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US11140795B2	Adapter for installing electrotechnical components An adapter for installing electrotechnical components includes: a standardized support rail having a top-hat rail, and which has fastening means on an upper face thereof for installing an electrotechnical component, and fastening means on a bottom face thereof for installing on a front panel of an electrotechnical component. The fastening means on the bottom face have at least one latch hook for latching into a corresponding latch opening on the front panel of the electrotechnical component, and/or the fastening means on the bottom face have at least one snap hook for snapping into a corresponding snap opening on the front panel of the electrotechnical component.
US11140792B2	Display device A display device including a display panel, an extension plate, and a spacing plate is provided. The display panel has a first substrate, a second substrate, and a flexible connecting unit. The second substrate is stacked on the first substrate and has an outer surface. The first substrate has a protruding portion extended out of the second substrate. The protruding portion has a protruding surface connected to the flexible connecting unit. The extension plate is stacked on the outer surface and has a portion extending out of the outer surface and being stacked on the protruding portion. A gap is formed between the extension plate and the flexible connecting unit. The spacing plate partially enters into the gap to be located between the flexible connecting unit and the extension plate.
US11140788B2	Component mounting method, component mounting system, and manufacturing method of component mounting board In component mounting for mounting a pin connecting component having a pin on a board having a through-hole electrode, a solder paste is printed on the through-hole electrode through a screen mask having an opening corresponding to the through-hole electrode, a flux is transferred onto the pin by holding the pin connecting component and immersing the pin into a flux tank filled with the flux, and the pin onto which the flux is transferred is inserted into the through-hole electrode on which the solder paste is printed to mount the pin connecting component on the board.
US11140787B2	Connecting an electronic component to an interactive textile This document describes techniques and apparatuses for connecting an electronic component to an interactive textile. Loose conductive threads of the interactive textile are collected and organized into a ribbon with a pitch that matches a corresponding pitch of connection points of the electronic component. Next, non-conductive material of the conductive threads of the ribbon are stripped to expose the conductive wires of the conductive threads. After stripping the non-conductive material from the conductive threads of the ribbon, the connection points of the electronic component are bonded to the conductive wires of the ribbon. The conductive threads proximate the ribbon are then sealed using a UV-curable or heat-curable epoxy, and the electronic component and the ribbon are encapsulated to the interactive textile with a water-resistant material, such as plastic or polymer.
US11140783B2	Apparatus for making wiring board A manufacturing apparatus of a wiring board includes: a fixed die; a movable die configured to abut with the fixed die so as to form a cavity in which a resin substrate having a wiring gutter is to be molded; and an injection machine configured to inject molten resin into the cavity via the fixed die. The movable die includes a movable main mold, and a movable core having a nested structure in which the movable core is slidably accommodated in the movable main mold. A wall surface of the movable core has a projection portion that molds the wiring gutter. An injector configured to inject molten metal into the wiring gutter via the projection portion is provided inside the movable core.
US11140782B2	Display device and electronic appliance A display device includes a display panel having a curved shape that is curved such that a convex surface thereof faces the outside of a housing of the electronic appliance and also includes a circuit board that is connected to the display panel at a connection point and is curved so as to correspond to the curved shape of the display panel. In the display device, the circuit board extends outward from the display panel and is bent into a U shape in such a manner that an end of the circuit board faces toward a central portion of the display panel. In addition, the circuit board has an extension portion that is formed so as to extend from the connection point in the same direction as an extending direction of the display panel.
US11140781B2	Electronic device An electronic device includes chip components, a terminal connection body, conductive terminals, and a support member. Each of the chip components has a pair of end surfaces on which terminal electrodes are formed. The terminal connection body connects the terminal electrodes on one side of the chip components arranged next to each other in a parallel direction to the end surfaces. Each of the conductive terminals includes a connection part and a mount part. The connection part is connected with the terminal electrode of either of the chip components located on both ends of the chip components connected in series via the terminal connection body. The mount part faces the connection part and is connected with a mount board. The support member is disposed between the connection parts and the mount parts. The chip components are arranged so that the end surfaces face the mount board.
US11140779B2	Laminate materials with embedded heat-generating multi-compartment microcapsules A composite material incorporates multi-compartment microcapsules that produce heat when subject to a stimulus such as a compressive force or a magnetic field. The stimulus ruptures an isolating structure within the multi-compartment microcapsule, allowing reactants within the multi-compartment microcapsule to produce heat from an exothermic reaction. In some embodiments, the composite material is a laminate used in the manufacture of multi-layer printed circuit boards (PCBs) and provides heat during the curing process of the multi-layer PCBs to ensure a consistent thermal gradient in the multi-layer product.
US11140776B2	Method of making a rigid/flex circuit board Manufacturing a rigid-flex circuit board includes providing an inner flexible circuit board and a first flexible metal clad laminate, laminating the first flexible metal clad laminate on a surface of the inner flexible circuit board through a first adhesive film, causing the first copper layer to form a third conductive circuit layer, partially covering the metal protective layer exposed by the third conductive circuit layer, removing the metal protective layer exposed by the third conductive circuit layer and the covered area, providing a second copper foil, laminating the second copper foil on a surface of the third conductive circuit layer through a second adhesive film, removing the metal protective layer at the opening area, and causing the second copper foil to form a fifth conductive circuit layer. The first flexible metal clad laminate includes a second base material layer, a metal protective layer, and a first copper layer.
US11140771B2	Electronic device, and method and system for compensating stress-sensitive parameter Provided is a method for compensating a stress-sensitive parameter, and the method is applied to an electronic devices. The method includes: calculating (51) a deformation value of a first panel according to a pressure borne by the first panel; calculating (52) according to the deformation value of the first panel a deformation value of a second panel that is deformed due to the deformation of the first panel; calculating (53) according to the deformation value of the second panel a change in a stress-sensitive parameter of a stress-sensitive element on the second panel; and compensating (54) the stress-sensitive parameter according to the change in the stress-sensitive parameter. The quality of the parameters of corresponding electronic elements and electronic modules are thereby improved, ultimately enhancing the performance of electronic device.
US11140770B2	Printed circuit board assembly Printed circuit board assembly (PCBA) technology is disclosed. A PCBA can include a printed circuit board (PCB). The PCBA can also include a capacitor operably mounted on a side of the PCB. In addition, the PCBA can include a damper material coupled to the PCB and operable to dissipate kinetic energy generated by the capacitor during operation. An electronic system including a capacitor and damping material, and a method for minimizing acoustic vibration in an electronic system are also disclosed.
US11140768B2	Component carrier with high passive intermodulation performance A component carrier which includes a stack having at least one electrically conductive layer structure and at least one electrically insulating layer structure, and electrically conductive wiring structures being part of the at least one electrically conductive layer structure, wherein a value of the passive intermodulation for signals propagating along the electrically conductive wiring structures is less than −153 dBc.
US11140763B2	X-ray generation apparatus and X-ray imaging apparatus An X-ray generation apparatus includes an X-ray generation unit, a storage container configured to store the X-ray generation unit, and an insulating component arranged between an inner surface of the storage container and at least a part of the X-ray generation unit. The insulating component includes a first insulating member and a second insulating member, the first insulating member includes a first portion having a first surface, and a second portion having a second surface, a step difference is formed by the first surface and the second surface, and the second portion has a thickness smaller than that of the first portion, an adhesive surface of the second insulating member and the second surface of the first insulating member are connected by an adhesive material, and a flatness of the second surface is better than a flatness of the first surface.
US11140762B2	Method of selecting a controllable lighting device from a plurality of lighting devices A method 600 of selecting a lighting device from a plurality of lighting devices 120, 122, 124 in a physical space 160 is disclosed. The method 600 comprises: obtaining 602 positions of the plurality of lighting devices 120, 122, 124 in the physical space 160, obtaining 604 a position of a user 130, receiving 606 a first user input from the user 130 indicative of a first direction originating from the position of the user 130, selecting 608 a first lighting device of the plurality of lighting devices 120, 122, 124 that is located in the first direction relative to the position of the user 130, providing 610 a notification to the user 130 that the first lighting device has been selected, receiving 612 a second user input from the user 130 indicative of a second direction originating from the position of the user 130, mapping 614 the second direction onto the selected first lighting device such that it originates from the position of the selected first lighting device, and selecting 616 a second lighting device of the plurality of lighting devices 120, 122, 124 that is located in the mapped second direction relative to the position of the selected first lighting device.
US11140761B2	Resuming a dynamic light effect in dependence on an effect type and/or user preference An electronic device is configured to control one or more light sources, to render a dynamic light effect, control the one or more light sources to pause the dynamic light effect at a first moment (72), and control the one or more light sources to resume the dynamic light effect at a second moment (73) in a manner (63-66) which depends on a type of the dynamic light effect and/or a user preference indicated for the dynamic light effect.
US11140760B2	DC-DC converter and light source driving device comprising same A DC-DC converter according to an embodiment comprises: a first converter unit for generating a first output voltage by adjusting a level of an input voltage according to a pulse control signal applied to a first switch element; a first light emitting unit disposed at an output end of the first converter unit; a second converter unit, connected to the output end of the first converter unit, for generating a second output voltage by adjusting a level of the input voltage or the first output voltage according to a pulse control signal applied to a second switch element; a second light emitting unit disposed at an output end of the second converter unit; and a control unit for generating pulse control signals to be applied to the first switch element and the second switch element separately according to driving modes of the first and second light emitting units, and for controlling switching operations of the first and second switch elements according to the generated pulse control signals.
US11140759B2	Method of multi-mode color control by an LED driver Method of controlling an LED fixture comprising a plurality of LEDs, the plurality of LED comprising at least four LEDs, configured to emit light of different colors, the method comprising: receiving a set point representing a desired color and intensity for the light to be generated by the LED fixture; determining, based on available color characteristics of the plurality of LEDs, at least two different subsets of the plurality of LEDs and a set of intensity set points for each of the at least two different subsets, wherein each set of intensity set points results in obtaining or approximating the desired color and intensity by the LED fixture; selecting the subsets of the plurality of LEDs with the corresponding sets of intensity set points which meet a predetermined criterion; use a selected subset to drive the plurality of LEDs with the corresponding set of intensity set points.
US11140756B2	Wall-mountable wireless remote control device A wall-mountable remote control device may be installed in place of an existing light switch and may be configured to transmit wireless signals to an electrical load device, such as a screw-in light-emitting diode (LED) lamp, to provide control of the electrical load device. The remote control device may comprise an air-gap switch adapted to be electrically coupled in series between a power source and the controllable light source, but may not comprise a bidirectional semiconductor switch for controlling the amount of power delivered to the electrical load device using a phase-control dimming technique. The remote control device may have a low-profile enclosure that is smaller than an enclosure of a standard dimmer switch, and thus may be easier to install in an electrical wallbox. The remote control device may comprise two parts including an air-gap switch device and a wireless communication device mounted to the air-gap switch device.
US11140755B2	Methods of protecting furnace electrodes with cooling liquid that contains an additive A method for forming a protective antioxidative barrier on the furnace electrodes using a chemically altered cooling liquid containing an antioxidant additive. This method can be applied to electrodes used in electric arc furnaces and ladle metallurgy furnaces. The method can involve spraying the cooling liquid onto the electrode, thereby forming the protective antioxidative barrier and reducing the oxidation of the electrode.
US11140754B2	Cooking apparatus Disclosed is a cooking apparatus for providing a cooking vessel suitable for a simmer cooking function. A cooking apparatus of the present invention includes a cooking room; a cooking vessel accommodated in the cooking room, and including a main body, and a heating element attached on a bottom of the main body and configured to be heated by microwaves to heat the main body; a microwave heater configured to radiate microwaves to the cooking vessel; an input device configured to receive a simmer cooking command; and a controller configured to repeatedly perform a process of turning on the microwave heater for a first time period, when the simmer cooking command is received through the input device, and turning off the microwave heater for a second time period when the first time period elapses, for a cooking time period, and configured to perform a keeping-warm process when a door does not open in a third time period after the cooking time period elapses.
US11140752B2	Induction heating device having reduced number of wire harnesses An induction heating device includes: a casing; a cover plate coupled to a top of the casing, where the cover plate has a surface configured to seat an object; a first induction heating module located within the casing and configured to heat the object; a first wiring substrate that is configured to couple to a bottom of the first induction heating module and that extends in a first direction, where the first wiring substrate includes at least one of a power line or a signal line; and a first connector that is configured to couple the first wiring substrate to the bottom of the first induction heating module, where the first connector includes a pogo pin.
US11140748B2	Cellular network coverage using a vehicle-based data transmission extender Apparatus, systems, and methods for improving cellular network coverage using a vehicle-based data transmission extender. One such generalized method includes establishing communication between a fixed base station of a cellular network and a first wireless device, which includes a data transmission module that is part of a first vehicle. Data is relayed between the fixed base station and a second wireless device using the first wireless device to extend geographic coverage of the cellular network to the second wireless device. The method also includes at least one of: detecting, using a signal detector, a signal emitted from the second wireless device, the signal detector being part of the first vehicle; and tracking, using a data meter, an amount of data relayed via the first wireless device between the fixed base station and the second wireless device over the cellular network, the data meter being part of the first vehicle.
US11140746B2	Washroom device installation system A system and method for joining devices to a network according to a protocol that names the joined devices based on a predetermined naming sequence that is common across all devices joined to the network in a given facility.
US11140745B2	WLAN trigger frame padding for meeting minimum processing time requirement of receiver A WLAN Access Point (AP) includes a MAC processor and a PHY processor. The MAC processor is configured to generate a trigger frame including user information fields destined to respective STAs, and a padding field including one or more padding bits, to determine a number of padding bits that, after the trigger frame including the padding bats being encoded for transmission, satisfy a processing-time constraint imposed by the STAs, and to insert the determined number of padding bits in the padding field. The PHY processor is configured to generate a packet from the trigger frame, including encoding the trigger frame in accordance with an ECC, into one or more code words whose length depends on a number of padding bits in the padding field, to generate multiple modulated symbols from the one or more code words of the packet, and to transmit the modulated symbols to the STAs.
US11140741B2	Tunnel endpoint for radio access network paging failure A first base station receives, from a first core network entity, one or more packets for a wireless device in a radio resource control inactive state. The first base station sends, to a second core network entity and in response to a failure of a radio access network (RAN) paging procedure for the wireless device, a first message indicating the failure of the RAN paging procedure. The first base station receives a second message comprising a tunnel endpoint identifier of a third base station. The first base station sends, to the third base station, the one or more packets based on the tunnel endpoint identifier.
US11140739B2	Communications device, apparatus, system, method and computer implementable instructions product A system (1) is disclosed in which a network entity determines whether a radio bearer should be maintained or released for a communications device (2). The communications device (2) establishes the radio bearer via a base station (5) of the communications system (1) and communicates data using the established radio bearer. The communications device (2) determines whether any further data is to be sent or received and/or whether a user-plane connection is required. The communications device (2) then provides information to the network entity identifying a result of said determination for use in determining whether the radio bearer should be maintained or released.
US11140736B2	Apparatus and method for bidirectional IP flow mobility control Embodiments of the present disclosure describe apparatuses and methods for bidirectional IP flow mobility control. Various embodiments may include a UE with signaling circuitry to establish a multi-access packet data network (PDN) connection with at least two radio access technologies to enable Internet Protocol (IP) flow mobility based on the at least two radio access technologies. The UE may further include processing circuitry to control IP flow mobility between the UE and a PDN Gateway (PGW) based on a bidirectional signaling protocol that enables a coexistence of IP flow mobility initiated based on network policies and IP flow mobility initiated based on UE policies. Other embodiments may be described and/or claimed.
US11140733B2	Method and device for allowing pedestrian terminal to transmit data in V2X communication Disclosed are a communication technique for merging IoT technology with a 5G communication system for supporting a data transmission rate higher than that of a 4G system and a system thereof. The present disclosure can be applied to intelligent services (for example, smart home, smart building, smart city, smart, car or connected car, healthcare, digital education, retail, security, and safety related services, and the like) on the basis of 5G communication technology and IoT-related technology. A communication method and device in a V2X communication system are disclosed.
US11140730B2	Automatic provisioning of Wi-Fi connections for trailers In one embodiment, a device of a tractor unit determines that the tractor unit is connected to a trailer via physical cabling. The device sends, via the physical cabling, a powerline communication (PLC) message to the trailer that includes a service set identifier (SSID) and password for a Wi-Fi transceiver of the tractor unit. The Wi-Fi transceiver of the tractor unit receives an association request sent wirelessly from a Wi-Fi transceiver of the trailer that is based on the sent SSID and password. The device establishes the Wi-Fi transceiver of trailer as a Wi-Fi client of the Wi-Fi transceiver of the tractor unit.
US11140728B2	Control method and information processing apparatus A control method of performing communication using a first and second communication method includes searching for, by the first and second communication method, a communication apparatus, and receiving a selection of the communication apparatus discovered by the first and second communication method, as a target. If the target discovered by the first communication method is selected, first setting information is transmited to cause the target to establish connection by the first communication method to the target, and second setting information is transmitted to cause the target to establish connection by the second communication method to the target. If the target discovered by the second communication method is selected, the second setting information is transmitted to the target by the second communication method, and the first setting information is transmitted to the target.
US11140724B2	Systems and methods for enabling sharing between devices A method includes sending a message from a media device to a mobile device, the message including set-up information related to a communication session. The method includes facilitating establishment of a wireless peer-to-peer communication session with the mobile device in response to a selection of a selectable link at the mobile device. The selectable link is based on the set-up information. The method includes exchanging data with the mobile device via the wireless peer-to-peer communication session. The method also includes sending, from the media device to a display device coupled to the media device, a first display based on the data. The mobile device sends a second display based on the data to a mobile device display of the mobile device, where the first display is different than the second display.
US11140720B2	Message 2 of a two-step random access procedure and coexistence with four-step random access procedure Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described. The method includes identifying that the user equipment (UE) is to use a two-step random access channel (RACH) procedure that includes a first message (e.g., uplink request message) and a second message (e.g., downlink response). The methods include sending, as a first message of the two-step RACH procedure, the uplink request message to a base station, receiving, from the base station, a physical downlink control channel comprising an indication of resources of a broadcast or multicast physical downlink shared channel on which the downlink response is to be received, and receiving the downlink response from the base station on the broadcast or multicast physical downlink shared channel. The physical downlink shared channel may be configured to provide downlink responses for one or multiple UEs.
US11140719B2	Method and terminal for counting preamble retransmission in random access procedure The present disclosure provide a method and terminal for counting preamble retransmission in a random access procedure. The method includes: in a random access procedure, when detecting that no Random Access Response (RAR) is received or contention resolution fails, counting a number of times of retransmission of a preamble and/or a number of times of power ramping of transmission of the preamble according to a configured counter/counters.
US11140716B2	Network node and methods for determining success of a random access procedure Method performed by a network node in communication with a first wireless device. The network node and the first wireless device operate in a wireless communications network. The network node determines whether or not a random access procedure for the first wireless device was successful. The determining is performed after the following actions in the random access procedure: a) a first Physical Downlink Control Channel, PDCCH, order indicating a non-reserved signal has been sent to the first wireless device, the signal being one of: a preamble, a tone and a subcarrier, and b) an L2/L3 message has been received after the sending of the first PDCCH order. The determining is based on verifying whether or not the L2/L3 message originated in the first wireless device.
US11140715B2	Waveform-dependent random access channel procedure Techniques are described for wireless communication. A method for wireless communication at a user equipment (UE) includes receiving an indication of at least one receive capability of a network access device; transmitting a first message of a random access channel (RACH) procedure; receiving a random access response (RAR) message in response to transmitting the first message; and interpreting the RAR message according to a format based at least in part on the received indication. A method for wireless communication at a network access device includes transmitting an indication of at least one receive capability of the network access device; receiving, from a UE, a first message of a RACH procedure; and transmitting a RAR message to the UE in response to receiving the first message. The RAR message has a format based at least in part on the at least one receive capability of the network access device.
US11140713B2	Preemptive retransmissions on Listen-Before-Talk cells Systems and methods are described herein relating to preemptive retransmission of a transport block in successive subframes on, e.g., a Listen-Before-Talk (LBT) cell. Embodiments of a method of operation of a radio node of a cellular communications network are disclosed. The radio node serves an LBT cell. In some embodiments, the method of operation of the radio node comprises transmitting a transport block in a first subframe on the LBT cell and retransmitting the transport block in a second subframe (e.g., on the LBT cell), where the second subframe is adjacent, in time, to the first subframe. In embodiments in which the retransmission of the transport block is on the LBT cell (or another LBT cell), the time span of a transmission burst can be extended to a maximum allowed burst duration.
US11140712B2	Transmission of (E)PDCCH within partial subframe in licensed assisted access (LAA) Techniques for transmission of a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) or enhanced PDCCH (EPDCCH) within a partial subframe of a license assisted access (LAA) burst are discussed. One example apparatus comprises a processor configured to generate a LAA burst; generate one or more downlink control channel messages that comprise at least one of PDCCH messages or EPDCCH messages; generate a physical layer encoding of the LAA burst comprising a first partial subframe, wherein the first partial subframe comprises a physical layer encoding of the one or more downlink control channel messages; and output the first partial subframe comprising the physical layer encoding of the one or more control channel messages to transmitter circuitry for subsequent transmission via an unlicensed carrier.
US11140706B2	Data transmissions during base station beamsweep A grant may allocate resources for an uplink transmission by a user equipment (UE) in a system using beamforming, where the resources may be used by the UE to transmit data or control information during a time that a base station is listening in a certain receive beam direction. A UE may be in communication with a base station using beamformed transmissions, and the base station may send a resource grant to the UE for uplink transmissions that correspond to a receive beam direction of a beamsweeping operation. The UE may then transmit data and/or uplink control information to the base station according to the resource grant and when the base station is listening in the corresponding direction. In some examples, the UE may send the uplink transmission to the serving base station, and transmit a random access channel to another base station based on the beamsweeping operation.
US11140696B2	Method for transmitting a signal of a user equipment for V2X communication in a wireless communication system and apparatus using the same Provided is a method for transmitting a signal by a terminal for vehicle-to-everything (V2X) communication in a wireless communication system and a terminal using the same method. The method comprises: mapping V2X data to a resource of a subframe including multiple symbols in a time domain; and transmitting the mapped V2X data to another terminal, wherein, in the step of mapping, resource elements included in a last symbol of the subframe are excluded.
US11140694B1	Method and apparatus for prioritization between uplink data and scheduling request in a wireless communication system A method and apparatus are disclosed. In an example from the perspective of a User Equipment (UE) configured with logical channel based prioritization, the UE determines prioritization between a first uplink (UL) grant and a first scheduling request based on a first logical channel associated with triggering the first scheduling request, wherein the first UL grant and the first scheduling request overlap in time domain. The UE receives a second UL grant, wherein the second UL grant and a second scheduling request overlap in time domain. The UE prioritizes the second UL grant over the second scheduling request based on the second UL grant being addressed to a Temporary Cell Radio Network Temporary Identifier (C-RNTI) of the UE.
US11140693B2	Handling overlapping of PUCCH and PUSCH for new radio systems Briefly, in accordance with one or more embodiments, an apparatus of a user equipment (UE) to operate in a New Radio (NR) system comprises one or more baseband processors to determine if two or more uplink signals partially overlap, determine a multiplexing rule, a dropping rule, or a priority rule for the two or more uplink signals, and to multiplex, drop, or prioritize the two or more uplink signals for transmission according to the multiplexing rule, dropping rule, or priority rule, and a memory to store two or more uplink signals.
US11140691B2	Long-term evolution (LTE) and wireless local area network (WLAN) aggregation (LWA) connection procedures Technology for a user equipment (UE) to perform long-term evolution (LTE) and Wireless local area network (WLAN) aggregation (LWA) connection procedures within a wireless communication network is disclosed. The UE can determine to suspend communication on a wireless local area network (WLAN) of one or more protocol data units (PDUs) for a LWA session without terminating the LWA session. The UE can process, for transmission to an eNodeB, a request to suspend communication of the one or more PDUs on the WLAN to enable the eNodeB to schedule the one or more PDUs for transmission to the UE through a cellular interface without terminating the LWA session.
US11140689B2	Method for operating a network infrastructure-side network unit, network infrastructure-side network unit, method for operating a roadside network unit, roadside network unit A method for operating a network infrastructure-side network unit of a cell-based wireless communication network is provided. The method includes: receiving a scheduling request message for a sidelink channel in an unlicensed frequency range on an uplink channel by a roadside network unit, the scheduling request message indicating a size of the data available for transmission on the sidelink channel at the roadside network unit; ascertaining a scheduling grant message as a function of the size, the scheduling grant message including an assignment of a number of sidelink resources of the sidelink channel to the roadside network unit, and the assigned number of sidelink resources being sufficient to transmit the available data and additional data of other roadside network units; and transmitting the scheduling grant message to the roadside network unit on a downlink channel.
US11140685B2	Communication method, network device and user equipment Provided are a communication method, a network device and a User Equipment (UE), which can improve communication performance. The method includes that: a UE generates processing time information, the processing time information indicating a UE processing time supported by the UE; and the UE transmits the processing time information to a network device.
US11140682B2	Method and device in ue and base station for wireless communication The disclosure provides a method and a device in a User Equipment (UE) and a base station for wireless communication. The UE transmits K pieces of first-type information through an air interface, wherein the K pieces of first-type information indicate multi-antenna related capabilities of the UE under K transmission configurations respectively; the K transmission configurations all correspond to a first frequency band combination, and the first frequency band combination comprises one or more frequency bands; numbers of parallel carriers corresponding to the K transmission configurations belong to K first-type integer sets respectively, any one of the K first-type integer sets is composed of one or more positive integers, and any two of the K first-type integer sets are different. The above method can improve the peak rate of the UE and improve the efficiency of transmission.
US11140679B2	Packet processing apparatus and packet processing method A packet processing apparatus includes a plurality of queues that store received packets according to types of the received packets; and a processor coupled to the plurality of queues and configured to: collect information on packet quantity of received packets in each time slot, identify a periodicity pattern of the received packets based on the packet quantity of the received packets in each time slot, based on the identified periodicity pattern of the received packets, identify a time slot section where received packets of a predetermined type are to be outputted preferentially, and control opening and closing of each of the plurality of queues in the identified time slot section.
US11140677B2	Guard period between subframe portions of same link direction in wireless networks A technique may include sending, by a base station to at least one user device, a signal indicating a configuration of at least one guard period, wherein the at least one guard period is provided between subframe portions of a same link direction. According to an example implementation, the at least one guard period may include one or more of: at least one first guard period provided between subframe portions of a same link direction within a subframe, and at least one second guard period provided between subframe portions of a same link direction of different subframes.
US11140674B2	Method for transmitting and receiving physical downlink shared channel in wireless communication system and device supporting the same A method of receiving, by a user equipment, a physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH) in a wireless communication system. The method includes receiving, from a base station (BS), a higher layer signal including first information for an uplink (UL)-downlink (DL) configuration; repeatedly receiving, from the BS, a first transport block (TB) via the PDSCH based on the first information for the UL-DL configuration; receiving, from the BS, a first control channel including second information for the UL-DL configuration; and discarding a second control channel based on: (i) the second control channel scheduling a PDSCH repetition of a second TB in a transmission time unit, (ii) the first information for the UL-DL configuration indicating the transmission time unit as an uplink, and (iii) the second information for the UL-DL configuration indicating the transmission time unit as a downlink.
US11140673B2	Method for reporting channel state information in wireless communication system, and apparatus therefor The present specification provides a transmission and reception method for reporting channel state information (CSI) in a wireless communication system, and an apparatus therefor. Particularly, the method for reporting the CSI in the wireless communication system comprises the steps of, receiving, from a base station, configuration information for control channel-based CSI reporting, receiving, from the base station, downlink control information including information for indicating a CSI reporting time at which the control channel-based CSI reporting is performed, and reporting the CSI, which is measured by a CSI-reference signal (CSI-RS) received from the base station, through the control channel at the CSI reporting time, wherein the configuration information can include information for indicating one or more control channel resources allocated for the control channel-based CSI reporting.
US11140671B2	Signaling sending method, apparatus, and system The present disclosure relates to signaling transmission methods. In one example method, a base station receives an uplink reference signal sent by user equipment (UE). The base station determines a quantity of antenna ports, where the quantity of antenna ports is a quantity of antenna ports used by the UE to send the uplink reference signal. The base station determines frequency domain resource information based on the quantity of antenna ports, where the frequency domain resource information indicates at least one of a quantity of sub-bands or a sub-band bandwidth. The base station determines a precoding matrix indicator (PMI) of each sub-band based on the frequency domain resource information. The base station sends the PMI of the sub-band to the UE.
US11140670B2	User terminal and radio communication method The present invention is designed so that communication is performed appropriately in radio communication systems that support different numerologies than existing LTE systems. A receiving section that receives a downlink control channel, and a control section that controls detection of candidates for allocating the downlink control channel are provided, where, when the downlink control channel is configured in a plurality of symbols, the control section controls the detection of downlink control channel allocation candidates that are arranged in one-symbol units and downlink control channel allocation candidates that are arranged over multiple symbols.
US11140669B2	User terminal and radio communication method The present invention is designed so that the transmission of A/Ns can be controlled properly when the reference value for the timing for transmitting signals is controlled in radio base stations and/or user terminals. A user terminal, according to the present invention, has a receiving section that receives a downlink (DL) shared channel, and a control section that controls transmission of retransmission control information in response to the DL shared channel. The control section controls the transmission of the retransmission control information based on a reference value that is configured for timing for transmitting the retransmission control information.
US11140668B2	Performance of 5G MIMO A base station device can transmit data via multiple data channels to a single user equipment device. Each of the multiple data channels can be configured and scheduled via respective downlink control channels to the user equipment device. In an embodiment, the first data channel can be mapped to multiple layers, with a modulation and coding scheme (MCS) assigned based on the average channel quality indicator (CQI) of the layers. One or more of the layers can have a higher CQI however, capable of supporting an additional transmission. The base station device can then facilitate establishing a second data channel to the layer with the higher CQI. The MCS assigned to the second data traffic channel can be based on the CQI of the layer, or based on a difference between the average CQI of the layers and the CQI of the layer.
US11140666B2	Uplink control information transmission method and apparatus This application discloses an uplink control information transmission method. A terminal may determine, based on received first DCI, whether UCI triggered by the DCI is highly reliable UCI, and if the UCI is highly reliable UCI, design a special transmission policy for the UCI, to protect the UCI and ensure reliability of a URLLC service. In this application, the special transmission policy may be superior to a common UCI transmission policy in at least one of the following aspects: a transmission resource, a coding scheme, a sending sequence, and the like.
US11140662B2	Infrastructure equipment for determining whether a communications device is within a radio coverage area An infrastructure equipment that transmits a radio network identifier to a communications device for identifying the communications device when allocating communications resources of the wireless access interface for transmitting downlink data to the communications device. After the communications device has entered an inactive connected state, the infrastructure equipment transmits control signals including the radio network identifier for allocating communications resources of the wireless access interface for the communications device to receive downlink data, determine whether the communications device is still within a radio coverage area of the infrastructure equipment, and if the communications device has left the coverage area, transmit an indication to the one or more other infrastructure equipment via the inter-connecting interface to trigger a process for transmitting downlink data to the communications device from the one or more other infrastructure equipment.
US11140660B2	Apparatus, method and computer program for determining one or more radio resources to be used for performing a wireless communication over a sidelink of a mobile communication system An apparatus, method and computer program for determining one or more radio resources to be used for performing a wireless communication over a sidelink of a mobile communication system. The method includes determining whether a transportation vehicle executing the method is in coverage or out of coverage of a base station of the mobile communication system, selecting one or more methods or mechanisms for improving a transmission reliability of the wireless communication over the sidelink from a group of methods or mechanisms for improving the transmission reliability in response to the transportation vehicle being out of coverage, and determining the one or more radio resources to be used for performing the wireless communication over the sidelink of the mobile communication system using the selected method or mechanism.
US11140654B2	Method for sending paging message and related device Example paging message sending method and apparatus are described to notify each UE of a paging cause. In one example method, a first network node sends a paging message to a second network node. The paging message carries indication information, which is used to indicate a paging cause.
US11140652B2	Data processing method and apparatus A data processing method includes obtaining positioning data collected during positioning, obtaining a fingerprint set from a location database based on the positioning data, where the fingerprint set includes at least one fingerprint, and each fingerprint in the fingerprint set includes at least one positioning media access control (MAC) address, determining, for each fingerprint in the fingerprint set, a matching degree between the fingerprint and the positioning data based on a second signal strength and a first signal strength of each positioning MAC address in the fingerprint, and determining that an access point (AP) included in the positioning data moves when each of matching degrees of all fingerprints in the fingerprint set is less than a first threshold.
US11140648B2	Systems, methods, and devices for electronic spectrum management for identifying signal-emitting devices Apparatus and methods for identifying a wireless signal-emitting device are disclosed. The apparatus is configured to sense and measure wireless communication signals from signal-emitting devices in a spectrum. The apparatus is operable to automatically detect a signal of interest from the wireless signal-emitting device and create a signal profile of the signal of interest; compare the signal profile with stored device signal profiles for identification of the wireless signal-emitting device; and calculate signal degradation data for the signal of interest based on information associated with the signal of interest in a static database including noise figure parameters of a wireless signal-emitting device outputting the signal of interest. The signal profile of the signal of interest, profile comparison result, and signal degradation data are stored in the apparatus.
US11140647B2	High resolution timing advance estimation based on PRACH Systems, methods and computer software are disclosed for providing high resolution timing advance estimation based on Physical Random Access Channel (PRACH). An example method includes receiving a preamble signal r(n) having a predetermined sampling frequency and a predetermined length; correlating a down sampled version of the received preamble with a reference preamble sequence c(n) using an FFT method to provide correlation output Ryc; using a peak value P of the correlation output Ryc to detect a preamble ID and a timing advance at a resolution of 24Ts; zero padding sequences Y(k) and C(k) so that they have a predetermined length resulting in sequences Y_hat(k) and C_hat(k), which are 1024-point FFT of y(n) and c(n); performing a maximum likelihood estimation (MLE) to estimate a timing offset; and detecting a peak value out of the R_hat(m) and using a corresponding index Q to provide a timing advance with an accuracy of 2Ts.
US11140646B2	Method and apparatus for transmitting and receiving synchronizing signal in a communication system Disclosed are a method and an apparatus for transmitting and receiving a synchronization signal in a communication system. According to an exemplary embodiment of the present disclosure, a method of transmitting a first synchronization signal, performed by a base station in the communication system, may comprise generating a base sequence; generating a modified sequence by inverting polarity of the base sequence; mapping the base sequence and the modified sequence to a first frequency region having a frequency higher than a center subcarrier and a second frequency region having a frequency lower the center subcarrier, so that the base sequence and the modified sequence are symmetric centering the center subcarrier located at a center frequency of a frequency domain of the synchronization signal; and transmitting the synchronization signal comprising the base sequence and the modified sequence to a terminal. Therefore, performance of the communication system can be improved.
US11140645B2	Localization, synchronization and navigation using passive sensor networks A method for sensor operation includes deploying a network of sensors (22), which have respective clocks (36) that are not mutually synchronized. At least a group of the sensors receive respective signals emitted from each of a plurality of sources (24, 26), and record respective times of arrival of the signals at the sensors according to the respective clocks. Location information is provided, including respective sensor locations of the sensors. The respective clocks are synchronized based on the recorded times of arrival and on the location information. In the process the sources may be localized, or if the sources are far away, then their directions may be resolved. Sensor positions may also be resolved in the process.
