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US11007071B2	Artificial limb An artificial limb. The artificial includes a finger part and a drive unit for the finger part. The drive unit includes: a drive output part, a movable part and a drive rope. The movable part is configured to be connected with the drive output part and is capable of moving under a drive of the drive output part. The drive rope is configured to be disposed in the finger part and connected with the movable part and is capable of converting a movement of the movable part into a motion of the finger part.
US11007066B2	Stand alone interbody spinal system An embodiment includes an orthopedic fusion system comprising: a cage; a curved first channel coupling a lateral wall of the cage to a superior surface of the cage; a curved second channel coupling the lateral wall of the cage to an inferior surface of the cage; a third channel coupling the superior surface of the cage to the inferior surface of the cage; a curved first anchor configured to slide within the first channel; a curved second anchor configured to slide within the second channel; and a resilient member comprising a resilient first arm that projects across a portion of the first channel and a resilient second arm that projects across a portion of the second channel. Other embodiments are described herein.
US11007062B2	Arrangement and method in the preparation of the distal femur and posterior femoral condyle proximal surfaces of the femur for the femoral component of a prosthetic knee joint An arrangement for providing the proximal surface of the distal end of the femur and the posterior femoral condyle of the femur for a femoral component of a prosthetic knee joint, said arrangement including an alignment clamp mountable to the femur such that a vertical arm of the alignment clamp includes user-operable lateral adjustable extension tabs and a horizontal arm of the alignment clamp that includes user-operable height adjustable extension tabs wherein the lateral and height adjustable tabs engage with a front plate and a base plate which define out reference planes and/or an axis that can be used in establishing the alignment for the definitive resection cuts to the distal end of the femur and the posterior femoral condyle of the femur.
US11007061B2	Adjustable percutaneous heart valve repair system Devices and methods for treating patients with functional tricuspid regurgitation (TR) who are unsuitable for surgery include an interoperative, adjustable-size coapting element on a catheter which may be implanted within the left or right side of the heart and extends upward into the vasculature and out of the body. The radial diameter of the coapting element can be modulated in tandem with electrocardiographic imaging to reduce valve regurgitation. One system has an elongated catheter and an expandable coapting element mounted to a distal end with an auxetic structure connected to opposite end caps. A tensioning mechanism controlled from a proximal end of the catheter is configured to pull apart the two end caps and thus elongate and radially expand the auxetic structure. Other forms of the coapting element are disclosed, as well as a kink-resistant catheter sheath having a triangular cross-section.
US11007058B2	Valved aortic conduits A valved conduit including a bioprosthetic aortic heart valve connected to a tubular conduit graft forming an ascending aorta. The conduit graft may attach to the heart valve in a manner that facilitates a redo operation in which the valve is replaced with another valve. A sewing ring may be pre-attached to the inflow end of the graft, and then the valve connected to a delivery holder advanced into the graft and secured to the sewing ring. Dry bioprosthetic valves coupled with conduit grafts sealed with a bioresorbable medium can be stored with the delivery holder.
US11007057B2	Heart valve leaflet replacement system and method for same A prosthetic heart valve for treatment of a diseased heart valve having native anterior and posterior leaflets that move between an open configuration and a closed position to regulate blood flow through the heart valve during a cardiac cycle of a heart. The prosthetic heart valve having a crescent shaped stent, at least one prosthetic leaflet mounted on an inner surface of the stent, and at least one prong structure coupling a portion of the at least one prosthetic leaflet to a lower ventricular portion of the stent frame. The prosthetic heart valve further having systems for anchoring the upper flared portion of the stent to a posterior portion of the native valve annulus.
US11007054B2	Subannular sealing for paravalvular leak protection A prosthetic heart valve for replacing a native valve includes a collapsible and expandable stent extending between a proximal end and a distal end. The stent includes an annulus section adjacent the proximal end and having a first diameter, a plurality of first struts forming cells, and a plurality of second struts connected to the annulus section and forming a plurality of deflecting cells expandable to define a second diameter larger than the first diameter. A valve assembly is disposed within the stent and a cuff is coupled to the stent and covers the plurality of deflecting cells.
US11007046B2	Stent and method of use A urinary stent includes ends for deployment in the kidney and bladder, respectively, that are non-coplanar. The bladder end of the stent includes a luminary groove, covered by a sleeve of materials softer than the remainder of the stent, allowing urine at sufficient pressures to pass out from the stent, between the stent and the sleeve. The bladder end of the stent adapts its shape according to respiratory changes in the length of the stent. This shape change also prevents or reduces stent related pain.
US11007045B2	Embolic protection basket apparatus The present invention provides an aortic embolic filter mounted on a catheter. A pair of spaced apart hubs are provided, one hub being a catheter hub mounted on the catheter, the other hub being a tip hub spaced distally of the catheter hub. A filter basket is attached to the hubs and positioned distally of the catheter hub. The basket includes multiple supports that each span the two hubs. A filter material/sheet is supported by the supports, the filter material having concave and convex surfaces, first and second edge portions, and an opening that spans most of the distance between the hubs and in between the filter material edge portions. One of the supports is movable relative to the catheter hub. An operator, controller or handle enables the movable support to change length between the hubs to put more or less of a curvature of the filter basket.
US11007041B2	Milling machine and blank for a dental component The invention relates to a milling machine for producing a dental component, such as a crown or an abutment for example, from a blank. The milling machine includes a stop and a holder for the blank. The invention is characterized in that the holder is designed such that the holder can be surrounded by a mounting, which surrounds the holder, of the blank, and the surrounding mounting of the blank can be brought into contact with the stop for positioning purposes. The invention further relates to a corresponding blank.
US11007040B2	Dental CAD automation using deep learning Computer-implemented methods for generating a 3D dental prosthesis model are disclosed herein. The methods comprise training a deep neural network to generate a first 3D dental prosthesis model using a training data set; receiving a patient scan data representing at least a portion of a patient's dentition; and generating, using the trained deep neural network, the first 3D dental prosthesis model based on the received patient scan data.
US11007039B1	Intraoral scanner that compensates for optical inaccuracies A non-transitory medium includes instructions for generating a three-dimensional virtual model of an intraoral object by receiving surface scan data of the intraoral object while changing a position of at least one lens of focusing optics of an intraoral scanner, wherein the surface scan data comprises data for a plurality of points of the intraoral object, and adjusting the data for one or more of the plurality of points to compensate for one or more inaccuracies associated with changes of a shape of a focusing surface. A three-dimensional virtual model of the intraoral object is generated using the adjusted data.
US11007033B2	Methods and systems for tracking an asset in a medical environment and determining its status Methods and systems are provided for clinicians in a medical environment to remotely assess the status of an asset without physically going to the specific place where the asset is located. By using sensors and special purpose rooms, the methods and systems provide an accurate view of what is going on with the asset. Furthermore, the methods and systems can be extrapolated to a patient's status (knowing if the patient is asleep or awake, or when the patient wakes up post anesthesia—this would imply that the patient wears a tag).
US11007032B2	Endoscope cleaning device The invention relates to devices, systems and methods for cleaning medical tools having an elevator mechanism; for example, duodenoscopes, linear echoendoscopes, and side viewing endoscopes. The device includes two nozzles for being positioned near and/or inserted in spaces around the elevator mechanism. The system includes the device and a pump to supply liquid to the device.
US11007029B2	Method and apparatus for positioning a workstation for controlling a robotic system A method for positioning an input device of a workstation for use by a seated user in controlling a robotic surgery system is disclosed. The input device is operable to generate input signals representing a position of a hand controller moveable within an input device workspace. The method involves determining a vertical position of the hand controller within the input device workspace for an input signal received from the input device while a seated user's hand is grasping the hand controller in an initialization position defined with respect to the user's body. The method also involves determining a user ergonomic height of the input device based on the vertical position of the hand controller at the initialization position, and causing a platform of the workstation on which the input device is mounted to move vertically with respect to a base of the workstation to position the input device at the ergonomic height.
US11007026B2	Flexible instrument with embedded actuation conduits A minimally invasive medical instrument comprises an elongate flexible body including a proximal portion, a distal portion, an inner sheath defining a central lumen, and an outer sheath. The inner sheath comprises an inner surface and an outer surface. The instrument further comprises a plurality of conduits embedded within the inner sheath. The plurality of conduits extend through the inner sheath and terminate within the inner sheath. Each conduit includes a conduit lumen and a distal end, and the distal end is directly secured to the inner sheath. The instrument further includes at least one tendon extending through the conduit lumen of at least one conduit of the plurality of conduits from the proximal portion and beyond the distal end of the at least one conduit into the distal portion of the elongate flexible body. The at least one tendon is actuatable to steer the distal portion.
US11007025B2	Robot tool retraction A robot comprising: a base; a flexible arm extending from the base having: a plurality of joints positioned throughout the arm, a plurality of drivers arranged to drive the joints, and an attachment structure for attaching a tool to the arm; and a control unit configured to control the drivers and to receive inputs from sensors, where the control unit (i) controls the drivers to permit the arm to be reconfigured by the action of an external force applied to the arm to cause the tool to be retracted from a port; and (ii) on receiving sensor input indicating that the arm has been reconfigured to cause the tool to be retracted from the port, controls the drivers to reconfigure the arm so as to agitate the tool transverse to a longitudinal axis of the tool.
US11007024B2	Geared grip actuation for medical instruments An actuation mechanism for a medical instrument includes a pinion and a face gear that move a push-pull element. The pinion has a mounting that permits rotation of the pinion by an external control system such as a robot. The face gear meshes with the pinion. The push-pull element may have a proximal end coupled to the face gear and a distal end coupled to a tool at a distal end of an instrument shaft. A manipulator coupled for manual rotation of the actuation mechanism may include a slip clutch to prevent manual application of excessive force to the actuation mechanism.
US11007023B2	System and method of registration between devices with movable arms A system and method of registration between devices includes a tracking system and a controller. The system is configured to couple to a first device and a second arm separate from the first device. The first device has a first arm configured to couple to a manipulatable device. The second arm is configured to couple to an imaging device. The controller is configured to determine, based on tracking data from the tracking system, a first pose of the first arm and a second pose of the second arm; send a movement command to the second arm that directs the second arm to move into a third pose while maintaining a safety margin between the first and second arms. In the third pose the imaging device can capture an image of at least a portion of the manipulatable device. The movement command is based on the first and second poses.
US11007012B2	System and method for registration in orthopaedic applications Described herein are systems and methods for creating a custom registration guide. In general, the methods may include receiving scan data of a patient's bone; creating instructions based on the scan data for creating a three-dimensional surface model of the patient's bone; and moving a plurality of moveable elements, coupled to the adjustable model, based on the instructions. The method may further include the steps of placing a malleable registration guide onto the adjustable model and shaping the registration guide to fit to the adjustable model. The method may further include the step of intraoperatively determining the location of a patient's bone using the custom registration guide. The step of determining the location of the patient's bone may include the steps of coupling the registration guide and fiducial markers to the patient's bone.
US11007010B2	Curved bone access systems Described herein are various implementations of systems and methods for accessing and modulating tissue (for example, systems and methods for accessing and ablating nerves or other tissue within or surrounding a vertebral body to treat chronic lower back pain). Assessment of vertebral endplate degeneration or defects (e.g., pre-Modic changes) to facilitate identification of treatment sites and protocols are also provided in several embodiments. Several embodiments comprise the use of biomarkers to confirm or otherwise assess ablation, pain relief, efficacy of treatment, etc. Some embodiments include robotic elements for, as an example, facilitating robotically controlled access, navigation, imaging, and/or treatment.
US11007009B2	System for denervation A method for manufacturing a shaping structure having a generally helical profile and configured to support electrodes for delivering electric energy into a cylindrical lumen of a patient. The method comprises providing a mandrel with a circular cylindrical shape and forming a first hole in the mandrel along the elongate axis, such that opposing ends of a bore of the first hole emerge at the proximal end and at the distal end; forming a second hole in the mandrel to extend from the curved surface to connect with the first hole; wrapping a metal wire around the mandrel; and inserting opposing ends of the metal wire into the second and the third hole respectively, and threading the opposing ends of the metal wire until they emerge from the opposing ends of the bore of the first hole; finally, heating the mandrel and the wire.
US11007000B2	Partitioned surgical instrument A surgical instrument includes a reusable component and a disposable component selectively separable from and engagable with the reusable component. The disposable component includes an end effector and a mechanical actuator operable to induce mechanical movement of the end effector. The reusable component is configured for providing electrosurgical energy to the disposable component when engaged with the disposable component. A physical mating feature is configured to maintain engagement between the reusable and disposable components when the reusable and disposable components are engaged, and an electrical mating feature is configured to transmit electrical energy between the disposable and reusable components when the disposable and reusable components are engaged. All mechanical motion resulting from operation of the mechanical actuator may be contained within the disposable component.
US11006998B2	Systems, methods, and media for wireless radio frequency lesioning Systems, methods, and media for wireless radio frequency lesioning are provided. In some embodiments, a system for wireless radio frequency comprises: a wireless radiofrequency device, comprising: a receiving coil, a plurality of capacitors coupled in parallel to the receiving coil, a first electrode, and a second electrode, wherein a capacitor of the plurality of capacitors is connected between the first electrode and the second electrode, and wherein capacitances of the plurality of capacitors cause the receiving coil to pair with a transmitter at an operating frequency; a transmitter comprising at least one transmitting coil; and a radiofrequency generator configured to apply a radiofrequency signal at the operating signal to the transmitter.
US11006994B2	Cold plasma generating system A system for generating cold plasma is presented, suitable for use in in-vivo treatment of biological tissue. The system comprising: a control unit connectable to an elongated member at a first proximal end of the elongated member. The elongated member comprises a plasma generating unit at a second distal end thereof and gas and electricity transmission channels extending from said first proximal end towards said plasma generating unit. The control unit comprises a gas supply unit configured to provide predetermined flow rate of selected gas composition through said gas transmission channel and a power supply unit configured to generate selected sequence of high-frequency electrical pulses, typically in mega Hertz range, directed through said electricity transmission channel, thereby providing power and gas of said selected composition to the plasma generating unit for generating cold plasma.
US11006993B2	Retractable inflatable bone tamp An inflatable bone tamp for performing a minimally invasive surgical procedure includes an outer shaft defining an internal lumen, an inflatable structure coupled to the outer shaft, and an inner shaft movably disposed within the internal lumen and coupled to a distal end region of the inflatable structure. The internal lumen is sized to receive the inflatable structure, such that by moving the inner shaft relative to the outer shaft, the inflatable structure can be retracted into the internal lumen (and likewise can be extended from within the internal lumen for deployment in bone). This retraction capability can beneficially protect the inflatable structure during positioning/removal, and can also enhance recovery from radial tears of the inflatable structure.
US11006992B2	Method for treating joint pain and associated instruments The embodiments provide provides devices, instruments, and associated methods for treating joint pain. A joint is evaluated using magnetic resonance imaging to detect any defects in the subchondral bone. For example, using T2-weighted MRI images, bone marrow lesions or edemas can be identified, and using T1-weighted MRI images, associated regions of sclerotic bone adjacent to the bone marrow lesion can be identified. The treatment method may involve introducing a bone void filler material at the site to address the bone marrow lesion or edema, and/or drilling and inserting an implant to address the sclerotic bone, bone marrow lesion or edema, and insufficiency or stress fractures. An access path is mapped to a location in the subchondral region where the insufficiency fracture resides. The access path attempts to preserve an articular surface of the joint. A reinforcing member that stabilizes the insufficiency fracture is then implanted via the access path.
US11006991B2	Method and apparatus for sacroiliac joint fixation Disclosed is a fixation device for sacroiliac joint stabilization. The fixation device includes an elongated body comprising a bone anchor at a distal end. An axially moveable proximal anchor is carried by the proximal end of the fixation device. In one embodiment, the device is inserted through the ilium of the pelvis and the bone anchor is rotated into position within the sacrum. The proximal anchor is distally advanced with respect to the bone anchor to provide compression across the sacroiliac joint.
US11006982B2	Spinous process fixation devices and methods of use Orthopedic implant and methods of implantation for fixing adjacent bones. In one embodiment, the implant includes a locking mechanism that is adapted to be advanced by a locking instrument, wherein advancement of the locking mechanism in a first direction produces rotation of a first rigid abutment surface of the implant from a first orientation to a second orientation, and continued advancement of the locking mechanism produces advancement of the first rigid abutment surface towards a second rigid abutment surface of the implant. The continued advancement may also place a compressive load onto the implant sufficient to immobilize the implant relative to a first bony surface and a second bony surface.
US11006979B2	Dynamic stabilization with releasable end blocker-bumper An improved dynamic longitudinal connecting member includes a rod portion joined with a tensioned cord portion, for use in a medical implant assembly having at least two bone attachment structures, a spacer covering the join of the rod and cord portions and extending between the at least two bone attachment structures, a sleeve, a bumper and a cord blocker. The spacer and bumper are compressed. The cord portion is slidable with respect to at least one of the bone attachment members.
US11006970B2	Endoscopic surgical blade and method of use thereof An endoscopic surgical blade having a low-profile design, with an upper cutting surface and a lower cutting surface at its distal end and having a non-cutting radiused surface at the top end of the upper cutting surface, and the upper cutting surface and lower cutting surface meet at a crotch therebetween is disclosed. The blade is part of an endoscopic knife assembly which also contains a hollow knife tube hollow that allows the insertion of an endoscope for viewing of the surgical procedure. The endoscopic knife assembly can be used for in endoscopic surgery by insertion of the assembly through a slotted cannula. A method for a performing an operative procedure on a target tissue in a subject using the endoscopic knife assembly having a low-profile blade with an upper cutting surface and a lower cutting surface is also described.
US11006968B2	Method and orthopaedic surgical instrument system for surgically preparing a patient's bone An orthopaedic surgical instrument system for use in preparing a patient's bone is disclosed. The surgical instrument includes a cutting guide block configured to be secured to a surgically-prepared surface of the patient's bone, and a cutting tool to be used in conjunction with the cutting guide block to resect a section of the patient's bone. A method of performing an orthopaedic surgery is also disclosed.
US11006967B2	Cartilage removal tool and method An instrument for use in cartilage removal comprises an elongate body having a first end and a longitudinal axis having a longitudinal direction. A cartilage removal portion is coupled to the elongate body at the first end. The cartilage removal portion includes a plurality of serrated blades substantially perpendicular to the longitudinal axis and adapted for removing material while moving in the longitudinal direction. Each serrated blade has a centroid located along the longitudinal axis.
US11006966B2	Hemostatic device A hemostatic device includes a flexible band configured to be wrapped around a part of an arm to be subjected to hemostasis in which a radial artery and an ulnar artery are disposed, a securing portion that secures the band in a state of being wrapped around the arm, a first inflatable portion connected to the band to press a part to be subjected to hemostasis located in the radial artery by being inflated in response to injection of a fluid, a second inflatable portion disposed at a different position from the position of the first inflatable portion in the longitudinal direction of the band to press the ulnar artery by being inflated in response to injection of a fluid, and an auxiliary balloon disposed between the band and the second inflatable portion such that at least a portion overlaps the second inflatable portion and presses the second inflatable portion.
US11006962B2	Systems, tools, and methods for connecting to tissue Described are various embodiments of surgical procedure systems, devices, tools, and methods, useful for placing a soft tissue anchor at anatomical tissue; these may be useful for general surgical procedures, veterinary procedures, plastic surgery, and for treating pelvic conditions such as vaginal prolapse, incontinence, and other conditions caused by muscle and ligament weakness, the devices and tools being useful for accessing a posterior region of pelvic anatomy, and related methods.
US11006960B2	Surgical anvil assemblies for surgical stapling instruments A surgical anvil assembly for use with a circular stapling instrument includes an anvil center rod defining a longitudinal axis and an anvil head pivotally coupled to the anvil center rod and movable between a first operative condition and a second tilted condition. The anvil assembly further includes a locking assembly configured to selectively lock the anvil head in each of the first and second conditions.
US11006954B2	Suction attachment of an adjunct to a surgical instrument Adjuncts for use with surgical instruments, such as staplers, are provided. In one embodiment, an adjunct can include a plurality of suction members configured to attach the adjunct to an end effector jaw of a surgical stapler using a suction force. The suction members can be configured to generate the suction force when compressed. The suction members can be further configured to release the suction force to decouple the adjunct from the end effector jaw, permitting deployment of the adjunct at a treatment site. In certain embodiments, the suction members can include a plurality of air pockets formed in the bulk of the adjunct or within protrusions extending outward from a surface of the adjunct. The air pockets can be in communication with corresponding openings allowing air to escape the air pockets when compressed.
US11006952B2	Fixation device delivery system A fixation device delivery system is described. The system includes a driver and a cooperating fixation element featuring a barb which becomes active upon deployment in the inner abdominal wall.
US11006949B2	Method and apparatus for a shape memory implant An apparatus for fixating bone includes an orthopedic implant. The orthopedic implant may be manufactured from a shape memory material such that the orthopedic implant is moveable between a natural shape and an insertion shape. The orthopedic implant defines at least a first cannulation therethrough adapted to deliver a bone augmentation material to the bone. The orthopedic implant implants into the bone in its insertion shape. After implantation of the orthopedic implant, the first cannulation facilitates delivery into the bone of a bone augmentation material that augments the bone. The orthopedic implant once implanted attempts to transition from its insertion shape to its natural shape such that the orthopedic implant fixates the bone.
US11006942B2	Orthopedic surgical system including surgical access systems, distraction systems, and methods of using same A surgical access system includes a connector including an arm, a coupling element, a rod, and a ridged slider. The arm includes first and second notched sections disposed in opposed lateral sides thereof. The coupling element includes a body section defining an opening therethrough, and opposed tabs protruding therefrom that are configured to receive the second notched section therebetween such that the arm is pivotably coupled to the coupling element. The rod includes a shaft having a plurality of angled grooves defined partially along a length thereof. The rod extends through the opening of the coupling element and the first notched section of the arm. The ridged slider includes a first surface having a plurality of ridges extending along a partial length thereof. The ridged slider extends through the coupling element with the plurality of ridges operably engaged with the plurality of angled grooves of the rod.
US11006940B2	Micrograft for the treatment of intracranial aneurysms and method for use A device for occluding a vasculature of a patient including a micrograft having an absorbent polymeric structure with a lumen of transporting blood. The micrograft has a series of peaks and valleys formed by crimping. The occluding device is sufficiently small and flexible to be tracked on a guidewire and/or pushed through a microcatheter to a site within the vasculature of the patient. Delivery systems for delivering the micrografts are also disclosed.
US11006932B2	Methods and devices for diagnosis of blood vessel blockage or hemorrhage A method of diagnosing the occurrence or non-occurrence of a blood vessel blockage or hemorrhage comprises non-invasively applying ultrasound to a location on a patient's body, where the ultrasound is applied in an alternating and pulsed fashion, administering acoustic amplifiers to the patient, monitoring a feedback acoustic response signal of the acoustic amplifiers triggered by the ultrasound, and determining a diagnosis based at least in part on a relationship between an acoustic response signature of the acoustic response signal and a baseline acoustic response signature.
US11006931B2	Ultrasound signal processing device and ultrasound diagnostic device An ultrasound signal processing device: performing transmission events each involving selecting a group among transducer elements arranged in line in an ultrasound probe, and causing the group to transmit ultrasound towards a subject; for each transmission event, receiving ultrasound reflection from the subject; and generating a frame acoustic line signal based on sub-frame acoustic line signals that are generated based on the ultrasound reflection. The ultrasound signal processing device includes: a calculator that calculates, based on reflected ultrasound, a motion amount indicating movement between image signals for the subject; and a synthesizer generating the frame acoustic line signal based on the sub-frame acoustic line signals. The number of sub-frame acoustic line signals that the synthesizer uses to generate a frame acoustic line signal decreases when the motion amount is equal to or greater than a predetermined threshold.
US11006928B2	Sound speed imaging using shear waves Shear wave propagation is used to estimate the speed of sound in a patient. An ultrasound scanner detects a time of occurrence of a shear wave at each of multiple locations. The difference in time of occurrence, given tissue stiffness or shear velocity, is used to estimate the speed of sound for the specific tissue of the patient.
US11006926B2	Region of interest placement for quantitative ultrasound imaging For region of interest (ROI) placement in quantitative ultrasound imaging with an ultrasound scanner, the ROI is automatically placed using anatomy detection specific to the quantification, signal processing for clutter, attenuation, or noise, and/or identification of regions of fluid. For quantification, multiple ROIs may be positioned automatically. The automatic placement may improve consistency of measures over time and between sonographers and may provide for better image quality with less influence from undesired signals. As a result, diagnosis and/or treatment may be improved.
US11006923B2	Ultrasonically guided biopsies in three dimensions An ultrasound system includes a 3D imaging probe and a needle guide which attaches to the probe for guidance of needle insertion into a volumetric region which can be scanned by the 3D imaging probe. The needle guide responds to the insertion of a needle through the guide by identifying a plane for scanning by the probe which is the insertion plane through which the needle will pass during insertion. The orientation of the insertion plane is communicated to the probe to cause the probe to scan the identified plane and produce images of the needle as it travels through the insertion plane.
US11006922B2	Vibro-acoustic transducer In various embodiments, vibro-acoustic transducer arrangements in accordance herewith are optimized for sensing and transducing acoustic phenomena occurring within a patient's body, and manifesting themselves at the skin surface with frequencies ranging from 0.001 Hz to 10 kHz. Strategies for effectively coupling to the skin include judicious mismatching of mechanical impedance, the use of impedance-matching gels or liquids, a shaped (e.g., domed) pickup, material selection, and/or a peripheral leaf-spring arrangement permitting relative movement between inner and peripheral diaphragm portions. The spring stiffness or spring compliance of the leaf springs may be selectively chosen to optimize the frequency response of the sensor.
US11006920B2	System for controlling medical devices Controlling a multi-device module includes a physiological sensor configured to sense physiological characteristics of a subject and generate a signal indicative of an instantaneous physiological state. A first device is configured to generate a first signal indicative of an operating state of the first device. A second device is configured to generate a second signal indicative of an operating state of the second device. A remote-control device includes a repository for storing computer executable files aggregated from a plurality of changing private networks. The remote-control device includes an electronic record (ER) client to make a wireless connection with each of the private networks and to query ER database associated with the private networks for electronic records residing within the private networks.
US11006918B2	Tomographic image generation method and radiographic imaging apparatus A tomographic image generation method includes acquiring a first tomographic image (T1) including microstructure information (M) and a first ripple artifact (R1), acquiring a second tomographic image (T2) including a second ripple artifact (R2), and acquiring a subtraction tomographic image (T3) by subtracting the second tomographic image from the first tomographic image.
US11006917B2	Medical-information processing apparatus and X-ray CT apparatus A medical-information processing apparatus according to an embodiment includes processing circuitry. The processing circuitry acquires medical image data that is obtained during imaging on the subject in a resting state in the time phase where the relationship between the volume of blood flow and the pressure in a blood vessel in the cardiac cycle of the subject indicates a proportional relationship. The processing circuitry extracts the structure of a blood vessel, included in the medical image data, applies fluid analysis to the structure of the blood vessel to obtain a first index value, which is obtained based on the pressure in the blood vessel on the upstream side of a predetermined position within the blood vessel and the relation equation between the volume of blood flow and the pressure in the blood vessel in the resting state, and a second index value, which is obtained based on the pressure in the blood vessel on the downstream side of the predetermined position and the relation equation, and calculates the pressure ratio, which is the ratio of the first index value to the second index value.
US11006913B2	X-ray imaging apparatus An X-ray imaging apparatus includes an X-ray tube, an X-ray detector, a moving body configured to support at least one of the X-ray tube and the X-ray detector in such a manner that at least the one of the X-ray tube and theX-ray detector is movable in a predetermined direction, a drive configured to provide an amount of assist for moving the moving body in the predetermined direction, and a controller configured or programmed to perform control to change the amount of assist to be provided to the moving body by the drive according to a height position of the moving body when the moving body is manually moved.
US11006910B2	Filter system and method for imaging a subject A method and system is disclosed for acquiring image data of a subject. The image data can be collected with an imaging system using various selection techniques. The selection techniques may be used to assist in generating selected images for viewing. Selection techniques may include moving a filter to filter a selected portion of an imaging beam.
US11006909B2	Radiation shielding apparatuses and applications thereof Apparatuses (devices, systems) and methods for shielding (protecting) surroundings around periphery of regions of interest located inside objects (e.g., patients) from radiation emitted by X-ray systems towards the objects. Apparatus includes: at least one radiation shield assembly including a support base connectable to an X-ray system radiation source or detector, and a plurality of radiation shield segments sequentially positioned relative to the support base, thereby forming a contiguous radiopaque screen configured for spanning around the region of interest periphery with a radiopaque screen edge opposing the object. Radiation shield segments are individually, actively controllable to extend or contract to selected lengths with respective free ends in directions away from or towards the support base(s), for locally changing contour of the radiopaque screen edge. Applicable for shielding (protecting) medical personnel, and patients, from exposure to X-ray radiation during medical interventions or/and diagnostics.
US11006907B2	Field of view adjustment The appropriate positioning of a patient in an X-Ray imaging system can present difficulties for medical professional owing, on one hand to the small size of important anatomical aspects which need to be captured in X-Ray images, and on the other hand to the significant movements in a field of view presented by a typical patient. The present application proposes to obtain an image of the position of a patient in the field of view at approximately the same time that an initial X-Ray image is obtained. If it proves necessary to obtain a subsequent X-Ray image with updated field of view settings (for example, collimation parameters), the movement of the patient at the point of taking the second image is factored into the provision of updated field of view settings.
US11006906B2	Robotic operating table, and robotic operating table operation device A robotic operating table according to one or more embodiments may include: a patient placement table; a robotic arm comprising a plurality of joints, and having a first end supported on a base and a second end supporting the table; a light emitter provided to the table; and an operation device including a move operation unit that receives, from a user, a move operation to move the table. In one or more embodiments, while the move operation unit is receiving the move operation to move the table, the light emitter may emit light.
US11006905B2	Systems and methods for data collection in a medical device The present disclosure relates to a data acquisition device and a configuration method. The device includes a channel, wherein the channel includes a data control panel and a plurality of detection components. At least one of the plurality of detection components is directly connected to the data control panel. The data control panel may be configured to identify the channel and send a configuration command to the plurality of detection components. The plurality of detection components may determine channel location numbers of the plurality of detection components based on the configuration command and send the channel location numbers to the data control panel. The data control panel may determine identification numbers for the plurality of detection components based on the channel location numbers and allocate the identification numbers to the plurality of detection components.
US11006901B2	Method, system, and monitor for dynamically displaying a change of a parameter measured at an interval A method for dynamically displaying a change of a parameter measured at an interval comprises: dynamically monitoring at least one type of hemodynamic parameters of a patient by means of a sensor on a monitor; obtaining a first monitoring value of the type of hemodynamic parameters monitored at a first monitoring time; displaying a first form corresponding to the first monitoring value in a simulated graph corresponding to each type of the hemodynamic parameters on a graphic display interface; obtaining a second monitoring value of the type of hemodynamic parameters monitored at a second monitoring time, and determining a second form of the corresponding simulated graph; and adjusting the simulated graph corresponding to each type of hemodynamic parameter from the first form to the second form on the graphic display interface. Also provided are a corresponding system and a dynamic monitor.
US11006899B2	Energy efficient system and method for physiological monitoring A physiological monitoring system and method for the determination of at least one physiological parameter using a first low energy physiological sensor to produce a first physiological sensor signal and a high energy physiological sensor to produce a second physiological sensor signal. A motion sensor produces a motion reference signal that a mode selector switch uses to select either the first low energy physiological sensor or the second high energy physiological sensor. Alternatively, a motion related embedded component in the second physiological sensor signal is used by the mode selector switch to select in the first low energy sensor or the second high energy sensor.
US11006897B2	Electrode array apparatus, neurological condition detection apparatus, and method of using the same An apparatus for measuring patient data includes a frame having a plurality of electrode hubs. Each hub can include one or more electrode members. The frame can be configured to receive a head of a patient. Each of the electrode hubs can have a single electrode member or a plurality of electrode members that extend from or are connected to an outer member for contacting a scalp of the head of the patient. The outer member can have at least one circuit configured to transmit data received by at least one of the electrode members to a measurement device via a wireless communication connection (e.g. Bluetooth, near field communication, etc.) or a wired communication connection.
US11006895B2	Method and system for transdermal alcohol monitoring A method for monitoring intoxication of a user, the method including: receiving a set of samples from a body region of a user; generating an intoxication metric based on the set of samples; and providing a notification to the user based on the intoxication metric. The method can additionally or alternatively include: modifying operation of the transdermal alcohol sensing device based on the intoxication metric; determining contextual data; maintaining a hydration level of the transdermal alcohol sensing device; and any other suitable processes. A system for monitoring intoxication of a user including a sensor and a housing. The system can additionally or alternatively include any or all of: an inlet, a fastener, an electronics subsystem, a user device, and/or any other suitable component.
US11006894B2	Pressure ulcer risk mapping method A method is provided for continuously monitoring pressure ulcer risk for a patient positioned on a support surface. The support surface has an associated pressure sensing device for sensing instantaneous pressure at the support surface. The method includes acquiring pressure data from the pressure sensing device to generate a two-dimensional instantaneous pressure (IP) map indicative of instantaneous pressure at locations of the support surface. The method further includes acquiring a body position model using the two-dimensional IP map, where the body position model includes body parts that are respectively mapped to locations on a pressure ulcer risk map. An accumulated risk is determined in associated with each body part. The pressure ulcer risk map is displayed in accordance with the accumulated risk. Further, a current body position model is compared to a previous body position model to detect a position change of the patient on the support surface.
