and an interdigital transducer disposed on the piezoelectric layer. The interdigital transducer primarily includes Al and includes an additive selected from a group consisting of Nd, Sc, and Ta, and a concentration of the additive in a region opposite to a piezoelectric-layer-side region of the interdigital transducer is higher than a concentration of the additive in the piezoelectric-layer-side region of the interdigital transducer.
US11588451B2	Amplifier for driving a capacitive load It is disclosed an amplifier for driving a capacitive load, comprising an input terminal adapted to receive an input voltage signal, an output terminal adapted to drive the capacitive load, a linear amplification stage, switching amplification stage, a capacitor, a first switch and a measurement and control circuit. The measurement and control circuit is configured to: measure the value of the current generated at the output from the linear amplification stage and generate a driving voltage signal of the switching amplification stage; generate the first switching signal to open the first switch and generate an enabling signal to enable the operation of at least part of the switching amplification stage; generate the first switching signal to close the first switch and generate the enabling signal to disable the operation of the switching amplification stage; generate the first switching signal to open the first switch.
US11588450B2	Amplification circuit and communication device Provided is an amplification circuit that includes: a low-noise amplifier that includes an FET as an amplification element and that amplifies a radio-frequency signal inputted to the gate of the FET; an input matching network that matches the input impedance of the low-noise amplifier; and a switch that is serially connected between ground and a node on a line connecting the input matching network and the gate of the FET to each other.
US11588449B2	Envelope tracking power amplifier apparatus An envelope tracking (ET) power amplifier apparatus is provided. The ET power amplifier apparatus includes an amplifier circuit configured to amplify a radio frequency (RF) signal based on an ET voltage and a tracker circuit configured to generate the ET voltage based on an ET target voltage. The ET power amplifier apparatus also includes a control circuit. The control circuit is configured to dynamically determine a voltage standing wave ratio (VSWR) change at a voltage output relative to a nominal VSWR and cause an adjustment to the ET voltage. By dynamically determining the VSWR change and adjusting the ET voltage in response to the VSWR change, the amplifier circuit can operate under a required EVM threshold across all phase angles of the RF signal.
US11588447B2	Source switch split LNA design with thin cascodes and high supply voltage A receiver front end capable of receiving and processing intraband non-contiguous carrier aggregate (CA) signals using multiple low noise amplifiers (LNAs). Cascode circuits, each having a “common source” configured input FET and a “common gate” configured output FET, serve as the LNAs. An amplifier-branch control switch, configured to withstand relatively high voltage differentials by means of a relatively thick gate oxide layer and coupled between a terminal of the output FET and a power supply, controls the ON and OFF state of each LNA while enabling use of a relatively thin gate oxide layer for the output FETs, thus improving LNA performance. Some embodiments may include a split cascode amplifier and/or a power amplifier.
US11588445B2	Method and system for process and temperature compensation in a transimpedance amplifier using a dual replica The present disclosure provides for process and temperature compensation in a transimpedance amplifier (TIA) using a dual replica via monitoring an output of a first TIA (transimpedance amplifier) and a second TIA; configuring a first gain level of the first TIA based on a feedback resistance and a reference current applied at an input to the first TIA; configuring a second gain level of the second TIA and a third TIA based on a control voltage; and amplifying a received electrical current to generate an output voltage using the third TIA according to the second gain level. In some embodiments, one or both of the second TIA and the third TIA include a configurable feedback impedance used in compensating for changes in the second gain level due to a temperature of the respective second or third TIA via the configurable feedback impedance of the respective second or third TIA.
US11588444B2	Method and system for powering an audio amplifier A method for powering an audio amplifier includes receiving an input audio signal in an audio signal processor, delaying the input audio signal in the audio signal processor to generate a delayed audio signal, predicting a power demand estimate by analyzing the input audio signal to calculate the power demand estimate in the audio signal processer, and selecting, by the audio signal processor, power conversion settings for a DC to DC converter on the basis of the power demand estimate. The method further includes supplying power input to the DC to DC converter, converting the power input in accordance with the power conversion settings to provide a power output, powering the audio amplifier using the power output, and supplying the delayed audio signal to the audio amplifier from the audio signal processor to generate an amplified audio signal.
US11588443B2	Method and device for selectively supplying voltage to multiple amplifiers by using switching regulators Various embodiments disclose a method and a device including: an antenna, a switching regulator, communication chip including an amplifier and a linear regulator operably connected to the amplifier and the switching regulator, the communication chip configured to transmit a radio-frequency signal from the electronic device through the antenna, and control circuitry configured to control the communication chip such that the linear regulator provides the amplifier with a voltage corresponding to an envelope of an input signal input to the amplifier, the input signal corresponding to the radio-frequency signal.
US11588440B2	Test apparatus of solar cell, and photovoltaic system including the same Disclosed are a test apparatus of a solar cell and a photovoltaic system including the same. A test apparatus of a solar cell according to an embodiment of the present disclosure includes an interface to receive cell information including cell efficiency, cell voltage, and cell current and a processor to perform learning based on the cell information of the solar cell and line information of a string line including the solar cell, predict an output of a solar cell module including the solar cell based on the learning, and output an output prediction value of the solar cell module. As a result, an output deviation of the solar cell module including a plurality of solar cells can be reduced.
US11588434B2	Expandable splice for a solar power system The present disclosure describes an expandable splice configured for reinforcing a tube of a solar owner system, the splice including a top panel, a bottom panel, a first side panel, a second side panel, and at least one beveled corner panel, wherein the first and second side panels are connected to the top and bottom panels either directly or by the at least one beveled corner panel to form a channel therebetween.
US11588426B2	Rotor angle error compensation for motors An apparatus for driving a motor includes motor circuitry and neural network circuitry. The motor circuitry is configured to generate, based on an error compensated rotor angle and current at a plurality of phases of the motor, a d-axis instant current value and generate a d-axis instant voltage value based on the d-axis instant current value. The motor circuitry is further configured to generate voltage at the plurality of phases based on the d-axis instant voltage value. The neural network circuitry is configured to generate a rotor angle offset based on an instant rotor speed at the motor. The neural network circuitry has been trained to generate the rotor angle offset to minimize the d-axis instant voltage value for each of a plurality of rotor speeds at the motor. The error compensated rotor angle is based on the rotor angle offset.
US11588420B2	Thermo-dielectric-elastomer-cell Methods, systems, and apparatuses related to thermo-dielectric-elastomer-cells may be shown and described. In one embodiment a thermo dielectric elastomer cell (TDEC) can include a layer of carbon nanotubes that absorb sunlight; a layer of photo switchable molecules; a plurality of dielectric elastomer layers, each of the plurality of dielectric elastomer layer comprising a layer of dielectric elastomer material and a layer of N-P junction transistors between the layers of dielectric elastomer material; a layer of insulators separating each of the plurality of dielectric elastomer layers; and an elastic cushioning which is placed between the plurality of dielectric elastomer layers and surrounding the dielectric elastomer material.
US11588419B2	Rotary mechanism A rotating mechanism which includes a rail of a helical shape formed to be of uniform diameter, a column member disposed at an inner side of the rail, a rotating shaft inserted through and fixed at a center of the column member, a moving body attachable to the rail, and a magnet body disposed slightly separated from the column member.
US11588418B2	Energy harvesting devices and methods of making and use thereof Disclosed herein are energy harvesting devices and methods of making and use thereof. The energy harvesting devices can efficiently harvest energy for motions at a frequency of 5 Hz or less.
US11588414B2	Method for operating converter and converter arrangement A method for operating an electric power converter and an electric power converter configured to convert DC power into AC power supplied to a three-phase AC network, conclude, during the converting, that a single-phase tripping has started in the three-phase AC network connected to the three-phase output of the converter, and after the concluding that the single-phase tripping has started in the three-phase AC network, control an active current in the three-phase output of the converter such that a negative sequence voltage in the three-phase output of the converter remains at or below a predetermined level, wherein the converter is configured to perform the controlling until concluding that the single-phase tripping has ended in the three-phase AC network.