US11140644B2	Method for sending sync beacon message by NAN device, and device Embodiments of the present invention relate to the communications field, and provide a method for sending a sync beacon message by a NAN device, and a device, so as to resolve a problem of a sync beacon message conflict that occurs when the NAN device merges to a new cluster in a master role. The method is: when a first device in a first cluster receives first cluster information of a second cluster, if the first device determines to merge to the second cluster, sending a sync beacon message in the second cluster according to a role and a state of the first device in the first cluster. According to the embodiments of the present invention, after merging to a cluster, a NAN device determines whether to send a sync beacon frame.
US11140642B2	Synchronized wireless networks system including time-based identity of devices A wireless network data communication system includes a plurality of slave nodes and a central processing unit. Each slave node is assigned thereto a transmission time interval and is configured to transmit data based on its assigned transmission time interval. The central processing unit is in signal communication with the slave nodes to receive transmitted data. The central processing unit is further configured to identify a given slave node from among the plurality of slave nodes based on a comparison between an arrival time at which transmitted data was received and the transmission time intervals assigned to each slave node.
US11140641B2	Cellular vehicle-to-everything out of coverage synchronization Aspects directed towards synchronizing out of coverage (OOC) vehicle-to-everything (V2X) communications are disclosed. In one example, a scheduled entity detects a loss of a synchronization signal associated with a V2X communication by detecting when a timing uncertainty value or error value is greater than a threshold value. Packet timing information is then received in response to the loss of the synchronization signal from at least one user equipment (UE) synchronized with the synchronization signal. The scheduled entity then maintains the V2X communication by performing a timing adjustment based on the packet timing information.
US11140635B2	Methods and systems for uplink power allocation techniques in multicarrier scenarios Systems and methods for controlling uplink (UL) power allocation in a user equipment (UE) operating in a communication network are provided. The method includes: selecting between at least a first UL power allocation technique and a second power allocation technique for use in the UE; and using the selected power allocation technique in the UE to transmit uplink data by allocating transmit power between at least two carriers on which the uplink data is transmitted.
US11140634B2	Narrowband internet-of-things (NB-IOT) enhancements An apparatus of a Narrowband Internet-of-Things (NB-IoT) user equipment (UE) includes processing circuitry. To configure the NB-IoT UE for open loop transmit power control, the processing circuitry is to decode a narrowband system information block (NB-SIB) to obtain a narrowband physical random access channel (NPRACH) resource set and power control information associated with the NPRACH resource set. A random access channel (RACH) preamble is encoded for transmission with or without repetitions to a base station during a RACH procedure and using the NPRACH resource set. The transmission has transmission power based on the power control information. A narrowband uplink resource assignment received during the RACH procedure is decoded. A connection setup completion message is encoded for transmission to the base station using the narrowband uplink resource assignment.
US11140630B2	Wake-up signal transmission A method is disclosed of a wireless communication node adapted to transmit a wake-up signal for waking up one or more wireless communication receivers.The method comprises determining a first set of data for concurrent transmission with the wake-up signal, and determining a first interference indicator value indicative of a level of interference caused by the first set of data to the wake-up signal due to concurrent transmission.The method also comprises deciding if the wake-up signal is to be concurrently transmitted with the first set of data based on the first interference indicator value, and transmitting the wake-up signal in accordance with the decision.Corresponding arrangement, wireless communication node and computer program product are also disclosed.
US11140629B2	Method for power management in wireless LAN system and access point using same A method for power management in a wireless LAN system, according to one embodiment of the present specification, comprises the steps of: transmitting a first wake-up packet for a first WUR terminal and a second WUR terminal, wherein the first wake-up packet instructs a first main radio module and a second main radio module to enter into an activation state, and the first wake-up packet includes a first payload, which is modulated according to an On-Off Keying (OOK) method for the first WUR module, and a second payload, which is modulated according to the OOK method for the second WUR module; transmitting a plurality of downlink packets for the first WUR terminal and the second WUR terminal when a preset guard time has elapsed; determining whether at least one acknowledgement packet is received from the first WUR terminal and the second WUR terminal in response to a plurality of downlink packets within a preset retransmission time limit; and transmitting a second wake-up packet according to the determination.
US11140628B2	Method for controlling power of a radio frequency system A method for saving power of a radio frequency (RF) system is provided herein. The method includes the steps of supplying a RF transmitter of the RF system configured for sending a RF transmission at a first transmission power level and supplying a RF receiver in communication with a controller of the RF system, the RF receiver configured for receiving the RF transmission from the RF transmitter. The controller includes a control algorithm to adjust the transmission power level of the RF transmitter based upon a status of a data frame to be received by the RF receiver. An RF system using the aforesaid method is also provided.
US11140626B2	Intelligent management of a plurality of communications links Techniques are disclosed, for intelligent management of multiple communications links. One communications link can be used to bring up another communications link with little or no user input. Selective enablement/disablement of one or more of the communications links is based on system needs and, other criteria. Utilizing one more-secure communications link to improve security on another less-secure communications link between the same devices is also contemplated.
US11140623B2	Downlink control channel receiving method and apparatus for reducing power consumption of terminal in wireless communication system The present disclosure relates to a communication method and system for converging a 5th-Generation (5G) communication system for supporting higher data rates beyond a 4th-Generation (4G) system with a technology for Internet of Things (IoT). The present disclosure may be applied to intelligent services based on the 5G communication technology and the IoT-related technology, such as smart home, smart building, smart city, smart car, connected car, health care, digital education, smart retail, security and safety services. A method of a terminal in a wireless communication system and an apparatus for performing same. The method includes: receiving configuration information of a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) from a base station; monitoring downlink control information (DCI) having a specific format in a slot, the monitoring based on the configuration information of the PDCCH; determining whether a number of physical downlink shared channels (PDSCHs) received based on the DCI having the specific format in the slot is a number based on a PDSCH reception capability of the terminal; and in case that the number of the PDSCHs received based on the DCI having the specific format is the number based on the PDSCH reception capability of the terminal, stopping monitoring DCI having the specific format in the slot.
US11140621B2	Methods and apparatuses for reconfiguring a data connection Apparatuses, methods, and systems are disclosed for reconfiguring a data connection using new parameters. One apparatus includes a processor and transceiver that communicates with a mobile communication network. The processor establishes a data connection with the mobile communication network using a first set of parameters and receives a second set of parameters from the mobile communication network with an indication of how at least one parameter in the first set corresponds to at least one new parameter in the second set. The processor further determines a third set of parameters from the first set of parameters and the second set of parameters and reconfigures the data connection using the third set of parameters.
US11140619B2	Connection configuration method A method for configuring a connection between a User Equipment, UE, and a 3rd Generation Partnership Project, 3GPP, compliant mobile communications network at the UE. The method comprises checking a service equivalency indicator, the service equivalency indicator indicating zero or more mobile communications networks the UE is permitted to transmit a new request for a PDN connection corresponding to a previously rejected request for a PDN connection. If the service equivalency indicator indicates that there is at least one mobile communications network including the mobile communications network to which the UE is currently attached for which it is permitted to transmit a request for a PDN connection corresponding to a previously rejected request for a PDN connection, and a new PDN connection corresponding to a previously rejected request for a PDN connection is required, the method further comprises transmitting a new request for a PDN connection, the new request corresponding to a previously rejected request for a PDN connection.
US11140617B2	Method for access barring A method in a user equipment (UE) (110) is disclosed. The method comprises obtaining (1301) a primary barring configuration (906) for access control in a wireless communications network. The method comprises obtaining (1302) a secondary barring configuration (912) for access control in the wireless communications network. The method comprises determining (1303), based on the primary barring configuration and the secondary barring configuration, whether an access attempt by the UE in the wireless communications network is barred.
US11140613B2	Network access method and UE using the same The disclosure provides a network access method and a user equipment (UE) using the same method in an environment of a 5G communication system. In an exemplary embodiment in accordance with the disclosure, the disclosure is directed to a network access method for a UE. The method would include not limited to: receiving a Synchronization Signal/physical broadcast channel Block (SSB) which comprises at least one of a physical broadcast channel (PBCH), a primary synchronization signal (PSS), a secondary synchronization signal (SSS) or mapping information; and determining from the SSB at least one of a SSB candidate number, a SSB index or a SSB pattern.
US11140610B2	Method and device for controlling use of external data network via mobile access point A method and a device for controlling external data network use via a mobile Access Point (AP) are provided. A host device set as the mobile AP determines whether a data-less mode is set, blocks a client device from using the external data network via the mobile AP, if the data-less mode is set, and permits the client device to use the external data network via the mobile AP, if the data-less mode is released. A client device connected to a mobile AP determines whether a data-less mode is set for a host device set as the mobile AP, if the client device is connected to the host device in a state of being connected to a wireless data network, maintains the connection to the wireless data network, if the data-less mode is set, and releases the connection to the wireless data network, if the data-less mode is released.
US11140597B2	Method and apparatus for processing link establishment failure, and computer storage medium Disclosed in the present application are a method and apparatus for processing a link establishment failure, and a computer storage medium. The method comprises: a terminal receives a first instruction message sent by a network, the first instruction message being used for instructing the terminal to perform a service link switching operation; the terminal switches a source service link to a target service link according to the first instruction message; and if the target service link fails to be established, the terminal sends second instruction information to the network, the second information being used for instructing the establishment failure of the target service link to the network.
US11140591B2	Mobile communications network, communications device, infrastructure equipment and methods Methods are provided for communicating in a mobile network, the mobile network comprising a plurality of infrastructure equipment, each providing wireless connectivity within at least one cell, and a device configured to communicate wirelessly with at least a first of the infrastructure equipment in control of a first cell. In some embodiments, the method comprises determining, at the device, whether a second cell under control of a second of the infrastructure equipment is connected to a first core network operating in accordance with a first protocol or both of the first core network and a second core network operating in accordance with a second protocol, and transmitting, by the device, an automatic neighbor relation report to the first infrastructure equipment, a report comprising an indication of whether the second cell is connected to the first core network or both of the first core network and the second core network.
US11140590B2	Handling neighbour relationships Embodiments herein relate to a method performed by a second network node for handling neighbour relationships between radio network nodes in a wireless communication network. The second network node initiates a neighbour relationship establishment process in the wireless communication network by transmitting an indication to a second radio network node or a first network node. The indication indicates the second radio network node to transmit an identifier of a reference signal handler associated with a reference signal of the second radio network node along with a transmission of the reference signal.
US11140587B2	Node and method for enabling a wireless terminal to be served by multiple cells in a communications network Example embodiments presented herein are directed towards a wireless terminal and base station, and corresponding methods therein, for providing a handover for a subset of bearers associated with the wireless terminal. The subset of bearers is less than a total number of bearers associated with the wireless terminal. Thus, upon the completion of the handover procedure, at least one bearer will stay connected with a source base station.
US11140584B2	Inter-frequency handover A node of a radio access network (e.g., a cellular network) can receive a revocation message revoking a spectrum grant (e.g., a Citizens Broadband Radio Service, CBRS, discontinuation notice). The node can determine a first group of terminals that are in communication with the node via wireless resources within the spectrum grant. The node can, in response to the revocation message, trigger respective inter-band handovers of the terminals of the first group of terminals. In some examples, a system includes a domain proxy that receives a grant message indicating the spectrum grant; notifies the node; subsequently, receives a revocation message revoking the spectrum grant; and sends a handover command to the node in response to the revocation message. The spectrum grant can be located within 3GPP band forty-eight or other bands.
US11140580B2	Service enablement based on access network In some examples, an anchoring network system (e.g., PCSCF) of a telecommunications network can receive first data requesting a network service (e.g., eSRVCC) from a network terminal (e.g., UE). The anchoring system can determine that the network service is not supported in an access network to which the terminal is connected. The anchoring system can determine second data that does not request the predetermined network service, and transmit the second data to a core network system (e.g., SCSCF). In some examples, an application server can retrieve location information (e.g., LAC) of the terminal and determine that the service is not supported based on the location information. In some examples, an anchoring network system can remove a network-service system (e.g., ATCF or SCCAS) from a signaling chain associated with the terminal. In some examples, the terminal can determine whether SRVCC is supported based on an attach result.
US11140579B2	Method and system for joint access to unlicensed spectrum Aspects of the present disclosure provided methods and devices for a transmit receive point (TRP) to access one or more unlicensed channels in an unlicensed spectrum jointly with at least one other TRP. An example method may include a step of aligning a starting time of a potential transmission on at least one of the one or more unlicensed channels with a starting time of a potential transmission of at least one other TRP on the at least one of the one or more unlicensed channels. A further step includes performing channel access on the at least one of the one or more unlicensed channels by performing at least one of a spatial domain channel access procedure or a combination of a spatial domain channel access procedure and a frequency domain multi-channel access procedure. Another step includes transmitting at the aligned starting time on the at least one of the one or more unlicensed channels in the joint access period when the at least one of the one or more unlicensed channels is available.
US11140577B2	Energy-efficient wireless communications for advanced networks with low-resolution digital-to-analog converters Facilitating energy-efficient wireless communications for advanced networks (e.g., 4G, 5G, and beyond) with low-resolution digital-to-analog converters is provided herein. Operations of a system can comprise determining first values. Respective values of the first values can be digital samples of transmission and reception chains determined based on symbols transformed from bits. The operations can also comprise facilitating a quantization of the first values resulting in second values. Facilitating the quantization can be based on a cost function associated with processing the first values. Further, the operations can comprise outputting the second values as a continuous time signal over antennas of a base station device. The second values can comprise fewer values than the first values.
US11140576B2	Avoiding media access control padding of trigger-based physical layer convergence protocol data unit A wireless station (STA) in a wireless local area network (WLAN) performs a method to avoid media access control (MAC) padding of a physical layer convergence protocol data unit (PPDU) (e.g., a trigger-based (TB) PPDU, etc.). The method can reduce current or power consumption by the STA, which can in turn optimize the STA and, in certain instances, the WLAN as whole. In one example, the method includes the STA receiving a trigger frame from an access point (AP). The trigger frame specifies a length of a PPDU. The method further includes the STA generating a TB PPDU based on the specifications in the trigger frame. In particular, the STA generates a PPDU that has a length that is less than the length specified by the trigger frame. The method also includes the STA transmitting the generated PPDU to the AP.
US11140573B2	Apparatus for V2X-oriented local E2E path establishment and QoS control A configuration module allows for the establishment of a local end-to-end (E2E) path connecting at least one source node and at least one target node via at least one radio access network (RAN) node. The configuration module is configured to select data radio bearers (DRBs) per quality of service (QoS) flow based on inter-node information from the at least one source node, the at least one target node, the at least one RAN node and all other nodes involved in establishing the local E2E path, and is also configured to initiate, after selecting the DRBs per QoS flow, a radio resource communication connection configuration using an identification of the local E2E path to be established. Thereby, a localized traffic between the at least one source node and the at least one target node can be exchanged with QoS guarantees.
US11140572B2	Method for transmitting UL packet based on quality of service (QoS) framework in wireless communication system and a device therefor The present invention relates to a wireless communication system and a method and a device for transmitting uplink data packet based on QoS framework in wireless communication system, the method comprising: receiving uplink (UL) packet with a first QoS flow ID from an upper layer; checking whether the first QoS flow ID is prohibited or not based on QoS flow prohibition information; and determining whether to transmit the UL packet according to result of checking; wherein the UL packet of the first QoS flow ID is not transmitted if the first QoS flow ID is prohibited; and wherein the UL packet with the first QoS flow ID is transmitted to a network via a DRB, if the first QoS flow is not prohibited. The UE is capable of communicating with at least one of another UE, a UE related to an autonomous driving vehicle, a base station or a network.
US11140571B2	Method and apparatus for processing data for packet duplication The present disclosure relates to a communication technique that fuses IoT technology with a 5G communication system to support a higher data transfer rate than a 4G communication system, and a system therefor. The present disclosure may be applied to intelligent services (e.g., smart homes, smart buildings, smart cities, smart cars or connected cars, health care, digital education, retailing, security and safety related services, etc.) on the basis of 5G communication technology and IoT related technology. The present disclosure relates to a 5G or pre-5G communication system for supporting a higher data transmission rate than a 4G communication system such as LTE. An embodiment of the present invention relates to a method and a structure for processing data for packet duplication. According to the embodiment of the present invention, disclosed are a radio bearer setup method, a packet duplication operation, and a buffer status reporting method, which are for use in performing packet duplication.
US11140569B2	Method and radio node for handling CSI reporting A radio node and a UE are described, and methods and computer programs therein to handle separate aperiodic CSI reports for one or more static subframes, in which the direction of signal transmission is fixed, and one or more flexible subframes, in which the direction of signal transmission is variable. The method performed by a UE comprises receiving a trigger for an aperiodic CSI report as part of an uplink grant from a radio node in a static downlink subframe, said trigger indicating a CSI subframe set related to the one or more static subframes. The method further comprises reporting to the radio node, in a CSI reporting subframe, a result of an aperiodic CSI measurement for a CSI reference in the CSI subframe set. The method further comprises receiving a second trigger that relates to the one or more flexible subframes and reporting the results to the radio node.
US11140564B2	Method and apparatus for performing radio access network function Provided are a method and/or apparatus for performing a radio access network (RAN) function in a wireless communication system. A server performing a radio access network (RAN) function may be configured to obtain traffic processing information about a plurality of base stations (BSs) connected to the server, obtain information about traffic to occur in the plurality of BSs, based on the traffic processing information, and adjust a resource and/or the number of software components (SCs) to virtualize a RAN function in the server, based on the information about the traffic to occur in the plurality of BSs.
US11140563B2	Dynamic quantized signature vector selection for a cloud radio access network A communication system is disclosed. The communication system includes a plurality of radio points, each configured to exchange radio frequency (RF) signals with a plurality of wireless devices at a site. The communication system also includes a baseband controller communicatively coupled to the plurality of radio points. The communication system also includes a machine learning computing system communicatively coupled to the baseband controller. The machine learning computing system is configured to determine an expected average throughput associated with each of a plurality of global quantized signature vectors (QSVs), using a Q-function approximation, based on a current state of the communication system. The communication system is also configured to select a global QSV associated with a highest expected average throughput.
US11140558B2	Enhanced clear channel assessment for shared radio frequency spectrum band Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described. A base station may transmit to a user equipment (UE) a control signal comprising a grant for a downlink transmission. The base station may perform, during a gap between the control signal and the downlink transmission, a clear channel assessment (CCA) procedure on a shared radio frequency spectrum band associated with the downlink transmission. The base station may perform, based at least in part on a success of the CCA procedure, the downlink transmission to the UE over the shared radio frequency spectrum band.
US11140556B2	Wireless communication method and wireless communication terminal for spatial reuse of overlapped basic service set The present invention relates to a wireless communication method and a wireless communication terminal for a spatial reuse operation of an overlapping basic service set, and more particularly, to a wireless communication method and a wireless communication terminal for supporting a spatial reuse operation of an overlapping basic service set to efficiently use a wireless resource. To this end, provided are a wireless communication terminal including: a processor; and a communication unit, wherein the processor receives a trigger frame indicating an uplink multi-user transmission, and transmits a trigger-based PHY protocol data unit (PPDU) in response to the received trigger frame, wherein the trigger-based PPDU comprises a spatial reuse parameter for spatial reuse operation of an overlapping basic service set (OBSS) terminal and a wireless communication method using the same.
US11140555B2	Location-based identification of potential security threat In one example, a firewall obtains a first network packet that indicates a first mobile country code of a mobile subscriber at a first time and a first mobile network code of the mobile subscriber at the first time. The firewall obtains a second network packet that indicates a second mobile country code of the mobile subscriber at a second time and a second mobile network code of the mobile subscriber at the second time. The firewall determines whether the first mobile country code is different from the second mobile country code or the first mobile network code is different from the second mobile network code. If so, the firewall determines whether a difference between the second time and the first time is less than a threshold difference. If so, the firewall associates the second network packet with a potential security threat.
US11140553B1	Threat detection and mitigation for remote wireless communication network control systems Systems and methods for threat detection and mitigation for remote wireless communication network control systems. One example method includes receiving a threat detection message identifying a threat to at least one of a plurality of remote wireless network controllers, each associated with one of a plurality of wireless communication networks. The method includes determining a threat rating based on the threat detection message and determining, based on the rating, a threat mitigation action identifying at least a first remote wireless network controller of the plurality of remote wireless network controllers. The method includes executing the threat mitigation action by commanding a shift in an operational function of the first remote wireless network controller to a first on-premise wireless network controller associated with the same wireless communication network as the first remote wireless network controller.
US11140549B2	Information processing apparatus and information processing method To keep safety of a network and to facilitate connection to the network. An information processing apparatus comprises a communication unit and a control unit. The communication unit is directed for receiving a connection authentication request from a new device other than a plurality of devices configuring a network in which the plurality of devices make wireless communication on a one-to-one basis to be mutually connected. Further, the control unit is directed for transferring the connection authentication request to the plurality of devices in a case of receiving the connection authentication request, and for performing control to permit the new device to connect to the network on the basis of the responses to the connection authentication request from the plurality of devices.
US11140545B2	Method, apparatus, and system for protecting data The present disclosure relates to methods, apparatus, and systems for protecting data in a communications system. One example method includes obtaining, by a core network node, information associated with a service of a terminal device, and determining, by the core network node and based on the information associated with the service, a network node that is to perform security protection on data of the service.
US11140542B1	Cross-provisioning of mobile device capabilities in wireless communication networks and an OTA SIM update Systems and methods discussed herein are directed to enabling users to remain in a first network billing system but access a second network for wireless communication network services. This occurs via an OTA update of a user's UE SIM, where the update changes the primary public land mobile network (PLMN) from the first network to the second network. Additionally, the network capabilities for the UE are cross-provisioned from the first network to the second network, where the first network provides a service or rate plan to the second network.
US11140537B2	Public information system A method for a public information system, adapted for broadcasting a message in a first wireless access network. The first wireless access network is arranged to, at least partly, overlap one or more further wireless access networks. The method comprises initiating a modified support announcement by the first wireless access network. The modified support announcement configured to announce support for the further wireless access networks by comprising network identifiers associated with the further wireless access networks, whereby a wireless device associated with a further wireless access network is prompted to connect to the first wireless access network, and initiating broadcasting of the message over the first wireless access network, whereby said wireless device may receive the message over the first wireless access network.
US11140527B2	Device and method for V2X communication Disclosed is a V2I message transmission method for a V2X communication device. The V2I message transmission method according to an embodiment of the present invention may comprise the steps of: generating a V2I message for providing V2I services, i.e., services between vehicles and infrastructure, wherein the V2I message includes a first container, which includes information commonly used for the V2I services, and a second container, which includes information used for a particular V2I service; subjecting the V2I message to network/transport layer processing; and generating a V2I message frame by subjecting the V2I message packet to physical layer processing. Herein, the first container may include message ID information indicating the identifier of the V2I message, event ID information indicating the identifier of an event, and reference position information indicating a first reference position related to the event.
US11140521B2	Methods and user equipment for enabling reception of multimedia broadcast multicast services (MBMS) Methods performed by a User Equipment (UE) are provided for enabling Multimedia Broadcast Multicast Services (MBMS) reception, the methods include creating, by at least one processor, a unified service guide including a list of at least one MBMS service available over at least one communication path based on information about the at least one MBMS service; selecting, by the at least one processor, a first communication path among the at least one communication path for a selected MBMS service among the list of the at least one MBMS service based on at least one of a signal condition of Multicast Broadcast Single Frequency Network (MBSFN) cell, signal conditions of a serving cell, service availability or a packet switched (PS) enabled stack; and providing, by the at least one processor, the selected MBMS service over the selected communication path.
US11140518B2	Method and device for ranking and geographically grouping inbuilding sectors A system may receive geographic data including analytics information relating to a geographic region of a network; receive user equipment data including analytics information relating to one or more user equipment of the network; receive node data including analytics information corresponding to one or more nodes of the network; and associate the user equipment data and the node data with the geographic data; identify a coverage index for the geographic region based on the geographic data and the associated user equipment data. The system may identify a capacity index for the geographic region based on the geographic data and the associated node data; determine a regional score for the geographic region based on the coverage index and the capacity index; generate a recommendation to service the geographic region based on the regional score; and perform an action based on the recommendation.
US11140511B2	Registration mapping toolkit for geofences Systems and methods for creating a database of geofences and registering geofences, with each geofence in the database being associated with an IP address, preferably an IPV6 address. Each geofence is defined using at least one geographic designator, preferably real property boundaries. Entitlements can be associated with geofences relating to permissive and prohibitive activities within the geofences.
US11140510B2	Contextual map view Systems and methods of providing map data to a user are provided. For instance, a plurality of points of interest associated with a geographic area to be displayed in a viewport associated with a digital mapping application can be identified. An adjusted position can be determined for an orientation point of interest. The adjusted position is a position that does not align with a position of the orientation point of interest in the physical world. A map topology associated with map data defining a visual representation of the geographic area can be adjusted based at least in part on the adjusted position. The orientation POI can be provided for display at the adjusted position associated with the map data within the mapping application.
US11140502B2	Filter selection for delivering spatial audio Various embodiments relate generally to electrical and electronic hardware, computer software, wired and wireless network communications, and audio and speaker systems. More specifically, disclosed are an apparatus and a method for processing signals for optimizing audio, such as 3D audio, by adjusting the filtering for cross-talk cancellation based on listener position and/or orientation. In one embodiment, an apparatus is configured to include a plurality of transducers, a memory, and a processor configured to execute instructions to determine a physical characteristic of a listener relative to the origination of the multiple channels of audio, to cancel crosstalk in a spatial region coincident with the listener at a first location, to detect a change in the physical characteristic of the listener, and to adjust the cancellation of crosstalk responsive to detecting the change in the physical characteristic to establish another spatial region at a second location.
US11140501B2	Reverberation generation for headphone virtualization The present disclosure relates to reverberation generation for headphone virtualization. A method of generating one or more components of a binaural room impulse response (BRIR) for headphone virtualization is described. In the method, directionally-controlled reflections are generated, wherein directionally-controlled reflections impart a desired perceptual cue to an audio input signal corresponding to a sound source location. Then at least the generated reflections are combined to obtain the one or more components of the BRIR. Corresponding system and computer program products are described as well.
US11140500B2	Electroacoustic transduction film and manufacturing method thereof, electroacoustic transducer, flexible display, vocal cord microphone, sensor for musical instrument Provided are an electroacoustic transduction film capable of reproducing a sound with a sufficient sound volume at a high conversion efficiency, a manufacturing method thereof, an electroacoustic transducer, a flexible display, a vocal cord microphone, and a sensor for a musical instrument. The electroacoustic transduction film includes: a polymer composite piezoelectric body in which piezoelectric body particles are dispersed in a viscoelastic matrix formed of a polymer material having viscoelasticity at a normal temperature; two thin film electrodes laminated on both surfaces of the polymer composite piezoelectric body; and two protective layers respectively laminated on the two thin film electrodes, in which an intensity ratio α1=(002) plane peak intensity/((002) plane peak intensity+(200) plane peak intensity) between a (002) plane peak intensity and a (200) plane peak intensity derived from the piezoelectric body particles in a case where the polymer composite piezoelectric body is evaluated by an X-ray diffraction method is more than or equal to 0.6 and less than 1.
US11140499B2	Accoustic feedback path modeling for hearing assistance device A system and method of determining a filter to cancel feedback signals from input signals in a hearing assistance device includes determining feedback signals for a plurality of feedback paths associated with the device, and determining a model of the plurality of feedback paths, with the model having an invariant portion and a time varying portion. A probable structure of the invariant portion is determined to generate a structural constraint to constrain the plurality of feedback paths, and probability distributions to impose the structural constraint on the invariant portion are determined. During an iterative process, the invariant portion is iteratively determined using the determined probability distributions and the feedback path measurements. A measurement noise variance representative of model mismatch is updated, for each iteration, to reduce a probability of a non-desirable determination of an invariant filter, and the invariant filter is determined in response to a criterion for ending the iterative process being satisfied.
US11140497B2	Systems for bone conduction speaker Methods and apparatus are described herein related to improving the sound quality of a bone conduction speaker. The sound quality of the bone conduction speaker is adjusted in the sound generation, sound transferring, and sound receiving of the bone conduction speaker by designing vibration generation manners and vibration transfer structures.
US11140496B2	Ear-worn electronic device incorporating an integrated battery/antenna module An ear-worn electronic device is configured to be worn by a wearer and comprises a housing configured to be supported at, by, in or on the wearer's ear. A processor is disposed in the housing, and a speaker or a receiver is operably coupled to the processor. A radio frequency transceiver is disposed in the housing and operably coupled to the processor. A battery/antenna module is disposed in the housing and comprises a battery, a helical antenna wrapped around the battery, and electrically insulating material disposed between the helical antenna and the battery. The helical antenna is operably coupled to the transceiver.
US11140494B2	Hearing device or system for evaluating and selecting an external audio source A hearing system comprises a hearing device worn on the head, or fully or partially implanted in the head, of a user, and external audio transmitters. The hearing system allows wireless communication to be established between the hearing device and the audio transmitters. The hearing device comprises microphones providing respective electric input signals; a beamformer filter providing a beamformed signal from the electric input signals; and an output unit. The hearing system further comprises a selector/mixer for selecting and possibly mixing one or more of the electric input signals or the beamformed signal and external electric signals from the audio transmitters, and providing a current input sound signal based thereon for presentation to the user. The selector/mixer is controlled by a source selection processor, which determines the source selection control signal based on a comparison of the beamformed signal and the external electric sound signals or processed versions thereof.
US11140493B2	Input current-tolerant amplifier input stage for MEMS sensors and other devices An interface circuit comprises a signal path including a front-end charge amplifier coupling an input of the interface circuit to an output of the interface circuit, and a DC control loop separate from the signal path. In some implementations, the interface circuit is part of a MEMS sensor that includes a MEMS transducer having an output coupled to the input of the interface circuit. The interface circuit can, in some cases, allow faster settling of the circuit to its steady-state operating point.
US11140487B2	Nano membrane, method of manufacturing nano membrane, and apparatus for speaker and microphone using nano membrane Disclosed herein is a nano membrane. The nano membrane includes an insulating layer having a thickness corresponding to a diameter of each of metal nanowires and configured to contain the metal nanowires therein, and the metal nanowires arranged to cross and having portions of side surfaces which protrude from one surface of the insulating layer.
US11140484B2	Terminal, audio cooperative reproduction system, and content display apparatus A terminal is provided with a first audio output unit and a second audio output unit configured to output an audio content, and the terminal includes: an audio acquiring unit configured to acquire a first audio content and a second audio content; a setting unit configured to set information indicating an output destination of the first audio content and the second audio content; and an audio output controller configured to output the first audio content to one of the first audio output unit and the second audio output unit and output the second audio content to the other of the first audio output unit and the second audio output unit based on the information set by the setting unit.
US11140481B2	Wireless speaker assembly A wireless speaker assembly for broadcasting audio and charging an electronic device includes a housing that defines an interior space. A first battery, a microprocessor, and a transceiver are coupled to the housing and are positioned in the interior space. The microprocessor is operationally coupled to the first battery and the transceiver. A speaker and a plurality of connectors are coupled to the housing and are operationally coupled to the microprocessor. The transceiver is configured to receive an audio signal from the electronic device, positioning the microprocessor to command the speaker to broadcast the audio signal. A respective connector is configured to couple to a charging cord of the electronic device to charge a second battery that is positioned in the electronic device.
US11140480B2	Indirect sourced cognitive loudspeaker system A system includes a CS playback device that establishes a secure communication channel with a media source device on a wireless medium, wherein the CS playback device receives and decodes a media stream transmitted from the media source device on the secure communication channel, thereby providing a decoded media stream. The CS playback device generates playback clock messages based on the decoded media stream, and transmits these playback clock messages on a wireless communication channel. One or more SPS playback devices are provided, each storing information enabling the SPS playback device to receive and decode the media stream transmitted from the media source device on the secure communication channel, whereby each SPS playback device extracts audio playback messages from the media stream. Each SPS playback device includes circuitry for receiving the playback clock messages from the wireless communication channel, and circuitry for processing the audio playback messages in response to the received playback clock messages.
US11140478B2	Loudspeaker enhancement A system for driving an audio speaker that has an impedance, the system comprising: a scaler having an analog input and a scaler output that is an attenuated analog input; an amplifier having an amplifier input coupled to the scaler output and an amplifier output; a current sensor having a sensor input coupled to the speaker and a sensor output, the current sensor configured to generate a sensor signal at the sensor output responsive to a current from the audio speaker; and a compensator circuit having a circuit input coupled to the sensor output and a circuit output coupled to the amplifier input, the compensator circuit configured to supply a compensation signal to the amplifier input by applying a transfer function to the sensor signal.
US11140471B2	Multiple dispersion standalone stereo loudspeakers Embodiments are directed to a speaker system that contains an array of multiple dispersion drivers that creates an expansive acoustic pattern to playback multi-channel audio content through a standalone speaker. The speaker system comprises an interface receiving stereo audio; an upmixer generating surround sound formatted audio from the stereo audio including one or more height channels; a virtualizer/downmixer component coupled to the upmixer and generating speaker feeds for two or more loudspeaker output sections, configured to play back the stereo audio, wherein each output section is further configured to play its own dedicated stereo audio signals; and a set of drivers each coupled to a respective output section and configured to project sound in at least two different dispersion patterns.
US11140469B1	Open-ear headphone An open-ear headphone with an acoustic module that is configured to be located at least in part in a concha of an outer ear of a user. The acoustic module includes an acoustic transducer, and a sound-emitting opening that is configured to emit sound produced by the acoustic transducer. A body is coupled to the acoustic module and includes a first portion that is configured to pass over an outer side of at least one of an anti-helix and a helix and a lobule of the outer ear, and a second portion that is configured to be located behind the outer ear.
US11140468B2	Moving robot A moving robot may include a main body which forms a space therein, an inner housing which surrounds the main body, an outer housing, two voice recognition members/devices (or voice sensors) which are disposed in the housings and are disposed to be separated from each other, and a microphone mount which is supported by the inner housing and causes the voice recognition device to be in close contact with the outer housing. The microphone mount may include a bending prevention rib which is disposed below the microphone mount to prevent bending of the microphone mount, and a twist prevention rib which is disposed below the microphone mount to prevent twisting of the microphone mount.
US11140467B2	Display apparatus A display apparatus according to the present disclosure can include a display panel; a back frame configured to attach to a wall structure by a fixing element; a height adjustment element joined to the back frame, including a permanent magnet and adjusting a height; a position adjustment element fixed to a rear surface of the display panel, including a magnetic material mounted by a magnetic force of the height adjustment element, and adjusting a position on a plane defined by the height adjustment element; a position limiter engaged between the position adjustment element and the height adjustment element; a sound generating device disposed at a rear surface of the display panel and having a latch holder; a middle frame disposed between the height adjustment element and the position adjustment element, and including a space receiving the sound generating device; and a latch disposed to engage with the latch holder.
US11140449B2	Methods and apparatus to determine synthetic respondent level data Methods, apparatus, systems, and articles of manufacture are disclosed to generate synthetic respondent level data. An example apparatus includes: a comparator to compare a target rating to a computed rating to determine a comparison result, the computed rating determined based on a seed panel, the seed panel including monitored panelists associated with return path data; a seed panelist data adjuster to adjust the seed panel based on the comparison result to reduce an error between the target rating and the computed rating; and a household data adjuster to add tuning without viewing data to households of the adjusted seed panel, the tuning without viewing data for a first one of the households to represent monitored data corresponding to a media presentation device of the first one of the households being on while a media output device in communication with the media presentation device is off.
