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US11089721B2	Component supply system A loose component supply device in which a stage on which components are scattered is imaged by an imaging device and the area of the stage imaged by the imaging device is divided into 20×20 blocks. A difference value between first imaging data that is imaging data of the stage without any components loaded and second imaging data that is imaging data of the stage after component supply has been started and components replenished onto the stage is calculated for each block. If the difference value is equal to or greater than a threshold value, it is determined that a component is present in the block, and if it is determined that the quantity of blocks for which it is determined that a component is present is equal to or less than a set quantity, components are replenished to the stage.
US11089720B2	Heat extraction system for a computing equipment enclosure A heat extraction system for an enclosure comprises heat pipes having an evaporating reference temperature and a condensing reference temperature lower than the evaporating reference temperature, an evaporator portion and a condenser portion. The heat extraction system includes a support frame adapted for connection to the enclosure. The support frame is arranged with respect to the heat pipes such that, when the support frame is connected to the enclosure, the evaporator portion is thermally coupled to the at least one computer and the condenser portion is thermally coupled to a surrounding environment of the enclosure. The heat pipes are arranged with respect to the enclosure so as to transfer thermal energy from the enclosure to the surrounding environment when an interior temperature of the enclosure is greater than the evaporating reference temperature and an exterior temperature of the surrounding environment is less than the condensing reference temperature.
US11089717B2	Reconfigurable storage thermal dissipation A storage device includes a bottom surface, a plurality of sides, and a top surface. The top surface integrally couples to the plurality of sides. The bottom surface, the plurality of sides, and the top surface form an outer surface of the storage device. The top surface, when coupled to the bottom surface, contacts one or more internal components of the storage device. The top surface comprises a plurality of finned ridges and a smooth continuous mounting surface. The plurality of finned ridges protrudes away from the outer surface of the storage device. The plurality of finned ridges is formed to direct heat away from the storage device. The smooth continuous mounting surface is configured to accept attachment of a thermal dissipation module.
US11089716B2	Cage with an attached heatsink A transceiver assembly includes a cage and a heatsink. The cage includes first and second spaced apart walls and a third wall that spans the first and second walls. The third wall defines an opening, and the third wall includes two spring arms that each extend into the opening. The heatsink includes a heatsink body including a first surface and a protrusion that extends from the first surface of the heatsink body and a pair of spring-arm receivers positioned on the first surface of the heatsink body. Each of the pair of spring-arm engagement portions is configured to engage with a corresponding one of the two spring arms of the cage when the heatsink is attached to the cage.
US11089715B2	Cooling chassis design for server liquid cooling of electronic racks of a data center An electronic rack includes a number of server chassis arranged in a stack. Each server chassis includes one or more servers and each server includes one or more processors. The electronic rack further includes a number of cooling chassis corresponding to the server chassis. Each cooling chassis is configured to provide liquid cooling to the processors of the server chassis. The cooling chassis includes a cooling module having one or more cooling devices arranged and positioned vertical aligned with the processors of the corresponding server chassis to extract the heat generated from the processors. The cooling chassis further includes a cooling unit coupled to the cooling modules to form a cooling loop to circulate the cooling liquid between the cooling devices and the cooling unit to cool the cooling liquid carrying the heat extracted from the cooling devices. A natural convection cooling loop is assembled and adapted on the cooling chassis.
US11089712B2	Ventilated shield can A device cooling system disclosed herein includes a ventilated shield can coupled to a printed circuit board assembly. The ventilated shield can includes a first side surface with input holes and a second side surface with output holes. The ventilated shield can is positioned related to a predefined airflow path such that the input holes and the output holes facilitate airflow along the predefined airflow path through the ventilated shield can in a direction substantially parallel to the PCBA while the shield can encases and shields at least one electrical component from RF radiation at a target shield frequency.
US11089707B2	Computing system, apparatus and electrical components thereof Embodiments disclosed herein provide an apparatus to enable smooth and safe assembly of functional modules to computer chassis. The apparatus includes a chassis and a pair of racks mounted to the chassis. Each rack has a plurality of gear teeth formed thereon. A module having a housing is slidably coupled to the chassis and disposed between the pair of racks. A pair of gear pinions are rotatably mounted to the housing and meshed to the gear teeth of one of the racks. A damping member is coupled between each gear pinion and the housing. A sliding movement of the housing relative to the chassis rotates the pair of gear pinions to roll over along the gear teeth. During the sliding movement of the housing, the damping member exerts a resistance force against the housing, to reduce the movement speed of the housing.
US11089703B2	Power converter A power converter includes a tubular housing having an accommodation space, a first and a second openings. A power module is disposed in the accommodation space and includes a circuit board and a first fastening portion. A bottom cover is formed with a second fastening portion and first bumps, and the bottom cover is pre-positioned on the tubular housing through the second fastening portion engaged with the first fastening portion. A bottom cover is bonded to the first opening through melting the first bumps by ultrasonic welding. A power cable is inserted through the bottom cover and electrically connected to the circuit board. A power socket is coupled to the second opening.
US11089700B2	Display device A display device includes: a display panel, a back cover which supports the display panel on a rear surface of the display panel; at least one flexible film which is electrically connected to one end of the display panel and is on one surface of the back cover; a printed circuit board which is electrically connected to the at least one flexible film and on one surface of the back cover; and a roller on which the display panel and the back cover are wound or unwound, the roller being configured by a first flat portion, a second flat portion, and a curved portion. When the display panel and the back cover are fully wound around the roller, the at least one flexible film corresponds to the first flat portion, and the printed circuit board corresponds to the second flat portion.
US11089699B2	Rollable display Disclosed is a rollable display, which prevents slippage between a flexible display panel and a back plate attached to the flexible display panel for supporting the same. The rollable display has a feature in different patterns of the back plate for each area. In addition, the rollable display has a feature in that a display unit is foldable and non-foldable via a link unit so as not to be folded or rolled multiple times in the same direction.
US11089693B2	PCB structure with a silicone layer as adhesive A flexible printed circuit board includes a substrate that is made of a non-metal; a first modified silicone cured layer that is provided on and in contact with the substrate and that includes a first silicone material that is cured; a metal layer that is made of at least one metal; a second modified silicone cured layer that is provided on and in contact with the metal layer and that includes a second silicone material that is cured; and a silicone adhesive layer disposed between and in contact with the first modified silicone cured layer and the second modified silicone cured layer and that includes an adhesive silicone material that is cured by being thermally polymerized after lamination thereof between the first modified silicone cured layer and the second modified silicone cured layer. Lamination of the cured modified-silicone-coated substrate and the cured modified-silicone-coated metal layer with the silicone adhesive layer improves adhesion and reduces delamination.
US11089692B2	Catalytic ink comprising metallic material made from diamminesilver hydroxide, and uses thereof A catalyst for a catalytic ink includes a support particle and a metallic material supported on the support particle. The metallic material is diamminesilver hydroxide, a silver salt, a palladium salt, a gold salt, chloroauric acid, or combinations thereof. A catalytic ink obtained from the catalyst and use of the same to fabricate a conductive circuit are also disclosed.
US11089690B2	Method for depositing a functional material on a substrate A method for depositing a functional material on a substrate is disclosed. An optically transparent plate having a first surface and a second surface with one or more wells is provided. After coating the second surface with a thin layer of light-absorbing material, the wells are filled with a functional material. The plate is then irradiated with a pulsed light to heat the layer of light-absorbing material in order to generate gas at an interface between the layer of light-absorbing material and the functional material to release the functional material from the wells onto a receiving substrate located adjacent to the plate.
US11089687B2	Additive manufacturing technology (AMT) low profile signal divider A method of manufacturing a power divider circuit includes milling a conductive material disposed upon a first substrate to form a signal trace. The signal trace includes a division from a single trace to two arm traces, with each of the two arm traces having a proximal end electrically connected to the single trace and a distal end electrically connected to each of two secondary traces. The method further includes depositing a resistive ink between the two distal ends to form a resistive electrical connection between the two arm traces, bonding a second substrate to the first substrate to substantially encapsulate the traces between the first substrate and the second substrate, and milling through at least one of the first substrate or the second substrate to provide access to at least one of the traces. A signal divider is further disclosed.
US11089681B2	Interposer and electronic device including the same According to an embodiment, an interposer structure comprises a top surface, a bottom surface facing away from the top surface; an inner sidewall extending from the top surface to the bottom surface, and forming an inner space accommodating one or more electronic components mounted on a circuit board of an electronic device; and an outer sidewall extending from the top surface to the bottom surface, and facing away from the inner sidewall, wherein the outer sidewall includes: a first area having a conductive member formed from the top surface to the bottom surface; and a second area having a conductive member formed from the top surface to a first position and a non-conductive member formed from the first position to the bottom surface.
US11089676B2	Multi-layered fabrication processing A multi-layered electronic device including two or more stacked metal conducting layers, a dielectric layer disposed between metal conducting layers, and at least one electrical connection extending between contact pads of metal conducting layers and through a through hole of the dielectric layer is provided. A system including at least one multi-layered electronic device, a satellite coupled to at least one multi-layered electronic device, and a controller hub electrically connected to the multi-layered electronic device via the satellite is also provided. A method of manufacturing the multi-layered electronic device including forming first and second first metal conducting layers, depositing a dielectric layer adjacent to the metal conducting layers, and connecting the metal conducting layers is also provided.
US11089675B2	Tamper sensor A tamper sensor that includes a substrate and a conductive layer placed on the substrate. The tamper sensor also includes an insulation layer that is stacked on the conductive layer to form a layered tamper circuit. In addition, the substrate of the tamper sensor is the only substrate of the tamper sensor.
US11089674B2	Wiring substrate and method for manufacturing wiring substrate A wiring substrate includes a substrate including conductor layers and core insulating layers, and a laminate including insulating layers and conductor layers such that the conductor layers include first layer including first line pattern. The laminate includes first strip line including the first pattern, a pair of interlayer insulating layers sandwiching the first pattern, and a pair of conductor layers sandwiching the interlayer layers, the conductor layers in the substrate include second layer including second line pattern such that the substrate includes second strip line including the second pattern, a pair of core insulating layers sandwiching the second pattern, and a pair of conductor layers sandwiching the core insulating layers, and the pair of core insulating layers is thicker than the pair of interlayer layers, the second pattern is thicker than the first pattern, and line width of the second pattern is larger than line width of the first pattern.
US11089672B1	Radiation beam window assembly comprising fiber bound core panels and methods for the same A radiation beam window assembly may include a substrate and a spacer panel comprising a rigid low-density core with first and second fiber skins disposed on opposing surfaces of the foam core and a central opening disposed completely through the spacer panel and disposed over the substrate. A beam window panel may comprise a rigid low-density foam core comprising first and second fiber skins disposed on opposing surfaces of the foam core. The beam window panel may further include a cathode formed over the first fiber skin and aligned with the central opening of the spacer panel. A channel may be formed completely around a perimeter of the cathode, and the second fiber skin may comprise a ground ring. A pressure plate may be disposed over the beam window panel and mechanically coupled to the substrate, the pressure plate comprising a conductive layer configured to be electrically grounded with the ground ring.
US11089668B2	Device for treating a surface with a dielectric barrier plasma A device for treating a surface with a dielectric harrier plasma, wherein the surface functions as a counterelectrode, has an electrically insulating housing and a housing head. A rotatable electrode connected to a high-voltage feed line is shielded by a dielectric and protrudes out of the housing head. The configuration has fundamentally unrestricted movement of the electrode over the surface to be treated in that the electrode has rotary bearing elements which are arranged in a center axis and a rotation axis is at an angle to the center axis.
US11089665B2	Lighting system and a lighting method A lighting system has a controller which receives input information from physiological sensors associated with users in the area illuminated by the lighting system. Anxiety is detected of a user or users when in or approaching a particular region of the area, and the lighting is changed to reduce the anxiety. In this way, lighting changes only need to be made when there is a need based on the response of the particular users. The system thus 5 enables energy savings as well as more stable lighting conditions.
US11089658B2	Heating element The present invention relates to a wet planar heating element and a method manufacturing the same. The element including: a planar heating unit including an upper waterproof film layer, a lower waterproof film layer, a planar heating layer, and an electrode layer; an external waterproof film layer; and a non-woven fabric layer. According to the present invention, it is possible to minimize leakage current due to pores of a non-woven fabric substrate and a low dielectric constant of air in air pockets, thereby solving problems that an earth leakage circuit breaker operates. Accordingly, wet construction can be performed, power consumption can be reduced, and an electrical fire risk can be remarkably lowered. In addition, it is possible to improve flexibility of the planar heating element, whereby the use of the planar heating element can be expanded and the efficiency of the construction work can be increased.
US11089655B1	Safety circuits for electric heating element A system controller such as a microprocessor receives voltage signals produced from a resistor identifying the functional or nonfunctional operating state of a power switch which controls the amount of power provided to a load in an electrical system. The resistor is also used to provide voltage signals representing the temperature of a heating element of the type used in heating pads and heating blankets. The functional or nonfunctional operating state of a safety switch in a safety circuit capable of blowing a fuse and cutting power to the load is periodically tested to ensure the safety of the electrical system.
US11089654B2	Universal narrow-band internet of things communication node for use with environmental sensors and stations Various arrangements involving environmental sensor gateways are presented. Wire terminals of the environmental sensor gateway may be connected with wires that are electrically connected with environmental sensors. Multiple communication interface protocols used by the environmental sensors connected via the wires may be determined. One or more operator-specific applications may be executed. Each operator-specific application may be mapped to a corresponding environmental sensor. Environmental sensor measurements may be received from the environmental sensors via the wire terminals. Based on a wire terminal through which an environmental sensor measurement is received, the environmental sensor measurement may be processed using an operator-specific application. The environmental sensor measurement may be processed using the operator-specific application.
US11089648B2	User terminal for executing dual connectivity A user terminal according to an embodiment is capable of executing dual connectivity. The user terminal comprises: a controller configured to execute the dual connectivity in which a first base station configured to establish an RRC connection with the user terminal and a second base station configured to provide an additional radio resource are used; and a transmitter configured to preferentially transmit, if a radio link failure is detected between the user terminal and the first base station, to the second base station, an RRC reestablishment request for reestablishing the RRC connection.
US11089647B1	Use of UE power class and quantity of access-node receive antennas as basis to control configuration of dual-connectivity service A method and system for controlling configuration of dual-connectivity service for a user equipment device (UE), where the dual-connectivity service would involve the UE being served concurrently by a first access node over a first connection according to a first radio access technology (RAT) and by a second access node over a second connection according to a second RAT. An example method includes selecting the second access node to be used in the dual-connectivity service of the UE, with the selecting being based cooperatively on (i) a power class of the UE and (ii) a quantity of receive antennas of the second access node. And the example method further includes, based on the selecting, configuring the dual-connectivity service for the UE.
US11089646B2	Communication apparatus, method for controlling communication apparatus and non-transitory computer-readable storage medium A communication apparatus capable of communicating with a master base station and a secondary base station, after it is decided, in a case where a radio resource control (RRC) state of the apparatus is Inactive state, where the apparatus is disconnected in a physical layer and is connected in a logical layer, to cause the RRC state to transit from the Inactive state to Connected state, where the apparatus is connected in the physical layer and the logical layer, executes processing for connecting with the master base station and the secondary base station, and in a case where the processing for connecting with the master base station or the secondary base station fails, causes the RRC state to transit to Idle state, where the apparatus is connected in neither the physical layer nor the logical layer.
US11089645B2	Resource scheduling method and apparatus, and base station The present invention discloses a resource scheduling method and apparatus, and a base station. The method is applied to a dual connectivity scenario, in the dual connectivity scenario, a terminal respectively establishes a communication connection with a master serving base station and a slave serving base station, the method is applied to the master serving base station, and the method includes: obtaining terminal capability information, wherein the terminal capability information includes basic capability information and dynamic capability information; and sending the terminal capability information to the slave serving base station, so that the slave serving base station determines terminal resources to be scheduled on request according to the terminal capability information.
US11089643B2	Adaptive on-demand tethering A device that implements adaptive on-demand tethering may include at least one processor circuit. The at least one processor circuit may be configured to monitor at least a first connection quality value associated with a first network connection of the device to a network. The at least one processor circuit may be further configured to receive information regarding a second connection quality value associated with a second network connection of another device. The at least one processor circuit may be further configured to initiate a tethering connection with the another device based at least in part on a comparison of the first connection quality value and the second connection quality value. The at least one processor circuit may be further configured to connect to the network through the second network connection of the another device via the tethering connection based at least in part on the comparison.
US11089638B2	Mobile device and electronic device for wireless communication, and operation methods thereof A mobile device, electronic device, and operation methods thereof are provided. The mobile device includes a communication interface; a memory storing one or more instructions; and a processor configured to execute the one or more instructions stored in the memory to: connect through the communication interface to an electronic device to be wirelessly connected to an access point (AP), obtain an AP list including one or more APs to each of which the mobile device has a history of being connected, identify one or more APs selected from the AP list having the connection history as candidate APs and create a candidate AP list including information about the identified one or more candidate APs, and transmit, to the electronic device, the candidate AP list and information about a home AP indicating an AP to which the mobile device is currently connected.
US11089637B2	Communication method in Internet of Things environment and system thereof A communication method in an Internet of Things environment is for transmitting an outgoing message to the Internet. The communication method includes a device status acquiring step, a switch process determining step and a message transmitting step. The device status acquiring step is performed to obtain a signal connecting status between a demand device and a first base station. The switch process determining step is performed to determine whether a switch process of the demand device is activated according to the signal connecting status. In response to determining that the switch process of the demand device is activated, establishing a first communication path to connect the demand device, a target device, a second base station, and the Internet. The message transmitting step is performed to transmit the outgoing message from the demand device to the Internet via one of the first communication path and the second communication path.
US11089631B2	Apparatus and method for performing a random access The present disclosure provide a method for performing a random access by a user equipment (UE), the method including; receiving a random access response (RAR); transmitting at least one Msg3 corresponding to a beam reciprocity capability of the UE.
US11089629B2	Random access method, device, and equipment A random access method, device, and equipment are disclosed. The method includes: receiving, by a network node, a random access request, wherein the random access request comprises a preamble and a first data block; and sending, by the network node, a random access response.
US11089624B2	Method and apparatus for allocating uplink resources A method and an apparatus for allocating uplink resources includes transmitting an uplink grant (UL Grant) for an unlicensed component carrier (UCC) to a plurality of terminals, wherein the UL Grant for a first terminal among the plurality of terminals includes a resource allocation information in which a transmission timing of the uplink data of a second terminal among the plurality of terminals is considered.
US11089622B2	Supporting scheduling plan indications A base station central unit (CU) may receive a measurement report from one or more user equipments (UEs). The CU may identify a scheduling plan indication (SPI) for one or more scheduling nodes in a network, based at least in part on the received measurement reports. The SPI may specify a pattern of scheduling states, over a period of time, to be used by the one or more scheduling nodes to schedule communication resources for one or more UEs in the network. The scheduling states may (e.g., based on an interference profile determined from the received measurement reports) specify UEs or other communication resources for transmission scheduling decisions made by the scheduling nodes, or may specify beam patterns for beamforming procedures performed by the scheduling nodes. In some cases, the scheduling nodes may identify tentative SPIs, which the CU may pass amongst other scheduling nodes for distributed scheduling coordination schemes.
US11089621B2	Method and device for sending and receiving signals on the basis of competition-based non-orthogonal multiple access scheme According to an embodiment of the present invention, a method is disclosed for transmitting a signal on the basis of a competition-based non-orthogonal multiple access scheme, by means of a terminal in a wireless communication system. At this time, the method for transmitting a signal comprises: a step of transmitting a first codeword on the basis of the competition-based NoMA scheme; a step of receiving a negative response to the first codeword transmission from a base station; a step of selecting a second codeword, taking into account a magnitude vector and a correlation of the first codeword; and a step of transmitting the selected second codeword on the basis of the competition-based NoMA scheme.
US11089620B2	Method and apparatus for transmitting feedback information A method and apparatus for transmitting feedback information are provided. The method comprises: a terminal device receives first downlink data, the first downlink data being borne in a first time-domain resource unit in a first time-domain resource set, the first time-domain resource set comprising at least one time-domain resource unit; the terminal device determines transmitting feedback information for the first downlink data in a second time-domain resource unit according to a location of the first time-domain resource unit in the first time-domain resource set.
US11089611B2	Transmission of ultra-reliable low-latency communications (URLLC) over time division duplex (TDD) using a URLLC configuration for a TDD subframe Techniques for transmission of Ultra-Reliable Low-Latency Communications (URLLC) data over Time Division Duplex (TDD) using a URLLC configuration for a TDD subframe are disclosed. The techniques include determining that data scheduled for transmission using a TDD band over a TDD subframe includes Ultra-Reliable Low-Latency Communications (URLLC) data, and in response, utilizing a URLLC subframe configuration for the TDD subframe. The URLLC subframe configuration includes downlink intervals and uplink intervals.
US11089610B2	Method and device to provide a coexistence mechanism for two different wireless communication technologies on a shared frequency range A method for operating a network infrastructure-side network unit of a cell-based wireless communication network includes: predicting a piece of cell-related occupancy information of sidelink resources of a sidelink channel in an unlicensed frequency range; receiving a scheduling request message from a roadside network unit for the sidelink channel on an uplink channel; ascertaining a scheduling grant message for the roadside network unit based on the predicted cell-related occupancy information, the scheduling grant message including an assignment of at least one sidelink resource of the sidelink channel to the roadside network unit; and sending the scheduling grant information to the roadside network unit on a downlink channel.
US11089605B2	Scheduling energy harvesting nodes in a wireless sensor networks A system and method for optimizing power consumption of energy harvesting nodes in a wireless sensor network. In one embodiment, a system includes a network coordinator. The network coordinator includes a wireless transceiver and a controller. The wireless transceiver is configured to provide access to the wireless sensor network. The controller is configured to determine whether a wireless device that is wirelessly communicating with the network coordinator is powered via energy harvesting. The controller is also configured to schedule, based on a determination that the wireless device is powered via energy harvesting, the wireless device to communicate via the wireless sensor network using a priority timeslot of a superframe of the wireless sensor network. The priority timeslot is a timeslot occurring in an initial portion of the superframe.
US11089597B2	User terminal and radio communication method The present invention is designed so that communication is performed properly when contention-based UL transmission is used. A user terminal has a transmission section that transmits a first reference signal and a UL data signal, without a UL transmission indication from a radio base station, and a control section that controls generation of the first reference signal by using code resource associated with the user terminal, and the control section controls generation of the first reference signal by using more code resources than code resources that can be used for a second reference signal that is transmitted with the UL data signal in response to the UL transmission indication.
US11089596B2	Method for transmitting date and terminal device This application provides a method for transmitting data and a terminal device. The method includes: receiving, by a terminal device, first control information transmitted by a network device, where the first control information includes identity information of at least one uplink beam, and the first control information is used to indicate whether the at least one uplink beam is valid; and if the first control information indicates that the at least one uplink beam is valid, determining, by the terminal device, that the at least one uplink beam is valid in preset duration; or if the first control information indicates that the at least one uplink beam is invalid, skipping, by the terminal device, transmitting data in the at least one uplink beam.
US11089590B2	Beam configuration method and apparatus The present disclosure relates to beam configuration methods and apparatus. One example method include receiving, by a terminal, beam configuration information from a network device, where the beam configuration information is used to instruct the terminal to transmit a signal by using a first beam, and transmitting, by the terminal, the signal by using at least the first beam when a first preset duration starting from a time point expires, where the first time point is a time point at which the terminal sends an acknowledgement (ACK) message for the beam configuration information to the network device.
US11089585B2	Transmission structure and access for a radio system A wireless device receives one or more messages from a base station. The one or more messages comprise configuration parameters of a cell. The configuration parameters indicate: a plurality of slot format combinations of the cell; a channel occupancy time (COT) radio network temporary identifier (RNTI); and an index of a field in a downlink control information (DCI) for the cell. The DCI scrambled by the COT-RNTI is received. A COT structure, for the cell, is determined based on one of the plurality of slot format combinations indicated by the field in the DCI associated with the index. A transport block is transmitted, via the cell, on uplink resources according to the COT structure.
US11089584B2	Quasi-colocation of system access and control signals According to some embodiments, a method for use in a network node comprises: determining a quasi-colocation (QCL) status between a reference signal (e.g., initial access signal such as system synchronization block (SSB), or a tracking reference signal (TRS)) and a control signal (e.g., a paging signal, a random access response (RAR), or a channel such as physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) or physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH)); and signaling the QCL status to a wireless device. A method for use in a wireless device may comprise: receiving a QCL status between a reference signal and a control signal; receiving the reference signal; estimating one or more signal parameters based on the received reference signal; and when the reference signal and the control signal are QCL, receiving the control signal using the estimated signal parameters to optimize reception of the control signal.
US11089578B2	RLC layer status report control PDU transmitting method and related device A method for transmitting an RLC layer status report control PDU is provided, which includes: receiving, by a user equipment, configuration information sent by a network device, wherein the configuration information includes at least one control PDU format; selecting, by the user equipment, a control PDU format from the at least one control PDU format to generate a status report control PDU, and reporting the status report control PDU. A related device is also provided.
US11089577B2	Channelization for uplink transmissions A method of wireless communication may include transmitting an uplink slot with a first control region, a second control region, and (e.g., optionally) a data region. Each region may include time resources and frequency resources. Transmitting the uplink slot may include transmitting the first control region in an earlier part of the uplink slot and transmitting the second control region (e.g., and the data region) in a later part of the uplink slot. The first control region may include time-critical control information and the second control region may include non-time-critical control information. A receiver receiving the uplink slot may receive the first control region before receiving the data region and the second control region.
US11089576B2	Sidelink resource scheduling method, apparatus, and system A sidelink resource scheduling method includes receiving, by first user equipment, a first message from a network server, where the first message includes first information allocated by the network server to at least one second user equipment, and the first information indicates a data channel sidelink resource corresponding to the second user equipment, determining, by the first user equipment based on the first message, a second message corresponding to the at least one second user equipment, and sending the second message corresponding to the at least one second user equipment to the corresponding second user equipment, where the second message includes the first information.
US11089575B2	Multi-carrier enhancements for improving reliability in URLLC-U In various aspects, a base station and user equipment (UE) exchange an indication of UE capabilities and a monitoring schedule for the UE to monitor an integer M frequency band partitions for a predetermined signal. The base station performs one or more successful clear carrier assessments (CCAs) on an integer N frequency band partitions of the M frequency band partitions, wherein N
US11089574B2	User terminal, radio base station and radio communication method The present invention is designed to optimize the uplink access procedure even when the band to use is limited to partial narrow bands in a system band. A user terminal, in which the band to use is limited to a partial narrow band in a system band, has a receiving section that receives system information that includes indication information of an uplink carrier frequency, from a radio base station, as system information for narrow bands, which is different from system information for the system band, and a transmission section that transmits a random access preamble to the radio base station in one of a plurality of narrow bands that are specified by the indication information of the uplink carrier frequency.
US11089573B2	Transmitter and receiver for multiple channel operation A transmitter for transmitting data to a receiver in a wireless local area network communication system, including: a candidate channel determination unit configured to determine a candidate channel list including at least one channel being available for transmission at the transmitter; a transmitting unit for transmitting a request packet including the candidate channel list; and a receiving unit for receiving at least one response packet via at least one selected channel included in the candidate channel list from at least one receiver in response to the request packet, the at least one selected channel being available for reception at the at least one receiver; wherein the transmitting unit is configured to transmit a data packet to the receiver via the at least one selected channel after receiving the response packet.
US11089571B2	Method for performing a RAN based paging and device supporting the same Provided are a method of performing a RAN based paging a device supporting the method. According to one embodiment of the present disclosure, a method for performing a RAN based paging in a wireless communication system includes: receiving a message, which includes paging related information and information indicating that a user equipment (UE) enters a radio resource control (RRC) inactive state, from a master node (MN); receiving a downlink (DL) data from a core network; and performing the RAN based paging for the UE by using the paging related information.
US11089568B2	Method, network device, and base station for paging narrowband terminal Embodiments of the present invention disclose a method, a network device, and a base station for paging a narrowband terminal, where the method includes: determining a first paging message for paging a narrowband terminal; sending the first paging message including a radio capability of the narrowband terminal to a base station, so that the base station obtains the radio capability of the narrowband terminal and transmits a second paging message according to the radio capability of the narrowband terminal. In the embodiments of the present invention, after it is determined that a first paging message is used to page a narrowband terminal, because the radio capability of the narrowband terminal is added in the first paging message, a base station is allowed to transmit a second paging message according to the radio capability of the narrowband terminal.
US11089567B2	Communication system, base station, host node, and communication method An object of the present invention is to provide a communication system, a base station, a host node, and a communication method in order to address one or more of the above-described problems. A communication system according to the present invention is a communication system including: a base station (10) and a host node (40) that communicates with the base station (10). The base station (10) included in the communication system transmits to the host node (40) setting information indicating whether or not a paging message transmitted from the host node (40) can be transmitted to other base stations, and the host node (40) receives the setting information from the base station (10).
US11089566B1	Communication device, information processing method, and storage medium A communication device includes: a plurality of wireless communication sections, each configured to be capable of wirelessly transmitting and receiving a signal to and from another communication device; and a control section configured to detect a specific element with regard to each of a plurality of correlation computation results that are obtained by correlating a first signal that is transmitted from the other communication device and that includes change in amplitude with respective second signals obtained when the plurality of wireless communication sections receive the first signal, calculate a reliability parameter that is an indicator indicating whether the detected specific element is appropriate for a processing target, and control a positional parameter determination process on the basis of the reliability parameter, the positional parameter determination process being a process of estimating a positional parameter indicating a position of the other communication device on the basis of the detected specific element.
US11089563B2	5G-signal-based DOA fingerprint-based positioning method A 5G-signal-based DOA fingerprint-based positioning method includes the following steps: dividing an initial area into a number of micro-cells, and estimating angle information of reference points in the divided micro-cells; storing the angle information of the reference point of each micro-cell and position information of the each micro-cell in a fingerprint database, and updating the angle information in the fingerprint database at regular intervals; wherein when there is a target in the initial area, estimating angle information of the target; matching the angle information of the target with the angle information in the fingerprint database to determine a micro-cell where the target is located to obtain position information of the target, so as to locate the target.
US11089559B2	Synchronization processing method and apparatus, and device A synchronization processing method, including sending, in a first time unit, by a network device, a first synchronization signal having one or more first beams to a terminal device, and sending, in a second time unit, a second synchronization signal having one or more second beams to the terminal device. The first synchronization signal and the second synchronization signal cause the terminal device to determine, according to the first synchronization signal and the second synchronization signal, an optimal transmit beam of the network device for the terminal device from the one or more first beam and the one or more second beams, and further to determine a time sequence in which the optimal transmit beam is located. A time offset corresponding to each first beam and second beams is different, and is a difference between a time sequence of the beams and a time sequence of the second beams.
US11089556B2	Physical random access channel enhanced transmission method, network device, and terminal A physical random access channel enhanced transmission method, a network device, and a terminal are disclosed, where implementation of the terminal is used as an example, and the terminal includes: a processor, configured to determine level information of physical random access channel PRACH enhanced transmission; and to determine a first characteristic parameter that is of PRACH enhanced transmission and that is related to the determined level information of PRACH enhanced transmission, where the first characteristic parameter includes transmit power and a preamble format; and a transmitter, configured to perform PRACH enhanced sending according to the first characteristic parameter determined by the processor.
US11089554B2	Apparatus and method for controlling uplink transmission power in wireless communication system The present disclosure relates to a pre-5th-Generation (5G) or 5G communication system to be provided for supporting higher data rates Beyond 4th-Generation (4G) communication system such as Long Term Evolution (LTE). A method for operating a terminal in a wireless communication system may comprise the steps of: receiving a first signal by using a first number of antennas during a first downlink interval; receiving a second signal by using a second number of antennas during a second downlink interval; and transmitting a third signal by using the second number of antennas during an uplink interval, with output power compensated on the basis of the first signal and the second signal.
US11089553B2	Power controlling method, apparatus and terminal Embodiments of the present application provide a power controlling method, an apparatus and a terminal, including: receiving, by a terminal, first configuration information sent by a network device; and determining N SRS resources for a non-codebook-based uplink transmission based on the first configuration information, where the terminal supports simultaneous transmissions of M SRS resources; and if a value of the N is not divisible by the M, determining, by the terminal, P/M to be a transmitting power corresponding to each SRS resource based on a total transmitting power P of an SRS; or determining, by the terminal, P/N to be a first reference power corresponding to the each SRS resource based on the total transmitting power P of the SRS, and determining an actual transmitting power corresponding to the each SRS resource based on the first reference power and a second reference power.
US11089552B2	Uplink power control method and communications device An uplink power control method and a communications device are described. The method includes receiving, by a terminal device, power control indication information sent by a network device. The power control indication information indicates a first power offset set, and the first power offset set is any one of at least two power offset sets. The method further includes receiving, by the terminal device, a transmit power control (TPC) command sent by the network device. The TPC indicates a first offset in the first power offset set. The method includes determining, by the terminal device, uplink transmit power based on the first offset. Impact of cross interference is considered in determining the uplink transmit power. Thus, the method can meet requirements of future mobile communications and improve system performance.
US11089550B2	Configuration restriction for radio frequency operation for shortened transmission time interval patterns According to one aspect, a method includes selecting at least one of a common bandwidth scheme and a common power scheme. If the selected at least one scheme includes a common bandwidth scheme, a common bandwidth to be used by the wireless device for transmission of two data channels in two successive short transmission time intervals, sTTIs, that share a common demodulation reference signal, DMRS, is determined. An indication of the common bandwidth to the wireless device to enable the wireless device to set the bandwidth of the two data channels to a common bandwidth value is sent. If the selected at least one scheme includes a common power scheme, then a common power control command to control an output power to be set by the wireless device for two data channels in two successive sTTI, that share a common DMRS is determined.
US11089544B2	Vehicle communication system A vehicle communication system includes a management server and an in-vehicle communication device. The management server manages the plurality of access points for communication relay. The in-vehicle communication device is mounted on a vehicle and is capable of wireless communication to the access point. The in-vehicle communication device transmits position information indicating a traveling position of the vehicle to the management server. The management server transmits, to the in-vehicle communication device, access point information in which the priority is set on one or more candidate access points selected from among the plurality of access points based on the position information transmitted from the in-vehicle communication device. The in-vehicle communication device connects to an access point determined from among the candidate access points based on the priority in the access point information transmitted from the management server.
US11089540B2	Variable address length communication protocol A communication unit and discoverable unit communicate according to a protocol in which unit addresses are not of a predetermined length. The communication unit sends a discovery request to the discoverable unit. The discoverable unit receives the discovery request and generates a discovery response. The discovery response comprises an address field of length unknown to the communication unit, populated with an address of the discoverable unit. The discovery response also comprises a flag following the address field. The discoverable unit sends the discovery response to the communication unit. The communication unit receives the discovery response and determines the address field length by counting the number of bits prior to the flag.
US11089536B2	Access control in new radio A method executed by a wireless device for network access of the wireless device to a network node is disclosed. The method includes initiating an access attempt to the network node; reading a first layer of access control information (ACI) from the network node to determine whether an access control indicator in the first layer for an access category is ON, wherein the access control indicator for the access category is associated with a characteristic/classification of the access attempt by the wireless device to the network node; in response to the access control indicator in the first layer for the access category being ON, reading a second layer of the ACI from the network node to determine whether the access attempt to the network node is allowed based on one or more specific parameters associated with the access category in the second layer of the ACI.