US11588408B2	Power supply circuit, corresponding device and method An embodiment provides a circuit including a transformer having a primary winding coupled to an input port configured to receive an input voltage and a secondary winding configured to provide an output voltage at an output port, controller circuitry configured to switch on and off a current through the primary winding so that energy is transferred to the secondary winding while switching and supply circuitry connected to the controller circuitry, wherein the supply circuitry is coupled to an auxiliary winding of the transformer and configured to provide a supply voltage for the controller circuitry. The controller circuitry is further configured to: transition to a burst mode to switch on and off the current through the primary winding in first bursts, wherein the first bursts are separated by intervals during which switching on and off the current through the primary winding of the transformer by the first bursts is discontinued and provide second bursts during the intervals in order to keep the supply voltage of the controller circuitry between a lower bound value and an upper bound value while the output voltage ramps down to a requested valley value or provide second bursts during the intervals after reaching a timeout limit in order to provide the supply voltage to the controller circuitry while the output voltage ramps down to a requested valley value.
US11588407B2	Switched mode power supply One example discloses a switched mode power supply device, comprising: an energy storage device; a controller configured to discharge the energy storage device; a voltage drop device having a first pin coupled to the energy storage device, a second pin coupled to the controller, and a third pin coupled to receive a first power-down signal; wherein the first power-down signal indicates that the energy storage device is to be discharged; wherein the voltage drop device is configured to input a first voltage from the energy storage device on the first pin and output a second voltage to the controller on the second pin; and wherein the second voltage is lower than the first voltage.
US11588403B2	Buck-boost converting circuit Provided is a buck-boost converting circuit including an LED current regulator and bypass switches. The buck-boost converting circuit includes switches coupled in a matrix form in order to individually control a plurality of LEDs connected in series, an LED current regulator, and a circuit capable of buck-boost conversion.
US11588401B2	Method for operating an inverter and inverter for carrying out the method In a method for operating an inverter for converting DC voltage into AC voltage, having at least one DC/DC step-up converter for converting a DC input voltage applied at the step-up converter DC input into an output voltage higher by a voltage stroke, an intermediate circuit, a DC/AC converter and an AC output for connection to a supply network and/or consumers, a voltage ripple is superimposed on the intermediate circuit voltage and in each step-up converter a switch is switched on/off with a specific switching frequency and a specific duty cycle, for measuring the output voltage of each step-up converter and the intermediate circuit voltage including the voltage ripple. A minimum voltage stroke of each step-up converter is dynamically calculated as a function of the respective measured step-up converter input voltage and the measured intermediate circuit voltage ripple, which minimizes the intermediate circuit voltage setpoint.
US11588400B2	Series resonator converter Aspects of series resonator DC-to-DC converters are described. A series resonator DC-to-DC converter can include a first half-bridge circuit comprising a first high-side switch and a first low-side switch, a second half-bridge circuit comprising a second high-side switch and a second low-side switch, and a resonator in series between the first high-side switch and the first low-side switch. The circuit design and switching controller can be relied upon to impart soft-switching.
US11588397B2	Three-level power conversion system and control method A power conversion system includes a first power conversion port including a three-level power factor correction device and a primary power conversion circuit, a second power conversion port including a three-level rectifier and a third power conversion port including a rectifier, the first power conversion port, the second power conversion port and the third power conversion port magnetically coupled to each other through a transformer.
US11588395B2	Voltage converter arrangement comprising an input regulating element, and method of operating a voltage converter arrangement A voltage converter arrangement includes a clocked voltage converter capable of generating an output voltage on the basis of an input voltage. The voltage converter arrangement further includes a first input regulating element connected between a first input voltage node and a second input voltage node, the second input voltage node having a reference potential. The first input regulating element is configured to allow a current flow so as to counteract fluctuations in the input current of the voltage converter arrangement.A corresponding method is also described.
US11588392B2	Zero current detector with a gate pre-charge circuit A switch-mode power supply and a zero current detector for use therein. A zero current detector includes an input stage and an output stage. The output stage is coupled to the input stage. The output stage includes a detector output terminal, a first transistor, and a second transistor. The first transistor includes an input terminal and a control terminal. The input terminal is coupled to the detector output terminal. The control terminal is coupled to the input stage. The second transistor includes an input terminal, a control terminal, and an output terminal. The input terminal is coupled to the control terminal of the first transistor. The control terminal is coupled to the input terminal of the second transistor. The output terminal is coupled to ground.
US11588391B1	Power conversion structure, system, method, electronic device including power conversion structure, and chip unit A power conversion structure, a power conversion system, a power conversion method, an electronic device including the power conversion structure, and a chip unit are provided. By connecting one switched capacitor series branch between a third terminal of a first switch series branch and a ground terminal, when the power conversion structure needs to operate in a switched capacitor converter mode, a direct current part of a current output from the third terminal of the first switch series branch flows to an inductor, and only an alternating current component flows through an on-state first switch, such that the on-state loss of the first switch can be greatly reduced, and the efficiency of the power conversion structure can be improved.
US11588385B2	Method for gel curing a varnish of a stator assembly A method for gel curing a varnish of a stator assembly includes: applying an electrically-insulating material to a plurality of electrical conductors of a stator assembly; monitoring a temperature of the stator assembly using at least one temperature sensor; determining whether the temperature of the stator assembly has reached a target temperature; in response to determining that the temperature of the stator assembly is equal to the target temperature, heating the stator assembly using an induction heating element to maintain the temperature of the stator assembly at the target temperature for a predetermined amount of time; determining whether the temperature of the stator assembly is equal to the final target temperature; in response to determining that the target temperature is not equal to the final target temperature, increasing the target temperature by a predetermined amount of degrees.
US11588379B2	Arrangement for cooling an electric machine in a motor vehicle, and method for operating the arrangement A temperature control arrangement (1) of a motor vehicle has an electric machine (2) with a rotor (3) and a stator (4), a stator cooling arrangement with a first cooling circuit (6) for cooling the stator (4) with a first cooling medium (8) flowing in the first cooling circuit (6) that is formed by a motor vehicle cooling circuit, a rotor cooling arrangement with a second cooling circuit (7) for cooling the rotor (3) with a second cooling medium (9) flowing in the second cooling circuit (7) that is formed by a transmission oil cooling circuit, a heat exchanger (10) that thermally couples the first cooling circuit (6) and the second cooling circuit (7). The stator cooling arrangement is configured such that the first cooling medium (8) makes direct contact with the stator windings.
US11588378B2	Liquid-cooled core assembly for linear motors and linear motor comprising such core assembly A liquid-cooled core assembly for a linear motor includes an iron-core having a middle part, teeth extending from two opposite sides of the middle part and forming slots therebetween, coils wound around the teeth, axial cooling-fluid passageways extending across the middle part, and cooling conduits mounted inside the passageways. The core assembly further includes a cooling arrangement having a liquid supply part and a liquid collection part mounted against respective two other opposite sides of the iron-core. The liquid supply and collection parts are in fluid communications with the cooling conduits. An inlet connector is in fluid communication with the liquid supply part, and an outlet connector is in fluid communication with the liquid collection part.
US11588377B2	Electronic devices with a motor that includes a stator with a non-uniform radius of curvature A fan motor suitable for use in an electronic device, such as a consumer electronic device, is disclosed. The fan motor includes a stator and a rotor. In order to minimize a varying torque applied to the rotor, the stator includes modifications. For example, the stator includes stator teeth, each with an arc defined by a radius of curvature that varies. The radius (from a reference point to the arc) can vary in accordance with a sinusoidal curve. Furthermore, the corners of each stator tooth may be rounded. The rounded corners of the stator teeth may include a uniform (or constant, non-varying) radius of curvature. These enhancement are designed to provide a more uniform torque by the stator to the rotor. As a result, the rotation of the rotor is subject to smaller fluctuations, and the fan motor undergoes less vibration and generates less acoustical noise.