US11140444B2	Data mining system for agreement compliance controlled information throttle Enables data mining of monitored information, activities, and agreements associated with a throttling system. An agreement includes one or more conditions to satisfy the agreement, such as one or more tasks or activities to be performed by an agreement performer or events that may be detected, and actions performed to enforce or assert the agreement such as controlling the electronic device and/or enabling or disabling or otherwise limiting, reducing or increasing the amount or type of information allowed with respect to any or all electronic devices associated with the agreement performer.
US11140442B1	Content delivery to playback systems with connected display devices Methods and apparatus are described for providing content playback options to content playback systems based on the capabilities of the systems. These techniques determine whether the content options should be provided based on the capabilities of a source device in a combined playback system. The version of the High-bandwidth Digital Content Protection (HDCP) protocol used to initialize the connection between the source and sink devices is determined. Based on the version of the HDCP protocol used, an override message may be sent to the content service, in response to which the media player on the source device is directed to an content service endpoint corresponding to particular set of playback options.
US11140439B2	Media content identification on mobile devices A mobile device responds in real time to media content presented on a media device, such as a television. The mobile device captures temporal fragments of audio-video content on its microphone, camera, or both and generates corresponding audio-video query fingerprints. The query fingerprints are transmitted to a search server located remotely or used with a search function on the mobile device for content search and identification. Audio features are extracted and audio signal global onset detection is used for input audio frame alignment. Additional audio feature signatures are generated from local audio frame onsets, audio frame frequency domain entropy, and maximum change in the spectral coefficients. Video frames are analyzed to find a television screen in the frames, and a detected active television quadrilateral is used to generate video fingerprints to be combined with audio fingerprints for more reliable content identification.
US11140437B2	Moving content between set top box and end devices in home A content moving device which enables providing content stored on a first user device, such as a DVR, in a first format and resolution to be provided to a second user device, such as a portable media player (PMP) in a second format and resolution. The content moving device identifies content on the first user device as candidate content which may be desired by the PMP and receives the candidate content from the DVR. The content moving device transcodes the candidate content at times independent of a request from the PMP for the content. The content moving device may provide a list of available transcoded content to the PMP for selection, and provide selected content to the PMP. The content moving device may also provide information relating to any protection schemes of the content provided to the PMP, such as DRM rights and decryption keys. The content moving device performs the often computationally intense and time consuming transcoding of user content to enable the user to move content between different user devices in a convenient manner.
US11140435B2	Interactive overlays to determine viewer data The disclosure provides a method for determining viewer data from interactive overlays. The method includes receiving media content from a content feed. The media device includes a unique identifier (UID). The method also includes determining a media program associated with the received media content based on a fingerprint of the received media content. The method further includes overlaying interactive overlay content onto the media program of the media content in an overlay area. The overlay area corresponds to a spatial position within at least one frame of the media content. The method also includes receiving a feedback response from a viewer based on the interactive overlay content. The method further includes determining viewer information from the feedback response of the viewer. The method further includes associating the viewer information of the feedback response with the UID of the media device.
US11140432B2	Apparatus and methods for recording, accessing, and delivering packetized content Apparatus and methods to manage recording of streaming packetized content (such as for example live IP packetized content) for access, retrieval and delivering thereof to one or more users. In one embodiment, the foregoing is accomplished via communication between a recording manager and a receiver/decoder device. The recording manager manages and schedules recording of content on behalf of the receiver/decoder device (and/or mobile devices) disposed at a user's premises. The recording manager runs one or more computer programs designed to receive requests to record packetized content from one or more consumer devices, and use metadata contained within the requests to cause a cloud storage entity or premises storage device to record the content at its scheduled date/time (either via the receiver/decoder device itself, or another network entity). In this manner, the recording manager provides digital video recording (DVR) functionality to devices that would be otherwise incapable of scheduling a recording and/or recording such content.
US11140431B2	Method and system for prioritizing contents for content processing by multichannel video programming distributors Disclosed herein is method and system for prioritizing content for content processing by Multichannel Video Programming Distributors (MVPD). The system upon receiving multimedia content, determines premium quality vector for multimedia content. Further, system segments multimedia content into one or more segments and determines a complexity vector and social media vector for each segment. The complexity vector is identified based on scene transitions and complexity of scene in the segment. The social media vector is identified based on trend, popularity and viral nature of segment. The system assigns weightage to each segment using a machine learning model based on complexity vector, social media vector and premium quality vector. Based on weightage, system prioritizes segments for content processing. In this manner, present disclosure prioritizes content which needs to be first processed to reduce overall content processing time.
US11140424B2	Identifying media on a mobile device Disclosed is a method of associating, at a secondary device, secondary media content with primary media content being output at a primary device. The method includes receiving, at the secondary device, first information based upon the primary content being output at the primary device, wherein the first information includes at least one of an audio and a visual signal, determining at the secondary device second information corresponding to the first information, receiving at the secondary device one or more portions of secondary media content that have been made available by a third device, determining at the secondary device whether one or more of the portions of the secondary media content match one or more portions of the second information, and taking at least one further action upon determining that there is a match.
US11140419B2	Image processing method and device The present disclosure provides an image processing method and device, which are applied to the technical field of image processing, wherein the method comprises: dividing an infrared decompression image with block artifacts into image blocks distributed in a rectangular array; acquiring boundary gray information of the image blocks, and then determining boundary drop information of each image block and its adjacent image block, thereby obtaining drop information of the image block; constructing a constraint optimization objective function of the image based on the boundary drop information, the drop information and preset compensation information; determining a target compensation matrix according to the constraint optimization objective function, wherein each element value in the target compensation matrix is a target value of compensation information of an image block, the position of which in the image is the same as the position of the element value in the target compensation matrix.
US11140417B2	Apparatus, a method and a computer program for video coding and decoding The invention relates to video coding and decoding. A method comprises extracting a first spatial subset from coded pictures of a first bitstream into a second bitstream; extracting a second spatial subset from the coded pictures of the first bitstream into a third bitstream; generating a fourth bitstream by selecting and removing a first set of pictures from the third bitstream, wherein the selection is performed in a manner that the first set of pictures is not required for decoding any pictures of the fourth bitstream; decoding the second bitstream; and decoding the fourth bitstream.
US11140410B2	Method and device for processing video signal using affine motion prediction A method for processing a video signal using an affine motion prediction is disclosed. The method includes checking that a current block is encoded by the affine motion prediction, obtaining motion vectors for a plurality of control points of the current block, determining a motion vector for each of a plurality of subblocks included in the current block based on the motion vectors for the plurality of control points, and performing a prediction for the current block from the motion vector for each of the plurality of subblocks, wherein each of the plurality of subblocks is configured to have a pre-defined width and a pre-defined height.
US11140408B2	Affine motion prediction Systems and techniques for improving costs and efficiency in affine motion prediction of a current block includes storing motion information of previously coded block in a line buffer or one or more local buffers of a coding unit such as coding tree unit (CTU). The line buffer can store motion information of a line of coding blocks located at a boundary of the CTU, while the local buffers can be utilized for storing motion information of coding blocks located anywhere in the CTU. The utilization of the line buffer can be improved by limiting the number of motion vectors of a neighboring block stored in the line buffer and obtaining remaining motion vectors from an additional block when available. The utilization of local buffers can be improved by restricting a size of neighboring blocks whose motion information is stored in the local buffers.
US11140406B2	Signalling for merge mode with motion vector differences in video coding A video decoder configured to generate a first merge candidate list for a first block; determine that the first block is coded in a merge mode with motion vector differences; in response to determining that a maximum number of entries for the first merge candidate list is equal to 1, infer a value of a first instance of a flag to be equal to a first value, wherein the first value for the flag indicates that the first block is to be decoded using a first entry in the first merge candidate list; receive first motion vector difference information; determine first motion information for predicting the first block based on candidate motion information included in the first entry of the first merge candidate list and the first motion vector difference information; and decode the first block using the first motion information.
US11140405B2	Decoding method, encoding method, and transmission apparatus for efficient coding An encoding device includes an index setting unit that sets an index that represents information of a reference image and a weighting factor. An index reconfiguring unit predicts a reference value of the weighting factor. The reference value indicates a factor to be set if a difference of pixel value between a reference image and a target image to be encoded is less than or equal to a specific value. An entropy encoding unit encodes a difference value between the weighting factor and the reference value.
US11140401B2	Coded-block-flag coding and derivation Techniques for coding and deriving (e.g., determining) one or more coded-block-flags associated with video content are described herein. A coded-block-flag of a last node may be determined when coded-block-flags of preceding nodes are determined to be a particular value and when a predetermined condition is satisfied. In some instances, the predetermined condition may be satisfied when log2(size of current transform unit) is less than log2(size of maximum transform unit) or log2(size of current coding unit) is less than or equal to log2(size of maximum transform unit)+1. The preceding nodes may be nodes that precede the last node on a particular level in a residual tree.
US11140392B2	Image encoding apparatus, image decoding apparatus, control methods thereof, and non- transitory computer-readable storage medium An encoding apparatus comprises a dividing unit that divides RAW image data into a plurality of tiles, a generating unit that generates planes of a plurality of channels having mutually-different components for each of the tiles, a transforming unit that frequency-transforms the plane of each channel and generates sub-band data of a plurality of resolution levels, a controller that divides each of the plurality of sub-band data into the same number of segments to divide the sub-band data into a plurality of segments corresponding to the same regions, and determines first quantization parameters common for the plurality of sub-band data in each segment, a quantizing unit that, based on the determined first quantization parameters, quantizes each sub-band data, and an encoder that encodes a quantization result on a sub-band-by-sub-band basis.
US11140386B2	Coordination method for sub-block based inter prediction Devices, systems and methods for digital video coding, which include sub-block based inter prediction methods, are described. An exemplary method for video processing includes determining, for a conversion between a current block of video and a bitstream representation of the video, a maximum number of candidates in a sub-block based merge candidate list and/or whether to add sub-block based temporal motion vector prediction (SbTMVP) candidates to the sub-block based merge candidate list based on whether temporal motion vector prediction (TMVP) is enabled for use during the conversion or whether a current picture referencing (CPR) coding mode is used for the conversion, and performing, based on the determining, the conversion.
US11140385B2	Checking order of motion candidates in LUT A method of video processing includes maintaining tables, wherein each table includes a set of motion candidates and each motion candidate is associated with corresponding motion information; and performing a conversion between a first video block and a bitstream representation of a video including the first video block based on at least some of tables, the performing including checking motion candidates in a table in an order defined in a rule until a checking termination criteria is met.
US11140382B2	AV output analysis device and method, and computer-readable recording medium Provided is an apparatus, method, and computer-readable recording medium for analyzing audio/video (AV) output, capable of automatically analyzing an AV output of a sink device. The apparatus for analyzing an AV output includes: a transmitter configured to transmit a high-definition multimedia interface (HDMI) signal generation command to a source device such that an AV screen is output on a sink device; a receiver configured to receive, from a user terminal, data of a mirroring screen corresponding to the AV screen being output on the sink device, and a controller configured to perform analysis by comparing the received data of the mirroring screen with reference data stored in a memory to analyze a responsiveness for a HDMI signal of a HDMI port provided in the sink device.
US11140381B1	Noise cancellation in a wireless head mounted display A method of operating a VR or AR head mounted display (HMD) system includes obtaining a video performance parameter for a video signal, selecting a clock frequency for video data transfer within the HMD system based on the video performance parameter, detecting one or more available frequency bands for a wireless data connection between a host device and the HMD system, and selecting a frequency band from the one or more available frequency bands for the wireless data connection, based on a predetermined connection suitability parameter for the one or more available frequency bands and based on the selected clock frequency for video data transfer within the HMD system. The method further includes establishing a wireless connection between the host device and the HMD system over the selected frequency band.
US11140380B2	Method and apparatus for processing overlay media in 360 degree video system A 360-degree image data processing method performed by a 360-degree video reception apparatus according to the present invention includes: receiving 360-degree image data; obtaining information on an encoded picture and metadata from the 360-degree image data; decoding a picture based on the information on the encoded picture; and rendering the decoded picture and an overlay based on the metadata, wherein the metadata includes group information, the group information includes group type information indicating a group including a main media and the overlay that can be rendered together, the decoded picture includes the main media, and the group information includes information indicating whether a track belonging to the group includes the main media or the overlay.
US11140376B2	Method for calibrating a binocular displaying device A calibrating method for calibrating the position of pictures on display elements of a binocular displaying device, the binocular displaying device comprising a right display element and a left display element to display right and left pictures. The method comprising a virtual markers displaying step, during which a right virtual marker and a left virtual marker are displayed respectively from the right display element and the left display element when the wearer uses the binocular displaying device, the right and left virtual markers being at least visually vertically alignable with a real world target at an alignment condition, and an aligning step, during which each of the right and left virtual markers are aligned with the real world target.
US11140372B2	Capturing and synchronizing motion with recorded audio/video The present disclosure provides methods and systems for synchronizing motion data with an audio/video stream. An audio/video stream, which comprises at least one timing marker, is obtained. The audio/video stream is processed to detect the at least one timing marker. Motion data associated with the audio/video stream and timing information for the motion data are obtained, the timing information including timing information regarding the at least one timing marker. The audio/video stream, with the at least one timing marker detected, and the motion data, are output with the timing information.
US11140364B2	Sensor fusion based perceptually enhanced surround view Techniques including obtaining a first location of a vehicle, the vehicle having one or more cameras disposed about the vehicle, and wherein each camera is associated with a physical camera pose indicating where each camera is located with respect to the vehicle, capturing, by a first camera, a first image of a first area, associating the first image with the first location of the vehicle when the first image was captured, moving the vehicle in a direction so that the first area is no longer within a field of view of the first camera, obtaining a second location of the vehicle, determining a temporal camera pose based on the physical camera pose of the first camera and the second location of the vehicle, and rendering a view of the first area based on the temporal camera pose and the first image.
US11140363B2	Information processing apparatus, control method, and program To accurately detect theft of a product. An information processing apparatus (2000) acquires a reference image (13) in which a product exhibition location is imaged. In addition, the information processing apparatus (2000) acquires a comparison image (14), in which a product shelf is imaged at a time after the reference image (13) is imaged. Furthermore, the information processing apparatus (2000) computes the quantity of reduction in products inside a surveillance area (15) included in both the reference image (13) and the comparison image (14). Furthermore, the information processing apparatus (2000) outputs the warning in a case where the computed quantity of reduction is equal to or larger than the reference value.
US11140356B2	Terminal and server for providing video call service Provided is an application stored in a computer-readable storage medium to perform a method of providing a video call service, the method including, in a first terminal, establishing a video call session between the first terminal and a second terminal; modulating and displaying an area of an image of a second user, except for an exposure area, the image of the second user being displayed in the first terminal; detecting a predetermined event during the video call session; and controlling a size of the exposure area based on the predetermined event.
US11140355B1	Optical frequency imaging Frequency imaging of different areas or object in an image is created by a visible light, infrared or other cameras taking multiple sequential images. The images are recorded and stacked. Pixels that vary in the images yield time varying data on a pixel by pixel basis. The time varying data is processed to extract pixel by pixel signal spectrum or another similar signal metric. Frequency at each pixel is displayed and distinguished, such as by recoloring the pixels based on spectral power rather than intensity contrast.
US11140353B2	Media device with on-board patch antenna with dual antenna feeds A streaming media player includes a printed circuit board, a video processor, a wireless communications processor, and a patch antenna. The patch antenna includes dielectric material, a conductive patch, and a first antenna feed in a first position with respect to the conductive patch. The patch antenna includes a second antenna feed in a second position with respect to the conductive patch. The first position is orthogonal to the second position. In an embodiment, the second position is rotationally offset from the first position by 90 degrees around an axis through a center of the conductive patch. The streaming media player includes a connector coupled to the video processor and configured to removably couple to a connection port on a display device.
US11140349B2	Image sensor incuding CMOS image sensor pixel and dynamic vision sensor pixel An image sensor includes a CIS (CMOS image sensor) pixel, a DVS (dynamic vision sensor) pixel, and an image signal processor. The CIS pixel includes a photoelectric conversion device generating charges corresponding to an incident light and a readout circuit generating an output voltage corresponding to the generated charges. The DVS pixel detects a change in an intensity of the incident light based on the generated charges to output an event signal and does not include a separate photoelectric conversion device. The image signal processor allows the photoelectric conversion device to be connected to the readout circuit or the DVS pixel.
US11140348B2	AD conversion device, imaging device, imaging system, and mobile apparatus Provided is an analog-to-digital (AD) conversion device including: a comparator configured to compare an input analog signal and a reference signal; a plurality of first bit-memories configured to hold a digital signal including a plurality of bits generated based on a result of comparison performed by the comparator, each of the plurality of first bit-memories holding a bit signal of a corresponding one bit among the plurality of bits of the digital signal; an output circuit to which the bit signal output from each of the plurality of first bit-memories is commonly input; a transmission line configured to transmit the bit signal output from the output circuit; and a first scanning circuit configured to sequentially select, from the plurality of first bit-memories, a first bit-memory that outputs the bit signal to the output circuit.
US11140344B2	Imaging systems with improved circuitry to provide boosted control signals An image sensor having rows and columns of image pixels may include row control circuitry that controls voltages that are sent to each row of the image pixels. The row control circuitry may include booster circuitry that converts a positive power supply voltage (such as 2.8V) to voltages that are negative or otherwise less than the positive power supply voltage and/or greater than the positive power supply voltage. The booster circuitry may have a plurality of switches that control an input to an amplifier, thereby allowing the circuitry to produce any desired voltage in a given range. The booster circuitry output may be shared between multiple rows of the image pixels, and the produced boosted circuitry may be fed to any desired one or more of the rows of image pixels.
US11140343B1	Image sensors having an adjustable current source for column settling speedup An image sensor may include an array of imaging pixels arranged in rows and columns. Each column of imaging pixels may be coupled to a respective column output line. Each column output line may be coupled to readout circuitry that includes an adjustable current source, sample and hold circuitry, and slew rate sensing and current source control circuitry. To decrease the settling time of the column output line, the slew rate sensing and current source control circuitry may increase the magnitude of a bias current provided by the adjustable current source when the slew rate of the output voltage is above a threshold. When the slew rate of the output voltage is below the threshold, the bias current may revert to a lower magnitude to conserve power.
US11140324B2	Method of displaying wide-angle image, image display system, and information processing apparatus A method of displaying a wide-angle image including one or more attention points on a display device, the method being performed by an information processing apparatus including the display device, includes, in response to detecting a predetermined trigger when at least a part of the wide-angle image is displayed as a display region, displaying a region of the wide-angle image in the display region, the region of the wide-angle image including at least one of the one or more attention points.
US11140322B2	Stabilizing platform A stabilizing device includes a frame assembly configured to hold an imaging device and a motor assembly configured to directly drive the frame assembly to allow the imaging device to rotate. The frame assembly includes a first, a second, and a third frame member. The imaging device is configured to be coupled to the first frame member. The first frame member is rotatably coupled to the second frame member about a first rotational axis. The second frame member is rotatably coupled to the third frame member about a second rotational axis not orthogonal to the first rotational axis. The motor assembly includes a first motor configured to directly drive the first frame member to rotate around the first rotational axis and a second motor configured to directly drive the second frame member to rotate around the second rotational axis.
US11140321B2	Increasing sensitivity of a probe sensor for lens position Increases to the sensitivity of a probe magnet sensor are implemented for a camera lens. Probe magnet sensors may be located on carrier of a surface of an actuator coil to reduce the distance between the probe magnet sensor and a probe magnet mounted on an optics component that includes the camera lens. A probe magnet may be located within the camera so that the flux region of the probe magnet does not overlap with a flux region of a drive magnet for an actuator of the camera.
US11140316B2	Projection method and projector using thereof A projection method is provided. The projection method comprises the steps of identifying the resolution of an original image, comparing the resolution of the original image with a preset resolution to generate a comparison result, determining whether to deflect a projection lens in a projection process according to the comparison result, and projecting at least one image in the projection process according to the comparison result.
US11140313B1	Image capture device with scheduled capture capability A user interface of an image capture device may provide options for a user to schedule future capture of visual content by the image capture device. The user may interact with the options to specify the start time and the capture duration for the future capture of visual content.
US11140308B2	Life-logging system with third-person perspective A life-logging system is configured to register a plurality of cameras and a plurality of users to a life-logging network. The life-logging system receives a plurality of camera profiles associated with the plurality of cameras and a user profile associated with a user. The life-logging system determines location information associated with the user and identifies a camera of the plurality of cameras for capturing an image of the user based on the plurality of camera profiles, the user preferences, and the location information. The life-logging system arranges for the image of the user captured by the camera to be delivered to a client device.
US11140305B2	Open-field handheld fluorescence imaging systems and methods An imaging device having an imaging field of view, the imaging device including at least one illumination port configured to output light for illuminating a target; an imaging sensor to detect light traveling along an optical path to the imaging sensor; and a first movable window positioned upstream of the sensor with respect to a direction of travel of light along the optical path, wherein the first movable window is configured to move into the optical path in a deployed position for modifying light received from the target.
US11140302B2	Combined camera and wearable ring for holding a camera A wearable device, such as a ring, is used to be worn on at least one part of a human body. A wearable device includes a body having a bottom surface and a top surface, an opening defined between the top surface and the bottom surface. The opening is used to receive therethrough and hold the at least one part of the human body. A pocket is defined in the body between the opening and the top surface for holding the camera presenting an activation button to turn on and turn off the camera. The body includes a membrane defined in the top surface of the body.
US11140300B2	Camera module and camera module manufacturing method The present embodiment provides a camera module comprising: a lens barrel containing at least one lens; a front body which contains the lens barrel, and which comprises a flange portion formed to extend from a side surface thereof in a direction perpendicular to an optical axis; a substrate portion spaced from the lens barrel in the optical axis direction and arranged behind the front body; a rear body coupled to the flange portion so as to contain the substrate portion; a thermal bonding portion arranged between the flange portion and the rear body such that the front body and the rear body are coupled; and a gasket spaced from the thermal bonding portion and arranged between the front body and the rear body so as to contact the front body and the rear body, wherein the front surface of the flange portion, which is positioned to correspond to the thermal bonding portion, comprises a planar surface.
US11140299B2	Image processing apparatus, image forming system, and non-transitory computer readable medium storing program An image processing apparatus includes: a gradation correction section that performs output gradation correction with respect to input multi-value image data; a conversion section that converts the multi-value image data, which is acquired after the output gradation correction is performed by the gradation correction section, into binary image data; a storage section that stores the multi-value image data or the binary image data; and a control section that performs control such that the multi-value image data, which is acquired before the output gradation correction is performed, is stored in the storage section in a case where content of the input image data is content which requires the output gradation correction, and such that the binary image data is stored in the storage section in a case where the content of the input image data is content which does not require the output gradation correction.
US11140298B2	Universal color coding system, and a system and a method of manipulating colors using such color coding system A universal color coding system, and a system and a method of manipulating colors using such color coding system. The color coding system includes a color mapper arranged to map a plurality of colors with a plurality of numerical codes, wherein the each of the plurality of numerical codes is a unique integer determined based on a combination of prime numbers.
US11140297B2	Computer-readable medium, information processing device, and method for causing information processing device to display image resulting from image scanning A non-transitory computer-readable medium stores computer-readable program instructions configured to, when executed, cause an information processing device to receive a scan instruction to cause an image scanner to perform image scanning of a document sheet, the scan instruction including a scan setting indicating whether to perform monochrome scanning or color scanning, receive image data generated by the image scanning of the document sheet according to the scan instruction, obtain base color information representing whether black is set as a base color in an OS of the information processing device, determine whether an image represented by the image data includes a text, and display the image in a black-white inverted manner, when the scan instruction includes the scan setting indicating to perform the monochrome scanning, the base color information represents that black is set as the base color, and it is determined that the image includes a text.
US11140296B2	Image reading apparatus An image reading apparatus includes an original tray, a conveyer, a reading unit, an acquisition unit, one or more processors, an acquisition unit, a setting unit, and a corrector. The acquisition unit is configured to acquire information relating to a length of the original to be read by the reading unit in a main scanning direction orthogonal to the conveying direction, and the setting unit is configured to set an ineffective region based on the information acquired by the acquisition unit, wherein the ineffective region is a region in the main scanning direction of the pixel data which is not to be used for determination of an inclination amount corresponding to an inclination angle, with respect to the main scanning direction, of a side at a leading edge of the original in the conveying direction.
US11140295B2	Image reading apparatus and method configured to correct tilt image data An image reading apparatus includes a reading unit configured to read an image of a document and generate image data, a filtering unit configured to perform filtering processing on the image data generated by the reading unit and generate image data, a binarization unit configured to perform binarization processing based on the image data generated by the filtering unit using a first threshold value to generate first binary image data, and perform binarization processing based on the image data generated by the filtering unit using a second threshold value to generate second binary image data, and a detection unit configured to detect an edge in the image data generated by the reading unit based on the first binary image data and the second binary image data generated by the binarization unit.
US11140289B2	Motor control apparatus, sheet conveyance apparatus, and image forming apparatus An apparatus according to the aspect of the embodiments includes a phase determiner configured to determine a rotational phase of a rotor, a speed determiner configured to determine a rotational speed of the rotor, a controller having a first control mode for controlling the motor by supplying constant currents to windings, and a discriminator configured to discriminate whether a rotation of the motor is abnormal based on the rotational speed when the rotational speed corresponding to a command speed is equal to or higher than a predetermined value in a state where the controller is controlling the motor in the first control mode. When a signal output from the discriminator indicates that the rotation of the motor is abnormal, the controller stops the motor. When the signal output from the discriminator indicates that the rotation is not abnormal, the controller continues a drive of the motor.
US11140275B2	Non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing program for assisting movement of colorimeter and method of producing printing system A PC presents, to a user, a difference between an actual speed and an ideal speed, the actual speed being a moving speed of a colorimeter when the user moves the colorimeter with respect to a color chart, the ideal speed being a moving speed of the colorimeter ideal for color measurement on the color chart.
US11140274B2	Pair-the-plan system for devices and method of use A method and system are disclosed for connecting a device to subscriptions and cellular billing plans of separate users and for managing the concurrent use of the device by the separate users. A computer-implemented method comprises enrolling a device in a cellular subscription and billing plan of a user. The enrollment includes providing an identifier for the device to a cellular subscription, effectively adding the device to the cellular subscription and billing plan selected by the user. The method and system allows the user to use capabilities of the device as governed by the cellular subscription and an associated billing plan as selected by that user, while the device is also available for use by another user via another cellular billing plan, as selected by that user.
US11140273B2	Leveraging push notifications to configure predetermined application running on user device for accessing service on network of hospitality establishment An apparatus enables communication between a user device and a communication server. The apparatus receives a device identifier of the user device and determines after searching a device-to-token database that the device identifier is not associated with any device communication token. The apparatus activates a predetermined application on the user device, and thereafter receives a device communication token of the predetermined application. A mapping of the device communication token with the device identifier is stored in the device-to-token database after which a communication account is created for the user device on a communication server. A login credential for the communication account is sent to the user device in a message addressed to the predetermined application and transmitted via a message server. The predetermined application on the user device receives the message, and thereafter automatically logs in to the communication server according to the login credential in the message.
US11140269B2	Systems and methods for extended agent capacity A method for routing interactions arriving at a contact center. The method may include: providing a cost schedule for the interactions that includes a classifier in which categories of interaction types are defined and a cost value corresponding to each of the interaction types; providing a capacity value for agents; and routing the interactions in accordance with a routing process. The routing process may include: receiving the first interaction; pursuant to the classifier, classifying the first interaction as being a first interaction type; determining the cost value of the first interaction as being the cost value corresponding to the first interaction type in the cost schedule; calculating for each of the agents an available capacity; and routing the first interaction to a first agent based on the available capacity of the first agent being sufficient given the cost value.
US11140261B1	Systems and methods for authenticating a caller at a call center A system for authenticating the identity of a caller (i) receives a phone call from a caller, where the phone call is initiated through an application on a remote computer device associated with the caller, and where the phone call includes one or more phone authentication credentials; (ii) determines a preliminary identity of the caller based upon the one or more phone authentication credentials; (iii) receives online authentication credentials from the application on the remote computer device; (iv) determines a confirmed identity of the caller based, at least in part, upon the one or more online credentials and the preliminary identity of the caller; and (v) displays the confirmed identity of the caller to a user answering the phone call. As a result, the user and/or the system do not need to perform additional authentication before providing service to the caller.
US11140249B2	Transmission module, transmission mechanism, and mobile terminal Some embodiments of the present disclosure provide a transmission module, a transmission mechanism, and a mobile terminal. The mobile terminal includes a terminal device, a driving mechanism, a transmission assembly and a mounting seat. The terminal device includes a front face, a rear face and a side peripheral face, and the terminal device defines a mounting groove. The driving mechanism is coupled to the terminal device. The transmission assembly includes a first pushing member and a second pushing member coupled to the first pushing member, and the first pushing member is coupled to the driving mechanism. The mounting seat is coupled to the first pushing member and the second pushing member, and the mounting seat is provided with a camera module. The driving mechanism enables the first pushing member to move from a first position to a third position via a second position.
US11140247B2	UE, and method and apparatus for identifying handprint The disclosure relates to a user equipment (UE) and a method and apparatus for identifying a handprint. The user equipment includes a housing including a front housing, a rear housing, and a middle frame located between the front housing and the rear housing; at least one ultrasound handprint sensor located on an inner wall of the middle frame, and configured to emit an ultrasound capable of passing through the middle frame, receive an ultrasound reflected by a hand of a user, and generate an electric signal of handprint information based on the ultrasound reflected by the hand of the user; and a controller located inside the housing, electrically connected to the at least one ultrasound handprint sensor, and configured to control the at least one ultrasound handprint sensor, and convert the electric signal of the handprint information collected by the at least one ultrasound handprint sensor into a handprint image.
US11140244B2	Communication apparatus capable of performing communication using client function and communication using server function, method of controlling the communication apparatus, and storage medium A communication apparatus comprises: one or more processors; and a memory storing instructions which, when the instructions are executed by the one or more processors, cause the communication apparatus to function as: a communication unit configured to communicate with an external device; and a control unit configured to control first communication in which the communication apparatus operates as a client and second communication in which the communication apparatus operates as a server, in communication using the communication unit, wherein, when executing a connection operation of each communication in order to control the first communication and the second communication in parallel, the control unit matches a termination timing of the connection operation of the first communication and a termination timing of the connection operation of the second communication.
US11140243B1	Thermal state inference based frequency scaling The systems and methods monitor thermal states associated with a device. The systems and methods set thermal thresholds associated with the device. The systems and methods infer the thermal thresholds from information gathered by a client application running on the device. The systems and methods implement a stored policy associated with a violation of one of the thermal thresholds by one of the monitored thermal states.
US11140242B2	System for processing coherent data A monitoring system presents metrics or event data by monitoring state information of a computing system. In an embodiment, the monitoring system includes one or more processors that receive state information from an agent executing on the computing system. The state information describes a component of the computing system. In response to receiving the state information, the monitoring system generates aggregate state information based on the state information and prior state information previously received from the agent. The state information and prior state information may correspond to the same time period. The monitoring system generates subscribed state information from the aggregate state information. The subscribed state information is a subset of the aggregate state information selected using instructions of a client. The monitoring system sends the subscribed state information to the client to cause an update in a user interface presented by the client.
US11140232B2	Analyzing geo-spatial data in layers In one embodiment, a method includes accessing a location history of a user of a social-networking system. The social-networking system includes a social graph that includes multiple nodes and edges connecting the nodes. At least node corresponds to the user. The method includes accessing a data set from a third-party source independent of the social-networking system. The data set references one or more locations. The method includes comparing the location history of the user with the locations referenced by the data set to determine an overlap between the location history and the data set and determining based on the comparison one or more labels to assign to the user or to one or more locations where the location history and the data set overlap.
US11140231B2	Mechanisms for enabling negotiation of API versions and supported features A system includes one or more devices that include a memory to store instructions and one or more processors to execute the instructions. The devices include an updated network function (NF) service producer that includes a recent update, wherein the NF service producer is configured to register at a Network Repository Function (NRF) using a Network Function profile (NF profile), wherein the NF profile indicates a Network Function type (NF type) and Application Programming Interface versions. The devices further include a network function (NF) service consumer configured to: receive a message from a network component; determine to engage a service of a NF service producer of the NF type based on the message; and send a discovery request to the NRF in response to the message, wherein the message includes search criteria that specify a version field extended with an operator dependent version field.
US11140229B2	Cloud operation reservation system In one or more embodiments, a cloud operation reservation system is provided through which cloud operations may be scheduled and managed. The cloud operation reservation system includes logic for defining a set of time windows that are available to perform one or more cloud operations on cloud targets and presenting the set of time windows to one or more tenants of a cloud service. Tenants may browse the presented set of time windows and submit reservation requests to update and/or perform other operations on cloud targets. In response to receiving, a request to reserve one or more slots in a particular time window, the cloud operation reservation system schedules one or more cloud operations to be performed on a cloud target that is available to at least one tenant.
US11140220B1	Consistent hashing using the power of k choices in server placement Systems and methods are described for load balancing requests in a distributed system using consistent hashing. Specifically, systems and methods are described for using “the power of k choices” when placing new servers on a consistent hash ring used to load balance requests. Rather than placing each new server at a fixed point determined by a hashing algorithm, a load balancer can identify multiple potential points on the hash ring for the new server. The load balancer can then compare these points to determine a preferred location, and place the server at the preferred location. Techniques described herein can substantially improve placement of servers, which in turn results in better load balancing.
US11140217B2	Dynamic load calculation for server selection There is provided method for managing communication in a system comprising a client entity and a plurality of servers, wherein the client entity is configured to send request messages to the servers, and wherein the servers are configured to process a request message received from the client entity and send to the client entity a response message as a result of processing said request message, the method comprising the steps of: sending, by the client entity, a request message to one of the plurality of servers for processing by the server; computing, by the server receiving the request message, an indicator for a processing load of the server, and including information relating to said indicator into the response message; sending, by the server, the response message to the client entity; storing, by the client entity, said information relating to said indicator; selecting, by the client entity, a server from said plurality of servers for sending a further request message to one of the plurality of servers, wherein said selecting is made at least on the basis of the stored information relating to one or more indicators for the processing load of one or more of the plurality of servers.
US11140215B2	Claiming network devices for a home network in a distributed Wi-Fi network Systems and methods implemented through a user device, for claiming network devices for a home network in a distributed Wi-Fi network includes discovering a newly powered on access point; claiming the newly powered on access point for the home network; and relaying the claimed newly powered on access point to a cloud controller via a disjoint network from the home network, wherein the home network is restricted by the cloud controller to only operate with claimed access points. The discovering, the claiming, and the relaying can be performed by a mobile application executed on the user device.
US11140212B2	Monitoring and reporting usage of standalone e-discovery machine Disclosed embodiments relate to systems and methods for tracking usage of a standalone e-discovery machine. Aspects include observing usage activity of at least one user of the standalone e-discovery machine; analyzing the usage activity of the at least one user in terms of at least one parameter, wherein the at least one parameter comprises of at least one of: size of data processed, number of users using the e-discovery machine, health metrics, or activities performed; determining usage data for the at least one user based on observing and analyzing; packaging the usage data into a transferrable format for secure communication to an external server; and reporting the usage data over a secure network connection from a host network to the external server.
