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| US11141136B2 |
Ultrasound observation device, processing device, method of operating ultrasound observation device, and computer readable recording medium
A processing device includes a controller including hardware. The controller is configured to execute: generating an ultrasound image based on an ultrasound signal acquired by an ultrasound probe, the ultrasound probe being configured to transmit an ultrasonic wave to a subject that is an observation target and receive an ultrasonic wave reflected by the subject; generating shift information including a shift direction of a display area of the ultrasound image displayed on a display unit in accordance with a command position with respect to the ultrasound image; shifting the ultrasound image in accordance with the shift information; and generating a character image indicating an area targeted for a process performed on the ultrasound image in relation to the command position in the ultrasound image after being shifted. |
| US11141129B1 |
Multi-sensor auscultation device
A multi-sensor auscultation device is disclosed that can be applied to or worn by a user to monitor multiple physiological systems of the user. The multi-sensor auscultation device can make use of two or more acoustic sensors, such as accelerometer contact microphones (ACMs), to collect acoustic data from multiple locations on the user's body. The multi-sensor auscultation device can include electrodes for detecting cardiac electrical activity and/or assessing the user's bioimpedance. The multi-sensor auscultation device can provide useful data associated with the user's cardiovascular system, respiratory system, and/or electrical characteristics. The multi-sensor auscultation device can be in the form of a reusable electronics module couplable to a disposable patch adhesive. |
| US11141126B2 |
Medical apparatus and method
A medical apparatus includes an acquirer, an associator, and a display controller. The acquirer acquires information indicating a respiratory waveform of an object and acquires fluoroscopic images of the object captured in time series. The associator associates a tracking value which fluctuates according to a respiratory phase of the object, based on the time-series fluoroscopic images. The display controller causes a display to display the respiratory waveform and a waveform of the tracking value in a comparable form. |
| US11141123B2 |
Fractional flow reserve determination
The present invention relates to a device (1) for fractional flow reserve determination. The device (1) comprises a model generator (10) configured to generate a three-dimensional model (3DM) of a portion of an imaged vascular vessel tree (VVT) surrounding a stenosed vessel segment (SVS), based on a partial segmentation of the imaged vascular vessel tree (VVT). Further, the device comprises an image processor (20) configured to calculate a blood flow (Q) through the stenosed vessel segment (SVS) based on an analysis of a time-series of X-ray images of the vascular vessel tree (VVT). Still further, the device comprises a fractional-flow-reserve determiner (30) configured to determine a fractional flow reserve (FFR) based on the three-dimensional model (3DM) and the calculated blood flow. |
| US11141121B2 |
Fluoroscope with movable head and barrier to vary source to skin distance
For radiation safety, a fluoroscope has an adjustable X-ray source-to-intensifier distance (SID) and an X-ray transparent spacer positioned between the source and receptor. As a distance between the source and the intensifier is changed, the spacer is moved or a different sized transparent spacer is used, to ensure a safe minimum skin-to-source distance (SSD) is maintained. A processor is programmed to inhibit the generation of X-rays if the SID is greater than a defined distance and the spacer is not in position. |
| US11141119B1 |
Dental implant X-ray holding device
A dental X-ray sensor holding device includes a rectangular sensor platform and a long handle having telescoping sections. The device holds and positions a purchased X-ray sensor within a patient's mouth during a dental procedure or during surgery. The long handle allows a dental professional to stand at a safe distance out of the X-ray radiation range. |
| US11141116B2 |
Systems and methods for health data visualization and user support tools for continuous glucose monitoring
Disclosed are systems and methods for generating graphical displays of analyte data and/or health information. In some implementations, the graphical displays are generating based on a self-referential dataset that are modifiable based on identified portions of the data. The modified graphical displays can indicate features in the analyte data of a host. |
| US11141114B2 |
Method and apparatus for wide-band phase gradient signal acquisition
The present disclosure facilitates capture (e.g., bipolar capture) of differentially-acquired wide-band phase gradient signals (e.g., wide-band cardiac phase gradient signals, wide-band cerebral phase gradient signals) that are simultaneously sampled. Notably, the exemplified system minimizes non-linear distortions (e.g., those that can be introduced via certain filters such as phase distortions) in the acquired wide-band phase gradient signals so as to not affect the information therein that can non-deterministically affect analysis of the wide-band phase gradient signal in the phase space domain. Further, a shield drive circuit and shield-drive voltage plane may be used to facilitate low noise and low interference operation of the acquisition system. |
| US11141109B2 |
Bite force measuring system and mouthpiece
A bite force measuring system comprising a mouthpiece interfaced to a control unit. The mouthpiece comprises memory for storing calibration parameters. The mouthpiece comprises a fluid-filled compressible cavity, and a fluid-pressure-sensing device for measuring a pressure of a fluid contained in the fluid-filled compressible cavity. The mouthpiece comprises a communication interface for transmitting the calibration parameters and the measured pressure to the control unit. The control unit comprises a communication interface for receiving the calibration parameters and the measured pressure from the mouthpiece. The control unit comprises a processing unit for calculating a bite force corresponding to the measured pressure. The calibration parameters and the measured pressure are used calculating the bite force corresponding to the measured pressure. The calibration parameters may consist of coefficients of a polynomial equation for calculating the bite force by applying the polynomial equation to the measured pressure. A calibration method is also disclosed. |
| US11141108B2 |
Methods and apparatus to gather and analyze electroencephalographic data
Example headsets and methods for gathering electroencephalographic signals are disclosed herein. An example headset includes an adjustment assembly including a first support to be disposed on a first side of a head of a person and a second support to be disposed on a second side of the head of the person. The example headset also includes an adjustor operatively coupled to the first support. Further, the example headset includes an electrode strip and a tension strap having a first end operatively coupled to the adjustor and a second end operatively coupled to the second support. |
| US11141097B2 |
Biological marker and methods
Systems, methods, and other techniques for monitoring, including non-invasive monitoring, of biological markers based on the interaction, temporal association, or coincidence of brain activity and periphery activity in a mammal are provided. Systems and methods for generating a behavioral state-independent representation of cardiac activity and for identifying cardiac events and/or brain-periphery, e.g., brain-cardiac, temporal associations useful as biomarkers of disease such as, e.g., neurologic disease, in a mammal are also provided. |
| US11141096B2 |
Method for predicting future change in physical condition of person from sleep-state history
A method includes: acquiring body motion data related to body motions of a target person; generating, based on the body motion data, sleep state data related to a sleep state of the target person; storing the sleep state data into a sleep state database; predicting a future change in a physical condition of the target person from the sleep state data by referencing a physical condition prediction information database; and when the physical condition data indicating the physical condition of the target person is acquired, reading past sleep state data over a past period from the sleep state database, collating the physical condition data with the past sleep state data to generate physical condition prediction information for predicting a particular change in the physical condition from particular sleep state data, and registering the physical condition prediction information into the physical condition prediction information database. |
| US11141094B2 |
Method and system for assessing a balance and posture of a subject
A method and system for assessing balance and posture of a subject by employing virtual reality (VR) or augmented reality (AR) headgear is provided. The system includes memory, a processor, and the VR/AR headgear, providing an immersive environment. The VR/AR headgear includes a display for providing a plurality of visual stimuli. A gyroscope and an inertial measurement unit detect head movements and body sway of the subject in response to the plurality of visual stimuli. An eye tracking unit tracks eye movement of the subject in response to the plurality of visual stimuli. A base plate with sensors can measure center of gravity of the subject in response to movements of the base plate. A machine learning model then deciphers patterns based on measurement data from the gyroscope, inertial measurement unit, eye tracking unit, and base plate. A comprehensive report pertaining to the subject's posture and balance is then generated. |
| US11141092B2 |
Method and system for incorporating physiological self-regulation challenge into geospatial scenario games and/or simulations
A method of providing physiological self-regulation challenges prior to participating in a series of activities or exercises at a series of predefined locations includes determining a physiological goal associated with each location. A sensing device measures a physiological state of a user, and a mobile communication device communicates to a user whether or not the user has achieved the physiological goal for the challenge. The level of difficulty of the physiological goal may be reduced if the user does not meet the goal. The physiological goal may comprise a brain state that is conducive to learning, and the sensing device may be configured to measure brain state values representing cognitive engagement. Upon achievement of each physiological goal, the participant is provided with a reward such as information concerning the current predefined location and/or information concerning the next predefined location. |
| US11141091B2 |
Device features and design elements for long-term adhesion
An electronic device for long-term adhesion to a mammal includes a housing with an electronic component. The electronic device may include a first wing and a second wing, each being integrally formed with the housing. An electrode is positioned on a bottom surface of each of the wings, the electrodes electrically connected to the electronic component. An adhesive layer is provided for adhesion to a surface of the mammal. The adhesive layer may cover a portion of the bottom surfaces of the wings but generally does not cover the electrode or a bottom surface of the housing. A method of applying an electronic device to a mammal includes removing first and second adhesive covers from first and second wings of the electronic device to expose an electrode and an adhesive coated on a bottom surface of each wing. |
| US11141083B2 |
System and method for obtaining blood glucose concentration using temporal independent component analysis (ICA)
A method for obtaining blood glucose concentration using near infrared spectroscopy (NIR) data is provided. The method includes obtaining, by an independent component analysis (ICA) temporal module, orthogonal pure spectra from human NIR spectra; performing, by a processing module, one or more preprocessings and drift removal on the human NIR spectra and the orthogonal pure spectra to obtain preprocessed spectra; and obtaining, by a regression block, the blood glucose concentration from the preprocessed spectra. |
| US11141082B2 |
Method for non-invasive analysis of a substance concentration within a body
Embodiments of the present methods measure a concentration of a substance, such as glucose, in a body. The described embodiments change the temperature of the surface of a body from a first temperature to a second temperature, then change the temperature of the surface of the body from the second temperature back to the first temperature, and measure a first amount of infrared (“IR”) radiation absorbed or emitted from the surface of the body in a first wavelength band, and a second amount of IR radiation absorbed or emitted from the surface of the body in a second wavelength band at predetermined time intervals during the time period that the temperature of the surface of the body changes from the second temperature back to the first temperature. The described embodiments also measure a temperature at the surface of the body and an ambient temperature. A normalized ratio parameter is calculated from the four measurements, and the concentration of the substance in the body is determined by correlating the normalized ration parameter with the body surface temperature and the ambient temperature. |
| US11141078B2 |
Magnetic resonance imaging device, magnetic resonance imaging method and susceptibility calculation program
Accuracy degradation due to a signal loss is reduced, and susceptibility is calculated with high accuracy where, by using an MRI, at least one echo is acquired where spatial magnetic field inhomogeneity is reflected, and a complex image is calculated from the acquired echo. Three masks are calculated from the calculated complex image; a low-signal region mask representing a low signal region, a first high-signal region mask representing a high signal and high fat content region, and a second high-signal region mask representing a high signal and low fat content region. In calculating a susceptibility image from a frequency image or a magnetic field image generated from the complex image, the susceptibility image is obtained under the constraint that a region defined by the low-signal region is set as a background and the susceptibility of the region defined by the second high-signal region mask is set to a specific value. |
| US11141077B2 |
Device for immobilizing a subject in a medical system
The disclosure relates to a system for immobilizing and supporting a subject in a medical procedure. The system may include a treatment apparatus configured to generate a radiation beam, and a device for immobilizing a subject. The device may include an immobilizing component for immobilizing at least one portion of the subject, and a radio frequency (RF) coil configured to receive a magnetic resonance (MR) signal related to the at least one portion of the subject. The immobilizing component may be configured to switch between a first mode and a second mode. The first mode may correspond to a positive pressure or a constant pressure related to the device. The second mode may correspond to a space of vacuum or substantially of vacuum related to the device. The RF coil may be located in the immobilizing component according to a position where the radiation beam is incident on the device. |
| US11141076B1 |
Thermally activated non-invasive blood perfusion measurement systems
A sensor system for measuring blood perfusion, blood temperature, and thermal resistance using heat transfer and temperature measurements. The system uses a heat flux sensor, temperature sensor and electric resistance heater with a data analysis device using measurements before, during and after the thermal event provided by the heater. |
| US11141070B2 |
Heart failure evaluation method and diagnosis device
Provided are a means to detect a plurality of dynamics, a processing unit that calculates a temporal change in the detected dynamics, and an evaluation device that determines exacerbation of clinical conditions in heart failure of a patient based on the calculated change in the patient's dynamics over time. The present invention makes it possible to detect, early and with high accuracy, that the onset of acute heart failure is imminent. |
| US11141064B2 |
Systems and methods for rapid wide field illumination scanning for in vivo small animal fluorescence tomographic imaging
Presented herein are systems and methods for tomographic imaging that provide for rapid illumination of multiple excitation locations across a large field of view by one or more beams of excitation light from one or more excitation sources. The approaches described herein utilize a galvanometer optical scanner to scan a beam of excitation light through a plurality of locations across a scan region corresponding to the field of view to be imaged. In certain embodiments, the systems and methods described herein utilize beams of excitation light with specifically tailored shapes to maintain small spot sizes across the large scan region. The ability to scan over a large region while still maintaining small spot sizes provided by the approaches described herein allows for accurate, high-resolution tomographic imaging of large or multiple subjects, thereby expanding the capabilities of tomographic imaging systems. |
| US11141059B2 |
Method for manufacturing optical device, optical device, non-transitory computer-readable storage medium, and color adjusting device
A method for manufacturing an optical device, includes obtaining a plurality of test images in each of which spectral intensities of a first color component, a second color component and a third color component are separately changeable, changing the spectral intensity of the first color component in at least a first test image, changing the spectral intensity of the second color component in at least a second test image, obtaining a spectral intensity Rs of the first color component and a spectral intensity Gs of the second color component satisfying a particular test condition when a subject is looking at the first and second test images, and manufacturing the optical device including an optical element configured to adjust spectral intensities of the first color component and the second color component, in light transmitted through the optical element, based on the spectral intensities Rs and Gs. |
| US11141054B2 |
Endoscope and endoscope apparatus
An endoscope includes a sensor, and a temperature compensation circuit configured to perform temperature compensation of an output signal of the sensor, in a distal end portion. The temperature compensation circuit includes a differential amplifying section configured to amplify an output signal of the sensor, and a temperature sensing section in which a resistance is connected in series to a parallel connection portion of a temperature sensing element and a resistance. |
| US11141053B2 |
Endoscope apparatus and control apparatus
An endoscope apparatus includes: a display image selecting portion that selectively outputs one of a surgical image and a gastrointestinal image inputted via an input portion or outputs both of the surgical image and the gastrointestinal image; a combining portion that generates, when both of the surgical image and the gastrointestinal image are outputted by the display image selecting portion, a composite image for performing two-screen display of the surgical image and the gastrointestinal image; and a processor that performs image judgment processing, the processor detecting whether a high-luminance area formed by illumination light radiated at a time of image pickup by the gastrointestinal endoscope exists in the surgical image; and deciding, when detecting that the high-luminance area exists in the surgical image when the surgical image is displayed in one screen, a display method for causing two-screen display based on the composite image to be displayed. |
| US11141052B2 |
Image rotation in an endoscopic fluorescence imaging system
Image rotation in an endoscopic fluorescence imaging system is described. A system includes an emitter for emitting pulses of electromagnetic radiation and an image sensor comprising a pixel array for sensing reflected electromagnetic radiation. The system includes a rotation sensor for detecting an angle of rotation of a lumen relative to a handpiece of an endoscope. The system is such that at least a portion of the pulses of electromagnetic radiation emitted by the emitter comprises electromagnetic radiation having a wavelength from about 770 nm to about 790 nm and/or from about 795 nm to about 815 nm. |
| US11141049B2 |
Medical image processing system, endoscope system, diagnostic support apparatus, and medical service support apparatus
In order to support determination of a disease stage, there are provided a medical image processing system, an endoscope system, a diagnostic support apparatus, and a medical service support apparatus for reliably acquiring an index value relevant to visibility with respect to the state of red blood cells or the degree of irregularity of a gland duct structure according to the disease stage determination accuracy desired by a doctor. A light source unit emits a plurality of illumination light beams having different wavelength bands and different visibilities for red blood cells. An image acquisition unit acquires a plurality of medical images corresponding to respective illumination light beams by imaging an observation target illuminated with the respective illumination light beams. A red blood cell index value acquisition unit acquires a red blood cell index value, which is obtained by indexing the visibility of red blood cells, from each of the medical images. |
| US11141048B2 |
Automated endoscope calibration
A surgical robotic system automatically calibrates tubular and flexible surgical tools such as endoscopes. By accounting for nonlinear behavior of an endoscope, the surgical robotic system can accurately model motions of the endoscope and navigate the endoscope while performing a surgical procedure on a patient. The surgical robotic system models the nonlinearities using sets of calibration parameters determined based on images captured by an image sensor of the endoscope. Calibration parameters can describe translational or rotational movements of the endoscope in one or more axis, e.g., pitch and yaw, as well as a slope, hysteresis, or dead zone value corresponding to the endoscope's motion. The endoscope can include tubular components referred to as a sheath and leader. An instrument device manipulator of the surgical robotic system actuates pull wires coupled to the sheath or the leader, which causes the endoscope to articulate. |
| US11141045B2 |
Endoscope with variable profile tip
A single-use electronic endoscope has a hub, a shaft extending from the hub, flexible or rigid as desired, and an expandable distal tip extending from the shaft. Within the distal tip, an image sensor provides a field of view external from the endoscope. Illuminating elements or light guides within the distal tip emit light to illuminate the field of view. The distal tip also has a variable profile working channel that permits tools to be passed from the hub and into the field of view. The expandable working channel changes cross-sectional shape from a generally noncircular shape to a shape to accommodate the cross-sectional shape of the tool when expanded. |
| US11141044B2 |
Method and apparatus for estimating the value of a physical parameter in a biological tissue
A method and apparatus are provided for estimating the value of a physical parameter of biological tissue. The method comprises acquiring a colour image of the biological tissue from a single image capture device; extracting from the colour image at least two images in respective optical wavebands having a different spectral sensitivity from one another, whereby a given location in the biological tissue is present in each of the extracted images; providing a physical model of the optical properties of the biological tissue, wherein the optical properties of the biological tissue are sensitive to the value of said physical parameter; and estimating the value of the physical parameter at said given location based on an intensity value at that location for each extracted image. The estimating utilises the physical model of the optical properties of the biological tissue and the spectral sensitivity for each respective waveband. |
| US11141042B2 |
Method for producing an endoscope and such an endoscope
A method for producing an endoscope that includes an endoscope head and an optic tube, including the steps of providing the endoscope head, providing the optic tube, and pushing a proximal end area of the optic tube into a distal end area of the endoscope head. The distal end area of the endoscope head is press-fitted with the proximal end area of the optic tube. |
| US11141039B2 |
Dishwasher, method and control system for handling clogging condition
A method for handling a clogging condition in a dishwasher may include detecting the clogging condition; upon detecting the clogging condition, interrupting a wash cycle of the dishwasher and executing a remedial operation to remove the clogging condition. The remedial operation may include executing a drain operation for a predetermined drain time during which a drain pump may be continuously or intermittently operated to drain water from a sump of the dishwasher; following the drain operation, executing a fill operation for a predetermined fill time during which a fill valve may be continuously or intermittently activated to add water to the dishwasher; and following the fill operation, executing a circulation operation during which a circulation pump may be continuously or intermittently operated to remove the clogging condition. A dishwasher and a control system for handling a clogging condition are also provided. |
| US11141037B1 |
Scratch-resistant mops and methods of making same
A scratch-resistant mop, and methods of making same are presented. The mop has a pole having first and second ends and a rubber end cap secured to the first end of the pole. The mop has strips of absorbent chamois material cut from chamois sheets. The strips from each sheet have a common end margin. The common end margins are wrapped in alternating directions and attached to the end cap using waxed lines wrapped over each of the common end margins and about the base of the end plug. The strips of absorbent chamois material are pulled tightly back over the common end margins and waxed lines so that all the strips may be gathered and secured at a distal end of the end cap with a final waxed line, forming a scratch-resistant “apple” of the absorbent chamois material and free strips of the absorbent chamois material. |
| US11141035B2 |
Roller mop capable of self-cleaning
A roller mop capable of self-cleaning, comprising a pull rod (41), a mop head component (1), and a cleaning basin capable of holding the mop head component (1). The pull rod (41) is grasped by a person to operate; a motor (15) in the mop head component (1) drives a roller (10) to clean the ground; after the mopping is ended, the mop head component (1) can be put in the cleaning basin for charging and washing with water. The roller mop provided with a trash bin (17) can receive a number of small trashes; labor intensity is reduced due to the driving of the motor (15); the mop can perform continuous operation, and thus high cleaning efficiency is achieved; moreover, the mop has a self-cleaning effect, and is easy to use. |
| US11141033B2 |
Electric vacuum cleaner
An electric vacuum cleaner including: a secondary battery; an electric blower that generates negative pressure by consuming electricity stored in the rechargeable battery; and a control unit that controls driving of the electric blower, and changes discharge current of the rechargeable battery based on the difference between terminal voltage of the rechargeable battery while the electric blower is stopped and terminal voltage of the rechargeable battery after a predetermined time has elapsed since the electric blower has been started up. The electric vacuum cleaner can continue driving of an electric blower and increase operation time even in the state that the internal resistance of a rechargeable battery is increased. |
| US11141026B2 |
Foaming soap dispensers
Various dispensing devices, such as foaming soap pumps, are disclosed. The soap pump can include a fluid storage unit and a fluid handling unit. The fluid storage unit can include a reservoir that is configured to hold a quantity of product, such as liquid soap. The fluid handling unit can include a pumping assembly and dispensing assembly. The soap pump can be configured to withdraw liquid soap from the reservoir, convert the liquid soap to foamed soap, and dispense the foamed soap from the discharge assembly. |
| US11141025B2 |
Product, system, method, apparatus, and article of manufacture for shower liner stay
A shower liner stay for holding a shower liner away from the showering area while a person is taking a shower. The shower liner stay includes one or more pensile wands to dangle on the dry ingress outside of a shower liner and adjacent the shower liner while dangling from existing hook(s) or curtain rod. Strategically affixed to a pensile wand are one or more graspers for grasping the delicate impermeable flexible surface of a shower liner for keeping the shower liner in place regardless of strong aerodynamic conditions during a shower. Customary and normal operation of the shower liner remains. |
| US11141021B2 |
Toaster
The invention provides an appliance for making a hollow toasted food product. The appliance includes a pair of opposed parts which is hingedly connected along one side such that opposed surfaces can, in use, be folded onto each other, a heating element in heat communication with each surface, a hollow formed in one or each opposed heating surface, such that a cavity is formed when the parts are folded closed onto each other, and wherein the opposed edges of each hollow is proximate each other, when closed. The appliance further includes an inside mould of which the outer surface is complementary and smaller than the inner surface of the cavity. |
| US11141017B2 |
Control method of cooking apparatus
A control method of a cooking apparatus. The control method of the cooking apparatus includes controlling an operation of the water supply pump to supply water to the steam generator, controlling an operation of the water supply pump for a period of time to additionally supply water to the steam generator when a level of water supplied to the steam generator reaches a position. The method includes controlling an operation of a drain pump to discharge the water from the steam generator when the period of time expires, and respectively controlling an operation of a steam heater installed in the steam generator and a bottom heater installed on a bottom surface of the cooking apparatus, when the level of the water in the steam generator reaches the position at which the water is discharged from the steam generator. |
| US11141015B2 |
Integrated package and mail delivery security system
A system for securely depositing an item includes: a deposit box with a door configured to provide selective access to an interior space in the deposit box; a lock mechanism configured to attach to the deposit box to selectively block the door from opening; a first proximity sensor operatively connected to the lock mechanism to operate the lock mechanism to block the door or allow the door to open; a second proximity sensor configured to be attached to at least one of: a delivery person and a piece of delivery equipment; a third proximity sensor; and a first transmitter operatively connected to the lock mechanism and configured to transmit a signal indicative of operating information regarding the lock mechanism, and wherein the deposit box is at least 18 inches wide and 24 inches long. |
| US11141013B2 |
Apparatus to prevent curling of a rug corner
An apparatus to prevent curling of a rug corner. The apparatus includes a rigid and planar body having a top surface and a bottom surface. A hook-and-pile fastener detachably secures the body and rug together. The body maintains the rug corner in a flat condition thus preventing any curling of the rug. |
| US11141012B1 |
Float with beverage holder cooler
A float with a beverage holder cooler has two (2) interior voids configured for ice storage within the cooler separated by a central wall. The voids are accessed by a common side wall which is securable in a closed position by a strap and a fastener. A beverage container holding aperture is disposed within the top center face of the cooler and extends into the common side wall. |
| US11141010B1 |
Wedge shaped unitary lateral support cushion
Aspects herein relate to a wedge shaped lateral support cushion that facilitates a side resting position for a user. The wedge shaped lateral support cushion in accordance with aspects herein is a unitary structure that is configured to support the head and the upper torso area of the user. In order to provide a proper alignment of the user's body in the side resting position, the wedge shaped lateral support cushion comprises a nook that is configured to receive the shoulder of the user so that the user has full range of motion of the arm that corresponds to the shoulder that is in accommodated in the nook. As such, the user can remain in the side resting position for prolonged periods of time, and can perform activities such as side sleeping, cuddling with a partner, lounging, and the like. |
| US11141009B1 |
Adjustable pillow containing small pillows
An adjustable pillow (1), which includes a casing (2) and a closable opening (12) to access the interior of the casing (2) where a plurality of small pillows (17) are contained. The small pillows (17) have filling (26) that provides support to the pillow (1) that is adjustable. The adjustment process involves a single variable of adjusting the quantity of small pillows (17) contained within the pillow (1) interior. This process allows incremental and simultaneous adjustments to the firmness, density, height and size of the pillow (1). Small pillows (17) are unique in shape, filling density and materials that allows them to self-adjust within the pillow (1) interior, creating a unified group of level filling (26) for the pillow. Small pillows (17) provide pleasing increments of adjustment that accommodates a wide range of sleeping positions and comfort preferences. |
| US11141008B2 |
Sleeping bag for infants and children
A sleeping bag including an internal bag-temperature sensor located in the sleeping bag to measure an internal air temperature in the sleeping bag, and a movement sensor located in or on the sleeping bag to measure movement of the sleeping bag. |
| US11141004B1 |
Display case door with interior facing camera
One broad aspect of the invention features a display case door. The display case door includes a transparent panel assembly, hinges, a camera, and a sensor. The hinges are coupled at a first peripheral edge of the transparent panel assembly. The camera is coupled to the transparent panel proximate to a second peripheral edge of the transparent panel assembly opposite the first peripheral edge. The camera is arranged to capture images of the interior of a display case with the display case door mounted to the display case. The sensor is coupled to the transparent panel assembly, and is in electronic communication with the camera. The sensor is configured to generate a signal that indicates that the display case door is in an open position. The camera is configured to capture an image of the interior of the display case based on the signal generated by the sensor. |
| US11141003B1 |
Baby carrier and backpack system and method of use
A baby carrier and backpack system that allows for the convenient carrying of baby or child in a carrier that is attached to a backpack. The backpack supports the straps and buckles to hold the baby on the adult's chest. The backpack also carries the items such as diapers, wipes, toys, treats and the like as need to care for the baby. |
| US11140994B2 |
Bed frame
A bed frame includes two first supports located on two sides of the bed frame, wherein a second support is provided between the two first supports, two ends of the second support are coupled to the two first supports, the first support includes a first rod member and a second rod member that are relatively movable, and the second rod member is sleeved on the outer periphery of the first rod member; and the second support includes a third rod member and a fourth rod member that are relatively movable, and the fourth rod member is sleeved on the outer periphery of the third rod member. The length and width of the bed frame can be adjusted, so that the bed frame can be adapted to mattresses of various sizes and specifications. |
| US11140991B1 |
Internally supported cushion for seating system
An internally supported cushion for a seating unit is provided. The internally supported cushion includes an internal structure that provides rigidity when used adjacent a back upright or a side upright of a seating unit. The internal structure generally includes a rigid core element that is sandwiched between foam layers. The rigid core element is approximately upright and extends in the lengthwise and widthwise directions of the internally supported cushion. A batting layer is positioned immediately beneath an upholstery covering to prevent the covering from contacting the internal foam layers, which encapsulate the rigid core element. |
| US11140990B2 |
Chair support structure and chair having the same
A chair support structure includes a base, a driving component, a first transmission component, a leg component, and a back component. The driving component can be connected to the base, the first transmission component is connected to the driving component. Both the leg component and the back component are connected to the first transmission component. The first transmission component can include a first transmission member. The first transmission member can include a first connection portion and a second connection portion, each of which has a first end and a second end opposite to each other. The first end of the first connection portion can be pivotally connected to the leg component. The second end of the first connection portion can be fixed to the second connection portion. An angle can be formed between the first connection portion and the second connection portion. |
| US11140988B2 |
Reclining seating unit with wall-proximity capability
A wall-proximity reclining seating unit includes: a frame having a back member and a pair of arms, the back member extending between the arms; a backrest; a seat; a first footrest; and a reclining mechanism connected between the frame, backrest, seat, and first footrest. The reclining mechanism comprises a series of pivotally interconnected links and is configured to move the seating unit between: (a) an upright position, (b) a TV position, in which the first footrest is extended in front of the seat and is generally horizontally disposed, and the seat and backrest are moved forwardly relative to the frame between about 2.5 and 4 inches; and (c) a fully reclined position, in which the first footrest remains extended in front of the seat, and the seat is moved forward of its position in the TV position between about 4 and 7 inches. |
| US11140986B2 |
Plastic composite board
The present disclosure discloses plastic composite board comprising an upper board, a lower board, and a fastener. The lower board supports the upper board. The upper board comprises a panel and a downward edge disposed on a periphery of the panel. The periphery of the panel sinks downward to define a horizontal step surface, and the downward edge extends downward from an outer edge of the horizontal step surface. The fastener comprises a buckle groove. An inner side of the buckle groove defines an opening, and the buckle groove surrounds side portions of the upper board and the lower board to fixedly clamp the upper board and the lower board together. An upper wall of the buckle groove abuts the horizontal step surface, and a top surface of the fastener is lower than a top surface of the upper board. |
| US11140985B2 |
Trim assembly for an appliance shelf
An appliance includes a cabinet that has an inner surface. A frame is coupled to the inner surface of the cabinet. The frame includes a frame boss that extends from a bottom surface thereof. A panel is positioned within the frame. The frame extends along a perimeter of the panel. An inner trim member has a flange that extends therefrom. The flange defines an aperture configured to align with the frame boss. A fastener is configured to extend through the aperture and engage the frame boss to couple the inner trim member with the frame. An outer trim member is disposed over the inner trim member. The inner trim member is configured to slidably receive the outer trim member. |
| US11140984B2 |
Furniture damper
A furniture fitting includes a housing, a fluid chamber arranged in the housing, a damping fluid in the fluid chamber, a piston having an overload opening and displaceably arranged in the fluid chamber for performing a damping hub, and an overload safety device in the piston and having a closure element pressurized by a force storage member. The closure element blocks the overload opening of the piston below a predetermined threshold value of a pressure application to the piston, and unblocks the overload opening of the piston against a force of the force storage member above the predetermined threshold value. Due to the unblocking of the overload opening, a fluid-conductive connection between a high pressure side and a low-pressure side of the fluid chamber is unblocked. The closure element includes a throttle opening for passage of the damping fluid from the high-pressure side to the low-pressure side. |
| US11140983B2 |
Slide rail assembly
A slide rail assembly includes a first rail, a second rail displaceable with respect to the first rail, a third rail displaceable with respect to the second rail, a working member movably mounted on the second rail and switchable between two states, and a contact feature on the third rail. The third rail can be displaced from a retracted position to an extended position in a first direction, and when the third rail is displaced from the extended position to the retracted position in a second direction, the contact feature is brought into contact with the working member in one of the two states so as to drive and thereby retract the second rail with respect to the first rail in the second direction. |
| US11140982B2 |
Desk support with stool
A stool and desk support system. The system includes a stool base and a desk support surface. A support member may connect the desk support surface to the stool base and support the desk support surface above a floor surface. The stool base may include a stool seat surface and a rocking mechanism opposite the stool seat surface. The desk support surface may be connected to a desk support base by a neck extending from the desk support base. The stool base may include an upper stool base frame and a lower stool base frame. The upper stool base frame may be height adjustable with respect to the lower stool base frame. The desk support base may connect to the upper stool base frame, permitting coinciding height adjustment of the desk support surface and the upper stool base frame. |
| US11140980B2 |
Low voltage power system for a merchandise display
A low voltage power system with a rail member that fits on the front portion of a shelf of a merchandise display, where is the rail member has a pair of conductive members positioned within an upper channel of the rail member is disclosed. The rail member may have supply power to a variety of low voltage power devices. |
| US11140978B1 |
Attachable table leg apparatus
An attachable table leg apparatus is disclosed. Specific implementations of a table leg apparatus may include a first portion including a plurality of recesses. The plurality of recesses may be configured to receive a table support. The table support may include a first table leg and a second table leg. The table leg apparatus may also include a second portion configured to removably couple over the first portion. The first portion and the second portion may also fully enclose the first table leg and the second table leg of the table support. |
| US11140976B2 |
Leg assemblies
A table may include a tabletop, a frame, and a leg assembly. The leg assembly may include a support element, a translation mechanism, and a lock device. The support element may include an end structure attached to an elongated structure. The end structure may be rotatably coupled to the frame such that the support element is rotatable relative to the frame between a first position and a second position. The translation mechanism may be retained relative to the support element and the frame. The translation mechanism may be configured to translate along the support element as the support element rotates. The lock device may be configurable in an engaged arrangement in which the lock device fixes the translation mechanism to the support element and in a disengaged arrangement in which the translation mechanism is not fixed relative to the support element. |
| US11140973B2 |
Measuring health parameter using tissue recovery time
An oral care device (10) assesses a health parameter of gingival tissue of a user by means of a force-generating module (52) to apply a momentary force to the gingival tissue by applying a burst of compressed air or a burst of liquid to the gingival tissue, a sensor (28) to obtain a plurality of optical signals from the gingival tissue over time after the momentary force has been applied, a controller (30) to quantify, based at least in part on an analysis of the plurality of optical signals, the health parameter (e.g. inflammation of the gingival tissue), wherein the health parameter is based at least in part on an amount of time the gingival tissue takes to recover to the application of force; and a feedback module (46) to provide information to the user regarding the quantified health parameter. |
| US11140972B2 |
Oral care implement
An oral care implement and a method of forming the same. In one aspect, the invention can be an oral care implement having a handle and a head. The head has a basin cavity formed therein which has an open top end. An aperture is formed into the basin cavity that forms a passageway to an outer surface of the head. An applicator is positioned within the basin cavity so that a portion of the applicator protrudes through the aperture. The oral care implement also includes a head plate with a plurality of tooth cleaning elements mounted thereon. The head plate is coupled to the head and encloses the open top end of the basin cavity. |
| US11140967B2 |
Method and data processing device for ascertaining properties of hair colors in a computer-assisted manner
In various exemplary embodiments, a method for computer-supported determination of properties of hair colors is prepared. The method can include: preparing hair color data, wherein the hair color data has values for a multitude of color pre-condition parameters and for at least one coloring result parameter for a multitude of coloring processes, wherein the multitude of coloring processes includes a first concentration of a first dye precursor and a second concentration of a second dye precursor for each coloring process of the multitude of coloring pre-condition parameters, wherein the multitude of coloring processes of the at least one coloring result parameters has a measured specification with a property of hair colors and determining a relationship between the multitude of coloring pre-condition parameters and the at least one coloring result parameter by employing predictive analytics based on the hair color data. |
| US11140965B2 |
Airtight lip cosmetic case of which inside is doubly sealed
The present invention relates to an airtight lip cosmetic case of which the inside is doubly sealed, comprising: a lower case; an upper case which is rotatably coupled to the top of the lower case and has a sealing shoulder formed on the outside thereof; a rising piston which rises within the upper case and has a lip cosmetic product attached to the upper side thereof; a sealing piston which is fixed and coupled to the outside of the rising piston; and an over-cap which is detachable from the lower case, wherein the airtight lip cosmetic case further comprises a sealing ring formed on the outer circumference of the rising piston such that the sealing ring rises in a state of being in close contact with the inner circumference of the upper case, and a sealing blade formed on the outer circumference of the sealing piston. |
| US11140962B2 |
Liquid dermatological agent dispensing device
A dispensing device includes a container defining a reservoir containing a liquid and a porous applicator for dispensing the liquid. Another dispensing device includes two containers attached to each other, where the first container defines a reservoir containing a first liquid and a porous applicator for dispensing liquid and the second container contains a second liquid that may be dispensed via application of a force. |
| US11140959B2 |
System for and method of containing unpleasant odors during travel
The present invention discloses a sack comprising a second container and a first container, an activated carbon filter that is positioned between said first and second containers and a sealable rubberized zipper and the activated carbon filter is positioned such that it may absorb at least a portion of odor and moisture from items stored inside sack. In addition, an antimicrobial material may be infused into the material of the sack. |
| US11140951B2 |
Piece of jewellery made of composite elastomer material
A piece of jewellery made from elastomer composite material, wherein the elastomer composite material includes a matrix made of elastomer in which between 0.5% and 4% by mass of cellulose fibres, between 0 and 2% by mass of an antibacterial additive, between 0 and 5% by mass of thermally conductive fillers, between 0 and 1% by mass of anti-odour agents, and between 0 and 1% by mass of silica are dispersed. |