US11006888B2	System and method for cuffless blood pressure estimation Disclosed is a system for estimating arterial blood pressure. The system includes a heartbeat detection module configured to receive an electrocardiogram signal, and detect one or more QRS complexes of the electrocardiogram signal. The system also includes a photoplethysmographic sensor module configured to trigger a light emitter, thereby generating a plurality of samples of a photoplethysmographic signal. Further, the system includes a blood pressure calculation module configured to receive information about the detected one or more QRS complexes and the plurality of photoplethysmographic signal samples, and calculate at least one blood pressure value based on a pulse arrival time period between the electrocardiogram and the photoplethysmographic signal. Additionally, the photoplethysmographic sensor module is further configured to receive information about the detected one or more QRS complexes, trigger, each time a QRS complex is detected, the generation of the plurality of photoplethysmographic signal samples, and determine a photoplethysmographic signal acquisition period.
US11006886B2	Visualization of different cardiac rhythms using different timing-pattern displays A method includes receiving an electrocardiogram (ECG) measured at a given location over a portion of a heart. Based on the measured ECG, a rhythmic pattern is identified over a given time-interval. The rhythmic pattern corresponds to a relation between a present cardiac cycle length and a preceding cardiac cycle length. Based on the identified rhythmic pattern, a classification of the location as either showing regular pattern or showing arrhythmia is determined. The location is graphically encoded according to the classification. The graphically encoded location is overlaid on an anatomical map of the portion of a heart.
US11006878B2	Modulation of mental state of a user using a non-invasive brain interface system and method Brain activity of a user is detected, and a mental state of the user is determined. In one technique, life/work context is automatically presented to the user in a manner that modulates the mental state of the user. In another technique, an entertainment selection is presented to the user, and an entertainment selection list is automatically modified in response to the determined mental state of the user. In still another technique, the mental state that is determined is a negative emotional state, and life/work context is automatically presented to the user in a manner that promotes a cognitive state of the user in response to the determined emotional state of the user. In yet another technique, the wellness of the user is automatically tracked over a time period based on the determined mental state.
US11006877B1	System and method for identifying and attenuating mental health deterioration A method for determining a state of mind of a user may include receiving one or more strings of characters composed by the user, and determining, by a processing device, the state of mind of the user by processing the one or more strings of characters. The processing of the one or more strings of characters may include identifying similarities of the one or more strings of characters with other strings of characters indicative of the state of mind. The method may also include determining, based on the one or more strings of characters, a severity of the state of mind of the user.
US11006876B2	Biofeedback for awareness and modulation of mental state using a non-invasive brain interface system and method A mental state awareness system comprises a non-invasive brain interface assembly configured for detecting brain activity of a user, a processor configured for determining a mental state of a user based on the detected brain activity, and a biofeedback device configured for automatically providing biofeedback to the user indicative of the determined mental state of the user.
US11006869B2	Trans-abdominal non-invasive fetal blood oxygen saturation detection device A trans-abdominal non-invasive fetal blood oxygen saturation detection device comprises a trans-abdominal fetal oximeter and a signal detection assembly connected to the trans-abdominal fetal oximeter. The trans-abdominal oximeter comprises a signal processing controller. The signal detection assembly comprises a light-emitting light source device and a light receiving device, wherein the light-emitting light source device, the light receiving device and a reference signal detection device are all connected to the signal processing controller. The light-emitting light source device irradiates two or more different wavelengths of light into the abdominal cavity of a pregnant woman. The light receiving device comprises a plurality of light receivers respectively placed at a plurality of different positions outside the abdominal cavity of the pregnant woman, and is configured to collect a plurality of optical signals related to the fetal blood oxygen saturation, which are scattered and reflected back from the abdominal cavity of the pregnant woman through the plurality of light receivers, synthesize the optical signals into an optical signal sum related to the fetal blood oxygen saturation and then output it to the signal processing controller, such that the intensity of the received optical signals is improved.
US11006866B2	Device for measuring the concentration of an analyte in the blood or tissue of an animal or a human, particularly a premature infant, in a self-calibrating manner The invention relates to a device for measuring the concentration of an analyte in the blood or tissue of a an animal or a human, particularly a premature infant, wherein for measuring said concentration the device comprises a means (30) comprising at least a first and a second permeability with respect to said analyte, wherein the first permeability for said analyte differs from the second permeability for the analyte. Further, the invention relates to a corresponding method.
US11006864B2	Face detection device, face detection system, and face detection method A face detection device and method are provided. The face detection device receives captured images from a camera, and extracts vital information from a face region included in the captured images. The face detection device determines, based on the vital information, whether or not a face included in the face region is in a living state, and collates a feature quantity of the face included in the face region with information of a face which is previously registered. The face detection device selects, according to a user input, whether or not to perform at least one or both of a process for the determining, and a process for the collating.
US11006863B2	Acoustic sensor and ventilation monitoring system A method of monitoring respiration with an acoustic measurement device, the acoustic measurement device having a sound transducer, the sound transducer configured to measure sound associated with airflow through a mammalian trachea, the method includes correlating the measured sound into a measurement of tidal volume and generating at least one from the group consisting of an alert and an alarm if the measured tidal volume falls outside of a predetermined range.
US11006861B2	Sensorized glove and corresponding method for ergonomic analysis of the hand, in particular a worker's hand Described herein is a sensorized glove, in particular designed for ergonomic analysis, including an inner glove, which comprises a plurality of extensometer sensors configured for detecting relative movements between parts of a worker's hand; and an outer glove, which comprises a plurality of pressure sensors distributed over a palmar surface and configured for detecting the pressure exerted in corresponding areas of said palmar surface. Moreover described is a corresponding method for determining the type of grasp exerted by a worker.
US11006860B1	Method and apparatus for gait analysis A computerized method performed by a processor, and computer program product the method comprising: receiving sensory data of motion by a human subject, the sensory data obtained during motion in an uncontrolled environment; extracting features from the sensory data; identifying a plurality of strides from the features extracted from the sensory data; calculating kinematic parameters of each stride from the plurality of strides from the sensory data; classifying each stride from the plurality of strides in accordance with the kinematic parameters to obtain a stride type; and outputting the stride type for the plurality of strides.
US11006859B2	Methods and systems for disabling a step-counting function of a wearable fitness tracker within a vehicle A method for disabling a step-counting function of a wearable fitness tracker includes detecting a vehicle start-up event of a vehicle with one or more vehicle sensors, and sending an in-vehicle confirmation signal from one or more vehicle communication modules to one or more wearable fitness trackers positioned within the vehicle in response to detecting the vehicle start-up event. The in-vehicle confirmation signal is configured to be received by the one or more wearable fitness trackers and cause the one or more wearable fitness trackers to automatically disable the step-counting function of the one or more wearable fitness trackers.
US11006858B2	Teeth movement tracking device and method thereof A teeth movement tracking device, including: an input unit for receiving three-dimensional teeth data and image data having the shape of teeth; an image processing unit for combining the three-dimensional teeth data with the image data; a movement tracking unit for detecting the axis of rotation with respect to the rotation of the teeth or temporomandibular joint by analyzing the image data or the three-dimensional teeth data; and a trajectory generation unit for calculating the movement trajectory of the teeth or the temporomandibular joint by analyzing the image data or the three-dimensional teeth data.
US11006857B2	Motor fibre neuromodulation A motor response of a muscle to neural stimulation is assessed. Electrical stimuli are applied from a first electrode to a selected neural pathway to evoke an efferent neural response. A slow neural response upon the neural pathway evoked by the electrical stimuli is observed. Based on the slow neural response, a motor response of at least one muscle to the stimuli is assessed.
US11006854B2	Intravascular sensing devices having flexible tip structure An intravascular device, such as a stylet or catheter, having a flexible, atraumatic tip is disclosed. The intravascular device includes an elongate member having a proximal end, a distal end, and an inner lumen extending between the proximal end and the distal end; a ring electrode disposed at the distal end of the elongate member; an ultrasound sensor disposed at a distal end of the ring electrode; and a first electrical conductor configured to convey an electrocardiogram signal from the ring electrode to a processor. The first electrical conductor may comprise a tapered distal segment or a braided segment.
US11006853B2	Field-based location coordinate correction A method uses patches fixed to a surface of a body, the patches including respective electrodes in contact with the surface, and at least one of the patches configured to output a signal in response to a magnetic field applied to the body. Initially, the signal is processed to compute first magnetic locations and first electrical locations of the at least one of the patches. Subsequently, the signal is processed to compute second magnetic locations and second electrical locations of the at least one of the patches. A first relation is computed between the first magnetic and the first electrical locations, a second relation is computed between the second magnetic and the second electrical locations, and upon detecting a difference between the second and the first relations, a magnetic location correction is computed and then applied to track a position of a magnetic sensor inside the body.
US11006852B2	Systems, methods, and computer-readable media of estimating thoracic cavity movement during respiration A system for visualizing movement of structures within a patient's chest is described herein. The system includes an electromagnetic tracking system, a computing device and a display. The computing device includes a processor configured generate a 3D model of an interior of the patient, obtain positions of EM sensors for the 3D model, determine positions of the EM sensors at intervals during the respiratory cycle, determine positions of the EM sensors at maximum tidal volume and minimum tidal volume, determine differences between the positions of the EM sensors at maximum tidal volume and for the 3D model, generate a 3D model at maximum tidal volume based on the differences between the positions of the EM sensors at maximum tidal volume and for the 3D model, and store in memory the 3D model at maximum tidal volume.
US11006850B2	Rod-shaped body The invention relates to a rod-shaped body comprised of one or more filaments and of a non-ferromagnetic matrix material. The matrix material surrounds the filament(s) and/or adheres them to one another. The rod-shaped body is also comprised of a dopant consisting of particles that generate magnetic resonance tomographic artifacts that is introduced into the matrix material. Rod-shaped bodies of this type can be used to construct guide wires, catheters and other instruments to be used in minimally invasive surgical interventions.
US11006842B2	Non-invasive brachial blood pressure measurement A method of measuring a patient's systolic and diastolic brachial blood pressure non-invasively with a brachial cuff considers the shape of a patient's peripheral waveform (e.g., the cuff volumetric displacement waveform) to recalibrate the height of the waveform. The maximum and minimum values of the recalibrated waveform correlate to and closely estimate counterpart values for invasively measured brachial systolic and diastolic pressure.
US11006841B2	Systems and methods for detecting strokes A system for detecting strokes includes a sensor device configured to obtain physiological data from a patient, for example brain activity data. A computing device communicatively coupled to the sensor device is configured to receive the physiological data and compare it with reference data. The reference data can be patient data from an opposite brain hemisphere to the hemisphere being interrogated or the reference data can be non-patient data from stroke and normal patient populations. Based on comparison of the physiological data and the reference data, the system indicates whether the patient has suffered a stroke.
US11006838B2	Devices, system and methods for monitoring physiological functions from surface electrophysiological sensors Disclosed are devices, systems and methods for monitoring electrophysiological function from anatomical structures, including gastric slow-waves in high resolution electrogastrograms. In some aspects, a device includes an electrophysiological sensor structured to include an array of electrodes spatially arranged on a substrate and operable to acquire electrophysiological signals to obtain time-series data, the electrodes spaced about an anatomical structure on the subject's body with at least one electrode placed with reference to an anatomical landmark and other electrodes of the electrode array each placed at a spatial distance from another of the surface electrodes; and a data processing unit to process spatially resolved time-series data based on the electrophysiological signals to determine wave propagation parameters including direction and/or speed for each time point of interest of the acquired electrophysiological signals, in which the wave propagation parameters are associated with a physiological function of the anatomical structure of the subject's body.
US11006835B2	Surface mapping using an intraoral scanner with penetrating capabilities An exemplary optical apparatus has an OCT imaging apparatus with a first light source for low coherence light of wavelengths above a threshold wavelength and a signal detector that obtains an interference signal between low coherence light from the sample and low coherence light reflected from a reference. A surface contour imaging apparatus has a second light source that emits one or more wavelengths of surface illumination below the threshold wavelength, a camera to acquire images from illumination reflected from the sample. The exemplary optical apparatus and/or exemplary methods for using the same can provide reduced errors in generating a dental 3D surface mesh.
US11006833B2	Medical optical examination instrument A multifunctional medical optical examination instrument including a hand-holdable portion, at least an optical examination head portion mountable on the hand-holdable portion and including at least optical examination and non-digitized viewing optics and image digitization, storage and transmission circuitry included in at least one of the hand-holdable portion and the at least optical examination head portion, the image digitization, storage and transmission circuitry being arranged to receive an image from at least a portion of the at least optical examination and non-digitized viewing optics.
US11006828B2	Measurement of ocular parameters using vibrations induced in the eye Described is a system, method and apparatus for measuring a vibrational response in an eye for determination of ocular parameters such as intraocular pressure, corneal elasticity and scleral pressure. The method comprises positioning an air jet nozzle to direct an excitation stimulus at a single frequency to the apex of the eye along the optical axis of the eye; positioning a sensor to direct incident light at a fixed position of the eye distinct from the apex of the eye; exciting vibration in the eye with the excitation stimulus; directing incident light from the sensor to the fixed position of the eye; and detecting backscatter light from the eye with the sensor, to measure the vibrational response. Algorithms are used to calculate the ocular pressure from the vibrational response of the cornea or sclera. The method does not require contact with the eye, and is reliable and accurate.
US11006826B2	Calibration method for a camera-based measuring device for diagnosis of a human eye A calibration method for a camera-based measuring device comprises positioning a calibration object simulating an anterior region of the eye on a holder arranged movably in a first direction relative to a camera of the measuring device within a view field of the camera. The first direction is toward and away from the camera substantially along a camera axis. A motorized drive unit, in drive connection with the holder, is firstly controlled to drive the holder, with the calibration object positioned thereon in the camera view field, relative to the camera along the first direction at least once past a position of maximum definition of an image of the calibration object taken by the camera. A ratio between an actual size and an imaging size of the calibration object is determined on the basis of a camera image of the calibration object taken at the position of maximum definition.
US11006825B2	Methods and apparatus for retina blood vessel assessment with OCT angiography Optical Coherence Tomography Angiography (OCTA) image representation is obtained having OCTA pixels assigned respective OCTA values. A vessel density map is computed from the OCTA image representation. A fractional deviation map and/or a pattern deviation map is computed for the patient from the vessel density map and a normative database, wherein: (1) the fractional deviation map represents a percent loss of vessel density at each pixel location relative to an expected value based on the normative database; and (2) computing the pattern deviation map includes: computing a pattern map of the vessel density representing a normalized vessel density pattern of the vessel density map relative to an average value of the vessel density map; and computing the pattern deviation map using the pattern map. A loss is determined by using at least one of the fractional deviation map and the pattern deviation map. Other features are also provided.
US11006811B2	Rack detection system for child safety and a method of controlling a dishwasher A rack detection system for a dishwasher, including: a docking system including a plug disposed on a rack, such as a lower rack, and configured to dock with a docking hole of a water supply tube on condition that the lower rack is in an operational position within the dishwasher; and a controller configured to sense a load on the pump motor of a pump for pumping water to the water supply tube and determine if the load on the pump motor is within predetermined operating limits. On condition that the lower rack is removed from the operational position within the dishwasher and the plug is not docked with the water supply tube such that water flows out of the docking hole, the controller is configured to sense that the load on the pump motor is outside the predetermined operating limits and shuts down the dishwasher.
US11006805B2	Inflation mechanism, system having the same and control method thereof An inflation mechanism adapted to a robotic device is provided. The inflation mechanism includes a regulating unit and a control unit. The regulating unit includes an inflatable air bag, a pressure detecting unit and a pressure adjusting unit. The inflatable air bag is arranged on a body surface of the robotic device. The pressure detecting unit is coupled to the inflatable air bag for detecting an internal pressure of the inflatable air bag. The pressure adjusting unit is coupled to the inflatable air bag for adjusting the internal pressure of the inflatable air bag. The control unit is coupled to the regulating unit. The control unit processes a signal received from the pressure detecting unit, and determines and controls the pressure adjusting unit to adjust the internal pressure of the inflatable air bag according to a set condition.
US11006802B2	Vacuum cleaner A vacuum cleaner capable of recording an abnormality immediately upon occurrence of the abnormality. The vacuum cleaner has a main casing. The vacuum cleaner has driving wheels for enabling the main casing to travel. The vacuum cleaner has a control unit for controlling drive of the driving wheels to make the main casing autonomously travel. The control unit has a function as an abnormality sensor for detecting an abnormality. The vacuum cleaner has a camera for picking up an image. The control unit has a cleaning mode for cleaning a cleaning-object surface, an image pickup mode for performing image pickup with the camera, and a standby mode applied during a standby state. Upon detection of an abnormality during the cleaning mode, the control unit is switched over to the image pickup mode to perform image pickup with the camera.
US11006798B2	Surface cleaning apparatus A surface cleaning apparatus has a cyclone bin assembly having a cyclone chamber. The cyclone chamber with a physical filtration member defining the cyclone air outlet. The physical filtration member extends from the cyclone air inlet end of the cyclone chamber towards an openable bottom end of the cyclone chamber. The physical filtration member comprises a conical section which decreases in diameter towards the openable bottom end of the cyclone chamber, wherein a projection of the conical section meets at a location that is positioned between the physical filtration member and the openable opposed end. An openable bottom end of the cyclone bin assembly and the openable bottom end of the cyclone chamber are openable concurrently.
US11006796B2	Suction nozzle and vacuum cleaner and robot cleaner having the same A suction nozzle, and a vacuum cleaner, and a robot cleaner includes a housing having a suction port formed on a bottom surface thereof and a suction flow path formed on an inside thereof to communicate with the suction port, and a vibration cleaning unit arranged on the suction flow path to pass therethrough air including pollutants that flows in through the suction port, wherein the vibration cleaning unit includes a vibration source, a vibration transfer frame configured to accommodate the vibration source, and a vibration bar configured to receive vibration transferred from the vibration transfer frame to resonate.
US11006794B2	Cleaner A cleaner comprises a cleaner main body, a first main body formed in a spherical shape and a second main body protruding from the front of the first main body such that the width at a second point located forward of a first point is smaller than the width at the first point.
US11006791B2	Hand dryer and display The invention provides a plurality of display devices such as hand dryers, each with a programmed computer display, and all communicating to a central location via a high speed link system. A display screen is mounted to each of the hand dryers and viewable by a user while drying the user's hands. A processor is located within the housing and is in signal-communication with the display screen. The high-speed link system is in signal-communication with each processor and an external data source, wherein the data source communicates with the processor to change the image displayed on the display screen. Sensors communicate ambient conditions outside of the display screen to a database.
US11006783B1	Toaster accessory A toaster accessory for cooking hot dogs, sausages or the like is disclosed. The toaster accessory comprises a base member, one or more rectangular box like frames, one or more hollow cages and a handle. The rectangular box like frame is disposed below the base member comprises multiple sidewalls with a rectangular opening. One or more hollow cages is disposed within each rectangular box like frame. Further, the rectangular box like frame is sized to horizontally support the hollow cages. The hollow cage comprises open ends to receive the hotdog therein. The handle is disposed above the frame made of a heat resistant material. Advantageously, the present invention eases the task of cooking hot dogs by saving time and effort of the user.
US11006782B2	Radiation grill The invention provides a radiation grill unit (1) comprising (i) a food support unit (100), for instance with bars (110), (ii) a radiation unit (200) comprising a reflector (210) (with reflector opening (223)) hosting an (electrical) IR radiation heater (220), wherein the radiation unit (200) is optionally configured to provide IR radiation (201) in a direction of the food support unit (100), and (iii) a radiation grill unit cavity (3) configured to host a drip tray (300) (with edge (311)).
US11006778B2	Electrically operated beverage maker (preferably coffee machine) having dynamic maintenance plan generation An electrically operated beverage maker, in particular electrically operated coffee machine, having at least one component which is subjected to wear and tear and hence maintenance-relevant, wherein at least one load parameter which characterises an actual wear and tear of the maintenance-relevant component can be determined, and in that at least one reliability parameter of the maintenance-relevant component can be calculated, taking into account the specific load parameter(s) of the maintenance-relevant component.
US11006777B1	Tamper for espresso machine A tamping device is disclosed herein which measures a tamp force applied to ground coffee in a portafilter and provides feedback to the user when a desired tamp force has been achieved so that the user can stop the tamping step when preparing the portafilter to brew espresso. The tamping device may also have a plurality of force sensors, which measure how even the user applied force is being applied to the ground coffee in the portafilter so that a density of the ground coffee is even throughout the compressed ground coffee formed by tamping the ground coffee.
US11006773B1	Beverageware with multiple outlets A beverageware includes a container adapted to contain liquid, a base, a leg supporting the container and resting on the base, and a handle disposed in the middle of the container. The container includes a horizontal segment and two vertical segments extending away in the same direction from two opposite ends of the horizontal segment. The container includes a cavity running through the horizontal segment and the two vertical segments. The two vertical segments provide two outlets respectively, the handle extends away from the horizontal segment and is disposed between the two vertical segments.
US11006769B2	Easel back for picture frame It is an object of one or more embodiments of the present disclosure to provide a method and device for an easel back. The easel back is constructed of a flat foldable member, comprised of three cut outs for folding at the three cut outs, a first hook/loop, on an upper section of a front side of the easel back, configured to attach to a back of a display frame, and a second hook/loop, on the bottom section of a back side of the easel back, configured to attach to a lower part of the display frame.
US11006768B2	Merchandise display hook including anti-sweep mechanism A merchandise display hook and method for dispensing one or more items of merchandise from a merchandise display hook and/or for loading one or more items of merchandise onto the display hook are provided. The display hook may include at least one rod configured to be mounted to a display fixture and to receive one or more items of merchandise thereon. The display hook may also include a helix disposed about the rod and extending at least partially along a length of the rod. The helix is configured to rotate in a dispensing direction for dispensing the one or more items of merchandise from the rod and/or an opposite loading direction for loading the one or more items of merchandise onto the rod.
US11006767B1	Baby carrier A baby carrier includes: a belt part configured to be fixed to a waist of a wearer; a hip seat coupled to the belt part and configured to support a hip of a baby; and a fastener part including a first fastening member connected to the belt part and a second fastening member connected to the hip seat and removably coupled to the first fastening member. The hip seat includes a connecting portion fixed to the belt part, a seating portion foldably extending from an upper side of the connecting portion and configured to support a baby, and a support portion foldably extending from a lower side of the connecting portion and configured to support the seating portion. One end portions of the first fastening member and the second fastening member are connected to the belt part and an outer surface of the support portion, respectively.
US11006762B2	Compressible foam foundation for mattress support A foundation for a mattress is formed from one or more single-layer, unitary foam blocks with supports that extend across each foam block's bottom side. The supports provide crosswise support across a bed frame and can be directly attached to the foam block or may be provided in a kit or separately sourced. The foam block is rigid enough to support a mattress and is compressible so it has a compressed configuration and an expanded configuration, and its bottom side may have channels for the supports. In the compressed configuration, the foundation may be folded and vacuum-sealed in a plastic membrane which provides benefits for storing, shipping, and delivering the foundation. When the foundation is delivered to its place of use, the compressed foundation is removed from its packaging, allowing the foam block to return to its expanded configuration.
US11006760B2	Convertible seating unit and seating arrangement A seating unit (102, 104) is disclosed as including a seat (106, 110) with a seat back (106a, 110a) and a seat pan (106c, 110c) which are movable relative to each other to convert the seat (106, 110) between a sittable configuration and an un-sittable configuration, and a seat (108) with a seat back (108a) and a seat pan (108c), the angle subtended by the seat back (106a, 110a) and the seat pan (106c, 110c) when the seat (106, 110) is in the sittable configuration being larger than an angle subtended by the seat back (106a, 110a) and the seat pan (106c, 110c) when the seat (106, 110) is in the un-sittable configuration, the seat back (106a, 110a) of the seat (106, 110) and the seat back (108a) of the seat (108) being connected with each other by a web (120, 122).
US11006753B2	Armchair According to the invention, the armchair has a seat, supporting feet, a stand-up aid, and a chassis with wheels for moving the armchair. The chassis is adjustable relative to the supporting feet between at least a first and a second position, with the wheels being spaced apart in the first position of the footprint while the armchair is supported with the supporting feet on the footprint, and with the wheels being in rolling contact with the footprint in the second position while the supporting feet are arranged so as to be spaced apart from the footprint. The aid has an adjustment mechanism with a servomotor, with the adjustment mechanism being coupled with the chassis for the purpose of displacing the chassis by means of the servomotor between the first and second position.
US11006751B2	Chair tilt mechanism A chair can include a chair back, or backrest, that is coupled to a base of a chair above a seat of the chair. A tilt mechanism can attach the backrest to the base. In some embodiments, the tilt mechanism can be configured so that the backrest rotates about multiple pivots as it reclines from an upright position to a reclined position to drive motion of the seat during recline of the backrest.
US11006744B2	Adjustable height desk having a deployable floor mat A desk includes a tabletop and at least one base member supporting the tabletop. A footrest is disposed on the at least one base member beneath the tabletop. The footrest is movable between a stowed position toward a back of the desk and a deployed position toward a front of the desk. At least one mechanism is disposed on the at least one base member and operatively coupled to the footrest. The at least one mechanism moving the footrest between the stowed and deployed positions. A floor mat is disposed with the footrest. The floor mat is movable with the footrest between a stowed mat position and a deployed mat position.
US11006741B1	Floor cleaner A sweeping tool includes an elongated handle having a proximal end and a distal end, a bracket coupled to the distal end of the elongated handle, and a cleaning assembly coupled to the bracket. The cleaning assembly is designed to rotate about an axis passing through a portion of the bracket. The cleaning assembly includes a housing designed to hold a rotatable brush head and to collect debris swept up by the rotatable brush head. The cleaning assembly also includes a broom head coupled to the housing and a plurality of bristles coupled to the broom head.
US11006740B2	Pressurized paint brush assembly A pressurized paint brush assembly for attaching a paint brush to a paint sprayer includes a spray nozzle that is fluidly coupled to supply hose of a paint sprayer for receiving pressurized fluid paint from the paint sprayer. A hose is fluidly and removably coupled to the spray nozzle and the hose receives the pressurized fluid paint from the spray nozzle. A paint brush is included that has a fluid input and a plurality of bristles that is each in fluid communication with the fluid input. The fluid input is fluidly coupled to the hose such that the each of the bristles receives the pressurized fluid paint. In this way the paint brush can be attached to the paint sprayer to paint a surface.
US11006738B2	Cleaning devices having selectively flexible or rigid handles A cleaning device is provided that includes a handle, a cleaning implement, a flexible neck, and a collar. The cleaning implement depends from one end the handle. The flexible neck is positioned to allow flexion of the handle. The collar moves with respect to the flexible neck between a first position where movement of the flexible neck is unrestricted by the collar and a second position where movement of the flexible neck is restricted by the collar.
US11006736B2	Limited pivot quick connect A quick connect is provided to releasably connect two objects while allowing a limited pivot motion between the two connected objects.
US11006733B2	Method and device for evaluation of eyelashes A device for automating the process of installing eyelash extensions onto the natural eyelashes of a subject. In some embodiments, the placing of extensions is carried out by a robotic mechanism utilizing computer vision.
US11006726B1	Applicator with roller-balls An applicator includes a closure cap including inner retaining members; an application head including a housing, a support, and a coupling member wherein the housing includes an axial channel with the support substantially disposed therein, an inclined surface having an application face and holes, and roller-balls disposed in the holes respectively; the support includes a stair adjacent to the holes, and the coupling member includes a neck member at a first end and being urged against the support, an internally threaded member adjacent to a second end and disposed through the neck member, a mating retaining member disposed on an outer surface of the neck member between the inclined surface and the internally threaded member, the mating retaining member being secured to the retaining members; and a container assembly including an externally threaded neck at one end and threadedly secured to the internally threaded member.
US11006722B2	Reusable artificial nails The present disclosure is directed to a reusable artificial nail. In one embodiment, the reusable artificial nail includes a first side having a decorative design and a second side that is opposite the first side, wherein the second side comprises a plurality of micro suction cups coupled to the second side.
US11006721B2	Novelty nail cutting or trimming tool A novelty nail trimming tool 10 includes a metal chassis 11 comprising a base 12 a neck section 13 and a head section 14. The head section 14 includes a pair of guards 15 and 16 which are also configured as the eyes or feelers of a snail. The base 12 has a knurled or roughened surface 17 forming a nail file. The head 14 has a v-blade 18, while the neck 13 is set at an angle of about 30 degrees to the base. A handle 19 in the form of a snail shell 20 is attached to the base 12 by a hand insertable clip action into three slots 21, 22 and 23 by reason of upturns 24, 25 and 26 in the base 12.
US11006717B2	Bendable crystal strap A flexible luxury strap is provided having a plurality of beads attached (or linked) to each other to form a substantially rectangular array of alternating first and second rows. The array has a length and a width. The first row has a number of substantially identical beads greater than the number of beads in the second row. The second row has a bead of an elongate shape whose length defines the width of the array. In some instances, the bead of an elongate shape may be formed by adhering a plurality of smaller beads together. Substantially all or all of the beads may be crystals.
US11006716B2	Magnetic retractable handle A handle assembly include right and left straps secured to a handle, the right and left straps each have first magnetic elements secured thereto. A case has second magnetic elements mounted thereto, such mounted to the case with a portion of the right or left strap secured between itself and the case. The magnetic attraction between the first and second magnetic elements draws the handle toward the case. The case may define a recess such that the handle is drawn into the recess and does not protrude.
US11006713B2	Wallet A wallet including a plate and a strap attached to the plate is provided. The strap has a first end, a central portion, and a second end. The plate is shaped as a frame defining an opening and defining an anchoring slot, and a lacing region defining a plurality of lacing slots is suspended within the opening by one or more connectors. The first end of the strap is anchored to the plate through the anchoring slot, the central portion of the strap extends around plate, and the second end of the strap is laced through the lacing slots to secure the strap to the plate, which defines an interior compartment between the strap and the plate. Contents of the wallet are positioned between the central portion of the strap and the plate and are held in place by tightening the second end of the strap.
US11006712B2	Multi-function wallet A multi-function wallet is provided which is adapted in one mode for carrying and storage of non-flat items concurrently with and conventional flat items. Additionally, the wallet or an engaged stand component is configured to securely yet removably engage a computing device with a viewable screen such as a smartphone, and hold it at multiple angles while in an inclined position so as to be easily viewable by a user.
US11006711B2	Umbrella having anti-inversion mechanism An umbrella includes an anti-inversion mechanism that is configured to apply to each rib assembly a force that counters an inversion force that is applied to the umbrella. The anti-inversion mechanism includes a first elongated member that is coupled at a first end to one rib of the plurality of ribs. The umbrella also includes a second elongated member having a first end coupled to the first elongated member. A first connector is coupled to a distal end of the distal rib; and a second connector is coupled to a second end of the first elongated member. The first connector and the second connector are coupled to one another to securely attach the second elongated member to the distal rib.
US11006709B2	Cane with deployable support structure A cane having: a primary leg with a top end and an opposed bottom end; a handle coupled to the top end of the primary leg; and at least two secondary legs that are each pivotably coupled to the primary leg between the top and bottom ends of the primary leg. Each of the at least two secondary legs is pivotable between a first, retracted position and a second, deployed position.
US11006707B2	String-type jewelry having snap-fit segments A jewelry assembly includes an elongated support and a plurality of charms. Each charm is removably attachable to the support by a snap-fit connection comprising attachment and clip parts, with one of the parts being associated with the support and the other of the parts being associated with the charm. The clip part includes a pair of opposed clip arms that present an open slot and a neck with a gap having a narrower cross-sectional dimension than the slot. The attachment part is received in the slot and has a cross-sectional dimension greater than the gap of the neck. At least one of the attachment and clip parts is flexible so as to flex as the attachment part passes through the neck into the slot.
US11006704B2	Watch bracelet A bracelet or strap for a watch case includes a first arm, inside which is housed a first printed circuit board portion, and a second arm, the first printed circuit board portion carrying at least one electronic component arranged to perform a corresponding electronic function, and a rigid electrical energy source and a microcontroller for powering and controlling the electronic component arranged to perform a corresponding electronic function, an actuating element, such as a push-button for inputting a control signal into the microcontroller being arranged above the rigid electrical energy source.
US11006700B1	Clip A clip having superimposable parts for securing, between the parts, thin pliable materials, at any locations on the material, adjacent the material edges or at any position between opposing material edges.
US11006695B2	Footwear sole plate with forefoot through hole A sole structure for an article of footwear may have a midsole system that includes a sole plate having a forefoot region and a midfoot region. The sole plate may have a foot-facing surface and a ground-facing surface opposite to the foot-facing surface. The sole plate may define a through hole extending from the foot-facing surface to the ground-facing surface in the forefoot region. The through hole may be closer to a medial edge of the sole plate than to a lateral edge of the sole plate. The sole plate may have ridges extending longitudinally in the midfoot region and in the forefoot region. The ridges may have crests at least some of which may extend non-parallel with one another in a longitudinal direction of the sole plate.
US11006694B2	Product having a tab with an exposed portion and an encoded hidden portion Provided is, among other things, a shoe having a sole that includes multiple layers and an upper attached to and extending above the sole. In addition, the shoe includes a tab having: (1) a first portion, located between adjacent layers of the sole and thus hidden from view, that is imprinted with identification information pertaining to the shoe and (2) a second portion that is visible during ordinary use of the shoe.
US11006691B2	Systems for activating and/or authenticating electronic devices for operation with footwear and other uses Articles of footwear and footwear systems include modules, e.g., for sensing physical and/or physiological characteristics associated with use of the footwear or for performing other functions. Such systems and methods may use physical or other interaction(s) between the module and the article of footwear for activating and/or deactivating the module and/or sensing devices included with the module, for confirming whether the module and footwear are authorized for use with one another, and/or for automatic data algorithm selection methods. Additionally, such systems and methods also may use the activation and/or authentication systems for the module for data input to the module. Some examples of such systems and methods may utilize magnets and magnetic sensing systems and/or light (or other radiation) sources and sensing systems for activation, authentication, data input, and/or algorithm selection.