US11140209B2	Highly scalable methods and apparatus for balancing sip loads across a cluster of sip processing entities Methods, apparatus and systems for load balancing Session Initiation Protocol session transactions among a self-organized cluster of SIP processing devices. An exemplary method embodiment includes the steps of dynamically forming a load balancing cluster of SIP processing devices from a plurality of SIP processing devices, said cluster of SIP processing devices being self-organized; dynamically building a communications network, by said cluster of SIP processing devices, for distributing session transaction load state information among the SIP processing devices in the cluster; and each of the SIP processing devices of the cluster asynchronously determining session transaction load state information on a recurring basis reflecting its current session transaction load state. In some embodiments, the SIP processing devices are session border controllers.
US11140206B2	Architecture for a media system A media system that includes one or more smart devices.
US11140205B2	Congestion response for timely media delivery In examples of the present invention, delivery of a segment of content is done using an initial congestion window, preferably chosen to give a delivery rate that ensures timely delivery of that segment. However, under high levels of packet loss, the delivery rate may not be sufficient. Hence, at any stage during delivery of a segment, the actual delivery rate is measured, and used, together with the previous congestion window size, the amount of content segment data still to be delivered, and the time left for delivery, to calculate an updated congestion window. The remainder of the segment is then delivered using this revised congestion window.
US11140198B2	System and method of detecting and countering denial-of-service (DoS) attacks on an NVMe-oF-based computer storage array A computer storage array detects and counters denial of service (DoS) attacks. The computer storage array provides one or more remote initiators with access to one or more storage devices connected to the computer storage array. According to an example embodiment, the computer storage array includes: a computer processor configured to run an operating system for managing networking protocols; a networking device configured to monitor and route network traffic, at a packet level to, and from the storage devices; a baseboard management controller (BMC) configured to detect a DoS attack based on monitoring of statistics of the network traffic by the networking device; a PCIe switch connecting the BMC with each of the storage devices via a PCIe bus; and a computer motherboard to which the computer processor, networking device, BMC and PCIe switch are installed.
US11140196B1	Malware fingerprinting on encrypted transport layer security (TLS) traffic Malware fingerprinting on encrypted Transport Layer Security (TLS) traffic. A method may include obtaining, by the computing device, input data of a TLS communication between a client device and a server device; extracting, by the computing device, features associated with the TLS communication; determining, by the computing device, an association between the TLS communication and a known malware family by applying a clustering algorithm to the extracted features; analyzing, by the computing device, at least one cluster determined by applying the clustering algorithm to determine a purity level; assigning, by the computing device, a malware family fingerprint to the TLS communication based on the purity level; applying, by the computing device, the malware family fingerprint to a backend of a network to determine a probability of an attack; and initiating, by the computing device, a security action based on the probability of the attack.
US11140195B2	Secure endpoint in a heterogenous enterprise network An endpoint in an enterprise network is configured to respond to internal and external detections of compromise in a manner that permits the endpoint to cooperate with other endpoints to secure the enterprise network. For example, the endpoint may be configured to self-isolate when local monitoring detects a compromise on the endpoint, and to respond to an external notification of compromise of another endpoint by restricting communications with that other endpoint.
US11140194B2	Measuring and comparing security efficiency and importance in virtualized environments Disclosed embodiments relate to systems and methods for measuring and comparing security efficiency and importance in virtualized environments. Techniques include identifying a plurality of virtualized computing environments and calculating, for a first of the plurality of virtualized computing environments, a security-sensitivity status, the security-sensitivity status being based on at least: a size attribute of the first virtualized computing environment; an activity level of the first virtualized computing environment; a sensitivity level of the first virtualized computing environment; and a security level of the first virtualized computing environment. Further techniques include accessing a reference security-sensitivity status corresponding to the first virtualized computing environment; comparing the security-sensitivity status of the first virtualized computing environment with the reference security-sensitivity status; and identifying, based on the comparing, a security-sensitivity status gap.
US11140192B2	Entity IP mapping Systems and methods for mapping IP addresses to an entity include receiving at least one domain name associated with the entity. Embodiments may further include determining one or more variations of the at least one domain name based on analysis of domain name data collected from a plurality of domain name data sources that mention a variation of the at least one domain name. Some embodiments may also include identifying one or more IP addresses pointed to by the one or more variations of the entity's domain name based on analysis of IP address data collected from a plurality of IP address data sources. Additional embodiments include assigning weights to each of the identified one or more IP addresses and creating a mapping of IP addresses to associate with the entity based on analysis of the weighted one or more IP addresses.
US11140190B2	Automated user module assessment A method, system and computer-usable medium for automating the assessment of security vulnerabilities associated with a user module via a user module assessment operation. The user assessment operation includes receiving a request from a user module via an edge device; determining whether the request includes a persistent session cookie; determining whether the user module should be assessed to detect security vulnerabilities; resetting information contained in the persistent session cookie when the user module should be accessed to detect security vulnerabilities; redirecting the user module for assessment; and, performing an assessment of the user module to detect possible security vulnerabilities.
US11140187B2	Learning internal ranges from network traffic data to augment anomaly detection systems In one embodiment, a device in a network receives traffic records indicative of network traffic between different sets of host address pairs. The device identifies one or more address grouping constraints for the sets of host address pairs. The device determines address groups for the host addresses in the sets of host address pairs based on the one or more address grouping constraints. The device provides an indication of the address groups to an anomaly detector.
US11140183B2	Determining criticality of identified enterprise assets using network session information Methods, apparatus, and processor-readable storage media for identifying and determining the criticality of enterprise assets using network traffic information are provided herein. An example computer-implemented method includes capturing network session information from an enterprise network; identifying multiple assets within the enterprise network by processing the captured network session information; determining, for each of the identified assets, one or more predefined features of the asset based at least in part on the processing of the captured network session information; determining, for each of the identified assets, a level of criticality associated with the asset based at least in part on the one or more determined features of the asset; and outputting the level of criticality and an identifier of the asset associated therewith to a security-related system, wherein the level of criticality and the asset identifier are used by the security-related system to take at least one automated action.
US11140178B1	Methods and system for client side analysis of responses for server purposes A method and system for collecting information on responses and their interpretation on a client device that requests access to a server. A request to access the server is received. If there was a response by the server for this request, then the response is being intercepted and is being injected with a client side language script to be executed by the requesting client side device. Information is collected at the server side from the execution of the injected client side language script by the client device.
US11140175B2	Multi-factor authentication with geolocation and short-range communication A method of multi-factor authentication is performed by an access control device. In response to detecting a beacon signal transmitted by a user equipment (UE) via a short-range radio access technology (RAT) the access control device sends a query to a location server for a current location of the UE. The access control device then determines whether the UE is within a threshold distance of the access control device and, if so, begins monitoring a signal strength of one or more beacon signals transmitted by the UE. If the signal strength of the one or more beacon signals exceeds a signal strength threshold, then the access control device may generate an access signal to indicate that a user associated with the UE is authorized to access a protected resource.
US11140174B2	Time and location controlled centralized access management system A system for and method of automatically providing access credentials to employees based upon the time and location of the employee when the request was made are provided. The system and method also control the provision of access credentials to an employee by using the employment status and role of the employee to determine whether the employee is authorized to receive the requested access credentials.
US11140172B2	Method for automatically applying access control policies based on device types of networked computing devices Techniques for managing access control policies are described herein. According to one embodiment, access control policies (ACPs) and access control rules (ACRs) are downloaded from a management server to a network access device (NAD) over the Internet, where the network access device is one of a plurality of network access devices managed by the management server over the Internet. In response to a request from a network client device for entering a network, a device type of the network client device is detected and an ACP identifier is determined based on the device type using the ACRs An ACP is selected from the ACPs based on the ACP identifier and enforced against the network client device. At least the selected ACP is reported to the management server to distribute the selected ACP to other network access devices.
US11140171B1	Establishing and verifying identity using action sequences while protecting user privacy A user device can verify a user's identity to a server while protecting user privacy by not sharing personal data with any other device. To ensure user privacy, the user device performs an enrollment process in which the user performs an action sequence. The user device collects action data from the action sequence and uses the action data locally to generate a set of public/private key pairs (or other representation) from which information about the action sequence cannot be extracted. The public keys, but not the underlying action data, are sent to a server to store. To verify user identity, a user device can repeat the collection of action data and the generation of the key pairs. If the device can prove to the server its possession of the private keys to a sufficient degree, the user's identity can be verified.
US11140170B2	Network-based partial and full user identification techniques Methods and systems for network-based user authentication are provided. In one embodiment, a method is provided that include receiving a request to connect to a local network. The request may be received from a user device and may include a user device identifier. The method may then include allowing the user device to connect to the local network and create a partial identity of a user of the user device. The partial identity may include a plurality of identification factors associated with the user. The method may then include monitoring network activities of the user device and updating the partial identity based on the monitored network activities.
US11140168B2	Content access validation system and method To provide validation information to web publishers indicative of the presence of operational malicious software protection systems on user computing devices, an evaluation system resident on a web publisher server can cause web content, including validation request data, to be transmitted from the publisher server to a computing device. A submission system resident on the computing device can analyze the web content for the validation request data, and can cause the validation information to be transmitted from the computing device to the evaluation system based on the analysis. Upon receiving the validation information, the evaluation system can analyze it to determine the likelihood that content delivered to the computing device will be viewed by a real user (and not by automated computer programs).
US11140165B2	System for selective mapping of distributed resources across network edge framework for authorized user access A system for secure distributed resource asset mapping across network edge framework for authorized user access is provided. The system being configured to: receive a request from an external user to access a first distributed resource within a first zone of a network, wherein the request comprises authentication credentials associated with the external user and requested components of the first distributed resource; authorize the request from the external user based on the authentication credentials; collect the requested components of the first distributed resource in the first zone of the network based on the request; project the requested components across an edge from the first zone to a second zone of the network thereby forming a second distributed resource, wherein only the requested components of the first distributed resource are visible to the external user on the second distributed resource in the second zone; and extract data from the requested components.
US11140164B2	Data management system A system for sharing data between tenants served by a software instance. In the system, a first tenant can ensure that data is transferred to a trusted connection by virtue of a trusted established between the first tenant and a second tenant, and a trusted connection between the second tenant and a third tenant. The system allows the identity of the third tenant to be kept secret from the first tenant, thus maintaining the privacy of the third tenants. In addition, the system allows for the first tenant to force control over the tenants with which the second tenant is allowed to share the first portion of the data, and the second tenant can provide an additional layer of this control.
US11140163B2	User authentication systems and methods Data processing systems and methods for authenticating users are disclosed. In one embodiment a data processing system for authenticating a user of a device comprises: a computer processor and a data storage device, the data storage device storing instructions operative by the processor to: determine authentication capabilities of the device, the authentication capabilities of the device comprising one or more authentication methods; determine a set of authentication options using the authentication capabilities of the device; send an indication of the set of authentication options to the device; receive an indication of a user selected authentication method from the device; generate an authentication data request corresponding to the user selected authentication method; send the authentication data request to the device; receive an authentication response from the device; and authenticate the user using the authentication response.
US11140161B2	Uncloneable registration of an internet of things (IoT) device in a network An IoT device has a public device identifier and a private device identifier, where the public device identifier is publicly available and the private device identifier is secret but kept in a secure device database as a correspondence. A registration request is sent from the IoT device to an association server in communication with the device database having an association between IoT public identifier and a corresponding IoT private identifier. The association server which receives the registration request responds with a registration acknowledgement containing, in encrypted form, the private device identifier of the original request and, optionally, the public device identifier associated with the registration request. The requesting IoT device receives the association acknowledgement, decrypts the private device identifier, compares it to its own device identifier, and if they match, sends one or more association requests.
US11140157B1	Proximity-based access Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for proximity-based access. In some implementations, an electronic device receives a first message over a network over a first communication channel. In response to receiving the first message, the electronic device increases a frequency that the electronic device scans for messages over the second communication channel. After increasing the frequency that the electronic device scans for messages over the second communication channel, the electronic device receives a second message from a secured resource over the second communication channel. The electronic device determines that the electronic device is located within a predetermined level of proximity to the secured resource, and in response, sends authentication data to the secured resource over the second communication channel.
US11140156B2	Systems and methods for use in binding internet of things devices with identities associated with users Systems and methods are provided for binding an IoT device with an identity of a user, whereby action by the IoT device may be attributed to the user. One exemplary method includes receiving identifying data for a user, transmitting an OTP to the user, and receiving an OTP from the user. When the received OTP matches the transmitted OTP, the method includes compiling an identity for the user based on the identifying data, receiving an IoT device ID associated with an IoT device, and appending the IoT device ID to the identity of the user. The method further includes seeking authentication of the user at a communication device of the user, in response to a request indicator from the IoT device, and providing to the IoT device, in response, a confirmation of authentication of the user and/or a portion of the identifying data from the stored identity of the user.
US11140154B2	User authentication using tokens Aspects of the disclosure relate to token-based authentication mechanism. A user token device may receive a first token from an authentication platform. The user token device may store the first token in a personal token chain corresponding to a user. The user token device may receive a token request, where the token request comprises an indication of a source. The user token device may retrieve, from memory, one or more second tokens that are assigned to the source and transmit the one or more second tokens to the authentication platform. The authentication platform may authenticate the user based on the received one or more second tokens.
US11140151B2	Method for providing message hidden services in chatting windows A method for providing a message hidden service in a chatting window, including: A) confirming whether a received message is a message set as a hidden message from a transmitter when the message is received from a chatting server; (B) confirming whether the received message is set in a hidden setting mode from the receiver when the confirmed result is confirmed as the hidden message; (C) displaying the received hidden message on an independent position separately from a region of the display unit of the device by instructing the received message to be processed by a hidden message processing unit when the received message is the hidden message set by the transmitter and set in the hidden mode state set by the receiver, and (D) hiding the hidden message displayed on the display unit after a predetermined constant time.
US11140148B1	Method and system for instant single sign-on workflows A method, a non-transitory computer readable medium, and a system are disclosed for a single sign-on for services. The method includes: receiving, on a computer processor, user identification captured by a biometric device of a user; forwarding, by the computer processor, the user identification to an authentication server; receiving, on the computer processor, a user JSON Web Token (user-JWT), user principle name, active directory domain name, and user domain name password, upon authentication of the user by the authentication server; performing, by the computer processor, an active directory join operation with an active directory using the user principle name, the active directory domain name, and the user domain name password; launching, on the computer processor, a browser that communicates with the authentication server; and receiving, on the computer processor, an HTML page constructed with JavaScript code with clickable icons for provisioned services from the authentication server.
US11140145B1	Systems and methods for providing single sign-on capability The disclosed computer-implemented method for providing single sign-on capability may include intercepting, during an authentication session with a network resource, a single sign-on request generated by an application executing on a computing device, redirecting the single sign-on request to a separate computing device for execution, receiving, in response to authentication of at least one user credential from the separate computing device, an authentication decision that the separate computing device obtained from an identity provider (IDP) by executing the single sign-on request and injecting the authentication decision received from the separate computing device into the application where the single sign-on request was originally generated to complete the authentication session.
US11140133B2	Layer 7 proxy for immutable application audit trails A system is provided comprising one or more application layer audit proxies arranged to obtain application layer network traffic sent in a network. Each of the application layer audit proxies configured to: receive application layer network traffic sent as part of a communication session between a producer entity and a consumer entity; record information about the application layer network traffic to an audit log in a distributed permissioned database comprising a blockchain of immutable data blocks; and forward the application layer network traffic to the producer entity or to the consumer entity.
US11140132B1	Network flow management Computing resource service providers provide computing resources to customers in a multi-tenant environment. Communication between resources in a customer's virtual private network and an internet gateway in the form of data packets may be intercepted and processed by a firewall to help ensure that traffic entering or exiting the customer's virtual private network is valid and secure. These data packets are intercepted and analyzed by a service in a separate virtual private network and filtered in a way such that data packets with the same networking flow are provided to the same firewall servers so that firewall rules applied to the data packets are consistent.
US11140128B2	Hierarchical geographic naming associated to a recursively subdivided geographic grid referencing Embodiments described herein provide a system for facilitating hierarchical geographic naming. During operation, the system receives a service request comprising location information associated with a requesting device and determines a hierarchical name corresponding to the location information. The hierarchical name can include a plurality of name segments. A respective name segment of the plurality of name segments can correspond to a recursively subdivided grid of geographic grid referencing. The system then performs a recursive search using the hierarchical name for a service requested by the service request.
US11140126B2	Communication apparatus, communication system, mail server, and non-transitory computer readable medium A communication apparatus is connected to a communication line by using a dynamically-set global Internet-Protocol address and includes a detector and a transmitting unit. The detector detects a change in the global Internet-Protocol address. The transmitting unit transmits the changed global Internet-Protocol address to a mail server when the detector detects the change in the global Internet-Protocol address, so that the changed global Internet-Protocol address is registered in an Internet-Protocol-address limiting function of the mail server.
US11140123B2	Community detection based on DNS querying patterns Techniques for community detection based on DNS querying patterns are disclosed. For example, techniques for community detection based on DNS querying patterns for anomaly detection and monitoring efficiencies are disclosed. In some embodiments, a system, process, and/or computer program product for community detection based on DNS querying patterns includes receiving DNS log files, wherein the DNS log files include a DNS query and a DNS response for resolution of the DNS query; generating a graph based on the DNS log files; identifying a plurality of communities using the graph based on DNS querying patterns; and detecting an anomaly in DNS activity associated with one or more of the communities based on a DNS querying rule.
US11140119B2	Message rerouting from an e-mail environment to a messaging environment The present disclosure relates generally to facilitating routing of communications. More specifically, techniques are provided to dynamically reroute messages. For example, embodiments can redirect a communication from an e-mail environment to a messaging environment in order to perform services with one or more clients.
US11140117B1	Wireless messaging with high-priority quality-of-service A wireless communication device transfer a high-priority message with a high-priority Quality-of-Service (QoS). Device circuitry receives a request for the high-priority message, and in response, signals a radio to wirelessly attach to a wireless network using a high-priority-attachment Establishment Cause. The circuitry generates a Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) message that includes the high-priority message and that indicates the high-priority-attachment Establishment Cause. The radio wirelessly attaches to the wireless network using the high-priority-attachment Establishment Cause. The radio wirelessly transfers the SIP message that indicates the high-priority-attachment Establishment Cause and that includes the high-priority message to the wireless network. The wireless network transfers the SIP message to a message network using the high-priority QoS responsive to the high-priority-attachment Establishment Cause used for wireless attachment. The message network transfers the high-priority message using the high-priority QoS responsive to the high-priority-attachment Establishment Cause in the SIP message.
US11140115B1	Systems and methods of applying semantic features for machine learning of message categories A method of assigning categories to electronic messages is performed at a computing device having one or more processors and memory. The method includes receiving an electronic message and extracting one or more syntactic pairs of words from content of the electronic message. At least one of syntactic pairs includes a verb in a first sentence and an object in the same sentence, where the verb operates on the object. The method forms a feature vector based on the extracted syntactic pairs and uses the feature vector as input to a classifier. The classifier is trained on a set of training feature vectors, and each training feature vector is associated with a respective category. The method assigns a first category to the electronic message based on output of the classifier and displays the message in a group with other messages associated with the first category.
US11140114B2	Geolocation based data sharing system A geolocation-based data sharing system and method which enables end users to connect and share electronic data of any form based on the users' interaction with geolocation points established by other users. The systems and method can be used to enable end users to share data, text, photos, music, etc. when a second user positions himself or herself in a position assigned by a first user.
US11140110B2	Adaptive dialog strategy for multi turn conversation systems using interaction sequences A method, computer program product and computer system for recovering from a likely exit condition in an electronic conversation with a user and interactive agent is provided. A processor retrieves one or more messages from a conversation between a user and an interactive agent. A processor determines at least one label for the one or more messages between a user and an interactive agent. A processor compares the at least one label for the one or more messages to a sequence model. A processor identifies the one or more messages from the conversation indicate an exit condition for the user based on the comparison of the at least one label for the one or more messages to the sequence model. A processor sends a recovery message to the user to redirect the conversation.
US11140105B2	Method and system for providing interoperability for Rich Communication Suite (RCS) messaging A method and system for providing interoperability for Rich Communications Suite/Systems (RCS) messaging. If a target network device cannot receive RCS messages, electronic messages are modified on an RCS message application to include an electronic link to an RCS interoperability application. The RCS interoperability application independently provides seamless, rich multi-media RCS functionality to the target network device when the electronic link is activated in the modified electronic message. The RCS interoperability application provides two-way RCS message communications between target network devices without RCS functionality and target network devices with RCS functionality.
US11140103B2	Computerized system and method for optimizing delivery of digital messages Disclosed are systems and methods for improving interactions with and between computers in content providing, searching and/or hosting systems supported by or configured with devices, servers and/or platforms. The disclosed systems and methods provide a framework for delivering electronic messages to a recipient in an optimized manner based on current real-world and digital activities associated with the recipient. Once a message sent by a sender is received by the message platform, the message and information related to a user's activity is analyzed, and a delivery condition is determined by the messaging platform. The platform then sends the message according to that delivery condition, such that it is delivered to the user only upon the platform relaying the message thereon when the condition is satisfied or occurs.
US11140100B2	Systems and methods for facilitating topic-based messaging sessions Systems, methods, and non-transitory computer-readable media can receive an indication that a first user is interested in participating in a topic-based messaging session pertaining to a first topic. A second user to match with the first user is identified based on user matching criteria. A topic-based messaging session within which the first user and the second user can exchange messages is generated.
US11140098B2	Load balancing on multi-chip network switch without full bi-section bandwidth A network device includes a first network processor that forwards packets based on a first forwarding information table; a second network processor that forwards packets based on a second forwarding information table; a first group of ports operably connected to the first network processor; and a second group of ports operably connected to the second network processor. The first forwarding information table specifies that packets, received by the first network processor, that specify a destination device reachable by the first group of ports and the second group of ports are forwarded by a port of the first group of ports. The second forwarding information table specifies that packets, received by the second network processor, that specify the destination device reachable by the first group of ports and the second group of ports are forwarded by a port of the second group of ports.
US11140094B2	Resource stabilization in a distributed network Systems and techniques are provided for a resource stabilization in a distributed network. A computing device in a distributed network may check the median value of a transactional resource in relation to a specified external resource. The computing device in the distributed network may compare the median value of the transactional resource to a threshold value for the transactional resource to determine whether the median value of the transactional resource is above the threshold value or below the threshold value. The supply of the transactional resource in the distributed network may be increased in response to determining that the transactional resource is above the threshold value or may be in response to determining that the transactional resource is below the threshold value.
US11140089B2	Data writing method, system, device and computer-readable storage medium Embodiments of the present application provide techniques for writing data into a buffer of a protocol stack. The disclosed techniques include determining whether to-be-transmitted data are detected; acquiring a stream control parameter from the protocol stack of a computing device in response to a determination that the to-be transmitted data are detected; and determining whether the to-be-transmitted data are able to be written into the buffer of the protocol stack based on the stream control parameter and a predetermined threshold value, wherein the stream control parameter is associated with a capability of receiving data by a data receiving terminal, and the predetermined threshold value is a predetermined ratio of a size value of an empty area of the buffer of the protocol stack to the stream control parameter.
US11140084B2	TCP/UDP acceleration A method for accelerating TCP/UDP packet switching. The method involves determining whether exception processing is necessary; if not, the packet is forwarded to a special stack for expedited processing. Packets requiring exception processing are forwarded to the conventional stack.
US11140078B1	Multi-stage prefix matching enhancements Approaches, techniques, and mechanisms are disclosed for maintaining efficient representations of prefix tables for utilization by network switches and other devices. In an embodiment, the performance of a network device is greatly enhanced using a working representation of a prefix table that includes multiple stages of prefix entries. Higher-stage prefixes are stored in slotted pools. Mapping logic, such as a hash function, determines the slots in which a given higher-stage prefix may be stored. When trying to find a longest-matching higher-stage prefix for an input key, only the slots that map to that input key need be read. Higher-stage prefixes may further point to arrays of lower-stage prefixes. Hence, once a longest-matching higher-stage prefix is found for an input key, the longest prefix match in the table may be found simply by comparing the input key to lower-stage prefixes in the array that the longest-matching higher-stage prefix points to.
US11140071B2	Multipath data transmission method and device A multipath data transmission method and device are provided, where a multipath proxy client and a multipath proxy gateway establish at least two multipath data subflows based on a first internet protocol (IP) address, and perform multipath data subflow data transmission. Based on the first IP address for establishing the at least two multipath data subflows between the multipath proxy client and the multipath proxy gateway, the multipath proxy gateway establishes a TCP connection to and performs TCP-based data transmission with an application server to be accessed by the multipath proxy client. MPTCP-based multipath data transmission based on IP address information of the multipath proxy client is implemented through proxy of the multipath proxy client and the multipath proxy gateway.
US11140070B2	Independent datastore in a network routing environment Systems, methods, and devices for offloading network data to a datastore. A system includes a publisher device in a network computing environment. The system includes a subscriber device in the network computing environment. The system includes a datastore independent of the publisher device and the subscriber device, the datastore comprising one or more processors in a processing platform configurable to execute instructions stored in non-transitory computer readable storage media. The instructions includes receiving data from the publisher device. The instructions include storing the data across one or more of a plurality of shared storage devices. The instructions include providing the data to the subscriber device.
US11140069B2	Optimizing information related to a route and/or a next hop for multicast traffic A first device may receive information that identifies a second device. The second device may be connected to the first device or a third device. The second device may be a source of traffic to be received by the first device. The first device may determine whether the second device is local or remote to the first device based on receiving the information. The first device may store first information or second information based on determining whether the second device is local or remote. The first information may identify a route associated with the second device. The second information may identify a single route associated with multiple second devices. The first device may provide the traffic using the first information or the second information after storing the first information or the second information.
US11140068B2	Edge networking devices and systems for identifying a software application Edge networking router devices and systems for identifying a software application are described herein. One or more embodiments include an edge networking router device for identifying a software application comprising a packet collector to receive packet data in the edge networking router device and an artificial intelligence (AI) model configured to process the packet data received by the packet collector to identify the software application, wherein the artificial intelligence (AI) model is trained using a cloud entity and received from the cloud entity.
US11140067B2	Discovering cross-domain links based on traffic flow A method for discovering a cross-domain link between ports in a network implements different compensation algorithms based on differences in the intervals used to obtain traffic flow information at the ports. A first compensation algorithm discovers the cross-domain link when the intervals have different sizes. A second compensation algorithm discovers the cross-domain link when the intervals are misaligned. The algorithms may be implemented by a cross-domain coordinator which recites count information from network devices that include the ports.
US11140060B2	Dynamic variation of media segment durations for optimization of network round trip times In some embodiments, a method analyzes information regarding a round-trip time where the round-trip time is based on sending a request for a segment of a media program and receiving the segment of the media program. The method determines when to switch from requesting a single segment of the media program to sending a request that requests a plurality of segments of the media program. When switching from requesting the single segment of the media program, the request for the plurality segments of the media program is sent where at least two or more of the segments are received without sending a subsequent request for the two or more segments.
US11140058B2	Inline stateful monitoring request generation for SDN A method implemented by a network device to reduce bandwidth and compute resources needed by a controller of a software defined networking (SDN) network by distributing monitoring of nodes connected to data plane nodes (DPNs) in an SDN network. The method determines whether a received response message from a node indicates proper operation, inserts parameters of the received response message into a template for a stateful request message, and sends the stateful request message to the node.
US11140055B2	Method and apparatus for enabling active measurements in internet of things (IoT) systems A first network device enables active measurement in a network path between a second network device acting as a controller of a network performance observability protocol and a wireless device. The first network device captures a measurement packet from the second network device; determines a destination of the measurement packet; and determines a measurement model associated with the destination. The measurement model represents a correspondence between one or more parameters related to the wireless device and estimated values of a measurement for the wireless device. The first network device determines a current value of a parameter related to the wireless device; determines, based on the current value of the parameter and the measurement model, a current estimation of the measurement for the wireless device; and responds to the measurement packet based on the current estimation of the measurement while avoiding to transmit the measurement packet to the wireless device.
US11140053B2	Traversal of symmetric network address translator for multiple simultaneous connections Handling of multiple connections during NAT traversal for a node behind a symmetric NAT is disclosed. The likelihood of connection failure during symmetric NAT traversal may be reduced by serializing critical time windows after port prediction. Once a connection request has been sent for a first connection, port prediction for a subsequent connection may be delayed until a connectivity check has begun for the first connection. This process may be repeated to handle NAT traversal for multiple simultaneous connections to different nodes.
US11140050B2	Localization of private service instances Ad hoc private localization of service instances of a global service provided via hybrid cloud computing environment. In-memory and/or container image-based provisioning of a service instance from a public cloud portion to a private cloud portion within a hybrid cloud computing environment is based on context of service usage, pattern of service usage, predicted environmental conditions, and/or subscription-based input.
US11140049B2	Dynamic intent assurance and programmability in computer networks In general, techniques are described for automatic intent provisioning and management in computer networks. A device comprising a processor, a memory, and an interface may perform the techniques. The processor may obtain a policy that includes high-level configuration data defining a service to be deployed within a network, the high-level configuration data including resource selector criteria that identifies one or more criteria for selecting a resource to support the service from a plurality of potential resources. The processor may also determine, based on the resource selector criteria, the resource to support the service from the plurality of potential resources, and translate the high-level configuration data to low-level configuration data specific to the determined resource. The memory may store the low-level configuration data specific to the determined resource. The interface may enable configuration, when provisioning the service, the determined resource using the low-level configuration data specific to the determined resource.
US11140048B2	Sharable storage method and system for network data analytics A method and system of unifying data transmission and storage in a communication network are provided. The method comprises determining, by a coordinator associated with a network data analytics function (NWDAF) service instance set, what data that more than one NWDAF service instances in the NWDAF service instance set requires, if the data required by the more than one NWDAF service instances is the same, requesting, by the coordinator associated with the NWDAF service instance set, the data from a network function service instance set, and receiving the data from a data storage function that is notified by the network function service instance set of the request from the coordinator associated with the NWDAF service instance set.
US11140039B2	Policy implementation and management The present invention addresses the need for improved virtualized cloud infrastructure policy implementation and management in order allow real-time monitoring and optimization of virtualized resources. It provides systems and methods for real-time cloud infrastructure policy implementation and management that include a plurality of host devices, a plurality of real-time probe agents associated with the plurality of host devices operating on each of the plurality of host devices, and a policy engine communicatively coupled to the plurality of host devices and containing a policy associated with an application program deployed in at least one of the plurality of host devices. The policy engine is programmed to monitor in real time changes in deployment of the application program across the plurality of host devices and to push the policy to the real-time probe agent operating on each host device on which the application program is deployed.
US11140030B2	Dynamic configuration in cloud computing environments Virtual machines, virtualization servers, and other physical resources in a cloud computing environment may be dynamically configured based on the resource usage data for the virtual machines and resource capacity data for the physical resources in the cloud system. Based on an analysis of the virtual machine resource usage data and the resource capacity data of the virtualization servers and other physical resources in the cloud computing environment, each virtual machine may be matched to one of a plurality of virtualization servers, and the resources of the virtualization servers and other physical resources in the cloud may be reallocated and reconfigured to provide additional usage capacity to the virtual machines.
US11140026B1	Dynamic network address space allocation for virtual networks Techniques for dynamic allocation of network address spaces in virtual networks implemented in a service provider system are described. Upon a scaling condition of an allocation rule being determined to be satisfied, a network address space of a virtual network can be automatically expanded or contracted. The scaling condition can be specified by a customer associated with the virtual network. The allocation rule may also include a allocation factor that indicates an amount of network addresses that are to be added to or removed from the virtual network.
US11140025B2	Mission critical push notification in high-reliability information centric network Systems and techniques for mission critical (MC) push notification mechanism in a high-reliability (HR) information centric network (ICN) are described herein. For example, a node may test network links to other nodes to classify the other nodes into proximate nodes and non-proximate nodes based on a reception metric. The node may then elect a set of leader nodes from the proximate nodes. Here, the set of leader nodes are selected based on link quality between respective leader nodes and non-proximate nodes. The node may detect an MC event and create an ICN data packet that contains data from the MC event. The node may then transmit the ICN data packet to the set of leader nodes that then relay the ICN data packet to the non-proximate nodes.
US11140019B2	Software-defined network resource provisioning architecture Embodiments are directed to an overlay network for an industrial Internet of Things. The overlay network has multiple main components: (1) a security component, such as a cloaked network, (2) a digital twin component that operates as digital simulations of the physical devices, (3) a communications mesh, and (4) a resource provisioning matrix for adjusting the resources used by the digital twin. The overlay network is a virtual network that is Software Defined—it sits on top of the existing Internet physical hardware of servers, routers, etc. The overlay network is sometimes referred to herein as a Software Defined Secure Content/Context Aware Network (SD-SCAN).
US11140016B1	Method and instrument for OFDM leakage detection via correlation of OFDM pilot spectral lines A leakage detection instrument may receive an electromagnetic signal radiated from a leakage location within a cable network system. The instrument may determine the leak based on spectral analysis and without the use of tagged or test signals.
US11140015B2	Method for transmitting or receiving signal in wireless communication system and apparatus therefor A method for receiving, by a terminal, downlink control information in a wireless communication system according to one embodiment of the present invention comprises the steps of: receiving information on a reference subcarrier spacing (SCS) from among a plurality of SCS numerologies; receiving downlink control information through a terminal group common physical downlink control channel (PDCCH); and obtaining information on a slot format from the downlink control information, wherein the downlink control information indicates the slot format on the basis of the reference SCS, and when the SCS of the terminal is different from the reference SCS, the terminal may convert the slot format of the reference SCS according to the SCS of the terminal.
US11140012B2	System and method for an improved communication channel The systems and methods disclosed herein are generally directed to the real-time symbol rate of modulation modification based on noise and interference detection on a received signal during data transmission across a network. In one embodiment, a receiving device can measure the power of affected carriers, subcarriers, and/or tones. In one embodiment, adaptive bit loading can be used such that a lower order modulation scheme can be used to overcome through the noise and increase the Signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) of the transmitted signal. In one embodiment, more throughput (for example, more bps/Hz) can be achieved in the network by using subcarriers that have a higher SNR. Further, the bit-loading can serve to maximize the data rate subject to power and bit-error ratio (BER) constraints of the network.
US11140011B2	Papr reduction for OFDM signals In embodiments of the presently described subject matter, two efficient PAPR reduction methods for OFDM signals based upon the principle of tone reservation and building upon the clipping noise analysis presented in “Analysis of clipping noise and tone reservation algorithms for peak reduction in OFDM systems,” L. Wang and C. Tellambura, IEEE Trans. Veh. Technol., vol. 57, pp. 1675-1694, May 2008 are provided, each comprising two stages. The first stage is performed offline to prepare a set of cancellation signals based on the settings of the OFDM system. In particular, these cancellation signals are constructed to cancel signals at different levels of maximum instantaneous power that are above a predefined threshold. The second stage is performed online and in an iterative manner to reduce the peaks of OFDM symbols by using the cancellation signals constructed in the first stage.
