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US11653686B2	Steviol glycoside compositions Steviol glycoside compositions having improved sweetness and flavor profiles are described.
US11653684B2	Sweetener composition with improved taste quality comprising allulose and salt and method for improving taste quality of alulose using salt A sweetener composition including allulose and a salt and having improved taste, and a method of improving taste of allulose are disclosed.
US11653681B2	Particulate meat seasoning composition The invention relates to a particulate meat seasoning composition comprising: a) 10-70 wt. % of farinaceous component comprising: 5-30% by weight of the farinaceous component of semolina component having a particle size of more than 100 μm to 1,200 μm, said semolina component being selected from wheat semolina, rice semolina, maize semolina, rye semolina, tapioca semolina and combinations thereof; 70-95% of by weight of the farinaceous component of flour component having a particle size of 10 μm to 100 μm, said flour component being selected from wheat flour, rice flour, maize flour, rye flour, tapioca flour and combinations thereof; b) 30-90 wt. % of one or more seasoning ingredients selected from sodium chloride, potassium chloride, sodium glutamate, spices, herbs, vegetables, fruit, sucrose and yeast extract, inosine 5′-monophosphate, guanosine 5′-monophosphate and protein hydrolysate; wherein the farinaceous component has a multimodal particle size distribution with at least one maximum below 100 μm and at least one maximum above 100 μm. This particulate meat seasoning composition that can suitably be applied onto meat products, such as steaks and bigger cuts of meat, before these meat products are cooked, e.g. by pan frying and/or roasting in the oven. The seasoning composition not only improves the flavour of the cooked meat product, but also improves the juiciness of the cooked, ready-to-eat meat product.
US11653679B2	High-purity steviol glycosides Methods of preparing highly purified steviol glycosides, particularly rebaudiosides A, D and M are described. The methods include utilizing recombinant microorganisms for converting various staring compositions to target steviol glycosides. In addition, novel steviol glycosides reb D2, reb M2, and reb I are disclosed, as are methods of preparing the same. The highly purified rebaudiosides are useful as non-caloric sweetener in edible and chewable compositions such as any beverages, confectioneries, bakery products, cookies, and chewing gums.
US11653675B2	Solvent extraction of oil from distillers dried grains and methods of using extraction products A process for extraction of crude oil from distillers dried grain solubles and/or distillers dried grains using a solvent extraction process and producing corn distillers meal that may be used as an animal feed supplement is disclosed. The corn distillers meal may be used as a crude protein supplement for use in a livestock feed diet, poultry feed diet, aquatic feed diet or the like. The solvent extracted crude oil may be suitable for other processes, including oleochemical processing for personal care and home care products, biodiesel production, and/or renewable diesel production from hydro-treating the extracted oil to make green diesel fuel.
US11653673B2	Method for treating flax seeds with a view to improving the food value of same The present invention relates to a process for treating flax (Linum usitatissimum) seeds with a view to improving their use as food, in particular for animals, characterized in that it comprises the following successive steps: a) Use of flax seeds provided that these seeds have a fat and/or omega-3 fatty acid content in excess of predefined values; and, only when the seeds are intended for feeding monogastric animals, a value for water retention capacity or a nutritional component of low value below predetermined values. b) Mixing, where there are at least two raw materials of different nature and/or quality and then fractionating, or fractionating and then mixing, said seeds from step a); c) Implementing a thermal step of preparation of the seeds from step b) with steam and/or a water-based liquid; d) Pressurizing the seed or mixture from step c) to a minimum pressure of 10 bars; and/or d1) Heating the seeds or the mixture from step d) or c) respectively.
US11653672B2	Gas fermentation for the production of protein or feed The invention provides animal feed comprising microbial biomass and methods of producing animal feed by culturing a microorganism to produce microbial biomass. In particular, the invention relates to animal feed produced by fermentation of a gaseous substrate comprising one or more of CO, CO2, and H2, especially by a Gram-positive, anaerobic, and/or Clostridium microorganism.
US11653668B2	Gum bases incorporating polymers derived from Russian Dandelion A chewing gum base comprises rubber derived from Russian Dandelion (TKS). Methods of extracting and purifying the rubber are provided. Gum base compositions and methods of compensating for variable ratios of elastomer:resin in the rubber are disclosed.
US11653667B2	Chocolate composition having improved processability, and preparation method therefor The present invention relates to chocolate containing allulose and a method of preparing thereof, and more specifically, provides a chocolate composition having reduction of saccharides added to chocolate, masking of bitter taste of chocolate and excellent emulsion stability, and a method of preparing thereof.
US11653665B2	Processed products of tea and method for manufacturing the same Shown are a particulate processed product of tea and a method for preparing the same. The particulate processed product of tea has a sphericity S10 value of a particle corresponding to 10% cumulative subdistribution in cumulative distribution measured for the sphericity of tea particles of 0.68 or greater. The processed product of tea is convenient to drink because it is readily wetted and dispersed in water. In addition, it can be easily packaged and used due to a low angle of repose and thus excellent flowability.
US11653663B2	Plant-protein based texturized oil-in-water emulsions The invention relates to a method of producing a plant-based oil-in-water emulsion comprising the steps of providing an ingredient composition which is free from dairy protein, said composition comprising 1.5 to 5 wt. %, preferably 2 to 5 wt. % proteins, wherein the protein consist of plant protein only, 0.5 to 10.5 wt %, preferably 1.5 to 7.5 wt % of oil, and having a pH of 5.3-6.7, preferably 5.6-6.6, optionally adding divalent cations to provide a concentration of 1-5 mM free divalent cations in the ingredient composition, optionally adding monovalent cations to provide a concentration of 1-20 mM free monovalent cations in the ingredient composition and homogenizing and subsequently heat treating the ingredient composition to a temperature of 80°-100° C. for a period of 0.5-15 min or an ultra high temperature (UHT) heat treatment above 135° C. for 3 to 30 s to form agglomerated proteins comprising plant proteins and oil, and shearing the composition during or after the heat treatment to reduce the size of the agglomerated proteins, the agglomerates having a size of 5 to 50 microns as measured by D(4,3) mean diameter as measured by laser diffraction after the shearing. The invention also relates to a plant-based oil-in-water emulsion obtained by the method, and a use of the plant-based oil-in-water emulsion for the use in food and beverage products.
US11653662B2	Milk-based formulation The invention relates to a milk-based formulation with a reduced carbohydrate content, having a ratio of carbohydrates to protein of at most 1.1, a protein content of at least 5.4% on dry matter basis, and a ratio of ash to protein is substantially similar to that of a milk raw material used as a starting material, and a method for the preparation thereof. The milk-based formulation can be used in the preparation of a recombined milk product with a reduced lactose content, having a full taste of normal milk without any deficiencies in its organoleptic properties.
US11653658B2	Apparatus and method for smoking food products An apparatus for smoking food products, comprising at least one kiln which is provided with a drum, which can be actuated so as to rotate about its own axis of extension, and which defines internally a treatment chamber for food products which can be accessed through a loading and unloading opening. The drum has at least one smoke inlet which is connected to a smoke generator device.
US11653654B1	Water-based insect repellent composition A composition for repelling insects is disclosed. The composition may include an active component made of (i) a combination of clove oil, geranium oil, and peppermint oil, (ii) a fixative, and (iii) a solubilizer. The composition may include (i) from about 2.5 to about 15 wt. % of an active component made only of (a) from about 0.1 to about 5.0 wt. % of clove oil, (b) from about 0.5 to about 15.0 wt. % of geranium oil, and (c) from about 0.1 to about 15.0 wt. % of peppermint oil, (ii) from about 3 to about 15 wt. % of a fixative, and (iii) from about 15 to about 45 wt. % of a solubilizer.
US11653653B2	Stable compositions of uncomplexed iodine and methods of use The present invention is directed to a composition in solution (often, an aqueous solution) which comprises a combination of molecular iodine (I2) and an acceptable source of iodate (IO3), and an acid (inorganic or organic), wherein iodide and iodate are present in the composition at a molar ratio of about 0.1 to about 25, the concentration of uncomplexed molecular iodine is a disinfectant, biocidal and/or antimicrobial (depending upon the end use of the composition) effective amount the concentration of acid in the composition is effective to provide a buffering pH in the composition ranging from about 1.5 to about 6.5. Compositions according to the present invention are storage stable for unexpectedly long periods of time (up to about 5 years), and find use as disinfecting solutions, as germicides and/or biocides (e.g. antiviral, antibacterial, antifungal, antispore etc.) for various surfaces and solutions including living and inanimate surfaces and are particularly useful because of their low cost, their reduced use of iodine, their activity (because of the high concentration of free molecular iodine in solution), their reduced environmental impact, their long term storage stability and their reduced toxicity. They also have particular utility in treating food surfaces to retard spoilage, increase useful shelf-life and minimize the human and economic cost of food waste. The compositions inactivate viruses, bacteria (both gram negative and positive), spores and fungi. Compositions according to the present invention may be used and stored in a variety of materials, given the substantial absence of corrosion (non-corrosive) these compositions display. Dental compositions (e.g. preprocedure rinses and other compositions) and methods related thereto are also disclosed.
US11653652B2	Antimicrobial compositions and uses thereof The present invention provides antimicrobial compositions, typically aqueous compositions, for use in the inhibition and control of microorganisms, including without limitation, viruses, bacteria, fungi and yeast, on organic and inorganic surfaces. The present invention further provides methods of using such compositions for immediate and residual inhibition, including control, of such microorganisms for a period of up to 24 hours and beyond.
US11653647B2	Herbicidal compositions based on nonanoic acid and ketoacids The present invention relates to a composition comprising a saturated nonanoic acid and/or a saturated nonanoic acid salt, at least one ketoacid and at least one emulsifying agent, to a process for preparing said composition and to the use of said composition in herbicidal applications.
US11653630B2	Gas and liquid supply system The present invention relates to fluid moving devices (gas, liquid, or combination thereof). For example, particular devices of the present invention include drying devices, pumps, engines, motors, fans, and diffusers. Devices of the present invention also include display of mechanical movements for ornamental and practical purposes such as clock, model, or toy.
US11653629B2	Proactive detection of invasive species A system may include a memory and a processor in communication with the memory. The processor may be configured to perform operations to accept ecosystem data and detect, analyze, and notify a user about a species in an environment. The system analysis and notification may include impact determination of the species on the environment and shall learn from the received and analyzed data, bringing intelligence to the system.
US11653628B1	Bluetooth low energy tracking tags for cattle tracking Tracking tag and method for cattle tracking. The tracking tag includes, in some implementations, a near-field communication (NFC) module, a battery module, and a Bluetooth module. The NFC module is programmed with a unique identifier. The battery module is coupled to the NFC module. The battery module is configured to supply battery energy when active. The battery module is also configured to activate when the NFC module is first read after being programmed with the unique identifier. The Bluetooth module is coupled to the battery module. The Bluetooth module is configured to receive the battery energy from the battery module. The Bluetooth module is also configured to transmit the unique identifier using a Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) transmission protocol.
US11653627B2	Liquid dispenser for animals A liquid dispenser may include a tank having a bottom plate, an inner assembly detachably coupled to the tank and containing a pump, and a docking station provided below the bottom plate that receives external power. A wireless power receiver may be provided above the bottom plate and may be electrically connected to a wireless power transmitter provided below the bottom plate. A supply plate may coupled to a supply pipe that supplies liquid pumped from the pump, and liquid falling from the supply plate may be guided back to the tank via a liquid guide. The docking station may apply external power to the pump via the wireless power transmitter and receiver.
US11653623B2	Control system for a rotary milking parlor and method of controlling a rotary milking parlor A rotary milking parlor controlled that uses a set of sensors generating sensor signals that determine whether or not an entity is located at a hazardous position of the rotary milking parlor, and a central control unit, where each sensor in the set of sensors generates first and second independent signals, the first and second signals conveyed separately via respective first and second signal lines to the central control unit, and the rotary milking parlor controlled to be operated only if both the first and second signals of all sensors in the set of sensors indicate that no entity is deemed to be located at a hazardous position.
US11653622B2	Cage for housing laboratory animals An animal cage having a rectangular main body with a bottom, top and sidewalls defining a first inner space for the animals. A first sidewall of the main body includes a first opening to allow access into the first inner space. Attached to the cage is a secondary rectangular body having a bottom, upper and sidewalls defining a second inner space. First and second sidewalls of the secondary body respectively include second and third openings, the second opening being parallel and aligned with the first opening, and the third opening being formed orthogonal to the first and second openings. The first sidewall of the main body includes a rotatable gate that is switchable between a first position which closes the first opening, and a second position which clears the first and second openings while rotated into the second inner space and closes the third opening of the secondary body.
US11653618B2	Cotton variety 11PPYY71 The disclosure relates to a cotton variety, designated 11PPYY71, the plants and seeds of the cotton variety 11PPYY71, methods for producing a cotton plant, either varietal or hybrid, produced by crossing the cotton variety 11PPYY71 with itself or with another cotton plant, hybrid cotton seeds and plants produced by crossing the variety 11PPYY71 with another cotton variety or plan, methods for producing a cotton plant containing in its genetic material one or more transgenes, and the transgenic cotton plants produced by that method. This disclosure also relates to cotton varieties derived from cotton variety 11PPYY71, to methods for producing other cotton varieties derived from cotton variety 11PPYY71, and to the varieties derived by the use of those methods.
US11653615B2	Soybean cultivar 2910853 A soybean cultivar designated 2910853 is disclosed. Embodiments include the seeds of soybean 2910853, the plants of soybean 2910853, to plant parts of soybean 2910853, and methods for producing a soybean plant produced by crossing soybean 2910853 with itself or with another soybean variety. Embodiments include methods for producing a soybean plant containing in its genetic material one or more genes or transgenes and the transgenic soybean plants and plant parts produced by those methods. Embodiments also relate to soybean cultivars, breeding cultivars, plant parts, and cells derived from soybean 2910853, methods for producing other soybean cultivars, lines or plant parts derived from soybean 2910853, and the soybean plants, varieties, and their parts derived from use of those methods. Embodiments further include hybrid soybean seeds, plants, and plant parts produced by crossing 2910853 with another soybean cultivar.
US11653614B2	Soybean cultivar P-17 A multifoliate soybean cultivar designated P-17 is disclosed. The invention relates to the seeds of soybean cultivar P-17, to the plants of soybean cultivar P-17, to the plant parts of soybean cultivar P-17, and to methods for producing progeny of soybean cultivar P-17. The invention also relates to methods for producing a soybean plant containing in its genetic material one or more transgenes and to the transgenic soybean plants and plant parts produced by those methods. The invention also relates to soybean cultivars or breeding cultivars, and plant parts derived from soybean cultivar P-17. The invention also relates to methods for producing other soybean cultivars, lines, or plant parts derived from soybean cultivar P-17, and to the soybean plants, varieties, and their parts derived from use of those methods. The invention further relates to hybrid soybean seeds, plants, and plant parts produced by crossing cultivar P-17 with another soybean cultivar.
US11653607B2	Gypsophila variety ‘DGYPSALBBF’ having acute inflorescence branching The invention relates to the field of Gypsophila paniculata, specifically, the variety designated ‘DGYPSALBBF’, and its unique acute inflorescence branching. The present invention relates to plant parts, including cells and any propagative material of the new variety ‘DGYPSALBBF’, and use of any of the plant parts for reproducing the new variety ‘DGYPSALBBF’. The present invention relates to methods using any plant parts of ‘DGYPSALBBF’ for the purpose of deriving additional new Gypsophila varieties. The present invention relates to seed, plants and plant parts produced by crossing ‘DGYPSALBBF’ with any other Gypsophila variety. The present invention also relates to methods to produce new varieties of Gypsophila paniculata using the variety ‘DGYPSALBBF’ and applying plant breeding techniques.
US11653604B2	Cross pollination through liquid-mediated delivery of pollen to enclosed stigmas of flowers from recipient plants The invention provides novel methods for liquid-mediated delivery of pollen grains to enclosed stigmas in recipient female flowers. For example, methods for liquid-mediated pollination are provided. The methods provided include collecting pollen from a donor plant, suspending the collected pollen in a liquid solution, and introducing said solution to an enclosed stigma of a recipient flower bud on a recipient plant, thereby pollinating the flower with the pollen from the donor plant.
US11653596B2	Near real-time signal correction on a harvesting machine A dynamic event detection system detects dynamic events, based on a sensor signal, on a mobile harvester. A dynamic event correction system identifies a correction magnitude, corresponding to the detected dynamic event, and a correction timing. The dynamic event correction system applies a correction, using the correction magnitude and correction timing, to a performance metric value generated from a performance metric sensor.
US11653594B2	Walk power mower with transmission providing both forward and reverse propulsion A walk power mower having a cutting deck supported upon the ground by a front and rear wheel(s). The mower includes a traction drive system incorporating a bidirectional transmission adapted to propel the mower alternatively in both forward and reverse directions. In some embodiments, the mower may include a single bidirectional transmission (e.g., powering only rear wheel(s) or only front wheel(s) of the mower), while in other embodiments, two bidirectional transmissions may be provided to power both the front and the rear wheel(s). In other embodiments, the mower may include a bidirectional transmission powering the rear wheel(s), while the front wheel(s) may be attached to the deck via a caster assembly.
US11653589B2	Implement protection system An agricultural system that includes a towable agricultural implement. The towable agricultural implement includes a tow bar assembly. A wing tool bar pivotally couples to the tow bar assembly or to a work vehicle. The wing tool bar is configured to transition between a deployed configuration and a retracted configuration. A plurality of row units attach to the wing tool bar. An implement protection system detects an obstruction in a path of the towable agricultural implement. The implement protection system includes a proximity sensor coupled to the towable agricultural implement. The proximity sensor emits a proximity signal indicative of the obstruction. A controller couples to the proximity sensor and receives the proximity signal indicative of the obstruction and emits a warning signal.
US11653588B2	Yield map generation and control system One or more information maps are obtained by an agricultural work machine. The one or more information maps map one or more agricultural characteristic values at different geographic locations of a field. An in-situ sensor on the agricultural work machine senses an agricultural characteristic as the agricultural work machine moves through the field. A predictive map generator generates a predictive map that predicts a predictive agricultural characteristic at different locations in the field based on a relationship between the values in the one or more information maps and the agricultural characteristic sensed by the in-situ sensor. The predictive map can be output and used in automated machine control.
US11653587B2	System and method for presenting the surroundings of an agricultural implement Systems and methods are disclosed herein for displaying images of certain surroundings of an agricultural implement, for example one including a frame extending between opposing distal ends of a length transverse to a working direction of the agricultural implement. Individual image regions of the surroundings of the agricultural implement are captured using cameras arranged on the agricultural implement and directed toward a working area in the working direction, wherein a corresponding display is generated on a user interface. One or more traveling conditions (e.g., an edge of the working area and/or an edge of the frame, respectively corresponding to a first end and/or second end of the frame) may be automatically projected in the working direction, wherein respective indicia corresponding to the projected traveling conditions are superimposed on the generated display. The indicia may optionally be modified dynamically based on determined changes in a projected course of the working direction.
US11653586B2	Agricultural ground opener depth adjustment mechanism Ground opener units for agricultural seeding machinery and the like utilise a gauge wheel and associated depth adjustment mechanism for regulating the penetration depth of the disk opener in use. An improved gauge wheel adjustment assembly comprises a spindle adapted to be rotatably supported in a spindle sleeve, the spindle having a shaft with a first end with a rectangular boss adapted for engagement with a depth adjustment handle of the disk opener and a second end with a tapered spline engagement formation. A gauge wheel support arm has a complementary tapered spline formation for engagement with the spindle second end.
US11653585B2	Implement variable downforce control One or more techniques and/or systems for application of a supplemental downward force to a ground working implement. A mechanical advantage from a lever arm can be utilized to apply supplemental downforce to a ground working implement. A biasing force can be applied to the lever arm by a spring assembly at various locations. Moving the spring assembly along the lever arm can vary the amount of downward force applied by the lever arm to ground working implement. In some implementations, moving the spring assembly to a different end of the lever arm applies an upward force to a coupled ground working implement.
US11659781B2	Selector device and method of making the same A selector device including a first metal electrode layer, a second metal electrode layer and a switching layer disposed between the first metal electrode layer and the second metal electrode layer. The switching layer is a stacked assembly of ABA, BAB, AB or BA, where A is an ion supply layer, and B is a conversion layer. The ion supply layer includes a chalcogenide metal material having a metal atomic content of more than 0% and not more than 50% with respect to the chalcogenide metal material. The conversion layer includes a chalcogenide material.
US11659779B2	Memory cell and method of forming the same Various embodiments may provide a memory cell. The memory cell may include an active electrode including an active electrode material. The memory cell may also include a first noble electrode contact with the active electrode, the first noble electrode being a patterned electrode including a noble electrode material. The memory cell may further include a resistive switching layer in contact with the active electrode and the first noble electrode. The memory cell may additionally include a second noble electrode including a noble electrode material, the second noble electrode in contact with the resistive switching layer.
US11659772B2	Semiconductor structure and method for forming the same A method for forming a semiconductor structure includes the steps of providing a substrate having a device region and an alignment mark region, forming a first dielectric layer on the substrate and a second dielectric layer on the first dielectric layer, forming a conductive via in the second dielectric layer on the device region, forming a mask layer on the second dielectric layer, etching the second dielectric layer and the first dielectric layer through an opening of the mask layer on the alignment mark region to form a first trench through the second dielectric layer and an upper portion of the first dielectric layer and a plurality of second trenches in the first dielectric layer directly under the first trench. Afterward, a memory stack structure is formed on the second dielectric layer, covering the conductive via and filling into the first trench and the second trenches.
US11659771B2	Structure and method for integrating MRAM and logic devices A method includes providing a structure having a memory region and a logic region; a first metal layer and a dielectric barrier layer over the first metal layer in both the memory region and the logic region; a first dielectric layer over the dielectric barrier layer; multiple magnetic tunneling junction (MTJ) devices over the first metal layer, the dielectric barrier layer, and the first dielectric layer; and a second dielectric layer over the first dielectric layer and the MTJ devices. The first dielectric layer, the MTJ devices, and the second dielectric layer are in the memory device region and not in the logic device region. The method further includes depositing an extreme low-k (ELK) dielectric layer using FCVD over the memory region and the logic region; and buffing the ELK dielectric layer to planarize a top surface of the ELK dielectric layer.
US11659769B2	Piezoelectric composition and piezoelectric element A piezoelectric composition including manganese and a complex oxide having a perovskite structure represented by a general formula ABO3, wherein an A site element in the ABO3 is potassium or potassium and sodium, a B site element in the ABO3 is niobium, a concentration distribution of the manganese has a variation, and the variation shows a CV value of 35% or more and 440% or less.
US11659767B2	Package with built-in thermoelectric element A thermoelectric element-containing package according to one aspect of the present disclosure includes a thermoelectric conversion module including: a first substrate having first and second main surfaces; a second substrate having third and fourth main surfaces; and a plurality of thermoelectric elements that are sandwiched between the first and second substrates and arranged along the second main surface and the third main surface. The thermoelectric element-containing package further includes: a frame joined to the first and second substrates so as to form a hermetically sealed space surrounding the plurality of thermoelectric elements and disposed between the first substrate and the second substrate; and a placement member that is disposed on the first main surface of the first substrate or the fourth main surface of the second substrate and to which an additional device is to be connected.
US11659765B2	Composition for organic optoelectronic element, organic optoelectronic element, and display device The present invention relates to a composition for an organic optoelectronic element, and an organic optoelectronic element and a display device utilizing same, wherein the composition includes a first compound for an organic optoelectronic element, the first compound being represented by a combination of specific chemical formulae; and a second compound for an organic optoelectronic element, the second compound being represented by a different specific chemical formula.
US11659763B2	Metal complexes The present invention relates to iridium complexes suitable for use in organic electroluminescent devices, especially as emitters.
US11659762B2	Flexible display panel and manufacturing method therefor, and flexible display apparatus A flexible display panel includes: a stretchable base film; an adhesive layer disposed on a surface of the stretchable base film; a flexible substrate including a plurality of display units and a plurality of connection units, every two adjacent display units being connected by at least one connection unit; and a plurality of first release agent films disposed between the plurality of connection units and the adhesive layer, the plurality of first release agent films and the plurality of connection units being in one-to-one correspondence. An orthographic projection of each connection unit on the stretchable base film is within an orthographic projection of a corresponding first release agent film on the stretchable base film. The plurality of display units are bonded to the adhesive layer.
US11659761B2	Display panel and display device including multi-polymer layer substrate A display panel comprises a substrate including a plurality of polymer layers, an inorganic interlayer insulating film, and a semiconductor layer between the plurality of polymer layers and a panel array over the substrate. The semiconductor layer within a substrate may ground electric charges entered from the outside through the semiconductor layer. Thus, the display panel protects an array provided on the substrate and improves the reliability of the display device.
US11659759B2	Method of making high resolution OLED fabricated with overlapped masks Embodiments of the present disclosure relate to an apparatus and methods for forming arrays of EL devices and forming the EL devices with overlapped mask plates. The methods utilize overlapping a first mask plate and a second mask plate to form a mask arrangement having first apertures of the first mask plate overlapped with second apertures of the second mask plate forming one or more opening areas. A material is evaporated through the mask arrangement such that layers of the material are formed in a device area of the EL devices. The device area of each of the EL devices corresponds to the opening area of the mask arrangement of the first mask plate and the second mask plate. The method described herein allows for a higher density of the EL devices and creates a smaller deposition area due to the opening area of the mask arrangement.
US11659754B2	Quantum dot ink with colored quantum dots A quantum dot ink, a manufacturing method of a full-color film, and a display panel are provided. The quantum dot ink includes a plurality of quantum dots, a plurality of scattering particles, a polar solvent, and a transparent polymer material, wherein the transparent polymer material is used as a host material.
US11659752B2	Electro-optical device and electronic device An electro-optical device comprising a plurality of pixels. Each of the plurality of pixels includes a first sub pixel and a second sub pixel that are arrayed in the first direction, a third sub pixel and a fourth sub pixel that are arrayed in the first direction, and a color filter corresponding to each of the first sub pixel, the second sub pixel, the third sub pixel, and the fourth sub pixel. Each of the first sub pixel, the second sub pixel, the third sub pixel, and the fourth sub pixel including a light-emitting element includes a light-emitting region, a supply circuit for supplying current to the light-emitting element, and a contact region in which a contact for electrically connecting the light-emitting element to the supply circuit is disposed.
US11659751B2	Stacked transparent pixel structures for electronic displays In one embodiment, a pixel for an image sensor includes a first subpixel and a second subpixel. Each of the first and second subpixels include a polygon shape. Each of the first and second subpixels include an emissive layer, a transparent cathode layer, and a transparent anode layer.
US11659750B2	Tiled display Provided is a tiled display. The tiled display includes: a first display device including a first display area including pixels, a second display device including a second display area including pixels adjacent to the first display area, and a seam between the first display area and the second display area. Each of the first display device and the second display device includes: a first base part supporting a respective one of the first display device and the second display device, a thin-film transistor layer on the first base part, the thin-film transistor layer including thin-film transistors included in the pixels and including connection lines in the seam, and bridge electrodes in the seam to couple between the connection lines of the first display device and the second display device.
US11659747B2	Display apparatus including an uneven structure, and method of manufacturing the same A display apparatus includes a substrate, a plurality of pixelated first electrodes disposed on the substrate, an uneven surface structure or a porous structure disposed between adjacent pixelated first electrodes, a plurality of OLED lighting elements disposed on the pixelated first electrodes and the uneven surface structure or the porous structure, a second electrode layer disposed on the OLED lighting elements. Equivalent transport distance of carriers along the uneven or porous surface increases accordingly, thereby resulting in reduced lateral leakage current between adjacent pixelated first electrodes.
US11659745B2	Display device A display device including: a substrate including a main area and a sub-area at a side of the main area; a thin-film transistor on the substrate and positioned in the main area; a first insulating layer on a gate electrode of the thin-film transistor; a light-emitting element on the first insulating layer, positioned in the main area, and electrically connected to the thin-film transistor; a plurality of pads on the first insulating layer and positioned in the sub-area; and a light-blocking layer overlapping the plurality of pads and located between the substrate and the first insulating layer.
US11659744B2	Display panel and display apparatus including the same A display panel includes: a display area including a main display area, and a component area; a peripheral area; a plurality of main pixel circuits at the main display area; a plurality of main gate lines extending in a first direction, and connected to the main pixel circuits; a plurality of main data lines extending in a second direction, and connected to the main pixel circuits; a plurality of auxiliary display elements at the component area; a plurality of auxiliary pixel circuits at the periphery area, and connected to the auxiliary display elements; a plurality of auxiliary gate lines connected to the auxiliary pixel circuits, and to main gate lines that are adjacent to the component area in the first direction; and a plurality of auxiliary data lines connected to the auxiliary pixel circuits, and to main data lines that are adjacent to the component area in the second direction.
US11659742B2	Display panel having a first corner display area disposed between a peripheral area and a second corner display area and display apparatus including the same A display panel includes: a substrate including a main display area, a first corner display area, a second corner display area, and a peripheral area, where the second corner display area extends from a corner of the main display area, the first corner display area is disposed between the peripheral area and the second corner display area, and the peripheral area surrounds the main display area, the first corner display area and the second corner display area; a first gate driving circuit arranged on the second corner display area of the substrate; a first line connected to the first gate driving circuit and extending toward the main display area; and a second line connected to the first gate driving circuit and extending toward the first corner display area.
US11659741B2	Display panel and display device A display panel and a display device are provided. A display area of the display panel includes an optical component area and a regular display area, and the optical component area and the regular display area both include light-emitting devices, so that the area of the display area becomes larger to meet the trend of full screen display. In the optical component area, a transparent conductive layer includes paired first and second etching slots, a connection wire arranged between the paired first and second etching slots, and an auxiliary layer arranged outside the paired first and second etching slots.
US11659739B2	Display unit and electronic apparatus There are provided a display unit and an electronic apparatus that are capable of preventing color mixture in adjacent color pixels, and improving color reproducibility and chromaticity viewing angle. The display unit includes: a drive substrate having a plurality of pixels with a partition therebetween; and a first light shielding film provided on the partition.
US11659736B2	Light emitting display device Disclosed is a light emitting display device which may block lateral leakage current. The light emitting display device includes electrode patterns arranged under a bank between adjacent subpixels so as to form a vertical channel, the bank covered by the electrode patterns functions as a gate insulating film and thus dielectric polarization occurs therein, and charges move from a common layer having high hole mobility to a common layer having low hole mobility, thereby being capable of preventing lateral leakage current.
US11659731B2	Integrated light-emitting device and fabricating method thereof An integrated light-emitting device and a fabricating method thereof. The integrated light-emitting device includes a first electrode, an insulating layer, a second electrode, a light-emitting layer, and a third electrode which are sequentially laminated; the first electrode, the insulating layer, the second electrode, and the third electrode together constitute a field effect transistor unit, and the first electrode, the second electrode and the third electrode are respectively a gate, a source and a drain of the field effect transistor unit, and a surface of the insulating layer adjacent to the second electrode is provided with a nano-pit array structure configured for condensing light; and the second electrode, the light-emitting layer and the third electrode together constitute a light-emitting unit, the light-emitting unit configured to emit light toward the first electrode along the second electrode.
US11659730B2	Display panel having an encapsulation layer comprises plurality of protrusions and manufacturing method having the same thereof The disclosure provides a display panel and a manufacturing method thereof. The display panel includes a substrate, a luminescent layer, and an encapsulation layer. The encapsulation layer includes a plurality of protrusions or a plurality of recesses. The protrusions or the recesses are formed on a side of the encapsulation layer away from the substrate. Because the protrusions are formed from cured ink, a manufacturing process is simple and costs are reduced. Furthermore, the protrusions may increase a ratio of light usage of the display panel and improve display quality of the display panel.
US11659728B2	Display panel and manufacturing method thereof, and display device Disclosed are a display panel, a manufacturing method thereof and a display device. The display panel includes a substrate, multiple organic light emitting elements, and a film encapsulation layer. The film encapsulation layer covers more than one of the multiple organic light emitting elements, the film encapsulation layer includes a lens layer and a first cover layer, the lens layer is located on a side of the first cover layer facing the organic light emitting elements, materials of the lens layer and the first cover layer are both organic materials, a refractive index of the lens layer is M, a refractive index of the first cover layer is N, N
US11659726B2	Organic electroluminescence display panel, color shift reducing method and manufacturing method thereof and display device An organic electroluminescence display panel, a manufacturing method, a color shift reducing method, and a display device are provided. The display panel includes a flat surface portion and a curved surface portion. The hole transport layer of the display panel includes a common hole transport layer and hole transport units. The common hole transport layer is distributed in the flat surface portion and the curved surface portion. The hole transport units are disposed on the common hole transport layer and are in one-to-one relationship with sub-pixels of the two portions; the hole transport layer of the sub-pixel of at least one color has different thickness in the two portions; and the thickness of the hole transport layer of the sub-pixel is the sum of the thickness of the common hole transport layer in sub-pixel and the thickness of the hole transport unit of the sub-pixel.
US11659723B2	Perovskite material photovoltaic device and method for assembly A method for manufacturing a photovoltaic device includes fabricating a first photovoltaic device portion with a first perovskite material layer having a first face, and fabricating a second photovoltaic device portion with a second perovskite material layer having a second face. Then first photovoltaic device portion and the second photovoltaic device portion are arranged such that the first face is in contact with the second face. Finally, the first photovoltaic device portion and second photovoltaic device portion are compressed at a pressure sufficient to fuse the first perovskite material to the second perovskite material.
US11659715B2	Semiconductor memory device and method of operating the semiconductor memory device The present technology includes a semiconductor memory device. The semiconductor memory device includes a stack including a conductive pattern and an insulating pattern, a channel structure penetrating the stack, and a memory pattern between the conductive pattern and the channel structure. The memory pattern includes a blocking pattern, a tunnel pattern, a storage pattern, and a ferroelectric pattern.
US11659714B1	Ferroelectric device film stacks with texturing layer, and method of forming such Described are ferroelectric device film stacks which include a templating or texturing layer or material deposited below a ferroelectric layer, to enable a crystal lattice of the subsequently deposited ferroelectric layer to template off this templating layer and provide a large degree of preferential orientation despite the lack of epitaxial substrates.