US11006690B2	System and method for analyzing athletic activity A system for analyzing athletic activity is usable with an article of footwear including a sensor system with a plurality of force sensors configured to sense force exerted by a user's foot, an electronic module contained within the article of footwear, and a plurality of sensor leads connecting the sensors to the electronic module, wherein the electronic module collects data based on force input from the sensors and transmits the data. The system also includes an electronic device in communication with the electronic module. The electronic device includes a processor that receives the data from the electronic module, compares the data to a footstrike template corresponding to a desired footstrike pattern to determine whether a deviation from the footstrike template exists, and generates an indication to the user when the deviation from the desired footstrike pattern is determined to exist, which may also include a degree of such deviation.
US11006683B1	Sanitary wipe glove The sanitary wipe glove is a pre-moistened wipe. The sanitary wipe glove is configured for use with a patient. The sanitary wipe glove is worn on the patient. The patient uses the sanitary wipe glove for personal cleansing and hygiene. The sanitary wipe glove comprises a glove, an elastic band, and a cleansing agent. The elastic band attaches to the glove. The cleansing agent is a liquid phase solution that is absorbed into the glove. The glove is worn on the hand of the patient.
US11006682B2	Glove A glove has a glove core and a glove component. The glove core has a palm portion, a dorsum portion, a side portion of hand and a finger portion; the palm portion and the finger portion are connected to each other via a connection point, the finger piece portion has a first and second bonding portions with a distance therebetween, the finger piece portion is bound to the finger portion via the first bonding portion, and the finger piece portion is bound to the palm portion via the second bonding portion. The connection point, the first bonding portion and the second bonding portion are formed to have a virtual triangle, thus the finger portion and the palm portion have an angle being less than 180 degrees, and that is, the finger portion bends forward the palm portion to make the glove comply with the ergonomic principle.
US11006679B2	Garment with multilayer internal abdominal support panels A garment has a left pocket bag and a right pocket bag, each formed from a first material and a second material, the first material having stretch and recovery properties in at least one direction thereof, and the second material having stretch properties in at least one direction thereof. The first material comprises a first composite material including a fusible or interlining fused to a cotton or cotton blend base fabric. The left pocket bag comprises a left inner piece comprising the first material, and the right pocket bag comprises a right inner piece comprising the first material. The left and right pocket bags are attached to the garment with the first base fabric of the left and right inner pieces facing toward a wearer of the garment.
US11006674B2	Assembly substation for assembling a cartridge for a smoking article and related method The present disclosure relates to systems, apparatuses, and methods for assembling cartridges for aerosol delivery devices. The cartridges may be assembled by coupling a base of the cartridge to a carriage that is transported via a track. The track transports the carriages between various substations at which one or more parts are added to the base. The carriage may be lifted from the track by a lifter mechanism at each substation in order to perform assembly operations on the base. An inspection system may inspect the cartridges at various stages of completion at or between the various substations.
US11006668B2	Aerosol-generating system with electrodes An aerosol-generating system includes a liquid storage portion configured to hold a liquid aerosol-forming substrate, a first electrode and a second electrode spaced from the first electrode, an aerosol-generator including one or more aerosol-generating elements and a control system. At least one of the aerosol-generating elements includes one of the first electrode and the second electrode. The first electrode and the second electrode are arranged such that at least a portion of the liquid storage portion is between the first electrode and the second electrode. The control system is configured to measure an electrical quantity between the first electrode and the second electrode and determine the amount of liquid aerosol-forming substrate held in the liquid storage portion based on the measured electrical quantity information.
US11006667B2	Assembly for providing chemicals for smokeless administration, a disposable tank, and a method of using the same An assembly, a disposable foil tank, and method for providing a liquid including a plurality of chemicals for vapor administration. The assembly comprising a disposable tank with a first end and a second end, a foil seal, and an airflow ring. The disposable tank includes a first tubular portion and a second tubular portion. The first tubular portion defines a liquid container and a liquid container aperture at the second end of the disposable tank. The second tubular portion defines an air passage and an air passage aperture at the second end of the disposable tank. The foil seal is applied to the second end of the disposable tank, and the foil seal seals the liquid container aperture and the air passage aperture. The airflow ring includes a piercing element, the piercing element operable to puncture the foil seal when the airflow ring is attached to the second end of the disposable tank.
US11006664B2	Graphene adsorbing material, preparation method therefor and application thereof, and cigarette filter tip and cigarette A graphene adsorbing material, a preparation method therefor and application thereof, and a cigarette filter tip and a cigarette are provided. The graphene adsorbing material comprises a fiber carrier, graphene and doped elements wherein the graphene and the doped elements are loaded on the fiber carrier and the doped elements comprise at least one of Al, Si and Fe. The graphene adsorbing material is obtained by contacting the fibers with the graphene material to load the graphene material on the fibers. By introducing the graphene and the doped elements in the fiber carrier, harmful substances with a type of fused aromatic hydrocarbons such as benzopyrene in smoke can be specifically adsorbed, filtered and removed; while nicotine and the other harmless substances are retained, and thus the smoking taste of a cigarette is not affected. The cigarette filter tip can effectively adsorb cancerogenic substances with a type of fused aromatic hydrocarbons such as benzopyrene in smoke to reduce harm of smoking; meanwhile, the pleasure of smoking and the mellow taste of the smoke are not affected. Besides, the graphene adsorbing material can also prevent the phenomenon that a cigarette holder gets mildewed due to humid environment and the other factors.
US11006654B2	Saponin and bacterial compositions and methods Embodiments herein include a composition that can include one or more saponins and one or more non-pathogenic bacterial strains. In an embodiment, a method of treating an animal to reduce the bactericidal effect of protozoa is included. The method can include administering a composition comprising saponins and administering a composition comprising at least 1×107 colony forming units (CFU) per gram of one or more bacterial strains. The saponins can reduce a bactericidal activity of protozoa within the animal on the one or more bacterial strains. Other embodiments are also included herein.
US11006652B2	Coffee roasting apparatus, coffee brewing apparatus and method A coffee roasting apparatus is disclosed that comprises a compartment for holding coffee beans, a heating arrangement for directing a heated air flow through the compartment during a roasting process of the coffee beans, a particulate matter sensor for detecting a peak amount of particulate matter released by the coffee beans, a timer for determining an amount of time lapsed from a start of the roasting process until the detection of the peak amount, and a controller arranged to control the heating arrangement. The controller is adapted to select a defined control time as a function of the lapsed amount of time and apply the defined control time to the heating arrangement after first cracking of the coffee beans to complete the roasting process. A coffee brewing apparatus including such a coffee roasting apparatus and a method of controlling such a coffee roasting apparatus are also disclosed.
US11006645B2	Apparatus for cutting fish fillets from flank bones, filleting apparatus with such an apparatus, and method for cutting fish fillets from flank bones Filleting apparatus for cutting fish fillets from flank bones. The fish fillets been processed by a ventral knife assembly and a dorsal knife assembly. A conveying apparatus, transporting fish tail-first in transport direction, having an endlessly circulating transport conveyor with at least one transport saddle receiving/securing a fish, a flank knife assembly with two flank knife units, opposing each other on both sides of the transport conveyor in the region of a transport saddle guide. Each flank knife unit has a rotatably drivable circular knife and counter-surface arrangement Circular knife is arranged at a distance from the counter-surface arrangement to form a cutting gap and a control device moves flank knife units relative to the transport conveyor from standby position into working position and back. The counter-surface arrangements vary the size of the cutting gap controllably during the processing operation.
US11006643B2	Meat processing devices to control meat slab dimensions A meat processing device for defining a uniform shape of a pork belly, and including a frame, a shoulder defining a confinement space with the frame, and a tine and a retaining member for securing the meat in the confinement space.
US11006641B2	System and method for forming hamburger steaks A system for forming all variants of hamburger steaks, without being dedicated to a single variant, from a mass of meat comprises a mold including at least one cavity for forming hamburger steak, a channel for supplying the meat mass to the mold, and an element for forming an interface between the channel for supplying the meat mass and the mold. The element for forming an interface includes a pipe length having a first end connected to an outlet of the channel for supplying the meat mass and an opposite second end connected to an inlet of the mold, a grinding plate, and edges for holding the grinding plate in a cross section of the pipe length, the edges for holding the grinding plate being discretely distributed along the pipe length.
US11006639B2	Poultry euthanizing system Disclosed herein is a system including a portable device for euthanizing sick or infirm poultry. The device includes a chamber with a lid and a canister of compressed carbon dioxide that communicates with the interior of the chamber, and controls that include opening and closing the chamber's lid with a pneumatic cylinder, driven by the same source of compressed carbon dioxide used to euthanize the poultry. A sick or infirm bird in place in the chamber and with the chamber on its shelf on the frame of the present system and the start button on the controls is pressed. The lid is automatically closed by pressing the start button, whereupon the interior of the chamber fills with carbon dioxide and a timer is started so that, after approximately one minute, the lid opens so the dead bird may be removed from the flock.
US11006637B2	Processes for making steeped whole grains and products comprising steeped whole grains Disclosed herein is a process for producing a steeped grain comprising steeping at least one grain at a temperature from about 2° C. to about 29° C. for a period of time less than about 24 hours to a moisture content ranging from about 29% to about 38%; optionally, germinating the at least one grain for less than about 2 days; and kilning with controlled air circulation the at least one grain at a temperature ranging from at least about 49° C. to about 93° C. for less than about 20 hours to a moisture content of about 7% to about 16%. Also disclosed herein is a sprouted grain prepared from the processes disclosed herein. Further disclosed herein are a dough comprising steeped whole grains prepared from the processes disclosed herein, as well as baked goods and beverages comprising steeped whole grains prepared from the processed disclosed herein.
US11006635B2	Method for processing a strand of dough and dough processing apparatus therefor A method for processing a U-shaped dough strand (100) having a first dough strand end, which can be used as a securing dough strand end (111), and a second dough strand end, which can be used as a looping dough strand end (121), in which the dough strand (100) is looped by means of a processing head (200) having at least two gripping means (201, 202) to form at least one dough strand loop (161, 162, 163) and is positioned by means of a processing table (300) having positioning means (304, 305, 306, 307), and at least one positioning means embodied as a lifting means (307) raises sections of the dough strand (100) to a raised position relative to the processing table (300), and/or at least one positioning means embodied as a table gripper (306) stretches and/or pulls sections of one of the dough strand ends (121). At least one positioning means (308) embodied as a knotting means (308) spreads and/or expands an opening of a dough strand loop (161) and/or guides a dough strand end (121) through the dough strand loop (161), and said dough strand end (121) is secured in place by means of the dough strand loop (161).
US11006625B2	Portable hunting blind base and accessories therefor A base for supporting a hunting blind includes a plurality of outer frame members connected to one another to form an outer frame, at least one floor panel positioned on a top surface of the outer frame, and at least one of the floor panels defining at least one aperture to receive a storage bin. A plurality of support members may be configured to support the outer frame, the support members being configured for insertion into a ground surface. A height of each support member relative to the ground surface may be adjustable to provide a level position for the outer frame.
US11006624B2	Support apparatus for smoking animal lure A support apparatus for a smoking animal lure comprises a tubular body that surrounds and shields the smoking animal lure, a support structure to hold the smoking animal lure in the tubular body, and a structure to attach a cord to suspend the support apparatus. This apparatus allows for the retrieval and replacement of the smoking animal lure with minimal unwanted movement and noise.
US11006619B2	Aquatic biofiltration system An aquatic biofiltration system where invertebrate aquatic filtering organisms in the form of tunicates filter free-floating particulates in a water volume is disclosed. The system provides a habitat for tunicates with at least one residence device (5, 6) adapted to be arranged in a water volume, and a collection system (7) adapted to collect expelled solids from the tunicates. A biofiltration method for filtering particulates from a volume of water is also disclosed.
US11006615B1	Multifunctional pet feeding cart The present disclosure provides a multifunctional pet feeding cart, including a body assembly, a feeding assembly, a multifunctional control assembly, a drive assembly, and a camera assembly. The feeding assembly, the multifunctional control assembly, the drive assembly, and the camera assembly are disposed inside the body assembly, and the multifunctional control assembly is respectively and electrically connected with the feeding assembly, the drive assembly, and the camera assembly. The multifunctional control assembly includes a multifunctional module and an identification module. The multifunctional module is electrically connected with the identification module. The multifunctional control module includes a control mainboard, a battery, a power switch, a feeding circuit board, a card slot, and a charging connector. The battery, the power switch, the feeding circuit board, the card slot, and the charging connector are electrically connected with the control mainboard.
US11006614B2	Smart pet feeder The smart pet feeder includes a housing, and a grain storage component arranged in an upper part of the housing, a driving component arranged in a middle part of the housing and a throwing component arranged in a lower part of the housing; a rotating component is arranged in the housing, and the rotating component has a supporting column, the upper part of the supporting column is provided with a wheel, the lower part of the supporting column is provided with a driving gear, the bottom end of the supporting column is provided with a cam; the upper part is extended into the grain storage component, and the wheel is contained in the grain storage component; the driving gear is rotatably connected with the driving component, the cam is connected with the throwing component in the housing.
US11006611B2	Apparatus and methods for improving safety of a pet during travel An apparatus for improving the safety of a pet during travel is disclosed. The apparatus includes a body. The body includes a base, a wedge, and a back support. The wedge is positioned along the base. The wedge includes a top end elevated above the base and an inclined surface for supporting torso portions of the pet during travel. The back support is positioned along the base and configured to support a rear portion of the pet during travel. The apparatus may include a restraint system. The restraint system may include a harness which may engage with a portion of the base and may also engage with other portions of the pet. The apparatus may further include a strap assembly coupled to the base which may define at least one strap end for engaging with an anchor point of a vehicle.
US11006610B1	Pet carrier A pet carrier including a top portion; a bottom portion secured to the top portion and including a front wall having an upper edge, extending along an entirety of an upper side of the front wall from a first side to a second side, having a first portion proximate the first side and extending perpendicular thereto, a second portion adjoining the first portion and extending perpendicular thereto toward a floor of the bottom portion, a third portion adjoining the second portion and extending perpendicular thereto, a fourth portion adjoining the third portion and extending perpendicular thereto away from the floor of the bottom portion and opposing the second portion, and a fifth portion proximate the second side, adjoining the fourth portion and extending perpendicular thereto; and a first door carried between the second portion and fourth portion of the upper edge of the front wall of the bottom portion.
US11006606B2	Soybean cultivar 81201100 A soybean cultivar designated 81201100 is disclosed. The invention relates to the seeds of soybean cultivar 81201100, to the plants of soybean cultivar 81201100, to the plant parts of soybean cultivar 81201100, and to methods for producing progeny of soybean cultivar 81201100. 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 81201100. The invention also relates to methods for producing other soybean cultivars, lines, or plant parts derived from soybean cultivar 81201100, 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 81201100 with another soybean cultivar.
US11006602B2	Soybean variety 01072946 The invention relates to the soybean variety designated 01072946. Provided by the invention are the seeds, plants and derivatives of the soybean variety 01072946. Also provided by the invention are tissue cultures of the soybean variety 01072946 and the plants regenerated therefrom. Still further provided by the invention are methods for producing soybean plants by crossing the soybean variety 01072946 with itself or another soybean variety and plants produced by such methods.
US11006597B1	Sorghum inbred PH2013MW A novel sorghum variety designated PH2013MW and seed, plants and plant parts thereof are provided. Methods for producing a plant comprise crossing sorghum variety PH2013MW with another plant. Sorghum seed, plants and plant parts produced by crossing sorghum variety PH2013MW with another plant are described. Methods for producing a plant containing in its genetic material one or more traits introgressed into PH2013MW include one or both of backcross conversion and transformation. Hybrid sorghum seed, plants or plant parts produced by crossing the sorghum variety PH2013MW or a locus conversion of PH2013MW with another sorghum variety are disclosed.
US11006588B1	Hillside agricultural irrigation apparatus A hillside agricultural irrigation apparatus includes an agricultural irrigation pipe extending across a slope of hillside in a direction that is transverse to the slope, and braces coupled between the agricultural irrigation pipe and the hillside for disabling the agricultural irrigation pipe from sliding or rolling down the hillside, the braces are spaced apart longitudinally along the agricultural irrigation pipe and each includes a collar on the agricultural irrigation pipe, and at least one anchor coupled between the collar and the hillside anchoring the collar to the hillside disabling the agricultural irrigation pipe from sliding or rolling down the hillside.
US11006586B2	Energy efficient greenhouse A greenhouse, for cold weather climates, is configured with a gable that is offset toward the north wall and therefore the south extension of the roof, from the gable to the south wall is longer than the north extension. A greater amount of light can enter through this south extension and the inside surface of the north wall is configured with a reflective surface to allow light to be more uniformly distributed around the plants. The north wall may no widows and may be thermally insulated to prevent the greenhouse from getting too cold during the night. A ground to air heat transfer (GAHT) system may be configured to produce a flow of greenhouse air under the greenhouse for heat transfer, to moderate the temperature of the greenhouse. A thermal medium may flow to a thermal reservoir for heat exchange with the conduits of the GAHT system.
US11006584B2	Snow melting system and method for greenhouse A snow melting system for greenhouse comprises sensors for measuring an accumulation of snow on or at the greenhouse. A snow melting processor unit comprises an accumulation rate calculator for calculating an accumulation rate of the snow from the measured accumulation, and a heating prioritizer for actuating at least one of at least two different heating systems of the greenhouse as a function of at least the accumulation rate. A rooftop greenhouse system comprises a greenhouse adapted to be mounted to a rooftop surface. Two or more different heating systems mounted to the greenhouse to heat a roof of the greenhouse, and controlled by the snow melting system.
US11006582B2	Interlocking tongue and groove vegetation planting assembly An interlocking tongue and groove vegetation planting assembly provides a self-supporting arrangement of pentagon-shaped plant containers and triangle-shaped plant containers that are alternatively stacked, and detachably fitted together with support blocks having a central tongue on one end and a pair of legs on an opposite end that fit together in a tongue-and-groove relationship through the support sleeve. Both the pentagon-shaped and triangle-shaped plant containers include a plant chamber, and an adjacent support sleeve. The plant chamber has multiple sidewalls sloped at an angle. The plant chamber also has a floor wall that forms drainage holes near the junction of the plant chamber and the support sleeve sidewalls. The pentagon-shaped plant container is half the width and length of the triangle-shaped plant container to allow sunlight to reach lower stacked triangle-shaped plant chambers. The tongue-and-groove stacking arrangement creates multiple points of contact throughout each sidewall for equal weight distribution.
US11006581B2	Bale wrap mechanism A bale wrap mechanism including a frame including a wrap chute formed from one or more perimeter walls, where the wrap chute includes a wrap axis extending longitudinally therethrough, and where the one or more perimeter walls at least partially define a passageway, a first rail fixedly coupled to the frame, a first shuttle movable along the length of the first rail, where the first shuttle includes a second rail that is transverse to the first rail, a second shuttle movable along the length of the second rail, wherein the second shuttle includes a mounting point, and a shaft coupled to the mounting point, where the shaft is configured to rotatably support the roll of wrap material thereon, and where the shaft is configured to travel along a wrap path during a wrapping process, where the wrap path surrounds the passageway, and where the wrap path is non-circular in shape.
US11006577B2	System and method for adjusting operating parameters of an agricultural harvester based on estimated crop volume In one aspect, a system for adjusting operating parameters of an agricultural harvester based on estimated crop volume values may include an image capture device configured to capture one or more images of the crop materials standing within the field prior to the crop materials being harvested by a harvester. The system may also include a controller communicatively coupled to the image capture device. The controller may be configured to estimate a crop volume value associated with a quantity of the crop materials transferred through the harvester based on the one or more images captured by the image capture device. Additionally, the controller may be further configured to initiate a control action associated with adjusting an operating parameter of the harvester based on a magnitude of the estimated crop volume value.
US11006576B2	Hand-held horizontal rotary trimmer with vented baffle A lawn mower includes a housing with a baffle that defines an air path to produce a cross-flow. The baffle includes a vent to manipulate air pressures within the housing and facilitate movement of plant clippings. A hand-held device for trimming with a rotary blade assembly may also include a housing that defines an air path to produce a cross-flow. The hand-held trimming device may also a baffle with a vent to facilitate movement of plant clippings.
US11006572B2	Power rake devices A dethatcher includes a frame having front and rear ends, a cover coupled to the frame and configured to selectively move between an open position and a closed position, a handle extending from the frame, multiple wheels coupled to the frame, a cutting reel housed in the frame, and an engine for powering a drive mechanism of the shaft. The cutting reel includes a shaft having a first end and a second end, at least one cutting mechanism located between the first end and the second end of the shaft, and the drive mechanism for powering the shaft. When the cover is in the open position, a user may access the cutting reel from a top end of the frame.
US11006571B2	Floatation springs attached to adjustable skid shoes A header floatation system that includes a header, a floatation mechanism which includes a first end and a second end opposite the first end, an adjustment array which includes at least a first contact point, a bracket which includes at least a second contact point, a skid shoe, and a fastener. The first end of the floatation mechanism can be mechanically linked to the adjustment array. Either the adjustment array or the bracket can include a third contact point. The adjustment array can be mechanically linked to the skid shoe. The fastener can be positioned adjacent to, on, or through at least the first or second contact points aligning contact between the bracket and the adjustment array.
US11006570B2	Wheeled weed trimmer support assembly A wheeled weed trimmer support assembly for using a weed trimmer to evenly and easily cut grass includes a rear support apparatus and a front support apparatus. The rear support apparatus comprises a rear clamp that is selectively engageable with a shaft of a weed trimmer and a rear support coupled to the rear clamp. A rotational joint is coupled to the rear support. A rear fork is coupled to a bottom portion of the rotational joint and a rear wheel is coupled to the rear fork. The front support apparatus comprises a front clamp that is selectively engageable with the shaft of the weed trimmer. A front support is coupled to the front clamp. A front fork is coupled to a front bottom end of the front support and a pair of front wheels is coupled to the front fork.
US11006564B2	Path planning system for autonomous off-road vehicles A swath tracking system for an off-road vehicle includes a control system with a processor and a memory. The control system is configured to receive a plurality of vehicle location points and a current vehicle state, wherein the current vehicle state comprises a current vehicle location, generate a planned vehicle path through one or more of the plurality of vehicle location points, generate a correction path from the current vehicle location to a point along the planned vehicle path ahead of the current vehicle location along a direction of travel, generate a blended path by blending the planned vehicle path and the correction path based at least in part on an assigned weight, wherein the assigned weight is based at least in part on a heading error, a distance between the current vehicle location and the planned path, or a combination thereof, and guide the off-road vehicle along the blended path.
US11013157B2	Antenna screening composite, panel, assembly, and method of manufacturing same A antenna screening composite that mitigates or at least minimizes the need for special permitting of antenna screening panel construction comprises one or more fiberglass mats; one or more layers of polyester resin; one or more layers of woven robin; and one or more layers of one of bonded polyester fiber material and urethane foam.
US11013155B2	Electromagnetic wave shielding structure and manufacturing method therefor Disclosed is an electromagnetic wave shielding structure. The electromagnetic wave shielding structure comprises: a printed circuit board having a plurality of elements mounted therein and having a ground pad surrounding the plurality of elements; an insulation member made of a pre-molded insulating material and attached to the printed circuit board to surround the plurality of elements; and a conductive coating layer covering an exterior surface of the insulation member, wherein the conductive coating layer is connected to the ground pad.
US11013152B2	Data center coolant switch A data center cooling system has an indoor portion wherein heat is absorbed from components in the data center, and an outdoor heat exchanger portion wherein outside air is used to cool a first heat transfer fluid (e.g., water) present in at least the outdoor heat exchanger portion of the cooling system during a first mode. When an appropriate time has been reached to switch from the first mode to a second mode, the outdoor heat exchanger portion of the data cooling system is switched to a second heat transfer fluid, which is a relatively low performance heat transfer fluid (compared to the first fluid). It has a second heat transfer fluid freezing point, lower than the first heat transfer fluid freezing point, and sufficiently low to operate without freezing when the outdoor air temperature drops below a first predetermined relationship with the first heat transfer fluid freezing point.
US11013150B2	Electronic device comprising heat dissipation structure An electronic device, according to various embodiments of the present invention, may comprise: a housing which comprises a first surface, a second surface facing the opposite direction from the first surface, and a cooling member arranged between the first surface and the second surface; a circuit board which is disposed inside the housing; at least one heating component which is mounted to the circuit board; a shield can which surrounds one portion of the at least one heating component; a conductive member which makes contact with a first surface of the at least one heating component; a first thermal conduction member which diffuses heat from the at least one heating component to a plane direction parallel with the first surface of the heating component; and a second thermal conduction member which makes contact with a first surface of the first thermal conduction member, receives the heat from the first thermal conduction member in a second direction perpendicular to the plane direction, and transfers the heat to the cooling member. In addition, various embodiments are possible.
US11013149B2	Electronic device including heat dissipation structure An electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes a housing including a front plate, a rear plate facing away from the front plate, and a side structure surrounding a space between the front plate and the rear plate, a heat dissipation member accommodated inside the housing, at least one antenna module disposed adjacent to the side structure or at least partially accommodated in the side structure, the at least one antenna module being disposed to be inclined or perpendicular relative to the front plate or the rear plate, and a fixing member coupled to and at least partially surrounding the antenna module. The fixing member may include a first heat transfer portion at least partially surrounding a rear face of the antenna module, and a second heat transfer portion disposed in contact with the heat dissipation member.
US11013145B1	Vapor chamber The vapor chamber includes a casing, a working fluid, a microchannel, and a wick. The casing includes an upper casing sheet and a lower casing sheet that face each other and are joined together at an outer edge so as to define an internal space therebetween. The microchannel is in the lower casing sheet and in communication with the internal space so as to form a flow path for the working fluid. The wick is in the internal space of the casing, and is in contact with the microchannel. The microchannel has a plurality of convexes that form the flow path, an area ratio of an area of the plurality of convexes to an entire area of the microchannel is 5% to 40% in a plan view of the vapor chamber, and a height of the plurality of convexes is 5 to 50 μm.
US11013144B2	Absorption/desorption processes and systems for liquid immersion cooling A two-phase liquid immersion cooling system is described in which heat generating computer components cause a dielectric fluid in its liquid phase to vaporize. Advantageously an absorption/desorption unit is employed having a carbon element and a controller configured to regulate the absorption unit.
US11013143B2	Electronic device for liquid immersion cooling, power supply unit, and cooling system Provided is a power supply unit which is immersed and directly cooled in a coolant filled in a cooling apparatus. The power supply unit includes a unit substrate, and a voltage step-down device mounted on the unit substrate. The unit substrate includes a voltage input terminal for supplying an external power supply voltage, and a voltage output terminal. The voltage output terminal is electrically connected to a voltage input terminal of an electronic device. The power supply unit is mounted on a bottom of a cooling tank of the cooling apparatus so that the electronic device is positioned at an upper part of the power supply unit upon electrical connection between the electronic device and the power supply unit, and cooled by the coolant flowing from the bottom, or flowing from another section of the cooling tank. The unit substrate may be disposed apart from the bottom so as to form a flow channel which allows passage of the coolant between one surface of the unit substrate and the bottom. The voltage step-down device may be configured to include a converter module which steps down the external high voltage DC voltage from 200V to 420V to the DC voltage from 24V to 52V.
US11013141B2	Decoupled conduction/convection dual heat sink for on-board memory microcontrollers A heat sink may include a base having a first surface in a first plane configured to contact a system on chip (SoC) located on a circuit board. The heat sink may include a plurality of heat transfer members connected to and extending from the base. The plurality of heat transfer members are configured to extend along a longitudinal length in a second plane having a first spacing from the first plane. The plurality of heat transfer members respectively include opposing internal walls that define a second spacing between the plurality of heat transfer members. The heat sink may include an enclosure surrounding the plurality of heat transfer members. The enclosure may include a base plate that contacts the base of the heat sink to form a cold-plate. The enclosure may partially surround the length of the heat transfer members, allowing airflow through the enclosure in a cross direction.
US11013140B1	Wall-mounted cable housing assemblies Cable housing assemblies include frames and cable carriers slidably mounted to channels provided at edges of the frames. The cable carriers may house or support male or female connectors to the cables, which may be power or communications cables (e.g., Ethernet cables) that extend from the connectors within the cable carriers into the channels, and through voids within the frames to power sources or communications systems. The cable carriers are releasably inserted into channels at edges of the frames, and permitted to slide in either direction (e.g., up or down) to various positions within such channels, in order to make power or communications services available at such positions. When installed in association with a shelving unit, e.g., between a backerboard and shelves, the cable carriers may be used to provide power or communications services available to such shelves provided at any height within the shelving unit.
US11013133B2	Electronic devices comprising butyl rubber This invention relates to elastomeric coatings for electronics. Disclosed is a electronic device comprising a substrate layer, a conductive layer and an encapsulant layer. The encapsulant layer comprises at least a butyl rubber material. The butyl rubber encapsulant prevents a change in resistivity of the conductive layer following exposure to nitric acid vapour for 12 hours or hydrochloric acid vapour for 10 hours.
US11013132B2	Electronic device An electronic device of a novel embodiment, specifically an arm-worn electronic device used while being worn on an arm, is provided. An arm-worn secondary battery used while being worn on an arm is provided. An electronic device is provided, which includes a structure body having a curved surface as a support structure body, a flexible secondary battery including a film as an exterior body over the curved surface of the support structure body, and a display portion including a plurality of display elements between a pair of films over the secondary battery. The plurality of display elements and the secondary battery overlap with each other at least partly. It is possible to provide an electronic device which has a small maximum thickness of 1 cm or less and a light weight of 50 g or less even when an arm-worn secondary battery is provided with a display portion.
US11013130B2	Display device A display device includes a display panel including a display area on which a plurality of display elements is disposed and a non-display area on which one or more wires for driving the plurality of display elements are disposed. A back cover is attached to one surface of the display panel and has a plurality of openings. A roller unit winds or unwinds the back cover and the display panel, and a lifting unit moves the back cover and the display panel in a vertical direction. The plurality of openings overlaps the display panel, and each of the plurality of openings is disposed to be staggered with one or more of the openings in an adjacent row. A size of the back cover is larger than a size of the display panel.
US11013128B2	Method for manufacturing flexible printed circuit board and flexible printed circuit board manufactured by same Disclosed is a method for manufacturing a flexible printed circuit board and a flexible printed circuit board manufactured thereby, which minimizes a dielectric loss due to a high frequency signal and preventing a loss of the high frequency signal. The disclosed method for manufacturing the flexible printed circuit board according to an embodiment of the present disclosure includes preparing a base sheet; preparing a bonding sheet having a melting temperature lower than a melting temperature of the base sheet; forming a laminate by stacking the base sheet and the bonding sheet; and bonding by heating and pressurizing the laminate.
US11013122B2	Electrical connection structure for wiring boards and display device This electrical connection structure for wiring boards comprises: a plurality of wiring boards which are arranged along one side of a display panel and distribute electric power and/or an electric signal for driving the display panel; and a connector which is mounted on the wiring boards adjacent to each other, and electrically connects the wiring boards via a belt-like wiring material. Terminal connecting region and connector fixing region of the wiring board are configured to enable both first mounting of the connector with a direction in which the belt-like wiring material is inserted from the display panel end and second mounting of the connector with a direction in which the belt-like wiring material is inserted from an end opposite to the display panel. Thus, the present invention provides an electrical connection structure for wiring boards, in which an insertion direction of a connector can be reversed.
US11013114B2	Printed circuit board A printed circuit board is provided. The printed circuit board includes an insulating material, and a circuit comprising a first region that partially penetrates the insulating material, and a second region formed on the first region and that protrudes from an upper portion of the insulating material, the first region includes a first electroplating layer and a first electroless plating layer that are formed between the insulating material and the first electroplating layer.
US11013110B2	Receiver and receiving system A receiver includes a stretchable circuit board having stretchability and a first antenna formed on a main surface of the stretchable circuit board, the first antenna being configured to stretch in accordance with the stretchable circuit board and configured to receive a signal transmitted from a transmitter installed in a living body.
US11013107B2	Insulated circuit board An insulated circuit board having a ceramic substrate, a circuit layer on which a circuit pattern is formed and that is bonded to one surface of the ceramic substrate, and a metal layer bonded to the other surface of the ceramic substrate. The circuit layer has a first circuit layer that is bonded to the ceramic substrate and is made of aluminum and a second circuit layer that is bonded to the upper surface of the first circuit layer and is made of copper, the metal layer has a first metal layer that is bonded to the ceramic substrate and is made of aluminum and a second metal layer that is bonded to the upper surface of the first metal layer and is made of copper, and the thicknesses of the first circuit layer and the first metal layer are each 0.2 mm or more and 0.9 mm or less.
US11013106B1	Electronic control unit An electronic control unit comprises at least one controller and at least one memory device, wherein the controller comprises at least one electronic component mounted on a main circuit board. An embedded circuit board is formed in one piece with the main circuit board, and a predetermined separation line is provided for separating the embedded circuit board from the main circuit board.
US11013104B2	Power conversion apparatus Provided is a power conversion apparatus including: a plurality of power converters including a first power converter and a second power converter simultaneously operated by power supplied via a first connector; and a heat dissipation board having a first pattern formed thereon for distributing the power supplied via the first connector to the first power converter and the second power converter.
US11013101B2	Cooling techniques to improve thermal performance of electroacoustic device A loudspeaker assembly comprises an enclosure having a first end and a second end, the first end including an opening; an acoustic driver at the second end of the enclosure; an acoustic volume between the first end and the second of the enclosure; a circuit board at the first end of the enclosure; a firebox covering the opening at the first end of the enclosure, the firebox providing a convection flow path in the acoustic volume over heat-generating components of the circuit board; and a heat sink extending from the circuit board in a direction away from the acoustic volume for providing a conduction flow path through the circuit board.