US11140010B2	Amplitude-shift keying demodulation for wireless chargers A power transmitter includes: a first switch coupled between a first node and a reference voltage node; a second switch configured to be coupled between a power supply and the first node; a coil and a capacitor coupled in series between the first node and the reference voltage node; a first sample-and-hold (S&H) circuit having an input coupled to the first node; and a timing control circuit configured to generate a first control signal, a second control signal, and a third control signal that have a same frequency, where the first control signal is configured to turn ON and OFF the first switch alternately, the second control signal is configured to turn ON and OFF the second switch alternately, and where the third control signal determines a sampling time of the first S&H circuit and has a first pre-determined delay from a first edge of the first control signal.
US11140001B2	Method for providing data packets from a CAN bus, control device and system having a CAN bus The invention relates to a method for providing data packets (5) from a CAN bus (2), in particular a charging station for a motor vehicle. In order to permit a resource-saving and nevertheless secure possible way of providing data packets (5), steps are provided: detection of the data packets (5) from at least one component (3) of the CAN bus (2) by a detection unit (10) which is part of the CAN bus (3), creation of at least one web resource (6) which contains the data packets (5) in accordance with a predetermined specification by a computing unit (11), wherein only data packets (5) which are related in accordance with the predetermined specification are combined in the at least one web resource (6), transmission of a content of the at least one web resource (6) from the computing unit (11) to a receiving device (4) by means of a communication unit (12) via a data link (7) having a transmission protocol that differs from the CAN bus (2).
US11139998B2	Building management system with dynamic control sequence and plug and play functionality A Building Management System (BMS) generates and presents a user interface to a user. The user interface displays building automation and control logic as human-readable text including interactive text modifiable by the user. The user interface allows the user to more easily understand complex control logic and make modifications to the control logic. The BMS is also presents equipment graphics on the user interface based on metadata read from controllers. The controller metadata includes information about building equipment operated by the controller and one or more sensors associated with the building equipment.
US11139990B2	Automatically verifying vehicle identity and validating vehicle presence Systems, apparatuses and methods may provide for infrastructure node technology that conducts a mutual authentication with a vehicle and verifies, if the mutual authentication is successful, location information received from the vehicle. The infrastructure node technology may also send a token to the vehicle if the location information is verified, wherein the token includes an attestation that the vehicle was present in a location associated with the location information at a specified moment in time. Additionally, vehicle technology may conduct a mutual authentication with an infrastructure node and send, if the mutual authentication is successful, location information to the infrastructure node. The vehicle technology may also receive a token from the infrastructure node.
US11139989B2	Method of enrolling a device into a PKI domain for certificate management using factory key provisioning A method, mobile device, and PKI are provided for enrolling a mobile device into a PKI domain for certificate management is provided. A first asymmetric key pair and a unique identifier is established in a device. The first asymmetric key pair includes a public key and a private key. The public key and the unique identifier are transferred to the PKI domain. The public key and the unique identifier are imported into the PKI domain. The device generates a second asymmetric kay pair and sends a certificate signing request (CSR) that is protected with the digital signature of the first asymmetric key pair. The CSR is transferred to the PKI domain. The PKI domain authenticates the CSR using the first public key and the unique identifier. Upon validation, the PKI domain issues a certificate to the device.
US11139986B2	Transaction authentication based on contextual data presentation Methods, devices, and systems are provided for approving a transaction through an exchange of presented user contextual approval information and approval decryption. The user contextual approval information is generated by a user during a transaction, cryptographically signed, and provided to a transaction server. The user contextual data uniquely describes the transaction to the user and can be employed to aid a user in approving or validating the transaction in a subsequent approval action. In particular, a transaction may present the contextual approval information to a user in the form of an approval challenge message. The approval challenge message may be sent to a known user device via the transaction server in the form of a text or multi-media message. The user may respond to the message with an approval or denial response.
US11139985B2	Receiving information through a zero-knowledge data management network The techniques herein are directed generally to a “zero-knowledge” data management network. Users are able to share verifiable proof of data and/or identity information, and businesses are able to request, consume, and act on the data—all without a data storage server or those businesses ever seeing or having access to the raw sensitive information (where server-stored data is viewable only by the intended recipients, which may even be selected after storage). In one embodiment, source data is encrypted with a source encryption key (e.g., source public key), with a rekeying key being an encrypting combination of a source decryption key (e.g., source private key) and a recipient's public key. Without being able to decrypt the data, the storage server can use the rekeying key to re-encrypt the source data with the recipient's public key, to then be decrypted only by the corresponding recipient using its private key, accordingly.
US11139983B2	System and method of verifying runtime integrity Systems and methods of verifying runtime integrity with a trusted execution environment (TEE) may include generating, by a processor in communication with the TEE, a secure communication channel between the TEE and at least one executable program attempting to communicate with the TEE, providing, by the processor, a moving target defense (MTD) module to the at least one executable program via the generated secure communication channel, wherein the MTD module comprises disposable polymorphic code, sending over the secured communication channel, by the processor: data, received from the at least one executable program, and a transformed runtime digest of the at least one executable program, and allowing, by the processor, communication with the TEE when the validity of the transformed runtime digest of the corresponding at least one executable program is verified.
US11139981B2	Message authentication code (MAC) based compression and decompression Embodiments are generally directed to message authentication code (MAC) based compression and decompression. An embodiment of an apparatus includes one or processors to process data; and a computer memory; wherein the one or more processors are to perform compression of a fixed transmission or storage unit, the transmission or storage unit including multiple slots, the compression of the transmission or storage unit including the one or more processors to calculate a MAC for data in the transmission or storage unit, determine whether a special value is present in any slot of the transmission or storage unit, and upon determining that the special value is present in a respective slot of the transmission or storage unit, remove the special value from the transmission or storage unit, shift remaining data of the transmission or storage unit to provide room in a first slot the transmission or storage unit, and insert the MAC in the first slot to generate a compressed transmission or storage unit.
US11139978B2	Portable biometric identity on a distributed data storage layer A distributed data storage layer supports biometric identification systems. The biometric identity system includes hardware and software improvements for capturing, retrieving, and verifying identity based on securely stored biometric data in the distributed data storage layer. As a result, the biometric identity system provides increased individual security and reliable identification.
US11139976B2	System and method, which using blockchain and mobile devices, provides the validated and authenticated identity of an individual to a valid and authenticated requestor This patent describes a platform built on Blockchain/Distributed Ledger Technology (DLT) utilizing validated Self-Sovereign Identity. Identity information stored securely on a mobile device and information usable by the requestor to verify the identity and the identity presenter are delivered at the request of the identity owner.The patent claims describe the use, sharing and verification of personal and financial identity data with the identity owner's permission. The Identity owner retain complete control over distribution of their information.Technologies derived from this patent will protect technology users from theft of physical credentials that represent identity. The patent claims describe verification of identity information stored on a smart device in mobile credential form, and also verification that the presenter of the identity is the person to whom those credentials belong. Evidence of identity authentication stored using DLT ensures the authenticity of both identity and validations in a manner resistant to digital tampering.
US11139975B2	Authentication in non-secure communication channels via secure out-of-bands channels Various embodiments are provided for authenticating an entity in non-secure communication channels via secure out-of-bands channels. An operator may be authenticated to have access to a secured location associated with an entity upon determining the operator retrieved and communicated a unique token, provided by the user and stored at the secured location, back to the user.
US11139972B2	Blockchain generation apparatus, blockchain generation method, blockchain verification apparatus, blockchain verification method, and program The blockchain generation apparatus 1 includes: a parameter calculator 122 that identifies a parameter type to be used for linkage of the new block, based on block approval method data 114, and calculates a value for the identified parameter type based on transaction datasets which are related to an identifier of a generating party; a block generation condition checker 125 that determines whether the generating party is qualified to generate the new blockchain data, based on the value calculated by the parameter calculator 122; and a blockchain generator 126 that tries to generate the new blockchain by referring to the shared data when the block generation condition checker 125 determines that the generating party is qualified. An identifier of the blend pattern included in the block approval method data 114 specifies a combination of the plurality of parameter types that conflict with each other.
US11139967B2	Restricting usage of encryption keys by untrusted software A processor includes a processor core. A register of the core is to store: a bit range for a number of address bits of physical memory addresses used for key identifiers (IDs), and a first key ID to identify a boundary between non-restricted key IDs and restricted key IDs of the key identifiers. A memory controller is to: determine, via access to bit range and the first key ID in the register, a key ID range of the restricted key IDs within the physical memory addresses; access a processor state that a first logical processor of the processor core executes in an untrusted domain mode; receive a memory transaction, from the first logical processor, including an address associated with a second key ID; and generate a fault in response to a determination that the second key ID is within a key ID range of the restricted key IDs.
US11139964B1	Biometric authenticated biometric enrollment An example method includes receiving an encrypted biometric enrollment data and user identifier data. The encrypted biometric enrollment data includes at least one biometric enrollment sample from a user encrypted using an encryption key. The encryption key is generated based on a user secret and the user identifier is associated with the user. The user identifier is matched with a stored user secret. A decryption key is generated based on the stored user secret. The encrypted biometric enrollment data is decrypted using the decryption key. The at least one biometric enrollment sample is retrieved from the decrypted biometric enrollment data. The at least one biometric enrollment sample is processed using a biometric processing algorithm to generate a biometric reference template. A biometric reference template identifier uniquely identifying the biometric reference template is generated. An encryption key is generated based on the stored user secret and encrypts an enrollment confirmation message.
US11139962B2	Method, chip, device and system for authenticating a set of at least two users A set of users who may authenticate is predefined and is associated, each, with a reference secret share. A first subset of users who has, each, to authenticate is predefined. The device defines a second subset of the users who has, each, to authenticate while further satisfying, each, to be physically proximate to the device and an authentication condition(s). The second user subset is comprised within the first user subset comprised within the user set. The device verifies whether each user of the second user subset satisfies to be physically proximate to the device and the authentication condition(s), if yes, requests, to each user device, the secret share and receives, from each user device relating to at least the first user subset, the secret share. The device reconstructs a secret with each received secret share, verifies whether the reconstructed matches the reference and, if yes, authenticates the user set.
US11139961B2	Private and federated learning Techniques regarding privacy preservation in a federated learning environment are provided. For example, one or more embodiments described herein can comprise a system, which can comprise a memory that can store computer executable components. The system can also comprise a processor, operably coupled to the memory, and that can execute the computer executable components stored in the memory. The computer executable components can comprise a plurality of machine learning components that can execute a machine learning algorithm to generate a plurality of model parameters. The computer executable components can also comprise an aggregator component that can synthesize a machine learning model based on an aggregate of the plurality of model parameters. The aggregator component can communicate with the plurality of machine learning components via a data privacy scheme that comprises a privacy process and a homomorphic encryption process in a federated learning environment.
US11139958B2	Privacy-preserving sanitization for visual computing queries In one embodiment, an apparatus comprises a communication interface and a processor. The communication interface is to communicate with a visual computing device over a network. The processor is to: access visual data captured by a camera; detect a particular feature in the visual data, wherein the particular feature comprises a visual indication of privacy-sensitive information; sanitize the visual data to mask the privacy-sensitive information associated with the particular feature, wherein sanitizing the visual data causes sanitized visual data to be produced; and transmit, via the communication interface, the sanitized visual data to the visual computing device over the network, wherein the visual computing device is to use the sanitized visual data to process a visual query associated with the visual data.
US11139953B2	Methods and apparatus for secure and efficient implementation of block ciphers A method of and apparatus for executing a cryptographic cipher is described. The method includes acts of receiving a first finite field of data and key value represented by a first encryption standard including a first and second operation, transforming the first finite field of data and key value into a second finite field of data and key value represented by a second encryption standard, transforming the first operation and the second operation into a first modified operation and a second modified operation represented by the second encryption standard, executing the first modified operation on the second finite field of data and key value to generate a third finite field of data, executing the second modified operation on the third finite field of data to generate a fourth finite field of data, which is transformed into a fifth finite field of data represented by the first encryption standard.
US11139950B2	Shift register protected against physical attacks The present invention relates to a shift register protected against physical attacks, comprising a coding module, a decoding module, a plurality of basic shift registers of which the respective inputs receive the bits of a codeword supplied by the coding module using an input bit at each clock cycle, and of which the respective outputs are connected to the decoding module in order to supply an output bit, with the codewords being chosen in such a way as to have the same non-zero Hamming weight and two successive codewords having a constant non-zero Hamming distance. The codewords are generated using an internal state machine and/or an external state machine to the coding module.
US11139949B2	Equalizer adaptation based on eye monitor measurements A system for controlling equalization applied to a received signal comprising an equalizer configured to equalize on a received signal to generate an equalized signal, and a clock recovery module configured to recover a clock signal from the equalized signal or the received signal. A clock adjustment system is configured to receive the clock signal, and at least one control signal, to create a sampling clock signal. A filter is configured to filter the equalized signal to create a filtered signal. A sampling unit samples the filtered signal or the equalized signal such that the output of the sampling unit is provided to a controller. The controller is configured to receive and process the output of the sampling unit to generate a boost signal, and the controller is further configured to provide the boost signal to the equalizer to control the amount of equalization performed by the equalizer.
US11139948B2	AMI system for performing phase detection and synchronization in AMI communication network using relay communication method, and method thereof The present invention relates to a system for performing phase detection and synchronization in an AMI communication network using a relay communication, and a method thereof. According to an embodiment of the present invention, a system for performing phase detection and synchronization in an AMI communication network using a relay communication includes an AMI server for collecting a ‘reference zero-crossing detection (ZCD) time difference by phase’ of input/output terminals of a main transformer installed in a substation; and a data concentration unit (DCU) comparing the ‘reference ZCD time difference by phase’ transmitted from the AMI server with a ‘ZCD time difference by phase’ collected by itself, and matching the same to have a time difference close to an error range.
US11139942B2	User terminal and radio communication method A user terminal communicates by using a plurality of cells, including at least a given cell to use a first TTI and a second TTI having a shorter TTI length than the first TTI, and this user terminal has a receiving section that receives, in the given cell, first downlink control information that is transmitted by using the first TTI and/or second downlink control information that is transmitted by using the second TTI, and a control section that controls receipt of a downlink shared channel that is transmitted in another cell and/or transmission of an uplink shared channel, based on the first downlink control information and/or the second downlink control information.
US11139940B2	ACK/NACK feedback method and associated apparatus The application discloses an ACK/NACK feedback method and an associated apparatus serving to resolve the problem arising from data in different transmission time intervals having different transmission and processing latencies, leading to different earliest time points to transmit an ACK/NACK feedback message, and subsequently resulting in being unable to ensure normal ACK/NACK feedback in downlink transmission. The method comprises: a terminal receives a first physical downlink control channel having downlink control information containing a first indication field, the first indication field indicating a time-domain position of ACK/NACK feedback message; and the terminal determines, according to the first indication field, the first physical downlink control channel or the time-domain position of the ACK/NACK feedback message of a first physical downlink shared channel corresponding to the first physical downlink control channel, and transmits, at the time-domain position of the ACK/NACK feedback message, the ACK/NACK feedback message.
US11139938B2	User terminal, radio base station and radio communication method The present invention is designed to achieve the advantages of dynamic subframe utilization even when frequency division duplex (FDD) is used in future radio communication systems. According to the present invention, a user terminal has a receiving section that receives a downlink (DL) signal, a transmission section that transmits an uplink (UL) signal, and a control section that controls the receipt of the DL signal and/or the transmission of the UL signal in frequency division duplex (FDD), which use different frequencies, to the same timing as the receipt of the DL signal and/or the transmission of the UL signal in time division duplex (TDD), which use the same frequency.
US11139932B2	Dynamic configuration of uplink (UL) and downlink (DL) frame resources for a time division duplex (TDD) transmission Technology for a user equipment (UE) operable to perform adaptive time division duplexing (TDD) hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ)-ACKnowledgement (ACK) reporting is described. The UE can implement an adaptive uplink-downlink (UL-DL) configuration received from an eNodeB. The UE can decode a downlink (DL) HARQ reference configuration received from the base station for a serving cell, wherein the DL HARQ reference configuration is for the implemented adaptive UL-DL configuration. The UE can decode a reference UL-DL configuration received from the base station via a system information block (SIB). The UE can encode HARQ-ACK feedback for transmission on an uplink channel of the serving cell in accordance with the DL HARQ reference configuration. The UE can perform uplink scheduling and the HARQ-ACK feedback based on the reference UL-DL configuration received from the base station via the SIB.
US11139931B2	Flexible transmissions on one or more frequency division duplexing resources Methods, systems, and apparatuses are described for flexible transmissions on one or more frequency division duplexing resources. In some aspects, a subset of resources originally allocated for transmissions in a frequency division duplex (FDD) mode of operation associated with a first base station is identified for reallocation, and the identified subset of resources is reallocated to transmissions in a time division duplex (TDD) mode of operation, for example, associated with a second base station.
US11139930B2	User equipment and method for performing repetition A user equipment determines a repetition sequence including a plurality of repetitions. The user equipment schedules the repetition sequence in a time slot or in a plurality of consecutive time slots, wherein at least one of the plurality of consecutive time slots is arranged to at least two of the plurality of repetitions. Then, the user equipment transmits the plurality of repetitions to a base station.
US11139928B2	Relating to UL grant free transmissions-configuration and resource bundling Methods for allocating resources for uplink grant free data transmission from a UE to a base station. Resources are allocated by the base station and an indication transmitted to the UE, wherein the same resources are available to more than one UE. RRC policies define processes for the selection of resources for initial transmissions and re-transmission following collision.
US11139926B2	User equipments, base stations and methods for physical downlink control channel monitoring in downlink A user equipment (UE) is described. The UE includes receiving circuitry configured to receive a radio resource control (RRC) signal including information used for configuring the UE to monitor physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) candidates either for a downlink control information (DCI) format 0_1 and a DCI format 1_1 or a first DCI format and a second DCI format. The UE also includes transmitting circuitry configured to perform a transmission on a physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH). In a case that the PUSCH is scheduled by using the second DCI format, a first hybrid automatic repeat request-acknowledgment (HARQ-ACK) and a second HARQ-ACK are multiplexed on the PUSCH. The number of resources for the first HARQ-ACK and the number of resources for the second HARQ-ACK are respectively determined.
US11139925B2	HARQ feedback for unscheduled uplink A network node (14) communicates with a wireless device (12) to provide Hybrid Automatic Repeat Request (HARQ) feedback for autonomous uplink transmissions in an unlicensed spectrum. The network node receives a plurality of autonomous uplink transmissions from the wireless device in the unlicensed spectrum, and transmits HARQ feedback for the plurality of autonomous uplink transmissions to the wireless device, the HARQ feedback comprising a bit map of some or all HARQ processes configured for at least one cell (16) and a corresponding bit acknowledgement mapped to each HARQ process.
US11139921B2	Method and arrangements in a telecommunication system for handling status information of data units A method is provided in a receiving node for handling status information of data units transmitted from a sending node to the receiving node over a radio link. The receiving node establishes that a number of data units that has been transmitted by the sending node are missing. The receiving node sends a reduced status message to the sending node over the radio link, which message is reduced such that it comprises the negative acknowledgement for a first part of missing data units and omits negative acknowledgements for the rest of the missing data units. The omitted negative acknowledgement for the rest of the missing data units will not erroneously be interpreted as correctly received data units by the sending node.
US11139919B2	Transport protocol for anticipatory content Methods, apparatuses, and systems for improving utilization of a communications system (e.g., a satellite communications system) are provided, using delayed reliability techniques as part of a multicast transport protocol. Embodiments may operate in a client-server context, in which the server-side of the communication link multicasts data to requesting users and to users where the data is being speculatively prepositioned. Requesting users may implement reliability checks to verify receipt of complete data in response to the request while user systems where data is being speculatively prepositioned may receive multicast reliability information in response to reliability requests from other users, but may not request replacement of missing or corrupted data themselves until a request is made for the data by that system.
US11139918B2	Interleaving method and interleaving apparatus Various embodiments provide an interleaving method, to improve error correction performance of a polar code. In these embodiments, a first bit sequence is obtained. The first bit sequence includes L number of bits, and L is a positive integer. The L number of bits are then written into an interleaving matrix according to a preset write rule. The interleaving matrix includes C rows and R number of columns. C and R are positive integers. The L number of bits can be read from the interleaving matrix according to a preset read rule to obtain a second bit sequence. The second bit sequence includes L number of bits; and sending the second bit sequence.
US11139916B2	Reduced power transmitter during standby mode A transmitter includes a data stream encoder layer having an output and a pattern generator having a bit pattern output. The transmitter further includes a first multiplexer having first and second inputs and a first multiplexer output. The first input is coupled to the output of the data stream encoder layer, and the second input is coupled to the bit pattern output of the pattern generator. While at least a portion of the data stream encoder layer is powered down, the pattern generator is configured to provide bit patterns on its bit pattern output, a control signal to the first multiplexer is configured to select the second input of the first multiplexer, and the first multiplexer is configured to output the bit patterns on the output of the first multiplexer.
US11139914B2	Detection of punctured resources A receiver blindly determines which parts of the soft buffer to flush by comparing the reception of a first transmission to the reception of a second transmission (i.e., a re-transmission of the first transmission). Any large differences between the first and second transmissions are identified as puncturing events. After identifying the location of the puncturing events, the receiver then evaluates different hypotheses about which one of the transmissions was punctured in the different events. For each of the hypotheses the receiver attempts to decode the received data and the receiver stops processing once decoding is successful or after the receiver has processed all of the hypotheses.
US11139904B2	Clock domain crossing buffer Methods and systems for performing clock domain crossing. The method may include receiving a start signal from an ingress domain delay device at a first egress domain delay device. The start signal may be received at a first rising edge of an egress domain clock cycle. The method may also include receiving, from the first egress domain delay device at a start receive device, the start signal at a second rising edge of the egress domain clock cycle. The second rising edge may be N egress domain clock cycles after the first rising edge. The method may also include incrementing, in response to receipt of the start signal by the start receive device, a buffer read pointer of the buffer by at least N buffer addresses, and reading, after incrementing the buffer read pointer, a second data unit from the buffer at a location indicated by the buffer read pointer.
US11139901B2	Apparatus for wireless communication [Object] To suppress the overhead related to the transmission of the reference signal when beamforming is performed.[Solution] Provided is an apparatus, including: an acquiring unit configured to acquire antenna-related information related to an antenna port allocated to a directional beam for transmission by the directional beam; and a notifying unit configured to notify a terminal apparatus of the antenna-related information.
US11139891B2	Upstream failure recovery in an RFoG FFTP network Devices and methods for bypassing a defective component in a combining network relaying respective upstream and downstream signals between a head end and a plurality of subscribers. The devices and methods may preferably redirect the upstream signal without redirecting the downstream signal using a wavelength-dependent filter.
US11139888B2	Mobile communications system, methods, controller, relay node and communications terminal A controller is configured to control a first of plural relay nodes to transmit signals representing data to one of communications terminals received from a base station or to receive signals representing data from a communications terminal for transmission to the base station, wherein, upon first predetermined conditions being met, to control a second of the plurality of relay nodes to transmit signals representing the data to the communications terminal received from the base station or to receive signals representing the data from the communications terminal for transmission to the base station, and to control the communications terminal to transmit a first signal representing at least a first part of the data to the first relay node for transmission to the base station, and to transmit a second signal representing at least a second part of the data to the second relay node for transmission to the base station.
US11139887B2	System and method for radio link sharing In one embodiment, a method includes receiving, by a first user equipment (UE) from a second UE, identity information and transmitting, by the first UE to a communications controller, the identity information. The method also includes receiving, by the first UE from the communications controller, a first packet after transmitting the identity information and transmitting, by the first UE to the second UE, the first packet in accordance with the identity information.
US11139883B1	Combined spatial and time multiplexer A combined spatial and time multiplexer device is disclosed. The device organizes and selects any signal(s), including past data, from amongst a plurality of time division multiplexed (TDM) data streams. The data streams are collected by memory devices that are configured to separately store the multiplexed signals such that different time portions of the signals from each data stream are stored in different addressable sections. This allows for the current time data and past time data for a given signal to be selected and outputted by the device. According to an embodiment, each of the memory devices receives an address select signal and selects a signal group based on the address select signal. The device also includes a multiplexer that selects one of the signal groups from amongst the memory devices to output as the requested signal group.
US11139881B2	User terminal and radio communication method Beam failure detection and/or beam recovery are performed properly. A user terminal according to the present invention has a receiving section that receives a downlink (DL) control channel, and a control section that configures at least part of one or more beams configured for monitoring a beam failure, for monitoring the DL control channel, and the control section configures at least part of one or more beams configured for channel state information (CSI) measurement and/or reporting, for receiving a downlink (DL) data channel.
US11139880B2	Dynamic beam-switching latency for beam refinement procedures Certain aspects of the present disclosure provide techniques for beam refinement procedures including dynamic signaling and/or selection of beam-switching latency for beam refinement procedures using inter- and/or intra-antenna module beam switching. A method by a base station (BS) includes configuring a user equipment (UE) with one or more reference signal (RS) resource sets. Each of the one or more RS resource sets is associated with a first or second type of beam refinement procedure. The BS receives an indication from the UE of at least a first latency and a second latency, longer than the first latency. The BS dynamically selects, for each RS transmission using one of the configured resource sets, the first or second latency. The BS sends the RS transmissions at the selected latency with respect to downlink control information (DCI) triggering the RS transmissions for the first or second type of beam refinement procedure.
US11139877B2	Apparatus and method for determining whether to provide a CSI report Methods, apparatuses and systems are provided for transmission of a CSI report. A WTRU may receive an aperiodic CSI reporting request on a PDCCH. The WTRU may determine a time gap between a last symbol of the PDCCH of which the aperiodic CSI reporting request is received and a first uplink symbol of a designated uplink channel for transmission of a corresponding aperiodic CSI report. The determination of the time gap may include consideration of a timing advance value. A determination may be made as to whether a time threshold is shorter than the determined time gap. If the determined time gap is not shorter than the time threshold, the WTRU may transmit the CSI report. If the determined time gap is shorter than the threshold, the WTRU may not transmit the CSI report.
US11139875B2	Energy efficient CSI measurement for FD-MIMO Dynamic reconfiguration of CSI-RS resources for CSI reporting is described for full dimension multiple input, multiple output (FD-MIMO) systems. While a larger number of channel state information (CSI) reference signal (CSI-RS) resources with independent resource configuration are configured and associated with a CSI process, only a subset of resources that are activated by additional signaling are used for CSI measurement and reporting. The set of activated CSI-RS resources may include only a single CSI-RS resource. Both periodic and aperiodic CSI reporting may then be based on the same set of the activated CSI-RS resources. Medium access control (MAC) control elements may be used to provide activation/deactivation of the CSI-RS resources. Additionally, CSI reporting may be based on both the activated CSI-RS resources and the associated number of antenna ports.
US11139873B2	Beam width adjustment There is provided mechanisms for beam width adjustment. A method is performed by a radio transceiver device. The method comprises communicating, using a current beam, with another radio transceiver device. The method comprises obtaining a signal strength indicator and a transmission rank of the current beam. The method comprises determining an adjustment indicator for adjusting beam width of the current beam for continued communications with said another radio transceiver device. The adjustment indicator is based on the signal strength indicator and the 0 transmission rank. The method comprises initiating adjustment of the beam width according to the adjustment indicator.
US11139869B2	Channel estimation method and apparatus Embodiments of this application disclose a channel estimation method and apparatus, and relate to the field of communications technologies, to help reduce indication overheads. The method may include: generating and sending indication information, where the indication information is used to indicate M N-dimensional precoding vectors, each precoding vector is applied to one of M frequency bands, the M N-dimensional precoding vectors form a space-frequency matrix, and the space-frequency matrix is generated by performing weighted combination on a plurality of space-frequency component matrices, where the space-frequency matrix is an M×N-dimensional space-frequency vector or an X×Y space-frequency matrix, X and Y are one and the other of M and N, M≥1, N≥2, and both M and N are integers.
US11139868B2	Propagation link selection in telecommunication systems The disclosure presents a method and system for enabling the monitoring of more than one propagation link (PL) between two transceivers, such as a fifth-generation (5G) broadband cellular base station (gNB) and user equipment (UE). The PL can represent a radiation pattern emitted by a MIMO antenna port. The monitoring can capture and record PL quality parameters and associate them to a PL index (PLI). The process can periodically cycle through the set of available PLs and select a best fit PLI configuration. The best fit PLI can be one that satisfies a link quality threshold and PL efficiency thresholds. The selected PLI can be communicated to both transceivers using parameter containers added to conventional control signals. Data messages communicated between the transceivers can utilize the selected best fit PLI configuration.
US11139867B2	Antenna displacement correction method and device for OAM multiplexing communication system An antenna displacement correction method for an OAM multiplexing communication system includes: a step of estimating a displacement amount by evaluating an evaluation function defined such that a theoretical channel response between a transmitting antenna and a receiving antenna matches a measured channel response estimated in a receiving station by using a known signal transmitted from a transmitting station, wherein the theoretical channel response has, as a parameter, the displacement amount indicating an amount of displacement of a reference axis predefined for each of the transmitting antenna and the receiving antenna from a predetermined position with respect to a desired relative positional relationship between the transmitting antenna and the receiving antenna; and a step of correcting a displacement of each of the transmitting antenna and the receiving antenna according to the estimated displacement amount.
US11139862B2	Configuration of rate matching and interference measurement resources for coordinated multi-point transmission A method and an apparatus indicate and identify a ZP-CSI-RS configuration. The method for identifying includes identifying a DCI format and the ZP-CSI-RS configuration in response to receiving one or more control messages where a first set of ZP-CSI-RS configuration or configurations are configured to be used for DCI Format 1A and a second set of ZP-CSI-RS configuration or configurations are configured to be used for DCI Format 2D or 2C. The method also includes identifying a PDSCH rate matching based on the identified ZP-CSI-RS configuration. The method for indicating includes transmitting a dynamic signaling control message comprising an indication of a DCI format. The method also includes transmitting transmit a higher layer signaling control message comprising an indication of the ZP-CSI-RS configuration or configurations.
US11139860B2	Resonant circuit dynamic optimization system and method A resonant circuit dynamic optimization system is described herein that can exhibit improved system charging functionality, can have multi-input charging functionality, and can improve the efficiency and speed of charging electronic devices. The resonant circuit dynamic optimization system can comprise at least one antenna configured to receive or transmit an electromagnetic signal, at least one variable component, and at least one dynamic adjustment circuit. The dynamic adjustment circuit can adjust the variable component to thereby modify the power transfer efficiency of the electromagnetic signal.
US11139857B2	Beacon slot allocation in prime Systems and methods for efficiently allocating beacon slot among multiple nodes on multiple levels within a power line communication network are described. In various implementations, these systems and methods may be applicable to Power Line Communications (PLC). For example, a method may include performing, by a communications device, assigning beacon transmission times to nodes within the communication device's network. The assigned beacon transmission times comprise a beacon slot and frame pattern. The beacon slot and frame pattern ensure that each node does not transmit a beacon in a beacon slot that is adjacent to a beacon slot assigned to a parent or child node. A beacon transmission slot is reserved for a base node in every frame. The frames may be organized into thirty-two-frame superframes, wherein each frame comprises a base node beacon slot and four switch node beacon slots.
US11139856B2	Method and system for transmitting data sets The invention relates to the field of transmitting series of data between electronic circuits, and more specifically a method and a system for transmitting series of data, from a first electronic circuit to at least one second electronic circuit, via an electrical connection line between the first circuit and the second circuit, in reference to a ground line common to the circuits, of at least one series of data pulses. Each data pulse makes it possible to both electrically supply the second circuit and to transmit an item of data which can be interpreted by the second circuit. The supplying of the second circuit by the first circuit is cut between two successive pulses. For each data pulse and before the second circuit is switched off, because of failure in supply, the item of data transmitted by the pulse is stored on a non-volatile memory support of the second circuit.
US11139855B2	Frequency hopping method for machine type communication A method and apparatus may include receiving, by a machine type communication user equipment, parameters for frequency hopping in downlink or uplink. The parameters comprise an “X,” “Y,” and “Z” parameters, “X” corresponds to a duration for which the same physical resource blocks are used for transmission. “Y” corresponds to a frequency hopping period, and “Z” corresponds to a frequency hopping pattern indication. The method may also include performing frequency hopping in accordance with the parameters.
US11139854B2	Method for spread spectrum communication, user equipment and base station A method for spread spectrum communication, a user equipment and a base station are provided in embodiments of the present disclosure. The method for spread spectrum communication applied to a user equipment includes: selecting spreading sequences for a plurality of symbols of data to be transmitted in a set of spreading sequences, respectively, wherein spreading sequences selected for at least two symbols are different; spreading the data by using the selected spreading sequences; transmitting the spread data.
US11139853B2	Low-power wide area networks Described herein is a system that overcomes challenges pertaining to density and range of urban LP-WANs despite the limited capabilities of base station and client hardware. The invention proposes a novel technique that aims to disentangle and decode large numbers of interfering transmissions at a simple, single-antenna LP-WAN base station by exploiting the hardware imperfections of low-cost LP-WAN clients to its advantage Second, the present invention exploits the correlation of sensed data collected by LP-WAN nodes to collaboratively reach a far-away base station, even if individual clients are beyond its range.
US11139850B2	Case for a tablet shaped device, a method for removing a stylus therefrom and a method for making a case for a tablet shaped device Disclosed herein is a case for a tablet shaped device, a method for removing a stylus therefrom, and a method for making a case for a tablet shaped device.
US11139849B2	Antenna module An antenna module which transmits and receives a radio signal via a wireless network, the antenna module includes an antenna configured to transmit and receive the radio signal, a circuit configured to convert a signal received from outside into a radio signal, make the antenna transmit the converted radio signal, and transmit a signal generated by processing the radio signal received by the antenna to the outside, a tubular casing configured to accommodate the circuit to cover a periphery of the circuit, an antenna accommodator provided at one end of the casing and configured to accommodate the antenna to allow the antenna to transmit and receive the radio signal, a connector joined to the casing and connectable to an external device which transmits and receives a signal to and from the circuit, a router configured to relay the signal processed by the circuit, and a gateway configured to communicatively connect the router and the external device connected to the connector.
US11139848B2	Communication system, transmission device, reception device, and communication method A communication system including a transmission device and a reception device which wirelessly communicate with each other. The transmission device includes a transmission circuit that performs: cyclical transmission of a wake-up signal including a specific pattern; and transmission of data. The reception device includes: a standby circuit that receives a signal, and outputs a detection signal indicating reception of the wake up signal when detecting that the specific pattern is cyclically included in the signal received; and a reception circuit that receives the data from the transmission device after the detection signal is output from the standby circuit.
US11139847B2	Self-tuning N-path filter A radio frequency (RF) filter includes a signal conditioning circuit and a bandstop filter. The signal conditioning circuit receives a broadband RF signal that includes both a jamming signal at a jamming frequency and a signal of interest and generates a plurality of clock signals. Each of the plurality of clock signals has a substantially same frequency as the jamming frequency, but a different phase shift. The bandstop filter receives the RF signal and the plurality of clock signals. The bandstop filter attenuates signals within a bandstop centered at the frequency of the plurality of clock signals. A self-tuning N-path filter is provided.