US11089534B2	Optimization of access technology search in multiple equivalent home public land mobile network (EHPLMN) deployments Communication systems can enhance customer experience by quickly and efficiently associating and disassociating radio access technologies (RATs) from available networks in a deployment. In one aspect, a user equipment (UE) can optimize usage of a PLMN selector file (e.g., HPLMNwACT) stored within the subscriber identity module (SIM) that comprises a combination of mobile country code/mobile network code (MCC/MNC) data and RAT data (e.g., customized based on mobile network operator (MNO) requirements and/or deployments). Moreover, during PLMN selection, the UE can only search for a RAT that is associated with a MCC/MNC combination, resulting in faster PLMN selection and reduced UE resource consumption. Further, the PLMN selector file can be modified based on MNO preferences via an over-the-air update.
US11089531B2	Management apparatus, measurement apparatus, management method, measurement method and digital device with layer-3 filtering of measurement results A management apparatus, a measurement apparatus, a management method, a measurement method, and a digital device. The management apparatus at a user equipment side of a wireless communication system includes: a measurement unit, configured to perform wireless resource management measurement on reference signals of a target cell; an interference determination unit, configured to determine whether the interference of the measurement result meets a preset condition, and marking the measurement result with the interference meeting the preset condition as a high interference measurement result; a filtering unit, configured to perform layer-3 filtering on the measurement result; and a mobility management unit, configured to perform mobility management on the user equipment according to the high interference measurement result. Reliable and accurate measurement of reference signals in a small cell scenario is realized.
US11089522B2	Method and device for accessing a network, and user equipment A method and a device for accessing a network by a User Equipment, and a User Equipment are provided. The method includes obtaining a second network identifier of a second network in which a second cell is and an identifier of a second service provider selected by the UE from service providers supported by the second network, when the UE moves from a first cell to the second cell; sending an access request carrying a Globally Unique Temporary Identifier of the UE to the second network to access the second network, when the second network identifier is different from a first network identifier of a first network in which the first cell is, or when the identifier of the second service provider is different from an identifier of a first service provider with which the UE registers, in service providers supported by the first network.
US11089517B2	Traffic availability in a cellular communication network A network node and a method performed in a network node of a cellular communication network comprising the steps of obtaining an indicator to secure a traffic availability for a connection, wherein the traffic availability is related to how likely the connection will remain operable, determining whether the network node can secure resources to support the traffic availability, allocating resources for the connection when resources can support the traffic availability, and transmitting a positive response when the network node can secure resources to support the traffic availability.
US11089514B2	SCEF entity, control node, communication method, and non-transitory computer readable medium An SCEF entity capable of reducing the number of messages between a control node such as an MME and an SCEF is provided. An SCEF entity (10) according to the present invention includes a storage unit (11) that buffers Non-IP data not delivered to a communication terminal (40) through a control node (20), and a control unit (12) that, upon receiving a control message sent from the control node (20) in response to a communication event that has occurred in the communication terminal (40), sends Non-IP data buffered in the storage unit (11) to the control node (20) without waiting for transmission of an indication message from the control node (20), the indication message explicitly indicating that Non-IP data is deliverable to the communication terminal (40).
US11089510B2	Generating radio data-channel access addresses from a base address seed A radio communication apparatus receives or generates a base address seed, and generates data-channel access addresses from the seed. Each access address corresponds to a respective data-channel identifier, and is generated by setting a bit at a common first bit position to the value of a bit at a first common predetermined bit position in the base address seed or in the respective data-channel identifier; by setting a bit at a common second bit position to the bitwise complement of this value; and by setting one or more remaining bit positions in dependence on values at one or more bit positions in the base address seed and one or more bit positions in the respective data-channel identifier that are not the first common predetermined bit position. The apparatus can send or receive a radio data packet comprising an access address from the generated set.
US11089504B2	Apparatus and method for a user equipment (UE) operating a split bearer The method for a user equipment (UE) operating a split bearer in a wireless communication system according to an embodiment of the present application comprises steps of configuring a Packet Data Convergence Protocol (PDCP) entity and two Radio Link Control (RLC) entities associated with the split bearer; wherein a first RLC entity is configured as a first data path of the split bearer, wherein a second RLC entity is configured as a second data path of the split bearer, calculating an PDCP data increment rate; and determining a data path of the split bearer based on the PDCP data increment rate and a predefined threshold value.
US11089500B2	Machine type communication monitoring framework for 3GPP systems A 3GPP monitoring architecture framework provides monitoring event configuration, detection, and reporting for machine-type and other mobile data applications by configuring monitoring on a mobility management entity (MME), a serving general packet radio service support node (SGSN), or a home subscriber service (HSS) node through existing interfaces, such as Tsp, T4, and T5 interfaces.
US11089493B2	Method and apparatus for communicating ISM prone frequency information to a base station A method and an apparatus for handling in-device coexistence interference in a user equipment are provided. The method includes receiving a list of non-serving Long Term Evolution (LTE) frequencies from a base station, configuring the non-serving LTE frequencies so as to perform a measurement on the configured non-serving LTE frequencies, and detecting a likelihood of in-device coexistence interference between at least one of the non-serving LTE frequencies and an Industrial, Scientific and Medical (ISM) frequency when an ISM activity is ongoing on the ISM frequency.
US11089491B2	Optimal device position for wireless communication Techniques for optimal device position for wireless communication are described, and may be implemented via a mobile device to identify an orientation in which to place a mobile device to achieve optimum wireless signal. Generally, the described techniques enable the mobile device to be dynamically calibrated for wireless communication by identifying signal attributes at multiple different device positions, and enabling the mobile device to be placed at a position that exhibits optimum wireless signal. Further, calibration can take into account multiple different antennas on the mobile device, and wireless signal attributes detected at each individual antenna.
US11089490B1	Methods and apparatus for collecting and/or using wireless communication related information to facilitate WT mode of operation decisions Described herein are devices, networks, systems, media, and methods used to collect WT information and to alter, based on or taking the collected information into consideration, one or more parameters used to control a mode of operation in which WTs decide to operate. In this way the relative portions of WTs operating in a first or second mode in one or more regions can be automatically adjusted by a network control node modifying mode of operation control parameters which are then communicated to the WTs in the region in which the modified WT mode control parameter is to be used. The wireless terminals than make a decision as to the mode of operation in which to operate using the modified mode control parameter and one or more signal measurements or other information available to the WT making the mode of operation decision.
US11089488B2	Efficient adaptable wireless network system with agile beamforming Beamforming for adapting wireless signaling beams in an adaptive and agile manner is contemplated. The beamforming may be characterized by adaptively constructing beam form parameters to provide wireless signaling in a manner that maximizes efficiency and bandwidth according to device positioning relative to a responding base station.
US11089486B2	Service coverage management systems and methods A Service Coverage Manager (SCM) may receive or retrieve a report of a service node's coverage and generate a global picture of the service coverage for a service. The SCM may dynamically adjust the service node coverage to accommodate client service requests and provide new service coverage to appropriate clients. The SCM may reduce a service node's service coverage to reduce overlap with another node or reduce wasted resources, or may expand a service node's coverage to cover additional clients.
US11089483B2	Shared frequency management apparatus and shared frequency management method A shared frequency management apparatus includes a communicator receiving application information regarding use of a shared frequency band from each of base stations of plural different communication companies, a determiner determining whether or not allocation of different TDD patterns during use of adjacent carrier frequencies among plural carrier frequencies included in the shared frequency band is possible on the basis of the application information from each base station, a setter setting the TDD pattern for each of the carrier frequencies on the basis of the application information from each base station and a determination result of whether or not allocation of the different TDD patterns is possible, and a decision unit deciding an allocation content of the shared frequency band to each base station, satisfying the application information from each base station, on the basis of a setting result of the TDD pattern for each carrier frequency.
US11089477B2	Methods and apparatus for obtaining a service Methods and apparatus are provided for obtaining a service is provided. Information about an external device is received at a terminal from the external device. It is determined whether the external device has been registered based on the information about the external device. Service information associated with the external device is provided when at least the external device has been registered.
US11089476B2	Network access control method and apparatus The present invention provides a network access control method. The network access control method includes: configuring network access permission of a first application, where the network access permission includes allowing the first application to access a network resource by using a first type of network access point, and the first type of network access point includes at least one first network access point; accessing a second network access point, where the second network access point belongs to the first type of network access point; when the first application is running, allowing the first application to access the network resource by using the second network access point; and when a third network access point is accessed, if the third network access point does not belong to the first type of network access point, prohibiting the first application from accessing the network resource by using the third network access point.
US11089475B2	Booting and operating computing devices at designated locations Aspects of the disclosure provide for mechanisms for booting and operating a computing device at a target location. A method of the disclosure includes: checking, using a first near-field communication (NFC) device associated with a computing device, presence of a second NFC device; in response to detecting the presence of the second NFC device, acquiring credential information from the second NFC device; performing a validation process to authenticate the second NFC device using the credential information; and performing a process for the computing device in response to authenticating the second NFC device. In some embodiments, the process may include a boot process for booting the computing device.
US11089474B2	Unified provisioning of applications on devices in an enterprise system The present disclosure relates generally to managing access to an enterprise system using remote devices. Techniques are disclosed for provisioning applications on remote devices to access resources in an enterprise system. Specifically, applications may be automatically configured with access information (e.g., account information) and connection information to access a resource in an enterprise system using a remote device. Configuring an application may include determining an account for accessing a resource using the application. An account may be provisioned if one has not been established. Upon configuring an application, the device access management system may provide a configured application to the remote device(s) for which the application is configured. Once the configured application is received, the application may be automatically installed on the remote device, after which the application may be executed to access a resource.
US11089473B2	Service access, and control method and apparatus therefor Disclosed are service access, and a control method and apparatus therefor, these being used for controlling the rights of different UE accessing different services in a local service application scenario. The service access control method comprises: a local service access control server receiving a local service access request message from a UE, wherein an identifier of a local service is carried in the local service access request message; and the local service access control server determining whether the UE has a right to access the local service according to the identifier of the local service, and sending a corresponding feedback message to the UE.
US11089471B2	Identifier mapping in edge computing within radio networks A technique, comprising: obtaining, via a gateway entity linking a radio access network to a core network associated with the radio access network, information about mapping at the core network of one or more temporary user identifiers to one or more permanent user identifiers.
US11089470B2	Communication system A home base station via which a plurality of mobile communication devices are connectable in a communication network, the home base station having an associated closed subscriber group (CSG) and including a unit for receiving a connection request from a mobile communication device wherein the connection request includes an indication of whether the mobile communication device is a member of the CSG associated with the home base station, a unit for monitoring congestion levels for the home base station and for indicating when the home base station is in a congested situation, a unit for determining if the mobile communication device requesting connection is the member of the CSG associated with the home base station from the indication of whether the mobile communication device is the member of the CSG associated with the home base station, and a unit for controlling access to the home base station.
US11089469B2	Subscriber-driven sharing of a communications service A system and method for facilitating service sharing (e.g., voice services, data services, multimedia services, etc.) in a network environment (100). In one example arrangement, upon receiving an input at a host subscriber device (302), a request is generated (306) to a host subscriber's service provider network (304) for instantiating a virtual subscriber identification module (vSIM) populated with the host subscriber's service profile with respect to a service. A guest user's authentication information is provided (354) for performing guest registration and remote provisioning (354, 502) for the vSIM, the remote provisioning including allocation of a temporary phone number and an IP address, which may be used in a mapping relationship for routing calls or sessions engaged by the guest (352) using a service shared with the host subscriber (302).
US11089459B2	Storage service for mobile nodes in a roadway area The disclosure includes embodiments for providing a storage service for mobile nodes in a roadway area. A method may include a vehicle communicatively coupled to a mobile node via a non-infrastructure network, wherein the vehicle and the mobile node are present in a roadway area which is partitioned into a plurality of roadway regions which are predetermined and known to the vehicle and the mobile node. The method may include transmitting, by the vehicle via the non-infrastructure network, a wireless message to the mobile node, wherein the wireless message includes content including one or more of an instance of spatial key data describing a particular roadway region of the roadway environment and an identifier of a value stored in a memory present in the particular roadway region described by the spatial data. The method may include receiving, by the mobile node via the non-infrastructure network, the wireless message.
US11089458B2	Smart communication device or apparatus for collecting and evaluating information about equipment distributed over a large area, e.g., over a large industrial plant or oil field Apparatus is provided having a smart communication device having a processor configured to: receive signaling containing information about sensed data from a multiplicity of data collectors each associated with a respective piece of equipment and configured to collect the sensed data related to the respective piece of equipment when the smart communication device is moved within a predefined proximity to automatically connect with each data collector to receive the signaling during movement of the smart communication device on a programmed route having multiple pieces of equipment; and determine corresponding signaling containing information about prioritized sensed data related to each of the multiplicity of data collectors for operating an app in the processor, based upon the signaling received. The smart communication device includes an iPad, a smart phone, a laptop or a subsystem of a vehicle/robot. The apparatus may include the vehicle/robot having the subsystem.
US11089456B2	System for suggesting, launching and automatically or semi-automatically down-loading applications for an intelligent mobile object A system using a server including a server application AS having at least a database containing third-party applications to be suggested and a hardware and software communication arrangement for automatically or semi-automatically downloading at least one application selected from the database to an intelligent and mobile communicating IT object OMI including a client application ACOMI installed on the intelligent, mobile IT object using rules R that can evolve or be modified.
US11089453B2	Creation and consumption of transient user profiles Transient user profiles are generated and broadcast to nearby recipient devices. In some implementations, a transient user profile is generated from a master user profile that includes user information. The master user profile can be stored in encrypted form on the user's mobile device or on a network-based computer system where it can be accessed upon authentication. The master user profile can include information provided by the user or retrieved from other network-based computer systems. The master user profile can include information that is labeled with security tags that indicate the class of users that may receive the user information. From the master user profile, a transient user profile can be generated in response to a sharing event and broadcast to other nearby recipient devices.
US11089450B2	Messaging service in a wireless communications network A method may comprise receiving a first message formatted according to an SMS format, by a first mobile wireless device from a second mobile wireless device, via a mobile operator base station. The first mobile wireless device may subscribe to a service for transmitting and receiving packet switched messages, via the Internet and the mobile operator base station. The method may further comprise retrieving, by the first mobile wireless device, information corresponding to at least one mobile phone number of the second mobile wireless device and transmitting, by the first mobile wireless device, after the subscribing, a request including at least the information corresponding to the at least one mobile phone number of the second mobile wireless device, to determine whether the mobile wireless device corresponds to a subscriber of the service.
US11089448B2	Systems and methods for the identification and messaging of trading parties According to some embodiments, systems, methods, computer program code, and means are provided to receive a broadcast request and a message from a first mobile device where the first mobile device is associated with a first user, compare information in the message to information in a preferences database to match the message with at least a first recipient of the message, and to transmit the message to a second mobile device associated with at least the first recipient.
US11089446B2	Portable electronic device, operating method for the same, and non-transitory computer readable recording medium A portable electronic device and an operating method for the same are provided. The portable electronic device includes a body, a sensor disposed on a body, and a processor disposed in the body. The operating method includes the following steps. Determining, by the processor, whether a squeezing event is occurring based on a squeezing action sensed by the sensor, where the squeezing action is performed by a hand which is grabbing the portable electronic device, and a position of the hand when grabbing is on the sensor. And, performing, by the processor, one of a plurality of talking procedures with one or more other electronic devices according to the squeezing event.
US11089439B2	Systems and methods for real-world networking using augmented reality interface Systems and methods for creating a social network are described that utilize augmented reality elements displayed on a user device. Each augmented reality element preferably presents information about the person associated with the element, and can be a link to additional information about the person. The augmented reality elements can be presented on the user device based on information received from a server, which can analyze a location of the user device relative to other users and compare information about the users to determine a likelihood that each pair of users may be a match. The analysis can be based on characteristics of the users as well as user input such as preferences and so forth. The potential matches can be presented to the user via the user device as augmented reality elements, which may be varied depending on a type of connection preferred or the determined likelihood of a match.
US11089438B2	Locating tracking device by user-guided trilateration A tracking device uses user-guided trilateration to determine a current location of the tracking device. The tracking device receives a request to locate the tracking device from a user of a mobile device communicatively connected to the tracking device. The tracking device receives a series of locations of the mobile device and corresponding distances between the mobile device and the tracking device at each of the locations. The tracking device provides instructions to the user of the mobile device to move to each of the series of locations to collect location and distance data. The tracking devices performs a trilateration operation on the series of locations and corresponding distances to determine a location of the tracking device and provides the determined location to the mobile device for display.
US11089428B2	Selecting audio streams based on motion In general, various aspects of the techniques are described for selecting audio streams based on motion. A device comprising a processor and a memory may be configured to perform the techniques. The processor may be configured to obtain a current location of the device, and obtain capture locations. Each of the capture locations may identify a location at which a respective one of audio streams is captured. The processor may also be configured to select, based on the current location and the capture locations, a subset of the audio streams, where the subset of the audio streams have less audio streams than the audio streams. The processor may further be configured to reproduce, based on the subset of the audio streams, a soundfield. The memory may be configured to store the subset of the plurality of audio streams.
US11089423B2	Signal processing device and image display apparatus including the same Disclosed are a signal processing device and an image display apparatus including the same. The signal processing device and an image display apparatus including the same include: a converter configured to convert of frequency of an input stereo audio signal; a primary component analyzer configured to perform primary component analysis based on a signal from the converter; a feature extractor configured to extract a feature of a primary component signal based on a signal from the primary component analyzer; an envelope adjustor configured to perform envelope adjustment based on prediction performed on the basis of a deep neural network model; and an inverse converter configured to inversely convert a signal from the envelope adjustor to output an upmix audio signal of multi-channel. Accordingly, when upmixing the downmix stereo audio signal to a multichannel audio signal, spatial distortion can be improved.
US11089418B1	Microphone array with automated adaptive beam tracking An example method of operation may include detecting an acoustic stimulus via active beams associated with at least one microphone disposed in a defined space, detecting loudspeaker characteristic information of at least one loudspeaker providing the acoustic stimulus, transmitting acoustic stimulus information based on the acoustic stimulus to a central controller, and modifying, via a central controller, at least one control function associated with the at least one microphone and the at least one loudspeaker to minimize acoustic feedback produced by the loudspeaker.
US11089414B2	Assembly for hearing aid An assembly for a hearing aid is disclosed. The hearing aid with the assembly comprises an in the ear part and a behind the ear part and a part mechanically interconnecting the two parts. In the interconnection, a flexible substrate is arranged. The flexible substrate comprises conductive paths. The conductive paths may be used for communication between the in the ear part and the behind the ear part, and/or for an antenna function.
US11089413B2	Removable attachment of a passive transcutaneous bone conduction device with limited skin deformation An external component including a vibratory portion configured to vibrate in response to a sound signal to evoke a hearing percept via bone conduction and including a coupling portion configured to removably attach the external component to an outer surface of skin of a recipient of the hearing prosthesis while imparting deformation to the skin of the recipient at a location of the attachment, in a one-gravity environment, of an amount that is about equal to or equal to that which results from the external component having mass.
US11089411B2	Systems and methods for coordinating rendering of a remote audio stream by binaural hearing devices A binaural hearing system includes first and second hearing devices communicatively coupled by way of a binaural communication link. The first hearing device determines that a signal quality measure of a wireless signal transmitted by the remote audio source is greater than an upper threshold level. In response, both hearing devices enter a wireless audio rendering mode in which they render a remote audio stream from the remote audio source to a user. While operating in the wireless audio rendering mode, both hearing devices determine that a signal quality measure of the remote audio stream drops below a lower threshold level. In response to this determination, both hearing devices exit the wireless audio rendering mode.
US11089410B2	Method for directional signal processing for a hearing aid A method for directional signal processing for a hearing aid. First and second input transducers generate first and second input signals from an ambient acoustic signal. A forward signal and a backward signal are generated from the first and second input signals and a first directional parameter is determined as a linear factor of a linear combination of the forward and backward signals. The first directional signal has a maximum attenuation in a first direction. A correction parameter is ascertained such that a second directional signal has a defined relative attenuation in the first direction. The second directional signal is generated from the forward signal and the backward signal with the first directional parameter and the correction parameter or with the first directional signal and the omnidirectional signal based on the correction parameter. An output signal of the hearing aid is generated based on the second directional signal.
US11089409B2	Hearing device, a sound receiving arrangement, a set of parts and a hearing device system A hearing device including a housing, at least two microphones, and a sound receiving arrangement coupled to the housing such to span across the tragus of the user's ear in a direction from the rear of the user's head to the front of the user's head. The sound receiving arrangement includes a case formed with at least two openings adapted to allow sound entrance from the environment to the at least two microphones, respectively, wherein the openings are formed in portions of the sound receiving arrangement such that one of the at least two openings is located in front of the tragus and one is located rear the tragus.
US11089406B2	Display device A display device including a display panel including a plurality of light emitting elements, a first substrate including a planar coil, and disposed under the display panel, a second substrate including a magnet spaced apart from the planar coil by a predetermined distance, and disposed under the display panel, and a power supply unit configured to supply alternating current power to the planar coil. The display device generates sound using an induced magnetic field generated by the planar coil and a magnetic field generated by the magnet.
US11089405B2	Spatial audio signaling filtering An apparatus comprising: an analyser configured to analyse at least one input to determine one or more expression within the at least one input; and a controller configured to control at least one audio signal associated with the at least one input dependent on the determination of the one or more expression.
US11089403B1	Directivity control system The disclosure of the present specification aims to provide a directivity control system for speakers, which is capable of easily controlling directivity of acoustic data to provide desired sound fields with a plurality of speakers, and freely producing sound fields with high accuracy. A plurality of physically connected speaker units are virtually arrayed at respective directivity angles according to control signals that define the directivity angles. Virtual delay time data is calculated for the case where data is outputted with the virtual array, and output is performed according to output data affected by the delay time data, so that desired sound fields can be formed with the speaker units remaining fixed, without the necessity of mechanically rotating the speaker units.
US11089402B2	Conversation assistance audio device control Various implementations include control mechanisms for conversation assistance audio devices. In some cases, an interface with a representation of the conversation assistance audio device in space is used to control audio functions in the device. In other cases, directionality of the device is controlled based upon the user's visual focus direction. In additional cases, the operating mode of the device is adjustable based upon the signature of a nearby acoustic signal.
US11089398B1	Battery charging control for wireless headphones A method of controlling charging of a wireless headphone device includes estimating a usage time value that corresponds to an anticipated future occurrence of usage of the wireless headphone device and estimating a resume time value that corresponds to a time for charging to commence to allow for completion of charging from a first predetermined state of charge value to a second predetermined state of charge value by the usage time value. The method also includes determining that the wireless headphone device has been placed in a charging case. A battery of the wireless headphone device is charged to the first predetermined state of charge value and then enters a deactivated mode, wherein the charging case is configured to return the wireless headphone device to an activated mode according to the resume time value.
US11089397B2	Microphone integrated assembly used in motor vehicle This invention proposes a microphone integrated assembly used in a motor vehicle, which comprises a main application printed circuit board, a microphone printed circuit board implementing one or more microphones, and a compression type interconnector which is compressively assembled between the main application printed circuit board and the microphone printed circuit board such as to electrically connect the microphone printed circuit board and the main application printed circuit board. The compression type interconnector acts as an acoustic insulator, which mechanically decouple the microphone printed circuit board from the main application printed circuit board and prevents vibrations which source in the main application printed circuit board from coupling with the microphone printed circuit board, leading to decreased acoustic noise and improved microphone acoustic performance.
US11089391B1	Process margin relaxation Process margin relaxation is provided in relation to a compensated-for process via a first optical device, fabricated to satisfy an operational specification when a compensated-for process is within a first tolerance range; a second optical device, fabricated to satisfy the operational specification when the compensated-for process is within second tolerance range, different than the first tolerance range; a first optical switch connected to an input and configured to output an optical signal received from the input to one of the first optical device and the second optical device; and a second optical switch configured to combine outputs from the first optical device and the second optical device.
US11089382B2	Multimedia streaming and network apparatus and operation method of the same A multimedia streaming and network apparatus is provided that includes a router module, a storage module and a processing module for executing the application program in the storage module to perform the multimedia streaming and network apparatus operation method. A first streaming request packet corresponding to a physical STB is received through a LAN port. A multicast and hardware offload function corresponding to the LAN port is activated. A STB virtual machine is operated to perform a STB function. A second streaming request packet corresponding to the STB virtual machine is received. A multicast and hardware offload function corresponding to the processing module port is activated. A video stream from a remote server is transmitted by the router module through the LAN port and the processing module port respectively to the physical STB and the STB virtual machine to be processed and playback.
US11089381B2	Apparatus and method for simultaneous playback and backup of media in a web browser The present disclosure relates to an apparatus and method for simultaneously playing back and storing media without a plug-in in a web browser. In the present disclosure, since restoration of video, restoration of audio, and backup of media are performed in a multi-threaded manner using a web worker, it is possible to simultaneously perform playback and storage of media. To this end, interworking is performed between a video web worker performing restoration of video, an audio web worker performing restoration of audio, and a backup web worker performing backup of media. According to the present disclosure, it is possible to simultaneously perform playback and backup of media, and it is also possible to stop backup of media and then resume the backup.
US11089380B2	Systems and methods for searching media content Systems and methods are described for searching media files using a set-top box (STB), a television receiver, digital video recorder (DVR), placeshifting device or other media device, or any type of network host that communicates with a media device of any sort. Search criteria is received from a user, and the search criteria is identified in listings of media programming available from one or more sources. In some implementations, a combined search result can be provided that identifies instances of the search criteria found in program guide listings, files stored on a digital video recorder (DVR), available on-demand content, or any other sources as desired. Some implementations may prioritize search results using information about files stored on a DVR, user preferences, or any other information as desired.
US11089375B2	Systems and methods for modifying fast-forward speeds based on the user's reaction time when detecting points of interest in content Systems and methods are described for modifying a fast-forwarding speed based on a reaction time of a user when a frame of interest is detected. A media guidance application may receive a command from a user to fast-forward through a media asset and may execute a fast-forwarding operation through frames of the media asset. The media guidance application may detect that the fast-forwarding operation is approaching a frame of interest to the viewer. The media guidance application may reduce the fast-forwarding speed to a second speed slower than the first speed, where the second speed is determined based on an estimated reaction time of the user. The media guidance application may receive a command to resume playback from the user while the fast-forwarding operation is occurring at the second speed and may play back the media asset at a default playback speed from a point corresponding to a moment when the command was received.
US11089373B2	Seek with thumbnail generation and display during placeshifting session Seek and other trick play functions can be improved in placeshifting and similarly live-encoded video streams. Thumbnail images are derived from I-frames (or similar key frames) of the source video stream rather than from the live-encoded stream. The thumbnail images are tagged to indicate a presentation time stamp (PTS) or similar identification of the source video frame that was used to create the thumbnail image. The tagged thumbnails are provided to the media player, which renders the images to indicate different portions of the video stream as the viewer scans or performs other functions. When the viewer selects to skip to a different part of the video stream, the PTS or similar identifier associated with the presented thumbnail image is sent to the placeshifting encoder to identify the appropriate starting point to resume live encoding.
US11089372B2	Systems and methods to provide media asset recommendations based on positioning of internet connected objects on an network-connected surface System and methods are described to determining a recommendation for a user based on changes in objects detected on a network-connected surface. The system receives, from the network-connected surface, a plurality of object identifiers for a plurality of physically inanimate objects of different types detected on the network-connected surface, wherein the object identifiers indicate a positioning of each object; determines, based on the object identifiers, a first arrangement of the plurality of physically inanimate objects; detects one or more changes in the plurality of object identifiers, wherein the one or more changes correspond to one or more changes in positioning from the first arrangement; in response to detecting the one or more changes, determines a second arrangement of the plurality of physically inanimate objects; and generates a content recommendation based on the second arrangement.
US11089369B2	Methods and apparatus to categorize media impressions by age Apparatus, systems, and articles of manufacture are disclosed to categorize audience members by age. An example apparatus includes memory including instructions, and a processor to execute the instructions to split audience member records from an initial node into child nodes based on comparisons of attribute-value pairs of the audience member records to a first value threshold, the attribute-value pairs representative of database subscriber activity data of audience members subscribed to a database proprietor, designate a first child node of the child nodes as a terminal node when a quantity of the audience member records of the first child node of the child nodes does not satisfy a minimum leaf size, generate an age-correction model based on the terminal node, and correct, based on the age-correction model, the age characteristic associated with the media impression, the media impression indicative of a person exposed to media presented by a media presentation device.
US11089368B2	Media content rights transferal based on a protocol for management of media content rights using a distributed media rights transaction ledger Provided are a system and method for media content rights transferal based on protocol for management of media content rights using distributed media rights transaction ledger. One of first gateway node or first node of plurality of nodes, associated with one of first or second initiating participant, respectively, receives request or determine need for media content rights transferal of media content. Associated instance of distributed media rights transaction ledger is traversed, address of one of second node or second gateway node associated with identifier of one of a first or a second receiving participant is determined, initial media content rights transaction is issued, and new media content rights response transaction is received. Accordingly, media content rights transferal transaction is executed. Each instance of distributed media rights transaction ledger is appended with initial media content rights transaction, new media content rights response transaction, and media content rights transferal transaction.
US11089367B2	Controlling play out of advertisement content during live video streaming at an end-user terminal A method (100) of controlling playout of advertisement content during live video streaming at an end-user terminal comprising steps of: receiving (110) advertisement content from an advertisement server; receiving (112) live streamed video content from a content delivery network and playing out the video content; obtaining (114) at least one of image features and audio features of the video content during playout; calculating (116) a content importance rating of video content to be played out during a prediction time window based on said features; and postponing (118) playout of advertisement content scheduled to be played out during the prediction time window if the calculated content importance rating for the prediction time window is above a threshold value.
US11089364B2	Causing display of user-selectable content types A user interface allows for blending of television program choices from which a viewer may select, the blending representing options for linear and non-linear programming presented together within a single hierarchy of a designated category. The blending may further include managed content relevant to the designated category, where desired. Such designated categories may include television programming categories and/or content categories. The options for linear and non-linear programming may be presented together within a single screen of the user interface.
US11089363B2	System and method for location determination A method for determining location of a premises is disclosed. The method includes measuring a signal strength of a plurality of communication signals received at the premises, obtaining data associated with a source of the signals, estimating a propagation loss for the received signal, determining a distance between a source of each of the signals and the premises based on the estimated propagation loss, and triangulating the location of the premises.
US11089362B2	Creation of channels using pre-encoded media assets A system that distributes channels, to be viewed on consumer devices, receives a media feed and a first programming schedule of a first channel from a source device, and selects pre-encoded media assets for insertion in the media feed based on defined selection parameters. New channels are dynamically created based on the inserted selected pre-encoded media assets in the new channels and based on the defined selection parameters. The defined selection parameters correspond to user-preferences received from the plurality of consumer devices on which the first channel is viewed, and/or a received input that corresponds to user-selections on the consumer devices. The defined selection parameters may include audience-based parameters from an external data source. The first programming schedule is modified based on the differential insertion of the selected one or more pre-encoded media assets in different channels to generate a plurality of programming schedules for the plurality of new channels.
US11089358B2	Method of unscrambling television content on a bandwidth A method for unscrambling a multiplicity of television channels, comprises: receiving a first request for a first channel; receiving a first code for the first channel; extracting and demuxing the first channel from a plurality of channels, using the first code; receiving a second request for a second channel; receiving a second code for the second channel; and extracting and demuxing the second channel from the plurality of channels, using the second code, where the extractions of the first channel and the second channel are performed simultaneously. The method further comprises: providing a first video stream corresponding to the first channel, the first video stream being transcoded, transrated, and multiplexed with a first advertisement; and providing a second video stream corresponding to the second channel, the second video stream being transcoded, transrated, and multiplexed with a second advertisement.
US11089352B1	Techniques for synchronizing content playback across devices Systems and methods are provided herein for synchronizing content across multiple user devices. Content packets may be individually provided to user devices associated with a group. Each content packet may include a portion of content (e.g., media content) and a content index (e.g., an index that indicates a sequence by which the content packets are to be presented). The user device may begin to play the content packets according to the sequence. The user device may receive a particular content index identifying a particular content packet that occurs latest in the sequence and that has been received by all of the devices of the group. The user device may modify playback of the content packets based at least in part on the particular content index to synchronize playback of the content at the user device with respect to playback at the one or more devices.
US11089350B2	Extended recording time apparatus, systems, and methods An embodiment for recording a channel that is communicating a program of interest identifies a selected program for recording as a program of interest based upon a characteristic of the selected program, the characteristic of the selected program corresponding to at least one characteristic associated with the program of interest; records an advance period corresponding to a period before a beginning of the program of interest, and records a following period corresponding to a period after a conclusion of the program of interest.
US11089346B2	Adaptive bitrate streaming techniques A processing system may obtain a video chunk of a segment of a video program via a network link, the video chunk encoded at a first bitrate of a plurality of available bitrates for segments of the video program in accordance with a mapping function of buffer occupancy levels to the plurality of available bitrates, determine a bandwidth of the network link based upon the first bitrate, a length of the segment, and an elapsed time to receive the video chunk via the network link, determine that the bandwidth of the network link is between two of the plurality of available bitrates, and increase, responsive to the determining that the bandwidth of the network link is between the two of the plurality of available bitrates, a buffer occupancy threshold of the mapping function for switching to a higher one of the two of the plurality of available bitrates.
US11089345B2	Programmatic generation of media content digests According to one implementation, a system for programmatic generation of media content digests includes a computing platform having a hardware processor and a system memory storing a media content digest software code. The hardware processor executes the media content digest software code to identify a media content for use in generating a content digest, the media content including a timecode of the media content, to access a metadata describing the media content and indexed to the timecode, and to identify one or more constraints for the content digest. In addition, the hardware processor executes the media content digest software code to programmatically extract content segments from the media content using the metadata indexed to the timecode and based on the one or more constraints, and to generate the content digest based on the media content from the content segments.
US11089329B1	Content adaptive encoding Techniques are described for adaptive encoding different portions of media content based on content. Characteristics of GOPs of media content can be determined and used to set encoding parameters for the GOs. The GOPs can be encoded such that one GOP is encoded differently than another GOP if they have different characteristics.
US11089328B2	Bi-directional optical flow in video coding A video coder is configured to code a block of video data using bi-prediction with bi-directional optical flow. The video coder may determine an offset using bi-directional optical flow and may add the offset to prediction samples determined from the bi-prediction. In one example, the video coder code a current block of video data using bi-prediction and bi-directional optical flow, wherein the bi-directional flow does not include one or more of a rounding operation or a division by 2 in an offset calculation. Additionally, the video coder may perform a motion vector refinement calculation for the bi-directional flow, wherein the motion vector refinement calculation is compensated to account for the offset calculation not including the division by 2.
US11089324B2	Method and apparatus for encoding and decoding an image with inter layer motion information prediction according to motion information compression scheme A method, device, and computer program for motion vector prediction in scalable video encoder and decoder. The method concerns the process to determine motion information predictor in the enhancement layer of a scalable encoding scheme also known as motion derivation process. The method comprises a correction of the position in the reference layer used to pick-up the more relevant motion information available due to the compression scheme. Accordingly, motion information prediction is improved.