US11013097B2	Apparatus and method for generating extreme ultraviolet radiation A target droplet source for an extreme ultraviolet (EUV) source includes a droplet generator configured to generate target droplets of a given material. The droplet generator includes a nozzle configured to supply the target droplets in a space enclosed by a chamber. The target droplet source further includes a sleeve disposed in the chamber distal to the nozzle. The sleeve is configured to provide a path for the target droplets in the chamber.
US11013096B2	System, method and apparatus for target material debris cleaning of EUV vessel and EUV collector A system and method of removing target material debris deposits simultaneously with generating EUV light includes generating hydrogen radicals in situ in the EUV vessel, proximate to the target material debris deposits and volatilizing the target material debris deposits and purging the volatilized target material debris deposits from the EUV vessel without the need of an oxygen containing species in the EUV vessel.
US11013093B2	Controlling lighting loads to achieve a desired lighting pattern A visible light sensor may be configured to sense environmental characteristics of a space using an image of the space. The visible light sensor may be controlled in one or more modes, including a daylight glare sensor mode, a daylighting sensor mode, a color sensor mode, and/or an occupancy/vacancy sensor mode. In the daylight glare sensor mode, the visible light sensor may be configured to decrease or eliminate glare within a space. In the daylighting sensor mode and the color sensor mode, the visible light sensor may be configured to provide a preferred amount of light and color temperature, respectively, within the space. In the occupancy/vacancy sensor mode, the visible light sensor may be configured to detect an occupancy/vacancy condition within the space and adjust one or more control devices according to the occupation or vacancy of the space. The visible light sensor may be configured to protect the privacy of users within the space via software, a removable module, and/or a special sensor.
US11013092B2	Light system A light system configured for reserving and/or dynamically moving/arranging spaces for participants in a class may include a plurality of cells disposed on a surface, each cell having one or more lights disposed therein. Each light is in communication with a controller configured to control at least one of a color, a pattern, and a brightness of each light. The light system may be configured to allow a participant of the class to reserve a space prior to the class and have the space emit light indicating the space is reserved proximate a start time of the class.
US11013090B2	Controller and method for generating a dynamic light effect on a light source array A method (700) of generating a dynamic light effect on a light source array (110) is disclosed. The light source array (110) comprises a plurality of individually controllable light sources (112). The method (700) comprises: obtaining (702) or generating (702) a vector, wherein the vector has a plurality of behavior parameters comprising at least a speed and a direction, and the vector has one or more appearance parameters comprising at least a color and/or a brightness, mapping (704) the vector onto the light source array (110) over time according to the behavior parameters of the vector, and controlling (706) the light output of the plurality of light sources (112) over time according to the mapping of the vector onto the light source array (110) and according to the appearance parameters of the vector.
US11013089B2	Intelligent lighting control bulb detection apparatuses, systems, and methods The present disclosure provides apparatuses and methods for bulb detection for a lighting control system. The apparatus includes a lighting control module configured to cause a transmission of a quantity of electrical energy to a lighting circuit of a light fixture electrically connected to the lighting control module. The apparatus includes a detector circuit positioned in the lighting control module. The detector circuit is configured to measure a response of the lighting circuit to the transmission of the quantity of electrical energy. The apparatus also includes a controller in electrical communication with the detector circuit. The controller is specially programmed to correlate the quantity of electrical energy transmitted to the lighting circuit to the response of the lighting circuit. The controller is further programmed to determine the bulb type of a bulb electrically coupled to the lighting circuit of the light fixture.
US11013084B2	Self-identifying solid-state transducer modules and associated systems and methods Self-identifying solid-state transducer (SST) modules and associated systems and methods are disclosed herein. In several embodiments, for example, an SST system can include a driver and at least one SST module electrically coupled to the driver. Each SST module can include an SST and a sense resistor. The sense resistors of each SST module can have at least substantially similar resistance values. The SSTs of the SST modules can be coupled in parallel across an SST channel to the driver, and the sense resistors of the SST modules can be coupled in parallel across a sense channel to the driver. The driver can be configured to measure a sense resistance across the sense resistors and deliver a current across the SSTs based on the sense resistance.
US11013079B2	Removable LED module An LED module is provided that includes an LED circuit board having a substrate and an array of LEDs and an electrical connector mounted on the substrate. The LED module can be removed from an optical system of a luminaire by electrically uncoupling the LED circuit board from the luminaire and mechanically uncoupling the LED module from the luminaire without removing other elements of the optical system from the luminaire. A luminaire is provided that includes a controller and an optical system having an LED module. The LED module has an LED circuit board electrically coupled to the controller. The LED circuit board has a substrate and an array of LEDs mounted thereon. The LED module can be removed from the luminaire without removing other elements of the optical system by electrically uncoupling the LED circuit board from the controller and mechanically uncoupling the LED module from the luminaire.
US11013078B2	Integrated sensor assembly for LED-based controlled environment agriculture (CEA) lighting, and methods and apparatus employing same An integrated sensor assembly provides multiple sensing modalities to monitor an agricultural environment, and may be employed in or used with controlled environment agriculture (CEA) systems to control and maintain improved growth conditions for various plants. In one exemplary implementation, an integrated sensor assembly includes sensors to monitor parameters important to plant growth, such as a natural light sensor, an air temperature sensor, a relative humidity sensor, an air flow sensor, a carbon dioxide (CO2) sensor, and a remote infrared (IR) temperature sensor. The sensors are mounted onto a single circuit board, which is then placed inside a housing for protection from the ambient environment. The housing can include one or more openings and apertures to facilitate sensing with protective covers where appropriate. A USB port can be included to supply electrical power and transfer of data to and from the integrated sensor assembly (e.g., to provide plug-and-play functionality).
US11013077B2	LED driver dimming An LED driver has outputs to drive LEDs in groups of different colour temperatures. An input is configured to receive setpoint information, and a control device is configured to determine a combined LED setpoint intensity for the groups and a combined LED setpoint colour temperature for the groups, from the LED setpoint information. If the LED setpoint intensity is above a threshold, the control device operates the LED driver outputs to mix the LED group outputs to jointly achieve the LED setpoint intensity and the LED setpoint colour temperature. If the LED setpoint intensity is below the threshold, the control device selects a single LED group, operates the LED driver output associated with the selected LED group to drive that one LED group at the LED setpoint intensity, and operates the remaining LED driver outputs to drive the remaining LED groups at zero LED intensity.
US11013075B2	RF apparatus with arc prevention using non-linear devices An RF system includes an RF signal source and a single-ended or double-ended impedance matching network. Non-linear devices, such as gas discharge tubes, are coupled in parallel with components of the impedance matching network. The non-linear devices are insulating below a breakdown voltage and conductive above the breakdown voltage. The system also includes measurement circuitry configured to measure one or more parameters that reflect changes in the impedance of the impedance matching network. A system controller modifies operation of the system when a rate of change of any of the monitored parameter(s) exceeds a predetermined threshold.
US11013065B2	Downlink interference management method, base station, and user equipment The present invention discloses a downlink interference management method, applied to interference coordination between a serving base station of a cell serving at least one first user equipment and a neighboring-cell base station of the cell, including: obtaining, by the serving base station, downlink interference overload information, where the downlink interference overload information is used to indicate an interfered-with transmission resource of the first user equipment; and sending, by the serving base station, the downlink interference overload information to the neighboring-cell base station, so that the neighboring-cell base station performs interference coordination on the transmission resource. The downlink interference overload information sent by the serving base station to the neighboring-cell base station may instruct the neighboring-cell base station to perform interference coordination on the interfered-with transmission resource.
US11013062B2	Fast role switch between bluetooth true wireless stereo (TWS) earbuds This disclosure provides systems, methods and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media, for fast role switching between master and slave roles among wireless nodes. In one aspect, wireless nodes, such as wireless earbuds, coupled to a wireless source, may dynamically and intelligently swap master and slave roles to optimize battery life in the wireless nodes.
US11013060B2	Selective multiple-media access control Disclosed embodiments include a network device having a split network stack that includes a physical (PHY) layer associated with first and second media access control (MAC) protocol sublayers, a processing device, and memory storing instructions that, when executed by the processing device, cause the processing device to select a route through the split network stack that includes one of the first and second MAC protocol sublayers but not the other one of the first and second MAC protocol sublayers.
US11013057B2	Extremely high frequency systems and methods of operating the same Embodiments discussed herein refer to systems, methods, and circuits for establishing EHF contactless communications links. The EHF contactless communication link may serve as an alternative to conventional board-to-board and device-to-device connectors. The link may be a low-latency protocol-transparent communication link capable of supporting a range of data rates. The link may be established through a close proximity coupling between devices, each including at least one EHF communication unit. Each EHF unit involved in establishing an EHF communication link may progress through a series of steps before data can be transferred between the devices. These steps may be controlled by one or more state machines that are being implemented in each EHF communication unit.
US11013055B2	Discontinuous reception An interface of a terminal switches between at least one active state (283) and a sleep state (281) according to a schedule (200). Uplink control data is transmitted which is indicative of a temporary prolongation (209) of the at least one active state (283).
US11013053B2	Method and system for stateless network function services in 5G networks Systems and methods described herein provide stateless network functions for a wireless core network. A network device in the wireless core network receives, from a network function instance in a set of network function instances, context information and state maintenance parameters for an end device. The state maintenance parameters include one or more timer values for the end device, and an action to be performed upon expiry of the one or more timer values. The network device stores the context information and the state maintenance parameters, and applies the state maintenance parameters to the context information for the end device. The network device performs the action when expiry of the one or more timer values is detected.
US11013051B2	Establishing or resuming a wireless communication connection in a wireless communication network The present invention relates to a method for establishing or resuming a wireless communication connection in a wireless communication network. According to the method, a first message is transmitted from a first device to a second device. The first message includes a request for the second device to provide a data link layer communication forwarding between the first device and a base station. Furthermore, a connection between the first device and the base station is established or resumed via the data link layer communication forwarding of the second device.
US11013044B2	Proximity-based wireless communication method and user equipment A user equipment (UE) (first UE) receives setting information about a plurality of transmission (Tx) resource pools and a plurality of reception (Rx) resource pools for a cell. On the basis of the setting information, and the identity (ID) of the first UE (first UE ID) or the ID of another UE (second UE) (second UE ID) connected for proximity-based wireless communication with the first UE, the first UE determines a portion (Tx resource group) of the plurality of Tx resource pools and a portion (Rx resource group) of the plurality of Rx resource pools. The first UE performs sidelink transmission to the second UE by using a Tx resource pool which belongs to the Tx resource group. The first UE performs sidelink reception from the second UE by using an Rx resource pool which belongs to the plurality of Rx resource groups.
US11013039B2	Method for generating random access channel ZC sequence, and apparatus Embodiments provide a method for generating a random access channel ZC sequence, and an apparatus. A method for generating a random access channel ZC sequence includes: generating, by a base station, notification signaling, where the notification signaling instructs user equipment (UE) to generate a random access ZC sequence by using a second restricted set in a random access set; and sending, by the base station, the notification signaling to the UE, so that the UE generates the random access ZC sequence by using the second restricted set, where the random access set includes an unrestricted set, a first restricted set, and the second restricted set; and the second restricted set is a random access set that the UE needs to use when a Doppler frequency shift of the UE is greater than or equal to a first predetermined value.
US11013032B2	Wireless communication device and communication parameter report method A wireless communication device includes a processor. The processor estimates a quality of a received signal that is transmitted from a source device. The processor determines a communication parameter for a next communication transaction based on an evaluation value that indicates a result of subtracting a second value from a first value, the first value being determined based on a coding rate and a data length of a data signal received from the source device, the second value being determined based on the data length, a modulation scheme and a quality of the data signal. The processor reports the communication parameter to the source device.
US11013031B2	Uplink PPDU transmission Uplink transmission in a wireless local area network is provided. A station receives a trigger frame for requesting a transmission of an uplink physical layer protocol data unit (PPDU) from an access point (AP). The station determines a value of a second duration field of an uplink PPDU based on a first duration field of the trigger frame. The station transmits the uplink PPDU. The uplink PPDU does not include any frame that solicits a response frame from the AP when the value of the second duration field is set to zero.
US11013027B2	Methods and devices for information transmission The application provides a methods and devices for information transmission. The method includes that: a terminal device receives control signaling transmitted by a network device at a first time position; and the terminal device transmits a Scheduling Request (SR) and/or feedback information related to the control signaling to the network device according to the first time position, a second time position for transmitting the SR being at least partially overlapped with a third time position for transmitting the feedback information. The terminal device determines how to effectively transmit the information related to the control signaling and other information on the basis of time when the downlink control signaling is received, so that different information may still be effectively transmitted under the situation that Physical Uplink Control Channels (PUCCHs) of two different lengths exist.
US11013025B2	Method and user equipment for transmitting uplink signals 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 a method for transmitting uplink signals, a user equipment (UE), and a base station. The UE determines an LBT type and a starting position of signal transmission according to scheduling information and LBT type of a previous subframe, a current subframe, and a subsequent subframe and whether there is a gap between these subframes.
US11013024B2	System and method for uplink grant-free transmission scheme A method embodiment includes implementing, by a base station (BS), a grant-free uplink transmission scheme. The grant-free uplink transmission scheme defines a first contention transmission unit (CTU) access region in a time-frequency domain, defines a plurality of CTUs, defines a default CTU mapping scheme by mapping at least some of the plurality of CTUs to the first CTU access region, and defines a default user equipment (UE) mapping scheme by defining rules for mapping a plurality of UEs to the plurality of CTUs.
US11013023B2	Method and apparatus for transmitting/receiving wireless signal in wireless communication system A wireless communication system is disclosed. More particularly, disclosed herein are a method including receiving downlink scheduling information on a PDCCH, the downlink scheduling information comprising resource indication information (RI), selecting a first PUCCH resource set from among a plurality of PUCCH resource sets based on a size of the control information, and transmitting the control information using a PUCCH resource corresponding to the RI in the first PUCCH resource set, wherein, when a control information size supported by the first PUCCH resource set is less than or equal to X (>=1) bits, the PUCCH resource is determined using one of a first scheme and a second scheme, and wherein, when the control information size supported by the first PUCCH resource set is greater than X bits, the PUCCH resource is determined using only the second scheme, and an apparatus therefor.
US11013020B2	Cancelable NAN schedule indication In embodiments, one or more wireless stations operate to configure direct communication with neighboring mobile stations, i.e., direct communication between the wireless stations without utilizing an intermediate access point. Embodiments of the disclosure relate to NAN datapath scheduling and NAN pre-datapath operation setup and scheduling. The NAN datapath embodiments described herein provide a mechanism through which stations can communicate and provide services. In particular, embodiments described herein relate to the use of cancelable and non-cancelable further availability windows in conjunction with NAN communication.
US11013018B2	Data multiplexing apparatus and method and communication system A data multiplexing apparatus and method and a communication system. The data multiplexing method includes: for a logical channel needing to be performed data multiplexing, determining one or more physical layer resources for multiplexing data from a plurality of physical layer resources supported by the logical channel according to priorities of the plurality of physical layer resources; and multiplexing the data of the logical channel into the determined physical layer resources. Hence, when the user equipment has data of a plurality of service types needing to be transmitted, the use of the resources by the user equipment may be kept in consistence with the scheduling intention of the network equipment.
US11013017B2	Methods and network nodes for allocating resources for multiple radio links Disclosed are methods and network nodes for allocating resources for multiple radio links in a wireless communication system. The method may include successively performing each of multiple scheduling loops such that the resources with one or more of multiple resource types are allocated to one or more radio links selected from the multiple radio links, wherein each of the multiple scheduling loops is associated with the one or more of multiple types of the resources. With the proposed methods and network nodes, radio resources of different types may be effectively and efficiently allocated to multiple radio links through multiple scheduling loops and utilization efficiency of the resources could be notably boosted.
US11013016B2	Method and device for transmitting uplink data Disclosed are a method and device for transmitting data. The method includes: a network device sending configuration information to a terminal device, the configuration information including at least one of the following: information for indicating a starting position for transmission of an uplink data block, information for indicating an end position for transmission of an uplink data block, and information for configuring a reference signal for transmission of an uplink data block; and according to the configuration information, the network device receiving an uplink data block sent by the terminal device.
US11013012B2	Base station device and communication method thereof A base station device includes: a receiver, which, in operation, receives signals from one or more other base station devices in a system using an adjacent frequency band; a searcher, which, in operation, searches for one or more center frequencies of signals from the one or more other base station devices; a selector, which, in operation, selects a synchronization target base station device from which a respective center frequency has been acquired from among the one or more other base station devices; and a controller, which, in operation, sets an operation parameter to establish synchronization with transmission and reception timings of the synchronization target base station device.
US11013011B2	Wireless multicarrier random access process Systems, apparatuses, and methods are described for wireless communications. A wireless device may transmit a buffer status report. Based on the buffer status report, the wireless device may receive a control command to use radio resources of a secondary cell. The wireless device may transmit a random access preamble via the secondary cell.
US11013009B1	Dynamic assignment of wireless communication protocol to antenna elements of an antenna array Methods and systems are provided for dynamically assigning a wireless communication protocol to one or more antenna elements of an antenna array. The methods can include receiving information associated with one or more user devices and, based on the received information, identifying one or more antenna elements of the antenna array, for switching between first and second wireless communication protocols. The methods can also include switching the one or more antenna elements between the first and second wireless communication protocols.
US11013005B2	Remotely reconfigurable distributed antenna system and methods The present disclosure is a novel utility of a software defined radio (SDR) based Distributed Antenna System (DAS) that is field reconfigurable and support multi-modulation schemes (modulation-independent), multi-carriers, multi-frequency bands and multi-channels. The present disclosure enables a high degree of flexibility to manage, control, enhance, facilitate the usage and performance of a distributed wireless network such as flexible simulcast, automatic traffic load-balancing, network and radio resource optimization, network calibration, autonomous/assisted commissioning, carrier pooling, automatic frequency selection, frequency carrier placement, traffic monitoring, traffic tagging, pilot beacon, etc.
US11013001B2	Wireless communication system A wireless communication system includes a first communication device and multiple second communication devices. The first communication device includes a first transmitting unit that transmits control information to instruct a resource in a shared band to the second communication device by using a resource in a dedicated band. Each of the second communication devices includes a determining unit and a second transmitting unit. The determining unit determines whether the resource in the shared band is idle. When the resource in the shared band is idle, the second transmitting unit transmits data by using the resource in the shared band specified in the control information after transmitting a predetermined signal to the shared band. When receiving the predetermined signal from other second communication device, the second transmitting unit transmits data by using the resource in the shared band even when the resource in the shared band is busy.
US11013000B2	Apparatus and method for inter-band pairing of carriers for time division duplex transmit- and receive-switching and its application to multiplexing of different transmission time intervals Aspects of the present disclosure provide for the pairing of an inter-band carrier with a time division duplex (TDD) carrier. If the paired band is a frequency division duplex (FDD) band, then base stations and mobile devices may transmit and receive additional thin control channels on FDD carriers to enable full duplex operations. If the paired band is a TDD band, then a conjugate or inverse carrier may be used such that full duplex, or a close approximation thereto, is achieved. With the introduction of a paired channel and fast control channels, rapid uplink/downlink switching may be achieved for TDD carriers efficiently and effectively. Other aspects, embodiments, and features are also claimed and described.
US11012998B2	Multi-beam cellular communication system A cellular communication system comprising a plurality of geographically spaced base stations (2) each of which comprise an antenna arrangement (4, 6, 8) per base station sector, each of which antenna arrangements has an antenna element for generating an array of narrow beams (10, 12, 14) covering the sector. Timeslots are simultaneously transmitted over each of the beams so as to generate successive sets of simultaneously transmitted timeslots per sector. The timeslots are each split into multiple orthogonal codes, for example Walsh codes. The communication system additionally comprising a scheduling device (31) for allocating for successive sets of timeslots common overhead channels, including a common pilot channel, which are allocated to the same sub-set of codes of each timeslot in the set. For successive sets of timeslots different data traffic is allocated to the same sub-set of codes of each timeslot in the set. This effectively generates a sector wide antenna beam carrying the common overhead channels and a plurality of narrow beams each of which carry different data traffic. Inter-beam interference is addressed by the application of Adaptive Modulation and Coding and by an inter-beam handoff scheme. The handoff scheme ensures that when an end user equipment is located in a cusp region between adjacent beams the antenna arrangement simultaneously transmits data traffic to that mobile station on at least both of the adjacent beams.
US11012994B2	Multiple downlink control information (DCI) message handling for multiple control resource set (CORESET) groups This disclosure provides systems, methods, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media, for multiple downlink control information (DCI) message handling for multiple control resource set (CORESET) groups. In one aspect, a user equipment (UE) may provide separate or joint feedback for data messages received from different CORESET groups. In some examples, the UE may be configured with code block group (CBG)-based transmissions for a component carrier (CC) or a CORESET group in a CC. If implementing a dynamic codebook, the UE may track separate transport block (TB)-based and CBG-based downlink assignment indexes (DAIs) for each CORESET group or may track joint TB-based and CBG-based DAIs across the set of CORESET groups to handle the CBG configuration. Additionally, or alternatively, if implementing a semi-static codebook, the UE may apply skipping rules across the set of CORESET groups or separately for each CORESET group to reduce signaling overhead.
US11012988B2	Performing interference cancellation on received signals Methods, systems, and apparatus are described relating to wireless communications. A wireless device may determine a received signal in a first orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) symbol. A first signal corresponding to a first base station may be generated based on demodulating, descrambling, and decoding signals received on subcarriers in the first OFDM symbol. A processed first signal may be generated based on encoding, scrambling, modulating, and scaling the first signal. A second signal corresponding to a second base station may be generated based on subtracting the processed first signal from the received signal. The second signal may be used by the wireless device to determine system parameters associated with the second base station.
US11012987B2	Base station device, mobile station device, program, uplink synchronization requesting method, and synchronization-shift measurement signal transmitting method A mobile station device that receives downlink control information which is used to selectively provide downlink scheduling or a random access order, on a physical downlink control channel from a base station device. The mobile station device also transmits a random access preamble using a random access channel to the base station device based on receiving the downlink control information which provides a random access order, where the downlink control information provides a downlink resource allocation in a case that the downlink control information is used to provide the downlink scheduling and where a preset value is set for a field of the downlink resource allocation in a case that the downlink control information is used to provide the random access order.
US11012983B2	Method for transmitting uplink control information by terminal in wireless communication system and device for supporting same Disclosed are a method for transmitting uplink control information by a terminal in a wireless communication system and a device for supporting the same. More particularly, disclosed are a method for transmitting, by a terminal, uplink control information corresponding to downlink signals received from two base stations communicating with the terminal by different schemes when the two base stations are connected with the terminal by a dual connectivity method, and a device for supporting the same.
US11012982B2	User terminal and radio communication method The present invention is designed so that the transmission of PUSCH can be controlled properly when the reference value for the timing for transmitting signals is controlled in radio base stations and/or user terminals. A user terminal, according to the present invention, has a receiving section that receives downlink control information (DCI), and a control section that controls transmission of an uplink (UL) shared channel that is scheduled by the DCI, and the control section controls the transmission of the UL shared channel based on a reference value that is configured for the timing for transmitting the UL shared channel.
US11012981B2	Flexible monitoring periodicity for slot format indicator Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described. A wireless device may identify a default monitoring periodicity for monitoring a control channel for a slot format indicator (SFI). For example, the default monitoring periodicity may be based on semi-static control signaling received from a base station or another suitable network entity. The wireless device may subsequently receive an indication of a dynamic monitoring periodicity for monitoring the control channel for the SFI. In some cases, the dynamic monitoring periodicity indication may be included in the SFI. The wireless device may then monitor the control channel for the SFI based at least in part on the dynamic monitoring periodicity.
US11012979B2	Signaling a subset of coresets selected in COT In order to overcome problems that a UE may face in determining CORESETs and beams for communication with the base station during a COT, a method, apparatus, and computer-readable medium are provided for a base station to indicate to the UE which CORESET(s), QCL relationships, UL resources, and/or spatial relationships are selected for a COT. A UE receives an indication of a set of CORESETs selected from a plurality of CORESETs or a set of QCL relationships selected from a plurality of QCL relationships. The UE determines the set of CORESETs from the plurality of CORESETs or the set of QCL relationships from the plurality of QCL relationships based on the indication received. A UE receives an indication of a set of UL resources or a set of spatial relations. The UE determines the set of UL resources or the set of spatial relations based on the indication received.
US11012978B2	Uplink scheduling-free transmission method and device with groups of PDMA resource pools An uplink scheduling-free transmission method and an uplink scheduling-free transmission device are provided. The uplink scheduling-free transmission method includes: dividing, by a base station, MA resources into groups of MA resources, and configuring, by the base station, the groups of MA resources to obtain at least two groups of MA resource pools, wherein at least parts of respective MA resources in the at least two groups of MA resource pools are different from each other; and notifying, by the base station, a UE of the at least two groups of MA resource pools, to enable the UE to select an MA resource pool from the at least two groups of MA resource pools, wherein the selected MA resource pool is to be used by the UE.
US11012976B2	Broadcast channel repetition Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communication are described. A device may receive repeated portions (e.g., modulation symbols) of a physical broadcast channel (PBCH) within a subframe. Portions of a PBCH may be repeated during various symbol periods of a subframe, and symbol periods for repetition may be selected based at least in part on locations of reference signals, synchronization signals, or downlink transmissions. Symbol periods that include cell-specific reference signals (CRS) may be used to repeat portions of a PBCH. Modulation symbols of a PBCH that include both broadcast information and CRS may be repeated within a subframe during symbol periods of the subframe than include CRS. Repetitions of portions of the PBCH in the subsequent subframe may be similarly or differently mapped to available resources in the subsequent subframe. Devices may identify characteristics of the PBCH by using differences in phase between repeated portions of the PBCH.
US11012970B2	Method for processing radio frequency interference and electronic device A method for processing radio frequency (RF) interference and an electronic device are provided. The method includes the following. Functional components in operating status are determined while an RF signal received by an RF circuit has signal strength lower than a preset threshold. For each functional component, an interference intensity to the RF circuit and a distance to the RF circuit are acquired. For each functional component, an interference value is acquired according to the interference intensity and the distance. A target functional component with an interference value meeting a preset condition is disabled.
US11012969B2	System and method for determining device location Location of an electronic device is determined using signals received from a first set of reference radios. The first set of reference radios include at least one secondary reference radio, each secondary reference radio established as a secondary reference radio by registering a corresponding location with a server. The corresponding location of the secondary reference radio is determined as a function of signals received by the secondary reference radio from a second set of reference radios. The second set of reference radios include radios qualified as reference radios in a database of primary se reference radios and secondary reference radios, each primary reference radio being a fixed-location radio device.
US11012966B2	Location positioning protocol based positioning for UEs in idle mode Techniques described herein allow for mobile positioning (i.e., the determination of the position of the UE) to be performed when the UE is in Idle mode. In some implementations, assistance data, that is used by the UE as part of the mobile positioning procedure, may be broadcast to the UE or transmitted to the UE within paging messages. The assistance data can potentially be sent to the UE in a number of time slots. In some implementations, the UE may perform measurements needed for mobile positioning only within discontinuous reception (DRX) occasions. Alternatively, in some implementations, the UE may perform measurements needed for mobile positioning outside of DRX occasions.
US11012963B2	Wireless communications method and apparatus A wireless communication method and apparatus are disclosed. In an embodiment a wireless communication method includes receiving, by a first device, at least two pieces of timing advance (TA) information, wherein the at least two pieces of TA information are corresponding to at least two beams of the first device on the same carrier and performing, by the first device, timing adjustments on transmissions on the at least two beams based on the at least two pieces of TA information.
US11012962B2	Transmission time interval control The present invention provides a method of determining a transmission time interval length to be used for communications between a user equipment device and a base station in response to a new service request, wherein the transmission time interval length is selected dependent on a timing advance value to be used by the user equipment device for communication with the base station.
US11012961B2	Method and apparatus for handling enhanced RLM prohibit timer in wireless communication system A method and apparatus for transmitting a user equipment (UE) assistance information message in a wireless communication system is provided. Upon receiving N consecutive number of indications of early-out-of-synchronization/early-in-synchronization from a lower layer of the UE, the UE transmits the UE assistance information message including the early-out-of-synchronization/early-in-synchronization indication to the network, and starts a prohibit timer for prohibiting transmission of the UE assistance information message including the early-out-of-synchronization/early-in-synchronization indication to the network. Further, the UE cancels a prohibit timer, if running, for prohibiting transmission of a UE assistance information message including an early-in-synchronization/early-out-of-synchronization indication.
US11012959B2	Demodulation reference signal transmission method and apparatus A signal transmission method and an apparatus are disclosed. In an embodiment a signal transmission method includes generating a demodulation reference signal and sending the demodulation reference signal, wherein the demodulation reference signal is sent in a specific time-frequency resource, and the specific time-frequency resource is located on symbols corresponding to a synchronization signal block.
US11012957B2	Method and apparatus for improving synchronization in wireless communication system The disclosure relates to a 5G or pre-5G communication system for supporting a higher data rate after a 4G communication system such as LTE. According to an embodiment, a method of a base station in a wireless communication system includes identifying, in a synchronization block to be generated, a resource to which a signal related to the synchronization block is not mapped, determining whether to map a specific signal to the identified resource, and transmitting, to a terminal, the synchronization block generated based on a result of the determination.
US11012955B2	Synchronization of host and client log timestamps Systems for synchronization of host and client log timestamps are provided. One system includes a timing module that acquires an initiator timestamp, wherein the initiator timestamp indicates a time on an initiating device associated with a computational activity performed between the initiating device and a receiving device. Additionally, the system includes a communication module that transmits the initiator timestamp to the receiving device. Also, the system includes a synchronization module that associates a receiver record of the computational activity on the receiving device with the initiator timestamp.
US11012954B2	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.
US11012953B2	Frequency selective logarithmic amplifier with intrinsic frequency demodulation capability A regenerative selective logarithmic detector amplifier (LDA) can have integrated FM demodulation capabilities. It can receive a wired or wireless FM modulated signal and amplify or demodulate it with high sensitivity, high skirt ratio and minimized noise when compared to the prior art. When used in conjunction with other circuits such as a PLL or mixer, it can improve interference rejection and frequency selectivity and be locked on a precise channel in frequency and phase. The LDA produces intermittent oscillations that are self-quenched when reaching a given threshold. It also embeds the circuitry to perform direct FM discrimination. FM demodulation process is completed by a simple analog or digital frequency to voltage converter. This plus the fact that the instantaneous regeneration gain is low-medium permit to detect signals of small amplitudes buried in the noise.
US11012948B2	Uplink measurement reference signal power control method, network device, and terminal device An uplink measurement reference signal power control method, a network device, and a terminal device are provided. The method includes: generating, by the network device, power control information of an uplink measurement reference signal, where the power control information includes at least one of a transmit power target value, a transmit power adjustment value, or path loss information; and sending, by the network device, the power control information to the terminal device. According to the method provided in the embodiments of this application, the network device generates the power control information, and the power control information includes at least one of the foregoing three types of information and is indicated to the terminal device.
US11012945B2	Devices and methods for power allocation Methods and devices for allocating power among a plurality of circuits in a communication device, including determining a power budget for allocating to the plurality of circuits from a power supply information; receiving an activity status from a first circuit of the plurality of circuits; determining a first power value based on the activity status; deriving a second power value based on the first power value and the power budget; and allocating power to one or more remaining circuits of the plurality of circuits based on the second power value.
US11012944B2	Method for transmitting uplink signal in wireless communication system and device therefor A method by which a terminal transmits an uplink signal in a wireless communication system, according to one embodiment of the present invention, comprises the steps of: determining whether transmission power of a plurality of uplink channels, which are simultaneously transmitted in a plurality of serving cells and has transmission time intervals (TTIs) of different lengths, exceeds maximum power of a terminal; and transmitting an uplink channel excluding an uplink channel, which is determined according to a preset priority rule, among the plurality of uplink channels when the transmission power of the plurality of uplink channels exceeds the maximum power of the terminal.
US11012943B2	Method for reducing interference between uplink signal and downlink signal, and device therefor The present invention provides a method for a base station to transmit a downlink signal, in order to reduce interference between uplink transmission and downlink transmission in a wireless communication system. Particularly, the method is characterized by: a step of setting a power decrease region in which downlink transmission power is transmitted by being lower than that of another region; a step of separating and generating a first transmission block corresponding to the power decrease region, and a second transmission block not corresponding to the power decrease region; and a step of mapping downlink data to the first transmission block and the second transmission block, respectively, wherein the first transmission block is transmitted with the power allocated to the power decrease region, and the second transmission block is transmitted with the power allocated to the region other than the power decrease region.
US11012942B2	Method and system for operating a multi-function portable electronic device using voice-activation Methods and systems in which a portable electronic device can be voice to activated are disclosed. The portable electronic device can be a multi-function electronic device. The voice activation can be robust and context sensitive. The voice activation can also be utilized without any preparatory user action with respect to the portable electronic device. The portable electronic device can also interact with a media system.
US11012941B2	Dynamic baseband management This disclosure relates to dynamic baseband management for a wireless device. The wireless device may be an accessory device. The accessory device may determine whether it has a short-range wireless communication link with a companion device. The accessory device may determine one or more proximity metrics relating to the companion device. The accessory device may further determine one or more metrics associated with user settings, user activity and/or application activity at the wireless device. The wireless device may select a (e.g., full, limited, or off) baseband operating mode based on any or all of these considerations.
US11012940B2	System and method for always on connections in wireless communications system A method for operating a user equipment (UE) includes determining a first operating state in accordance with a first message traffic generated by a non-session based application executing in the UE, setting a state machine in the UE to the first operating state, and transmitting a first message in accordance with the state machine.