US11139846B2	Method and apparatus for increasing performance of communication paths for communication nodes A system that incorporates aspects of the subject disclosure may perform operations including, for example, obtaining uplink information associated with a plurality of communication devices transmitting wireless signals on a plurality of uplink paths, performing, based on the uplink information, a plurality of measurements of the plurality of uplink paths, identifying a measurement from the plurality of measurements that is below a threshold, and initiating a corrective action to improve a measurement of an affected uplink path of the plurality of uplink paths based on the identifying. Other embodiments are disclosed.
US11139845B2	Wireless devices and systems including examples of mismatch correction scheme Systems, methods, and apparatuses for wireless communication are described. Input data for in-phase branch/quadrature branch (I/Q) imbalance or mismatch may be compensated for or non-linear power amplifier noise may be used to generate compensated input data. In some examples, a transmitter may be configured to transmit communications signaling via a first antenna, the transmitter including a filter configured for digital mismatch correction; a receiver may be configured to receive communications signaling via a second antenna; and a switch may be configured to selectively activate a first switch path to couple the transmitter and the first antenna and a second switch path to couple the receiver and the transmitter to provide communications signaling received via the transmitter as feedback for the filter through the receiver.
US11139843B1	SerDes driver with common-gate-based buffer to use core devices in relatively high power supply domain Certain aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to a driver circuit for a serializer/deserializer (SerDes) transmitter and techniques for operating such a driver circuit. One example driver circuit generally includes a pre-driver circuit, an output stage circuit, and a common-gate buffer circuit coupled between an output of the pre-driver circuit and a first input of the output stage circuit.
US11139841B2	Apparatus and method for generating oscillating signal 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). According to various embodiments of the present disclosure, an apparatus of a transmitter in a wireless communication system may include an oscillating circuit for providing an oscillating signal, and a radio frequency (RF) circuit for converting a frequency of a transmit signal using the oscillating signal, and transmitting the transmit signal. The oscillating circuit may generate a base oscillating signal of a differential signal form, by multiplying a first signal and a second signal which constitute the different signal, generate a first signal set from the first signal and a second signal set from the second signal, and generate a signal in which at least one harmonic component adjacent to an intended frequency component is suppressed using the first signal set and the second signal set.
US11139840B2	Methods for attaching transmitters to animals Methods for attaching a radio frequency (RF) transmitter to an animal are provided. The methods can include providing an RF transmitter and providing an injection device having a needle of gauge of 9 or smaller; providing the RF transmitter into the injection device; and providing the RF transmitter through the 9 gauge or smaller needle and into the animal.
US11139836B2	Information transmission method and transmission device, and information reception method and reception device In a wireless communication system, a transmission device generates (K+J) bits by adding J cyclic redundancy check (CRC) bits to K information bits, and interleaves the (K+J) bits according to a seed value-based interleaving pattern. The transmission device encodes the bits interleaved according to the interleaving pattern, using a polar code. The seed value permutates the CRC bits, and a value previously determined according to K is used as the seed value.
US11139833B2	Adaptive read retry optimization Systems, devices, and methods are presented that allow a data channel to adaptively vary a change in a reference voltage used to read data from a solid state memory. The change in the reference voltage may be determined based on a measured error statistic of the solid state memory. A hard decision low density parity check (HLDPC) decoder may be utilized in conjunction with a soft decision low density parity check (SLDPC).
US11139829B1	Data compression techniques using partitions and extraneous bit elimination Partition information associated with partition(s) in a sliding window and an uncompressed value associated with a repeated sequence in the sliding window are received. A compressed value is generated using the uncompressed value, including by: generating the set indicator based at least in part on the partition information and the uncompressed value; determining, based at least in part on the partition information and the uncompressed value, whether the uncompressed value includes an extraneous bit; and generating the intra-set information, including by: in the event it is determined that the uncompressed value includes the extraneous bit, excluding the extraneous bit in the uncompressed value from the intra-set information. The compressed value is output.
US11139823B2	Sample and hold circuit with indefinite holding time A device includes a capacitive digital to analog converter (CDAC) that further includes a plurality of capacitors to sample an analog input signal. The sampled analog input signal is converted into a digital signal and the digital signal is stored by a successive approximation register (SAR). Thereafter, the SAR regenerates the stored digital signal to a reset plurality of capacitors, and a comparator is configured as an amplifier to generate an equivalent analog voltage of the stored digital signal.
US11139817B1	Voltage-controlled oscillator calibration A computer system may periodically calibrate an oscillator subsystem, which includes a voltage-controlled oscillator circuit configured to generate an oscillator signal using code signal. In response to activation of a calibration mode, an iterative calibration operation may be performed on the voltage-controlled oscillator circuit. In some cases, performing a given iteration of the calibration operation includes determining a value of the code signal using a number of pulses in the oscillator signal sampled during a particular time period, along with previous values of the code signal and a slope of an error function associated with the difference between a desired frequency and a current frequency of the oscillator signal. In other cases, iterations may employ variable sampling times with error handling, in order to decrease the duration of the calibration operation while maintaining a target accuracy.
US11139816B2	Clock and data recovery circuit, memory storage device and signal generating method A clock and data recovery circuit is disclosed. The clock and data recovery circuit includes a phase detection circuit, a first voting circuit, a low-pass filtering circuit and a phase interpolation circuit. The phase detection circuit is configured to receive a first signal and a clock signal and generate a phase signal. The first voting circuit is configured to charge at least one capacitance component according to the phase signal and generate a first voting signal according to a charging result. The low-pass filtering circuit is configured to generate a phase control signal according to the first voting signal. The phase interpolation circuit is configured to generate the clock signal according to the phase control signal.
US11139811B2	Driver circuit, corresponding device and system A drive circuit for airbag systems, for instance includes a differential transconductance amplifier having a first input node, a second input node, an output node coupled to the second input node via a feedback line; a transistor coupled between a drive node and a supply node configured to be coupled to a power supply source; a control node coupled to the control electrode of the transistor and the output node; a Zener diode arrangement having cathode and anode terminals coupled to the supply node and the first input node, respectively; a pull-up component arranged in parallel with the Zener diode arrangement; and an enable switch coupled to the first input node and referred to ground and switchable between a conductive state and a non-conductive state with the differential transconductance amplifier providing controlled current discharging/charging of the control node to make the transistor conductive/non-conductive, respectively.
US11139809B2	Driving apparatus A driving apparatus includes a current output unit, a reference voltage output unit, a comparator, and a drive control unit. The current output unit is switchable to either a first ON resistance or a second ON resistance that is N times (N>1) the first ON resistance. The reference voltage output unit outputs a fist reference voltage during a large current time period, and outputs a second reference voltage that is M times (M>1) the first reference voltage during a small current time period. The drive control unit performs control to perform switching to the first ON resistance during the large current time period, and to perform switching to the second ON resistance during the small current time period.
US11139804B2	Circuit including flip-flop and control element A circuit includes a flip-flop included in a multi-stage shift register and a control element. The flip-flop includes an output field-effect transistor, a first field-effect transistor configured to operate to supply one of a high potential and a low potential to the gate of the output field-effect transistor, and a second field-effect transistor configured to operate to supply the other one of the high potential and the low potential to the gate of the output field-effect transistor. The control element is configured to operate to make an electric current flow between the gate and a power supply in the opposite direction of an off-leakage current from at least either one of the first field-effect transistor and the second field-effect transistor in a period where the first field-effect transistor and the second field-effect transistor are off.
US11139801B2	Power-on reset circuit A power-on reset (POR) circuit includes first, second and third resistors. A first transistor has a first control terminal and first and second voltage terminals. A second transistor has a second control terminal and third and fourth voltage terminals. A third transistor has a third control terminal and fifth and sixth voltage terminals. The first control terminal is coupled via the first resistor to the second voltage terminal. The third voltage terminal is coupled via the second resistor to the first voltage terminal. The second control terminal is coupled via the third resistor to the fourth voltage terminal. The third control terminal is coupled to the third voltage terminal. The fifth voltage terminal is coupled to the first control terminal. A voltage buffer is coupled to the fifth voltage terminal.
US11139796B2	Crystal vibration element, and crystal vibrator equipped with crystal vibration element A crystal vibration element that includes a crystal piece that has a prescribed crystal orientation, and a first direction and a second direction in a plan view thereof; and excitation electrodes that are respectively provided on front and rear surfaces of the crystal piece in order to excite a thickness shear vibration in the crystal piece upon application of an alternating electric field. A vibration distribution of the crystal piece has a vibration region that extends in a band-like shape in the second direction of the crystal piece and non-vibration regions that are adjacent to opposed sides of the vibration region in the first direction of the crystal piece.
US11139794B2	Transversely-excited film bulk acoustic resonator Acoustic resonator devices and filters are disclosed. An acoustic resonator includes a substrate having a surface and a single-crystal piezoelectric plate having parallel front and back surfaces, the back surface attached to the surface of the substrate except for a portion of the piezoelectric plate forming a diaphragm that spans a cavity in the substrate. An interdigital transducer (IDT) is formed on the front surface of the single-crystal piezoelectric plate such that interleaved fingers of the IDT are disposed on the diaphragm. The IDT is configured to excite a primary acoustic mode in the diaphragm in response to a radio frequency signal applied to the IDT. A direction of acoustic energy flow of the primary acoustic mode is substantially orthogonal to the front and back surfaces of the diaphragm. The diaphragm is contiguous with the piezoelectric plate around at least 50% of a periphery of the diaphragm.
US11139787B2	Electrical amplifier An exemplary embodiment of the invention relates to an electrical amplifier comprising a differential preamplifier having a first output port and a second output port; and a downstream amplifier stage having a first output unit and a second output unit; wherein the first output unit is connected to the first output port of the differential preamplifier and the second output unit is connected to the second output port of the differential preamplifier; and wherein a negative impedance converter is electrically located in at least one of said differential preamplifier and said downstream amplifier stage.
US11139783B2	Circuit structure and method for improving harmonic suppression capability of radio frequency power amplifier A circuit structure for improving the harmonic suppression capability of a radio frequency power amplifier includes an output stage unit, a high-order harmonic suppression unit, and a low-order harmonic suppression unit. The output stage unit outputs a signal to be subjected to harmonic suppression; the high-order harmonic suppression unit comprises a first filter capacitor and a back hole, and is used for suppressing fifth or higher harmonics; the output stage unit and the first filter capacitor are connected to the ground in series by means of the back hole; the low-order harmonic suppression unit is connected to the output stage unit to suppress second, third and fourth harmonics. According to the design, the high-harmonic suppression capability of the radio frequency power amplifier is improved.
US11139781B2	Power amplifiers Disclosed is a method of reducing the Instantaneous to Average Power Ratio, IAR, of a transmitter system, comprising the steps of: receiving an input digital signal comprising a plurality of samples; extracting magnitude information for each of the plurality of samples; selecting a plurality of samples whose magnitude exceeds a predefined threshold; sorting, by magnitude, the selected plurality of samples; selecting from the sorted plurality of samples, only those samples having a spacing more than a first pre-defined spacing and filtering those samples, using an FIR filter; subtracting the output of the FIR filter from a delayed version of the input digital signal to produce an output signal.
US11139778B1	Apparatus, circuits and methods for clock generation Apparatus, circuits and methods for clock generation are disclosed herein. In some embodiments, an apparatus is disclosed. The apparatus includes: a first transistor pair electrically coupled to a pair of output nodes; a second transistor pair electrically coupled to the pair of output nodes; and an inductive unit electrically coupled between the output nodes and electrically coupled between gates of the first transistor pair. The inductive unit comprises: a first inductive element electrically coupled to one gate of the first transistor pair; and a second inductive element electrically coupled to one of the output nodes. The first inductive element and the second inductive element are configured to be magnetically coupled to each other.
US11139776B2	Photovoltaic panel having a distributed support frame A photovoltaic panel having a photovoltaic module supported by a distributed support frame is described. The distributed support frame may include a support member extending over a back surface of the photovoltaic module. For example, one or more support members may extend laterally from a support hub mounted on the back surface. The distributed support frame may reduce a span length of the photovoltaic module between support locations, and thus, may reduce a likelihood that a module laminate will crack under a design load.
US11139775B1	Systems and methods for terrain based backtracking for solar trackers A system is provided. The system includes a tracker configured to collect solar irradiance and attached to a rotational mechanism for changing a plane of the tracker and a controller in communication with the rotational mechanism. The controller is programmed to store a plurality of positional information and a shadow model for determining placement of shadows based on positions of objects relative to the sun, determine a position of the sun at a first specific point in time, retrieve height information for the tracker and at least one adjacent tracker, execute the shadow model based on the retrieved height information and the position of the sun, determine a first angle for the tracker based on the executed shadow model, and transmit instructions to the rotational mechanism to change the plane of the tracker to the first angle.
US11139771B2	Control device and control method for AC motor and AC motor drive system To enable overmodulation control having high controllability and low noise characteristics, a control device of an AC motor includes an inverter for driving an AC motor and a controller for controlling the inverter by pulse width modulation. The controller, when over-modulating the inverter, limits the amplitude of the voltage command in the pulse width modulation to a predetermined upper limit value or less.
US11139770B2	Gate driving circuit applied to motor inverter and gate driving method A gate driving circuit applied to motor inverter includes first power switch circuit, first and second bootstrap fast charging circuits, and first, second and third capacitors. The first power switch circuit includes first and second power switches. The first bootstrap fast charging circuit is electrically connected to the first power switch. The second bootstrap fast charging circuit is electrically connected to the second power switch. The first capacitor is electrically connected to the first power switch. The second capacitor is electrically connected to the first bootstrap fast charging circuit and first insulated switch. The third capacitor is electrically connected to the second bootstrap fast charging circuit and second insulated switch. When the first power switch is disabled and the second power switch is enabled, an independent power supply enables the second bootstrap fast charging circuit to charge the third capacitor to enable the second insulated switch.
US11139767B2	Methods and apparatus for driving a transducer According to embodiments described herein, there are provided methods and apparatus for providing a driving signal to a transducer, wherein the driving signal is output by an amplifier. A method comprises receiving an indication of a voltage and a current of the driving signal; based on an electrical model of the transducer and the voltage and the current of the driving signal, estimating an estimated electrical response of the transducer representative of movement of a mass in the transducer; comparing the estimated electrical response to a desired electrical response; and controlling the driving signal based on the comparison.
US11139763B2	Motor drive control device, motor unit, and motor drive control method A motor drive control device has a controller and a driver. The controller generates a control signal for controlling driving of a two-phase stepping motor so as to alternately repeat one-phase excitation in which a coil of one phase in coils of two phases of the two-phase stepping motor is excited and two-phase excitation in which the coils of two phases in the coils of the two phases are excited. The driver drives the coils of the two phases, based on the control signal. The controller determines, based on a back electromotive force generated in the coil that was not excited during the one-phase excitation, a period of performing the one-phase excitation, and determines, based on the period of the one-phase excitation performed before the two-phase excitation, a period of performing the two-phase excitation.
US11139761B2	Control apparatus and motor A control apparatus includes a controller that controls a motor, a first transmission channel connected to a first power-supply terminal of an alternating-current source that supplies an alternating-current voltage, a second transmission channel connected to a second power-supply terminal of the alternating-current source, and a third transmission channel connected to each of the first transmission channel and the second transmission channel. The controller switches the rotational speed of the motor based on the voltage value of a signal input to the controller in accordance with a first connection status of the first transmission channel and the third transmission channel and a second connection status of the second transmission channel and the third transmission channel.
US11139760B2	Motor drive apparatus and control method thereof A motor drive apparatus includes: a DC-side capacitor charged with direct current power; an inverter unit comprising multiple top switches and bottom switches, performing a switching operation so as to convert power stored in the DC-side capacitor into alternating current power, and outputting the converted alternating current power to a motor; a shunt resistor for detecting a current flowing through the DC-side capacitor; and a controller for controlling the inverter unit to perform dynamic braking for stopping the motor. Before the dynamic braking is performed, the controller controls the inverter unit to gradually increase a phase current flowing through the bottom switches.
US11139757B2	Rotating piezoelectric motor with axial preload A rotating piezoelectric motor including a piezoelectric actuator including a resonator having a pair of arms connected at one of their ends in a connection area, the other two ends being free, a passive element including a cylindrical part extending substantially orthogonally to the resonator and passing between the free ends of the arms, the cylindrical part being rotatable by friction of the free ends, the passive element including: a lower and upper truncated cones, the small bases of the cones being arranged facing each other and on either side of the resonator, the cylindrical part of the passive element at least partly axially traversing the cones, the upper truncated cone being movable along the cylindrical part, and at least one of the cones being integral in rotation with the cylindrical part, a device for holding the lateral surfaces of the cones in contact with each of the free ends of the arms of the resonator.
US11139755B2	Variable stiffening device comprising electrode stacks in a flexible envelope A variable stiffening device that includes a flexible envelope having a fluid chamber, a dielectric fluid housed within the fluid chamber, and an electrode stack that includes a plurality of electrodes and one or more abrasive strips. The electrode stack is housed within the fluid chamber and is configured to receive voltage. In addition, the one or more abrasive strips are each positioned between adjacent electrodes, such that when voltage is applied to the electrode stack thereby electrostatically drawing adjacent electrodes together, the one or more abrasive strips generate frictional engagement between adjacent electrodes to actuate the variable stiffening device from a relaxed state to a rigid state.
US11139754B1	Inverter circuit for realizing high-efficiency control of single-phase power of single-phase three-wire power supply An inverter circuit for realizing high-efficiency control of single-phase power of a single-phase three-wire power supply includes a bridge inverter circuit connected to an output end of a DC power supply, a freewheeling circuit connected to an output end of the bridge inverter circuit for providing freewheeling during switching of the bridge inverter circuit, and a control unit connected with the bridge inverter circuit and the freewheeling circuit. When the switching units in the high-frequency operating state are switched to an off state, the freewheeling circuit is controlled to operate continuously to output power to the U-phase line or the W-phase line, so that the switching units only participate in high-frequency operations in nearly half of the whole mains cycle, thereby switching loss and conduction loss of the switching units Q1 to Q6 can be reduced by nearly half, and the efficiency of the whole inverter circuit is greatly improved.
US11139752B2	Power conversion device with wiring having different parasitic inductances A power conversion device includes an inverter, a smoothing capacitor, Y capacitors, and a power supply wiring that electrically connects a DC power supply and the inverter. The power supply wiring includes power terminal portions to which the DC power supply is connected, power terminal portions to which the inverter is connected, and capacitor terminal portions to which the Y capacitors are connected. In the power supply wiring, a parasitic inductance L1 between the power terminal portions and the capacitor terminal portions are made smaller than a parasitic inductance L2 between the power supply terminal portions and the capacitor terminal portions.
US11139750B2	Active bridge rectifier circuit An active bridge rectifier circuit includes a rectifier unit and a control unit. The rectifier unit includes a first upper bridge switch, a second upper bridge switch, a first lower bridge switch, and a second lower bridge switch. The control unit includes a first signal comparator and a second signal comparator. The first signal comparator compares a live wire signal provided from a live wire end with a neutral wire signal provided from a neutral wire end to generate a first comparison signal. The second signal comparator compares the live wire signal with the neutral wire signal to generate a second comparison signal. The first comparison signal controls the first upper bridge switch and the first lower bridge switch. The second comparison signal controls the second upper bridge switch and the second lower bridge switch.
US11139746B2	Power converter with reduced switch mode power supply EMI A power conversion system includes a converter circuit having switching devices, driver circuits to operate the switching devices according to switching control signal, and power supplies to power the driver circuits. The individual power supplies include a transformer with a primary winding and a secondary winding, a reference node coupled to a first terminal of the secondary winding, a power supply output node coupled to a supply input of an associated one of the driver circuits, a rectifier, including a first terminal coupled to a second terminal of the secondary winding, and a second terminal coupled to the power supply output node, and a clamp circuit, including a first terminal coupled to the first terminal of the rectifier, and a second terminal coupled to the reference node.
US11139741B2	Resonant flyback converter with capacitor coupled to ground Power converters are provided. A capacitor is coupled to a primary winding of a transformer forming part of an LC resonator. The capacitor is coupled with a supply voltage input (Vcc) of a controller to supply at least part of the controller with power.
US11139737B2	Regulator control integrated circuit having COT and valley current modes A voltage regulator control integrated circuit includes constituent parts including an error amplifier circuit, a comparator circuit, a compensation signal generator circuit, an oscillator/one-shot circuit, a latch, and a current sense circuit. In a first example, the integrated circuit is operable in a first mode and in a second mode. In the first mode, the various parts are configured and interconnected in such a way that they operate together as a valley current mode regulator control circuit. In the second mode, the various parts are configured and interconnected in such a way that they operate together as a current-mode constant on-time mode regulator control circuit. In another example, a voltage regulator control integrated circuit has the same basic constituent parts and is operable in a first mode as a peak current mode regulator control circuit, or in a second mode as a constant off-time time mode regulator control circuit.
US11139734B2	DC/DC power converter A DC-DC power converter including: input terminals for receiving an input voltage; a pulse wave generator for generating a pulse wave; a transformer having a primary winding and a secondary winding and a magnetizing inductance; a DC blocking capacitor; a rectifier; a filter capacitor; at least one resonant inductor connected in series with the transformer; a resonant capacitor connected to the rectifier; output terminals; and a control unit for controlling operation of the pulse wave generator such when the duty cycle of the pulse wave voltage varies, high efficiency is maintained.
US11139721B2	Motor component, primary part and linear motor A motor component for a linear motor, in particular a primary part and/or stator, which comprises a laminated core and a cooling body, wherein at least two grooves are arranged in the laminated core in order for at least two windings and/or at least two permanent magnets to be mounted in the grooves, wherein the grooves are arranged in parallel in one plane in the laminated core. In order to be able to produce good cooling and nevertheless provide a cost-effective motor component, the cooling body is connected to the laminated core and arranged parallel to the arrangement of the grooves, wherein the laminated core and the cooling body are adhesively bonded to one another.
US11139720B2	Drive apparatus A drive apparatus includes a motor that includes a motor shaft disposed along a first central axis that extends in one direction a housing that includes a first housing portion housing the motor and that is capable of storing oil, a liquid cooling portion disposed in thermal contact with an inverter electrically coupled to the motor, the liquid cooling portion including a refrigerant liquid flowing therein, and a pipe portion connected to the liquid cooling portion, the refrigerant liquid inside the liquid cooling portion flowing in the pipe portion. The pipe portion passes inside the housing.
US11139719B2	Dual fluid rotating shaft A system includes a shaft body defining a longitudinal axis. A first internal fluid channel extends axially within the shaft body and includes an inlet opening through the shaft body for fluid communication of external fluid into the first internal fluid channel and an outlet opening through the shaft body for fluid communication of fluid from the first internal fluid channel to an area external of the shaft body. A second internal fluid channel extends axially within the shaft body and includes an inlet opening through the shaft body for fluid communication of external fluid into the second internal fluid channel and an outlet opening through the shaft body for fluid communication of fluid from the second internal fluid channel to an area external of the shaft body. The first and second internal fluid channels are in fluid isolation from one another within the shaft body.
US11139717B2	Power generation system including power generating device and capacitor, and capable of storing energy of generated electric power with reducing waste energy A power generation system includes: at least one power generating device generating electric power by rotation of an input shaft; and a power storage circuit including at least one capacitor and storing energy of the electric power generated by the power generating device. The power storage circuit has a capacitance equal to or near an energy-maximizing capacitance, the energy-maximizing capacitance indicating a capacitance maximizing an upper limit energy in characteristics of energy to capacitance, the characteristics being calculated as the upper limit energy to be stored in the power storage circuit, with respect to the capacitance of the power storage circuit. The characteristics of energy to capacitance are calculated based on: the capacitance of the power storage circuit, an electromotive force of the power generating device, an internal resistance of the power generating device, and a duration of one power generating action of the power generating device.
US11139716B2	Gas turbine engine system with electrical power extraction An engine system comprises first and second electrical generators coupled to lower and higher pressure (LP, HP) shafts respectively of a gas turbine engine. A controller is arranged to receive a signal corresponding to a total electrical power demand P1 and to output control signals to the electrical generators in response thereto such that the first and second electrical generators output electrical powers (1−y)P1 and yP1 respectively when P1≤Pm1, where 0.5
US11139714B2	Axial gap rotary electric machine A conventional axial gap rotary electric machine does not consider winding movement caused by resin molding in the vicinity of a lead-out part provided to a housing. In order to solve the problem, the axial gap rotary electric machine according to the present invention includes a stator which is formed by circularly arranging a plurality of core units having coils about a rotation shaft and which has a connecting wire that fastens, for each layer, coil rising wires from the plurality of core units, and the axial gap rotary electric machine has a configuration in which: the housing has a lead-out part through which the connecting wire is taken out to the outside of the housing; and the stator is arranged such that the region where the coil rising wire from the core unit is fastened with the connecting wire is located so as to avoid the region opposed to the lead-out part, the stator being integrally molded.
US11139712B2	Motor and pump device A motor includes a connector detachably connected with an external cable and a resin sealing member which covers the connector. The connector includes a frame part into which a cable side connector is to be inserted and a step part on an outer peripheral face of the frame part. A shape of the step part when viewed in the inserting direction is a ring shape. The resin sealing member covers the connector from the front side and exposes an end face of the step part of the frame part and a portion of the frame part on the rear side to the step part end face to the outside, and an outer peripheral face of the resin sealing member is provided with an outer peripheral face portion which surrounds the frame part and is continuously connected with the step part end face without a step.
US11139710B2	Winding arrangement for a three-phase machine A three-phase machine with a 2-pole stator (10) formed with a winding arrangement of a double-layer tooth-wound coil winding has m winding phases (U, V, W). The winding arrangement has at least one first double-layer tooth-wound coil (20) and one second double-layer tooth-wound coil (30). Each tooth-wound coil occupies a half of each of four respective adjacent slots (N) of the stator (10) with a winding phase (W). Each double-layer tooth-wound coil (20, 30) forms two concentrically arranged coils. The second double-layer tooth-wound coil (30) is arranged such that it is shifted by a pole pitch with respect to the first double-layer tooth-wound coil (20).
US11139708B2	Device for use in generating electric power and braking, kit and brake unit of same A device for use in generating electric power and braking, a kit and a brake unit of the same are provided. A brake body in the brake unit includes a plurality of brake blocks. The brake unit has an electromagnetic air gap which is adjustable and controllable in high precision. Therefore, the tolerance of the electromagnetic air gap between the brake unit and the wheel is made small, even without increasing the machining precision and costs of the brake unit, thereby enhancing resistance precision.
US11139707B2	Axial gap electric machine with permanent magnets arranged between posts An electric machine has a stator having an array of electromagnetic elements. A rotor is mounted on bearings and has an array of rotor posts. The rotor posts each have a length defining opposed ends and the array of rotor posts extends along the rotor in a direction perpendicular to the length of each of the rotor posts. The rotor has electromagnetic elements defining magnetic poles placed between the plurality of rotor posts. An airgap is formed between the rotor and the stator when they are in an operational position. A plurality of rotor flux restrictors are formed on the rotor, and each lies adjacent to one of the opposed ends of the rotor posts.
US11139705B2	Electric motor An electric motor includes: a stator; and a rotor, in which the rotor includes: a rotor core having magnet insertion holes; and magnets in the magnet insertion holes. Further, the rotor core includes: a rotor core main body; rotor core outer peripheral portions positioned outward in the rotor radial direction with respect to the magnets and forming parts of inner surfaces of the magnet insertion holes outward in the rotor radial direction; and bridges, forming the respective magnet insertion holes by connecting the rotor core main body and the rotor core outer peripheral portions, the bridges being formed to be thinner than thickest portions of the rotor core outer peripheral portions, and the magnets are shaped to be a cross-section polyhedron having oblique sides which narrow as the oblique sides go from the inward toward the outward in the rotor radial direction.
US11139704B2	Salient pole rotor with magnetic pole portions, concave portions and cylindrical cover portion with fiber filament A salient-pole rotor includes a magnetic pole portion having a plurality of protruding portions which protrude outward in a radial direction from a base portion, is disposed to be spaced apart from each other at intervals in a circumferential direction of a rotary shaft and have outer circumferential surfaces along an imaginary cylindrical surface. The magnetic pole portion includes a concave portion reinforcing portion which is provided inside the concave portion and a cylindrical reinforcing portion which covers the magnetic pole portion and the outer circumferential surface of the concave portion reinforcing portion. The base portion has a plurality of slits extending in the circumferential direction to be spaced apart from each other in the radial direction. A slit reinforcing portion formed of a non-magnetic material is provided inside the slits.
US11139703B2	Coil winding arrangement An arrangement for mounting a coil winding on a stator tooth, the arrangement comprising a mounting element having a first mounting arm for receiving a first stator tooth and a second mounting arm for receiving a second stator tooth, wherein the first mounting arm is movable relative to the second mounting arm between a first position and a second position; means for mounting an electrical conductor on the first stator tooth and the second stator tooth when the first mounting arm is in the first position relative to the second mounting arm to form a coil winding on the first stator tooth and the second stator tooth; and means for placing the first mounting arm in the second position relative to the second mounting arm when the conductor has been mounted on the first stator tooth and the second stator tooth to allow the first stator tooth and the second stator tooth to be removed from the first mounting arm and the second mounting arm respectively.
US11139702B2	Apparatus and method for performing power calibration in wireless power transmission system The present invention relates to an apparatus and a method for performing power calibration in a wireless power transmission system. The present specification provides a wireless power transmission apparatus comprising: a power conversion unit configured to transmit, in a power transfer phase, wireless power generated on the basis of magnetic coupling to a wireless power receiving device; and a communication/control unit configured to perform an initial calibration for a power parameter prior to the power transfer phase, receive a first received power packet from the wireless power receiving device indicating the power received by the wireless power receiving device during the power transfer phase, and detect foreign matter by using the received power and a first power loss determined on the basis of the initial calibration. It is possible to adaptively respond to a newly changed wireless charging environment to calibrate transmission power and reception power, and it is possible to detect foreign matter more precisely by detecting a power loss on the basis of the calibrated transmission and reception power.
US11139699B2	Classifying and detecting foreign objects using a power amplifier controller integrated circuit in wireless power transmission systems A wireless power transmitting system includes a power amplifier comprising a plurality of measurement points and a power amplifier controller integrated circuit (IC). In some embodiments, the power amplifier controller IC performs synchronization of the various components of the power amplifier, conducts impedance and temperature measurements at the measurements points, determines if a foreign object is within the transmission range of the wireless power transmitter, and decides if a shutdown of the power amplifier is needed. In some embodiments, the power amplifier controller IC determines through a transmitter controller IC, the presence of a foreign object within the transmission range and adjusts the power transmission to one or more receivers.
US11139696B2	Wireless power supply device A wireless power supply device includes: a power transmitting antenna; a power supply circuit configured to supply a microwave to the power transmitting antenna; a power receiving antenna; a power receiving circuit configured to receive supply of power of the microwave via the power receiving antenna; a load configured to operate using the power supplied by the power receiving circuit; and an electrically-conductive case surrounded by an electrically-conductive plate in which the power transmitting antenna and the power receiving antenna are accommodated. In the electrically-conductive case, a microwave radiated from the power transmitting antenna is received by the power receiving antenna, and power of the microwave is supplied to the load from the power receiving circuit.
US11139695B2	Flat panel substrate with integrated antennas and wireless power transmission system A flat panel substrate with integrated antennas and wireless power transmission system for delivering power to a receiving device is presented herein. A method can comprise depositing, onto a flat panel substrate, an antenna layer comprising multiple adaptively phased antennas elements; and depositing, onto the flat panel substrate, respective thin film transistor (TFT)-based antenna management circuits for the multiple adaptively phased antenna elements—the respective TFT-based antenna management circuits being operable to measure respective first phases at which first signals are received at the multiple adaptively phased antenna elements, and based on the respective first phases, control respective second phases at which second signals are transmitted from the multiple adaptively phased antenna elements to facilitate delivery, via the second signals, of power to the receiving device. Further, the method comprises forming traces communicatively coupling the multiple adaptively phased antenna elements to the respective TFT-based antenna management circuits.
US11139689B2	Power transmitting antenna and power transmitting device applying the same A power transmitting device for a contactless power supply, can include: a power transmitting antenna having a plurality of transmitting coils; where each of the plurality of transmitting coils comprises a coil turn or a plurality of concentric coil turns with a substantially coplanar setting and having a coil surface; where an axis of each of the plurality of transmitting coils is axially perpendicular to the power transmitting antenna; and where the axis of each of the plurality of transmitting coils forms a predetermined angle with respect to each other.
US11139688B2	Apparatus and method for wireless power transmission A power supply apparatus for wirelessly supplying power to one or more terminals includes a signal transceiver configured to receive a charging state message indicating a charging state from the one or more terminals, a display unit configured to display the charging state of each of the one or more terminals based on the charging state message, an interface unit configured to receive a charging control signal for controlling a charging operation of each of the one or more terminals, a controller configured to control the signal transceiver to transmit a power reception control signal for controlling whether the one or more terminals receive power by analyzing the charging control signal for the one or more terminals and a power supplier configured to wirelessly supply power to the one or more terminals under a control of the controller.
US11139687B2	Electronic device and wireless power transmission and reception control method of electronic device An electronic device according to various embodiments of the present invention comprises: a housing including a first surface; a coil located close to the first surface within the housing and having conductivity; a battery located within the housing and being rechargeable; a first circuit located within the housing and providing, via the coil, power received wirelessly from the outside of the housing to a power management circuit; a second circuit located within the housing and providing wirelessly, via the coil, power of the battery to the outside of the housing; and a third circuit configured to establish selectively a first electrical connection between the first circuit and a first feed point of the coil or a second electrical connection between the second circuit and a second feed point of the coil, wherein the first feed point and the second feed point may be different. Other various embodiments are possible.
US11139686B2	System and method for wireless transmission of power Systems and methods are provided for wireless transmission of power or information. A supplying system include a signal source and a transmitter unit. A consuming system includes an electrical load and a receiver unit. Electrical power or information are transmitted wirelessly from the supplying system to the consuming system. The transmitter unit can include a step up transformer. The receiver unit can include a step down transformer. The transmitter unit and receiver unit are not connected to a common ground, resulting in a truly wireless system for transmitting power or information.
US11139679B2	Auxiliary power source device An auxiliary power source device includes a main power source-side path, an auxiliary power source-side path, a power source control circuit, an analog determination circuit that is provided separately from the power source control circuit, and a power source switching circuit. The power source control circuit controls switching between a conduction state and an interruption state on the main power source-side path and the auxiliary power source-side path. The analog determination circuit determines an occurrence of abnormality in the main power source and generates a switching signal when the occurrence of the abnormality in the main power source is determined. The power source switching circuit switches a power source for supplying power to a power supply target, from the main power source to the auxiliary power source.
US11139664B2	Battery protector hibernate input separate from VDD, low power output A battery protector includes analog frontend circuitry coupled to a hibernate mode input terminal that is one of configured to couple to a high voltage connector terminal when the system is connected to an external load or charger to define an active mode and configured to float when the system is disconnected from the external load or charger to define a hibernate mode. The analog frontend circuitry is configured to provide a signal at an output thereof to distinguish, in the absence of an external ground connection, between connected and floating conditions for the hibernate mode input terminal. Digital logic is coupled with the output of the analog frontend circuitry, the digital logic providing a digital signal to control whether the battery protector is operating in the active mode or the hibernate mode based on the signal at the output of the analog frontend circuitry.