| US11140946B2 |
Magnetic buckle assembly
A magnetic buckle assembly includes a first buckle component, a second buckle component, a switch, an operating component, a first magnetic component, a second magnetic component and a latch. The switch is movably disposed on the second buckle component. The operating component is linked to the switch. The first magnetic component is disposed on the first buckle component. The second magnetic component is disposed on the switch. The latch is movably disposed on the second buckle component and for engaging with the first buckle component to prevent separation of the first buckle component and the second buckle component. The operating component drives the switch to move to change a direction of a magnetic force of the second magnetic component acting on the first magnetic component when the operating component is operated to disengage the latch from the first buckle component. |
| US11140944B2 |
Multi-style moisture-permeable waterproof shoe
A multi-style moisture-permeable waterproof shoe includes an outer shoe body unit defining an insertion space, and a plurality of sock-like inner shoe body units inserted removably and selectively into the insertion space. Each sock-like inner shoe body unit includes a moisture-permeable waterproof shoe-like inner sleeve and an outer sock body. The shoe-like inner sleeve defines a foot space and is made from at least one cut piece. The outer sock body has a sock body portion sleeved on the shoe-like inner sleeve. An inner adhesive layer is adhered between an outer surface of the shoe-like inner sleeve and an inner surface of the sock body portion. |
| US11140940B2 |
Generator spinning in a wearable system
A wearable system, such as a footwear system, can employ a generator. The generator can be an electro-mechanical generator with a portion that spins to create an electricity. The portion that spins can be spun in such a manner that it does not stop, but instead a next spin beings before a previous spin completes. This can repeat until the generator reaches a terminal velocity. |
| US11140938B2 |
Hat with rotatable and removable brim
A hat including a crown with a base. An outer headband layer is affixed to the crown at the base by a base seam that extends around a circumference of the crown. an inner headband layer is affixed to the outer headband layer at a position opposite the base to define a circumferential pocket between the outer headband layer and the inner headband layer. A rail has a T-shaped cross section disposed in the pocket. The T-shaped cross section is defined by a stem and an arm. The rail is affixed to the outer headband layer and the inner headband layer by a first rail seam through the stem, the outer headband layer, and the inner headband layer. The rail is further affixed to the outer headband layer by a second rail seam only through the outer headband layer and the stem. A bill has a track with a figure four shaped cross section affixed thereon. The track has a channel that receives and retains the rail therein to guide the bill around the crown. |
| US11140936B2 |
Guided allocation in an apparel management system
A system allows a user to create new designs for apparel and preview these designs before manufacture. Software and lasers are used in finishing apparel to produce a desired wear pattern or other design. The system guides how the user is allocating apparel items in the system, including feedback on what the user may like to change. |
| US11140928B2 |
Connection between two intelligent pieces of clothing
Various aspects of the present disclosure are directed to establishing a simple and secure connection between two intelligent pieces of clothing. A first connecting part is provided on a first intelligent piece of clothing and a second connecting part is provided on a second intelligent piece of clothing. The first connecting part and the second connecting part are magnetically connected in order to align and interconnect a first signal connecting part in the first connecting part with a second signal connecting part in the second connecting part for establishing a signal connection between first electronics of the first intelligent piece of clothing and second electronics of the second intelligent piece of clothing. |
| US11140927B2 |
Wire guidance system and method of use
Disclosed are garments with selective wire management systems, as well as ports for adapting garments without selective wire management systems. Garments for wire management may include one or more ports which define an aperture through which headphone wire is passed. The ports provide both support to the headphone wire as well as to the garment, thereby preventing tearing of the garment more than is necessary to accommodate the wire. Further, ports may be selectively placed on a garment, as desired, to provide optimal entrance and exit placement of headphone wire. In addition to the ports, a channel may connect the ports, thereby selectively routing the wire along the garment. |
| US11140926B2 |
Smart garment, user terminal, system including same, and method of changing design of smart garment
The disclosed embodiments provide a smart garment on which implemented designs can be changed in terms of color, image, text, etc. Also, a system is provided that comprises: a server for providing various designs to be implemented on a smart garment; and a user terminal that can change the design of the smart garment by receiving various designs from the server and transmitting same to the smart garment. The system according to the disclosed embodiments comprises: a server including a design database for a smart garment; a user terminal for downloading a design for the smart garment from the server; and the smart garment on which the design transmitted from the user terminal is implemented. |
| US11140923B2 |
Inductive heating arrangement comprising a temperature sensor
A method is provided for measuring a temperature of a susceptor of an inductive heating arrangement configured to heat an aerosol-forming substrate, the inductive heating arrangement including: a cavity to receive the substrate, at least one inductor coil configured to generate a varying magnetic field when a varying electric current flows through the at least one inductor coil, at least one susceptor arranged relative to the at least one inductor coil such that the at least one susceptor is heatable by penetration of the varying magnetic field, the at least one susceptor being configured to heat the substrate, and at least one temperature sensor; and the method including: providing the at least one temperature sensor in thermal contact with the at least one susceptor, and measuring the temperature of the at least one susceptor when the varying electric current does not flow through the at least one inductor coil. |
| US11140921B2 |
Reservoir and heater system for controllable delivery of multiple aerosolizable materials in an electronic smoking article
The present disclosure relates to an electronic smoking article that provides for improved aerosol delivery. Particularly, the article provides for separate delivery of two or more components of an aerosol precursor composition to one or more heaters so as to control the rate of delivery or the rate of heating of the separate components of the aerosol precursor composition. |
| US11140919B2 |
Cartridge for aerosol-generating system
A cartridge for an electrically operated aerosol-generating system is provided, including a liquid storage portion configured to store a liquid; a fluid permeable heating element, including a first surface and a second surface, the first surface being arranged in an upstream position configured to receive a liquid, and the second surface being arranged in a downstream position configured to release the liquid in vaporized form; and a capillary body having a first elongated end and a second end, the first elongated end extending into the liquid storage portion configured to contact the liquid, the second end contacting the first surface of the heating element, wherein a cross sectional area of the capillary body at the second end is greater than a cross sectional area of the capillary body at the first elongated end. |
| US11140916B2 |
Aerosol-generating article having an aerosol-cooling element
An aerosol-generating article is provided, including a plurality of elements assembled in the form of a rod, the elements including an aerosol-forming substrate and an aerosol-cooling element located downstream from the aerosol-forming substrate. The aerosol-cooling element includes a plurality of longitudinally extending channels and has a porosity of between 50% and 90% in the longitudinal direction. The aerosol-cooling element may have a total surface area of between about 300 mm2 per mm length and about 1000 mm2 per mm length. An aerosol passing through the aerosol-cooling element is cooled, and in some embodiments, water is condensed within the aerosol-cooling element. |
| US11140912B1 |
Process for manufacturing yeast strains having increased mannan oligosaccharides and improved amino acid profiles
The invention relates to production of a yeast strain with increased mannan oligosaccharides, amino acids, and complex carbohydrates. The invention further relates to the process to propagate and ferment such yeast. The invention further relates to methods of use of the yeast as a feed additive for animals and a food product for humans. |
| US11140911B2 |
Machine for liquid or semi-liquid food products
A machine for making liquid or semi-liquid products, including a first container adapted to contain a basic mixture, having an inside surface and an outside surface and equipped with a stirrer disposed inside the first container; a thermodynamic system comprising a circuit for circulating a heat exchanger fluid and a first heat exchanger associated, in use, with walls of the first container, the first heat exchanger is defined by at least one element which is fixable, in use, to the outside surface of the first container, having an open cavity, extending uninterruptedly and defining, when coupled with the outside surface, a channel for circulating heat exchanger fluid, the element also having at least one inlet and one outlet for the heat exchanger fluid. |
| US11140910B2 |
Methods of making a squeezable spread containing butter
Butter spreads include at least butter, canola oil, palm oil, cream, and buttermilk powder. The spreads are squeezable from a package and maintain their consistency over repeated package handling and repeated cycling between refrigeration and ambient temperatures. |
| US11140901B2 |
Wood preservative and method for producing same
A synergistic aqueous wood preservative composition comprising a copper compound and penflufen. The copper compounds of the compositions of the invention may be soluble, partially solubilized or micronized particles. The penflufen of the compositions of the invention may be solubilized, emulsified or particulate. The wood preservative compositions of the present invention are surprisingly provided as stable dispersions and confer surprising and unexpected resistance to treated wood and wood products. |
| US11140900B2 |
Aqueous herbicidal concentrates
Herbicidal concentrate compositions containing a combination of herbicides are provided. In particular, the present invention relates to aqueous herbicidal concentrate compositions containing a particulate encapsulated acetanilide herbicide and a protoporphyrinogen oxidase inhibitor (PPO inhibitor). |
| US11140899B2 |
Methods of plant enhancement with microalgae biomass
The invention relates to methods of plant enhancement comprising administration of a composition comprising microalgae biomass to improve seed germination rate, seed germination time, seedling emergence, seedling emergence time, seedling size, plant fresh weight, plant dry weight, utilization, fruit production, leaf production, leaf formation, leaf size, leaf area index, plant height, thatch height, plant health, plant resistance to salt stress, plant resistance to heat stress, plant resistance to heavy metal stress, plant resistance to drought, maturation time, yield, root length, root mass, color, insect damage, blossom end rot,-fruit quality, flowering, or sunburn. |
| US11140897B2 |
Liquid-core capsules for pest control
Liquid-core capsules (10) for pest control are provided, wherein the liquid-core capsules (10) have an aqueous core (11) and a diffusion-inhibiting, functional outer shell (13). The core (11) contains at least one pest control agent. The outer shell (13) contains at least one attractant for the pests. |
| US11140895B2 |
Electronic vapor dispenser for hunting
A hunting vaporizing device selectively receives a vaporizer housing that carries vaporizable liquid configured to be vaporized up on exposure to a vaporizing element such as a heating coil wherein the resulting vapor is distributed with air flow from an airflow generator. The vaporizer housing can be disposable and readily replaceable. The replaceable vaporizing housing allows the user replace an empty device, switch scents, or place the device in storage without the risk of spilling the liquid material. The connection between the vaporizer housing and the base is either used to deliver the electric signal to activate the vaporizing element from a power supply carried by the vaporizer housing or, alternatively, the connection is used to selectively deliver the power for the vaporizing element from a power supply carried by the base. The electrical connection is disposed within the dock that receives the vaporizer housing. The dock is recessed within the base such that a portion of the vaporizer housing is disposed within the base when the vaporizer housing is seated in the dock. |
| US11140889B2 |
Robotic agricultural system and method
A robotic orchard spraying system having autonomous delivery vehicles (ADV), each autonomously delivering an amount of a premixed solution over a non-overlapping path verified by a forward-looking sensor, video, or both. Also, a mobile control center, configured to wireles sly inform the autonomous delivery vehicle of the path within the areas and to confirm that the autonomous delivery vehicle is following the path within the area. Additionally, a mapper vehicle generates the path within the area, the mapper vehicle being configured to communicate information about the path and the area to the command center. The mapper vehicle senses the path with a forward-looking LiDAR sensor, and senses the area with a GPS sensor. Moreover, a nurse truck has a reservoir of premixed solution for replenishing a tank of the ADV. ADVs and the control center communicate over a radio network, which may be a mesh network, a cellular network, or both. |
| US11140883B2 |
Gene editing of reproductive hormones to sterilize aquatic animals
Disclosed are fish with impaired reproductive capacity and methods and compositions for producing the same. The reproductively impaired fish may include catfish, such as Ictalurus punctatus. The disclosed methods may be generally useful for mitigating environmental impact of escaped genetically engineered fish. |
| US11140882B2 |
Tank system and method
Embodiments of the invention provide a tank assembly with a main housing enclosing an inner volume, and an outlet section positioned extending from one end of the main housing that includes a front cavity with an outlet volume and an adjacent outlet channel. Some embodiments include at least one removable filter configured to be inserted at least partially into main housing forming at least a filtered volume and a fluidly coupled main volume. Some embodiments include a removable tank baffle including at least one central channel and a plurality of baffle apertures. In some embodiments, the central channel is configured to be fluidly coupled to the outlet channel when the removable tank baffle is positioned in the main housing. Further, the plurality of baffle apertures are configured to be fluidly coupled to the outlet volume when the removable tank baffle is positioned in the main housing. |
| US11140876B2 |
Bird feeder with beak detection
A hummingbird and oriole feeder having a nectar reservoir that allows the beak of a feeding bird to access a nectar access point to the nectar. An optical sensor senses the bird's beak entering the nectar access point. The optical sensor can include an optical transmitter forming a beam of light that is received by an optical receiver. The intrusion of a bird's beak into the nectar access point, which occurs when the bird is feeding on the nectar, interrupts the beam of light, creating a change in an electrical signal. The electrical signal is sent to a processing unit that counts each time a bird's beak penetrates the nectar access point and displays the count on the display unit. The count can be reset to zero by a reset switch. There can be multiple nectar access points, which are each counted, using a multiplexer. |
| US11140875B2 |
Method for locating animals
The invention relates to a method for automatically locating an animal by means of radio waves and a plurality of nodes, wherein the animal is located on a ground and is equipped with a node of the radio locating system to be located and with one or more acceleration sensors. By evaluating the measurement results of the acceleration sensors, a conclusion is drawn about which activity the animal is presently performing and at which height above the ground the node is located. The calculation of the position of the node to be located from the measurement results of the radio locating system is influenced by the assumption of said height as a constraint. |
| US11140873B2 |
Multi-grip animal leash handle and system and method of making the same
A multi-grip handle apparatus for an animal leash or harness includes a tubular handle body having a first end with a first opening and a second end with a second opening. An annular handle body surface extends between the first end and second end and a central bore extends between the first and second openings. A first cord extends from the first opening, and a second cord extends from the second opening. The first and second cord are secured by a clasp which secures a third cord. The third cord is configured to connect to at least one animal leash, animal collar or animal harness. The handle body surface includes a first grip section laterally adjacent and spaced apart from a second grip section. The central bore contains a filler that prevents the first and second cords from contacting the first and second openings, respectively. |
| US11140872B2 |
Animal collar with programmable modular electronic components
Disclosed modular animal collar systems include a D ring exoskeleton system, a breakaway latch tongue system and other systems. Disclosed collars include auto release systems to ensure that collars do not choke or otherwise injure a pet. Collars include sophisticated electronics to commutate with a pet owner's smart phone but also include means of communication not requiring the use of a smart phone. Collars may include a base collar containing a micro controller and other computer related components. Surrounding modular components may contain additional equipment and may be added as needed by a pet owner. Disclosed collar functions are executed by the disclosed collars and facilitate the retrieval, care and training of a pet. |
| US11140868B2 |
Boot for promoting healing of foot/hoof of an animal and the methods of fabricating and using the boot
A form fit therapy boot along with methods of fabricating the boot for animals (including zoo animals, domestic animals and farm animals) to treat foot and/or hoof injuries. Embodiments of the boot permit the maintenance of a clean, reasonably sterile environment surrounding a wound or infection. |
| US11140863B2 |
Dipping device for mechanical milking system
A dipping device for a mechanical milking system comprises at least one liner defining an accommodation space for a teat. The liner has a milk evacuation opening and a collecting claw. For each liner, a connector connects the liner to the collecting claw. The dipping device further includes a source of a dipping product, an injunction interface mounted on the collecting claw, and an injection tube for each liner. The injection tube extends from the interface and substantially to the teat accommodation space, running inside of the connector and through the evacuation opening. |
| US11140862B2 |
Tomato hybrid SVTH3445 and parents thereof
The invention provides seeds and plants of tomato hybrid SVTH3445, tomato line FIR-A818-0400, and tomato line FDR-A815-3552V. The invention thus relates to the plants, seeds, plant parts, and tissue cultures of tomato hybrid SVTH3445, tomato line FIR-A818-0400, and tomato line FDR-A815-3552V and to methods for producing a tomato plant produced by crossing such plants with themselves or with another plant, such as a tomato plant of another genotype. The invention further relates to seeds and plants produced by such crossing. The invention further relates to plants, seeds, plant parts, and tissue cultures of tomato hybrid SVTH3445, tomato line FIR-A818-0400, and tomato line FDR-A815-3552V comprising introduced beneficial or desirable traits. |
| US11140856B2 |
Soybean cultivar 93440976
A soybean cultivar designated 93440976 is disclosed. The invention relates to the seeds of soybean cultivar 93440976, to the plants of soybean cultivar 93440976, to the plant parts of soybean cultivar 93440976, and to methods for producing progeny of soybean cultivar 93440976. The invention also relates to methods for producing a soybean plant containing in its genetic material one or more transgenes and to the transgenic soybean plants and plant parts produced by those methods. The invention also relates to soybean cultivars or breeding cultivars, and plant parts derived from soybean cultivar 93440976. The invention also relates to methods for producing other soybean cultivars, lines, or plant parts derived from soybean cultivar 93440976, and to the soybean plants, varieties, and their parts derived from use of those methods. The invention further relates to hybrid soybean seeds, plants, and plant parts produced by crossing cultivar 93440976 with another soybean cultivar. |
| US11140855B2 |
Soybean cultivar 90420357
A soybean cultivar designated 90420357 is disclosed. The invention relates to the seeds of soybean cultivar 90420357, to the plants of soybean cultivar 90420357, to the plant parts of soybean cultivar 90420357, and to methods for producing progeny of soybean cultivar 90420357. The invention also relates to methods for producing a soybean plant containing in its genetic material one or more transgenes and to the transgenic soybean plants and plant parts produced by those methods. The invention also relates to soybean cultivars or breeding cultivars, and plant parts derived from soybean cultivar 90420357. The invention also relates to methods for producing other soybean cultivars, lines, or plant parts derived from soybean cultivar 90420357, and to the soybean plants, varieties, and their parts derived from use of those methods. The invention further relates to hybrid soybean seeds, plants, and plant parts produced by crossing cultivar 90420357 with another soybean cultivar. |
| US11140852B1 |
Soybean variety 5PLER67
A novel soybean variety, designated 5PLER67 is provided. Also provided are the seeds of soybean variety 5PLER67, cells from soybean variety 5PLER67, plants of soybean 5PLER67, and plant parts of soybean variety 5PLER67. Methods provided include producing a soybean plant by crossing soybean variety 5PLER67 with another soybean plant, methods for introgressing a transgenic trait, a mutant trait, and/or a native trait into soybean variety 5PLER67, methods for producing other soybean varieties or plant parts derived from soybean variety 5PLER67, and methods of characterizing soybean variety 5PLER67. Soybean seed, cells, plants, germplasm, breeding lines, varieties, and plant parts produced by these methods and/or derived from soybean variety 5PLER67 are further provided. |
| US11140851B2 |
Soybean variety 5PNBA83
A novel soybean variety, designated 5PNBA83 is provided. Also provided are the seeds of soybean variety 5PNBA83, cells from soybean variety 5PNBA83, plants of soybean 5PNBA83, and plant parts of soybean variety 5PNBA83. Methods provided include producing a soybean plant by crossing soybean variety 5PNBA83 with another soybean plant, methods for introgressing a transgenic trait, a mutant trait, and/or a native trait into soybean variety 5PNBA83, methods for producing other soybean varieties or plant parts derived from soybean variety 5PNBA83, and methods of characterizing soybean variety 5PNBA83. Soybean seed, cells, plants, germplasm, breeding lines, varieties, and plant parts produced by these methods and/or derived from soybean variety 5PNBA83 are further provided. |
| US11140849B2 |
Soybean cultivar 2200074
A soybean cultivar designated 2200074 is disclosed. Embodiments include the seeds of soybean 2200074, the plants of soybean 2200074, to plant parts of soybean 2200074, and methods for producing a soybean plant produced by crossing soybean 2200074 with itself or with another soybean variety. Embodiments include methods for producing a soybean plant containing in its genetic material one or more genes or transgenes and the transgenic soybean plants and plant parts produced by those methods. Embodiments also relate to soybean cultivars, breeding cultivars, plant parts, and cells derived from soybean 2200074, methods for producing other soybean cultivars, lines or plant parts derived from soybean 2200074, and the soybean plants, varieties, and their parts derived from use of those methods. Embodiments further include hybrid soybean seeds, plants, and plant parts produced by crossing 2200074 with another soybean cultivar. |
| US11140847B2 |
Soybean cultivar 80372223
A soybean cultivar designated 80372223 is disclosed. The invention relates to the seeds of soybean cultivar 80372223, to the plants of soybean cultivar 80372223, to the plant parts of soybean cultivar 80372223, and to methods for producing progeny of soybean cultivar 80372223. The invention also relates to methods for producing a soybean plant containing in its genetic material one or more transgenes and to the transgenic soybean plants and plant parts produced by those methods. The invention also relates to soybean cultivars or breeding cultivars, and plant parts derived from soybean cultivar 80372223. The invention also relates to methods for producing other soybean cultivars, lines, or plant parts derived from soybean cultivar 80372223, and to the soybean plants, varieties, and their parts derived from use of those methods. The invention further relates to hybrid soybean seeds, plants, and plant parts produced by crossing cultivar 80372223 with another soybean cultivar. |
| US11140845B2 |
Soybean cultivar 88041740
A soybean cultivar designated 88041740 is disclosed. The invention relates to the seeds of soybean cultivar 88041740, to the plants of soybean cultivar 88041740, to the plant parts of soybean cultivar 88041740, and to methods for producing progeny of soybean cultivar 88041740. The invention also relates to methods for producing a soybean plant containing in its genetic material one or more transgenes and to the transgenic soybean plants and plant parts produced by those methods. The invention also relates to soybean cultivars or breeding cultivars, and plant parts derived from soybean cultivar 88041740. The invention also relates to methods for producing other soybean cultivars, lines, or plant parts derived from soybean cultivar 88041740, and to the soybean plants, varieties, and their parts derived from use of those methods. The invention further relates to hybrid soybean seeds, plants, and plant parts produced by crossing cultivar 88041740 with another soybean cultivar. |
| US11140843B2 |
Alteration of tobacco alkaloid content through modification of specific cytochrome P450 genes
Compositions and methods for reducing the level of nornicotine and N′-nitrosonornicotine (NNN) in Nicotiana plants and plant parts thereof are provided. The compositions comprise isolated polynucleotides and polypeptides for cytochrome P450s that are involved in the metabolic conversion of nicotine to nornicotine in these plants. Expression cassettes, vectors, plants, and plant parts thereof comprising inhibitory sequences that target expression or function of the disclosed cytochrome P450 polypeptides are also provided. Methods for the use of these novel sequences to inhibit expression or function of cytochrome P450 polypeptides involved in this metabolic conversion are also provided. The methods find use in the production of tobacco products that have reduced levels of nornicotine and its carcinogenic metabolite, NNN, and thus reduced carcinogenic potential for individuals consuming these tobacco products or exposed to secondary smoke derived from these products. |
| US11140840B2 |
Plant propagation system and method
A plant propagation system is described that can be utilized for micropropagation through early stages of plant development. A system can include multiple plant support matrices, containers for the matrices, and optionally a tool for separating sections of a plant support matrix from the remainder of the matrix. During use developing plant tissue can be transferred between matrices and growth media can be varied with little or no damage to developing plant tissue and lower chances for contamination of the developing plant tissues. |
| US11140839B2 |
Method for calculating depth of sprayed water of translational sprinkler in different working conditions
Disclosed is a method for calculating the depth of sprayed water of a translational sprinkler in different working conditions, involving placing rain barrels (3) in n rows in the movement direction of a translational sprinkler (1), each row having m barrels, such that the spray radius of rain droplets can completely cover the rain barrels (3) while ensuring that the translational sprinkler (1) is spraying stably; calculating the average sprinkler strength of each rain barrel (3); drawing a relationship curve of the sprinkler strength and the distance from the centre; setting the movement speed s of the translational sprinkler (1); establishing a function relationship between a sprinkler strength d′ and time t; calculating the time t2 needed for the translational sprinkler (1) to completely pass one of the rain barrels (3); and with the condition that the movement time is t2, performing mathematical integration on the sprinkler strength function to obtain the sprinkled depth of water at a certain rain barrel (3). The calculation method has a simple operation, is fast and can effectively save on costs, providing a basis for optimizing the movement speed of the translational sprinkler (1). |
| US11140836B2 |
Systems and methods for germinating seeds for an assembly line grow pod
A system for an assembly line grow pod includes a germination hub including a tank, a water source in selective fluid communication with the tank, a pump in selective fluid communication with the tank and the water source, a pod line in selective fluid communication with the germination hub, a seeder assembly in selective fluid communication with the pod line, the seeder assembly including a seeder tank, and a metering device in selective fluid communication with the seeder tank, where the metering device selectively releases seeds from the seeder tank, and a cart positioned below the metering device. |
| US11140832B2 |
Agricultural baler
An agricultural baler including a bale chamber; a plunger; a feeder duct; and a rotor feeder unit. The rotor feeder unit includes a rotor feeder unit bottom distant from a rotor feeder forming a lower boundary of a conveying channel through the rotor feeder unit. The rotor feeder unit also includes scrapers placed in a conveying direction behind the rotor feeder. The scrapers extend in between the tines and have a leading face cooperating with the tines. The agricultural baler further includes a position adjuster configured to displace the leading face of the scrapers relative to the rotor feeder unit bottom, and to displace a top wall and/or the bottom wall of the feeder duct, in order to adjust the volume of the feeder duct. |
| US11140828B2 |
Grain feeding and conveying assembly for a combine
A grain processing assembly for a combine that comprises a feeder assembly, a threshing assembly having a rotor disposed within a housing, a hood. The feeder assembly comprises a lower conveyor and an upper conveyor. The position of the lower conveyor and the upper conveyor is such that upper conveyor assists the lower conveyor in directing crop material being transported on the lower conveyor towards a discharge end of the lower conveyor. The hood engages a belt of the second upper conveyor. |
| US11140827B2 |
Round bale aligner and accumulator
A bale accumulator for a round baler including a frame configured for being located behind the bale chamber of the round baler and a plurality of bale holders configured for receiving and temporarily holding the bales. Each bale holder is pivotally and rotatably connected to the frame such that each bale holder is configured for rolling the bales by pivoting relative to the frame and realigning the bales by rotating relative to the frame. |
| US11140822B2 |
Rotary head for brush cutters
A rotary head for brush cutters with a lower shell on which cutting means and a ring nut are hinged, the latter being coupled to the lower shell and movable in relation to the lower shell from a first working configuration to a second blade-change working configuration, and vice versa; the rotary head having positioning means for interference fitting said ring nut in a predetermined angular position relative to said lower shell. |
| US11140814B2 |
Work vehicle having display unit
A work vehicle includes a detection signal processing section for processing detection signals from a group of sensors mounted on a vehicle body and outputting detection result data and a display unit for displaying the detection result data. The display unit includes a first displaying area for displaying time changing data included in the detection result data, the time changing data changing over time, a second displaying area for displaying safety data included in the detection result data, the safety data relating to safety confirmation, and a third displaying area for displaying alarm-relating data included in the detection result data. |
| US11140811B2 |
Commodity metering system for work vehicle with rollers in staggered arrangement
A work vehicle includes a commodity container and an actuator system with a plurality of actuators. The work vehicle includes a delivery system with a plurality of tubes. Furthermore, the work vehicle includes a metering system with a plurality of metering rollers that are configured to be individually actuated by respective ones of the plurality of actuators to meter out a commodity from the commodity container to respective ones of the plurality of tubes. The plurality of metering rollers are arranged substantially parallel to each other. The plurality of metering rollers are disposed in a staggered arrangement. |
| US11140807B2 |
System for optimizing agricultural machine settings
A system and method of controlling an agricultural machine includes successively recording signals from a first sensor sensing an agronomic parameter of a field during an operation of the machine in the field. The system and method of controlling an agricultural machine also includes successively recording signals from a second sensor sensing an operation parameter of the machine during the operation of the machine in the field. The signals of the first sensor and the second sensor are spatially overlaid. A respective zone in the field is determined from the overlaid signals. An actuator of the machine is controlled dependent on the determined zone in which the machine operates. |
| US11140805B2 |
Independent ground engaging tool depth control
In one embodiment, a seeding implement control system includes a controller including a memory and a processor. The controller is configured to receive a first signal indicative of a target extension length of an actuator. The actuator is configured to control a ground engaging tool of a row unit. The actuator is also configured to position a lower surface of a blade of the ground engaging tool a target distance above a soil surface while the actuator is extended to the target extension length. The controller is further configured to store the target extension length in a memory device of the controller. The controller is configured to instruct the actuator to transition to the target extension length in response to receiving a second signal indicative of transitioning the ground engaging tool to a disengaged position. |
| US11147199B2 |
Tape feeder
A control device of the tape feeder includes: a step-out detecting section for detecting a step-out of a stepping motor; a memory section for storing a target angle of a sprocket for positioning one of multiple cavities at a supply section; and a restoration process section for performing origin alignment, when the step-out detecting section detects a step-out of the stepping motor, wherein pulse power is supplied to the stepping motor so that the sprocket reaches a predetermined angle, supplying the pulse power to the stepping motor in accordance with the current angle and the target angle of the sprocket after the origin alignment is completed, and moving one of the multiple cavities to the supply section. |
| US11147195B2 |
Faraday enclosure apparatus and method of manufacturing same
A Faraday enclosure apparatus and method for manufacturing same are disclosure. The enclosure may comprise one or more sewn seam portions constructed to prevent signal leakage through stitch apertures in the seam. A vestibule section facilitates signal-shielded movement of electronic devices between the ambient environment and the main cavity of the enclosure. A connector filter may be mounted to extend through a wall of the enclosure to manage wired power and signal communications entering and exiting the main cavity of the enclosure. Foldable side walls facilitate the collapsibility of the enclosure for compact transport and storage. |
| US11147194B2 |
System and method for managing electromagnetic interference
A housing device for isolating electromagnetic interference emitting devices includes a structural frame. The structural frame of the housing device is for housing the electromagnetic interference emitting devices. The housing device further includes an electromagnetic interference isolating enclosure. The electromagnetic interference isolating enclosure of the housing device is non-structural. The electromagnetic interference isolating enclosure of the housing device is for encapsulating the structural frame. |
| US11147189B2 |
Heat sink for hand held equipment
Hand held equipment has a body and a heat sink. The body defines an outer surface and a heat source therewithin. The heat sink forms a portion of the outer surface and is positioned in close proximity to the heat source so as to conduct heat therefrom. The heat sink has a base, a plurality of fins and a coating having low thermal conductivity (which may be a ceramic coating). The base has a lower and an upper surface. The lower surface is in close proximity to the heat source. The plurality of fins has a proximal end meeting the upper surface of the base, and a distal end extending away from the base. Each of the plurality of fins define a cross-sectional area and terminate at an outward surface. The coating extends over at least a portion of the outward surface of the plurality of fins. A heat sink is likewise disclosed. |
| US11147188B2 |
Heat exchanger for cooling an electronic enclosure
In order to reduce the dimensions and costs of a heat exchanger, while at the same time increasing its heat effectiveness, it is suggested to configure the heat exchanger such that a condenser side and an evaporator side of the heat exchanger are separated from each other by a barrier. |
| US11147185B2 |
Heat sink and electronic device
A heat sink includes a plurality of fins arrayed in a first direction, and a heat pipe having a first extension extending in the first direction. A second direction extends perpendicularly to the first direction, a third direction extends perpendicularly to the first direction and the second direction, and when the heat pipe is viewed in the third direction, the heat pipe has a second extension spaced from the first extension in the second direction and extending in the first direction, and a joint which interconnects the first extension and the second extension and which is curved. The fins include a plurality of first fins arrayed along the first extension and the second extension and a second fin disposed around a position of the joint. |
| US11147184B2 |
Power distribution with batteries
According to some examples, solutions are provided for power distribution of input alternating current (AC) power to at least one power outlet while the input AC power is available, charging of a set of batteries by the input AC power while the input AC power is available, and power distribution of direct current (DC) power from the set of batteries to the power outlet when the input AC power is not available. For such examples, the power outlet is capable of conducting AC power and DC power to a load that is coupled to the power outlet and that can receive either AC power or DC power. |
| US11147172B2 |
Display device
A display device includes an array substrate and two electronic ink layers. The array substrate includes two active regions and a folding region that connects these two active regions. The two active regions are located at two opposite sides of the folding region. The two electronic ink layers are respectively located on the two active regions. The folding region of the array substrate is located below a gap between the two electronic ink layers. When the display device is at an unfolded state, two edges of the two electronic ink layers are adjacent to each other. When the display device is at a folded state, the two electronic ink layers are located between the two active regions of the array substrate. |
| US11147163B2 |
Semiconductor module unit
A semiconductor module unit includes a semiconductor module, and a control board that includes a driver circuit configured to output drive signals to the semiconductor module and controls the semiconductor module. The control board includes a main board, a sub board that is separated from the main board and on which the driver circuit is mounted, and a flexible board that has flexibility and electrically connects the main board and the sub board. The sub board includes a fitting part that is fitted in a fitted part of the semiconductor module. The semiconductor module is electrically connected to the driver circuit in a state where the fitting part is fitted in the fitted part. |
| US11147160B2 |
Circuit board and method for manufacturing same
Disclosed herein are a circuit board and a method of fabricating the same. The circuit board includes: a base substrate having a device mount area defined thereon; a first wiring pattern formed on a first surface of the base substrate; a dummy pattern formed on the base substrate, wherein at least a part of the device mount area is filled with the dummy pattern; a first protective layer covering the first wiring pattern and the dummy pattern; and a lead pattern formed on the first protective layer, wherein the lead pattern is extended to the device mount area. |
| US11147154B2 |
Multi input and multi output antenna apparatus
The present disclosure relates to a multi input and multi output antenna apparatus. The multi input and multi output antenna apparatus may include: an antenna board having a plurality of antenna elements arranged on a front surface thereof; and a transmitting/receiving module board having a plurality of first heat generation elements provided on a front surface thereof and a plurality of second heat generation elements provided on a rear surface thereof, and disposed to have a separation space from the antenna board. The heat generated from the plurality of first heat generation elements may be radiated to the front of the transmitting/receiving module board, and the heat generated from the plurality of second heat generation elements may be radiated to the rear of the transmitting/receiving module board. |
| US11147153B2 |
Thermal conductivity for integrated circuit packaging
Aspects of the embodiments include an edge card and methods of making the same. The edge card can include a printed circuit board (PCB) comprising a first end and a second end, the first end comprising a plurality of metal contact fingers configured to interface with an edge connector, and the second end comprising a through-hole configured to mate with a post of a screw, the PCB further comprising an aperture proximate the second end of the PCB. The PCB can also include a thermal conduction element secured to the PCB, the thermal conduction element supporting an integrated circuit package, the integrated circuit package received by the aperture, wherein the thermal conduction element contacts the PCB proximate the through-hole and the thermal conduction element is configured to conduct heat from the integrated circuit towards the second portion of the printed circuit board. |
| US11147152B2 |
Glass assembly, manufacturing method thereof, and glass window
The present disclosure provides a glass assembly, a manufacturing method thereof and a glass window. The glass assembly includes: a first glass plate and a second glass plate disposed opposite to each other, wherein inert gas is filled between the first glass plate and the second glass plate; a first electrode and a second electrode disposed between the first glass plate and the second glass plate, the inert gas is transformed into plasma in the case where an electric field is generated using the first electrode and the second electrode. |
| US11147147B2 |
System for configuring a lighting device
A lighting device (100) is disclosed. The lighting device (100) comprises a light source (102), a first communication module (104) configured to communicate via a first wireless communication technology, and configured to receive a lighting control command from a lighting control device via the first wireless communication technology, a second communication module (106) configured to communicate via a second wireless communication technology, and configured to receive a configuration command from a configuration device via the second wireless communication technology, wherein the configuration command comprises information related to a second light setting, a memory (108), a processor (110) configured to control the light source (102) according to a first light setting associated with the lighting control command upon receiving the lighting control command from the lighting control device, wherein the processor (110) is further configured to store an association between the second light setting and the lighting control command in the memory (108) upon receiving the configuration command, and wherein the processor (110) is further configured to control the light source (102) according to the second light setting upon receiving the same lighting control command after the association has been stored. |
| US11147143B2 |
Intelligent lighting control system bulb self identification apparatuses, systems, and methods
The present disclosure provides an intelligent lighting control system. A controller of the lighting control system causes a phase change cut to be applied to an AC power signal to signal to a light bulb apparatus connected to a luminaire a request to self identify. The encoded phase changed AC power signal is transmitted to the light bulb apparatus for a predetermined time period. A response signal received from the light bulb in response to receipt of the encoded phase changed AC power signal by the light bulb is detected at the lighting control system. A bulb identification is determined based on the response signal from the light bulb apparatus. |
| US11147142B2 |
Acoustics-based street light control
A computer-implemented method for acoustics-based light source control of a lighting system is provided. The method may include detecting sounds emitted by a sound source from positions located along the path. A velocity of the sound source is determined with respect to a point on the path based on the detected sound emissions. A spatio-temporal trajectory of the sound source is based on the determined velocity and a topography of the path at the positions of the sound source. One or more light sources positioned adjacent to the determined trajectory are identified. Responsive to determining that a distance between the sound source and the identified light sources does not exceed a predetermined threshold, the identified light sources are energized to illuminate the length of the path ahead of the sound source. |
| US11147141B2 |
Lighting system and method of controlling lighting system
Lighting system includes light source that includes a plurality of light-emitting devices and emits first light; wavelength conversion member that converts part of the first light into second light; an optical system that applies the first light to wavelength conversion member; optical sensor that output monitor signal corresponding to the intensity of the second light; and output control circuit that controls light source and optical sensor. Output control circuit performs a light source inspection of a condition of light source and an optical system inspection of conditions of the optical system and wavelength conversion member in accordance with monitor signal. In the light source inspection, the output control circuit inspects each of light-emitting devices in sequence, and after having inspected one of light-emitting devices, suspends the light source inspection and performs the optical system inspection before inspection of another one of the light emitting devices. |
| US11147138B2 |
Lighting power supply system and method
A power supply system for a lighting unit, comprises a driver, a local energy storage device and a converter. The converter implements a first, charging mode, mode by connecting to the output of said driver for diverting at least a part of the driving current from the lighting unit to charge the energy storage device, a second, battery driving, mode by connecting to the lighting unit for converting the local energy storage device power supply to drive the lighting unit, and a third, grid driving, mode to neither charge the energy storage device nor convert the secondary power supply. The converter and the driver are controlled actively and synchronously to maintain the current through the lighting unit when switching the converter between modes. |
