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| US11234890B2 |
Method and apparatus for recognizing gait task
Methods and apparatuses for recognizing a gait task, that may detect a gait pattern of a user based on sensed data, generate a gait feature of the gait pattern based on similarities between the gait pattern and similar gait data extracted from each of a plurality of databases, and estimate a gait task corresponding to the gait pattern by applying the gait feature to a desired learning model, may be provided. |
| US11234888B2 |
Wearable joint augmentation system
The present disclosure is directed to an autonomous exoskeleton device that includes one or more actuators, one or more controllers, one or more sensors with one or more unidirectional transmissions. The control system includes an exoskeleton member configured and arranged on a limb of a user; a control device, a control device connected to the at least one exoskeleton member; an actuator mechanically connected to the limb of the user; and a sensor configured and arranged to sense a global angle of the exoskeleton device relative to the ground. The control device is configured and arranged to use the global angle to control the exoskeleton member. |
| US11234886B2 |
Reconfigurable upper leg support for a surgical frame
A surgical frame and method for use thereof is provided. The surgical frame is capable of reconfiguration before, during, or after surgery. The surgical frame includes a main beam that can be rotated, raised/lowered, and tilted upwardly/downwardly to afford positioning and repositioning of a patient supported thereon. The surgical frame also includes a reconfigurable upper leg support for supporting portions of the upper legs, the hips, and the lower back of the patient to facilitate positioning and repositioning there during surgery. The upper leg support via reconfiguration thereof can accommodate patients of different sizes, can provide flexure of the patient's lumbar spine to facilitate surgical access thereto, and can prevent unwanted torsion of a patient's spine during such reconfiguration. |
| US11234883B2 |
Operating table for robotic surgical systems
An actuating system including at least one actuation section that includes a plurality of actuating supports. Each of the actuating supports includes a shaft assembly and configured to be actuated individually. The shaft assembly of each of the plurality of actuating supports is configured to translate between a first position and a second position. In the first position an actuated actuating support is aligned with the remaining of the plurality of actuating supports and in the second position the actuated actuating support is misaligned with the remaining of the plurality of actuating supports. |
| US11234881B2 |
Portable negative-pressure medical/dental procedures and isolation chamber
A portable negative air pressure apparatus for isolating a treatment subject to permit a selected treatment procedure to be performed by a treatment operator. The apparatus comprises an air source connected to a closed chamber for sealable disposition over the head, neck and upper thorax of the treatment subject with the chamber having air ports, in and out. The chamber has rigid clear sides and a plurality of sealed ports, with the ports including sealed armholes for access, and with sealed gloves connected to the sealed armholes. The chamber also has at least one instrument hatch to permit introduction into the chamber of instruments for carrying-out the selected treatment procedure. |
| US11234877B2 |
Therapeutic cushion systems and methods
Apparatus and methods for providing therapeutic treatment for symptoms associated with GERD and/or other digestive disorders and/or other medical conditions are described herein. In some embodiments, an apparatus includes a support element and a conformable riser element adjacent the support element. The riser element and the support element collectively form a body support member configured to support a user and define a receiving portion configured to receive a portion of the user's arm. The riser element and the support element are each disposed within a casing formed at least in part with a stretch material. In some embodiments, the riser element includes a polyester filler material and the stretch material includes a four-way stretch material. The four-way stretch material in combination with the polyester filler material enables the riser element to be conformable. |
| US11234874B2 |
Electrical power assistance device for transport wheelchair
An electrical power assistance device designed to be removably coupled to existing transport wheelchairs to provide electric power to aid in transportation of a person sitting in the wheelchair, while being detachable to allow the transport chair to fold up for easy storage in a car or other vehicle. The electrical power assistance device includes a motor powered by a rechargeable battery, where the motor drives an internal shaft which rotates a pair of friction wheels. A clutch, provided on a separate axle coupled to the friction wheels by eccentric disks, allows the friction wheels to engage or disengage with the rear wheels of the transport wheelchair. |
| US11234870B2 |
Moisture sensing garment
A moisture detecting article includes a moisture detection module secured to a garment, intended to contain and hold bodily fluids excreted by an animal. The moisture detection module is connectable to a moisture sensor disposed in the garment to detect when bodily fluid is excreted. If moisture is detected, the moisture sensitive detection module enables one or more signals, alarming the animal and its caretaker. The garment includes a moisture absorbent material, detachable from the garment for disposal of the excretion. |
| US11234867B2 |
Goggle lens changing system
A goggle lens is configured for use with a goggle frame having a frame body and a pair of frame engagement members positioned at respective lateral end portions of the frame body. The goggle lens includes a lens rim, and a lens element that is transparent to allow a user to view through the lens element. A pair of lens engagement members are coupled to respective lateral end portions of the lens rim. The pair of lens engagement members are selectively engageable with respective ones of the pair of frame engagement members. The pair of lens engagement members include a locking lens engagement member comprising a first element coupled to the lens rim, and a second element moveably coupled to the first element for facilitating selective engagement and disengagement with the respective one of the pair of frame engagement members. |
| US11234864B2 |
Optical focusing system of an apparatus for cutting-out a human or animal tissue
The present invention relates to apparatus for cutting out a human or animal tissue, such as a cornea, or a lens, said apparatus including a treatment device for producing a pattern consisting of at least two impact points in a focusing plane from a L.A.S.E.R. beam generated by a femtosecond laser (1), the treatment device being positioned downstream from said femtosecond laser, remarkable in that the treatment device comprises an optical focusing system (5) for focusing the L.A.S.E.R. beam in a cutting-out plane, and a control unit (6) able to control the displacement of the optical focusing system along an optical path of the L.A.S.E.R. beam for displacing the focusing plane in at least three respective cutting-out planes so as to form a stack of surfaces for cutting out the tissue. |
| US11234863B2 |
Eye drop guide device for instilling eye drops
An eye drop guide for instilling eye drops to an eye includes an eye cup housing and an eye drop dispenser holder. The eye cup housing includes an eye cup at a first end of the eye cup housing configured to be placed over an eye, a hole through the eye cup housing at a second end of the eye cup housing, and a magnet fixed to the eye cup housing at the second end. The eye drop dispenser holder may include a magnet fixed to the eye drop dispenser holder. The magnet in the eye cup housing and the magnet in the eye drop dispenser holder are configured to be attracted to one another so as to removably attach the eye cup housing to the eye drop dispenser holder. |
| US11234862B2 |
Ophthalmic lenses and methods for correcting, slowing, reducing, and/or controlling the progression of myopia in conjunction with use of atropine or related compounds
An ophthalmic lens for treating myopia comprising: a base lens with a front surface, a back surface, and a first power profile selected to correct or substantially correct for a distance refractive error of the eye; one or more myopia control elements on at least one of the front and back surfaces of the lens; a first viewing region having a dimension selected based, at least in part, on a concentration of a pharmaceutical agent for use in conjunction with an ophthalmic lens, the first viewing region being configured to minimize, reduce and/or eliminate vision disturbances for distance vision; and a second viewing region comprising a power profile that is relatively more positive compared to the first viewing region; wherein at least one of the size of the second viewing region and the relatively more positive power of the second viewing region is selected based, at least in part, on the concentration of the pharmaceutical agent. |
| US11234859B2 |
Medical pad and system for thermotherapy
An improved medical pad for contact thermal exchange with a patient includes a fluid circulation layer for containing a thermal exchange fluid circulatable therethrough, a first port and a second port for circulating the thermal exchange fluid in to and out of the fluid circulation layer, and a hydrogel layer interconnected to and extending across one side of the fluid circulation layer to define an adhesive surface for adherence to a patient's skin. The hydrogel layer comprises an ultra violet light-cured composition that includes a cross-linking copolymer in an amount of between about 15% to 30% by weight of the composition, water in an amount of between about 15% to 40% by weight of the composition, and glycerol in an amount of between about 25% to 35% by weight of the composition. The hydrogel layer is provided to have a thermal conductivity of at least about 1.9 cal/hr-cm-° C. |
| US11234856B2 |
Ostomy belt system
An ostomy belt system includes an ostomy belt having a strip of material and a belt coupling element, and an ostomy pouch having and outer wall defining an inner volume, and a pouch coupling section configured for releasable engagement with the belt coupling element. One or both of the belt coupling element and the pouch coupling section is configured to bend or flex at a predetermined location. |
| US11234855B2 |
Orthopedic shoulder device
Disclosed is a shoulder brace for immobilization of the arm and shoulder joint in neutral abduction/adduction. Methods of using the brace and methods of treating shoulder injuries are similarly provided. |
| US11234853B2 |
Thoracic lumbar sacral orthosis back brace
The system and method of an adjustable thoracic lumbar sacral orthosis back brace. The brace has a bowtie portion and a three point adjustment system. The bowtie is resistant to twisting due to internal reinforcement. The brace prevents trunk rotation and “hiking up” of the brace during adjustment by a wearer. The bowtie portion resists twisting of a thoracic panel via a channel formed by fixation to a thoracic stabilizer. |
| US11234847B2 |
Medical-device position adjusting method and medical device system
A medical device system includes a medical device that is configured to be delivered to a lesion area in a body lumen, a guide wire that is configured to guide the medical device, a port member that is configured to introduce the guide wire and the medical device into a living body, a proximal-end fixing member that is configured to fix the guide wire and the port member and is provided with an operation unit that is configured to cause the guide wire to move in an insertion/pulling-out direction from the fixed state, an anchor device provided with an anchor portion in a distal portion thereof, and an anchor-device guide wire that is configured to guide the anchor device. |
| US11234843B2 |
System and method for treating biological vessels
A system for performing angioplasty and a method of utilizing same are provided. The system includes a balloon mounted on a catheter shaft and an expandable constraining structure mounted over the balloon. The expandable constraining structure includes a plurality of axial struts crossing a plurality of radially-expandable rings being for constraining said balloon such that isolated balloon regions protrude through openings in said constraining structure when the balloon is inflated. |
| US11234834B2 |
Interbody cage and method of insertion
An interbody cage which comprises a cage body and a mobile rotational element which, when said mobile element is rotated around a longitudinal axis of the body of the cage, may engage one or both adjoining vertebrae and temporally distract the intervertebral space for easier insertion of the cage body. The rotational element may also be designed to durably engage the adjoining vertebrae after its rotation, so as to allow a durable increase of the distraction of the vertebrae. Methods of insertion of the interbody cage are provided wherein the vertebrae are first distracted by the insertion of the cage or of the mobile element, then further distracted by rotation of the mobile element, before the cage is fully inserted into the intervertebral space without the body's superior and inferior surfaces fully engaging the vertebrae in the process. |
| US11234833B2 |
Expandable lordosis intervertebral implants
This present subject disclosure provides a novel implant which is readily adjustable to provide a precise angle of lordosis. The implant may be positioned while in low profile, collapsed geometry, and may be expanded when in place to provide a precise angle of lordosis. |
| US11234829B2 |
Expandable intervertebral spacers
The description relates to an expandable intervertebral spacer configured to engage an intervertebral disk. An example expandable spacer includes a main body, a first endplate, a second endplate, a driving member, a plurality of pins, and an actuation member. The expandable spacer is configured to transition from a first configuration to a second configuration by various structures (e.g., steps, faceted surfaces, curved surfaces, multi-faceted portions) defined on the first endplate, the second endplate, and the driving member. |
| US11234828B2 |
Prosthesis for reconstruction of distal and proximal radioulnar joints
A prosthesis for reconstruction of a distal radioulnar joint, after resection of a part of the ulna, includes a first prosthesis member, fixation members and a second prosthesis member. The first prosthesis member is configured for fixation to the distal end portion of the ulna. The fixation members are configured to extend into the radius via said distal end portion of the ulna for locking said distal end portion of the ulna to the radius. The second prosthesis member is configured for fixation to the ulna close to said distal end portion of the ulna. The second prosthesis member is also configured to extend into said space for being joined with the first prosthesis member in a manner which allows said first and second prosthesis members to at least pivot and rotate relative to each other. |
| US11234825B2 |
Device for sensing implant location and impingement
Embodiments of a system and method for assessing hip arthroplasty component movement are generally described herein. A method may include receiving data from a sensor embedded in a femoral head component, the femoral head component configured to fit in an acetabular component, determining information about a magnetic field from the data, and outputting an indication of an orientation, coverage, or a force of the femoral head component relative to the acetabular component. |
| US11234824B2 |
Pump bulb with control features
According to an aspect, an inflatable implant includes a fluid reservoir configured to hold fluid; an inflatable member; and a pump assembly configured to transfer fluid from the fluid reservoir to the inflatable member, the pump assembly including a pump bulb, the pump bulb having an outer surface, the pump bulb having a horizontal projection disposed on the outer surface and a vertical projection disposed on the outer surface. |
| US11234821B2 |
Implantable heart valve devices, mitral valve repair devices and associated systems and methods
Systems, devices and methods for repairing a native heart valve. In one embodiment, a repair device for repairing a native mitral valve having an anterior leaflet and a posterior leaflet between a left atrium and a left ventricle comprises a support having a contracted configuration and an extended configuration. In the contracted configuration, the support is sized to be inserted under the posterior leaflet between a wall of the left ventricle and chordae tendineae. In the extended configuration, the support is configured to project anteriorly with respect to a posterior wall of the left ventricle by a distance sufficient to position at least a portion of the posterior leaflet toward the anterior leaflet. |
| US11234819B2 |
Retaining mechanisms for prosthetic heart valves
According to one representative embodiment, a method of treating aortic insufficiency comprises delivering a support structure to a position around the leaflets of a native heart valve. An expandable prosthetic heart valve can be advanced into the native heart valve and into the interior of the annular body. The prosthetic heart valve can be expanded into contact with the leaflets of the native valve, thereby causing the leaflets of the native valve to be frictionally secured between an inner surface of the annular body and an outer surface of the prosthetic heart valve. A delivery apparatus for delivering the support structure can include a first shaft that is allowed to move in a proximal direction relative to a second shaft, when the second shaft foreshortens as a result of an adjustment mechanism being actuated to increase the curvature of the second shaft. |
| US11234815B2 |
Minimally-invasive heart valve with cusp positioners
A prosthetic heart valve includes a support frame and a plurality of leaflets disposed inside the support frame. The support frame extends between an inflow end and an outflow end and includes a leaflet frame and a plurality of positioning members coupled to the leaflet frame. The leaflet frame has an undulating shape at the outflow end of the support frame and includes a plurality of commissure regions spaced apart from each other. The positioning members are disposed between the commissure regions of the leaflet frame and extend radially outwardly relative to the leaflet frame. The positioning members are configured to contact native tissue and anchor the support frame relative to the native tissue. The leaflets are coupled to the commissure regions of the leaflet frame. The leaflets are configured to allow flow in a first direction and to substantially block flow in an opposite direction. |
| US11234814B2 |
Gripping and pushing device for medical instrument
In one representative embodiment, a gripping and pushing device for a medical instrument comprises an elongated main body defining a lumen. The elongated main body comprises one or more deflectable portions that can be pressed radially inwardly toward a shaft of the medical instrument extending through the lumen. One or more elastomeric gripping layers can be secured to the inner surface of a respective deflectable portion at axially spaced apart attachment locations. The one or more gripping layers are axially deformable relative to the one or more deflectable portions between the attachment locations when manual pressure is applied to the one or more deflectable portions to press the one or more gripping layers against the shaft and move the shaft longitudinally into a patient's body. |
| US11234812B2 |
Methods for surgical valve expansion
A surgical heart valve includes a non-collapsible frame having features that enable the frame to expand from an initial condition having a first diameter to an expanded condition having a second diameter larger than the first diameter after the valve has been implanted within a patient. The frame may include members that prevent the unintended expansion of the frame, such as during implantation, and members that prevent the over-expansion of the frame. The surgical heart valve further includes a valve assembly connected to the frame and including a plurality of leaflets. |
| US11234802B2 |
Toothbrush
A toothbrush includes a head with a new design and a handle that operates to move the head. The toothbrush head has multiple types of purpose-designed bristle-bundles precisely mapped to target specifically all dental-gingival surfaces and anatomically niches, including various dead-corner niches/surfaces that are usually not accessible by currently existing toothbrushes. Each cluster of bristle-bundles contains bristles of different sizes, diameters, hardness, lengths, angulations and colors. The head is designed to be inclined to accommodate both lingual and palatal surfaces. This toothbrush head also functions uniquely by coupling over dental arches and rotating so that the brush does not need to be lifted during movement from one end to the other. Further, moving the handle with respect to the brush head causes the width of the brush head to change to accommodate the different widths of the teeth along the dental arch. |
| US11234799B2 |
Method and a tool for manufacturing a dental implant and a dental implant apparatus manufactured hereby
A method for manufacturing a dental implant apparatus that comprises an implant and an implant support that can be placed next to one another by contact surfaces and that have contours providing security against rotation that are integrally molded on in one piece. The implant and an implant support have mutually matching contours that prevent a rotation of the implant and the implant support when placed next to one another. A tool system for carrying out the described methods and a dental implant apparatus that is manufactured in a corresponding manner are further disclosed. A contact surface of the implant is ground using a first grinding gauge that has a grinding surface having the shape of the contact surface of the implant attachment but not having the shape of the contour providing security against rotation of the implant. The contact surface of the implant support is ground using a second grinding gauge that has a grinding surface having the shape of the contact surface of the implant but not having the shape of the contour providing security against rotation of the implant support. |
| US11234797B2 |
Double dental implant that remains stable in the presence of periimplantitus
An implant formed by two implants: an upper implant and a lower implant, the upper implant being removable. The implant differs from conventional implants in that the body of the implant has a second polished collar corresponding with the beginning of the lower implant. The two implants are connected by a screw located in the lower part of the upper implant of which it forms a part, the screw engaging with the thread of the lower implant. The connection between the two implants is circular, as it must allow anticlockwise rotation when removed. |
| US11234795B2 |
Orthodontic regulation device
An orthodontic device for displacing a tooth and/or a group of teeth of a patient, which directly adjoin the tooth along a mandibular arch, in particular in the lower jaw in the area of the molars, the device comprising: a rigid, dimensionally stable connection between the tooth to be displaced and an attachment point for the device which fixed to the jaw and substantially does not change during the treatment of the patient, a regulating device for changing the length of the rigid connection in direct vicinity of the tooth to be displaced. A torsion-proof attachment of the device in the jaw bone may be provided. Alternatively, a point of support is provided on one tooth. |
| US11234790B2 |
Devices and methods for delivering a fiducial marker
A device for providing a fiducial marker(s) within or near a target tissue (e.g. nodule, tumor or other) within a patient. The present teachings provide a device with a handle device, a catheter with a distal end and a proximal end coupled to the handle device, a needle slidably received within the catheter, and a stylet slidably received within the needle. The stylet includes a fiducial marker at a distal end of the stylet. The fiducial marker transitions from a first shape state to a second shape state upon expulsion from the distal end of the needle. The distal end of the stylet is mechanically disconnected from the proximal end of the fiducial marker during a fiducial marker delivery state. |
| US11234783B2 |
Articulated tool positioner for robotic surgery system
In some embodiments, an insertion device for a robotic surgery apparatus can include one or more guides configured to receive and/or engage a plurality of control links. The one or more guides can each include a plurality of channels. The insertion device can include a tool interface configured to engage one or more surgical tools for performing a surgical procedure. At least one control link of the first, second, or third pluralities of control links can be overlapping, coaxially aligned, or otherwise placed in a nested configuration with respect to another control link of the first, second, or third pluralities of control links. One or more of the plurality of first, second, or third control links can be configured to be actuated to adjust spatial position of the tool interface to facilitate repositioning of the surgical tool. |
| US11234780B2 |
Systems and methods for kinematic optimization with shared robotic degrees-of-freedom
Systems and methods for kinematic optimization with shared robotic degrees-of-freedom are provided. In one aspect, a robotic medical system includes a base, an adjustable arm support coupled to the base, and at least one robotic arm coupled to the adjustable arm support. The at least one robotic arm is further configured to be coupled to a medical tool that is configured to be delivered through an incision or natural orifice of a patient. The system further includes a processor configured to adjust a position of the adjustable arm support and the at least one robotic arm while maintaining a remote center of movement of the tool. |
| US11234777B2 |
Adaptor and robotic surgical system
An adaptor according to one or more embodiments may include a drive transmission member to transmit a driving force from a driving member of a drive part to a driven member of a surgical instrument. The drive transmission member may include: a first member to be fitted to the driven member of the surgical instrument; and a second member relatively movable with respect to the first member in directions toward the surgical instrument and toward the drive part and to be fitted to the driving member. The second member may include a movement restriction part that comes in contact with the driven member to restrict a movement of the second member toward the surgical instrument in a state where the driving member of the drive part is fitted to the second member and the driven member of the surgical instrument is fitted to the first member. |
| US11234775B2 |
End effectors, systems, and methods for impacting prosthetics guided by surgical robots
An end effector for impacting a prosthesis at a surgical site along a trajectory maintained by a surgical robot. The end effector comprises an impactor assembly and a guide. The impactor assembly has a head to receive impact force, an interface to releasably attach to the prosthesis, a shaft extending along an impactor axis between the head and the interface, and an impactor engagement surface disposed between the head and the interface. The guide is adapted to attach to the surgical robot and comprises a channel extending along a guide axis and defining an opening arranged to receive a portion of the shaft of the impactor assembly, a guide engagement surface shaped to abut the impactor engagement surface, and a limiter to maintain abutment of the impactor engagement surface with the guide engagement surface to facilitate coaxial alignment of the axes with the trajectory maintained by the surgical robot. |
| US11234772B2 |
Ultrasound localization system with advanced biopsy site markers
Disclosed biopsy markers are adapted to serve as localization markers during a surgical procedure. Adaptation includes incorporation of materials detectable under ultrasound during surgery, as well as features for co-registration with image guidance or other real-time imaging technologies during surgery. Such biopsy markers, when used as localization markers, improve patient comfort and reduce challenges in surgical coordination and surgery time. Additional disclosed biopsy markers are adapted to serve as monitoring and/or detection apparatuses. Localization of an implanted marker may be done with ultrasound technology. Ultrasound image data is analyzed to identify the implanted marker. A distance to the marker or a lesion may be determined and displayed. The determined distance may be a distance between the ultrasound probe and the marker or lesion, a distance between the marker or lesion and an incision instrument, and/or a distance between the ultrasound probe and the incision instrument. |
| US11234769B2 |
Wireless electromagnetic navigational element
A medical system tracks the position of a portion of a medical instrument within a body of a patient. In some embodiments, the medical instrument includes a needle, a syringe, and a needle-position-tracking element positioned between the needle and the syringe and in fluid communication with both. The needle-position-tracking element includes an electromagnet structure that includes a core, a conductive coil wrapped around the core, and ancillary circuitry configured to pass a current through the conductive coil to thereby generate a magnetic field. A sensor device senses the magnetic field and generates corresponding sensor signals. A control circuit calculates the position of a portion of the medical instrument based on the sensor signals. |
| US11234767B2 |
Method and apparatus for automated control and steering of multiple medical devices with a single interventional remote navigation system
Methods are provided for automatically actuating and positioning a first medical device in a subject anatomy with a remote medical navigation system together with a localized second medical device that passes through the first device and is also actuated by the remote navigation system to access a desired target location. After an initial calibration step, an exemplary method comprises: (a) determining configurational variables for the first medical device based on a computational model of device deformation and a set of geometrical constraints, and (b) automatically steering the first medical device with the remote navigation system to the computationally determined configuration. |
| US11234765B2 |
Flexible microwave catheters for natural or artificial lumens
A method for forming a resonating structure within a body lumen, the method including advancing a flexible microwave catheter into a body lumen of a patient, the flexible microwave catheter including a radiating portion at the distal end of the flexible microwave catheter, the radiating portion configured to receive microwave energy, and at least one centering device proximate the radiating portion configured to deploy radially outward from the flexible microwave catheter; positioning the radiating portion near tissue of interest; deploying the at least one centering device radially outward from the flexible microwave catheter within the body lumen such that a longitudinal axis of the radiating portion is substantially parallel with and at a fixed distance from a longitudinal axis of the body lumen near the targeted tissue; and delivering microwave energy to the radiating portion such that a circumferentially balanced resonating structure is formed with the body lumen. |
| US11234764B1 |
Systems for navigation and treatment within a vertebral body
System and methods for channeling a path into bone include a trocar having a proximal end, distal end and a central channel disposed along a central axis of the trocar. The trocar includes a distal opening at or near the distal end of the trocar. The system includes a curved cannula sized to be received in the central channel, and having a curved distal end configured to be extended laterally outward from the distal opening in a curved path extending away from the trocar. The curved cannula has a central passageway having a diameter configured allow a probe to be delivered through the central passageway to a location beyond the curved path. |
| US11234763B2 |
Apparatus and method for delivery and monitoring of ablation therapy
A method of ablating tissue comprising adjusting a set of dosing parameters for an ablation catheter based on a set of optical image-derived parameters generated from optical image-derived information obtained from direct optical imaging of the tissue while the ablation catheter is in contact with the tissue. The set of optical image-derived parameters may include a color profile, a blanching parameter, or a contact angle of a distal tip of the ablation catheter. The method may further comprise comparing the color profile to a signature profile and adjusting the set of dosing parameters based on the comparison between the color profile and the signature profile. |
| US11234752B2 |
Electrosurgical instrument
An electrosurgical instrument, in particular for argon plasma coagulation, includes a handpiece 10, an electrode (11) connected to the handpiece (10), a shaft (12) which surrounds the electrode (11) and is held in the handpiece (10), and an operating mechanism (13), which comprises at least one rotary knob (14) arranged on the handpiece (10). The shaft (12) is axially movable relative to the electrode (11) and a shear force can be applied to it by operating the rotary knob (14). The handpiece (10) has a brake device which exerts a braking force on the shaft (12), and the operating mechanism (13) forms a transmission gear (15) which is connected to the shaft (12) for transferring the shear force. |
| US11234747B2 |
Medical device, device structures for dentistry, for head and neck surgery and for orthopedic surgery, and method for bonding medical device to bone
A medical device includes a shaft portion with a hollow shape and inflected portions or an exposed portion. The shaft portion is inserted into a cortical bone or penetrates through the cortical bone and is inserted to a position reaching a cancellous bone at an inner side of the cortical bone. The inflected portions are inflected to radial direction outer sides from one end portion of an axial direction of the shaft portion, and are exposed at a surface of the cortical bone. The exposed portion includes a portion that extends to the radial direction outer side from the one end portion of the axial direction of the shaft portion, and is exposed at the surface of the cortical bone. |
| US11234745B2 |
Polyaxial bone screw assembly with partially spherical screw head and twist in place pressure insert
A pivotal bone anchor assembly for a securing an elongate rod to a bone includes a shank having a capture portion and an anchor portion extending distally from the capture portion, and a receiver having an upper portion defining a receiver channel for receiving a rod and a base defining a cavity for receiving the shank capture portion. The assembly also includes a retainer configured to capture and hold the shank capture portion within the receiver cavity, as well as a pressure insert having a central drive tool opening and upright arms forming an insert channel. The pressure insert is loaded into a first position within the receiver channel with the insert channel in a non-alignment orientation with respect to the receiver channel, and then rotated about a longitudinal axis into a second position with the insert channel in alignment with the receiver channel. |
| US11234742B2 |
Anterior cervical plate assembly
A cervical plate assembly is disclosed. The cervical plate assembly includes a base plate including: (1) at least two bone screw seats, each bone screw seat including a borehole dimensioned to receive a bone screw, and (2) a first blocking seat positioned between the at least two bone screw seats. The cervical plate assembly includes a blocking mechanism retained within the first blocking seat of the base plate. The blocking mechanism is selectively positionable between a closed position in which the blocking mechanism obstructs at least one bone screw seat to retain a bone screw with the base plate, and an open position in which the bone screw seats are unobstructed. |
| US11234741B2 |
Deformable device for minimally invasive fixation
The present teachings provide one or more surgical implements for repairing damaged tissue, such as through a fixation procedure. A system for a percutaneous procedure is provided. The system can include a bone fastener including a receiver. The system can include a device having a first end, a second end and a middle portion. The first end, middle portion and second end can be disposed along a longitudinal axis, and the second end can be connected to the receiver. The middle portion can have a pair of deformable leg members extending between the first and second ends. The leg members can define a channel having a width. The leg members can be selectively movable between a retracted state and an expanded state with the width of the channel greater in the expanded state than in the retracted state. |
| US11234740B2 |
Instrument for inserting an interspinous process implant
An insertion device for deploying an implant includes an elongated main body having a distal locking portion for coupling to the implant and a proximal handle portion. The main body defines a central passage and the distal locking portion has outer ridges and slots to allow the outer ridges to flex radially inward when mounting to the implant. A plunger slides in the central passage for movement between an unlocked position for mounting the implant on the distal locking portion, a locked position for locking the implant on the distal locking portion, and an insertion instrument deployed position for deploying the actuation plunger to move the blades from the stowed position to the deployed position. A spike cap drive rotatably mounts on the main body having a socket end for engaging a drive nut on the implant to, in turn, move the spike cap. |
| US11234739B2 |
Facet wedge, wedge blocking plate and method of installation
An implant and method for spinal facet joint stabilization uses a wedge and plate adapted to accept prongs of a surgical instrument for installing the implant into a posterior spinal facet joint. The wedge has an anterior end with a threaded bore. A notch in each lateral side of the plate aligns with a groove in each lateral side of the wedge. Each notch and groove pair receives a prong of the surgical instrument to hold the wedge and plate during implantation. A superior tube of the surgical instrument supports a superior rod having an end configured for installing a bone screw attaching the plate to the superior vertebra of the spinal facet joint. An inferior tube of the surgical instrument supports an inferior rod having an end configured to attach to the threaded bore of the wedge along with the plate during introduction of the implant into the spinal facet joint, and installing the set screw to attach the plate to the wedge. |
| US11234738B2 |
Pivotal bone anchor assembly having a deployable collet insert with internal pressure ring
A pivotal bone anchor assembly for securing an elongate rod to patient bone includes a shank having a head and an anchor portion, a receiver having an axial bore and a channel for receiving the elongate rod, a collet insert top loaded into a first position within the axial bore and having a collet pocket for receiving the shank head, and a pressure ring uploadable into the collet pocket prior to the shank head and having an upper surface for engaging the rod. After receiving the shank head within the collet pocket, the collet insert and pressure ring are downwardly deployable with the shank head into a second position to capture the shank head in the assembly, the pressure ring being operable to transfer pressure from the elongate rod in the channel to the shank head to lock an angular position of the shank relative to the receiver. |
| US11234734B2 |
Obturator having an insufflation pathway and an instrument guide
A surgical access apparatus is presented including a cannula having a housing and a cannula shaft, the cannula shaft defining an internal lumen and a slot in communication with the internal lumen and an obturator insertable through the internal lumen of the cannula. The obturator includes an obturator shaft having a proximal end and a distal end and a tip member disposed at the distal end of the obturator shaft, the tip member configured to form an incision through tissue. An outer surface of the obturator shaft and the tip member defines a channel for receiving and directing insufflation fluid into a body cavity, a portion of the same channel also configured to guide a surgical instrument, such as a suture passer/grasper for closing an incision, towards and through the slot. In this way, the cannula and obturator can be employed both for forming an incision at the beginning of a surgical procedure and for closing the same incision at the conclusion of the surgical procedure. |
| US11234732B2 |
System and method for a tissue resection margin measurement device
Embodiments of the invention provide a system and method for resecting a tissue mass. The system for resecting a tissue mass includes a first sensor for measuring a signal corresponding to the position and orientation of the tissue mass. The first sensor is dimensioned to fit inside of or next to the tissue mass. The system also includes a second sensor attached to a surgical instrument configured to measure the position and orientation of the surgical instrument. A controller is in communication with the first sensor and the second sensor, and the controller executes a stored program to calculate a distance between the first sensor and the second sensor. Accordingly, visual, auditory, haptic or other feedback is provided to the clinician to guide the surgical instrument to the surgical margin. |
| US11234729B2 |
Micro-lipo needle devices and use thereof
Embodiments of the present invention disclose micro-lipo needle device and methods of making and using the same. |
| US11234726B2 |
Blade positioning device
A microdebrider comprising: (a) a handpiece; (b) an interchangeable tip connected to the handpiece; (c) an outer tune rotatably connected to the interchangeable tip, the outer tube including an outer tube window; (d) an inner tube extending at least partially through the outer tube, the inner tube including an inner tube window; (e) a lock selector connected to the inner tube; and (f) a bias device; wherein the bias device is movable, and upon movement of the bias device into contact with the lock selector the inner tube is immobilized so that the inner tube window is aligned with the outer tube window, aligned with a wall of the outer tube, or in a condition therebetween. |
| US11234724B2 |
Surgical instrument with two-stage actuation gear mechanism
An instrument including an actuation gear mechanism that provides two functions of a tool. The actuation gear mechanism comprises a cam mechanism and a gear segment mechanism. The circumference of the cam disk of the cam mechanism—in a first section (α1)—is a spiral curve for generating a stroke for closing the forceps tool, while the circumference of the cam disk—in a second, adjoining, angular range (α2)—is circular. When the cam disk with the circular curved line biases the spring means, no further movement takes place on the output of the cam mechanism. Preferably, two congruent cam disks are provided, whereby these—together with the driving gear and the segment gear, as well as the shaft—form a one-piece plastic injection-molded part. The installation space between the cam disks can be utilized for a slide with a gear rack for shifting the knife. |
| US11234723B2 |
Suction catheter systems for applying effective aspiration in remote vessels, especially cerebral arteries
A suction catheter system is described with a suction extension interfaced with a guide catheter to form a continuous suction lumen extending through a portion of the guide catheter and through the suction extension. The suction extension can be positioned by tracking the suction nozzle through a vessel while moving a proximal portion of the suction extension within the lumen of the guide catheter. The suction extension can comprise a connecting section with a non-circular cross section for interfacing with the inner lumen of an engagement section of the guide catheter. The tubular body of the guide catheter can have a reduced diameter distal section the can be useful to restrain the movement of the suction extension. Proximal fittings attached to the guide catheter can facilitate safe removal of the catheter system from the patient by allowing for the removal of some or all of a tubular extension of the suction extension from the guide catheter behind a hemostatic seal. Pressure sensors connected to the proximal fittings can help to guide the procedures with reduced risk of embolizing thrombus. |
| US11234721B2 |
Guides and instruments for improving accuracy of glenoid implant placement
A patient specific shoulder guide is provided that includes a hub and a plurality of peripheral members. Each of the peripheral members has a peripheral member height dimension between the patient specific contact surface and a side of the peripheral member opposite the patient specific contact surface. At least one of the peripheral members is a low profile peripheral member in which the peripheral height dimension is less than the peripheral height dimension of at least one other of the peripheral members or is less than the hub height. |
| US11234720B2 |
Knee instruments and methods
An adjustable femoral pin guide assembly includes a base and a femoral extension rod assembly. The base may be rotated to align with the femoral shaft axis while the femoral extension rod assembly aligns with the leg mechanical axis. An adjustable distal femoral cut guide assembly may be adjusted to provide a range of varus/valgus angles for the distal femoral resection. An adjustable, single-use, disposable four-in-one cut guide may be adjusted to position saw slots for the anterior and posterior femoral resections and the anterior and posterior chamfer cuts for various size femoral components, then locked. A foot holder assembly includes an anterior tibial target that may be adjusted in three dimensions relative to the tibia. A femoral sizing guide includes a sliding drill guide to position a pin in the distal femur in a specific orientation relative to the leg mechanical axis. |
| US11234717B2 |
Surgical bone preparation instrument and assembly comprising such an instrument
This surgical bone preparation instrument (1) comprises a main body (5) terminated by a contacting surface (50) adapted to abut on a bone (B), and a sliding body (7) equipped with a cutting element (3) and which is movable in translation with respect to the main body (5). The bone preparation instrument (1) includes a cutting depth control ring (11) that is adjustable by a single hand, which forms an abutment surface (110) against the movement of one of the main body (5) and the sliding body (7) when the sliding body (7) reaches an adjusted cutting depth (D) corresponding to an adjustment position of the control ring (11). |
| US11234715B2 |
Method and apparatus for providing arthroscopic microfracture therapy
A method for providing therapy to a patient, the method comprising:providing microfracture therapy to the acetabular cup of the patient, wherein providing microfracture therapy to the acetabular cup of the patient comprises forming at least one hole extending from the acetabular shelf to the cortical bone bed of the acetabular cup, such that blood may flow from the cancellous bone underlying the cortical bone bed to the surface of the cortical bone bed, whereby to form a blood clot at the surface of the cortical bone bed. |
| US11234713B2 |
Hip joint instrument and method
A method of treating a hip joint of a human patient using a pelvic drill comprising a driving member, a bone contacting and an operating device for operating said driving member. The method comprise the steps of cutting the skin of the human patient, dissecting an area of the pelvic bone on the opposite side from the acetabulum, creating a hole in said dissected area using said pelvic drill, said hole passing through the pelvic bone and into the hip joint of the human patient, and providing at least one hip joint surface to the hip joint, through said hole in the pelvic bone of the human patient. In one embodiment the method includes inserting a needle or tube like instrument into the patient's body for filling a part of the patient's body with gas and thereby expanding a cavity within the body. |
| US11234712B2 |
Medical access device