US11588371B2	Motor-driven compressor Connectors are each integrated with a holder in a state in which bus bars are projected. A first projection and a second projection of the holder are respectively inserted in a first insertion hole and a second insertion hole in a circuit substrate. This determines positions of the holder and the circuit substrate relative to each other. The holder has coil lead wire insertion holes, capacitor lead wire insertion holes, and element lead wire insertion holes. These insertion holes extend in the same direction as the direction in which the bus bars project from the holder.
US11588370B2	Transmission with integrated electric machine An electric machine for arrangement in a transmission housing, having an adapter device, an axle connected to the adapter device, a rotor arranged on the axle by a bearing device so as to be rotatable about the axle, and a stator which surrounds the rotor in a circumferential direction and which is arrangeable spaced apart from the rotor, and at least partially fixable, in the adapter device, wherein the adapter device partially covers the rotor and/or the stator.
US11588366B2	System for an electric motor with coil assemblies and internal radial magnetic elements One variation of a system for an electric motor includes a rotor including magnetic elements within a body. The system also includes a stator including coil assemblies arranged about the rotor. Each coil assembly includes an outer hook element and an inner hook element. The outer hook element extends across a first axial face and an outer radial surface of the rotor. The inner hook element: extends across a second axial face of the rotor; extends partially across the inner radial surface of the rotor; and is coupled to the outer hook element to define a throat configured to locate the rotor within the coil assembly. The system includes a shaft coupled to the inner radial surface of the rotor. Furthermore, the system includes a controller configured to drive current through the coil assemblies to generate a toroidal magnetic field configured to couple the magnetic elements to rotate the rotor.
US11588363B2	Integrated electric propulsion assembly An integrated stator assembly incorporated in an electric motor including a rotor that includes a plurality of rotor magnets, each rotor magnet of the plurality of magnets having a polar axis running from a rotor magnet south pole to a rotor magnet north pole. The assembly comprising a mandrel of dielectric material, wherein the mandrel includes a first cylindrical surface coaxial to an axis of rotation of the rotor, an upper edge, and a lower edge. A plurality of electrically conductive stator windings wound upon the mandrel, each winding of the plurality of windings including a plurality of turns traversing the first cylindrical surface, wherein each turn of the plurality turns further comprises a first upper section disposed on the first cylindrical surface, wherein the first upper section intersects the upper edge of the mandrel, and the first upper section forms a first angle to the axis of rotation.
US11588362B2	Rotor drive applied to drive motor with a structure in which removes a fixation jaws for holding a permanent magnet Provided is a rotor for application in a drive motor that includes multiple cores of the rotor that define a plurality of slots into each of which a permanent magnet is inserted, in which the cores of the rotor include a first core in which fixation jaws for holding in place one surface of the permanent magnet and the other surface opposite to the one surface in a direction of extension of the permanent magnet are disposed, and a second core in which fixation jaws for holding in place one surface of the one surface of the permanent magnet and the other surface opposite to the one surface in the direction of the extension of the permanent magnet are disposed.
US11588361B2	Inferior permanent magnet rotor for a refrigerant compressor An interior permanent magnet rotor, for a drive unit disposed in the interior of a hermetically sealed housing of a refrigerant compressor, whereas the rotor includes a first axial section with permanent magnets, followed by a second axial section without permanent magnets. In order to reduce the risk of a magnetic short-circuit it is provided that the second axial section, adjacent to the first axial section, includes a first axial subsection with a reduced radial dimension not going beyond the permanent magnets in the first axial section, whereas the axial length of the first axial subsection is smaller than the axial length of the first axial section, and the second axial section, adjacent to its first axial subsection, includes a second axial subsection with a radial dimension larger than the reduced radial dimension of the first axial subsection.
US11588358B2	Communication control device A communication control device comprises: an antenna; and a control unit that controls wireless communication related to wireless power transfer to a power receiver device through a power transmitter device. The control unit acquires via the antenna a radio wave status of each of a plurality of channels related to the wireless communication. The control unit acquires a power transmission status of the wireless power transfer. The control unit sets, based on the acquired power transmission status, switching conditions for switching the channel according to the radio wave status. The control unit causes the channel to be switched based on the radio wave status and the switching conditions. The control unit causes the wireless communication to continue on the switched channel.
US11588355B1	Wireless charging mouse device, wireless charging mouse, lower shell of wireless charging mouse, and method for producing lower shell A wireless charging mouse device, a wireless charging mouse, a lower shell of the wireless charging mouse, and a method for producing the lower shell are provided. The wireless charging mouse includes an upper shell, a lower shell, and an electronic module located between the upper shell and the lower shell. The lower shell includes an upper board, a lower board, and a wireless charging assembly located between the upper board and the lower board. A side surface of the upper board is fixed to a side surface of the lower board by gluing or melting. The upper board has a connection hole. The wireless charging assembly includes a circuit board and a wireless charging coil. A connection structure of the circuit board is exposed from the upper board by passing through the connection hole, so as to be electrically coupled to the electronic module.
US11588353B2	Quality factor estimation of an inductive element The present disclosure relates to a device comprising an inductive element and a first capacitive element series connected between a first node and a second node, a first MOS transistor connected between the first node and a third node configured to receive a reference potential, the second node being coupled directly or via a second MOS transistor to the third node, a second capacitive element connected between a fourth node and an interconnection node between the first capacitive element and the inductive element, a current generator configured to provide an AC current to the fourth node, and a switch connected between the fourth node and the third node.
US11588352B2	Inductive power transfer coupler array An inductive or wireless power transfer coupler array has at least two coupler modules connected in parallel to a common power source. Each coupler module comprises a resonant circuit, including at least one transmitter coil and a capacitive element. Each of the coupler modules is connected to a second terminal of the power source across the respective resonant circuit by a corresponding pair of switching elements, and each coupler module is linked with at least one other coupler module at a shared one switching element of the corresponding pair of switching elements. A control module is configured to effect control between the active state and the passive state by controlling the phase angle of the corresponding pair of switching elements.
US11588343B2	Power storage device, power storage system, power supply system, and control method for power storage device A power storage device includes: a cell; and a controller that: causes the cell to discharge from a full charge capacity to a set capacity that is set in advance, and executes a full charge capacity correction mode including a remaining capacity calculation operation and capacity consumption calculation operation. In the remaining capacity calculation operation, the controller: acquires a first voltage of the cell at the set capacity in response to the cell discharging from the full charge capacity to the set capacity, and calculates an actual remaining capacity of the cell based on the first voltage and one of a plurality of correlations between a voltage of the cell and a cell capacity.
US11588341B2	Quick battery charging system The present disclosure discloses a quick battery charging system including a lithium secondary battery having a negative electrode porosity of 25 to 35% and a negative electrode loading amount of x0. The system includes a storage unit which stores a lookup table for mapping first coefficient information of an upper bound condition associated with a C-rate of a charge current represented by a quadratic function and information associated with the negative electrode loading amount (x0). The system includes a charging control apparatus which reads the information associated with the negative electrode loading amount (x0) from the storage unit, determines the first coefficient information of the quadratic function representing the upper bound condition from the lookup table, determines the C-rate range of the charge current using the first coefficient information, and supplies the charge current satisfying the determined C-rate range to the lithium secondary battery.
US11588340B2	Electric power station The disclosed apparatus and method is a closed loop system that obtains, stores and transfers motive energy. Preferably, the majority of the electricity generated is utilized to service a load or supplied to the grid. A portion of the electric power produced is used to recharge the batteries for subsequent use of the electric motor. The system controls and manages the battery power by controlling the charging and discharging of the battery reservoir via a series of electrical and mechanical innovations controlled by electronic instruction using a series of devices to analyze, optimize and perform power production and charging functions in sequence to achieve its purpose.