| US11147135B2 |
Lighting system that maintains melanopic lux levels at the eye regardless of distance to user
The invention provides a lighting system (1000) comprising:—a lighting device (100) configured to provide light (101);—a sensor (150) configured to sense a user-related parameter selected from one or more of (a) a distance parameter (d) between the lighting device (100) and a user (1) and (b) an eye-activity parameter of the eye (2) of the user (1); and—a control system (200) is configured to control one or more lighting properties selected from a spectral power distribution of the light (101) and a light intensity I of the light (101) as function of the user-related parameter. |
| US11147132B2 |
Switching converter, control circuit and control method thereof
A method of controlling a switching converter having a plurality of interleaved parallel branches, can include controlling conduction phases of power switches of the plurality of interleaved parallel branches to be overlapped when a load changes from a light load to a heavy load, in order to improve dynamic response performance of the switching converter. A control circuit for a switching converter with a plurality of interleaved parallel branches, can control conduction phases of power switches of the interleaved parallel branches to be overlapped when a load changes from a light load to a heavy load, in order to improve dynamic response performance of the switching converter. |
| US11147131B2 |
LED dimmer bulb using microcontroller and AC mains toggle switch for power and dim control
A LED bulb contains a dimming circuit, powered and controlled by an ON-OFF light switch. The quickly done, OFF-ON is converted to a DC binary signal for the Microcontroller Embedded Firmware. Then the Bulb is put into Dimming Mode and the Microcontroller Firmware outputs a continuously pulsed signal, to the LED current control IC to set the current. This is duplicated in the Warm White LEDs to vary their brightness. The percentage ON time of the pulse gives the percentage brightness of the LEDs. A variety of dimming and brightening cycles are displayed using Microcontroller Firmware. Then turning OFF the switch will lock in the dim point. It is saved in non-volatile Microcontroller Embedded EEPROM. When OFF then wait more than 2.0 seconds and turn ON and the Bulb and it is in Normal Mode and displays the last saved dim point and operates as a regular LED Bulb. |
| US11147127B2 |
Device for converting electricity into heat and electric heater with such a device
A device (100, 200, 1100, 2100) converts electricity into heat. A first flat winding support (110, 130, 210a, 210b, 230a, 230b, 310a, 310b, 330a, 330b, 510, 610, 630, 710, 1110, 1130, 2110, 2130) including electrically insulating material, has a first electric heating element (140, 150, 240a, 240b, 250a, 250b, 340a, 340b, 350a, 350b, 540, 640, 650, 740, 750) wound thereon. The first flat winding support with wound first electric heating element is inserted into a housing (190, 290, 1190, 2190) electrically insulated against the housing. A second flat winding support, including electrically insulating material, has a second electric heating element (140, 150, 240a, 240b, 250a, 250b, 340a, 340b, 350a, 350b, 540, 640, 650, 740, 750), which is galvanically separated from the first electric heating element, wound thereon. The second flat winding support with wound second electric heating element is inserted into the housing electrically insulated against the housing. |
| US11147125B2 |
Apparatuses and methods for handling location information
A User Equipment (UE) including a Universal Integrated Circuit Card (UICC) and a Mobile Equipment (ME) is provided. The ME is coupled to the UICC, and is configured to determine whether the UICC supports a first RAT in response to the UE operating in a cell which utilizes the first RAT, and use a data object for a second RAT to accommodate location information for the first RAT in response to the UICC not supporting the first RAT. |
| US11147122B2 |
Data forwarding support
Apparatuses and methods in a communication system, are provided. The method comprises controlling (500) communication between a first user terminal and the apparatus and the communication between a second user terminal and the apparatus, wherein the first user terminal acts as a relay by relaying data packets between the apparatus and the second user terminal; determining (502) whether the first user terminal or the transmitting end of data packets in the connection between the apparatus and the second user terminal will buffer data packets addressed to but not successfully received by the receiving end and transmitting (504) an indication regarding the determination to the first user terminal. |
| US11147118B2 |
Communication method, apparatus, and system
A communication method provided in embodiments of this application is a method for establishing an RRC connection between a terminal and a RAN, and the establishment of the RRC connection includes first RRC connection establishment and second RRC connection establishment. The first RRC connection establishment is a wireless RRC connection between the terminal and a first RAN network element, and the second RRC connection establishment is a wireless or wired RRC connection between the first RAN network element and a second RAN network element. |
| US11147113B2 |
Gateway apparatus, communication method, and non-transitory computer readable medium storing program
A gateway apparatus (30) according to the present disclosure is arranged between a node apparatus (20) that performs communication in accordance with a GTP and an S/P-GW (40) or an S/P-GW (50). The gateway apparatus (30) includes a communication unit (31) configured to terminate a GTP message transmitted from the node apparatus (20); a determination unit (32) configured to determine a terminal type of a mobile station associated with the GTP message; and a conversion unit (33) configured to change a transmission source address set in the GTP message transmitted from the node apparatus (20) from an identifier of the node apparatus (20) to a first identifier of the gateway apparatus (30), in which the communication unit (31) transmits, to the S/P-GW (40) or the S/P-GW (50) determined in accordance with the terminal type, the GTP message in which the transmission source address has been converted. |
| US11147112B2 |
EV2X mode 3 operation based on eNB tunneling
An aspect of the present disclosure includes methods, systems, and computer-readable media for establishing, at a first UE, a network connection with a first BS of a first communication network, transmitting a scheduling request for communication resources in a second communication network by tunneling to a second BS of the second communication network through the first BS of the first communication network, receiving from the first BS via the network connection, in response to the scheduling request, information for configuring the first UE for communicating with a second UE, configuring the first UE using the received information, and transmitting, directly, a message to the second UE using the communication resources in the second communication network. |
| US11147107B2 |
Method and device for communication between network entities in cloud LAN environment
The present disclosure relates to a research that has been conducted with the support of the “Cross-Depaitmental Giga KOREA Project” funded by the government (the Ministry of Science and ICT) in 2017 (No. GK17N0100, millimeter wave 5G mobile communication system development). The present disclosure relates to a communication technique for convergence of a 5G communication system for supporting a higher data transmission rate beyond a 4G system with an IoT technology, and a system therefor. The present disclosure may be applied to an intelligent service (for example, smart home, smart building, smart city, smart car or connected car, health care, digital education, retail business, security and safety-related service, etc.) on the basis of a 5G communication technology and an IoT-related technology. |
| US11147106B2 |
Method and apparatus for determining whether to transmit network slice selection assistance information
A method and apparatus is provided for determining whether to transmit network slice selection assistance information to a network as part of radio connection establishment signaling. An indication from the network is received as to whether the network slice selection assistance information is required. The transmission of the network slice selection assistance information is activated when the information is determined to be required, or deactivated when the information is determined to not be required. The access stratum layer is informed by a non-access stratum layer about the network slice selection assistance information during an initiation of service request procedure when the user equipment is in a connection management idle state, and the network slice selection assistance information is transmitted in the radio connection establishment signaling to the network when the transmission of the information is activated. |
| US11147102B2 |
Random access coverage extension in wireless communications
Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described that provide for aggregating random access requests across two or more physical random access channel (PRACH) occasions. Poor channel quality may inhibit the receipt of random access requests, and for user equipments (UEs) located in areas with relatively poor coverage, such aggregated random access requests may have an increased likelihood of successful receipt at a base station. The base station may configure a number of PRACH occasions to be available for aggregation of random access requests. A UE may receive PRACH configuration information from the base station, may aggregate a random access request across two or more PRACH occasions using the PRACH configuration information, and may transmit the aggregated random access request via the PRACH occasions. The base station may also configure one or more PRACH occasions to have a smaller subcarrier spacing for transmission of a random access request. |
| US11147100B2 |
Flexible synchronous and asynchronous access procedure
Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described. A first wireless device may perform a clear channel assessment on a medium to determine if the medium is available for communications with a second wireless device. Based on a successful clear channel assessment, the first wireless device may transmit a medium reservation message to the second wireless device. The second wireless device may then transmit a reservation response message to the first wireless device, where the reservation response message includes synchronization information for the first device to synchronize with the second wireless device. The synchronization information may include a duration of a channel occupancy time, a duration of a synchronous contention window, and/or a duration in which the first wireless device is to maintain synchronization with the second wireless device. Accordingly, the first wireless device and the second wireless device may communicate based on the synchronization information via the medium. |
| US11147098B2 |
Electronic apparatus, wireless communication device, and wireless communication method
The present disclosure relates to an electronic apparatus, a wireless communication device, and a wireless communication method. According to an embodiment, the electronic device for a base station side comprises a processing circuit. The processing circuit is configured to: perform control to perform, on a beam corresponding to a user equipment, channel detection on a target channel, the channel detection being based on a specific beam direction; and determine the access to the target channel according the channel detection result. |
| US11147095B2 |
Transmitting and receiving controlling information in wireless communications
This disclosure provides techniques for reducing waste of user equipment (UE) resources caused in transmission of a Physical Uplink Shared Channel (PUSCH) when a UE conducts searching for downlink control information (DCI) outside of a PUSCH transmission. This disclosure defines a first search space on the basis of an existing second search space that was used to receive DCI information to schedule a PUSCH. The first search space can be used to obtain a DCI having an ACK feedback. This disclosure provides systems and methods for determining the location of the first search space to receive a second DCI having ACK feedback during a PUSCH repetitive transmission and whether the second search space should be used for the second DCI instead. Outside of the PUSCH transmission, the UE receives DCI in the second search space, decreasing the unnecessary searching of DCI and increasing network efficiency. |
| US11147082B2 |
Radio base station, central apparatus, and distributed apparatus
A radio base station includes: a radio communicator configured to perform radio communication; and a first controller that includes a first scheduler configured to perform a first scheduling that is at least a first part of a scheduling for the radio communication; and a second controller that is coupled to the first controller via a network, wherein the second controller comprises a second scheduler configured to perform a second scheduling that is at least a second part of the scheduling for the radio communication. |
| US11147081B2 |
User terminal, radio base station, and radio communication method
A user terminal communicates with a first cell where a time interval of uplink (UL)/downlink (DL) is dynamically switched, and a second cell where uplink/downlink is switched in a desired time interval. The user terminal includes a transmitting section that transmits an uplink signal; a receiving section that receives a downlink signal; and a control section that controls communication in the transmitting section and in the receiving section. The control section performs a control to not carry out uplink communication in a time interval of the second cell that corresponds to a time interval of downlink communication in the first cell. The control section performs a control to not carry out downlink communication in a time interval of the second cell that corresponds to a time interval of uplink communication in the first cell. |
| US11147080B2 |
Method and apparatus for requesting sidelink transmission resources in a wireless communication system
A method and apparatus are disclosed from the perspective of a first User Equipment (UE) in RRC_CONNECTED to request sidelink resources. In one embodiment, the method transmits a first RRC (Radio Resource Control) message to a network node, wherein a presence of a sidelink QoS (Quality of Service) information list in the first RRC message is optional. |
| US11147079B2 |
Methods of incorporating an ad hoc cellular network into a fixed cellular network
In this invention, we disclose methods of establishing a cellular network having backhaul flexibility, comprising, establishing, at a first cellular base station, a first connection with a core cellular network; establishing, at the first cellular base station, an inter-base station connection with a second cellular base station for relaying traffic from the first and the second cellular base stations to the core cellular network, the second cellular base station having a second connection with the core cellular network; determining, at the first cellular base station, if the quality of the first connection falls below a threshold parameter; and terminating, at the first cellular base station, the first connection in favor of the second connection if the quality of the first connection falls below the threshold parameter. |
| US11147076B2 |
Information indication method, network device, and terminal device
This application discloses an information sending method. The method includes: generating, by a network device, control information, where the control information includes first indication information, second indication information, and third indication information, the first indication information is used to indicate a plurality of channel state information-reference signal CSI-RS resources, the second indication information is used to indicate at least one piece of the following information: beam index information of the plurality of CSI-RS resources that is sent by the network device, beam index information of the plurality of CSI-RS resources that is received by a terminal device, or beam pair information corresponding to the network device and the terminal, and the third indication information is used to indicate a measurement method of the plurality of CSI-RS resources; and sending, by the network device, the control information to the terminal device. |
| US11147070B2 |
Techniques for use in iteratively processing messages
Aspects of the present disclosure relate to wireless communications, and more particularly, to techniques for use in receiving devices employing at least one iterative process for decoding messages. In certain example aspects, a receiving device may comprise a user equipment (UE) or other like device that may be configured to support device-to-device (D2D) communications, such as vehicle-to-vehicle (V2V) communications, or the like. |
| US11147068B2 |
Channel location indication method and related product
The embodiments provide a channel location indication method and a related product, including that: a network-side device sends at least one piece of indication information, the at least one piece of indication information being configured to indicate a location offset between a data channel and a first control channel or between a second control channel and the first control channel, the location offset including a time-domain location offset and/or a frequency-domain location offset and the time-domain location offset being a symbol-level offset. The embodiments are favorable for improving flexibility and efficiency of channel resource allocation in a wireless communication system. |
| US11147067B2 |
Communication radio transmitter
In some embodiments, a communication apparatus can transmit OFDM signals that include at least a first period and a second period. The communication apparatus can include a transmitting section and a signal processing section. The transmitting section can transmit the OFDM signals to an additional communication apparatus by using multiple subcarriers allocated a set of two or more contiguous frequency channels. The contiguous frequency channels can be used simultaneously by the additional communication apparatus. The signal processing section is configured to not use at least all subcarriers positioned in the respective centers of these frequency channels when allocating data to the subcarriers in the frequency channels used to transmit the OFDM signals for a first period. |
| US11147065B2 |
Feedback bit reservation for uplink control piggybacking
A wireless device may identify a set of resources reserved for feedback information (e.g., resource elements (REs) reserved for feedback such as acknowledgement (ACK) or negative ACK (NACK) information) within a transmission time interval (TTI). Feedback information may be mapped to the reserved set of resources (e.g., reserved REs). The wireless device may determine a set of unused reserved resources (e.g., a set of unused reserved REs) based on the number of feedback bits. The wireless device may then map other bits (e.g., zeros, known bits, pattern or sequence of bits, random bits, etc.) to the set of unused reserved REs, or boost transmission power of bits mapped around the unused reserved REs. In some cases, the number of reserved REs may be determined based on the number of feedback bits (e.g., the size of the ACK/NACK payload). The wireless device may then transmit the information to a base station. |
| US11147059B2 |
Method for transmitting data, terminal device and network device
The present disclosure discloses a method for transmitting data, a terminal device, and a network device. The method includes: a first terminal device receives indication information transmitted by a network device, where the indication information is for indicating a transmission band for transmitting the data; the first terminal device determines a numerology for transmitting the data according to the transmission band; the first terminal device transmits the data to the network device or receives the data transmitted by the network device on the transmission band according to the numerology. Therefore, the method, the terminal device, and the network device according to the present disclosure can achieve, with different numerologies, scheduling of data transmissions that are based on different transmission bands, thereby increasing flexibility of control signaling design. Furthermore, downlink signaling overhead can be saved. |
| US11147058B2 |
Communication method and related device
The present disclosure provides a communication method and related devices. The method includes: before obtaining remaining minimum system information (RMSI) transmitted by a network device, partitioning precoding resource block groups (PRGs) on an initial bandwidth part (BWP); and, communicating with the network device on the initial bandwidth part. |
| US11147053B2 |
Physical downlink control channel and physical hybrid automatic repeat request indicator channel enhancements
A wireless transmission system included at least one user equipment and a base station. The base station is operable to form a downlink control information block, modulate the downlink control information, precode the modulated downlink control information, and transmit the precoded, modulated downlink control information on at least one demodulation reference signal antenna port to the at least one user equipment. The precoded, modulated downlink control information is mapped to a set of N1 physical resource block pairs in a subframe from an orthogonal frequency division multiplexing symbol T1 to and orthogonal frequency division multiplexing symbol T2. |
| US11147051B2 |
Transmission of group common PDCCH (physical downlink control channel) for NR (new radio)
Techniques discussed herein can facilitate transmission and reception of group common PDCCH (Physical Downlink Control Channel) for NR (New Radio). One example embodiment employable by a UE (User Equipment) comprises processing circuitry configured to: process higher layer signaling that configures a set of combinations for slot formats for the UE; detect, via blind decoding on at least a portion of a control resource set, a DCI (Downlink Control Information) message that indicates a combination for slot formats of the set of combinations for slot formats via a SFI (slot format indicator); and determine a slot format for one or more slots based on the indicated combination for slot formats, wherein the slot format indicates, for each symbol of the one or more slots, whether that symbol is DL (Downlink), UL (Uplink), or a flexible symbol in the slot format. |
| US11147047B2 |
Uplink transmission method, terminal, and network side device
This application provides an uplink transmission method, a terminal, and a network side device. The method includes: storing, by a terminal, an uplink transmission time-frequency resource allocated by a network side device; when the terminal needs to send an uplink signal, determining the to-be-transmitted uplink signal based on a quantity of orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) symbols in the uplink transmission time-frequency resource; and sending, by the terminal, the uplink signal to the network side device. During implementation of the uplink transmission method provided in this application, grant free transmission solutions are provided for different uplink transmission time-frequency resources, to effectively improve communication performance. |
| US11147044B2 |
V2X transmission resource selecting method implemented by terminal in wireless communication system and terminal using same
Disclosed are a V2X (vehicle-to-everything) transmission resource selecting method implemented by a terminal in a wireless communication system and a terminal using the method. The method is characterized by: receiving type information for indicating the type of a resource pool; and executing a resource selection, on the basis of partial sensing, and/or a random selection from the resource pool on the basis of the type information. |
| US11147042B1 |
Wireless communication system to deliver pages to wireless communication devices based on wireless fidelity network identifiers
A wireless communication system to deliver pages to wireless communication devices based on a Wireless Fidelity (WIFI) network identifier. Orthogonal Frequency-Division Multiplexing (OFDM) access points exchange wireless communications to serve a wireless communication device and transfer corresponding service messages to a paging control system. The paging control system processes the service messages to identify the current OFDM access point serving the wireless communication device. A WIFI gateway system receives a series of authorization requests for the wireless communication device to access a series of WIFI communication networks. The authorization requests indicate WIFI network identifiers. The WIFI gateway system transfers WIFI access authorizations to the WIFI communication networks. The wireless communication device is idle on the OFDM access points when on a WIFI communication network. In response to receiving the authorization requests, the WIFI gateway system translates the WIFI network identifiers into corresponding OFDM access point identifiers and transfers the corresponding OFDM access point identifiers to the paging control system. The paging control system processes the corresponding OFDM access point identifiers to identify the current OFDM access point serving the wireless communication device when the wireless communication device is idle on the OFDM network. |
| US11147040B1 |
Methods and systems for discovering parameters associated with paging devices sent in packets during paging process
Computerized methods and systems obtain information associated with a first device attempting to connect with a second device that has a MAC address having an LAP and UAP. A transceiver is tuned to a frequency band at least covering a first channel represented in one or more candidate channel sequences, and receives a first packet transmitted by the first device. One or more second channels that each immediately follow the first channel in a corresponding one of the one or more candidate channel sequences are identified. The transceiver is tuned to a frequency band at least covering one of the second channels, and receives a second packet transmitted by the first device. A controller/processor processes the received second packet to determine whether the second packet is a valid packet. If the packet is a valid packet, the controller/processor extracts information from the second packet. |
| US11147039B2 |
Paging strategy determination method, device, RAN network element and core network element
The preset disclosure provides a paging strategy determination method, a device, a RAN network element and a core network element, the paging policy determination method includes: receiving a PPI value sent by a core network element, wherein the PPI value is determined according to the DSCP value of the downlink packet; and determining the paging policy according to the PPI value when the UE in the RRC deactivated state receives the downlink packet. |
| US11147036B2 |
Handling of non-integrity protected reject messages in 5G
Methods and apparatus are provided for handling of non-integrity reject message in the 5G system. In one novel aspect, the UE upon receiving the reject message via one access without integrity protection, retries one or more other accesses for one or more times before treating the rejection genuine. In one embodiment, the UE attempts the same 5GMM procedure over another access in the same cell/tracking area (TA). The alternative access including other types of 3GPP access and non-3GPP access. Subsequently, the UE can search the service from another cell/TA or another PLMN. In one embodiment, if the UE receives reject cause invalidating the UE with one access without integrity protection, the UE tries the system a few times before treating the reject genuine by tracking an invalidating counter, which is increased by one each time the rejection is received with a cause value invalidating the UE. |
| US11147034B2 |
Carrier grouping in multicarrier communications
Methods, apparatuses, and systems for wireless communications are described. Uplink signals may be time aligned based on different synchronization signals as a timing reference for different carrier groups. A base station may send, to a wireless device, a time alignment command comprising: an indication of a carrier group index, and a time adjustment value. Based on the time alignment command, the wireless device may send second uplink signals. |
| US11147033B2 |
Timing advance determining method and device
A timing advance determining method and a device are provided. In the method, a network device determines, based on a correspondence between a parameter set and a TA granularity, TA information used by a terminal on an occupied frequency domain resource, where the parameter set includes a subcarrier spacing and a cyclic prefix type of a symbol; the network device sends the TA information to the terminal; and the terminal determines, based on the correspondence between a parameter set and a TA granularity, a TA granularity corresponding to the frequency domain resource occupied by the terminal, and determines, based on the TA granularity and the TA information, a TA value used by the terminal on the occupied frequency domain resource. |
| US11147032B1 |
System and methods for dynamic synchronization signal block periodicity modifications
A method, system, and medium are provided for optimizing a user experience based on periodicity modifications. In embodiments, when a large volume of UE are located in a particular sector of a cell site, the periodicity of a synchronization block transmitted from a base station may be adjusted in order to change a rate or speed of on-loading user equipment at the cell site. In some embodiments, by shortening the periodicity of a synchronization block, user equipment may be more quickly on-loaded to a wireless network at the cell site. |
| US11147031B2 |
User terminal and radio communication method
A future radio communication system (NR) appropriately detects a synchronization signal transmitted in a flexible time and frequency resource. A user terminal includes: a reception section that receives a synchronization signal and/or a common control information channel transmitted in a flexible resource; and a control section that recognizes a resource position at which the synchronization signal is transmitted, based on the synchronization signal or the common control information channel. |
| US11147028B2 |
Method and device in node for wireless communication
The disclosure provides a method and a device in a node for wireless communication. A first node receives a first signal and a second signal, and the first node transmits a first information block and a second information block in a first time window. The first information block and the second information block are used for determining whether the first signal and the second signal are correctly received respectively; transmit power values of physical layer channels carrying the first information block and the second information block are both a first power value. Through the design in the disclosure, a transmit power of a feedback channel on a sidelink is associated with a priority; and when multiple feedback channels are transmitted in one same time window, a proper transmit power can be determined to optimize performances of the feedback channels on the sidelink. |
| US11147022B2 |
Transmit power control method and apparatus, device, and storage medium
When a transmission overlap between uplink carriers of at least two PUCCH groups exists in time domain, obtaining, by the terminal device, minimum reserved power of each PUCCH group based on transmission duration and/or transmission content; during transmission of uplink information, transmitting the uplink information after reducing power of an uplink carrier of each PUCCH group based on maximum transmit power and minimum reserved power of the uplink carrier of each PUCCH group, where transmit power of the uplink carrier after power reduction cannot be lower than the minimum reserved power; and if power on an overlapping part of an uplink carrier of a first PUCCH group is lower than minimum reserved power of the first PUCCH group, discarding information on the overlapping part of the uplink carrier of the first PUCCH group. |
| US11147020B2 |
Program and electronic device
A program causes a processor to execute: acquisition processing through which information related to a position is obtained; first transmission processing through which a signal that causes an external device in a first state to shift into a second state is transmitted; and second transmission processing through which, after the first transmission processing, the information obtained through the acquisition processing is transmitted to the external device. |
| US11147019B2 |
Hyper system frame number determination
Embodiments of this application provide a hyper system frame number determining method, a communication method and apparatus. The method includes the following steps. First, determining, by an access network device, a first hyper system frame number (HSFN) and a first system frame number SFN, where the first HSFN and the first SFN are determined by the access network device based on a time at which enhanced discontinuous reception (eDRX) is enabled and a preconfigured time. Second, determining, by the access network device, an HSFN adjustment value based on the first SFN and a second SFN, where the second SFN is an SFN used at the time at which the access network device enables the eDRX. Third, adjusting, by the access network device, the first HSFN to a second HSFN based on the HSFN adjustment value, and updating the second HSFN based on the second SFN. |
| US11147014B2 |
Wake-up radio group-ID allocation
A method for wake-up radio group ID (GID) allocation includes generating, by an access point and prior to a station associating to the access point, a first Group-ID and a second Group-ID, wherein the station comprises a Wake-Up Radio, receiving, by the access point, a request from the station to associate, determining, by the access point, whether the station belongs in the first Group-ID or the second Group-ID, assigning, by the access point and based on the determining, the station to the first Group-ID, and sending, by the access point, a Wake-Up Packet to the Wake-Up Radio of the station using the first Group-ID. |
| US11147012B2 |
DCN processing method for PLMN, UE, and DCN serving node
The present application discloses a DCN processing method for a PLMN that is applied to a network sharing scenario. An access feedback message of a network side is received, and selection assistance information of a DCN and an identifier of a PLMN that serves UE are obtained from the access feedback message, so as to know a PLMN that is actually accessed by the UE. A correspondence between the selection assistance information of the DCN and the identifier of the PLMN that serves the UE is stored. When the UE moves to coverage of the PLMN, a requested DCN to be accessed can be directly determined according to the correspondence, and a RAN node is requested to access the determined DCN. Therefore, a redirection process is reduced, and resource overheads are reduced. |
| US11147009B2 |
Apparatuses and methods for configuration of initial downlink (DL) bandwidth part (BWP)
A User Equipment (UE) including a wireless transceiver and a controller is provided. The wireless transceiver performs wireless transmission and reception to and from a cell. The controller receives a System Information Block type1 (SIB1) comprising first configuration of a bandwidth size of an initial Downlink (DL) Bandwidth Part (BWP) from the cell via the wireless transceiver, and applies the first configuration for communication with the cell via the wireless transceiver in response to the UE in a Radio Resource Control (RRC) idle or inactive state successfully completing a random access procedure. |
| US11147008B2 |
Transmission of physical broadcast channel for new radio
Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described. In one example, a method includes selecting between a first frequency range and a second frequency range to transmit a physical channel, the second frequency range being higher than the first frequency range, and jointly encoding at least two fields of the physical channel based at least in part on the selected frequency range. In some cases, the method includes selecting between a first frequency range and a second frequency range to transmit a physical channel. In some cases, the second frequency range is higher than the first frequency range. The method may further include adjusting a quantity of bits associated with a field of the physical channel based at least in part on the selected frequency range. |
| US11147004B2 |
Method and apparatus to facilitate access in networks
Aspects include selecting a first edge device to provide a first part of a service to a user equipment, establishing a first session between the first edge device and a device for a duration of the service, establishing a second session between the first edge device and the user equipment in accordance with a first access technology to transfer first data associated with the first part of the service to the user equipment, and responsive to determining that at least one parameter associated with the second session falls below a threshold performing: handing-over the second session to a second edge device to transfer second data associated with a second part of the service to the user equipment, establishing a third session between a third edge device and the user equipment to transfer third data associated with the second part of the service to the user equipment, or a combination thereof. |
| US11147003B2 |
Method and system for base station handover
A method for base station handover includes: receiving a Handover Request message sent by a mobility management entity (MME), to which a destination base station is connected, via an S1 interface, wherein the Handover Request message carries UE excessively high-temperature indication information; sending a Handover Request Acknowledge message to the MME via the S1 interface, so that the MME sends a Handover Command message to a source base station of the UE; after receiving a random-access request sent by the UE, setting transmission configuration information for the UE based on the UE excessively high-temperature indication information, wherein a data transmission rate corresponding to the set transmission configuration information is lower than a maximum data transmission rate that the destination base station can provide for the UE; and sending service data to the UE based on the transmission configuration information. |
| US11146992B2 |
Method and apparatus for handling uplink bearer split configuration in multi-connectivity system
Method handling uplink (UL) bearer split configuration in multi-connectivity system includes identifying first UL data of a packet data convergence protocol (PDCP) layer, transmitting first data of first UL data to a primary radio link control (RLC) entity for a first time period, and transmitting second data of the first UL data to a secondary RLC entity for a second time period, identifying at least one first network parameter of a first UL path associated with the primary RLC entity for the first time period, and identifying at least one second network parameter of a second UL path associated with the secondary RLC entity for the second time period, determining a split factor for splitting second UL data of the PDCP layer between the primary RLC entity and the secondary RLC entity based on the at least one first network parameter and the at least one second network parameter, and transmitting the second UL data to the primary and secondary RLC entities for a third time period based on the split factor. |
| US11146991B2 |
Communication system and transmission apparatus
The present technology relates to a communication system and a transmission apparatus that enable highly reliable streaming using a plurality of wireless communication lines.In a transmission apparatus, a QoS module generates information regarding QoS of a plurality of communication lines, a load balancer designates assignment of data to the communication lines on the basis at least of the information regarding QoS, and a caster allocates and transmits the data to the assigned communication lines on the basis of an instruction from the QoS module. The present technology can be applied to a communication system that performs streaming by UDP. |
| US11146987B1 |
Dynamically adjusting extent of MU-MIMO service based on buffer occupancy
Methods and systems for controlling application of MU-MIMO service by a base station are provided. The disclosure provides for determining a base station's buffer occupancy and then, based on the determined buffer occupancy, setting a maximum limit on a quantity of UEs that the base station will concurrently provide with MU-MIMO service. For instance, a system could determine that the base station's buffer occupancy is at least predefined threshold high and, based at least on that determination, could increase the maximum limit. Or, the system could determine that the base station's buffer occupancy is at least predefined threshold low and, based at least on that determination, could decrease the maximum limit. |
| US11146986B2 |
AF initiated always-on PDU session
A policy control function (PCF) receives a first message from an application function (AF). The first message comprises: an always-on PDU session requested indication; an identity of a wireless device; and application service information. The PCF maps, based on the first message, the application service information to an always-on PDU Session for the wireless device. The PCF sends to a session management function (SMF), at least one policy and charging rule for the always-on PDU Session. |
| US11146983B2 |
Method for controlling network congestion, terminal device and network device
Embodiments of the present disclosure provide a method for controlling network congestion, a terminal device, and a network device, a congestion control mechanism can be performed when a state of the terminal device changes, thereby a purpose of controlling network congestion when the state of the terminal device changes is achieved. The method includes that the terminal device performs the congestion control mechanism when the state of the terminal device changes. |
| US11146978B2 |
KPI anomaly detection for radio access networks
An analyzer configured to monitor a radio access network (RAN) of a cellular network is provided. The RAN includes multiple clusters that each includes multiple sites and multiple cells. The analyzer receives a multiple key performance indicator (KPI) measurements from the multiple clusters. Each KPI measurements generated for one of several KPI types. The analyzer receives information identifying anomalous KPI measurements in the received KPI measurements. For a cluster of the RAN, the analyzer identifies one or more common anomalous KPI types that satisfy a ubiquity criterion. The analyzer ranks the identified common anomalous KPI types for the cluster based on an anomaly metric that is derived from the anomalous KPI measurements generated for each identified common anomalous KPI type. The analyzer outputs a list of common anomalous KPI types for the cluster based on the ranking. |
| US11146972B2 |
Information transmission method and device
Embodiments of the present invention provide an information transmission method and apparatus. The method comprises: a first device obtains first indication information sent by a second device, the first indication information being used for indicating first system information required by the second device; and the first device sends the first system information according to the first indication information. By means of the embodiments of the present application, the sending efficiency can be improved, signaling overheads can be reduced, and a resource waste can be avoided. |
| US11146969B2 |
Method and device in UE and base station used for wireless communication
The present disclosure provides a method and a device in a UE and a base station used for wireless communication. A first node operates first information; and transmits a first radio signal in M1 out of M frequency sub-band(s). Herein, the first information is used for determining S candidate integers; K1 of K bit block group(s) is(are) used for generating the first radio signal, any of the K bit block group(s) comprises a positive integer number of code block(s); K is a candidate integer of the S1 candidate integer(s), M is used for determining the S1 candidate integer(s) out of the S candidate integers; the first node is a base station, the operating action is transmitting; or the first node is a UE, the operating action is receiving. The above method helps reduce the amount of data retransmitted due to LBT failure of partial frequency sub-bands. |
| US11146963B2 |
System and method for location determination using mesh routing
Embodiments of the invention relate to determining a mobile communication device's location, even if the mobile communication device does not have an active data connection. Embodiments of the invention also relate to achieving connectivity between a mobile communication device not having an active data connection and to another mobile communication device, server computer, or third-party computer. |
| US11146962B2 |
Multi-SIM secure operational mode change
A method for performing secure change of operational mode of a multi-SIM telecommunications device, the method comprising: enabling each of a plurality of modem modules of the telecommunications device in a limited operational mode; performing a first verification, by a first authentication module of a plurality of authentication modules of the telecommunications device, to verify the validity of a first subscriber identity module associated with a first modem module of the plurality of modem modules in accordance with network configuration information, wherein responsive to a positive first verification the first modem module is transitioned to an enhanced operational mode and the first modem module performs a network attachment procedure to a first network using the first subscriber identity module; performing a second verification to verify active attachment of the first modem module to the first network in accordance with the network configuration information; providing the result of the second verification to a second authentication module of the plurality of authentication modules; performing a third verification, by the second authentication module, to verify the validity of a second subscriber identity module associated with a second modem module of the plurality of modem modules based on the network configuration information, wherein responsive to both a positive second verification of the first modem module and a positive third verification, the second modem module is transitioned to an enhanced operational mode and the second modem module performs a network attachment procedure to a second network using the second subscriber identity module. |
| US11146956B2 |
Serving gateway extensions for inter-system mobility
Methods, devices, and systems related to serving gateway extensions for inter-system mobility in integrated small Cell and WiFi networks. An SGW may be extended into a common intermediate gateway for both LTE and WiFi access. A GTP-based “SI a” interface between a TWAN and an SGW is introduced. The STa interface between TWAN and 3 GPP AAA server/proxy is extended to enable selection of an SGW for establishment of the disclosed S1a interface. The extended SGW and protocols may be used to optimize inter-system mobility between LTE small cells and trusted WiFi. SGW and PDN Gateway (PGW) functionality is disclosed to support GTP-based IP flow mobility via multi-access (LTE and WiFi) connectivity to the same packet data network (PDN). Non-access stratum (NAS), EAP, and GTP-C protocols may also be extended to include a “multi-connection” indication in addition to existing “handover” indication. |
| US11146949B2 |
System and method for providing a seamless and secure access to management and monitoring systems
An information handling system includes a wireless management controller having a first wireless network interface used to establish a secure short-range wireless network connection between a management controller and a mobile device. A second wireless network interface establishes a peer-to-peer wireless network connection between the management controller and the mobile device. The management controller stores a secure shell public key received from the mobile device through the secure short-range wireless network connection. The management controller randomly identifies a port number for the peer-to-peer wireless network connection, and disables network traffic through other ports associated with the peer-to-peer wireless network connection. The management controller also transmits a media access control address, the port number, and a host fingerprint to the mobile device through the secure short-range wireless network connection, and receives an access request from the mobile device on the port number of the peer-to-peer wireless network connection after the mobile device authenticated the media access control address and the host fingerprint Determining whether the mobile device is authentic through a secure shell negotiation based on the received secure shell public key. In response to the determination that the mobile device is authentic identifying a group owner of the peer-to-peer wireless network connection based on a negotiation with the mobile device. After the establishment of the peer-to-peer wireless network connection, the management controller may communicate packets with the mobile device on the port number of the peer-to-peer wireless network connection, where outbound packets are encrypted and inbound packets are decrypted. |