US11012938B2	Method for transmitting and receiving wake-up signal in wireless LAN system and apparatus therefor A method for receiving a WUR signal by an STA, according to one embodiment of the present invention, comprises the steps of: detecting a WUR preamble sequence included in a WUR PPDU through a WUR receiver of the STA, while a WLAN receiver of the STA is turned off; obtaining WUR data included in the WUR PPDU, on the basis of a timing synchronized through the WUR preamble sequence; and outputting a wake-up signal to the WLAN receiver through the WUR receiver of the STA if the WUR data is intended for the STA, wherein the WUR preamble sequence used for the synchronization corresponds to a signature sequence carrying specific information, and the specific information may include at least one of an SU/MU indicator indicating whether the WUR PPDU is for a single user (SU) or a multi-user (MU), and information on the bandwidth of the WLAN PPDU to be received after wake-up by the WLAN receiver.
US11012934B2	Apparatus and method for integrating short-range wireless personal area networks for a wireless local area network infrastructure A network system comprises a first logic block providing a link to a first network via an access point of a WLAN and a second logic block communicating with a node of a second network (such as a WPAN) and configured to provide a link between the node and the first network via the access point. The network system is configured to maintain continuous connections to both the access point and the node while receiving power. The second logic block can communicate with the node using a modified communication protocol that is only partially compliant with an 802.11x communications protocol. A wireless hub can integrate a WPAN with a WLAN including, in part, a wireless circuit compliant with the WLAN standard (such as an 802.11x standard), a processor, and a memory. The wireless circuit can connect to the WPAN without losing connectivity (such as association and synchronization) to the WLAN.
US11012931B2	Methods, systems, and computer readable media for enhanced signaling gateway (SGW) status detection and selection for emergency calls The subject matter described herein includes a method for enhanced signaling gateway status detection and selection for emergency calls. The method includes, in a mobility management entity (MME) including at least one processor, detecting that a signaling gateway is in a risky state using a combination of echo request and call setup signaling timeouts. The method further includes marking the signaling gateway as risky in a signaling gateway status database maintained by the MME. The method further includes performing signaling gateway selection for an emergency call in a manner that excludes signaling gateways marked as risky. The method further includes routing the emergency call to a signaling gateway selected by the signaling gateway selection.
US11012926B2	Methods and apparatus for acquiring wireless access points information The embodiments of the present application disclose a method and apparatus for acquiring wireless access points information. One specific embodiment of the method comprises: in response to detecting a user operation of initiating a target application, acquiring a Wifi privilege; in response to detecting that the user opening a system interface for displaying a wireless access points information list, acquiring the wireless access points information list; in response to detecting a switch from the system interface for displaying the wireless access points information list to an interface of the target application, presenting the wireless access points information list in the interface of the target application. The embodiment implements displaying the wireless access points information list in the interface of the target application of a terminal device.
US11012924B2	Discouraging the use of an unlicensed spectrum channel by third generation partnership project (3GPP) technologies Techniques are described to provide to discourage use of an unlicensed spectrum channel by Third Generation Partnership Project (3GPP) technologies. In one example, a method includes performing a plurality of wireless transmissions for an unlicensed channel, wherein performing the plurality of wireless transmissions comprises: determining whether a next wireless transmission is proximate to a Discovery Reference Signal (DRS) transmission window; based on determining that the next wireless transmission is proximate to the DRS transmission window, determining whether the unlicensed channel is available; and based on determining that the unlicensed channel is available, starting the next wireless transmission before the DRS transmission window, wherein the next wireless transmission overlaps the DRS transmission window.
US11012918B2	Apparatus and method for controlling a terminal accessing a base station in broadband wireless communication system A circuit includes a controller to determine whether to prohibit entry of an end unit to a base station in a wireless communication network, the controller configured to process a media access control (MAC) management message that includes a timer value, the timer value designating a time period during which entry is prohibited.
US11012915B2	Backpressure signaling for wireless communications Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described. In some wireless systems, a base station centralized unit (CU) may communicate with a user equipment (UE) through a multi-hop backhaul architecture. This multi-hop backhaul connection may include a donor base station and any number of relay base stations connected via backhaul links. In some cases, the relay base stations or the UE may experience data congestion in a logical channel-specific buffer. The relay base stations or UE may implement backpressure signaling (e.g., in the medium access control (MAC) layer) to mitigate the congestion. A wireless device operating as a mobile termination (MT) endpoint may transmit a backpressure report message to a wireless device operating as a base station distributed unit (DU) endpoint for the logical channel. The base station DU may adjust a scheduling rate for data unit transmissions over the indicated logical channel based on the backpressure report.
US11012913B2	User equipment capability-based transition Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, a user equipment (UE) may provide, to a source base station (BS) and prior to a handover of the UE from the source BS to a target BS, information that identifies a set of transition capabilities of the UE. The UE may receive, from the source BS, a handover command or reconfiguration message after providing the information to the source BS. The UE may communicate, using a subset of the transition capabilities, with the target BS prior to the release. Numerous other aspects are provided.
US11012912B2	Predictive handoff and wireless association in a network According to one configuration, a first wireless access point communicates probe request communications to a mobile communication device. The first wireless access point monitors power levels associated with probe response communications from the mobile communication device. Via the monitored power levels, the communication management resource quantifies motion of the mobile communication device with respect to the first wireless access point and a corresponding region of wireless coverage provided by the first wireless access point. The communication management resource selects amongst multiple neighboring wireless access points in which to handoff the mobile communication device based on a prediction of which of the multiple wireless access points will provide a best chance of successfully receiving a handoff of a mobile communication device and corresponding wireless communication link from the first wireless access point.
US11012911B2	Method for processing handover between base stations supporting beamforming and apparatus thereof Provided are a method and an apparatus for processing handover between 5G base stations, which support beamforming and interwork with a 5G core network system in a next-generation/radio access network. The method of processing handover in a base station includes: receiving radio quality measurement information on a plurality of cells and on beams of the respective cells from a user equipment; determining whether handover is required based on the radio quality measurement information and transmitting a handover required message to a core network entity when it is determined that handover is required; and receiving a handover command message from the core network entity.
US11012910B2	Communications device, infrastructure equipment, wireless communications network and methods A method is performed in a first infrastructure equipment for a handover of a wireless device from the first infrastructure equipment as a source to a second infrastructure equipment as a target. The method comprises maintaining a mapping between a plurality of packet bearers and a data radio bearer for the wireless device, each of the plurality of packet bearers being configured to provide a specified quality of service, determining that the wireless device should handover from the first infrastructure equipment to the second infrastructure equipment, determining that the second infrastructure equipment does not support the mapping of the plurality of packet bearers to the data radio bearer, and providing an indication of a mapping of the plurality of packet bearers for the second infrastructure equipment after handover to one of a core network equipment and the second infrastructure equipment.
US11012908B2	Systems and methods for dynamic channel bonding A method for managing network traffic on a portable communication device including a processor, a memory, and a plurality of network interfaces configured to connect to a plurality of networks includes: processing network traffic of an application running on the processor via a first network of the plurality of networks, the first network being specified as a primary network by an operating system running on the processor; monitoring a plurality of network status information associated with the first network; detecting a problem of the first network when one or more parameters of the received network status information is outside of one or more threshold values; in response to detecting the problem in the first network, selecting a second network of the plurality of networks as the primary network; and processing the network traffic via the second network as the updated primary network.
US11012905B2	Wireless communication using an anchor carrier and flexible data carriers This disclosure relates to techniques for supporting wireless communication using an anchor carrier and data carriers. A wireless device may attach to a cellular network via an anchor carrier. The wireless device may receive data transfer scheduling information from the cellular network via the anchor carrier. The data transfer scheduling information may indicate a data carrier on which data transfer is scheduled. The wireless device may receive data for the data transfer via the data carrier.
US11012902B2	Resource configuration method for switching, network access point and mobile station Provided are a resource configuration method for switching, a network access point and a mobile station. The method comprises: a first network access point determining switching resource configuration information with a second network access point; the first network access point sending the switching resource configuration information to a mobile station; and the first network access point receiving switching indication information sent by the mobile station, wherein the switching indication information is used for indicating that the mobile station is to switch. In the embodiments of the present invention, by utilizing the feature that the movement of a mobile station has a predictable directionality, and by introducing the concept of a switching resource and coordinating the switching resource between network access points in advance, the switching resource can be used for switching when the mobile station needs switching, thereby reducing the switching interrupt time.
US11012901B2	Wireless communication method and apparatus The method is applied to a communications system including a first network device, a second network device, and a terminal device. The terminal device is communicatively connected to the first network device and the second network device respectively. The method includes: sending, by a network device, a first message to the terminal device, where the first message is used to determine that the terminal device stops communication with the first network device, or the first message is used to determine that the terminal device releases a protocol stack and a data radio bearer that are corresponding to the first network device; and the network device is the first network device or the second network device. Therefore, power consumption of the terminal device or the first network device and waste of air interface resources can be reduced, and flexibility can effectively be improved in a communication process.
US11012899B2	Controlling a delivery of voice communications over a cellular data network or a wireless network based on user's profile A method, system and computer program product for controlling the delivery of voice communications. A profile is created for the user of a mobile device that specifies the thresholds for switching between a cellular network and a wireless network to conduct voice communications as well as stores a list of contacts and associated security levels. If the signal strength of the cellular radio signal is below a threshold, then the mobile device detects one or more wireless networks that are in the area of the user of the mobile device. The profile of the user of the mobile device is then checked to determine if the mobile device is authorized to switch to one of the detected wireless networks to deliver voice communications based on a security level associated with the party communicating with the user. In this manner, the user is able to control the delivery of voice communications.
US11012897B2	Nodes for use in a communication network and methods of operating the same According to an aspect, there is provided a method of operating a first radio access node in a communication network, the method comprising determining whether a first base key that is used to determine a first encryption key for encrypting communications between a communication device and the first radio access node can be used by a second radio access node for determining a second encryption key for encrypting communications between the communication device and the second radio access node; and if the first base key can be used by the second radio access node, sending the first base key to the second radio access node during handover of the communication device from the first radio access node to the second radio access node.
US11012888B2	Method and apparatus for performing dual header compression schemes in wireless communication system The present disclosure relates to a method of receiving a data unit by a receiver in a wireless communication system. In particular, the method includes the steps of: receiving the data unit including a payload; and decompressing a header of the payload based on both a first type header compression algorithm and a second type header compression algorithm.
US11012887B2	Method and device for reporting buffer state A method for reporting a buffer state includes: determining a logic channel or logic channel group satisfying a BSR triggering criterion; and if the determined logic channel or logic channel group corresponds to a DRB mapped by an SDAP entity, then reporting to a base station a BSR comprising a buffer of the SDAP entity mapped to the determined logic channel or logic channel group. By determining the logic channel or logic channel group satisfying the BSR triggering criterion and, when the determined logic channel or logic channel group corresponds to the DRB mapped by the SDAP entity, and reporting to the base station the BSR comprising the buffer of the SDAP entity mapped to the determined logic channel or logic channel group, the problem with reporting the buffer state of the logic channel or logic channel group when a new protocol layer is introduced can be solved.
US11012884B2	Access method and system, user equipment, and network side device An access method and system, a user equipment, and a network side device are provided. The method includes: receiving, by a user equipment, a first message that carries an identifier of a second network access point, where the second network access point can perform air interface offloading on a first network in which a user equipment is currently located; and when the first message carries identifiers of a plurality of second network access points, selecting, by the user equipment, one second network access point from the plurality of second network access points according to first auxiliary information, and accessing the selected second network access point. By adopting the technical solutions in the embodiments of the present invention, an access delay can be effectively shortened, and access efficiency can improved, thereby effectively implementing offloading.
US11012883B2	Measurement job suspension and resumption in network function virtualization An element manager (EM) of a virtualized network for a wireless communication system processes a suspend measurement job request received from a network manager (NM). The request is to suspend a measurement job to provide network function (NF) performance measurements related to a virtualized resource (VR). In response to the suspend measurement job request, the EM stops reports reporting measurement result data for the measurement job and determines whether to instruct a virtualized network function manager (VNFM) to delete one or more performance management (PM) jobs used to support the measurement job. The EM then generates a suspend measurement job response to indicate to the NM a result of the request to suspend the measurement job.
US11012877B2	Method for triggering freestanding radio resource control report In accordance with the example embodiments there is at least a method and apparatus to determine a measurement configuration for a mobile communication device, wherein the measurement configuration is specific to the mobile communication device; associate a reporting configuration for the mobile communication device; and send the measurement configuration and the reporting configuration to the mobile communication device to trigger the measurement and the reporting at the mobile communication device. Further, in accordance with the example embodiments there is at least a method and apparatus to receive a measurement configuration and a reporting configuration from a network node; and trigger a measurement and a measurement report based on the measurement configuration and the reporting configuration from the network.
US11012874B1	Method and apparatus for detecting and responding to a disruption in communication services A high-altitude platform (HAP) node provides communication service during an emergency. The HAP node uses a first network to provide communication services for handling calls initiated by at least one user equipment (UE). The HAP node detects that an emergency disruption has occurred that prevents the use of the first network. In response to detecting the occurrence of the emergency disruption, a mobile terminal (MT) in the HAP node searches for a second network able to accept emergency calls. The HAP node determines whether the second network will handle all calls initiated by the at least one UE or only emergency calls generated by the at least one UE. The HAP node handles the calls based on the determining and through the use of the second network.
US11012870B2	Technique for triggering mobility management specific procedure to avoid registration state mismatch between user equipment and network A method in a mobile station (MS) and an MS in a wireless communication network are provided. The method includes detecting an intersystem change from an S1 mode to one of an A/Gb mode and an Iu mode, detecting that a routing area update (RAU) has failed detecting that a successful generic location updating procedure has not been performed since the detected intersystem change, and triggering an MM specific procedure based on detecting that the RAU has failed and the successful generic location updating procedure has not been performed. The MM specific procedure corresponds to a location area update (LAU).
US11012867B1	Method of cell placement and related computer program product A method of cell placement includes choosing the ray-tracing channel matrices for the Nth iteration according to candidate cell locations of the Nth iteration and the user distributions, calculating fitness values for the Nth iteration based on the ray-tracing channel matrices, substituting the fitness values for the Nth iteration and corresponding candidate cell locations for the best fitness and best candidate cell locations in a total iterative process respectively if the fitness values for the Nth iteration are greater than or equal to multiple thresholds and the best fitness in a total iterative process, storing candidate cell locations of the Nth iteration, and verifies termination criteria, if termination criteria are not satisfied at the Nth iteration, generating the candidate cell locations of the N+1th iteration.
US11012862B2	Camouflaging EMI fingerprints in enterprise computer systems to enhance system security The disclosed embodiments relate to a system that camouflages electromagnetic interference (EMI) fingerprints in EMI emissions from a computing system to enhance system security. During operation, the system monitors the EMI emissions from the computer system while the computer system is operating to produce corresponding EMI signals. Next, the system performs a Fast Fourier Transform (FFT) operation on the EMI signals. The system then converts an output of the FFT operation into a frequency-domain representation of the EMI signals. Next, the system generates a camouflaging signal based on the frequency-domain representation of the EMI signals. Finally, the system outputs the camouflaging signal through a transmitter to camouflage EMI fingerprints in the EMI emissions from the computer system.
US11012854B2	Communication device and communication method [Object] To provide a mechanism capable of suppressing confusion in communication using a local identifier.[Solution] A communication device includes a communication unit configured to receive a first signal addressed to another communication device including first information in which a local identifier which is used in a wireless local area network (LAN) and different from a global identifier is specified and transmit a second signal including second information in which the local identifier specified from the first information included in the received first signal is specified. A communication device includes a communication unit configured to receive a second signal including second information in which a local identifier which is used in a wireless local area network (LAN) and different from a global identifier is specified and transmit a third signal including third information in which the local identifier allocated by the communication device is specified.
US11012845B2	Device-to-device discovery communication According to some embodiments, a method in a wireless device of reducing collisions between device-to-device (D2D) communication resources and D2D discovery resources comprises obtaining a first plurality of transmission resources available for transmitting D2D discovery messages, and obtaining a second plurality of transmission resources comprising a subset of the first plurality. The subset comprises transmission resources potentially unavailable for transmitting D2D discovery messages. The method includes associating a first weighted value with each transmission resource of the first plurality not included in the second plurality, and associating a second weighted value with each transmission resource of the second plurality. The method includes selecting a transmission resource from the first plurality of transmission resources using the first and second weighted values, and determining whether the selected transmission resource is available to transmit a discovery message. The method includes transmitting the discovery message using the selected transmission resource.
US11012837B2	Periodic management stabilization for internet of things A method is executable on a Gateway which is capable of communicating with a Machine Device, a User Device and a Manager Device. The method comprise receiving, from the Manager Device, a first request, requesting for status information associated with the Machine Device, after which the Gateway is determining under which conditions to acquire the requested status information, and to send the acquired status information to the Manager Device. Next the Gateway is determining the relevant status information of the Machine Device, based on a response to a second request, requesting for updated data associated with the Machine Device, the second request being provided to the Machine Device from the Used Device, and the response being received from the Machine Device by the Gateway, after which a notification, comprising the determined status information, is provided from the Gateway to the Manager Device.
US11012835B2	Method and terminal for acquiring transmission resource in vehicle to everything A method and a terminal for acquiring a transmission resource in vehicle to everything are provided. In the implementations of the present disclosure, available resources in a current resource pool are sensed, and if the terminal needs to send data before a sensing result is acquired, whether the current resource pool permits random selection of a transmission resource is determined, if the current resource pool permits the random selection of a transmission resources, a transmission resource is randomly selected from the current resource pool.
US11012834B2	Method, apparatus, and computer-readable medium for intelligent transportation system (ITS) message distribution Embodiments include methods and/or procedures performed by a V2X application enabler (VAE) client, of a V2X user equipment (UE), in communication with a VAE server. Exemplary embodiments include sending, to the VAE server, a first message comprising an identifier of the V2X UE and at least one of the following: identifiers of one or more first types of intelligent transportation system messages, from the VAE server, to which the V2X UE wishes to register or unregister for receiving; and an identifier of a first geographic area that V2X UE wishes to register or unregister for association with the V2X UE at the VAE server. Exemplary embodiments also include receiving, from the VAE server, a second message indicating acknowledgement of a registration or an unregistration action requested in the first message. Embodiments also include complementary methods and/or procedures performed by VAE servers, as well as V2X UEs, VAE servers, and computer-readable media configured in accordance with the exemplary methods and/or procedures.
US11012830B2	Automated activation and onboarding of connected devices A communication device includes a modem and circuitry. The modem communicates with a cellular network that is linked to a data network to which one or more target servers are coupled. The circuitry is configured to hold a token that identifies the communication device for assignment to a selected service plan in a management server of the cellular network, to trigger, based on the token, an onboarding request to the management server for assigning the selected service plan to the communication device, and, after the selected service plan has been assigned to the communication device in the management server, to communicate with a target server, via the cellular network and over the data network, in accordance with the selected service plan.
US11012822B2	Multi-antenna system, and transmitting apparatus and method based on index coding and beamforming thereof Disclosed are a multi-antenna system and a transmission and method based on index coding and beamforming thereof. A transmitter including a plurality of antennas may be configured to classify a plurality of receivers into at least one group, determine an index code for the group, design a beamforming matrix for the group, and transmit at least one of a plurality of files to the group through the antennas based on the index code and the beamforming matrix.
US11012816B2	Location selection for transmitting emergency beacons Embodiments are disclosed for selecting locations for transmitting emergency beacons. In an embodiment, a method comprises: determining a current location of a mobile device in a geographic area; configuring a transmitter of the mobile device for device-to-device (D2D) communication; determining one or more candidate transmit locations for D2D communication, wherein each candidate transmit location is determined based at least in part on its elevation, proximity to a D2D device density location that is within a maximum communication distance from the candidate transmit location, and an availability of a trail or path to the candidate transmit location; receiving input selecting a particular candidate transmit location from the one or more candidate transmit locations; in accordance with the input, determining a route from the current location of the mobile device to the particular candidate transmit location; and presenting the route through an output device.
US11012814B2	Monitoring system control method and electronic device for supporting same A movable electronic device includes at least one camera module, a driving module configured to support movement on a specified path of the electronic device, and a processor electrically connected to the camera module and the driving module. The processor is configured to control the electronic device to perform capture while moving on a specified first path and to set the first path to a second path based on state information about at least one Internet of Things (IoT) device obtained based on a capture image on the first path.
US11012803B2	Processing method and system for panning audio objects The current invention related to methods and systems for panning audio objects on multichannel loudspeaker setups. The invention relates to a method of processing an audio object along an axis, said audio object comprising an audio object abscissa and an audio object spread, for spatialized restitution thereof over a plurality of sound transducers, N in number, aligned along said axis; each of said sound transducers comprising a transducer abscissa; N being at least equal to two; said method comprising a plurality of steps.
US11012800B2	Correction system and correction method of signal measurement A correction system and a correction method of signal measurement are provided. In the method, a transmitted signal and a received signal are divided into a plurality of transmitted signal groups and a plurality of received signal groups according to a time length, respectively. The received signal is related to a signal received after the transmitted signal is transmitted, and the transmitted signal is a periodic signal. A plurality of to-be-evaluated groups are selected from the received signal groups according to a correlation between the transmitted signal groups and the received signal groups. The correlation corresponds to a delay between the transmitted signal and the received signal. The signal energy of the received signal is determined according to the signal energy of the to-be-evaluated groups. Accordingly, the accuracy of signal measurement can be improved.
US11012798B2	Calibration for self fitting and hearing devices The disclosed technology relates to a self fitting hearing device and a method for self fitting the hearing device. Specifically, the disclosed technology relates to transmitting calibration signals from a wireless communication device to a hearing device so that the wireless communication device can provide signals or audio streams calibrated for a self-fitting for a hearing device. The wireless communication device can receive feedback from a hearing device that received a calibration signal and use this feedback to adjust signals it transmits to a hearing device for self fitting. More specifically, the hearing device receiving the calibration signal can determine whether the calibration actually received by the hearing device has criteria that meets a threshold for properly fitting the hearing device.
US11012797B2	Bone conduction device having magnets integrated with housing A transcutaneous bone conduction device includes magnets secured to housing of an external portion of the device. The magnets can be disposed within the housing, or secured to an external surface thereof. The magnets are disposed about a shaft that delivers vibrational stimuli to a recipient so as to evenly deliver the stimuli.
US11012792B2	Method of operating a hearing aid system and a hearing aid system A hearing aid system (500) with active noise cancelling and a method for operating such a hearing aid system.
US11012791B2	Method of operating a hearing aid system and a hearing aid system A hearing aid system (400) including a hearing aid (412) and an external device (413), wherein the hearing aid (412) includes a network adapted to provide a desired processed output, wherein a multitude of weights determines the processing of the network and wherein the values of the multitude of weights are determined by the external device (413).
US11012785B2	Electroacoustic driver and related loudspeaker/sounder The present invention provides for an electroacoustic driver for use within an explosion proof loudspeaker or sounder and comprising a housing enclosing a coil of an electromagnet, the coil operatively coupled to an electromagnet core, a diaphragm located outside the housing for generating audible sound waves, a magnetic element located outside the housing and coupled to the diaphragm, wherein the electromagnet core extends through a wall of the housing from inside to outside of the housing to interact with the said magnetic element to cause movement of the diaphragm.
US11012784B2	Method and device for force concentration to enhance sound from flat panel loudspeakers A mechanical coupling device and methods of use for concentrating dynamic force transmitted from a dynamic force actuator to a panel. The device comprises a concentrator surface that is coupled to an elastic panel. The concentrator surface is a continuous region with a surface area that may be smaller, larger, or the same surface area as a region in contact with a dynamic force actuator. The concentrator surface transmits a dynamic force to a region of the panel coupled to the concentrator surface.
US11012782B2	Radial dome speaker A radial dome speaker is provided which emits sound up and out from low or no profile speakers, resulting in clear and true acoustics and allows direct driver exposure to the elements regardless of its orientation. The speaker is specially configured with a radial surround element which allows for self-cleaning and self-draining, even in outdoor environments.
US11012775B2	Audio system with limited array signals An audio system, including at least one approximating circuit, the at least one approximating circuit configured to apply an approximated gain to the input signal, the least one approximating circuit outputting an approximated signal; a limiter configured to reduce a magnitude of the input signal by a gain determined by an amount the magnitude of the approximated filtered signal exceeds a predetermined threshold, the limiter outputting a limited input signal; a filter being respectively configured to receive the limited input signal and to respectively apply a filter gain, the filters outputting a plurality of filtered signals, wherein the approximated gain is substantially similar to the filter gain of one of the plurality of equalization filters; and a speaker array comprising a plurality of speakers, each speaker configured to receive a respective filtered signal of the plurality of filtered signals and to transduce the filtered signal to an audio signal.
US11012772B2	Display apparatus Disclosed is a display apparatus capable of improving a sound quality through an accurate sound transmission, wherein the display apparatus may include a backlight module connected with a rear surface of a display panel, a rear structure for surrounding the backlight module, and a vibration generating device for vibrating the display panel through the backlight module, wherein the vibration generating device is fixed to the rear structure.
US11012768B2	Display apparatus A display apparatus may include: a display panel including: a display area configured to display an image, and a non-display area, an optical module on a rear surface of the display panel, at least one first sound generator on a rear surface of the optical module, and at least one second sound generator in the non-display area and between the display panel and the optical module.
US11012763B2	System, method, and apparatus for synchronizing sensors for signal detection Systems and methods for taking sensor measurements is provided. The system includes a sensor configured to detect sensor inputs from a signal source and generate a sensor output signal. The system further includes a synchronization adaptor configured to receive the sensor output signal, to transmit a timing synchronization signal on a communication channel, and to transmit the sensor output signal on the communication channel.
US11012761B1	Techniques for replacement content signaling in advanced television systems committee (ATSC) 3.0 television Techniques are described for expanding and/or improving the Advanced Television Systems Committee (ATSC) 3.0 television protocol in robustly delivering the next generation broadcast television services. An empty x-link period is provided at the end of an MPD to alert a newly tuning in receiver to obtain and insert a replacement ad in the period.
US11012755B2	Swivel search system A method and apparatus for performing an integrated search is provided. An interface is provided that allows users to search and select any data related to a searchable term. Searchable terms may comprise titles of content, actors, and tags. Upon receiving results from the initial search, the user progresses through the initial search by selecting a result from the initial search and conducting a further search of that selection. The search may progress through many layers of searching in order to find information useful to the user and the user may perform actions based upon results of the search. The search implements a display with two columns, the first column displaying selectable data, and the second column displaying results to the selected data. The search is further customizable based upon a privacy level selected by the user.
US11012754B2	Display apparatus for searching and control method thereof A display apparatus for searching and a control method thereof are provided. The method includes displaying an image content, determining whether a search function is performed while the image content is displayed, and in response to the determining that the search function is performed while the image content is displayed, transmitting information of the image content to an external server. The method further includes receiving, from the external server, information of a search record of one or more viewers of the image content, and providing information of one or more search terms that are related to the image content, based on the information of the search record.
US11012746B2	Methods and apparatus to estimate deduplicated total audiences in cross-platform media campaigns An example metrics manager determines a first audience reach for a television audience, the television audience representative of audience members exposed to a media campaign via television media delivery, determine a second audience reach for a digital audience, the digital audience representative of audience members exposed to the media campaign via digital media delivery. An example deduplicator obtains an overlap multiplier based on the media campaign, the overlap multiplier is a ratio of (1) a product of a panel duplication reach and a did-not-view reach and (2) a product of a television panel reach and a digital panel reach, and determine a duplication factor for the media campaign based on the first audience reach, the second audience reach and the overlap multiplier. An example audience manager determines a total audience for the media campaign based on the first audience reach, the second audience reach and the duplication factor.
US11012744B2	Systems and methods for evaluating the engagement factor of videos Systems and methods for generating a content score for a video that is indicative of how engaging the video is to viewers makes use of a modified completion rate factor. The modified completion rate factor indicates the percentage of viewers that played the video and that watched at least a predetermined number of second of the video. Other viewing factors may also be used to help generate the content score of the video.
US11012742B2	Video scrambling method and device with adaptive mode selection, network camera and readable storage medium The present application discloses a video scrambling method and device with adaptive mode selection, a network camera and a readable storage medium, which are used for scrambling a video code stream. The video scrambling method with adaptive mode selection comprises: firstly acquiring a video code stream and determining the frame type of a current frame; and then scrambling, according to the frame type of the current frame, the data subjected to entropy decoding by using a scrambling method corresponding to the frame type. The video scrambling device with adaptive mode selection in the present application comprises a determination module and a scrambling module. According to the method and device of the present application, I-frames and P-frames are respectively scrambled, without changing the original coding standard format, effectively scrambling the video contents, and improving the security of video content information.
US11012740B2	Method, device, and storage medium for displaying a dynamic special effect A video processing method, a video processing device, and a storage medium are provided. The video processing method includes: determining target image frames corresponding to a dynamic special effect in a video and determining an attribute of a special effect element corresponding to the dynamic special effect in each of the target image frames and coordinates of the special effect element. The video processing method also includes: rendering the special effect element on a drawing interface based on the attribute and the coordinates of the special effect element; filling the target image frames into the drawing interface as a background and forming drawing interface frames with the dynamic special effect; and outputting the drawing interface frames corresponding to each of the target image frames.
US11012738B2	Media channel identification with multi-match detection and disambiguation based on location Disclosed are methods and systems involving location-based disambiguation of media channel identification, in a scenario where a fingerprint of media content being rendered by a media presentation device matches multiple reference fingerprints corresponding respectively with multiple different media channels. Upon detecting such a multi-match situation, a server or other entity will use a location of the media presentation device as a basis to disambiguate between the matching reference fingerprints and thus to determine the channel on which the media content being rendered by the media presentation device is arriving.
US11012736B2	Transmission apparatus, transmission method, reception apparatus, and reception method To enable multichannel audio data to be transmitted favorably. Multichannel audio data of a predetermined number of channels is acquired. The multichannel audio data has a sampling frequency corresponding to the predetermined number of channels. Audio data of the respective channels configuring the multichannel audio data are sequentially transmitted to a reception side via a predetermined transmission channel for each unit audio data. Information indicating the sampling frequency is added to the transmission audio data.
US11012723B2	Service descriptions for multimedia streaming A method and apparatus include receiving a moving pictures experts group (MPEG) dynamic adaptive streaming over hypertext transfer protocol (DASH) media presentation description (MPD) file that includes a range of media bandwidth values. A service descriptor is inserted in the MPEG-DASH MPD file that specifies a maximum bandwidth value of the range of media bandwidth values. The MPEG-DASH MPD file that includes the service descriptor is provided to a client device to permit the client device to limit a bandwidth usage of the client device in association with the multimedia streaming content.
US11012720B1	Systems and methods for managing storage of media content item Systems and methods are described to selectively provide a buffer time prior to deletion of a media content item. In particular, techniques are presented for transmitting a proposal to delay deletion of a media content item, in response to determining that a number of identified users likely to view the media content item exceeds a predetermined number. Systems and methods are also described to identify a user who is likely to view the media content item, and present to the identified user an offer to extend availability of a media content item. Deletion of the media content item may be delayed by a predetermined time period.
US11012718B2	Systems and methods for generating a latent space residual Systems and methods are disclosed for generating a latent space residual. A computer-implemented method may use a computer system that includes non-transient electronic storage, a graphical user interface, and one or more physical computer processors. The computer-implemented method may include: obtaining a target frame, obtaining a reconstructed frame, encoding the target frame into a latent space to generate a latent space target frame, encoding the reconstructed frame into the latent space to generate a latent space reconstructed frame, and generating a latent space residual based on the latent space target frame and the latent space reconstructed frame.
US11012717B2	Codec architecture for multiple layer video coding Systems, methods, and instrumentalities are provided to implement video coding system (VCS). The VCS may be configured to receive a video signal, which may include one or more layers (e.g., a base layer (BL) and/or one or more enhancement layers (ELs)). The VCS may be configured to process a BL picture into an inter-layer reference (ILR) picture, e.g., using picture level inter-layer prediction process. The VCS may be configured to select one or both of the processed ILR picture or an enhancement layer (EL) reference picture. The selected reference picture(s) may comprise one of the EL reference picture, or the ILR picture. The VCS may be configured to predict a current EL picture using one or more of the selected ILR picture or the EL reference picture. The VCS may be configured to store the processed ILR picture in an EL decoded picture buffer (DPB).
US11012716B2	Image file processing method, system and storage medium A picture file processing method, apparatus, and computer readable medium are provided. The method includes parsing a picture file, to obtain a picture header information data segment, first stream data, and second stream data of a first image thereof. The first stream data of the first image is decoded to generate red-green-blue (RGB) data of the first image. The second stream data of the first image is decoded to generate Alpha data of the first image. Red-green-blue-alpha (RGBA) data corresponding to the first image are generated according to the RGB data and the Alpha data.
US11012713B2	Bit stream structure for compressed point cloud data A system comprises an encoder configured to compress attribute information and/or spatial information for a point cloud and/or a decoder configured to decompress compressed attribute and/or spatial information for the point cloud. To compress the attribute and/or spatial information, the encoder is configured to convert a point cloud into an image based representation. Also, the decoder is configured to generate a decompressed point cloud based on an image based representation of a point cloud. In some embodiments, a bit stream structure may be used to communicate compressed point cloud data. The bit stream structure may include point cloud compression network abstraction layer (PCCNAL) units that enable use of groups of frames (GOFs), frame, and sub-frame signaling of patch information. Such a bit stream structure may permit low delay streaming and random access reconstruction of point clouds amongst other applications.
US11012708B1	Low-latency motion search for video encoder Methods and hardware implementations for determining a motion vector between a first frame and a second frame. A block is obtained from the first frame. A reference window is obtained from the second frame. A set of lines are obtained from the block. The set of lines are delayed using a set of delay elements to produce a set of delayed lines. For each location of a search pattern comprising a plurality of locations arranged in a set of rows, a reference window line is obtained from the reference window, a block line is obtained from the set of delayed lines based on which row of the set of rows the location belongs to, and a similarity score of a plurality of similarity scores is accumulated based on the reference window line and the block line. A target location is identified by comparing the plurality of similarity scores.