US11659713B2	Semiconductor devices including a contact structure that contacts a dummy channel structure Semiconductor devices are provided. A semiconductor device includes a substrate and a stacked structure in which a plurality of insulating layers and a plurality of electrode layers are alternately stacked on the substrate. The semiconductor device includes a plurality of dummy channel structures that pass through the stacked structure. Moreover, the semiconductor device includes a contact structure in contact with at least one of the plurality of dummy channel structures adjacent thereto, and in contact with one of the plurality of electrode layers.
US11659711B2	Three-dimensional memory device including discrete charge storage elements and methods of forming the same An alternating stack of disposable material layers and silicon nitride layers is formed over a substrate. Memory openings are formed through the alternating stack, and memory opening fill structures are formed in the memory openings, wherein each of the memory opening fill structures comprises a charge storage material layer, a tunneling dielectric layer, and a vertical semiconductor channel Laterally-extending cavities are formed by removing the disposable material layers selective to the silicon nitride layers and the memory opening fill structures. Insulating layers comprising silicon oxide are formed by oxidizing surface portions of the silicon nitride layers and portions of the charge storage material layers that are proximal to the laterally-extending cavities. Remaining portions of the charge storage material layers form vertical stacks of discrete charge storage elements. Remaining portions of the silicon nitride layers are replaced with electrically conductive layers.
US11659709B2	Single well one transistor and one capacitor nonvolatile memory device and integration schemes A nonvolatile memory device is provided. The nonvolatile memory device comprises an active region surrounded by an isolation structure. A floating gate may be arranged over the active region, the floating gate having a first end and a second end over the isolation structure. A first doped region may be provided in the active region adjacent to a first side of the floating gate and a second doped region may be provided in the active region adjacent to a second side of the floating gate. A first capacitor may be provided over the floating gate, whereby a first electrode of the first capacitor is electrically coupled to the floating gate. A second capacitor may be provided, whereby a first electrode of the second capacitor is over the isolation structure and adjacent to the floating gate.
US11659705B2	Thin film transistor deck selection in a memory device Methods, systems, and devices for thin film transistor deck selection in a memory device are described. A memory device may include memory arrays arranged in a stack of decks formed over a substrate, and deck selection components distributed among the layers to leverage common substrate-based circuitry. For example, each memory array of the stack may include a set of digit lines of a corresponding deck, and deck selection circuitry operable to couple the set of digit lines with a column decoder that is shared among multiple decks. To access memory cells of a selected memory array on one deck, the deck selection circuitry corresponding to the memory array may each be activated, while the deck selection circuitry corresponding to a non-selected memory array on another deck may be deactivated. The deck selection circuitry, such as transistors, may leverage thin-film manufacturing techniques, such as various techniques for forming vertical transistors.
US11659701B2	Noise suppression sheet Disclosed herein is a noise suppression sheet that includes a magnetic sheet and a first metal layer provided on one surface of the magnetic sheet. The first metal layer has a plurality of annular slits. The first metal layer is divided into a plurality of first areas surrounded respectively by the plurality of slits and a second area surrounding an entire periphery of each of the plurality of slits.
US11659697B2	Power electronics assembly having a gate drive device disposed between a plurality of transistors Methods, apparatuses and systems to provide for technology to that includes a plurality of transistors including first transistors and second transistors. The first transistors are disposed opposite the second transistors in a lateral direction with a first space between the first transistors and the second transistors in the lateral direction. A gate driver is electrically connected to the plurality of transistors to operate the plurality of transistors. The gate driver has a first portion disposed between the first transistors and the second transistors in the first space.
US11659696B2	Vehicle computer cooling architecture A thermal management assembly may implement cooling techniques to cool at least a portion of a computer system with one or more cooling systems. The techniques may include using a thermal management assembly in fluid communication with the cooling system(s) to supply fluid from at least one of the cooling systems to at least a portion of the computer system. The techniques may also or instead include using a first thermal coupling to transfer thermal energy between the first cooling system and the computer system and a second thermal coupling to transfer thermal energy between the second cooling system and the computer system. Cooling a computer system using the cooling techniques described herein lowers an operating temperature of the computer system thereby mitigating heat related computer failure.
US11659695B2	Telemetry system supporting identification of data center zones Telemetry system metric data that is collected within a data center may be collectively analyzed in order to identify zones within the data center that exhibit deviations in reported metric data. The analyzed metric data is collected from IHSs (Information Handling Systems), such as servers, operating in the data center. The metric data reported by the respective IHSs identifies the location the IHS within the data center. The collected metric data is analyzed to identify metrics that are correlated with locations within the data center. Within the identified metric data that is correlated with data center locations, a zone of the data center is identified that includes a subset of IHSs that have reported anomalous metric data relative to the metric data reported by neighboring IHSs. For instance, such a zone may be an aisle of the data center, one or more racks, and/or rows of servers spanning multiple racks.
US11659693B2	Heat removal systems and methods As air inside a building (e.g., a data center or any building that generates heat) becomes heated, it rises and is received or captured by a heat containment and then expelled from the building. The hot air is not recycle, recirculated, or re-cooled. Hot air being expelled from the building creates a pressure differential in which the pressure at the hot side of the building (where the heat containment is located) is lower than the cool side of the building. To this end, a chilling unit is installed at an opening of a building to supply cooled air at a constant rate. The chilling unit does not have an internal controller. Rather, an air conditioning (AC) unit of the building acts as an external controller. The AC unit is be set to maintain a target temperature and only runs when the temperature inside the building is above the target temperature.
US11659692B2	Rack assembly for vertical airflow cooled devices An assembly includes a lower sub-assembly containing a first fan, a middle sub-assembly supported above the lower sub-assembly, a bottom air flow control plane supported in the middle sub-assembly and having openings sized to fit multiple computers having vertical cooling air paths, and a top air flow control plane supported in the middle sub-assembly above the bottom air flow control plane and having openings sized to fit the multiple computers such that air is forced through the vertical cooling air paths.
US11659691B2	Server device A server device includes a casing, an electronic assembly, a cover, and a heat dissipation device. The electronic assembly includes a circuit board and at least one heat source. The circuit board is disposed on the casing, and the heat source is disposed on the circuit board. The cover is slidably disposed on the casing. The heat dissipation device includes at least one air cooling heat exchanger and at least one liquid cooling heat exchanger. The air cooling heat exchanger is fixed on and thermally coupled with the heat source. The liquid cooling heat exchanger is fixed on the cover and thermally coupled with the air cooling heat exchanger.
US11659687B2	Stack-type vertical heat dissipation device The present invention provides a stack-type vertical heat dissipation device comprising an evaporator unit and a condenser unit. The evaporator unit has a side configured for direct or indirect contact with, and thereby receiving heat from, a high-temperature device in order for the heat to convert a heat conduction medium inside the evaporator unit into a gaseous state. The condenser unit is stacked on a top side of a housing of the evaporator unit, and is provided therein with a flow channel that is in communication with the evaporator unit and allows passage of the heat conduction medium so that the heat conduction medium is able to return to the evaporator unit under a force of gravity after condensing from the gaseous state into a liquid state and thereby complete a thermal cycle.
US11659684B2	Cold plate for power electronic systems An energy management unit (EMU) is disclosed. The EMU including: a cold plate sandwiched between a first printed circuit board (PCB) and a second PCB, the cold plate comprising one or more magnetics; wherein the cold plate is configured to cool both the first PCB and the second PCB.
US11659682B2	Portable blockchain mining systems and methods of use Portable blockchain mining systems and methods of use are discussed here. Systems include a portable building; a plurality of blockchain mining processors mounted within, or a plurality of blockchain mining processor mounts located within, an interior of the portable building; an air inlet defined in the portable building; and an air outlet defined in the portable building. Air outlets may be above the air inlet and oriented to direct exhaust air in an upward direction out of the portable building. A cooling fan may be connected to convey air through the air inlet, across the plurality of blockchain mining processors and out the air outlet. The cooling fan may simultaneously cool a genset and processors 72. Compact, stackable mining modules are discussed.
US11659678B2	Systems and methods for removing modules from an information handling system An information handling system may include a chassis, a bay within the chassis for receiving a modular information handling resource, and a pulley assembly within the chassis and adjacent to the bay, the pulley assembly comprising a handle mechanically rotatable between a closed position and an open position, a pulley subsystem comprising a pulley cable mechanically coupled to the handle, and a carrier mechanically coupled to the pulley subsystem and configured such that the modular information handling resource rests on the carrier when the modular information handling resource is installed in the information handling system. The pulley assembly may be arranged such that force applied to the handle when the handle is in the open position provides a mechanical advantage via the pulley subsystem to mechanically translate the carrier in accordance with the force and the mechanical advantage to cause at least partial removal of the modular information handling resource from the bay in response to the force.
US11659674B2	Display device A display device includes a display panel, a frame disposed on a rear surface of the display panel, a plurality of panel magnets disposed in the frame, a plurality of panel ferromagnetic substances disposed on both side surfaces of each of the plurality of magnets, and a connecting module disposed on the rear surface of the display panel and having a connecting plate for supplying power to the display panel, in which the connecting plate is configured to protrude outside the frame or be positioned more inward than the rear surface of the frame depending on the detachment from the panel ferromagnetic substances of the connecting module.
US11659672B2	Curvature variable display device Provided is a curvature variable display device including a panel assembly including a display panel, a back plate disposed on a rear surface of the panel assembly, a first side bracket and a second side bracket respectively coupled to two sides of a rear surface of the back plate, a bending plate having one end rotatably coupled to the first side bracket and another end rotatably coupled to the second side bracket and having a convex curvature toward a rear of the back plate, a stand post having an upper end coupled to a center area of the bending plate and a lower end coupled to a stand base, and a dial assembly provided on the stand base to wind or unwind a wire coupled to the rear surface of the back plate and change curvatures of the panel assembly and the back plate.
US11659670B2	Deployable hardened housing units The present application describes apparatuses, systems, and methods for robust, adaptable, and deployable computing devices and radio systems. In one aspect, the present application describes a chassis for housing electronic componentry. The chassis includes a frame with a top plate and a bottom plate, an interface panel located on the chassis frame; a back panel located on the chassis frame opposite the interface panel, and a protective protrusion located at a corner of the chassis frame extending beyond the top plate and the bottom plate.
US11659666B2	Display device A display device includes a display panel in a wraparound form and comprising two wraparound edges opposite to each other and two non-wraparound edges opposite to each other. The display device further includes a flexible circuit board having a surface and a bonding region at a periphery of the surface. The flexible circuit board is electrically bonded to one of the two non-wraparound edges through the bonding region for driving the display panel.
US11659665B2	Connection structure embedded substrate A connection structure-embedded substrate includes: a printed circuit board including a plurality of first insulating layers of which at least one has a cavity provided therein, a plurality of first wiring layers disposed as at least one of an outer portion and an inner portion of the plurality of first insulating layers, and a first build-up insulating layer disposed on an upper surface of the plurality of first insulating layers; and a connection structure at least partially disposed in the cavity. The first build-up insulating layer is disposed in the cavity, and each of a lower surface of the connection structure and a lower surface of the cavity is in contact with at least a portion of the first build-up insulating layer, respectively.
US11659656B2	Stretchable wiring board A stretchable wiring board that includes a stretchable substrate having a first main surface with a first region, a second region adjacent the first region, and a third region adjacent the second region; a first stretchable wiring line on the first main surface and extending over the first region; an insulating layer extending over the first region and the second region; and a second stretchable wiring line extending over the first region, the second region, and the third region. When a thickness of the insulating layer is defined as Z2, and when a minimum value of a length of the second region in an extending direction of the second stretchable wiring line in a plan view of the stretchable wiring board is defined as Y, Y>Z2.
US11659655B2	Tensile electronic module and electronic device using the same A tensile electronic module and electronic device using the same are provided. The tensile electronic module includes two electrical components and a stretchable trace connected between the two electrical components. The stretchable trace includes two arcs and at least three circular segments. The circular segments are connected to each other and have at least two various central angles. Each of the arcs is configured at one end of the circular segments for respectively connecting with one of the electrical components. The tensile electronic module proposed in the invention achieves to reduce tensile stress of the stretchable trace in multiple directions and can be further applied to an electronic device which is stretchable or having a curved surface. Damages caused by stress accumulation when the stretchable trace is stretched in different directions are therefore avoided. Therefore, it is believed reliability and service life of the electronic device are greatly improved.
US11659654B2	Stretchable wiring board A stretchable wiring board that includes: a stretchable substrate; a first wiring line on the stretchable substrate; an insulating layer overlapping a first part of the first wiring line in a plan view of the stretchable wiring board; and a second wiring line overlapping the first part of the first wiring line in the plan view with the insulating layer interposed therebetween. The insulating layer has at least one first notch, and in the plan view, the at least one first notch does not overlap the first wiring line and overlaps the second wiring line.
US11659653B2	Electronic device having window and electronic module disposed under and spaced apart from window An electronic device includes a window, a display panel disposed under the window, a cushion member disposed under the display panel, and a first electronic module disposed under the window and inserted into a first hole defined in the display panel and the cushion member. The first hole includes a first hole portion defined in the display panel, and a second hole portion defined in the cushion member. The second hole portion has a width greater than a width of the first hole portion.
US11659652B2	Resin substrate and method for manufacturing resin substrate A resin substrate includes an insulating base material including opposing first and second main surfaces, at least one of which is parallel or substantially parallel to each of an X-axis direction and a Y-axis direction. The insulating base material is divided into first and second sections arranged in the X-axis direction. The first section includes, when evenly divided into three in a Z-axis direction, a first region closest to the first main surface, a second region closest to the second main surface, and a third region between the first region and the second region. A degree of resin molecular orientation in the first region in the Y-axis direction is greater than a degree of resin molecular orientation in the second section of the insulating base material in the Y-axis direction.
US11659646B2	Target supply device, extreme ultraviolet light generation apparatus, and electronic device manufacturing method A target supply device may include a tank configured to store a target substance, a pressure adjuster configured to adjust a pressure in the tank, a filter configured to filter the target substance in the tank, a nozzle configured to output a droplet of the target substance having passed through the filter, a droplet detector configured to detect outputting of the droplet from the nozzle, and a processor configured to control the pressure adjuster so that a pressure-increasing speed of the pressure in the tank is higher after detection of outputting of the droplet than before detection of outputting of the droplet, during a period in which the pressure in the tank is increased to a target pressure from a pressure at which outputting of the droplet is detected by the droplet detector for the first time after installation of the target supply device.
US11659643B2	Ground leakage current power supply for wireless transceiver A power supply, includes: a hot node coupled to a hot wire of an AC source, and a ground node coupled to an earth ground, where a neutral wire of the source is not present; a storage component, coupled to a return node and in series with a current limiter, where the current limiter enables the storage component to charge to a voltage while limiting leakage current to a prescribed value; a low voltage power supply including a linear voltage regulator, coupled to the storage component and to a return node that provides a reference voltage, where the low voltage power supply receives the voltage and generates an output voltage on an output node that is referenced to the reference voltage; and a wireless transceiver that employs the output voltage to transmit and receive messages from one or more corresponding wireless devices.
US11659640B2	Lighting apparatus A lighting apparatus includes a light source, a silicon controlled rectifier, a rectifier and a current source circuit. The light source has multiple LED modules with different light parameters. The silicon controlled rectifier filters a filtering ratio of an input AC power to a filtered AC power. The filtering ratio is associated with a control angle by supplying a control voltage to the silicon controlled rectifier. The maintainer circuit maintains a working current to the silicon controlled rectifier even when the control angle is large causing the volume of the filtered AC power less than a threshold. The current source circuit receives the DC power. The current source circuit has a wall switch input for connecting to a wall switch. An on-off input pattern of the wall switch is detected by the current source circuit for generating multiple corresponding driving currents.
US11659639B2	Power control circuit, drive system, and power control method The present invention provides a power control circuit which has a timing unit used for timing an elapsed time of current half cycle of the phase-cut AC power supply signal, outputting a current accumulated timing duration, and outputting a first control signal at a starting moment when a starting point of a half cycle of the AC power supply signal is detected; a regulating unit connected to the timing unit and comprising a temporary storage module, wherein a final reference time interval is stored in the temporary storage module, and when the current accumulated timing duration reaches the final reference time interval, the regulating unit outputs a second control signal; and a control unit connected to the detection unit and the regulating unit and used for controlling current in a load based on the first control signal and the second control signal.
US11659636B2	Display device and electronic device A display device that can display an image along a curved surface is provided. In the display device, a first display panel and a second display panel overlap each other with a light-transmitting layer provided therebetween. The light-transmitting layer is positioned on a display surface side of the first display panel, and on a side opposite to the display surface of the second display panel. The light-transmitting layer has an average transmittance of 80% or more with respect to light in the wavelength range of 450 nm to 700 nm and a refractive index higher than that of air. A display region of the first display panel overlaps a region transmitting visible light of the second display panel with the light-transmitting layer provided therebetween. It is preferred that the display region of the first display panel not overlap with a region blocking visible light of the second display panel.
US11659635B2	Heating cooking apparatus and heating cooking method A heating cooking apparatus includes a microwave supply unit, an image capturing unit, a communication unit, and a controller. The microwave supply unit supplies microwaves to an object to be heated and heats the object to be heated. The image capturing unit captures an image of the object to be heated. The communication unit transmits an image capturing result generated by the image capturing unit to a server. The controller controls the microwave supply unit such that an intensity of microwaves is reduced to be less than an intensity of microwaves before the communication unit transmits the image capturing result while the communication unit transmits the image capturing result to the server. After the communication unit transmits the image capturing result, the controller controls the microwave supply unit such that at least one of an intensity of microwaves or a supply time period of the microwaves is increased.
US11659634B2	Sous vide feature in a microwave oven A microwave oven may include a temperature sensor to sense temperature in a cooking cavity, and a controller that can initiate a sous vide cooking cycle in response to user input after placement of a sous vide container (with a water bath and a food item to be cooked inside) into the cooking cavity, monitor a temperature of the water bath contained by the sous vide container during the cooking cycle using the temperature sensor, and control the microwave cooking element in response to the monitored temperature.
US11659632B2	Induction cooker with plurality of heating coils An induction cooker according to the present invention includes: a plurality of heating coils aligned in one row on a same plane; and a controller. The controller is configured to, when a heating target is placed over adjacent two or more of the plurality of heating coils, supply electric power to at least one, but not all, of the two or more adjacent ones of the plurality of heating coils and change, over time, the heating coils to which the power is supplied.
US11659630B2	Heatable glazing panel An electrically heatable glazing panel including a substrate and at least a first electrically heatable zone including: (i) a substantially transparent, electrically conductive coating layer, (ii) at least first and second spaced bus bars substantially parallel and configured to supply electrical voltage across the substantially transparent, electrically conductive coating layer, and (iii) a conductive pathway defined between the at least the first and the second busbars. The glazing panel further includes a conductive pathway provided by a pattern of coated and decoated regions in the substantially transparent electrically conductive coating layer of electrically heatable zone to affect electrical resistivity of the coating in the first electrically heatable coated zone.
US11659621B2	Selection of IP version A method, a wireless device and a session management node for IP version selection for a PDU session requested to be established by a WCD, that supports PDU sessions of both IPv4 and IPv6 and that is configured to operatively communicate via a RAN with a SM node in a core network 101, the method being performed by the WCD comprises: sending S110 a first PDU session request message towards the SM node requesting establishment of a first PDU session, which request message comprises IP-version information indicating that the IP version of the requested first PDU session should be any one of IPv4 or IPv6; and receiving S130, S140, in response to sending the first PDU session request message, a first response message, which first response message comprises WCD information indicating the IP-version (i.e. IPv4 or IPv6) that has been selected for the requested first PDU session.
US11659619B2	Method and apparatus for performing confirmed-based operation in machine to machine system An operation method is provided for deleting a resource in an M2M system. The operation method includes receiving a first deletion request message requesting deletion of a resource from a counterpart M2M apparatus and transmitting a first deletion response message for the first deletion request message to the counterpart M2M apparatus. A second deletion request message is received that requests deletion of the resource from the counterpart M2M apparatus and the resource is deleted.
US11659616B2	Resource configuration method and device Example resource configuration methods and apparatus are described. One example resource configuration method includes applying, by a terminal device, to a network device for semi-persistent scheduling. The terminal device receives configuration information sent by the network device, where the configuration information is used to configure a first semi-persistent scheduling resource for the terminal device. The terminal device configures the first semi-persistent resource for the terminal device based on the configuration information, and sends uplink data to the network device on the first semi-persistent scheduling resource.
US11659614B2	Methods and apparatus for requesting system information in a wireless communication network Embodiments disclosed herein provide methods and apparatus for requesting system information in a wireless communications network. The method comprises in a user equipment for a wireless network receiving, from a base station of the wireless network, a first portion of system information comprising an indication of a second portion of system information which is available upon request; and transmitting, to the base station, a first request requesting that the second portion of system information be transmitted to the user equipment. The method further comprises responsive to a determination that the requested second portion of system information has not been received successfully by the user equipment, transmitting, to the base station, a second request for the second portion of system information.
US11659613B2	Communication method and communication apparatus This application provides a communication method and a communications apparatus. A terminal in an inactive state receives a paging message, and content in the paging message is determined. When the content includes a first identity of the terminal, the terminal sends a first request message to a first access network device, where the first request message carries a non-access stratum (NAS) identifier of the terminal. When the content includes a second identity of the terminal and an identity of an anchor access network device, the terminal sends a second request message to the first access network device. The communication method of is application can adapt to a communication requirement of a terminal in an inactive state.
US11659610B2	Communication system, control device, communication terminal, communication device, and communication method In order to provide a communication system capable of charging control in accordance with a bearer used by a UE even when the UE performs dual connectivity, a communication system according to the present disclosure includes a communication terminal (11) configured to communicate with a communication device (12) and a communication device (13) by using a different radio bearer for each of the communication device (12) and the communication device (13), and a control device (14) configured to determine whether to cause the communication device (12) to measure the traffic of each radio bearer.
US11659608B2	Method for Bluetooth enquiry/paging and communication device therefor A method for Bluetooth inquiry/paging and a communication device therefor are provided. The method includes transmitting a plurality of inquiry/paging messages in a transmission time slot to inquire/page a peer device, wherein, the number of inquiry/paging messages is greater than two; and activating a plurality reception windows in a reception time slot to receive response messages from the peer device. The invention also provides a corresponding communication device. The invention reduces the time required for inquiry/paging to the peer device, thereby reducing the time it takes to establish a Bluetooth connection between the two devices.
US11659604B1	Wireless communication method and wireless communication device A wireless communication method includes establishing a first communication link between a source device and a first device, switching a second device into a shadow device of the first device after obtaining link information of the first communication link by the second device, and interacting the second device with the first device through the first communication link. A wireless communication is further provided. By adopting technical solutions above, a communication connection mode between multiple devices is simplified, and wireless communication between multiple devices is further realized.
US11659603B2	Method of communication between a device and a network A method of communication between an electronic device and a cellular network employing a communication protocol is disclosed. The device initiates a connection with the network and during the initiation the device issues to the network at least one information criterion. Once the connection is established, the network forwards to the device only communications required by said communication protocol and any communications which meet the information criterion issued by the device.
US11659601B2	Transmission device, reception device, transmission method, and reception method for random access operation The present invention provides a terminal capable of suitably performing random access processing. In a terminal (100), a RACH resource determination unit (104) determines the format of a random access signal on the basis of a parameter related to the transmission of the random access signal, which includes a preamble part and a data part. A wireless transmission unit (109) transmits the random access signal on the basis of the format.
US11659598B2	Method and devices of performing a random access procedure between a user equipment, UE, and a radio access network of a telecommunication network Method of performing a random access procedure between a User Equipment, UE, and a radio access network, wherein two access nodes comprise different sets of signature sequences, wherein said signature sequences are used, by said access nodes, to differentiate requests coming from different UEs, said method comprising the steps of receiving a random access request from said UE, wherein said random access request comprises a signature sequence, determining that said random access request is intended for said first radio access node based on said signature sequence comprised by said request, receiving, from a second access node, said random access request, thereby indicating that said second radio access node has also received said random access request from said UE, and sending a response based on said received random access request from said UE and based on said random access request received from said second radio access node.
US11659591B2	Wireless communication method and wireless communication terminal using multiple channels Provided is a wireless communication terminal. The wireless communication terminal includes a transceiver and a processor. The processer performs a contention procedure based on a back-off counter, in each of a plurality of channel and accesses, by using the transceiver, at least one of the plurality of channels based on the contention procedure.
US11659586B1	Apparatus for switching frequency band in mesh network and method thereof A method for switching frequency band in a mesh network including a plurality of access points is provided. The method includes turning off one of two communication ports of a second backhaul station of an idle node when the idle node is in an on-boarding phase and the two communication ports are turned on, so that the idle node joins the mesh network by communicatively connecting to a first backhaul station of one of the access points through the turned on communication port. The two communication ports operate in different frequency bands. A first fronthaul station of each of the access points is configured to provide a communication connection for at least one user terminal. A second fronthaul station of the idle node is configured to provide a communication connection for the at least one user terminal after the idle node joins the mesh network.
US11659583B2	Methods of wireless device and network node, such wireless device and network node, and computer programs thereof A method of a wireless device comprises determining a bandwidth for monitoring a downlink control signal, determining a set of possible downlink control indicator, DCI, formats, wherein possible DCI formats are DCI formats compatible with the determined bandwidth, receiving a transmission from a network node, searching for control information in the transmission by decoding using at least one of the DCI formats of the set, and when successful decoding of the control information, performing at least one task associated with the control information. A method of a network node, comprises configuring a downlink bandwidth to be used at downlink transmissions, determining a DCI format based on the downlink bandwidth, and transmitting control information using a DCI with the determined DCI format. A wireless device and a network node which are arranged to perform the methods, respectively, and computer programs for implementing the methods are disclosed.
US11659577B2	Selection of time-domain resource allocation tables According to certain embodiments, a user equipment, UE, is operable for multiple sub-carrier spacing values. The UE comprises memory operable to store instructions and processing circuitry operable to execute the instructions, whereby the UE is operable to determine one of a plurality of time-domain resource allocation tables based on first information received from a network node. The first information comprises a Radio Network Temporary Identifier, RNTI. The UE is operable to determine a time-domain resource allocated to the UE for transmission or reception of a wireless signal based on the determined one of the plurality of time-domain resource allocation tables and second information received from the network node. The second information comprises a time-domain resource allocation field value received in downlink control information, DCI. The UE is further operable to transmit or receive the wireless signal using the determined time-domain resource.
US11659573B2	Downlink control channel monitoring capabilities Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described. In some systems, a user equipment (UE) may monitor a downlink transmission for control information during a set of physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) monitoring occasions. The UE may determine a first configuration for the set of PDCCH monitoring occasions during a slot of the downlink transmission and a threshold number of PDCCH candidates and/or a threshold number of non-overlapping CCEs within the slot. In some cases, the UE may also determine a threshold number of PDCCH candidates and/or non-overlapping control channel elements (CCEs) within a single PDCCH monitoring occasion. The threshold number of PDCCH candidates and non-overlapping CCEs may be fixed, based on the number of PDCCH monitoring occasions during the slot, based on a processing capability of the UE, or a combination thereof. The UE may decode control information contained in one or more of the PDCCH monitoring occasions.
US11659570B2	Method and apparatus for scheduling communication for low capability devices Methods and apparatus are described for a User Equipment (UE) with reduced processing capabilities (e.g., Machine Type Communication (MTC) UE) to transmit and receive signaling are provided. The Downlink Control Information (DCI) formats scheduling a transmission of a Physical Uplink Shared CHannel (PUSCH) or a reception of a Physical Downlink Shared CHannel (PDSCH) are designed and have a smaller size than respective DCI formats for conventional UEs. DCI formats scheduling PUSCHs to or PDSCHs for a group of MTC UEs are also designed and can have a same size as DCI formats scheduling PUSCH or PDSCH for an individual MTC UE.
US11659569B2	Rate matching for piggyback downlink control information Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, a user equipment may determine a number of resource elements (REs) associated with downlink control information (DCI) that is to be carried on a physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH) with a shared channel, wherein the number of REs associated with the DCI is determined based at least in part on a scaling factor and a number of REs associated with the shared channel; determine a transport block size (TBS) for the shared channel based at least in part on a remaining number of REs, of the number of REs associated with the shared channel, wherein the remaining number of REs is based at least in part on the number of REs associated with the DCI; and receive the PDSCH based at least in part on the TBS for the shared channel. Numerous other aspects are provided.
US11659567B2	Base station, terminal, and communication method A terminal includes a receiver, which, in operation, receives time unit information related to an amount of an uplink time resource per a time unit, and receives a number of repetitions over a plurality of the time units, wherein the time unit includes a downlink time resource for a downlink signal and the uplink time resource for a response signal. The amount of the uplink time resource is expressed as a fixed number of consecutive symbols that remains the same number over the plurality of the time units over which the response signal is repeatedly transmitted. The terminal includes a transmitter, which, in operation, repeatedly transmits the response signal over the plurality of the time units.
US11659566B2	Modified use of a grant allocation Aspects relate to using less than all of an allocation for sending information. For example, a first device such as a user equipment (UE) may receive a grant from a second device such as a base station (e.g., a gNB) where the grant identifies resources and/or a modulation and coding scheme (MCS) allocated to the first device for a transmission. Due to one or more factors, the first device may elect to not use all of the allocated resources and/or may elect to use a lower MCS value. In some implementations, the first device may send an indication of this election to the second device. In some implementations, the first device may send information in a first subset of the allocated resources and apply puncturing to a second subset of the allocated resource.
US11659565B2	Method and apparatus of retransmission using adjacent configured grant resource in wireless communications systems A communication method and a system for converging a 5th generation (5G) communication system for supporting higher data rates beyond a 4th generation (4G) system with an Internet of things (IoT) technology are provided. The communication method includes intelligent services based on the 5G communication technology and the IoT-related technology, such as smart home, smart building, smart city, smart car or connected car, healthcare, digital education, retail, security and safety-related services.
US11659562B2	SPS with skipping transmissions and adaptive HARQ In one embodiment, a method in a wireless device (110) for adaptive HARQ retransmissions comprises receiving, from a network node (100), a request to initiate an adaptive hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ) retransmission. The method comprises identifying a HARQ process associated with the HARQ retransmission request and determining whether a HARQ buffer of the HARQ process is empty. In response to determining that the HARQ buffer is empty, the method comprises not delivering the HARQ information to the HARQ process and not triggering an adaptive HARQ retransmission.
US11659560B2	Group-based acknowledgment feedback for wireless communications in the presence of semi-persistent scheduling Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described that facilitate feedback for transmissions or retransmissions, such as hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ) acknowledgment/negative-acknowledgment (ACK/NACK) feedback reports. A UE may report feedback for regular downlink transmission and semi-persistent scheduling (SPS) transmissions in one or more group-based acknowledgment feedback reports, in which SPS transmissions are associated with a group for providing the feedback report and any retransmissions of the feedback report. Acknowledgment feedback reports may also indicate new data indicator values according to a predetermined value for SPS transmissions in one-shot feedback reports.
US11659559B2	Antenna beam switching in multi-access point coordination Optimal determination of wireless network pathway configurations may be provided. A computing device may establish Multi-Access Point (AP) coordination between at least a first AP and a second AP. The first AP can determine an uplink operation is scheduled. When an uplink is scheduled, the first AP can switch its antenna to a narrow beamwidth. The first AP can then receive uplink transmissions from at least a client in the coverage area of the narrow beamwidth. After the uplink transmission, the first AP can then switch the antenna to a larger beamwidth for a next Multi-AP coordination operation.
US11659556B2	Channelization for uplink transmissions A method of wireless communication may include transmitting an uplink slot with a first control region, a second control region, and (e.g., optionally) a data region. Each region may include time resources and frequency resources. Transmitting the uplink slot may include transmitting the first control region in an earlier part of the uplink slot and transmitting the second control region (e.g., and the data region) in a later part of the uplink slot. The first control region may include time-critical control information and the second control region may include non-time-critical control information. A receiver receiving the uplink slot may receive the first control region before receiving the data region and the second control region.
US11659555B2	Non-periodic channel state information triggering and reporting in wireless communications Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described that support non-periodic channel state information (CSI) triggering and reporting in wireless communications. In cases where two or more CSI report requests trigger multiple CSI report transmissions in an same uplink slot, a user equipment (UE) may format at least a subset of the multiple CSI reports according to a formatting configuration for transmission of multiple CSI reports in a same uplink slot. The UE may use allocated resources in the uplink slot for each CSI report that are allocated by the base station in the corresponding CSI report request. In some cases, the UE may combine the multiple CSI reports, or parts thereof, into a combined CSI report that may be transmitted using allocated resources of one of the CSI report requests.
US11659550B2	Configuration resource sending, configuring and receiving methods and apparatuses Provided are methods and apparatuses for sending, configuring and receiving a configuration resource. A signal sending method includes: where a sending mode of a signal sent by using the first configuration resource includes a mode of time-domain code division multiplexing, and a signal sent by using the second configuration resource includes a phase tracking reference signal; and sending signals by using the first configuration resource and the second configuration resource, where a resource intersection of the first configuration resource and the second configuration resource in time domain is an empty set.
US11659549B2	Timing for cross scheduling and reference signal triggering Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described. A user equipment (UE) may receive a downlink control message that schedules a downlink signal on a second carrier for the UE. The UE may determine a transmission scheme of a plurality of transmission schemes based at least in part on the first carrier, the second carrier, and a second transmission reception point scheduled for transmission of the downlink signal. The UE may determine a delay between the downlink control message and the downlink signal based at least in part on the transmission scheme and receive the downlink signal via the second carrier in accordance with the determined delay.
US11659546B2	Method and apparatus for uplink scheduling on logical channel priority in mobile communication system The present disclosure relates to a communication method and system for converging a 5th-Generation (5G) communication system for supporting higher data rates beyond a 4th-Generation (4G) system with a technology for Internet of Things (IoT). The present disclosure may be applied to intelligent services based on the 5G communication technology and the IoT-related technology, such as smart home, smart building, smart city, smart car, connected car, health care, digital education, smart retail, security and safety services. According to the present disclosure, a terminal can perform uplink scheduling in accordance with a priority of a logical channel in a mobile communication system supporting various numerology types and TTI durations.
