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US11129317B2	Reel holder, tape supply device, robot hand, robot, and part mounting system A reel holder includes: a plate-shaped rotating plate; multiple reel support portions evenly arranged in a circumferential direction about the center of the rotating plate, and supporting the tape reels such that each of the tape reels is rotatable about the center thereof; and a rotating plate support portion supporting the rotating plate such that the rotating plate is rotatable about the center of the rotating plate.
US11129311B1	Electromagnetic compatibility gasket and vent A chassis-mounted electronic device includes a chassis, an upper EMI gasket, and a lower EMI gasket is provided. The chassis, including an upper chassis and a lower chassis, is constructed from a conductive sheet with a first thickness. The upper chassis and the lower chassis are coupled to form an interior of the chassis housing an electronic device. The upper EMI gasket is attached to the upper chassis, and is thinner than the upper chassis. The lower EMI gasket is attached to the lower chassis, and is also thinner than the lower chassis. The upper and lower EMI gaskets include perforations to allow cooling air through the EMI gaskets and into the interior of the chassis. Both the upper EMI gasket and the lower EMI gasket are configured to resiliently contact a portion of the electronic device to provide EMI shielding for the electronic device.
US11129309B2	Cooling device, lid-equipped cooling device, case with cooling device, and inverter A cooling device to be provided is capable of being reduced in size, capable of cooling a heating component uniformly, having high radiating performance, and facilitating implementation of a work in a flat state. A first cooler body includes a first base plate and first blades. The first base plate has a first component mounting surface. A second cooler body includes a second base plate and second blades. The second base plate has a second component mounting surface. With the second cooler body maintained connected to the first cooler body, a rotary mechanism allows the second cooler body to rotate relative to the first cooler body between a state in which the first component mounting surface and the second component mounting surface are pointed to the same direction and a state in which the second blades get into gaps between the first blades without interfering with the first blades.
US11129303B1	Cooling of server high-power devices using double-base primary and secondary heat sinks A cooling system includes a primary heat sink including a primary top base plate, a primary bottom base plate and a primary fin pack including a plurality of fins, where the primary fin pack is disposed between the primary top base plate and the primary bottom base plate. The cooling system further includes secondary heat sink including a secondary top base plate, a secondary bottom base plate and a secondary fin pack including a plurality of fins, where the secondary fin pack is disposed between the secondary top base plate and the secondary bottom base plate. A heat pipe extends between the primary top base plate and the primary bottom base plate, where the heat pipe further extends from the primary heat sink and couples with the secondary heat sink.
US11129302B1	Apparatus, system, and method for electromagnetic interference mitigation in split heatsink technologies The disclosed apparatus may include (1) a split heatsink assembly that comprises (A) a first heatsink that includes a base for thermally coupling to a first heat-emitting component, wherein the base of the first heatsink forms an opening, and (B) a second heatsink that includes a pedestal for thermally coupling to a second heat-emitting component, wherein the pedestal of the second heatsink fits into the opening formed by the base of the first heatsink, and (2) an EMI absorber that at least partially encompasses the pedestal of the second heatsink and resides between the pedestal of the second heatsink and the base of the first heatsink in the opening. Various other apparatuses, systems, and methods are also disclosed.
US11129299B2	Heat sink The invention relates to a improved heat sink. In one embodiment this is accomplished by a base member and a heat radiating portion, wherein heat radiating portion includes a plurality of fins, wherein the distance between rows of the plurality of fins (fluid guide) are arranged such that they don't obstruct the horizontal flow of fluid or change the characteristic of the fluid substantially.
US11129296B2	Staggered arrangement for server fan array A fan arrangement to generate increased airflow in a chassis is disclosed. The chassis includes one area having electronic components. A first row of fan modules is located in the chassis relative to the electronic components to generate airflow in a direction of the length of the chassis through the electronic components. The first row of fan modules includes at least one gap between the fan modules. A second row of fan modules is located a predetermined distance from the first row. The second row of fan modules includes at least one gap between the fan modules. Each of the fan modules in the second row is staggered from one of the fan modules of the first row. A first panel connects one of fan modules in the first row with one of the fan modules of the second row to create a channel.
US11129294B2	Modular rack assembly A frame structure for a cabinet enclosure has a front frame assembly having first and second front pillars, a rear frame assembly having first and second rear pillars, a first side brace member, and a second side brace member, each having a beam that has opposite ends, with the opposite ends of each side brace member connected to one of the front pillars and one of the rear pillars. The frame structure also includes cable management and air flow management features and functions.
US11129293B2	Apparatus for mounting processors for cluster computing A bracket for mounting a processor and a support structure for receiving bracket-supported processors for cluster computing are provided. In some embodiments, a bracket may be configured to receive a processor and fasten the processor to the bracket. The bracket may be configured to mount the processor to a support structure. The support structure may be configured to receive an array of brackets. The support structure may be configured to be stacked in combination with additional support structures.
US11129292B1	Connector interface for liquid-cooled IT servers Embodiments are disclosed of a fluid connector including a connector body having at least a first exterior surface and a second exterior surface. A male interface projects longitudinally from the first exterior surface and includes a male internal chamber bounded in part by a pair of spaced-apart laterally-moving fluid gates coupled to each other by a first elastic member. A female interface longitudinally adjacent to the male interface is recessed into the first exterior surface. The female interface includes a female internal chamber bounded in part by a longitudinally-moving fluid gate, the longitudinally-moving fluid gate being biased into its closed position by a second elastic member. A plurality of fluid distribution ports are positioned on the second surface, each being fluidly coupled to the male interface, the female interface, or both.
US11129286B2	Power supply noise suppressor A power supply noise suppressor includes a housing configured to be fastened or adhered to a customer-premises equipment (CPE) device. A first connector is configured to connect to a cable. A second connector is configured connect to the CPE device. A circuit is positioned at least partially within the housing and connected to the first and second connectors. The circuit is configured to reduce an amount of a power supply switch noise that is transmitted in an upstream direction from the CPE device to the cable.
US11129283B2	Method of electroplating a circuit board An electroplating method of a circuit board includes: providing a multi-layer board having a conductive layer embedded therein; penetratingly forming a thru-hole and at least one penetrating hole in the multi-layer board, and forming a conductive portion on an inner wall defining the thru-hole and connected to the conductive layer, wherein the at least one penetrating hole is located at one side of the thru-hole, and an annular portion of the conductive layer exposed from the at least one penetrating hole is defined as an electroplated region; and electroplating the electroplated region to be formed with a metal post by applying a current to the conductive portion, wherein the metal post is filled in the at least one penetrating hole and is connected to the electroplated region.
US11129280B2	Electronic component-embedded substrate An electronic component-embedded substrate includes an electronic component module having a first surface and a second surface opposite to the first surface, and including a first support member having a first through-portion, a first electronic component disposed in the first through-portion, a first resin layer covering at least a portion of the first electronic component, a second support member disposed on one side of the first support member and having a second through-portion, a second electronic component disposed in the second through-portion and connected to the first electronic component, and a second resin layer covering at least a portion of the second electronic component, an insulating material covering at least a portion of each of a side surface of the electronic component module and the first surface, and a first wiring layer disposed on the insulating material and connected to the first electronic component.
US11129279B2	Optical subassembly and optical module An optical subassembly includes: a support block made of ceramic in front of the first surface, the support block having a substrate mounting surface, the support block having a first side opposite to a surface in front of the first surface; an element-mounted substrate on the substrate mounting surface, the element-mounted substrate having a first conductor pattern; a pedestal made of metal and configured to be the same potential as the eyelet, the pedestal situated in front of the first surface; and a lead pin in the through-hole and for transmitting the electric signal. The support block has a metallization pattern that is electrically connected to the pedestal and is continuous from at least a part of the substrate mounting surface to at least a part of the first side.
US11129278B2	Camera module having elasticity and mobile device with the same A camera module is provided. The camera includes a circuit board to which an image sensor disposed is disposed, one or more first conductive portions at one or more regions of the circuit board, one or more elastic connectors, including an elastic member and a metal film surrounding at least part of an outer portion of the elastic member, the elastic connector is disposed on the first conductive region, a lens device including one or more lenses and a driver capable of moving the lens device, a housing which accommodates the lens device, and a second conductive portion in one or more regions of the housing. The housing may be disposed above the elastic connector such that the second conductive portion is electrically coupled to the first conductive portion due to a contact with the elastic connector.
US11129276B2	Socket assembly, light emitter module, and lighting system A socket assembly comprises a base frame formed of a thermally conductive material holding a light emitting diode (LED) package to a support structure, a contact element electrically contacting the LED package, and an isolator PCB. The LED package includes an LED PCB having an LED mounted on the LED PCB. The base frame includes a base mounted to the support structure and mechanically engaging the LED PCB so that the LED package is attached to the support structure with a predetermined holding force. The contact element electrically connects the isolator PCB to the LED PCB. The isolator PCB supplies electrical power to the LED. The isolator PCB has a first surface and a second surface; the second surface is in heat transmitting contact with the base frame and the electronic component is disposed on the first surface of the isolator PCB and electrically connected to the LED.
US11129273B2	Metal-ceramic substrate and method for producing a metal-ceramic substrate A metal-ceramic substrate (1) comprising an insulating layer (11) extending along a main extension plane (HSE) and comprising a ceramic, and a metallisation layer (12) bonded to the insulating layer (11) over a bonding area (A), the bonding area (A) being delimited by at least one edge (K) in a plane parallel to the main extension plane (HSE), characterized in that the edge (K) is at least partially covered with a filling material (2) and an edge region (RB) of the metallisation layer (12) adjoining the edge has a material weakening.
US11129270B2	Control device for an electric machine A control device for an electric machine includes a circuit board and a cooling body, which are joined together, wherein a heat-conducting paste is introduced between the circuit board and the cooling body at least for thermally connecting the circuit board to the cooling body. The circuit board and/or the cooling body has at least one recess, wherein the recess is formed in the lateral direction between a region to be protected and the introduced heat-conducting paste in such a way that, when the circuit board and the cooling body are joined, an excess portion of the laterally spreading heat-conducting paste can be received by the recess.
US11129263B2	Communicative lighting systems A communicative lighting system may comprise a plurality of network connected light sources. Each light source may possess a unique identifier permitting light sources to be associated with one another. An input received by one light source may alter the light output of that light source as well as other light sources associated with the light source. The light output of a light source may be altered by changing color, brightening or dimming, blinking, adjusting which of a plurality of light emitting diodes are activated, or otherwise modifying the type or amount of light output.
US11129259B2	Method and apparatus for multi-experience metadata translation of media content with metadata A method or apparatus that incorporates teachings of the present disclosure may include, for example, a method for retrieving a plurality of sensory information from an environment of a device. A digital representation of the environment of the device is identified corresponding to the plurality of sensory information from the environment of the device. A media presentation element of the device associated with media content of the device is identified. A user interface of the media presentation element is adapted to modify a presentation of the media content by the media presentation element of the device according to the digital representation of the environment of the device. Other embodiments are disclosed.
US11129258B1	Sensing type lamp fixture and brightness adjustment method thereof The sensing type lamp fixture executes an initialization procedure to calculate an ambient brightness value to determine whether entering the nighttime and to generate a nighttime-entering command. The sensing type lamp fixture will light up and start timing a nighttime value and automatically adjust the brightness at various adjustment times during the night. The sensing type lamp fixture will continuously detect the ambient brightness to determine whether it has entered the daytime. If not, the nighttime value will continue to be timed until entering the daytime. Then the lamp fixture will be off and stop timing the nighttime value and generate a midnight time of the next night. The sensing type lamp fixture calculates the brightness adjustment times of the next night according to the midnight time, and automatically adjusts the light-on time of the sensing type lamp fixture and automatically adjusts the brightness to save power and energy.
US11129256B2	Systems and methods for providing network connectivity and remote monitoring, optimization, and control of pool/spa equipment Systems and methods for providing network connectivity and remote monitoring, optimization, and control of pool/spa equipment are provided. “Internet-of-Things” (IoT) functionality is provided for pool and spa equipment in a flexible and cost-effective manner. Network connectivity and remote monitoring/control of pool and spa equipment is provided by various components such as a network communication and local control subsystem installed in pool/spa equipment, and other components. Also disclosed are various control processes (“pool logic”) which can be embodied as software code installed in any of the various embodiments of the present disclosure.
US11129255B2	Multi-color flat rope light string system A system is disclosed. The system has a plurality of flat rope light strings, and a controller coupled to a power source at a first connection and at least one of the plurality of flat rope light strings at a second connection, said second connection including a plurality of connection leads, said second connection being polarized such that said plurality of flat rope light strings is capable of one connection orientation at said second connection, each of said plurality of flat rope light strings including a plurality of lighting elements, each of said plurality of lighting elements including a plurality of pairs of different colored lights, each of said plurality of pairs including a first light and a second light, said first light of said light pair activated via a first voltage polarity and said second light of said light pair activated via a second voltage polarity.
US11129253B2	Temporally modulated lighting system and method Electric light sources typically exhibit temporal variations in luminous flux output, commonly referred to as “flicker.” Flicker, or temporal modulation, is known to influence the growth, health and behavior patterns of humans, and is also linked to growth, health and behavior patterns throughout the growth cycle of plants and animals. Control of peak radiant flux emitted by a light source to temporally modulate a light source will allow for the control of plants and animals for sustainable farming including but not limited to horticultural, agricultural, or aquacultural endeavors. The light source allows the transmission of daylight, which is combined with the flicker.
US11129252B2	Output stabilization of mixed color temperature LED lighting systems Methods and systems for controlling compound ramps in LED luminaires and lighting circuits are disclosed. In a compound ramp, the light output of one set of LED light engines increases while the light output of another set of LED light engines decreases. During such a ramp, the methods and systems may control the total light output to keep it relatively constant. In some embodiments, the methods and systems may also control the color of the emitted light maintain ideal color characteristics.
US11129250B2	Artificial sunlight luminaire The invention provides a lighting system (1) with at least two subsets (SS1, AS1) of light sources, wherein one or more first subsets (SS1, SS2, . . . ) provide first light (111) mimicking the solar light (during the day) and with the first light (111) having a variable direction, and wherein one or more second subsets (AS1, . . . ) provide second light (211) mimicking the sky (without the sun, as the sun is provided by the first subset(s)) 5 (during the day). Especially, the color and/or color temperature of the first light (111) is variable, in addition the variability in direction. The lighting system may further comprise a control system (20) configured to control the color and intensity of the first light and/or second light.
US11129246B2	Grid connected coordinated lighting adapter In embodiments of the present invention improved capabilities are described for systems and methods that employ a control component and/or power source integrated in an LED based light source to control and/or power the LED light source wirelessly. In embodiments, the LED based light source may take the form of a standard light bulb that plugs into a standard lighting socket or fixture.
US11129244B2	Microwave oven A user interface for a microwave oven. The user interface including: a power input element for receiving user input to adjust a cooking power setting; a time input element for receiving user input to adjust a cooking time setting; a display element for displaying the cooking power setting and the cooking time setting; and a processor module that receives a first signal from the power input element that is indicative of an adjustment to a cooking power setting and a second signal from the time input element that is indicative of an adjustment to a cooking time setting; the processor being coupled to the display element to cause the display to present the user selected cooking power setting and the user selected cooking time setting; wherein: upon commencing a cooking cycle, user input applied to the power input module caused the user selected cooking power setting to be adjusted. The user interface can further include: a plurality of shortcut selection elements, each shortcut selection element is associated with a predetermined cooking profile having predetermined cooking settings. The user interface can further include: an “a bit more” selection element that causes calculation of a supplemental cooking setting.
US11129238B1	Battery powered wireless controller system A battery powered controller system preferably includes at least one battery, a master programmable controller, a slave programmable controller, a master wireless communication device and a slave wireless communication device. The master wireless communication device is connected to the master programmable controller. The slave wireless communication device is connected to the slave programmable controller. The master programmable controller sends instructions to the slave programmable controller through the master and slave wireless communications. The master programmable controller and the master wireless communication device are attached to a base unit. The slave wireless communication device and the slave programmable controller are attached to a rotational head. The slave programmable controller and the slave wireless communication device are powered by the battery through power input ports. Output ports of the slave programmable controller are connected to a plurality of hydraulic valve solenoids and/or at least one sensor.
US11129235B2	System and method for dynamic group data protection The present disclosure relates to a communication method and system for converging a 5th-Generation (5G) communication system for supporting higher data rates beyond a 4th-Generation (4G) system with a technology for Internet of Things (IoT). The present disclosure may be applied to intelligent services based on the 5G communication technology and the IoT-related technology, such as smart home, smart building, smart city, smart car, connected car, health care, digital education, smart retail, security and safety services. A method for providing data protection to members of a Vertical Application Layer (VAL) group is provided. The method includes creating, by a group management server, the VAL group based on a VAL group creation request from a VAL server, announcing, by the group management server, a VAL group creation information to at least one group management client from a plurality of group management clients, registering, by the group management server, at least one group management client as a VAL group member from a plurality of group management clients, and sharing, by the group management server, VAL group member information comprising an identity list with the at least one group management client.
US11129230B1	Emergency-responsive community and building infrastructure control An emergency dispatch system may determine that an emergency vehicle has been dispatched to a predefined gated community, based on a dispatch address being within the gated community. The system may access a database to obtain a custom map pre-associated with the gated community. The system may also determine a path to an emergency location within the gated community, based on the custom map and send the path and the custom map to the vehicle, responsive to determining the path.
US11129229B2	Method and apparatus for wireless device connectivity management A method, apparatus and computer program are disclosed that perform in a wireless network: monitoring radio network connectivity release requests received from a wireless device of a given subscriber of the wireless network; determining a radio network connectivity release request frequency based on the radio network connectivity release requests received from the wireless device; receiving a current radio network connectivity release request from the wireless device; determining whether the radio network connectivity release request frequency meets a first threshold and: if yes, taking first corrective action to mitigate network load by excessive radio network connectivity release requests.
US11129228B2	Method and device for determining RRC state Provided are a method by which an access stratum (AS) layer of a terminal determines a radio resource control (RRC) state in a wireless communication system, and a device for supporting the same. The method can comprise the steps of: entering an RRC_INACTIVE state; receiving, from a core network (CN), CN paging in the RRC_INACTIVE state; forwarding a UE ID of the terminal and a CN domain to a non-access stratum (NAS) layer of the terminal; receiving an RRC connection release request from the NAS layer of the terminal; and entering an RRC_IDLE state on the basis of the received RRC connection release request.
US11129222B2	Systems and methods for improving wireless mesh networks Disclosed herein is a first wireless communication node comprising a first communication module that includes a first baseband unit configured to handle baseband processing for the first communication module, a first RF unit configured to define a frequency range of radio signals for the first communication module, and a first antenna unit configured to generate a first extremely-narrow beam that facilitates exchange of radio signals with at least one other wireless communication node. The first wireless communication node may also comprise a second communication module that includes a second baseband unit configured to handle baseband processing for the second communication module, a second RF unit configured to define a frequency range of radio signals for the second communication module, and a second antenna unit configured to generate a second extremely-narrow beam that facilitates exchange of radio signals with at least one other wireless communication node.
US11129211B2	Core network device selection method and apparatus A core network device selection method and apparatus are disclosed. The method includes: receiving, by an access network node, an access stratum message sent by a terminal, where the access stratum message includes a NAS request message and a network selection auxiliary parameter; querying configuration information based on the network selection auxiliary parameter, and determining a group identifier of at least one mobility management device group, where the configuration information includes a correspondence between a network selection auxiliary parameter and a group identifier of a mobility management device group; determining a device identifier of a target mobility management device based on the group identifier of the at least one mobility management device group; and sending the NAS request message to a mobility management device indicated by the device identifier of the target mobility management device.
US11129209B2	Cost efficient PRACH detection A base station for detecting a Physical Random Access Channel (PRACH) transmission from a User Equipment device (UE) comprises a radio device and at least one additional device. The radio device comprises narrowband receivers respectively coupled to antenna elements of an antenna array. Each narrowband receiver is configured to receive a signal from a respective antenna element and process the signal to provide received symbols for a PRACH received via the respective antenna element. The radio device also comprises accumulation circuitry configured to, for each antenna element, accumulate a subset of the received symbols for the PRACH received via the antenna element to output a first averaged symbol for the PRACH received via the antenna element. The at least one additional device is configured to receive, from the radio device, the first averaged symbols and process the first averaged symbols to perform PRACH detection for one or more receive beams.
US11129207B2	Apparatus and method for prioritization of random access in a multi-user wireless communication system The present disclosure relates to the prioritization of devices taking part in a multi-user random access wireless communication. Based on some known conditions, devices that comply with the conditions are given preferential treatment during the random access period. The preferential treatment may refer to the eligible devices being allowed to access more resource units during the random access, or it may also mean faster access to the medium during the random access. By taking advantage of the methods described in the present disclosure, it is possible to assign higher priority to selected frame types and/or device categories in a multi-user random access wireless communication system.
US11129205B2	Apparatus and method for configuring channel resource 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). The present disclosure provides a method for configuring channel resource, a corresponding base station and a corresponding user equipment. The method comprises receiving first system information, and deriving resource configuration information for PDCCH that schedules second information from the received first system information.
US11129200B2	User terminal and radio communication method To perform a random access procedure appropriately in communication using beamforming.A user terminal for communicating with a radio base station using a plurality of beams includes: a transmission section that transmits a random access preamble; a reception section that receives a random access response corresponding to the random access preamble; and a control section that controls transmission of the random access preamble and/or reception of the random access response using given resources associated with a plurality of beam patterns.
US11129198B2	Mobile station apparatus and method to perform a random access using a randomly selected signature in a cellular communication system A mobile station apparatus detects a signature not reserved as a dedicated signature informed by a base station. In addition, the mobile station apparatus performs a random access using a randomly selected signature, in case of detecting a signature not reserved as a dedicated signature.
US11129197B2	User apparatus, base station, control information detection method and control information transmission method A user apparatus and a control information detection method executed by a user apparatus are disclosed. The user apparatus includes a memory that stores a preamble and identification information of the user apparatus; a processor that detects control information, addressed to the user apparatus, by monitoring a candidate area of a common candidate area where a plurality of user apparatuses commonly perform monitoring and an individual candidate area for the user apparatus; and a transmitter that transmits the preamble to a base station. The processor monitors, during a period when the user apparatus monitors a random access response, the individual candidate area using the identification information of the user apparatus to detect control information that is scrambled by the base station using the identification information of the user apparatus.
US11129194B2	Method and system for sounding and channel selection Methods and apparatus may be used for sounding for multi-user (MU) scheduling and for signaling and procedures for sub-channel selection. A wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU) may receive information from an access point (AP) indicating a plurality of sub-channels to use for uplink data transmission as part of uplink MU wireless communications using a carrier sense multiple access (CSMA) wireless medium. The WTRU may transmit, using a plurality of sub-channels, a Physical Layer Convergence Protocol (PLCP) Protocol Data Unit (PPDU) including a preamble portion and a data portion, and, using at least a subset of the plurality of sub-channels, sounding signals to the AP for scheduling MU communications. The AP may receive sounding information from more WTRUs that the plurality of WTRUS associated with the scheduling information for the uplink data transmission during a time interval, in addition to receiving uplink data from the plurality of WTRUs.
US11129193B2	Data transmission method and apparatus using a clear channel assessment (CCA) detection threshold A data transmission method and apparatus using a clear channel assessment (CCA) detection threshold are disclosed. The method includes: obtaining, by a base station, at least one CCA detection threshold; determining a current CCA detection threshold from the at least one CCA detection threshold; determining transmit power of to-be-sent data based on the current CCA detection threshold; and sending the to-be-sent data to a target terminal based on the transmit power.
US11129192B2	Client device, network node, and methods thereof for predicting user-experienced signal-to-interference-plus-noise ratio A client device is configured to receive an indication of a first network SINR for a first data transmission from a network node, and to derive the first network SINR based on the indication of a first network SINR. The client device is further configured to estimate a SINR adjustment for a second data transmission from the network node, and to compute a SINR difference value between the first network SINR and the SINR adjustment. Furthermore, the client device is configured to transmit at least one first control message having an indication of the SINR adjustment to the network node if the SINR difference value is larger than a threshold value.
US11129186B2	Method and apparatus for transmission of uplink grant Embodiments of the present disclosure provide a method and apparatus for transmitting uplink grant, the method comprising: transmitting the uplink grant by selecting a downlink subframe from a plurality of candidate downlink subframes each of the plurality of downlink subframes enabling scheduling of at least one user equipment to start transmitting burst data in a uplink subframe.
US11129184B2	Wireless communication terminal, wireless communication device, wireless communication system, and processing method for requesting uplink resource If an uplink resource is not granted, wireless communication terminal, when the uplink resource occurs in the corresponding wireless communication terminal, transmits a scheduling request using a dedicated scheduling request resource of a second cell that is smaller in cell coverage than a first cell, and if grant of the uplink resource in response to the scheduling request is not performed, the wireless communication terminal transmits a random access preamble and thus performs a random access procedure that requests the grant of the uplink resource from a wireless communication device.
US11129183B2	Method and apparatus for transmitting downlink control channel information in carrier aggregation system A method for transmitting control information by a base station in a communication system using a plurality of serving cells comprises transmitting is provided. The method includes a terminal, an identifier of a second serving cell identifying where control information regarding a first serving cell is transmitted, transmitting, to the terminal, a predetermined value of a carrier identifier used in the second serving cell, and transmitting the control information regarding the first serving cell including the carrier identifier having the predetermined value through the second serving cell.
US11129181B2	Method for transmitting uplink control information of terminal in wireless communication system and device using the method Provided are a method for transmitting uplink control information of a terminal in a wireless communication system and a terminal device using the method. The method comprises: determining the number of transmission blocks to be transmitted via a PUSCH supporting multiple-layer transmission; according to the determined number of transmission blocks, determining UCI to be included in each transmission block; and transmitting each transmission block comprising the UCI to a base station.
US11129177B2	Cross-carrier scheduling method and device A cross-carrier scheduling method and a cross-carrier scheduling device are provided. The cross-carrier scheduling method includes receiving a cross-carrier scheduling indication transmitted from a base station via a first carrier; determining a cross-carrier scheduling time indicated by the base station according to the cross-carrier scheduling indication; adding a delay time to the cross-carrier scheduling time to obtain an actual cross-carrier scheduling time; and performing communication between user equipment by using a second carrier during the actual cross-carrier scheduling time.
US11129175B2	Apparatus and method for transmitting/receiving of data in a wireless communication system providing different services A communication method and system for converging a fifth generation (5G) communication system for supporting higher data rates beyond a fourth generation (4G) system with a technology for Internet of things (IoT) are provided. The communication method and system may be applied to intelligent services based on the 5G communication technology and the IoT-related technology, such as smart home, smart building, smart city, smart car, connected car, health care, digital education, smart retail, security and safety services.
US11129174B2	User equipment groups for group physical downlink control channel communications Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communication are described. A base station may transmit, and a UE may receive, via a configuration message, a group identifier indicating a group of UEs with which the UE is associated, the group of UEs being one of multiple groups of UEs which are each allocated resources. The base station may transmit the group downlink control information message to the group of UEs, and the UE may receive the group downlink control information message. The UE may determine that the group downlink control information message pertains to the UE by associating the group identifier with the group downlink control information message. The base station and the UE may communicate in accordance with the group downlink control information message based at least in part on the UE being associated with the group to which the group downlink control information message pertains.
US11129171B2	Methods and apparatus for wireless signal maximization and management in a quasi-licensed wireless system Methods and apparatus for managing radio device transmitters, beams, and receivers within a power-limited system. In one embodiment, the methods and apparatus utilize so-called “quasi-licensed” CBRS (Citizens Broadband Radio Service) wireless spectrum in conjunction with a distributed controller architecture that dynamically allocates frequency, base station, and transmit/receive beam resources for delivery of services to a number of installed fixed wireless apparatus (FWA) at user or subscriber premises. The FWA include radio path controller logic that obtains signal data via its antennae and radio head, and transmits the data to a network centralized controller that determines the resource allocation and timing (e.g., via a slotted TDD medium) for service delivery to each FWA. As such, the base stations do not determine the allocations as in the prior art, and multiple power-limited base stations can transmit signals to a single FWA to achieve greater coverage area and/or receive aggregated power.
US11129168B2	System and method for random access in heterogeneous communications systems A method for operating a user equipment includes receiving a set of first random access channel (RACH) parameters associated with a first group of identifiers, and wherein identifiers in the first group of identifiers are used for generating pseudo-random sequences, and performing a random access procedure in accordance with the set of first RACH parameters and the first group of identifiers.
US11129164B2	Device and method for handling system information change A base station (BS) for handling SI change comprises at least one storage device for storing instructions and at least one processing circuit coupled to the at least one storage device. The at least one processing circuit is configured to execute the instructions stored in the at least one storage device. The instructions comprise broadcasting a plurality of synchronization signal (SS) blocks (SSBs) and a SI block (SIB) in a first bandwidth part (BWP) of a first carrier; communicating with a first communication device in a second BWP of the first carrier; updating a content of the SIB to an updated content, and broadcasting the SIB comprising the updated content in the first BWP; transmitting a SI change notification in the second BWP to the first communication device; and broadcasting the SIB comprising the updated content in the second BWP.
US11129162B2	Method for transmitting and receiving signal by terminal in wireless communication system and apparatus therefor The present invention relates to a method and an apparatus for transmitting and receiving a signal by a terminal in a wireless communication system supporting reconfiguration of wireless resources. Specifically, the method comprises a step of monitoring wireless resource reconfiguration control information on a number of sub-frames within a set monitoring cycle in order to reconfigure wireless resources, wherein a first uplink-downlink setting in accordance with wireless resource reconfiguration control information is valid only if equally detected on a number of sub-frames, and wherein a number of sub-frames are sub-frames set to monitor wireless resource reconfiguration control information of a terminal.
US11129161B2	Method and apparatus for beam indication in next generation wireless systems A method of a user equipment (UE) for a beam indication in a wireless communication system includes receiving, from a base station (BS), downlink control information (DCI) including scheduling information for a data transmission on a downlink data channel, wherein the DCI includes an index of a spatial quasi-co-location (QCL) configuration, comparing a time offset between the data transmission and the DCI with a threshold that is pre-configured at the UE, and calculating a receive (Rx) beam based on the index of the spatial QCL configuration or a pre-configured spatial QCL assumption, receiving the data transmission based on the time offset.
US11129159B2	Programmatic orchestration of cloud-based services A computational instance of a remote network management platform may be dedicated to a managed network that has access to computing resources of one or more remote networks. One or more server devices may be disposed within the computational instance and may cause a cloud service catalog software application to: (i) obtain a selection of a catalog item, where the catalog item defines prospective computing resources that provide a computing function, and where the selection includes a set of variables that associate the prospective computing resources with the one or more remote networks and determine configuration details for the prospective computing resources, (ii) populate a template representation with the variables, (iii) transmit the template representation to a server configured to identify target computing resources of the one or more remote networks and provision the target computing resources, and (iv) receive identification information related to the target computing resources.
US11129157B2	Method for determining whether to continue to detect downlink control channel, terminal and base station Provided are a method for determining whether to continue to detect a downlink control channel, a terminal and a base station, for solving the technical problem, for which there is no specific solution in the prior art, of how to determine, after successfully receiving one piece of DCI of a specific DCI format, whether it is still necessary to continue to perform a blind test according to the DCI format. The method for determining whether to continue to detect a downlink control channel comprises: the terminal obtaining first downlink control information (DCI); and the terminal determining, based on the first DCI, whether to continue to detect the downlink control channel.
US11129154B2	Information exchange between base stations Methods and apparatuses are described for wireless communications involving base stations. A base station may configure a downlink channel (e.g., a physical downlink control channel) based on the configuration of a downlink channel associated with another base station. One or more base stations may manage overlap between downlink channels.
US11129150B2	Shortened transmission time interval (STTI) configuration for low latency communications Methods and apparatus are provided for shortened Transmission Time Interval (sTTI) configurations for low latency communications. A User Equipment (UE) receives at least one transmission in a first TTI of a first duration configured for the UE, the first TTI assigned within a second TTI of a second duration, wherein the first TTI is configured for Ultra-Reliable and Low-Latency Communications (URLLC) and uses, at least in part, a configuration for communicating using the second TTI.
US11129147B2	Uplink signal transmission method and device Provided are an uplink signal transmission method and device. The method comprises: a network device determining a physical resource used, in a time domain scheduling unit, for transmitting an uplink control signal; and the network device receiving the uplink control signal on the physical resource used for transmitting an uplink control signal, wherein the uplink control signal is transmitted by using a cyclic prefix-orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (CP-OFDM) waveform. In the embodiments of the present invention, an uplink control signal is transmitted by using a CP-OFDM waveform, and by using multi-carrier transmission characteristics, the uplink control signal may be configured with continuous or discontinuous physical resources in a frequency domain, so that the problem, in the prior art, where an uplink control signal must be mapped to continuous physical resources in a frequency domain when using a single carrier to perform uplink transmission on the uplink control signal is prevented, thereby improving the flexibility of configuring a physical resource for an uplink control signal.
US11129145B2	Method and apparatus for mapping uplink control information for channel state information feedback The present disclosure relates to a communication method and system for converging a 5th-Ggeneration (5G) communication system for supporting higher data rates beyond a 4th-Ggeneration (4G) system with a technology for Internet of Things (IoT). The present disclosure may be applied to intelligent services based on the 5G communication technology and the IoT-related technology, such as smart homes, smart buildings, smart cities, smart cars, connected cars, health care, digital education, smart retail, security, and safety services. A method of transmitting uplink control information in a wireless communication system is provided. The method includes receiving channel state information (CSI) feedback configuration information from a base station, generating (CSI) including at least one of a CSI reference signal resource indicator (CRI), a rank indicator (RI), a precoding matrix indicator (PMI), or a channel quality indicator (CQI) based on the CSI feedback configuration information, identifying an information sequence including the CSI, encoding the information sequence using a polar code, and transmitting the encoded information sequence to a base station. The CRI and the RI are placed before padding bits in the information sequence and the PMI and the CQI are placed after the padding bits in the information sequence.
US11129140B2	Search process for physical downlink control channels in a communication system A method for a user equipment (UE) to determine locations for M candidate physical downlink control channels (PDCCHs) in a set of N physical resource blocks (PRBs) in a transmission time interval (TTI) is provided. The method includes determining a location for each of M candidate PDCCHs in a different PRB if N is greater than or equal to M and determining a location for each of N candidate PDCCHs in a different PRB and determining a location for each of remaining M−N candidate PDCCHs in a different PRB if M is greater than N and 2N is greater than or equal to M.
US11129131B2	Configuration of a ran based notification area for a user equipment in RRC inactive state A communication system is disclosed in which a base station receives, from at least one further base station, information identifying at least one respective tracking area associated with at least one cell of each further base station. The base station also receives, from a core network, information identifying a registration area for a user equipment (UE). The base station defines, based on the received information identifying at least one respective tracking area and the received information identifying a registration area, a radio access network (RAN) based notification area for the UE.