US11588339B2	Combination charging cable and hair tie assembly A combination charging cable and hair tie assembly includes an elastic band that is comprised of a resiliently stretchable material for stretching around a user's hair in the manner of a hair tie. A plurality of conductors is each of the conductors is woven into the elastic band to elongate and shorten when the elastic band is stretched and released. A first charge plug is coupled to the elastic band to engage a charge port on an electronic device. A second charge plug is coupled to the elastic band and the second charge plug is matable to the first charge plug such that the elastic band forms a closed loop to serve as a hair tie. Additionally, the second charge plug can engage a charge port on an electronic device.
US11588337B2	Centralized charging cabinet provided with isolation area and charging area The present disclosure provides a centralized charging cabinet, including: a charging cabinet, provided with an isolation area and a charging area therein; an isolation transformer, provided in the isolation area; and at least one charging unit, provided in the charging area, where each of the charging unit is electrically connected to a secondary winding of the isolation transformer through a plurality of first connection structures, and the plurality of first connection structures are located at a back region of the charging area. In the centralized charging cabinet, the isolation transformer is provided in the isolation area inside the charging cabinet, the charging unit is provided in the charging area inside the charging cabinet, which realizes a centralized layout of the isolation transformer and the charging unit and improves the space utilization.
US11588333B2	Microgrid power flow monitoring and control A microgrid power flow monitoring and control system is described herein. The control system may determine active and reactive power sharing shortage on the electric power delivery system. The control system may utilize the control strategies of generation units, such as ISO control, droop control and constant power control to estimate power flow within a microgrid or other isolated system. A control strategy of one or more generators may be modified based on the determined power flow.
US11588323B2	Method and apparatus for locating faults in an islanded microgrid A fault isolating device for use in a microgrid disconnected from a main power grid includes a voltage meter for detecting a voltage anomaly indicative of an electrical fault, a timer for establishing a time window that begins and ends a predetermined time after a voltage anomaly is detected, a switch that is opened at the start of the time window, and a microcontroller that determines whether to leave the switch open to isolate a faulted portion of the microgrid or to close the switch. A plurality of fault isolating devices can be distributed throughout a microgrid to isolate a faulted branch or faulted branches of an islanded microgrid without interfering with normal fuse operation when the microgrid is connected to the main power grid.
US11588321B2	Low-voltage protection switch unit A low-voltage protection switch unit, such as a motor protection switch, includes: at least an external conductor line, from an external line supply terminal of the low-voltage protection switch unit to an external line load terminal of the low-voltage protection switch unit; a neutral conductor line, from a neutral conductor terminal of the low-voltage protection switch unit to a neutral conductor load terminal of the low-voltage protection switch unit; a mechanical bypass switch arranged in the external conductor line; a semiconductor circuit arrangement connected in parallel with the mechanical bypass switch; an electronic control unit for actuating the mechanical bypass switch and the semiconductor circuit arrangement in a specifiable manner; and a current measurement arrangement connected to the electronic control unit, the current measurement arrangement being arranged at least in the external conductor line. The electronic control unit switches the semiconductor circuit arrangement on/off in a specifiable clocked manner.
US11588320B2	Power distribution assembly having a fault detection system A power distribution assembly comprising a chassis having at least one wall, a deformable material layer positioned on the at least one wall of the chassis and configured to deform in response to a triggering even. The power distribution assembly further comprising a conductive sense layer positioned on the deformable material layer opposite the at least one wall of the chassis.
US11588319B2	Differential protection method, differential protection device, and differential protection system A differential protection method for monitoring a line of a power grid. Current phasor measured values are captured at the ends of the line and transmitted to an evaluation device which is used to form a differential current value with current phasor measured values temporally allocated to one another. Time delay information indicating the time delay between local timers of the measuring devices is used for the temporal allocation of the current phasor measured values captured at different ends, and a fault signal indicating a fault affecting the line is generated if the differential current value exceeds a predefined threshold value. The reliability of the time synchronization is further increased by forming a quotient of the current phasor measured values to form an asymmetry variable, that is used to check a transit time difference of messages transmitted via the communication connection in different directions.
US11588318B2	Sensor-based remote condition monitoring device and method for disconnector devices A device, a method and a system for monitoring an electrical connection status of a disconnector device are disclosed. The disconnector device is connectable to pole-mounted equipment in a power distribution or transmission grid, thereby disconnecting the pole-mounted equipment. The connection status monitoring device includes a determining section configured to determine whether the disconnector device has been activated and to generate connection status indicator data, indicative of whether the disconnector device has been activated. The determining section further includes a wireless communication section which is adapted to connect to a wireless communication infrastructure using a wireless communication protocol, and to transmit the connection status indicator data over the wireless communication infrastructure.
US11588317B2	Ground fault circuit interrupter with leakage protection module and self-test module A ground fault circuit interrupter is provided, including a sensor module, a leakage protection module, a self-test module and a tripping module. The sensor module is configured to generate a sensor current according to a detection signal. The leakage protection module is configured to: generate a trip driving signal in a detection stage according to the sensor current; and generate a trip driving signal in a non-detection stage after the self-test module has a fault. The self-test module is configured to generate the detection signal in the detection stage, and determine that the leakage protection module does not have a fault if the leakage protection module generates the trip driving signal. The tripping module is configured to respond to the trip driving signal generated in the non-detection stage to disconnect a load from a power supply circuit, and not respond to the trip driving signal generated in the detection stage.
US11588316B2	Circuit with timing function and leakage protection plug Disclosed are a circuit with a timing function and a leakage protection plug. An output terminal of a timing chip U2 is connected to an isolating switch U3; the isolating switch U3 is connected to a rectifier module D3; the rectifier module D3 is connected to a circuit breaker X1; a switch tube Q4 and the switch tube Q3 are connected to a resistor R21, and a second switch terminal of the switch tube Q4 is grounded; an output terminal of a zero sequence current transformer is connected to a first input terminal of a microprocessor U1; and an output terminal of the microprocessor U1 is connected to a control terminal of the switch tube Q4. The leakage protection plug of this disclosure has both leakage protection and timing functions.
US11588314B2	Banding for high voltage applications Banding and clamp for use to in high voltage environments of over 15 kV. The banding includes and inner core and an outer insulative layer. The inner core has non-piercing edges. The inner core is configured to have strength to prevent movement of components to which the banding is attached. The outer insulative layer surrounds at least a portion of the inner core. The outer insulative has a phase-to-ground rating of greater than 15 kV.
US11588307B1	Pulling grip assembly A pulling grip assembly and methods, systems, and apparatuses for constructing the pulling grip assembly are disclosed. The pulling grip assembly can include a pulling grip. The pulling grip can include an elongated body portion and a lug portion. The lug portion can include a blind hole for receiving an assembly including a hollow fastening member and a pulling cable retained within the hollow fastening member.
US11588301B2	Vertical cavity surface emitting laser device A VCSEL device includes an N-type metal substrate and laser-emitting units on the N-type metal substrate. Each laser-emitting unit includes an N-type contact layer in contact with the N-type metal substrate; an N-type Bragg reflector layer in contact with the N-type contact layer; a P-type Bragg reflector layer above the N-type Bragg reflector layer; an active emitter layer between the P-type Bragg reflector layer and the N-type Bragg reflector layer; a current restriction layer between the active emitter layer and the P-type Bragg reflector layer; a P-type contact layer in contact with the P-type Bragg reflector layer; and an insulation sidewall surrounding all edges of the N-type and P-type Bragg reflector layers, the N-type and P-type contact layers, the active emitter layer and the current restriction layer. A P-type metal substrate has through holes each aligned with a current restriction hole of a corresponding laser-emitting unit.
US11588299B2	Vertical-cavity surface-emitting laser fabrication on large wafer Methods for fabricating vertical cavity surface emitting lasers (VCSELs) on a large wafer are provided. An un-patterned epi layer form is bonded onto a first reflector form. The first reflector form includes a first reflector layer and a wafer of a first substrate type. The un-patterned epi layer form includes a plurality of un-patterned layers on a wafer of a second substrate type. The first and second substrate types have different thermal expansion coefficients. A resulting bonded blank is substantially non-varying in a plane that is normal to an intended emission direction of the VCSEL. A first regrowth is performed to form first regrowth layers, some of which are patterned to form a tunnel junction pattern. A second regrowth is performed to form second regrowth layers. A second reflector form is bonded onto the second regrowth layers, wherein the second reflector form includes a second reflector layer.