US11659545B2	Tethering policy for cellular networks The invention relates to a method for operating a gateway wherein the method comprises to detect a downlink data packet session transmitted to the first user entity, and to amend the lifetime indicator in at least some of the data packets of the detected downlink data packet session such that the data packets for which the lifetime indicator has been amended, have reached the end of the lifetime and cannot be transmitted further when arriving at the first user entity.
US11659544B2	Method and apparatus for transmitting and receiving sidelink signal in wireless cellular communication system The present disclosure relates to a communication method and system for converging a 5th-Generation (5G) communication system for supporting higher data rates beyond a 4th-Generation (4G) system with a technology for Internet of Things (IoT). The present disclosure may be applied to intelligent services based on the 5G communication technology and the IoT-related technology, such as smart home, smart building, smart city, smart car, connected car, health care, digital education, smart retail, security and safety services. The present disclosure relates to a transmission method of a terminal comprising: determining a simultaneous transmission of first and second communication-based sidelink signals; determining a priority of the first and second communication-based sidelink signals in case that the simultaneous transmission is configured; and processing the first and second communication-based sidelink signals on the basis of the priority.
US11659543B1	Dynamic SSB beam allocation Systems and methods are provided for dynamically allocating SSB beams. It is determined that a relay device and a plurality of user devices are communicating with a cell site by way of a first beam. A quantity of user devices communicating by way of the first beam is then determined. It is determined that this quantity of user devices exceeds a predetermined threshold. A second beam that has a signal strength that is lower than the first beam is identified. The signal strengths are compared between the first beam and the second beam. It is determined that the difference between the signal strength of the first beam and the signal strength of the second beam is below a predetermined amount. The second beam is then dynamically reassigned to at least a portion of the user devices.
US11659541B2	Coordinating wireless data communications Systems, methods, and apparatuses are described for coordinating wireless communication. Various devices may be configured for wireless communication. The wireless communications may be coordinated via a backhaul communication channel and may minimize interference between the communications.
US11659540B2	Communications device, infrastructure equipment and methods for receiving downlink control information A communications device transmitting/receiving data to/from a mobile communications network includes a transmitter to transmit data to the mobile communications network via a wireless access interface, a receiver to receive data from the mobile communications network via the wireless access interface, and a controller. The wireless access interface includes plural time divided temporal units and in each temporal unit a down-link control channel and a downlink shared channel. The temporal units may be sub-frames of an LTE carrier. The controller can control the receiver to receive downlink control channel information transmitted by the mobile communications network in one or more control channel elements of the downlink control channel, and to receive the downlink control channel information by searching the downlink control channel in a predetermined sub-set of plural possible sets of control channel elements in one or more of the temporal units according to a fixed aggregation level.
US11659536B1	Controlling carrier load based on distribution of secondary UE connections A method and system for controlling carrier load in a wireless communication system that supports multiple user equipment devices (UEs) each being primarily connected with a first access node on a first carrier and each having a respective secondary connection for dual-connectivity service. An example method includes (i) monitoring a distribution of the respective secondary connections of the UEs among being on a second carrier and being on a third carrier, the third carrier having wider bandwidth than the second carrier, (ii) based on the monitoring, determining that at least a predefined threshold portion of the UEs have their secondary connections on the third carrier rather than on the second carrier, and (iii) based at least on the determining, taking action to control load on the first carrier, such as limiting a maximum number of UEs allowed to be concurrently connected with the first access node on the first carrier.
US11659530B2	Wireless communication method, device and storage medium A wireless communication method, device and storage medium are provided. The method includes that resource configuration information is received, the resource configuration information is configured to determine multiple resource units divided in the frequency and the time of a specific carrier and type information of each resource unit, the type information of each resource unit indicates that the resource unit is one of an uplink resource unit, a downlink resource unit, or a protection resource unit; and communication is performed on the particular carrier based on the resource configuration information.
US11659528B2	Coordinated wireless communications using multiple transmission time intervals Coordinated wireless communications using multiple transmission time intervals (TTIs) are described. Multiple TTIs may include a first TTI and a second TTI, the second TTI having a shorter duration than the first TTI. One or more parameters may be determined for communications using the first TTI and the second TTI. A first parameter of the determined parameters for the second TTI may be associated or linked with a corresponding parameter of the first TTI, and communications using the first TTI or the second TTI may be performed using the first parameter. Wireless network nodes using the first TTI may form a CoMP cooperating set, and wireless network nodes using the second TTI may for another CoMP cooperating set, and the first parameter may be applied to each of the CoMP cooperating sets.
US11659519B2	Method and apparatus for monitoring paging in extended DRX cycle in a wireless communication system The present disclosure relates to a communication method and system for converging a 5th-Generation (5G) communication system for supporting higher data rates beyond a 4th-Generation (4G) system with a technology for Internet of Things (IoT). The present disclosure may be applied to intelligent services based on the 5G communication technology and the IoT-related technology, such as smart home, smart building, smart city, smart car, connected car, health care, digital education, smart retail, security and safety services. The present disclosure provides methods and apparatuses for monitoring paging in extended DRX cycles in a wireless communication system.
US11659515B2	Positioning methods facilitated by a server UE Methods of positioning UEs based on a sidelink interface are proposed, in an environment where the locations of multiple UEs may not be known to one another. The positioning methods are facilitated by a distinguished server UE, which may store information about the locations and/or configurations of one or more peer UEs and function as a positioning server to provide assistance data, collect measurements, and in some cases compute a location estimate for one or more peer UEs.
US11659514B2	Inter network cell relationship mapping The present disclosure relates to a method, performed in a network node of a first network, for designating one or more cells of a second network as neighbouring cells to the first network. The method comprises selecting a set of carriers employed in the second network and transmitting information for the selected set of carriers to a wireless device served by the first network. Measurement reports are received for respective carriers from the wireless device. The network node determines neighbour cell relations between the first network and one or more cells of the second network based on the received measurement reports.
US11659513B2	Identifying unregistered devices through wireless behavior One or more computer processors detect an unregistered device associated with an identified location, wherein the unregistered device is associated with wireless behavior. The one or more computer processors identify one or more registered devices in a proximity to the identified location and the detected unregistered device. The one or more computer processors identify an occupant associated with the detected unregistered device utilizing a trained device identification model, the identified location, and respective wireless behavior associated with the detected unregistered device and the identified one or more registered devices.
US11659510B2	Clock synchronisation between devices using message timestamps A method at a first device for synchronising a first clock of the first device to a second clock of a second device, includes receiving a first message comprising an identifier from a third device; generating a first timestamp in dependence on the time at which the first message is received at the first device according to the first clock; receiving a second message from the second device comprising the identifier and a second timestamp, the second timestamp having been generated in dependence on the time at which the second device received the first message from the third device according to the second clock; and adjusting the first clock in dependence on a time difference between a time indicated by the first timestamp and a time indicated by the second timestamp.
US11659503B2	Apparatus and method for establishing uplink synchronization in a wireless communication system Uplink synchronization establishment in a base station which operates a plurality of component carriers according to one embodiment of the present description, is performed in that the base station is connected to a user equipment, sets component carrier aggregation information, generates an uplink timing groups in the set component carrier aggregation, and transmits information on the thus-generated uplink timing groups to the user equipment.
US11659502B2	Method for power control, and terminal device and network device Embodiments of this application disclose power control method, a terminal device, and a network device. The method includes: sending, by a network device, second information to a terminal device. The second information is used for the terminal device to determine a first downlink reference signal (DL RS) resource group corresponding to a first BWP according to a mapping relationship indicated by the second information, the second information indicates a mapping relationship between a BWP and a DL RS resource group. In the mapping relationship, one DL RS is configured for each BWP, a signal corresponding to a DL RS resource in the first DL RS resource group is used to determine a path loss value used by the terminal device to determine a transmit power for transmitting uplink data to be transmitted, and the first DL RS resource group comprises at least one DL RS resource.
US11659497B2	Method and apparatus for performing and reporting measurements by user equipment configured with multiple carriers in mobile communication systems A communication method and system for supporting a high data transmission rate fuse 5G communication systems with IoT technology to transmit data at a high rate after 4G systems. The method for a terminal in a wireless communication system supporting carrier aggregation includes receiving a control message including indication information, the indication information indicating that physical uplink control channel (PUCCH) feedback for at least one secondary cell (SCell) is transmitted on a SCell; identifying whether the SCell is configured to the terminal and is activated; and if the SCell is configured to the terminal and is activated, obtaining Type 2 power headroom information for the SCell.
US11659495B2	Methods, systems, and devices for adjusting an antenna array of a communication device to provide coarse power adjustment Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, obtaining a reference signal, power information regarding the reference signal, and maximum power threshold for the communication device from a base station over a communication network. Further embodiments can include measuring a power of reference signal obtained from the base station resulting in a measure power, and determining a path loss between the base station and the communication device based on the measured power. Additional embodiments can include adjusting the antenna array to generate a coarse power adjustment for the communication device based on the path loss and the maximum power threshold, and providing a transmission signal to the base station according to the coarse power adjustment over the communication network. Other embodiments are disclosed.
US11659491B2	Multiplexing transmit power control information and sidelink data traffic This disclosure provides systems, methods, and devices for wireless communication that support closed-loop transmit power control (TPC) for user equipment (UE) sidelink communications. TPC information may be provided, by a first UE receiving transmissions from a second UE, with respect to a sidelink implemented between the UEs. TPC information may be multiplexed with sidelink data traffic in a sidelink communication between UEs. The TPC information may include a TPC indicator and one or more TPC messages for providing TPC commands with respect to one or more sidelinks. The sidelink data traffic of some examples may include data-only traffic, such as semi-persistent scheduled (SPS) data traffic, that is decoupled from accompanying sidelink control information (SCI). Other aspects and features are also claimed and described.
US11659488B2	Information processing device, information processing method, and program Improvement of use efficiency of radio resources is realizable.An information processing device is an information processing device which includes a reception unit and a control unit. The reception unit included in this information processing device is a reception unit which receives a packet. In addition, the control unit included in the information processing device is a control unit which controls a packet monitoring state of the information processing device in case of detection of reception of a packet not addressed to the information processing device. The packet monitoring state is controlled on the basis of reception power at the time of reception of the packet not addressed to the information processing device.
US11659484B2	Secondary cell activation with discontinuous reception groups Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, a user equipment (UE) may determine that a secondary cell (SCell) is to be activated for the UE or switched from a dormant state to an active state, where the SCell is in a discontinuous reception (DRX) group. The UE may set a DRX state for the SCell based at least in part on determining a DRX state of other SCells in the DRX group or determining that there are no existing SCells in the DRX group. Numerous other aspects are provided.
US11659480B2	Access prioritization for private LTE radio service Systems and methods for providing access prioritization to a private Long Term Evolution (LTE) network operating in a Citizens Broadband Radio Service (CBRS) spectrum include receiving, at a network device of the private Long Term Evolution (LTE) network, a functional group associated with a user equipment (UE) and a traffic load of a cell of the private LTE network associated with the UE. An access priority associated with the functional group and the traffic load is determined and provided to a CBRS access point (AP) which controls access to the cell. The access priority indicates to the CBRS AP a priority with which the UE is allowed to access the cell and can include a high priority, a low priority, or no access indication.
US11659479B2	Network accessing method and communications apparatus utilizing the same A network accessing method includes performing a cell search procedure for a first RAT; receiving first SI from a first cell of the first RAT when the first cell has been found in the cell search procedure; determining whether second SI is scheduled by the first cell according to content of the first SI; receiving the second SI in response to determination of the second SI being scheduled and deriving information regarding a second cell of a second RAT different from the first RAT; searching for the second cell according to the information regarding the second cell; and attempting to access the second cell instead of the first cell when the second cell has been found. The first cell is configured to provide access to a first core network and the second cell is configured to provide access to a second core network different from the first core network.
US11659475B2	Electronic apparatus and control method thereof An electronic apparatus connectable with a network, includes a communication interface configured to communicate with a first device and a second device; and a processor configured to store network connection setting information of the first device, determine, in response to receiving, from the second device, a signal requesting network connection setting information, whether the second device is capable of using the network connection setting information of the first device, and transmit the stored network connection setting information of the first device to the second device in accordance with a result of the determination.
US11659473B2	Access method and apparatus for access point, electronic device, and storage medium An access method is provided for an access point (AP). The method is applied to a first AP, and includes: responsive to determining that an access restriction rule allows a second AP to access the first AP, interface configuration information of the first AP is determined according to the access restriction rule; and an access interface of the first AP is configured according to the interface configuration information, where the access interface is configured for the second AP to access the first AP in response to determining that the access interface is configured to allow access.
US11659472B2	Network admission control Systems and methods for managing a network are disclosed. One method can comprise determining a first modulation rate associated with a network device. A beacon can be transmitted at a second modulation rate, wherein the second modulation rate is greater than the first modulation rate. A user device can be associated with the network device based on the beacon if the user device is configured to support the second modulation rate.
US11659471B2	System, method, and apparatus for using alternative numbers for routing voice calls and short messages in a communications network A system, method and computer-readable medium for allowing the use of an alternative numbering plan for delivering short messages to mobile subscribers using the public mobile telephone network is provided. Users of an enterprise or other closed networks as well as users that are not part of a closed network may send short messages destined to members of an enterprise or closed network from their mobile or other devices associated with their subscription using an alternative enterprise directory number, such as the office number, instead of the mobile number, such that the alternative number will be presented at the destination device as the originating number. The recipient may respond to the message by addressing the response to the enterprise or closed network number, and the response may be delivered to the originator's mobile or other device associated with their subscription.
US11659470B2	Fast inter-base station ring (FIBR): new millimeter wave cellular network architectures and processes Fifth Generation (5G) Millimeter Wave (mmWave) cellular networks are expected to serve a large set of throughput intensive, ultra-reliable, and ultra-low latency applications. To meet these stringent requirements, while minimizing the network cost, the 3rd Generation Partnership Project has proposed a new transport architecture, where certain functional blocks can be placed closer to the network edge. In this architecture, however, blockages and shadowing in 5G mmWave cellular networks may lead to frequent handovers (HOs) causing significant performance degradation. To meet the ultra-reliable and low-latency requirements of applications and services in an environment with frequent HOs, a Fast Inter-Base Station Ring (FIBR) architecture is described, in which base stations that are in close proximity are grouped together, interconnected by a bidirectional counter-rotating buffer insertion ring network. FIBR enables high-speed control signaling and fast-switching among BSs during HOs, while allowing the user equipment to maintain a high degree of connectivity. The FIBR architecture efficiently handles frequent HO events in mm Wave and/or Terahertz cellular systems, and more effectively satisfies the QoS requirements of 5G applications.
US11659469B2	Restoration of serving call session control and application server function A communication session for a UE can be restored in the event of serving call session control function (S-CSCF) node unavailability and/or application server (AS) unavailability by storing, prior to IMS unavailability, attribute-value pairs (AVPs) at a home subscriber server (HSS). These AVPs can be used independently by individual IMS nodes to restore a communication session for a UE due to an unavailable IMS node. When a first S-CSCF node becomes unavailable, a proxy CSCF (P-CSCF) node can send a SIP request originating from the UE to a second S-CSCF node. The second S-CSCF node can then send a request to the HSS for an identifier of an AS associated with the UE. Upon receipt of the AS identifier (e.g., an active AS name AVP) from the HSS, the second S-CSCF node can send the SIP request to the AS in order to restore the communication session for the UE.
US11659468B2	Method and apparatus for link configuration and routing of relay system An operation method of a first terminal may include: configuring a Uu access link with a base station, and receiving a first message from the base station, the first message including a relay RNTI for identifying the first terminal, a node address of the base station, and a RAP entity ID for identifying a RAP entity configured for the first terminal; configuring a relay link with a second terminal when communication with the base station is disconnected; requesting link switching by transmitting to the base station a second message via the second terminal, the second message including the relay RNTI, node address, and RAP entity ID; and receiving a response to the second message from the base station via the second terminal, and switching a link with the base station from the Uu access link to the relay link.
US11659466B2	Seamless playback and switching for wireless communications devices Systems, methods, and devices seamlessly playback data files using one or more wireless connections. Methods include establishing a first wireless connection between a source device and a sink device, the first wireless connection using a first transmission protocol and transmitting audio data via the first wireless connection. Methods further include determining a switch should be initiated based on one or more signal quality metrics, the one or more signal quality metrics representing, at least in part, an estimate of a quality of the first wireless connection. Methods also include switching to a second wireless connection between the source device and the sink device, the second wireless connection using a second transmission protocol, and the second wireless connection using data packets encapsulated for transmission in accordance with the second transmission protocol.
US11659465B2	Channel load-based cell reselection procedures This disclosure provides systems, methods and apparatuses for channel load-based cell reselection procedures. In one aspect, a user equipment (UE) may identify a channel load and may perform a cell reselection procedure based on the channel load. For example, the UE may perform an intra-frequency cell reselection procedure, an inter-frequency cell reselection procedure, or an inter-radio access technology (RAT) cell reselection procedure.
US11659456B2	Signal transmission method and device, and computer storage medium Disclosed are a signal transmission method and device, and a computer storage, including that: a base station sends or receives a signal within a sweep time interval, an access signal time interval, which is comprised of sweep time blocks sweep time blocks. The access signal time interval includes a downlink access signal time interval and an uplink access signal time interval. The base station sends the signal over the downlink access signal time interval, and receives the signal over the uplink access signal time interval. A terminal sends or receives a signal within the access signal time interval which is comprised of the sweep time blocks. The terminal sends the signal over the uplink access signal time interval, or receives the signal over the downlink access signal time interval.
US11659455B2	Processing method and apparatus for cell handover A processing method includes: obtaining a current movement trajectory; matching the current movement trajectory with history movement trajectories and obtaining matching degrees; determining a target cell according to a history movement trajectory having the matching degree greater than a preset matching threshold and a correspondence between the history movement trajectory and a cell; and sending a handover request to a source base station, the handover request comprising a determined target cell identifier of the target cell.
US11659452B2	System and method for returning to 5G after fallback Systems and methods described herein bring a 5G standalone-capable end device back into 5G service to leverage the 5G network's data capacity as soon as a VoLTE call is over. A network device receives a fallback connection, for a 5G New Radio (NR) standalone-capable end device, from a second network to the first network to support a voice call on the end device, wherein the fallback connection supports a voice-over-LTE call. The network device detects an end of the VoLTE call and initiates, in response to the detecting, a handover of the end device back to the second network, wherein the initiating occurs while the end device is in a radio resource control (RRC) connected mode.
US11659450B2	Method for supporting indication of a failure event to a source access system A method for supporting indication of a failure event to a source access system is provided. The method includes notifying, by the source access system, information of a source cell to a target access system, routing, by the target access system, a message to the base station or the base station controller of the source access through a core network by use of the information of the source cell received from the source access system when the target access system needs to transmit a message to the source access system. By use of the method provided by the present disclosure, a problem of mobility robustness optimization (MRO) among different radio access technology (RAT) may be notified to the source access system, so as to avoid impact for a terminal, reduce operator configuration.
US11659448B2	Basic service set (BSS) configuration in a multiple access point (multi-AP) network This disclosure provides methods, devices and systems for controlling basic service set (BSS) configuration of an access point (AP) in a multi-AP network. The multi-AP network may include a first AP that manages a first basic service set (BSS) and a second AP that manages a second BSS. The first BSS and the second BSS may share one or more wireless channels or may have overlapping coverage areas. A multi-AP controller may determine a BSS configuration policy (such as a maximum transmission opportunity (TXOP) duration) for the second BSS based on a type of traffic in the first BSS. This disclosure includes techniques for sharing traffic characteristics, determining the BSS configuration policy, communicating the BSS configuration policy, and controlling the BSS configuration policies for multiple BSSs so that one of the BSSs can provide a quality of service (QoS) for one or more stations (STAs).
US11659447B2	Flow control for integrated access backhaul (IAB) networks Embodiments of the present disclosure include methods, performed by a first node in an integrated access backhaul (IAB) network, for flow control of data transmission from a base station to a plurality of user equipment (UEs) via the IAB network. Such embodiments can include detecting a reduction in data transmission throughput in the first node, and determining that the reduction in data transmission throughput is due to congestion in one or more particular downstream nodes in the IAB network. Such embodiments can also include sending a flow-control message to an upstream node in the IAB network, wherein the flow-control message identifies one or more nodes, in the IAB network, for which a flow-control operation is requested in relation to data transmitted from the upstream node. Other embodiments include complementary methods performed by a second node (e.g., upstream from the first node) and IAB nodes configured to perform such methods.
US11659445B2	Device coordination for distributed edge computations Techniques for distributed computation are provided. A plurality of edge computing devices available to execute a computing task for a client device is identified, and a first latency of transmitting data among the plurality of edge computing devices is determined. A second latency of transmitting data from the client device to the plurality of edge computing devices is determined, and a set of edge computing devices, from the plurality of edge computing devices, is determined to execute the computing task based at least in part on the first and second latencies. Execution of the computing task is facilitated using the set of edge computing devices, where the client device transmits a portion of the computing task directly to each edge computing device of the set of edge computing devices.
US11659441B2	Load balance method and apparatus thereof Embodiments of this application provide a load balance method and an apparatus thereof. The method may include the following steps: receiving, by a load balance node, a first service request packet from a service request end, where the first service request packet includes address information of the service request end, address information of a to-be-processed load balance instance, and a MAC address of the load balance node; determining a to-be-processed service member based on the address information of the to-be-processed load balance instance, where the to-be-processed service member is configured to process the first service request packet; and modifying the MAC address of the load balance node in the first service request packet to a MAC address of the to-be-processed service member, to obtain a second service request packet, and sending the second service request packet to a computing node to which the to-be-processed service member belongs.
US11659437B2	Wireless distributed learning system including abnormal terminal and method of operation thereof An electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes a communication circuit and a processor. The processor may be configured to obtain information on the number of predicted abnormal terminals, allocate different resources respectively to a plurality of terminal groups, wherein the number of the plurality of terminal groups is greater than the number of predicted abnormal terminals, obtain learning data of each of the plurality of terminal groups, and identify a final terminal group among the plurality of terminal groups, based on the learning data.
US11659435B2	Network congestion control method, apparatus, and system Embodiments of the present disclosure provide a network congestion control method, where the method includes: sending, by a transmit end device, forward probe packets to a destination device at a preset initialized rate, where some or all of the forward probe packets arrive at the destination device after being rate-limited forwarded by using a reserved bandwidth of an egress port of an intermediate device in a network; receiving return probe packets returned by the destination device, where the return probe packets correspond to the probe packets received by the destination device; and determining a data packet sending rate based on the received return probe packets, and sending a data packet at the data packet sending rate.
US11659429B2	Processing apparatus, processed data collection method and data collection system The processing apparatus performs predetermined processing for measurement data transmitted from the sensor, in which the processing apparatus acquires transmission destination information indicating a predetermined area in a server apparatus in an outside in which processed data subjected to the predetermined processing is to be stored, from a relay apparatus that performs relay processing between the processing apparatus and the server apparatus in order to transmit the processed data from the processing apparatus to the server apparatus, when the relay apparatus is communicatively connected to the communication unit in a state before building of a network between the processing apparatus and the server apparatus, and generates, after the acquisition of the transmission destination information, transmission-processed data in a form in which the relay apparatus is able to execute the relay processing, by adding information relating to the predetermined area indicated by the transmission destination information to the processed data.
US11659428B2	Method and radio node for handling CSI reporting A radio node and a UE are described, and methods and computer programs therein to handle separate aperiodic CSI reports for one or more static subframes, in which the direction of signal transmission is fixed, and one or more flexible subframes, in which the direction of signal transmission is variable. The method performed by a UE comprises receiving a trigger for an aperiodic CSI report as part of an uplink grant from a radio node in a static downlink subframe, said trigger indicating a CSI subframe set related to the one or more static subframes. The method further comprises reporting to the radio node, in a CSI reporting subframe, a result of an aperiodic CSI measurement for a CSI reference in the CSI subframe set. The method further comprises receiving a second trigger that relates to the one or more flexible subframes and reporting the results to the radio node.
US11659426B2	Systems and methods for prioritizing channel state information reports There is provided a method performed by a wireless device for prioritizing channel state information reports. The method comprises determining to transmit a portion of a plurality of channel state information reports that are each separately scheduled for transmission responsive to determining that the reports would be transmitted in a same slot with acknowledgement information indicating whether data was successfully or unsuccessfully received by the wireless device. The method further comprises transmitting, by the wireless device in that slot, that portion of the channel state information and the acknowledgement information. There is also provided a method performed by a base station, a wireless device and a base station.
US11659425B2	Systems and methods for detecting interference probability within a radio frequency band A device may receive location information associated with a fixed service satellite station (receiver) configured to communicate via a first radio frequency (RF) band. The device may obtain historical communication data associated with the location and relating to previous communications conducted via a second RF band, of user equipment (UEs). The historical communication data may include historical signal power measurements of the previous communications. The device may adjust the historical signal power measurements to model estimated signal power measurements relating to a UE to communicating via a first RF band. The device may determine, based on the estimated signal power measurements, an interference score associated with a probability of a UE interfering with the receiver when communicating, via a first RF band, with a base station.
US11659423B2	Indications of physical downlink control channel monitoring occasion aggregation via demodulation reference signal parameters Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, a user equipment (UE) may receive an indication of a search space configuration that identifies one or more parameters associated with demodulation reference signals (DMRSs) for a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) communication. The UE may decode a PDCCH candidate associated with the PDCCH communication, based at least in part on the one or more parameters associated with the DMRSs, wherein the PDCCH candidate is aggregated over one or more PDCCH monitoring occasions. Numerous other aspects are described.
US11659422B2	Mechanisms for radio link failure (RLF) reporting to network When a user equipment (UE) encounters a radio link failure condition, the UE may transmit a radio link failure report to a network. The report may include information defining the radio link monitoring (RLM) resources of a current RLM configuration. The information may take the form of a resource bitmap or a list of resource identifiers/indices. The network may use the information (and radio resource management measurements) to determine whether the radio link failure occurred due to misconfiguration of RLM resources for the UE. In cases where the network does not provide RLM configuration, the UE may omit the bitmap (or list), or populate the bitmap with all zeros, or populate the bitmap (or list) according to a currently active Transmission Configuration Indication (TCI) state, which is indicated by downlink control information (DCI).
US11659421B2	Tensor decomposition-based big data processing system and processing method for spectrum monitoring A method of processing spectrum monitoring (SM) big data based on tensor decomposition comprises the steps of: S1: processing calibration of geolocation V, synchronized clock t, synchronized time tn(0 . . . N); of SM stations and determining SM sampling point M and bandwidth B; S2: processing discretization for a monitoring time and structured processing of SM data for a monitoring period to obtain a one-dimensional SM sequence Itn at the given sampling time and a two-dimensional SM matrix W at the given monitoring period; S3: constructing a cuboid matrix Q based on the two-dimensional SM matrix W, processing tensor decomposition for the cuboid matrix Q and identify the emitter.
US11659420B2	Systems and methods of using network slicing for test platform Systems and methods provide on-demand network slicing to support testing of customer use cases A test network management system receives customer parameters for a use case in a production network. The customer parameters include an identifier for a user equipment (UE) device to be tested with the use case. The test network management system provides, to the UE device, configuration information to associate the UE device with a test mode network segment of the production network. A network device in the production network may receive a registration request, from the UE device, that includes the configuration information. Based on the configuration information, the network device blocks the UE device from accessing the production network. Instead, the test network management system initiates provisioning of the test mode network segment for the UE device; and the network device redirects the registration request to the test mode network segment.
US11659418B2	Radio equipment test device A single radio equipment test device includes a control unit for testing a plurality of antennas, (e.g., an antenna array). The control unit includes a first interface to operatively couple the control unit to an antenna under test, (e.g., arranged in a test chamber). The control unit further includes a second interface to operatively couple the control unit to a reference antenna, (e.g., also arranged in the test chamber). The control unit is configured to control and/or monitor the antenna under test and the reference antenna.
US11659417B2	Communication apparatus, method for controlling the same, and storage medium A communication apparatus to function as an access point in a wireless network including a plurality of access points includes an acquisition unit configured to acquire information about firmware of at least one access point other than the communication apparatus of the plurality of access points, a determination unit configured to determine a schedule for updating the firmware of the at least one access point based on the acquired firmware information, and a notification unit configured to notify the at least one access point of information about the determined schedule.
US11659414B1	Connectivity apparatus for remote cell tower integration A connectivity apparatus and system for upgrading cellular site equipment through a remote desktop connection. The system includes an onsite computer connected to onsite switching and data equipment for the cellular site. The onsite computer establishing a network connection through an array of hotspots provided by mobile data operators. The system disabling the hotspot of the mobile data operator of the cellular site being upgraded. The onsite computer then being accessed by an offsite computer to initiate and administrator the equipment updates using offsite personnel.
US11659409B2	Non-line-of-sight (NLOS) coverage for millimeter wave communication A system, in an active reflector device, adjusts a first amplification gain of each of a plurality of radio frequency (RF) signals received at a receiver front-end from a first equipment via a first radio path of an NLOS radio path. A first phase shift is performed on each of the plurality of RF signals with the adjusted first amplification gain. A combination of the plurality of first phase-shifted RF signals is split at a transmitter front-end. A second phase shift on each of the split first plurality of first phase-shifted RF signals is performed. The plurality of RF signals as a directed beam is transmitted to a second equipment via a second radio path of the NLOS radio path.
US11659406B2	Methods, systems and computer program products for automatic calibration of antennas Methods of auto-calibrating antennas in a target environment are provided including obtaining a map and associated scale of the target environment; displaying the map to a user on a user display device; discovering a plurality of antennas present in the target environment; illustrating the discovered plurality of antennas on the map; repositioning at least some of the plurality antennas on the map; locking selected ones of plurality of antennas into a current position to provide a plurality of locked antennas, wherein the plurality of locked antennas is equal to zero or greater; and auto-calibrating a remaining plurality of unlocked antennas, wherein auto-calibrating includes moving each of the remaining plurality of unlocked antennas from a first position to a second position.
US11659404B2	Spectrum access system and access probe hybrid framework Novel tools and techniques for are provided for implementing a hybrid spectrum access system and access probe framework. A system includes a base station coupled to a network, a spectrum access system, and user equipment coupled to the base station and the spectrum access system. The user equipment is configured to transmit, to the base station, a first network access request following a first access sequence while transmitting signals under a first power limit. If no response is obtained from the base station, the user equipment is configured to transmit a second network access request above the first power limit, but under a second power limit. The user equipment is configured to obtain spectrum access from the spectrum access system and transmit a second network access request to the base station.
US11659402B2	Enhanced reservation signal for cellular communication in unlicensed spectrum This disclosure relates to providing a reservation signal for cellular communication in unlicensed spectrum. A cellular base station may perform a listen-before-talk procedure on an unlicensed frequency channel. The cellular base station may transmit a reservation signal on the unlicensed frequency channel after successfully performing the listen-before-talk procedure. The cellular base station may perform carrier sensing on the unlicensed frequency channel at least once during the duration of the reservation signal. The cellular base station may perform cellular communication on the unlicensed frequency channel after ceasing transmitting the reservation signal.
US11659399B2	System, method, and apparatus for providing dynamic, prioritized spectrum management and utilization Systems, methods, and apparatuses for providing dynamic, prioritized spectrum utilization management. The system includes at least one monitoring sensor, at least one data analysis engine, at least one application, a semantic engine, a programmable rules and policy editor, a tip and cue server, and/or a control panel. The tip and cue server is operable utilize the environmental awareness from the data processed by the at least one data analysis engine in combination with additional information to create actionable data.
US11659398B2	System, method, and apparatus for providing dynamic, prioritized spectrum management and utilization Systems, methods, and apparatuses for providing dynamic, prioritized spectrum utilization management. The system includes at least one monitoring sensor, at least one data analysis engine, at least one application, a semantic engine, a programmable rules and policy editor, a tip and cue server, and/or a control panel. The tip and cue server is operable utilize the environmental awareness from the data processed by the at least one data analysis engine in combination with additional information to create actionable data.
US11659392B2	Secure mobile initiated authentications to web-services Provided is a process for mobile-initiated authentications to web services. Credential values of the user are established within a trusted execution environment of the mobile device and representations are transmitted to a server. The user of the mobile device may authenticate with the mobile device to the server, which may convey access to a web-based service from a relying device. The server may pass credentials corresponding to the web-service received from the mobile device and verified to permit user access to the web-service to the relying device. The relying device presents credentials to the web-service to login, authenticate, or otherwise obtain user-level permission for the user on the relying device. The user of the mobile device may authenticate with the mobile device to the server, and may initiate the authentication process from the mobile device, without inputting credentials corresponding to the web-service on the relying device.
US11659391B2	Real-time authentication using a mobile device on a high generation cellular network Aspects of the disclosure relate to methods, systems, and computing platforms for authenticating activity on another computing device in real-time using a mobile device on a high generation cellular network. Aspects of the disclosure leverage and utilize a user's mobile device connected to a high generation cellular network to collect and analyze data about a user to seamlessly identify and prevent potentially fraudulent transactions. More specifically, the present disclosure uses high generation cellular networks, such as a fifth-generation (“5G”) cellular network, to seamlessly, frequently, and repeatedly monitor a user through a 5G mobile device to provide a variation on two-factor authentication. Aspects of the disclosure provide effective, efficient, scalable, fast, reliable, and convenient technical solutions that address and overcome the technical problems associated with monitoring and preventing in real-time potential fraudulent transactions without burdening users (e.g., credit card holders, debit card holders, account holders, and others).
US11659390B2	Integrating CBRS-enabled devices and intent-based networking Systems and methods are provided for receiving, at an enterprise network, first authentication data of a citizens broadband radio service (CBRS)-enabled device, receiving, at the enterprise network, second authentication data of the CBRS-enabled device, the first authentication data of the CBRS-enabled device being a different type of authentication data than the second authentication data of the CBRS-enabled device, determining a class of the CBRS-enabled device based on the first authentication data and the second authentication data of the CBRS-enabled device, determining a network segment for the CBRS-enabled device based on the class of the CBRS-enabled device, and providing access to the CBRS-enabled device based on the determining of the network segment for the CBRS-enabled device.
US11659388B2	AI-based multi-mode wireless access protocol (MMWAP) Aspects of the disclosure relate to a multi-mode wireless access protocol (MMWAP). A redirection router may receive a pre-association request, from a user communication device, and send an acknowledgment of the pre-association request. The user communication device may further transmit authorization keys associated with an application installed in the user communication device. Based on the authorization keys, the redirection router may send an authentication indication to the user communication device. The user communication device may use the redirection router to transmit and receive messages associated with the application to public networks and other private networks. The redirection router may maintain multi-mode connectivity independently with multiple user communication devices.