US11129129B2	Apparatus, systems, and methods for determining a geo-location Apparatus, systems and methods for determining a geo-location are provided. The apparatus comprises a receiver, a sensor, a processor, and a transmitter. The receiver is configured to receive a first geo-location. The sensor is configured to determine a change in a pose of the apparatus. The processor is operatively coupled to memory, the receiver, and the sensor. The processor is configured to determine a second geo-location based on the first geo-location and the sensor utilizing a neural network. The first transmitter is configured to output the second geo-location of the apparatus.
US11129125B1	Coordinated radio fine time measurement Coordinated radio fine time measurement is provided via sending, from a client device, a ranging request to a first radio; receiving a first response sent at a first time from the first radio over a first channel; receiving a second response sent at the first time from a second radio over a second channel; and calculating, based on times of flight for the first response and the second response, a location of the client device relative to the first radio and to the second radio. Coordinated radio fine time measurement is also proved via in response to receiving, at an Access Point (AP), a ranging request from a client device and determining to respond using multiple channels: sending, both at a first time, a first response from a first radio over a first channel a second response from a second radio over a different channel.
US11129124B2	Electronic device, server device, and method for determining location of electronic device An electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes a first wireless communication circuit supporting near-field communication with APs, a second wireless communication circuit supporting cellular communication with base stations, a processor, and a memory. The processor receives a first identifier of a first AP by using the first wireless communication circuit, generates a first determination by confirming whether or not the list includes the first identifier and location information associated with the first identifier, transmits the first identifier to an external server by using the first wireless communication circuit or the second wireless communication circuit at least partially on the basis of the first determination, receives first information regarding a location associated with the first identifier from the external server through the first wireless communication circuit or the second wireless communication circuit, and determines the location of the electronic device at least on the basis of the first information.
US11129111B2	Wireless base station and transmission power control method In a radio base station including: a plurality of transmission points each including at least one antenna element; and a signal processing unit connected to the plurality of transmission points, the signal processing unit includes: an estimating section that estimates, in each of the antenna elements, a path-loss with a radio terminal; and a calculating section that calculates a power control weight for controlling transmission power of each of the antenna elements based on the path-loss of the antenna element, which is estimated by the estimating section.
US11129110B1	Sidelink control channel reinforcing in vehicle based wireless communications Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described. A first user equipment (UE) may determine that a second UE is to transmit a control channel message retransmission using a first subchannel of a sidelink control channel during a subframe. The first UE may determine that the first UE is to transmit a sidelink transmission using a second subchannel of the sidelink control channel during the subframe, the second subchannel being different from the first subchannel. The first UE may transmit, by the first UE and during the subframe, the control channel message retransmission of the second UE using the first subchannel and the sidelink transmission of the first UE using the second subchannel.
US11129109B2	Uplink transmission techniques for exposure limited transmissions Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described for handling uplink grants that have associated uplink transmission that may exceed exposure limits. Exposure limits may be based on maximum permissible exposure (MPE) limits of millimeter wave transmissions and may be determined at a user equipment (UE) and provided to a base station. If the UE receives an uplink grant for a transmission in which an associated uplink transmission would exceed the exposure limits, the UE may drop the uplink transmission prior to forming a transport block, transmit control signaling to the base station to indicate the exposure limits at the UE, or combinations thereof.
US11129104B2	Wake up signaling in wireless telecommunication networks A telecommunication network may operate to enable a wake up signals (WUSs) within the telecommunication network. A mobility management entity (MME) may estimate a coverage enhancement (CE) level of a user equipment (UE), determine, based on the CE level, a number of repetitions for a wake up signal (WUS) for the UE, and cause a WUS for UE to be transmitted to a radio access network (RAN) node corresponding to the UE. The RAN node may inform the MME that the RAN node has disabled the WUS feature, and may cause system information to be broadcast to UEs in IDLE mode, indicating that the WUS feature of the RAN node has been disabled. A UE may determine a paging occasion (PO) determine a maximum WUS duration, minimum offset, and start location of the WUS.
US11129099B2	Mobile device battery optimization for processing location beacons using mobile inbuilt sensors A battery saving controller toggles between a normal mode and a battery saving mode which selectively processing location beacons using mobile inbuilt sensors. Bluetooth location beacons are periodically sent by nearby Bluetooth location devices for updating a current location of mobile devices. Battery power within the mobile devices is selectively used for processing the location beacon. The processing exposes the unique tag id from Bluetooth LE data packets, and determines the RSSI value of the data packets received from Bluetooth devices. The battery saving controller deactivates location beacon processing to save power usage from the battery, responsive to detecting identical packets over a time interval. Additionally, the battery saving controller reactivates location beacon responsive to at least one of the sensors inbuilt to the mobile device detecting movement of the mobile device.
US11129096B2	Systems and methods for improved geolocation in a low power wide area network Systems and methods for improved geolocation in a low power wide area network are disclosed. One example method may include receiving an instruction to determine a geolocation of an end in a low power wide area network. An instruction may be transmitted to the end node for the end node to transmit a high-energy geolocation signal at a power of about 0.5 Watt to about 1 Watt. The end node may transmit the high-energy geolocation signal and a plurality of gateways of the low power wide area network may receive the high-energy geolocation signal. A plurality of receipt times may be identified. Each receipt time may be indicative of the time at which the high-energy geolocation signal was received by the respective gateway of the plurality of gateways. Based at least in part on the plurality of receipt times, a geolocation of the end node may be determined.
US11129094B2	Electronic device for requesting NSSAI in wireless communication network and method thereof An electronic device is disclosed. The electronic device includes a wireless communication circuitry, a processor operatively connected with the wireless communication circuitry, and a memory, operatively connected with the processor, storing configured network slice selection assistance information (NSSAI) and an application. The memory stores instructions, when executed, causing the processor to, when the electronic device is booted, identify a single-NSSAI (s-NSSAI) candidate group including at least one s-NSSAI, based on configuration information of the application, determine a specified number of s-NSSAIs among at least one s-NSSAI included in the configured NSSAI as a first requested NSSAI based on the number of s-NSSAIs included in the configured NSSAI and the s-NSSAI candidate group, and transmit a first registration request message including the first requested NSSAI, via the wireless communication circuitry.
US11129091B2	Methods and apparatus for providing a resource element (RE) identification system to process received uplink transmissions Methods and apparatus for providing a resource element identification system to process received uplink transmissions. In an embodiment, a method is provided that includes receiving one or more symbols from an uplink transmission. Each symbol comprises resource elements. The method also includes categorizing the resource elements into a plurality of categories to generated categorized resource elements, and forwarding the categorized resource elements to downstream processing functions.
US11129090B2	RNA configuration signalling optimization Embodiments described herein provide methods and apparatus for determining a radio access network notification area, RNA, in a wireless communications network. A method in a wireless device comprises receiving an indication of the RNA, wherein the indication comprises a public land mobile network code, PLMN associated with a plurality of tracking area codes, TACs; and determining based on the RNA indication, a plurality of tracking area identifiers comprising each of the plurality of TACs and their associated PLMN.
US11129088B2	Method and apparatus for transmitting downlink control information in wireless communication system The disclosure relates to a communication method and system for converging a 5th-Generation (5G) communication system for supporting higher data rates beyond a 4th-Generation (4G) system with a technology for Internet of Things (IoT). A method of a base station is provided. The method includes transmitting configuration information on a first bandwidth part (BWP) and a second BWP to a terminal, generating first downlink control information (DCI) for the second BWP such that a size of first DCI for the second BWP corresponds to a size of second DCI for the first BWP, and transmitting the first DCI for the second BWP on a control region of the first BWP.
US11129087B2	Control information sending/receiving method and device A control information sending/receiving method and device are provided, to implement indicating a time-frequency location of a control channel to a terminal device in a 5G NR system or a future evolved LTE system. The method includes: receiving, by a terminal device, broadcast information; determining, from at least two predefined time-domain locations, a time-domain location of a broadcast channel carrying the broadcast information; determining a time-domain location of a control channel based on the time-domain location of the broadcast channel; and performing control channel detection in the determined time-domain location of the control channel.
US11129085B2	System and method for selecting a message transport for a multi-mode communication device The present disclosure relates to a system and method for selecting a network for use by a communication device to process a data transmission. The method comprises: determining whether an amount of data sent by the communication device over a first network in communication with the communication device has reached a data limit; and if the amount of data has reached the data limit, selecting a second network for use by the communication device.
US11129084B2	Notification of event subsequent to communication failure with security system Methods and systems for monitoring a premises are described. A server external to the premises may be in communication with a system at the premises. The server may receive status data from the system from one or more interfaces. If a loss of communication occurs on one interface, then the status data may be received via a second interface. The server may determine timing information for status data received via the first interface and for status data received via the second interface. The server may send, based on the timing information, a message to a computing device indicating the loss of communication.
US11129082B2	Method of route construction of UAV network, UAV and storage medium thereof A method of route construction of an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) network includes: obtaining transmission information of the UAV network; determining a relay set from the UAV network based on the transmission information; wherein, the relay set includes at least one UAV; determining environment state parameters according to the transmission information and the information of the relay set; inputting the environment state parameters into a Deep Q-Learning network (DQN) to obtain an accumulated reward corresponding to each UAV; and selecting a UAV with the largest accumulated reward as a target UAV. This disclosure also discloses a UAV and computer readable storage medium that can be used to construct routes for a UAV network.
US11129081B2	Providing communication for a mobile communication device using a central unit node and distributed unit nodes According to an exemplary embodiment a method may be provided to operate a central unit, CU, node that is coupled with first and second distributed unit, DU, nodes. Communication is provided between the CU node and a mobile communication device through the first DU node over a first radio link between the first DU node and the mobile communication device. A message is received from the first DU node informing the CU node that the radio link is temporarily unavailable. Responsive to receiving the message, communication through the first DU node is suspended, wherein configuration of the first DU node to serve the mobile communication device using the first radio link is maintained. While suspending communication through the first DU node, communication may be provided through the second DU node over a second radio link between the second DU node and the mobile communication device.
US11129073B2	Wireless communication handover responsive to uplink interference at a serving cell A wireless communication network hands-over wireless User Equipment (UE) from a serving cell to a neighbor cell. The serving cell wirelessly exchanges data with the wireless UE and determines uplink interference for a radio band. The serving cell wirelessly transfers an uplink interference offset to the wireless UE that indicates the uplink interference at the serving cell for the radio band. The wireless UE uses the uplink interference offset to trigger a handover request to the serving cell. The handover request indicates downlink signal strength at the wireless UE for the serving cell. The serving cell initiates a handover to a neighbor cell responsive to a combination of the downlink signal strength at the wireless UE and the uplink interference for the serving cell falling below a handover threshold. After the handover, the neighbor cell wirelessly exchanges data with the wireless UE over a different radio band.
US11129063B2	Method, terminal and system for updating transmission paths Embodiments of the present disclosure disclose a method for updating transmission paths, which includes that: a terminal detects a link state of a communication link between the terminal and an adjacent network node; when the link state changes, the terminal determines at least one other terminal associated with the terminal; the terminal sends a first updating indication message including a link identity identifier and a link change identifier of the communication link, to the at least one other terminal, and the first updating indication message is used for indicating each of the at least one other terminal to update a corresponding transmission path set according to the link identity identifier and the link change identifier. The embodiments of the present disclosure also disclose a terminal and a system. By utilizing the present disclosure, available transmission paths of the terminal can be updated timely and accurately.
US11129062B2	Enhanced techniques for using core based nodes for state transfer Methods and apparatus for storing, manipulating, retrieving, and forwarding state, e.g., context and other information, used to support communications sessions with one or more end nodes, e.g., mobile devices, are described. Various features are directed to a mobile node controlling the transfer of state from a first access node to a second access node during a handoff operation thereby eliminating any need for state transfer messages to be transmitted between the second access node and the first access node during handoff. Other features of the invention are directed to the use of a core network node to store state information. State information stored in the core node can be accessed and used by access nodes in cases where a mobile node does not send a state transfer message during a handoff, e.g., because communication with the first access node is lost or because such messages are not supported.
US11129056B2	System information transmission method, base station, and terminal Disclosed in the present invention are a system information transmission method, a base station, and a terminal, which can improve the flexibility of resource allocation. The method comprises: a base station obtains at least two wireless configuration parameter sets, each of the at least two wireless configuration parameter sets comprising at least one wireless configuration parameter, and values of the at least one wireless configuration parameter in any two wireless configuration parameter sets being different; among at least two wireless configuration parameter sets, the base station determines at least one wireless configuration parameter set for transmitting first system information in a first time period; and the base station sends, according to the at least one wireless configuration parameter set, the first system information in the first time period by means of at least one frequency-domain resource, the at least one frequency-domain resource being in a one-to-one correspondence with the at least one wireless configuration parameter set in the first time period, and frequencies corresponding to any two frequency-domain resources among the at least one frequency-domain resource being different.
US11129051B2	Proxy equipment in a cellular telecommunication system A cellular telecommunication system comprises a radio access part comprising a plurality of base stations that can be offset by wireless connection, as well as a core network part comprising quality-of-service policy control equipment connected via a first connection to a gateway via which radio bearers are set up. Proxy equipment: intercepts, on said first connection, each session establishment or session update message; when the intercepted message does not concern a radio bearer involving a base station offset by wireless connection, propagates the message to its destination. Otherwise the proxy equipment: determines a remaining bandwidth via said wireless connection; when the remaining bandwidth covers a bandwidth requirement expressed in the intercepted message, propagates the message to its destination; and otherwise modifies the message by indicating a bandwidth requirement of no more than the remaining bandwidth.
US11129048B2	Data transmission method, base station, and wireless communications device A present invention discloses a data transmission method, a base station, and a wireless communications device, which can ensure normal communication between a terminal and a base station in a multi-stream aggregation scenario. The method includes: receiving, by a primary base station, offloading information sent by a wireless communications device, where the wireless communications device is a secondary base station or a terminal; and adjusting, by the primary base station according to the offloading information, offloading data that is allocated to a multi-stream aggregation base station. The present invention is applicable to the communications field.
US11129047B2	Radio link control status reporting Various communication systems may benefit from an enhanced radio link control status report. A method may include determining a negative acknowledgment sequence number range. The negative acknowledgment sequence number range may include a plurality of consecutive radio link control missing sequence numbers. The method may also include determining at least one of a negative acknowledgment end sequence number when the plurality of consecutive radio link control missing sequence numbers exceeds the negative acknowledgment sequence number range. In addition, the method may include sending a radio link control status report comprising at least one of a negative acknowledgment sequence number, the negative acknowledgment sequence number range, or the negative acknowledgment end sequence number when the plurality of consecutive radio link control missing sequence numbers exceeds the at least one negative acknowledgment sequence number range.
US11129043B2	Systems and methods for client device roaming in a wireless network to provide lossless video transmission services A device may receive threshold data identifying threshold ranges, and may receive, from a first access point of multiple access points, first network data identifying first quality measurement indicators associated with a first link. The device may determine whether a first quality of the first link is good, fair, or poor based on comparing the first network data and the threshold data, and may provide, to the first access point and when the first quality is determined to be poor, a request for second network data identifying second quality measurement indicators associated with multiple links between the device and the multiple access points. The device may receive, from the first access point, the second network data, and may select one of the multiple access points based on the second network data. The device may utilize a link associated with the one of the multiple access points to receive video data.
US11129042B2	Path crossing detection based on wireless signals travel time Presented herein are systems and methods for detecting a boundary line crossing based on Round Trip Time (RTT) measured for wireless signals transmitted between and initiator wireless transceiver and a responder wireless transceiver deployed to form a straight boundary line. The initiator wireless transceiver transmits wireless probe signal(s) to the responder wireless transceiver, receives a wireless response signal transmitted by the responder wireless transceiver in response to the wireless probe signal(s), calculates an RTT combining a travel time of the wireless probe signal(s) and the travel time of the wireless response signal(s), compares the RTT to a reference RTT computed for a wireless probe signal and a corresponding wireless response signal transmitted in a clear straight transmission path while the boundary line is clear of obstacles and determines whether an object is blocking the straight transmission path based on a deviation of the RTT from the reference RTT.
US11129041B2	Reporting early measurement results in the next generation wireless networks Some of the present implementations provide a method for reporting measurement results by a user equipment (UE). The method receives, at the UE, a radio resource control (RRC) release message to transition to an RRC Inactive state. The method of some of the present implementations performs measurements while in the RRC Inactive state. The method then receives an RRC resume message from a base station, the RRC resume message comprising a request for the measurement results. After receiving the RRC resume message, the method transmits the measurement results to the base station in an RRC resume complete message.
US11129040B2	Methods and apparatus to determine mobile device application usage in vehicles including media applications An example method for classifying a service set identifier (SSID) as a vehicle SSID includes determining, by executing an instruction with a processor, that a first SSID detected by a mobile device satisfies a detection threshold, determining, by executing an instruction with the processor, that a counter of non-vehicle SSIDs different from the first SSID satisfies a quantity threshold, the counter to increment when an SSID of the non-vehicle SSIDs satisfies a time threshold, and the non-vehicle SSIDs detected while detecting the first SSID, and classifying, based on the first SSID satisfying the detection threshold and the counter of non-vehicle SSIDs satisfying the quantity threshold, the first SSID as the vehicle SSID.
US11129039B2	Method and apparatus for uplink transmission in wireless communication system A communication method and system for converging a 5th-Generation (5G) communication system for supporting higher data rates beyond a 4th-Generation (4G) system with a technology for Internet of Things (IoT) are provided, which may be applied to intelligent services based on the 5G communication technology and the IoT-related technology, such as smart home, smart building, smart city, smart car, connected car, health care, digital education, smart retail, security and safety services. An uplink transmission method is provided, which can increase an uplink coverage through improvement of reception reliability of uplink control information and data information.
US11129037B2	Cross link interference measurement for wireless communications in 5G or other next generation network A cross link interference (CLI) measurement system is disclosed. The cross link interference measurement system can measure both unconstrained CLI that do not require any special constraints on the frame structure, and constrained CLI that does require special constraints on the frame structure (e.g., measurement gaps). The system does this in part by not only measuring reference signal received powers, but also determining load based on a power scaling of a reference signal and based on angle of arrival determinations.
US11129036B2	Method and apparatus for estimating pathloss of PUSCH in a wireless communication system Methods and apparatuses estimating pathloss of PUSCH in a wireless communication system are disclosed herein. In one method, the UE receives a first configuration of a first serving cell and a second serving cell, wherein the second serving cell is a pathloss reference for the first serving cell. The UE receives a second configuration of multiple downlink bandwidth parts of the second serving cell, wherein a downlink bandwidth part among the multiple downlink bandwidth parts is an active downlink bandwidth part. The UE estimates (or derives) a pathloss for an uplink transmission in an uplink bandwidth part of the first serving cell based on a reference signal in the downlink bandwidth part.
US11129034B2	Link latency and system behavior Various communication systems may benefit from improved wireless communications. For example, communication systems may benefit from a wireless broadband network that monitors and detects link latency. A method includes detecting latency information of data being transmitted on at least one link between a first base station and at least one second base station. In addition, the method includes forming at least one array comprising the latency information of the data. Further, the method includes modifying a system behavior relating to at least the first base station or the at least one second base station based on the at least one array.
US11129033B2	Wireless communication device, wireless communication method and computer readable medium A delivery data transmission device (100A) is mounted on a train, and transmits delivery data. A redundancy-degree decision unit (115A) decides a redundancy-degree of an erasure-correction code to be applied to delivery data when a distance between the delivery data transmission device (100A) and a next arrival station the train stops at next becomes equal to or smaller than a threshold value. An encoding unit (116B) encodes the delivery data at an encoding rate corresponding to the redundancy-degree decided by the redundancy-degree decision unit (115A).
US11129031B2	Systems and methods for improving coverage and throughput of mobile access points in a network of moving things, for example including a network of autonomous vehicles Systems and methods for enhancing node operation in a network of moving things. As non-limiting examples, various aspects of this disclosure provide systems and methods for adapting mobile access point coverage, for example adapting a mobile access point of a vehicle (e.g., an autonomous vehicle, a manually locally controlled vehicle, a remotely controlled vehicle, etc.).
US11129028B2	Prioritization for potential shared channel transmissions Improved methods, systems, devices, or apparatus that support prioritization for potential shared data transmissions are described. In some cases, a receiving device may identify transmission parameters for shared transmissions including a scheduled shared transmission and determine resources for a potential shared transmission. The receiving device may monitor for the shared transmission(s) based on priority rules for a shared transmission and the potential shared transmission. For instance, the receiving device may be configured to receive only one of the scheduled or potential shared transmission. In some cases, the transmitting device may consider the priority rules and determine whether to transmit or drop one or more shared transmissions.
US11129024B2	Vehicle-to-X communication device and method for realizing a safety integrity level in vehicle-to-X communication A vehicle-to-X communication apparatus includes a generating device which is designed to generate a vehicle-to-X message to be sent, a signing device which is designed to sign the vehicle-to-X message to be sent, a first verification device which is designed to verify the vehicle-to-X message to be sent, a transmitting device which is designed to send the vehicle-to-X message. The first verification device is configured according to a higher safety integrity level than the generating device, the signing device and/or the transmitting device. Furthermore, a corresponding method as well as the use of the apparatus in a vehicle or an infrastructure facility is disclosed.
US11129023B2	Systems and methods for distributing SD-WAN policies In one embodiment, a router includes one or more processors and one or more computer-readable non-transitory storage media coupled to the one or more processors. The one or more computer-readable non-transitory storage media include instructions that, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the router to perform operations including receiving software-defined networking in a wide area network (SD-WAN) policies from a component of an SD-WAN network. The operations also include establishing a session with a mobile device and receiving information associated with the mobile device in response to establishing the session with the mobile device. The operations further include filtering the SD-WAN policies based on the information associated with the mobile device to generate SD-WAN device-specific policies and communicating the SD-WAN device-specific policies to the mobile device.
US11129016B2	Method and device for networking between devices A method for networking between devices, including: connecting to, by a user mobile phone C, a primary router A, and detecting a nearby device B that can be networked; tapping, by a user on the user mobile phone C, a button for adding the device B, to send information about the to-be-added device B to the primary router A; after receiving a message sent by the mobile phone C, obtaining, by the primary router A, the SSID of the to-be-added device B, and sending a notification message to the SSID (the message needs to include an SSID and a password of the router A that need to be encrypted) to instruct B to connect to the primary router A; and after receiving the SSID and the password of the primary router A, connecting to, by the device B, the primary router A, so that the device is added.
US11129015B2	Method for establishing a bidirectional communication channel between a server and a secure element, corresponding servers and secure element The invention concerns a method for establishing a bidirectional communication channel between a server and a secure element cooperating with a terminal in a cellular telecommunication network for exchanging data and commands, the method comprising: a—Sending a first attachment request signaling message from the terminal to the server, the first message comprising a MCC and a MNC of the server, and at least a part of a unique identifier of the secure element, the server being provisioned with the unique identifier; b—Sending from the server to the secure element, in at least a first signaling message: At least a command; A correlation identifier if further messages have to be sent from the secure element to the server; A first payload comprising data; c—Executing at the secure element the command.
US11129012B2	Apparatus and method for determining timer value for changing mode in wireless communication system The disclosure relates to technology for a sensor network, machine to machine communication (M2M), machine type communication (MTC), and the Internet of things (IoT). The disclosure may be used for an intelligent service (a smart home, a smart building, a smart city, a smart car or connected car, health care, digital education, retail business, security and safety-related service, etc.) on the basis of the technology. A mobility management entity (MME) apparatus in a wireless communication system includes a transmission/reception unit and a control unit functionally connected to the transmission/reception unit, wherein the control unit is configured to: determine a timer value used to allow a terminal supporting a power saving mode (PSM) to perform transition from a PSM state to an idle mode state; and control the transmission/reception unit so as to transmit, to the terminal, a message including information related to the determined timer value, and the timer value is determined on the basis of one of a mobile terminated (MT) data occurrence expectation time point and a mobile terminated data reception target value, pre-configured in the MME.
US11129011B2	System and method to detect and report to the authorities high level sounds that infringe the law A smart cellphone application is used as sound pressure level meter for determining if ambient noise infringes the legal limit, and sends evidence to prove the infringement to the law enforcement agency. The application play in the speaker at least one reference burst tone, and use Fast Fourier Transform (FFT) to achieve the mentioned functionality.
US11129010B2	Emergency management system An emergency management system having a downloadable cloud base website that assists in the management of an emergency event. Based upon an emergency notification from a first responder, the website sends an initial emergency notification to primary parties. Based upon the type of emergency, a second emergency notification is sent to secondary parties. A two-way communication system is activated between the secondary parties and at least one of the primary parties known as an administrator.
US11129005B2	Media playback system control via cellular network An example implementation involves a media playback system that includes one or more playback devices that are controllable by the mobile device while the mobile device is joined to the media playback system. The mobile device may join the media playback system over one or more communication paths via a cellular network from the mobile device to the media playback system. The example implementation may involve detecting that the mobile device is outside of a threshold proximity to the media playback system while the mobile device is joined to the media playback system. Based on detecting that the mobile device is outside of the threshold proximity to the media playback system, the mobile device may disconnect from the media playback system.
US11129001B2	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 is provided. The method includes ascertaining a first scheduling grant message, the first scheduling grant message including an assignment of at least one sidelink resource of the first sidelink channel to the roadside network unit; sending the first scheduling grant message to the roadside network unit on a downlink channel; receiving from the roadside network unit on the uplink channel an indication that the assigned sidelink resource of the first sidelink channel is occupied; ascertaining a second scheduling grant message, the second scheduling grant message including an assignment of at least one sidelink resource of a second sidelink channel in a licensed frequency range to the roadside network unit; and sending the second scheduling grant message to the roadside network unit on the downlink channel.
US11128996B2	Media echoing and social networking device and method A method and apparatus for echoing media via a mobile device are disclosed herein. According to an embodiment, the method can include displaying automatically to a user, on the mobile device, a list of one or more respective identifiers of one or more other users experiencing respective media within a selectable geographic area. The user is then allowed to select whether to play one or more of the respective media on the mobile device, and can connect with the one or more other users via a social networking site. As a result, the user can network with previously unknown people, based on a common taste in music or other media, for example, as well as a geographic location.
US11128992B2	Communications device, base station, and communications method A communications apparatus, a base station, and a communications method. The communications apparatus includes processing circuitry configured to: group users in a 3D beam-forming space of a current cell into multiple space user groups; determine group configuration information of the users in the 3D beam-forming space of the current cell; notify a neighbor cell of the group configuration information of the users in the 3D beam-forming space of the current cell to assist inter-cell interference coordination, wherein the current cell is configured with an antenna array having multiple physical antennas to achieve 3D beam-forming.
US11128990B2	Communication apparatus, control method, and storage medium Another communication apparatus reproducing a content stored in an external apparatus transmits an instruction for causing a communication apparatus to obtain the content stored in the external apparatus and reproduce the obtained content. Another communication apparatus also transmits a reproduction start timing of the content and information indicating a reproduction position of the content being reproduced by the another communication apparatus to the communication apparatus. If the received reproduction start timing has come, the communication apparatus starts reproducing the content. In starting to reproduce the content, the communication apparatus reproduces the content from a reproduction position at a subsequent time from the received reproduction position based on the reproduction start timing.
US11128984B1	Content presentation and layering across multiple devices A method may include causing first content to be displayed on a display device; causing second content to be rendered irrespective of a location of a mobile device relative to the display device; and causing the second content to be displayed on the mobile device such that the second content is layered over the first content. When the second content has moved a predetermined distance from the screen, The method may also include causing the second content to be rendered based on the location of the mobile device relative to the display device; and causing the second content to be displayed on the mobile device such that the second content is layered over the first content.
US11128978B2	Rendering of immersive audio content The present document relates to methods and apparatus for rendering input audio for playback in a playback environment. The input audio includes at least one audio object and associated metadata, and the associated metadata indicates at least a location of the audio object. A method for rendering input audio including divergence metadata for playback in a playback environment comprises creating two additional audio objects associated with the audio object such that respective locations of the two additional audio objects are evenly spaced from the location of the audio object, on opposite sides of the location of the audio object when seen from an intended listener's position in the playback environment, determining respective weight factors for application to the audio object and the two additional audio objects, and rendering the audio object and the two additional audio objects to one or more speaker feeds in accordance with the determined weight factors. The present document further relates to methods and apparatus for rendering audio input including extent metadata and/or diffuseness metadata for playback in a playback environment.
US11128977B2	Spatial audio downmixing Channels of audio data in a spatial audio object are associated with any one or more of a direction and a location of one or more recorded sounds, which channels are to be reproduced as spatial sound. A visualized spatial sound object represents a snapshot/thumbnail of the spatial sound. To preview the spatial sound (by experiencing its snapshot or thumbnail), a user manipulates the orientation of the visualized spatial sound object, and a weighted downmix of the channels is rendered for output as a spatial preview sound, e.g., a single output audio signal is provided to a spatial audio renderer; one or more of the channels that are oriented toward the user are emphasized in the preview sound, more than channels that are oriented away from the user. Other aspects are also described and claimed.
US11128976B2	Representing occlusion when rendering for computer-mediated reality systems In general, techniques are described for modeling occlusions when rendering audio data. A device comprising a memory and one or more processors may perform the techniques. The memory may store audio data representative of a soundfield. The one or more processors may obtain occlusion metadata representative of an occlusion within the soundfield in terms of propagation of sound through the occlusion, the occlusion separating the soundfield into two or more sound spaces. The one or more processors may obtain a location of the device, and obtain, based on the occlusion metadata and the location, a renderer by which to render the audio data into one or more speaker feeds that account for propagation of the sound in one of the two or more sound spaces in which the device resides. The one or more processors may apply the renderer to the audio data to generate the speaker feeds.
US11128972B2	Information processing device, information processing method, and program [Object] To provide an information processing device, control method, and program that are capable of showing presence of a virtual object in a real space.[Solution] The information processing device includes: a calculation unit configured to calculate a localization position of a sound source of a virtual object relative to a user on the basis of information on the virtual object and information on a state of the user, the virtual object causing the user to feel as if the virtual object exists in a real space through sound image localization; and a sound image localization unit configured to perform a sound signal process of the sound source such that a sound image is localized at the calculated localization position.
US11128964B2	Filter for a microphone system, a microphone system, a miniature electronic device and a method of equipping a printed circuit board A filter for a microphone system of a miniature electronic device. The filter includes a sound inlet and a sound outlet, wherein the filter is adapted to be mounted on a surface of a printed circuit board.
US11128963B1	Hearing aid and method for use of same A hearing aid and method for use of the same are disclosed. In one embodiment, the hearing aid includes a body having various electronic components contained therein, including an electronic signal processor that is programmed with a respective left ear qualified sound range and a right ear qualified sound range. Each of the left ear qualified sound range and the right ear qualified sound range may be a range of sound corresponding to a preferred hearing range of an ear of the patient. The electronic signal processor is also programmed with a tinnitus frequency which is a range of sound corresponding to a sensation of tinnitus in the ear of the patient. Sound received at the hearing aid is converted to the qualified sound range prior to output with the output amplified at 0 dB at the tinnitus frequency or an inverse amplitude signal applied at the tinnitus frequency.
US11128962B2	Grouping of hearing device users based on spatial sensor input Systems and methods for controlling hearing devices are disclosed. Each hearing device is worn by a user, the users of the hearing devices having a conversation and the hearing devices being communicatively interconnected with each other for data exchange to form a hearing device system. A method includes acquiring a sound signal of each user with a microphone of the hearing device of the user; acquiring spatial information of each user; determining conversation patterns from the spatial information acquired for all users; determining conversation groups from the conversation patterns; outputting the sound signals from the users with a hearing device, such that sound signals from users of a conversation group that the user of the hearing device is a member of are output to the user and that sound signals from users of conversations groups of which the user is not a member are muted.
US11128959B2	MEMS microphone with improved particle filter A MEMS microphone including a carrier board and a MEMS chip mounted thereon over a sound opening. A filter chip includes a bulk material with an aperture covered and closed by a mesh. The mesh includes a layer of the filter chip with parallel through-going first holes structured in the layer. The filter chip is arranged in or on the carrier board such that the mesh covers the sound opening.
US11128947B2	Modular loudspeaker system To provide flexibility in multiple loudspeaker combinations, and reduced space requirements, a modular loudspeaker system is provided comprising a first loudspeaker cabinet 10 having a first face 40, and a first loudspeaker 30 for producing sound, in use, to be emitted through the first face, the first loudspeaker cabinet including a first passage 50 arranged such that with a second loudspeaker cabinet 20, including a second loudspeaker 80, placed adjacent the first loudspeaker cabinet 10 the sound produced by the second loudspeaker 80, in use, travels through the first passage 50 to be emitted through the first face 40 of the first loudspeaker cabinet 10.
US11128945B2	Loudspeaker and method for improving directivity, head-mounted device and method The present disclosure discloses a loudspeaker and a method for improving directivity of a sound of a loudspeaker, a head-mounted device and a method for improving a sound effect of a head-mounted device. The loudspeaker comprises: a housing, a magnetic circuit unit that is provided within the housing and is for generating a magnetic force, a voice coil that vibrates by the magnetic force, and a vibrating diaphragm that in response to the vibration of the voice coil vibrates and generates a sound; wherein the loudspeaker further comprises a curved-surface extension structure; the curved-surface extension structure connects to the vibrating diaphragm, and radiating the sound generated by the vibrating diaphragm into a predetermined directivity range.
US11128944B2	Proximity detecting headphone devices A proximity detecting headphone device is provided, with a proximity sensor, plurality of output devices, data store having predetermined heat signatures, and a control circuit communicatively coupled to the proximity sensor, output device, and data store. The control circuit is configured to: capture, via the proximity sensor, proximity data within a threshold distance of the proximity detecting headphone device; determine, using the proximity data, a presence of a person within the threshold distance; generate an audio notification when the presence of the person within the threshold distance is determined; and transmit, via the plurality of output devices, the audio notification. The proximity detecting headphone device communicates with a computing device. The proximity sensor comprises a laser rangefinder that captures time-of-flight data. The predetermined heat signatures comprise the heat signatures of vehicles and persons. The proximity detecting headphone device includes a communications device used to communicate with the computing device.
US11128943B2	Earphones An earpiece is described that includes a driver housing that encloses an audio driver. The driver housing is oriented so that a first end of the driver housing can be supported by a concha bowl of a user's ear and a second end opposite the first end can tilt outside of the user's ear so that the ear need not accommodate an entirety of the driver housing. The driver housing is held in place by an ear clip that engages an exterior portion of the user's ear and attaches to the driver housing by way of a bridge element that can enclose other electronic components such as a battery, antenna, processor and the like.
US11128940B2	Transmission method for an optical burst transport network, slave node, and computer storage medium The disclosure provides a transmission method for an Optical Burst Transport Network (OBTN), a slave node and computer storage medium. The transmission method includes that: a slave node performs frame synchronization training and timeslot synchronization training according to a test data frame and test control frame transmitted by a master node, and transmits a result of the frame synchronization training and a result of the timeslot synchronization training to the master node; and the slave node controls reception and transmission of each timeslot in a data frame according to a bandwidth map transmitted by the master node as well as the result of the frame synchronization training and the result of the timeslot synchronization training, and transmits a request for bandwidth to the master node, wherein the test data frame and the data frame are transmitted through a data channel, the test control frame is transmitted through a control channel, and the control channel and the data channel are independent of each other.