US11012705B2	Moving picture coding method, moving picture coding apparatus, moving picture decoding method, moving picture decoding apparatus and moving picture coding and decoding apparatus By the moving picture coding method and the moving picture decoding method, it is possible to improve coding efficiency. The moving picture coding apparatus includes a merge block candidate calculation unit that (i) specifies merge block candidates at merge mode, by using colpic information such as motion vectors and reference picture index values of neighbor blocks of a current block to be coded and a motion vector and the like of a collocated block of the current block which are stored in a colPic memory, and (ii) generates a combined merge block by using the merge block candidates.
US11012701B2	Residual coding for transform skip mode and block differential pulse-code modulation A method of video decoding performed in a video decoder is provided. A bit stream including syntax elements is received. The syntax elements correspond to coefficients of a region of a transform skipped block in a coded picture. The syntax elements include a first flag indicating whether an absolute coefficient level of one of the coefficients is greater than 0, and a second flag indicating a parity of the absolute coefficient level of the one of the coefficients. The second flag is decoded based on an equal probability model.
US11012700B2	Layer characteristic signaling in multi-layered coding A signaling of at least one characteristic for layers of a multi-layered video signal such as, for example, for each layer the indication of dependent layers to which the respective layer directly relates via inter-layer prediction, or the signaling of the afore-mentioned second inter-dependency syntax structure, is described. A maximum syntax element is signaled within the multi-layered video signal to indicate a maximally used value of an extension layer-ID field of the packets of the multi-layered video signal, the scope of the maximum syntax element being, for example, a predetermined portion of the multi-layered video signal extending, for example, across several portions of the multi-layered video signal. Accordingly, it is feasible for devices such as decoders or network elements receiving the multi-layered video signal to gain, for a relatively large predetermined portion of the multi-layered video signal, knowledge about the actually consumed portion of the possible domain of possible values.
US11012699B2	Method for decoding image on basis of CCLM prediction in image coding system, and device therefor A video decoding method performed by a decoding apparatus according to the present disclosure includes deriving one of a plurality of cross-component linear model (CCLM) prediction mode as a CCLM prediction mode of the current chroma block, deriving a sample number of neighboring chroma samples of the current chroma block based on the CCLM prediction mode of the current chroma block, a size of the current chroma block, and a specific value; deriving the neighboring chroma samples of the sample number, calculating CCLM parameters based on the neighboring chroma samples and the down sampled neighboring luma samples, deriving prediction samples for the current chroma block based on the CCLM parameters and the down sampled luma samples and generating reconstructed samples for the current chroma block based on the prediction samples, wherein the specific value is derived as 2.
US11012698B2	Image encoding apparatus and method for controlling the same The invention generates encoded data in which image quality degradation of regions of the frame of interest that have not been encoded is suppressed. For this, an apparatus comprises a quantizing unit which quantizes image data of a frame in accordance with a quantization parameter, every predetermined block set in advance, an encoding unit which encodes quantized data, a quantization control unit which controls the quantization parameter such that a code amount approaches a target code amount, and a scene change detecting unit which detects a scene change. The quantization control unit has at least two control methods, applies a first quantization control method when starting encoding of a frame, and, in a case where the scene change detecting unit detects a scene change, switches to a second quantization control method from the first quantization control method.
US11012694B2	Dynamically shifting video rendering tasks between a server and a client The present disclosure is directed to a method to increase virtual machine density on a server system through adaptive rendering by dynamically determining when to shift video rendering tasks between the server system and a client computing device. In another embodiment, the adaptive rendering, using various parameters, can select one or more encoding and compression algorithms to use to prepare and process the video for transmission to the client computing device. In another embodiment, a video rendering system is disclosed that can adaptively alter how and where a video is rendered, encoded, and compressed.
US11012693B2	Encoding method, decoding method, encoding apparatus, and decoding apparatus An encoding method which allows reduction in the amount of codes is provided. The encoding method includes: setting step S11 for setting a quantization matrix set; quantization step S12 for performing quantization on a target block using the selected quantization matrix; and encoding step S13 for encoding, in a mutually associated manner, the target block which has been subjected to the quantization and identification information for identifying the quantization matrix set which has been set. In setting step S11, a quantization matrix set selected from a plurality of quantization matrix sets is set as the quantization matrix set to be used to perform the quantization on the target block, the plurality of quantization matrix sets including a custom quantization matrix set which is arbitrarily specified and a plurality of defined quantization matrix sets which have been respectively defined in advance.
US11012692B2	Apparatuses and methods for encoding and decoding images A method and an apparatus are provided for encoding and/or decoding digital images or video streams. The encoding apparatus includes a processor configured for reading at least a portion of an image (f), determining a rotation angle (θ) on the basis of the portion of the image (f), determining rotated transform matrix (V′) which is the result of a rotation of at least one basis vector of a Discrete Cosine Transform matrix (V) by the rotation angle (θ), computing transformed coefficients (f{circumflex over ( )}) on the basis of the pixel values contained in the portion of the image (f) and the rotated transform information (V′), outputting the transformed coefficients (f{circumflex over ( )}) to the destination.
US11012690B2	Method and apparatus for video coding Aspects of the disclosure provide methods and apparatuses for video encoding/decoding. In some examples, an apparatus for video decoding includes receiving circuitry and processing circuitry. The processing circuitry receives first data of picture segments of a first picture in a video sequence. The picture segments of the first picture include a first segment of the first picture that is intra coded, and at least a second segment of the first picture. The second segment can be intra coded or inter coded. Further, the processing circuitry receives second data of the first segment of the first picture that is intra coded. The second data corresponds to a re-transmission of a subset of the picture segments. The processing circuitry reconstructs samples of the first segment of the first picture based on the second data when a decoding of the first segment of the first picture based on the first data fails.
US11012687B2	Method and apparatus for video coding A method of video decoding at a decoder is disclosed. The method can include receiving a current block in a picture, and determining whether a size of the current block is smaller than or equal to a size threshold. When the size of the current block is smaller than or equal to the size threshold, one or more types of sub-block based merge candidates for decoding the current block can be disabled.
US11012685B2	Scene change detection for perceptual quality evaluation in video sequences There are provided a plurality of methods for detecting a scene change in a streamed video, the streamed video comprising a series of pictures. An example method comprises calculating, for a plurality of positions, a difference between the costs of coding macro-blocks at the same position in successive pictures. The method further comprises identifying a new scene when the sum of the differences for a plurality of positions meets a threshold criterion. There is further provided a method of determining the perceptual impact of a packet loss on a streamed video the method comprising: identifying a packet loss; and determining if the lost packet contained information relating to a picture at the start of a new scene, wherein a new scene is detected using one of the methods disclosed herein.
US11012678B2	Scanning an object in three dimensions using color dashed line pattern The disclosure is related to a method and apparatus of scanning a target object in three dimensions (3D). The method may include projecting a color dashed line pattern onto a target object, scanning the target object with the color dashed line pattern projected thereto, and producing a 3D data of the target object by processing the scanning result. The color dashed line pattern may include multiple dashed line patterns each of which is individually used to calculate the 3D data of the target object.
US11012676B2	Methods, systems, and media for generating and rendering immersive video content Methods, systems, and media for generating and rendering immersive video content are provided. In some embodiments, the method comprises: receiving information indicating positions of cameras in a plurality of cameras; generating a mesh on which video content is to be projected based on the positions of the cameras in the plurality of cameras, wherein the mesh is comprised of a portion of a faceted cylinder, and wherein the faceted cylinder has a plurality of facets each corresponding to a projection from a camera in the plurality of cameras; receiving video content corresponding to the plurality of cameras; and transmitting the video content and the generated mesh to a user device in response to receiving a request for the video content from the user device.
US11012675B2	Automatic selection of viewpoint characteristics and trajectories in volumetric video presentations A method for automatic selection of viewpoint characteristics and trajectories in volumetric video presentations includes receiving a plurality of video streams depicting a scene, wherein the plurality of video streams provides images of the scene from a plurality of different viewpoints, identifying a set of desired viewpoint characteristics for a volumetric video traversal of the scene, determining a trajectory through the plurality of video streams that is consistent with the set of desired viewpoint characteristics, rendering a volumetric video traversal that follows the trajectory, wherein the rendering comprises compositing the plurality of video streams, and publishing the volumetric video traversal for viewing on a user endpoint device.
US11012670B2	Luminance control device, imaging control device, electronic mirror control device, head-up display device, on-vehicle display device, on-vehicle imaging device, and electronic mirror A device includes an illuminance information referring unit configured to refer to an illuminance information database that stores therein illuminance information indicating illuminance at each of positions in a lighting device installed place in which lighting devices are installed, an identification information acquiring unit configured to acquire identification information for identifying the lighting device installed place in which a vehicle travel, and a display controller configured to cause a projection device of a head-up display device to project a virtual image. The display controller is further configured to control luminance of the virtual image projected by the projection device in accordance with the illuminance information at each of the positions in the lighting device installed place based on the illuminance information referred to by the illuminance information referring unit and the identification information acquired by the identification information acquiring unit.
US11012668B2	Vehicular security system that limits vehicle access responsive to signal jamming detection A vehicular security system includes an alert device disposed in a vehicle equipped with the vehicular security system. Responsive to detection of a vehicle security threat, the alert device transmits a signal to a receiver remote from the vehicle. A jammer detector is disposed at the vehicle and operable to determine jamming of the signal transmitted by the alert device. Responsive to determination by the jammer detector of jamming of transmission of the signal transmitted by the alert device, the vehicular security system at least temporarily disables at least one vehicle access function to reduce likelihood of a break in of the vehicle while the signal transmitted by the alert device is being jammed.
US11012665B2	Bridging video conference room system and associated methods A bridging video conference room system and method provides for using a client device to leverage the conference room infrastructure to hold a video conference with remote users. A user may indicate an intent to host a video conference to a room-host device, which may then detect and parse a calendar invitation to cause the video conference software to launch on the user's client device as a host of the meeting. Other client devices may share content to the video conference by sharing to the bridging video conference room system without joining the video conference separately.
US11012662B1	Multimedia content adjustment using comparable content An adjustment specification specifies the adjustment to be made to a multimedia content, including a time characteristic. The multimedia content is matched within a tolerance to a set of comparable multimedia contents having a characteristic corresponding to the adjustment specification. An embedding model is configured and trained. Using the trained embedding model and the set of comparable multimedia contents, a set of styles is generated. Using a frame adjustment model and a style in the set of styles, a video frame of the multimedia content is adjusted. Using an audio adjustment model and the trained embedding model, an audio portion of the multimedia content is adjusted. The video frame of the multimedia content and the audio portion of the multimedia content are synchronized, producing an adjusted multimedia content adjusted according to the adjustment characteristic.
US11012660B2	Method and apparatus for classifying video data A method of classifying video data representing activity within a space to be monitored. A method comprises storing video data obtained from a camera configured to monitor the space. Sensor data indicative of a condition occurring within the space is obtained, and a plurality of programme elements are defined within the video data. Each programme element has an associated classification code, and each classification code is selected using the sensor data.
US11012659B2	Intelligent illumination and sound control in an internet of things (IoT) computing environment Embodiments for implementing intelligent illumination and sound characteristics control in an Internet of Things (IoT) computing environment by a processor. An intensity and quality of an illumination and sound characteristics of displayed media content in an IoT computing environment may be monitored and analyzed. A risk factor of one or more users may be estimated for both current settings and a predicted adjustment of the illumination and sound characteristics associated with displayed media content according to the analyzing. The illumination, the sound characteristics, or combination thereof of the displayed media content may be adjusted upon determining the risk factor for the one or more users is above a selected threshold.
US11012658B2	User interface techniques for television channel changes An improved user premises device enhances the channel change experience. In response to a channel-up or a channel-down command, a currently displayed program is re-sized to fit within a smaller program window. In the display area that is exposed due to the re-sizing of the currently displayed program, additional content such as an advertisement or channel change progress information is displayed. Additional program windows that render snapshots of content from one or more program up and one or more program down may be displayed in windows that are organized in a vertical alignment with the program window of the currently displayed program. The program windows are animated or scrolled in a direction to bring the program window of the user-desired next program in place of the program window of the currently displayed programmed. The program window of the next program is then resized to occupy the entire display.
US11012657B2	Method for processing overlay in 360-degree video system and apparatus for the same A 360-degree image data processing method performed by a 360-degree video reception apparatus, the method including: receiving 360-degree image data, obtaining information on an encoded picture and metadata from the 360-degree image data, decoding a picture based on the information on the encoded picture, and rendering the decoded picture and an overlay based on the metadata, wherein the metadata includes overlay related metadata, wherein the overlay is rendered based on the overlay related metadata, and wherein the overlay related metadata include packing information of the overlay.
US11012654B2	Image sensor and image processing device including the same An image sensor includes a pixel array configured to receive a driving signal, sense a light signal reflected from an object in response to the driving signal, and generate pixel clock signals indicating delay of the driving signal; a reference clock circuit configured to generate a reference clock signal; and a time-to-analog convert circuit configured to convert delay times between the pixel clock signals and the reference clock signal into analog values.
US11012651B2	Solid-state imaging device and electronic apparatus The present technology relates to a solid-state imaging device and an electronic apparatus that realize a high frame rate image capture without deteriorating an image quality. A floating diffusion holds a charge accumulated on one or more photoelectric conversion units. A plurality of amplification transistors read out a signal corresponding to the charge held by the floating diffusion. The signal read out by the amplification transistor is output to a vertical signal line. The plurality of amplification transistors are connected in parallel. The present technology is applicable to a CMOS image sensor, for example.
US11012649B2	Feedthrough-compensated image sensor A control pulse is generated a first control signal line coupled to a transfer gate of a pixel to enable photocharge accumulated within a photosensitive element of the pixel to be transferred to a floating diffusion node, the first control signal line having a capacitive coupling to the floating diffusion node. A feedthrough compensation pulse is generated on a second signal line of the pixel array that also has a capacitive coupling to the floating diffusion node. The feedthrough compensation pulse is generated with a pulse polarity opposite the pulse polarity of the control pulse and is timed to coincide with the control pulse such that capacitive feedthrough of the control pulse to the floating diffusion node is reduced.
US11012647B2	Low cost and high performance bolometer circuity and methods A bolometer circuit includes a substrate on which a focal plane array (FPA) of active bolometers is provided. Each active bolometer is configured to receive external infrared (IR) radiation and substantially thermally isolated from the substrate. The bolometer circuit also includes one or more blind arrays of blind bolometers shielded from the external IR radiation and substantially thermally isolated from the substrate. Noises in outputs from each column and/or each row of the FPA are corrected, reduced, or suppressed based on a statistical property of outputs from a corresponding column or row of the one or more blind arrays. Noise in each frame of IR image captured by the FPA may also be corrected, reduced, or suppressed using the one or more blind arrays.
US11012644B2	Image sensor and image-capturing device having holding circuit that holds voltage when signal is not read from pixel An image sensor includes: a first readout circuit that reads out a first signal, being generated by an electric charge resulting from a photoelectric conversion, to a first signal line; a first holding circuit that holds a voltage based on an electric current from a power supply circuit; and a first electric current source that supplies the first signal line with an electric current generated by the voltage held in the first holding circuit, wherein: the first holding circuit holds the voltage based on the electric current from the power supply circuit when the first signal is not read out to the first signal line by the first readout circuit.
US11012642B2	Edgeless large area camera system A detecting apparatus includes a multi-tier 3D integrated ASIC comprising one or more analog tiers and one or more digital tiers, and a sensor bonded to the multi-tier 3D integrated ASIC. The detecting apparatus includes an electrical substrate and a group of FPGAs or custom data management ASICs. The detecting apparatus also includes a thermal management system, a power distribution system and one or more connectors to transfer data to a data acquisition system configured for radiation spectroscopy or imaging with zero suppressed or full frame readout.
US11012641B2	Multimedia distribution system for multimedia files with interleaved media chunks of varying types A multimedia file and methods of generating, distributing and using the multimedia file are described. Multimedia files in accordance with embodiments of the present invention can contain multiple video tracks, multiple audio tracks, multiple subtitle tracks, data that can be used to generate a menu interface to access the contents of the file and ‘meta data’ concerning the contents of the file. Multimedia files in accordance with several embodiments of the present invention also include references to video tracks, audio tracks, subtitle tracks and ‘meta data’ external to the file. One embodiment of a multimedia file in accordance with the present invention includes a series of encoded video frames and encoded menu information.
US11012638B1	Methods and systems for controlling a light source of a cue light device A cue light device may comprise one or more connection interfaces configured for electrical coupling to a video switcher via a cable; a microcontroller configured to obtain and analyze data from the video switcher via the cable and the one or more connection interfaces; a multi-position switch configured to selectively permit a segment of the data to be processed by the microcontroller; and a light source electrically coupled to the microcontroller and configured to selectively illuminate based on a configuration of the multi-position switch.
US11012637B2	Systems and methods for live video freeze detection Vehicle, method, and system are disclosed for determining when a live video feed is frozen. An example vehicle includes a camera, a display, and a processor. The processor is configured to capture a plurality of image frames via the camera, select one or more of the image frames, replace one or more pixels of the selected image frames with an icon, and output the plurality of image frames on the display.
US11012623B2	Accessory and camera system An accessory that is mountable at a camera body and is capable of carrying out communication with the camera body, includes: a creation unit that creates first information pertaining to a position of a drive target member in the accessory; an accessory-side reception unit that receives second information pertaining to the communication from the camera body; a calculation unit that calculates third information related to a time period between reception of the second information and creation of the first information by the creation unit; and an accessory-side first transmission unit that transmits the third information to the camera body.
US11012619B2	Transmission device, transmission method, reception device, reception method, and imaging device High image quality real-time distribution of omnidirectional images is enabled.An imaging unit obtains a front image and a back image each having an ultra-wide viewing angle of greater than or equal to 180°. A transmission unit transmits the front image and the back image each having the ultra-wide viewing angle to an external device. For example, the imaging unit includes: a first imager that captures a front-side image taken in by a fisheye lens to obtain a front image having an ultra-wide viewing angle; and a second imager that captures a back-side image taken in by a fisheye lens to obtain a back image having an ultra-wide viewing angle, in which the second imager is arranged in a state of being rotated by 90° with respect to the first imager, the first imager captures the front-side image taken in by the fisheye lens in a state where the upper end side and the lower end side of the front-side image are partially missing, and the second imager captures the back-side image taken in by the fisheye lens in a state where the left end side and the right end side of the back-side image are partially missing.
US11012612B2	Image inspection system and image inspection method Accuracy of image inspection is improved by causing an imaging device conformable to a standardization standard to combine a plurality of captured images. A setting device transmits a setting content for realizing a combination setting set by a user on a user interface and register information indicating a location where the setting content is stored, to the imaging device. The imaging device stores the setting content in the location indicated by the corresponding register information, and executes the combination processing for combining the plurality of captured images.
US11012610B2	Cognitive optical control system and methods A cognitive optical system for dynamically refining imaging during a medical procedure, involving a processor operable by a set of executable instructions storable in relation to a non-transitory memory device. The processor is configured to automatically adjust an image by automatically compensating for at least one external factor affecting an anatomical area being viewed, automatically adjusting at least one imaging parameter, and automatically adjusting at least one internal control of an optical chain, whereby a quality of the image is improvable in real time.
US11012608B2	Processing method and mobile device A processing method, which includes receiving a photographing instruction in order to trigger a camera to photograph a target document, identifying four sides of a document image corresponding to the target document, determining a first included angle corresponding to the document image, where the first included angle represents an inclination degree of the document image relative to the target document, triggering the camera to reset a focus location in a direction of far-end content in the document image, and taking n pictures when the first included angle is greater than a preset threshold, applying geometric correction to the pictures obtained through photographing, outputting one of the pictures to which geometric correction has been applied. Hence, the method significantly increase definition of the far-end content in the document image, and improve correction quality of the document image.
US11012604B2	Image-capturing device and electronic camera An image-capturing device includes: a plurality of pixels, having a plurality of first electrodes provided upon one surface of a light reception unit that receives incident light, and a plurality of second electrodes provided upon another surface of the light reception unit; and an output unit that outputs a signal generated by the light reception unit upon receipt of the incident light, the light reception unit being sandwiched between the first electrodes, to which a voltage is applied, and the second electrodes.
US11012601B1	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.
US11012600B2	Display device and manufacturing method of the same A display device and a method for manufacturing the display device are provided. The display device includes: a display panel, including a first substrate and a second substrate arranged opposite to the first substrate, wherein the first substrate includes a single-substrate area beyond the second substrate; a display driving circuit electrically connected to the display panel; a lens assembly arranged at the single-substrate area of the first substrate and configured to collect light information; and an image sensor arranged at the single-substrate area of the first substrate, connected to the display driving circuit, and configured to receive the light information collected by the lens assembly.
US11012599B2	Hyperspectral imaging in a light deficient environment Systems, methods, and devices for hyperspectral imaging in a light deficient environment are disclosed. A system includes an emitter for emitting pulses of electromagnetic radiation and an image sensor comprising a pixel array for sensing reflected electromagnetic radiation. The system includes a controller comprising a processor in electrical communication with the image sensor and the emitter, wherein the controller synchronizes timing of the pulses of electromagnetic radiation during a blanking period of the image sensor. The system is such that at least a portion of the pulses of electromagnetic radiation emitted by the emitter comprises one or more of electromagnetic radiation having a wavelength from about 513 nm to about 545 nm, electromagnetic radiation having a wavelength from about 565 nm to about 585 nm, or electromagnetic radiation having a wavelength from about 900 nm to about 1000 nm.
US11012591B2	Systems and methods for synchronizing frame timing between physical layer frame and video frame A method implemented on a computing device including at least one processor and a storage for synchronizing video transmission with physical layer. The method includes determining a first time point corresponding to a frame header of a video frame, determining a second time point corresponding to a frame header of a physical layer frame based at least in part on the first time point, and starting transmitting the video frame at the second time point.
US11012589B2	Image processing apparatus and non-transitory computer readable medium with background emphasis of reduced image An image processing apparatus includes a first generation unit and a second generation unit. The first generation unit generates reduced original image data for forming a reduced image of an original image to be formed on the basis of print data. The second generation unit generates background-emphasized reduced image data for forming a reduced image in which a reduced background region is emphasized in the reduced image, and the reduced background region corresponds to a background region of an object included in the original image.
US11012582B2	Image processing apparatus and information management apparatus providing customizable operation screen According to an embodiment, an image processing apparatus includes a display unit, an operation unit, a processing unit, a storage unit, and a control unit. The display unit is configured to display an operation screen on which a processing mode and setting information may be selected. The operation unit is configured to receive an operation instruction from the operation screen displayed on the display unit and to transmit a processing job based on the operation instruction. The processing unit is configured to execute a process based on the processing job received from the operation unit. The storage unit is configured to store use history information indicating the processing jobs. The control unit is configured to customize the operation screen according to the use history information stored by the storage unit and cause the display unit to display the customized operation screen.
US11012581B1	System and method for automated device service call initiation A system and method for automated service call initiation for a multifunction peripheral includes applying optical character recognition to a digital image of an affixed asset tag captured by a smartphone or tablet camera to determine a service agency name and initial contact information. A dealer database is queried with the service agency name and initial contact information, and corresponding information about the service agency, customer or device is received. Information about a current state of the multifunction peripheral is received. A service request or order is selectively sent by a user via the smartphone or tablet to the service agency in accordance with information from the dealer database and the current state of the multifunction peripheral.
US11012578B2	Mobile network handling of simultaneous usage sessions Concepts and technologies are disclosed herein for mobile network handling of simultaneous data usage session records. A system can include a network session server that has a processor and a memory storing instructions that configure a processor to perform operations. The operations can include obtaining, from a session probe within a core network device, a raw mobile data set associated with a user equipment. The operations can include determining that the user equipment engages in a simultaneous usage session based on the raw mobile data set. The operations can include identifying targeted domains that are present within the raw mobile data set, and creating a raw session record for each of the targeted domains associated with the simultaneous usage session.
US11012576B2	Systems and methods for enhanced video call transfer Systems and methods for providing additional video call transfer functionality are disclosed. The systems and methods can enable a video call between a first user equipment (UE) and a second UE to be transferred to a video call between the second UE and a third UE either a video call or an audio call. The systems and methods can also enable the third UE to accept a transferred video call or to request that the video call be downgraded to an audio call. The systems and methods can incorporate a multimedia resource function (MRF) to connect to the second UE while the transfer is being negotiated and effected. The MRF can provide an audio stream and a video stream to the second UE to provide a “video hold” feature—to prevent the video call from dropping to an audio call automatically or dropping altogether.
US11012572B1	Multimedia network transposition Methods and systems for routing multimedia traffic are described. A method may include receiving a communication originating from a user, transposing an alias transport network over one or more existing networks to route the communication, and routing the communication based on mapping rules.
US11012570B2	Managing a plurality of topics in a user interaction through a plurality of agents in a contact center A computer-implemented process includes receiving an incoming contact at a contact center from a user; identifying a plurality of different portions of the incoming contact, each of a plurality of portions associated with a respective topic; and for each of the different portions, routing that different portion to a respective agent of the contact center based on its associated respective topic. Furthermore, the process includes receiving a respective response from one or more of the respective agents, the respective response pertaining to the different portion routed to that agent; combining the respective response from the one or more of the respective agents to form a first composite response; and forwarding the first composite response to the user.
US11012565B2	Computer-implemented system and method for efficiently facilitating appointments within a call center via an automatic call distributor A computer-implemented system and method for facilitating appointments within a call center is provided. A list of agents within a call center is received from a user. Each agent is associated with a call queue and handles incoming customer calls to the call queue. An availability of each of the agents on the list is determined. One of the agents is selected as a most available agent. The user is provided with records for the most available agent and is automatically connected with the most available agents.
US11012557B2	Systems and methods for client relation management Systems, methods, computer systems, and computer-readable code for implementing methods for client relation management in which fewer call-in numbers need to be maintained. A method for client relation management preserves a more-complete record of online and offline interactions of a customer with systems provided by a plurality of service providers. A session identifier (SID) is associated with a customer upon interaction of the customer with a website provided by a first service provider. Website interaction information is received from the first service provider and is associated with the SID. Information associated with an incoming call from the customer at a call-in number at a call center maintained by a second service provider is used to associate the incoming call with the SID, creating a record of an offline interaction between the customer and an agent of the call center. The record of the offline interaction is associated with the SID.
US11012552B2	Wireless device with an aggregate user interface for controlling other devices An apparatus, device, methods, computer program product, and system are described that make a determination that a wireless device is in proximity to at least one secondary wireless device, and determine an aggregate user interface on the wireless device based on the determination.
US11012549B2	Smart phone with a text recognition module A portable device can transmit information through one of a mobile phone network and an Internet, wherein the portable device includes a text-based communication module to allow a user may synchronously transmit or receive data through a local area network, wherein the data is text, audio, video or the combination thereof. The text-based communication module of the portable device includes a text-to-speech recognition module used to convert a text data for outputting the text data by vocal, and a read determination module for determining read target terminals and unread target terminals when a user of the portable phone device activates the read determination module.
US11012546B1	Mobile terminal Disclosed is a mobile terminal including a first frame, a second frame sliding from the first frame in a first direction or in a second direction, a slide frame movable in the first direction or in the second direction with respect to the second frame, a flexible display unit including a third region bent while surrounding the second frame, and a rolling plate having one surface, wherein the flexible display unit is attached to said one surface of the rolling plate, wherein the rolling plate includes a plurality of support bars extending in a third direction perpendicular to the first direction and arranged side by side in the first direction, and each connector positioned between adjacent two of the plurality of support bars and having a thickness less than a thickness of the support bar, wherein the support bar and the connector are manufactured integrally of the same material.
US11012543B2	V2X communication apparatus and method for transmitting/receiving multimedia content thereby A method for receiving a multimedia content message by a vehicle to everything (V2X) communication apparatus, includes receiving a multimedia content message, and acquiring a multimedia content included in the multimedia content message or a content segment which is a part of the multimedia content, wherein the multimedia content message includes a header including a protocol version and a message ID, a management container including information of multimedia content message (MCM) management and multimedia content dissemination (MCD) protocol, a situation container including information for describing an event, a location container including information of the location of the event, and a multimedia container including the multimedia content.
US11012542B2	Data processing method and apparatus The present application discloses data processing methods. Example methods include obtaining information about a header field of a data packet and searching an exact match flow table for an exact match entry that matches the data packet. When the matching exact match is found, a determination is made as to whether an update time of a wildcard entry corresponding to the exact match entry is before a creation time of the exact match entry. In response to determining that the update time is before the creation time of the exact match entry, the data packet is processed according to an action instruction corresponding to the exact match entry. In response to determining that the update time of the wildcard entry corresponding to the exact match entry is not before the creation time of the exact match entry, the exact match entry is deleted.
US11012540B2	Dynamic retransmission timeout values One example of a computer-implemented method of adaptively setting Transmission Control Protocol (TCP) Retransmission TimeOut (RTO) values comprises establishing a connection between a sender node and a receiver node using TCP; determining a network location of the receiver node relative to the sender node; and dynamically setting, by the sender node, an RTO minimum value for the receiver node based on the determined network location of the receiver node relative to the sender node.
US11012538B2	Serial communication tapping and transmission to routable networks Apparatuses and methods for tapping serial communications and transforming the serial data into a format appropriate for routable networks are significant for purposes of security and troubleshooting, especially in critical infrastructure networks. Communication taps should be completely passive such that any failure would not interrupt the serial communications. Furthermore, automatic determination of unspecified serial protocol frames allow general implementation across various networks, or across devices within a single network, without the need to customize for each implementation.
US11012537B2	Method for handling long-running client-server processes Systems and methods for performing a process are provided. The methods include receiving, from a client, a request for an initiation of the process; transmitting, to a server, a request for executing the process; transmitting, to the client in response to the request, a first message that indicates that the process has been initiated; receiving, from the client, a request for a status of the process; transmitting, to the server, a query that relates to the status of an execution of the process; receiving a response to the query; and transmitting, to the client, a second message that indicates the status of the process.
US11012534B2	Node for a multi-hop communication network, related lighting system, method of updating the software of lighting modules and computer-program product A node for a multi-hop communication network may include a wireless communication interface, configured to exchange data with the multi-hop communication network. The node moreover includes a processing unit, configured to drive the operation of the node as a function of the commands received via the wireless communication interface, and a memory storing a firmware for the processing unit. The node is configured to receive, via the wireless communication interface, an updated firmware, and to store the updated firmware into the memory. Moreover, the node is configured to detect, via the wireless communication interface, other nodes that are in the vicinity of the node, and to send (1010) the firmware stored in the memory to one or more of said nodes.
US11012532B2	Content blocker detection and circumvention Methods and systems for circumventing content blocking systems are disclosed. Example implementations include detecting the presence of an existing blocker that disrupts a first content-type and circumventing the blocker, such that a circumvented first content-type is presented to a user. The method can also include determining that the blocker has adjusted to block the circumvented content, in which case, the method can include disrupting presentation of a second content-type.
US11012531B2	Systems and methods for culling requests for hierarchical level of detail content over a communications network Systems, methods, devices, and non-transitory media of various embodiments enable culling requests for hierarchical level of detail (HLOD) content over a communications network. Various embodiment methods may reduce a number of requests associated with dynamic camera movement, compared to number of requests generated in current methods.
US11012528B2	Locating network servers using media access control (MAC) addresses Various systems, device and automated processes allow video streaming hosts or other server devices to submit their media access control (MAC) addresses to a backend address server operating on a wide area network (WAN) such as the Internet. Client devices attempting to subsequently contact the server device can contact the address to obtain the MAC address of the target server, thereby allowing the client device to locate and contact the server device using the obtained MAC address.
US11012521B1	Device isolation within a shared virtual network Techniques for defining and enforcing a set of rules that regulate network activity on a virtual network within a provider are described. An activity rule that regulates network activity on a virtual network within a provider network is received, the virtual network shared by a first customer of the provider network to allow other customers of the provider network to connect resource instances to the virtual network. Network activity data is received from a monitoring agent within the provider network, the network activity data relating to an activity of a first resource instance of a first other customer on the virtual network. The activity of the first resource instance is determined to violate the activity rule. The first resource instance is isolated from at least a portion of the virtual network.
US11012520B2	Manage a network of microservices An approach is provided in which an information handling system captures a set of performance metrics corresponding to a traffic flow through a set of microservices included in the service mesh. Next, the information handling system identifies one or more modifications to the traffic flow based on analyzing the set of performance metrics against a set of application requirements corresponding to the set of microservices. In turn, the information handling system adjusts a traffic routing policy of the service mesh based on the identified one or more modifications.
US11012506B2	Node and cluster management on distributed self-governed ecosystem Adding a computing node to a distributed computing system. A method includes executing a binary, for nodes of the distributed computing system, at the computing node. A public node is identified as a result of executing the binary. Various characteristics of the computing node are identified as a result of executing the binary. The various characteristics are provided to the public node. The computing node receives from the public node a registration confirmation packet comprising information identifying a category from among a plurality of categories of the distributed computing system. The identified category is identified for the computing node based on the identified characteristics of the computing node, and based on the health of the identified category. The computing node is connected to the distributed computing system by the computing node connecting to the identified category.
US11012504B2	Method and apparatus for query selection and admission (QSA) optimization for IoT and other applications Various exemplary embodiments relate to a method for determining whether to admit a query in a network, the method including determining a load for a network element type based on an adaptive history for that network element type; determining a cost of admitting the query based on the relative load that the query generates accounting for the amount of traffic the network element has admitted in the past; decreasing a total cost of all queries that can be budgeted during a subsequent interval when the change in load is within a specified range; increasing the total cost of all queries that can be budgeted during a subsequent interval when the change in load is below a threshold; and adding the query to a data structure which keeps track of potentially admittable queries.