US11659384B2	Data center 5G network encrypted multicast-based authority authentication method and system A data center 5th-Generation (5G) network encrypted multicast-based authority authentication method, system, and device, and a medium. In the present disclosure, authority authentication and data connection are performed on each platform of a data center by 5G network encrypted multicast, and a network encrypted multicast component is configured on the platform of the data center. An encrypted multicast packet is sent to a network by the platform. Connection is completed by handshaking and mutual heartbeat transmission between the platforms. Authority verification is performed through the multicast packet. In this manner, the problem of security risk of traditional authority authentication may be reduced, and the intercommunication speed and efficiency of each platform of the data center may be improved greatly.
US11659380B1	UE-capability-based system information block transmission A mobile communication network receives capability information from a user equipment (UE) where the capability information indicates a version of the UE which the network uses to determine a 3GPP Release version of the UE. Based on the 3GPP release version, the network determines what type of system information (e.g., System Information Blocks (SIBs)) the UE requires, and transmits the required system information to the UE. Legacy UEs receive only legacy SIBs and non-legacy UEs receive one or more non-legacy SIBs in addition to the legacy SIBs.
US11659378B2	Beam-switching capability indication in wireless networks that utilize beamforming Disclosed are techniques for enhanced positioning methods that are suitable for use in a wireless network that utilizes beamformed communication. More particularly, a user equipment (UE) may determine a capability for a number of beam switches that the UE supports per slot for one or more slot types and transmit, to a network node, capability information indicating the capability for the number of beam switches that the UE supports per slot in slots having the one or more slot types. As such, the network node may transmit and the UE may receive one or more signals across a number of beams based on the capability indicated in the capability information for the number of beam switches per slot based on a slot type associated with a slot in which the one or more signals are transmitted.
US11659376B2	Systems and methods for roaming configuration management A method for improving roaming configuration efficiency including providing a GUI including roaming configuration data for roaming partner network operators. The method includes receiving, at a roaming configuration management (RCM) server and via the GUI, updated roaming configuration data for a first roaming partner network operator and updated roaming configuration data for a second roaming partner network operator. The method includes applying the updated roaming configuration data for the first roaming partner network operator to a first set of network entity data associated with the first roaming partner network operator and the updated roaming configuration data for the second roaming partner network operator to a second set of network entity data associated with the second roaming partner network operator. The method includes providing the updated roaming configuration data for the first and second roaming partner network operators.
US11659372B2	Adaptive sensor data sharing for a connected vehicle The disclosure includes embodiments for adaptive sensor data sharing by a connected vehicle. A method includes calculating, by a processor of an ego vehicle, a view angle overlap between a first sensor of the ego vehicle and a second sensor of a roadway device, wherein the view angle overlap is an amount of sensor view overlap shared by first sensor and the second sensor. The method includes determining an amount of ego sensor data to share with the roadway device based on the view angle overlap. The method includes building a sharing message that includes the amount of ego sensor data in a payload of the sharing message. The method includes transmitting, by a communication unit of the ego vehicle, the sharing message to the roadway device.
US11659370B2	Over-the-air update apparatus in vehicle and method thereof An over-the-air update apparatus in a vehicle and a method thereof are provided. The over-the-air update apparatus in the vehicle includes a communication device that receives data for an over-the-air (OTA) update of vehicle software from an external server and a processor that determines a priority for the over-the-air update based on a current consumption and a data processing speed with respect to each of a plurality of controllers. The processor allows data to be selectively transmitted based on the determined priority.
US11659367B2	Sensor system, wireless cooperative receiving system, and wireless cooperative receiving method Relay terminals each transmit to a control device a packet received from a wireless sensor and a reception strength for short range wireless communication detected when receiving the packet, and return a response to the packet to a transmission source wireless sensor from which the packet is transmitted only when a response instruction is issued from the control device, and the control device compares reception strengths for a same packet that is transmitted from a same wireless sensor and received by each of the plurality of relay terminals among the reception strengths received from the relay terminals, transmits the response instruction only to one target relay terminal with the highest reception strength, and performs relay transfer of sensor data stored in a packet received by the target relay terminal to a host apparatus.
US11659363B2	Caller identifier Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for implementing a caller identifier are disclosed. In one aspect, a method includes the actions of receiving, by a server, a request to initiate a telephone call between a calling phone and a callee phone, wherein the request includes a telephone number of the calling phone. The actions further include determining, by the server, a name that corresponds to the telephone number. The actions further include accessing, by the server, a calling history that indicates previous telephone calls of the phone number. The actions further include, based on the calling history that indicates previous telephone calls of the phone number, determining, by the server, whether to generate a notification that includes the name that corresponds to the telephone number.
US11659362B1	Managing communications sessions based on restrictions and permissions Techniques related to managing data communications between devices are described. In an example, a computer system receives, from a first device, a request to transfer a communications session with the first device and a second device. The computer system determines contextual data associated with the communications session. Using at least the contextual data, the computer system determines the communications session is permitted to be transferred from the first device to a third device based. The computer system causes a transferred communications session to be established with the third device and the second device.
US11659360B2	System and method for implementing peer-to-peer wireless groups for vehicular micro clouds Describe are systems and methods for implementing a peer-to-peer (P2P) wireless group acting as a vehicular micro cloud. In one example, a system includes a processor and a memory in communication with the processor having a group coordination service module. The group coordination service module has instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to select a vehicle out of a plurality of vehicles to act as a group owner of a P2P wireless group operating as a vehicular micro cloud based on vehicle status information from the plurality of vehicles and transmit group configurations of the first P2P wireless group to the plurality of vehicles to allow the plurality of vehicles to join the first P2P wireless group. The selection of the vehicle may be based on how long the vehicle is predicted to be a member of the vehicular micro cloud.
US11659359B2	Update of security for group based feature in M2M A network node (21), which is placed within a core network, receives a message from a transmission source (30) placed outside the core network. The message includes an indicator indicating whether or not the message is addressed to a group of one or more MTC devices attached to the core network. The network node (21) determines to authorize the transmission source (30), when the indicator indicates that the message is addressed to the group. Further, the message includes an ID for identifying whether or not the message is addressed to the group. The MTC device determines to discard the message, when the ID does not coincide with an ID allocated for the MTC device itself. Furthermore, the MTC device communicates with the transmission source (30) by use of a pair of group keys shared therewith.
US11659356B2	Setting deployment group network parameters for identified location-based device groups in a Wi-SUN FAN data network In one embodiment, a method comprises: identifying, by a network management device, a location-based device group in a wireless data network comprising constrained wireless network devices, including identifying an identified subset of the constrained wireless network devices as member devices based on the member devices having respective physical locations within the location-based device group; identifying, by the network management device, a member device density for the location-based device group; setting by the network management device, for the location-based device group, a set of deployment group network parameters based on the member device density; and sending, by the network management device, the set of deployment group network parameters to the location-based device group for density-based deployment thereof by the member devices.
US11659355B2	Dynamic focusing and tracking for wireless power transfer arrays Wireless power transfer systems and methods for focusing wireless power transfer arrays are disclosed. One embodiment includes a wireless power generating unit (GU) including a processing system configured to focus the RF power sources by: sending control signals to the control circuitry to perform a plurality of sweeps using each of a plurality of different basis masks; receiving a message from a RU containing a report based upon received power measurements made by the RU; and sending control signals to focus the RF power sources based on the received message from the RU. Furthermore, each sweep includes performing a phase sweep across a phase sweep range at a plurality of phase step increments with respect to a first group of RF power sources identified in a basis mask, where the first group of RF power sources comprises a plurality of RF power sources.
US11659352B2	Method and apparatus for geofence event predictions A geofence event prediction method includes retrieving non-contemporaneous geofence predictor data of a mobile device, retrieving geofence data of the mobile device, and developing a future geofence event prediction from the non-contemporaneous geofence predictor data and the geofence data. In an embodiment, retrieving non-contemporaneous geofence predictor data includes retrieving at least one of past geographic location data and future geographic location data.
US11659351B2	Determining a position estimate of a mobile device based on layout information It is inter-alia disclosed a method performed by a mobile device, the method including: receiving at least one radio signal when scanning for observable radio signals at an observation position of the mobile device; determining or causing determining a venue associated with an identifier contained in or represented by the at least one radio signal at least partially based on a plurality of venue information items; determining or causing determining a position estimate of the observation position at least partially based on layout information representing a layout of the venue associated with the identifier.
US11659350B1	Metaverse dating A metaverse dating system is disclosed with a first camera to capture an image of a dating prospect and a second camera to capture eye gazing; a processor coupled to the second camera to determine interest in the dating prospect, the processor coupled to the first camera to analyze prospect information including appearance and body shape therefrom, the processor comparing the interest and prospect information with prior likings; and a projector aimed at a retina, the projector providing information and recommendations on approaching the dating prospect.
US11659339B2	Battery module and hearing device A battery module for a hearing device includes a secondary cell and two contact elements for making contact with the secondary cell at two different potential areas. A fuse which is arranged at a short distance from the contact element that is assigned to a positive potential. A copper jacket surrounds the secondary cell, and a ferrite jacket is arranged on the outside of the copper jacket. An induction coil is arranged on the outside of the ferrite jacket and is configured to inductively receive energy for charging the battery module. A resonant capacitor is coupled to the induction coil at a short distance from the latter. A thermistor for monitoring a cell temperature is arranged with electrical insulation from the secondary cell but is coupled to the latter with low thermal resistance using heat-transfer capability.
US11659338B2	Ultrasonic generator, method of manufacturing the same, display panel and screen sound producing system An ultrasonic generator includes a substrate, a lower electrode on the substrate, an upper electrode on the lower electrode, and an ultrasonic generation unit between the lower electrode and the upper electrode. The ultrasonic generation unit includes a vibration chamber and an ultrasonic generation layer on the vibration chamber. The ultrasonic generation layer is configured to propel a surrounding medium to vibrate to generate ultrasonic waves in response to a voltage difference between the upper electrode and the lower electrode.
US11659336B2	Vibration apparatus, mobile terminal and method for controlling the mobile terminal A vibration apparatus includes a substrate, an elastic piece, a magnetic component and at least two coils. The substrate abuts on a display panel of a mobile terminal; the at least two cods are fixed on an inner side surface of the substrate; the inner side surface faces away from the display panel; the at least two coils are disposed coaxially; and axes of the at least two coils are perpendicular to the substrate. A first side surface of the elastic piece abuts on the inner side surface of the substrate; the magnetic component is connected to a second side surface of the elastic piece; the second side surface is disposed away from the first side surface. The at least two cods are at least in part accommodated in an annular accommodating groove of the magnetic component.
US11659333B2	Controlling dual-mode Bluetooth low energy multimedia devices The description relates to a device (CTRL-DEV) for controlling a dual-mode Bluetooth low energy multimedia device (DM-BLE), the dual-mode BLE multimedia device comprising a first sound system (SS1) and a second sound system (SS2) which are arranged to simultaneously stream an input multimedia stream, the first and second sound systems being respectively associated with at least one first Bluetooth multimedia device (SPK1, SPK2, SPKN) and at least one Bluetooth multimedia device (BLE-SPK1, BLE-SPK2, BLE-SPKN). The description also refers to a dual-mode Bluetooth low energy multimedia device (DM-BLE′), a method, a computer program and a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium.
US11659331B2	Systems and methods for audio balance adjustment Systems and methods are provided for using one or more external Bluetooth speakers in conjunction with an in-vehicle Bluetooth-enabled audio system. Locational features or aspects of the external Bluetooth speakers and the in-vehicle Bluetooth-enabled audio system can be leveraged in a manner that allows for automatic or manual adjustment of the one or more external Bluetooth speakers, e.g., adjusting left/right balance of the one or more external Bluetooth speakers based on the position or location of the or more external speakers relative to the vehicle, in-vehicle Bluetooth-enabled audio system, etc.
US11659327B2	Signal processor and signal processing method A signal processer is configured to decrease total harmonic distortion plus noise of an output signal generated from an input signal. The signal processer includes a mixer, a pulse-width modulator, a power stage circuit, and a feedback circuit. The mixer is configured to mix the input signal and a feedback signal to generate a mixed signal. The pulse-width modulator is configured to module the mixed signal to generate a modulated signal and output the modulated signal from an output terminal of the pulse-width modulator. The power stage circuit is configured to amplify the modulated signal to generate the output signal and output the output signal from an output terminal of the power stage circuit. The feedback circuit is configured to generate a feedback signal selectively according to the modulated signal or the output signal.
US11659318B2	Loudspeaker device The present disclosure provides a loudspeaker device. The loudspeaker device includes a support connector configured to be in contact with a head and at least one speaker component. The at least one speaker component may include an earphone core and a core housing for accommodating the earphone core. The core housing may be fixedly connected to the support connector. The core housing may be provided with at least one key module. The support connector may accommodate a control circuit or a battery. The control circuit or the battery may drive the earphone core to vibrate to produce sound. The loudspeaker device of the present disclosure may optimize sound transmission efficiency and increase volume, th ereby improving the user experience.
US11659315B2	Methods and mechanisms for inflation A device includes a balloon inflation module having an involuted balloon housed within a lumen, an integrated reservoir in fluid communication with the involuted balloon where the balloon inflation module is configured to selectively displace a volume of fluid from the integrated reservoir into the involuted balloon and from the involuted balloon into the integrated reservoir. The device also includes a port configured to receive an accessory module. In one embodiment, the accessory module is a communication module having a logic circuit coupled to an ambient microphone configured to pick up ambient audio content, an ear canal microphone configured to pick up audio in the proximity of an ear canal, and an ear canal receiver configured to provide audio content in the proximity of the ear canal. In some embodiments, the integrated reservoir is formed within portions of a push button spring-loaded pump assembly. Other embodiments are disclosed.
US11659314B2	Headset location-based device and application control Disclosed is a headset for audio transmission. The headset is configured to be worn by a user. The headset comprises a speaker for sound transmission into the users ear. The headset comprises a wireless communication unit for communication with an external device. The headset comprises a connection to a location-based service software, the location-based service software is configured for controlling at least one headset feature based on location data of the headset. The headset comprises a processing unit. The processing unit is configured for obtaining current location data of the headset. The processing unit is configured for enabling the location-based service software to detect if the current location data of the headset corresponds to a geographic region for which a first geo-fence is defined by the user. The processing unit is configured for changing the at least one headset feature, if a change criterion associated with the first geofence is satisfied; wherein the change of at least one headset feature is defined by the user.
US11659313B2	Open-ear headphone An open-ear headphone with an acoustic module that is configured to be located at least in part in a concha of an outer ear of a user. The acoustic module includes an acoustic transducer, and a sound-emitting opening that is configured to emit sound produced by the acoustic transducer. A body is coupled to the acoustic module and includes a first portion that is configured to pass over an outer side of at least one of an anti-helix and a helix and a lobule of the outer ear, and a second portion that is configured to be located behind the outer ear.
US11659312B2	Earphone with solid body In an embodiment, an earphone having a solid earphone body is provided. A first mounting recess is formed in a first end of the earphone body. A first acoustic driver is disposed in the first mounting recess. At least a first sound bore is formed in the solid earphone body. The at least a first sound bore fluidly communicates with the first mounting recess and a first exit port formed at a second end of the earphone body. The second end of the earphone body is configured to be placed in an ear canal of a user. The earphone can be fabricated by a method that includes defining negative spaces for the first acoustic driver and the at least a first sound bore in a virtual model of the earphone body.
US11659311B2	Sound port adapter for microphone assembly A one-piece sound port adapter for a microphone assembly includes a body member configured to be fitted over a sound port of the microphone assembly. The body member includes an acoustic channel defined in part by a cavity having a sound inlet and a sound outlet, where the sound outlet is acoustically coupled to the sound port. A wall portion of the body member extends into the cavity and configured to modify an acoustic property of the acoustic channel. When mounted, the one-piece sound port adapter converts the microphone assembly from a top or bottom port microphone assembly to a side-port microphone assembly.
US11659310B2	Adapters for microphones and combinations thereof A microelectromechanical systems (MEMS) microphone and form-factor adapter can include an adapter housing including an opening and an outer acoustic port and can include a MEMS microphone disposed at least partially within the adapter housing. The MEMS microphone can include a microphone housing, a MEMS motor disposed in the microphone housing and acoustically coupled to the outer acoustic port of the adapter housing via an acoustic port of the microphone housing, and an electrical circuit disposed in the microphone housing and electrically coupled to the MEMS motor and to electrical contacts on an exterior of the microphone housing. The electrical contacts can be physically accessible through the opening of the adapter housing. The adapter housing can change a form-factor of the MEMS microphone.
US11659307B2	Subsea oilfield communications system A method for transmitting signals in a subsea environment includes determining that a quality of an acoustic signal is below a threshold. The acoustic signal travels from a first device, through water in the subsea environment, to a second device. A parameter of the first device, the second device, or both is then adjusted to improve the quality of the acoustic signal when the quality of the acoustic signal is below the threshold.
US11659306B2	Method for communication between a plurality of wheel units with one another and with a remote monitoring and/or control device A method for communication of a plurality of wheel units with one another and with a device for remotely monitoring and/or controlling the wheel units, the wheel units measuring a pressure value of a wheel of a motor vehicle as parameter(s). The units are identified beforehand and each wheel unit may identify the other wheel units, the communication taking place in accordance with a communication standard allowing a bidirectional data exchange. A hub wheel unit storing the pressure values measured by each of the wheel units is selected at least temporarily, the other units being peripheral. The hub unit sends a signaling frame in the direction of the peripheral units, received in a peripheral unit through scanning. The pressure values are communicated between the wheel units and a device solely via the hub unit.
US11659303B2	Imaging apparatus, control method of imaging apparatus, imaging system, and storage medium An imaging apparatus is provided. The apparatus comprises a controller configured to transmit an image obtained by an image sensor to an external device via a communication circuit, and cause the external device to execute a predetermined image processing on the image. The controller obtains information indicating recommendation or non-recommendation for the execution of the predetermined image processing on the image by the external device, based on a state of at least one of an imaging optical system and the image sensor when capturing the image, and transmits an execution request for the predetermined image processing on the image to the external device via the communication circuit, if the obtained information indicates the recommendation.
US11659302B1	Differential subrange ADC for image sensor A differential subrange analog-to-digital converter (ADC) converts differential analog image signals received from sample and hold circuits to a digital signal through an ADC comparator. The comparator of the differential subrange ADC is shared by a successive approximation register (SAR) ADC coupled to provide both M upper output bits (UOB) and a ramp ADC coupled to provide N lower output bits (LOB). Digital-to-analog converters (DACs) of the differential subrange SAR ADC comprises 2M buffered bit capacitor fingers connected to the comparator. Each buffered bit capacitor finger comprises a bit capacitor, a bit buffer, and a bit switch controlled by the UOB. Both DACs are initialized to preset values and finalized based on the values of the least significant bit of the UOB. The subsequent ramp ADC operation will be ensured to have its first ramp signal ramps in a monotonic direction and its second ramp signal ramp in an opposite direction.
US11659298B2	Seamless readout mode transitions in image sensors An image sensor for an electronic device can adjust a scan rate of a reset pointer of a frame relative to a scan rate of a readout pointer of a previous frame. As a result, the image sensor can transition between various readout modes without interrupting image output from the image sensor.
US11659295B2	Image sensor An image sensor including: a plurality of phase shift code generators, wherein each of the plurality of phase shift code generators outputs a phase shift code; a. test data selection circuit for outputting test data corresponding to a test pattern; a counter for receiving the phase shift code from at least one of the plurality of phase shift code generators, receiving the test data from the test data selection circuit, latching a digital code corresponding to the test pattern using the phase shift code, and outputting the digital code; and a control logic for calculating a data pattern using the digital code and selecting one of the plurality of phase shift code generators in accordance with a result of a comparison between the data pattern and the test pattern.
US11659285B2	Monitoring device and image capturing method A monitoring device includes an image capturing module, a photosensitive element, a first processing module and a second processing module. The photosensitive element obtains a lighting parameter of a monitored environment. The first processing module is electrically connected to the photosensitive element, stores the lighting parameter, and continuously updates the lighting parameter. The second processing module is electrically connected to the image capturing module and the first processing module, and the second processing module has a sleep mode. The second processing module includes an exposure function control unit. When the second processing module is awakened and converted to a recording mode, the exposure function control unit receives the updated lighting parameter from the first processing module and calculates an exposure parameter according to the lighting parameter to control the image capturing module.
US11659280B2	Image pickup apparatus, control method, and storage medium for controlling an image stabilization unit An image pickup apparatus is mountable with a lens apparatus including a first optical image stabilizing unit configured to move an optical element that is a part of the imaging optical system, in a direction intersecting an optical axis of the imaging optical system. The image pickup apparatus includes an image sensor, a second optical image stabilizing unit configured to move the image sensor in a direction intersecting the optical axis, and a control unit configured to control the second optical image stabilizing unit based on an image stabilizing reference position of the first optical image stabilizing unit which is a reference position for an image stabilization of the first optical image stabilizing unit.
US11659278B2	Electronic device An electronic device according to the present invention, includes: a processor; and a memory storing a program which, when executed by the processor, causes the electronic device to: acquire an image by image sensing processing; set a part of the image as a specific region, wherein a position of the specific region can be changed; and detect a motion of an object included in the specific region; and perform control to display an indicator based on the detected motion of the object in a direction corresponding to a movement direction of the electronic device so that the indicator is superimposed and displayed at a position on the image based on the specific region.
US11659276B2	Image pickup apparatus, image pickup accessory, and intermediate accessory An image pickup apparatus to which an image pickup accessory having a focus lens and a diaphragm is detachably attachable includes a communication unit configured to communicate with the image pickup accessory, an image pickup unit, an exposure control unit, and a focus control unit. The communication unit transmits a request for diaphragm control to the image pickup accessory, and receives first information on a relationship between a diaphragm position and a variation in a light amount during the diaphragm control, second information corresponding to the diaphragm position, and third information corresponding to the diaphragm position and light transmittance of the image pickup accessory. The exposure control unit controls the exposure based on the first information and the second information. The focus control unit controls the driving of the focus lens based on the defocus amount calculated based on the third information.
US11659272B2	Device and method for capturing images and switching images through a drag operation An image capturing apparatus that includes one or more image sensors configured to capture a plurality of images and store the captured images in a memory. The apparatus also includes a circuitry that detects an input trigger and continues to capture new images in response to the trigger. The numbers of new images captured are equal in magnitude to half the magnitude of the capacity of the memory. The first new image captured after detecting the trigger is tagged as a reference image. In response to the number of new images captured, the sensors are deactivated and the reference image is displayed immediately on a display panel. On detecting an input operation, the apparatus displays a target image from the plurality of images captured in a quick and efficient manner.
US11659271B2	Electronic device to control screen property based on distance between pen input device and electronic device and method of controlling same An electronic device and method are provided. The electronic device includes a camera, a touchscreen display, and a processor configured to display, on the touchscreen display, a screen including at least one target object image corresponding to at least one subject obtained by the camera and at least one graphical object configured to capture the at least one subject in response to receiving an input, identify that the at least one target object image is resized according to a movement of at least one of the electronic device or the at least one subject, and in response to identifying the resizing of the at least one target object image, change a property of the screen by resizing the at least one graphical object.
US11659268B2	Imaging apparatus capable of automatically capturing image, control method, and recording medium An imaging apparatus includes an imaging unit, a control unit configured to control the imaging unit to automatically capture an image, a registration unit configured to register a subject, and an association unit configured to associate the subject registered by the registration unit with a specific date. The control unit performs control so that a subject registered by the registration unit, with which the date associated by the association unit is the current day, is to be preferentially captured over a subject with which the date associated by the association unit is not the current day or no date is associated by the association unit.
US11659267B2	Electronic device, control method thereof, and recording medium In an operation by line-of-sight input, a position (designated position) designated by a gaze point is easier to view after a determination operation is performed by a user than before the determination operation is performed. An electric device includes a detection unit configured to detect a gaze point, which is based on line-of-sight of a user viewing, on a display unit, and a control unit configured to display an indicator on the display unit indicating the gaze point, wherein in a case where an operation is performed on an operation unit by the user, the control unit performs control to display a display item at the gaze point and to display the indicator and the display item in a changed display order.
US11659266B2	Power control based at least in part on user eye movement In some aspects, a user device may receive, from a vision sensor of a user device, first image data associated with a first set of images. The user device may determine, using an image processing model, that a set of images depict a particular type of eye activity of an eye of a user. The user device may cause, based at least in part on determining that the first set of images depict the particular type of eye activity, a power level of a camera of the user device to be reduced.
US11659265B1	Dual camera module systems A dual camera module system includes a housing and a pair of camera modules (e.g., digital cameras) that are aligned with fields of view that overlap below the housing. The camera modules are mounted to a bench within the housing. The dual camera module system is configured for mounting above areas such as retail establishments or other materials handling facilities. The housing is formed from one or more sections of plastic or like materials, and includes inlets and outlets that enable air to flow past the camera modules and other components within the housing, and to maintain such components at a desired temperature. Images captured by the imaging devices of the camera module may be utilized for any purpose.
US11659261B2	Vehicle optical sensor motion correction A computer includes a processor and a memory storing instructions executable by the processor to receive optical data from an optical sensor of a vehicle, adjust the optical data using an adjustment model, measure a first value from the optical data over a duration, predict a second value from the optical data over the duration based on the first value, measure the second value from the optical data over the duration, and modify the adjustment model using the predicted second value and the measured second value. The first value and the second value are time-varying and aggregated from the optical data per time step.
US11659253B2	Apparatus and method for media streaming A system that incorporates teachings of the subject disclosure may include, for example, dividing a media content item into a plurality of media content segments, at each media content segment of the plurality of media content segments, applying motion estimation between at least two video frames of the media content segment to determine a content weight for the media content segment, determining a bit rate for the media content segment according to the determined content weight for the media content segment, and encoding the media content segment at the determined bit rates to generate a data stream for the media content segment, whereby a plurality of data streams for the plurality of media content segments of the media content are generated, and transmitting the plurality of data streams for the plurality of media content segments of the media content to the one or more media devices. Other embodiments are disclosed.
US11659244B2	Methods and systems for generating and providing program guides and content Systems and methods for identifying, assembling, and publishing content are described. A a video content item, having a first time length, is identified by a system to be included in a program scheduled for a first time period. The video may be hosted on a third party system. A first time span within the first program is allocated for the video, wherein the first time span is longer than the first time length. The system determines, prior to or at the first time period, a time difference between a current length of the video and the first time span. At least partly in response to determining that the video has a time length shorter than the first time span, the system selects supplemental content based at least in part of the determined time difference to be streamed to user terminals over a data network within the first time period.
US11659237B2	Content-modification system with feature for managing multiple content-modification requests In one aspect, a method includes receiving a first request for first supplemental content for use by a content-presentation device in performing a first content-modification operation, receiving a second request for second supplemental content for use by a tuner device in performing a second content-modification operation. The method also includes determining that the content-presentation device is connected to the tuner device, and based at least in part on the first and second requests, determining that the first and second requests are associated with the same modifiable content-segment, and, in response to the determinations, using one or more parameters as a basis to select for performance an action from a set of actions including a first action that facilitates performance of the first content-modification operation and a second action that facilitates performance of the second content-modification operation.
US11659235B1	Event information collection system Methods and systems can identify and request video data and information associated with an event. An event location and time associated with the event can be determined. The event can comprise damage to property or injury to a person. A geographic range of interest associated with the event location and a time duration of interest associated with the event time can be determined. One or more users who are determined to have been at or near the event location at the event time can be automatically identified. A request for at least one of information or video data from the geographic range and time duration of interest can be transmitted to the one or more identified users.
US11659234B1	Techniques for moving content playback Techniques are provided herein for modifying content playback between user devices (e.g., moving the content playback from one device to another). State information may be obtained by a content management engine, the state information describing aspects of historical content streaming corresponding to a plurality of user devices associated with a user profile. A streaming request can be received from a user device. The content to be streamed can be selected by the content management engine based at least in part on the state information. In some embodiments, the playback device is also selected based on the state information. A streaming request is transmitted from the content management engine to a service provider to effectuate the content being streamed to the selected playback device. These techniques enable a user to push or pull content to or from one device to another.
US11659229B2	System and method for management and presentation of alternate media A system and method for the automatic management of the presentation of information from two or more media sources. This automatic management includes the selective viewing of video information on a prescribed screen, screen window or screen configuration, as well as the selective provision of audio information to a particular port or appliance. This management is performed in response to and a s a function of consumer preferences, as well as the source, type and content of the video and audio information. The management system may be entirely located within the consumer's residence, or reside in whole or in part in a connected network or cloud. The system can initiate video/audio management in an entirely autonomous manner, or initiate only in response to user input (keypad, graphical user interface, voice, etc.).
US11659228B2	Image display device and method for controlling the same A display device including a display; a first external interface configured to be connected to a first external device; a second external interface configured to be connected to a second external device; and a controller configured to display, on the display, an external source list menu including first connection port information for identifying the first external interface and second connection port information for identifying the second external interface, receive a first image content from the first external device connected to the first external interface, and display, on the external source list menu, a first moving image obtained from the first image content after receiving a first capture start signal until receiving a second capture end signal from a remote controller, wherein the first moving image is displayed on a first position corresponding to the first connection port information identifying the first external interface in the external source list menu, and receive a second image content from the second external device connected to the second external interface, and display, on the external source list menu, a second moving image obtained from the second image content after receiving a third capture start signal until receiving a fourth capture end signal from the remote controller, wherein the second moving image is displayed on a second position corresponding to the second connection port information identifying the second external interface in the external source list menu.
US11659219B2	Video performance rendering modification based on device rotation metric Disclosed techniques include video performance rendering modification based on device rotation metric. A media stream is received from a server. The media stream is targeted for display on a handheld media stream playback device. An orientation of the handheld device is determined during playback of the media stream on the handheld device. A change in the orientation of the handheld device is detected. The change occurs during playback of the media stream. Based on the detecting the change of orientation, a rotation angle of the handheld device is calculated. Based on the rotation angle, the playback speed of the media stream on the handheld device is changed. The changing the playback speed changes direction of playback rendering based on the rotation angle of the handheld device. The changing direction provides forward playback by rotating the handheld device in a clockwise direction from an initial orientation.
US11659218B2	Methods and systems for managing content restrictions Methods and systems are described for managing blackout restrictions. A user device may retrieve a blackout condition from a blackout device. The blackout device may be a node in plurality of blackout nodes. Each of the blackout nodes may store blackout conditions for different corresponding content. The user device may retrieve the blackout condition from a blackout device associated with content in response to a request for the content. The user device may determine whether information associated with the user device satisfies the blackout condition. If the information satisfies the blackout condition, the requested content may be blocked. Alternative content may be output instead of the requested content.
US11659217B1	Event based audio-video sync detection Techniques are described for detecting desynchronization between an audio component and a video component of a media presentation. Feature sets may be determined for portions of the audio component and portions of the video component, which may then be used to generate correlations between portions of the audio component and portions of the video component. Synchronization may then be assessed based on the correlations.
US11659216B2	Synchronizing and dynamic chaining of a transport layer network service for live content broadcasting Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, a processing system of a communication node routing data packets for a first streaming session between a viewer node of a plurality of viewer nodes and a content streaming server through the communication node without interrupting delivery of content data to the viewer node, establishing a second streaming session with the content streaming server to receive the content data, creating a first and second replacement connections by imitating a connections with the content streaming server and the viewer node, receiving a control packet over the second streaming session from the content streaming server, and splitting the first streaming session responsive to receiving the control packet. Other embodiments are disclosed.
US11659214B2	Automated workflows from media asset differentials The disclosed computer-implemented method may include (1) accessing a first media data object and a different, second media data object that, when played back, each render temporally sequenced content, (2) comparing first temporally sequenced content represented by the first media data object with second temporally sequenced content represented by the second media data object to identify a set of common temporal subsequences between the first media data object and the second media data object, (3) identifying a set of edits relative to the set of common temporal subsequences that describe a difference between the temporally sequenced content of the first media data object and the temporally sequenced content of the second media data object, and (4) executing a workflow relating to the first media data object and/or the second media data object based on the set of edits. Various other methods, systems, and computer-readable media are also disclosed.
US11659213B2	Fast video stream startup The exemplary embodiments relate to devices, systems and methods for a streaming service to provide fast video stream startup at a user device. The streaming service may determine that a video stream for on-demand content is to be provided to the user device and is to include multiple subclips corresponding to the on-demand content and a dynamic content insertion opportunity (DCIO). A first set of multimedia data is transmitted to the user device that corresponds to a first subclip of the on-demand content. When a predetermined condition corresponding to the DCIO is satisfied, a second set of multimedia data is transmitted to the user device that includes multimedia data corresponding to at least the multiple subclips.
US11659210B2	Video encoding method for encoding division block, video decoding method for decoding division block, and recording medium for implementing the same Disclosed are a method of encoding a division block in video encoding and a method of decoding a division block in video decoding. An input picture is divided into encoding unit blocks. The encoding unit blocks are divided into sub-blocks. The sub-blocks are encoded by selectively using at least one of intra prediction encoding and inter prediction encoding. A decoding process is performed through a reverse process of the encoding method. When pixel values of an encoding unit block are encoded in video encoding, the flexibility in selecting an encoding mode is increased and the efficiency of encoding is increased.
US11659203B2	Methods and devices for coding and decoding a multi-view video sequence A method for decoding a data stream representing a multi-view video, including coded data representative of at least one sub-image, including texture data and depth data associated with the texture data, the sub-image including at least one zone, referred to as a useful zone, for generating an image of a view. An indicator is decoded, indicating whether the sub-image is coded according to a first method or a second method. When the indicator indicates that the sub-image is coded according to the first method, a binary map is decoded indicating for at least one pixel of the sub-image whether the pixel belongs to the useful zone. The texture and depth data of the sub-image are decoded, when the indicator indicates that the sub-image is coded according to the second method, the depth data of the sub-image for the pixels situated outside the useful zone including a decoded depth value.