US11128937B2	Apparatus and method for maintaining parameter ranges for remote sensing devices A method and apparatus for managing parameter ranges in a monitoring system includes storing a plurality of predetermined parameter ranges, receiving from a remote sensing device a measured parameter measured at the remote sensing device, determining a first parameter range based on the plurality of predetermined parameter ranges such that the measured parameter is within the first parameter range, transmitting a message to the remote sensing device that includes the first parameter range.
US11128935B2	Realtime multimodel lossless data compression system and method Methods and systems for processing telemetry data that contains multiple data types is disclosed. Optimum multimodal encoding approaches can be used which can achieve data-specific compression performance for heterogeneous datasets by distinguishing data types and their characteristics at real-time and applying most effective compression method to a given data type. Using an optimum encoding diagram for heterogeneous data, a data classification algorithm classifies input data blocks into predefined categories, such as Unicode, telemetry, RCS and IR for telemetry datasets, and a class of unknown which includes non-studied data types, and then assigns them into corresponding compression models.
US11128929B2	Systems and methods for presenting closed caption and subtitle data during fast-access playback operations Systems and methods are disclosed herein for presenting subtitle data during media asset fast-access playback operations. Specifically, the system may detect initiation of a fast-access playback operation during playback of a media asset and identify consecutive frames to be displayed during the fast-access playback operation that have associated subtitle data. The system may combine the subtitle data associated with the consecutive frames into a display arrangement and generate for display, with each consecutive frame, instead of the associated subtitle data, the display arrangement.
US11128927B2	Content providing server, content providing terminal, and content providing method Provided are a content providing server, a content providing terminal, a content providing method. A search for image content is facilitated through a subtitle page including a unit subtitle separated by a subtitle interval, during which a subtitle is displayed in image content, and a representative image extracted from the subtitle interval in the image content, so that a user views the image content according to the user's level of understanding.
US11128925B1	Media presentation system using audience and audio feedback for playback level control Automatic control of media presentation parameters is provided by using one or more of real-time audio playback measurement data from microphones and audience facial and body expression interpretation from video and infrared cameras, in conjunction with artificial intelligence for interpretation and evaluation of facial and body expression and predetermined perceptual audio models. Media presentation parameters can include, for example, speaker volume, audio equalization, feedback elimination, play/pause, and other audio content-related aspects of presentation. In some embodiments, additional environmental parameters can be modified to enhance audience experience, such as, for example, temperature, lighting, and the like, in response to audience facial and body expression.
US11128924B2	Systems and methods for navigating media assets Systems and methods for presenting custom navigation options are described herein. In some embodiments, the media guidance application displays a first portion of a media asset, and receives a user selection of an entity depicted within the portion. The media guidance application identifies a playlist of media asset portions associated with the entity, and generates for display a transport bar associated with the entity comprising an indicator identifying the entity and only one or more regions associated with the playlist of media asset portions. The media guidance application then receives a second user selection, and generates for display a second portion of the media asset associated with the entity in response. In some embodiments, the media guidance application identifies the playlist by searching a custom presentation database for entries associated with the entity, and retrieves the playlist from the identified entry.
US11128919B2	Methods and systems for displaying a countdown alert for children Methods and systems are disclosed herein for creating countdown animations. The countdown animations may alert children that they are approaching their viewing limits, wherein the viewing limits are set by parents and/or guardians. A method may include generating a countdown of an amount of time remaining in a user selected period of time for accessing media content. The method may include identifying a character of a plurality of characters based on a user criterion. The method may include searching a database of a plurality of countdown animations to select a countdown animation associated with the identified character. The method may include generating for display the selected countdown animation simultaneously with the media content.
US11128918B2	Methods, systems, and media for aggregating and presenting content relevant to a particular video game Methods, systems, and media for aggregating and presenting content relevant to a particular video game. In some embodiments, the method comprises: identifying videos related to a video game; selecting videos relevant to each of a plurality of categories; selecting videos based on popularity; receiving a request to present a user interface related to the video game; determining user subscription information for a user associated with the request; selecting videos based on user subscription information; causing the user interface to be presented including representations of: videos relevant to a first category in a first portion, videos selected based on popularity in a second portion, and videos selected based on the user subscription information in a third portion; receiving a request to present a video selected via the user interface; and causing the user device to present the requested video.
US11128914B2	Client side stitching of content into a multimedia stream Disclosed herein are system, apparatus, article of manufacture, method and/or computer program product embodiments, and/or combinations and sub-combinations thereof, for stitching second content into a stream of first content, where the audio and/or video format of the first content may differ from the second content. An example media device embodiment operates by decoding first content using a first decoder compatible with the first content. The decoded first content is displayed on a display device. The media device then receives second content for stitching into the display of the first content. The media device determines whether an audio format and a video format of the second content match an audio format and a video format of the first content. If the audio format and the video format match, then the media device causes a program time stamp (PTS) of the second content to be consecutive with a PTS of the first content during the stitching, such that a reference clock is also consecutive. This provides continuity during the stitching. The media device causes the first decoder to decode the second content, and then displays the decoded second content on the display device using the PTS of the second content and the reference clock. Also provided herein are system, apparatus, article of manufacture, method and/or computer program product embodiments, and/or combinations and sub-combinations thereof, for stitching second content into a stream of first content, such that the stitching occurs at scene change boundaries of the first content, using single or multiple decoders.
US11128912B2	Set-top box with enhanced behavioral controls and system and method for use of same A set-top box with enhanced behavioral controls and system and method for use of the same are disclosed. In one embodiment of the set-top box, a wireless transceiver is located within a housing, which also interconnectedly includes a television input, a television output, a processor, and memory. The set-top box may pair with an electronic door locking apparatus coupled to a door that is room-collocated with the set-top box in a hospitality establishment. The set-top box may then receive a status signal from the electronic door locking apparatus relative to the open/closed status of the door and locked/unlocked status of the door.
US11128909B2	Image processing method and device therefor Provided is a device including: a controller configured to obtain illumination information about illumination around the device, determine, based on the illumination information, a thickness of an outline of an object included in content reproduced by the device, and perform image processing on the content such that the outline of the object is represented as having the determined thickness; and a display displaying the content on which the image processing is performed.
US11128907B2	Systems and methods for displaying multiple media assets for a plurality of users Systems and methods for delivering multiple media assets for a plurality of users are disclosed herein. A plurality of users proximate to a display device may detected and split into groups based on preference for a specific media asset. Media assets may be generated on a display device in a layout based on the number of users in each group. When a new user enters the proximity of the display device the group membership may be recalculated and based on the new group memberships the display layout may be updated.
US11128904B2	System and method for recommending multimedia data A system for recommending multimedia data includes a storage device and a processor. The storage device includes a first storage unit and a second storage unit. The first storage unit is configured to store multimedia data segments. The second storage unit is connected to at least one client device through network, and configured to store operation data generated by the interaction between the at least one client device and the system. The processor coupled to the storage device is configured to analyze the multimedia data segments in the first storage unit in order to generate relevance links between the multimedia data segments, analyze the operation data in the second storage unit, and to generate, based on the relevance links and the operation data, a corresponding recommended list, wherein the recommended list records the multimedia data segments.
US11128903B2	Systems and methods of orchestrated networked application services A server computing device receives, from a client device, a digest segment generated by the client device. The digest segment corresponds to a first media stream segment received by the client device, and the digest segment includes a representation of the first media stream segment. The server computing devices determines, using the digest segment, a playback command that corresponds to the first media stream segment and transmits, to the client device, the playback command.
US11128901B2	Transmission apparatus, transmission method, reception apparatus, and reception method To enable satisfactory decoding processing corresponding to a decoding capability on a reception side.Image data of pictures constituting moving image data are sorted into multiple hierarchies, image data of pictures of each of the sorted hierarchies are encoded, and video data including the encoded image data of the pictures of each of the hierarchies is generated. A container of a predetermined format including the video data is transmitted. The multiple hierarchies are divided into a predetermined number of hierarchy groups, the predetermined number being two or more, and identification information for identifying a hierarchy group to which encoded image data of each picture included in the video data belongs is inserted into a packet as a container of the video data.
US11128898B2	Method, device, and computer program for encapsulating scalable partitioned timed media data Generating a media file, by generating a first data structure assigning a subset of samples of a track to one or more sample groups, each sample of the subset comprising one or more network abstraction layer (NAL) units; generating a second data structure for describing each of the one or more sample groups, the first and second data structures comprising a first grouping type indicating a mapping between NAL units and the one or more sample groups, the second data structure associating a sample group identifier to a NAL unit; generating a third data structure for describing a tile region, the third data structure comprising a second grouping type indicating that the samples of the track comprise one or more tile regions; and, generating a media file including the samples and including a metadata part, the metadata part comprising the first, second and third data structures, and the metadata part comprising a reference grouping type for linking the second and third data structures.
US11128897B2	Method for initiating a transmission of a streaming content delivered to a client device and access point for implementing this method A method for initiating a transmission of a program stream for delivery from a local access point to a client device, said program stream being structured as a plurality of regular segments relating to a single event. This method comprises the steps of: (a) processing at least one of the regular segments into a set of particular segments, where the at least one regular segment carries a payload of a first playback duration and the payload of said set represents a second playback duration that is greater than that of the first playback duration, and where the second playback duration is sufficient to comply with a client device requirement for initiating a rendering of the event, and (b) transmitting, during an initial period, from the local access point said set of particular segments.
US11128894B2	Method and mobile terminal for processing data A method and mobile terminal for processing data are disclosed. The method can include displaying a live streaming page, the live streaming page including a file sharing interface for guiding an anchor to select a file for sharing during live streaming; displaying a file list in the case that the file sharing interface is triggered; acquiring a target file selected from the file list; generating second live streaming data based on the target file, and displaying first live streaming data and the second live streaming data on the live streaming page; and synchronizing the first live streaming data and the second live streaming data to a second mobile terminal, wherein the first live streaming data is acquired by a camera of the first mobile terminal, and the second mobile terminal is an audience terminal.
US11128893B2	Live streaming method and system, server, and storage medium Embodiments of the present disclosure disclose a live streaming method and system, a server, and a computer storage medium. The method includes: providing, by a first end for information interaction, a first audio/video live stream for a server, and providing, by a second end for information interaction, a second audio/video live stream for the server. The method further includes performing, by the server, coding and processing on the first audio/video live stream and the second audio/video live stream, to obtain a third audio/video live stream, and pushing the third audio/video stream to a third end for information interaction; and receiving, by the third end, audio/video content of the first end and the second end according to the third audio/video live stream.
US11128890B2	Method for temporal inter-view prediction and technical equipment for the same The invention relates to a method and apparatus for implementing the method. The method comprises determining movement of a multicamera device between a first time and a second time, the multicamera comprising at least a first camera and a second camera; selecting a frame from the first camera at the first time; and entering the selected frame to a reference frame list of a frame from the second camera at the second time; where position and direction of the first camera at the first time is the same as position and direction of the second camera at the second time, and wherein the first camera and the second camera are different.
US11128884B2	Construction of merge with motion vector difference candidates A method of video processing is provided to include determining, for a conversion between a current video block of a video and a coded representation of the video, a mode of operation of an UMVE mode; and performing the conversion based on the determining, wherein the current video block is coded with a merge mode and motion vector differences in an UMVE mode that comprises a motion vector expression that includes a starting point of motion information, a motion magnitude and a motion direction for the current video block, and wherein one or more fields in the coded representation correspond to the mode of operation, and wherein the one or more fields include: a list size field that indicates a size of a base candidate list used by the UMVE mode, or a table field that signals a distance table or a direction table for the UMVE mode.
US11128882B2	History based motion candidate list construction for intra block copy Devices, systems and methods for digital video coding, which includes constructing separate motion candidate lists for video coding, are described. An exemplary method for video processing includes constructing, for a first video block of a video, a first motion candidate list using a first motion candidate list construction method that includes motion candidates that only relate to history-based motion vector prediction (HMVP) candidates, and performing a conversion between the first video block and a bitstream representation of the video including the first video block according to the constructed first motion candidate list.
US11128877B2	Concept for picture/video data streams allowing efficient reducibility or efficient random access A video data stream is rendered reducible in a manner so that the reduction leads to a restriction of pictures of the reduced video data stream to merely a predetermined subarea of the pictures of the original video data stream and in a manner so that transcoding, such as re-quantization, may be avoided and a conformance of the reduced video data stream relative to the codec underlying the original video data stream be maintained. This is achieved by providing the video data stream with information including an indication of the predetermined subarea and replacement indices for redirecting the indices included by the payload portion so as to refer to, and/or replacement parameters for adjusting the first set of coding parameter settings so as to result in, a second set of coding parameter settings.
US11128873B2	Storage medium, encoding device, decoding device, encoding method, and decoding method A storage medium storing a program that causes a processor to execute a process, the process includes calculating a prediction residual from a difference between a predicted image generated by intra-screen prediction or inter-screen prediction and the input image to be processed and performing orthogonal transformation processing and quantization processing on the prediction residual, and then performing entropy encoding processing, acquiring a quantization parameter used in the quantization processing, a signal including a quantization error occurring in the quantization processing, and an image including a prediction error occurring in the intra-screen prediction or the inter-screen prediction when encoding the input image to be processed, and acquiring an encoding distortion inferred by a filter unit by separately inputting the quantization parameter, the signal including the quantization error, and the image including the prediction error to the filter unit that has learned an encoding distortion generated, encoding an input image for learning.
US11128871B2	Encoder for adaptively determining information related to splitting based on characteristics of neighboring samples An encoder encodes a video, and includes: circuitry; and memory coupled to the circuitry. Using the memory, the circuitry: obtains at least two items of prediction information for a first partition included in the video; derives at least one template from neighboring samples which neighbor the first partition; calculates at least two costs, using the at least one template and the at least two items of prediction information; using the at least two costs, (i) determines at least one splitting direction for the first partition or (ii) assigns one of the at least two items of prediction information to a second partition split from the first partition according to the splitting direction, and another thereof to a third partition split from the first partition according to the splitting direction; and encodes the first partition according to the splitting direction and the at least two items of prediction information.
US11128866B2	Scans and last coefficient position coding for zero-out transforms A method of decoding video data including determining a first region of a transform unit in which transform coefficients are subject to zero-out, determining a second region of the transform unit in which transform coefficients are not subject to zero-out, and scanning only the second region of the transform unit.
US11128862B2	Video encoding/decoding method and device, and recording medium having bitstream stored therein An image encoding/decoding method and apparatus for performing intra prediction are provided. An image decoding method of the present invention comprises deriving an intra-prediction mode for a current block, determining whether or not a left boundary or an upper boundary of the current block is a boundary of a predetermined image region, configuring a reference sample by using at least one reconstructed sample included in at least one reconstructed sample line adjacent to the current block based on the determination result, and performing intra-prediction for the current block based on the intra-prediction mode and the reference sample.
US11128857B2	Intra prediction-based image coding method using MPM list and apparatus therefor An image decoding method according to the present disclosure comprises deriving a first candidate intra prediction mode based on a first neighboring block of a current block; deriving a second candidate intra prediction mode based on a second neighboring block of the current block; constructing MPM (Most Probable Mode) list of the current block based on the first candidate intra prediction mode and the second candidate intra prediction mode; deriving an intra prediction mode for the current block based on the MPM list; and generating a prediction sample for the current block based on the intra prediction mode, wherein the first neighboring block is a left neighboring block located at the lowermost side among neighboring blocks adjacent to a left boundary of the current block, and wherein the second neighboring block is an upper neighboring block located at the rightmost side among neighboring blocks adjacent to an upper boundary of the current block.
US11128853B2	Seamless transitions in large-scale video In a method and supporting system for intelligent buffering of large scale videos, a video presentation includes a plurality of sub-videos, each associated with a field of view. During presentation of the large scale video, sub-videos within a user's field of view are loaded and presented to the user, and sub-videos in proximate fields of view are loaded for potential presentation. On identifying a change in the user's field of view to one of the proximate fields of view, sub-videos are loaded for presentation within the new field of view. In a method and supporting system for seamless transitions in large scale videos, a video having a plurality of sub-videos is provided for presentation to a user, and distraction levels based on video content and user interactions are tracked. A transition point for the video is identified based on one or both distraction levels, and a sub-video is changed to a different sub-video at the transition point.
US11128850B2	Video processing apparatus, video processing method, and program There is provided a video processing apparatus, method, and program to enable electro optical transfer processing on video data to be suitably performed. The video processing apparatus includes an acquisition unit configured to acquire video data obtained by performing high dynamic range optical electro transfer on high dynamic range video data, a processing unit configured to perform processing including electro optical transfer on the acquired video data and obtains display video data, and a control unit. In the processing unit, the characteristic of the electro optical transfer is set to a characteristic corresponding to characteristic information of optical electro transfer associated with the acquired video data. The control unit is configured to switch the characteristic of the electro optical transfer in the processing unit in accordance with a selection operation of a user.
US11128849B2	Video signal conversion device, video signal conversion method, and non-transitory storage medium A video signal conversion device includes an RGB converter. The RGB converter converts gradation values of an input R signal, an input G signal, and an input B signal of three primary colors based on a conversion table or conversion formula to generate an output R signal, an output G signal, and an output B signal. The RGB converter, when it is designated, by a cataract degree designating signal that designates a degree of cataract including a degree of light scattering, that it is a cataract with light scattering, decreases the gradation values of the input R signal, the input G signal, and the input B signal, in a range from the minimum gradation value to a predetermined intermediate gradation value less than the maximum gradation value, with a linear characteristic of not converting gradation values as a reference.
US11128846B2	Projection display system and projector adjustment method A projection display system having a projector, the projector includes a laser light source, a lighting system, and a control circuit. The laser light source has a first laser light source module and a second laser light source module. The first and second laser light source modules provide laser light. The lighting system converts the laser light into image light for displaying an image. The image light includes first polarized light and second polarized light. The control circuit controls the laser light source and the lighting system. The control circuit independently controls the light energy output by the first and second laser light source modules to change the intensity of the first and second polarized light.
US11128845B2	Display system with multiple beam scanners A display system includes a display screen with at least one servo feedback mark in each of a plurality of display regions, and a plurality of subsystems each subsystem configured to generate an image on an associated display region. Each subsystem generate a plurality of scanning beams including an excitation beam and a servo beam, abeam scanning module, a servo feedback detector, and a controller. The beam scanning module includes a resonant scanning mirror configured to scan the scanning beams along a first scanning direction and a linear scanning mirror to scan the scanning beams along a second scanning direction. The controller is configured to receive image data, to modulate the excitation beam in accordance with the image data, and to control timing of modulation of the excitation beam based on the monitor signal to align the modulation with corresponding pixel positions on the display screen.
US11128844B2	Projection apparatus and projection method thereof A projection apparatus and a projection method thereof are provided. The projection apparatus includes a frame refresh rate conversion chip, a spatial light modulation circuit and a control circuit. The frame refresh rate conversion chip performs frame refresh rate conversion on a first video signal to generate a second video signal. The control circuit is coupled to the frame refresh rate conversion chip and the spatial light modulation circuit, and adjusts a resolution and a frame refresh rate of a projected image generated by the spatial light modulation circuit according to a frame refresh rate of the second video signal.
US11128842B2	Image processing method and associated image processing circuit An image processing method is provided, wherein the image processing method includes the steps of: receiving raw image data from an image sensor, wherein the image sensor is a four-cell Bayer sensor, the raw image data includes color information of each pixel, and the color information of each pixel only corresponds to a single color; for a specific pixel to be processed, selecting a region including the specific pixel; referring to a position of the specific pixel to determine whether to flip color information within the region to generate a flipped region; and using color information of at least one portion of pixels within the region or the flipped region to perform an interpolation operation, to generate color information that the specific pixel lacks.
US11128841B1	System and method for managing service and non service related activities associated with a waste collection, disposal and/or recycling vehicle Systems and methods are provided for using video/still images captured by continuously recording optical sensors mounted on waste collection vehicles used in in the waste collection, disposal and recycling industry for operational and customer service related purposes. Optical sensors are integrated into the in-cab monitor as well as the onboard computer, digital video recorder and other external devices.
US11128840B1	Artificial intelligence entry management device, system and method of using same An artificial intelligence entry management device for an entry management system includes a camera, a microphone, a motion detector, a speaker, and a housing. The housing has an oval shape with a substantially open middle. The substantially open middle has a housing protrusion portion configured to house the camera, the microphone, the motion detector, and the speaker.
US11128835B2	Data transmission method, camera and electronic device Method for transmitting data, camera, and electronic device. The method includes: obtaining an to-be-sent image and to-be-sent target data; determining a first position for the to-be-sent image in an effective image area of an image frame, and determining a second position for the target data in an effective image area of an image frame; taking the to-be-sent image and the target data as data of the same image frame, and sending the to-be-sent image according to the first position and the target data according to the second position in a data sending mode for the effective image area. Target data is data other than to-be-sent image and coaxial data, and coaxial data is notification information exchanged between a data receiving end and a data sending end. Target data and to-be-sent image can be sent to an electronic device through the same image frame without additional wiring. Facility costs are reduced.
US11128834B2	Unification sublayer for multi-connection communication Managing Internet Protocol (IP) flows to produce multi-connection communication is contemplated, such as but not necessarily limited to managing a single IP flow simultaneously through disparate physical layers (PHYs). A unification sublayer may be configured as a logical interface between a network layer and a data link layer and/or the disparate PHYs to facilitating partitioning of IP packets included in the IP flow.
US11128827B2	Imaging device drive circuit and imaging device In an imaging device that transmits control signals to a large number of pixels, an influence is reduced of delay at the time of signal transmission. An imaging device drive circuit includes a plurality of control signal lines, a control signal distribution line, two control signal transmission units, and two operation units. The plurality of control signal lines each transmits a control signal for each of a plurality of pixels that generates image signals depending on incident light on the basis of the control signal. The control signal distribution line has a shape of a line, and the plurality of control signal lines is connected thereto in a distributed manner, and the control signal distribution line distributes the control signals supplied from both ends of the line to the plurality of control signal lines.
US11128820B2	Radiation imaging apparatus, control method for the same, and radiation imaging system A radiation imaging apparatus includes a pixel array including n pixel rows, where n≥3, and a driving circuit configured to scan the pixel array from a first row toward an nth row, counting from one end of the pixel array. In a case where a region of interest is included in a partial region composed of pixel rows from an ith row to a jth row, where 1
US11128818B2	Thermal image processing system and method A thermal image processing system and method includes capturing a visual image and a thermal image of a subject under test; fusing the visual image with the thermal image to result in a fused image, followed by determining an area of the subject under test in the fused image and accordingly obtaining subject temperature of the subject under test.
US11128816B2	Radiographic imaging system Disclosed is a radiographic imaging system including: radiation detecting elements that is two-dimensionally arrayed; and an image acquiring circuit that acquires an image by causing the radiation detecting elements to accumulate and release charges and reading the released charges, wherein the radiographic imaging system comprises a hardware processor that: controls the image acquiring circuit to successively acquire radiographs while changing at least a binning number; controls the image acquiring circuit to acquire offset images respectively for the radiographs in which a binning number in resetting the radiation detecting elements before acquiring the offset images and binning numbers in acquiring the offset images are equal respectively to a binning number in resetting the radiation detecting elements before acquiring the radiographs and binning numbers in acquiring the radiographs; and performs an offset correction on the radiographs by using the offset images respectively for the radiographs.
US11128814B2	Image processing apparatus, image capturing apparatus, video reproducing system, method and program Provided is an image processing apparatus that processes a video, including continuous images expressed by a coordinate system which includes at least an angular coordinate around a predetermined axis. The image processing apparatus includes: video data acquisition means that acquires video data; sensor data acquisition means that acquires sensor data corresponding to the video data; and rotation correction means that corrects the image to cancel rotation change around the reference axis based on the sensor data so that a reference of display of the image is fixed to a specific direction during the image capturing throughout a plurality of frames of the video.
US11128811B2	Information processing apparatus and information processing method An information processing apparatus including circuitry that connects a reference image and a target image with at least one of a plurality of complement images based on a reference viewpoint of a subject and a target viewpoint of the subject in response to an identification of the target viewpoint. Each of the plurality of complement images corresponds to a complementary viewpoint of the subject between the reference viewpoint and the target viewpoint. At least one of the plurality of complement images is an interpolation image, which is an image corresponding to a virtual viewpoint along the virtual path.
US11128808B2	Overhead sidelight The invention relates to a method for illuminating a wood fibre web for deviation detection. The method comprises turning on LEDs of an overhead sidelight that are side-directed towards a first edge of the web for illuminating a first half of width of the web, capturing an image of the first half, turning off the LEDs, turning on LEDs of the overhead sidelight that are side-directed towards a second edge of the web for illuminating a second half of width of the web, capturing an image of the second half, and turning off the LEDs. The invention also relates to an overhead sidelight, a machine vision system, and a lighting system.
US11128804B2	Endoscope with pannable camera and related method An endoscope and related method comprise a proximal handle and a distal shaft having an insertion end. A housing comprising a camera assembly may be mounted on an insertion end of the shaft and include at least one lens and an image sensor. The camera assembly housing is rotatable about an axis perpendicular to the long axis of the shaft, giving the camera assembly a variable field of view. The rotatable camera assembly housing may be mounted to the insertion end of the shaft so that the rotatable housing of the camera assembly comprises the distal-most element of the endoscope shaft or insertion end. The endoscope may include a circuit board having a first portion disposed within the proximal handle and one or more extension portions that extend within the shaft to the camera assembly and/or to a light source near the distal end of the shaft. At least one light emitter may be mounted on the insertion end of the shaft and configured to project light in a direction either toward or away from the field of view of the camera assembly. The light emitter may also be mounted on the camera assembly housing to direct light toward the field of view of the camera assembly. Power and communication lines can be co-located within a lumen of the shaft of the endoscope used for fluid irrigation or suction.
US11128802B2	Photographing method and mobile terminal A photographing method and a mobile terminal are provided, which are related to communication technologies. The photographing method includes: receiving a photographing function start instruction; displaying, on the first display screen and the second display screen respectively in a full screen display manner, a preview image acquired by the rear camera; displaying, on the second display screen, pre-stored composition reference information; determining target composition information in the composition reference information; and controlling the rear camera to perform a photographing operation, based on the target composition information.
US11128800B2	Image blur correction device, imaging apparatus, image blur correction method, and image blur correction program An image blur correction device includes an acceleration sensor, an angular velocity sensor, and a system control unit that calculates rotational acceleration components which are included in detected accelerations and are generated by rotation of a digital camera around a rotation axis parallel to an optical axis, and corrects blurs of the captured image signal in directions based on accelerations obtained by subtracting the rotational acceleration components from the accelerations detected by the acceleration sensor. The system control unit selects one of rotation axes based on a usage state of the digital camera, and calculates the rotational acceleration components generated by the rotation of the digital camera around the selected rotation axis based on an angular velocity and distances in the directions from the selected rotation axis to the acceleration sensor.
US11128795B2	Electronic device for recommending composition and operating method thereof An electronic device according to various embodiments may include: a display; an image sensor; and a processor configured to be operatively connected to the display and the image sensor. The processor may be configured to: display a first indicator at a specified position within a preview screen of the image sensor displayed on the display; identify a target on the preview screen; identify a target region corresponding to the identified target among a plurality of candidate target regions including the identified target on the basis of aesthetic scores assigned to the plurality of candidate target regions; display a second indicator corresponding to the identified target region on the preview screen; and when the second indicator is moved to the specified position, generate a photographic image corresponding to the preview screen at a specified time.
US11128789B2	Fluid resistant lens mounts A system includes a lens mount defining an inner bore that includes inward facing threads for engaging a lens component, with a lens opening at one end of the lens mount. The lens mount includes outward facing threads for engaging a camera housing. A first seal ring is included inside the inner bore for sealing against the lens component. A second seal ring is included on an outside of the lens mount for sealing against the camera housing.
US11128788B2	Image sensor driving device, camera device and electronic device both having such driving device mounted therein An image sensor driving device includes a fixing portion, an image sensor assembly that is moved with respect to the fixing portion, a driving mechanism and a support mechanism. The image sensor assembly includes an image sensor of the rectangular form. The direction of the normal to the light receiving surface of the image sensor is a first axial direction and the directions perpendicular to the first axial direction and each other are a second axial direction and a third axial direction, respectively. The driving mechanism includes a coil portion for driving the image sensor assembly in the second axial direction or in the third axial direction with respect to the fixing portion and a magnet portion provided for facing opposite the coil portion, the coil portion being disposed on one and the magnet portion being disposed on the other of the image sensor assembly and the fixing portion.
US11128787B2	Array camera module having height difference, circuit board assembly and manufacturing method therefor, and electronic device An array camera module having a height difference, a circuit board assembly and a manufacturing method therefor, and an electronic device. The array camera module comprises a first camera module unit and a second camera module unit, wherein the first camera module unit comprises at least one first photosensitive assembly and at least one first lens; the first lens is located on a photosensitive path of the first photosensitive assembly; the first photosensitive assembly comprises at least one extension portion; the extension portion at least partially extends towards the direction away from the first photosensitive assembly; and the second camera module unit is fixedly connected to a second extension portion, so that the ends of the two camera module units are consistent.
US11128784B2	Camera device A camera device comprises a camera unit including an outer shell with a spherical shape and provided with an equatorial groove, a base member provided with a seating, and a cover provided with a pivot defining a tilting axis and an aperture for providing a free line of sight for the camera unit. The camera unit is arranged between the seating and the cover such that the pivot is received by the equatorial groove and such that the cover and the seating of the base member are pressed against the outer shell of the camera unit from opposing sides thereof. The pivot is arranged on a lug adjoining the cover via a lug transition and defined by a slit such that the lug is laterally displaceable in a direction parallel with the tilting axis in response to the pivot being subjected to a force having a component in said direction.
US11128775B2	Meta information transmission system through printed matter, printing control apparatus, printed matter reading apparatus, method for applying meta information for printed matter, and method for acquiring meta information from printed matter Provided are a printing control unit that performs control so that printing is performed in a state in which character shape deformation is made in association with meta information that is meta information acquired on the basis of print data and indicates meaning of characters, and a digitalization unit that generates meta information corresponding to character shape deformation of characters when generating digital data including character data by inputting a read image of a printed matter to generate digital data including meta information in addition to the character data. The meta information is embedded in the printed matter in an aspect of character shape deformation of characters, and when generating digital data by reading the printed matter, the character shape deformation is recognized to generate meta information corresponding to the deformation. According to this, it is possible to perform retrieval of information using the meta information and the character data.
US11128769B2	Image processing apparatus having display device, image display processing method, and non-transitory storage medium storing instructions executable by the image processing apparatus having the same An image processing apparatus includes: a reading device; a display device; an input interface; and a controller configured to: control the reading device to read an image formed on a reading medium to create read-image data; control the display device to display a preview screen containing the read image; execute a particular processing based on the read-image data when a processing executing instruction is input via the input interface after the preview screen is displayed; and when a first particular length of time has passed, without input of the processing executing instruction, from a time when the preview screen is displayed, control the display device to display a waiting screen containing a first message indicating that the particular processing has not been executed, instead of the preview screen.
US11128760B2	Image forming device, image reading device, non-transitory recording medium storing computer-readable program, image forming method, and image processing device An image forming device includes: an image forming unit that forms an image on a transfer medium; and a controller that controls multiple image readers capable of performing image reading for the same surface of the transfer medium, and acquires reading results from the image readers. The controller is capable of performing failure/no-failure determination for the image on the transfer medium based on the reading results, of switching image reading by the multiple image readers between reading by a first number of image readers and reading by a second number of image readers, the second number being smaller than the first number, and of enabling, while the second number of image readers perform reading, at least one of the other image readers to execute a maintenance operation for the at least one of the other image readers.
US11128759B2	Routing of toll-free numbers using a toll free exchange Aspects of this disclosure are directed to a method of routing toll-free telephone calls using a toll-free exchange, thereby minimizing the number of hand-offs, increasing the technological capability and reducing the ultimate cost of the toll-free call. Toll-free subscribers are generally assessed a cost based on each exchange plus the duration of the call. Subscribers are also limited to the decades old technological standards of PSTN switching. It is therefore an object of the present disclosure to minimize the number of exchanges, promote technological possibility and simplify the process of directing a toll-free telephone call by providing a toll-free exchange.
US11128757B2	Method and apparatus for providing roaming service A method of a roaming user equipment (UE) according to an embodiment of the disclosure includes obtaining billing information of the roaming UE from a message received from a communication carrier server, sending a billing information authentication request message including the obtained billing information to an authentication server, and receiving an authentication result regarding whether the billing information is valid.
US11128752B2	Personalized wait treatment during interaction A communication session with a communication endpoint is established. The communication session is placed on hold. For example, the communication session is placed on hold by being sent to a contact center queue. In response to placing the communication session on hold, a message is sent to the communication endpoint that indicates the communication session has been placed on hold. In response to the message, the communication endpoint may initiate a second media stream, such as to play personal media while the communication session is on hold. The second media stream may be a local media file or a remote media file, such as an internet radio station. In response to determining that the communication session is taken off hold, a second message is sent to the communication endpoint to stop playing the personalized media. This process allows the user to play personalized media while being placed on hold.
US11128750B1	Methods and devices for secure authentication to a compute device An apparatus includes a memory of a mobile compute device, and a hardware processor of the mobile compute device. The hardware processor is configured to implement an operating system and an authentication module. The operating system is configured to receive a first authentication identifier, and is also configured to authorize use of the mobile compute device based on the first authentication identifier meeting a first criterion. The authentication module is configured to, in response to the operating system authorizing use of the mobile compute device, disable at least one function of the mobile compute device and request a second authentication identifier. The authentication module is also configured to receive the second authentication identifier. The authentication module is also configured to enable the at least one function in response to the second authentication identifier meeting a second criterion.
US11128747B2	Communication apparatus, method for controlling communication apparatus, and storage medium A communication apparatus searches for a device using a first wireless communication, instructs, using the first wireless communication, a device selected from a list based the result of the search to operate in an access point mode, obtains, using the first wireless communication, connection information from the device operating in the access point mode, establishes a second wireless connection with the device based on the obtained connection information.
US11128745B1	Systems and methods for cellular and landline text-to-audio and audio-to-text conversion Systems and methods are provided for text-to-speech and speech-to-text conversion in wireless devices such as wireless telephones, remote facilities, and land-based devices such as land-line telephones. A wireless telephone, such as a personal cellular telephone, is provided that converts audio data such as a voice message into text data such that a user can view the contents of the voice message as text on the user's wireless telephone.
US11128741B2	Auto-negotiation over extended backplane In one example in accordance with the present disclosure, a system for auto-negotiation over extended backplane includes an enclosure and a switch external to the enclosure. The enclosure has a NIC (network interface controller) for a server in the enclosure and a DEM (downlink extension module). The DEM has a single DEM PHY connected to the NIC via a backplane and also connected to the switch via an external connection. The DEM PHY facilitates auto-negotiation between the switch and the NIC.