US11588295B2	Pump modulation for optical amplifier link communication A system and method for communicating supervisory information between amplifier nodes in an optical communication network utilizes modulation of an included pump source to superimpose the supervisory information on through-transmitted customer signals (or ASE associated with the amplifier if no customer traffic is present). The supervisory information (which may include monitoring messages, provisioning data, protocol updates, and the like) is utilized as an input to an included modulator, which then forms a drive signal for the pump controller. In a preferred embodiment, binary FSK modulation is used.
US11588290B2	Methods and apparatus for generating ghost light A system includes a light transmitter configured to emit a first light beam. The first light beam includes a primary portion and an amplified spontaneous emission (ASE) portion. The system also includes a host material configured to receive the first light beam and emit a second light. The host material is configured to generate the second light by depopulation of chromophores of one or more dopants in the host material caused by energy of the primary portion of the first light beam. The second light is continuous wave and speckle free.
US11588288B2	Method and system for forming an adapter for an electrical connector for a vehicle using a 3D printer The present disclosure generally relates to a novel concept of forming an adapter for an automotive application to be used for connecting a breakout box in-between an electrical control unit (ECU) of a vehicle and an electrical wiring system comprised with the vehicle. The adapter is formed using a 3D printer based on a construction of an electrical connector design provided with the ECU. The present disclosure also relates to a corresponding system and a computer program product.
US11588285B2	Coaxial connector system with adaptor A connector system includes an adapter with a first mating portion, a second mating portion and a transition portion. A continuous outer wall extends across the first mating portion, the transition portion and the second mating potion. A first terminal positioned in the adapter. At least one receptacle has a receptacle mating section and a receptacle transition section. A continuous receptacle outer conductive wall extends across the receptacle mating section and the receptacle transition section. A receptacle inner wall extends perpendicular to the receptacle outer wall. A second terminal is positioned in the at least one receptacle. A retention member is provided in the receptacle mating section. The continuous outer wall and the continuous receptacle outer wall form a grounding shield minimizing signal leakage from the first terminal and the second terminal.
US11588281B1	Trailer illumination assembly A trailer illumination assembly includes a trailer that has a plurality of running lights disposed on the trailer. The trailer includes a power source is positioned in the trailer and a female light plug which can be electrically coupled to a male light plug on a towing vehicle. The female light plug is in communication with the plurality of running light. An adapter plug is pluggable into the female light plug when the female light plug is not electrically coupled to the male light plug on the towing vehicle. Additionally, the adapter plug places the power source on the trailer in electrical communication with the plurality of running lights on the trailer. In this way the running lights on the trailer can be powered by the power source on the trailer.
US11588278B2	Connector assembly A connector assembly includes a connector and a cable connected thereto. First and second inner conductor contacts are disposed within an outer conductor sleeve of the connector. The cable has first and second insulated inner conductors. The inner conductor contacts each have a mating portion, for mating with a mating connector, and a connecting portion, in which the inner conductors are connected, with a transition portion extending therebetween. The inner conductor contacts have a first contact spacing in the mating portion and a smaller second contact spacing in the connecting portion. In the transition portion, a transition from the first to the second contact spacing occurs continuously. In an end portion of the cable, the inner conductors are disposed parallel to each other within the outer conductor sleeve and are spaced apart from each other by a conductor spacing equal to the second contact spacing.
US11588268B1	Extendable electrical outlet enclosure An extendable electrical outlet enclosure with a tubular main body, a bezel, a cap, at least one extension tube, and a back plate. The tubular main body has a first end, a second end, and a wall extending between the first end and second end. The tubular main body also has an electrical device support that extends inward from the wall and defines a separation between an electrical plug section and a wiring section. The bezel surrounds an opening in the main body at the first end and allows the cap to removably mount to the electrical enclosure. The at least one extension tube attaches to the tubular main body at the second end and has a leading end, a trailing end, and an outer wall extending between the leading end and the trailing end. The back plate couples with the at least one extension tube at the trailing end.
US11588263B2	Battery product The present disclosure provides a battery product and an assembling method of the battery product, the battery product comprises a box and a heating connector. The box comprises a mounting panel. The mounting panel has a first receptacle portion and a second receptacle portion, and the second receptacle portion and the first receptacle portion are provided opposite to each other and communicating with each other. The heating connector comprises: a first plug assembly being mounted on the first receptacle portion; and a second plug assembly being mounted on the second receptacle portion. Compared with the technology related to the background, the battery product is equivalent to directly integrating the receptacle of the heating connector on the mounting panel, which not only eliminates the manner of fixing by the bolt, but also improves the integration of the battery product, thereby improving the space utilization and energy density.
US11588246B2	NFC antenna structure and NFC circuit board and wireless charger using the same A Near-Field Communication (NFC) antenna structure includes an NFC antenna and a conductive structure. The NFC antenna extends to form an inner coil and an outer coil. The conductive structure is formed corresponding to a region between the inner coil and the outer coil.
US11588245B2	Mobile device A mobile device includes a metal mechanism element, a dielectric substrate, a ground plane, a parasitic radiation element, and a feeding radiation element. A connection end of the parasitic radiation element is coupled to the ground plane. The parasitic radiation element includes a first widening portion, which is positioned at a bend of the parasitic radiation element. The parasitic radiation element has a vertical projection on the metal mechanism element. The vertical projection at least partially overlaps a first closed end of the slot. The feeding radiation element is disposed between the parasitic radiation element and the ground plane. The dielectric substrate is adjacent to the metal mechanism element. The parasitic radiation element and the feeding radiation element are disposed on the dielectric substrate. An antenna structure is formed by the parasitic radiation element, the feeding radiation element, and the slot of the metal mechanism element.
US11588244B2	Antenna structure The disclosure provides an antenna structure, including at least one supporting module, a first antenna, and a second antenna. The first antenna is disposed on the at least one supporting module and includes a first feeding point and a first zero-current zone. The first antenna is connected to a ground plane. The second antenna is disposed on the at least one supporting module and includes a second feeding point and a second zero-current zone. The second antenna is connected to the ground plane. The first feeding point of the first antenna is disposed in the second zero-current zone of the second antenna, and the second feeding point of the second antenna is disposed in the first zero-current zone of the first antenna.
US11588243B2	Antenna module and communication apparatus equipped with the same An antenna module includes a dielectric substrate, a ground electrode, a power feeding element (121) and a power feeding element (122) each facing the ground electrode, and power feeding wirings (141) and (142). The power feeding wiring (141) transmits a radio frequency signal to a power feeding point (SP1) of the power feeding element (121). The power feeding wiring (142) transmits a radio frequency signal to a power feeding point (SP2) of the power feeding element (122). A frequency of a radio wave from the power feeding element (122) is higher than a frequency of a radio wave from the power feeding element (121). The power feeding wiring (142) includes a via rises from the ground electrode side to the power feeding element (122) at a position different from the power feeding point (SP2) and a wiring pattern that connects the via and the power feeding point (SP2).
US11588238B2	Sidelobe-controlled antenna assembly An antenna assembly includes a plurality of antenna elements, a microstrip feed network that is configured to supply power to the plurality of antenna elements, and one or more resistors disposed within the microstrip feed network proximate to one or more of the plurality of antenna elements. The resistors are configured to control sidelobes of the antenna assembly.