US11089323B2	Method and apparatus of current picture referencing for video coding A method and apparatus for a video coding system with the current picture referencing (CPR) mode enabled are disclosed. According to one method, the luma and chroma blocks of the current image are jointly coded using a same coding unit (CU) structure if the CPR mode is selected for the luma and the chroma blocks. Alternatively, if the luma and chroma components are partitioned into the luma and the chroma blocks separately using separate CU structures, the luma and chroma blocks are encoded or decoded using a coding mode selected from a coding mode group excluding the CPR mode. According to another method, the luma and chroma blocks of the current image are coded separately using a different CU structure if the CPR mode is selected for the luma and chroma blocks. In yet another method, reconstructed reference data is disclosed for the CPR mode with CU equal to PU.
US11089312B2	Method for processing image and apparatus therefor The present invention relates to an image processing method and an apparatus therefor. Specifically, a method for decoding an image may comprise the steps of: decoding a first split flag indicating whether to split a first block using a binary tree structure; when the first split flag indicates that the first block is split, decoding split mode information indicating the direction in which the first block is split; checking whether a second block split from the first block is a square block, according to the split mode information; and when, as a result of the checking, it is determined that the second block is a square block, decoding a second split flag indicating whether to split the second block using a quad tree structure.
US11089311B2	Parameterization for fading compensation Techniques and tools for performing fading compensation in video processing applications are described. For example, during encoding, a video encoder performs fading compensation using fading parameters comprising a scaling parameter and a shifting parameter on one or more reference images. During decoding, a video decoder performs corresponding fading compensation on the one or more reference images.
US11089300B2	Conditions for starting checking HMVP candidates depend on total number minus K A method of video decoding includes checking one or more video blocks in pre-defined relative positions compared to a first video block to derive a first set of candidates, wherein each of the first set of candidates is derived from corresponding motion information of the video blocks checked, checking, upon a determination that a number of the first set of candidates has not reached a predetermined limit, one or multiple tables to derive a second set of candidates, and processing the first video block based on a bitstream representation of the first video block and the constructed candidate list.
US11089296B2	Method and apparatus for omnidirectional video coding and decoding with adaptive intra prediction In omnidirectional videos, a straight line in the rendering space may no longer appear as a straight line in the frame to be encoded, due to the projection between the encoding space and the rendering space. To adapt to the geometry of omnidirectional videos, intra prediction is performed along non-straight curves. In particular, references samples in neighboring reconstructed blocks of a current block are copied along non-straight curves to form a predicted block for the current block. The non-straight curves may be computed online based on a single intra prediction directional mode for the current block. The parameters of non-straight curves may be based on the mapping used in forming the omnidirectional videos, and the location/size of the current block. The non-straight curves may be obtained using a look-up table or an analytical function that is dependent on the location and size of the current block.
US11089287B1	Panoramic 3D camera A three-dimensional imaging system for generating a 3D panoramic video/image is disclosed. The three-dimensional imaging system includes a plurality of stereoscopic pairs of compound cameras which are separated by a predefined distance d. The imaging system is configured to operate in a first mode to generate panoramic images simultaneously using the compound cameras. Spatial distortion and temporal distortion are calculated for each column in a region of overlap of the field of view of the panoramic images generated. The column for which the spatial and temporal distortion is minimum is marked as a seam location. The marked seam location is changed based on location of a motion in the column for which the calculated spatial and temporal distortion is minimum.
US11089273B2	Image display system and control method for image display system A remote controller respectively transmits an infrared operation signal to a projector, a Bluetooth operation signal to an image supply apparatus, and both the operation signals when respective operation keys of first, second, and third key groups are operated. When a menu key is operated, the projector performs control for displaying a menu image and output of an operation restricting command to the image supply apparatus, and, when a predetermined condition is satisfied after the output of the operation restricting command, performs control for ending the display of the menu image and output of a restriction releasing command to the image supply apparatus. The image supply apparatus stops control corresponding to an operation signal corresponding to the third key group from when the operation restricting command is input until when the restriction releasing command is input.
US11089270B2	Solid-state imaging device and imaging device including the same A solid-state imaging device includes pixels arranged in matrix form, each including a photoelectric converter and first transfer electrodes, and control lines connected to mutually-corresponding ones of the first transfer electrodes in pixels arranged in a specific row. The pixels include first pixels that receive visible light and second pixels that receive infrared light. Each of floating diffusion layer-including pixels, which are some of the plurality of pixels, further includes a floating diffusion layer and a readout circuit. Each floating diffusion layer-lacking pixel shares the floating diffusion layer with one of the first pixels arranged in a column direction. At least some of the control lines are further connected to the first transfer electrodes of pixels arranged adjacent in the column direction to respective ones of the pixels arranged in the specific row and that share at least one of the floating diffusion layers.
US11089263B2	System and method for facilitating consumer engagement through a video communication network A computer network for facilitating engagement between consumers present at a premises and agents is disclosed. The network comprises touchscreen computers with cameras and configured to communicate with an agent computer and send a continuous uplink video stream to the agent computer. Activation of a button sends a notification to the agent computer comprising a camera and configured to continuously and simultaneously display multiple uplink video streams from the touchscreen computers and receive the notification of activation. The agent computer displays a graphical indication of the notification of activation associated with the video stream received from that touchscreen computer and detection of a selection captures a video stream by the camera of the agent computer and establishes a video channel with the touchscreen computer to send the captured video stream as a downlink video stream from the agent computer to that selected touchscreen computer.
US11089261B2	Image component detection A processor unit configured to identify blocks of a frame of a video sequence to be excluded from a motion-compensated operation, the processor unit comprising: a frame processor configured to process pixel values of a first frame to characterise blocks of one or more pixels of the first frame as representing at least a portion of a graphic object; a frame-difference processor configured to determine difference values between blocks of the first frame and corresponding blocks of a second frame, and to process said difference values to characterise blocks of the first frame as representing an image component that is static between the first and second frames; a block identifier configured to identify blocks of the first frame as protected blocks in dependence on blocks characterised as: (i) representing at least a portion of a graphic object; and (ii) representing an image component that is static between the first and second frames, wherein the identified protected blocks are to be excluded from the motion compensated operation.
US11089253B2	Image sensor with controllable conversion gain An image sensor includes a pixel that includes a photoelectric conversion element converting an incident light to an electrical signal, a switch adjusting a capacitance of a floating diffusion (FD) node at which charges corresponding to the electrical signal are stored, and a readout circuit outputting an output voltage based on the FD node. An A/D converter may sample the output voltage transferred from the readout circuit through an output line respectively at a first time and a second time and generate a digital code based on a difference therebetween. A conversion gain controller may generate a conversion gain control signal by comparing the output voltage transferred from the readout circuit through the output line with a threshold voltage at a third time between the first and second times and provide the conversion gain control signal to the switch to set conversion gain of the pixel.
US11089252B2	Pixel with global shutter A pixel includes a photosensitive circuit, a sense node, a first transistor and a first capacitor. A first electrode of the first capacitor is connected to a control terminal of the first transistor. A second electrode of the first capacitor is to a node of application of a first control signal.
US11089249B2	Imaging apparatus and electronic equipment The present technology relates to an imaging apparatus and electronic equipment that can reduce noise. A photoelectric conversion element, a conversion unit that converts a signal from the photoelectric conversion element into a digital signal, a bias circuit that supplies a bias current for controlling a current flowing through an analog circuit in the conversion unit, and a control unit that controls the bias circuit on the basis of an output signal from the conversion unit are provided, and at the start of transfer of a charge from the photoelectric conversion element, the control unit boosts a voltage at a predetermined position of the analog circuit. The conversion unit converts the signal from the photoelectric conversion element into a digital signal using a slope signal whose level monotonously decreases with time. The present technology is applicable to, for example, an imaging apparatus.
US11089247B2	Systems and method for reducing fixed pattern noise in image data The present disclosure generally relates to systems and methods for image data processing. In certain embodiments, an image processing pipeline may be configured to receive a frame of the image data having a plurality of pixels acquired using a digital image sensor. The image processing pipeline may then be configured to determine a first plurality of correction factors that may correct each pixel in the plurality of pixels for fixed pattern noise. The first plurality of correction factors may be determined based at least in part on fixed pattern noise statistics that correspond to the frame of the image data. After determining the first plurality of correction factors, the image processing pipeline may be configured to configured to apply the first plurality of correction factors to the plurality of pixels, thereby reducing the fixed pattern noise present in the plurality of pixels.
US11089246B2	Solid-state imaging device and electronic apparatus Accuracy in obtaining polarization information can be improved in a solid-state imaging device including a polarization pixel. There is provided a solid-state imaging device including a plurality of polarization pixels that obtains a polarization signal of incident light, a semiconductor substrate on which the plurality of polarization pixels is arranged, and a circuit layer provided on a surface facing a surface of the semiconductor substrate on which the incident light is made incident, the circuit layer including a polarization pixel circuit that performs signal processing on the polarization signal obtained by the polarization pixels, in which a blank area that separates the plurality of polarization pixels from each other is provided over the entire circumference of the plurality of polarization pixels.
US11089245B2	Image sensor circuit and image depth sensor system The present disclosure provides an image sensor circuit, including: a pixel array, including a plurality of pixel series, where a pixel series in the plurality of pixel series includes a plurality of pixel circuits; and a clock signal generating circuit, coupled to a first end and a second end of the pixel series; where a first clock signal is propagated from the first end of the pixel series to the second end of the pixel series at a first time; and where a second clock signal is propagated from the second end of the pixel series to the first end of the pixel series.
US11089244B2	Small pixel high dynamic range pixel sensor An imaging array and a pixel sensor are disclosed. One of the pixel sensors in the imaging array includes a photodiode having a cathode connected to an electron storage node and an anode connected to a hole storage node. An overflow path connects the electron storage node via an overflow gate that allows electrons to leak off of the electron storage node into the overflow path if the electron storage node has a potential less than a leakage potential. A floating diffusion node is connected to the electron storage node by a transfer gate and the overflow path by an overflow path gate. A hole storage node reset gate connects the hole storage node to ground. A hole storage capacitor is connected between the hole storage node and ground, and an overflow path coupling capacitor connects the hole storage node to the overflow path.
US11089242B2	RGBW image sensor, binning method in image sensor and computer readable medium for performing the method An RGBW image sensor, a binning method in an image sensor, and a computer readable medium for performing the method are provided, and the binning method in an image sensor includes selecting one or more binning target pixels for each of a red pixel, a green pixel, a blue pixel, and a white pixel, constituting a pixel array of an RGBW image sensor with a uniform array pattern, generating binning pixel data for each of the red pixel, the green pixel, the blue pixel, and the white pixel, based on pieces of pixel data corresponding to the binning target pixel, and rearranging pixels, represented by the binning pixel data, to be equal to the entirety or a portion of the uniform array pattern and to be equally spaced apart from each other.
US11089241B2	Pixel cell with multiple photodiodes In one example, a method comprises: transmitting a first signal to transfer a first portion of a first charge from a first photodiode to a first charge sensing unit to obtain a first measurement result and transmitting a second signal to transfer a second portion of the first charge from the first photodiode to a second charge sensing unit to obtain a second measurement result. The timing of transmission of the first signal and the second signal are based on the indirect time-of-flight measurement operation. The method further comprises performing the indirect time-of-flight measurement operation based on the first measurement result and the second measurement result; transmitting a third signal to transfer a second charge from a second photodiode to the second charge sensing unit via the first photodiode to obtain a third measurement result; and performing a D sensing operation based on the third measurement result.
US11089239B1	System and method to modify undercarriage camera image feed One general aspect includes a system to modify an image feed from a second camera of a vehicle, the system includes a memory configured to include one or more executable instructions and a processor configured to execute the executable instructions, where the executable instructions enable the processor to receive a first image feed from a first camera located on the vehicle; monitor one or more image characteristics of the first image feed; receive the second image feed from the second camera located on the vehicle; and based on the monitored one or more image characteristics of the first image feed, modify the second image feed such that one or more image characteristics of the second image feed are substantially similar to the monitored one or more image characteristics of the first image feed.
US11089238B2	Personalized videos featuring multiple persons Disclosed are systems and methods for providing personalized videos featuring multiple persons. An example method includes receiving a user selection of a video having at least one frame with at least a target face and at least one further target face and receiving an image of a source face and a further image of a further source face. The method further includes modifying the image of the source face to generate an image of a modified source face and modifying the further image of the further source face to generate an image of a modified further source face. In the at least one frame of the video, the target face is replaced with the image of modified source face and the at least one further face is replaced with the modified further source face to generate a personalized video. The personalized video is sent to at least one further user.
US11089237B2	Imaging apparatus, vehicle and image capturing method An imaging apparatus mountable on a moveable apparatus includes a plurality of lighting-imaging units, each configured to capture an image of a different area on an object in a direction intersecting with a movement direction of the moveable apparatus. The each of the plurality of lighting-imaging units includes a light source unit configured to illuminate a partial area on the object as a lighting area; and an image capture unit configured to capture an image of an image capture area set within the lighting area. The plurality of lighting-imaging units captures an image of a non-overlapped lighting area on the object where the lighting areas of the plurality of lighting-imaging units do not overlap with each other.
US11089235B2	Systems and methods for automatic detection and correction of luminance variations in images Systems and methods for reducing a flicker are provided. In some exemplary implementations, the systems and methods may detect a luminance variation indicator in a plurality of images captured by a camera having one or more camera parameters. The luminance variation indicator may include one of a luminance variation frequency or a luminance variation cycle. The exemplary systems and methods may determine a flicker frequency corresponding to the detected luminance variation indicator based at least in part on the camera parameters. The exemplary systems and methods may adjust at least one of the camera parameters to reduce the flicker based on the determined flicker frequency.
US11089234B2	Systems and methods of image enhancement Example embodiments are directed to a system of image enhancement. An interface device is configured to receive as input one or more input images. The one or more input images have one or more exposure values. A processing device is configured to execute an exposure value (EV) resampling module to generate one or more resampled images having exposure values different from the one or more exposure values of the one or more input images. The resampled images have a range of exposure values. The processing device is configured to execute a filtering module to filter the resampled images, and output a set of filtered images. The processing device is configured to execute a blending module to sequentially blend the set of filtered images, and output a merged image.
US11089233B2	Electronic device and a method for generating an image through synthesis of date acquired using a plurality of pixels having different light-receiving time durations An electronic device is provided that includes an image sensor of first pixels receiving light for a first duration and second pixels receiving light for a shorter second duration, and a processor to acquire first and second raw data including first long pixel values through the first pixels and first short pixel values through the second pixels, second long pixel values through the first pixels and second short pixel values through the second pixels, and third raw data based on the first and second raw data. The third raw data includes third long pixel values and third short pixel values, and each of the third long pixel values is an average value of a first and a second long pixel value and each of the third short pixel values is a value obtained by gamma correcting a sum of a first and a second short pixel value.
US11089232B2	Computer-vision-based object tracking and guidance module An apparatus comprises a mount body by which the apparatus is secured to a structure. A camera assembly includes an image sensor adapted to capture images within its field of view. A lighting assembly houses one or more light sources including a directional light source. A control-board assembly fixed to the mount body, houses control boards including one or more processors configured to acquire information about an object, to associate a location within the field of view of the image sensor with the object, to point light emitted by the directional light source at the location associated with the obj ect by rotating the lighting assembly and turning the laser assembly, and, based on an image acquired from the camera assembly, to detect change within the field of view of the image sensor corresponding to placement or removal of the object.
US11089230B2	Capturing apparatus, capturing module, capturing system, and capturing apparatus control method A compound-eye capturing apparatus provided with a plurality of imaging devices captures a plurality of items of image data with the same image quality. First pixels for generating first pixel signals are arranged in a first pixel array part. Second pixels for generating second pixel signals are arranged in a second pixel array part. A first setting part sets an exposure time and a first gain for the first pixel signals on the basis of an appropriate exposure value. A second setting part adjusts the first gain on the basis of a difference in sensitivity between a first monocular camera module provided with the first pixel array part and a second monocular camera module provided with the second pixel array part, and sets the adjusted first gain as a second gain for the second pixel signals. A control part causes the first and second pixel array parts to be exposed over the exposure time. An amplification part amplifies the output first and second pixel signals by the first and second gains.
US11089229B2	In-vehicle camera system and image processing apparatus Automatic exposure control of an in-vehicle camera is performed under dark driving environments such as at night. An in-vehicle camera system includes a vehicle camera mounted in a vehicle configured to capture surroundings of the vehicle, and control circuitry that controls an exposure level of an image captured by the vehicle camera, the control of the exposure level being based on brightness information of a detection area set within the image, the detection area being a portion of the captured image and configured to output the image having exposure control performed thereon to a display.
US11089226B2	Camera module, terminal device with protrusible camera, and image capturing method A camera module includes a camera assembly, a first driving assembly, and a second driving assembly. The second driving assembly is configured to drive the camera assembly and the first driving assembly to move in a first direction. The first driving assembly is configured to drive the camera assembly to rotate. The first driving assembly includes a first electric motor, a first power output element, and a first transmission drivingly connecting the first electric motor to the first power output element. The camera assembly is mounted to the first power output element.
US11089222B2	Shake correction device, shake correction method, shake correction program, lens device, and imaging device A shake correction device that corrects a shake of a captured image captured by an imager which images subjects through an imaging optical system, and includes: a movement detection sensor as defined herein; a drive mechanism as defined herein; an optical splitter as defined herein; a subject light detector as defined herein; and a processor as defined herein, and the processor calculates distances of the subjects formed on the light receiving surface of the subject light detector from the imaging optical system based on output signals of the subject light detector, and detects the movement amount as the second movement in a case where a movement amount of the subject of which the distance is maximum exceeds a threshold value.
US11089220B2	Electronic test device, method and computer-readable medium A method of evaluating performance of an electronic device that includes a camera is provided. The method includes: setting, by at least one processor, operating conditions of at least one shaker by accessing a database associating a plurality of imaging environments with the operating conditions; acquiring, by the at least one processor, images of a subject from the electronic device, the images being captured while the at least one shaker is operating according to the operating conditions; identifying, by the at least one processor, evaluation scores that correspond to a plurality of characteristics for each of the images; and identifying, by the at least one processor, the performance of the electronic device compensating for the operating conditions of the at least one based on the based on the evaluation scores.
US11089219B1	Fixed selfi-device A selfi-device that allows a person to take a picture or video of him or herself at a remote and picturesque location. The selfi-device comprises of a housing that houses a solar photovoltaic system, a motor that attaches to a retractable arm, an articulated joint that is attached to the retractable arm, an adjustable clamp that is attached to the articulated joint, a light source that is attached to an outer portion of the housing, a processor that is composed of a transceiver, a memory and a program that allows a user to connect to a wireless network or satellite, the solar photovoltaic system is operative connected to the motor, the light source, and the processor. In a preferred embodiment of the present invention, the selfi-device will have at least one input source that will allow a user to activate the selfi-device.
US11089217B2	Image-pickup apparatus and control method thereof An image-pickup apparatus suppresses noise at a high speed while reducing power consumption by controlling the number of sampling operations in signal processing for suppressing noise of an imaging element. The image-pickup apparatus of the present invention includes an imaging element having a plurality of pixel units, a control unit performing first control of acquiring a first signal that is a noise signal from the pixel units and second control of acquiring a second signal based on signal charge generated by photoelectric conversion units of the pixel units, and a signal processing unit subtracting the first signal from the second signal, and the control unit performs control of changing the number of sampling operations of the second signal.
US11089216B2	Image processing apparatus and image processing method Disclosed is an image processing apparatus in which an image receiver receives a plurality of captured images, where image-captured ranges partially overlap, from an image-capturing device and stores the plurality of captured images in an input buffer, a composite region setter sets a composite region such that a portion projected in the vicinity of a polar point of a celestial sphere panoramic image is wider than a portion projected in the vicinity of an equator of the celestial sphere panoramic image, in an overlapping image-captured range of at least two captured images, an image composer performs composite processing on overlapping images in the composite region, connects the plurality of captured images, generates the celestial sphere panoramic image, and stores the generated image to an output buffer, and an image transmitter transmits the celestial sphere panoramic image to a display device.
US11089214B2	Generating output video from video streams A system and method are provided for generating an output video, such as a video panorama, from a plurality of video streams representing different recordings of a scene. The plurality of video streams may be analyzed to identify at least one part of at least one of the plurality of video streams which is to be used in the output video, thereby identifying a contributing part of a video stream. Orchestration metadata may be generated identifying the contributing part. The orchestration metadata may be provided to a stream source from which the video stream originated to enable the stream source to selectively stream the contributing part of the video stream. Effectively, a selection of the stream's video data may be made to avoid or reduce unnecessary bandwidth usage.
US11089213B2	Information management apparatus and information management method, and video reproduction apparatus and video reproduction method Reproduction position information of a free viewpoint video is formatted to be easy for a viewer to understand, and managed.Words of a photographer, the words being uttered when the photographer was impressed at a time of shooting a scenery of the real world, are used as a tag of the shot video, and the words are managed in association with a viewpoint position and a viewing direction, and shooting time. Alternatively, words of the viewer viewing the free viewpoint video, the words being uttered when the viewer was impressed by a certain scene, are used as a tag of the shot video, and the words are managed in association with a viewpoint position and a viewing direction, and shooting time corresponding to the reproduction position. The viewer can cue a desired free viewpoint video by using a tag with which tagging has been performed by the viewer himself/herself or another person.
US11089210B2	Configurable image sensor In one example, a method comprises: receiving programming data; determining, based on the programming data, at least one of: an integration period in which a charge storage unit including a floating drain accumulates charge received from a photodiode, or a number of times of sampling the charge; enabling the photodiode to accumulate residual charge, and to transmit overflow charge to the charge storage unit after the photodiode saturates; controlling the charge storage unit to accumulate at least a part of the overflow charge received from the photodiode within the integration period; controlling a quantizer to sample the at least a part of the overflow charge or the residual charge for the number of times to obtain the number of samples; and controlling the quantizer to quantize the number of samples to generate the number of quantization results.
US11089208B2	Method and system for user feedback in a motion constrained image stabilization system The disclosure describes systems and methods for a stabilization mechanism. The stabilization mechanism may be used in conjunction with an imaging device. The method may be performed by a control system of the stabilization mechanism and includes obtaining a device setting from an imaging device. The method may also include obtaining a configuration of the stabilization mechanism. The method includes determining a soft stop based on the device setting, the configuration, or both. The soft stop may be a virtual hard stop that indicates to the stabilization mechanism to reduce speed as a field of view of the imaging device approaches the soft stop. The method may also include setting an image stabilization mechanism parameter based on the determined soft stop.
US11089207B2	Imaging processing method and apparatus for camera module in night scene, electronic device and storage medium The present disclosure provides an imaging processing method and apparatus for a camera module in a night scene, an electronic device and a storage medium. The method includes: detecting a current shake level of the camera module in a night scene shooting mode; determining, according to the current shake level of the camera module, a number of images to be collected and a reference sensitivity corresponding to each of the images to be collected; determining an exposure duration corresponding to each of the images to be collected according to an illuminance of a current shooting scene and the reference sensitivity corresponding to each of the image to be collected; collecting images in sequence according to the reference sensitivity and the exposure duration corresponding to each of the images to be collected; and performing a synthesis processing on the collected images to generate a target image.
US11089201B2	Dual-core focusing image sensor, focusing control method for the same, and electronic device The present disclosure discloses a dual-core focusing image sensor, a focusing control method for the same and an electronic device. The dual-core focusing image sensor includes an array of photosensitive pixels, an array of filter units arranged on the array of photosensitive pixels and an array of micro lenses arranged above the array of filter units. The array of micro lenses includes at least one first micro lens and a plurality of second micro lenses, each second micro lens is corresponding to one photosensitive pixel, each first micro lens is corresponding to one focusing photosensitive unit, each focusing photosensitive unit includes N*N photosensitive pixels, and at least a part of the focusing photosensitive unit is covered by a white filter unit, where N is an even number greater than or equal to 2.
US11089199B2	Accessory device, imaging apparatus, and methods for controlling the same A communication control unit of an interchangeable lens transmits information regarding distance information corresponding to the focus lens position to a camera main body to which the interchangeable lens unit is attached. The camera main body include a display unit, and perform display at the display unit based on the information received from the interchangeable lens.
US11089195B2	Camera module shielding mechanism and electronic device A technique enhances security measures in the IoT by reducing leakage of private images and degraded security due to unauthorized image capturing, eliminates the possibility that an unintended image is captured and stored, and also shows people around the user that the camera function of an electronic device is not working. A camera module shielding mechanism for shielding a camera module by retracting the camera module into a housing of an electronic device includes a support member supporting the camera module, a slide support supporting the support member in a slidable manner, an urging member that urges the support member in a direction in which the camera module protrudes from the housing, a locking member that locks the support member with the camera module retracted in the housing, and an actuator that unlocks the locking member.
US11089194B2	Pop-up camera module and electronic device A camera module includes: a control body, a lens assembly and at least one magnetic member. The control body includes a circuit board and a spatial magnetic field sensing member disposed on the circuit board. The lens assembly is configured to be controlled to move, so as to generate relative displacement between the lens assembly and the spatial magnetic field sensing member. The at least one magnetic member is assembled to the lens assembly to generate a preset magnetic field around the lens assembly. Along with a movement of the lens assembly, the spatial magnetic field sensing member senses changes of the preset magnetic field.
US11089190B2	Forming combined image by imaging system with rotatable reflector The following relates to forming a combined image by an imaging system with a rotatable reflector. A reflector is rotated about an axis to a first position relative to an image sensor. At the first position, the reflector directs light from a first portion of a view corresponding to an external environment towards the image sensor. An image of the first portion of the view is captured by the image sensor. The reflector is rotated about the axis to a second position relative to the image sensor. At the second position, the reflector directs light from a second portion of the view corresponding to the external environment towards the image sensor. An image of the second portion of the view is captured by the image sensor. The image of the first portion and the image of the second portion are combined to form an image corresponding to the view.
US11089189B2	Camera module and terminal A camera module includes a lens and a voice coil motor (VCM), and the lens is placed in the VCM, where a first portion of an inner side of the VCM is attached to a first portion of an outer side of the lens, and a second portion of the inner side of the VCM is provided with a screw thread structure recessed relative to the first portion of the inner side of the VCM. The screw thread structure and a second portion of the outer side of the lens form a groove portion, and the groove portion is filled with adhesive. The first portion of the VCM is a lower portion, and the second portion of the VCM is an upper portion. The first portion of the lens is a lower portion, and the second portion of the lens is an upper portion.
US11089182B2	Image processing apparatus, image processing method A character area is identified in each page by detecting an area in which edge pixels continue in an edge image generated based on each page of a target image. A method of compressing data of each page of the target image is selected based on a ratio of the character area to each page of the edge image. First page data is generated by combining: outlined data of the character area of each page of the target image for which the first compression method has been selected; and compressed data of a background area other than the character area. Second page data is generated by compressing all data of each page of the target image for which the second compression method has been selected, and document data of the plurality of pages is generated by combining the first page data and the second page data.
US11089179B2	Image processing apparatus, system, and computer program product capable of performing image processing on target image with respect to image data of the target image corresponding to target image state by acquired display image An image processing apparatus includes a unit that acquires image data of a target image which is a target of image processing, a unit that acquires a display image showing a target image state, and a unit that performs image processing corresponding to the target image state with respect to the image data of the target image, based on the acquired display image.
US11089175B2	Systems and methods for identifying and transferring sheets Provided are systems and methods for identifying, isolating, and/or aligning sheets. An identification system can facilitate accurate identification of a sheet by (i) vacating one or more components of the system that are not the sheet from a zone of detection, and/or (ii) determining a reference axis of the sheet. An isolation system can facilitate accurate isolation of a sheet by (i) providing targeted air flow, and/or (ii) introducing a wave into the sheet. Identification systems and/or isolation systems described herein may facilitate isolation of sheets that were previously fastened together by one or more fasteners. An alignment system can facilitate accurate alignment of a first sheet at an upstream location relative to a second sheet at a downstream location via machine learning.
US11089172B2	Image forming apparatus An image forming apparatus for forming an image on a recording material includes a first outer cover, a second outer cover adjacent to the first outer cover, a third outer cover adjacent to both of the first outer cover and the second outer cover, a common positioning portion provided on the first outer cover and configured to position both of the second outer cover and the third outer cover relative to the first outer cover, a first positioned portion provided on the second outer cover and configured to be positioned relative to the common positioning portion, and a second positioned portion provided on the third outer cover and configured to be positioned together with the first positioned portion relative to the common positioning portion.
US11089170B2	Control method A control method includes outputting an estimated feature value based on first layout data generated by a user, generating an album creation parameter based on the output estimated feature value, generating layout data based on the generated album creation parameter and an image used for second layout data generated by a user, and updating the album creation parameter based on a feature value based on the generated layout data and a feature value based on the second layout data. The first data and the second are uploaded to a server. When a number of pieces of layout data uploaded to the server is fewer than a predetermined number, data in units of album double-page spreads is used as the first layout data. When the number of layout data uploaded to the server is greater than the predetermined number, data in units of albums is used as the first layout data.
US11089165B2	Retrofitable internet-enabled access control system and method A communication device, system, and method configured for retrofitting into an existing dwelling unit intercom handset in an existing hard-wired building access system can be used to convert the existing building access system to one that is internet connected for remotely unlocking a door, gate, and/or similar. The communication device can be powered by drawing a small and controlled amount of current from the source that powers the unlock coil for the existing hard-wired building access system. The communication device can be configured to receive and transmit a ringer signal over the internet. The communication device can be configured to transmit an unlock signal to the lock deactivation module of the existing hard-wire building access system in response to information received from the internet and/or the ringer signal.
US11089164B2	Teleconference recording management system An example operation may include one or more of receiving a plurality of local audio files from a plurality of audio devices that participated in a teleconference, where each local audio file includes a locally captured audio recording of a user of a respective audio device during the teleconference, generating combined audio playback information for the teleconference based on the plurality of local audio files received from the plurality of audio devices, the generating including detecting audio portions within the plurality of local audio files and synchronizing a playing order of the detected audio portions based on timing information included in the plurality of local audio files, and transmitting the combined audio playback information of the teleconference to at least one audio device among the plurality of audio devices.
US11089163B2	Automated queuing system and queue management Electronic conferences often comprise a mixture of on-site and remote participants. A moderator may selectively engage remote participants for full-duplex interactions, such in response to the remote participant “raising their hand” to signal a question or desire to speak. Systems and methods are provided to enable a moderator to utilize natural speech to be utilized as voice commands, and with no other input, to cause a remote participant to be unmuted, enabling full-duplex for the associated remote terminal, and when the question is done, re-muted and thereby returned to half-duplex.
US11089161B2	Automated message generation to a subject matter expert in response to a phone call Automated message generation to a subject matter expert in response to a phone call is provided. A computing device receives a message identifying a telephone call that terminates at the computing device based on a destination number. Caller identification information, comprising at least a calling device number, is determined based on the message. An item identifier (ID) associated with the telephone call is determined. Information about an item that corresponds to the item ID is accessed. The information is sent to the calling device number. A message that includes the calling device number and item information that identifies the item is sent to a contact device.
US11089156B1	Testing emergency text services Systems and methods for testing a text-to-911 system of a public safety answering point (PSAP) are described herein. The systems and methods provide for an administrative line that the PSAP, whereby a user can test the PSAP and determine if information that would be used by the PSAP in the case of an emergency is correct.
US11089152B2	Placement of a missed call A method, a missed call client application (MCCA) deployed on a calling party device, and a missed call management system (MCMS) are provided for placing a missed call from a source number of the calling party device to a destination number of a called party device. The MCMS receives the source number and the destination number from the calling party device through a data network or a telecommunication network based on a presence of connectivity between the calling party device and the data network as detected by the MCCA. The MCMS places a missed call from the source number to the destination number by placing a call to the destination number with an identification of an originator of the call as the source number and terminating the call when the call successfully reaches the destination number prior to completion of the call.
US11089145B2	Voice-activated call pick-up for mobile device Disclosed embodiments are directed an application program configured to run on a user's mobile device can allow voice-activated call pick-up to the user, without the user having to use his or her hands for picking up the call. For example, the application program can initially be trained to a user's voice command. When an incoming call is received at the mobile device, the user can pick up the call by issuing a voice command. In some embodiments, the application program can determine whether to allow voice-activated pick-up of calls based on data collected from multiple sensors associated with the vehicle, the mobile device, or a remote source.
US11089144B2	Head-mounted display apparatus for retaining a portable electronic device with display Head-mounted display systems and methods of operation that allow users to couple and decouple a portable electronic device such as a handheld portable electronic device with a separate head-mounted device (e.g., temporarily integrates the separate devices into a single unit) are disclosed. The portable electronic may be physically coupled to the head-mounted device such that the portable electronic device can be worn on the user's head. The portable electronic device may be operatively coupled to the head-mounted device such that the portable electronic device and head mounted device can communicate and operate with one another. Each device may be allowed to extend its features and/or services to the other device for the purpose of enhancing, increasing and/or eliminating redundant functions between the head-mounted device and the portable electronic device.
US11089134B1	System, method, and computer program product for coordination among multiple devices In various embodiments, a method, apparatus, and computer program product are provided involving, at an electronic device with a display: while displaying a first application on the display, detecting a first input that corresponds to a request to share first content from the first application; in response to detecting the first input, displaying a sharing interface that includes a plurality of options for sharing the first content, wherein the sharing interface includes: a first predefined region for displaying one or more user-first sharing options for sharing content directly with other users; and a second predefined region separate from the first predefined region for displaying protocol-first sharing options for sharing content using a user-selected protocol of a plurality of protocols.
US11089132B2	Extensibility for context-aware digital personal assistant Techniques are described herein that are capable of providing extensibility with regard to a context-aware digital personal assistant. For instance, a description of a capability of a target (e.g., a software target) may be received. Examples of a target include but are not limited to an application (e.g., a software application), a service, a bot, and a website. In a first example, a digital personal assistant may be caused to perform operation(s) based at least in part on a context of a user. In a second example, whether the digital personal assistant performs operation(s) that are configured to be triggered by first aspect(s) of the context of the user is controlled based at least in part on second aspect(s) of the context of the user. The operation(s) include notifying the user of the capability and/or implementing the capability on behalf of the user.
US11089129B2	Accelerated network delivery of channelized content An accelerated delivery system for network content comprises local content storage and an associated local network appliance deployed proximate to at least one, and in some embodiments many, consumer devices. The local network appliance communicates with the consumer devices, and also communicates over the internet with original content servers and, importantly, a central processing cloud, to maintain a store of content that consumers are predicted to want to download.
US11089127B2	Electronic device and method for providing IP network service An electronic device, according to one of the various embodiments of the present disclosure, includes: a memory; a communication module that transmits and receives messages; and a processor that, when a non-IP service-based message is received, creates an IP-based message including at least some of the non-IP service-based message, and provides the created IP-based message. In addition, various embodiments are provided.
US11089125B2	Interactive notification panels in a computing system Described herein are systems and methods for providing interactive notification panels to a user. A bot apparatus receives a notification from an application program and transforms the notification into one or more interactive notification panels configured to receive user inputs and/or to provide an output to at least one user input. Based on at least one user input, the bot apparatus transmits data to the application program, which causes the application program to perform one or more actions.