| US11146948B1 |
Electronic subscriber identity module (eSIM) transfer via activation code
A mechanism for sharing electronic subscriber identity module (eSIM) credentials between two mobile communication devices is described. This includes establishing, by a source user equipment (UE) comprising a first of the mobile communication devices, a data connection with a subscription manager data preparation (SMDP+) server associated with eSIM credentials stored at the source UE. The source UE notifies the SMDP+ server of an intent to transfer the eSIM credentials. The source UE receives metadata describing an activation code containing identification data for the eSIM credentials. The source UE forwards the activation code to a destination UE comprising a second of the mobile communication devices. The activation code is forwarded to support a download of the eSIM credentials to the destination UE from the SMDP+ server. |
| US11146939B2 |
IMS emergency calls for roaming UEs
A method in a proxy call session control function, P-CSCF, of handling an unauthenticated emergency call originating from a roaming user equipment that is not attached to the P-CSCF. The P-CSCF receives a session initiation protocol (SIP) REGISTER request from the UE, where the REGISTER request relating to the emergency registration. The P-CSCF determines an IP address of the UE. The P-CSCF sends an identity query to a policy and charging rules function (PCRF) indicating the IP address of the UE and requesting other identifiers of the UE. The P-CSCF receives one or more other identifiers of the UE from the PCRF. The P-CSCF obtains a TEL and/or SIP uniform resource identifier (URI) for the UE on the basis of at least one of the one or more other identifiers. The P-CSCF sends a 200 OK response to the UE in response to the SIP REGISTER request, where the 200 OK response includes the TEL and/or SIP URI. Also provided are corresponding methods in other nodes and for authenticated emergency calls, and apparatus for implementing the methods. |
| US11146937B2 |
Method and system for generating and transmitting BLE advertising packet through Classic Bluetooth
A method and a system for generating and transmitting a BLE advertising packet through Classic Bluetooth are provided. By modifying the modulation characteristics and packet generation characteristics of Classic Bluetooth, the BLE advertising packet is carried by a Classic Bluetooth packet, the minimum frequency deviation for Classic Bluetooth is modified, and transmission phases of the Access Code and the Header in the Classic Bluetooth packet are skipped when transmitting the Classic Bluetooth packet, such that the BLE advertising packet can be transmitted through Classic Bluetooth, thereby implementing a Bluetooth beacon function. |
| US11146931B2 |
Portable wireless avionics intra-communication adapter location system
A Wireless Avionics Intra-Communication (WAIC) system includes a communication network and a WAIC adapter location system. The communication network is configured to exchange data with a portable wireless device via WAIC adapter. The WAIC adapter location system is configured to determine a location of the WAIC adapter, which selectively connects and disconnects the portable device from the communication network based on the location. |
| US11146922B2 |
Method and system for completing a voice call in a cloud-based communication system using a RAN adapter
A method and system for completing a call between a first mobile device located at a first communication system and a second mobile device located at a second communication system is provided. A call initiation request including a request to complete a call with the second mobile device is received at a Radio Access Network (RAN) Adaptor (RA) from the first mobile device. The RA determines RAN-specific access parameters for the first mobile device and the second mobile device. The RA sends a call processing call initiation request including the RAN-specific access parameters and call initiation information for the first mobile device and the second mobile device to a cloud-based group call service. The RA establishes resources specific to the RAN in the RA. The resources include first resources at the first communication system and second resources at the second communication system. The call between the first mobile device and the second mobile device is completed using the first resources and the second resources. |
| US11146921B2 |
Method of grouping user devices
A grouping method of user devices comprises configuring one or more codes for each of the user devices by a base station wherein each of said one or more codes corresponds to a delay tolerance, performing a grouping task by the base station according to the delay tolerances and a determining result of channel-usage demand corresponding to each of the user devices so as to form one or more first-type groups and one or more second-type groups wherein each first-type group corresponds to a first-group delay tolerance and each second-type group corresponds to a second-group delay tolerance, and performing a selection from user devices in the first-type groups and the second-type groups to form one or more target groups by the base station according to the first-group delay tolerances and the second-group delay tolerances. |
| US11146920B2 |
Segmented WANcasting
A content item can be produced at a first system in segments, and some or all of the content item can be transferred to second systems, via transfer of produced segments of the content item. Content preferences, database configuration and playback schedules can be configured with a remote media content processing system. This information is then transferred from the remote media content processing system to one or more other remote media content processing systems. This transferred information provides a configuration for segmented WANcasting of a content items from one or more remote media content processing systems until the content item is complete. |
| US11146919B2 |
System and method of determining real-time location
A system and method for determining location information of a portable device relative to an object is provided. The system and method may include communicating with a secondary portable device separate from the portable device, which may be considered a primary portable device. The secondary portable device may be not be configured to communicate with the object or unaware that it is communicating with the object, and may receive communication parameters from the primary portable device. |
| US11146918B2 |
Systems and methods for network node communication using dynamically configurable interaction modes
Systems, methods, and computer-readable media are disclosed for network node communication using dynamically configurable interaction modes. Example methods may include identify a first triggering event associated with an agent, the agent comprising a vehicle or a user; determine a first mode for the agent based on the first triggering event; exchange a first communication with other agents over a network, wherein the first communication is based on the first mode and comprises a first action to be taken by the other agents; determine a second mode for the agent based on a second triggering event; and exchange a second communication with the other agents over the network, wherein the second communication is based on the second mode and comprises a second action to be taken by the other agents, and wherein the second mode and the first mode are of different types. |
| US11146912B1 |
System automatically updating database information based on a user's specified geographical location
A critical alert notification system includes a mobile device and software and is used to trigger a preselected communication scenario in the event an emergency scenario has been selected. The software includes a database and automatically updates information in the database when a user of the critical alert notification system crosses a preset geographic boundary or perimeter. Panic buttons or icons are swiped, tapped, clicked or pressed to alert people and organizations of an emergency situation with a preselected communication scenario. The critical alert notification system tracks the user's geographic location in real time and triggers two events when the user crosses a preset geographic boundary. The first event is the mobile user interface automatically adjusts to reflect key details based on their current location and the second event turns on the ability to display their location to other users of the system when a user enters a geographic boundary. |
| US11146911B2 |
Systems and methods for pacing information campaigns based on predicted and observed location events
A system includes a machine learning module configured to train a location prediction model for an information campaign, a front-end server configured to receive and process information requests, and a prediction unit. During the information campaign, the prediction unit is configured to use the location prediction model to predict a conversion probability for any particular mobile device associated with a qualified information request received during any respective time unit. The conversion probability corresponds to a predicted probability of the particular mobile device having at least one location event at any of one or more POIs during a particular time frame. The front-end server is further configured to determine a respective target number of conversions to be achieved by the information campaign during the respective time unit, and to determine a response to the particular information request based at least in part on the conversion probability and on the respective target number of conversions. |
| US11146909B1 |
Audio-based presence detection
A device can receive an audio signal and determine a measure of correlation between the audio signal and a microphone signal. The audio signal can be attenuated based on the measure of correlation. The audio signal can be used to drive one or more speakers of the device. Other aspects are described and claimed. |
| US11146907B2 |
Audio contribution identification system and method
A system for identifying the contribution of a given sound source to a composite audio track, the system comprising an audio input unit operable to receive an input composite audio track comprising two or more sound sources, including the given sound source, an audio generation unit operable to generate, using a model of a sound source, an approximation of the contribution of the given sound source to the composite audio track, an audio comparison unit operable to compare the generated audio to at least a portion of the composite audio track to determine whether the generated audio provides an approximation of the composite audio track that meets a threshold degree of similarity, and an audio identification unit operable to identify, when the threshold is met, the generated audio as a suitable representation of the contribution of the sound source to the composite audio track. |
| US11146904B2 |
Sound processing apparatus and sound processing system
The present technology relates to a sound processing apparatus and a sound processing system for enabling more stable localization of a sound image.A virtual speaker is assumed to exist on the lower side among the sides of a tetragon having its corners formed with four speakers surrounding a target sound image position on a spherical plane. Three-dimensional VBAP is performed with respect to the virtual speaker and the two speakers located at the upper right and the upper left, to calculate gains of the two speakers at the upper right and the upper left and the virtual speaker, the gains being to be used for fixing a sound image at the target sound image position. Further, two-dimensional VBAP is performed with respect to the lower right and lower left speakers, to calculate gains of the lower right and lower left speakers, the gains being to be used for fixing a sound image at the position of the virtual speaker. The values obtained by multiplying these gains by the gain of the virtual speaker are set as the gains of the lower right and lower left speakers for fixing a sound image at the target sound image position. The present technology can be applied to sound processing apparatuses. |
| US11146900B2 |
Inductive excursion sensing for audio transducers
Techniques, methods, systems, and other mechanisms for measuring the excursion of a speaker while being actively driven. Measuring excursion can involve attaching a flexible printed coil (FPC), including a sense coil, to the speaker, and monitoring an induced current as produced though the sense coil, and further detecting that violation of an excursion limit for the speaker may likely occur. |
| US11146899B2 |
Hearing device and method for tuning hearing device par
A method includes: initializing a model comprising a parameterized objective function based on first and second assumption on the objective function; obtaining an initial test setting; assigning the initial test setting as a primary test setting; obtaining a secondary test setting based on the model; outputting a primary test signal according to the primary test setting; outputting a secondary test signal according to the secondary test setting; obtaining a user input of a preferred test setting indicative of a preference for either the primary test setting or the secondary test setting; updating the model based on the primary test setting, the secondary test setting, and the preferred test setting; and in accordance with a determination that a tuning criterion is satisfied, updating at least one of hearing device parameters of a hearing device based on hearing device parameter(s) of the preferred test setting. |
| US11146891B1 |
Microelectromechanical system coil assembly for reproducing audio signals
A microelectromechanical system (MEMS) coil assembly is presented herein. In some embodiments, the MEMS coil assembly includes a foldable substrate and a plurality of coil segments. Each coil segment includes a portion of the substrate, two conductors arranged on the portion of the substrate. The substrate can be folded to stack the coil segments on top of each other and to electrically connect first and second conductors of adjacent coil segments. In some other embodiments, the MEMS coil assembly includes a plurality of coil layers stacked onto each other. Each coil layer includes a substrate and a conductor to form a coil. The conductors of adjacent coil layers are connected through a via. The MEMS coil assembly can be arranged between a pair of magnets. An input signal can be applied to the MEMS coil assembly to cause the MEMS coil assembly to move orthogonally relative to the magnets. |
| US11146889B2 |
Diaphragm
The present disclosure provides a diaphragm. The diaphragm includes a dome portion located at a central position and an edge portion disposed around the dome portion. The edge portion is provided with a plurality of first wrinkles at corners of the edge portion. The first wrinkles extend from an inner side of the edge portion toward an outer side of the edge portion. The edge portion is further provided with at least one second wrinkle passing through all the first wrinkles that are at the same corner as the at least one second wrinkle. The second wrinkle extends along a corner extension direction of the corner at which the second wrinkle is located. The diaphragm of the present disclosure can effectively improve a twist, a swing, and distortion when the diaphragm vibrates, and improve acoustic performance. |
| US11146885B2 |
Loudspeaker arrangement
A loudspeaker arrangement comprises an enclosure, at least one loudspeaker mounted in a wall of the enclosure between the inside and the outside of the enclosure and configured to produce sound waves, a first passive radiator mounted in a first wall of the enclosure between the inside and the outside of the enclosure, a second passive radiator mounted in a second wall of the enclosure between the inside and the outside of the enclosure, and a connecting element connecting the first passive radiator to the second passive radiator. |
| US11146884B2 |
Transducer apparatus for high speech intelligibility in noisy environments
A transducer apparatus to provide high speech-intelligibility in a noisy environment. The transducer apparatus comprises a vibration-sensing transducer adapted to be placed on the non-honey and non-cartilaginous, i.e., fleshy, part of the head of the user—either on the all-flesh part of the cheek or all-flesh under chin. The vibrations sensed are vibrations arising from the user's voice in his mouth and conducted to the surface of the fleshy area of the users cheek or under-chin, and not by bone vibration. The embodiments of the invention include its application into headsets, earsets and helmets; and a switching means; and a means to realize a vibration transducer from an acoustical microphone. |
| US11146883B2 |
Ear-hook earphone with detachable microphone support
An ear-hook earphone with detachable microphone support includes an earphone body, a microphone support and an ear hook. The earphone body includes a housing assembly, a speaker unit, a first connection member and a second connection member, the housing assembly accommodates the speaker unit, the first connection member and the second connection member. The microphone support includes a plug, and the plug is detachably inserted into the first connection member. The ear hook includes a docking end and a flexible hook part connected to the docking end, and the docking end is detachably inserted into the second connection member. |
| US11146882B2 |
Earphone
An earphone including an audio play portion, a body where a printed circuit board, a plug, and a socket are installed, and a connecting wire. The plug, the socket, and the connecting wire are in electrical connection with the printed circuit board. The plug is configured to be adapted to a lightning interface integrated with an audio output and a power input, and the audio play portion and the socket are in electrical connection with the plug and capable of work simultaneously and being respectively configured to play music and charge when the plug is inserted into the lightning interface. The earphone utilizes the plug to be adapted to the lightning interface integrated with the audio output and the power input. |
| US11146878B2 |
Hearing device
A holder extends from a part fixed to a housing and curves in substantially S-shape. A portion that extends from the housing and significantly curves for the first time serves as an ear-hanging part. The ear-hanging part is a portion that is hanged on an upper part of an auricle of a user. A portion that curves from the ear-hanging part so as to protrude toward a transmitting surface serves as a holding part. That is, the holding part is a portion that is formed at a position opposed to the transmitting surface and that is closest to the transmitting surface. A grasping part that can be curved, as needed, so as to be slightly distanced away from the transmitting surface is provided further toward the end from the holding part. The grasping part is a portion at which the user grasps the holder, the grasping part being so held allowing for easy attachment to and detachment from the auricle. |
| US11146875B2 |
Sound output device
It is intended to improve usability while securing functionality of a sound output device. There are provided: a neck band to be worn on a user's neck and having an insertion hole; a cable partially led out from the neck band; and an earphone connected to the cable. The cable can be drawn out from the neck band to both sides of the insertion hole, and a length of a portion on both sides of the insertion hole in the cable is changed by changing a position of an inserted portion of the cable in the insertion hole. Since a length of each portion of the cable positioned on both sides of the insertion hole is changed by changing a position of the inserted portion of the cable, it is possible to improve usability while securing functionality of the sound output device. |
| US11146874B2 |
Loudspeaker assembly and headphones for spatially localizing a sound event
A loudspeaker assembly for on-ear headphones, to be arranged on and/or over the ear, includes a housing in which a woofer is arranged and configured to emit low frequency sound waves along a low frequency sound beam axis toward the wearer's the ear. At least one tweeter is arranged in the housing and configured to emit high frequency sound waves along a high frequency sound beam axis toward the wearer's the ear. The at least one tweeter is a MEMS loudspeaker. |
| US11146873B2 |
Display device
The present disclosure relates to a display device comprising a display panel which outputs an image on a front surface thereof and is bendable, an exciter positioned on a rear surface of the display panel, for generating sound by vibrating the display panel, a vibration transmitting unit positioned between the exciter and the display panel, for transmitting vibrations of the exciter to the display panel, a control unit for controlling the display panel and the exciter, and a frame to which the display panel is fixed. As the display device uses the bendable display panel, such that the display panel itself can vibrate to output sound, the display device has an advantage in that there is no need to have a separate sound output device. |
| US11146869B2 |
Bandwidth allocation apparatus and bandwidth allocation method
A bandwidth allocation apparatus includes a request information acquisition unit configured to acquire request information indicating a required amount for a bandwidth allocation by using a communication link separated from a data link used in data communication, a determination unit configured to determine, on the basis of the request information, whether the bandwidth allocation that allows transmission of data within the designated time, to a termination apparatus is possible, and a bandwidth-allocation amount definition unit configured to, in a case where the bandwidth allocation to the termination apparatus is determined not to be possible, specify some termination apparatuses to which the bandwidth allocation that allows transmission of data within the designated time, is possible, define a bandwidth allocation amount for a specified termination apparatus, and allocate the defined bandwidth allocation amount to the specified termination apparatus. |
| US11146866B2 |
Modular assembly for providing telecommunications and internet services and method of installation thereof
A modular remote radio unit assembly that has a frame assembly, electrical components coupled to the frame assembly and configured to provide wireless data transfer, and a single power input for the electrical components. Wherein, when the power input is coupled to a power source, the electrical components are powered to provide wireless data transfer. |
| US11146862B2 |
Generating tags for a digital video
Systems, methods, and non-transitory computer-readable media are disclosed for automatic tagging of videos. In particular, in one or more embodiments, the disclosed systems generate a set of tagged feature vectors (e.g., tagged feature vectors based on action-rich digital videos) to utilize to generate tags for an input digital video. For instance, the disclosed systems can extract a set of frames for the input digital video and generate feature vectors from the set of frames. In some embodiments, the disclosed systems generate aggregated feature vectors from the feature vectors. Furthermore, the disclosed systems can utilize the feature vectors (or aggregated feature vectors) to identify similar tagged feature vectors from the set of tagged feature vectors. Additionally, the disclosed systems can generate a set of tags for the input digital videos by aggregating one or more tags corresponding to identified similar tagged feature vectors. |
| US11146859B2 |
Method and apparatus for executing content
Provided is a method of executing content, the method including: recognizing an external electronic device connected to an electronic device; determining a type of the content provided from the external electronic device to the electronic device based on a user interface (UI) displayed on a screen of the electronic device, as the external electronic device is recognized; and determining an image quality control mode for the content based on the determined type of the content. |
| US11146858B2 |
Method and apparatus for pushing video content
Disclosed are a video content push method and apparatus, the method comprising: when a primary disaster recovery system of a video recommendation service fails, activating a standby disaster recovery system; receiving a video access request sent by an application client, and invoking first historical video content stored in middleware and obtained from historical video recommendations of the video recommendation service according to a preset proportion; pushing the first historical video content to the application client for playback. The method removes the dependence of recovery on other services, so that a recovery solution is more robust, thereby increasing the stability of video content pushing. |
| US11146856B2 |
Computer-implemented system and method for determining attentiveness of user
Disclosed herein is a method and system for collecting attentiveness information associated with a user's response to consuming a piece of media content. The attentiveness information is used to create an attentiveness-labelled behavioural data for the user's response. A computer-implemented attentiveness model may be generated by applying machine learning techniques to the a set of attentiveness-labelled behavioural data from multiple users. The system may comprise an annotation tool that facilitates human labelling of the user's response with attentiveness data. The resulting attentiveness model is therefore based on correlations indicative of attentiveness within the attentiveness-labelled behavioural data and/or physiological data that are based on real human cognition rather than a predetermined feature or combination of features. |
| US11146849B2 |
Grouping and presenting content
A provider transmits instructions to a receiver to record multiple instances of content. The instances of content are included in the same frequency band of a broadcast signal transmitted via a first communication link and encoded utilizing a common encryption. The provider determines to supplement and transmits an instruction to record a supplemental instance of content from a second content provider via a second communication link. The receiver receives the instructions and accordingly receives, decodes, and stores the multiple instances of content and the supplemental content. A recorder in communication with the receiver determines whether a content selection is a member of a content group. The group determination is based on a tag of the content selection. If the content selection is a member of the content group, the recorder presents to a display device the content selection and at least one other member of the content group. |
| US11146848B2 |
Cache management in content delivery systems
Examples described herein relate to apparatuses and methods for managing caching for a content delivery system, which may include receiving a content request indicating that the caching agent is requesting content data for a client, filling the content data in a first cache storage of the business logic agent, providing the cached content data to the caching agent, and while a second cache storage of the caching agent is being filled with the content data, maintaining the cached content data in response to receiving additional content requests from the caching agent. The additional content requests may indicate that the caching agent is requesting the same content data for additional clients. |
| US11146846B2 |
Remote controller, control method thereof and image processing apparatus having the same
A remote controller of an image processing apparatus includes: a touch screen which displays an input menu; a menu processor which processes the touch screen to display respective input menus corresponding to at least two modes among a control mode of the image processing apparatus, a character input mode and a handwriting mode; and a controller which controls the menu processor to display the input menu of the mode corresponding to a selection signal when the selection signal for the mode is received. |
| US11146841B2 |
Voice-based television control method and intelligent terminal
The present disclosure provides a voice-based television control method and an intelligent terminal, which include: when a television is in a standby state, an intelligent terminal receives a first voice signal, recognizes a target playback operation corresponding to the first voice signal, determines a playback type of the target playback operation, and controls the television to play content corresponding to the target playback operation according to the playback type of the target playback operation. When a television is in the standby state, the method can automatically turn on a screen of the television to play content required by a user according to different voice requirements input by the user, or automatically play content required by a user by voice in a state where the screen is off, which provides users more choices and improves the user experience. |
| US11146836B1 |
Detection and synchronization of audio transmissions using complex audio signals
Methods and systems for improved detection of audio transmissions are provided. In one embodiment, a method is provided that includes receiving an audio signal containing an audio transmission. The audio transmission may contain a predetermined portion that was initially generated based on an expected sequence of complex-valued signals. A real portion of the expected sequence of complex-valued signals may be compared to the received audio signal to identify a first portion of the received audio signal. A complex portion of the expected sequence may be compared to portions of the received audio signal near the first portion of the received audio signal to identify a second portion of the received audio signal. An arrival time of the audio transmission may be determined based on the second portion of the received audio signal. |
| US11146833B2 |
Systems and methods for causing a user to view secondary content that relates to a media asset from which a user has switched away
Systems and methods are described herein for a media guidance application to determine that a user has switched away from a source transmitting a media asset with which the user was engaged and detect, while the user is switched away from the source, that secondary content transmitted by the source during a break of playback of the media asset relates to the media asset. In response to detecting that the secondary content relates to the media asset, the media guidance application may access a database to determine whether the secondary content specifically corresponds to the media asset, and, in response to determining that the secondary content specifically corresponds to the media asset, the media guidance application may generate for display the secondary content to the user. |
| US11146831B2 |
Set-top box with interactive portal and system and method for use of same
A set-top box with an interactive portal and system and method for use of the same are disclosed. In one embodiment of the set-top box, the set-top box is deployed to provide an interactive portal in a hospitality establishment having multiple rooms, such as a hotel. The set-top box is associated with a room and includes a housing that secures a television input, a television output, a processor, a transceiver, and memory therein in an interconnected bus architecture. The set-top box generates a guest interactive portal as well as a housekeeping interactive portal for a guest and housekeeper, respectively. Each of the portals provides relevant feedback on the condition of the room to a server associated with the hotel. |
| US11146830B2 |
Video reception method, video transmission method, video reception apparatus, and video transmission apparatus
Provided is a video reception method performed by a video reception apparatus including a display. The video reception method includes: receiving a reception signal multiplexed from video data and audio data; outputting, as first transfer characteristics information, transfer characteristics obtained by demultiplexing the reception signal; outputting, as second transfer characteristics information, transfer characteristics obtained by decoding the video data, the second transfer characteristics information being information for specifying, at frame accuracy, a transfer function corresponding to a luminance dynamic range of the video data; and displaying the video data while controlling a luminance dynamic range of the display at frame accuracy according to the second transfer characteristics information. |
| US11146824B2 |
Video encoding or decoding methods and apparatuses related to high-level information signaling
Video processing methods and apparatuses for processing video pictures referring to a high-level syntax set include receiving input data, determining a first syntax element indicating whether reference picture resampling is disabled or constrained, determining a second syntax element indicating whether subpicture partitioning is disabled or constrained, and encoding or decoding the video pictures. The first and second syntax elements are restricted to disable or constrain subpicture partitioning when reference picture resampling is enabled or disable or constrain reference picture resampling when subpicture partitioning is enabled. The first syntax element and the second syntax element are syntax elements signaled in the high level syntax set. |
| US11146823B2 |
Signalling chroma quantization parameter (QP) mapping tables
A method of decoding video data includes receiving a first chroma quantization parameter (QP) mapping table in an encoded video bitstream, determining a first chroma QP value for a first chroma block of video data from a luma QP value and the first chroma QP mapping table, decoding the first chroma block of video data using the first chroma QP value. |
| US11146822B2 |
Method and apparatus for decoding an enhanced video stream
A method of decoding an enhanced video stream composed of base layer video access units and enhancement layer video access units, each access unit comprising a plurality of syntax structures, includes passing the syntax structures of the base layer access units to a base layer buffer, passing syntax structures of the enhancement layer access units to an enhancement layer buffer, outputting the syntax structures passed to the base layer buffer in a predetermined sequence, outputting the syntax structures passed to the enhancement layer buffer in a predetermined sequence, and recombining the sequences of syntax structures output by the base layer buffer and the enhancement layer buffer respectively to form a complete enhanced access unit, composed of base layer syntax structures and enhancement layer syntax structures in a predetermined sequence. |
| US11146816B2 |
Method and apparatus for processing image signal
Embodiments of the present disclosure provide a method and device for processing a video signal. A method for decoding an image signal according to an embodiment of the present disclosure comprises the steps of: determining a non-separable transform set index indicating a non-separable transform set used for a non-separable transform of a current block from among non-separable transform sets predefined on the basis of an intra-prediction mode of the current block; determining. as a non-separable transform matrix, a transform kernel indicated by a non-separable transform index for the current block from among transform kernels included in the non-separable transform set indicated by the non-separable transform set index; and applying the non-separable transform matrix to an upper left region which of the current block, which is determined according to the width and height of the current block, wherein each of the predefined non-separable transform sets includes two transform kernels. |
| US11146812B2 |
Encoder, decoder, encoding method, and decoding method
Provided is an encoder which includes circuitry and memory. Using the memory, the circuitry: splits an image block into a plurality of partitions; generates a motion vector candidate list; obtains a motion vector from the motion vector candidate list; performs inter prediction processing using the motion vector; and encodes the image block using a result of the inter prediction processing. When a partition is a non-rectangular partition, the circuitry generates the motion vector candidate list using at least one motion vector among a plurality of motion vectors for a plurality of spatially neighboring partitions or a plurality of motion vectors for a plurality of temporally neighboring partitions, without using a plurality of motion vectors for a plurality of sub-partitions. |
| US11146808B2 |
Method and apparatus for video coding
An apparatus for video decoding includes processing circuitry. The processing circuitry can be configured to receive data of a current block coded with an intra block copy (IBC) mode in a bitstream. A block vector of the current block can be determined based on a history-based block vector prediction (HBVP) table that includes one or more entries each corresponding to a previously decoded block. Each entry can include a block vector of the corresponding previously decoded block and a location of the corresponding previously decoded block. The current block can be reconstructed based on the determined block vector of the current block. |
| US11146804B2 |
Concept for picture/video data streams allowing efficient reducibility or efficient random access
A video data stream is rendered reducible in a manner so that the reduction leads to a restriction of pictures of the reduced video data stream to merely a predetermined subarea of the pictures of the original video data stream and in a manner so that transcoding, such as re-quantization, may be avoided and a conformance of the reduced video data stream relative to the codec underlying the original video data stream be maintained. This is achieved by providing the video data stream with information including an indication of the predetermined subarea and replacement indices for redirecting the indices included by the payload portion so as to refer to, and/or replacement parameters for adjusting the first set of coding parameter settings so as to result in, a second set of coding parameter settings. |
| US11146803B2 |
Distribution of multi-format high dynamic range video using layered coding
An encoder receives an input enhanced dynamic range (EDR) image to be stored or transmitted using multiple coding formats in a layered representation. A layer decomposer generates a lower dynamic range (LDR) image from the EDR image. One or more base layer (BL) encoders encode the LDR image to generate a main coded BL stream and one or more secondary coded BL streams, where each secondary BL stream is coded in a different coding format than the main coded BL stream. A single enhancement layer (EL) coded stream and related metadata are generated using the main coded BL stream, the LDR image, and the input EDR image. An output coded stream includes the coded EL stream, the metadata, and either the main coded BL stream or one of the secondary coded BL streams. Computation-scalable decoding and display management processes for EDR images are also described. |
| US11146800B2 |
Low latency local illumination compensation
Aspects of the disclosure provide methods and apparatuses for video encoding/decoding. In some examples, an apparatus for video decoding includes processing circuitry that decodes prediction information for a plurality of first blocks in a current coded picture that is a part of a coded video sequence. The prediction information indicates that the plurality of first blocks is coded in a local illumination compensation (LIC) mode. The processing circuitry selects a neighboring region for each of the plurality of first blocks. The selected neighboring region and the respective first block form a second block. The processing circuitry performs an inter prediction for the plurality of second blocks in parallel. The processing circuitry determines a set of LIC parameters for each of the plurality of first blocks based on the selected neighboring region of the respective first block and reconstructs the plurality of first blocks based on the sets of LIC parameters. |
| US11146798B2 |
Picture encoding method, picture decoding method, encoder, decoder and storage medium
Picture coding and decoding methods, an encoder, a decoder and a storage medium are provided. The encoder, before performing coding processing according to a matrix-based intra prediction (MIP) mode, sets initial right shift parameters corresponding to different sizes and different MIP mode numbers as an uniform offset parameter, the offset parameter indicating a number of right shifting bits of a predicted value, and when performing coding processing according to the MIP mode, performs coding processing according to the offset parameter. The decoder, before performing decoding processing according to an MIP mode, sets initial right shift parameters corresponding to different sizes and different MIP mode numbers as an uniform offset parameter, the offset parameter indicating a number of right shifting bits of a predicted value, and when performing decoding processing according to the MIP mode, performs decoding processing according to the offset parameter. |
| US11146792B2 |
Video encoding and decoding with improved error resilience
A sequence of digital images is encoded into a bitstream, at least one portion of an image being encoded by motion compensation with respect to a reference image portion. A target number of motion information predictors is obtained. Using the target number a set of motion information predictors is generated having controlled diversity. A motion information predictor for the image portion to encode is selected from the generated set of motion information predictors. The target number is signaled in the bitstream, together with information relating to the selected motion information predictor. |
| US11146791B2 |
Method and apparatus for processing video signal
A method for decoding a video according to the present invention may comprise: determining a motion vector precision of a current block, generating a motion vector candidate list of the current block, obtaining a motion vector prediction value of the current block from the motion vector candidate list, determining whether a precision of the motion vector prediction value is identical to a motion vector precision of the current block, scaling the motion vector prediction value according to the motion vector precision of the current block, when the precision of the motion vector prediction value is different from the motion vector precision of the current block, and obtaining a motion vector of the current block using the scaled motion vector prediction value. |
| US11146786B2 |
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. |
| US11146785B2 |
Selection of coded motion information for LUT updating
A method of video decoding includes maintaining a number of tables, wherein each table includes a set of motion candidates, wherein each motion candidate is associated with corresponding motion information derived from previously video blocks, performing a conversion between a video block and a coded representation of the video block, and determining, based on a conversion condition of the video block, whether to update at least one of the tables by adding motion information corresponding to the video block. |
| US11146776B2 |
Device and method for three-dimensional laser imaging with longitudinal range
The present invention relates to a device and method for 3D laser imaging with a longitudinal range. An optical sensor array detects a 3D image of a target through a delay difference of laser transmission between pixels. During detection, two or more identical laser pulses are sequentially emitted to the target. Each time when a pulse is emitted, a gray image of the target is formed, and multiple pulses form multiple images. By controlling a shutter, the laser pulse returned in each imaging is truncated to varying degrees, and several charge coupled device (CCD) images with different exposures are obtained. A time-varying gray curve of each pixel is extracted, and a waveform of the corresponding laser pulse is restored. A position of a pulse peak of each pixel on a time coordinate is determined to obtain the distribution of the laser delay difference between the pixels, thereby realizing 3D imaging. |
| US11146774B2 |
Operating method of three-dimensional facial diagnosis apparatus
The present invention relates to a three-dimensional face image capturing method and comprises the steps of: capturing a face region of a user in a direction from a right chin to a left forehead; capturing the face region in a direction from a left forehead to a left chin; capturing the face region in a direction from a left chin to a right forehead; and capturing the face region in a direction from a right forehead to a center of face. |
| US11146772B2 |
Encoder, decoder, encoding method, decoding method, and recording medium
An encoder includes: a correction unit configured to execute gradation correction on RAW image data from an image capture element having optical black on the basis of a gamma coefficient and an optical black value of the optical black; and an encoding unit configured to encode gradation correction RAW image data that has undergone gradation correction by the correction unit. |
| US11146767B2 |
Projection position detection device, image projection system, and projection position detection method
A projection position detection device includes: a spectroscopic camera receiving light from an image pickup range including a projection image projected onto a projection target, and picking up a plurality of spectral images corresponding to different wavelengths from each other; a spectrum computation unit computing an optical spectrum of each pixel, based on the plurality of spectral images; a feature point detector detecting a feature point in the image pickup range, based on the optical spectrum of the pixel; and a projection position calculator calculating a relative position of the projection image to the feature point. |
| US11146766B2 |
Projection-type video display device
An object is to provide a technology for correcting color of a projected video more suitably. In order to solve the above-described object, a configuration includes a video projector configured to display a plurality of colors in time division and project a video to be displayed, and a color corrector configured to perform color correction on a projected video from the video projector. In the configuration, the projected video projected by the video projector is imaged by an internal imaging apparatus or an external imaging apparatus connected by wire or wireless connection, and the color corrector performs the color correction on the basis of a video corresponding to time division one period of the projected video detected from the imaged image or color information of the video corresponding to N times period of time division one period. |
| US11146765B2 |
System and method for displaying video data in a target environment
A system for automatically displaying output information on a display surface based on activities in a target environment includes an image capturing device for capturing data of the target environment in real-time, a processing unit for processing the data to determine a location for displaying the output information, and determine a content of the output information, and a video output unit for displaying the output information on the display surface. The video output unit is configured to rotate in a 360° manner, and wherein an angle of rotation of the video output unit is controlled by the processing unit. The image capturing device further captures the output information displayed on the display surface in real time, and provides feedback data to the processing unit in real-time, so as to enable the processing unit to control a focus, a direction, and the output information displayed on the video output unit. |
| US11146764B2 |
Control device, optical scanning device, display apparatus, and control method
A control device for a laser scanning display apparatus includes a laser device, a current source that generates an electric current supplied to the laser device, and a controller that controls the current source to set a current value of the electric current supplied to the laser device. During a period for scanning a non-display area where no image is displayed, the controller sets the current value at a first drive current value that is less than a threshold current value at which the laser device starts oscillating; and during a period for scanning a portion with a luminance level of zero in a display area where an image is displayed, the controller sets the current value at a second drive current value that is greater than or equal to the first drive current value and less than the threshold current value. |
| US11146762B2 |
Methods and systems for reconstructing a high frame rate high resolution video
Methods and systems for reconstructing a high frame rate high resolution video in a Bayer domain, when an imaging device is set in a Flexible Sub-Sampled Readout (FSR) mode are described. A method provides the FSR mode, which utilizes a multiparty FSR mechanism to spatially and temporally sample the full frame Bayer data. The multi parity FSR utilizes a zigzag sampling that assists reconstruction of motion compensated artifact free high frame rate high resolution video with full frame size. The method includes reconstructing the high frame rate high resolution video using the plurality of parity fields generated. The reconstruction is based on a FSR reconstruction mechanism that can be a pre-Image Signal Processor (ISP) FSR reconstruction or a post-ISP FSP reconstruction based on bandwidth capacity of an ISP used by the imaging device. |
| US11146760B2 |
Imaging apparatus, imaging method, and computer readable recording medium