US11128739B2	Network-edge-deployed transcoding methods and systems for just-in-time transcoding of media data An exemplary network-edge-deployed transcoding system (“transcoding system”) establishes a communication connection with a media player device that is distinct from the transcoding system. The transcoding system accesses media data representative of media content that is to be rendered by the media player device and is encoded in the media data using a first data format. As the media player device renders the media content, the transcoding system transcodes the media data in a just-in-time transcoding manner from representing the media content in the first data format to representing the media content in a second data format. As the transcoding of the media data is performed, the transcoding system provides the transcoded media data representing the media content in the second data format to the media player device by way of the communication connection. Corresponding methods and systems are also disclosed.
US11128735B2	Remote computing resource allocation The discussion relates to allocating remote computing resources responsive to a user-driven free-form input. One example can receive free-form input from a user relating to remote computing resources. The example can map the free-form input to individual remote computing resources and can allocate the mapped individual remote computing resources for the user.
US11128733B2	Server-side resource prioritization A process for prioritizing content responses executed by a first server in a distributed cloud platform. The first server including processor, and a non-transitory machine-readable storage medium that provides instructions that, when executed by the processor, causes the first server to perform operations including to receive, at a proxy server, a request for a plurality of content items from a client device, where the proxy server is in a distributed cloud computing platform, to receive at least one of the plurality of content items from an origin server or a cache, to determine a priority scheme for ordering the plurality of content items, where the priority scheme differs from a priority scheme of the client device and differs from a priority scheme of a domain of the plurality of content items, and to send a response including the plurality of content items to the client device in an order according to the priority determined scheme.
US11128727B2	Method and apparatus for reducing loading time of web pages A browser receives a web page that includes a script that is configured to control subsequent requests of the browser for at least the web page and caches a first portion of the web page that includes reference(s) to other web resource(s). A subsequent request for the web page is dispatched to the script which returns the cached first portion of the web page to the browser and a request for the full web page is made. Request(s) are also transmitted for the web resource(s) referenced in the first portion of the web page without waiting for the full web page to be received. When the full web page is received, if the first portion of the page matches the corresponding portion of the full page, that corresponding portion is removed from the full page and the remaining page is returned to the browser.
US11128723B2	Geofence information delivery systems and methods The present invention is directed to methods and systems for querying a database of geofences, with each geofence in the database being associated with a plurality of IP addresses, preferably IPv6 addresses, and each IP address corresponding to a specific geographic coordinate. The method and system convert location coordinates to IP addresses and determine whether a location anchor point is associated with a geofence.
US11128721B2	Action flow fragment management Action flow fragment management includes executing a parent action flow including multiple steps. At least two steps are distinct pages of a web application. During execution of the parent action flow, an action flow fragment expression is obtained and executed using data gathered from a data source to obtain an action flow fragment identifier. An action flow fragment corresponding to the action flow fragment identifier is selected and executed. When execution of the action flow fragment completes, execution of the parent action flow continues.
US11128720B1	Method and system for searching network resources to locate content A process and system are directed to generating a medium without user involvement. A user makes a series of increasingly granular selections to specify the type of medium to be built, such as a webpage. A search engine conducts a search of networking resources to identify and collect content items that have a relationship to the user and that are relevant to the webpage selections made by the user. The content collection is performed automatically without any user involvement, beyond the user's initial webpage selections. The webpage is then constructed, using the collected content items to populate the components of the webpage. The webpage is customized to the user because its contents are developed based upon a search that reflects the targeting and collection of content items that are both related to the user and relevant to the user's webpage definition.
US11128719B2	Master service orchestration of virtual networking functions Concepts and technologies disclosed herein are directed to master service orchestration of virtual network functions (“VNFs”). According to one aspect of the concepts and technologies disclosed herein, a network functions virtualization (“NFV”) platform includes a hardware resources layer including a plurality of hardware resources, a plurality of VNF resource pools, a plurality of service controllers corresponding to the plurality of VNF resource pools, and a master service orchestrator. The master service orchestrator can, when executed by at least a portion of the plurality of hardware resources, causes the master service orchestrator to perform operations. In particular, the master service orchestrator can receive, from a user equipment (“UE”), a service request. The master service orchestrator also can instruct a service controller of the plurality of service controllers to perform service controller-specific operations to provide, at least in part, a service included within the service request received from the UE.
US11128717B2	Private editing of shared files Systems, components, devices, and methods for privately editing shared files in a collaborative space are provided. A non-limiting example includes a server computing device for allowing a user to privately edited shared files in a collaborative space. The server computing device includes an interface engine configured to generate a user interface. The user interface includes a listing of a plurality of shared files accessible in the collaborative space and an edit privately control to privately edit an identified shared file of the plurality of shared files. When the edit privately control is actuated, the server computing device generates a personal copy of the identified shared file and updates metadata associated with the identified shared file to indicate that the personal copy has been generated.
US11128716B1	System and method for monitoring usage in a converged charging system Systems and methods described herein include receiving, at a network device, a message including an identifier associated with a subscriber and an identifier associated with a rating group associated with one or more data flows and determining a data quota and one or more usage monitoring thresholds associated with the subscriber. The data quota indicates a first amount of data associated with the rating group that the subscriber is authorized to use during a time period and the one or more usage monitoring thresholds indicate one or more second amounts of data associated with the rating group and one or more service flows that the subscriber is authorized to use during the time period. The network device transmits the data quota and the one or more usage monitoring thresholds, receives data usage information, and processes the data usage information.
US11128715B1	Physical friend proximity in chat Systems and methods are disclosed for monitoring and updating a real-time communication session using location data of computer devices within the real-time communication session. The systems and methods receives location data of multiple client devices in the real-time communication session using one or more location sensors on the client device and determines that a first client device and a second client device in the real-time communication session are within a pre-configured distance. In response to determining that the first client device and the second client device are within the pre-configured physical distance, the systems and methods causes display of an updated communication session user interface on the plurality of client devices, the updated communication user interface displaying an indication that the first client device and the second client device are within the pre-configured physical distance.
US11128708B2	Managing remote replication in storage systems A method is used in managing remote replication in storage systems. The method monitors network traffic characteristics of a network. The network enables communication between a first storage system and a second storage system. The method predicts a change in at least one of an application demand of an application of a set of applications executing on the first storage server and a network state of the network, where the set of applications have been identified for performing a replication to the second storage system. Based on the prediction, the method dynamically manages replication of the set of applications in accordance with a performance target associated with each application.
US11128707B2	Omnichannel approach to application sharing across different devices A group of remote devices executing an omnichannel application are coordinated from a network node. An omnichannel mediator coordinates formation of at least two of said remote devices into an omnichannel cloudlet. A component manager controls which of a plurality of components of said omnichannel application should optimally be placed on which individual devices of said omnichannel cloudlet and how data should flow to individual devices of said omnichannel cloudlet. A replication optimizer optimally coordinates data replication for the group of remote device.
US11128706B2	Omnichannel approach to application sharing across different devices A group of remote devices executing an omnichannel application are coordinated from a network node. An omnichannel mediator coordinates formation of at least two of said remote devices into an omnichannel cloudlet. A component manager controls which of a plurality of components of said omnichannel application should optimally be placed on which individual devices of said omnichannel cloudlet and how data should flow to individual devices of said omnichannel cloudlet. A replication optimizer optimally coordinates data replication for the group of remote device.
US11128694B2	Optimized internet access in a multi-site software-defined network fabric Presented herein are techniques to provide an endpoint in a multi-site Software-defined network (SDN) fabric with an Internet access route that is optimal for the specific site in which the endpoint is located. In particular, a control plane node in a first site of a multi-site SDN fabric registers a border node in the first site as a Default Egress Tunnel Router (ETR) for Internet access or unknown endpoint identifier (EID) of the first site. The first site includes at least one endpoint. The control plane node receives a request for Internet access for the at least one endpoint and provides a dynamically-selected Internet access route via a same or different virtual instance (e.g., Virtual Routing and Forwarding (VRF) function(s), Virtual Private Network(s) (VPNs), Virtual Networks (VNs), etc.) for Internet traffic sent by the at least one endpoint.
US11128693B2	Connected-media end user experience using an overlay network An Internet infrastructure delivery platform (e.g., operated by a service provider) provides an overlay network (a server infrastructure) that is used to facilitate “second screen” end user media experiences. In this approach, first media content, which is typically either live on-demand, is being rendered on a first content device (e.g., a television, Blu-Ray disk or another source). That first media content may be delivered by servers in the overlay network. One or multiple end user second content devices are then adapted to be associated with the first content source, preferably, via the overlay network, to facilitate second screen end user experiences (on the second content devices).
US11128691B2	In-collaborative content item notifications in shared collaborative content items A collaborative content management system allows users to access collaborative content items. When a client device accesses a shared collaborative content item, the client device displays a portion of the collaborative content item that falls within a viewport. The client application generates a notification count of notification events associated with content that is contained in the collaborative content item and positioned below the viewport, and the client device displays the notification count in a graphical element adjacent to a bottom viewport edge. A similar process generates a second notification count of the notification events associated with content positioned above the viewport and displays a graphical element with the second notification count adjacent to the top viewport edge. The user can iteratively select one of the graphical elements to move the content of the collaborative content item to a portion corresponding to the next notification event above or below the viewport.
US11128688B2	Transcoder conditioning for segment fluidity Embodiments provide for a system, comprising a plurality of encoders configured to generate a plurality of variant streams, and a cross-variant Instantaneous Decoder Refresh (IDR) identifier configured to inspect the plurality of variant streams, identify IDR frames in each of the plurality of variant streams, determine which IDR frames correspond to cross-variant boundaries, and demarcate the IDR frames corresponding to cross-variant boundaries.
US11128684B2	Method and apparatus for scheduling service The present disclosure discloses a method and an apparatus for scheduling a service. The method includes: obtaining a first configuration status, the first configuration status being a current configuration status of a network resource in a whole CDN when a preset scheduling trigger event is detected; generating a first substitute resource list according to the first configuration status using a trained service scheduling model, where at least one substitute resource and a weight corresponding to each of the at least one substitute resource are recorded in the first substitute resource list; selecting a first substitute resource in the first substitute resource list according to the weight corresponding to each of the at least one substitute resource and a preset first selection policy; and performing service scheduling in the whole CDN based on the first substitute resource.
US11128682B2	Video streaming at mobile edge Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, a method comprising sending context information from a mobile wireless device through a control channel to a network server; receiving a policy at the mobile wireless device from the network server, wherein the policy assigns a video streaming bit rate to the mobile wireless device based on the context information; and implementing the policy to control a video streaming session between the mobile wireless device and a media server over a data channel. The context information may include information about the mobile wireless device and/or a user of the mobile wireless device. The policy may be different for each mobile wireless device. Other embodiments are disclosed.
US11128680B2	AI mediated conference monitoring and document generation Methods and systems of the invention relate to automation of certain fiduciary tasks using machine learning techniques, including generation of corporate meeting minute documents in compliance with legal and organizational requirements. In part, these methods and systems use pre-trained machine learning based data model. The invention monitors and can proactively control meetings to ensure agenda completion among meeting participants and to create meeting minutes, among other tasks.
US11128678B2	Multi-platform digital rights management for placeshifting of multimedia content Devices, methods, and program products are provided, which support multiple Digital Rights Management (DRM) schemes or platforms during the placeshifting of media content. A given placeshifting session may be initiated between a placeshifting device and a user-controlled client media receiver executing a browser player. In one embodiment, the DRM placeshifting method includes storing, in a memory associated with the placeshifting device, DRM-protected content; receiving a request from the client media receiver over a communications network to stream the DRM-protected content to the device; and obtaining a placeshifting key and initialization instructions for the DRM-protected content. The DRM-protected content is streamed to the client media receiver in an encrypted format accessible with a placeshifting decryption key. In conjunction with streaming the DRM-protected content, initialization instructions is transmitted to the client media receiver containing information utilized by the browser player to obtain the DRM license from a first license server.
US11128677B2	Network call method, server, call terminal, network call system, and storage medium A network call method, a server, a call terminal, a network call system, and a storage medium are provided. The network call method includes: receiving a reservation request transmitted by a call reservation terminal, the reservation request including a first communication identifier of a first call terminal; generating a chat room identifier of a chat room in a social network application; generating a call reservation notification, the call reservation notification including an access link generated according to the chat room identifier; and transmitting the call reservation notification to a communication client of the first call terminal according to the first communication identifier of the first call terminal.
US11128675B2	Automatic ad-hoc multimedia conference generator Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, a method including steps of determining, by a processing system including a processor, a topic in a social media stream, offering, by the processing system, a conference concerning the topic, wherein said offer is made in the social media stream, receiving, by the processing system, acceptances to participate in the conference, and hosting, by the processing system, the conference. Other embodiments are disclosed.
US11128672B2	Lawful intercept in future core interworking with evolved packet system A method, a device, and a non-transitory storage medium are described in which a inter-networked lawful intercept service is provided. The inter-networked lawful intercept service may include providing lawful intercept information from a proxy call session control function to a future generation core network device. The proxy call session control function may be resident in an Internet Protocol Multimedia Subsystem network. The proxy call session control function may use a Diameter message that includes the lawful intercept information. The future generation core network device may be a policy control function. The lawful intercept information may be further provided to other core network devices, such as a session management function and a use plane function.
US11128668B2	Hybrid network infrastructure management Embodiments relate to an intelligent computer platform to utilize a micro-service architecture that supports secure connection and policy management for devices. The micro-services include managers to support establishment of a secure connection. The managers register devices in the architecture, and define security policies which are encoded as rules. The policies and corresponding rules are stored in a knowledge base operatively coupled to the architecture. The patterns of security policies are learned over time and used for recommending new rules or validating existing rules. The managers selectively validate one or more rules that correspond to a setting of a requesting device. The secure connection is established for a network level device determined to comply with one or more of the selectively validated rules.
US11128667B2	Cluster detection and elimination in security environments Disclosed herein are methods, systems, and processes to detect valid clusters and eliminate spurious clusters in cybersecurity-based computing environments. A cluster detection and elimination model is trained by accessing a dataset with raw data that includes data points associated with computing devices in a network and applying two or more different clustering methodologies independently to the dataset. The resulting cluster detection and elimination model is used to compare two or more clusters to determine whether a cluster from one clustering methodology matches another cluster from another clustering methodology based on centroid locations and shared data points.
US11128665B1	Systems and methods for providing secure access to vulnerable networked devices The disclosed computer-implemented method for providing secure access to vulnerable networked devices may include identifying a vulnerable network device connected to a local network, identifying local network traffic destined for the vulnerable network device and that has been tagged as safe, passing the local network traffic tagged as safe to the vulnerable network device, and performing a security action on local network traffic destined for the vulnerable network device that has not been tagged as safe. Various other methods, systems, and computer-readable media are also disclosed.
US11128662B2	Method, client, and server for preventing web page hijacking A method for preventing hijacking of a web page is provided. A HyperText Markup Language (HTML) source file is received from a web server in response to a HyperText Transfer Protocol (HTTP) access request, the HTML source file being embedded with a script tag corresponding to script code for preventing HTTP hijacking. The script code for preventing HTTP hijacking is pulled from an antihijacking server according to the script tag. It is detected, based on the script code for preventing HTTP hijacking, whether a document object model (DOM) node used for HTTP hijacking exists in a DOM tree. The DOM node used for HTTP hijacking is hidden from a web page of a browser in response to detecting that the DOM node used for HTTP hijacking.
US11128659B2	Method and system to dynamically obfuscate a web services interface The present application relates to the handling of what are generally referred to as denial of service (DoS) attacks. More specifically, the present application relates to a method and system for protecting one or more on-line Web service application servers from DoS and/or distributed DoS (DDoS) attacks.
US11128657B2	Electronic control device, fraud detection server, in-vehicle network system, in-vehicle network monitoring system, and in-vehicle network monitoring method A gateway that notifies a fraud detection server located outside a vehicle of information about an in-vehicle network system including an in-vehicle network includes: a priority determiner that determines a priority using at least one of: a state of the vehicle including the in-vehicle network system; an identifier of a message communicated on the in-vehicle network; and a result of fraud detection performed on the message; a frame transmitter-receiver that transmits and receives the message communicated on the in-vehicle network; a frame interpreter that extracts information about the in-vehicle network based on the message received by the frame transmitter-receiver; and a frame uploader that notifies the fraud detection server of notification information including the priority and the information about the in-vehicle network.
US11128656B2	Selective sinkholing of malware domains by a security device via DNS poisoning Techniques for selective sinkholing of malware domains by a security device via DNS poisoning are provided. In some embodiments, selective sinkholing of malware domains by a security device via DNS poisoning includes intercepting a DNS query for a network domain from a local DNS server at the security device, in which the network domain was determined to be a bad network domain and the bad network domain was determined to be associated with malware (e.g., a malware domain); and generating a DNS query response to the DNS query to send to the local DNS server, in which the DNS query response includes a designated sinkholed IP address for the bad network domain to facilitate identification of an infected host by the security device.
US11128654B1	Systems and methods for unified hierarchical cybersecurity Disclosed herein are embodiments of systems, methods, and products comprise an analytic server, which improves the cybersecurity of a unified system comprising a plurality of sub-systems. The analytic server may instantiate a sub attack tree for each network sub-system within the unified system of distributed network infrastructure. The analytic server may access the sub attack trees of the network sub-systems based on the corresponding identifiers. The analytic server may build a high-level attack tree of the unified system by aggregating the sub attack tree of each sub-system. The analytic server may determine how the interconnection of the plurality of network sub-systems may affect the unified system security. The analytic server may update one or more nodes of the attack tree to reflect the changes produced from the interconnection. The analytic server may build the attack tree based on a set of aggregation rules.
US11128645B2	Method and system for detecting fraudulent access to web resource A method and system for detecting fraudulent access to a web resource is disclosed. The web resource is hosted by a server and the method being executable by the server. The method comprises: receiving, by the server, a first request to access the web resource by a first electronic device, the first request including a first cookie; converting, by the server, the first cookie into a second cookie; transmitting, by the server, the second cookie to the first electronic device for storing; receiving, by the server, a second request to access the web resource by a second electronic device, the second request including a third cookie; and determining, by the server, the second request to be a fraudulent request, the determining based on an analysis of the third cookie and the first cookie.
US11128644B2	Automatic security scanning of advertisements during runtime of software applications Automatically detecting that a software application has received, over a network, advertising code that is configured to display an advertisement within the software application; intercepting the received advertising code; wrapping the intercepted advertising code with program code that is configured to: scan the advertising code for malicious content, and allow or prevent the display of the advertisement within the software application based on the scanning; delivering the wrapped advertising code to the software application as if the wrapped advertising code was received directly from the server, such that, when the wrapped advertising code is executed in the software application: the advertising code is scanned, and the display of the advertisement is allowed or prevented based on the scanning.
US11128634B1	System and method for providing a web service using a mobile device capturing dual images A system and method provides access to one or more web services requested from a web site by using an app on a smart device, such as a smart phone or tablet, or the smart device itself.
US11128632B2	Method of capturing user presence via session unlocking and centralizing using an identity directory platform Capturing user presence at a workstation of a local network using an identity directory comprises detecting an unlock event, generating first and second arrays of all instances of respective first and second processes currently occurring in the local network, each instance being associated with a session ID, comparing the first and second arrays to ascertain whether any of the session IDs present in the second array are missing from the first array, performing a query in the identity directory to locate a user account associated with any session ID present in the first array and missing from the second array, and updating a record of the user accounts found in the query in regard to the user presence having been captured in association with the detected unlock event.
US11128630B2	User management method and apparatus of hybrid cloud Embodiments of the present application disclose a user management method and apparatus of a hybrid cloud. The user management method of a hybrid cloud is performed by a management platform of the hybrid cloud. The method includes the steps of: obtaining user data in a role-based access control (RBAC) system; determining, according to a historical record, historical user data that has been distributed to a cloud platform in the hybrid cloud; obtaining incremental data of the user data relative to the historical user data; and sending the incremental data to the cloud platform in the hybrid cloud.
US11128629B2	Escalating user privileges in cloud computing environments In one embodiment, a system includes a computing device providing a computing environment including a number of user accounts, where each of the user accounts is assigned specified privileges to execute particular commands or programs, receiving a request to temporarily escalate privileges for one of the user accounts during a specified duration, where the request includes an identifier of the user account, requested privileges, and the specified duration, granting the requested privileges for the specified duration in conjunction with specific restrictions on one or more prohibited activities that are normally permitted for user accounts with the requested privileges, monitoring, during the specified duration, for any indication that the user account has attempted a prohibited activity, detecting an indication that the user account attempted one of the prohibited activities, and initiating an automated remediation corresponding to the indication.
US11128624B2	Systems, methods, and apparatuses for logging in to an external website from a cloud based computing environment Systems, methods, and apparatuses for implementing authentication of a user login to an external website from a community in a cloud based computing environment. An exemplary system having at least a processor and a memory therein includes means for identifying a first domain where a user is to be allowed to login to an external web page hosted thereon, and means for connecting the external web page with a community of a cloud computing environment hosted on a second domain different than the identified first domain, the connecting means handling how the connected community authenticates the user when the user logs into the external web page and providing one of a plurality of login experiences for the user based on conditions determined at run time.
US11128623B2	Service providing system, service delivery system, service providing method, and non-transitory recording medium A processor is configured to associate terminal identifier for identifying terminals that have requested login with communication states of the terminals, the terminal identifiers including user identifiers that are to be used to authenticate users of the terminals; manage and associate with one another a plurality terminal identifiers as respective terminal identifiers for a communication source and a communication destination that can perform communication with the communication source; receive from a terminal a login request and a terminal identifier for identifying the terminal; and, on the basis of a result of searching communication states indicating online states out of communication states associated with other terminal identifiers including user identifiers the same as a user identifier included in the received terminal identifier, manage and associate with one another respective terminal identifiers associated with communication states indicating online states as respective terminal identifiers for a communication source and a communication destination.
US11128622B2	Method for processing data request and system therefor, access device, and storage device A method for processing a data request is performed by an access device, and includes receiving, from a user terminal, the data request including data information of target data, obtaining the data information from the data request, searching for a storage device identifier and first authentication information, based on the data information, and sending the first authentication information and the data information, to a storage device corresponding to the storage device identifier, to enable the storage device to perform authentication on the first authentication information, and to enable the storage device to, in response to the authentication succeeding, obtain the target data indicated by the data information. The method further includes receiving, from the storage device, the target data, and sending the target data to the user terminal, to respond to the data request.
US11128621B2	Method and apparatus for accessing website A method, apparatus, and computer program product are provided to access a web site. In the context of a method, the method includes acquiring a web address that meets a preset condition, determining a server corresponding to the web address and establishing a transport layer connection therewith. The method further includes upon receiving an instruction for accessing a website corresponding to the web address, using the transport layer connection to send a network request to the server for acquiring the webpage content of the website. Such method can save time for establishing a transport layer connection, thereby improving the efficiency of accessing a web site.
US11128620B2	Online verification method and system for verifying the identity of a subject An online verification method is described for verifying the identity of a subject comprising the steps of generating a random code associated with a subject to be identified; sending the random code to the mobile electronic device of the subject to be identified; receiving the random code on the mobile electronic device of the subject; acquiring by means of the at least one electronic image acquisition device of the mobile electronic device at least one first image representing the subject; processing in a single composite screen page comprising at least two images, the at least one first image representing the subject and a second image representing the random code.The invention further describes an online verification system for verifying the identity of a subject.
US11128619B1	Secure access for assisted transactions in an online banking system Techniques are described for secure access for assisted transactions in an online banking system. A server of the online banking system is configured to establish an assisted session during which both a primary user and an assistant user have secure access to the primary user's account via their respective computing devices. The techniques enable the assistant user to request transactions with the primary user's account on the primary user's behalf, and further enable the primary user to approve the requested transactions prior to performance. The techniques include translating the requested transactions into a natural language description that is understandable to the primary user, and presenting the natural language description to the primary user for approval or denial of the requested transaction. In this way, a primary user may receive the assistance necessary to use an online banking system without giving up all control over the primary user's account.
US11128614B2	Establishing a trusted session with a smart speaker A trusted session is to be established between a smart speaker and a computer server. The computer server may receive an instruction to initiate a trusted session with the smart speaker. The instruction includes an indication of an account linking token for linking a first and second account associated with the smart speaker and the computer server, respectively. The computer server generates a session token and sends it to the smart speaker for acoustic signalling. The acoustic signal is captured by a mobile device and used to reconstruct the session token. The computer server receives the reconstructed session token along with identifying information from the mobile device. The computer server system uses the identifying information to confirm that the mobile device is associated with the second accord. Upon so confirming, the computer server may establish a trusted session between the first smart speaker and the computer server system.
US11128612B1	Zero-touch provisioning of IoT devices with multi factor authentication Techniques are disclosed for provisioning device-specific credentials to an Internet of Things device that accesses a cloud-based IoT service. The IoT service receives, from the IoT device, a request for device-specific credentials. The request comprises a provisioning certificate including information identifying a group of devices associated with the IoT device. The provisioning certificate is authenticated by evaluating the information with expected information. The device-specific credentials are generated based, at least in part, on the information provided in the provisioning certificate. The device-specific credentials are sent to the IoT device, and the IoT device installs and activates the device-specific credentials. The device-specific credentials are associated with the IoT device in a registry of the IoT service.
US11128610B2	Secure multiway calling Techniques are disclosed relating to multiway communications. In some embodiments, a first electronic device initiates a multiway call between a plurality of electronic devices and exchanges a first secret with a first set of electronic devices participating during a first portion of the multiway call, the first secret being used to encrypt traffic between the first set of electronic devices. The first electronic device receives an indication that first set of participating electronic devices has changed and, in response to the indication, exchanges a second secret with a second set of electronic devices participating during a second portion of the multiway call, the second secret being used to encrypt traffic between the second set of participating electronic devices. In some embodiments, the indication identifies a second electronic device as leaving the multiway call, and the second secret is not exchanged with the second electronic device.
US11128605B2	Distributed encryption of mainframe data A mainframe network may store a plurality of records. The mainframe network may generate a file comprising the data elements in the records. The mainframe network may transmit the file to a distributed network. The distributed network may encrypt the data elements. The distributed network may transmit a file comprising the encrypted data elements to the mainframe network. The mainframe network may store the encrypted data elements.
US11128604B2	Anonymous communication system and method for subscribing to said communication system [Problem] To provide an anonymous communication system which ensures anonymity, with which a user can be identified if necessary, and which has a high degree of social credibility. [Solution] A user computer 11 transmits to a management computer 21 electronically signed subscription application data signed using a first signature key capable of being used with another communication system. The management computer 21 verifies the electronic signature of the subscription application data using a first public key, and if the validity of the electronic signature can be verified, generates and encrypts a second signature key and transmits the encrypted second signature key to the user computer 11. The user computer 11 generates electronically signed receipt data that have been signed in duplicate using the first and second signature keys, and transmits the receipt data to the management computer 21. The management computer 21 verifies the electronic signature of the receipt data using first and second public keys, and if the validity of the electronic signature can be verified, records user data including the receipt data in a recording unit 24.
US11128602B2	Efficient matching of feature-rich security policy with dynamic content using user group matching A method for filtering data packets at a firewall system is disclosed that includes receiving a data packet having a plurality of fields at a processor, and determining whether a precondition exists, where an action is associated the precondition. The action associated with the precondition is performed if it is determined that the precondition exists. The data packet is processed using a plurality of rules if it is determined that the precondition does not exist for the one or more of the plurality of fields. A user associated with the data packet is identified, and it is determined whether one or more rules are stored in a cache for one or more of a plurality of groups associated with the user. The data packet is processed using the one or more rules stored in the cache if present.
US11128600B2	Global object definition and management for distributed firewalls A method of defining distributed firewall rules in a group of datacenters is provided. Each datacenter includes a group of data compute nodes (DCNs). The method sends a set of security tags from a particular datacenter to other datacenters. The method, at each datacenter, associates a unique identifier of one or more DCNs of the datacenter to each security tag. The method associates one or more security tags to each of a set of security group at the particular datacenter and defines a set of distributed firewall rules at the particular datacenter based on the security tags. The method sends the set of distributed firewall rules from the particular datacenter to other datacenters. The method, at each datacenter, translates the firewall rules by mapping the unique identifier of each DCN in a distributed firewall rule to a corresponding static address associated with the DCN.
US11128597B1	Information passing for content-based source selection via DNS Techniques for information passing for content-based source selection via DNS are described. A domain name specified in a DNS lookup request includes one or more hostname and/or subdomain values that are generated based on obfuscating a path of the object that is ultimately to be sought by the client. The authoritative DNS server can identify the desired object, and select a particular network address for the lookup response in a more intelligent manner based on characteristics of the sought object, server location availabilities and characteristics, client device characteristics, etc.
US11128596B2	Methods and apparatuses for avoiding paging storm during ARP broadcast for ethernet type PDU Methods and apparatuses for acquisition of an address resolution protocol (ARP)/IPv6 Neighbour cache at a user plane function (UPF) entity without performing deep packet inspection for every packet that traverses a network. The ARP broadcast/ICMPv6 Neighbour Solicitation multicast from any Ethernet client (a user equipment (UE) or clients behind the UE or clients in a data network (DN)) is responded to by the UPF entity itself, by looking up the ARP/IPv6 Neighbour cache built in the UPF entity, irrespective of whether the UPF entity acts as the core Ethernet switch or whether the core Ethernet switch is in the DN. The solution is simplified to always intercept ARP at the UPF entity and respond to it based on a local ARP/IPv6 Neighbour cache.
US11128595B1	Customized telecommunication monitoring and alerts using a high-level programming interface Certain aspects of the disclosure are directed to customized communication monitoring and alerts using a high-level programming interface. According to a specific example, a data communication server provides a database with data communication features available to remotely-situated client entities. The data communication server is configured to provide to the client entities, a set of instructions written in a first programming language that defines a message exchange protocol. The data communication server is further configured to receive from each client entity, client-specific sets of control data written in a second programming language that is compatible with the first programming language. The data communication server may monitor an operating state of each of the virtual office features provided to the client entity based on received event data, and generate alerts to end-users of the client entity according to the event data satisfying a set of criteria.
US11128592B2	Information processing apparatus An information processing apparatus includes a determination unit that determines a delivery priority of delivery target information on the basis of a disclosure possibility of the delivery target information and a necessity of the information for a receiver, and a disclosure unit that discloses the information to the receiver according to the delivery priority.
US11128591B1	Dynamic interaction of a dynamic ideogram in an electronic messaging environment In one example, a trigger is obtained for a dynamic ideogram to dynamically interact with the electronic messaging environment. In response to the trigger, it is determined how the dynamic ideogram is to dynamically interact with the electronic messaging environment including performing an analysis of the electronic messaging environment. Based on the analysis of the electronic messaging environment, instructions to render the dynamic ideogram to dynamically interact with the electronic messaging environment are generated for a first user device configured to communicate with a second user device via the electronic messaging environment.
US11128587B2	Enterprise messaging using a virtual message broker The present disclosure involves systems, software, and computer implemented methods for performing enterprise messaging with a virtual message broker. One example method includes operations to receive, at an enterprise messaging (EM) layer associated with a shared message bus, a request associated with a first client to subscribe to a second client, wherein the EM layer provides an abstraction to the shared message bus, and wherein the shared message bus is shared between the first client and the second client. A rule set associated with the first client is identified, where the rule set is defined in a service descriptor associated with an EM service interface bound to the first client. In response to determining that the requested subscription to the second client is allowed by the identified rule set, the subscription is created, and events corresponding to the subscription are provided to the first client for consumption.
US11128586B2	Context sensitive avatar captions Systems and methods are provided for performing operations including: receiving, by a messaging application, input that selects an option to generate a message using an avatar with a caption; presenting, by the messaging application, the avatar and a caption entry region proximate to the avatar; populating, by the messaging application, the caption entry region with a text string comprising one or more words; determining, by the messaging application, context based on the one or more words in the text string; and modifying, by the messaging application, an expression of the avatar based on the determined context.
US11128583B2	Digital document distribution process Systems and methods for managing privileged communications in a controlled-environment facility are disclosed. A privileged communication is received from a user via an online portal, wherein the user having been previously confirmed as having a privileged relationship with a resident of the controlled-environment facility, transmitting the privileged communication to the resident in a manner that prevents inspection by controlled-environment facility staff, and notifying the user when the privileged communication has been accessed by the resident. The privileged communication may be one or more of a document, an image, a text message, an email, a voicemail, or any other electronic or digital communication.
US11128582B2	Emoji recommendation method and apparatus This application discloses an emoji recommendation method and apparatus. The method includes: displaying a first user interface of a social network client application; detecting occurrence of a trigger event that corresponds to a preset condition for triggering delivery of an emoji recommendation from the social network server to a first user; retrieving one or more emoji recommendations from the social network server, wherein the one or more emoji recommendations are selected from an emoji library for the first user in accordance with social behavior information of the first user; and displaying the one or more emoji recommendations on the first user interface, including displaying one or more editing controls to adjust one or more parameters for calculating a correlation degree of the user and a respective emoji based on one or more attributes of the one or more emoji recommendations retrieved from the social network server.
US11128581B2	Secure messaging between computing components Various examples are directed to systems and methods for secure messaging between computing components. A first computing device may send tree generation data to a second computing component. The tree generation data may comprise string selection data identifying a set of at least two strings of a string library. The first computing component may generate a coding tree based at least in part on the tree generation data and the string library and encode a first message based at least in part on the coding tree to generate a first encoded message. The first computing component may send the first encoded message to the second computing component.
US11128580B2	Email composition assistance based on out-of-office recipients in distribution lists When a sender is drafting an email, a system herein can determine whether a user in a distribution list is out-of-office. The email application can identify a distribution list to a server along with a target date, such as a meeting date of an email invite. The server can check an out-of-office status for the contacts associated with the distribution list, and return a notification to the email application. The notification can indicate the number of out-of-office users. It can also indicate which users are out-of-office and suggest dependent users to fill in as alternatives.
US11128575B2	System for increasing processing efficiency through automated resource field transformation Embodiments of the present invention provide a system for increasing processing efficiency through automated resource field transformation. A message with multiple resource fields is received, and a first resource field is identified as being populated with a burdensome resource element. The burdensome resource element is extracted from the first resource field, creating a slim version of the message that is processed through normal procedures to execute an associated event. The burdensome resource element is routed to a burdensome resource processing system. The burdensome resource processing system can store the burdensome resource element until the burdensome resource element is requested by a user, and then transfer the burdensome resource element to the user after specialized processing of the element. Alternatively, the burdensome resource processing system may be a specialized processing system that processes the burdensome resource element's type more efficiently than the general processing procedures used to process the slim message.