US11089121B2	Systems and methods for content audience analysis via encoded links The present disclosure is directed to systems and methods for analyzing content audience by generating respective encoded links for content publishers, determining, for each content publisher, statistics related to user interactions with encoded links, and providing user-specific or aggregate information based on the statistics. The server of a content audience analysis system receives multiple interactions with encoded links generated by the content audience analysis system and linked to resources of a first content publisher. The server may identify from the multiple interactions, multiple cookies assigned to unique client devices. The server may identify second content publishers having resources that were accessed by the client devices corresponding to the multiple cookies via encoded links generated by the server. The server may provide to the first content publisher, data corresponding to the second content publishers having resources accessed by client devices that also accessed the resources of the first content publisher.
US11089119B1	Service provider managed applications in secured networks Systems and methods for providing application services to a customer are provided. Customer-managed computing resources on a customer network may facilitate the provision of application services to a client device coupled to the customer network. Application instances providing the application services may execute either on the customer-managed computing resources or on computing resources managed by the service provider. Application services may be rendered to the customer while sensitive customer data maintains residency on storage resources on the customer network. Application instances may receive requests for services from the customer, and generate corresponding requests for particular data of the sensitive customer data. These requests may be conveyed to the endpoints on customer network capable of fulfilling the requests. Customer-managed computing resources and service provider-managed computing resources may be respective first and second subsets of a pool of shared computing resources, implemented as virtual private clouds (VPCs) accessible over respective private networks.
US11089118B1	Interlock for mesh network A system for establishing a mesh network that includes a plurality of nodes of the mesh network, wherein each of the plurality of nodes executes on one or more computing platforms. In response to coming online, each of the plurality of nodes executes an interlock that calculates a grace period for a service executed by a respective software application executing on a respective node of the plurality of nodes. The calculation is based on a previous number of services and topics communicated on the mesh network. The interlock can also reset the grace period in response to detecting a particular network event wherein the interlock prevents the service of the respective software application from communicating messages on the mesh network during a running of the grace period. The interlock can permit, in response to expiration of the grace period, the service of the respective software application to communicate messages.
US11089109B1	Smart device management via a mobile communication device based on privacy preferences A method of providing a user interface on a mobile communication device to control smart devices in an environment. The method comprises discovering a plurality of smart devices in an environment by a client application executing on a mobile communication device by initiating wireless communication between the mobile communication device and the plurality of smart devices, wherein the client application learns an electronic model identity of each of the discovered smart devices, communicating with a data store by the client application to look-up control interfaces of the discovered smart devices based on the electronic model identities of the smart devices, looking-up predefined environmental preferences associated with the mobile communication device in the data store by the client application, transmitting control commands by the client application to the plurality of smart devices based in part on the looked-up predefined environmental preferences.
US11089108B2	Method and system for anomaly detection, missing data imputation and consumption prediction in energy data The present application provides a method and system for outlier detection, anomalous behavior detection, missing data imputation and prediction of consumption in energy data for one or more energy sensors by using a unified model. The application discloses a data collection module for collect a time series data to be used as training data, a model training module for training the unified model using the collected time series data to enable computation of a plurality of parameters, and a model implementation module for implementing, by the trained unified model, the plurality of parameters on a new data of energy consumption wherein the plurality of parameters are used perform at least one from a group of outlier detection, anomaly detection, missing data imputation and prediction of consumption in energy data.
US11089102B2	Advertising network resource sharing status in SDN A method is implemented by a network device acting as a switch in a data plane of a software defined networking (SDN) network. The switch is communicatively coupled to a controller in a control plane of the SDN network, where the controller manages packet processing functionality of the switch. The method to provide data storage resource sharing information to the controller so that the controller can manage data storage resource utilization of the switch. The method includes determining which tables stored in the switch share a data storage resource of the switch and transmitting data storage resource sharing information to the controller, where the data storage resource sharing information includes an indication of the tables that share the data storage resource.
US11089100B2	Link-server caching A computer system for optimizing bandwidth usage within a cloud storage system identifies distinct requests to access a particular digital file. When the number of requests exceeds a threshold, the computer system queries a remote directory server for the particular digital file. The query system then receives, from the remote directory server, addresses to data blocks stored within multiple remote storage nodes. The system requests at least a portion of the addressed data blocks. Upon receiving the blocks, the system decodes the particular digital file from the portion of the addressed data blocks. The computer system then stores the decoded digital file within local memory and communicates the local-area network address to the remote directory server.
US11089098B2	Migration as a service-based server and agent applications migration In one example, a request to migrate a server application running on a first server to a second server with a change in a version of the server application may be received. Migration information may be provided to a cloud-based Migration as a Service provider based on the request. An application migration component may be received from the cloud-based Migration as a Service provider upon validation of the migration information. The server application may be migrated from the first server to the second server with the change in the version of the server application using the application migration component and the cloud-based Migration as a Service provider. A first version of an agent application in a client may be upgraded with a modified version of the agent application using the application migration component.
US11089097B2	Method and system for recovering data in distributed computing system The time required for recovery in a distributed computing system can be reduced. At least one node (for example a server) or a different computer (for example a management server) are provided in the distributed computing system which includes a plurality of nodes existing at a plurality of sites. One or more sites at which one or more nodes that hold one or more datasets identical to one or more datasets held by a node to be recovered are identified. For the recovery, it is determined, on the basis of the one or more identified sites, a restore destination site that is a site of a node to which the one or more identical datasets are to be restored from among the plurality of sites.
US11089096B2	Management of digital assets An example operation may include one or more of connecting, by a recipient node, to a blockchain network configured to store links to digital assets of an owner, selecting, by the recipient node, an asset from a ledger of the owner, executing, by the recipient node, a smart contract to determine a time frame of the asset use, executing, by the recipient node, a smart contract to download the asset to the recipient node, checking, by the recipient node, if the asset is downloaded successfully, and in response to the successful download of the asset, executing, by the recipient node, a smart contract to log an asset transfer transaction onto the blockchain.
US11089095B1	Selectively adding users to channels in a group-based communication system Methods, media, and systems are disclosed for adding new users to a channel in a group-based communication system. The system receives a request to add new users to a channel. The system adds a new user by classifying the new user's email address domain as internal or external. If the domain is internal, the first user is added to the channel as a member, and if the domain is external, the user is prompted for a type of access for the new user. If the new user's access type is guest, the new user is added to the channel as a guest. If the type of access is shared, the channel is shared with an organization associated with the domain, and the new user is added as a member of the channel that has been shared.
US11089094B2	Collaborator network creation using cloud-based metadata Systems for managing user collaboration over objects stored on a cloud-based service platform. A server in a cloud-based platform maintains a set of read/write metadata that is associated in one-to-one correspondence to stored objects that are accessible by two or more collaborators. The server does not maintain a list of peers that communicate over peer-to-peer connections, rather the server exposes a semaphore for access to the metadata that pertains to a particular one of the stored objects. The server responds to download requests from the collaborators so as to deliver executable signaling protocol computer code to the collaborators' user devices. The signaling protocol code includes semaphore access by the collaborators' user devices using an application programming interface. Two or more accesses over the same semaphore establishes a leader and at least one follower. Corresponding ephemeral peer-to-peer connections are established between the leader and the at least one follower.
US11089092B1	N-tier workload and data placement and orchestration One example method includes creating a manifest that specifies one or more requirements concerning execution of an application that resides at an end device in an N-tier configuration, identifying a workload that is associated with the application and executable at one or more edge stations of the N-tier configuration, gathering and evaluating network telemetry, orchestrating the workload based on the network telemetry and the manifest, scheduling performance of the workload at the one or more edge stations, and performing the workload at the one or more edge stations in accordance with the scheduling.
US11089089B2	Methods and systems for automated resource exchange among computing facilities The current document is directed to efficient, distributed-search methods and subsystems within distributed computer systems, including computer systems distributed over multiple sets of geographically distributed data centers, each comprising multiple discrete computer systems, such as multi-processor servers. In one implementation, the distributed-search methods and subsystems are implemented locally within participating entities as well as within one or more distributed-search engines. Each search is directed, by a participant, to identify attribute-associated entities within, provided by, connected to, or otherwise accessible to a distributed computing system having attribute values specified or indicated by the search query. Certain attribute values are continuously collected and centrally stored by the one or more centralized distributed-search engines while other attribute values are obtained through information requests distributed among participating entities.
US11089085B2	Passing of data via deep links for application components Systems and methods of passing data via resource identifiers for resources are provided herein. A data processing system can receive a first request from a client device responsive to an interaction with a content item presented on a first resource. The content item can include a resource identifier referencing a second resource accessible via an application to be installed. The first request can include the resource identifier and a device identifier. The data processing system can receive a second request from the client device responsive to an execution of the installed application. The second request can include the device identifier and an application identifier. The data processing system can determine that the application is to receive the request identifier. The data processing system can provide the resource identifier to direct the application to access the second resource for presentation via the application.
US11089084B2	Website failure analysis By determining the probability of website impairment for a subject web page, a price for an impairment warranty may be defined. A baseline time to first byte is determined for a plurality of websites, and an impaired state model is defined for a subset of the plurality of websites. Occurrences of impaired states for each website in the subset is determined. Using the impaired state model, websites among the plurality of websites having a probability of an impaired state are determined, and a frequency of impairment occurrence for all of the plurality of websites is measured. With this data, the probability of website impairment for the subject web page may be calculated.
US11089083B1	Systems and methods for locating microserver nodes in proximity to edge devices using georouting Systems and methods for locating microserver nodes in proximity to edge devices using georouting. Microservers automatically form a global peer-to-peer network to serve edge functions and content to edge devices. Edge devices use HyperText Transfer Protocol (HTTP) to execute serverless functions or otherwise retrieve data from edge nodes and/or microservers located in proximity to the HTTP client. The cloud platform locates the nearest edge node and/or microserver. Edge devices georoute HTTP requests to the nearest edge node and/or microserver. Serverless functions are implemented in secure, isolated environments using a blockchain.
US11089082B2	Providing content to co-located devices with enhanced presentation characteristics Methods, systems, and apparatus include computer programs encoded on a computer-readable storage medium, including a method for providing content. A user of an initiating device is identified. Profile information for the identified user is located. The initiating device includes a display for presenting content to the user. An indication is received from an application running on the initiating device of an intent by the user to receive a first content item on a separate but co-located presentation device having enhanced presentation characteristics for presenting content. Additional content items are selected for delivery along with the first content item. The selection includes identifying a second different content item based on the profile information for the identified user and the enhanced presentation characteristics. The first and second different content items are delivered directly to the co-located presentation device without delivering the first and second different content items to the initiating device.
US11089076B1	Automated detection of capacity for video streaming origin server A system for testing the streaming capacity of a media streaming system, or of one or more origin servers thereof, includes a control system that controls the provisioning of computing resources, such as virtual machine instances, configured as load generators. The load generators establish a plurality of concurrent streams of content from the media streaming system, thus representing a plurality of connected user devices. The streams impart a load on the media streaming system; additional load generators can be added to a scalable group to increase the load. The load generators can produce monitoring data describing errors in network activity (e.g., dropped packets) and in the stream data itself (e.g., synchronization errors). A metric analysis system calculates performance metrics based on the monitoring data, and signals the control system to add or remove load generators until the load is as high as possible without degrading service, revealing the streaming capacity.
US11089074B2	Content storage and identification Content intended for delivery to one or more consuming users may be recorded by a content distribution system. The recording or archival of the content may allow users to retrieve the content at a later time without providing specific instructions to record the content. Storage of the content may include retrieving programming information describing the content and storing the information in association with the content. In one or more arrangements, descriptive data for content may be generated based on user feedback. Additionally or alternatively, content storage may include fragmentation of the content into a number of segments or segments of a specified size. Content may further be paused and resumed between multiple devices, taking into account the capabilities and compatibilities of the devices and a network through which the content is to be delivered.
US11089072B2	Real time optimized content delivery framework A content delivery system may receive and aggregate video content from one or more content sources. In a first embodiment, the content delivery system may start streaming a video to a first viewer on a first device and then receive a request for a catch up version to be streamed to a second viewer viewing a second device. The content delivery system may send replacement segments of the video that are shortened summaries to the second device until the second viewer has caught up to the first viewer on the first device. In a second embodiment, the content delivery system may detect two or more viewers and customize a video content for both viewers. In a third embodiment, the content delivery system, in real time, may customize a segment of a video (possibly using a “green screen” or overlaying a second video over the original video segment) based on characteristics of the viewer and then stream the customized video segment to the viewer.
US11089071B2	Symmetric and continuous media stream from multiple sources A data storage device may comprise a network interface configured to couple to a computer network; a memory configured to store at least one of a first, second and third media file, at least two of the first to third media files being configured differently from one another; and a processor coupled to the memory and to the network interface. The processor may be configured to generate a media stream by at least sequentially applying at least one filter to one or more of the first to third media files; sequentially reformatting one or more of the first to third media files such that each or some substantially conforms to a common format; ordering the filtered and/or reformatted media files according to a selectable metric; aggregating the media files together to generate the media stream; and making the media stream accessible to the computer network over the network interface.
US11089065B2	Efficient interactions to support internet-of-things (IoT) device power saving mode A 3rd Generation Partnership Project (3GPP) notification message may be received at a translation application at a core network of a wireless carrier network. The 3GPP notification message may include an indication of a loss of connectivity or a communication failure for an Internet-of-Things (IoT) device. The 3GPP notification message is translated by the translation application into a logically equivalent non-3GPP reachability status communication that indicates the IoT device is unreachable. The non-3GPP reachability status communication is sent by the translation application to a server of the wireless carrier network to trigger the server to queue one or more communication messages that are destined for the IoT device in a server queue. Likewise, another 3GPP notification message may be translated into an additional non-3GPP reachability status communication that causes the release of the one or more communication messages to the IoT device.
US11089060B2	Establishment of network connections A method for establishing network connections includes connecting a device to a first network, retrieving voice input of a user, sending a message including data related to the voice input to at least one gateway device on the first network, receiving configuration data for a second network via the first network in response to the message, and establishing a connection of the device to the second network using the configuration data received via the first network. Furthermore, an electronic device, a network gateway device and a system are defined.
US11089058B2	Context-based adaptive encryption A network-based appliance includes a mechanism to set-up and selectively use an “out-of-band” encryption channel. The mechanism comprises a packet parser, and a packet dispatcher, and it is integrated with an existing network layer stack that typically is not visible to host applications. In lieu of simply encrypting all data it receives, the mechanism instead analyzes one or more attributes, e.g., protocol type, application type, current encryption strength, content payload, etc., associated with a packet transmission to determine whether further encryption is required. The evaluation may include a deep packet inspection (DPI) when the information at the network layer (e.g., IP address, port number, etc.) is not sufficient to determine if the payload in the packet needs to be further encrypted. Based on the result of the analysis, packets are dispatched to the encryption channel as and when necessary. When additional encryption is not necessary, however, packet(s) are instead dispatched through an ordinary non-encrypted channel.
US11089055B1	Method for detecting a web skimmer on a “payment page” A method for detecting a web skimmer on a “Payment Page” relates to a network security, namely, a detection of a malicious code on web pages, which include fields for inputting a payment information and a user personal data, and it may be used to increase a security level in case of making online payments for goods and services. The claimed method checks elements, which are present on the web page, for a presence of the malicious code and determines an activity that is inherent to a web skimmer embedded on the web pages with a payment form, timely informs about a presence of the user characteristics and/or blocks the web page itself and provides security of the operations associated with payment of goods and services via the Internet.
US11089053B2	Phishing attempt search interface Systems, methods, and media are used to identify phishing attacks. A notification of a phishing attempt with a parameter associated with a recipient of the phishing attempt is received at a security management node. In response, an indication of the phishing attempt is presented in a phishing attempt search interface. The phishing attempt search interface may be used to search for additional recipients, identify which recipients have been successfully targeted, and provide a summary of the recipients. Using this information, appropriate security measures in response to the phishing attempt for the recipients may be performed.
US11089052B2	Systems and methods for direct in-browser markup of elements in internet content Exemplary embodiments of the present disclosure relate to systems, methods, and non-transitory computer-readable media for contemporaneous in-browser searching, viewing, tagging, comparison, and harvesting of specific elements in digital content in a networked environment via enhanced browser environment, and for refining an operation of a portal based on the contemporaneous in-browser searching, viewing, tagging, comparison and harvesting of elements in digital content.
US11089048B2	Identifying spammer profiles A spammer profile detector uses multi-stage machine learning approach, where a content-based machine learning model, a connection graph machine learning model, and a behavior-based machine learning model are used sequentially, each model generating a score indicating the likelihood that a profile is a spammer profile. The content-based machine learning model examines and evaluates information stored in a member profile. The connection graph machine learning model examines and evaluates a member's connections. The behavior-based machine learning model examines and evaluates activities of a member represented by a member profile. The score produced by the spammer profile detector can be used to determine whether the profile should be flagged as a spammer profile, whether the profile should be omitted when determining a count of the total number of active member profiles within the system, whether the profile should be restricted or removed from the system, etc.
US11089039B2	Network traffic spike detection and management Systems and methods are described to predict spikes in requests for content on a computing network based on referrer field values of prior requests associated with spikes. Specifically, a traffic spike prediction service is disclosed that can analyze information regarding past requests on the computing network to detect a spike in requests to a content item, where a significant number of request within the spike include a common referrer field value. The traffic spike prediction service can then detect a request to a second content also including the common referrer field value, and predict that a spike is expected to occur with respect to the second content. The traffic spike prediction service can manage the expected spike by increasing an amount of computing resources available to service requests to the second content.
US11089036B2	Identifying security risks and fraud attacks using authentication from a network of websites The present disclosure relates to computer-implemented methods, software, and systems for identifying potential attacks through monitoring of user credential login attempts across a network of websites. One example method includes monitoring login attempts associated with a plurality of websites and identifying a first login attempt at a first website associated with a set of user credentials. In response to determining that the set of user credentials do not correspond to a valid set of credentials, a count value associated with an entry in a failed credential log associated with the user credentials is incremented. If the count threshold associated with a compromised user credential rule is exceeded by the current count value, then the first set of credentials is identified as a set of compromised credentials and at least one protective action is initiated.
US11089032B2	Signed envelope encryption Clients within a computing environment may establish a secure communication session. Sometimes, a client may trust another client to read, but not modify, a message. Clients may utilize a cryptography service to generate a message protected against improper modification. Clients may utilize a cryptography service to verify whether a protected message has been improperly modified.
US11089030B2	Unified online content manager apparatuses, methods and systems The UNIFIED ONLINE CONTENT MANAGER APPARATUSES, METHODS, AND SYSTEMS (“Online Content Manager”) transforms identification information and selection data inputs via a search engine component, a query interface component, a profile component, a content retrieval interface component, a content management system component and a collaboration component into a profile data output, a generated query output, search results output, and a secure homepage with customized content. In one embodiment, the method includes receiving a request to access secure content through a network; automatically constructing a query based on the request without additional input; providing the constructed query to the search engine and running the constructed query against an index of disparately owned content; trimming the results; constructing a display by placing the trimmed results of the query within a multi-source owner template interface; and providing the multi-source owner template interface to a requestor for display.
US11089025B2	Selecting encryption key using policies An information processing apparatus for selecting encryption key using policy. The information processing apparatus includes at least one processor executes instructions to input a first policy which defines a first encryption key configured to be used in communication between the information processing apparatus and plural communication apparatuses and a second policy which defines a second encryption key configured to be used in communication between the information processing apparatus and a single communication apparatus.
US11089023B2	Computer readable storage media for tiered connection pooling and methods and systems for utilizing same Systems and methods for tiered connection pooling are disclosed herein, which may be used in a method of fulfilling user requests in an enterprise computing system. The method involving generating, by a processing unit, a first connection pool comprising one or more previously used authenticated connections with a resource; generating, by the processing unit, a second connection pool comprising one or more unused authenticated connections with the resource; and generating, by the processing unit, a third connection pool comprising one or more unauthenticated connections with the resource; receiving, by the processing unit, a request from the user device to access the resource, the resource requiring authentication for access; and fulfilling, by the processing unit, the request based on a connection from the first, second, or third connection pool.
US11089011B2	Algorithm hardening in background context and external from the browser to prevent malicious intervention with the browser Disclosed examples to manage user credentials include providing new credentials from a non-rendered application to a website to perform credential resetting for the website; establishing an authenticated session for a user with the website based on the new credentials; and passing session configuration data corresponding to the authenticated session from the non-rendered application to a browser, the session configuration data to allow the browser to continue the authenticated session.
US11089009B2	System and methods for secure entry of a personal identification number (PIN) Systems and methods for credential character selection are provided. The system includes one or more sensors configured to detect a character selection and generate a character selection signal, and detect a character selection completion and generate a character selection completion signal. The system also includes one or more processors coupled to the one or more sensors, the one or more processors configured to receive the character selection signal and the character selection completion signal, and generate an output signal based on the received character selection signal that includes components of a credential. The system also includes a network interface component configured to transmit the output signal. The credential characters may be components of a PIN or password. Moreover, the credential character selections may be made on one device, but displayed on a separate coupled device. The character selections may be a selection of a character or a modification of character.
US11089008B2	System and method for facilitating pre authentication of user[s] intended to access data resources Disclosed is a client system for facilitating authentication of a user characterized by validating a password, at the client machine, transmitted by a server. In order to authenticate the user, initially, the client machine transmits a User Identification (ID) to the server. Upon receipt of the User ID, the server receives the User ID from the client machine and accordingly transmits a password to the client machine. In one aspect, the password may be transmitted by identifying the password, pertaining to the User ID, from a server password database and altering the password, to be transmitted, based on the metadata by using a Random Character Generator (RCG) algorithm. Subsequently, the client machine receives the password pertaining to the User ID from the server. Post receipt of the password, the client machine compares the password with a complementary password stored in a client password database presents on a client machine. Subsequent to the comparison of the password, the client machine prepares a response to the comparison based on determination of an algorithm of a plurality of algorithms stored in the client password database. The client machine then transmits the response to the server in order to authenticate a user of the client machine. Upon receipt of the response, the server transmits an acknowledgment to the client machine. The acknowledgment may be transmitted by verifying the response upon referring to the server password database. The client machine then obtains the acknowledgment from the server. In one aspect, the acknowledgment may indicate that the user is authenticated.
US11089003B2	Browser extension for limited-use secure token payment Methods and systems for a browser extension system are disclosed. In some embodiments, a browser extension server includes a communication device configured to communicate with a first computing device executing a browser extension application and a web browser application and a second computing device executing an authentication application. The browser extension server further includes a memory storing instructions, and a processor configured to execute the instructions to perform operations. The operations may include receiving from the first computing device an indication of a financial service account associated with the first computing device, detecting a payment field in a web page provided by the computing device through the web browser application and, in response, generating a secure token mapped to the financial service account. The operations may further include sending the second computing device an authentication request, receiving an authentication response, and populating the payment field with the secure token.
US11089001B2	Electronic apparatus and operation method thereof A method for operating an electronic apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention may comprise the steps of: setting a first key for unlocking data stored in a first electronic apparatus; when the first electronic apparatus receives, from a second electronic apparatus, a second key set by the second electronic apparatus, transmitting by the first electronic apparatus, to the second electronic apparatus, first data locked using the first key and the second key; and when the first electronic apparatus receives, from the second electronic apparatus, a generation signal of a first event for the first data, transmitting the first key to the second electronic apparatus according to whether the first event is approved or not.
US11089000B1	Automated source code log generation A method, system, and program product for generating an automated source code log statement is provided. The method includes retrieving source code of a software application and associating logs and associated semantics with the source code. The source code is parsed and analyzed and log statements are generated. Attributes within the source code are identified. The log statements are inserted into the source code with respect to a specified source code level of the source code and the source code comprising the log statements is presented to a developer. A command for modifying the logs is received. In response, the logs are modified resulting in modified logs. The source code comprising the log statements and modified logs is executed.
US11088994B2	Local interception of traffic to a remote forward proxy An application using a virtual private network (VPN) is programmed to transmit proxy traffic to a remote proxy server. Traffic to the proxy server is intercepted, shifted to user space, and processed according to one or more options. Traffic may be terminated by a local proxy that resolves domain names in traffic and requests referenced content. Intercepted traffic may include plain text data in headers that is encrypted before forwarding to a different proxy server. Traffic may be evaluated, such as a User Agent string in order to determine routing choices, such as blocking, throttling, local termination, transmitting through a VPN, or other options. Multiple VPNs may operate on the same user computer and proxy traffic may be intercepted and processed by transmitting it through a VPN, bypassing all VPNs, or routing through a different VPN.
US11088992B2	Context specific keys A method for operating a network is provided. The method comprises segmenting the network into a plurality of virtual private networks, wherein each virtual private network runs on an underlying physical network; and wherein each virtual private network represents a particular context; and configuring at least some nodes within the network to send and receive traffic based on context.
US11088984B2	System and method for enabling real-time eventing A method and system for real-time eventing including interacting with at least one configuration attribute according to instructions specified through an application programming interface (API); adding subscribers for an event channel; generating an event from operation of an application; publishing the event message to the event channel on an event router; processing the event message according to the at least one configuration attribute; identifying a subscriber to the event channel; and sending the event from the event router to the subscriber.
US11088977B1	Automated image processing and content curation Systems, devices, methods, media, and instructions for automated image processing and content curation are described. In one embodiment a server computer system receives a content message from a first content source, and analyzes the content message to determine one or more quality scores and one or more content values associated with the content message. The server computer system analyzes the content message with a plurality of content collections of the database to identify a match between at least one of the one or more content values and a topic associated with at least a first content collection of the one or more content collections and automatically adds the content message to the first content collection based at least in part on the match. In various embodiments, different content values, image processing operations, and content selection operations are used to curate content collections.
US11088976B2	Information processing system capable of promoting communication between/among users, information processing apparatus, non-transitory storage medium encoded with computer readable program, and method of controlling information processing apparatus A first information processing apparatus includes a first message acceptance unit which accepts input of a first message and a first message transmission unit which transmits the accepted first message and first character information to a server. A second information processing apparatus includes a second message acceptance unit which accepts input of a second message and a second message transmission unit which transmits the accepted second message and second character information to the server. The first information processing apparatus further includes a representation output unit which has a display unit display in chronological order, the first message brought in correspondence with a first character based on the first character information and the second message brought in correspondence with a second character based on the second character information obtained through the server and a reproduction output unit which provides audio output of the first message and the second message.
US11088968B2	Controlling socket receive buffer for traffic optimization A network device includes a network interface for establishing a communication session with another network device, a memory to store instructions, and a processor to execute the instructions. The processor may, for each time period during the communication session, adjust a size of a receive buffer of a socket. When the processor adjusts the size, the processor, if a utilization number of the receive buffer is greater than a high threshold: may determine a first new size for the receive buffer, and set a size of the receive buffer to the first new size. If the utilization number is less than a low threshold, the processor may determine a second new size for the receive buffer; and set the size of the receive buffer to the second new size.
US11088967B2	Shared resources for multiple communication traffics Systems, methods, and computer-readable media are disclosed for an apparatus coupled to a communication bus, where the apparatus includes a queue and a controller to manage operations of the queue. The queue includes a first space to store a first information for a first traffic type, with a first flow class, and for a first virtual channel of communication between a first communicating entity and a second communicating entity. The queue further includes a second space to store a second information for a second traffic type, with a second flow class, and for a second virtual channel of communication between a third communicating entity and a fourth communicating entity. The first traffic type is different from the second traffic type, the first flow class is different from the second flow class, or the first virtual channel is different from the second virtual channel. Other embodiments may be described and/or claimed.
US11088966B2	Managing congestion in a network adapter based on host bus performance A network adapter includes a host interface and circuitry. The host interface is configured to connect locally between the network adapter and a host via a bus. The circuitry is configured to receive from one or more source nodes, over a communication network to which the network adapter is coupled, multiple packets destined to the host, and temporarily store the received packets in a queue of the network adapter, to send the stored packets from the queue to the host over the bus, to monitor a performance attribute of the bus, and in response to detecting, based at least on the monitored performance attribute, an imminent overfilling state of the queue, send a congestion notification to at least one of the source nodes from which the received packets originated.
US11088963B2	Automatic aggregated networking device backup link configuration system An automatic aggregated networking device backup link configuration system includes a first networking device having first interfaces, and a second networking device having second interfaces. The first networking device receives second networking device information via at least some of the first interfaces coupled via respective Inter-Chassis Links (ICLs) in an aggregated ICL to respective ones of the second interfaces, and uses the second networking device information to determine that each of the at least some of the first interfaces provide the aggregated ICL to the second networking device. The first networking device then identifies one of the first interfaces that is coupled to a respective one of the second interfaces by a link that is not part of the aggregated ICL, and automatically configures the one of the first interfaces to provide the link that is not part of the aggregated ICL as a backup link.
US11088960B2	Information processing apparatus and verification system An information processing apparatus includes a processor that obtains a flow table from a switch apparatus that processes packets by using the flow table. The processor creates, for each flow registered with the flow table, a verification packet based on identification information that identifies each flow. The processor determines a number of verification packets based on a count value that represents a number of actual packets that have arrived at the switch apparatus. The processor generates the number of verification packets for each flow by copying the verification packet created for each flow. The processor determines transmission order of the generated verification packets based on the count value for each flow and time information that represents a time when a final actual packet of each flow has arrived at the switch apparatus.
US11088952B2	Network traffic control based on application path A network device may receive network traffic associated with a session, wherein the session is associated with a network. The network device may determine, from the network traffic, an application path that is associated with the session, wherein the application path is associated with a communication protocol and an application protocol. The network device may determine, based on policy information that is associated with the application path, whether the network traffic associated with the session is capable of being communicated via the network using the communication protocol and the application protocol. The network device may perform, based on whether the network traffic is determined to be capable of being communicated, an action associated with enabling or preventing communication of the network traffic.
US11088951B2	Flow classification apparatus, methods, and systems Apparatus, methods, and systems for tuple space search-based flow classification using cuckoo hash tables and unmasked packet headers are described herein. A device can communicate with one or more hardware switches. The device can include memory to store hash table entries of a hash table. The device can include processing circuitry to perform a hash lookup in the hash table. The lookup can be based on an unmasked key include in a packet header corresponding to a received data packet. The processing circuitry can retrieve an index pointing to a sub-table, the sub-table including a set of rules for handling the data packet. Other embodiments are also described.
US11088948B1	Correlating network flows in a routing service for full-proxy network appliances Systems and methods are provided to add flow identification information to packets of network traffic. Each packet can have flow identification information added based on the packet being sent to a full-proxy mode appliance. A stateful network routing service may intercept packets and determine the packets are to be sent to a full-proxy mode appliance. Based on this determination, the stateful network routing service may obtain or generate flow identification information to identify the packet. The stateful network routing service may add the information to the packet and transmit the enriched packet to a full-proxy mode network appliance. The stateful network routing service may receive a second enriched packet from the network appliance. The stateful network routing service can parse the second enriched packet for flow identification information and identify the second enriched packet based on the flow identification information.
US11088943B2	DiffServ traffic engineering compliant backup paths for fast reroute protection in MPLS Systems and methods, in a Label Edge Router (LER) which includes one or more ports and a switching fabric therebetween, include, responsive to a request for a Label Switched Path (LSP) tunnel with a specified DiffServ Traffic Engineering (DSTE) Class Type, signaling a PATH message via a port for the LSP tunnel in a Multiprotocol Label Switching (MPLS) network; incorporating a FAST_REROUTE object in the PATH message which indicates Facility Bypass is desired; and incorporating the DSTE Class Type in the FAST_REROUTE object of the PATH message for a Point of Local Repair (PLR) node in the MPLS network to ensure a Facility Bypass tunnel used for the LSP tunnel supports the specified DSTE Class Type.
US11088938B2	Multi-router IGP fate sharing A method for routing communication traffic in a network includes detecting that a link in a parallel link configuration has failed and, in response, adjusting one or more metrics associated with other links in the parallel link configuration to indicate that none of the links in the parallel configuration are available. A router connected to a direct link in a parallel link configuration including one or more other routers connected to one or more indirect links, respectively, includes a memory storing configuration parameters specifying a minimum number of links required to be operational in the parallel link configuration and an artificially high cost, and a link metric adjustment module operable to set a metric of the direct link to the artificially high cost until the minimum number of required links are operational after startup of the router or failure and reactivation of the direct link.
US11088934B2	Dynamic discovery of service nodes in a network This disclosure describes various methods, systems, and devices related to dynamic service node discovery in a network. In an example method, an intermediary node receives a Link Layer Discovery Protocol (LLDP) message from a first node. The LLDP message includes a discovery Type-Length-Value (TLV) that indicates a location of a service node in the network. The method further includes forwarding the LLDP message to a second node.
US11088932B2	Managing network system incidents Managing network asset incidents by receiving historical network asset incident data, analyzing the historical network asset incident data to correlate incident occurrence, receiving real time network asset incident data, generating a list of network assets predicted to be affected by a real time incident, in response to receiving the real time network asset incident data, monitoring the list of network assets, and remediating a network incident for a listed network asset.
US11088928B2	Service aware conditional path monitoring In one embodiment, a method is provided service aware conditional path monitoring. The method includes determining, for a network that includes a plurality of nodes, which particular nodes of the plurality of nodes forward traffic associated with a service. The method involves identifying relevant forwarding instructions within the particular nodes that are used to forward traffic for the service. The method further includes configuring the particular nodes to perform monitoring of traffic with a higher priority given to the relevant forwarding instructions than other forwarding instructions on the particular nodes. Monitoring results are obtained from the monitoring of traffic on the particular nodes on the relevant forwarding instructions. The monitoring results are analyzed to determine assurance of the service in the network.
US11088927B2	SDN controller, system and method for task scheduling, resource provisioning and service providing A software defined network (SDN) controller for task scheduling and/or resource provisioning and/or service providing includes a receiving unit configured to receive a request for scheduling at least one task and/or provisioning at least one resource and/or providing at least one service. The SDN controller further includes a processing unit configured to schedule at least one task and/or provision at least one resource and/or provide at least one service based on the request received by the receiving unit and on an explicit constraint defined in the received request, and/or an implicit constraint imposed by the received request.
US11088920B2	Cloud migration and maintenance controls A cloud migration system for automated monitoring of compliance with cloud migration protocols includes one or more processors configured to execute stored software instructions to: identify a plurality of cloud migration control parameters for assessing cloud deployment readiness of software technology assets; access a Configuration Management Database to identify a plurality of technology assets; access a cloud computing platform to determine a plurality of tagged technology assets; continually determine an efficiency position for the plurality of tagged technology assets based at least on workload utilization for each tagged technology asset; continually determine a cloud migration implementation status based on at least one transition statistic; and generate interface data representing a status of each of the plurality of technology assets according to the efficiency position and cloud migration implementation status.
US11088918B2	Systems and methods for determining a topology of a network comprising a plurality of intermediary devices and paths Systems and methods are disclosed for determining a topology of a network comprising a plurality of intermediary devices and intermediary paths. One method includes transmitting probes having a TTL value with a destination set to a destination device; receiving, for each probe transmitted, a response including an IP address of a responding device; determining whether more than one responding device has responded to the probes; determining whether more than one responding device has been found for two previous transmissions of probes when more than one responding device has responded to the probes; and transmitting, for each more than one responding device, probes having a decreased TTL value with a destination set to one of the IP addresses of the more than one responding devices, when more than one responding device has been found for two previous transmissions.