An imaging apparatus includes: an imaging sensor including a plurality of pixels; a color filter including a plurality of filters arranged to correspond to the pixels; a first light source configured to irradiate a subject with visible light; a second light source configured to irradiate the subject with near-infrared light; a first processor including hardware, the first processor being configured to control an irradiation timing of each of the first light source and the second light source; and a second processor including hardware, the second processor being configured to generate a plurality of pieces of near-infrared image data on different near-infrared regions based on first image data and second image data, the first image data being generated by the imaging sensor by capturing an image of the subject, the second image data being generated by the imaging sensor by capturing an image of the subject. |
| US11146758B1 |
Controlling a route based on priority levels associated with delivery action or surveillance action
An unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) may perform a surveillance action at a property of an authorized party. The property may be defined by a geo-fence, which may be a virtual perimeter or boundary around a real-world geographic area. The UAV may image the property to generate surveillance images, and the surveillance images may include image data of objects inside the geo-fence and image data of objects outside the geo-fence. While gathering surveillance images, or after the surveillance images have been gathered, the geo-fence information may be used to obscure or remove image data referring to objects outside the geo-fence. Geo-clipped surveillance images may be generated by physically constraining a sensor of the UAV, by performing pre-image capture processing, or post-image capture processing. Geo-clipped surveillance images may be limited to authorized property, so privacy is ensured for private persons and property. |
| US11146755B2 |
On-vehicle image and sound capturing and recording apparatus, on-vehicle image and sound capturing control method, and program for on-vehicle image and sound capturing and recording based on abnormality detection
A dashcam serving as an on-vehicle image capturing and recording apparatus includes: a cancellation processing unit configured to perform cancellation processing for reducing an electronic device sound on a sound acquired by a surrounding image/sound acquisition unit based on the characteristics of an electronic device sound acquired by an electronic device sound acquisition unit; and an abnormality detection unit configured to detect an abnormality of a vehicle, in which the acquired sound of the surroundings of the vehicle and a cancel sound are temporality recorded, a recording control unit is configured to discard the cancel sound and integrate only the sound of the surroundings of the vehicle with the image and record the integrated data when the abnormality detection unit does not detect an abnormality and otherwise records the cancel sounds and the sounds of the surroundings of the vehicle along with the image as overwriting prohibited data. |
| US11146750B2 |
Solid-state image sensing device
A solid-state image sensing device is of a global-shutter type and includes a vertical driving unit and an analog-to-digital (AD) converter. The vertical driving unit performs a shutter operation during a time period from when the AD converter starts an AD conversion to when the AD converter ends the AD conversion. The AD converter does not output a digital signal during a time period from when the vertical driving unit starts the shutter operation to when the vertical driving unit ends the shutter operation. |
| US11146746B2 |
Image processing device, image capturing device, image processing method, and storage medium
An image processing device includes one or more processors configured to: generate a high-resolution combined image by aligning the plurality of images with each other in a high-resolution image space based on an amount of displacement between the plurality of images, and combining the plurality of images; generate at least two low-resolution combined images by generating at least two groups each composed of at least two images by dividing the plurality of images in the time direction, aligning the at least two images in each of the groups with each other in a low-resolution image space based on the amount of displacement, and combining the at least two images through weighted addition; calculate, in each region, a feature quantity pertaining to a correlation between the generated at least two low-resolution combined images; and correct the high-resolution combined image based on the calculated feature quantity. |
| US11146743B2 |
Display control apparatus with first controlling device and second controlling device superimposing bookmark data
A display control apparatus is provided with: a first controlling device configured to perform still picture reproduction or motion picture reproduction of motion picture content, within a screen of a displaying device; a second controlling device configured to superimpose and display bookmark data indicating a bookmark having a predetermined shape, on the motion picture content only in a predetermined period on a time axis of the motion picture content, in a predetermined position or range within the screen, during the still picture reproduction or the motion picture reproduction of the motion picture content; and a holding device configured to hold the bookmark data in association with the time axis of the motion picture content. |
| US11146740B2 |
Image display apparatus
An image display apparatus has: a first imaging device (11B) for imaging an area on the rear of a vehicle (1); a second imaging device (11BL, 11BR) for imaging an area on the rear and side of the vehicle; a synthesizing device (12) for generating a synthesized image in which a first image captured by the first imaging device and a second image captured by the second imaging device are adjacent to each other and a vanishing point of the first image in the synthesized image is different from a vanishing point of the second image in the synthesized image; and a displaying device (13) for displaying the synthesized image. |
| US11146739B2 |
Method for image shooting, terminal device, and storage medium
Embodiments of the present disclosure relate to the field of electronics and provide a method for image shooting, an apparatus, a terminal device, and a storage medium. The method includes: shooting, via an image shooting component, a preview image and acquiring an exposure parameter of the preview image, when a terminal device is in a state of being ready for image shooting; obtaining an image shooting parameter for a present night scene via an image shooting parameter estimation model based on the preview image and the exposure parameter; performing, in response to receiving an image shooting instruction, image shoot processing based on the estimated image shooting parameter to obtain a target synthesized image. |
| US11146735B2 |
Image processing methods and apparatuses, computer readable storage media, and electronic devices
The present disclosure provides an image processing method, an image processing apparatus, a computer readable storage medium, and an electronic device. The method includes: in response to detecting that a camera component is turned on, controlling the camera component to collect a speckle image, the speckle image being an image formed by illuminating an object with laser speckles; detecting a target temperature of the camera component, and acquiring a corresponding reference image based on the target temperature, the reference image being an image with reference depth information and collected when calibrating the camera component; and calculating based on the speckle image and the reference image to acquire a depth image. |
| US11146733B1 |
Cargo management system and methods
A method of matching a found item record with an existing item record, wherein the found item record includes a plurality of record fields. In an example embodiment, the found item is a piece of cargo that is associated with a travel route. In an example embodiment, the method includes: receiving, by one or more processors and from a remote user device, a photo file that comprises an image of the found item; generating, based on the image and using an image to image-description application, text describing an appearance of the found item; storing the generated text describing the appearance of the found item in a first record field from the plurality of record fields; and comparing the text within the first record field with text within a first record field in the existing item record to match the found item record with the existing item record. |
| US11146728B2 |
Vehicle and method of controlling the same
A vehicle may include a camera configured to generate first image data based on tuning parameters; a first image controller including an image signal processor (ISP) configured to perform the image processing of the first image data; and a second image controller including the ISP configured to perform the image processing of the first image data. When the second image controller determines the tuning parameter based on an operation mode, the second image controller may be configured to transmit the determined tuning parameter to the camera, and the ISP of the first image controller may be configured to receive the first image data. |
| US11146726B2 |
Control device, camera system and program
A control device of present invention includes a display control portion that performs control such that a whole image display region, in which a whole image captured by a camera is displayed, and an enlarged image display region, in which a region corresponding to a position specified on the whole image is enlarged and an enlarged image is displayed, are displayed, and a control portion that performs control such that the region corresponding to the position specified on the whole image is changed. The region includes at least one preset region, and the display control portion displays, on the whole image, a section that corresponds to the preset region. |
| US11146725B2 |
Information processing apparatus, camera control method, program, camera apparatus, and image processing system
A technique for reducing a work load during introduction of a system in the system processing an image generated by a camera. An information processing apparatus includes at least an accumulation unit, a recommended setting determination unit, and a camera control unit. The accumulation unit accumulates a score obtained through an authentication process using an image in which a person is captured and a camera setting at which a camera generates the image in a storage area. The recommended setting determination unit determines a recommended setting for the camera on the basis of a correspondence relationship between the score and the camera setting. The camera control unit controls the camera on the basis of the recommended setting. |
| US11146723B2 |
Optical scope system for capturing an image of a scene
An optical device for capturing an image of a scene, the optical device comprising: a plurality of image sensors each operable to capture a respective initial image of the scene; a lens arrangement operable to receive light from the scene and to form each initial image on each respective image sensor, each image sensor being located at a different respective distance from the lens arrangement; and an image processor operable to generate the captured image of the scene on the basis of image data from one or more of the captured initial images. |
| US11146719B2 |
Camera system having different shutter modes
A stereo camera system for a driver assistance system includes a first camera having a first aperture angle and a second camera having a second aperture angle, wherein the first camera produces a wide-angle camera image, the second camera produces a telephoto camera image, and the two camera images have an area of overlap. The first camera is a rolling shutter camera and the second camera is a global shutter camera. The two cameras' shutters are synchronized with one another in particular manners. |
| US11146716B2 |
Camera module, method for making camera module and electronic device
A camera module includes a composite base, an optical lens arranged at a first side of the composite base; and a circuit board arranged at a second side of the composite base. The composite base includes a metal frame and a plastic frame. The metal frame includes a plurality of first metal strips connected end to end and at least one second metal strip corresponding extending from part of the plurality of first metal strips. The plastic frame includes a plurality of first plastic strips connected end to end and at least one second plastic strip extending from part of the plurality of first plastic strip. The first plastic strips are fixed to the first metal strips to form a top wall of the composite base, and the second plastic strips are connected to the second metal strips to form a side wall of the composite base. |
| US11146713B2 |
Vehicular camera and lens assembly
A vehicular camera includes a front camera housing and a lens assembly having cylindrical barrel portion that is at least partially received at the front camera housing. An adhesive is disposed in an uncured state at the front camera housing and/or at the printed circuit board and laterally outboard of the imager. With the adhesive in the uncured state, an air gap exists between the inner surface of the lens and the imager. The adhesive is initially cured from the uncured state to an initially-cured state in an initial radiation curing process that comprises exposure to UV light for a first time period. With the adhesive in the initially-cured state, the front camera housing, with the printed circuit board adhesively attached thereto, is further cured to a further more cured state in a secondary curing process undertaken for a longer time period than the first time period. |
| US11146710B2 |
Printing apparatus and control method
To make it possible to specify a color space of image data even in a case where color space identification information is not attached to the image data. The image processing system that handles image data whose color spaces are different comprises a learning unit configured to perform machine learning by taking image data and metadata thereof as input data and color space identification information as supervised data. In the machine learning, a learning model is optimized so that a deviation between the color space predicted from the input data and the color space specified by the color space identification information becomes a minimum. |
| US11146709B2 |
Image reading apparatus, control method for controlling image reading apparatus, and storage medium
An image reading apparatus includes a conveying unit to convey a document, first and second reading units, a reception unit, a selection unit, and a setting unit. The first reading unit generates image data form a document first side and the second reading unit generates image data from a second side in parallel with the first reading unit reading. The reception unit receives settings regarding a size, an orientation, and a document opening direction of the document. The selection unit selects either a first reading method causing the first and second reading units to read per the set size, and a second reading method causing the first reading unit to read the first side per the set size and causing the second reading unit to read an entire second side. The setting unit sets image data corresponding to the document second side reading by the second reading method. |
| US11146706B2 |
Image forming apparatus, non-transitory computer readable medium storing program, and image forming system
An image forming apparatus includes a section that provides plural functions which include an image forming function and one or more server functions; a power storage device that is capable of supplying electricity to the image forming apparatus in a case where electricity is not supplied from an external power source; a reception section that receives and holds an input of setting information, which defines a stop target function or a work target function in a case where the electricity is supplied from the power storage device, from a user; and a controller that performs control to cause the stop target function, which is defined in the setting information, to be stopped among the plural functions, or performs control to cause the work target function, which is defined in the setting information, to be worked in the case where the electricity is supplied from the power storage device. |
| US11146700B2 |
Image forming apparatus and communication system that utilize group chat function
An image forming apparatus includes a setup unit, a language identification unit, and a controller. The setup unit establishes a condition that enables group chat to be performed, among the image forming apparatus and a plurality of information processing apparatuses, by activating a group chat tool. The language identification unit identifies, when a communication device receives a message inputted to the group chat from the information processing apparatus, a language of the message. When the language identified by the language identification unit is not installed, the controller retrieves language data indicating the identified language from a storage device, and installs the identified language as a language usable with the image forming apparatus. |
| US11146699B2 |
Providing user control of resolution and file size for n-up scanned files
Methods and apparatuses receive, into a user interface, an instruction to combine multiple scanned pages into one or more n-up sheets. In response to receiving the instruction to combine multiple scanned pages, a resolution field is output from the user interface. A user-set resolution for the scanned pages on the n-up sheets is received into the resolution field. With this, the scanned pages are scanned at the user-set resolution using a scanner. A processor is used to combine the scanned pages together into the n-up sheets at the user-set resolution of the scanned pages resolution, and the processor outputs the n-up sheets in an electronic file. |
| US11146697B2 |
Image forming system and image forming apparatus with voice instruction to reform print setting operation
An image forming system includes: a display panel; a voice inputter that receives an instruction by voice; and a hardware processor that: analyzes a voice content that has been received by the voice inputter; determines input regarding setting of at least one or more of preliminarily provided adjustment functions based on an analysis result from the hardware processor; determines whether the voice content contains input of a setting value of a corresponding adjustment function based on a determination result from the hardware processor; and displays a selection screen on the display panel based on a determination result from the hardware processor when the voice content does not contain the input of a setting value of a corresponding adjustment function. |
| US11146694B2 |
Image forming apparatus
An image forming apparatus includes one or more processors, at least one of the one or more processors operating to: monitor an occurrence of an abnormality; identify, in a case where an abnormality is detected, a failed part that has caused the abnormality, a parent component including one or more child components, a notifier configured to notify failure information indicating a failed part that has caused an abnormality; and a storage configured to store display setting information indicating whether notification of failure information is performed in unit of a child component and in unit of a parent component. The at least one of the one or more processors operates to control, in a case where the display setting information is set so as to notify the failure information in unit of the parent component, when the failed part is a child component. |
| US11146687B2 |
Harmonising telephony conversations involving embedded devices and social media applications
It is disclosed a method to operate a desktop telephone (400) with Internet Protocol (IP) connectivity in a business social real-time collaboration environment, i.e. using the desktop telephone (400) as terminating point for incoming and outgoing calls or conferences capabilities where the desktop telephone may be located on a desktop or other surface or be wall mounted, with a list of recent calls, contacts (323) and directory search results altogether made available as a single combined conversation list (303) for navigation and for activation for a business social real-time collaboration user, such that the desktop telephone (400) is always up-to-date with the user's social real-time collaboration system; wherein when the said user logs on to his/her social real-time collaboration account the desktop telephone (400) associated with said user is in synchronisation with his/her activities involved with the social real-time collaboration system. |
| US11146685B1 |
System and method for automatically assigning a customer call to an agent
Systems and methods described herein can automatically route an inbound call from an identified customer to one of a plurality of agents, the agent being selected on the basis of likelihood of a favorable outcome. The method determines a predictive model appropriate for the identified customer, with model variables including call center data, and targeted marketing data based upon risk data for the customer. An analytical engine calculates outcome predictions by applying the predictive model to values of model variables over a recent time interval. In a time-series analysis, this calculation is repeated while dynamically adjusting the recent time interval, until identifying a call routing option that satisfies a favorable outcome criterion. This method may be used to select the agent to handle the incoming call, and optionally to select a product for that agent to discuss with the identified customer. |
| US11146679B1 |
Method and apparatus for interactive voice response
A system and method for providing an interactive voice response dialogue by using a cloud computing system coupled to a mobile computing device. The cloud computing system may receive a request from a mobile computing device to initiate communication with an interactive voice response system having a tree structure including audio files in the cloud computing system. An interactive voice response dialogue may be conducted using the cloud computing system when the mobile computing device does not have the capacity to receive the one or more files. When the mobile computing device does have the capacity to receive the one or more files, one or more files may be transmitted from the cloud computing system to the mobile computing device, so that he mobile computing device may conduct the interactive voice response dialogue. |
| US11146678B2 |
Determining the context of calls
The exemplary embodiments disclose a system and method, a computer program product, and a computer system for determining the context of calls and providing a user interface to a user. The exemplary embodiments may include collecting data from the call, extracting one or more features from the collected data, determining a context of the call based on applying one or more models to the extracted one or more features, and providing a user with a user interface. |
| US11146677B1 |
Instant support agent call setup and call connection application
Receiving and processing customer support calls initiated from a mobile/wireless device via a call function or via a mobile device application may include various operations. For instance, an example method of operation may provide receiving a service request from a mobile device, requesting a temporary telephone number to be assigned to a subsequent call to be placed from the mobile device, creating a database record with an identifier of the mobile device and the temporary telephone number, transmitting the temporary telephone number to the mobile device, receiving an automated call to the temporary telephone number from the mobile device, and connecting the mobile device with a remote call recipient. |
| US11146671B2 |
Adaptive video interface switching
A system and method of adaptive video interface switching between a mobile electronic communications device and a wearable device entail determining during an ongoing video session via a first one of the devices that an audio or video input or output mechanism on the first device is compromised. It is determined that the audio and video input and output mechanisms on a second of the devices are uncompromised. The video session is then continued using at least one of the audio and video input and output mechanisms on the second device. |
| US11146662B2 |
Method and system of transmitting state based input over a network
A system and method for transmitting state based input over a network are presented. Embodiments of the present invention are operable to generate vector data comprising a composite of all state data associated with the state of all user input claims of a client system and transmit the vector data from the client device to a host device over a network. Embodiments of the present invention are further operable at the host device to determine a simulated input state at the client side by performing a comparison of the vector data currently received to a last known vector data and rendering output in response to the comparison. |
| US11146661B2 |
Systems and methods for detecting collaborative virtual gestures
An endpoint system including one or more computing devices receives user input associated with an avatar in a shared virtual environment; calculates, based on the user input, motion for a portion of the first avatar, such as a hand; determines, based on the user input, a first gesture state for first avatar; transmits first location change notifications and a representation of the first gesture state for the first avatar; receives second location change notifications and a representation of a second gesture state for a second avatar; detects a collision between the first avatar and the second avatar based on the first location change notifications and the second location change notifications; and identifies a collaborative gesture based on the detected collision, the first gesture state, and the second gesture state. |
| US11146660B2 |
Information packet download method for preventing high concurrency, electronic device and storage medium
Disclosed are an information packet download method for preventing high concurrency, an electronic device, and a non-volatile computer readable storage medium. The method includes: adjusting a current probability of downloading an information packet based on download environment information; receiving an information packet query request for downloading the information packet from a client, and determining whether to allow the client to download the information packet based on the current probability and the information packet query request; and when it is determined to allow the client to download the information packet, sending a download instruction to the client in response to the information packet query request, to make the client download the information packet. |
| US11146655B2 |
Method and system to pre-fetch data in a network
Systems and methods for prefetching items of content associated with commercial websites, comprising receiving a request from a user device for data for a first interface, and in response, identifying items of content that are to be included in one or more second interfaces that are accessible by user-selectable links in the first interface. Data for the first interface and the items of content are then transmitted to the user device. After the transmission, a second request is received from the user device for a particular second interface, based on a selection of a particular user-selectable link in the first interface. In response, data corresponding to the particular second interface that does not include the items of content included in the particular second interface is transmitted to the user device to enable output of the second interface with its respective items of content. |
| US11146653B2 |
Method, data sending control server, storage server, processing server and system for sending data to at least one device
The invention relates to a method for sending data to at least one device. According to the invention, a data sending control server sends to at least one data storage server at least one predetermined rule or a first request for sending data to at least one data processing server. The data storage server sends, based upon the at least one predetermined rule or the first request for sending data, data to the data processing server. The data sending control server sends to the data processing server a second request for sending to the device the data received or to be received by the data processing server. The data processing server sends, based upon the second request for sending the data, the received data to the at least one device. |
| US11146651B2 |
Request redirection in an information centric network
There is provided a method in a serving node of an information centric network, the method comprising: receiving an interest message referring to a first content object from a requesting node; processing the name of the first content object and the payload of the received interest message to generate the name of a second content object; and replying to the interest message with a redirect message, wherein the redirect message comprises the name of the second content object. |
| US11146646B2 |
Non-disruptive display of video streams on a client system
In one embodiment, a method includes launching, by a client system of a first user, a video-call session to enable a video stream for display in a small-overlay-window on a display of the client system of the first user; receiving, by the client system of the first user, a video stream comprising video from a client system of a second user; determining at least one property for the small-overlay-window based on information associated with the second user; and displaying the video stream in the small-overlay-window, wherein the small-overlay-window is customized based on the determined at least one property, and wherein the small-overlay-window is positioned directly over an interface of an active application running on the client system of the first user. |
| US11146644B2 |
Apparatus and method for selecting devices within an internet of things for connecting and disconnecting
An apparatus and method for selecting devices within an Internet of Things (IoT) for connecting and disconnecting is disclosed. The method comprises selection of the one or more second devices by a user and providing selection input, for example by pushing the push button on the side of the watch. The user input is captured and a characteristic of the one or more second device is modified, which is transmitted as a signal of readiness for connecting to the first device. The signal is captured by the first device and the one or more selected second devices connect to the first device. Disconnection of the one or more second devices connected to the first device may be effected in a similar way by providing input, which modifies a characteristic of the second device. The modified characteristic is detectable by the first device to effect automatic disconnection. |
| US11146643B2 |
Message bus agent apparatus, signaling server, message bus management server, connection establishment method, and program
A message bus agent apparatus that is used as a first message bus agent apparatus in a system including a message bus management server, a signaling server, the first message bus agent apparatus, and a second message bus agent apparatus, the message bus agent apparatus including: signaling means that transmits, to the signaling server, a signaling message in which an agent ID of the second message bus agent apparatus issued from the message bus management server is designated as a connection destination; and connection means that establishes a connection with the second message bus agent apparatus as a virtual message bus based on processing of a signaling message by the signaling server. |
| US11146637B2 |
Media content management
Embodiments include a system comprising a gateway that includes a processor coupled to sensors and/or network devices installed at a premises. The system includes a remote server coupled to the gateway and located remote to the premises. The gateway and/or the remote server includes data of the sensors and/or network devices. The system includes an application running on at least one of the gateway and the remote server. The application controls events corresponding to the data and/or the premises in response to content of the data. The system includes a client interface coupled to the gateway and/or the remote server. The client interface presents the data to client devices. |
| US11146635B2 |
System and method for access resources by deploying web based multi-layers item list
A method and system for remote accessing resource structure is described that include deploying multiple layered item list (MLIL) in memory for mirroring a resource structure such as a mirroring files and folder structure on a file system. The use of the mirrored MLIL reduces data load on a network and avoids to hugging larger amount of computing power. Therefore, the method and system of this invention has greatly improved remote access technology in a World Wide Web (WWW) environment. In addition, the use of the mirrored MLIL has also made sharing of file or folder becoming much easier and efficient. |
| US11146629B2 |
Process transfer between servers
According to one example, a method performed by a computing system includes, with a first server, receiving a process request, starting processing of the process request, prior to completing the processing of the process request, storing objects associated with a thread of the process request in an object database that is accessible by the second server, storing thread metadata for the thread of the process request in a metadata database that is accessible by the second server, and sending a transfer request to a switching manager, the transfer request being to request that the process request be shifted to the second server. |
| US11146627B1 |
Techniques for utilizing network destination identifiers simultaneously announced from multiple locations
Systems and methods utilize network destination identifiers, such as IP addresses, that are simultaneously advertised from multiple locations. The network destination identifiers may be announced in multiple geographic regions. Network traffic routed to devices advertising the network destination identifiers may be routed to appropriate endpoints. When a device receives such traffic, it may send the traffic to an endpoint in a network served by the device. In some instances, such as when such an endpoint is not available, the network traffic may be sent to another network that is served by another device that advertises the network destination identifiers. |
| US11146624B2 |
Real time multi-tenant workload tracking and auto throttling
Technologies are disclosed for real-time workload tracking and throttling within a multi-tenant service. Multi-tenant services receive requests from computing devices associated with different tenants. While processing requests, the multi-tenant service itself sends requests to an underlying resource, such as a database. Requests from computing device associated with an overactive tenant may cause the multi-tenant service to overwhelm the underlying resource. The overwhelmed underlying resource may not know which tenant a request received by the underlying resource is associated with, and so the underlying resource is unable to only throttle requests originating from computing devices associated with the overactive tenant. Instead, the underlying resource throttles all requests from the multi-tenant service. To avoid this result, the multi-tenant service tracks utilization of the underling resource associated with each tenant, and throttles requests received from overactive tenants before the underlying resource becomes overwhelmed and throttles all requests from the multi-tenant service. |
| US11146623B2 |
Intelligent distribution of virtual network function images
An orchestrator process can efficiently distribute images of virtual network functions (“VNFs”) in a telco network. The images can be accompanied by metadata that describes VNF requirements, such as computing requirements and functional characteristics. Based on the image metadata and location of a virtual infrastructure manager (“VIM”), the orchestrator can select a storage location and deploy the image to the storage location. The VIM can instantiate a corresponding VNF by retrieving the image. The orchestrator can track the storage location and cause the VIM to delete the image if the image is not used for a threshold period of time. |
| US11146619B2 |
Systems and methods for selecting media items
A device includes an image capture device configured to capture a first video. The device includes a memory configured to store one or more videos. The device further includes a processor coupled to the memory. The processor is configured to concatenate the first video and a second video to generate a combined video. The second video is included in the one or more videos or is accessible via a network. The second video is selected by the processor based on a similarity of a first set of characteristics with a second set of characteristics. The first set of characteristics corresponds to the first video. The second set of characteristics corresponds to the second video. |
| US11146617B1 |
Application detection
An application detection method includes receiving, from one or more user devices on a plurality of local networks, first network traffic metadata being related to a client application running on the one or more user devices, receiving, from a plurality of network traffic hubs of the plurality of local networks, second network traffic metadata corresponding to the first network traffic metadata but excluding user device specific data, generating a plurality of combined network traffic metadata datasets for each received first network traffic metadata and the corresponding second network traffic metadata by matching metadata attributes of the first and second network traffic metadata, generating an application detection model by using the plurality of combined network traffic metadata datasets, and using the application detection model for detecting further client applications running on one or more user devices on one or more local networks. |
| US11146611B2 |
Lip synchronization of audio and video signals for broadcast transmission
A multi-device lip synchronization method and a device. A secondary device receives an RTCP packet sent by a primary device. The secondary device corrects an STC of the secondary device based on a PCR in the RTCP packet, a program dock frequency of the primary device, a program dock frequency of the secondary device, and an RTCP delay. Then, the secondary device receives RTPs published by the primary device, splice the RTPs into a complete audio data frame, and store the audio data frame into a PCM buffer of the secondary device. The secondary device outputs the audio data frame in the PCM buffer. |
| US11146608B2 |
Frame-accurate video seeking via web browsers
Various embodiments of the invention disclosed herein provide techniques for frame-accurate navigation of a media file. A multi-pass encoding application executing on a media content server encodes a set of file-based images associated with a media file using a first set of encoding parameters to generate a first encoded media file. The multi-pass encoding application encodes the first encoded media file using a second set of encoding parameters to generate a second encoded media file. The first encoded media file and second encoded media file are stored on the media content server and/or or other media content servers. Content delivery applications executing on these media content servers receive a request associated with the media file from a web browsing application, determine a type of the web browsing application, and transmit either the first encoded media file or the second encoded media file based on the type of web browsing application. |
| US11146597B2 |
Filtering media data in an internet of things (IoT) computing environment
Embodiments for intelligent media data filtering in an Internet of Things (IoT) computing environment by a processor. User preferences for the media data may be determined according to a plurality of identified contextual factors. At least a portion of the media data may be filtered according to one or more user classifications. |
| US11146592B2 |
Enforcing universal security policies across data centers
Embodiments of the present disclosure relate to enforcing universal security policies across data centers. Embodiments include receiving, from a user, a first universal security policy (USP) related to a first universal policy group. Embodiments include identifying a first data center as an enforcement point for the first USP. Embodiments include automatically generating, at the first data center, a first local security policy based on the first USP. Embodiments include deploying a workload associated with the first universal policy group to the first data center. The first USP is enforced for the workload via the first local security policy. |
| US11146587B2 |
Method and apparatus for out of path border gateway protocol validation
Methods and systems for service integrated domain name servers are described. A method for out of path border gateway protocol (BGP) validation includes receiving, at a network component, a prefix announcement. The network component denies acceptance of the prefix announcement. A BGP monitor at the network component sends the prefix announcement to an out of path validation controller. The out of path validation controller evaluates the prefix announcement against one or more validation tests, sends a validation notification based on the one or more validation tests, and programs the network component for a validated prefix announcement. |
| US11146584B1 |
Methods, apparatuses, systems and devices for network security
Embodiments of the present disclosure are directed to a number of systems, apparatuses, and methods for scoring, rating, the cyber-security of a network, and the configuration, control, and remediation, thereof. Accordingly, in some embodiments, a network security evaluation method is provided which may comprise operating an investigatory container (IC) with access to a first network (FN), and retrieving first data by the IC from a source external to the FN. The first data can correspond to at least one of an inventory of security devices provided on the FN, plug-in module information for each security device provided on the FN, each plug-in module configured to allow the IC to communicate with a respective security device of the FN, and login information associated with each security device of the FN. The method can also include logging into each security device of the FN via a respective plug-in using the retrieved, respective login information, analyzing each security device so as to obtain security data of the FN related to a plurality of network elements, and determining whether the security data meets or exceeds a minimum-viable-data (MVD) for the FN, the MVD corresponding to an indication that the FN provides effective risk management. Upon confirmation, for example, at least one of a score and rating of the cyber-security of the network can be determined. |
| US11146581B2 |
Techniques for defending cloud platforms against cyber-attacks
A method and system for protecting a cloud computing platform against cyber-attacks are provided. The method includes gathering cloud logs from a cloud computing platform; analyzing, by a plurality of detectors, the cloud logs to detect at least one suspicious behavior, wherein each of the at least one suspicious behavior is identified by a suspect indicator; sequencing suspect indicators into attack sequences; scoring each of the attack sequences with an attack score, wherein each attack is scored using a scoring model; and alerting on each attack sequence having a score higher than a predefined threshold. |
| US11146575B2 |
Suspicious message report processing and threat response
The present invention relates to methods, network devices, and machine-readable media for an integrated environment for automated processing of reports of suspicious messages, and furthermore, to a network for distributing information about detected phishing attacks. |
| US11146570B2 |
Method for obtaining font map, character display device and system, electronic signature token
A method for obtaining a font map, a character display device and system, and an electronic signature token are provided. The method comprises: receiving a font map sent from a font map storage device with a character display device; calculating a check code of the font map sent from the font map storage device with the character display device; comparing the calculated check code of the font map with a locally stored check code corresponding to the font map by the character display device, and if the two check codes are consistent, determining by the character display device that the font map sent from the font map storage device is correct. |
| US11146567B2 |
Method and apparatus for information exchange over a web based environment
This invention discloses method and system for supporting posting (sharing) or un-posting (stop sharing) files, folders, and messages through utilizing private and group common workspaces. The stop sharing file or folder will not delete actual file or folder that contradicted to and enhanced for the then-existed technology for the file and folder sharing. The un-post message operation facilitates a user to remove (delete or withdraw or stop sharing) his/her previously posted message from viewing of a recipient such as from a user interface (UI) of the recipient, so that the user can avoid embarrassment if the message was not proper. Thus, the un-post the posted message has also enhanced the then-existing technology with better user experiences for message sharing. |
| US11146565B2 |
Mobile electronic communications device having multiple device paths
Systems and methods for providing multiple paths through a mobile electronic device entail providing one of multiple levels of device access and cloud access based on an identity determination and authentication as to a potential user. In an embodiment, the device attempts to identify the user based on traditional touch/touchless authentication techniques. If this attempt is unsuccessful, the device then tries to identify the user by alternative means. If the user can be identified, the device attempts to authenticate the user for full access to the device and associated cloud data. If this is successful, the user is granted full access. If instead the identified user is not qualified for full access, the user is given pass-through access to their personal cloud storage. If, however, the device is unable to even identify the user, the user may be given pass-through access to the cloud generally. |
| US11146559B2 |
Method and device for determining network device status
Disclosed is a method of transparently detecting authentication status of endpoint devices in a network. This method may be used for differentiating guest or rogue endpoints from enterprise endpoints. |
| US11146556B2 |
Methods and systems for contiguous utilization of individual end-user-based cloud-storage subscriptions
The present invention discloses methods and systems for contiguous utilization of individual end-user-based cloud-storage subscriptions. Methods including the steps of: upon receiving a write request for writing a data file into at least one cloud-storage allocation unit, identifying unused available storage in the cloud-storage allocation unit; fragmenting the data file into chunk files; encrypting each chunk file; writing each chunk file to the cloud-storage allocation unit to satisfy the write request; and updating a metadatabase having metadata associated with the data file and the chunk files. Alternatively, the method further includes: upon receiving a read request for reading the data file from at least one cloud-storage allocation unit, performing lookup in the metadatabase of the metadata; reading each chunk file from the cloud-storage allocation unit; decrypting each chunk file; reassembling the chunk files into the data file using the metadata; and providing the data file to satisfy the read request. |
| US11146554B2 |
System, method, and apparatus for secure identity authentication
A method for authentication is disclosed. The method may be implemented by a terminal device. The method may comprise generating, by a starting unit of the terminal device, process information of a process of the terminal device before starting the process, transmitting, by the starting unit, the process information to an authentication proxy of the terminal device, requesting, by the process, the authentication proxy to authenticate the process after the process is started, obtaining, by the authentication proxy and from system resources of the terminal device, process information corresponding to the process, and determining, by the authentication proxy, that the process is legal if the obtained process information is the same as the process information transmitted to the authentication proxy. |
| US11146551B2 |
Access control
A VXLAN Tunnel End Point (VTEP) sends an authentication request packet to an authentication server upon receiving a user access request from a user terminal, so as to cause the authentication server to perform an authentication for a user. The VTEP receives authorization information of the user for which the authentication is passed. The authorization information is sent by the authentication server, and includes a Virtual Switch Instance (VSI) identifier or a Virtual eXtensible LAN (VXLAN) identifier. The VTEP creates an Attachment Circuit (AC) interface on a user port connecting the user terminal of the VTEP. The VTEP associates the AC interface with the authorization information. |
| US11146547B2 |
Enforce data security based on a mobile device, positioning, augmented reality