US11659202B2	Position-dependent intra prediction sample filtering A method of video processing is described. The method includes: determining, based on a coding mode of a current video block of a video, whether a position dependent intra prediction combination (PDPC) method is used for coding the current video block based on a first rule, and performing a conversion between the current video block and a coded representation of the video according to the determining, wherein the PDPC method combines neighboring samples with a prediction signal of the current video block to generate a refined prediction signal of the current video block.
US11659201B2	Systems and methods for generating scaling ratios and full resolution pictures Systems, methods, and computer-readable storage media for calculating scaling ratios are described. An example method can include obtaining a current picture of video data and one or more scaling windows associated with the current picture and/or a reference picture selected for use in coding the current picture; determining a first size of the current picture and/or a second size of the reference picture, the first size including a first height and a first width and the second size including a second height and a second width; based on the one or more scaling windows and the first size and/or the second size, determining one or more scaling ratios associated with the current picture and/or the reference picture.
US11659200B2	Method and apparatus for coding video using merging candidate list according to block division The present invention relates to block merging according to block split among video coding techniques, and a method and an apparatus for coding and decoding a video, in which in generating and modifying a block merging list, spatial merging candidate blocks of the block merging list are changed according to a split type and order of a current coding unit.
US11659199B2	Image coding method and apparatus using motion vector According to embodiments according to the present document, merge mode motion vector differences (MMVD) and symmetric motion vector differences (SMVD) may be performed on the basis of reference picture types and, in particular, short-term reference pictures may be used. Accordingly, prediction performance and coding efficiency in an inter prediction mode may be increased.
US11659197B2	Signaling number of subblock merge candidates in video coding An example method includes encoding, in a video bitstream, a first syntax element specifying whether affine model based motion compensation is enabled; based on affine model based motion compensation being enabled, encoding, in the video bitstream, a second syntax element specifying a maximum number of subblock-based merging motion vector prediction candidates, wherein a value of the second syntax element is constrained based on a value other than a value of the first syntax element; and encoding a picture of the video data based on the maximum number of subblock-based merging motion vector prediction candidates.
US11659194B2	Method of adjusting bitrate of image and image capturing apparatus A method of adjusting a bitrate of an image based includes: identifying magnitudes of one or more frequency components in the image; determining a frequency filter based on a difference between a current bitrate and a target bitrate of the image such that the greater is the difference between the current bitrate and the target bitrate, magnitudes of the more high frequency components are reduced by the frequency filter; and applying the determined frequency filter to the magnitudes of the one or more frequency components.
US11659193B2	Framework for video conferencing based on face restoration There is included a method and apparatus comprising computer code configured to cause a processor or processors to perform obtaining video data, detecting at least one face from at least one frame of the video data, determining a set of facial landmark features of the at least one face from the at least one frame of the video data, and coding the video data at least partly by a neural network based on the determined set of facial landmark features.
US11659192B2	Sub-block MV inheritance between color components Devices, systems and methods for sub-block based prediction are described. In a representative aspect, a method for video processing includes partitioning a first component of a current video block into a first set of sub-blocks and partitioning a second component of the current video block into a second set of sub-blocks. A sub-block of the second component corresponds to one or more sub-blocks of the first component. The method also includes deriving, based on a color format of the current video block, motion vectors for a sub-block of the second component based on motion vectors for one or more corresponding sub-blocks of the first color component.
US11659191B2	Image decoding method and apparatus using same An image decoding method according to the present invention includes: receiving information on a set of reference pictures for configuring a set of reference pictures of a current picture, wherein the information on the set of reference pictures includes the most significant bit (MSB) information that may calculate the MSB of the picture order count (POC) of a long-term reference picture relative to the current picture, and flag information that represents whether there is MSB information; and eliciting the set of reference pictures by using received MSB information when the flag information is 1, and performing marking on the reference picture, wherein the flag information may be 1 when a temporal sub-layer identifier is 0, and there is at least one POC value for which a remainder obtained by dividing by a maximum value MaxPicOrderCntLsb capable of being represented by the LSB is the same as the least significant bit (LSB) of the POC of the long-term reference picture, in a set of POCs of a previous picture including POC values related to the previous picture that may not be discarded without affecting whether other pictures of the same temporal layer may be decoded.
US11659189B2	Video encoding device, video decoding device, video encoding method, video decoding method, and program A video decoding device and method, including extracting PCM block size information including a threshold, from a bitstream, determining the threshold based on the extracted PCM block size information; parsing a PCM header from the bitstream with respect to an encoded block, only when said encoded block is prediction mode of intra prediction and a block size of said encoded block is equal to or greater than the determined threshold, controlling an entropy decoding process and a PCM decoding process based on the parsed PCM header; parsing transformed data of a prediction error data of an image in the bitstream; and PCM-decoding PCM data of the image in the bitstream, wherein the decoding performs the decoding operation based on the prediction mode being intra prediction and based on the block size of the encoded block being equal to or greater than the determined threshold.
US11659182B2	Chroma quantization in video coding A method of signaling additional chroma QP offset values that are specific to quantization groups is provided, in which each quantization group explicitly specifies its own set of chroma QP offset values. Alternatively, a table of possible sets of chroma QP offset values is specified in the header area of the picture, and each quantization group uses an index to select an entry from the table for determining its own set of chroma QP offset values. The quantization group specific chroma QP offset values are then used to determine the chroma QP values for blocks within the quantization group in addition to chroma QP offset values already specified for higher levels of the video coding hierarchy.
US11659181B2	Method and apparatus for determining region of interest Embodiments of the present disclosure relate to a method and apparatus for processing a video. The method may include: acquiring object regions obtained by performing object detection on a target video frame, a type of an object in each of the object regions being a preset type; determining, for an object region in the acquired object regions, in response to determining that the object region satisfies a preset condition, that the object region is a non-ROI; using an object region other than the non-ROI in the object regions of the target video frame as a ROI; and acquiring a quantization parameter change corresponding to each ROI, and encoding the target video frame based on the quantization parameter change.
US11659180B2	Simplified inter prediction with geometric partitioning A method of video processing is provided to comprise: performing a conversion between a current video block of a video and a bitstream representation of the video, wherein, during the conversion, a use of a geometric partitioning mode is allowed for the current video block, and wherein parameters of the geometric partitioning mode are computed using a set of angles including a first number of angles that is less than a first threshold value and/or a set of distances including a second number of distances that is less than a second threshold value.
US11659178B2	Image encoding method/device, image decoding method/device, and recording medium in which bitstream is stored The present invention provides an image encoding method and an image decoding method. The image encoding method of the present invention comprises: a first dividing step of dividing a current image into a plurality of blocks; and a second dividing step of dividing, into a plurality of sub blocks, a block, which is to be divided and includes a boundary of the current image, among the plurality of blocks, wherein the second dividing step is recursively performed by setting a sub block including the boundary of the current images as the block to be divided, until the sub block including the boundary of the current image does not exist among the sub blocks.
US11659177B2	JVET quadtree plus binary tree (QTBT) structure with multiple asymmetrical partitioning A method of partitioning in video coding for JVET, comprising representing a JVET coding tree unit as a root node in a quadtree plus binary tree (QTBT) structure that can have quadtree or binary partitioning of the root node and quadtree or binary trees branching from each of the leaf nodes. The partitioning at any depth can use asymmetric binary partitioning to split a node represented by a leaf node into two child nodes of unequal size, representing the two child nodes as leaf nodes in a binary tree branching from the parent leaf node and coding the child nodes represented by final leaf nodes of the binary tree with JVET, wherein further partitioning of child nodes split from leaf nodes via asymmetric binary partitioning is allowed recursively along the same branch in any order with symmetric partitioning.
US11659176B2	JVET quadtree plus binary tree (QTBT) structure with multiple asymmetrical partitioning A method of partitioning in video coding for JVET, comprising representing a JVET coding tree unit as a root node in a quadtree plus binary tree (QTBT) structure that can have quadtree or binary partitioning of the root node and quadtree or binary trees branching from each of the leaf nodes. The partitioning at any depth can use asymmetric binary partitioning to split a node represented by a leaf node into two child nodes of unequal size, representing the two child nodes as leaf nodes in a binary tree branching from the parent leaf node and coding the child nodes represented by final leaf nodes of the binary tree with JVET, wherein further partitioning of child nodes split from leaf nodes via asymmetric binary partitioning is allowed recursively along the same branch in any order with symmetric partitioning.
US11659168B2	Template matching for JVET intra prediction A method of decoding JVET video, comprising defining a coding unit (CU) template within a decoded area of a video frame, the CU template being positioned above and/or to the left of a current decoding position for which data was intra predicted, defining a search window within the decoded area, the search window being adjacent to the CU template, generating a plurality of candidate prediction templates based on pixel values in the search window, each of the plurality of candidate prediction templates being generated using different intra prediction modes, calculating a matching cost between the CU template and each of the plurality of candidate prediction templates, selecting an intra prediction mode that generated the candidate prediction template that had the lowest matching cost relative to the CU template, and generating a prediction CU for the current decoding position based on the intra prediction mode.
US11659165B2	Video coding device and method using determined intra prediction mode based on upper boundary A video signal processing method and device for encoding or decoding a video signal may perform operations of determining whether a coding tree block is divided into a plurality of blocks; determining whether an upper boundary of a current block is adjacent to an upper boundary of the coding tree block, determining a first intra prediction mode for prediction of the current block based on whether the upper boundary of the current block is adjacent to the upper boundary of the coding tree block, reconstructing the current block based on the first intra prediction mode.
US11659163B2	Video encoding/decoding method and device A video encoding/decoding device according to the present invention may determine an intra prediction mode of a current block on the basis of a most probable mode (MPM) of the current block or an intra prediction mode of a neighboring block, determine a reference region for intra prediction of the current block, and perform intra prediction on the current block by using the intra prediction mode and the reference region.
US11659154B1	Virtual horizontal stereo camera An apparatus including a stereo camera and a processor. The stereo camera may comprise a first capture device and a second capture device in a vertical orientation. The first capture device may be configured to generate first pixel data and the second capture device may be configured to generate second pixel data. The processor may be configured to receive the first pixel data and the second pixel data, generate a vertical disparity image in response to the first pixel data and the second pixel data, generate a virtual horizontal disparity image in response to the first pixel data and the vertical disparity image and detect objects by analyzing the vertical disparity image and the virtual horizontal disparity image. An analysis of the virtual horizontal disparity image may enable the processor to detect the objects not detected in the vertical disparity image alone.
US11659151B2	Apparatus, a method and a computer program for volumetric video There are disclosed various methods, apparatuses and computer program products for volumetric video encoding and decoding. In some embodiments of a method for encoding, one or more patches comprising information of a three-dimensional scene are obtained. An attribute parameter set is formed on the basis of visual properties of a surface of an object in the three-dimensional scene. Also an indication that the attribute parameter set relates to visual properties of the surface of the object and an indication on a range for which the attribute parameter set is valid.
US11659145B2	Event identification and notification via an automation hub An automation hub may automatically identify the arrival of a package to a location and provide a notification of the delivery to a user. A package authenticator may be generated via the automation hub at the location for embedment in a packaging of a product that is being ordered from a merchant for delivery to the location. Subsequently, the package authenticator may be associated with a pending delivery of the product at the location in response to receiving an indication that the package authenticator is submitted to the merchant via an order. The presence of an arrived package authenticator may be detected in proximity of the location via a sensor that is connected to the automation hub. A notification of arrival for the product may be generated for presentation on connected user devices in response to the arrived package authenticator matching the package authenticator.
US11659144B1	Security video data processing systems and methods Identifying a person committing a crime in video data captured by a security device. An information request message identifying the video data and a need for information about the video data is received. When the video data is determined suitable for sharing within a geographic network, an access control of the video data is set to allow a client device registered with the geographic network to display the video data. A display control value of the video data is set to direct display of a label with the video data to indicate the need for the information. A rating of usefulness of the information received from the client device is determined and a first value is added to an account associated with the client device based at least in part upon the rating.
US11659142B2	Pipeline inspection device with enhanced image control A pipeline inspection system may include a cable that may be configured to be directed into a conduit. The pipeline inspection system may further include a camera disposed on a distal end of the cable and operable to capture an image. The pipeline inspection system may further include a monitor including a display configured to display an image. The pipeline inspection system may further include an electronic processor that may be configured to receive a user input indicating a characteristic of the conduit. The electronic processor may be further configured to determine an image setting of the display based on the characteristic of the conduit. The electronic processor may be further configured to control the monitor to display the image on the display according to the image setting.
US11659138B1	System and method for interactive video conferencing A system, method, and/or computer storage medium encoded with a computer program are disclosed for providing an interactive virtual event session for respective pluralities of devices substantially in real-time. A data communication session is provided, to which a plurality of computing devices operated by participants of an event session connect. Respective audio-video feeds including content captured by respective cameras and microphones configured with the plurality of computing devices are received. Moreover, at least some of the content in at least two of the respective audio-video feeds is adjusted, including by executing editing processes. Furthermore, a virtual setting for the event session is provided to each of the plurality of computing devices, and modified to include at least the adjusted content. Changing views of the adjusted content and the virtual setting is provided to each of the plurality of computing devices, using artificial intelligence.
US11659134B2	Image processing apparatus and image processing method Visibility of a description on a description field hidden by a presenter is to be ensured while maintaining a positional relationship between the presenter and the description on the description field.The moving image data obtained by imaging a state where the presenter is giving the description onto the description field is processed to determine the description portion. Display data for displaying each of portions determined to be the description portion as a description is generated and superimposed on moving image data. For example, a difference value for each of pixels between a current frame image and a reference frame image is extracted, a group including a series of consecutive pixels having a difference value being a threshold or more is grasped and then, whether or not the group is a description portion is determined for each of the groups.
US11659133B2	Image generating system with background replacement or modification capabilities Embodiments of the disclosure provided herein generally relate to methods and video system components that have integrated background differentiation capabilities that allow for background replacement and/or background modification. In some embodiments, undesired portions of video data generated in a video environment are separated from desired portions of the video data by taking advantage of the illumination and decay of the intensity of electromagnetic radiation, provided from an illuminator, over a distance. Due to the decay of intensity with distance, the electromagnetic radiation reflected from the undesired background has a lower intensity when received by the sensor than the electromagnetic radiation reflected from the desired foreground. The difference in the detected intensity at the one or more wavelengths can then be used to separate and/or modify the undesired background from the desired foreground for use in a video feed.
US11659132B2	Electronic device and method for synchronization of videos An electronic device including circuitry is provided. The circuitry generates a synchronization signal. The circuitry controls drive of one or more light-emitting devices based on the synchronization signal to generate a pattern of alternating light pulses. The circuitry further acquires a plurality of videos of the pattern of alternating light pulses from a plurality of imaging devices. The one or more light-emitting devices are positioned in a field of view of each of the plurality of imaging devices. The circuitry determines a frame in each video of the plurality of videos that includes a specific portion of the pattern of alternating light pulses. The determined frame in each of the plurality of videos corresponds to the same time instant. The circuitry synchronizes the plurality of videos based on the determination.
US11659131B2	Method and computer program product for predicting spectral characteristics of ink applied to a base material First relational equations which represent characteristics of respective sample colors are obtained, and for the respective sample colors, prediction values of spectral characteristics of characteristics-acquired gradation values for a prediction target color are obtained using the first relational equations. Difference values between the prediction values and actual measurement values are obtained, and a sample color for which a minimum difference value is obtained is selected as a reference color. A second relational equation that represents characteristics of the reference color is obtained, and a prediction value of spectral characteristics of a prediction target gradation value for the prediction target color is obtained using the second relational equation.
US11659128B2	Wireless communication processing in an information processing device A control method of an information processing device that communicates with a communication device includes accepting a connection processing instruction to connect the communication device with at least one external device, and performing processing to execute newly, in a case that the connection processing instruction is accepted and the communication device is not connected to any external device, the connection processing.
US11659122B2	Sheet conveyance device and method for writing to a wireless tag A sheet conveyance device has a sheet conveyance path with a first path and a second path. A wireless tag communication device can write information to a wireless tag on a sheet on the first and second paths and receive responses from the wireless tag. A controller controls the wireless tag communication device to attempt to write information to the wireless tag while on the first path, then determines whether information has been written to the wireless tag on the first path according to a response received from the wireless tag. The controller switches a conveyance destination for the sheet to the second path if the information has not been written or to a discharge location if the information has been written. The controller then controls the wireless tag communication device to attempt to write information to the wireless tag while the sheet is on the second path.
US11659121B2	Image forming system that displays operation information An image forming apparatus includes a first storage that stores therein operation flow information indicating an operation flow in the image forming apparatus. An information processing device includes a second storage, a second display section, and a second input section. The second storage stores therein operation manual information indicating an operation manual for the image forming apparatus. The second display section displays the operation manual in accordance with the operation manual information. The second display section displays the operation flow in accordance with the operation flow information when an execution button on the operation manual displayed on the second display section is operated through the second input section.
US11659119B2	Image processing apparatus whose main body is electrically connected to expansion device, image processing method and non-transitory recording medium An image processing apparatus includes a fluctuation generating portion, and a connection identifying portion. The fluctuation generating portion fluctuates an output power of a power supply portion that supplies power to a load. The connection identifying portion identifies a connection relationship between the power supply portion and the load based on a correlative relationship between a fluctuation of the output power and a fluctuation of the power supplied to the load.
US11659117B2	Image forming apparatus comprising a sheet reading unit including a line sensor that includes a plurality of split line sensors arrayed in a row and placed at non-stretching positions, wherein each non-stretching positions is a position that distance in the main scanning direction from a gap to an ideal edge position of every usable regular size exceeds a permissable value The image forming apparatus includes a sheet conveyance part, an image forming part, and a sheet reading unit. The sheet reading unit includes a line sensor. The line sensor includes split line sensors. The line sensor reads a conveyed sheet. The line sensor includes a plurality of split line sensors. The split line sensors are placed at non-stretching positions, respectively. Each non-stretching position is such a position that as in the main scanning direction, a main-scanning-direction distance from a gap between one split line sensor and another split line sensor to an ideal edge position of every usable regular size exceeds a permissible value.
US11659115B2	Image processing apparatus, crease forming device, and folding device specifying the position of a folding line based on acquiring first image information and second image information An image processing apparatus includes a processor configured to: acquire image information obtained by an image reading apparatus including an illumination unit having an uneven balance in an amount of light in a sub-scanning direction; and specify a position of a folding line in a sheet from the acquired image information. The acquiring by the processor includes acquiring first image information obtained by reading the sheet in a first state in which the folding line in the sheet is positioned in a direction intersecting the sub-scanning direction of the image reading apparatus, and second image information obtained by reading the sheet in a second state in which the sheet is directed to an opposite side to a side in the first state. The specifying by the processor includes specifying the position of the folding line in the sheet based on the first image information and the second image information.
US11659109B2	Image scanner, image scanning system, and control method of image scanner with user authentication and customization of image scanner settings An image scanner includes a display unit configured to display a UI screen, an authentication unit configured to authenticate a user based on an identification information of the user, a display control unit configured to control display, a setting unit configured to set functions of the image scanner according to setting information selected on the UI screen in a state in which the user is successfully authenticated, and a storage unit configured to store a database in which the identification information, at least one of the functions, and the setting information are registered in association with each other, in which the display control unit acquires the setting information from the database corresponding to the identification information and the functions displayed to the UI screen when the identification medium is read corresponds, and causes the display unit to display the acquired setting information.
US11659107B2	Information processing device and non-transitory computer readable medium An information processing device includes a processor configured to receive, as an utterance, an instruction for executing a service, detect a physical operation for executing the service on a device, and cause the device where the operation is detected closest to a time of receiving the instruction to execute the received service.
US11659106B2	Information processing apparatus, non-transitory computer readable medium, and character recognition system An information processing apparatus includes a processor configured to acquire a result of character recognition of a character string formed on a medium and read by scanning that is subject to character recognition and replace a character or a symbol in a subject with a reference character string that is referred to by the character or the symbol.
US11659104B2	Generation of an electronic document capable of receiving user input An image of a document is received from an image capture device, the image being in a format of an image file. At least one location of a user input field is automatically detected within the image based on patterns previously detected in a set of other images that were annotated to identify locations of user input fields within the individual images of the set. Coordinates are determined for the at least one location, and an electronic document is generated based on the received image. Generation of the electronic document includes addition of a software user input component at the location within the image with use of the coordinates, the software user input component configured to receive input from a user in electronic form.
US11659099B2	Reverse power feed (RPF) power supply unit (PSU) and associated method of use A reverse power feeding (RPF) power supply unit (PSU) for remote network distribution point unit (DPU) that is reverse powered from multiple customer premise equipments (CPEs). A plurality of power converters, each having a different primary winding and sharing a common secondary winding of a transformer at the PSU, wherein only one of the power converters is operated at a time to provide a desired output voltage.
US11659097B2	Charging policy information for a packet data unit session of a wireless device A charging function (CHF) receives, from a policy control function (PCF), a first request for charging policy information for a packet data unit (PDU) session of a wireless device. The charging policy information is determined for the PDU session of the wireless device. The charging policy information indicates a charging method comprising one or more of: online charging; offline charging; and converged charging. A message comprising the charging policy information is sent to the PCF. The CHF receives from a session management function (SMF), a second request to establish a charging session. The second request comprises the charging method. A confirmation for the charging method is sent to the SMF.
US11659094B2	Scheduling automatically initiated call between users Aspects of the present disclosure involve a system comprising a computer-readable storage medium storing a program and method for scheduling a call to be automatically initiated between users. The program and method provide for receiving, from a first device associated with a first user, a request for a call to be automatically initiated, at a scheduled time, between the first device and a second device corresponding to a second user; providing, to the second device and in response to the receiving, an invitation to participate in the call; receiving, from the second device and in response to the providing, an acceptance of the invitation; and providing for automatically initiating the call between the first device and the second device at the scheduled time.
US11659084B2	Method and device for filtering a communication A method for filtering an original communication, being generated by a caller device toward a called device, and identified by an uncertified caller identity and by at least one certified caller identity. The method includes: verifying a condition satisfied if the uncertified caller identity and the at least one certified caller identity are different; and if the condition is satisfied, detecting expiry of a waiting duration following the verification, this duration being equivalent to the duration of at least one ring; and following the expiry and if no message is detected indicating the end of the original communication, presenting to the called device the original communication with at least one caller identity from among the uncertified caller identity and the at least one certified caller identity, the original communication not being presented to the called device before the detection.
US11659081B2	Systems, methods, and storage media for testing local loops of telecommunications networks Automatic testing/analysis of local loops of telecommunications networks includes obtaining bits-per-tone data for a local loop of a telecommunications network and generating a bit value string from the bits-per-tone data. The bit value string is then analyzed to determine whether it includes a bit pattern indicative of an impairment of the local loop. Further approaches for automatically testing local loops of telecommunications networks include obtaining attenuation data for multiple tones carried by the local loop and determining whether the attenuation data falls below thresholds for providing a service using the local loop.
US11659079B2	Robust ule voice broadcast A method for receiving audio broadcasts during a digital enhanced cordless telecommunication (DECT) frame, the method may include (a) opening, during a DECT frame and by a portable point (PP) that is a potential recipient of the audio broadcasts from a fixed part (FP), multiple reception windows that are spaced apart from each other and are allocated to receive signals related to audio broadcast; (b) receiving received signals, by the PP and during the multiple spaced apart reception windows; and (c) processing, by the PP, the received signals.
US11659076B2	Initiating application execution with trigger characters Disclosed are various embodiments for initiating execution of an application using trigger characters. In one embodiment, a computing device detects an entry of a trigger character in an input field of a first user interface presented by a first application. The input field is specified for detection of the individual trigger character based on a trigger rule for the first application. The computing device then identifies a string following the trigger character. The computing device then determines that the string matches a name of a second application installed on the computing device based on a list of applications installed on the computing device. The computing device then initiates execution of the second application. Subsequently, the computing device switches from the first user interface to a second user interface presented by the second application.
US11659075B2	Alert system, delivery system and method and door bell system An alert device includes electronic circuitry and at least a first antenna. The circuitry is designed for sending out a first signal, for wireless communication with at least a first hand held communication device, and at least a second signal for wireless communication with at least a second hand held communication device. The second signal differs from the first signal, preferably in at least one of transmitting energy, transmitting frequency, coding and pulse length. The device includes a switch for switching between: a first mode in which only the first signal is transmitted and a second mode wherein the first and second signal are transmitted; or a first mode wherein only the first signal is transmitted and a second mode wherein only the second signal is transmitted.
US11659071B2	Packet processing In operation, packets traverse the packet processing data structure, and the network processing represented by each object in the data structure is applied to each packet. From time to time, the packet processing data structure may need to be updated. Embodiments of the present disclosure provide for lock-free updating of a packet processing data structure by means of epoch-based garbage collection. In embodiments, a particular past packet processing epoch is considered to be no longer referenced by any cores when the sequence numbers recorded in each said memory location are different to the sequence number of that particular past packet processing epoch. The deletion thread checks both whether a past epoch is being referenced by any packets and whether it is being reference by any cores. Thus memory is safely freed without having any impact on any packet processing which may be occurring in parallel to the deletion thread.
US11659066B2	Dynamic computation in an information centric network Systems and techniques for dynamic computation in an information centric network (ICN) are described herein. An interest packet to perform a computation may be received at a first interface of an ICN node. The ICN node may then perform a lookup in a forwarding information base (FIB) to identify a second interface to forward the interest packet. The interest packet may be forwarded on the second interface. Upon receipt of a data packet on the second interface in response to the interest packet, the ICN node may update an entry in the FIB for the second interfaces with a processing payload included in the data packet. The ICN node may then transmit the data packet downstream towards the originator of the interest packet.
US11659061B2	Method of adjusting service function chains to improve network performance Some embodiments of the invention provide a method for monitoring and adjusting a service chain that includes several services to perform on data messages passing through a network. For a service chain implemented by a set of service paths each of which includes several service nodes that implement the services of the service chain, the method receives, from a set of service proxies, operational data relating to data transmission characteristics of a set of operational service nodes. The method analyzes the data transmission characteristics. In response to the analysis of the data transmission characteristics, the method alters the set of service paths implementing the service chain.
US11659054B2	Media stream including embedded contextual markers A media stream includes multiple spot blocks representing portions of time assigned to particular media content, where some of the plurality of spot blocks include primary media content, and others include advertising content. The media stream also includes a contextual marker embedded in at least one of the spot blocks. The contextual marker includes information used by a media player to transmit a tracking call in response to reading the contextual marker.
US11659052B2	Selective policy network device operation Techniques for synchronizing a network device to selectively operate according to a selectable operation policy. A system utilizing such techniques can a self-configuring network device operation coordination system and a self-configuring network device operation management system. A method utilizing such techniques can include synchronizing a network device to selectively operate according to a first operation policy and a second operation policy in providing network service access.
US11659051B1	Systems and methods for consistently applying rules to messages The disclosed computer-implemented method for consistently applying rules to messages may include (i) identifying a user account on a message server that comprises both unarchived messages to which message rules are applied by default and archived messages to which the message rules are not applied by default, (ii) detecting a new message rule that specifies an action to be performed on relevant messages within the user account on the message server, (iii) locating at least one archived message within the user account on the message server to which the new message rule applies, and (iv) applying the new message rule to the at least one archived message by performing the specified action on the at least one archived message. Various other methods, systems, and computer-readable media are also disclosed.
US11659047B2	Method and apparatus for management of a network configuration session Methods and apparatus for managing configuration sessions on remotely configurable network components, and a non-transitory computer readable medium for managing configuration sessions on such components. The method includes configuring a remote configuration interface to transmit a heartbeat signal or keep alive message within a defined interval while the remote configuration interface remains operational and closing a remote configuration session on a remotely configurable network component if a heartbeat signal or keep alive message is not received within a period corresponding to the defined interval.
US11659045B2	Data transmission method and apparatus, and readable storage medium A data transmission method includes obtaining a user equipment route selection policy (USRP) rule parameter of a started application, establishing a first protocol data unit (PDU) session corresponding to the started application with a network device through the modem module when no PDU session parameter matching the URSP rule parameter exists in the mapping table, adding an interface name of the first PDU session to the routing table, adding a mapping relationship between the session parameter of the first PDU session and the interface name of the first PDU session to the mapping table, and routing to-be-transmitted data of the started application to the first PDU session by using the interface name of the first PDU session.
US11659043B1	Systems and methods for predictively downloading volumetric data A computer-implemented method for predictively downloading volumetric data may include (i) identifying an augmented reality device that (a) downloads volumetric data files representing pre-rendered three-dimensional segments of physical space within an augmented reality environment and (b) displays the augmented reality environment for viewing by a user, (ii) determining, based at least in part on a position of the user within the augmented reality environment, an expected physical space within the augmented reality environment that the user is predicted to view via the augmented reality device, and (iii) preemptively downloading, to the augmented reality device, a volumetric data file representing a pre-rendered three-dimensional segment of the expected physical space. Various other methods, systems, and computer-readable media are also disclosed.
US11659036B2	Deterministic mapping and uniform routing of items to physical resources using hash values A string, identifying an item to be assigned to a physical resource, is hashed to obtain a numeric hash value. The numeric hash value is downscaled to obtain a bucket identifier that identifies a bucket that will hold the numeric hash value. The bucket is then deterministically mapped to a physical resource so that it can be retrieved without accessing a stored data structure representative of the mapping.
US11659035B2	Routing messages between cloud service providers Technology is disclosed for bridging clouds of computing devices for compute and data storage. The technology can receive a virtual routing table (VRT), wherein the VRT indicates an association with a virtual local area network (VLAN) and defines neighbors for each route wherein at least one neighbor is defined for each of the two different cloud service providers, wherein the route definition creates a private transitive network between the neighbors; receive from a first node a first message destined for a second node; determine that the first message employs the route specified by the VRT; forward the first message to the second node; receive from a third node a second message destined for the second node; determine that the second message does not employ the route specified by the VRT; and fail to forward the second message to the second node.
US11659034B2	Ethernet in data storage device A Data Storage Device (DSD) includes a plurality of solid-state memories for storing data and a controller configured to receive a packet from a host including a command to read or write data in a solid-state memory of the plurality of solid-state memories and a header to communicate between the host and the DSD. The header in the packet is changed into an internal header to communicate between the controller and the solid-state memory. An internal command and the internal header are sent to the solid-state memory to perform the command.
US11659033B2	Caching content securely within an edge environment A technique to cache content securely within edge network environments, even within portions of that network that might be considered less secure than what a customer desires, while still providing the acceleration and off-loading benefits of the edge network. The approach ensures that customer confidential data (whether content, keys, etc.) are not exposed either in transit or at rest. In this approach, only encrypted copies of the customer's content objects are maintained within the portion of the edge network, but without any need to manage the encryption keys. To take full advantage of the secure content caching technique, preferably the encrypted content (or portions thereof) are pre-positioned within the edge network portion to improve performance of secure content delivery from the environment.
US11659031B2	Blockchain based peer-to-peer content sharing apparatus for blocking illegal contents A user device configured to operate in a blockchain network includes a communicator; a memory; and a processor configured to: based on a peer-to-peer communication based content being received from at least one of a plurality of external apparatuses constituting the blockchain network, generate, through the communicator, block information related to the received content, store the generated block information in the memory, and transmit, through the communicator, the generated block information to the blockchain network; based on a user command for reporting the received content being received, transmit information on the reported content to the blockchain network; identify, based on verification on the reported content performed by at least one administrator device from among the plurality of external apparatuses, whether or not the reported content corresponds to an illegal content; and based on the reported content corresponding to the illegal content, block distribution of the received content.
US11659027B1	Multi-network/domain service discovery in a container orchestration platform A computer-implemented method, medium, and system for multi-network/domain service discovery in a container orchestration platform are disclosed. In one computer-implemented method, a pool of servers with a plurality of network interface controllers (NICs) is created in a load balancer and by an operator in a worker node of a container orchestration platform, where each of the plurality of NICs is defined by a corresponding network attachment definition (NAD) object of a plurality of NAD objects. A virtual service object is generated using an annotation corresponding to the plurality of NAD objects. The virtual service object is associated to the pool of servers with the plurality of NICs. An internet protocol (IP) address of the virtual service object is transmitted to the container orchestration platform to update a status of a service object in the container orchestration platform using the IP address.
US11659025B2	Internet of things system and backup channel utilization method thereof An internet of things (IoT) system and a backup channel utilization method thereof are provided. A first network hub device is connected to at least one first IoT device, and a second network hub device is connected to at least one second IoT device. An access point is connected to the first network hub device and the second network hub device. An IoT service server is connected to the first network hub device and the second network hub device through the access point. The first network hub device establishes a connection with the second network hub device through a backup frequency channel in response to that a connection between the first network hub device and the access point is abnormal, and the first IoT device reports IoT data to the IoT service server through the backup frequency channel.
US11659022B2	Management and prioritization of media items downloading The disclosed embodiments relate generally to the downloading of media items. The media items may include, for example, audio, video, image, or podcast data. In accordance with one embodiment, two or more media items may be concurrently downloaded. In accordance with another embodiment, a user may control the downloading of each of the media items, as desired. More particularly, the user may choose to download, pause, or resume downloading one or more media items identified in the list of media items. In other words, the user may alter the download status of any of the items in the list of media items. In addition, the user may re-prioritize the order in which the media items in the list or a subset thereof are to be downloaded.
US11659021B2	Asynchronous distributed modular function calling A computer-readable media, method, and system for calling a function within a group-based communication system. The function may be initiated according to a trigger condition and is associated with arguments and return values. To carry out the function, an HTTP request is generated and sent to an HTTP server, which sends an HTTP callback to a group-based communication system server. The HTTP callback may include return values indicative of either a successful completion of the function or an error.
US11659016B2	Distributed data transmission for internet of things devices The present disclosure is generally related to wireless data transmission. An example method for transmitting a data file from a base station to multiple Internet of Things (IoT) devices includes obtaining information on connections between the base station and IoT devices as well as device-to-device connections. The method also includes generating schemes for splitting the data file and transmitting each data portion accordingly. The method optionally includes obtaining updates on connection information and adjusting the data splitting schemes based thereon.
US11659015B2	Tracker server in decentralized data streaming and delivery network Methods and systems for caching and delivering data files among peer nodes in a decentralized data delivery edge network using a tracker server are disclosed. In one embodiment, a method utilized by the tracker server includes first, receiving a peer list request from a viewer peer node in the network for accessing one or more target fragments of a data file. Next, extracting, from the received peer list request, a content type of the data file, and a viewer location of the viewer peer node. Then, generating a cacher peer list by selecting, from peer nodes currently active in the network, one or more cacher peer nodes to provide access to the one or more target fragments of the data file. Finally, transmitting the generated cacher peer list to the viewer peer node. The method may be utilized in a hybrid network comprising peer-to-peer (P2P) connections implemented on top of a content delivery network (CDN).