US11088916B1	Parsing logical network definition for different sites Some embodiments provide a method for defining a logical network (LN) that spans multiple sites and is managed at each site by a local manager. At a global manager that manages the logical network, the method creates a tree from a definition of the LN that spans the sites. The tree includes nodes representing elements in the LN and connections between the nodes to express relationships between the elements. Each of at least a subset of nodes has a span attribute identifying sites spanned by an LN element corresponding to the node. The method uses the span attributes to create a parsed tree for each site. Based on the parsed tree of each site, the method identifies a portion of the LN definition that is relevant for the site. The method provides, to the local manager of each site, the portion of the LN definition identified for the site.
US11088915B1	Live network sandboxing on a centralized management system Systems, methods, and computer-readable media for predicting policy changes in a network environment through a data serialization language. Running configurations of one or more network devices in a network environment can be collected. Further, a master device template of a new policy for the network environment can be generated through a data serialization language based on the running configurations of the one or more network devices. The master device template can include a directory-based tree structure of a simulated implementation of the new policy in the network environment. Policy changes in the network environment for the new policy can be predicted before implementing the new policy in the network environment based on simulated packet traversal through the directory-based tree structure of the simulated implementation of the policy in the network environment.
US11088913B2	Systems and methods for network device configuration deployment A network configuration (NC) computing device is provided. The NC computing device includes a processor in communication with a memory. The processor is configured to receive a command to initiate a configuration of a network device and present a questionnaire to a user about the network device. The questionnaire includes a plurality of questions about potential configurations of a network device. The processor is also configured to receive a plurality of responses from the user based on the questionnaire, generate a primary configuration file based on the plurality of responses, and transmit the primary configuration file to an installer device associated with the network device. The installer device is configured to install the primary configuration file on the network device.
US11088909B2	Multi-stage reconfigurable triplexer A reconfigurable triplexer that can support more frequency bands than a traditional triplexer is disclosed. For example, the reconfigurable triplexer can handle frequencies of several hundred megahertz up to 10 gigahertz. Further, certain implementations of the reconfigurable multiplexer can reduce or eliminate frequency dead zones that exist with traditional multiplexers. The reconfigurable triplexer includes a multi-stage filter bank capable of supporting a number of frequency bands and a bypass circuit that enables the triplexer to support a variety of sets of frequencies. For instance, unlike traditional triplexers, the reconfigurable triplexer can support both frequency bands with relatively narrow spacing and frequency bands with relatively wide spacing. Further, the inclusion of the bypass circuit enables the reduction or elimination of dead zones between supported frequencies.
US11088907B2	System characterization and configuration distribution for facilitating improved performance at computing devices A mechanism is described for facilitating system characterization and configuration distribution for promoting improved performance at computing devices. A method of embodiments, as described herein, includes selecting a computing device from a plurality of computing devices to perform a test relating to a default configuration corresponding to the computing device, where the computing device is selected based on at least one of a workload being initiated at the computing device or overall performance of the computing device. The method may further include evaluating feedback data resulting from the test to decide whether a change is necessitated for the default configuration, and computing a new configuration to replace the default configuration at the computing device, if the change is necessitated for the default configuration.
US11088906B2	Dependency determination in network environment This disclosure provides a computer-implemented method. The method may comprise obtaining a character of first-direction communications and a character of second-direction communications in a network environment, the first-direction communications being network communications from a first node to a second node, and the second-direction communications being network communications from the second node to the first node. The method may further comprise determining a dependency between the first node and the second node based on the character of first-direction communications and the character of second-direction communications, the dependency between the first node and the second node indicating whether the first node depends on the second node or the second node depends on the first node.
US11088904B2	Methods and apparatuses for reference signal configuration Embodiments of the present disclosure relate to methods and devices for reference signal (RS) transmission. In example embodiments, a method implemented in a network device is provided. According to the method, the size of a field for indicating a RS configuration to a terminal device served by the network device is determined based on at least one condition related to RS transmission. A first indication of the RS configuration is transmitted to the terminal device. The first indication is included in the field with the determined size.
US11088903B2	Hybrid cloud network configuration management A configuration system may acquire updated configuration information corresponding to an underlying cloud platform affiliated with a hybrid cloud platform, the hybrid cloud platform being in communication with the underlying cloud platform. The updated configuration information may include network planning information and subnet planning information of the hybrid cloud platform. The configuration system may update previous configuration information corresponding to the underlying cloud platform with incremental data included in the updated configuration information. The configuration system may provision, based on the network planning information, a network for the underlying cloud platform. The configuration system may provision, based on the subnet planning information, a subnet for the underlying cloud platform. The configuration system may respond to an access request that is forwarded by an authentication service end from an authentication client and send generated response information to the authentication service end after the network and the subnet are provisioned.
US11088900B2	Configuring system resources for different reference architectures A specification of an intent that identifies a desired service and a reference architecture is received. The desired service is rendered to provide instructions for dispatch to a plurality of devices having roles. Rendering the desired service includes invoking a service rendering program function based on the reference architecture and a role of a specific device. A new reference architecture may be implemented by specifying a new service rendering program function for the new reference architecture.
US11088885B2	Preamble symbol generation and receiving method, and frequency-domain symbol generation method and device Provided are a preamble symbol generation method and receiving method, and a relevant frequency-domain symbol generation method and relevant device. The generated preamble symbol contains: a time-domain symbol with a first three-segment structure; or a time-domain symbol with a second three-segment structure; or a free combination of several time-domain symbols with the first three-segment structure and/or several time-domain symbols with the second three-segment structure arranged in any order. Using the entirety or a portion of a certain length of a time-domain main body signal as a prefix, it is possible to perform coherent detection, which solves the issues of performance degradation with non-coherent detection and differential decoding failure under complex frequency selective fading channels, and generating a postfix or hyper prefix based on the truncation of the entirety or a portion of the time-domain main body signal would enable the generated preamble symbol to have sound fractional frequency offset estimation performance and timing synchronization performance.
US11088883B2	Multicarrier system and data modulation and demodulation method and device for multicarrier system A multicarrier system and data modulation and demodulation methods and devices for the multicarrier system are provided. The data modulation method includes: performing cyclic shifting on data sequences of L continuous symbols respectively, L≥2; and modulating the cyclically shifted data sequences by use of a waveform function, an independent variable range of the waveform function being greater than or equal to a symbol interval of the L modulated symbols. The technical solution solves the technical problems in which the related art is not compatible with a LTE system or effectively suppressing out-of-band leakage or flexibly adjusting a symbol interval to adapt to different channel environments and exhibits poor demodulation performance, thus achieving effective suppression of the out-of-band leakage, having higher compatibility with the LTE system and improving demodulation performance and flexibility of adjusting a symbol interval by simple cyclic shifting.
US11088880B2	Phase modulated data link for low-swing wireline applications A communication system comprises a transmitter and a receiver that communicate differential phase modulated data over a wireline channel pair. The transmitter encodes data symbols by generating first and second data signals with differentially phase shifted signal transitions with respect to one another. The receiver receives the first data signal and the second data signal and samples the first data signal based on a signal transition timing of the second data signal to generate a first output data symbol. The receiver furthermore samples the second data signal based on signal transition timing of the first data signal to generate a second output data symbol.
US11088879B2	Method for transmitting or receiving frame in wireless LAN system and apparatus therefor A method for transmitting a physical layer protocol data unit (PPDU) by a station (STA) in a wireless LAN (WLAN) system according to an embodiment of the present invention may comprise the steps of: configuring an L-part including a legacy-short training field (L-STF), a legacy-long training field (L-LTF), and a legacy-signal field (L-SIG); when a PPDU to be transmitted by the STA corresponds to a predetermined format, performing binary phase shift keying (BPSK) modulation on N consecutive symbols located after the L-SIG, for packet classification; and transmitting the PPDU including the L-part and the N BPSK-modulated symbols.
US11088877B1	Method to estimate multi-periodic signals and detect their features in interference Techniques, systems, architectures, and methods for providing improved feature detection of signals, especially those in relatively high interference regions, thereby allowing for earlier and longer range detection of communications and radar signals are herein provided. The techniques utilize a general framework of total variation denoising, where signals are assumed to be sparse in a combination of their first or higher order derivatives, to increase signal-to-interference ratio, which is followed by cyclostationarity detection, which is used to estimate signal features, including the period of the signals of interest and their modulation type.
US11088871B1	Fast convergence for MAC mobility A first provider edge device may receive device information from a second provider edge device included in an Ethernet virtual private network (EVPN). The device information may identify a media access control (MAC) address and may indicate that the device is connected to the second provider edge device. The first provider edge device may receive data transmitted by the device and may determine, based on information included in the data, that the device has moved from the second provider edge device to the first provider edge device. The first provider edge device may generate a data packet including mobility information indicating that the device has moved to the first provider edge device. The first provider edge device may transmit, via a data plane of the EVPN, the data packet to the second provider edge device to permit the second provider edge device to update routing information for the device.
US11088866B2	Drawing performance improvement for an external video output device An apparatus for activation control of an external display device for a meeting management device is disclosed. A method and a computer program product perform one or more functions of the apparatus. In one embodiment, the apparatus includes a data transmitter that sends at least one of image data and sound data from an information processing device to an external device that outputs at least one of an image and sound, a signal transmitter that sends a wireless control signal for activating or inactivating the external device, and a device state detector that determines whether the external device is active.
US11088865B2	System, device and method for terminal product usable time management A terminal product usable time management system includes a remote server and a local apparatus. The local apparatus includes a data memory storing an identifier and an encrypted usable time of the terminal product, a microprocessor used to send a start notification of a usable time management process, a product controller used to control a product load, and a wireless networking device used to communicate with the remote server to receive a new expiry date to update the usable time. The usable time management process includes: reading the encrypted usable time stored in the data memory, decrypting the encrypted usable time, decreasing the usable time per time unit, encrypting the decreased usable time, storing the encrypted and decreased usable time into the data memory, and instructing the product controller to disable some or all functions of the terminal product, if the usable time is inaccessible or decreased to zero.
US11088857B2	Blockchain timestamp agreement An example operation may include one or more of receiving a blockchain request from a client application, determining a network latency between the client application and the endorsing node based on a network path between the client application and the endorsing node, extracting a timestamp from the blockchain request, determining whether the extracted timestamp is invalid based on the network latency between the client application and the endorsing node, and in response to determining that the timestamp is valid, generating an endorsement for the blockchain request and transmitting the endorsement to the client application.
US11088854B2	Securing blockchain access through a gateway on behalf of a communication device For securing a blockchain access through a gateway (GAT) on behalf of a communication device (CD) in a wireless telecommunication network (TN), an apparatus (AM) operating with the gateway: receives a request (Req) sent from a communication device (CD) through the gateway (GAT), the request containing an identifier (IdCD) of the communication device, an identifier (IdR) of the request and a key (K), checks a distributed blockchain that includes information regarding the communication device and that is stored in a first blockchain network (BN1) and retrieving a value (V) corresponding to the key (K), creates a smart contract based on the key (K), the value (V), a timestamp (T), the identifier (IdCD) of the communication device, and the identifier (IdR) of the request, the smart contract being defined to confirm the validity of value (V) corresponding to the key (K) in the first blockchain network (BN1), appends the smart contract to a second blockchain network (BN2), the smart contract having to be executed on the first blockchain network (BN1) by at least one validator having access to the first blockchain network (BN1) and second blockchain network (BN2), signs a response (Res) containing the key (K), the value (V), and the identifier (IdR) of the request with a certificate (Cert), sends the response (Res) to the communication device (CD) through the gateway (GAT).
US11088852B2	Confidential blockchain transactions A computer-implemented method includes: determining assets held by a remitter, the assets to be spent in a remittance transaction between the remitter and one or more payees, in which each asset corresponds to a respective asset identifier, a respective asset amount, and a respective asset commitment value; determining a remitter pseudo public key and a remitter pseudo private key; determining a cover party pseudo public key, in which the cover party pseudo public key is obtained based on asset commitment values of assets held by the cover party; and generating a linkable ring signature for the remittance transaction.
US11088851B2	Systems and methods for signing of a message There is provided a requestor device for digital signing of a message, comprising: at least one hardware processor executing a code for: transmitting the message for signing thereof, in a single request session over the network to each one of a plurality of validator devices, wherein a beacon device computes and transmits over a network to each one of a plurality of validator devices a signature-data value computed and signed by the beacon device, receiving in a single response session from each one of the plurality of validator devices, a respective partial-open decrypted value computed for the signature-data value and the message, and aggregating the partial-opens decrypted values received from the plurality of validator devices to compute the digital signature of the message.
US11088847B2	Authority transfer system, control method therefor, and storage medium An authority transfer system includes a transmitting unit configured to transmit an authorization code request from a client to an authorization server and a receiving unit configured to receive an authorization code response, and a responding unit configured to return, by the authorization server, the authorization code response based on the destination information included in the authorization code request.
US11088845B2	Non-volatile memory with replay protected memory block having dual key An apparatus includes a Replay Protected Memory Block (RPMB) formed in a plurality of non-volatile memory cells. Control circuitry is configured to authenticate access to the RPMB with a plurality of keys. Authentication of write access to the RPMB is through a write key and authentication of read access to the RPMB is through a read key.
US11088843B2	Trusted virtual process execution contexts using secure distributed ledger Trusted virtual process execution contexts using secure distributed ledger are disclosed herein. An example system can be configured to determine an allowable state for an IoT endpoint node of the IoT endpoint nodes, the allowable state having one or more trusted parameters for the IoT endpoint node; hashing the one or more trusted parameters of the allowable state for the IoT endpoint node into a parameter hash; store the hashed, trusted parameters along with the parameter hash; hashed, trusted and provision the one or more trusted elements with the one or more trusted parameters for the IoT endpoint node when the one or more trusted parameters are verified.
US11088842B1	Vehicle configuration verification using cryptographic hash chains In one aspect, a computer system for verifying vehicle software configuration may be provided. In some exemplary embodiments, the computer system may include a processor and a non-transitory, tangible, computer-readable storage medium having instructions stored thereon that, in response to execution by the processor, cause the processor to: (1) transmit an authentication request to a vehicle computing system including a hash algorithm specification; (2) receive, from the vehicle computing system, a current configuration hash value and a vehicle identifier; (3) retrieve a trusted data block from a memory based upon the vehicle identifier; (4) compare the current configuration hash value to a stored configuration hash value included in the trusted data block; and (5) transmit an authentication response to the vehicle computing system based upon the comparison.
US11088840B2	Trusted terminal platform A point-of-sale (POS) terminal is provided for entering a PIN to enable a financial transaction. The point-of-sale terminal has a card reader for reading information from a credit card, a processor for running an operating system, with applications, a touch screen for displaying information and receiving user inputs, and a Security-Box connected between the touch screen and the processor to control the user input on the touch screen to the processor. The Security Box is configured to run in a “PIN Entry Mode” and a “Clear Text Mode.” When running in “PIN Entry Mode” the user input is not forwarded as touch coordinates to the processor and when running in “Clear Text Mode” the touch coordinates are transmitted to the processors.
US11088838B2	Automated authentication of a new network element The technology presented herein enables a new network element to be authenticated to other network elements automatically. In a particular embodiment, a method provides determining a current time relative to a first time. The first time is known to the new network element and a provisioning network element. The method further provides generating first beacon data using seed data stored on the new network element and the current time and generating keying data using the first beacon data and identification information associated with the new network element. The method also provides identifying a first one-time pad (OTP) from the keying data and using the first OTP to encrypt an authentication request for transfer from the new network element to the provisioning network element.
US11088835B1	Cryptographic module to generate cryptographic keys from cryptographic key parts A cryptographic module has an input/output port to receive a first temporary key. A processor receives the first temporary key from the input/output port. A secure authentication key memory is connected to the processor. A temporary key generator is connected to the processor to produce a second temporary key for routing to the input/output port. A cryptographic salt generator is connected to the processor to produce cryptographic salt. A cryptographic key generator is connected to the processor to process key parts derived from the first temporary key, the second temporary key and the cryptographic salt to produce cryptographic keys.
US11088830B2	IoT devices, block chain platforms and IoT systems for recording transportation data of objects and methods of using the same The present disclosure includes IoT devices, block chain platforms, and IoT systems for recording transportation data of an object and methods of using the same. In some examples, IoT devices are one time programmed with a private key in a manufacturing process of the IoT device. In some examples, IoT devices may include at least one sensor configured to detect external environment data of an object during transportation of the object; and a processor configured to receive the data from the sensor and generate a data packet based on the data using a private key, the data packet including a unique identification number of the IoT device, the data and a signature generated according to the unique identification number and the data.
US11088829B2	Securing a path at a node A path for a node of a computing environment is secured. The securing includes obtaining, by the node, a message that includes an identifier of a shared key and an encrypted message, the encrypted message including a first encryption key, a second encryption key, one or more first parameters and one or more second parameters. The node obtains the shared key from a key server and uses it to decrypt the encrypted message to obtain the first encryption key, the second encryption key, the one or more first parameters and the one or more second parameters. A second security parameters index, to be associated with the second encryption key and the one or more second parameters, is obtained. The node sends a response message to another node, the response message including the second security parameters index.
US11088819B1	Secondary phase compensation assist for PLL IO delay A line card of a network box receives a SYNC input signal and generates a first time stamp based on receipt of the SYNC input signal. The line card generates a system clock signal in a phase-locked loop and generates a SYNC output signal by dividing the system clock signal in a divider circuit. The SYNC output signal is fed back to an input terminal as a SYNC feedback signal. A time stamp is generated based on receipt of the SYNC feedback signal. The line card determines a time between the SYNC input signal and the SYNC feedback signal based on the first time stamp and the second time stamp. The timing of the SYNC output signal is adjusted based on the time difference using a coarse time adjustment by adjusting a divide ratio of the divider circuit and using a fine time adjustment in the phase-locked loop based on a residue of a remainder of the time difference not accounted for by the coarse time adjustment.
US11088817B2	Data transmission method, data transmission device, and computer readable storage medium The present application discloses a data transmission method, a data transmission device, and a computer readable storage medium. The data transmission method includes: determining a logic level of the data signal according to detection potential of each sampling point in the data signal, and regenerating the data signal according to the logic level and a preset amplitude.
US11088814B2	Wireless over cable communication system A system for communicating wireless signals over a cable network includes a wireless over cable (WoC) amplifier configured to communicate wireless frequency band signals with a modem. The system may also include a WoC splitter configured to communicate the wireless frequency band signals with the WoC amplifier directly or via one or more cables, and a WoC adapter configured to receive the wireless frequency band signals from the WoC splitter via one or more cables, and transmit the wireless frequency band signals wirelessly to one or more wireless communication devices.
US11088813B2	Method for signal transmission/reception between terminal and base station in wireless communication system, and device supporting same A signal transmission/reception method comprising the steps of: receiving, from a base station, configuration information for configuring the operation of a terminal according to a first communication system; obtaining transmission power information on a downlink signal of the first communication system on the basis of the configuration information; and receiving the downlink signal from the base station on the basis of the transmission power information, wherein the downlink signal is transmitted via a downlink carrier of the first communication system, and the downlink carrier is allocated in an FDD mode in a guard-band between an in-band and the guard-band configured for a second communication system.
US11088811B2	Virtual carrier aggregation for wideband operation of wireless communication systems Facilitating virtual carrier aggregation for wideband operation of wireless communication systems is provided herein. A system can comprise: a processor; and a memory that stores executable instructions that, when executed by the processor, facilitate performance of operations. The operations can comprise: receiving, from a network device of network devices, downlink transmission data comprising downlink control information applicable to a downlink channel of the network device; as a function of the downlink transmission data, adjusting a subband of subbands resulting in an aggregation of multiple subbands; and transmitting uplink radio traffic data via the aggregation of multiple subbands to the network device.
US11088808B2	Method and terminal for transmitting HARQ ACK/NACK signal using sidelink A disclosed feature of the present specification is to provide a method for transmitting a hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ) acknowledgement/negative-acknowledgement (ACK/NACK) signal using a sidelink. The method may comprise the steps of: receiving from a transmission terminal data in a first time section within a sidelink subframe n; and transmitting a HARQ ACK/NACK signal in a second time section within the sidelink subframe n. A gap may exist between the first time section and the second time section in the sidelink subframe n. The gap can be used for switching between reception and transmission.
US11088805B2	Control information transmission method, terminal device, and network device This application provides a control information transmission method, a terminal device, and a network device. The method includes: determining, by a terminal device, a bit length of downlink control information DCI based on a location of a target first time unit in a second time unit, where the DCI includes time domain resource location information, the time domain resource location information is used to indicate at least one of time domain length information of a third time unit and time domain start location information for data transmission scheduled based on the DCI, the DCI is carried in the target first time unit, and a time domain length of the third time unit is less than or equal to a time domain length of the second time unit; and receiving, by the terminal device, the DCI from a network device.
US11088803B2	Terminal apparatus, base station, method and recording medium for processing uplink reference signals [Object] To provide the uplink reference signal for beam tracking.[Solution] A terminal apparatus, including: a communication unit configured to perform communication with a base station configured to form beams and perform communication; and a control unit configured to transmit a first uplink reference signal and a second uplink reference signal which has a narrower target frequency bandwidth and a shorter transmission period than the first uplink reference signal.
US11088798B2	Ultra-low latency LTE reference signal transmission Various aspects described herein relate to communicating in a wireless network. A resource grant comprising an indicator of whether to transmit a demodulation reference signal (RS) for an uplink control channel or an uplink data channel can be received from a network entity. It can be determined whether to transmit the RS in at least one transmission time interval (TTI) based at least in part on the indicator.
US11088797B2	Enhanced cell search and system information acquisition Embodiments of efeMTC synchronization signals for enhanced cell search and enhanced system information acquisition are described. In some embodiments, an apparatus of a base station (BS) is configured to generate a length-x sequence for an efeMTC synchronization signal, the length-x sequence configured for repetition in frequency domain within 6 physical resource blocks (PRB). In some embodiments, to generate the length-x sequence, the BS may be configured to select any one index of the set of root indices {1, 2, . . . , 63}, excluding the root indices 25, 29 and 34, to correspond to a different physical-layer cell identity (PCID). In some embodiments, the BS may be configured to encode RRC signaling to include a System Information Block (SIB) comprising configuration information for transmission of the efeMTC synchronization signal, and transmit the length-x sequence as the efeMTC synchronization signal in frequency resources according to the SIB.
US11088787B2	Operating method and apparatus according to data duplicate retransmission in mobile communication system A method for operating a terminal in a wireless communication system is provided. The method includes decoding data which is received data or combined data, in case that the data is successfully decoded, determining whether the decoding of the data is a first successful decoding, and, in case that the decoding of the data is the first successful decoding, delivering the decoded data to a disassembly and demultiplexing entity.
US11088784B1	Systems and methods for utilizing dynamic codes with neural networks Systems and methods for utilizing dynamic codes in a dynamic system comprising neural networks are disclosed. In an exemplary embodiment, training data is transmitted to an encoder block, the encoder block having an encoder neural network. Training data is encoded utilizing the encoder neural network of the encoder block, and then decoded by a decoder block, the decoder block having a decoder neural network. An end-end error is determined by comparing the training data that was transmitted to the encoder block against the decoded training data that was received from the decoder block. Encoder/decoder parameters to minimize the end-end error are optimized and transmitted. Upon receipt of the encoder/decoder parameter updates, the encoder block and the decoder block are initialized.
US11088780B2	Low complexity blind detection of code rate Blind detection of code rates for codes with incremental shortening involves determining a decoding code rate for decoding words that are based on codewords of a code that exhibits incremental shortening over a range of code rates. Incremental shortening is a code structure or coding property according to which different numbers of bits in encoding blocks that are to be encoded are set or frozen to a fixed value, to provide the range of code rates. This property enables blind detection of a decoding code rate, without explicit signaling or prior configuration of code rates between a transmitter and a receiver.
US11088776B2	Optical transmission/reception device and optical transmission/reception method Provided is an optical transmission/reception device (1) for transmitting or receiving an optical signal via a communication path (2) in which a phase change of the optical signal is suppressed. The optical transmission/reception device (1) includes: a transmission device (10) including a framer generation unit (11), a symbol mapping unit (12), and an optical modulation unit (13); and a reception device (20) including an optical reception front end unit (21), an A/D conversion unit (22), a polarization separation unit (23), and a phase estimating unit (24) for estimating a phase of at least one of a plurality of polarizations from a plurality of polarization signals separated by the polarization separation unit (23) and estimating a phase of a remaining polarization on the basis of the estimated phase. The optical transmission/reception device (1), therefore, has a small circuit scale and allows a digital coherent reception system to be applied to free space optics or a communication system with a short communication distance such as an access network.
US11088775B2	Subcarrier diversity in optical communication systems Disclosed herein is a method of transmitting a data stream from a first location to a second location through an optical network, as well as a corresponding performance monitoring unit, a transmitting arrangement and a receiving arrangement. The method comprises the steps of transmitting said data stream from said first location to said second location along a working path, wherein said data stream is transmitted in the form of a super channel comprising a number of n wavelengths within a predefined reserved wavelength range, monitoring the performance of the transmission based on the super channel signal received at said second location, and in case the performance is observed to drop below a predetermined performance threshold, unburdening the super channel from a part of said data stream while maintaining the reserved wavelength range for said super channel, by redirecting said part of the data stream for transmittal along at least one restoration path connecting said first and second locations, and transmitting the remainder of said data stream within the super channel on a number of wavelengths that is less than n, and/or with a reduced transmission rate for at least some of the wavelengths in said super channel.
US11088770B2	Multi-panel base station test system A multi-panel base station test system includes a base station radio unit configured with a plurality of antenna panels positioned at a first end of a test chamber of the multi-panel base station test system. The multi-panel base station test system includes a plurality of test antennas positioned at a second end of the test chamber opposing the first end. The multi-panel base station test system includes a microwave lens positioned between the plurality of antenna panels and the plurality of test antennas in the test chamber. The microwave lens is configured to focus respective beams transmitted from each of the plurality of antenna panels toward respective focal points associated with each of the plurality of test antennas based on steering of the plurality of antenna panels.
US11088768B2	Method and apparatus for testing wireless communication to vehicles An apparatus for measuring over-the-air (OTA) wireless communication performance in an automotive application of a device under test (DUT) arranged on or in a vehicle. The apparatus includes a chamber defining an internal volume therein, such as an EMC chamber or a semi-anechoic chamber. Further, a rotatable platform for supporting the vehicle is provided enclose in the internal volume, together with at least one chamber antenna. A communication system test instrument is further provided for measuring the transmission between the device under test and the chamber antenna. The chamber antenna is an array antenna, including a horizontal linear array of antenna elements, the chamber antenna preferably providing a plane wave in near-field where the vehicle is located. The array may further include a plurality of horizontal linear arrays, overlying each other in a vertical direction.
US11088766B1	Apparatus and method for in-phase and quadrature skew calibration in a coherent transceiver Methods and apparatuses for IQ time skew calibration in a coherent transceiver are described. A four-channel signal is received. A set of inputs is constructed for a 4×8 MIMO equalizer by converting the four-channel signal into four complex inputs that each have a phase shift corresponding to an estimated carrier frequency offset. The set of inputs further includes conjugate replicas of the four complex inputs. Using output from the 4×8 MIMO equalizer, equalizer coefficients are calculated by minimizing error between the MIMO output and a reference signal. Receiver and transmitter IQ skew are estimated using the equalizer coefficients, by converting the equalizer coefficients form the time domain to the frequency domain to determine receiver and transmitter IQ differential phase responses, which are indicative of respective receiver and transmitter IQ skew in the time domain. Skew compensation is then performed.
US11088765B2	Methods and apparatus for detecting and compensating bandwidth limitation and modulation nonlinearity of a coherent optical transponder In some embodiments, an apparatus includes a memory and a processor operatively coupled to the memory. The processor is configured to send a stimulus signal at a frequency that corresponds to a first frequency value to a tributary channel of a coherent optical transponder. The processor is configured to adjust an amplitude of the stimulus signal and receive a first plurality of output optical power values. The processor is configured to adjust the frequency of the stimulus signal and receive a second plurality of output optical power values. The processor is configured to determine a bandwidth limitation and a modulation nonlinearity, and then send a first signal to a first filter to reduce the bandwidth limitation and a second signal to a second filter to reduce the modulation nonlinearity.
US11088764B2	Out-of-band communication channel for sub-carrier-based optical communication systems Techniques are described for implementing an out-of-band communication channel used to exchange control channel information in sub-carrier-based optical communication systems. In an example implementation, a transmitter includes a laser operable to supply an optical signal, a digital signal processor operable to supply first electrical signals based on first data input to the digital signal processor and second data input to the digital signal processor, digital-to-analog conversion circuitry operable to output second electrical signals based on the first electrical signals, modulator driver circuitry is operable to output third electrical signals based on the second electrical signals, and an optical modulator operable to supply first and second modulated optical signals based on the third electrical signals. The first modulated optical signal includes a plurality of optical subcarriers carrying user data. The second modulated optical signal is polarization modulated based on the second data.
US11088762B2	Phase-lock-free system and method for receiving multi-modulation-format compatible high-speed laser signal A phase-lock-free system includes a control instruction unit, a low-noise high-gain optical amplifier, an optical switch, a filter, an optical delay interferometer I, an optical delay interferometer Q, a first balanced detector, a second balanced detector, an anti-coding switch unit, a parallel-serial conversion unit, and a data processing unit. The control instruction unit is connected to the optical switch, the anti-coding switch unit, and the parallel-serial conversion unit, respectively; the low-noise high-gain optical amplifier is connected to the optical switch; the optical switch is connected to the first balanced detector and the second balanced detector by means of the filter, the optical delay interferometer I, and the optical delay interferometer Q, respectively. This system improves the compatibility of a communication system at a relay node in an existing laser communication network.
US11088760B2	Counter directional optical network using ribbon fiber A counter-directional optical network having multiple channels includes a source module connected with at least two network nodes by a fiber ribbon including an array of optical fibers. Each channel includes at least one optical fiber. The source module includes multiple signal sources, each signal source connected with one of the channels and operable to transmit a source signal in a direction in the channel. Each network node includes a modulator for processing the source signal with a data input signal forming a message signal, a switch for selecting one of the channels to transmit the message signal and a receiver connected with one of the channels for receiving a message signal from another node. The message signal is transmitted to the receiver of a receiving node in a direction opposite to the transmission direction of the source signal via the channel connected to the receiver of the receiving node.
US11088757B2	High-throughput satellite with sparse fixed user beam coverage Embodiments provide high-throughput, hub-and-spoke satellite communications with geographically non-overlapping user beams and full frequency reuse. For example, a coverage area of a satellite is segmented into multiple candidate coverage zones, and an associated consumption demand is determined for each candidate coverage zone. Fixed spot beams are assigned to a subset of the candidate coverage zones according to highest associated consumption demands, such that each fixed spot beam corresponds to at least one candidate coverage zone to service an associated beam coverage area that is geographically non-overlapping with beam coverage areas of all other fixed spot beams, and each fixed spot beam is allocated full use of a same spectrum. One or more steerable beams selectively cover lower consumption demand zones.
US11088756B2	Active repeater device for operational mode based beam pattern changes for communication with a plurality of user equipment An active repeater device includes a primary sector and at least a secondary sector communicatively coupled to the primary sector receives or transmits a first beam of input RF signals having a first beam pattern from or to a base station, respectively. The primary sector includes an baseband signal processor and a first radio head (RH) unit. The secondary sector comprises a second RH unit. The first beam pattern covers a first geographical area. Beamforming coefficients are generated to convert the first beam pattern of the first beam of input RF signals to a second beam pattern. A second beam of output RF signals in the second beam pattern is transmitted from or received by, respectively, the secondary sector to or from, respectively, a plurality of user equipment (UEs) based on the generated beamforming coefficients and the received first beam of input RF signals.
US11088751B2	Interference aware beam selection for NR (new radio) Techniques for interference-based beam selection are discussed. One example embodiment employable in a UE (User Equipment) can comprise a processor configured to: determine one or more parameters based on configuration signaling, wherein each of the one or more parameters is associated with at least one of channel measurements, interference measurements, or a beam information report; perform the interference measurements for each of one or more distinct UE beams; calculate a measurement metric for each beam pair of one or more beam pairs based on the interference measurements, wherein each beam pair comprises one of the one or more distinct UE beams and an associated NW (Network) beam; and generate the beam information report comprising the measurement metric for at least one beam pair of the one or more beam pairs.
US11088750B2	Feedback of beam switch time capability Certain aspects of the present disclosure relate to methods and apparatus for providing beam switch latency using communications systems operating according to new radio (NR) technologies. For example, the method generally includes determining a latency associated with a beam switch from a source antenna array module to a target antenna array module when the target module is in a low power mode; and signaling a base station to use the determined latency after sending a command for the beam switch.
US11088741B1	Apparatus and methods for uplink MIMO enhancement in wireless systems Apparatus and methods for increasing throughput in wireless systems and networks. In one embodiment, the apparatus and methods provide enhanced performance to 5G millimeter-wave user devices via expanded use of spatial multiplexing layers in various uplink (UL) operating modes, including transform precode and non-transform precode modes. In one implementation, the methods and apparatus described herein can be utilized with respect to a 3GPP 5G NR UE scheduled dynamically in UL transmission. In another implementation, the methods and apparatus described herein can be utilized with respect to the UE scheduled with a Configured Grant (CG) UL transmission.
US11088738B2	Communication method and network device Embodiments of the present invention provide a communication method. A first network device configures power configuration information for each of at least two precoding matrix groups, and sends the power configuration information to a second network device. The power configuration information is used to indicate a power configuration of a corresponding precoding matrix group of the at least two precoding matrix groups, and the at least two precoding matrix groups belong to a same resource used to measure channel state information CSI. When the second network device performs CSI measurement, different power values of different precoding matrix groups can be considered, thereby increasing accuracy of the CSI measurement.
US11088736B2	Precoding reference signals for uplink transmission with downlink interference information Certain aspects of the present disclosure relate to methods and apparatus relating to precoding reference signals for uplink transmissions with downlink interference information. In certain aspects, a method, performed by a user equipment (UE) includes receiving, from a base station, one or more signals for use in estimating channel quality for a downlink between the base station and the UE. The method also includes determining a first frequency resource and a second frequency resource from a frequency band allocated for transmitting a reference signal (RS). The method further includes computing a first downlink channel quality estimate for the first frequency resource using the one or more signals, transmitting a first RS precoded using the first downlink channel quality estimate, computing a second downlink channel quality estimate for the second frequency resource using the one or more signals and transmitting a second RS precoded using the second downlink channel quality estimate.
US11088732B2	Method for transmitting/receiving channel state information in wireless communication system and apparatus for same Disclosed are a method for transmitting/receiving channel state information in a wireless communication system and an apparatus for the same. Particularly, a method for reporting channel state information (CSI) by a user equipment (UE) in a wireless communication system may comprise the steps of: receiving channel state information reference signal (CSI-RS) from a base station through a multi-antenna port; and reporting CSI to the base station, wherein the CSI includes selection information indicating multiple codewords used to generate a precoding matrix within a codebook for reporting the CSI, a power coefficient and a phase coefficient are applied to each of the multiple codewords and the precoding matrix is then generated on the basis of a linear combination of the multiple codewords to each of which the power and phase coefficients are applied, and the selection information and information indicating the power coefficient are transmitted at different CSI reporting instances.