A surgical device is provided. The surgical device includes a tubular outer shaft having a longitudinal axis and an angled guide positioned on a first end of the surgical device. The angled guide may be angled relative to the longitudinal axis of the outer shaft. The surgical device includes an elongated inner shaft having a second end and a third end. The inner shaft is removably coupled to the outer shaft and configured to axially translate through the outer shaft. The surgical device includes pivotal device having at least one joint and an access tool. The at least one joint may be pivotally coupled to the third end of the inner shaft and to an end of the access tool. The pivotal device may be configured to axially translate through the angled guide into a deployed position. |
| US11234705B2 |
Implant
An implant (500) comprises an elastic deformation portion (51) and a connection portion (52) connected with the proximal end (511) of the elastic deformation portion (51), wherein the elastic deformation portion (51) is covered by an elastic outer layer (55); the proximal end of the connection portion (52) is surrounded by a tightening ring (58); and the proximal end of the elastic outer layer (55) is covered by the tightening ring (58). Since the proximal end of the elastic outer layer (55) of the implant (500) is surrounded by a tightening ring (58), the elastic outer layer (55) is closely attached on the connecting portion (52) of the implant (500), such that the elastic outer layer (55) can be prevented from being rolled over from the surface of the implant (500) when the implant (500) is implanted, thereby improving safety of lung volume reduction surgery. |
| US11234702B1 |
Interatrial shunt having physiologic sensor
Interatrial shunts having incorporated physiologic sensors are provided for monitoring and treating cardiovascular syndromes, including heart failure and pulmonary hypertension, in which the one or more sensors are affixed to the shunt to measure a physiologic parameter within the interatrial shunt. The one or more sensors may be directly affixed to or within a lumenal surface of the shunt or may be disposed on a support structure in a spaced relation to the shunt lumen, the one or more sensors disposed at locations subject to little or no pannus formation or cardiac wall motion artifact. |
| US11234700B2 |
Wrist architecture
A surgical device includes an elongated shaft, an end effector, and a wrist assembly. The wrist assembly includes a first outer link, a first inner link, and a second outer link. The first outer link is connected to the shaft and includes first gear teeth. The first inner link is pivotally coupled with the first outer link. The second outer link is pivotally coupled with the first inner link. The second outer link includes second gear teeth that interface with the first gear teeth and control orientation of the first inner link relative to the first outer link and the first outer link throughout a range of orientations of the wrist assembly. |
| US11234695B2 |
Surgical stapling and cutting device
A surgical device comprising an instrument shaft having a proximal end and a distal end, a control handle connected to the proximal end of the instrument shaft, a surgical end effector connected to the distal end of the instrument shaft at a joint, wherein the surgical end effector is configured to articulate, at the joint and with respect to the instrument shaft, about an articulation axis, and wherein the surgical end effector had a pull-to-release articulation lock configured to retain the joint in a fixed position and the control handle has an articulation lock actuator that is configured to, when actuated, release the articulation lock. |
| US11234693B2 |
Handling of fasteners within a surgical instrument
Surgical instruments and their methods of use are disclosed. In some embodiments, the surgical instrument may include a handle and an elongated shaft assembly extending distally from the handle. The surgical instrument may also include a fastener deployment system for deploying fasteners from the elongated shaft assembly including a reciprocating driveshaft disposed within the elongated shaft assembly. The driveshaft may include an internal channel and at least one guide surface shaped and arranged to maintain an orientation of at least one fastener in the channel of the driveshaft. In other embodiments, the fastener deployment system may include a follower disposed within the elongated shaft assembly for displacing one or more fasteners within the elongated shaft assembly towards a distal fastener deployment position. |
| US11234688B2 |
Compression and tension instruments and methods of use to reinforce ligaments
The disclosure provides apparatus and methods of use pertaining to syndesmosis reinforcement. Embodiments include a clamp having two jaws that extend toward each other to clamp two bone portions therebetween. The clamp may include an angle gauge and an adjustment mechanism having a force gauge that combine to enable the compression of the two bone portions in an optimal direction or angle and at an optimal, measurable compression force. Embodiments also include a tension instrument configured to knotlessly lock a flexible strand construct between two anchors at the same optimal direction and tension applied by the clamp. Further embodiments include an exemplary syndesmosis reinforcement procedure that employs the clamp and the tension instrument to construct a ligament reinforcement construct that achieves optimal anatomic positioning in both directional alignment and the reduction force applied by the construct. Other embodiments are disclosed. |
| US11234686B2 |
Hemostasis clip with collapsible capsule
A clipping device includes a capsule including a longitudinal body and a cap mounted over a distal end thereof so that the cap is movable relative to the longitudinal body from a pre-deployed configuration to a deployed configuration in which the cap, is moved proximally relative to the longitudinal body to reduce a length of the capsule. A channel of the cap and a channel of the capsule are substantially aligned with respect to one another. At least proximal portions of a pair of clip arms are received within the channels of the cap and the longitudinal body so that the clip arms are movable relative to the capsule between an open configuration, in which distal ends of the clip arms are separated from one another, and a closed configuration, in which the distal ends of the clip arms are drawn toward one another. |
| US11234685B2 |
Flexible surgical instrument system
Disclosed is a flexible surgical instrument system (100), comprising a flexible surgical instrument (10) composed of a distal structural body (11), a proximal structural body (12), a driving transmission mechanism (13) and a middle connecting body (14), wherein a surgical end effector (111) is located at a distal end of the distal structural body (11), a proximal end of the distal structural body (11) is linked to the middle connecting body (14), and the driving transmission mechanism (13) is linked to the proximal structural body (12) via the middle connecting body (14); the distal structural body (11) comprises at least one distal structural segment (112, 113), wherein each distal structural segment (112, 113) comprises a distal fixing disk (115, 118) and structural backbones (116, 119); the proximal structural body (12) comprises at least one proximal structural segment (120, 121), wherein each proximal structural segment (120, 121) comprises a proximal fixing disk (122, 126), structural backbones (124, 128), and driving backbones (125, 129); and the driving transmission mechanism (13) comprises an introducing part, a driving part, and a reversing part. |
| US11234684B2 |
Devices and methods for portable, adjunctive vacuum source and cytology/histology collection systems for biopsy devices
A universal, self-contained, self-powered, compact, external vacuum source and cytology or cytology and histology collection, storage, preservation and transport system device may be configured to couple to any suitable generic biopsy or interventional device. Embodiments may comprise structures and functionality for the addition of such a portable, compact, self-contained, self-powered, universal vacuum and cytology/histology collection module to biopsy or interventional devices. Embodiments may be portable, disposable or reusable and may be electrically, mechanically and/or manually powered and operated. Embodiments may additionally provide structures and functionality for use with other vacuum and/or cytology or histology collection systems to which this system may itself be attached. |
| US11234683B2 |
Assembly for coupling powered driver with intraosseous device
Apparatus and methods are provided to remove biopsy specimens from a bone and/or associated bone marrow using a powered driver and an intraosseous (IO) needle set. The powered driver may rotate the IO needle set at an optimum speed to obtain a biopsy sample of bone and/or bone marrow. Apparatus and methods may also be provided for aspiration of bone marrow and/or stem cell transplant procedures. The apparatus may include a powered driver, a coupler assembly, a containment bag or sterile sleeve and various IO needles and IO needle sets with associated hubs and/or hub assemblies. Each IO needle set may include a cannula or catheter and an associated trocar stylet with respective tips operable to penetrate a bone and/or bone marrow with minimum trauma to a patient. Each hub assembly may be used to releasably dispose a respective stylet within an associated generally hollow cannula. Some coupler assemblies and/or hub assemblies may also be used with manual drivers. |
| US11234682B2 |
Apparatus for detecting analyte in a liquid sample
The present invention discloses an apparatus for detecting analyte in a liquid sample, comprising a cup body; a first receiving area for receiving a liquid sample; a flow-guiding channel through which a sample can be added or collected; the flow-guiding channel is in communication with the first receiving area, the bottom surface of the flow-guiding channel is a slope; wherein, the first receiving area and the flow-guiding channel are disposed in the cup body; the apparatus further comprises a secondary sampling port; the flow-guiding channel is a groove, in which is provided with a second receiving area; and the second receiving area includes a corner area for collecting samples for secondary sampling. The present invention further provides a method of using the apparatus for detecting an analyte in a liquid sample. The apparatus of the present invention can be used for detecting the presence or amount of an analyte in a liquid sample. When a liquid sample has extremely poor fluidity and/or the sample size is very small, the apparatus is still capable of detecting liquid samples, to facilitate operators to draw liquid samples for second confirmatory detection. |
| US11234679B2 |
Ultrasound diagnostic apparatus and ultrasound image producing method
In an ultrasound diagnostic apparatus of the present invention, the controller writes and reads element data of one frame into and out from two or more buffer memories 21a, 21b, . . . 21i sequentially frame by frame and assigns the element data of one frame sequentially read out from the buffer memories to a plurality of arithmetic blocks of a signal processor, wherein the element data assigned is subjected to processing by each of a plurality of arithmetic cores in the plurality of arithmetic blocks to produce an image signal. |
| US11234677B2 |
Detecting apparatus and associated kit and method
The invention concerns a detecting apparatus (12) comprising:—at least two sensors (24, 26, 28), with at least one sensor (24) being an ultrasound transducer adapted to produce ultrasound waves, and—a positioning device (16) defining several compartments (22), each compartment (22) being adapted to hold a sensor (24, 26, 28) and each compartment (22) being located at predetermined location, the positioning device (16) comprising a holder adapted to be fixed on the skull of a subject, the positioning device (16) being adapted to be maintained on the head of the subject using the holder. |
| US11234675B2 |
Sonar-based contactless vital and environmental monitoring system and method
A sonar-based contactless monitoring system comprises a sonar system (308), a contactless sensing assembly (310), and a controller (302) configured to read out measurements transmitted by the sonar system and the contactless sensing assembly and calculate posture and activity of a subject. The sonar system may include a microphone (314) and a speaker (316), wherein the microphone is configured to sense a first acoustic signal in a frequency range associated with the sound and/or motion made by the subject, and a second acoustic signal in a frequency range associated with the reflection of an acoustic signal transmitted by the speaker. The contactless sensing assembly senses at least one of vital and environmental conditions, such as a heart rate, respiratory rate, activity, snoring, subject's position, and subject's movement, or noise level, weather condition, light exposure, time and radiation level. |
| US11234674B2 |
Method and ultrasound apparatus for displaying location information of bursa
Provided is a method of displaying location information of a bursa, which includes: obtaining shoulder ultrasound image data; detecting a fat layer located between a deltoid muscle and a tendon, based on information about an intensity of an echo signal contained in the shoulder ultrasound image data; detecting the bursa located between the fat layer and the tendon by using a location of the fat layer; and displaying the location information of the bursa on a shoulder ultrasound image generated based on the shoulder ultrasound image data. |
| US11234673B2 |
Automated time-domain determination of tissue viscoelasticity in a sub-hertz frequency range
Methodology, with a programmable-processor imaging system, for control and determination of breast lesion viscoelastic properties with the use of a creep-like test. Two dimensional reconstruction maps are used for different parameters of a linear viscoelastic model. Description of different aspects of the test used on live subjects and suitability of a 1-D inversion model in capturing different viscoelasticity parameters. An automated methodology for the selection of a region of interest derived only from the appearance of the breast lesion on pre-compressed B-mode images. Based on the ROI and estimated viscoelasticity parameters, contrast values are determined that facilitate the enhanced differentiation of breast mass. Employing the methodology in a large group of patients provides better understanding of variations of different viscoelasticity parameters in different types of breast lesion and helps to identify new biomarkers for enhanced differentiation of benign from malignant cases. |
| US11234672B2 |
Ultrasonic imaging apparatus and method for controlling the same
An ultrasonic imaging apparatus and a method for controlling the same are disclosed. The ultrasonic imaging apparatus includes: an ultrasonic probe configured to acquire a plurality of shear wave data segments from a target object; a controller configured to determine at least one shear wave data group by grouping the plurality of shear wave data segments according to a predetermined condition; and a display configured to display at least one image corresponding to the at least one shear wave data group, and display the plurality of shear wave data segments at positions different from a specific position at which the image is displayed. |
| US11234668B2 |
Imaging control apparatus and radiographic imaging system
An imaging control apparatus includes a hardware processor. The hardware processor is capable of sending, to a console, a command indicating permission of radiation emission. The console controls a radiation emitting apparatus that emits radiation. The hardware processor is also capable of outputting a first control signal to a radiographic imaging apparatus that generates a radiograph based on the first control signal. |
| US11234667B2 |
Scatter correction using emission image estimate reconstructed from narrow energy window counts in positron emission tomography
A non-transitory storage medium storing instructions readable and executable by an imaging workstation (18) including at least one electronic processor (20) to perform an image reconstruction method (100). The method includes: receiving emission imaging data (22) from an image acquisition device (12) wherein the emission imaging data has been filtered using an acquisition energy passband (18); generating filtered imaging data by filtering the emission imaging data with a second energy passband (90) that is narrower than an acquisition energy passband; reconstructing the filtered imaging data to generate an intermediate image; estimating one or more scatter correction factors (SCFs) from the intermediate image; and reconstructing the emission imaging data corrected with the estimated SCFs to generate a reconstructed image. |
| US11234666B2 |
Apparatus and method for medical image reconstruction using deep learning to improve image quality in position emission tomography (PET)
A deep learning (DL) convolution neural network (CNN) reduces noise in positron emission tomography (PET) images, and is trained using a range of noise levels for the low-quality images having high noise in the training dataset to produceuniform high-quality images having low noise, independently of the noise level of the input image. The DL-CNN network can be implemented by slicing a three-dimensional (3D) PET image into 2D slices along transaxial, coronal, and sagittal planes, using three separate 2D CNN networks for each respective plane, and averaging the outputs from these three separate 2D CNN networks. Feature-oriented training can be implemented by segmenting each training image into lesion and background regions, and, in the loss function, applying greater weights to voxels in the lesion region. Other medical images (e.g. MRI and CT) can be used to enhance resolution of the PET images and provide partial volume corrections. |
| US11234665B2 |
System and method for increasing the accuracy of a medical imaging device
A method for improving the accuracy of a digital medical model of a part of a patient, the method includes obtaining a set of at least 2 medical images of the patient, where an element including a predefined geometry and/or predefined information was attached to the patient during the recording of the medical images; obtaining at least 2 tracking images taken with at least one camera having a known positional relationship relative to the medical imaging device, the tracking images depicting at least part of the element; determining any movement of the element between acquisition of the at least 2 tracking images; and generating the digital medical model from the acquired medical images, wherein the determined movement of the element is used to compensate for any movement of the patient between the acquisition of the medical images. |
| US11234662B2 |
Method and device for changing the spatial intensity distribution of an x-ray beam
A method is for changing a spatial intensity distribution of an x-ray beam. In an embodiment, the method includes generating an x-ray beam by an x-ray source; guiding a beam path of the x-ray beam through a form filter with a plurality of lamellas, the form filter including a holder apparatus and the plurality of lamellas being arranged in the holder apparatus such that each lamella has at least one straight line running through the respective lamella in parallel to the further lamellas. The method further includes aligning the plurality of lamellas relative to the beam path by controlled movement of at least one part of the plurality of lamellas relative to one another and thereby changing the spatial intensity distribution of the x-ray beam. An apparatus, configured to carry out such a method, an irradiation arrangement and a medical imaging apparatus are further disclosed. |
| US11234661B2 |
Magnetic braking system and method
A mobile radiography system includes a wheeled transport frame and a vertical column mounted on the transport frame. A telescoping arm is attached to the vertical column and to an x-ray tube head. The telescoping arm allows an operator to rotate the tube head to a desired orientation and then to fix the tube head in the desired orientation without mechanical impact noise. A permanent magnet and an electromagnetic coil assembly allows an operator to easily and quietly control rotation of the tube head. |
| US11234660B2 |
Patient positioning in diagnostic imaging
A positioning system (10) for positioning a patient (101) for diagnostic imaging is provided. The system comprises a sensor arrangement (12) with at least one sensor (14, 16) configured to provide a sensor signal indicative of at least one body parameter of the patient (101), a controller (18) configured to determine a value of the at least one body parameter based on the sensor signal of the at least one sensor (14, 16), and at least one actuatable support (20) configured to move at least one of an arm (105) and a leg (107) of the patient with respect to a torso of the patient. Therein, the controller (18) is configured to actuate the at least one actuatable support (20) depending on the determined value of the at least one body parameter to move at least one of the arm and the leg relative to the torso of the patient, such that the patient is guided to a posture for diagnostic imaging. |
| US11234659B2 |
Wheel and lift unit for radiation imaging modalities
Among other things, a radiation system is provided. The radiation system includes a stationary unit and a rotating unit that rotates about an axis relative to the stationary unit. A radiation source and a detector array are mounted to the rotating unit. A wheel mechanism at least partially supports the rotating unit and facilitates rotation of the rotating unit relative to the stationary unit. A lift unit is supported by the stationary unit and engages the rotating unit. When the lift unit is in a lowered position, the rotating unit is supported by the wheel mechanism and the lift unit is spaced a distance apart from the rotating unit. When the lift unit is in a raised position, the rotating unit is supported by the lift unit and the rotating unit is spaced a second distance apart from the wheel mechanism. |
| US11234657B2 |
Non-invasive measurement to predict post-surgery anterior cruciate ligament success
The current subject matter provides a tool for evaluating the risk of failure or the likelihood of success of surgery of healing ligaments and tendons in the body. In some embodiments, a region of a scan comprising one or more of an anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) or an ACL graft can be defined. A magnetic resonance (MR) imaging data set can be obtained. MR parameters characterizing a size and a quality of the ACL or ACL graft can be derived using the MR data. The MR parameters can be used as inputs to a predictive model. A score characterizing a likelihood of failure of the ACL or ACL graft in a human patient can be generated using the predictive model. |
| US11234656B2 |
Information processing apparatus and information processing method
An information processing apparatus is provided which includes a sensor information acquisition unit that acquires sensor information including at least biological information of a user and a biological information change prediction unit that predicts a change of the biological information from the sensor information in accordance with a framework based on knowledge concerning poor physical condition of the user. |
| US11234653B2 |
Determining sensor data quality based on bioimpedance information
An exercise feedback system determines sensor data quality of an athletic garment based on bioimpedance data. The athletic garment includes sensors that can generate physiological data and bioimpedance data. An athlete wears the athletic garment while exercising. If the sensors have a stable contact with the skin of the athlete, the sensors generate high quality physiological data. However, if the sensors have unstable or no contact with the skin of the athlete, the sensors generate low quality physiological data. The exercise feedback system uses the magnitude and/or variance of the bioimpedance data to determine whether the physiological data is high or low quality. If the physiological data is high quality, the exercise feedback system may generate and provide feedback based on the physiological data for display to the athlete. The exercise feedback system may also use the bioimpedance data to identify defects in the garment during quality assurance tests. |
| US11234651B2 |
Apparatus, system and method for medical analyses of seated individual
Apparatus, system and method for medical analysis of a seated individual, includes determining the aortic valve opening; the PTT; and calculating the PWV. Determining the aortic valve opening includes collecting BCG data while sitting on a seat and determining the timing of the aortic valve opening, taking into account posture. Measuring the aortic pulse wave transit time includes collecting BCG data while sitting on a seat capable of measuring changes in apparent weight; determining the timing of the aortic valve opening; detecting the arrival of the pulse wave at the end point; and measuring the relative timings of the two events. Calculating the PWV includes determining a length of the arterial segment through which a pulse wave is to be measured between a start point and an end point; and dividing the determined length of the arterial segment by the PTT. |
| US11234649B2 |
Systems and methods for evaluating hemodialysis arteriovenous fistula maturation
The invention relates to evaluation of maturity of arteriovenous (AV) fistula using guidewires that measure intravascular blood flow and/or pressure. The invention provides methods of evaluating AV fistula maturation using an instrumented guidewire to measure intravascular flow and/or pressure. By using a small diameter guidewire that does not interfere substantially with the flow, an accurate measurement can be made that is useful for identifying when a fistula is mature and therefore ready to be used for hemodialysis. The flow of blood through the fistula is measured using the guidewire and the measured flow and/or pressure of blood is used to determine if the fistula is mature. |
| US11234647B2 |
Bio-information measuring apparatus and bio-information measuring method
An apparatus for measuring bio-information such as blood pressure is provided. The bio-information measuring apparatus includes: a pulse wave sensor configured to measure a pulse wave signal from an object; a fingerprint sensor configured to obtain fingerprint information of the object; and a processor configured to estimate a contact area of the object based on the fingerprint information, and obtain bio-information based on the pulse wave signal and the contact area. |
| US11234644B2 |
Monitoring and determining the state of health of a user
A method for identifying a change associated with a state of health of a user. In one embodiment, the method includes at least one computer processors receiving monitoring data associated with monitoring a user, where the monitoring data is generated by one or more sensors. The method further includes determining a state of health of the monitored user by analyzing the monitoring data utilizing one or more models. The method further includes determining a level of urgency based, at least in part, upon the determine state of health of the monitored user. The method further includes transmitting one or more respective notifications to one or more devices based, at least in part, on the determined state of health of the user and the corresponding level of level of urgency, and where a notification includes a determined state of health and the corresponding determined state of urgency associated with the monitored user. |
| US11234638B2 |
Intra-oral electroencephalography device and method
An oral appliance for the treatment of sleep disorders, such as obstructive sleep apnea, in a user is presented. The oral appliance may include a mouthpiece configured to receive a user's dentition. The mouthpiece may include an oxygen sensor, a pressure sensor, an airflow sensor, an actigraphy sensor, a noise detector, and at least one stimulator for providing stimulation to a user's tongue in the event of decreased oxygen saturation levels, increased pressure applied to occlusal surfaces of the user's dentition, decreased actual airflow levels and/or increased noise levels. The mouthpiece or a separate portion of the mouthpiece may be provided with an EEG sensor to determine sleep state based on EEG rhythms. The mouthpiece may be provided with pharmaceutical compound reservoirs that deliver pharmaceutical compounds to the oral mucosa of the user, which compounds treat symptoms of sleep apnea. The mouthpiece may further include a microprocessor that receives data from the oxygen sensor, pressure sensor, airflow sensor, actigraphy sensor and noise detector, and activates the at least one stimulator and/or pharmaceutical compound reservoirs. |
| US11234634B2 |
Two-dimensional and three-dimensional strain mapping for uterine contractions
Some embodiments are directed to a method for quantitative visualization of uterine strain. The method includes receiving a number of 2D or 3D image frames acquired via an imaging technique and selecting a number of confidential points, determining the orientation of the uterus using the confidential points, selecting a region of interest, generating a grid of tracking points inside the region of interest and tracking and estimating the displacement of tracking points between frames. From a varying distance between each couple or set of tracking points, a strain is calculated. The orientation of the grid of tracking points and of the calculated strain is dependent on the determined orientation of the uterus. |
| US11234632B2 |
Brain navigation lead
A brain navigation device, comprising a lead with an elongated lead body, at least one macro-electrode contact positioned on an outer surface on the lead, wherein the at least one macro-electrode contact is located at the distal part of the lead, and wherein the at least one macro-electrode contact is configured to be used during lead navigation. |
| US11234631B2 |
Method and system for controlling neural activity in the brain
A method and system for controlling neural activity in the brain, including performing a source localization procedure and a neurostimulation procedure, and using the former as a monitor to provide for feedback control of the latter. |
| US11234626B2 |
Devices and methods for syringe-based fluid transfer for bodily-fluid sampling
An apparatus includes a housing, defining an inner volume, and an actuator mechanism movably disposed therein. The actuator mechanism is configured to be transitioned from a first configuration to a second configuration to define a pre-sample reservoir fluidically couplable to receive a pre-sample volume of bodily-fluid via an inlet port of the housing. The actuator mechanism is movable from a first position to a second position within the housing after the pre-sample reservoir receives the pre-sample volume such that the housing and the actuator mechanism collectively define a sample reservoir to receive a sample volume of bodily-fluid via the inlet port. The outlet port is in fluid communication with the sample reservoir and is configured to be fluidically coupled to an external fluid reservoir after the sample volume is disposed in the sample reservoir to transfer at least a portion of the sample volume into the external fluid reservoir. |
| US11234624B2 |
Application of electrochemical impedance spectroscopy in sensor systems, devices, and related methods
A diagnostic Electrochemical Impedance Spectroscopy (EIS) procedure is applied to measure values of impedance-related parameters for one or more sensing electrodes. The parameters may include real impedance, imaginary impedance, impedance magnitude, and/or phase angle. The measured values of the impedance-related parameters are then used in performing sensor diagnostics, calculating a highly-reliable fused sensor glucose value based on signals from a plurality of redundant sensing electrodes, calibrating sensors, detecting interferents within close proximity of one or more sensing electrodes, and testing surface area characteristics of electroplated electrodes. Advantageously, impedance-related parameters can be defined that are substantially glucose-independent over specific ranges of frequencies. An Application Specific Integrated Circuit (ASIC) enables implementation of the EIS-based diagnostics, fusion algorithms, and other processes based on measurement of EIS-based parameters. |
| US11234623B2 |
Needle alignment for wearable biosensors
Various examples are described for needle alignment for wearable biosensors. One example device includes a housing comprising an upper portion and a lower portion, the housing defining a cavity between the upper portion and the lower portion and configured to be worn on a wearer's skin, wherein: the upper portion defines a first opening extending through the upper portion to the cavity, and the lower portion defines a second opening extending through the lower portion to the cavity, the cavity establishing a substantially unobstructed pathway including the first opening and the second opening to enable an insertion needle to be inserted through the housing; and a needle guide extending into and along a portion of the pathway and aligned with a sensor wire to enable alignment between the insertion needle and the sensor wire. |
| US11234621B2 |
Sensor insertion devices and methods of use
An automatic sensor inserter is disclosed for placing a transcutaneous sensor into the skin of a living body. According to aspects of the invention, characteristics of the insertion such as sensor insertion speed may be varied by a user. In some embodiments, insertion speed may be varied by changing an amount of drive spring compression. The amount of spring compression may be selected from a continuous range of settings and/or it may be selected from a finite number of discrete settings. Methods associated with the use of the automatic inserter are also covered. |
| US11234617B2 |
Device and method for detecting if a bedridden person leaves his or her bed or has fallen
The present invention relates to a device and a method for detecting whether a bedridden person is getting out of bed or has fallen out of their bed. The device performs an analysis over time of the distances between the sensors of a detector and the objects that are present in the detection field of the detector. The detection is based on variations in said distances and of the locations thereof within the monitored space. |
| US11234616B2 |
Mechanisms and methods for the design and fabrication of a mechanical interface between a wearable device and a human body segment
The system includes an instrument for determining the anatomical, biomechanical, and physiological properties of a body segment that includes one or more force sensitive probes is provided. A human operator actuates one or more force sensitive probes, wherein the force sensitive probes are positioned at the surface of the body segment. The operator pushes on the force sensitive probes with varying force applied on the body segment to measure tissue deflection forces. The instrument may include one or more of gyroscopes, accelerometers, and magnetometers capable of measuring changes in tissue deflection caused by the force sensitive probes relative to a grounded reference frame in 3-D space, wherein the tissue deflection force data and the change in tissue deflection data are used to compute segment tissue viscoelastic properties. The instrument may also be untethered or wireless. |
| US11234614B2 |
Portable spirometer and method for monitoring lung function
A spirometer comprises a housing defining a fluid flow pathway extending between a first end and a second end, a first opening along the pathway and a second opening longitudinally spaced along the pathway from the first opening. A flow chamber defining a fluid flow pathway is disposed within the housing between the first opening and the second opening, the flow chamber including an elongated resistive element along the central longitudinal axis of the flow chamber for defining a flow passage through the flow chamber between the resistive element and the inner surface of the flow chamber. The flow chamber conditions fluid flow for accurate sensing of the fluid flow over a range. A pressure sensor is disposed within the housing in fluid communication with the first opening and the second opening for sensing a pressure differential between the first opening and the second opening and producing an electric signal that corresponds with the rate of fluid flow through the housing. The described spirometer and associated software has a variety of applications in the evaluation, diagnosis, monitoring, and improvement of respiratory conditions as well as digitally-delivered respiratory rehabilitation programs and clinical trials. |
| US11234611B2 |
Integrated multi-functional endoscopic tool
A system for extending the visual capabilities and working channel of a bronchoscope including a probe having optic and/or tracking capabilities at a distal tip thereof and capable of being advanced through the working channel of a standard bronchoscope. The probe also includes a working channel through which various diagnostic and treatment tools may be advanced. |
| US11234605B2 |
Apparatus for biometric measurement
An apparatus comprising at least one light source, at least one photodetector, a first layer of optical material configured to embed the at least one light source, and a second layer of optical material configured to embed the at least one photodetector. The first and second layer of optical material are configured to guide light from the at least one light source and to prevent the light from the at least one light source directly reaching the at least on photodetector, and the second layer of optical material is configured to guide light towards the at least one photodetector. |
| US11234603B2 |
Pulse wave detection device, biological information measurement device, and control method for pulse wave detection device
A pulse wave detecting device includes a sensor section and a control unit. The sensor section is rotatable about a first axis and is rotatable about a second axis. The control unit determines a rotation angle about the first axis based on DC components of pressure detecting elements included in element rows. Then, in a state where the sensor section is controlled to the optimal pitch angle, the sensor section is pressed against the body surface, and a pulse wave is detected based on pressure signals detected by pressure detecting elements in this state, and vital information is calculated based on the detected pulse wave. |
| US11234595B2 |
Resonator assembly for biometric sensing and biosensor using electromagnetic waves
A bio sensor using electromagnetic waves according to an embodiment may comprise a resonator assembly, a power supply unit, and a processor. The resonator assembly may include at least one feeding line which is disposed along the outer edge of a feeding area and can feed electric power to the feeding area, and a pattern wire which is disposed along a pattern in the feeding area and can receive electric power from the feeding line through capacitive coupling. The power supply unit may supply electric power to the resonator assembly. While a frequency of the electric power is swept, the processor may acquire a parameter which is biometric data corresponding to a concentration of a target analyte existing around the resonator assembly and is related to a resonant frequency of the resonator assembly. |
| US11234589B2 |
Field of vision quantification
A field of vision assessment is performed by reported positional feedback of visual markers at an outer circumference of a subject's field of vision. An array of visual markers arranged in a grid is rendered near a peripheral vision limit of the subject. The visual markers are disposed at known locations relative to an origin of the field of vision of the subject. Based on reported visual markers, a mapping of the visual markers to the location denotes a point on a periphery of limit of the visual field. The mapped points define vertices of a polyhedron having edges denoted by the vertices and the origin. The volume of the resulting polyhedron correlates to the field of vision of the subject, since as the periphery of the field of vision increases, the computed volume also increases. |
| US11234585B2 |
Dental retraction and isolation devices
Dental retraction and isolation devices disclosed herein simultaneously isolate at least a portion of a maxillary dental arch and at least a portion of an opposing mandibular dental arch, along with the gingivae near the gumline, while gently retracting a patient's tongue, cheek and lips. All procedures in operative dentistry and fixed prosthodontics can be performed using these devices, but they are particularly useful where access to the gingiva is necessary or desirable, where a dry field is crucial for bonding success, and/or where occlusion and masticatory movement in a dry field are advantageous. The devices can be deployed in seconds and stay in place without clamps, ligatures or wedges, and because the devices are fabricated from soft, pliable materials, they reduce tissue damage and conform to oral surfaces. |
| US11234582B2 |
Endoscope system
An endoscope system is provided. The endoscope system includes an insert tube and a handle. The insert tube includes a first connector, a first controller, a first parameter and an insert-tube data. The first parameter and the insert-tube data are corresponding to each other. The handle includes a second connector and a second controller. The second connector electronically connects to the first connector, and the second controller receives and accords to the first parameter to generate at least one first control signal to the first controller to control the insert tube. |
| US11234579B2 |
Resectoscope and electrode assembly therefor
A resectoscope has an elongated shaft tube, an elongated optic arranged therein with a lens at the distal end and an electrode assembly, wherein the electrode assembly in turn includes an electrode arranged at the distal end of the arms of a fork assembly, which are arranged on opposing sides of the lens and are brought together in a transition region to an electrode shaft, wherein the electrode assembly can be extended in the longitudinal direction by a stroke length from a first position, in which the electrode is arranged inside the shaft tube in front of the lens, into a second position in which the arms of the fork assembly protrude out of the shaft tube. The length of the arms of the fork assembly is thereby greater than 1.2 times the stroke length. The electrode assembly is configured correspondingly. |
| US11234574B2 |
Intelligent floor cleaning robot
An intelligent floor cleaner, including a vehicle body, a clean water tank, a control box, a dirty water tank, a floor cleaning apparatus, a manual steering apparatus, an autonomous steering apparatus, a navigation apparatus, and a mileage apparatus, where the clean water tank is located above the vehicle body and is fixedly connected to the vehicle body; the control box is located in a middle location above the vehicle body and is fixedly connected to the vehicle body; the dirty water tank is located at a rear side above the clean water tank and is fixedly connected to the clean water tank; the floor cleaning apparatus is located below the vehicle body; and the navigation apparatus includes a 3D laser and a laser mounting rack, and the navigation apparatus is located above the vehicle body. |
| US11234572B2 |
Docking station for robotic cleaner
A docking station for a robotic vacuum cleaner may include a suction motor, a collection bin, and a filter system fluidly coupled to the suction motor. The suction motor may be configured to suction debris from a dust cup of the robotic vacuum cleaner. The filter system may include a filter medium to collect debris suctioned from the dust cup, a compactor configured to urge a first portion of the filter medium towards a second portion of the filter medium such that a closed bag can be formed, and a conveyor configured to urge the closed bag into the collection bin. |
| US11234563B2 |
Countermount foam dispenser
A countertop foam dispenser has a spout made of a spout extension front housing and a spout extension rear housing. The spout includes a spout nozzle with a spout opening. A spout mounting shaft is mounted to the spout at a mounting shaft bracket. A mixer pump housing has a spout retainer latch. The mixer pump housing houses a mixer pump. The mixer pump includes a motor. A retainer notch is formed on the lower portion of the spout. The retainer notch is configured to engage the spout retainer latch. A bottle contains liquid soap. The bottle has a connection to the mixer pump housing. |
| US11234559B2 |
Apparatus for heating food
An apparatus is provided for toasting a food item arranged to receive and support the food item during toasting. The apparatus includes a heating element assembly arranged to heat the surface of the food item by radiant heat. The apparatus is arranged to operate in a first mode where the heating element assembly operates at a first power and a second mode where the heating element assembly operates at a second power. The apparatus further includes a thermally sensitive actuator having a first and a second position and being arranged to switch from the first mode to the second mode at a predetermined temperature by moving from the first position to the second position. The apparatus further includes an arrangement for forcing the actuator to return to its first position. |
| US11234554B2 |
Tool for removing compacted particle residue from a cylindrical container
A tool for removing particle residue from a cylindrical container includes a handle, configured to be grasped in the hand of a user to position the tool and to rotate the tool around an axis of rotation aligned substantially parallel to the handle, and at least one blade section extending from the handle at an angle to the axis of rotation. A user manipulates the handle in use to cause the tool to rotate about the axis of rotation so that the leading edge of the blade section moves into and through compacted particle residue within the cylindrical container. |
| US11234553B2 |
Liquid dispensing machine with speed regulator
A machine (1) for dispensing a beverage (7) includes: a module (10) having a cavity (10a) and a cavity outlet (10a′) for guiding the beverage out of the cavity (10a); and a guide (100) that has a guide outlet (102) and that is arranged for receiving the beverage (7) from the cavity outlet (10a′) and guiding the beverage (7) along a guide direction (100′) to the guide outlet (102) and out thereof so as to be dispensed to a beverage dispensing area. The guide (100) has a guide channel (101,101′,101″,101b) extending along the guide direction (100′) for receiving the beverage (7) from the cavity outlet (10a′) and guiding the beverage (7) to the guide outlet (102). The guide channel (101,101′,101″) has a cross-section orthogonal to the guide direction (100′) and a bottom (101,101b′) generally extending along the guide direction (100′). The cross-section has a width that increases with distance from the bottom (101,101b′), e.g. with height above the bottom. |
| US11234550B2 |
Squeezing threaded rod, squeezing component, and food processor
The present disclosure provides a squeezing threaded rod, a squeezing component and a food processor. The squeezing threaded rod includes: a rod body, and the rod body includes a feeding segment, a squeezing segment connected with the feeding segment and a residue discharge segment connected with the squeezing segment; and the area of the cross section of the rod body gradually increases from the feeding segment to the squeezing segment. In the squeezing threaded rod provided by the embodiments of the present disclosure, the stress direction of juice squeezing and residue discharge thereof is consistent with the thrust direction of the rod body, in this case, the juice squeezing force and the residue discharge force can be increased, the food residues at a residue discharge opening can be discharged more easily, then the phenomenon that the food residues block the residue discharge opening can be reduced. |
| US11234548B1 |
Interchangeable seasonal holiday decorative method and devices
The embodiments disclose an apparatus including an interchangeable seasonal holiday decorative device configured for displaying a dynamic rotating seasonal image theme pattern, a motorized base configured for extending, rotating and retracting the interchangeable seasonal holiday decorative device inserted into the motorized base, a counter rotating device coupled to at least one cartridge pole link of the interchangeable seasonal holiday decorative device configured for rotating extended thin metal rods with collapsible patterns in an opposite direction of that of a rotating collapsible center pole, an interchangeable seasonal holiday decorative device QR code display for allowing a shopper to download a seasonal decoration app for receiving interchangeable seasonal holiday decorative device sales and specials, and a near-field transmitter coupled to the interchangeable seasonal holiday decorative device QR code display for transmitting automatically shopper seasonal decoration time spent, date, time of day, retailer store ID marketing data. |