US11588236B2	Vehicle-to-infrastructure communication control including node deficiency determination A system comprises an infrastructure element including a computer programmed to communicate with a first stationary communication node having a first directional short-wave antenna with a first field of view and a second stationary communication node having a second directional short-wave antenna with a second field of view. The first communication node is located within the second field of view. The computer is programmed to determine a first and a second transmission parameter for the first and second stationary communication node respectively based on received object detection sensor data including object data from a respective field of view of each communication node's directional antenna. Each of the first and second transmission parameters includes a transmission power and/or a data throughput rate. The computer is programmed, based on received communication metrics from the first communication node, to determine a deficiency of the second communication node, and upon determining the deficiency of the second communication node, to actuate the first communication node to provide coverage for the second field of view.
US11588232B2	Flexible radome structures An antenna structure includes a radiator element configured for operation at a first microwave frequency range and at a second microwave frequency range that is higher than the first microwave frequency range, and a reflector including the radiator element attached thereto. The reflector includes an enclosure that houses the radiator element and a radiating aperture. The antenna structure further includes a radome assembly adjacent the radiating aperture. The radome assembly includes a flexible radome having a thickness that is less than a wavelength corresponding to the first or second microwave frequency ranges, and a tensioning member that extends along a perimeter of the flexible radome and maintains tension in a surface of the flexible radome.
US11588227B1	Four-element phased array antenna An aviation antenna assembly may include a base portion for operably coupling the antenna assembly to an aircraft body, a support platform, and a plurality of antenna elements including a first antenna element, a second antenna element, a third antenna element, and a fourth antenna element. The support platform may be operably coupled to the base portion to support each of the first, second, third and fourth antenna elements uniformly distributed about a central axis. The support platform may support the first antenna element opposite the third antenna element relative to the central axis, and support the second antenna element opposite the fourth antenna element relative to the central axis. A line intersecting a center of the first and third antenna elements may form a 45° angle relative to a line of symmetry passing through the antenna assembly.
US11588223B2	Electronic device with millimeter wave antennas on printed circuits An electronic device may be provided with wireless circuitry. The wireless circuitry may include one or more antennas and transceiver circuitry such as millimeter wave transceiver circuitry. The antennas may be formed from metal traces on printed circuits. A flexible printed circuit may have an area on which the transceiver circuitry is mounted. Protruding portions may extend from the area on which the transceiver circuitry is mounted and may be separated from the area on which the transceiver circuitry is mounted by bends. Antenna resonating elements such as patch antenna resonating elements and dipole resonating elements may be formed on the protruding portions and may be used to transmit and receive millimeter wave antenna signals through dielectric-filled openings in a metal electronic device housing or a dielectric layer such as a display cover layer formed from glass or other dielectric.
US11588215B2	Energy storage device An energy storage device includes: an electrode assembly; a case that houses the electrode assembly; and a spacer that is a side spacer disposed between the electrode assembly and the case. The spacer has a rear portion disposed to face the electrode-assembly end portion, a side portion extended in a direction along the side surface of the electrode assembly, and a connection that rotatably connects the side portion to the rear portion.
US11588214B2	Battery straps A battery and straps for a battery are disclosed. The battery according to various embodiments comprises a number of straps which connect a number of battery cells in series. The battery straps may pass through cutouts provided in a cell divider wall. The cutouts and straps may define a common headspace. The battery may have five connecting straps and two end straps.
US11588212B2	Connection assembly for use in battery modules and a battery module Disclosed are a connection assembly for a battery module and a battery module. The connection assembly for a battery module has a housing, a first cover plate and a second cover plate, wherein the housing has a body and a protrusion extending continuously from the body; the first cover plate covers the body; the second cover plate is arranged to be integrated with the first cover plate; the second cover plate is configured to be movable relative to the first cover plate so as to be switched between a closed position and an open position; in the closed position, the second cover plate covers the protrusion; and in the open position, the second cover plate is detached from the protrusion. In the connection assembly for a battery module and the battery module provided in the present application, the second cover plate is movable relative to the first cover plate, to facilitate switching between the closed position and the open position, so that the disassembly and assembly processes of the connection assembly and the battery module are simplified. The second cover plate is arranged to be integrated with the first cover plate, so that the quantity of parts of the connection assembly and the battery module is reduced.
US11588211B2	Automatic pressure jig device for bringing electrode lead into close contact with busbar, and battery module manufacturing system comprising same Provided is an automatic pressing jig apparatus including: a plurality of contacting units configured to simultaneously press each of a plurality of bus bars provided in a battery module and press an end of a lead assembly from a top of the plurality of bus bars to prevent the lead assembly from protruding from a surface of the plurality of bus bars; a pair of pressing units connected to the plurality of contacting units and configured to adjust a pressing force of the plurality of contacting units with respect to the plurality of bus bars; a support frame supporting the pair of pressing units; and a distance adjusting unit connected to the support frame and configured to ascend or descend the support frame to move the plurality of contacting units away from or close to the battery module.
US11588210B2	Battery-based neural network weights Methods of forming a controllable resistive element include forming source and drain regions in a substrate. A battery stack is formed on a substrate between the source and drain regions. Respective anode and cathode electrical connections are formed to the battery stack. Respective source and drain electrical connections are formed.
US11588207B2	Separator for electrochemical element and electrochemical element A heat-resistant separator for an electrochemical element in which the thickness of the separator is reduced while maintaining the balance between the short circuit resistance, resistance, electrolyte impregnation performance, and electrolyte retention performance of the separator. A separator for an electrochemical element includes beaten cellulose fibers, wherein the value obtained by dividing the average value for the distance between the center point of a cellulose stem fiber constituting part of the separator and the center point of another cellulose stem fiber nearest to said cellulose stem fiber by the thickness of the separator is 0.80 to 1.35.
US11588206B2	Pressure balancing device A pressure balancing device comprises a mounting seat, a breathable film and a drying component. The mounting seat comprises a mounting seat housing and a support portion connected to the mounting seat housing. A fluid channel is formed in the mounting seat housing, the support portion is disposed in the fluid channel, and the fluid channel is capable of fluidly communicating an interior space of a component to be depressurized with the external environment. The breathable film covers on the fluid channel. The drying component is disposed on the support portion and is located between the support portion and the breathable film, and the drying component is configured to absorb moisture entering the fluid channel. In the present disclosure, the drying component is provided inside of the breathable film of the pressure balancing device, and water vapor entering the pressure balancing device is absorbed by the drying component.
US11588204B2	Venting device and battery pack assembly including same, and vehicle including the battery pack assembly A venting device is provided at one side of a battery pack to discharge a venting gas generated in an inner space of the battery pack to the outside. The venting device includes a cylinder block configured to communicate with the inside of the battery pack and a venting gas flow path for discharging the venting gas to the outside, a piston assembly configured to move upward along an extension direction of the cylinder block by receiving a force caused by the increase of the internal pressure of the battery pack so that the inner space of the battery pack communicates with the venting gas flow path and a magnet unit installed in the cylinder block and configured to restrict upward movement of the piston assembly by a magnetic force so that the communication between the venting gas flow path and the inner space of the battery pack is blocked.
US11588202B2	Cell module assemblies and methods of manufacturing cell module assemblies A cell module assembly includes a top frame, a bottom frame, multiple lithium-ion battery cells, a top collector plate, a bottom collector plate, and a curable adhesive. The top frame includes protrusions that define first multiple pockets. The bottom frame includes protrusions that define second multiple pockets axially aligned with the first multiple pockets. Each of the first and the second multiple pockets have multiple windows. The battery cells are received within a pocket in each of the first and second multiple pockets. The top collector plate is coupled to the top frame and includes multiple apertures above the first multiple pockets. The bottom collector plate is coupled to the bottom frame. The top collector plate and the bottom collector plate are electrically connected to the battery cells. The curable adhesive is received within each window in the first multiple pockets and couples each battery cell to the top frame.