US11012500B2	Secure multi-directional data pipeline for data distribution systems Techniques for ingesting data streams to a distributed-computing system using a multi-directional data ingestion pipeline are provided. In one embodiment, a method for ingesting data streams includes, at a client gateway, receiving a plurality of messages; assigning the plurality of messages to one or more data streams; obtaining stream routing configurations; and identifying one or more receivers. The method further includes determining whether at least one of the one or more data streams is to be delivered to one or more receivers operating in the first computing environment; and if so, delivering the at least one of the one or more data streams to the one or more receivers operating in the first computing environment. The method further includes delivering the one or more data streams to a data ingress gateway operating in a second computing environment.
US11012497B2	Managing download requests received to download files from a server A method and system of managing downloads of a file from a server. A number of current connections between a client and the server is determined to be at least a preset threshold number of allowable concurrent connections between the server and the client and in response, a request by the client to download the file from the server using another connection between the client and the server is denied. After the request is denied, the number of current connections between the client and the server is determined to be less than the preset threshold number after which the other connection between the client and the server is established and the file is downloaded to the client via the other connection. The preset threshold number of allowable concurrent connections is automatically changed based on a total number of active current connections between server and both the client and other clients.
US11012496B2	Mobile-optimized file transfer mechanism based on QR code Described embodiments may provide transferring a file to a mobile device via scanning quick response codes displayed via a display output device. A media device in communication with a server may receive a request to access a file on the server. A file converter of the media device may encode the file obtained from the server into a plurality of quick response (QR) codes. The media device may display the plurality of QR codes via a display output device. A mobile device may scan each of the plurality of QR codes displayed on the display output device. A file downloader of the mobile device may interpret each of the scanned plurality of QR codes to form a file on the mobile device.
US11012495B1	Remote service credentials for establishing remote sessions with managed devices A method includes receiving an authentication request for a remote session between a managed device and a client device, the authentication request comprising an identifier of a user of the client device and a one-time remote service credential (RSC) passcode. The method also includes providing the user identifier and the one-time RSC passcode to an identity provider and receiving, from the identity provider, a user token for the user of the client device. The method further includes authenticating the user token using a service provider, receiving a set of attributes of the user of the client device responsive to successful authentication of the user token and providing an authentication response to the managed device, the authentication response comprising the set of attributes of the user of the client device which are used to establish the remote session between the managed device and the client device.
US11012486B2	Personalized video playback Systems and methods for personalizing video playback are disclosed. In embodiments, a computer-implemented method, comprises: initiating, by a computing device, a video playing session of a video; recording, by the computing device, user initiated playback actions during the video playing session as playback event data; determining, by the computing device, context data based on content of the video, and saving the context data; determining, by the computing device, insights regarding the user playback event data utilizing the context data; and generating, by the computing device, one or more recommendations based on the insights.
US11012483B2	Video storage system, and video data transmission method for same The present application discloses a system for video storage and method for video data transmission based on the same. The system for video storage in the present application includes a first control node, a second control node and at least two storage nodes. Each control node includes a signal agent module, and each storage node includes a data agent module. The second control node is configured for starting the signal agent module of the second control node after determining that the first control node is unavailable. The signal agent module of the second control node is configured for transmitting an instruction to the data agent module of a designated storage node based on a service request through a preset virtual IP address. The data agent module of the designated storage node is configured for transmitting video data to the third-party platform according to the received instruction and based on the predetermined signal protocol. This can effectively avoid the single point of failure and ensure the stability of the system.
US11012470B2	Reducing the impact of border gateway protocol (BGP) hijacks Systems, methods, and devices of the various embodiments may enable the reduction of the impact of Border Gateway Protocol (BGP) hijacks by automatically announcing more-specific route prefixes when a netblock is hijacked. In various embodiments, the more-specific route prefixes may be automatically withdrawn when the netblock hijacking stops.
US11012465B2	Realtime triggering framework A computer-implemented method generates a trigger registration for a selected triggering type. The generated trigger registration is stored in a triggering persistency. A received event from an event persistency is analyzed and data associated with the analyzed event is compared with the triggering persistency. Based on the comparison and using a pattern execution framework, an enterprise threat detection (ETD) pattern is processed to perform actions responsive to the received event.
US11012463B2	Predicting condition of a host for cybersecurity applications For a plurality of hosts, observe first time-varying characteristics including network throughput, central processing unit (CPU) usage, and/or memory usage; second time-varying characteristics including software configuration; and time-invariant characteristics including hardware configuration, at a plurality of timestamps. Construct a restricted HMM configured to predict actual host states, wherein the first time-varying characteristics include observed variables. The current observed variables depend on current values of the hidden variables and prior timestamp distribution of the observed variables. The former in turn depend on prior timestamp values of the hidden variables, the time-invariant characteristics of the hosts. and current timestamp values of the second time-varying characteristics. Estimate parameters of the restricted HMM; run the restricted HMM with the estimated parameters for each of the hosts; analyze the results to identify at least one of the hosts which has a potential cybersecurity issue; and take at least one remedial action.
US11012460B2	Dynamic hierarchical tagging system and method A dynamical hierarchical tagging system connected to a user site through a remote communications network. The system may comprise a master controller, a job management server connected to the master controller, one or more scanners in communication with the job management server, wherein the one or more scanners are configured to scan for one or more user assets located at the user site, resulting in scan results, a scan logic processor connected to the master controller, wherein the scan logic processor is configured to store the scan results in a user database, a tagging logic engine connected to the master controller, wherein the tagging logic engine is configured to tag the scan results stored in the user database, and an indexing logic processor connected to the master controller, wherein the indexing logic processor is configured to search and index the tagged scan results stored in the user database.
US11012456B2	Threat mitigation system and method A computer-implemented method, computer program product and computing system for: obtaining hardware performance information concerning hardware deployed within a computing platform; obtaining platform performance information concerning the operation of the computing platform; obtaining application performance information concerning one or more applications deployed within the computing platform; and generating a holistic platform report concerning the computing platform based, at least in part, upon the hardware performance information, the platform performance information and the application performance information.
US11012453B2	Method for protecting a vehicle network against manipulated data transmission A method is provided for protecting a vehicle network of a vehicle against manipulated data transmission, in which the vehicle network includes multiple network nodes, and at least one first network node in the vehicle network in a normal mode checking a first received message as to whether the first received message is a message assigned to the first network node in the normal mode, but which the first network node did not transmit. The first network node in a diagnostic mode further checks a second received message as to whether the second received message is a message assigned to the first network node in the normal mode or in the diagnostic mode, but which the first network node did not transmit.
US11012451B2	Centralized controller management and anomaly detection In one implementation, a method for providing security on externally connected controllers includes receiving, at a server system, operation information for a plurality of instances of a controller, the plurality of instances being installed across a plurality of devices; statistically analyzing, by the server system, the operation information; identifying, by the server system, one or more anomalous controller behaviors based on the statistical analysis; and providing, by the server system, information regarding the one or more anomalous controller behaviors on the controller as potential security threats.
US11012445B1	Methods and apparatuses for managing external approval provisioning and external messaging communication requests in a group-based communication system Various embodiments of the present disclosure are directed to a group-based communication system that is configured to more efficiently manage resource sharing requests. In particular, in some embodiments, the group-based communication system is configured to enable admin users to use an external service, such as an external approval provisioning service, that is separate and distinct from the group-based communication system to manage group-based communication resource sharing requests. In other embodiments, the group-based communication system is configured to allow communication with external users and to trigger new user onboarding protocols through the ingestion of external user directories associated with a sponsor user.
US11012442B2	Address resolution protocol response handling The present disclosure pertains to systems and methods of handling Address Resolution Protocol (ARP) responses in a software defined network (SDN). In one embodiment, a system may comprise a controller in a control plane to generate an address store comprising information associated with a plurality of devices in communication with the SDN. The controller may also program a plurality of network devices in a data plane based on a plurality of communication flows. The network devices may forward traffic according to the plurality of communication flows received from the controller. The network device may also receive: a request from the first device for information associated with the second device, determine that the first device is authorized to communicate with the second device based on the plurality of communication flows, and generate a response to the request comprising the information associated with the second device based on the address store.
US11012438B2	Biometric device pairing A first electronic device is associated with a biometric sensor. Biometric data received by the biometric sensor is used to permit the first electronic device to pair with, unlock, and/or access a second electronic device.
US11012437B2	Controlling access to traversal using relays around network address translation (TURN) servers using trusted single-use credentials Embodiments disclosed provide access to Traversal Using Relays around Network Address Translation (TURN) servers using trusted single-use credentials, and related methods, systems, and computer-readable media. In one embodiment, a method comprises receiving, by a TURN authentication agent, a request for a TURN server credential. Responsive to determining that the request is authorized, the agent generates a trusted single-use credential and transmits it to the requestor. Using this trusted single-use credential allows untrusted clients to access a TURN server without exposing a userid/password combination. In another embodiment, a method comprises receiving, by the TURN server, a request for a TURN service. The server challenges the request, and receives a userid and a password. Responsive to determining that the userid and the password constitute a trusted single-use credential and responsive to determining that the request is authorized, the server provides the TURN service for the requestor.
US11012436B2	Sharing credentials A system for providing an application includes an interface and a processor. The interface is configured to receive an indication to provide an application to a device. The processor is configured to provide the application to the device. The application is configured to receive a request for credentialed information associated with a user from a requesting server; determine whether a stored credential satisfies the request for the credentialed information; and in response to a determination that the stored credential satisfies the request for the credentialed information: determine a response credential for responding to the request; determine that the user approves sharing the credentialed information indicated by the response credential; and provide the response credential to the requesting server.
US11012435B2	Multi factor authentication A method and system of authenticating a user are provided. A request for a resource is received from a user device. A predefined number is received. A first number and a second number are created. A first discrete logarithm based on the first number and the predefined number is determined and sent to the user device, together with the second number. A second discrete logarithm is received from the user device. A first pass code is calculated via a third discrete logarithm, based on the second discrete logarithm, the first number, and the predefined number. A second pass code is received via a fourth discrete logarithm, based on the first discrete logarithm, the third number, and the predefined number. Upon determining that the first pass code is identical to the second pass code, the user device is allowed to access a resource associated with the computing device.
US11012434B2	Method for automated authentication of VoIP phone A method for automated authentication of a user VoIP phone supported by a Private Branch eXchange (PBX) configuration server is provided. A VoIP phone or a VoIP supported device is configured for an automated authentication by a vendor. The authentication method does not require manual entry of authentication data by a user. The unique VoIP phone authentication data can be provided by the vendor in a form of a MAC address. Additionally, the vendor can assign a digital certificate (containing public and private encryption keys) signed by the vendor to the VoIP phone. In this case, the VoIP phone vendor serves as a trusted authority. Thus, the VoIP phone automatically connects with the configuration server and the authentication transformation server (ATS) and the address where the VoIP phone sends the authentication data upon connection to the network is determined by the ATS.
US11012432B2	Method for distributed application segmentation through authorization Methods and supporting systems for managing secure communications and establishing authenticated communications between processes of a computer application operating across network domains are provided. Authentication agents operate on servers hosting application processes, wherein each authentication agent has access to policies related to each of the application processes. An authentication agent operating on an originating server intercepts transmissions from an originating application processes and appends a trust profile associated with the originating application process. The transmission is released to a receiving server, where it is intercepted and validated at the receiving server by a second authentication agent on the receiving server. If the validation succeeds the transmission is forwarded to the receiving application process where it is executed, processed or otherwise acted upon acted upon, and the receiving server provides an acknowledgement transmission to the originating server confirming the transmission was received and processed by the receiving application process.
US11012430B1	User equipment relay mediated network channels with blockchain logging A mechanism of mediating an encrypted communication channel via a user equipment (UE) relay is described. This includes receiving an indication of a sensitive transaction from an application operating on a UE. The UE relay establishes a downstream encrypted communication channel to the application via a communication port at the UE. The UE relay then receives an end point for the sensitive transaction from the application over the downstream encrypted communication channel. The UE relay can then create an upstream encrypted communication channel to the end point.
US11012424B2	System and method for authentication An authentication system and method are provided. According to the embodiments of the present disclosure, it is possible to provide a secure authentication service capable of maintaining personal privacy by enabling authentication while preventing personal information used for personal authentication, such as biometric information, from being exposed in the authentication process.
US11012423B2	Maximizing resource utilization through efficient component communication in disaggregated datacenters Embodiments are provided herein for maximizing resource utilization in a disaggregated computing system. A general purpose link is established between a first sub-plurality of computing elements and a second sub-plurality of computing elements. The first sub-plurality belongs to a first plurality of computing components of a first type and the second sub-plurality belongs to a second plurality of computing components of a second type in the disaggregated computing system. A determination is made that the first and second sub-pluralities of computing elements are assigned to a first tenant having first data communications. The general purpose link is secured to the first tenant while allowing second data communications of a second tenant to pass through the general purpose link concurrent with the first data communications of the first tenant.
US11012421B2	Predicting user-file interactions Disclosed is an improved systems, methods, and computer program products that use a cluster-based probability model to perform anomaly detection, where the clusters are based upon entities and interactions that exist in content management platforms.
US11012420B2	Third-party service chaining using packet encapsulation in a flow-based forwarding element A method of enforcing security rules for a packet on a host is provided. The method at a security service dispatcher, determines a dispatching action on a packet for each of a group of security services. Each security service is for enforcing a set of security rules on each packet. The method for each security service, sends the packet to the security service when the dispatch rule for the security service indicates that the set of security rules of the security service has to be enforced on the packet. The method for each security service, bypasses the enforcement of the security rules of the security service when the dispatch rule for the security service indicates that the set of security rules of the security service has to be bypassed for the packet.
US11012417B2	Methods and systems for efficient packet filtering A packet gateway may protect TCP/IP networks by enforcing security policies on in-transit packets that are crossing network boundaries. The policies may include packet filtering rules derived from cyber threat intelligence (CTI). The rapid growth in the volume of CTI and in the size of associated CTI-derived policies, coupled with ever-increasing network link speeds and network traffic volume, may cause the costs of sufficient computational resources to be prohibitive. To efficiently process packets, a packet gateway may be provided with at least one probabilistic data structure, such as a Bloom filter, for testing packets to determine if packet data may match a packet filtering rule. Packet filtering rules may be grouped into subsets of rules, and a data structure may be provided for determining a matching subset of rules associated with a particular packet.
US11012416B2	Symbolic execution for web application firewall performance Among other things, this document describes systems, devices, and methods for executing rules in an application layer firewall, including in particular a web application firewall (WAF). An application layer firewall engine employs symbolic execution techniques that result in improved performance and efficiency. In preferred embodiments, an arbitrary firewall rule can be pre-processed to discover and define a set of one or more properties that an input must have in order for the input to have the potential to trigger the rule. By quickly examining an input for these properties, then application layer firewall can conclude that the input cannot trigger and therefore skip full execution of the rule against the input. This can be repeated for many if not all rules in a firewall ruleset. When a high proportion of the inputs have the required properties for rule-skipping, performance can be dramatically improved.
US11012415B2	Filtering network data transfers Aspects of this disclosure relate to filtering network data transfers. In some variations, multiple packets may be received. A determination may be made that a portion of the packets have packet header field values corresponding to a packet filtering rule. Responsive to such a determination, an operator specified by the packet filtering rule may be applied to the portion of packets having the packet header field values corresponding to the packet filtering rule. A further determination may be made that one or more of the portion of the packets have one or more application header field values corresponding to one or more application header field criteria specified by the operator. Responsive to such a determination, at least one packet transformation function specified by the operator may be applied to the one or more of the portion of the packets.
US11012412B2	Method and system for network traffic steering towards a service device A method and system for steering network traffic towards a service device. Specifically, the disclosed method and system entail the installation of multiple service devices around a network. Service policies are cloned across the multiple service devices, and further, each service device is assigned common virtual routing and bridging addresses. Using at least these common virtual routing and bridging addresses, intercept virtual tunnel end points (VTEPs) redirect or bridge network traffic to a service device.
US11012406B2	Automatic IP range selection A method, system and computer program product for automatic IP range selection is provided. The GUI accepts user input for a parent IP range and IP range size, from which is calculated an address space prefix that corresponds to the address space that has the available IP range size. If the user does not provide input, the GUI fields are dynamically populated with default values for IP range, address prefix, address space, IP range, and number of addresses, wherein the default values are retrieved from a system IP network configuration.
US11012403B1	Storylines: collaborative feedback system The disclosed computer-implemented method for sharing content and allowing users to react using storyline-based feedback may include receiving a first input identifying content is to be part of a story. The method may next include receiving a second input indicating that the story is available to receive storyline-based feedback. The storyline-based feedback may include ephemeral visual content related to the story. Users may join a conversation by adding such visual content. The method may further include posting the story for consumption by other specified users, receiving visual storyline-based feedback related to the posted story from different users, and updating the posted story with the received portions of storyline-based feedback in storyline form. Various other methods, systems, and computer-readable media are also disclosed.
US11012401B2	Vehicle identification and device communication through directional wireless signaling There are provided systems and methods for vehicle identification and device communication through directional wireless signaling. A user's device may include a directional wireless transceiver that may be used to provide wireless signaling in a specific target direction. The user may direct the device at a particular vehicle, where the vehicle may has a transceiver located within or attached to the vehicle that responds to the particular wireless signaling. The vehicle's transceiver may respond to the device of the user with a unique identifier that allows for communication with the vehicle's operator. The unique identifier may therefore allow for message content to be sent directly to a device for the vehicle's operator, or may allow for a service provider to process the message. Additionally, the vehicle's operator may establish privacy settings for communications, which may be utilized to determine whether the message content will be provided to the device.
US11012400B1	Triggering event notifications based on messages to application users In accordance with one disclosed method, a first computing system may receive a message from an application hosted on a second computing system, the message being indicative of an event of the application. In response to receiving the message, the first computing system may generate a notification indicative of the event and send the generated notification to a client device. The first computing system may receive a response to the notification from the client device, and may process the response so as to cause the application to take an action responsive to the event.
US11012396B2	Mitigation of latency disparity in a data transaction processing system A data transaction processing system receives electronic data transaction request messages from client computers over a data communication network and groups a subset of the electronic data transaction request messages at varying intervals. The intervals may be dynamically determined and may be based on the volume and rate of the incoming electronic data transaction request messages. The data transaction processing system may preprocess the group of electronic data transaction request messages before forwarding the electronic data transaction request messages to a transaction processor, which processes the subset of electronic data transaction request messages in a non-chronological order.
US11012395B2	Using organizational rank to facilitate electronic communication A computer system for electronic communications. Receiving a sender identifier and a recipient identifier. A first message is received from the sender identifier to send to the recipient identifier. Determining the relative ranking of the sender and the recipient. In response to determining that the recipient has a higher relative ranking than the sender, determining whether the first message contains an action item. In response to determining that the first message contains an action item, transmitting a second message to the sender. In response to receiving an indication from the sender to send the first message, sending the first message from the sender identifier to the recipient identifier.
US11012393B2	Contact list aggregation and display A technique for contact list aggregation across networks involves logging into low level networks through a high level network. A system constructed according to the technique may include a network interface coupled to the different low level networks. The system may further include a contact aggregation engine coupled to the network interface and a network contacts database. In operation the system logs into one or more of the low level networks (or facilitates login for a user). To the extent that the data in the network contacts database is not current, the contact aggregation engine updates the networks contacts database contact information, then provides an aggregated contact list including the contact information to a display device. A method according to the technique may include logging into a high level network and displaying contacts from the one or more low level networks in an aggregated contact list.
US11012392B2	Content delivery control A group feed is displayed for a selected group by a private social network service. The group feed displays only threads with unviewed content along with a user actuatable display element that allows the user to switch to a feed that displays all content for the group.
US11012391B2	Email message grouping An email client includes a network interface, a hardware processor, a user interface, an identification module, a content email management module and one or both of a grouping module and bypass email handling module. The network interface communicates with at least one service provider email server. The identification module identifies content emails by analyzing email traffic in an email account established on the service provider's email server. Content email senders are classified as content providers. The content email management module obtains content emails. The grouping module groups content emails from each content provider for display as respective single content item. Optionally, a bypass email handling module implants content emails received over said bypass channel into an email account or accounts.
US11012389B2	Modifying images with supplemental content for messaging The subject technology provides a messaging application in which an image can be captured and supplemented with supplemental content such as stickers, animations, etc., from within an active messaging thread. In this manner, a user participating in a messaging conversation with a remote user can add stickers, animations, and/or adaptive content to an image captured by the user, without having to locally cache/store the captured image before editing and without having to leave the messaging conversion (or the messaging application) to access an image editing application.
US11012388B2	Media enhancement system Embodiments of the present disclosure relate generally to systems for enhancing a first media item through the addition of a supplemental second media item. A user may provide a request to enhance a selected media item, and in response, an enhancement system retrieves and presents a curated collection of supplemental content to be added to the media, to the user. The user may review the curated collection of supplemental content, for example by providing a tactile input to scroll through the curated collection of content.
US11012385B2	App powered extensibility of messages on an existing messaging service An instant messaging (IM) service interacts with IM clients operating on computing devices to implement an extensible platform with which individual composer applications (“apps”) may interact to support a variety of different messaging user experiences for users of respective local and remote devices. Each IM client exposes an application programming interface for utilization by a local composer app to package content that the IM service then transparently transports to a remote device. An IM client on the remote device provides the package to an identified associated remote composer app that can unpack the content and use it to support the app's customized messaging experience for the remote user. The composer app also provides a preview of the experience supported by the packaged content that the clients on the respective local and remote devices may utilize in a messaging history and/or as a launching point to the composer app's user experience.
US11012382B2	State display information transmission system using chatbot A state display information transmission system uses a chatbot. According to an embodiment of the present disclosure, in a user terminal and a counterpart terminal, in which a SNS service, an instant message service, etc. operates, even when the user terminal does not respond within a preconfigured response time, a chatbot transmits proper emoticon information, etc. to the counterpart terminal, so that a user can continuously make smooth and proper communication with a counterpart.
US11012379B2	Controller and control system for chatting A controller includes an extractor configurated such that, if plural talk rooms exist where information is portable and viewable by each of plural users and, when instruction information including a file and an instruction to execute processing for the file is posted, the processing associated with the posted instruction information is executable, and if a talk room where the instruction information is posted differs from a talk room where the processing associated with the instruction information is executed, a difference between the file before the processing and the file after the processing is extracted when the processing associated with the instruction information is executed.
US11012376B2	Data system on a module (DSoM) for connecting computing devices and cloud-based services A communication hub configured to be communicatively coupled to a communication device (e.g., a data system on a module (DSoM)/a Data System in a Package (DSiP)) and a cloud-based service is provided. The communication hub may be configured to organize the communication devices into one or more communication device groups, wherein the communication devices are communicatively coupled to one or more computing devices. The communication hub may be configured to associate one or more routes with the communication device groups, wherein the routes are configured to route data objects between the communication devices and the cloud-based service. The communication hub may be configured to asynchronously, with respect to the computing devices, route the data objects between the communication devices and the cloud-based service. Embodiments of the present disclosure may provide a distributed replicated spatiotemporal database packaged on a communication device and integrated with an internet-based secure communication hub.
US11012375B2	Enhanced handling of multicast data streams within a broadband access network of a telecommunications network A method for handling of multicast data streams within a broadband access network of a telecommunications network includes: a specific service edge node receiving a join request message from or through a specific customer premises equipment; an activation request message being transmitted, by the specific service edge node, to a multicast controller node within the broadband access network; and the multicast controller node generating and/or replicating multicast data stream-related data packets and injecting these multicast data stream-related data packets, using a corresponding session identifier information, into a point-to-point-protocol connection or tunneling protocol connection between the specific service edge node and the specific customer premises equipment.
US11012371B2	Queued workload service in a multi tenant environment Tasks to be performed for a user can be outsourced to a workload service operable to process those types of tasks. Information for the tasks, such as code to be executed and data to be processed, can be stored to a queue for the workload service. The workload service can pull the task when an appropriate resource is available and provide the result to the user. The user can be charged only for the approximate time of the processing, without need to obtain the resource for an extended period of time resulting in unused capacity. The user can take advantage of queuing, data, and code storage services whereby tasks can contain pointers to code, data, and other information needed for a task. The workload service can pre-load the supporting code or information needed to provide an environment in which code of the type for the user task can be executed.
US11012370B1	Using captured configuration changes to enable on-demand production of graph-based relationships in a cloud computing environment Described herein is a system for automatically capturing configuration changes to the cloud computing resources. The system for automatically capturing configuration changes may detect changes to configurations of cloud computing resources across the geographic regions, in real-time. The changes may be stored in a central data storage device instantiated by a central cloud computing account. Furthermore, a relationship graph indicating the relationships between the different cloud computing resources may be generated.
US11012365B2	Changing a time sensitive networking schedule implemented by a softswitch Example methods, apparatus, systems and articles of manufacture (e.g., physical storage media) to change a time sensitive networking schedule implemented by a softswitch are disclosed. Example apparatus disclosed herein to change a time sensitive networking schedule implemented by a first softswitch on a compute node include a network node configurator to deploy a second softswitch on the compute node based on a first configuration specification associated with the first softswitch, configure the second softswitch to implement an updated time sensitive networking schedule different from the time sensitive networking schedule implemented by the first softswitch, and replace the first softswitch with the second softswitch in response to a determination that a first set of constraints is met for simulated network traffic processed by the second softswitch based on the updated time sensitive networking schedule. Disclosed example apparatus also include a simulator to apply the simulated network traffic to the second softswitch.
US11012362B2	Download management with congestion mitigation for over the air content delivery to vehicles Among other things, this document describes systems, devices, and methods for wireless content delivery to vehicles and in particular to vehicles in cellular radio environments. The teachings hereof can be used to deliver a vehicle manufacturer's head unit updates, firmware, configurations, and other data to a vehicle. In embodiments, downloads are managed at the control plane and/or data plane. Download management can include mitigating either current or anticipated wireless congestion at cell towers, enforcing campaign priority for firmware updates, accommodating occupant-originated data flows to and from the vehicle, and/or accounting for contractual data arrangements between vehicles makers and cellular providers, among other things.
US11012359B2	Method and system for redirecting service application traffic The present disclosure provides a method and a system for redirecting service application traffic. The method includes: traversing dlopen function and connect function in all dynamic libraries initially loaded by a service application module; mounting the dlopen function and the connect function, and replacing the dlopen function and the connect function with a self-defined mydlopen function and a self-defined myconnect function, respectively. Features of the mydlopen function include loading a new dynamic library, mounting the dlopen function and the connect function in the new dynamic library, and replacing the dlopen function and the connect function with the mydlopen function and the myconnect function, respectively. Features of the myconnect function include redirecting non-local traffic of the service application module to a proxy service module, receiving, by the proxy service module, the non-local traffic, and redirecting, by the proxy service module, the non-local traffic.
US11012344B1	Routing methods, systems, and computer program products In various embodiments, an apparatus, a non-transitory computer-readable media, and a method are provided, involving a technique to: receive, from at least one other node in a network, a plurality of segment identifiers, utilizing at least one of a link state protocol, a distance vector protocol, or a path vector protocol, store, in a data structure, the plurality of segment identifiers associated with nodes represented in a topology of at least a portion of a network, select, from the plurality of segment identifiers in the data structure and based on a specified policy, a first sequence of segment identifiers that identify a first sequence of at least one of: one or more nodes, one or more network interfaces, or one or more network regions, at least partially in a first path segment that communicatively couples the transmitting node with a receiving node in the network and that includes at least one particular node which is not predetermined by the first sequence of segment identifiers such that the at least one particular node is determined during routing of data between the transmitting node and the receiving node, identify, based on a segment identifier in a first subsequence, of the first sequence of segment identifiers, that precedes a second subsequence of the first sequence of segment identifiers, a first network interface of the transmitting node in the first path segment, store at least the second subsequence of the first sequence of segment identifiers in a header associated with a first packet, and transmit, via the first network interface, the first packet for delivering the data in a payload of the first packet to the receiving node in the network.
US11012342B2	Systems and methods for regulating network resources to improve data-transmission quality Systems and methods are provided for regulating network resources to improve data-transmission quality. In one implementation, a method includes searching one or more computer-readable memory locations for prior-session data that matches current-session data. The prior-session data may comprise information describing a prior data-transmission session and the current-session data may comprise information describing a current data-transmission session. Data describing a cause of transmission degradation may be stored in association with the prior data-transmission session. The method may also include identifying, by at least one processor, the cause of transmission degradation in the prior data-transmission session as being a cause of transmission degradation in the current data-transmission session if the prior-session data matches the current-session data. The method may also include initiating correction of the cause of transmission degradation based on the identification.
US11012341B2	Method for monitoring and controlling session traffic usage, server and storage medium A method for monitoring and controlling session traffic usage, includes: receiving traffic usage increment information of a first session and a second session reported by a first PCF and a second PCF; accumulating a total traffic usage of the first session and the second session according to the received traffic usage increment information; determining whether a current total traffic usage reaches a threshold value of a total issued traffic usage; and sending the total traffic usage information of the first session and the second session to the first PCF and the second PCF in response to that the current total traffic usage reaches the threshold value of the total issued traffic usage, and in response to that the current total traffic usage does not reach the threshold value of the total issued traffic usage, repeating above steps.
US11012339B2	Web site reachability management for content browsing Embodiments of the invention provide for Web site reachability management in content browsing. A method of the invention includes monitoring different requests for different resources at respectively different resource location addresses initiating from different content browsers of different end users. Different responses to ones of the different requests that include an error code indicating an inability to provide a requested one of the different resources are detected and ones of the resource location addresses associated with corresponding ones of the different responses that include the error code are stored in a list. Finally, the each of resource location addresses are polled to determine whether or not a corresponding one of the resources is able to be retrieved. In response to determining that a resource of a resource location address in the list has become retrievable, the address is removed from the list and an associated end user notified.
US11012337B1	Using machine learning to determine whether network components are being used as intended In some examples, a server may receive, from a software agent, data associated with a particular component of a plurality of components in a system (e.g., an information technology (IT) network). The data may include connection data, network location data, software data, user data, hardware data, and network routing data. The server may determine, using a k-nearest classification algorithm and based on the data, a current usage of the particular component. The server may determine an intended usage of the particular component and perform a comparison of the current usage with the intended usage. If the server determines that the current usage differs from the intended usage by at least a predetermined percentage, then the server may perform one or more remediation actions to modify the current usage to differ from the intended usage by less than the predetermined percentage.
US11012334B2	Determining connectivity to a network device to optimize performance for controlling operation of network devices Techniques are described for determining connectivity to a network device to optimize performance for controlling operation of one or more network devices. A computing device may determine connectivity to a network device to send a request for information to the network device. The computing device can determine whether it has access to a network (e.g., a wireless network), which includes the network device. The computing device may determine whether it has authorization to communicate with the network device on the network. Authorization may be based on the registration of the network device to communicate with the computing device. When the computing device can access the network and when the computing is authorized to communicate with the network device, communication (e.g., a request) may occur using the network or by direct transmission to the network device. Otherwise, the computing device may communicate with the network device using a remote network.
US11012333B2	Securing and controlling remote access of a memory-mapped device utilizing an ethernet interface and test port of a network device A network device including access and test ports, an interface, and first and second controllers. The interface receives an Ethernet frame transmitted over an Ethernet network to the network device. The Ethernet frame includes bits for testing or debugging the memory-mapped device and is received at the interface based on an output of a host device. The first controller converts the Ethernet frame to a first access frame. The test port receives a diagnostic signal transmitted from the host device to the network device. The second controller converts the diagnostic signal to a second access frame and controls passage of the access frames to the memory-mapped device via the access port. The first controller tests or debugs the memory-mapped device based on data received from a register of the memory-mapped device. The data is written in the register based on the first and second access frames.
US11012330B2	Method and system for classifying a protocol message in a data communication network An intrusion detection method for detecting an intrusion in data traffic on a data communication network parses the data traffic to extract at least one protocol field of a protocol message of the data traffic, and associates the extracted protocol field with a model for that protocol field. The model is selected from a set of models. An assessment is made to determine if a contents of the extracted protocol field is in a safe region as defined by the model, and an intrusion detection signal is generated in case it is established that the contents of the extracted protocol field is outside the safe region. The set of models may comprise a corresponding model for each protocol field of a set of protocol fields.
US11012325B2	Method, device and computer program product for configuring service instance Embodiments of the present disclosure relate to a method, a device and a computer program product for configuring service instances. The method comprises, at a computing device being used to implement a first service instance in a cloud environment, receiving, from a service manager of the cloud environment, a hypervisor related to a configuration of the first service instance. The method further comprises determining, based on the hypervisor, first configuration information for configuring the first service instance. The method further comprises configuring the first service instance with the first configuration information. With this method, service auto-deployment, auto-configuration and auto-association are realized, thereby improving user efficiency of configuring services and user experience.
US11012322B2	Notification of service availability on a device A device implementing a system for notifying a first device of availability of a service on a second device includes a processor configured to receive, from the first device of a first user, a first request with respect to whether a service is available on the second device of a second user, and to determine that the service is not available on the second device. The processor is further configured to send, to the first device and in response to the determination, an indication that the service is not available on the second device and an indication of a minimum amount of time before the first device can submit a second request with respect to whether the service is available on the second device. The minimum amount of time is based at least partially on an amount of time that has elapsed since the service was made available to the devices.
US11012314B2	Third-party network computational resource utilization A computing system disposed within a computational instance of a remote network management platform remotely manages a managed network that uses computational resources of a third-party network to deploy operations. The computing system may obtain a utilization policy that identifies (i) particular computational resources of the third-party network used to deploy a particular operation and (ii) a time period during which the particular computational resources can be used. The computing system may be configured to: obtain a utilization report that identifies (i) the computational resources used to deploy the operations and (ii) times at which the computational resources were used; determine that the particular computational resources deployed the particular operation outside the time period identified by the utilization policy; generate a report indicating that the particular computational resources deployed the particular operation outside the time period; and provide the report to the managed network.