US11659014B2	Software application manager for messaging applications Among other things, embodiments of the present disclosure improve the functionality of electronic messaging systems by enabling users in an electronic chat conversation to run applications together. In some embodiments, when one user in a chat launches an application, an icon or other visual representation of the application appears in a portion of the chat window (e.g., in a “chat dock”) for other users in the chat to access.
US11659012B2	Relayed communication channel establishment Establishing a communication channel via a relay server with reduced setup time. Upon request by an initiating communication device a relay allocation server may allocate a single relay server for use in a communication session between the initiating communication device and one or more recipient communication devices. The relay server may be selected to perform favorably for the initiating communication device. Messaging for establishment of the communication session may be performed using persistent messaging connections, to avoid connection establishment cost. Messaging may also be performed using address tokens to avoid the cost of discovering global IP addresses. Following establishment of the communication session, the relay server may discover the IP address of one or more recipient communication devices, and may initiate reallocation of those devices to another relay server.
US11659007B2	Threat mitigation system and method A computer-implemented method, computer program product and computing system for: establishing connectivity with a plurality of security-relevant subsystems within a computing platform; defining a plurality of subsystem-specific queries on a unified platform concerning the plurality of security-relevant subsystems, wherein one or more of the plurality of subsystem-specific queries has a defined execution schedule; and providing the plurality of subsystem-specific queries to the plurality of security-relevant subsystems.
US11659005B2	Systems and methods for self-protecting and self-refreshing workspaces Systems and methods for self-protecting and self-refreshing workspaces are described. In some embodiments, an Information Handling System (IHS) may include a processor and a memory coupled to the processor, the memory having program instructions stored thereon that, upon execution, cause the IHS to: receive, from a workspace orchestration service, one or more files or policies configured to enable the client IHS to instantiate a workspace based upon a workspace definition; determine that a context of the client IHS has been modified; in response to the determination, terminate the workspace; and receive, from the workspace orchestration service, one or more files or policies configured to enable the client IHS to re-instantiate the workspace based upon the workspace definition.
US11659003B2	Safe shell container facilitating inspection of a virtual container Systems, computer-implemented methods, and computer program products that facilitate container inspection components of a container-based virtualization environment are provided. According to an embodiment, a system can comprise a memory that stores computer executable components and a processor that executes the computer executable components stored in the memory. The computer executable components can comprise a container inspection control component that can define one or more constrained capabilities of a container inspection. The computer executable components can further comprise a container inspection component that can inspect a virtual container based on the one or more constrained capabilities.
US11658998B2	Translating security actions into computing asset-specific action procedures Systems, methods, and software described herein enhances how security actions are implemented within a computing environment. In one example, a method of implementing security actions for a computing environment comprising a plurality of computing assets includes identifying a security action in a command language for the computing environment. The method further provides identifying one or more computing assets related to the security action, and obtaining hardware and software characteristics for the one or more computing assets. The method also includes translating the security action in the command language to one or more action procedures based on the hardware and software characteristics, and initiating implementation of the one or more action procedures in the one or more computing assets.
US11658995B1	Methods for dynamically mitigating network attacks and devices thereof Methods, non-transitory computer readable media, network traffic management apparatuses, and network traffic management systems that identify when a domain name identifier in a received request matches one of a plurality of domain names stored in a whitelist domain name storage. When the identification indicates the received domain name identifier fails to match one of the plurality of domain names stored in the whitelist domain name storage, then a determination is made on whether the received request is a suspicious request. Another storage is updated when the determination indicates the received request is the suspicious request or otherwise updating the received request as a valid request.
US11658992B2	Lateral movement candidate detection in a computer network A lateral movement application identifies lateral movement (LM) candidates that potentially represent a security threat. Security platforms generate event data when performing security-related functions, such as authenticating a user account. The disclosed technology enables greatly increased accuracy identification of lateral movement (LM) candidates by, for example, refining a population of LM candidates based on an analysis of a time constrained graph in which nodes represent entities, and edges between nodes represent a time sequence of login or other association activities between the entities. The graph is created based on an analysis of the event data, including time sequences of the event data.
US11658989B1	Method and device for identifying unknown traffic data based dynamic network environment The disclosure relates to a method and device for identifying unknown traffic data based on a dynamic network environment. The method includes following steps. The known traffic in the network data is classified by using the known network traffic classification model, then the preliminary determination is performed according to a classification prediction result, network data preliminarily determined as the unknown traffic data is classified by using the adaptive clustering method, and then respective classes are identified by using a similarity coefficient estimation method so as to identify the classes of the malicious traffic and the normal traffic, that is, to further identify and learn the unknown traffic data, and transform it into known traffic data, and then the known network traffic classification model is trained and updated again with the new known traffic data.
US11658987B2	Dynamic fraudulent user blacklist to detect fraudulent user activity with near real-time capabilities Various embodiments are generally directed to detecting fraudulent activity on a user account based at least in part on a dynamic fraudulent user blacklist. The fraudulent activity may be identified based on a similarity of forensic profiling across multiple user accounts, for example, fraudulent activity occurring by the same fraudster or perpetrator may have a similar or identical fraudulent pattern across the multiple user accounts. By identifying the fraudulent user patterns associated the same fraudster and dynamically updating a blacklist to include these fraudulent user patterns, the same types of attacks may be prevented on the other existing user accounts.
US11658981B1	Internet access management service server capable of providing internet access management service based on terminal grouping and operating method thereof Disclosed are an Internet access management service sever and an operating method thereof. The present invention presents an Internet access management service server capable of providing an Internet access management service based on terminal grouping and an operating method thereof to support a manager to more conveniently and efficiently perform Internet access management for grouped terminals.
US11658978B2	Authentication using blockchains An authentication device that includes a memory operable to store a behavior signature for a user and a distributed ledger comprising information for a private blockchain and a semi-private blockchain associated with the user. The network device further includes an authentication engine implemented by a processor. The authentication engine is configured to receive an authentication request for a network resource and to determine a resource classification type based on the network resource. The authentication engine is further configured to identify one of the private blockchain and the semi-private blockchain based on the resource classification type and to extract data from one or more blocks in the identified blockchain. The authentication engine is further configured to determine at least a portion of the extracted data matches the stored behavior signature for the user and to provide access to the network resource in response to the determination.
US11658975B2	Authorization for network function registration A device, method, and system for forwarding, to a pod, a utility container associated with each of at least one network service for enabling a pre-registration of a network function (NF) with an NF registration function (NRF); sending, from the utility container, an authorization code to an NF authorization platform, wherein the authorization code is associated with the at least one network service; suspending a registration procedure for the NF with the NRF until the authorization code is forwarded from the NF authorization platform to the NRF; and resuming, responsive to a service registration request, the registration procedure based on a validation of the authorization code identified in the service registration request.
US11658972B2	Isolated cell architecture for cloud computing platform The present disclosure relates to system and techniques for enabling provisioning of cloud services for a client in an isolated yet scalable manner. In some embodiments, various computing resources are implemented within a cell (a self-sufficient unit). A number of cells are generated for a service or a group of services and distributed across a number of computing devices. Various cells may be generated that each pertain to a different aspect, or particular functionality, of the service. In some embodiments, cells providing various functionality for the service are implemented and distributed across different computing devices.
US11658967B2	Nullifying biometrics Artificial biometric traits self-nullify due to natural physiological processes. Biometric enrollment and authentication may then be based on a life associated with the self-nullifying biometric trait. Once the life is expected to have expired, no further authentication may be performed until a new artificial biometric is applied.
US11658966B2	Personnel profiles and fingerprint authentication for configuration engineering and runtime applications A system for validating a write command to a device in a process control system using biometric credentials and relationship attributes. A two user validation process may use biometric inputs of the two users to authenticate the two users and to query for associated profiles to determine whether the two users have a relationship required to release an intercepted write command to the device.
US11658963B2	Cooperative communication validation A method, a computer program product, and a computer system transmit an authenticated communication. The method being performed by a sending device includes transmitting a request to an authentication server indicating that the authenticated communication is to be transmitted. The method includes receiving a security token from a security device that is co-located with the sending device. The security token is received by the security device from the authentication server. The method includes generating the authenticated communication by incorporating the security token in a communication. The method includes transmitting the authenticated communication to a recipient device.
US11658961B2	Method and system for authenticated login using static or dynamic codes Method of authentication including sending a login web page to a first device of a user including a scannable code having an envelope ID and a login challenge. The envelope ID generated by an identity manager is associated with a first envelope of data including a session ID. A confirmation login request is received from a second device associated with the user, and includes a second envelope of data comprising the session ID, a user ID, and a seal of the user ID registering the user ID with the identity manager. The confirmation login request to the login challenge is verified using the session ID, and the user is verified using the user ID and seal. User login is authorized upon successful verification of the login challenge and user, and a communication session having the session ID is established between the web server and the first device.
US11658957B2	Methods and apparatuses for temporary session authentication and governor limits management Methods, and apparatuses are provided for access limitations to a network in a session using a formatted web token. The method includes: formatting a web token by a schema to create a formatted web token for user access to the network; receiving a log-in request for the user access to the network server via an app hosted by a computing device remotely located to the network server; in response to receipt of a user access request, creating the session by the network server with network limitations for user access to data and resources of the network; passing the formatted web token to a client for enabling user access to the data and resources of the network; decoding payload data of the formatted web token at the client to authenticate the user access; and enabling the client with access limitations based on decoded payload data.
US11658954B2	Pairing method between a multimedia unit and at least one operator, multimedia unit, operator and personalization entity for the implementation of this method The present invention relates in particular to a pairing method between a multimedia unit and one operator having an operator identifier, the multimedia unit having a multimedia unit identifier and receiving conditional access data from said operator, the method being characterized in that: receiving by the multimedia unit a multimedia unit key formed by applying a first cryptographically function to a personalization key and to the multimedia unit identifier; receiving by the operator an operator key formed by applying a second cryptographically function to said personalization key and to the operator identifier; said multimedia unit further having a function of the multimedia unit and said operator further having a function of the operator, these functions being such that the result of the application of the function of the operator to said operator key and to said multimedia unit identifier is equal to the result of the application of the function of the multimedia unit to said multimedia unit key and to said operator identifier, this result forming a pairing key between said multimedia unit and said operator.
US11658953B2	System and method for implementing secure communications for internet of things (IoT) devices Novel tools and techniques might provide for implementing secure communications for IoT devices. In various embodiments, a gateway or computing device might provide connectivity between or amongst two or more Internet of Things (“IoT”) capable devices, by establishing an IoT protocol-based, autonomous machine-to-machine communication channel amongst the two or more IoT capable devices. For sensitive and/or private communications, the gateway or computing device might establish a secure off-the-record (“OTR”) communication session within the IoT protocol-based, autonomous machine-to-machine channel, thereby providing encrypted machine-to-machine communications amongst the two or more IoT capable devices, without any content of communications that are exchanged amongst the IoT capable devices over the secure OTR communication session being recorded or logged. In some cases, the secure OTR communication session utilizes cryptographic protocols including, without limitation, one or more of AES symmetric-key algorithm, Diffie-Hellman key exchange, SHA-1 hash function, forward secrecy, deniable authentication, malleable encryption, and/or the like.
US11658948B2	Cryptographic platform system and method A method includes linking a first application with a first Transport Layer Security (TLS) library, linking a second application with a second TLS library, obtaining a sequence of cryptographic keys by a first agent, the sequence of cryptographic keys based on an agent key and provided from the first agent to the first TLS library, obtaining the sequence of cryptographic keys by a second agent, the sequence of cryptographic keys based on the agent key and provided from the second agent to the second TLS library, establishing communication between the first TLS library and the first agent to create a first trusted relationship, establishing communication between the second TLS library and the second agent to create a second trusted relationship, and establishing a third trusted relationship between the first agent and the second agent.
US11658945B2	Lightweight secure autonomic control plane A network device includes a transmitter and a receiver to establish a secure connection with one or more network nodes as part of a Autonomic Control Plane (ACP) network. The network device also includes a processor coupled to the transmitter and receiver. The processor receives a request from an application to initiate a connection with a destination network node. The processor also receives packets from the application for transmission toward the destination network node. When the packets from the application are unencrypted, the processor end-to-end encrypts the unencrypted packets without notifying the application. The transmitter then transmits the encrypted packets towards the destination network node across the ACP network.
US11658944B2	Methods and apparatus for encrypted communication Aspects of the present disclosure relate to an apparatus comprising first interface circuitry to communicate with a first computing device and second interface circuitry to communicate with a second computing device. The first interface circuitry is configured to receive a handshake message from the first computing device. The second interface circuitry is configured to transmit the handshake message to the second computing device and to receive a handshake response message from the second computing device. The first interface circuitry is configured to transmit the handshake response message to the first computing device, whereby to establish a communication session between the first computing device and the second computing device. Apparatus comprises trusted execution environment circuitry to determine a cryptographic session key associated with said communication session, and use said session key to decrypt content of messages transmitted between the first and second computing devices via the apparatus, and analyse said decrypted content.
US11658939B2	Mechanism to reduce serverless function startup latency A computer-implemented method for accessing user resources in a virtual private cloud (VPC) using a serverless function within a network architecture includes instantiating a first warm application container for hosting the serverless function. The first warm application container includes a runtime language library without function code of the serverless function. A virtual machine for hosting a Port Address Translation (PAT) gateway is instantiated. The PAT gateway includes a first interface to the VPC and a second interface to the first warm application container. In response to detecting a trigger event for triggering the serverless function, the function code of the serverless function is mounted within the first warm application container. During execution of the function code from the first warm application container, VPC-addressed network packets associated with the serverless function are routed to the VPC via the second interface and the first interface within the PAT gateway.
US11658936B2	Resizing virtual private networks in provider network environments Virtual networks may be launched in a provider network with an initial IP address space (e.g., an IPv4 CIDR block). Methods are described that allow additional IP address spaces to be added to a virtual network. A new IP address space for a virtual network may be specified via an API. The specified space may be checked to insure that it does not overlap with IP spaces that are associated with the virtual network. If there are no overlaps, the space is added to the network, for example by adding the space to the network's route tables.
US11658930B2	Personalized dashboard chart for email subscriptions A method for managing a user's email subscriptions has been developed. The method provides a user interface (UI) to the user that allows the user to view and select multiple stand-alone components across multiple dashboard displays for an email subscription to an email address. The user's selections are received via the UI. A display of each of the subscribed stand-alone components is rendered periodically based on the user's preference. The rendered displays are combined into a single email message that is sent to the email address upon completion of the rendering of the displays.
US11658927B2	Telecommunication and multimedia management method and apparatus A telecommunication and multimedia management apparatus and method that supports voice and other media communications and that enables users to: (i) participate in multiple conversation modes, including live phone calls, conference calls, instant voice messaging or tactical communications; (ii) review the messages of conversations in either a live mode or a time-shifted mode and to seamlessly transition back and forth between the two modes; (iii) participate in multiple conversations either concurrently or simultaneously; (iv) archive the messages of conversations for later review or processing; and (v) persistently store media either created or received on the communication devices of users. The latter feature enables users to generate or review media when either disconnected from the network or network conditions are poor and to optimize the delivery of media over the network based on network conditions and the intention of the users participating in conversations.
US11658926B2	Generating smart replies involving image files Techniques for generating smart replies involving image files are disclosed herein. In some example embodiments, a computer system detects that a first message comprising a first image file has been transmitted from a first computing device of a first user to a second computing device of a second user, and generates a first plurality of smart replies based on a first embedding vector of the first image file, where the first embedding vector of the first image file is based on at least one of first textual metadata of the first image file, first image data of the first image file, and a first set of query text used by a first set of users in a first set of searches that resulted in the first image file being included in a first set of transmitted messages.
US11658922B2	Optional path ordering in packet-based network A system may include multiple electronic devices and multiple hardware transceivers. The multiple electronic devices may include multiple chiplets and may be coupled to each other via an interface network. The multiple hardware transceivers may each be included in or coupled to a respective electronic device of the multiple electronic devices. The multiple hardware transceivers may each be configured to receive data packets from a source device. The data packets each include a protocol field specifying ordering information for delivery to a destination device and a path field specifying path information for routing the delivery to the destination device. The source device and the destination device may each include a chiplet. The multiple hardware transceivers may each be further configured to transmit the received data packets to the destination device using at least the ordering information of each received data packet.
US11658921B2	Method and device of network resource allocation Disclosed is a method of network resource allocation. The method includes: generating an adjacency matrix of nodes in a metropolitan area network (MAN) according to spatial adjacency relationships of the nodes; generating a network state feature matrix according to traffic information of each node; extracting traffic spatial features of the nodes from the adjacency matrix and the network state feature matrix through a traffic spatial feature extraction model; obtaining predicted traffic of the nodes from the traffic spatial features through a traffic prediction model; and performing a network resource allocation according to the predicted traffic of the nodes. Further, a device of network resource allocation and a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium are also disclosed.
US11658919B2	Device and method for interactive environment processing and communication A user device, for environmental processing and communication, the device comprising a multiple and preferably independent communication module; the multiple and preferably independent communication module configured to communicably coupling to one or more communication networks, wherein the one or more multiple and preferably independent communication modules couple the user device to one or more servers, one or more processing modules, a memory module comprising instructions stored therein, which, when executed by the one or more processing modules cause the one or more processing modules to perform operations comprising, receiving one or more messages from the one or more servers through the one or more communication networks, extracting an information from the one or more messages, storing the extracted information in the memory module for immediate execution by the one or more processing modules.
US11658918B2	Latency-aware load balancer for topology-shifting software defined networks Techniques are described for performing latency-aware load balancing. In some examples, a computing device communicably coupled to a plurality of service endpoints that are in motion with respect to the computing device may receive data to be processed. The computing device may select, based at least in part on a communication latency of each of the plurality of service endpoints and a predicted compute latency of each of the plurality of service endpoints, a service endpoint out of the plurality of service endpoints to process the data. The computing device may send the data to the selected service endpoint for processing.
US11658915B2	Management, by an intermediate device, of the quality of transmission of a data stream to a mobile terminal The invention concerns a method for transmitting a piece of digital content consisting of a plurality of data packets to a mobile terminal (10), via a communication network (20), in which a management device (30) implements the obtaining (E11, E23, F8, F33), from the communication network, of at least one piece of information related to the bandwidth available on at least one link of the network to the mobile terminal, the selection (E12, E24, F10, F34), depending on said piece of information related to the bandwidth, of an encoding rate (RES) to use for at least one of said data packets, and the sending (E14, E25, F16, F38), to a device intended to provide the digital content (41), of a message indicating the selected encoding rate, in order to instruct the equipment intended to provide the digital content (41) to transmit, to the mobile terminal, at least one of the data packets, encoded with the selected encoding rate, on one of the network links.
US11658912B2	Mechanism to coordinate end to end quality of service between network nodes and service provider core Systems, methods, and devices are disclosed for providing a quality of service between nodes. A service provider can receive, from a first node of a customer network to an ingress node of a service provider network, packets bound for a second node on the customer network that is remote from the first node. The packets are mapped to a network segment according to a traffic type based on an identifier associated with the packets that identifies the traffic type of the packets. The packets are sent via their mapped network segment to an egress node with connectivity to the second node of the customer network according to a quality of service associated with the traffic type identified by the identifier.
US11658910B2	Overload protection for data sinks in a distributed computing system Described in this document, among other things, is an overload protection system that can protect data sinks from overload by controlling the volume of data sent to those data sinks in a fine-grained manner. The protection system preferably sits in between edge servers, or other producers of data, and data sinks that will receive some or all of the data. Preferably, each data sink owner defines a policy to control how and when overload protection will be applied. Each policy can include definitions of how to monitor the stream of data for overload and specify one or more conditions upon which throttling actions are necessary. In embodiments, a policy can contain a multi-part specification to identify the class(es) of traffic to monitor to see if the conditions have been triggered.
US11658906B2	Observation platform query response An observation platform comprises a computer system associated with an organization, a first communication device associated with a first user, a second communication device communicatively coupled with the computer system, and a plurality of additional communication devices associated with different users of a plurality of additional users. The computer system communicates with the first and additional communication devices via the second communication device. The computer system receives, via the second communication device, a signal from the first communication device. A characteristic of the signal corresponds to audible source which is a voice of the first user. The computer system derives context information from a speech to text analysis of the characteristic. The context information comprises a query about the organization. The computer system compiles a response to the query and responds based on the compiled response, via the second communication device, to the first communication device about the query.
US11658905B2	Routing control method, device, and system A controller, including a processor and a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing a program to be executed by the processor for managing a first autonomous system (AS), the program including instructions to receive a first Border Gateway Protocol (BGP) routing message, determine a destination node, the destination node belonging to the first AS, determine, according to a node that sends the first BGP routing message, whether to perform incoming-traffic adjustment and control, allocate a source node from a second AS directly connected to the first AS, obtain a preferred path between the source and destination nodes according to a network topology, determine a first BR and a second BR on the preferred path, and send a routing control message to a specified BR belonging to the first AS instructing the specified BR to use the first BR as a next hop for packet forwarding of the second BR.
US11658901B2	Point-to-multipoint Layer-2 network extension over Layer-3 network Techniques are disclosed for session-based routing of multipoint Open Systems Interconnection (OSI) Model Layer-2 (L2) frames of an L2 network extended over Layer-3 (L3) networks. In one example, L2 networks connect a source device to an ingress router and receiver devices to egress routers. An L3 network connects the ingress and egress routers. The ingress router receives, from the source device, a multipoint L2 frame destined for the receiver devices. The ingress router forms, for each egress router that is connected to at least one multipoint receiver device, a unicast L3 packet for the L2 frame and forwards the unicast L3 packet to the egress router. Each egress router generates, in response to receiving the unicast L3 packet, the multipoint L2 frame and forwards, to the receiver devices, the multipoint L2 frame.
US11658898B2	Routing network traffic based on destination A method may include identifying an address within a packet of a traffic flow associated with a network device. The method may also include comparing the address within the packet with a stored address, the stored address associated with a route for an alternative traffic path, where the alternative traffic path may be different from a default route of traffic passing through the network device. The method may additionally include, based on the address within the packet matching the stored address, routing the packet along the alternative traffic path instead of the default route of traffic.
US11658897B2	Loop prevention system A loop prevention system includes a plurality of networking devices that are coupled together to form a Layer Two (L2) domain and at least a portion of the plurality of networking devices are coupled together in a physical loop configuration. A networking device included in the plurality of networking devices may include at least one L2 domain connection that couples the networking device to at least one of the plurality of networking devices in the L2 domain, and an edge connection that connects the networking device to a computing device that is outside of the L2 domain. The networking device may receive a data frame via the edge connection. The networking device then generates a loop breaker data frame by tagging the data frame with a loop breaker tag and forwards the loop breaker data frame via the at least one L2 domain connection.
US11658893B2	Edge system health monitoring and auditing Various embodiments herein each include at least one of systems, methods, software, and devices for edge system health monitoring and auditing. One embodiment, in the form of a method includes performing a system audit over a first network of devices deployed within the facility to determine a status of each respective device. This embodiment further includes determining an overall system status for the facility based on results of the system audit including consideration of a status of each of the devices deployed within the facility and storing data representative of the overall system status of the facility. This embodiment also transmits at least a portion of the data representative of the overall system status of the facility over a second network to a facility system status monitoring application which may then present a single indicator of the overall system status or health.
US11658891B2	Automatic broadband information correlation and record generation Embodiments include methods, systems, and apparatuses for automatic broadband information correlation and record generation. In one embodiment, a method includes receiving performance information related to a broadband connection of customer premises equipment (CPE), and receiving information related to a local network connected to the CPE. The method includes processing the local network information to generate location information associated with the CPE. The method further includes generating a record including the performance information and the location information associated with the CPE.
US11658890B1	System and method for deploying a distributed cloud management system configured for generating interactive user interfaces detailing link latencies A distributed cloud computing system is disclosed that includes a controller configured to deploy a first gateway in a first cloud computing network and a second gateway in a second cloud computing network, and logic. The logic, upon execution by one or more processors, causes performance of operations including receiving, from the controller, metadata pertaining to a plurality of constructs corresponding to a plurality of time instances, receiving, from each of the first and second gateways, network data corresponding to the plurality of time instances, wherein the metadata and the network data identify each of the plurality of constructs, communication paths between each construct, and in which cloud computing network each construct is deployed, generating a visualization illustrating differences between the plurality of constructs and communication paths at the first time instance and at the second time instance, and causing rendering of the visualization on a display screen.
US11658889B1	Computer network architecture mapping using metadata A device is configured to obtain network traffic information that is associated with a first network device and to identify a second network device that communicates data with the first network device. The device is further configured to identify device settings for sending data traffic to the second network device and to identify error correction instructions for rerouting data traffic to another network device. The device is further configured to generate node properties for the first network device that include a first network device identifier, a second network device identifier, the device settings for the second network device, and the error correction instructions. The device is further configured to add a first node to a computer network map for the first network device and to associate the node properties with the first node and output the computer network map.
US11658888B2	Network timing trail visualization and method of troubleshooting A network timing view provides enhanced visualization for synch timing in support of mobile (4G/5G deployments) and others requiring sync. It allows network managers to view relevant synch data both textually and graphically displayed on the network map nodes and links in a unified view. The user is able to select the appropriate filter on the network map to show the 1588/SyncE connectivity and relevant nodes that are participating in delivering timing. It allows a user to trace the timing path from any timing device upstream to the clock source. It also allows the user to interactively discover and navigate downstream timing paths from any timing device, similar to exploring a tree hierarchy. The timing topology and path data provided allows a user to investigate the timing network for troubleshooting purposes such as timing alarms and events, sync problems, clock quality levels and clock states.
US11658882B1	Algorithm-based automatic presentation of a hierarchical graphical representation of a computer network structure Methods and systems for automatically presenting a hierarchical graphical representation of the structure of the computer network are provided. A computer-implemented method includes obtaining network topology data, determining at least one core node at a highest level in a hierarchy from a plurality of nodes based on the network topology data, grouping at least a part of non-core nodes among the nodes into one or more supernodes based on the obtained network topology data, selecting, with respect each of the one or more supernodes, a single supernode or node at a hierarchical level immediately higher than thereof, as a parent node, determining a spatial coordinate of each of the plurality of nodes based on the at least one core node, the one or more supernodes, and the parent node of each of the one or more supernodes, and presenting the hierarchical graphical representation.
US11658879B2	Method and apparatus for controlling disaggregated radio access networks Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, obtaining a model of a communication network, applying first data to the model to generate an updated model, processing the updated model to establish a first control, enabling first communications in the communication network in accordance with the first control, obtaining first parametric data regarding the first communications in the communication network that are based on the first control, processing the first parametric data in accordance with the updated model to generate an updated first control, and enabling second communications in the communication network in accordance with the updated first control. Other embodiments are disclosed.
US11658872B1	Business policy management for self-driving network A controller device manages a plurality of network devices. The controller device includes one or more processing units configured to receive an indication of a stateful intent, the data structure including a plurality of nodes and a plurality of edges, each node of the plurality of nodes being representative of a respective network device of the plurality of network devices. The one or more processing units are configured to determine, using an abstract function configured at a node of the plurality of nodes, a stateless intent for implementing the stateful intent and generate low level configuration data for the plurality of network devices based on the stateless intent. The one or more processing units are configured to interface with one or more of the plurality of network devices to configure the one or more of the plurality of network devices with the low level configuration data.
US11658870B2	Method and apparatus for restoring network device to factory defaults, and network device Embodiments of the present disclosure disclose a method and an apparatus for restoring a NETCONF server to factory defaults, and relate to the field of configuration management technologies. A NETCONF server receives a command for restoring to factory defaults sent by a NETCONF client, where the command for restoring to factory defaults is a remote procedure call (RPC) command that is based on a Yang model of the NETCONF for restoring the NETCONF server to the factory defaults. The NETCONF server replaces data in the running configuration datastore with factory defaults of the NETCONF server according to the command for restoring to factory defaults.
US11658869B2	Method and apparatus for configuring a communication network using a connectivity metric A method for configuring a communication network, including obtaining information indicative of current status of nodes of the communication network, links between said nodes of the communication network or a combination thereof; processing the information to determine a network configuration based on the obtained information, the network configuration implementable in the communication network by adjusting one or more of said nodes, one of more of said links between said node, or a combination thereof, wherein said processing comprises evaluating at least the network configuration based on a connectivity metric indicative of an extent to which said nodes are interconnected via said links; and providing instructions directing one or more underlying resources to implement the network configuration. A device including a network interface, a processor, and a non-transient computer readable memory having stored instructions which when executed by the processor configure the device to execute the methods disclosed herein.
US11658868B2	Mixed mode management The present disclosure is related to mixed mode management. A machine-readable medium may store instructions executable by a processing resource to determine that a first management node is operating according to a different configuration profile than a second management node and, responsive to the determination, transfer a mixed mode management plug-in from the first management node. The machine-readable medium may further store instructions executable by the processing resource to execute the mixed mode management plug-in on the second management node.
US11658865B2	Updating devices in a local network of interconnected devices Methods, systems, apparatuses, and computer-readable media for updating an operational parameter of a device of a local network of interconnected devices are provided. A user-operated device, in association with an attempt to access the device, may provide an update to the operational parameter of the device. The user-operated device may send the update to the operational parameter before sending the device an operational command. The device may apply the update received from the user-operated device before performing an operation corresponding to the operational command.
US11658862B2	Hardware server and technical method to optimize bulk printing of physical items A method includes distributing a number of printer devices across a computer network with corresponding logistical nodes, and, through a server, dynamically extracting, from a number of digital pre-print files, metadata related to documents and pre-conditions based on scanning thereof, and classifying the number of digital pre-print files into groups based on an extent to which the dynamically extracted metadata is shared between constituents thereof. The method also includes, through the server, matching each classified group to a logistical node based on the dynamically extracted metadata shared between the constituents and dynamically tracked printer characteristics, commingling the extracted metadata within the each classified group into a master document in which the extracted metadata is laid out to enable printing through a printer device associated with the matched logistical node, and reclassifying a constituent of the classified group under another group based on a status of unsuitability of the printer device.
US11658858B2	Broadcast signal frame generating apparatus and broadcast signal frame generating method using bootstrap and preamble An apparatus and method for broadcast signal frame using a bootstrap and a preamble are disclosed. An apparatus for generating broadcast signal frame according to an embodiment of the present invention includes a time interleaver configured to generate a time-interleaved signal by performing interleaving on a BICM output signal; and a frame builder configured to generate a broadcast signal frame including a bootstrap and a preamble using the time-interleaved signal.
US11658857B2	Phase tracking reference signal for sub-symbol phase tracking Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described for phase error estimation and correction with sub-symbol resolution. A transmitting device may precode symbols (e.g., phase tracking reference signal (PT-RS) symbols) using a discrete Fourier transform (DFT). The transmitting device may map the DFT-precoded symbols to sets of adjacent subcarriers of a wireless signal, and may map other symbols to other subcarriers of the wireless signal. A receiving device may receive the wireless signal and may compare time domain representations of the DFT-precoded symbols with time domain representations of known reference symbols. The receiving device may estimate a phase error with sub-symbol resolution in the time domain based at least in part on the comparison, and may apply a phase correction in either the time or frequency domain to the other symbols.
US11658855B2	Positioning reference signal muting patterns A method, at a transmission/reception point (TRP), of producing a positioning reference signal muting pattern includes: obtaining, at the TRP, one or more positioning reference signal criteria, the one or more positioning reference signal criteria regarding at least one of positioning reference signal transmission or positioning reference signal reception; and producing, at the TRP, the positioning reference signal muting pattern such that the positioning reference signal muting pattern meets the one or more positioning reference signal criteria.
US11658853B2	Receiver for compensating for voltage offset in real time and operation method thereof An operation method of a receiver, which includes setting a coefficient of an equalizer based on one of a plurality of first codes, setting a coefficient of an amplifier based on one of a plurality of second codes, performing offset calibration by driving the equalizer and the amplifier based on the coefficient of the equalizer and the coefficient of the amplifier, storing an offset code corresponding to a voltage offset generated when the equalizer and the amplifier are driven, determining whether the offset calibration is completed, performing a normal operation of obtaining reception data from an input signal, in response to determining that the offset calibration is completed, and removing the voltage offset based on the offset code, in the normal operation.
US11658852B2	Signal relay apparatus and method having frequency calibration mechanism The present invention discloses a signal relay apparatus having frequency calibration mechanism that includes a clock generation circuit, a frequency generation circuit, a clock measuring circuit, a frequency adjusting circuit and a transmission circuit. The clock generation circuit generates a source clock signal. The frequency generation circuit receives the source clock signal and generates a target frequency signal according to a conversion parameter. The clock measuring circuit measures a first frequency offset of a source frequency relative to a first predetermined frequency according to an external reference clock signal. The frequency adjusting circuit adjusts the conversion parameter according to the first frequency offset when the first frequency offset is not within a first predetermined range such that a second frequency offset of a target frequency relative to a second predetermined frequency is within a second predetermined range. The transmission circuit performs signal transmission according to the target frequency signal.
US11658849B2	Methods for indicating and determination large-scale channel parameter, base station and terminal device The present disclosure provides an indication method, including: determining first transmission resources related to a transmission channel for a large-scale channel parameter or a group of large-scale channel parameters, and transmitting configuration information about the first transmission resources to a terminal device via first signaling, the first transmission resources being transmission resources for K downlink reference signals, K being a positive integer; and selecting second transmission resources from the first transmission resources in accordance with a transmission parameter used by the transmission channel, and transmitting indication information about the second transmission resources to the terminal device via second signaling, the second transmission resources being transmission resources for L downlink reference signals, L being a positive integer, and K being greater than or equal to L.
US11658845B2	Negotiated bridge assurance in a stacked chassis An information handling system includes multiple data ports, a memory, and a processor. Each of the data ports enables a separate communication link of a plurality of communication links for the information handling system. The memory stores data to indicate whether the information handling system supports bridge assurance on each of the communication links. In response to the bridge assurance being supported in the information handling system, the processor provides a message across a first link of the communication links. The message indicates that bridge assurance is supported in the information handling system. The processor also determines whether an acknowledgement message has been received. In response to the acknowledgement message being received, the processor enables the bridge assurance on the first link.