US11139657B2	Power conversion system and control method therefor This power conversion system is composed of a DC power supply circuit and a power conditioner which are connected to each other. The power conditioner includes: a first DC/DC converter provided between the DC power supply circuit and a DC bus; and an inverter provided between the DC bus and an AC electric path and configured to perform switching operation in such a manner that the inverter and the first DC/DC converter alternately have stop periods in an AC half cycle. The DC power supply circuit includes: a storage battery; and a second DC/DC converter of a bidirectional type, provided between the storage battery and the first DC/DC converter and including a DC reactor. The power conversion system includes a control unit configured to control current flowing through the DC reactor of the second DC/DC converter to have a constant value.
US11139656B2	Power supply arrangement The present application relates to a power supply arrangement comprising a power source and a switching arrangement. The switching arrangement includes a switching block, wherein the switching block includes a source interface for connecting the power source, a load interface for connecting a load and a grid interface for connecting a power grid. The switching arrangement includes further a controller for controlling the switching block in dependency of the condition of the power source. The switching arrangement is implemented as a unit separate from the power source. The power supply arrangement comprises further a monitoring device for monitoring the condition of the power source.
US11139655B2	System and method for powering a device A system for powering a device is disclosed. The system includes at least one internal battery located in a device, at least one external battery connected to the device, and a master controller configured to connect either the at least one internal battery or the at least one external battery to a power bus to power the device.
US11139652B2	System and method for a load-based selectable battery cell Power supply and method for supplying power. One example power supply includes a first power source, a second power source, and a control circuit. The first power source provides electrical current to a first power output terminal. The first power source also provides electrical current to a second power output terminal. The second power source has a voltage level that is lower than the first power source. The control circuit is configured to measure a load current supplied to the second power output terminal. The control circuit is also configured to compare the measured load current to a threshold. Responsive to detecting the measured load current being higher than the threshold, the control circuit is configured to connect the second power source to the second power output terminal to provide electrical current thereto.
US11139651B2	Imaging panel and imaging panel substrate assembly An imaging panel includes multiple photoelectric conversion elements respectively mounted in multiple pixels defined by multiple gate lines and data lines formed on a substrate. The imaging panel further includes, outside pixel regions defined by the pixels, multiple first non-linear elements respectively connected to the data lines, multiple first protective wiring respectively connected to the data lines, and a first common wiring connected to the first non-linear elements. Each of the first non-linear elements is connected in a reverse-biased state between the data line connected to the first non-linear element and the first common wiring. Each of the first protective wiring extends to the edge of the substrate.
US11139631B2	Use of positive dispersion mirrors to maintain beam quality during chirped pulse amplification in a Yb:KYW regenerative amplifier Disclosed is a laser system that includes a femtosecond oscillator, a regenerative amplifier for chirped pulse amplification of femtosecond laser pulses, and a compressor. The regenerative amplifier includes a plurality of positive Group Delay Dispersion (GDD) mirrors disposed within a cavity of the regenerative amplifier. The compressor receives amplified laser pulses from the regenerative amplifier.
US11139630B2	Methods and materials for conduit apparatus and electrical enclosures An enclosure and a method of making the enclosure is provided that includes mixing stainless steel, rubber, and polycarbonate to produce a material mixture that is electrically conductive. Carbon black powder and polyethylene are blended to produce an electrically resistive additive for dissipating static electricity. At least one injection mold for the enclosure is positioned in fluid communication with an exit end of a heating barrel. The weatherproof material mixture is injected into an entry end of the heating barrel to produce a melted weatherproof material mixture. The electrically resistive additive is introduced through a lateral port of the heating barrel proximate to the exit end to partially mix with the melted weatherproof material mixture to produce an injection mixture. The injection mixture into the at least one injection mold to produce the enclosure that is weatherproof, electrically conductive, and electrically resistive.
US11139626B2	Thermocompression apparatus and method of manufacturing electronic device A thermocompression apparatus includes a stage and a heater chip. The stage includes an installation surface on which a component having a scheduled portion of thermocompression is placed. The heater chip is disposed to be freely movable to and from the scheduled portion of thermocompression of the component opposite to the installation surface of the stage and is configured to heat and press the scheduled portion of thermocompression. The installation surface includes a maximum convex and a pair of slope surfaces. The maximum convex is configured to contact with a bottom surface of the component. The pair of slope surfaces has heights decreasing respectively from the maximum convex toward both sides of the installation surface in a width direction of the component.
US11139625B2	Discharge device for discharging electric currents A discharge device for discharging electric currents from a rotor part of a machine, in particular a rotor part with a shaft, into a stator part, the discharge device having a contact element, a support and a spring mechanism, the support being connectable to a stator part in an electrically conductive manner, the contact element being predominantly made of carbon, the contact element being accommodated on the support in an axially movable manner and connected to it in an electrically conductive manner, a contact force applicable to the contact element by the spring mechanism so as to establish an electrically conductive sliding contact between a sliding contact surface of the contact element to establish the sliding contact, and an axial shaft contact surface of the shaft, wherein the contact element is disk-shaped, the sliding contact surface being at least annular and disposable coaxially relative to the shaft contact surface.
US11139623B2	Splice connector assembly A splice connector assembly includes a housing and a flat bus plate. The housing has openings on opposed end walls defining an axis being generally perpendicular to the opposed end walls. The flat bus plate is disposed within the housing, including a connecting strip extending generally perpendicular to the axis, a first set of male terminals extending outwardly from the connecting strip generally parallel to the axis, and a second set of male terminals extending outward from the connecting strip generally parallel to the axis and in an opposite direction from the first set of male terminals, wherein a free end of each of the male terminals are configured to receive and electrically connect with female flat terminals, and wherein the female flat terminals extend into the housing to connect to the male terminals through the openings on the opposed end walls.
US11139621B2	Plug retention system A retention assembly is provided that is configured to retain a plug end of an electrical cord in electrical engagement with an accessory outlet. The retention assembly includes a housing have an interior sized to receive the plug end and, optionally, an adapter therein. In one version, the housing can include a front opening with an assembly portion and a retention portion where the retention portion has at least one dimension that is smaller than the corresponding dimension of the plug end so that the plug end cannot pass therethrough. In another version, the retention assembly includes an insert having a slot opening to receive the wire portion of the electrical cord therethrough. The insert can then be disposed within the housing such that a sidewall of the insert extends between a front wall of the housing and the adapter to restrict movement of the first end and the adapter.
US11139619B2	Overmolded lead frame providing contact support and impedance matching properties An electrical connector includes first and second adjacent electrical contacts that each define respective first and second mating ends, the first mating end of a first one of the first and second adjacent electrical contacts defines a first contact surface, the second mating end of a second one of the first and second adjacent electrical contacts defines a second contact surface electrically isolated from the first contact surface; and a dielectric material positioned between the first and second adjacent electrical contacts. When a mating connector applies a force to the first contact surface and the second contact surface, the first and second mating ends and the dielectric material all move in a first direction.
US11139617B2	Electrical connector An electrical connector includes an insulating body and multiple differential signal terminal pairs, each having two differential signal terminals. Each differential signal terminal has a main body portion, a strip connecting portion extending upward from an outer side of the main body portion, an elastic arm extending upward from the main body portion, and a contact portion extending upward from the elastic arm. A through slot runs through the elastic arm, forming an inner elastic arm and an outer elastic arm at two opposite sides of the through slot. The outer elastic arm is adjacent to the strip connecting portion. A consistent pitch is formed between the contact portions of the differential signal terminals. A first distance between two adjacent inner elastic arms in each differential signal terminal pair is less than a second distance between two adjacent outer elastic arms in two adjacent differential signal terminal pairs.
US11139615B2	Connector A connector includes: a housing which is connected to a counterpart connector; and a slider held in the housing to be movable in a fitting direction. The housing and the slider include: a guide mechanism configured to guide a movement of the slider to the housing in the fitting direction; and a stopper mechanism configured to prevent the slider from being detached from the housing to the front side of the connector in the fitting direction. The guide mechanism has: a pair of ribs provided in one of the housing and the slider, the ribs extending in the fitting direction; and a pair of grooves provided in the other of the housing and the slider, the grooves extending in the fitting direction. The stopper mechanism is provided at a location adjacent to an end part of the guide mechanism at the front side of the connector in the fitting direction.
US11139613B2	Connector assembly with automatic connection completion detection structure It is aimed to guarantee the connection of a connector by completing the assembling of a cover. A connector (10) of the present disclosure includes a first connector (20), a second connector (30) and a cover (40). The first connector (20) and the second connector (30) are connectable to each other and completely covered by the cover (40) in a completely connected state. The cover (40) includes a first cover (41) for accommodating the first connector (20) inside and a second cover (42) for accommodating the second connector (30) inside. The second cover (41) includes a pair of openable and closable second half covers (42U, 42L). The half cover (42U, 42L) includes a connection guaranteeing portion for coming into contact with the second connector (30) in the completely connected state from behind.
US11139609B2	Modular connector for circuit boards A plug connector, in particular a modular plug connector, is provided for mounting on a circuit board. The plug connector can be assembled from a plurality of plug connector modules, wherein each plug connector module comprises at least one part. The plug connector modules have an insertion side and a connection side, wherein the insertion side can either be installed on the circuit board or else it contacts a connection side of a mating connector module. The plug connector modules can be connected by at least one connector. This makes it possible also to install modular plug connectors on a printed circuit board.
US11139606B2	Connector with a press-fitting nut accommodation portion A connector includes a nut accommodation portion into which a nut is press-fitted and accommodated in a press-fitting direction. The nut accommodation portion includes an accommodation hole, which extends through a connector housing in the press-fitting direction of the nut, and an upper surface of a terminal connection portion of a connection terminal, which is exposed from the accommodation hole. The accommodation hole includes a through hole, which has a tetragonal shape as viewed in the press-fitting direction of the nut, and a recessed portion, which is formed in each of four corners of the through hole. The recessed portions are recessed toward an outer side of the through hole to locally expand a contour of the through hole.
US11139602B2	Electrical connector and assembly method thereof An electrical connector and an assembly method thereof are disclosed. The electrical connector includes a substrate provided with multiple accommodating holes, and multiple terminals. Each of the first terminals has a first insertion portion inserted downward into a corresponding accommodating hole, a first strip connecting portion to be connected to a first strip, and a first soldering portion located outside the corresponding accommodating hole and soldered on an upper surface of the substrate. A bottom portion of the first insertion portion, the first strip connecting portion and the first soldering portion are located on a same first plane, such that the first terminals are not easy to twist when the strip is bent and when being inserted into the substrate, thereby allowing the first terminals to be assembled stably.
US11139597B2	Connector assembly A connector assembly includes a wire end connector for electrically connecting to a board end connector. The wire end connector includes a main body portion and an insertion portion. The insertion portion is connected to the main body portion, and the insertion portion is configured to couple to the board end connector. The main body portion is provided with a plurality of elastic claws extending outward from the main body portion to press on the board end connector when the insertion portion is coupled to the board end connector so as to stably connect the wire end connector to the board end connector.
US11139596B2	Quick change battery clamp A quick change battery clamp includes a first clamp body, a second clamp body, and a handle assembly. The second clamp body is coupled to the first clamp body. The handle assembly is selectively disposed through each of the first clamp body and the second clamp body. Each of the first clamp body and the second clamp body define an aperture having a substantially polygonal cross-section configured to receive a battery post. Each of the first clamp body and the second clamp body have an internal wall with a plurality of ridges configured to selectively abut the battery post. The first clamp body and the second clamp body are hingedly connected.
US11139594B2	Connectors for electro-optic displays A connector for an electro-optic display comprising: a non-conductive sheet having a top surface and a bottom surface; a first layer of conductive material applied to at least a portion of the bottom surface; a second layer of conductive material applied to a first portion of the top surface; a third layer of conductive material applied to a second portion of the top surface, the third layer of conductive material being electrically isolated from the second layer of conductive material; and a conductive via electrically connecting the first layer of conductive material and the second layer of conductive material.
US11139591B2	Conductive member A conductive member includes (i) a conductive pipe and (ii) a conductor that is inserted into the pipe and is brought into electro-conductive contact with an inner surface of the pipe. The pipe is provided with a stopper section that abuts against and stops the conductor and thereby regulates an insertion amount of the conductor. The conductor includes an insulation coating surrounding a conductor section, the conductor section is exposed at an end portion, and an end of the insulation coating forms a step with respect to the conductor section and creates a stopped section that abuts against and is stopped by the stopper section.
US11139589B2	Polarization uniqueness manipulation apparatus (PUMA) Systems, methods, and apparatus for a polarization uniqueness manipulation apparatus (PUMA) are disclosed. In one or more embodiments, an antenna apparatus (e.g., a PUMA) comprises a receive antenna to receive a signal with a first polarization. In one or more embodiments, the antenna apparatus is configured to passively modify the first polarization of the signal to a second polarization. The antenna apparatus further comprises a transmit antenna to transmit the signal with the second polarization. In at least one embodiment, the receive antenna is communicatively coupled to the transmit antenna. In one or more embodiments, the receive antenna and the transmit antenna are each separate patch antennas that are mounted on a substrate of the antenna apparatus at different orientations from one another. In at least one embodiment, the second polarization is dependent upon the different orientations of the receive antenna and the transmit antenna.
US11139588B2	Electronic device antenna arrays mounted against a dielectric layer An electronic device may be provided with a dielectric cover layer, a dielectric substrate, and a phased antenna array on the dielectric substrate for conveying millimeter wave signals through the dielectric cover layer. The array may include conductive traces mounted against the dielectric layer. The conductive traces may form patch elements or parasitic elements for the phased antenna array. The dielectric layer may have a dielectric constant and a thickness selected to form a quarter wave impedance transformer for the array at a wavelength of operation of the array. The substrate may include fences of conductive vias that laterally surround each of the antennas within the array. When configured in this way, signal attenuation, destructive interference, and surface wave generation associated with the presence of the dielectric layer over the phased antenna array may be minimized.
US11139587B2	Active distributed antenna system with frequency translation and switch matrix A three-dimensional, 360 degree, omnidirectional multiple-input multiple-output wireless systems is described herein. The multiple-input multiple-output wireless system is comprised of a plurality of radio inputs, a plurality of radio-frequency converters, an RF signal distribution network, a plurality of transceivers, and a plurality of antennas. The multiple-input multiple-output wireless system may further have a plurality of planar stacks.
US11139586B2	Antenna comprising a plurality of individual radiators An antenna features a plurality of single emitters which in the x- and y-direction form an antenna array with an aperture. The single emitters are separated from each other by separating walls. At least a portion of the separating walls features an interference site that interrupts the otherwise planar aperture in the z-direction. However, the separating walls which cross the x-direction (and thus separate neighboring single emitters in the x-direction) differ from the separating walls in the y-direction with respect to their wall thickness. In addition, the single emitters feature a separation in the x-direction of less than A. The x-, y- and z-directions are each aligned orthogonal to each other. Due to the asymmetrical wall thickness the single emitters in the x-direction can be placed more closely to each other, so that when using the phase-controlled single emitters the emission characteristic can be displaced in this x-direction.
US11139575B2	Patch antenna with ferrite cores Disclosed herein is a method and system for using ferrite cores to suppress harmonic radiation with microstrip patch antennas. In certain embodiments, the ferrites cores exemplified herein significantly suppressed second and third harmonic radiation generated by RF components coupled to the microstrip patch antenna.
US11139571B2	Compact dual-band MIMO antenna A compact dual-band MIMO antenna is provided, including: a system ground unit, a radiation arm having an open-circuit end and a short-circuit end, a first antenna formed at the open-circuit end and a second antenna formed at the short-circuit end. The first antenna includes a grounding arm connecting the radiation arm with the system ground unit, a first feeding arm located between the grounding arm and the open-circuit end, and a first parasitic arm connected to the system ground unit. The second antenna includes a second feeding arm located between the short-circuit end and the grounding arm, and a second parasitic arm connected to the system ground unit. Compared with the related art, the present invention has following beneficial effects: the antenna has compact and simple structure, high isolation, excellent performance in dual bands, a small volume and a light weight, and it is convenient for mass production.
US11139570B2	Ultra-wideband circular beamformer An ultra-wideband (UWB) beam forming system is disclosed. In one or more embodiments, the UWB beam forming system includes a plurality of radiating elements forming a circular, cylindrical, conical, spherical, or multi-faceted array and a beamformer coupled to the radiating elements. The beamformer includes one or more transformable reconfigurable integrated units (TRIUNs) configured to independently control individual radiating elements or groups of radiating elements of the plurality of radiating elements.
US11139567B2	Compact dual-band MIMO antenna and mobile terminal A compact dual-band MIMO antenna and a mobile terminal are provided, and the antenna includes a system ground unit, a radiation arm having an open-circuit end and a short-circuit end, a first antenna formed at the open-circuit end and a second antenna formed at the short-circuit end. The first antenna includes a grounding arm connecting the radiation arm with the system ground unit, and a first feeding arm located between the grounding arm and the open-circuit end. The second antenna includes a second feeding arm located between the short-circuit end and the grounding arm. Compared with the related art, the present invention has following beneficial effects: the antenna has compact structure and high isolation; it has dual-band, and it has excellent performance in the dual bands; it has a simple structure, a small volume and a light weight, and it is convenient to manufacture and thus for mass production.
US11139563B2	Antenna device An antenna device includes at least one antenna conductor, at least one ground conductor, and an artificial magnetic conductor that is located between the at least one antenna conductor and the at least one ground conductor and is disposed separately from the at least one antenna conductor and the at least one ground conductor. At least one of the artificial magnetic conductor and the at least one ground conductor includes at least one opening formed at a place substantially facing a distal-side end of the at least one antenna conductor, the distal-side end of the at least one antenna conductor being opposite a feeder-side end of the at least one antenna conductor.
US11139562B2	Antenna device An antenna device is provided. The antenna device includes a first substrate, a first conductive layer, a first insulating structure, a second substrate, a second conductive layer and a liquid-crystal layer. The first conductive layer is disposed on the first substrate. The first insulating structure is disposed on the first conductive layer, and the first insulating structure includes a first region and a second region. The second substrate is disposed opposite to the first substrate. The second conductive layer is disposed on the second substrate. The liquid-crystal layer is disposed between the first conductive layer and the second conductive layer. The thickness of the first region is less than the thickness of the second region, and at least a portion of the first region is disposed in an overlapping region of the first conductive layer and the second conductive layer.
US11139560B2	Base station antenna and end cover assembly as well as assembling method and disassembling method thereof The present invention relates to an end cover assembly for a base station antenna, comprising: an end cover (3) having a bottom plate, wherein the bottom plate has a through hole (7); an electrical connector (4) having a flange (10), wherein the electrical connector is configured to be received in the through hole. The geometry of the through hole and the geometry of the flange are configured such that the flange can be inserted from an exterior of the end cover and through the through hole, and the flange is capable of abutting against an inner surface of the bottom plate adjacent an inner edge of the through hole inside the end cover, wherein the flange is securable to the bottom plate at a predetermined position of the flange relative to the through hole when the flange abuts against the inner surface. The present invention further relates to a base station antenna comprising the end cover assembly, as well as an assembling method and a disassembling method for the end cover assembly. The risk of falling off of the electrical connector may be reduced, and the electrical connector can be removed more easily.
US11139559B2	Mobile device and antenna structure A mobile device includes a metal mechanism element, a ground plane, a first parasitic radiation element, a second parasitic radiation element, a feeding radiation element, and a dielectric substrate. The metal mechanism element has a slot. The first parasitic radiation element and the second parasitic radiation element are both coupled to the metal mechanism element. The first parasitic radiation element and the second parasitic radiation element both extend across the slot. The feeding radiation element is disposed between the first parasitic radiation element and the second parasitic radiation element. An antenna structure is formed by the feeding radiation element, the first parasitic radiation element, the second parasitic radiation element, and the slot of the metal mechanism element. The antenna structure covers at least a first frequency band. The length of the slot is shorter than 0.48 wavelength of the first frequency band.
US11139552B1	Method of forming a semiconductor device In an embodiment, an antenna may be formed by applying an insulator to a package body and forming at least a portion of the antenna as a conductor on the insulator.
US11139551B2	Chip antenna module A chip antenna module includes: a substrate including a feed wiring layer to provide a feed signal, a feeding via connected to the feed wiring layer, and a dummy via separated from the feed wiring layer; and a chip antenna disposed on a first surface of the substrate and including a body portion formed of a dielectric substance, a radiating portion that extends from a first surface of the body portion and is connected to the feeding via and the dummy via, and a grounding portion that extends from a second surface of the body portion opposite the first surface of the body portion.
US11139549B2	Compact storable extendible member reflector Perimeter truss reflector includes a perimeter truss assembly (PTA) comprised of a plurality of battens, each having an length which traverses a PTA thickness as defined along a direction aligned with a reflector central axis. A collapsible mesh reflector surface is secured to the PTA such that when the PTA is in a collapsed configuration, the reflector surface is collapsed for compact stowage and when the PTA is in the expanded configuration, the reflector surface is expanded to a shape that is configured to concentrate RF energy in a predetermined pattern. Each of the one or more longerons extend around at least a portion of a periphery of the PTA. These longerons each comprise a storable extendible member (SEM) which can be flattened and rolled around a spool, but exhibits beam-like structural characteristics when unspooled.
US11139547B2	Tunable bandpass filter and method of forming the same A tunable bandpass filter (1A) includes a waveguide (11); a plurality of resonators (12) housed in the waveguide (11) and arranged in the lengthwise direction of the waveguide (11); a coupling member (13) disposed between two adjacent resonators (12); a ridge member (14) extending in the lengthwise direction of the waveguide (11) and connected to one end of the coupling member (13); and a dielectric plate (17) extending in the lengthwise direction of the waveguide (11), disposed adjacent to the plurality of resonators (12) in a direction orthogonal to the lengthwise direction of the waveguide (11), and movable in the direction orthogonal to the lengthwise direction of the waveguide (11).
US11139545B2	Dielectric tuning element Apparatuses, methods of assembling a resonator, and methods of tuning a resonator are provided. An example apparatus may include at least one resonator comprising a resonator hole defined within the resonator and defining an inner wall of the at least one resonator, a tuning cover comprising at least one hollow rod, and a tuning element comprising a bottom flanged portion. The tuning element may be configured to be inserted into the at least one hollow rod and the bottom flanged portion is configured to cover at least a bottom portion of the hollow rod. The bottom flanged portion of the tuning element is configured to be positioned between the at least one hollow rod and the inner wall of the at least one resonator.
US11139541B2	Battery terminal comprising an integrated spring or a flexible pad A battery system includes a first battery cell that is electrically connected to a second battery cell via directed contact between compliant terminals of the first and second battery cells. The compliant terminals include a first end that is electrically connected an electrode assembly disposed within the cell, a second end disposed outside the cell, and an elastically compliant portion disposed between the second end and a cell housing.
US11139537B2	Battery module The present disclosure provides a battery module. The battery module includes a plurality of secondary batteries stacked along a thickness direction, a top of each secondary battery being provided with an electrode terminal; and a connecting component provided at the top of the secondary battery, the connecting component being connected to at least two electrode terminals for electrically connecting at least two secondary batteries. The connecting component includes a first fixed connecting piece and a second fixed connecting piece, and along an extending direction of the connecting component, the first fixed connecting piece matches and is engaged with the second fixed connecting piece. The present disclosure solves the problem of the unreliable connection between the connecting component and the electrode terminal.
US11139536B2	Connection module A connection module includes a busbar holding module, and an external connection busbar holding portion that is disposed on the busbar holding module. The busbar holding module includes an insulating protector configured to hold a plurality of busbars. The external connection busbar holding portion includes a first external connection busbar having an elongated shape, a second external connection busbar to which an external connection component is to be bolted, and an external connection busbar protector. The insulating protector includes a first engaging portion configured to be engaged with the external connection busbar protector, and the external connection busbar protector includes a first engaged portion configured to be engaged with the first engaging portion.
US11139534B2	Lithium secondary battery separator and method of manufacturing same Provided is a lithium secondary battery separator including a laminate of a substrate and a porous heat-resistant polyimide film which covers at least one surface of the substrate. The porous heat-resistant polyimide film has pores which are regularly arrayed three-dimensionally and a film thickness of 5-20 μm. Penetration damage to the separator by growth of dendrite-shaped lithium is avoided, and it is also possible to meet a request which is demanded of the lithium secondary battery separator.
US11139533B2	Polyolefin micro-porous film, separator film for power-storage device, and power-storage device A polyolefin micro-porous film containing a polypropylene resin, in which a meltdown temperature of the polyolefin micro-porous film is 195° C. to 230° C. A weight-average molecular weight of the polypropylene resin is 500,000 to 800,000. Furthermore, a molecular weight distribution of the polypropylene resin is 7.5 to 16.
US11139530B2	Space saving, modular, hot-pluggable power modules An example power module includes an energy storage device, an energy storage carrier, and an electrical connector. The energy storage carrier houses the energy storage device and is removably insertable into a modular data storage slot of a computing device. The modular data storage slot has a data path and a first power path to removably couple to a data storage module. The electrical connector is to transfer energy from the energy storage device to a second power path associated with the modular data storage slot.
US11139528B2	Battery module and battery pack The present disclosure provides a battery module and a battery pack. The battery pack comprises a box and a battery module, the battery module is accommodated in the box. The battery module comprises batteries sequentially arranged in a first direction. The battery comprises an electrode assembly, a case and a cap assembly, the electrode assembly is received in the case, and the cap assembly is connected with the case. The case comprises two first side walls, and the two first side walls are respectively positioned at two sides of the electrode assembly in the first direction. The first side walls of two adjacent batteries face each other. An area of the first side wall is defined as S1, a distance between the electrode assemblies of two adjacent batteries in the first direction is defined as D, S1 and D satisfying a relationship: 1.2×10−5 mm−1≤D/S1≤500×10−5 mm−1.
US11139526B2	Battery box The present disclosure provides a battery box and a vehicle, the battery box comprises an upper box body, a lower box body, a connecting member, a fixing member. The upper box body comprises a first eave portion, the lower box body comprises a second eave portion. The first eave portion is provided with a first connecting hole, the second eave portion is provided with a second connecting hole and a mounting hole. The connecting member passes through the first connecting hole and the second connecting hole to connect the upper box body and the lower box body. The fixing member passes through the mounting hole to make the lower box body mounted to external equipment, compared with the conventional battery box, the lower box body is equivalent to the arrangement of eliminating the third eave portion, it simplifies the structure and reduces the weight, thereby improving the energy density.
US11139523B2	Battery cell frame and battery module comprising same A battery cell frame according to an embodiment of the present disclosure includes a bus bar for electrically coupling to an electrode lead of a battery cell, a support member coupled to the bus bar and configured to come into contact with the battery cell to support the battery cell, and a variable length part formed in the support member. The variable length part is configured to change in length to fit a size of the battery cell.
US11139521B2	Battery submodule carrier, battery submodule, battery system and vehicle A battery system includes: a plurality of monolithic cell trays configured to accommodate a plurality of aligned battery cells; a plurality of battery cell retainers configured to retain the battery cells within the cell tray by being connected with the battery cell and the cell tray in each cell tray; a cap-type battery system carrier configured to accommodate the plurality of cell trays; a plurality of tray fasteners provided in each cell tray to mount the cell tray to the battery system carrier by being connected with the cell tray and the battery system carrier; and a cooling channel provided in the battery system carrier to cool the battery cells. Each cell tray includes an opening that exposes the plurality of battery cells, and the cooling channel may be provided in the battery system carrier opposite to the opening of each cell tray.
US11139509B2	Apparatus, system and method for dendrite and roughness suppression in electrochemical structures A method, and associated batteries and battery charging units, that involve inducing electric and/or magnetic fields (field-induced current) across an electrode of a electrochemical cell, such as an anode of a battery. The field and current across the electrode may be referred to herein as a transverse current as this current is typically transverse to the ionic charge current that may be applied when charging a battery. The field and current may be induced from connecting AC energy, e.g., AC current, across the electrode or at a discrete point or points of the electrode. The induced field and current may suppress dendrite growth, experienced in conventional batteries without AC energy, among other advantages.
US11139508B2	Lithium salt mixture and uses thereof as a battery electrolyte A lithium salt mixture comprising: from 85% to 99.9 mol % of lithium bis(fluorosulfonyl)imidide; and from 0.1% to 15 mol % of lithium 2-trifluoromethyl-4,5-dicyano-imidazolate. Also, an electrolyte composition containing same and to the uses thereof. Also, an electrochemical cell including a negative electrode, a positive electrode and the electrolyte composition interposed between the negative electrode and the positive electrode. Also, a battery containing at least one electrochemical cell with the electrolyte composition.
US11139504B2	Lithium ion conductive crystal body and all-solid state lithium ion secondary battery To provide a lithium ion conductive crystal body having a high density and a large length and an all-solid state lithium ion secondary battery containing the lithium ion conductive crystal body. A Li5La3Ta2O12 crystal body, which is one example of the lithium ion conductive crystal body, has a relative density of 99% or more, belongs to a cubic system, has a garnet-related type structure, and has a length of 2 cm or more. The Li5La3Ta2O12 crystal body is grown by a melting method employing a Li5La3Ta2O12 polycrystal body as a raw material. With the growing method, a Li5La3Ta2O12 crystal body having a relative density of 100% can also be obtained. In addition, the all-solid state lithium ion secondary battery has a positive electrode, a negative electrode, and a solid electrolyte, in which the solid electrolyte contains the lithium ion conductive crystal body.
US11139497B2	Fuel cell system using natural gas A fuel cell system using natural gas, which includes a fuel cell including a cathode and an anode and a cryogenic heat-exchanging apparatus configured to heat-exchange natural gas supplied from a natural gas station with introduced air or exhaust gas of the fuel cell. With the configuration, oxygen which is introduced into the fuel cell can be produced using cold energy of the natural gas, and energy consumed for the oxygen production can be reduced. Also, a discharge of seawater of low temperature can be minimized, thereby reducing negative effects caused by the discharge.
US11139496B2	Fuel cell system A fuel cell system includes a first fuel cell, second fuel cell, first voltage detector, second voltage detector, and controller. The first voltage detector detects voltage of first unit cells of the first fuel cell for every “N” unit cells on average, and the second voltage detector detects voltage of the second fuel cell as a whole, or detects voltage of second unit cells of the second fuel cell for every “M” unit cells on average, where “M” is larger than “N”. The controller determines whether any of the second unit cells is in a fuel deficiency state, based on the detection result of the first voltage detector, when a predetermined condition under which states of the first fuel cell and the second fuel cell are regarded as being close to each other is satisfied.
US11139495B2	Method of inspecting a fuel cell system, and the fuel cell system In a fuel cell system, an adhesion detection apparatus for detecting adhesion of a second switching valve for a sub tank is provided. The adhesion detection apparatus opens a first switching valve and a second switching valve for switching to a double switching valve open state where a fuel cell performs power generation, and thereafter, closes the first switching valve and opens the second switching valve for switching to a second switching valve open state where the fuel cell performs power generation, and detects adhesion of the second switching valve based on a change of a detection value of a pressure sensor in the second switching valve open state.
US11139479B2	Solid state catholyte or electrolyte for battery using LiaMPbSc (M=Si, Ge, and/or Sn) The present invention provides an energy storage device comprising a cathode region or other element. The device has a major active region comprising a plurality of first active regions spatially disposed within the cathode region. The major active region expands or contracts from a first volume to a second volume during a period of a charge and discharge. The device has a catholyte material spatially confined within a spatial region of the cathode region and spatially disposed within spatial regions not occupied by the first active regions. In an example, the catholyte material comprises a lithium, germanium, phosphorous, and sulfur (“LGPS”) containing material configured in a polycrystalline state. The device has an oxygen species configured within the LGPS containing material, the oxygen species having a ratio to the sulfur species of 1:2 and less to form a LGPSO material. The device has a protective material formed overlying exposed regions of the cathode material to substantially maintain the sulfur species within the catholyte material. Also included is a novel dopant configuration of the LiaMPbSc (LMPS) [M=Si,Ge, and/or Sn] containing material.
US11139476B2	Active material, electrode, secondary battery, battery pack, and vehicle According to one embodiment, there is provided an active material represented by a general formula Lix(NiaCobMncMd)1−s(Nb1−tTat)sO2. Here, M is at least one selected from the group consisting of Li, Ca, Mg, Al, Ti, V, Cr, Zr, Mo, Hf, and W, and 1.0≤x≤1.3, 0≤a≤0.9, 0≤b≤1.0, 0≤c≤0.8, 0≤d≤0.5, a+b+c+d=1, 0.005≤s≤0.3, and 0.0005≤t≤0.1 are satisfied.
US11139472B2	Inorganic conductive layers for electrochemical cells Provided are electrodes for use in electrochemical cells and active material components used to form these electrodes. Also provided are methods of forming these active material components as well as methods of forming these electrodes. An electrode comprises a current collector and an active layer, comprising active material structures and an inorganic conductive layer. The inorganic conductive layer coats and binds together these active material structures. Furthermore, the inorganic conductive layer also provides adhesion of the active layer to the current collector. The inorganic conductive layer has an electronic conductivity of at least 104 S/m and provides an electronic path among the active material structures and, in some examples, between the active material structures and the current collector. In some embodiments, the same inorganic conductive layer shared by multiple active material structures.
US11139470B2	Method of manufacturing positive electrode material for lithium ion secondary battery and positive electrode material for lithium ion secondary battery A method of manufacturing a positive electrode material for lithium ion secondary battery includes the following (α) and (β): (α) a positive electrode active material is prepared; and (β) the positive electrode material for lithium ion secondary battery is manufactured by forming a coat on at least a portion of a surface of the positive electrode active material. The coat is formed to satisfy the following (1) to (3): (1) the coat includes a lithium ion conductor and a ferroelectric substance; (2) the ferroelectric substance is dispersed in the lithium ion conductor; and (3) the lithium ion conductor is interposed at least partially between the positive electrode active material and the ferroelectric substance.
US11139469B2	Negative electrode active material, mixed negative electrode active material, and method for producing negative electrode active material A negative electrode active material including a negative electrode active material particle. The negative electrode active material particle includes a silicon compound particle including a silicon compound (SiOx: 0.5≤x≤1.6). The silicon compound particle includes crystalline Li2SiO3 in at least part of the silicon compound particle. Among a peak intensity A derived from Li2SiO3, a peak intensity B derived from Si, a peak intensity C derived from Li2Si2O5, and a peak intensity D derived from SiO2 which are obtained from a 29Si-MAS-NMR spectrum of the silicon compound particle, the peak intensity A is the highest intensity, and the peak intensity A and the peak intensity C satisfy a relationship of the following formula 1. 3C
US11139468B2	Cathode active material, cathode mixture, method for producing cathode active material, method for producing cathode, and method for producing oxide solid-state battery Disclosed is a cathode active material that can lower sintering temperature, the cathode active mated al including a particle of a lithium containing composite oxide having a layered rock-salt crystalline phase, wherein the layered rock-salt crystalline phase is partially deficient in lithium, a percentage of deficient lithium in the layered rock-salt crystalline phase in a surface portion of the particle is higher than that in the layered rock-salt crystalline phase inside the particle, and the particle includes two phases that are different in lattice constant as the layered rock-salt crystalline phase.
US11139462B2	Electrode for solid-state batteries and solid-state battery An electrode for solid-state batteries, comprising a PTC resistor layer, and a solid-state battery comprising the electrode. The electrode may be an electrode for solid-state batteries, wherein the electrode comprises an electrode active material layer, a current collector and a PTC resistor layer which is disposed between the electrode active material layer and the current collector and which is in contact with the electrode active material layer; wherein the PTC resistor layer contains an electroconductive material, an insulating inorganic substance and a polymer; and wherein a surface roughness Ra of an electrode active material layer-contacting surface of the PTC resistor layer, is 1.1 μm or less.