US11012313B2	Apparatus, method and computer program product for trust management Methods, apparatus, computer program product and computer readable medium are disclosed for trust management in software defined networking. A method comprises: collecting network performance results after a network policy issued by an application is applied; collecting a feedback for the network policy; and calculating a trust value of the application based at least partly on the network performance results and the feedback.
US11012308B2	Method for configuring a wireless fire detection system There is provided a method for configuring a plurality of network devices of a wireless fire detection system comprising a configuration device, a gateway device wirelessly communicating with the configuration device, and the plurality of network devices wirelessly communicating with the gateway device and among them, the method comprising: determining, by the configuration device, configuration data of each one of the plurality of network devices for configuring each one of the plurality of network devices; transmitting, by the configuration device, the configuration data to the gateway device; and upon receiving the configuration data from the configuration device, distributing, by the gateway device, the configuration data to each one of the plurality of network devices according to predetermined time slots for transmitting the configuration data.
US11012302B2	Self organizing network coordination method, device, and system The present invention provides a SON coordination method, device, and system, and the method includes: obtaining a coordination parameter of a self organizing network function; and coordinating running of the self organizing network function according to the coordination parameter. The coordination parameter of the SON function is obtained before running of a current SON function, so as to use the obtained coordination parameter to coordinate the running of the SON function. In this way, the running of the current SON function may cooperate and coordinate with another SON, thereby avoiding a conflict, more efficiently, more smoothly, and lower repeatedly solving a network problem, improving network application efficiency, or reducing wrong adjustment of a network parameter caused by wrong judgment, which affects user service experience, so as to achieve an object of reducing an operating cost, and improving an utilization rate of an equipment and funds.
US11012300B1	Multi-device coordinated user experience Techniques are described for providing a simultaneous, multi-device user experience for one or more users, on computing devices that include different capabilities for data input and/or data output. A user may register multiple devices with a service, and the service may determine capabilities of the devices for data input and data output. During a communication session involving the user and another user, such as a service representative, the service may receive input data collected through one or more devices and/or provide output data to be presented on one or more devices, where such data input and data output is received and provided according to the various input/output capabilities of the various devices. The data input and/or data output may switch from device to device during a session. In some instances, data may be replicated for presentation through multiple devices simultaneously.
US11012299B2	Seamless multi-cloud routing and policy interconnectivity Technologies for multi-cloud routing and policy interconnectivity are provided. An example method can include assigning different sets of data plane routers to data plane traffic associated with different address spaces in a cloud site of a multi-cloud fabric to yield a distributed mapping of data plane traffic and data plane routers. The method can further include providing, to an on-premises site in the multi-cloud fabric, routing entries from a control plane router on the cloud site, the routing entries reflecting the distributed mapping and identifying, for each address space, which data plane router handles data plane traffic for that address space; and when a data plane router is deployed at the cloud site, providing, to the on-premises site, updated routing information from the control plane router, the updated routing information identifying the data plane router as a next hop for data plane traffic associated with a respective address space.
US11012298B2	Methods, systems, and computer readable mediums for selecting and configuring a computing system to support a replicated application Methods, systems, and computer readable mediums for selecting and configuring a computing system to support a replicated application are disclosed. According to one example, a method includes capturing resource availability data associated with a plurality of computing systems, wherein each of the plurality of computing systems resides at a separate and distinct geographical site. The method further includes determining, for each of the plurality of computing systems, a suitability score based on the captured resource availability data and at least one external factor associated with the computing system, selecting one of the plurality of computing systems to host the replicated application based on the determined suitability scores, and establishing a logical environment on the selected computing system to support the enterprise application.
US11012293B2	System and method for defining virtual machine fabric profiles of virtual machines in a high-performance computing environment Systems and methods for defining virtual machine fabric profiles of virtual machines. An exemplary embodiment can provide a virtual machine identifier, a virtual host channel adapter instance ID, and a virtual globally unique identifier. The virtual machine identifier, virtual host channel adapter instance ID, and virtual globally unique identifier can be mapped to each other so that the virtual host channel adapter instance ID, and virtual globally unique identifier can be retrieved through access to the virtual machine identifier. Further, a relationship can be created between a P_Key that defines an admin partition and the virtual globally unique identifier, where the relationship between the P_Key and the virtual globally unique identifier defines the virtual globally unique identifier as a member of the admin partition defined by the P_Key.
US11012291B2	Remote access controller support system A remote access controller support system includes a first server device that includes a first remote access controller that is coupled to a support system and a client device through an out-of-band network connection. The first remote access controller detects a server device event at the first server device. The first remote access controller correlates the event with a stored server device event and determines a recommended action associated with the stored server device event. The first remote access controller causes, via the out-of-band network connection, the recommended action to be displayed on a display device of the client device.
US11012288B2	Congestion avoidance in a slice-based network A system can reduce congestion in slice-based networks, such as a virtual service network (“VSN”). The system can include a monitoring module that communicates with agents on switches, such as routers or servers. The switches report telematics data to the monitoring module, which determines slice-specific performance attributes such as slice latency and slice throughput. These slice-specific performance attributes are compared against software license agreement (“SLA”) requirements. When the SLA is not met, the monitoring module can implement a new slice path for the slice to reduce the congestion.
US11012287B1	System management domain and network management domain synchronization system A system/network management domain synchronization system includes a first computing system that belongs to a first MCM group and that includes a first computing system I/O module that belongs to a first network management domain, and a second computing system that is coupled to the first computing system. The second computing system includes a second computing system management module that joins the first MCM group and, in response, broadcasts a first announcement that includes a first MCM group identifier for the first MCM group. The second computing system also includes a second computing system I/O module that receives the first announcement, determines that the second computing system management module is included in the second computing system with the second computing system I/O module and, n response, joins the first network management domain.
US11012286B2	Communication apparatus, methods, and non-transitory computer-readable media for determining IP addresses for use in different networks A communication apparatus includes a processor and a memory. The processor executes computer-readable instructions stored in the memory. The instructions instruct the communication apparatus to establish a first network including the communication apparatus and a first device. The instructions instruct the communication apparatus to establish a second network including the communication apparatus and a second device. The instructions instruct the communication apparatus to determine a target IP address. Determining the target IP address includes identifying a particular IP address, which is an IP address of the communication apparatus used in the second type network. Determining the target IP address includes generating the target IP address to be within a particular range using the particular IP address. The particular range is a range of IP addresses that are not available in the second type network. The instructions instruct the communication apparatus to assign the target IP address to the first device.
US11012285B2	Methods, apparatus, servers, and systems for vital signs detection and monitoring The present teaching relates to vital sign detection and monitoring based on channel state information (CSI). In one example, an apparatus for vital sign detection is disclosed. The apparatus comprises a receiver, a processor and a memory communicatively coupled with the processor. The receiver is configured for receiving at least one wireless signal from a multipath channel that can be impacted by a vital sign of at least one living being. The processor is configured for: extracting a time series of channel state information (CSI) for the multipath channel from the at least one wireless signal, obtaining one or more periodic fluctuations based on a spectral analysis of the time series of CSI, and determining whether the vital sign is present based on the one or more periodic fluctuations.
US11012284B2	Single carrier waveform data transmission and reception based on configurable DFT window In order to maintain flexible system bandwidth and a flexible center frequency, without requiring a cyclic prefix or guard interval, a transmitter apparatus transmits a reference signal based on a single carrier waveform having a mixed symbol structure, in reference signal symbols using at least one of a cyclic prefix and a guard interval and transmits data based on the single carrier waveform without the cyclic prefix or the guard interval. The data may be based on input data processed using overlapping FFT windows, and an amount of overlap between the FFT windows may be configurable by the transmitter or the receiver. An apparatus receiving the downlink transmission comprising data based on a single carrier waveform may process the data based on overlapping FFT windows.
US11012283B2	Single carrier waveform data transmission and reception based on configurable DFT window In order to maintain flexible system bandwidth and a flexible center frequency, without requiring a cyclic prefix or guard interval, a transmitter apparatus transmits a reference signal based on a single carrier waveform having a mixed symbol structure, in reference signal symbols using at least one of a cyclic prefix and a guard interval and transmits data based on the single carrier waveform without the cyclic prefix or the guard interval. The data may be based on input data processed using overlapping FFT windows, and an amount of overlap between the FFT windows may be configurable by the transmitter or the receiver. An apparatus receiving the downlink transmission comprising data based on a single carrier waveform may process the data based on overlapping FFT windows.
US11012279B2	User equipment and uplink signal transmission method A user equipment according to one embodiment of the present invention includes a reception unit that receives signal waveform configuration information related to either or both of a multicarrier scheme and a single carrier scheme to be applicable in uplink communication from a base station, a setting unit that sets the received signal waveform configuration information, and a transmission unit that transmits an uplink signal in accordance with the set signal waveform configuration information.
US11012276B2	Wireless communication method and wireless communication terminal A wireless communication terminal is disclosed. The wireless communication terminal includes a transceiver transmitting/receiving a wireless signal, and a processor controlling an operation of the wireless communication terminal. The transceiver obtains a signaling field from a physical frame including data to be transmitted from a base wireless communication terminal to each of a plurality of wireless communication terminals including the wireless communication terminal, and receives, from the physical frame based on the signaling field, the data having been transmitted from the base wireless communication terminal to the wireless communication terminal. The signaling field signals information about the plurality of wireless communication terminals. The base wireless communication terminal is any one wireless communication terminal different from the plurality of wireless communication terminals.
US11012273B1	Compensating for frequency-dependent I-Q phase imbalance Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer-storage media, for compensating for frequency-dependent I-Q imbalance. In some implementations, a radio receiver includes an in-phase mixer configured to generate an in-phase (I) signal and a quadrature mixer configured to generate a quadrature (Q) signal. A first analog-to-digital (A/D) converter is configured to generate first digital samples from one of the I signal and the Q signal. A second analog-to-digital (A/D) converter is configured to generate second digital samples from the other of the I signal and the Q signal. A compensation system includes a feedback loop configured to compensate for frequency-dependent I-Q imbalance based on results, for each of multiple of the first digital samples, of cross-correlation of the first digital sample with each of multiple of the second digital samples.
US11012269B2	Multi-channel transmission with flexible gains A device includes a digital frontend. The digital frontend is configured to digitally modulate symbols for digital signals of a plurality of channels according to a transmission protocol. Each channel is associated with at least one respective carrier frequency within a transmission bandwidth. The digital frontend is further configured to combine the digital signals to obtain a digital output signal. The device further includes an analog frontend having a digital-to-analog converter configured to convert the digital output signal into an analog output signal. The analog frontend also includes a programmable gain amplifier configured to apply an analog gain to the analog output signal. The device further includes a control logic configured to determine the analog gain based on calibration data indicative of the frequency response of the analog frontend across a transmission bandwidth.
US11012268B2	Receiving apparatus and non-transitory computer readable medium storing receiving processing program A receiving apparatus includes: a first pulse noise determining circuit configured to determine the presence or the absence of pulse noise in the receiving signal based on a first threshold; a first pulse noise removing circuit configured to remove pulse noise in the receiving signal based on the result of the determination made by the first pulse noise determining circuit; a bandwidth limiting filter configured to limit a receiving signal whose pulse noise has been removed by the first pulse noise removing circuit to a predetermined bandwidth; a second pulse noise determining circuit configured to determine the presence or the absence of pulse noise in the receiving signal whose bandwidth has been limited by the bandwidth limiting filter based on a second threshold; and a threshold control circuit configured to adjust a first threshold based on the result of the determination made by the second pulse noise determining circuit.
US11012264B2	Line driver circuit A line driver circuit includes a first input terminal, a second input terminal, a first input stage, a second input stage, a first output stage, and a second output stage. The first input stage includes a first input coupled to the first input terminal, and a second input coupled to the second input terminal. The second input stage includes a first input coupled to the first input terminal, and a second input coupled to the second input terminal. The first output stage includes a first input coupled to a first output terminal of the first input stage and a second input coupled to a first output terminal of the first input stage. A second output stage includes a first input coupled to a second output terminal of the first input stage and a second input coupled to a second output terminal of the first input stage.
US11012260B2	Methods, systems, and devices for managing client devices using a virtual anchor manager Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, a process that continuously connects the processing system to a control plane of a wireless communication network, which includes equipment operating in at least one of the control plane or a user plane. Control information is received across the control plane indicating that client data is to be provided to a client device via the user plane. Responsive to receiving a control signal, an awake signal is sent to the client device. The client device, in response to the awake signal, being placed from an idle state to an active state. The idle state consumes a lower level of power than the active state. The client data is further provided to the client device over a premises communication network via a protocol stack of a client function. Other embodiments are disclosed.
US11012258B2	Packet transmission An egress VTEP device of a data center receives a first packet sent by a local VTEP device of the data center, through an intra-domain VXLAN tunnel, and sends the first packet to an egress VTEP device on an opposite end of another data center through a corresponding inter-domain VXLAN tunnel. In addition, the egress VTEP device of the data center receives a second packet sent by the egress VTEP devices on an opposite end of another data center, through an inter-domain VXLAN tunnel, and sends the second packet to a local VTEP device of the data center through a corresponding intra-domain VXLAN tunnel.
US11012256B2	Connection unit, monitoring system and method for operating an automation system A connecting unit to transmit process data of an automation process of an automation system to an external data infrastructure, configured as a field device for arrangement on a field level of the automation system. The connecting unit comprises a field bus module, network module and interface module. The field bus module is configured to interchange the process data via the field bus with a signal unit connected to the automation process via a field connection. The network module is configured to interchange the process data with the external data infrastructure, use the data network to transmit input process data to the external data infrastructure, and retrieve output process data from the external data infrastructure. The interface module is configured to interchange the process data between the field bus module and the network module. The interface module prompts interchange of the process data autonomously.
US11012251B2	Multicast flow scheduling in a data center In one example embodiment, a server generates a candidate instantiation of virtual applications among a plurality of hosts in a data center to support a multicast stream. The server provides, to a first set of agents corresponding to a first set of the plurality of hosts, a command to initiate a test multicast stream. The server provides, to a second set of agents corresponding to a second set of the plurality of hosts, a command to join the test multicast stream. The server obtains, from the second set of agents, a message indicating whether the second set of agents received the test multicast stream. If the message indicates that the second set of agents received the test multicast stream, the server causes the virtual applications to be instantiated in accordance with the candidate instantiation of the virtual applications.
US11012249B2	Content feature based video stream subscriptions Disclosed in some examples are devices, systems, methods, and machine-readable mediums which provide for a network-based communication service that allows users in a network-based communication session to subscribe to video streams of the communication session that are of interest by subscribing to content features of those video streams rather than the video streams themselves. Content features may be any object in the video stream that is recognized by applying an image processing algorithm to one or more video frames. Example content features may include recognized users and/or other recognized objects.
US11012246B2	SRAM-based authentication circuit A memory device includes a memory block comprises a plurality of bits, wherein at least a first bit of the plurality of bits presents an initial logic state each time it is powered on; a start-up circuit configured to power on and off the memory block N times, where N is an odd integer greater than 1, and wherein the at least first bit presents an initial state after each respective power cycle of the memory block; and an authentication circuit, coupled to the memory block, and comprising an election engine that is configured to elect an initial state that occurs (N+1)/2 or more times after N power cycles that are performed by the start-up circuit, as a majority initial logic state for the first bit.
US11012244B2	Network node encryption method and apparatus A method for network node encryption is provided. Signals that carry a node encryption request from a client for a network node is received by an apparatus. Subsequently, node data information of the network node according to the node encryption request is acquired by the apparatus. The node data information includes a preset link. Next, an application to a trusted third party for an encryption certificate is transmitted via the apparatus and the application includes the node data information. The trusted third party sends a certificate verification request including a verification file once the application is received to verify an authority to the preset link. The certificate verification request is received and the verification file is stored subsequently. The trusted third party verifies the storing of the verification file and sends an encryption certificate. The encryption certificate is received and deployed on the network node via the apparatus.
US11012238B2	Identity registration method and device The present application provides identity registration and authorization methods using biometric feature information of user. In one example method, a terminal device receives biometric feature information of a user that is to be verified in association with a service processing request. The terminal device can then match the received biometric feature information to be verified with a pre-stored biometric feature of the user, where the pre-stored biometric feature of the user is associated with a corresponding identifier. In response to matching the received biometric feature information to be verified to a particular pre-stored biometric feature of the user, a private key store is searched for a private key associated with the identified of the particular pre-stored biometric feature of the user. In response to determining that no private is associated with the identifier, a user identity of the user is registered with a server.
US11012235B2	Securing data based on randomization Apparatuses, methods, systems, and program products are presented for securing data based on randomization. An apparatus includes a partition module that is configured to partition a data element into a plurality of data segments. An apparatus includes a storage module configured to randomly determine a first set of storage locations for a plurality of data segments such that the data segments are not stored in contiguous storage locations. An apparatus includes a threshold module configured to randomly determine an access threshold for a data element. An access threshold, in certain embodiments, comprises a number of times a data element can be accessed before determining different storage locations for a plurality of data segments, which may be reconstituted in response to a data access. A storage module randomly determines a second set of storage locations for a plurality of data segments in response to an access threshold being satisfied.
US11012233B1	Method for providing authentication service by using decentralized identity and server using the same A method for providing an authentication service by using a decentralized identity (DID) application of a first user device, a mobile device, is provided. The method includes steps of: (a) if a signature verification value is transmitted from a service provider server in response to a DID service requested by a second user device, a DID authentication server transmitting the signature verification value to the DID application so that the DID application transmits a user signature and a user DID to the DID authentication server, and (b) verifying the user signature by using a user public key and transmitting signature verification result information to the service provider server, or transmitting the user signature and the user DID to the service provider server, to allow the service provider server to verify the user signature by using the user public key, to thereby provide the DID service to the second user device.
US11012228B2	Internet of things blockchain interface An Internet of Things (IoT) blockchain interface system facilitates receiving and deploying events from an IoT gateway to a blockchain using the event stack. The system also provides an interface between events that may affect objects on the blockchain from IoT sensors. The system also serves to authenticate IoT events such as sensor data.
US11012226B2	Oscillator calibration structure and method A short-reach data link receiver includes an edge detector configured to generate a pulse on an edge of a data input, a first clock-data recovery path coupled to an output of the edge detector for recovering a clock and data from the output of the edge detector, a second clock-data recovery path coupled to the output of the edge detector for recovering the clock and data from the output of the edge detector, and a controller configured to alternate between the first and second clock-data recovery paths to recover the clock and data using one of the paths while calibrating the other path. The controller may swap the paths whenever calibration of one path is completed. That may include beginning calibration of the next path immediately after swapping of the paths. Alternatively, power consumption may be reduced by delaying calibration of the next path after swapping of the paths.
US11012225B1	Synchronization detection method for NR sidelink A synchronization detection method for new radio (NR) sidelink. In some embodiments, the method includes calculating a first delay compensated input signal, calculating a first correlation value, calculating a first correlation power, calculating a first weighted correlation power, and detecting a synchronization signal. The first delay compensated input signal may be based on an input signal, and an index of a first tap value. The first correlation value may be based on a first candidate sequence and the first delay compensated input signal. The first correlation power may be based on the first correlation value. The first weighted correlation power may be based on a first weighting factor, and the first correlation power. The detecting of the synchronization signal may include using the first weighted correlation power.
US11012224B2	CSI reporting in PUSCH for carrier aggregation Carrier aggregation allows concurrent transmission on multiple component carriers (CC) to increase the data rate. A user equipment (UE) device in a cellular network provides periodic or aperiodic channel state information of the DL channel to a base station (eNB) for each of the aggregated CCs. The UE receives two or more reference signals corresponding to two or more aggregated CCs from an eNB. The UE computes a plurality of channel state information (CSI) reports for each of two or more aggregated CCs derived from the two or more reference signals. The UE receives a positive CSI request from the eNB for a CSI report and transmits CSI feedback to the eNB comprising one or more CSI reports selected from the plurality of CSI reports.
US11012221B2	Method and apparatus for transmitting and receiving radio signals in a wireless communication system The present invention relates to a wireless communication system, and more particularly, to a method and apparatus for receiving information on a number N of a code block group defined for one transport block from a base station through an upper layer signal, receiving a first transport block including a plurality of code blocks from the base station through a physical layer channel, and transmitting HARQ-ACK payload including HARQ-ACK information on the first transport block to the base station. Preferably, a code block-based CRC is attached to each of the code blocks, a transport block-based CRC is attached to the first transport block, and the HARQ-ACK payload includes a plurality of HARQ-ACK bits corresponding to M code block groups for the first transport block.
US11012220B2	Allocation of communication resources for control signals in the uplink The disclosure relates operation where information of at least one selected resource from a pool of resources for control signals in uplink is signalled in downlink. At least one resource is selected from a pool of resources for control signals in the uplink, where after information of the selected at least one resource is signalled in the downlink. Communication of control signals in the uplink by at least one device is facilitated such that at least one non-selected resource from the pool of resources is used in sending of control signals in the uplink. The at least one resource is implicitly derived in accordance with a predefined rule.
US11012213B2	Method for transmitting and receiving DM-RS in wireless communication system and apparatus therefor A method for receiving a downlink signal by a user equipment (UE) from an eNB in a wireless communication system is disclosed. In detail, the method comprises the steps of receiving a downlink control channel from the eNB; and receiving, from the eNB, a downlink data channel and a front loaded reference signal for demodulation of the downlink data channel by using control information included in the downlink control channel, wherein resource elements of symbols to which a front loaded reference signal is received are identified by two multiplexing groups or three multiplexing groups, and the downlink control channel includes information on a multiplexing group, to which the front loaded reference signal is allocated, among the multiplexing groups, and information on the number of multiplexing groups, to which data are not allocated, among the multiplexing groups.
US11012211B2	Method for transmitting reference signal and apparatus using the same A reference signal transmission method performed by at least one base station, the method including: determining a sequence of a reference signal; performing an inverse Fourier transform (IFT) based on the determined sequence of the reference signal; and transmitting a reference signal generated by performing the IFT through a plurality of continuous symbols. The sequence of the reference signal is determined to satisfy a condition that each of at least one subcarrier signal included in the reference signal continues in a boundary between adjacent two symbols.
US11012209B2	Method, device, and system for transmitting and receiving reference signal and data channel in wireless communication system Provided is a wireless communication user equipment that wirelessly communicates. The wireless communication user equipment includes a communication module; and a processor configured to control the communication module. The processor is configured to receive a demodulation reference signal (DM-RS) of data channel and receive the data channel based on the DM-RS of the data channel, wherein a time-frequency resource mapped to the DM-RS is predetermined. When the time-frequency resource mapped to the transmission of the DM-RS of the data channel overlaps with the time-frequency resource mapped to a different purpose from the transmission of the DM-RS, the processor is configured not to receive the DM-RS in a resource element (RE) overlapping with the time-frequency resource mapped to the different purpose in the time-frequency resource mapped to the transmission of the DM-RS. The DM-RS is a reference signal specific to the wireless communication device.
US11012196B2	Base stations, user equipments and a system for wireless communication, as well as the corresponding methods The present disclosure refers to base stations, user equipment and a system for wireless communication, as well as the corresponding wireless communication methods implementing mechanisms enabling fast, reliable and resource efficient retransmissions between a base station and one or a plurality of user equipment. The present disclosure is specifically directed to an uplink unicast case and a downlink multicast case and cooperates a proactive allocation of resources for a retransmission of the initial data in case that the initial data transmission fails, and a new data transmission if the initial data transmission successes.
US11012194B2	Method and device for sidelink data duplication A method and device for sidelink data duplication. The method includes: determining whether a sidelink data packet is to be duplicated based on a sidelink radio bearer on which the sidelink data packet is to be transmitted; performing sidelink data duplication of the sidelink data packet, when it is determined that the sidelink data packet is to be duplicated based on the sidelink radio bearer. Therefore, a solution provides for properly configuring data duplication for sidelink.
US11012184B1	Active taps and distributed gain architecture in a cable network Technologies are directed to active taps and distributed gain architectures in a cable network. In some embodiments, an active tap includes multiple ports, where at least one of the multiple ports can receive radio-frequency (RF) signals from a customer premises equipment (CPE) and/or can transmit RF signals to the CPE. The active tap also can include a switch module and a controller device functionally coupled to the switch module. The controller device can monitor one or several performance metrics defining respective signal attributed. The controller device also can control the operation of the tap device based on a magnitude of a performance metric. The active tap also includes a cable modem that can report magnitudes of performance metric(s) to a network device or a user device. A distributed gain architecture can include any combination of passive taps and active taps functionally coupled to a fiber node in the cable network.
US11012183B2	User terminal and radio communication method The present invention is designed to adequately control the transmission of uplink control information (UCI) using UL control channels. According to the present invention, a user terminal has a transmission section that transmits uplink control information (UCI), and a control section that determines a format of an uplink (UL) control channel that is used to transmit the UCI, from a plurality of formats, including a first format, in which the UCI and a reference signal are frequency-division-multiplexed, and a second format, in which the UCI and the reference signal are time-division-multiplexed.
US11012182B2	Method for measuring interference in next generation communication system and apparatus therefor The present application discloses a method for reporting, by a terminal, channel status information (CSI) to a base station in a wireless communication system. Specifically, the method comprises the steps of: receiving a plurality of non-zero power (NZP) CSI-reference signals (CSI-RSs) from the base station; selecting one NZP CSI-RS on the basis of power received from the plurality of NZP CSI-RSs; measuring interference by removing the selected NZP CSI-RS from a channel determined using the selected NZP CSI-RS; and reporting, to the base station, the CSI including an indicator indicating the selected NZP CSI-RS and information related to the measured interference.
US11012181B2	Transmission apparatus and transmission method A transmission apparatus determines the size of padding data by using the group size of each of a plurality of transmission streams calculated on the basis of a code rate and a modulation scheme that are set for each transmission stream and the number of groups calculated from the size of input transmission data and the group size of the each transmission stream, adds padding data having the determined size to the transmission data, distributes the transmission data and the padding data to generate the plurality of transmission streams, encodes and modulates each of the generated transmission streams with the code rate and the modulation scheme that are set for each transmission stream, converts the modulated transmission streams into radio signals, and transmits the radio signals from a plurality of transmitting antennas.
US11012180B2	Communication device and communication control method [Object] To enable a communication device which has received a response frame to identify a BSS to which a transmitting device of the response frame belongs while ensuring backward compatibility.[Solution] Provided is a communication device that transmits a response frame, including: a generating unit configured to generate the response frame in which information used for identification of a BSS to which the communication device belongs or information used for identification of an own device is included in or after a padding bit specified in IEEE 802.11; and a transmitting unit configured to transmit the response frame.
US11012179B2	Apparatus, system and method of communicating a wireless transmission according to a physical layer scheme Some demonstrative embodiments include apparatuses, devices, systems and methods of communicating a wireless transmission according to a Physical Layer scheme. For example, a wireless station may be configured to generate a frame including a header and a data portion, the header including a modulation and coding scheme (MCS) value of an Orthogonal Frequency Divisional Multiplexing (OFDM) Physical layer (PHY) scheme or a Low Power Single Carrier (LPSC) PHY scheme; modulate and encode the header according to a Single Carrier (SC) PHY scheme; modulate and encode the data portion according to the OFDM PHY scheme or the LPSC PHY scheme; and process transmission of the frame.
US11012178B2	Downlink information transmission method, base station, and user equipment Embodiments of the present invention provide a downlink information transmission method, a base station, and user equipment. The method includes: sending, by a first base station, downlink information by using a first period according to a first pattern; sending, by the first base station, the downlink information by using a second period according to the first pattern, or by using the first period according to a second pattern, or by using a second period according to a second pattern when the first base station determines to change a transmission period and/or a transmission pattern of the downlink information, where the second period is less than the first period, and OFDM symbols occupied by the second pattern are more than OFDM symbols occupied by the first pattern. The present invention is applicable to the field of communications technologies.
US11012177B2	Message and rate based user grouping in non-orthogonal multiple access (NOMA) networks A message and rate based UE grouping system for dense downlink NOMA systems. For example, a network node (e.g., an access point, such as a base station) determines whether a first UE and a second UE should be grouped based on a determination of whether there is overlap between a first message for the first UE and a second message for the second UE.
US11012174B2	Network switch and optical transponder connectivity verification for wavelength division multiplexing network Devices, computer-readable media and methods are disclosed for verifying that an optical transmit/receive device is correctly installed. For example, a processing system including at least one processor may activate a first light source of an optical transmit/receive device of a telecommunication network and detect a receiving of a light from the first light source at a port of an optical add/drop multiplexer of the telecommunication network. The processing system may then verify the optical transmit/receive device and the port of the optical add/drop multiplexer match a network provisioning order, when the receiving of the light from the first light source is detected, and may generate an indication that the optical transmit/receive device is correctly installed, when the optical transmit/receive device and the port of the optical add/drop multiplexer match the network provisioning order.
US11012172B2	Relay device A relay device accumulates received frames that are not determined as a specific frame in a queue and transfers the frames accumulated in the queue one by one according to a predetermined rule. The relay device transfers a received frame that is determined as a specific frame priority to the frames accumulated in the queue without accumulating the specific frame in the queue.
US11012171B2	Deterministic re-multiplexing for DVB SFN networks A method for adding Time Marker Packets, TMPs, comprising Metadata to an MPEG-2 transport stream transmitted via a broadcast network for providing a deterministic transport stream, comprising providing feeds of data from at least one source, where the feeds comprise payload packets being referenced by a common 1 PPS reference, and where the feeds are input to at least one multiplexer, MUX; providing Time Marker Packets, TMPs, as input to each multiplexer, where each TMP comprises a plurality of time stamps per second measured relative to said 1 PPS reference, and each TMP has a value representing an Absolute Program Clock Reference, APCR, at the time of transmission, where the APCR is based on the Epoch time, and where the TMP packet further comprises PCR, OPCR locked to said 1 PPS and UTC leap seconds. The invention is further defined by a device for executing said method, as well as a method for coding a deterministic transport stream in a Single Frequency Network, SFN, and a device for executing this method.
US11012170B2	Method and apparatus for measuring interference amount The present disclosure provides a method for measuring an amount of interference from an antenna, the method comprising the operations of: receiving at least on reference symbol; calculating a reference symbol NI, which is the antenna-related noise interference (NI) in the at least one reference symbol, on the basis of the at least one reference symbol; receiving at least one data symbol; calculating a data symbol NI, which is the antenna-related NI in the data symbol, on the basis of the at least one data symbol; calculating an NI ratio of the antenna which is the ratio of the data symbol NI relative to the reference symbol NI; and determining an antenna weight of the antenna on the basis of the NI ratio.
US11012169B2	Method of impulse noise monitoring for time division duplexing systems A transceiver and associated method an impulse noise monitoring (INM) tool configured to identify a data stream that includes i) data transmission units (DTUs) communicating data symbols, ii) non-data symbols, and iii) non-transmission time. The INM tool is configured to ascertain an impulse noise (IN) event of the incoming data stream by evaluating a count, a frequency, a pattern, a group, or a sequence of corrupted DTUs and selected non-data symbols or non-transmission time that are proximate in time to the corrupted DTUs.
US11012167B2	Device and method for detecting signal power A receiving device comprises a first receiving circuit, for receiving a plurality of signals and comparing a plurality of signal powers of the plurality of signals with a first threshold, to generate a first plurality of comparison results; a second receiving circuit, for receiving the plurality of signals and comparing the plurality of signal powers of the plurality of signals with a second threshold, to generate a second plurality of comparison results, wherein the first threshold is smaller than the second threshold; and a control circuit, coupled to the first receiving circuit and the second receiving circuit, for determining whether an average signal power of the plurality of signals is greater than a reference power according to the first plurality of comparison results and the second plurality of comparison results, to generate a determination result.
US11012164B2	Systems and methods for radio frequency head validation via antenna coupling or signal reflection An electronic device has multiple transmitters to transmit multiple signals. The electronic device also has a receiver to receive a signal. Moreover, the electronic device has a memory to store instructions and a processor to execute the instructions. The instructions cause the processor to send a test transmission signal from a transmitter of the multiple of transmitters, receive the test transmission signal at the receiver, and determine a gain of the test transmission signal. In response to determining that the gain is within a threshold range of an initial gain, the instructions cause the processor to send an indication that the receiver is operating as expected.
US11012159B2	Phased-array radio frequency receiver A method of RF signal processing comprises receiving an incoming RF signal at each of a plurality of antenna elements that are arranged in a first pattern. The received RF signals from each of the plurality of antenna elements are modulated onto an optical carrier to generate a plurality of modulated signals that each have at least one sideband. The modulated signals are directed along a corresponding plurality of optical channels with outputs arranged in a second pattern corresponding to the first pattern. A composite optical signal is formed using light emanating from the outputs of the plurality of optical channels. Non-spatial information contained in at least one of the received RF signals is extracted from the composite signal.
US11012158B2	Active optical cable An active optical cable is disclosed. According to the present disclosure, there is provided an active optical cable, having no complicated structure by obviating the need for a separate monitoring photodetector as was used for a typical optical transceiver, increasing light output-current linearity to improve optical coupling efficiency, generating a library of transmission/reception-related electro-optical characteristics of both optical modules so as to enable light outputted from a light source included in an optical transmitter to maintain high linearity over a wide range of temperatures, thereby reducing power consumption, and being applicable to a multi-level PAM technique involving at least four (4) levels.
US11012156B1	Hybrid electrical/optical data/power cabling system A hybrid electrical/optical data/power cabling system includes a pair of cable connectors and an elongated cable base extending between the cable connectors. A first hybrid electrical/optical data/power wire extends through the elongated cable base and is connected to each of the cable connectors. A first power transmission layer in the first hybrid electrical/optical data/power wire is configured to transmit power between the cable connectors, and a first optical data signal transmission layer included in the first hybrid electrical/optical data/power wire is configured to transmit optical data signals between the cable connectors. In some examples, the first power transmission layer may include a tubular cylindrical power transmission layer, and the first optical data signal transmission layer may include a tubular optical data signal transmission layer that is positioned within the tubular cylindrical power transmission layer.

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