US11658844B1	Architecture for a multichannel geophysical data acquisition system and method of use A method for a multichannel geophysical data acquisition system is provided in the field of electrical resistivity tomography. Individual and autonomous node operating systems are provided. Separate communication channels for upstream and downstream data transfer, high voltage transfer and synchronization signals are provided. A novel use of high voltage isolation barriers is also provided. A direct memory access data transfer process is provided.
US11658836B2	Technologies for preserving contextual data across video conferences Technologies for preserving contextual data across video conferences include a compute device. The compute device includes circuitry configured to provide a graphical user interface that enables authenticated and approved users to hold a first video conference and share contextual data among the users in association with the first video conference. The circuitry is also configured to store a record of the contextual data shared among the authenticated and approved users. Additionally, the circuitry is configured to provide, in the graphical user interface and in association with a subsequent video conference among the users, the record of the contextual data that was shared among the users in association with the first video conference. The contextual data includes at least one of a textual communication and a file.
US11658835B2	Using a single request for multi-person calling in assistant systems In one embodiment, a method includes receiving a user request to call a plurality of second users simultaneously from a client system associated with a first user via an assistant xbot, wherein the user request comprises one or more references referring the plurality of second users, identifying the plurality of second users by resolving the one or more references to a plurality of entity identifiers associated with the plurality of second users, respectively, and initiating a group call to the plurality of second users simultaneously based on the plurality of entity identifiers by the assistant xbot.
US11658834B2	Power sourcing equipment, powered device and line loss detection method for power over ethernet A power sourcing equipment (PSE), a powered device (PD) and a line loss detection method for Power over Ethernet (PoE) are provided. The PD receives a voltage/current information transmitted by the PSE to obtain an output voltage value and an output current value thereof, and the PSE receives an input voltage value returned by the PD, such that the PSE and the PD can both calculate a line power loss therebetween based on the input voltage value of the PD, the output voltage value and the output current value of the PSE; alternatively, the PD obtains the input voltage value through a voltage detection circuit under at least one state point of a power consumption that is known, and calculates, according to the output voltage value of the PSE and a known maximum power consumption of the PD, a maximum line power loss therebetween.
US11658833B1	Systems and methods for conducting cryptographically secure actions in public, non-permissioned blockchains using bifurcated self-executing programs Systems and methods for a bifurcated self-executing program that wraps a first self-executing program (e.g., a first smart contract) on a blockchain within a second self-executing program (e.g., a second smart contract), in which the second self-executing program enforces the requirement for particular security credentials/certificates. The bifurcated self-executing program comprises a single compiled self-executing program that combines the first self-executing program and the second self-executing program.
US11658831B2	Validation of the integrity of data A computer-implemented method of permitting authentication of data added to an initial plurality of unique data items stored on a computer, all of the data items being converted via a one-way function to respective equal length unique digests (or hashes); and the hashes being stored as a linked dataset in which the value of each successive hash is dependent on the value of the previous hash combined with a new hash resulting from the hashing of the most recently added data. The most recent hash in the linked dataset (hash chain) is the cumulative result of all previous hashes in their original sequence, each hash in the dataset being unique to the most recently added data. Each cumulative hash is constructed by incorporating one or more pre-existing cumulative hashes into the source data, before the new hash is calculated.
US11658829B1	Rendering online content via secured URL Exemplary embodiments are directed to a method for allowing a user at a first client device to provide access to restricted content on a content provider server to a user at a second client device without providing identifying information of the second client device or the user to the content provider. The second client device receives, in a messaging app, a message from the first client device comprising a link to a content item at a content provider and an identifier of a private/public key pair on the second client device. Second client device displays the link in the user interface of the messaging app and receives a user selection of the link. Second client device generates generating a digital signature for the link using the private key of the private/public key pair and sends the link and the digital signature to the content provider. The content item is then received from the content provider and displayed on the second client device.
US11658823B1	End-to-end encryption based on a simple shared secret This invention enables asynchronous encrypted communication under a protection of a simple password which must be communicated out-of-band. The password is easily communicable in-person, by telephone or by a text message. The invention assumes that one of the parties has an online device, such as a smartphone. After the encrypted session has been established, it can be used for a variety of cryptographic applications, such as encrypting or decrypting messages, sharing of cryptographic keys, and verifying data. The invention also has the secondary benefit of authenticating both parties to each other.
US11658822B1	Dynamic cross origin resource control Example methods and system for providing content are disclosed. One or more cryptographic keys may be generated. At least a portion of the one or more cryptographic keys may be used to generate a token associated with a user interface service. The token may indicate a valid origin domain. The token may be provided to a user device, which may use the token to request content from a content service. The content service may authorize the request based on a comparison of the valid origin domain and an origin identifier associated with the request.
US11658821B2	Cybersecurity guard for core network elements When a network element attempts to establish a session with another network element, a security verification agent may be activated in one or both network elements. The security verification agents, such as front-end processors, virtual network functions, or other software agents, may reside in each of the network elements.
US11658818B2	Systems and methods for privacy preserving accurate analysis of network paths Anonymizing systems and methods comprising a native configurations database including a set of configurations, a key management database including a plurality of private keys, a processor in communication with the native configurations database and the key management database, and a memory coupled to the processor. The set of configurations includes one or more ranges, wherein each range includes a contiguous sequence comprised of IP addresses, port numbers, or IP addresses and port numbers. The processor is configured to retrieve the set of configurations from the native configurations database, wherein the set of configurations includes a plurality of objects; retrieve a private key from the key management database; assign a unique cryptographically secure identity to each object; and anonymize the plurality of objects based on the cryptographically secure identities and the private key.
US11658817B2	Security key usage across handover that keeps the same wireless termination A user equipment (UE) has both cellular and non-cellular links. The network sends it a first indication to maintain using a first set of security keys generated from a parameter specific to a source access node after the UE hands over the cellular link to a target access node without changing a wireless termination (WT) that is connected with the UE via the non-cellular link. The network uses that key to maintain the non-cellular link with the UE after the cellular link handover. From the UE's perspective it uses that key to authenticate its non-cellular link prior to the cellular link handover, but this handover does not change the WT which communicates with the UE via the non-cellular link so the UE can, only in response to receiving a first indication associated with the handover, use that same key to maintain that non-cellular link after the handover.
US11658815B2	System and method for performing key operations during a multi-party computation process In certain embodiments, shares related to an output of a function having multiple shares of a secret as input may be computed. In some embodiments, with respect to initial key shares of a key that are collectively held by multiple parties, an output of an arithmetic function (performed on an initial key share of the initial key shares) may be received from each of the multiple parties. The outputs from the multiple parties may be provided as input for a Multi-Party Computation (MPC) process, where the MPC process outputs final key shares in connection with the outputs from the multiple parties being provided as input for the MPC process. With respect to each party of the multiple parties, a final key share of the final key shares may be sent to the party.
US11658814B2	System and method for encryption and decryption based on quantum key distribution One embodiment of the present invention provides a system for facilitating storage encryption and decryption. During operation, the system receives a first request to encrypt data which is to be stored on a remote device, wherein the first request indicates the data. The system updates a key based on a dynamic key refreshment protocol. The system determines a key label for the updated key. The system encrypts the data based on the updated key, and transmits the encrypted data and the key label to the remote device, thereby facilitating secure encryption and decryption of data on the remote device.
US11658811B2	Shared secret data production with use of concealed cloaking elements Systems and methods to produce shared secret data are generally described. In some examples, a first device may receive a first public key from a second device. The first device may produce a first public key based on the first public key of the second device. The respective private keys of each device may be associated with the first public keys of each device. Each device may produce a second public key based of respective private keys and the other devices first public key. Each device may transmit a second public key to the other device. The first device may produce the shared secret data based on its private key and the second public key of the second device. The second device may produce the shared secret data based on its private key and the second public key of the first device.
US11658808B2	Re-encryption following an OTP update event Memory control circuitry controls access to data stored in memory, and memory security circuitry generates encrypted data to be stored in the memory. The encrypted data is based on target data and a first one-time-pad (OTP). In response to an OTP update event indicating that the first OTP is to be updated to a second OTP different from the first OTP, the memory security circuitry generates a re-encryption value based on the first OTP and the second OTP, and the memory security circuitry to issues a re-encryption request to cause updated encrypted data to be generated in a downstream component based on the encrypted data and the re-encryption value and to cause the encrypted data to be replaced in the memory by the updated encrypted data.
US11658806B2	Identity-based hash proof system configuration apparatus, identity-based encryption apparatus, identity-based hash proof system configuration method and program An ID-based hash proof system configuration apparatus includes a processor, and a memory storing program instructions that cause the processor to receive a security parameter, and output a public parameter and a master private key by using a multi identity-based encryption (MIBE) setup algorithm and a key K randomly selected, receive the public parameter, the master private key, and an identifier, and output a private key by using a bit value ri (1≤i≤n) that is selected, and a MIBE key generation algorithm, receive the public parameter and the identifier, and output a ciphertext and a key k by using a MIBE encryption algorithm, receive the public parameter and the identifier, and output a wrong ciphertext by using the MIBE encryption algorithm, and receive the public parameter, the private key, the identifier, and the ciphertext, and output the key k by using a MIBE decryption algorithm.
US11658799B2	Exponent splitting for cryptographic operations A first share value and a second share value may be received. A combination of the first share value and the second share value may correspond to an exponent value. The value of a first register is updated using a first equation that is based on the first and second share values and the value of a second register is updated using a second equation that is based on the second share value. One of the value of the first register or the value of the second register is selected based on a bit value of the second share value.
US11658795B2	Clock and data recovery circuit and receiver A clock and data recovery circuit includes a phase detector that outputs phase characteristic data based on a digital data signal and an adjustment circuit that adjusts phase characteristic data. The clock and data recovery circuit sets an adjustment value in an adjustment circuit by calculating an adjustment value of phase characteristic data using a monitor circuit while changing a phase of a reference clock signal to be adjusted in a phase interpolation circuit based on offset data output from an offset output circuit in a training period before communication starts.
US11658794B2	Radio frequency module and communication device A radio frequency module includes: a first antenna connection terminal; a second antenna connection terminal different from the first antenna connection terminal; a first filter having a passband of a first frequency range including a first communication band allocated as a TDD communication band; a second filter having a passband of a second frequency range including a second communication band allocated as a TDD communication band; and a third filter having a passband of a third frequency range including a third communication band allocated as a TDD communication band. The third frequency range is located between the first frequency range and the second frequency range. The first and second filters are both connected to one of the first antenna connection terminal and the second antenna connection terminal. The third filter is connected to the other of the first antenna connection terminal and the second antenna connection terminal.
US11658790B2	Sidelink component carrier selection for feedback during sidelink carrier aggregation Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, a first user equipment (UE) may receive a communication from a second UE. The UE may transmit, to the second UE, sidelink hybrid automatic repeat request acknowledgement (HARQ-ACK) feedback using a sidelink component carrier based at least in part on the communication received from the second UE, wherein the sidelink component carrier is associated with conveying the sidelink HARQ-ACK feedback when sidelink carrier aggregation is configured for a group of UEs that includes the first UE and the second UE. Numerous other aspects are provided.
US11658783B2	SSB transmissions in unlicensed spectrum A method is implemented in a wireless transceiver device arranged to operate in a cellular wireless communication network and capable of operating in an unlicensed spectrum where listen-before-talk is employed. The method includes determining a first parameter, for the unlicensed operation, indicative on provision of synchronisation signal blocks, and determining quasi-co-location, QCL, relationship between one or more synchronisation signal and physical broadcast channel, SS/PBCH, blocks each having a first index, by determining a second index for the one or more SS/PBCH blocks by applying a modulo operation on the first index, respectively, based on the first parameter, where the QCL relationship is determined to occur if the second indices coincide. A computer program for implementing the method in a wireless transceiver and such a transceiver are also disclosed.
US11658772B2	Electronic device and communication method for non-orthogonal-resource based multiple access The present disclosure is related to an electronic device and communication method for non-orthogonal-resource based multiple access. An electronic device on a transmitting side in a communication system comprises a processing circuitry configured to determine information on codebook for non-orthogonal-resource based multiple access over a set of transmission resources, and interleave a plurality of occupied elements of at least two codewords of the same user equipment on the set of transmission resources, so as to reduce a correlation among a plurality of user equipments during the non-orthogonal-resource based multiple access.
US11658771B2	Error-tolerant forward error correction ordered set message decoder Methods are described for identifying and acting upon predetermined message patterns during reception of a data stream structured as USB message frames. A first embodiment performs pattern matching between received message bits and one or more predetermined sequences, identifying unscrambled ordered set messages. A second embodiment applies a descrambling operation and performs comparable pattern matching between descrambled received message bits and one or more additional predetermined sequences, identifying scrambled ordered set messages.
US11658768B2	Wireless fidelity multi-link device with dynamic operation mode switch and associated method A multi-link device (MLD) includes a transmit (TX) circuit, a receive (RX) circuit, and a control circuit. The control circuit controls the RX circuit to receive a first frame under an operation mode parameter with a first setting, control the TX circuit to transmit a second frame responsive to the first frame under the operation mode parameter with the first setting, and after the second frame is transmitted, controls the RX circuit to receive at least one physical layer protocol data unit (PPDU) under the operation mode parameter with a second setting, wherein the second setting is different from the first setting.
US11658763B2	Wavelength division multiplexing module A telecommunications module includes an optical wavelength division multiplexer/demultiplexer configured to demultiplex a first optical signal input into the telecommunications module into a plurality of different wavelengths, a fiber optic splitter configured to split a second optical signal input into the telecommunication module into a plurality of optical signals, and a plurality of optical add/drop filters, each of the optical add/drop filters configured to combine one of the optical signals that has been split by the fiber optic splitter and one of the wavelengths that has been demultiplexed by the optical wavelength division multiplexer/demultiplexer into a combination output signal that is output from the telecommunications module.
US11658761B2	User equipment and method for transmitting synchronization signal block of same A user equipment and a method for transmitting a synchronization signal block (SSB) of the same are provided. The method includes transmitting a resource set associated with an SSB within a subframe or slot, and the SSB includes a sidelink primary synchronization signal (S-PSS), a sidelink secondary synchronization signal (S-SSS), and 0 to 1 physical sidelink broadcast channel (PSBCH) between the S-PSS and S-SSS.
US11658758B2	Time transfer system and method for satellite-independent, phase and frequency synchronization over traditional IP core network without full or partial timing support A system and method capable of transporting phase and frequency synchronization over traditional IP/MPLS networks, making end terminals requiring signals received from satellites to have phase and frequency synchronisation obsolete. The method includes switching of PPS signal by DTM protocol, transmission of PPS signal to the other end of network through a virtual circuit, switching the transmitted PPS signal again by DTM protocol, conversion of PPS signal arriving at the other end to ToD and PTP data and transmission thereof to a terminal component. The system includes a transmitter mechanism converting ToD and PTP data into PPS signal on one end of the network and then switching by DTM protocol, a receiver mechanism switching PPS signal at DTM protocol on the other end of the network and converting into ToD and PTP data and transmitting to the end component, and a virtual circuit providing carriage of PPS signal.
US11658757B2	Communication system, master device and submaster device A communication system includes a master device and a plurality of slave devices. Each slave device stores a synchronization period and a correction amount of a difference between a time of the master device and a time of the slave device. The master device acquires the correction amount from the slave device, calculates a correspondence relationship between a synchronization period and the correction amount based on the correction amount, calculates a target synchronization period in the slave device based on the correspondence relationship, classifies each slave device into a plurality of groups based on the target synchronization period in each slave device, and sets a maximum target synchronization period among the target synchronization periods of at least one slave device classified into each group to a new synchronization period in which the master device performs the time synchronization along with the at least one slave device.
US11658751B2	Underwater optical wireless communication system, underwater optical communication method, and underwater moving body This underwater optical wireless communication system (100) is provided with a plurality of moving bodies (1) capable of moving underwater. The plurality of moving bodies each includes a plurality of optical wireless communication units (2) each configured to perform bidirectional communication between the plurality of moving bodies using communication light beams (30) having wavelengths different from each other in a plurality of directions which are mutually opposite directions. The plurality of optical wireless communication units is configured to perform bidirectional communication between the plurality of moving bodies using communication light beams, the communication beams having the same wavelength with respect to each of the plurality of directions.
US11658750B2	Submarine optical communication system and submarine branching apparatus An optical transmission apparatus outputs a main signal. An optical transmission apparatus superimposes a monitoring signal on an optical signal and outputs it. A submarine branching apparatus includes a return unit configured to return the monitoring signal received from the optical transmission apparatus and is configured to switch an output destination of the main signal received from the optical transmission apparatus to an optical transmission apparatus or the optical transmission apparatus. The optical transmission apparatus is configured to detect the monitoring signal returned from the return unit and notifies the optical transmission apparatus of a result of the detection. The optical transmission apparatus instructs the submarine branching apparatus to switch the output destination of the main signal in accordance with the notification.
US11658749B2	Sensor device and mobile device including the same A sensor device includes a sensor array including a plurality of photodiodes configured to generate current signals in response to light, an encoder configured to encode the current signals to generate a plurality of analog signals and output the plurality of analog signals sequentially, a signal processing module configured to process the analog signals, received from the encoder, to generate digital signals, and a decoder configured to decode the digital signals, received from the signal processing module, to generate a plurality of data signals corresponding to the current signals.
US11658746B2	Routing of optical signals A method may include obtaining a topology of an optical network. The topology may indicate multiple optical links within the optical network. The method may also include determining a signal noise tolerance for each of multiple optical signal types supported by the optical network and obtaining an optical noise for each of the multiple optical links. The method may also include determining a number of the multiple optical signal types that each of the multiple optical links is able to support based on the optical noise for each of the optical links and the signal noise tolerance for each of the multiple optical signal types and ranking the multiple optical links based on the number of the multiple optical signal types that each of the optical links is able to support.
US11658741B1	Optical detection device and system An optical detection device includes a photocurrent input terminal; a first branch connected to the photocurrent input terminal includes a plural of MOS transistors; a second branch connected to the photocurrent input terminal includes a plural of MOS transistors. The MOS transistors in the first branch and the MOS transistors in the second branch are arranged in a mirror image manner; a control module connected to the first branch and the second branch to turn on or off the MOS transistors in the second branch; a first auxiliary current input terminal connected to the first branch and a second auxiliary current input terminal connected to the first branch, which are used to compensate the current of the MOS transistors in the first branch; a first current output terminal connected to the first branch and the second branch.
US11658737B2	Messaging channel in a coherent optical DSP frame Systems and methods include receiving a plurality of symbols that are part of a defined Digital Signal Processing (DSP) frame for coherent optical communication, wherein the DSP frame structure has a messaging channel incorporated therein that includes a subset of the plurality of symbols; capturing multiple samples of the messaging channel; and determining a message in the messaging channel based on analysis of the multiple samples. The method can further include transmitting, in the messaging channel, a reply to the message with the reply being repeated multiple times. The analysis is performed prior to Forward Error Correction (FEC) decoding on the data path.
US11658732B2	Repeater communication system with optimized amplification based on signal characteristics This disclosure provides systems, methods, and devices for wireless communication that support techniques for optimizing amplification parameters of repeaters based on signal characteristics. In aspects, a repeater determines at least one of power of a first signal received from a first wireless communication device or power of a second signal received from a second wireless communication device, adjusts at least one of a first amplification parameter associated with the first signal or a second amplification parameter associated with the second signal based, at least in part, on at least one of the determined power of the first signal or the determined power of the second signal, and transmits at least one of the first signal based, at least in part, on the adjusted first amplification parameter or the second signal based, at least in part, on the adjusted second amplification parameter.
US11658730B2	System and method for controlling transmission power by a next generation new radio repeater A method, device, and computer-readable medium provide for establishing, by a repeater device, a communication channel with a fixed wireless access (FWA) device; receiving, by the repeater device, reference signals from a wireless station; forwarding, by the repeater device, the reference signals to the FWA device; transmitting, by the repeater device, a first uplink signal from the FWA device using a first transmission power level to the wireless station, wherein the first transmission power level is a predetermined value; receiving, in response to the first uplink signal, transmit power control (TPC) command parameters from the FWA device via the communication channel; adjusting, by the repeater device and based on the first TPC command parameters, the first transmission power level from the predetermined value to an adjusted value; and transmitting, at the adjusted transmission power level, a second uplink signal from the FWA device to the wireless station.
US11658727B2	Dynamic beam adaptation in a multi-beam system An apparatus for dynamic beam adaptation includes a transceiver configured to receive configuration information for a set of candidate beams for communication with another device and receive a beam indication for a current beam from the set of candidate beams to be used for communication with the other device. The apparatus further includes a processor configured to measure a beam metric for each beam within the set of candidate beams, determine that the current beam is not suitable for the communication with the other device, based on the measured beam metrics, and determine another beam from the set of candidate beams for communication with the other device, based on the measured beam metrics. The transceiver is further configured to transmit an information on an uplink (UL) channel to the other device using the other beam.
US11658726B2	Beam tracking using downlink data reception and motion sensing information This disclosure relates to performing receive beam tracking using motion sensing information in a cellular communication system. A wireless device and a cellular base station may establish a cellular link. A receive beam configuration may be selected for the cellular link. A downlink data beam may be received using the selected receive beam configuration. A possible modification to the receive beam configuration may be selected based at least in part on motion sensing information for the wireless device. It may be determined whether the possible modification to the receive beam configuration improves downlink data beam reception. It may be determined whether to modify the receive beam configuration for the cellular link in accordance with the possible modification to the receive beam configuration, for example based on whether the possible modification to the receive beam configuration improves downlink data beam reception.
US11658725B2	System and method for radar disambiguation techniques A system having an array of antennas with particular weights for signals associated with different groups of antennas. The array of antennas includes a first group of antennas positioned in a middle portion of the array of antennas, a second group of antennas positions at one or more edges of the array of antennas, and a third group of antennas positioned at one or more corners of the array of antennas. The system includes a control module configured to control each respective and tenant in the array of antennas. The control module can further be configured to weight the first group of antennas a first weighting amount, to weight the second group of antennas a second weighting amount and to weight the third group of antennas a third weighting amount. The weighting improves the system's ability to reduce ambiguities in an angle of arrival associated with the object.
US11658719B2	Hybrid beamforming with a butler matrix Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, a wireless communication device may select a set of terminals of a Butler matrix to use for transmitting or receiving one or more communications via one or more streams associated with one or more beams; and transmit or receive, using hybrid beamforming, the one or more streams via a set of antenna elements coupled to the Butler matrix. Numerous other aspects are provided.
US11658718B2	Apparatus and method for controlling transmission in a communication system The invention provides a communication system and components thereof for controlling coordinated transmissions using a plurality of carriers operated by a plurality of transmission points. A transmission point configures a number of signal quality and interference measurements for a mobile telephone communicating over the plurality of carriers, each measurement being associated with multiple carriers and multiple measurement configurations. The mobile telephone performs the configured measurements with respect to each of the multiple carriers and reports the results of the relevant measurements to the transmission point.
US11658715B2	Antenna diversity system and method for an information handling system (IHS) According to one illustrative, non-limiting embodiment, an IHS may include computer-executable instructions for receiving first and second signal quality measurements from first and second antennas disposed at a first and second locations, respectively, in a housing of an IHS in which the first location is distally separated from the second location. The instructions then select one of the first or second antennas according to the first or second signal quality measurement, and establish a first wireless communication link with a remote device using the selected first or second antennas.
US11658714B2	Communication apparatus and communication method A communication apparatus includes a PHY frame generating circuit that generates a PHY frame including either of a short Sector Sweep frame and a Sector Sweep frame; and an array antenna that selects, based on the PHY frame, any sector from among a plurality of sectors and transmits the PHY frame. In a case where, in the PHY frame including the short Sector Sweep frame, a Direction field of the short Sector Sweep frame indicates Initiator Sector Sweep, the PHY frame generating circuit replaces a Short Sector Sweep Feedback field indicating a number of a selected best short Sector Sweep with a Short Scrambled Basic Service Set ID field indicating an abbreviated address generated from an address of a destination communication apparatus.
US11658707B2	Intelligent selection of physical layer transmission types in 802.11AX based Wi-Fi networks A transmission type is determined for a specific station on a Wi-Fi network. A transmission type of OFDMA is selected responsive to the mobility value for the specific station meeting a mobility threshold. A transmission type of MU-MIMO is selected responsive to the similarity value for the specific station meeting a similarity threshold. A transmission type of SU-MIMO is selected responsive to the specific station not meeting the similarity threshold. The network interface transmits data packets to stations using OFDMA, SU-MIMO or MU-MIMO as selected.
US11658705B2	Sharing transmission opportunity with beamforming This document discloses a solution for sharing a transmission opportunity in a wireless network. According to an aspect, a method for an apparatus of a first wireless network includes determining a plurality of devices of a second wireless network for null steering; transmitting a trigger frame, the trigger frame indicating a transmission period for data frame transfer between the apparatus and another apparatus of the first wireless network, a spatial reuse opportunity for the second wireless network during the transmission period, and an additional period preceding the transmission period; receiving, from at least one device of the second wireless network during the additional period, a channel state frame; and performing, based on the channel state frame, null steering towards the at least one device during the transmission period.
US11658702B2	Electric appliance identification method and apparatus Example electric appliance identification methods and apparatuses are provided. One example method includes obtaining, by a power line communication (PLC) device, a first noise signal in a circuit. The PLC device can then obtain first data based on the first noise signal, where the first data is used to describe a time-frequency feature of the first noise signal. The PLC device can then obtain, based on an electric appliance identification model and the first data, an electric appliance identification result corresponding to the first noise signal, where the electric appliance identification model is obtained based on a signal including a second noise signal of at least one known electric appliance.
US11658698B2	Wireless communication device and wireless communication method A wireless communication device includes a transmitter that is provided in a rotary part of a rotary device and transmits a wireless signal; a receiver that is provided in a stationary part of the rotary device, receives the wireless signal, and calculates a communication quality level based on the wireless signal; and processing circuitry to determine a communication cycle based on the communication quality level so that the communication cycle synchronizes with a cycle as a multiple of a rotation cycle of the rotary part by an integer greater than or equal to 1, and to make timing of the communication between the transmitter and the receiver follow the rotation cycle by increasing or decreasing the communication cycle so that the communication quality level increases.
US11658696B2	Network transceiver with VGA channel specific equalization A network transceiver device is provided, including at least two variable gain amplifiers (VGAs), and at least two sets of analog digital converters (ADCs), each set including ADCs coupled to an output of one of the VGAs, the sets being arranged in VGA-specific channels. The device includes a plurality of feed-forward equalizers (FFEs), each FFE being coupled to receive an output of one of the ADCs in one of the VGA-specific channels. Each FFE is configured to adaptively equalize the output received from the ADCs utilizing a first equalization coefficient subset with coefficient values that are common to all FFEs, and a second equalization coefficient subset that is channel specific and that has a first set of coefficient values for a first VGA-specific channel and a second set of coefficient values for a second VGA-specific channel, the sets of coefficient values being computed independently.
US11658692B2	Beam dependent digital pre-distortion Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described. For example, a transmitting wireless device, such as a user equipment or a base station, may apply a first set of digital pre-distortion (DPD) coefficients to a plurality of antenna elements to form a first transmit beam. The wireless device may determine to switch from using the first transmit beam to using a second transmit beam that is different from the first transmit beam and may apply a second set of DPD coefficients to the plurality of antenna elements to form the second transmit beam, where the second set of DPD coefficients is different from the first set of DPD coefficients. The wireless device may transmit signaling using the second transmit beam based at least in part on applying the second set of DPD coefficients.
US11658690B2	Transceiver droop calibration A transceiver is configured for a calibration mode of operation in which an impedance of a transmit chain is tuned responsive to a power measurement of a mixed RF calibration signal to form a tuned transmit chain. A direct conversion mixes an RF calibration signal with a DC offset signal to form the mixed calibration signal. During a normal mode of operation, a heterodyne mixer mixes an LO signal with an IF signal to produce an RF signal that is amplified through the tuned transmit chain.
US11658688B2	Multiplexer with bulk acoustic wave filter and multilayer piezoelectric substrate filter Embodiments of this disclosure relate to multiplexers that include acoustic wave filters for filtering radio frequency signals. In certain embodiments, a multiplexer includes a first acoustic wave filter including bulk acoustic wave resonators and a second acoustic wave filter including multilayer piezoelectric substrate surface acoustic wave resonators. The second acoustic wave filter can have a second pass band that is above a first pass band of the first acoustic wave filter. Related acoustic filter assemblies, packaged radio frequency modules, wireless communication devices, and methods are disclosed.
US11658682B2	Methods for encoding and decoding sparse code and orthogonal sparse superposition code The inventive concept relates to method for encoding and decoding sparse codes and orthogonal sparse superposition codes. A sparse code encoding method which is to be performed by an encoding apparatus, according to an embodiment of the inventive concept may include selecting an index set that is a part of a code block by using an information bit, and mapping a codeword less than a preset size to the selected index set.
US11658681B2	Energy efficient adaptive data encoding method and circuit Various energy efficient data encoding schemes and computing devices are disclosed. In one aspect, a method of transmitting data from a transmitter to a receiver connected by plural wires is provided. The method includes sending from the transmitter on at least one but not all of the wires a first wave form that has first and second signal transitions. The receiver receives the first waveform and measures a first duration between the first and second signal transitions using a locally generated clock signal not received from the transmitter. The first duration is indicative of a first particular data value.
US11658674B2	Analog-to-digital converter circuit, corresponding system and method In an embodiment, a circuit includes N sensing channels. Each channel includes a first main sensing node and a second redundancy sensing node paired therewith. N analog-to-digital converters (ADCs) are coupled to the first sensing nodes, with digital processing circuits coupled to the N ADCs. A pair of multiplexers are coupled to the second sensing nodes and to the N ADCs with a further ADC coupled to the output of the second multiplexer. An error checking circuit is coupled to the outputs of the second multiplexer and the further ADC to compare, at each time window in a sequence of N time windows, a first digital value and a second digital value resulting from conversion to digital of: an analog sensing signal at one of the first sensing nodes, and an analog sensing signal at the second sensing node paired with the selected one of the first sensing nodes.
US11658664B1	Asynchronous circuit with majority gate or minority gate logic Asynchronous circuits implemented using threshold gate(s) and/or majority gate(s) (or minority gate(s)) are described. The new class of asynchronous circuits can operate at lower power supply levels (e.g., less than 1V on advanced technology nodes) because stack of devices between a supply node and ground are significantly reduced compared to traditional asynchronous circuits. The asynchronous circuits here result in area reduction (e.g., 3× reduction compared to traditional asynchronous circuits) and provide higher throughput/mm2 (e.g., 2× higher throughput compared to traditional asynchronous circuits). The threshold gate(s), majority/minority gate(s) can be implemented using capacitive input circuits. The capacitors can have linear dielectric or non-linear polar material as dielectric.
US11658658B2	High-voltage switches In some examples, a switch comprises first and second drain-extended transistors of a first type, third and fourth drain-extended transistors of a second type, a switch input coupled between drains of the first and third drain-extended transistors, a switch output coupled between drains of the second and fourth drain-extended transistors, and a control input. The control input is coupled to gates of the first and second drain-extended transistors, a first switch coupled to sources of the first and second drain-extended transistors, a second switch coupled between a voltage supply and gates of the third and fourth drain-extended transistors, and a third switch coupled between the voltage supply and sources of the third and fourth drain-extended transistors. The control input comprises a fifth drain-extended transistor coupled between the sources of the third and fourth drain-extended transistors and the gates of the third and fourth drain-extended transistors.
US11658656B2	Low power clock gating cell and an integrated circuit including the same A clock gating cell including: a first circuit configured to receive an enable signal and an inverted output clock signal and generate a first signal through a first node; a second circuit configured to receive the first signal and generate an inverted first signal; a third circuit configured to receive the first signal, the inverted first signal, and an input clock signal, generate the first signal by being connected to the first circuit through the first node, and generate the inverted output clock signal through a second node; and a fourth circuit configured to receive the first signal, generate the inverted output clock signal by being connected to the third circuit through the second node, and generate the output clock signal, wherein the third circuit includes a pair of transistors receiving the input clock signal.
US11658651B1	Radio frequency switch circuit and operating method thereof An RF switch circuit is provided. The RF switch circuit may include a first switch disposed between a transmitting port and an antenna port and including a plurality of first transistors; a second switch disposed between the antenna port and a receiving port and including a plurality of second transistors; and a switch control circuit configured to generate control voltages to control the first transistors and the second transistors, generate a first Off voltage to turn off at least one first transistor among the plurality of first transistors and the plurality of second transistors in a transmitting mode, and generate a second Off voltage to turn off at least one second transistor among the plurality of first transistors and the plurality of second transistors in a receiving mode, wherein the second Off voltage may be higher than the first Off voltage.
US11658648B1	Variation tolerant linear phase-interpolator A system includes a sampler, a receiver phase-locked loop circuit configured to provide one or more input clock signals, and a phase interpolation circuit coupled to the receiver phase-locked loop circuit and the sampler. The phase interpolation circuit further includes a first phase interpolator configured to generate a first recovered clock signal based on the one or more input clock signals and a first code, and a second phase interpolator configured to generate a second recovered clock signal based on the one or more input clock signals and a second code, wherein the second code has an interpolation code offset from the first code, wherein the interpolation code offset corresponds to a phase shift in the second recovered clock signal relative to the first recovered clock signal, wherein the outputs of the first phase interpolator and second phase interpolator are configured to be merged.
US11658647B2	Adjustable delay line devices and methods thereof A switched delay section for an integrated circuit device is disclosed. The switched delay section includes a segmented inductor loop comprising a plurality of segments separated by nodes. A plurality of capacitors are coupled between the segmented inductor loop to provide a plurality of delay sections. An image loop is in electrical communication with the segmented inductor loop. The image loop includes a switch configured to place the plurality of capacitors in one of a high capacitance or a low capacitance state to provide a variable delay value.
US11658645B2	Duty correction device and method, and semiconductor apparatus using the same A duty correction device includes a global duty correction circuit and a local duty correction circuit. The global duty correction circuit performs a global duty correction operation on a first clock signal and a second clock signal based on a local correction signal. The local duty correction circuit performs a local duty correction by detecting phases of the first and second clock signals, and enables the local correction signal when a number of the local duty correction operation reaches a threshold value.