Systems and methods are provided for securing data using a mobile device. The method may include determining securing global positioning data values of the mobile device; measuring a securing direction of the mobile device relative to a magnetic north direction; capturing a securing password by the mobile device; and securing the data against unauthorized access using the determined global positioning data values, the securing password, and the securing direction as a combined password. |
| US11146545B2 |
Apparatus and method for establishing secured connection
A method for establishing secured connection on an apparatus, comprising: connecting to a network; retrieving a last known block header hash corresponding to a last known block in a last known blockchain; connecting to a plurality of trusted peers via the network; in response to each trusted peer being successfully connected, downloading a latest block header of the trusted peers; based on the last known block header hash, determining whether the latest block header of each trusted peers is referenced to the last known block; and in response to a first number exceeding a threshold number, verifying the latest block header to form a latest version blockchain, wherein the first number is a number of peers in the plurality of trusted peers being successfully connected, and the peers have the latest block header being referenced to the last known block. |
| US11146544B2 |
Emulation of federative authentication
In some examples, a user device receives, from a source federation site of the source domain, an authentication token for use at a target federation site of the target domain, the authentication token from a user memory that correlates the authentication token to first user credentials useable in the source domain. The user device sends, to the target federation site, the authentication token, and receives, from the target federation site, a request authentication token from a second memory that correlates the authentication token to the request authentication token. The user device sends the request authentication token to an authentication federation emulator that comprises an emulator memory correlating the request authentication token and second user credentials useable in the target domain, and receives the second user credentials from the emulator memory of the authentication federation emulator. |
| US11146542B2 |
Information processing apparatus, information processing method, and non-transitory computer-readable storage medium
Before one of a first user and a second user has been authenticated, an information processing apparatus acquires first setting information corresponding to the first user and first setting information corresponding to the second user from a first storage unit and store the first setting information corresponding to the first user and the first setting information corresponding to the second user in a second storage unit. Then, after one of the first user and the second user has been authenticated, the information processing apparatus acquires the first setting information corresponding to the authenticated user from the second storage unit and furthermore acquires the second setting information corresponding to the authenticated user from the first storage unit. |
| US11146541B2 |
Hierarchical data access techniques using derived cryptographic material
Systems and methods for authentication generate keys from secret credentials shared between authenticating parties and authenticators. Generation of the keys may involve utilizing specialized information in the form of parameters that are used to specialize keys. Keys and/or information derived from keys held by multiple authorities may be used to generate other keys such that signatures requiring such keys and/or information can be verified without access to the keys. Keys may also be derived to form a hierarchy of keys that are distributed such that a key holder's ability to decrypt data depends on the key's position in the hierarchy relative to the position of a key used to encrypt the data. Key hierarchies may also be used to distribute key sets to content processing devices to enable the devices to decrypt content such that sources or potential sources of unauthorized content are identifiable from the decrypted content. |
| US11146540B2 |
Systems and methods for public key exchange employing a peer-to-peer protocol
Embodiments disclosed herein describe systems and methods for authenticating a new device to operate on a network using peer-to-peer protocol key exchange. An existing network node sharing common secret seed information may initially exchange public keys with the new device. After the initial exchange, the network node and the new device may exchange one or more protocol messages. A received protocol message may include a pseudo-random number generated based upon a challenge position in a previously sent protocol message. If the network node determines a match between the received pseudo-random number at the challenge position and a locally generated pseudo-random number, the network node may authenticate the new device to the network. |
| US11146537B1 |
Systems and methods for protecting geolocation information
The disclosed computer-implemented method for protecting geolocation information may include (i) receiving, by a computing device, a geolocation security policy that defines an area in which access to geolocation information by applications will be at least partially limited to protect the privacy of a user, (ii) detecting, by the computing device, a geolocation of the computing device, (iii) applying, by the computing device, the geolocation security policy to the detected geolocation to determine whether the detected geolocation matches the area in which access to geolocation information by the applications will be at least partially limited, and (iv) performing, by the computing device, a security action to protect the privacy of the user based on determining that the detected geolocation matches the area. Various other methods, systems, and computer-readable media are also disclosed. |
| US11146536B2 |
Method and a system for managing user identities for use during communication between two web browsers
A management method for managing an identity of a first user during communication between a first web browser installed on a communication terminal of the first user and a second web browser installed on a communication terminal of a second user is disclosed. The method includes the first user obtaining at least one first data item characteristic of the second user. The method also includes associating an identity of the first user with the at least one first data item characteristic of the second user. The method also includes making the identity of the first user associated with the at least one first characteristic data item available to the second user on condition that the second user holds at least one second data item corresponding to the first data item characteristic of the second user. |
| US11146535B2 |
System for managing a virtual private ledger and distributing workflow of authenticated transactions within a blockchain distributed network
Embodiments of the present invention provide a system for expediting validation and authorization of transactions between end points. Embodiments of the invention utilize a private blockchain to control transaction workflow amongst compute nodes, provide automatic authorization of transactions in the workflow, and provide efficient record-keeping functions within the virtual ledgers in an upstream and a downstream application. By using a private distributed ledger in this manner, the system addresses the computer networking-centric challenge of processing transactions in a secure and efficient manner; avoiding desynchronization of data as well as preventing the need for authorization and confirmation requests amongst the nodes greatly reduces the amount of computing resources required to process transactions, including, but not limited to, processing power, memory space, storage space, cache space, electric power, networking bandwidth, and I/O calls. |
| US11146533B1 |
Detecting and preventing password leakage using a device-level network filter
A user name, password and associated domain are stored for each account managed by a password manager on a computing device. A device-level network extension filters network traffic. Passwords are identified in outbound network traffic. Target domains to which identified passwords are being transmitted are compared to stored domains associated with the identified passwords. Based on results of these comparisons, it is determined whether attempts to transmit passwords to target domains are legitimate or not. In response to determining that a specific attempt to transmit a password to a target domain is legitimate, the transmission is allowed to proceed. Responsive to determining that a given attempt to transmit a password to a target domain is not legitimate, a corresponding security action is taken. For example, the connection over which the non-legitimate password transmission attempt is being made can be terminated, or the transmission attempt can be blocked. |
| US11146532B2 |
Information security using blockchain technology
Blockchain technology is used to provide security of electronic systems. The disclosed technology allows for a dynamic bond of trust to be applied to the field of information security without the need for a single point of trust to first be established. The lines of trust between electronic systems or devices is established by distributing information among the systems or devices. This allows for easy identification of commonalities and/or decision making whereby policy(s)/action(s)/monitoring/etc. can be enforced when those commonalities align. Simultaneously, deviations from those commonalities can be identified and policy(s)/action(s)/monitoring/etc. may also be invoked. |
| US11146531B2 |
Separating CGN forwarding and control
By splitting CGN functions based on a control plane and a forwarding plane, a CGN control plane function is put into a BRAS CP device, and a CGN forwarding plane function is retained on a CGN card on the BRAS DP device, and CGN configuration information is distributed by the BRAS CP device to the BRAS DP device. |
| US11146526B2 |
Social networking service collaboration
A first device recognizes a user and acquires sensing data related to the user. A collaboration apparatus communicably connected with the first device, and is configured to execute transmission of a content based on the sensing data, as speech by a first virtual character registered as a member of a group in a Social Networking Service (SNS) provided by a SNS system, to the SNS system. The first virtual character represents the first device. A second device is communicably connected with the collaboration apparatus. The collaboration apparatus is configured to hold user management data in which identification information of the user of the first device is associated with the group, and register, when the second device recognizes the user, a second virtual character representing the second device with the group associated with the identification information of the user. |
| US11146524B2 |
Intelligent contextual timelining of notifications
Using a forecasting model, a timeline of future activities is forecasted. Using a constraints analysis model, a set of profile inputs is analyzed to determine a context of a first period in the forecasted timeline. Using a context extraction model, a first notification from a set of notifications is analyzed to determine a context of the first notification. A degree of correspondence is computed between the context of the first period and the context of the first notification. When the degree of correspondence is at least a threshold degree of correspondence, the first notification is scheduled for presentation during the first period regardless of a time of arrival of the first notification. |
| US11146517B2 |
Intermediary device for data message network routing
An intermediary device disposed in a contact center environment is provided. The intermediary device can receive a first data message. A lobby assignment mechanism can assign the first data message to a default lobby construct, and can obtain, from a contact center agent computing device, an indication of assignment of the first data message to a destination lobby construct that is different than the default lobby construct. The lobby assignment mechanism can link the first data message with the destination lobby construct based on a characteristic of the first data message. The intermediary device can receive a second data message, and can bypass the default lobby construct to assign the second data message to the destination lobby construct based on a characteristic of the second data message and the characteristic of the first data message. |
| US11146514B2 |
Sharing content in a messaging application
A device implementing a system for sharing groups of files within a messaging application includes a processor configured to provide, within the messaging application, a user interface element for sending at least one file to a participant in an active message thread of the messaging application, the at least one file having been determined to be relevant to the participant. The processor is further configured to, responsive to receiving a selection of the user interface element: transmit, to a server, a request to store the at least one file in association with a shared storage area, and to transmit, via the messaging application, a message to the participant in the active message thread, the message comprising information for accessing the at least one file associated with the shared storage area. |
| US11146509B2 |
Systems and methods of instant-messaging bot supporting human-machine symbiosis
A system and method of instant-messaging bot that provide a chatbot and human agents working in accord in communicating with users over a public instant-messaging (IM) platform includes a chatbot application and an IM platform, both built for an enterprise. The enterprise IM platform is connected to the chatbot application and separately connected to one or more public IM platforms via the Internet. The chatbot application contains software for receiving, processing, analyzing and responding to human-generated messages in a human-like manner. The enterprise IM platform contains software for managing traffic of IM messages exchanged among the chatbot, one or more human agents connected to the enterprise IM platform, and any user connected to one of the public IM platforms. |
| US11146504B2 |
Market-based distributed resource allocation for edge-cloud systems
Market-based distributed resource allocation techniques are provided for edge-cloud systems. One method comprises obtaining an application request at a given edge node in a multi-tier environment comprising cloud resources and multiple edge nodes. The edge nodes host a plurality of virtual nodes to process the application request. The application request is assigned to at least one of the virtual nodes based on a utility value of each virtual node. The utility value of each virtual node is based on a cost value representing a total cost incurred by each virtual node to process the application request. The utility value of each virtual node is optionally further based on a priority value of the application request. Master nodes from different edge node groups can collaborate to identify a given edge node group that can serve the application request when local edge nodes are unable to process the at least one application request. |
| US11146503B1 |
Resource scheduling methods using positive and negative caching, and resource manager implementing the methods
Resource scheduling methods and a resource manager define leaf buckets, each of which have coordinates in corresponding dimensions in a coordinate space. Nodes having resource values in the corresponding dimensions are mapped on the leaf buckets. A task request identifies candidate nodes and requested resources that relate to the coordinate space dimensions. The leaf buckets are scanned to find a fittable node among the list of candidates. A result of the scan is stored in a positive or a negative cache entry. When a next task request of a same task group is received, scanning of the leaf buckets is performed using information from the positive or negative cache entry. For a positive cache entry, the scanning is initiated from a point where the previous scanning has ended. For a negative cache entry, the scanning ignores nodes that were found not to contain the requested resources in the previous scanning. |
| US11146502B2 |
Method and apparatus for allocating resource
A method and an apparatus for allocating a resource are provided according to the embodiments. The method may include: extracting a resource category matching a target subserver and a required quota corresponding to the resource category from a request sent by a client side; determining a number of subservers is a subserver group receiving the request; determining a globally available quota and a total limit matching the resource category; determining a limit matching the resource category in the target subserver based on the total limit and the number of subservers; and performing resource allocation for a resource quantity corresponding to the required quota of the request based on a comparison between the required quota and the limit of the target subserver. The embodiment achieves reducing the number of applications for the globally available quota, thus accelerating processing the request by the server. |
| US11146501B2 |
Decision based resource allocation in response systems
A first user communication request by a first user is detected. The first user communication request is directed to a computer response system. In response to detecting the first user communication request a profile associated with the first user is determined. A first set of computing resources of the computer response system is allocated to a first automated respondent. The allocation is based on the determined profile. A communication between the first user and the first automated responded is assigned based on the determined profile. |
| US11146498B2 |
Distributed resource scheduling based on network utilization
Examples provide a network-utilization based scheduler that considers network utilization when load balancing virtual computing instances (VCIs) in a cluster. The scheduler also periodically evaluates proposed migrations based on a current cluster snapshot including network utilization data of the hosts. Proposed migrations are removed and/or prioritized to prevent network saturation in the cluster. |
| US11146497B2 |
Resource prediction for cloud computing
The invention relates to a method for predicting an allocation of processing resources provided by a cloud computing module (230) to process a data set based on a predefined processing task. Input parameters are detected, the input parameters containing information about at least the data set to be processed by the cloud computing module and the processing task to be carried out on the data set. A model is selected from a plurality of different models provided in a model database (130), each model providing a relationship between the data set processing task and a predicted allocation of the processing resources. The allocation of the processing resources is predicted based on the selected model and based on the input parameters. |
| US11146496B2 |
Relay device
A relay device includes: multiple ports; a queue for each port storing a transmission scheduled frame and having a variable storage capacity with a minimum guarantee value; a shared storage area having a predetermined storage capacity for each queue; and a storage controller controlling to store the transmission scheduled frame in each queue. The storage controller stores the transmission scheduled frame in a storage destination queue when a usage storage capacity of the storage destination queue does not exceed the minimum guarantee value. The storage controller uses a free area as the storage destination queue and stores the transmission scheduled frame in the storage destination queue when the shared storage area has the free storage area for storing the transmission scheduled frame and the usage storage capacity of the storage destination queue exceeds the minimum guarantee value. |
| US11146493B2 |
Network configuration method and device
A network configuration method includes determining an end-to-end latency upper bound of data traffic between two end nodes, determining an end-to-end latency constraint of the data traffic between the two end nodes, determining, based on the end-to-end latency upper bound and the end-to-end latency constraint, for a first network shaper, at least one configuration parameter that satisfies the end-to-end latency constraint, and configuring the first network shaper for the data traffic based on the at least one configuration parameter such that the traffic after being shaped by the shaper satisfies the network latency constraint. |
| US11146486B2 |
Method and apparatus for enhancing services in a software defined network
Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, a method including receiving from a first network slice comprising a first set of virtual network functions instantiated in a network, a first request to chain the first network slice to a second network slice comprising a second set of virtual network functions instantiated in the network to cooperatively facilitate providing a service to a first communication device, transmitting a second request to the first network slice to route a portion of user plane communication traffic associated with the first communication device to the second network slice, and transmitting a third request to the second network slice to receive the portion of the user plane communication traffic associated with the first communication device from the first network slice and to cooperatively facilitate providing a service to the first communication device via the first network slice and the second network slice. Other embodiments are disclosed. |
| US11146482B2 |
Network path optimization method and system
A network path optimization method includes: in response to a network access request, computing and sending an optimal path having a path code and carrying a path parameter; adding a path tag to the optimal path based on a real path; determining a parameter variation between the optimal path and the real path based on the path parameter and the path tag; and updating the optimal path and the path parameter based on the parameter variation. |
| US11146474B2 |
Systems and methods for testing resilience of a distributed network
Method for testing the resilience of a distributed network. The distributed network comprising one or more services, each service associated with compute groups, each compute group comprising active compute instances. The method comprising: for a service from the plurality of services: retrieving test parameters, the test parameters indicating at least the schedule for performing a resilience test on the service, unique identifiers of compute groups registered for resilience testing, and the probability of terminating a compute instance; determining whether to terminate a compute instance based on the probability of terminating the compute instance; in response to determining to terminate the compute instance: randomly selecting a compute group from the compute groups registered for resilience testing; receiving a list of active compute instances for the selected group; randomly selecting an active compute instance from the list of compute instances for terminating; and causing the selected compute instance to terminate. |
| US11146470B2 |
Apparatus and methods for monitoring and diagnosing a wireless network
Apparatus and methods for monitoring a wireless local area network (WLAN) to identify inoperative or degraded devices and restore network connectivity to end users. In one embodiment, the network includes one or more access points (APs) in data communication with a cable modem, which in turn communicates with managed network entities via a backhaul connection. Each AP is configured to provide connectivity to client devices, as well as monitor the operation of other network components including the cable modem, via logic indigenous to the AP, and invoke corrective action when failures or degraded performance is detected. In one variant, the logic operative to run on the AP includes both diagnostic and self-healing functionality, so as to enable at least partial automated diagnosis, localization, and recovery from faults, thereby obviating costly troubleshooting by the network operator or service personnel. |
| US11146469B2 |
Packet loss detection method, apparatus, and system
Embodiments of the present disclosure relate to the field of communications technologies and disclose a packet loss detection method, an apparatus, and a system. The method includes: collecting, by a first network device according to packets sent to a second network device, statistics on a first result corresponding to each group of packets, one first result includes a quantity of packets in one group of packets and a section identifier of the group of packets, each group of packets includes multiple packets, and multiple packets are continuously sent by first network device and belong to a section corresponding to a section identifier of the group of packet; sending, by first network device, first result corresponding to each group of packets to a controller according to a preset rule, so that controller determines whether a packet in the packets sent by first network device to second network device is lost. |
| US11146467B2 |
Systems, methods and computer program products for scalable, low-latency processing of streaming data
A system for processing network flow monitoring data includes a data collection input coupled to at least one incoming data stream; a load balancing operator is operable to distribute the network monitoring messages amongst a plurality of downstream processing units; a plurality of collector processing sub-units downstream from the load balancing operator are operable to generate network flow records from the received network monitoring messages in a first format; a plurality of parser sub-units coupled to the plurality of collector processing sub-units are operable to generate parsed network flow records by converting the received network flow records from the first format to a second format; and a combiner operator coupled to the plurality of parser sub-units is operable to combine the parsed network flow records from the plurality of parser sub-units into a synchronous output data stream. |
| US11146466B2 |
Method for identifying an event impacting the QoE of an end-user of a network equipment
In today's network management world, there are various solutions that collect data and presume to identify events impacting the QoE of the end-users. However, such solutions usually do not try to address the question of whether the end-users are actually impacted. These solutions usually look at certain types of known problems and try to detect if that problem exists in the end-user's network, and from that they conclude that the end-user might be impacted. The method according to an embodiment of the invention enables to proactively identify that an end-user is actually experiencing an event impacting the QoE in his home network. The proposed solution enables the detection of event affecting an end-user's network, regardless of the type of the network and without looking for specific issues. This knowledge may be a valuable asset of an Internet Service Provider which may fix issues quicker or mitigate end-users' dissatisfaction. |
| US11146462B2 |
Network slice management method, device, and system
This application relates to the field of communications technologies, and discloses a network slice management method, device, and system, to solve the problem of low efficiency of manually deploying a network slice. One example network slice management method comprises obtaining, by a network management unit, the capability description information of a network slice, where the capability description information of the network slice includes at least one of a feature of the network slice and a deployment capability of the network slice. The method further comprises sending, by the network management unit, a notification message carrying the capability description information of the network slice, to a service management unit. |
| US11146461B1 |
Apparatus and methods of analyzing status of computing servers
Various example implementations are directed to circuits, apparatuses, and methods for monitoring and/or analysis of computing servers. According to an example embodiment, an apparatus includes a processing circuit having an analysis circuit configured to retrieve operating state data for a plurality of servers. The analysis circuit determines an operating state of each of the servers for a plurality of time periods. The determined operating state is one of an up state, a warning state, and a down state. The processing circuit also includes an interface circuit configured to provide a graphical user interface (GUI). For each of the servers, the GUI displays a timeline having a respective time block for each of the plurality of time periods. Each time block has a graphical indication of one of the three states of operation corresponding to the operating state of the server at the corresponding time period. |
| US11146458B1 |
Software defined network for application development
One example method of operation may include identifying a script enabling access to a software management platform, creating one or more virtual devices in a software defined network based on virtual device requirements identified in the script, loading a software build identified in the script on a virtual database, and authorizing one or more devices of a first network to access the software defined network and the one or more virtual devices. |
| US11146457B2 |
Train network node and CANopen-based train network node monitoring method
The present disclosure discloses a train network node and a CANopen-based train network node monitoring method. The method includes: obtaining, by a train network node, an offline duration and a heartbeat packet transmission period based on a pre-configured network node list, where the offline duration is set on an offline timer corresponding to each node related to the network node, and the heartbeat packet transmission period is set on a heartbeat timer; and comparing the offline duration that is set on the offline timer corresponding to each node with the heartbeat packet transmission period that is set on the heartbeat timer, and determining an offline monitoring mechanism of each node based on a comparison result. |
| US11146454B2 |
Intent driven network policy platform
The disclosed technology relates to intent driven network management. A system is configured to maintain an inventory store comprising records for a set of network entities in a network, wherein each network entity in the set of network entities is associated with a record in the inventory store. The system receives a user intent statement comprising an action and a flow filter representing network data flows on which the action is to be applied and queries, based on the flow filter, the inventory store to identify a plurality of network entities in the set of network entities to which the user intent statement applies. The system generates a plurality of network policies that implement the user intent statement based on the plurality of network entities and the action and enforces the plurality network policies. |
| US11146452B2 |
Transparent auto-negotiation of ethernet
A system for negotiating Ethernet link settings between interconnected nodes in a network having an Ethernet protocol stack that includes a PCS sub-layer with an auto-negotiation function. The system comprises connecting an intermediate device coupled between two network nodes via optical or copper interfaces, with the link settings between each node and the connected intermediate device being the same, thereby bypassing the auto-negotiation of the PCS sub-layer in the intermediate device. The intermediate device may transparently send negotiation messages from each node to the other during the link negotiation phase without interacting with those messages. Instead of the intermediate device, a single form pluggable (SFP) device may be connected between the two network nodes via optical or copper interfaces on the network side and via an SFP slot on the device side. |
| US11146450B2 |
State-based entity behavior analysis
Examples of the present disclosure describe systems and methods for state-based entity behavior analysis. In an example, entities of a computing environment may be represented using a hierarchical entity web. In some examples, an entity may have a state associated with it, which may be modeled using a place/transition (PT) network. Events within the computing environment may be evaluated by transitions of a PT network to determine whether an entity should change state. If an entity transitions from one state to another, one or more actions may be performed, including, but not limited to, taking a remedial action, generating a recommendation, and updating the state of one or more associated entities. Thus, aspects disclosed herein may provide a high-level overview of the state of entities of a computing environment, but may also be used to view in-depth information of entities at lower levels of the hierarchical entity web. |
| US11146447B2 |
Method and apparatus of establishing computer network monitoring criteria
A method and apparatus of monitoring computer devices operating on a network is disclosed. Computer devices are all different and require monitoring settings that are tailored to their specific requirements. One example method of automatically configuring a set of monitoring requirements may include creating initial monitor counter values at a computing device and monitoring at least one computer based on the initial monitor counter values. Additional operations may include calculating override monitor counter values based on the monitoring of the at least one computer, and monitoring the at least one computer based on the override monitor counter values. The override values may be better suited for the device(s) being monitored and may replace the previously used monitoring settings. |
| US11146443B2 |
Techniques for accessing logical networks via a virtualized gateway
Disclosed are various embodiments for receiving, via a network, a request from a client to establish a network tunnel over the network. A credential is received from the client in order to establish the network tunnel. The client is authenticated based upon the credential. The client negotiates, via the network, to establish the network tunnel. |
| US11146442B1 |
Presenting a user profile page including an animation associated with a type of life event described by content posted to the user profile page
An online system receives a request from a posting user to post content describing a type of life event about the posting user to a user profile page of the posting user as well as a privacy setting for the content. The online system accesses a set of animations, in which each animation is associated with a type of life event and selects an animation that is associated with the type of life event about the posting user. Upon receiving a request from a viewing user to view the user profile page, the online system determines whether to include the selected animation in the user profile page based on the privacy setting and information describing a connection between the users. Based on the determination, the online system generates a user interface including at least the user profile page and sends the user interface for display to the viewing user. |
| US11146435B2 |
System and method for PUCCH transmission scheme
Technology for a user equipment (UE) configured for communication of sounding reference signal (SRS) resources is disclosed. The UE can decode a radio resource control (RRC) signal indicating an SRS to transmit with a physical uplink control channel (PUCCH), wherein the PUCCH and the SRS are quasi co located (QCLed) based on a spatial received parameter. The UE can encode an SRS for transmission using the spatial received parameter. The UE can encode uplink control information (UCI) for transmission in the PUCCH using the spatial received parameter. The UE can have a memory interface configured to send to a memory the spatial received parameter. |
| US11146434B2 |
Range extension mode for WiFi
A communication device generates a transmission signal for transmission via a wireless communication channel, wherein the transmission signal corresponds to a physical layer (PHY) data unit that conforms to a range extension mode of a first communication protocol. Generating the PHY data unit includes generating a preamble of a PHY data unit, wherein the preamble is generated to include: a legacy signal field that includes information indicating a duration of the PHY data unit, a duplicate of the legacy signal field, a plurality of subfields of a non-legacy signal field, and a plurality of additional subfields with the same data as the plurality of subfields of the non-legacy signal field. The plurality of subfields of the non-legacy signal field and the plurality of additional subfields are modulated to signal to a receiving device that the PHY data unit conforms to the range extension mode of a first communication protocol. |
| US11146431B2 |
Computer 5G, 4G, 3G and 2G cellular and wi-fi communications
Computers communicating in 5G, 4G, 3G and 2G cellular systems and in wireless Wi-Fi networks. Computers having location finding information and touchscreen generated signals for control of communications or of location of the computer. A fingerprint generated signal is used for authentication of the computer.Receiving, in a computer, a signal from a digital cellular communication system, processing the received digital cellular communication signal into a processed signal and transmitting the processed signal.Generating, in computer, a first data signal and transmitting this data signal to a wireless network. Receiving in the computer a second data signal from the wireless network. Generating, in the computer, a third data signal and transmitting the third data signal to a cellular system. Receiving in computer, a fourth data signal from the cellular system. The wireless network and the cellular system are distinct.Processing in a computer a photo and/or video camera generated signal into a processed digital camera signal and further processing and filtering the processed digital camera signal into a cross-correlated Time Constrained Signal (TCS) wave form and Long Response (LR) filtered baseband signal. Modulating in a quadrature modulator the TCS wave form and LR filtered signal into a modulated signal and transmitting the modulated signal. |
| US11146427B2 |
Transition detector and clock data recovery unit including the same
A transition detector includes a first integrator configured to provide a first integral signal by integrating a first training pattern signal according to a first compensation clock signal, a second integrator configured to provide a second integral signal by integrating the first training pattern signal according to a second compensation clock signal, and a third integrator configured to provide a third integral signal by integrating the first training pattern signal according to a third compensation clock signal, wherein occurrence of a transition of the first training pattern signal is detected when the first integral signal and the second integral signal are larger than, and the third integral signal is smaller than, a first reference voltage. |
| US11146421B2 |
Transmission of messages between a terminal, a gateway and a server using a relay in an LPWAN communication system
An LPWAN communication system includes server equipment, at least one gateway and at least one relay. Each gateway communicates with terminals using a Class A communication mode, wherein any response intended for a terminal uses a reception window defined with respect to a transmission time of an original message by said terminal. Each relay is seen as a terminal by each gateway, and communicates with terminals in accordance with a Class A′ communication mode, defined as follows: the relay transmits beacons at regular intervals and listens out to terminals only during timeslots defined with respect to said beacons. In this Class A′ communication mode, the relay propagates any response toward a terminal using at least one other reception window defined with respect to a transmission time of an original message by said terminal. |
| US11146420B2 |
Method for transmitting data via a serial communication bus, bus interface, and computer program
An extension of the existing CAN FD data transmission protocol. The extension enables the use of the IPv6 protocol for the CAN bus. The CAN FD protocol is further developed in an incompatible way. One modification measure relates to the lengthening of the Data Field, which is positioned in the transmission frame after an Arbitration Field. An arbitrary number of bytes can be entered in the extended Data Field within a specified upper limit. Since the Data Field is transmitted at a higher bit rate field than the Arbitration Field, the data throughput is increased dramatically. |
| US11146418B2 |
Method for creating internet network access accounts
A method for creating accounts for accessing the Internet network through a unique terminating point of a premise provided with an internal handler includes transmitting to the internal handler, through the terminating point, numerical data associated with the connection parameters of the native account of the first subscriber, and numerical data associated with connection parameters of a second Internet network access account of a second subscriber, for each of the two subscribers to connect to the Internet network with his own connection parameters through the terminating point shared between the two the subscribers. The method further includes connecting a modem-router parameterized with the connection parameters of the second, to the internal handler, and transmitting to the modem-router a session authorization signal authorizing the modem-router to process the numerical data associated with the connection parameters of the second account and which travel through the terminating point. |
| US11146416B2 |
Universal interface for sensor devices
This disclosure is directed to a universal interface for sensor devices. Applications executed in a device may interact with sensor devices via a universal interface. For example, the device may act as a gateway allowing Internet of Things (IoT) devices to interact with at least one resource external to the environment in which the IoT devices operate. The device may comprise at least memory circuitry to store at least a virtual file system and at least one application. The virtual file system may provide a programmatic interface through which at least one sensor device may be accessible to the at least one application. Processing circuitry in the device may execute an application from those stored within the memory circuitry. The application, when executed, may cause interconnect circuitry also in the device to at least one of transmit instructions to, or receive data from, a sensor device utilizing the virtual file system. |
| US11146414B2 |
Methods and apparatus to locate unknown media devices
An apparatus and method to automatically determine the location of unknown media devices is disclosed. An example apparatus includes a media device detector to detect an unknown media device identified in monitoring data collected by an audience measurement device at a location determined to have an “on” status, a media transmission detector to detect a media transmission associated with a device address and an association storer to store an association of the device address, the unknown media device and the location. A probability determiner determines a probability that the unknown media device is located at the location. |
| US11146411B2 |
Modular system (switch boards and mid-plane) for supporting 50G or 100G ethernet speeds of FPGA+SSD
A chassis front-end is disclosed. The chassis front-end may include a switchboard including an Ethernet switch, a Baseboard Management Controller, and a mid-plane connector. The chassis front-end may also include a mid-plane including at least one storage device connector and a speed logic to inform at least one storage device of an Ethernet speed of the chassis front-end. The Ethernet speeds may vary. |
| US11146407B2 |
Digital certificate validation using untrusted data
A method, system and apparatus for authenticating target recipients for digital certificates. A certificate authority authentication system receives a request from an entity for a digital certificate including untrusted certificate validation data. The authentication system initiates a communication link using to untrusted certificate validation data to generate verified untrusted certificate validation data. Subsequently or concurrently, the system obtains, from a confirmation computing system, trusted certificate validation data. The authentication system compares the verified untrusted certificate validation data with the trusted certificate validation data and, based on the comparison, authenticates the entity and issues the requested digital certificate. |
| US11146406B2 |
Managing entitlement
A method for managing entitlement of a device to access a service, the method comprising providing an authenticated identity for the device, the authenticated identity including a public encryption key pair associated with the device signed by a trusted authority, and generating a device entitlement certificate encoding an authorisation related to the service and including a public key of the public encryption key pair associated with the device, wherein the device entitlement certificate is signed by the trusted authority. |
| US11146400B2 |
Methods for verifying data integrity
A method for verifying the integrity of data in a message by a data processing device, the message comprising a plurality of packets, the method comprising: receiving, at the device from a first resource, a manifest associated with the message, the manifest comprising a plurality of group check values for the plurality of packets; receiving, at the device, from the first or a different resource, the message; generating a first progression of rolling hashes for the plurality of packets; deriving group check values from the first progression of rolling hashes for groups of the plurality of packets along one or more paths; verifying the integrity of the data in the message based on or in response to a determination that the derived group check values correspond to the plurality of group check values in the manifest. |
| US11146398B2 |
Method and apparatus for secure token generation
Methods and apparatuses are described herein for improved communications between a service and end devices via a gateway. A token may be in a signed encrypted state when sent to untrusted devices and may be signed, but not encrypted, when used by trusted devices. Untrusted devices may receive the encrypted token and may use it to access services. An untrusted device may send the received encrypted token to the gateway, which may then send the token to its issuer so that the token issuer may decrypt the data payload. The token may then be sent back to the gateway, which may then read the decrypted data and verify whether the untrusted device is permitted to access the requested service. The gateway may then send, within the trusted domain, the request and token to the service provider so that the untrusted device can obtain access to the requested service. |
| US11146393B2 |
Method for encoding and decoding data by varying the distinctive characteristics of an optical radiation, encoding device and decoding system
Encoding element (100) at least selectively transparent to an infrared or ultraviolet light radiation, incident thereon on a first incidence surface (101), wherein—in the volume defined by said encoding element (100)—a plurality of areas (104) is provided, previously selected and arranged according to a predefined pattern wherein at least one polarisation characteristic of the optical radiation (200) that is incident thereon is varied, wherein the variation of said polarisation characteristic of said incident radiation is varied according to a localised alteration pattern biunivocally associated to a predefined ciphering key, and wherein said plurality of areas is arranged between said first incidence surface (101) on which said infrared or ultraviolet light radiation is incident in use, and a second output surface (102) of said infrared or ultraviolet light optical radiation. |
| US11146392B2 |
Splitting encrypted key and encryption key used to encrypt key into key components allowing assembly with subset of key components to decrypt encrypted key
A system includes processor(s) and memory(s). When encryption key(s) need to be generated to encrypt a key, processor(s): securely generate encryption key(s); encrypt key using encryption key(s) to generate encrypted key; split encrypted key and encryption key(s) into set(s) of key components, wherein subset of key components can be used to reconstruct encrypted key and encryption key(s); and securely erase key from memory(s). When encryption key(s) need to be used, processor(s): receive set(s) of key components from subset(s) of users that can be used to reconstruct encrypted key and encryption key(s) used to securely decrypt key from encrypted key; when set(s) of key components is received from subset(s) of users that can be used to reconstruct encrypted key and encrypted key(s), securely reconstruct encrypted key and encryption key(s); and when the encrypted key and the encryption key(s) have both been reconstructed, securely decrypt encrypted key into key using encryption key(s). |
| US11146391B2 |
Orthogonal access control for groups via multi-hop transform encryption
Disclosed is an orthogonal access control system based on cryptographic operations provided by multi-hop proxy re-encryption (PRE) that strictly enforces only authorized access to data by groups of users, scalable to large numbers of users. Scalable delegation of decryption authority can be shared with a plurality of members of a group whether those members be users or devices, and members of a group can further create sub groups and delegate decryption authority to those members, whether users or devices. Members are granted access via generation of transform keys, and membership or access can be revoked merely be deleting the transform key—no elimination of the encrypted data, regardless of its storage location, is needed. |