US11128567B2	Application wire A method includes, at a node associated with a multiprotocol label switching system (MPLS) network, identifying information associated with an application flow based on one or more unencapsulated packet headers of the application flow or based on an ingress data stream that includes the application flow. The method further includes, in response to identifying the information, and based on stored data that maps application flows with psuedowires, determining a number of pseudowires corresponding to paths through the MPLS network, where the stored data indicates, for a sending device application, a distributed mapping of the application flow via at least one of the number of psuedowires, and communicating data related to the sending device application via at least one of the number of pseudowires.
US11128564B2	Systems and methods to filter out noisy application signatures to improve precision of first packet application classification The system and methods discussed herein provide for filtering out noisy application signatures to improve the precision of first packet application classification. In some implementations, the system receive application signatures from devices along with their network identifiers. Based upon the frequency at which identical application signatures appear as originating from distinct network environments, the system determines the validity of application signatures and avoids storing irrelevant information for routing network traffic.
US11128558B2	Automatic routing configuration between hosts and network layer devices Systems and methods are described herein for configuring network layer connectivity between a network layer device and a host. A network controller receives, from the host, data link layer information about a network layer device and accordingly determines network layer information about the network layer device. The network controller configures the host and the network layer device to route traffic to each other over the network layer, by transmitting, to the host, the network layer information of the network layer device and by transmitting, to the network layer device, the network layer information of the host.
US11128556B2	Deploying, testing, monitoring, scaling, and healing virtual network functions in a software-defined network A device receives virtual network function (VNF) data identifying a VNF to be implemented in a network and configures the VNF data with hardware and software requirements for deploying the VNF in a non-production environment, wherein configuring the VNF data with the hardware and software requirements generates a configured VNF. The device deploys the configured VNF in the non-production environment and performs one or more tests on the configured VNF deployed in the non-production environment. The device receives one or more test results based on performing the one or more tests on the configured VNF, and updates the configured VNF, based on the one or more test results, to generate an updated VNF. The device causes the updated VNF to be deployed in the network.
US11128555B2	Methods and apparatus for SDI support for automatic and transparent migration Techniques for migration for composite nodes in software-defined infrastructures (SDI) are described. A SDI system may include a SDI manager component, including one or more processor circuits, configured to access one or more remote resources, the SDI manager component may include a partition manager configured to receive a request to create a composite node from an orchestrator component, the request including at least one preferred compute sled type and at least one alternative compute sled type. The SDI manager may create a composite node using a first compute sled matching the at least one alternative compute sled type. The SDI manager may determine, based upon a migration table stored on a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium that a second compute sled matching the at least one preferred compute sled type is available. The SDI manager may perform an migration from the first compute sled to the second compute sled. Other embodiments are described and claimed.
US11128533B2	System and method for commissioning a network element Systems, methods, and non-transitory computer-readable storage media which have instructions stored for execution on a processor, for automating the commissioning of a transport network element within a network. A system configured according to this disclosure can be an Automated Commissioning Tool which can initiate communications with a network element on the network. The Automated Commissioning Tool can then retrieve updated firmware corresponding to the network element and configure the network element to have the updated firmware. Finally, the Automated Commissioning Tool can determine, from a network plan, a first port on the network element which is to be connected via a cross-connect to a second port on the network element and establish the cross-connect on the network element. At this point the network element may be commissioned to operate as a transport network element within the network.
US11128526B2	Method and system for restoring configuration settings of customer premises equipment Novel tools and techniques are provided for implementing configuration data and settings on customer premises equipment (“CPE”), and, more particularly, for implementing storage, retrieval, and transfer of configuration data and settings associated with a user and/or a customer premises on CPE. In operation, CPE might set and store one or more configuration settings associated with a user and/or a customer premises. Next, a first CPE might receive a request to set the one or more configuration settings associated with the user or the customer premises on the first CPE or on a second CPE. Based on the request received, the CPE might retrieve from storage and set the one or more configuration settings associated with the user or the customer premises on the first CPE or on the second CPE.
US11128525B2	Adaptive capacity management of connections associated with a service Systems, apparatuses, and methods are described for managing concurrent requests from clients for services. Client computing devices may be permitted to use available capacity beyond their assigned quotas. When backpressure exists, connections with a client exceeding a proportion of excess capacity may be closed before connections with a client not exceeding a proportion of excess capacity.
US11128522B2	Changing a master node in a blockchain system Implementations of this specification provide a method and an apparatus for changing a master node in a blockchain system. An example method performed by a backup node in the blockchain system includes determining that an epoch change is to occur in a blockchain system, generating a random number, and in response to determining that the random number satisfies an epoch change trigger condition, sending an epoch change request message to multiple network nodes other than the backup node in the blockchain system. The backup node receives a request acknowledgement message from at least one of the multiple network nodes, the request acknowledgement message indicating that the backup node is to serve as the new master node, and in response to receiving a number of request acknowledgement messages that is greater than a predetermined number of messages, the backup node sends an epoch change acknowledgement message to the multiple network nodes.
US11128518B2	Systems and methods for sideline processing in a virtual network function A Virtual Network Function (VNF) executed on a processing device includes one or more first Terminal Access Point (TAP) interfaces which are virtual network kernel interfaces and which are each mapped to an associated second TAP interface associated with a Network Operating System (NOS), wherein the associated second TAP interface is mapped to an associated physical port; and a processor configured to receive, transmit, and process select frames via the one or more first TAP interfaces, wherein the VNF is in a sideline configuration of a service flow, only receiving and transmitting the select frames of the service flow.
US11128511B2	Base station apparatus, terminal apparatus, communication method, and integrated circuit A terminal apparatus includes a higher layer processing unit configured to receive first information and second information, and a receiver configured to receive a block and a physical downlink shared channel. The first information includes information for indicating a periodicity of one or more of the blocks. Each of the one or more blocks includes a first synchronization signal, a second synchronization signal, and a physical broadcast channel. The second information includes information for indicating time positions of the one or more blocks included in a certain time period. The physical downlink shared channel is not received in a resource element for a synchronization signal block at a time position of the time positions indicated by the second information.
US11128507B2	Method and arrangement for signal distortion mitigation A method for signal distortion mitigation in a communication device with at least one transmitter in a communication system, generating a signal for transmission for each of the at least one transmitter; performing Peak-to-Average Power Ratio (PAPR) reduction and spectrum shaping of each of the generated signal to provide a distorted signal for transmission; determining signal distortions of the distorted signals, and precoding the determined signal distortions. The method further generating a composite signal for transmission based on the precoded determined signal distortions and the generated signal for transmission, to provide a composite signal, and transmitting the composite signal to at least one receiving communication device, wherein the precoding enables mitigating the signal distortion impact on the at least one receiver.
US11128505B2	Channel width, spatial streams, and short packet signaling Methods, apparatuses, and computer readable media include an apparatus of an access point (AP) or station (STA) comprising processing circuitry configured to decode a legacy preamble of a physical layer (PHY) protocol data unit (PPDU), determine whether the legacy preamble comprises an indication that the PPDU is an extremely-high throughput (EHT) PPDU, and in response to the determination indicating the PPDU is the EHT PPDU, decode the EHT PPDU. Some embodiments determine a spatial stream resource allocation based on a row of a spatial configuration table, a row of a frequency resource unit table, a number of stations, and location of the station relative to the number of stations in user fields of an EHT-signal (SIG) field. To accommodate 16 spatial streams, some embodiments extend the length of the packet extension field, extend signaling of a number of spatial streams, and/or extend a number of EHT-SIG symbols.
US11128504B2	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.
US11128501B2	Method for fast convergence calibration of radio-frequency transceivers To more efficiently compensate for modulation imbalance, a mobile device modulates and demodulates a calibration tone and generates digital data representing modulation imbalance effects on the calibration tone. Using digital data enables modulation imbalance effects to be quickly estimated using digital signal processing techniques, increasing the number of estimates of modulation imbalance effects calculated. The modulation imbalance estimates are used to refine one or more compensation parameters which are applied to transmitted and/or received signals to compensate for errors caused by modulation.
US11128492B2	Automated gateway selection in SD-WAN An example network orchestrator includes processing circuitry and memory. Instructions of the memory, when executed by the processing circuitry, cause the network orchestrator to receive an indication that a branch gateway has joined a SD-WAN. The instructions further cause the network orchestrator to determine, based on parameters of the branch gateway, a geographic location of the branch gateway. The instructions further cause the network orchestrator to select a set of headend gateways located in a region including the geographic location of the branch gateway. The instructions further cause the network orchestrator to calculate a suitability score for each headend gateway based on the geographic location of the branch gateway in comparison to a geographic location of the each headend gateway. The instructions further cause the network orchestrator to assign the branch gateway to a headend gateway of the set of headend gateways with an optimal suitability score.
US11128490B2	Enabling access to dedicated resources in a virtual network using top of rack switches Systems and methods for enabling access to dedicated resources in a virtual network using top of rack switches are disclosed. A method includes a virtual filtering platform encapsulating at least one packet, received from a virtual machine, to generate at least one encapsulated packet comprising a virtual network identifier (VNI). The method further includes a TOR switch: (1) receiving the at least one encapsulated packet and decapsulating the at least one encapsulated packet to create at least one decapsulated packet, (2) using the VNI to identify a virtual routing and forwarding artifact to determine a virtual local area network interface associated with the dedicated hardware portion, and (3) transmitting the at least one decapsulated packet to the dedicated hardware portion based on at least one policy provided by a controller, where the at least one policy comprises information related to a customer of the service provider.
US11128488B2	System and method for full-duplex media access control using request-to-send signaling A system and method for full-duplex communications provided by modifying the Media Access Control sub-layer of communication node protocols. The modification allows communication nodes to communicate with one another in full-duplex, where each node transmits and receives data simultaneously with other nodes in a single frequency. A timing of the simultaneous data transmissions, acknowledgments, and short-interframe-space waiting periods can be determined based on network-allocation-vector data transmitted in association with request-to-send or clear-to-send signals.
US11128484B2	Advising meeting participants of their contributions based on a graphical representation Systems and methods for advising meeting participants are disclosed. An example method of advising meeting participants includes establishing a desired engagement level for a participant of a meeting. The example method further includes evaluating a contribution to the meeting of the participant based on the desired engagement level and including at least one of detecting a communication duration of the participant or determining a quantity of content shared. The example method also includes generating a graphical representation of the contribution to the meeting. Additionally, the example method includes providing the graphical representation of the contribution to the meeting, including transmitting a signal to at least one of the participant or a meeting host. The signal communicates the graphical representation to a device of the participant or the meeting host.
US11128483B1	System for providing a meeting record for playback to participants in an online meeting A method for providing a meeting record to a meeting participant is provided. The method includes identifying a presence, in a meeting, of one participant and identifying a start of the meeting. The method also includes recording during the meeting, from the participant or from multiple participants, an audio, a video, and recording, from one of the participants in the meeting, a presentation. The method includes creating a meeting record with identifications of the participants in the meeting, the audio of the participant, the video of the participant, and the presentation from one of the participants in the meeting by forming a timeline file with a condensed transcript of highlights from the audio and the video, and providing the meeting record for a playback to a second participant in the meeting, upon request. A system and a non-transitory medium storing instructions to cause the system to perform the above method are also provided.
US11128482B2	Metering cloud workloads at edge computing devices A system meters execution of an application module at an edge computing device. A secure workload package is transmitted securely from a workload provisioning service to the edge computing device. The secure workload package includes the application module, a trusted metering application, and a provisioning service authentication token. The provisioning service authentication token is verified in the secure workload package based on an edge device authentication token generated at the edge computing device. The trusted metering application is executed in a trusted execution environment of the edge computing device, responsive to verifying the provisioning service authentication token. The application module of the edge computing device is executed, wherein the trusted metering application is configured to monitor execution metrics of the application module on the edge computing device. The execution of the application module is managed based on the monitored execution metrics.
US11128481B2	Hardware accelerated communication frame Disclosed herein are systems for hardware accelerated communications between devices for the protection of electric power delivery systems. For example, a merging unit may include input circuitry that receives a monitoring signal indicating an electrical characteristic of a power line. The merging unit may include pre-payload circuitry that generates at least portions of preset metadata of a communication frame. The merging unit may include payload generation circuitry that generates payload data of the communication frame based at least in part on the electrical characteristic. The merging unit may include a communication interface that sends the communication frame to a receiving device.
US11128478B2	System access using a mobile device Techniques are disclosed relating to electronic security, e.g., for authenticating a mobile electronic device to allow access to system functionality (e.g., physical access to the system, starting an engine/motor, etc.). In some embodiments, a system and mobile device exchange public keys of public key pairs during a pairing process. In some embodiments, an asymmetric transaction process includes generating a shared secret using a key derivation function over a key established using a secure key exchange (e.g., elliptic curve Diffie-Hellman), and verifying a signature of the system before transmitting any information identifying the mobile device. In various embodiments, disclosed techniques may increase transaction security and privacy of identifying information.
US11128477B2	Electronic certification system An electronic certification system that can simplify a process for verification of reliability while improving reliability. The electronic certification system guarantees reliability of data using an audit trail registered in a blockchain, the data being provided to a second terminal such as a client by a first terminal such as a server, the first terminal includes audit trail registration for registering information and the data as the audit trail in the blockchain, the information relating at least one of the first terminal, an administrator of the first terminal, and a program configured to run on the first terminal and exchange the data with the second terminal, and an audit trail provider for transmitting the audit trail to the second terminal. The second terminal determines that the data is reliable if the audit trail provided by the audit trail provider has been registered in the blockchain.
US11128475B2	Electronic device capable of data communication through electronic signatures based on syndrome and operating method thereof Provided is an electronic signature technique depending on a diametrically different algorithm from the existing asymmetric key infrastructure electronic signature technique which generates predetermined syndrome data based on a message to be transmitted a data receiving device and then detects an error vector for an electronic signature from the syndrome data by using a parity check matrix and then generates an electronic signature value based on an error vector for the electronic signature and transmits the generated electronic signature value to the data receiving device.
US11128470B2	Methods and systems for automatic blockchain deployment based on cloud platform Disclosed herein are methods, devices, and apparatuses, including computer programs stored on computer-readable media, for automatic blockchain deployment. One of the methods includes: causing a virtual computing environment to be created at a computer, the computer connecting to a cloud platform; generating an initial block of a blockchain transmitting the initial block of the blockchain to the cloud platform; causing the blockchain to be initialized at the virtual computing environment; and after initialization of the blockchain is completed, monitoring the blockchain based on the cloud platform.
US11128465B2	Zero-knowledge identity verification in a distributed computing system A request to identify a data value may be received via a network at a designated one of a plurality of identity nodes. A query that includes the data value may be transmitted to an identity service associated with the designated identity node. A response message from the identity service may include one or more designated network identifiers corresponding with the data value. The designated identity node may communicate with the plurality of identity nodes to identify a plurality of network identifiers corresponding with the data value. A trust ledger may be updated to include a correspondence between a selected one of the network identifiers and the data value.
US11128464B1	Identity token for accessing computing resources A technology is described for device communication with computing regions. An example method may include receiving at a first computing region a request for a computing resource. In response to receiving the request, a device associated with the request may be authenticated using authentication credentials for the device. An identity token that indicates permission for the device to access the computing resource in a second computing region may be generated and the identity token and instructions to connect to the second computing region may be provided to the device. The device may present the identity token to the second computing region in order to access the computing resource in the second computing region.
US11128463B1	Cost-efficient IOT forensics framework with blockchain A cost-effective and reliable digital forensics framework is provided by exploiting multiple blockchain networks in two levels. The selected data collected from sensors on a boat is sent to a remote company database and calculated hash of the data is saved in two blockchain platforms in the first level. Hash of each block is retrieved and inserted onto a Merkle tree on a periodic basis to be stored on another blockchain in the second level which is used to detect any error in the first level blockchains. A secure platform is created with the combination of several blockchains.
US11128462B2	Matching system, method, apparatus, and program A matching apparatus generates a random number and transmits second encrypted data obtained by performing an operation of first encrypted data of each of first values related to a first binary vector encrypted and the random number to a matching request apparatus; transmits third encrypted data obtained by performing an operation of the second encrypted data and elements of a matching target second binary vector; based on a second value related to the first binary vector encrypted with the encryption key, the encrypted data and the random number, generates and transmits encrypted data and transmits the generated data to a verification apparatus as a query; and determines whether a count number of mismatched elements between the second binary vector and the first binary vector is less than or equal to a predetermined number based on values obtained by decrypting the encrypted data in the query.
US11128459B2	Mitigating service disruptions in key maintenance Embodiments of the present invention provide systems and techniques for changing cryptographic keys in high-frequency transaction environments to mitigate service disruptions or loss of transactions associated with key maintenance. In various embodiments, a server device can employ a working key encrypted with a first master key to decrypt messages being communicated from a client device, whereby each message is encrypted with a first cryptogram that was generated based on the working key encrypted with the first master key. While the working key encrypted with the first master key is being employed, the server device can generate a notification including a second cryptogram generated based on the working key encrypted with a second master key for transmission to the client device. The transmitted notification can cause the client device to encrypt the messages being communicated with the second cryptogram. The server device can concurrently employ the working key encrypted with one of the first and second master keys to decrypt messages received from the client device, whether encrypted with the first cryptogram or the second cryptogram.
US11128454B2	Quantum safe cryptography and advanced encryption and key exchange (AEKE) method for symmetric key encryption/exchange An advanced encryption and key exchange (AEKE) algorithm for quantum safe cryptography is disclosed. The AEKE algorithm does not use hard mathematical problems that are easily solvable on a quantum computer with Shor's algorithm. Instead, new encryption algorithm uses simple linear algebra, rank deficient matrix and bilinear equation, which will be easy to understand, fast, efficient and practical but virtually impossible to crack.
US11128452B2	Encrypted data sharing with a hierarchical key structure A data set shared by multiple nodes is encrypted. The data set can be split into independent records. The records can be encrypted and shared independently, without the need to modify and transmit the full data set. Although the records are encrypted with their own encryption key, they are all accessible by a single authentication method.
US11128438B1	Systems, methods, and media for sharing IoT device profile data Sharing IoT device (IoTd) profile data is provided, comprising: generating at least one access control rule to protect an IoTd; publishing first IoTd profile data in a first new block (FNB) of a blockchain of a blockchain network (BN), wherein the first IoTd profile data comprises the at least one access control rule; and committing the FNB to the blockchain based on a consensus algorithm by: a manufacturer of the IoTd committing the FNB to the blockchain; a security vendor (SV) participating in the BN committing the FNB to the blockchain when the SV is a sole SV participating in the BN; or the SV committing the FNB to the blockchain based on consensus among at least the SV and a plurality of security vendors when the SV and the plurality of security vendors are participating in the BN.
US11128437B1	Distributed ledger for peer-to-peer cloud resource sharing An apparatus in one embodiment comprises at least one processing device having a processor coupled to a memory. The processing device is configured to implement a first ledger node of a first cloud having a first set of cloud resources. The first ledger node of the first cloud is configured to communicate over one or more networks with a plurality of additional ledger nodes associated with respective additional clouds having respective additional sets of cloud resources, to establish a cloud resource sharing transaction with at least one of the additional ledger nodes of the additional clouds, and to generate a cryptographic block characterizing the cloud resource sharing transaction. The cryptographic block is entered into a blockchain distributed ledger collectively maintained by the first and additional ledger nodes. The first and additional ledger nodes collectively maintain the blockchain distributed ledger on a peer-to-peer basis without utilizing a centralized transaction authority.
US11128436B2	White box AES implementation A processor device with a white-box masked implementation of the cryptographic algorithm AES implemented thereon, which comprises a SubBytes transformation. The white-box masked implementation is hardened in that white-box round input values x′ are supplied at the round input of rounds instead of the round input values x, said white-box round input values being formed from a concatenation of: (i) the round input values x that are masked by means of the invertible masking mapping A and (ii) obfuscation values y that are likewise masked with the invertible masking mapping A; wherein from the white-box round input values x′ only the (i) round input values x are fed to the SubBytes transformation T, and (ii) the masked obfuscation values y are not.
US11128435B2	Distributed and collaborative analytics of encrypted data using deep polynomial networks This disclosure relates to a cloud-local joint or collaborative data analytics framework that provides data analytics models trained and hosted in backend servers for processing data items preprocessed and encrypted by remote terminal devices. The data analytics models are configured to generate encrypted output data items that are then communicated to the local terminal devices for decryption and post-processing. This framework functions without exposing decryption keys of the local terminal devices to the backend servers and the communication network. The encryption/decryption and data analytics in the backend servers are configured to process and communicate data items efficiently to provide real-time or near real-time system response to requests for data analytics from the remote terminal devices.
US11128433B1	Method and system to facilitate use of conflicting TDD configurations When a first coverage area will use a first TDD configuration and a second coverage area will use a second TDD configuration that is different than the first TDD configuration, a guard band operatively separating the first and second coverage areas (in frequency and/or in space) will be configured with an enhanced TDD configuration that is specially structured to be consistent with both the first and second TDD configurations. Namely, the enhanced TDD configuration could be downlink just when both the first and second TDD configurations are downlink and uplink just when both the first and second TDD configurations are uplink, and can unused at other times.
US11128429B2	Method and apparatus for generating a CSI report A control channel can schedule a DL data transmission for a BWP, allocate a set of RBs corresponding to the scheduled DL data, and indicate a first PRB bundling size for the scheduled DL data transmission. A received DL data transmission can be based on each RB of a first PRG having a same precoding applied as other RB of the PRG. The first PRG can partition the BWP with the first PRB bundling size. CSI can be calculated based on at least one DMRS associated with the DL data transmission and based on each RB of a second PRG having a same precoding applied as other RBs of the second PRG. The second PRG can partition the BWP with a determined second PRB bundling size. A CSI report including the calculated CSI can be transmitted on an UL channel.
US11128423B2	Beam forming and transmission method and network device Disclosed are a beam forming and transmission method and a network device, for resolving the defects of limited flexibility and performance in prior art methods for improving the quality of channel estimation. The method comprises: a network side determining the configuration information of physical resource block (PRB) bundling parameters, the time domain configuration information of the configuration information of said PRB bundling parameters being configurable; the network side sending the configuration information of the PRB bundling parameters to a terminal so that after having received the configuration information of the PRB bundling parameters, the terminal uses a precoding mode corresponding to the configuration information of the PRB bundling parameters to perform channel estimation and demodulation.
US11128419B2	Reference signal reception method and user equipment, and reference signal transmission method and base station A base station transmits low-density configuration information and high-density configuration information on a channel state information-reference signal (CSI-RS) of a beam. A user equipment performs beam measurement, using a CSI-RS received on the basis of the low-density configuration information (hereinafter, a low-density CSI-RS), and performs time tracking, using a CSI-RS received on the basis of the high-density configuration information (hereinafter, a high-density CSI-RS). At least in a frequency domain, the high-density CSI-RS is configured to have a higher density than that of the low-density CSI-RS.
US11128417B2	Data processing using defined data definitions A system, a method, and a computer program product for processing data using defined data definitions in communications systems. A communication link is established between a first device and a second device. At least one or more data packets are exchanged between the first device and the second device. The first device uses at least one first data definition to extract data from one or more payloads of the one or more data packets when the data packets are received from the second device. The second device uses at least one second data definition to extract data from one or more payloads of the one or more data packets when the data packets are received from the first device.
US11128416B2	Feedback information transmission method and apparatus This application provides a feedback information transmission method and an apparatus. An example method includes: receiving, by a terminal device, M data blocks corresponding to control information of N downlink control channels, where the M data blocks are carried on a same carrier, N is a positive integer greater than or equal to 2, and M is a positive integer greater than or equal to 2; determining, by the terminal device, a target resource; and sending, by the terminal device, feedback information for the M data blocks on the target resource.
US11128415B2	Method and system for a repeater network that utilizes distributed transceivers with array processing A device that comprises a plurality of distributed transceivers, a central processor and a network management engine may be configured to function as relay device, relaying an input data stream from a source device to at least one other device. The relaying may include configuring one or more of the plurality of distributed transceivers to particular mode of relay operation and receiving the input data stream from the source device via at least one of the configured one or more of the plurality of distributed transceivers. The relaying may also include transmitting at least one relay data stream corresponding to the input data stream to the at least one other device, via at least one of the configured one or more of the plurality of distributed transceivers.
US11128411B2	Method and device for detecting control signal in wireless cellular communication system The present invention relates to a communication technique, which is a convergence of IoT technology and 5G communication system for supporting higher data transmission rate beyond 4G system, and a system for same. The present invention can be applied to smart services (e.g. smart homes, smart buildings, smart cities, smart cars or connected cars, health care, digital education, retail businesses, security- and safety-related services and the like) on the basis of 5G communication technology and IoT-related technology. The present invention provides a method for detecting a downlink control signal when a delay time reduction mode terminal is set to a delay reduction mode.
US11128410B1	Hardware-efficient scheduling of packets on data paths Embodiments disclosed are directed to methods for scheduling packets. According to example embodiments the method includes receiving, using a first layer in a communication protocol, a first request from a second layer in the communication protocol. The first request indicates to the first layer to output a data stream that includes a first location for the second layer to include a first control packet. The first layer is at a higher level of abstraction than the second layer. The method further includes transmitting, using the first layer, a first response to the second layer. The first response is based on the first request, and the first response identifies the first location in the data stream and a time of occurrence of the first location in the data stream.
US11128408B2	Terminal apparatus, base station apparatus, and communication method A terminal apparatus capable of efficiently performing uplink and/or downlink communication is provided. With respect to communication related to transport blocks and code block groups, in a case that a PDSCH and/or a PUSCH is scheduled by a PDCCH detected in a common search space CSS, an operation applied to a transmission process includes a prescribed operation regardless of a prescribed condition and first configuration information. In a case that the PDSCH and/or the PUSCH is scheduled by the PDCCH detected in a UE-specific search space USS, the operation applied to the transmission process is provided, based at least on the prescribed condition and/or the first configuration information.
US11128406B2	Data transmission method, data receiving method, user equipment and base station This application provides data transmitting method, a data receiving method, a user equipment, and a base station, which can realize early acknowledgment of uplink data reception. The data transmitting method for a user equipment includes: transmitting uplink data to a base station with an initial retransmission times; determining, within a predetermined interval, whether an acknowledged signal of the uplink data is received from the base station, wherein in the case where the acknowledged signal is received within the predetermined interval, transmission of the uplink data is stopped; and in the case where the acknowledged signal is not received within the predetermined interval, the uplink data is transmitted to the base station in a subsequent retransmission mode, until the acknowledged signal is received from the base station or a maximum retransmission times is reached.
US11128404B2	Methods and apparatus for packet communication over a local network using a local packet replication procedure A method (100) for performing packet communication over a local network is disclosed, the local network connected to a cellular communication network via a gateway. The method comprises receiving configuration information specifying a condition for application of a local packet replication procedure (102) and determining if the condition is satisfied for a packet to be transmitted over the local network (110). The method further comprises applying the local packet replication procedure to the packet to be transported over the local network if it is determined that the condition is satisfied for the packet (118). The local packet replication procedure comprises generating a copy of the packet for transmission to the packet destination, and the local packet replication procedure is performed by at an application layer protocol. Also disclosed are a method (200) for managing packet communication over a local network, an apparatus (500, 700) for performing packet communication over a local network and a manager (600, 800).
US11128402B2	Method and apparatus of scheduling for device to device (D2D) communication Exemplary embodiments provide a method and apparatus for supporting a device-to-device (D2D) communication between user equipments (UEs), the method including: generating, at an evolved NodeB (eNB), D2D scheduling assignment (D2D SA) grant; transmitting the generated D2D SA grant to a transmission (Tx) UE, the D2D SA grant enabling the Tx UE to transmit an SA to a reception (Rx) UE through a D2D communication; generating, at the eNB, a D2D data grant; transmitting the generated D2D data grant to the Tx UE, the D2D data grant enabling the Tx UE to transmit a Transport Block (TB) to the Rx UE; generating a separate grant for indicating data overriding; and transmitting the generated separate grant to the Tx UE, the separate grant enabling the Tx UE to transmit an overriding data to the Rx UE.
US11128399B2	Systems, methods and devices for meeting cellular data turnaround time A receiver processes a data signal and provides an acknowledgement within a turnaround time through use of code block alignment, reduced complexity or increased processing time. In a first embodiment, a radio access network (RAN) node enables encoded information to be segmented into multiple code blocks and maps a group of code blocks to be aligned with orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) symbol boundaries such that efficient receiver processing can implement processing pipelining. In a second embodiment, the transmitter can provide more time or reduce the complexity of the packet, such as by repetition of bits of code blocks of the encoded information or by reserving resource elements (REs) such that the receiver has effectively more time (or less complexity) to process the last or last few code blocks of the packet.
US11128397B2	Methods for making a gasket with a pliable resilient body with a perimeter having characteristics different than the body A single piece gasket is disclosed having a skeletal member, typically metallic, and a pliable body. The pliable body includes a first portion having a first firmness and a second perimeter portion have a firmer consistency. When such a composite body is placed under compression, the perimeter will tend to limit the flow of the softer inner material past the firmer perimeter region or portion of the gasket. In this manner, creep or overrun of the less firm portion material will be reduced.
US11128395B2	Receiving an optical signal Methods and apparatus are provided for receiving an optical signal. In one aspect, a method includes receiving a first optical signal comprising time division multiplexed transmissions from a plurality of optical transmitters, and determining that a transmission is not received during a time period from a first optical transmitter of the optical transmitters that is scheduled to transmit during the time period. A second optical signal is inserted into the first optical signal during the time period, the second optical signal having at least a non-zero power portion.
US11128393B2	Electronic device and method for interleave division multiple access communication The present disclosure provides electronic device and method for interleaved multiple access communication. An electronic device for an interleaved multiple access control terminal comprises a processing circuit, which is configured to acquire information about interleaved multiple access communication between a receiving apparatus and a transmitting apparatus; determine configuration parameters for the transmitting apparatus based on the information, the configuration parameters comprising operation parameters of an interleaver of the transmitting apparatus, the interleaver being used to distinguish the transmitting apparatus from other transmitting apparatus; and provide the determined configuration parameters to the transmitting apparatus, so that the transmitting apparatus is configured with the transmitting parameters for communicating with the receiving apparatus.
US11128391B1	System and method for predicting wireless channel path loss A system and method for applying supervised learning to model a second wireless channel environment based upon data collected for a first wireless channel environment. In various embodiments, regression techniques are used to overcome known channel modeling issues. Using the data of one particular communication environment, it is possible to predict a path loss model of a different communication environment. As such, the required number of measurements and the complexity of the model prediction is greatly reduced.
US11128390B1	Antenna-free receiver bit error rate testing A test system and interface circuitry for antenna-free bit error rate testing of an electronic device under test, including a pulse shaping circuit with a pulse shaping filter circuit to pulse shape a modulating signal before amplitude modulation with a carrier signal, and the amplitude modulated signal is coupled directly or via a transformer and a socket to the device under test without antennas to facilitate automated device testing with simple reconfiguration of signal generators for different device type. A method includes filtering a square wave modulating signal to create a pulse shaped modulating signal, amplitude modulating a carrier signal with the pulse shaped modulating signal to create an amplitude modulated signal, providing the amplitude modulated signal to the socket, and evaluating a bit error rate of the DUT according to receive data from the DUT and according to the BER test transmit data.
US11128384B2	Fiber amplifier and gain adjustment method for fiber amplifier Example fiber amplifiers and gain adjustment methods for the fiber amplifiers are described. One example fiber amplifier includes a first power amplifier, a wavelength level adjuster, and a controller, where the first power amplifier and the wavelength level adjuster are sequentially connected. The controller includes a first input end and a control output end. The first input end is configured to receive an input optical signal of the fiber amplifier, and the control output end is configured to output a first amplification control signal to the first power amplifier, and output an adjustment control signal to the wavelength level adjuster. The wavelength level adjuster is configured to perform power adjustment on each wavelength based on the adjustment control signal.
US11128376B1	Data communication with light in controlled environment facilities Systems and methods for communicating using both radio frequency (RF) communication and light communication (LC) are disclosed. An example device comprises radio frequency communication circuitry, a light communication transmitter; a light communication receiver; a processor for controlling the device according to executable code; and memory for storing data and executable code, wherein the executable code comprises instructions for causing the processor to establish RF communication with an RF access point using the RF communication circuitry; and to establish LC communication with an LC access point using the LC transmitter, the LC receiver, or both.
US11128371B2	Digital enhanced cordless telecommunications system and method A DECT system and a method for communicating between a DECT fixed point and multiple DECT portable points. The method may include step (a) of communicating between a master communication processor of the DECT fixed point and one or more DECT portable points during master communication slots. The method may also include step (b) of communicating between a slave communication processor of the DECT fixed point and at least one of the DECT portable points during slave communication slots. Step (a) and step (b) are executed according to an allocation of master communication slots and slave communication slots, wherein the allocation facilitates concurrent slave communication processor communications and master communication processor communications.
US11128367B2	Method and system for optimizing communication in leaky wave distributed transceiver environments A communication device may comprise a plurality of distributed transceivers and one or more corresponding antenna arrays. A processor may configure a first distributed transceiver to receive signals comprising one or more first data streams via one or more first communication links. The processor may configure a second distributed transceiver to receive signals comprising one or more second data streams via one or more second communication links. The processor may determine a channel response matrix associated with communication of the one or more first data streams via the one or more first communication links and/or the one or more second data streams via the one or more second communication links. The processor may optimize one or both of link capacity and/or link reliability of the one or more first communication links and/or the one or more second communication links based on the determined channel response matrix.
US11128355B2	Signal generation method and signal generation device A transmission method simultaneously transmitting a first modulated signal and a second modulated signal at a common frequency performs precoding on both signals using a fixed precoding matrix and regularly changes the phase of at least one of the signals, thereby improving received data signal quality for a reception device.
US11128354B2	Method and apparatus to enable segmented CSI reporting in wireless communication systems A method for operating a user equipment (UE) for channel state information (CSI) feedback in a wireless communication system is provided. The method comprises receiving, from a base station (BS), CSI reference signals (CSI-RSs) and CSI feedback configuration information, estimating a channel based on the received CSI-RSs, determining, based on the estimated channel and the CSI feedback configuration information, a number of non-zero coefficients (KlNZ) for each layer (l) of a total number of υ layers, wherein υ≥1 is a rank value, and a sum of the KlNZ across each of the υ layers as a total number of non-zero coefficients (KNZ), where KNZ=ΣL=1υ KLNZ. The method further comprises transmitting, to the BS, the CSI feedback including the KNZ value over an uplink (UL) channel.
US11128353B2	Radio base station A radio base station making it possible to perform efficient scheduling of user terminals by reducing feedback information to be received from the user terminals is provided. A radio base station includes a position-related-information obtaining section configured to obtain position-related information indicating positional relationships among multiple user terminals. In addition, the radio base station includes a scheduler configured to determine user groups of the user terminals to be spatially multiplexed in the same time and frequency resources based on the position-related information obtained by the position-related-information obtaining section.