| US11234541B2 |
Multiple-compartment pitcher
Provided herein is a multiple-compartment pitcher. The pitcher in one embodiment comprises openings for downspouts arranged in a bottom portion of the pitcher body, and in which each opening communicates with one of a respective compartment. A lid is provided with openings providing for fluid communication with each compartment to allow venting of air, thereby facilitating discharge of liquid contents from a compartment when a downspout is opened. In another embodiment, the pitcher has spouts formed in the top portion of the pitcher body and in which the spouts are arranged at an angle relate to the handle of the pitcher to facilitate ease of pouring. |
| US11234538B2 |
Mounting bracket
A bracket that is mounted in a wall or ceiling, and cooperates with an insert that can be adjusted flush with the wall or ceiling surface. Slots in the flange, and dimples in the insert facilitate the flush adjustment. |
| US11234534B2 |
Mattress and box spring with hidden gun compartment
A gun holder is situated within a box spring beneath a mattress. The mattress itself has an opening therein matching the size of the opening into the gun holder and extending through the mattress. One can then lie on one's bed and near one's arm, reach downward into the box spring or other mattress support, and grab the gun without having to move the majority of one's body from the position in which one was sleeping on the bed. |
| US11234531B2 |
Integrated mobile sleeping unit and chair shell
An integrated chair for selectively providing seating support and sleeping support is provided. The integrated chair comprises a mobile sleeping unit and a chair shell. The chair shell comprises: a pair of spaced, opposed, side walls, each side wall having at least a bottom edge, an inner surface and an outer surface; a back wall extending between the pair of side walls; and a pair of truncated arms, one of each of the pair of arms corresponding with a respective one of the pair of side walls, each extending inwardly from the inner surface of a corresponding side wall and having a lower edge that is distal and above the bottom edge of the corresponding side wall; wherein the inner surfaces of the side walls and the lower edge of the arms of the chair shell define a storage compartment sized to accommodate the mobile sleeping unit when the mobile sleeping unit is in the closed position. |
| US11234529B1 |
Back-support board
A back-support board including a leg assembly, a support assembly and an assistance assembly is disclosed. The leg assembly includes adjustable legs which have insertable pegs within for reinforcing the strength of the legs to be able to support weight thereon in a stable and safe manner. The support assembly includes a base having a reinforcing layer atop and further having a top layer thereon. The top layer being of a carpet or rubber material. Once a user needs to work underneath a tight space such as under a sink, the back-support board is adjusted to a proper height and allows for the user to lay down on the back-support board to comfortably work on the necessary task with their body supported on the back-support board. The back-support board is adjustable to allow fitting under different tight spaces for completing different tasks in a more comfortable manner. |
| US11234524B1 |
Folding chair
A folding chair includes U-shaped first to fourth supporting frame members, U-shaped first to third legs, inverted U-shaped first and second armrests, first to fourth seat receivers, first to fourth front supports, first to fourth rear supports, first to fourth front connecting members, first to fourth rear connecting members, first to third backrest supports, a seat and a backrest. All these members can be smoothly pivotally turned about corresponding couplers or unions, enabling the folding chair to be collapsed into a slim-folded state to occupy a very small space and be easily portable, or be fully extended from the collapsed state to provide improved stability and load capacity in use. |
| US11234523B2 |
Swivel chair provided with length-adjustable leg tubes
A swivel chair provided with length-adjustable leg tubes, a chair frame assembly, a seat leg connection assembly, and a leg tube assembly rotatably connected with the chair frame assembly through the seat leg connection assembly, wherein the chair frame assembly includes a chair cloth, two turning bases, two turning base reinforcing pieces, and a back tube. |
| US11234520B2 |
Furniture with lashing mechanism
Dresser includes a frame having a wall section forming a rear wall, and an upper panel that covers an accessible space. A bracket is designed for attachment to a vertical support, a first connector is attached to the bracket, a second connector is attached to the frame in a position to be in the space and removably engages with the first connector when present in the space under the upper panel. The first and/or second connector is/are length adjustable relative to its supporting structure, i.e., relative to the bracket in the case of the first connector or relative to the frame in the case of the second connector to enable a distance between the frame and the vertical support to be reduced. A reduction in distance between the frame and the vertical support and engagement between the first and second connectors prevents tipping of the piece of furniture. |
| US11234517B2 |
Device for storing objects, and method for opening and closing such a device
A device for storing objects has a first drawer element which is movably mounted via at least one first pullout guide between a closed position and a maximally open position. The pullout guide has a stationary guide rail and a slide rail movable in relation to the guide rail, on which the first drawer element is supported, and a second drawer element, which is movably mounted via at least one pullout guide between a closed position and a maximally open position. The pullout guide comprises a stationary guide rail and a slide rail movable in relation to the guide rail, on which the second drawer element is supported. A method for opening and closing the device for storing objects includes opening and closing the drawer elements. |
| US11234513B2 |
Fixing device in cabinet and cabinet using same
A fixing device for a cabinet, and the cabinet with such fixing device, hold vulnerable components steadily in place at all times. The cabinet includes a door panel, internal components, and at least one fixing device. The door panel defines at least one locking hole and supports at least one component. Each fixing device includes a telescopic portion and an operation portion and each telescopic portion is aligned with one locking hole. The operation portion is rotatable one way to extend the telescopic portion to abut and hold the component in place, and rotatable in the reverse direction to unlock and release the component. |
| US11234512B2 |
Cupboard or household appliance and method for opening and closing a cupboard or household appliance
The disclosure relates to a cupboard or household appliance, particularly a wall-mounted cupboard, comprising a carcass on which a door can be pivoted from a closed position into an open position by means of a pivoting device, at least one holder for storing objects being attached to an inner side of the door facing the carcass, the door being lowerable down a guiding device, in an open range of the door. The invention further relates to a method for opening and closing a cupboard or a household appliance. |
| US11234511B2 |
Vehicle
A vehicle includes: a table liftably provided at a center of a floor of a cabin of the vehicle; and multiple seats arranged around the table such that each seat faces the table. Preferably, the table is configured to be lifted up and down between a stowed position in which at least a part of the table is stowed in the floor and a deployed position in which the table protrudes more upward than in the stowed position. |
| US11234510B2 |
Device and stand assembly
An assembly can include a rectangular device that includes an x dimension, a y dimension and a display; and a stand that supports the rectangular device in different orientations, where the different orientations include a horizontal orientation of the x dimension and a horizontal orientation of the y dimension, where the stand includes an adjustable coupling that physically supports at least a portion of a mass of the rectangular device in the horizontal orientation of the x dimension and that physically supports at least a portion of a mass of the rectangular device in the horizontal orientation of the y dimension. |
| US11234505B2 |
Cosmetic application assembly
A cosmetic application assembly for heating, dispensing, and applying a cosmetic includes a handle that is tubular and defines a reservoir. Each of a plurality of brushes is selectively couplable to a first end of the handle. An opening that is positioned in a second end of the handle is configured to insert a cosmetic. A heating and dispensing module is selectively couplable to the second end of the handle and is in fluidic communication with the reservoir. The heating and dispensing module is configured to draw the cosmetic from the reservoir, to warm the cosmetic, and to dispense the cosmetic through a hole that is positioned in the heating and dispensing module. The user is positioned to apply the cosmetic to a skin surface and to utilize the handle to manipulate a respective brush that is coupled to the handle to spread the cosmetic. |
| US11234503B2 |
Container for cosmetic sponge applicator
Systems, devices, and methods including a container including: a base portion configured to receive a dampened cosmetic sponge; a cap portion configured to be detachably attached to the base portion; and one or more apertures disposed in the cap portion, where the one or more apertures provide airflow into the container. |
| US11234502B2 |
Credit card ejector having break coupling
Disclosed is a holder for cards, including a housing which tightly fits around a stack of cards and has a card opening for locating and removing cards. Within the housing a card eject feature is provided such that the cards through the card opening can be partly slid from the housing. The card eject feature has an ejector arm which is moved by operating a finger button and forces the cards simultaneously to partly exit the housing. The card eject feature includes a barrel for normal duty operation and a trigger for heavy duty operation to engage and force cards to partly exit the housing. |
| US11234500B2 |
Multi-coated metallic products and methods of making the same
The present invention relates generally to a coated jewelry article or a coated component of a jewelry article, comprising a jewelry article or a component of a jewelry article, a first metallic coating, and a second metallic coating. |
| US11234495B2 |
Slider and zipper
A slider and a zipper comprising the slider. The slider comprises a pull tab, a slider body, and a safety catch; the slider body is provided with an upper base plate and a lower base plate; the upper base plate is provided with a rear rivet body set and a front rivet body set which are arranged in a corresponding manner; when the pull tab is rotated and contacts the front rivet body set, the front rivet body set contacts a side column of the pull tab to block the overturn of the pull tab. The front rivet body set applies a force on the rotated pull tab, such that the pull tab is rebounded to the rear end of the slider with a horizontal part as a rotating axis, and the safety catch is locked downwards to lock the zipper. |
| US11234492B2 |
Footwear manufacturing with a nested flat pattern upper
An article of footwear flat pattern upper having an upper portion and a footbed portion is provided. The upper portion and the footbed portion are integrally continuous, such that the upper portion lateral side converges with the footbed lateral side. The flat pattern includes nested same-sided article of footwear with a reduced surplus portion there between. The articles of footwear include the following continuous portions: the first medial side with a toe end, the toe end with a lateral side, the lateral side with a heel end, and the heel end with the second medial side. The first medial side and the second medial side are joined to form a dimensional article of footwear. |
| US11234491B2 |
Spike and key system and method
A spike and key system is provided that includes a spike having a conical tip with a hole extending therethrough, and a key member including a first key having a racetrack shaped opening, and a second key having a rotatable key member designed to interact with the hole in the spike. |
| US11234487B2 |
Shoe bottom surface having attached particles
Provided is a shoe that includes a sole that: (i) has a bottom surface that is adjacent to the ground in normal use, and (ii) is comprised of both a base material forming a main structure and individual leather particles attached to the base material on the bottom surface of the sole. The individual leather particles may have a median size within a range of 0.3 to 4.0 millimeters (mm). In addition, or instead, individual second particles made of a material other than leather also are attached to the base material on the bottom surface of the sole. |
| US11234486B2 |
Unified punch inflation and sealing tool
A method for inflating a chamber in an article composed at least partially of polymer layers, such as thermoplastic layers. The method can allow for forming an aperture in a polymer layer, inflating a chamber or volume in fluid communication with the aperture, and then welding or sealing the chamber so that the inflation fluid is substantially retained in the chamber and/or does not escape via the aperture. In various aspects, the formation of the aperture, inflation of the chamber, and sealing of the chamber or aperture can be performed by a single tool and/or based on a single registration of the thermoplastic article with a tool. In some aspects, formation of the aperture is enabled in part by using a punch with a cupped surface that allows the top layer of a thermoplastic article to be breached without forming a hole in at least one lower layer. |
| US11234483B2 |
Footwear article with lockable ankle protection
An item of footwear such as a boot (10) includes a stiff lower part (12) that extends around part of a wearer's foot, a stiff upper part (16) that extends around the wearer's lower leg, and one or more limit elements (66,72,80,88) that extend between the lower part (12) and the upper part (16). The lower part (12) and upper part (16) are movable relative to each other when the ankle moves and the relative movement is inhibited selectively by the limit elements (66,72,80,88). The limit elements (66,72,80,88) are displaceable between a free condition in which the lower part (12) and the upper part (16) are movable relative to each other, and lock condition in which the relative movement between the lower part (12) and the upper part (16) is inhibited. |
| US11234479B2 |
Footwear with heel contact member
A footwear device is provided having a deformable heel contact member. The heel contact member extends above a top portion of the footwear's sole and deforms into a cavity formed in the sole when the user's heel applies a force against the heel contact member. The heel contact member is resilient and returns to its original shape when the force against the heel contact member is eliminated. The heel contact member is particularly well suited to reduce heel slap of open heeled footwear. |
| US11234472B2 |
Artificial lash extensions
Clusters of artificial lashes are initially formed using, for example, a hot melt method in which artificial hairs secured to one another following exposure to a heat source. Multiple clusters can then be connected to one another to form a lash fusion. For example, a lash fusion could include three clusters that are connected together in a straight line. Multiple lash fusions can be arranged proximate to one another to form a set. In some embodiments, the multiple lash fusions are positioned such that the form of the set matches the curvature of the tightline of an eyelid. An adhesive can then be applied to the top of each lash fusion in the set, which enables an individual to easily apply the set directly to the underside of the individual's natural eyelashes (i.e., near the underside of the eyelid beneath the lash line). |
| US11234469B2 |
Dip-formed article and protective glove
A dip-formed article includes a laminate in which a rubber layer is laminated on a fiber base material. The thickness of the rubber layer is 0.2 to 0.8 mm, the rubber constituting the rubber layer penetrates into the fiber base material, the maximum depth to which the rubber has penetrated into the fiber base material is 0.1 to 0.3 mm, and the maximum stress at 50% elongation of the laminate is 20 N or smaller. |
| US11234464B2 |
Atomizing head, atomizer and electronic cigarette thereof
An atomizing head includes a heating assembly and an atomizing sleeve, the atomizing sleeve includes a first chamber and a second chamber in communication with each other, and the external airflow is successively flowing through the first chamber and the second chamber, and take away smoke formed by the aerosol forming substrate atomized by the heating assembly. The first chamber and the second chamber are spaced apart to effectively separate the airflow drawn from the outside with the second chamber. Since the airflow is completely passed through the entire atomizing head, it is difficult to form an effusion, the temperature of the heating element is substantially uniform everywhere, the airflow of the present disclosure is smooth, the heat conduction effect is good. In addition, the present disclosure uses a double heating assemblies, the amount of smoke is large and it is difficult to form an effusion. |
| US11234460B2 |
Smoking implement container and spinner combination assembly
A smoking implement container and spinner combination assembly includes a housing having a bottom wall and a perimeter wall. The housing has a top side having a first opening and a second opening extending therethrough. A first compartment is positioned in the housing and has an interior is aligned with the first opening. A second compartment is positioned in the housing and has an interior aligned with the second opening. The first and second openings are closable. A disc is rotatably mounted on the housing. The disc has an outer surface having indicia thereon dividing the outer surface into a plurality of sections. Each of the sections has an action indicia thereon. A pointer is mounted on the housing and extends over the outer surface to indicate one of the sections after rotation of the disc terminates. |
| US11234458B2 |
Cannabinoid containing cannabis extract infused into rolling paper
A rolling paper is formed according to a modified conventional paper-making process. The end product is infused with cannabinoids from an oil extract from the cannabis plant. Since paper-making is highly water intensive and the cannabinoid containing cannabis extract is an oil that is ordinarily immiscible in the water, an emulsifier is used to allow the cannabinoids to evenly disperse in the making of the paper. The addition of the cannabinoids and the emulsifier is done prior to the drying of the paper. Preferably, the emulsifier and cannabinoids are added during the sizing step of the paper-making. Preferably the emulsifier is a starch-like carbohydrate, a modified starch, more preferably hydroxy-propyl-methyl-cellulose. The cannabinoid containing cannabis extract can be added at the pulping, web-forming step and/or preferably at the sizing step of paper-making. |
| US11234452B2 |
Pet food compositions
Described herein are methods and compositions for—inter alia—lowering the specific gravity of urine and lowering the calcium oxalate risk index of in felines. In particular, diets and methods utilizing certain amounts and ratios of arachidonic acid (AA), eicosapentaenoic acid (EPA) and docosahexaenoic acid (DHA). |
| US11234451B2 |
Encapsulation
An encapsulated flavor, comprising a core material, flavor material and a coating material, the core material comprising a finely-divided native starch, xanthan gum and konjac, the combined weight proportion of the xanthan gum and konjac present in the encapsulated flavour being from about 4% to about 16%, and the relative weight proportions of xanthan gum to konjac being from about 20:80 to about 80:20. The encapsulated flavors may be completely gelatin-free, while retaining the desirable qualities of gelatin. |
| US11234450B2 |
Preparations having a cooling effect
Proposed are preparations, comprising special amides and menthol or menthol compounds or aromatic substances, characterized in that they have improved flavor and scent properties, and also that they allow the production of preparations, particularly emulsions with improved shelf life. |
| US11234447B2 |
Roast and ground coffee powder and methods of making thereof
The present invention relates to a dried roast and ground coffee product allowing to prepare a cold brew coffee beverage in 5 minutes without compromising on the flavour. The present invention also relates to methods for making said dried roast and ground coffee product. Finally, use of said dried roast and ground coffee product are provided. |
| US11234446B2 |
Stabilization of chymosin by polymers
A liquid or dried granulated milk clotting aspartic protease enzyme composition and process for isolating a milk clotting aspartic protease enzyme of interest. |
| US11234444B1 |
Steam pasteurization system and method
The continuous pasteurization system (100) that pasteurizes raw food products (104) while substantially maintaining the raw state of the raw food products includes a conveyor (102) on which the raw food products (104) are loaded for delivery to a pasteurization apparatus 36, wherein the raw food products are quickly heated so that the temperature of the outer surface of the raw food products is raised sufficiently to achieve a desired pathogen kill level. Thereafter, the raw food products (104) are immediately cooled in a cooling apparatus (110) to remove the heat applied to the raw food product and maintain the substantial raw state of the raw food product. A control system (24) is connected to a processor (30) as well as various measuring devices and instruments, including temperature measurement devices (T1-T5) to control the operation of the pasteurization system (100). |
| US11234442B2 |
Device for storing, baking, and discharging bakery goods
A device for storing, baking, and discharging bakery goods includes a plurality of stations with each station having a housing. The plurality of stations include a storage station for receiving a carrier loaded with bakery goods, a baking station for baking the bakery goods located on the carrier, and a discharging station on which bakery goods can be presented and removed. A robot transports the carrier between the plurality of stations. A carrying device provides suspended mounting of the robot, and the carrying device is supported by at least two of the plurality of stations. |
| US11234441B2 |
Use of polyether modified short-chain siloxanes in agriculture in order to increase harvest yield
The invention relates to the use of polyether modified short-chain siloxanes in agriculture in order to increase agronomic yield, a method for irrigation, and a kit containing at least one polyether modified short-chain siloxane, and an irrigation system. |
| US11234438B2 |
Protoporphyrinogen oxidase inhibitor mixtures
The present invention is directed to agricultural mixtures comprising a protoporphyrinogen oxidase inhibitor compound of formula (I), (I and a C16 to C18 fatty acid methyl ester adjuvant system. The present invention is further directed to methods of increasing the activity of a protoporphyrinogen oxidase inhibitor compound of formula (I) with the mixtures of the present invention. |
| US11234437B2 |
Fungicidal compositions
A fungicidal composition comprising a mixture of components (A) and (B), wherein component (A) is a quinoline-3-carboxamide of formula (I) and component (B) is selected from the group consisting of pydiflumetofen, benzovindiflupyr, difenoconazole, hexaconazole, azoxystrobin, fludioxonil, cyprodinil, fluazinam, isopyrazam, pyroquilon, tricyclazole, chlorothalonil, propiconazole, aminopyrifen, penconazole, prothioconazole, mancozeb, fenpropimorph, fenpropidin, sulfur, and a biofungicide comprising a Bacillus subtilis strain, as well as to use of the compositions in agriculture or horticulture for controlling or preventing infestation of plants by phytopathogenic microorganisms, preferably fungi. |
| US11234436B2 |
Method for controlling non-crop pests
Methods and uses for controlling non-crop pests (especially of the orders Blattodea, Diptera, Hemiptera, Hymenoptera, Isoptera, Orthoptera) and/or populations of social insects and non-social solitary or gregarious insects, especially ants, wasps, termites and cockroaches, with a carboxamide compound and its mixtures, and compositions comprising it, are disclosed. |
| US11234433B2 |
Tree stand and securement mechanism
A tree stand is disclosed for use in supporting an occupant in an elevated position in a tree. The tree stand includes: a ladder assembly; a support structure secured to the ladder assembly; a jaw assembly; a strap assembly; and an anchor that is securable to the tree. The jaw assembly includes first and second jaws, and is pivotally secured to the support structure such that the jaws are inwardly movable to close the jaw assembly. The strap assembly includes a first strap that extends from the support structure into contact with the first jaw, and a second strap that extends from the support structure into contact with the second jaw. The strap assembly is connectable to the anchor such that the straps are arranged in overlapping, crosswise relation behind the tree, whereby a tensioning force applied to the strap assembly forces the jaws inwardly towards the tree. |
| US11234428B2 |
Pest detector to identify a type of pest using machine learning
In some implementations, a computing device may receive a notification from a pest detector. In response, the computing device may initiate execution of a software application and display a user interface. The user interface may enable playback of the notification, such as displaying a photograph of a pest or playing back audio of noise made by the pest. The user interface may display a floor plan of a building along with a location of the pest detector and additional locations of additional pest detectors located in the building superimposed on the floor plan. The user interface may enable selecting a particular building of multiple buildings, a particular floor of multiple floors, or a particular room of multiple rooms. The user interface may display where pests have been detected superimposed on the floor plan. |
| US11234412B2 |
Expelling device and a milking arrangement provided with such a device
An expelling device is provided that is configured to incite an animal to exit from of a milking stable in which the animal is standing during a milking session. The milking stable has a front wall element and lateral wall elements and is configured to house an animal that is being milked in the milking stable with the head directed to and close to the front wall element. The expelling device includes a sheet configured to move vertically from an elevated position to a position adjacent to a front end of the milking stable and adjacent to a lateral wall element of the milking stable. |
| US11234411B2 |
Odor eliminating pet bed assembly
An odor eliminating pet bed assembly for absorbing odors associated with pet beds includes a pet bed that is positionable on a support surface for to have a pet lie thereon. The pet bed has a chamber is integrated therein for receiving an odor absorbing material. A permeable cushion is positioned within the pet bed to have the pet lie thereon when the pet is in the pet bed. The permeable cushion passes the odor absorbing material therethrough. An impermeable cushion is positioned within the pet bed to have the pet lie thereon. The impermeable cushion is comprised of a fluid impermeable material to inhibit the odor absorbing material from passing therethrough. |
| US11234409B2 |
Agricultural structure for housing livestock on an inclined floor
Agricultural structures for housing livestock and/or agricultural commodity, the structure having a floor that is inclined between first and second walls and a roof that is substantially parallel to the floor. In some aspects, the floor is configured such that a bottom of the first wall is vertically higher than a bottom of the second wall with the bottoms of the first and second walls being level with the underlying ground. In some aspects, a first portion of the floor adjacent to the first wall is at a first elevation, a second portion of the floor adjacent to the second wall is at a second elevation that is vertically lower than the first elevation, and a bottom of the first wall is at a third elevation that is equal to or lower than the first elevation. |
| US11234407B2 |
Cotton variety FM 1621GL
The cotton variety FM 1621GL is disclosed. The invention relates to seeds, plants, plant cells, plant tissue, harvested products and cotton lint as well as to hybrid cotton plants and seeds obtained by repeatedly crossing plants of variety FM 1621GL with other plants. The invention also relates to plants and varieties produced by the method of essential derivation from plants of FM 1621GL and to plants of FM 1621GL reproduced by vegetative methods, including but not limited to tissue culture of regenerable cells or tissue from FM 1621GL. |
| US11234404B1 |
Soybean cultivar 98010233
A soybean cultivar designated 98010233 is disclosed. The invention relates to the seeds of soybean cultivar 98010233, to the plants of soybean cultivar 98010233, to the plant parts of soybean cultivar 98010233, and to methods for producing progeny of soybean cultivar 98010233. 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 98010233. The invention also relates to methods for producing other soybean cultivars, lines, or plant parts derived from soybean cultivar 98010233, 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 98010233 with another soybean cultivar. |
| US11234403B1 |
Soybean cultivar 92181128
A soybean cultivar designated 92181128 is disclosed. The invention relates to the seeds of soybean cultivar 92181128, to the plants of soybean cultivar 92181128, to the plant parts of soybean cultivar 92181128, and to methods for producing progeny of soybean cultivar 92181128. 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 92181128. The invention also relates to methods for producing other soybean cultivars, lines, or plant parts derived from soybean cultivar 92181128, 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 92181128 with another soybean cultivar. |
| US11234401B1 |
Soybean variety 5PFNS26
A novel soybean variety, designated 5PFNS26 is provided. Also provided are the seeds of soybean variety 5PFNS26, cells from soybean variety 5PFNS26, plants of soybean 5PFNS26, and plant parts of soybean variety 5PFNS26. Methods provided include producing a soybean plant by crossing soybean variety 5PFNS26 with another soybean plant, methods for introgressing a transgenic trait, a mutant trait, and/or a native trait into soybean variety 5PFNS26, methods for producing other soybean varieties or plant parts derived from soybean variety 5PFNS26, and methods of characterizing soybean variety 5PFNS26. Soybean seed, cells, plants, germplasm, breeding lines, varieties, and plant parts produced by these methods and/or derived from soybean variety 5PFNS26 are further provided. |
| US11234392B2 |
Inbred corn line IV6
Inbred corn line, designated IV6, are disclosed. The invention relates to the seeds of inbred corn line IV6, to the plants and plant parts of inbred corn line IV6 and to methods for producing a corn plant, either inbred or hybrid, by crossing inbred corn line IV6 with itself or another corn line. The invention also relates to products produced from the seeds, plants, or parts thereof, of inbred corn line IV6 and/or of the hybrids produced using the inbred as a parent. The invention further relates to methods for producing a corn plant containing in its genetic material one or more transgenes and to the transgenic plants produced by that method and to methods for producing other corn lines derived from inbred corn line IV6. |
| US11234387B2 |
Celery cultivar TBG 39
A celery cultivar, designated TBG 39, is disclosed. The invention relates to the seeds of celery cultivar TBG 39, to the plants of celery cultivar TBG 39 and to methods for producing a celery plant by crossing the cultivar TBG 39 with itself or another celery cultivar. The invention further relates to methods for producing a celery plant containing in its genetic material one or more transgenes and to the transgenic celery plants and plant parts produced by those methods. This invention also relates to celery cultivars or breeding cultivars and plant parts derived from celery cultivar TBG 39, to methods for producing other celery cultivars, lines or plant parts derived from celery cultivar TBG 39 and to the celery plants, varieties, and their parts derived from the use of those methods. The invention further relates to hybrid celery seeds, plants, and plant parts produced by crossing cultivar TBG 39 with another celery cultivar. |
| US11234382B2 |
Self-watering planter tray
A self-watering tray device having an integral internal irrigation system, and a method of watering allowing water to be supplied by a garden water hose and a water faucet. A plurality of said self-watering trays capable of being daisy-chained in a serial configuration to allow a single source of water from a water faucet and a plurality of garden water hoses to provide irrigation water to all of said plurality of self-watering trays and non-self-watering planters positioned thereon. |
| US11234378B2 |
Image based irrigation control
Systems and methods to control irrigation. An image of an area of vegetation is received from a video camera supporting security monitoring wherein the video camera provides image data to both a security monitoring system and an irrigation control system. Vegetation is identified in the image based on processing the image's pixel information. Respective colors of the vegetation are determined by further processing color information within the pixel information depicting the vegetation. Based on the respective color of the vegetation, a respective irrigation state of the vegetation is determined. An irrigation need is determined based on the respective determined irrigation state of the vegetation. Irrigation is provided to the vegetation independently of a set irrigation schedule. |
| US11234375B2 |
Method for increasing the floral yield of a flowering plant
A method for increasing floral yield of a flowering plant includes positioning the plant between side lights at the onset of a flowering stage of the plant, such that the plant is flanked by the side lights. The method also includes irradiating lateral sides of the flowering plant along the total height via the side lights with light in a predetermined red spectrum range for a duration of the flowering stage, such that at least 80 percent of the light has a wavelength of between 580 nm and 780 nm. The plant may be positioned between first and second sets of equally-spaced elongated side lights on respective first and second lateral sides of the plant. Supplemental lighting devices may be attached to the plant, with an interior of the plant irradiated with the red spectrum light for the duration of the flowering stage using the lighting devices. |
| US11234374B2 |
Wrapping device, blocking device, baler and method for adjustment of a baler to a wrapping material
A wrapping device for wrapping a bale with a wrapping material for a baler includes a separating device having a knife arrangement and a blocking device. The separating device is movable between at least one wrapping means separating position and an inactive position. The blocking device prevents the separating device from being moved into the wrapping means separating position. |
| US11234372B2 |
Drive system for an agricultural unloader
An unloading system for an agricultural vehicle includes: a grain tank; at least one cross auger placed within the grain tank; a discharge tube having an inlet in communication with the grain tank and at least one discharge auger placed therein; and a drive system configured to drive the at least one cross auger and the at least one discharge auger. The drive system includes: a main driver; a discharge coupling continuously coupled to the main driver and the at least one discharge auger; and a variable speed coupling continuously coupled to the main driver and coupled to the at least one cross auger. |
| US11234371B2 |
Tool-less folding divider for combine head
A divider of a header for an agricultural vehicle including a divider body, a receiving member configured for being connected to the frame of the header, and an adjustable connector positionable in between an unfolded work position and a folded transport position. The adjustable connector includes a first member, a second member, and an articulating joint for pivotally connecting the first and second members. The first member mounts the divider body, the second member is slidably connected to and received within the receiving member, and the articulating joint is at least partially received within the receiving member in the unfolded work position such that the first and second members are substantially immobilized and the articulating joint is positioned outside of the receiving member in the folded transport position such that the first and second members are movable relative to one another. |
| US11234368B2 |
Cutter bar assembly for a harvester
An agricultural system includes an arm of a header. The arm is configured to rotate about a pivot joint. The agricultural system also includes a fluid-filled biasing member, an actuator, and a controller. The fluid-filled biasing member is configured to couple to the arm and to impart a torque onto the arm. The actuator is coupled to the fluid-filled biasing member and is configured to move the fluid-filled biasing member relative to the actuator to change the torque imparted by the fluid-filled biasing member onto the arm. The controller configured to receive an input indicative of a target flotation pressure of the arm output a signal to instruct the actuator to set a position of the fluid-filled biasing member relative to the actuator based at least in part on the target flotation pressure of the arm. |
| US11234364B1 |
Anti-scalp attachment for a weed cutter
An anti-scalp attachment for a weed and grass trimmer preferably includes a tube clamp, a height adjustment tube, an elbow member and a ground support member. The tube clamp preferably includes a two piece tube clamp and a pivot member. The pivot member is preferably secured to a bottom of a first clamp member. The height adjustment tube is retained in the pivot member. The elbow member includes a horizontal leg and a vertical leg. The horizontal and vertical legs include a plurality of adjustment holes. The ground support member preferably includes a ground tube, a contact support member and a tapping projection. The contact support member is attached to a bottom of the ground tube at one end. The tapping projection preferably extends upward from a top of the ground tube. A horizontal adjustment hole is formed in an opposing end of the ground tube. |
| US11234363B2 |
Trimmer head with members for simplifying the loading of the cutting line
The trimmer head (1) includes: an axis of rotation (A-A); a housing (3); a spool (13) insertable in the housing, configured and arranged to wind a stock of cutting line (F) therearound. The spool includes flanges (13A, 13B), between which anchoring elements (15) extend to anchor the cutting line. |
| US11234362B2 |
Remote-control slope mowing system with safety features
Mowing systems include a mower and a remote control unit such as a handheld unit, between which is provided 1- or 2-way communications. Components and features are included in the mower, the remote control unit, or both to enhance the safety, functionality, or user experience of the system's user/operator. One aspect relates to an enable switch on the remote control unit that requires activation within a specified time before activating a drive system or PTO unit. Another aspect relates to sharing diagnostic information between the mower and remote control unit and emitting user-detectable warnings in response to the shared information. Another aspect relates to reducing a danger level of the system, e.g. disabling the PTO unit or slowing a drive speed transform function, when a proximity between the mower and the remote control unit is too small. Another aspect relates to controlling operation of the mower based on tilt angles of both the mower and the remote control unit. |
| US11234353B2 |
Actuator assembly
A soil penetrating apparatus having an automatic tool (e.g., aerator tine) depth control system and method. The system includes an actuator that sets and controls tine depth, a sensor that monitors tine depth, and a controller that controls the actuator in response to the sensor. In some embodiments, the actuator is a hydraulic actuator, wherein once tine depth is set, flow to the actuator is bypassed. A relief may be provided to allow the tines to lift to a shallower depth temporarily when soil hardness exceeds a threshold. The system may then automatically return the tines to the pre-selected depth once soil conditions permit. |
| US11240949B2 |
Component mounting line
Component mounting line includes multiple component mounting machines arranged along a conveyance direction of a board, feeder storage container that stores multiple feeders that are attachable and detachable to component mounting machine, and exchanging robot capable of exchanging feeder between feeder storage container and each of the component mounting machines, in which feeder storage container is installed in the same arrangement as the multiple component mounting machines, and exchanging robot moves along the conveyance direction of the board and exchanges feeder. Accordingly, regardless of which of the component mounting machines feeder is used in, replenishment and collection may be performed in feeder storage container, so that an operator can easily replenish and collect feeder. |
| US11240945B2 |
Shielding arrangement for high voltage equipment
A shielding arrangement can be provided for a piece of high voltage equipment spaced from a neighboring object. The piece of high voltage equipment has a first electric potential and the neighboring object has a second electric potential. The shielding arrangement includes a resistor, a shield element for connection to the high voltage equipment via the resistor, and a capacitor connected in parallel with the resistor. A resistance of the resistor and a capacitance of the capacitor together define a time constant in a range of 10 μs-50 ms. |
| US11240941B2 |
Autonomous vehicle lidar cooling system
Autonomous vehicles are made by fitting sensors to non-autonomous vehicle platforms. A mounting structure to mount sensors to the vehicle is needed to provide sensor data about the environment of the vehicle. The mounting structure is sealed to prevent exterior environmental elements from harming the sensor hardware. Therefore, any heat generated from the sensors or equipment and/or exterior heat is sealed and trapped in the mounting structure. Thus, a way to cool the sensors is needed and to limit additions to the mounting structure is optimized by tapping into existing vehicle cooling systems to cool the sensors. Additionally, removal of the heated air by exhausting the air out from the mounting structure to aid in the cooling of the sensors is necessary. |
| US11240935B2 |
Energy efficient data center liquid cooling with geothermal enhancement
A data center cooling system is operated in a first mode, has an indoor portion wherein heat is absorbed from components in the data center by a heat transfer fluid, and has an outdoor heat exchanger portion and a geothermal heat exchanger portion. The first mode includes ambient air cooling of the heat transfer fluid in the outdoor heat exchanger portion and/or geothermal cooling of the heat transfer fluid in the geothermal heat exchanger portion. Based on an appropriate metric, a determination is made that a switch should be made from the first mode to a second, different, mode; and, responsive thereto, the data center cooling system is switched to the second mode. The second mode includes at least another of ambient air cooling of the heat transfer fluid in the outdoor heat exchanger portion and geothermal cooling of the heat transfer fluid in the geothermal heat exchanger portion. |
| US11240933B2 |
Heat radiation sheet
A heat radiation sheet includes: a film layer; a heat radiation layer on the film layer and having a first area, a second area, and a third area and a plurality of openings therein; and a first adhesive layer on the heat radiation layer. The openings include a plurality of first openings in the first area, a plurality of second openings in the second area, and a plurality of third openings in the third area, and an average distance between adjacent ones of the first openings is smaller than an average distance between adjacent ones of the third openings. |
| US11240930B2 |
Information handling system having air shroud for mitigating temperature hot spots
An air shroud includes first and second channels, a center bypass port, and a center deflector. The first channel directs a first airflow over a first heat sink of a first processor. A first hot airflow leaves a first rear portion of the first channel. The second channel directs a second airflow over a second heat sink of a second processor. A second hot airflow leaves a second rear portion of the second channel. The center bypass port directs a third airflow away from a first set of memory modules. The center deflector is in physical communication with the first and second channels. The center deflector directs a first portion of the third airflow to the first rear portion of the first channel, and a second portion of the third airflow to the second rear portion of the second channel. |
| US11240929B2 |
Inhibitor module and shielding arrangements for high voltage equipment
The invention is concerned with an inhibitor module arrangement, a shielding arrangement comprising an inhibitor module and a converter station comprising a converter and a shielding arrangement. The inhibitor module arrangement comprises a first string, a second string, and at least one first inhibitor module (30), where the first string comprises resistors (R1), the second string comprises capacitors (C1, C2, C3), the first string is physically separated from and electrically connected in parallel with the second string and the at least one first inhibitor module (30) comprises a first electrical connection terminal (32) at a first end for connection to a piece of high voltage equipment, a second electric connection terminal (34) at a second end for connection to a first shield element for this piece and a closed interior comprising at least one of the strings electrically connected between the first and the second electrical connection terminals (32, 34). |
| US11240928B2 |
Components of an electronic device and methods for their assembly
Various components of an electronic device housing and methods for their assembly are disclosed. The housing can be formed by assembling and connecting two or more different sections together. The sections of the housing may be coupled together using one or more coupling members. The coupling members may be formed using a two-shot molding process in which the first shot forms a structural portion of the coupling members, and the second shot forms cosmetic portions of the coupling members. |
| US11240927B2 |
Cover window and display module including the same
A cover window includes a window member and a protective member. The window member includes a light transmitting area and a light shielding area. The protective member is disposed on a surface of the window member and includes an incision pattern. The light shielding area includes a trench portion extending concavely toward the light transmitting area. The protective member overlaps the trench portion in a thickness direction. |
| US11240926B2 |
Tray and electronic device
A tray inserted in an electronic device, and housing a card removable from the electronic device, the tray includes: a first interior wall partially defining a housing space housing the card; a second interior wall facing the first interior wall, and partially defining the housing space; and an elastic member provided to the second interior wall, wherein the elastic member is formed of rubber, and configured to change in shape in conformity with a shape of the card while the card is housed in the tray, and to apply to the card elastic force toward the first interior wall. |
| US11240920B2 |
Foldable display device having adjustable support units retreatable into recessed portions of set frames