US11088731B2	MIMO antenna assembly having stacked structure Provided is a multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) antenna having a lightweight stacked structure. According to one aspect of the present invention, there is provided a MIMO antenna assembly having a lightweight stacked structure, in which a calibration network, which was provided between antenna elements and filters in the related art, is provided on one printed circuit board (PCB), together with a power amplifier and a digital circuit, and filters are closely coupled to the bottom of the PCB on which the feeding network is provided. The present invention employs a strategy in which an antenna assembly is reduced to a compact size while managing phase deviation caused due to filters at an acceptable level. According to another aspect of the present invention, there is provided a calibration method, in which transmission/reception (TX/RX) calibration may be performed by a single calibration hardware component of a MIMO antenna operated by a time division duplex (TDD) scheme and may be performed in real time during the operation of the MIMO antenna, and the MIMO antenna employing the calibration method.
US11088730B2	Stripline conformal patch antenna A stripline conformal patch antenna is disclosed. The antenna comprises circuit board that includes a composite dielectric which has a bottom surface and a top surface. The bottom surface comprises a bottom surface conductive ground plane. The top surface comprises an array of a plurality of conductive antenna elements and a top surface conductive ground plane disposed around the plurality of antenna elements. The stripline conformal antenna also includes a conductor, extending from an antenna input through the composite dielectric, the conductor forming a stripline between the top surface conductive ground plane and the bottom surface conductive ground plane. A plurality of electrical vias extend through the composite dielectric, electrically shorting the bottom surface conductive ground plane and the top surface conductive ground plane.
US11088729B2	Method and apparatus for expanding quasi-colocation (QCL) signaling to cover varied scenarios Certain aspects of the present disclosure relate to methods and apparatus for providing quasi-colocation (QCL) signaling for reference signals (RS) and channels across scenarios involving multiple cells, such as coordinated multipoint (CoMP) scenarios in which multiple transmit receive points (TRPs) or integrated access and backhaul (IAB) nodes each have their own cell ID.
US11088728B2	Distributed antenna systems over general use network infrastructures Distributed antenna systems over general use network infrastructures are provided. In one embodiment, a distributed antenna system comprises: a central area node (CAN) coupled to a backbone network, wherein the CAN is configured to communicatively couple to at least one base station via the network, and to communicatively couple to at least one wireless access point via the network. The distributed antenna system is configured to use virtual cables implemented using the network, each of the virtual cables defined by a respective dedicated data channel on the network. The CAN is coupled to the base station and wireless access point using at least some of the virtual cables. Downlink and uplink transport signals are transported between the CAN and the wireless access point through said virtual cables. The downlink transport signals are generated from base station downlink signals and base station uplink signals are generated from the uplink transport signals.
US11088726B2	Device and method for NFC device charging The present disclosure relates to a detection method or device, by a first NFC device generating an electromagnetic field for recharging a battery of a second NFC device, of a disruptive condition, in which thresholds (MHTH, MLTH, PHTH, PLTH) for detection of a variation of the field are adjusted in real time during the recharging.
US11088723B2	Electronic device and near field communication antenna thereof An electronic device is disclosed. The electronic device includes a conductive plate, an opening, two feeding parts, and an electronic assembly. The opening is disposed at a side of the conductive plate. The opening has a first side and a second side opposite to each other, and the first side and the second side are connected with the side of the conductive plate. The electronic assembly is located in the opening. Two feeding parts are respectively disposed on the first side and the second side of the opening. the feeding parts is used to receive a feeding signal, and the feeding signal is transmitted along the first side of the opening to the second side of the opening and generates a near field magnetic field.
US11088722B2	Redundant power line control systems Methods, systems, and apparatus for monitoring and controlling electronic devices using wired and wireless protocols are disclosed. The systems and apparatus may monitor their environment for signals from electronic devices. The systems and apparatus may take and disambiguate the signals that are received from the devices in their environment to identify the devices and associate control signals with the devices. The systems and apparatus may use communication means to send control signals to the identified electronic devices. Multiple apparatuses or systems may be connected together into networks, including mesh networks, to make for a more robust architecture.
US11088719B1	Serdes with pin sharing A transceiver includes a first common T-coil circuit coupled to a first input-output pin of the transceiver, a termination impedance coupled to the first common T-coil circuit and configured to match an impedance of a transmission line coupled to the first common T-coil circuit, an amplifier configured to receive an input signal from the first input-output pin through the first common T-coil circuit based on a receive enable signal, and a first transmission buffer configured to transmit an output signal to the first input-output pin through the first common T-coil circuit based on a transmit enable signal.
US11088712B2	Iterative decoder performance prediction using machine learning An illustrative embodiment of this disclosure is an apparatus, including a memory, a processor in communication with the memory, and a decoder. The processor is configured to train a classifier, calculate one or more features of a codeword, predict an outcome of decoding the codeword with the decoder, and determine, using the classifier, whether the outcome satisfies a predetermined threshold. In some embodiments, based on the outcome, the processor selects a set of decoder parameters to improve decoder performance.
US11088710B2	Memory controllers and memory systems including the same A memory controller configured to control a memory module, the memory controller including processing circuitry configured to perform ECC decoding on a read codeword from the memory module using a first portion of a parity check matrix to generate a first syndrome and a second syndrome, determine a type of error in the read codeword based on the second syndrome and a decision syndrome, the decision syndrome corresponding to a sum of the first syndrome and the second syndrome, and output a decoding status flag indicating the type of error.
US11088709B2	Polar code encoding method and apparatus A polar code encoding method and apparatus are provided. The method includes: obtaining a basic sequence, where the basic sequence is a sequence obtained by sorting sequence numbers of polarized channels in descending order or ascending order of reliability, and a length of the basic sequence is L1; determining, based on a maximum encoding length L2 supported by a receiving device, a quantity M of segments of an information bit sequence whose length is N after encoding, where a quantity of bits in the information bit sequence before the encoding is K; and performing polar code encoding on the M segments based on the basic sequence. According to the polar code encoding method, during polar code construction, an encoding device needs to know only a reliability order of min(N/M, L1) polarized channels. In this way, storage overheads of a nested sequence can be effectively reduced, and online computing complexity can be reduced.
US11088706B2	Information processing method, apparatus, and communications device This application discloses an encoding method, an apparatus, a communications device, and a communications system. The method includes: encoding an input bit sequence by using a low density parity check LDPC matrix, where the LDPC matrix is obtained based on a lifting factor Z and a base matrix, and the base matrix includes a row 0 to a row 4 and a column 0 to a column 26 in one of matrices shown in FIG. 3b-1A to FIG. 3b-8B, or the base matrix includes a row 0 to a row 4 and some of a column 0 to a column 26 in one of matrices shown in FIG. 3b-1A to FIG. 3b-8B. According to the encoding method, the apparatus, the communications device, and the communications system, channel coding requirements can be met.
US11088701B1	Analogue to digital converter with top plate sampling architecture for linear operation The present disclosure provides an analogue to digital converter (ADC) (100), which includes: a capacitive digital to analogue converter (DAC) (120) configured to sample and hold a received sampling input signal and a latched comparator (140) including a first metal oxide semiconductor field effect transistor (MOSFET) (202); a second MOSFET (204) connected in parallel to the first MOSFET; a third MOSFET (226), wherein a third source terminal of the third MOSFET (226) is coupled with first drain terminal and second drain terminal of the first and second MOSFET (202, 204), wherein a sampling switch (130) is configured to the third source terminal to selectively allow voltage to be supplied to the third MOSFET (226), and wherein the sampling switch is configured to disallow voltage to be supplied to the third MOSFET when the ADC is sampling the input signal.
US11088698B2	Phase-locked loop circuit A phase-locked loop circuit includes: a division ratio control circuit controlling a division ratio of an output signal of a variable frequency divider on the basis of an addition signal of a negative feedback signal and a division ratio setting signal indicating the division ratio, in synchronization with a divided signal output from the variable frequency divider; a first phase detection circuit calculating a first phase detection signal indicating a phase of an output signal of a signal output circuit; a second phase detection circuit calculating a second phase detection signal indicating a phase of the output signal of a case where it is assumed that the division ratio control circuit controls the division ratio of the output signal of the variable frequency divider in synchronization with the reference signal; and a shift circuit generating a negative feedback signal from a difference between the first phase detection signal and the second phase detection signal, and outputting an addition signal of the generated negative feedback signal and the division ratio setting signal to the division ratio control circuit.
US11088693B2	Configurable logic block for implementing a Boolean function A method for mapping a Boolean function to a configurable logic block (CLB). The CLB includes a first plurality of programmable logic cells (PLCs). The Boolean function includes a plurality of digits. Each of the plurality of digits includes a respective hexadecimal value. The method includes mapping the Boolean function to a first PLC of the first plurality of PLCs responsive to the plurality of digits satisfying a first condition. In an exemplary embodiment, the first condition includes at least two digits of the plurality of digits being different and each of the plurality of digits including one of a first hexadecimal digit, a second hexadecimal digit different from the first hexadecimal digit, a bitwise complement of the first hexadecimal digit, and a bitwise complement of the second hexadecimal digit.
US11088691B2	Oscillation circuit and interface circuit An oscillation circuit has a voltage generator configured to generate a linearly changing voltage, a voltage level of which linearly changes as time passes, a first comparator configured to compare the linearly changing voltage with a first reference voltage, a second comparator configured to compare the linearly changing voltage with a second reference voltage having a higher voltage level than the first reference voltage, a time-to-digital converter configured to output a bit sequence signal in accordance with a time difference between a time when the first comparator detects that the linearly changing voltage matches the first reference voltage and a time when the second comparator detects that the linearly changing voltage matches the second reference voltage, and an oscillator configured to generate an oscillation signal that oscillates at a frequency according to the bit sequence signal.
US11088690B2	Switch A switch is disclosed. The switch includes a body; and an actuator configured to provide a magnetic force to the body and induce an electrical switching of the body, wherein the body includes a housing with a first surface; and a plurality of hall sensors sequentially disposed adjacent to the first surface, wherein the actuator includes a case with a second surface; and a first magnetic body and a second magnetic body sequentially disposed adjacent to the second surface, wherein the first magnetic body includes a first polarity; and a second polarity opposite to the first magnetic body, wherein the second magnetic body includes a third polarity; and a fourth polarity opposite to the third magnetic body, wherein the first polarity, the second polarity, the third polarity, and the fourth polarity are sequentially disposed along the second surface.
US11088689B2	Switching apparatus A switching apparatus comprises: a first current-conductive branch (12) including a first switching element (24), the first switching element (24) configured to be switchable to selectively permit and block a flow of current in the first current-conductive branch (12); a second current-conductive branch (14) including a second switching element (32), the second switching element (32) configured to be switchable to selectively permit and block a flow of current in the second current-conductive branch (14); and first and second terminals (18,20) for connection, in use, to an electrical network (22), wherein the first and second current-conductive branches (12,14) extend between the first and second terminals (18,20), wherein the switching apparatus further includes an inductance element (44) configured to carry, in use, a current flowing through the switching apparatus, the inductance element (44) electrically coupled to the second switching element (32) so that the inductance element (44) is configured as a power source for enabling the operation of the second switching element (32).
US11088686B2	Semiconductor module A semiconductor module includes: a semiconductor substrate; a switching element having a first electrode, a second electrode, and a gate electrode, and the switching element configured to perform turning on/off between the first electrode and the second electrode in response to applying of a predetermined gate voltage to the gate electrode; a control circuit part configured to control the gate voltage; and a current detection element configured to detect a current which flows between the first electrode and the second electrode of the switching element, wherein the switching element, the control circuit part, and the current detection element are mounted on the semiconductor substrate, and the current detection element is formed of a Rogowski coil.
US11088675B2	Acoustic wave filter with temperature sensor Aspects of this disclosure relate to a surface acoustic wave filter with an integrated temperature sensor. The integrated temperature sensor can be a resistive thermal device configured as a reflective grating for a surface acoustic wave resonator, for example. A radio frequency system can provide over temperature protection by reducing a power level of a radio frequency signal provided to the surface acoustic wave filter responsive to an indication of temperature provided by the integrated temperature sensor satisfying a threshold.
US11088673B2	Composite filter device, high-frequency front end circuit, and communication device A composite filter device includes an antenna common terminal, a first band pass filter having a first pass band, and a second band pass filter having a second pass band located at higher frequencies than the first pass band. The first band pass filter includes an elastic wave resonator. The elastic wave resonator includes a LiNbO3 substrate, an IDT electrode on the LiNbO3 substrate, and a dielectric film that covers the IDT electrode and includes a silicon oxide as a main component. When f1′ is the frequency of a Sezawa wave of the first band pass filter and f2 is the center frequency of the second pass band, f1′ is located at a different position from f2.
US11088672B2	Bulk acoustic wave resonators with shaped border rings Bulk acoustic wave (BAW) resonators, and particularly shaped border (BO) rings for BAW resonators are disclosed. Top electrode arrangements are disclosed that include a BO ring arranged about a periphery of a top electrode, where the BO ring forms a top surface having a shape that is sloped or graded in comparison to planar surfaces of the top electrode. The top surface of the BO ring may be arranged such that a height of the top surface is graded in a descending manner toward a central region of the BAW resonator. BAW resonators as disclosed herein are provided with high quality factors and suppression of spurious modes while also providing reduced acoustic leakage and mode conversion.
US11088671B2	Surface acoustic wave device, filter circuit, and electronic component A surface acoustic wave device includes a piezoelectric material layer, a pair of busbars, a plurality of electrode fingers, and reflectors. The piezoelectric material layer has a thickness that is in a range of 1 to 2.5 times of an acoustic wavelength. A main mode of an elastic wave excited on the piezoelectric material layer by the electrode fingers is a leaky surface acoustic wave. A design variable is set such that a minimum propagation loss frequency where a propagation loss becomes minimum and a frequency of a plate wave spurious formed due to a slow shear wave excited together with the leaky surface acoustic wave are matched. A propagation velocity of a slowest bulk wave of an elastic wave that propagates in a lower layer of the piezoelectric material layer is equal to or more than 1.05 times of a velocity of the leaky surface acoustic wave.
US11088669B2	Band pass filter In a band pass filter, a signal input into a first terminal is transmitted to a first LC resonator and a second LC resonator in this order and is then output from a second terminal. The band pass filter includes a third inductor and a third capacitor. A first end of the third inductor is electrically connected to the ground. The third capacitor is electrically connected between a second end of the third inductor and a node between the first LC resonator and the second LC resonator.
US11088658B2	Envelope tracking amplifier apparatus An envelope tracking (ET) amplifier apparatus is provided. In examples discussed herein, the ET amplifier apparatus can be configured to operate in a fifth-generation (5G) standalone (SA) mode and a 5G non-standalone (NSA) mode. In the SA mode, the ET amplifier apparatus can enable a first pair of amplifier circuits to amplifier a 5G signal for concurrent transmission in a 5G band(s). In the NSA mode, the ET amplifier apparatus can enable a second pair of amplifier circuits to amplify a non-5G anchor signal and a 5G signal for concurrent transmission in a non-5G anchor band(s) and a 5G band(s), respectively. As such, the ET circuit may be provided in a communication apparatus (e.g., a 5G-enabled smartphone) to help improve power amplifier linearity and efficiency in both 5G SA and NSA modes.
US11088655B2	Photovoltaic solid-state transformer, photovoltaic inverter system and bidirectional high-voltage converter A photovoltaic solid-state transformer, a photovoltaic inverter system and a bidirectional high-voltage transformer are provided. The photovoltaic solid-state transformer includes: multiple single phase modules and a filter. Each of the single phase modules includes multiple multiple-output isolated DC/DC converters and multiple cascade DC/AC modules, where each of the multiple-output isolated DC/DC converters includes a DC/AC module, a high frequency transformer and multiple AC/DC modules. The multiple single phase modules are connected to the grid via the filter in a star connection or a delta connection. The DC/DC converters and the cascade DC/AC modules are simple logical switches and have conversion efficiency higher than 99%, such that the photovoltaic solid-state transformer has a reduced volume, and an improved overall efficiency higher than 98.5%.
US11088654B2	Dual pile cap A solar array support structure includes a first vertical pile extending from a ground to a first pile end, a second vertical pile extending from the ground to a second pile end, and a first pile cap attached to each of the first and second vertical piles, the first pile cap configured to account for a misalignment of at least one of the first vertical pile and the second vertical pile by providing for adjustable attachment locations for each of the first and second pile ends.
US11088646B2	Motor driving control device and motor driving control method A motor driving control device drives each of a first motor and a second motor based on a predetermined condition designation signal, and includes a control unit, a first motor driving unit and a second motor driving unit. The control unit outputs first and second PWM signals to control driving of the first and second motors, respectively. Each of the first and second motor driving units flow a current through the first and second motors based on the first and second PWM signals, respectively. The control unit includes a determination means configured to determine whether the condition designation signal meets a predetermined mode switching condition, and an adjustment means configured to perform overlapping-related adjustment of an on period of the first PWM signal and an on period of the second PWM signal, based on a determination result of the determination means.
US11088643B1	Demagnetization sensing for permanent magnet synchronous motor drive A motor controller includes a current controller configured to generate control signals for driving a motor, where the current controller is configured to measure voltage information of the motor and current information of the motor; a flux estimator configured to calculate a rotor magnetic flux linkage based on the voltage and current information; an extraction circuit configured to extract a flux linkage magnitude of the rotor magnetic flux linkage from the received rotor magnetic flux linkage; and a demagnetization detector configured to continuously monitor for a demagnetization of a rotor permanent magnet of the motor during operation of the motor based on the flux linkage magnitude, where the demagnetization detector is configured to compare the flux linkage magnitude to a predefined demagnetization level and detect the demagnetization on a condition that the flux linkage magnitude is equal to or less than the predefined demagnetization level.
US11088641B2	Motor driving device having lock protection mode A motor driving device having a lock protection mode includes a rotation speed detecting unit, an operating unit, a driving unit, a floating point selecting unit, a BEMF detecting unit, a control unit, and a lock protection unit. The operating unit enters an operating mode after a motor is stably operated, and generates an operating signal having phases according to a commutation sequence, and the driving unit drives the motor. The BEMF detecting unit detects a BEMF of a first floating phase to generate a detection result. The control unit outputs a commutation signal to cause the driving unit to drive the motor. When the rotation speed detecting unit determines that a rotation speed of the motor exceeds a predetermined rotation speed, the rotation speed detecting unit outputs a switching signal to the lock protection unit to enter the lock protection mode.
US11088639B2	Motor driving device and method thereof A motor driving device includes a first hysteresis comparator, a second hysteresis comparator, a logic circuit, a control unit, and an inverter circuit. The logic circuit receives a start signal or a start completion signal to output the first output signal as a commutation signal according to the start signal, or to output the second output signal as the commutation signal according to the start completion signal, clamps the second output signal by the first output signal, stops outputting the commutation signal after the potential state of the commutation signal is changed, and unclamps the second output signal with the first output signal and outputs the commutation signal in response to a difference voltage between the first input signal and the second input signal being greater than a positive value of the first hysteresis voltage or less than a negative value of the first hysteresis voltage.
US11088636B2	Vibration motor and lens driving device A vibration motor includes a vibrator, a friction member, and a pressurizing unit. The vibrator includes projecting portions and is vibrated by application of a driving voltage. The projecting portions are arranged in vicinities of nodes of the vibration, respectively. The friction member has a sliding surface formed of a curved surface with which the projecting portions come into contact. The pressurizing unit pressurizes the vibrator against the friction member with a pressurizing force. When the vibrator is vibrated, a driving force is generated in a tangential direction of the sliding surface by the vibration to drive the friction member relative to the vibrator, and each of the projecting portions generates an elliptic motion by the vibration. The elliptic motion is generated with an inclination at a predetermined angle with respect to the curved surface of the sliding surface.
US11088633B2	Distortion spectrum control by space vector modulation The present invention relates to a method for controlling a distortion spectrum that arises for a switch-based inverter (306), which modulates at least one output variable, by virtue of space vector modulation, characterized in that different switch positions (312) causing a modulation of the at least one output variable which approximates to a predefined reference signal (310), are ascertained for each chronologically sequential switching process, a respective distortion spectrum for differences between the reference signal (310) and the at least one output variable that would arise from a respective realization of these different switch positions (312) is calculated, and the switch position (314) for which the associated distortion spectrum is most suitable according to predetermined properties is selected and implemented in the inverter (306). Further provided are a corresponding system and a corresponding modulator.
US11088630B2	Power converter In a power converter, busbars are connected to respective power terminals. The power terminals include at least one narrow power terminal. The at least one narrow power terminal includes a first portion having a first thermal resistance and a first rigidity, and a second portion having a second thermal resistance and a second rigidity, the second thermal resistance being higher than the first thermal resistance, the second rigidity being smaller than the first rigidity.
US11088627B2	Switching power supply circuit with synchronous rectification and associated control method A switching power supply circuit with synchronous rectifier has an energy storage component, a rectifier switch coupled to a secondary side of the energy storage component, and a secondary side control circuit. The secondary side control circuit provides a driving signal to control the rectifier switch. When the drain-source voltage across the rectifier switch is less than a first threshold value, the secondary side control circuit controls the driving signal to be a maximum voltage to control the rectifier switch being fully on for a predetermined duration. After a predetermined duration, the secondary side control circuit adjusts the voltage of the driving signal based on the drain-source voltage across the rectifier switch and a second threshold value.
US11088623B2	Power supply device A power supply device includes an energy tank, a discharging and starting circuit, a fuse, a bridge rectifier, a transformer, a power switch element, an output stage circuit, and a controller. The energy tank includes an NTC (Negative Temperature Coefficient) thermistor. The energy tank absorbs a burst high voltage, and converts the burst high voltage into thermal energy. The discharging and starting circuit is coupled to the energy tank. The discharging and starting circuit includes a bypass path. When the resistance of the NTC thermistor is smaller than a threshold value, the bypass path is enabled, such that the energy tank is coupled through the bypass path to a ground and a ground voltage. The bridge rectifier is coupled through the fuse to the energy tank. The discharging and starting circuit is selectively configured to enable the controller.
US11088622B2	Voltage converting apparatus A voltage converting apparatus is provided. A control circuit connects a disturbance element to a voltage-dividing resistor network to disturb a feedback voltage and generate a detection voltage during a resistance detection period, and determines whether the voltage-dividing resistor network is aging according to the detection voltage.
US11088620B1	Multi-level switching power converters including bypass transistors and associated methods A multi-level switching power converter includes a string of N upper transistors and a string of N lower transistors, where N is an integer greater than one. The N upper transistors are electrically coupled in series between a first power node and a switching node, and the N lower transistors are electrically coupled in series between the switching node and a reference node. The multi-level switching power converter further includes N−1 flying capacitors, an inductor, a bypass transistor, and a controller. The bypass transistor is electrically coupled between the switching node and the reference node. The controller is configured to (a) control switching of the N upper transistors and the N lower transistors and (b) cause the bypass transistor to operate in its on state in response to all of the N lower transistors operating in their respective on states.
US11088619B2	Switched mode power supply A switched mode power supply comprises a control signal generator arranged to generate first and second control signals via first and second outputs, respectively, which are coupled to respective first and second inputs of a switching stage, by means of respective first and second control signal paths. The switching stage is arranged to, responsive to the first and second control signals, alternately charge and discharge the reactive element by coupling it alternately to first and second supply voltages. An adjustable delay stage in one of the first and second signal paths is arranged to control an adjustable delay so that a first delay experienced by the first control signal passing from the control signal generator's first output to the switching stage's first input is substantially equal to a second delay experienced by the second control signal passing from the control signal generator's second output to the switching stage's second input.
US11088616B2	Isolated converter with switched capacitors An isolated converter with switched capacitors can include: a first capacitor; a first group of switches coupled between two terminals of an input port, where the first group of switches is configured to selectively couple a first terminal of the first capacitor to one of a first terminal and a second terminal of the input port; a second group of switches coupled between two terminals of an output port, where the second group of switches is configured to selectively couple a second terminal of the first capacitor to one of a first terminal and a second terminal of the output port; and a second capacitor coupled between one of the first and second terminals of the input port and one of the first and second terminals of the output port.
US11088615B2	Balancing multilevel DC-DC converter apparatus An apparatus includes a string of capacitors including at least two capacitors coupled in series and a switching circuit including a first port having first and second terminals connected to a first node and a second end node, respectively, of the string of capacitors, and a second port configured to be coupled to an energy storage device. The switching circuit is configured to selectively connect first and second terminals of the second port to a first end node, a second end node, and at least one interconnection node of the siring of capacitors. The apparatus also includes at least one inductor configured to be coupled in series with the second port of the switching circuit and the energy storage device and a charging switch configured to directly connect the first terminal of the second port to the second terminal of the second port. The apparatus further includes a control circuit configured to close the charging switch to charge the inductor from the energy storage device in first intervals and to selectively close at least two switches of the switching circuit in second intervals to selectively charge the capacitors of the string of capacitors from the charged at least one inductor.
US11088613B2	Apparatuses and methods of minimizing inrush An apparatus and method for minimizing inrush power. The method includes transmitting a load energization signal from a primary microcontroller to a logic latch or secondary microcontroller, transmitting a zero-cross voltage signal from a zero-cross sensor coupled to the load power to the logic latch or secondary microcontroller, and transmitting an energize signal from the logic latch or secondary microcontroller to a relay after the receipt of an energize signal from the primary microcontroller and after receipt of a zero-cross signal.
US11088609B2	Low noise power supply MOSFET gate drive scheme A switching power supply can include multiple power MOSFETs that receive an initial gate drive waveform comprising a fast slew rate region having a negative slope and a slow slew rate region also having a negative slope. The MOSFETs can turn off during the slow slew rate region of the initial gate drive waveform.
US11088607B2	Axial flux machine with nutating rotor An axial flux-type rotary electric machine includes a rotor having a rotor axis and a stator having a stator axis. The stator is positioned adjacent to the rotor such that an axial airgap is defined between the rotor and the stator. First and second non-parallel rotor shafts are respectively collinear with the stator axis and the rotor axis. A nutating gear pair is connected to a stationary member and the rotor, and is configured to impart nutating motion to the rotor with respect to the stator, such that a size of the axial airgap changes with a rotational position of the rotor, and such that the rotor has two degrees of freedom of motion. An electrical system includes direct and alternating current voltage buses, a power inverter module connected to the voltage buses, and the axial flux-type rotary electric machine connected to the alternating current voltage bus.
US11088606B2	Linear vibration generating device A linear vibration generating device installed inside a cellular phone, a vibration bell or the like to generate vibration. Right after the power applied to the ‘circuit (a circuit generating and controlling vibration)’, which is one of elements constituting the linear vibration generating device, is turned off, the ‘circuit’ is configured as a short circuit. In addition, the linear vibration generating device can be easily manufactured since an additional space inside the linear vibration generating device is not required, and there is an outstanding effect of promptly removing residual vibration by increasing the amount of vibration damping after the vibration operation of the vibration generating device including a permanent magnet is finished.
US11088604B2	Variable magnetic flux-type permanent magnet rotary electric machine Provided is a variable magnetic flux-type permanent magnet rotary electric machine wherein a leakage magnetic flux leaking from a certain permanent magnet included in the rotor core to a permanent magnet circumferentially adjacent on either side of the certain permanent magnet is controlled by q-axis current and thereby a magnetic flux emanating from the certain permanent magnet and linking with the armature coil wound on the stator is controlled without forming a mechanically weak part in the rotor core.
US11088603B2	Line start synchronous reluctance motor and rotor thereof The present invention relates to a line start synchronous reluctance motor and a rotor thereof. To this end, the present invention provides a line start synchronous reluctance motor including: a rotor; a plurality of conductor bars disposed on a side of an outer circumferential portion of the rotor; and flux barriers formed at an inner side of the rotor so as to be close to the conductor bars, wherein the flux barriers, which are formed in separate regions of a body of the rotor that are arranged to have opposite polarities, are formed to be asymmetrical to each other. Therefore, the present invention improves characteristics of the motor through the asymmetrical flux-barrier structure without changing the number of conductor bars, thereby allowing the initial starting of the motor to be smoothly performed, which is advantageous in terms of torque ripple characteristics and die casting.
US11088599B2	Brushless motor An object is to provide a brushless motor capable of effectively shutting off and absorbing electromagnetic noise caused from a stator, while achieving cost reduction. A brushless motor 10 includes: a shaft 12; a rotor 14; a stator 16; a first bearing 18; a second bearing 20; a bearing holder member 22; a center piece 24; and a circuit board 26. The bearing holder member 22 is made of metal and holds the first bearing 18. The center piece 24 is made of resin and holds the second bearing 20 and the stator 16. The center piece 24 is provided with a conductive part 120 (a plating layer 94 and a terminal member 102) that electrically connects the bearing holder member 22 and the second bearing 20 to a ground part 92 of the circuit board 26.
US11088597B2	Electric machine An electric machine including a casing comprising a base wall, a stator integral with the casing and provided with a plurality of coils constituting a stator winding, a thermally conductive and electrically insulating annular heat sink interposed between the stator and the base wall of the casing; the annular heat sink is abutted against the base wall and the coils are abutted against the annular heat sink which defines a stop for the stator.
US11088593B2	Biased centralizing arms bearing in submersible pump motor A submersible pump electrical motor has a stator with a stator bore, a shaft with rotor sections in the stator bore, and a shaft bearing between rotor sections. The bearing has a bearing body having a hub and centralizing arms circumferentially spaced around the hub. Each of the arms curves and is biased against the stator bore wall. A tab on at least one of the arms engages a slot in the stator bore wall. The bearing body, the hub, and the arms are formed of a single-piece monolithic metal that undergoes elastic deflection of the arms when the bearing body is installed in the stator bore.
US11088585B2	Motor with potting section and hole provided with cap through which winding is inserted A motor unit includes a stator including a coil formed from a wound winding that is configured by a conductive member including an insulating covering layer on the surface of the conductive member, a rotor that rotates under the influence of a rotating magnetic field generated by the stator, and a centerpiece that supports the stator and is formed with a centerpiece-side winding insertion hole through which the winding is inserted. The motor unit also includes a circuit device and a potting section. The potting section is formed using potting material, and seals a gap formed between the centerpiece-side winding insertion hole and the winding by achieving a state in which a portion of the potting section is closely adhered to the covering layer of the winding.
US11088578B2	Attaching a stator to an endbell of an axial flux rotating electrical machine Embodiments involve rotors for axial flux induction rotating electric machines that use a soft magnetic composite for the rotor core. A first embodiment is directed to a rotor for a rotating electrical machine that transmits magnetic flux parallel to a shaft of the rotor. The rotor includes a rotor winding and a plurality of cores. The rotor winding consists of a solid piece of conductive material that comprises a plurality of cavities. Each core is placed in a respective cavity and comprises a highly resistive isotropic ferromagnetic powder.
US11088574B2	Notification system and notification method The notification system is applicable to a wireless power transfer system configured to transmit power in a wireless manner from a power transmission coil of a power transmission device provided in a parking space to a power reception coil mounted on a vehicle. The notification system includes a display device and a control device. When the distance between the power transmission device and the vehicle is less than a predetermined distance, a wireless communication is established between the power transmission device and the vehicle. After the wireless communication is established between the power transmission device and the vehicle, the control device performs a foreign object detection process to detect whether or not a foreign object is present above the power transmission coil. If a foreign object is detected by the foreign object detection process, the control device displays a foreign object detection image on a screen of the display device.
US11088573B2	Metallic foreign object detector, wireless power transmitting device, wireless power receiving device, and wireless power transmission system An object of the present invention is to improve the accuracy of detection of the metallic foreign object. A metallic foreign object detector includes a sensor part having at least one antenna coil that receives a magnetic field or current to generate a vibration signal, an integration circuit that acquires the integral value of a waveform of a signal corresponding to the vibration signal, and a determination circuit that determines the presence/absence of a metallic foreign object approaching the antenna coil based on the integral value and a criterion integral value which is the integral value obtained in the absence of the approaching metallic foreign object. The integral value and the criterion integral value are obtained by integrating the waveform having the same wavenumber.
US11088572B2	Detachable charging pad A detachable charging pad includes a carrier and a control box. The carrier has a coil portion and a housing, and the housing has a first electrical connecting portion. The control box is detachably disposed in the housing. The control box has a control circuit and a second electrical connecting portion. When the control box is disposed in the housing, the first electrical connecting portion and the second electrical connecting portion are electrically in contact with each other. The control circuit outputs a control signal to the coil portion through the second electrical connecting portion and the first electrical connecting portion. The coil portion activates a wireless charging function according to the control signal. When the control box is not disposed in the housing, the coil portion stops the wireless charging function.
US11088571B2	Electronic apparatus and display apparatus, and method for operating apparatuses The present invention relates to an electronic apparatus and display apparatus, and method for driving the apparatuses, and the display apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention may comprise: a resonance circuit unit for generating voltage by means of inductive electromotive force generated due to an external apparatus; a rectification unit for rectifying the output voltage of the resonance circuit unit; and a converter for outputting the rectified voltage of the rectification unit as the target voltage by varying duty on the basis of duty data and target voltage determined in accordance with the distance from the external apparatus.
US11088570B2	Portable terminal including multiple coil A portable terminal is provided. The portable terminal includes a shielding member attached to an inner surface of an external part, a shielding wall formed on the shielding member, a first coil attached to a surface of the shielding member that faces the inner surface of the external part, and a second coil attached to the surface of the shielding member, with the second coil surrounds the first coil on a same plane and the shielding wall being disposed between the first and second coil.
US11088569B2	Power flow monitoring device for power system, power system stabilization device, and power flow monitoring method for power system The purpose of the present invention is to provide a power flow monitoring device for a power system, a power system stabilization device, and a power flow monitoring method for a power system, which are highly reliable and accurate. The present invention is characterized by being provided with: a power system information database which stores measurement data obtained at a first node of the power system; a phase measurement value database which stores temporally synchronized phase measurement data obtained at a second node of the power system; a fault condition database which stores a power flow state under an assumed fault condition of the power system; a state estimation unit which estimates a state quantity of the power system using information in the power system information database as an input; a stability error detection index calculation unit which calculates a stability error detection index using, as an input, a state quantity estimation value which is an output of the state estimation unit, information of the state quantity from the phase measurement value database, and information in the fault condition database; and an error detection alert generation unit which compares the stability error detection index with a threshold value thereof and generates an alert when the stability error detection index exceeds the threshold value, wherein the magnitude of deviation of the state quantity estimation value with respect to the information of the state quantity from the phase measurement data is evaluated according to the assumed fault condition before the alert is generated.
US11088568B2	System and method for distributed, secure, power grid data collection, consensual voting analysis, and situational awareness and anomaly detection A system and method for data collection and aggregation using a distributed network of communications enabled sensors connected to another primary network to achieve a secondary out-of-band monitoring perspective, for example, in power grids. The data collection system includes an aggregation and processing server configured to collect data from a variety of sensors adjacent to the monitored network each sensor includes secondary power such that it can continue data transmission even during power grid outages. The data collection system includes a method for secure real-time data ingest, machine learning enabled analysis, risk assessment, and anomaly detection on a broad geographic scale irrespective of isolated network boundaries.
US11088563B2	Electronic device and method for controlling wireless charging The present invention relates to an electronic device, and to an electronic device and method for controlling wireless charging. To this end, a wireless power reception device according to the present invention comprises: a power reception unit for wirelessly receiving power from a wireless power transmission device; a power source unit charged with the received power; and a processor, wherein the processor can be configured to: measure the temperature according to the received power; measure at least one of a frequency, a voltage, and transmission power of a transmission coil in the wireless power transmission device when the measured temperature is higher than that of a first threshold; identify whether alignment with the wireless power transmission device is in a match state or a mismatch state by comparing the measured value and a preset value; transmit, to the wireless power transmission device, a first control signal for controlling power to be received from the wireless power transmission device when the alignment is in a mismatch state; and receive power controlled based on the transmitted first control signal.