| US11146388B2 |
System and method for application-independent compartmentalized encryption
A method of encrypting a data file includes: opening the data file; selecting, via a first user interface, a portion of the data file; encrypting, via an encryption component, the selected portion of the data file as one of a first level of encryption associated with a first authorized user and a second level of encryption associated with a second authorized user so as to create an encrypted data file; and saving the encrypted data file. The encryption component includes an out-of-band encryption key component having stored therein, a first encryption key associated with the first level of encryption and a second encryption key associated with the second level of encryption. |
| US11146387B1 |
Random position cipher encryption using an aperiodic pseudo-random number generator
The present innovative solution increases security to interceptor attacks and loss of cipher-characters, while not negatively impacting the processing resource and time requirements of cryptography processes. A novel Synchronous and Self-Synchronous Random Position Cipher (RPC) with arbitrary length key cryptography methodology and apparatus are presented which are based on a novel Aperiodic Pseudo-Random Number Generator (APRNG) using large seed numbers. The RPC does not replace plaintext characters with encryption characters but with the number of pseudo-random numbers that need to be generated by the APRNG to match the ASCII codes of the characters in the plaintext. Decryption uses the number of pseudo-random numbers that need to be generated by the APRNG to match the ASCII codes of the plaintext characters. Variations to the starting and reset points for the counter are also presented for improving performance when cipher-characters are lost and for avoiding increasing the size of the ciphertext as opposed to the basic methodology. |
| US11146386B2 |
Method and system for authentication seal deployment in networked immutable transactions
Computer-implemented method and system of generating an authentication seal. The method includes receiving, at a memory of an authentication agent server computing device, a data record submittal from a client agent having an associated client signing key and a client verification key, the data record submittal including at least an identifier (R-ID) and at least one of a data record and a record hash (R-HSH) of the data record, the R-ID being uniquely associated with the data record; associating, using the one or more processors, the at least one of the data record, the R-ID, the R-HSH and a client signature with a unique identifier (B-ID) of a location within an immutable storage medium, the client signature based on at least one of the client signing key and the client verification key; and generating, using the one or more processors, an authentication seal based at least in part upon the at least one of the data record and the R-ID, the R-HSH and the B-ID. |
| US11146385B2 |
Security communication method in NFV environment and system thereof
Provided is a security communication method in a NFV environment and a system thereof. A security communication method in the NFV environment according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention is a security communication method between virtualized network functions (VNF) in a network function virtualization (NFV) environment including: performing authentication between a first VNF and a second VNF by an element manager using a hash chain; generating secret keys based on its own hash chains by the first VNF and the second VNF which are authenticated; and performing the communication by the first VNF and the second VNF using its own secret keys. |
| US11146384B2 |
Method, system, computer system and storage medium of uploading blockchain data
A method of uploading blockchain data includes: a sub-institution node group receiving a data upload request sent by a sub-institution; the sub-institution node group looking up a node in an idle state according to the data upload request; the sub-institution node group receiving data uploaded by the sub-institution through the node in the idle state and uploading the received data to a blockchain temporary storage area; and the master institution node of the master institution corresponding to the sub-institution downloading the data uploaded by the sub-institution from the temporary storage area, and then uploading the downloaded data to a blockchain data storage area. |
| US11146382B2 |
Structured file encryption process
Method and system for cryptographic transformation of a structured data set. The structured data set is partitioned into a first subset and a plurality of further subsets for encryption in parallel. The subsets are divided into a plurality of blocks of predetermined size. A first block for each subset is identified as well as a location of each further block in said subset relative to said first block of its subset. Cryptographic transformation of the data subsets is performed using a key according to a block chain process and an offset value for the first block of each subset from the first block of the first subset is logged. The process allows a block chain to be broken into part way in the chain. The process may allow different partitioning to be used for decryption than was used for encryption, thereby allowing parallel processing on varying numbers of computational cores. |
| US11146379B1 |
Credential chaining for shared compute environments
A transform execution service obtains a first request from a client device of a customer to execute a set of instructions. In response to the request, the service provides the set of instructions and a first set of credentials to a cluster of computer nodes. The cluster submits, to the service, a second request to assume an identity of the customer, where the second request demonstrates access to the first set of credentials. In response to the second request, the service provides a second set of credentials to cause the cluster to use the second set of credentials to access an identity management service to obtain a third set of credentials to exercise a set of permissions associated with the customer. The cluster uses the third set of credentials to exercise a subset of the set of permissions to access a set of resources to execute the set of instructions. |
| US11146372B2 |
Reference signal transmission method and apparatus
A reference signal transmission method and apparatus are provided. The method includes: receiving, by a first terminal, uplink reference signal configuration information from a base station, wherein the uplink reference signal configuration information comprises configuration information of a first-type reference signal and configuration information of a second-type reference signal that the first terminal needs to send; and sending, by the first terminal, a first-type reference signal and a second-type reference signal to the base station based on the uplink reference signal configuration information. The method can be applied for V2X (vehicle to X), and/or, sidelink transmission, and/or, D2D (device to device) communication. |
| US11146369B2 |
Method for reporting channel state information in wireless communication system and apparatus therefor
A method for reporting channel state information by a terminal in a wireless communication system according to an embodiment of the present invention may comprise the steps of: receiving, from a base station, CSI-RS resource configuration information for receiving a first CSI-RS resource; receiving the first CSI-RS resource on the basis of the CSI resource configuration information; and reporting, to the base station, first CSI generated on the basis of the first CSI-RS resource, wherein, when the terminal receives configuration of one N-port CSI-RS resource according to the CSI resource configuration information, some ports of the one Y-port CSI-RS resource are configured for channel measurement for the terminal, and the remaining ports except for the some ports of the one Y-port CSI-RS resource are configured for interference measurement for the terminal. |
| US11146366B2 |
User terminal and radio communication method
The present invention is designed so that retransmission control is executed appropriately in smaller units than TBs (for example, in units of CBs, in units CBGs, etc.). A user terminal according to one aspect of the present invention has a receiving section that receives a downlink (DL) signal including one or more code blocks (CBs), and a control section that controls transmission of delivery acknowledgment information for the DL signal per CB or per code block group (CBG) including or one or more CBs, and a CB or a CBG where a negative acknowledgment (NACK) is indicated by the delivery acknowledgment information is retransmitted by using a numerology that is the same as or different from that of initial transmission. |
| US11146359B2 |
Methods for retransmission for improved handling of vulnerable symbols
Certain aspects of the present disclosure provide a method for wireless communications by a first wireless communication device. The method obtains a set of code blocks (CBs) of a transport block (TB) to be transmitted to a second wireless communication device. The method then transmits the CBs to the second wireless communication device in multiple transmissions, such that an order of the CBs for each transmission is determined by a permutation order for that transmission. |
| US11146342B1 |
Method and apparatus for device performance test
The embodiments of the present disclosure provide a method and apparatus for device performance test, which relate to the field of communication technology. The method includes receiving a signal sent by a base station simulator; simulating a channel used for transmitting the signal, and performing simulated transmission on the signal based on the simulated channel; and sending the signal after the simulated transmission to respective probe in the anechoic chamber through an output interface connected to the probe, so that the probe radiates the received signal in the anechoic chamber in which the device under test is placed, and performs performance test on the device under test, where each probe is connected to an output interface of the channel simulator. By the solution provided by the embodiments of the present disclosure, the efficiency of device performance test can be improved. |
| US11146339B1 |
Method of operating a quantum information processing system
A method of operating a quantum information processing system. The quantum information processing system includes an array of connected qubits. The method of operating the quantum information processing system uses a linear network coding solution to performing an operation between the quantum states of two or more qubits of the array. |
| US11146337B2 |
Optical transceiver device, optical modulator control method, and non-transitory computer readable medium storing optical modulator control program
A feedback proportional control repeats the following processing of starting control of an optical modulator by a control signal that corresponds to a reference value set in the preliminary search or in the previous cycle, calculating a new reference value based on an error signal obtained from the optical modulator, and controlling the optical modulator by the control signal that corresponds to the new reference value, thereby acquiring the control signal in which the error signal is minimized as an optimal control signal, setting the acquired control signal as a signal for controlling the optical modulator, and storing the optimal control signal as the reference value to be used at a time of starting the feedback proportional control in the next cycle. |
| US11146332B1 |
Transmission line monitoring device and transmission line monitoring method
A monitoring device includes a processor configured to compensate an electric field signal generated from an optical signal alternately for a chromatic dispersion and a nonlinear distortion in the optical signal in each of virtual sections of a transmission line, evaluate a quality of a compensated electric field signal, select the virtual sections sequentially, set a first compensation quantity of the chromatic dispersion according to a length of each of the virtual sections, search for a third compensation quantity of the nonlinear distortion for a selected virtual section when the quality satisfies a predetermined condition under an assumption that no nonlinear distortion is produced in other virtual sections, search for a second compensation quantity of the nonlinear distortion by setting an initial value of the second compensation quantity to the third compensation quantity, and monitor a power distribution of the optical signal based on the first and second compensation quantities. |
| US11146327B2 |
Machine learning models for adjusting communication parameters
Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for machine learning models for adjusting communication parameters. In some implementations, data for each terminal in a set of multiple satellite terminals is obtained. A machine learning model is trained based on the obtained data. The model can be trained to receive an indication of a geographic location and predict a satellite beam capable of providing at least a minimum level of efficiency for communication at the geographic location. After training the machine learning model, an indication of a predicted satellite beam for a particular location is generated for a particular geographic location. A determination is then made whether to change the current satellite beam for a terminal at the particular geographic location based on the predicted satellite beam. |
| US11146322B2 |
Method for supporting beam correspondence and apparatus thereof
There is provided for supporting beam correspondence. The method may be performed by a user equipment (UE) and comprise: transmitting UE capability information to a base station. The UE capability information may include first information related a capability of supporting beam correspondence. The beam correspondence may be determined based on at least a beam correspondence tolerance requirement. The beam correspondence tolerance requirement may include a delta effective isotropic radiated power (EIRP) of 3 dB. |
| US11146320B2 |
Method for terminal communicating in mmWave communication system and terminal
Disclosed is a terminal for performing a mmWave communication method and a mmWave communication method comprising: receiving information relating to a basic UL/DL configuration from a mmWave base station; generating statistical information relating to a mmWave downlink channel using a reference signal received from the mmWave base station, according to the basic UL/DL configuration; transmitting the statistical information to the mmWave base station through a legacy uplink; and receiving, from the mmWave base station, information relating to the UL/DL configuration which has been modified according to the statistical information. |
| US11146319B2 |
Antenna system and data processing method
An antenna system and a data processing method are provided. The system may include: a control module; and a processing module, an information collection module and a transceiver module. The information collection module is configured to collect moving device information and antenna attitude information. The transceiver module is configured to receive a data request instruction through the communication satellite. The control module is configured to determine a request content and a processing time according to the data request instruction, and send the request content, the moving device information and the antenna attitude information to the processing module when the processing time arrives. The processing module is configured to process the moving device information and the antenna attitude information according to the request content obtain data to be sent corresponding to the request content, and send the data to be sent to the communication satellite through the transceiver module. |
| US11146316B2 |
Channel covariance matrix conversion
The present disclosure provides a device, a base station device, and a method for obtaining an estimate of a downlink (DL) covariance matrix from an uplink (UL) covariance matrix. The device and method are particularly suitable for massive Multiple Input Multiple Output (MIMO) scenarios, and are particularly applicable to Frequency-Division Duplexing (FDD) systems. The device includes a processor configured to compute an angular power spectrum (APS) of an antenna array, in particular in the continuous angular domain, based on the UL covariance matrix of a communication channel and an UL response of the antenna array. Further, the processor is configured to compute the DL covariance matrix of the communication channel based on the APS and a DL response of the antenna array. The base station device includes the device and the antenna array. |
| US11146315B2 |
Multi-user multiple input multiple output (MU-MIMO) user equipment (UE) grouping with geographic correlation factors
A wireless communication network configured to share a wireless resource block that comprises a same time interval and a same radio subcarrier. The wireless communication network comprises network circuitry and transceiver circuitry. The network circuitry determines UE locations and determines UE correlation factors between the UEs based on the UE locations. The network circuitry associates the UE correlation factors with Three-Dimensional (3D) geographic containers based on the first UE locations and generates container correlation factors for the Three-Dimensional (3D) geographic containers responsive to the associations. The network circuitry selects UEs for the shared wireless resource block. The transceiver circuitry wirelessly transfers user data to the selected UEs over the shared wireless resource block that comprises the same time interval and the same radio subcarrier. |
| US11146314B2 |
Method of transmitting and receiving frame for uplink multi-user multiple-input and multiple-output (UL MU-MIMO) communication
Provided is a method of transmitting and receiving a frame for a multi-user multiple-input and multiple-output (MU-MIMO) communication in an access point (AP), the method including determining at least one transmission station (STA), transmitting, to the transmission STA, an uplink multi-user poll (UL MU poll) frame requesting a data frame, receiving the data frame from the at least one transmission STA simultaneously, and transmitting an acknowledgement (ACK) frame to the at least one transmission STA in response to the receiving. |
| US11146309B2 |
Power line communication device
The power line communication device detects inverter noise from the voltage waveforms of the power line, and executes the output of the transmission signal in a period in which it is determined that the signal amplitude of the transmission signal in the transmission processing unit exceeds a predetermined value from the output amplitude of the inverter noise, and stops the output of the transmission signal in other periods. |
| US11146308B2 |
Transmitting device, receiving device, transmission method, reception method, and program
A transmitting device, a receiving device, a transmission method, a reception method and a program that can improve the data arrival rate in data transmission using a frequency-hopping technique are provided. In each of a plurality of unit periods, an HMD (12) executes data transmission at a frequency associated with the unit period. A packet transmitting unit (84) acquires to-be-transmitted data. The packet transmitting unit (84) transmits identical pieces of the to-be-transmitted data in a plurality of unit periods associated with mutually different frequencies. |
| US11146307B1 |
Detecting distortion in spread spectrum signals
The invention relates to a method, a circuit, and an apparatus for detecting distortion in spread spectrum signals. An edge in a spread spectrum clock signal is identified based on a reference clock signal. The edge data is then provided to a set of counters which are incremented corresponding to an identified edge. Each bit of a respective output of the counters are provided to a respective OR gate of a set of OR gates. An OR gate from the set of OR gates corresponding to a selected bit then outputs an indication of whether distortion exists in the spread spectrum clock signal. |
| US11146303B2 |
Antenna module
An antenna module includes a substrate, a RF signal processing circuit provided on the substrate, a ground electrode provided on the substrate above the RF signal processing circuit, a radiation electrode provided on the substrate above the ground electrode, and a feed line provided in an overlapping area where the radiation electrode and the RF signal processing circuit overlap, the feed line connecting the radiation electrode and the RF signal processing circuit, wherein the ground electrode includes a first ground pattern, a second ground pattern, and a peripheral wall connecting the first ground pattern and the second ground pattern, the peripheral wall surrounds part of the feed line, and the second ground pattern has a through hole through which the feed line penetrates. |
| US11146300B2 |
Multiplexer, high-frequency front-end circuit, and communication device
A first filter of a multiplexer includes a ladder filter structure of acoustic wave resonators. An imaginary line obtained by connecting second ends of electrode fingers included in one comb-shaped electrode among a pair of comb-shaped electrodes of each resonator intersects a reference line that is a straight line extending in an acoustic wave propagation direction. When an angle defined by the reference line and the imaginary line of a first series resonator is represented by a first slant angle, an angle defined by the reference line and the imaginary line of a parallel resonator is represented by a second slant angle, and an angle defined by the reference line and the imaginary line of acoustic wave resonators is represented by a third slant angle, at least one of the first slant angle and the second slant angle is larger than the third slant angle. |
| US11146299B2 |
Wireless receiver apparatus and method
Embodiments of the invention include a wakeup receiver (WRX) featuring a charge-domain analog front end (AFE) with parallel radio frequency (RF) rectifier, charge-transfer summation amplifier (CTSA), and successive approximation analog-to-digital converter (SAR ADC) stages. The WRX operates at very low power and exhibits above-average sensitivity, random pulsed interferer rejections, and yield over process. |
| US11146297B2 |
Street lighting pole base
The present invention relates to a street lighting pole base (10), i.a. comprising a sub-divider (38) arranged in a first bay (20a) and adapted to split an airflow (46) from an individual air inlet (28) into a first sub-airflow (48a) intended to mainly cool a first heat dissipating device used for wireless telecommunication (34a) when mounted in a first position (36a) but substantially not a second heat dissipating device used for wireless telecommunication (34b) when mounted in a second position (36b) and a second sub-airflow (48b) intended to mainly cool the second heat dissipating device used for wireless telecommunication but substantially not the first heat dissipating device used for wireless telecommunication. The present invention also relates to a street lighting pole (100) comprising such a base, and to a method of cooling first and second heat dissipating device used for wireless telecommunications mounted in such a base or pole. |
| US11146295B1 |
Decoding method, memory storage device, and memory controlling circuit unit
A decoding method, a memory storage device and a memory controlling circuit unit are provided. The method includes: receiving a read command sequence for reading a plurality of bits from the memory cells; calculating a first count value of a first value and a second count value of a second value in the bits; and adjusting a decoding parameter corresponding to the bits to a specific decoding parameter according to the first count value and the second count value, and performing a decoding operation according to the specific decoding parameter, where the adjusted decoding parameter affects a probability that the bits are considered as an error bit in the decoding operation. |
| US11146293B2 |
System and method for optimizing Reed-Solomon decoder for errors and erasures
A memory system, Reed Solomon (“RS”) Decoder, and method for decoding Reed-Solomon codewords includes: a Syndrome Computation engine configured as a first stage of a pipeline for receiving the RS codeword and computing one or more Syndromes; an initialization unit for providing initialization values for a key equation solver engine that generates the errata locator polynomial and the errata magnitude polynomial configured as a second stage; and as a third stage a Chien Search engine for receiving the error locator polynomial and determining the one or more locations of the one or more erasures and random errors in the received RS codeword and an error-value evaluation (“EE”) engine for receiving the errata magnitude polynomial and determining the one or more magnitudes of the one or more erasures and random errors in the RS received codeword. |
| US11146292B2 |
Data decoding apparatus and method
A data decoder includes a communication unit receiving a bit signal with encoded data; a first operation unit that bit shifts the bit signal by a first length, corresponding to a length of a spreading code used to encode the data, to generate a first operation stream; a second operation unit generating a second operation stream without the spreading code; a third operation unit that bit shifts the second operation stream by a second length to generate a third operation stream; a fourth operation unit generating a fourth operation stream from which the data is removed using the second operation stream and the third operation stream; and a polynomial generator that decodes the encoded data using the fourth operation stream. |
| US11146287B2 |
Apparatus and method for optimizing physical layer parameter
An apparatus and method for optimizing a physical layer parameter is provided. According to one embodiment, an apparatus includes a first neural network configured to receive a transmission environment and a block error rate (BLER) and generate a value of a physical layer parameter; a second neural network configured to receive the transmission environment and the BLER and generate a signal to noise ratio (SNR) value; and a processor connected to the first neural network and the second neural network and configured to receive the transmission environment, the generated physical layer parameter, and the generated SNR, and to generate the BLER. |
| US11146285B2 |
Batch compression management of messages
Batch compression management of messages. A message being sent to a batch for transmission is intercepted. The message is assigned to a batch pool, in which multiple batch pools are provided as sub-sets of the batch. The assigning of the message to the batch pool is based on a similarity of properties of the message with other messages and determined by looking up the properties in a batch pool mapping database. The message is added to the batch pool or a new batch pool is created for the message. A batch pool of messages is compressed using a dictionary of the properties common to at least some of the messages in the batch pool. The compressed batch pools are transmitted over an input/output channel. |
| US11146283B2 |
Zero-collapsing compression with random access
A data compressor a zero-value remover, a zero bit mask generator, a non-zero values packer, and a row-pointer generator. The zero-value remover receives 2N bit streams of values and outputs 2N non-zero-value bit streams having zero values removed from each respective bit stream. The zero bit mask generator receives the 2N bit streams of values and generates a zero bit mask for a predetermined number of values of each bit stream in which each zero bit mask indicates a location of a zero value in the predetermined number of values corresponding to the zero bit mask. The non-zero values packer receives the 2N non-zero-value bit streams and forms a group of packed non-zero values. The row-pointer generator that generates a row-pointer for each group of packed non-zero values. |
| US11146276B2 |
Noise reduction and spur and distortion cancellation techniques
A wireless communication device can include an antenna configured to sense a radio frequency (RF) signal. The wireless communication device can include signal estimation circuitry configured to generate estimates of amplitude and frequency for unmodulated spurs within the RF signal. The wireless communication device can further include multi-tone generator circuitry coupled to the signal estimation circuitry and configured to generate a composite spur cancellation signal based on the estimates of amplitude and frequency for unmodulated spurs within the RF signal. The wireless communication device can further include adder circuitry configured to subtract the spur cancellation signal from the RF signal to generate a spur cancelled signal. |
| US11146274B1 |
Equalizer control device, receiving device, and control method for receiving device
An equalizer control device includes a first circuit configured to, upon receipt of a data signal that has been equalized by a continuous time linear equalizer (CTLE) circuit, output a first signal related to a first number of times a waveform of the data signal crosses a threshold value or differential signals of the data signal cross each other. A second circuit is configured to count the first number during a particular time period based on the output first signal, and select one of equalization parameters to be set to the CTLE circuit based on the counted first number. |
| US11146270B2 |
Proximity sensor and method of operating a photodetector based proximity sensor
An apparatus can be used for detecting pile-up within circuitry associated with photodetectors. The apparatus includes an input terminal configured to receive a plurality of photodetector outputs. An OR-tree is coupled in parallel with the circuitry associated with the photodetectors. The OR-tree has an input coupled to the input terminal and is configured to combine the photodetector outputs. A counter is configured to count an output of the OR-tree. A comparator is configured to compare an output of the counter to a determined threshold value, wherein the comparator is configured to output an indicator indicating pile-up within the circuitry associated with photodetectors based on the output of the counter being greater than or equal to the determined threshold value. |
| US11146267B1 |
Charge recovery driver for MEMS mirror with reduced number of tank capacitors
A charge recovery driver is for a pair of loads, and includes first and second output nodes coupled to a pair of loads. During an initial phase, the first output node is grounded and the second output node is tied to the supply voltage. During a first phase, the first output node is coupled to the first tank capacitor and the second output node is coupled to the second tank capacitor. During a second phase, the first and second output nodes are coupled to one another. During a third phase, the second output node is coupled to the first tank capacitor and the first output node is coupled to the second tank capacitor. During a fourth phase, the first output node is coupled to the supply voltage and the second output node is coupled to ground. The third, second, and first phases are then repeated in that order. |
| US11146266B2 |
Driving method and driving device using the same
A driving method and a driving device using the same are disclosed. The driving method controls a pulse transformer. The secondary winding of the pulse transformer is electrically connected to a control device. Firstly, positive charging electrical energy is delivered to the primary winding, thereby charging the control device. Then, the control device is disconnected from the secondary winding while the primary winding is in a high-impedance state. Finally, negative discharging electrical energy is delivered to the primary winding and the control device is electrically connected to the secondary winding, thereby discharging the control device, and the primary winding is in a low-impedance state after the step of delivering the negative discharging electrical energy to the primary winding. |
| US11146257B2 |
Latching DC switch circuit with overcurrent protection using field effect transistors
An overcurrent protection circuit includes switches, resistors, and a voltage divider. A first switch includes a first control terminal and switches current to a load. The first resistor is connected in series with the first switch. The second resistor is connected in series with a second control terminal of the second switch and an output terminal of the overcurrent protection circuit. The voltage divider is connected in series with the second switch and has a center terminal connected to the first control terminal. A DC source voltage is across the second switch and the voltage divider. A latching circuit is provided by the switches, the voltage divider, the first resistor and the load. The second switch discharges the first switch to limit current to the output terminal in response to a voltage drop across the first resistor indicating current supplied to the output terminal has exceeded a threshold. |
| US11146256B2 |
Alternating current solid-state relay
An alternating current solid-state relay having a short-circuit protection function, comprises an output switch circuit, which is connected to a load loop in series and comprises two power switch transistors, a driver circuit having a short-circuit protection function, and a short-circuit detection circuit, wherein the two power switch transistors are IGBTs or MOS transistors and are in opposing series, and two terminals formed after series connection of the two power switch transistors serve as two output terminals of the alternating current solid-state relay; a power circuit supplies power to the driver circuit, and the driver circuit correspondingly controls on-off of the two power switch transistors according to a control signal accessed to an input terminal of the driver circuit, and detects through the short-circuit detection circuit whether or not a short circuit happens to a load; and if yes, the two power switch transistors are controlled to be turned off. |
| US11146254B2 |
Driving device and power module
To provide a technique to complement overcurrent protection and short circuit protection. An LVIC includes an overcurrent detector configured to detect whether or not a first current flowing through a load and a semiconductor switching element is abnormal and a short-circuit detector configured to detect whether or not a second current flowing not through the load but through the semiconductor switching element is abnormal. The LVIC interrupts the semiconductor switching element based on a detection result of the overcurrent detector and a detection result of the short-circuit detector. |
| US11146252B2 |
Logic and flip-flop circuit timing margins controlled based on scan-pattern transition processing
One specific example involves an integrated circuit that has application logic circuitry which includes flip-flop circuits susceptible to degradations of setup and hold times relative to specified minimum setup and hold times for signals to be processed by the respective flip-flop circuits. In a method carried out by the integrated circuit, timing-based logic states of the flip-flop circuits are controlled, based on at least one transition-scan pattern processed by the flip-flop circuits as part of the application logic circuitry; and respective logic states are set for those flip-flops, which due to degradations of the actual setup and hold times do not satisfy anymore the originally specified minimum setup and hold times. |
| US11146251B2 |
Performance-screen ring oscillator with switchable features
A method and performance-screen ring oscillator (PSRO) test structure for designing, testing, and manufacturing a VLSI device. The performance-screen ring oscillator (PSRO) test structure comprises a ring oscillator having a plurality of stages; one or more selectable loads, each selectable load being coupled to an output of a corresponding one of the stages of the ring oscillator; and one or more multiplexers, each multiplexer being coupled to at least one stage of the ring oscillator and being configured to select a configuration of the corresponding selectable load. |
| US11146249B2 |
Active electronic emulation of a passive circuit component
An electronic emulation component for actively emulating a passive electronic component such as a capacitor or inductor having a desired value, comprises a pair of terminals for connection to an external circuit and across which the desired value is to appear, a power convertor, and a passive electronic component of the type to be emulated but having a value different from the value to be emulated and isolated from the pair of terminals by the convertor. |
| US11146246B2 |
Phase shift structures for acoustic resonators
Acoustic resonators, such as bulk acoustic wave (BAW) resonators, are disclosed that include phase shift structures. Acoustic resonators, including stacked crystal filters (SCFs) and coupled resonator filters (CRFs), may include inverted piezoelectric layers that are configured to provide built-in phase shift capabilities. Circuit topologies that include such SCFs may be provided with simplified structures and reduced loss. Circuit topologies with such CRFs may be provided with more symmetrical electrical connections and improved phase balance over operating frequencies. SCFs with phase shift structures may additionally include spurious mode suppression by modifying piezoelectric coupling profiles within one or more layers. Mode suppression configurations may include structures with one or more inverted polarity piezoelectric layers, one or more non-piezoelectric layers, one or more thicker electrodes of the SCF, and combinations thereof. |
| US11146244B2 |
Solidly-mounted transversely excited film bulk acoustic resonator using rotated Y-X cut lithium niobate
Acoustic resonator devices, filters, and methods are disclosed. An acoustic resonator device includes a substrate, a single-crystal lithium niobate plate, an acoustic Bragg reflector sandwiched between a surface of the substrate and a back surface of the lithium niobate plate, wherein the acoustic Bragg reflector includes a plurality of layers alternating between high acoustic impedance layers and low acoustic impedance layers, wherein all of the plurality of layers are dielectric materials, and wherein the high acoustic impedance layers are one of silicon nitride and aluminum nitride and the low acoustic impedance layers are carbon-containing silicon oxide, and an interdigital transducer (IDT) formed on a front surface of the lithium niobate plate. Euler angles of the lithium niobate plate are [0°, β, 0°], where β is greater than or equal to 0° and less than or equal to 60°. |
| US11146242B2 |
Filter device, multiplexer, radio frequency front end circuit, and communication device
A filter (10) has a first passband and a second passband on a higher frequency side than the first passband and includes a series arm circuit (11) and a parallel arm circuit (12), wherein the parallel arm circuit (12) includes a parallel arm resonator (p1) connected between a node (x1) and ground and having a resonant frequency frp located between a first passband and a second passband, an inductor (L1) connected between the node (x1) and the ground, and an inductor (L2) connected between the node (x1) and the ground and connected in series to the parallel arm resonator (p1), and a circuit in which the parallel arm resonator (p1) and the inductor (L2) are connected in series is connected in parallel to the inductor (L1). |
| US11146241B2 |
Low loss acoustic device
Acoustic wave devices are disclosed. The devices include a substrate, a bi-layer reflector and an acoustic wave resonator. The bi-electric reflector is above the substrate and includes a first layer that has a first acoustic impedance, and a second layer that has a second acoustic impedance lower than the first acoustic impedance. The first layer has a first surface that includes a floating region that provides a ceiling of a cavity. The second layer is on top of the floating region of the first layer. The acoustic wave resonator is on top of the second layer of the bi-layer reflector. The acoustic wave resonator includes a piezoelectric layer, an electrode and a counter-electrode such that application of a radio frequency voltage between the electrode and the counter-electrode creates acoustic resonance waves in the piezoelectric layer. |
| US11146239B2 |
Small piezoelectric resonator
The invention relates to a piezoelectric resonator, which comprises a base and at least two vibrating arms (3) extending from the base, at least two grooves (4a, 4b) being formed opposite each other on part of the length of the arms and on upper and lower faces of the arms. The depth of the groove on the upper face is less than 30% of the total thickness of each arm and the depth of the groove on the lower face is more than 50% of the total thickness of each arm, or reversely. |
| US11146238B2 |
Film bulk acoustic resonator fabrication method
Methods of fabricating acoustic resonators are disclosed. A back surface of a piezoelectric plate is bonded to a surface of a substrate. Thickness measurements are made at a plurality of positions on the piezoelectric plate. Excess material is removed from the front surface of the piezoelectric plate in accordance with the thickness measurements to improve a thickness uniformity of the piezoelectric plate. A conductor pattern is formed on the front surface, the conductor pattern including a plurality of interdigital transducers (IDTs) of a plurality of resonators. Cavities are formed in the substrate such that portions of the single-crystal piezoelectric plate form a plurality of diaphragms spanning respective cavities, wherein interleaved fingers of each IDT of the plurality of IDTs are disposed on a respective one of the plurality of diaphragms. |
| US11146235B1 |
Tunable BAW resonator with ion-conductible structure
The present disclosure relates to a tunable Bulk Acoustic Wave (BAW) resonator with a top electrode, a bottom electrode, a piezoelectric layer sandwiched between the top electrode and the bottom electrode, and a reflection region underneath the bottom electrode. The reflection region includes a reflection layer and an ion-conductible structure between the bottom electrode and the reflection layer. Herein, the ion-conductible structure has a first terminal layer coupled to the bottom electrode, a second terminal layer coupled to the reflection layer, and an ion conductor between the first terminal layer and the second terminal layer. The ion conductor is eligible to transport ions between the first terminal layer and the second terminal layer, so as to achieve a mass-loading shift between the first terminal layer and the second terminal layer, and consequently, to tune a resonance frequency of the tunable BAW resonator. |
| US11146229B2 |
Filter and multiplexer
A filter having a pass band includes a series circuit in which a series arm resonator and a first inductor are connected in series with each other and which forms at least part of a signal path R connecting a first input/output terminal and a second input/output terminal and a parallel arm resonator connected between one end of the series circuit and a ground. The series circuit becomes inductive in the pass band. An anti-resonant frequency of the series arm resonator is higher than a frequency at a higher-frequency end of the pass band. A resonant frequency of the parallel arm resonator is higher than the anti-resonant frequency of the series arm resonator. |
| US11146223B2 |
High power radio frequency (RF) amplifiers
A power amplifier having: a plurality of N amplifier modules, where N is an integer greater than one; an M:N power splitter having M inputs, where M is an integer less than N, and N outputs, each one of the N outputs being coupled to an input of a corresponding one of the plurality of N power amplifiers; a plurality of M delay lines, each one the M delay lines having an output coupled to a corresponding one of the M inputs of the M:N power splitter, each one of the plurality of M delay lines being coupled to a common input of the power amplifier. |
| US11146221B2 |
Method for overtemperature protection and audio apparatus
The invention relates to a method for protecting a component (6) within an audio device (4) from the exceedance of a maximum internal temperature (TI), wherein a power loss (V) of the component (6) is determined, a measurement temperature (TM) is measured on the component (6), a temperature difference (DT) for the component (6) between the measurement temperature (TM) on the component and the internal temperature (TI) is determined from the power loss (V) by means of a thermal model (14) of the component (6), the internal temperature (TI) is determined as the sum of the measurement temperature (TM) and the temperature difference (DT), a permissible maximum value (VM) for the power loss (V) is determined on the basis of the internal temperature (TM) and known component data (16) of the component (6), and the component (6) is operated in a normal operating mode (N) if the power loss (V) does not exceed the maximum value (VM) or the component (6) is otherwise operated in reduced-power economy operating mode (S) such that the power loss (V) is limited to the maximum value (VM). An audio apparatus (2), having an audio device (4) that internally contains a component (6) that should be protected from the exceedance of a maximum internal temperature (TI), contains a protection module (8) for carrying out the method according to the invention. |
| US11146220B2 |
Amplifier devices with phase distortion compensation and methods of manufacture thereof
The embodiments described herein include amplifiers that are typically used in radio frequency (RF) applications. Specifically, the amplifiers described herein include a phase distortion compensation circuit that can compensate for input impedance variations that could otherwise lead to reduced efficiency and power performance. In one specific embodiment, the phase distortion compensation circuit is used to compensate for input impedance variations in the peaking amplifiers of a Doherty amplifier. In such embodiments, the phase distortion compensation circuit can absorb the non-linear input impedances of the peaking amplifiers in a way that may facilitate improved phase maintenance between the carrier and peaking stages of the Doherty amplifier. |
| US11146219B2 |
Power limiter configuration for audio signals
Example embodiments provide a process that includes one or more of receiving an audio signal at a feedback compressor circuit, receiving an auxiliary attenuation signal from an auxiliary attenuation source, determining a threshold power level based on a value of the auxiliary attenuation signal, determining an output power level of the audio signal exceeds the threshold power level, combining the audio signal with the auxiliary attenuation signal from the auxiliary attenuation source and a compressed attenuation signal from the feedback compressor circuit to create a combination signal, and generating an audio output signal of the feedback compressor circuit based on the combination signal. |
| US11146217B2 |
Signal amplifier circuit having high power supply rejection ratio and driving circuit thereof
A signal amplifier circuit having high power supply rejection ratio includes: a pre-amplifier which generates a driving signal at a driving control node; and a driving circuit which converts an input power to an output power. The driving circuit includes: a driving transistor, having a first terminal coupled to the input power and a second terminal coupled to the output power; and a power rejection circuit which includes a noise selection circuit. When the driving transistor operates in its linear region, the power rejection circuit senses an AC component of a power noise of the input power to generate an operation noise signal. The power rejection circuit generates the power rejection signal in AC form according to the operation noise signal to reject the power noise so as to increase the power supply rejection ratio. |
| US11146216B2 |
Filter and filtering method
A filter includes M filter circuits. The M filter circuits are sequentially cascaded from an input terminal to an output terminal, in order to generate an output signal according to an input signal, in which M is a positive integer greater than or equal to 2. The M filter circuits include at least one first filter circuit and at least one second filter circuit. Each of the at least one first filter circuit is set to be an active filter circuit, and each of the at least one second filter circuit is set to be a passive filter circuit. |
| US11146215B2 |
Doherty power amplifier, controlling method and device
Disclosed are a Doherty power amplifier (2), a controlling method and a device. In the Doherty power amplifier (2), the even order harmonic components can be fed to the drain of the amplifier to realize even order harmonic modulation. The even order harmonic components have higher power level than the odd order harmonic components, therefore, higher efficiency could be achieved. |
| US11146213B2 |
Multi-radio access technology envelope tracking amplifier apparatus
A multi-radio access technology (RAT) envelope tracking (ET) amplifier apparatus is provided. The multi-RAT ET amplifier apparatus may be configured to enable concurrent communication of at least two radio frequency (RF) signals associated with at least two different RATs. Specifically, the multi-RAT ET amplifier apparatus includes an ET integrated circuit (IC) (ETIC) and a distributed ETIC (DETIC) configured to generate respective ET voltages for amplifying the two RF signals. In addition, the DETIC can be configured to utilize certain circuit(s) in the ETIC to help reduce a footprint of the DETIC. By amplifying the two different RF signals based on the respective ET voltages and sharing certain circuit(s) between the ETIC and the DETIC, it may be possible to improve overall efficiency and heat dissipation in the multi-RAT ET amplifier apparatus concurrent to reducing the footprint of the DETIC. |