A foldable display device is discussed, which is to be switched between a folded state and an unfolded state, the foldable display device including adjustable support units to support a display panel of the foldable display device together with an inner surface of set frames in the unfolded state, the adjustable support units being connected to a hinge unit to enable the adjustable support units to retreat to the inner surface of the set frames in the folded state. In the unfolded state, the adjustable support units and the set frames support the entire area of the display panel to be flat to reduce damage of the display panel. |
| US11240918B2 |
Method for flip-chip bonding using anisotropic adhesive polymer
The present invention discloses flip-chip bonding method using an anisotropic adhesive polymer. The method includes applying an adhesive polymer solution containing metal particles dispersed therein onto a circuit substrate to form an adhesive polymer layer such that the adhesive polymer layer covers the metal particles; drying the adhesive polymer layer; and positioning an electronic element to be electrically connected to the circuit substrate on the dried adhesive polymer layer and causing dewetting of the polymer from the metal particles. |
| US11240914B2 |
Component carrier with embedded component having pads connected in different wiring layers
A component carrier includes a stack having at least one electrically insulating layer structure and a plurality of electrically conductive layer structures, and a component embedded in the stack and having an array of pads on a main surface of the component. A first electrically conductive connection structure of the electrically conductive layer structures electrically connects a first pad of the pads up to a first wiring plane, and a second electrically conductive connection structure of the electrically conductive layer structures electrically connects a second pad of the pads up to a second wiring plane being different from the first wiring plane. |
| US11240908B2 |
Thin film capacitor and circuit board incorporating the same
Disclosed herein is a thin film capacitor that includes a capacitive insulating film, a first metal film formed on one surface of the capacitive insulating film, and a second metal film formed on other surface of the capacitive insulating film and made of a metal material different from that of the first metal film. The thin film capacitor has an opening penetrating the capacitive insulating film, first metal film, and second metal film. The second metal film is thicker than the first metal film. A first size of a part of the opening that penetrates the first metal film is larger than a second size of a part of the opening that penetrates the second metal film. |
| US11240907B2 |
Data storage device having thermal protection
The invention provides a data storage device comprising a shell, a main circuit board, and an external connector. The shell comprises a plurality of vents. The main circuit board is placed in the shell, and covered by a fire protection material. The main circuit board is provided with a controller and a plurality of flash memory elements. The external connector is disposed outside the shell. When the data storage device is in a fire scene, the flash memory elements on the main circuit board can be avoided to be burned since the fire protection material covers the main circuit board. Further, the data storage device has a better heat dissipation and convection effect via the vents of the shell, such that the data storage device can cool down quickly, and thereby the integrity of data storage can ensured. |
| US11240902B2 |
Multimode commissioning switch powered by ground leakage current
A multimode switch includes a wireless transceiver, that transmits/receives messages over a wireless network; a line voltage switch, coupled to a line voltage and associated devices; a switch controller, responsive to first messages received over the wireless network, that directs the line voltage switch to provide line voltage to, and subsequently remove line voltage from, the associated devices, and that receives identifying information and functional group designation for the associated devices in second messages over the wireless network, and that controls the associated devices according to the identifying information and functional group designation via transmission of third messages over the wireless network; and a ground leakage power supply, coupled to an AC hot line and to an earth ground, that generates a regulated voltage to power the wireless transceiver and the switch controller without requiring connection to an AC neutral line, while limiting ground leakage current to the earth ground to a prescribed leakage value. |
| US11240900B2 |
Controlling groups of electrical loads
The remote control device may provide feedback via the status indicator that indicates the present intensity level of a lighting device responsive to the remote control device. The remote control device may provide feedback to indicate a first present intensity level of a first lighting device when the command is a first command type, and a second present intensity level of a second lighting device when the command is a second command type. When the first command type is a raise command and the second command type is a lower command, the first present intensity level may be less than the second present intensity level. In addition, the first lighting device may be a lighting device responsive to the remote control device with a lowest present intensity level and the second lighting device may be a lighting device responsive to the remote control device with a highest present intensity level. |
| US11240899B2 |
Automatic address allocation for serially connected devices
The present invention relates to a method and system for automatic address allocation in serially connected controlled devices (e.g. luminaires) to achieve a changed control configuration. A signal adapter is modified to send an address sorting command, so that each of the controlled devices will automatically allocate an address to itself in sequence one by one upon receiving the address sorting command from the signal adapter. |
| US11240898B2 |
Systems, methods, and devices for influencing spectral content of a light output
A method for control of a light fixture, the method including energizing the light fixture to produce a first light output with a first chromaticity and a first spectral power distribution, receiving a user input representative of a desired adjustment of a lighting effect, generating a target spectrum based on the user input, and energizing the light fixture to produce a second light output with the first chromaticity and a second spectral power distribution. The second power distribution approximates the target spectrum. |
| US11240897B2 |
Two-wire dimmer operation
Two-wire dimmer operation includes controlling conduction of power to a lighting load. In one aspect, based on a conduction angle adjustment, power supply voltage is monitored and a maximum conduction angle is established based thereon. In another aspect, a dimming level signal is received and a dimming level for a dimmer is set based on the received dimming level. The dimming level signal indicates a desired dimming level for a dimmer, and a maximum value for the dimming level signal is based on a dimmer power supply voltage. In yet another aspect, based on detecting an adjustment to increase a conduction angle of a dimmer, the conduction end angle is increased and the conduction start angle is also increased. This results in a net increase in the conduction angle for controlling operation of the dimmer. |
| US11240893B2 |
Dimmer with a power supply circuit
A dimmer includes a power supply circuit including a current limiter and a switch, the power supply circuit electrically coupled to a power source and a load, where current is channeled via the current limiter during a power-on of the dimmer and via the switch during operation of the dimmer after the power-on, a triode for alternating current (TRIAC) control circuit electrically coupled to the power source and the load, where the TRIAC control circuit is structured to control operation of a TRIAC configured to control an amount of power supplied to the load; and a processing unit electrically coupled to the power supply circuit and the TRIAC control circuit, where the processing unit is structured to control the switch and the TRIAC control circuit after the power-on. |
| US11240892B2 |
LED retrofit systems
LED retrofitting system for retrofitting High Intensity Discharge Lighting (HID) fixtures with Light Emitting Diode (LED) arrays and the method for retrofitting. |
| US11240889B2 |
Lighting system for dynamic lighting control
A lighting system has at least one light fixture and a control device. The at least one light fixture has light parameters. The control device is in communication with the at least one light fixture. The control device has a plurality of one-dimensional user setting, a predetermined sequence of light parameters as a function of time, and an adjustment to the predetermined sequence as a function of a selected one-dimensional user setting. |
| US11240886B2 |
Control device having buttons with automatically adjustable backlighting
A control device may comprise a plurality of buttons, a plurality of light sources located behind the respective buttons and configured to illuminate the buttons, a light detector circuit configured to measure an ambient light level around the control device, and/or a control circuit configured to control the light sources to adjust surface illumination intensities of the respective buttons in response to the measured ambient light level. Each button may comprise indicia indicating a function of the button. The control circuit set the first button as active and the second button as inactive in response to an actuation of the first button. The control circuit may, based on the measured ambient light level, control the light sources to illuminate the first button to an active surface illumination intensity, and to illuminate the second button to an inactive surface illumination intensity that is less than the active surface illumination intensity. |
| US11240881B2 |
Method of manufacturing and adjusting a resistive heater
A method of adjusting a watt density distribution of a resistive heater includes designing a baseline heater circuit. A detection circuit is designed having a constant trace watt density and the detection circuit overlaps the baseline heater circuit. The detection circuit is manufactured, and its baseline thermal map is obtained. The baseline heater circuit is manufactured, and a nominal thermal map is obtained. A subsequent detection circuit is manufactured, and an actual thermal map is obtained. A subtraction thermal image is created by subtracting the baseline thermal map from the actual thermal map, and a subsequent baseline heater circuit is modified according to the subtraction thermal image. |
| US11240879B2 |
X2 brokering with aggregation optimization
A method for providing stateful proxying is disclosed, comprising: associating a first base station with a first base station identifier at a signaling protocol gateway, and with a first Internet Protocol (IP) address of the signaling protocol gateway; associating a second base station with a second base station identifier at the signaling protocol gateway, and with a second IP address of the signaling protocol gateway; establishing a first signaling protocol connection between a third base station and the first base station via the signaling protocol gateway with the first base station using the first IP address of the signaling protocol gateway; and establishing a signaling protocol connection between the third base station and the second base station with the second base station using the second IP address of the signaling protocol gateway. |
| US11240878B2 |
System and method for test and/or calibration of multi-channel RF communication devices
A test system includes: a signal processor configured to generate a plurality of orthogonal baseband sequences; a signal generator configured to supply the plurality of orthogonal baseband sequences to a corresponding plurality of RF transmitters of a device under test (DUT), wherein the RF transmitters each employ the corresponding orthogonal baseband sequence to generate a corresponding RF signal on a corresponding channel among a plurality of channels of the DUT such that the RF transmitters output a plurality of orthogonal RF signals at a same time; a combiner network configured to combine the plurality of orthogonal RF signals and to output a single signal under test; and a single channel measurement instrument configured to receive the single signal under test and to measure independently therefrom at least one characteristic of each of the RF transmitters. Orthogonal RF test signals may be used similarly to test RF receivers of the DUT. |
| US11240873B2 |
SRB transmission method and device
A signaling radio bearer (SRB) transmission method includes: applying, according to configuration, radio link control (RLC) layer unacknowledged (UM) mode for all or part of SRB data. |
| US11240872B2 |
Facilitating resource frequency management for emergency response
Systems and techniques facilitating resource frequency management are provided. An apparatus comprises: a processor; and a memory that stores executable instructions that, when executed by the processor, facilitate performance of operations. The operations comprise: receiving information indicative of an emergency condition in a defined area; and transmitting a command to a network device for the defined area to cause the base station device to send a communication for the emergency condition via a first wireless communication channel with a mobile device of mobile devices associated with a subscriber identity of respective subscriber identities assigned to provide a response to the emergency condition. |
| US11240868B2 |
Terminal apparatus, base station apparatus, and method
Provided is a technology for a terminal apparatus, a base station apparatus, a method, and an integrated circuit which enable efficient communication with reduced complexity of protocol processing. A processing unit is included, the processing unit being configured to, in a case that release of an E-UTRA secondary cell group in MR-DC is triggered from NR, for an RLC bearer of a secondary cell group configured by the terminal apparatus, re-establish an RLC entity, release an RLC entity, and release a logical channel. |
| US11240867B2 |
Method and device for configuring and using a bandwidth part for communication in radio resource control inactive state
Some aspects of the present disclosure introduce a new downlink (DL) bandwidth part (BWP) and a new uplink (UL) BWP for communication in the RRC_INACTIVE state. In addition, aspects of the disclosure also provide for configuring generic parameters of the BWP, which include, but not limited to, frequency location, bandwidth, subcarrier spacing (SCS), and cyclic prefix (CP). Some aspects of the present disclosure may support a reinterpretation of generic parameters of a BWP, for example which may be configured for the RRC_CONNECTED state, to be used in the RRC_INACTIVE state. Some aspects of the present disclosure are directed to implicit DL BWP switching in the RRC_INACTIVE state where no BWP identifier (ID) indication is needed as part of the switching mechanism. |
| US11240866B2 |
Communication method, terminal, and access network device
This application provides a communication method, a terminal, and an access network device. The method includes: sending, by a terminal in an RRC inactive state, first information to a first access network device, where the first information is used to indicate that the terminal is located in a wireless network area in which the terminal is in the RRC inactive state, and the first access network device is an access network device to which a cell in which the terminal is currently located belongs; receiving, by the terminal, a first message sent by the first access network device; and remaining, by the terminal, in the RRC inactive state based on the first message, or entering an idle state from the RRC inactive state based on the first message. According to the technical solutions of this application, performance of a communications system can be improved. |
| US11240863B2 |
Autonomous transmission configuration updating
Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described that allow secondary cell (SCell) beam failure recovery using a primary cell (PCell). A user equipment (UE) may transmit, via the PCell, an indication of a beam failure of the SCell in a scheduling request (SR) or in a dedicated SR message. After receiving the indication, the base station may request a report from the UE or alternatively, may monitor a set of resources for a report without transmitting a request to the UE. The report may be transmitted via the PCell and may include an indication of a selected beam to use for subsequent communications on the SCell. Based on the report, the base station may modify its transmission configuration for the SCell and communicate with the UE via the selected beam. |
| US11240861B2 |
Bearer activation for multiple radio access technology dual connectivity scenarios
A method for activating bearers in radio access networks includes receiving information regarding channel conditions for a secondary RAT; identifying a first set of radio bearers for a primary RAT and a second set of radio bearers for the secondary RAT based on the received channel conditions; and establishing the first set of radio bearers associated with the primary RAT. The method may also include providing a message to a core network indicating that first set of radio bearers have been established for the primary RAT, the message includes an indication that the second set of radio bearers will be established after the core network has been configured for operation with the first set of radio bearers; reconfiguring a UE for establishing the second set of radio bearers associated with the secondary RAT; and indicating that the reconfiguration of the UE for the second set of radio bearers is complete. |
| US11240860B2 |
Run-time system for deployment of indoor positioning systems
During a setup phase, a computing device determines a map of an area including one or more regions. Signals are received from a plurality of ultra-wideband (UWB) nodes and a plurality of Bluetooth Low energy (BLE) nodes in the area, relayed through one or more agents at one or more positions of the area. A precision map is created based on a correlation between the received signals from the UWB nodes and the received signals from the BLE nodes. Locations to place the plurality of BLE nodes are identified based on the precision map. |
| US11240855B2 |
Local area network client participation in a network slice
This disclosure provides methods, devices and systems for transmitting, to one or more local area network clients of the device, a multicast message indicating an available network slice, receiving, from a first local area network client of the one or more local area network clients based on the multicast message, a request to access the available network slice, establishing, at the device based on receiving the request, a connection associated with the available network slice, and transmitting, to the first local area network client based on establishing the connection, a confirmation to access the available network slice. |
| US11240854B2 |
Methods and systems for pairing mobile robotic device docking stations with a wireless router and cloud service
A method for adding a robotic device to a first Wi-Fi network using a communication device, is disclosed, including generating an instruction to add the robotic device to the first Wi-Fi network using an application of the communication device connected to a first Wi-Fi network; extracting Wi-Fi access point's SSID and Wi-Fi password for the first Wi-Fi network by the application of the communication device; instructing the robotic device to enter into pairing mode; disconnecting the communication device from the first Wi-Fi network and connecting the communication device to a second Wi-Fi network of the robotic device using the application of the communication device; transferring the Wi-Fi access point's SSID and the Wi-Fi password for the first Wi-Fi network to the robotic device using the application of the communication device; and connecting the communication device to the first Wi-Fi network. |
| US11240849B2 |
Early data transmission in a random access procedure
A method comprises communicating, between a terminal (102) and a base station (101), an uplink control message (6001, 6003) of a random access procedure, the uplink control message (6001, 6003) comprising an indicator indicative of uplink payload data (6005, 6007) queued for transmission during the random access procedure. The method also comprises configuring the random access procedure depending on the indicator and communicating, in the random access procedure configured in accordance with the indicator, the uplink payload data (6005, 6007). |
| US11240848B2 |
Random access configurations
A system and method for random access configurations are disclosed herein. In one embodiment, a method performed by a communication device includes: defining, based on a parameter for communication with a communication node, at least one of: a plurality of random access channel (RACH) groups, and a relationship between individual RACH groups of the plurality of RACH groups and measurement results; obtaining the measurement results from a plurality of signals; determining a matching RACH group from the plurality of RACH groups based on the measurement results; and sending a message using at least one resource of the matching RACH group. |
| US11240847B2 |
Beam determining method performed during uplink random access, user equipment and base station
A beam determining method performed in an uplink random access procedure, a user equipment, and a base station are disclosed. The user equipment has a plurality of RX beams, the base station has a plurality of TX beams. A beam determining method performed by a user equipment includes: determining an available RX beam among the plurality of RX beams of the user equipment and an available TX beam among the plurality of TX beams of the base station according to downlink synchronization signals transmitted by the base station; notifying the base station of information indicating the available TX beam of the base station implicitly. |
| US11240843B2 |
Correlator-based carrier sense multiple access
The disclosed subject matter is directed towards a clear channel assessment procedure based on a common preamble, such as for use with 3GPP and IEEE 802.11 technologies, or any other radio technology, including for use in the 6 GHz band. Detection of the common preamble is based on detecting known sequences in signal part, which can be detected without decoding the preamble's payload (channel) part to determine an ongoing transmission's duration. If an ongoing transmission is detected, subsequent energy detection monitoring is performed to determine when transmission ends, which can use a different energy detection threshold from what is used in the initial clear channel assessment's energy detection. The technology facilitates the usage of different sampling rates by different radio technologies that work concurrently in the same unlicensed band, by correlating a received preamble with a stored preamble that accounts for deterministic distortions arising from the different sampling rates. |
| US11240842B2 |
Device and method of handling transmission/reception for serving cell
A communication device for handling transmission/reception for a serving cell comprises a storage unit for storing instructions and a processing circuit coupled to the storage unit. The processing circuit is configured to execute the instructions stored in the storage unit. The instructions comprise receiving an indication indicating at least one subband unit of a serving cell from a network; and performing a communication operation in the at least one subband unit with the network, after receiving the indication. |
| US11240841B2 |
Default communication configuration for communication across carriers
Various aspects of the disclosure relate to use of a default communication configuration for cross carrier wireless communication. For example, a wireless communication device such as a user equipment (UE) may use a default communication configuration that includes quasi-colocation information (e.g., a default CORESET configuration) for communication on a secondary component carrier (SCC). The default communication configuration may be used, for example, in scenarios where a CORESET is not defined for the SCC and other configuration information is not available. For example, other configuration information might not be available due to a short time gap between a grant sent on a primary component carrier (PCC) and the communication on the SCC scheduled by the grant. |
| US11240836B2 |
Multi-state reference signaling and single-state data techniques
Certain aspects of the present disclosure provide techniques for making multi-transmission configuration indicator (TCI) state data scheduling more reliable. A method that may be performed by a user equipment (UE) includes receiving, from a base station (BS), a first signal indicative of a plurality of demodulation reference signal (DMRS) ports. The method may also include receiving, from the BS, a second signal indicative of a first spatial state of a physical channel and a second spatial state of the physical channel. The method may also include communicating data over the second subset and not the first subset, based on which of the plurality of DMRS ports are part of the first subset and which of the plurality of DMRS ports are part of the second subset. |
| US11240835B2 |
System and method for co-existence of low-latency and latency-tolerant communication resources
A method for scheduling a downlink transmission is provided. The method includes receiving, by a user equipment (UE), downlink control information (DCI) from a base station, the DCI indicating a location of a transmission duration within a subframe, the location of the transmission duration including a start position of the transmission duration and a length of the transmission duration, the length of the transmission duration being 2, 4, or 7 symbols. The method further includes receiving downlink data from the base station, the downlink data carried by the transmission duration at the location indicated by the DCI. |
| US11240833B2 |
Information transmission method, user equipment and network device
The present disclosure provides an information transmission method, a user equipment and a network device. The information transmission method includes: when collision between scheduling request (SR) information to be transmitted by the UE and information on physical uplink control channel (PUCCH) occurs, transmitting the SR information and/or the information on the PUCCH. |
| US11240831B2 |
Scheduling request operation in connected mode discontinuous reception
Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described. A user equipment (UE) may use one or more antenna subarrays to perform a scheduling request (SR) operation with one or more corresponding transmission reception points (TRPs) while operating in a connected discontinuous reception mode. In some implementations, the UE may receive a configuration indicating a set of its antenna subarrays and a corresponding set of the TRPs with which to perform the SR operation. Based on this configuration, the UE may transmit an SR to the set of TRPs using the set of its antenna subarrays, receive an uplink grant from at least one TRP of the set of TRPs, and transmit uplink data to the at least one TRP. Additionally or alternatively, the UE may determine the sets of antenna elements and TRPs for the SR operation autonomously and transmit an indication of this determination when transmitting the SR. |
| US11240827B2 |
Coexistence management of GNSS and wireless operations
Methods, systems, computer-readable media, and apparatuses for to managing use of a satellite positions system (SPS) receiver in conjunction with one or more radio access technology (RAT) transmitters. In certain embodiments, a controller can be used to prioritize reception by the SPS receiver over transmission by the one or more RAT transmitters. |
| US11240826B2 |
Control apparatus, method, program, and recording medium
In order for a radio base station performing coordinated control with another radio base station, to appropriately perform scheduling for radio communication with a terminal apparatus, an apparatus of the present invention includes: an obtaining section configured to obtain information related to a first schedule for coordinated control between an access point 200A and an access point 200B; and a control section 133 configured to perform control related to a second schedule for the access point 200A to perform radio communication with a terminal apparatus 300, based on the information related to the first schedule. |
| US11240825B1 |
Bandwidth part selection for multi-subscriber user equipment
Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, a user equipment (UE) may determine a frequency overlap between a first transmission, with a first base station associated with a first subscription of the UE, on a first bandwidth part, and a second transmission, with a second base station associated with a second subscription of the UE, on a second bandwidth part. The UE may transmit, to the second base station, a request for a new bandwidth part for the second subscription, based at least in part on the frequency overlap satisfying a condition. Numerous other aspects are provided. |
| US11240822B2 |
Method and device for processing network allocation vector
A method for processing a network allocation vector (NAV) includes: terminating the receiving of a first radio frame when it is determined that a target receiving station of the first radio frame being received is not a first station; and updating an NAV of the first station or maintaining the NAV of the first station unchanged according to a remaining duration of the first radio frame and a first transmission opportunity duration carried in the first radio frame, where the remaining duration of the first radio frame is the transmission time used for transmitting the remaining part of the first radio frame after the receiving of the first radio frame is terminated. The technical solution solves the problem in the related art of collisions with hidden stations caused by an inaccurate NAV update in the existing art, thereby ensuring the accuracy of an NAV update and the fairness of transmission and channel contention, and reducing collisions among hidden stations. |
| US11240821B2 |
Resource management concept
Resource management such as network radio resource management in wireless networks, is described in connection with different aspects. |
| US11240816B2 |
Distributed implementation of dynamic wireless traffic policy
A method of buffering application data operable at a delivery control server is provided. Related systems and computer program products are also provided. |
| US11240814B2 |
Wireless vehicular communications with channel allocation involving different protocols
Aspects of the present disclosure are directed to methods and/or apparatuses involving stations (102, 104, 105) participating in wireless station-to-station communications in which each of a plurality of stations shares a wireless communications channel (101). Information is collected wirelessly (102) from transmissions associated with a first communication protocol and from transmissions associated with a second communication protocol. A current communication environment is dynamically discerned therefrom (102), and used to characterize a dynamic relationship of the collected information, which is indicative of respective usage of the wireless communication channel by data transmitted via the respective protocols. Usage of the channel is allocated (102) for respective communications that use the first and second communication protocols based on the dynamic relationship. Sets of data (110, 111, 120, 121, 122) are wirelessly transmitted via the first and second communication protocols over the channel, based on the allocated usage. |
| US11240813B2 |
Method for sending control information, user equipment, and base station
Embodiments of the present disclosure provide an apparatus configured to receive one or more pieces of first downlink control information from a base station, where each of the one or more pieces of first downlink control information carries a downlink assignment index, and at least one of the one or more pieces of first downlink control information carries a total downlink assignment index, generate a hybrid automatic repeat request response message according to the total downlink assignment index and downlink assignment indexes of the one or more pieces of first downlink control information, and send the hybrid automatic repeat request response message to the base station. |
| US11240806B2 |
Integrated circuit, apparatus and method for communication using resource block groups
A scheduling apparatus and a scheduling method, wherein the amount of signaling for frequency resource allocation information can be reduced while maintaining system throughput performance. In a base station apparatus, a scheduling section allocates frequency resources to frequency allocation target terminals based on set frequency allocation units, and a frequency allocation parameter setting section adjusts the set frequency allocation units set in the scheduling section based on cluster numbers. Due to this, in each cluster number, frequency resources can be allocated based on the most suitable frequency allocation units with respect to the signaling bit number. As a result, the amount of signaling for frequency resource allocation information can be reduced. Further, system throughput can be maintained by making the cluster number, which is a parameter having little effect on system throughput, a setting parameter for frequency allocation units. |
| US11240800B2 |
Method to determine the starting subframe of data channel
Apparatus and method are provided to determine the starting subframe of a data channel. In one novel aspect, the UE monitors one or more control channel candidates, which at least one of the control channel candidate occupies a plurality of the subframes. The UE detects a control channel intended for the UE, decodes the control channel and determines the starting subframe of the data channel based on the control channel and a known gap. In another novel aspect, the UE further obtains a subframe indicator from the control channel. The subframe indicator signals either the number of subframes between the starting subframe of the data channel and the starting subframe of the control channel, or the number of subframes of the control channel, or the starting subframe of the data channel. In another embodiment, predefined rule can be applied to the subframe indicator to determining the starting subframe of the data channel. |
| US11240795B2 |
Multi-PRB paging/random access for NB-IoT
Aspects of the present disclosure provide techniques and apparatus for performing paging and/or random access procedures with multiple physical resource blocks (PRBs) for narrowband (NB) internet-of-things (IoT). In one aspect, a method is provided which may be performed by a base station. The method generally includes determining a first set of resources and a second set of resources available for narrowband communications with one or more first user equipments (UEs) and one or more second UEs. The method also includes allocating the first and second set of resources to one or more of the first UEs and the second UEs based at least in part on a type of the first UEs and a type of the second UEs. The method further includes signaling an indication of the allocation. |
| US11240792B2 |
Message transmission method and apparatus, terminal, and base station
Embodiments of this application disclose a message transmission method and apparatus, a terminal, and a base station. In the method, a symbol or symbol group may be used as a granularity to select a plurality of symbols or symbol groups from one or more slots and then allocate the plurality of symbols or symbol groups to a same terminal for transmitting data. The plurality of symbols or symbol groups may be used for uplink data scheduling or may be used for downlink data scheduling. Therefore, a slot resource is allocated at a small granularity, so that a time domain resource is more flexibly allocated, and the slot resource is more fully utilized. This helps improve message transmission efficiency, thereby expanding a coverage area. |
| US11240791B2 |
Communication method, terminal device and network device
The embodiments of the present application provide a communication method, a terminal device and a network device, which can improve flexibility of the terminal device in monitoring downlink control information. The method includes that: a terminal device determines a target monitoring resource configured to monitor downlink control information; and the downlink control information is monitored on the target monitoring resource. |
| US11240790B2 |
Method and apparatus for transmitting control and data information in wireless cellular communication system
The present disclosure relates to a communication technique for joining an IoT technology with a 5G communication system for supporting a higher data transfer rate than a 4G system, and a system thereof. The disclosure may be applied to intelligent services (for example, a smart home, a smart building, a smart city, a smart car or a connected car, a health care, a digital education, retailing, security and safe-related service, etc.) on the basis of a 5G communication technology and an IoT related technology. The present disclosure relates to a wireless communication system, and to a method and an apparatus for smoothly providing a service in a communication system. More particularly, the present disclosure relates to a method and an apparatus for transmitting and receiving downlink and uplink control information within a communication system. |
| US11240785B2 |
Method and apparatus for transmitting and receiving uplink control data in next generation wireless network
Provided is a method for a terminal for transmitting uplink control data. The method includes receiving, from a base station, at least one of UL control channel resource set configuration information and UL control channel transmission information, configuring an UL control channel including the UL control information based on at least one of the UL control channel resource set configuration information and the UL control channel transmission information, and transmitting the UL control channel to the base station. The UL control channel is configured with one or more UL control channel formats based on the number of symbols that configure the UL control channel. |
| US11240777B2 |
Device positioning method and apparatus
Aspects of the disclosure provide a device positioning method and apparatus. The apparatus includes processing circuitry. The processing circuitry is configured to determine at least one target user identifier (ID) that uses a target device to be positioned. The processing circuitry obtains a plurality of pieces of login information of the at least one target user ID where each piece of login information includes the respective target user ID, a device ID of a login device, and a login site. The processing circuitry further determines a target login site based on the plurality of pieces of login information, and positions the target device according to the target login site. |
| US11240775B2 |
Wireless communications method and device
Embodiments of this application provide a wireless communications method and device to implement an inter-system network handover in the case of flexible registration modes of a terminal device. The method includes: determining, by a first network device in a first system, a registration mode and/or a supported registration mode of a terminal device, where the registration mode is a single registration (SR) mode of registration with a single system or a dual registration (DR) mode of registration with dual systems, and a first cell in the first system is accessed by the terminal device; and determining, by the first network device according to the registration mode and/or the supported registration mode of the terminal device, a procedure that needs to be performed or cannot be performed for the terminal device to access a second cell in a second system. |
| US11240770B2 |
Terminal and radio communication method
A terminal is disclosed including a receiver that measures a first received power in a first resource of a synchronization signal per synchronization signal block index in a cell, and measures a second received power in a second resource; and a processor that derives a measurement result based on a ratio of the first received power to the second received power per the synchronization signal block index. In other aspects, a radio communication method for a terminal is also disclosed. |
| US11240769B2 |
System information for narrowband
According to some embodiments, a method for use in a user equipment (UE) of acquiring system information or a synchronization signal comprises receiving, from a network node, a plurality of subframes. Each subframe includes a repetition of either system information or a synchronization signal. The repetition is divided into a number (N) of transmission blocks in a frequency domain of a first bandwidth (N>1). The method further comprises combining N transmission blocks from one or more repetitions of the respective received plurality of subframes to decode the system information or synchronization signal. The UE may comprise a narrowband wireless device operable to receive a bandwidth less than the first bandwidth, and combining N transmission blocks to decode the system information or synchronization signal may comprise combining at least one transmission block from two or more repetitions of two or more respective subframes of the plurality of subframes. |
| US11240766B2 |
Mitigation of maximum permissible exposure (MPE) constraint based on user equipment (UE) feedbacks
Wireless communications systems and methods related to mitigating maximum permissible exposure (MPE) constraints based on user equipment (UE) feedback are provided. A first wireless communication device transmits, to a second wireless communication device, a plurality of reports, each report indicating an allowable transmission power level at the first wireless communication device satisfying an MPE parameter. The first wireless communication device receives, from the second wireless communication device, a first configuration based on an MPE profile associated with the first wireless communication device in response to the plurality of reports. The first wireless communication device transmits, to the second wireless communication device, a first communication signal over a first beam based on the first configuration. |
| US11240763B2 |
Communication control device, communication control method, radio communication system, and terminal device
Provided is a communication control device including an obtaining unit that, in a radio communication system including a primary base station to which a primary terminal is connected, and a secondary base station to which a secondary terminal is connected by secondarily using a frequency channel for the primary base station, obtains at least one of a quality report containing a communication quality indicator measured by the primary terminal and a quality report containing a communication quality indicator measured by the secondary terminal, and an interference control unit that instructs the secondary base station to reduce transmission power, when it is determined that adverse interference is present in the radio communication system, based on the communication quality indicator contained in the quality report obtained by the obtaining unit. |
| US11240762B2 |
Uplink transmit power control for cross link interference
There is provided a method for determining an uplink transmit power. The method may be performed by a user equipment (UE) and comprise: receiving information on an additional reduction value for an uplink transmission power and determining the uplink transmit power based on the additional reduction value. The additional reduction value may be used to reduce a cross link interference (CLI). The uplink transmit power may be determined within a lower bound and an upper bound. Based on that the uplink transmission may be performed in a frequency range 1 (FR1) for 5G, the additional reduction value is applied to one or both of the lower bound and the upper bound. |
| US11240759B2 |
PCFICH reliability using power boosting
According to some embodiments, a method performed by a network node for transmitting a physical control format indicator channel (PCFICH) comprises determining a wireless device will benefit from increased reliability of a PCFICH between the network 5 node and the wireless device; and increasing the transmission power of the PCFICH transmitted between the network node and the wireless device. In particular embodiments, determining the wireless device will benefit from increased reliability of the PCFICH comprises determining the wireless device is operating in high-reliability mode. |
| US11240757B2 |
Electronic device
The present disclosure discloses an electronic device, including: an electronic device body, with a display screen disposed on one side of the electronic device body, the electronic device body including at least one folding area and a non-folding area, and the electronic device body and the display screen being foldable along the folding area; a folding detection apparatus, disposed on the electronic device body and configured to detect a degree of folding of the electronic device body and send the detected signal to a processor of the electronic device body, the processor being capable of adjusting a display state of the display screen according to the signal detected by the folding detection apparatus. |
| US11240755B2 |
Apparatus, systems, and methods for battery life based wireless communication scheduling
Systems and methods compare a first battery life value associated with a first wireless device with a second battery life value associated with a second wireless device. Based on the comparison, systems and methods adjust a communication schedule by allocating timeslots of the communication schedule to the first wireless device and transmit the adjusted communication schedule to the first wireless device. |
| US11240754B2 |
Method and apparatus for discontinuous transmission/reception operation for reducing power consumption in cellular system
Provided is a method and apparatus for discontinuously transmitting/receiving packets for low-power consumption of a terminal in a cellular system for packet transmission. The present research provides a method and apparatus that can perform a low-power consuming operation when a terminal is in active state in a cellular system. The method for discontinuously transmitting/receiving packet data to reduce power consumption of a terminal in a cellular system, including the steps of: a) establishing discontinuous reception/transmission (DRX/DTX) parameters including discontinuous DRX/DTX cycle information for terminals operating in a transmission suspension mode, which is a sub-state of an active state; and b) performing DRX/DTX based on the DRX/DTX parameters in the terminals operating in the transmission suspension mode. |
| US11240753B2 |
Method and apparatus for beam management in a wireless communication system
A method and apparatus are disclosed from the perspective of a UE. In one embodiment, the method includes receiving a configuration, wherein the configuration indicates whether the UE performs a beam management during a specific period of time. The method also includes determining whether to perform the beam management during the specific period of time based on at least the configuration. |
| US11240751B2 |
Communication between a wheel unit sensor and a master controller
According to one embodiment, a method of improved communication between a wheel unit sensor and a master controller is disclosed. In this particular embodiment, the method includes determining, by the wheel unit sensor, whether a receive schedule of the wheel unit sensor indicates that a receive window has started. The method also includes in response to determining that the receive schedule indicates that the receive window has started, turning-on, by the wheel unit sensor, for the duration of the receive window, a wireless receiver of the wheel unit sensor. In this embodiment, the wireless receiver is configured to receive messages from the master controller. |
| US11240747B2 |
User terminal and mobile communication method