US11658642B2	Multiplexer A multiplexer includes: first and second substrates overlapping with each other with an air gap interposed therebetween; a first filter disposed on the first substrate and including first series resonators connected in series with a first path, and first parallel resonators; and a second filter disposed on the second substrate and including second series resonators connected in series with a second path, and second parallel resonators connected between the second path and a ground, each of the second series resonators and the second parallel resonators including a piezoelectric film, a first electrode interposed between the piezoelectric film and the second substrate, a second electrode interposed between the piezoelectric film and the air gap, and a resonance region, in at least one second parallel resonator, the first electrode being coupled to the second path, the second electrode being coupled to the ground, the resonance region overlapping with the first path.
US11658640B2	Filter device and multiplexer A filter device includes a filter between an input/output terminal and an input/output terminal, and an additional circuit connected in parallel with the filter. The filter includes at least two acoustic wave resonators defining a pass band of the filter. The additional circuit includes a longitudinally coupled resonator, and a capacitor connected between the longitudinally coupled resonator and the input/output terminal. A capacitance of a comb-shaped capacitance electrode of the capacitor is smaller than a capacitance of an IDT electrode of at least one acoustic wave resonator of the at least two acoustic wave resonators, and an area of the comb-shaped capacitance electrode of the capacitor is smaller than an area of the IDT electrode of the at least one acoustic wave resonator.
US11658638B2	Magnetoelastic resonator and method of manufacturing same A resonator comprising a magnetoelastic body having a mass load portion and an active resonating portion can be used in implementations such as a security tag. The resonator includes a mass at the mass load portion of the magnetoelastic body. Displacement of the magnetoelastic body is configured to occur at both the mass load portion and the active resonating portion. A strain at the active resonating portion during displacement is configured to be greater than a strain at the mass load portion during displacement.
US11658637B2	Torsional mode quartz crystal device The disclosed technology generally relates to quartz crystal devices and more particularly to quartz crystal devices configured to vibrate in torsional mode. In one aspect, a quartz crystal device configured for temperature sensing comprises a fork-shaped quartz crystal comprising a pair of elongate tines laterally extending from a base region in a horizontal lengthwise direction of the fork-shaped quartz crystal, wherein each of the tines has formed on one or both of opposing sides thereof a pair of vertically recessed groove structures laterally elongated in the horizontal lengthwise direction, wherein the pair of groove structures are separated in a horizontal widthwise direction by a line structure. The quartz crystal device further comprises a first electrode and a second electrode formed on the one or both of the opposing sides of each of the tines and configured such that, when an electrical bias is applied between the first and second electrodes, the fork-shaped quartz crystal vibrates in a torsional mode in which each of the tines twists about a respective axis extending in the horizontal lengthwise direction.
US11658633B2	Impedance adjustment circuit, power conversion element, and power supply element An adjustment circuit is connected between a power generation circuit that converts environmental energy into electric power and a power conversion circuit that converts the electric power generated by the power generation circuit into a desired form. The adjustment circuit includes a first circuit unit and a second circuit unit. The first circuit unit is configured to have an input connected to the power generation circuit and an output connected to the power conversion circuit. The second circuit unit is configured to have a connection point connected to the first circuit unit, a grounding point connected to a grounding electric potential, and a capacitor connected between the connection point and the grounding point. A magnitude of output resistance included in the second circuit unit is smaller than a magnitude of output resistance included in the power generation circuit. The capacitor is charged with the electric power output from the power generation circuit and outputs the charged electric power to the power conversion circuit.
US11658632B2	Audio device with dynamically responsive volume Described herein is an audio device with a microphone which may adapt the audio output volume of a speaker by either increasing or decreasing output volume based on an audio input volume from a user and a distance from the user to the audio device. The audio device may also adapt its output volume to lower the audio output based on detecting one or more interruptions including occupancy and acoustic sounds.
US11658626B2	Split miller compensation in two-stage differential amplifiers A two-stage differential amplifier with cross-coupled compensation capacitors. The differential amplifier includes first amplifier circuitry receiving a differential input voltage and presenting first and second intermediate outputs. The amplifier further includes a second amplifier stage with a first leg having an input coupled to the second intermediate output of the first amplifier circuitry, and a second leg having an input coupled to the first intermediate output of the first amplifier circuitry. A compensation capacitor is provided for each leg of the second amplifier stage, each coupled between the output of that amplifier leg and its input. A first cross-coupled capacitor is coupled between the output of the first amplifier leg to the input of the second amplifier leg, and a second cross-coupled capacitor is coupled between the output of the second amplifier leg and the input of the first amplifier leg.
US11658624B2	Voltage gain amplifier architecture for automotive radar Disclosed herein is a method including sinking current from a pair of input transistors of a differential amplifier while sourcing more current to the pair of input transistors than is sunk. The method further includes generating a pair of input differential signals using a pair of input voltage regulators, and amplifying a difference between the pair of input differential signals to produce a pair of differential output voltages, using the differential amplifier. The method also includes amplifying the pair of differential output voltages using at least one voltage gain amplifier, and generating control signals for current sources that source the current to the pair of input transistors of the differential amplifier, from the pair of differential output voltages after at least amplification.
US11658622B2	Power amplifier circuit A power amplifier circuit includes a lower transistor having a first terminal, a second terminal connected to ground, and a third terminal, wherein a first power supply voltage is supplied to the first terminal, and an input signal is supplied to the third terminal; a first capacitor; an upper transistor having a first terminal, a second terminal connected to the first terminal of the lower transistor via the first capacitor, and a third terminal, wherein a second power supply voltage is supplied to the first terminal, an amplified signal is outputted to an output terminal from the first terminal, and a driving voltage is supplied to the third terminal; a first inductor that connects the second terminal of the upper transistor to ground; a voltage regulator circuit; and at least one termination circuit that short-circuits an even-order harmonic or odd-order harmonic of the amplified signal to ground potential.
US11658620B2	Digital signal generator for audio artefact reduction A digital signal generator apparatus and method is described. The digital signal generator includes a counter, an integrator and a comparator. The counter counts up or down from an initial counter value dependent on a counter control input. The comparator has a first input coupled to the counter output, a threshold input and a comparator output coupled to the counter control input. The integrator has an input coupled to the counter output and an output coupled to the digital signal generator output. The digital signal generator determines the count direction after the initial direction dependent on the comparison between a threshold value applied to the threshold input and the counter output value. The digital signal generator may implement the generation of a waveform having an approximation to a raised cosine function. The generated waveform may be used for audio artefact reduction in an audio amplifier during mute or unmute operations or during power up power down operations.
US11658619B2	Gain transient response compensation A method, apparatus and computer program is described comprising: determining an absolute gain of a power amplifier over time, wherein the absolute gain is formed from the division of a feedback baseband signal derived (e.g. by demodulating an RF signal) from an output of the power amplifier, by a forward baseband signal that is used to form an input of the power amplifier; determining a relative gain transient response (GTR) of the power amplifier, by normalising the absolute gain to generate a relative gain of the power amplifier over time; and determining a transient response compensation value having inverse characteristics to the relative gain transient response.
US11658617B2	Universal memory-based model for nonlinear power amplifier behaviors A method for modelling a power amplifier, including memory effect modelling, for general input waveforms and power levels involves generating an extraction waveform having a plurality of tones each having a different frequency, a difference between the frequencies of two adjacent tones of the plurality of tones not being an integer multiple of a difference in frequency between any two other adjacent tones of the plurality of tones. The method further involves providing the extraction waveform to the power amplifier, receiving output from the power amplifier generated in response to the extraction waveform, and generating a model of the power amplifier based on the output.
US11658616B2	Method and apparatus to reduce inter symbol interference and adjacent channel interference in mixer and TIA for RF applications A frontend circuit for a radio frequency (RF) receiver comprises an RF amplifier circuit to receive an RF signal, a local oscillator (LO) circuit to produce a LO signal, a mixer circuit configured to mix the RF signal with the LO signal to produce a down-converted intermediate frequency (IF) signal, a transimpedance amplifier (TIA) circuit to receive the IF signal, and an error reduction circuit operatively coupled to the TIA circuit and configured to reduce voltage error caused by error charge from parasitic capacitance of the frontend circuit.
US11658614B2	Supply voltage circuit for reducing in-rush battery current in an envelope tracking integrated circuit A supply voltage circuit for reducing in-rush battery current in an envelope tracking (ET) integrated circuit (ETIC) is provided. The ETIC includes an ET voltage circuit configured to generate a time-variant ET voltage, which includes an offset voltage, in multiple time intervals based on a supply voltage. In some cases, the offset voltage and the supply voltage may both need to be increased or decreased as the time-variant ET voltage increases or decreases. As the offset voltage and the supply voltage increase or decrease, an excessive in-rush battery current may result in a reduced battery life. In this regard, a supply voltage circuit is configured to help the ETIC to adapt the supply voltage on a per-symbol basis. As a result, it is possible to reduce the in-rush battery current in the ETIC while still allowing the time-variant ET voltage to change in a timely manner.
US11658609B2	Photovoltaic renewable energy system A photovoltaic renewable energy system utilizes a light source and one or more reflectors to produce power via photovoltaic cells. An exemplary photovoltaic renewable energy system utilizes a light source, such as Light Emitting Diodes (LED), to provide light to photovoltaic cells that therein produce electrical power. The photovoltaic cells may be arranged in a photovoltaic array to ensure maximum power conversion from the incident light. A reflector, such as a prism may be used to direct light from the light source onto the photovoltaic cells. A cell reflector, which may also be a prism, may be configured proximal to the photovoltaic cell surfaces to reflect light onto the photovoltaic surface to increase power conversion.
US11658608B2	Deployable solar array apparatus A deployable solar array apparatus. There is a telescoping mast, being actuatable between an extended mode and a retracted mode; a pivoting head, coupled to a top portion of the telescoping mast; a plurality of arms, circumferentially and pivotally coupled to the head and extending outwardly therefrom, and actuatable between an extended mode and a retracted mode; and a plurality of solar panels coupled to exterior surfaces of the head and arms.
US11658603B2	Feature set and methods for a digital positioner A digital positioner for a valve includes a valve controller configured to obtain a set point value for a valve travel of a valve, and generate a pulse-width modulated current signal based on the set point value. The digital positioner also includes a current-to-pressure converter configured to receive the pulse-width modulated current signal from the valve controller, convert the pulse-width modulated current signal to a pulse-width modulated pressure signal, and provide the pulse-width modulated pressure signal to a pneumatic actuator in the valve to adjust a position of the valve.
US11658601B2	Motor control device and air-conditioning apparatus having the same A motor control device includes a power converter that supplies a three-phase voltage to two motors being connected in parallel, a three-phase power line that connects between one of the two motors and the power converter, a branch three-phase power line that connects between the other of the two motors and the power converter, a switching device having two switches that are provided on the branch three-phase power line, a current detection device that detects three-phase currents flowing in the two motors, and a controller. The controller performs a failure determination of the switching device by identifying a phase of a power line in which no current flows in the three-phase power line and the branch three-phase power line, and, when a failure is detected in one of the two switches in the failure determination, controls to change a state of the other switch, which operates normally, to coincide with a state of the failed switch.
US11658600B2	Motor controller, motor system and method for controlling motor A motor controller 100-1 includes an inverter 23, a current detection unit 24, and a current detector 27. The motor controller includes a duty-cycle setting unit 31 that sets a duty cycle of each of a first PWM signal, a second PWM signal, and a third PWM signal, based on a corresponding detected value for a given phase. The motor controller includes a PWM signal generator 32. The PWM signal generator 32 adjusts, upon occurrence of a condition in which a given setting value changes, a time sequence order of timings at which the first PWM signal, the second PWM signal, and the third PWM signal respectively change after a change in the given setting value, to be the same as a time sequence order of timings at which the first PWM signal, the second PWM signal, and the third PWM signal respectively change prior to the change in the given setting value, so that a first energization time period and a second energization time period are ensured within half of one period of the carrier. The first energization time period has an energization width in which the current detector enables detecting of a given phase current for any one of phases. The second energization time period has an energization width in which the current detector enables detecting of a given phase current for any one of the phases.
US11658599B1	Voltage measurement device for pulse-width modulation signals, motor driving device and method thereof A voltage measurement device for pulse-width modulation (PWM) signals is provided, which includes a conversion circuit and a processing circuit. The conversion circuit receives a first PWM signal and a second PWM signal from a motor driving device, and converts the first PWM signal and the second PWM signal into the absolute value signal and the polarity signal of the line-to-line voltage signal between the first PWM signal and the second PWM signal. The processing circuit converts the polarity signal and the absolute value signal into a first integral signal and a second integral signal, and reconstructs the line-to-line voltage signal according to the first integral signal and the second integral signal so as to obtain the reconstructed voltage signal of the line-to-line voltage signal.
US11658594B2	System and method to detect low speed in a gas turbine generator A control system for a power generation system includes a generator coupled to a turbine via a shaft. The control system includes a memory storing instructions. The control system also includes a processor coupled to the memory and configured to execute the instructions. When the instructions are executed it causes the processor to receive a direct current (DC)-link voltage from an automatic voltage regulator (AVR), wherein the AVR is configured to control voltage characteristics of the generator, and to determine a speed of the generator based on the DC-link voltage.
US11658592B2	Motor control circuit, motor drive control apparatus and control method for motor control circuit The present disclosure provides a motor control circuit enabled to change or adjust functions to be implemented to suppress an increase in cycle time during mass production. A motor control circuit according to an exemplary embodiment of the present disclosure is a motor control circuit to control a motor driver including a first non-volatile memory and a second non-volatile memory, and the first non-volatile memory stores a control algorithm and a first parameter group to be used by the control algorithm of the motor control circuit, and the second non-volatile memory is enabled to store a second parameter group to be used by the control algorithm.
US11658577B2	Power management integrated circuit with a field programmable array of voltage regulators A semiconductor device includes a plurality of voltage regulators arranged in a field programmable array and a power array controller coupled to the plurality of voltage regulators. The power array controller is configured to control the plurality of voltage regulators to output power to a plurality of power rails. Each power rail provides a respective rail current at a respective rail voltage. The power array controller is configured to for each of the plurality of power rails, determine the respective rail current associated with the respective power rail, select a subset of voltage regulators according to at least the respective rail current, and enable the subset of voltage regulators to generate the respective rail voltage and provide the respective rail current collectively.
US11658575B2	Regulator architecture with load dependent biasing and inrush current control A USB-power delivery integrated circuit controller includes: one or more driver circuits configured to control operation of a buck-boost converter; a regulator configured to regulate an internal supply voltage of the controller from a variable input voltage of the buck-boost converter in a regulation mode, and to pass the variable input voltage as the internal supply voltage without regulation in a bypass mode, the regulator being in the bypass mode when the variable input voltage is below the internal supply voltage, the regulator including an amplifier and a pass transistor configured to pass a current that is inversely proportional to an output of the amplifier; a clamping circuit configured to limit an overdrive voltage of the pass transistor during an inrush current event; and an override circuit configured to deactivate the clamping circuit in the bypass mode when the current passed by the pass transistor is below a current threshold.
US11658572B2	Power field effect transistor topology and bootstrap circuit for inverting buck-boost DC-DC converter For a buck-boost DC-DC converter with n-type high-side field effect transistor (HSFET), a supply is derived from input and output rails, and this supply maintains a constant differential voltage independent of input supply voltage. The derived supply is used as the high supply (HS) of an HSFET Driver. As such, the HSFET resistance becomes independent of supply variation. A wide range ultra-low IQ (Quiescent current), edge triggered level-shifter provides support to a bootstrapped power stage of the inverting buck-boost DC-DC converter. When p-type HSFET is used, a supply is derived from the input and output supply rails, and this derived supply maintains a constant differential voltage independent to the input supply voltage. The derived supply is used as the low supply (LS) or ‘ground’ of the HSFET Driver. As such, the p-type HSFET resistance becomes independent of supply variation.
US11658569B2	Load line regulation for power converters A method of implementing a load line in a power converter includes: adjusting a target voltage used to regulate an output voltage of the power converter, based on sensed load current information that has delay between updates; and responsive to detecting a load current transient and before the next update to the sensed load current information becomes available, adjusting the target voltage based on blind load current information. A corresponding controller, power converter and electronic system are also described.
US11658568B2	Low noise charge pumps Low noise charge pumps are disclosed. In certain embodiments, a charge pump includes a charge pump output terminal configured to provide a charge pump voltage, a switched capacitor, an inverter having an output electrically connected to a first end of the switched capacitor, a pair of charging switches connected between a second end of the switched capacitor and a reference voltage, and a pair of discharging switches connected between the second end of the switched capacitor and the charge pump output terminal. The pair of charging switches is closed during a charging operation and open during a discharging operation, while the pair of discharging switches closed during the discharging operation and open during the charging operation.
US11658563B2	Half-bridge power supply with dynamic dead time A half-bridge power supply comprises: a first switch electrically connected to an energy source and to a load; a second switch electrically connected to the energy source and to the load; and circuitry electrically connected to the first and second switches and configured to provide a dynamic dead time for the half-bridge power supply based on one of the first and second switches being turned off having forward current.
US11658560B2	Energy supply system for feeding a DC link, and method for operating the system In a system for feeding a DC link and a method for operating the system, a sensor for detecting a current in the DC link or voltage on the DC link is connected to a controller, which activates a second converter, e.g., a DC/DC converter or current controller. A first energy storage device is connected via the second converter to the DC link, and the controller activates a third converter, e.g., a DC/DC converter or current controller. A second energy storage device is connected via the third converter to the DC link, and the first and the second energy storage devices are different, e.g., have a different dynamic behavior and/or different discharge time constants.
US11658557B2	Control device and control method A control device for a converter including a one-phase or multiple-phase converter circuit includes: a magnetic coupling determination unit configured to determine whether the converter circuit is a magnetically coupled circuit in which a reactor of the converter circuit is in a magnetically coupled state; and a control unit configured to change a control method for the converter according to a determination result of the magnetic coupling determination unit.
US11658555B2	Actuator An actuator includes a connection body connected with a support body and a movable body and having at least one of elasticity and viscoelasticity, and a magnetic drive mechanism structured to relatively move the movable body with respect to the support body. The connection body formed in a tube shape is disposed on both end sides in the vibration direction of the movable body. In a state that the movable body is located at a home position, the inner peripheral part connected with one of the movable body and the support body of each of the connection bodies is pulled to a center side in the vibration direction of the movable body with respect to its outer peripheral part connected with the other of the movable body and the support body and is shear-deformed.
US11658553B2	Apparatuses for forming woven undulated coil assemblies Methods and apparatuses for forming a woven coil assembly (100), the coil assembly having adjacent superimposed linear portions (LI-L6, AL7-ALI2) extending parallel to each other in a first area (A1) of the coil assembly, and adjacent superimposed linear portions (L7-L12, AL13-AL18) extending parallel to each other in a second area (A2) of the coil assembly, wherein a plurality of head portions (T) connect the linear portions of the first area (AI) to the linear portions of the second area (A2).
US11658547B2	Method of calibrating a variable-speed blower motor A method of calibrating a motor assembly includes selecting an electric motor and a motor controller for the motor assembly, obtaining at least one electric motor parameter of the electric motor, determining a correction factor for the electric motor based upon the at least one electric motor parameter, and programming the motor controller with the correction factor.
US11658545B2	Brushless direct current motor end cap An end cap for a brushless motor that dissipates heat from a controller and switching elements of the motor through fins in the end cap. The end cap can be directly or thermally coupled to the controller and switching elements to dissipate heat out through the fins.
US11658540B2	Assembling method of a rotor to an electric motor frame A method of mounting a rotor assembly to a frame of an electric motor includes providing a rotor assembly having a bearing and a frame having a bearing seat. The method includes locating the bearing within the bearing seat, applying a first adhesive at a substantially hidden interface between the bearing and the bearing seat, applying a second adhesive at a substantially visible interface between the bearing and the bearing seat, and curing the first and second adhesives using different curing processes.
US11658539B2	Electric motor with circuit board being held by insulator Insulators each include a plurality of board holding claws projecting from an outer peripheral edge of the circuit board for engaging a plurality of board recesses, the plurality of board holding claws are arranged on the outer peripheral edge of the circuit board such that an interval of board holding claws on a connector-mounted side is smaller than an interval between board holding claws on a counter-connector-mounted side, and a load receiving pin, which receives a radial load, projects at a counter-connector-mounted position, which is opposite to a mounted position of a connector.
US11658538B2	Motor operated compressor The present disclosure relates to a motor operated compressor, including a housing, a compressor provided in the housing, a motor connected to the compressor to drive the compressor, an inverter coupled to one side of the housing, and connected to the motor unit in an electrically conductive manner. The motor operated compressor includes a hermetic terminal assembly, one side of which extends into the inverter unit, and an opposite side of which extends into the housing. A plurality of busbars have one end of each busbar connected to the opposite side of the hermetic terminal assembly, and the other end of each busbar connected to the motor unit. A first insulating cover portion encloses and seals the hermetic terminal assembly and the plurality of busbars inside the housing, such that a conductive body connecting the motor unit and the inverter unit in the main housing is sealed from refrigerant.
US11658536B2	Rotary electric machine A rotary electric machine includes a multi-phase winding including magnetic poles circumferentially arranged in a circumferential direction. The multi-phase winding includes crossover wires each connecting two same-phase single coils that provide same-phase magnetic poles of the magnetic poles. The crossover wire includes an inter-pole crossover wire and an end crossover wire. The inter-pole crossover wire extends between one end and another end of the multi-phase winding in an axial direction of the multi-phase winding. The inter-pole crossover wire extends through an inter-pole gap between two adjacent poles of the magnetic poles. The end crossover wire extends in the circumferential direction on the other end of the multi-phase winding.
US11658532B2	Stator and method of producing the same A stator has a stator core composed of teeth and slots. Segment coils are inserted into the corresponding slots. The segment coil projecting from the slot has an exposed conductor part and a covered conductor part covered with an electrical insulation film. The exposed conductor part is arranged at the distal end side from the covered conductor part of the segment coil. The segment coils are connected together through the exposed conductor parts thereof projecting from the slots. The exposed conductor part has a thickness T2 thinner than a thickness T1 of the covered conductor part. A step part is formed at a position of the stator core side, adjacent to the exposed conductor part of the segment coil. The step part and the covered conductor part are covered with the electrical insulation film continuously from the stator core side of the covered conductor part.
US11658526B2	Motor, fan, air conditioning apparatus, and method for manufacturing motor A motor includes a rotor, a stator, and a magnetic pole position detection element to detect a position of a magnetic pole of the rotor. The rotor includes a resin magnet having a first orientation and a second orientation, and a shaft fixed to the resin magnet, and the first and second orientations and are different from each other in a radial direction. The magnetic pole position detection element faces the resin magnet in an axial direction.
US11658525B2	Electric motor assembly using polymer-only fastening and methods of manufacturing the same An electric motor assembly includes a housing having a generally cylindrical inner surface defining a generally cylindrical cavity within the housing, a stator operatively disposed within the generally cylindrical cavity, the stator including a plurality of stacked laminations wherein each lamination has an outer circumferential edge and a plurality of finger elements extending inward, and a layer of polymer disposed between a generally cylindrical outer surface of the stator and the generally cylindrical inner surface of the housing, such that the stator is fastened to the housing by the polymer. A method of manufacturing the electric motor assembly includes disposing a stator within a housing such that a gap is defined between the stator and the housing and the stator is not directly connected to the housing, and substantially filling the gap with a polymer capable of fastening the stator to the housing by only the polymer.
US11658524B2	Rotary electric machine Provided is a rotary electric machine that is able to suppress vibration noise of the rotary electric machine caused by an out-of-plane deformation. The rotary electric machine includes a stator including a frame being an annular member, and a plurality of split cores arranged in an annular shape and fitted to and held by a radially inner portion of the frame, wherein the frame is formed such that an inner diameter of each of both end portions thereof is smaller than an inner diameter of an axial middle portion thereof, and fitting fastening force between the frame and each split core is set to be greater at both the end portions than at the axial middle portion.
US11658517B2	Area-apportioned wireless power antenna for maximized charging volume An antenna for wireless power transfer includes a first antenna portion and a second antenna portion. The first antenna portion includes a first antenna terminal, a second antenna terminal, at least one first inner turn, at least one first outer turn, and a first wire crossover electrically connecting the at least one first inner turn with the at least one second outer turn. The antenna further includes a second antenna portion including a third antenna terminal, a fourth antenna terminal, at least one second inner turn, at least one second outer turn, and a second wire crossover electrically connecting the at least one second inner turn with the at least one second outer turn. The second antenna terminal is in electrical connection with the third antenna terminal and the first antenna terminal and fourth antenna terminal are configured for electrical connection with a transmitter circuit.
US11658511B2	Process for componentizing of energy flows Energy flows are segmented into components for tracking the location of energy consumption and production. Data collected on energy flows is used to create profiles of energy production and consumption over specified time windows for specific clients. Data profiles are also created for an aggregation of clients. The portion of an energy flow that is distributed to each client within an area is calculated. Based on data obtained and portions calculated of the energy flow, incentives are created to encourage energy production and usage in locations that reduce energy losses due to transmission of the energy flow. Aggregated data and feedback information about production and consumption is sent back to clients. Incentives can be in the form of pricing adjustments for both production and consumption during specified time periods.
US11658509B2	Sequence control circuit for enhancing reliability in case of abnormal power-down and control method thereof The control circuit includes a signal indication circuit, a control/isolation circuit, and an energy storage circuit; the signal indication circuit is a logic AND gate circuit, has an input end connected to multiple paths of power-down monitoring signals and an output end connected to an input end of the control/isolation circuit, and when a level of any path of power-down monitoring signal is low, outputs a low level to the control/isolation circuit; an output end of the control/isolation circuit is connected to an enable end of a Direct Current (DC) power chip, and the control/isolation circuit controls and isolates an output signal of the signal indication circuit by means of two-stage Metal-Oxide-Semiconductor (MOS) transistors; and an output end of the energy storage circuit is connected to the control/isolation circuit to provide reserve power for operation of the MOS transistors of the control/isolation circuit.
US11658508B2	Power converter for a solar panel A solar array power generation system includes a solar array electrically connected to a control system. The solar array has a plurality of solar modules, each module having at least one DC/DC converter for converting the raw panel output to an optimized high voltage, low current output. In a further embodiment, each DC/DC converter requires a signal to enable power output of the solar modules.
US11658505B2	Hybrid universal load conditioner A power generation system comprises a generator set, a switch device, an electrical storage device, a first inverter, a second inverter, and a controller. The switch device includes an input terminal connected to the generator set and an output terminal connected to a load. The first inverter is connected between the input terminal and the electrical storage device. The second inverter is connected between the output terminal and the electrical storage device. The controller is communicably coupled to the generator set, the switch device, the first inverter, and the second inverter. The controller is configured to determine whether an external power source is providing power to the load and, if not, the controller operates the power generation system in a first state. If the external power source is providing power to the load, the controller operates the power generation system in a second state.
US11658504B2	Charge circuit, control box and luminaire The present application relates to the technical field of electronic circuits, and provides a charge circuit, a control box and a luminaire. The charge circuit includes a control circuit and at least one constant current charge circuit. The constant current charge circuit is electrically connected to the rechargeable battery. The control circuit is used to obtain the specification information of the rechargeable battery, and configure the corresponding charging parameters to be sent to the corresponding constant current charge circuit, so as to charge the rechargeable battery through the constant current charge circuit. As a result, the effect of automatically recognize rechargeable batteries of different specifications can be realized, and meet the situation where the rechargeable batteries of different specifications can be simultaneously charged through multiple channels, which solves the problem that the existing technology of lithium battery charging cannot satisfy simultaneously charging lithium batteries of different specifications.
US11658503B2	Charging time computation method and charge control device A chargeable power of the battery is calculated based on a voltage and charge upper-limit voltage of a battery; the chargeable power and outputtable power of the charger are compared and a lower power is calculated as a first charge power; a timing that the battery temperature reaches a predetermined limit is calculated as a first timing; based on the temperature, surrounding temperature, and charge current when charging with the first charge power, a second charge power limited according to the battery temperature is calculated; by referencing a map, a charge time that comes after the first timing is calculated as a second charge time based on the state of the battery when the first timing is reached and the second charge power; and time obtained by adding the second charge time to the first charge time until the first timing is reached is calculated as the total charge time.
US11658500B2	Power supply unit for aerosol inhaler A power supply unit for an aerosol inhaler includes: a power supply able to discharge power to a load for generating an aerosol from an aerosol generation source; and a charger including an information input part, and configured to be able to supply one of a first charging voltage and a second charging voltage lower than the first charging voltage to the power supply, based on an input value which is input from the information input part. A fixed value which is predetermined as one input value can be input to the information input part, and the fixed value is a value for supplying the second charging voltage to the power supply.
US11658497B1	Methods and systems for charging and monitoring electronic devices in confinement institutions Implementations disclosed herein provide a charging station configured to attach to or be positioned adjacent to a wall in a confinement institution and to simultaneously charge multiple tablets, mobile phones, laptops, or other portable electronic devices. In some implementations, the charging station is configured with protective sides that may help protect inserted electronic devices from damage. The charging and use of the electronic devices within the confinement institution may be automatically managed based connections at the charging stations, communications with the electronic devices, audio, images, or video of the electronic devices or users captured cameras on the charging station or the electronic devices, and/or information provided by the users.
US11658496B1	Methods and systems for charging and monitoring electronic devices in confinement institutions Implementations disclosed herein provide a charging station configured to attach to or be positioned adjacent to a wall in a confinement institution and to simultaneously charge multiple tablets, mobile phones, laptops, or other portable electronic devices. In some implementations, the charging station is configured with protective sides that may help protect inserted electronic devices from damage. The charging and use of the electronic devices within the confinement institution may be automatically managed based connections at the charging stations, communications with the electronic devices, audio, images, or video of the electronic devices or users captured cameras on the charging station or the electronic devices, and/or information provided by the users.
US11658495B2	Jump starter auto safety jumper module An auto safety jumper module to prevent accidental short circuits or wrong connections between a jump start system and a motor vehicle battery when jump starting such motor vehicle. The module can be fully automatic and capable of detecting when a motor vehicle battery is connected to it. The module, which can be integrated into or an external add-on to a jump start system, does not need an external sensing wire(s) to detect when alligator clamps of the jump start system are connected to a vehicle battery post or to detect when the alligator clamps are disconnected.
US11658492B2	Charging cable port detection and current enforcement A charging cable configured to obtain power from different power supply devices for delivery to a chargeable electronic device, and to techniques and equipment to enable the charging cable to identify current limitation of the connected power supply device and to enforce that current limit via the charging cable. The charging cable has a logic circuit coupled to signal pins to detect a signal indicating a power limitation of the power supply device. The logic circuit controls a current limiter connected in the power delivery bus of the charging cable to limit current flowing through the charging cable.
US11658491B2	Methods of optimizing energy usage from energy suppliers Implementations of the disclosed subject matter may provide a method includes determining, at a server, average historical usage of energy by a user based on received energy usage data. The server may determine at least one available energy usage plan from one or more energy providers based on the determined average historical usage of energy and by determining available energy rate structures. The server may determine an optimized energy usage from the one or more energy providers based on the determined at least one available energy usage plan. The method may include controlling, at the server, one or more setting of an energy usage device based on the determined optimized energy usage and a selected energy usage plan from the determined at least one energy usage plan.
US11658489B2	Method and system for forming, managing, and coordinating a network of power generators A method for managing an energy generation system is disclosed. The system includes a cluster of power generators connected by a connectivity network. Each power generator includes an inverter having a respective controller, and at least a data set available to the controller for controlling the respective power generator. Each inverter transmits through said connectivity network, to the other inverters of the cluster, information concerning said data set available to it, said information being sufficient to check whether the data sets available to each inverter are aligned. Each inverter receives, through said connectivity network, information concerning the data set available to other inverters of the cluster and checks whether the data set available to it is aligned with the data sets available to the other inverters of the cluster.
US11658487B2	Method for providing control power for an alternating voltage system by means of an energy-generating plant An energy generation system provides balancing power for an AC voltage grid, and comprises a photovoltaic generator and an energy store, wherein the energy generation system exchanges a total electrical power with the AC voltage grid (1), wherein the total power exchanged is set as a function of a current maximum PV power, a predefinable basic PV power between zero and the maximum PV power and a provided or requested balancing power. When no balancing power is requested: a total basic power, which comprises the basic PV power can be fed in; When a negative balancing power is requested: the PV power can be reduced compared to the basic PV power; When a positive balancing power is requested: a battery power can be drawn from the energy store if the requested positive balancing power is greater than the difference between the maximum PV power and the basic PV power.
US11658485B2	Electrical system comprising switched cells and method for controlling such a system A method of controlling an electric system including electric cells. The method includes the steps of: a) determining a first (second) priority table including first (second) cell priority levels for a system charge (discharge) operation; b) determining the average current exchanged by each cell over a time window according to the cell implementation number in a cell connection sequence; c) determining a classification of the cell implementation numbers by increasing or decreasing order of the average current; d) assigning the implementation numbers according to the order of the classification to the cells by increasing or decreasing number of the priority levels of the first or second priority table; and e) connecting or disconnecting the cells according to the order of the assigned implementation numbers.
US11658473B2	Prevention and detection of overheating from component short circuits A personal electronic device can include a main printed circuit board having disposed thereon a processing unit, one or more auxiliary circuits coupled to the main printed circuit board by one or more corresponding flexible printed circuits and one or more temperature sensors disposed on one of the flexible printed circuits. A processing unit of the portable electronic device can be configured to monitor the one or more temperature sensors, provide a warning in response to a monitored temperature exceeding a first threshold, and to cause a shutdown of at least a portion of the personal electronic device in response to the monitored temperature exceeding a second threshold. The temperature sensors can be negative temperature coefficient resistors.
US11658470B2	Electrical cable passthrough A cable passthrough includes a first layer having a first edge and an aperture, and a second layer overlapping the first layer. The passthrough is configured to be installed on a roof deck, such that the aperture is configured to align with an aperture formed within the roof deck. The passthrough is configured to receive at least one cable having a first end and a second end. The second end of the cable is capable of extending outwardly from the first edge of the first layer and the first edge of the second layer of the passthrough. The cable is configured to be positioned intermediate the first layer and the second layer.

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