US11139458B2	Organic electroluminescent display device An organic EL display device is provided in which a change in tint is reduced in a bent portion. This organic EL display device is an organic electroluminescent display device including, from a viewing side, a circularly polarizing plate, a first adhesion layer, and a bendable organic electroluminescent display panel, in which the circularly polarizing plate includes, from the viewing side, a linear polarizer, a second adhesion layer, and a phase difference layer functioning as a λ/4 plate, a complex modulus of elasticity of the first adhesion layer is 2.50×105 Pa or less, the first adhesion layer is thicker than the second adhesion layer, and an absorption axis of the linear polarizer is positioned at an angle of 0°±30° or 90°±30° with respect to an extension direction of a ridge line formed in a case where the organic electroluminescent display device is bent.
US11139451B2	Display panel A display panel includes a substrate including an opening area, a display area, and a first non-display area, the first non-display area being between the opening area and the display area, a plurality of display elements arranged in the display area, a thin film encapsulation layer that covers the display elements, the thin film encapsulation layer including an inorganic encapsulation layer and an organic encapsulation layer, a groove in the first non-display area, a planarization layer in the first non-display area, the planarization layer covering the groove, a first inorganic insulating layer under the planarization layer such that the first inorganic insulating layer is between the planarization layer and the substrate, and a second inorganic insulating layer over the planarization layer.
US11139447B2	Light emitting layer structure and display device The present invention provides a light emitting layer structure and a display device, the light emitting layer structure includes a first charge injection layer disposed on the substrate and located in the pixel opening region; a metal reflective layer disposed on the first charge injection layer; the beneficial effects of the present invention is that in the light-emitting layer structure and display device of the present invention, the lengthwise direction of the metal reflective layer is longer than the lengthwise direction of the pixel opening region, can perform secondary irradiation to decompose the organic impurities remaining at the short arc-shape side and improve spreadability of the ink.
US11139441B2	Quantum dot device and electronic device comprising an emissive quantum dot and a non-emissive quantum dot A quantum dot device including an anode and a cathode facing each other, a quantum dot layer disposed between the anode and the cathode, and an electron transport layer disposed between the cathode and the quantum dot layer, wherein the quantum dot layer includes an emissive quantum dot emitting light in at least one part of a wavelength region in a visible region and a non-emissive quantum dot configured to not emit light in a visible region, and a difference between a lowest unoccupied molecular orbital (LUMO) energy level of the non-emissive quantum dot and a LUMO energy level of the electron transport layer is greater than or equal to about 0.5 electronvolts (eV).
US11139440B2	Thin film transistor and method of manufacturing the same and thin film transistor array panel and electronic device Disclosed are a thin film transistor including a source electrode and a drain electrode facing each other, a channel region between the source electrode and the drain electrode, and a gate electrode overlapped with the channel region, wherein the channel region includes a plurality of semiconductor stripes extending in a direction from the source electrode to the drain electrode, a method of manufacturing the same, a thin film transistor array panel, and an electronic device.
US11139438B2	Organic electroluminescent element By manufacturing an organic EL element using a material for a light emitting layer including a pyrene-based compound represented by the following formula (2) as a host material and a polycyclic aromatic compound in which a plurality of aromatic rings is linked with a boron atom and a nitrogen atom or an oxygen atom as a dopant material, an organic EL element having, for example, excellent light emission efficiency is provided. In the above formula (2), at least one hydrogen atom in a pyrene moiety may be substituted by an aryl having 6 to 10 carbon atoms or the like. Ar represents an aryl having 14 to 40 carbon atoms or a heteroaryl having 12 to 40 carbon atoms. These groups may be substituted by an aryl having 6 to 10 carbon atoms or the like. s and p each independently represent an integer of 1 or 2. s and p do not simultaneously represent 2. One or more hydrogen atoms in a compound represented by formula (2) may be each independently substituted by a halogen atom, cyano, or a deuterium atom.
US11139436B2	Organic compound, and light-emitting diode and light-emitting device including the same Compounds useful dopants for light emitting diodes and light emitting display devices are disclosed. The compounds have the following structure (Formula I): wherein R1a, R1b, R2a, R2b, Z1, Z2, X and Y are as defined herein. Light emitting diodes including the compounds of Formula I, light emitting devices including the same as well as methods associated with preparation and use of such compounds and devices are also provided.
US11139432B1	Methods of forming a FinFET device A method of forming a semiconductor device includes patterning a mask layer and a semiconductor material to form a first fin and a second fin with a trench interposing the first fin and the second fin. A first liner layer is formed over the first fin, the second fin, and the trench. An insulation material is formed over the first liner layer. A first anneal is performed, followed by a first planarization of the insulation material to form a first planarized insulation material. After which, a top surface of the first planarized insulation material is over a top surface of the mask layer. A second anneal is performed, followed by a second planarization of the first planarized insulation material to form a second planarized insulation material. The insulation material is etched to form shallow trench isolation (STI) regions, and a gate structure is formed over the semiconductor material.
US11139428B2	Magnetoresistive random access memory A semiconductor device includes: a substrate comprising a magnetic tunneling junction (MTJ) region and a logic region; a first MTJ on the MTJ region; a first metal interconnection on the logic region; and a cap layer extending from a sidewall of the first MTJ to a sidewall of the first metal interconnection. Preferably, the cap layer on the MTJ region and the cap layer on the logic region comprise different thicknesses.
US11139427B2	Bonded body and elastic wave element A bonded body includes a piezoelectric single crystal substrate; a supporting substrate composed of a polycrystalline ceramic material or a single crystal material; a bonding layer provided on the piezoelectric single crystal substrate and having a composition of Si(1-x)Ox (0.008≤x≤0.408); and an amorphous layer provided between the supporting substrate and bonding layer, the amorphous layer containing oxygen atoms and argon atoms. A concentration of the oxygen atoms at a central part of the amorphous layer is higher than a concentration of the oxygen atoms at a peripheral part of the amorphous layer.
US11139426B2	Actuator device based on an electroactive polymer An active matrix array of electroactive polymer actuators is provided, each electroactive polymer actuator having a switching arrangement. The switching arrangement comprises a first circuit (90) connected to a first terminal of the electroactive polymer actuator, for selectively driving the first terminal of the electroactive polymer actuator to ground or connecting it to an open circuit. A second circuit (92) is connected to a second terminal of the electroactive polymer actuator, for selectively driving the second terminal of the electroactive polymer actuator to ground or connecting it to an open circuit. Furthermore, a pull-up component (50) is permanently connected between a drive voltage and the first terminal of the electroactive polymer generator. By controlling both terminals of the electroactive polymer actuator, it is possible to reduce static power consumption, at least when no voltage is to be stored across the electroactive polymer actuator.
US11139423B2	Methods for fabrication, manufacture and production of energy harvesting components and devices A method for forming a unique, environmentally-friendly energy harvesting element is provided. A configuration of the energy harvesting element causes the energy harvesting element to autonomously generate renewable energy for use in electronic systems, electronic devices and electronic system components. The energy harvesting element includes a first conductor layer, a low work function layer, a dielectric layer, and a second conductor layer that are particularly configured in a manner to promote electron migration from the low work function layer, through the dielectric layer, to the facing surface of the second conductor layer in a manner that develops an electric potential between the first conductor layer and the second conductor layer. An energy harvesting component is also provided that includes a plurality of energy harvesting elements electrically connected to one another to increase a power output of the electric harvesting component.
US11139417B1	Display with replacement electrodes within pixel array for enhanced current spread In a flip-chip LED assembly having an array of LEDs formed on the same substrate, different LEDs of the array have different distances to the n-contacts of the assembly. This may cause current crowding as current has to spread from the n-contacts through the substrate to each the farthest LEDs of the LED array, requiring LEDs that are farther away to be driven with a higher voltage in order to receive a desired amount of current. To spread current more evenly through the LED assembly and reduce a voltage difference between the closest and farthest LEDs of the array, one or more additional n-contacts are formed within the LED array. In some embodiments, the n-contacts may replace a pixel of the LED array. In other embodiments, one or more p-contacts of the LED array are resized or repositioned to accommodate the additional n-contacts without sacrificing pixels of the LED array.
US11139416B2	Method for manufacturing LED display device and LED display panel A method for manufacturing an LED display device and an LED display device are provided. The method includes following operations. An LED array substrate and a conversion plate are provided. The LED array substrate includes a driving layer, a plurality of LED chips arranged in an array on a side of the LED array substrate having the driving layer. The conversion plate includes a substrate and a plurality of light conversion blocks, the plurality of light conversion blocks are spaced apart from each other and arranged on the substrate. A side of the conversion plate having the light conversion blocks is adhered with a side of the LED array substrate having the LED chips correspondingly, such that the light conversion blocks are arranged on corresponded top surfaces of the LED chips. The substrate is removed.
US11139413B2	Photovoltaic charging system A photovoltaic charging system having a narrow-spectrum light source attuned to an absorption band of a photovoltaic cell may achieve power delivery of at least 0.5 mW/10,000 μm2 upon stimulation of the photovoltaic cell with narrow-spectrum light.
US11139411B2	High sensitivity semiconductor device for detecting fluid chemical species and related manufacturing method A device for detecting a chemical species, including a Geiger-mode avalanche diode, which includes a body of semiconductor material delimited by a front surface. The semiconductor body includes: a cathode region having a first type of conductivity, which forms the front surface; and an anode region having a second type of conductivity, which extends in the cathode region starting from the front surface. The detection device further includes: a sensitive structure arranged on the anode region and including at least one sensitive region, which has an electrical permittivity that depends upon the concentration of the chemical species; and a resistive region, arranged on the sensitive structure and electrically coupled to the anode region.
US11139410B1	Solar cell structure with back surface reflector A solar cell structure including a solar cell having a front surface and a back surface, a reflective layer disposed proximate the back surface and a flexible support layer disposed between the back surface and the reflective layer.
US11139406B2	Solar cell Discussed is a solar cell including a photoelectric converter and first and second electrodes connected to the photoelectric converter. The first electrode includes a finger electrode including a plurality of finger electrode portions and a bus bar electrode including a main portion formed in a direction crossing the finger electrode portions, and at least one protrusion protruding from the main portion and formed in the direction crossing the plurality of finger electrode portions. The protrusion is formed across at least two of the finger electrode portions.
US11139405B2	Method for fabricating nanopillar solar cell using graphene A method of manufacturing a semiconductor device includes providing a substrate structure. The substrate structure includes a conductive layer and a plurality of nanopillars spaced apart from each other overlying the conductive layer. Each nanopillar includes a first semiconductor layer and a second semiconductor layer on the first semiconductor layer. The first semiconductor layer and the second semiconductor layer have different conductivity types. The method also includes forming a graphene layer overlying the plurality of nanopillars. The graphene layer is connected to each of the plurality of nanopillars.
US11139403B2	Solar panel A high efficiency configuration for a solar cell module comprises solar cells arranged in an overlapping shingled manner and conductively bonded to each other in their overlapping regions to form super cells, which may be arranged to efficiently use the area of the solar module.
US11139401B2	Vertical thin film transistor structures with localized gate dielectric Transistor structures with a deposited channel semiconductor material may have a vertical structure that includes a gate dielectric material that is localized to a sidewall of a gate electrode material layer. With localized gate dielectric material threshold voltage variation across a plurality of vertical transistor structures, such as a NAND flash memory string, may be reduced. A via may be formed through a material stack, exposing a sidewall of the gate electrode material layer and sidewalls of the dielectric material layers. A sidewall of the gate electrode material layer may be recessed selectively from the sidewalls of the dielectric material layers. A gate dielectric material, such as a ferroelectric material, may be selectively deposited upon the recessed gate electrode material layer, for example at least partially backfilling the recess. A semiconductor material may be deposited on sidewalls of the dielectric material layers and on the localized gate dielectric material.
US11139399B2	Vertical transistor with self-aligned gate A method of forming a vertical transistor is provided. The method includes forming a first set of vertical fins in a first row on a first bottom source/drain layer, and a second set of vertical fins in a second row on a second bottom source/drain layer, wherein the vertical fins in the same row are separated by a spacing with a sidewall-to-sidewall distance, SD, and the vertical fins in the same column of adjacent rows are separated by a gap having a gap distance, GD. The method further includes forming a gate metal layer on the first set of vertical fins and the second set of vertical fins, wherein the gate metal layer does not fill in the gap between vertical fins in the same column, and forming a cover layer plug in the remaining gap after forming the gate metal layer.
US11139395B2	Semiconductor device A semiconductor device according to an embodiment includes: a semiconductor layer including a first trench, a second trench intersecting the first trench, a first semiconductor region of a first conductivity type, a second semiconductor region of a second conductivity type, and a third semiconductor region of the first conductivity type; a gate electrode located in the first trench; a field plate electrode; a metal region located in the second trench and electrically connected to the second semiconductor region; a gate insulating layer located between the gate electrode and the semiconductor layer; a field plate insulating layer located between the field plate electrode and the semiconductor layer; a first electrode electrically connected to the third semiconductor region and the metal region; and a second electrode.
US11139392B2	Semiconductor device and manufacturing method Provided is a semiconductor device, wherein at least one mesa portion contacting a gate trench portion thereof comprises: a first conductivity type emitter region with a doping concentration higher than a drift region, exposed on the top of the substrate and contacting the gate trench portion; a second conductivity type base region under the emitter region, contacting the trench portion, having a first peak in a doping concentration distribution in a depth direction of the substrate; a first conductivity type accumulation region under the base region, having a doping concentration higher than the drift region; and a second conductivity type intermediate region at a depth position between the base region and the accumulation region, having at least one of a second peak and a kink portion from the first peak to a depth position of a bottom of the trench portion in the doping concentration distribution in the depth direction.
US11139384B2	Method for fabricating semiconductor device A method for fabricating semiconductor device is disclosed. The method includes the steps of: providing a substrate having a first region, a second region, a third region, and a fourth region; forming a tuning layer on the second region; forming a first work function metal layer on the first region and the tuning layer of the second region; forming a second work function metal layer on the first region, the second region, and the fourth region; and forming a top barrier metal (TBM) layer on the first region, the second region, the third region, and the fourth region.
US11139381B2	Semiconductor device with gate-all-around (GAA) FETs having inner insulating spacers In accordance with an aspect of the present disclosure, in a method of manufacturing a semiconductor device, a fin structure in which first semiconductor layers and second semiconductor layers are alternately stacked is formed. A sacrificial gate structure is formed over the fin structure. A first cover layer is formed over the sacrificial gate structure, and a second cover layer is formed over the first cover layer. A source/drain epitaxial layer is formed. After the source/drain epitaxial layer is formed, the second cover layer is removed, thereby forming a gap between the source/drain epitaxial layer and the first cover layer, from which a part of the fin structure is exposed. Part of the first semiconductor layers is removed in the gap, thereby forming spaces between the second semiconductor layers. The spaces are filled with a first insulating material.
US11139379B2	Semiconductor structure and method for forming the same A semiconductor structure is provided. The semiconductor structure includes nanostructures over a substrate, a gate stack around the nanostructures, a gate spacer layer alongside the gate stack, an inner spacer layer between the gate spacer layer and the nanostructures, a source/drain feature adjoining the nanostructures, a contact plug over the source/drain feature, and a silicon germanium layer along the surface of the source/drain feature and between the contact plug and the inner spacer layer.
US11139378B2	Semiconductor device According to one embodiment, a semiconductor device includes a semiconductor layer, a charge storage layer provided on the surface of the semiconductor layer via a first insulating film, and an electrode layer provided on the surface of the charge storage layer via a second insulating film. The first insulating film includes a first region where the compositional ratio of nitrogen to silicon, oxygen and nitrogen varies from a first value to a second value, which is lower than the first value, along a first direction from the semiconductor layer toward the charge storage layer.
US11139375B2	Semiconductor device and method of manufacturing a semiconductor device According to an embodiment of a method described herein, a silicon carbide substrate is provided that includes a plurality of device regions. A front side metallization may be provided at a front side of the silicon carbide substrate. The method may further comprise providing an auxiliary structure at a backside of the silicon carbide substrate. The auxiliary structure includes a plurality of laterally separated metal portions. Each metal portion is in contact with one device region of the plurality of device regions.
US11139373B2	Scalable circuit-under-pad device topologies for lateral GaN power transistors Circuit-Under-Pad (CUP) device topologies for high current lateral GaN power transistors comprise first and second levels of on-chip metallization M1 and M2; M1 defines source, drain and gate finger electrodes of a plurality of sections of a multi-section transistor and a gate bus; M2 defines an overlying contact structure comprising a drain pad and source pads extending over active regions of each section. The drain and source pads of M2 are interconnected by conductive micro-vias to respective underlying drain and source finger electrodes of M1. The pad structure and the micro-via interconnections are configured to reduce current density in self-supported widths of source and drain finger electrodes, i.e. to optimize a maximum current density for each section. For reduced gate loop inductance, part of each source pad is routed over the gate bus. Proposed CUP device structures provide for higher current carrying capability and reduced drain-source resistance.
US11139372B2	Dual step etch-back inner spacer formation Semiconductor devices and methods of forming the same include recessing sacrificial layers in a stack of alternating sacrificial layers and channel layers using a first etch to form curved recesses at sidewalls of each sacrificial layer in the stack, with tails of sacrificial material being present at a top and bottom of each curved recess. Dielectric plugs are formed that each partially fill a respective curved recess, leaving exposed at least a portion of each tail of sacrificial material. The tails of sacrificial material are etched back using a second etch to expand the recesses. Inner spacers are formed in the expanded recesses.
US11139371B2	Two-dimensional semiconductor with geometry structure and generating method thereof A two-dimensional (2D) semiconductor with geometry structure and generating method thereof is disclosed herein and the method includes following steps: forming a nano-layer; disposing a 2D material on a substrate; forming a medium layer on the 2D material; transferring the medium layer and the 2D material to the nano-layer; removing the medium layer and leaving the 2D material on a surface of the nano-layer. In accordance with the generating method for 2D semiconductor with geometry structure, a nano microstructure is implemented to enhance and control the 2D materials for field emission and photon emission efficiency.
US11139361B2	Array substrate with metal traces, method of manufacturing same, and display panel An array substrate, a method of manufacturing the same, and a display panel are provided to raise the wiring space of the metal trace in the longitudinal direction, to extend the length of the metal traces, to prevent the metal traces from being broken during the bending and stretching process, to improve the reliability of the metal traces during the bending and stretching process of the array substrate, and to improve the bending and tensile properties of the array substrate.
US11139359B2	Semiconductor device A display device includes a pixel portion in which a pixel is arranged in a matrix, the pixel including an inverted staggered thin film transistor having a combination of at least two kinds of oxide semiconductor layers with different amounts of oxygen and having a channel protective layer over a semiconductor layer to be a channel formation region overlapping a gate electrode layer and a pixel electrode layer electrically connected to the inverted staggered thin film transistor. In the periphery of the pixel portion in this display device, a pad portion including a conductive layer made of the same material as the pixel electrode layer is provided. In addition, the conductive layer is electrically connected to a common electrode layer formed on a counter substrate.
US11139358B2	Display panel and manufacturing method thereof A display panel and a manufacturing method for the display panel are provided. The display panel includes a substrate. An ultraviolet reflective layer is disposed on the substrate. A thin film transistor array is disposed on the ultraviolet reflective layer. A light emitting device is disposed on the thin film transistor. An encapsulation layer is disposed on the light emitting device. The ultraviolet reflective layer includes at least one pair of a first reflective layer and a second reflective layer stacked on each other. The refractive indexes of the first reflective layer and the second reflective layer are different.
US11139350B2	Display panel and manufacturing method thereof The present application provides a display panel and a manufacturing method thereof. In the method for manufacturing a display panel according to the present application, a half-cutting protective strip is provided on the driving circuit functional layer in the half-cutting area, so that the heat will not be conducted to the driving circuit functional layer under the half-cutting protective strip during cutting the layer to be cut by the laser along the half-cutting line, thereby effectively avoiding damage to the driving circuit functional layer, and thus improving the production yield.
US11139345B2	Display panel, display apparatus, and method of fabricating display panel The present application discloses a display panel having a display area and an array of a plurality of subpixels in the display area. The display panel includes a base substrate and a light diffusion layer on the base substrate. The light diffusion layer includes a plurality of light diffusers separated from each other. Each of the plurality of light diffusers is configured to diffuse light emitted from the one of the plurality of subpixels nearest to an edge of the display area. A portion of diffused light emits out of the each of the plurality of light diffusers outside a region corresponding to the one of the plurality of subpixels nearest to the edge of the display area.
US11139344B2	Display device, mask assembly, and apparatus and method of manufacturing the display device A display device includes a first sub-pixel have a square form, a second sub-pixel positioned to face a first side or a second side of the first sub-pixel and having a rectangular form, and a third sub-pixel positioned to face the first side or the second side of the first sub-pixel spaced from the second sub-pixel and having a rectangular form, wherein the first side and the second side of the first sub-pixel come together at an angle, and wherein the first sub-pixel, the second sub-pixel, and the third sub-pixel are configured to emit lights of different colors.
US11139342B2	UV-LED and display A UV-LED is disclosed. The UV-LED includes a sapphire substrate, a u-GaN buffer layer formed on the sapphire substrate, an n-GaN contact layer formed on the u-GaN buffer layer, an InGaN light emitting layer formed on the n-GaN contact layer, and a p-GaN layer formed on the InGaN light emitting layer. The UV-LED has a quadrate planar shape with at least one side having a chip size of 50 μm or less.
US11139341B2	Protection of MRAM from external magnetic field using magnetic-field-shielding structure In some embodiments, the present application provides a memory device. The memory device includes a chip that includes a magnetic random access memory (MRAM) cell. A magnetic-field-shielding structure comprised of conductive or magnetic material at least partially surrounds the chip. The magnetic-field-shielding structure comprises a sidewall region that laterally surrounds the chip, an upper region extending upward from the sidewall region, and a lower region extending downward from the sidewall region. At least one of the upper region and/or lower region terminate at an opening over the chip.
US11139338B2	Wafer level light-emitting diode array A light emitting device including a substrate, first and second light emitting diodes disposed thereon and including a first semiconductor layer, an active layer, and a second semiconductor layer, a first upper electrode electrically connected to the first semiconductor layer and insulated from the second semiconductor layer of the first light emitting diode, a second upper electrode electrically connected to the first semiconductor layer and insulated from the second semiconductor layer of the second light emitting diode, in which the first and second light emitting diodes are spaced apart from each other to expose the substrate, the first upper electrode has a protrusion electrically connected to the second semiconductor layer of the second light emitting diode and covering portions of the exposed substrate, the first light emitting diode, and the second light emitting diode, and the second upper electrode has a groove.
US11139337B2	Solid-state image pickup device, manufacturing method, and electronic apparatus The present disclosure relates to a solid-state image pickup device, a manufacturing method, and an electronic apparatus, which can obtain high charge transfer efficiency from a photoelectric conversion unit to a floating diffusion layer. The floating diffusion layer is arranged in a rectangular shape so as to surround a gate electrode of a vertical transistor whose groove portion is rectangular. A reset drain is formed so as to be adjacent to the floating diffusion layer through a reset gate. A potential of the floating diffusion layer is reset to the same potential as that of the reset drain by applying a predetermined voltage to the reset gate. It is possible to apply the present disclosure to, for example, a CMOS solid-state image pickup device used in an image pickup device such as a camera.
US11139330B2	Photoelectric conversion apparatus, camera, and moving body A photoelectric conversion apparatus that includes a pixel region having photoelectric conversion elements includes a semiconductor layer having first and second surfaces, and the photoelectric conversion elements are disposed between the first and second surfaces. With a virtual plane extending along the second surface between the first and second surfaces being a third plane, the pixel region includes an element isolating portion constituted by an insulator disposed closer to the first surface than the third plane, and first and second isolating portions constituted by grooves provided in the semiconductor layer to pass through the third plane. The first isolating portion overlaps the element isolating portion in a normal direction to the third plane. An end of the second isolating portion on a side on the first surface is closer to the second surface than an end of the first isolating portion on a side on the first surface is.
US11139325B2	Solid-state imaging device, imaging apparatus, and electronic apparatus The present technology relates to a solid-state imaging device, an imaging apparatus, and an electronic apparatus, which can suppress a color mixture without lowering the sensitivity.In pixels (red pixels (R pixels), green pixels (G pixels), and blue pixels (B pixels)) other than W pixels and adjacent to the W pixels, light shielding films thicker than those of the W pixels are formed at positions adjacent to the W pixels. Furthermore, the shorter the wavelength, the thicker the light shielding film in the RGB pixels other than the W pixels. The present technology is applicable to the solid-state imaging device.
US11139323B2	Digital circuit having correcting circuit and electronic apparatus thereof Provided is a digital circuit (30) that comprises: a switching circuit (31) having first transistors (32, 33) supplied with power supply potentials (VDD, VSS); correcting circuits (34, 36) connected between an input terminal (IN) inputted with an input signal and control terminals (gates) of the first transistors; capacitors (C2, C3) connected between the control terminals and the input terminal; diode-connected second transistors (35, 37) that are provided between nodes (N5, N6) between the capacitors and the control terminals and the power supply potentials and have the substantially sanle threshold voltage as the first transistors; and switches (SW2, SW3) connected in series with the second transistors.
US11139317B2	Array substrate, touch panel and manufacturing method of array substrate An array substrate, a touch panel and a manufacturing method of an array substrate are provided. The array substrate includes a base substrate and a plurality of gate lines, a plurality of data lines, a common electrode layer and a plurality of pixel units arranged in an array disposed on the base substrate. Each of the pixel units includes a plurality of sub-pixel units defined by gate lines and data lines disposed to intersect each other laterally and vertically. The common electrode layer includes a plurality of common electrode blocks that double as self-capacitance electrodes, each of the common electrode blocks is connected with at least one wire, and the wires are in the middle of sub-pixel units of a same column. The array substrate is configured to increase aperture ratio of pixel units.
US11139316B2	LTPS array substrate and method for manufacturing same The present disclosure provides an LTPS array substrate and a method for manufacturing the same. The method includes forming a polysilicon pattern by a first mask process; performing a doping treatment on the polysilicon pattern and forming a gate electrode by a second mask process; forming a source electrode through-hole and a drain electrode through-hole and a pixel electrode by a third mask process; forming a source electrode and a drain electrode and a touch control signal line by a fourth mask process; forming a touch control electrode through-hole by a fifth mask process; and forming a touch control electrode by a sixth mask process.
US11139314B2	Semiconductor device A semiconductor device includes gate electrodes spaced apart from each other in a first direction perpendicular to a substrate's upper surface, and extending by different lengths in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction. The device further includes first and second channels penetrating the gate electrodes and extending in the first direction, a horizontal portion disposed in lower portions of the gate electrodes and connecting lower portions of the first and second channels to each other, and a source line disposed in an upper portion of the second channel and connected to the second channel. The gate electrodes include memory cell electrodes included in memory cells, a first ground select electrode disposed in lower portions of the memory cell electrodes, a second ground select electrode disposed in upper portions of the memory cell electrodes, and a string select electrode disposed in upper portions of the memory cell electrodes.
US11139313B2	Method of manufacturing semiconductor memory A method of manufacturing a semiconductor memory includes: forming a first lamination on a substrate; forming a first hole through the first lamination; embedding a first sacrificial material including a thermally decomposable organic material in the first hole; forming a recess at an upper portion of the first hole; forming an oxide film in the recess; removing the first sacrificial material under the oxide film; embedding a second sacrificial material on the oxide film in the recess; forming a second lamination on the first lamination and the second sacrificial material; forming a second hole through the second lamination at a position corresponding to the first hole by etching the second lamination in an extension direction of the first hole; and removing the oxide film and the second sacrificial material.
US11139312B2	Semiconductor device A semiconductor device according to an embodiment includes an N-well region, a first gate electrode, a single-crystal first semiconductor, and a first contact. The N-well region includes two P-type impurity diffusion regions. The first gate electrode is provided above the N-well region between the two P-type impurity diffusion regions. The first gate electrode is opposed to the N-well region via a gate insulating film. The single-crystal first semiconductor is provided in a columnar shape on the P-type impurity diffusion region. The first contact includes a polycrystalline second semiconductor. The second semiconductor is provided on the first semiconductor and includes P-type impurities.
US11139308B2	Atomic layer deposition of III-V compounds to form V-NAND devices A method for forming a V-NAND device is disclosed. Specifically, the method involves deposition of at least one of semiconductive material, conductive material, or dielectric material to form a channel for the V-NAND device. In addition, the method may involve a pretreatment step where ALD, CVD, or other cyclical deposition processes may be used to improve adhesion of the material in the channel.
US11139300B2	Three-dimensional memory arrays with layer selector transistors A three-dimensional memory array may include a first memory array and a second memory array, stacked above the first. Some memory cells of the first array may be coupled to a first layer selector transistor, while some memory cells of the second array may be coupled to a second layer selector transistor. The first and second layer selector transistor may be coupled to one another and to a peripheral circuit that controls operation of the first and/or second memory arrays. A different layer selector transistor may be used for each row of memory cells of a given memory array and/or for each column of memory cells of a given memory array. Such designs may allow increasing density of memory cells in a memory array having a given footprint area, or, conversely, reducing the footprint area of the memory array with a given memory cell density.
US11139294B2	Semiconductor structure and fabrication method thereof Semiconductor structure and method for fabricating a semiconductor structure are provided. A substrate including device regions and an isolation region located adjacent to and between the device regions is provided. A fin on the substrate, gate structures across the fin at the device regions, source/drain doped regions in the fin at two sides of each of the gate structures, and a sacrificial gate across the fin at the isolation region are provided. The sacrificial gate and a portion of the fin near a bottom of the sacrificial gate are removed, thus forming a first opening in the fin. An insulation structure in the first opening is formed. Two sides of the sacrificial gate are in contact with the source/drain doped regions at adjacent device regions. A top surface of the insulation structure is flush with or higher than top surfaces of the source/drain doped regions.
US11139292B2	Conductivity modulated drain extended MOSFET An integrated circuit is fabricated on a semiconductor substrate. An insulated gate bipolar transistor (IGBT) is formed upon the semiconductor substrate in which the IGBT has an anode terminal, a cathode terminal, and a gate terminal, and a drift region. A diode is also formed on the semiconductor substrate and has an anode terminal and a cathode terminal, in which the anode of the diode is coupled to the anode terminal of the IGBT and the cathode of the diode is coupled to the drift region of the IGBT.
US11139288B2	Silicon-controlled-rectifier electrostatic protection structure and fabrication method thereof A silicon-controlled-rectifier electrostatic protection structure and a fabrication method are provided. The structure includes: a substrate of P-type; a first N-type well; a second N-type well; a third N-type well; an anode P-type doped region in the first N-type well; second N-type doped regions at sides of the first N-type well; first P-type doped regions at sides of the first N-type well; third N-type doped regions at sides of the first N-type well; gate structures and fourth N-type doped regions at the sides of the first N-type well; and fifth N-type doped regions at the sides of the first N-type well. The fourth N-type doped regions and the third N-type doped regions are disposed at sides of each of the gate structures along a first direction respectively.
US11139281B2	Molded underfilling for package on package devices Presented herein are a package-on-package device having a molded underfill and a method for forming the same, the method comprising applying a package mount mounting a die to the first side of a carrier package. A molded underfill may be applied first side of the carrier package, and be in contact with a portion of the package mount a portion of a sidewall of the die. A top package having at least one land may be mounted to the first side of the carrier package above the die, and, optionally separated from the top of the die. The package mount may be coined prior to, during or after applying the molded underfill to optionally be level with the underfill surface. The underfill region contacting the package mount may be below or above the surface of the underfill region contacting the die sidewall.
US11139266B2	Manufacturing method for electronic component, and electronic component A manufacturing method for an electronic component includes forming an electrically conductive pillar on a surface of a support, forming an intermediate layer covering a side surface of the pillar, forming a conductor layer covering a side surface of the intermediate layer, and molding a resin structure covering a side surface of the conductor layer.
US11139265B2	Anisotropic conductive film and connected structure Anisotropic conductive films, each including an insulating adhesive layer and conductive particles insulating adhesive layer in a lattice-like manner. Among center distances between an arbitrary conductive particle and conductive particles adjacent to the conductive particle, the shortest distance to the conductive particle is a first center distance; the next shortest distance is a second center distance. These center distances are 1.5 to 5 times the conductive particles' diameter. The arbitrary conductive particle, conductive particle spaced apart from the conductive particle by the first center distance, conductive particle spaced apart from the conductive particle by first center distance or second center distance form an acute triangle. Regarding this acute triangle, an acute angle formed between a straight line orthogonal to a first array direction passing through the conductive particles and second array direction passing through conductive particles being 18 to 35°. These anisotropic conductive films have stable connection reliability in COG connection.
US11139261B2	Film-like adhesive and method for producing semiconductor package using film-like adhesive Provided are a film-like adhesive that can prevent the back surface of a semiconductor chip, the front surface of a substrate, or the front surface of a heat sink from being partially fractured by a filler; and a method for producing a semiconductor package using the film-like adhesive.The film-like adhesive includes an epoxy resin (A), an epoxy resin curing agent (B), a phenoxy resin (C), and a heat-conductive filler material (D), in which the heat-conductive filler (D) has an average particle size of 0.1 to 10.0 μm, a compression ratio at break in a microcompression test of 5 to 50% of the average particle size of the sample, a fracture strength in a microcompression test of 0.01 to 2.0 GPa, and a thermal conductivity of 30 W/m·K or higher, the content of component (D) is 10 to 70 vol % with respect to the total amount of the components (A) to (D), and the thermal conductivity after thermal curing is 1.0 W/m·K or higher.
US11139255B2	Protection of integrated circuits A first integrated circuit chip is assembled to a second integrated circuit chip with a back-to-back surface relationship. The back surfaces of the integrated circuit chips are attached to each other using one or more of an adhesive, solder or molecular bonding. The back surface of at least one the integrated circuit chips is processed to include at least one of a trench, a cavity or a saw cut.
US11139250B2	Integrated module with electromagnetic shielding The present disclosure relates to a shielded integrated module, which includes a module substrate with a number of perimeter bond pads, at least one electronic component attached to the module substrate and encapsulated by a mold compound, a number of perimeter vertical shield contacts, and a shielding structure. The perimeter bond pads are surrounding the at least one electronic component and encapsulated by the mold compound. Each perimeter vertical shield contact is coupled to a corresponding perimeter bond pad and extends through the mold compound, such that a top tip of each perimeter vertical shield contact is exposed at a top surface of the mold compound. The shielding structure completely covers the top surface of the mold compound and is in contact with the perimeter vertical shield contacts.
US11139249B2	Semiconductor devices and methods of forming the same A packaged semiconductor device including a first die attached to a redistribution structure, a second die attached to the first die, and a molding compound surrounding the first die and the second die and a method of forming the same are disclosed. In an embodiment, a method includes forming first conductive pillars over and electrically coupled to a first redistribution structure; attaching a first die to the first redistribution structure, the first die including second conductive pillars; attaching a second die to the first die adjacent the second conductive pillars; encapsulating the first conductive pillars, the first die, and the second die with an encapsulant; forming a second redistribution structure over the encapsulant, the first conductive pillars, the first die, and the second die; and bonding a third die to the first redistribution structure.

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