A user terminal, method and apparatus receives first redistribution parameters from a first cell as a serving cell of the user equipment, performs an inter-frequency redistribution procedure in which a target cell is selected from a plurality of cells operated at different frequencies based on the first redistribution parameters, starts a predetermined timer, determines the target cell as a serving cell of the user equipment, and receives from the target cell as the serving cell, system information including second redistribution parameters. The inter-frequency redistribution procedure is performed when the predetermined timer expires and the system information received from the serving cell does not include a specific information element. The specific information element indicates that the user equipment shall only wait for a paging message to trigger the inter-frequency redistribution procedure transmitted from the serving cell. |
| US11240746B1 |
Selecting access point based on mesh network resource utilization metric
A mesh network device includes a radio and an application processor coupled to the radio. The application processor includes a network association engine, which receives, receives, from a client consumption device, a requested content identifier; receives, from a first access point, a beacon including a first throughput of the network path between the network ingress device and the first access point; receives, from a second access point, a beacon including a second throughput of the network path between the network ingress device and the second access point; determines that the first throughput exceeds the second throughput; transmits, to the first access point, an association request followed by a digital content request comprising a requested content identifier; receives, from the first access point, the first requested digital content item; and causes the requested digital content item to be rendered by the client consumption device. |
| US11240741B2 |
Method for controlling display device, display device, and display system
A method for controlling a display device includes: transmitting, in a first status where the display device is not connected to an access point, first status information representing the first status; receiving an instruction to operate as an access point from an electronic device in a status where the first status information is received by the electronic device and where the electronic device is not connected to an access point; operating as a first access point in response to the receiving of the instruction; and transmitting first connection information for connecting to the first access point, to the electronic device, when operating as the first access point. |
| US11240740B2 |
Method for processing radio frequency resources and terminal
A method related to the field of mobile communications technologies and for processing radio frequency resources includes detecting, by a terminal, a service mode of a first service that uses a primary subscriber identification module (SIM) card, where the service mode includes a real-time service mode and a non-real-time service mode, and reducing, by the terminal, a proportion of radio frequency (RF) resources occupied by a secondary SIM card when the service mode of the first service is the real-time service mode, where the primary SIM card is a card for performing the real-time service mode, and the secondary SIM card is a card, other than the primary SIM card, in a multi-SIM multi-standby terminal. |
| US11240737B2 |
Method for accessing network in wireless communication system and apparatus therefor
Disclosed are a method of accessing a network in a wireless communication system and an apparatus therefor. Specifically, a method of accessing a network by a user equipment (UE) in a wireless communication system may include receiving, from the network, a skip condition for an access barring check operation for a cell supported by a base station, determining whether the UE satisfies the skip condition for the access barring check operation, determining that access to the network on the cell has not been barred when the skip condition for the access barring check operation is satisfied, and performing the access to the network on the cell without performing the access barring check operation. |
| US11240732B2 |
Method and device for managing mobile node of SDN controller
A method for managing a mobile node of an SDN controller according to an aspect of the present disclosure includes receiving a router solicitation message of a mobile node transmitted through a first AP operated by the SDN controller. |
| US11240730B2 |
Selectively sending routing information to routing devices in a fifth generation (5G) or other next generation network
The technologies described herein are generally directed toward shedding processing loads associated with route updates. According to an embodiment, a system can comprise a processor and a memory that can enable operations facilitating performance of operations including facilitating identifying a route update for a route to a destination node on a network. Additional operations can include evaluating a value of the route update, resulting in an evaluated value of the route update. Additional operations can include determining whether to communicate the route update to a second routing device based on the evaluated value of the route update. |
| US11240729B1 |
Network path routing for wireless traffic
An enforcer application is configured to intercept signaling messages in a telecommunications network and select an optimal SGW, PGW, SMF/UPF and application servers in real time. More specifically, the enforcer intercepts and generates GSM MAP, Diameter, GTP-C and HTTP2/JSON signaling messages. The enforcer executes a policy to force the user devices to re-establish the data connection, thus anchoring at different SGW, PGW, SMF/UPF and application server to keep end-to-end routing path optimal, when the impacting factor changes. The enforcer can further feed its performance data and decision matrix into the analyzer and database to further optimize the decision process. Analyzer and KPI metrics databases are installed at central data centers to collect the KPI data from different probes and enforcer, calculate in real-time the optimal routing path with different decision factors considered, and interact with enforcer to update the latest optimal path status based on the data collected. |
| US11240727B2 |
Telecommunications network
The disclosure provides an improved method of operating a mobile terminal or user equipment in a cellular telecommunications network to efficiently discover preferred cells, in particular a HeNB, prior to connecting. Whilst constant searching for a preferred cell can ensure it is found as soon as it is within range, this has a significant impact on resources at the UE, such as battery power, and can disrupt any existing services that might be running. The proposed method determines the probability of the UE being within range of a preferred cell based on measurements already available to the UE or by the network. Additional measurements can then be made as required, and made with increasing frequency as the probability of being within range of the preferred cell increases. |
| US11240726B2 |
Communication continuity device
A communication continuity device configured to automatically switch to alternative communication service providers and/or communication channels in response to a predicted or identified communication degradation event. The communication continuity device includes a communication hub configured to receive communication channels from different sources, and an intelligent switch device that is configured to select a communication channel to provide connectivity between an internal network within an organization and an external network outside of the organization. |
| US11240723B2 |
Dynamic client segregation in 802.11AX networks
Systems and methods for dynamic client segregation in 802.11ax networks includes determining, for each access point of a plurality of access points in a network, a ratio comprising a number of fully uplink multi-user capable client devices to a total number of client devices connected to the access point; and steering, based on at least the ratio, client devices of the network to particular access points of the plurality of access points. |
| US11240722B2 |
Handover method and device and computer storage medium
A Handover (HO) method and device and a computer storage medium are disclosed. The method includes that: a first Radio Access Network (RAN) element determines to keep a connection between a first RAN and a first Core Network (CN) during the process of the handover of User Equipment (UE) from the first RAN to a second RAN according to first information or a received first message; and the first RAN element receives data of the UE forwarded by a second RAN element, and sends the data to a first CN element. |
| US11240717B2 |
Method and apparatus for performing cell reselection in wireless communication system
The disclosure relates to a pre-5th-Generation (5G) or 5G communication system is provided for supporting higher data rates Beyond 4th-Generation (4G) communication such as Long Term Evolution (LTE). The disclosure provides a method and apparatus for effectively performing cell reselection in a wireless communication system. The disclosure relates to an operation method for a terminal in a wireless communication system, and the method includes determining to initiate a cell reselection in a radio resource control inactive state (RRC_Inactive state), discovering for a first cell that satisfies a first condition and a second condition, among a plurality of neighboring cells, if the first cell is discovered, camping on the first cell, and if the first cell is not discovered, camping on a second cell that satisfies the first condition and does not satisfy the second condition, among the plurality of neighboring cells, wherein the terminal is in the RRC_Inactive state. |
| US11240711B2 |
Policy control method and system, network element, and storage medium
Embodiments of the present disclosure relate to a policy control method and system, a network element, and a storage medium. A control plane network element establishes, for UE, a first DN connection that uses a first forwarding plane network element as an anchor. The method includes: when the control plane network element receives a handover notification message for the UE and determines that a second forwarding plane network element serves the UE, or when the control plane network element establishes, for the UE, a second DN connection that uses a second forwarding plane network element as an anchor, the control plane network element updates a forwarding path of the first DN connection, so that an updated forwarding path of the first DN connection passes through the second forwarding plane network element, and the second forwarding plane network element performs policy control on a packet on the first DN connection. |
| US11240705B2 |
Wireless communication method using fragmentation and wireless communication terminal using same
Provided is a wireless communication terminal that communicates wirelessly. The terminal includes: a transceiver; and a processor. The processor is configured to transmit first information on a fragmentation level to be used for data to be transmitted to a recipient by using the transceiver in an add Block ACK (ADDBA) setup procedure. |
| US11240702B2 |
System and method for quality of service in a wireless network environment
Disclosed herein are systems, methods, and non-transitory computer-readable storage media for providing on-demand quality of service guarantees in a wireless network environment. The system determines an on-demand quality of service for a segment of a communication path between a user equipment communicating with a radio access network connected to a core network and an external network connected to the core network. The system then determines if the on-demand quality of service for the segment meets a quality of service requirement. If the on-demand quality of service for the segment does not meet the quality of service requirement, the system identifies an alternate communication path between the user equipment and the external network, wherein the alternate communication path differs from the communication path. The system can then setup the alternate communication path for traffic between the user equipment and the external network. |
| US11240695B2 |
Terminal apparatus and method
The present invention efficiently performs communication. Included are a transmitter configured to transmit a measurement report including a measurement result for a serving cell c and/or a PUSCH for the serving cell c, wherein in a case that the number of SS blocks and/or CSI-RSs used for the RSRP measurement is greater than one for the serving cell c, the measurement result of RSRP included in the measurement report and the RSRP used for evaluation of a path loss for transmit power of the PUSCH are calculated separately. |
| US11240694B2 |
Signal reporting method, terminal device, and network device
Provided by the embodiments of the present application are a signal reporting method, a terminal device, and a network device, which may improve system performance, the method comprising: a terminal device measuring N first signals to obtain a corresponding measurement result and measuring M second signals to obtain a corresponding measurement result, wherein N≥1 and M≥1; the terminal device determining a signal that needs to be reported according to the measurement result of the N first signals and the measurement result of the M second signals. |
| US11240693B2 |
Link quality detection method and terminal device
Presented is a method for detecting link quality and a terminal device. The method includes that: a terminal device receives a first event reported by a first protocol layer in a second protocol layer, the first event being configured to indicate that quality of a signal in a first signal set is poor enough to meet a first condition; and the terminal device determines that a second event occurs in the second protocol layer based on the first event, the second event being configured to indicate that quality of a link corresponding to the signal in the first signal set is poor enough to meet a second condition. The method and terminal device are favorable for improving signal transmission performance. |
| US11240692B2 |
Measurement design for next radio (NR) and long term evolution (LTE)
An invention to perform a method of cell measurement in a wireless network, wherein the wireless network comprises a plurality of frequency layers, the invention configured to: determine a Measurement Gap Length, MGL, for each one of the plurality of frequency layers operational in the wireless network; determine a gap bitmap to indicate a measurement gap availability in a time sequence for each one of the plurality of frequency layers of the wireless network; and transmit gap assistance information for each one of the plurality of frequency layers of the wireless network to a User Equipment, wherein the gap assistance information comprises at least the determined Measurement Gap Length and the determined gap bitmap. |
| US11240688B2 |
Over-the-air interference coordination among base stations
Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described. In some systems, transmissions from a neighboring base station may interfere with downlink transmissions from a serving base station to a target user equipment (UE). To coordinate interference between the base stations (e.g., mitigate interference, stabilize interference, etc.), the serving base station may generate an interference coordination message and may transmit the message over-the-air (OTA) to one or more neighboring base stations. The message may include parameters indicating a coordination scheme for the neighboring base station(s) to use for modifying one or more scheduling decisions. The coordination scheme may be configured or dynamically selected and may include interfering beam fixation, interfering beam suppression, or interfering beam avoidance. A neighboring base station receiving the OTA interference coordination message may modify a scheduling decision to mitigate or stabilize interference when the serving base station is transmitting to the target UE. |
| US11240680B2 |
Device and method for analyzing propagation characteristics in wireless communication system
The present disclosure relates to a pre-5th-Generation (5G) or 5G communication system to be provided for supporting higher data rates Beyond 4th-Generation (4G) communication system such as Long Term Evolution (LTE). An apparatus and method are provided for analyzing propagation characteristics in a wireless communication system. The method includes analyzing a first propagation characteristic relating to a first antenna element; and determining a second propagation characteristic relating to a second antenna element, based on the first propagation characteristic. |
| US11240679B2 |
Multidimensional analysis and network response
The techniques describe herein involve receiving, from a user device, captured network data associated with an altitude and analyzing the network data at a network node. The network node can determine a coverage index associated with the altitude and compare the coverage index with an aggregated coverage index to determine a network response. The network response can include deploying and/or modifying a network component associated with the altitude. Additionally, the network node can update a multidimensional coverage map based on the coverage index and/or the network response. |
| US11240677B2 |
Mobile cellular networks
Multiple mobile cellular network (MCN) communication systems can be networked together to form a network of MCN communication systems (NOM). Each MCN communication system within the NOM can operate as an independent cellular network to provide communications between user equipment within a covered area. The MCN can be managed by a network management control center (NMCC). The NMCC can be configured generate coverage maps of the NOM and NMC system coverage areas. |
| US11240676B2 |
Analysis method and apparatus for distributed-processing-based network design in wireless communication system
The present disclosure relates to a communication technique for the convergence of IoT technology and a 5G communication system for supporting a higher data transfer rate than a 4G system, and a system therefor. The present disclosure can be applied to intelligent services (e.g., smart homes, smart buildings, smart cities, smart or connected cars, health care, digital education, retail business, and services associated with security and safety) on the basis of 5G communication technology and IoT-related technology. Disclosed is an analysis method and apparatus for performing an analysis procedure for network design at an improved speed while maintaining accuracy and reliability. |
| US11240670B2 |
Domestic appliance commissioning
A domestic appliance, as provided herein, may include a cabinet, a user input positioned on an exterior of the cabinet, and a controller configured to initiate a commissioning operation. The commissioning operation may include opening a connection channel at a wireless access point on the domestic appliance according to a predetermined initial timeout period. The commissioning operation may further include establishing communication between a remote user interface device and the wireless access point via the open connection channel within the predetermined initial timeout period. The commissioning operation may still further include, in response to establishing communication, maintaining the connection channel between the user device and the wireless access point according to a predetermined extended timeout period. |
| US11240663B2 |
Systems and methods for location enabled search and secure authentication
A method of authentication in ride hailing situations may include transmitting, to a server by a first device of a passenger, a request for a ride to a destination, receiving an indication that a second device of a driver accepted the ride, and communicating first location data of each respective device to the other respective device. The method may also include determining a first distance between the first and second device based on the first location data of the first and second device. Responsive to determining that the first distance satisfies a threshold condition, the method may also include communicating, via a first point-to-point communication between the first and second device, second location data of each respective device to the other respective device. Further, the method may include presenting, based on the second location data, directions for the first and second device to reach each other. |
| US11240662B2 |
Electronic device and method by which electronic device transmits and receives authentication information
Various embodiments related to an electronic device and a method by which the electronic device transmits and receives authentication information are presented, and according to one embodiment, the electronic device comprises: a first wireless communication circuit for supporting a Bluetooth protocol; a second wireless communication circuit for supporting a cellular wireless protocol; a third wireless communication circuit for supporting near field communication (NFC); a fourth wireless communication circuit for supporting a WiFi protocol; a camera exposed through a second part of a housing; a processor arranged in the housing and electrically connected to a display, the first wireless communication circuit, the second wireless communication circuit, the third wireless communication circuit, the fourth wireless communication circuit, and the camera; and a memory arranged in the housing and electrically connected to the processor, wherein the memory can store instructions for causing, during execution thereof, the processor to acquire information relating to authentication for pairing with a first external electronic device on the basis of the Bluetooth protocol by using the third wireless communication circuit or the camera, perform pairing with the first external electronic device on the basis of at least a portion of the information by using the first wireless communication circuit, and transmit at least a portion of the information to a second external electronic device or a server by using the second wireless communication circuit or the fourth wireless communication circuit. |
| US11240661B2 |
Secure simultaneous authentication of equals anti-clogging mechanism
A secure Simultaneous Authentication of Equals (SAE) anti-clogging mechanism may be provided. A public key of an access point may be provided from the access point to a client attempting to connect with a network via the access point. The access point may receive from the client a first anti-clogging token and a public key of the client. The first anti-clogging token may be generated by the first client using a shared secret based on a private key of the client and the public key of the access point and a multiplier. The access point may generate a second anti-clogging token using a shared secret based on a private key of the access point and the public key of the client and the multiplier. The access point may then verify the first anti-clogging token and the second anti-clogging token match to authenticate the client. |
| US11240656B2 |
Method for controlling display of SIM card function menu and storage device for the same
The present disclosure provides a method of controlling a display of a SIM card function menu, the method including: uninstalling a default function module in a system corresponding to a preset function; determining whether a preset command corresponding to a preset function is received from the SIM card; when the preset command from the SIM card corresponding to the preset function is received, loading a function module in the SIM card corresponding to the preset function and displaying a menu corresponding to the preset function. The present disclosure further provides a device having a storage function. |
| US11240648B2 |
Datamesh network management, routing management for moving nodes and data distribution through vehicle mesh network
Vehicles, systems and methods for establishing a mesh network among a plurality of vehicles are described herein. An electronic control unit configured to determine a current position and a future position of a vehicle, determine a current position and a future position of another vehicle, generate a mesh network including the vehicle and the another vehicle based on: (i) a comparison of the current position of the vehicle and the current position of the another vehicle; and (ii) a comparison of the future position of the vehicle and the future position of the another vehicle. |
| US11240647B2 |
Efficient vehicular services
Current approaches to vehicular services lack capabilities and efficiencies. As described herein, various embodiments improve how information is shared among road side units, vehicles, road side unit repositories, and pedestrians. Further, new information is defined to enhance vehicular capabilities. |
| US11240646B2 |
Method for reserving finite number of resources used for performing V2X communication in wireless communication system, and terminal using same
The present invention provides a vehicle-to-X (V2X) operation method performed by a V2X terminal in a wireless communication system, the method comprising: reserving a finite number of resources used for performing a V2X communication; and performing the V2X communication on the finite number of reserved resources. |
| US11240644B2 |
Method and apparatus for dynamically controlling customer traffic in a network under demand-based charging
A method and system for responding to demand-based charging in a communication network, such as a 5G wireless communication network. Service providers and/or infrastructure providers adjust network usage pricing dynamically based on demand. Customers such as Virtual Network operators respond to pricing adjustments by adjusting their network usage, service requirements, and/or by re-negotiating the pricing structure. Network usage can be adjusted by controlling network traffic generated in response to activity of end-user devices of the Virtual Network. |
| US11240642B2 |
Group communication service enabler (GCSE) group management
A communication method implemented on a 3rd Generation Partnership Project (3GPP) communication network includes providing an attachment between a group member of a communication group and a group application server, detecting a detachment between the group member and the group application server, and reestablishing the attachment by the 3GPP communication network. A Mobility Management Entity (MME) may provide the attachment. A Group Communication Service Enabler Application Server (GCSE AS) or a Multipoint Service (MuSe) functionality may detect the detachment. The attachment may be reestablished according to the MuSe functionality. A group communication bearer may have a first priority level for allocating resources to the group communication bearer, and a second priority level for allocating resources to the non-group communication bearer. The second priority level may be different from the first priority level. Different Quality Control Indexes (QCIs) may be provided to the group communication bearer and the non-group communication bearer. |
| US11240639B2 |
Information transmission method, network element selector, and controller
Embodiments of this application provide an information transmission method, a network element selector, and a controller. The information transmission method provided in the embodiments of this application includes: receiving, by an NES from an external network element, a first message including identification information of UE; determining, based on the identification information of the UE, a user group to which the UE belongs; determining a controller corresponding to the user group; and then sending the first message to the controller. |
| US11240634B1 |
Systems and methods for initiating a secure media session between mobile computing devices during image capture
Systems and methods for executing a secured media transfer session between mobile computing devices during image capture. The system receives a request to initiate a secure media session, determines a first geospatial location of a first mobile computing device, determines a second geospatial location of a second mobile computing device, and determines whether the second mobile computing device is within a proximity of the first mobile computing device. In response to determining that the second mobile computing device is within the proximity of the first mobile computing device, the system initiates a secure media session between the first and second mobile computing device, captures the media content during the initiated secure media session, associates a secure ID with the captured media content and transmits the captured media content and associated secured ID to a first memory location at a third computing device. |
| US11240632B2 |
Methods and systems for localized geolocation
To conserve energy associated with bi-directional communications with network devices (e.g., access point, router, long-range (LoRa) access point, edge device, etc.), and to limit data/information processing resources associated with such bi-directional communications, a user device (e.g., a data collection device, an Internet of Things (IoT) device, an end device, a low-power device, a sensor, etc.) may determine its location (e.g., geolocation, etc.). The user device may use mapping information that identifies each network device within a geographical area to identify locations of network devices within a communication range of the user device. The user device may determine its own location based on the locations of the network devices within the communication range. |
| US11240630B2 |
Time-restricted location-based service zone management
Disclosed are various embodiments for managing location-based service zones that are active during limited time periods. A notification of a trigger event relating to a location-based time zone can be received. The time the notification is received can be compared to time window that the location-based service zone is active. A notification of the trigger event is sent to a respective provider associated with the location-based service zone when the location-based service zone is active. |
| US11240629B2 |
Artificial device and method for controlling the same
Disclosed are an artificial device and a method for controlling the same. In the method for controlling the artificial device according to an embodiment of the present specification, source data for creating a profile of a user is acquired and a cluster including location information of the user and data on an event associated with the location information is created. In addition, the profile of the user is created by using the cluster, and region of interest (ROI) data is generated based on the profile of the user. According to the method, the ROI data including information on a region of interest to the user may be generated. The intelligent device of the present disclosure can be associated with artificial intelligence modules, drones (unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs)), robots, augmented reality (AR) devices, virtual reality (VR) devices, devices related to 5G service, etc. |
| US11240627B2 |
Preventative alarm for potential device destruction using microlocation
The present invention may include designating one or more potentially dangerous conditions, regions, or objects as risk factors within a venue, tracking the location of the user's mobile devices in relation to the risk factors, and monitoring the risk of damage posed to the mobile devices by the risk factors; if the risk of damage exceeds a threshold, alerting the user to the presence of the risk factor and the potential danger to the mobile device. The present invention may further involve, responsive to the user's actions and the risk of potential device damage, performing one or more precautionary actions to reduce or prevent data loss or damage to the mobile device. |
| US11240623B2 |
Rendering audio data from independently controlled audio zones
One or more processors may obtain a first distance between a first audio zone of the two or more audio zones associated with the one or more interest points within the first audio zone, and a first device position of a device, obtain a second distance between a second audio zone of the two or more audio zones associated with the one or more interest points within the second audio zone, and the first device position of the device, and obtain an updated first distance and updated second distance after movement of the device has changed from the first device position to a second device position. The one or more processor(s) may independently control the first audio zone and the second audio zone, such that the audio data within the first audio zone and the second audio zone are adjusted based on the updated first distance and updated second distance. |
| US11240622B2 |
Mixed reality system with spatialized audio
A dual source spatialized audio system includes a general audio system and a personal audio system. The general system includes a general audio processor and general speakers to produce general sound. The personal system includes a frame to be worn on a head of a user and a plurality of personal speakers attached to the frame. The personal system also includes a head pose sensor to collect head pose data of the user. The personal system further includes a head pose processor to determine a head pose of the user from the head pose data. Moreover, the personal system includes a personal audio processor to generate personal audio data based on the head pose of the user. The personal speakers generate personal sound corresponding to the personal audio data. The personal processor receives timing information/metadata from the general audio processor to synchronize the personal sound with the general sound. |
| US11240621B2 |
Three-dimensional audio systems
A specification of a mesh of filters may be defined on a grid in a three-dimensional space presented in a user interface. A plurality of sound tracks may be determined, wherein each of the sound tracks is associated with a corresponding sound source that may be represented in the three-dimensional space along with a listener. Responsive to user configuration of a position of the listener and/or positions of the sound sources in the three-dimensional space, a plurality of filters may be selected based on the mesh of filters and the positions of the sound sources and the listener in the three-dimensional space. Each of the filters may be applied to a corresponding one of the plurality of sound tracks to generate a plurality of filtered sound tracks and the three-dimensional sound may be generated based on the plurality of filtered sound tracks. |
| US11240618B2 |
Loudspeaker with dynamically controlled pairs of voice coil sections
A method for driving a voice coil of a loudspeaker may include providing a magnetic circuit having an air gap, providing a voice coil suspended in the air gap, and applying an audio signal to the voice coil to move it along a travelling axis. The voice coil comprises a main voice coil section, and a pair of auxiliary voice coil sections arranged along the travelling axis with auxiliary voice coil sections arranged respectively on either side of the main voice coil section. Applying an audio signal comprises continuously coupling a main driving signal based on the audio signal to the main voice coil and selectively coupling an auxiliary driving signal based on the audio signal to the pair of auxiliary voice coil sections. The disclosed embodiments further relate to a voice coil driving system and a loudspeaker comprising a voice coil driving system. |
| US11240614B2 |
Method of sealing a module and a hearing device
The present invention relates to a method of sealing a module (14) in a hearing device housing. The method comprises the steps of preparing the module (14) and the hearing device housing, and applying a sealing material (28) into a space, said space being formed between the module (14) and the hearing device housing. |
| US11240613B2 |
Bone conduction implant
An apparatus for a bone conduction implant, comprising a bone fixture including a screw thread configured to screw into a skull, wherein at least a section of the screw thread is non-uniform. |
| US11240609B2 |
Music classifier and related methods
An audio device that includes a music classifier that determines when music is present in an audio signal is disclosed. The audio device is configured to receive audio, process the received audio, and to output the processed audio to a user. The processing may be adjusted based on the output of the music classifier. The music classifier utilizes a plurality of decision making units, each operating on the received audio independently. The decision making units are simplified to reduce the processing, and therefore the power, necessary for operation. Accordingly each decision making unit may be insufficient to determine music alone but in combination may accurately detect music while consuming power at a rate that is suitable for a mobile device, such as a hearing aid. |
| US11240604B2 |
Planar speaker with damping to reduce noise
In some examples, a computing device may include one or more planar speakers. Individual planar speakers may include damping material adhered to either a top surface of a front pole or a bottom surface of a cone. The damping material may reduce a noise caused by the cone hitting the front pole (e.g., when reproducing loud passages in media content) to an inaudible (e.g., 30 db or less) level. The noise may be reduced by up to 35 decibels between about 250 Hertz to about 450 Hertz. The damping material may comprise a polyurethane foam and may have a height of between about 0.1 millimeters to about 1.0 millimeters and preferably about 0.2 millimeters. |
| US11240601B1 |
Adaptive howling suppressor
A system configured to perform adaptive feedback reduction, such as howling suppression, to prevent feedback from occurring when two devices are acoustically coupled during a communication session. To reduce feedback between the acoustically coupled devices, a device monitors input audio data from a microphone and determines whether feedback is present in individual frequency subbands. For example, the device determines an expected value for a first subband using neighboring subbands (e.g., averaging subbands surrounding the first subband) and compares the expected value to an actual value for the first subband. If the actual value is noticeably higher than the expected value, the device determines that feedback is present in the first subband and attenuates the first subband. If the feedback is not present, the device passes the first subband without attenuation. |
| US11240600B1 |
Sensor assembly and electrical circuit therefor
A sensor signal processing circuit including a delta-sigma analog-to-digital converter (ADC) and a control circuit is disclosed. The circuit is configured to adaptively activate one or more segments of current elements for sequential sampling periods based on a digital signal input to a DAC, wherein less than N current elements are allocated to each segment, each current element in an active segment is enabled and either contributes to a feedback signal of the DAC or does not contribute to the feedback signal, and current elements not in an active segment are disabled. The circuit can be integrated with an acoustic or other sensor as part of a sensor assembly. |
| US11240597B1 |
Ceiling tile beamforming microphone array system
This disclosure describes a ceiling tile beamforming microphone array system that includes a plurality of microphones coupled together as a microphone array and used for beamforming processing, the plurality of microphones are positioned at predetermined locations that produce audio signals to be used to form a directional pickup pattern; one or more separate processing devices where one of the separate processing devices further includes beamforming processing; a single ceiling tile with an outer surface on the front side of the ceiling tile where the outer surface is acoustically transparent; where the ceiling tile beamforming microphone array system is used in a drop ceiling mounting configuration, where the microphone array couples to the back side of the ceiling tile and all or part of the ceiling tile beamforming microphone array system is in the drop space of the drop ceiling. |
| US11240596B2 |
Systems and methods for directing audio output of a wearable apparatus
The present disclosure relates to systems and methods for directing the audio output of a wearable device having a plurality of speakers. In one implementation, the system may include an image sensor configured to capture one or more images from an environment of the user of the wearable apparatus, a plurality of speakers, and at least one processing device. The at least one processing device may be configured to analyze the one or more images to determine at least one indicator of head orientation of the user of the wearable apparatus, select at least one of the plurality of speakers based on the at least one indicator of head orientation, and output the audio to the user of the wearable apparatus via the selected at least one of the plurality of speakers. |
| US11240592B2 |
Bass reflex port and acoustic device
An acoustic device includes an enclosure and a bass reflex port that includes a tube body. An inner wall surface of the tube body includes multiple regions in which viscous resistances in a tube axis direction of moving air and the inner wall surface are different. The multiple regions are provided along a circumferential direction of the inner wall surface. The tube body is attached to an opening area in the enclosure. |
| US11240587B1 |
Dynamically resizable earbuds
A pair of earbuds are configured with a rotatable knob that connects to the earbud's main body and, responsive to user adjustment, adjusts the size of the silicone ear tip on the fly. The rotatable knob connects to an end of the earbud's main body, and the silicone tip attaches to an opposite end of the rotatable knob. The ear tip, typically comprised of silicone, snugly conforms to a shape of the rotatable knob so that when an adjustment section of the rotatable knob adjusts, the adjustment reflects onto the tip. The earbud's main body is equipped with a receptacle to which connectors on the rotatable knob attach. The connector is part of the rotatable knob, which includes the adjustment section. Clockwise and counterclockwise rotation of the knob results in an adjustment to the adjustment section and the size of the knob's exterior. |
| US11240580B2 |
Modular stand for connecting a microphone stand to a pedal board
The present invention relates to a modular stand that connects the microphone stand directly to the pedal board, said modular stand comprises a first flange, a slat or railing based pedal board, an identical second flange, wherein the first flange is a rectangular metal structure consisting of two openings at the two distal ends and a central protrusion having threading on the inside surface; wherein the second flange is a rectangular metal structure consisting of openings at the two distal ends; wherein the flanges are connected there between by sturdy means such as a nut and bolt assembly; and wherein the central protrusion provides a structural means to support a microphone stand. |
| US11240579B2 |
Sensor systems and methods for characterizing health conditions
A sensing system comprising a hand-held sensing device with a vibracoustic sensor module (VSM). The VSM comprises a voice coil component comprising a coil holder supporting wire windings; a magnet component comprising a magnet supported by a frame, a magnet gap configured to receive at least a portion of the voice coil component in a spaced and moveable manner; a connector connecting the voice coil component to the magnet component, the connector being compliant and permitting relative movement of the voice coil component and the magnet component; a diaphragm configured to induce a movement of the voice coil component in the magnet gap responsive to incident acoustic waves; a housing for retaining the vibroacoustic sensor module having a handle end and a sensor end, the sensor end having an opening, the VSM positioned such that at least a portion of the diaphragm extends across the opening. |
| US11240574B2 |
Networked speaker system with audio network box
An audio network box is provided as a master for a networked speaker system. The audio box can be configured with different combinations of modules to provide functionality as may be desired by an end user. The modules may include a power over Ethernet module, a wireless communication module/access point (AP) module, and an analog speaker module. |
| US11240557B2 |
Methods and apparatus to detect boring media
Methods, apparatus, systems, and articles of manufacture are disclosed for the detection of boring media. An example apparatus includes a feature calculator to determine at least a first feature and a second feature associated with at least one of a video feed or an audio feed of monitored media when a media monitoring code is not detected in the monitored media, the first and second features representing different characteristics of at least one of the video feed or the audio feed, and a boring media event determiner implemented by hardware or at least one processor to process the first and second features with a neural network, propagate a code absence alert to a first server when an output of the neural network does not satisfy a threshold, and propagate a boring media event notification to a second server when the output of the neural network does satisfy the threshold. |
| US11240556B2 |
Automatic content recognition with local matching
A media device and method execute computer instructions to: generate a first query fingerprint of media content; send the first query fingerprint to a server; and receive, from the server, an identification of a first channel being watched in response to the server finding a match to the first query fingerprint. The media device iteratively receives, from the server, a plurality of fingerprints generated from the media content in locations ahead of where the media content is being received; store the plurality of fingerprints in a local database of a computer-readable storage medium; and compare a second query fingerprint of the media content with the plurality of fingerprints to determine whether the media device remains set on the first channel, without continuously pinging the server. When the media device locally detects a non-match with the second query fingerprint, the process starts over with it finding a match at the server. |
| US11240548B2 |
Display apparatus, method for executing application thereof, external device remotely controlling the display apparatus, and method for providing application control screen thereof
A display apparatus, a method for executing an application thereof, an external device remotely controlling the display apparatus, and a method for providing an application control screen thereof are provided. The display apparatus includes a display that displays an application execution screen, the application execution screen displaying an application; a communication unit that communicates with an external server and an external device that remotely controls the display apparatus; and a control unit that transmits to the external device a generation signal that instructs the external device to generate an application control screen in response to receiving an input command to execute the application, controls the communication unit to receive a command from the external device input through the application control screen, and operates the application according to the received command. |
| US11240545B2 |
Displaying non-time bound content in a time bound grid
Systems and methods for generating and displaying a non-time bound content channel in a time-bound grid is provided. The system comprises receiving content data representing non-time bound content to be displayed in the time bound grid. The system generates the time bound grid, by creating, based on the content data, a non-time bound content channel. The non-time bound content channel displays one or more content objects representing the non-time bound content in the time bound grid. The system incorporates the non-time bound content channel with a plurality of time bound channels in the time bound grid. The system then causes display of the generated time bound grid on a viewing device of a user. |
| US11240544B1 |
System, device, and method of differentiating between streaming live-video flows and streaming non-live-video flows
System, device, and method of differentiating between streaming live-video flows and streaming non-live-video flows. A system includes a Live-Video/Non-Live-Video detector unit, connected and operable between a core cellular network and an entry node of the Internet. It monitors data packets exchanged over the core cellular network and over the Internet between a User Equipment (UE) device and a destination device. It determines that a particular communication flow between the UE device and the destination device is a streaming video communication flow. It further determines whether that streaming video communication flow is either (i) a streaming Live-Video communication flow or (ii) a streaming Non-Live-Video communication flow. It then triggers pre-defined operations, or enforces a particular traffic management or steering or shaping or charging policy, upon reaching a determination that the streaming video communication flow is a streaming Live-Video communication flow and not a streaming Non-Live-Video communication flow. |