US11088560B2	Charger having fast transient response and control method thereof A charger having a fast transient response and a control method thereof are provided, which decide how to quickly respond to a requirement of a load by determining whether an input current reference signal indicating an input current is larger than or equal to a maximum safe current of a transformer. Therefore, the charger and the control method realize the fast transient response without having to control switching between a boost circuit and a buck circuit. Meanwhile, the charger and the control method thereof can be prevented from being damaged by an excessive input current and can stabilize an output voltage of the load more quickly.
US11088556B2	Power system for high temperature applications with rechargeable energy storage A power system adapted for supplying power in a high temperature environment is disclosed. The power system includes a rechargeable energy storage that is operable in a temperature range of between about seventy degrees Celsius and about two hundred and fifty degrees Celsius coupled to a circuit for at least one of supplying power from the energy storage and charging the energy storage; wherein the energy storage is configured to store between about one one hundredth (0.01) of a joule and about one hundred megajoules of energy, and to provide peak power of between about one one hundredth (0.01) of a watt and about one hundred megawatts, for at least two charge-discharge cycles. Methods of use and fabrication are provided. Embodiments of additional features of the power supply are included.
US11088555B2	Electric vehicle automatic charging system and electric vehicle automatic charging method An electric vehicle automatic charging system includes an electric vehicle including a receiving cavity with an opening and a shutter for closing the opening, a battery assembly receiving in the receiving cavity and a charging device. The battery assembly includes a battery pack including an electrode connecting member and a movable bracket including a magnetic member. The charging device includes a support table, a support plate, an electromagnetic fitting member being capable of generating a magnetic force for attracting the magnetic member, and a charger. When the shutter comes into contact with the support plate, the shutter changes from a closed state to an open state, the movable bracket drives the battery pack to move away from the receiving cavity along the support plate by the magnetic force until the electrode connecting member is electrically connected to the charger. An electric vehicle automatic charging method is also provided.
US11088553B2	Control system The present disclosure provides a control system, comprising a controller and a plurality of power regulating modules; the plurality of power regulating modules comprise at least one first power regulating module and at least one second power regulating module, the first power regulating module is woken up upon receiving an external wake-up signal, the controller is connected to an output end of one of the first power regulating modules, and an output end of the second power regulating module is connected to a load module; the controller is further connected to a wake-up end of the second power regulating module; the first power regulating module connected to the controller supplies power to the controller; the at least one second power regulating module is woken up upon receiving an internal wake-up signal sent by the powered on controller or upon receiving the external wake-up signal.
US11088549B2	Multiple chargers configuration in one system An electronic system, a multiple charger configuration, and method of operating a multiple input, multiple charger configuration are disclosed. For example, a multiple charger configuration is disclosed, which includes a first battery charger circuit configured to receive to a first input voltage, and a second battery charger circuit configured to receive a second input voltage. A first switching transistor is coupled to an output of the first battery charger circuit, a system voltage output terminal, and a battery terminal configured to connect to a battery stack or at least one battery cell. A second switching transistor is coupled to an output of the second battery charger circuit and the battery terminal. Thus, the multiple chargers can be utilized in one system to charge or discharge a battery stack or at least one battery cell and thereby deliver power for a battery-operated system, product or device.
US11088540B2	Switch circuit with high voltage protection that reduces leakage currents According to an aspect, a switch circuit for a Universal Serial Bus (USB) connector device includes a main transistor configured to be activated during a normal operation of the switch circuit, a first voltage generator circuit configured to generate a voltage on a high local rail during an overvoltage event, a second voltage generator circuit configured to generate a voltage on a low local rail during the overvoltage event, where the low local rail is connected to a bulk of the main transistor, and a clamp circuit connected to the high local rail between the first voltage generator circuit and a gate of the main transistor, where the clamp circuit is configured to clamp the voltage between the high local rail and the gate of the main transistor during the overvoltage event.
US11088538B2	Module of suppressing inrush current, method of controlling the same and on-board bidirectional charger using the same A module of suppressing inrush current, a method of controlling the module of suppressing inrush current and an on-board bidirectional charger using the same are provided. The on-board bidirectional charger includes a PFC-inverter module and the module of suppressing inrush current, and the module of suppressing inrush current includes a controlled switch and a suppressor of suppressing inrush current connected in parallel with the controlled switch. The charging and inverting circuits are fully multiplexed, which solves the problem that a high-power on-board charger under harsh AC power supply environment in bidirectional charging cannot provide special protection against inrush current, and can improve power density and circuit efficiency of charging and inversion, realize isolation function including reducing EMI electromagnetic interference and reducing switching interference signals, realize more convenient buck/boost functions, improve using life and performance of devices, reduce cost, and reduce the size of equipment.
US11088537B2	Device to protect alternator and batteries on diesel engines If the operator attempts to stop the engine incorrectly it may destroy the alternator diodes and the battery. A protective circuit is disclosed which keeps the alternator field connected to the battery until a signal such as the engine-oil pressure reports that the engine has stopped. The protective circuit is small and connects to existing engine control panels; it may also test itself without any risk of damaging the alternator or the battery.
US11088534B2	Overvoltage protection and short-circuit withstanding for gallium nitride devices Disclosed examples include methods, integrated circuits and switch circuits including a driver circuit and a silicon transistor or other current source circuit coupled with a gallium nitride or other high electron mobility first transistor, where the driver operatives in a first mode to deliver a control voltage signal to the first transistor, and in a second mode in response to a detected overvoltage condition associated with the first transistor to control the current source circuit to conduct a sink current from the first transistor to affect a control voltage to at least partially turn on the first transistor.
US11088529B2	Device and improved method for protecting against lightning for a differential input A device for acquiring signals from a sensor, the device comprising a differential amplifier, two bias resistors for biasing of the measurement device, a common mode and differential mode filter circuit, and two lightning limiter components. The differential amplifier is of the high common mode range type, the limiter components are dimensioned to reduce a lightning voltage to a maximum voltage value of the order of about one hundred volts and the filter circuit and the bias resistors are dimensioned to withstand that maximum voltage value. A correspond method for protecting a device against lightning.
US11088527B2	Arc fault identification unit An arc fault identification unit for an electrical three-phase alternating current circuit with three phase conductors and a neutral conductor. The identification unit includes voltage sensors to periodically determine phase/neutral conductor voltage values and phase/phase voltage values current sensors to periodically determine phase conductor current variables which are used to determine the phase conductor current value and a value for the change in the electrical current over time per phase, and an evaluation unit connected to the voltage and current sensors. A current root mean square is compared with a current threshold value in each case and an excess current signal is emitted if the threshold value is exceeded; arc voltages are calculated and are compared with threshold values, with the result that arc fault identification signals are output.
US11088524B2	Power line protective apparatus having rotatable members A protective apparatus for a distribution line conductor includes an elongate tube configured to be installed on the conductor and a plurality of annular members concentrically positioned on the tube and configured to rotate independently of each other. The tube has a longitudinal axis and defines a longitudinally extending chamber configured to receive the conductor. The tube has opposite first and second ends and a longitudinally extending opening from the first end to the second end that facilitates installation of the elongate tube on the conductor. Each annular member includes an outer surface and a plurality of circumferentially-spaced apart members extending outwardly from the outer surface. Each annular member includes a longitudinally extending slot that is configured to align with the longitudinally extending opening of the tube to facilitate installation of the elongate tube and the plurality of annular members as an assembly on the conductor.
US11088523B1	Poke-through floor box assembly A poke-through floor box assembly adapted to be supported in an opening in the floor of a building. An intumescent layer in the assembly provides a fire-proof rating for the floor box to match the fire-proof rating of the surrounding structure. The assembly includes a can and an electrical box having separate compartments for housing low and high voltage components. A transition body extends between the electrical box and the can opening. A flange and cover provide a means for closing the assembly. Keystone holders on the transition body enable mounting of low voltage devices such as USB ports. EMT fittings provide a means for attaching electrical metal tubing to the can to carry power and low voltage signals into the can. Alignment features on both the electrical box and the transition body enable rapid assembly and installation of the electrical box at the job site.
US11088522B2	Circuit assembly and electrical junction box A circuit assembly includes a substrate having a conductive path, electronic components mounted on the substrate, and a terminal block that is in contact with the substrate, in which the terminal block includes a terminal portion that is connectable to a counterpart terminal, a terminal holding portion for holding the terminal portion, and support portions for supporting the terminal holding portion, and the electronic components are disposed between the terminal holding portion and the substrate.
US11088516B1	Self-leveling floor outlet cover A self-leveling floor mounted electrical outlet assembly may include a cylindrical housing with a threaded inner surface. A mounting frame may be rotatably coupled to the threaded inner surface of the cylindrical housing to adjustably position the mounting frame within the housing and provide for a rough elevation adjustment of an electrical receptacle or wiring device. The mounting frame may further comprise a first portion or outer disk comprising an edge mateably coupled with the threaded inner surface of the cylindrical housing, and a second portion or yoke support comprising at least one threaded fastener extending from the second portion to the threaded opening, the at least one threaded fastener coupled to the threaded opening to adjustably position the second portion with respect to the first portion and configured to provide for a fine elevation adjustment. A wiring device may be coupled to the second portion of the mounting frame.
US11088511B2	Semiconductor light emitting element In a semiconductor light emitting element provided with an active layer 4, a pair of cladding layers 2, 7 between which the active layer 4 is interposed, and a phase modulation layer 6 optically coupled to the active layer 4, the phase modulation layer 6 includes a base layer 6A and a plurality of different refractive index regions 6B having different refractive indices from the base layer 6A. When an XYZ orthogonal coordinate system having a thickness direction of the phase modulation layer 6 as a Z-axis direction is set and a square lattice of a virtual lattice constant a is set in an XY plane, each of the different refractive index regions 6B is disposed so that a centroid position G thereof is shifted from a lattice point position in a virtual square lattice by a distance r, and the distance r is 0
US11088510B2	Moisture control in oxide-confined vertical cavity surface-emitting lasers A fabrication sequence for an oxide-confined VCSEL includes the deposition of a protective coating over exposed horizontal surfaces to prevent unwanted oxide layers from being formed during the lateral oxidation process used to create the oxide aperture. By preventing the oxidation of these surfaces in the first instance, the opportunity for moisture to gain access to the active region of the VCSEL is eliminated. For example, exposed Al-containing surfaces are covered with a protective coating of dielectric material prior to initiating the conventional lateral oxidation process used to form the oxide aperture of the VCSEL. With the protective coating in place, a conventional fabrication process is resumed, and the protective coating ultimately forms part of the passivation layer used to provide electrical isolation for the final VCSEL device.
US11088509B2	Low resistance vertical cavity light source with PNPN blocking A semiconductor vertical light source includes upper and lower mirrors with an active region in between, an inner mode confinement region, and an outer current blocking region that includes a common epitaxial layer including an epitaxially regrown interface between the active region and upper mirror. A conducting channel including acceptors is in the inner mode confinement region. The current blocking region includes a first impurity doped region with donors between the epitaxially regrown interface and active region, and a second impurity doped region with acceptors between the first doped region and lower mirror. The outer current blocking region provides a PNPN current blocking region that includes the upper mirror or a p-type layer, first doped region, second doped region, and lower mirror or an n-type layer. The first and second impurity doped region force current flow into the conducting channel during normal operation of the light source.
US11088506B1	CTE-matched textured heatlinks for optical refrigeration An optical refrigeration system that includes a heatlink that is formed by textured crystals that are matched in coefficient of thermal expansion (CTE) to the yttrium lithium fluoride (YLF) cooling crystal, and shaped in geometries that result in very low heat producing losses (HPL). The optical refrigeration system may further include a mirror that is made of a semiconductor-material.
US11088505B2	Method for manufacturing gallium and nitrogen bearing laser devices with improved usage of substrate material A plurality of dies includes a gallium and nitrogen containing substrate having a surface region and an epitaxial material formed overlying the surface region. The epitaxial material includes an n-type cladding region, an active region having at least one active layer overlying the n-type cladding region, and a p-type cladding region overlying the active region. The epitaxial material is patterned to form the plurality of dies on the surface region, the dies corresponding to a laser device. Each of the plurality of dies includes a release region composed of a material with a smaller bandgap than an adjacent epitaxial material. A lateral width of the release region is narrower than a lateral width of immediately adjacent layers above and below the release region to form undercut regions bounding each side of the release region. Each die also includes a passivation region extending along sidewalls of the active region.
US11088503B2	Laser with a gain medium layer doped with a rare earth metal with upper and lower light-confining features One illustrative laser disclosed herein includes a gain medium layer having a first width in a transverse direction that is orthogonal to a laser emitting direction of the laser, and an upper light-confining structure positioned above an upper surface of the gain medium layer, wherein the upper light-confining structure has a second width in the transverse direction that is equal to or less than the first width and comprises at least one material having an index of refraction that is at least 2.0. The laser also includes a lower light-confining structure positioned below a lower surface of the gain medium layer, wherein the lower light-confining structure has a third width in the transverse direction that is equal to or less than the first width and comprises at least one material having an index of refraction that is at least 2.0.
US11088501B2	Electrical connector and die set with a connector guide Die sets for crimping busses to electrical connectors are provided. The die set includes a pair of dies where one die has a guide member for aligning the dies with the electrical connector, and the other die has a one or more indentors for impacting the electrical connector. The electrical connectors include a guide hole that receives the guide member.
US11088498B2	Universal isolator arranged for repositionable connection to a base module The present invention provides for an electronic isolator device such as a universal isolator and having isolation and possible safety functionality and comprising an isolator module (550), and a base module (500), and wherein the isolator module is arranged for removable physical/electrical connection to the base module and in at least two orientations/positions relative to the base module, wherein electrical connection to the base module in each of the at least two orientations/positions serves to configure the type/functionality of the isolator device.
US11088496B2	Male to male adapter The invention relates to the novel ornamental and utilitarian features of a module/adapter (e.g. male-to-male power adapter) for safety connecting the output interface of a backup power source (such as the outlet of a generator) with an electric circuit (such as a female duplex power outlet of a typical home). Such connection requires a male-to-male adapter which would be unsafe without the disclosed safety features.
US11088492B2	Lever-type connector and method of assembling lever-type connector A lever-type connector includes a first housing having a cam boss and a second housing fitted and detached from the first housing. A lever is rotatably supported to the second housing via lever bosses, and both housings and are fitted by rotating an operating portion. A cable cover is attached to a rear portion of the second housing to protect a plurality of cables drawn from the rear portion of the second housing. The second housing has an assembling portion for assembling the cable cover, and boss holes for rotatably supporting the lever bosses.
US11088488B2	Connector with one-sided dovetail projections A moving plate (12) for protecting tips of male tabs (15) is mounted into a receptacle (18). The moving plate (12) includes a peripheral wall (36) in the form of a rectangular frame, and the peripheral wall (36) includes long sides (43) and short sides (44). Projections (50) are provided on both sides across a center in a longitudinal direction on an outer surface of each long side (43). Recesses (31) shaped to correspond to the respective projections (50) and to be fit to the projections (50) are provided at positions corresponding to the projections (50) on an inner surface of the receptacle (18). Each of the projections (50) has a one-sided dovetail shape projecting toward a central side in the longitudinal direction, but not protruding toward an end side in the longitudinal direction.
US11088487B1	Outdoor socket structure An outdoor socket structure is disclosed, comprising an armature part and an outer cladding part enveloping on the surface of the armature part, wherein the armature part includes a fixation base and a top lid, and the inside of the fixation base is correspondingly configured with three fixing channels thereby allowing to position and connect electrode boards having different polarities, and one ends on the different power terminals of the plug part can be respectively connected onto the electrode boards having different polarities, while the other ends thereof extend out between the top lid and the fixation base, such that the electrode boards having different polarities can be connected to different power terminals without having to use power wires thus reducing labor and material costs.
US11088484B2	Contact member A contact member for which downsizing beyond conventional products is feasible is provided. The contact member includes a base portion, a contact portion, and a spring portion. The spring portion includes a first extension portion, a second extension portion, a third extension portion, and a fourth extension portion. The first extension portion is bent from a rear end of the base portion and extends upward. The second extension portion is bent from an upper end of the first extension portion and extends forward, and its upper surface is made to be a sucked surface that is capable of being attracted to a suction nozzle of an automatic mounting machine. The third extension portion is bent from a front end of the second extension portion and extends forward obliquely downward. The fourth extension portion is bent from a front end of the third extension portion, extends upward obliquely rearward, and is provided with the contact portion on a distal end side in its extension direction.
US11088483B2	Terminal metal fitting with spring contact and spring contact deformation restriction portion A terminal metal fitting includes a tubular box portion receiving a counterpart terminal; a terminal spring extending from an inner wall surface of the box portion to press and contact the counterpart terminal; and a deformation restriction portion restricting deformation of the terminal spring within a preset range when the terminal spring contacts the counterpart terminal. The deformation restriction portion has a chamfered portion to contact the terminal spring.
US11088481B2	Scalable high-speed electrical cable assembly A retainer assembly configured to be inserted into a plug housing to form a plug connector includes a retainer housing including a top housing portion and a bottom housing portion, a circuit board partially disposed between the top and bottom housing portions, at least one substantially flat top cable including a plurality of conductors, at least one substantially flat bottom cable including a plurality of conductors, and an adhesive for bonding the conductors to the circuit board. The top and bottom housing portions each define at least one top through opening therein and each include mating latching members. The plurality of conductors of the flat top and bottom cables are terminated at top and bottom termination regions on the circuit board, respectively, and are aligned with and exposed through the corresponding through openings. The adhesive at least partially fills each through opening and bonds the conductors in the corresponding exposed termination region to the circuit board.
US11088479B2	Sockets including wicking regions mounted on a system board An example device in accordance with an aspect of the present disclosure includes a base to be mounted to a system board. A wicking region at the base is to wick adhesive into the wicking region to seal the base to the system board.
US11088477B2	Board-mounted shielded connector A board-mounting type shield connector includes a contact, a housing supporting the contact and having a mating opening, a shield shell surrounding the housing and having a first board connection portion in a vicinity of a rear end portion of the shield shell, an enclosure having a plugging passage for plugging of a mating connector, and a ground member supported on the enclosure in a vicinity of a front end portion of the enclosure. The plugging passage opens in a frontward direction and communicates with the mating opening. The first board connection portion is connected to a ground pattern on a circuit board. The ground member has a second board connection portion connected to the ground pattern.
US11088474B2	Modularized structure of switch wire connection device A modularized structure of switch wire connection device includes an assembling support and a wire connection module. The assembling support has a first side and a second side. The first and/or the second sides are formed with assembling sections for assembling with the wire connection module. The wire connection module includes a first wire connection module and/or a second wire connection module each having a case. The case defines a chamber for receiving and enclosing electrical contact components including conductive members. The case is formed with a mounting section for connecting with the assembling section of the assembling support. Accordingly, the wire connection module is detachably mounted on the assembling support as an integrated form. The modularized structure enables an operator to easily assemble/disassemble the components and change the switch specification between normally open mode and normally closed mode and enhance insulation effect to avoid electric arc.
US11088471B2	Terminal-attached electric wire and wire harness In a terminal-attached electric wire applied to a wire harness, a metal terminal includes: an electric wire connection portion to which the electric wire is connected; a box-shaped portion that is formed into a box shape by a bottom body coupled to the electric wire connection portion and a pair of wall bodies formed by protruding individually from both ends of the bottom body in a width direction, and enables a counterpart terminal to be inserted into a terminal insertion space portion in an inside thereof along an axial direction intersecting the width direction; and a spring contact portion that is located inside the terminal insertion space portion, is elastically deformably supported in the box-shaped portion in a cantilever manner, and forms a contact with the counterpart terminal, and wherein the box-shaped portion has a displacement regulating portion that regulates a relative displacement between the pair of the wall bodies.
US11088470B2	Antenna device and mobile terminal having the same A mobile terminal according to the present invention includes a first conductive member forming a part of a lower end of an outer metal frame, and a second conductive member spaced apart from the first conductive member to form parts of the lower end and a side surface of the outer metal frame. The terminal may further include a conductive line connected to one point of each of the first conductive member and the second conductive member and interconnected inside the mobile terminal. At this time, an antenna device, in which the second conductive member is connected adjacent to a ground at a predetermined position from the one point of the second conductive member, so as to fully cover a low frequency band including an LTE, and which has a hand-effect compensation function, and a mobile terminal can be provided.
US11088469B1	Common antenna assembly and common antenna structure A common antenna assembly and a common antenna structure are provided. The common antenna assembly includes a substrate, a plurality of patch antenna disposed on the substrate, a matching network disposed on the plurality of patch antennas, and a plurality of phase shifters electrically connected to the matching network. The substrate defines a first direction and a second direction that are perpendicular to each other. The patch antennas are defined into a plurality of antenna units. Each of the antenna units has four of the patch antennas. In each of the antenna units along the first direction, any one of the antenna units shares a longitudinal common antenna unit with each of the adjacent antenna units. In each of the antenna units along the second direction, any one of the antenna units shares a horizontal common antenna unit with each of the adjacent antenna units.
US11088461B1	Quad band petal reflector antenna The present invention provides a petal reflector antenna that comprises a main reflector having a paraboloid shape and a plurality of identical petals, a feed assembly that includes a horn, a wideband junction, a holder, and a hybrid coupler connected to a diplexer and a multiplexer. The petal reflector antenna further comprises a protective radome cover, a horn, a subreflector, and a support station member for quickly and conveniently set up over a desired ground location. The petal reflector antenna can operate simultaneously in the K, Ka, Ku receive, and Ku transmit frequency bands.
US11088460B2	Reflector antenna arrangement According to an aspect, there is provided an antenna arrangement. Said antenna arrangement comprises two or more feed antennas adapted to transmit and receive radio signals. The two or more feed antennas comprise at least a first feed antenna adapted to operate in a first frequency band and a second feed antenna adapted to operate in a second frequency band, where the first and second frequency bands being discontiguous with each other. Moreover, the antenna arrangement comprises an antenna radome arranged around the two or more feed antennas. Said antenna radome comprises a metallic section implementing an antenna reflector for the two or more feed antennas and a nonmetallic section penetrable by radio waves.
US11088454B2	Increasing bandwidth of a dipole antenna A dipole antenna is disclosed. The dipole antenna includes a first arm, a second arm, and a first conductive plate. The first conductive plate is placed inside one of the first arm or the second arm. The first conductive plate creates a cavity inside the one of the first arm or the second arm.
US11088453B1	Vertical coupling structure for antenna feeds Technologies directed to vertical coupling structures for antenna feeds of phased array antennas are described. One circuit board includes a first layer with a first portion of a RF coupling structure, a second layer with a second portion of the RF coupling structure, and a first insulation layer located between the first layer and the second layer. The RF coupling structure is configured to electromagnetically couple a first conductive trace on the first layer and a second conductive trace on the second layer at RF frequencies. The circuit board also includes a third layer with a first antenna element and a second insulation layer located between the third layer and the first layer, the second insulation layer including a first via through which the first antenna element is coupled to the first conductive trace.
US11088451B2	Antenna segment and multi-segment antenna An antenna segment and a multi segment antenna are disclosed. In an embodiment an antenna segment includes a coil carrier comprising a first end section and a second end section, a wire coil arranged around the coil carrier and a magnetic core arranged in the coil carrier, wherein the magnetic core and the wire coil are arranged such that in the first end section the magnetic core and the coil carrier extend beyond the wire coil and in the second end section the coil carrier and the wire coil extend beyond the magnetic core.
US11088448B2	Methods and systems for using a beam-forming network in conjunction with spatially multiplexed wireless signals Various methods and systems for combining the capabilities of beam-forming networks together with the benefit of using spatially multiplexed wireless signals.
US11088443B2	Antenna device and display device including the same An antenna device includes a dielectric layer and a radiation electrode on an upper surface of the dielectric layer. The radiation electrode includes a plurality of electrode lines therein. The radiation electrode has a visibility index in a range from −1.4 to 1.9. An electrode visibility is suppressed and a signaling sensitivity is enhanced from the radiation electrode. A display device including the antenna device is also provided.
US11088438B2	Antenna using slot and electronic device including the same An electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes a housing including a first plate, a second plate directed in an opposite direction to the first plate, and a side member surrounding a space between the first plate and the second plate and being combined with or being integrally formed with the second plate, a display configured to be seen through at least a part of the first plate, an antenna structure arranged inside the housing, the antenna structure including a first conductive layer including a first region including a first U-shaped slot and a second region coming in contact with the first region, and a second conductive layer facing the first conductive layer to be spaced apart from the first conductive layer, and including a third region including a second U-shaped slot facing the first U-shaped slot and a fourth region coming in contact with the third region and facing the second region, and at least one wireless communication circuitry electrically connected to the first conductive layer or the second conductive layer and configured to transmit and/or receive a signal having a frequency in a range of 3 GHz to 100 GHz. Other various embodiments are possible.
US11088430B2	Radio frequency resonators with bridge coupling adjacent resonators An iris bridge for coupling two radio frequency resonators includes: a body of dielectric material having an exposed first surface area, having a predetermined length, width and thickness, and having an elongate shape along the length of the body; a hole disposed through the body along the width of the body, the hole having a wall forming a second surface area of the body; and a conductive coating covering the exposed first surface area of the body and a first portion of the second surface area of the body. A second portion of the second surface area is free of conductive coating forming a non-conductive section of the wall of the hole. Such bridge may be tuned for coupling radio frequency resonators.
US11088427B2	Battery module, and battery pack and vehicle comprising same A battery module according to the present disclosure includes a plurality of battery cells, each including an electrode lead which extends in horizontal direction from a front side, the electrode lead having at least one bent part, wherein the electrode leads disposed adjacent to each other in up-down direction are stacked in up-down direction in surface contact with each other, and a plurality of lead cartridges, each including two post parts disposed at each of an outer side of one end of the electrode lead and an outer side of the other end, a partition part formed in a shape of a plate which stands erect in up-down direction between the two post parts and having a receiving space in which the electrode leads in surface contact are individually received inside, and a first spacer part which protrudes forward from top of the partition part to space the electrode lead which protrudes out of the receiving space apart from a different electrode lead.
US11088425B2	Energy storage device An energy storage device includes: an electrode assembly; a case configured to store the electrode assembly; a conductive member electrically connected to the electrode assembly; a first insulating member disposed between a wall of the case and the conductive member; and a projection protrudingly provided on the wall on an opposite side to the first insulating member, wherein the first insulating member has a first engaging portion configured to engage with a limiting portion, the limiting portion being a portion of a recess formed on the wall on an opposite side to the projection.
US11088416B2	Battery pack to vehicle attachment assembly and attachment method A battery pack attachment assembly includes, among other things, a first bracket configured to be secured directly to a vehicle underbody, and a second bracket. The first bracket extends vertically above the first bracket such that the second bracket is spaced from the vehicle underbody when the first bracket is secured directly to the vehicle underbody.
US11088415B2	Battery structure comprising tray and cross members An apparatus and method, according to an exemplary aspect of the present disclosure includes, among other things, a battery tray configured to support a plurality of battery cells and at least one cross member positioned between adjacent battery cells. The at least one cross member comprises a base portion that is fixed to the battery tray and an elongated body extending outwardly from the base portion. The elongated body extends from a first end at the base portion to a second end that is opposite the first end, and wherein the first end has a first width and the second end has a second width that is less than the first width.
US11088406B2	Method for recovering valuable material from used lithium-ion battery A valuable material recovery method includes a discharge step of discharging a lithium-ion battery; a thermal decomposition step of reducing a lithium compound, which is a cathode active material, into a magnetic oxide by thermally treating the lithium-ion battery after being discharged; a crushing step of crushing the lithium-ion battery, after being thermally decomposed, into fragments of a size suitable for wind sorting, allowing part of the magnetic oxide to remain in the aluminum foil; a sieving step of sieving a crushed material to separate the crushed material into an oversized product and an undersized product; a wind sorting step of separating the oversized product into a heavy product and a light product; and a magnetic sorting step of sorting and recovering the aluminum foil with a residue of the magnetic oxide, as a magnetized material, and recovering the copper foil as a non-magnetized material from the light product.
US11088402B2	Extending cycling lifetime of fast-charging lithium ion batteries Methods, systems and battery modules are provided, which increase the cycling lifetime of fast charging lithium ion batteries. During the formation process, the charging currents are adjusted to optimize the cell formation, possibly according to the characteristics of the formation process itself, and discharge extents are partial and optimized as well, as is the overall structure of the formation process. During operation, voltage ranges are initially set to be narrow, and are broadened upon battery deterioration to maximize the overall lifetime. Current adjustments are applied in operation as well, with respect to the deteriorating capacity of the battery. Various formation and operation strategies are disclosed, as basis for specific optimizations.
US11088401B1	Tubular battery pack and integral tubular battery with thermal management and safety relief system The present invention is focused on the making of tubular battery pack and integral tubular battery characterised by the use of high energy density lithium-ion cells mounted in thin tubes in shell and tube heat exchanger configuration for thermal management. Each lithium-ion cell is mounted inside the tube and electrically insulated from its wall using external thin washers or internal isolating plate. The remainder of the cell surface is exposed and transfer heat to the inner wall of the tube. A thermal medium is circulated in and out of the shell and over the outer surface of the tubes to maintain them at an optimum temperature range of 0° C. to 50° C. The tube bundle has an integral battery management system a safety relief system. Each tube and shell assembly, is one module within the battery. Multiple modules are connected to form the final battery.
US11088399B2	Current sensor and battery comprising such a current sensor The invention relates to a current sensor comprising an electric conductor (10), through which a first current (I) can flow parallel to a first direction (R1) and which comprises three regions (21, 22, 23) immediately following on from each other in the first direction (R1). A middle region (22) of the three regions (21, 22, 23) comprises a conductor cross-sectional area that is smaller than a conductor cross-sectional area of each of the two outer regions (21, 23) of the three regions (21, 22, 23). A voltage sensor of the current sensor is designed to measure a first voltage between the two terminals (41, 42) thereof. The first voltage is the same as a voltage applied to a measuring region (22, 25) at least partially coinciding with the middle region (22). An evaluation unit of the current sensor is designed to determine an existing current value of the first current (I) in accordance with an existing voltage value of the first voltage and a pre-defined resistance value of a first resistance of the measuring region (22, 25).
US11088393B2	Battery A battery with excellent output characteristics and stability. The battery comprising a cathode, an anode and a separator disposed between the cathode and the anode, wherein the cathode comprises an aqueous electrolyte and a cathode active material; wherein the anode comprises an anode active material; wherein the separator comprises a first oxide electrolyte sintered body and a resin; wherein the first oxide electrolyte sintered body has grain boundaries between crystal particles of a garnet-type ion-conducting oxide represented by a general formula (A); wherein a number average particle diameter of the crystal particles is 3 μm or less; and wherein the first oxide electrolyte sintered body satisfies the following formula 1: Rgb/(Rb+Rgb)≤0.6 where Rb is an intragranular resistance value that is an ion conductivity resistance inside the crystal particles, and Rgb is a grain boundary resistance value that is an ion conductivity resistance of the grain boundaries between the crystal particles.
US11088389B2	Nanoscale pore structure cathode for high power applications and material synthesis methods A lithium iron phosphate electrochemically active material for use in an electrode and methods and systems related thereto are disclosed. In one example, a lithium iron phosphate electrochemically active material for use in an electrode is provided including, a dopant comprising vanadium and optionally a co-dopant comprising cobalt.
US11088387B2	Coin-type secondary battery, manufacturing method therefor, and apparatus for charging/discharging coin-type secondary battery The present invention relates to a coin-type secondary battery and a manufacturing method therefor and, specifically, can provide: a coin-type secondary battery, wherein a solid electrolyte is applied to an anode part, an ion-containing solution comprising sodium, lithium, magnesium and a combination thereof is applied to a cathode part, and the ion-containing solution flows in from the outside of the cathode part; and a manufacturing method therefor.
US11088382B2	Fuel cell stack including witness marks and inspection method thereof A fuel cell stack and inspection method, the fuel cell stack including fuel cells disposed in a stack and interconnects disposed between the fuel cells. Each fuel cell includes an electrolyte, an anode disposed on a first side of the electrolyte, a cathode disposed on an opposing second side of an electrolyte, and a witness mark disposed on the first side of the electrolyte. Each interconnect includes first ribs disposed on air side of the interconnect and at least partially defining oxidant channels, and second ribs disposed on an opposing fuel side of the interconnect and at least partially defining fuel channels. The witness mark of each fuel cell is visible from outside of the stack when the cathode directly faces the air side of an adjacent interconnect.
US11088381B2	Cell unit A cell unit CU includes a cell structure 1, a metal support plate 2 disposed on one side surface of the cell structure 1, and a frame 3 holding an outer peripheral part of the support plate 2. The cell structure 1 has a lamination of an anode electrode layer 4, an electrolyte layer 5, and a cathode electrode layer 6, in this order. The frame 3 includes a displacement guide 7 at least on one side surface of the frame 3. The displacement guide 7 has a coefficient of thermal expansion that is different from that of the frame 3 and is configured to make the frame 3 curve so that the cell structure 1 is concaved in accompany with thermal expansion. In the cell unit CU, a risk of concentration of tensile stress on the electrolyte layer 5 at the time of thermal expansion during operation is removed without reducing the strength of the frame 3, whereby occurrence of a crack and the like in the electrolyte layer 5 can be prevented beforehand.
US11088377B2	Method for operating a fuel cell system A method for operating a fuel cell system includes delivering an oxidant to at least one fuel cell by at least one oxidant delivery device where the stoichiometric ratio of the oxidant is modified on the basis of the delivery rate of the oxidant delivery device.
US11088376B2	Controlling method and device of fuel cell system with multiple stack towers A controlling device of a fuel cell system with multiple stack towers and a controlling method thereof are provided. The controlling device comprises a temperature sensing equipment, a processor and a pulse width modulation circuit. The fuel cell system comprises multiple fuel cell stacks. The controlling method further comprises: calculating an average temperature of the fuel cell stacks based on the temperatures of the fuel cell stacks by the temperature sensing equipment; determining whether differences between the average temperature and the temperatures of the fuel cell stacks fall within a preset range of average temperature difference by the processor, and adjusting an output current of at least one of the fuel cell stacks by the pulse width modulation circuit commanded by the processor when the difference between the average temperature and the temperature of the at least one fuel cell stack falls outside the preset range of average temperature difference.
US11088374B2	Cavern battery bank A battery bank for a redox flow battery having a cavity in which electrolyte is stored, wherein the electrolyte is provided for supply to one or more redox flow cells, characterized in that the cavity is a cavern.
US11088372B2	Contact between interconnect and cell in solid oxide cell stacks Improved contact between interconnect and oxygen electrode material in solid oxide cell (SOC) stacks is achieved through a contact point between the oxygen electrode or an oxygen-side contact layer of the SOC and a coated ferritic stainless steel interconnect in the SOC stack, where the coating on the metallic interconnect comprises Cu.
US11088371B2	Method of producing stable, active and mass-producible PtNi catalysts through preferential co etching A method of forming metallic particles, comprising: providing precursor particles comprising a transition metal alloy; supplying carbon monoxide (CO) under reaction conditions which differentially remove a first alloy metal from the precursor particles at a faster rate than a second alloy metal; and, maintaining the reaction conditions until the precursor particles are converted to the particles. The precursor particles may comprise PtNi4, and the particles may be Pt3Ni, formed as hollow nanoframes on a carbon support.