US11128352B2	Method and a system for dynamic association of spatial layers to beams in millimeter-wave fixed wireless access networks Method and system to dynamically associate spatial layers to beams in a FWA network operating in the millimeter-wave frequency range. A base station and a CPE are willing to wirelessly transmit and receive data through a wireless channel of the FWA network, the base station having beamforming capabilities henceforth generating multiple wireless beams. The base station performs all baseband wireless functions related for creating, keeping and managing the connections between the base station and the CPE at baseband level, wherein information is handled in the form of up to M spatial layer signals, and with no built-in capabilities for creation, detection or management of the beams. The base station also performs all necessary RF functions at millimeter-wave frequencies, including beamforming and conversion from complex baseband signals to RF signals and vice versa, and also couples the RF signals to the wireless channel.
US11128346B2	Antenna module and transmission system An antenna module comprises a circuit substrate, a communication coupler disposed on the circuit substrate, and configured to wirelessly communicate data by electromagnetic coupling with another communication coupler, a power transmission coil disposed on the circuit substrate and configured to wirelessly transmit power by electromagnetic coupling to another power transmission coil, and a conductive plate disposed on the circuit substrate, and overlapping on at least a portion of the communication coupler as viewed from a direction orthogonal to the substrate.
US11128343B2	System for generating, transmitting and receiving auxiliary signals and methods useful in conjunction therewith An improved mobile/cellular/wireless communication method e.g. for use-cases in which portions (“important signal” or “needed signal”) of a signal (“original signal”) are of particular interest in a given situation but not adequately received in that situation, the method comprising generating an auxiliary signal operative e.g. to bridge between imperfect ability/ies of the transmitters in the situation, and specific needs of the receivers in the situation, and/or to improve reception of the important signal and/or important signal information; and transmitting at least the auxiliary signal to the receiving end such that a representation of characteristics of the important signal, comprising the important signal itself and/or important signal information characterizing the important signal, is replaced enhanced or augmented by the auxiliary signal, at the receiving end.
US11128337B2	Case with integral stand and extendable member for mobile devices A case that may provide mobile devices with the ability to be propped up and held via an extendable member for viewing and using mobile devices. The present invention comprises a case that may have a proximate end, a distal end, a back surface, and a front surface. The case may also have a hinge that may be located on the proximate end of the case. The invention may have an extendable member with a first end and a second end, wherein the first end may be attached via the hinge. In some embodiments the case may have a back surface with a securing mechanism for attaching to an object. In some embodiments the case's extendable member may be configured to rotate about an axis defined by the hinge. Further, in some embodiments, the extendable member may be configured to stay in place at any single degree of rotation.
US11128335B1	Wrist-wearable satellite communication device The disclosure relates to a wrist-wearable satellite communication device comprising a casing having an area smaller than 50 mm×50 mm, and a height smaller than 18 mm; a switch operable at a surface of said casing a wristband attached to said casing for fitting said device to a wrist of a wearer and an omnidirectional transmitter antenna, adapted to generate a message comprising the device identification code, location data received from a GNSS receiver and optionally physiological data of the user when the switch is operated.
US11128332B2	Efficient front end module Example aspects of the present disclosure are directed to front end modules for use in communication systems. In one example aspect, a front end module can include a receive path. The receive path can include a low noise amplifier. The receive path can include an analog to digital converter (ADC) circuit operable to receive an analog signal from the low noise amplifier and convert the analog signal to a digital RF receive signal. The receive path can include an ADC post processing circuit operable to process the digital RF receive signal in the digital domain. The front end module can include a transmit path. The transmit path can include a digital to analog converter circuit operable to convert the digital RF transmit signal to an analog RF transmit signal. The transmit path can include a power amplifier.
US11128330B2	Nonlinear self-interference cancellation with sampling rate mismatch A method for providing nonlinear self-interference cancellation of a wireless communication device includes: receiving digital samples of an interfering signal having a first sampling rate and a corrupted victim signal having a second sampling rate; generating a kernel vector based on the interfering signal, wherein the kernel vector has terms of nonlinear self-interference; estimating the nonlinear self-interference of the corrupted victim signal using the terms of the nonlinear self-interference; and providing an estimation of a desired signal by cancelling the nonlinear self-interference from the corrupted victim signal.
US11128323B2	Duplexing systems, devices and methods Duplexing systems, devices and methods. In some embodiments, a wireless system can include a signal path configured to support a first modified time-division duplex band operation and a second modified time-division duplex band operation.
US11128320B2	Encoding method, decoding method, encoding apparatus, and decoding apparatus This application relates to the communications field, and discloses an encoding method, a decoding method, an encoding apparatus, and a decoding apparatus. The encoding method includes: receiving a data bitstream; performing forward error correction FEC encoding on the data bitstream to obtain X Reed-Solomon RS outer codes, where each of the X RS outer codes includes N1 symbols, K1 of the N1 symbols are payload symbols; and performing FEC encoding on the X RS outer codes to obtain Y RS inner codes, where each of the Y RS inner codes includes N2 symbols, K2 of the N2 symbols are payload symbols. According to this application, error correction performance of FEC decoding can be improved.
US11128312B2	Successive approximation ad converter A successive approximation analog-digital (AD) converter and method performed by the converter are provided. The successive approximation AD converter comprises a digital-analog (DA) converter; a comparator which determines a magnitude relation between an input signal and an output signal of the DA converter; and a successive approximation register which generates a first digital signal based on a determination result. The method comprises: switching an operation selection signal from a first logic to a second logic; performing a logical operation so that a digital signal input to the DA converter has a larger value or a smaller value than the first digital signal, when the operation selection signal has transited to the second logic, based on a portion of the determined first digital signal until transition; and inputting the first digital signal to the DA converter when the operation selection signal is the first logic.
US11128309B2	Digital calibration method, digital calibration device and true random number generator circuit A digital calibration method, a device, and a true random number generator circuit are provided. In one aspect, the embodiment of the present disclosure uses the digital calibration method to calibrate compensation of a circuit to be calibrated, output of the circuit to be calibrated is sampled and tested multiple times, and whether a current test compensation calibration code value can make the circuit to be calibrated meet specified accuracy is judged based on a probability that the output result is a target result. Through sampling the output of the circuit to be calibrated multiple times, the selected compensation calibration code has higher accuracy.
US11128308B2	Regulated charge sharing apparatus and methods A charge sharing circuit includes a charge source having an accumulated first charge and a charge load having an accumulated second charge, where during a charge sharing interval the second charge is less than the first charge. A charge sharing regulator selectively couples between the charge source and the charge load along a charge sharing path. The charge sharing regulator regulates transfer of a shared amount of charge from the charge source to the charge load during the charge sharing interval.
US11128307B2	Circuit and method for control of counter start time An analog to digital conversion (ADC) circuit includes a ramp circuit coupled to output a ramp signal, and the ramp signal is offset from a starting voltage by an offset voltage. The ramp signal ramps towards the starting voltage. A counter circuit is coupled to the ramp circuit to start counting after the ramp signal returns to the starting voltage, and a comparator is coupled to the counter circuit and a bitline to compare the ramp signal to a pixel signal voltage on the bitline. In response to the ramp signal equaling the pixel signal voltage, the comparator stops the counter.
US11128302B2	Configurable processor doublet based on three-dimensional memory (3D-M) A configurable processor doublet comprises a pair of face-to-face bonded three-dimensional memory (3D-M) die and processing die. The 3D-M die comprises 3D-M arrays, whereas the processing die comprises arithmetic-logic circuits (ALC's). The preferred doublet also comprises an array of configurable computing elements (CCE's). Each CCE comprises at least a 3D-M array, an ALC, and inter-storage-processor (ISP) connections.
US11128295B1	Semiconductor device A semiconductor device includes a first terminal, a second terminal, a first transistor, and a switching circuitry. In the first transistor, an anode of a body diode is connected to the first terminal, and a cathode of the body diode is connected to the second terminal. The switching circuitry is connected between a gate and a source of the first transistor, and switches a connection state between the gate and the source of the first transistor.
US11128288B2	Switching device A switching device has, for example, a first terminal configured to be connected to an application node for a first voltage, a second terminal configured to be connected to the first end of a load, a third terminal configured to be connected to the second end of the load and to an application node for a second voltage, a switching element configured to be connected between the first and second terminals, a first active clamper configured to limit the output voltage at the second terminal with reference to the first voltage in a first state, and a second active clamper configured to limit the output voltage with reference to the second voltage in a second state different from the first state.
US11128285B2	Input/output circuit and method A circuit includes a first power node configured to carry a first voltage having a first voltage level, a second power node configured to carry a second voltage having a second voltage level, an output node, and first and second cascode transistors coupled between the first power node and the output node and to each other at a node. A bias circuit uses the first and second cascode transistors to generate an output signal at the output node that transitions between the first voltage level and a third voltage level, and a delay circuit generates a transition in a first signal from one of the first or second voltage levels to the other of the first or second voltage levels, the transition having a time delay based on the output signal. A contending transistor couples the node to the second power node responsive to the first signal.
US11128278B2	Systems and methods for balancing unbalanced power cables Systems and methods may include balancing an unbalanced power cable using a transformer that has one or more phases by selecting a voltage on a tap handle; disposing a first bushing on one or more phases at a different voltage than the selected voltage; and balancing the unbalanced power cable based on the disposition of the first bushing on the one or more phases at the different voltage.
US11128275B2	Method and system for a headset with integrated environment sensors An electronic device receives audio from an audio source and outputs the audio via speakers of the device. While outputting the audio via the speakers, the device senses its surrounding environment, and adjusts its operation, based on the sensed environment, to alert a listener wearing the device. The adjustment may comprise generation of one or more audio, visual, and/or vibration notifications to the listener using the device. A volume of the audio output via the speakers may be adjusted based on the sensed surrounding environment. The device may detect whether a first condition is present in the surrounding environment, decrease the volume when the first condition is detected in the surrounding environment, and increase the volume when the first condition is not detected in the surrounding environment.
US11128270B1	Class-D amplifier with nested feedback loops A class-D amplifier with multiple “nested” levels of feedback. The class-D amplifier surrounds an inner feedback loop, which takes the output of a switching amplifier and corrects for errors generated across the switching amplifier, with additional feedback loops that also take the output of the switching amplifier.
US11128269B2	Multiple-stage power amplifiers and devices with low-voltage driver stages An amplifier includes a driver stage amplifier transistor and a final stage amplifier transistor, which are integrated in a semiconductor die. The driver stage amplifier transistor has a driver stage input, a driver stage output, and an output impedance, and the driver stage amplifier transistor is configured to operate using a first bias voltage at the driver stage output. The final stage amplifier transistor has a final stage input, a final stage output, and an input impedance. The final stage input is electrically coupled to the driver stage output. The final stage amplifier transistor is configured to operate using a second bias voltage at the final stage output, and the second bias voltage is at least twice as large as the first bias voltage.
US11128260B2	Trans impedance amplifier capacitance isolation stage An electronic circuit for a micro-electro-mechanical systems gyroscope is disclosed. The electronic circuit includes a current buffer, a transimpedance amplifier coupled with the current buffer, and a plurality of transistors. An inverting input terminal of the current buffer and a non-inverting input terminal of the current buffer are connected with a plurality of first resistors. The inverting input terminal of the current buffer is connected with a source of one of the plurality of transistors, and the non-inverting input terminal of the current buffer is connected with a source of another one of the plurality of transistors. The plurality of first resistors are connected to a ground. The current buffer is configured to isolate a load in the micro-electro-mechanical systems gyroscope from the transimpedance amplifier.
US11128252B2	Motor drive device A motor drive device has an abnormality detection function for a power supply unit between its own device and a power supply, and includes: a forward converter that is inputted AC power from the power supply via the power supply input part, and converts the AC power into DC power; a reverse converter that converts the DC power from the forward converter into AC power; a DC link capacitor provided to a DC link between the forward converter and the reverse converter; a voltage detection part that detects voltage of the DC link capacitor; and an abnormality detection part that obtains a voltage change amount for a predetermined time of the DC link capacitor based on voltage values detected by the voltage detection part, and performs abnormality detection on the power supply input part based on the voltage change amount thus obtained.
US11128250B2	Antenna for communicating with a motor An electric machine includes a motor assembly including a motor and a motor controller coupled to the motor and configured to control operation of the motor. The electric machine also includes a motor housing defining an interior space and enclosing the motor assembly within the interior space. The electric machine further includes an electric machine housing. The motor housing is enclosed within the electric machine housing. The electric machine also includes an NFC antenna communicatively coupled to the motor controller and mounted such that an antenna range of the NFC antenna extends on an exterior of the electric machine housing. The NFC antenna is configured to receive a signal relating to a user command from a handheld device and relay the signal to the motor controller. The motor controller is configured to adjust an operational parameter of the motor based at least partially on the user command.
US11128247B2	DC to DC converter sourcing variable DC link voltage An inverter-converter system includes a DC source, a DC to DC boost converter, a DC link capacitor, an inverter circuit, a variable speed electric machine, and a controller. The DC to DC boost converter receives an input DC voltage from the DC source. The inverter circuit converts the variable boosted voltage to an AC voltage to drive the variable speed electric machine. The controller senses a plurality of parameters from the variable speed electric machine, and controls the DC to DC boost converter to boost up the input DC voltage to a variable output voltage based on the plurality of parameters and/or the voltage (or load) needed by the variable speed electric machine. The design of the inverter-converter system can achieve an electrical efficiency and cost savings for the overall system.
US11128245B2	Power supply system At least one of a plurality of generators is a first generator configured such that a relationship of a generator output voltage with respect to a generator active power output from the generator to a corresponding first AC wiring portion has a predetermined first drooping characteristic. The control device is configured to generate a drive signal for a power conversion device by deciding a target value of a first control element such that a relationship of an AC wiring portion voltage with respect to a power conversion device active power output from the power conversion device to a first AC wiring portion corresponding to a first generator has a predetermined second drooping characteristic and correcting the target value of the first control element according to a DC voltage at a DC wiring portion.
US11128239B2	Vibration wave motor and lens driving device Provided is a vibration wave motor including: a vibrator; a friction member that comes into frictional contact with the vibrator; a press member that pressurizes the vibrator and the friction member into frictional contact with each other; a first guide member and a second guide member that guide the vibrator and the friction member so as to allow relative movement of the vibrator and the friction member; a hold member that holds the friction member and the first guide member; and a fixing member. The friction member and the first guide member are fixed to the hold member with the fixing member.
US11128237B2	Electrically coupling a first electrical supply network to a second electrical supply network In a method for operating an energy converter that couples a first supply network to a second supply network by converting electrical energy via a switch element, the switch element is operated in a switching operation and a supply-network current for one of the supply networks is adjusted depending on a comparison of the supply-network current with a reference current. In a first operating mode for the switching operation, an electrical voltage of one of the supply networks is set by a PWM method on the basis of the comparison, and a second operating mode is provided, in which the switch element is switched when, during the comparison, a difference between the supply-network current and the reference current is greater than a first predefined relative switching value and/or is smaller than a second predefined relative switching value, wherein the first and second operating modes are alternated during the operation.
US11128234B2	System for seamless power conversion in DC power distribution Provided is a system for seamless power conversion in DC power distribution, the system including power conversion devices connected in parallel, and performing conversion from a AC voltage to a DC voltage between an AC power distribution network and a DC power distribution network, wherein a master power conversion device among the power conversion devices converts the AC voltage supplied from the AC power distribution network into the DC voltage including an AC voltage at a preset level, and supplies the DC voltage to a DC power distribution line of the DC power distribution network, and the remaining power conversion devices that are slave power conversion devices detect the DC voltage at the DC power distribution line in real time, and when the AC voltage is not sensed from the detected DC voltage, one of the slave power conversion devices is converted into a master power conversion device.
US11128232B2	Motor driving device, control method for motor driving device, and storage medium A driving device is provided with an output unit, an input unit, a rectifier circuit, a switching circuit and a controller. The input unit inputs an AC in put. The rectifier circuit has a smoothing capacitor and converts the AC input into a rectified output. The switching circuit switches between an ON-state in which input impedance is low and an OFF-state in which input impedance is higher than that in the ON-state. The controller sets a start timing such that, when controlling the switching circuit to switch between the ON-state and the OFF-state, at least a portion of a period, in which the start timing of a power supply period becomes a second timing, is included in a period from a time when an input current inputted to the smoothing capacitor is generated to a time when the voltage of the smoothing capacitor reaches a maximum value.
US11128231B2	System and method for exciting low-impedance machines using a current source converter An energy conversion system includes a low-impedance generator having at least one armature winding set. The armature winding set includes a plurality of single-phase coils. The system also includes a current source converter assembly electrically coupled to an armature of the generator. The current source converter assembly includes at least one current source converter that includes a current source rectifier coupled to a current source inverter via a DC link and at least one capacitor across the plurality of single-phase armature coils. The capacitor(s) of the current source converter(s) is configured to absorb high frequency components of current pulses generated by the current source converter so as to minimize current ripple in a current applied to the plurality of single-phase coils.
US11128230B2	Synchronous power converter system A synchronous power converter system is provided. The system includes a processor circuit and a plurality of power converters. The processor circuit outputs a plurality of clock signals having the same frequency. The power converters respectively receive the clock signals. Each of the power converters includes an oscillator circuit, a frequency detector circuit, a compensator circuit, a controller circuit, and a switch circuit. The oscillator circuit outputs an oscillation signal. The frequency detector circuit receives the clock signal and the oscillation signal and detects a clock frequency of the clock signal and an oscillation frequency of the oscillation signal to output a frequency detected signal. The compensator circuit outputs a compensating signal according to the frequency detected signal. The controller circuit controls the switch circuit according to the compensating signal.
US11128229B2	Method of operating a flyback converter with active clamp, corresponding control circuit and flyback converter The present disclosure relates to solutions for operating a flyback converter comprising an active clamp. The flyback converter comprises two input terminals and two output terminals. A first electronic switch and the primary winding of a transformer are connected in series between the input terminals. An active clamp circuit is connected in parallel with the primary winding. The active clamp circuit comprises a series connection of a clamp capacitor and a second electronic switch. A third electronic switch and the secondary winding of the transformer are connected in series between the two output terminals. In particular, the present disclosure relates to solutions for switching the first, second and third electronic switch in order to achieve a zero-voltage switching of the first electronic switch.
US11128223B1	Methods and systems of variable delay time in power converters Variable delay time in power converters. At least some example embodiments are methods of operating a power converter, the methods comprising: inducing, by a converter controller, a positive voltage and a positive current on a secondary winding of a transformer of a power converter, the inducing by a bridge circuit coupled to a primary winding of the transformer; creating, by the converter controller, a first ramp signal proportional to the positive current; sensing a first inductor current through a first inductor, the first inductor coupled between the secondary winding and a load, and the sensing creates a signal indicative of the first inductor current; and changing conductive state of a first freewheeling switch from conductive to non-conductive when a magnitude of the first ramp signal crosses a magnitude of the signal indicative of the first inductor current.
US11128222B2	DC/DC converter A reactor has one end connected to a neutral point of a transformer and the other end connected to a primary-side power supply. The transformer has almost no effective flux linkage for zero-phase current and has a phase difference between the primary side and the secondary side. A first bridge circuit and a second bridge circuit are connected to both ends of the transformer, and electric power of the primary-side power supply is controlled by the duty ratio of the first bridge circuit. The switching pattern of the second bridge circuit is phase-shifted in the leading direction and the lagging direction with reference to the switching pattern of the first bridge circuit, thereby achieving control such that soft switching operation can be performed even when the voltage ratio between the primary-side power supply and the secondary-side power supply fluctuates and the amount of transmission power is reduced.
US11128220B2	Switching mode power supply circuit for three phase AC input A SMPS circuit for three-phase AC input includes: a first input rectification circuit, a first capacitor, a feedback control and driving circuit, and multiple boost converter circuits. The first input rectification circuit rectifies input voltage and charges the first capacitor, forming a first loop. In each boost converter circuit, a second input rectification circuit rectifies input voltage and charges a second capacitor, forming a second loop; a first inductor, the second capacitor and a first switching component form a third loop in which rectified voltage on the second capacitor charges the first inductor. The first inductor, second capacitor, first capacitor and first output rectification circuit form a fourth loop in which induced voltage on first inductor and voltage on second capacitor are superimposed to charge first capacitor through the first output rectification circuit. The SMPS circuit provides high efficiency, high reliability, low EMI noise and good inrush inhibition capability.
US11128216B2	Converter, step-down method based on the converter and electronic device A converter includes a control chip, a switching transistor, a step-down circuit and a linear power circuit. The control chip is configured to: convert an input voltage from an external power supply module into a control voltage; when a bootstrap voltage is received, convert the bootstrap voltage into the control voltage and stop converting the input voltage; and control the switching transistor to be periodically turned on and off based on the control voltage to cause the power supply module to periodically output the input voltage to the step-down circuit. The step-down circuit is configured to generate an operating voltage based on the input voltage and outputs the operating voltage to an electrical unit and the linear power circuit. The linear power circuit is configured to convert the operating voltage into the bootstrap voltage and output the bootstrap voltage to the control chip.
US11128215B2	Direct current voltage step-down regulation circuit structure A direct current voltage step-down regulation circuit structure is provided, which includes a switching circuit and a feedback regulation circuit connected to the switching circuit. An output capacitor is arranged at an output end of the switching circuit, and the switching circuit receives an input voltage at an input end thereof. The feedback regulation circuit includes a first operational amplifier, a second operational amplifier and voltage division power supplies. A non-inverting input terminal of the first operational amplifier is connected to a first voltage division circuit. A non-inverting input terminal of the second operational amplifier is connected to a second voltage division circuit. The voltage division power supplies are respectively connected to the first voltage division circuit and the second voltage division circuit.
US11128209B2	Magnetic gearbox with flux concentration halbach rotors This application relates to translating mechanical energy from a low-speed rotor to a high-speed rotor or vice versa in a magnetic gearbox. More specifically, this application discloses various embodiments of a coaxial magnetic gearbox with flux concentration Halbach rotors. In certain implementations, the device further comprises a circular back iron (or other ferromagnetic material) disposed concentrically along the axis of the cylindrical magnetic gearing device. In such embodiments, this flux concentration back iron (or ferromagnetic pole) improves the torque density and can also help retain the magnets in place.
US11128208B2	Brush motor and cooling module using the same A brush motor includes a stator and a rotor. The rotor includes a rotary shaft with a rotor core and commutator fixed thereto. The commutator includes an insulating base and commutator segments fixed to the insulating base. The stator includes 2P stator poles, where P is an integer greater than 1. The rotor comprises m teeth, where 4P>m>2P, and 2m is an integral multiple of P. The rotor includes a rotor winding, which is a concentrated winding having m first elements and m second elements. Each tooth is wound with one of the first elements and one of the second elements. the m first elements form a plurality of element groups, each having n first elements connected in series, and being connected only to corresponding commutator segments at both ends thereof, where P≥n≥2. Both ends of each second element are connected to corresponding commutator segments.
US11128206B2	Method of manufacturing rotor of rotating electrical machine A method of manufacturing a rotor of a rotating electrical machine includes a method of manufacturing a rotor of a rotating electrical machine including a magnet and a rotor core forming storage space for storing the magnet. The rotor core forms an opening connected to the storage space. The method includes a first step of covering at least part of the opening with a first jig and a second jig having a non-adhesive resin film, a second step of putting an adhesive into the storage space, a third step of curing the adhesive in a state of being in contact with the non-adhesive resin film to form a plane surface facing an end ring of the rotating electrical machine, and a fourth step of separating the first jig and the second jig from the adhesive.
US11128203B2	Motor The present invention provides a motor comprising: a rotary shaft; a rotor including a hole in which the rotary shaft is disposed; a stator disposed on the outer side of the rotor; and a housing for accommodating the rotor and the stator, and further comprising a rectifier having a hole in which the rotary shaft is disposed, wherein the housing includes a cover plate, the cover plate includes a brush coming into contact with the rectifier, and the front surface of the brush includes a curved part coming into contact with the rectifier, and a cutting part formed to be bent from the curved part such that the cutting part does not come into contact with the rectifier, thereby providing an advantageous effect of inhibiting the worn foreign material of the brush from being generated on a contact portion between the brush and the rectifier during the initial driving of the motor.
US11128201B2	Method and assembly of a stator sleeve A stator sleeve assembly for an electric machine includes a first cylindrical housing portion defining an inner radial cavity defined by at least one circumferential wall and an outer radial cavity, and a set of radial passages fluidly connecting the inner radial cavity with the outer radial cavity, and a second cylindrical housing portion defining a third cavity, the second housing portion axially spaced from the first housing portion.
US11128193B2	Compressor The present disclosure relates to a compressor including: a motor configured to generate a driving force; a compression mechanism configured to be driven by the motor to compress a refrigerant; an inverter configured to control the motor; a connector configured to electrically connect the motor and the inverter to each other; and a sealing member configured to seal a connection portion between a terminal of the motor electrically connected to the connector and the connector. Therefore, the refrigerant may be prevented from being introduced into the motor terminal and a short circuit may be prevented from occurring in the motor terminal.
US11128192B2	Motor with guide member A motor includes a stator a rotor, and a guide member. The stator includes a stator core and multiphase coils wound on the stator core. The guide member is arranged on an end of the stator core located at one side in an axial direction to glide a terminal wire of the multiphase coils wound on the stator core. The guide member includes an outlet guide that draws the terminal wire out of the guide member toward a circuit board. The outlet guide includes insertion holes into which the terminal wire is inserted. The insertion holes each include an inlet located toward the stator core and an outlet. The inlet has a larger open area than the outlet.
US11128189B2	Electric machine stator with compact configuration A stator assembly (50) includes a stator core (52) defining an outside diameter (OD) and an inside diameter (ID) with longitudinally extending slots (58) formed between the inside diameter and the outside diameter. The stator core (52) defines a core height extending longitudinally from a first end (53) to a second end (55) of the stator core (52). Distributed windings (60) are retained by the stator core (52) and include an in-slot portion (66) positioned in the slots of the stator core (52), a first end turn portion (62) adjacent to the first end (53) of the stator core, and a second end turn portion (64) adjacent to a second end (55) of the stator core. The first end turn portion (62) defines a first end turn height (h1) extending from the first end (53) of the stator core to a vertex (78) of the first end turn portion (62). A ratio of the first end turn height (h1) to the outside diameter (OD) of the stator core is less than or equal to 0.07.
US11128186B2	Electromagnetic motor or generator comprising a rotor with magnetized structures comprising individual magnets and a stator with concentric windings A motor or electromagnetic generator with a rotor (3) and at least one stator (1, 2), the rotor (3) having permanent magnets (12) rotating around a median shaft and the stator (1, 2) having windings (5). The rotor (3) comprises magnet structures forming magnet poles composed of a plurality of unit magnets (15), covering discs (17) being axially arranged on each of two opposite axial faces of the rotor (3), the covering discs (17) being made of a composite material, the covering discs (17) and the magnet structures (12) being coated in an outer coating layer of composite material defining the outer contour of said at least one rotor (3). The stator (1, 2) comprises concentric windings (5) comprising a series of blocks (4) with the windings (5) wound around each block (4), the blocks (4) being rigidly attached to each other.
US11128180B2	Method and supplying-end module for detecting receiving-end module A method of detecting a receiving-end module, for a supplying-end module of an induction type power supply system where the supplying-end module includes a supplying-end coil, includes detecting the supplying-end coil to obtain a self-resonant frequency of the supplying-end coil; determining whether the self-resonant frequency is smaller than a basic frequency; obtaining a first output power corresponding to the self-resonant frequency when the self-resonant frequency is determined to be smaller than the basic frequency and the degree of the self-resonant frequency smaller than the basic frequency exceeds a threshold; and sending an activation signal with the first output power, and starting to supply electric power when a data code corresponding to the activation signal is received.
US11128178B2	Wireless power receiving device and wireless power receiving method using same A wireless power receiving device includes: a body; rectifiers arranged adjacent to the body; ports, each being located between the body and a corresponding one of the rectifiers; and slots penetrating the body, wherein each of the ports electrically connects the body to a corresponding one of the rectifiers, the body and the ports receive a horizontal polarization component of electromagnetic radiation incident on the body, and the slots receive a vertical polarization component of the electromagnetic radiation.
US11128176B2	Wireless electric field power transfer system, transmitter and receiver A transmit resonator is provided. The transmit resonator comprises: at least two inductors; at least one switching network electrically connected to one inductor of the at least two inductors; at least one secondary capacitive electrode electrically connected to the switching network; at least one main capacitive electrode electrically connected to one inductor of the at least two inductors; and a controller electrically connected to the switching network. The controller is configured to control the switching network to control connection of the secondary capacitive electrode to one inductor of the at least two inductors via the switching network. The inductors and electrodes are configured to resonate to generate an electric field.
US11128175B2	Wireless power transmission apparatus Provided is a wireless power transmission apparatus capable of efficiently supplying power. The wireless power transmission apparatus includes: a power transmission coil; an inverter driving the power transmission coil; a DC/DC conversion circuit driving the inverter; and a control circuit varying and determining an output voltage instruction value to the DC/DC conversion circuit, in order to decrease power output from the DC/DC conversion circuit.
US11128170B1	Hardware and method for enhanced wireless receiver output power A power transmission system includes at least one wireless power transmission circuit. A first wireless power reception circuit includes a first circuit comparing a reference voltage to a feedback voltage representing an output voltage produced from received power and delivered to an output node, and adjusting a first control terminal of a device supplying a first rectified voltage until the feedback and reference voltages are equal. A second wireless power reception circuit includes a second circuit modifying a control terminal of a device sourcing a second rectified current produced from received power to the output node, based upon comparison of a reference current to a current representative of the second rectified current. Control circuitry adjusts the reference current until a first rectified voltage generated by the first wireless power reception circuit and a second rectified voltage generated by the second wireless power reception circuit are equal.
US11128167B1	Temporary electrical power distribution device, a network of temporary electrical power distribution devices, and a method of use and/or manufacturing thereof A temporary power distribution device for receiving and distributing electrical power from an external power supply on a temporary basis. The temporary power distribution devices can include a plurality of electrical outlets and/or electrical communication outlets and may include additional safety features for the loss of power and/or the notification of an emergency condition. The temporary power distribution device may be portable and is meant to be portable even during use.
US11128155B2	Protective apparatus for energy storage device A battery management system (BMS) is provided, which includes: an on-off switch provided in a current path connecting an assembled battery and electrical equipment; a controller that switches the on-off switch to an off-state when an abnormality in the assembled battery is expected; and a bypass route connected in parallel with the on-off switch and having at least one of a parasitic diode that allows current to flow only in a direction of charging the assembled battery and a parasitic diode that allows current to flow only in a direction of discharging the assembled battery. A second excitation coil is connected in series with the parasitic diode and the parasitic diode 50B in the bypass route, the second excitation coil switching the on-off switch to an on-state with magnetic flux by flow of current with a predetermined current value.
US11128149B2	Charging apparatus A charging apparatus is provided. A detection circuit includes a voltage dividing path between an output terminal of a charging circuit and an output terminal of a reference voltage generating circuit. The detection circuit provides a detection signal according to a divided voltage on the voltage dividing path. A control circuit determines whether a load is connected to the charging apparatus according to the detection signal.
US11128147B2	Power system integrated with dual power electrical load A system and method of provided power to one or more electrical loads of an electrical load module is provided. The electrical load module includes an alternating current (AC) power input port, a direct current (DC) power input port, a power distribution device, a first power supply device, a second power supply device, and a first electrical load component. The power distribution device is electrically coupled to the AC power input port via a first connector and the DC power input port via a second connection. The first electrical load component is coupled to the first power supply device and the second power supply device. The first power supply device and the second power supply device are configured to provide power to the first electrical load component and a feed from an alternative power source system is directly connected to the DC power input port of the electrical load module.
US11128144B2	Grid access current control method without current sensor applicable to grid-connected inverter A grid access current control method without current sensor applicable to a grid-connected inverter relates to a system including a main circuit of the grid-connected inverter and a control circuit of the grid-connected inverter. The control circuit of the grid-connected inverter includes a grid access current open-loop control module and a PWM generation module; the grid access current open-loop control module includes a first proportional regulator, a second proportional regulator, a delayer, and an adder; input ends of the first proportional regulator and the second proportional regulator each are led out as an input end of a grid access current reference signal; and an output end of the first proportional regulator is connected to an input end of the adder; an output end of the second proportional regulator is connected to an input end of the delayer.
US11128143B2	System and method for installing solar panels A solar panel system for determining how many solar panels connected to a controller is provided. An electrical pathway connects the controller to at least one solar panel. A first resistance is associated with each of the at least one solar panel. An external environment resistance is defined by a cumulative presence of at least the first resistance associated with each of the at least one solar panel, wherein the external environment resistance is different based on a total number of the at least one solar panels connected to the electrical pathway. A second resistance is associated with the controller. The external environment resistance and the second resistance at least partially define a voltage divider to receive an input voltage and produce an output voltage. The controller is programmed to determine from the produced output voltage the total number of the at least one solar panel connected to the controller along the electrical pathway.
US11128137B2	Battery energy storage system and microgrid controller This invention is directed to systems and methods that track a specified stored energy level profile for a BESS in a microgrid. The systems and methods including using a control algorithm that tracks the stored energy level profile for the BESS. The controller algorithm includes a Kalman Filter design for a model-based state reconstruction to overcome sensor/communication errors during real-time operation. The latter is important to guarantee the ability of the microgrid to continue its seamless operation during periods of erroneous sensor measurements or flawed communication.
US11128135B2	Systems and methods for utilization of demand side assets for provision of grid services Systems and methods are provided, which facilitate operations planning, dispatch, regulation control, and autonomous control performance. The disclosure also facilitates systems and methods for utilization of synthetic primary frequency response, synthetic inertia, regulation and load following/ramping reserve capabilities from Demand Response and Distributed Energy Resources for balancing demand and supply and maintaining frequency levels across a power grid.
US11128131B2	Semiconductor device The power control device reliably disconnects the current path of the failed output transistor. In particular, the power control device includes output transistors, an output terminal, bonding wires connecting the output transistors to the output terminal, output transistor driving circuits controlling the output of the output transistors, and a failure detection circuit detecting the failure of the output transistors. When the failure detection circuit detects the failure of the output transistors and outputs the failure detection signals, the output transistor drive circuits control the outputs of the output transistors so that a larger current flows through the bonding wires than when the failure is not detected.
US11128129B2	Distributed electrostatic discharge scheme to improve analog front-end bandwidth of receiver in high-speed signaling system Methods and systems are described for selectively providing a signal path from a respective wire of a multi-wire bus to at least one corresponding data signal output node of at least one set of differential data signal output nodes using a respective switching element in a respective set of signal path circuits connected in parallel, and generating a set of discharge currents, each discharge current of the set of discharge currents generated through a respective resistive element in the respective set of signal path circuits to discharge a portion of a voltage pulse on the respective wire of the multi-wire bus to one or more metallic planes via a respective localized ESD protection circuit, the respective resistive element and the respective localized ESD protection circuit connected between the respective wire and the respective switching element.