| US11240542B2 |
System and method for multiple video playback
A system and method for playing back video feeds includes determining from the video feeds a subset of currently available video feeds, determining a playback layout based on the number of currently available video feeds and playing back the subset of currently available video feeds within the playback layout. The system and method further includes determining at least one change in availability in a given video feed of the plurality of video feeds, updating the subset of currently available video feeds based on the at least one change, updating the playback layout based on the updated subset of currently available video feeds and playing back the updated subset of currently available video feeds within the updated playback layout. |
| US11240540B2 |
Storage system and method for frame trimming to optimize network bandwidth
A storage system and method for frame trimming to optimize network bandwidth are provided. In one embodiment, a controller of the storage system is configured to receive a request from a host for a video stream stored in the memory, wherein the request comprises an instruction to reduce a frame rate of the video stream due to bandwidth consumption on a network connecting the host and a playback system being more than a threshold; retrieve the video stream from the memory of the storage system; remove frames from the video stream to reduce the frame rate of the video stream per the instructions from the host; and send the reduced-frame-rate video stream to the host. Other embodiments are provided. |
| US11240538B2 |
Methods and systems for network based video clip generation and management
Methods and system for managing media clips over a data network. Media streams may be received over a data network and stored by a storage server. Metadata regarding the media streams may be generated and stored at a metadata server. A control station can retrieve media frames originating in the stored media streams from the storage server, based on metadata. Media frames from multiple media streams can be retrieved and displayed in synchronization, based on respective timecodes. |
| US11240534B2 |
Extended multiple transform selection for video coding
An example device for coding video data includes a memory configured to store video data; and one or more processors implemented in circuitry and configured to: code a first codeword representing a selected transform scheme of a set of transform candidates of a multiple transform selection (MTS) scheme for a current block of video data, the selected transform scheme being a secondary transform of a set of available secondary transforms to be applied in addition to a primary transform; code a second codeword representing the secondary transform from the set of available secondary transforms; and apply the primary transform and the secondary transform during coding of residual data for the current block. The second codeword may be a value for a low-frequency non-separable transform (LFNST) syntax element. |
| US11240533B2 |
Video decoding method using residual information in video coding system, and apparatus thereof
A video decoding method performed by a decoding apparatus according to the present document comprises the steps of: receiving a bit stream including residual information of a current block; deriving a specific number of the number of context encoding bins for context syntax elements for a current sub-block of the current block; decoding the context syntax elements for the current sub-block included in the residual information on the basis of the specific number; deriving transform coefficients for the current sub-block on the basis of the decoded context syntax elements; deriving residual samples for the current block on the basis of the transform coefficients; and generating a reconstructed picture on the basis of the residual samples. |
| US11240532B2 |
Efficient culling of volumetric video atlas bitstreams
An apparatus includes circuitry configured to: receive information to cull one or more sets of components belonging to the same atlas from at least one volumetric video bitstream; wherein the information comprises one or more of: atlas-to-view mapping metadata indicating an association between patches in at least one atlas and at least one view; atlas-to-object mapping metadata indicating an association between at least one object and the at least one atlas; patch atlas metadata within a metadata for immersive video master atlas to indicate sub-bitstream culling based on fine-grained patch visibility culling; or partial access metadata, wherein leveraging the partial access metadata comprises storing each of the at least one atlas in its own track, and providing sample grouping information to indicate culling on a file format level; and cull the one or more sets of components from the at least one volumetric video bitstream, based on the information. |
| US11240531B2 |
Size selective application of decoder side refining tools
One example method of video processing includes implementing, by a processor, a decoder-side motion vector derivation (DMVD) scheme for motion vector refinement during a conversion between a current video block and a bitstream representation of the current video block by deriving parameters based on a deriving rule. The conversion may include compressing the current video block into the bitstream representation or uncompressing the bitstream representation into pixel values of the current video block. |
| US11240529B2 |
Picture prediction method and picture prediction apparatus
A picture prediction method includes: determining motion vectors of W control points in a current picture block; obtaining motion vectors of P pixel units of the current picture block by using a motion model and the motion vectors of the W control points, where precision of the determined motion vectors of the W control points is 1/n of pixel precision, precision of the motion vector of each of the P pixel units is 1/N of the pixel precision, the motion vector of each of the P pixel units is used to determine a corresponding reference pixel unit in a reference picture of a corresponding pixel unit; and performing interpolation filtering on a pixel of the corresponding reference pixel unit by using an interpolation filter with a phase of Q, to obtain a predicted pixel value of each of the P pixel units. |
| US11240527B2 |
Image decoding method and device on basis of affine motion prediction using constructed affine MVP candidate in image coding system
An image decoding method performed by a decoding device according to the present disclosure comprises the steps of: obtaining motion prediction information relating to a current block from a bitstream; generating an affine MVP candidate list for the current block; deriving CPMVPs for CPs of the current block on the basis of the affine MVP candidate list; deriving CPMVDs for the CPs of the current block on the basis of the motion prediction information; deriving CPMVs for the CPs of the current block on the basis of the CPMVPs and the CPMVDs; and deriving prediction samples for the current block on the basis of the CPMVs. |
| US11240525B2 |
Systems and methods for video encoding acceleration in virtual, augmented, and mixed reality (xR) applications
Embodiments of systems and methods for video encoding acceleration in virtual, augmented, and mixed reality (xR) applications are described. In an illustrative, non-limiting embodiment, an Information Handling System (IHS) may include a processor; and a memory coupled to the processor, the memory having program instructions stored thereon that, upon execution by the processor, cause the IHS to: receive sensor data from a Head-Mounted Device (HMD) wearable by a user during execution of an xR application, where the sensor data indicates movement of the HMD; modify the sensor data into a motion hint; and provide the motion hint to a video encoder, where the video encoder is configured to use the motion hint to accelerate encoding of video transmitted by the IHS to the HMD during execution of the xR application. |
| US11240524B2 |
Selective switch for parallel processing
A video decoder determines whether the current block is coded by using intra block copy mode. The video decoder identifies a list of one or more prediction candidates for the current block. When the current block is not coded by using intra block copy mode, one or more spatial neighbors of the current block that are positioned in a same MER as the current block are excluded from the list of prediction candidates. When the current block is coded by using intra block copy mode and the list of prediction candidates belongs to a predefined subset of multiple different candidate lists, at least one of the identified prediction candidates is a spatial neighbor of the current block that is positioned in the MER. The video decoder reconstructs the current block by using a prediction candidate selected from the list of prediction candidates to generate a prediction of the current block. |
| US11240522B2 |
Prediction image generation method, image coding method, image decoding method, and prediction image generation apparatus
An image decoding device is provided for decoding a current block using a coded bitstream. The image decoding device includes a processor and a memory coupled to the processor. The processor of the image coding device performs operations, including obtaining a first data to determine a number of first points in a first picture to predict the current block, the first picture including the current block. The processor also performs selecting motion information for each of the first points, the motion information being one of candidates where the number of selected motion information being equal to the number of the first points determined by the first data. The processor further performs generating a prediction image to decode the current block based on the selected motion information. |
| US11240520B2 |
Method and apparatus for decoding a video signal
The present invention includes obtaining block type identification information on a partition of the current macroblock when the current macroblock is intra-mixed, specifying a bock type of the current macroblock based on the block type identification information, obtaining an intra prediction mode of the current macroblock according to the block type of the partition of the current macroblock, and predicting the current macroblock using the intra prediction mode and a pixel value of a neighboring block. |
| US11240519B2 |
Hierarchical tiles
A method for decoding a coded video sequence includes decoding at least one tile which comprises a first tile boundary defined by a first tile layout and a second tile boundary defined by second tile layout, wherein the coded video sequence indicates that at least one first prediction mechanism is available across the first tile boundary, and that the at least one first prediction mechanism is not available across the second tile boundary. |
| US11240518B2 |
Method and apparatus for video coding
Aspects of the disclosure provide method and apparatus for video coding. In the method, prediction information of a current block in a current coding tree unit (CTU) from a coded video bitstream is decoded. The prediction information indicates an intra block copy (IBC) mode. Padded values of a reference block are determined based on a block vector that points to the reference block. The padded values of the reference block are copied from a reference sample line. At least a sample of the current block is reconstructed based on the padded values of the reference block. |
| US11240512B2 |
Intra-prediction for video coding using perspective information
A method of decoding video, comprising: receiving an encoded bit stream representing frames of video, each of the frames comprising blocks of pixels; for a current block to be decoded, obtaining a vanishing point from the encoded bit stream and calculating pixel values of the current block to be decoded by performing intra-prediction based on a prediction line originating in the vanishing point; and providing decoded video based on the calculated pixel values. A method of encoding video, an encoder, and a decoder are also disclosed. |
| US11240506B2 |
Video encoding and decoding method based on entry point information in a slice header, and apparatus using same
A video encoding method includes deriving entry point information specifying an entry point of a substream for a picture. The entry point information may include a number syntax element representing a number of offset syntax elements in a slice header; an offset syntax element representing an entry point offset between in bytes two entry points; and a length syntax element representing a bits length of the offset syntax element. A value of the length syntax element plus one corresponds to the bits length of the offset syntax element and the length syntax element is signaled when the number of the offset syntax elements is larger than 0. A value of the number syntax element corresponds to the number of offset syntax elements in the slice header, and the offset syntax element is signaled when the number of the offset syntax elements is larger than 0. |
| US11240502B2 |
Video encoding
A system can include a video processing engine to determine an estimated Quantization Parameter (QP) for a row of Coding Tree Units (CTUs) in a frame of a video. The processing engine can encode the row of CTUs in the frame of the video. A CTU in the row of CTUs can be encoded with a QP equal to the estimated QP. The system includes another video processing engine to determine an estimated QP for another row of CTUs of the frame of the video. The other processing engine can set a running QP to the estimated QP for the row of CTUs prior to the given video processor encoding a last CTU in the given row of CTUs. The other processing engine can further encode the other row of CTUs. CTUs encoded by the video processing engine and the other video processing engine can be stored in memory. |
| US11240501B2 |
L-type partitioning tree
An approach for encoding/decoding video data including obtaining video data; parsing the obtained video data to obtain partitioning parameters; obtaining a partitioned coding block based on the partitioning parameters; and decoding the obtained video data based on the partitioned coding block. The partitioned coding block may be partitioned into a rectangular partition and at least one non-rectangular partition. |
| US11240500B2 |
Image decoding apparatus and image coding apparatus
Delay based on WPP processing is reduced. An image decoding apparatus (31) includes: a prediction image generation unit (308) by using decoded data from a first position to a second position, the first position being, in a CTU row immediately above a CTU row including a target CTU, identical to a position of the target CTU, the second position being a position one CTU forward relative to the first position; and an entropy decoding unit (301) that performs decoding of the target CTU by using the decoded data from the first position to the second position, the first position being, in the CTU row immediately above the CTU row including the target CTU, identical to the position of the target CTU, the second position being a position one CTU forward relative to the first position. |
| US11240497B2 |
Deblocking in a video encoder and/or video decoder
A deblocking method for deblocking a boundary between a first block of samples, block P, and a second block of samples, block Q. The method includes determining whether at least one of the P block or the Q block is a combined intra-inter prediction block; and, as a result of determining that at least one of the P block or the Q block is a combined intra-inter prediction block, deblocking the boundary between the P block and the Q block. |
| US11240495B2 |
Image coding/decoding method and apparatus therefor
The present invention discloses an image coding/decoding method and an apparatus for the method. More specifically, a method for filtering an image by a decoding apparatus comprises deriving boundaries of a block divided into quad-tree plus binary-tree structure; determining an edge among boundaries of the block to which de-blocking filtering is applied; determining a type of de-blocking filtering to be applied to the edge; and performing de-blocking filtering to a picture sample restored according to the de-blocking filtering type, wherein the edge or the type of de-blocking filtering is determined by considering width or height of the block. |
| US11240492B2 |
Neural network based residual coding and prediction for predictive coding
Systems and methods disclosed for video compression, utilizing neural networks for predictive video coding. Processes employed combine multiple banks of neural networks with codec system components to carry out the coding and decoding of video data. |
| US11240490B2 |
Method and apparatus for intra prediction for non-square blocks in video compression
A method for video decoding includes determining, for a current block that is a non-square block, whether an angular intra prediction mode for the current block is a wide angle mode that is in a direction outside of a range of directions that spans a bottom left diagonal direction and top right diagonal direction of the current block. The method further includes, in response to determining that the angular intra prediction mode is the wide angle mode, enabling an intra smooth filter and applying the enabled intra smoothing filter to blocks neighboring the current block to generate filtered blocks. The method further includes performing intra prediction based on the filtered blocks to decode the current block. |
| US11240484B2 |
Information processing apparatus and information processing method for stereo imaging based on corrected parameters
The present disclosure relates to an information processing apparatus, an information processing method, and a program capable of obtaining the accuracy of the parameter regarding the attitude of a plurality of viewpoints with higher accuracy. Provided is an information processing apparatus including: a plane estimator configured to estimate a plane on the basis of a first depth map, the first depth map being obtained on the basis of a plurality of captured images acquired by image-capturing at a plurality of viewpoints; and a correction unit configured to correct a parameter regarding an attitude of the plurality of viewpoints on the basis of comparison between the first depth map and the plane. |
| US11240483B2 |
Three-dimensional model distribution method and three-dimensional model distribution device
A three-dimensional model distribution method includes: distributing a first model, which is a three-dimensional model of a target space in a target time period, in a first distribution mode; and distributing a second model, which is a three-dimensional model of the target space in the target time period and makes a smaller change per unit time than the first model, in a second distribution mode different from the first distribution mode. |
| US11240481B2 |
Creation and user interactions with three-dimensional wallpaper on computing devices
A wallpaper system presents a first wallpaper image of a wallpaper video to a user and receives, via a user input device, one or both of: (i) a spatial user input selection, and (ii) a time user input selection from the user to apply to the wallpaper video. In response to detecting one or both of: (i) the spatial user input selection, and (ii) the time user input selection, the wallpaper system determines one or both of: (i) a respective spatial movement parameter within a wallpaper video associated with the spatial user input selection, and (ii) a respective time coordinate within the wallpaper video associated with the time user input selection. Wallpaper system presents, via the image display, a second wallpaper image associated with one or both of: (i) the respective spatial movement parameter, and (ii) the respective time coordinate. |
| US11240478B2 |
Efficient multi-view coding using depth-map estimate for a dependent view
The usual coding order according to which the reference view is coded prior to the dependent view, and within each view, a depth map is coded subsequent to the respective picture, may be maintained and does lead to a sacrifice of efficiency in performing inter-view redundancy removal by, for example, predicting motion data of the current picture of the dependent view from motion data of the current picture of the reference view. Rather, a depth map estimate of the current picture of the dependent view is obtained by warping the depth map of the current picture of the reference view into the dependent view, thereby enabling various methods of inter-view redundancy reduction more efficiently by bridging the gap between the views. According to another aspect, the following discovery is exploited: the overhead associated with an enlarged list of motion predictor candidates for a block of a picture of a dependent view is comparatively low compared to a gain in motion vector prediction quality resulting from an adding of a motion vector candidate which is determined from an, in disparity-compensated sense, co-located block of a reference view. |
| US11240476B2 |
Image projection device and information processing method
An image projection device including: an analysis unit configured to compute a functional state of one or more devices included in the image projection device based on sensor information acquired from one or more sensors; a determination unit to determine whether or not maintenance of the devices is necessary based on the functional state of the devices; and a notification control unit to present guidance information that prompts for implementation of maintenance of the devices to a user through a notification unit at a timing when it is determined by the determination unit that maintenance is necessary. |
| US11240468B2 |
Video conferencing during real time collaboration on a virtual canvas
A method of collaborating between a first computer associated with a first display at a first location and a second computer associated with a second display at a second location may include establishing a connection between the first and second computers, opening a virtual canvas on the first computer, the virtual canvas to be displayed on the first and second displays simultaneously, and sending an object between the first and second computers by sending data associated with the object on the virtual canvas stored on the first computer to the second computer to be stored locally, thereby creating a shared canvas on which objects are at a single location. Video conferencing may include sending a first live video stream from the first display to the second display to be viewed in a first video conference window separate from the virtual canvas on the second display and vice versa. |
| US11240467B1 |
System and method for a timed one-on-one video conference call
A computer-implemented method for a timed one-on-one video conference call between a host and a guest, the video conference call presenting a shared conference call interface including a status bar defining a question portion and an answer portion, the computer-implemented method initiating a timer that defined a preset total time for the conference call and updating the status bar to progress through the question portion and the answer portion according to the timer, and a digital curtain that transitions across the shared conference call interface signaling the end of the video conference call when the timer reaches the preset total time. |
| US11240466B2 |
Display device, mobile device, video calling method performed by the display device, and video calling method performed by the mobile device
A display device configured to communicate with a mobile device for video calling. The display device is configured to activate a camera, based on a video calling request received from a mobile device, obtain image data for a counterpart mobile device through a communication interface, and control a display to display a video calling screen image including a first image for the counterpart mobile device generated based on the image data and a second image obtained by the camera. |
| US11240462B2 |
Display system, display method, and display apparatus
A display system includes a conversion apparatus converting video luminance including a luminance value in a first luminance range and a display apparatus connected thereto and displaying the video. The conversion apparatus includes a first acquisition unit, a first luminance converter, a second luminance converter, a quantization converter, and an output unit outputting a third luminance signal to the display apparatus. The display apparatus includes: a second acquisition unit acquiring the third luminance signal and setting information indicating display settings recommended to the display apparatus in display of the video; a display setting unit setting the display apparatus, using the setting information; a third luminance converter converting a third code value indicated by the third luminance signal into a second luminance value compatible with a second luminance range, using the setting information; and a display controller displaying the video on the display apparatus based on the second luminance value. |
| US11240461B2 |
Operating method of pixel circuit and image system
A pixel circuit including a photodiode, a first storage capacitor and a second storage capacitor is provided. The first storage capacitor discharges to a first output voltage in a first exposure time and to a third output voltage in a third exposure time. The second storage capacitor discharges to a second output voltage in a second exposure time and to a fourth output voltage in a fourth exposure time. The first and second exposure times are included in a first frame period. The third and fourth exposure times are included in a second frame period. The second frame period is a next frame period of the first frame period. In the first frame period, the first exposure time is subsequent to the second exposure time. In the second frame period, the third exposure time is prior to the fourth exposure time. |
| US11240460B2 |
Biometric sensing system and sensing method thereof
The invention relates to a biometric sensing system, comprising: a light emitter, a polarization sensor, and a signal processing module, wherein the polarization sensor includes a first polarizer and a second polarizer. First, the light emitter emits a plurality of emitted light from the object under sensing, and reflected by the object. Then, a first reflected light in a first polarization direction and a second reflected light in a second polarization direction in the reflected light are sensed by the polarization sensor. Finally, the signal processing module calculates a first reflectance and a second reflectance according to the first reflected light and the second reflected light, and generate a reflectance ratio based on the first reflectance and the second reflectance. As such, the user determines whether the surface of the object under sensing is 3D by the reflectance ratio, so as to achieve improving safety and saving costs. |
| US11240453B2 |
Photoelectric conversion device
A photoelectric conversion device includes a plurality of pixels arranged in an array to form a plurality of rows and a plurality of columns. Each of the plurality of pixels includes a photon detection element that outputs an output signal generated by avalanche multiplication in accordance with incidence of a photon, a quench element connected to the photon detection element, a waveform shaper that is connected to the photon detection element and generates a detection signal based on the output signal, and a signal processing circuit that performs signal processing on the detection signal output from the waveform shaper. The signal processing circuit includes a counting unit that performs a counting process of counting the detection signal output from the waveform shaper, and a calculation unit that performs a predetermined calculation process on a count result output from the counting unit. |
| US11240451B2 |
Electronic imaging enhancement system
An electronic imaging system for a digital camera or imaging device includes a secondary filter having a plurality of filter openings. Each of the filter openings configured to align with a respective light sensor positioned in a grid of light sensors on a CCD. Light filtering media located in the filter openings is employed to reduce light transmitted to the light sensors to either prevent overloads of the sensors or to calculate a corrected light sensor output from a light sensor positioned adjacent an overloaded light sensor. |
| US11240446B2 |
Imaging device, control apparatus, imaging method, and storage medium
In order to be able to appropriately control whether to generate a wide-angle image in accordance with control of an imaging range of the plurality of imaging units, an imaging device includes: a first imaging unit and a second imaging unit, each of which is movable in a predetermined direction; a combination processing unit configured to combine a first image obtained by the first imaging unit and a second image obtained by the second imaging unit to generate a wide-angle image; a determination unit configured to determine whether or not to generate the wide-angle image by the combination processing unit, based on a relation between an imaging range of the first imaging unit and an imaging range of the second imaging unit, or a position relation between the first imaging unit and the second imaging unit in the predetermined direction. |
| US11240443B2 |
Systems and methods for image acquisition
A system is provided in the present disclosure. The system may determine a first exposure time of a visible light sensor of an image acquisition device according to ambient light at a scene to be photographed. The image acquisition device may include the visible light sensor and an infrared light sensor. The system may also actuate the image acquisition device to simultaneously capture a visible light image and at least one infrared light image of the scene. The visible light image may be captured using a visible light sensor with the first exposure time. The at least one infrared light image may be captured using an infrared light sensor. The system may also generate a WDR image by processing the at least one infrared light image, and generate a target image of the scene by fusing the visible light image and the WDR image. |
| US11240441B2 |
Method, device, system and computer-program product for setting lighting condition and storage medium
The present disclosure provides a method, device, system and computer-program product for setting a lighting condition when an object is checked and a storage medium. The method includes that: the object is lighted by light sources capable of changing lighting parameters specifying the lighting condition when the object is captured, and the object with corresponding label data is captured by an image sensor under multiple such lighting parameters to obtain multiple captured images; estimation images of the object are generated on the basis of image data sets obtained by associating the captured images and the corresponding lighting parameters; and the estimation images and the corresponding label data are applied to learning of the machine learning model, and the lighting condition is set on the basis of a comparison result between an estimation result of a machine learning model and the label data. Therefore, operations are simplified. |
| US11240440B2 |
Image obtaining method and apparatus
A method of obtaining an image from an image sensor provided in a vehicle includes obtaining a vehicle speed of the vehicle; adjusting a shutter speed of the image sensor; adjusting either one or both of an international organization for standardization sensitivity (ISO) of the image sensor and an aperture of the image sensor based on the vehicle speed; and obtaining the image from the image sensor based on the adjusted shutter speed and the adjusted either one or both of the ISO and the aperture. |
| US11240438B1 |
Information handling system camera with automated tilt, pan and shutter functionality
An information handling system camera manages tilt and pan in an automated manner to direct the camera field of view. A shutter slides behind a camera cover to align a shutter opening with a cover opening. Additional sliding of the cover translates to a tilt of the camera from a full down axis to a full up axis. For example, a cam surface formed in the shutter engages the camera for tilt with a spring bias of the camera against the cam. Rotation of the camera housing about a bracket pivot gear is provided through sliding motion of a pan bar within the camera housing. |
| US11240437B1 |
Systems and methods for controlling a vehicle camera system
The disclosure describes systems and methods for controlling a vehicle camera system. The camera system includes a computer that controls the camera system and one or more cameras that are configured to capture video inside and/or outside a vehicle. |
| US11240433B2 |
System and method for x-ray compatible 2D streak camera for a snapshot multiframe imager
The present disclosure is directed to a snapshot multiframe imager having an aperture element having at least one aperture, an adjacently positioned random mask, an imaging element and a computer. The random mask has a plurality of micron scale apertures and receives light passing through the aperture element, which represents the spatial information from the scene being imaged, and generates a plurality of image frames encoded in a spatial domain. The imaging element may operate in a drift-scan mode receives the encoded image frames and generates a streaked pattern of electrons representing a plurality of images of the scene at a plurality of different times. The computer analyzes the streaked pattern of electrons and mathematically reconstructs the plurality of images. |
| US11240430B2 |
Methods and apparatus to operate a mobile camera for low-power usage
A disclosed example to operate a mobile camera includes recognizing a first feature in first sensor data in response to the first feature being detected in the first sensor data; transitioning the mobile camera from a first feature detection state to a second feature detection state in response to the recognizing of the first feature, the mobile camera to operate using higher power consumption in second feature detection state than in the first feature detection state; recognizing a second feature in second sensor data in the second feature detection state; and sending to an external device at least one of first metadata corresponding to the first feature or second metadata corresponding to the second feature. |
| US11240429B2 |
Target object elimination method based on panoramic camera
The present invention provides a target object elimination method based on a panoramic camera, the panoramic camera comprising at least two independent lenses, wherein the method comprises following steps: capturing one basic panoramic image by each of the independent lenses; recognizing a target object from each of the basic panoramic images; dividing each of the basic panoramic images into a plurality of image parts having a same or different size, wherein at least one of the image parts comprises the target object; deleting the one image part comprising the target object in each of the basic panoramic images; and combining all remaining image parts in each of the basic panoramic images to obtain a corrected panoramic image from which the target object is eliminated. By the present invention, the target object can be eliminated quickly and efficiently while ensuring the quality of the image. |
| US11240409B2 |
Image capturing apparatus provided with connection terminal section on rear side
An image capturing apparatus capable of suppressing an increase in the handling size thereof in a state in which cables are connected thereto. The image capturing apparatus is provided with a connection terminal section on a rear side of an image capturing apparatus body. The connection terminal section includes a plurality of first connector arrangement surfaces and first external connection terminals provided on the first connector arrangement surfaces, respectively. The first connector arrangement surfaces are arranged at respective locations not overlapping each other as viewed from a front-rear direction of the image capturing apparatus body and overlapping each other as viewed from a vertical direction of the image capturing apparatus body and are arranged such that the first connector arrangement surfaces face obliquely downward toward the rear of the image capturing apparatus body. |
| US11240408B2 |
Wearable electronic device
In one embodiment, a device includes a device body that includes a touch-sensitive display and a processor. The device also includes a band coupled to the device body and an optical sensor in or on the band. The optical sensor faces outward from the band and captures images. The processor communicates with the optical sensor to process captured images. |
| US11240407B2 |
Image processing device, image display device, and program
Provided is an image processing device, image display device, and program that allow an image captured by an imaging device not having a vibration suppression function or an image whose vibration has been suppressed incompletely to be displayed on a display device with the vibration suppressed. The image processing device includes a motion estimator configured to estimate the amount of motion of an object between a first image and a second image later than the first image and a motion compensator configured to perform a conversion process on the second image so that vibration of the object between the first image and the second image is suppressed, on the basis of the amount of motion of the object. The motion estimator has a first estimation mode in which the amount of motion of the object is estimated in a predetermined search area and a second estimation mode in which the amount of motion of the object is estimated in a larger area than the search area in the first estimation mode. |
| US11240404B2 |
Systems and methods for synchronizing sensor capture
In one embodiment, a method includes, by a computing device of a first sensor receiving synchronization information from a controller. The synchronization information being generated based on a clock of the controller. The method also includes determining, based on the synchronization information, a first offset between a first clock of the first sensor and the clock of the controller; storing the first offset; and synchronizing, based on the stored first offset and the first clock of the first sensor, a first data capture by the first sensor with a second data capture by a second sensor. The first data capture and the second data capture being requested by the controller. |
| US11240401B2 |
Image processing apparatus and image processing method
An image processing apparatus of an embodiment includes an image processing unit to convert a color image to a monochrome image. The color image comprises pixels with a plurality of color components. The image processing unit is configured to generate a histogram from the monochrome image showing a color intensity gradation in the monochrome image by pixel frequency. A processor is configured to obtain a first threshold value based on the histogram, determine for each color component of each pixel in the color image whether or not each color component of the pixel is light based on the first threshold value, and generate a corrected color image by removing a background coloring from the color image by correcting each pixel for which all the color components are determined to be light. |
| US11240397B2 |
Information processing system, information processing apparatus, computer-readable non-transitory recording medium storing information processing program, and slave system
When an image forming apparatus acquires notification destination information from a document processing flow execution system, and is instructed to change information, the image forming apparatus requests that a master system, indicated by the notification destination information, change the information. The master system changes the information held by the master system itself as requested by the image forming apparatus. When the image forming apparatus is notified about the successful change of information from the master system, the image forming apparatus notifies a slave system, indicated by the notification destination information, about the change of information. When the slave system is notified about the change of information by the image forming apparatus, the slave system changes the information held by the slave system itself to the information acquired from the master system. |
| US11240393B2 |
Image reading apparatus for reading an image of a document, and image forming apparatus including the same
An image reading apparatus includes a document feeder, a reading unit configured to read an image of a document fed by the document feeder, a facing member positioned to face the reading unit via a document feeding path, and a detection processing unit configured to perform area detection processing for detecting an area of the document with respect to a read image obtained by the reading unit. The facing member includes a white portion and a gray portion. The reading unit selectively performs normal reading for reading the image of the document with the white portion of the facing member as a background and auto-crop reading for reading the image of the document with the gray portion of the facing member as the background. The detection processing unit performs the area detection processing only in the auto-crop reading. |
| US11240390B2 |
Server apparatus, voice operation system, voice operation method, and recording medium
A server apparatus, a voice operation system, and a voice operation method, each of which: acquires, from an image forming apparatus, a language type of a display language used for display at the image forming apparatus; stores the language type of the display language; acquires, from a speaker, voice operation that instructs to change the display language; identifies a language type of a targeted language based on the voice operation; and determines whether the language type of the display language matches the language type of the targeted language. Based on a determination that the language type of the display language does not match the language type of the targeted language, the server apparatus instructs the image forming apparatus to change from the language type of the display language to the language type of the targeted language. Based on a determination that the language type of the display language matches the language type of the targeted language, the server apparatus disregards the instruction to change the language type of the display language of the image forming apparatus. |
| US11240388B2 |
Visualizing image registration information
In an example implementation, a method of providing image registration information in a digital printing press includes imaging a printed page on an impression drum of a digital printing press, determining image registration information from printed content on the page, and displaying a graphical visualization of the image registration information on a user interface screen of the digital printing press. |
| US11240385B1 |
Defect detection for multi-function devices using machine learning
A method is disclosed. For example, the method executed by a processor of a multi-function device (MFD) includes executing a defect learning routine to identify defects, cataloging the defects based on a job function, a type of paper, and a machine state, receiving a job request, determining a known defect that has been catalogued based on the job function, the type of paper, and the machine state, and presenting a visualization of the known defect on a display of a user interface before executing the job request. |
| US11240381B2 |
Method and system for a multitenancy telephone network
A method and system for operating a multitenancy telephony system including receiving a plurality of call requests associated with an application server; selecting a subset of the received call requests using a load balancer; assigning each selected call request to one of a plurality of resources creating, on the assigned resource, a call session for each selected call request; and coordinating the created call sessions resulting from the selected subset of the received call requests associated with the application server. |
| US11240379B2 |
Function prioritization in a multi-channel, voice-datalink radio
A method of function prioritization in a multi-channel voice-datalink radio is provided. The method comprises suspending transmission of one or more data messages on a communication channel when transmission of a voice message is active on the communication channel, buffering the one or more data messages while the transmission of the voice message is active, and resuming transmission of the buffered one or more data messages on the communication channel when the transmission of the voice message ends. |
| US11240378B2 |
Selective performance of automated telephone calls to reduce latency and/or duration of assistant interaction
Implementations are directed to using an assistant to initiate automated telephone calls with entities. Some implementations identify an item of interest, identify a group of entities associated with the item, and initiate the calls with the entities. During a given call with a given entity, the assistant can request a status update regarding the item, and determine a temporal delay before initiating another call with the given entity to request a further status update regarding the item based on information received responsive to the request. Other implementations receive a request to perform an action on behalf of a user, identify a group of entities that can perform the action, and initiate a given call with a given entity. During the given call, the assistant can initiate an additional call with an additional entity, and generate notification(s), for the user, based on result(s) of the given call and/or the additional call. |
| US11240375B2 |
Masked communication system and method with GPS tracking
There are provided systems and methods of using the systems to make telecommunications. The systems and methods include application software on a user phone, and a telecommunications apparatus, or computer communication network, configured to make communications for the user. The system permits the user to carry out steps including opening the software app on a mobile phone, as a source telephone; making a communication with a target telephone of another through the app; and receiving a response to the communication, where the response includes a GPS location of the target telephone. The GPS location is displayed on the telephone user interface of the source telephone. In the systems, the numeric telephone identification of the source telephone device, and/or the numeric telephone identification of the target telephone device may be masked. |
| US11240374B2 |
Call processing method and apparatus, server, storage medium, and system
Example embodiments of this disclosure provide a method, an apparatus, a server, a storage medium, and a system for call processing. The method includes: monitoring, in real time, a call processing process of an artificial intelligence AI robot, to obtain an interaction text of the call, where the interaction text includes a recognition result of a user question and a reply to the user question; obtaining a service level value of the AI robot for the call based on the obtained interaction text; and when the service level value meets a first condition, performing an intervention operation on the call by using a target agent device. |
| US11240371B2 |
Method for determining voice quality in a telecommunications network
A method for determining a quality of voice transmitted by electrical signals between a first telecommunication terminal and a second telecommunication terminal in a telecommunication network, the method comprising: identifying a model type for the first telecommunication terminal and the second telecommunication terminal respectively; identifying at least one operating parameter for the telecommunication network; selecting at least one call aspect (i) of the transmitted voice wherein a quality of the transmitted voice shall be determined for the at least one call aspect; identifying a value of at least one quality parameter (KQIA/B, i, n) for the at least one call aspect (i) for at least one of the first telecommunication terminal and the second telecommunication terminal as a function of a value of at least one selected engineering parameter (KPIA/B) of the at least one telecommunication terminal as well as a function of the at least one operating parameter. |
| US11240370B1 |
Modeling and analysis of calls in IPBX