US11088370B2	Gas diffusion electrode and fuel cell A gas diffusion electrode including: a conductive porous substrate and a microporous layer on at least one side of the conductive porous substrate; in which the total of regions passing through the microporous layer in the thickness direction has an area ratio of 0.1% or more and 1% or less; and in which the microporous layer has a portion that has penetrated into the conductive porous substrate (hereinafter referred to as penetration portion), the penetration portion having a thickness ratio of 30% or more and 70% or less with respect to 100% of the thickness of the microporous layer. The gas diffusion electrode used for fuel cells affords fuel cells having high water removal performance and high power generation performance.
US11088366B2	Positive electrode active material for lithium secondary batteries, positive electrode for lithium secondary batteries, and lithium secondary battery The present invention provides a positive electrode active material for lithium secondary batteries including: secondary particles obtained by aggregating primary particles capable of being doped and de-doped with lithium ions, in which the secondary particles have pores, and pore distribution obtained by a mercury intrusion method satisfies requirements (1) and (2) below: (1) pores that are present in any one or both of the secondary particles or spaces between the secondary particles have a pore peak within a range of a pore radius of equal to or greater than 10 nm and equal to or less than 200 nm; and (2) a total surface area of pores that have pore radii of equal to or greater than 100 nm and equal to or less than 10 μm among the pores that are present in any one or both of the secondary particles or spaces between the secondary particles is less than 1.1 m2/g.
US11088364B2	Surface modification of silicon-containing electrodes using carbon dioxide Various implementations of a method of forming an electrochemical cell include providing a first electrode, a second electrode, a separator between the first and second electrodes, and an electrolyte in a cell container. The first electrode can include silicon-dominant electrochemically active material. The silicon-dominant electrochemically active material can include greater than 50% silicon by weight. The method can also include exposing at least a part of the electrochemical cell to CO2, and forming a solid electrolyte interphase (SEI) layer on the first electrode using the CO2.
US11088363B2	Positive electrode active material for secondary battery, secondary battery, battery management unit, and electronic device A lithium-ion secondary battery including a lithium-containing complex phosphate as a positive electrode active material is provided. Furthermore, a positive electrode active material with high diffusion rate of lithium ions is provided to provide a lithium-ion secondary battery with high output. A positive electrode active material of a lithium-ion secondary battery includes a first plate-like component and a second plate-like component, a third prismatic component between the first component and the second component, and a space between the first component and the second component.
US11088359B2	Secondary battery-use anode and method of manufacturing the same, secondary battery and method of manufacturing the same, battery pack, electric vehicle, electric power storage system, electric power tool, and electronic apparatus A secondary battery includes a cathode, an anode, and an electrolytic solution. The anode includes a first anode active material, a second anode active material, and an anode binder. The first anode active material includes a first central portion and a first coating portion. The first central portion includes a material that includes silicon as a constituent element, and the first coating portion is provided on a surface of the first central portion and includes one or both of a polyacrylate salt and a carboxymethylcellulose salt. The second anode active material includes a material that includes carbon as a constituent element. The anode binder includes one or more of polyvinylidene fluoride, polyimide, and aramid.
US11088357B2	Battery case, battery, and method for fabricating a battery A battery case including: a container configured to house an electrode assembly, wherein the container includes a bottom wall and a plurality of side walls, the bottom wall and the plurality of side walls are integrated to define a space for housing the electrode assembly and to provide a top opening opposite the bottom wall, the container includes a polymeric composition including a polymer and an inorganic moisture absorbent dispersed in the polymer, and the battery case has a water vapor transmission rate (WVTR) of less than about 0.05 grams per square meter per day, when measured at 38° C. and a relative humidity of 100% according to ISO 15106 or ASTM F1249.
US11088352B2	Display substrate, manufacturing method thereof, and display device A display substrate, a manufacturing method thereof, and a display device are provided, in the field of display technology. The display substrate includes a base substrate, and a thin-film transistor, a light-emitting device, an encapsulation structure, and a conductive film layer sequentially disposed on the base substrate in a direction away from the base substrate. Since the display substrate includes a conductive film layer on a side of the encapsulation structure away from the base substrate, when the protective film layer on the side of the conductive film layer away from the base substrate is peeled off, static electricity generated by the separation of the film layer can be released to the conductive film layer, avoiding electron transition to the active layer of the thin-film transistor in the display substrate to cause offset of the threshold voltage of the thin-film transistor. The display brightness uniformity of the display substrate can be ensured.
US11088351B2	Display panels and display devices The present disclosure relates to a display panel and a display device. The display panel includes a display substrate and an encapsulating unit. The encapsulating unit is disposed on the display substrate, and the encapsulating unit includes at least one buffer layer. The buffer layer includes a buffer body and first buffer particles. The buffer body is deformable under an action of an external force thereby compressing the first buffer particles, and the first buffer particles are elastically deformable or capable of being crushed by compression.
US11088350B2	Display device and method for manufacturing the same A display device and a method for manufacturing the same are provided. The display device has a display area and a non-display area and includes: a substrate; a driving circuit layer including pins located in the non-display area; a light-emitting device layer; a thin film encapsulation layer including a first inorganic encapsulation layer; a touch sensing unit including a touch insulation layer; and a protective layer. Projections of the first inorganic encapsulation layer and the protective layer onto the substrate have coincident edges and do not cover the pins; or projections of the first inorganic encapsulation layer and the touch insulation layer onto the substrate have same outlines and do not overlap with the pins.
US11088348B2	Method for producing organic electroluminescent display device comprising polydiacetylene layer An organic EL display device (100) includes a plurality of pixels, and also includes an element substrate including organic EL elements (3) respectively located in the plurality of pixels and a bank layer (48) defining each of the pixels; and a thin film encapsulation structure (10) covering the plurality of pixels. The thin film encapsulation structure includes a first inorganic barrier layer (12) and an organic barrier layer (14) in contact with a top surface or a bottom surface of the first inorganic barrier layer. The plurality of pixels include a red pixel, a green pixel and a blue pixel. The organic EL display device further includes a polydiacetylene layer (52) selectively provided on a second inorganic barrier layer (16) of the thin film encapsulation structure on the blue pixel and exhibiting a blue color. The polydiacetylene layer is a polymer of 10,12-pentacosadiynoic acid.
US11088347B2	Light emitting device A light emitting device including a base, a first electrode, a barrier structure layer, a light emitting layer and a second electrode is provided. The barrier structure layer includes a first barrier layer in contact with the first electrode, a second barrier layer and a third barrier layer. The first barrier layer, the second barrier layer and the third barrier layer stack sequentially.The materials of the first barrier layer and the third barrier layer include a dielectric material. The material of the second barrier layer includes a metal material. A boundary between the third barrier layer and the second barrier layer keeps a vertical distance from the first electrode. The light emitting structure layer is disposed between the first electrode and the second electrode and surrounded by the barrier structure layer. The thickness of the light emitting structure layer is not greater than the vertical distance.
US11088346B2	WOLED display panel with CF layer arranged inside thin-film encapsulation layer for reducing thickness and achieving flexibility and manufacturing method thereof The WOLED display panel includes a substrate, a WOLED array layer on the substrate, a thin-film encapsulation layer on the substrate and the WOLED array layer, and a CF layer inside the thin-film encapsulation layer. The thin-film encapsulation layer includes inorganic barrier layers and organic buffer layers. One of the inorganic batter layer has multiple pixel indentations on a side away from the substrate, each corresponding to and above a WOLED device. The CF layer is embedded in the pixel indentations. By having the CF layer inside the thin-film encapsulation layer, the encapsulation cover is omitted, the WOLED display panel's thickness is reduced, and the flexibility of the display panel is achieved. In addition, not only the encapsulation effect is not affected, but also the chroma and color gamut are guaranteed, manufacturing precision is enhanced, and production cost is reduced.
US11088337B2	Methods of manufacturing a field effect transistor using carbon nanotubes and field effect transistors In a method of forming a gate-all-around field effect transistor, a gate structure is formed surrounding a channel portion of a carbon nanotube. An inner spacer is formed surrounding a source/drain extension portion of the carbon nanotube, which extends outward from the channel portion of the carbon nanotube. The inner spacer includes two dielectric layers that form interface dipole. The interface dipole introduces doping to the source/drain extension portion of the carbon nanotube.
US11088335B2	Light-emitting element, light-emitting device, electronic device, and lighting device Provided is a novel light-emitting element, a light-emitting element with a long lifetime, or a light-emitting element with high emission efficiency. The light-emitting element includes an EL layer between a pair of electrodes. The EL layer includes at least a light-emitting layer containing a fluorescent substance and a host material, a first electron-transport layer containing a first electron-transport material, and a second electron-transport layer containing a second electron-transport material, which are in contact with each other and in this order. The LUMO level of each of the host material and the second electron-transport material is higher than the LUMO level of the first electron-transport material.
US11088333B2	Organic compound, light-emitting element, light-emitting device, electronic device and lighting device A novel organic compound is provided. That is, a novel organic compound that is effective in improving the element characteristics and reliability is provided. The organic compound has a benzofuroquinoxaline skeleton or a benzothienoquinoxaline skeleton. The organic compound is represented by General Formula (G1). In the formula, Q represents O or S, and each of R1 to R8 independently represents any of hydrogen, a halogeno group, a substituted or unsubstituted alkyl group having 1 to 6 carbon atoms, a substituted or unsubstituted aryl group having 6 to 12 carbon atoms, and a substituted or unsubstituted heteroaryl group having 3 to 12 carbon atoms. At least one of R1 to R8 includes a substituted or unsubstituted condensed aromatic or heteroaromatic ring having 3 to 24 carbon atoms.
US11088324B2	Controlled deposition of materials using a differential pressure regime Methods and devices for controlling pressures in microenvironments between a deposition apparatus and a substrate are provided. Each microenvironment is associated with an aperture of the deposition apparatus which can allow for control of the microenvironment.
US11088323B2	Top electrode last scheme for memory cell to prevent metal redeposit A method for forming a memory device is provided. The method including forming a memory cell stack over a lower interconnect layer over a substrate, the memory cell stack includes a data storage layer over a bottom metal. A first dielectric layer is formed over the memory cell stack. A first masking layer is formed over the first dielectric layer. The first masking layer overlies a center portion of the first dielectric layer and leaves a sacrificial portion of the first dielectric layer uncovered. A first etch of the first dielectric layer is formed according to the first masking layer. An inter-metal dielectric (IMD) layer is formed over the memory cell stack. A top electrode is formed within the IMD layer over the memory cell stack. An upper interconnect layer is formed over the top electrode. The upper and lower interconnect layers comprise a different material than the top electrode.
US11088319B2	Magnetic tunnel junction including a free layer structure and magnetic memory device comprising the same In one embodiment, the magnetic memory device includes a free layer structure having a variable magnetization direction. The free layer structure includes a first free layer, the first free layer being a first Heusler alloy; a coupling layer on the first free layer, the coupling layer including a metal oxide layer; and a second free layer on the metal oxide layer, the second free layer being a second Heusler alloy, the second Heusler alloy being different from the first Heusler alloy.
US11088318B2	Spin orbit torque magnetoresistive devices and methods therefor Spin-orbit-torque (SOT) lines are provided near free regions in magnetoresistive devices that include magnetic tunnel junctions. Current flowing through such SOT lines injects spin current into the free regions such that spin torque is applied to the free regions. The spin torque generated from a SOT switching line can be used to switching the free region or to act as an assist to spin-transfer torque generated by current flowing vertically through the magnetic tunnel junction, in order to improve the reliability, endurance, or both of the magnetoresistive device. Further, one or more additional layers or regions may improve the SOT switching efficiency and the thermal stability of magnetoresistive devices including SOT lines.
US11088314B2	Ultrasonic transducer and method for manufacturing the same, display substrate and method for manufacturing the same The present disclosure provides an ultrasonic transducer and a method for manufacturing an ultrasonic transducer, a display substrate and a method for manufacturing a display substrate. The method for manufacturing the ultrasonic transducer includes: forming a via hole in a substrate; forming a structural layer on a side of the substrate, the structural layer cover the via hole; and etching the structural layer from a side of the substrate away from the structural layer by using the substrate formed with the via hole as a blocking layer, to form a cavity at a position of the structural layer corresponding to that of the via hole.
US11088299B2	Group 13 element nitride layer, free-standing substrate and functional element A crystal of a group 13 nitride has an upper surface and lower surface and is composed of a crystal of a group 13 nitride selected from gallium nitride, aluminum nitride, indium nitride or the mixed crystals thereof. When the upper surface of the layer of the crystal of the group 13 nitride is observed by cathode luminescence, the upper surface includes a linear high-luminance light-emitting part and a low-luminance light-emitting region adjacent to the high-luminance light-emitting part. A half value width of reflection at the (0002) plane of a X-ray rocking curve on the upper surface is 3000 seconds or less and 20 seconds or more.
US11088294B2	Photovoltaic cell assembly, photovoltaic cell array, and solar cell assembly The disclosure discloses a photovoltaic cell assembly, a photovoltaic cell array, and a solar cell assembly. The photovoltaic cell assembly includes: a plurality of photovoltaic cells arranged sequentially along a longitudinal direction, and at least one conductive band, where each photovoltaic cell includes a silicon wafer, a front conductive member disposed on a front surface of the silicon wafer, two electrodes disposed on a back surface of the silicon wafer, and a side conductive member that is disposed on a side surface of the silicon wafer and that is electrically connected between the front conductive member and one electrode, where the two electrodes extend along a transverse direction and are distributed at an interval in the longitudinal direction; and the conductive band has an extension direction the same as that of the electrode, and is electrically connected to two electrodes that are close to each other and that are respectively located on two neighboring photovoltaic cells, so that the two neighboring photovoltaic cells are connected in series or connected in parallel.
US11088291B2	Ultra-low reflectance broadband omni-directional anti-reflection coating An anti-reflection coating has an average total reflectance of less than 10%, for example less than 5.9% such as from 4.9% to 5.9%, over a spectrum of wavelengths of 400-1100 nm and a range of angles of incidence of 0-90 degrees with respect to a surface normal of the anti-reflection coating. An anti-reflection coating has a total reflectance of less than 10%, for example less than 6% such as less than 4%, over an entire spectrum of wavelengths of 400-1600 nm and an entire range of angles of incidence of 0-70 degrees with respect to a surface normal of the anti-reflection coating.
US11088289B2	NAND flash memory with vertical cell stack structure and method for manufacturing same Disclosed is a method of manufacturing flash memory with a vertical cell stack structure. The method includes forming source lines in a cell area of a substrate having an ion-implanted well and forming an alignment mark relative to the source lines. The alignment mark is formed in the substrate outside the cell area of the substrate. After formation of the source lines, cell stacking layers are formed. After forming the cell stacking layers, cell pillars in the cell stacking layers are formed at locations relative to the previously formed source lines using the alignment mark to correctly locate the cell pillars.
US11088285B2	Oxide semiconductor field effect transistor and forming method thereof An oxide semiconductor field effect transistor (OSFET) includes a first insulating layer, a source, a drain, a U-shaped channel layer and a metal gate. The first insulating layer is disposed on a substrate. The source and the drain are disposed in the first insulating layer. The U-shaped channel layer is sandwiched by the source and the drain. The metal gate is disposed on the U-shaped channel layer, wherein the U-shaped channel layer includes at least an oxide semiconductor layer. The present invention also provides a method for forming said oxide semiconductor field effect transistor.
US11088278B2	Precise junction placement in vertical semiconductor devices using etch stop layers A semiconductor device is provided that includes a first of a source region and a drain region comprised of a first semiconductor material, wherein an etch stop layer of a second semiconductor material present within the first of the source region and the drain region. A channel semiconductor material is present atop the first of the source region and the drain region. A second of the source and the drain region is present atop the channel semiconductor material. The semiconductor device may be a vertically orientated fin field effect transistor or a vertically orientated tunnel field effect transistor.
US11088274B2	Semiconductor device structure and method for manufacturing the same A semiconductor device structure can include: (i) a first semiconductor layer having dopants of a first type; (ii) a second semiconductor layer having the dopants of the first type on the first semiconductor layer, where the second semiconductor layer is lightly-doped relative to the first semiconductor layer; (iii) first and second column regions spaced from each other in the second semiconductor layer, where the second column region is arranged between two of the first column regions; and (iv) first and second first sub-column regions laterally arranged in the second column region, where a doping concentration of the first sub-column region decreases in a direction from the first column region to the second sub-column region, and where a doping concentration of the second sub-column region decreases in a direction from the first column region to the first sub-column region.
US11088273B2	Semiconductor device with integrated clamp diode The present disclosure relates to a semiconductor device, and associated method of manufacture. The semiconductor device includes, MOSFET integrated with a p-n junction, the p-n junction arranged as a clamping diode across a source contact and a drain contact of the MOSFET. The MOSFET defines a first breakdown voltage and the clamping diode defines a second breakdown voltage, with the first breakdown voltage being greater than the second breakdown voltage so that the clamp diode is configured and arranged to receive a low avalanche current and the MOSFET is configured and arranged to receive a high avalanche current.
US11088271B2	High electron mobility transistor and method for fabricating the same A method for fabricating high electron mobility transistor (HEMT) includes the steps of: forming a buffer layer on a substrate; forming a barrier layer on the buffer layer; forming a hard mask on the barrier layer; removing the hard mask to form a first recess for exposing the barrier layer; removing the hard mask adjacent to the first recess to form a second recess; and forming a p-type semiconductor layer in the first recess and the second recess.
US11088269B2	Semiconductor device According to one embodiment, a semiconductor device includes a first electrode, a second electrode, a third electrode, a first nitride region, a second nitride region, and a first insulating film. The first nitride region includes Alx1Ga1-x1N. The first nitride region includes first and second partial regions, a third partial region between the first and second partial regions, a fourth partial region between the first and third partial regions, and a fifth partial region between the third and second partial regions. The second nitride region includes Alx2Ga1-x2N. The second nitride region includes sixth and seventh partial regions. The first insulating film includes a first insulating region and is between the third partial region and the third electrode. The third partial region has a first surface opposing the first insulating region. The fourth partial region has a second surface opposing the sixth partial region.
US11088268B2	Methods and devices for fabricating and assembling printable semiconductor elements The invention provides methods and devices for fabricating printable semiconductor elements and assembling printable semiconductor elements onto substrate surfaces. Methods, devices and device components of the present invention are capable of generating a wide range of flexible electronic and optoelectronic devices and arrays of devices on substrates comprising polymeric materials. The present invention also provides stretchable semiconductor structures and stretchable electronic devices capable of good performance in stretched configurations.
US11088267B2	Semiconductor device with diode and silicon controlled rectifier (SCR) Provided is a semiconductor device with a diode and a silicon controlled rectifier (SCR) including a substrate having a first conductivity type, a well region having a second conductivity type, a first doped region having the first conductivity type, and a second doped region having the second conductivity type. The well region is disposed in the substrate. The first doped region is disposed in the substrate. The second doped region is disposed in the substrate. The well region and the first doped region form a first PN junction, the well region and the substrate form a second PN junction, and the substrate and the second doped region form a third junction. The first, second, and third PN junctions form the SCR, and the first doped region and the third PN junction form the diode.
US11088261B2	Trench contact structures for advanced integrated circuit structure fabrication Embodiments of the disclosure are in the field of advanced integrated circuit structure fabrication and, in particular, 10 nanometer node and smaller integrated circuit structure fabrication and the resulting structures. In an example, an integrated circuit structure includes a fin. A gate dielectric layer is over the top of the fin and laterally adjacent the sidewalls of the fin. A gate electrode is over the gate dielectric layer over the top of the fin and laterally adjacent the sidewalls of the fin. First and second semiconductor source or drain regions are adjacent the first and second sides of the gate electrode, respectively. First and second trench contact structures are over the first and second semiconductor source or drain regions, respectively, the first and second trench contact structures both comprising a U-shaped metal layer and a T-shaped metal layer on and over the entirety of the U-shaped metal layer.
US11088260B2	On-chip integrated temperature protection device based on gel electrolyte A field effect transistor includes an exposed channel region disposed between a source region and a drain region. A gate electrode is disposed over the exposed channel region. An electrolyte gel is disposed between the gate electrode and the exposed channel region, wherein ions are immobilized in the electrolyte gel below a transition temperature and mobilized above the transition temperature to increase device resistance.
US11088259B2	Method of manufacturing an electronic component including multiple quantum dots A method of fabricating an electronic component with multiple quantum islands is provided, including supplying a substrate on which rests a nanowire made of semiconductor material not intentionally doped, the nanowire having at least two main control gates resting thereon so as to form respective qubits in the nanowire under the two main control gates, the two main control gates being separated by a groove, top and lateral faces of the two main control gates and a bottom of the groove being covered by a dielectric layer; depositing a conductive material in the groove and on the top of the two main control gates; and planarizing down to the dielectric layer on the top of the two main control gates, so as to obtain an element made of conductive material self-aligned between the main control gates.
US11088251B2	Source/drain contacts for semiconductor devices and methods of forming A semiconductor device includes a first source/drain region and a second source/drain region disposed on opposite sides of a plurality of conductive layers. A dielectric layer overlies the first source/drain region, the second source/drain region, and the plurality of conductive layers. An electrical contact extends through the dielectric layer and the first source/drain region, where a first surface of the electrical contact is a surface of the electrical contact that is closest to the substrate, a first surface of the plurality of conductive layers is a surface of the plurality of conductive layers that is closest to the substrate, and the first surface of the electrical contact is closer to the substrate than the first surface of the plurality of conductive layers.
US11088249B2	Semiconductor device with implant and method of manufacturing same A FinFET is provided including a channel region containing a constituent element and excess atoms, the constituent element belonging to a group of the periodic table of elements, wherein said excess atoms are nitrogen, or belong to said group of the periodic table of elements, and a concentration of said excess atoms in the channel region is in the range between about 1019 cm−3 and about 1020 cm−3.
US11088245B2	Integrated circuit device with source/drain barrier Various examples of an integrated circuit device and a method for forming the device are disclosed herein. In an example, a method includes receiving a workpiece that includes a substrate, and a device fin extending above the substrate. The device fin includes a channel region. A portion of the device fin adjacent the channel region is etched, and the etching creates a source/drain recess and forms a dielectric barrier within the source/drain recess. The workpiece is cleaned such that a bottommost portion of the dielectric barrier remains within a bottommost portion of the source/drain recess. A source/drain feature is formed within the source/drain recess such that the bottommost portion of the dielectric barrier is disposed between the source/drain feature and a remainder of the device fin.
US11088244B2	Devices having substrates with selective airgap regions Examples herein relate to devices having substrates with selective airgap regions for mitigating defects resulting from heteroepitaxial growth of device materials. An example device may include a first semiconductor layer disposed on a substrate. The first semiconductor layer may have a window cut through a face, where etching a selective airgap region on the substrate is enabled via the window. A second semiconductor layer may be heteroepitaxially grown on the face of the first semiconductor layer so that at least a portion of the second semiconductor layer is aligned over the selective air gap region.
US11088239B2	Cap structure for trench capacitors Various embodiments of the present application are directed towards a trench capacitor with a conductive cap structure. In some embodiments, the trench capacitor comprises a lower capacitor electrode, a capacitor dielectric layer overlying the lower capacitor electrode, and an upper capacitor electrode overlying the capacitor dielectric layer. The capacitor dielectric layer and the upper capacitor electrode are depressed into the substrate and define a gap sunken into the substrate. The conductive cap structure overlies and seals the gap on the upper capacitor electrode. In some embodiments, the conductive cap structure comprises a metal layer formed by physical vapor deposition (PVD) and further comprises a metal nitride layer formed overlying the metal layer by chemical vapor deposition (CVD). In other embodiments, the conductive cap structure is or comprises other suitable materials and/or is formed by other deposition processes.
US11088238B2	Display device A display device includes a plurality of electrode pads which are arranged in a non-display region having a side line of a substrate; a circuit film which includes a plurality of output pads contacting the plurality of electrode pads and extending in a direction, and on which a driving IC is mounted; a plurality of test lines that extend in the direction from the side line; and a plurality of connection lines which connect the plurality of test lines to corresponding electrode pads, wherein each test line is located in a separate region between two output pads adjacent to both sides of each test line.
US11088233B2	Display device A display device includes hole patterns of upper and lower conductive layers that are disposed in a peripheral area of the display device and are asymmetric with respect to an opening of an insulating layer of the display device. A first one of the hole patterns may coincide with a second one of the hole patterns in a part of the peripheral area, while the first one of the hole patterns may cross the second one of the hole patterns in another part of the peripheral area.
US11088232B2	Display device A display device includes a substrate, a display area located over the substrate and including a plurality of pixels, a non-display area arranged outside the display area, a first power voltage line corresponding to one side of the display area in the non-display area and including a first conductive layer and a second conductive layer arranged over the first conductive layer, a second power voltage line spaced apart from the first power voltage line in the non-display area, a first dam unit surrounding the display area and overlapping the second power voltage line in a plan view, a second dam unit arranged outside the first dam unit, and a third dam unit arranged between the display area and the first dam unit and overlapping the first conductive layer and the second conductive layer of the first power voltage line in the plan view.
US11088230B2	Pixel circuit, manufacturing method thereof, and display device A pixel circuit includes a substrate, and a first thin film transistor and a second transistor which are disposed on the substrate. The first thin film transistor is in a top-gate structure, and the second thin film transistor is in a bottom-gate structure; a first electrode of the first thin film transistor is electrically connected with a gate electrode of the second thin film transistor, and the first electrode of the first thin film transistor and the gate electrode of the second thin film transistor are in a same layer on the substrate. The pixel circuit can have a relatively high switch speed and a relatively large driving current, a manufacturing method is easily realized and a process cost is relatively low.
US11088227B2	Display panel and manufacturing method thereof A display panel and a manufacturing method thereof are provided. The display panel includes a first substrate and a second substrate opposite to each other; the first substrate includes a first base, a pixel definition layer on the first base, and at least one OLED; each OLED includes a first electrode, a light emitting layer, and a second electrode sequentially provided on the first base; and the pixel definition layer defines pixel regions spaced apart, the at least one OLED is provided in the pixel regions, and the pixel definition layer between at least two adjacent pixel regions includes one opening; the second substrate includes a second base, and a connection electrode on a side of the second base proximal to the pixel definition layer, which is arranged inside the opening, and is electrically coupled to the second electrode of the OLEDs adjacent to the opening.
US11088226B2	Display substrate, display apparatus, method of fabricating display substrate The present application discloses a display substrate having a base substrate and a pixel definition layer for defining a plurality of subpixel regions on the base substrate. The pixel definition layer has a first side and a second side opposite to each other, the second side being on a side of the first side distal to the base substrate. The pixel definition layer has a first cross-section along a plane substantially parallel to the base substrate, the first cross-section being between the first side and the second side. An orthographic projection of the first cross-section on the base substrate substantially covers orthographic projections of the first side and the second side on the base substrate.
US11088224B2	Display substrate, method for manufacturing the same and display device A display substrate, a manufacturing method and a display device are disclosed. The display substrate includes a base substrate, and a light-shielding layer and a plurality of light-emitting units arranged at a display region of the base substrate. A plurality of imaging pin-holes is formed in the light-shielding layer, an orthogonal projection of each imaging pin-hole onto the base substrate does not overlap an orthogonal projection an active light-emitting region of the corresponding light-emitting unit onto the base substrate, and at least a part of a surface of the light-shielding layer adjacent to the light-emitting units is uneven.
US11088221B2	Display device including a blocking unit Provided is a display device including a first substrate, a second substrate disposed on the first substrate and including a first surface and a second surface, a display unit disposed between the first substrate and the second substrate, a coupling unit disposed between the first substrate and the second substrate and coupled to the first substrate and the first surface of the second substrate, input sensing electrodes disposed on the second surface of the second substrate, signal lines disposed on the second surface of the second substrate and connected to the input sensing electrodes, sensing pads disposed on the second surface of the second substrate, overlapping the coupling unit in a plan view, and connected to the signals lines, and a blocking unit disposed on the second surface of the second substrate and spaced apart from the signals lines with the sensing pads interposed therebetween viewed in a plan view.
US11088219B2	Display device A display device including a plurality of pixels arranged in a matrix includes a substrate, a first anode disposed on the substrate, and opaque conductive layers disposed between the substrate and the first anode, in which the plurality of pixels include an opening pixel including a first anode arrangement region, a pinhole region located around the first anode arrangement region and surrounded by the first anode, and a first anode non-arrangement region including an exposed region located outside the first anode, and the opaque conductive layers completely cover the exposed region and at least partially expose the pinhole region.
US11088216B2	Color control member and display device employing the same A color control member includes a substrate including a first pixel area and a second pixel area; a first color conversion layer converting incident light on the first color conversion layer to light of a first color, the light of the first color being emitted from the first color conversion layer and through the first pixel area; a second color conversion layer converting incident light on the second color conversion layer to light of a second color, the light of the second color being emitted through the second color conversion layer and through the second pixel area; and a partition wall disposed between the first color conversion layer and the second color conversion layer to correspond to a light-blocking area of the substrate in which the light emitted from the first color conversion layer or the second color conversion layer is blocked from being emitted to the other thereof.
US11088212B2	OLED display substrate, manufacturing method and display apparatus The disclosure relates to an OLED display substrate, a manufacturing method and a display apparatus. The OLED display substrate comprises a base substrate, and a plurality of light-emitting elements and a plurality of pixel defining layers formed on the base substrate, wherein a pixel defining layer is located between any two adjacent light-emitting elements of the plurality of light-emitting elements; and a surface of the pixel defining layer facing away from the base substrate comprises an accommodating portion, a bottom surface of the accommodating portion and the surface of the pixel defining layer facing away from the base substrate are located at different planes, and an orthographic projection of the accommodating portion on the base substrate does not overlap with an orthographic projection of the plurality of light-emitting elements on the base substrate. The method for manufacturing the OLED display substrate is configured to manufacture the above OLED display substrate.
US11088207B2	Solid-state image sensor, photoelectric conversion film, electron blocking layer, imaging apparatus, and electronic device The present technology relates to a solid-state image sensor, a photoelectric conversion film, an electron blocking layer, an imaging apparatus, and an electronic device that can appropriately photoelectrically convert light of specific wavelengths with high spectral characteristics and high photoelectric conversion efficiency. A photoelectric conversion layer or an electron blocking layer is configured with a photoelectric conversion film made of only a compound represented by Chemical Formula (1). The present technology can be applied to a solid-state image sensor.
US11088206B2	Methods of forming a phase change memory with vertical cross-point structure A non-volatile memory uses phase change memory (PCM) cells in a three dimensional vertical cross-point structure, in which multiple layers of word lines run in a horizontal direction and bit lines run in a vertical direction. The memory cells are located in a recessed region of the word lines and are separated from the bit line by an ovonic threshold switch. A surfactant lining of the word line recess in which the phase change memory material is placed improves stability of the resistance state of the memory cells, allowing for improved multi-state operation.
US11088205B2	High-density field-enhanced ReRAM integrated with vertical transistors A method is presented for integrating a resistive random access memory (ReRAM) device with vertical transistors on a single chip. The method includes forming a vertical field effect transistor (FET) including an epitaxial tip defining a drain terminal and forming the ReRAM device in direct contact with the epitaxial tip of the vertical FET such that a current conducting filament is formed at the epitaxial tip due to electric field enhancement.
US11088204B2	Three terminal selectors for memory applications and their methods of fabrication A memory device includes a first electrode, a non-volatile memory element having a first terminal and a second terminal, where the first terminal is coupled to the first electrode. The memory device further includes a selector having a first terminal, a second terminal and a sidewall between the first and second terminals, where the second terminal of the selector is coupled to the first terminal of the non-volatile memory element. A second electrode is coupled to the second terminal of the selector and a third electrode laterally adjacent to the sidewall of the selector.
US11088201B2	Magnetic tunneling junction (MTJ) element with an amorphous buffer layer and its fabrication process Some embodiments relate to a memory device. The memory device includes a magnetoresistive random-access memory (MRAM) cell comprising a magnetic tunnel junction (MTJ). The MTJ device comprises a stack of layers, comprising a bottom electrode disposed over a substrate. A seed layer disposed over the bottom electrode. A buffer layer is disposed between the bottom electrode and the seed layer. The buffer layer prevents diffusion of a diffusive species from the bottom electrode to the seed layer.
US11088198B2	Display device and manufacturing method of display device Provided is a display device including a pixel circuit, a first insulation layer covering the pixel circuit, a first barrier disposed on the first insulation layer and extending in a first direction, a second barrier separated from the first barrier and extending in the first direction and spaced apart from the first barrier layer in a second direction substantially perpendicular to the first direction, a first electrode disposed on the first barrier and electrically connected to the pixel circuit, a second electrode disposed on the second barrier and separated from the first electrode, a second insulation layer disposed on the first electrode and the second electrode with a rubbing groove provided therein in the second direction, and a light emitting element aligned along the rubbing groove on the second insulation layer and electrically connected to the first electrode and the second electrode.
US11088195B2	Solid-state image pickup element, method of manufacturing solid-state image pickup element, and electronic apparatus To solve at least one of various problems in an image sensor in a 2PD scheme. A solid-state image pickup element includes a plurality of pixels each including a photoelectric conversion element formed on a silicon substrate, in which some pixels in the plurality of pixels each have the photoelectric conversion element partitioned by a first-type separating region extending in a plate shape in a direction along a thickness direction of the silicon substrate, and other pixels in the plurality of pixels each have the photoelectric conversion element partitioned by a second-type separating region formed with a material different from a material of the first-type separating region, the second-type separating region extending in a plate shape in the direction along the thickness direction of the silicon substrate.
US11088192B2	Metal block and bond pad structure In some embodiments, the present disclosure relates to a method of forming an integrated chip (IC) structure. The method may be performed by forming a first integrated chip die having one or more semiconductor devices within a first substrate, and forming a passivation layer over the first integrated chip die. The passivation layer is selectively etched to form interior sidewalls defining a first opening, and a conductive material is deposited over the passivation layer and within the first opening. The conductive material is patterned to define a conductive blocking structure that laterally extends past the one or more semiconductor devices in opposing directions. The first integrated chip die is bonded to a second integrated chip die having an array of image sensing elements within a second substrate.
US11088188B2	Image sensor device An image sensor device is provided. The image sensor device includes a substrate having a front surface, a back surface, and a light-sensing region. The image sensor device includes a first isolation structure extending from the front surface into the substrate. The first isolation structure includes a first insulating layer and an etch stop layer, the first insulating layer extends from the front surface into the substrate, the etch stop layer is between the first insulating layer and the substrate, and the etch stop layer, the first insulating layer, and the substrate are made of different materials. The image sensor device includes a second isolation structure extending from the back surface into the substrate. The second isolation structure is in direct contact with the etch stop layer, the second isolation structure surrounds the light-sensing region, and the second isolation structure includes a light-blocking structure.
US11088186B2	Solid-state image-capturing device and production method thereof, and electronic appliance A high degree of phase difference detection accuracy can be obtained using a phase difference pixel with a simpler configuration. A solid-state image-capturing device includes a pixel array unit in which a plurality of pixels including a phase difference pixel which is a pixel for focal point detection and an image-capturing pixel which is a pixel for image generation are arranged in a two-dimensional array. In this case, a predetermined layer between a light shielding layer and a micro lens formed in the image-capturing pixel has a higher refraction index than a refraction index of the predetermined layer formed in the phase difference pixel. The technique of the present disclosure can be applied to, for example, a back-illuminated-type solid-state image-capturing device and the like.

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