| US11146211B1 |
Photovoltaic horizontal beehive system
A photovoltaic horizontal beehive system provides a horizontal beehive. The brooder box has sidewalls and a floor wall that form an interior cavity. The cavity is segregated into independent compartments through a central fixed divider, and multiple removable dividers that segregate the brooder box into a queen bee colony and a honey bee colony. The removable dividers are manipulated in the cavity to adjust the size of each compartment to accommodate population changes in the bee colonies. A lid regulates access to the interior cavity. A solar panel operates on outer surface of lid. The solar panel harnesses sunlight to generate electricity used internally and externally of the brooder box. An electrical compartment in brooder box retains electrical components, like a battery, an inverter, and a charge controller. The solar-generated electricity is used internally for operation of an internal beehive apparatus, and carried distally to operate an external electrical apparatus. |
| US11146207B2 |
Panel mounting bracket assembly including an extension device and related methods
A system for mounting a solar panel(s) on a building may include a panel mounting bracket(s) including a base to be positioned on the building, a vertical extension having a proximal end coupled to the base and a distal end vertically spaced apart from the base, and a first lateral extension carried on an exterior surface of the vertical extension. An extension device for the at least one panel mounting bracket may include a first portion, a second portion carried by the first portion to be connected with the at least one solar panel, a second lateral extension carried by the second portion to be vertically aligned with the first lateral extension, and a screw including a head carried by the second portion to set the extension device relative to the base. |
| US11146203B2 |
Motor control apparatus
A motor control apparatus drives an inverter which supplies and receives electric power with respect to a motor by pulse width modulation. The motor control apparatus sets a frequency of a carrier such that a frequency of a sideband wave component of the carrier which is used for the pulse width modulation and a frequency of a predetermined rotation order of the motor become different from each other. |
| US11146197B2 |
Method of controlling a permanent magnent synchronous motor and a motor circuit
A method of controlling a motor, for example of an electric power steering system, includes receiving a motor torque demand signal indicative of a torque required from the motor. A current demand signal indicative of the currents to be applied to each phase to meet the torque demand is generated from the motor torque demand signal. One or more operational values from the motor are determined. The current demand signal is set as a function of one or more parameters of the motor obtained by fitting a flux linkage model to the measured operational values. A motor circuit having the permanent magnet electric motor includes a control stage arranged to generate the current demand signal in response to a torque demanded of the motor. A modifying means modifies the magnitude and/or the phase of the current demanded for each phase of the motor by the controller. |
| US11146196B2 |
Electric machine control method and electric machine control device
An electric machine control method includes: calculating a voltage command value based on a torque command value to an electric machine; calculating a modulation rate based on a power-supply voltage and the voltage command value; calculating a compensation gain in accordance with the modulation rate, the compensation gain being used to linearize a relationship between a magnitude of the voltage command value and a magnitude of a fundamental wave component of an output voltage to the electric machine; calculating a compensated voltage command value based on the voltage command value and the compensation gain; controlling the output voltage to the electric machine based on the compensated voltage command value; and limiting the compensation gain to be equal to or less than a predetermined upper limit. |
| US11146195B2 |
Fail-safe function for a permanent magnet synchronous motor
A motor controller includes a power constant controller configured to receive a target power of a permanent magnet synchronous motor (PMSM) and generate a first target speed based on the target power; a first signal generator configured to generate a second target speed; a speed constant controller switchably coupled to the power constant controller and the first signal generator, where the speed constant controller is configured to switchably receive the first target speed and the second target speed, and regulate a motor speed of the PMSM based on the received first target speed or the received second target speed; a first switch configured to switchably couple the speed constant controller to the power constant controller to receive the first target speed or the second target speed; and a first switch controller configured to control a switching state of the first switch based on the motor speed of the PMSM. |
| US11146194B2 |
Electromechanical power transmission chain, and an electric system, a method and a computer program for controlling the same to stabilize dc input voltage of a converter driving an electric machine and determining a torque reference of the electric machine
An electric system of an electromechanical power transmission chain is provided that includes a first capacitive circuit, converter equipment between the first capacitive circuit and an electric machine, a second capacitive circuit, and a direct voltage converter between the first and second capacitive circuits. The electromechanical power transmission chain is a parallel transmission chain where the electric machine is mechanically connected to a combustion engine and to one or more actuators. The electric system includes a control system for controlling the direct voltage converter in response to changes in a first direct voltage of the first capacitive circuit and for controlling the converter equipment in response to changes in a second direct voltage of the second capacitive circuit. The first direct voltage is kept on a predetermined voltage range whereas the second direct voltage is allowed to fluctuate in order to respond to peak power needs. |
| US11146189B2 |
Optimized operation of a machine having a plurality of drives
A control device for drives of a machine switches between normal operation and special operation depending on power demand from a power supply. In both operating modes, the control device cyclically determines preliminary current setpoint values. In normal operation, the current setpoint values match the preliminary setpoint values. In special operation, the control device dynamically determines a proportional factor for the drives depending on nominal and/or actual operating states of the drives. The control device determines current setpoint values by modifying the preliminary current setpoint values so that a respective drive draws no more power than the product of the respective proportional factor and the available total power. The current setpoint values and the current actual values are fed to drive controllers for the first drives, by means of which the preliminary first current setpoint values are determined. The control characteristics of the drive controllers include an integral part. |
| US11146188B2 |
Motor driving control apparatus and motor driving control method
A motor driving control apparatus according to an embodiment includes: a motor driving unit that selectively energizes three-phase coils of a motor; a motor control unit that switches an energizing phase of the coils, the energizing phase being a phase to which the motor driving unit energizes, in a predetermined order by outputting a driving control signal to the motor driving unit; a brake control unit that outputs a brake control signal; an interphase short-circuiting unit that is connected between two-phase coils of the three-phase coils, and that short-circuits the two-phase coil in response to a short-circuiting signal; and a short-circuiting signal output unit that is connected between the interphase short-circuiting unit and one-phase coil that is not different from each of the two-phase coils of the three-phase coils, and that outputs a short-circuiting signal to the interphase short-circuiting unit when the brake control signal is received. |
| US11146185B2 |
Systems and methods for generating high voltage pulses
A high voltage pulse generating system has a latching element coupled in between a ferroelectric generator (FEG) and a load, such as a vector inversion generator. Such a latching element prevents the return of current to the FEG when the FEG undergoes mechanical destruction after depolarization, thereby increasing the useful amount of energy extracted from the FEG. In some embodiments, multiple FEGs are configured with multiple latching elements to deliver multiple high-voltage, high-current pulses. |
| US11146182B2 |
Rectifier and motor driving device
A rectifier according to an aspect of the present disclosure includes: a bridge circuit that derives a positive voltage component and a negative voltage component from an AC power supply voltage; a smoothing capacitor that smooths an output voltage from the bridge circuit; a pre-charge resistor that is provided between the bridge circuit and the smoothing capacitor, and reduces an inrush current; a charge switch that is provided in parallel with the pre-charge resistor; and a controller that controls the charge switch between an open state and a close state, wherein when application of the AC power supply voltage to the bridge circuit is started, the controller closes the charge switch if a voltage applied between ends of the pre-charge resistor is determined to become equal to or lower than a predetermined resistor threshold voltage. |
| US11146178B2 |
Current output
A current output apparatus adapted for electrical connection to a load to output an electrical current thereto. The apparatus comprises a current output terminal for connecting to a first terminal of the load to pass an electrical current thereto. A current input terminal is provided for connecting to a second terminal of the load to receive said electrical current returned from the load. A voltage regulator is operable to supply to the current output terminal an electrical voltage regulated to differ from an electrical voltage applied to the current input terminal by an amount sufficient to cause said electrical current to flow from the current output terminal to the current input terminal via the load. The voltage regulator is operable and arranged to supply to the current output terminal an electrical voltage of positive polarity or of negative polarity for supplying said electrical current to a load presenting to the current output terminal a voltage of positive polarity or of negative polarity, respectively. |
| US11146171B2 |
Charge pump circuit
A bipolar output charge pump circuit having a network of switching paths for selectively connecting an input node and a reference node for connection to an input voltage, a first pair of output nodes, two pairs of flying capacitor nodes, and a controller for controlling the switching of the network of switching paths. The controller is operable to control the network of switching paths when in use with two flying capacitors connected to the two pairs of flying capacitor nodes, to provide a first mode and a second mode when in use with two flying capacitors connected to the flying capacitor nodes, wherein at least the first mode corresponds to a bipolar output voltage of +/−3VV, +/−VV/5 or +/−VV/6. |
| US11146169B2 |
Power factor correction for LED drivers
This disclosure describes systems, methods, and apparatus for operating a power factor correction circuit. The power factor correction circuit can downconvert AC mains power to a lower power suitable for driving one or more LEDs. The power factor correction circuit can provide a regulated current, in a single-stage embodiment, and a regulated voltage, in a dual-stage embodiment. The power factor correction circuit can include an isolation transformer along with a switch for controlling downconversion. The power factor correction circuit can alternatively include a switch without isolation. Either way, the switch can have a duty cycle proportional to a desired downconversion from the AC mains signal, and can skip half cycles of the AC mains signal in order to reduce the downconverted output of the power factor correction circuit. |
| US11146167B1 |
Current detection for an adiabatic power converter
Over-current detection circuits and methods for adiabatic power converters that provide numerous advantages over known solutions, including simple digital control, enabling trimming to be done in the low voltage domain, and avoidance of high-voltage sense current mirrors. Embodiments include a slope detector circuit configured to measure a slope of the immediate output voltage VX of an adiabatic power converter during a charge pump clock cycle, compare the measured slope to a pre-determined value representing a slope of an over-current condition, and assert a flag if comparison indicates an over-current condition. An auto-calibration circuit may be included which presents a set of known loads across the output of an adiabatic power converter at device startup, measures the resulting counts from the slope detector counter, and extrapolates to a count that corresponds to a maximum allowed current. |
| US11146165B2 |
Grid-connected power converter control
For grid-connected power converter control, a method estimates a d-axis grid voltage from a d-axis reference current modified with a d-axis current and a q-axis current modified with a filter inductive reactance. The method generates a q-axis current error from a direct current (DC) voltage input and a DC bus voltage. The method estimates an observer q-axis grid voltage from a q-axis voltage output. The q-axis grid voltage observer estimates the q-axis grid voltage in a direct/quadrature (dq) reference frame equivalent to an ABC to DQ reference frame transform. The method determines a d-axis voltage output as a function of a d-axis current error and a q-axis current modified with a filter inductive reactance. The method determines a q-axis voltage output as a sum of the q-axis current controller output and the observer q-axis grid voltage. |
| US11146164B2 |
Single transformer-based gate driver
The disclosure relates to a devices, systems and methods implementing a single transformer-based gate driver. In one embodiment, single transformer-based gate driver includes an RF source; a PWM controller; an edge detector and pulse generating circuit operably connected to the RF source and PWM controller; a transformer comprising a primary side and a secondary side, the primary side of the transformer operably connected to an output of the edge detector and pulse generating circuit, the secondary side of the transformer operably connected to a rectifier circuit and a signal recovery circuit; and a drive circuit operably connected to the rectifier circuit and the signal recovery circuit. |
| US11146161B2 |
Electronic system including voltage regulators
An electronic system includes a plurality of voltage regulators configured to convert an input voltage, a plurality of inductors respectively connected to the plurality of voltage regulators to respectively output a plurality of converting currents, and a switching unit configured to select at least one converting current from among the plurality of converting currents in response to a switching control signal and supply power to a load unit based on the selected at least one converting current. |
| US11146160B2 |
Transporting device with a stator for the controlled transport of a transport element relative to the stator
A transport device has a stator and at least one transport element. The transport device is designed to transport the transport element in a controlled manner relative to the stator, and the stator or the transport element has multiple movable actuating magnets, each of which is connected to the stator or transport element via an actuating element. The actuating element is designed to change the position and/or orientation of the connected actuating magnet relative to the stator or transport element in a controlled manner. The respective other part has at least two stationary magnets fixedly connected to the respective other part. The stator and the transport element are magnetically coupled by means of the stationary magnets and actuating magnets, and the transport device is designed to transport the transport element relative to the stator by the control positioning and/or orientation of the actuating magnets by means of the actuating magnets. |
| US11146158B2 |
Rotary electrical machine
A rotary electrical machine including an annular stator having a stator core around which an armature winding is wound, and a rotor arranged on an inner circumference of the stator, a permeance of a q-axis magnetic circuit is made larger than a permeance of a d-axis magnetic circuit. The machine includes a switch for supplying power to a field winding and controller. The controller calculates the duty ratio on the condition that an upper limit of the duty ratio of the switch is a predetermined value and turns on/off the switch based on the calculated ratio. The predetermined value is set to a value larger than the duty ratio corresponding to the field current that gives the maximum reduction amount of the inductance of the field winding with respect to an increasing amount of the field current in a range that the current can take and is less than 100%. |
| US11146155B2 |
Motor component alignment method
Provided are an alignment method and an alignment device by which, immediately before aligning, the leg parts of adjacent conductors do not interfere with each other. The alignment method, in which by providing a plurality of coil elements (40) in an annular shape and moving the plurality of coil elements (40) in a direction in which the diameter of the annular shape is reduced, the plurality of coil elements (40) are aligned in a state where turn sections (42) provided at substantially apex portions are alternately overlapped, wherein the plurality of coil elements (40) are aligned by moving each of the plurality of coil elements (40) toward an annularly shaped center, and while doing so, rotating the plurality of coil elements about a rotation axis (231e) that is parallel to the central axis (C1) of the annular shape. |
| US11146153B2 |
Method of manufacturing a stator of a motor
An arm of a coil segment having an approximate U shape is placed in a slot of a stator core, and a portion protruding from the slot is bent in a circumferential direction. An arm is bent in a direction of an arrow A, and another arm positioned at an inner side in the radial direction in relation to this arm is bent in a direction of an arrow B. The arm positioned at the outer side has at least a part of a bending inner side surface of a bent portion hardened by pressurization. |
| US11146151B2 |
Brush module
The invention relates to a brush module (10) for a rotating electric machine, in particular for a current-excited synchronous machine, the brush module (10) having at least two brushes (12) for establishing electrical contact with slip rings (11) of the machine, the brush module (10) having a housing device (13) and brush holders (14) for accommodating and supporting the brushes (12), wherein the housing device (13) has a collecting device (21) for collecting brush dust of the brushes (12). Alternatively, the housing device (13) is configured in such a manner that the brush holders (14) are spaced apart from each other, the housing device (13) at least partially forming an air gap between the brush holders (14) on a housing portion of the housing device (13) that faces slip rings (11). |
| US11146147B2 |
Motor power pack with overmolded printed circuit board integrated connector
A motor electronics unit includes a printed circuit board having a first and a second side. An electrical conductor is connected to the printed circuit board. A heat sink is positioned proximate to the printed circuit board. A housing of a polymeric material includes: an endcap encapsulating the printed circuit board and covering an outer edge of the heat sink defining a heat sink first portion, with a second portion of the heat sink not covered by the polymeric material and extending through and outward from the endcap to transfer heat from the printed circuit board. A first section of the electrical conductor extends through and is partially encapsulated by the endcap. A connector body is integrally connected to the housing. A second section of the electrical conductor is exposed within a cavity of the connector body to electrically connect the printed circuit board to another component. |
| US11146146B2 |
Apparatus and method for cooling endwindings in a rotating electric machine
Embodiments of a heat exchanger for cooling endwindings in a rotary electric machine are provided herein. In some embodiments, a heat exchanger may include a body configured to be disposed proximate the rotor endwinding and coupled to a casing and end shield of the rotating electric machine. The body defines a cavity configured to capture a heated fluid expelled from the rotor endwinding. A channel, having a cooling fluid therein, is formed in the body and fluidly coupled to a heat sink. A rotating electric machine and method for cooling endwindings in a rotating electric machine are disclosed. |
| US11146144B2 |
Motor fan and guard for directing coolant air
An electric motor assembly includes a stator, a rotor, a motor housing, a rotatable shaft, a radial fan, and an air scoop. The motor housing at least partly houses the stator and rotor and presents an exterior motor surface. The rotatable shaft is associated with the rotor for rotational movement therewith, with the rotatable shaft extending along a rotational axis. The radial fan is mounted on the rotatable shaft exteriorly of the motor housing and is rotatable with the shaft to direct airflow in a radially outward direction. The air scoop extends radially outwardly relative to the radial fan and axially to receive radial airflow from the radial fan and turn the airflow axially to flow along the exterior motor surface. The air scoop includes spaced apart axially extending airflow vanes to guide the airflow as the airflow is turned axially. |
| US11146142B2 |
Stepping motor
Noise caused by a gap between a rotor and a plate can be suppressed even when there are dimensional variations in members or assembly states. In a configuration of a stepping motor including front side and end side stator assemblies (200, 300), a rotor (400) provided with a rotor member (402) and a shaft (403) that are accommodated in the stator assemblies (200, 300), and a front plate (210) and an end plate (310) that are arranged on both sides of the stator assemblies (200, 300) in an axial direction, and are configured to couple the stator assemblies (200, 300), a projection (700) in an annular shape is provided on a surface of the front plate (210) facing the rotor member (402) to protrude toward the rotor member (402), a coil spring (800) that is interposed between the front plate (210) and the rotor member (402) is accommodated in the inner side of the projection (700), and the rotor (400) is urged toward the end plate (310) by the coil spring to be elastically pressed against the end plate (310). |
| US11146140B2 |
Universal electromagnetic machine
An electromagnetic machine includes a universal circuit board and a plurality of universal coils. The universal circuit board includes a first coil configuration imprint and a second coil configuration imprint. The plurality of universal coils each including a positive lead and a negative lead for electrical connection to one of the first and second coil configuration imprints. |
| US11146128B1 |
Squirrel-cage rotor and rotating electric machine
A squirrel-cage rotor includes a slot having an outside circumference edge which is near the outer side of the rotor iron core and has a first corner at one end and a second corner at the other end and whose shape expands toward the outer side beyond a first virtual circle that connects the first corner and the second corner and is concentric with the rotor iron core. It also has an inside circumference edge which is near the inner side and has a third corner having a curvature radius smaller than that of the first corner at one end and a fourth corner having a curvature radius smaller than that of the second corner at the other end and whose shape expands toward the outer side beyond a second virtual circle that connects the third corner and the fourth corner and is concentric with the rotor iron core. |
| US11146127B2 |
Motor and reduction gear
A motor includes a motor body, a first cover covering at least one part of the motor body on the radial outer side of the motor body, and a second cover covering at least one part of the motor body on one axial side and the radial outer side of the motor body. The first and second covers make contact on the radial outer side of the motor body. The second cover includes first and second parts, the first part is in a disk shape, the second part is located on the radial outer side of at least one part of the first part and includes a wall part and an eave part, the wall part is formed in the axial direction, and the eave part is formed in the radial direction from one axial end of the radial outer side of the wall part. |
| US11146124B2 |
Rotating electric machine stator
A stator of a rotating electric machine Includes a stator core that has a plurality of slots and in which electromagnetic steel sheets are stacked in the axial direction, a stator coil inserted into the slots, a finger plate provided on an axially outer end surface of the stator core, and a clamper provided on an axially outer end surface of the finger plate and for clamping the stator core via the finger plate. Furthermore, a rectangular parallelepiped-shaped notch is provided on a part of the finger plate from any position at an anti-stator core side located lateral to an upper stator coil in a circumferential direction to a radially inner end portion. |
| US11146121B2 |
Foreign material detection apparatus
A foreign material detection apparatus has, between a transmitter coil of a power transmitting apparatus and a receiver coil of a power receiving apparatus between which power is transmitted contactlessly, a plurality of first detection coils arranged to be inductively couplable with each other and each constituting a resonant circuit having a first resonant frequency together with a first capacitor, a plurality of second detection coils arranged to be inductively couplable with each other and each constituting a resonant circuit having a second resonant frequency together with a second capacitor, a power supply circuit that supplies, to each detection coil, AC power having a frequency at which the detection coil resonates, and a detection circuit that detects foreign material contamination between the transmitter coil and the receiver coil according to a voltage of the AC power transmitted via the detection coils. |
| US11146118B2 |
Wireless power supply sensing system
The wireless power supply sensing system includes a transmitter/receiver and a power reception sensor. The transmitter/receiver has: an oscillation unit for generating electrical power; and a control unit for causing electrical power to be radiated into space and instructing an electrical power supply operation by the power reception sensor. In a first mode, in which the charge amount of a secondary cell is equal to or higher than a threshold value, the control unit controls the power reception sensor so that the electrical power received by the power reception sensor is supplied to a sensor unit, and in a second mode, in which the charge amount of the secondary cell is less than the threshold value, the control unit controls the power reception sensor so that the electrical power received by the power reception sensor is supplied to the secondary cell. |
| US11146114B2 |
Focusing pulsed signal transmissions in multipath wireless power delivery environments
Techniques are described herein for enabling, among other features, more effective wireless charging of devices in wireless power delivery environments through enhanced signal focusing over multiple paths in a multipath wireless power delivery environment. More specifically, the systems and methods discussed herein describe techniques for increasing effective charging of devices, including enhanced ability to focus charging utilizing multiple pathways, phase detection of incoming signals allowing for movement detection in a wireless environment, phase synchronization, and directional arrays. |
| US11146113B2 |
Generator unit for wireless power transfer
An RF signal generator wirelessly transferring power to a wireless device includes, in part, a multitude of generating elements generating a multitude of RF signals transmitted by a multitude of antennas, a wireless signal receiver, and a control unit controlling the phases and/or amplitudes of the RF signals in accordance with a signal received by the receiver. The signal received by the receiver includes, in part, information representative of the amount of RF power the first wireless device receives. The RF signal generator further includes, in part, a detector detecting an RF signal caused by scattering or reflection of the RF signal transmitted by the antennas. The control unit further controls the phase and/or amplitude of the RF signals in accordance with the signal detected by the detector. |
| US11146109B2 |
Wireless power systems with charging status information
A wireless power system has a wireless power transmitting device and a wireless power receiving device. The wireless power transmitting device may be a wireless charging mat or other device with a charging surface. The wireless power receiving device may be a portable electronic device receiving transmitted wireless power signals from the wireless power transmitting device while resting on the charging surface. A sensor in the wireless power transmitting device or elsewhere in the system may detect user input. In response to the user input, the wireless power receiving device may display information on the state of charge of a battery in the wireless power receiving device and other charging status information on a display of the wireless power receiving device. The user input may be a finger tap on the charging surface or other user input. |
| US11146107B2 |
Wireless powering device and electrical apparatus
A wireless powering device comprising a first coil assembly including a first coil and a second coil assembly including a second coil. The second coil is adapted to be electromagnetically coupled with the first coil. One of the first coil and the second coil is used as a transmitting coil and another of the first coil and the second coil is used as a receiving coil. The second coil is movable with respect to the first coil in a direction perpendicular to a direction of magnetic lines generated by the transmitting coil. |
| US11146106B2 |
Radio-frequency energy harvesting circuit and communication device integrating such a radio-frequency energy harvesting circuit
A radio-frequency energy harvesting circuit includes an antenna suitable for receiving the radio-frequency energy, a converter suitable for converting the radio-frequency energy received into a direct current electrical voltage, the “RF/DC converter”, an electrical energy storage capacity and an interface circuit arranged between an output port of the RF/DC converter and the electrical energy storage capacity. The interface circuit is a passive electrical circuit including a resistive load placed in series between the output port of the RF/DC converter and the electrical energy storage capacity, the resistive load being of static value equal to or greater than 400 kilo-ohms. |
| US11146105B2 |
Device for obtaining electric energy and energy generator comprising such a device
A device for harvesting electrical energy includes a rectifier and a control device. The rectifier includes a first charging circuit for harvesting energy from a positive voltage of an energy harvester, and a second charging circuit for harvesting energy from a negative voltage of the energy harvester. The charging circuits include a common coil and a common electronic switch. Furthermore, each of the charging circuits includes a capacitor and a blocking element. Because the charging circuits use the coil jointly, the device is designed in a simple and compact manner. In addition, the energy harvesting is efficient, due to the one-stage AC-DC conversion and due to a maximum power point tracking function of the control device. |
| US11146100B2 |
Power supply system and method
A power supply system has a primary power source and an energy storage system. The primary power source is adapted to supply power on demand to a load. One or more energy storage modules of the energy storage system are adapted to receive regenerative power from the load. The power supply system further includes a converter connected between the load, the energy storage system; and the primary power source, the converter has a three phase voltage source converter and an additional two pulse bridge. A blocking diode is connected between the load and the converter. |
| US11146099B2 |
Two-tier battery solution for data center backup
Methods, systems, and apparatus, including for back-up power sources. In one aspect, a method includes providing a plurality of first battery devices, each first battery device respectively electrically coupled to a respective server rack in a plurality of server racks and having a respective capacity to provide power to the respective rack for a power anomaly for up to a first duration. Providing a second battery device electrically coupled to the plurality of server racks and having a capacity to provide power to the plurality of respective server racks for a power anomaly for up to a second duration, wherein the second duration is longer than the first duration. A power anomaly is a deviation of mains power from one or more of a nominal supply voltage and frequency. |
| US11146095B2 |
Device charging system
Optimized bus powered peripheral battery charging includes a circuit to initiate a change in an advanced configuration and power interface (ACPI) state in a controller allowing charging of a peripheral device battery, the circuit including a signal converter coupled between an input port and the controller to sense when a the peripheral device battery is coupled to an input port and to restrict the controller from changing ACPI state multiple times for a given peripheral device battery coupling; and a ground loop detector coupled in parallel to the signal converter between the input port and the controller to allow the controller to know that the peripheral device battery has maintained being coupled to the input port. |
| US11146094B2 |
Electrical apparatus
An electrical apparatus incorporates a first rechargeable battery (11) and a second rechargeable battery (12) connected in parallel with the first rechargeable battery (11), the second rechargeable battery (12) having an allowable maximum discharge current larger than that of the first rechargeable battery (11). The electrical apparatus includes: a power supply path (15a) configured to input power supplied from the first rechargeable battery (11) and from the second rechargeable battery (12) to a load (15); and a discharge current limiting circuit connected serially with the first rechargeable battery (11) and configured to perform control in such a manner that a discharge current flowing from the first rechargeable battery (11) to the second rechargeable battery (12) and/or to the power supply path (15a) does not exceed the maximum discharge current of the first rechargeable battery (11). |
| US11146080B2 |
Power supply device
The positive electrode of the unit in an m-th configuration stage (m is an integer satisfying 2≤m≤n) is connected to a negative electrode of the unit in an (m−1)-th configuration stage. A drain-side terminal of the step-up switch included in the m-th configuration stage is connected to a source-side terminal of the step-up switch included in the (m−1)-th configuration stage. A source-side terminal of the step-up switch included in an n-th configuration stage is connected to a negative electrode of the unit included in the n-th configuration stage. The n step-up switches connected in series are connected in parallel to a series circuit including the power storage mechanism and the reactor. |
| US11146070B2 |
Method for operating a mobile power supply device
Proposed is to provide a power supply device with a programmable controller, and to deactivate or to throttle power outputs according to the programmable priorities thereof when the power from regenerative energy sources and from electrical energy stores of the power supply device is not sufficient to operate all the connected power loads. Conventional power sources can be connected when the electrical energy stores are discharged below a minimum value. |
| US11146068B2 |
Method and apparatus for minimizing circulating currents in microgrids
A method and apparatus for minimizing circulating currents on a power distribution line. In one embodiment, the method comprises dynamically adjusting a turns ratio of a tap changing transformer, the tap changing transformer coupled to a power grid distribution line that is also coupled to a plurality of microgrid branches wherein at least one microgrid branch of the plurality of microgrid branches comprises a distributed energy resource (DER), based on a reactive power measured locally to the tap changing transformer, to minimize current circulating on the power grid distribution line. |
| US11146062B2 |
Method and apparatus for improving PV module fill factor using a voltage clamping circuit
A method and apparatus for voltage clamping including: measuring a DC voltage across the PV module at an input of a power converter, comparing the measured DC voltage to the overvoltage threshold, determining the measured DC voltage exceeds the overvoltage threshold, and operating a clamping circuit to clamp at least a portion of the DC voltage prior to input to the power converter. |
| US11146058B2 |
Method and circuit for detecting an arc fault
A method and circuit for determining and extinguishing electrical faults includes a power supply, and electrical load, a controller module, and electrical sensors, and when the controller module does not extinguish the electrical fault, another switch blows a fuse. |
| US11146057B2 |
Pad protection in an integrated circuit
An integrated circuit includes a signal pad, an output buffer having an output coupled to the signal pad and having an enable input, an input buffer having an input coupled to the signal pad and having an enable input, a counter, and a gating circuit. The counter is enabled to start counting down a predetermined count value when a voltage on the signal pad is both higher than a predetermined low threshold voltage and lower than a predetermined high threshold voltage, wherein the predetermined low threshold voltage corresponds to a threshold below which a voltage corresponds to a logic level zero and the predetermined high threshold voltage corresponds to a threshold above which a voltage corresponds to a logic level one. The gating circuit is configured to, in response to the counter expiring, disable the input buffer and the output buffer. |
| US11146055B2 |
Method of coordinating and incorporating an electrical transformer station breaker's low-set relay with a recloser in an electric power distribution line with a fuse-saving scheme
A time-current coordination (TCC) curve for a programmable low-set instantaneous overcurrent (IOC) relay for at least one station breaker in an electrical distribution feeder with a fuse-saving scheme and a method of coordinating at least one recloser with the station breaker in the said feeder, for the reduction of frequency of power interruptions encountered by at least one load on the feeder and wherein the method includes the steps of: (a) feasible selection of a range for a time delay of a station breaker's programmable low-set IOC relay; (b) choosing a time delay based on a fuse-saving relation; and optionally (c) locating the recloser on the feeder. |
| US11146052B1 |
Bracket for strand mounted CATV outdoor equipment
Approaches for bracket for strand mounted CATV outdoor equipment. The bracket comprises a body having a first end and a second end opposing the first end. The first end comprises one or more resting hooks sized to be positioned over a strand. The resting hooks allow for resting the CATV outdoor equipment temporarily onto the strand in a position that readily accommodates the permanent attachment of the CATV outdoor equipment to the strand. The first end of the bracket also comprises a clamp for securing the bracket to the strand, while the second end comprises a securing mechanism for securing the bracket to the CATV outdoor equipment. The bracket may be formed from a single piece of shaped metal. |
| US11146051B2 |
Wire harness
Provided is a wire harness that can realize a simplified mold structure and reduce costs. A wire harness includes: a tubular member that is flexible and into which an electrical wire is inserted; and a path regulation member that regulates a routing path of the electrical wire. The path regulation member includes bent portions. The bent portions are formed by bending the path regulation members, and thus the routing path of the electrical wire can be regulated. |
| US11146043B2 |
Switching apparatus
A switching apparatus comprises: a plurality of parallel-connected current-conductive branches, each current-conductive branch including at least one respective gas tube switch; and a switching control unit configured to control the turn-on of the gas tube switches in a switching order so that the flow of current in the switching apparatus is controlled to switch between the current-conductive branches, wherein the switching order of the turn-on of the gas tube switches is arranged so that only one of the current-conductive branches is carrying the current during each turn-on cycle of the switching apparatus. |
| US11146036B2 |
Laser clock signal generators
A laser clock signal generator for controlling a laser beam generator to generate pulse laser radiation is provided. The laser clock signal generator includes a clock signal specification input arranged to receive an external clock specification signal, a basic clock signal generator configured to generate a basic clock signal based on the external clock specification signal and output the basic lock signal at a clock signal output to the laser beam generator, and a controller configured to control the basic clock generator, for example, to be synchronized with the external clock specification signal. The laser clock signal generator also includes an overclocking protector arranged between the basic clock generator and the clock signal output. |
| US11146035B2 |
Active fiber package
The present invention provides an active fiber package for use in a fiber laser, amplifier, or ASE source comprising: a plate-shape base comprising a groove having a configuration of at least two spirals for receiving and fixedly holding an active fiber therein, said at least two spirals are coplanar enabling visibility of said active fiber, the outer loop of one spiral transitioning smoothly to the outer loop of another spiral, and the inner loop of each one of said spirals transitioning smoothly into a relatively short straight section; wherein a portion of said straight section of one of said spirals spliced to a coupling fiber, and wherein multiple inner loops of each one of said spirals in proximity to said straight section having a relatively low radius of curvature for enabling tight coiling of said active fiber, thus, for reducing thermal modal instability (TMI) and increasing lasing power. |
| US11146032B2 |
Insulation machining in a cable joint
A method for improving the properties of a joint between two cable ends having obtaining two cable ends, having uncovered conductors being joined in a connection zone, each cable end also including an uncovered insulation zone including uncovered insulation formed as a cone adjacent the uncovered conductor, covering the conductors with an additional insulation layer, measuring the additional insulation layer and the cones, determining the geometry of the cones and the additional insulation layer based on the measurements, determining a deviation of the geometry from a desired geometry of the cones and the additional insulation layer, where the desired geometry includes a smooth transition between two zones, determining, based on the deviation determination, material to be removed from the cones and the additional insulation layer achieving the desired geometry, and removing the material from the cones and the additional insulation layer. |
| US11146025B2 |
Compact electrical connector
An electrical connector system with a receptacle and plug. The receptacle has a metal housing encircling an insulative housing. A side wall of the metal housing is separated from a corresponding side wall of the insulative housing, leaving a groove. The plug has a wall, extending from an insulative housing of the plug, parallel to a paddle card. The metal housing may be shaped to engage with the wall during mating of the plug and receptacle, facilitating alignment of the paddle card and plug interface of the receptacle. The wall may also carry latching components, which may latch to corresponding features of the metal housing, reducing the height of the mated connectors in comparison to configurations in which the latching components are mounted to the insulative housing of the plug. The receptacle housing may have asymmetric support parts, providing support in a compact space. |
| US11146022B2 |
Combination loadbreak and deadbreak temporary grounding device
A combination loadbreak and deadbreak temporary grounding device that includes a conductive body configured to accept a grounded bushing well; a grounded bushing well disposed through the body and having an inner end configured to slip onto a loadbreak mounting clip on a loadbreak mounting bracket and an outer end configured to accept either a loadbreak bushing or a deadbreak bushing for coupling, respectively, to either a loadbreak or deadbreak elbow connector; and a grounding cable electrically connected to the conductive body. |
| US11146015B2 |
Coaxial connector manufactured with minimum protective metal coating treatment
The present utility model discloses a coaxial connector, including a metal casing, an insulation body, and a central terminal. The metal casing includes a housing surrounding a central shaft to define an accommodation space, and a plurality of contact arms connected to the housing. The housing has a front housing surface and a rear housing surface. The rear housing surface has a non-antioxidation-treated surface portion. The contact arms are connected to the front housing surface. The insulation body surrounds the central shaft to define a positioning hole, and includes a front end surface, a rear end surface, an insertion slot recessed from the rear end surface and in communication with the positioning hole, and a wall covering portion extending radially from a position near the rear end surface to cover part of the non-antioxidation-treated surface portion. A central terminal passes through the positioning hole and includes a first contact end portion adjacent to the contact arms and a second contact end portion located at the insertion slot. |
| US11146007B2 |
Electrical connector and method for manufacturing the same
An electrical connector includes a body having an accommodating hole. The body has a protruding block and a platform protruding into the accommodating hole. The platform is located below the protruding block. A conductive terminal is accommodated in the accommodating hole. The conductive terminal has a base, which bends to form an accommodating space to accommodate the protruding block. The base has a through slot, and first and second branches located at two sides of the through slot. A lower section of the first branch is limited between the first protruding block and the platform. A method for manufacturing the electrical connector includes inserting the conductive terminal with the accommodating space opening upward into the accommodating hole by the strip, and rotating the conductive terminal with the protruding block as an axis, until the lower section of the first branch is located between the platform and the first protruding block. |
| US11146006B2 |
High-power board-to-board floating connector
The present invention provides a high-power board-to-board floating connector that comprises a male header and a female socket. The male head comprises a first electrode, a first housing and a first insertion element. The female socket comprises a second electrode, a second housing, a floating member, and a second insertion element. The second housing combines with the floating member to form a connection part which can be slightly moved in one or more directions, so that the male head can be connected to the female socket in a permissible range, and then the first electrode is electrically connected to the second electrode. |
| US11146003B2 |
Pluggable LGA socket for high density interconnects
Embodiments provide for a method for pluggable Land Grid Array (LGA) socket for high density interconnects. A method includes inserting an electrical-to-optical transceiver into an opening of a channel housing that is positioned above a land grid array connector located on an electrical package. After the electrical-to-optical transceiver is inserted into the channel housing, a tapered opening remains between an upper portion of the channel housing above the electrical-to-optical transceiver, wherein a gap of the tapered opening decreases progressively starting from the opening. The method includes inserting a conductive wedge into the gap of the tapered opening prior to communications through the electrical-to-optical transceiver between a component on the electrical package and a component external to the electrical package. |