Apparatuses and methods concerning routing of calls in an IPBX server are disclosed. As an example, one apparatus includes an IPBX server configured to route VoIP calls for a plurality of end-users having respective VoIP-enabled circuit devices communicatively coupled to the IPBX server via a communications network. A call data processing circuit is communicatively coupled to the IPBX server. The call data processing circuit is configured to receive call event messages corresponding to a plurality of end-users from the IPBX server and generate call models from the call event messages. The call data processing circuit also generates call summary metrics from the call models. In response to an input query, the call data processing circuit evaluates the call summary metrics for a parameter of interest specified in the input query to generate data for the parameter of interest. |
| US11240368B2 |
Message processing method and electronic device implementing same
Various embodiments provide an electronic device and a method, the electronic device comprising a memory, a communication module, a display, and a processor functionally connected to the memory, the communication module, or the display, wherein the processor is set to determine whether a message received through the communication module includes a message display time and to determine whether to display the message by requesting a message service server to check whether to display the received message when a current time approaches the message display time. In addition, other embodiments are also possible. |
| US11240367B1 |
System, method, and apparatus for coordinating resources to prevent human trafficking and assist victims of human trafficking
A human trafficking case management and mentoring system, Coming Home, is a centralized system that seamlessly links victims of human trafficking with a Coming Home trained and licensed case manager mentor via an app that is accessible to the victim via a mobile communications device. The Coming Home case manager mentor coordinates one or more supporting services based on the current situation of the victim. Forward looking services assist the victim in recovery from their life within a human trafficking environment. The app includes a plurality of configurable victim activated tools to facilitate victim access for the employment of emergency services and protective measures to facilitate the victim's safety while using the app. The victim activated tools may include a camouflage screen tool: a geo-fencing/tracking tool; a facial recognition tool; a reporting HT Distress reporting tool; and a direct 911 emergency tool. |
| US11240365B1 |
Dynamic user interface schemes for an electronic device based on detected accessory devices
A system may include an electronic device that includes an enclosure having a transparent cover. The electronic device may also include a display positioned below the transparent cover and configured to display a first graphical user interface and a second graphical user interface different from the first graphical user interface, and a touch sensor positioned below the transparent cover and configured to detect touch inputs applied to the transparent cover. The system may also include a protective case that includes a shell defining a cavity and configured to at least partially cover the enclosure of the electronic device when the electronic device is positioned in the cavity, and a near-field wireless communication antenna coupled to the shell and detectable by the electronic device. In response to detecting the near-field wireless communication antenna, the electronic device may be configured to switch from the first graphical user interface to the second graphical user interface. |
| US11240362B2 |
Portable multifunction device, method, and graphical user interface for configuring and displaying widgets
A portable multifunction device displays a first widget on a touch screen and detects a first gesture on a settings icon on the first widget. In response to the first gesture, the device displays user-adjustable settings for a plurality of widgets, including settings for the first widget. The device detects one or more additional gestures to change one or more settings for one or more widgets in the plurality of widgets. In response to the additional gestures, the device changes one or more settings for other widgets, including changing one or more settings for a respective widget other than the first widget. Upon detecting a widget selection gesture and a finishing gesture on the touch screen, the device displays a second widget in the plurality of widgets other than the first widget. |
| US11240357B2 |
Electronic device
An electronic device is provided, which includes: a body; a camera module, rotatably disposed on the body; a motor, connected to the camera module, and configured to drive the camera module to rotate between a front camera position and a rear camera position relative to the body; a first direction sensor, disposed on the body and configured to provide a first sensing signal; a second direction sensor, disposed on the camera module and configured to provide a second sensing signal; and a processor, electrically connected to the motor, the first direction sensor, and the second direction sensor, and the processor is configured to control the motor based on the first sensing signal and the second sensing signal. |
| US11240355B2 |
Platform agnostic abstraction for forwarding equivalence classes with hierarchy
Methods, systems, and computer-readable mediums for managing forwarding equivalence class (FEC) hierarchies, including obtaining a forwarding equivalence class (FEC) hierarchy; making a first determination that a first hardware component supports a maximum levels of indirection (MLI) quantity; making a second determination that the FEC hierarchy has a hierarchy height; based on the first determination and the second determination, performing a comparison between the MLI quantity and the hierarchy height to obtain a comparison result; and based on the comparison result, performing a FEC hierarchy action set. |
| US11240354B2 |
Terabit-scale network packet processing via flow-level parallelization
In one example, the present disclosure describes a device, computer-readable medium, and method for organizing terabit-scale packet volumes into flows for downstream processing stages. For instance, in one example, a method includes extracting a first flow key from a first data packet, inputting the first flow key into a hash function to obtain a first output value, selecting a first partition in a memory to which to store the first data packet, wherein the first partition is selected based on the first output value, and storing the first data packet to the first partition. |
| US11240353B2 |
Data transmission in wireless communications networks
There is a provided herein a proxy at a border between two transport domains, the proxy arranged to deliver packets to a communications device in a first transport domain; the packets received from a server in a second transport domain. The proxy is arranged to: receive a packet from the server, the packet directed to the communications device; and forward the packet to the communications device and reply to the server with a traffic handling offer message, the traffic handling offer message including a plurality of traffic handling options. The proxy is further arranged to receive a selection of a traffic handling option from the server; and apply the selected traffic handling option to packets sent from the server to the communications device via the proxy. |
| US11240351B2 |
Communications with constrained devices
A standardised method is provided for enabling remote script execution on a constrained device. The method comprises transmitting a first Lightweight Machine-to-Machine, LWM2M, protocol message from a LWM2M protocol server to a LWM2M protocol client on the constrained device. A content of the first LWM2M message is such that the LWM2M protocol client has access to a script. The method also comprises transmitting information about execution of the script from the LWM2M protocol server to the LWM2M protocol client in a LWM2M protocol message. |
| US11240350B1 |
Messaging system for combining and sending promotional data with conventional messages via a communications network
The present invention is a messaging system for combining a set of promotional data with an instant message. The system includes a network, a sending communications terminal connected to the network and a sending processor programmed for sending an instant message via the network. Additionally, the system includes a recipient communications terminal connected to the network configured for receiving an instant message from the sending communications terminal. The system also includes a messaging server providing instant messaging service to the sending communications terminal and the recipient communications terminal and a combiner for combining a singular instant message sent from the sending communications terminal and the set of promotional data into a single cohesive message. The recipient communications terminal has a recipient processor for presenting the set of promotional data with the instant message as a cohesive message on a messaging. |
| US11240349B2 |
Multimodal content recognition and contextual advertising and content delivery
The present disclosure is directed to providing supplemental content to one or more client devices requesting multimedia content. The supplemental content may be determined or selected based on the availability of one or more device channels, such as a display, speakers, or other component of the one or more client devices capable of providing an output. The supplemental content may also be selected based on one or more characteristics of the requested multimedia content, such as a genre, subject matter, or duration. Furthermore, the supplemental content may be determined or selected based on the portions of the requested multimedia content that are the most prominent or significant, such as any audio content, any video content, and/or any textual content. The supplemental content may be provided to the one or more client devices such that it is displayed before, during, or after the display of the requested multimedia content. |
| US11240343B2 |
Device profile determination and policy enforcement
Techniques for operating a communication platform herein can be used to select a profile to be used for configuration one or more parameters of the communication session. These techniques include receiving a signal from a user device to initiate a communication session between a first party and a second party via the communications platform; determining a context of the communication session based on contact information, calendar information, or both associated with the first party, the second party, or both; selecting a profile from a plurality of profiles based on the context; and handling the requested communication session according to the selected profile by setting one or more communications parameters based on the selected profile. |
| US11240342B2 |
Agent device, method of controlling agent device, and computer-readable non-transient storage medium
A agent device includes a plurality of agent function parts configured to provide a service including causing an output section to output a response by a voice in response to a speech of an occupant in a vehicle, the plurality of agent function parts includes a first agent function part and a second agent function part having less dependence on a network connection than that of the first agent function part, a network observation part configured to recognize or predict a change in communication environment of the network connection is further provided, and the second agent function part stores a speech of the occupant in the vehicle in a storage when the first agent function part is under operation and deterioration of the communication environment of the network connection is recognized or predicted by the network observation part. |
| US11240341B2 |
Methods and apparatus to measure exposure to streaming media using media watermarks
Methods and apparatus are disclosed to measure exposure to streaming media using media watermarks. An example apparatus includes a memory, and a logic circuit to cause transmission of media, received from a service provider, to a media device in response to a first request for the media, the media including instructions to cause the media device to (1) determine a source Uniform Resource Locator, (2) determine a current playback time of the media, and (3) transmit a second request for metadata of the media to the apparatus, and metadata associated with the source Uniform Resource Locator and the current playback time of the media, the second request including the source Uniform Resource Locator of the media and the current playback time of the media. Example systems, methods, and apparatus disclosed herein enable a single set of monitoring instructions to be operated on multiple different devices and/or browsers. |
| US11240340B2 |
Optimized deployment of analytic models in an edge topology
Provided are techniques for optimized deployment of analytic models in an edge topology. A description of a multi-tiered edge topology with a plurality of nodes, a multimedia stream analytics composition, and performance objectives are received, where the multimedia stream analytics composition includes tasks that use analytic models. The analytic models are optimized and clustered to form clusters of optimized analytic models. A representative optimized analytic model is selected from each of the clusters. A configuration recommendation is determined that indicates deployment of the tasks and of each selected representative optimized analytic model on the plurality of nodes to meet the performance objectives. One or more workflows are generated from the configuration recommendation and executed on the plurality of nodes to generate output for the multimedia stream analytics composition. |
| US11240338B2 |
Integrated content delivery of enhanced mobile gateway system
In one embodiment, a method includes: receiving, from a mobile gateway associated with the computing system, a first request for first content provided by a content publisher, the first request being sent from a mobile device; determining, based on information associated with the first request and one or more policies, that the first content is to be provided to the mobile gateway through one or more caching gateways associated with the mobile gateway; identifying at least one of the one or more caching gateways to provide the requested first content; and sending, to the mobile gateway, first instructions configured to cause the mobile gateway to obtain the requested first content from the identified at least one caching gateway. |
| US11240337B2 |
Image transformation in hybrid sourcing architecture
Image transformation for use in a hybrid distribution architecture with improved performance characteristics is provided herein. The hybrid distribution architecture provides content to clients via a dual source system using a central cloud service and a Content Distribution Network, which uses the cloud service as its source. A client that requests a new rendition of an image provided by a chosen source of the hybrid distribution architecture will have that request handled by the source, and the source may maintain that rendition for future provision. By allowing the client to choose the source and letting that source handle the request, rather than requiring a central service hand the request, the amount of data needed to be transmitted is reduced and the speed of provision of content, modified or not, is improved for the client. |
| US11240336B2 |
Accelerating dynamic content delivery in a content delivery network
A technique for accelerating dynamic content delivery in a content delivery network. In some embodiments of the invention, responsive to a request that is sent by a client and that is for dynamic content, a client-proxy hosted in a datacenter of a CDN sends the request to a “forwarder-proxy” hosted in another datacenter of the same CDN. The forwarder-proxy, responsive to the request for dynamic content, forwards the request to an origin server and does not cache the dynamic content. The datacenter selected for the forwarder-proxy is one that is “close” to the origin server in terms of round-trip time (RTT) to improve network performance for requests for dynamic content. |
| US11240330B2 |
Method and system for managing application programs
Managing application programs is disclosed including perceiving a current context and determining that a first event has occurred, acquiring historical data relating to the first event, determining user behavior based on the historical data, and pushing application recommendation information or controlling application status based on the determination results. |
| US11240328B1 |
Privacy enhanced application usage monitoring
Systems, methods, and computer media for monitoring software application usage are provided herein. Using a local, time-interval-based approach, valuable information can be obtained for application providers without collecting or exposing user's personal data. Application usage data for a user is recorded and stored locally, on a client device, in conjunction with time intervals of different duration. After new application usage is recorded, it can be determined, based on comparison with the stored application usage data, if an application usage update is needed. The update can be generated by and sent from the client device to a remote application management system, and the remote system can perform analytics and improve the application as a result. |
| US11240324B2 |
System and method analyzing actual behavior of website visitors
A system and method for analyzing website visitor behavior. The method includes analyzing website visitor recordings associated with a website visit of each of a plurality of website visitors; determining a route taken within the website by each of the plurality of website visitors based on the website visitor recordings, wherein the route includes a chronological sequence of user interactions with website elements; and dividing the plurality of routes into clusters based on common path flows. |
| US11240322B2 |
Request distributor
Various systems and methods for request distribution are described herein. In an example, a system for request distribution includes a storage to store instructions and a processor. In an example, upon execution of the instructions, the processor instructs the system to identify an endpoint for routing a request based on a request value using a global lookup table. In an example, upon execution of the instructions, the processor instructs the system to generate a case identifier, wherein the case identifier includes a case hint based on the endpoint for routing the request. In an example, upon execution of the instructions, the processor instructs the system to route the request to an independent scale group based on the case hint, wherein the independent scale group is selected based on a co-location of a geographic interaction point for a service agent and a data shard corresponding to the request. |
| US11240316B1 |
Systems and methods for optimizing information collaboration
A system includes at least one hardware processor and a memory storing instructions that, when executed by the at least one hardware processor, cause the at least one hardware processor to perform operations including receiving an initiation message associated with a collaboration event between a first user and a second user, the collaboration event is initiated by the first user, determining a target device from a pool of computing devices associated with the second user based on usage history of each computing device in the pool of computing devices, initiating a collaboration session with the second user via the target device, and presenting collaborative content to the second user via the target device during the collaboration session. |
| US11240315B2 |
Systems and methods for remote management of appliances
The present disclosure describes systems and methods for remote management of appliances. The appliance may be configured to periodically check in a predetermined online location for the presence of a trigger file identifying one or more appliances directed to contact a management server for maintenance. If the file is present at the predetermined location and the file includes the identifier of the appliance, the appliance may initiate a connection to the management server. If the file is not found, then the appliance may reset a call timer and attempt to retrieve the file at a later time. To avoid having to configure addresses on the appliance, link local IPv6 addresses may be configured for use over a virtual private network, allowing administration, regardless of the network configuration or local IP address of the appliance. |
| US11240314B2 |
Systems and methods for remote management of appliances
The present disclosure describes systems and methods for remote management of appliances. The appliance may be configured to periodically check in a predetermined online location for the presence of a trigger file identifying one or more appliances directed to contact a management server for maintenance. If the file is present at the predetermined location and the file includes the identifier of the appliance, the appliance may initiate a connection to the management server. If the file is not found, then the appliance may reset a call timer and attempt to retrieve the file at a later time. To avoid having to configure addresses on the appliance, link local IPv6 addresses may be configured for use over a virtual private network, allowing administration, regardless of the network configuration or local IP address of the appliance. |
| US11240310B2 |
Group smart sensor management service
A smart sensor group management service may be used to establish groups of smart sensors that are associated with one or more common characteristics, such as a common application associated with the smart sensors. The group management service may establish multiple physical groups per application so that multiple entities may have access to managing the groups. The physical groups may be associated with a virtual group that facilitates management of the physical groups and may be accessible by the entities. The entities may perform different types of management operations using the group management service, such as creating groups, adding smart sensors to groups, removing smart sensors from groups, and adjusting settings of features of the applications that are associated with the groups. |
| US11240307B2 |
Multiple communication paths in a storage system
A storage system is provided. The storage system includes a plurality of storage nodes, each of the plurality of storage nodes having a plurality of storage units with storage memory. The system includes a first network coupling the plurality of storage nodes and a second network coupled to at least a subset of the plurality of storage units of each of the plurality of storage nodes such that one of the plurality of storage units of a first one of the plurality of storage nodes can initiate or relay a command to one of the plurality of storage units of a second one of the plurality of storage nodes via the second network without the command passing through the first network. |
| US11240304B2 |
Selective server-side execution of client-side scripts
An example embodiment may involve receiving, by a web server device and from a client device, a request for web content. The example embodiment may also involve determining, by the web server device, that a web document includes a script containing a synchronous client-side function call matching pre-determined criteria. The web content may be at least in part derivable from the web document. The example embodiment may also involve executing, by the web server device, the synchronous client-side function call to obtain output data. The example embodiment may also involve modifying, by the web server device, the web document to include the output data in a data structure associated with the synchronous client-side function call. The example embodiment may also involve transmitting, by the web server device and to the client device, the web document as modified. |
| US11240301B2 |
Decentralized ledger system and method for enterprises
A computer-implemented method for managing enterprise transactions includes creating an overlay to a physical communications network, adding one or more nodes to the overlay, designating one or more nodes of the overlay as super nodes, generating a distributed ledger to store the transactions, and replicating the distributed ledger to all nodes of the overlay. Generating the distributed ledger includes receiving, at the super nodes, transactions from the one or more nodes, assigning, by the super nodes, the transactions to a variable size block, validating, by the super nodes, the variable size block, and linking the validated variable size block to the distributed ledger. |
| US11240295B2 |
Intelligent service distributor and controller with real time service calibration
Described embodiments provide real time load balancing and calibration processes. An aspect includes receiving a request to execute a service, assessing capacity of a target server to execute the service, and setting a threshold for a number of services to be executed on the target server. A further aspect includes assigning a unique identifier of the service to the target server, and based on the threshold and an assessment of a capability of other servers, assigning the service to the server. |
| US11240290B2 |
Application download method and apparatus, application sending method and apparatus, and system
An application download method for a download-to-start application includes obtaining, by a server, runtime information of an application from a large quantity of terminals that have downloaded and used the application, performing data analysis on the information, determining a sequence of application files based on a result of the data analysis, to arrange an application file with a high access probability in front of an application file with a low access probability, and transmitting the application files to a terminal device based on the sequence. |
| US11240285B2 |
Latency reduction in remote rendering with adaptive phase shifting
Sending streamed data packets from a producer to a consumer. A method includes, at a first entity, sending consumable data packets from the first entity to a second entity at a first consumable packet rate. The method further includes receiving a first phase delta from the second entity, wherein the first phase delta is computed from transmission jitter, computed from timing information in the consumable data packets. The method further includes sending from the first entity consumable data packets at a second consumable packet rate, the second consumable packet rate being dependent on the first phase delta. |
| US11240284B1 |
Systems and methods for application- and content-aware real-time video encoding
The disclosed computer-implemented method may include (i) receiving a video stream for encoding, (ii) determining that the video stream is associated with an application, (iii) analyzing the video stream to label one or more regions of a frame within the video stream with a semantic category, (iv) determining, based at least in part on the application with which the video stream is associated, a prioritization of the semantic category, and (v) allocating encoding resources to one or more portions of the frame that comprise at least a part of the one or more regions of the frame based at least in part on the prioritization of the semantic category. Various other methods, systems, and computer-readable media are also disclosed. |
| US11240283B2 |
Methods and apparatus for the encoding of audio and/or video data
Methods and apparatus are disclosed for selecting encoding specifications for encoding audio and/or video data to be streamed from a sender to a receiver via a network. Methods and apparatus for encoding data using a selected encoding specification, and for streaming data which has been encoded using a selected encoding specification from a sender to a receiver via a network are also disclosed. The selecting method comprises selecting an encoding specification (s930) in dependence on performance measures (86) previously obtained using a plurality of different encoding specifications in respect of a monitored network when in each of a plurality of different network conditions (87), respective network conditions being characterised by different combinations of data-transmission characteristics. |
| US11240282B2 |
Pluggable components for augmenting device streams
Described are examples for providing stream augmenting components. A stream augmenting component having an augmentation function indicating a plurality of interfaces to one or more devices and an output stream can be initialized. At least a portion of the plurality of interfaces for the one or more devices can be accessed to at least one of obtain stream output from the one or more devices or control the one or more devices. A plurality of stream outputs from the one or more devices can be virtualized to the output stream at least in part by modifying or correlating data received over the plurality of stream outputs. The stream augmenting component can output the output stream to one or more other stream augmenting components or applications via at least another portion of the one or more interfaces. |
| US11240277B2 |
Multipoint conferencing sessions multiplexed through port
A conferencing computing device, including memory storing one or more dispatch data structures. The conferencing computing device may further include a processor configured to receive a plurality of input packets at a shared port from a plurality of sender computing devices. Based on input packet data and the one or more dispatch data structures, the processor may add each input packet to an input queue bound to the shared port. The processor may transmit the input packets to a plurality of application program instances associated with the input queues. The processor may generate a plurality of output packets at the application program instances. The processor may add each output packet to an output queue associated with the application program instance at which that output packet was generated. The processor may, through the shared port, transmit the output packets to a plurality of recipient computing devices. |
| US11240276B2 |
Communication system for interfacing with an alarm system control panel
A communicator device including a network interface for facilitating internet protocol (IP) communication, a public switched telephone network (PSTN) device interface for facilitating communication with a PSTN device and a processor. The processor is configured to communicate with a user application via an IP connection, receive instructions via the IP connection, generate a telephone ring signal based on the instructions, output the telephone ring signal to the PSTN device via the PSTN device interface, in response to the PSTN device providing a response to the telephone ring signal, establish a tip/ring connection between the PSTN device and the communicator device, and perform a data exchange between the user application and the PSTN device via a communication link that includes the IP connection and the tip/ring connection. |
| US11240275B1 |
Platform and method for performing cybersecurity analyses employing an intelligence hub with a modular architecture
A network device for collecting and distributing cybersecurity intelligence, which features analytics logic and a plurality of plug-ins. The analytics logic is configured to (i) receive a request message to conduct a cybersecurity analysis and (ii) select one of a first set or second set of plug-ins to conduct the cybersecurity analysis. Responsive to selecting a first plug-in of the first set of plug-ins by the analytics logic, the system conducts and completes the cybersecurity analysis while a communication session between the first plug-in and a network device initiating the request message remains open. Responsive to selecting a second plug-in by the analytics logic, the system conducts and completes the cybersecurity analysis while allowing the cybersecurity intelligence to be provided in response to the request message during a different and subsequent communication session than the communication session during which the request message is received. |
| US11240269B2 |
Method and apparatus for decryption of encrypted SSL data from packet traces
An example first device disclosed herein is to obtain, from a library of the first device, a pre-master secret value and a master secret value associated with a session key for a communication session between the first device and a second device, the library instrumented to log the pre-master and master secret values during handshaking, the session key based on the pre-master secret value, the master secret value and data strings exchanged during the handshaking. The disclosed example first device is also to capture a packet level trace corresponding to the communication session, the packet level trace including the data strings and encrypted data. The disclosed example first device is further to determine the session key based on the pre-master secret value, the master secret value and the data strings without use of a proxy, and decrypt the encrypted data with the session key to obtain decrypted data. |
| US11240265B2 |
Network forensic system for performing transmission metadata tracking and analysis
A method for extracting, correlating, consolidating and presenting metadata from transmissions is provided. The method may include receiving a TCP/IP transmission. The transmission may include a header and a body. The method may include extracting an originating IP address from a location of the transmission. The location may be in the header or in the body. The IP address may be extracted in binary form. The method may include determining an accuracy and validity metric of the transmission using an artificial intelligence module. The method may include converting the extracted IP address from binary form into hexadecimal form. The method may include embedding the hexadecimal form of the IP address into one or more unused options of the header. The method may include processing the transmission. The processing may be completed upon determination that the transmission is a valid transmission. |
| US11240262B1 |
Malware detection verification and enhancement by coordinating endpoint and malware detection systems
Computerized techniques to determine and verify maliciousness of an object by a security logic engine are described. A method features receiving information pertaining to a first set of events associated with a first object (first information) from an endpoint and information pertaining to a second set of events associated with a second object (second information) from an analysis system. Thereafter, the likelihood of the cyber-attack being conducted on the network is determined by at least correlating the first information and the second information with at least events associated with known malicious objects. Any endpoint vulnerable to the cyber-attack are identified based on a configuration of each of the plurality of endpoints and requesting the analysis system to conduct one or more further analyses in accordance with at least a software profile identified in a configuration of the first endpoint of the plurality of endpoints identified as vulnerable. |
| US11240255B1 |
System and method to recognize unauthenticated visitors
A method involves: receiving a request to access a first online financial application from a client device, where the first online financial application is one of a many online financial applications made available by an online financial service, and where the many online applications includes a second online application; attempting to generate a browser fingerprint for a browser application on the client device by applying a fingerprinting algorithm to one or more items of browser metadata; associating the browser fingerprint, if generated, with external user data obtained from a web analytics tool and internal user data obtained from the online financial service; receiving login credentials for the first online financial application from a user of the client device; retrieving, using the login credentials, additional internal user data maintained by the online financial service; personalizing, upon detecting the browser fingerprint and using the external user data, the internal user data, and the additional internal user data, a user interface presented by the second online financial application to the user. |
| US11240254B2 |
Distributed blockchain data management in a satellite environment
Systems, methods, and software described herein provide enhancements for managing data storage in a satellite platform. In one implementation, a satellite platform includes a plurality of satellites, wherein a first satellite of the platform is configured to identify a request for a ledger entry for a blockchain maintained by the satellite platform and, in response to the request, distribute the ledger entry to one or more other satellites of the satellite platform, wherein the one or more other satellites comprise full nodes for the blockchain. Once distributed, the one or more other satellites each determine whether the ledger entry is verified and, when the ledger entry is verified, enters the ledger entry in a ledger for the satellite. |
| US11240245B2 |
Computer system
A computer system includes one or more storage devices, and one or more processors. The one or more storage devices store permission management information specifying relations between combinations of an information source and an information type and whether sending information from the information source to an external network system is permitted or prohibited. The one or more processor is configured to receive an information transmission request specifying an information type of first information from a first system of an information source, determine whether sending the first information to outside a network system the first system belongs to is permitted with reference to the permission management information, and select a monitoring/analysis server to receive the first information from the monitoring/analysis servers based on the determination. |
| US11240243B2 |
Preventing statistical inference attacks on data that is shared among multiple stakeholders with disjoint access privileges
According to one embodiment, a method, computer system, and computer program product for preventing statistical inference attacks is provided. The present invention may include splitting records into items, and classifying these items into shared items and private items; grouping the private items according to privacy and confidentiality requirements; restricting access of the private items to stakeholders based on the confidentiality requirements using cryptographic keys; generating and encrypting one or more placeholders for both existent and non-existent stakeholders; storing private items in private storage as indicated by links; creating shared records comprising links, placeholders, and shared items; adding integrity signatures to the shared records; and publishing the shared records to a shared medium. |
| US11240241B2 |
Discovery and mapping of a cloud-based authentication, authorization, and user management service
A computing system includes persistent storage and a discovery application configured to perform operations including obtaining, from a remote computing system, first attributes of a first computing resource, which indicate a first unique resource identifier associated with an authentication system provided by the remote computing system and utilized by the first computing resource. The operations also include obtaining, from the remote computing system, second attributes of the authentication system, which indicate a second unique resource identifier used by the authentication system. The operations additionally include determining that the first unique resource identifier matches the second unique resource identifier and, based on this determination, generating a mapping between the first computing resource and the authentication system to indicate that access to the first computing resource is controlled by the authentication system. The operations further include storing, in the persistent storage, the mapping as one or more configuration items. |
| US11240239B2 |
Apparatus and method for shared credential authentication
An authentication system for providing shared credential authentication includes a client information handling (IHS) system having a resource service application, and a mobile IHS having a shared authentication application. The shared authentication token indicates that an authenticated state between the client IHS and the mobile IHS exists. The resource service application receives a request to access the resource, and sends an authentication request to an authentication server to authorize access to the resource. The shared authentication application receives a query from the authentication server to verify a status of a shared authentication token, and, when the shared authentication token is valid, responds to the query that the shared authentication token is valid. The resource service application further receives a response to the authentication request, and grants access to the resource when the authentication token indicates that the shared authentication token is valid. |
| US11240238B2 |
Computerized apparatus and methods for location-based service provision
Computerized apparatus and methods useful for causing provision of location-based services to users via a user portable wireless computerized device or other device. In one embodiment, the user device establishes a secure communication session with a network server (e.g., proxy process for a service coordinator or provider) to provide user-specific location-based services such as a time-limited rental of a tangible object or space. In one variant, dynamic generation of a response to the user included providing image data relating to provision of the user-specific location-based service, the image data enabling the user to authenticate at least one aspect of the provision of the user-specific location-based service by the third party service provider. |
| US11240237B2 |
Communication device, method of controlling communication device, and computer-readable non-transitory storage medium storing program
A communication device includes: a storage unit configured to store identification information of a network on which an application operates, as first identification information; a connection unit configured to connect to the network; an acquisition unit configured to acquire identification information of a connecting target network via the connection unit, as second identification information; and a connection controller configured not to permit a connection of the application to the network corresponding to the second identification information in a case where the first identification information is different from the second identification information. |
| US11240235B2 |
User authenticated encrypted communication link
Systems and methods are provided for establishing a secure communication link between a first client and a second client. One exemplary computer-implemented method for establishing a secure communication link between a first client and a second client includes accessing, from a storage, identification information of a user of the first client. The method further includes receiving a Domain Name Service (DNS) request from the first client requesting a secure network address corresponding to a secure domain name associated with the second client. The method further includes authenticating the user based on the user identification information. The method also includes transmitting the secure computer network address in response to the DNS request based on a determination that the user has been authenticated. A secure communication link between the first client and the second client is established based on the secure computer network address. |
| US11240230B2 |
Automatic authentication processing method and system using dividing function
Disclosed is an automatic authentication processing method and system using a dividing function. An authentication processing method performed by a computer-implementing service server comprises the steps of: (1) receiving, from a first electronic device, a service subscription request including user identification information and device information of the first electronic device; (2) requesting and receiving a one-time password (OTP) from an authentication server according to the service subscription request, wherein a first divided OTP and a second divided OTP, which are obtained by dividing the OTP, are received; (3) in response to the service subscription request, storing the first divided OTP together with the user identification information and the device information, and transmitting the second divided OTP to the first electronic device; and (4) in a case of a service requiring authentication for the user identification information, transmitting the first divided OTP together with the second divided OTP received from the first electronic device to the authentication server so as to perform authentication processing. |
| US11240229B2 |
Systems and methods for integrating systems over untrusted networks
Described herein is a computer implemented method for configuring a receiving system to receive data from a sending system. The method comprises receiving an integration creation request from a client application. In response, a specific integration user account is created with credentials which provide access to the receiving system. The credentials are communicated to the client application. In addition, an integration record comprising details in respect of the integration is created, stored, and associated with the specific integration user account. |
| US11240227B2 |
Partial pattern recognition in a stream of symbols
Systems and methods may be used for providing more secure authentication attempts by implementing authentication systems with credentials that include interspersed noise symbols in positions selected, for example by a user. These systems and methods secure against eavesdroppers such as shoulder-surfers or man-in-the middle attacks as it is difficult for an eavesdropper to separate the noise symbols from legitimate credential symbols. Some systems and methods may use a subset of a credential with the interspersed noise symbols. |
| US11240226B2 |
Synchronous multi-tenant single sign-on configuration
A computer implemented method for synchronizing multi-tenant single sign-on configuration. Utilizing a combination layer that is configured a single time to interact with a trust application at an identity provider. The combination layer is also configured to interact with the service provider and manages the security token and authentication state of the user. The identity provider can create a single long-lived trust application that is only responsible for redirecting to the combination layer, rather than a creating plurality of short-lived applications that redirect to a service provider every time a user login request is received. Thus, resulting in improved utilization of computing resources at the identity provider. |
| US11240222B2 |
Registry apparatus, agent device, application providing apparatus and corresponding methods
A registry apparatus is provided for maintaining a device registry of agent devices for communicating with application providing apparatus. The registry comprises authentication information for uniquely authenticating at least one trusted agent device. In response to an authentication request from an agent device, the authentication information for that device is obtained from the registry, and authentication of the agent device is performed. If the authentication is successful, then application key information is transmitted to at least one of the agent device and the application providing apparatus. |
| US11240221B2 |
Methods and apparatus for electronic file use and management
Methods and apparatus are disclosed for facilitating online storage of files (e.g., audio tracks, video, etc.) for playback/access or sale/exchange by the owners of the files without violating copyrights that copyright holders have in the files. For example, by providing a playback service that does not store additional versions of an audio file when the file is transmitted to, and immediately played on, a user device without buffering, the present invention avoids violating copyright laws by not making copies of the file. Numerous other aspects are disclosed. |
| US11240220B2 |
Systems and methods for user authentication based on multiple devices
A user may be authenticated using an authentication scheme based on user access to two or more selected electronic devices. A security key may be assigned to the user. The security key is divided into multiple parts that are distributed among electronic devices associated with the user. The security key can be reconstructed based on a distributed trust among the devices, where some devices may have a higher trust level than others. For example, each device can receive a number of key parts. In response to a request to authenticate the user, parts of the security key may be retrieved from two or more, but less than all, of the plurality of electronic devices associated with the user. The retrieved parts are used to reconstruct the security key, and the user is authenticated based on the reconstructed security key. |
| US11240219B2 |