US11128123B2	Method for operating an electric gardening and/or forestry apparatus system, protective electronic circuit, protective electronic circuit system, accumulator system and electric gardening and/or forestry apparatus system A method for operating an electric gardening and/or forestry apparatus system having an accumulator, a gardening and/or forestry apparatus with an electric motor, and a protective electronic circuit including inputs which are connected to the accumulator, outputs which are connected to the gardening and/or forestry apparatus, and a switching element which is disposed in a power path between one of the inputs and one of the outputs. The method turns on the switching element to a first conductive condition, measures an electric current through the power path, turns off the switching element to a second conductive condition, if the measured electric current exceeds a predetermined current limit value, measures an electric output voltage between the outputs, and either again turns on the switching element to the first conductive condition, if the measured electric output voltage reaches and/or exceeds a predetermined voltage limit value, or outputs an error signal, if the measured electric output voltage is below the predetermined voltage limit value.
US11128121B2	Protection circuit for decoupling a low voltage circuitry from a high voltage circuitry An apparatus is provided which comprises: a protection circuitry coupled between: a node and a first circuitry that is to selectively output a first voltage, the node coupled to a second circuitry that is to selectively output a second voltage, the protection circuitry comprising: a pair of complementary parallel transistors coupled between the node and the first circuitry, the pair comprising first and second transistors, wherein a gate of the first transistor is to receive a control signal at the first voltage, and a third transistor to selectively couple a gate of the second transistor to the node, a gate of the third transistor to receive the control signal at the first voltage.
US11128114B2	Hazard detection system for portable electrical devices A power control apparatus can include a power circuit configured to transfer power to a load circuit. The apparatus can also include one or more environmental sensors configured to register environmental data including at least one of movement, hazardous gas, environmental temperature, environmental moisture, and collision data associated with the apparatus. The apparatus can also include a power controller circuit operatively connected to the one or more environmental sensors and the power circuit, the power controller circuit being configured to receive the environmental data from the one or more environmental sensors, determine whether the received environmental data exceeds a predetermined threshold, and in response to determining that the received environmental data exceeded a predetermined threshold, interrupting supply of power from the power circuit to the load circuit.
US11128112B2	Wire harness routing device A wire harness routing device has a wire harness, one end of which is connected to a slider that is slidably attached to a rail and the other end of which is drawn out from the rail, a folding guide part that curves the wire harness that is drawn out from the rail and folds it in the direction along the rail, and an accommodation part that has a bottom wall and a side wall that rises up from the side edges of the bottom wall. The wire harness has a straight line-shaped linear part that is disposed along the rail, and a curved part that is further folded back to conform to the opposed side of the folding guide part of the linear part, a slidable holding member, and a separation guide part that separates the linear part from the side wall is provided on the slidable holding member.
US11128110B2	Methods and apparatus for an ignition system Various embodiments of the present technology comprise a method and apparatus for an ignition system. In various embodiments, the ignition system activates a soft shutdown of an ignition coil in the event of an over dwell condition. The apparatus comprises a first counter and a second counter that are selectively activated at predetermined events. An output of the second counter controls the value of a reference current that decreases linearly over time and wherein a rate of change of the reference current may be adjusted according to a frequency of a clock signal. In various embodiments, the soft shutdown operates independent of the supply voltage and temperature.
US11128109B2	Spark plug having a plurality of ground electrodes A spark plug includes: a central electrode extending from a front end side to a rear end side along an axis; an insulator including a front end section formed to be a bottomed tube surrounding a tip of the central electrode; a metal shell shaped to be tubular and structured to support the insulator such that the front end section of the insulator projects to the front end side from a front end section of the metal shell; and a plurality of ground electrodes each of which includes a first end forming a discharge gap with the front end section of the insulator and includes a second end connected to the front end section of the metal shell. The plurality of ground electrodes include a pair of ground electrodes different from each other in size of their discharge gaps.
US11128103B2	Modulated light source A modulated light source includes an FP laser that emits light in a plurality of Fabry-Perot (FP) modes, a band-pass filter whose center wavelength can be modulated, a light reflector that selectively feeds only light having passed through the modulation filter back to the FP laser, and a wavelength adjustment mechanism that adjusts the center wavelength so as to coincide with one of the predetermined FP mode when the light fed back to the FP laser is used as seed light for stimulated emission of radiation to cause selective light emission at an oscillation wavelength.
US11128102B2	Semiconductor optical device A semiconductor optical device is provided with a semiconductor substrate that has a length and width, a laser section that is provided on the semiconductor substrate and includes an active layer and an optical waveguide section that is provided adjacent to the laser section on the semiconductor substrate and is joined to the laser section. The optical waveguide section includes a core layer that is connected to an end portion of the active layer, and a pair of cladding layers between which the core layer is sandwiched and emits, from an emission end surface, light incident from the joining interface between the optical waveguide section and the laser section. The semiconductor optical device may be also provided with a reflection suppression layer that is provided on the upper surface of the optical waveguide section.
US11128095B2	Method for aligning a crimper of a first tool of a crimping press relative to an anvil of a second tool of the crimping press and a crimping press device A method for aligning a crimper of a first tool relative to an anvil of a second tool in a crimping press, wherein a crimp connection is made by jointly by moving the crimper relative to the anvil in a first direction, includes: moving the crimper relative to the anvil in the first direction until the anvil is partially inside a cavity of the crimper; moving the anvil relative to the crimper in a second direction transverse to the first direction until detecting contact between the anvil and the crimper; moving the anvil relative to the crimper opposite to the second direction until detecting contact between the anvil and the crimper for determining a gap width between the anvil and the crimper; and moving the anvil relative to the crimper in the second direction by a distance which is equal to half of the determined gap width.
US11128093B2	Electrical connector with a stable non-soldered grounding structure An electrical connector includes an insulating housing, a plurality of terminals, an internal circuit board and a metal shield shell. The internal circuit board is provide to the insulating housing, and the internal circuit board is provided with a ground pad, an insertion gap is formed between the ground pad and the insulating housing. The metal shield shell is provided to the insulating housing, and the metal shield shell has a ground tongue, the ground tongue has a contact section, the contact section has a top surface and a bulge formed on an opposite side of the top surface, a distance between the top surface of the contact section of the ground tongue and a bottom surface of the bulge is larger than the insertion gap, the ground tongue inserts into the insertion gap and the contact section of the ground tongue is clamped between the insulating housing and the ground pad to make the bottom surface of the bulge contact the ground pad.
US11128089B2	Reel-in-box jumper cables A connecting device for connecting runs of communication material having a predetermined length and coupling elements at both ends is provided. The connecting device includes a first end, an opposing second end, and a separating element. The first end couples to a coupling element of a first run of communication material and the second end couples to a coupling element of a second run of communication material. The first run and second run of communication material is separated in response to activation of the separating element. Also provided is a bulk cable packaging system that includes a plurality of runs of communication material, each run having a predetermined length and coupling elements at both ends and a plurality of connecting devices. The runs of communication material are coupled together with the connecting devices is operatively coupled to a reel. The reel is then operatively coupled within a container.
US11128086B2	Apparatus for contact insertion and retention testing An apparatus for inserting and retention testing an electrically conductive contact in an electrical connector. The apparatus includes a connector holder, an insertion tip, an insertion tip displacement assembly, a test probe, and a test probe displacement assembly. The connector holder holds an electrical connector. The insertion tip contacts one end of a contact partially inserted in a hole in the electrical connector while providing clearance for a wire. The insertion tip displacement assembly displaces the insertion tip in a first direction along a first linear path to further insert the insertion tip in the hole in the electrical connector. The test probe contacts another end of the contact after the contact has been inserted further into the hole. The test probe displacement assembly displaces the test probe in a second direction (opposite to the first direction) along a second linear path which partially overlaps the first linear path.
US11128085B2	Sealing system for electrical equipment The subject matter of the present invention is a sealing system configured to form a leak tight electrical connection on a face of an electrical equipment, said sealing system including: a base, comprising a first plate, comprising a through orifice of which the edge is continually comprised in a face of said first plate, a plug comprising a second plate comprising at least one through hole, configured for the passage of at least one electric wire, and a part projecting from said plate suited to being inserted into the orifice, a face of the second plate coming against a face of the first plate, said plug having a flexibility greater than the flexibility of the base, such that the difference in flexibility ensures a constraining of the second plate on the first plate, in such a way as to ensure the sealing of the electrical equipment.
US11128081B2	Easily assembled connector An easily assembled connector includes an insulative base (10), a plastic core (20) and conductive terminals (30). The insulative base (10) has a chamber (12). The plastic core (20) is correspondingly received in the chamber (12) and has a guiding hole (21) and troughs (22) surrounding and communicating with the guiding hole (21). Each trough (22) is formed with a terminal hole (A). The conductive terminals (30) are separately correspondingly installed in the terminal holes (A).
US11128078B1	Current carrying retention clip A current carrying clip contact and electrical connector have a first stationary beam and a movable beam. The first stationary beam has first planar tab engagement section and a first lead-in surface which extends from the first planar tab engagement section. The has a second planar tab engagement section, an arcuate retention section extending from the second planar tab engagement section, and a second lead-in surface extending from the arcuate retention section. The arcuate retention section of the movable beam is movable across a plane of the first planar tab engagement section of the first stationary beam as a mating tab is inserted between the first stationary beam and the movable beam.
US11128071B2	Interface for a printed circuit board assembly adapter module Systems for interfacing a printed circuit board assembly (PCBA) adapter module to a receiver housing are provided. The receiver housing may have a first interface mounted on the receiver housing via a first mount and the PCBA adapter module may have a second interface mounted on the adapter module via a second mount. One of the interfaces has a protruding feature that aligns the interfaces when matingly engaged, while the other interface has a centering hole opposite the protruding feature. The first centering hole is enlarged with respect to an axis of an insertion-angle plane such that the protruding feature substantially clears the centering hole without causing either interface to exceed a limit of free-play between that interface and its respective mount.
US11128070B2	Electrical terminal and electrical connector thereof An electrical terminal includes a terminal body, at least one interference lug, and at least one circuit connection part. The terminal body includes a front end and a back end in a longitudinal direction. The interference lug is arranged in parallel to the longitudinal direction and extends outwardly in a horizontal direction perpendicular to the longitudinal direction. The at least one circuit connection part is connected to the terminal body. An electrical connector is also provided, and the electrical connector includes a base and the electrical terminal. The base includes at least one installation trough, and a guiding groove is arranged in the at least one installation trough, the at least one interference lug is adapted to slide into the guiding groove, so as to guide and position the electrical terminal.
US11128069B2	Electronic device and press-fit terminal An electronic device includes a press-fit terminal and a recess. The press-fit terminal includes a bar portion and a press-fit deformation portion. The press-fit deformation portion is provided at an end of the bar portion. The press-fit deformation portion is deformed when inserted into an insertion hole of a circuit board. The recess is provided in the press-fit deformation portion and recessed from a surface of the press-fit deformation portion.
US11128065B2	Combination terminal blade with tabs and insulation displacement slots An electrical contact and lead frame having a contact base and a tab section. The tab section extends from the contact base. The tab section has a first wall and an oppositely facing second wall. The first wall and the second wall are configured to make an electrical and mechanical connection to a mating receptacle portion of a mating contact of a first mating plug assembly. An insulation displacement slot is provided in the tab section. The insulation displacement slot extends from the end surface. The insulation displacement slot is configured to make an electrical and mechanical connection to electrical conductors of a second mating assembly.
US11128063B2	Socket plastic hardware structure device An extension lead with a conductive piece in a first socket of the extension lead is provided separately from a conductive part connected to a power cord connection piece. A rotating part for driving the conductive piece or the conductive part to move to and contact with the other of the conductive piece or the conductive part is further provided. When a male tab of the plug is inserted into the first socket, the male tab pushes the rotating part to rotate, and drives the conductive piece or the conductive part to move to and contact with the other of the conductive piece or the conductive part, and the circuit is turned on at this time. When the male tab is pulled out from the first socket, the conductive piece and the conductive part return to their original positions, and the conductive piece is not charged at this time.
US11128062B2	Electronic assembly with a direct current bus connection A folded outer tab comprises a first outer dielectric layer and a second outer dielectric layer that contact or overlie an outer terminal, where the outer terminal is associated with a first polarity of the DC bus. A bent inner tab comprises a first inner dielectric layer and a second inner dielectric layer that contact or overlie an inner terminal, where the inner terminal is associated with a second polarity of the DC bus that is opposite the first polarity. The folded outer tab and the bent inner tab comprise electrically conductive faces, of opposite polarities, formed of exposed portions of the outer terminal and the inner terminal.
US11128061B2	Low-, medium- and/or high-voltage installation with a bonded current path connection with long-term stability by means of nanomaterials, and method for producing said current path connection A method for establishing a materially bonded current path connection in low-voltage, medium-voltage and/or high-voltage installations having long-term stability includes providing a first part and/or a second part of a current path with a nanomaterial at least in one region. The first part and the second part of the current path are force-lockingly or form-lockingly connected at least in the respective regions. A supply of a reaction energy together with the nanomaterial creates a conductive and bonded connection between the first part and the second part of the current path. A low-voltage installation, a medium-voltage installation and/or a high-voltage installation is also provided.
US11128060B2	Multi-band antenna module A multi-band antenna module is adapted to be disposed on a casing. The multi-band antenna module includes a main radiator, and a first, a second, a third and a fourth radiator. The main radiator has a feed-in terminal and a first ground terminal. The first radiator is connected to the main radiator and configured to couple a first frequency band. The second radiator is connected to the main radiator and configured to couple a second frequency band. The third radiator is connected to the main radiator and configured to couple a third frequency band. The fourth radiator is located beside the main radiator and configured to couple a fourth frequency band and has a second ground terminal. The main radiator, the first radiator, the second radiator, the third radiator and the fourth radiator are adapted to form a 3D structure along an outline of the casing.
US11128056B2	Waveguide-fed planar antenna array A novel planar antenna array fed by an integrated waveguide and a method for producing same is presented. The antenna array is an aperture coupled array fed by an embedded microstrip line. The embedded microstrip line transitions to a stripline feed then back to a microstrip line such that the lower ground plane of the antenna array becomes the upper ground plane with the waveguide placed on the backside of the array. The microstrip feed then couples to the waveguide for signal transmission and reception. With the exception of the waveguide itself, the elements can be simultaneously fabricated on the same RF board, using subtractive (e.g., milling, etching) and additive (e.g., deposition, 3D printing) methods.
US11128055B2	Dual dipole omnidirectional antenna Systems and devices relating to antennas and antenna systems. A horizontal omnidirectional antenna has two dipoles with each dipole being in a V-configuration such that the arms of the dipole define an angle. The two dipoles are arranged so that the angles defined by each of the dipoles face and open toward each other. The horizontal omnidirectional antenna can be configured to operate with specific frequency bands. By nesting two instances of this antenna, with one configured for high band frequencies and one configured for low band frequencies, a dualband omnidirectional antenna can be obtained. The resulting antenna is physically compact and can be used in small MIMO systems along with vertical omnidirectional antennas.
US11128052B2	Parasitic antenna arrays incorporating fractal metamaterials Novel directional antennas are disclosed which utilize plasmonic surfaces (PS) that include or present an array of closely-spaced parasitic antennas, which may be referred to herein as “parasitic arrays” or fractal plasmonic arrays (FPAs). These plasmonic surfaces represent improved parasitic directional antennas relative to prior techniques and apparatus. Substrates can be used which are transparent and/or translucent.
US11128049B2	Patch antenna assembly A patch antenna assembly that includes a signal metal layer configured to emit linearly polarized electromagnetic energy to a receiving antenna implanted up to 12 cm underneath a subject's skin; a signal metal layer substrate on which the signal metal layer substrate is positioned; a ground plane located next to the signal metal layer substrate and further away from the subject's skin; a microstrip and capacitance adjustment pad metal layer substrate located next to the ground plane; and a microstrip and capacitance adjustment pad metal layer next to the microstrip and capacitance adjustment pad metal layer substrate, the microstrip and capacitance adjustment pad metal layer comprising: a capacitance adjustment pad configured to adjust a resonant frequency of the patch antenna assembly; and a microstrip attached to the capacitance adjustment pad and configured to induce the emitted electromagnetic energy to be linearly polarized along a longitudinal direction of the microstrip.
US11128048B2	Method of manufacturing coil component and jig used for manufacturing the coil component A manufacturing method of a coil component including the steps of: holding a plurality of semi-finished products, each of which includes a base and a coil before forming the coil component, with a jig having a holding portion; setting the plurality of semi-finished products held by the jig to the setting positions of the jig in a mold; and sealing at least a portion within the base and the coil with resin by filling the resin into a cavity of the mold.
US11128045B2	Computing system A system includes a transceiver to communicate with a predetermined target; one or more antennas coupled to the transceiver each electrically or mechanically steerable to the predetermined target; and an edge processing module coupled to the transceiver and one or more antennas to provide low-latency computation for the predetermined target.
US11128044B2	Scanning antenna and method of producing scanning antenna A scanning antenna 1000 according to the present invention is a scanning antenna 1000 in which antenna units U are arranged, and includes a thin film transistor (TFT) substrate 101 that includes a first dielectric substrate 1, TFTs 10 and patch electrodes 15 supported by the first dielectric substrate 1, and a first alignment film M1 disposed so as to cover the patch electrodes 15 and other elements, a slot substrate 201 that includes a second dielectric substrate 51, a slot electrode 55 supported by the second dielectric substrate 51 and including slots 57, and a second alignment film M2 disposed so as to cover the slot electrode 55, a liquid crystal layer LC that is interposed between the TFT substrate 101 and the slot substrate 201 of which the alignment films M1 and M2 face each other, and a reflective conductive plate 65 that is disposed so as to face an opposite surface 51b of the second dielectric substrate 51 with a dielectric layer 54 interposed therebetween. The first alignment film M1 and the second alignment film M2 are acrylic alignment films containing an acrylic polymer.
US11128043B2	Liquid crystal cell and scanning antenna A liquid crystal cell including multiple antenna units includes a TFT board that includes a first dielectric substrate, TFTs on the first dielectric substrate, and patch electrodes electrically connected to the TFTs, a slot board that includes a second dielectric substrate and a slot electrode having slots on the second dielectric substrate, a conductive alignment film having conductivity on at least one of the patch electrodes and the slot electrode, and a liquid crystal layer disposed between the TFT board and the slot board with the patch electrodes and the slot electrode facing each other. The liquid crystal layer includes liquid crystal molecules that are horizontally aligned with respect to the TFT board and the slot board while no voltage is being applied across the patch electrodes and the slot electrode.
US11128042B2	Antenna adjustment apparatus and remote electrical tilt antenna Embodiments of the present application provide an antenna adjustment apparatus. The antenna adjustment apparatus includes a first drive wheel, a first gear, a second drive wheel, a second gear, and multiple output gears. The first drive wheel is meshed with the first gear, the second drive wheel is meshed with the second gear, an axis of the second gear coincides with an axis of the first drive wheel, and the output gears are connected to the phase shifters. When the second drive wheel propels the second gear to rotate, the first gear revolves around the axis of the second gear, is selectively meshed with one of the output gears, and is driven by the first drive wheel to propel the output gear to rotate and drive the phase shifter connected to the output gear.
US11128034B2	Mass customization of antenna assemblies using metal additive manufacturing A method, system, and device provides components of an antenna assembly. Digital information representative of one or more characteristics of an antenna element of antenna assembly may be received by a processor. The processor may further receive a specification for the antenna element. The processor may adjust digital information representative of the antenna element to adjust the physical parameters of the component to meet the specification. The antenna assembly may be fabricated with the adjusted physical parameters.
US11128033B1	Impact recoverable antennas Disclosed herein is an impact recoverable antenna assembly. The antenna assembly includes, in certain examples, a conductive antenna element that is deformable from a default configuration to a deformed configuration in response to a deformation event. The conductive antenna element includes a first layer and a second layer that at least partially surrounds the first layer. In certain examples, one of the first layer or the second layer comprises a shape memory alloy configured to deform the conductive antenna element from the deformed configuration to the default configuration in response to a restoration event.
US11128032B2	Electronic devices having multi-band antennas An electronic device may be provided with a housing, a logic board, and wireless circuitry on the logic board. The wireless circuitry may include first and second antennas formed from conductive traces on a surface of the logic board. The first and second antennas may include resonating element arms at opposing sides of the logic board. The first antenna may have a fundamental mode that radiates in a Bluetooth® communications band at 2.4 GHz. The second antenna may radiate in a first ultra-wideband communications band such as a 6.5 GHz ultra-wideband communications band. If desired, the second antenna may also radiate in a second ultra-wideband communications band such as an 8.0 GHz ultra-wideband communications band. In another suitable arrangement, a harmonic mode of the first antenna may radiate in the second ultra-wideband communications band.
US11128028B2	Fill level radar comprising a build-up detector A fill level radar for continuously measuring a fill level is provided, including a radar arrangement configured to generate and to emit a radar signal toward a surface of a filling material; and an impedance spectroscopy arrangement configured to detect a build-up of deposits on the radar arrangement, or to detect a gas phase of the filling material, by impedance spectroscopy, the impedance spectroscopy arrangement being integrated in the radar arrangement.
US11128026B2	Multi-divisional antenna Provided, as a multi-divisional antenna, in the present disclosure, is a canister antenna having a plurality of divided antennas arranged so as to have an integrated appearance. The antennas are fixed to an adapter with strong tension by using a connection member such as a wire. The multi-divisional antenna according to the present disclosure is solid, low cost, and convenient with respect to manufacturing, installation, and maintenance.
US11128024B2	Combiner-divider A combiner-divider includes a first impedance converter disposed between the first port and the second port, a second impedance converter disposed between the first port and the third port, and an isolation unit disposed between the second port and the third port. The isolation unit includes a balun formed of a first semi-rigid cable and a second semi-rigid cable, and terminating resistors. Each line length of the first impedance converter, the second impedance converter, and the third impedance converter corresponds to ¼ wavelength at a center frequency. A relationship of each impedance Ri of the second port and the third port, an impedance Ro of the first port, and each impedance W of the first impedance converter and the second impedance converters is expressed by W=(2×Ri×Ro)1/2.
US11128023B2	Substrate design for efficient coupling between a package and a dielectric waveguide A device includes a multilayer substrate having a first surface and a second surface opposite the first surface. An integrated circuit is mounted on the second surface of the multilayer substrate, the integrated circuit having transmission circuitry configured to process millimeter wave signals. A substrate waveguide having a substantially solid wall is formed within a portion of the multilayer substrate perpendicular to the first surface. The substrate waveguide has a first end with the wall having an edge exposed on the first surface of the multilayer substrate. A reflector is located in one of the layers of the substrate and is coupled to an edge of the wall on an opposite end of the substrate waveguide.
US11128020B2	Electrode assembly, secondary battery, and method of manufacture Secondary batteries and methods of manufacture thereof are provided. A secondary battery can comprise an offset between electrode and counter-electrode layers in a unit cell. Secondary batteries can be prepared by removing a population of negative electrode subunits from a negative electrode sheet, the negative electrode sheet comprising a negative electrode sheet edge margin and at least one negative electrode sheet weakened region that is internal to the negative electrode sheet edge margin, removing a population of separator layer subunits from a separator sheet, and removing a population of positive electrode subunits from a positive electrode sheet, the positive electrode sheet comprising a positive electrode edge margin and at least one positive electrode sheet weakened region that is internal to the positive electrode sheet edge margin, and stacking members of the negative electrode subunit population, the separator layer subunit population and the positive electrode subunit population.
US11128014B2	Separators with fibrous mat, lead acid batteries using the same, and methods and systems associated therewith In at least one embodiment, a separator is provided with a fibrous mat for retaining the active material on an electrode of a lead-acid battery. New or improved mats, separators, batteries, methods, and/or systems are also disclosed, shown, claimed, and/or provided. For example, in at least one possibly preferred embodiment, a composite separator is provided with a fibrous mat for retaining the active material on an electrode of a lead-acid battery. In at least one possibly particularly preferred embodiment, a PE membrane separator is provided with at least one fibrous mat for retaining the active material on an electrode of a lead-acid battery. In accordance with at least certain embodiments, aspects and/or objects, the present invention, application, or disclosure may provide solutions, new products, improved products, new methods, and/or improved methods, and/or may address issues, needs, and/or problems of PAM shedding. NAM shedding, electrode distortion, active material shedding, active material loss, and/or physical separation, electrode effectiveness, battery performance, battery life, and/or cycle life, and/or may provide new battery separators, new battery technology, and/or new battery methods and/or systems that address the challenges arising from current lead acid batteries or battery systems, especially new battery separators, new battery technology, and/or new battery methods and/or systems adapted to prevent or impede the shedding of active material from the electrodes, preferably or particularly in enhanced flooded lead acid batteries, PSoC batteries, ISS batteries, ESS batteries, and/or the like.
US11128012B2	Battery module including thermal insulator disposed between battery blocks A battery module includes a plurality of battery blocks arranged in an X direction and thermal insulating boards that are each disposed between the battery blocks adjacent to each other in the X direction. The thermal insulating boards have a thermal insulating property. Each battery block includes a plurality of cylindrical batteries closely arranged in two or more rows in a staggered formation, with central axes of the cylindrical batteries being parallel to each other, and a block case entirely surrounding a periphery of a battery unit made up of the plurality of the cylindrical batteries so that the plurality of cylindrical batteries stays closely arranged.
US11128011B2	Rechargeable battery pack A rechargeable battery pack includes an external housing with a housing base and a housing hood, connected to the housing base and surrounding an interior space, and a rechargeable battery cell block arranged in the interior space. The battery pack has a water discharge structure for discharging water contained in the interior space and/or water entering the external housing from the outside. The water discharge structure has, on one side of the external housing, a double-labyrinth wall structure which is open to liquid. An outer labyrinth wall structure is formed by overlapping respectively of an outer side wall of the housing base and housing hood. An inner labyrinth wall structure, which is arranged offset in relation to the outer labyrinth wall structure in the direction of the interior space, is formed by overlapping respectively of an inner side wall of the housing base and housing hood.
US11128010B2	Battery pack A battery pack may include a battery cell; a first lead plate electrically connected to a first end of the battery cell; and a first outer waterproof sheet arranged along the first lead plate and covering the first lead plate from outside. The first lead plate may include an opening, and the first outer waterproof sheet may include a ring-shaped projection formed on an inner surface of the first outer waterproof sheet. The ring-shaped projection may project toward the first lead plate and surround the opening of the first lead plate.
US11128006B2	Spacer, battery pack, and method for manufacturing battery pack A spacer (first spacer 114) has an insulating property, is used in a battery pack 100, obtained by electrically interconnecting unit cells 110 that are stacked one atop another, by means of a bus bar 132 along the stacking direction (Z direction) of the unit cells, each having a cell body 110H, which includes a power-generating element 111 and is formed in a flat shape, and an electrode tab 112, which is drawn out from the cell body 110H and whose distal end portion 112d is folded along the thickness direction of the cell body 110H; and is provided between each of the unit cells. The first spacer has an abutting portion 114h, a recessed portion 114i, and a communicating portion 114j. The abutting portion abuts the distal end portion of the electrode tab along the stacking direction of the unit cells. The recessed portion is recessed in a direction intersecting the stacking direction of the unit cells so as to be separated from the distal end portion of the electrode tab. The communicating portion allows an inner side of the recessed portion to communicate with the outside of the recessed portion.
US11128004B2	Exterior material for lithium ion battery An exterior material for a lithium ion battery comprising at least a substrate layer, a metal foil layer, and a sealant layer in that order, wherein the sealant layer comprises an anionic functional group-containing layer containing a compound having an anionic functional group, and the concentration of the anionic functional group contained in the anionic functional group-containing layer is about 1.0 mass % or more based on the total amount of the components constituting the anionic functional group-containing layer.
US11128000B2	Housing cover and housing having connection point A housing cover and a housing are disclosed, which may be used in automotive vehicle construction. There, they serve for example for the purpose of offering protection to a sensitive component or to a group of components, for example a traction battery in the electric car, and, conversely, of protecting the environment from the component or the group of components or for example from electromagnetic radiation emanating from the component.
US11127999B2	Package-less battery cell apparatus, and method for forming the same Described is an apparatus which comprises: a cathode current collector configured to be in direct contact to a first client terminal; an anode current collector configured to be in direct contact to a second client terminal; and at least two layers of active material, where one layer is adjacent to the cathode current collector and another layer is adjacent to the anode current collector.
US11127997B2	Metal air battery and method of operating the same A metal air battery includes a first battery cell module which generates electricity by oxidation of a metal and reduction of oxygen, a second battery cell module in fluid-communication with the first battery cell module and which generates electricity by oxidation of a metal and reduction of oxygen, and an air purifier in fluid-communication with the second battery cell module, where the air purifier purifies external air to supply first purified air to the second battery cell module, and the second battery cell module supplies second purified air generated by the oxidation of the metal and the reduction of the oxygen to the first battery cell module.
US11127994B2	Energy storage device for motor vehicles The invention relates to an energy store (1), in particular a high-voltage energy store, for motor vehicles, comprising a cell stack, which has a plurality of cell units (3) stacked one on the other and which has a plurality of cell holders (15, 16) of plastic, each of which is arranged between two cell units (3) lying one on the other in order to hold and align the stacked cell units (3), and comprising at least one flat heat sink (10, 17). According to the invention, the at least one heat sink (17) is arranged within the cell stack (2) on at least one of the cell units (3).
US11127991B2	Rapid charging method and system for mobile terminal A rapid charging method and a system for a mobile terminal are provided, which are capable of increasing charging current and dissipating heat. The method includes communicating a controller of the mobile terminal with the charging accessory through a Type-C interface after the mobile terminal detects that the charger is connected to an electric power supply; turning on a load switch by the controller, so that the microcontroller controls a first charging integrated circuit (IC) to start charging, and the controller controls a second charging IC of the mobile terminal to start charging; and stopping charging of the second charging IC of the mobile terminal, and charging the first charging IC of the charging accessory until power of the battery is full when a charging current gradually decreases to a threshold.
US11127987B2	Evaporated ion conductive layer for decreased interfacial resistance/impedance at silicon based electrode interface An interfacial additive layer for decreasing the interfacial resistance/impedance of a silicon based electrode-containing device such as, for example, an energy storage device or a micro-resistor, is disclosed. The interfacial additive, which is composed of evaporated lithium fluoride, is formed between a silicon based electrode and a solid polymer electrolyte layer of the device. The evaporated lithium fluoride serves as ion conductive layer. The presence of such an interfacial additive layer increases the ion and electron mobile dependent performances at the silicon based electrode interface due to significant decrease in the resistance/impedance that is observed at the respective interface as well as the impedance observed in the bulk of the device.
US11127986B2	Electrode sheet manufacturing apparatus In an electrode sheet manufacturing apparatus, in a state where a potential difference is caused between a gravure roll and a current collector foil conveyed by a back-up roll, a mixed powder is continuously supplied into recessed portions on an outer peripheral surface of the gravure roll such that the mixed powder is moved from the gravure roll to a surface of a current collector foil by an electrostatic force working between the mixed powder supplied into the recessed portions of the gravure roll and the current collector foil. In the gravure roll, a volume of first-end-side recessed portions per unit area in a first-end-side region and a volume of second-end-side recessed portions per unit area in a second-end-side region are made larger than a volume of intermediate recessed portions per unit area in an intermediate region.
US11127973B2	Method for manufacturing all-solid battery A method for manufacturing an all-solid battery is provided to press a laminate of a cell becoming a battery unit at a high pressure, and resin-sealing the peripheral thereof. The method includes disposing a laminate, which includes a plurality of cells composed of an anode, a solid electrolyte, and a cathode, and a current collecting plate having the plurality of cells stacked thereon in series and disposed on both end portions thereof in the stacking direction, into a mold in an opened state. The mold is then closed and the laminate is pressed. A battery unit is formed by press-fitting resin from a resin injection port to solidify the resin in the pressed state of the laminate.
US11127971B2	Battery plate loading mechanism A battery plate loading system includes a battery plate separator apparatus having a work surface for receiving a stack of battery plates, and a loading mechanism including an arm coupled to the work surface. The arm is pivotable to move the work surface between a substantially horizontal position and a substantially vertical position. A pallet has a surface arranged to receive a plurality of stacks of battery plates, each stack being arranged in at least a first or a second orientation; and, a robot head arrangement configured to transfer stacks of battery plates from the pallet to the battery plate separator apparatus. The robot head arrangement includes a sensor configured to detect the orientation of each stack. The pivotable arm is configured to move the work surface to the substantially horizontal position or to the substantially vertical position in response to the detected orientation of a selected stack.
US11127970B2	Method for producing an electrode stack for energy stores, and stacking system A method for producing an electrode stack for an energy store of a motor vehicle; as electrodes, cathodes and anodes being alternately stacked on top of one another with the interposition of a separator strip, the separator strip first having the cathodes and anodes laid thereon, thereby forming an electrode strip, and, subsequently thereto, the electrode strip being folded numerous times to stack the cathodes and the anodes on top of one another. It is provided that the electrode strip be oriented in a horizontal plane for the folding process, and, on that basis, be folded in sections or, as a whole, between the electrodes.
US11127966B2	Hematin modified bilirubin oxidase cathode A cathode can include: an electrode substrate; a porphyrin precursor attached to the substrate; and an enzyme coupled to the electrode substrate to be associated with the porphyrin precursor, the enzyme reduces oxygen. The cathode can include a conductive material associated with the porphyrin precursor and/or the enzyme. The cathode can include 1-pyrenebutanoic acid, succinimidyl ester (PBSE) associated with the porphyrin precursor and/or the enzyme and/or the conductive material. The cathode can include 2,5-dimethyl-1-phenyl-1H-pyrrole-3-carbaldehyde (DMY-Carb) associated with the 1-pyrenebutanoic acid, succinimidyl ester (PBSE) and/or the porphyrin precursor and/or the enzyme and/or the conductive material. The porphyrin precursor is attached to the substrate through covalent coupling. In some aspects, substrate is linked to the porphyrin precursor, the porphyrin precursor is linked to the conductive material, the conductive material is linked to the PBSE, the PBSE is linked to the DMY-carb, and the DMY-carb is linked to the enzyme.
US11127958B2	Cell unit A cell unit is provided for a solid oxide fuel cell, and has a sequential stack of a power generation cell, an auxiliary collector layer and a separator. The power generation cell includes a cathode layer, an electrolyte layer, and an anode layer. The auxiliary collector layer assists electrical contact. The separator is provided with flow passage portions that define a gas flow passage for gas. The auxiliary collector layer has a curved in an arch shape that is disposed so as to overlap the gas flow passage in the stacking direction, and that is curved so as to project toward the power generation cell side.
US11127954B2	Cathode material for a sodium-ion battery, preparation method therefor and application thereof Provided by the present invention is a cathode material for a sodium-ion battery with a coating structure and a preparation method therefor. In the present invention, an Na3V2(PO4)3/C cathode material is prepared by means of a sol-gel method. Synthesized zwitterionic polymers may be used as chelating agents and as a carbon source; the process is simple, can quickly form a gel, and the reaction time is shortened contains a zwitterionic structure which may be well dissolved with the precursor of sodium vanadium phosphate to form a stable carbon coating layer. Compared to the prior art, the cathode material for a sodium-ion battery of the present invention enhances the electrical conductivity and cycle performance of the cathode material by means of the doping of nitrogen and sulfur on carbon. At the same time, the prepared cathode material for a sodium-ion battery has sodium vacancies and maintains a stable structure during the process of sodium-ion intercalation/deintercalation.