US11588194B2	Battery heat adjustment circuit and method, storage medium and electronic device Provided in embodiments of the disclosure are a battery heat adjustment circuit and method, a storage medium and an electronic device. The circuit includes a battery pack, the battery pack including at least two battery blocks, and each battery block including one or more battery cells; a first controller, respectively connected to partial battery blocks included in the battery pack, and configured to detect a state of partial battery blocks included in the battery pack and control, based on a state detection result, partial battery blocks included in the battery pack to discharge; and a heat adjustment loop, connected to the first controller, and configured to respectively adjust, by using electric energy released by partial battery blocks included in the battery pack, heat of partial battery blocks included in the battery pack. By means of the disclosure, the problems that heating and heat balance of zones in the battery may not be simultaneously solved in the relevant art is solved.
US11588192B2	Thermal runaway detection system for batteries within enclosures A battery thermal runaway detection sensor system for use within a battery enclosure housing one or more batteries. The system has at least one gas sensor for detecting a venting condition of a battery cell of hydrogen, carbon monoxide or carbon dioxide, and providing a sensed output in real time. A microcontroller determines power management and signal conditioned output on the concentration of specific battery venting gases based on the sensed output from said at least one gas sensor.
US11588191B2	Vehicular battery charger, charging system, and method with user-selectable operation modes A vehicle battery charger and a vehicle battery charging system are described and illustrated, and can include a controller enabling a user to enter a time of day at which the vehicle battery charger or system begins and/or ends charging of the vehicle battery. The vehicle battery charger can be separate from the vehicle, can be at least partially integrated into the vehicle, can include a transmitter and/or a receiver capable of communication with a controller that is remote from the vehicle and vehicle charger, and can be controlled by a user or another party (e.g., a power utility) to control battery charging based upon a time of day, cost of power, or other factors.
US11588190B2	Electric battery recharge method A method and system of recharging an electric battery, include an alternation of phases of recharge at a constant current and of phases of recharge at constant voltage.
US11588187B2	Enhanced solid state battery cell An enhanced solid state battery cell is disclosed. The battery cell can include a first electrode, a second electrode, and a solid state electrolyte layer interposed between the first electrode and the second electrode. The battery cell can further include a resistive layer interposed between the first electrode and the second electrode. The resistive layer can be electrically conductive in order to regulate an internal current flow within the battery cell. The internal current flow can result from an internal short circuit formed between the first electrode and the second electrode. The internal short circuit can be formed from the solid state electrolyte layer being penetrated by metal dendrites formed at the first electrode and/or the second electrode.
US11588180B2	Bipolar all-solid-state sodium ion secondary battery Provided is a bipolar all-solid-state sodium ion secondary battery that can increase the voltage without impairing safety. A bipolar all-solid-state sodium ion secondary battery includes: a plurality of all-solid-state sodium ion secondary batteries 1 in each of which a positive electrode layer 3 capable of absorbing and releasing sodium, a solid electrolyte layer 4 made of a sodium ion-conductive oxide, and a negative electrode layer 5 capable of absorbing and releasing sodium are laid one upon another in this order; and a current collector layer 2 provided between the positive electrode layer 3 of each of the plurality of all-solid-state sodium ion secondary batteries 1 and the negative electrode layer 5 of the adjacent all-solid-state sodium ion secondary battery 1 and shared by the positive electrode layer 3 and the negative electrode layer 5.
US11588179B2	Method for producing non-aqueous electrolyte solution, non-aqueous electrolyte solution, and non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery A non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery which uses a non-aqueous electrolyte solution in which a main component of a non-aqueous solvent is a fluorinated solvent, and by which it is possible to suitably prevent a decrease in battery capacity. A method for producing the non-aqueous electrolyte solution disclosed here includes a fluorinated solvent provision step for preparing the fluorinated solvent, a highly polar solvent provision step for preparing a highly polar solvent having a relative dielectric constant of 40 or more, a LiBOB dissolution step for preparing a highly concentrated LiBOB solution by dissolving LiBOB in the highly polar solvent at a concentration that exceeds the saturation concentration in the fluorinated solvent, and a mixing step for mixing the fluorinated solvent with the highly concentrated LiBOB solution.
US11588176B2	All solid-state lithium-ion battery incorporating electrolyte-infiltrated composite electrodes Electrolyte-infiltrated composite electrode includes an electrolyte component consisting of a polymer matrix with ceramic nanoparticles embedded in the matrix to form a networking structure of electrolyte. Suitable ceramic nanoparticles have the basic formula Li7La3Zr2O12 (LLZO) and its derivatives such as AlxLi7-xLa3Zr2-y-zTayNbzO12 where x ranges from 0 to 0.85, y ranges from 0 to 0.50 and z ranges from 0 to 0.75, wherein at least one of x, y and z is not equal to 0. The networking structure of the electrolyte establishes an effective lithium-ion transport pathway in the electrode and strengthens the contact between electrode layer and solid-state electrolyte resulting in higher lithium-ion electrochemical cell's cycling stability and longer battery life. Sold-state electrolytes incorporating the ceramic particles demonstrate improved performance. Large dimensional electrolyte-infiltrated composite electrode sheets can be used in all solid-state lithium electrochemical pouch cells which can be assembled into battery packs.
US11588171B2	Thin film electrochemical cell activated with a solid electrolyte and housed in a casing formed of opposed ceramic substrates sealed together with an intermediate ring-shaped metallization A miniature electrochemical cell having a total volume that is less than 0.5 cc is described. The cell casing is formed by joining two ceramic casing halves together. One or both casing halves are machined from ceramic to provide a recess that is sized and shaped to contain the electrode assembly. The opposite polarity terminals are electrically conductive feedthroughs or pathways, such as of gold, and are formed by brazing gold into tapered via holes machined into one or both ceramic casing halves. The two ceramic casing halves are separated from each other by a metal interlayer, such as of gold, bonded to a thin film metallization layer, such as of titanium, that contacts an edge periphery of each ceramic casing half. A solid electrolyte of LiPON (LixPOyNz) is used to activate the electrode assembly.
US11588170B2	Secondary battery including electrode lead exposed within the sealing part and method for manufacturing the same Disclosed are a secondary battery and a method for manufacturing the same. According to the present invention, since an external protrusion protruding from the outside of an exterior constituting a body of the secondary battery as a component through which a secondary battery according to a related art is electrically connected to external electric equipment is removed, the secondary battery may be reduced in volume under the same capacity.
US11588169B2	Fuel cell and method of manufacturing the same A fuel cell includes a cell stack including a plurality of unit cells stacked in a first direction; a first end plate including a guide through-hole formed therein, the first end plate being disposed on one end of two ends of the cell stack; a second end plate including a guide support hole formed therein, the guide support hole overlapping the guide through-hole in the first direction, the second end plate being disposed on an opposite end of the two ends of the cell stack; and an enclosure surrounding a side portion between the two ends of the cell stack together with the first end plate and the second end plate, the enclosure being formed as a unitary structure. The enclosure includes a body surrounding the side portion of the cell stack and first and second ends coupled to the first end plate and the second end plate, respectively.
US11588168B2	Separator for fuel cell or current collecting member for fuel cell, and solid polymer electrolyte fuel cell In order to provide a separator for fuel cells, or a current collecting member for fuel cells, which has low contact resistance, excellent corrosion resistance and which can be economically manufactured, and a manufacturing method thereof, this separator for fuel cells comprises a substrate having iron or aluminum as the main component, a gas barrier film formed directly on said substrate and having excellent corrosion resistance, and a conductive resin film formed on the gas barrier film and containing a conductive ceramics or graphite particles having a particle diameter of 1-20 μm.
US11588167B2	Fuel cell and method of manufacturing fuel cell A fuel cell includes: a membrane electrode assembly of a flat plate shape including an electrolyte membrane and an electrode catalyst layer, the membrane electrode assembly having a first side intersecting a flow pathway of a reactive gas on a surface of the fuel cell and a second side differing from the first side; a frame member of a flat plate shape including an opening part for arrangement of the membrane electrode assembly, the opening part having a first frame side corresponding to the first side and a second frame side corresponding to the second side; and an adhesive member for bonding between an outer periphery of the membrane electrode assembly and an inner periphery of the frame member. The thickness of the adhesive member in an area from an inner peripheral edge at the second frame side toward a center of the frame member may be greater than the thickness of the adhesive member in an area from an inner peripheral edge at the first frame side toward the center of the frame member.