Hybrid integration of software development kit with secure execution environment
A portable communication device may include a mobile application executing in an application execution environment and a secure application executing in a trusted execution environment. The secure application may receive, from the mobile application, a storage request to store sensitive data. The storage request may include an encrypted data type identifier and an encrypted sensitive data. The secure application may decrypt the encrypted data type identifier and the encrypted sensitive data using a transport key, and re-encrypt the sensitive data using a storage key. The re-encrypted sensitive data can then be stored in a memory of the portable communication device which is outside the trusted execution environment. |
| US11240217B1 |
Wireless peer to peer mobile wallet connections
Disclosed in some examples are devices, systems, and machine readable mediums for establishing peer to peer mobile wallet communications (P2PMW) over short range wireless communication networks. These P2PMW communications allow exchange of information between two wallet clients. Example communications include payments, providing identification, providing loans, and the like. The use of P2PMW communications opens up the prospect of anyone accepting payment from anybody else at any time. All that is needed is a computing device with a mobile wallet. Example short range wireless communications include Wireless LANs (WLAN) such as WIFI (e.g., communicating according to an Institute for Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) 802.11 family of standards), BLUETOOTH® or the like. |
| US11240215B2 |
Temporary control of components using location based grants
A device, system, and method gives temporary control of a user device using location based grants. The method performed by a control server of a third party is performed when the user device is in a predetermined area. The method includes transmitting authentication data to the user device, the authentication data configured to authenticate the third party to the user device, the predetermined area being associated with the third party. The method includes receiving a request from the user device for command data, the command data configured to be executed on the user device to provide the third party with a limited control over the user device while the user device remains in the predetermined area. The method includes transmitting the command data to the user device. |
| US11240212B2 |
Content security at service layer
Existing approaches to security within network, for instance oneM2M networks, are limited. For example, content might only be protected while the content is in transit between entities that trust each other. Here, the integrity and the confidentiality of content in an M2M network are protected. Such content may be “at rest,” such that the content is stored at a hosting node. Only authorized entities may store and retrieve the data that is stored at the hosting node, and the data may be protected from a confidentiality perspective and an integrity perspective. |
| US11240209B2 |
Data transfer in a data protection system
Systems and methods for performing a data transfer in a data protection system are disclosed. A user interface is provided that includes a workflow. The workflow is effective to configure a data transfer by identifying the source of the data, the destination of the data, and the data itself. A data control process associated with the data protection system is performed to authenticate the requesting user and determine whether the user is authorized to access the data. The data is transferred in accordance with the data control process of the data protection system. |
| US11240206B2 |
Broadband access for virtual private networks
An apparatus receives an upper layer packet that includes data from a source device, a virtual private network (VPN) identification, a destination address, and a destination option type. The apparatus authenticates the upper layer packet by comparing the VPN identification of the received upper layer packet to a customer VPN identification. The apparatus determines whether the apparatus recognizes the destination option type of the upper layer packet. The apparatus discards the upper layer packet on a condition that the apparatus does not recognize the destination option type. The apparatus decapsulates the upper layer packet into a lower layer packet and transmits the decapsulated packet to a destination on a condition that the apparatus recognizes the destination option type. |
| US11240204B2 |
Score-based dynamic firewall rule enforcement
Example methods and systems for score-based dynamic firewall rule enforcement in a software-defined networking (SDN) environment. One example method may comprise in response to detecting a first request to access a first resource, identifying a first score associated with the user, and a firewall rule that is applicable to the user based on information associated with the user. The firewall rule may be applied to allow access to the first resource. The method may further comprise adjusting the first score to a second score that represents a more restrictive access level compared to the first score. In response to detecting a second request to access the first resource, applying the firewall rule to block the second request based on the second score. |
| US11240189B2 |
Biometric-based sentiment management in a social networking environment
Disclosed aspects relate to biometric-based sentiment management in a social networking environment. A set of biometric data for an originating-user of an electronic message may be detected using a set of biometric sensors. Based on the set of biometric data, an originating-user sentiment for at least a portion of the electronic message may be determined. The electronic message and the originating-user sentiment for at least the portion of the electronic message may be compiled to establish a compiled message. The compiled message which indicates the originating-user sentiment for at least the portion of the electronic message may be provided in the social networking environment. |
| US11240188B2 |
Large data management in communication applications through multiple mailboxes
Technologies are described to increase a data limit for a user of a communication application by introducing additional archive mailboxes as the original archive fills up or subsequently added archive mailboxes fill up. Thus, a user's data limit may be effectively removed through the use of N additional archive mailboxes. The additional mailboxes may be integrated into the architecture of the communication application such that their use is transparent to the user and/or an administrator of the communication application or associated service. In other examples, additional mailboxes may be used to add to the capacity of the primary mailbox (cached) as well. |
| US11240181B1 |
Artificial intelligence assisted service provisioning and modification for delivering message-based services
Systems and methods involving AI-assisted service provisioning and modification for delivering message-based services. One exemplary method includes: receiving an input sequence from a user in relation to a request for a service, the input sequence including one or more inputs; processing the input sequence to determine a service type; associating a workflow with the request based at least in part on the service type and a profile of the user, the workflow including a set of one or more steps, a step of the set of one or more steps corresponding to a set of attributes including at least one of: a communication mode, a communication type, or a communication priority, the workflow being performed by at least one of: a chatbot, an AI assistant, or a service professional; modifying the workflow based on a new input sequent from the user using a workflow engine comprising at least one of: an AI model, a machine learning model, and a ruleset; and interacting with the user based at least in part on the workflow to deliver the service. |
| US11240174B2 |
Systems and methods for intelligent application grouping
A method is described that comprises collecting communication data travelling among a plurality of computing nodes in a networked environment. The method includes using the communication data to create a plurality of connectivity records, wherein each connectivity record comprises a communication between a source computing node and a destination computing node of the plurality of computing nodes. The method includes associating the communication with an application context and protocol. The method includes processing the plurality of connectivity records to eliminate connectivity records that meet at least one criteria, wherein the plurality of connectivity records includes associated application contexts and protocols, wherein a first portion of the plurality of connectivity records comprises the eliminated connectivity records, wherein a second portion of the plurality of connectivity records comprises the remainder of the connectivity records. The method includes building a graph using the second portion of the connectivity records. |
| US11240171B2 |
Method and system for managing multimedia services
A method for managing multimedia services includes transmitting a first request by a first device to a communication network for reserving a sub-channel of a communication channel for a multimedia service. The first device transmits the first request when the multimedia service is initiated at a second device. The first device communicates with the first communication network by way of the communication channel. The first device receives data associated with the multimedia service from the second device. The first device receives a first acknowledgement from the first communication network. The first acknowledgement indicates a reservation of the sub-channel for the multimedia service. The first device maps the multimedia service to the sub-channel based on the first acknowledgement. The first device transmits the data over the sub-channel, thereby managing a quality of service for the multimedia service. |
| US11240170B1 |
Dynamic resource allocation of cloud instances and enterprise application migration to cloud architecture
Cloud migration may be performed by identifying applications that are currently operating in the enterprise and performing certain determinations as to whether those applications are proper candidates for the migration to the cloud. One example method of operation may provide identifying at least one application operating on an enterprise network, retrieving current usage data of the at least one application, comparing the current usage data of the at least one application to a threshold amount of usage data to determine whether the application has exceeded the threshold amount of usage data. Next, the creation of an instance process may be performed on an entity operating outside the enterprise network and the application may be operated via the instance process and otherwise terminated in the enterprise network to alleviate resources. |
| US11240169B2 |
Packet queuing
Various example embodiments relate generally to supporting queuing of packets in a communication network. Various example embodiments for supporting queuing of packets in a communication network may be configured to support queueing of packets based on a packet queuing memory space including a hash entry space configured to maintain a set of H hash entries and a packet queue space configured to maintain a set of Q packet queues, wherein H is greater than Q. Various example embodiments for supporting queuing of packets in a communication network may be configured to support queueing of packets in a manner for handling packet events (e.g., packet arrival events, packet departure events, or the like) while preventing or mitigating queue collisions of hash entries (where a queue collision occurs when multiple hash entries, and the respective network flows of those hash entries, are associated with a single packet queue). |
| US11240167B2 |
Energy efficient optimization for spanning tree protocol
An apparatus for optimization for Spanning Tree Protocol (“STP”) data network includes an egress filter setting circuit in a first network node that sets an egress filter to discard data packets at an egress port of the first network node connected to a second network node in response to receiving an egress filter bridge protocol data unit (“BPDU”) message from the second network node indicating that a link between the first network node and the second network node is a redundant link. The network nodes are layer-2 STP bridges. The apparatus includes, in the first network node, an egress filter timeout circuit that resets a timer in response to receiving the egress filter BPDU message, and a filter clear circuit that clears the egress filter to allow data packets to be sent from the egress port to the second network node in response to the timer reaching a timeout. |
| US11240166B2 |
Wireless communication method for multi-user transmission scheduling, and wireless communication terminal using same
The present invention relates to a wireless communication terminal and a wireless communication method for efficiently scheduling uplink multi-user transmission.To this end, provided are a base wireless communication terminal, including: a transceiver configured to transmit and receive a wireless signal; and a processor configured to control an operation of the transceiver, wherein the processor selects an access category for transmitting a trigger frame which solicits an uplink multi-user transmission, performs a backoff procedure for transmitting the trigger frame based on the selected access category, and transmits the trigger frame when a backoff counter of the backoff procedure expires and a wireless communication method using the same. |
| US11240165B2 |
Communication networks including multi-purpose shared communication mediums, and associated methods
A method for transmitting data in a communication network including a shared communication medium includes (a) transmitting local data between a first client node and a second client node according to a first data protocol, using a first shared communication medium, and (b) transmitting remote data between the first client node and a network hub according to a second data protocol different from the first data protocol, using at least the first shared communication medium. |
| US11240162B1 |
Method for remote direct memory access (RDMA) congestion control over an ethernet network
Systems, and method and computer readable media that store instructions for remote direct memory access (RDMA) congestion control. |
| US11240154B2 |
Dynamic hardware forwarding pipeline compression
A controller device for a network provides data associated with pipeline capabilities of a programmable switch. The programmable switch receives data associated with pipeline capabilities of the programmable switch. The pipeline capabilities include a plurality of flow tables and allowable table transitions for each of the flow tables. The programmable switch determines that a first flow table and a second flow table are mutually independent based on the allowable table transitions for each of the flow tables. The programmable switch configures a pipeline for data flow in the computing device, the pipeline comprising a plurality of pipeline stages, a particular pipeline stage comprising the first flow table and the second flow table. |
| US11240152B2 |
Exposing a subset of hosts on an overlay network to components external to the overlay network without exposing another subset of hosts on the overlay network
Techniques for exposing a subset of hosts on an overlay network, without exposing another subset of hosts on the overlay network, are disclosed. A component associated with an overlay network exposes a subset of hosts on the overlay network to components external to the overlay network. The component exposes the subset of hosts by distributing a mapping between (a) the hosts to-be-exposed and (b) the substrate addresses associated with the hosts. Alternatively, a component external to an overlay network exposes a subset of hosts on the overlay network to additional components external to the overlay network. The component exposes the subset of hosts by distributing a mapping between (a) the hosts to-be-exposed and (b) a substrate address associated with the particular component. In either embodiment, a mapping for hosts to-be-hidden is not distributed. |
| US11240151B2 |
Combined input and output queue for packet forwarding in network devices
An apparatus for switching network traffic includes an ingress packet forwarding engine and an egress packet forwarding engine. The ingress packet forwarding engine is configured to determine, in response to receiving a network packet, an egress packet forwarding engine for outputting the network packet and enqueue the network packet in a virtual output queue. The egress packet forwarding engine is configured to output, in response to a first scheduling event and to the ingress packet forwarding engine, information indicating the network packet in the virtual output queue and that the network packet is to be enqueued at an output queue for an output port of the egress packet forwarding engine. The ingress packet forwarding engine is further configured to dequeue, in response to receiving the information, the network packet from the virtual output queue and enqueue the network packet to the output queue. |
| US11240146B2 |
Service request routing
A computer implemented method of routing service requests to service instances in a service mesh. The method comprises monitoring one or more performance characteristics of each of a plurality of network links to service instances. The method further comprises making a prediction of the network latency of transmitting a service request via each of at least two of the plurality of network links and selecting one of the plurality of service instances and routing the service request thereto based on the predictions of the network latencies. |
| US11240145B2 |
Shared risk representation in networks for troubleshooting, assignment, and propagation across layers
Shared risk representation in networks for troubleshooting, assignment, and propagation across layers includes obtaining a configuration for a format to represent shared risks in a network; assigning a value to a plurality of shared risks in the network utilizing the format and utilizing a plurality of assignment techniques including automatic assignment and manual assignment; propagating the assigned values of the plurality of shared risks across one or more layers in the network; and storing the assigned values for use in path computation in the network. |
| US11240142B2 |
Class-based traffic engineering in an IP network
Techniques are described for class-based traffic engineering in an IP network. For example, routers of an IP network may establish one or more constrained traffic engineered paths using a link-state protocol (e.g., IGP) without using signaling protocols, such as RSVP or SPRING, or encapsulating packets over MPLS. For example, an egress router of the IP network may receive a capability message specifying the capability of routers to compute a constrained path to the egress router, wherein the capability message comprises path computation information including an identifier of a path computation algorithm to be used by the one or more of the plurality of network devices to reach the egress network device. The egress router may advertise a reachability message including a destination IP prefix and the identifier of the path computation algorithm to cause routers in the IP network to compute the constrained path to reach the egress router. |
| US11240141B2 |
Time path selection device and time path selection method
[Problem] To select an optimal transmission path having a minimum total MTIE value of total MTIE values between a plurality of master apparatuses configured to transmit time information serving as a reference and a specific relay apparatus configured to receive the time information via a plurality of relay apparatuses to achieve time synchronization.[Solution] A time path selection apparatus 30 selects a transmission path employed for time synchronization, on the basis of a MTIE value evaluated in each of relay apparatuses 13 to 16, between master apparatuses 11 and 12 configured to transmit time information serving as a reference and a relay apparatus 15 or 16 at an edge configured to receive the time information via a relay apparatus 13 or 14 to achieve the time synchronization. The time path selection apparatus 30 includes a time information reception unit 31 configured to receive the MTIE value evaluated in each of the relay apparatuses 13 to 16, and an optimal path derivation unit 33 configured to evaluate, on the basis of the received MTIE value, a total MTIE value for every transmission path in transmission paths between the relay apparatus 15 and the master apparatuses 11 and 12 and to select and derive, as the transmission path employed for the transmission path for time synchronization, a transmission path where the total MTIE value is a minimum (170 ns). |
| US11240135B1 |
Monitoring VNFCs that are composed of independently manageable software modules
An example operation may include a method comprising one or more of creating a VNFC monitor, starting a VNFC monitor, sending VNFCI state change notifications which includes a status of one or more VNFC modules, stopping a VNFC monitor, and destroying a VNFC monitor. |
| US11240128B2 |
Policy controller for distributed virtualization infrastructure element monitoring
This disclosure describes techniques for monitoring, scheduling, and performance management for virtualization infrastructures within networks. In one example, a computing system includes a plurality of different cloud-based compute clusters (e.g., different cloud projects), each comprising a set of compute nodes. Policy agents execute on the compute nodes to monitor performance and usage metrics relating to resources of the compute nodes. Policy controllers within each cluster deploy policies to the policy agents and evaluate performance and usage metrics from the policy agents by application of one or more rulesets for infrastructure elements of the compute cluster. Each of the policy controllers outputs data to a multi-cluster dashboard software system indicative of a current health status for the infrastructure elements based on the evaluation of the performance and usage metrics for the cluster. The multi-cluster dashboard software system data outputs, as single user interface screen, the current health status for each of the cloud-based compute clusters. |
| US11240127B1 |
Indicator tools
Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media, for generating user interfaces and alerts for applications running on software platforms using indicator files. A method includes obtaining, by a software platform system configured to host computing tasks in a cloud computing environment of the distributed computing system, a user-customizable indicator file that specifies a set of indicators and, for at least one of the indicators, one or more alert thresholds. Each indicator is a measurable parameter for a particular computing task hosted by the software platform system. A monitoring service uses the user-customizable indicator file to obtain one or more values for each of one or more of the indicators from the software platform system. The monitoring service uses the user-customizable indicator file to generate a graphical user interface that includes, for each indicator, data specifying the one or more values for the indicator. |
| US11240126B2 |
Distributed tracing for application performance monitoring
Methods and systems for providing distributed tracing for application performance monitoring utilizing a distributed search engine in a microservices architecture. An example method comprises providing a user interface (UI) including a distributed trace indicating in real time the services invoked to serve an incoming HTTP request, the UI further including, in a single view, associated execution times for the services shown as a timeline waterfall. The distributed trace automatically propagates a trace ID to link services end-to-end in real time until a response to the request is served. The single view also provides graphs of response time information and the distribution of response times for the services. In response to selection of a particular element of the distribution, the UI provides respective timing details. The graphs and data shown on the single view can be filtered based on metadata input into a search field of the single view. |
| US11240124B2 |
Customized cloud service
Some examples described herein relate to providing a customized cloud service. In an example, Key Service Indicators (KSI) may be received for a cloud service. The Key Service Indicators may be associated with a cloud service template for providing the cloud service. The resources required for providing the cloud service may be identified based on the Key Service Indicators. |
| US11240119B2 |
Network operation
A method of operating a communications network is disclosed. Modern communications networks produce vast amounts of network operational data which have the potential to provide a useful summary of the operational state of the network. Whilst processes such as clustering are known for arranging the vast amount of data into groups, the clusters themselves do not provide data which might be easily interpreted by network elements or administrators. Network operational data often comprises a plurality of data items, each of which gives a value for each of a set of attributes. By processing a cluster to identify attributes in the cluster whose values vary less in the cluster then they vary outside of the cluster, and then generating a cluster description which is based on a measure of the central tendency of the values of those attribute in the cluster, an easily interpretable general description of the data items in the cluster is provided. The easily interpretable general description of the cluster can then be used to relatively identify data items similar to those present in the cluster (e.g. from a larger database of data items), and elements in the network can then act autonomously on the basis of the cluster description to control the operation of the communications network. |
| US11240118B2 |
Network mixing patterns
A mixing pattern system for networks is provided. One or more nodes in a network are analyzed. Grouping the one or more nodes into one or more classes within the network. A computer device analyzes one or more transactions between the one or more nodes in the network that include nodes within similar or distinct classes of the one or more nodes. A computer device identifies one or more mixing patterns associated with one or more transactions between the one or more nodes. |
| US11240116B2 |
Spacecraft network management system and method
A spacecraft network management system includes five functional entities, namely, attendant, accessor, collector, logic, and logic watchdog in a distributed architecture configured with both in-band and out-of-band data paths. Management data is structured so that it can travel over either in-band or out-of-band and be identified as such; user data travels over in-band paths. These five entities are distributed over the units of the design and then a modified set of otherwise standard elements are assigned to each entity depending on the nature of its function. These elements include managers, management agents, device agents, device management information base, and manager management information base that enable the entities to perform their respective functions. |
| US11240111B2 |
Analysis of simultaneous multi-point packet capture and display of the analysis
Some embodiments provide a method for presenting packets captured in a network. The method identifies a first set of packets from a first packet group of multiple captured packet groups. The method identifies a second set of packets, that corresponds to the first set of packets, from a second packet group of the multiple captured packet groups. The method displays representations of the multiple captured packet groups. At least one of the first set of packets and the second set of packets are presented with a different appearance from other packets of their respective packet group. |
| US11240110B1 |
Providing secure data replication among nodes of a hierarchical multitenant security orchestration and automated response (SOAR) architecture
Systems and methods for facilitating secure and reliable communications among nodes of different tiers of a multi-tenant SOAR deployment are provided. According to one embodiment, data flow propagation within a hierarchy of nodes of the SOAR deployment is controlled. Responsive to creation of a record by a node: (i) when there exists a parent node in the hierarchy, setting a PID of the record to a TID of the parent node; otherwise, to a TID of the node; (ii) when there exists a child node in the hierarchy, setting a CID of the record to the TID of the child node; otherwise, to the TID of the node; and (iii) maintaining a set of propagation rules for the node relating to permissibility of propagation of the record within the hierarchy. During propagation of the record by the node, the PID and the CID of the record are updated. |
| US11240109B2 |
Systems and methods for workspace continuity and remediation
Systems and methods for modernizing workspace and hardware lifecycle management in an enterprise productivity ecosystem are described. In some embodiments, a client Information Handling System (IHS) may include a processor and a memory, the memory having program instructions that, upon execution by the processor, cause the client IHS to: receive, from a workspace orchestration service, one or more files or policies configured to enable the client IHS to instantiate a first workspace based upon a first workspace definition; allow a user to execute a non-vetted application in the first workspace; determine that the first workspace is compromised; and receive, in response to the determination, from the workspace orchestration service, one or more other files or policies configured to enable the client IHS to instantiate a second workspace based upon a second workspace definition, where the second workspace definition allows execution of a vetted application corresponding to the non-vetted application. |
| US11240108B1 |
End-to-end configuration assistance for cloud services
A data processing system for end-to-end configuration assistance for cloud services implements receiving a request from a client device for a solution assistant configured to provide step-by-step guidance for configuring a plurality of cloud services to interoperate to produce a specified result; causing to be presented a solution assistant user interface; providing the step-by-step guidance comprising a plurality of steps by: launching a configuration interface of a respective cloud service of the plurality of cloud services associated with a respective step of the plurality of steps; presenting step-by-step configuration information providing guidance for configuring the respective cloud service; and receiving a confirmation indication from the client device that the respective cloud service has been configured according to the step-by-step configuration information; generating a summary report that includes a summary of the cloud services configured using the solution assistant; and causing to be presented the confirmation summary report. |
| US11240105B2 |
Control of scanning shared resources by devices for software discovery
A computer system performs software discovery on a shared resource in a network. A logical group is generated for the shared resource, wherein the logical group includes a plurality of devices accessing the shared resource. A designated device is selected from the plurality of devices for performing a software discovery operation on the shared resource, wherein the selection is based on one or more performance factors. Results of the software discovery operation on the shared resource are received from the designated device. The results of the software discovery operation are distributed by the designated device to the plurality of devices. Embodiments of the present invention further include a method and program product for performing software discovery on a shared resource in a network in substantially the same manner described above. |
| US11240103B2 |
Network parameter optimization method and apparatus
An embodiment provides a network parameter optimization method and apparatus, to implement online network parameter optimization. The method includes: sending, by a first function entity, an evaluation model to a second function entity, where the evaluation model is used by the second function entity to determine a first network parameter adjustment action performed by a network element in a first network environment state; receiving, by the first function entity, information about the first network parameter adjustment action; updating, by the first function entity, the evaluation model based on information about the first network environment state, the information about the first network parameter adjustment action, information about a return obtained after the network element performs the first network parameter adjustment action, and information about a second network environment state after the network element performs the first network parameter adjustment action. |
| US11240101B2 |
Automatic fabric provisioning system
An automatic fabric provisioning system includes first uplink switch device(s) associated with a first fabric, and second uplink switch device(s) associated with a second fabric. A gateway device is coupled to each of the first and second uplink switch device(s), and transmits a respective fabric login communication to each of the first uplink switch device(s) via at least one first uplink, and to each of the second uplink switch device(s) via at least one second uplink. When the gateway device receives respective first fabric login accept communication(s) from each of the uplink switch device(s) via the at least one uplink to that uplink switch device that identifies the fabric associated with that uplink switch device, it automatically associates each at least one first uplink with the first fabric, and each at least one second uplink with the second fabric. |
| US11240098B2 |
Automatic local gateway router backup of a network gateway router
Automatic local gateway router backup of a network gateway router is disclosed. A local gateway router communicatively coupled to a local subnet determines that a network gateway router that serves as a default gateway router for the local subnet has stopped responding. The local gateway router and the network gateway router are configured to communicate with one another via a tunnel implemented by a tunneling protocol. In response to determining that the network gateway router has stopped responding, automatically switching, by the local gateway router, from a tunneling mode to a routing mode, such that the local gateway router becomes the default gateway router for the local subnet. |
| US11240097B2 |
Communications methods and apparatus for minimizing and/or preventing message processing faults
The present invention relates to methods and apparatus for detecting, minimizing and/or preventing message processing faults and in particular message processing fault avalanches at a single processing device and among a cluster of message processing devices. An exemplary method embodiment includes: enabling message blocking at a Session Border Controller (SBC) for Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) messages including a first key value in response to a first threshold number of SIP messages including the first key value having caused a SIP message processing failure; receiving, at the SBC, a SIP message including at least one key value; determining if message blocking is enabled for one or more key values included in the SIP message; and dropping by the SBC the SIP message in response to determining that message blocking is enabled for one or more key values included in the SIP message, but otherwise processing the SIP message by the SBC. |
| US11240093B2 |
Service layer resource management for generic interworking and extensibility
Lightweight, dynamic mechanisms are provided to support service layer interworking and resource extensibility. For example, one mechanism disclosed herein comprises defining a new service layer (SL) resource definition registration procedure that allows for specifying custom attributes of service layer resources to represent third party technology resources. A second mechanism disclosed herein comprises defining a new SL data model mapping registration procedure to map service layer resources to third party data models and to provide a new interworked retargeting indicator to the service layer. Further, a third mechanism disclosed herein comprises defining a SL generic interworking procedure to intelligently retarget requests toward interworked resources based on the interworked retargeting indicator provided by the data model mapping. |
| US11240091B2 |
Scalable subscriptions for virtual collaborative workspaces
Systems, methods, articles of manufacture, and computer program products for scalable subscriptions for virtual collaborative workspaces. An indication of a process event associated with a computer-implemented process may be received. A population of subscribers subscribed to at least one property of one of the process event or the computer-implemented process may be determined. A virtual collaborative workspace for the process event may be generated, the virtual collaborative workspace operative to present context information associated with the process event to a plurality of subscribers. A message may be sent to the population of subscribers indicating the process event, the message comprising a link to access the virtual collaborative workspace. The virtual collaborative workspace may be generated for display responsive to selection of the link by the at least one of the population of subscribers. |
| US11240090B2 |
Receiver, communication apparatus, method and computer program
A receiver receives binary information from a transmission using a binary amplitude shift keying where information symbols are represented by a signal including a first power state and a second power state. A duration of a bit includes a first part where the second power state is applied irrespective of which binary value is represented, and a second part where a binary value is represented by any of the first power and a third power state or a combination pattern of the first power state and the third power state. A sampling circuit is arranged to retrieve samples of the received signal during the second part and discard samples during the first part. A duration of the retrieving of samples is selected to be a time corresponding to the duration of the second part plus a time based on an expected synchronization error. |
| US11240088B2 |
Methods and systems for transmitting and receiving data using non-periodic functions
Systems, methods and devices for communicating comprise one or more of a computer-readable media, a computer, a satellite communication device and a mobile device, wherein the at least one of a computer-readable media, a computer, a satellite communication device and a mobile device to perform at least one of supplying data as input communication symbols to an encoder, which converts the input communication symbols into transmittable waveforms having a head function and a tail function, which are different. A transmitter transmits transmittable waveforms over a communication channel, which is received by a receiver, then demodulated and output communication symbols carrying the data to at least one of a user, a secondary computer-readable media, a secondary computer, a secondary satellite communication device and a secondary mobile device. |
| US11240086B2 |
Method, device and storage medium for transferring, by emitter, flow of samples to receiver by emitter
The present invention concerns a method and device for transferring, by an emitter, a flow of samples to a receiver through a wireless interface using Single-Carrier Frequency Division Multiple Access. The emitter: —selects consecutive blocks of M samples of the flow of samples, —modulates each selected block, —selects, for each modulated block, half of the modulated block located in the center of the modulated block, —selects, with a M/2 sample shift, consecutive blocks of M samples, —modulates each selected block with the shift, —selects, for each modulated block with the shift, half of the modulated block with the shift located in the center of the modulated block with the shift, —forms a stream composed of one in two half ordered modulated blocks and, between two half ordered modulated blocks, one half ordered modulated block with the shift, —transfers the formed stream. |
| US11240085B2 |
Methods for ENB, UE uplink transmission and reception
Methods and apparatus are provided for narrowband UEs. In one novel aspect, frequency hopping is used. The UE stays on the first frequency band for consecutive number of subframes before hopping to another frequency band. In another embodiment, the first set of resource elements and the second set of resource elements are discontinued with a gap in the time domain. In another novel aspect, the UE obtains sub-band information and a resource index and generates a communication channel for data frame transmission and receiving. In one embodiment, the UE further acquires the sub-band set information through system information. In yet another embodiment, the resource index is acquired from DCI. In yet another novel aspect, resource blocks are selected for a PUCCH for a narrowband UE. The UE determines an operating sub-band information and selects one or more narrowband regions for the PUCCH. |
| US11240078B1 |
Frequency shift keying modulator, transmitter and link
A Continuous Phase Frequency Shift Keying modulator provided to receive a series of binary symbols having a predetermined repetition period, and generate a series of sinusoidal signals comprising in sequence: a first sinusoidal signal with a first frequency in response to each received binary symbol having a first binary value; and a second sinusoidal signal with a second frequency in response to a received binary symbol having a second binary value, where the lowest of the first and second frequencies is larger than or equal to a third of the symbol rate; wherein the sinusoidal signals are shortened or lengthened with respect to the binary symbol they respond to, such that each first sinusoidal signal comprises an integer number of half periods of said first frequency and each second sinusoidal signal comprises an integer number of half periods of said second frequency. |
| US11240072B2 |
Adaptation of a transmit equalizer using management registers
Selection of equalization coefficients to configure a communications link between a receiver in a host system and a transmitter in an optical or electrical communication module is performed by a management entity with access to management registers in the receiver and transmitter. Continuous modification of the selected equalization coefficients is enabled on the communications link after the communications link is established to handle varying operating conditions such as temperature and humidity. |
| US11240070B1 |
Digital isolator
A digital isolator provided includes a pair of transceiver circuits and a control circuit. Each transceiver circuit includes a transmitter circuit, a receiver circuit, and a DC isolation circuit. When the control circuit controls one of the pair of transceiver circuits to operate in a transmitting mode and the other of the pair of transceiver circuits to operate in a receiving mode, the transmitting circuit of the transceiver circuit operating in the transmitting mode receives a square wave signal to generate a pair of differential square wave signals, the connected DC isolation circuits receive the pair of differential square wave signals to generate a pair of differential coupling signals, and the transceiver circuit operating in the receiving mode uses the pair of differential coupling signals to output the square wave signal through the design of a pair of feedback voltage divider circuits and a differential comparison circuit included therein. |
| US11240068B2 |
Method for detecting and identifying items of equipment communicating according to a Modbus protocol and communication controller for the implementation of such a method
A method for detecting and identifying items of equipment communicating according to a Modbus communication protocol, connected by means of a first communication network of Ethernet type and by means of at least one second communication network, the first and the second communication network being linked by a communication gateway. A communication controller implementing such a method also is disclosed. |
| US11240067B2 |
Terminal apparatus, content transmission method, and content playback system
A terminal apparatus includes by way of a gateway apparatus that performs communication with an in-vehicle apparatus capable of playing back a content through a CAN bus, a first communication section that transmits command information for changing a mode of the in-vehicle apparatus to the in-vehicle apparatus, and a second communication section that transmits content data to the in-vehicle apparatus. |
| US11240062B2 |
Asymmetric CAN-based communication for aerial vehicles
An example embodiment includes a plurality of flight modules including a primary flight module and a secondary flight module. The embodiment includes a CAN controller, a second CAN controller, a first CAN bus configured to transmit primary control signals from the first CAN controller to the primary flight module and to the secondary flight module, and a second CAN bus configured to transmit secondary control signals from the second CAN controller to the primary flight module and the secondary flight module. The primary flight module is configured to perform functions responsive to receiving the primary control signals, and not in response to receiving the secondary control signals and the secondary flight module is configured to perform functions responsive to receiving the secondary control signals, and not in response to receiving the primary control signals. |
| US11240061B2 |
Methods and systems for controlling locomotives
According to one aspect of the present disclosure, a system for controlling a locomotive may comprise a controller; an Ethernet switch; one or more Ethernet modules in communication with the controller through the Ethernet switch, wherein a given Ethernet module of the one or more Ethernet modules includes a microcontroller and one or more connectors, wherein the microcontroller provides one or more communication interfaces; one or more power supplies connected to the one or more Ethernet modules and providing power to the one or more Ethernet modules; and one or more locomotive units in communication with the one or more Ethernet modules, wherein the one or more locomotive units are installed on the locomotive and controlled by the controller. |
| US11240060B1 |
Apparatus, system, and method for providing simultaneous delivery of output communications
An apparatus, system, and method are provided herein to provide simultaneous delivery of output communications to a client device and a secondary client device are discussed herein. Some embodiments may include an apparatus including processing circuitry configured to: receive one or more electronic communications; configure the one or more electronic communications for presentation to the client device and the secondary client device based on the delivery identifier; and provide the one or more electronic communications to the client device via a wide area network to facilitate simultaneous delivery of the one or more output communications corresponding to the one or more electronic communications on the client device and the secondary client device. The one or more output communications may be provided to the secondary client device via the client device and a personal area network that is separate from the wide area network. |
| US11240055B2 |
Load control device user interface and database management using near field communication (NFC)
An energy control network may include a number of load control devices, such as dimmer switches, multi-button selector switch, occupancy sensors, and remote controllers, among others. These load control devices may be configured for wireless communication. Other wireless devices, such as laptops, tablets, and “smart” cellular phones may be configured to communicate with the load control devices of the energy control network. The load control devices and the other wireless communication devices may also be configured for Near Field Communication (NFC). NFC may be used to provide a load control device with its initial default configuration and/or an application specific configuration. Also, NFC may be used to transfer a configuration from one load control device that may have become faulty, to a replacement load control device. And NFC may be used to provide and trigger commands that may cause a load control load device to operate in a predetermined manner. |