US11127953B2	Carbon nanotube-transition metal oxide composite and method for making the same The present invention relates to a carbon nanotube-transition metal oxide composite and a method for making the composite. The composite comprises at least one carbon nanotube and a plurality of transition metal oxide nanoparticles. The plurality of transition metal oxide nanoparticles are chemically bonded to the at least one carbon nanotube through carbon-oxygen-metal (C—O-M) linkages, wherein the metal is a transition metal element. The method for making the composite comprising the following steps: step 1, providing at least one carbon nanotube obtained from a super-aligned carbon nanotube array; step 2, pre-oxidizing the at least one carbon nanotube; step 3, dispersing the at least one carbon nanotube in a solvent to form a first suspension; step 4, dispersing a material containing transition metal oxyacid radicals in the first suspension to form a second suspension; and step 5, removing the solvent from the second suspension and drying the second suspension.
US11127951B2	Alkaline secondary battery An alkaline secondary battery disclosed in the present application includes a positive electrode containing a positive electrode active material, a negative electrode, and a separator. The positive electrode active material contains a mixture of a silver oxide and a silver-bismuth complex oxide. A discharge curve is obtained when the battery that is fully charged is discharged with a constant current until a battery voltage drops to 1.0 V. The battery voltage at a point on the discharge curve where x (%) of a total discharge capacity has been discharged from the battery since start of discharge is represented by Vx (V). The discharge curve satisfies V10−V70≤0.08, has a step in the range of 70≤x≤90, and shows that a size of the step represented by V70−V90 is 0.04 or more and 0.15 or less.
US11127948B2	Energy storage devices A novel hybrid lithium-ion anode material based on coaxially coated Si shells on vertically aligned carbon nanofiber (CNF) arrays. The unique cup-stacking graphitic microstructure makes the bare vertically aligned CNF array an effective Li+ intercalation medium. Highly reversible Li+ intercalation and extraction were observed at high power rates. More importantly, the highly conductive and mechanically stable CNF core optionally supports a coaxially coated amorphous Si shell which has much higher theoretical specific capacity by forming fully lithiated alloy. Addition of surface effect dominant sites in close proximity to the intercalation medium results in a hybrid device that includes advantages of both batteries and capacitors.
US11127945B2	Electrodes for metal-ion batteries An electrode for a metal-ion battery is provided wherein the active layer of the electrode comprises a plurality of low porosity particles comprising an electroactive material selected from silicon, silicon oxide germanium, tin, aluminium and mixtures thereof and a plurality of carbon particles selected from one or more of graphite, soft carbon and hard carbon. The ratio of the D50 particles size of the carbon particles to the D50 particle diameter of the porous particles is in the range of from 1.5 to 30. Also provided are rechargeable metal-ion batteries comprising said electrode and compositions of porous particles and carbon particles which may be used to prepare the active layer of said electrode.
US11127941B2	Carbon-based structures for incorporation into lithium (Li) ion battery electrodes This disclosure provides an electrochemical cell electrode including a film layer deposited on an electrically conductive substrate. The film layer includes a concentration of carbon aggregates formed from a plurality of few layer graphene sheets orthogonally fused together. A porous structure is defined by the plurality of few layer graphene sheets and is configured to any provide for electrical conduction between contact points between any two or more of the plurality of few layer graphene sheets or host an electroactive material. The electrochemical cell electrode can be an anode. The electroactive material can include an elemental lithium (Li) interspersed in a D-spacing between adjacent few layer graphene sheets in the anode. An additional film can be deposited on the film. The film can be configured to provide a first electrical conductivity and the additional film can be configured to provide a second electrical conductivity different from the first electrical conductivity.
US11127940B2	Positive electrode active material particle powder for non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery, method for producing same, and non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery Positive electrode active material particle powder includes lithium manganese oxide particle powder having Li and Mn as main components and a cubic spinel structure with an Fd-3m space group. The lithium manganese oxide particle powder is composed of secondary particles, which are aggregates of primary particles, an average particle diameter (D50) of the secondary particles being from 4 μm to 20 μm, and at least 80% of the primary particles exposed on surfaces of the secondary particles each have a polyhedral shape in which each (111) plane thereof is adjacent to at least one (100) plane thereof.
US11127937B2	Method of manufacturing carbon-coated electrode active material and electrode active material manufactured by the method Disclosed is a method of carbon-coating a secondary battery active material and a second battery active material produced by the method. The method of producing a carbon-coated battery active material involves mixing a carbon precursor with liquid carbon dioxide to produce a coating solution comprising a carbon material, coating a battery active material with the carbon material by applying the coating solution to the battery active material, and sintering the coated battery active material to obtain the carbon-coated battery active material.
US11127935B2	Display panel, preparation method thereof and display device Disclosed are a display panel, a preparation method thereof and a display device. The display panel includes a display region and a non-display region. The preparation method includes: providing a base substrate; preparing a first metal layer on a side of the base substrate; preparing a first insulation layer on a side of the first metal layer; performing a patterning process on the first insulation layer by using a mask plate to form a plurality of first via holes; preparing a passivation layer on a side of the first insulation layer; performing the patterning process on the passivation layer by using the same mask plate to form a plurality of second via holes, where a vertical projection of each of the first via holes on a plane where the base substrate is located covers a vertical projection of one of the second via holes on the plane.
US11127930B2	Substrate and display panel A substrate and a display panel are provided. The display panel adopts an emerging porous metal material, and utilizes excellent characteristics of the material as a composite functional layer of the panel, so that it can simultaneously assume functions of protection, cushioning, and heat dissipation, and achieve a purpose of simplifying a structure of a display device and reducing the thickness of components.
US11127929B2	Display panel and display device comprising the same Disclosed is a display panel and a display device capable of reducing the reflection of external light. The display panel includes a touch sensor, disposed on an encapsulation unit, and an antireflective film disposed in a non-emission area of the touch sensor so as to overlap each other, whereby it is possible to reduce external light from being incident on the touch sensor and a routing line, and therefore it is possible to reduce the reflectance of external light without using an expensive polarizing plate.
US11127928B2	Display device A display device includes: a display panel to display an image; an optical film over the display panel and including at least one phase retarder and a polarizer; a first adhesive layer between the display panel and the optical film and contacting a first surface of the optical film; and a second adhesive layer on the optical film and contacting a second surface of the optical film opposite the first surface, and the first adhesive layer and the second adhesive layer contact each other.
US11127925B2	OLED display panel The present invention provides an organic light-emitting diode (OLED) display panel, the OLED display panel comprises a display region and a non-display region, and the OLED display panel comprises a flexible substrate, a thin film transistor (TFT) layer, an OLED light-emitting layer, and a thin film packaging layer. The thin film packaging layer comprises a first inorganic layer, an organic layer, and a second inorganic layer. Wherein the first inorganic layer and the second inorganic layer respectively extend from the display region to the non-display region, a portion of the first inorganic layer located in the non-display region comprises a porous array structure, and a portion of the second inorganic layer located in the non-display region covers the first inorganic layer and fills the porous array structure.
US11127923B2	Display device The present disclosure provides a display device, the display device including a first functional member; a second functional member, including a support portion disposed on a surface oriented to the first functional member. Because of the structure, when the display device is deformed, such as the optical adhesive layer deformed to a certain degree, the support portion which disposed on the first functional member will in contact with the second functional member functions to support, at this point, the adhesive layer will not continue to squeeze the adhesive out, so collapse will not occur.
US11127922B2	Display device A display device includes a first substrate including a display area and a non-display area around the display area; a pad portion at an end part of the first substrate in the non-display area; a power voltage transmitting line electrically connected to the pad portion and surrounding at least part of the display area; a second substrate facing the first substrate; and a sealant between the first substrate and the second substrate and surrounding the display area. In the end part, the power voltage transmitting line includes a first portion overlapping the sealant and extending in a first direction and a second portion not overlapping the sealant, and the second portion includes a first protrusion protruded from the first portion in a second direction crossing the first direction, and a second protrusion protruded in a direction opposite to the second direction.
US11127920B2	Electroluminescent device having window In non-limiting example embodiments, an electroluminescent device may include a lower structure including an emission area, and an encapsulation structure located on the lower structure. The lower structure may include a window. The window may be a light transmitting region or a notch. The light transmitting region may be spaced apart from the emission area and completely or partially surrounded by the emission area in a plan view. The notch may be formed at one side of the lower structure and recessed inward in a plan view such that one side of the emission area substantially conforms to the notch.
US11127917B2	Spectral emission modification using localized surface plasmon of metallic nanoparticles A method for engineering a line shape of emission spectrum of an organic emissive material in an electroluminescent device is disclosed in which a layer of plasmonic metallic nanostructures having a localized surface plasmonic resonance (LSPR) is provided in proximity to the emissive layer and the layer of plasmonic metallic nanostructures is greater than 2 nm but less than 100 nm from the emissive layer and the LSPR of the plasmonic metallic nanostructures matches the emission wavelength of the organic emissive material. An electroluminescent device incorporating the plasmonic metallic nanostructures is also disclosed.
US11127916B2	Light emitting device An optically functional layer (160) is formed over a part of a second surface (100b) of a substrate (100). A first electrode (110) is formed over the optically functional layer (160), and a second electrode (130) is formed over the first electrode (110). An organic layer (120) is located between the first electrode (110) and the second electrode (130) and includes a light emitting layer. A plurality of the second electrodes (130) are formed. At least a part of a region between the plurality of second electrodes (130) has optical transparency. At least a part of an edge of the second electrode (130) is located outside the optically functional layer (160).
US11127913B2	Quantum-dot light emitting diode and quantum-dot light emitting display device A quantum-dot light emitting diode includes a first electrode; a second electrode facing the first electrode; a QD emitting material layer between the first and second electrodes and including a QD; a hole transporting layer between the first electrode and the QD emitting material layer and including a first hole transporting material; a first electron transporting layer between the QD emitting material layer and the second electrode; and a first electron control layer between the QD emitting material layer and the first electron transporting layer and including a second hole transporting material.
US11127911B2	Display panel and method of manufacturing thereof The present application discloses a display panel and method of manufacturing thereof. The display panel of the present application includes a substrate, an active switch, a color photoresist layer, a first electrode layer, a light emitting diode, a second electrode layer, an encapsulation layer and a driver circuit. The light emitting diode includes a red light emitting layer, a green light emitting layer and a blue light emitting layer which includes a silicon-germanium quantum dot material.
US11127907B2	Electronic devices using organic small molecule semiconducting compounds Small organic molecule semi-conducting chromophores containing a halogen-substituted core structure are disclosed. Such compounds can be used in organic heterojunction devices, such as organic small molecule solar cells and transistors.
US11127904B2	Compound, coating composition comprising same, organic light emitting device using same, and manufacturing method thereof The present specification relates to a compound of Chemical Formula 1, a coating composition comprising the compound of Chemical Formula 1, an organic light emitting device using the same, and a method for manufacturing the same.
US11127903B2	Formation of carbon nanotube-containing devices A method of fabricating a carbon nanotube based device, including forming a trench having a bottom surface and sidewalls on a substrate, selectively depositing a bi-functional compound having two reactive moieties in the trench, wherein a first of the two reactive moieties selectively binds to the bottom surface, converting a second of the two reactive moieties to a diazonium salt; and reacting the diazonium salt with a dispersion of carbon nanotubes to form a carbon nanotube layer bound to the bottom surface of the trench.
US11127902B2	Organic light-emitting display apparatus and method of manufacturing the same A method of manufacturing an organic light-emitting display apparatus including forming a lift-off layer on a substrate including a first electrode, the lift-off layer including a fluoropolymer; sequentially forming a barrier layer and a photoresist on the lift-off layer, the barrier layer including an inorganic material; patterning the photoresist and the barrier layer to remove a first portion of the photoresist corresponding to the first electrode such that a second portion other than the first portion remains; etching a portion of the lift-off layer corresponding to the first portion to expose the first electrode; forming an organic functional layer and an auxiliary electrode over the first electrode and the second portion of the photoresist, the organic functional layer including an emission layer; and removing the lift-off layer, the barrier layer, the photoresist, the organic functional layer, and the auxiliary electrode remaining on the second portion.
US11127900B2	Variable resistance memory devices, and methods of forming variable resistance memory devices Variable resistance memory devices are provided. A variable resistance memory device includes conductive lines and a memory cell including a variable resistance element on one of the conductive lines. The variable resistance memory device includes a first insulating region between the conductive lines. Moreover, the variable resistance memory device includes a second insulating region on the first insulating region between the conductive lines. Methods of forming variable resistance memory devices are also provided.
US11127896B2	Shared spin-orbit-torque write line in a spin-orbit-torque MRAM The present disclosure is drawn to, among other things, a magnetoresistive memory. The magnetoresistive memory comprises a plurality of magnetoresistive memory devices, wherein each magnetoresistive memory device includes a fixed magnetic region, a free magnetic region, and an intermediate region disposed in between the fixed and free magnetic regions. The magnetoresistive memory further comprises a first conductor extending adjacent each magnetoresistive memory device of the plurality of magnetoresistive devices, wherein the first conductor is in electrical contact with the free magnetic region of each magnetoresistive memory device.
US11127895B2	Magnetic memory device According to one embodiment, a magnetic memory device includes a first insulating region, a first counter insulating region, a first conductive member, and a first magnetic element. The first conductive member is provided between the first insulating region and the first counter insulating region. The first conductive member extends in a first direction crossing a second direction. The second direction is from the first insulating region toward the first counter insulating region. The first magnetic element is provided between the first insulating region and the first counter insulating region. A third direction from the first conductive member toward the first magnetic element crosses a plane including the first and second directions. A portion of a first insulating side surface of the first insulating region opposes the first conductive member. A portion of a first counter insulating side surface of the first counter insulating region opposes the first conductive member.
US11127893B2	Systems and methods for superconducting devices used in superconducting circuits and scalable computing Approaches useful to operation of scalable processors with ever larger numbers of logic devices (e.g., qubits) advantageously take advantage of QFPs, for example to implement shift registers, multiplexers (i.e., MUXs), de-multiplexers (i.e., DEMUXs), and permanent magnetic memories (i.e., PMMs), and the like, and/or employ XY or XYZ addressing schemes, and/or employ control lines that extend in a “braided” pattern across an array of devices. Many of these described approaches are particularly suited for implementing input to and/or output from such processors. Superconducting quantum processors comprising superconducting digital-analog converters (DACs) are provided. The DACs may use kinetic inductance to store energy via thin-film superconducting materials and/or series of Josephson junctions, and may use single-loop or multi-loop designs. Particular constructions of energy storage elements are disclosed, including meandering structures. Galvanic connections between DACs and/or with target devices are disclosed, as well as inductive connections.
US11127888B2	Ultra-high color rendering white light-emitting device with controlled emission spectrum and lighting device containing the same The present disclosure provides an ultra-high color rendering white light-emitting device including a semiconductor LED chip that emits a violet wavelength range of light with an emission peak at 380 nm to 430 nm, and a phosphor layer distributed in a transparent resin layer that emits light when excited by an excitation wavelength of the violet LED chip, wherein the phosphor layer includes a first phosphor having an emission peak at 450-470 nm, a second phosphor having an emission peak at 510-550 nm, a third phosphor having an emission peak at 550-590 nm, a fourth phosphor having an emission peak at 630-660 nm, and a fifth phosphor having an emission peak at 660-730 nm, and the ultra-high color rendering white light-emitting device has Ra that is equal to or higher than 98 and less than 100.
US11127880B2	Optoelectronic semiconductor device and method for producing an optoelectronic semiconductor device An optoelectronic semiconductor device and a method for producing an optoelectronic semiconductor device are disclosed. In an embodiment an optoelectronic semiconductor device includes a semiconductor body having a first region of a first conductivity type, an active region configured to generate electromagnetic radiation and a second region of a second conductivity type in a stacking direction, an electrical contact metallization arranged on a side of the second region facing away from the active region and being opaque to the electromagnetic radiation, a radiation coupling-out region surrounding the electrical contact metallization at an edge side and an absorber layer structure arranged between the electrical contact metallization and the second region.
US11127873B2	Monolithic multijunction solar cell having exactly four subcells A monolithic multijunction solar cell having exactly four subcells, an uppermost first subcell having a layer made up of a component having the elements AlInP, and the lattice constant a1 of the layer being between 0.572 nm and 0.577 nm, and the indium content being between 64% and 75%, and the Al content being between 18% and 32%, and the third subcell having a layer made up of a compound having at least the elements GaInAs, and the lattice constant of the layer being between 0.572 and 0.577, and the indium content of the layer being greater than 17%, and the second subcell comprising a layer including a compound which has at least the elements GaInAsP, the layer having an arsenic content between 22% and 33% and an indium content between 52% and 65%. and the lattice constant a2 being between 0.572 and 0.577.
US11127866B2	Metallization of solar cells Approaches for the metallization of solar cells and the resulting solar cells are described. In an example, a method of fabricating a solar cell involves forming a barrier layer on a semiconductor region disposed in or above a substrate. The semiconductor region includes monocrystalline or polycrystalline silicon. The method also involves forming a conductive paste layer on the barrier layer. The method also involves forming a conductive layer from the conductive paste layer. The method also involves forming a contact structure for the semiconductor region of the solar cell, the contact structure including at least the conductive layer.
US11127865B2	Integrated energy harvesting and storage device An integrated energy harvesting and storage device (IEHSD) includes a solar cell (SC) including an active layer between an optically transparent top electrode and a bottom electrode, and an energy storage device (SD) secured below the solar cell including a separator between a first electrode and a second electrode. The bottom electrode and the first or second electrode are electrically common with one another and are within a distance of ≤300 μm from one another.
US11127864B2	Carbosiloxane polymer compositions, methods of producing the same and the use thereof A method of producing a photovoltaic cell having a cover, comprising the steps of: providing a photovoltaic cell which comprises a crystalline silicon substrate; providing a transparent substrate; forming an antireflective coating on said transparent substrate to provide a coated transparent substrate; and covering the photovoltaic cell with said coated transparent substrate. The antireflective coating is a hybrid organic-inorganic material having an inorganic portion comprising silicon, oxygen and carbon, and further comprising an organic portion with organic groups connected to the inorganic portion. Methods of producing solar panels, coated glass substrates as well as antireflection coatings are disclosed as well as novel compositions of hybrid organic-inorganic materials.
US11127862B2	Three-dimensional non-volatile memory device and method of manufacturing the same In a method of manufacturing a non-volatile memory device, a stack structure may be formed on a semiconductor substrate. The stack structure may be etched to form a contact hole through the stack structure. The contact hole may be filled with a gap-filling insulation layer. Ions may be implanted into a target position of the gap-filling insulation layer. The gap-filling insulation layer may be selectively removed to define a preliminary junction region. A junction region may be formed in the preliminary junction region.
US11127858B2	Semiconductor device One of the objects is to improve display quality by reduction in malfunctions of a circuit. In a driver circuit formed using a plurality of pulse output circuits having first to third transistors and first to fourth signal lines, a first clock signal is supplied to the first signal line; a preceding stage signal is supplied to the second signal line; a second clock signal is supplied to the third signal line; an output signal is output from the fourth signal line. Duty ratios of the first clock signal and the second clock signal are different from each other. A period during which the second clock signal is changed from an L-level signal to an H-level signal after the first clock signal is changed from an H-level signal to an L-level signal is longer than a period during which the preceding stage signal is changed from an L-level signal to an H-level signal.
US11127851B2	Semiconductor device, and method for manufacturing the same A semiconductor device (A1) includes a semiconductor layer having a first face with a trench (3) formed thereon and a second face opposite to the first face, a gate electrode (41), and a gate insulating layer (5). The semiconductor layer includes a first n-type semiconductor layer (11), a second n-type semiconductor layer (12), a p-type semiconductor layer (13), and an n-type semiconductor region (14). The trench (3) is formed so as to penetrate through the p-type semiconductor layer (13) and to reach the second n-type semiconductor layer (12). The p-type semiconductor layer (13) includes an extended portion extending to a position closer to the second face of the semiconductor layer than the trench (3) is. Such structure allows suppressing dielectric breakdown in the gate insulating layer (5).
US11127848B2	Semiconductor structure and method for forming the same A semiconductor structure includes a substrate structure having a plurality of first trenches extending in a first direction, a nucleation layer disposed on the substrate structure, a compound semiconductor layer disposed on the nucleation layer, a gate disposed on the compound semiconductor layer, and a source and a drain disposed on the compound semiconductor layer and at opposite sides of the gate.
US11127845B2	Enclosed gate runner for eliminating miller turn-on A semiconductor structure is provided, which includes a semiconductor device, a first conductive layer, and a gate runner. The semiconductor device includes an upper surface, a gate terminal, a source terminal, and a drain terminal. The first conductive layer is deposited on the upper surface and coupled to the source terminal. The gate runner is overlapped with the first conductive layer and coupled to the gate terminal. The gate runner and the first conductive layer are configured to contribute a parasitic capacitance between the gate terminal and the source terminal.
US11127844B2	Semiconductor device and method for manufacturing the same A semiconductor device includes: a drift layer; a mesa region that is interposed between adjacent trenches on the drift layer; a gate electrode buried in each trench through a gate insulating film; a base region of buried in the mesa region; a plurality of emitter regions that are periodically buried in a surface layer portion of the base region along a longer direction of the trench; and contact regions that are alternately buried in the longer direction together with the emitter regions such that each emitter region is interposed between the contact regions, are deeper than the emitter region, and extend immediately below the emitter region so as to be separated from each other, a contact-region contact-width in the longer direction defined in a surface of the contact region being less than an emitter-region contact-width in the longer direction defined in a surface of the emitter region.
US11127841B2	Confined epitaxial regions for semiconductor devices and methods of fabricating semiconductor devices having confined epitaxial regions Confined epitaxial regions for semiconductor devices and methods of fabricating semiconductor devices having confined epitaxial regions are described. For example, a semiconductor structure includes a plurality of parallel semiconductor fins disposed above and continuous with a semiconductor substrate. An isolation structure is disposed above the semiconductor substrate and adjacent to lower portions of each of the plurality of parallel semiconductor fins. An upper portion of each of the plurality of parallel semiconductor fins protrudes above an uppermost surface of the isolation structure. Epitaxial source and drain regions are disposed in each of the plurality of parallel semiconductor fins adjacent to a channel region in the upper portion of the semiconductor fin. The epitaxial source and drain regions do not extend laterally over the isolation structure. The semiconductor structure also includes one or more gate electrodes, each gate electrode disposed over the channel region of one or more of the plurality of parallel semiconductor fins.
US11127838B2	Method of fabricating metal gate transistor A method of fabricating a metal gate transistor includes providing a substrate. An interlayer dielectric layer covers the substrate. A dummy gate is embedded in the interlayer dielectric layer. A high-k dielectric layer is disposed between the dummy gate and the substrate. Later, the dummy gate is removed to form a trench, and the high-k dielectric layer is exposed through the trench. After the dummy gate is removed, an ion implantation process is performed to implant fluoride ions into the high-k dielectric layer. Finally, after the ion implantation process, a metal gate is formed to fill in the trench.
US11127836B2	Metal gate scheme for device and methods of forming Gate structures and methods of forming the gate structures are described. In some embodiments, a method includes forming source/drain regions in a substrate, and forming a gate structure between the source/drain regions. The gate structure includes a gate dielectric layer over the substrate, a work function tuning layer over the gate dielectric layer, a metal-containing compound over the work function tuning layer, and a metal over the metal-containing compound, wherein the metal-containing compound comprises the metal as an element of the compound.
US11127831B2	Transistor structure with overlying gate on polysilicon gate structure and related method Embodiments of the disclosure provide a transistor structure and methods to form the same. The transistor structure may include an active semiconductor region with a channel region between a first source/drain (S/D) region and a second S/D region. A polysilicon gate structure is above the channel region of the active semiconductor region. An overlying gate is positioned on the polysilicon gate structure. A horizontal width of the overlying gate is greater than a horizontal width of the polysilicon gate structure. The transistor structure includes a gate contact to the overlying gate.
US11127829B2	Semiconductor device A semiconductor device comprises at least one cell. The structure of each cell comprises: a N-type substrate; at least one first trench unit and at least one second trench unit provided on one side of the N-type substrate; at least one P-type semiconductor region provided on the other side of the N-type substrate, the P-type semiconductor region consisting an anode region; at least one N-type carrier barrier region; and at least one P-type electric field shielding region. The purpose of the present invention is to provide a semiconductor device which has a novel cell structure to provide: a large safe operating area; a short-circuit resistance; elimination of the effect of parasitic thyristors; a low gate-collector charge (QGC) to provide a maximum resistance to dv/dt; increase of conductivity modulation at the emitter side to provide a large current density and an extremely low on-voltage drop; a small turn-off loss; and a low process complexity.
US11127827B2	Control gate strap layout to improve a word line etch process window Various embodiments of the present application are directed towards a control gate layout to improve an etch process window for word lines. In some embodiments, an integrated chip comprises a memory array, an erase gate, a word line, and a control gate. The memory array comprises a plurality of cells in a plurality of rows and a plurality of columns. The erase gate and the word line are elongated in parallel along a row of the memory array. The control gate is elongated along the row and is between and borders the erase gate and the word line. Further, the control gate has a pad region protruding towards the erase gate and the word line. Because the pad region protrudes towards the erase gate and the word line, a width of the pad region is spread between word-line and erase-gate sides of the control gate.
US11127820B2	Quantum well field-effect transistor and method for manufacturing the same A quantum well field-effect transistor (QWFET) includes a barrier layer, a quantum well layer, and a spacer layer. The quantum well layer is on the barrier layer. The barrier layer and the spacer layer comprise aluminum indium antimonide that is undoped. The quantum well layer comprises indium antimonide. The spacer layer is on the quantum well layer. The quantum well layer and the spacer layer are between a source contact and a drain contact. A gate contact is on a dielectric layer, which is on the spacer layer. By providing the barrier layer and the spacer layer as undoped layers, a performance of the QWFET may be improved.
US11127817B2	Formation of semiconductor device structure by implantation A method for forming a semiconductor device structure is provided. The method includes forming a semiconductor structure over a semiconductor substrate. The method also includes implanting carbon into the semiconductor structure. The method further includes implanting gallium into the semiconductor structure. In addition, the method includes heating the semiconductor structure after the implanting of carbon and gallium.
US11127815B2	Semiconductor device and method of forming the semiconductor device A semiconductor device includes a fin structure having a circular cylindrical shape, and including a first recess formed on a first side of the fin structure and a second recess formed on a second side of the fin structure opposite the first side, an inner gate formed inside the fin structure, and an inner gate insulating layer formed between the inner gate and an inner surface of the fin structure.
US11127811B2	Display panel with layered transmission pads in non-display area, manufacturing method thereof and display device The present disclosure discloses a display panel, a manufacturing method thereof and a display device. By arranging positions of first transmission pads and second transmission pads, and setting areas of first film layers in the first transmission pads to be less than those of second film layers, when the first transmission pads and the second transmission pads are disposed oppositely, fully-opened openings are formed between the two pads, so that it is convenient to fill spaces between the first transmission pads and the second transmission pads with conductive components to allow the first transmission pads be electrically connected with the second transmission pads through the conductive components, guaranteeing an effective electrical connection between the first transmission pads and the second transmission pads and then ensuring signal transmission via first wires and second wires through the first transmission pads and the second transmission pads.
US11127810B2	Display device A lower base surface of wirings includes a stepped portion with upper surfaces having mutually different heights and stepped surfaces rising from respective upper surfaces. Each upper surface and the stepped surface form a projecting portion rising in each normal direction and constitute a first recessed corner portion immediately below the wirings and a second recessed corner portion at the tip of the projecting portion in the normal direction of the stepped surface. A first interval exists between the adjacent wirings. The first recessed corner portion has a first height. The second recessed corner portion has a second height and a second width in the first direction. The second width is smaller than the first interval, the second height is lower than the first height, or both the second width is smaller than the first interval and the second height is lower than the first height.
US11127803B2	Display panel and display device A display panel includes an array substrate and a package substrate disposed opposite to each other, wherein, the array substrate includes a plurality of pixel units arranged in an array, and at least one of the pixel units includes a driving transistor. Further, the package substrate includes a first electrode and a second electrode disposed opposite to each other and an insulating layer located between the two electrodes. Wherein, the first electrode is electrically connected to the first terminal of the driving transistor, and the second electrode is electrically connected to the control terminal of the driving transistor.
US11127802B2	Electroluminescence display An electroluminescence display comprises transistor arrays, OLEDs, and power source lines. The transistor arrays are arranged in a first direction and a second direction intersecting the first direction. The OLEDs are electrically connected to the transistor arrays, and emit first, second and third colors. The power source lines apply power source voltage to the transistor arrays. The transistor arrays are disposed adjacently in the first direction to share one power source line positioned between the transistor arrays, and include a transistor array of an A type and a transistor array of a B type symmetrical to each other with respect to a reference line extended in the second direction. All the OLEDs emitting a light of any one of the first to third colors are connected to the transistor array of the A type. All the OLEDs emitting another of the first to third colors are connected to the transistor array of the B type.
US11127797B2	Foldable display device A display device including: a sensor device; a display module to display an image and having a first through-hole in which the sensor device is positioned; and a bottom panel cover on one surface of the display module and having a second through-hole in which the sensor device is positioned. The first through-hole has breadth that increases from the one surface of the display module toward another surface of the display module opposite to the one surface of the display module.
US11127796B2	Display panel with integrated pressure sensor and printed circuit board A display panel includes: a printed circuit board disposed at one side of the display panel, the printed circuit board, having: a pattern portion including a surface, a first driving electrode and a first sensing electrode disposed on the first surface; and a cover portion facing the surface of the pattern portion and including a first pressure sensing layer overlapping the first driving electrode and the first sensing electrode.
US11127792B2	Three dimensional semiconductor memory devices A three-dimensional semiconductor memory device includes first conductive lines extending horizontally in a first direction, a second conductive line extending vertically in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction, and memory cells at cross-points between the first conductive lines and the second conductive line. The first conductive lines are laterally spaced apart from each other in a third direction crossing the first direction. Each of the memory cells includes a variable resistance element and a switching element that are horizontally arranged. The variable resistance element includes a first variable resistance pattern and a second variable resistance pattern arranged in the second direction, a first electrode between the first variable resistance pattern and the first conductive line, a second electrode between the second variable resistance pattern and the second conductive line, and a third electrode between the first variable resistance pattern and the second variable resistance pattern.
US11127791B2	Semiconductor memory device According to the embodiment, a semiconductor memory device includes a first conductive layer, a second conductive layer, a first memory cell, a second memory cell, a third conductive layer, a first contact, a intermediate memory cell, a fourth conductive layer, a third memory cell, a fifth conductive layer, and a second contact. The third conductive layer is separated from the first conductive layer and the second conductive layer in a third direction crossing a first direction and crossing a second direction and extends in the second direction. The fifth conductive layer is separated from the second conductive layer in the third direction and extends in the second direction. A first length of the second conductive layer along the second direction is shorter than a second length of the fifth conductive layer along the second direction.
US11127789B2	Magnetic memory devices A magnetic memory device includes a substrate including a cell region and a peripheral circuit region, lower contact plugs on the cell region, data storage structures on the lower contact plugs, and a peripheral interconnection structure on the peripheral circuit region. The peripheral interconnection structure includes a line portion extending in a direction parallel to a top surface of the substrate, and contact portions extending from the line portion toward the substrate. A height of each of the contact portions is less than a height of each of the lower contact plugs.
US11127785B2	Cross-point magnetic random access memory with piezoelectric selector A three dimensional (3D) array of magnetic random access memory (MRAM) bit-cells is described, wherein the array includes a mesh of: a first interconnect extending along a first axis; a second interconnect extending along a second axis; and a third interconnect extending along a third axis, wherein the first, second and third axes are orthogonal to one another, and wherein a bit-cell of the MRAM bit-cells includes: a magnetic junction device including a first electrode coupled to the first interconnect; a piezoelectric (PZe) layer adjacent to a second electrode, wherein the second electrode is coupled to the second interconnect; and a first layer adjacent to the PZe layer and the magnetic junction, wherein the first layer is coupled the third interconnect.
US11127784B2	Integrated circuits with embedded memory structures and methods for fabricating the same Integrated circuits with embedded memory structures, and methods for fabricating integrated circuits are provided. An exemplary method for fabricating an integrated circuit includes forming from a first metallization layer a first lower conductive interconnect in a first region of a dielectric layer and a second lower conductive interconnect in a second region of the dielectric layer. The method includes forming a memory structure in the first region. Further, the method includes depositing an interlayer dielectric over the first region and over the second region. Also, the method includes forming from a second metallization layer a first upper conductive interconnect over the interlayer dielectric, wherein the first upper conductive interconnect is coupled to the memory structure.
US11127783B2	MRAM, method of manufacturing the same, and electronic device including the MRAM A Magnetic Random Access Memory (MRAM), a method of manufacturing the same, and an electronic device including the same are provided. The MRAM includes a substrate, an array of memory cells arranged in rows and columns, bit lines, and word lines. The memory cells each include a vertical switch device and a magnetic tunnel junction on the switch device and electrically connected to a first terminal of the switch device. An active region of the switch device at least partially includes a single-crystalline semiconductor material. Each of the memory cell columns is disposed on a corresponding bit line, and a second terminal of each of the respective switch devices in the memory cell column is electrically connected to the corresponding bit line. Each of the word lines is electrically connected to a control terminal of the respective switch devices of the respective memory cells in a corresponding memory cell row.
US11127782B2	Magnetic memory array incorporating selectors and method for manufacturing the same The present invention is directed to a memory cell array comprising an array of magnetic memory elements arranged in rows and columns; a plurality of electrodes, each of which is formed adjacent to a respective one of the array of magnetic memory elements; a plurality of first conductive lines, each of which is connected to a respective row of the array of magnetic memory elements along a row direction; and a plurality of composite lines. Each composite line includes a volatile switching layer connected to a respective column of the plurality of electrodes along a column direction; an electrode layer formed adjacent to the volatile switching layer; and a second conductive line formed adjacent to the electrode layer. The dimension of the volatile switching layer may be substantially larger than the size of the magnetic memory element along the row direction.
US11127776B2	Hybrid bonding method for semiconductor wafers and related three-dimensional integrated device A method to perform hybrid bonding of two semiconductor wafers without using a dedicated tool for thermo-compression is disclosed. According to the herein disclosed technique, the semiconductor wafers to be bonded together may be placed in an oven simply staying one upon the other without applying any additional compression between them besides their own weight. This outstanding result has been attained using of a particular type of thermosetting materials, namely siloxane polymers of the type that shrink when cured. Among these siloxane polymers, the siloxane polymers of the type SC-480, siloxane polymers of the series SC-200, SC-300, SC-400, SC-500, SC-700, SC-800 and mixtures thereof are particularly suitable.

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