US11588164B2	Fuel cell vehicle A fuel cell stack formed by stacking a plurality of power generation cells together in a vehicle width direction and a voltage control unit including a voltage controller and a control case are mounted in a front box of a fuel cell vehicle. The control case is joined to a stack case in a manner that the control case is provided adjacent to the stack case in a direction perpendicular to the stacking direction of the plurality of power generation cells. A cell voltage detection unit is provided between the fuel cell stack and a voltage control unit.
US11588160B2	Fuel cell gas/liquid separator including first container for negative electrode exhaust and second container for positive electrode exhaust A gas and liquid separator includes a first separating portion configured to separate a liquid droplet from a first exhaust gas discharged from a negative electrode of a fuel cell, a first container accommodating the first separating portion, a first storage reservoir storing water flowing down from the first separating portion, a second container provided at a lower side of the first storage reservoir, a second storage reservoir provided at a lower portion of the second container, and a valve apparatus including a valve discharging water stored in the first storage reservoir, wherein a second exhaust gas discharged from a positive electrode flows in the second container, and water discharged from the first storage reservoir is stored in the second storage reservoir.
US11588156B2	Copper foil having excellent adhesive strength, electrode comprising same, secondary battery comprising same, and manufacturing method therefor An embodiment of the present invention provides a copper foil which comprises a copper layer and an anticorrosive film placed on the copper layer, and has a Young's modulus of 3800 to 4600 kgf/mm2 and a modulus bias factor (MBF) less than 0.12, wherein the modulus bias factor (MBF) is obtained by formula 1 below. MBF=(maximum Young's modulus−minimum Young's modulus)/(average Young's modulus) [Formula 1]
US11588155B1	Battery configurations for cell balancing Energy storage devices, battery cells, and batteries of the present technology may include a first battery cell. The first battery cell may include an anode current collector, and an anode active material disposed on the anode current collector. The first battery cell may include a cathode current collector and a cathode active material disposed on the cathode current collector. The current collectors may be polymeric materials. The batteries may include a first conductive band electrically coupled with the first battery cell. The first conductive band may be seated on the second surface of one of the anode current collector or the cathode current collector. The first conductive band may extend about a perimeter of the one of the anode current collector or the cathode current collector. The batteries may include a cell module including a first flexible extension electrically coupled with the first conductive band.
US11588152B2	Cathode active material for secondary battery and manufacturing method thereof The present invention relates to a cathode active material for a secondary battery and a manufacturing method thereof. A cathode active material, according to one embodiment of the present invention, comprises silicon-based primary particles, and a particle size distribution of the silicon-based primary particles is D10≥50 nm and D90≤150 nm. The cathode active material suppresses or reduces tensile hoop stress generated in lithiated silicon particles during a charging of a battery to thus suppress a crack due to a volume expansion of the silicon particles and/or an irreversible reaction caused by the crack, such that the lifetime and capacity of the battery can be improved.
US11588151B2	Multilayer anode and lithium secondary battery including the same A multilayer anode includes an anode collector, and a plurality of anode mixture layers sequentially stacked on at least one surface of the anode collector, and including natural graphite as an anode active material. A weight ratio of the natural graphite in innermost and outermost anode mixture layers is greater than a weight ratio of the natural graphite in an anode mixture layer located between the innermost and outermost anode mixture layers, in a stacking direction of the plurality of anode mixture layers. Performance of a cell may be improved and calendering-calender contamination occurring in a calendering process and an electrode stripping phenomenon may be prevented.
US11588148B2	Powder, electrode and battery comprising such a powder Powder comprising particles comprising a matrix material and silicon-based domains dispersed in this matrix material, whereby the matrix material is carbon or a material that can be thermally decomposed to carbon, whereby either part of the silicon-based domains are present in the form of agglomerates of silicon-based domains whereby at least 98% of these agglomerates have a maximum size of 3 μm or less, or the silicon-based domains are not at all agglomerated into agglomerates.
US11588147B2	Film electrode, resin layer forming ink, inorganic layer forming ink, and electrode printing apparatus A disclosed film electrode includes an electrode base, and an active material layer formed on the electrode base, and a resin layer adhering to at least one of a peripheral portion of the active material layer and a surface of the active material layer in a direction extending along a plane of the electrode base.
US11588145B2	Methods of briquetting precursor materials for prelithiated silicon active materials A method of making a lithiated silicon-based precursor material for a negative electrode material of an electrochemical cell that cycles lithium ions is provided. An admixture comprising a plurality of lithium particles and a plurality of silicon particles is briquetted by applying pressure of greater than or equal to about 10 MPa and applying heat at a temperature of less than or equal to about 180° C. to form a precursor briquette. The briquette has lithium particles and silicon particles distributed in a matrix and has a porosity level of less than or equal to about 60% of the total volume of the precursor briquette. The briquetting is conducted in an environment having less than or equal to about 0.002% by weight of any oxygen-bearing species or nitrogen (N2).
US11588142B2	Solution-phase deposition of thin films on solid-state electrolytes Methods, systems, and compositions for the solution-phase deposition of thin films comprising one or more artificial solid-electrolyte interphase (SEI) layers. The thin films can be coated onto the surface of porous components of electrochemical devices, such as solid-state electrolytes employed in rechargeable batteries. The methods and systems provided herein involve exposing the component to be coated to different liquid reagents in sequential processing steps, with optional intervening rinsing and drying steps. Processing may occur in a single reaction chamber or multiple reaction chambers.
US11588141B2	Display apparatus and method of manufacturing the same In a method of manufacturing a display apparatus, the method includes: preparing a support substrate; forming a metal oxide layer on a surface of the support substrate, the metal oxide layer comprising first charges; forming a debonding layer on a surface of the metal oxide layer, the debonding layer comprising second charges opposite to the first charges; forming a flexible substrate on a surface of the debonding layer; forming a display element and a thin film encapsulation layer on a surface of the flexible substrate, the display element comprising a thin film transistor and an organic light-emitting diode; and isolating the flexible substrate from the support substrate.
US11588140B2	Organic vapor jet print head for depositing thin film features with high thickness uniformity Devices for deposition of material via organic vapor jet printing (OVJP) and similar techniques are provided. The depositor includes delivery channels ending in delivery apertures, where the delivery channels are flared as they approach the delivery apertures, and/or have a trapezoidal shape. The depositors are suitable for fabricating OLEDs and OLED components and similar devices.
US11588139B2	Circularly polarized light emitting organic light emitting diodes Disclosed herein are light emitting device that emit highly circularly polarized light. These devices may be used to form a dot-matrix display or an electronic information display comprised of a series of photopolymerizable, chiral liquid crystalline layers that can be solvent cast on a substrate. The mixture of chiral materials in each successive layer may be blended in such a way that each layer has the same chiral pitch and may also be blended so that the ordinary and extraordinary refractive indices in each layer match the other layers such that the complete assembly of layers will optically function as a single relatively thick layer of chiral liquid crystal. The chiral nematic material in each layer can spontaneously adopt a helical structure with a helical pitch. Further disclosed are pixel structures that not only emit light with brightness and chromaticity information, but also depth of focus information as well.
US11588132B2	Thin film package structure, thin film packaging method and display device for improving characteristic of contact surface of organic layer coating The present disclosure discloses a thin film package structure, a thin film packaging method and a display device. The thin film package structure includes: an inorganic layer, a buffer layer and an organic layer successively covering an external of an electroluminescence unit structure from inside to outside; composition of said buffer layer is organic, and a thickness of said buffer layer is less than that of said organic layer. The thin film packaging method includes: covering a buffer layer on an inorganic layer encapsulating an electroluminescence unit structure; covering an organic layer on a surface of said buffer layer; composition of said buffer layer is organic, and a thickness of said buffer layer is less than that of said organic layer.

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